Mother 3 - Ch. 9 - Secret Path & Happy Performance
1Last time, we began Chapter 3 by meeting our newest character, a monkey named 'Salsa'. We also met 'Fassad', who is considered the tertiary antagonist of the game. Fassad is cruel, particularly towards Salsa. Though he is much stronger than you, so we'll put up with him for now.
We've beaten the Cactus Wolf and now entered a mysterious round house we found in the western part of the desert.
What's gonna happen now? Let's find out...
CHAPTER 9 - SECRET PATH & HAPPY PERFORMANCE
Who knew such a secret path existed under the desert? Fassad, for one. Head south and open the gift boxes you see along the way. In a giftbox here is a Bug Spray. Use it on the nearby Violent Roach for an easy win and a little bit of experience.
In the next room is a Pork Bean, your fast ride out of here. Before getting in, make sure you get the get the Beef Jerky and Ancient Banana from the gift boxes. You can recover your HP with the machine to the left. Save, go down the ladder, and hop into the Pork Bean! Head left.
The Pork Bean is one sweet mode of transportation. While you travel down these tubes you can see HUGE Pillbugs. You can run them over while in the Pork Bean, or jump out by pressing the B Button to fight them. Your choice.
Soon, you'll come to a small intersection. Hop out here and grab the gift boxes near the cables. Inside, you'll find a Nut Bread and a Chick Bandana for Salsa. There's a ladder in the northwest corner leading to a frog. Save, then take the Pork Bean to the next room.
After opening those last two present boxes, you may have noticed that you can keep heading south. In the next room you will see a lot of present boxes that you are out of your reach. Don't worry, you'll be able to reach them before long.
Park the Pork Bean and open the two gift boxes for a Bug Spray and a Running Bomb. Some Gooey Goos are blocking the ladder that leads to the exit. Take 'em down with a Running Bomb. Afterward, equip the dropped Mosquito Charm and climb the ladder to the cemetery.
Finally outside again! But it isn't safe here, since the cemetery is full of the same enemies you fought before as Duster. It's best to avoid them as you head south towards town.
Walk into town. You'll come across Butch standing next to a bag full of money. After a short conversation, Fassad bumps into Duster. Butch later hides the bag of money in the well, and tells Duster to keep it a secret. But Fassad was listening the whole time. Now head to the Yado Inn.
Talk to the woman behind the counter for a room. Fassad thanks her with a bag of money and Salsa thanks her with a dance. Sort of. Now go to the middle room to get some needed sleep.
In the middle of the night, Fassad will leave Salsa alone in the room. Save with the frog and leave the inn. Outside, you'll overhear Fassad talking on his transceiver about the Pigmask invasion of Osohe Castle. You can go north and get punished, or hurry back to the room.
In the morning, you're woken by yet another zap of electricity. Salsa performs his tricks out in the town square, but this time in front of an audience. You'll then have to talk to several people and get their names. After this, it's back to the inn once more.
Inside your room, Fassad will make a call. Seems someone is having trouble finding "it". Fassad tells Salsa to make deliveries to everyone who raised their hand during his speech. Answer "Yes" to agree with him. Save and then leave the inn, as it's time to make those deliveries.
At this point, you can walk around and explore many places. You can also get free food from several Tazmily citizens by performing some of your monkey tricks for them.
The strange, sealed cave on the eastern end of Cross Road is now open. Inside, you'll find many gift boxes with simple food items. Stock up if you feel the need to. This is your only chance to gets these items; the boxes will be emptied before too long.
After you've explored the town with your new-found freedom, go to the cemetery. Here are the Happy Boxes you need to deliver to Abbot, Abbey, Biff, and Isaac. Talk to Mapson nearby and he'll mark their locations on your map.
You can deliver the boxes in any order you want, but this is the recommended order. First up is Isaac, who lives in the forest, near the hot spring. After receiving the free Happy Box, Isaac is spellbound by Fassad's generosity.
The next delivery is to Biff, in the farm area southeast of town.
Next is a delivery to Abbot and Abbey, who live in the central area of Tazmily. They both ordered a box, but they only need one, so they cancel the other order. You've finished delivering all the Happy Boxes!
Return to Fassad's room in the Yado Inn. No matter how fast your deliveries were, he'll always say you weren't fast enough and punish you. Once he's had his laughs, he'll tell you to head to Osohe Castle.
Join us next time for 'Ch. 10 - Osohe, Again'.
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