Part 9: A perfectly orchestrated "Fuck You."
"Fuck You."First, lets ignore the incredibly obvious foreshadowing the title set up, and talk about the city before we touch how poorly this Tower run went. The last place to explore is the Western Residential area. But first, last update I upgraded our old house and now it's time to show what it looks like..



Honestly, not much has changed, although it's about as big as any other house on the outside. The safe can now hold 30 items (which is good, because it's got like 13 things in it now, including Red sand for that elusive Gold Sword I keep talking about.

In the northwestern corner of the city is this guy's house. He keeps
When we talk to one of the Nyuels, this happens...











Gag, that's expensive. But it's worth it, because you can actually grind the Race Tracks to make some money. However, $30000 is a lot of money so I'm not going to build it without asking you goons first. All it does is make (or lose) us money, it's not needed for any of the girlfriends. Anyway, next house.

This screenshot is really bad, but there's a little kid in front of me that I'm talking to.

Yup...that's pretty much how you get to the top. By that point you are no longer the power-house and you have to rely on monsters to do your dirty work for you. But for now, I can stand to be in combat.


Wow, what an ass. Once again, yet another rude adult in this city.
Oh, and I found out something interesting a few days ago. The Japanese word for "Aunt" also has the same connotations as calling a woman "Ma'am." I'm going to assume that's why so many women in the city are named Aunt, and (assuming the Japanese word for Uncle has the same connotations as "Sir") why so many of the men are named Uncle. But enough of this lesson that's completely based off once sentence I happened to read, onward to the next house!


At least this guy cheers me on.


Yeah, the game keeps track of how high you go, and several NPCs change dialog based on that. At reaching the 10th floor, most of the hunters stop insulting you and will start taking you seriously. But the first time you talk to them, they still generally insult you. This woman seems to be an exception.
Next house!


This is true for several monsters actually. I looked, and it seems like all of the monsters that are hatched knowing a spell (like our Squirtle) will evolve to a new monster at level 20. If they recently ate a Leva fruit though, they'll stay the same, which is pointless because the new monster gets better stat gains if I remember correctly. Oh, this doesn't apply to Mic. Your Kewne will never change. Ever.

That actually concluded our Western Residential tour, but I want to go back to some of these buildings. For example, we also renovated the Clinic into a Hospital now.



And he just laughs in our face, and asks if we want Medicinal Herbs. They still cost $15, so I'm disappointed because I thought they were supposed to decrease. However, the real reason I upgrade the hopsital...

Azure Dreams Instruction Manual posted:
CHERRL CHILD
16 years old.

When you try to talk to her, she throws her doll at you. It appears on the ground, and if you pick it up and hand it to her...











By this point, the conversation ends as we leave Cherrl to let her take a nap. But as we try to leave...




I'll make no secret of it. Cherrl is my favorite out of all the girlfriends you can acquire. I think I have a soft spot for the "sick girl" archetype. But dammit, one thing this game certainly does is make you care about her. I'm going to stop by the Hospital again to talk to the doctor.






You're then given four options, $0, $1, $100, or $1000. We're right, so I go for $1000. Then Ghosh shows up...









Oddly enough, this time when I walk in, Ghosh is already there... But I ignore him and go straight for Patty. When she tells us to sit down, Ghosh yells at us.



Then Patty comes over to Mamoru, to stop their argument.

Next on the menu is the Zuroro Cutlet ($70)




But if I asked if he tasted it, he would say no anyway... Anyway, lets go check on his hot sister.



...on second thought, why was it a good idea to talk to her again? Anyway it's been a while since we went to the Temple, let's go check it out.







Uhh...wow. I didn't know Bowling Alleys were this expensive. That's five time as much as the Theater. Oh, Expand 2 is the new house expansion, that costs even more. But it comes with its own swimming pool, how cool is that? But, it's not worth it, because we won't see any pretty girls in swimsuits there, only if we find the Water Medal.

With $5000 gone on donations to help this town pick itself up out of the culture-less gutter, we proceed to the Tower. I'm bringing four familiars with me, all to be fused into Blue October. The Leva fruit will let Blue October absorb Wendy.
Floor 1

First we learn DeHeal...

...transfer it over...

...keep Blue October static...

...and finish it off with...

...sending the Trait over as well. Now Blue October will last twice as long in the tower now.


(Oh, Blue October hit a frog trap. No big deal.)
Floor 2

No, I am not fighting Ghosh like this. I don't have any items at all. The first item I saw was that orb in the corner of the room with the Go-Up trap that was even stuck behind the river I had to walk around.
Floor 2

Well, this sucks even more! Two very powerful wind based enemies, and I'm empty handed and Blue October's going to deal less damage and take more because of its Water-Genus. Oh, that sword in the corner? I try to go for it, but a Cyclone steps on a Bomb trap (dealing a huge amount of damage to both Cyclones and a little bit to Blue October) and it destroys the swords as well. DAMMIT.

And at this point I realize that I accidently left Blue October on "Chase Enemies" mode, so he strolls off to nom a Pulunpa leaving me defenseless. Thanks a lot buddy.

Oh thank you Random Number God. Maybe you don't hate me after all.

...

Post LP note: Couldn't say it better myself.
Glazius posted:
Mmm, RNG screw. Tastes good going down.

Holy shit, this game knows how to torture me. First, it doesn't let me get ANY loot on the first floor. At all. Because of this I have to skip the second floor's medicinal herb because I don't want to lose to Ghosh, ever.
Then I reach the third floor, get in a very bad situation with two cyclones that gets even worse BECAUSE they activated the Bomb Trap destroying my new weapon. Then my familiar abandons me to go eat some pudding, and then I finally find the sword I've been waiting for...
Only to lose it to a Monster Den. But not just any Monster Den, a Monster Den I could have survived through the use of Snow Shoot IF I HAD MY FUCKING FAMILIAR WITH ME!
...I could not have orchestrated it better myself. If I hit another Go Up trap, I would have lost all hope for survival and this would have been lost on me. Instead, it gave me the one sword I've been waiting for and then tore it all away in a single instant.
END OF DAY! KILL COUNT FOR THE DAY!

Defeated by a Troll (Hammer) via a FUCKING MONSTER DEN!

Snow Shoot Assists: 1 Cyclone. 1 KILL-ASSISTS TOTAL
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Wait...what? She doesn't dropkick me this morning? Is she...is she being nice? What the hell is wrong with her?



That's...surprisingly deep for Nico. Remember, this is the same tomboy girl who dropkicks up every morning (except this one). Maybe the fortune teller was right, maybe there is a bit of a lady in her.
Anyway, there's no loot to sell because we died in the Tower, so no visit to Fur. Now if you excuse me, I'm going to scold Blue October for running off and leaving me behind in a FUCKING MONSTER DEN.