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  1. Gah, got roped into a major university project... This is going to be good for my curriculum, but not so much for my free time I am afraid. And of course, this had to happen right now that I have an Ar Tonelico playthrough out and Se7en's first episode nearing public release ;-;

    1. zimvader42

      zimvader42

      Life likes to play games with people :/

      Anyways, a good curriculum is a good job the day of tomorrow, so go for it!

    2. Tomas Elliot

      Tomas Elliot

      Yeah, of course my responsible self is happy about this turn of events. But my games-loving self is not ;-;

    3. zimvader42

      zimvader42

      You should put that game-loving self of yours into a cage. At least until you finish that uni stuff :/

  2. lol I dunno if that is supposed to compliment us or to scare them
  3. http://www.pokemonreborn.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18447&page=3#entry448813 Ar Tonelico playthrough Episode 18 - NSFW is out! It includes the single most controversial moment in the game: please be careful when you open the spoiler!
    1. Odybld

      Odybld

      Damn. Shoulda posted the speculation earlier

    2. Tomas Elliot

      Tomas Elliot

      You can still post, you know :P

  4. Nobody tried to guess ;-; Welp, let's proceed. Episode 18 - NSFW Well there wasn't much guessing to do actually, if you think carefully about it, the only villain who would have a reason to be here at this point is... Death is cheap, apparently ... Bourd. Yes I did say he was dead, and sure enough, the game dropped A LOT of hints that it was, indeed, the case. All red herrings: Bourd is a villain who apparently died, but whose body was never found, so the Disney clause pretty much assured that he would show up again eventually. And so we find out his true goal: he is trying to create an army of Reyvateils, but not normal Reyvateils: the next generation of Reyvateils! Stronger, more durable, with more powerful songs, and devoid of all emotions so that nothing can interfere with their connection with the tower. He also plans to bring Mir back. Wait, am I the only one who sees a problem here? We know for a fact that Mir nearly massacred all humans with an army of Reyvateils. And now you, a human, want to bring Mir back and give her an army of BETTER Reyvateils? How well do you expect that to turn out? Needless to say, our heroes are horrified by such revelations and this, paired with the sheer shock of seeing that Bourd is still alive (just imagine what is going on through Misha's mind right now, considering the breakdown she had when she thought she had murdered him), causes a great deal of tension in the air. And the tension accumulates and accumulates and accumulates, untill it finally explodes into... So much for climax ... An underwhelming battle with some random mooks? You know, I understand that Bourd must be kept for the big boss fight later on, but still, this kinda feel anti-climatic... He is twice the size of everyone in Tenba, good luck arresting him... So Ayano (the president of Tenba, for those with bad memory) shows up. She declares that she did not know about Bourd's machinations, accuses him of treason and has him arrested. However, he simply overpowers the guards and flees, not before dropping the big pipebomb: apparently, he has an accomplice who has already a plan in motion to revive Mir! Ayano is on our side! Bourd leaves, but our heroes don't give chase, and for a good reason: if he is really going to resurrect Mir, there is nothing they can do to stop him with Misha in her current condition. So retrieving her song is the absolute priority now. Ayano apologizes for Bourd actions and, to clear Tenba's name, offers to help with all of her resources. And her first order of action is to return Misha's her song. This girl is obsessed... The crystal is retrieved and the machine is booted up, but Misha hesitates, and once again asks Lyner if they will be able to be together even after she returns to normal, and pleads to him not to leave her. She is seriously stressing over this, if you have paid attention to her development she has gone from a dependable action girl to a clingy, paranoid emotional wreck... And we will soon find out why, in this very episode as a matter of fact. The Chronicle Key is back! So after much convincing the process is finally started. The machine works pretty much like a Dive System, so Lyner finds himself in Misha's Cosmosphere... And as Hama cheerfully announces, the ship has arrived at the pier, meaning that Misha got her song back! Costume get! Meaning, we get China Misha as a costume to use in battles! Geez, that dress is even more gorgeous in full body view... So, when the process ends, Misha is back to her adult form in the real world too (at long last, may I add). With a slight blush on her face, she asks Lyner if he is disappointed... Which, of course, is her way to once again seek support, she needs to be reassured that yes, he does like her and he does not intend to leave her. So of course Lyner says this: Which causes Krusche to say some very true things about him: So anyway, Misha is finally back in her true form, and she has regained her ability to sing Chronicle Key. It is now time to resume our mission! Once again, Ayano offers all of her support, and even gives Lyner a little something as a gift. Why, thank you Ayano! Well, I appreciate the thought, but I can Grathmeld MUCH superior stuff by this point. A crusade is starting? So, as we leave Tenba's lab, we suddenly get a cutscene of... Falss proclaiming a crusade and sounding like the second coming of Hitler? What in the world is this all about? Fun with Spica Anyway, we are back in Firefly Alley. Before hopping on the first airship, let's stop at Spica's shop to get a funny scene between her and Misha. After this little moment of comedy is over, it's time to go to Nemo! Jack is never wrong on this kind of stuff And as soon as we get to the city, Jack immediately catches the smell of big troubles in the air. And indeed he is not wrong, but before investigating the matter, it is time to dive with Misha. For a while now I have been beating you over the head with how strange Misha's behaviour was, and how unhealthy her relationship with Lyner was becoming. Now, it's time to go to the bottom of that very issue. WARNING: what follows is possibly the single most controversial moment of this game, which is why I am putting it in a spoiler. If delicate (and most certainly controversial) matters involving the sexual sphere are a trigger for you, please do not open this spoiler. There are no explicit materials of course (I would never break the rules to that extent) but still, I thought it best to warn you. Welp, we safely made it out of the infamous level 6. It was a seriously dangerous dive, but hey, we did get a new costume, a boost to Misha's stats, and a bundle of new powerful spells for our troubles... ... And God knows if we are going to need those.
  5. I wish I was Rockman.EXE. I could eliminate bugs from programs by shooting them in the face.

