Part 19: Money and Lumber

Update 19: Money and Lumber



Music: Visions


"...Ah, you're awake. Good morning."



"I am... Hm... I am your maker... I guess I'm something like a father to you."



"First of all, congratulations. No... Thank you for being born."



"To artificially create magical creatures using the Spirit energy of Runes,"



"...to make what are referred to as monsters in this world,"



"...you are the first step."



"What am I saying... There's no need for me to tell you such things."



"Why don't I start off by presenting you with a name? It will be..."



Bush really ought to stop working so late into the night, I'd think. Too much dream monologuing.



Music: Business District Buildings
(Another in the list of songs I don't usually link.)

Daily chores start as usual, here on the 29th of Spring, despite waking up 2 hours late. Today's pretty unimportant, just a moneymaking day, but tomorrow should be our first festival!



Also, our cave cucumbers have finally grown! These are worth 3 times as much as a strawberry, but also take that much longer to grow.

With two regions in prosperity though, we'll see by how much that changes.




MIST: Please grow turnips.


she's figured us out

But for real, Mist's been really slow about giving us any new dialogue at all.



Nothing here but Runey management on the beach.



Up in the clock tower, we find something rather new- Melody's here with Cinnamon!




CINNAMON: I'm teaching Melody some magic right now.


BUSH: Melody, you got Cinnamon to teach you?


MELODY: That's right! ♪


MELODY: I'm so glad I convinced her! ♪ It doesn't matter if she can use magic or not.


MELODY: I live for moments like this!




MELODY: Now I'm really getting into it! Let's do this, Master! ♪




CINNAMON: ... ...Master?


MELODY: Yeah. I'm your student. And you're my master!


CINNAMON: ... ...Oh.


MELODY: Looks like Master loves that! ♪


BUSH: Are you sure...?


MELODY: Of course! Right, Master?




CINNAMON: ...Sure.


...Interpret this however you want- I'm just gonna leave it at that.

On the other hand, this is some more progression into Melody and Cinnamon's respective events. We'll also be able to see some new conversations here from time to time.




MELODY: Don't talk to me! You just made me forget the magic spell I was about to memorize...







MELODY: Did you find out why the hot spring stopped?


MELODY: I was suspecting Whale Island...




CINNAMON: ...Master.


CINNAMON: ...




BUSH: (I guess... she likes it?)



Runeys to manage, nothing to see here.




STELLA: You can ask me any time if you need anything.


STELLA: It's my job to maintain a peaceful life for everyone.


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~Make Her Fall in Love!!~

"To make a girl's heart yours, presents are the best way! Accessories are especially effective!"

"After recieving it, the girl will put on the gift you gave her, and then come to see you to show you."

"If you think,'That does not look good on her,' then give her a new present!"

"However, remember that every girl has a different taste in things so don't give her something she absolutely hates! Get to know her to win her!"

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It takes me scouring the whole library, but I eventually find some books to read in the upper left corner.

You can give people accessories to dress up in, but it does seem there's limitations on what they'll actually wear from what I've seen. For instance, you can't get Lara to remove her nun's veil, or Melody her hat, as far as I've tested. I could be wrong though.



For instance, Uzuki will still cover up her small hat if given our Hand-Knit Hat, though the long feathers still poke through.

I don't know the full effect this has on LP, it does seem to increase it, but the only person who I know explicity likes accessories is Rita. Regardless, I might be able to organize a vote later to dress up the characters.

also, (insert commentary here on conversations being valued less in this game than gifts)


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~To Ocean Swimmers~

"Changing Room Reminder:
- Before entering the ocean, please remember to stretch.
- The beach is not your trash can! Let us keep it clean for others."

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This will be relevant during Summer.


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~Expanding Your Home~

"1. Save up money and lumber.
2. Go to a carpenter.
3. There has to be a carpenter in town, or else who built your house?
4. You can even expand your house by adding entire rooms."

"5. Customize your interior.
6. Interiors can be purchased from a traveling peddler in town.
7. You want a full-sized bed.
8. Remember, money and lumber!"

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This will be relevant next update! Or maybe the one after. Depends on how I want to do it.

Money and lumber, friend.



Also this put Selphy up to 4 LP already. That was fast.




SELPHY: I got buried under the books when they fell the other day and Lara had to save me.


BUSH: Didn't the books fall before?


