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I'm just taking care of this for now so that I can make the prologue update later.
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So, here it is, Strawberry Bose's first collaboration with Hachikuma, The Genius of Sappheiros! This game was my introduction to Touhou RPG fangames as a whole, and it holds a special place in my heart for that very reason. Granted, it's part love, part hate, but it's the thought that counts at the very least.
The history of this game is a bit longer than that of The Devil of Decline. Sure sure, Genius of Sappheiros has its roots in Hachikuma's previous works such as KanonRPG (which I've never played) and Defiant of Shrine Maiden (which I'm not going to finish until it gets an English patch), but it terms of the game itself, it has three versions. The original version was pretty damn unforgiving. Whenever you picked up items, they were unusable until you left the dungeon. If you got wiped, those items were gone. If you got them from a treasure chest, you could simply reclaim them from there. If it was a drop, then kiss that sucker goodbye. This, taken together with a rather difficult game, made it pretty damn difficult.
The second version, known as Lingering Summer Heat, added a postgame story and raised the level cap from 70 to 99, giving the main game's characters new abilities as well as introducing new playable characters. It did not take away that stupid item collection gimmick, however, so it was still difficult.
The third version, the one I am playing, is Weekend. The game did not get expanded further besides a couple of new spells, but the game was heavily rebalanced. Blue Magic? Much easier to learn. Item drops? The drop rates are much more in your favor. That stupid item collection gimmick? GONE! :toot:
They added minimaps and an Easy Mode as well, for those thinking the original difficulty was too damn hard.
Now, in terms of how this is going to go, I'm going to run it pretty much like Devil of Decline. The game is in English, but the story's an excuse for beating up people anyways. Not that I'll ignore it (the moment I ignore the story in a game is the day I die), but I'm not going to show the entire game's script. The TPK counter returns, and it's in-game too! And of course I'll describe all of the stuff I'll be getting as the game wears on. So, the next chance I get, I'll do the prologue so we can get this show on the road, proverbially of course.
Girls do their best and are preparing.
Please watch warmly until it is ready.
Debilitating mist is all about Gensokyo!
Magical girls think you can solve this mystery.
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Prologue: Sunny with a Chance of Mist
Let's get this started!
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The Hakurei Shrine.
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Population: One busy shrine maiden.
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It's summer, what do you expect? She complains about the heat a little.
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That is true. Genius of Sappheiros and Devil of Decline both happen between Undefined Fantastic Object and Ten Desires. Somehow. Don't ask me how.
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Uh, that's some strange mist coming in.
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What's Yukari doing in Muenzuka? I mean, this isn't Labyrinth of Touhou or anything where you kind of would have noticed Another Space's arrival here.
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Yeah, weird, right?
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Hey Marisa. You've got a lot of books out there.
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Mist here too, huh? She notes how it's sort of making her airing out her stuff pointless.
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Hey Akyu. Still putting the Gensokyo Chronicles together, I see.
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How is it coming inside the house? Well, actually I think the window's open. Never mind.
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Hmm?
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Ahh, Keine! What can I do you for? And what's the problem?
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Uh, what do you mean?
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Oh, that's not good. That's practically the entire youkai population of the Human Village.
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The mist? Could that really be it?
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Here too, huh?
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Mokou, that Bakebake is not alright. Not at all.
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I didn't think a karakasa would be interested in shopping here, but whatever.
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Well, it is summer...
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Is that all you care about?
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Youkai are fainting, that's what's going on.
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Don't say that around Yuka. She'll punt your head off or something.
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That's sort of dangerous, you know. Maybe you shouldn't do that.
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It's a kedama. What, are they new to you or something, Cirno?
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Oh. That's kind of bad. Really bad.
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I know this is a serious situation, but that face. >o<
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Nitori, you're sleeping on the job.
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How the pained moans of your fellow youkai didn't wake you, I have no idea.
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Murasa, chill out a second. Nothing is going to be fine if you freak out at a time like this.
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Byakuren's fine, at the very least. Not that any of the other youkai fainting is something to be ignored...
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Hmm? Who could possibly think this is a good idea?
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Oh yeah, that's true. Hmm...
She resolves to investigate on her own. Good luck then.
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Ayayayayayaya...
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Run, damn it!
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Noticing all of the fainted youkai, she resolves to search out the truth, hopefully to make a good article along the way.
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Isn't the Yakumo Household in, you know, another dimension or something? How would the mist get here?
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CHENNNNNNNNNNNNNN~! *nosebleed*
Ahem. Yeah, Chen?
She says something about the mist. Yeah, we kind of get that.
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I guess so. But who is powerful enough to cover Gensokyo in mist? Well, there is Remilia, but her mist is red, not white.
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Captain Obvious, thy name is Yukari.
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Yeah, it's not killing youkai, but it is harming them.
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Other party? So, there is someone causing this. So, we're in incident territory. Do you have a clue who's behind this?
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I doubt it so much.
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To Reimu? Well, you do so every other time...
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Alright then, that's the nonskippable cutscene over with. Onto the part I can actually control!
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It's summer, what do you expect?
I wish it were summer right now. Actually, I wish it were late spring. That's the perfect temperature for me.
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That is canon, ghosts cool the air around them.
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Oh, hey Marisa. So, you get everything back inside your house? Reimu asks why Marisa is here.
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Oh?
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Reimu, I don't think it's a ghost.
It's actually mushrooms in miso. Yeah...
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Sorry Reimu.
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They're from the Forest of Magic, so I don't think they are entirely wholesome.
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Nothing else to talk about, huh?
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Hello?
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Oh, Sanae! What's the matter?
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Sanae mentions a gift from Kanako from the kappa. This perks Reimu up for some reason despite the fact the the present is totally obvious.
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See?
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So, yeah, you did say that. What did you mean by it?
Sanae mentions that she expected Reimu to have gone out by now to resolve the incident.
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I don't trust anything Kanako does. Hello, Earth to Sanae, your goddess causes problems!
Sanae asks again about why Reimu hasn't gone.
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That is true. Marisa also mentions that an incident regarding mist is "old hat." True, there were three previous incidents involving mist.
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Okay, so that's why you don't care. If neither of them care enough to resolve it, then what's going to happen?
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We could get random intervention from our special guest Voice from Nowhere! Representing youkai and demons since I started LPing Devil of Decline.
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I love how Sanae is completely freaked out by this.
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Case in point. Well, when you don't really see Yukari like the other two do, you aren't really used to gaps.
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Reimu accused her of eating stuff from the shrine. Is that supposed to be flirtatious or something?
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I really wouldn't piss off Reimu right now Yukari. I really wouldn't.
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Seriously? I doubt you have one on hand...
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Hmm? Well, it doesn't seem like the mist is.
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I don't know. Maybe not.
Yukari replies that it is a possibility, and notes that the rumor has been going around, making a youkai attack on humans possible soon.
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Sure, it's not like we have anything better to do!
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We know that. that's why you have to come with us, Reimu.
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Alright then, let's get this incident resolution effort going, then!
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Who?
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Oh, Aya. What's your deal?
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I really hate text cutoff. But I guess so. Aya offers to join, obviously, and Reimu accepts. So, it's up to us four, huh? This should be easy, then.
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True, we need a destination. But we sort of have no leads at all. In Devil of Decline we sort of bumbled along and then the villains just popped out from nowhere. Here? Not so much.
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Or Tenshi, as she notes afterwards. Granted, they've all started incidents in the past related to mist, but if you use some common sense, it can't be Remilia, because her mist was red, and it can't be Tenshi, as her mist was red too. Suika is a possibility, but she decides to go after Remilia.
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And here's the world map. We'll explore more of it later.
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And back at the shrine we have a save point. Next time, we'll recruit some additional help and see what's up at the Scarlet Devil Mansion.
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Volume 1- Part 1: Sitting on our Ass
The game is divided into "volumes," according to the loading screen. So I'll be basing the part titles around that. I could be conventional and just say Part 1, Part 2, etc., but I'm deciding to be weird.
Now, before we start much of anything, we've got to go over some game-related stuff. So let's do that, shall we?
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Here's the main menu screen. We've got a bunch of options up top and our basic stats right there. You can see that everyone has a "Lives" and "Bomb" stat. Well, basically, Lives represent how many times a character can be knocked out before being inflicted with a permanent Removal status that lasts as long as you don't use a healing circle. Bombs are used for special attacks, making them a little less spammable than in Devil of Decline. MP, Lives, and Bombs are all restored via healing circle, so we'll pretty much always be full right before boss fights.
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The stats screen. We've got STR, VIT, DEX, AGI, INT, and POT. They do the exact same things they did in Devil of Decline. Below, you can also see PATK, PDEF, MATK, MDEF, ACC, EVA, IND (Induction, which determines the chance of landing status effects and the strength of their effects), RES, SPD, and our elemental resistances. The elements are the same as before, being Fire, Water, Earth, Electric, Light, Dark, Mystic, Slash, Pierce, and Blunt. That's about it for stats.
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The Formation screen lets us change our formations. There are a LOT more formations here than in Devil of Decline, but I'm only really going to go over the ones I'm going to use as they come up.
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This is the Growth menu, one of the most important in the game. Characters gain Power as the game goes on, which can be spent to gain passives and occasionally skills. Spending Power isn't permanent, however, meaning you can switch around what you spend the points on as time goes on. Knowing what passives you should have active at what time is important for beating the game. Every character has four Growth trees unique to them, three Growth trees to represent the three generic weapon types they can equip, a Growth tree to represent the character's unique weapon type, and six Growth trees to represent each of the six base stats. I'll go over each character's Growth trees when I recruit them (I'll talk about the ones of the characters I start with in a minute).
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The Options screen. You can turn all of these things on and off if you want. I'm keeping Easy Mode off for this playthrough. Moving on.
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The Items screen. We've got nothing. Okay then.
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The Party screen, which allows us to switch our party around whenever we want. As you can see, there is a Commander slot at the far right. The Commander does not actively participate in combat, but has two special abilities, one costing one Bomb and the other costing three Bombs. The Commander also offers a passive boost to the party in some way. The Commander, although she won't actively participate in combat, gains XP like any other party member, which allows you to level up characters who are behind in levels very easily.
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The Skills screen, which lets you equip your skills. You can have up to six Skills active at a time, and, much like Growth, choosing the proper Skills for the job is important.
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The Record screen shows various things, including the Bestiary, the Equipment list, and information about the Formations you have. This is a good reference, so make use of it when necessary.
That's all for the menu, so let's talk about the characters we have. In general, characters have various roles that they can fulfill based on what Skills you equip and what you put your Power into.
Reimu: The Shrine Maiden of Paradise herself, with rather balanced stats with the exception of a low Speed and a high POT. She can serve as a Light elemental attacker, a healer, and as a supporter that specializes in protecting your party from attacks that would be otherwise very dangerous. Early on, she's good for her Light attacks, but later on she'll mainly be for using her barrier spells, although that doesn't mean she cannot fulfill her other roles at the same time. Her Growth trees are Spirit Attack (focuses on increasing Light damage), Barriers (focuses on increasing the effects of defensive barriers), Exorcism (focuses on increasing Reimu's offensive abilities such as SPD, PATK, and CRT), and Concentration (focuses on increasing defense abilities such as DEF (both physical and magical) and RES). Her unique weapon is a Gohei, which provides Exorcism (I'll explain that in a moment) and increases her Spirit Sign spells (such as Fantasy Seal). Her Last Word is Hakurei Healing Border, which heals the party to full. Her Commander passive reduces magic damage to the party by 5%, her 1 bomb spell is Hakurei Border (which reduces all damage by 20%) and her 3 bomb spell is Fantasy Seal Explosion (which grants Exorcism 100 to all allies).
Starting Skills: Homing Amulet (ignores reflect and Magic Barrier, Low power Light attack), Persuasion Needle (Low power Light attack), Ofuda of Curing (heals Permanents), Fantasy Seal (Low power all targeting Light attack, costs one Bomb), Aura Gem (Medium power healing, costs one Bomb), Fantasy Heaven (High+ all targeting Light attack that ignores reflect and Magic Barrier, costs two Bombs)
As for Exorcism, that stat has to do with a stat monsters have called Divine Barrier, which reduces all damage by a percentage equal to the amount of Divine Barrier. Divine Barrier 50 means that all damage coming to that monster is reduced by 50%. Exorcism reduces the amount of Divine Barrier an enemy has by a percentage. A weapon with Exorcism 50 would reduce the Divine Barrier of the aforementioned monster to 25. Exorcism 100, therefore, completely negates Divine Barrier.
Marisa: Has good MP, Speed, and INT, but has terrible HP and STR. She's either used for Mystic attacks or elemental attacks, based on which Growth and Skills you use. Her Growth trees are Lasers (deals with Mystic attacks), Astronomy (deals with Elemental attacks), Magic (essentially just stat boosts), and Power (which increases her Master Spark abilities). Her unique weapons are Brooms, which often give more Bombs, MP regen, or Master Spark damage. Her Last Word is Miracle Hakkero, a Field effect that reduces all MP costs to 1. Her Commander Passive increases damage dealt by 3%. Her 1 bomb spell is Hakkero, which increases all damage by 15%, and her 3 bomb spell is Stardust Sanctuary, which nullifies Mystic attacks for a round.
Starting Skills: Stream Laser (Low- Power penetrating Mystic attack that ignores Magic Barrier), Magic Missile (Low power Mystic attack), Non-Directional Laser (Low power all-targeting Mystic attack that ignores Magic Barrier, costs one Bomb), Master Spark (Very High- power penetrating Mystic attack, costs one bomb), Final Spark (Very High+ power penetrating Mystic attack, costs two bombs)
Sanae: Somewhat frail, but has good stats for a caster. Her main usage is for healing and buffing, although she has some attack spells... that are physical, which she has very little power of.
Growth Trees: Wind Priestess (enhances buffs), Miracle (enhances healing), Youkai Extermination (enhances attack, mostly not worth it though), Faith (enhances HP, MP, and Defense)
Unique Weapon: Snakes (reduces Poison, resist Paralysis, and inflicts status effects)
Last Word: Yasaka's Divine Wind (Buffs the entire party's stats)
Commander Bonus: Increases Last Word Chance, 1 Bomb: Miracle Fruits (restores 25% of entire party's HP), 3 Bomb: Summon Takeminakata (increases entire party's stats)
Starting Skills: Sky Serpent (Low power penetrating physical Electric attack), Wily Toad (Low power Large AoE physical Earth attack), Healing Miracle (Low power healing spell), Lucky Omijuki (Low power all-targeting healing, costs 1 bomb), Miracle of Otensui (High power all-targeting healing, costs two bombs)
Aya: She has okay STR and amazing SPD, but she is lacking a little in VIT. Nevertheless, she's great for when you need to either buff the party's Evasion or manipulate turn order.
Growth Trees: Land War (increases offense), Air War (increases SPD and EVA), Tengu Status (increases HP and DEF), Reporting (Increases bombs and casting speed and reduces cooldowns)
Unique Weapon: Fan (more accurate than normal Blunt weapon that increases EVA)
Last Word: Thunderclap Gale (so that's what that "twice per turn" ability she had in Devil of Decline was called, it lets her act twice per turn as well as buffing all her stats and Max HP by 25%)
Commander Bonus: +10% casting speed, 1 Bomb: Tengu's Flight (grants Perfect Dodge to all allies), 3 Bomb: Paparazzi (lets the party move first)
Starting Spells: Tengu Cutter (Low power penetrating attack), Report (fills in information in bestiary and unlocks commentary if level of monster is lower than Aya's level), Wind God's Fan (Low power all-targeting attack, costs 1 bomb), Illusionary Dominance (allows allies to move first, costs one bomb)
Perfect Dodge is essentially a flat percentage chance to dodge any physical attack. There is a magical equivalent called Magic Barrier.
One last thing: The music. This is the title theme and the prologue thrown into one video together. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6UCRdSRpD8&list=PLAFAE2A1232D1EF2A&index=2) The person who uploaded this music is an idiot for combining multiple songs into one video. :fail:
Here is the world map theme combined with the theme for Akyu's house. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14vDOlLNu4M&list=PLAFAE2A1232D1EF2A) The theme for the world map and the title screen theme are both remixes of Kid's Festival~Innocent Treasures which, like how Devil of Decline had Shanghai Teahouse~Chinese Tea, serves as the game's overall theme song. Expect more Innocent Treasures remixes later on.
The Hakurei Shrine has Maiden Capriccio~Dream Battle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyOpnArHbaQ&list=PLAFAE2A1232D1EF2A) as a theme. Quite calm for what normally is a battle theme. And that about does it for music for now. I'd post event themes, but the guy muddled them up and uploaded multiple ones in the same video. Aggravation!
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Let's go to Akyu's House to start off with.
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You could be a little more polite, guys.
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Yeah, because she doesn't really leave her shrine much. Reimu asks if Akyu has any clue as to what's going on.
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Real helpful.
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I don't know Marisa, Akyu isn't really the fighting type. She was supposed to be playable, but she was dummied out of that role(although like Serela said back in the Devil of Decline LP, there are still some sprites and stuff in the game's files, which I found).
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Or you could be one of the most useful people in Gensokyo. Basically, she'll be the one giving us recipes. It's best to check out what she has after beating a dungeon or recruiting a character, and always continue checking in on her so you don't miss out on recipes. Marisa mentions that Kourindou has a Synthesis thing going on there, so perhaps later we could go check up on Rinnosuke. I doubt that he's doing very well, what with the mist affecting his youkai half.
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Talk to Akyu again, and she'll mention Mokou's at the Bamboo Forest of the Lost.
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Okay, let's get her then!
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In order to get her, you have to input the Konami Code through room transitions. For those who don't know, you go up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, and then...
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She'll be right there.
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Hey there Mokou, how's it going?
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It's not her fault! Blame the programmers!
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That is true. She offers to join up with us to help resolve the incident! She will join later if you don't get her now, but it's recommended you get her.
Mokou: Pretty much she's got really good physical stats and can not only dish out the damage but take it as well, making her our first tank. She can also auto-revive if knocked out, making her a tank that can keep reviving for more.
Growth Trees: Phoenix (physical boosts), Imperishable Night (defensive boosts), Hourai (HP and auto-revive boosts), Rebel/Pants (MP boosts and cooldown reductions)
Unique Weapon: Fists (Blunt weapon that have various effects)
Last Word: Phoenix Resurrection (revives all party members and grants Reraise on those still alive)
Commander Bonus: Party members might survive a fatal attack with 1 HP, 1 Bomb: Phoenix's Tail (revives a random ally), Phoenix Rebirth (characters will survive fatal attacks with 1 HP on the turn it is cast)
Starting Skills: Tsuki no Iwakasa's Curse (Medium power Small AoE attack that inflicts Curse, costs one Bomb), Honest Man's Death (Medium power shield-ignoring attack, costs one bomb), Flying Phoenix (Low power all-targeting attack with added Fire damage and a chance to inflict Burn)
We also get a formation called Hinotori Skydance for getting her.
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Let's see how Byakuren is doing, shall we?
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Marisa, it doesn't look like Byakuren is here.
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That makes sense. So, uh, where did she go?
Murasa explains she went out. So, we have to wait for her to return. FOR ONE REAL-LIFE HOUR. I took the time to play a little PoDD and do a couple more fights in the Hopeless Masquerade trial. That is probably my favorite of the fighting games.
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That is true, Murasa.
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About damn time.
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No shit, Reimu.
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Uh, yeah.
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I guess you weren't really aware that your unsealing was in and of itself an incident. So, she's coming with us! More party members! Much like Mokou, she will join your party later, but its better to get her now.
Byakuren: She's got some okay Light and Dark attack spells as well as some healing, but her big things are single-target buffs, single-target debuffs, and status infliction. She is probably one of the most important characters in the game due solely to her buffs and debuffs.
Growth Trees: Support Magic (boosts buffs), Status Magic (boosts debuffs and status effects), Great Magic (boosts MP and MATK), Casting (improves casting speed and decreases cooldowns)
Unique Weapon: Scrolls (boosts magic and provides both Exorcism and Magic Barrier)
Last Word: Flying Fantastica (boosts item drop rate and XP gain)
Commander Passive: Reduces physical damage by 5%, 1 Bomb: Magic Butterfly (restores 10% of party's MP), Devil's Recitation (cuts enemy HP in half, doesn't always work)
Starting Skills: Starfire (Low power Light spell that lowers MDEF), Dark Sphere (Low power Dark spell that lowers MATK), Netherworld Wave (inflicts Confusion), Mystic Fragrance of a Makai Butterfly (all-targeting Charm spell, costs one bomb), Power Down (lowers PATK and MATK), Meltdown (lowers PDEF and MDEF), Omen in Purple Mist (lowers entire enemy party's stats, costs one bomb)
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So, let's go now!
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Meiling, you're sleeping. Again.
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No shit, otherwise you won't be protagonist of a future Strawberry Bose game!
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Well, try harder. I've stopped doing it at school, so you should stop doing it here.
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Oh right, Sanae hasn't been here either.
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Of course, Sanae doesn't know Meiling sleeps a lot. So, I guess we just walk in?
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Nope.
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Just a minute ago.
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"Even if it's you all"? Um, just let us past. We aren't doing anything wrong.
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Marisa, don't make things worse.
Sanae asks for her name.
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Wow, that's pathetic. I'm ashamed of you guys.
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Battle time! Our battle theme for this game is Wind Circulation~Wind Tour (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcyzZHHLffQ&list=PLAFAE2A1232D1EF2A). Okay then.
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Now, battle mechanics work pretty much the same way as back in Devil of Decline. We have Land, we have Last Words, we attack with our skills. The big difference is that each character is unique and we have a commander, but that's about it.
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Here is the commander screen, which only ever has two skills on it (and certain other options only available during certain fights).
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And of course, each character has their own skill wheel. For right now, let's beat up Meiling.
She goes down rather easily.
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As you can see, we got a bunch of XP and some power, which will get us closer to increasing our Power level.
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Yeah, I think we overdid it a little.
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Um, let's focus on finding out if Remilia has something to do with this, okay Aya?
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That's not exactly good. We're locked out.
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So Meiling's locked out too. Too bad for her.
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Huh? Okay then if you say so...
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A lot. Trust me. Or her. Whichever.
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That's not really a new story, Aya. Whatever, though.
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Huh, whose doghouse is it?
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Not really. Hint: It's Meiling's.
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It's a recurring joke in the Strawberry Bose games to have the SDM residents be mean to Meiling. No wonder she got a leading role in Devil of Decline.
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Reimu?
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Well, Meiling's got nowhere to live now. This kind of sucks.
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So, we're in the library, at the very least. At least it has Voile, the Magic Library (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcZ9yffIy40&list=PLAFAE2A1232D1EF2A) as a theme. That's always good.
Oh yeah, and each dungeon is called a "Stage." There will be a boss at the end of each stage, mind you.
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Rumored? I thought it was common knowledge. Then again, Sanae sort of knows very little about Gensokyo.
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Would there be large libraries in Japan? The largest one I know of is the one at Philips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, but that's only the largest secondary school library in the world, and I doubt it beats Voile.
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Agreed. Let's go!
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Of course, you can't talk smack about the library without insulting Marisa. Aya, upon hearing this, writes it down as more information for her newspaper. Okay then...
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So yeah, first dungeon. Which we'll do next time. Is Remilia related to the incident? And what about the other SDM residents? Find that out within the next couple of updates!
Summary:
Recipes: Gaea Blade, Annwn, Flame Anchor, Incandescent Buckler, Sword Barrier, Bone Shield, Slime Shield, Inferno Robe, Ice Robe, Gaea Robe, Thunder Robe, Metal Gloves, Damascus Knuckle, Magnum Steel, Hinotori Overalls, Dharani Scroll, Truth Scroll, Deva Scroll
Formations: Hinotori Skydance, Magician's Circle
TPKs: None this update, none overall
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They do the exact same things they did in Devil of Decline.
Well, not quite; in DoD STR boosts damage when hitting a weakness, and INT boosts critical hit damage, which breaks the game later on. And POT also doubles as magic defense in that game. ...although, for the most part, yeah, same thing.
Sanae's physical power is actually pretty good early in the game, although it certainly drops off later. Reimu, Marisa, and Sanae's weapons also notably have MP drain on hit, Sanae's tend to inflict poison or paralysis, and Aya's fans can inflict Daze on hit. (Not that Aya is used for hitting stuff much after you get other characters... unless you really like her)
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Volume 1- Part 2: Dealing with the Devil
So, we're off to fight the Devil, the Scarlet Devil of Gensokyo~!
Okay, trying to fit that to the tune of the song from The Wizard of Oz is a little difficult.
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Items are found in chests, obviously. So pick them up.
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Yikes, Maid Fairies already? They come in Sword, Spear, Ax, and Wand varieties, and at Level 1, they're pretty deadly. They are weak to Dark, so Byakuren can pick them off easily.
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Buttons do stuff, like open this little passage. The puzzles here aren't that bad. They'll get worse as the game wears on.
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Remember the Bulbuls from Devil of Decline? These are what they are in this game, Shivers. Weak to Fire, but that's about it.
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You know, after Weekend, maybe they should have just taken this message out. Because it's no longer true! :toot:
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Here we have a Sway and a Manuscript. The Manuscript is immune to Light and Dark, but Fire and Slash does it in. The Sway up top is weak to Water and knows Fire Stone. Not too bad.
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In a lot of dungeons, there are golden doors you need to bypass. You do that with golden keys. Pretty simple now, much more aggravating later.
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I forgot to show this earlier. Uh, shouldn't you be a little more worried, Reimu?
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The Giant Hornets can inflict Blind, I think, but are weak to Water. The Ghosts are weak to Light and heavily resist physical attacks, so Reimu should be the one to whack away at them (although Marisa works too).
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More Silent Sinner in Blue references! Granted, this is the first and only one in this game, but still.
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This is a special enemy. This could be a bit dangerous.
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This is Koakuma. She has some powerful Dark attacks such as Koa Bomber, but she goes down easily from Light attacks. Not too bad.
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Whoops, Mokou is naturally weak to Water. That makes fights versus Shivers is dangerous.
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Silver chests are locked via silver keys and often contain some good treasure. So grab them while you can!
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Oh, Last Word Chance? Let's see then!
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This is Miracle Hakkero, which reduces all MP costs to 1. Pretty nice, but it's a field effect, so don't overwrite it if you don't want to.
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At the end of every stage is a switch which activates the teleporter to the entrance as well as a healing circle. So, let's see what's up in the library.
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So, how's it going you two?
Sakuya offers tea to Patchy, who wonders what kind of tea leaves were used.
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I don't like it when people say something like that.
Apparently she has been crafting a special tea recipe for a while now.
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That tea set in Devil of Decline is a reference to this Deluxe Izayoi Blend.
Patchoulli apparently enjoys it.
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I don't know if we should find out.
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Oh right, we're in the mansion.
They figure correctly that we're here about the mist. Of course.
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Yeah, I would figure that something that weakens you would make your health worse than normal.
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I guess so. Not that they're causing any trouble at the moment.
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Might as well belt it out.
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Gee, I totally did not expect you to say that.
We mention about that emergency exit.
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Um, how do you think she sneaks in to steal your books?
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Aya, this is not the time!
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Don't encourage her, Sanae!
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Yeah, let's just cut right to the chase. We want to see Remy, you don't want us to, so let's fight!
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And we have Eastern Youkai Beauty (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLBf27n7_QU) as a boss theme. Strawberry Bose sure knows how to pick 'em.
As for the boss fight itself, Sakuya has some physical attacks, while Patchy has some magic attacks. Patchy is weak to Light, so Reimu and Byakuren can tear her apart. All in all, not very hard of a fight.
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You guys did not even amount to so much as a speed bump.
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Uh, you'd figure they'd keep fighting us, but okay, whatever.
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Please no secrets. Secrets in a JRPG are usually bad for our health.
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Are you really still on that?
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No wonder she still writes her newspaper. We've got people like Sanae encouraging her.
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So, Stage 2, huh? Looks like we're in the SDM proper now.
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Again, Aya, not in front of the magician.
They talk about how its pretty much just Remilia left.
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Flandre? Nah, she's in the basement. I'm sure they kept it locked today! I think...
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Whatever the case, this switch opens the front door to the SDM, so we have direct access into Stage 2. Let's keep going, because I'm weird and want to clear this stage in the same update.
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Okay, Vampire Bats and a Mora. The Vampire Bat are weak to Pierce and use Blood Drain. The Mora hits hard but is weak to Light and Fire, so we're not completely screwed.
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Here's a Patrol, who is weak to Dark yet knows Destruction Beam, which kind of hurts at this point.
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And Deuces, who are weak to Light and do something. They aren't really that threatening.
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Hakurei Healing Border. Restores your party to full HP. Always useful.
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Oh boy, Redcaps. They know Tomahawk, which is pretty powerful, so be careful. Light rips them to shreds, so take note.
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Last new enemy here are Beetles, who are physically tough but are brought down easily by Water attacks. I got Cold Inferno earlier for Marisa, so these guys mean little.
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The puzzlle of this stage is to go on each side of the SDM to activate these orbs. Why Remilia has this as a security system, I have no idea.
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There's the other one, but I can't access it from this side of the SDM.
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A bit of exploring later, and I can activate it.
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Thus opening this door up, which is a straight shoot down the middle. HCBailly is right, the boss being straight down the middle from the entrance is pretty common in JRPGs.
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So, let's do this. Like the first boss battle, we don't need much preparation. Besides making sure you've put your Power into stat boosts to buff your party a little more.
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Nitori? What the hell are you doing here?
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Oh yeah, the Deluxe Izayoi Blend. I hear its quite a thing.
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...Err... I don't think so...
So, uh, why're you here?
She was apparently floating down the river when she ended up here. So I guess the Youkai Mountain's river flows into the Misty Lake? Hmm...
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I'd figure it would cause you to sleep more.
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Chill out, Nitori! Remilia is also ticked because she feels whoever is doing this is imitating her own mist. Nitori asks her why she hasn't done anything about it.
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I can see the problem, then.
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Sorry to bother you Remy, but, uh, Reimu sort of thinks you're the culprit.
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Remilia? Oh, please don't play along. I rally don't want o be wasting time on people unrelated to the incident.
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Of course, Sanae can ignore the conversation and talk to Nitori. That sure is helpful.
Reimu accuses Remy, of course.
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Don't encourage her, Remy. Strawberry Bose Reimu is very unforgiving and very temperamental. You've practically signed your death warrant.
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And Nitori decides to join in for whatever reason. Okay then. Let's do this!
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This fight can catch you a bit off guard in terms of its difficulty, but it shouldn't be too hard. Whack Remy with Light and Nitori with Fire and your set. Also, if you've gotten Wind of Protection for Sanae, equip it on her. I forgot to do that, which was sort of stupid of me.
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You look a whee bit crazy there, Remy.
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Uh...
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Well, that sucks! Better hope it wears off.
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And me right after I finished Nitori off. You basically want this to end as quickly as possible, otherwise they'll both snipe you off with their attacks.
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Sorry, looks like we've won. Could you stop this?
Remy of course says we can't.
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Uh, no Reimu. She's good. She explains how she was angry and was just doing this to let off some steam. Okay then.
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Pretty much.
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So, everyone's sort of keeping an eye out on this incident, but no one is doing anything about it. Sucks to be you, Reimu.
Sakuya and Patchy come in.
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Oh, really? So, it's a magician?
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True, we've only got Marisa, Alice, Patchoulli, and Byakuren. But Byakuren's with us and she's all about equality between youkai and humans, so it's not her. So that leaves Alice?
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To the Forest of Magic, then? Well, Patchy is right to an extent...
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Remy?
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More party members? Alright then! That sounds good!
They try to resist a little.
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Uh, you guys might want to go, because otherwise her hat is going to be ripped to shreds.
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Don't look so glum, Patchy. I'm sure you'll be fine.
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I guess so, Nitori. So, with three new party members and a new destination, will we be able to root out the culprit at the Forest of Magic? And does Alice have anything to do with this? We'll find that out next time.
Summary:
Treasure: Practice Axe (Mokou), Magician's Rod, Practice Sword (Reimu), Practice Lance (Sanae), Javelin (drop, Sanae), Heavy Vest, Large Shield (Mokou), Might Staff (drop, Marisa), Practice Dagger, Adventuring Clothes (Reimu), Fairy Dress (drop, Marisa), Iron, Small Shield (Reimu), Buckler (Byakuren), Cloth Shirt, Rock, Plate Armor (drop), Mage Masher (drop), Frozen Ring (Mokou), Pot Lid (drop), Vampire's Bodice (Reimu), Magic Shield (drop), Bamboo, Fullmetal Shield (Mokou), Gaea Ring, Electric Ring, Inferno Ring
I said the drop rate went up, and boy did it ever.
Skills: Cold Inferno (Medium power Water spell, Marisa), Sleep Beak (attack that inflicts Sleep, Aya), Dark Aura (inflicts Blind, Byakuren), Evil Sealing Circle (Nullifies either Permanent, Variety, or Quick effects on everyone for one turn, Reimu), Miraculous Cure (heals Permanents, Sanae), Hellfire (Medium power Fire spell, Marisa), Armor Bless (raises PDEF, Byakuren), Wind of Protection (raises RES for whole party, Sanae), Tengu Surveillance (targeted ally goes last, Aya), Extermination (Medium power small AoE Light attack, Reimu), Wind of the Mind's Eye (raises EVA for whole party, Sanae), Stardust Missile (Medium power Electric spell, Marisa)
Formations: Luna Dial, Power Library, Kappa Camoflague
TPKs: 0 this update, 0 overall
Frustration: Low. 2 stages down, a hell of a bunch more to go. I'm not worried. Too much.
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Nicely done so far~
I wish the game didn't use such a wonky system for lives though. Making your team as frail as the enemy team is... cruel.
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Games that refill your HP after every battle generally employ tactics like that. Devil of Decline just does it without the lives limiter, and Touhou Labyrinth does it with a motivation stat (TP) that decreases after every battle depending on how much hp was lost.
I think it's a lot more interesting then the alternative, which is randoms that overall shouldn't be very hard, but it's just about having enough MP/items to be able to keep healing all the way through the dungeon. Encounters that gradually wear you down like that are a lot more boring in the grindy kind of way, even if it still works. Plus once you factor in items, if they aren't that hard to obtain...
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So, after some good ol' Hellsinker, I decided to do even more of this. Because why not?
Volume 1- Part 3: War of the Dolls
So, we need to go to the Forest of Magic. First of all, let's talk about our new party members, shall we?
Sakuya: She's all about physical attacks, particularly those that hit multiple times or inflict Instant Death. Later on she'll be able to stop time and earn more turns for herself or for the entire party.
Growth Trees: Illusion (Boosts her consecutive attack skills), Time Stop (boosts Time magic), Murder (boosts accuracy, induction, and instant death power), Maid Arts (boosts physical stats)
Unique Weapon: Two-Handed Sword (huge power and Slayer effects, but poor accuracy)
Last Word: Sakuya's World (Buffs Sakuya's stats)
Commander Bonus: +5% condition success rate, 1 Bomb: Perfect Maid (IND and RES up), 3 Bomb: Deflation World (stops all enemies)
Starting Skills: Jack the Ludo Bile (Low power 1-2 hit physical attack), Misdirection (Medium power attack that causes Instant Death), Killer Doll (Low power 2-4 hit attack, costs 1 bomb), Illusional Misdirection (Low power 1-3 three hit attack that causes Instant Death, costs 1 bomb)
Patchoulli: A black mage pure and simple, who works practically identically to how she will in Devil of Decline with the exception of having her own skills (mostly multi-target Elemental spells) and the ability to manipulate the Land extremely well. On top of that, you can have her as a physical powerhouse if you choose, although it is dangerous to place her on the front lines.
Growth Trees: Spirit Magic (boosts spell damage), Magic Mastery (boosts casting speed and reduces cooldowns), One-Week Girl (boosts MP, MATK, and MDEF), Knowledge Storage (boosts physical power)
Unique Weapon: Books (Low accuracy but high physical and magical power as well as MDEF)
Last Word: Big Bang (deals large Void damage to all enemies)
Commander Bonus: +5% Magic damage, 1 Bomb: Sunshine Reflector (reduces magical damage taken by 33%), 3 Bomb: Royal Diamond Ring (Increases magic damage dealt by 33%)
Starting Skills: Summer Flare, Condensed Bubble, Earthen Spear, Spring Wind (Low power all-targeting spell that is Fire, Water, Earth, and Electric elemental respectively), Agni Shine, Princess Undine, Rage Triliton, Sylphae Horn (Medium power all-targeting spell that is Fire, Water, Earth, and Electric elemental respectively, costs 1 bomb), Philosopher's Stone (Very High+ power all-targeting Mystic spell, costs 2 bombs)
Nitori: A strange character in the sense that her special ability is chasers. If she activates a chaser, she attacks along with everyone else who uses the same elemental as the chaser. These are actually pretty good in this game, so I'll be making use of them later on. She also has some spells that can help you avoid attacks, so she's got multiple roles, much like Reimu.
Growth Trees: Research (boosts elemental attacks and chasers), Equip Enhance (boosts PATK, PDEF, and ACC), Invention (boosts regen, among other things), Kappa Wisdom (boosts HP and MP)
Unique Weapon: Guns (Piercing weapon with Slayers and special high accuracy attacks)
Last Word: Atomic Kappa (Very powerful single target physical attack)
Commander Bonus: Elemental strength +10%, 1 Bomb: Bad Camouflage (reduces enemy Evasion to 0), 3 Bomb: Hyper Camouflage (Allies gain Camouflage [EVA???])
Starting Skills: Pororoca Slash (Low+ power physical attack with added Water damage)
Okay then, that's all of the new characters. Let's go to the Forest of Magic now, shall we?
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It's right here, if you don't know where it is.
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The theme for this place? The Doll Maker of Bucuresti (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3gHBsPvlCI). Alright then.
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Why thank you, Captain Obvious. Sakuya is apparently afraid of Patchy's health.
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No kidding. I wouldn't think an anemic would.
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Okay, don't be pushy, Reimu.
They wonder if Alice really has anything to do with it. I mean, why would Alice do something that would only hurt herself?
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Gotta love Strawberry Bose Reimu.
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Oh, really?
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Huh, so there it is. Didn't Marisa say something about Rinnosuke running a synthesis thing there?
Reimu says they'll check it out later if need be. However, let's check it out now.
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Hey, Rinnosuke. You look alright.
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Marisa, I know you two are friends, but don't insult poor ol' Kourin like that.
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I never really got how Rinnosuke could be half-youkai, but then again I don't get how Youmu's half-ghost (maybe she's Danny Phantom's long lost cousin?) or how Keine's were-hakutaku.
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Yes! We sort of want to talk about that.
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Oh, please. We just have to use that helmet looking thing on the table, right? Just like in Devil of Decline!
For some reason, Marisa notes we have no recipes, despite the fact AKYU GAVE US SOME ALREADY! How forgetful are you?
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Oh, that's awfully kind of you. The recipe set he gives us is the only one we get from him. Akyu gives us all of the other ones.
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If you have special codes, you can get some equipment from here. It's potentially game-breaking early on, but eventually the weapons you get will be outclassed by others. So I'm not going to bother with it unlike my first playthrough. For now, let's go after Alice.
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Vampire Thorns here are weak to Fire and Slash and can use Blood Drain. Not particularly threatening.
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Fairies are basically just more powerful versions of their weaker Maid Fairy cousins. I believe the mage-type ones have multi-target spells now. That could be bad. They are weak to Dark, so if you are using Byakuren or have gotten Silent Selene for Patchoulli, whack away!
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The puzzle here is to remove dolls to take down barriers. Again, really not a tough puzzle.
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The Ochre Jellies are weak to Fire but resist physical attacks, while the Death Flutter is weak to Pierce and Electric and knows Swoop, which can inflict Stun.
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Here's Marisa's house, but there's nothing we can do here.
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Whoa settle down Mokou.
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Okay, so it doesn't give us Reraise. It would still revive any dead party members though, so that's good.
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Kedamas aren't really threatening. I don't know if they have a weakness, though.