  6. Basically it boils down to: we want to start a new topic to release Ep 1, because we need a topic for troubleshooting and we know that troubleshooting topics can quickly become a mess... And well, this topic is already a mess to begin with lol. However, we don't know if the higher-ups would be ok with that, so yeah, for now we are focusing on getting rid of all the bugs, then we'll see.
  7. If we actually had any idea of how to code this, it would be hilarious...
  8. Sadly, this little fella won't be available for a while in the game, but it is one of Zim's (many) pet projects, so it was important for him to announce it... And sure enough, this line is a rather interesting one. Can't wait to see how many people will figure out how to get it to evolve, into what, and how to make the most of the evo they do get...
  9. http://www.pokemonreborn.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18447&page=3#entry448483 Ar Tonelico playthrough Episode 17 - Tenba's Secret is out! Feel free to post your guesses as to whom the mysterious voice might belong to!
  10. Here is the second update for today! Episode 17 - Tenba's Secret So as we stated to conclude the previous episode, we have business in Nemo. Let's get to it right away. Where's everyone? So we want to report to the Church about the situation with Aurica (after all, one of their Reyvateils wandered off on her own and appears to be malfunctioning, it is a serious matter). However, Falss is not there, nor are Radolf and Ayatane. Strange... Next thing in the to-do list isto dive with Aurica. Yes I know that spending some quality time to deepen our bond with a girl, while our love interest is missing, seems a horrible thing to do, but look at it in these terms: if you have fought all of your fights up to this point (without fleeing or dropping Peekas), your entire party should be between level 50 and 55. Aurica, having been out of the party for the entirety of Phase 2 up to this point, is still at the level she was when Phase 1 ended (meaning, not more than 42). It is a MASSIVE gap, so we will need to power her up quite a bit to make up for it. Dive into whackiness! This Cosmosphere level has got to be the whackiest in the entire game, as Aurica takes a page out of MIsha's book to appear in two forms. We therefore get Kid Aurica... ... AND PRESENT DAY AURICA IN A DON LEON COSTUME. Her bangs kinda look like the tusks of a walrus... She actually refers to Claire as "onee-chan" in jap Remember how I said that, since Jack had an important role in Misha's childhood, now he gets to play an important role in the deepest layers of Misha's Cosmosphere? Well, it is the same thing for Claire and Aurica. And Claire explains to us that this level is about the true nature of Don Leon: it is actually a stuffed animal, given by Claire to Aurica as a gift. As shy as she was, Aurica wasn't able to make any new friends after being separated from Claire, so she became so attached to her present, that it became her Mind Guardian. Costume get! And thus we clear the level and get this costume as a reward. It is important for many reasons: it gives a nice boost to Aurica's stats, it increases dramatically her singing speed, and it comes with some nifty new spells we learn in this same level... AND IT IS A TEDDY BEAR COSTUME, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! Anyway, as you may have guessed from the battle screen, we have indeed reached the Hexagonal Plate, and the search for Misha can begin. As we are exploring the area, the lights suddenly go out, startling everybody... Ship tease? And as the lights come back on, Krusche is clinging to Jack. Wait, they aren't planning to actually pair her up with him, right? Leaving aside the fact that he is a womanizing son of a gun (albeit a redimed one, courtesy of how selflessly he took care of Misha), there is also the fact that she is, like, 15. What, you thought I made that up? Also, THEY SEEMS Jack's new armor Bad grammar aside, see that treasure chest behind Krusche in the screen above? There is a Grathmeld recipe for a