Bonnie Friendquest!
(Bonnie brought you outside of Dormont...)
(You can see some weak sadnesses roaming around in the distance.)
🍳: . . .
🍳: [Loop], I...
🍳: You said I could ask for anything, yeah?
(Not EXACTLY what you said, but...)
💫: "Sure, whatever you want."
🍳: Okay, well…
🍳: I... I need you to teach me how to fight!
(Oh!)
🍳: I know Dile's gonna say I can help you all in battle tomorrow...
🍳: But it'll be from far away, right?
🍳: I want to help! To actually help!!! And for that, I...
🍳: ...I need to learn how to fight.
🍳: So you're gonna help me!!!
(Bonnie ran away...?)
(TOWARDS A SADNESS!??)
(You run towards Bonnie as fast as you can.)
🍳: L-Look, look! I'm not scared!!!
🍳: COME ON!!!
🍳: I'm not scared... I'm not scared...
🍳: I can do this... I can do this!!!
(Bonnie gets harmed.)
🍳: W-Wah...!!!
(BONNIE...!!! BLINDING DAMN IT- LOOP MOVE.)
(Without thinking about it, you strike.)
🍳: Ah... Ah...
(You can't help but yell.)
💫: "BE MORE CAREFUL, BONNIE!!!"
🍳: Ah!!!
🍳: I... I'm sorry...
(You look at Bonnie closely...)
(No visible wounds.)
🍳: . . .
(Bonnie is trembling... stars, you feel so guilty.)
💫: "...I shouldn't have yelled."
💫: "Breathe with me?"
🍳: Hn...
(You breathe slowly, in and out, and make sure Bonnie breathes with you.)
(You need to calm down, too. You have to.)
(Slowly, they stop shaking.)
🍳: Ha. . .
🍳: Hm.
🍳: That didn't go super well.
💫: “It did not, no."
🍳: I-It's your fault!!!
🍳: You weren't there... You weren't there to help me and tell me what to do!!
(You stare at them without saying a word.)
🍳: I-I mean...
🍳: I. . .
🍳: I'm sorry.
💫: "I can teach you, but don't go ahead on your own."
🍳: O-Okay.
🍳: I'm sorry. I'll listen. Tell me how to fight.
🍳: I wanna learn.
(...)
(You look around...)
(There's another Sadness in the distance.)
(You put your index finger in front of your mouth to tell Bonnie to stay silent and point towards the Sadness.)
(Bonnie looks over and nods.)
(You jump in.)
🍳: Okay... Okay...
💫: "Ready?"
🍳: Yeah...
🍳: Yes.
🍳: What do I do...?
(You breathe out.)
(Teaching time.)
(You tell Bonnie to look at the Sadness' hands.)
🍳: That's... a Scissors sign, right?
🍳: So... So that means...
🍳: They're vulnerable to Rock Craft! Yeah!
🍳: I know Rock Craft! S-So I can hit them, right?
(You nod.)
🍳: Okay... Okay!!!
🍳: H-Here I go!!!
(You take an attacking stance.)
(Bonnie follows suit.)
(You two take turns attacking the Sadness. Dealing with minor damage. Bonnie deals the last blow.)
🍳: I DID IT!!! I DID IT, [LOOP]!!!
(You clap. You feel... Proud? Yeah. Proud!)
🍳: Heheheheh...
(You breathe in, and out.)
🍳: YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(You defeated the Sadness...)
(You breathe out.)
(Bonnie is looking up at you.)
🍳: Um. . .
🍳: Hey, [Loop], why aren't we allowed to touch you?
(?????)
💫: "What?"
🍳: Um... Dile, Za, and Belle said we're not allowed to touch you because it makes you jump and because they said so.
🍳: It's true that you jump, but I was wondering why 'cause it means we can't high-five or anything.
🍳: Why?
(None of them are touching you... On purpose?)
(Because it makes you jump?)
