Part 88: Lap 6
Lap 6
NOTHING INTERESTING HAPPENS ON LAP 6.
I mean really. No new equipment drops to talk about even.
So glad I have that dagger to speed up the Gate. Natalia and a Sorcerer make a solid map-clearing combination - if the Imanotsurugi doesn't kill them in the first few attacks, when Sacred Javelin knocks them back down Natalia can try to get gems with her last attack to get more hits in.
DISCO INFERNO!
Killer Instinct, still the best siege technique. Critical hits just deal so much more damage as your level scales.
Arngrim's stats at around level 67 at some point during the lap. With the exception of bosses our stats are starting to be on par with enemies', and sometimes Bosses won't even fully kill a character with a Soul Crush.
Uh huh.
Sorcerers (including Gabriel and the Queen) are pretty much a non-threat at this point of the Gate, barring Suspend Motions. Spell multipliers just scale so poorly with increasing levels that you'd really need a high hit count for their Soul Crushes to dish out high damage. Even Liese is batting 50-50 when it comes to Phantom Destruction damage - sometimes enemies' RST/resistances are just too high.
And even when they do connect it's just... ehh.
The game also starts starting you off in very awkward positions. It just meant I got to kill Lenneth five minutes after the map started, thanks to Killer Instinct + Sap Guard.
Maybe it was just me but the Ethereal Queen seemed to be outright immune to Sacred Javelin - the attack didn't even hit her or knocked her down, so I reloaded and did the fight again with Frigid Damsel.
Anyway, more Revelations:
The Fourth Revelation:
"Lennth is looking quite hard to resist,
more than I can say for her sister Hrist."
The Fifth Revelation:
"By your valkyrie hunting I am truly impressed,
but perhaps you'd prefer a Dragon to Quest?"
The Sixth Revelation:
"Mind your D's and Q's and don't dillydally,
and perhaps you may find a Fantastic Finale."
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And finally, our scene for the day:
Mmm. This is really good. Where do they sell these?
I think they have them in Market Marteigh. But you know, they say eating too much cream is bad for your skin.
I know, but I can't help myself. Who can resist the power of dessert?
I had completely forgotten that was the reason we were here.
...Um, yes. Perhaps this time we should focus on the positives, since last time was... not positive.
Ah, I know! We'll begin with Tilte this time. Surely you have several kind things to say about Sir Wylfred.
I guess I would agree with that. He was fairly sweet to me.
What are you two talking about? Wyl was never sweet to me! He's always been nothing but mean! Well, it's different for everyone. But I do recall him being sweet to me one night in particular.
There you go again, Liese! Why must you always give people the wrong idea? Do not fall for Liese's deception, Cheripha, I am sure Wyl was not "sweet" to her.
I believe her. He was really sweet to me!Music stops.
Mireille, you don't mean that you- And Mischka too! ...
N-Natalia? Might I ask where you're going? ...
Natalia, take a deep breath and calm down.
It's so wrong! You realize it's a crime, don't you? They're only children! Brother and sister - twins, for gods' sakes!
Maybe not alone, but I shall make it a fair fight. You can count me in. I want to see what happens. I will not stand for debauchery! Then we stand united. Mireille, we need you to tell us exactly how Wyl was "sweet" to you.
Captain Heugoe said it would give us cavities and refused to buy us any. But then when he wasn't looking, Wylfred handed us some! He told us not to tell anyone. Isn't he sweet? O-of course he is.
That was close. These kinds of misunderstandings happen.
How silly to think that Wyl would... Ahahaha! Really, I don't know what came over us. Hehehe...
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Darius:
Although dull and dour nowadays, in his heyday Darius was pretty quick with the zingers. In fact, his entire friendship with Earnest was built upon their natural funny man/straight man dynamic. The comic duo even auditioned for Talent Night at the Officers Academy. Their act consisted of two zany merchants and a Yamato prop called an 'abacus". Alas, it was not meant to be.
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Earnest:
Nobleman who always walks the straight line, even if it should lead him directly into a tree. Such slapstick hijinks earned Earnest the title of class clown of the Officers Academy.
He was waxing moronic in the halls of the academy one day, when there with a perfectly delivered one-liner was his underclassmen, Darius, and the two became the best of friends thereafter. Natalia is also a dear friend, but that's as far as it goes. Can't a guy and a girl just be friends?
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Natalia:
You'd never guess by her figure that Natalia was a mother of two. Most of her suitors never guess either, which makes for a fun surprise.
She lost track of her children when they fled the orphanage, and has heard nothing of them since. Though she believes deep within that somewhere they still live, she wouldn't know them from the everyday pre-teens mercenaries you meet on the field of battle. ...It's a small world after all.
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Mireille:
Sister twin who talks to Wylfred as if he were her big brother. Wylfred doesn't seem to mind. After all, who wouldn't want a little sister like Mireille?
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Mischka:
There's not much to know about Mischka, other than that he's completely and utterly devoted to his twin sister. The only reason he even talks to Wylfred is because Mireille does.
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Gwendal:
Greedy hoarder who spends every waking moment thinking about money, before going off to sleep and dreaming about it. Apparently, it's so he can send it anonymously to the sickly wife he left behind, or someone or other. His hobbies include bookkeeping and eavesdropping. The walls have ears...
Big Gwendal is watching.