very powerful armor, which we give to Jack Now the guy is not only tanky and capable of hitting hard, he is also decently fast. Even Aurica is smarter than Lyner So Misha is nowhere to be found, and thus our heroes decide to take a break. Having a chance to talk, Lyner tells Aurica what is happening with Misha, and in a very sweet and selfless moment, Aurica swallows her obvious feelings for Lyner to tell him what he should do to be happy with Misha. I just want my beloved to be happy much? What a reunion... She would like to say more, but she suddenly collapses... And at this point who should appear, if not Radolf and Ayatane? Apparently, they were looking for Aurica and they ran into Misha, just like we were looking for Misha and ran into Aurica... Good to see Ayatane again An exchange of Reyvateils takes place, as well as some more exposition: while we were busy looking for Misha's song, Ayatane & co went on a mission to fix the climate control system. With that out of the way, they are now focusing on heralding the return of the Trio of Elemia, which is the Church's true mission. Apparently, Aurica is crucial in accomplishing this goal, but she seems to be malfunctioning, which has caused some unexpected trouble. After thanking us for finding her, they leave to return to their mission. He apologizes to her, too Lyner and Misha make up, and the group is back together. Time to get back to our ridiculously idiotic mission! There isn't much to explain, actually So we make our way all the way back to the nuclear reactor in Firefly Alley, completely unopposed (I ranted about this in the previous episode, no need to repeat myself), at which point Krusche explains her brilliant plan: "when I switch the reactor off, run like hell". Basically, since the reactor keeps the island afloat, the moment she turns it off the island will start falling, meaning that Tenba's technicians will try their best to get it back on. The idea is to get as far as possible before they can do just that. Shut up and run! Sure enough, we make it back to the door and, with the power cut, the energy field that was jamming Misha's mind is gone. Our heroes should probably worry about more pressing matters at this point. Like I don't know, the fact that the whole island is essentially in a free fall right now. This girl really needs a hug The power comes back on, but it is too late: we made it past the door and into Tenba's secret lab... And Misha starts freaking out once again. She is terrified at the idea that, when she regains her song, Lyner will stop liking her, and her mission will get in the way of their relationship. While I find it kind of unhealthy that she is relying so much on him as an emotional crutch (and we will see just how unhealthy it is next time we dive), I can hardly blame her, considering her backstory: not counting Jack who is a Teru, Lyner might very well be the only human who ever saw her as Misha and not as the Star Singer, and valued her feelings more than her mission... Good boy And for the second time in the entire game, Lyner understands and does the right thng, hugging her. This finally manages to calm her down, and the group resume their exploration... But they soon find what they are looking for: the innermost lab. And the sight waiting for them inside horrifies them: giant tubes full of a mysterious liquid, attached to what appears to be a diving machine. Inside one of the tubes, a Hymn Crystal is floating in the liquid. Computer monitors displaying the parameters of various Reyvateils are everywhere. Similar contraptions can be seen in the nearby room as well as in the corridor. "Could this be a lab where they experiment on Reyvateils? Could they be trying to find a way to forcefully enhance Reyvateils with crystals?" wonders Misha aloud.
  11. If you can wait, Se7en (see my signature for details) is also an option. Or well, it is going to be by the end of the week.
  12. You know when is the worst time to find out that accessing your trainer card crashes the game? After beating the grueling gym battle, but before saving.

