Fake Moon

Fake Moon's Title Screen

**Fake Moon** is the video game the protagonist plays in the beginning of the story. Unlike the Real Moon, Fake Moon features a world in which the Hero is revered and depended on for the protection of the kingdom Love-De-Gard and the Animals are simply portrayed as nothing but blood thirsty monsters that must be killed for experience. It's meant to be a parody of SNES JRPGs like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy, as well as the portal to the world of Real Moon.

## The Plot

The story of Fake Moon starts with an intro full of text that explains the main story (which the protagonist skips due to him being impatient and the text becoming a comical wall of text). It portrays The Dragon to be a being of pure darkness and wicked energy, which consumed The Moon, making the Hero the Holy Saviour of the Moon World, who materialized thanks to the prayers of all the Love-De-Gard inhabitants, destined to slay The Dragon and his wicked monster friends.

The game starts at the Castle, where the King tells him about his quest and that he needs to gain 300 Experience Points before leveling up. After leaving the castle, Hero steps out into the Castle Town where they fight with a Crazy Dog, which runs away after wagging its tail, before the they could damage it. The town can't be left until you check a box in Bar Wanda, where a set of Legendary Armor can be found. There are also 4 other NPCs (which are Curio, Baker, Shambles, and Flora), that simply talk about how great the Hero is and wish him luck on his quest.

After 1 hour and 18 minutes of play time, the Hero is in Rainbow Rocks, where he encounters a Slime, that after attacking 2 times, uses a lighting attack called "THUNDEREXECUTE" on it. After this battle, he senses a wicked aura, that makes the Hero put on his "Legendary Armor" set, making a rainbow arch appear above him, clearing the area of its wicked aura and letting him proceed further with his quest (which also allowed the Hero to push a boulder out of his way).

8 hours and 27 minutes later, the Hero approaches a Village (which is actually the American House), there he finds a monster that is bothering a little girl, who is scared and grossed out by it, the Hero engages in a fight with the Perogon, after a tough battle, he moves along with his quest.

After 20 hours and 35 minutes, the Hero is at the endgame, walking up a metallic stairway with a single robot NPC, where he goes aboard an airship up to the Dragon's Castle, there fighting his last challenge, the Penultimizer, after some expertly flails and a "MEATEOR" spell, Penultimizer is destroyed without a chance to attack. Entering the castle and walking threw a hallway, reveals the Dragon, who after calling the Hero a fool, engages in the ultimate battle for the fate of the Moon and its light. Due to the Hero being over-leveled (possibly from hours of grinding), every swing of his sword does 9,999 points of damage, endlessly attacking the Dragon without it having a chance to attack. However after a series of rapid sword attacks, the protagonist's mom shouts to stop playing the game and go to bed, which leaves the ending of Fake Moon ambiguous and presumably non existent.

## Trivia

* Despite being a basic RPG Game, Fake Moon possesses some strange properties. Like the action window not being present, which makes the fights feel like they are just fully automated, instead of being fully playable, as well as the in game dialogue boxes encouraging the player to do bizarre actions, like stealing from people's drawers and putting on equipment without the players inputs. Its just ment to be parody, but it can also just be Heroes Mind, and how he sees the world of Moon as nothing but a game.
* While the protagonist's mom could be heard telling him to go to bed, a small jingle reminiscent of a game over theme plays, foreshadowing the fact that at the end of the game, the Hero's Cursed Armor just collapses onto the floor, fulfilling its mission.
* Fake Moon's Battle OST can be heard briefly in Wildcat House, after the Protagonist shakes the unconscious Hero enough times, he'll swiftly swing his sword around and comes back to his drunken slumber.
	+ The final boss laid motive, used for Penultimizer and the Dragon is also a part of "I Will Be Valorous Until Death - Hero, The Final Battle", which further drives the fact that the Hero was a far bigger threat than the dragon and "monsters".