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WillyFourEyes2010-12-10 13:48:08

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3: The Hot Spring and the Not-Witch

Raguna is able to get a decent night's sleep, and wakes up right on time without incident. He goes outside to check his crops, and notices that the first patch of turnips seems to be growing nicely. In a few days, they should be ready for harvest.

About a half hour later, Anette whizzes by his house to drop off some mail. Raguna misses the opportunity to say hello to her, but does manage to find a letter from Stella, welcoming him to Trampoli, and that she can be seen at the church during the day, and at the tavern in the evenings.

More garbage is laid about the lawn. Raguna does his usual duty and tosses it all into the shipping bin.

Determined to make more progress in the dungeon, he returns to the beanstalk and ascends to Whale Island, his shiny new broadsword at the ready. This time, the goblin is much less of a threat as it was yesterday, and Raguna makes short work of it. He sees a miniature garden up ahead, which appears to be the perfect place to grow crops. He decides against it at first, for he is unsure what kind of climate this part of the cave is, and doesn't want to risk his crops dying shortly after being planted. He proceeds a little deeper into the cave, where he sees a familiar-looking robe and wizard hat. They belong to Melody, the girl who ran the bath house in Kaldia, and they're both surprised to see each other again. Melody suspects that there's a hot spring behind the large rock in front of her, and she gives Raguna a cheap hammer to try to break it. The hammer smashes the rock into pieces, and Melody is overjoyed that her discovery proved to be correct. She asks Raguna to visit her at the bath house near the town square when he gets a chance.

The water created by Raguna's dam-breaking skills seems to flow out of the cave, but he wonders exactly where it's all going to go. He has little time to think on the matter, as a pack of slimes and kobold-like monsters jumps him. He manages to scare them off, but not before taking some heavy damage himself, so he uses his "Return Magic" to safely teleport out of the dungeon and return home, where he stashes the loot that he found.

Raguna visits the church to talk to Stella, who mentions that Mist is ill, and asks for him to check up on her from time to time. He never noticed anything wrong with her...she always seemed so cheerful... Stella also gives Raguna an axe to help clear the fields and create lumber for other projects. He graciously accepts, and then goes to visit Melody at the newly-opened Laga Springs just next to the grocery store. She explains that she named her hot spring after the whale of the island. She lets Raguna use the bath for 10 gold...cheap, considering the danger he had to go through to get the bathhouse ready for her. He comes out of it fully refreshed, and ready to go another round.

After leaving the bathhouse, he visits Danny and Eunice at the grocery store. Eunice mentions offhandedly that she likes sweets. Raguna keeps it in mind for later when he obtains some cooking implements. He then goes to the forge and asks Ganesha if she could upgrade his farming tools. She says it's possible, but she prefers that he does it on his own, and provides him with a "Farm Companion" book, which will show him how to maintain his tools. She also drops Lute's name for him before going back to work.

Next stop is Erik's farm. Erik is impressed that Raguna managed to find a hammer. He notes that not only can he break rocks with it, but he can also flatten untilled land. Raguna hopes that he doesn't make any mistakes so that he doesn't have to do that.

Rosetta comes by to pick up Raguna's shipping crops, and berates him for dumping his weeds inside it for the third day in a row. Raguna vows never to do it again.

He heads over to the tavern late at night. Stella isn't there this time, but Turner and Rita are. Raguna tells Rita about his adventures on Whale Island, and then asks for some squid sashimi. She notifies him that all of her orders are strictly take-out only, but he decides to keep it anyway for later.

He returns to his home and does a little more rock-breaking and branch-chopping before going to sleep for the day. His muscles are nice and relaxed thanks to the stay at the bath house, and he wonders if he can get one installed for his own house one day.

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