It has been about two weeks since the camping trip went awry. This Quiet Troop has even more presence than it ever did a few days ago. They even have their commanders grandstanding about how great they are and how they'll boost the prosperity of Michigan. The Louds are trying to get back to a sense of normalcy but with their military presence everywhere, what can they do?
"Hey, have you heard that there's a new niterie next to our high school?"
"Yes, what about it, Luan?"
"That's where people go to unwind from their jobs."
"So, what's your point?"
"If we infiltrate the place, we could find some information about the QTs."
"That sounds just crazy enough to work."
"Also, I have a sneaking suspicion Luna has been sneaking out to play there."
"Why would she do that?"
"She's a musician. She doesn't care who she plays for as long as she gets to play."
"I have a feeling she's going to get herself into trouble if she keeps doing that."
"Yeah, I agree. Now, the niterie is on top of a hill and we need to ride a cable car to get to it. We need tickets to use the cable car and the only way to do that is to work a part-time job and have our prospective employer give us one. I also heard the place has a no pets allowed policy but since we aren't bringing our pets to the place, we don't have to worry about that."
"Ok, so what are you going to do, Luan?"
"Get into the club, find out some info about the QTs and save our musically inclined sister before she gets herself into trouble."
"Ok, good luck."
"Thanks."
With that, Luan leaves to head out toward somewhere important. Before she does, she takes $150 dollars with her. She has a feeling that she might need it to stock up on supplies for their war against the Quiet Troop! Upon going outside, she notices lightning strike burn marks scattered around the town.
"Why are there lightning strikes? It didn't rain last night."
Luan has no time left to ponder this anomaly. She has to get to an important place! Before she gets too far ahead though, one of her sisters stops her.
"Um…can I tag along with you?"
"While I'd love for you to accompany me, I don't think the nightclub will allow 8-year-olds in the building."
"Please? I really want to help you out!"
"Fine. How could I say no to you?"
"Awesome! I won't let you down!"
Lucy joined the party!
"But before we go get our tickets, there's something I want to do first…"
"You mean…visit her again?"
"Yeah."
Luan and Lucy take a detour as they head on over to the Royal Woods cemetery. Upon getting there, they walk amongst the dead until they find one specific gravestone. Upon approaching the grave, offering their condolences and having smiles and tears remembering all the wonderful times they had together, they read the epitaph.
Wife of Lynn
Mother of Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn, Lincoln, Lucy, Lana, Lola, Lisa and Lily
Daughter of Albert
May she rest here forever and for all time
Both of them tear up a little after reading this but they must carry on with their mission. After leaving the cemetery, they stymie their tears and proceed to head on to the important building. On their way to the place, they pass by Ketcham Park, where they see Lincoln's scumbag classmate vocalizing how great the Quiet Troop is.
"Now I know that these people seem scary. But don't worry, my fellow Michiganders, as our renaissance of prosperity is at hand. It was Ronald Reagan's promise to make the United States of America great. It was former president Donald Trump's promise to make America great again! Now, having been inspired by him, they will restore Michigan to its former glory! Imagine, a fleet of cars barreling down the assembly line, new technology for miners to use to extract precious minerals without them having to go in and risk the mine collapsing or trapping them in cave-ins, massive cash influxes to make our military fighter jets bigger and better than ever! The Quiet Troop won't abandon you like America once did! We will become the next center of commerce, of infrastructure and dare I say it, with their capabilities, we could be the next New York! Michigan will be the new battery of the American machine!"
A raucous cheering is heard along with a rousing applause from the nationalistic Michiganders in Royal Woods.
"I thought the libtards would form an angry mob and beat the crap out of him for mentioning Regan and Trump, those two presidents are like the Antichrist to them. Not to mention this is a blue state, so liberals should have turned this place into a cesspool of safe spaces and hurt feelings but it hasn't yet. In my nonbiased opinion, those people should stop getting offended by everything. I guess nationalism overrides liberalism and that's great. I just wish that they would actually make Michigan great again, instead of spreading propaganda. We know their only mission is to cause chaos within our great state."
Luan and Lucy pass by the false rally. Eventually, they make it to the place they wanted to go to, city hall. Luan enters the building and tries to head into the mayor's office but is stopped by security.
"Sorry, young lady, the mayor has no time to be dealing with nuisances like you."
"I want to ask her for a favor."
"Buzz off, pest! Leave before we call the police on you!"
"What's all the commotion?"
"Mayor, this girl won't leave. Should I call the cops?"
"No, that won't be necessary. Let her in."
"But mayor…?!"
"There isn't a problem, is there?"
"No. Fine, you can see her."
Luan enters the mayor's office and has a seat. The mayor talks to her.
"So, why are you here?"
"I need to call in a favor."
"What is it?"
"I need to go to the niterie to do something. Can I get 10 tickets for me and my siblings so that we can go there?"