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I think you're pushing the game's rating, Strawberry Bose. Although this is a doujin so it wouldn't be under the same regulations, I would think.
Anyway, the Apostle is weak to Dark and knows Light skills.
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Ugh, Matango and Mr. Gensokyos. The Matango can inflict Sleep and the Mr. Gensokyos inflict Poison. The Matango is taken down by Fire and the Mr. Gensokyos by Pierce and Electric.
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More new enemies, the Land Turtle and Pus. The Land Turtle can cover allies, but is brought down by Water, while the Pus can inflict Paralysis with their Bug attack but are taken down by Electric.
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Oh boy, Yuki-Onna. It has some pretty bad Water attacks, but Fire kills it dead.
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A Lesser Demon is there for no real reason. It's weak to Light. Reimu, kill it.
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So, the boss room already? If I were you, I would have Mokou and Patchy for their multi-target Fire attacks. You shall see why.
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Before that, though, look at all the Kedamas.
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Look at all the dead Kedamas because Non-Directional Laser is awesome.
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And it's not going to clear. For the entire game. Sucks to be you, Alice!
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Oh, Shanghai. At least, I think it's Shanghai.
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So, does that mean it's Yuyuko? No way, she hates using that power. It's kind of why she's a ghost in the first place.
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I doubt it's even her, but we can never be sure.
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Any reason for doing so if you're innocent?
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Goddamn it, Reimu. Always jumping to conclusions...
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Alice, I'm sorry, but once she's got an idea she's not going to let it go until she beats the ever-loving shit out of you.
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True, true. That's sort of why we came here. Magic means this forest.
We ask her why she's studying it if she's not involved.
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Can't you do something about it, though?
Then Patchy insults her as a magician. I would NOT do that. Remember what happened in Sengoku Gensokyo? Yeah.
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Oh crap.
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Aya, so not the time!
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Yeah, break it up! We have no time to waste on people not involved with the mist!
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*head desk* Reimu, you asshole...
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Eh, I doubt it.
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Did you know that before every boss battle, your characters adopt their asskicking poses for a second?
I think that's sort of badass and they should have done that in Devil of Decline. At least in Phantasmal Summoners they have both parties summoning their monsters all at once. That was kind of cool too.
As for Alice, she doesn't do much to you on her own, however...
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She summons one of three formations of dolls. This one here is Dolls Triangle, which is heavily resistant to magical attacks but dies to Fire and physical attacks. Mokou can deal with that. There's also Alice Phobia,which summons four dolls, each of which is associated with one of the main elements and weak to the opposite. Each doll will counterattack with a multi-target spell if hit with its associated element. Alice also like to heal in this formation. Finally, there's Dolls Wall, which is resistant to physical attacks yet dies to Fire, so we want Patchy to deal with them. During any formation, Alice regens HP and MP, so kill them quickly. Once a formation has been defeated, Alice will not resummon that formation again, so once her three formations are cleared, the battle becomes ridiculously easy. Until then, however, you've got to be careful.
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You are sort of on Alice, you know, Sanae.
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That looks like that would hurt. It buffs us up, though, so that's good. As you can see, I have Patchy here instead of Marisa. I sort of reset the battle a few times. Because I sort of forgot how the battle worked.
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Oh, our first TPK. Wonderful. There's a lot more where that came from, don't you worry.
After some more struggling, I put Alice down.
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That about does it, Alice. Sorry for beating you up.
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GEE, YOU THINK!?
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Heh, what's a JRPG without a ragtag bunch of misfits as main characters? Not really much of a JRPG.
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I really think that you and Patchoulli should stop fighting.
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Yep, we've been told that.
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Yes.
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Ding ding ding, we have a winner! Not that I think she's related to the incident, but you know, it never hurts to check.
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Right, that place I can never remember how to spell!
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Awesome, more party members as well!
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Probably. I mean, as long as we nicely ask her. Or beat her to a pulp. Whichever.
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You're kidding, right? We've got to go confirm a suspicion, and you want to go sidequesting? This is ridiculous! I really don't want to waste time on unimportant matters.
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Apparently they called Satori an item. How cruel.
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Our heroes, ladies and gentlemen.
So, we're done with the Forest of Magic. And we'll never come here again. But can we convince Satori to join our cause? Is Yuyuko related to the incident. If she isn't, then does she know anything about it? Find out within the next... three updates! Yeah, it's going to be a bit before we get to the Netherworld.
Summary:
Treasures: Bamboo, Fire Shard, Crow Feather (drop x1, treasure x1), Cold Hat, Silver Tray, Snakeskin, Pretty Mirror, Grilled Night Sparrow, Judge's Rod, Twilight Tag, CD-ROM, Turtle Shell (Reimu), Inferno Shield, Electric Shard, Iron, Tortoise Armor (Mokou), Longsword (Reimu), Magic Shard, Ghost Cat Tail, Staff of Purgatory (Marisa), Battleaxe (Mokou), Gaea Shield, Earth Shard, Steel (drop x2, treasure x1), Rock, Magician's Robe (Marisa), Magic Mushroom, Donation Box, Water Shard (drop x1, treasure x1), Poison Lily, Hakutaku's Lunchbox, Magic Medal, Ring of Darkness, Ring of Light, Dragon Lance (Sanae), Iron Dagger
Skills: Miracle of Dispel (heals Permanents, Sanae), Colosseo World (field effect that prevents healing, Sakuya), Royal Flare (Very High power all-targeting Light spell, costs 1 bomb, Patchoulli), Hakurei Amulet (Medium power reflect and magic barrier-ignoring Light spell, Reimu), Wind of Prayers (buffs whole party's MATK, Sanae), Silent Selene (Very High power all-targeting Dark spell, costs 1 bomb, Patchoulli), Wind of Swords (buffs whole party's PATK, Sanae), Charming Fragrance (inflicts Charm, Byakuren)
Recipes: Exorcist's Gohei, Magician Broom, Rat Snake, Saddle Fan, Claymore, First-Edition Manga, Automatic, Viper Clothes, Stylish Maid Uniform, Sleep Guard, Paralysis Guard, Petrification Guard, Confusion Guard, Blind Guard, Silence Guard, Berserk Guard, Charm Guard, Control Guard, Curse Guard, Poison Guard, Stun Guard, Death Guard, Disable Guard, Restrict Guard, Spiritual Guard, Iron, Bamboo, Rock, Magic Medal, Pretty Mirror, Steel
Synthesis Done: Claymore (Sakuya)
Formations: Dolls Division
TPKs: 1 this update, 1 overall
Frustration: Rising. You know, I didn't get TPKed by a boss until later in my first run. I wonder how I managed that. Perhaps it was because I threw Mokou into the commander slot and had her use her 1 bomb spell?
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I have no idea how many times I died to Alice. All I know is that one hand isn't enough to count it.
It's funny how the next two dungeons radically change. The bosses become fairly easy, even laughably so for the second one, but the dungeons themselves...*Shudders*
After months, I finally managed to reach the palace's boss after dying hundred of times against those weird yellow chtulhu-like thing. The pre-boss dialogue was worth ever TPK.
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Oh yeah, Mind Flayers. Hahahahahahaha... Oh the memories. Both from this and Devil of Decline.
And yes, I remember that pre-boss dialogue. Oh man, won't I have a field day with that.
Also, I've started Stage 4. Go Hell of Blazing Fires. Go stupid rock things that can cast Instant Death. And go Hellhounds which can use Fire Breath.
I think this entire part of the game was a little bit forced. We could have just gone to the Netherworld, but nooooooooo, we get to fry in Hell instead.
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Nitori's specialties are both chasers and elemental physical attacks in general! With elemental enchantments on (which she can do herself with a gun), her elemental attack skills become more powerful, and that amplified with her weakness damage boosts makes her facemelt some bosses. (As in, "oh wow I beat it in one hit" sometimes) Also dabbles in slayers.
Physical Patch isn't so bad since she's the only one who can really throw some power into knife attacks (Sakuya kinda can, but the massive power she's known for comes from 2h swords, not herself) and that is important in a few specific sitautions.
Sanae's Wily Toad one-shots Doll Triangle if she has a good weapon on, actually. But Alice isn't very hard, so. (She IS the first boss you have to actually think a little bit, though, rather then approaching it blindly and winning)
Mindflayers are a ho, but if you prepare specifically for them, they aren't so bad :D
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Sanae's Wily Toad one-shots Doll Triangle if she has a good weapon on, actually. But Alice isn't very hard, so. (She IS the first boss you have to actually think a little bit, though, rather then approaching it blindly and winning)
Yeah, that was actually the only stance I had no troubles with. Sanae pretty much ate those dolls away like a hungry hungry miko.
It's funny how Alice often takes the role of "First boss where you'll have to plan things and actually think" in a good number of Touhou rpgs. This one and Labyrinth of Touhou gave us wonderful examples.
Mindflayers are a ho, but if you prepare specifically for them, they aren't so bad :D
They're absolutely OP if you don't have a PAR resistance accessory, or like me, are really unlucky. Fighting one is alright, but getting 3(4?) of them in an encounter is pretty much the run away button winking at you, either saving or TPKing you.
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Stupid maintenance mode making me unable to update for a while...
But enough of that. Two updates in one day (at least where I live), because I can.
Volume 1- Part 4: Highway of Hell
Now that we've gotten Alice, let's take a look at her, shall we?
She's THE tank of the game. Mokou has tank qualities, true, but Alice is the one that can and will shield your party from harm on a regular basis. Most of her skills deal with providing her shield's defense to other characters or something similar. So yeah, she's pretty damn awesome.
Growth Trees: Manipulation (boosts shield -based spells, get this maxed out ASAP), Craft (boosts physical stats and shield usage, get this maxed out as well), Dummy (boosts her fields and status effects), Self-Destruct (boosts damage, not worth it in my opinion)
Unique Weapon: Greaves (high accuracy, low power weapons that inflict Daze and generally give resistances)
Last Word: Alice Guard (reduces all damage done to Alice to 0 for three turns)
Commander Bonus: Shield Activation Chance +15%, 1 Bomb: 7-Colored Puppet (all shield chances on your party set to 100%), 3 Bomb: Alice Formation (formation bonuses doubled)
Starting Skills: Marionette Parrar (gives all people in a selected column Alice's shield bonuses, effect is boosted if in the same column as Alice), Remote Sacrifice (defends and attacks on the same turn)
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So, here we are. Let's go in!
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Hey guys. You misspelled "Geyser." You forgot an "e."
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Okay. So, we just have to pass through here, right?
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That is true. Not many people are fond of underground youkai. Though I myself have no problem with any of them except maybe Parsee.
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Well, crap. So, how are we supposed to get down there?
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Ehh, okay. That doesn't sound too bad.
They ask Nitori why she knows about the underground despite her not living there.
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Ah, that's right. The kappa kind of built the reactor that's down here that powers the surface. Thanks to this place, the Human Village has electricity, although people seem to forget that little fact.
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Yeah, Kanako and Suwako both know about this place. And I'm not surprised they tell you nothing about it. Otherwise Hisoutensoku wouldn't have happened.
Also, apparently there is an elevator, but neither Nitori nor Sanae can operate it. So we're going down the good old fashioned way.
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Through the fire and flames we carry on! *insane guitar solo*
Ahem. The theme here is... uh... Lullaby of Deserted Hell (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehvZnw0J_JU)? Well, it is for about, like twenty seconds, at least.
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The puzzle here is just finding these buttons to make those spirits disappear. Orin, you should really be more careful about where you leave those things.
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First enemies here are Flames. They use some Fire attacks and are weak to Water. Go Patchoulli!
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Hell Mendozas here are weak to Piercing and Electric, but pack Fire Arrow and Tentacle. That attack is sort of dangerous. Be careful.
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Blow them away, Patchy.
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So I guess the enemies from the Underground Waterway back in DoD is a Hell Cobra, not a Hell Viper? Meh. They're weak to Water.
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Two things. First of all, that's a lot of lava. Second of all, why are the enemy icons giant feet? I mean, really?
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Skeletons are weak to Fire, Light, and Blunt and sort of attack you. Meh.
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Here we have another Infant Demon, except this one knows Demon Shock, so be careful.
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The Xing Tian is weak to Pierce and Light and knows Skewer, which can be a bit dangerous, as it can hit the people in the back.
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More golden doors. Wonderful.
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Sometimes, you just have to nuke the ever-loving shit out of things, you know?
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Crap, a Salamander. They know Tail Chop and are generally annoying to kill (weakness to Water, but still). Thankfully, this is the only one I have to fight.
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Ergh, Hellhounds. They know Fire Breath, which hurts. They're weak to Water, so Patchy, keep at 'em.
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Okay, these are Sessho-sekis. They know Death and are resistant to physical attacks, although Light kills them dead.
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Another special enemy? Hold up a second.
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Zombie Fairies. I think they can inflict Curse or something and might be weak to Light and Fire. I didn't stick around for much longer due to the fact that I was trying to get out of the dungeon to restore MP.
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That special enemy was Kisume. Thwack (I wish I had Thwack right now, but that's another game, sadly) her with Electric attacks and make sure Alice uses Hourai Doll to attract attacks to her. Thankfully, she only has single target attacks, so as long as you keep piling on the hurt, she'll go down.
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So, boss time?
Boss time. Make sure Patchy has Royal Flare and her Water spells on for this. Or Marisa, if you're using her.
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Pretty fire.
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Utsuho's carrying out her work, as usual.
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I thought you liked the fire.
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Ehh?
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Oh, hey Orin. You know, when you think about it, that line's sort of disturbing.
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Seems like everyone can hear us cutting bloody swaths through Gensokyo.
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Okay.
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Ah, yes. Be glad it doesn't affect you unlike some other game.
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So cute~!
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Yep. At least you know that.
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Wow, when they said you were bird-brained they weren't kidding.
We tell them we're here to see Satori, in a very polite manner. Huh, that's not how we'd normally act.
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It's not like we're here to do grievous harm to anyone. We're here to get someone that will help us do grievous harm to somebody.
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Uh, do we have any?
Apparently Nitori has some cucumbers.
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Is this really going to work?
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Daww...
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Hey hey, don't scare the kasha while she's eating!
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Well, Utsuho likes them too. They're so cute when they're happy. Poor Orin is all sad because of Utsuho, though. Aww...
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Oops, they're on to us!
They won't let us through!
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Maybe.
I guess we're just going to have to fight, eh?
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Oh boy, this looks bad.
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Okay, Utsuho is weak to Light, so bust out stuff like Fantasy Heaven and Royal Flare in order to take her down. Try to take her down within two turns, with most of your damage on the second turn. Don't pile it all on during turn one, otherwise she'll use Mega Flare and killlllll youuuuuuuu.
Orin is weak to Water, but isn't too threatening otherwise.
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This is what happens if you leave Okuu at low help.
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Fantasy Heaven!
They go down the second time.
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If you're reading this, then sorry Nindella for beating the crap out of your favorite character.
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Uh, no. I don't think so, but knowing Strawberry Bose Reimu, we're probably going to beat the shit out of her first.
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Yeah, that's right. We explain how we need Satori to get some information out of Yuyuko, and they're fine with it.
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Yeah, otherwise you'll be hurt pretty damn badly.
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Cute~!
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More cute~!
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So, Stage 5? If this were a normal Touhou game, we'd be almost done.
Too bad this isn't a normal Touhou game.
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Yeah, that's no place for a kappa.
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So that's obviously why the underground is unaffected.
Also, they note that at this point it would have been a lot faster to have just gone after Yuyuko. That I agree with.
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I guess so...
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Right, we're not going to do this until later, though.
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They look so cute, even when beat up~.
But will Satori agree to come with us? How bad could the Palace of the Earth Spirits possibly be? And when will we find out who the culprit is? Trust me, not for a long time.
Summary:
Treasure: Rock (drop x2), Iron, Rusty Blade, Magic Medal, Heatwave Amulet (drop), West Peak Sect Silver Spear (drop, Sanae), Crowbar (drop, Alice), Steel, Pretty Mirror (x2 drop, x1 treasure), Red Eyes, Elemental Sphere, Curse God's Bug Spray, Rage Choker I (Sakuya), Purgatory Shield (Alice), Gold, Bamboo, Fire Shard (drop)
Skills: Killer World (field that increases Instant Death chance, Sakuya), Puppet Shield- Holland Dolls, Russian Dolls, London Dolls (reduces physical damage by 90%, magicial damage by 90% and covers an ally respectively, Alice), Hourai Doll (casts Decoy on self, Alice), Wind of Shields (increases entire party's PDEF, Sanae), Sunny Strike (Low power piercing attack that adds Fire, Nitori), Active Elemental (shifts Land towards selected element, Patchoulli), Dolls Phalanx (field that doubles shield activation rate, Alice), Ofuda of Dispelling (heals Variety effects, Reimu), Wind of Arrows (increases entire party's ACC, Sanae), Maruto Break (Low power small AoE attack that adds Electric, Nitori), Private Square (gives Sakuya two free turns, Sakuya), Hot Spot Vulcan (increases Fire power yet reduces Water power, Patchoulli), Spectrum Mystery (protects entire party from an element using Alice's shield, Alice), Arctic Chill (increases Water power yet reduces Fire power, Patchoulli)
Recipes: Chain Greaves, Earthheart Shield, Sacred Shrine Maiden Clothes, Showy Tengu Dress, Fire Runestone, Water Runestone, Earth Runestone, Electric Runestone, Frozen Sombrero, Black Cat's Twin Tails, Hakutaku's Ribboned Horn, Twilight Charm, Night Sparrow Pate, Enma's Rod, Eyes of Madness, Scarlet Devil's Wing, China Badge, Curse God's Goth-Loli Dress, Poison Doll's Limb
Synthesis Done: Exorcist's Gohei (Reimu), Magician Broom (Marisa), Viper Clothes (Sanae)
TPKs: 1 this update, 2 overall
Frustration: Oh boy, is it rising. Trust me, it's going to get a lot worse as the game goes on.
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Oh god I forgot how cute some of the sprites in this game are.
Dat Orin
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Fantasy Heaven deals truly insane damage to Okuu, yeeeeep.
You can either use Aya or Marisa's 3bomb commander skill on turn two to make sure you don't die (As long as you kill Utsuho, but that's very easy with 2 fantasy heavens and the rest of your attackers)
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So, I screenshotted the next update. Getting another dungeon done is always good.
What's bad is the lack of time I have to write it up. So I might get it up tomorrow, if I have enough time then.
Marisa's 3bomb commander skill
*head desk* Of course I could have. I keep forgetting that skill exists, and yet it could be so useful sometimes.
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So, I'm late with this, but I'm good now!
Volume 1- Part 5: A Mind is a Precious Thing to Waste
Let's continue on and get the Palace of the Earth Spirits out of the way!
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As you can see, we've got more will o' the wisps, which we'll get rid of. Also, we've got hell ravens as enemy icons. Of course.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...
Ahem. So, Mind Flayers. Resistant to most elements with the eception of Electric, and weak to Pierce. Of course, they have their dreaded Mind Blast. Thankfully, Wind of Protection will most likely protect us. As long as Sanae gets it off BEFORE they go...
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See this wall?
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It's not really a wall. This whole dungeon is full of fake walls like that. Thank you so much, Hachikuma. I really appreciate your dungeon design.
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There's a Nekomata in the back. It knows Charm and is weak to Fire. Okay then.
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I don't find this funny. Not at all.
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Thankfully we can open shortcuts so that we don't have to go through the whole dungeon whenever we need to heal up.
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Light the candles, open the door. Simple.
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These candles were off, but there's one more. Where could it be?
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I hate you so much, game.
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Alice Guard. Thankfully, it allowed me to escape from this battle. Stupid Hellhounds with their Fire Breath...
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Crap, a Hell's Gatekeeper. He will cast Horus's Gate. At the beginning of every turn. Guess what it does? IT CANCELS ANY MAGIC YOU'RE CASTING. Why...
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Okay, so the proper name for this thing is a Goby, not a Dullard. It goes down to... something. Either Fire or Electric. It hurts a bit, though, so watch out.
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No, this passage does not lead to the treasure. I really hate when the game does this sort of thing to you.
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Last new enemy is a Tsuchigumo. It is weak to Earth but knows Spider Net, which hits the whole party and can reduce ACC and EVA. Not too bad, unless it hits Sakuya, whose ACC sucks already.
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Finally, the end. However, if you have found the two Silver Keys...
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You can get some treasure which is in a room that is connected close to the end of the dungeon. Not too hard to find.
Before you go into the boss, MAKE SURE SAKUYA HAS COLOSSEO WORLD!!!
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Hey Satori. How's it going?
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Expenses? Since when do you really needto worry about expenses? This is Hell (sort of), after all.
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Yeah, we aren't the best company in the world, are we?
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They let us in. We had to beat them up, but they let us in.
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Yeah, it was sudden.
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Your mind reading is as sudden.
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Rumors? It's the damn truth. You'd think someone named Satori would be a, well, satori.
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I never really wanted to come down in the first place. We could just beat the info out of Yuyuko.
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Reimu, you are a bitch, aren't you?
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Exactly! Seriously, just stay here, Satori. Don't let them drag you out of here.
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Aya! She's not a sucker!
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Yeah, that is true, Marisa.
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Yeah, I think she'd be mad... oh wait, she's right there.
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Seriously, Alice? Are you wanting to pick a fight with Patchy?
Also, apparently SB ships the two as well. Then again who doesn't?
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Uh... Satori...
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Yeah, I think you went a liiiiiiiittle too far.
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So, boss time?
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Boss time.
Satori uses some status effect attacks, but with Wind of Protection you can shrug a lot of them off. So the first part of the battle isn't a problem. However...
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She'll switch modes. She has one for each of the four base elements, and each one will stick her with 100 HP regen a turn plus the ability to use some attacks of that element. She'll then charge up and use an ability related to each element. In this case, she uses Thunderclap, which nearly kills my party.
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And this is why you use Colosseo World, to negate that regen. However, you can't heal, so this fight essentially becomes a damage rush.
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And Thunderclap, as I told you.
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Fire mode has her using Heat Ray and then some large powered single-target Fire spell to finish things off. Sakuya dies in this way. She also switches into Water mode, I think, but she goes down before using its ability (which I believe is a healing spell, though I forget).
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How I ended it. Not too bad, even though I forgot about the HP regen until after she used Electric mode at the beginning. Meh, 100 HP was easy to make up. She'll also be weak to the element opposite of the one she uses, so make note of that.
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Sorry, you forced our hand.
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Still, I think we went a little overboard with that. Reimu declares that Satori come with us.
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Just leave the poor girl alone. She's got paperwork to do, you know.
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She finally accepts! Okay, that helps.
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Even though we could have done it TWO DUNGEONS AGO!!! *sigh*
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Yeah, if we have Satori with us now, she might as well be useful.
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As per usual in Gensokyo. Satori reads Reimu's mind one last time, though I missed what she thought.
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Reimu, did you seriously just punch Satori? What the hell, Reimu!
Well, we have Satori now. I honestly think she shouldn't have to put up with this crap, but there's nothing I can do about Reimu. But is Yuyuko related to the incident? What thoughts can we gleam from her? How wild of a goose chase are we really on? All of that will be revealed in the finale (I believe) of Volume 1 (sadly I don't know the exact Volume definitions, so I could be wrong).
Summary:
Treasure: Snakeskin (drop), Watercat Armor (Reimu), Hinotori Feather, Sun Tzu's Art of War, Rock, Crescent Moon Shield (drop, Reimu), Blank Scroll, Bracelet of Insight I (Patchoulli), Enchanted Shield (drop), Vampire's Wing, Arctic Shield, Bracelet of Reflection I
Skills: Freeze Chaser (attacks after Water attacks are used, Nitori), Puppet Shield-Tibetan Dolls (covers one person, Alice), Fantasy Seal -Blink- (Low- power all-targeting Light spell, costs a bomb, Reimu), Another Murder (Low power attack that lowers PDEF, Sakuya), Cluster Move (boosts Earth but lowers Electric, costs a bomb, Patchoulli), Heaven Crack (boosts Electric but lowers Earth, costs a bomb, Patchoulli), Thunder Chaser (attacks after Electric attacks when used, Nitori)
Formations: Hypnotic Barrier
TPKs: 0 this update, 2 overall
Frustration: Lowering. Hey, I survived the Mind Flayers! And I won't have to deal with them again for a long time, trust me.
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The 100 hp regen isn't really much of an issue (Especially if you have Marisa and/or Patchouli to hit her new weaknesses), but the real reason you want Colloseo World is her Water form charge move is Elixir. That restores her HP to max, which is reset time.
You also want Reimu, because the Earth charge move is Petro Cloud, which -will- petrify your entire party; so, you use Reimu's status prevention barrier spellcard. Fire and Elec, if I remember right, just have strong skills that aren't too bad.
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I must have been incredibly lucky when fighting Satori because she was insanely easy. For my first 4 tries, she switched to earth and petro-fied (pun intended) my entire party.
The moment where I equip an anti petrification accessory on Reimu (duh), on the fifth try, she switches to water for the first time, uses a random status effect spell (Poison or something I think) that whiffs completely and dies in the next turn.
Random battles were harder, to be honest.
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Yeah, Satori is really easy apart from her charge moves. And since two of her forms don't even have real scary ones, and she can be killed before charging without tooo much trouble...
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Yeah, Satori is really easy apart from her charge moves. And since two of her forms don't even have real scary ones, and she can be killed before charging without tooo much trouble...
The only one that gave me trouble was her water form. That heal screwed me over on my first attempt.
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The only one that gave me trouble was her water form. That heal screwed me over on my first attempt.
Hence Colesseo World.
Also, as to the update, if I'm fast, I might get it up. If not, the fact that power where I live will be knocked out due to a massive nor'easter that'll be sweeping through here this weekend will prevent me from doing anything. My laptop's battery can only last so long. Plus no internet. Yeah.
That's the bad news. The good news is that so far the Netherworld hasn't been as on my ass as it was when I first came here, though I haven't done much beyond the first room. And Patchy has more PATK than Sakuya does at this point. I'm not even joking.
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Patch is a powerhouse physically at first (Because her patk bonus POW tree is godly), yeah. Before long though, her magic is just far more appealing apart from using the Marmot Eater on eientei bosses.
There is, however, totally legit reasons to use a dagger on the final expansion boss with her. So I guess that makes twice.
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Being Satori is suffering. :V
Also forgive the lateness of this remark but it amuses me how spacey Byakuren and Murasa are in this game. :V
On-topic: I'm a complete n00b to this line of fangames so I'm sorta just waiting here and eagerly awaiting finding out who Reimu horribly mistreats next. :getdown:
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Being Satori is suffering. :V
Also forgive the lateness of this remark but it amuses me how spacey Byakuren and Murasa are in this game. :V
On-topic: I'm a complete n00b to this line of fangames so I'm sorta just waiting here and eagerly awaiting finding out who Reimu horribly mistreats next. :getdown:
Everyone point and laugh at the newbie :V
Just kiiiiiddiinnnnng~
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On-topic: I'm a complete n00b to this line of fangames so I'm sorta just waiting here and eagerly awaiting finding out who Reimu horribly mistreats next. :getdown:
Hint; It's everyone.
But uh... I never really thought Patchy could melee. I learned something today.
Also Satori, SATORI, WHY MUST I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOU AS A CHARACTER BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY GOOD SKILLS DAMN IT.
I know she learns stuff by getting hit, but that's such a hassle ;~; I wish she had Lancet or something to LEARN THEM from the enemies without having to get punched in the face non-stop.
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Don't worry, PPP. Reimu will cause pain and suffering to many, many people before the game is over. Who else will be the subject of her endless wrath? Well, that's for me to know and for you to find out as I trudge slowly through this game.
Also, I was right on the mark when I said Volume 1 is over. So, this next update (which is nearly 100 images total) will be it for the first story arc. Hopefully I'll have the time to get it up before I get screwed over by the weather. I will not touch the game further until that update is made.
I still have so much more to go... *sigh*
@Ikari: Yeah... a Lancet-type ability would be nice, wouldn't it?
Sadly, this isn't Final Fantasy X. This is Genius of Sappheiros. And I will take Mind Blasts to the face until I get them (which I already have).
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Volume 1- Finale: They Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance
Okay, lame titles aside, let's talk about Satori, probably one of the least useful characters in the game if you don't keep at developing her.
She's the resident Blue Mage of the party. While she has skills of her own, she mainly learns skills through getting whacked in the face by them. Sadly, as she's a caster, she has very poor physical stats. She has a pretty good IND, though, which makes buffs and debuffs just that much more powerful. And she has okay INT, enough to make magic attacks powerful. Her base skill list is all debuffs and Permanents, but the enemy skill ist is massive. If I get any skills for her, I'll list them at the end of the update under the heading "Satori Skills," while her base skills will be listed as usual under the "Skills" heading.
Growth Trees: Satori (boosts skill Learning rate and learned skill power), Trauma (boosts Permanents), Id (boosts Varieties), Third Eye (boosts various stats, especially MP and magic)
Unique Weapon: Eyes (slash weapon that usually boosts certain damage types and usually inflicts status effects)
Last Word: Powerful Mind-Reading (inflicts Control on the enemy party)
Commander Bonus: +5% RES, 1 Bomb: Attack Prediction (Gain 33% Deflect), 3 Bomb: Enemy Techniques (Randomly uses one enemy skill, a waste of time)
Starting Skills: Hypnosis (inflicts Sleep on whole enemy party), Stupefy (inflicts Silence on whole enemy party), Soften (reduces PDEF of whole enemy party)
So, uh, yeah. Satori. Not too useful at first glance. As to learning things, well...
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As you can possibly see, upon getting hit with a skill that can be learned, Satori has a set chance of learning it. Even if it hits her with a status down or kills her, as long as she was alive when it hit she has a chance of learning it. If she fails to learn a certain skill in a battle, she cannot learn it again in that battle. This can be very enraging when you finally get her hit with a skill only for it to not get learned.
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The one skill I really want at this point is Mind Blast. Full party Mystic damage plus Paralysis. How could you not want this?
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As for the Netherworld, it's right over here, in the western portion of Gensokyo.
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Wow, this is a bit dreary. Drearier than I originally thought the Netherworld looked like.
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That's not how you spell "Netherworld."
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Of course not! It's not as if you're not allowed up on the surface... oh wait, you aren't. Too bad, Yukari, we're going to actively screw with that deal between the surface and underground and you're just going to have to accept it.
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Well, it's simple. The mist is only in Gensokyo, and the Netherworld is a separate dimension. Patchoulli explains this as well.
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Hmm... I don't know. That's not like her. The Spring Incident doesn't count, as she really wasn't aware of what she was doing to Gensokyo in the process. PLUS SHE HATES HER POWER.
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That's also true. She's strange. No wonder she and Yukari are friends.
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Might as well. We've got no other leads.
The theme song of this place is... supposedly Oriental Mystic Dream~Ancient Temple (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49kFZcVEQjE), but good luck figuring that out. Out of all of the songs in this game, this is the only one I cannot recognize whatsoever, even WITH the wiki saying what it is.
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There's a secret treasure over here if you check the east portion of the entrance.
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The Netherworld itself is divided into this area, based obviously on Stage 4 of PCB, and that weird death-like swamp place, based on... something. I don't know what.
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Senpoku-Kanpokus are weak to Water but know Poison Breath, so note that. The poison will probably kill one of your mages if it hits.
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Vouivres are dragons, interestingly enough. They're weak to Dark, but use stuff like Hellclaw Assassination and other things that hurt.
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And Darknesses. Weak to Light, they use some Dark attacks. Not too bad. Satori can learn some skills off of them, so take note.
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This Hresvelgr here is weak to Light and Pierce, but knows Death Dive (which drains health) and can inflict Control with its normal attacks. Not very friendly.
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That crack sure doesn't look ominious.
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I guess I was wronnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng...
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Those are faces on the wall. Those faces are disturbing.
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Swordsmen here are weak to Dark, but use physical attacks. Their Headsplitter attack is learnable.
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Ghosties here are weak to Light, inflict Great Confusion (inability to use any skills), and seem to drop Iron like crazy.
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As seen here. Honestly, two drops in one battle is pretty amazing.
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Always...s, maybe? They are actually birds, so they're weak to Pierce and Electric.
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So, that's a Beheaded Ksitigarbha. Immune to Light and Dark, but weak to Earth. Okay then.
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Those are Shugenjas, and they're basically the magic counterparts to the Swordsmen from earlier. They cast some status spells and Dark magic. Not too bad.
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Oh, a Shade. it knows some pretty bad Dark spells like Dark Breath. And it knows Death. Fantastic. It's weak to Light, obviously.
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Sakuya's World boosts Sakuya up by a lot, turning her into a powerhouse. Fun.
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I never knew this secret passage existed the first time I came through here. Huh.
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This portal here?
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Leads back to the beginning. Shortcuts, whee.
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A Zaqqum, huh? It's weak to Fire and knows either Curse spells or Dark spells. I forget which.
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Back up here are Angels. Weak to Dark, but they know Holy Zapper. Which Satori can learn. Okay.
After moving into a certain room...
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Hey, Yuyuko! You look depressed. Something the matter?
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Oh. I see.
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You don't have to scream so loud!
Youmu brings in some food.
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I wouldn't think that Youmu's ghost half could hold something up, but I guess I'm wrong.
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Wait, you didn't fry Mystia again, did you?!
That would be sort of bad. I like Mystia. Besides the whole night-blind thing, I'm totally fine with her.
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Hmm?
She notes someone has entered the Netherworld. Gee, I wonder who it is?
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Yeah, isn't it obvious? But wait, why would you know Reimu would come here? Unless...
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I second that. Youmu must not have been too thrilled once she found out exactly what Yuyuko was having her do back in Perfect Cherry Blossom.
Yuyuko doesn't really give a good response.
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Might as well. We'll tear through you if we have to, but you can at least try.
Yuyuko notes how everything is getting interesting. Um, so, are you the culprit or not?
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Knowing her, she'll leave it up to us and totally not step in to say, "Hey, you've got the wrong person here, go elsewhere." Or she's investigating on her own. Or she's actually the one causing the incident, which I doubt because she seems just as troubled by it as some of the others.
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Why are we always playing right into the hands of everyone we meet?
We return back to our group in the process. Let's hopefully get to Hakugyokurou and deal with this.
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So, Souls and a Dropper. They're both weak to Light, so Reimu can whack away. The Dropper can inflict Paralysis using Nasal Breath (which Satori can learn), so be careful.
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And a Cerberus. Because we totally need Greek mythological references in a JRPG.
It's weak to Water but knows Fire Breath. Not too hard on its own.
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More Infant Demons. If Satori was in the party, I'd have her learn Demon Shock, but I kind of just got a few basic skills for her and then said, "Screw it, this is a waste of time." Not exactly in those words, but pretty much.
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So, let's go up, shall we? Make sure that Patchy or Marisa have all their Fire spells on. Any element, really, but Fire's as good as anything, plus Patchy is most likely going to have her Fire boosting spell (Hot Spot Vulcan) by now. And make sure that Alice has Holland Doll on to cover an ally, plus Death resistance. That treasure at the beginning of the dungeon I showed you? It's the Charismatic Ghost Band. It resists Death. You can get the Death Guard too to put on someone, if you have the materials for it. Finally, make sure Sanae has Wind of Arrows and Wind of Protection. You might need both.
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Yeah, it only took a lot of falling down holes and getting lost, but we're almost here.
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Of course, Youmu is in our way.
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Well, we don't necessarily know that, do we?
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Yeah, a good bodyguard protects his or her employer. If not, he or she'll probably get his or her pay docked, or something.
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Well, mind reading works, I guess.
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Um, yeah. She's not a satori for nothing, you know.
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That'll get you into trouble. Really, now.
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Remember the diaper in Devil of Decline?
I'm sorry, but this is what it referenced. Yeah, the diaper was Youmu's recruitment flag. I won't say anything beyond that.
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Marisa punches Satori, of course, for going just a tad too far. Poor Youmu looks like she's going to have a heartattack or something.
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Yeah, good job, Satori! You just pissed her off even more.
She swipes at us, but she misses.
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Um, it might.
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Take that!
But then she blocks it! This isn't good. She slashes at Reimu, knocking her back. This isn't good...
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It seems that way.
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Are we going to do this Chrono Trigger style?
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Hell yeah we are. Combo Tech to the face, Youmu!
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What the!?
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Shit, Yuyuko's here. We're in trouble, aren't we?
We ask her if she's the culprit to her face.
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I knew it!
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What?
Then Reimu asks Satori to read her. Wait a minute, she's about to...
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...Tell us. Well, gee, that sucks. It's almost as if those two stages we spent in the underground were a waste of time...
Oh wait, they were. Strawberry Bose, I hate you SO much right now.
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I REALLY hate you right now.
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I think we took the path to the bad end or something.
Never mind, we get up right afterwards.
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I am not really happy with this situation, but I have no choice, do I?
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Welcome to the first fight in the game that's not hard because you don't know what you're doing, but the first fight that's hard because the RNG can and WILL screw you over. They're both weak to the four base elements, but Yuyuko has crazy MDEF. Youmu has no such thing, so taking her down is fine. However, Youmu will go into "stances." There are three: Asura, Devaloka (Deva), and Manussya (Human Realm). Pray she does not go into Asura. If she does, just reset, because even Marionette Parrar won't save you. Also, see how I'm in Free Fight? I reset and changed that. You might want Hakurei Type on.
Also, Yuyuko has crazy EVA and Perfect Dodge, so you need to either debuff her EVA or use an ACC buff, like Wind of Arrows.
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Ghastly Dream isn't too bad. It inflicts MDEF down, but that's negliable.
Not pictured: The numerous resets. Yeah, the RNG hit me HARD. I'm not going to get TPKed just because the RNG has a grudge against anyone who dares try to beat the game.
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Oh look, just like in Perfect Cherry Blossom, once you beat Yuyuko, she has one nasty surprise left for you in the form of Resurrection Butterfly.
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OWW.
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Yeah, massive chance of inflicting Instant Death to all party members. Remember how I said that Alice should have Holland Doll on? Yeah, by using it to cover someone, Alice will take the hit for that person. That's why Reimu, despite having no Death resistance on, survived, because Alice took the hit for her. If you think this is the last time a boss will have a desperation attack when it dies, you're in for a surprise.
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Well, that's settled. Sorry we had to do that, but I don't take bullets to the face kindly, thank you very much.
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Yeah, otherwise this game would be over by now.
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Pretty much.
We then ask Yuyuko if she knows something.
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Well, that's how things go, right?
Then she refuses to tell us. Err, what?
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FUCK YOU! We spent all that time going off to get Satori because we thought you wouldn't say anything, but now you say nothing? Really game? We could be closer to the culprit's trail, but NOOOOOOOOO!
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I don't blame you. I blame Yuyuko. She's the bitch who won't let go of information.
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Oh, that makes things SO MUCH BETTER! Really, you might as well not bother giving us anything.
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Oh, she heard all that.
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Whoops.
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I guess so. Yuyuko, you are a bitch, you know that?
Satori asks if she can go home now.
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Goddamnit, Reimu.
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Yeah, we've got no leads now. And Yuyuko isn't saying shit, so where could we go?
Patchy suggests Muenzuka. Well, when you don't have the enlightened dead, you might as well have the place with all the unmarked graves.
We leave. Finally.
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Well, maybe it is. Youmu could be useful. As long as she doesn't stab us in the face, I'm good.
Yuyuko goes back inside. The camera pans down...
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What the!? The true culprit was watching us the whole time! Does that mean we're the ones being followed?
She notes that Yuyuko acted "as expected." I don't like the sound of that.
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Damn it! So, the whole time we've been on this wild goose chase, the culprits have been trailing us to check on our actions. These aren't ordinary culprits, are they? I mean, no one in the actual series goes to this extent to ensure they're not under suspicion. Worse, this person is completely unknown to us at this point.
But now that we have a destination, what will happen? Find out as we begin Volume 2, wherein the wild goose chase continues. On and on. With no visible end.
