Chapter 6: Yarna Desert and the Next Key

For the first time ever, someone joins Link as he adventures...even though Marin is just a traveler, you can get her to say some hilarious things.  She gets agitated when Link "explores" other people's houses, she wants to spend Link's money at the trendy game, and she gets irritated when you hit the cuccoos.  One thing I don't like about all this is the game makes a blatant sexual innuendo (You got Marin!  This could be your big chance!)  This game has nothing to do with sex at all, so knock that off!  Either way, Marin essentially gushes to you and spins you a tale of her hopes and dreams, which is kind of touching, drawing you closer to that character...she kind of reminds me, though, of the protagonist of Moulin Rouge who also dreams of something more and just wants to wish for it and maybe, maybe, it'll happen.  After the lovey-dovey is over, Marin agrees to go with you to the walrus, who is right now being an annoying road obstacle: we want into the Yarna Desert, after all, and he's not letting us through!  (This reeks of Pokemon, which came out just around the same time.  You had to use music to get rid of the Snorlax sleeping in the road there too...haha!  I suppose with all of the Mario references in the game, the developers stopped worrying about that kind of thing).  Once she's done serenading the monstrosity, a bunny from the village comes up to her and demands something...uh-huh.  Well, from now on it seems, Marin will be singing for the animals in the village who are entranced by her melody.  What a voice!  A short stint through the Yarna Desert and a fight with the Lanmola (an easy fight, by the way) later, you have the key to the next dungeon...which is clear on the opposite side of Koholint.  Well, yay!  Let's get there now.