Part 45: Find The Four Cosmic Eggs

Prayer



Now that we've made no decision on our final route, and have to begin our post-split voyage... let's see what everyone else has to say.

Some things don't change at least.

We must now gather our hearts around her and strive to create a new world.
Good luck, and may the Lord be with you.



It is a shame we were unable to harness his power, but... there is little use in regretting it now.
Let us carry out our tasks under Lady Zelenin's authority in memory of our late Commander.



Come to me, and I will heal you.
I have no strength of arms, but I can still fight our sacred battle. This is my strength.



We received a Rare Forma from the Three Wise Men, and Irving does have different dialogue for this part as well.

...Oh? I see you've brought a new forma.
We relish the challenge of developin' new equipment with our lab's refined processes.





As far as doors go, looks like we just need Gate Search D to go and we can get anywhere and everywhere.

Our trials continue, but one day, we shall receive our reward.
I will hone my skills. You will wage a holy battle. Let us support one another's efforts...

Well, everywhere except half of Grus. Fucking Grus, dammit.



To emerge victorious in this holy battle, you will need much high-caliber equipment.
Direct us as you please, as you always have. We shall work tirelessly to meet yer demands.
Everything is for the new world...



Yet with Zelenin's touch, these unclean, muddy thoughts were purified into clear water.
Henceforth, I will use all the skill at my command for the new world and its Lord.
This is my joy.

Silence





It is barring our progress to B9.
We request backup from maintenance that they might investigate the elevator and restart it.



We will send a supply team to make repairs, but Mem Aleph is likely beyond our reach for now.
Review your other mission objectives and prioritize them first...

Welp, so... Cosmic Eggs it is, then!

Prayer



But first, Dent is still around.

Everyone seems to have... awakened...



Well, whether or not we change too, we've already come this far.
I'll go along with you to the end.



Oh, and that's just a thing Dent says the first time you try and talk to him. We still have to actually use his Talk option here.



Hitonari is the man to lead us...!
Heheh... I guess I embarrassed myself a little saying that.
But it's important you know how grateful we all are.

A Scorched Nation



Y'know, I nearly forgot about this one. It's minor and doesn't matter too much but let's do it now real quick like, since we won't be coming back until way later otherwise.

Just gotta set it back to the Original Space and we can get that Gold forma.



It's so special a forma, it's not even from Grus!

...wait what the fuck how is this here?

Hell, WHY is this here?! This is predetermined so its always AC Horolite X. For some reason.

lets just go to Antlia now



So, yeah, with Unlock D we can finally get through all these doors that have been sitting around locked the entire time.



ME NOT TELL YOU WHAT HERE! ME PRETEND NO KNOW!
GO HOME!

Welp, thanks for that Mushussu. Now we know for sure that the Cosmic Egg is here.



This is Mistress Mem Aleph and her minions' turf.
The likes of you aren't welcome here. Stay if you want, but don't blame me if you get hurt.

At least Berserker is nicer about this, I guess.



Oh and we have dark rooms here. But they're... blue...?

What?



This one is just a path to get... 3 Strength Cores...?

That's almost a Strength Incense. Weird choice, but I guess I can't complain too much? I guess.



And, don't worry, there's more than just the one that is a Blue dark room for some reason.



That blue room brings us around to a simple linear area that leads us into... Red dark rooms! A use for the Visualiser B at last!



Oh and this is why I never bothered going further south than the second door on the left here.



Oh and the randoms here are... very eclectic. There's still the weird ones from before with, like, Hel and stuff sure, but how about Nidhoggr? Who's from bits of Horologium that we haven't gotten to yet!

Anyway, Nidhoggr resists Gun and Electric, is weak to Wind and Expel and Reflects Ice. And his source gives Repel Ice. Oh my.



Nidhoggr's the only new one 'round these parts, so let's just move on to yet another spot we can use the Visualiser B. How very generous, even if it is mostly unnecessary again.



What are you doing here...? I wish you'd died when you were lost in the dark area...
I'd have been happier if Jimenez came instead of you...!

Wow, rude Gemori! Last time we spoke to you, you were pretty cool.

Moving swiftly on, th--



DARK. ROOMS. 3RD STRIKE. YELLOW EDITION.

There's some fuckin' mean shit with these ones. Mercifully, this isn't one of them.



