Part 20: The Update Where People Insist It's Summer But It's Not
Update 20: The Update Where People Insist It's Summer But It's NotOnce again we return to the idyllic life of Bush, some guy who has amnesia problems, gullibility problems, and a whole lot of money in his pocket.
Music: SpringThis is Spring 30th, so that means this is the last time we'll ever hear this theme. Probably.
There is new content in year 2 as this game's about taking it slow, but I don't know how much of it I'll get around to showing off. Regardless, it's the only music I'm linking today to give this wonderful little piano theme it's sendoff.
Our idyllic life continues pretty much as usu-
why is there mail in the mailbox already
Uh, Anette?
BUSH: W-what's wrong?
ANETTE: What do you think?
ANETTE: I was chased around by a monster outside the village...
ANETTE: I just came back from running away from it! I thought I was gonna die!
If you tell Bush where it's at, I'm sure we can delete it from this world with our pacifist magic axe.
BUSH: Are you okay? Would you like some water?
ANETTE: I'll be fine. I just need to rest up a little.
BUSH: It must be hard...
I'm almost disappointed they didn't go with the watering can joke again, but I think Anette's been through enough.
ANETTE: I'll be fine... So... please... let... me rest...
If you say so!
Worth noting that this means she delivered our mail before half collapsing over here- that's dedication to the job.
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~"New Soap ♪" - Melody~
We have new soap at the bathhouse ♪
Enjoy its new, refreshing fragrance!
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Alas, there's no mechanic around the soap as far as I know. Would've been nice to have something like RF3's cologne mechanic.
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~"Beach Going Season" - Rosetta~
The beach will finally be open tomorrow!
There's an event planned for tomorrow as well, so be sure to come by!
Oh, and don't forget those bathing suits!
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That's right, our first festival is the beach episode.
It's not that kind of beach episode mind you. If you thought that it would be, given the bathhouse and the whole inspecting beds thing, I don't blame you.
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~"All prepared for summer?" - Erik~
Did you know that it'll be summer starting tomorrow?!
In the summer, all spring crops will wither, so be sure
to come by our shop and purchase summer seeds.
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Evidently Erik isn't aware of the clock that floats in the sky above our heads at all times, informing us of the date.
Also this letter didn't open with "hey, young man" and I am greatly disappointed.
Despite having read the mail, it will not leave our mailbox as the letter about the festival tomorrow is considered too important.
We collect our strawberries for the day, and...
then we delete them from the universe. Goodbye strawberries, you served us well. With sickle in hand, Bush shall spare you from withering.
If we don't cut them down now, they'll just turn into withered grass tomorrow, which is like weeds but brown and bad.
In other topics, Bush's weed collection has reached about 140 at this point. We've got a lot of weeds.
ANETTE: Tomorrow is the first day of the beach season.
ANETTE: This is the season where I really shine! ...Just kidding.
At 9:00 AM, Ann's back to her usual self.
MIST: Why do mushrooms look so funny?
MIST: They look absurd.
Mist, as per her normal self, is high on turnips.
MIST: Oh, look. Tomorrow will be the first day of the beach season. Time sure flies.
Most people today will be talking about the festival tomorrow, and I'll be lucky if I can wrestle any more than that out of them.
proceed to watering our light deprived fruits
runey management
Off to go bother people in town!
KANNO: Your test for today is...
BUSH: When did it turn into a test...?
KANNO: Stop complaining! Bring me an Emerald! An Emerald, you hear?!
BUSH: Okay...
Dire days, Bush has been struck with a pop quiz!
Lucky for us and him, there's no time limit on this. Emeralds, like most gems, are rare drops from minable rocks that can only be obtained with a good hammer.
Our hammer does not count as a "good hammer" in this case.
It's possible I can go make more Norad Fried Chickogriff and get one, but meh some other time.
MELODY: No swimsuits in the bath!
BUSH: W-what's the matter, Melody?
MELODY: The other day, Mist wanted to go straight to the bath after coming from the opening day of beach season. That's why I...
BUSH: That's very like Mist to do that.
MELODY: Bush! You're always taking Mist's side!
Both statements here are true.
Melody hates sand, it's coarse and rough and gets everywhere in the bath.
CINNAMON: I went to go buy swimsuits with Candy.
CINNAMON: ...I won't show you yet.
We're gonna see it tomorrow anyways.
STELLA: When I first came here, only one boy lived here.
