Well, I talked to someone about the matter manipulators. Apparently I need these things called "Manipulator Modules" to upgrade the gizmos. I can trade services for them, but sometimes people find them in caches left on planets. Can you believe it? Folks just leaving a cache on a random planet...Finders keepers, I guess. How many people are out there? Maybe it won't be so lonely here eventually. I also talked to the 2 stop teleshop lady, and apparently I need a teleporter core to buy one of them. I should have asked earlier! I guess things aren't always so simple. Anyway, it's time to flatten the rest of that hill.
Oh, this afternoon was crazy. I finished off that hill, but...there was a cavern system underneath it! I don't know how many monsters I had to kill just to clear it out. We put some torches up to light the area, and we found some weird grey containers we smashed, and plenty of ore deposits. Copper, iron, silver and more coal, while the containers had pixels, rope, and flares. I was so busy collecting the deposits I almost didn't notice a small box in one of the tunnels, and I assume it's one of those caches someone left behind. It had a Manipulator Module in it, some pixels, and a weapon, a spear. Maybe I'll give it to Denzel, just in case some Gleap shows up while we're gone. Guess I need a handful more of modules before I can upgrade mine. I'll need extra for Tifa's...Guess I'll have to search the planet for them. God, I miss Fenrir. Maybe I can get one of the outpost engineers to make a bike similar to her...
I think I'll fill in the cave system and build a barn over it. Terramart has eggs for chickens and something called a "Mooshi". I was told they produce milk, and we could use that and some eggs in our diet. The produce we grow and the meat we harvest is great, but I kinda miss fried eggs. I miss coffee, too. The kids miss candy and Tifa misses chocolate. Hm, I think I saw a shop that sells chocolate. I'll go there and grab some up for the family. Maybe we can take a walk and enjoy the woods, a day out after I finish that barn. Heh. From delivery boy to interstellar farm boy. I've had twists and turns in my life, but...This is something else.
I still wonder how our friends are doing. Are they safe, are they out there, too? When we gaze at the stars in the night sky, are they doing the same, wondering if we're out there as well? They'd be right. I hope we find you all. Marlene misses you, Barret. I think I might miss Yuffie a little bit. I could imagine Vincent could never get tired of searching the stars. Some day I might know for sure.