(. . . Hah.)
(Poor Loop, so fragile they come with instructions~)
💫: "I... Think I don't mind being touched or hugged."
💫: "I'm just not used to it."
🍳: You're not used to it?
🍳: Oh! Maybe it's because you're not ready for it when it happens.
🍳: That's how it is with Nille.
(Nille?)
💫: "Nille?"
(The Kid explains how it is with their sister. Explaining that they have to basically warn her before hugging her. Or else she would accidentally suplex her own sibling because she got scared.)
(...)
🍳: I don't wanna talk about my sister anymore.
💫: "You don't often talk about her."
🍳: She's frozen in time and not here, so I don't want to talk about her.
🍳: She says talking behind people's backs is bad.
🍳: And also, talking about her hurts and makes me sad.
🍳: ... I want Nille to be here...
🍳: I should have helped her when...
🍳: . . .
🍳: Why aren't you used to being touched?
🍳: Did your family not hug you when you were a kid?
(You can't help but laugh. They talk about you behind your back.)
(You want to cry.)
💫: "Can't remember."
🍳: Oh...
💫: "But maybe that's why?"
💫: "I'm just not used to it, and it takes me off guard, I think."
🍳: Oh, okay.
🍳: So if you can see me, and if I tell you I'm gonna touch you, it's fine?
(It's not FINE, but...)
💫: "Sure."
🍳: Huh.
🍳: Okay! I'll remember that.
🍳: So... Then...
(Bonnie jumps up and down, making sure you watch them do it.)
🍳: I am going to touch you now!!!
(Suddenly, Bonnie pokes you hard in the stomach.)
( OW!????!???)
🍳: You saw me, and I told you, so it's fine!!!
💫: "I, uh, guess so???"
🍳: Heheh!
🍳: Okay, let's go, let's fight one more Sadness! I can do one more!!!
(You spot a Sadness in the distance and attack.)
🍳: Okay! I can do this!!! Watch me, [Loop]!!!
(You smile and join Bonnie.)
(You and the Sadness exchange blows.)
(This is so different from usual... You're not used to fighting outside anymore.)
(The ground is uneven, and there are rocks and branches to worry about.)
(ACK--)
(You tripped on a branch. Idiot.)
🍳: !!! [LOOP]!!!
(The Sadness saw you fall and is running towards you to attack.)
🍳: NO!!! NOT THIS TIME!!!
(The Kid strikes. Breathing heavily before turning towards you.)
🍳: [LOOP]!!! [LOOP], ARE YOU OKAY?!
(The poor kid is shaking...)
💫: "I'm okay, Bonbon. I just tripped."
🍳: R-Really? You promise?
(You nod.)
🍳: Okay...
🍳: I... You haven't called me Bonbon in forever... Only Za calls me that now...
(Ah, shit.)
💫: "Bonnie."
🍳: No, no, I didn't mean..
🍳: You promise you're okay?
(You nod.)
🍳: Okay...
🍳: Sorry. I got scared.
🍳: It just... It reminded me of before, that's all.
(Before? You don't remember about anything outside of the loops.)
💫: "Before?"
🍳: Yeah. You remember, right? It was a while back...
🍳: When you protected me from that other Sadness, you know.
(Hm?)
(What Sadness do they mean? You can't remember... How important was it?)
💫: "Which one?"
🍳: Which one--?!
🍳: The one that got your eye, stupid!!!
(Oh. You remember now.)
🍳: AAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!
🍳: Oh crab, you stupid crabbing--
🍳: See, I told you!!! I knew it!!! You're so crabbing stupid!!! You didn't even remember it!!! You think it doesn't matter!!!
🍳: You keep getting hurt because of me, and you don't care!!!
🍳: You can't see from one eye because of me, and you think it doesn't CRABBING MATTER!!!!!
(That's right.)
(You'd forgotten.)
(It was after you all met Bonnie. Before they started barely speaking to you anymore.)
