And we start off with a really cool atmosphere as we approach the Saint-Gral Labyrinth. I like that the Hexen Clan's world has a different look and feel to it. It enhances the atmosphere for sure. The game uses New Class VII's two week coma as an excuse for resetting our levels (although we only drop to 28 as opposed to starting over from 1, so that's nice!), and this is a place to help us get acquainted with the game again! Old Class VII has apparently set out ahead of us, but they leave Randy behind to watch over us. It's a little strange to see Randy being so mature after having seen what he's like in Trails From Zero...!
The Act 1 title is revealed: The Trials of Class VII. Sounds promising! Apparently, all of our quartz mysteriously and conveniently just fell out of our ARCUSes, so now we're back to basics here, too! Randy joins the party for a while, so that's fun. I'm half-tempted to just steal all of his quartz for New Class VII, but I'm hoping he'll just give it to us when the time comes since you actually can remove it! Maybe I'll keep a backup save on hand just in case so I know when to take it.
Anyway, as we fight, we find that our Brave Orders are less effective than they were before, and Roselia thinks we're being affected by Rean's curse.
