Part 5: Rosierqueen

Once you leave the Restaurant in Mothergreen, you get thrown into a scene that is pretty lengthy for this game and introduces a very... special character (no, it's not Polin).



: Yeah, I heard!
: See? Didn't I tell you? You should listen to me more! I'm the brains of this outfit, ya know!
: Yeah! Yeah! Whatever!
: If that's so, let's boogie over to the Natalie River and catch us some Bobo!
: Aye, aye, Captain Crunch!



: Ugh..! That better not be Etoile...
: I knew it was you. Long time no see, Cornet.
: Hmm? Anything wrong? You don't look well.
: Oh, I almost forgot... Your face doesn't look so good to begin with.

Yeah, Etoile's a bit of a dick...

: But that village girl outfit looks very good on you, as usual.
: On the other hand, I wouldn't have the guts to wear something like that! Simple, and yet, pure... I can almost smell the countryside...
: You can really be a jerk sometimes, Etoile.
: Oh, no... Did I upset you? I was just telling you the truth. There's really nothing to get upset about.
: Oh! I see! You're upset because of my god-like beauty, aren't you?



At least it's better than being jealous of of her English...

: But unfortunately, I can't share this beauty with you.
: This girl is in need of a major attitude adjustment.
: That voice... Oh, Kururu. I didn't see you.
: I've been here the whole time, you self-centered, egotistical maniac.
: You two are inseperable, just like real sisters.
: Being an only child. I feel so alone. Sometimes it brings a tear to my eye...
: Fortunately, these moments pass quickly... As much as I love passing time with you...
: I really must get going now. I have to get fitted for my custom dress...



: Of course, it's for the contest. It cost me 1 million Inotium, you know.
: Hear that? 1 million Inotium! You see, no ordinary dress can compare with my beauty.
: Well I'm sorry, but I really have to get going. I have no time to waste.
: Ta-ta peasants!
: ...
: Let's get outta here! Don't let her get to you, Cornet.

...Yeah, let's just go to the Wonder Woods and get that fish already. There's two new places we could go instead, a bridge or an ancient "forest", but neither have anything to do with anything right now. Heck, we can't get past the first screen of the bridge and the forest is optional and serves no apparent purpose other than grinding; it does, however, contain one enemy that outright vanishes once you advance the plot beyond a specific point.

But, hey, there's still a detour we can do; it's not even that big of one, since we're just off to the Wonder Woods anyway and this is on the way...



Yep, we're going to go check out the cave. There's a reason we didn't come here earlier, and that's because other than containing three semi-useful healing items it had nothing of value to offer. This time, though...



There's a puppet that's popped up. You need Kid to make him spawn; that is the only requirement.



: Hey, Tell! I didn't expect to see you here, dude.
: How did you get here?
: Dude! I'm like, totally, helping Cornet out, so I could find you guys.
: Is that so!? Cornet, I want to find our older bro, Billy, too, so we can become true heroes together! Will you let me in your party as well?
: No.
: I guess Kid is bad enough to have in the party.
: Oh, come on, Tell, dude!
: Let me in your party if you change your mind.

And with that, he teleports away into the ether never to be seen again... unless you leave the screen and come back. Then he's just mulling around unsure of what to do with himself.



: Will you let me join your party?
: Yes.
: Thanks. We'll do our best to protect you, Cornet.



Tell brings our total number of party members to 5. You can only ever have 4 people in the party at a time, and Cornet can never be removed. This means there's only 3 choices but removing Kururu is pretty silly since she's borderline unkillable especially this early, Sharte is the only one capable of using magic effectly and she gets decent healing spells so she's pretty useful in that regard. This leaves the fourth slot, realistically, to either Tell or Kid. Assuming neither has levelled up, Tell is the higher level but Kid is statistically better. Kid also gets the ability to buff/debuff... albeit only for speed, and Tell eventually gets an instant death attack. It's personal choice here so I just alternate between the two for now.



At level 5, Kururu gets her second Thunder elemental spell. It's slightly more powerful than the first but it costs twice as much SP.



At the same level, Sharte gets the ability to cure the Sleep ailment. Said ailment won't crop up for quite some time. Seems kinda redundant at the moment, but better to get it too early than too late I suppose.




Contrary to what you expected, this is just an easy fight...



...Best make that a very easy fight.



: Gah! You guys again!?
: Meow, give up your fish! Just give it up! We're gonna have Mr. Burg cook us up a nice dish!
: Cornet, it looks like that crazy cat girl's not here today! We took these guys out before so let's do it again!
: You! Taking us lightly, meow!?
: So!? I'm just telling the truth!



: Alrighty then! Go get'em Cornet!!!
: Hey!!



Aside from the obvious differences of their being one more cat and you (potentially) having a fourth party member, this fight is exactly the same as before. The cats are no stronger now than they were the last time you could fight them.



: Why are there so many cats running around? I'm really starting to hate cats...
: Never mind about that. Let's go while the fish are fresh!

Since Etoile stole a good chunk of time that'll have to wait a while...

Next time:he's a minister you say?