Thankfully, that's all we've got here. Terminal here, but no heal spot is a mite annoying but we've got ways and means to deal with that honestly.

Silence



...Y'know, I have no idea what the heck this white cube-y thing here is. At all. It's just here so this screen isn't blank, I think, maybe?

Chaos Theme



I got news for you, buddy: this Cosmic Egg #1 is for Jimenez and no one else!
I'm not gonna let you stand in the way of our demon world! Die!

An Honor Befitting That Name



Wu Kong is a complete chump, honestly. He's not worth videoing for similar reasons to Ryan. In this case, he's weak to Ice and Elec, resists Fire and immune to Phys and Gun. He doesn't even have any interesting skills.

Oh wait, he has 1300HP and Taunt.

Taunt. Taunt.

fucking hell son wu kong wants to die so bad we dont even reach the 2nd round

Silence



Well, regardless, that's our first Cosmic Egg obtained. The pattern on it is kind of a Rorschach test, even. Kind of. It's probably meant to explicitly look like one thing but I can see a few possibilities.



Oh and we're done with the map here now forever and ever too. We will inevitably be back on-screen because of that weird green patterned pillar if nothing else.

Palace of Pleasure



Let's just keep this train a-rollin' and head on in to Bootes, shall we?



Rest of the 6th floor is just this one corridor that we couldn't access until now. At least it's finally done.



Bootes is very simple and straight-forward in comparison to Antlia. Almost boringly so, even.



Really, the most interesting thing about it, is this room. Because it has 9 fixed Forma in it of all varities.



They're mostly same ol', same ol' at this point. This is as well, but there are three Magic Cores here too so that's something I guess.



If only we could hear Mistress Zelenin's song here in this land we have conquered...
Ahh, how splendid it would be!



This land is rampant with demons of destruction, but we wrested a few such places from them.
By all means, have a look.



Aside from the big ol' buncha forma, only other thing left here of note is the terminal by the stairs down to the 7th floor.



Which is, uh, even smaller left than it seems.



To the point where we're done with the map now.

Silence



Ohhh, so here's where that ended up. Probably didn't even remember at this point that we still hadn't found this. It obviously wasn't going to be in Horologium, afer all.

> There is no sign of its crew and it doesn't seem to be running.

Law Theme



My brothers and I have obtained the Cosmic Egg Mem Aleph seeks so desperately.
It was no mean feat, but... I hoped to be of service to you.
I came to offer you this, that you might create a world driven by the Holy Spirit.
Please take it...



There will be demons after the Egg, no doubt.
But I have had a vision... I see you marching on, striking down their evil...
You will use this to create a perfect world, between your power and Mistress Zelenin's...

> Yatagarasu left...

That's two eggs down, and two to go. Not gonna complain about this one being handed to us for free.

A Squandered Nation



So, how about Carina? There's two possible spots for where we can look here. This one's been taunting us for, uh, way too long. Doubly so after the end of Grus so let's start here.



...oh

Well, the Amrita Shower is nice at least?



Well, at least we're done with this floor now. Now, where could the Egg be?



Oddly enough, this Angel is important for helping find it.

Eh? Your face is quite handsome, for a human's... I'll let you in on a secret, you handsome man.
A demon called Horkos once dwelled here, but you haven't seen him in public lately, correct?



There must be something there, no?

So, in short, the Egg is where Horkos left the Elve behind. Let's head on over there, then!



A curious crew has been at work here of late. I saw them carting around the remains of a ship.



Oh. So, the Elve remnants have been carted off to the Sanctum on 2F I suppose. That IS where the locked door was, at least.



So we hid it real good. Hahaha...

> The demon left...



It's not really that well hidden, silly Kamapua'a. We know exactly where to look at this point.



Only 2 of the stat Core in this one, though. Gotta put some effort into getting that there Vitality Incense I guess!



Come to wreck this place, huh!? Well, you won't get out of here in one piece!
Sooner or later, one of us will make you breathe your last!



WE NO GIVE YOU POWER. NO LET YOU GET IN WAY OF MISTRESS MEM ALEPH.
YOU GET CURSED. YOU GET IN WAY OF DEMON WORLD, YOU GET CURSED...