Summary:
Treasure: Rock (drop), Charismatic Ghost Band (Alice), Serpent Knife, Launch Earrings I (Sanae), Iron (x3 drop), Snakeskin, Rusty Blade, Billboard (Patchy), Eyeball, Pagoda, Sewing Needle, Death Mail (Alice), Moonfang Skypiercer Ji (Sanae), Earthsnake Armor (drop, Sanae), Magic Mushroom, Strength Ring I (drop, Sakuya), Magic Shard, Stormhead Amulet (drop), Silver Tray, Nimble Ring I (drop), Squall Hairpin I, Ashoka's Hammer (Alice), Kamishide, Hinotori Feather, Imitation Slayer, Blank Scroll, Hades Robe (Patchy), Cherry Blossom Petal, Celestial Peach (x2), Philosopher's Cane, Headshot Goggles I, Indefatigable Earrings I (Alice), Untouchable Goggles I, Donation Box
Skills: Never Fail (increases ACC, Byakuren), Psychedelic Art (reduces ACC of entire enemy party, Satori), Unquick (reduces ACC and EVA, Byakuren), Black Miasma (inflicts Petrify, Byakuren), Unresist (reduces RES and IND, Byakuren), Youkai Buster (Medium power column-hitting Light spell that ignores Reflect and Magic Barrier, Reimu), Perfect Resist (raises RES, Byakuren), Artful Enchanter (raises resistance to one of the four base elements for the whole party, costs a bomb, Alice), Blade Murder (Low power attack that reduces PATK, Sakuya), Grand Healing Miracle (Medium power healing spell, Sanae), Makai Temptation (inflicts Control, Byakuren)
Satori Skills: Fire Arrow (single-target Fire spell), Skewer (penetrating physical attack), Mind Blast (all-targeting Mystic spell that inflicts Paralysis), Plasma Ball (single-target Electric spell), Earth Javelin (single-target Earth spell), Ice Chill (single-target Water spell)
Recipes: Bombs Gohei, Heretic Broom, Serpent Fang, Hurricane Fan, Great Maid, Dictionary of Heretics, Magnum Revolver, Shanghai Greaves, Big Eye, The Green Eyes, Platinum Shield, Dark Robe, Violet Pajamas, Burning Breastplate, Frozen Breastplate, Stone Breastplate, Thunderclap Breastplate
Synthesis Done: First-Edition Manga (Patchoulli), Great Maid (Sakuya), Bombs Gohei (Reimu), Platinum Shield (Alice)
Formations: Konpaku Sword-Style Formation
TPKs: 0 this update, 2 overall (plus many, many resets)
Frustration: I'm pissed at the gameplay and at the story. How much more pissed at a game can I get? Much more. Trust me on that one.
Also, for those of you who played the game but are wondering who exactly that figure was, well, I looked through the game's files and found out. Those who haven't played won't know what this means, but for those who have played, well, does BEG
mean anything to you?
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Yuyuko's counter can be avoided by killing her with poison or a chaser. Both of these are pretty effective ways to damage her in general. Satori's Poison Art self-learned move is the best offense she has even in random battles for a good while, for that matter; and chasers cannot miss ever and hit Yuyuko's weaknesses.
Alternatively, Byakuren can debuff Yuyuko's mdef and then Marisa/Patch can nuke her with magic.
If Nitori has a gun and self-enchants with an element, following up with a spellcard attack, she can kill Youmu and Yuyuko with one attack. Gun POW tree has an ability to ignore Perfect Dodge, too. If she isn't leveled enough for a spellcard, well, she still hurts, just not total facemelt cheese.
And, Youmu is strong, but I didn't find her to be -that- scary...! Then again, I'm pretty sure I'd kill her before she could actually use a stance spellcard.
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Fire Breath was one of the first things I learnt; the Salamanders back in the Hell of Blazing Fires teaches that.
Also recommend picking up Satori's all-heal spell by Charming a Shugenja, assuming your Byakuen's charm is good enough.
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Breaths are kind of terrible apart from using to activate chasers and get MP drain with a staff (for mp efficiency as opposed to real multitarget magic)
Mass Heal is okay before you can get Area Heal though but it's probably not worth the effort to learn if you aren't a big Satori learning fan, charm-required spells in general are bluh.
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That and Mass Heal SUCKS. Seriously, it's way too pricey for a healing spell, and it has way too long of a cooldown. Area Heal is better by far, though I can't go after that until later.
Also, Muenzuka. Yes. Doing it. My laptop crashed while making the update yet again, so yet again I had to throw my treasure and skill list together from memory. That, plus the wiki is down... *sigh* Like I honestly need this sort of stuff going on. The good news is that if I go quickly enough, I might have another update tonight. That's a big "if," though.
EDIT: I finished screenshotting, but I'm a bit tired of making updates for today. I'll do it in the morning or something. Besides, the last one was sort of large, and I kind of want the wiki back before doing anything else.
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More LP time, brought to you by Nemo, this huge storm that's starting to get close to where I live!
Second Volume- Part 1: Death's Junkyard
So, we have Youmu. Because we got Mokou and Byakuren earlier, we have all of the characters we can get pre-expansion.
Much like her boss fight, Youmu can set up one of three (later on four) stances, being Asura, Devaloka, and Manussya (later on Conjoined is added). Asura boosts physical attack and generally hits areas of enemies, Devaloka boosts physical defense and evasion (probably the worst of the three, in my opinion), and Manussya boosts ACC and CRT (probably the best of the three, in my opinion). Once in a stance, Youmu can then use skills associated with that stance. She's great for bosses and, if you know what you're doing, you can make her good against random encounters as well. The only problem with stances are that they count as a Variety effect, so they can be dispelled and they count towards the five Variety limit.
Growth Trees: Manussya (boosts Manussya skills and related stats), Devaloka (boosts Devaloka skills and related stats), Asura (boosts Asura skills and related stats), Half-Ghost (Boosts HP and MP among other things)
Unique Weapon: Katanas (Slash weapon with good ACC and CRT boosts)
Last Word: Konpaku Flash (Instant Death against all enemies)
Commander Bonus: Increased critical hit rate on physical attacks, 1 Bomb: Half-Phantom Attack (halves enemy RES), 3 Bomb: Six Realms Sword (highly boosts critical hit rate for this turn)
Starting Skills: Manussya Stance, Slash of the Present (Medium+ power Manussya attack that reduces PDEF, costs 1 bomb), Devaloka Stance, 200 Yojana in 1 Slash (Medium power penetrating Devaloka attack that decreases MATK and MDEF, costs 1 bomb), Asura Stance, Ten Kings' Retribution on the Gaki (Medium- power large AoE Asura attack that decreases PATK, costs 1 bomb), Slash of Spring Wind in Saigyouji (High+ power penetrating attack that requires any stance, costs 2 bombs)
Okay, with that out of the way, let's focus on going places. Like Muenzuka.
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It's right over here, in the northwest.
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Oh fun, a Higan Retour (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGMZ9Wr9nFQ) remix for this place.
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Technically we're in it, but whatever.
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Yeah, there's a bunch of unmarked graves here.
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Yeah, fun times.
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Oh, joyous! So, basically, this place has a bunch of stuff from the outside world in it. That'll be fun.
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Yeah, outside world technology is still better than Gensokyo's with the exception of the nuclear fusion reactor. Nitori also notes that a lot of these items are now artifact spirits. Swell.
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Err, we really don't know that, do we?
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Better than the "let's murder our way to who we think the culprit is" you've had for the last couple of dungeons.
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And our enemy icons are karakasas. Wonderful.
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Alright, Praetors here are the next tier of the Fairy-type enemies. Weak to Dark, they use skills related to their weapons. Alright then.
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In the back is an Amaryllis. They can inflict Sleep on you and can also inflict Instant Death. They are weak to Fire, so note that.
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This is what happens if you don't kill the Amaryllises quickly enough.
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Crap, a Golden Scarab. They can use Hyper Bomb, which hurts. However, Water murders their face, so take note.
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Armed Scarabs are weaker than Golden Scarabs. They can only use Bomb, and they are also weak to Water. So yeah.
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That's a lot of guys. Good thing I have Silent Selene!
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The Wyvern here is resistant to the four base elements, weak to absolutely nothing, and does stuff that hurts. I forget exactly what.
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Ittan-Momens are strange. They are weak to Slash and Electric and have an ability that raises the EVA of the entire enemy party. And they also know Constrict (apparently it wasn't Coil like I thought it was in DoD).
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You know, this place is supposed to be a graveyard, not a dump.
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The Black Pudding in the back knows Digest, which is a draining attack, and its weak to Fire. That's about it.
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Oh crap, Atoms. They are upgraded versions of Pus, Bug and everything.
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A picture of my computer not actually crashing but the Atoms trying to bug the game through Paralysis. Gee, thanks!
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A shortcut back to the beginning. Whee.
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The Flowing Lantern is weak to the base four elements, strangely enough, and does something I forget. The Momentus up top is weak to Electric and can use HDD Crash, which inflicts Removal.
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The Principality up front knows some Light spells that hurt, and is weak to Dark. The One-eyed Boys in the back can inflict Sleep, I think. They're weak to Fire.
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Whoa, Seven Caped People. Weak to Fire and Light, and can inflict Zombie on anyone who's been killed.
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Panther Vs are really annoying, because they use Main Cannon, which is the same attack used by the tanks back in DoD. They are weak to Fire, so take them down that way.
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Finally, a Lesser Demon instead of an Infant Demon! Weak to Light, but now they know Demon Blast, which is a column Dark attack that Satori can learn.
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Last new enemy is a Laughing Tire. Weak to Slash and Earth, I think, but they can use Hit-and-Run, which is a quick attack that can inflict Daze.
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We're here. Place your party into Free Fight or some other column formation (preferably Free Fight), make sure Alice has a lot of points in her Manipulation, and make sure you've got Light attacks to spare.
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Nope. We're screwed information wise.
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Well, it's the last place in Gensokyo related to death, but after this, we're out of leads. Unless the culprits decide to reveal themselves soon, we'll have no destination and thus the incident will remain unresolved. That would be bad.
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Oh, hi Komachi. You're asleep.
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Trying to impersonate Eiki? Is that like impersonating a doctor, wherein you get in some sort of trouble if you're caught?
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Nah, it's just us.
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Marisa, I know that's your nickname for her, but she doesn't take kindly to it.
We also ask her about what she's doing.
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Hmm. Okay. She notes how she was just taking a small break.
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You could say that again. Reimu is pretty lazy.
Satori starts looking at her funny.
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Eh, I doubt it.
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Komachi, Youmu's half-human! She can't ride to Higan!
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Might as well give it straight.
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Yeah, okay. Reimu buys it. Huh? I'd figure you'd start accusing her then beating the crap out of her.
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Everyone gives their own reason for why they believe Komachi is innocent, which amounts mainly to how she doesn't have that power nor is she competent enough to do so.
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Whoa, whoa! Reimu, that's going too far! Besides a women's age, you shouldn't say anything about her breast size in front of her either.
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And Reimu deserves it!
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Komachi is pretty resistant to physical attacks, but Sakuya has a sword on with Slayer against Foreign Gods, which Komachi is. However, she'll counter physicals with Shinigami Scythe, which is learnable for Satori but I don't care enough. Also, she uses all physical attacks and occasionally buffs herself.
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This attack sucks. Basically, I reset and put Free Fight on, because seriously, that attack hurts a lot. It's Dark elemental, if you care enough to equip something that resists it.
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Sometime later after resetting whenever Money form Yesterday murdered most of my party, I do it. Byakuren's Starfire is nice for lowering MDEF and for debuffing, if you have high IND.
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I'm sorry Reimu called you that. That was unwarranted on many levels.
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Because Strawberry Bose Reimu can and will destroy you, physically and emotionally.
Then we lecture her about being lazy.
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Yeah, ouch.
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Yeah, we've got nothing.
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Well, it might be.
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Alright, so it's not. I figured not anyways. Eiki wouldn't tolerate that sort of thing.
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Hmm? Well, it has to do with death, right?
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What do you mean by that?
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So, if it's not death, what is it?
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Makai!? You mean it could be demons?
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That would be bad if it was. We can't get there without some sort of portal.
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So the culprit is in Gensokyo. Well, we know that, because the culprit is following us. Although, who was that person reporting to? It could very well have been a person from Makai.
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Byakuren. But then Patchy recommends we go to...
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Yuka? She's not from Makai.
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Err, no, it's Mugenkan. That's a completely different place. She would know nothing about Makai. She's been there, but she doesn't live there.
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I guess so...
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Yeah, we kind of drag everyone we meet into this nonsense. Not that we're doing something bad. We're just cutting bloody swaths through everything to find things out.
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You are asleep again...
So, uh, yeah. Garden of the Sun. That's our next destination. Will we be able to get through the annoying puzzle that awaits us there? Does Yuka know anything? How much grinding will I have to do? All of that is next time.
Summary:
Treasure: Ghost Shield (Reimu), Wisdom Ring I (drop, Patchoulli), Ancient Sword (drop), Steel (x3 drop, x2 treasure), Iron, Bamboo, Elemental Sphere, Hakurouken, Pocket Watch (drop), Spare Parts, Eyeball, Donation Box, Hinotori Feather, Magic Medal, Cumula Amulet (drop), Armor Lining, Dakimakura (drop), Slaughterer (drop, Sanae), Golden Mattock (drop, Alice), Netherworld Robe (drop, Satori), Pretty Mirror (drop), Viking Shield, Gold, Cushion, Thunderking Armor (Reimu)
Skills: Ofuda of Healing (Low power healing spell, Reimu), Bondage Art (inflicts Paralysis), Art of Chaos (inflicts Greater Confusion), Quagmire (lowers EVA), Poison Art (inflicts Poison, All Satori), Mad Blizzard (Medium- power large AoE Water spell, costs one bomb, Marisa), Passion Blaze (Medium power large AoE Fire spell, costs one bomb, Marisa), Collapse Art (reduces PATK, Satori), Fantasy Amulet (Low- power all-targeting Light spell that ignores Magic Barrier and Reflect, Reimu), Perfect Square (Stops enemy movement, costs two bombs, Sakuya), Poison Beak (physical attack that inflicts Poison, Aya)
Satori Skills: None
Recipes: Zangantou, Kashasetsu, Midwinter Buckler, Spirit Shield, Gladiator Shield, Improved Optical Camo, Sturdy Doll, Fencer's Clothes, Atman Coin I, Acute Soul
TPKs: 1 this update, 3 overall
Frustration: Resetting so much is kind of annoying. I'd like to just be done with the bosses. Also, the next dungeon, oh man...
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Second Volume- Part 2: Salerno Garden
The Garden of the Sun's next, huh? Well, let's pay Yuka a visit. I'm sure she won't mind.
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It's right down here, for those who don't know.
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Okay, so the theme is apparently a mix of the Forest Maze theme from Super Mario RPG and Yuka's theme from whichever one of the Seihou games she was in (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd74WXTPV-A). Sounds cheerful. Also, I'm going to have to play Super Mario RPG some time in my life.
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Gee, you think? It's called the Garden of the Sun for a reason.
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Oh yeah, Yuka's a real pain to deal with, as anyone who's read Do the Right Thing would know. Among other things, but that fanfiction stands out among them.
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Fun! I hope she doesn't punch me across Gensokyo in the process.
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Err, not that I know of. Besides, she's not from Makai. How many times must I repeat that?
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And we'll never find out any of them. Well, not until Devil of Decline, that is.
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So, the dungeon itself. Anyone remember Salerno Academy from Valkyrie Profile? Yep, the puzzles here work the same way, except the things you knock down via scent regrow after you leave the room, not after a few room transitions. However, the scent you have on (either red or blue) stays for only a few rooms, so be careful.
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So yeah, you be covered with the scent you walk through.
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Sunflowers here are weak to Slash and Fire, and know Sunburst, which hurts. A lot.
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Venoms aren't that bad. Weak to Electric.
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For those not familiar with the concept...
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Yeah, scents knock down flowers. I was confused by this puzzle the first time I came here, even though I solved the Salerno Academy puzzle both times for Valkyrie Profile without resorting to a guide. It involved mapmaking and some trial and error. The Clockwork Mansion, on the other hand... yeah, whenever I play through again, I'm still using a guide for that.
Enough of the Valkyrie Profile memories. It's a great game, don't get me wrong, but I'm playing this right now.
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Another Fairy tier that quickly? Sunflower Fairies are weak to Dark (obviously) and know some interesting skills, including Mass Heal, a good healing spell for them, but absolutely terrible when Satori has it.
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And a Red Tongue. They can cancel your magic and are weak to Light. Okay then.
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Two new enemies here, the Elephant and Hanging Gourds. The Hanging Gourds are weak to Fire and Slash and lower your PDEF. The Elephant is weak to Fire, but don't let it live for too long, or it will charge up and use Face Smash. And that HURTS.
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Goddamn Cockatrices! HCBailly would go absolutely nuts...
Anyways, they're weak to Light and Electric. They have Petro Breath, which Satori can learn. Thankfully Wind of Protection can prevent an unwanted Petrification.
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Breath attacks are physical. Patchy can deflect physical attacks.
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This is the same battle, and she deflects AGAIN. The third Petro Breath kills her, sadly, but that was kind of cool.
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Those are Toubyous. Weak to Water, and can use Constrict. Okay then.
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That's a Dorotabo. It's actually undead, so it's weak to Light and Fire. I sort of used Fantasy Heaven here, which sort of killed everything but the Hanging Gourd in one shot.
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Crap, a Basilisk. It can inflict Instant Death with its physical attacks and can use Poison Breath, which inflicts some pretty bad poison.
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Ugh, an Earth. When paired up with these Venoms, the Venoms will use Control Land to shift the land to Earth. Then the Earth will kill you. Run.
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Flipping a switch part way through the dungeon takes away this steam thing, which would have prevented us from bringing scents into this portion of the dungeon. We need a certain scent to get to the next part of the dungeon, though, so this is good.
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Succubi here can inflict Charm and are weak to Light. Okay then.
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Beware the Killer Mantis! Not really, though. They can attack twice per turn and they just sort of hit you. Water murders them.
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After some exploration, I stumble upon the last area. No guide was used. I did not refer to ChefMKT's LP. Nothing. I feel a little proud of myself.
As for the boss, well, I wanted to remember stuff, and I sort of did. Alice needs to have on Spectrum Mystery and Sanae needs five points in her Snakes tree to get a special field effect that prevents Poison. Patchy (or Marisa, if you're using her) needs all the Electric stuff, plus Active Elemental. That should be everything.
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Before I went in, however, I ran into this. It seems threatening, but I essentially spammed everyone's most powerful stuff. It fell easily.
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Hello, Yuka. Enjoying your garden?
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Yep. Summer does that. You wouldn't want to be where I am, though...
She notes the mist and how its making everything sort of bad. Yeah, you must be feeling some sort of pain, at the very least.
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Oh?
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Medicine! I figured you'd be at the Youkai Mountain, fighting off tengu while the only human you ever trusted is battered and bruised over in Mayohiga... oh wait, that's Do the Right Thing.
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What? The mist? It hurts, though.
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Errm.
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Yeah, according to Phantasmagoria of Flower View.
Yuka notes to herself that it makes Medi cute. Okay, then.
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Gee, that's a bit violent.
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Whoops, we're here now.
Yuka greets us as Reimu and her companions.
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Well, do you want to call our whole group by our names one at a time? Just go with the most prominent person and then stick in "and friends" or something and you're good.
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Well, uh, good to know? I don't know if Alice really has been losing dolls... great, more Do the Right Thing memories. That scene where we first met Medicine was a bit disturbing.
Reimu yells at them to stop. Yeah, we have questions to ask.
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Uh, well...
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That should do it.
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Alright, thank you, have a nice day, Yuka.
We mention the Makai connection. Again, not. From. Makai.
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I think so.
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Wow, you forgot your own backstory, haven't you? It's called MUGENKAN!!! You know, the Mansion of Dreams? The Dream World? Underneath the Lake of Blood in the mountains near the Hakurei Shrine? I bet you haven't been back there to see Elly and the others in a while.
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She's talking about the mist. It's not the miasma from Makai. So, once again the trail's gone cold. Huh. Well, I guess that's it. Might as well leave.
And then they ask Satori to read her mind.
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Uh, Satori...
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I think you pissed her off.
Meanwhile, we cross Medicine off the list of suspects. Why?
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Yeah. It's not poison, but it definitely weakens people.
So, we're leaving, right?
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Damn it.
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Okay, sure. I have a skill to negate poison, anyways.
The others ask Alice to stop Medicine. That's not going to work...
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Yeah, artifact spirits are sort of not dolls. No matter what Alice does, Medicine can't be controlled by her.
Reimu is fine with it, though.
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Good old belligerent Strawberry Bose Reimu.
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Couldn't we just, you know, run?
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Crap.
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Welcome to the first boss in while that's easy to an extent. Yuka has a dangerous physical attack known as Parasol Charge, but that's what Hourai Doll is for. Spectrum Mystery can be used for blocking the large amount of Earth attacks they both have. Yuka is weak to Electric, and Medicine has no weakness. Just bash away with those, make sure Sanae puts up the poison-blocking field, and heal when you get hurt, and you should be fine.
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For a very powerful youkai, you were a bit of a pushover, Yuka. You too, Medicine.
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What, did you think youkai enjoy being exterminated?
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I understand. Reimu, on the other hand, is not too willing to believe.
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Life? If it's life, then how could it be used to weaken people? Wouldn't it be used to heal people, or something?
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Ohhhhhhhh. So, life is being sapped from the youkai. Couldn't it also affect humans, though? If this culprit can manipulate life, then why just the youkai?
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Okay, that's a strange way to put it, but I guess it's true.
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Youkai are immortal to an extent, but true immortality means one thing and one thing only...
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Exactly! The Hourai Elixir! So, that means...
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Possibly. Now, this seems on the mark!
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Yep, we've got to go to Eientei to deal with them.
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I guess so. Huh, that was fast.
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Oh, she wants to let Eirin know she can have as much suzaran poison as she wants. Okay then.
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Yeah, we were just leaving. So, that's it for the Garden of the Sun! Next time, we go into one of the most annoying dungeons in the game in order to deal with Eirin and Kaguya. Are they the culprits? Is the power of Hourai really capable of this catastrophe? We'll find out in the next couple of updates, because guess what? Eientei is another two stage dungeon, so it'll take a couple of updates to deal with it.
Summary:
Treasure: Sunflower Seed (treasure x2, dop x1), Water Shard, Blank Scroll, Minotaur Axe (Alice), DVD-ROM, Rock (x1 drop, x1 treasure), Electric Shard, Iron, Magic Medal, Raising Heart (Patchoulli), Pretty Mirror, Beast Mail (Alice), Fire Shard, Sun Tzu's Art of War, Tinbe (Reimu), Dragon Slayer, Crow Feather, Insect Killer, Blessed Armor (drop, Reimu), Earth Shard, Steel (drop)
Skills: White Thaumaturgy (increases MDEF of whole party, costs one bomb, Sanae), Manipulate Puppet (like Marionette Parrar, except for the entire party, costs one bomb, Alice), Void Spirit (shifts all Land towards neutral, Patchoulli), Fire Crest (High power Fire spell, Patchoulli), Fantasy Seal -Concentrate- (Medium power Large AoE Light spell, Reimu), Soul Sculpture (Medium power attack that heals Sakuya 100% of the damage dealt, costs one bomb, Sakuya)
Recipes: Inferno Blade, Steropes, Aquamarine Hammer, Devil Destroying Gohei, Sorceress Broom, Python, Suzaku Fan, Arondight, Guinness Book of Records, Carbine, Hourai Greaves, Nyuudou Eye, Muramasa, Stormheart Shield, Spangled Kindergarten Uniform, Inferno Plate, Frozen Plate, Gaea Plate, Thunderclap Plate
Synthesis Done: Deva Scroll (Byakuren), Muramasa (Youmu)
Formations: Sunshine Lunch (this one is REALLY good)
TPKs: 0 this update, 3 overall
Frustration: Well, that was easier than I expected, although at one point there was a mad dash to the healing circle. The next dungeon is going to be annoying for real this time.
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Mokou with her silencing fist (And her atk speed boost POW tree) or a Satori with proper gear to act quickly with her natural permanents both remove most of the danger of the next dungeon. Very much worth it.
And then Nitori's weapon helps on the boss a lot...
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Argh damn it, now I'm going to get all the spoilers ;~;
Nyeh, it's worth it~ I love how Satori was brought along to help and ends up making everyone pissed off. Strawberry Bose pretty much threw every character that could cause a reason to fight in the game and put them in our party. *Cough*Nitori*Cough*
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Agh Eientei . . . that dungeon was a real pain to me.
. . . Not even done with this game and it's one of the few in a long time to get me cursing out loud again. :(
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Oh yeah, it's a pain. I've started working on it, and trust me, I'm not exactly in the best of moods. I've only just gotten to the midpoint of Stage 9 with both teams. Now for the other half!
Also, if power gets knocked out here (which it might), expect nothing for the next couple of days. Gotta love living up north.
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Oh Touhous, you so crazy.
The god of the Hakurei Shrine wouldn't be Khorne by any chance, would it? :V
Also, Y U SO PUSHOVER YUUKA. I think Strawberry Bose just couldn't remember all the lore and forgot that Mugenkan is nearby but not *in* Makai.
Also also, I love how aside from the beginning of the game Byakuren has no dialogue. I think while the rest of the party is perpetually bickering she's standing off to the side staring at random pretty objects and is utterly oblivious to anything else going on around her unless she's directly attacked/fighting. :V
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Also also, I love how aside from the beginning of the game Byakuren has no dialogue. I think while the rest of the party is perpetually bickering she's standing off to the side staring at random pretty objects and is utterly oblivious to anything else going on around her unless she's directly attacked/fighting. :V
Well, technically Byakuren's not supposed to be IN the party right now. The same with Mokou. We have them gameplay-wise, but story-wise, well, we'll get them, just not now.
Although your explanation is funny in and of itself. While the party is being slain by random encounters, she'll just be staring at the sunflowers or something, going :D
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I think while the rest of the party is perpetually bickering she's standing off to the side staring at random pretty objects and is utterly oblivious to anything else going on around her unless she's directly attacked/fighting. :V
I like that idea~
While the party is being slain by random encounters, she'll just be staring at the sunflowers or something, going :D
Aaaand now I can't un-see Byakuren being the amazingly cute airhead.
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I know I'm an update or 3 late, but I think Boss Youmu's stances can be dispelled.
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Oh, you might want to dive back into the garden to fight the Succubus repeatedly. They drop a useful item for Byakuren, the Sexy Undergarments. You might already know this though.
I've found it's quite useful for getting Satori some of her better moves, such as Mind Blast and the like.
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Yeah, sure. I'm not worried about it, though.
What I AM worried about is the fact that having to fight two different bosses in a row without a break sucks. I'll have the update up after I deal with that. At least the power hasn't gone out here.
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You intend to pick up Petro Breath, or is Satori not good enough for that yet?
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Honestly, I don't care about Satori (gameplay-wise, not story-wise!). While the concept of Blue Magic is great, it doesn't really work well in this game. There's only a few skills worth getting, and the breath attacks aren't them. As Serela has mentioned before, they're only good for getting off chasers.
On another note, I FINALLY BEAT THE BOSSES! I never want to go through that section of the game ever again. And yet, there's still more of Eientei ahead of this. *sigh*
I hate this game sometimes. I really do.
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I've actually found that Satori is pretty damn good once she has Poison Breath and Poison Arts. I made damn sure to get the latter of the two before going against Yuuka and Medi.
You wouldn't believe how useful it was really. At this point in the game, which is where we both are right now, Poison Arts will do about 750 each tick on Yuuka, provided you land Toxic and not usual Poison. And that's not counting the smashing she'll be getting from everyone else.
I don't exaggerate that once Satori gets either of those two skills, and Mind Blast, her usefulness dramatically shoots up. Boss fights get pretty easy once she gets those.
Of course, I've liked Satori to begin with, but I'm putting that aside with all this, and I'm working off my own personal experiences.
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So, in addition to working on this, thanks to raocow I've started playing a game known as Copy Kitty. Blowing stuff up can be cute when you do it right!
Second Volume- Part 3: The Rage of the Ages Burns for Eternity
I need to play Flames of Eternity. I heard it was good.
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Eientei is here in the south. This couldn't go wrong.
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And we have an Extend Ash~Hourai Victim (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-0I9Cb4pTE) (or is it the other way around?) remix. Not too bad.
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Yep. Eight stages of hell later, and we're pretty close on the tail of the culprit. At least that's what we think.
You might also notice Mokou shows up down there. If you didn't get her before, she'll join you automatically upon entering Eientei, so now she'll join in on cutscenes.
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Hopefully we'll find that out today.
Sanae is confused, though. Why?
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What? So, I guess that means she's innocent? Unless she was doing this just to sell more medicine...
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I thought those Dream and Nightmare Pills were enough.
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Really Reimu? Shouldn't we just punish them either way, regardless of motive?
We enter.
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What's the matter?
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Okay then. It's called an illusion.
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That's oddly specific, Youmu.
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That seems to be true. And if one's a trap, the other will make it.
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Yep, the gimmick of this dungeon is to split your party in two. Honestly, this is one of the worst gimmicks in the game, I absolutely hate it, and it's just so stupid. You have to hope all of your characters are up to snuff, otherwise you're screwed.
Magicians should go over on the right, and physical attacks on the left. That's pretty much what's necessary.
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Oh, hey Kaguya.
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You're not talking about Mokou, are you? Honestly, whether or not that's true is up to debate.
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Oh, hey Eirin. Yeah, this is quite a boring place.
Eirin asks Kaguya why she has a copy of the Bunbunmaru Newspaper, because they don't have a subscription.
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Apparently Aya just dumps it wherever. Wouldn't that be bad for sales?
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What do you mean by that?
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Yep. We need to have a word with you.
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Oh boy.
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Uh, I wouldn't call it "invade," but we're here.
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Crap.
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Hmm? Wait a minute, then why...?
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After pissing off Reisen and Eirin, she gets this order. Apparently also Reisen is going to be punished for Tewi's disobedience. Really? That's cruel...
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I don't like the sound of that. What script?
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She's talking about Sanae. Well, she is from the outside world. And she sort of liked anime and such...
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Here is me before making the correct decision in terms of party setup. Poor past me is going to get a big surprise.
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Okay, we've got a Blood Slime, a Bamboo Monster, and a Lunar Virus. They're all weak to Fire. The Blood Slime can drain HP with Digest, the Lunar Virus inflicts statdowns, I think, and the Bamboo Monster can raise its stats with the Grow ability.
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Again, this was before I set my parties up right.
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Now that we have our set-up right, we can proceed. The Inaba in the back is another Fairy upgrade, coming in the usual varieties, although the first team deals with the mages while the second team deals with physical ones. Weak to Dark, as usual.
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Chasers are really useful in this area, especially when so many things have a weakness.
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This, of course, is an attack being used directly after Marisa used Passion Blaze.
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Oh, Nitori's Last Word!
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It causes an explosion that deals megatons of damage. Or it would if Nitori had a better weapon. It also causes her to take out every single one of her inventions at once. Alright then.
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So, an Iron Mouse. They tend to drop Iron. And they are weak to Electric. Simple.
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Behold, the almighty Broom Gods!
...That doesn't exactly sound almighty. Nevertheless, they are immune to Light and Dark and are weak to Slash. Not a problem for Nitori.
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There is a door up here. It leads to treasure. Get it.
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And midpoint for the first team! Onto the second team!
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Okay, we have a Vorpal Bunny and a Zeni. The Vorpal Bunny can inflict Instant Death with its attacks, and the Zeni does something. Also, I highly doubt being whacked with a giant carrot would hurt.
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Nevertheless, TPKs exist. And that means I have to restart with both groups. Joyous.
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Gapuuins here have crazy EVA as well as Perfect Dodge and Magic Barrier. If you hit them, however, they simply fall over and die. They're weak to Electric.
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Oh boy, a Mai Kubi. It's weak to Light, but it can use Scream, which cancels magic just like those Hell's Gatekeepers could do before. I really hate that.
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And a Mokumokuren. I don't know what it's weak to or what it does, really.
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That there is a secret passage, recognizable by the strange folding wall there.
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And a Crocodile. It hurts. Plus it is weak to Water, I think. Okay then.
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Finally, midpoints! Now we can return to here without having to go through that first half again.
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Well, better late than never.
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That's an Oboroguruma. It reflects physical attacks and knows Hit-and-Run.
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Pound the mochi, pound the mochi~!
I forget what exactly the rabbits said in Silent Sinner in Blue.
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Finally, the spot before the boss. Time to get there with the other party!
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That is a Nightblade God. I don't remember what it does, because I didn't stick around too long to find out.
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The same can be said of the Raksha. I know it has physical attacks, but that's it.
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Alright. Well, time for round one of Eientei's annoying boss fights.
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They're bunnies. I don't know if they dance or not.
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Not really.
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That is true. Also, this was not the party I ended up using.
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It looked more like you were playing with your rabbit friends.
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Well, your luck's about to run out.
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Again, wrong set up, but I'll tell you the basic strategy. Tewi has some very damaging attacks, but they have low accuracy. Debuff her accuracy with Byakuren and Satori and the rest is merely chopping her health to bits.
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Of course, she can heal herself, which is bad.
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Me on a later try (resets, they are a thing) encountering the almighty power of Ancient Duper...
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...Which has really bad accuracy. If it does hit, it's pretty much a one-shot.
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Hurray?
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Yeah, this is what happens when it does hit.
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Well, we got her.
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Any last words?
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You look awful smug there, Byakuren. Then again, the dialogue is the exact same regardless of who is in your leader position.
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Meanwhile, we've got Reisen.
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NO.
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Apparently the other path was the wrong one. This is the correct path.
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Err...
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They're bullets.
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We're going to reach her anyways.
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For boss time!
Okay, again, I screwed up. I had to do another group with this. But again, the basic strategy is to have Sanae in your group, which I didn't in this run. Have her use Wind of Protection, because Reisen spams status effects like it was no thing. She'll also use "Lunatic Red Eyes," which inflicts Berserk. Don't let your character become Berserked.
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Note that this is the second time I was TPKed by Reisen. I didn't capture the first one.
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Well, that was awfully close, but we did it.
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And graphical glitches made Alice invisible. Great.
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Well, then do we have to beat Tewi as well?
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Huh?
Patchy notes that a hole was made in it when we beat Reisen. So, we can get in now/
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Why are you showing up now?
Well, we had to fight Tewi because I decided to fight Reisen first on this run. And then I had to reset. And then I had to fight both of them again. I made it after that, thankfully.
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The cutscene doesn't change regardless of which boss we kill first. Also, new music, this time a Cinderella Cage~Kagome, Kagome (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d972IJMYnng) remix. It's pretty weird sounding.
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So, this was what my final setups were. Those who fought Tewi are on the right, and those who fought Reisen were on the left. Sakuya was great with Private Square.
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Yeah, that was not fun.
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Since when were they not serious about us coming into here?
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They very well might.
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Whatever the case, we now have a warp back to the entrance. But can we brave the horrors of the Heart of Eientei in order to reach Kaguya? Are they the culprits? Is there any other possibility at this point? All of that will be revealed next time!
Summary:
Treasure: Rusty Blade x2, Bamboo (x2 treasure, x4 drop), Sunflower Dress (Patchouli), Magic Mushroom x2, Sewing Needle x2, Magic Shard, Magnum Trident (Sanae), Bracelet of Insight II (Patchouli), Spear Mastery (drop), Eyeball, Iron (x1 treasure, x5 drop), Snakeskin, Magic Medal, Headshot Goggles II, Donation Box, Untouchable Goggles II, Squall Hairpin II, Gold, Marmot Eater (drop), Indefatigable Earrings II, Steel (treasure x1, drop x1), Silver Tray, Spare Parts, Launch Earrings II, Protective Choker II, Pretty Mirror
I kid you not with the amount of Iron and Bamboo drops. I'm not going to run out of those for a long time.
Skills: Tengu Support (makes the target go first, Aya), Fire Chaser (chases Fire attacks, Nitori), Stardust Reverie (Medium+ power penetrating Electric spell, costs one bomb, Marisa), Blind Beak (inflicts Blind, Aya), Ice Falchion (High power Water attack, Patchouli), Magic Napalm (Medium power small AoE Mystic spell, Marisa), Wind God Tree Leaves Camouflage (grants large amounts of Perfect Dodge to the party on the turn used, costs one bomb, Aya), Puppet Shield-French Dolls (decreases all damage to self by 75%, Alice), Heavenly Halo Slash (Low power Devaloka penetrating attack that decreases MATK and MDEF, Youmu), Enlightened Sword (Low- power Asura small AoE attack that decreases PATK, Youmu), Yukkuri Slash (hurts Yukkuris better than normal attacks... I think..., Youmu), Hyper Trigger (raises IND, Byakuren), Zero Kelvin Buster (Medium+ attack with added Water damage, Nitori), Elemental Shield (raises either Fire, Water, Earth, or Electric resistance of a single person by two levels, Byakuren), Duplex Barrier (makes one character immune to either physical or magical attacks, Reimu)
Satori Skills: Shadow Boom (single-target Dark spell), Star Blaze (single-target Light spell)
Recipes: Ruby Shield, Dartfrog Clothes, Lama Robe, Lucky Shoes
Synthesis Done: Ruby Shield (Alice), Carbine (Nitori)
Formations: Red Pupil
TPKs: 4 this update, 7 overall
Frustration: High. And It's about to get to its boiling point...
Also, does anyone actually like this dungeon? Or do you hate the gimmick as much as I do?
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Those drops, I hereby petition that the Weekend-patch should be known as "Godsend-Patch". In the normal version you'd break out in tears of happiness for every single one... :V And then probably lose the fight and cry even more.
I like the idea in itself: finding a strategy (or the cheap trick: Tewi, Suwako & Kanako
) for the boss-fight and deciding which characters are necessary to pull off both (or later: all three
) fights can be quite interesting.
Didn't like it for the dungeon though: considering how much this game hates the player it's a major pain to redo all of it because the RNG decided that everyone is paralyzed now, despite equipment that was supposed to prevent that. And I especially didn't like how this gimmick was implemented: redoing the teams each time you get a TKO, having to reassign the formation every single time, accidentally putting the wrong person in a team and doing it all over again. But I don't know whether the engine is even capable of saving both team-setups.
Eientei as a dungeon however... bad memories. Way too many enemies. And it only gets worse from here on. Ohhh so much worse.
Gotta thank you for reigniting my spirits. After leaving this game for a few months I'm finally doing all kinds of stuff (filling up the bestiary with Aya for no reason whatsoever, grabbing spells for Satori, grinding up my underleveled characters... and, as I just found out, finding the two chests that I've apparently missed, oh joy :V ) I wanted to do before the final fight of the main game.
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Heh, imagine trying to go through Eientei pre-weekend, while trying to get all of the treasure...
The grouping mechanic also comes back with a venegance in Stage 18. Hope you like splitting into three groups!
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@qno2: Yeah, the drop rate went from woefully bad to hilariously great, mainly for unique items, but also for common things like materials. Also, you're welcome for reigniting that interest. I hopefully didn't trigger bad memories. I'm trying only to do that for myself. Thankfully, the last time I played this, I was on Lingering Summer Heat. So the game is actually a bit easier this time around. That and I know what I'm doing.
@Error: Oh yeah. That's always fun. And by fun I mean why the hell did the developers think it was a good idea? This isn't Final Fantasy VI, you know.
In terms of how I'm doing, I sort of blazed through the Heart of Eientei, sans boss fight. I'll be doing that pretty soon. I have terrible memories of that fight. Very terrible memories.
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Heh, imagine trying to go through Eientei pre-weekend, while trying to get all of the treasure...
The grouping mechanic also comes back with a venegance in Stage 18. Hope you like splitting into three groups!
And again in EX Final Stage but, it's not as bad since you have enough allies to be able to split them up.
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Oh whoops, forgot about party-split. My advice was meant for -this- upcoming stage :V
While the concept of Blue Magic is great, it doesn't really work well in this game.
