Edea's Guides; One Hundred Ways to Know When Ringabel is Having a Bad Day

(And how to tell when he is not)

1. He is silent.

2. He is jealous of another guy and attempts to hide it.

3. Glares.

4. He stares at his food and doesn't eat anything.

5. He forgets to put on his little pearl earrings.

6. General aggravation at daily grievances.

7. His pompadour is droopy.

8. He has a headache and mumbles in his sleep.

9. Groans when Edea asks him if he wants to go on a 'date' to an expensive restaurant.

10. A pretty girl walks by and he doesn't even notice.

11. A pretty girl walks by and he doesn't say anything.

12. A pretty girl walks by and he doesn't even tip his hat.

13. A pretty girl with another guy walks by and he glares enviously.

14. Pretty girl slaps him.

15. Pretty girl kicks him.

16. Pretty girl utterly rejects him.

17. Avoids Edea after said pretty girl beats him up.

18. Throws his journal.

19. Acts normally around Edea.

20. He forgets where he put his journal.

21. He runs out of hairspray.

22. He bangs his head on the bathroom door, slips on the rug and falls over the edge of Grandship.

R; I think anyone would be having a bad day if that happened…

E; Well, it almost happened. And you shouldn't even be here! Get out!

23. He actually listens when Edea tells him to leave.

24. You can hear him talking angrily and writing in his journal from all the way downstairs.

25. He can't think of anything to sketch.

26. He falls onto his bed in order to go to sleep, but misjudges the distance between bed poster and mattress and bangs his head.

27. Runs out of money in the middle of dinner.

28. Asks Edea to marry him in the middle of a battle.

29. Get's rejected and punched by an annoyed Edea in the middle of said battle.

30. Forgets where he stowed the Asterisks.

31. Tells Sage Yulyana to put a sock in it.

32. Sage Yulyana invites him to come see the posters he has and Ringabel isn't interested.

33. He doesn't go chasing after a phantom sprite and nearly get himself killed. (E; Okay, not really a bad day, but still.)

34. Gets seen before he styles his pompadour.

35. He wants to try out a new hairstyle.

36. He uses the performer Asterisk without singing several love raps nearly all day.

37. He can't find the Performer asterisk because we hid it.

38. He passes up the opportunity to talk about himself.

39._. He gets seen without his shirt off.

E; Ringabel! You dirty sneak! That is not something that makes you upset!

R; Well, neither does the other one! I have lots of problems, mostly money-related and my amnesia too!

E; And how did your entry help? Huh?!

R; It didn't. But it was worth it to see you…

E; Don't even go there.

40. He reminds Edea of a certain embarrassing incident in their past and gets punched.

41. Tiz asks him why he's got such a big bruise on his head and he doesn't want to talk about it.

42. He comes back the next day and apologizes.

R; Now you're just listing daily doings.

43. He damages the Eschalot steering and we crash near Grandship, delaying our journey even further.

44; He comes back to the inn late and gets woken up really early in the morning.

45. He accidentally drinks Edea's coffee.

46. He wears his clothes inside out.

47. He tries out a new cologne and accidentally spills it all over himself.

48. Agnes casts a water spell on him because he stinks.

49. He still smells, but now he's wet.

50. He has to run an errand into town, stinky, soaking wet that he is, and comes back and gets a bad cold.

R; May I remind you that it was you who sent me into town that night?

E; Yeah… sorry about that. You had been pretty insufferable all day, so I didn't really feel bad about it.

R; Yes well… I'll forgive you for that if you can forgive me for what I said.

E; Hey! It sounds like you're actually improving! But sure, I forgive you.


How to Tell When -he- (Your Handsome Chaperone) is Not Having a Bad Day

E; I retract my earlier apology. RINGABEL! STOP IT!

R; Now now, dear Edea, one good turn deserves another as they say. And having said that, I will be hiding in my room until I deign it safe to come out.

51. He smiles in a self-satisfied way.

52. He flicks his hair. (Still don't know WHERE he got that from…)

53. He bows/curtsies to the person he is addressing.

54. He manages to get a girl to go out with him on a date without having to do anything.

55. He rejects a whole bunch of girls for Edea, leaving broken hearts in his wake.

E; Ringabel! That's hardly…!

56. Manages to make Edea blush and grow jealous all at once.

57. Dodges a blow from Edea at earlier comment followed by shouting of 'Gimme back my pen!'

58. Learns to make cake to gain forgiveness?

E; Deal.

