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How to Enjoy Life
Sarisse: So does this count as eating humble pie, or is it more of a ＂just desserts＂ thing?
Cleo: You should also consider your role in this, Euden.
Euden: Yes, ma'am. Sorry, ma'am. It was just some innocent fun, ma'am.
SYS: Earlier that day...
Euden: Tell me something, Luca.
Euden: I'm not familiar with sylvan customs. How do your people live day-to-day?
Luca: Curious about life in the forest, eh?
Luca: Well, much of it centers around being self-sufficient—hunting and gathering and so forth.
Euden: Hence your skill with a bow.
Euden: That's different from life in the capital. It actually sounds like fun.
Luca: Fun, eh? In that case, perhaps the two of us should forage for tonight's dinner.
Luca: You're a sharp guy—I'm sure you'll pick up the basics in no time.
Luca: To the woods!
Euden: ...I can't believe how much we've found in so short a time. Fruit, fish, birds—we have everything we need for a feast!
Luca: The key is knowing where things are likely to be found, and then how to secure them.
Luca: Luckily for you, I happen to be an expert on both counts.
Euden: In that case, do you know if these are edible? I found them over there, and they looked pretty good.
Luca: ...Heh. What you have there is a handful of chuckleberries.
Luca: Technically poisonous, but not especially harmful. If you happen to consume one, you'll spend the next hour in a hysterical laughing fit.
Luca: ...Which is perfect!
Luca: We'll bake some in a pie tonight, then sit back and watch the fun!
Euden: Thaaat...doesn't sound like a good idea.
Luca: You're right—it sounds like the BEST idea! Rule one of pranks: if it's funny, do it.
Luca: That's the sylvan way!
Euden: I didn't know the children of the forest were such...children.
Luca: Well, to be fair, it's not so much the sylvan way as it is mine.
Luca: When I fight, I fight with all that I have— and when I prank, I prank with equal fury.
Luca: Such is the way of Luca!
Euden: Heh. I guess that DOES sound like fun. Maybe I'll give it a try.
Luca: Come learn at the feet of the master, young grasshopper.
Luca: This is going to be great!
Luca: ...You have to try the Luca Special pie. It's chock-full of the forest's goodness!
Ranzal: Damn! That looks tasty!
Luca: Psst! Poker face, Euden. Act casual...
Euden: I don't know if I have the nerve for this...
Cleo: It smells delicious. Let's have a tas—
Sarisse: Not just yet! ...Luca, did you sample your creation before giving it to us?
Luca: Er... Didn't need to. I know it's great.
Sarisse: Oh, come on! You can't know that for sure! ...Unless there's some reason you don't WAAANT to try it?
Luca: What reason, there's no reason, who said anything at all about a reason?! ...F-fine, then! If you're so suspicious, I'll just— *chomp* *horf* *nom* *gulp*
Luca: There, see? It's deliciou... Deli... Hee.
Luca: Eee hee hee... Ha ha! Ahh ha ha ha! Ahhh ha ha ha ha! AHHH HA HA HA HA HA HA!
Luca: AHHHHHHHH HA HA HAAA HA HAAAAA!
Sarisse: I knew it.
Sarisse: He laced the pie. Never trust any baked goods that come from this guy, people!
Euden: Er, are you all right, Luca? I mean, not that you have anyone else to blame for this.
Euden: ...Well, except for me, I suppose. I should have stopped you.
Cleo: You knew about this?
Cleo: Really, Euden. This is beyond the pale.
Luca: Hey, go easy on him! We're both really sorreeeee hee hee ha ha!
Luca: Ahhh ha ha ha ha!
Luca: We're really sor... Eee hee hee hee! W-we won't do it ag... Ahh ha ha ha!
Luca: P-please, you have to belie...EEE HEE HEE AHHH HA HA HA HA HA!
Sarisse: If you think I'm buying that load of bull, there MUST be something in the pie.
Sylvans and the World
Luca: Sorry to rope you into running errands for the village.
Euden: I'm happy to do it.
Euden: Besides, it's a good opportunity to learn more about the sylvans.
Luca: We just need to deliver these herbs from the village to the apothecary up ahead.
Luca: Once we're done, we can wander the town and have a bit of fun.
Euden: So your people do have contact with folks outside the forest, then.
Luca: Of course. For example, we trade surplus items for coin we can use to buy things we can't get in the forest.
