Part 37: Changes in the status quo.

Update 37:


As it was said before, the plot will not be advanced.
Not much, anyway, since it is the time for an OPTIONAL BOSS FIGHT!
Or it will be relatively soon, anyway. Let's see what has changed in the Junkyard.


"I know it wasn't your decision, sir.
It would be the same if another Tribe had won... I just don't feel any joy in our victory."




"I'll kill anyone in my way--even the Karma Temple."


"This world is formed through the circulation of information, constantly refreshed by the rain.
Is something like that possible?"




"Dere's no other cats around. Where did dat one come from?"
That is a great mystery. And it'll only get deeper.
You see, the cat is special





"I never found that odd until the Atma changed us.
The key must lie in that."




"We've never seen it, but it affects us and we understand what it is.
How could that be?"





"I used to have two kids, you know.
Heh, I may not look it, but--
... Wait, how can that be?
I confused myself, sir."
Once again, the Embryon members are showing signs of remembering past lives. That has been clearly established now, metempsychosis happens in the DDS universe.

Hell, it happens in the other SMT universes as well.










This is expensive, but worth it.




Ah damn.
I forgot to check out this place.
I will in a future update. My bad.



There's a couple of small changes in this area.



No shit. One cannot get into Nirvana without Sera.



This is basic. There are no ends.
Even when the Demifiend in Nocturne decides to prevent the world from its rebirth, it is not truly an end, it is the beggining of another journey.



Ha ha!




"Nah, count me out. I have a feeling I'm better off down here."
She is wrong.





This place also has some changes. Nothing truly important, though.



"Sera, Serph, Heat, and Cielo came, too...
But, Gale wasn't with us."
Gale wasn't remembered by Beck, or by Sera, or by Heat, why is that?







"That would make sense. I am certain that vision... isn't a part of my memory."
He is catching on.



"Huh?
I am not really sure what a band is, exactly..."
See? The Maribel was all about Glam rock.






"Er... metalhead?
What the hell is that?"
Answer: Heat.



Or does it?  Not yet, it doesn't. 



Neeext.



Maybe he is a robot!



"She says, 'I don't wanna go to school,' 'Don't make me compete with them!'
Please help me..."




Next, this area.



"The guards won't allow us to enter anymore.
If we try, they kill us. What the hell is going on?"
So, the truce area is now a combat zone?
That isn't good.
Was Sera the one that caused the change?






And this is our current target.
Why?
Why, HIM, of course. you know who. The guy trapped behind the Red Wall.
He is going to get a paddlin'.



"But, killing Lupa taught me of pain and regret.
Why has the Temple cursed us with this Atma?"





"What is there to test?"




"Yes, that would be ironic. But, what is there to gain from testing us?"



"The Atma... Demonic power... They collect data as we devour each other.
This is possible, but, to what end?"




"That's true--if we knew the answer, we wouldn't be in this mess. Let's ask them ourselves."



""That's true--if we knew the answer, we wouldn't be in this mess. Let's ask them ourselves.""




"If dat be true, it means dere be demons like us in Nirvana..."



Wrong!
There is always the need to grind! GFrind grind GRIND!





"Wait, what am I saying?"
Once again, Metempsychosis!



Oh no, it is not.
Not with the RED KEY.


Next: Deeper within the Vanguards Base, someone, or something awaits.