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WillyFourEyes2010-12-10 14:11:09

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5: Raguna Feels Asleep

On the morning of his first full weekend in Trampoli, Raguna collapses shortly after exiting his house. Meanwhile, his heath and stamina meters refuse to budge.

Luckily, Lara arrives on the scene (while the game plays DANGEROUSLY FITTING MUSIC!) just in time to check up on him after he passes out. She takes him to the infirmary next to the church to recuperate. Strangely, all of this happens during Plot Time, which means it's still 6 AM when Raguna gets out of bed.

He holds out his turnip to give to Anette for mail, but she never stops by his house. Rather than waste any further time waiting for her, he tends to his garden, harvesting more turnips and saving one for Mist for later.

The clock tower is open today (and, once again, time doesn't flow while Raguna is inside). The interior looks like something befitting of the final dungeon of a role-playing game. No one is downstairs, so Raguna takes a break from inspecting the random bookshelves and blueprints and goes up to the second floor, where he finds an old man who calls himself Kanno. He says he's doing research on Runic magic, and is happy to answer Raguna's questions about Runes, Spirits and Runeys.

Even though there's now someone occupying the clock tower, the clock outside is still stuck at 1:50. It seems handiwork is not one of our new tenant's priorities at the moment. Raguna climbs to the top of the tower to enjoy the view for a bit, but then goes back to the surface. Lute is supposed to arrive at the town square today. Dungeon exploration will have to wait for another time.

Before heading to the village, Raguna stops at the church, expecting to see Stella, but finds Mist instead. She says that the "someone" who has been calling out to her appears in her dreams, and that she'll ask that person to appear in Raguna's dreams, too. He drops off his turnip, and then heads toward the town square.

Lute is standing a few feet away from the singing stone, eager to sell furniture and other facilities to him. The furniture is a bit pricey for Raguna at the moment, but he finds that he is able to afford a handy kitchen (just 800 G) and forge (2000 G). For good measure, he picks up a pot to add to his kitchen, even though he doesn't have any way to cook anything with it yet. Everyone else appears to have taken the day off, leaving Lute with a monopoly on profits for the day.

Raguna visits Erik at his farm. He also appears to be resting for the holiday, but is impressed by Raguna's farm work, and gives him a sickle in recognition. Kross, being the emo kid that he is, is taking advantage of the weekend by avoiding sunlight as much as possible.

After doing some more yard work, he decides to test out his new kitchen by making some pickled turnips. Working at the kitchen has made him a bit hungry, so he eats one of them. He also gets to work on improving his hammer and axe, but doing so has tired him out. Upgrading his hammer is supposedly beyond his level of expertise  *

, but he is able to do it in one go. Luckily, Melody is here to help. While taking a bath, Raguna overhears a steamy conversation in the girls' bath between Rita and Eunice, and promptly collapses again. He comes out of the bath room light-headed, but doesn't mention that he overheard then talking about their, erm...measurements. A taste of his pickled turnips soon makes Rita forget all about it, though.

Back on the ranch, Raguna's new hammer works like a dream. He can't resist the temptation to hit the medium-sized rocks with a jumping attack to break them, instead of using two standard hits. It takes several more such swings with his axe to break apart the tree stumps, and Raguna nearly collapses trying to break two of them. He takes his payment from Rosetta, and then falls asleep a few hours earlier than normal. This doesn't go well for him, either, because not only is he almost fully exhausted, he's now hearing voices in his sleep!

"Help... Please help me... A great power flows into me from somewhere. I don't want this power... Help... Please help..."

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