Part 51: A Date With...
Update 51: A Date With...
Music: AutumnThe most important day of the LP has arrived.
AUTUMN 19TH
We'll have ourselves a morning of calm before we go face destiny.
By our side will be Pony, our loyalest bestest friend.
We start our morning with no hesitation on visiting Rosetta.
Sound: Spirit Chime of Libra
ROSETTA: This is what you wanted, right?
ROSETTA: Listen, Bush. You better bring Mist back!
ROSETTA: She...she's my childhood... um...friend, so I'm kinda...um...worried... you know?
You got Libra Flower!
That makes the last of the crystal flowers!
BUSH: How is your father? Is he getting better?
ROSETTA: Not much change. I got Lara to take a look at him.
ROSETTA: I hope she can find out something.
BUSH: I see...
ROSETTA: I can only come back here once a week until my father is all better.
ROSETTA: Danny is doing really well. I guess that's the only thing I'm happy for.
We're still not at the end of this, we'll need to talk to Lara next week to finally get to a point where we can take action.
ROSETTA: When we were small, Mist and I were picking up fallen leaves and somehow ended up racing to make the biggest pile.
ROSETTA: I wonder why it always turns into a race when it comes to Mist...
Just born rivals, I suppose. At least you two are on good terms and it's a friendly rivalry.
Also Rosetta puts a lot of work into washing just the edges of her plates. Infinitely looping gif provided for your convenience.
A row across Lake Poli to meet the vampire girls...
And also to collect our Pumpkins. These things are JUST in time.
This also so happens to be the day we can get our Full-sized Bed. With this, Bush is finally ready to get married!
With morning chores done, Bush awaits his date...
The night before... posted:
SELPHY: Oh, that's nice... ...Wait, what? Ask me out?
BUSH: Yeah. The autumn colors look absolutely amazing.
SELPHY: Oh! The leaves in autumn are so pretty! Sure, let's go!
BUSH: Then let's meet up on the 19th of autumn, at noon by the lake.
SELPHY: Okay. I'm kinda excited.
*And now the day of, Selphy is already there...*
Music: To You
SELPHY: Hey, you're late! Well, no. I guess I was just early.
SELPHY: To be honest, I just couldn't sleep last night, so I just decided not to and came here.
BUSH: What? Selphy, you didn't sleep at all?
SELPHY: *chuckle* Don't worry. I pull all-nighters all the time, so I'm used to it.
So yes, Selphy has been standing out here all night.
*Bush and Selphy approach the bridge of Lake Poli.*
SELPHY: Well, the leaves have all changed colors. Do you know of a place with a nice view...?
*We then get a few different angles as they cross the bridge, stopping in the center to look out upon the lake and the forest beyond.*
SELPHY: Wow... So much more spectacular in real life... I'm...impressed...
BUSH: Yeah... It sure is something...
*And some more angles of the view follow...but!*
SELPHY: Hey, don't laugh, but um...I made some snacks for us.
BUSH: Really?! This looks great.
Today's box lunch is Sandwich!
*Bush proceeds to eat his share...*
*The taste makes him react in shock!*
SELPHY: How is it...? If it tastes awful, tell me, okay?
BUSH: It's delicious!
*Selphy lightly tips her hat.*
SELPHY: What, really?! Oh, man. I didn't expect that one. Hahaha...
*And some more angles of the view follow...*
SELPHY: I was so surprised at how pretty the leaves were in real life! I had a lot of fun.
BUSH: The colors sure were beautiful. I'm glad I got to see it.
SELPHY: I guess taking my eyes off books once in a while can be fun.
*But the time has arrived, Bush can delay it no longer. He begins to depart.*
SELPHY: Thanks for inviting me out.
*In a brief moment of overwhelming emotion, she scratches her head and averts her eyes..*
SELPHY: If possible... I'd like to do this again.
BUSH: Of course!
*And so she waves as the scene ends...*
EXTRA:
There is an option to not like the box lunch made for you. You can even still get married after this.
Bush doesn't like it posted:
*Selphy looks away and puts a hand on the back of her neck.*
SELPHY: Aw...I knew it. I don't usually cook, so... Well, there's always next time!
There's a chance this is just one of Bush's sandwiches, but a Sandwich is a Sandwich. And Bush loves sandwiches.
Anyways, you can find the rest of the available dates in links below- one last hurrah for the timeline distortions.
Oh, and Selphy got over half the votes for the date, if you wanted to know.
Anette's Autumn Date
Cinnamon's Autumn Date
Melody's Autumn Date
Tabatha's Autumn Date
Lara's Autumn Date
Our date completed and his spirit steeled, Bush now has nothing to hold him back from braving the Era of Disconnect.
We make our final preparations in the form of Pumpkin Tarts. These are a fantastic 240 HP, 300 RP, +45 Attack, and +40 Earth Res.
And also some classic Tomato Juice. The attack buff will be potentially useful- a technique learned from challenging the Ice Snake.
(also a few cookies with the last of our butter and flour)
23 Relax Tea, 5 Pumpkin Tarts, 4 Cherry Pies, 4 Sandwiches, 6 Peperoncino, 2 Cookies, 10 Tomato Juice, 1 level 10 Salmon Sashimi, and a level 10 Toast.
We will survive.
It' s almost poetic that all the favorite foods we've been gifting to the chosen bachelorettes will be what supports us in the final battle. And when you think about it, much of our gear is even made with Magic Crystals. Curious how that all worked out.
And so Bush enters the Clock Tower. Will he ever step foot beyond this door again?
The climax of his story awaits...
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