Part 141: Stop being all mopey and get ready to kick some butt!

-Liber Ark-







Right, then! I'll get right on it.

*DOOT* *BLANG*

All right! It's done!
Thanks, Professor.
We'll definitely make good use of this.
Yes, well, be careful out there, all right?
















































Uh, what happened?
It must be matching the name and biological signature of the applicant with a database of citizens.
Unless we somehow have both, there's little we can do here.
Ugh, great. So short of pulling a citizen out of the past, we're not gonna get anywhere with this.
One way or another, this all seems pretty advanced and probably a little over our heads. It might be a good idea to go back and talk to Professor Russell about this.



How goes it? Did you find anything interesting?
I'm not so sure about 'interesting'...We found something pretty weird, though.
Oh? What did you find?
Well...

I see, I see...
So you need a citizen's name on record to be issued a Gospel.
Yeah, that's about the size of it.
Long shot, but you wouldn't happen to know the names of a bunch of folks from an ancient civilization, would you?
Of course not! Contrary to popular belief, I'm not THAT old.
However, those data crystals have records on them, among other things. If you check the data Capel has decrypted, you may be able to fish out a name.
That's true. The data on those crystals WERE presumably written by a citizen of this place.
The data crystals, huh? Well, not like we have any other clues. Let's go take a look.

Celeste D. Auslese introduced herself at the start of the very first datachunk. Unfortunately, I'll be docked 5000 BP for seeking hints from the professor. Estelle can never make S-Rank now.











What the?
It must be matching the name and biological signature of the applicant with a database of citizens.
We had the name right, but the biological pattern doesn't match.
Mmm, not sure what we can do about that, then.
(Though wait a minute. Auslese!)
One way or another, this all seems pretty advanced and probably a little over our heads. It might be a good idea to go back and talk to Professor Russell about this.
I'm worried about your short-term memory, Joshua.

Anyway, obviously you need to have Kloe make the request.






Whoa!
Spatial teleportation, it looks like.

It's...a real Gospel. Just as they used in the ancient past.
Yeah. The society replicas are amazingly accurate.
So we were right. The Celeste D. Auslese mentioned in the towers was your ancestor, Kloe.
They must be.
They must have been the one who took charge in leading people from the city.
I'm a little surprised the computer thinks we're so biologically similar, though...
Genetically, Princess Klaudia has more in common with fish than with Celeste--and the system still accepted the match. Rapture-style recreational gene-splicing must have been all the rage back in the day.
Haha! As far as I'm concerned, it's another one for 'divine providence'!
Anyway, I bet we can open that underground gate if we use this at the station terminal. Let's get going!
Yes, absolutely.







*GLONK*






Naturally, despite everything we've seen so far, the Gospel has no other use.



-Aiming for the Future-



More sewers.





Even without crits, the Phoenix Blades let Joshua one-shot most of the Ark's smaller enemies.



































At least they're pretty sewers.













Celeste! How's things? We got your note.



-The Fate of the Fairies-







Josette's helping.







Celeste seems grouchy. Let's let her get back to her beauty sleep.



-Liber Ark-



It's some kind of large plaza.









The roads are so broad and open, too. I wonder what this place was.
I think this may be an industrial area.
It would make sense if this water is for industrial use.
Oh, I see. Yeah, that makes sense.
Anyway, let's have a look around.





Eat THIS! Anchor Flail!





daww gee whiz you guys I'm such a big fan





















I'll probably want a full set of four Onyx Gems before long. Good thing I've got time sepith for days.







A password?
I get the feeling this 'lockdown' is recent.
Looks like the society has mastered quite a few of the city controls already.
I'm not so sure. The warning wasn't nearly smug enough for Weissmann's typical work.







Yes. This makes things much easier.













Enhanced Jaeger 176167: What d'you figure they'll make us do now?
Enhanced Jaeger 176716: No clue...With the professor and the Enforcers all headin' out together, though, doubt there's much left for us. Probably just capturing intruders like those bandits, you think?
Enhanced Jaeger 176671: Yeah, that Liberlian ship crashed down here, too, didn't it? Don't we need to deal with them?
Enhanced Jaeger 176716: We got orders on that. Professor says to ignore 'em until he and the others get back. Not like they can do much to us until their ship's fixed.





(Just as Sieg said, it was on the eastern side of the city...)
(Still, it's enormous...)
(They said their boss is gone, right? This is the chance I need!)
(Thanks, guys. I'll handle things from here.)
(Uh. Are you, like, sleepwalking or something?)
(What d'you mean?!)
(You can't seriously expect us to let you charge in on your own. We'll back you up.)
(But...)
Face it, Josette. You're strictly scrub tier.
(Argh, look, this is part of a bracer's job too, okay?!)
(Stop being all mopey and get ready to kick some butt!)
(H-Hmph!)
(Just...don't think you can make me owe you anything by doing this, got it? I don't ever want to be 'friends' with you, for a whole buncha reasons!)
(Trust me, feeling's mutual.)
(Ugh, how can someone younger than me be less cute than I am?)
(Rrrright...)
(Anyway. Once we're ready, we'll take down the guards and board the ship.)
(R-Right...)
(Ahem, yes, right.)