  13. http://www.pokemonreborn.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18447&page=2#entry448301 Ar Tonelico playthrough Episode 16 - Run Away Misha is up!
    1. Nova

      Nova

      Episode 16? It's finally here?

    2. Tomas Elliot

      Tomas Elliot

      lol

      Post in the topic instead of commenting my updates <.<

  14. As promised, today is double update day! Episode 16 - Run Away Misha So, as we walk outside the inn to begin the episode, we find good news. Neat, it surely comes at the right time The storm is over, and airships can fly again. This is NOT a deus ex machina, by the way: it is just the result of the actions of Aurica, Radolf and Ayatane, who went on a mission to restore the climate control system and stop the storm. We would have joined them in said mission had we chosen Aurica's path. Anyway, remember when I said that we wouldn't dive untill after restoring Misha to her adult form? Yeah, scratch that: I just remembered that, upon restoring her, some events will unfold that will be given a completely different meaning if we dive into Misha's level 6 immediately after seeing them. But now we are at level 4, so better get level 5 out of the way before proceeding. Is it ok for a Mind Guardian to reveal this kind of details? So as we enter the cosmosphere, we are welcomed with a bonus scene where Hama tells us that Misha tends to speak in her sleep, and gives us a sample of what she usually says. Hey I didn't write these dialogues, don't look at me like that. I am just reporting the facts. What in the world is Leard doing here? So, the issue of this level involves the past relationship between Misha and Leard, and actually gives us a juicy bit of backstory. As usual, the Cosmosphere shows us stuff in metaphores, so the issue is depicted as Leard being Misha's drunk, abusive father. You will notice that Misha's sister appears, despite no siblings being mentioned at any point in Misha's backstory (heck she was artificially created, and she mentioned being the only Beta Reyvateil left in this world). You will also notice that the sister is played by the same NPC who played Aurica's schoolmate and Misha's mom in previous dives... Is this becoming a running gag? ... AND SHE ASKS LYNER OUT AGAIN. Seriously, what's up with that? Jack surely plays a big role in this Cosmosphere So, the level is totally whacky, and involves a drinking competition. If we leave that aside for a moment, however, there is an optional scene in which Jack takes a moment to have a sit with Lyner and explain what's going on. I like how, the deeper we get, the more often it happens that Jack is given the task to explain Misha's hidden feelings to Lyner: it really drives home the point that, when she was a little girl who had just arrived in Em Phyena, Jack was a very important presence for her, so much so in fact that she assigned him a major role in her Cosmosphere, the second biggest role after the Mind Guardian. Anyway, Jack explains that Misha was deeply traumatized by something that had happened to her in Platina: remember when I said that Misha, having been artificially created, was trained since the day of her birth specifically to prepare her for her mission? Well, get this: the one who trained her was no other than Leard, Lyner's father. Who apparently was very strict and verbally abusive towards her, something Lyner and Misha bonded over (Lyner would try to cheer Misha up whenever she cried as a result of Leard's actions). Not that Lyner remember any of that! Keep count of the bunnies! Oh, and another of those bunny thingies shows up. I said this before, but keep track of these. Costume get! So we clear the level and get a costume for Adult Misha, which we of course cannot use at this point. We also get the Red Magic named Stubborn Father, which is... Rather bad, actually: using it once does unlock a talk topic with Misha, so my suggestion is to use it JUST once, unlock and watch the talk topic, and then just forget about it and use Flower instead. A gift of love! Clearing the fifth level of the Reyvateil we chose as our canon love interest also causes her to make something for Lyner, as a gift. In Misha's case, it's the Decorated Hakama, an item that is atrociously broke. Why, you ask? Uber Lyner Well, for starters, it greatly improves Lyner's elemental resistances, all the while ADDING AN EXTRA HIT TO LYNER'S NORMAL ATTACK FOR EVERY ELEMENT. Basically this means that, if Lyner deals 100 points of damage with his normal attack, he will then deal 25 more as fire damage, then 25 more as Ice damage, then 25 more as lightning damage, and THEN 25 more as wind damage. Give or take elemental resistances of the opponent, of course. Oh, and one of the Grathmeld recipes you should have obtained back in Platina is the Ardel Jewel, which we can now create, having found the ingredients in the tower's core. Basically, the game is over here and now IT FURTHER BOOSTS LYNER'S ELEMENTAL RESISTANCES. In theory the catch is that, as an accessory, this thing has no enhance slots, so you don't get any fancy Grathnode Crystal to use with it, resulting in a stat drop. But honestly, who cares? The numerical value you see next to each