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I don't aim to play long tonight since I want to get up early tomorrow to get to AMKE (only doing Saturday/Sunday because of budget).

Kurogane is... turning himself into a sword? How is this possible? I take it he'll be a sword spirit of sorts, sorta like a certain awful Zelda game. Rokurou had one last drink with him, but Velvet thinks he's heartless that he'd sacrifice a friend to kill his brother. He really wants his jerk brother dead that bad, eh? At the very least, Shigure is the only human we're up against, in addition to a devil and otherworldly fiends. Velvet's not one to judge - and Rokurou reminds her that her emotions are all human, and make her a complete person. Artorius would NOT approve... even though Shigure, his henchman, is like that too. Velvet and Phi both admire Rokurou's unwavering determination. I do too, and wish I could figure out a way to... never mind.

The auroras here make for a brilliant backdrop. If only it wasn't cloudy here every damn time AccuWeather told me about some cool phenomenon happening in the sky... I swear, it feels like I'm cursed, because I want to see that stuff. I find Eleanor playing hide-and-seek with Kamoana, which Bienfu promptly ruins by ratting out the kid's location. There are multiple accusations of cheating and Eleanor proclaims it's strategy to use Bienfu's cheating to her advantage. This really feels like Calvinball, especially once Dyle is "it." Eleanor says she'll find a way for everyone to be happy, even if it takes her millennia... makes me think this comes to play in Zestiria.

Eizen got a Toitolez-mail... from his sister. A rarity. She seems to want to meet the rest of our band of misfits because they're "appropriate" for her brother. I have a feeling I am going to meet her. It works to have that serve as an introduction to Zesty. But that's later, before the final battle with Artorius and Innominat (I hope I'll have an opening to get to Yseult and find those Blue Nor Dolls). Medissa stops Velvet on the way to the inn to tell her she can't put Kamoana's fate on the line, and Velvet doesn't give a damn. Phi sneezez - is there a bug going around? - and puts their squabble on hold. Phi is still resisting the idea of bathing with females, so he refrains from the hot spring. What, did seeing Eleanor's bazongas scar him for life? Magilou was going to join Velvet but something beckons her from afar. Eh? Now?

I then get a scene where Magilou comes to talk peacefully to her monstrous mentor Melchior. Melchior doesn't deny everything that our plan will do, but thinks that daemonblight is still a threat for whatever reason. Sorry, but YOU'RE a bigger threat to the populace. Melchior keeps trying to talk Magilou out of it after her rant about how it's going to completely change the planet - which I presume is why the land is so different in Zestiria, and why so many cities don't survive. It only occurs to me now that Magilou is related to Melchior - probably because I'd forgotten "Mayvin" being Melchior's last name since it wasn't really utilized much, and nor was it for Magilou. Magilou calls the bastard's ideal world "boring" and I am loving it. Though I'd probably call it "Hellish" myself, though I'd kill myself the moment it became reality. Melchior continues to spout its nonsensical delusions, thinking it's a world of purity. No, it's a world of suffering. Have you ever read dystopian fiction? Pretty much EVERY. FUCKING. FUTURE. in those books is all about people being controlled and suppressed... and those people are dead inside. That is not purity. That is malevolence. Eizen and Rokurou show up as backup, though there's no salvaging this monster's beliefs. It agrees to duel us atop the volcano, as arrogant as ever. For some reason he makes sure not to step on the flowers on the way out. Perhaps Magilou actually,,, made sense to it?

I get an AMV that's quite precious. It switches between heartwarming and dark like an on/off switch. Phi is embarrassed about something... bazonagas, maybe? And Velvet asks him to comb her hair (which is really beautiful, like Phi says - she just needs to cut a little off so it doesn't touch the ground). Malevolence emanating from her, she talks about how it'd be nice to start over, cooking quiches for him all the time and living life the way she wanted to at the start of it all. Phi wants to master the silver flame so he can make her human again once it's all over. But it's too late. She's willing to sacrifice so many... and she just knows she'll die if she kills Innominat. I'd think the boy's powers are the only way out, but it's very apparent that one of them is gonna die at the end of all this (the fact that this is an AMV corroborates that). He says he hates being called "Phi" because it's too childish and cutesy, and that Velvet doesn't understand boys at all. I am torn between referring to him as Phi because there's still Laphi, y'know? Even though they both hate that, it does distinguish them. And things pick back up from there, and they share a good bonding moment. It's sweet.

The party fetches us to inform that Melchior is here, and we exit to the Scarlet Night. We get the typical Tales pep talk before what the party mistakenly thinks is the final confrontation thing, and we're on our way! In town, I find out about another Class 4 (now?) and talk to Grim where the party somehow pieces together which therion had which type of malevolence, most of which make no sense to me. Artorius apparently fostered despair within Velvet for three years because that can't be created overnight, so perhaps we don't need to worry about this last therion. Perhaps because Grim is worried that Melchior may be receptive to Innominat, especially because of how morally corrupt he is. We need pure souls, not purely impure souls. This could be what causes chaos, and why this is a fake ending.

I get a scene with Medissa and Kamoana, there the kid reassures the adult that everything is going to be okay. Medissa is worried about the fate of the world in this battle and what will happen afterward, not being able to imagine. She's also no longer a believer in Innominat, because of how it strips feelings from those who pray to him. Good that she's realized she was worshiping a great evil. Eleanor wants to save them however possible. Laphicet is even willing to give himself up to seal Innominat... and calls Rokurou's bluff by saying he's a "selfish, wicked little boy." Well, people are selfish by nature. We don't do anything if we receive no benefit. Even charity work - people do it to satisfy their souls because it feels good. You can be selfish and selfless at the same time. That's being human. So is eavesdropping, Eleanor. Velvet makes a good point: No matter how selfish you are, life's empty without anyone to share it with. This is what I'm lacking. I need... a companion.

There's steam coming from the ice since there's hot springs underneath. Magilou doesn't want to fall in and Eizen asks why she cares so much - because she's apathetic about apathy! I find a Code Red and... yeeesh, THIS FUCKING THING. It has but 1224 HP but it blocks everything, with a slight reflection rate. I can't touch it. I try different weapons, different characters... nada. I give up and head back to the Bloodwings. "When white warps, black is true" is all I get. I didn't see anything of the sort in this Spectral Crystal fight (I was trying to observe its attack patterns but... nothing changed), so this isn't referring to what I want it to refer to.

I finish up a little equipment management before stopping for the night. I'll next play on Monday - see you then!