Part 59: Chapter Forty Four: Mushroom World
Music: 27 – Breath of Fire000.png)
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God bless Aspara’s Warp spell. Zipping right back to the Queen’s bedroom…
Music: 14 – Crazy Dance
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: Hey there everyone! Long time no see!004.png)
: Ah, you’re as fresh as always, my dear woman. You seem to be doing well indeed…005.png)
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: Yes, well, I think the Queen would prefer you not talk like that to her only hope. As strange as it may sound, I’ve got a very important job to do, and I’m on a tight schedule.007.png)
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: Her Royal Highness is as large as ever.
: Give her a few more pounds and she’ll weigh as much as I do.: Quiet, please.009.png)
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: Perish the thought, madam! Indeed…you’ve just named the last thing I would like to do to her in this condition…*Shudder*011.png)
: Wh-what on Earth? Gah! This is bad! This is very, very bad!012.png)
: Haaaa!013.png)
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: Hey…she’s back to normal!: Well that was simple. Looks like we got off easy this time.015.png)
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:…Of course. The world doesn’t work that way. My mistake.: This is no ordinary weight problem! The Queen’s being possessed! No…that’s not quite accurate. 017.png)
: Wait…so…her soul is fat, so she is too?:…In a manner of speaking…018.png)
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: No question about it. We’ve fought creatures like that many times, but this is the first time we’ve seen how it happens in the first place.
: The body changes along with the soul. It is not so surprising that they turn into monsters when cornered. They are simply devolving back to their true state.: Hmm. Anyway, you want to know how to cure it?020.png)
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: Not that she deserves this fate, but that attitude made her a perfect target for the demon that’s possessing her.022.png)
: …Though even a genius like myself will require some assistance in this case. Ryu, I have an important request to make.: Oh, goodie.023.png)
: Of course you do.024.png)
: Back and forth, back and forth…: This happens often, then?: It’s something of a theme.025.png)
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: Okay then. Back to the island I guess.Back to the island we go…
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We return to find the wizard’s apprentice jumping up and down like a giant manbaby.
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: Long enough…030.png)
: Of course you did.031.png)
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: Uh huh.033.png)
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: Of course he does.: A mushroom, you say? Many different kinds grow here…which one in particular is required?036.png)
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: I recognize this variant. Once we reach the summit it should be easy to find.038.png)
: Okay then. Time to go mushroom picking.Music: Wanderer
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I swap Lin out for Sten temporarily and re-climb this mountain.
Music: 04 – Dungeon
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The inside of the mountain isn’t very interesting and I already pillaged all the treasure in here the first time I visited, so I’ll be skipping a lot of it.
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One thing I didn’t remember last time I was here is this. One of the offshoots from the cave system leads to this tiny ledge.
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Pushing down here will let the party take a dive off the waterfall and land on the ledge with the chest.
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The Black Ring is a weapon for Nina that I’ll be equipping once she’s back on the team.
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Do you guys remember what the ‘shroom looked like? I sure hope so ‘cause there are a lot of them.
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: This is the one.046.png)
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Mercifully, the game doesn’t make us backtrack through the mountain again. See, game? You can do it when you try…
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Manbaby walks up to the wall, waits a moment, then a treasure chest falls from the sky.
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:...A mirror, huh. Sure, why not?A mirror, mushroom and a fat Queen being taken over by demons. Doesn’t quite beat the whale with a narcoleptic stone doll in its stomach, but it’s nice to know that this game’s subplots are as insane as ever. Until next time…