59. His day goes so well that he strikes a pose.

60. He masters the art of cake making.

61. He pokes fun at Agnes. (A favorite pastime.)

62. He teases Tiz about Agnes.

63. He teases Agnes about Tiz.

64. He attempts to get Tiz to ask her out on a date.

R; Edea, need I remind you that it was both me AND you who tried to get Tiz to do that? I believe we sat on the rooftop of the inn and eavesdropped on the results as well.

E; I'm not even going to deny it. That was fun. We should torture those two again sometime!

65. He makes sassy comments about Airy and makes her mad.

66. He 'accidentally' spills sticky stuff all over Airy.

67. Airy is unable to fly and catches a cold because of the climate.

R; Good times…

68. He has everything prepared and neatly organized in anticipation of an event.

69. He gains enough PG from a battle to go spicy-restaurant hopping.

70. Gets to take Edea with him.

71. His teeth are extra shiny and clean.

72. He wakes everybody up by singing 'good morning to you' loudly in the bathroom.

73. He comes back inside the inn late at night with a cry of 'Ah! It's a good day to be me!"

74. He gets up early and makes breakfast intending to surprise everyone, only to wake them up early with the noise and the fact that he's singing 'Hello my baby!'

75. He hums while reading his journal/steering the ship/traveling across the country.

76. Boldly sings a love song to Edea while dodging her slaps and handing her various goods he had bought, after which giving her a wink and leaving.

R; Okay okay… I think we get it. Did you have to list all of that?

E; What? It's what you do! Do you know how many times I've heard you humming that one song this morning?

R; What song? Oh, you mean, 'All alone in this cold hard world, baby baby, I'm gonna ring that bell…

E; Don't you start!

77. He continues singing even though he was told to stop.

78. He and Sage Yulyana spend a whole two hours talking together. After which, he comes way with eyes that look a bit too bright and excited…

79. He actually finds wild women of the woods, much to everyone's shock.

80. He gets to go to a swim party and show off his muscles.

81. He gets to go to a swim party and stare at girls.

82. He gets called a big baby and then starts using that as his catchphrase.

83. He manages to steal one of Sage Yulyana's posters, much to everyone's dismay.

84. He gets dressed so well even Agnes notices.

E; When has that ever happened? Agnes hates you.

R; No no, my dear, Agnes tolerates me.

E; Well… then Datz hates you?

R; Far from it! I don't believe there is anyone in our party who actually does!

E; Ahem. Me.

R; Right…

85. Ringabel makes strawberry shortcake, even though he hates strawberries.

86. He plays a trick on Tiz and gets him to use the performer asterisk.

87. He plays a trick on Agnes and gets her into the spell fencer outfit.

88. He plays a trick on… okay fine, if he plays a trick on someone, he's happy.

89. He figures out how to whistle, and then spends the rest of the day whistling.

90. Everyone throws him a surprise maybe-birthday party since they don't know his real one.

91. He actually makes a funny joke. By accident, yes, but we thought it was hilarious.

92. He slips on the rug of the bathroom, nearly falls off of Grandship, and runs into Edea, landing on top of her on the floor.

E; That was in the bad-day section!

R; Oh, it was a bad day. Until my angel brought a ray of sunshine by rescuing me!

E; Okay. One, accident, two; stop talking. Just… stop. Now.

93. He impresses everyone at the bar with his mad accordion skills.

94. Edea plays alongside him with her saxophone and they ROCK.

95. If he has a good night sleeping, he's usually in a good mood.

96. He doesn't forget where he put any of his stuff.

97. He deals the final blow on a very powerful enemy.

98. He buys a cologne and everyone loves it.

E; That problem was addressed. See above.

R; Yes yes, but see below.

99. Got to spend all day sick in bed.

100. Got to spend all day sick in bed with Edea constantly nearby and worried.

E; I so was not! Hey!

R; Come now Edea! Admit it, we had fun.

E; For your information, I was only there because Agnes asked me to!

R; Or was it guilt…? Guilt at the sins you had committed, weighing down on you for all eternity! After all, if it hadn't been for me spilling the cologne, then Agnes wouldn't have cast that water spell on me. And if YOU hadn't forgotten to stock up on potions, I wouldn't have had to run into town.

E; Ooh! This conversation is OVER!

A; What is this? Wha… Unnaceptable!

T; Well, at least it looked like they were enjoying themselves… But really, you might be right. We should go talk to them about this…