SELPHY: Haha, you got me there! Lara told me it's dangerous so I have to clean up the library.



1. I think you should, too.
2. I think it's fine the way it is.


As much as I'd like the cleaner library back, it's her organization scheme (and her library, I guess?) What right does Bush have to tell her what to do?

If we did agree with Lara on this, we'd get this:



So yeah.




BUSH: I think it's fine the way it is. You have it set up so you know where everything is, right?


SELPHY: I do! You do understand!


I found out after the fact that I possibly have to agree with Lara on this to progress Selpy's storyline, so I guess the option will come up again.

If that is the case, it's not the only time something like this will happen. The other time I know of is, er... questionable.




EUNICE: Bush! Let me tell you something nice.


EUNICE: The oily stains on pots can be washed off with vinegar. Did you know?


More HomeEc tips from Eunice! I did not know this.



When we enter Rosetta's shop today, something new happens. Danny's here!

Music: Pinch


Doesn't seem like it's a friendly meeting though.




ROSETTA: Huh? What is that? Are you for real? You sure you're all right in the head?




DANNY: That's my line! You stole my customers with dirty tricks! You think I don't know?!


DANNY: Fight like a man!




ROSETTA: Why do you always end up like this?


ROSETTA: Customers come to my store because it's better.


ROSETTA: It's all because I work hard running it!




DANNY: No way! I know you must be cheating!


DANNY: You're probably blackmailing the customers! I know it!




ROSETTA: How rude! I never even thought of that before!


DANNY: Shut your trap! I'll fight you fair and square until I expose your conspiracy, you dirty cheater!


ROSETTA: Get out of here! This is harassment!


*Slam*


(Presumably this is the door closing, but it's the same sound used for blunt attacks.)



(At first, it really makes this look like Rosetta's just floored Danny in a single punch. I wouldn't put it past her.

Also that thing on Bush's shoulder is the Wappen we've been wearing for a rather long time. It's really hard to see normally.)



Music: Business District Buildings



ROSETTA: Those kinds of people always come out when business is good.


ROSETTA: Oh, Bush. You were here? I'm sorry for making you see that...


Well, that was something. Not all is chill in Trampoli.




ROSETTA: *sigh*


ROSETTA: You know Danny at the general store next door?


ROSETTA: He's saying that I'm selling at a loss so I can run him out of business.


ROSETTA: He's insane. I'm working hard to get my sales up and he's accusing me of that?!




ROSETTA: Say, Bush, could you go smack him with a shovel or something?


Unfortunately, this isn't Animal Crossing so Bush can't do that.

Actually, there aren't any shovels in this game.





ROSETTA: When I was small, I followed a kitten up a tree and neither of us could get down.


ROSETTA: I was a bit of a tomboy back in the day.


I feel it's worth noting that Rosetta's voice acting is quite good in general and this line is delivered with just a perfect amount of finger-wag sass.




ROSETTA: ...What's with that look on your face? You look like you want to say that I haven't changed much.


BUSH: N-no... Do I?


The voice line says "You look like you want to say I still am!" which is better if you ask me.




ROSETTA: I heard! You beat that huge monster in the Green Ruins?


ROSETTA: Not bad... If I ever get attacked by monsters, you have to come save me.




TURNER: *gulp*


TURNER: Sorry if it seemed like I was being shameless in expressing my fondness for this.


Dude, I gave you a yellow grass, chill



Then I spend a long time jammin'.



With the half my Toyherbs thrown in, that's 9000g today already, and we've got 18,000g already in our wallet and 50 strawberries still left to jam.


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~"I'm sorry to bother you again..." - Melody~

Thanks for the Red Grass. ♪
I'm sorry to ask you this,
but this time, could I have some White Grass?
Please? ♪

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As referenced last update, this item won't be very easy to get a hold of. We can buy it and find it in Winter, but our only source of it until then is a 1% slime drop. I'll see what I can do about getting it, but no guarantees.



Way up at the Tower of Rest after a bath and a few hours later, the tomatoes I planted have finished growing!



Also that "strong moonlight" just turns on like a spot lamp at 6 PM.



Tomatoes are worth the same as turnips and regrow at pretty much the same interval. You better bet I'm going to have loads of these growing over the Summer.



Alas, Iris hasn't got much to say just yet. We'll be able to start mass producing her favorite gift pretty soon, so she should catch up to the other girls rather fast.



