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after I interview the citizens to learn what happened when people started faiting, the cast comes to the conclusion it's an enforcer who is doing it (you don't say). The cast randomly decides the men will patrol during the night while the women go to bed. Kind of makes sense from the perspective of Estelle and Schera since they have been walking all day, but other party members are flexible. Whatever.

Olivier tries to join the female group but he can't be subtle about his intentions. Agate drags him kicking and screaming back to the patrol group

Estelle and Schera have a cute scene at night where they talk about Joshua. This is where Schera is best as a character, when she gets to be the mature, empathetic mentor instead of the overbearing alcoholic.

Schera also makes fun of the possible love triangle with Josette, and I love it.

the next section will also be with an all girl party. Too be fair, lately I've been preferring those fixed party scenes, because it means everyone gets custom dialogue.

I lost a quest about finding a missing cat during the night. Very short term, and I was paying too much attention to the plot to notice. Danmit.

tbh the game autosaves too but I used all autosave slots by spending a good hour roaming around looking for fishing spots for another quest

I also wasted a lot of time fiddling with orbments, because I decided to do the setup gamefaqs recommended, until I realized it only works if you have that Luck quartz you get for doing all the quests in the first game, which I did not

so I then wasted more time moving back to my slightly less optimal setup

the optimal setup was optimal because it gives Kloe stronger earth magic, which is good in this chapter. But Kloe's ATS is so off the charts she hits like a boulder (literally) even with the weakest earth attack. She doesn't have stronger ones, cuz I chose to give her Scent so that she isn't completely devoid of AoE.

The big losers here are Tita and Estelle, though, since the smoke enemies have huge evasion. Though Estelle charges her s-crafts faster due to an item and Tita has Hit 3, so they hit sometimes, I guess.

the enemy got to the farm before I could arrive to evacuate the people there, so now everyone is in a coma. Rough

After the last chapter's "Tea Party", Orobouros is back to "experiments" that actually hurt people
Ok that tank was dangerous but Amalthea was being so pathetic while using it it didn't really feel like it

Estelle has a small breakdown because she feels useless. Because this time, the villains didn't just lead them into their location for free, and that's a requirement for the good guys to accomplish anything in this game

this chapter is really milking Schera's mandatory party member presence, by focusing on the relationship between her and Estelle. I like it, with how flat of a character Schera had been so far

A wild Kevin appears

because someone needs to watch over the comatose people and the game doesn't feel like breaking my party in half now

the cast discusses how they just fell into a trap. Kids, when are you not falling into traps? The antagonists of this game have the plot on a tight leash

the bad guys finally decide to lead us into where they are and we decide to go there because that's basically the only way we know to find them

I pick Kloe and Olivier, for an all mage party

those floating fish metal horse thingies are weird as hell

Olivier finally learns Howling Bullet 2, so his s-craft is no longer a complete waste of CP

for some reason, the equipment that boosts magic the most (Holy Cloth and Duende Slippers) is female exclusive. this means Kloe is actually the best magic attacker of the party, even if Olivier is better for other reasons (more flexible orbment). I'm giving him my only Mind 3 and the Buzzer and he still can't compare to Kloe. Her ATS is 100 points higher at the same level.

I arrive at Lost Woods. You have to follow a bell to get to the other side

I get to the exit, somehow. Actually the exit is the entrance, but the maze is gone. Or something. Whatever.

this time the enforcer sent the chapter boss after me before even appearing. which I think is stupid because the xp they give levels up both Olivier and Kloe, and that heals their EP back. You don't want to face this Olivier and Kloe at full power, trust me

Estelle is put under some illusion where shes still a kid and her mom is still alive. I imagine the non-protagonist party members have been put through other illusions

Estelle breaks out of the illusion by remembering the scene at the start of the first game, where Josh plays the harmonica at their house. The Power of Love is too stronk

Well this is some good emotional scene

We meet yet another member of the Wacky Elite Henchman Crew, Luciola.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/8/8/AAO9CbAAEbP8.jpg

These guys know how to make introductions

also that's an attire that says "evil sorceress", right there

those guys all dress like the could be the final boss of some videogame. Plus, the fact the game doesn't let me fight them directly and keep sending unrelated bosses so I only fight the main ones later adds up to the hype. I can't wait to kick their collective asses

Schera wants to kick her ass, but like everyone else, she has some escaping power. And that's it for another build up chapter

we got back to the guuild and Aina lists all the enforcers we have met so far. I think that's the sign we have seen the whole evil cast of this game, minus any secret plot twist villains

that's seven characters. enough for everyone to have individual archnemeses, and enough for one hell of a boss rush

Chapter 4: "The World's Biggest Fog Machine": beaten

meanwhile, bad guys talk about plans in cryptic terms so the player can only guess what's coming

In my mind, Campanella's voice is incredibly annoying.

next, other bad guys go meet a dragon. Because they aren't strong enough yet, they need a friggin dragon in their ranks. The dragon is also intelligent.

Dragon: "GTFO, I can see your evil"
Professor Aizen: "Well... duh!"

Chapter 5: "The plot seems like it will start moving now": begins

We are going to Bose! Except there are 5 new quests. We are going later.

Agate and Zin are the lowest leveled party members, so time for a full physical party. If this was FC I'd calling myself crazy, but physical characters are actually ok in this game