Part 13: Warrior, Disciple, In me the Wishmaster

~Update 7: Warrior, Disciple, In me the Wishmaster~

All the heroine Bonding is done. Ellie was a creeper, but Wake actually did meet her before, when she nearly died and he said "No, don't do that." Narika locked up and then had some moron shit all over her, but then Narika kind of just picked herself up and got motivated all on her own, so Wake just kind of had to stand around and not do typical self-insert hero stuff. Chloe is a DJ now, and also an up-and-comer Idol, and she also has a dumb asshole rival like Narika does. Except Chloe's dumb asshole rival actually sort of has a point with his criticisms.



Enough of that crap! Time to get back to important story things. We're on our way to the second Dusk Circle, the Gluttony Labyrinth. Ellie joins us for this one, as she took 3rd place in the vote and Narika already went on a tour of the Lust Labyrinth.

Okay, do the thing.

Do I really have to?

Yes. Yes you do.

Well, okay then.



Key of the Star with powers burning bright, reveal the staff and shine your light!



Release!



How was that?

Perfect. I think I have yours dialed in. I really wish the others were this easy.






-Gluttony Labyrinth-



What the hell are you doing on the line?

Did you forget already? I'm a member of the lab staff too, you know. Oh crap, Chief Ruby's coming. See ya later!

Chlotz, what are you doing!?

Someone want to tell me what's happening over there? I'm not taking another step into this place until I'm sure the support team has it's shit in order.

It's nothing, forget it. Chlotz was just on the communication equipment without permission. We didn't even teach him how to use it... He may be a dope, but he's pretty smart.

Hey, there you go! You found your antithesis!

Don't get smart with me.

Anyway, that Circle has more Dusk Energy than the previous one you were in. Make sure you don't let your guard down.

Yeah, yeah. I'm shaking in my boots after the nightmare that was Lust.



I wish it was a Haunted House. Probably could have entered that Halloween LP contest. Anyway, let's bounce.



A note about these glowly ball things. You will run into these sometimes while roaming dungeons. They apply effects to the floor that you are currently on. Sometimes these effects are completely positive:



Like this one for instance. There's another effect that boosts the EXP gain from enemies on the floor, which is really helpful when training.

Unfortunately, there are some of these that come with catches as well. This was the second completely positive one I ran into, but I hit a different kind of effect like four times in a row.

Said effect boosted the item drop rate for the floor, but it also locked skills. That's not usually too much of a trade off, but locking skills prevents you from using Pickpocket, which is a massive pain when you're trying to steal Class Items.



Unfortunately, there's no way to tell what effect it is from a glance. You just have to chance it. If it's one you don't like, then you'll have to just find the floor advance portal and move on to get rid of it.



There are a couple of new enemies in the Gluttony Labyrinth. The first one is an upgraded version of Bootes, called Borgas. You can clearly see he is much more exciting.

It's kind of weird how fast this game pulls out the palette swaps. This is the very start of the second dungeon and we already have three different colored versions of the starter enemy.



I want to point out some things in this shot. First of all, you can see that I'm finally using Team 3. This was actually an accident. I was bringing some rando Star Children along in the Sub-Labyrinths in order to raise them for City EXP, and I forgot to take them out before starting this one. I intended to take this dungeon on with just two teams again, but I was also too lazy to restart, so I just took them with me.

Second of all, this shot is of me opening a Trap Chest. I have opened likely just north of 100 of these things so far and have still not been hit by a trap. I can't even tell you if the potential trap is particularly damaging or not, because I can't remember getting hit by anything from these things.

I'm sure it'll bite me one day.



Our second new enemy is this kickass looking bear thing. This guy has no magic attack capabilities at all, he is all about mauling you to death. He has pretty good defense too. He's still weak.



Taking the portal to 4F causes our expedition to hit a road block. Namely, this poorly shopped in JPG over blurry ass in-game textures.

Wake, you should get away from there at once. It seems that being in that area is decreasing your Ether Count.

Yeah, that's probably a bad thing. Alright, everyone get away from the weird dimensional rock.

Awwww...

Hold on a moment, Wake! I'm sorry to have to ask this when I know you're not feeling well. Can you pick up a stone from the ground around you? One large one will do.

Excuse me? You mean those things I was just told were basically radioactive?

But Chief Ruby, those stones are affecting his Ether Count...

That's why I'm only asking for one. Make sure you bring it.

Pain in my goddamn ass.

