Part 18: Bakin' Carrot Biscuits
Update 18: Bakin' Carrot Biscuits
THIS TIME, ON RUNE FACTORY FRONTIER
BUSH: All right, I put a Wool in.
EXTREME WOOL SPINNING
You got a Yarn Ball
Why do we want this?
FOR EXTREME KNITTING
Hand-Knit Hat Lv:1 was synthesized.
This hat's an increase in 10 defense and 15 magic over our straw hat, so while it'll be very out of season for Summer, it will quite good to have.
I liked the look of the straw hat more, but I like this too.
Daily chores happen, nothing new here.
ANETTE: You want htis Green Grass delivered, right? Leave it to me.
Had to chase her down to Mist's house to deliver the grass to Melody. I know it's been a long while since I've followed her on her mail route, but these days I don't have as much time as I had before.
ANETTE: I hear there's a big monster that lays these big eggs in the Green Ruins.
ANETTE: I'm sure if you boiled that huge egg, it would taste great!
I'm not sure if size of eggs affects taste. Then again, I'm not much of an egg guy.
Music: Pinch
ANETTE: You're kidding right? What is this thing doing inside the mailbox?
ANETTE: Calm down, Anette... Calm down. It has to be some sort of mistake. That has to be it!
What this "thing" is, we may never know.
Music: Title Theme(We haven't heard this in a long time, so let's just listen to this for the rest of today.)
Back on the farm, one set of Toyherbs have finally grown. No wait, sorry, 'Toy Herbs'. Anyways, being flowers they don't have that many uses aside from being sold. Luckily for us, these are worth an amazing 900g a piece.
This should be a hefty influx of cash on its own.
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~"Have you found out anything?" - Uzuki~
Bush,
Have you found anything about my brother?
I do not care how small of a detail it may be.
Please, inform me promptly.
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As far as my knowledge extends, we only learn stuff about her brother late into her LP events. Somewhere in the 6-7 range, I think.
I accidentally backed out of the mailbox, so I've got to go inside to check my letters.
As it turns out, there's a few letters we somehow haven't seen! I guess these were put in with the initial mail stack or something. I don't know why they didn't just put them through the normal process.
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~"It's Eunice." - Eunice~
Congratulations on your move-in!
Please allow me to re-introduce myself.
I am Eunice, the daughter of the Innkeeper.
Most townsfolk do not frequent the Inn, but please, feel free to come by anytime.
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This doesn't read anything like Eunice, but whatever. People don't always write like they talk after all.
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~"Congrats on your move-in!" - Anette~
Congrats on moving in.
I guess I'll see you around.
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I still can't help but wonder if these are some sort of development leftovers.
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~"I hear you found the Lava Ruins." - Kanno~
I hear you have entered the Lava Ruins.
That place once was a Norad research facility, studying the effects of heat on Runes.
You may burn your feet if you don't be carful, so always be stay alert.
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"Always be stay alert" would be the update title if I wasn't trying to keep to this food theme. There's a number of typos in this game that seem like they're just second-pass edits gone wrong.
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~"Welcome to Trampoli" - Stella~
I would like to represent this town and welcome you to Trampoli.
If you have any questions, come by and talk to me anytime.
I'm at the church during the day, and in the evenings... I'm usually at the tavern.
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Yeah, she's usually in there. I just haven't really pointed her out because she rarely has anything new to say. She does get some quite interesting conversations later, but raising her FP is hard.
TSUBUTE: Milady, it gets chilly morning and night. Be sure to wear an extra layer before going out.
UZUKI: Thank you, Tsubute.
I feel like her response here is less of a genuine thanks and more of a
UZUKI: This village's shrine, or church rather, has a very strange shape. But, I find it very beautiful.
Just the usual Uzuki things. Like most bachelorettes, her dialogue gets more varied later.
Went to check Rosetta's store for some flowers we could grow in Summer, and the shortest one, the Ironleaf, grows in 40 days.
