#and every directly-accessible square of the map has already been visited and looted

[itsbenedict]

From the beginning | Previously | Coin standings | 5/18 | 2/7

The two of you flee to the HOLY TOWER, where you find the swarm of butterflies. As Adea asks about what's for sale, Walter points out that neither of them are talking in comprehensible language. Whatever communication is taking place, there's some unconscious layer to it, something obfuscating and translating intentions to make it seem like a conversation happened. He realizes it was happening to him, too. What does this fox-person on the other side think is happening, when they "talk"? Do they understand your predicament at all, or are they just selling wares to some mystery middleman?

Adea ruffles his feathers and calls him a nerd.

The shop's prices are currently:

BIONIC MINTER (40)

HACK IN NIL (22)

OW, PANIC! ICE FISTS! (12)

A COUCH FÉVER (10)

BILATERAL SIZINGS (9)

PRINCE TONY (5)

OLD TROOP SLEEVE (4)

A SNARE WORM (3)

STOPWATCH FARE (2)

BEAT USER (1)

(One serving of BEAT USER restores one point of hunger, and you've got two mouths to feed. You'll need to stock up if you want to last very long! If you need more Coin than you've got available, there's a few options.

There are more than a few anagrams throughout the story that've yet to be solved. A quick sweep reveals thirty-two possible opportunities to earn additional Coin, though ~7-8 of them require information you don't have or are just too unfair to solve. I've gone through and marked unsolved anagrams in red!

Spending time decoding files uncovered by a WIFI ACCESS POINT is an efficient way of getting a lot of Coin at once. Right now, the only one installed is behind the monster, though...

It's not just main story posts that have unsolved anagrams. There's a whole bunch sitting right there in the Coin standings for the reaping!

Speaking of which, there's a few people who've earned Coin but haven't been spending it. If you need a little bit extra, why not decode their name and ask them for help?)

While you lick your wounds and pray for charity from the butterflies, you've got to come up with some sort of plan. But a plan for... what? You're so hungry, it's hard to be sure...

...well, obviously, you share two main objectives:

The mushroom kids these days just aren't cool enough. They're cool, sure, but they could always be RADDER YOUTH FUNGI. You both agree that's the main priority.

It's hard to find something to eat out in the wild west. HOWDY, A FAMINE! That famine came into town, and even though you greeted it politely, you'd like it gone.

Standing in the way of that are a few practical obstacles you'll need to come up with a way to deal with:

Most places only have a single thermostat. Those poor LONE THERMOSTATS need friends! If only you had some way to install more thermostats.

People just keep yapping on and on and on without accomplishing much. This PALAVER THEME needs to stop recurring, so you can get back on task.

You heard some owls earlier, but then YOU UNHEARD OWLS, so you can't remember what they said. Finding some way to re-hear those owls is important.

Lily here isn't wearing enough clothing. You've got to FULLY ROBE LILY- this wardrobe malfunction is downright scandalous! You don't want to be prudes, but it's really distracting.

And, of course, all of those objectives will be easier to achieve if you FIGHT THY RELIC so it's not getting in your face all the time with its archaeological and anthropological significance.

Got any ideas? Let's have a NO FEWER FARMERS segment.

NO FEWER FARMERS

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