Siffrin (neutral1) (You need help on how to...) "...help everyone."

Loop (teehee1) Which one, stardust?

Siffrin (neutral1) (Which ally...) "Isabeau."

Loop (hm1) Him, huh...

Loop (happy1) Why don't you ask him if he needs help?

First time talking to Isabeau in the current loop

Isabeau (wonder2) Do I need help with anything... Um...

Isabeau (angry2) . . .

Isabeau (wonder1) Well... Maybe, kind of, but...

Isabeau (wonder2) Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...

---

Before the quest

(It seems serious... Does he have a big problem he needs help with?)

(You steel yourself.)

---

After the quest

(...)

---

Isabeau (wonder2) ...

Isabeau (fufufu1) Okay, well...

Isabeau (really1) I'd rather you ask everyone else if they need help, first. Mine might take some time.

---

Before the quest

(Huh... A task so long it might take a long time?)

(It must be really important to him.)

(You nod seriously.)

---

ACT 3

(Time to see what's the best place to look at the stars, maybe...?)

(You nod.)

---

ACT 4

(...)

(You nod.)

---

Isabeau (hahaha1) Heh, so serious!

Isabeau (neutral1) So, um, yeah! Make sure to help everyone and do whatever you need to do, first!

---

Second time talking to Isabeau in the current loop

Isabeau (wonder2) Hm, you haven't helped everyone yet, right?

Isabeau (hahaha1) I'd rather wait until you're done!

(Sounds like you'd better help everyone else in the same loop first.)

Siffrin (neutral1) (You need help on how to...) "...help everyone."

Loop (teehee1) Which one, stardust?

Siffrin (neutral1) (Which ally...) "Isabeau."

Loop (hm1) Him, huh...

Loop (hmmm1) Your Fighter apparently wants you to help everyone else first. Scary...

Loop (lol4) Don't you think he's asking you to finish helping everyone first because he wants to ask you something really complicated???

(That's what YOU'RE thinking!!!)

Loop (lol5) Well, only thing you can do now is helping everyone else, stardust!

• If you did not ask Isabeau if he needs help this loop

  Isabeau (neutral1) Huh? Oh, that's cool!

  Isabeau (blush1) I did see you running around with everyone earlier. It looked like fun...

  
  

  (Oh.)

  (That's right, you didn't ask him if he needed any help, this loop...)

  (Well.)

  
  

  • Before the quest: Siffrin (okay2)
  • After the quest: Siffrin (fake1)
  • "So, do you need help with anything?"

  
  

  Isabeau (neutral1) Help?

  Isabeau (omgggg1) Oh! Oh, oh, oh! Yes, I do need help with something, now that I'm thinking about it!!!

  Isabeau (hahaha1) Is that what you were doing today? Helping everyone out? I didn't know!

  
  

  • ACT 3: Siffrin (blep1)
  • ACT 4: Siffrin (sadsmile2)
  • "I kept the best one for last."

  
  

  Isabeau (blush2) AW, SIF..........................

  Isabeau (blush3) I-I'm glad!!!

  Isabeau (neutral1) I was just thinking I wanted to hang out with you today, since I saw you running around with everyone.

  Isabeau (awkward1) But you didn't talk to me much today, so I was, um, worried you... Didn't want to...

  Isabeau (hahaha1) I-It doesn't matter! I'm glad I thought about what we could do today, then!!!

• If you asked Isabeau if he needs help this loop

  Isabeau (hahaha2) You did? You did!

  Isabeau (fufufu1) Heh, I saw you run around with everyone today, which made me very jealous.

  Isabeau (hahaha1) So I'm glad I get to spend time with you!

Isabeau (surprised1) ...Um, are you ready now?

Isabeau (wonder2) We'll probably have to go to the Clocktower immediately after we're done, so I don’t think you'll have time to do anything in the village after...

Isabeau (hahaaa1) So I wanna make sure you did everything you needed to...?

• ACT 3: Siffrin (questions1)
• ACT 4: Siffrin (fake1)
• (Hang out with Isabeau now?)

• "I'm ready now!"

  Isabeau (hahaha1) Heh, okay! Well, um...

  Isabeau (brag1) Follow me, Sif!!!

  ---

  First time repeating any Friendquest

  [Wow, you're here again!]

