The Speaking Squid

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-Ceph

Sunday, May 10, 2026

The Minish Cap: A ball of yarn

A ball of yarn

Dungeon Map: The dungeon maps are found in each of Minish Cap’s dungeons and reveal the complete layout of the dungeon, minus any secret rooms. Link can find them in a chest inside of each respective dungeon after solving some puzzle or overcoming some challenge.

When you announced you would enter the labyrinth to slay the monster and return with its treasure, your companion gave you a ball of yarn. The catfolk’s gift seemed odd, maybe all cats really appreciate yarn? “Tie it to the entrance and unroll it as you explore so you can find your way back you small minded fool.”

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If you are feeling lost, check your yarn path you laid down to get here. Oh you didn’t put a yarn path down, well then we’ve got some serious work ahead of us to get unlost.

Today is Mother’s Day in the USA. Not everyone has a stellar or even positive relationship with mothers in their life, so maybe check if someone is observing Mother’s Day before assuming they are doing something for the day.

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-Ceph

Sunday, May 3, 2026

The Minish Cap: A flaky croissant

A flaky croissant

Croissant: Available for purchase at the bakery, these refreshing rolls restore a few hearts when eaten. Link also has a chance to find a kinstone fragment baked inside the bread.

Flaky dough with hundreds of paper thin layers of butter are the hallmark of the croissant. It is also the bar that all apprentice bakers must meet to graduate into the rank of sojourner and be set off to work and learn in the bakeries of the Royaume. The bakers guild’s high standards and commitment to education have made the pastries of even the simplest town a delicious treat.

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There is some to do on the internet about curved vs straight croissant, but I don’t have enough time to really find an answer with proper support. Let me know if you know and tell me how you know what you know.

What can we really know anyway?

One way you can improve the world is to reach out to your friends with strained or estranged familial relationships. That sort of thing takes a toll on a person , so check in with them and offer them love.

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-Ceph

Sunday, April 26, 2026

The Minish Cap: A little clock with a big personality

A little clock with a big personality

Compass: Link can find a compass in each dungeon in The Minish Cap. Like most Zelda games, the compass shows where treasure and bosses are located within the dungeon where the compass was found. Finding the compass is usually the reward for solving a puzzle or succeeding in a difficult combat encounter.

The story goes that this clock is from the estate of a noble who died while under a witch’s curse. Apparently, the noble was cursed with a beastly form, but the servants were all transformed into furniture and housewares, ever bound to the fate of their master. This clock is probably just a regular clock, but it does seem to linger on 3:41 and 8:18 when the hands seem to make a mustache on the clock’s face.

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The first time shows a mustache, why do you think I picked the second time I did?

As I write this I am almost done with the line art for the items from Twilight Princess. That set of drawings has taken me more than two years and I am so close to being done I can actually sense progress. I’ll still have to color all the drawings, but we are almost through and that is an amazing feeling.

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