It actually really does, I think; I found Satori extremely effective for the entire game and used her almost all the time, and very happily so. Poison Art spam is highly effective until around Heaven, she's usable for that+disabling the Lunar Wraiths in Eientei, and then she's extremely useful afterwords in A.Anywhere a chaser party is effect, and B.Anywhere you want to use MAD THUNDER which is just the best. (And then for many boss situations with her supports+offense) Demon Collider is also nice for randoms since a lot of stuff is weak to only dark. But Mad Thunder is the best. Get it from Iku. It's very useful on several bosses even if you don't really use Satori in randoms.
edit:And late in the game (e.g. expansion) she's fabulous for status effect spam to hell and back. 21 farm is a lot easier with Medoroa spam, etc
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I'm horribly lazy and I lack the patience to get hit by the spells I want, but I'm still going to make sure Satori has all the spells ever. For only one reason.
Goddamnit I love Satori as a character.
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For me . . . I wasn't fazed TOO much by the party split since I grind to keep all my party members on the same levels, but what really annoyed me was traversing the entire stage + figuring out the teleportation mechanics. (Combined with getting confused, having to run in and out then fix all the party members again.) I think this was the stage I started using the wiki to guide me. :V
I'm now at stage 18, and I'm really not sure what level all my characters should be around to tackle that stage.
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Second Volume- Finale: Hourai Victim
This is it. The second and final area of Eientei. Let's try not to die.
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Those enemy icons are weird. Aren't they those ghosts without faces or something?
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Low Ninjas here are weak to Dark and can inflict Poison and Blind. Not too bad.
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This Virtue is weak to Dark and likes spamming Shining Stars and Holy Zapper.
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Three enemies in one! The Moon Race at the bottom can weaken you with Enervation and can stop you with Time Stop. The Lycanthrope knows Hellclaw Assassination, which hurts, and the Scorpio knows HDD Crash. Fun times.
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Stop Time, being a bitch.
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Love Eggplants. They just love to paralyze you. Let their love burn by setting them on Fire.
After going through a certain door...
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Back here again, huh?
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Yes, and we smashed right through them.
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She's doing... something.
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It's apparently a video game.
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Yup, your defense failed.
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Kaguya, if you guys are the culprits, this isn't really helping...
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I swear, this is a reference to something, I just don't know what.
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Oh, uh, yeah. We're powerful, all right.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0916-12-20-070_zps03f1afc1.jpg)
Other group? Do you mean... you're not the culprits?
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Hmm, so even Eirin is stumped as to the identity of the real culprits. This is surprising.
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Any reason for doing so?
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Dragon Maids. They're weak to Dark and can hurt you with breath attacks and Sweeping, which has a dispelling effect. Also, I found out what the Nightblade God does. It reflects magic. Yeah, I found that out the hard way.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0916-16-00-437_zpsda48bc06.jpg)
It's really fricking dark.
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This switch fixes that little detail.
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See?
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Wow, I can't believe I'm meeting these here. Well, these are Yukkuris. They act pretty much like they do in Devil of Decline. Both of these ones run. Bastards...
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Whoa, that was a short dungeon. Anyways, you want to prepare carefully for this fight. Here is my party for the fight with each of their roles:
Alice: Marionette Parrar and nothing else, really.
Nitori: Her gun has Slayer against Warriors and Magicians. Add in Spitfire and you have a very dangerous physical attacker.
Marisa: LASERS!!! Her Laser tree has an effect that adds some Slayers to her Lasers, especially Warriors and Magicians.
Byakuren: Makai Temptation and some stat downs. There's a very good reason why I want that.
Sanae: Buffing and healing, as usual. Plus now she can revive people now. That might help.
Youmu: As a commander, she can reduce resistance. That is also very useful.
Alright, let's go!
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Yep. We're here to fight you.
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There's no real escape! We've got you now!
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No. Shit.
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Yeah, Sanae's still confused by that.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0917-04-00-781_zpsc08aefd6.jpg)
And Nitori still thinks that.
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Yeah, that's a little bit crazy.
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Huh? Why lie about it? It's obvious from previous discussion this has nothing to do with you, so why claim it?
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Hmm?
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Oh boy, time to punch things.
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...Were you really just playing that game.
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Err, you two know each other. Why say it that way?
She mentions the whole night sparrow thing from the newspaper.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0917-04-35-396_zps7262ebb2.jpg)
Aya...
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*head desk* WHYYYYYYYYYY!?
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You might as well. She isn't doing much.
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Don't mention that also...
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What, you can't like anime?
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Hey hey, we worked well enough getting here. All that statement's going to do is make us fight back.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0917-05-14-595_zps91a236bd.jpg)
Please, don't go on with this any longer.
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Hmm?
She asks for the reason why they did this.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0917-05-25-849_zpsb378dddd.jpg)
That is true...
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Fine! Let's do this!
Then Reimu tells Satori to do her usual method of forcing.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0917-05-35-457_zpsd3c36cd7.jpg)
What? They blocked it too!?
Marisa thinks its because it might not work on powerful youkai, although she also notes that we're mostly powerful youkai, and Satori had no problem with reading us.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0917-05-42-874_zps0462277e.jpg)
Yeah, she must have anticipated that and blocked her own thoughts back then.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0917-05-45-387_zpsb5093204.jpg)
Ahh...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0917-05-52-054_zpsfaf278c8.jpg)
Hey hey hey, don't shoot Satori!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0917-05-59-367_zpse16b45a9.jpg)
Hmm? Well, then.
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(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0917-06-04-504_zps410b2754.jpg)
Yeah, Eirin doesn't like making herself appear more powerful than Kaguya, despite the fact that her real power is miles above that of Kaguya.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0917-06-11-164_zps0fd51c5f.jpg)
Yeah, this has gone on long enough.
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End it all now!
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Let's do this!
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So, we have another boss theme, this time being Kid's Festival~Innocent Treasures (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ7Q_STu0f4). If this doesn't sound serious enough to you, I would like to know your definition of "serious."
As for Eirin and Kaguya, the goal is essentially to inflict Control on Kaguya, because she is weak to mind-altering effects like that. While that is active, she can support your party, plus she won't be supporting Eirin or attacking you. Then just go all out with Nitori and Marisa, with Sanae and Alice providing support as needed. Kill Eirin first. If you kill Kaguya first, Eirin will revive her. Don't let that happen. As for weaknesses, they have none.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0917-07-29-459_zps82c5c64b.jpg)
Here we have Kaguya's skills. She has a party wide buff for damage dealing and defense, so apply both to your party. She can heal you as well if need be.
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Oh boy, I don't like this.
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OWW.
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Actually, never mind.
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This is Byakuren's Last Word. Not that it sticks, because I reset a LOT for this fight.
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This might hurt.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0917-34-44-520_zpsd7e01189.jpg)
This might hurt.
It ended up not hurting.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0917-43-05-754_zpsae025169.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0917-43-07-175_zps90e31f88.jpg)
This doesn't hurt either.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0917-43-45-934_zps31a59cb5.jpg)
Guess what this does? It heals Kaguya back to full. I have this happen as she's about to die about three or four times. Resets were abound.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-49-36-709_zps33ae2c20.jpg)
However, I FINALLY did it. Not a really great fight. I guess you could have Sakuya use Colosseo World as Kaguya's health gets low, but its not really necessary if your rush.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-50-23-455_zpsdca2caca.jpg)
We did it! About damn time...
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Uh, Reimu...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-50-32-727_zps30e5d2ae.jpg)
Yeah. They were lying.
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They did. It's called a "lie."
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-50-45-294_zps686c7689.jpg)
Apparently Eirin's mind can be read, but not Kaguya's. That's because Eirin hasn't dropped whatever barrier there is on Kaguya.
So, uh, why were you doing this whole set up?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-50-49-120_zpsd422ef89.jpg)
What does that mean?
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Please do.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-50-53-586_zps9075ee06.jpg)
Yeah, the Hourai Elixir manipulates life in order to extend it infinitely. Mokou understands that too.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-50-56-101_zpsadf35a69.jpg)
Okay, but apparently someone has a similar power.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-51-01-779_zps605fa582.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-51-04-072_zps08880c83.jpg)
A Lunarian!? But, they don't give two shits about Gensokyo! Why poison the life here? To purify it?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-51-15-537_zpsd861d4e7.jpg)
Oh, right. If this is a Lunarian, then Eirin and Kaguya can't do shit. No wonder they're trying to be careful about the whole thing.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-51-20-996_zps47f259e3.jpg)
True.
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So, it was all a test of character? Then, I'm pretty sure we passed with flying colors.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-51-27-986_zps5adfa46d.jpg)
You can say that again.
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Huh? Another objective?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-51-31-700_zpsbf150f54.jpg)
You don't mean...
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What are you...!?
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It's the person from before! The person gets away, though. Chase her down!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-51-45-019_zps34339233.jpg)
Yep, that was them. So, we meet for the first time? Or not, because they just ran. So yeah, it's obvious those people are following us. Of course, with every place we go to, we come one step closer to finding them out...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-51-52-340_zpsac230365.jpg)
Hmm? I believe that she tells Reimu to go after the culprits. Of course! We're already doing that.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-52-02-816_zpsf6e74a12.jpg)
Thank you.
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Does she really care? No.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-52-12-217_zps255fcbc3.jpg)
I guess so. You've got the Hourai Elixir in you as well, Mokou.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-52-24-335_zps3e6ba71a.jpg)
Yup. We've got squat left. All we know is that the mist comes from the power to manipulate life.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-52-27-503_zpscc53faf2.jpg)
Hmm?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-52-33-178_zps24d683c9.jpg)
I guess so. We've gone to most areas in Gensokyo, and there aren't many left.
Nitori suggests the Youkai Mountain. True, we haven't been there yet.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-52-40-389_zpsf35b39ab.jpg)
Maybe not...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-52-43-222_zpsc5fb46d4.jpg)
Yeah, that's all that's left! So, the culprit is either at Youkai Mountain or Bhava-agra. If we visit those places, we should find some clue, at the very least.
Sanae still doesn't believe it.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-52-51-415_zps3a5f9978.jpg)
Yeah, Kanako's a lying bitch. Suwako is to an extent, but not as much as Kanako.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP11/bandicam2013-02-0918-52-56-110_zpsab9893a3.jpg)
Yep!
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So, there are two of them. I highly doubt those are great disguises, and I still don't get how we didn't recognize their faces. Or not recognize. Either way.
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No, really? Apparently you aren't aware of our own power. We're on to you!
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I really don't like the sound of that.
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You want to reveal yourselves?
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This could be very bad.
But now that the Eientei crew have been proven innocent, what will happen? Will we find the culprits at the Youkai Mountain or Bhava-agra? Find out as we begin the Third Volume of Genius of Sappheiros! We are not done yet. Not by a long shot.
Treasure: Hinotori Feather, Elemental Sphere, Sword Mastery (drop), Earth Shard (drop), Sun Tzu's Art of War, Sunflower Seed, Blank Scroll
Skills: Omijuki Miracle (revives one person, costs one bomb, Sanae), Diamond Cutter (High power Earth spell, Patchouli), Purgatory Impale (Medium power large piercing attack with added Fire damage, costs one bomb, Nitori), Dolls' War (field effect that doubles Shield EVA and increases Shield DEF by 25%, Alice), Weapon Bless (raises PATK on one person, Byakuren), Sacred Barrier (raises entire party's Light and Dark resistance by one level each, costs one bomb, Byakuren), Earthlight Ray (Medium power large AoE Mystic attack that ignores Magic Barrier and partially ignores defense, costs one bomb, Marisa), Giga Crush (Medium- power large AoE attack with added Electric damage, costs one bomb, Nitori)
Formations: Apollo Break
TPKs: 0 this update, 7 overall
Frustration: That was annoying as all hell. Thankfully we get a bit of a break in the next dungeon.
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Third Volume- Part 1: Ahh, Mountain Climbing is Such a Pain~!
So, we're heading for the Youkai Mountain in search of clues. It's the only place in Gensokyo that had an icon that has been grayed out so far. Does that mean it's the location of the culprits?
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Here it is. Right at the north of Gensokyo. I wonder if the choice to place it up north is either a reference to actual location in Japan or to Death Mountain from Legend of Zelda (which is always in the north).
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Yet another new theme, this time being an Autumnal Fall~Fall of Fall (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io7UrnAZSNE) remix.
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Yep, it's pretty large. Also, If you haven't gotten Byakuren, well, you have her now.
Nitori mentions something about the river and going downstream.
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Yeah, she's just a human, Nitori.
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Yup. We don't know if the culprit is here or not. Well, we're about to find out.
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Okay, starting the dungeon off we have a chest we can't open till later.
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The enemy icons here look like glowing fuzzballs. Okay then.
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And starting off this battle we have a brand new battle theme to celebrate our getting to the Third Volume! It's an original song that I have translated as Song of War (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63_d17Uyi70), as opposed to the name of the first battle theme, which was called Danmaku Match. It's a pretty badass theme, if you ask me.
As for the enemies, these are Nurikabes, which are pretty physically resistant but are weak to Water. Sic 'em, Patchy.
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These Great Vipers are weak to Water and can Paralyze you. Hope they don't get Patchy or whoever you're using as a mage.
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...That's kind of disgusting. These abominations of nature are Penanggalans, and they're weak to Electric, strangely enough. They can put you to sleep if you're not careful.
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Youkai Mountain Crows in the back are weak to Electric and Pierce, but love to stun your party members with Swoop. Be careful of that.
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And in the back we have a Hariti, which is weak to Electric and generally tries healing the enemy. If you can charm it, you can get the almighty Area Heal for Satori. I might try to get it. Later. When I can actually bother to have enough IND to charm it.
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And these are Rafflesias. You might recognize them from Devil of Decline. They work the same way, except I don't think they can inflict Instant Death with their attacks anymore. They're weak to Fire and Slash, if I recall correctly.
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Oh boy, midpoint time of this stage. The Youkai Mountain is divided up very strangely. There is a midboss of Stage 11 (right after this healing circle), then a boss, and then Stage 11 continues after that until a certain cutscene plays, and then you're in Stage 12, and then that goes until another boss. I'm going to go until the boss. I'll do the rest of Stage 11 and then Stage 12 in the next update, because there is only the one boss at the end of that.
But let's deal with the midboss first, shall we?
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What the hell happened here?
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Apparently so. It couldn't have been an oni's power, could it?
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Hmm, we don't know that, but those culprits did say they were going to display their power, so maybe this is how they're doing it?
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Yeah, we know there's at least two culprits involved, though we don't know much beyond the whole life manipulation thing.
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They had suggested Suika before. Well, there's other oni besides Suika. She isn't the only one who could do something like this.
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Who's there?
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Ah, Momiji! Here on patrol, I assume?
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Err, we're just passing through. Don't mind us. And certainly don't mind those youkai we sort of kicked the crap out of on the way up.
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Because investigation?
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That's actually a Defiant of Shrine Maiden reference. At the beginning of Counterattack of God Human Being (or whatever the second of the three games was called), Aya flips over a shogi game Momiji was playing with Nitori, I think. I forget exactly who. But yeah.
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We already said no.
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Patchy, I don't know if that is true. We still don't know that.
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Momiji, are you sure the tengu and kappa have nothing to do with it? Well, I would assume so. They aren't ones to be bothering others.
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With the mist? If said person was a youkai, then it would be hurting them and that would be a bad thing for them.
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Looks like she wants to stop us from going further. Okay then.
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Good old Strawberry Bose Reimu. Never change.
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Screw that, it's boss time, damn it!
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Momiji is really simple. Throw Earth attacks at her, keep your party full up on HP, and you'll be fine.
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One word: Pushover.
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I'm sure we'll be fine.
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Aya, you know, crow tengu are already above white wolf tengu on the social ladder. This shouldn't make you feel any better.
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Nope, we're not worried. We'll be fine, I'm sure.
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And now we're on the portion that's equivalent of Stage 3 from Mountain of Faith, the previous area being the area from Stage 2. Although we didn't see Hina or the Aki sisters. Weird.
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Yet another Fairy tier known as the Helmet Fairies. They bring some pretty powerful stuff to the table, so be careful. As usual, they're weak to Dark.
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Orangutans here can boost their PATK and PDEF with Sake, but Fire knocks 'em dead.
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And finally Elite Tanuki. They can put you to sleep. And they're weak to Fire. Use that.
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Here we go, the actual boss fight. Make sure that Reimu is in your party. That might be a very good idea. Plus make sure you have some Fire and Earth attacks.
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Also, there's a shortcut back to the beginning here. Make use of it if necessary so you can access Kourindou, Akyu, and the shrine, as well as that treasure from earlier.
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Who's there?
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Cirno? What're you doing here?
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Because the youkai are weakened? Isn't that a bad thing?
She notes she also wants to freeze some frogs. Of course.
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No kidding. Suwako would be pissed.
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That's a bold statement if I ever saw one, Reimu.
They wonder why Cirno's up here. Yeah, isn't this place dangerous?
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Of course you are.
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Err, no. We're just passing through.
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*sigh* Of course...
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You're not much better, Reimu.
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Yeah, incident or no incident they don't care. That's why we've been steamrolling them throughout this whole game.
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Oh crap.
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Put your hands where I can see them, Cirno. You are under arrest for planning frog freezing, which is a violation of Moriya City law. I will say it again, you are under arrest!
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We haven't done anything wrong! Those holes weren't us! We're trying to resolve a goodamn incident here!
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Oh screw you, Momiji! She shouldn't be here either!
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I don't like the sound of that.
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Seriously, what the hell, Momiji? Why do you have to be such a dick right now?
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Apparently, if she helps...
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She won't be punished for any wrongdoing. I am not happy with you, Momiji.
Cirno agrees.
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Yep.
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Aya, why did you have to insult her?
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Never mind that, we've got to blow through you and question the goddesses of the mountain. You're just in my way!
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Bring it!
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This is a simple boss fight. Have Reimu use Evil Sealing Circle set to Quick (or just Omnidirectional Demon Binding Circle, which nulls all status effects, which you get once you have enough points into the Barriers tree). This is mainly because Cirno will start off with Perfect Freeze, which freezes you. And then Momiji will use...
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Expelle's Canaan, which has very low accuracy but hits like a truck, and when you're frozen, you can't dodge, so... yeah. Avoid getting frozen.
Besides that, Cirno is weak to Fire and Momiji is weak to Earth. And that's about it.
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You think that damage is good? She uses Atomic Kappa and deals almost 5000 damage to Cirno. That's the power of Hot Spot Vulcan, high Fire land, and Element Bullet set to Fire.
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Again, pushovers.
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I don't know if Tenma's going to be that pissed. If our intentions are pure, he should overlook it. Hopefully.
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Not a good day for you, huh Cirno?
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Yep. An idiot gets her just reward.
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And we're onto the second portion of Stage 11. But do Kanako and Suwako know anything? How much of a pushover can we make the next boss fight? Will we ever find the culprit? That will be answered within the next couple of updates, hopefully.
Summary:
Treasure: Rusty Blade, Skill Ring II (drop), Pretty Mirror (drop), Iron (drop), Orge Killer (Alice), Youkai Shield (Nitori)
Skills: Air Torpedo (single-target attack that adds Mystic damage, Nitori), Little Legion (covers all allies, costs one bomb, about one of the most useful skills ever, Alice), Power Direction (High power attack that inflicts Instant Death, Sakuya), Rainbow Serpent (Medium power large piercing Electric attack, Sanae), Thunderbolt (High power Electric spell, Patchouli), Tengu's Fall Wind (largely increases chance to hit enemies for all allies this turn, costs one bomb, Aya)
Recipes: Divine Spirit Gohei, Diamond Broom, Aerocobra, Demon Lord's Fan, Naglerling, Tablets of Fate, Assault Rifle, Rainbow Greaves, One Hundred Eyes, Shichitei Nenbutsu, Ogrehand, Vidhya Scroll, Thunderhead Buckler, Open-Armpit Shrine Maiden Clothes, Elegant Maid Uniform, Master Fencer's Clothes, Atman Coin II
Formations: Momiji Splash, Circle Nine Form
TPKs: 0 this update, 7 overall
Frustration: Surprisingly low. It won't pick up until later.
Also, sorry this is late. I planned to have it up earlier. I have homework to blame for that.
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How much a pushover? Lawl Suwako and Kanako fight and using the correct status effects~
E: I forgot how to english >_>
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Third Volume- Part 2: Puny Goddesses
The last time we left off, we beat the crap out of Cirno and Momiji. Now we must push onward in order to question the goddesses of the Moriya Shrine. How bad could this possibly be?
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These are Clear Waterfall Avatars. They are Dragons, so they're weak to Dark and resistant to the base four elements. However, they carry insanely powerful column attacks like Dark Zapper and Death Zapper. Great if you're trying to learn them for Satori, not so much if you want to live.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1018-39-33-345_zps7fa06985.jpg)
There's a Basan in the back. It's weak to the usual stuff birds are weak to plus Water. Instead of Petro Breath, they know Fire Breath. Okay then.
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That is a Weak Tengu up there. Of course. It's weak to Electric and can use Tornado, which can Daze you. Which is bad if you want to actually do anything that turn.
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A Veteran Power. Weak to Dark, uses Light, not actually that bad.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1018-52-48-770_zps0434546d.jpg)
This would have been an easy kill.
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Then I realized I was out of bombs. Not good. Thankfully Alice is a goddamn tank.
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The Long Arms Long Legs does stuff. I think it hits it. I don't know much else because I ran and didn't encounter more.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1018-55-23-169_zpsbe07396e.jpg)
There's a Wanyudo. Weak to Water, uses Hit-and-Run, and maybe something else. I forget.
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And last but not least Ancient Battlefield Fires. Weak to Water, and I think they use some sort of cursing attack.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-00-30-466_zpsec072775.jpg)
This path feeds into that same shortcut from earlier, allowing us a quick route of escape to a healing circle and the entrance.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-00-58-535_zpsbc7e35ba.jpg)
See?
After healing, I head up further.
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Now we're technically on Stage 12. Also, more holes.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-02-42-159_zpsa93e06f1.jpg)
You're telling me.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-02-47-839_zps784b1e1f.jpg)
You can say that again.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-02-51-004_zps44248606.jpg)
She runs off. Why?
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Yeah, we can't lose valuable party members.
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Chen! She got hurt pretty bad, I assume.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-03-08-038_zps043e7e5e.jpg)
Yeah. That culprit... I'll tear her limb from limb!
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So, Yukari is investigating, eh? Well, Chen's here, so where's Ran?
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That's sort of obvious. Or it could be another person than the one spreading the mist. There were two culprits running away back at Eientei, so one might be spreading the mist and the other could be causing the devastation.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-03-19-948_zps20d47dde.jpg)
I don't think so.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-03-21-251_zps89251c03.jpg)
Aha, not Suika! I didn't think the oni had it in her to hurt people like this anyways.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-03-25-072_zps0eecc955.jpg)
She's fainted... can't we try to heal her and get the story from her?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-03-30-752_zps8f83a22c.jpg)
Apparently not.
Satori says she couldn't read a thing because of Chen's condition. Damn, and we were so close to finding out the culprit...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-03-35-890_zps89698ba4.jpg)
That much we know, at least.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-03-38-292_zps6fc0f866.jpg)
And it isn't Yuugi. So, we're really running out of suspects, huh?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-03-43-970_zps1463fff8.jpg)
Nothing to do but that.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-03-48-447_zps76b5002f.jpg)
Help her? Maybe she'll let us know something.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-03-51-281_zps242a6472.jpg)
Reimu, that's cruel.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-12-21-004_zps3bed43c5.jpg)
I reach the end without too much trouble. Make sure Alice has Little Legion, Byakuren has as many IND boosters as possible along with her Petrify spell, and make sure that Sakuya has Killer World and her Instant Death causing attacks. You'll see why in a moment.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-26-00-286_zps5fb10b5b.jpg)
Yep, the Moriya Shrine. It's been a while since you were last there, huh Sanae?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-26-02-910_zps6ff360c4.jpg)
Yeah, those people must be keeping their distance or otherwise causing havoc elsewhere.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-26-07-817_zps874237d7.jpg)
So it's not the tengu.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-26-13-615_zps222375a1.jpg)
Yeah, that might be a reason why they, for the most part, left us alone.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-26-18-632_zpsd80bad49.jpg)
Yeah, there's only here and Bhava-agra, and that's it.
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I doubt the culprit knows about Hourai. Granted, the powers are similar, but the effects and usage differs.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-26-29-117_zps43b07db1.jpg)
The only suspects left. Well, let's give it a go, shall we?
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Hello Kanako. I still hate you, you know.
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Suwako, I wouldn't piss her off...
They start fighting for a bit...
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Yeah, this isn't the Suwa War anymore. Get used to each other.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-26-51-177_zpsd1ab78db.jpg)
What is it?
She mentions that we're here. Of course.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-26-56-526_zps8743a074.jpg)
Understand what?
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You bitch. I bet you know who it is, don't you?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-28-37-980_zps0e981674.jpg)
You superbitch. So, we can cross them off the list.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-28-41-354_zps10e0a231.jpg)
Err, they're not causing trouble. They're about to send us further and further on a wild goose chase, though...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-28-47-693_zpse25f4b4d.jpg)
Yeah, it's been a LONG day, hasn't it?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-28-53-372_zps0f6f7e92.jpg)
I should be approaching evening soon, huh?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-28-55-448_zps55b5ad56.jpg)
Oh yeah, the cucumbers. I heard they were a little bad...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-29-00-902_zps82609ed7.jpg)
Whoops, said it too early.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-29-10-406_zps9a8a6676.jpg)
You better. People don't like bad cucumbers.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-29-16-304_zps695b612d.jpg)
Err, no.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-29-19-361_zpsb4d1900b.jpg)
Everyone has been uncooperative and giving us grief. First Yuyuko withheld information, then Eirin tricked us into thinking she had something to do with it, and now you're about to pull a Yuyuko on us, aren't you?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-29-22-206_zps6300c7a4.jpg)
Nope.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-29-25-476_zpsc39fb54c.jpg)
At least you tell us that much.
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Everyone agrees almost at once that they aren't them. Why would they hurt youkai if they gather faith from them?
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Hmm?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-29-36-286_zpsd217ab28.jpg)
We kind of know some stuff. Just not everything.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-29-41-200_zps4eca2f60.jpg)
They should.
They say they don't know.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-29-45-456_zpsbf5a6c7e.jpg)
Of course. Give us information, damn it!
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I was already suspicious.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-29-55-939_zpsf0f7c755.jpg)
Oh, don't resort to insults...
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Not if they're fighting like this...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-30-09-809_zps412b924e.jpg)
Satori fails to read them, of course.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-30-14-727_zpsa533164a.jpg)
Of course they did.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-30-20-623_zpsa74c848e.jpg)
Because they're bored and want to mess with us badly. I hate you two. So. Much.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-30-26-624_zpsc9e04b7d.jpg)
I doubt that's going to work...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-30-30-779_zps927d9527.jpg)
Another test of character? Really?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-30-34-496_zpsf8792cf1.jpg)
Hell yeah!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-30-39-512_zps55c7317b.jpg)
Kanako, Suwako commands the curse gods, not you...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-30-44-640_zps7e1a9966.jpg)
This fight is hard. If you do it the normal way. There is a very easy way to do this. Set Little Legion on Alice on the first turn to have her absorb (or get killed by, I guess) Kanako's opener. Then have Byakuren buff her own IND and Sakuya cast Killer World. Do whatever with anyone else. Then, on turn two, use one of Sakuya's Instant Death attacks to take out Kanako (she's weak to Instant Death) and use Byakuren's Petrify spell to debilitate Suwako. Use Youmu to reduce their resistance as well. This is really simple, although the RNG can and will screw you up if it wants to.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-35-54-118_zps40f19698.jpg)
Like so.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-37-41-574_zpscd1654a3.jpg)
Instant Death, check. I already got Petrify, plus I don't need Alice or Patchy for the rest of the fight. Suwako is weak to physical attacks.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-38-27-876_zps3b59d8b9.jpg)
Like that. Sakuya also gets a 6000 damage hit on her. The Great Maid's Slayer on Foreign Gods plus a critical plus the weakness equals "Suwako, just fall over. You're DEAD!"
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-39-55-243_zps30d5a725.jpg)
PUSHOVERRRRRRRRR!
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It's okay, they deserve it.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-40-02-552_zps757ee6f8.jpg)
Please do.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-40-05-828_zps5c9f02d4.jpg)
Yeah, they say they aren't the ones who caused the incident, and Satori confirms this.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-40-10-086_zpsf761b041.jpg)
Yeah, they're still hiding something.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-40-16-420_zpsbda5c5bd.jpg)
Yeah.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-40-20-466_zps48ea6183.jpg)
Yep, only one suspect left...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP13/bandicam2013-02-1019-40-22-422_zps9e9a2118.jpg)
Alright Tenshi, we're coming for you!
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Err, will do. I'm still not happy about you hiding the truth, though...
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NO.
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Hmm? She wants Sanae to grow too, huh. Well, I guess so. But that still means that if Tenshi isn't the one who caused this, we will be suspectless. You could have, you know, given us the answer straight.
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The truth is out there. Hopefully.
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That was a bad call on your part.
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Well, yeah. She needs a bit more time to learn stuff, I guess.
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Still, I think you could have given us a hint. Where to look, at the very least?
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And with that, Bhava-agra appears. Is Tenshi the culprit? Are we missing anything? Will the next dungeon drive me insane? That will be next time, where we do like we did in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody and go to Bhava-agra!
Summary:
Treasure: Wisdom Ring II (drop, Patchouli), Venom Rune Clothes (Patchouli), Rune Staff (Patchouli), Donation Box, Fairy Spear, Magic Shard, Youkai Mt. Rock x2, Rock (x1 treasure, x1 drop), Spare Parts, Continental Shield, Youkai Mail (Alice), Maneater (Sanae), Hinotori Feather, Magic Ring II, Undine Ring, Atmospheric Shield
Skills: Spell Enhance (increases MATK, Byakuren), Maiden's Bunraku (Marionette Parrar on a single target, costs one bomb, useless, Alice), Haste (increases SPD, Byakuren), Optical Camouflage (makes Nitori immune to th next two attacks against her, costs a bomb(?), Nitori), Elemental Weapon (imbues a character's weapon with either Fire, Water, Earth, or Electric, Byakuren), Suwa War (Medium power Large AoE Earth attack, costs a bomb, Sanae), Agni Radiance (High power all-targeting Fire spell, costs one bomb, Patchouli), Jack the Ripper (Medium power attack that hits 1-3 times, Sakuya), Half-Spirit Defense (deflects the next attack aimed at Youmu, Manussya only, Youmu)
TPKs: 1 this update, 8 overall
Frustration: Low now, high later. I HATE the next dungeon.
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If you actually lose to midboss momiji, the defeat text is "She bit me!"
Bwhaha <3
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Well, knowing one of Momiji's Spell Cards from Double Spoiler...
Also, Stage 13 has been screenshotted. And the pain is only beginning for me... I REALLY hate Stage 14. Really. I want it to die one thousand deaths.
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Haven't really caught up, but I wanted to say things.
- Why aren't you changing your party every dungeon?! Oh god even though you got through stage 9 with not many problems, I can't see why not do that so you can enjoy loads of experience and whatever else. Doing that is recommended anyway because otherwise your "main" party will become horribly overleveled.
- Your Eientei run kind of irks me. Nitori on the magic side and Byakuren on the physical side? Aaaaa also Nitori is REALLY good for exploiting the weaknesses of everything on the physical route. Anyway, that dungeon isn't too bad if you know what you're doing (Read: MURDER EVERYTHING IT FEELS SO GOOD).
- Beating Eirin/Kaguya without relying on mind effects is fun. Especially when you have Nitori nuking everything. I love you little kappa
- Suwako/Kanako are kinda cool if you don't want the quick way out, either. The two main things about doing that fight this way are not using a column formation (hooray, Expanded Onbashira!) and making sure Satori has Demon Shock, although Shadow Boom could work if you're really lazy, simply because Kanako isn't as sturdy against magic.
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The Long Arms Long Legs does stuff. I think it hits it. I don't know much else because I ran and didn't encounter more.
You're adorable~
Note: that guy is a pain the first few times you fight it, because the only thing it does is use two rather strong attacks on your party member with the lowest HP. Bye bye Patchu! Alice's cover doll works REALLY nice against them.
Going to follow this thread until the end (and hopefully finish the expansion by then as well), mostly because I'm curious to see how someone with a play style different from mine does stuff. Have you grinded for anything so far?
[edit] oh wow I had actually caught up
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Validon? How often do you play GoS anyway? You seem to be going quite fast. :P
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About the party changing thing, I'm actually changing my commander every dungeon, so my people are actually all at an okay level (except for maybe Aya). If I need someone for a specific boss fight, they're the one I put in, otherwise I just throw in someone who's behind.
In terms of my Eientei run, well, I just did it how it seemed best to do it at the time. Is it optimal? Probably not. Did I get through it? Yes. That's all there is to it.
In terms of taking the easy way out on those bosses, I'm trying to actively avoid frustration. That Eientei fight, even using Control, took a shit-ton of resets to actually work. It was not fun. Doing it the more painful way would probably just make me rage quit, because seriously.
What do you mean, "I'm adorable?" That was seriously just typos. I tend to not really fix mistakes I make while typing.
With grinding, well... not really. I haven't really needed to grind so far, although eventually I will have to. Those who've played this game probably know why. Otherwise, I'm just getting through the dungeons like I normally do: Don't get into too many encounters and pick up as many treasures as possible along the way.
In terms of how often I've been playing, I had a lot of time this weekend to do it, plus I spend time on it whether I'm on buses, which is frequently. I'm not entirely free to do this, but I find the time. Plus I've sort of been ignoring other games while doing this, so...
And finally (as well as I'm saying things regarding the LP) as for the next update, that'll be when I can, because the weekday brings homework which means less time to do stuff. And I've been loaded with crap to do. So not today, probably not tomorrow either. The odds are Thursday, if I have time. In the meanwhile, during the free time I have, I'll be doing some of Stage 14 so that I don't have to start with that after I update (I have to spend uninterrupted time in order to make an update, plus I need to be where I can access MoTK and Photobucket, which is not at school). I might even get Stage 14 done before I update, if time is being weird with me.
For those who know the boss for Stage13, let's just say I got what I came for from it. :V
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For those who know the boss for Stage13, let's just say I got what I came for from it.
Yessssss.
Anyway, about Eirin/Kaguya, IMO the way to go is use Rage Eight on Nitori (and have some other attacker, for example slayers marisa) and try to kill Eirin ASAP. You can remove her pretty fast, actually. From there, if you can land Byakuren's offense debuff on Kaguya, she deals pretty much no damage. Or if you're using Poison Shield, her nuke will only hit Alice anyway. Control is kinda annoying to use on her, really... although effective if you pull it off.
Or you could be dumb and try to run away while Kaguya is controlled and she'll leave the battle for you. :V Eirin might spam Hourai Elixir if you do this but you can colloseo world it away.
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I know about the "make Kaguya run away" trick, but I wanted the fight to be SOMEWHAT challenging. That and I don't like the strategy, because my strategy for the fight didn't really have a slot open for Sakuya to use Colosseo World (unless I replaced Marisa with her, but I like the slaying lasers better) and Kaguya doesn't award XP if I get rid of her that way...
Yessssss.
:V
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So, it turns out I can make this update now! That's good, I guess. It means I don't have to do it later.
Third Volume- Part 3: Beyond Nimbus
So, we're off to Bhava-agra, eh? Let's go!
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So, we've got a [urlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeyePDg9T-Y]Catastrophe in Bhava-agra ~ Wonderful Heaven[/url] remix for this place. It's pretty great.
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Yep, the Sea of Abstruse Clouds is sort of between here and Bhava-agra.
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Indeed, I don't want to spend more time here than necessary.
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Yeah, it's only been twelve stages before now. Then again, you said something similar when we got to Eientei, and look at how that turned out...
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Annoying, huh? Well, I wouldn't say you wandering over ALL of Gensokyo, but close enough...
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Yep, you've got the oarfish to thank for that. Like Iku. Especially Iku.
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Really, Sanae? Were you like that in the outside world as well?
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Maybe. Maybe not. We've gotten too many false alarms and not enough results to trust your intuition. No matter how good it's been before, it hasn't really been on the mark at all recently.
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Right. Enough small talk.
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Okay, the puzzle of Stage 13 is these gates. The switches will toggle some on and others off. You have to mess with them to get to the end. It's easy now, but MUCH worse later.
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Okay, these UFO-looking things (has Nue been messing around again?) are Bentoras, and they come in red, blue, and green varieties, just like in Undefined Fantastic Object. They are weak to the element opposite of their color, and they each have the breath attack associated with their color (consider Electric to be green).
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There's a Thunderbird and an Electric Lizard. Both are weak to Water and both use Electric attacks. Not too bad.
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Whee, feet. I honestly don't know why they reused those...
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Plasmas. Weak to Earth. They use Electric attacks. Use Spectrum Mystery set to Electric, and you should be fine.
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These bugs are called Grey Towers for whatever reason. They're weak to Electric, surprisingly, but they use Electric attacks themselves. Okay...
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Tualatins here can use Bug and are weak to Electric. For an area themed around the Electric element, there sure are a lot of things weak to it.
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The Pathos in the back is weak to Fire if I recall correctly, and it uses Electric attacks. Again, not too bad.
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That's a dangerous one in the back. It's a Giant Oarfish. It can use Tsunami and Electric Breath, so you can't just set Spectrum Mystery to Electric and be done with it. It's weak to Electric, strangely enough.
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And a Sylph. Dangerous due to it's Electric attacks, but weak to Earth. You could actually recruit one in Devil of Decline, but I never encountered one, so I never recruited it. And it had such a useful ability...
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That there is a Gelatinous Matter, or whatever it's name was that started with a "z." Weak to Fire and Water, but it uses some dangerous Electric attacks, so watch out.
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This here is actually part of Stage 14. The two are connected together as one puzzle. I'll get to that later. All I'll say is that the two stages together make up one of the most unintuitive puzzles in the entire game, worse than anything else by far and probably the worst puzzle in the game. You practically NEED a guide to do it. What is this, the A ending from Valkyrie Profile?
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Of course, I need to fight the boss of this stage before subjecting myself to that torture. Make sure Alice has Little Legion and Spectrum Mystery, make sure Reimu has Evil Sealing Circle/Omnidirectional Demon Binding Circle, make sure Satori is in your party (just throw Earth Javelin on her if you have it, plus any support spells that could heal or buff the party if you have them), and make sure Patchy has her Earth-related spells plus Silent Selene. The other party members could be anyone, really, although I used Sanae as the fifth member and Nitori as commander for the element boosting effect.
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Hey, Iku. How's it going?
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But there's an incident going on. Shouldn't you be warning people?
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Err, yeah. Hey, you have a job, you know. Isn't warning people a duty of the messengers of the Dragon Palace?
Great, now I'm thinking of Valkyrie Profile again...
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Err, not really. She just comes here.
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Nothing. Just with Tenshi.
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*nods*
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And yet some of us have went up there back in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody.
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Yup, we think Miss Celestial-who-isn't-really-a-Celestial-according-to-canon is responsible.
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Wrong and wrong, Reimu. Iku was unconnected.
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Don't worry, I'm with you Iku.
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Exactly.
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Satori, now is not the time.
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Great, suspicious actions from the suspect. Now we're getting somewhere.
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Have you said anything to her? Probably not...
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Okay, let's move on, then. Nothing to see here.
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Huh? Well, don't we just walk in?
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I guess we do. Let's go, then, shall we?
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Okay, fine. Let's go, then.
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Reimu...
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Okay, that's enough, Reimu.
Then she says that Iku can't read the atmosphere...
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Yeah, messengers of the Dragon Palace have that power. I think you insulted her.
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Sorry.
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Reimu, you suck.
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Yeah, that attack is pretty powerful in SWR.
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That's not good.
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Nitori, what the hell?
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*head desk three times* REALLY GAME!? REALLY!?
I swear, I'm going to create a video that only contains one of the times HCBailly head desks. It sounds like he's going to break his skull whenever he does it.
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Again, we've got no choice...
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Oh boy...
