The Let's Play Archive

Super Robot Wars MX

by Brunom1

Part 99: Mission 54 - Beyond a Distant Eternity - Part 4

Insert here three turns of me getting folks up to Mamoru. All this time, he not only failed to do any damage on Ayato but also lost about 40% of his HP.



Time to wrap this up.

















: I-I’m not going down yet…! You worms won’t be taking me out!
: Ayato! I… I won’t stop until I hold your heart – the world’s heart – in my hands and I make it stop beating!!











: This can’t be…! You… you killed Hiroko! I refuse to let someone like you live!
: Hiroko…! I… I!!
: …
: Hiroko…



: All enemies except the two RahXephons have been destroyed…!
: But the question is what we’ll do now. If the RahXephons aren’t stopped, we’ll…
: But how…?
: How are we supposed to stop those two?!
: …
: …
: (The Star of La Mu is sure to appear in order to deter the two mechanical gods…! )
: (And when it does…!)

Goodies earned here were a Psycoframe, a Martian Donburi and a Mega Generator.




: Did I die…? Or was I born…? I… I don’t know where I am…
: …
: I feel like I know you but… who are you? Do you know who I am?
: …
: No one knows me… and I know no one…
: That…
: !
: That is how you avoid knowing. You avoid knowing by pretending that you don’t see…
: For how long are you going to do that? What a troublesome child…
: …



: Both RahXephons…
: They’re not going anything.
: Ayato…!
: Do you think they’re…!
: Talking to each other or something…?!
: …
: Stay on your toes, men!
: And keep the Distortion Field running at full power!
: Captain! Radar’s picking up a unit on approach for below!



: Ayato…!!
: Elvy, you’re alright?!
Don’t worry about me – where’s Haruka?! She didn’t come here?!
: Haruka…?! Did something happen to her?!



: It’s time for you to step out… out of the birdcage you built for yourself. It’s okay to know – to try to know.
: I… I’m aware of that. But now I… I don’t even know who I am…
: Just embrace it…
: Huh…?
: Yourself… others… your surroundings. Feel the entire world… and embrace it all.
: Me…?
: Yes, you… accept and embrace yourself… and me. Everything around you… Have courage…
: …
: What is it that you wish to protect? What is it that you choose? What is the world in which you live? What is it that you do not wish to lose?
: That’s…



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJqleiO5Z4Q

: A-Ayato!!
: The ceremony of the world’s death and rebirth has begun…!
: Wh-What do we do?! Bright, Misato?!
: We’ve no choice anymore… We have to put a stop to them …!!
: Put a stop… b-but…!
: N-No… Isn’t there anything we can do…?! What are we supposed to do, Kaworu… Ayanami…?!



: The ALIEL?! Haruka?!
: Ayato…!
: Haruka, stop!!
: Get away from him!!
: …
: Ayato…!!
: LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…!
: A-Ayato, stop! STOP!!







: …
: …Where is this…?
: …
: Mrs. Kamina…
: …He would’ve been better off if you didn’t exist…
: Ah…?
: He wouldn’t be suffering as he is right now if you didn’t exist – if you hadn’t taken him to the outside world…
: N-No! I just…!
: I should have been the only one who loved him.
: Huhhh…?
: The suffering he’s endured is my responsibility. Mine, for having created him.
: I wanted to give him everything, because I was the only one supposed to support him in his destiny…
: …
: Yet, he found a world of his own – a world with you in it, a world with you…
: !
: I can’t share in his suffering any more… he did not want to share it with me.
: Though I hate to admit it, what he wanted was a distant memory that was supposed to have vanished… and the new memories you’d made together.
: …
: … Get going.
: Huh…?!
: If you want to suffer alongside him so much, then go and suffer with him.
: You are the only one who can do that… Haruka.
: Ah—
: …And take care of my son.
: Mrs. Kamina… I…!
: Hurry…
: Thank you…! I’m going…!