Luna? Do you have a sack or something we can toss this in? I am not touching that with my bare hands.

*Monsters start converging on us*

Um, Wake? We kind of have a problem here...

Of course we do.



Looks like it has the power to draw monsters towards it.

Chief Ruby, isn't it best if you gave up on getting that stone?

Siding with Mark on this one.

Definitely not. Wake, make your way back to the surface. Don't forget that stone!

Son of a bitch! Everyone pull back! We need to go get this stupid rock shoved up Ruby's ass!


-Laboratory-



I brought it back, like you wanted. Now, either you start talking or I'll go right back there and drop it where I found it. Monster hordes be damned. What is this?

I'm sure you've heard of it before. This stone is a crystallization of Dusk Energy.

It's a Dark Crystal.

Well that sure sounds like something I should be dragging back here.

Dark Crystals are mystical stones. By holding it, one can absorb the Dusk Energy it contains into their own body.

Absorbing Dusk Energy heightens desires and ambitions to an extreme level. As a result, one stops sensing various forms of physical or mental stress. There are even rumors that one can go without sleep with no ill effects.

Just a friendly reminder, Dusk is not necessarily bad or evil. Fucking with your body's natural balance though?

However, long-term usage has serious side effects like headaches or violent thoughts. That is why using them is outlawed.

But, rumor has it that many of society's most successful people secretly use them. Of course, anyone accused of this denies such claims.

Dark Crystals are basically fantasy steroids. Technically a natural part of your body, pumping yourself full of them pushes your capabilities higher, and they have some nasty side-effects with long-term use that means you really shouldn't be abusing them.

Also, there's something you didn't know, since you weren't alive at the time...

These stones aren't natural to this world. They first appeared 18 years ago.



Ever since then, underground dealers have been in constant search of them.

Still, I've never seen one this large before.

...

Don't even think about it, Ruby.

Okay, so it's big. What else? I'm sure there's something more to it.

On top of that, the purity of the Dusk Energy is over 60%. The highest purity that's ever been seen on the black market is just below 20%. The Dusk Labyrinths are truly a treasure house of riches.

Chief Ruby, you shouldn't sound so happy about that.

Siding with Mark again. That sounds absurdly dangerous, Ruby. You are fucking with forces way beyond your control.

But if we research this, we'll be able to learn more about the conditions inside. We owe you a debt. Thank you.

Noooo. Do not thank me. I want no part of this stupid little endeavor that you're about to embark on. I don't want my name being connected to this in any way. I'm out.

I'm sure that will go fine. Ruby has been nothing but competent and cautious and not a total screw-up. Time to hit the showers and relax after a hard day's work.


-Showers-

I can't believe those things are just lying around inside Dusk Circles. She better not ask me to bring any more of those back.

I should also keep this a secret from her. I'm sure she'd try and capitalize on it. I don't need one of my Star kids winding up on a government wanted list.



.....

Oh, it's just you.

So you've gone into the next Dusk Circle. I haven't heard that the second Dusk Spawner has been defeated, though.

Yeah, I kind of had to run an ill-advised errand for Ruby. Calm your junk, man. I have this under control.

Fine, fine...



You checkin' me out? See something you like?

We don't need your immature attempt at humor here. It's just...

Looks good?

Stop that!

You carry the burden, and the honor, of carrying out the missions into the Circles. You should train yourself better. That's all.

Trust me, my current level of training is more than enough for those things. The first Dusk Spawner fell over dead while me and Narika were shooting the breeze. I've got this handled.

Looks like Alec does care, in his own 'stick up the ass' kind of way. The concern is appreciated Alec, but entirely unnecessary. The only risk the Dusk Circles have posed so far is you falling asleep from boredom.

What else we got... Maybe we can catch Ruby making herself look bad again.


-Laboratory-

Hey. Just here to use Redux.

Hm? You going somewhere?



I'd rather not attend.

Hold on. Joint meeting? There are other labs here?

Oh, you didn't know? Fort City has three major labs, each with its own specialization.

Ours is in charge of development. Another one specializes in analysis.

And the last is the research department, which Enzea personally oversees.

Star, I hate the leader of the analysis team so much! Did you know that he tried to give me a "detailed analysis" of my face? There's nothing that will make me get over that!

That bastard. I'll kill him one day.

Oh my, it's time to go. To go kill that man. See you around.

(Oh dear Star God... Don't say anything, Wake. It's just going to get you worked up and pissed off.)

Hey! Redux dude! Crank that sucker up! I've got some stress to relieve!