Resist is a percentage. Meaning, if your Fire Resistance is 20, you take 20% less damage from fire-based attacks. With this set up, ALL of Lyner's resistances are 100 and yes, that means he is now completely immune to magic. Oh, and the final boss of the game? That would be someone who exclusively uses magic. Did I mention that Misha's path is ridiculously easy? Tenba's nuclear reactor So back to our mission we go. After much battling against painfully underwhelming mooks, we get to the control room for Tenba's reactor. And here, the single most idiotic sub-quests of this game ensues. Seriously, I love this game, I really do, but the sheer amount of idiocy in the events that are about to transpire truly puts my love to the test. Get this: a specific item, the Power Cylinder, is needed to cut the power. Now, this being the single most vital structure in Tenba's possession (what with it keeping AN ENTIRE ISLAND AFLOAT, meaning that, if something happens to it, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WILL FALL TO THEIR DEATH), you'd expect it to be heavily guarded, right? Sure enough, it is guarded... I really cannot come up with a witty comment on this ... By ONE SINGLE GUARD, who immediately tells us where the Power Cylinder is. Except that, it turns out, it isn't in this building, and in fact it isn't even in FIrefly Alley: IT IS IN TENBA'S DESTROYED LAB. Yes, the one that was hit by that piece that fell from the tower, which we visited before. Now, you might remember that such installation is in the NORTHERN part of the Wing of Horus, and that Firefly Alley floats below the SOUTHERN part of the same continent. Even if we take an airship to Nemo we still have to walk there, then walk back and take another airship, meaning that, in realistic terms, we will be gone for at least two days. TWO DAYS DURING WHICH THIS GUARD WILL NOT CALL FOR REINFORCEMENTS, WILL NOT REQUEST TIGHTER SECURITY MEASURES, AND WILL NOT EVEN FIX THE DOORS WE BLASTED OPEN TO GET HERE. Where do I even begin to comment on this? Will this guy ever get a clue? So, back at we Inn we are, and Lyner, being Lyner, states that the upcoming mission is too dangerous, and that Misha should stay behind... Eh... ... With predictable results. After ranting on how she just wants to be with Lyner and how stupid he is for not understanding this simple fact, Misha decides to go retrieve the Power Cylinder on her own... Of course, Lyner fails to talk her out of it, and of course she manages to get on an airship that departs the moment she hops aboard, leaving the party to wait for the next airship, and the not exactly exciting perspective of having to improvise a rescue mission, in a dungeon full of monsters, without Reyvateil support... It's a small world Except Aurica shows up. Looks like we will have Reyvateil support after all. Painfully underleveled Reyvateil support but hey, better than nothing right? Foreshadowing ensues! Aurica explains what she is doing here: apparently, after completing the mission to restore the climate control system, nobody needed her at the Church, so she wandered off on her own. And then she drops a juicy bit of foreshadowing: apparently she has been found to be defective, the cybernetic part of her mind (I.E. the part that interfaces with the tower, handling the Cosmosphere etc) appears to have a bug, whose nature has still not been clarified. A bug in Aurica's mind. The mysterious power she can tap into. The word "Mir" in her Hymn Code. Demon Aurica. Hey, you guys were the ones who voted against taking that path! Anyway, the next airship arrives, so we need to hurry and get on it: Misha could be in danger, so let's hurry to Nemo! Oh look, we are in Nemo again! Calm your horses, Jack. I understand you are worried for Misha, but we have business in Nemo first. But that is a story for another episode.
  15. Update: the first version of the beta was throughly analyzed, the major bugs found and fixed, and a version 1.1 was made. Now we are currently going through the major and minor bugs of that, which means a version 1.2 will probably see the light by the end of the day. Since I know that what you guys want to know is when YOU will get to play it, let me put it in these terms: 1.0 wasn't really playable, and 1.1, while without doubts a major improvement, still has a couple of problems that hurt playability. 1.2 should be playable enough, but since we are perfectionists, we probably won't release it untill we are sure that any and all bugs that can ruin your experience, including those in remote areas that most of you won't even visit, are out of the way.
  16. http://www.pokemonreborn.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18447&page=2#entry447986 Reminder that Ep 15 is out. Since I had to work on Se7en's beta today, I could make the double update I had promised, sorry about that... I'll try and make up for it tomorrow.
  17. I didn't know you were French. I shall pray for your safety.
  18. http://www.pokemonreborn.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18447&page=2#entry447986 Ar Tonelico playthrough Episode 15 - Crystals, Stairs, and Locked Doors is out!
    1. Nova

      Nova

      Free items, yay!

