Sand Castle
1. Entrance Chamber
[Overworld Spy]
Leif: This place reeks of ice magic.
Vi: I got used to only you being able to do it, Leif! I don't like the cold at all…
Kabbu: This is no ordinary castle, evidently. Let's make sure to not be caught off guard once more.
(minibubble) Leif: No kidding.
[Story, activate first crystal]
Kabbu: What is this sorcery!?
Leif: Ice magic. Thought you'd seen it before.
Vi: It's not the same! Ice magic is your thing!
Leif: True. Could this place be related to us?
Vi: Only one way to find out! Time to explore!
Kabbu: Let's be careful, please. We've let our guard down too many times during this mission…
Leif: We'll keep our eyes open.
(minibubble) Vi: Uh huh...
2. Main Room
[Overworld Spy]
Vi: This is the main room? I thought it'd be more like the Ant Palace!
Leif: It doesn't look like a cozy place to live in, for sure.
Kabbu: That statue... Is that the Everlasting Sapling? Perhaps this is a place of worship?
Leif: It'd make sense if an artifact is here.
Vi: It's not a castle without treasure, so let's check every corner!
[Let’s talk]
Venus: This castle was built by the Roaches back when they roamed freely around Bugaria.
Venus: Ah, it still feels like it was yesterday when they were scurrying around the land trying to get stuff together!
Venus: I tell you, the Sapling brought a lot of blessings but also curses to them... Don't make the same mistake.
3. Basement
[Overworld Spy]
Kabbu: Goodness. This area is truly enormous!
Leif: Because the castle wasn't grandiose enough, apparently.
Vi: It's really cold down here, bleh.
Kabbu: The sun has never graced this room, it couldn't be helped.
Leif: Let's watch our step then. We'd hate to get trapped in yet another basement...
4. Statue Room
[Overworld Spy]
Leif: We do wonder why the roaches liked building so many statues…
Vi: I mean, if I was rich I'd build a ton of me too!
Kabbu: Unrelated to riches, this seems to be more of a cultural matter. Hopefully not greed or arrogance…
(minibubble) Vi: Oi...
5. Rock Room
[Overworld Spy]
Vi: Eep! D-Don't get squished!
Kabbu: This castle has not been very inviting, but this is a tad much!
Leif: It's not like we ever feel invited where there's an artifact.
Vi: Not the factory's fault, you know...
6. Slide Puzzle
[Overworld Spy]
Vi: That's one big ice cube!
Leif: It's more of a rectangular cuboid, Vi.
(minibubble) Vi: The heck!?
Kabbu: It seems quite easy to push...I just wish I could ride it as it sled by!
Sign: "Warning: High humidity area. Regular maintenance of cryocrystal must not be neglected."
7. Pressure Puzzle
[Overworld Spy]
Vi: I don't get it.
Leif: Thinking's about the only thing that can stop you, huh.
(minibubble) Vi: Shut it.
Kabbu: Easy now. We cannot just aimlessly press plates. There must be a clue somewhere!
Sign: "First we felt cold at the tip of our hands... Before it turned into drops sinking in the sand."
Sign: "Then we felt the cold at our feet... Before locking the way."
8. Main Room
[Overworld Spy]
Kabbu: Huff... We've reached the top floor. A bit rough on my limbs…
Leif: Never heard you complain until now, with all the walking.
Kabbu: I...I just really dislike stairs!
Vi: (I hope they didn't see me flying over them...)
[Check Mural, first time]
Vi: Yikes. I can't tell what this is at all…
Kabbu: It seems to be some sort of depiction of the Everlasting Sapling... Even the artifacts are there!
Leif: We're impressed, Kabbu. This drawing's quality hasn't aged well at all.
Kabbu: Heheheh. We've got to bring Neo back sometime. He'd love this!
[Check Mural, subsequent times]
Textbox: A depiction of the Everlasting Sapling and the Artifacts.