Luca: Our village would manage just fine without it, but it IS convenient.
Luca: Ah. This is the place.
Sylvan Man: Hello, Luca. I appreciate you coming out here.
Luca: You didn't have to wait for me.
Euden: Huh. I didn't realize there were sylvans living outside the forest as well.
Luca: Most still spend their whole lives in the woods, but recent years have seen some head out into the world to find work.
Luca: We're skilled herbalists, and we tend to be better at manipulating mana than other races as well.
Luca: So some sylvans have found employment as doctors and mages and the like.
Sylvan Man: Much of what sylvans take for common knowledge about medicinal herbs is news to human ears.
Sylvan Man: I'd like to apply what I know to help advance the state of medicine in Grastaea.
Luca: I think that's a fine idea.
Luca: Which is why I brought you a little souvenir from the village. Enjoy.
Sylvan Man: otiongrass?!
Sylvan Man: B-but it is forbidden to take this out of the village, Luca!
Luca: One of many musty old rules that I diligently ignore.
Luca: And more of us should do the same.
Luca: It's a waste to let perfectly good medicine sit unused in the village.
Luca: You're doing research into a number of supposedly untreatable diseases, yes? Which means you need this.
Sylvan Man: But if they find out what you've done, you'll be punished.
Luca: It wouldn't be the first time, nor the last.
Luca: After a lifetime of mischief, I'm not afraid of another lecture from an elder.
Luca: They are woefully out of touch.
Luca: More and more of us are leaving the village, and we need to start bringing more of the outside world back.
Luca: That benefits both sides, don't you think?
Luca: Now stop grousing and take it already.
Sylvan Man: I... Thank you.
Euden: You've actually given this some serious thought, Luca. I'm surprised.
Luca: Tch! Rude. What's so surprising about it? I'm a serious fellow. A thinker, if you will.
Luca: I'm always trying to find ways to make life better—for sylvans and everyone else.
Luca: So, um... Do you have that item I asked you about?
Sylvan Man: The chuckleberry smoke bomb?
Sylvan Man: Yes, and it is most effective. My abs still hurt from laughing. ...Here you are.
Euden: Wait. Do you have a DOCTOR inventing pranking tools for you?!
Euden: Also, didn't you JUST get in trouble for this the other day?
Luca: Which is why they'll never expect it now!
Luca: ...So you're in, yes?
Euden: ..Pass.
Luca: Aww, afraid of getting in trouble? You'll never enjoy life like that.
Luca: Sometimes you have to let the pranking impulse take you where it may!
Sarisse: And just WHERE is this impulse taking you now, Luca?
Luca: S-Sarisse?! How did... Er... Wh-what brings you here?
Sarisse: An errand for Cleo. Now then, what ARE you holding? I'm veeery curious.
Luca: Oh, uh, this? This is...it's...nothing...
Sarisse: Can't hear you there, buddy!
Sarisse: That's not like you at all. You're always so bold and direct—I respect that about you!
Luca: Really? Then check THIS ou—
Luca: Wait, no, hold up! ...Whew! Almost spoiled the whole plan there.
Sarisse: I thought you were supposed to let the impulse take you or whatever?
Sarisse: I admire that about you, remember? The way you dash off on adventures is EVER so impressive.
Sarisse: Come ooon. You know you want to show me what you have...
Sarisse: I'm sooo ready to be impressed, Luca. Pleeease?
Luca: Aww...gosh, Sarisse.
Luca: I guess I have no choice! So...here.
Sarisse: ...This is a smoke bomb. ...A CHUCKLEBERRY smoke bomb.
Sarisse: Right. So you clearly learned NOTHING from the last time.
Sarisse: When are you going to grow up, you big idiot?! HAAAH!
Luca: Grrnghf! I-I give up! I was wrong! M-mercy!
Luca: thud*
Euden: Luca?! Are you all right?! ...He's out cold!
A Brother's Worries
Euden: Of course, Luca. What's on your mind?
Luca: Sarisse has been acting strangely of late.
Luca: She's been conditioning her ears with a trendy, high-end herbal oil.
Euden: Hmm. I'm afraid ear conditioning is a bit outside my wheelhouse.
Euden: But I don't think there's anything wrong with people making themselves look nice.
Luca: It is if it's Sarisse! She's never cared one whit for fashion.
Luca: And that's not the only thing that's odd.