  [You don't REALLY have to go through this whole thing again. You can just zone through it, and skip it completely, if you'd like.]

  [You'll even still get their cool skill! But if you do, the skill will be a tiny bit less useful. Your choice.]

  ---

  Second time onwards

  (Zone out?)

  • (Yes.)
  • (No.)

  
  

  For the rest, see the main scene.

• "Give me a second..."

  At the Favor Tree

  Isabeau (hahaha1) Sure, Sif! In the meantime, I'll let you do your thing here, and I'll wait for you North of Dormont, okay?

  ---

  North of Dormont

  Isabeau (hahaha1) Sure, Sif! I'll see you later!!!

• First time: (You follow Isabeau around for a while... Going through Dormont, then the forest, until...)
• Subsequent times: (Isabeau leads the way.)

Siffrin and Isabeau walk to the center of the field. Isabeau lays down.

---

First time

(A field...?)

(There's nothing around...)

(What could he possibly need?)

---

Subsequent times

(The field again.)

(He must've spent some time looking for a good spot to see the stars...)

(Your throat tightens.)

---

• First time: Siffrin (questions1)
• Subsequent times: Siffrin (fake1)
• "So, what do you need me to do?"

Isabeau (surprised1) Huh? Oh, um...

Isabeau (hahaha2) ...Lay down with me?

• First time: (...?)

(You lay down.)

Siffrin lays down.

• First time: Siffrin (smiling3)
• Subsequent times: Siffrin (fake1)
• "And then?"

Isabeau (fufufu1) And then...

Isabeau (brag1) Look up!

(You look up.)

(Stars, stars, stars, all around you.)

• First time: (You inhale sharply.)
• ACT 3: (You still can't get over that view.)
• ACT 4: (You want to crush them all.)

Isabeau Y'know, when you asked me if I needed help earlier, I wasn't sure what to say!

Isabeau I don't really need help with anything... And I did all I needed to prepare for tomorrow and stuff.

Isabeau But I saw you run around and help everyone today, and that seemed kinda fun! And so, I thought...

Isabeau "Sif's making sure to help everyone today, but I just want to hang out with him!!!

---

First time

(Oh.)

(. . .)

(Oh.)

---

ACT 3

(On what he thinks is his last day on Earth, he just wanted to spend some time with you.)

---

ACT 4

(. . .)

(Say the line.)

---

Siffrin (...) "Why stars?"

Isabeau Oh!

Isabeau Um.

Isabeau So, you know how you say this word, when you're annoyed or something bad happens?

Isabeau I don't know what language it is, but I always thought it was like a swear word? Like "crab"?

Isabeau And I looked in a few books, but I couldn't find the word anywhere, and I got really curious...

Isabeau And one day, I heard someone else say it! So I asked them, and they said it means "stars"!

Isabeau And I noticed you know stuff about the sky! You talked about planets once, and the sun, like you really knew what you were talking about.

Isabeau And sometimes, when we slept outside, you'd spend most of the night looking at the night sky.

Isabeau And I thought that was interesting, because I never thought about what's up there before! But, um...

Isabeau So I thought maybe, um, like, you'd like, to see the stars? Together? O-or just in general!

---

First time

(. . .)

---

ACT 3

(How perceptive, Isabeau!)

(You want to cry.)

---

ACT 4

(The stars won't listen.)

(You can't say anything now, even if you wanted to.)

---

Siffrin "..."

Isabeau Oh no, was I wrong??? Was it really more of an actual swear word like "crab", where you don't actually like stars and stars are bad and gross??? Did I step in it??? Did I mess up???

Siffrin "..."

Siffrin "...No, you didn't step in it."

Isabeau Oh, phew! I got scared, heheh.

Isabeau Anyway, I've heard some people can see stuff in the stars, sometimes! Like, pictures!

Isabeau They're called... Conste-something?

Siffrin "Constellations."

Isabeau Constellations!!!

Isabeau Yes, that! Do you know some?

(You look up at the stars.)

• First time: (You don't recognize any of them.)
• ACT 3: (Try as you might, you only see dots.)
• ACT 4: (You've forgotten them all.)

Siffrin "No, I don't know any."

Isabeau Huh.

Isabeau ...You're saying I didn't step in it, but...