The mayor thinks this over for a brief moment…
"Alright, I suppose I owe you one since you helped solve our city's parking crisis. Here you go."
Luan got the Tickets!
"Those tickets never expire. Think of it like an ID badge to get into the club. Just don't lose it."
After leaving the mayor's office with the tickets, Luan and Lucy decide to stock up on supplies. Thankfully, the enemies now drop money for some inexplicable reason. Luan buys the Yellow Scrunchie, White Shirt, Yellow Skirt, Kid's Hat, Dark Dress and Black Shoes. After equipping all of that, Luan now has 21 more defense and Lucy has 13 more defense.
"We still have $80 dollars left."
"Since the enemies now drop money, I don't think that's a problem."
After their shopping trip, it's now nighttime. Luan and Lucy now head to the base of the hill where the niterie is. They show their tickets to the operator and they ride the cable car to the top. Luan opens a box with fireworks inside and then they head to the entrance of the niterie, seemingly guarded by Raijin and Suijin, the Japanese kami of lightning and water! Upon approaching the entrance of the club, they are stopped by two bouncers clad in purple. Their display names are Hikikomori and Otaku, and they kind of look like stereotypical Japanese workers, despite their titles.
"Ok, to enter Club Boutonnière, show us your tickets."
Luan and Lucy do so. The two check the tickets and find that they are indeed legitimate tickets.
"Alright, you can pass. Just remember one thing…"
"Have fun."
The two enter the nightclub and see a familiar face inside…
Differences Between Decadence and Mother 3:
Mother 3: The time skip was 3 years (it was originally supposed to be 10 years).
There's an extremely funny cutscene where Wess accuses Fassad of the terrible things that has happened to their village in the last 3 years and says that he's the cause of it (which he is). During their banter, Fassad gets a Pigmask to capture him in a net and cart him back to the old folks home.
The plot of chapter 4 was that a popular band got a new bassist that suspiciously looks like Duster, who vanished with the Egg of Light 3 years ago. Wess tasks Lucas by having him go to Club Titiboo (don't laugh, its Japanese name was transliterated from 倶楽部ちちぼお/Kurabu Chichiboo) and find out if the band's new bassist is really his moron, I mean, son.
The inscription on Hinawa's grave was:
Wife of Flint
Mother of the twins, Claus and Lucas
Daughter of Alec
May the beautiful Hinawa rest in peace here for all time.
Club Titiboo is a place for workers to unwind after work. As such, Lucas had to get a job at the Factory to get a ticket to enter the place. His job was to reenergize 3 Claymen. Doing so also netted him 200 DP (Dragon Power, the equivalent to money in the Mother 3 universe, although it should be worth almost nothing if it's based off of the Japanese yen).
On the way to the Factory, he manages to find the magypsy Ionia bathing in a hot spring. She teaches Lucas PK abilities by almost drowning him.
He also had to cut though the Murasaki Forest to get into the club. Said forest has level 30 chimeras inhabiting it.
Club Titiboo has a strict "no pets allowed" policy, which is a problem since Lucas travels everywhere with his dog, Boney. Luckily, they were able to fool the bouncers with a cunning disguise!
The bouncer's names are Neckbeard and Skinhead.
Decadence: The time skip is 2 weeks.
The niterie is way more family friendly than the one in Mother 3. It's a place for everyone to unwind! From stressed college students to Japanese salarymen, everyone can agree that this nightclub is the place to be. It's also ridiculously safe, despite having 2 bouncers and 6 undercover security guards.
Just like in Mother 3, money is introduced in chapter 4. In this case, if the Loud sisters need some money to get a new piece of equipment because they kept dying on the chapter 4 boss, they can go to Lynn Sr and ask him, since he's basically a human ATM. Why is this? Because in Mother 1 and 2, the way to get money was to call Ninten's/Ness' dad to deposit the bounty money into their bank account. Of course, they still needed a Cash Card/ATM card to withdraw the money, just like in real life. But in Decadence, the middleman is cut out as Lynn Sr just gives it to you. He will get suspicious if the sisters ask for more than $1000 dollars at a time, though this is just in the game's code and has no effect outside of some extra dialogue.
In Mother 3, Lucas actually had to work at the Factory to get a ticket. In Decadence, while you can work a part-time job and obtain a ticket that way (as well as some extra money), you can go into city hall and just get them from mayor Rosato. Thanks to the events of Future Tense, Luan has already worked (even though it was an internship) for the mayor and uses her connection to get the tickets immediately! This is a great tactic for speedrunners.
The outside of the niterie is surrounded by the Japanese Shinto kami, Raijin and Suijin. In Mother 3, they were originally elephant statues. The bouncer's names are Hikikomori and Otaku. While these stereotypes are mildly offensive, they're not as bad as the originals. Besides, these character archetypes are in Japan in real life. While the original Mother 3 had the outside of Club Titiboo decorated in an Indian style, Decadence has the outside of its niterie decorated in a Japanese style.