Faerieberry: Confronting Confusion

Chapter 5 | Faerieberry: Confronting Confusion is a story segment in Echoes of Mana.

Storyline

5-1 Story | A Faerie of My Own

The protagonist recites their adventure in the Wind Kingdom of Laurent to their twin, who's trying to understand why Faerie told them they were not chosen to enter the Mana sanctum. She theorizes that they might need a faerie of their own, but is unaware of where they could find one. Baashear replies that the Mana Tree gives them all they need to find a the legendary blade, thus they don't need faeries. The fluffball then hurries the main character to pluck another mana fruit to gain access to a new world. The duo end up in a forest inhabited by faeries, with Baashear immediately catching their attention. The pair of faeries fly away, but the little sheep is excited to see the Mana Goddess putting them in the right path after they spoke about befriending faeries back in the sanctuary.

5-2 Quest | Faeries' Forest

Note: All stats are under normal difficulty.

Gameplay Stats

Missions	Clear Time
Achieve Clear Rank: S	S
Clear without a single ally fainting
Clear without more than 1 single ally fainting
Collect
EXP received: 18
Allies: +108 EXP

Faeriewood turns out to be quite difficult to navigate as Baashear tells the main character they must be extra careful to not get lost if they aren't paying attention.

5-3 Quest | A Very Familiar Place

Note: All stats are under normal difficulty.

Gameplay Stats

Missions	Clear Time
Achieve Clear Rank: S	S
Clear without a single ally fainting
Clear without more than 1 single ally fainting
Collect
EXP received: 18
Allies: +108 EXP

Baashear has this weird feeling they've been here before, enven though the duo has been extra careful mapping the area. The fluffball shrugs and adds that they just need to be even more careful.

5-4 Story | The Faerie Mousseline

Baashear is getting incredibely convinced that the party has been walking in circles. Their conversation is cut short by a strange faerie named Mousseline, who seems to lack some social skills. After awkward introductions, the faerie asks the duo their business in these woods. Baashear replies they are on a mission for the Mana Goddess to retrieve the Mana Sword and save the world, which Mousseline finds fascinating. The tiny sheep adds that they are in need of some faerie assistance. Mousseline doesn't really understand it all, but decides that she should bring them to her friends and ask the party to follow her.

5-5 Scout Quest | The Faerie Big Secret

Note: All stats are under normal difficulty.

Gameplay Stats

Missions	Clear Time
Achieve Clear Rank: S	S
Clear without a single ally fainting
Clear without more than 1 single ally fainting
Collect
EXP received: 18
Allies: +108 EXP

Mousseline explains that the Faeriewood has long been spellbound to easily lose one's way, as part of the idea was from keeping random people from entering the vicinity, but also simply from pranking and playing tricks on them. Since the forest started changing recently, faeries had to make landmarks to keep themselves from getting lost. She gives out the way to find the right path to their village to the protagonist and guide them along the way.

5-6 Story | A Quiet Faerie Villa

The party finally make their way through the forest maze and end up at the gates of the Faeries' village. One of the faerie locals who was present during the duo's landing in the echo recognizes the main character and is apprehensive on seeing them with Mousseline. The latter tries to reassure her, but the faerie still wants them to keep their distance. She then adds that the village is currently at war since the faerie world suddently went all mix up, with faeries from every corner of the earth starting gathering here in Faeriewood. They are now broken into three different groups, with each of them keeping watch on the other. The faerie then asks Mousseline to become a mediator between the clans since she is the most powerful faerie in all the forest, but Mousseline is a bit reluctant to do her bidding, saying instead that the protagonist swore to clear this up instead. She reasons that humans would not care if faeries would go to war and would be neutral in the conflict. On the flipside, the protagonist and Baashear gets the opportunity to talk to all the faeries about the Mana Sword.

5-7 Quest | On a Faerie Mission

Note: All stats are under normal difficulty.

Gameplay Stats

Missions	Clear Time
Achieve Clear Rank: S	S
Clear without a single ally fainting
Clear without more than 1 single ally fainting
Collect
EXP received: 18
Allies: +108 EXP

While still thinking about their new role as mediators, Baashear comments on Honeycomb having wings resembling the one faeries have. Mousseline replies that when humans first started getting into faerie magic ages ago, they would dress up like them, so maybe Honeycomb just wanted to uphold the tradition.

5-8 Quest | Onward, Ambassadors!

Note: All stats are under normal difficulty.

Gameplay Stats

Missions	Clear Time
Achieve Clear Rank: S	S
Clear without a single ally fainting
Clear without more than 1 single ally fainting
Collect
EXP received: 18
Allies: +108 EXP

While on their way to meet with the other faerie tribes, Baashear asks Mousseline how old is she, but she replies that she doesn't remember precisely. The protagonist is also said not to remember their age, but Baashear proudly states that he is a newborn.