![]() Let’s be honest: you’re here to prove yourself to the Pirate Leaders, in hopes of one day being as immoral as they are.” I admitted that was the reason for my visit, at which point she demanded to know what my final grade in Captain Smirk’s sword fighting class was. Everyone who comes here is prepared to fight. As expected, she wasn’t at all happy to see me! “How dare you approach the Sword Master without permission, which I surely didn’t give you.” I decided to take the nice approach, and responded with “I beg your pardon, I must talk to you.” She didn’t let me continue, saying: “I doubt that. I figured it wasn’t a smart thing to do, as the Important Looking Pirates had warned me not to take her on without appropriate training, but hey, you can’t die in Monkey Island, so. Someone might follow you, and then I’d become another Melee Island tourist attraction.” The old man departed with his tail between his legs, leaving me to approach the Sword Master myself. Take a hike and don’t come out here again. This kid came into my store, see.” Sword Master: “Face it, you crusty old letch, you’d make any excuse just to come out here and bother me.” Store Owner: “Yeah, I guess so.” Sword Master: “Well, cut it out. Store Owner: “Hello again, Carla.” Sword Master: “I thought I told you to get lost.” Store Owner: “Actually, I’m here on business. Yeah, it's not like they could possibly see you standing out there in the open. The man shifted the sign to cause two logs to join through the centre of the gap, forming a bridge! One screen later and I'd uncovered the Sword Master’s secret abode! Guybrush decided getting any closer would be too dangerous, so stood back and listened to the conversation between the store owner and the Sword Master. We passed through numerous screens before arriving at a gap with a sign in front of it. I was then able to pursue him along the pathway that I hadn’t been able to take previously (as Guybrush had demanded either a map or guide). This was big progress, but I must admit that I stumbled across it completely by accident! I followed the old guy all the way up to the lookout and then further on to the fork in the path. I followed him, and discovered I could stay close enough behind not to lose him. ![]() To my surprise, I saw the old man walking away from the store in the direction of the lookout. He did, but since I had no reason to believe that the Sword Master would suddenly be interested in meeting me, I following him out the door. I decided to ask for the Sword Master, for no other reason than I wanted to make sure the old guy would run off multiple times, leaving me on my own in the store. Having completed my business, I was only given the option to ask about the Sword Master again, or to leave. I don't know, I just bought a really amazingly useful map! With the map procured, I made my way to the general store to purchase the sword for 100 pieces of eight and the shovel for 75. It did indeed look like a guide to some sort of dance, but I figured it would likely act as directions at some point. “I think I’ve been had! This is no map! It looks like dancing lessons!” I was then shown a display of the map, and found it had “DO THE MONKEY!!!” written on the top. Now get lost.” As Guybrush opened this so-called Legendary Map, he immediately came to the conclusion that he’d been ripped off. “Come back for the map to the Legendary Lost Treasure of Melee Island, eh? I hope you brought enough money this time.” I had more than enough to pay the 100 pieces of eight he was asking for, so handed it over. As I was making my way to the general store, I ran into the shifty character selling maps on the corner of the main street. My last post finished after I’d explored the island as far as I could, so this one began with me making my way back to the village with all the coin I’d received from the Fetuccini Brothers. I’m back from my family Easter break, and raring to get stuck into The Secret of Monkey Island! Let’s get to it. ![]() Well seriously, how could I resist such an amazing offer!? ![]()
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