Got the Mamorin charm!
Thank you, Mamorin
fans everywhere!
Now that we’re done with Barry, we have business in the Bloom Garden. Our most adorable and perfect little sister has a request for us!
That’s right, it’s time to buy donuts.
Eh?
Big sister- I mean, Tsubasa told me about this donut that’s sold at the Hee Ho Mart… It’s called a honey-caramel-banana-chocolate donut, and I want to eat it!
I… I’m sorry? You want to run that by me again, Tiki?
A honey… what now?
A honey-caramel-banana-chocolate donut!
She told me it’s a popular item that can only be bought in Shibuya! Even if they get shipments in, they sell out really fast, and people even sell it on online auctions for insane prices!
U-Uh-huh…
I wonder what it tastes like…
Itsuki, no! You know how those auctions go. Don’t feed the scalpers, they were never interested in the donuts to begin with.
Really!?
You help us out all the time.
Yay! Thanks, big brother!
You said Hee Ho Mart, right? I’ll go check it out.
I have a sneaking suspicion this is going to about as well as our last trip to the Hee Ho Mart, but who can resist the siren call of donuts?
Well, here goes nothing.
Ahh, I’m so sorry. We just sold out a moment ago.
Oh…
A high-school girl came by and bought every last one of them.
It is a popular item right now. I don’t know when the next shipment is either… You’ll just have to keep checking in with us.
(Oh well. I guess I should look for this high-school girl and see if I can negotiate with her for some…)
Well, that went about as well as expected. At this point, we’re tasked with finding the girl who bought all the donuts, and a bunch of NPCs have updated dialogue that basically just goes “Donuts? They’re impossible to get, even when my boyfriend lined up super early.” Ask around enough, though, and you’ll find this girl:
: No way, nuh-uh, not happening! There’s no chance I’ll let you have one. Not even if you gave me 1 million yen! I finally got my hands on one, you know? A girl with headphones was buying them all, so I begged her to let me have one!
That’s not much to go off of, but we do know of one specific girl with headphones who likes to hang out in Shibuya… Time to pay a visit to the cafe.
And you’re… Tiki=Waifu, as I recall.
Yes, I am.
…
…S-So, how’ve you been since then? Nothing wrong physically?
No problems at all.
Wait, is that-
Donuts. What about them? Sugar is a must when composing songs. These looked so delicious, I bought all that was in stock.
So you’re the one who bought them.
…Do you want some?
Would you be so kind as to let me have one? I’ll pay for it, of course.
…Well, as thanks for last time, I don’t mind giving a bag to such a kind person. It’s not like I’m running low…
Itsuki received donuts from Tiki=Waifu…
Thanks. I really owe you one.
That won’t be necessary. Please enjoy it with your family.
That’s…a little less impressive than I was expecting, given how hyped up this donut was. Alas, poor Wii U, unable to handle the undoubtedly staggering rendering demands that such a donut would surely come with.
I should tell Tiki the good news…
Wait? There is no time to wait, Itsuki. These donuts are of the highest priority. To the Bloom Palace!
okay maybe not that important, calm yourself girl
Tiki=Waifu shared some of her haul with us, in thanks for helping her last time.
I see. That’s so nice of her…
…Tiki?
Huh?
I have no physical form… It’s so inconvenient.
…
Because I can’t, I want you to eat the donut, big brother. If I watch you eat it and you tell me what it tastes like…maybe that’ll count as me eating it.
That’s…not quite how that works, but we’re already this far in indulging a little girl. What’s one more leap?
Let’s try that. …Okay, here goes.
Gulp
This is nerve-racking… …Well, here goes.
If we, Food Critic Itsuki, are gonna eat a goddamn honey-banana-caramel-chocolate donut, we are going to ham it up as hard as we possibly can. The situation demands nothing less!
I’ll try to add some drama to it. I’m sure that’ll be more fun for you.
Okay.
…
Itsuki took a bite of the donut.
…Huh?
The honey, caramel, banana, and chocolate are planets interwoven in a vast planetary system. The impression that this one donut creates is a masterful ode - a space opera of pastry!
Ooh…!
I… I can’t stop eating it…! My consciousness… unconsciousness… Both are sucked into a flavorful black hole - no, a donut hole!
…
B-Big brother!?
…
H-How was it!?
…It was amazingly delicious.
I see… Amazingly delicious, huh…? Ehehe, I’m glad to hear that.
…Just like I thought, the world you live in is wonderful! There are tons of fun things like the performing arts… delicious foods like donuts… different people… and, umm…
…Anyway, it’s filled with tons of wonders!
But you’re not alone, Tiki.
Yup!
There were times I felt lonely before, especially when I was waiting for everyone to come back. I felt like I was all alone in this world.
But ever since you came and said that I’m a companion too, I stopped feeling lonely. This world might not accept me, but you and your friends did.
Tiki…
That’s why I love the world that you all live in, big brother! …So let’s protect it, no matter what!
Yeah. I’ll continue to count on you, Tiki.
Yup!
Tiki has become a “Virtual Empath” thanks to Itsuki’s influence! She acquired the backup skill Performa_Finder.exe!
There’s not a whole lot to this one, it just makes it so that you can get two Performas as session bonuses instead of one. It makes grinding performas marginally less terrible if you feel the need to do so, but otherwise it’s not much to write home about.
Anyway, there’s one other important thing we should mention, since it never shows up in the game otherwise.
Beastie Game is, in-universe, a song written by Tiki=Waifu that caused both Tiki=Waifu and the TIKi software itself to explode in popularity. The game uses an instrumental version of the song to serve as Tiki’s theme, but the full song never plays anywhere, which is kind of a shame? I’m not entirely sure if it’s a normal song with an insane amount of autotuning or if it’s actually produced with some kind of vocaloid software, but the performer credit implies the former.
Anyway, it’s nifty, it’s a good song, and it’s here for your listening pleasure. Next time, we murder our ~feels~ with Kiria!