The others take from 60-100, so I think my best bet if I want more flowers is to just plant more Toyherbs and Moondrops somewhere on Whale Island.
No other conversations of note here, so off to the Church District.
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~Book of Healthy Dieting~
"The foundation of health is food! Eat healthy and stay healthy. This book will discuss the types of food you eat and the effects they have on you."
"Foods have various effects on the body, such as HP/RP recover, HP absorption, and poison attacks. An apple is displayed by the HP gauge when a food is in effect."
"You can check the status of your affected parameters in the menu, so be sure to check what foods affect what."
"Also, if you have a monster with you, the monster will share your food. In doing so, both you and your monster will be affected by the food you have eaten."
"However, remember that some monsters are immune to certain status effects and likewise fods, so be careful."
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As this says, Bush can gain temporary superpowers from food. Our monsters don't even have to be present when we eat the food to gain the effects either, as long as we've got a food buff active, they get it too.
Gaining the power of vampirism from Peperoncino, which is made from garlic, is just funny to me.
Selphy has nothing new to say today, but we had plenty of her last update.
STELLA: A "Toy Herb"... I like this flower. Does it seem unfitting for me?
Not sure what's weird about liking Toyherbs. This is the only liked gift for her that I know of. Her favorite is the Four Leaf Clover which has a much longer growth cycle and is still worth way more.
I think Stella is singlehandedly the most expensive character to earn favor with. Given these toyherbs are worth so much, I'm probably going to sell them instead and I'll keep giving her meh gifts.
STELLA: Rosetta is a real hard worker. It's not easy for someone her age to run a general store.
CINNAMON: The moon is really close so it looks that big. Stars are far away so they're small.
CINNAMON: The moon only reflects the sun's light so you can see it at night.
BUSH: But the sun isn't out at night. How does it shine with the sun's light?
CINNAMON: You just don't see it at night. The sun doesn't go away.
BUSH: (I'm not sure I understand.)
More astronomy lessons with Cinnamon, alas Bush hasn't fully caught on yet
This is also an unfinished explanation, so this is also Cinnamon's fault
CINNAMON: I sometimes talk to Selphy at the library.
CINNAMON: She's annoying sometimes because she keeps asking to borrow Grandpa's books.
Given it's Selphy, it'd also probably be months before you get said books back.
CINNAMON: Thank you... Birthday present? I like Chub.
It also happens to be Cinnamon's birthday, the 26th of Spring. Candy's is tomorrow.
KANNO: What? Is it so rare to see me outside?
KANNO: If you think all scholars do is read books indoors, you're wrong.
Also, later in the day I find Kanno outside. He never thanks me for making his Runey research easier- I put the environment into prosperity right on your front porch!
After some Runey management, it still hasn't hit 3:00 PM yet. Regardless, I pay my turnip dues to Mist.
If you were wondering, I've still got enough turnips to carry me until Summer 17th.
I'll probably grow some up on Whale Island or something. If Greenifier didn't cost almost 10,000g, I'd almost consider trying to cultivate some max level turnips. Those would be just the most gourmet pickled turnips.
Music: Lava RuinsSince I've got some time to kill, I dive back down into the Lava Ruins for a bit, taking Pony with me. Maybe I can get her some levels or something.
Always more metal to get. It's not worth much, but it'll be useful when I get my upgraded forge.
The Tomahawk we made from our first Chickogriff absolutely tears the Mini-Golems apart with it's special attack. Axes are all about single target damage, so it's not unusual to see.
Of course, doesn't stop them from returning the pain. Poor Pony just got two-shot by rocket fists in the background over there.
After a lot of flailing and nearly dying here, Bush manages a level and gets that sweet, sweet full heal.
As long as you can eliminate them safely, the golems drop good metal.
Also enough experience for almost 1/4th of Bush's experience bar per golem at this level. Wow.
