ARCADE SESSION: REBOOTED

[knux400]

We're going to go see if we can grab another friend to help us out, but we're not sure where they are. Just follow my lead, I'll take you to them.

Looking at the map, you recall first meeting Clemont just outside the kobolds' cave. You also remember the knocker taking his egg in addition to Topaz and the kobolds' gems, so you presume his base must be somewhere nearby. It also occurs to you Ihu might know more, given that the kobolds have talked to Clemont before.

Actually, Hank, would you ask Ihu if he knows what direction Clemont is in? That's the person we're looking for.
Trinket wants to know where Clemont is.
Clemont? Oh, the other tiny cat thing. None of us really saw where he came from, but he walked off down that corridor.

Ihu gestures to the passageway on the lower left corner of the screen.

Are we heading that way, then?
Yes.
Yes. Golem, follow.

Hank leads the way down the corridor, the golem bringing up the rear of the party.

Why do you call yourselves 'Tiny Cat People', anyway? You're pretty much the same size we are and you don't really look much like cats. I mean, you kind of do, I guess, but Echo is more of a bat and Clemont is kind of... something else.
I don't know! That's just what we're called, I guess.
Weird.

As you walk, you realize this is where the knocker's den was. Ihu takes a small detour to check it out, and once Hank gets close enough, you're able to see, too. The net is torn and empty, and the knocker is nowhere to be found.
 

...Great. It must've gotten free at some point.
What did?
The gemstealer. It took things from a bunch of people and hoarded them here, but Echo beat it up and trapped it under a net. But that was a while ago, so it probably woke up and scurried off somewhere.
Is that bad?
Maybe. But your big metal friend could probably handle it if it tries to bother us again.

The three continue onwards, and before long, Hank reaches a fork and stops.

I've never been this far away from home before, so I've got no clue which way Clemont came from.
...I'm assuming that's why you stopped, right?
Y-yeah, hang on a sec.
 

You just came from the EASTERN corridor. There is a large opening to the NORTH with train tracks running through it, another large opening to the WEST, and a much smaller opening to the SOUTH.

P L E A S E  W A I T ,  S O F T W A R E  U P D A T E  I N  P R O G R E S S

Your game freezes for a few moments, but it returns fairly quickly.
 

...Oh. That'll probably be helpful.