[golden sun] Gamelog #3

[laronmi]

• The enemy encounter rate is pretty low.
• So it's not spring yet when they hit Kaocho, although it will be soon.
• The power of Psynergy! Grows grass and fills rivers in a split second!
• Harapa is really pretty now!
• It also has the best NPCs. You can't make alchemy by throwing water, mud, and plants into a pot and then cooking it!
• Nyunpa is super awesome.
• Seriously. PRETTIEST CITY.
• It took me a while to figure out the Clouds of Passaj were like the rafts in Ayuthay. The staircase is pretty epic, though.
• "If people lived here, I'd be able to smell some food." Tyrell really is fanon!Garet.
• DID I MENTION I LOVE KARIS? BECAUSE I TOTALLY DO.
• ...The Grip pole rising is very phallic. Or maybe I just have a filthy mind.
• ASTROLOGY DUNGEON!
• So Leo (Fireball) is first, adding to Virgo and Libra.
• Aquarius (Douse) is second, opening Gemini.
• Gemini (Move) awakens Virgo and Libra
• Virgo (Grip + Growth) adds to Aries and Pisces
• Libra (Move) opens Aries and Pisces
• Aries (Fireball) adds to Cancer and Scorpio
• Pisces (Douse) opens Cancer and Scorpio
• Cancer (Arid Heat) adds to Taurus and Capricorn
• Scorpio (Zol Stones) opens Taurus and Capricorn
• Taurus (Douse + Cold Snap) adds to Saggitarius
• Capricorn (Move) opens Saggitarius
• Saggitarius (Cold Snap + Grip) is the last house.
• In terms of elemental affiliation, most of the Psynergy used did not match their sign.
• Earth element signs are Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn. Taurus used Water Psynergy to solve, Virgo and Capricorn used Earth.
• Water element signs are Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces. Cancer and used Fire, Scorpio didn't use Psynergy, but had Air elemental Zol Stones, and Pisces used Water.
• Air element signs are Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius. Gemini and Libra used Earth, Aquarius used Water.
• Fire element signs are Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius. Aries and Leo used Fire, Sagittarius used Water and Earth.
• In terms of order, it goes Leo (5), Aquarius (11), Gemini (3), Virgo (6), Libra (7), Aries (1), Pisces (12), Cancer (4), Scorpio (8), Taurus (2), Capricorn (10), and Sagittarius (9). THERE IS NO ORDER
• I am taking this way too seriously.
• "Woah! She's a kitty-dog!" ...Tyrell.
• Mind Read! At last!
• "My father has Mind Read Psynergy, but he's always found it a bit of a double-edged sword." "Only very specialized Wind Adepts such as Ivan and Sheba can master this esoteric technique." Huh.
• So Karis didn't inherit Mind Read. I wonder if her mother wasn't an Adept.
• "Yes, Tyrell. This is where she volunteers she's a spy." Ahahaha, Rief inherited Mia's hidden snark. 8D
• Sveta's ears flick. 8D That is adorable.
• I dunno, Karis. I agree with dracobolt about you being the actual leader of this party.
• "It's dangerous to go alone." Too bad he didn't say "Take this." after.
• I love how Matthew and company just stand around watching people get sad and conflicted when they have the solution to the problem in their inventory.
• The style of Sveta's in game portrait art looks really different.
• I didn't expect Sveta to be...so shy! She seems withdrawn, which was the opposite of what I thought she'd be.
• Uhuhu, Karis/Sveta.
• Sequence breaking! Hello, Port Rago! Hello, reference to Piers! 8D I'm just going to record all the lines involving him.
• "Piers showed up out of the blue about...30 years ago and became a seafaring hero overnight. Wait...has it really been 30 years? I swear, he hasn't aged more than 10. Some people are just born under a good sign, I guess."
• "Port Rago's sailors are the best in the world! Well, with one exception... Apparently one of the Warriors of Vale actually sailed through the Sea of Time! That guy must have seawater for blood..."
• "Brigg's heard from his old friend, Piers, that Kraden was in Bilibin, so we headed out this way."
• "I don't know much, just what Piers told me. But I guess he owes Isaac big."
• "To hear Piers tell it, there's nothin' under the sun that Tret doesn't know."
• "Yeah, Piers told me the story when he gave it to me... I should've listened better."
• "But if Captain Piers said it was important, it must be."
• "Yeah, Briggs may not know what he's talking about, but Piers sure does. Let's get going."
• "Hmph. Treasure from me is garbage, but treasure from Piers..."
• Kolima! Holy crud, the girl Isaac saved when she was a tree is still around! With kids! And fangirls the Warriors of Vale!
• I love the meeting the pirates sequence. Also, I'm kind of frustrated by how they just barely keep missing Piers.
• Although, I'm wondering just how much Piers and Briggs actually keep in touch. PIERS, THE NOBLE PIRATE?! ...Nah.
• "Sheesh, Amiti, who died and made you prince of the party?" I LOVE THIS CAST ;A;
• Annnnnnd Briggs confirms Matthew's parentage. I love how they hold off saying that Jenna's his mom until this late in the game.
• HAHAHAHA, oh man, I love how Briggs talks about Tret as a human. DOES HE KNOW TRET'S A TREE?
• "We expect the full truth, criminal!" Amiti's got such a strong sense of justice.
• "Yeah, I'm starting to feel like an indentured servant." KARIS ILU
• HOW DOES PIERS KNOW IF TRET IS THAT WISE OR NOT? I guess Piers really must have travelled to as many locations as he could and spoke with as many people (Or trees!) as he could during the 30 years.
• So, like, is Briggs Piers's new BFF or something now that Felix is missing?
• "So you were given a treasure but cannot remember its value, so you "thank" us with it. Delightful." AMITI. ♥
• I swear I'm going to end up quoting this entire game.
• C-Captain Piers. IF ONLY THEY KEPT HIS JAPANESE NAME, then this would be 10 time funnier.
• Rief: How did we get into this situation, exactly?
  Tyrell: Matthew can be talked into anything--that's how.
  Amiti: The saviors of this village, and we will be sleeping on the ground like animals?
  Matthew: =(
  NPC: Sorry! Bare ground is all we have!
• ... DREAM LEAF DRUGS AND FLUTE LSD. Oh, man. This game. Just. What. XD
• "Yeeeeesssss..." AMITI, YOU ARE SO HIGH.
• ...Okay, Phantasmal Bog is really creepy.

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