Part 7: No, BECAUSE we're bracers, we HAVE to look great! It's our duty!

Video: Estelle vs. Anelace





-Welcome to Le Locle-

Haha...No, I'm okay. I blocked it...uh, mostly...
*phew* You sure got me good with that one, though...
Guess I can't rely on that one move as my 'win button' anymore, huh?
Heheh...It was just luck, really.
Besides, I gotta give back a LITTLE of what I've been taking!
You've really been throwing yourself into this, Estelle.
If you've got enough energy left for smack talk, let's do one more set! C'mon!
You're on!
Woman's Voice: Well, you two certainly have a lot of energy this morning!



Morning, Phyllis!
Phyllis: Good morning, Estelle, Anelace. I WAS going to call you two to breakfast, but...I suppose you'd rather beat the stuffing out of each other instead of getting stuffed, hmm?
Oh, breakfast! Right!
What do you think, Anelace? Beat stuffing, or get stuffing?
Hmmmmmmmmmmm. That IS a choice, isn't it?
We'd be wasting a perfectly good breakfast if we didn't eat, so...
Phyllis, you wouldn't happen to know where Kurt is, would you?
Phyllis: Kurt said he had to prepare some things for today's training, so he went on ahead. He made it sound like he had some pretty hard things lined up for you two today...
Oh, great...
H-He really said that?
Phyllis: Mm-hmm! And he told me to make sure you both ate a good breakfast. Come in and eat, you two. Something tells me you'll be wanting it later!



I hope it isn't a bad idea to eat this much just before practice, though...
Yeah, Phyllis' cooking is extra-super yummy!
Plus, Kurt's got something big planned, so I doubt we'll get a lunch break, y'know?
Yeah, good point. We need to keep our strength up to train, after all.
Man, though...It's already been three weeks since I came here. It feels like it's passed by in the blink of an eye.
Heehee! Well, you really threw yourself into it, Estelle. Training with you has done me a lot of good, too!
Aww, thanks, Anelace. That means a lot.
I gotta admit, though...while I'm glad Kurt agreed to train us...I really didn't expect for you to be here training with me!
Anelace and Kurt are two of four bracers who helped stop Colonel Richard's coup in FC, but never joined the party.
Wellll...I've only been a 'senior' bracer for, like, half a year. I'm really still a newbie, myself, to be honest.
So when Schera told me the whole deal with you and the training and stuff, I thought, hey! Perfect! Kurt and the others had mentioned this place before, and I'd wanted to come anyway, so when I heard you were coming, well...
Oh, that makes sense.
Y'know, thinking about it, the guild owning something like this makes me realize just how big the guild is. When Dad first told me about it, I didn't realize how big a thing it'd be.



To be honest, however...you are no match for the society, especially against their deadliest agents. You simply lack the skills.
So I have a suggestion. Would you like to go to Le Locle?
Huh? 'Le Locle'?
It's a training ground run by the Bracer Guild near the international headquarters in the Leman State. Its base is set within a canyon that contains a number of difficult training facilities, covering skills of all kinds.
Ruins investigation techniques, ranger, tracking and survival skills, counter-terrorist operations...It is, bar none, the finest place on the continent for teaching practical bracer skills.
Wow, I never knew there was a place like that.
But, it's in Leman, isn't it? So it's outside the country?
I don't...think I can leave Liberl right now...
Well, it's in a 'foreign country,' yes, but it's only one day by airship. The training period lasts for...about a month, I believe?
If anything new comes up while you're there, we'll send for you right away. How does that sound?
Well...
I recommend it, but the decision is yours. You needn't answer today. Take some time to think it over.
No, I've decided.
I'll take the training.
Oh, my...
Excellent. You sound rather determined. I get the feeling you've been thinking about something like this for some time.
Yeah, sorta.
To be honest, looking back, I've just been relying on Joshua this whole time. Whenever something happened, Joshua would always guide me to the answer. But now...now I have to rely on my own judgment.
So, yes. I want to retrain myself at this Le Locle place.
Oh, Estelle...
I see.
Then we'll file your application to attend tomorrow. Rolent's guild branch will have everything we need for it.
Okay, then. Tomorrow.
Say, Estelle. Once we're done with that, let's hop back over to the department store in Grancel for a minute, hm?
The department store? Why?
Well, I haven't gotten you your 'senior bracer present' yet. And you, I think, are going to need some new 'on the job' clothes...



Speaking of your folks, those clothes were a present from Schera, right?
You're so lucky! I wish Schera would buy ME clothes! Especially cute stuff like that!
Y-Yeah, they were...I mean, they're tough and all, and they're nice and light and easy to move around in, but...I don't know if colors this...girly...are really my thing...
What, are you kidding? You look great! Way better than that old red outfit of yours. Remember: we may be bracers, but we're girls, too. Fashion is important!
No, BECAUSE we're bracers, we HAVE to look great! It's our duty!
Uhhhh...Anelace?
AH! I've got it! Estelle, a hair ribbon!
You'd look great with one! How about it? I should have a spare somewhere!
I-I'll pass, thanks.
In fact, I, uh, couldn't help but notice...You're kind of a...fan of cute things, aren't you, Anelace?
Well, YEAH! Cuteness is justice! It's the law!
I mean, okay, I totally get the appeal of cool, older women like Schera...But there's nothing--NOT A THING!--that can beat a young girl who's dressed up all cute!
And whenever I see a teddy bear or a stuffed animal, I just wanna hug it to death and...
Ah...hahaha...(If she ever met Tita, she'd probably faint...)
Hmmm, but, y'know...You've changed a lot since I first met you.
Huh?
Well, when we first met way back when, you had this real 'I'm a naive innocent newbie' air about you. And, you still have that air of newbieness around you, but now it seems like you've got some...steel in your soul, I guess.
It's pretty incredible, if you ask me.
Awww, A-Anelace, cut it out with the flattery!
Haha! Don't get so embarrassed. I meant it.
Besides, you make me want to work harder. Can't let a young upstart like you take my 'cutest and best bracer ever' title!
R-Really...?
Anyway, shouldn't we be getting to practice soon?
Yeah, it's about time, I guess, huh? Let's go back to our rooms and get ready.
See you in a bit!



...I'm so glad to have her with me, though.
All right. Gotta stop by my room and get my stuff together!