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Err, I know that's a pose you have in SWR, but it looks like you are dancing.
In terms of the point of this battle, she'll start out with Electric Static Bullets, which has a very good chance of inflicting Shock. And then...
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Yeah, Elekiter Dragon Palace. It inflicts anyone who is inflicted with Shock with Instant Death. There's two ways to circumvent this. The first is to use Evil Sealing Circle set to Quick/Omnidirection Demon Binding Circle. The second is to use Little Legion. She won't use this combo on the turn after she uses it, but she has a chance of doing so again after that. Essentially use one of those on every turn after the turn after she uses this combo, and you'll be fine. She's weak to Earth and Dark, so make use of that. She also has a very good Electric ability known as...
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Mad Thunder. Learn it. This was on my first attempt, but then I got screwed later on and had to reset. I had to reset any time she either learned Ultramagnetic Wave or Thunderclap instead. You can only learn one skill per battle, I'm afraid.
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Not that I'll actually inflict Control, but I haven't shown her Last Word off yet, so I might as well. I eventually beat her on one of the tries I got Mad Thunder on, so that skill is all mine.
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Again, sorry for the unnecessary battle.
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Really, Reimu? You're the one who started it...
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No shit, she's the equivalent of a Stage 5 boss, and they're always strong (unless you're playing Imperishable Night, in which case that's easy).
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I don't even know how to respond to your behavior anymore, Reimu.
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If you say so...
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Yeah, it hasn't. Does that mean we're going to be off the mark again? If so, that's it. We're out of suspects and time then.
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Finally made it to Bhava-agra.
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Well, not everyone's final destination. You remember Jigoku from Highly Responsive to Prayers, right Reimu?
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Hopefully.
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Indeed. No wonder Suika hangs out here a lot.
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I don't know if Shangri-La exists. If it did, I guess this would be it. Different folklore, though.
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Yeah, it's been quite a journey, eh Satori?
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Yeah, if you're good you might come here as a Celestial one day, Byakuren. Although I don't know if a youkai can become a Celestial...
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There's fishing. Lots and lots of fishing. Oh wait, that's probably insulting to you...
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Yep, we're on a mission.
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Of course. We beat the crap out of everyone we see.
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Hell yeah! But can we brave the horrors of the puzzle of this area? Can we defeat Tenshi? Will it all end here? All of that will be revealed next time for certain!
Summary:
Treasure: Electric Shard (drop x2), Water Shard (drop), Iron (x3 drop), Sky Robe (drop), Crow Feather, Steel (drop x4), Snakeskin, Youkai Mt. Rock (x1 treasure, x1 drop), Magic Mushroom, Tobikura, Fire Crystal, Autobomb (drop), Magic Shard, Water Crystal, Hydra Shield, Fire Shard (drop), Silver Tray, Pretty Mirror, Spare Parts, Shimenawa, Sewing Needle
Skills: Artful Sacrifice (absorbs Fire, Water, Earth, or Electric damage done to the party, costs one bomb(?), Alice), Illusion Laser (Medium- power piercing Mystic spell that ignores Magic Barrier, Marisa), Jellyfish Princess (High power all-targeting Water spell, costs one bomb, Patchouli), Absolute Zero (High power Water spell, Marisa), Extreme Heat (High power Fire spell, Marisa), Trilithon Shake (High power all-targeting Earth spell, costs one bomb, Patchouli), Sealing Needle (Medium+ power Light spell, Reimu)
Satori Skills: Mad Thunder (1-3 time-hitting Electric spell, really powerful)
Recipes: Raiden Blade, Qubeley, Atlas Hammer, Iceheart Shield, Midnight Robe, Reflective Pajamas, Avian Dress, Refitted Optical Camo, Hard Doll
Synthesis Done: Tablets of Fate (Patchouli), Diamond Broom (Marisa)
TPKs: 0 this update, 8 overall
Frustration: Is it just me, or does the puzzle of the next dungeon seem really confusing? I mean, there's no hint that flipping any switch does anything specifically. It's stupid and unintuitive. I don't get the reasoning behind making it that way. At all.
At least we're close to the end, right? Right?
If only it were that simple...
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Oarfish counter attacks with Thunder Breath, which can be incredibly dangerous used en masse. Spectrum Mystery really comes in handy there.
The strength of Mad Thunder should never be underestimated. It's among the strongest elec attack options you have -at the end of expansion-. It's powerful against any target this early, and fabulous for the couple of elec-weak bosses in maingame. It's also a 2~3 hit, not 1~3 hit, so you don't have to worry about luck too much.
UFOs also use the standard multitarget magic attacks for their elements, which is the easiest place to learn them for Satori if you'd like to do chaser abuse. First map of the stage has a high encounter rate on them.
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I have no idea myself, but seeing how you two react to it, I'm going to assume Mad Thunder is just THAT good.
It's nice how Validon does the LP and Serela kinda adds the little details here and here for potential players. I like it~
Good luck with the stage! Sounds bothersome...
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Hate to say it, but I actually missed out on Mad Thunder . . .
Is it obtainable later in the game or did I really just miss out on the only opportunity to grab it? :ohdear:
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It is obtainable later, but it's much better getting it off of Iku. Thanks to Weekend, there is no skill you can miss for Satori (originally you could not refight the final boss, and that meant that you missed out on a skill if you had not learned it from an earlier boss, but you can refight it now).
EDIT: The first encounter you come across on the first map in the Sea of Clouds is ALWAYS one Bentora of each kind. Just save or reset and the first thing you encounter will be that formation when you return. So yes, it is very easy to get those skills. I just don't care too much, chasers or no chasers.
Also apparently I CAN access this site from school, just not Photobucket. Huh. Maybe it's changed its filter definitions? I don't know.
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Alright, I know it's really noobish to say this, but could someone please explain to me how chasers work? I do not get it at all, and I feel like not using those make Nitori completely useless.
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First, you have Nitori set a chaser. For this example, we'll say Fire Chaser.
Now, you have someone like Patchouli use a fire-element spell like Agni Shine, and Nitori will follow it up with a fire attack of her own that hits the enemies who were damaged by the previous spell.
it also works on single-target spells, but it's best on multi-target spells like the aforementioned Agni Shine. Satori's apparently good for triggering Chasers as well.
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Okay, simple. Let's say she uses Fire Chaser. If someone uses a Fire attack, she will attack the same target with an attack (whether its physical or magical I don't know for sure) that is Fire elemental. If the target is dead, she obviously won't follow up, and she cannot follow up if she has been inflicted with a status that would cancel her turn. She can only follow up in this manner once per turn (the Chaser effect is a Quick effect, and we all know those only last until the end of the turn), although if you put more points into her Invention tree the amount of times she can do this per turn is increased. So, if she had her activation count boosted by one and is using Thunder Chase, for example, she could follow up Patchouli's Spring Wind and Marisa's Stardust Missile on the same turn.
The only thing about chasers I don't know is if they are physical or magical attacks and which buffs boost their damage.
EDIT: Oh man, I just spent all that time typing that...
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They are physical, but they don't carry most effects from Nitori's equipped weapon. They ignore some def and have perfect accuracy. The ?-elemental chasers she learns later do act like empowered normal attacks, however.
Skills that hit multiple times on a single enemy will also be chased for the same amount of times, although the damage is heavily prorated for multiple hits on a single target with one move (e.g. Slash of Eternity). Using a weapon with added elemental damage or Byakuren's elemental enchants will allow it to be chased.
Chasers are pretty weak if the enemy is not weak to the element, but it's highly effective if they are. Using Satori and Patch in combination for chaser sweeping on randoms is effective in the many areas with lots of elec/wtr/fir weak enemies.
Nitori's ?-elemental chasers also get stronger if Nitori's IND is higher. fun fact.
Nitori is still good for more then chasers, though. Guns are strong and carry slayers, and her elemental attacks will get stronger if she's elementally buffed for that element, which in combo with her weakness damage bonus becomes pretty strong. Later she gets camo skills that are nifty.
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So, ready for super-long update time? I sure am. I've been waiting for this for a longggggggg time now.
Third Volume- Finale: The End?
So, let's finish this!
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There are a lot of bridges in Bhava-agra. It's also somewhat cloudy.
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The puzzle from before returns, only it's a lot more annoying. I'll admit right here and now, I used the guide on the wiki, because it would take a lot of trial-and-error otherwise.
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That gate on the left is the main obstacle. By carrying out a specific order of switch flipping (detailed here (http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/The_Genius_of_Sappheiros/Walkthrough/Stage_14)), you'll unlock the gate and move on the the next portion of the stage, which is really short and has an extremely easy puzzle in it.
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This wasn't my first encounter, but I lost the first picture somehow. All of these enemies are new. The Preta up top is weak to Fire and it doesn't really do much. The Shisa right in the middle is weak to Fire yet can buff the enemy party and set up Starlight Barrier, which makes the enemy immune to the next attack. Not fun. The Elite Mind Flayer still uses Mind Blast. Again, use Wind of Protection and you'll be fine.
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What the hell are those things?
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In the back are a Master (weak to Dark, attacks twice per turn physically) and a Mountain Man (weak to Dark, attacks with magic). Essentially they're like the enemies from the Netherworld.
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And a Brontosaurus. I don't know what it's weak to. Just run.
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Looping around a certain way unlocks this path back to the beginning. You need to go flip a switch in a room above and then travel back through here and through that gate that I showed off in the last update that we couldn't go through. It's a bit more complicated than that, but that's basically it.
Huh, it's not as bad as I remember it. Maybe I just hate backtracking.
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In the meanwhile I go here and pick up the first set of recipes you get for defeating a certain amount of enemies. There are a couple of thresholds you want to get, so check often.
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We also get...
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Last Moriya! Some formations can be received by doing certain things, like getting certain people to a certain level or revisiting people we defeated. I'm not really going for all of them because most of them aren't really great. There are a few I am probably going to get. Probably.
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So, those are a Raijin and a Fujin. I swear they were in Chrono Trigger at the Ocean Palace. Whatever the case, they whack you with stuff. Physical attacks, mostly. I don't know what they're weak to.
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After doing all that looping, we finally unlock those gates. Thankfully the hard part is over.
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Oh, hey Tenshi. So, uh, you need a rock-throwing lesson? I've got the perfect tutor... although he's sort of bleeding out in Mayohiga...
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Well, that's why you chased said tutor all throughout Gensokyo despite the fact he annoyed you, caused you to drink some funny potions Kaguya made (don't ask), and brought you on a merry tour of the Underground, by "merry" I mean absolutely insane.
But enough of that.
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Soon. If you hadn't thrown up all those gates, we'd be here sooner.
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Hmm?
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We're coming. And you might not wish we did.
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Yep.
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Uh, you could just take it easy on us. We've been having a rough day.
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Well, it's hard to chase a culprit without knowing who it is. Plus you were on the suspect list from the first minute.
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We can't let that happen, can we?
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Well, we were already playing it...
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That midboss fairy is against some people, although I'll deal with it later. Not now.
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Alright, basically have as many Electric attackers as possible. If you want Byakuren with Elemental Weapon, go ahead. If you want Patchy or Marisa or Nitori, knock yourself out. Just make sure that Alice is in the party and has the Continental Shield on (you should have gotten it within the last couple of stages, either Youkai Mountain or here) as well as good ol' Spectrum Mystery.
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Yup, you're as good as cornered. Be a nice girl and give up.
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Meh.
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Yeah, you're the only person in Gensokyo we haven't beaten up yet.
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Which she confirms. Well, good to know we're all on the same page, even if flipping it over changes what it says.
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Reimu, your gohei cannot handle that much bending. Really.
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Yup, we're pretty pissed, alright. Although I'm not one for malice or hatred.
Funny thing, those words. They're more important than you'd think.
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Yeah. The only other people who did that were Eirin and Kaguya, and it turned out they were lying. How can we be sure about this case?
Upon mentioning Kaguya...
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You knew?
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So?
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Oh, right. Again, you don't really belong here. You're a Celestial who isn't really a Celestial, and that is 100% canon.
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Then again, when doesn't Tenshi do that? Despite being, you know, not a real Celestial.
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Don't piss me off further. It's been a really bad day (gamewise).
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Reimu...
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I give you absolute permission to beat the everloving shit out of her.
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Who doesn't? Tenshi is a bitch. I don't hate her as much as Kanako, but she's low on the list. No matter if ZUN says she was being bullied or not in SWR, she still caused that just to amuse herself, and that angers me.
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Thank you, Byakuren. She notes that there are apparently different types, which is true. Tenshi came here illegally. She should have been carted off by assassins by now, but she's beaten the shit out of them all, which is why she's still here.
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Hell yeah.
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No one touches a youkai unfairly on Byakuren's watch!
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Yeah, that's a good question. Because you were bored?
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So, you're not going to tell? Fine.
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Sadly, Satori can't do a thing.
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Again, I'm sorry.
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Exactly! She's way older than me, that's for sure!
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Whoa, settle down, Satori. No need to go there.
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Err, yeah. She did. That's something I expected Reimu to say, but okay...
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Just get off the subject.
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Hmm?
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Yeah, enough talk, let's fight.
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Yep, she is.
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For you, yes. For me? Not so much.
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We don't like keystones! Or kaname stones! Whichever!
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That's Reimu for you.
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Well, finish off isn't exactly the right word, but sure.
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Right! Let's end this!
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I'm not afraid of the Sword of Hisou! Bring out all my worst temperaments! It won't do a damn thing!
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This battle uses that same song as the battle with Eirin and Kaguya. And yet this battle is much easier. Start out with Spectrum Mystery set to Earth, and...
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She'll use this, which will be reduced to nothing, thanks to the Continental Shield and Spectrum Mystery. Essentially, she's weak to Electric and Dark, so spam those until she's dead. Nothing too major. If she uses Drill, then she'll use Magnum Stone Shower again. Just wham on her, heal when necessary, and you'll be fine.
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She also has this (I didn't actually take a picture of the attack), but Marionette Parrar makes it pathetic as well.
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That was surprisingly easy for being the culprit.
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Yup, we're done! End this!
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You were a pushover. Iku was more of a threat than you.
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Yeah, that's masochistic. Ergh...
We ask her to end the incident.
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What?
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...
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Neither did I. Repeat that. AGAIN.
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Tenshi...
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10, 9, 8...
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7, 6, 5, 4...
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3, 2, 1...
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0
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MURDER HER FACE, GODDAMNIT!
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Stop moving, damn it! We WILL beat you mercilessly!
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Exactly! For once, I approve of Strawberry Bose Reimu's brutality!
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Wait, huh? You know the real culprits?
You know, of all of the people who knew, you were the last one I'd expect to say anything. I expected KANAKO to tell the truth before you did.
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I get it, I get it. Alright, who is it?
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Yeah, we know that. Just tell us.
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Don't interrupt her.
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Go on...
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Excuse me?
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Unbelievable...
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Newcomers? Aquatic gods? What is this, Marine Benefit?
Well, not exactly...
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So Patchy was right the first time! We must haven't looked hard enough.
Do you know why they're doing this?
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So you don't even know? Hmm...
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Yeah, this isn't a good day.
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Yeah, gods. Gods are never fun to deal with.
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You are completely right, Satori. We've got a long way to go before those gods are taken care of.
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No one shall escape Reimu's wrath. It's like Asura's Wrath, except with more frills and little girls.
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Hell yeah!
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Yeah, but we must have missed something. The forest is a large place, after all.
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Yeah, that's a bit strange. Unless...
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Aha! The one place no one would suspect! By the way, Genbu's Swamp is a canon location.
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Err, yeah. It was a possible location to fight in back in SWR.
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Let's go!
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Err, this place looks strange. And what's with the person in the turtle shell?
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Err, Bio? The really good spell from Final Fantasy?
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Oh, it's a... crocodile? Pretty strange aquatic gods we have here...
And by the way, the one in the turtle shell was the one in the brown robe from earlier, and the one with the tail was the one in the white robe and bunny ears back in Eientei. These were the people tailing us the whole time.
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Wait, you were the one who roughed up Chen?
You're the first one I'm going to take down, then.
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It was. It was terrible.
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The truth hurts. The truth hurts.
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Err...
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I already am afraid of you.
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Well, it seems like we certainly have villains here.
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Yeah. You sort of destroyed the mountain a little.
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Lithos? Who's this Lithos?
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Err, okay...
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Ran!? If Lithos is anything like this "Sis" person, things aren't going to go so well...
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Err...
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Biotopos, huh? Well, Bio seemed a little short for a name.
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So, Biotopos, Anastasis, and Lithos, huh? Sounds vaguely Greek...
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Yeah, the jig's up. We're on to you.
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I don't like the term "play." It suggests pain and suffering.
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Yeah.
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So that's what this place is? Is it underwater or something?
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Great, so we're expected. That's always fun.
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Err, yeah.
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You freak me out, Anastasis.
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Euryale and Stheno!? Gorgon!? You mean the three sisters from Greek mythology who were turned into monsters by the gods?
So, that means Lithos is Medusa... crap. THIS'LL BE JUST FUN!
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Oh great, they've got mooks. Shouldn't you just have sent them out to spy on us and not, you know, you?
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That's a really interesting thing you can do with your pipe there, Biotopos.
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A blowfish, shellfish, and octopus, respectively. Okay.
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Some's some seriously long arms you've got there, Matsuba. She's a crab, by the way.
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Genji!? Why're you working for them? Don't you live behind the Hakurei Shrine still?
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A ceremony? What kind of ceremony?
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So, we're going to have to o through them before we can deal with the Gorgons, eh? Not a problem. Just more things to bash.
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Alright then, whatever.
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We're pretty strong. We've already taken down everyone else in Gensokyo. A few newcomers aren't a problem.
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And here's the location of the next area. But can we make it through the new area of the Forest of Magic to reach the Gorgons? Find out as we go through the final Volume, Volume 4!
Yep, we've still got a ways to go before this is over.
Summary:
Treasure: Sewing Needle, Magic Medal (drop), Makai Ring (drop), Iron, Bamboo, Incandescent Shield, Hinotori Feather, Gold, Donation Box, Large Cherry Blossom Petal, Steel, Rusty Blade, White Flag of the Dead (drop), Psycho Dagger (drop, Sanae), Blank Scroll, Eyeball, Electric Crystal, Midwinter Shield, Sun Ring
Skills: Star Ritual Godly Winds (increases max HP for whole party, costs one bomb, Sanae), Stardust Surge (High power Electric spell, Marisa), Dark Galaxian (High power multi-target Dark spell that inflicts Petrify, costs one bomb, Byakuren), Thunderstorm (High power multi-target Electric spell, Patchouli)
Recipes: Sun Curtain I, Moon Curtain I, Milky Way Curtain I, Zephyr Mantle I, Gale Mantle I, Ice Fairy's Wing, Dead Princess' Band
Formations: Last Moriya
TPKs: 0 this update, 8 overall
Frustration: Surprisingly low. It'll get a lot worse very quickly.
If you didn't know there were three Gorgon sisters, I must question your knowledge of Greek mythology a little bit. Then again, a lot of people only know Medusa...
I guess I can't judge too much.
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Fun fact:iirc Biotopos is pronounced Viotopos. Oh you, words.
I think a lot of the stuff you didn't know the weakness to was weak to Earth. It's a hard to remember element, and most of the stuff weak to it isn't obviously so. Example:The Spartoids you're about to encounter.
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Yes, I know it's pronounced with a "v". It's kind of strange, though. I just don't really know the peculiarities of Greek language. It's what I get for knowing only English, some Latin, and a tiny bit of Japanese.
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In terms of taking the easy way out on those bosses, I'm trying to actively avoid frustration. That Eientei fight, even using Control, took a shit-ton of resets to actually work. It was not fun. Doing it the more painful way would probably just make me rage quit, because seriously.
It's actually not that hard to do it without control (I had to anyway because I didn't want to get Byakuren ahead of time in that run, and the only other option would be berserking the NEET with Satori). If I recall correctly, I used mainly Nitori's elemental attacks for offense, boosted Fire damage all the way up with Patchouli, and used Poison Cheese Shield. I don't remember much about Kanako/Suwako other than getting brutalized in the first turn because I tried to use Sunshine Lunch.
With grinding, well... not really. I haven't really needed to grind so far, although eventually I will have to. Those who've played this game probably know why. Otherwise, I'm just getting through the dungeons like I normally do: Don't get into too many encounters and pick up as many treasures as possible along the way.
I believe this is where our ways of playing differ the most. I enjoy hunting every single enemy on the screen before moving on, unless I'm really low on resources and the healing circle isn't too far away (in that case, I rush for it then come back to murder everything else). :derp:
Anyway, good luck with the best part of the game! I'm eagerly waiting to see how you're going to do stage 18... kekeke. And the shower of enemies in the upcoming stages as well. Also, I absolutely love the designs and personalities of all the original characters in this game, I don't find it too hard to imagine them in one of the main games, or drawn in ZUN's style. I'd also love to see Danmakufu scripts based on this game.
As for the adorable thing, well, it's just because you kind of ignored a rather annoying enemy as if it wasn't anything great. :V Then again, you got lucky enough to only find it once.
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Okay, thank you, then. I feel as if I need it...
In other news, you mentioned Poison Shield. I see that formation a lot. The problem is I really don't understand the condition. It's to kill an enemy with Toxin (not Poison) and then use the healing circle in Garden of the Sun with Alice as a leader, right? If so, what the hell inflicts Toxin? I didn't get that formation in my first run, and it seems to be like the formation I use constantly in DoD, which is a good formation.
I swear, out of all of the statuses, it has to be Toxin...
EDIT: Okay, so I found out. It's either a high-end Sanae weapon I can't get yet, or getting Poison Hand for Satori and having her hit something with it while her IND is at crazy-high levels. Should be easy. Maybe. Or not.
SECOND EDIT: Got it. The hardest part was just getting Poison Hand. Afterwards, it was easy. And I also encountered a Yukkuri, killed it, and got a Yukkuri Medal. On my first try. Wat.
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You can get it with Poison Art just fine. You just have to equip poison boost gear (Venom Rune Clothes from youkai mountain, the poison resist accessory, The Green Eyes) and use Hyper Trigger, along with the obvious ind bonus gear and Trauma tree pumping. You don't need all of the poison boost gear on either, it's just that I know you should already have all of it. But, you got Poison Hand already anyway, so :V
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*shrugs* Whatever works works. Something's been killed dead by Toxin, and that's all that matters.
On another note, I swept through Stage 15. So I have screenshots. What I don't have is the time to do the update, because I just had a large amount of homework dumped on me, and it all has to be done. Tonight. :colonveeplusalpha:
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So, I started playing Touhou Mother. Heading to Eientei for the first time. Dealing with the exploding trees. I must learn to mash the "z" key faster!
Fourth Volume- Part 1: 1-1 Reconstructed
So, we're returning to the Forest of Magic, hopefully with less battery acid.
But before that, I went to go get Poison Shield.
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Poison...
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is...
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a...
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pretty...
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damn...
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awesome...
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...thing.
Okay, that's enough with the raocow references. Time to get serious.
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It has a new theme. Selene's Light (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLdJWMS0HHw) would be it. I think it's the only PC-98 song in the game.
Also, is that a Mario pipe at the bottom? What is this, Super Marisa World?
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Yeah, there's weird shit everywhere.
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No shit, Sherlock.
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Yeah. They note the life energy here is at crazy high levels. Well, the Gorgons (or at least one of them) can manipulate life, so it makes sense.
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Pretty much. Why they need to do that, I don't know, but they did it, so...
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You don't. We know from that cutscene that Anastasis was the one who beat the shit out of Chen, which means she must be oni-level strong. That's not good for us.
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Yep, shoot first, ask questions later.
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Don't ask me. I know extremely little Japanese.
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Huh?
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Okay then. Sure, why not? Let's get moving.
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Return of the killer 'shrooms!
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Okay, here we have Alseides, which serve as the Fairy tier mages of this stage. They have multi-target spells, which are dangerous, but as always they fall to Dark.
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And stronger Kedamas than before. They can sacrifice themselves to deal massive damage to the party. I don't know what their weakness is.
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As for the gimmick of this place, well...
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You use the pipes to travel between the surface and the underground, Mario-style.
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Okay, the fairies up front are our warrior-type fairies for this area, known as Oreads (that's the singular, by the way, not the plural). They're weak to Dark but pack crazy-powerful physical attacks. The skeleton thing is a Spartoi, which is weak to Earth yet packs some good defense and attack.
I like it how now that the Gorgons have been revealed to be the culprits, they're pulling out all the stops on the Greek theme.
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Yukkuri Sisters. No surprise there.
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Pushing certain buttons in the underground opens up two doors, but going through either one of them closes both of them. You have to go through them in the correct way in order to make it to the end.
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As you can see here.
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That was the other door. I took a picture of it, because why not?
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Oh crap, an Elder Basilisk. It's weak to Light (not Dark, like some other dragons are) and knows Death Breath, which can inflict Instant Death. Wind of Protection is always good.
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In the back is a Dryad. It is weak to Fire and knows stuff like Enervation, which debuffs you as usual.
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An Antlion Larva? What is this, Final Fantasy IV?
Never mind that. Weak to Water, as you would expect from an Antlion. It can inflict Removal, so watch out.
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Deathbringers. Weak to Water. They know Blood Slash. That's about it.
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That Harpy is weak to Electric and Pierce, but it can call for backup, so take it out quickly if you don't want additional trouble.
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These are Punotons. I believe they are weak to Light. I don't know anything else about them, though.
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Pushing the button on the bottom of this map opens this door and another one. The other one leads to areas you can access from other places, while this door is the way to opening the first shortcut.
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This being said shortcut. The pipe near the top is in the first room of the dungeon.
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This is an Ent. It's weak to Fire. Unlike the trees in Mother, it won't explode. At least I think so. It uses Earth attacks instead.
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The Beholder in the back can cancel your magic, but physical attacks bring it down easily (or at least Pierce does, in my experience). Go Nitori, then!
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Whoa, and Officer Demon. It knows Demon Collider, although if you have the Land tilted far enough towards Light it cannot use it. Weak to Light yet tough to take down, like all of the other demon tiers.
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Up top is a Unicorn, which boasts crazy high magic defenses and can use Starlight Barrier. Good luck with that. The Lizardman is weak to Water and hurts you with his pointy spear. Alright then.
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What the hell? It looks like this place was turned to stone.
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Pretty much.
Reimu goes off on her own. What, Reimu is worried for once? This is a bit out of character...
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We don't know. Maybe we'll find out?
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It's hard to tell with the speech bubble in the way, but that's Ran!
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You never heard of Medusa before, have you?
Well, when they said Lithos came out to see what was going on, she certainly came out.
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Well, they're GODS for a reason. Something tells me fighting them won't be easy.
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Yeah, you can't go insulting them like you normally do. They'd probably crush you then.
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Looks like she was caught from behind. Poor Ran never knew what hit her.
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At least we get a formation I'm not going to use.
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At least you're showing some sort of concern, Reimu.
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Alright, boss time. I'm going to skip explaining things before the boss fight, because I just restate it during my explanation of what to do during the fight anyways. So yeah, pre-boss stuff is going to go on like it did back in Devil of Decline: We just dive right in and explain things from there.
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Usually Mario pipe's aren't purple. They're only that color in a few games.
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What, is it one of those games where if you look inside, the person yells at you to leave them alone? Link to the Past had something like that, I think.
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Curiosity killed the tengu, Aya. Or the bakeneko/nekomata/kasha, if you want a more cat-like comparison.
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Better to let sleeping dogs lie.
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...I did not look at this picture before typing the previous line. I swear I didn't.
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What the hell?
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Whoa, Genji! You trying to be Bowser?
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I don't get it, Patchy. He works for the Gorgons.
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What about obedience?
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We had no idea it was a trap to begin with.
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Reimu, he used to be your turtle.
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Yeah, you have.
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Oh, he's being polite? I would assume that was originally written as Marisa-san. Even working for the enemy, he's still kindly. I think.
Reimu, however...
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Way to be a bitch, Reimu.
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Yeah, that's a little insulting. By a little I mean what the hell, Reimu.
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Hey, Marisa remembers the good ol' PC-98 days. Yep, it's good ol' Genji, alive and in the flesh.
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*nods* Not bad, Marisa. Not bad.
Reimu remembers FINALLY...
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Yeah, maybe you two should catch up on matters. You know, you could rebel against the Gorgons and help us, or something.
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Yeah?
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Well...
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Yeah.
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What the hell happened to you, Reimu? Back in Story of Eastern Wonderland the worst you were was aloof. You at least treated Genji nicely back then, and you were just sort of silly. Now you're worse than Yuka in terms of sadism. Seriously...
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Neglect. That's usually why pets run away.
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That's right, you needed Genji to fly so you could resolve those incidents.
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That's the dumbest reason ever.
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Marisa simply doesn't care. If I was Genji, I'd be pissed off. And he is very pissed.
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I'm sorry, Genji. Yeah, I'm with you on this one.
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I guess so?
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Oh yeah, the Gorgons. I guess Biotopos specifically, but again we really don't know which one of them is the most powerful. Plus we haven't even SEEN one of them yet.
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Yup. The Gorgons.
So, uh, you know anything about the situation, Genji?
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Of course we do.
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Well, he knew how to fly before you did...
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Oh great. This could be bad.
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Hmm?
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Any reason?
I think he says because the Gorgons have given him essentially a new life. Which I guess is a good thing.
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So cruel~.
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Don't kick the poor guy!
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Poor Genji...
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That's really bad.
Again the word malice is used... it's amazing what one can catch in a second run that isn't noted before...
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Okay...
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Yeah, Reimu's taken quite a few levels in badass between the PC-98 games and the present.
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Maybe. Maybe not.
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Say hello to OUT the GoS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJyYZJ-aLoo), our OUT remix for this game. Not nearly as badass as it was in Devil of Decline, but hey, it's OUT. It's badass regardless of the game it shows up in.
As for Genji, he really isn't that tough. He has some high-level magic like Holy, Shadow Flare, Flare, and Meteor, but using Sanae's MDEF buff helps. As for attacking him, he's weak to Light and Dark, so use Patchy and Byakuren with Star Sword or Dark Sword on a physical attacker, probably Youmu or Sakuya.
The only problem is I don't have Star Sword or Dark Sword. Time to do this the hard way: beating the shit out of him slowly.
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He'll use Inhale eventually. That means he's gearing up for one attack and one attack only...
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Yep, Dark Breath. Genji goes down without too much trouble. If you wanted too, you could bring along Satori to grab some enemy skills you won't get until later, but I didn't. So meh.
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That ended as expected.
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So?
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Yeah, even though I share his sentiments, it's time to move on.
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Kicking you? Maybe not...
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Oh boy...
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Nothing good, I'm certain.
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Wow. That's pretty cruel, Reimu.
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...Yeah...
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Well, with that out of the way we have access to Genbu's Swamp. But can we get through the place in order to access the Lakebed Temple? How crabby can Reimu get? That's all for next time.
Summary:
Treasure: Yukkuri Medal (drop), Magic Shard, Magic Mushroom, Iron (x1 drop, x1 treasure), Spare Parts, Stopwatch (drop, Alice), Rusty Blade, Snakeskin, Rock (x1 drop, x1 treasure), Eyeball, Steel, Prop Shield (Nitori), Sewing Needle, Donation Box, Sun Tzu's Art of War (drop), Magic Medal, BD-ROM, Rod of Manannan, Tefla's Magic Sword, Pinaka, Pretty Mirror, Executioner (Alice), Crow Feather
Skills: Mystical Hermit (Devaloka buff that increases PATK and Exorcism, Youmu), Asura Strength (Asura buff that makes the next attack a critical, Youmu), Slash of Eternity (3-5 time hitting Low power Manussya attack, costs one bomb, Youmu), Monster Cucumber (chases Mystic attacks, costs one bomb, Nitori), God's Slash of Karma Wind (High+ column Devaloka attack, costs one bomb, Youmu), Active Land (field effect wherein actions affect the Land gauge more, Patchouli), Meditation Slash (High power all-targeting Asura attack, costs one bomb, Youmu), Super Healing Miracle (High power healing spell, Sanae), Xu Fu's Dimension (grants Reraise and Regen, costs one bomb, Mokou)
Satori Skills: Poison Hand (Earth attack that inflicts Poison), Energy Bolt (Mystic spell)
Recipes: Destructive God Gohei, Wizard Broom, Sidewinder, Deadly Fan, Hauteclere, Sefer Raziel, Machine Gun, Orleans Greaves, Beholder Eye, Mutsusei Ryusei, Invincible Glove, Bodhi Scroll, Diamond Shield, Spirit King's Shield, Warmaster's Shield, Senior Kindergarten Uniform, Salamander Breastplate, Undine Breastplate, Gaea Breastplate, Sylph Breastplate, Bodhisattva Robe, Dragon King Overalls
Synthesis Done: Diamond Shield (Alice)
Formations: Poison Shield, Eight Gate Golden Chain
TPKs: 0 this update, 8 overall
Frustration: Low related to the game, high related to reality. I was interrupted multiple times while making this update. I should have been done with this earlier. I didn't get it done. So I'm angry about that.
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Nitori in Touhou Mother makes absolutely no sense. At all.
Fourth Volume- Part 2: Fighting Cancer
Funny enough, Cancer's my zodiac sign. But enough of that. Let's go through Genbu's Swamp so we can reach the Lakebed Temple.
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Oh look, we've got a Crimson in the Black Sea~Legendary Fish (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHBAK73_V4c) remix. This sounds pretty damn serious. We must be close.
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Captain Obvious strikes back.
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I never did Alice's story in SWR, so I don't know if she went to this stage in that game.
Marisa explains due to the fact that people and such rarely come to the Forest of Magic...
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Maybe not dreamlike, but it's sure different.
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You probably would have run into the Gorgons, and that would have been bad.
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Yeah, it's pretty rocky.
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I guess so. If you want to hide, it might as well be in an out-of-the-way place.
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Huh, that is true...
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Yeah, but could a temple really fit in a swamp? Swamps really aren't that deep, as far as I know.
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Again, this is a SWAMP. Not a lake.
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Oh yeah, Lake Suwa wasn't in Gensokyo originally, and now it is. The SDM was not in here originally either. So they might as well have brought something in.
Meanwhile...
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...Somewhere in the Lakebed Temple...
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We're already there. Information doesn't travel as fast as it would seem.
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Actually, we sort of kicked his ass. Sorry, Bio.
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Sorry.
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And we'll keep on coming.
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Even with your magicks, he was easy to beat. And yes, I used the Ivalice spelling. So what?
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Were you informed that we were weak? Oh, hell no! You've found yourself in a world of gods and humans who can match those gods in single-handed combat. Just like Sanae, you're the norm for this place, even if you were crazy powerful in the outside world.
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Oh yeah, they mentioned that before we entered the Forest of Magic.
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Oh?
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Nice hair you got there, Lithos. Granted, I assume it's supposed to look like snakes.
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Err... I don't know whether I should comment on that or not.
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*shrugs* Hey, I'm not really into having a girlfriend either, Lithos. Also, nice wings you've got there.
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Oh, don't make fun of her...
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It sucks being the youngest, huh? Though I wish my younger sisters were as serious as Lithos.
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Yeah, Ana's got a really creepy laugh. I know technically her nickname is "Sis," but I prefer Ana.
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Yeah. Honestly, if you're going to attempt to serve any form of a threat, you should cut the comedy and start with the asskicking. Not that I don't like the comedy, mind you. Strawberry Bose is good with that sort of stuff.
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Oh right, you went down to the FoM.
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Nine-tailed kitsune's are tough to beat, huh?
But yeah, Lithos was the one to petrify Ran, as if that wasn't obvious enough.
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Apparently they're also attempting to draw out Yukari. For what reason?
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Well, as long as it takes for us to get down here and start kicking ass.
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Come at me, bro!
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So we've got squids here. Let's turn 'em into fried calamari.
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Our next Fairy tier isn't even a fairy, but Centaurs and the Centaur Mage. Their attacks are pretty brutal, but once again Dark stops 'em dead.
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The Great Centipedes are weak to Earth and inflict some status on you, either Paralysis or Poison.
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The Tarantulas are weak to Earth as well, but are pretty hardy and can paralyze you.
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Crap, an Officer Demon. Yeah, I just ran, but you could probably guess the sort of stuff it has (such as the obvious weakness to Light).
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You can barely see that chest right there. Within it is an Adamantite Shard. We can get the shards for Adamantite and Orichalcum in hidden chests, and some of those chests were in previous dungeons. This the only one I've found so far. They're hidden even more cleverly than other hidden treasures in the game.
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The Persephone up top knows Dark attacks and can use World After Death, which has a chance of reraising enemies who die. Not fun. Light kills it. The Hein at the bottom is neutral to everything and uses random magic, but will occasionally change it's element affinity and follow up with an attack of that element. He's sort of dangerous.
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These are Small Flayers. Just like Mind Flayers, they can inflict Instant Death with normal attacks. These guys use Blaster instead of Mind Blast, which is single-target but can inflict Paralysis. Not too bad, although throwing up a Wind of Protection is a good call.
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Here we have a Siren. Weak to Electric like most birds, can use Swoop like most birds, and that's all I know. I would assume they can inflict Charm.
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Behind this waterfall is actually some treasure you might want to pick up.
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Ah, a Stray Yukkuri! Or a Liquid Yukkuri, if you want to go by Dragon Quest's Metal Slime naming conventions. Again, hard to kill, although Youmu does have Yukkuri Slash. Although I forgot to equip it for this fight. Whoops!
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If you're an old-school Final Fantasy player, you'll know this is a Catoblepas. Weak to Electric and knows Earth stuff. I believe he can also petrify you, based on his abilities in the Final Fantasy series.
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And it's time to fight a boss. Whee...
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It's a lake. So we were right!
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Again, thank you Captain Obvious.
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I guess so. Makes it feel sort of alien or something.
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Well, the lake in Marine Benefit hid Kaikeidou, although that lake did get turned into an ocean...
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Yeah, it's nice and warm.
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I don't get how you would hold your breath under there, but okay...
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Oh great.
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Oh, it's you from before.
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Oh yeah, Matsuba! I heard that's a type of crab in Japan.
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How do you control those big claws? Is there some sort of mechanism in the hand?
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Yeah, we want answers.
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Uh, okay...
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You'd think considering you're a youkai, you'd be hurt by it too. Maybe the mist just doesn't reach here.
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Even if she's laid back, I don't think the Gorgons would have to worry...
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Yup. Laid back with no cares. Although that would partially fit Meiling too...
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Yeah, as long as you don't bother us and we don't bother you, we can pass, right?
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Whoa, she cut that rock in two!
Although lot's of people could do that in Gensokyo.
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Youmu, I thought the amount of things your swords could cut were next to none!
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She is if she's a late game boss.
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If you don't really care, than why help them?
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Debt? What debt?
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I don't like the sound of that.
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Wasn't it obvious? Oh right, no sea in Gensokyo. And Alice didn't get to go to the moon, so...
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She's not food, Youmu.
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Yeah, I don't know if eating a crab youkai would be good...
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There goes another rock.
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That's a funny way of putting it, but yeah.
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Oh come on, it's just freaking rock!
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But adamantite is unbreakable! I don't know so much about scarletite, but considering how high-end of a material it is in Final Fantasy XIII (if you don't count the Trapezohedrons), I assume it's pretty strong.
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Yeah, why is that?
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Okay. But there's no ocean here.
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There's some lakes and rivers here. Granted, you wouldn't want to live in the Sanzu...
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Well, that's very nice of them! Though that makes me wonder how long the Gorgons have been here...
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I guess so.
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Wow, now I feel a bit bad for the aquatic youkai. I hope we don't ruin their lives or something.
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But still, incident resolution comes first.
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Fine!
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Seriously, how does she control those things?!
She's not that hard of a boss, although her attacks are pretty powerful. Alice should really use Hourai Doll to attract Matsuba's attacks and spam Marionette Parrar. Everyone else should spam Electric stuff.
Of course, I end up changing my party because Matsuba almost TPKs this one.
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Go Youmu! That's almost half her health! That was a critical, plus using Slash of the Present (or was it Slash of Eternity?), having Byakuren use Elemental Weapon set to Electric, and Weapon Bless.
