Pia (ペルシャ, Perusha, Persia[1]) is a bachelorette in Rune Factory 3: A Fantasy Harvest Moon.
Profile[]
Personality[]
Pia is very whimsical and innocent, to say the least. She takes figures of speech literally. Sakuya tends to see her as gullible and childish. Pia loves fish and hates squid for eating the former. She claims squid are "the root of all evil," so as an act of vengeance, Pia has made it her life's mission to eat all squid and squid dishes. Equally important to her, though, are the baths—she obsesses over cleaning them and always does everything she can think of to make them better. In general, whether it is out of love or hate, Pia is always deeply devoted.
Appearance[]
Pia has bright pink eyes and a light complexion. Locks of her candy pink hair are actually fins, being indicative of her mermaid blood. She has very pale pink fins on her arms. She wears a tan shawl that is tied with a black ribbon over her light blue dress that is very low cut. Her dress appears to have scaly designs. Yellow spiky ribbons seem to be attached to the back of her dress. She wears light blue open toe socks with scale-like borders at the bottom. Her true identity is no secret. Her legs transform into a fish tail whenever she comes into contact with water. This can be seen whenever she is outside in the rain or snow.
Story[]
Pia was born in the sea, but moved to land and met Sakuya and Shino, who offered her work and a place to stay at the bath house. She decided to stop living with fish to live with Sakuya and her mother as a surrogate sister and daughter. Whenever she dreams of the sea now, she remembers the loneliness that she had felt back then.
Requests[]
- Pia: Help me
- Pia: Need ingredient
- Pia: Member needed
- Pia: I need help
- Pia: Part-time work
- Pia: The bath...
- Pia: Our promise
- Pia: I want to talk
- Pia: I need to tell
- Pia: I need help
- Pia: I'm in trouble
- Pia: For the fish!
Request 1: Help me[]
I have questions for those who use the bath.
- Unlock: ❤ 1 | Completed Carmen's request (Fishing!)
- Location: Bulletin Board
- Objective: Talk to Pia and answer a series of questions.
- Reward: Grape Juice
Request 2: Need ingredient[]
I wanted to make a new bath additive!
Request 3: Member needed[]
I'll be waiting at the inn!
- Unlock: ❤ 3
- Location: Mailbox
- Objective: Pia is recruiting a new member for her and Sakuya's stand-up comedy routine. Talk to Pia at the inn.
- Reward: Squid x3
Request 4: I need help[]
Help.
- Unlock: ❤ 4
- Location: Mailbox
- Objective: Pia's mop is broken and she needs Micah to get her materials to fix it. Give Pia a Strong String.
- Reward: Strong String
Request 5: Part-time work[]
It'll be fun!
- Unlock: ❤ 5
- Location: Bulletin Board
- Objective: Pia wants help cleaning the baths. Talk to Pia.
- Reward: Hachimaki and Squid
Request 6: The baths... ...[]
Please help...
- Unlock: ❤ 6
- Location: Bulletin Board
- Objective: Pia has collapsed from overwork, and Sakuya asks Micah to help cheer her up. Cook a Fried Squid for Pia.
- Reward: Snow Shoes
Request 7: Our promise[]
Do you remember what you promised?
- Unlock: ❤ 7
- Location: Mailbox
- Objective: Micah promised Pia that they would go out somewhere together once she recovered. Visit Oddward: Cavern Pond with Pia.
- Reward: Snow Crown
Request 8: I want to talk[]
Please come to play!
- Unlock: ❤ 8
- Location: Mailbox
- Objective: Pia is so enamoured with Micah's wooly form that she forgets to heat the bath, and she needs new bathwater additives. Find a Charm Blue for Pia.
- Reward: Lamp Squid
- Note: After this request, Pia will stutter and blush and hiss whenever Micah talks to her.
Request 9: I need to tell[]
Come to the inn! Umm... it's important...
- Unlock: ❤ 8
- Location: Mailbox
- Objective: Meet Pia in the inn at 7PM.
