camp vargas! ~spring happening~ 2-1 "simple, right?"

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Location: Dwarfs’ Mine - Forest

Grim: Heeey, Magift Club!

Epel: Oh. It’s Grim-kun and Yuu-san.

Grim: We came to see how you were doin’. And since you’re in the forest, that means…

You’re workin’ on collecting firewood to make that campfire, right?

Epel: Yeah. We just finished under Ruggie-san’s instruction.

Grim: Y’don’t say… uh, hey—there’s little branches and leaves mixed in there.

Won’t they burn up real quick?

Ruggie: Exactly.

It’s harder to light a fire with thick, quality firewood, even if it’ll burn for a good while.

That's why we’re stuffing in real flammable stuff like dry branches and pine tree leaves.

Grim: Huh. That makes sense…

Epel: But what about the actual fire, Ruggie-san?

It’s a harder than it seems when we have no matches or lighter and can’t use magic…

Ruggie: Nah, it’ll be easy.

I’ll show you back at the campsite.

Location: Dwarfs’ Mine - Campsite

Leona: You’re back.

Grim: There you are, Leona. So you’ve been doin’ aaabsolutely nothing ever since they set up those tents, huh.

Leona: You got a problem, furball?

Grim: Not a one..

Epel: So. How were you going to light a fire without a match or lighter, Ruggie-san?

Ruggie: First I’m gonna lay out these stones on the dry ground… then stack a little foliage that catches fire easily on top.

Then we take this white rock I picked up near the lake and a steel file.

Grim: Steel file? Did you bring that from home or somethin’?

Ruggie: No way. I borrowed it from a toolbox when we were setting up.

Scrape the rock and file together aaand…!

Crackle… crackle!

Epel: Whoa! Sparks just flew!

Grim: Hey, look! The leaves started to burn!

Ruggie: It worked. Now all we’ve gotta do is move the flames to the thick firewood while being alert to the flow of air.

See? Simple, right?

Everyone: That’s awesome~!!

Epel: Understanding firewood and how to start fires… You’re really experienced when it comes to camping, Ruggie-san.

Ruggie: Shishishi. Why not give me something to go with that praise, huh?

But I’d say it’s more survival skills than anything.

I just kind of picked up on a lot of things back when times were really desperate.

Anyway, we started the fire. Heeey, Ghost-san!

Ghost A: Oh! You managed to build a campfire.

Challenge cleared! Here, take this Vargas Badge.

Ruggie: Nice. We got one right off the bat!

Ghost A: The campfire’s necessary for keeping warm at night, and it’s also used in some of the other challenges.

So be careful not to let it go out.

Ruggie: Got it.

Well, if we build up the fire enough it should be able to withstand even gusts of wind.

Leona: What’re you giggling like schoolgirls for?

Ruggie: Huh?

A wood faerie appears.

Ruggie: A faerie?!

Grim: What’s up with these guys?!

Magift Club Member A: T-They weren’t here a minute ago, were they?

Magic Club Member B: Yeah. It came out of nowhere. Where the heck did you come from?!

Epel: Ruggie-san… don’t these faeries look angry to you?

Ruggie: That’s the vibe I’m getting too. Wonder what happened…

Leona: Obviously because you built that fire.

Ruggie: Wha? You’re saying it’s my fault?! But, why would... ugh, I’ll figure it out later!

We’ve gotta get rid of them first!

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