So not only is Power-Trip Ruby not the Chief Researcher at AngelMarker, she's not even the Chief Researcher of the Fort City lab. She's only the Chief Researcher of the R&D portion of AngelMarker's Fort City division. The longer this game goes on the lower on the corporate ladder we learn Ruby is.

And why the fuck is the R&D Lab in charge of God's Gift's Dusk Circle missions? Shouldn't the Research department or Analysis department be in charge of that shit? At the very least this should be a joint venture between all three departments.

Whatever. Ruby is dumb and her authority is now sitting around 'Shift Manager at McDonald's' level. That's the important part. I still can't get over how highly she thinks of herself.


-Gluttony Labyrinth-



You and me both, Felicia. Anyway, that was a nice little diversion, but it's time to get back to Gluttony. You can thankfully pick up from the same floor where the story kicked you out. That's one thing this game does right with it's Dungeon Crawling.



New enemies on the docket. This weird guy is Crux. High accuracy (for what that's worth), and sort of fast. He's got pretty good HP though.




I missed the in-game shot of these horses, so here's the database entries. Not much to them.



Occasionally the fountains you find in dungeons can restore BP. The purple fountains give out 100BP, and it's almost always a nice find. Unless you went out of your way to max out your BP before coming in here, then this will always be appreciated. It might only save you some Bond Event skipping, but even that is welcome considering it takes a second to grab this.



Random Jukebox things also sometimes appear. These are in-dungeon item shops. The Merchant class gets a skill relatively early on that can just do this whenever. It costs 300MP, but you can buy the MP Restore Item needed to get that back for pennies from that very store, if you have somehow completely blown out your stock.

These things, and shop summoning in general, aren't really useful. If you need something from the shop, you can easily just leave the Labyrinth, buy what you need, then pick up on the same floor you left off on.



Maybe it's because of my JRPG shopping habits, but I always stock up on all the essentials the second I get back to a town. If money was tighter or the difficulty higher, I could see the use in this, but as it stands it's rarely useful.

This will be useful for one thing though. It's time I do another item update. I'll go over every new item I have when I get some wiggle room in an update.

Cursed Stone: Deals a little damage and might lower enemy LUC, but it also might lower your own. This is worthless.
Script Items: Script Items deal heavy damage and might cause various effects, such as Seal/Poison/Paralysis/Lower ATK/Lower DEF/Lower MAT, you get the idea.

There's some equipment choices as well, but we're still picking up better stuff within Dungeons. The girls only get Armor and Weapon upgrades from doing Quests, and Wake is still rocking the DLC weapon for now.



One nice thing to point own, Gun using classes are really adaptable if you want to take advantage of the Elemental bonuses. They get immediate access to different elemental guns that can change their attacks to whatever you want.



There's a special quest enemy you can find in here as well that gives a nice reward once we manage to kill three of them. You need to pick up the quest for it though.



Apus has a neat harpy design and is actually pretty quick. This doesn't help it when you sneak up from behind and start the battle with an Advantage though. Wake/Ellie kill it with a single Ultimate Slash Storm to its weak point.

Gluttony 6F - Apus and Beelzebub fights


Here's what we want. Beelzebub is the Dusk Spawner for the second Labyrinth. It will not be faring any better than Asmodeus. It doesn't even get a cool anime cutscene! I mean, how am I supposed to take that thing seriously? Honestly?

Its Dusk Energy is obviously much stronger than the previous one.

Yo, Wake! Looks like you've run into a pretty strong monster there!

Chlotz, now is really not the time to be playing with the equipment.

Don't be an ass. I'm trying to help.

But, from what I can tell... It looks like this one's skilled at wind spells. Also, it has an annoying attack that drains your HP, too. Keep an eye on your remaining HP while you're fighting it.

Chlotz, move aside! Listen up, Wake. Make sure you always have your guard up.

Yeah, I'm sure I'll need complete focus for this.

We can't allow this opponent to continue living. Let's take it down!

Yeah, that's what I like to hear.



Chlotz gives you a little heads up on what the boss is capable of before you jump into the fight. It's not great help, but it is usable help. That's more than we can say about Ruby's.

When playing this as any ol' first time player would, Beelzebub might be.... man, why am I even trying? Beelzebub is really fast, it can lower your speed, and it has high defenses and blah blah Crossbolg blah.



Why does Ellie look like she's 8 years old in that shot? Am I crazy or has she always looked like she was 8?





