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When last we left off in Octopath Traveler, I had picked up H'aanit, a hunter who likes siccing her giant cat on random pedestrians and speaks in the worst Ye Olde Fantasyye Englisch I've ever seen. Let's continue!
Also, I only recently realized, when someone else pointed it out, that the protagonist names spell out 'Octopath'. Go figure.
* A sidequest woman needs someone to guide her to Boulderfell, so I have my darling priestess attach her to the party, and then fast-travel to Boulderfell to... uh. Try to find her husband, I guess? I'm a little fuzzy on how to complete a lot of these sidequests.
* Wandering around, trying to find this woman's husband, I run into a Pauper Revolutionary. Power to the people, kid!
* Enough wandering, and Genteel Madam (what the /hell/ was she doing in H'aanit's village?) gets a little cutscene with Industrious Husband. They are so happy to see each other! I hope there's a quest reward!
* I got money! And some nuts! Yay?
* Wander off to talk to a guardsman, who's worried about the paupers rebelling. They've been confiscating weapons! The game prompts me to give him what he needs, and I hand over the Revolutionary Sword, some other weapons, and...oh. Oh dear.
* The guardsman assures me this is great and will prevent war. I'm just... oh dear. I got paid for completing that sidequest, but I feel bad about it. Let the poor people rise up!
* A man and woman are pining for each other, about six feet away, but the only Path thing I can use on either of them is Provoke on the dude. Okay, let's see if this brings you two lovebirds together. Somehow.
* Linde attacks him, and misses. He promptly one-shots H'aanit. Ow.
* Okay, let's go pick up another party member!
* Let's go to... Clearbrook! Probably some stalwart adventurer there! Or a random dude who just wants to skip town suddenly! Honestly, we seem to pick up all types on this journey.
* Summoning a Majestic Marmot to smack around an angry egg never gets old.
* This Great Condor that we're fighting is, in fact, pretty great. I wonder if I can capture it.
* ...yes! Though it took some work. That condor was /great/.
* Realizing that Ophilia is guiding no one since we dropped off that wife, I pick up a Friendly Farmer who also gives me info on the 'I dropped my giant egg into the river' sidequest. Two for one!
* Clearbrook looks very idyllic. Cows, brook, etc. A nice young woman greets us, and analysis says she's the strongest woman in the village and loves fighting. Come with us, Lady With Fists! You can be our new Guy With Cows!
* There is an adorable kitty on the bench, meowing. So... placid...
* A check of the oven shows my chicken isn't cooked through yet, so I guess I have time to meet... Alfyn! Welcome, Alfyn!
* Backstory: is an apothecary; lives in Clearbrook; has a friend Zeph who's also an apothecary. How many apothecaries does a town this size need? It has, like, nine people in it, total.
* Maybe it's a really poisonous place.
* I swap Alfyn in for Cyrus, who is at level 13, since my highest level character (Ophilia, 18) can't be swapped since she's the lead, and my next highest (Tressa, 14) is too adorable to ever remove from my party.
* We open with Alfyn brewing medicine to help a coughing dude. He is cheerful and happy to do his job, while gently chiding the dude for not taking care of himself. I am kinda shipping him with Ophilia already.
* Alfyn also turns down payment, so maybe his quest will be to get donors for his non-profit medical work.
* "In this age, the arts of medicine and healing are still in their infancy. With disease and illness rampant, the people rely on salves and tinctures fashioned by apothecaries." So... Victorian era?
* Now he's off to his mother's grave to talk about his antitussive elixir. What a cinnamon roll.
* His friend Zeph calls him Alf. Please never use that nickname ever again.
* Alfyn and Zeph are cute together. Either Zeph is doomed, or his little sister is, based on how Ophilia's plotline went.
* "Master Zeph, you must come quickly! It's... it's your sister!" So, yeah.
* Nina's in a coma, having been bitten by... something. Alfyn will now investigate! He can analyze people the way Cyrus does!
* Which is to say, he walks out the front door, and coaxes Nina's best friend to talk. Lily explains that Nina likes going into the wilds to pick flowers, and thus cave, giant snake, etc.
* "The Flame take me... a blotted viper!" Yes, that hard-drinking snake is responsible for the bite.
* They need venom to make the antidote. Zeph promptly goes to attack some vipers, which will surely end well, given he's not the protagonist of this chapter.
* Alfyn, preferring to not lose a best friend to his inciting event, says he'll do it. This is... pretty much Ophilia's plot all over again, but I'm fine with that.
* "And so I have a date with this viper, you see?" Alfyn explains to Ophilia, back in the present. She, of course, is happy to help. Tressa is up for adventure! H'aanit hunts giant beasts! It's a thematically appropriate party combo.
* Alfyn's power is to... concoct! Concoct? Hm. I should investigate that further.
* ...oh gosh, I can mix two ingredients, and don't know what any of them make yet. So I guess I just made curative balm. Good to know.
