Was able to put some more time into this this morning. After talking to the Mayor in the second town he assured me there is nothing to worry about and that the Mayor of my town is getting all worked up for nothing. Failing crops and more monsters out and about aren't anything to get excited about, really! He tells me to relay this back to the other Mayor. Back to my hometown! Now would be a good time to mention to mention that there are no random battles in the game. You can see enemies on the map, they all look like giant tadpoles. You get to close and they run toward you although you can generally outrun them if you want. On my way back I notice most of the enemies run AWAY from me. Assuming that is because I am now over-leveled for them. That's a nice feature in a ps1 game. You can also set the battle speed to fast, which is awesome in these older RPG's. Anyway, I find a small pink weird bunny thing outside my town on my way back. My tinkerbell side kick declares is a baby and and strange man(?) appears in a beam of light to tell me I must protect the baby and take it to God's Tower or the WORLD IS DOOMED!!! I go to see the Mayor and tell him my story. He does the logical thing and accused me of abusing drugs and assumes the baby is just a cursed monster and I need to take it to a cave and dispose of it. Sounds good, I take it to the cave and drive it inside and return to town. That night I dream of the man(?) from before who again tells me I need to protect the baby. My fairy friend is concerned when I wake up that I was having a nightmare (must be all the mushrooms) and I declare we are going to save the baby. Back at the cave I find a tribe of monsters who will tell me where the baby is if I take care of a killer mushroom with a hunger problem in their storeroom. I was all amped up that I was going to eat it but no, I just defeated it in battle. After bringing doom to the shroom a living toy pops out and explains that living toys are a thing and I can use them in battle. I had already found a number of them digging in barrels and peoples belongings so now I have a new feature. They reveal a hidden passage where I find the baby passed out after eating a giant egg. Mom shows up and I vanquish her, or did I?!?. Nope, she chases us out of the cave where we jump off a cliff and land in a river, to be discovered by some kind country folk who are 100% not cannibals. I then saved and called it good for now. Maybe I'll have time to get on later.