Luca: She's started going into town a lot more. ...Alone.
Luca: And when I ask what she's been up to, she always changes the subject. This is strange, right?
Euden: Perhaps you're being a bit overprotective.
Luca: *sigh* I'm overthinking things. I get it.
Luca: But she's my little sister, so I can't help but worry.
Euden: That I understand, Luca.
Luca: I knew you would.
Luca: That's why I wanted your help. Now then, here's the plan...
Sarisse: La da dee ta dum...
Euden: Easy, Luca. If you stick your head out too far, she'll see us.
Luca: She's certainly in a fine mood.
Luca: ...What's this? She's meeting a guy at the cosmetics store?
Sylvan Man: Ah, Sarisse. You're here early.
Sarisse: I just couldn't wait! So I was thinking that today maybe we could, um...
Sylvan Man: I'm way ahead of you.
Sylvan Man: Now close your eyes and pucker up.
Sarisse: Right here? In full view of everyone? Oh, how embarrassing...
Sarisse: But all right. Just be gentle.
Luca: What is she doing? What are THEY doing?!
Luca: If she locks lips with a strange man, I'll march right in there and—
Euden: Easy, Luca! She's not the type to just randomly walk up and kiss some stranger.
Euden: Maybe they're dating.
Luca: That does NOT make me feel better!
Luca: But if she's finally grown up, I suppose I have to accept it. She's her own woman, and I should be happy she's happy.
Luca: ...What's that look for? I'm not crying. It's just humid. There's dust everywhere. Someone is chopping onions.
Luca: *sniff* It's the end of an era.
Euden: It'll be all right, Luca.
Euden: We'll make a feast of it tonight. You can drown your sorrows in good food and drink.
Sarisse: Hey, am I invited? Follow-up question: Why are you chuckleheads hiding here?
Euden & Luca: YA!
Sarisse: I noticed you a loooong ways back. You're not terribly subtle.
Sarisse: So then! What brings you here?
Euden: He was worried about you, Sarisse.
Euden: So we, uh...sort of followed you?
Luca: *sob* Sariiiiisse!
Luca: Run to him, Sister! If he is the one, then run to him and never look back! I will find my happiness in your own!
Sarisse: Did you eat some strange berries again?
Sarisse: That guy's the shop owner. I shop there.
Euden: And...that's all?
Sylvan Man: Sarisse has been helping me try out some new products.
Sylvan Man: Today I wanted her opinion on lip gloss.
Luca: ...Lip gloss? Oh. OOOH! THAT'S what it was!
Luca: But then why all the secrecy?
Sarisse: We both know you'd tease me if I told you I was trying on makeup.
Luca: I suppose you're not wrong. ...Heh. Ha ha ha ha!
Sarisse: Besides, my standards for boyfriend material are astronomical.
Sarisse: Not like I've got time to date anyway, considering that cleaning up after my brother's messes is a full-time job.
Luca: You would rather spend time with me? How sweet.
Sarisse: That's not what I meant and you know it! HAAAH!
Luca: Hrngf?! Ow! Why'd you hit me?
Sarisse: For good measure.
Euden: Heh. You all right, Luca?
Euden: Well, at least now you don't have to worry about her anymore.
A Unique Solution
Euden: I can't make anything out in this darkness.
Ranzal: So we got ourselves a little game'a hide-and-seek. In the middle of the forest. At night. Well, ain't that loverly.
Ranzal: Wish it would call out ＂Olly olly oxen free!＂ or somethin' so we could find it already.
Luca: Call out, eh...?
Luca: Yes, that might work...
Ranzal: Why ya standin' there mumblin' like a crazy person, Luca? We got a fiend to find!
Ranzal: Ah, hell! There it is! Quiet, everybody!
Euden: It doesn't seem to have noticed us. All right. We attack on my signal.
Euden: eady...and...NOW!
Together: AAAH!
Ranzal: Dammit! Missed!
Euden: It's on the run!
Luca: Hold your breath, both of you! ...Have a taste of this smoke bomb, fiend!
Ranzal: The heck was the point of THAT?!
Ranzal: It didn't do anything, and now it got away!
Euden: Well, it knows it's being hunted now, so I doubt we'll see it again.
Luca: Don't worry. It's about to tell us exactly where it is.
Fiend: Gyah hah hah ha heh heh!
Ranzal: That almost sounds like... Wait, is that thing LAUGHIN'?!
