Ask (command)

Fuji using the Cure spell on Sumo

Ask, also known as Chat, is a unique menu command in Final Fantasy Adventure and Adventures of Mana. Accessible at any time from the Main Menu^FFA or play screen^AoM, this function allows the player to request assistance from their partner if it is needed.

Usage

Chat icon in Adventures of Mana

Sumo may use Ask when he is with or near one of his partners in the field. The actions taken vary according to his partner, status, and location in the greater world:

• Fuji: Recover HP for 15 seconds with Cure. Fuji's version has a regenerative effect that can slow Poison.
• Mysterious Traveler: Offers gameplay tips.
• Watts: Opens a sundries shop.
• Bogard: Gives lessons on MAX Attacks.
• Chocobo: Mount/dismount; else if Sumo is moogled, dispels moogled status.
• Amanda: Dispels petrification
• Lester: Change the BGM while in the Old Mansion.
• Marcy: Recover MP.

Quotes

• Fuji : "Let me treat your wound, Sumo."
• Man : "Some walls may be broken with Star or Mattock." "Those walls sound different when you hit them."
• Watts : "I have very useful things!"
• Bogard : "Gemma Knights can use the special powers of weapons." "Try and see it when your Will Power is full."
• Chocobo: "Take your Chocobo with you?" (While dismounting) "Wait for me here!"
• Amanda : "I'll heal you from Stone."
• Lester : "Change Music?"
• Marcie : "I RECOVER YOUR MP."

• Fuji: "Let me see to your wounds."
• Mysterious Traveler: "Some walls can be destroyed by with a Mattock or Morningstar." "These walls will sound different when you strike them with your weapon."
• Watts: "I have a tool for every occasion!"
• Bogard: "When a Gemma Knight's mind is focused, certain limits governing the extent of his abilities can be broken." "Only then the destructive potential of a weapon truly be achieved."
• Chocobo: "Would you like to go for a ride?" (While dismounting) "Wait here, girl."
• Amanda: "Holler if you find yourself between a rock and a hard place...or if you just find yourself turned into a rock."
• Lester: "How about a change of tune?"
• Marcy: "COMMENCING MP RESTORATION."