Isabeau Sif...

Siffrin (Change the subject.) "No, no, you're fine, hahaha!"

Siffrin "Tell me something?"

Isabeau Something?

Siffrin "Something about you."

Isabeau Oh, okay! Um...

Isabeau . . .

Isabeau Well, okay, you know I'm from Jouvente, right?

Isabeau I've lived there my whooooole life!

Isabeau It's a nice, big city. More than one House, too. Waaaaay bigger than Dormont.

Isabeau Big enough that you don't know the life story of every person you see, haha.

Isabeau ...Anyway, you might think it's surprising, I dunno...

Isabeau But when I was Bonnie's age, I was like, the SMARTEST smarty pants around.

Isabeau Not like, slightly smart, or anything...

Isabeau But like, the NERDIEST kid you can imagine.

---

First time

(Huh.)

(You have trouble imagining Isabeau as anything other than the boisterous man he is.)

---

ACT 3

(Now that you know this about him, you do notice it more.)

(He sometimes knows things even Odile doesn't know.)

---

ACT 4

(...)

---

Isabeau Heh, like, really imagine it!

Isabeau Big glasses. Super neat braids. Always knows the answer to any question the teacher has. Always getting perfect grades.

Isabeau Always too shy and focused on grades to even know how to make a friend in the playground.

Isabeau That was me!

Isabeau And, um, I didn't really like myself.

Isabeau 'Cuz, like I was smart, but... I really hated being shy. Being alone. Not even able to ask a classmate for a pen, because I was so paralyzed by fear.

Isabeau And I was ready to spend the rest of my life like this.

Isabeau But one day, after years of living like this, I looked at myself, and the way I was, the way I existed in this world...

Isabeau I looked at that kid in the mirror, and I thought...

Isabeau Is this it?

Isabeau Is this really who I want to be?

Isabeau Couldn't I just be someone else? Someone that can make friends, someone people could love? Someone I could love?

Isabeau Someone I wouldn't feel ashamed of being?

Isabeau Couldn't I just... Change?

Isabeau And, that's one of the things people go to Houses for, you know? To learn things, to train, to do Body Craft on yourself...

Isabeau To Change!

Isabeau And you can stay for a bit, and come back Changed, and no one would say a thing. They'd just accept the new person you've become.

Isabeau So I went to one of Jouvente's Houses and threw myself into it! Trying to be the coolest, strongest, most dependable person around!

Isabeau Lifting weights! Training my voice to be deeper, louder! Crafting my own body to be cooler, stronger!

Isabeau Looking at myself in the mirror every morning and yelling "I'm the coolest!!!"!

Isabeau ...Change is destruction, you know?

Isabeau To bring about Change, you need to know you might hurt people. Might hurt yourself, even.

Isabeau So you always have to be careful, and think about whether the destruction you bring about is worth it.

Isabeau I decided it was.

Isabeau So, the person I was before...

Isabeau I made them disappear.

Isabeau Killed them with my bare hands.

Isabeau Made sure they'd never, ever come back.

Isabeau So I could live.

Isabeau . . .

Isabeau Ah, it sounds so bad, when I say it like that!!!

Isabeau The kid I was before is still here! I just, hm, grew around them? To protect them?

Isabeau Building an armor, until it becomes the real thing?

Isabeau So I could become someone strong, someone outgoing... Someone comforting to be around.

Isabeau Someone I would've liked to know, before.

Isabeau . . .

Isabeau Meh. It doesn't matter that much.

Isabeau I'm here, is what I mean! And I love myself so much more now than I did before!

Isabeau But even the person I'm now is a work in progress. I want to Change, still.

Isabeau I became a big and strong and dependable, happy-go-lucky dude, because that's who I needed to be.

Isabeau But lately, I've been feeling like I need... To let down the airhead facade a bit? Act less stupid, that sort of stuff.

Isabeau It doesn't feel great, when people think I'm stupid, just because I act a certain way.

Isabeau So I might Change again soon! And become someone slightly new!

Isabeau That sounds cool, right?

---

First time

(Oh...)

(You never knew.)

(Isabeau wanted to change, to become someone else, and he did it.)

(He must've worked for so long, to make his wish come true...)

---

ACT 3

(Crafting himself into a new person.)