Almost all 500 of that fresh level up RP goes into chopping only two stumps for 20 wood. Being a lumberjack ain't easy, but that's okay. We're pretty close to the amount of wood we'll need for both house expansions already, so it's not much of an issue.
Music: By the Ocean
ROSETTA: Let's see...
ROSETTA: Oh...
ROSETTA: The items that I'm picking up today really make my work worthwhile.
Been a long time since we've seen the Rosetta event, so why not? If I was doing it reliably, her LP would be a bit higher, but the timing is hard to get with the way I've been scheduling the day.
It's also always just slightly jarring to see characters on the other side of the screen than usual.
ROSETTA: Thank you for shipping so many things out every day. Thanks to you, business is really good.
I don't know if this is actually conditional on how much you ship out, but it's nice nonetheless.
I mean, sure, her selling markup is 200% of what we sold our stuff to her for, but that's just the mercantile standard in Norad it seems. Bush is too busy with all the stuff he does to seek out customers directly anyways.
ROSETTA: Right now, I'm thinking of ways to increase the store's revenue.
ROSETTA: Say, Bush, tell me if you come up with anything.
Sell some more of those INT boosters. Bush needs ALL THE MAGIC POWER
MELODY: Oh...
BUSH: What's wrong, Melody?
MELODY: Cinnamon turned me down when I asked her to teach me magic the other day.
MELODY: Know what she said?
BUSH: No...
MELODY: She said that she can't use magic now, so she can't teach me...
BUSH: Seems like it. I hear Cinnamon hasn't used any magic for years.
Since when did you hear that, Bush? I already knew it, of course, but nobody's mentioned it in-game!
MELODY: I don't care about that! I just wanna to use magic, not become a student of a wizard!
BUSH: There's a difference?
MELODY: A huge one!
MELODY: If that person can teach about magic, it doesn't matter if she can use it or not!
BUSH: Is that how it is...?
MELODY: That's how it is!
MELODY: Jeez! Now I feel even more like learning magic after talking to you, Bush!
MELODY: I'm gonna go one more time!
I do feel like we might be able to help her by just giving her that Fire Rod we got from Kanno, but I suppose she wants to know spellbook magic. There seems to be a distinction about that now, whereas it was just spellbook magic before.
MELODY: I wish I could take a pigeon out of my hat.
Then again, I still think she'd be perfectly happy with the Fire Rod.
...I still just want to know why Bush can't learn spellbook magic now.
Well, time to head up to the Tower of Rest. Making this entire trip multiple times is required for story progression, as far as I know.
I was wrong on my previous calculation- riding a monster up here takes only an in-game hour. Halving the normal trip length is much appreciated.
Even if Pony might eventually fall behind in combat, she'll always be useful to save tons of time across the course of the LP.
Bush shows off his peerless charisma by accidentally dropping the flower on the floor at Iris's feet, then staring at her awkwardly for a few seconds.
And then proceeds to water it and everything around him, her canvas included.
I make these sorts of control mistakes kinda regularly, but I don't usually show them.
She also has nothing new to say, so double
Way later in the day, I'm making more strawberry jam and fueling it with fish.
I end up converting my entire stack of strawberries in the span of about two and a half in-game hours.
That's another 6000+G in the box. This plus our current cash at about 18,000g, without selling the Toyherbs.
I continue to do more fishing late into the night and use it to fuel some cleanup on my field.
Music: Snowstyle TavernAnd then it's time for the next day. We'll just turn on the tavern's theme for most of today.
ANETTE: Here you go!
New day, new mail!
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~"Thanks for the Green Grass ♪" - Melody~
Thanks for the Green Grass.
It really helped out with my most recent concoction!
By the way, do you happen to have any Red Grass on you?
If you have any, may I have
Some?♪
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Yeah, we've got Red Grass. I don't know how long this request chain of Melody's goes on for, (spoilers, there's more letters in this chain,) but I do know I don't have what we'd need for the next one, and it won't be available for a long time.