(They weren't careful, and Sadness was about to hurt them.)
(They're so small. No one else was close enough to do anything.)
(You're the fastest.)
(So you ran and got in front of them. And you would do it again and again.)
🍳: Why did you do it, [Loop]?! Why did you do it!!! Why did you protect me!!! I don't understand!!!
🍳: You could've stayed put! I could've... I could've taken care of it!!! I was fine!!!
🍳: But nooo, [Loop] thinks they're better than everyone else!!! And you tried to protect me like a stupid crabbing idiot!!!
🍳: A-And you got hurt! Because of me!
🍳: Because of me, you can't see from one eye!!! You have a big scar!!! And you bump into things all the time, and you trip all the time--
🍳: --And you can't-- You can't see!!!
🍳: Because of me!!!
🍳: BECAUSE OF ME!!!
(You would do it again.)
💫: "It's not that big of a deal, though."
🍳: But it is!!! It really is!!!
🍳: You got hurt because of me, and--
🍳: And I don't like it!!! I don't want it to have happened!!! You should have stood there and let me be hurt!
💫: "But you would have died."
🍳: It doesn't matter!!!
🍳: If I died, it would have been fine...!!!
💫: "It would never have been fine!!!"
💫: "I could never have let that Sadness hit you!"
💫: "I know you don't like it when we say you're a child, but you are!"
💫:"And as adults, it's our responsibility to ensure you're safe!"
💫:"Did you want us to go to your sister and tell her, 'Sorry, we didn't jump to save them, so they're gone now'?!"
(You crouch down to meet Bonnie eye to eye.)
💫: "You'll always be more important than any of us."
💫: "No matter what, we'll always ensure you live."
💫: "And I'll always pick you over a blinding stupid eye."
🍳: . . .
🍳: But, [Loop]...
🍳: I don't... I don't want you to be hurt…
🍳: I don't want you to be hurt...!!!
(You can reassure them, say sorry, and promise you'll never do it again.)
(But you would do it again. Again and again and again.)
(If it had happened now, while you're stuck in a time loop, you'd jump in and protect them every time.)
(Because what's the alternative? Try to find a way to save them without being hurt?)
(But what if you failed? What if you couldn't do it, and they did get hurt instead?)
(What if they died because you tried to get a better ending?)
(You can't take that chance.)
(You would do it the same way again for as long as needed.)
💫: "I'm stronger now, Bonnie."
💫: "I can protect you and make sure I don't get hurt, either."
🍳: . . .
🍳: ...You promise?
🍳: You promise you won't get hurt again?
💫: "I promise."
🍳: You super promise?
💫: Super promise."
🍳: You super duper promise?
💫: "Super duper promise."
🍳: Okay.
🍳: OKAY!!!
🍳: As long as you promise, it's fine!!!
🍳: And, and... Oh!
🍳: And anyway, I protected you just now, right? If it wasn't for me, you would've been hurt! So!!!
🍳: So you can protect me, and I can protect you...
🍳: And we can protect everyone, too!
🍳: Yeah?
💫: "Yeah!"
🍳: Hehehe!
🍳: Y-You see me, right? I'm gonna touch you now!!!
(🍳: runs into your side.)
(They hug you tightly.)
(You freeze until you remember what to do.)
(Slowly, you hug them back.)
(You can't help but cry.)
🍳: [Loop]... Are you crying-?
💫: "No- my eye is just sweating-"
🍳: Ewwwwww
(You got a MEMORY OF TRAINING.)
(You'll never forget this.)
ﾟ.+:｡ When Memory of Training is equipped, your Kid will never miss when attacking
ﾟ.+:｡ Your kid also learned the skill "Billion Blows Technique". They'll be able to hit the enemy harder during battle.
ﾟ.+:｡ It's so strong, you'll only be able to use it when you've had this exact conversation. So, if you loop back to Dormont, you'll have to talk to them again. Remember that.
