Well I did it and I did make a save file before the choice for the Continue + feature.

But to recap my progress so far:

1. Dragon Feeding. 100 times. Doing it "normally" got me nowhere. Spamming buttons like a madman led to success.

2. Marcy was an easy enough boss. Then the "Prophet of Time" was there. Was that supposed to be Gasper? He said a lot of stuff I didn't understand. Well the stuff about there being two worlds was simple enough but everything about Serge's existence and all that? No clue.

3. Then Lynx showed up. Okay, a recap. First attempt, he wasn't that hard at all. Except he used this move called Hellbound which I gather is an instant KO spell. Now we have precisely ONE Revive Element we found in the place. ONLY HE USED THE MOVE TWICE. And you can only use an Element once. So.....smurf. No charactes and stars left behind! I reloaded and did the fight again and this time he didn't use the move even once. What the hell.

4. Oh it wasn't even Lynx at all. I was thinking it be one of those Xenosaga deals where you win the fight then they just one shot you anyway. But whatever, Lynx says a lot more stuff I don't understand. Probably plays into the line someone said way earlier (I have no idea who it was now) about Serge destroying the world. Only Serge is the Chrono Trigger? Wasn't that an actual thing in Chrono Trigger? I forget what it was....

And so here I am, about to take a boat to somewhere because the Shaman told me to. No idea what's going on, I want Kid back and Viper Manor felt like it took way too long in spite of the fact very little happened.

5. Oh, forgot. I'm really curious to find out what happened to Dario. An accident they say? But no one will shut up about it. I'm sure this will be at least somewhat significant eventually.