Part 37: Chapter 21: Flight
Chapter 21: Flight
Personal Log: Lyner Barsett:
Yesterday things went all to hell. Lady Shurelia and my dad are missing. What's worse, it looks like Lady Shurelia's been taken over by Mir! We're on the way to save her now. I guess I should explain how we got here. After picking up Misha at the Crescent Chronicle, we headed back to Platina.









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Aurica, do you know the meaning behind this statue?

Since as long as anyone can remember, there was a guardian who protected a songstress, as long as she continued to sing.
No matter what happened, the guardian always sacrificed himself to protect her.
When she trusted him completely, she formed an unbreakable bond with him, and a win that healed the world began to blow.


That's how I memorized it.
Strong Songs can only be crafted if there is a strong bond between a songstress and her guardian.







But, that is the best way to become a leader.
Lyner is steadily maturing on the inside.

There was really only one thing we could do. We had to get to the Prism Garden and save my dad, then find some way to help Lady Shurelia before Mir made her do something horrible.



And.. then I'm going to save Lady Shurelia and my father.



Lady Shurelia is probably watching the pathway very closely. And, she has total control in there. It's too dangerous.
Besides, I've never gone up there through the Tower before...


I'm sure that it was capable of passing through the Blastline.


Airships from the Lower World can't come up to Platina because of the Blastline.






Krusche checked it out once, and she told me that it's probably impossible to fix it, but...
Why don't we check it out thoroughly?
Maybe then, we can find a way to fix it.



We returned to the site of the airship crash. It was in as bad a state as we left it. Krusche got to work immediately, going over it from top to bottom.



We waited around for more than a day while Krusche pored over every bit of the airship. Eventually, she came to us with her conclusions. It wasn't as bad as we'd initially thought.



Other than that, the outside wall is lightly damaged, so I'll need Airmetal to fix that.




We might find someone else like Krusche in Firefly Alley...
And the Teru Tribe can make a lot of mysterious items, right? Plus, they can use magic.



Other games might be pricks and make you go do all this FedEx shit. Ar Tonelico is cool, though. Your party goes and individually finds all these people, and you end up only having to actually make one of the required items. Which one depends on whether you chose Misha or Aurica. Misha needs to make the Sharing Core, and Aurica the Flipper.
Oh, and I didn't show the part with Lyra I think, but she's a member of the Teru Tribe who knows Jack and will scavenge items for you. I'll go back and see if I can find shots of the section with her soon.
The others came back after a while with what they found. Before I'd have thought we were screwed, but we suddenly seemed to have a chance.













Krusche had brought the President of Tenba! It turns out she'd helped them recover the Chronicle Key.











Here's the Recipe Card for it.


Alright, let's get started!





...Lyner, I want to help you. Let's promise to do our best.





It's a little far, but it's not too bad. Come on, let's go!
We headed to Aurica's old hometown. The place had been ruined when Bourd and the Teru had fought. It was horrible.


Aurica's home was in ruins. We decided to stop in for a moment, though, to see her old room.





Can we go inside?






My mom used to keep my letters in this drawer.
I... I don't even know if my mom and dad are dead or not. I've never seen any proof.
I'm hoping that if I store my letters in this drawer, she'll eventually open them...
I'm hoping that she's still alive somewhere and that she'll come and pick them up someday.
...I can't live without holding onto that hope!
I didn't want to believe that I was all alone in this world!
If I accepted it as reality... I wouldn't be able to go on...
So, ever since I heard that my parents were dead, I wrote them a letter every month.
I couldn't find anyone to deliver my letters, so I brought them here myself.
It sounds crazy, doesn't it? But, that's what I've been doing.







What's this?

Isn't he cute?

We left Aurica's house. The Skuwat Metal was nearby.



We also decided to stop by Claire's old home.





But, talking about her makes me start to miss her.
Let's stop by her bar in Nemo on the way back.
We went back to Singing Moon Inn to talk to Claire.



I saw your old house, and I wanted to talk to you.

Oh, do you remember that time capsule we buried a long time ago?
I think it's still buried near my house... We should try to open it!
You should find something useful in there.
We went back to the village and sure enough found the time capsule.


With the Skuwat Metal is wasn't that hard to make the Flipper. We took it back to Krusche.



Now, all I gotta do is mount the Flipper.
...There. We're finally done! I can't believe it...





Is a true treasure of the world.


The Teru Tribe and Humans, the Chuch and Tenba, the Apostles of Elemia and anyone else...











If there's anything you need to do before we go, you better do it now.
Just let me know when you're ready to leave.
It was time for us to move. It was time to save Lady Shurelia and my Father.
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We don't even know if we'll survive. Do you guys still want to come?






We headed up to the Blastline. The monster that had destroyed my airship the first time was waiting, but we were ready.




Boss Battle: Sleipnir:
Sleipnir is a pretty easy boss fight when you get down to it. He's got a lot of health and is normally very hard to damage. He's got a weakness, though. His Stored Attack, while very powerful, causes him to go dormant for several rounds after he uses it. He takes much more damage while dormant. The general strategy is to get ready for his Stored Attack then pound the hell out of him when he's vulnerable. You can easily take tens of thousands of hit points off of him with a big Red Magic attack in this fight.
Oh, and also note that I'm using Lilim. The next boss fight will feature the penultimate costume for Aurica, and the end of the phase will show off her absolute best, which is wildly overpowered honestly.
We managed to slay the dragon from the Blastline and broke on through to the other side. The airship took a real beating, though. Coming back down is not going to be fun.










Aurica, are you scared?

No, I'm not scared at all, because I'm with you.
I can overcome any obstacle as long as I'm with you.
We overcame Mir's revival by working together.
...So, we'll be fine.
So now we start the long climb, to the very top of the Tower. I just hope we're in time.