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Worthless gatekeeper indeed.
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Uh, okay.
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Yeah, they have a lot of help, huh?
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Yeah!
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Of course, we have to go through the lake first. But can we get through the Genbu Lake in order to reach the Lakebed Temple? That will be next time!
Treasure: Magic Shard, Philosopher's Robe (drop, Patchouli), Iron (drop x1, treasure x1), Steel (x2 drop), Headshot Goggles III, Meteorite, Donation Box, Adamantite Shard, Devil's Dagger (drop, Sanae), Dragon Shield (Alice), Launch Earrings III, Rusty Blade, Sewing Needle, Eyeball, Spare Parts, Orichalcum Shard, Snakeskin, Magic Mushroom, Squall Hairpin III, Mirror Shield (drop), Hinotori Feather, Gold
Skills: Straw Doll Kamikaze (sacrifices HP to deal damage, costs two bombs, Alice), Salamander Bomb (Medium power multi-target Fire spell, Patchouli), Phantom Killer in Night Mist (Low+ power 1-3 time hitting attack that can cause Instant Death, costs one bomb, Sakuya), Arctic Wind (Medium+ power all-targeting Water spell, costs one bomb, Marisa)
Recipes: Continental Buckler, Onbashira, Rainbow Tobikura, Full Bloom Petals
TPKs: 0 this update, 8 overall
Frustration: Still low, although after the Genbu Lake... oh boy.
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Great Centipedes are also weak to pierce.
Hein is always vulnerable to Mystic, and can be hit by junk like petrification or instant death.
Catoblepas drops the Mirror Shield at a pretty significant chance (I think it might've been 25%), which is a medium shield that can reflect magic. Since the magic reflection is always active no matter what you're doing (unlike normal shield defending), this is a pretty nice shield to have around, as it can go on people who otherwise have no use for a shield like Byakuren.
Matsuba can be taken out on the very first turn if you really feel like it. Mad Thunder+Nitori Chasers+some other elec junk... yeah.
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Mirror Shield
Did you look at my treasure list? >.>
Though the magic reflection thing was something I didn't know. Thanks, I guess. Would that effect still apply even if the user was wielding a weapon that makes shields unusable, like spears or staves?
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Yes. Technically those weapons just mean that you can't use your shield while attacking, anyway. (And then most, if not all magic counts as two-handed.) Secondary shield effects (like status resist, or the physical attack boosting shields) are ALWAYS in effect.
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Fourth Volume- Part 3: Marine Benefit
Let's go into the Genbu Lake!
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Mermaids here are weak to Electric and Fire and will use stuff like Tail Chop and even Control Land (towards Water). Not bad on their own.
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Yeah, Genbu's Lake. And a squid. Yep.
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We have a Giant Crab and some Otohimes. The Giant Crab knows Pincer (which inflicts some sort of debuff) and Bubble, which inflicts Poison. Weak to Electric. The Otohimes have Time Capsule, which debuffs all stats (gee, I wonder where that is from?) and are weak to Dark.
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Uh, how do I breathe underwater?
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Waters here are weak to Fire. That's about it.
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The holes here...
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...Have spikes. Don't worry about them lowering. You can find your way throughout the dungeon without them being up.
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Here we have an Adamantoise and an Undine. The Adamantoise is weak to Water and knows Deva Stand. The Undine has crazy high levels of Water regen and knows some powerful Water attacks. She's weak to Fire, but good luck with that. Also, she knows Refresh. You might want to get that for Satori. I probably will... eventually. I need to do some grinding before the next dungeon anyways.
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Down there is a Prototype. It's weak to Water, but it knows Evolution Breath, a Light breath attack that will KILL YOU.
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OWW.
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There's a secret passage here that you have to take in order to find the key. The key is in the room above this position. You get here through the door that's over in the bottom right of the map.
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Konpaku Flash. Inflicts Instant Death. This I approve of.
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No just no.
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Alright then, now we can warp right out of here. I grinded up Byakuren a bit for the next fight.
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Hey, it's Kaikeidou! Or the Lakebed Temple. Whichever.
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Yeah, it's pretty impressive.
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Yeah. Greek, specifically.
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Yeah, because your mansion is western.
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They're aquatic gods, right?
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Huh?
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Right. Yeah, you're unfamiliar with them.
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In other words, you have absolutely no knowledge.
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No kidding.
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Something just pushed us back!
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Who are you?
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Oh, hey Matsuba. How's it going.
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Really, Reimu? You forgot her name? You're just horrible, Reimu.
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Uh, yeah, sorry. We will be.
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Yeah, we'll just beat you again!
Matsuba notes we did settle this before...
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Huh? Shouldn't that have been it?
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Of course...
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Yeah, we beat you already. This'll be another cakewalk.
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What is this, Final Fantasy IX?
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Oh, hey Genji.
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*head desk three times*
I need to make a sound effect for that...
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Yeah!
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A whole bunch o' nothing.
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Except the last time we met we kicked your ass.
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Yeah, turtles represent longevity. So does Minogame (literally "old turtle with seaweed gorwing on its back"), but then again this isn't HELLSINKER.
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So? We'll just beat you both again. Simple.
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Yeah, it'll be fine.
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Oh yeah, fighting in their natural environment would give them an advantage.
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Oh yeah, Nitori's a kappa. That plus our numerical advantage should tip the odds in our favor again.
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Fun!
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Let's do this!
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Of course, I missed taking a picture of them before hurting them. They're weak to the same things as before, and the fight comes down to basically doing the same thing as before. If you don't have Star Sword or Dark Sword, I recommend you get it for Byakuren. You can beat them in any order, though if you want stuff for Satori, you might want to beat Matsuba first. If you don't care, beat Genji first.
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Of course, once you defeat one, the other heals up.
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Not that tough.
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Sorry. Also, don't give me that pissy face, Matsuba. You lost again. Give a break.
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Yeah, Reimu sort of does that.
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Yeah, they're very loyal to the Gorgons.
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That is true. But if they were good, then why release this mist?
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Whatever the case, we now have access to the final dungeon in the game, the Lakebed Temple! Can we brave its many dangers and defeat the Gorgons? Well, we won't find out next time persay, but within the next few updates. Just like the Sinister Castle of Chaos, the Lakebed Temple is pretty damn long. And just like the Sinister Castle of Chaos, there's four stages. So we're still not close to beating this yet.
Summary:
Treasure: Meteorite (drop), Serpent King's Mail (drop, Alice), Hades Amulet (drop), Magic Medal, Rock, Blank Scroll, Pretty Mirror (x1 drop, x1 treasure), Untouchable Goggles III, Steel, Water Shard (drop), Bamboo, Crow Feather, Silver Tray, Indefatigable Earrings III, Iron (drop)
Skills: Aether Spray (shifts Land towards Light, Reimu), Omnidirectional Dragon Slaying Circle/Omnidirectional Azure Dragon Circle (reflects breath attacks, Reimu), Encompassing Tiger Stripe Circle/Encompassing White Tiger Circle (makes you immune to Fire, Water, Earth, and Electric attacks for a turn, Reimu), Hakurei Needle (Medium+ power small AoE Light spell, Reimu), Star Sword (makes a character's attacks Light elemental, costs one bomb, Byakuren), Water Dragon (Medium power all-targeting Fire spell, Patchouli), Dark Sword (makes a character's attacks Dark elemental, costs one bomb, Byakuren)
Synthesis Done: Mutsusei Ryusei (Youmu), Hauteclere (Sakuya), Master Fencer's Clothes (Youmu), Hard Doll (Alice)
Formations: Neo Hakurei Type
TPKs: 0 this update, 8 overall
Frustration: Low for now. But holy crap, will it get high in the next area...
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Undine drops the +20% WTR damage amulet. Notable. Also, the evil caped girl thing that is also in Stage 16 has the +20% dark amulet.
Oh jeez, upcoming stage 18.
Okay.
Group 1:Dragon slayer in some form is desired if you don't want to run from a lot of enemies (Locomo Dragon and the more common Lamias). Nitori with a sword for Dragon Fang Strike works because everything else is weak to fir/elec/wtr. Recommended Nitori/Byaku(buff)/Patch/Tank (Mokou or Alice). Chaser ignores the physical reflect enemies, veeeery nice. You WANT ELEMENTAL RESISTS. Stuff like Element Guard and Nitori's pow tree element resist is good here.
Group 2:STATUS EFFECTS. Permanent resist (paralysis especially, but permanent in general) is important. Use small armors with resists if you need to. Instant death is effective on many enemies. Pinaka spear is good for spirit slayers/flayer killing. If you make the kusanagi it murders this area. Sakuya's Hauteclaire is good too but you might want to save materials. Aya with an instant death weapon is probably good for her because she can't do good damage anyway. And then you have Youmu and Sakuya. And then you take Sanae because she can patk buff them all (and res buff/status cure/heal if needed). There's even an ideal formation for this. If you properly make your character able to resist things, this group shouldn't be hard.
In easy mode enemies seem to be able to inflict statuses on you a lot easier. Dunno.
Group 3:Petrification everywhere! Cockatrice Crest and Hakutaku Lunchbox and the petro resist robe and Reimu's natural res. Looots of stuff is weak to A.Light B.Elec. You also want a fire or water attack for slimes. Satori can cover all three of these (Mad Thunder! The generic single-targets for the others are fine if you don't have multis) and Reimu/Marisa take more of a full-time aspect on this. Alice makes this a cakewalk, I used Mokou (Group 1 is scarier and I wanted Alice there) and it was slightly risky but fine.
There is a one-time healing circle in each area before the end and they aren't very long. You can afford to burn mp.
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There's one thing I want to say about that.
Thank you. Thank you so much. I haven't started yet and I don't remember what's on each path and the wiki is unspecific. I know they were different, but... yeah. So thanks. After I finish up some grinding (Satori and Mokou must get to a point where they can be useful!), I'll be doing that. I'll probably make a mini-update that covers the extent of the stuff I'll be picking up. Going along with that, I'll probably split Stage 18 into two parts, one for the stage and one for the bosses, because that's a LOT of stuff to cover.
Also, I didn't figure they would inflict status effects on you more on Easy Mode. I guess the reworked status effect formulas in that apply to you and the enemy, which makes no sense. Doesn't really matter to me because I haven't been playing on Easy at all.
EDIT: I give up on getting skills for Satori. It's not worth it. I'm just going to throw all the stuff I'm doing for grinding in with the next update, because I simply cannot take grinding for skills anymore. I'm just going to beat some shit in Genbu's Swamp and Genbu's Lake, get everyone up to at least level 40, and be done with it.
SECOND EDIT: Even better, I'll just grind in the Lakebed Temple itself! The stuff there'll give XP anyways, and I can just clear out everything so I don't HAVE to worry about splitting the party, at least for the first section of the dungeon. That was going to be my original plan anyways.
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Okay, I've finished screenshotting the stage portion of Stage 18. I'll have that up as an update later.
Thanks once again, Serela, for that advice. It was very useful. The only team that had problems was Mokou, Reimu, Marisa, and Satori on the C route. They were all under level 40, so there was a lot of running away. A. Lot. Also, I avoided any TPK sin there. The only TPKs I got were from the grinding I gave up on. Enemies don't want me to have their skills.
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Stage 19 isn't really much aside from the boss fight and high volume of creatures. The creatures are just basically taken from all the paths of Stage 18 though. Stage 20 is the one with problems, especially with some of its annoying and dangerous enemies. You might want to get Sakuya's Vyse Sword if you use her a lot. It'll really help her take down most of the creatures. Probably a good idea to take your best mage along with you,
(Hydra, while somewhat rare in the later part of Stage 20, drops Obsidion, which is needed to craft end game gear. Killing it, and having the item drop is pretty tough, especially when he can attack, usually with breaths, 2X - 5X A TURN)
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(Hydra, while somewhat rare in the later part of Stage 20, drops Obsidion, which is needed to craft end game gear. Killing it, and having the item drop is pretty tough, especially when he can attack, usually with breaths, 2X - 5X A TURN)
so you bring aya and then it can't hit you
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Fourth Volume- Part 4: Let's Split Up, Gang!
So, we need to enter the Lakebed Temple. Before I did that, however, I took the liberty to attempt some grinding. So, first, to Youkai Mountain!
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This guy was someone I didn't cross paths with when I first came here, but he's here all the same. He's a Gashadokuro, and he's weak to Fire, Light, and Blunt. Be careful, though. He's dangerous.
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After a bunch of time using Charm on those guys, I finally learn Area Heal, which is miles above Mass Heal in terms of usefulness. Trust me on that one.
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For giving me all the shit you did, here's a Mad Thunder to the face.
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And Petro Breath as well.
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So there are Ace Powers! Also, that's an Officer Demon. Did I meet up with this version? I forget if I did or not.
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Damn it!
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I got TPKed a second time after that, but didn't capture it. This picture I just took to remind myself I was killed. Again.
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Okay, I kept this too.
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Not this, though.
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That's why.
That's pretty much where I gave up. Three TPKs, and I'm done.
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So here we have a Kid's Festival~Innocent Treasures (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF4FnkcsdIA) remix as our dungeon theme. Very calm sounding for what is supposed to be the last area in the game.
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Indeed there is. Strange.
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A Gorgon did it.
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Yup, no problems there.
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No, really?
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Yeah, it's pretty weird. At least to you people. It's not as weird to someone used to western architecture, like I am.
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There's a pool. Swim across it.
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Errm, swim across it.
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What?
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Oh, come on! That's the lamest excuse for a party split ever. You had to swim to get here, so why can't you swim across the pool to get over there?
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Bullshit! There's doors up there! You can even check!
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Typical Reimu.
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Yup.
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Okay, so the first thing I tried to do was just bring my normal party through and kill everything in one path, and then do the same on the other paths. Let's just say that ended badly. Not that I died, but the enemies respawned. So I went with Serela's recommendations (for the millionth time, thank you) and I made it through the rest of the dungeon like that. So that's why my party's going to be all mixed up in different places.
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For our enemy icons, we have little turtles. Of doom.
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Lamias here are dragons that can inflict Charm. And that's about it.
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The Medea in the back can use some dangerous magic, but is weak to Dark. Okay.
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How the hell do I go from a dry room to a room filled with water?
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Down there is a Stymphy. Possesses the usual bird weaknesses and abilities.
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Okay, there's a Backbeard (shouldn't it be Blackbeard?), which can reflect physical attacks but is weak to Fire and Water, while the Golden Deer uses Alice's kicking attacks. That's about it.
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The Locomo Dragon. A very dangerous enemy, but in this game he's not as bad as he was in Devil of Decline. He still uses breath attacks, but we have Alice to protect us. Plus Sakuya has a sword on and can use Dragon Fang Strike. Hell yeah.
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Much like the Cerberus, the Orthrus is weak to Water and uses Fire Breath. He's sort of dangerous.
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Dragon Souls here are also weak to Water and are even more dangerous, possessing some pretty powerful breath attacks.
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There's two buttons you need to push, one with team A and one with team C, which will open a path to the second half for team B.
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Back with Team B, we've got a Void and a Will-o-Wisp. The Void is immune to magic and uses a powerful move known as Void Cutter, which hurts if not shielded from. The Will-o-Wisp reflects magic is generally an ass to kill.
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The Myrmecoleon is weak to Water and does stuff. Not too dangerous.
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The Phalanx at the bottom can use Shield Wall to reduce damage done to the enemy. Which is annoying.
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Here there's a Squid Devil and a Qliphoth Petal. The Squid Devil uses Mind Blast and Blaster, both of which are dangerous. Weak to Pierce, as usual. The Qliphoth Petal is weak to Fire and Slash and can put you to sleep. That's kind of dangerous.
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Last but not least in the slightest is Team C. Super Slimes are weak to Fire and can use Digest on you to drain HP.
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The Minotaur is weak to Light and uses dangerous attacks such as Headsplitter.
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The Elite Cockatrices are weak to Electric and Pierce but can use petrifying attacks. Of course.
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The Pan can inflict Great Confusion, which is all kinds of dangerous. I think he might be weak to Light.
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Great, a Hipporit. It can use Nose Fencing, which reduces PDEF and generally hurts. I think it's weak to Electric.
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Pushing those buttons I mentioned earlier leads to this path, which triggers a cutscene after going through it.
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So, uh, you guys going to do anything, or are you just going to sit there?
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You're being paged, Lithos.
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Yeah, we sort of did that. Too bad.
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Oh, that too. There's no escape. You face us now or we come to you.
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Sorry, but maybe you should have just dealt with us personally.
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What plan? Oh, right, they determined who's doing what earlier.
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So yeah, those three who were briefly mentioned. Guess how I'm going to have to deal with them!
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That's kind of mean, Bio.
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Then why have them fight us?
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Okay...
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If you're not confident yourself, Lithos, then I'm pretty sure we'll be fine.
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So, second half. Right.
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The X25 can use HDD Crash and is weak to Electric, while the Lizard Knight knows some crazy powerful moves like Acala Sword and Dragon Fang Strike and is weak to Water.
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In the back there is a Galgalim. Weak to Dark, but pretty damn powerful.
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Alright, we made it to the end with one group. Let's do it with another.
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The Specter is weak to Fire and Light and is pretty annoying. It knows Mokou's Fist moves for no apparent reason.
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Last but not least we have the Youkai Hunter, which is weak to Electric but is pretty damn dangerous. Be careful.
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That's another group.
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And I got the third one. We can access the boss now, but there's something I need to do: Grind up Mokou so she can get a certain skill.
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Really?
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Getting old...
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Oh yeah, Patchy can crit on magic now. It's pretty great.
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Finally, I got it. But now that we're all leveled up and ready to go, can we defeat the three servants and find the Gorgons? That's for next time.
Summary:
Treasure: Raiden Ring, Fire Crystal, Spare Parts, Crow Feather, Trapezohedron x3, Skill Ring III (drop), Rusty Blade, Magic Shard (x1 drop, x1 treasure), Silver Tray, Elemental Sphere, Magic Mushroom, Hinotori Feather, Adamantite Shard x2, Gold, Sun Tzu's Art of War, Blank Scroll, Rock (x1 drop, x1 treasure), Magic Ring III (drop), Steel, Water Crystal, Bamboo, Sewing Needle, Eyeball, Earth Crystal, Pretty Mirror (x1 treasure, x1 drop), Donation Box, Magic Medal, Orichalcum Shard (treasure x2, drop x1), Iron (x1 treasure, x1 drop), Vulcan Amulet (drop), Fire Shard (drop), Meteorite (drop)
Skills: Dark and Light Heal (apparently I got these earlier and didn't mention them..., Low power healing in a column and in a row respectively, Byakuren), Perfect Murder Doll (Low+ 3-6 time hitting attack, costs one bomb, Sakuya), Peerless Wind God (all allies move first while the field is in effect, costs one bomb, Aya), Slicing Cutter (Medium power piercing attack, Aya), Call Lightning (Medium power all-targeting Electric attack, Patchouli), Wind God Girl (Medium power all-targeting attack, costs a bomb, Aya), Counter Beacon (allows counterattacks, Youmu), Fantasy Seal -Ultimate- (Medium+ all-targeting Light spell, costs one bomb, Reimu), Earthquake (Medium power all-targeting Earth spell, Patchouli), Firebird (Medium+ power all-targeting Fire spell, costs a bomb, Marisa), Love Typhoon (Medium+ power all-targeting Electric spell, Marisa), Fujiyama Volcano (single-target attack with added Fire damage that causes Burn, costs one bomb, Mokou)
Satori Skills: Area Heal (heals an area), Petro Breath (all-targeting Earth attack that inflicts Petrify)
Recipes: Kusanagi, Exorcism Gohei, Magus Broom, Yamata no Orochi, Stardust Fan, Vyse Sword, Comiket Catalog, Autocannon, Goliath Greaves, Force Eye, Doujigiri Yasutsuna, One-Shot Punch, Sugatta Scroll, Autobarrier, Force Shield, Abaddon Shield, AP Shield, Barrier Suit, Magus Suit, A. Muscle Suit, Atman Coin III, Awakened Soul, Rage Choker IV, Protective Choker IV, Bracelet of Insight IV, Bracelet of Reflection IV, Headshot Goggles IV, Untouchable Goggles IV, Launch Earrings IV, Indefatigable Earrings IV, Squall Haripin IV, Swordmaster's Proof, Spearmaster's Proof, Axemaster's Proof, Dragon Scale, Orichalcum, Adamantite
Synthesis Done: Doujigiri Yasutsuna (Youmu), One-Shot Punch (Mokou)
TPKs: 5 this update,13 overall
Frustration: That was really dumb. Why were there so many TPKs?
And Nihilanth, I know what I'm doing with Stages 19 and 20. I've played this before, remember?
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My guilty pleasure in reading your Let's Plays is seeing your frustration level rise. I usually feel bad for you too, this game looks really frustrating.
Grinding for Satori's skills can't be worse than grinding for Trapezohedrons in FF13. Nothing will ever be as horrible.
NOTHING.
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My guilty pleasure in reading your Let's Plays is seeing your frustration level rise. I usually feel bad for you too, this game looks really frustrating.
Yeah, GoS is a pain. Why I subject myself to this, I don't know. Maybe it's because when I finally do win, it feels pretty damn great.
Grinding for Satori's skills can't be worse than grinding for Trapezohedrons in FF13. Nothing will ever be as horrible.
NOTHING.
You see, that's why I DIDN'T grind for Trapezohedrons in FF13. I didn't want to sit there and spam Death with Vanille over and over and over again...
Granted, I didn't do many of the sidequests. I beat the game, don't get me wrong (Barthandulus on all occasions and Orphan's first form, I hate you so, so much), I just wasn't too interested in beating the sidequests. Maybe if I play again I should do that. Either that or I need to actually play FF13-2.
Back to this, though. I beat the bosses after countless resets and general frustration. So update will be up tomorrow, hopefully. And then it comes down to the last three stages... at least the next one is short and rather forgiving.
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Fourth Volume- Part 5: The Boss Rush
Because that's basically what's going on in this update! Before I go after the three servants, however, I need to get a certain formation.
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Stand here and hold the A button. Your character will start hitting Meiling. Repeatedly. At first, nothing happens. Eventually...
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Looks like she feels it!
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Hey, you're up, Meiling!
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Yeah, you've been sleeping since this morning. You better hope no one came in.
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Shouldn't you be on guard, though?
She promises to give us a book if we do. Okay...
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That's what we've come for.
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*sigh* Meiling, you're hopeless.
Actually, considering Devil of Decline, perhaps not so. On to the bosses!
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Okay, you're someone. Who are you?
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Akame, huh? Well, I'm just going to walk past you. Surely you won't mind...
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Yeah, she's a maid. She seems very angry about something, though. Lighten up, Akame.
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This isn't an emergency... for you. It is for us, though. We need to talk to your mistresses.
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That's bad news. For us. Not for you, of course.
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I don't think Medicine can summon needles, though. Poison she has handled, though...
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Yep, time to fight!
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I don't LIKE hell though...
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This battle comes down to whether or not you can spam Fujiyama Volcano fast enough before she kills you.
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She uses Poison Hazard to boost the chances of inflicting Poison. You can cancel this, if you want, with Colosseo World, but you don't have to. She'll heal herself a lot, though, so it's a good idea if you do.
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Gotta love Fujiyama Volcano.
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Again, this is sort of an RNG sort of thing.
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That was surprisingly simple.
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A blowfish, right?
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Yep.
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*face palm*
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I don't think she cares, Akame.
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Another person. Let me guess, you're an octopus?
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Or Chihiro. That works too.
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Yeah, we sort of got that.
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You can fight, I assume.
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She can control tentacles, apparently. That sounds horrible.
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Please no Super Tentacle Hentai Porn.
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Uh, I don't think eating a youkai is a great idea...
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Sure, that's not going to last for long.
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Chihiro here uses Tentacle and Tentacle Dance, as well as...
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Octopus Maelstrom Swirl. Remember Xia's "Dancing Spray of Blood"? This works the exact same way. Use Artful Sacrifice set to Water to absorb the damage, and use Wind of Protection to protect against the Instant Death. She's weak to Electric, so make use of that.
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Electric Bullet+Lazy Eight=Damage.
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Of course, she can also blind you. This led to a reset.
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Yeah, that was simple.
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I don't think I've seen "x" eyes in a Strawberry Bose game besides this moment. Huh.
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Yeah, we're youkai! Plus or minus a few of us...
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Because we have Marionette Parrar?
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I don't think it works that way, Alice...
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Or you can just accept it.
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Yeah, let's just move on.
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What the!?
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Who the hell are you?
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Alright then, Kagami. I kind of need to beat you, now.
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Yup. We like to fight too. So we're going to kick your ass, okay?
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Excuse me?
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I forget what we said about her to cause her to do that. Besides general insults.
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Fun, a shellfish. Does your shell really protect against everything?
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Of course we will!
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Kagami is probably the toughest of the three to take down, using some powerful attacks. She can use Shellfish to counterattack against everything and raise her resistance to the three main elements. She has no weaknesses, but you should use Fire to negate her Water regen. You should also use Peerless Wind God so that her Shellfish move means nothing to you.
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She can do this or Hyper Fang Crush, both of which hurt. This is the only opportunity to learn Hyper Fang Crush until much later, but I really don't care. I just have Satori here for backup healing.
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OWW.
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Except I didn't keep it. Damn it!
After many resets, we win.
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Graphical glitches return. Damn it!
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We just hit hard enough.
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Yeah, so?
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Please don't say that, Patchy (at least, I think it's Patchy...).
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Typos abound!
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I think we scared her.
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It was a joke, apparently. I wouldn't want to be any of the people we've fought if Yuyuko was here...
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Yes.
It takes several resets, but I do manage to kill all of them at once.
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Finally. Took long enough.
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It was difficult, but we made it.
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Such as our fists and bullets.
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Yep, they're the only ones left.
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So, we have a healing circle. Thanks good.
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And we have a warp circle back. But can we get through the extremely short Lakebed Temple Tatami Room and defeat the Gorgons? Well, I already made it through here, but I'm leaving that (and the boss) for the next update, which will be shorter than most.
Summary:
Skills: Star Maelstrom (High power all-targeting Light attack that inflicts Instant Death, costs one bomb, Byakuren)
Formations: Devil's Circle
TPKs: 1 this update, 14 overall
Frustration: The worst is over. For now. We still have a few stages left to go.
Also, I might get the next update up by the end of the week, but updates after that I don't know. There's a lot I have to do with this, plus I need to deal with some real life stuff next week. At least on Thursday and Friday I'll have plenty of time to work on this.
Also, I've been thinking about what I'm doing after this. I'm probably going to do the rest of the main game, then return to Devil of Decline to finish the expansion. Then I'll either come back to do this game's expansion or move on to Phantasmal Summoners, Earthbound, or Touhou Mother (I'm not sure if I should Earthbound and then Mother 3 before doing Touhou Mother, just do Earthbound and then Touhou Mother, or simply just Touhou Mother). Sengoku Gensokyo... yeah, I'm not returning to that for a while. And if you think I'm going to LP Labyrinth of Touhou... not going to happen. Just thinking out loud for now.
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Okay, I'm done screenshotting Stage 19 (boss and all), but I don't think I'm updating tonight.
Also, I've been experimenting with recording programs and I think I hit on something that offers the same ability to record audio from my laptop plus from my microphone that isn't Bandicam (which still has that 10 minute limit plus watermark). I still don't think I'll be able to necessarily find time to do video-based updates, as it requires time I don't have 100% of. Plus if I do said video updates, they might be game-audio only, with my commentary coming in the form of annotations. My voice sounds weird when recorded. Finally, I already devoted myself to the screenshot style for this LP. If I'm going to switch to video, it'll only be if I restart the LP, which is something I am planning to do at a point wherein I CAN do a video LP sometime later. Of course, I'll finish this LP and the DoD LP in the screenshot style before moving on to the video style.
Again, this is all just thinking out loud, but after the main game of this and the expansion of DoD, if I have the time I might redo DoD as a video series on Youtube (which would allow you to see everything I do in realtime instead of the bits and pieces) as well as GoS. I will DEFINITELY do Sengoku Gensokyo as a video series, which means that I'm pretty much going to abandon that LP as a screenshot one. After that or between those I might also LP the main games in the series as well as LP some non-Touhou games. Don't think that just because I like Touhou doesn't mean I don't like other games ^^;. So yeah. There's my PSA for the day.
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Sounds great to me! What will you use to make your video LP?
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Well, instead of Bandicam I'll be using FFSplit. It can be used for streaming and for recording videos either at the same time or separately. I just need to tinker with the settings a bit and I'll be all set for recording.
Of course, regardless of recording software my voice is still going to sound bad. And I need to find the time to record uninterrupted, which means that at best I'd only be getting a video or two out per week. That's going to mean it's going to take quite a while to finish anything, unless I get lucky. I might get lucky. Or I might get screwed over by a lack of time. Either way I'll try.
I'm just hoping that if I do redo DoD, at least a gameplay patch will be out so at least that part will be easier...
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Again, this is all just thinking out loud, but after the main game of this and the expansion of DoD, if I have the time I might redo DoD as a video series on Youtube (which would allow you to see everything I do in realtime instead of the bits and pieces) as well as GoS. I will DEFINITELY do Sengoku Gensokyo as a video series, which means that I'm pretty much going to abandon that LP as a screenshot one.
I don't think it's a good idea. You're better off with screenshots, unless you pick action-packed games for your upcoming LPs. You can make some additional videos for your screenshot LPs, though, but I'll elaborate on it later in this post :V
As for GoS and DoD, watching someone grind their way through dungeon crawlers can get boring and repetitive really fast, and if you really want to VLP those games you should think of something in order to alleviate this problem.
I don't know about Sengoku Gensokyo, though. Recording a bunch of important battles is fine, but the VN sections seem very long and completely static, so it's generally pointless to capture them on video. You might want to dump the game script to a text file to ease your transcribing/summarizing job, but I don't know it this is even possible.
Anyway, I think recording your playing session has got some advantages (assuming you still use a forum thread to post your updates).
One: you can take your screenshots from the (raw) video of the whole session. You can forget about "couldn't capture this one millisecond long event" problems because you'll always be able to pick the right frame.
Two: you can show off some particularly nasty puzzles, important cutscenes and boss battles in their own videos, so that the viewer won't have to manually skip the repetitive parts.
Three: voice commentary is entirely optional for this kind of videos! If you give your viewers all the needed info in the update post and/or the description, talking over your video won't be strictly necessary.
Just my 2 cents.
Oh, I almost forgot: kudos for this quality LP, and keep up the good work!
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With videos, I WAS going to cut repetitive parts. If I didn't cut that, it would be boring watching me go back and forth between hub areas and such >.>. I've watched people do VLPs of RPGs. I get how to cut out battles. Just like with the SLPs I've been doing, I'd only show randoms if they have something interesting (new enemies, most likely). Plus I would be doing a lot of stuff offscreen, especially grinding.
As for Sengoku Gensokyo... I don't know if I can dump the game's script. I'll see if I can. If anyone knows how to dump it or has a dump, let me know. It'd be pretty useful.
Thanks for the feedback. The main reason for wanting to try VLPing was to provide any details I skimp out on due to the screenshot style of the LPs I've been doing. If you guys are fine with my current style, then I won't switch. I just feel as if not showing off everything (such as the dungeons themselves and, most importantly in my opinion, the music while it plays in-game) is, in a sense, not enough. But if I give enough detail, then I'll keep things as they are, although I'll see if I can't incorporate videos into the screenshot portions to show off boss fights and the like.
Last but not least, I'll try for an update tonight. Fighting the actual culprits behind this is pretty difficult, but DAMN doesn't it feel good when you win.
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Fourth Volume- Part 6: Getting Punched in the Face Hurts
Of course, that's sort of obvious, isn't it? Onward to the Lakebed Temple Depths, otherwise known as the Lakebed Temple Tatami Room! Inconsistency (and to a lesser extent capitalism) ho!
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Why does this happen?
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Why?
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Here's our next demon tier, the Great Demon. Hits hard, uses the special Demon - skills, and is weak to Light as per usual. I find that actually attempting to fight these things isn't as bad as it seems despite the fact they look imposing. Granted, fights with these things drain resources by a great deal, so...
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I'm still waiting for you guys to do something.
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Sorry?
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Yeah. You could have taken the time to escape, but it's too late now. We've already covered the entrance. There's no escape now.
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Exactly. We're tough, damn it!
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Yeah, she's a determinator. No matter what, she's going to keep on fighting.
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Oh fun! More monsters!
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Yeah, we're not going down easily.
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Ana? Oh boy, this could be trouble...
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Yeah, the eldest one has to take responsibility, after all.
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I still don't like using that nickname. I prefer Ana.
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So she is going. Great.
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Oh look, that was fast. No new enemies besides one we could have encountered in the previous stage anyways. Let's go!
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Yeah, you stopped suddenly. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong.
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Something? There's a noise?
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What!?
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Yikes!
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Yeah, that came out of nowhere.
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How long did it take you? It must have been only, what, a couple minutes between the cutscene and the save point?
Of course, they ask for a name. Well, it's great knowing who your enemies are.
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Anastasis Stheno Gorgon, if you want the full version, which she uses.
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Patchy?
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Why apologize? You're the enemy, you don't have to be apologetic like me.
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Move!
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Yeah, she wants our heads!
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What the!
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Those holes...
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Yeah, it's like before!
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Yeah, that's some seriously crazy power she's got there.
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Oh yeah, we remember alright.
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Right on the mark!
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That wasn't a nice thing to do, Ana...
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Held back means beating someone to near-death?
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Hurray, your intuition finally works again, Reimu!
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Yep.
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And you're going to PAY.
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And Reimu ALWAYS wins against the culprit. Always.
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Huh?
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Okay... so you're a Gentle Giant type? Besides the "smash everything to bits" mentality?
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What do you mean by that?
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Yep, that was her.
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Huh? According to the image files Biotopos was the one who was watching us when we were leaving. I guess Anastasis was just off-screen?
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Did you know at Hakugyoukurou as well but kept it to yourself there, Reimu?
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Okay...
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You know something about them, Patchy?
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I guess she knows some Greek mythology after all, huh?
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Voile: It's got EVERYTHING.
I know it's not really called Voile, but still.
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And we've pretty much got everything we need to know.
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Well, technically Medusa was mortal. Maybe that's why Lithos is the youngest?
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What do you mean?
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So everything regarding you guys is a lie? Huh.
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So that's why everyone's been calling you gods! Guardian deities, huh? So why do this?
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We don't need nicknames for you, as Reimu points out offscreen.
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Of course, using them anyways defeats the point of your previous statement...
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Yeah, for what reason?
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Please!
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Of course, you're not good with words and you want it to be a surprise, huh? I remember what happened the LAST time the culprits hid the reasoning for their incident. I'm looking at you, Three Demonic Pillars!
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Might as well. We were going to fight you all anyways.
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Yeah, let's do this!
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Wait, about those stories about you?
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You're immortal!?
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Crap. That's going to be a bitch to deal with.
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I'm losing confidence...
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Reimu on the other hand has not.
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By the power of typos!
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Oh boy, Anastasis. She's the first boss that DESERVES to have OUT as a boss theme. Well, you know how she said she has good regeneration?
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SHE WAS NOT KIDDING. That plus her very high PATK makes fighting her pretty damn difficult. You need to buff yourself up defensively and debuff her offense to stand a chance. I used a certain method which you can use if you want to.
It involves not only debuffing her attack, but also landing Elemental Weapon set to Earth on her. You can actually target enemies with buffs. Set her to Earth and just have Alice use Spectrum Mystery set to Earth to always shield her attacks. Plus you can use Heaven Crack and Patchy's Land shifting skill to shift the Land to Electric to weaken her now Earth-based attacks. She's weak to Electric too, so that's why you want to set her to Earth. That's about it.
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Despite all her massive PATK, this means NOTHING.
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And then she breaks out THIS.
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OWW. I think the spell in itself is cool. She basically uses Breathless Strikes, LAUNCHES you into the air, then thrusts back, knocking you into the air AGAIN and causing you to land on the ground with massive force. It's brutal. This is how NOT to defend against it.
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NOOOOOOOO...
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That is how you actually defend against it: Heaven Crack + her set to Earth + full Electric Land + defensive buff + her being debuffed. Yeah, it requires a lot but you can reduce Muscle Revolution's damage to 0.
And yes, I switched out Youmu for Marisa eventually. Setting Youmu up for damage is more trouble than it's worth.
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Victory!
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What do you mean?
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Yeah, a couple of newcomers is nothing.
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Reimu...
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Yeah, she wasn't going to do anything to stop it anyways.
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And of course, like all good JRPG villains, she just teleports.
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And you stood there and let her. Good job, guys!
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Yeah, there's three Gorgons, remember?
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Of course, Reimu doesn't care who they are.
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Guys, I think your sister just got defeated.
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Of course she has.
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Pretty badly too.
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She's one of the most powerful people in all of Gensokyo. You must have set your expectations pretty damn low.
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What do you mean?
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You mean you like the fact that we're strong? Uh, does this have anything to do with this incident?
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Game? So they do have an ulterior motive! But what could it possibly be?
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Strawberry Bose has a habit of having these kinds of plots, don't they?
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This was Lithos's idea? Just what do you want...?
Also, I guess Bio's our next opponent. Fun.
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Of course. We're strong here in Gensokyo. Sanae learned that the hard way back in Mountain of Faith.
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Yup, you're our next target. Fine.
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And then a remix of the previous dungeon's theme pops up and manages to be one of the best songs in the game. Here it is, another Kid's Festival~Innocent Treasures (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t04Nep46MQ0) remix!
This place is also known as the Divine Temple. I prefer that name.
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Reimu, I think the temple got mad at us.
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It's completely different!
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Yeah. Strange.
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By crazy Japanese game developers who must have been sadists to an extent.
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Byakuren?
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What?
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Okay...
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Now you're just talking crazy. What the hell do you mean?
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Yeah, so they changed everything up to confuse us? I still don't get the whole "replacer" thing, though...
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No, really?
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Typical Reimu. But can we make it through the Divine Temple to reach Biotopos and Lithos? Can we de-mist-ify this mystery? Can I make an even worse pun than that? I probably can. But the rest is for next time.
Summary:
Treasure: Iron (drop)
Skills: Refresh Fortune (fully recovers a person's HP, costs a bomb, Sanae), Aura Jewel (High power healing spell, costs a bomb, Reimu)
Recipes: Blizzard's Edge, Xiuhcoatl, Mjollnir, Hakurei Embroidery, Kirisame Broom, El Moriya Nebim, Comet Fan, Ice Sword, Necronomicon, Shade High-Power, Kamikaze Greaves, Lolicon Eye, Gekka Bijin, God Hand, Siddharttha Scroll, Master Sorcerer's Robe, Violet Robe, Earth Spirit Kindergarten Uniform, Hakurei Robe, Moriya Robe, Raven Armor, Physical Isolation Suit, Demon's Cassock, Chief Maid Uniform, Seven-Colored Doll, Legendary Fencer's Clothes, Phoenix Robe, Strength Ring IV, Endurance Ring IV, Dexterity Ring IV, Nimble Ring IV, Wisdom Ring IV, Skill Ring IV, Muscle Belt IV, Magic Ring IV
TPKs: 2 this update, 16 overall
Frustration: Why does it take so long to beat you, Ana? And why must the next stage be so long and annoying?
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Holy freaking crap, I just finished the stage portion of Stage 20. I just need to do the boss and then it's updating time. I HATE that last puzzle. I really, really hate it. Thankfully, it's the last annoying puzzle in the game. Even the expansion has nothing on that.
EDIT: And boss done, though the update won't be done until tomorrow. Finally, one last stage...
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I have the screenshots ready, but I'm kind of tired. I'll update for sure tomorrow.
I still have the last stage to go, and although it has no real annoying gimmick to it, it's got some tough enemies. Worse, I'll have to be grinding there practically forever to fight the final boss fairly. I'm just not going to go all ChefMKT on it, because I want to not play this game for hours on end to get every single drop.
Also, say hi to the Unnamed 771! She's a cat, yet not a cat. No, really.
