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Her deck works on lowering a customer's Patience as well raising their Interest. Raising her relationship level also decreases the cost of adventuring.

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Her deck works on lowering a customer's Patience cost as well raising their Interest. Raising her relationship level also decreases the cost of adventuring.

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-->'''Luna:''' I … ''think'' I see what you were going for?

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-->'''Luna:''' I … I ... ''think'' I see what you were going for?



* MustHaveCaffeine: Would it surprise you any, if we told you that she's utterly addicted to coffee and relies on it to function in the high-stress, high-speed environment of social media marketing? To add to this, one of her themes is "Luna's Coffee Break."

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* MustHaveCaffeine: Would it surprise you any, if we told you It's not that surprising that she's utterly addicted to coffee and relies on it to function in the high-stress, high-speed environment of social media marketing? marketing. To add to this, one of her themes is "Luna's Coffee Break."



A traveling bard that works with the Heroes Guild whenever she's in town.

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[[caption-width-right:275:Celebrity on a Sabbatical]]
A traveling bard that works with the Heroes Guild whenever she's in town.\\\

Her deck works on lowering a customer's Patience as well raising their Interest. Raising her relationship level also decreases the cost of adventuring.



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[[caption-width-right:275:Con Artist]]



A survivalist who takes more pride in the adventures that lead to rare ingredients than the potions he brews with them.

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[[caption-width-right:275:Survivalist Hunter]]

A survivalist who takes more pride in the adventures that lead to rare ingredients than the potions he brews with them.\\\

His deck focuses on buff increasing interest during a haggle session, while granting Sylvia some protection against negative comments and stress.



* DoubleEntendre: Of a non-sexual kind. He adresses Sylvia as "chum", which can mean either "friend" or pal, a species of salmon which is commonly eaten by sharks, or chunks of meat used to lure fish to a particular spot.

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* DoubleEntendre: Of a non-sexual kind. He adresses addresses Sylvia as "chum", which can mean either "friend" or pal, a species of salmon which is commonly eaten by sharks, or chunks of meat used to lure fish to a particular spot.
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* DropTheHammer: She carries a large hammer as her weapon of choice, and declares that it's "Hammer Time!" whenever Sylvia funds one of her adventures.
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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: She's been isolated for so long that she's astonished when she sees how many people now life in Rafta, and all the shops and professions they've developed.

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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: She's been isolated for so long that she's astonished when she sees how many people now life live in Rafta, and all the shops and professions they've developed.

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* ControllableHelplessness: At the start of the game, Helene offers to be Sylvia's first customer after saddling her with her uncle's debt, but Sylvia's complete lack of haggling skills and her rapidly-increasing Stress makes it an unwinnable segment.



* PostClimaxConfrontation: At the end of the game, [[spoiler:she figures out that Owl is really Oswald and plans to punish him for shifting his debt onto Sylvia, but Sylvia convinces her in an unlosable haggling segment to let him go]].

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* PostClimaxConfrontation: At [[BookEnds the end end]] of the game, [[spoiler:she figures out that Owl is really Oswald and plans to punish him for shifting his debt onto Sylvia, but Sylvia convinces her in an unlosable haggling segment to let him go]].
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* MustStateIfYoureACop: Salt insist that Sylvia has to tell them if she's a member of the city guard, beacuse "It's the Law!"
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* HasTwoDaddies: She mentions to Sylvia that both of her dads are major bookworms.
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* PitbullDatesPuppy: Salt is boisterous and aggressive, while Pepper is much more polite and gentle. They are very much a close couple regardless.

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* PitbullDatesPuppy: Salt is boisterous and aggressive, while Pepper is much more polite and gentle. They are very much a close couple regardless. Although according to them, ''Pepper'' is [[BewareTheQuietOnes the scarier of the two]].
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* {{Ponzi}}: Parodied. Roxanne mentions that one of her previous scams was a pyramid scheme -- as in, convincing people that she needed money to build an ''[[NotHyperbole actual]]'' pyramid and vanishing once she'd gotten it.

