The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC Part #116 - I'm sorry I don't have any ice cream, but we'll still have lots of fun. I PROMISE.

Part 116: I'm sorry I don't have any ice cream, but we'll still have lots of fun. I PROMISE.

Amberl is the worst of the true towers, but it's also kind of the best.

On the one hand, it's twice as big as the other three, and a lot of its areas have multiple exits that loop back on each other so it's easy to get turned around without a map.

On the other hand...

I'm not certain, but I think Spiral Edge 2 inflicts a longer delay.

I've gotta give it my ALL!

Hmm~hmhmhmm~hmmm... ♪ *tappitytappityBOOP*

OKAY!

How and why does Tita have an orbital star blaster?

What stupid questions.

yeah sure True Black Fang hits the whole screen but what the flip ever

This prevents Petrify and Deathblow. More big hints, just in case all the 'RENNE LIKES TO MURDER IT UP' talk went over your head.

There are two separate paths that lead to the exit. If you want all the loot, you pretty much have to go around twice.

it just keeps happening

This time I almost blew it.

I missed the ambush, and only managed a half-strength Black Fang.

Since that took out the Guard Minion in the middle, I could only tag three of the Poms with Satellite Beam.

So one of them got to live.

We'll see how long that lasts.

With Cloak, touching monsters won't trigger a battle. Awesome when you don't want to fight, useless when you do.

Here you need to prepare for Petrify, Deathblow, and I think Poison maybe? That's a little tough to do. The Grail Locket will see one party member safe; the Lebensborn and Silver Chain will take care of another. The last two are stuck using one accessory slot for a Skull Pendant, and the other for a Mirage Ring or T-Anklet. They just better get to like puking their guts up.

-Silence-

-The Enforcers-

Heehee! Estelle, you're a baaaaaad girl, running away from the Ark while little Renne was away.

But it's okay! You came here to play in the end, so all is forgiven.

Renne...

Hee, Tita! Did you come all this way to play, too? I'm sorry I don't have any ice cream, but we'll still have lots of fun. I PROMISE.

Um...Umm...

Also...Heeheehee. You finally show yourself, huh?

You left me waiting for a long time, Joshua.

I never thought I would meet you again, here, of all places.

You...You've grown a bit, Renne.

Of course I have! I'm eleven years old now.

And Estelle was right--you got really handsome while you were away, Joshua. It's a little weird seeing you without the cold eyes, but...

I suppose you aren't so bad now.

Really? Thank you.

For the love of...Why do you always have to act so grown-up, Renne?

Okay. Renne? You know we're here to stop the society's plan, right?

Yes, I'm aware.

And I hate being bored, so I'd be glad to play with you for a while.

Renne, that's enough.

Sorry, but we're not here to fight you.

I want to do something way more important. I want to talk to you.

Talk?

Oooh, is it story time? Is it a fairy tale?

No. It's about your invitation to join the society.

I appreciate the offer, but I refuse.

*siiiiigh* Well, you found Joshua on your own, so I guess that doesn't come as a huge surprise.

Suuure you don't wanna think it over a little more, though? No matter how hard you try, Estelle, you'll never stop Ouroboros. Joshua should know that best of all, right?

Well...

Besides, if you join the society, we can make you even stronger! You could be an Enforcer like me, you know?

Heehee! Wouldn't that be neat?

Hmm. I'll admit the idea of becoming stronger is tempting. But...

But it wouldn't be real strength. Not to me, at least.

...

I want to become stronger. Strong enough to protect those important to me, like my mom. Strong enough to protect MYSELF, so this guy over here can stop fretting over me.

Estelle...

If I join the society, though, I'd cease to be...me. I might get stronger, sure. Maybe a LOT stronger. But it wouldn't be as who I really am.

I just don't think there'd be any point.

...I don't understand. At all. Estelle, what you're saying doesn't make any sense. 'Who you really are'? What's that supposed to mean?

Renne, I really like you. You act all grown up, you love pranks, you're more sympathetic than I'd expect, given the circumstances...

You deceived me on a lot of things, but I can't bring myself to hate you.

Um...

But that's why.

That's why I don't want you to be in the society.

If you were an adult, choosing of your own free will, I could respect that, at least. But what they've done to you. What they're DOING to you. It's fundamentally wrong.