However, Slimes have a 1% chance of dropping it, so maybe we go grind those for a while?
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~"Guilty pleasure" - Eunice~
Hello, Bush. Did I surprise you?
Actually, I am quite fond of letters, and I often write
to various people about my thoughts and such.
Let's keep in touch, okay?
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We're finally getting letters from Eunice, so that's a good thing.
Although I don't really know how much LP affects these showing up.
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~"How goes exploring the Lava Ruins?" - Kanno~
How goes exploring the Lava Ruins?
I found this out just recently, but apparently there exists a monster
that changes its appearance based on its surroundings.
Such a monster would surely be strong, so be extremely careful.
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Sounds like a giant chameleon, I guess.
it's not a giant chameleon
Last of our Toyherbs are up for harvest! This'll bring in a lot of cash for us.
STELLA: Do you know about the Four Leaf Clover? They're supposed to bring you good luck.
STELLA: I have some good memories about Four Leaf Clovers. It's all when I was young.
They also take longer than a month to grow, which for me is too long for me to care!
LARA: There are some drugs that can temporarily raise your physical and mental abilities. They can be useful so keep some on you.
Lara's promoting use of steroids now. Seems a bit odd to hear coming from a nun.
BUSH: I can't really read anything here...
It seems that the right side of the library still has some secrets it's hiding from us.
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~The Green Ruins~
"The Adventures of John Arthur Section 1, Chapter 13, Part 3 'The Green Ruins'"
"Making my way through an overgrown field of young plants, I went deeper into the area called 'The Green Ruins.' Once a research facility for utilizing the powers of Runes, it is now overrun with monsters."
"It's warm and spring-like. In fact, I saw springtime plants thriving in every crevice of the ruins. I finally came to a set of stairs, but it seems someone came before me and opened the door that leads inside."
"I continued down the stairs and move forward. When I got to the 3rd basement floor I... (to be continued)"
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The adventures of Wordy McWordyson mirror ours it seems.
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~The Lava Ruins~
"The Adventures of John Arthur Section 1, Chapter 13, Part 5 'The Lava Ruins'"
"Covered in sweat, I pressed on ahead towards the ruins that once used to house a facility devoted to researching the effects of heat on Runes. As expected, it's hot here like summer."
"I found a bomb on a seesaw on the 3rd basement floor. I slammed the opposite side of the seesaw with a hammer and successfuly cast it into a pile of rubble. I'll use the bomb to remove that pile."
"To detonate the bomb, I slashed at it. A loud noise engulfed the entire ruins.
...I don't remember anything after that. I have lost my memory."
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Alas, poor John Arthur, as prone to sudden bouts of plot amnesia as our boy Bush.
Unless...?
Nah, that'd be silly.
SELPHY: The heroine in the book I'm reading right now was born on the 3rd of autumn. Apparently it has some deep meaning.
SELPHY: I'm feeling a really strong affinity towards her. That's because my birthday is also on the 3rd of autumn.
Our first birthday to write down on our calendar! It's not like it matters knowing too much, as long as you're giving gifts each day, you'll hit one. I guess maybe it helps to know if your supply of favorite gifts is small, but you could also just look up an external calendar.
Reading the books evidently give a lot of LP, in the span of two days we've managed to almost bring her to 4 LP.
Mist has just hit 3.
DANNY: How to chase that girl out... That's the problem here...
Oh, yeah, Danny's still gradually slipping into cutthroat capitalism.
ROSETTA: I bought some new clothes. Do you want to see?
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1. Sure
2. Not really...
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I took the first option here and forgot to check what the second was.
ROSETTA: Maybe later. I'm working right now so I can't wear it. I guess that's the one thing I don't like about working.
Another one of those occasions where if this game had a bit wider of scope, there could be some kind of event here. Hell, in RF2 or RF3 this would be the premise for a message board request on it's own.
ROSETTA: The seeds on the shelf are separated by season. Don't mistake which season each seed is for.