* Then my chicken was done cooking. Back to fight the snake next time!
Also, I only recently realized, when someone else pointed it out, that the protagonist names spell out 'Octopath'. Go figure.
* A sidequest woman needs someone to guide her to Boulderfell, so I have my darling priestess attach her to the party, and then fast-travel to Boulderfell to... uh. Try to find her husband, I guess? I'm a little fuzzy on how to complete a lot of these sidequests.
* Wandering around, trying to find this woman's husband, I run into a Pauper Revolutionary. Power to the people, kid!
* Enough wandering, and Genteel Madam (what the /hell/ was she doing in H'aanit's village?) gets a little cutscene with Industrious Husband. They are so happy to see each other! I hope there's a quest reward!
* I got money! And some nuts! Yay?
* Wander off to talk to a guardsman, who's worried about the paupers rebelling. They've been confiscating weapons! The game prompts me to give him what he needs, and I hand over the Revolutionary Sword, some other weapons, and...oh. Oh dear.
* The guardsman assures me this is great and will prevent war. I'm just... oh dear. I got paid for completing that sidequest, but I feel bad about it. Let the poor people rise up!
* A man and woman are pining for each other, about six feet away, but the only Path thing I can use on either of them is Provoke on the dude. Okay, let's see if this brings you two lovebirds together. Somehow.
* Linde attacks him, and misses. He promptly one-shots H'aanit. Ow.
* Okay, let's go pick up another party member!
* Let's go to... Clearbrook! Probably some stalwart adventurer there! Or a random dude who just wants to skip town suddenly! Honestly, we seem to pick up all types on this journey.
* Summoning a Majestic Marmot to smack around an angry egg never gets old.
* This Great Condor that we're fighting is, in fact, pretty great. I wonder if I can capture it.
* ...yes! Though it took some work. That condor was /great/.
* Realizing that Ophilia is guiding no one since we dropped off that wife, I pick up a Friendly Farmer who also gives me info on the 'I dropped my giant egg into the river' sidequest. Two for one!
* Clearbrook looks very idyllic. Cows, brook, etc. A nice young woman greets us, and analysis says she's the strongest woman in the village and loves fighting. Come with us, Lady With Fists! You can be our new Guy With Cows!
* There is an adorable kitty on the bench, meowing. So... placid...
* A check of the oven shows my chicken isn't cooked through yet, so I guess I have time to meet... Alfyn! Welcome, Alfyn!
* Backstory: is an apothecary; lives in Clearbrook; has a friend Zeph who's also an apothecary. How many apothecaries does a town this size need? It has, like, nine people in it, total.
* Maybe it's a really poisonous place.
* I swap Alfyn in for Cyrus, who is at level 13, since my highest level character (Ophilia, 18) can't be swapped since she's the lead, and my next highest (Tressa, 14) is too adorable to ever remove from my party.
* We open with Alfyn brewing medicine to help a coughing dude. He is cheerful and happy to do his job, while gently chiding the dude for not taking care of himself. I am kinda shipping him with Ophilia already.
* Alfyn also turns down payment, so maybe his quest will be to get donors for his non-profit medical work.
* "In this age, the arts of medicine and healing are still in their infancy. With disease and illness rampant, the people rely on salves and tinctures fashioned by apothecaries." So... Victorian era?
* Now he's off to his mother's grave to talk about his antitussive elixir. What a cinnamon roll.
* His friend Zeph calls him Alf. Please never use that nickname ever again.
* Alfyn and Zeph are cute together. Either Zeph is doomed, or his little sister is, based on how Ophilia's plotline went.
* "Master Zeph, you must come quickly! It's... it's your sister!" So, yeah.
* Nina's in a coma, having been bitten by... something. Alfyn will now investigate! He can analyze people the way Cyrus does!
* Which is to say, he walks out the front door, and coaxes Nina's best friend to talk. Lily explains that Nina likes going into the wilds to pick flowers, and thus cave, giant snake, etc.
* "The Flame take me... a blotted viper!" Yes, that hard-drinking snake is responsible for the bite.
* They need venom to make the antidote. Zeph promptly goes to attack some vipers, which will surely end well, given he's not the protagonist of this chapter.
* Alfyn, preferring to not lose a best friend to his inciting event, says he'll do it. This is... pretty much Ophilia's plot all over again, but I'm fine with that.
* "And so I have a date with this viper, you see?" Alfyn explains to Ophilia, back in the present. She, of course, is happy to help. Tressa is up for adventure! H'aanit hunts giant beasts! It's a thematically appropriate party combo.
* Alfyn's power is to... concoct! Concoct? Hm. I should investigate that further.
* ...oh gosh, I can mix two ingredients, and don't know what any of them make yet. So I guess I just made curative balm. Good to know.
* Then my chicken was done cooking. Back to fight the snake next time!
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