    2. Tomas Elliot

      Tomas Elliot

      Free? Ah! You have no idea of the hell that area is. Sure, you don't pay for them in money... But you do pay for them in literally HOURS of getting lost, battling hordes of enemies, and so on...

  19. Much apologies for the delay, but between Se7en's beta being completed and IRL stuff I wasn't able to make a double update today. Maybe tomorrow? We'll see. For now, new episode! Episode 15 - Crystals, stairs, and locked doors So, we have spent a fun, relaxing day with Misha. Fun time is now over however, and we gotta get back to our mission. He came in like a wreckin' ball So Jack comes in, and has big news: one of the security doors of the tower is malfunctioning. We can use that to enter the core of the tower and, from there, use the security stairs to climb down, untill we reach the pipeline to get to Firefly Alley. Wait: wasn't the fact that we COULDN'T use the pipeline a thing at some point? The Teru have a point here So into the tower we go, and we find that Jack is not the one who heard the rumor. Apparently, LOTS of people want to get to Firefly Alley, and they are determined to exploit the passahe within the tower to do so. The Teru warriors stop them however, because honestly, who knows the damage that could be done to the tower by so many people wandering around in its core. A brawl nearly erupts, but Lyner stops everyone from fighting. Notice that the words he uses are pretty similar to Claire's last episode: this is the beginning of his own character development. What is this, you ask? I'll tell you exactly what this is: it's a massive pain in the ass. This is the core of the tower, a HUGE maze with a ridiculously high encounter rate and a confusing layout. I cannot stress enough just how long it will take to cross this: my suggestion is to fight enemies only untill you get to level 50: afterwards, drop a Peeka (an item that you should be able to Grathmeld right now, which empties the encounter meter thus effectively acting as a permanent Repel) and just focus on exploring. Because believe me when I say, you WANT to explore every single corner of this area, every single turn, every single dead end. Because the items to be found around here are just godly. Power up for Radolf? For example, we find this ridiculously powerful spear for Radolf. Now, you might remember that this is Misha's path, in which Radolf is not in the party. Did I mention this area is only accessible in Misha's path? Lampshade hanging! We also find a potion to reduce the speed of enemies, with Misha commenting on how silly it is that, in videogames, Speed and Accuracy are two different things. Misha is officially a game breaker now Oh and remember when I said that, of the 3 downsides of the Virus Code, one would be solved in this episode? Welp, here we go: meet Brave Note, a Grathnode Crystal that gives a massive bonus to your Grathnode Resistance, thus offsetting the Virus Code's drawback of dropping the same stat, and once again making your spells optimal in terms of MP consumption and famage output. Lyner, too Oh, and we can also find Blessed Power, a crystal that gives Lyner's sword a ridiculous boost. All in this area that is exclusive to Misha's path. Remember when I said that Misha's path is easy? I wasn't joking. Halfway point chat So, by now we are halfway through this maze (and after this pause the encounter meter is RESET. You might want to drop another Peeka), and we decide to take a break. In the ensuing conversation, Jack comments that Misha is supposed to be perfect: now I don't know you, but given how this girl is FORCING herself to APPEAR to be perfect, and secretly hates her mission, I don't think telling her this kind of stuff is a good idea. That's almost a Lyner-level thing to say, in fact. Last of her kind? However, Misha doesn't get upset, and instead she gives us some exposition, during which she says an almost true thing about herself. She also drop a hint that Shurelia might not be a Third Gen nor a Beta, but rather a third type. To that I would agree, but cut the guy some slack... It is possible to press the matter further via talk topic, but the conversation somehow becomes about how Lyner is an idiot. Isn't she starting to get a bit too clingy? So, we get to the pipeline at long last (I spared you screens of the second part of the march in the core area, but trust me, that was LONG). Since the wind is blowing strongly and crossing the pipeline might be dangerous (not to mention, Misha is scared of heights), Lyner suggests that Misha stays behind and waits for the others there, but she doesn't take it well. Ain't that Spica