Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26006155-20190425222457/@comment-26006155-20190603123724

From the very beginning, Buzz Buzz told us we'd be fighting Giygas.. as well as many other corrupted humans.

I'm at the point where Paula gets rescued. But I have to wonder why her mother knew Paula was in danger, but kept thinking happy thoughts despite Everdred's info that Paula had been abducted for a human sacrifice... and nobody ever told Paula's father she was even missing.

Creepy.

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I'm also getting suspicous about Apple Kid.

When we first met him his house was a pig's stye and the first thing he did was ask us for $200 freaking dollars. And for doing that we get a recieving that allows Apple Kid to call us later.

Directly after this, Ness travels to one of the most dangerous and fan-hated areas of the game, only to find that his progress is blocked by the statue of a metal pencil. And there's no way around it.

So Ness tracks his way back home.. only to get a call from Apple Kid as he leaves the cave, that he's got an invention for Ness to pick up.

Ness goes to Apple Kid, who tells him he's been working ALL NIGHT.. on one very specific device: THE PENCIL ERASER. A device who sole purpose is to get ride of metal pencil statues.. exactly like the one that blocked Ness' progress a few minutes earlier.

Now.. Apple Kid must have known that Ness needed The Pencil Eraser to progress. And he knew this in ADVANCE.. because he's just spent all night building the darn thing.

But not only did he have perfect knowledge of the exact thing that would block Ness' progress... he let Ness waltz into a dangerous area he couldn't possibly get through, when Apple Kid could have just called Ness at any point and said "Hey! Wait a day! I need to make this Pencil Eraser for you! If you go out there without this you might get killed!"

And what happens when you use The Pencil Eraser on the Metal Pencil Statue? It dematerializes.. like someone teleporting away using PSI technology.

If I recall correctly, Apple Kid works with Doctor Andonuts later on.

It's looking like Apple Kid wants to convince Ness that he's a friend.. but is doing the bare minimum to help him.

More on this as I get deeper into the games.