This is Ellie's Seventh Burst with Wake, Crossbolg. It hits for 5000 damage and change on Beelzebub's weak spot and shaves off over a third of its health bar.



Beelze's turn is next, but I get distracted by the fact that MECUNITE is currently possible, so I have Team B transform to see if I can get a different type of MEC.



Two Grapplers and a Swordis combine to make a robot with a laser cannon arm. Sure. This MECUNITE has a spike to its TEC stat, which isn't all that helpful. Maybe that means it won't dish out the absurd damage that Team A(wful)'s did.






Never mind, that still hits like a truck.




Beelzebub then gets its only turn this battle, tries to cast SPD Sapper on Team B's MEC, and it misses. Likely because its TEC just got neutered by Team B's 'Code TEC' attack.




*sigh* Team A(wful) tries to Pickpocket, just to see if it has anything, but turns up nothing. It then falls over dead and we get pitiful EXP, decent Glow, and a trophy. Just... just seal it away guys. I don't want to look at it anymore.




Seriously. I know these are the 'young' Dusk Circles that aren't super dangerous, but come on. Kinda feels like you could have sent a regular team in here and managed to seal it.

Dusk Spawner is caged. We're heading back.

...Hm? Wake, wait a sec.

What is it? You're not going to ask me to bring you a souvenir too, are you?

Well, I mean it would be-- No. No. There's something else.

I thought I saw someone in the back just now...

Excuse me? I thought I was supposed to be the only one able to survive in here. Where are they?

Look further in the back, on your right-hand side.

*gasp* I see them. Over there!

God damn it, Ruby. Are those what I think they are?



How the hell did they get all the way in here? We're like 7 floors deep.

No way... Aren't those AngelMarker uniforms...?

Chlotz, you're in my way. Wake, the Dusk Spawner has been sealed. Come back at once.

You mind filling me in on what the hell this is?

I'll explain when you get back.

Yes. Yes you will. Assuming you want to see the sun rise tomorrow morning.


-E.S. Savage-

[Announcement]: Congratulations on completing your mission. We are now passing over the main continent.



Things should start calming down around here now, though. That should give them some breathing room.

This is the shot I mentioned previously in the thread. We can see that both Standard and Elite class Disciples are using rifles in their fight against monsters. So the monsters seem to be vulnerable to regular firearms, unless those guns are some kind of specialty Star Energy/Ether rifles. The Standard Disciples should still theoretically have enough power to use weapons like that I suppose.

I would assume that they have to be some kind of energy rifles. If those were standard firearms, then you'd think that there would be adult soldiers down there fighting back as well, rather than leaving it all on the shoulders of teenagers. I don't recall it being clarified, however. So it's still not clear as to just how effective regular weapons are against monsters.

I mean, we've already seen Wake kill multiple monsters with just a normal sword. Alec seems to use one as well, so it couldn't just be because of Wake's God's Gift energy. Questions, questions, questions. I wish the game would get more in depth about this kind of stuff. At least hand wave it.


-Laboratory-

All the active Dusk Circles have now been sterilized. I guess congratulations are in order!

Shut your ass, Ruby. You tell me what the hell it was we saw back there. Now.

What back where?

Don't pull that shit with me. You give me answers right now or I cleave your head in two. I warned you about keeping secrets from me.



You're sending civilians into the Labyrinths?

In order for us to research Dusk Circles, we had to have an idea of what was inside.

So you sent them on a suicide mission, then.

It's thanks to those sacrifices that you're able to fight right now.

And, as adults... We can't just let you children face all the danger.

Well you could have fooled me. It sure as hell doesn't feel like any adults have my back.


-AngelMarker Lab-



*sigh* To think they're marching ordinary people into those death mazes. It's been 20 years, I know full well that the world had to try and make progress against these things, but sending a bunch of scientists out to die just to take pictures doesn't sit right with me.

You better not end up like that in one of the Labyrinths, okay?

That won't happen. I promise.

Well, see you back at the Academy.

That sure was a fun revelation. I guess ol' Beelzebub was at least strong enough to fight off some field researchers. I don't know what that says about us, it, or them.

There's still a little bit more to this chapter. Let's keep it going.


-School Gate-

What the--? What's with the crowd?



I mean, you could certainly try. You're probably not going to get any of their attentions with Enzea standing there in the middle of them, though.

Hey, you're right!

I heard this from a girl in class... But supposedly Enzea has a fanclub here at the Academy.

So those are all fangirls for him?