Euden: The chuckleberry smoke bomb!
Luca: He'll be laughing for the next hour, at least.
Ranzal: And we just follow the sound!
Euden: Great plan, but I'm curious: Why did you bring that all the way out here?
Luca: One never knows when the perfect opportunity for a prank will arise.
Euden: Wow. That's dedication.
Luca: Anyway, that should put an end to the hide-and-seek. Let's finish this.
Villager: Thank you so much for ridding the village of that fiend!
Ranzal: Yeah, it was a little dicey for a while...
Ranzal: But Luca was the man of the hour, hands down.
Luca: You are too kind.
Luca: I just happened to have the right tool for the job.
Euden: A tool that you originally designed.
Euden: The credit is clearly yours on this one.
Luca: Perhaps the idea for a smoke bomb was mine, but sylvans have known about chuckleberries for ages.
Ranzal: Yeah, but you put the knowledge to use. Takes smarts to apply that stuff!
Ranzal: Ya did good, Luca. Be proud!
Luca: Do you really think so?
Euden: I certainly do. You're quick-witted, and you have a way of thinking outside the box.
Euden: Honestly, you're a deeper thinker than some might assume.
Euden: That smoke bomb was a combination of all of those things.
Euden: You helped this village in a way no one else could.
Luca: I think this is the first time one of my pranks has earned me praise.
Luca: But I'm glad to do what only I could!
Bridge Building
Luca: Stomach troubles?
Ranzal: Y-yeah... Ate way too much. Now I... I'm... HNNNNNRGH!
Luca: You want a pickled lumberry for that.
Ranzal: Where the hell do I get tha— NNNNNRGH!
Luca: I have a few on me. Any sylvan would. Hold out your hand.
Ranzal: Th-thanks, mannnNNNNNNRGH!
Elisanne: I just saw Ranzal with a look of transcendent bliss on his face. Do you know what that is about?
Luca: Oh, I merely put him out of his misery. Did you need me for something?
Elisanne: I do, actually.
Elisanne: I spied a curious weapon in your village earlier and wanted to inquire about it.
Luca: If it was in our village and not a bow, it must be a polearm.
Luca: The sylvans have an entire fighting style that uses it.
Elisanne: Truly? I would love to see a demonstration, if you would. I'm certain I could learn something helpful from it.
Euden: Oh, good. I was looking for you, Luca.
Luca: You as well, Euden? What do you need?
Euden: I was hoping to borrow some of your sylvan foraging expertise.
Euden: I'd like you to teach the others about the helpful herbs and foods that can be found in the forest.
Euden: It will help us treat the wounded and keep the larder stocked.
Luca: I'll plan a field trip at once.
Luca: Everyone can have a hands-on lesson.
Euden: Thank you, that would be great.
Luca: Say, Euden? I've been thinking...
Euden: h?
Luca: There's a lot of common sylvan knowledge I took for granted back in the village.
Luca: But it's not so common everywhere else.
Luca: It took traveling around with you and meeting all sorts of people for me to understand that.
Luca: And if it's been useful to you, perhaps it could help everyone if it were common knowledge all across Grastaea.
Euden: I think that could do tremendous good.
Luca: Additionally, there are many aspects of the outside world that sylvans know very little about.
Luca: But they could make life in the forest so much better.
Luca: So I wanted to ask you a favor...
Luca: Might I stay on with you?
Luca: I want to continue traveling all over the continent.
Luca: I can share what I know, and learn a great deal besides.
Luca: I want to be the bridge that connects the forest and the world outside.
Luca: And I think I'm uniquely poised to do it because I'm with you.
Euden: I think that's a fine idea, Luca.
Euden: I would be honored to help.
Luca: Thank you, Euden.
Luca: Is it odd that I think of you almost as a brother? Not much resemblance, I know. ...Especially in the ears, heh.
Euden: I've no shortage of brothers as it stands, but I would welcome one like you.
Luca: Whatever you call it, I think we make for an amazing team. I look forward to many more adventures at your side!
Luca: We'll fight together, feast together, and keep others laughing with our razor wit!
Luca: ...AND this smoke bomb! Aaa ha ha ha!
Euden: It would be a shame to have our adventures cut short because Sarisse put you in a body cast. And besides...
Luca: es?
Euden: Well, I feel like the two of us won't lack for laughs in the times to come.
Euden: So no smoke bombs required.