A pity that thou shouldst lose they will. Thou shalt end thy days in slavery.
'Twill be no salvation for thee; only Death's cold embrace.



Technically, the area here is even tinier and less interesting than even Bootes was.



I suppose it's kind of impressive that there's that many things to talk to in this tiny section? But not really.

Silence



Huh, the Elve has actually been taken apart since we last saw it.

That's at least different and more visually interesting, I suppose.

Chaos Theme



Who is deserve to have?
Solely who will retrun a world to true life.
That is different. That is not you. Cosmic Egg will be out of hands.
Who defy Mistress Mem Aleph, those, by my power, die.

An Honor Befitting That Name



So, Zhu Yin IS harder than Wu Kong.

And by harder I mean he lasts more than 40 seconds.



And by harder, I mean marginally more tedious because he spams the shit out of Silent Prayer.

He has 1400 HP, no weaknesses, resists Gun and is immune to Charm and Sleep.

Silence



And just like that, we're almost done with this already. That just leaves Delphinus.

A Rotten Nation



This is pretty obvious that the Egg is right here. There's a big ol' empty area in the middle of the floor after all.



We have claimed it through battle with the demons of darkness, but... Nay, I shan't complain.
It it perhaps not one's first choice for rest and relaxation, but please, make yourself at home. (sic)

Alright, so, anyway, this is obvious where it's going right?



Which is why it's wrong. There's still actual dungeon here to deal with. Which is more like Antlia than anything else, how weird.



A whole bunch of conveyer belts, hidden doors that can only be opened from the right (this is important yes), a switch required to get anywhere else...



It's like a mini-Delphinus inside Delphinus. But it's somehow better done than Grus' attempts at replicating it. I dunno.



Anyway, this hidden door here is the most important and actually mandatory. It's how you get back over here after reflipping the switch.



Oh and there ARE teleporters here that put you inside this area.



Thankfully, they're neither mandatory nor obnoxious.



Probably for the best, because this area is a little more involved than Antlia's mini-dungeon crawl was.

Albeit preferable because it's not, y'know, a bunch of dark rooms.



The demons of darkness were in a tizzy searching for it, but we fended them off.
I'd not thought I would ever have to do battle here.



Oddly enough, but arguably mercifully, there IS a shortcut door here. Just in case you want to come back but don't want to deal with the belts I guess.



...But why would you be coming back if not to finish the map on 1F?



Which, uh, we don't need to do. Handy, that.



Not only are we smiting the demons, but we bear witness to the rebirth of the world...
Our future is truly one filled with light.



I'll give this area credit for one thing: it gives us an easy Great Chakra. No complaining about this one.



Especially since that's the only thing of note on the entire floor.

Silence



Well that, and this open, creepy-ass alien plant seed thing. It REALLY reminds me of Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors. I think it's the shape and them fucked up teeth.

What doesn't hurt is that Audrey IS in the series! No, really. Just a shame he ain't been around in forever.

Law Theme



It shall be given unto the chosen one...
The chosen one, the one who shall bring about the world the Lord wishes, is known to me.
You are... Tadano.



Take this Cosmic Egg.



Now go, you who carry out the Lord's will.
Your suffering shall end and a wonderous new world will be born.
I await that day...

> Cherub left...



Return now to the Red Sprite.
Let us receive the Three Wise Men's next commands...

With all four Eggs now obtained, we're technically halfway done with what we need to do to already.

The emphasis is on that technically for what I hope is obvious though. We have to go through like 10 floors of Horologium next...

Law Theme



In the name of the Three Wise Men, the mission has been completed.



As for the elevator leading to Mem Aleph...



Oh, I guess I can take back that part about it requiring a long ass dungeon crawl.

Let us thank the Lord that our path has been cleared.
With our knowledge and technology, coupled with Zelenin's guidance and the gentle spirits...
None may stop us now.
The last obstacle in the way of our ideal world is the Exotic Matter Mem Aleph holds.



Take the repaired elevator to the bottom floor where Mem Aleph awaits.
There, we will devise a plan for the final battle with Mem Aleph.

And so, next time... we're absolutely definitely going to beat up Mem Aleph, get her Exotic Matter and make the Millenium Kingdom (which they dance around calling the Millenium Kingdom for some reason).

How hard could it be? Judging by the past 100% of the game, I'm going with "not very."