Why does it seem like everyone at this Academy has a fan club except for me? God's Gift walks in and the most positive reaction I elicit is "Oh, wow. You're God's Gift?"

You sound pretty bitter, man.

I'm getting there.

There's something else I was told by a girl on the student council. A state-of-the-art astronomical telescope was set up at the Academy yesterday. Apparently it was personally donated by Enzea.

Seriously!? Isn't something like that worth a mansion? Or ten mansions!?

Man, he's famous AND rich! I can't wait to be like him someday!

You are just a glutton for punishment, aren't you? You went through this same thing a few weeks ago with becoming an S Rank. I'm telling you, you really have to lower that bar.

You'll see...

I don't really like him...

Hey, Torri. Why do you say that?



Shall I put together a special event for you, Torri?

I'm interested in this. What sort of event?

We can go look at the Star God in the night sky with that new telescope.

You mean so you can go check out the telescope. Don't try and frame it like it's a treat for Torri.

Let's not get bogged down with petty details. Sneaking out of the dorms at night will be fun, too!

Do you think we can sneak out that easily?

Huh...? Why are you suddenly volunteering to go along with this, Fuuko?

I want to go. It sounds fun.



Wake is not a strict rules adherance kind of guy. Plus, he doesn't really get a choice either way. Might as well go with the flow.

Yeah, I'll join in. I'd be lying if I said it didn't sound interesting. Plus, I don't want to miss you screwing something up or getting caught.

You realize that you'd be an accomplice, right?

Yeah, but I'm God's Gift. You're all screwed without me. I'd be fine.

Well, it's decided, then. Let's meet up by the telescope tonight!


-Rooftop-

So this is it, huh?



And so, everyone sneaked out to have a gander at the big incredibly expensive telescope. This includes both Ellie and Serina, who I guess were told about the gathering by the others. Narika also came along, which is surprising since she is the Vice Class President. You'd think she would have narked everyone out. Way to be cool Narika.

I'm glad we were all able to sneak out of the dorms, though.

My heart's still pounding...

Your heartbeat is quite rapid.

Eeek! T-Torri! Don't touch my chest like that.

*sigh* That surprised me...

Is your heart pounding too, Serina?

Huh? N-No! I'm perfectly calm! There's no need to touch me!

Torri has no concept of personal space. Not much time left to guess her character archetype before I just spell it out. I will be deeply ashamed if you haven't managed to figure it out.

It's not like there's anything there to touch anyway...

*Chlotz gets slapped this time. About time somebody did it.*

I was just kidding! Staaar!

Ahaha...

Real Ellie goes 'Ahehe' all the time. I'm on to you Impostor Ellie.

Still... I'll be fine because I live at home, but is everyone else going to be alright?

The S Rank Men's Dorm consists of like, me and Alec at the moment. There's not really anyone around to catch me.

Um... I'm prepared to be yelled at a little by our RA.

H-Huh? Do you expect to get caught?

If anyone finds out we snuck in here, we'll get more than just a tongue-lashing.

Huh? We're sneaking in?

I thought you needed a key card to get into Academy facilities like this. Didn't you make a request to borrow it?

Tadaaa! I borrowed my sister's key card!

Huh, we are missing someone, aren't we? Makes sense that a teacher wouldn't encourage behavior like this, I suppose.

Oh, Star God... Please forgive this great sin we have committed...

Don't sweat it Narika. If I know Star God, he's going to enjoy this. Wait for it...

It's fine. No one's going to find out. Well, we might get suspended if they find out.

At the very least, you will be.

S-Sis!?

Did you come to see the stars too, Ms. Chloe?



(That's disappointing. I was kind of expecting more from this.)

If they find out I stole her key card, her trustworthiness will be questioned.

*Chloe fucking decks Chlotz*

There it is. That's the good stuff.

Ow, that hurt, Sis...

Let's ignore this idiot.

Considering you've come all this way, shall we observe the Star God together?

Some people here might receive His favor at the Star Conception Festival, after all!

The Star Conception Festival?

It's a party held by the Academy at the end of winter. The boys ask girls out. Couples that are blessed by the Star God will be granted eternal happiness.



Not everything has to.

I don't think I'll be receiving His favor, either.

Me neither...

Yeah...

Why is everyone so passive about this!?

Pessimistic seems like the more appropriate word. Seriously, none of you think a guy will ask you out?

Why aren't any of you considering someone might ask you out?

Right? Seriously guys, have some faith in yourselves.

