First chapter lmao. I stuck around the forest to farm some gobbos, Lianna died, I went back to the guild, Mao left for the night and *poof* Game Over.
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They should, as I copied their effect from one of the game's default item list. You only get one EXP message at the end of the fight, as the EXP is distributed to the whole party, but the goggles' buff is character specific, so I'd suggest you take a look at your characters' status screen. This is probably just an RPG Maker thing.