Part 33: In Which Diebal Village Gets Attacked Again

Update 27: In Which Diebal Village Gets Attacked Again

Welcome back to LP where the mildly annoyed Twybil pokes fun at a mediocre game. Actually, "fun"'s probably the wrong word.

Anyways, after the last wave of our resident oblivious idiot sparking major life changing resolutions in other people, it's time for the story to progress.

Hell, "progress" is probably too strong a word for this game. Whatever, it's time for things to go down. I don't have you any relatively interesting story events to show you, and the combat's the same as ever, so it's straight to the end of the month we go. I don't have much to say about it, really.

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~ Classroom - Story Event ~

Music: Everyday Life of the Class



*The bird flies in*



: : What, you want in on this bread? Well tough luck, pal, it's mine!



: Ha ha! Looks like Avan and Jarde both think with their stomachs.

*Door to classroom slams open*



: The rebels are headed to the Diebal Mountains on a Darcsen purge.
: : What?! All right, let's get ready, double time!



: What do you mean, Juliana?
: The Darcsens left Europa scorched and barren.
: What sort of person would willingly put themselves in harm's way for them?



: If it is a myth, why don't your people work to make the truth known?
: They refuse to stand up for themsleves, preferring to wallow in self-pity.
: Hm...
: And you respond with silence. How very Darcsen of you!
: You're a people well suited to the dark, dingy mines.



*Slap*



Music: Conflict

: Zeri is a our friend, and a member of Class G!
: You have no right to say that to him, or to anyone else for that matter!
: Cosette, you didn't have to do that...



: : Zeri's not who he is because he's Darcsen, he's just him. You're you. Right?
: Rgh...

*Walks off.*



: But I really didn't mean to! I just got so mad... I'll go apologize later.
: : You really have no impulse control at all, do you?
: I'm sorry, you two.
: : Huh? Why are YOU sorry?
: You haven't done a thing wrong, Zeri!






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So basically, the fencer lady just got owned by the weak engineer due to impulse rage. Oh, and Diebal Mountains is under attack again. This is like the third time already. We'll be stopping another fifteen attacks there before the game is over, and at least another one is part of the main story.

Let's move on to the scene of civilians being slaughtered in this wacky high school game.

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~ Diebal Mountains - Pre-mission Cutscene ~

Music: Briefing



: The rebels have already begun their assault on the Diebal region.
: The Darcsen settlements that dot the area are taking significant fire.



What an astounding one-liner, Avan.





Return Battle
I'm using the closest subsitutes I have.



: : Rgh, they beat us here!


*Cosette speaking*

: Cosette? Honey, you're shaking! Are you okay?
: Huh? Y-Yeah. I'm fine!



: Are they just going to sit there and get massacred?
: The Darcsen do not retaliate.
: Returning violence for violence would tarnish our pride as a people.

Maybe, but it would also stop you from facing extinction.


: : Well, I'm not about to let these rebels do this! Let's put a stop to it!
: We're right behind you!




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This mission is the first appearance of General Baldren as an enemy. He's got a ton of HP for this point in the game, can act twice in a round, calls in orders for no cost, has maximum AP (over twice what our scouts have), and changes class at will whenever it suits him.

On his turn, he changes to lancer so he can chop your units in half with his sword and massive AP bar. On your turn, he changes to a Gunner so he can have the best interception fire possible at this level. Luckily, taking him out is optional- we just have to take a few bases and distract him in the meantime.




I could care less, honestly. I don't have time to deal with this fool. He doesn't do anything special but do a "NO, IMPOSSIBLE..." type voiceline when killed. If you want to do it, his HP bar is ungodly and his evade rating is trollish, so the best thing to do is get him turned around at a distance, then pop him the back of the head with your tank's cannon.

Anyways, we did the mission. Yay.

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~ Diebal Mountains - Post Victory ~

Music: Theme of the Rebels




: Our forces have purged a majority of the settlements in the region.
: The commander has ordered all troops to fall back, sir.

: Fall back?! Father would have me retreat while these kids still face us?!

: B-But, sir! It is a direct order from the commander...

: Fine then!
: This region has been purged of Darcsens anyway. All troops, fall back!



Yes, we did kick his ass, and yes he did just cutscene out on us. Get used to it because they're going to drag these villains on for as long as they can. It's almost like we're playing WKC with Avan's inability to capture a defeated enemy nearing dangerous levels of Leonard.

Music: Theme of Class G



: : All right! There may be survivors around, guys. Let's give them some help!
: Right!





: : Hey, where's Zeri?
: I saw him walking up that hill at the edge of town.
: He looked like he wanted some time alone, so I didn't stop him.
: : I'll go check on him.



Music: Tear of Wars



: Do you know why this had to happen?
: What?
: It's because we're Darcsens.
: We're hated for supposedly leaving Europa in ashes thousands of years ago.
: They taught us, growing. Darcsens never retailate.
: That the cycle of revenge only hurts us in the end.



: It's true. Revenge yields nothing. But I won't let this status quo continue!
: Why, what'll you do?
: Once I'm done at Lanseal, I'll become a hero. The biggest Gallia has known.
: If I can get the people to accept even one Darcsen, the persecution will end.



: : I believe it, man!




I mean, I hate to break it to you Zeri, but you'll probably just become an exception. The best thing for you to do is get in contact with some historians and get their definite word on this, and some newspapers to spread the word. Give it a generation and everyone will finally come to their senses.

Of course, this is animeland, so changing everyone's mind should be instantaneous as soon as the main antagonists are dead.

All jokes aside, Zeri's initial character concept isn't bad, it's just marred by insistence on being mildly edgy, him not actively doing anything to achieve his goal for a long time, and him also being a bit of a show stealer and a Gary Stu.


Anyways, that's it for April. See you next time when the game goes back to being a school sim instead of a wargame.

No character votes yet. I still have to release the stories for Alexis and Nahum, so until then, I'm holding off on votes of any kind.

Also, apologies for the very short update, folks. I forgot this one was going to be so short, so I'll make the next one a bit earlier to make up for that. My update backlog is large enough where it won't make a dent. I had some brief time I spent on other things, (being sick and playing better games mostly), but I'm back on trying to hammer through this. Shouldn't take me too long.