Textbox: The text is too faded to be read.
9. Roof
[Overworld Spy]
Vi: Ah. Fresh air!
Kabbu: We can see all of the desert from here. It's quite soothing…
Leif: Maybe we could come back. It's not like anyone owns the place.
Vi: This is now my castle! Dibs!
10. Boss Key Room
[Overworld Spy]
Kabbu: This room looks like a storm passed through!
Leif: We can only wonder what this room's purpose used to be.
Vi: We should only wonder how to solve it!
11. Boss Room
[Overworld Spy, pre-fight]
Vi: Now it's really feeling like a throne room!
Kabbu: What are those boxes? I've never seen something like it.
Leif: It does give kind of a bad vibe. Stay sharp.
[Story, walk forward]
Watcher: Hjers bnmjk, trekaj! Rjkehoa ONJARLEHK!!!
Vi: Leif! Don't try to scare us!
Kabbu: That's not Leif!
(minibubble) Vi: Oh.
Leif: Correct. That's not even how we speak. That's Roach dialect.
Leif: "This place is not for bugs. Leave or be BURIED!!!"
Kabbu: D-Did you need to scream as well?
Leif: Well, yes.
Vi: Eh, just one more warning on the heap. Let's get that artifact!
Watcher: Rjkehoa ONJARLEHK!!! Rjkehoa ONJARLEHK!!! Rjkehoa ONJARLEHK!!!
Kabbu: Is that... Is that a roach?
Vi: It's just a fancy Cursed Cloth!
Leif: We can feel it... Its magic is just like ours!
Leif: Our answers must be here. We won't be stopped by it!
(minibubble) Kabbu: Let's go!
[post-fight]
Watcher: ...Kuh...
Leif: Tell us. How did you get your magic? Who did this to you?
Watcher: .....… . . .
Leif: Curses…
(minibubble) Kabbu: Leif...
Vi: Hey, look! It's the artifact!
Kabbu: Don't despair yet, Leif. It may hold some answers!
Vi: Go get it before I do!
Leif: Huh. This isn't the artifact...
(minibubble) Vi: Huh?
Kabbu: What? Then what could it be?
Leif: We don't know. But this doesn't have the same feeling as the others...
Vi: Maybe it's up ahead? I really hope there's not another cloth…
Leif: There must be a reason this stone is here, though.
Kabbu: Let us ask Neo later. For now, we've got to push through.
(minibubble) Vi: Mhm! Off we go!
[Overworld Spy, post-fight]
Leif: The rock we found here was quite beautiful.
Kabbu: Maybe explorers would mistake it for the artifact?
Vi: I sure would have. Glad to have Leif's gibberspeak!
(minibubble) Leif: Hmph.
12. Treasure Room
[Overworld Spy]
Leif: Our guess is they never expected anyone to make it to this room.
Vi: But we did! Team Snakemouth keeps being awesome!
[Story]
Leif: Mytruljk...
Kabbu: At last, the final artifact!
Vi: Heheheh, we did it! We're going in the hall of fame!
Leif: ...It's incredible, we must say.
Leif: These have been sought after since Elizant's time.
Kabbu: It was only through our combined efforts that it was possible!
Vi: You guys can chat it up later. Let's take it and get that reward!
Textbox: You have found the other ANCIENT HALF!
Textbox: Braving the desert once more, Team Snakemouth searched for the last artifact.
Textbox: The team explored the Roach ruins and uncovered the hideout of the infamous Lost Sand bandits.
Textbox: An ambush shone a worrying light on Leif's condition…
Textbox: But in the end, the last artifact was collected. Is the Everlasting Sapling within reach?
Textbox: End of Chapter 4.
Vi: It's kinda sad though...I wanted to keep on treasure hunting!
Leif: We've still got to get the Sapling.
Kabbu: And help Leif on his quest!
Leif: ...Right. We've got to get back to Neo. Let's go turn this in.