Part 85: Inside the EGG

Update 31

Still crawling.



This will surely finance a mantra or two.



Oh boy, new old enemies.

First, everyone's favorite SMT Goetian feline furry.
Unless your favorite is Flauros, of course.


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And then this ambiguous thing.

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Levelups and such. Eh, well at least they provide a decent amount of XP.


Going down into the bowels of the creepy Egg lab.


Which is also hilariously egg shaped.




Nice detail on top of the door there, Angel's icon thing. I wonder what is its significance, a circle with nails...



Another old one, and just like in DDS1, weak against Earth.




It is easy now.



One-shotted with this.



Hooray! So now Serph's luck is 26! 28 counting the one dropped by Jack Frost.






Isn't that the Embryon's old base?


Kind of looks like a room with cryogenic pods. Hm.



What sort of halfassed researchers leave the premises, but leave their terminals open?
I dunno. All of them?





Damnation, closed.


And unopenable for the moment.


Since the 1 door is closed, the 2 door is also not openable. Dang.

"Vile Blade
Devil Feast
Taunt
Horror"




Let's get the last cheap one, will be finished in at most 2 random battles, but it will be paid for by then.




"You're the-.
I shouldn't have run away earlier. I just... I guess I just lost my head, you know?
The Director told us to cooperate so...
My security card's only level 1, but I hope you can still use it."



"You won't get too far without security cards. Ask the remaining researchers about them.
I need to make sure I'm not caught."





Isn't that Serph himself?
In any case, the first card has been acquired.



Vitality increasers!

"Makajam
Void Mute"





This one is considerably more expensive. It will last for longer, too.


And now this can be opened.


Notice, the place is still ovoid-looking.



I will not complain about insane floor layout because it is a goddamn underground laboratory. The more convoluted the better in those.
Or maybe that is what I would plan if I were some sort of Evil Genius. Speaking of that, was the game any good/worth trying?


Damn you, level 2 door. You shall be passed in due time.



Cuchulainn's teacher!

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Again with the lameish loot.





Do not recognize the area.




I wonder what it is monitoring. The EGG is kind of, well, egg themed, so a perfect sphere would be kind of weird there.


Entering a particularly large room...


That is a... Big thing.


"It's moving."


"Demon data from the sunlight is normally harmless, and disperses naturally in the atmosphere.
Angel strengthened that data over five years, and eventually created the demon virus."

See? Fucking the ozone layer screwed up humanity!
Damn you, chlorofluorocarbons or whatever you are called!



"Seraphita is inside the EGG... She'll sing the song of peace for all eternity.
Her sacrifice is necessary for the Tuners... humanity's future."




"Madame must have told him something.
We needed you guys so that Sera would obey us... That's all I know!"




"Huh? What card?
You should ask that guy... Maybe..."





"Spare me! Please!
I probably don't taste good!"
Hannibal Lecter would probably disagree.




That thing kind of reminds me of the huge ass german-named robots on Xenogears.




"Th-That's Mega...nada...
It's one of the terribel demons that appeared five years ago."




What.
Varna? But Serph is Varna...




Why or how the hell should Serph know?





What?



Omnomnom.






"Virtual data and data from the real world are essentially the same... It says that's the reason they chose you--people of the Junkyard--as test subjects for the virus.
This isn't just science;it's bordering on philosophy."




"It's amazing... There are so many myths about gods and demons.
Maybe there really is another world beyond this one."



"Just look at the Junkyard.
Wouldn't it be just as easy for this world to connect to a higher one?"
That same analogy was used on Flatland.







OH BOY FORESHADOWING.



Levelup related to the foreshadowing.


Next: More crawling, probably less plot.