ROSETTA: They won't grow when they're not in the right season.
The seeds kinda spill over onto the other shelves so this isn't true, but they are color coded at least.
UZUKI: Bush, I heard you braved a step into the Lava Ruins.
UZUKI: How could you go into such a dangerous place...
Evidently, her naginata does not instill the same disregard for personal safety that Bush has.
EUNICE: I used to feel lonely but I have more friends now.
EUNICE: I love Melody's bath for how big it is.
That doesn't really have anything to do with her as a person, but okay sure.
Music: Kross' Theme
KROSS: So you went to the Lava Ruins.
KROSS: Heh... The monsters there aer resistant to fire and weak against ice. It's a good strategy to aim for the enemies' weaknesses.
Our only source of water damage outside our Elefun is going to be buying Water Crystals from Ganesha, so we'll eventually do that when it's time to progress deeper into the ruins.
I'm mostly aiming to progress on Whale Islands some more next, as soon as it decides I can progress
After talking to Kross and Erik, (who has nothing interesting to say,) I head on out to Lake Poli.
BUSH: What do you your parents do, Cinnamon?
CINNAMON: They're both scholars. Grandpa and I are the same. They're still doing research at the lab.
I don't think we'll ever end up meeting said parents though.
I collect what is probably the last Cherry harvest of the season, and then warp back to the Shrub Farm Homestead.
MIST: Were you fighting monsters again? You sure like to do that, don't you?
Mist, I haven't fought any monsters today. Just slammed trees with a hammer, that's all.
MARCO: There's an entrance to some ruins on the way to the lake.
MARCO: I wish I could down there.
If you mean as in getting knocked down, Lava Ruins will absolutely do that to ya, kid.
CANDY: Thanks! Heehee. I got a birthday present.
It was just some Blue Grass, but it's something. Her only liked gift is juices. I guess Juicewave is more her style than Bluegrass.
NOLAN: When spring comes, that sweet fragrance of the strawberries tells me that the season has officially begun.
NOLAN: I suppose that was a bit cheesy...
Spring's also almost over, my dude.
Music: Whale Island Entrance
IRIS: This is a very nice and quiet place. It never gets too cold or too hot...
IRIS: Have you thought about moving here, Bush?
If it was an option, Bush probably would. Dangerous monsters aside, it's rather pretty and the all-season availabilty is great.
Then again, reaching the town below would be a pain coming from this direction.
Still, for me, being able to pitch a tent up here would be neat, and I'm afraid of heights.
And then Bush stays up until 1 AM doing a ridiculous amount of fishing, jamming, and cleaning up the farm field.
I'll have to cut today's update a bit shorter than usual, but that's because a lot goes on tomorrow- it's our first festival!
To tide you over, I have another important vote for the thread!
VOTING TIME: What shall our kitchen and forge extensions look like?
--KITCHEN--
1. Bulging Style
Consists of a nice round room with a little bump on the top of the roof. The inside's very homey, and everything is within easy reach.
2. Ba-Bump Style
A more square outside with a double ridged roof. The inside has a fancy little staircase upwards to where the kitchen is.
3. Pointy Style
A more traditional Eastern looking kind of extension, it even has little lamps hanging from the sides! At least, I think they're lamps.
The inside has a staircase downwards instead, an is perhaps the roomiest design of them all.
--FORGE--
1. Cozy Style
A small and simple extension, it adds just a little reinforcement to the outside of the house. The inside, sudden encroachment of the Wii menu aside, is very simple but homely.
2. Cool Style
Sticking to extending the house with stonework, this style even has a visible litle chimney on top. It seems like it's made in sections, something that extends to the inside. The full metal walls are pretty neat though.
3. Creepy Style
Partially industrial looking, this extension is shaped almost like a giant head of some kind. It's really darn roomy inside though!
So there's your options- get to voting! As for the last vote, it looks like we'll be focusing on Magic and using some Axes on on the side for the time being. We can always mix it up a bit later.