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* {{Ponzi}}: Parodied. Roxanne mentions that one of her previous scams was a pyramid scheme -- as in, convincing people that she needed money to [[NotHyperbole build an ''[[NotHyperbole actual]]'' pyramid actual pyramid]] and vanishing once she'd gotten it.
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* {{Ponzi}}: Parodied. Roxanne mentions that one of her previous scams was a pyramid scheme -- as in, convincing people that she needed money to build an ''[[NotHyperbole actual]]'' pyramid and vanishing once she'd gotten it.
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* CrystalBall: Quinn carries a large red crystal orb around with them, which they peer into after being given a new ingredient in order to locate harvesting spots and upgrade their store. [[spoiler:It's implied that they don't actually need it to use their {{clairvoyance}} but it does help them hone in on specific targets without the downside of being completely zoned out for a while.]]

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* CrystalBall: Quinn carries a large red crystal orb around with them, which they peer into after being given a new ingredient in order to locate harvesting spots and upgrade their store. [[spoiler:It's implied that they don't actually need it to use their {{clairvoyance}} {{seer|s}} power but it does help them hone in on specific targets without the downside of being completely zoned out for a while.]]
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* DoubleEntendre: Of a non-sexual kind. He adresses Sylvia as "chum", which can mean either "friend" or pal, a species of salmon which is commonly eaten by sharks, or chunks of meat used to lure fish to a particular spot.

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* MagneticHero: Sylvia’s skill in potion making is only one part of her success. Her ability to make friends with seemingly every talented individual on the island ([[spoiler:including her ''foes'']]) is crucial to giving her the resources and the haggling techniques needed to thrive.



* MagneticHero: Sylvia’s skill in potion making is only one part of her success. Her ability to make friends with seemingly every talented individual on the island ([[spoiler:including her ''foes'']]) is crucial to giving her the resources and the haggling techniques needed to thrive.

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* MagneticHero: Sylvia’s skill in potion making is only one part of her success. Her ability to make friends with seemingly every talented individual on TrademarkFavoriteFood: Sylvia often comments that the island ([[spoiler:including her ''foes'']]) is crucial to giving her the resources and the haggling techniques needed to thrive.money she wins in competition would be better spent buying vast quantities of ramen than paying off Oswald's debt.
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* LadykillerInLove: She mentions that she can usually separate emotional relationships from sex, but in Sylvia's case, she can't (so she's as exclusive as any other romance option).
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* FriendInTheBlackMarket: They sell crates full of treasure they've "acquired," but you didn't get it from them, understand?
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* HornyDevils: [[spoiler:Her glamor drops in the competition against Sylvia upon losing a round and getting frustrated, revealing that she has purple skin, horns, and a demon tail, which she was hiding from the public so they'd be willing to buy her wares.]]

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* HornyDevils: HotAsHell: [[spoiler:Her glamor drops in the competition against Sylvia upon losing a round and getting frustrated, revealing that she has purple skin, horns, and a demon tail, which she was hiding from the public so they'd be willing to buy her wares.]]
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* AfraidOfBlood: Their final few bonding events have them perform a metaphorical "Blood Oath" with Sylvia, with Salt saying that it won't be a ''literal'' blood oath because ''someone'' can't stand the sight of it. Pepper than adds that the "someone" is actually Salt herself.
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* EducationMama: Luna's mother was one, to the point that when Luna's childhood best friend [[SolarAndLunar Sol]] got an A+ grade than her on a test that Luna only got a B+ on, Luna's mom hung ''Sol's'' report card on their fridge. When recounting the event in one of her bonding events, Luna still isn't sure whether it was meant to inspire her or to show how little her mother cared about her if she wasn't always at her best.
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* EvilGloating: [[spoiler:She has a propensity to this, which is how Sylvia is able to goad her into a "fair" competition to solidify her victory rather than just control her mind and finish her evil plan.]]

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* EvilGloating: [[spoiler:She has a propensity to this, which is how Sylvia is able to goad her into a "fair" competition to solidify her victory rather than just control her Sylvia's mind and finish her evil plan.]]



* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Downplayed. On the one hand, after trying and failing to beat Sylvia in a potion competition and realizing too late that she spent all of her mind-controlling gem's power on the audience while trying to win, Maven just makes a still-puppeted Robin leave the scene with her and suffers no consequences for her actions, due to everyone except Sylvia forgetting she revealed herself. That said, Maven's still stuck in her lizard form without any means to restore herself and the aforementioned gem - which was her last major source of power - is now useless to her.]]
* MindControl: [[spoiler:Upon revealing herself in the present, she admits to having turned Robin into her puppet long ago, tries to magically force Sylvia into handing over the Mavenbloom that can cure her transformation and restore her to her original glory, and then uses a gem to make the entire audience of the match between Sylvia and Robin forget the past few minutes so that she can rub her victory in by beating her in the competition.]]

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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Downplayed. On the one hand, after trying and failing to beat Sylvia in a potion competition and realizing too late that she spent all of her mind-controlling gem's power on the audience while trying to win, Maven just makes a still-puppeted Robin leave the scene with her and suffers no consequences for her actions, due to everyone except Sylvia forgetting she revealed herself. That said, Maven's still stuck in her lizard form without any means to restore herself and the aforementioned gem - which was her last major source of power - is now useless to her.her, with Robin himself showing signs of breaking from her influence and acting like the child he was when she first started puppetting him.]]
* MindControl: [[spoiler:Upon revealing herself in the present, she admits to having turned Robin into her puppet long ago, tries to magically force Sylvia into handing over the Mavenbloom that can cure her transformation and restore her to her original glory, and then uses a gem to make the entire audience of the match between Sylvia and Robin forget the past few minutes so that she can rub her victory in by beating her in the competition.competition and winning the Mavenbloom "fairly" as the grand prize.]]
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* ManiacTongue: [[spoiler:Upon losing one round during the end-of-week tournament, she threatens Sylvia while striking a pose and sticking her forked tongue out long enough to go past her chin.]]
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* MegaCorp: Anubia's business in Rafta is just the latest in her global chain of convenience stores, specializing in convenience and accessibility rather than artisanship.
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* HatesBeingTouched: When Sylvia first asks if she can pet them, they refuse, considering the act demeaning and clashing with their pirate image. [[spoiler:They finally give her permission in their final bonding event, after she fully earns their trust.]]
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His cards focus on either granting buffs to Sylvia or greatly raising interest, although usually at a steep cost.

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* CrystalBall: Quinn carries a large red crystal orb around with them, which they peer into after being given a new ingredient in order to locate harvesting spots and upgrade their store.

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* CrystalBall: Quinn carries a large red crystal orb around with them, which they peer into after being given a new ingredient in order to locate harvesting spots and upgrade their store. [[spoiler:It's implied that they don't actually need it to use their {{clairvoyance}} but it does help them hone in on specific targets without the downside of being completely zoned out for a while.]]



* HiddenDepths: They volunteer at an animal shelter and have a nice singing voice.



* OracularUrchin: They're sarcastic and have a morbid sense of humor, and their biography states that they practice looking into the future on unsuspecting customers, often leading them leaving in terror. They also scry for ingredients and their clairvoyance is quite powerful.
*PowerIncontinence: [[spoiler:Their later rank up events reveal that Quinn doesn't exactly have complete control over their visions. As a child they would zone out at random and when they came to they would simply know things about people. They have to experiment with what ingredients have the right association with a target to hone in on specific ones, but even then they have a bit of a problem with the range of what they can see.]]



* {{Seers}}: To be precise, Quinn is a telemetrist, requiring an item in order to perceive events relating to said item, whether it's where to harvest more of a mundane item or what's happening with the owner of a unique treasured memento.

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* {{Seers}}: To be precise, Quinn is a telemetrist, [[spoiler:telemetrist, requiring an item in order to perceive events relating to said item, whether it's where to harvest more of a mundane item or what's happening with the owner of a unique treasured memento.]]
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* ImNotHereToMakeFriends: He makes it clear to Sylvia in one of their first encounters that, unlike how her previous opponents both had a DefeatMeansFriendship moment, he doesn't plan to show any mercy or compassion towards her.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: During his arc, he'll frequently prevent Sylvia from being allowed to sell certain types of concoctions (Potion, Tonic, etc.) by filing patents on his own creations and cornering the market while she (or rather, Owl) is busy having to fill out paperwork.

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