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spent some time exploring Jidoor, every house except for the mansion. I heard about two places of interest. Zozo to the north and the opera house I've been hearing about for a while is just a bit further to the south. apparently terra went north.

however, I want to grind a bit more, and I want to check out the opera house anyway. I figure this is not the right way to go, so it's better to go this way first if I'm going to grind anyway. unsurprisingly, it's closed.

by the time I get back, celes and locke each gain another level and I've started to recover the gold I just spent on some more equipment upgrades.

there's not much going on in owzer's mansion. he says that I look like the spitting image of Maria, the famous opera singer. huh.

well, I assume he's talking about celes and not locke, despite the fact that I have locke as my active party leader right now.

I decide to put Celes in front just in case anyone else wants to mistake her for maria, and head north to zozo.

first thing that surprises me is that, okay, if all the poor people from jidoor were sent to live here and all the rich people still live in jidoor... why does this town actually look kinda nice? I guess it's raining but I assume it doesn't rain all the time every day. although, maybe it's magical rain.

also I'm getting attacking by bands of roving gobbledygook every five steps which is pretty annoying! but it is pretty silly when you say it like that.

at one point I miss three attempts at Rising Phoenix in the same battle. at this point Celes, Locke, and Cyan have basically finished killing everything. yeesh. but then the next battle I get it right away and win instantly. so it's like I can't figure out if it's worth using or not!

I thought I would be safe indoors but no. quite the opposite. some lady with thundara almost obliterates my entire party. which also makes me realize, for some reason, Runic isn't working anymore? I have no idea why. I can't even select it.

there are signs for shops but no actual shops.

NPCs just laying down in the middle of the street who don't do anything when you try to interact with them. and the ones that do talk apparently just lie to you anyway. based on the fact that I know they are lying, I guess that terra definitely isn't at the top of this building.

so naturally I won't go explore up there.

... okay this part where like a bunch of people come through the door and each one of them tells you it's a different time is so ridiculous it definitely made me laugh. I don't even know what's funny about that.

I also figured out you can steal Relics from these Harvester type enemies which is... pretty cool. those are worth a few thousand gold a piece. it actually makes it feel like Locke is useful to have around despite having lower damage.

found the Brigand's Glove not even a few moments after I realized this. so if you didn't already figure it out on your own the game is really, really encouraging you to steal.

at this point I think I've hit a dead end, but the game actually has this bandit NPC jumping back and forth between the two buildings... which made me realize if I go back to the lower floor I can jump across, and then I'll be able to jump over again when I get back up to the top. really great game design on display there.

I'm once again burning through potions like crazy and I gotta say... I've been at this for a while. hopefully there's a spot where I can save soon or, at the very least, I hope I don't get a game over or something and have to do all of this again. I did save before entering Zozo, but still!

have a bit of mercy!
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