Trusty Bell~Chopin no yume~
Prologue and Chapter 1
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Before reading, please take note that the following context contains extreme spoilers for the Xbox360 Japanese RPG game, Trusty Bell. If you are struggling to understand the story or want to know more about the game, you're welcome to read on.
Although the translations are not that accurate to the official, but I am quite confident with my understandings towards the story.
PROLOGUE
The game starts with a 10 minutes prologue movie.
Polka jumps off the cliff, saying: "Thank you everyone. Although the time was short, but I was happy."
Without showing what becomes of her, the voice of Chopin triggers the speaker and he will guide you through the dream world he have in his dream. In his context, he described how the wonderful village Teneto is.
Next, little Polka with her mother appears on the screen, walking in a field of flowers. Polka's mother talked about life and the greedy hearts of men. As Polka is still a kid, she merely can understand what her mother is trying to propose.
The story now returns to reality, showing the sick Chopin lying on his bed unconsciously. His wife was worried as the doctor couldn't do anything about the sickness. What's left for them is miracle.
CHAPTER 1
As time passes, Polka(Aya Hirano) has grown up to a young girl, selling medicine at a city near Teneto Village. Now, you can take control of Polka as she's walking back home. As you enter the first battle, Polka will guide you through the basics of battle. You can either hear what she has to teach, or just skip through the tutorial.
While she almost reached her village, a squirrel appears infront of her. Kind little Polka wanted to make friends with the squirrel, but unfortunately it ran away from her.
This reminds Polka of the incident that happened this morning: As she was selling medicine, a middle-age man was beaten up badly. She healed that man using her magical powers, but it turns out that everyone is running away from her.
Polka depressingly returned home. When she saw her mother, she asked:" Mother, are you afraid to touch me?" Seeing her own daughter's eyes running with tears, she tries to cheer her up. In the conversation, they reveal that people who use magic are affected by a sickness that can't be cured and will die shortly.
Leaving the sad scene, the game turns the scene to two boys Allegretto and Beat, stealing bread from a shop, just like what you saw in the Aladdin cartoon. The reason they stole bread is to offer those children who are poor. As they're returning to the hideout, a giant rat appears and tends to be the first boss fight of the game.
Later at night, Allegretto suggests that they should explore the outside world and bring more for the poor ones. And so, their journey begins.
Sad Polka sits on the cliff near to her house refuse to sleep. Then finally, the game title appears on the screen.
As it disappears, Chopin came into the picture and made friends with Polka. He claims that he can use magic and saw Polka in his dream before. After some talking, Polka takes Chopin to a secret place. When they are near, a giant Rhino appears and you'll have to defeat it in order to proceed. If you played the Japanese demo, this is the same boss you'll face.
Polka shows the beautiful flower of death to Chopin and sorting out her sorrows. Then Polka decides to explore the outside world too, trying to help others with her powers in the short lifetime that remains.
The rain pours heavily as they travel in Agogo forest. When they about to reach Agogo village, a mysterious man appears and defeats both Polka and Chopin in battle. A kind girl rescued them into Agogo Village later on.
The Allegretto brothers reached Agogo Village as well, and they met Polka and Chopin, Polka couldn't cope with the sudden changes and ran into the forest. Then she was attack by a giant monster. Now, you will have to play as Allegret, Beat and Chopin to defeat the last boss in Chapter 1.
After the boss fight, all of them had a nice talk and decided to set out the journey together to the next city.
END OF CHAPTER 1
Man, how long can I write this, lol. Anyway, enjoy

Added on June 23, 2007, 9:47 amreporting progress:
Almost 6 hours into the game, chapter 2. Just got out from a frustrating maze and jumping down own a map with cliffs (I saw this map in my dreams before 4-5 years ago...omg!)
This post has been edited by YunaX: Jun 23 2007, 09:47 AM