(His wish came true.)

---

ACT 4

(You're not the only one acting in this play, are you?)

---

(...)

Isabeau Heh... I might change to be a mix between a jock and a nerd.

Isabeau Balancing it all, you know?

• First time: Siffrin (Heh.)
• Subsequent times: Siffrin (...)

• "So, you'll change into a jerd?"

  Isabeau More like a nock! Sounds better, doesn't it? Better mouth feel.

• "So, you'll change into a nock?"

  Isabeau More like a jerd! Sounds better, doesn't it? Better mouth feel.

Siffrin "They both sound bad, Isa."

Isabeau Nooooo, don't say that! Hahaha!!!

Siffrin

• "You can be a smart jock."

  Isabeau A smart jock... How avant-garde, right?

• "You can be a buff nerd."

  Isabeau Oh.

  Isabeau . . .

  
  

  Isabeau ...You think I'm buff?

  ---

  First time

  (You quickly look away from him.)

  
  

  Isabeau . . .

  ---

  ACT 3

  (You pointedly do not look at his arms.)

  
  

  Isabeau . . .

  ---

  ACT 4

  (You do not avert your gaze.)

  (There's a silence.)

  
  

  Isabeau ...Huh.

  
  

  (You both blink.)

Isabeau A-Anyway, after we beat the King tomorrow, and go our separate ways, I'll just change into someone else!

Isabeau Someone who can be both strong AND smart!

Isabeau Both at once!!! What a concept!!! Doesn't that sound like someone cool?

Isabeau Doesn't that feel like someone you wouldn't feel ashamed of knowing?

---

First time

(Is that what he thinks...?)

---

ACT 3

(You don't understand why he'd think you'd ever feel ashamed of knowing him.)

(Doesn't he know that you wouldn't be who you are without him?)

---

ACT 4

(Isabeau.)

(You want to tell him.)

(You want to tell him that he brought laughter into your life, before all this.)

(That you learned puns and jokes to make him laugh.)

(That you didn't know how to describe yourself, you didn't know who you even were, until you said a bad pun once and he laughed so hard you thought he was going to pass out.)

(That even now, you wouldn't trade this half-life for anything else.)

(You want to hold his hand.)

(You grip the grass under your palm.)

---

After kissing Isabeau

(Isabeau.)

(You feel disgusting just looking at him, now.)

(Why did you have to do that?)

(Why do you have to take advantage of his feelings for you, every time?)

(He only loves you because you're forcing him to love you.)

(If he knew you, if he knew what you've become, he would hate you.)

(Even now, you'll say the same line, won't you?)

(It's all about making him happy, making him think you're perfect for him.)

(You're disgusting, Siffrin.)

(Follow the blinding script.)

---

Siffrin "Isa..."

Isabeau ...Yeah, Sif?

Siffrin "I have never felt ashamed of knowing you."

Siffrin "Not even a little bit."

Isabeau . . .

Isabeau Heh, you're gonna make me blush, Sif...!

Isabeau And, well... You know I feel the same, right? You're like, maybe the coolest person I know... You know that, right?

Isabeau And I really like spending time with you! When we hang out, I always discover new things, like cool theater stuff, or even just something new about you,

Isabeau And I like how you always have a pun ready for any situation,

Isabeau How you breathe in this specific way sometimes, and I wish I could breathe with you to make you feel better,

Isabeau And I like the way your face looks when you eat your favorite foods,

Isabeau And I want to know more about you,

Isabeau Talk with you more,

Isabeau Laugh with you more,

Isabeau And... And I...

Isabeau . . .

---

First time

(You can't look away from him.)

---

Subsequent times

(You wait.)

---

If he's tried to confess at least twice

(You hold your breath.)

---

If Siffrin kissed him

(You look away.)

---

Isabeau I...

Isabeau . . .

Isabeau W-Woah, is that a shooting star?! Hey, look up! I-Isn't it cool?

---

First time

(You look away from him, and look up at the starry sky.)

(There's no shooting star.)

(But you don't mind.)

---

Subsequent times

(You want to keep looking at him, but that's not what the script demands.)

(Pulling your gaze away from him, you look up at the starry sky.)

(You haven't seen a shooting star in years.)

---

If Siffrin kissed him

(You look up.)