Before I left, I tried to till this land up here at the story progression gate, but the other silver wolves made a mess of it.



[Cinnamon]

Password?


As a random note, Cinnamon's door in the Clock Tower would seem to suggest she gives us a password later. Once we've got enough FP/LP with bachelorettes and/or their parents, we'll get the ability to visit at any hour.



Pickles Lv:2 was synthesized with expertise!

Pickles happen to be worth 70g more than their normal cucumber selves. Thank goodness that vinegar doesn't cost anything in this world, I guess.



Also, I feel this is a good time to point out that Bush is a level 54 cook. He's almost 2/3rds of the way to maxing it out.

Making endless jam will do that for you, I guess.



You can also warm up milk into Hot Milk to increase it's value from 90g to 140g.

Amazing.



I then also finally realize I can make Ice Cream. All it needs is milk and an egg.



With it made, I bring it up to the big red fella blocking the hot springs on Whale Island.




GIANT: "Ice cream!"


GIANT: "You kept your promise! You're a nice guy."


GIANT: "Now for my end of the bargain."




GIANT: "There wasn't much water left in this spring so I added some more."


GIANT: "See ya."


I sure hope this means this giant knows water magic or something. I don't want to think about the other possibilities.



And just like that, he's gone. I don't know if we ever meet him again.



Music: Spring


I clean up the farm a bit more, make some more money, and then hit the bed. Time for Spring 29th, our first festival!




ANETTE: Bush! Good morning!


Anette's still delivering mail today, I see.



Left in the dust again




ANETTE: I just got a flower from Eunice. I never got one before, but it's really nice.


Where Eunice met her to give this flower aside, here's today's first mention of our first festival!

Now to go back and check our mail.


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~"Taking a Breather" - Selphy~

I don't really have much to say.
I just wanted to cool my head from
writing my book by writing a letter.
So I just wrote a letter to you with nothing to say.
Sorry.

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That's a mood right there.

Still, I would've expected to recieve some mail about the festival. They usually do that in the RF series.




KANNO: I recieved a flower from Eunice from that inn!


KANNO: I suppose I am much too charming despite my age.


Nobody seems to have informed gramps here that she's giving one to everyone.



Melody and Cinnamon aren't around, which is to be expected with the festival and all.



Well, let's go see what all the commotion is about.




Hm. Why is everyone doing their normal things? This is a festival day isn't it? The Foliage Festival, I believe?

On that note, where's the music?




UZUKI: I recieved a flower from Eunice. It certainly is very pretty...




TSUBUTE: Bush, are you adept with the sword?


BUSH: Somewhat.


Ah, here it is, this'll probably be the mini-date invite.




TSUBUTE: Of course. You are nothing but an amateur.


TSUBUTE: Milady has learned the art of the naginata that has passed down for ages. Compared to that, your skill is crude.


No, we're just getting dunked on I guess




BUSH: I guess so.


TSUBUTE: You are quite honest. Good boy.


Well, let's see what's up with Eunice.




EUNICE: I'd like to give you this, Bush.


You got Moondrop!



BUSH: Thank you, but why?




EUNICE: Flowers are very beautiful during this season so I'm giving them out. I just hope it will make people smile.


BUSH: That's great. I'm sure everyone will love it, myself included.


EUNICE: Really? I certainly hope so!




Time to drop the act, this is all today is, really. Eunice has decided to hand out a bunch of flowers to folks around town.

This does end up inspiring it's own festival, just in Year 2. It's like Japanese Valentine's Day, but with flowers instead of chocolate. Our REAL next festival is the 1st of Summer.

Technically, there's an earlier festival in Spring, on the 19th, but it is also Year 2. Mechanically, I don't think this is a great decision, as an earlier, easier to participate in festival is a good way for the player to earn early FP/LP and get more interesting dialogue out of the characters.



We do hand her one right back, of course




ROSETTA: Is there some kind of festival today? Eunice was passing out flowers.


As this flower dialogue overwrites pretty much every other dialogue today, so that's mostly all we'll be seeing.



Doesn't seem like Danny got one, but not a big surprise after yesterday.




GANESHA: I just got a flower from Eunice. Is something happening?


GANESHA: But it feels kind of nice. I don't know why but it makes me smile.




TURNER: Oh, wow. That's for me?


TURNER: Now I can get Ganesha to make me the best kind of kitchen knife.


