Part 52: Mushroom Mushroom
Mushroom MushroomMusic: Town (Day)
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Fall's almost over. I've arbitrarily decided to start the marriage voting right before winter starts, because
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In the meantime, Sakuya.
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Link isn't a commodity!
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So romantic.
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Hey, I found mushrooms already! We're done, right? No? Okay.
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As usual, Sakuya's deadweight. I should probably bring villagers into dungeons more than once a never, but I just don't think about it while playing.
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The Bamboo Cliffs are annoyingly deep in the dungeon.
Music: Date
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You were behind us the whole time!
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Music: Love
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Gee, I wonder what her realization could possibly be???
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My prize is this thing, which would be nice if I brought monsters into dungeons once a never.
The funny thing is that I'd basically always have villagers or monsters with me in RF4, it just doesn't occur to me in RF3 for some reason.
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Have you considered having more than...*squints at character portrait files* five different expressions, two of which are nearly identical?
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I buy some flower seeds to start seriously leveling them up.
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I'm going to want a stock of flowers if I want to get into the higher levels of the pharmacy recipes, too. There's stuff like the mixed herbs, which require a bunch of flowers on their own, and there are also higher-skill versions of the basic potions which need flowers instead of wild herbs and grasses.
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The next day, marriage pressure continues.
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Seriously, I'll deal with it soon!
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In fact...
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Just kidding. All of the non-bachelorettes in town have something to say if you try putting a ring on it.
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Some of them take it worse than others.
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Gaius still owns.
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Even the generic NPCs refuse it.
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Oh, so that's where Karina's father went.
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Carlos demonstrates the rare anger-cry.
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Evelyn flat-out isn't interested, even though she's single and of marriageable age. No breaking Gaius' heart, you monster.
She also has some interesting daily dialogue:
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Have a seat over there.
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And that's that.
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Back in the pharmacy, I've finally unlocked my first stat-boosting medicines! And they're a huge pain in the ass to make! This is why you want to grow the various crystal flowers - the higher difficulty version of each only needs the crystal flower, instead of it plus a bunch of random hard-to-get stuff.
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Poor gimmick weapons, stuck in the low-mid tiers.
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The next day is Zaid's birthday. Horray.
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His likes are all variations of udon. Seriously. His two liked items are udon and curry udon, and his only loved item is tempura udon. Fuck that.
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Just stick him in a room with Blaise for a week. That'll do it.
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'A bit'
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This "sushi" sounds like an easy way to grind cooking skill and get extra money from fishing. Not that I've shipped huge piles of it or anything.
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That's right. She's not a murdermachine ninja mom because of a war or anything, she's one because it let her meet cute monsters.
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Yue's here today so I might as well do this. Sorry, if you're dying to marry her you have to play RF2.
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She's also officially out of things to say. This is all we're getting for the rest of the game.
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Tempting, but I pass. I'm 99% sure I can't make it better than my current axe.
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Fuck it, this is all the effort you're worth.
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No.
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Let's talk to Shino and not get sworded this time.
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Is anyone else getting deja vu?
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I happen to check on Sakuya's store and see she's selling platinum today. 3000g a pop is a lot, but this is way easier than mining it.
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Hey, I found mushrooms already! We're done, right? No? Okay.
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This isn't even the bamboo cliffs!
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Of course we're not stopping here, we haven't been dragged through half the dungeon yet.
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Shino's relatively high level right out of the gate. If you're playing yourself and want an early crutch character, here she is.
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Look at her, doing real damage to enemies!
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No, we're not done yet. And she says the same thing as last time.
Music: Date
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And we're back at the bamboo cliffs.
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And now for the comedy option.
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And convergence.
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The real prize was...flirting with a ninja mom? I guess?
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This has been your periodic reminder that Carmen exists.
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Gameplay/story non-integration!
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NEXT TIME: The marriage poll, for reals.