You start in Crono's bedroom, being woken up by his mother. Go downstairs and talk to his mum and name Lucca. Then talk to her again to get your allowance, 200 gold. Next, go to the Mayor's Manor and raid the chests there to get a Tonic and 100 gold. Also, in the upstairs room, talk to the man in the middle twice to score 300 gold off of him. Geez, they just love giving money away, don't they? It's also useful to talk to the people if this is your first time playing since they teach you about all the important parts of playing the game. If you go to the Mayor's Manor in Porre, southeast of Truce, you can get a shelter from the bedroom upstairs. Talk to the Mayor and he'll give you 10 gold if you dance like a chicken. Silly, pointless but mweh, I did it anyway, though it did leave me feeling so dirty and used...

Once you've done that, head for the Millennial Fair. Run through the first screen up to Leene's Bell on the second. Here, you should bump into Marle. When you get up from the floor, talk to her and then pick up her pendant, and go STRAIGHT back to her and give it back, rather than try to flog it to Melchior (which is what I did). Now, from there, go left and get the cat to follow you. Go to the far right of the screen, making sure the cat is with you and then talk to the little girl ho thanks you for returning her cat. Talk to Melchior in the first screen and when he asks if you will try to talk Marle into selling the pendant, say no. Now, you need to get 40 silver points any way you can and then go to the Tent of Horrors. Play the 40-point game and receive a clone of Crono, which will be very important later in the game. See the mini-games section on how to do this easily.

Now, leave the fair and go to Guardia Forest and in the bottom right of the screen you should see a little twinkling thing. Walk up to that and press A, and you've got a Power Tab. Now, I recommend doing the fights to raise enough money to buy the Lode Sword. It may take a while, but it makes Crono all that much stronger and makes it easier for you at this stage.

When you're ready, talk to the girl sitting on the fountain at the Millennial Fair and then go up to Lucca's sideshow. Before you get there, Marle will want some candy. Just wait for her to get it and then continue upwards. When asked, step up onto the left telepod and watch to see what unfolds. After Marle disappears, step onto the left telepod again and travel through time.

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