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Update time, finally!
Fourth Volume- Part 7: Hell Temple
I don't play La-Mulana, just to let you know, because platformers like that are annoying to say the least. It's also why I never played I Want to Be the Guy, although I have played a bit of Kaizo Mario World.
Enough off-topic rambling, it's time for actual gameplay!
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Stage 20 is divided into a few sections. There is a west section, and east section, and a north section. You have to complete the east and west sections in order to access the entirely of the northern section.
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Backfires are weak to Water but use some dangerous Fire attacks. So be careful around them.
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Hey, you fight a Garbangol as a boss in Touhou Mother before you fight Iku! I know they're a reference to something, I just don't know what. They can use Damage Net, which prevents escape as usual. Also they can use Energy to heal themselves (just like in Touhou Mother, where it might have been PK Energy, though). You can get that for Satori, I think.
As for the elemental people, they are Rainbows. They're weak to physical attacks and can manipulate the land. Not too bad.
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Those things are Unseelie Courts (which we'll encounter eventually in DoD when I return to the expansion). They have some pretty dangerous slash attacks. I think they're weak to either Dark or Fire, but I don't remember.
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That thing up front is a Tantan Kororin. It's weak to Fire and isn't too bad... until it charges up and uses Face Smash. That hurts a lot. The Python in the back is weak to Electric and uses a lot of dangerous Earth attacks like Rotten Breath.
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The Phoenix can use Lifestream to set up a regenerating field. It can also use dangerous Fire attacks. So Water is the way to go.
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Is this path really big enough to go through? Huh.
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I think the Gorgons took some dungeon design tips from Bowser. You really don't need that many bottomless pits, though...
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The big thing up front is a Talos. It has some pretty high physical defense and hits somewhat hard, but it's weakness to Electric will take it down. The Skull Rider can inflict status effects, but strangely it's weak to Fire. It's weak to Light too, so I guess it's just be cause he's undead.
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Nope.
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In this room, you have to press a bunch of these buttons to open a door.
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In the back there's an Ammonite and a Triton. Just like in Devil of Decline (or the other way around, I suppose), they have annoying Water-based breath attacks. Weak to Fire, if I remember correctly. The Triton knows some Piercing skills, but they aren't that threatening. Weak to Electric.
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The Euroses (is that the proper plural form of Euros?) know some dangerous Electric attacks, but Earth shuts them down.
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I don't know what's up with the Dante in the back. He uses some Piercing attacks and I don't know what he's weak to.
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It's a warp point!
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This is the beginning of the north section, but you can't access the rest of it until you flip some switches.
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Thanks to a graphical glitch, I couldn't see Garbangols at one point. This was unsettling to say the least.
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This is part of the western section, but it's above the path that leads to the warp point and key.
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The gimmick to this area and a similar area in the eastern section are these buttons which turn on the bridges. The bridges disappear after you cross them, so they're pretty much one-way passages.
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One switch down, another to go.
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These are Dullahans. They have some pretty powerful Slash attacks, but they're weak to Light. So use that.
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These Larvae Malboros use status effects, particularly Sleep. A Wind of Protection makes them jokes, unlike Final Fantasy. Weak to Fire and I think Slash.
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And there's the other half done. Just need to toggle that switch and I'm good.
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There's a Charybdis there. Although he won't suck you into his maw like the monster in the Odyssey, he uses some tough attacks. He's weak to Electric if I remember correctly.
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Really?
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Well, that's it for that.
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Hah, I got a fairy stuck in the water! The fairy really is stuck there.
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I just noticed this, but whoever typed the description for Damage Net used the wrong slash for the line break. It's "\n", not "/n".
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This next puzzle is annoying. On your own, you probably would not be able to figure it out without random wandering. Essentially, there are some doors with faces near them, and going through them turns some faces on and others off. In other words, you have to follow a specific path in order to activate this face to unlock the path to the boss.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2114-40-03-153_zps988a4c9b.jpg)
The Spirit Tortoise is another turtle upgrade, using Deva Stand and Fang Crush as usual and being weak to Water. It can also heal itself with Refresh, another good Satori skill.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2114-42-54-057_zps0f157451.jpg)
The Gryphon is another bird, meaning it uses Wing Breath (is that the name of it?), Swoop, and has a weakness to Electric and Pierce.
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It's a Hydra. They have crazy high regeneration and use some seriously tough to defend against breath attacks. At this point, run. You can reflect the breath attacks with Aya's 25 point Fan skill, which would be great if I bothered much with her.
You DO want to grind these guys, though, because they drop the almighty Obsidian, which is necessary for some very powerful equipment.
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And the Chimera. Another dangerous thing you want to avoid. It drops the Chimera Shield, which is a good shield.
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No just no.
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SO MANY YUKKURIS!!!!!!!!!
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Youmu managed to survive this and run the hell away. Amazing.
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Not so much the next time.
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Yes!
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It's boss time!
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The mist! That means Bio must be near (she did say she was coming, after all).
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Yeah, this isn't good.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-45-22-611_zpscc756950.jpg)
Crap.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-45-26-535_zps46ef3ead.jpg)
It's affecting everyone! Except Mokou, for whatever reason. Strange...
But why is it affecting the humans?
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There's someone there, apparently.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-45-35-274_zpsa34d3454.jpg)
Hey, Bio. This is your fault, I assume.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-45-38-443_zps2e3a8b4f.jpg)
Well, nice of you to actually show your face instead of hiding in the dark watching us like back at Eientei and Hakugyokurou.
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So the other immortal one, right?
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Most likely.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-45-46-303_zps8bf00d97.jpg)
Yeah, this is her fault! Time for revenge... as soon as we get up, that is.
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Sanae, technically you are partially a god. But yeah, the humans weren't affected before...
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What do you mean?
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Huh? Then why didn't it affect them?
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Ah... but why target just the youkai?
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Yeah, it's not good, Mokou. Looks like this is all up to you.
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Apparently she's impressed with us as a whole. Thanks?
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So, you want to give yourself an advantage in combat? Well, that's quite the advantage...
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That's not good. We're screwed.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-46-13-614_zpsdb4c38af.jpg)
We're pretty much among the strongest youkai and humans in Gensokyo. The only other strong ones are elsewhere. Like Yukari. Funny, you'd figure she'd do something by now...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-46-18-516_zps7735b754.jpg)
Biotopos is a heavy drinker. We're talking oni levels of drinking.
But if you would have liked drinking with us, then why cause an incident and make us your enemies when we would have been just fine if you did nothing to begin with?
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Dodge the question, sure.
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We kind of knew that by now, though.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-46-30-641_zpsd9024623.jpg)
I see. You're not truly immortal, though...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-46-32-386_zpsa2681f9f.jpg)
Yeah. It's similar, but it's not true immortality.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-46-34-457_zpse3fdb4cd.jpg)
It's obvious, isn't it?
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Yep. Unless you destroyed her entirely, she would come back. Again and again.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-46-40-356_zpsfa4061c2.jpg)
Wow, I can't believe Bio is shocked. Kaguya's got that too, but she's not here.
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So, you're a symbol of immortality?
Turtles are symbols of immortality, by the way. That's why Minogame was called that in HELLSINKER: his/her name means "a turtle with seaweed growing on its shell," and Minogame is an immortal god-like being.
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Genji said that too.
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I guess so. It's weird for Genji to be an actual turtle and Biotopos to be a turtle loli, though. A turtle loli that smokes and drinks heavily, but a turtle loli nonetheless.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-47-02-851_zpsf11c3037.jpg)
And as usual, it all goes over Reimu's head.
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Yeah, it's time to beat you up and end this!
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Whoa, that's a LOT of mist.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-47-15-964_zps3ce5b57b.jpg)
Yeah, we kind of did beat up your sister, so you might as well attempt revenge.
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Hmm?
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Yeah, we still haven't been answered that.
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I kind of don't want to end up as a statue for the rest of my life, thank you very much.
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Ass kicking time starts now!
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Yeah right.
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Biotopos is surprisingly easy. She uses some weak attacks on you, is weak to Water and I think Blunt, and uses field effects. Patchy and Mokou with her weapon set to Water by Byakuren mop up easily.
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Yeah, this is pretty much the minimum. She did about either 11000 or 16000 damage at one point. I kid you not.
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She uses a bunch of field effects, but because Patchy should have Arctic Chill on, it generally will get overwritten anyways. Paralyze Mist is the most annoying, as it randomly makes your characters unable to act, but generally they are mere nuisances.
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HOWEVER...
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(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-50-45-086_zpse6251a07.jpg)
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When you reduce her to 0 HP, she uses Aging Drizzle, which always does more than your max HP in damage (it's like 105% of your max HP or something). Divine or Magical Barrier can reduce it, but otherwise you're screwed.
Here's how to do it right:
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(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-56-25-894_zps1fc8ab98.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-56-27-860_zps9c8a6f5b.jpg)
Use Little Legion to protect your people. You could also use Nitori's 3-bomb commander skill or Mokou's 3-bomb commander skill to protect you.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-56-41-949_zpsa1ed61e1.jpg)
Wow, for the one who caused the mist you're pretty weak.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-56-44-897_zpsac905e4c.jpg)
We're not INVINCIBLE, per say, but we're powerful.
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Um, I did.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-56-51-554_zps6b6be3d5.jpg)
You going to admit anything?
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Well, she is the one in charge of it, so she could.
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Don't tell her that...
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Shit.
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Well, great job, Reimu.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-57-07-824_zps8b41a29d.jpg)
*head desk*
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Reimu, just go home. We can handle this ourselves.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-57-16-782_zps3210311f.jpg)
You're all alone, Lithos. Good job there.
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When she's weak to an element and doesn't hurt me much, it was a clear victory for me.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-57-25-952_zpsbf07c1d8.jpg)
You SERIOUSLY underestimated us, haven't you?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP22/bandicam2013-02-2121-57-29-011_zps7336d75a.jpg)
You need a hug?
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Err...
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Well, aren't you like Mai?
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And that's cause for happiness?
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I don't like where you're going with this...
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Damn it. I swear, the sheer amount of masochists in Gensokyo is surprising.
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Barrier? What barrier?
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Um, that's a nice looking sword. Gold, however, is a weak material, so you might want a diamond or adamantite one instead.
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This leads back to the entrance of Stage 18, for easy access to the world map.
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This, on the other hand...
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...Leads to one of the greatest songs in the game: The Gods' Sacred Area (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0bJltGjwqI). Yeah, ending this with some hard rock, damn it!
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It looks like we are in another dimension entirely.
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And they weren't serious before? Oh please, things have been grueling since we entered the temple in the first place.
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No, really? But yeah, this is the final stage in the game.
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Huh?
She mentions it's supposed to keep us in. Great, so we can't get out?
We can, actually. Storywise, however, we can't.
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Then again, they've been keeping tabs on us since the beginning of this incident. We were trying to hunt them, when we were really the prey. This is unsettling, but it's pretty much true.
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Yeah, just Lithos left, right?
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Hell yeah!
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So, this is it. The Gorgon Barrier. Will I be able to brave the extremely dangerous enemies here to reach Lithos? Are there any last-minute surprises? And with Chen and Ran out of commission, what has happened to Yukari? All of that will be next time when we head through the Gorgon Barrier!
Summary:
Treasure: Rod of Penitence (drop, Patchouli), Magic Medal, Orichalcum Shard (drop), Naga Dress (Patchouli), Gold, Electric Crystal (drop), Orichalcum Dagger, Skullsmasher (drop, Alice), Adamantite Shard, Bracelet of Reflection III, Rock, Shuten-douji's Bracer, Trapezohedron (x1 treasure, x1 drop), Obsidian Shield (Alice), Pretty Mirror, Gambanteinn, Rage Choker III (Youmu), Mithril Chainmail (Byakuren)
Skills: Bold Advance (increases critical hit chance, Youmu), Clearing Mind (increases resistance against Fire, Water, Electric, Earth, Light, and Dark, Youmu)
Synthesis Done: Rage Choker IV (Mokou), Awakened Soul (Mokou), Orichalcum, Adamantite
TPKs: 4 this update, 20 overall
Frustration: Well, that's it for annoying puzzles. Now for annoying enemies! That's always great!
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If you want to grind exp, reset-hunting for King Yukkuris with a guaranteed kill party setup after reaching the healing circle should make that not too hard. (This is also pretty much how to farm any minibosses with drops or satori skills you like. Medoroa from miniboss Ambivalence is pretty nifty for the final boss if you're using her first party, which you probably are if you don't have Reflect Wall.)
The final boss can be beaten with just a few people at around 60 for key skills if you use an ideal setup, though.
I've been pretty quiet, but I'm also posting from Hawaii right now, so that should give you an idea why :3
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Reset hunting? You mean run into enemies and if I don't get what I want, reset and try again? Sure, why not?
Also, I've been wondering why you've been quiet. I was thinking it was something I did or said. ^^; Have fun in Hawaii, then!
Anyways, I have the next update screenshotted, I just need to throw it up here. Which I won't be able to do until later. Hurray for having to do other stuff!
EDIT: So I defeat one King Yukkuri. Sakuya jumps from level 44 to 54. And I get the Yukkuri Crown.
Houston, we are engaging happy mode. Commence the celebrations. :getdown:
SECOND EDIT: Oh right, I never mentioned this before. I beat the final boss on my first playthrough with one party. Yeah. I'm not saying beating the final boss again will be easy, but I may or may not be attempting it with one party again. I might do two parties, though equipment will be scarce. That's sort of why, despite MP becoming a problem as the fight drags on, I chose to do a one party final boss fight. ^^;
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Fourth Volume- Finale: Better Get a Mirror!
It's time to finish this! Let's go!
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Did I mention the Gorgon Barrier's theme overrides Playing the Song of War and the victory theme? It does.
In terms of enemies, here's an Abyss Worm and an Alastor. The Alastor uses Electric attacks and the Abyss Worm uses weak attacks. Both are weak to Earth. Right then.
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The treasure chests here are strange, to say the least.
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Okay, we have a Death Rider and a Queen Flayer. The Death Rider uses some tough draining attacks while the Queen Flayer... does the same thing as any other Mind Flayer. The Death Rider is weak to Fire and Light. Not too bad.
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The Sphinx is weak to Fire and can silence you. Not too bad.
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Crap, a Machine Dragon. They use Evolution Breath. Which hurts. A lot. Weak to Water.
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The Dryad Queen can use Enervation, which still lowers offense. It's weak to Fire, so kill it quick.
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The Ibaraki Douji has some strong Blunt skills, but dies to Light. Be careful.
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It's a Golden Baum. It's weak to Fire. Not too dangerous other than some draining attacks.
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That warp from the end of Stage 20, by the way, leads right here. That was added in Lingering Summer Heat, if I remember correctly, so that you didn't have to backtrack to Stage 19 to get out.
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The Cherubim is weak to Dark, yet uses some strong Light attacks. Be careful.
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Each area in the Gorgon Barrier has two minibosses unique to that area. The Pendragon here is one of them. It uses some dangerous physical attacks and it has no weaknesses. It drops the Excalibur, though, so you might want to try to get that.
After moving through a certain area...
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So you moved your throne here? Weird, but whatever.
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I think she knows.
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Told you.
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Well, why don't you run then? Unless you WANT to fight me, which is a dangerous undertaking.
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Going down with the ship, I suppose? Okay then.
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What do you mean?
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Huh?
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Someone's there! Who is it?
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Damn it, Yukari! You could have at least come with us.
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And I bet you knew the Gorgons were the culprits the whole time and only now showed up. Of course.
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Oh yeah, I don't think you two have properly met.
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Did it really take you that long to get here?
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Well, you're no better, watching us from the shadows.
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Yeah, kick her ass, Yukari!
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Fuck. You. Yukari.
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And what the hell is that?
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Okay. Well, they caused an incident. That's something, right?
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Yes, what do you think, Yukari?
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Aha! I knew you knew the whole time. Then why not tell us? You're not going to tell us, are you?
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That's rough.
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Why deny your strength now when you were boasting about it before, Lithos?
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She looks kind of cute when she's angry.
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Yukari, honestly!
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Chat? This is just insulting her! Yukari, you are a bitch, you know that?
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Right, we need to know that.
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Fuck. You. Yukari.
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Just beat her and get the damn thing over with!
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Lithos, you might want to run. She's a doozy to fight.
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Hmm?
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Whoa! That was close!
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Yukari isn't dumb, you know.
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That or a mirror could work, but I think Yukari doesn't want to petrify Lithos.
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Really, now? She can just manipulate the boundary between Seen and Unseen.
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Whoops, miss.
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Uh, that's a funny way to put it, considering you're trying to HIT HER.
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Whoa, settle down!
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Maybe.
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Yeah, there was no way she was getting hit by that.
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???
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Maybe you should use "the" gap youkai, not "a" gap youkai. Yukari's the only one, as far as we're concerned. Maribel doesn't count... yet.
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Hey hey, no weapons in danmaku!
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Huh?
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(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-18-12-710_zpsc9a9e90e.jpg)
Well, that happened.
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What do you mean?
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Meanwhile, TPKs for everyone!
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Crap, Lesser Dragons. They pack some dangerous breath attacks. Running away would be great about now.
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No just no.
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Well, this is the final save point. Let's do this!
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Reimu?
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What!? She lost!?
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But she was winning... how did Lithos beat her?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-40-43-637_zps058848f8.jpg)
Damn it, what the hell were you thinking, Yukari?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-40-49-314_zpscc20ed23.jpg)
Well, we kind of already beat two of them. Lithos, however...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-40-50-519_zpsdcc8e468.jpg)
And she's there, isn't she?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-40-58-597_zpsb97f328a.jpg)
Fancy meeting you here.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-41-01-981_zpsee885275.jpg)
Yeah, she's pretty damn strong, as far as I can tell.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-41-04-497_zpsd798cdd8.jpg)
Yeah, no more fooling around! We've got a bone to pick, Lithos!
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Granted, they still need to KNOW what her name is.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-41-16-062_zpsed84fcc9.jpg)
Yep.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-41-17-924_zps2c6ec2c0.jpg)
Well, she's like that.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-41-21-971_zps65b8dbe0.jpg)
That's true. Then why are you here, Lithos?
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Bwuh?
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That would be weird...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-41-30-923_zpsb1d33f80.jpg)
Yukari's words are still getting to you, huh?
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Again, bwuh?
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Excuse me?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-41-38-998_zps2b3d2505.jpg)
Oh yeah, Anastasis mentioned that. So, Perseus didn't kill you?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-41-41-841_zpsf8429c1e.jpg)
And it got twisted into Perseus killing you? Sure, why not?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-41-46-095_zps8f0dbbf7.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-41-49-150_zps258c0715.jpg)
I still don't get why apparently coming to Gensokyo is equivalent to dying, but okay...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-41-53-626_zpsc3608156.jpg)
Excuse me, you rudely entered Gensokyo without permission and caused a fuss!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-41-57-671_zps2745027b.jpg)
For once, I agree with Reimu.
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So?
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(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-42-06-956_zps4bfd23e8.jpg)
Well, that was why Reimu wasn't going to deal with it, but then...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-42-12-412_zps2ffaddff.jpg)
Well, at least she listened to Yukari. I find it interesting that malice and resentment keep popping up, though...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-42-16-670_zpscab2c415.jpg)
No shit.
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Well, hopefully she understands.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-42-20-929_zps0f8963e9.jpg)
Your goal? What the hell is it, then? Why do this?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-42-26-935_zps6e94b050.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-42-28-460_zpsc9d66ea2.jpg)
Fine, we will!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-42-30-433_zps2de0beea.jpg)
That's how things work here! We beat the everloving shit out of people when they act up.
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Hmm?
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Okay, sure, whatever.
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Sisters care, right?
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Lithos, you need to really make up your mind...
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That's got to hurt, Lithos.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-42-52-049_zpsc2b49e5a.jpg)
Time to kick ass and take names!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-43-00-240_zps2d70d7aa.jpg)
Screw divinity, we beat up gods on a daily basis!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-43-06-029_zps61769d69.jpg)
Lithos uses two major status effects: Petrification and Charm. If you can defend against those, then this fight is simple. Not as easy as Biotopos, but certainly easier than Anastasis. You should DEFINITELY use Little Legion on the first turn though, because...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-43-28-419_zps9e1367e4.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-43-29-619_zps0296bcaf.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-43-32-350_zps850db3ce.jpg)
...She'll use Ras Algol Gorgops, which inflicts Petrify. Reset time!
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She's weak to Fire. Yeah, Fujiyama Volcano is ridiculous.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-53-43-328_zps996e1dfa.jpg)
For being the strongest, supposedly, you're weak.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-53-46-278_zpsd993eabc.jpg)
She's so distraught, she's trailing her text offscreen.
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Right. We want to know.
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There's a strange breaking noise. What was that?
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What was it?
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There's cracks in the air! What the hell?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-54-00-036_zpsf25813ba.jpg)
Someone's breaking in? Who could it be?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-54-03-092_zpse51607a6.jpg)
Shit. This can't be good.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-54-06-586_zps26781442.jpg)
Gigyas, is that you?
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Uh, this is creepy. Who are you?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-54-13-026_zps59d98618.jpg)
Oh, it's just Ana and Bio. For a second I thought it was some other thing that would have been disturbing.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-54-15-759_zpsaf00ff7b.jpg)
Ouch...
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That's kind of sadistic...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-54-22-308_zps25f98d4d.jpg)
Yeah, everything was already settled with you!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-54-24-162_zpsae205a34.jpg)
Right! What is your plan?
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Admit it!
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Finally, a reason!
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(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-54-32-027_zpse8010a81.jpg)
...That's it? Well, okay then. I guess you showed us. Well, that's it. It's over. You showed us. Now stop the incident.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-54-34-868_zps92a32612.jpg)
Reimu, you knew? Or at least figured? You could have said something.
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What do you mean?
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Uh?
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But we beat you!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-54-47-434_zps83cca135.jpg)
Huh?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-54-49-067_zpsd9163726.jpg)
Shit. So it isn't over?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-54-51-680_zps7ffa1e44.jpg)
Well you know what? I'm done with you. You have been annoying me this entire game. You started it with hiding, and then with this. You could have just come to me from the beginning, but NO...
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Hell yeah!
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(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-54-58-129_zpsaa336d0e.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-55-00-092_zps917c8c44.jpg)
Byakuren Hijiri is a friend to humans and youkai alike! She won't let you cause further resentment between them!
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(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-55-03-699_zpsf6e803b5.jpg)
Fujiwara no Mokou may be separate from many in Gensokyo, but she isn't going to let anything happen to its residents!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-55-05-010_zps2ea9c369.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-55-05-882_zpsa3758bdc.jpg)
Youmu Konpaku is a fierce warrior who always carries her orders out. And she was told to finish you all off!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-55-06-974_zps2e3d6809.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-55-08-505_zpsd5379b82.jpg)
Satori Komeiji is hated by the surface, but she isn't as bad as one would think. And she cares about Gensokyo just as much as anyone else here!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-55-09-926_zpsf606f350.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-55-11-343_zpsd04849d7.jpg)
Alice Margatroid felt the pain you gave all youkai, and she isn't exactly thrilled with your plotting!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-55-12-655_zps0c24ee56.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-55-13-746_zps4123db33.jpg)
Nitori Kawashiro was also forced into this because of you, and she'll show you what other aquatic youkai can do!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-55-15-267_zps4a02e3eb.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-55-16-258_zps82dc83ac.jpg)
Sakuya Izayoi doesn't like messes. And you made quite a mess...
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(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-55-19-642_zps20bea615.jpg)
Patchouli Knowledge has been with us from nearly the beginning, and she wants a little revenge for being forced into this!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-55-21-937_zps0dc96d03.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-55-23-240_zpscbbdaae4.jpg)
You hurt Aya Shameimeru's friends with your mist. Be sure to smile for the picture!
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(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-55-27-391_zpsa2ad47a3.jpg)
Sanae Kochiya is a shrine maiden of Gensokyo, and so she won't hesitate to take down anyone who threatens Gensokyo's safety!
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(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP23/bandicam2013-02-2317-55-31-980_zps4caeaa8e.jpg)
Marisa Kirisame is the ordinary magician, but when things aren't ordinary in Gensokyo, you can be sure she'll rise up and take action!
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Reimu Hakurei is the strongest human in Gensokyo. She is in charge of making sure nothing befalls it. You've pissed her off, and now you'll feel her undying wrath!
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Laugh all you want, it's time to end this!
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I'm not afraid!
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Let's do this!
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Or I would, if it weren't for the fact that I need to do some SERIOUS preparations. Next time, we'll fight the three Gorgon sisters and end this incident once and for all!
Summary:
Treasure: Bamboo, Spare Parts, Reflexes (drop), Pretty Mirror, Sewing Needle, Snakeskin, Rock, Hinotori Feather, Eyeball, Rusty Blade, Strength Ring III (drop, Youmu), Hiryu's Lance (Sanae), Trapezohedron, Steel, Zeus Amulet (drop), Gold, Magic Medal, Magic Mushroom, Crow Feather, Silver Tray, Axe of Ahti, Adamantite, Orichalcum, Obsidian Blade
Skills: Rainbow Puppet (like Manipulate Puppet, but stronger, costs a bomb, Alice), One-Woman Army (Normal attacks attack all enemies, Youmu), Source of Rains (Revives and cures Permanents on everyone, costs two bombs, Sanae), Goddess Breath (Medium power large AoE healing spell that cures Permanents, costs a bomb, Byakuren), Hyper Amulet (High power Light spell that ignores Reflect and Magic Barrier, Reimu), Super Duplex Barrier (Nullifies either physical or magical attacks for the whole party for one turn, costs a bomb, Reimu), Paschal Moon-Reflecting Satellite Slash (Medium power attack that requires a stance, costs two bombs, Youmu), Neo Youkai Buster (High damage column Light spell that ignores Reflect and Magic Barrier, Reimu), Diabolic Energy (Medium power column healing spell that cures Variety effects, costs a bomb, Byakuren)
TPKs: 1 this update, 21 overall
Frustration: LET THE GRINDING BEGIN!!!
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Jesus, the Gorgon sisters are tedious folk. Shrill, bitchy, abusive, prone to overplotting, overmonologuing, overdoing things, and underpreparing for just how badly people can and will whup their asses.
They're gonna fit in just fine! :]
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I just have one thing to say.
FUCK THE THIRD PHASE. FUCK THIS BOSS. FUCK THIS GAME. FUCK EVERYTHING.
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I'm giving up for now. I'm taking a break from this game. I'm going back to Devil of Decline. I just can't take it anymore. Thank you. Have a nice day, because I certainly am not.
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Let dear granny Serela help you out!
Alice in Poison Shield formation front is practically required. With an Autobarrier shield. (Unless you got an Obsidian for the Aegis or rare stage 21 shield drop) Putting up Doll's War right before the third phase triggers is a good help. And she needs like, some kind of petrification immunity equip. Rainbow Greaves give her magic resist, and her def takes care of physicals, but you might even want the High Ribbon on her because Little Legion is pain.
Doll's War sure does help. And Hourai Doll helps keep back row from almost EVER getting hit by physicals or Minus. Oh yeah she needs good mystic resist >_>
Byakuren's Perfect Resist should prevent Vortex from dispelling people. This is +++++ on Youmu, who needs the Kusanagi or her foreign god slayer katana (katana is probably better!) And Weapon Bless+Dark Sword. And probably her Crit Up buff if there is any room, which there may not be. Also, I've heard Asura stance works a lot better then Manussya with Paschal Moon Satellite Slash, but I have not tested this.
Satori with Area Heal and Reflect Wall spam is actually pretty damn nice in the final phase. Reflect Wall gets rid of all that pesky magic and can be cast every other turn. It even saves you from her -super nuke- if the boss gets a chance to pull it out, iirc. Although, Mad Thunder and Medoroa and another status cure/heal caster is pretty fabulous in the first phase too... but, man, having the extra support in the last phase is so invaluable, Reflect Wall is cray-zee useful. Refresh or Heal are much faster then Areal Heal if you need a quick heal on Alice or something. (Refresh is for learning off the turtle, undine is uncharm/controllable. It IS on the turtle's control list, so you don't have to deal with BS charm shenanigans.)
If you level up Byakuren to get AntiMagic, that can help with the scary magic stuff too. Youmu having trouble with bombs? Forge her special armor. Need to heal the whole party at once? Mass heal is bluh, but if you need it, it's all-target. Magic still tearing you apart? Put stuff like element guard and ribbon and rainbow greaves and high ribbon throughout your party. Dragon Mail too! Alice actually died to a physical? Slash resist. Need more revival insurance, Mokou commander. Can't get all these buffs up fast enough? Try to make it so you can switch your second party in earlier in the second phase.
ALSO LESS RELATED BUT stage 21 enemy golden baum should also be weak to water, and the huge worm is weak to earth.
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Well, some of that stuff I did (Youmu+Dark Sword+Weapon Bless+Her Foreign God slaying katana is the best way to go). I tried getting Reflect Wall, then gave up when I realized the thing that casts in back in Stage 14 casts it faster than anything else, making it super difficult to land Charm. I know I should just throw Aya in the commander slot to cast her 3 bomb so I can get Charm off first, though, so I'll give that another go. I might get lucky.
I'll try again for Reflect Wall and then try again. Maybe I'll get through it. Then again, one of the times I tried I failed to kill the second phase fast enough, and we all know why THAT'S bad. Plus the boss keeps summoning the damn maids! The amount of resets was crazy.
This is why I used one party the first time I played...
Also, granny? I'm not a child...
EDIT: Got Reflect Wall, thankfully. Now to not die...
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Just letting snakes/crocodile summons in the first phase live is the best. Maids are irritating. You can even petrify the mooks with the Psycho Dagger or something with spare Sanae turns.
Perfect Resist on Youmu is super important though. Otherwise you get hit by Vortex and suddenly you have to spend several turns rebuffing instead of attacking and Byakuren gets all tied up as well.
Using Aya's not-commander go first skill or the Sonic Stream formation is easier for the speed, but since you already got it, there you go.
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I DID IT!!! WHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The last two updates are coming, don't worry. Man, I can't believe it. I finally beat this game again. I just have to let the credits roll and finish screenshotting.
EDIT: I'm not going to post the updates tonight, considering its massive size (300+ images for the epilogue alone). I want to focus more on starting to get back into Devil of Decline right now. But I will make sure to get those updates done tomorrow!
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Haaaa . . I finally beat it as well . . that last battle . .
There are tears in my eyes . . .
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Eastern Blue God Omen- Part 1: Divinity Means Brutality
So, we've got to do a little more grinding and then we can finish this.
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The King Yukkuri here is the best way to get some grinding done. Although it runs away, you can still defeat it using at the very least Aya and Sakuya. Make sure Sakuya has her Two-Handed Sword and Time Manipulation trees maxed out, then have Aya (as a commander) use Paparazzi and Sakuya use Private Square. Then just have Sakuya wham on the King Yukkuri with Full Moon Revenge, which should kill it before Private Square ends.
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Yes, 10 levels. That's a lot.
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AND the Yukkuri Crown on the first try. Nice!
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This is the Crom Cruach. It's weak to nothing, loves using Death and Pain Bond on you, and is generally overall annoying to kill. It drops a sword that is useless unless you synthesize it into something better, which is stupid.
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The Basch here is extremely powerful, with moves like Acala Sword and whatnot. It has not weaknesses either. The best thing to do is be careful and also murder the thing's face quickly.
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Full Moon Revenge still looks awesome.
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I attempted some Obsidian grinding... until I realized that Hydras don't like showing up a lot, so I gave up. Just have Aya use her 25 point Fan skill to reflect the Hydra's breath, have either Sakuya or Youmu use Dragon Fang Strike, and you'll be fine.
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More formations I won't use!
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And a Darkonium Marisa! It has no weaknesses and uses magic. However, unlike normal Yukkuri, it does not run away, so feel free to beat on it. It drops the upgraded version of Marisa's crafting material (the Millennium Mushroom), so if you feel up to grinding these guys go ahead.
After this, I decided I was at a good enough point to start the final boss!
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The way the final boss works is this: There are three phases. You can split your entire 12 person team into two parties, and you're able to switch them at any point ONCE during the battle. The command is in your commander menu.
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In the first phase, the three Gorgons will alternate in a fixed cycle: Anastasis, Biotopos, then Lithos. Then it will repeat until the phase is over. They all pretty much do what they did in their original fights, except Biotopos does not use her field effects, making her the weakest of the three in my opinion. They are all weak to the same things they were the first time, so make use of that. They all also share the same health bar, so the huge damage you'll be doing to Biotopos (as her weakness to Blunt and Water makes her easy prey to Sakuya's Ice Sword and Mokou's Fujiyama Volcano) will apply to everyone.
In the meanwhile, the sisters will try to summon up to two enemies to help them. The list of these enemies includes...
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...The maids. If they show up, reset. It's too annoying to have to deal with them in addition to the Gorgons themselves. Matsuba can also show up, and you still want to reset. Also, here is me using the completely wrong formation. You want Reimu and Aya here for allowing your party to dodge and protection from spell cards when they show up (they use the same spells as before with the exception of Aging Drizzle, because that would be mean).
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Hah, we got you!
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Why, thank you!
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Fun fact: depending on who is in your front slot, this dialogue changes slightly.
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What?
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Uh... Like before, I guess.
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Right. This is the second phase. Essentially, it's a damage race. Every three turns, the Gorgons (who all act as one target at this point) will use...
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...Prayer. If they use it three times, then the third phase will be extremely difficult (nicknamed the "Lunatic" final boss). You can use Private Square to screw up the turns they use it on, as Prayer always goes last. This will give you a bit more time. Again, the party I'm using sucks for the third phase.
In terms of their attacks, they use some dangerous stuff like Flare and whatnot. Don't worry if people from the first party die, because you'll be switching to the next party during this phase anyways.
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Like Perseus? I don't know, really.
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And here the most awesome boss theme in the game shows up. Here it is (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsjrTLneNtg). It's probably the best theme out of every single battle theme in all of Strawberry Bose's games. Give you that feeling of "Fuck yeah! Let's do this!"
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Here we go! The final battle against the Three Goddesses! Again, my formation for this is WRONG. But I'll tell you how it works. The boss will use some crazy power elemental spells. Satori with Reflect Wall can negate this damage every other turn, and Little Legion can have Alice absorb the damage on the turns you can't use Reflect Wall. Have Youmu buffed up with Dark Sword, Heat Weapon, and anything else that can raise her attack power. Have Patchouli use Void Spirit to set the Land to neutral, because if it hits max, the Three Goddesses will use Absorb Land, then Void Cavitation, which HURTS.
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This is Slash of the Present, but it's better to use Paschal Moon-Reflecting Satellite Slash (did I write that correctly?) with Asura Stance.
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Those attacks hurt.
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Nuts.
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It is, Patchouli!
After some more failures (wherein I reset), I went back for grinding.
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Really?
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Hell yeah!
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Less useful, but still!
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I don't care.
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This is useful to use on Alice on the turns she has to use Little Legion.
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Too bad I can't keep it...
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That's what I wanted!
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This ended up being my final version of my first party. I took this picture mainly because Reimu is badass enough to take just enough damage to leave her at 4 HP. Seriously, that's just badass.
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Still not enough, huh? Let's try that again, this time with elemental protection on Alice.
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Youmu, you are fucking amazing, you know that?
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That should do it!
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Yes!
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Finally, it's done. The final boss is beaten. Next time we'll go over the epilogue and be done with this.
Summary:
Treasure: Yukkuri Crown (drop), Drake Scale (drop), Donation Box, Iron, Blank Scroll, Magic Shard, Golden Tray (drop), Gold (drop), Earth Crystal (drop), Pretty Mirror (drop)
Skills: Empty World (removes fields, Sakuya), Suction World (adds HP draining properties to attacks, Sakuya), Shoot the Moon (High power piercing Mystic attack that ignores Magic Barrier, costs a bomb, Marisa), Tengu's Newspaper Deadline Day (raises EVA and ACC of party, costs a bomb, Aya), Wild Dance of Great Fortunes (Medium power all-targeting healing spell, costs a bomb, Sanae), Dark Hole (Medium power Dark spell, Byakuren), Extending Arm (Medium power attack with added Mystic damage, costs a bomb, Nitori), Sword Chaser (chases Slash attacks, Nitori) Lance Chaser (chases Piercing attacks, Nitori), Axe Chaser (chases Blunt attacks, Nitori), Hydro Camouflage (a field that gives a chance of negating attacks, costs a bomb, Nitori), Rainbow Parrar (a better version of Marionette Parrar, Alice), Galaxy (High power Mystic attack, Marisa), Possessed by Phoenix (grants Reraise to the entire party, costs two bombs, Mokou), Quickened Master Spark (High power Master Spark-like single-target Mystic spell, Marisa), White Hole (Medium power Light spell, Byakuren), Double Spark (Very High power large piercing Mystic spell, costs a bomb, Marisa), Red Herring (Very High power attack that inflicts Instant Death, Sakuya), Kappa's Multi-Chaser (chases anything, costs a bomb, Nitori)
Satori Skills: Mass Heal (Heals all), Refresh (heals and removes Permanents), Poison Breath (Earth Breath attack that inflicts Poison), Starlight Barrier (makes all allies immune to the next attack done to them, costs a bomb), Tornado (All-targeting Electric spell that inflicts Daze and has Slayer against Dazed enemies), Leaf Shield (protects one ally from the next two attacks done to them), Reflect Wall (reflects all magic, costs a bomb)
Recipes: Claiomh Solais, Gungnir, Aegis Shield, Shen Long's Robe, Hades Armor, Golden Cassock, Yata no Kagami, Yasakani no Magatama
Synthesis Done: Launch Earrings IV (Sanae), Ice Sword (Sakuya), Kusanagi (Reimu), Saddle Fan (Aya), Avian Dress (Aya)
Formations: Hyper Library
TPKs: 3 this update, 24 overall
Frustration: It's all over. Thankfully.
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Eastern Blue God Omen- Finale: Gensokyo's Guardians
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What kind of groan is that?
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Yeah, we did it! It's over!
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Simple.
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You don't exactly know who we are.
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Yeah!
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Okay...
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Role: Blasting you in the face with Fujiyama Volcano.
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I missed Satori's, but still. Role: Using Reflect Wall and keeping Alice alive in the last phase.
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Role: Murdering you with Paschal's Moon Reflecting Satellite Slash.
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Role: Using the 3 bomb commander spell in the first party if Reimu's barriers were on cooldown still.
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Role: Keeping the Land on neutral and blasting you with magic otherwise.
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Role: Making sure we dodged EVERYTHING in the first phase.
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Role: Full Moon Revenging your face.
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Role: Making sure the entire party didn't die.
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Role: Making sure Youmu could carry out her duty in the final phase.
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Role: Buffing and healing in the first phase so that we could do it with the limited resources we had.
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Role: Using Hakkero as the commander of the second party to make Youmu do insane damage.
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Role: Making sure that your Spell Cards meant nothing in the first phase.
We are the strongest in Gensokyo! Don't deny it!
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What?
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What's so funny?! We're being completely serious here!
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Yeah!
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Okay then, we did it!
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What do you mean?
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No, really? You messed things up seriously here.
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Yeah, what was the point?
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What about that?
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Finally, it's over!
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Yeah, it's weird alright. Same thing with the Three Demonic Pillars. They get beaten and then finally they loosen up. Strange, but whatever, I guess.
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So, then why cause the incident?
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Okay, so they had a goal. Please don't tell me it was to relieve boredom, or I would seriously have to throw you off into the abyss of the Gorgon Barrier. It looks like a LONG fall.
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Damn it!
But wait, who are you?
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Yukari!?
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But...
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Oh right, Bio didn't mean Yukari yet.
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That would be WEIRD, wouldn't it?
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Okay then. But...
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Clever! But then you just sat on the sidelines and did absolutely nothing, didn't you?
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Yeah, what the hell, Yukari?
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Fuck. You. Yukari. Do you have ANY idea of what I just went through? ANY IDEA!?
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Of course. You could have whooped her ass to Hell and back, but NOOOOOOOOO...
