Let's Play Chrono Trigger

[Pumpkin]

Before going to see our good friend, Frog, we go see Tata (which is a Canadian French word for moron, just fyi) the supposed hero.

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Totes what I would have done.

Me: Oh look, a badge!
Everyone: THE LEGENDARY HERO!!!
Me: O......kay.

In fact, I'm pretty sure that's how I stumble upon all RPGs.

Me: Oh look, a game!
Everyone in game: You are THE LEGENDARY HERO!!!!
Me: O......kay.

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Thanks for the second hand hero badge. Then his dad pretends he's cool with all of this.

Now off to see Frog!

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Pretty sure it matters.

Anyways, he moves and something is all shiny.

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That mountain dude has his name on the sword.

Then Frog tells me there is no one alive who can fix that sword.

TO THE FUTURE... err PRESENT?

But first, let's check out that bucket we were told to leave alone.

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I don't think I'm ready for this yet.

Also, why is the end of the world in a bucket?

So I head and see cave dude.

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Your mom.

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Lucca is a good deal more excited about this than I am.

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But he says the stone was only available like way way back. Before I can even imagine.


SO LETS GO THERE

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They look like monsters to me. So we fight them and then there are more and then this happens.

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Oh my

Then she gets all up on Chrono

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And introduces herself.

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I like that name.

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Alright

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Don't you be Chrono blocking me, Marle

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Oh my, how very progressive of you, Chrono Trigger.

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Oh my indeed

So she asks where we are from and we suspect it to be hard to explain time travel to cave lady.

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She thinks this is funny (it kind of is if you think about it) and invites us to dinner.

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I like Ayla

Then Lucca tells her we need a stone and don't have time for her merry drink dancing, which is totally untrue because we have TIME TRAVEL

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I really like Ayla

FREE STONES FOR EVERYONE

Tune in next time for hopefully some partying and stones!

[Skyblade]

Epic quest to save the world and you're partying and getting stoned. For shame, shion.

[Pumpkin]

No stoned, just drunk

[Skyblade]

No stoned, just drunk

I was just making a play off the "Free stones for everyone!" line.

[Pumpkin]

Just playing

[Wolf Kanno]

Oh Ayla, you are so amusing.

[Pumpkin]

Little update!

I find some huts and one says 'Chief' and Ayla is there so I'm guessing she is the chief. Then she throws us a party!

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She tells us to dance and stuff which is what her clansmen do

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Sounds... delicious.

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O..kay

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Um... sure

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I... I see

Then Ayla says something about staying strong and beating Azala.

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Freddy starts dancing after this and then falls over.

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Uh... yes?

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I think she means she will give me the stone if I fight her.

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Or you know, outdrink her from these GIANT BOWLS OF ALCOHOL

I think I lose?

Either way, I wake up hungover.

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And robbed.

So we go see Ayla

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She tells us to go see the villagers for clues.

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I... I think this is a clue?

So we head to the maze... woods... thingy

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Wow thanks a lot

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I honestly thought that was a woman until now

Ayla then hits Kino and Freddy tells her violence isn't the answer.

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Yes! Bad thing! Bad thing is not good! Bad thing is bad!

So he says he wants to give our stuff back but the dinosaur things have it, of course.

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I don't... understand?

So we head through the woods and end up in the lizard cave. What happens in the lizard cave? I don't know, I haven't played there yet. Tune in next time!

[Fynn]

Tata is an unfortunate name overall. In Polish it means "dad".

[Pumpkin]

Poor Tata just has the worst name

[Wolf Kanno]

Ah man, you should have stayed with Lucca so you could see her get drunk and try to force Crono to drink. Did you dance with Marle?

[Skyblade]

I don't see why they couldn't just have Lucca build another Gate Key.

For that matter, can't you still change party members? How do you guys access the gates to do that?

[Pumpkin]

Yeah I can change members at any time

[Skyblade]

Yeah I can change members at any time

But the Gate Key was stolen!

I mean, I guess when you trade party members you give them the key, so they can go back, and trade it to the new member so that the new member can use the Gate. But with the Gate Key gone, you'd be stuck with no way to reach the End of Time.

[Pumpkin]

Yeah it is weird. What was really dumb is how I totally forgot that we were off rescuing the gate key and I backtracked back to the gate trying to get Ayla to the end of time so I could get her magic.

But we don't have the gate key


And that's why this update is late

[Fynn]

Yeah I can change members at any time

But the Gate Key was stolen!

I mean, I guess when you trade party members you give them the key, so they can go back, and trade it to the new member so that the new member can use the Gate. But with the Gate Key gone, you'd be stuck with no way to reach the End of Time.

There's still a flaw in that reasoning because the Gate Key is useless without a Gate, so there would be no way of instantaneous party switching, because that one party member would have to run all the way to the Gate, the other one would have to come all the way back. What would the remaining two so in the meantime? That would mean the whole party goes back to regroup and then cones back to where they left off. Unless it's just gameplay/story segregation.