STELLA: This village sure has grown since then.
I would guess that "one boy" is Kross, but we don't really know how old he is or when Stella came here.
BUSH: Tomorrow is the opening day of the beach season.
STELLA: Yes, and? Don't tell me you want to see me in a bathing suit.
BUSH: Huh?!
STELLA: I was quite the looker when I was young. Maybe I should take this opportunity to show off... Hahaha. I'm joking.
Bush isn't good at starting conversations, so he just defaulted to what everyone's been talking about today.
LARA: Tomorrow is the first day of the beach season, but I just don't like swimsuits that are too flashy...
Not much of a surprise.
DANNY: Hm? Oh, so tomorrow is the first day of the beach season.
DANNY: But it has nothing to do with me.
Given the massive pec window, I would've thought otherwise, but I guess Danny's committed to being aggressively uninteresting.
DANNY: I'm actually good at sewing.
DANNY: I made these clothes myself. Surprised? So if you have any extra Good Cloth laying around, share some with me. You can spare some right, Bush?
Given the massive pec window, I am not surprised. Still, "Good Cloth" is Danny's liked gift but you're better off giving him his favorite gift of silver in the long run. It's a lot easier to get a hold of.
ROSETTA: Tomorrow is the opening day of beach season. I was right to stock up on swimsuits for this day.
ROSETTA: Of course, I've already got my own.
I have to question how much profit comes from directly stocking swimsuits when there's like 10 people in town that'll ever wear one. Seems like you'd end up with a lot of unbought stock.
Then again, Rosetta's the one here making a commercial empire, not me.
EUNICE: *sigh*
BUSH: What's wrong?
EUNICE: This season has come again...
BUSH: This season...? Oh, right. It's almost summer.
EUNICE: Yes. all the girls in the village are talking about swimsuits...
EUNICE: I made Uzuki's swimsuit this year, but I just can't bring myself to make my own.
EUNICE: We shouldn't talk about depressing things like this! Let's just get to work!
I think you might be able to see where this is going.
RITA: It's already summer now.
We've still got a few hours, don't sign off Spring yet!
RITA: Summer has it's very own specialty drink. Why don't you come try it?
BUSH: N-no... I...
RITA: Hahaha. I'm kidding.
Listen, Bush may be magicking wine into existence by way of bullying what is probably an endangered species, but he doesn't drink.
TURNER: The beach season starts tomorrow. I used to go swim with Rita a lot when we were young.
GANESHA: Summer is finally here. The forge gets really hot during summer so I hate it.
GANESHA: Whoops. I guess it has nothing to do with you.
I would note that Bush has to run through a literal volcanic cavern with siege weaponry attacking him, but he doesn't really have much of stated reason to be doing it. It's just spur of the moment self endangerment.
They are required to progress the main story but we really haven't been given an explicit reason to smashing up the places. Hell, even the large monsters aren't threatening anyone or anything. We mostly just go inside to upgrade our gear easier.
We stop by Kross to blow 360 lumber and 20,000 gold on our new house expansions.
KROSS: Summer... The sun during the summer is cruel. The rays incinerate everything and remind me of the flames.
Evidently, Kross has seen things
Hey, slightly less young man, sell me some corn.
(also some carrot seeds for something later)
SELPHY: Oh, tomorrow is the opening of the beach season?
Yeah, she doesn't care. Nothing to do with books, and she only goes outside like once a week.
MIST: Please water the seeds after you sow them. Crops won't grow unless they have water. Make sure you remember this.
mist
mist, it's been a month
i know how farming works
For all I know, the game could be complaining about that fodder I never bother to water because I've got enough feed and I don't really have the time or RP to worry about them.
Also I liquidate some final stuff to come into tomorrow with a nice bit of pocket change. Our boy Lute's gonna be around and I want to nab the good tools while I can.
Also here's what our house looks like now. Hopefully the villagers appreciate Bush's taste in architecture.
KROSS: You seem to have gotten much stronger. Be careful to not get injured severely.
Also as it turns out, Kross doesn't like random vegetables all that much as I thought he did. His liked gift is Proof Of Warrior, the little masks that goblins and orcs drop.
What I'm saying is that it's not really an accomplishment to have these, but thanks, Kross.
CANDY: Tomorrow is the opening day of the beach season. I can't wait to wear my new swimsuit.
Before anyone gets worried, all the swimsuits in this game are rather tame.