helpful So it is now time to come up with a plan. Jack has a complete map of all of Tenba's plants and facilities, which he got from Spica. Come to think of it, Spica is quite curvy herself, I wonder if Jack tried to hit on her too? We meet again, door So we quickly figure out which area is the one we should investigate, but there is a problem: this door is in the way. You remember this door, right? Back in episode 4, merely coming close to it nearly shattered Misha's mind. And things don't seem to have improved since then. Krusche figures it out So back to the inn we go. Analyzing the map, Krusche realizes that the mysterious door is built right on top of a major duct for symphonic energy (the energy generated and absorbed by Reyvateils). Which, unless they are keeping diving machines in there, makes no sense: they are probably channeling a frequency that is harmful to Reyvateils through that door, in order to keep Reyvateils away. Meaning that, whatever is in the mysterious room, it is something they don't want Reyvateils to see. Idiocy is contagious Despite Krusche having JUST explained all that, and despite Misha throwing a tantrum because Lyner suggested to leave her behind moments earlier, Lyner chalks it up as Misha being tired after the long journey, and suggests that they check out the room by themselves while she is asleep. Now I of course am not surprised by this, I mean it's Lyner we are talking about. What shocks me is that the other AGREE WITH HIM. But unfortunately for them, a much bigger, more dangerous, more unpredictable obstacle is waiting for them... Incredible, uh? A LOCKED DOOR. They were honestly expecting Tenba to leave the door to their secret facility open. Not only that: Krusche states that the lock is probably reinforced with symphonic power, which is something she could have bothered to explain before we wasted the time to come all the way from the town, without a Reyvateil to provide support in battle. Sure, what could possibly go wrong? But don't worry! Krusche has a plan to solve the situation! You know how everything in this floating island is powered by Tenba's nuclear (here censored as "nukular") plant, INCLUDING THE ENGINES THAT KEEP THE ISLAND AFLOAT? Well, if we shut that down, no more energy, meaning that it will then be possible to open this door, and even a Reyvateil will be able to walk in safely. Sounds like a good plan, what could possibly go wrong? Aside, oh I don't know, THE WHOLE ISLAND FALLING? The funny part is that Jack and Lyner do point that out. And Krusche answers, I kid you not, "oh don't worry, for the first ten minutes the island will fall slowly". Well, looks like we are really going to do it after all. Ok, this is enough out of character for her, I am starting to worry. The power plant is heavily guarded, so we are going to need Reyvateil support. Back we go to pick Misha up, and she is mad. Not because the plan we came up with is idiotic, but because we left her behind again. And well, these outbursts of jealousy are NOT played for comedy: they are autentic out-of-character mokents for Misha, played completely straight. What is going on with our Reyvateil? Why is her personality suddenly getting twisted? Will our heroes go through with their incredibly idiotic plan? Find out in the next episode, which will feature an unscheduled dive, a rather stupid guard, and an unexpected reunion!
  20. In 15 minutes of testing, Magpy got me two Full Heal and an Escape Rope. Better drop the hammer on that Pick Up table before release...

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    2. Hexagoen

      Hexagoen

      ...who gets to test this beta?

    3. Fumble

      Fumble

      Cepheus, Red, and the creators, iirc. Don't worry, it should take about a week according to them.

    4. Tomas Elliot

      Tomas Elliot

      Red, Cepheus, and the non-coders of the team (basically everyone but Azery)

  21. God, bug hunting is a chore... But hey, playing my own game is a very bizarre sensation, so I won't complain.

    1. Solarance

      Solarance

      Rub it in, just rub it in... Just kidding, can't wait for beta!

  22. Welcome to Kelon Tavern! How tough are you?

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    2. Omega_Ra1der

      Omega_Ra1der

      I am going to a Smash 4 monthly Ally(Best mario in the world) is going

    3. Commander

      Commander

      How tough am I? I ate a bowl of Slugmas...without any milk.

    4. Tomas Elliot

      Tomas Elliot

      Praise to you, Commander, for actually getting the joke and playing along with it :P

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