First time

(Ah...)

(You've seen this before.)

Second time onwards

Siffrin jumps.

Housemaiden (THEFUCK1) Oh!

Housemaiden (worried1) A Sadness...

Housemaiden (awkward2) Hm, let's, um, uh--

Fighter (happy1) Don't get overwhelmed now!

Researcher (oof1) Come on...  We've seen tons of those already.

Housemaiden (awkward2) Ah!!!  Sorry, sorry, um--

(You've heard it all before...)

(But if you manage to make her talk through strategy, she might feel better.)

(It's your job to notice these things.)

Siffrin (fake1) (...)

• "Oh noooo, what should we do???"

  Housemaiden (awkward2) Don't tease me Siffrin, I can figure this out!!!

  Housemaiden (worried3) Phew, okay, so, first, we should...

  
  

  (...)

  
  
  

  [BATTLES]
  Fight until you can't anymore.
  Pay attention to types and weaknesses.

  
  

  (siftutorial) [THE TRAVELER]
  -SCISSORS type
  -Fast, can make everyone faster

  
  

  (fightertutorial) [THE FIGHTER]
  -ROCK type
  -Hits hard, can boost friends' DEFENSE

  
  

  (housemaidentutorial) [THE HOUSEMAIDEN]
  -SCISSORS/PAPER type
  -Heals and can boost friends' ATTACK

  
  

  (researchertutorial) [THE RESEARCHER]
  -PAPER type
  -Can use Craft spells of any type
  -Slow, can make enemies slower

  
  

  (kidtutorial) [THE KID]
  -Snack duty.

  
  
  

  Kid (ew1) I hate this.

  Fighter (wondering1) Sorry, buddy.  The Sadnesses in here are too powerful for your tiny little arms!

  Fighter (thinking1) Which is why we made you in charge of snacks!!!  It's a super duper very important job, y'know?  The super duper importantest!!!

  Researcher (reading1) Don't patronize the kid.

  Kid (annoyed1) Don't patronize me.

  Housemaiden (smile1) Heheheh...

  
  

  Siffrin (fake1) (...)

  
  

  • "All good?"

  
  

  Housemaiden (smile1) All good!!!

  Housemaiden (awkward3) Huh...  I didn't think talking it out like this would help me feel better...

  Housemaiden (smile4) But you knew!  Thank you, Siffrin!

  
  

  (You smile.)

  
  

  Fighter (happy1) Monster tiiiime!!!

• (Stay silent.)

  Housemaiden (awkward2) Hmmmrgh...  Just gotta do it...  Just gotta do it...!!!

  Researcher (sigh1) Urgh...  We'll be fine.

  Researcher (smug1) Look, Siffrin even has his patented "Why are you even worried, this will be easy" smirk on.

  Housemaiden (awkward2) Ah!  S-sorry, Siffrin...  I-I'll stop wasting time!!!

  Housemaiden (determined1) L-Let's go!!!

  Fighter (happy1) Monster tiiiime!!!

  
  

  You get one weird point for this.

The battle starts

If you went through the tutorial

Housemaiden (determined1) Phew...  Okay, okay...

If not

Housemaiden (awkward1) Hmmmrgh...

Researcher (angry1) Don't worry.  You focus on healing, big guy over there can hit things...

Researcher (oof1) ...and you, Siffrin, keep the puns and one liners to a minimum, PLEASE.

Kid (proud1) If you need any potions just yell!!!

Researcher (wondering1) Let me Examine this enemy with my Craft first to make this battle easier...

FORLORN
Nothing special.

Researcher (wondering2) Remnants of the people that were defeated by the King...

Researcher (angry1) Their grief and sadness is all that remains.

Researcher (angry1) They cannot tell friend from foe anymore.  Defeating them is all we can do...

Researcher (worried1) Every sadness has a different resistance and weakness.  Maybe there's a way to figure it out from their appearance...

(Their hands...)

Housemaiden (distressed3) Phew...

Fighter (happy1) See?  We all did fine!!!

If you listened to the tutorial

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