(Nothing to wish to.)

Bonnie AhHAH!!! See, I told you they'd be here!!!

Odile You heard Isa mumble to himself about it earlier, more like.

Mirabelle Hi Siffrin, hi Isabeau! We figured you'd be here!

Mirabelle Can we join you?

Isabeau EVERYONE IS HERE!!!

Isabeau Good to see you, everyone!!!

Mirabelle Such a beautiful night... Was it your idea to come here, Isabeau?

Isabeau It was!!!

Odile Under the stars, huh...

Odile How romantic. Very well done, Isabeau.

Isabeau Wh-What? No, it wasn't romantic at all.

Isabeau Just a pals outing. A buddies hangout. I, of course, would bring anyone of you here.

Odile Uh huh.

Bonnie I brought our food!!! So we can eat here!!!

Mirabelle A nightly picnic!

Isabeau Oh, I can smell samosas... Yummy...

Bonnie Yeah, I made a lot! Frin, take one!

Bonnie Take two, even. You deserve it.

Mirabelle Siffrin sure worked hard today, didn't they? Thank you for your help earlier!

• First time: (You jump.)
• Subsequent times: (You look up from your samosa.)

Odile Yes, thank you, Siffrin. You've been a great help today.

Bonnie Frin taught me how to fight!!! I'll be able to help you tomorrow!!!

Mirabelle Oooh! I'm looking forward to it, Bonnie!

Bonnie Za, did Frin help you today too?

---

First time

(You freeze.)

(Did you???)

---

Subsequent times

(You look at Isabeau.)

(He was already looking at you, smiling.)

---

Isabeau Heheh...

Isabeau Of course Sif helped me today!!!

---

First time only

(Isabeau is looking at you, smiling brightly.)

---

Isabeau Thank you for spending time with me, Sif!!!

---

First time

(Oh.)

(You hide your face beneath the rim of your hat.)

---

ACT 3

(You awkwardly smile back.)

---

ACT 4

(You smile back.)

---

Mirabelle How wonderful!

Odile Thank you, oh great helper.

Odile Here, have another samosa.

Isabeau And have some pâté and bread!

Mirabelle I'm sure you want some tea, too!!!

Bonnie And here's some of my curry--

---

First time

(Your plate is overflowing...!!!)

(You see everything on your plate sway back and forth...)

(You eat as much as possible before everything falls down.)

---

ACT 3

(Free food time.)

(You eat what's on your plate as fast as possible.)

---

ACT 4

(Before the food even starts to sway, you eat everything on your plate.)

(None of it fills your stomach.)

---

Mirabelle Oh...!!!

(...)

(You burp.)

Bonnie EW!!!

Mirabelle Hehe!!!

Isabeau HAHAHA!!!

Odile Ha! Nice reflexes, Siffrin!

(Everyone starts laughing happily.)

---

First time

(You laugh, too.)

(You're surrounded by your allies...)

(Your heart lifts.)

(You love them.)

(You're glad you got to spend time with them.)

(You're glad you know them better.)

(You're glad--)

---

ACT 3

(You laugh, too.)

(. . .)

(Are you... Doing the right thing?)

(Repeating this day? Repeating this moment?)

(Making sure they're happy, making sure they like you?)

(Who are you doing this for?)

---

ACT 4

(You laugh, because the script demands this of you.)

(You're disgusting, Siffrin.)

(Look at you. Going through the motions. Making sure they like you.)

(Making sure they love you.)

(You don't care about them anymore, do you?)

(They're just characters in a play to you, now.)

(Your perfect, perfect play.)

(Are you enjoying yourself?)

(Now that you know the exact steps you have to take to be loved by them?)

---

Bonnie Frin, you okay? Want more snacks?

Siffrin (You smile.) "Yes, please!"

Bonnie Then eat! Eat as much as you want!!!

(You all ate and laughed under the stars...)

(Tomorrow, once again, you'll go into the House, and fight the King.)

---

First time

(But today... Today, you're happy.)

---

ACT 3

(But today... Today...)

(. . .)

(You're doing this for them. Yes, you're sure of it.)

(You want them to be happy.)

(And now, you know how to make them happy forever!)

(It's the least you can do, right? It's what they deserve, isn't it?)

