Part 7: Boy Meets Backtracking
Update 7 - Boy Meets Backtracking
The Keepers

Our young lad was given a quest to save the forest, and awaken Morizora- which should grant him a wish of his choosing. A quite important day...
That will not really be furthered today. It's going to be a shorter update in terms of progress. The good stuff will be up first, then some backtracking for those that want to see what was behind all those places we couldn't visit earlier.
First on our list, let's see if the Oracles have anything good to tell us.


Eh, not really. Still, there are a few interesting things here. You can investigate all the spots now to let you know exactly who you need to seek out, and what their main issue is.
First up, we've already seen Winston.


The one above Winston is...


Old man Tony.
Going counter-clockwise from him.


Kisaburo.


Sue.
And finally...


Eh? It didn't show us who needed help. Well, we'll cross that bridge when we get there. Regardless, the dialogue shown here was the exact same from when we talked to them in the hospital. So there was nothing surprising for us, but if you missed them or didn't catch what they were upset about, the game catches you up here.
Since we've been to Morizora's Chamber, our mom's dialogue has updated for us!


We are now done with the caves and need to head back to the village. If you recall, Jacky said he'd get us a tool to help us explore.


Welcome to the Forest


Jeez Jacky! We remembered! We're heading there now.



Jacky, what the hell? We have to go on a fetch quest to get this axe? You're quickly dropping down my favorite leeble list!


Southeast, being where that protective sign was.
Well, since we "met" Morizora, there should be some new dialogue around town. Let's start with the Chief.




Alright, I guess we can check around town. Let's start with Cora.

>What's up?

>You looked stressed out?

While I'm not a fan of fetch quests... This and the other one we're going to get isn't bad because the items you need are on the same path anyway. So yeah, we'll help.



Let's check in with Panky's assistants then, they were down south hiding away from work.


Good thinking! Be productive in your laziness. A good lesson for everyone.
Since the assistant is back in the hut, let's go check on her.



You received a

Are we just going to keep the fireflies with the jelly? We aren't gonna eat the jelly?
Panky, how are things going?


... All of it? Jeez, getting to be the chef has to be the short stick in this world.

We've already got 15 Berries. You get 5 per bush picked and there are plenty across the game world. Again, this one is easy and on the way, so yeah we'll help.

We check in with Danielle... who sadly has nothing for us. Time to head back to the sign and get those items for the axe.







Morizora's Cave

It's nice that you can tell this is deeper in the forest. The light doesn't penetrate all that well, the atmosphere here is quieter and feels less lived in. The sticks and stone on the ground are part of what we need to make the axe. We need 5 sticks and 3 stones, and we have one of each so let's keep exploring.

We can also pick up some berries and those blue lights are fireflies. Already doing some work on quests we just got!


Onions don't make people cry because they smell nice. We collect the two sticks and piece of stone before talking to the minimori.




Oh, then maybe the onion was right and he smells perfectly fine. I do like that it's explained why they have numbers after their name. I guess we just got lucky that the ones in the cave happened to be standing in the appropriate place to help solve the puzzle.

We get our final piece of stone, and fourth stick. Berry count is at 25 too!

Uh just wanted to know what's up, but this smug onion over here wants nothing to do with us!

We collect our final stick piece with one left as spare. There're two chests up on that cliff, but that rock is preventing us from getting there. There is a bud next to that chest however.


Didn't expect to get a lecture on capitalism from this game of all things.

Okay... just gonna... open the chest now.


I absolutely adore that this bud is only here to make you feel ok about opening a chest.
There's a leeble hiding down here in the corner.

Ah, a gatekeeper. Well we've got all the items needed to make an axe. There's no more people to talk to, so let's head back to Jacky.

Welcome to the Forest


Fade to black amid clinking noises

You received an

Wow, mom you're just gonna let us tote that around? We could kill a man!




Jacky's uh eccentricities aside, we now have the axe! All those bamboo you saw preventing our path? Can't stop the axe! The boarded up doors in the hospital? May as well be made of paper! While some of these things prevent story progress, others have some secrets or chests behind them. You need to find as much as you can if you want to get enough money to buy certain items later on.

The boarded up door reveals a chest containing...
You found a



Alright, the rest of the update is going to be us going through all the bamboo/boarded doors to show what's behind them. There's a neat thing or two behind them but, if you just want story, the update is done in that regards.

The moment we leave Jacky's hut, there's already a bamboo spot here! We'll just quickly try and grab that.

Noice. There's more bamboo over by Danielle's hut.

Heading back into the caves, there were several spots that had bamboo on them.

Morizora's Cave

This chest is next to the RPS group, and under the Truffulos.
Speaking of the RPS group... while we are in the neighborhood.







Exciting! Sadly, it's going to be a while before The Store opens up. So don't expect it for a while.
In the room before the Pig, there was some bamboo in the way.

Not anymore!

A frog?



A frog named Glenn, huh? That doesn't trigger any of my memories, but maybe I will remember in time.
This did open up something that will be explained more later. For now, we will continue hunting for secrets. Our next find takes us to the area right before the Envoy, where Sue was.



Some nice stuff to find! Money is needed for optional things in the future, though there is one more story reason for it.
That's it for the caves! We won't be going back in there for a long time. Back in the southeast, where we got the parts to make the axe, there was one chest hiding behind bamboo.

Before we head back to the hospital, there are some reeds where Panky's assistants are loafing around.

Two of five reeds for that quest down.

Storage Area
Back in the hospital, Uma had a boarded up door that we can traverse through now.





I believe this marble is technically optional, since you aren't required to get back here. Though what Uma was doing with the marble, is a good question.
Heading deeper into the storage room, more boarded up doors await us.





With that, our backtracking is complete! Next time, we'll get started on our quest to arouse the sleeping Morizora.