Exactly! I mean...

Wake, out of all of us, whom would you rather ask out?

Excuse me!?

Well, I certainly don't want to ask Chlotz. What if he picked me?

You're my sister!

Besides, we all know you're going to ask Luce to the festival, right, Chlotz?

Now there's a name I haven't heard before.



I think she's a first-year in the Standard class...

Is that so? Here I thought you only had eyes for the Elites.

Hey! I-It's nothing! Stop bringing up things that don't need bringing up, Sis!

Wow, even his ears are bright red.

Is your heart pounding too, Chlotz?

*Torri invades Chlotz' space*

Torri, you don't need to touch my chest!

Aren't we talking about Wake right now, anyway?

So, who from this group would you ask to the Star Conception Festival? You can't say "nobody", all right?

Dammit, I'd hoped everyone had moved on from that.

Just go with the flow, Wake!



Wake is forced to make this choice. For what it's worth, this has zero impact on anything aside from a slight increase in Bond.

In the interest of fairness, here is what each of our current focus heroines have to say when selected:

Chloe:
Hm? Me?

I'm grateful for all you've taught me, after all.

I'm not sure if teachers are even allowed to participate in the festival...

Narika:
H-Huh? M-Me!?

We sit next to each other in class all day, after all.

True, we do sit next to each other.

Ellie:
What!? Me? Wh-Why's that?

Well... You were looking right at me just now.

Huh...? Th-That's the only reason?

Official Wake is boring. LP Wake is way better, and I'm not just saying that because I write his lines.

Regardless of who you choose, the rest of this dialogue proceeds exactly the same.

It's only a hypothetical, anyway. Let's not get too excited about this.

Well, let's call it a night! Make sure you all get back to your dorms without anyone finding out!


-School Grounds-

Hm? Aren't you going home, Torri?

I'm going to look at the stars here for a little longer.

I see...

Of all these stars in the sky... Is one of them the Star God?

So they say. Even when we're in the classroom, I see you gazing out the window a lot. Do you like the sky?



Of course she has a bird/freedom symbolism thing. Her name is Torri and she's always in the lab. What did you expect?

I... also admire a world in which one can freely fly.

We're the same, then.

Were you at the research lab before, too?

...Research lab? No, I wasn't in any place like that. I was... and will continue to be... in the Church.

Ellie, you don't look happy. Are you OK?

Oh... I'm sorry. It's dark out, so I shouldn't let myself get gloomy, too. I guess that's what makes me such an idiot.

I'm sure a time will come in the future in which you'll be able to fly freely, too.

....

...Yes, you're right.

You still don't look happy, Ellie. Are you really OK?

H-Huh? Do I still look that bad?

Oh, a shooting star.

Huh? You're right! I need to make a wish!

....

Ellie, were you able to make a wish?

Yes, I did. What did you wish for?

I wished that you would be able to fly freely one day.

Torri...

Wishes made on shooting stars always come true. Does knowing that cheer you up?

Yes, it really does! Thank you, Torri.

Good. You do seem more cheerful than before.

Because we're both first-years...

Let's continue to help Wake together.

We'll do our best together!



There was a shooting star, and I didn't get to make a wish before it went away! Stupid shooting star! Get back here so I can wish on you!

I missed it too. Well, better luck next time I guess.

You're both still here?

We took the trouble to sneak out of the dorms, after all. It's just dumb to run straight back to our rooms without enjoying this time out!

What were you going to wish for, Chlotz? If you tell me, I'll make that wish for you the next time I see a shooting star.

Really?

I was going to wish that Luce would... Oh... Um... N-Never mind.

Why?

Huh? Um... O-Oh, right!

Things like this don't work if you don't make these wishes yourself, right?

Chlotz...

Were you going to wish that you could be closer to Luce?

Huh!? How'd you figure that out!? Are you... Are you a psychic, Ellie!?

No, uh... It was kind of obvious...

Ugh! This is so embarrassing! You totally know!



Oh crap, it's Sis.

Let's retreat, Ellie.

Ah, right! Good-bye, guys!

On that note, we will also say good-bye. Good-bye to Chapter 2, that is. Torri was hanging around for that entire last part, but I didn't introduce her because she still isn't officially in the party. That will happen in Chapter 3.

Chapter 3 will be up in the next update. The stick in Alec's ass suddenly gets way bigger, we'll find out who this 'Luce' is that Chlotz is crushing on, and we'll get an early look at our final party member.