Tales of Xillia 2 liveblog!

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SO /b-brushes the dust off this

I got ambitious and determined to do a live blog of Tales of Xillia 2 even though my Japanese skills are very sad! This is it.

Naturally, spoilers for the game will be in these posts, and for the first Xillia as well. These will be unmarked in my comments, so if you're steering clear of them until the localization comes next year, stay out of these posts YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

Those of you who don't care, come on in-- I will be posting a somewhat short summary of the first game, partly because no one has played it and knows what's happened or the characters involved, and because Xillia 2 gives players digest movies of the first's plot to review, so it's part of the game too.

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Elle keeps telling herself it's not scary /wibbles

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So we somehow ended up at the start of the train again, and had to go back to the control room. Julius is there again, but when he turns to the party this time, he goes shadowy with red eyes for a second. He tells us not to come closer, and that he'll take care of everything.

Choice between "What are you going to take care of?" and "... Got it". Taking the first, and Julius says there's no need to know while smirking. What's needed is... us to die apparently, because his face goes black with red eyes permanently this time, different than the dream, and starts curbstomping us in a cutscene before BOSSU BATTORU

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Nova and her boss come in and are horrified by all the dead, while Jude runs up to deal with the train. Nova's boss tell Ludger to kill Julius since he's responsible for this, and timed choice to or not to.

I'M NOT KILLING NII-SAN OKAY. Boss dude calls him stupid, and Julius gets up enough to tell Ludger he's far too kind.

Julius: That's why-- /throws a sword, seeming to impale Ludger with it, but actually just kils Nova and her boss

Elle starts freaking out, and Julius rushes Ludger and holds his other sword to his neck, telling him he said not to come.. Elle hits critical mass before Julius can kill Ludger, and her watch freaks out again-- transforming Ludger again. In an instant, he's run Julius through with his spear, and Julius dissolves into black wisps. A black gear that was in Julius remains on the tip of Ludger's spear before breaking, then the world itself shatters like glass.

Chapter 1 end!