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     You wake up to the sound of your mother calling you. The scene unfolds
and you are in bed. The storm outside is raging and rain is batering against
the windows. 'get up' she says. Your mother uses her 'energy' to grab your bag
off the wall hanging above your bed. You and your mother hurry down down the
stairs. You meet your dad here and you all go out side. Your dad needs your
mothers asistance for something and they both go away. Before leaving, your
mother asks if you can get to the town square by yourself. As you start to
head upwards, you see a boy trying to pull something heavy by a rope. From
what ive heard this guys name is Garet. Go up to Garet and talk to him, he
now joins your party! yippy skippy.

     As you start to cross the bridge, you hear a terrible rumble, but it is
not comeing from the storm. What could it be? you both are supprised to see an
enormous boulder rolling down some stairs! It will surely crush you, but there
are four people holding it back with all their might and NRG (energy). 0ne of
these people notices you and says something about it to you. Garet decides to
get away fast, so you both go down the flight of stairs on your side of the
bridge. As you wander around in the next screen you find some body that looks
like they have been struck by a smaller boulder. You talk to him but he seems
to be ok, just sleeping i guess. :) Ok, the only place to go is down the
stairs south of the guy that was hit by the boulder. You walk down those
stairs and suddenly you are attacked! this is where you learn how to fight.

    When you just barely start a batttle there will be three icons, the
first: a man with a dazling sword in one hand and a sheild in the other,
selecting this means you want to fight. The second icon:a coward without
sheild and sword running away, selecting this means you want to run away. The
third: 3 peices of written on paper, selecting this means you want to check
your current status (using 'L' and 'R' switches between characters). After
selecting the first icon, you will be given four [4] more icons. The first: a
man swinging his sword downwards, selecting this mean you want to physicaly
attack the opponent you choose. The second icon: a man holding out his hand
with some type of magic coming out of it, selecting this means you want to use
your magic or so called NRG (energy). *note, your NRGs (energies) can do
diferent stuff like heal or attack or ^up^ your stats for that battle* The
third icon: a little wooden box, selecting this means you want to use an item.
The fourth icon: a man croutching behind a shield, selecting this means you
want to defend yourself. If you get hurt in your battles, there are what looks
like pot leaves in your item directory that can heal you.

     As you come to the next screen there is another bridge. When you cross
that bridge you notice that all the stairs you come to are blocked by huge
boulders. So dont cross the bridge just yet. you go south down the extra long
flight of stairs and then somebody calls out to you. Suprised, you and Garet
look down to see some man holding on to a log in the river for all his life!
Then without warning he is swept away by the raging current of the flooded
river. what are those people there? what were they doing? how did that man get
stuck in the river? we will all find out when the english version comes out
(if you dont know japanese). but wait! he is still there! hanging on dearly!
your mother goes to get some help and notices you. she says something and you
go across the bridge below the house because you cant help at all. you head
west into the next screen. there are many houses here, you have arived in town
square! you and Garet head down to thetown square and some guy in a lab
jacket and other people are talking. they start to talk to you and some people
join you. if you jump to the rock in the middle of the lake type puddle and
press 'A' at it, it will fill up all your magic points.

     you get confused and dont know what to do, so you start heading back. as
soon as you get to the bridge you stop and see that the man in the river is
still there. you talk for a little while then you guys decide to take a closer
look. then all of a sudden, a huge earthquake is unleashed! rumbling and
shaking you and your party are confused. but when you look up, the enormous
boulder is crashing and smashing its way down the slope. did the people that
were holding back this enormous boulder fail? did they fail to hold up this
boulder to save their own lives? all hell breaks loose as the huge and
devistating rock completely smashes the house and squishes some people (this,
i think, is where your father dies). the raging river relentlessly washes away
the terrified man, drowning under its currents. [at this point of time you
should be crying.] after the scene recovers, you see that everybody has been
shaken up. not knowing what to do next you start to run for town square. but
before you can leave the screen, your friend calls out to you and follows
after you.

     when you arrive in the next scene, Garet calls for you again. but some
one has been talking to another person, they look evil. these evil looking
people ask you if you have been listening to them. no matter what you say they
get pissed and attack you. your party could never take these guys, so you are
completely waisted by their supreme fighting skills. [dont reset the game
because you lost, like i did.] you and Garet get knocked out and next thing
you know three years have past with out your notice. the next scene kinda
takes along time, so just press 'A' rapidly to get through it kinda quick. i
think they just reminess about the last three years. you are patching your
roof using your NRG (energy) and some hay. every body talks and falls through
the newly patched holes. after thats over dont forget to save it because its a
pain to do that all over again.

GOLDEN SUN INTRODUCTION