- Reward: None, or a step forward in Micah and Pia's relationship
Relationships[]
Sakuya is Pia's best friend and adoptive sister, with whom she'll often hang out during festivals. Pia and Sakuya form a slapstick duo where Sakuya is the straight man who hits Pia, the comic, for spouting nonsense. Shino is Pia's adoptive mother. Even though Pia finds it difficult to clean the bathhouse because she is constantly coming in contact with water (fins aren't good transportation on land), she perseveres due to her love for the both of them.
Gifts[]
| Loved | Ahhh! I really love these! Squid is so tasty raw and cooked. |
| Fried Squid, Lamp Squid Sashimi, Sunsquid Sashimi, Squid Sashimi | |
| Liked | Heeeeeeey! I really like these! Fruit and squid are so nice because you can eat them both raw. Thank you, Micah!♪ Pia: Oh! Thank you for helping out with my effort to rescue the fish! |
| Fruit, Apple Juice, Orange Juice, Grape Juice, Apple Jam, Marmalade, Grape Jam, Strawberry Jam, Squid, Lamp Squid, Sunsquid, Fish | |
| Neutral | Pia: I can have this? Thank you!♪ Wait a second. But was it my birthday today? Micah: Well, it’s not anything like that... Pia: Oh, and while I’m at it, here are a few presents that would be awesome for SQUIDFEST! Orange! Apple ! Grape! And, of course, Squid! Micah: All that?! |
| Yellow Grass, Red Grass, Orange Grass, Black Grass, Antidote Herb, Medicinal Herb, Toyherb, Bamboo Shoot, Charm, Made, Legendary Scale | |
| Disliked | Pia: Uh… Mr. Fish… Why did you…? Pia: Huh, is this for me? Hmm, but I can’t use garbage in the bath, so I don’t really want it… |
Failed, Trash, Weeds, Withered Grass, Rock,  Branch, Scrap Metal, Fish Fossil, Fish Dishes (except Squid Dishes)
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Battle[]
Tactic: Obvious Oblivious
- Immediately when spotted an enemy, Pia usually attacks nearby mid-range enemies with her Quarter Laser spell. She would charges at the enemy and attack with a 2-hit combo which is always added with her Water Laser, Quarter Laser and Torrent Laser.
[Melee]>Fishy Glance (regular attack)
[Any range]>Water Laser, Quarter Laser and Torrent Laser (sparringly)
Special Skill: Attribute>Mermaid Form
- Pia takes form as a mermaid. She won't really come near the enemies, but is always ready to cast her signature Water Laser, Quarter Laser and Torrent Laser spells with slight enhance in Water Skill level. This only possible on rainy weathers.
Spells: (often during her mermaid form)
- Parallel laser
- Delta Laser (lv.20 something)
Nature-Arrow-Straight Head
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Schedule[]
Pia is a naïve mermaid who lives with Sakuya and Shino at Miyako Inn.
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Trivia[]
- Pia's hatred of squid comes from a story she heard titled "The Tuna and the Squid". In the story, a tuna was swimming around "minding its own business" when suddenly a squid attacked it. This led to Pia wanting to destroy the entire population of squid.
- Pia mentions the difficulty of mobility when she is transformed into a mermaid. However, her movement speed on the field is as fast as her walking speed.
- According to Shino, Pia gets fidgety in the summer.
- After marriage, she calls Shino "Mom".
- Pia shares a birthday with Danny from Rune Factory: Frontier and Volkanon from Rune Factory 4.
- Pia makes numerous pop culture references in most of her dialogue.
- At the end of one of her requests, Pia sings "It's the end of the day as I know it!" This is a reference to REM's song It's the End of the World.
- During her Bath Census request, the answers 'Slimy' and 'Crunchy' of her 'feeling of water' question is a reference to The Lion King's Timon and Pumba, and their contrasting tastes of 'slimy' and 'crunchy' bugs.
- During her Bath Census request, answering 'Hot' to her temperature of water question will result in her exclaiming "Smoooookin! Somebody stop you!". This is a reference to The Mask.
References[]
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