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the townsfolk celebrate john for putting out the fire, and john suspects it's just cuz they're dumb little guys
tho i suspect john is more responsible for putting out the fire than he realizes, and i wonder if these salamanders are aware of that
john wants to pursue the specter, but stays behind to help put out fires in the village he was battling in
i RLY LIKE that john prioritizes helping others over getting answers. what a good dude
back with john, during a difficult battle he suddenly gets help from.... jade's grandfather???? or some kinda weird specter who resembles him
but immediately after helping john, he disappears into the woods. also he's got john's funny book
now we see the shape of rose's magic world; the land of light and rain
she didn't end up on a mountaintop like john, but the ocean surrounding her house makes her world equally difficult to traverse at the start
also his pesterquest sprite makes him look like a rantsona, which is funny
alot of this chunk involves john talking with the trolls, who for the sake of convenience i'm gonna just refer to by name even tho they haven't been properly introduced yet
as for jade, she's gotten tired of the memory inventory game and has switched to pictionary
apparently this was decided by a poll, which is super funny to me bcuz the fact that she has pictionary specifically ends up being EXTREMELY IMPORTANT later
THERE'S EVEN A MAP!!!!!! I FUCKING LOVE MAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!
the portal john jumped thru has taken him to the "land of wind and shade", which is apparently illuminated by alot of those little lightbug guys like the one the wayward vagabond befriended