: …
: Our melody was steeped in dissonant tunes from the very beginning…
: This is the conclusion… the final movement…
: The rest is in your hands, other MU… Lemuria, priestess of Mu…
: Guide them to their new world… to the Promised Land…



: What is it that you wish to protect? What is it that you choose? What is the world in which you live? What is it that you do not wish to lose?
: I…
: What I want to protect is Haruka and my friends… and the world they all live in…
: …Then make it so.
: B-but… If I do, you’ll…!
: I’ll be fine.
: Huh?
: Because they are here…



: Where am I…?
: …
: …Did I die?
: No.
: Your world is at a crossroads, deciding what new path to take… And it’ll be the will of all of you that’ll choose that…
: Our… will?
: That’s right…
: So what do you want?
: I… I used to hate myself. That boy who couldn’t and wouldn’t do anything… That’s why I figured I should just run away from it all.
: But there was nothing good where I ran to, either…Because I didn’t exist there, so no one existed.
: And are you OK with the walls around your hearts – your A.T. Fields – causing pain to you and others again?
: … I don’t mind. But what about you…?
: Don’t worry.
: We’ll go on living with the other Ollin… That is our new choice – our new path, Shinji.
: …But this is the inside of my heart and you’re here. So what are you two, really…?
: We are hope. Hope that people might understand each other.
: A hope that goes side-by-side with “love”.
: But that’s just a shallow, self-serving assumption – like a prayer. And it won’t last forever…I know I’ll be betrayed and abandoned someday…
: …
: …
: Still, I want to see them all again. Because I know… that what I felt was real.







: I won’t run anymore… I don’t want to.
: If that is how you feel, then…
: What do I do, then…?
: Don’t worry.
: Huh?
: I’ll take care of it.
: …Alright.
: And, in return…
: Hm?
: Be as gentle as possible, yes?
: …OK.



: …
: …
: A-Ayato…!
: Haruka!!
: …
: I… I understand, Ayato…

*Haruka steps aside.*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMM81bO2i8k

: …!!
: …
: We can’t let this continue! The moment those two RahXephons exhaust themselves, this world will…!
: Cpt. Bright!
: Ayato… We’ll have to…!
: Bright…!
: We’ve come too far now...!
: In order to stop Ayato, we...?!
: (…Akira…)
: ?!
: (…Akira…)
: That voice…! Mom?!
: …The time has come. The time for the seal of our hope – the Star of La Mu – to come undone…
: The Star of La Mu?!
: !!
: Those two have come to a decision… not to bring about Instrumentality or Tuning but to lead all to the Promised Land…
: The Promised Land…?
: (That’s right…)
: Y-You?!
: We have chosen…
: To walk the path to the Promised Land… (He’s by Quon’s RahXephon.)
: Ayato?! Why are you there…?!
: She and I will head to a new world… together with the people of the White Moon.
: The White Moon…?! Kaworu and Ayanami…?!
: Now, Hibiki… it is time to fulfill the final duty entrusted to the Raideen…
: Take the light of the Star of La Mu… and stop her song.
: Stop her song?! Then, the Raideen can…?!







*The Raideen moves to Ayato’s side.*

: R-Raideen! You’re--?!
: Oh, deity… And, oh, ancient protector of this land – embodiment of our hope…
: Guide all… Beckon all to the Promised Land…
: !!
: Mighty La Mu, King of Mu… Grant your brilliance to the hero, Raideen, so that everlasting light may bless this land…
: The Star of La Mu…!
: A-Aah…! These energy readings are…!!
: LA MUUUUUUUU….!!



: M-Mom…! Ayato…!!
: Sing, Raideen. Sing your song – the forbidden song…
: Sing, Raideen. So that, one day, everlasting light is bestowed unto the land…
: RAAAAAIDEEEEEEEEEEN!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6i1jyjmcsE







: Th-The RahXephon…!
: Quon…!
: I’ve heard… the most important song of all… Your feelings… Ollin’s feelings…
: …Your time…
: …Our time…
: Every note resounds within my breast…
: Kindness, harmony, unity and light, enveloped in infinite joy…
: And, thus, the world will be filled with new sound…







: Th-This can’t be…! This is not… what I wanted…!
: My creation was supposed to raise a new world…!
: Oh, wow… seems like we’ve got a huge twist right at the end of the play.
: …!
: Have you ever heard of a Deus Ex Machina? Actually, I’m sure you have. Those were mechanical gods in Greek plays, meant to resolve a story…
: And they – the Magnate Ten – were exactly that.
: Inconceivable…! They aren’t supposed to be anything more than mere actors – a bunch of puppets, dancing according to my script…!
: That’s what called a surprise ending. Well, a surprise for you, of course.
: And now… I believe it’s time for you to exit stage left, hm, Mr. Bähbem?