Turner doesn't immediately eat metal if you give that to him, which is completely reasonable. For whatever reason, the first line plays the voice line for his "what is this" meh gift dialogue.




TURNER: I got a flower from Eunice. People will say that I spoiled her, but she grew up to be such a nice daughter.


yeah, spoiled, sure




RITA: I got a flower from Eunice. It's really pretty.


RITA: Turner hasn't given me any gifts for a long time!


are you two even married




CINNAMON: I got a flower from Eunice. ...Some kind of charm?




SELPHY: Hey, I got a flower from Eunice. Maybe I should press it and use it as a bookmark.


SELPHY: That's a great idea!


Well, I guess it's decided then.

I do stop to read a book, but it ends up being huge, so I opted to put it at the end of the update.




STELLA: I just recieved a flower from Eunice. She thanked me for everything.


STELLA: I'm touched at how she never forgets to feel thankful for others!


STELLA: The flowers are pretty during this season, so maybe I should hand out some flowers to the villagers, too.


STELLA: ...Don't make that face.


BUSH: I-I wasn't!



You got Toy Herb!


but i gave you one of these yesterday

is this the same one



Just gonna re-gift this, you saw nothing




STELLA: A festival where you give flowers to people you feel thankful for... I like it. Let's make this a tradition.


And here's your hint that next year will be different. Flowers make a lot more sense in a farming game than cookies and chocolate, none of which contain materials you can at least produce yourself.

There's also just how in RF1 you can't even participate in the cookie festival on the first year, or really most of the festivals.




LARA: I recieved a flower from Eunice. I wonder if I should give something back...



Kross didn't get one, but then again, the jury's still out on whether or not the other villagers know he exists.



KROSS: Aren't you afraid of monsters?


KROSS: I'm not scared. I'm actually fond of the monsters. They never lie to humans.


KROSS: Heh... I would like to live a free life like a monster.




KROSS: What do monsters have that humans don't...? ...Tails.


KROSS: If only I had the "Cat Tail," would I become like a monster?




Of note is that the Cat Tail is a level 90 accessory. It will be a long time before we ever get the ability to help him out with this.




ERIK: I got a flower from Eunice.


ERIK: It's not my fault I'm so popular. Hahaha!


Given this is Erik, I'm sure his head is running a hundred miles per hour trying to figure out what the flower means.




LUTE: I got a flower from Eunice. Maybe I should give something in return...



Apparently, Candy and Marco are up on the balcony of the clock tower on Thursdays before 12 PM.

Oh, right, I never mentioned that the clocktower has a balcony. Well, it does, here you go.




CANDY: I got a flower from Eunice. I better give her something in return later.




MARCO: I just got a flower from Eunice. I don't know if I should have accepted since there's someone I like...


I think you'll be fine, kid.



There happens to be a ladder up to the top out here as well.



It lets us see the main area of Trampoli as a curved parallax texture in the distance.

I think the only purpose of this place is for Cinnamon's final event.



Music: Lava Ruins


With that done, I dive into the Lava Ruins to burn the rest of this day away.



The rocks on the second floor reward 2 silver, which is pretty sweet.



While I'm doing that, Pony takes down an Ignis on her own. These fire spirits look a bit more fancy than their handheld counterparts, but their modus operandi is the same: "spam a magic spell at you." They have only two related monsters, the Glace and the Soul.

Glace, (or sometimes called Blizzards,) were particularly infamous to me in the power of their Water Laser. Ignis aren't nearly as bad, and all three of these monster types can drop Magic Powder and the ever coveted Magic Crystals. They also have a chance to drop elemental gems, so these are prime item grinding monsters for magic users like ourselves.



Alas, in the process of trying to take down a golem, Pony eats cannonfire at long range from the other golem and is comboed to a knockout.

Sorry about that, Pony




I do however score some Silver and an Earth Crystal off the golems, so the item gains are looking real good.

The Tomahawk has a chance to crit on the special attack and if it does, it guaranteed one-shots even these guys.



Bush's health gets rather low after a while, putting me in knockout range from just one hit, but I'm able to snag another level up.

If you do go down in a dungeon in this game, it does just boot you to the Infirmary the next day as usual, instead of actually killing you and forcing you to load a save, as per RF1 and RF2. Given the likely cold debuff and/or loss of possible progress, you might as well load a save whenever you go down anyways.



I snag one more silver, and then bail.




