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everdistant) wrote2012-11-11 04:35 pm
everdistant) wrote2012-11-11 04:35 pm
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Part 3 of Xillia 2
I am making like, no progress on this thanks to work :| Stupid training and Twilight...
We are still in Helioborg, which is under attack by Arc Noah, Ludger got the pistols from Ivar and I shot things up for a bit to get a feel for them. Conclusion: like the swords more. Iria did guns better. Anyways.
Continue battling on while a thunderstorm brews, until another cutscene where Elle points out a security machine bearing down on us, but it gets blasted away by a dark Spirit Arte. Which means Elize! Who looks adorable in her school uniform btw. Jude, Alvin and Elize catch up-- the latter is here on a school program so Rieze Maxia kids can learn about Elenpios tech-- then we are introduced, and Ludger gets a choice: "What a cutie" or " Was that Spirit Artes just now?"
I go with the first since there is apparently an affection system a la Symphonia, so I'm going to suck up to everyone unless it involves Nii-san. Elize is naturally pleased and embarrassed at the same time, and Elle just glares. She's realized she is no longer the cutest one here, and acts bratty and says Elize's doll Tipo is freaky when Elize tries to be nice to her.
Alvin interrupts to ask if she's seen Balan, and she tells us that when Arc Noah attacked, he hid the kids and ran off on his own to draw them away. Since Elize can fight, she came out to try and help him. While the three try to figure out where Balan would have ran to, a crack of thunder sounds and Elle yelps and curls up on herself. Everyone stares before Elize gently asks if she's afraid of the thunder, and Elle predictably says she's not, like a brat. Another crack comes though, and this time she screams out and a light comes from her, whiting out the screen like on the train before.
When the scene comes back but with more saturation, and all the buildings have a weird filter over them, Alvin wonders what that was just now. Like the crazy train, everything seems to be the same, but...
We are still in Helioborg, which is under attack by Arc Noah, Ludger got the pistols from Ivar and I shot things up for a bit to get a feel for them. Conclusion: like the swords more. Iria did guns better. Anyways.
Continue battling on while a thunderstorm brews, until another cutscene where Elle points out a security machine bearing down on us, but it gets blasted away by a dark Spirit Arte. Which means Elize! Who looks adorable in her school uniform btw. Jude, Alvin and Elize catch up-- the latter is here on a school program so Rieze Maxia kids can learn about Elenpios tech-- then we are introduced, and Ludger gets a choice: "What a cutie" or " Was that Spirit Artes just now?"
I go with the first since there is apparently an affection system a la Symphonia, so I'm going to suck up to everyone unless it involves Nii-san. Elize is naturally pleased and embarrassed at the same time, and Elle just glares. She's realized she is no longer the cutest one here, and acts bratty and says Elize's doll Tipo is freaky when Elize tries to be nice to her.
Alvin interrupts to ask if she's seen Balan, and she tells us that when Arc Noah attacked, he hid the kids and ran off on his own to draw them away. Since Elize can fight, she came out to try and help him. While the three try to figure out where Balan would have ran to, a crack of thunder sounds and Elle yelps and curls up on herself. Everyone stares before Elize gently asks if she's afraid of the thunder, and Elle predictably says she's not, like a brat. Another crack comes though, and this time she screams out and a light comes from her, whiting out the screen like on the train before.
When the scene comes back but with more saturation, and all the buildings have a weird filter over them, Alvin wonders what that was just now. Like the crazy train, everything seems to be the same, but...
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First time, we make up to the roof and find not Balan, but the Greater Thunder Spirit Volt! Jude, Alvin and Elize are naturally surprised, since Volt was an out of control Origin we were forced to kill/fatally damage last game. Jude wonders if the researchers managed to recreate it, but Volt interrupts by shouting semi-formed sentences at us, which is more than it could do last time, and forcing a battle.
Which is annoying, due to the Burn status it and the lesser thunder spirits it summons inflicts on everyone :|
We get it down though, mostly due to it being weak to shot and me spamming guns with Ludger >.>, but it still has a spark(hurrhurr) of life left and rains down some lightning on the party HITTING LULU BADLY YES THE CAT FOLLOWS US EVERYWHERE. Elle flips, Ludger goes rage mode, and turns into the semi-armored form he had on the train and impales Volt. It fades away as black wisps like the crazy Julius did, and like that time, the gear from Volt stuck on the tip Ludger's spear shatters, as do the surroundings.
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Alvin reminds us of our priority to find Balan, and get rid of Arc Noah, so off we go again through the place and up to the roof... There are no Arc Noah mooks around to fight though, and everyone wonders if they're already gone.
We find Balan this time! Jude asks about Volt, but Balan just laughs him off and says it'd be great if they could make an Origin, even a copy, in just a year's time. Jude goes into thought about this, and Ludger asks about Julius. Balan doesn't know anything about him, other than he doesn't like tomatoes. Alvin linefaces at his cousin, so he apologizes for his bad joke and that he can't help. Elle bursts out asking if he knows anything about the land of Canaan, and he says it's just a fairytale.
A voice speaks out saying that it's very real, but hidden.