If you grow into an adult the way you are now, you'll never, ever be able to turn back. So...

...

I've changed my mind.

Eh?

No!

Quick reflexes.

That wasn't too bad either.

They didn't call you the 'Angel of Slaughter' for nothing, I see.

Yes. That's right. The Angel of Slaughter is strong. Much stronger and more useful than the Black Fang who can only bite from the shadows.

Wh-Wh-What the hell?! What was that for?!

Heehee. I said I've changed my mind.

If you won't be my ally, Estelle, I'll gut you like a fish after all. Joshua, too. And everyone else.

Guh...One of the first things my dad ever taught me was that gutting fish is for grown-ups.

Okay, I've had enough! Missy, you have earned yourself a hell of a lot of spankings!

Estelle, calm down! We can't underestimate--

NO, Joshua! She needs to be taught a lesson!

Heh heh. You're so naive. I liked that part of you, Estelle. But now...

Now I HATE it. I HATE you.

I am the Angel of Slaughter.

And now, it's time to be an angel and slaughter you. DIE.

-Fateful Confrontation-

Ahaha! Ready or not, here I come! ♪

Hah! Got you!

Yeah, that would have been three deathblows. Not very nice.

These Vogels can Petrify, and I think Poison.

Gorgon Laser seems to count as an art. That Emerald Gem on Tita was a good idea. I should have put Shield quartz on everybody else, too.

But it's not a huge deal.

(yelling)

(further yelling)

(yelling intensifies)

GO!! DRAGON DIVE!!!

EAT

ALL OF IT

-Silence-

Heheh. You really aren't bad.

E-Enough of this, damn it!

Do you really enjoy this?! Is this really all you can think about?

Hee-hee-heh-heh. Of course.

I love looking down on people's suffering. It lifts me up. Fills my chest. Makes me happy.

I love hearing people scream in agony. It helps me sleep like the angel I am at night!

N-N-No...

So you're still--

SILENCE, FANG.

-In My Heart-

Hey. Estelle. I've got a fairy tale of my own, you know. A long time ago in a land far, far away, a little girl named Renne had a fake mama and papa.

A what?

A fake mama and papa.

Renne loved them a lot, but one day, they said they had a problem and had to go away for a while. They gave Renne away to other grown-ups who were very bad people.

They were crying when they gave Renne away. They said, 'We'll come back for you, sweetie!' over and over. But they never did.

But what--

After Renne was given away to those people, she was made to do many unpleasant things. Renne got used to most of it...but she never got used to being hurt.

There were other kids the same age there, too, but most of them got sick and died.

That went on for about half a year.

Th-This can't be...

How awful...

Sons of bitches...

In the end, 'Mama' and 'Papa' were fake. If they were a real mama and papa, they would have come for Renne when she got hurt.

Right, Estelle? That's how your papa and mama act, right?

I...

Aww, don't be sad. It all ended up okay.

Joshua and Loewe came for Renne instead. They slaughtered all the bad grown-ups. Stabbed them, burned them. It was wonderful.

What...?

The society occasionally finds cause to crush 'lesser' criminal organizations. Mostly for the purpose of absorbing their resources into Ouroboros itself.

We found her during one such mission.

I see...

They brought Renne home. Home to Ouroboros. Renne learned so much when she came home.

Joshua taught her to be sneaky. Loewe taught her to fight and kill. She learned all sorts of other things from everyone else, too.

And the nice people at the Thirteen Factories taught her how to be friends with dolls, just like Pedro.

And that's when she met her REAL papa and mama in one!

Gyah!

It's that huge archaism weapon!

I-I think it's gonna attack us!

That's a Gordias-class tactical archaism! The Pater-Mater!

If I become an adult the way I am now, I'll never be able to go back, you say?

I only met my real papa and mama after the society took me in! I became the happiest girl in the world! I got my happy ending!

Renne, Renne, listen to--

If you deny that, Estelle...then you're my worst enemy.

I'll enjoy your screams as Pater-Mater crushes you into paste. Die. DIE, DIE!!!

-Great Awe-

Hmm. That's not good.

Ahaha! Die!

Really not good at all.

Especially since now I have to spend Agate's turns on snack breaks instead of Wild Rage.

Clock Down doesn't work. I'm pretty sure Pater-Mater is just immune to everything.