MIST: I recieved a flower from Eunice. That makes me... happy.


she's found another target



I do take the time to convert 7 of those tomatoes from yesterday to seeds. Will I end up planting all of these? Maybe, maybe not, as I've got to keep room for corn as well.



On my way to take care of the dungeon strawberries, I spot something peculiar.




GIRL: Oh...? Are you from around here?


BUSH: Yes.


GIRL: Oh, really? I thought that no one lived in this area...


I mean, Mist's house is behind you. She's not here, but this place is far from empty.




GIRL: I was thinking of building a church here.


BUSH: Oh?


GIRL: I feel a special charm about this place.




GIRL: Building a church and village here is a dream of mine.


While another church is a possibility, I think there might already be a village here- unless Bush has been tripping for the last season, at least.



Well, anyways, it's flower day, so here ya go.




GIRL: Thank you, but I really cannot accept this.


Huh, maybe this is one of those things like with Selphy where it won't let us gift someone until we know their name.




GIRL: Nice to meet you.


Um. Sure. I guess we'll get your name next time.



She's gone after I enter the Green Ruins, so I guess no more of her today.



Eh, anyways, the shipping box now has 16,000g worth of stuff sitting in it. 89 strawberries and 20 cherries will do that, I guess.

We're looking at 43,929g going into tomorrow, so we're in the clear for what I want to buy, now it's just a matter of getting even more to be set on everything I'd like to get my hands on.



I'm late in getting to the bathhouse today, and it seems it's undergone a bit of a remodel!




MELODY: Hey, Bush! You did this, didn't you?


MELODY: That sure surprised me. I didn't expect the roof to be blown off to make it an outdoor bath!


BUSH: The roof was blown off?!


MELODY: Yeah. But it's fine. I opened it up as an outdoor bathhouse now.


MELODY: It shall now be called... "Neo Laga Springs"!


Only Melody would be completely fine with this.




MELODY: Today's bath is on the house, so come on in! ♪


MELODY: I'm burning some of the incense Rosetta gave me as a gift for the grand opening. It smells really nice, so enjoy!


I'm still going to pay anyways, just in case the freebie here doesn't increase LP. Also it's only 10g, and I have no idea how this girl makes enough money to live.

Oh, and her flower dialogue for the day:



MELODY: I got a flower from Eunice. Don't you think it'll be pretty if I float these in the bath?



It's gotten a lot bigger on the inside at least. I'm still not clear on how any of this works with the island above, but I'm not questioning it!

To close off the day, I head to the Tower of Rest.




IRIS: I feel at peace when I look at flowers. Speaking of which, I see that you grow them from time to time, Bush.



This is all she has to say today, though it is worth noting that she is above 1 FP now, so the main story could theoretically progress. We'll uh, see how long it takes until it does.



I till that land outside of the story locked gate...



...and call it a day. A bit longer of an update today, but there was a lot to show off.

Tomorrow we buy our house extensions, and the day after that a lot of stuff goes down on the 1st of Summer. Because of that, the next update is probably only going to cover our last day of Spring.

Buys me some time to finally get a bit of an update reserve started again, and keeps Summer starting cleanly on Update 21.

To close it off, here's that book I read earlier today. It's a big one, and it would have been nice to remember it existed for the last vote:


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~Home Improvement Catalog~

"Roomy life begins with a roomy house! Our shop has multiple plans for your home improvement needs. All designs have the same functionality so choose the one that fits you best!"

"*Forge Area
Forge in your own house!

- Cozy Forge Area
Kind, earthen walls.

- Cool Forge Area
Stylish, metallic appearance.

- Creepy Forge Area
For that genuine creepy feel."

"*Kitchen
Cooking with comfort!

-Bulging Kitchen
A slightly bulged roof.

-Ba-bump Kitchen
Two cute bumps on the roof.

-Pointy Kitchen
Pointy roof like a witch's hat."

"*Laboratory Area
Mix and match, then create!

-Apothecary Lab Area
Perfect for making medicine.

-Alchemy Lab Area
A fun research space.

-Magic Lab Area
For those after the Truth!"

"*For a more luxurious life...
-Second Floor Bedroom
A private space for you and that special someone.
Big enough for a Full-sized bed."

"-Barn
Looking for a place to house your monster companions?
Holds up to 10 per room!"

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See you next time, where we wave farewell to the Spring theme!

As for the voting results, seems like we'll be going for Pointy and Creepy!