Zamza writes us off as useless, annoying Nanami. Nanami spits that we wouldn't need someone like him, and Zamza's ego gets bruised. In order to prove his usefulness...
...Zamza joins the party.
South of Muse, in a little fishing village on the side of the lake called Coronet, there's a blacksmith worth seeing, an armor shop with new gear, and a guy who's so proud of the local seafood that he gives us a recipe! ...for pork dumplings. :shrug:
Anyway, Muse. It's big.
The gate's wide open, though. No sweat getting in.
It's a bustling commercial haven, with plenty of merchants in the square cackling about how good business is. But they don't have a trading post.
Hardware Store Owner:
Oh yeah... this here. It's not for sale. A customer with an overdue bill left it a few months ago. But, I guess if you really want it I'll sell it to you... So how about 500 potch?Jowy:
500 potch!Shopkeep:
Well if ya don't want it, fine.Jowy:
500 potch?... What should we do, Muteiu?500 potch is affordable, but no way I'm letting this guy rip us off like that.
Jowy:
Can you wait a minute, Muteiu? This signet ring... how much will you give me for it?Shopkeep:
Let me see that... Hey! This is pretty valuable! I'll buy it for 2000 potch.Jowy:
Give us the wooden amulet and we'll call it even.Shopkeep:
Really? Hey thanks a lot. Well here's the amulet and here's your 1500 potch change. Say, do you know someone from Highland? This seal is Highland style. It might have belonged to some nobleman.Jowy:
No.............. Let's go, Muteiu. Pilika is waiting for us.Jowy's been disowned from his step-family in Kyaro, and considers Marx, Joanna, and Pilika his new family, so... yeah.
Aw, weak! If I had known there was a Fury Rune in the Rare Finds here, I wouldn't have blown so much money at the blacksmith in Coronet!
So I spend some time around Muse fighting off random encounters to raise the cash, hoping to get it raised before the Rare Find time gives out. I make it! A Fury Rune is a passive rune that makes the wearer Berserk in combat. Rather than the disabling status effect in most games, Berserk just improves the user's physical attack power by about a third. Nanami already has a Double-Beat rune, but as soon as she gets another slot on her other hand...