(They didn't ask to be here.)

(So you have to make sure everything is perfect.)

(. . .)

---

ACT 4

(But today.)

(. . .)

(But at least, you're here.)

(With them.)

(Characters in a play they may be, but they're here.)

(You know every single one of their lines at this point, but they're here.)

(It's almost reassuring, to know exactly how they'll react.)

(It's not tiring or frightening at all.)

(At least they're not leaving you behind.)

(They're here.)

(They're here they're here they're here they're here they're here they're here they're here they're here they're here they're here they're here they're here they're here they're here they're here they're here.)

(But you don't know how much longer it'll be enough for you.)

(. . .)

First time

(. . .)

(You had a nice time yesterday, hanging out with Isabeau under the stars.)

(You got a MEMORY OF STARGAZING!)

(You'll always remember this.)

[Hi stardust! I didn't want to interrupt before, but... You got a new memory!]

[When equipped, Memory of Stargazing boosts all of your Fighter's stats by 30! Wow!]

[Your Fighter also learned the skill "WE WILL WIN"!!!]

["WE WILL WIN!!!" is amazingly strong. When used, it boosts everyone's ATTACK, DEFENSE and ATTACK SPEED for a few turns!!!]

[It's so strong, you'll only be able to use it when you and your Fighter have had this exact conversation. So if you loop back to Dormont, you'll have to talk to him all over again! Remember that, okay?]

[But hey, stardust, it was nice, wasn't it? Hanging out with all of them, yesterday?]

[They love you, now! Your bond with them is stronger, now!]

[...Isn't that neat?]

(It is neat.)

(You don't want to have to loop back to before you spent that time with them.)

(What would happen, if... If you stayed with this version of them... Until the end?)

(If you went through the entire House, without looping ahead, beat the King, and saw the Head Housemaiden, with them?)

(Would anything happen?)

(Would anything change?)

(. . .)

(Time to walk all the way up, and beat the King.)

---

Subsequent times

[Your Fighter learned how to use "WE WILL WIN!!!" again!!!]

(...)

• ACT 3: Siffrin (neutral1)
• ACT 4: Siffrin (tired2)
• (You need help on how to...) "...help everyone."

Loop (teehee1) Which one, stardust?

• ACT 3: Siffrin (neutral1)
• ACT 4: Siffrin (tired2)
• (Which ally...) "Isabeau."

Loop (happy1) Had a nice time talking with your Fighter?

Loop (lol4) What a nice guy. He prepared everything so you could watch the night sky, because he noticed you liked the stars, and he wanted to spend some time with you.

Loop (hm1) Who knew he had such a history with the Change belief, too...

Loop (lol5) Heh, come to think of it, he might represent the Change belief better than your Housemaiden does. She must hate that.

Loop (lol1) And he tried to tell you something at the end, too. Do you think it's the same thing he always tries to say, at the end?

Loop (fake1) He'll never spit it out, poor guy.

---

If Siffrin didn't figure it out:

(That's right...)

(You wonder what he wants to say to you, every time.)

Loop (ew1) ...

---

If Siffrin did:

(...)

Loop (happy1) ...

Loop (fake1) Teehee.

(Isabeau leads the way.)

Isabeau (hahaha2) Lay down with me?

Isabeau (brag1) Look up!

(You look up.)

Isabeau "--but I just want to hang out with him!!!"

Isabeau So I thought maybe, um, like, you'd like, to see the stars?

Isabeau Constellations!!!

Isabeau Sif...

Isabeau I've lived there my whooooole life!

Isabeau And, um, I didn't really like myself.

Isabeau To Change!

Isabeau I made them disappear.

Isabeau That sounds cool, right?

Isabeau Someone who can be both strong AND smart!

Isabeau Heh, you're gonna make me blush, Sif...!

Isabeau And I want to know more about you,

Isabeau Talk with you more,

Isabeau Laugh with you more,

Isabeau W-Woah, is that a shooting star?

Bonnie See, I told you they'd be here!!!

Mirabelle A nightly picnic!

Bonnie Za, did Frin help you today too?

Isabeau Of course Sif helped me today!!!

Bonnie And here's some of my curry--

Odile Ha! Nice reflexes, Siffrin!

(You all ate and laughed under the stars...)