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Well, she's not, so Musee takes off on her own to keep looking and Jude looks extremely worried about the news of Milla.
Chapter 4 end! I head back to Triglav to do quests and explore, and find that I can do the first of Jude's character quests! There are apparently around 50 spread out among all the party members. BRING IT.
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Jude and Ludger are talking a bit about finding your calling in life, and while Jude is explaining that he wouldn't have found his if not for an important person(Millacough), he gets a call from one of his research team. She's having a little trouble dealing with a businessman who decided to invest in the Origin research, so Jude heads over and we're given a choice between "I'll go with you" and "Will you be alright?". The first raises Jude's affection.
Off we go to Helioborg again orz
The man is trying to get a higher price off one of the Spirit fossils he sells to the facility--Spirit fossils are necessary in order to make new Origin Spirits. Jude asks why he thinks he should, and the guy replies that it's because the fossil is of a Greater Spirit, Celsius to be exact. Jude calls him out immediately on his lie, as Celsius' fossil went down with Arc Noah's flagship last game, and should be at the bottom of the sea. The man is stunned for a moment before laughing, saying he shouldn't have thought of Jude as just a stupid and eager kid. He makes to leave, and the assistant tries to hand him his fossil, but he snaps not to bother. It's probably useless, and nothing will likely come out of Origin research in the end anyway; he just hopped on board so he could make some money off the Spirit fossils his company dug up.
Jude tells the girl not to get discouraged, and informs Ludger and her both that he won't be swayed by dissenting opinions, that he will continue to walk the path he chose with pride, just like "her". (Milla >.>)
Episode end /o/
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Could you clarify how you mean "framed" here :|a
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...Do you know if Xillia 2 is getting localised? :3c
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This is a city on the coast edge of Elenpios, where the train bridge to Rieze Maxia is. You can see Rieze Maxia's landmass in the distance, and the rift right through the body of water that's between the two worlds, where the Shell used to be.
...I'm also loving the jazz musical theme in all of Elenpios. It's classy.
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And the music is natural, flowing, orchestral as usual. I really like how the differences between the two worlds are shown like this
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However, right now she's tracking down the cat of her sponsor/boss. Lulu coaxes the missing cat over, introductions are had and Leia mistakes Ludger for a sis/lolicon when he corrects her assumption that Elle is his sister. The boss' cat sneaks off during all this.
When we head up to the town entrance to start looking for it again and/or go to Dowall to meet Leia's boss, Ivar shows up again-- this time with a hammer for Ludger. Tutorial battle and one more weapon shift!
Hammer's actually pretty fun. Will be using :3
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Except when we get to a shadier part of the town, we're surrounded by a group of men who address Jude directly as Dr. Mathis. Normally they wouldn't be a problem, but Jude has a gun to his back immediately, and the rest of the group ready theirs. Ludger gets a choice of "Why are you targeting Jude?" and 'Get Jude free'. I go with the first to avoid getting shot up, and learn that it's because Jude is know across both Rieze Maxia and Elenpios for his Origin work, so he's practically a figurehead for equality and acceptance between the two worlds.
Brandt of course doesn't want this at all, so they start beating on Jude, but before they can shoot him, Elle loses it again, and... You get three guesses as to what happens, and the first two don't count.
We're a little down the alleyway from where we just were, and that weird filter is over everything again.
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They're not impressed. And we end up with more mooks coming and drawing guns, so we're in worse shape than before.
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He pulls a Severed Fate and binds the mooks inside, so with danger out of the way we chat for a bit right there. Jude and Leia are naturally happy to see Rowen since he's awesome, and when Leia says he practically knows everything Elle bursts out asking for Canaan again.
However the main mook starts laughing, saying this is exactly why Brandt is acting as they are: the people of Rieze Maxia are monsters with their Spirit Artes, and that there'll never be equal footing. Jude is saddened by this but before he can reply, Rowen simply says he agrees.
And burns them all alive while still trapped holy shit what.
Ludger covers Elle's eyes, and Jude and Leia are as wide-eyed and slack-jawed as I am.
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Hmm.
Jude realizes this isn't right, says that this isn't Rowen and the words are no sooner out than Rowen goes black with red eyes a la crazy Julius, and now it's boss battle time.
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We're back, and the mooks are looking for us-- we're right behind them. They realize and ask what the hell we did, saying we really are monsters, but before anymore can happen, a voice says that's enough.
It's Gaius, with hopefully real Rowen behind him! Gaius disarms the guys like a badass, and they bolt, while Ludger and Elle are understandably wary side-eying Rowen. Leia says it's the right one, and thanks him and Gaius both. Gaius corrects her, telling us that he's going by his real name, Arst, right now as he's traveling about and learning what the common people have to say.
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So we get Rowen in the party! And Elize and Alvin find us, with Leia's boss' cat in tow, so the whole gang's here <3 Vel, Nova's sister and secretary to Bisley, calls Ludger to tell him that Julius has been sighted in Ilart, a port in Rieze Maxia. So that's where we're going next!
As soon as I grind enough money. Chapter 5 end \o/
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