The quest to draw the weird girl out of her tower continues today. The moondrop flowers that Raguna has planted on the fin of the great whale have grown halfway. Before he can get to that, he takes some time doing his chores on the surface, and then gives up one of his scraps of copper to Turner. (When Turner receives his ore, the first voice clip is way different - and wordier - from what's shown in his speech bubble. Must be another one of those "wonderful" Harvest Moon bugs that keep popping up.)
He takes a side trip to the Lava Ruins to tame one of the squirting elephants, which he names Aqua. Now, his barn is stuffed with a full stable of ten monsters, and he won't be able to carry anymore until he decides to trick Kross into building a new barn for him. Luckily, he has enough grown grass to feed them all (36 squares worth; since grass grows every two days, that amounts to an income of 48 bales of fodder per week once everything's fully grown.) In time, Aqua will be able to help out with watering, and Sheets can use his big-ass scythe to do some weeding in the garden. With gathering, lumbering, rock-breaking, watering and weeding done, this should cover most of his bases while he's out doing other stuff.
His next step is to shove his way past more monsters on Whale Island to tend to his flower garden up there. At that moment, he remembers that he still has the moondrop that he got from Eunice, so he waits until the evening to try and woo her with that. It doesn't work, as cutscene magic comes into play and she goes back into her tower after watering the grass for the Xth time.
In the bathhouse that evening, Ganesha teases her son Marco and coaxes him into taking a bath with her. He is embarrassed to do so, even with his own mother. She asked him if there was someone else he'd rather bathe with, and he blurts out that it's absolutely, positively, 110% not Candy. Sure it's not, kiddo.
The following day, Raguna receives a letter from someone named Tart, asking how he is adjusting to life in his new home. I don't recognize the name, so a quick Google-to-Gamestop search reveals that this person is actually Tori from the first game, as it matches up with Torte, her character's name in the Japanese version of the game.
Anxious to get the money he needs for his new house extensions (his monsters will take care of some of the lumber work for him, Raguna sells a lot of the dishes he's cooked, giving him a net income of about 8,000 gold for the day. Later on, he heads back into the Lava Ruins and makes his way down to the second sub-basement. New foes await him, such as chitters with black fur, golems that can throw rocket punches and transform into tanks, fire elementals, and even dancing ducks. Something tells me that this is going to be a long and weird trip through this particular dungeon...
