Select No then visit the inn 20 times

was that ever a real thing was that always a red herring

also, I can't believe you really put in a "save your game before important story battle" line in there.

Yes, it's a real thing in RPGs, especially from Final Fantasy 7 onward.

With the attention span of players ever-shrinking, it's pretty much a necessity to remind players that some dungeon exits are one-way only.