MARCO: It's finally summer!
MARCO: I'm training now so I can fight the monsters of the ocean!
Marco here is ready to go all out on Nessie
Took me all day to find you, but I did eventually!
Looks like I was right about Cinnamon teaching Uzuki fishing, but I don't think that was a very long stretch to begin with.
Cinnamon will end up teaching even more people, believe it or not.
UZUKI: How do you fare, Bush?
UZUKI: I have never swam in the sea. I am eagerly awaiting to go as Eunice is making a swimsuit for myself.
I think it takes a while to get made, otherwise I'm just bad at finding her. Something you'll get to see when Summer starts for real is that it makes all the bachelorettes even harder to find on a daily basis.
You really want to play this game with a character schedule on hand- you can waste in-game hours just trying to find people. The townsfolk are very dynamic in this game compared to previous entries, and you still don't have a minimap of any kind.
Before I head back to the farm, I invest in a good number of grasses from Lara's store. I won't get around to these anytime soon, but I do plan on trying to level up Bush's pharmaceutical skills at least somewhat.
It is worth noting that neutralizers sell for the value of their component parts, so as long as you've got the RP to maintain it, you can just make them on loop for skill points.
Planting my summer crop begins late in the day, but still before I've had a bath. I'd ideally wanted some nice and clean field that only used the front half, but much like real life, things didn't work out so perfectly. At this point I just hastily make way for more tilled land so I can get all of my seeds in the ground.
You can plant the next season's crops on the 30th of the previous season to get a head start on them growing. Even if it is by 1 day, that 1 day can matter a lot in terms of when you get your payout.
Oh, hey, I'd entirely forgotten you didn't have to wait near Rosetta while she checked the shipping box. Neat, I didn't even mean to trigger this today.
That's an extra +1 LP for the Rosetta fans out there.
It's 8:00 PM by the time I make it to the bathhouse today, but rest assured, I will never miss going here!
Apparently, if you buy a bath ticket, come back after 9:00 PM when Melody's not working, and you have enough FP/LP for her to respond to you knocking on her door, there's some sort of special event.
It's probably more
for all I know, but I guess if the opportunity ever arises we'll find out.
speaking of
The long and short of it is that Ganesha's messing with Marco by suggesting he come into women's bath with her, and since he's not five, he's having none of it. And then it gets weirder than it already was when she brings Candy up.
Also, even though she's not part of this event, Lara is just in there as well with this whole awkward thing going on.
why
Moving away from that, I buy two bars of chocolate, some rice, and an apple from the bar. Chocolate happens to be Lute's favorite gift, rated at +9 FP, which is nice since he's around so rarely.
More tomatoes are already ready up on Whale Island as well! With our two prosperity regions, they seem to be regrowing in just 2 days which is even better.
Provided Grant and Gobbs can help out enough, we're going to be absolutely rolling in gold once our summer farm gets started up for real.
Not even counting these or the corn, I've got 8 3x3s of them in the ground, so that's 15,120g every 2 days once they're grown. I estimate we'll get somewhere around 150,000g out of them by the end of Summer.
IRIS: I finished doing that drawing the other day! Please take a look!
BUSH: Really?! Let me see...
IRIS: How is it?
BUSH: It's a very cute Chitter.
IRIS: That's... an apple...
BUSH: What?! I-I'm sorry.
These make up the bulk of Iris's more interesting dialogue. Even better is that we'll soon be able to catch her up to the place of the other girls as her favorite gift isn't far off.
IRIS: There are fields inside Whale Island, too. I wonder who tills them since there are so many monsters here.
In order to break the deafening awkward silence, Iris talks about farming. I would say she doesn't notice we're doing it right outside her door, but she does specify inside Whale Island.
Bush don't do any farming on the inside, so I've got no idea
Bush was up so late watering all the seeds that the clock at the top of screen even changes to reflect that it's properly Summer now. This is the last time we'll have to spend so long watering crops though, I'll tell you that.
And now that we've officially entered Summer, I've gotta close this update out. There's gonna be a lot of content in the next few days, including our final bachelorettes, so I hope that makes up for this being a half-length update.
As a farewell to the Spring theme, I would like to mention that it used to play whenever you visited Runefactoryfrontier.com, this game's webpage. If you can manage to make Flash work again, you can see it for yourself.
As we end our first season and slowly break out of the early game, what's your thoughts so far?