Alright, so it looks like we’re being blackmailed into solving a blackmail issue. Maybe the irony is lost on Makoto, but we don’t have a choice but to help her if we don’t want her to narc on us. But hey, we weren’t exactly sure who our next target was anyway, so it’s probably for the best.
We need to enter a tournament, but there’s just so much to do before we even get there! Cammy’s in England, the train’s full of thugs, and we can finally reach that clothing store I’ve wanted to get to this entire time! Ah well, at least we’ll probably be overleveled for most of this competition.
We’ve been to a lot of strange places in Betterified VI, but this “England” place really takes the cake! Thankfully, there’s a lot of other places you can go when you’re visiting, such as Ireland and Belgium. They’re all very close, you know.
Time’s running low, but tensions between Makoto and her sister are high. As the Rhythm Rogues slowly figure out who the head of the mob is, Makoto is getting more and more desperate to get results. But surely someone as composed as her wouldn’t do anything too rash, right?
Morgan has entered the novice tournament, which can only mean one thing: we’re not doing that yet. No, we’ve got sidequests to do, and our teachers wanna talk to us. And while it is lumped in with the “sidequests” thing, we’ve got business with Carlos Miyamoto. Somebody’s been stealing swords, and we can’t stand for that.
Alright, we gotta stop our forward progress for a moment. The Forest of Society calls, and there’s basically no reason to ignore it. Other than the numerous horrors that lurk within, but that average is skewed by the sheer volume of Links and things that are forcibly transformed into Links. And Mario Party. Other than that, there’s not that many horrors.
Okay, sure, the mob is blackmailing us. But it’ll actually stick it to them if we don’t immediately respond. So, Mitsuki will let them stew in their supposed victory as she spends the week managing her social life. We get a pretty good number of our bases covered, and we’re really getting towards the end of a few of our confidant storylines. As long as we don’t go completely broke, everything should turn out fine.
It’s about time we actually get to work on entering that novice tournament. It’s just the preliminaries for now, but we’ll be at the proper tournament soon enough. Just… once we’re finished in France, which we visit very suddenly.
Okay. So I went in with some expectations. Some things went as expected, others didn’t, but either way I spend a lot of time in two levels.
It’s off to Kaneshiro’s Palace! Security is tight, but as always a lot of it can be stabbed, shot, punched, or otherwise maimed. But some of it involves security cameras or electric fences, which are much less susceptible to violence. So it’s up to the Rhythm Rogues to figure out how security works, then continue to remember that it’s in use in more than a single spot.
It’s almost time for the Novice Tournament!
… Yes I know I’ve said that before, but I mean it this time. Very few things stand in our way. It’s just, you know, we’ve got to speak with our masters first. Whiiiich might involve helping Marisa find a suitor, and also hitting on Manon. Other than that, it is tournament time.
We’ve got our path chosen, so let’s see what’s along these islands! Let’s just hope that Luigi isn’t feeling too moody, because there are a few doozies along the way already.
We’re still in a bank! Everyone’s a little tired, but that’s not going to stop Kaneshiro’s brain from throwing some tough Shadows our way!
Figuring out what’s on the data card is going to be difficult, especially when there are so many other things to do as well. For one, we just have to travel to China to meet an absolute weirdo! This somehow manages to be a net positive in our lives, even with the added anxiety!
Today, we make a lot of friends, beat the game, ascend to godhood, and play ZORK. All in all, it was a pretty productive day.
Our route has been secured… or has it? We’ve located the treasure, but in a bank palace it’s entirely possible we’ve overlooked a few security measures.
Well, it turns out Ken works on a construction site now. He’s not good at it, but that’s where he’s ended up. But the mysterious Asterisk isn’t satisfied with just him. He wants us to take pictures of a few other fighters as well. Is this incredibly suspicious? Sure. But we’ve gotta help Bosch somehow, and maybe this is the thing we need to do that!
Today’s the day that Mario unites all of the island levels in idk. It’s no easy task, sure. There are several crimes to be solved, sometimes through investigation and other times by talking to Snack from Metal.
We return to good 'ol downtime while we wait for Kaneshiro to break down crying in detention. So while that happens, Mitsuki hangs out with friends, and comes close to the end of Kawakami’s storyline. And as it turns out, it’s really hard to stay confident while two people are extorting you over your past guilt! Who would have thought!