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Be prepared for a lot of monologuing lol

After some weapons managing, I move forward and a wayward Shadow Ball moves out and kills Silva. Turns out it came from Innominat, the daemon lord. That's all Innominat really is: A daemon. It seems to think that Silva needs to be "sacrificed for peace" - what a heartless jerk. Manipulating Velvet, sacrificing KIDS... you can call Velvet and Rokurou "things" all you want, but the REAL "thing" is YOU, Mr. Empyrean. Seriously, the hypocrisy of these monsters is atrocious, and makes me want to kill them... and I wonder why they let Melchior life when it has no reason to be alive. All they want to do is to pacify everybody into brainlessness. They're truly evil. The party agrees, with them making such comments about Innominat's vile nature and its lack of mercy.

Zaveid steps forward and starts using Siegfried like it's an evoker, Persona-style. He is MAD and wants to take down the "murdering scum" like this "rotten little delinquent." I honestly think he's being too nice to this fucker. It deserves that and then some. Unfortunately, Zaveid loses the fight, and Innominat taunts us. Phi volunteers as tribute and Innominat says Phi is a part of it. Phi rebukes and the two "Laphicets" - the good one and the morally corrupt monstrosity - duke it out while everyone else fights the dragon, which keeps healing itself. Innominat continues to dominate but Phi is holding his own for as long as he can, but Innomiant continues its cruelty. It seems to think it knows how Velvet feels... but it was the one trying to fuck with her. It was the one who was trying to make her vulnerable. And Phi was the one who placated her, who calmed her... and got her to realize that the little fucker was a traitor. Phi sacrifices the compass, which gets Innominat to drop its guard enough for a BEAUTIFUL punch to the face. Innominat uses Hyper Beam to hit the party from behind, but it only hits the dragon instead. GEE DID YOU THINK THAT THROUGH?

Innominat throws a hissy fit because it destroy its own monster yet somehow it's all Phi's fault. It hurls another Shadow Ball at Phi only for Phi to... shake it off. Innominat cannot believe its eyes. In its daze, we board Zaveid's ship and get the hell out of there. Sadly, I won't be able to finish off the Code Red that was there. I'll have to come back later.

Innominat is joined by Artorius, Aifread, and Melchior... Artorius has the gall to call Phi "a fragment of Innominat" and "a thing" when it and its friends are all "things" themselves, saying things like "malakhim only exist to serve Empyreans." Like... I'm sorry, but how fucking inhumane and inconsiderate can you be? There are so many layers to how badly I want you all to go to Hell where you belong. History is filled with villains like YOU - and YOU seem to think YOU'RE the heroes when all you're doing is trying to end the world. Seriously, FUCK. YOU. ASSHOLES. Melchior spills the key to us winning: Awakening the four true Empyreans, not this false one. And there's apparently some "Ceremony of Suppression" which is probably just as horrendous and dictatorial as it sounds. The monsters send Aifread after us, with the orders to murder Phi in cold blood before Velvet's eyes and then capture her alive. MAN, can't I kill these monsters right now? PRETTY PLEASE WITH BACON ON TOP?

I end up in Cadnix, the nearest port, and Phi is still asleep. Him being part of Innominat gave him those powers, but not the stamina. And Magilou continues to make drama over that 100 gald, including blaming Rokurou for... no reason. Rokurou and Eizen both respond with 10,000 gald bets that Velvet cracks. Now we're talking - that's money that can actually buy something! Magilou... takes that bet, then acts angry when Rokurou calls her "cute" to cover up how flattered she is. LOL! Classic Magilou.

Velvet has another nightmare... or a vision of sorts. Seres says she's a malak with Celica's memories, so she's not exactly Velvet's sister (and ergo, her son isn't exactly Velvet's nephew). Seres says that her being Artorius's stool pigeon and Velvet consuming her are different, because the latter was requested and would've inevitably happened anyway. Seres/Celica says that the "kind and caring Arthur" was not the "cold and cruel Artorius he is now" - and that was a discrepancy when the memories returned. Artorius was none the wiser, because this memory-regaining is a very rare occurrence. She switches between her two identities: The one who loved Arthur and the one who hated the man he/it (wait, no "she" this time?) became. She can't forgive him and treats him/it as two separate people, and asks Velvet to kill him. Velvet is more than happy to, and reminisces about the happy times they spent together as Celica fades away. Good scene. Usually serves as a prelude to actually killing the bastard.

Velvet goes for a walk and sees herself brimming with malevolence. Phi comes up to her and returns the comb her former brother had given her, saying her hair is beautiful no matter what she is. It's sweet. Velvet thinks long and hard about things... and knows that if she kills Artorius, the world is saved, but if she kills Innominat........ she, Phi, and the other therions will all disappear as well. Probably best to just seal it away again. The others were watching (Eizen mentions a new compass). The next morning, Eizen got a slyphjay from the Van Eltia saying they were going to Lionel Island to rendezvous with Aifread. Eizen then informs the party that the horned daemon may be Aifread (which it so obviously is) and that it's blatantly a trap. A trap meant for us.

For some reason, Eleanor isn't in the party? Okay... and I go around hearing stupid rumors about Prince Percival being "rescued" and that "the Lord of Calamity is dead." Well, this at least gives us an avenue of attack. The Abbey keeps projecting themselves as "protectors of the people" when they're the ones exploiting everybody. It's disgusting. After hearing about the poetic Sea of No Return, I find Eleanor eyeing up ships to steal. Sweet of her. We shipjack one... no scene. You'd think there'd be drama but it seems like nobody noticed. Right before getting to the island, Eizen and Phi share a bonding moment where Eizen says Aifread is to him what Velvet is to Phi... for which Phi thanks him, because Eizen taught him that he holds the wheel of his life, and how to be a good friend to people. We see the Van Eltia at Lionel Island... well duh. They were already on their way when we stole that ship, and we had to go a LONG way. The pirates are laying unconscious or dead everywhere. Medissa, Kamoana, and Grim are all awake, and Grim says Zaveid saved them and went after Afiread. Medissa confirms it's Aifread because the letter used the Van Eltia's code.

I head into the marsh. Enemies are weak, save for the dire foe. That thing gave me enough problems for one night... so I go back to the Toitolez, get rid of some weapons I just got (they're as weak as the enemies, since the Toitolez has some Mythril), and save and end there for the night.