**

: !
: Though I’ll admit that this isn’t the nicest sound to mark the finale.

*Bang!*



: This… is how it ends…?
: Our hopes…
: Our wishes…
: How did they culminate into this…?!
: You should have expected this…
: After all, that’s why we are all still here.
: Ikari…!
: …
: However, Ikari… I seriously doubt this ending is what you had in mind.
: It’s not and I’ll admit it. But it looks like our wishes are now assuming a different form, along with this entire world…
: …
: Though we merely did not wish to accept this outcome…
: You were all just trying to run away, rejecting the world before you got hurt.
: Tabris…!
: You were afraid of what exists between people – that which is formless and invisible to the eye. And, so, you could only shut your own hearts.
: …And this is your reward.
: Hmhmhm… Oh, Ikari. But we still have one more card to play.
: Though we certainly did not originally expect it to be useful in such a fashion.
: Indeed, there is one last means with which Instrumentality may be performed…
: But the Deus Ex Machina – the Magnate Ten – is there to keep it from happening.
: Do you actually expect them to be capable of doing so…?
: You won’t be here to find out… There’s a curtain over this particular stage and it’s time it came down.
: …!
: Yui… I’m coming to your side… And…
: I’m sorry, Shinji.

*Click.*



*BOOM!*



: ?! Dad…?!
: What is it…?
: I…I heard my dad’s voice just now…
: Ah…?
: (Ikari…)
: (You’ve left to be with her, hm…)
: Status report?
: A-All units are safe… Akira’s looking really exhausted but that’s it…
: Then… it’s over…?
: No… now it begins.
: !!






: What?!
: Unit controls relayed to AI1. Pooled data, overload…!
: Elde! You—?!

*The Medius bumrushes the Raideen!*

: ?!
: Hmhmhm…Hahahah… This is what I’ve been looking for…
: The Star of La Mu that’s in here…!
: Ms. Mitte!!
: You’re not pulling this on my watch, Elde!!

*Bang!*

: Argh…!!
: Ms. Mitte!!
: Gheheh…Ahahaha…! Y-You’re too late, Albero…!!
: !!
: AI1…! I’ll now give you… so much more power!!
: Wh-What’s she doing to the Raideen?!
: The Star of La Mu…! The Star of La Mu! The Star of La Mu!!
: Ahahahah…HAHAHAHAHAHA! With this handy, the Medius will be able to perform its final Incrementum!







: !!
: Th-The Medius!!
: Go, AI1! Unleash all of the Star of La Mu’s power!
: Show me what you’ll ultimately become!!



: Th-These readings are!!
: What is it?!
: Th-They’re the exactly opposite of what we saw during Operation Downfall…! It’s!!
: It’s creating another barrier?!
: Ms. Mitte!!
: Hmhmhmhm…AHAHAHAHAHAH! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
: AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…!!






The finale’s upon us next, folks, but I’ve something I need your help with. There are plenty of people with unique convos in the last battle but I only have room to deploy 18. The Garmraid’s an event unit and Ayato’s off elsewhere now, so I’ll need you to help me trim down that number.

Here’s who has words to say:

With that in mind, I need you guys to name ONE of these guys to get benched.
That said, I’m not unwilling to bring competent folks around even if they do not have convos. If you want any of the ones below to come in, say it and add an equivalent amount of the above characters to the bench to compensate (meaning the above bench PLUS one bench for every extra character added from this list):


This vote'll be open until Sunday morning, when I'll be recording the actual mission.

See you guys then!