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Welcome to Gensokyo, leave your common sense at the door!
It's good for someone like me who has no common sense whatsoever.
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Please say it wasn't...
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Huh? What was it?
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Yes?
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Don't you fade to black on me!
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Hey, the youkai are alright!
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Finally, she's back home. It's been tiring, hasn't it?
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Yeah, everything's back to normal!
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Yup. No problems anymore.
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You don't have to.
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I hate the fact that some people cast Byakuren as some sort of supporter of only the strong, when really she genuinely cares about youkai and humans alike. I want to find those people who cast her in a bad light and knock them upside the head.
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Yeah, it was a real team effort. Your part was extremely important, though, so don't sell yourself short.
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That would be a good idea.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, it's been a LONG day.
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Hot springs in Mother 3 always restore you to full HP!
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Are you still asleep?
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Huh?
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You were dreaming she was beating you or something, huh?
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Uh-oh...
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Komachi, I wouldn't...
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Oh boy...
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*face palm*
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I think you pissed her off.
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You REALLY pissed her off.
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Well, there's the ultra-sadist part!
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Hey there Kourin, how's it going?
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You sure?
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That and no one really comes to Kourindou anyways. Thanks for the help, though!
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Hey guys, how's it going?
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Why would Mokou come here? Is she trying to start a fight or something?
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Yeah, shouldn't you be inside?
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Well, Mokou did just spend a day resolving an incident. I guess a warm welcome is nice.
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Come on, Mokou, don't be shy. It's okay.
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Yeah, we didn't hear about their goal.
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Well, that's good.
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I don't like "mischief." That's always bad.
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Yup, no Lunarians!
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What?
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Huh? Why is Kaguya waving her arms like that?
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(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-00-32-730_zps331cab78.jpg)
So Lunarians were never a part of it, huh? Then why did Kaguya ask us to go out to see? Kaguya...
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Uh-oh...
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I think Eirin knows what's going to happen now...
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Oh boy...
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Kaguya...
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I think you pissed her off. Again.
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Fujiyama Volcano her face off until it burns, Mokou!
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You might want to start running yourself, Mokou!
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Yeah...
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Hopefully they won't burn down the forest. Again.
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Hey there Yuuka and Medicine, how's it going? Also, why is Medicine wrapped up?
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Well, that's good, right?
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Honestly, you're weird, Medicine.
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Hey, what are you, a masochist?
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How would Yuuka know?
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I suppose that's true. But wait a minute, how do you know that?
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And you didn't tell us? Come on, Yuuka...
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Of course, Yuuka's dodging it.
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Yeah, you might want to worry about that...
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Of course.
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Yuuka sure would love hanging out with Anastasis, then.
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Don't worry, she'll let you out. Maybe.
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Hey, Yuyuko. You look awful.
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Hurray!
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???
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She probably did.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-03-22-210_zpsc5937cde.jpg)
Oh, that.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-03-29-080_zpscc5312f2.jpg)
Really? There are others who can serve you though...
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Oh. I guess that's a compliment, then.
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You perked up suddenly.
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(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-03-49-730_zps06fcc552.jpg)
Yes! She did a fantastic job, Yuyuko! You should have seen her, you would have been so proud!
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Of course.
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Did you really sit here without eating all day?
Youmu goes off to prepare something.
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That she did.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-04-25-760_zps2a153bab.jpg)
So you sent her off in order to have her learn, huh? Sure, why not?
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You're still here, Cirno?
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Youkai Mountain?
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I guess.
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A while ago. You got in my way so I beat you up.
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Yeah, tough break.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-05-02-232_zps3ba04a86.jpg)
>.<
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I wouldn't do that if I were you...
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Nice going there, Cirno.
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Which way?
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Satori's back!
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Yeah, that was a long day, huh?
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It sure was. Someone give Satori a drink, because she needs it badly.
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Hmm?
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Hey Orin and Okuu! How's it going?
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Well...
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Yeah...
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(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-06-10-589_zpsa338e9f2.jpg)
Wow, that's just terrible. I'm sorry, Satori. I didn't want to drag you into this. I really didn't.
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Reimu was very harsh the whole time, wasn't she?
Then Orin says the flat part was right on.
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Come on, really, Orin?
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Hmm?
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I guess that's true.
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When you think about it, that would be an amazing experience for her. As an underground youkai, she doesn't get to see the surface, and the most she knows about it probably comes from Koishi whenever she stops by. IF she stops by, that is...
So yeah, that must have been exciting.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-06-42-585_zpsc58a8982.jpg)
Really? I think she's tired, though...
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She did mention she would, though.
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Maybe after the part where we beat you up. I don't think they want to hear that...
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Of course, Tenshi's here.
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Iku, are you okay?
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I would assume not. Sorry, Iku.
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I figured you'd know her on a better level than that.
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I'd figure it was evening, but sure.
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Is that allowed?
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I guess so.
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Well, you see...
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Yeah. Again, I didn't want to do it, but Reimu HAD to be a bitch...
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NO.
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Yeah, that sucked massively for you.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-07-56-630_zps267455c1.jpg)
Yeah, Tenshi! Own up to your mistakes!
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That would hurt, huh?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-08-13-123_zps3f985f01.jpg)
You're still bored? Really?
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*sigh*
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Oh come on now!
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No, she doesn't.
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Well, that would be more productive. And helpful to us. And yet you still try to beat us up in Devil of Decline, and you weren't even too useful of a shikigami... such a shame.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-08-34-624_zps7274b446.jpg)
Alice is coming home too!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-08-47-842_zps91fda9b6.jpg)
Yup.
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Again with "pranks"! I swear, if it really was that I'll thrash them again!
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Not really. Mikoto's not really a god, per say, and Kanako and Suwako aren't really aquatic gods.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-09-09-793_zps9a3b3d3c.jpg)
Huh?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-09-12-187_zps4a12250b.jpg)
Oh...
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Come on, now!
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(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-09-29-551_zpsbc94f1b1.jpg)
Well, you did use them to block attacks. I don't think they took too kindly to that.
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You sound like Marisa.
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I guess so. Back to research!
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It's "Heaven's Falls," not "Heaven's Soak."
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Yeah, it was pretty much that.
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Yeah, but I'm pretty sure it was more than just one danmaku duel.
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Sorry, Nitori. The Lunarians have it above you by a mile.
Aya mentions that she should write an article on the Gorgons. Oh boy...
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Yeah, that's bad.
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Aya, you know what she's talking about...
Aya mentions it was just a joke, though. Okay then.
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Give them good publicity, you mean? Whenever you write stuff, someone's reputation gets ruined. Reimu's shrine is being called a youkai shrine again because of you!
That was in the most recent Wild and Horned Hermit, by the way. Man, it must suck to be Reimu.
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What was it?
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I guess so.
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Hmm?
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Sorry, there.
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I don't want to know.
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You're one to talk, Nitori. You've pissed off people yourself...
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Hopefully Aya won't flip the table. AGAIN.
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I guess. Sure, why not?
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I guess not.
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Hey, Akyu. You've been helpful again. Thank you for the recipes!
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Hey there Keine, how's it going?
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Yup, everything's back to normal.
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Yeah, it sure was something.
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Oh, so what happened?
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It seems everyone is saying they were playing a joke, which makes me angry. You know I hate when people do terrible things for laughs!
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Yeah. You can meet them if you want.
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Sure.
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Those Chronicles must be growing large, huh?
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Yep. And you'll keep getting reincarnated to carry out your duty. It seems kind of scary knowing you'll be constantly reincarnated to do one duty, but if you get to keep your memories I guess it's alright.
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Hey Remy, are you okay?
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Soon.
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They're back!
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Yup.
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A very harsh lesson.
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Although you did nothing.
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It's okay, Patchouli. You'll be fine once you're among your books again.
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I'd say "by all means, go ahead," but we still don't know if they deserve further punishment or not. If their intentions are pure, we overlook. Else, we punish. That's the Hakurei (and Validon) way!
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Yeah, they didn't know. So it's okay.
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Tea is good, I guess.
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She just walks out, though. I thought she could stop time to get the stuff.
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Flandre? Koakuma?
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Or Meiling. Why'd you lock her out?
Don't worry, Meiling. You get more screentime in the next game.
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Back here, huh?
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Hey Superbitch Yakumo, how's it going?
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You okay, Chen?
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Yukari!
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Seriously? Ran is an Extra Stage boss. I'm sure she could have handled it if it wasn't for the fact that petrification powers are cheating according to the Spell Card rules.
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They sure were.
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You might not know, but Yukari does.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-15-04-368_zps7d04c2b3.jpg)
They could have been.
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I guess that means they're okay to stay.
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Enshrined? You mean they built a shrine? Good luck getting faith, though.
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Huh?
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I thought that was your design plan.
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"That?"
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Oh...
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Why punish Chen? It wasn't her fault!
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Uh...
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She's pissed, Ran.
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I wonder what's going to happen to them...
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Well, YOU were the one to cast yourself as bait in that situation. Honestly, it was your own fault...
Also, I wonder if the carver was the same one who made the Keine statue in Devil of Decline. It probably was, considering the level of detail.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-15-57-442_zps41c1a43c.jpg)
I still hate you, Kanako. That's never going to change.
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Didn't you say that a while ago?
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She's your descendant, Suwako. I think you should talk about her with a little more respect.
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Hey Sanae! How's it going?
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It was a long day. It could have been shorter, but NOOOOO...
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Yeah, we went everywhere, today. It sure was crazy.
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That's a weird way to talk about tea...
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I wouldn't say chaotic. That's the next game.
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It must have sucked...
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That was terrible...
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Yeah, she did.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-17-13-769_zps80f83cc5.jpg)
Ah, comedy.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-17-18-136_zpse6fe19d2.jpg)
She's a god, what do you think?
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So wait...
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Apparently she wasn't doing a great job of hiding it. Oh well, otaku will be otaku.
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Yep.
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Come here, guys. I have something to give to you: MY FISTS!
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Yeah, I'm not too pleased either, Sanae.
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Well, generally it's Kanako who comes up with these ideas...
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She was hysterical. She was so funny, a turtle spun away crying out! Whether it was in joy or in pain I don't know.
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That was the reason why you didn't tell us? Well, that's good and all, but seriously, there were 11 others who were trying to do this.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-18-16-009_zpsd693d425.jpg)
Oh, hey Lithos! And Akame and... I forget your name. Damn it!
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Wow, that sucks.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-18-27-153_zps1a7a3ab7.jpg)
Siblings can be annoying. Trust me.
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But Lithos should be able to do some greetings as well...
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She's not five, honestly...
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She's probably way older than you, Akame, so I would be quiet on this one.
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Oh, hey Chihiro (did I spell that right?)! You kept popping up a lot in the final battle. Those resets angered me so much...
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Strange color? Oh wait...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSLP25/bandicam2013-02-2516-18-58-499_zps1bc9711f.jpg)
You haven't had green tea yet, I suppose. Did they even have tea in Greece?
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Glad you like it, then! If you didn't like it, then it would be kind of hard to have tea here in Gensokyo, huh?
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Well, they do want to see more of Gensokyo. Though I suppose they saw plenty of it while they were tailing us.
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Hey there, how's it going?
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Oh.
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They always like getting in trouble, don't they?
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I guess it went well besides that, I suppose.
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That must be Bio!
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Bio came in kind of weirdly. Are you okay?
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Oh. That makes sense.
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It's certainly a great place to get smashed...
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You are completely stoned off your ass, aren't you? Oh wait, stoned is a drug term... well, alcohol is a drug, so it counts, damn it!
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I haven't tried it, so I wouldn't know. Then again, I'm not 21, so yeah.
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*sigh*
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Yeah, a bar.
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It is. It's a wonderful place, if you can look past some of the youkai being terrible...
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Yup, not everyone in Gensokyo is terrible. There are some great people here, like Ana's saying. If you can be friendly, they'll be friendly back. It isn't entirely full of assholes, as some people think.
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Yeah. They're strong, and as long as you don't get on their bad side, they'll be friendly.
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Well, Yukari seems to be fine with it. I guess you guys are welcome, then!
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Gensokyo's guardian deities? Well, if you have no evil intentions, I guess so. It would be a great boon in case further incidents occur.
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It's settled, then!
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Huh? What do you mean?
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Finally, we're back.
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It's been a LONG day.
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Oh yeah, it's summer.
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You're tired, huh?
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Huh?
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That was their goal? Well, it isn't playing around. I guess I'll let it slide, as long as they cause no more trouble.
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Yeah, the mist was kind of overdoing it, though.
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That is going too far, but again, if they do no more harm I'll be fine.
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Of course, that pisses off Reimu still.
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That's why Marisa ever resolves any incident. She's bored.
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Oh yeah, your intuition sucked, Reimu. We kept getting steered in the wrong direction.
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You suppose? It's true!
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Huh?
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Ah, I see.
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It was all a secret test of character, essentially. In order to see what Gensokyo was all about. I think we showed them a good deal of how things work here.
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That makes sense. Reimu couldn't track down the culprit, simply because there was none. And Eiki was doing nothing wrong. I guess her intuition only seeks out people who are doing terrible things, huh?
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That is true. Always leaving the dirty work to Reimu...
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That would piss me off too.
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Too bad we never get a chance to fight her. Ever. I'm serious, we don't.
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Just like that fox youkai, huh?
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Brick joke!
Devil of Decline had one in another sense. Reimu says at the beginning and the end, "My eyes must be playing tricks on me," or something to that extent. The first time of course was when she found her shrine missing, and the last time was when she saw you-know-who at her shrine.
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Touhou-style ending time!
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It's definitely not hot where I live...
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Hey guys, what's up?
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Bio, I don't think Reimu has to time right now to drink.
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Never mind.
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It's nice seeing other art of the Gorgons besides their Spell Card portraits.
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Are they all heavy drinkers, or is it just Bio?
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It's certainly better than freeloading off of Reimu like some other original character. *glares at Angra, who simply smiles back*
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Don't make me associate you with someone like Kanako!
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Oh, I guess that's better than people coming to the temple. People don't really like the Forest of Magic.
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That's true. Poor Reimu needs to have some more followers.
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Hmm? I guess we could...
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Sorry, Reimu. First Byakuren, now them. You're never going to have any worshippers at this rate.
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How that didn't bring bad publicity, I don't know.
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Well, I guess.
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Again, sorry Reimu.
Also, "as expected?" I know that's what ZUN puts at the end of his endings, but I almost lost hope. "As expected" is a little taunting...
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Nevertheless, it's done!
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And we have the clear data right here!
It's been quite an adventure, hasn't it? Well, I would do the expansion, but I really want to get the expansion for Devil of Decline done. So, next time, we'll continue our pursuit of the evil spirit Mima and see if we can't turn Gensokyo back to normal again! Then, after that, what could possibly go wrong in Gensokyo now that the Gorgon sisters are its new guardian deities? And after THAT, what will I do? Will I try my hand at the hijinks of Earthbound and eventually Touhou Mother? Or will I return back to Gensokyo to do battle with monsters and finish what I started with the Strawberry Bose trilogy in Phantasmal Summoners? All of that shall occur within the next couple of months, hopefully.
Thank you for reading this LP. I'm Validon98, as always, and I'll see you next time.
EDIT: Apparently the original update was too long, so I had to split it in two. Character limits, ho!
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Heehee~ It's nice to see my first Touhou RPG game be finished in an LP.
Great Job~ As expected! :D
Looking forward to DoD Ex~
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I have two things to say. First of all, I did in fact find the original version of OUT from KanonRPG. On top of that, I found a collection of all 18 versions of OUT in one video! So, I got it off of Nico Nico Douga and put up a version on Youtube for all to enjoy. It's here if you want it. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3skO4GSvc8) I need to add song and game names, though. Also, one of the songs later in has a bunch of pictures that show some of the references in Hachikuma's games. One of them, curiously enough was this picture here:
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Excuse me, what? Can anyone identify what that says for me? Because seeing Otoha in something that clearly isn't a Strawberry Bose thing is a bit... strange.
The other thing I wanted to say was that I'm going to run both expansions parallel to each other. So here's the prologue!
Lingering Summer Heat Prologue: I HATE HATE HATE HATE YOU!
Kefka's so goddamn insane. I guess that's why some people like him.
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Hell yeah I am!
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The beginning of every Touhou game, more or less.
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Reimu, there aren't any leaves. I'm pretty sure you're good for a few more months.
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Well, it gets really hot in late summer.
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No kidding.
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You're still on that?
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Biotopos in her natural home: A pub.
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Could people please stop saying that? It's a bit weird to hear.
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I guess that's true, Matsuba. Also, yes, she can remove her claws. That's a bit weird, but whatever. It's Gensokyo, there's really no such thing as "normal."
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Or death, if you drink it too much.
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Honestly, you should try to act a little more mature for your age... however old that is.
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I don't either, but that's more an age thing than anything else.
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I think Matsuba treats everything with a bit more seriousness.
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I guess they have. And they aren't causing as much headaches to Reimu as a certain other incident causer who settled down here. *glares at Angra again, who simply laughs*
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That is true.
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No kidding, I'd be pissed too.
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Explain Hopeless Masquerade, then.
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I guess that's true. They're certainly making up for the damage they caused. Again, unlike you-know-who. *glares at Angra AGAIN, who glares back and threatens to burn me*
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Hell yeah they are.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-44-17-249_zpsab18124c.jpg)
That's a sudden shift in conversation, but sure, why not? Just leave something non-alcoholic for me, thank you very much.
Shinobu also asks for some snacks (so it isn't just Nobou? Huh).
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-44-29-915_zps64bed9b6.jpg)
She's not a kitchen utensil...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-44-39-307_zps6d2e6c03.jpg)
Oh, hey Yukari. Why are you here in the Bamboo Forest of the Lost?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-44-47-384_zps9c06c778.jpg)
Huh?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-44-56-665_zps864e8602.jpg)
I... don't get it.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-45-04-967_zps9fb60005.jpg)
What the hell?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-45-16-873_zps1caff7dc.jpg)
Bio, you're completely wasted. Again.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-45-28-880_zps594cd174.jpg)
You must have a pretty damn good liver.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-45-31-725_zps506c184c.jpg)
Oh boy...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-45-34-349_zps852d9c1e.jpg)
Deranged, you are Strawberry Bose's Woolsey. If you were the one that translated this, that is.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-45-39-146_zps3bf614fa.jpg)
I wouldn't get her pissed off, Bio...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-45-50-508_zps3f8c803b.jpg)
Stop. Drinking. Now.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-45-52-685_zpse1ef833d.jpg)
That was fast!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-45-54-979_zps83c0b94a.jpg)
Demon Shock!?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-46-01-206_zpsb8573302.jpg)
Who's there?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-46-06-444_zpsec2d40d8.jpg)
Err... hi?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-46-09-940_zps4c0e2e46.jpg)
Oh bite me if you can't figure who that is purely by her silhouette!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-46-16-388_zps152d27d7.jpg)
Explain yourself, completely obvious person!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-46-23-916_zps211b6f04.jpg)
You don't want to get Bio angry. You wouldn't like it when she's angry.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-46-28-945_zps48562287.jpg)
Huh?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-46-35-825_zpsef05c73f.jpg)
Demon Shock's single target, though!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-46-43-354_zps3ed0ef78.jpg)
You think?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-46-49-365_zps1b0ef1be.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-46-51-218_zpse1095b84.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-46-57-988_zps7fa51cc1.jpg)
Wrath of the Gorgons must now be a thing.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-47-03-235_zps948447b1.jpg)
Again, you should be able to totally guess who that is if you look closely enough.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-47-09-021_zpsefcefefb.jpg)
Bring it on!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-47-10-878_zps0e678eed.jpg)
That's a reflection effect. Too bad I'm not controlling the battle...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-47-19-396_zps542456c7.jpg)
You missed it, but Bio used Destruction Ray... which sort of just bounced off.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-47-21-802_zps6481ba54.jpg)
Whoa, that's new. I don't like the sound of that.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-47-27-373_zpsaf87f994.jpg)
Take that!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-47-29-660_zpsaaf323f6.jpg)
Abyss Hand?! That's got to be painful...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-47-36-099_zps21b8546b.jpg)
I don't want to see it.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-47-39-705_zpsbb52b357.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-47-41-021_zpsec96b7f2.jpg)
FUCK YES!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-47-42-874_zpsee981c3c.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-47-45-063_zpsa76916b5.jpg)
That charged your Last Word? Man, I really want to see that.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-47-49-419_zps7b500d6e.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-47-50-847_zps268eb6e2.jpg)
OWW.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-47-55-318_zpse225fafc.jpg)
Well that happened.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-48-01-760_zps6ad82952.jpg)
You scare me, person.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-48-07-336_zpsfb317b9b.jpg)
Damn it, and there's no one to help...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-48-10-831_zpsb327c4da.jpg)
This is REALLY bad.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-48-23-500_zpsa7d780a3.jpg)
What the!?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-48-29-938_zpse32ad1ce.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-48-36-266_zpsc400da62.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-48-42-496_zps3c9c0b8b.jpg)
...T-There's devastation everywhere...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-48-48-396_zps9b234948.jpg)
Touhou Soujinengi Zansho: The Genius of Sappheiros ~ Lingering Summer Heat
Guys, I think we're screwed.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-49-07-832_zps18c0935e.jpg)
It seems the devastation hasn't reached the shrine.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-49-23-343_zps1d0b8e38.jpg)
Really? Is that all you can sense?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-49-26-506_zps8afffe81.jpg)
So you can sense it. You just can't tell it from the heat.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-49-31-206_zps63366e3d.jpg)
That's a bit extreme.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-49-38-956_zps32aee3a0.jpg)
Yeah, you're just talking crazy at this point.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-49-43-212_zps5f2f8ddb.jpg)
No shit.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-49-55-880_zps589ec1c0.jpg)
No, that's a bad idea.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-49-58-715_zps693b5c84.jpg)
Your words are truer than you might think, Reimu...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-50-01-348_zps2a5e3675.jpg)
Oh, hey Yukari.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-50-10-841_zpsdabaf2ff.jpg)
Of course, Reimu wants nothing to do with it.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-50-14-336_zps6bb88369.jpg)
Well, I think she's still pissed at you for leading her on like that.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-50-18-262_zpsee2bc0ae.jpg)
Always true, in my opinion.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-50-24-598_zps12d6961e.jpg)
Well, she might have something to say...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-50-27-003_zps62b0259e.jpg)
You have shaved ice?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-50-29-187_zps9beb4087.jpg)
Err, what?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-50-34-427_zps146b6b69.jpg)
Yukari...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-50-38-251_zps8e88470c.jpg)
I think that's one of the best sprites I've seen in this game ever.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-50-39-994_zpsf55d8ad5.jpg)
Why would you do that?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-50-43-058_zps77cb3ad1.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-50-43-058_zps77cb3ad1.jpg)
I love it how Yukari's just taking it like it was nothing.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-50-48-515_zps33d0f266.jpg)
Title drop!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-50-53-973_zps96a4f418.jpg)
I'm sorry, Reimu.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-50-58-670_zpsf8caf05f.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-51-01-404_zpse49c47dc.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-51-05-219_zpsfad73b5a.jpg)
So, you wonder why Reimu's so pissed? Because people keep taking her stuff.
You've got to feel sorry for the poor miko. I know some people pass her off as a jerk, but when she gets treated like this, I wouldn't blame her.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-51-11-446_zps4793b7f0.jpg)
Please.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-51-18-546_zps6fecc24a.jpg)
She does, occasionally.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-51-24-875_zps061d27f9.jpg)
Reimu says no.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-51-30-124_zps1accedb0.jpg)
Well, she can use the Hakurei Ying-Yang Orbs, so she has to be one.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-51-36-786_zps149d2e7b.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-51-40-060_zpsa3fdb482.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-51-42-783_zpseefab089.jpg)
That doesn't sound good.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-51-46-278_zps4b736b3c.jpg)
Well, maybe.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-51-51-303_zps9f18eb4f.jpg)
Yeah, all that devastation...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-51-55-560_zpsaf75153d.jpg)
Hell yeah it is. We've got major trouble.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-52-00-587_zps8ace6210.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-52-02-340_zps94e48a5c.jpg)
At least you get it, Reimu. We've got a bad incident on our hands right now.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-52-08-338_zps952c5c61.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-52-10-741_zps8731d18d.jpg)
Yeah, but what is it?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-52-20-787_zps9ef45b5b.jpg)
So, what kind of atmosphere would it be, then?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-52-27-675_zps1e7f1b23.jpg)
Malice... that came up quite a bit in the main game. Well, if it's malice, I want to take a few potshots at it. Malice is one of the few concepts in this world I cannot stand.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-52-34-113_zpsc6da7afa.jpg)
Hell yeah!
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-52-36-730_zpse45603d1.jpg)
Hmm?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-52-44-378_zps8ee0a66b.jpg)
Lithos! Are Bio and Ana okay?
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-52-48-196_zps4ae23953.jpg)
I guess gods mind their own business. Except for, you know Kanako...
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-52-52-131_zpsdbcc5f26.jpg)
Yeah, she's been beat.
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y512/Validon98/Genius%20of%20Sappheiros%20LP/GoSEXLP1/bandicam2013-03-0714-52-58-788_zpsdf15534f.jpg)
Revenge solves everything. Somewhat.
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Well, I'm glad you're on my side this time.
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Give me a break, Yukari...
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I'm sorry, please ignore her.
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Reimu, I wouldn't...
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Whine a little more, and you'll be about the same level as Angra. At least you two don't share that holier-than-thou attitude.
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Well, that's good news.
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It's always our job...
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Yeah, because maybe she cares. Actually, she always cares, canonically speaking.
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When can you never tell an incident's afoot?
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Hey, more party members!
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It's funny reading those words, considering Devil of Decline...
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See you later, person who's probably never showing up again.
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Yeah, our lead count is zero.
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Hey, we actually have a destination!
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I'm not even going to comment on that.
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Oh right, everyone else is gone.
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Sounds better than going at it alone.
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Err, catch?
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I know, that's kind of weird...
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So, we're in control of Reimu again! I'll explain the Incident Board in the next update.
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And we get a nice new background for the menu for being in the expansion. But can we find our old allies and bring them back? Who is causing this incident? And how much grinding will we have to do to get this over with? That's for next time.
EDIT: I found that the image is from a doujin graphic novel... okay then...
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Yes, I'm doing another update. Amazing, huh?
Searching for Friends- Part 1: A Song of Ice and Fire... and A Few Other Things
So, last time Lithos joined our party to help us combat some sort of malice we don't really know much about. Let's talk about her!
Lithos is... interesting. First of all, she starts out at the average level of your entire party from the end of the main game. She has a lot of powerful attacks that she and her sisters had in the main game, most important of all being Pegasus Meteor Strike. Her Family Members Growth tree grants her Divine Barrier, which is not a common thing in the game to get for yourself. However, her usefulness is limited to the beginning of the expansion to make sure Reimu doesn't flat out die alone. To be honest, my appreciation of the expansion characters isn't that high considering I was perfectly fine with the original characters and I'll be perfectly fine with them once I get them back, plus the expansion characters are really only good in certain situations. Feel free to try to convince me otherwise, but I'm firm in my belief.
Growth Trees: Evil Eye (Boosts spellcards and bombs), Golden Wings (Boosts magic), Golden Sword (Boosts physical attacks), Family Members (Boosts HP and MP and grants Divine Barrier and Regen)
Unique Weapon: Rapiers (Piercing weapon that has high accuracy yet low power)
Last Word: Super Void Cavitation (Deals 7777 damage to all enemies (777 to bosses))
Commander Bonus: +2% XP to all party members, 1 Bomb: Purify (Reduces Land Power), 3 Bomb: Evil Gaze (Inflicts temporary Petrify on all enemies)
Starting Skills: Maenad (Deals 666 damage and inflicts Petrify), Blaster (deals damage and can inflict Petrify or Instant Death), Ras Algol Gorgops (inflicts Petrify to all enemies, costs two bombs), Land Amp (Increases current land powers)
Additional Skills Gained Due to Starting Level: Aging Drizzle (May reduce all enemies to 0 HP or deal 9999 damage if they have more than 9999 HP, costs two bombs), Muscle Revolution (a powerful Blunt attack, costs a bomb), Energy Riot (Medium power all targeting Mystic spell), Pegasus Meteor Attack (1-9 time randomly-hitting attack, costs a bomb)
So, how are we going to combat this unknown malice?
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We're going to have to take a look at this Incident Board. The entire expansion is based around this board, and it contains all of our quests.
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We have a few quests to start out with. There are three types: Character, Story, and Other. Character quests have us attempt to seek out one of our old party members as well as a few new ones in order to build up our party again. This makes sense, as all of our old party members have been overtaken by what I'll just refer to from now on as the Malice until we find our who's really behind it. And no, that doesn't mean Marisa+Alice.
Story quests will unlock after completing most of the Character quests, and completing one will unlock the next. They all have to do with going into areas where the Malice is gathering in search of the culprit, and they are necessary to complete in order to beat the expansion.
Other quests are just random fights. Each character will have one Other quest tied to them which awards their material as a reward. There are other Other quests that will reward other materials, such as Adamantite and Orichalcum. Other quests can be taken multiple times and are cycled randomly upon finishing any quest. Grinding the Other quests is necessary to get all of the materials to craft all of the ultimate equipment. It's not the greatest thing ever, but we're not at the point where we can grind those.
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To start off with, we need to gather party members. Cirno is the easiest to get, so let's go after her, shall we? She's up at the Giant Toad's Pond area of the Youkai Mountain.
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Every area you go into with a Character quest will have four new chests with this design. They contain new equipment and materials for the new characters, more often than not.
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Each area with a Character quest will also have new enemies! This is a Rastpuin (not a Rasputin, although that would make more sense as a name). It's just like its Gapuin cousin from earlier, Damage Net and all.
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Here's a Death Matango and a Komodo Dragon. The Death Matango is weak to Fire and can inflict Sleep, while the Komodo Dragon is weak to Water (I think?) and... really doesn't matter.
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Super Void Cavitation. It. Is. Awesome.
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The Rainbow Bentoras here have a rare weakness to Mystic. They aren't that much of a threat.
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Whenever entering the room with the character, this message shows up. One of the enemy icons will be the one you're looking for, but you won't be able to tell which one it is. The unique thing about that enemy, though, is that if it runs into you, it won't start a battle unless you move into it, unlike other enemy icons.
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High Fairies are our new Fairy-tier enemies. Weak to Dark as usual. Packing spells and different varieties, as usual.
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Of course, we have Cirno herself here! She'll cast Water spells, but they aren't that strong. She'll start out with an attack that inflicts Freeze, but it really isn't too annoying. Omnidirectional Demon Binding Circle isn't necessary, but if it helps you sleep at night...
Spam Pegasus Meteor Strike and you'll be fine.
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Why thank you, game.
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Hey Cirno. Stop. Fighting. Us. You'll. Never. Win.
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It depends on what you mean by "normal," Lithos. Is she stupid and have suicidal overconfidence? Then she's normal.
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"Snake girl?" Is that the thing that stands out the most about her? Besides the green hair, the extra eye on her forehead, or her mismatching stockings?
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Good old Strawberry Bose Reimu. I knew you haven't left us.
By the way, Cirno... What happened to you?
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I see... the Malice got to you, huh? Well, I guess we beat the Malice out of her! Or something. I really don't know.
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No kidding.
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Lithos, she's a fairy. She's CANNON FODDER. Why should she join us?
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Apparently coming with us is equivalent to pulling pranks on others. Okay? Oh, she starts at level 1, unlike Lithos.
She's... not too great. She can get some good Water regen and can inflict Freeze and Instant Death, but that's about it. She's useful in only a couple of boss fights. That's it. I won't really be using her besides those moments.
Growth Trees: Fairy Power (Boosts support abilities), Strongest (Boosts offense), Motivation (Boosts HP, defense, and Water regen), (9) (Boosts MP among other things)
Unique Weapon: Ice (Slash weapon that is stronger than swords and inflicts Freeze)
Last Word: -500 Degrees (Deals Water damage and inflicts Freeze on all enemies that do not resist it)
Commander Bonus: Boosted resistance to Quick effects, 1 Bomb: Active (9) (Increases Water Land and reduces all other Land), 3 Bomb: Frreze (9) (Inflicts Freeze on all enemies)
Starting Skills: Icicle Attack (Low power Water spell that inflicts Freeze), Ice Barrier (Counterattacks attacks with a Water attack), Perfect Freeze (Medium power all-targeting Water spell that inflicts Freeze, costs a bomb)
So... yeah. I tried to go Yukkuri grind after this in order to build up Cirno's levels.
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These are two separate TPKs. Maybe later, when my party is a bit more full.
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Nitori's next on the recommended order. So, to the area before the midpoint, then! Before I do that, I really need to go see Akyu.
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Yes, we have.
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Among being the queen of the Gorgons and controlling snakes. With that, we get stuff from her for Lithos. Check back here for the other new characters too.
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Someone's knocking at the door. Who is it?
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Is this a cutscene I missed in the main game? Huh.
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Getting recipes. Keine, the mist is taken care of. It's the Malice you should be worried about.
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That would be pretty helpful, actually! Keine...
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Damn it.
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A formation? Really?
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Okay...?
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Oh yes, you'll get recipes after finishing certain quantities of quests. Check here often.
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You can get Ostracon now. It's our next tier of materials. We'll be finding a good deal of it on our own for now, but we'll need a LOT of it for all of the upgrades we'll be making to our equipment.
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Here we get a Super Kedama and a Queen Bee. The Queen Bee is weak to Water and I think it can inflict Poison with its normal attacks. The Super Kedama acts like the Kedamas from earlier, which means they can use that suicide move from before.
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That's an Issun Boshi. What that's supposed to be, I don't know. I think it's weak to Light, and it's... really not dangerous.
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Crap, a Top Ace! Weak to Dark like the other angel enemies, but it HURTS. Spam everything you have and pray at this point.
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Come on!
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Here we go...
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Nitori, Nitori, Nitori... Our good old engineering Kappa is a bit more difficult to beat than Cirno. She uses a camouflage move to block the next three attacks. You can override that with Pegasus Meteor Strike. While she still has camo up, she'll use her elemental skills that she had as a playable character. Use Reimu's elemental-blocking barrier and you'll be fine.
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Of course, I can totally fail. That's always a great idea.
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Did you really appear here, Nitori?
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Super Void Cavitation. Not. Good. Against. Bosses.
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Wow, I'm failing today...
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I missed this enemy before. Of course, I HAD to run into it while looking for Nitori again... It's the Red Dragon King. Weak to Dark and uses those Zapper moves like Paralysis Zapper and Death Zapper. Annoying? Definitely.
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Took long enough...
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Sorry, we had to do it, Nitori.
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Does Reimu ever hold back in danmaku?
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Well, it's not your fault. Blame the Malice.
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Possession, huh? Well, it's a better descriptor than what Cirno said...
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She might as well.
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Hurray, we got Nitori back! Finally, a more useful party member!
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And next we have Mokou. Off to Muenzuka, then!
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Yes, I have Cirno in my active party. There's a reason for that. As for the enemy, we have a Death Ghost. Weak to Light, Water, and Fire, and is really not dangerous.
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The Harpy Queen can summon more allies like before and is weak to Electric and Piercing. Not too troublesome... unless it summons things. Then you're screwed.
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The Phoenixian Amaryllis is weak to Fire and Slash and can put you to sleep, and then can inflict Instant Death on you. Fun!
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The Fuuri can inflict Varieties on you, but is not really that bad. Weak to Fire, if I remember correctly.
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Of course, Mokou is who we're after! She is pretty tough. Essentially, Cirno should have as much IND as possible and just try to continuously freeze Mokou. Everyone else should just spam their attacks, except for Reimu, who should use Super Duplex Barrier whenever possible just in case Cirno screws up.
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This is what happens when Cirno screws up.
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Again, more enemies while trying to find Mokou after having been beaten by her already! The Royal Earth is just like the Earth from before... except worse. Weak to Electric. Be careful.
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You are awfully close to the fourth wall, Cirno.
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Cirno, you suck. You know that, right?
Just to be clear, I don't hate her as a character. By now you should know which Touhou character is the only one I hate. >.>
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Of course, I manage to do it. I'm not completely terrible at this, you know.
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Sounds like you just got woken up or something.
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Was she ever really asleep?
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"Some trouble?" Ahahahahahahahahaha... *sighs*
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Yeah, we're not sure about this whole situation yet.
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So it was more of the Malice... I actually am wondering how the Malice is managing to do this.
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Technically, there was that person that you all should totally know by now, but of course, Lithos and Reimu didn't see that person.
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You were so useful against a couple of bosses...
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Hell yeah, Mokou's back!
I don't show it, but we're heading for Aya, who's at the first area of the Youkai Mountain. We've spent a LOT of time there today, haven't we?
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High Ghosties are weak to Light and... do stuff. Not really a problem.
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Not the Godly Catfish! It uses some seriously bad Electric attacks. Weakness? I think it's Earth, but I can never be sure with enemies I tend to run from.
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Aya's the one we want, though. She'll use some physical attacks and buff her EVA with Tengu's Newspaper Deadline Day, so you might want to try to kill her quick. She's weak to Earth, so Nitori can deal serious damage. So can Mokou.
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Not too problematic, although Aya almost killed me. I only had Mokou left.
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You can't dodge forever, Aya. You should learn to accept that.
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At least she's okay. Not that I really care too much...
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Let me guess...
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Indeed. The Malice is everywhere. EVERYWHERE.
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Gensokyo seems to have a lot of masochists around...
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Well, she's rejoining the party. Hurray, I guess.
Next up: Sanae. She's up on the top of Youkai Mountain. I think that covers every area of Youkai Mountain.
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The Eight Raijin has some attacks that don't do much. I think he might be weak to Light, but then again I don't tend to stick around enemies for that long.
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What the?
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If you talked to Chen after finding her beaten up, you would have gotten this from her. I guess she must have left it here.
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The Ungaikyo can use Reflect Magic in order to... reflect magic. I have absolutely no idea what it's weak to.
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Of course.
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That's a Okiku-mushi. It's weak to Fire, I think, and it uses Death Breath or something like that. I can only remember it due to Phantasmal Summoners (I have it. You can get it from upgrading an Antilon Larva).
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Sanae is not that hard. The main thing she'll use is...
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A move that summons people. They counter physical attacks. And they're susceptible to Instant Death. Cirno, here's your last moment to shine. After this, you're as good as off the team. Sanae herself will buff herself and her minions, and that's about it.
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That was easier than all of the other fights!
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Don't be sad, Sanae. At least you're back to normal.
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That's what I said, damn it!
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Hurray for violence! It solves everything!
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Possession is definitely what's going on here.
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Did anyone else mention hatred? Huh. Well, then called this the Malice is certainly on the mark!
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At least the Malice isn't possessing you, Reimu.
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Hell yeah, our favorite party buffer and healer is back in business! Well, that should be enough for today. Next time we'll find more of our lost party members as well as a certain red-eyed friend of ours from earlier.
Summary:
Treasure: Pretty Mirror, Magic Shard, Blank Scroll, Silver Tray x3, Ostracon x3, Magic Medal x2, Mithril Sword, Sewing Needle (drop), Donation Box, Mother Nature Ring, Lunatic Morian (Cirno), Iron, Rock, Snakeskin, Kunai, Frozen Frog, Magic Mushroom, Spare Parts, Adamantite Shard
Skills: Ice Beam (Low+ power column Water spell that inflicts Freeze, Cirno), Icicle Fall (Medium power piercing Water spell, costs a bomb, Cirno), Ice Storm (Low- power all-targeting Water spell that inflicts Freeze, Cirno), Freeze Blood (inflicts Instant Death, Cirno) Minus K (High+ power Water spell that inflicts Freeze, costs a bomb, Cirno), Icicle Mirror (reflects magic, Cirno), Divine Fantasy (High power Light spell that always hits, costs a bomb, Reimu), Death Freeze (inflicts Instant Death to all enemies, Cirno), Chrysaor Golden Slash (Column attack that can inflict Instant Death, Lithos)
Recipes: Bellerophon, Perseus, Agincourt, Nagato, Eternal Ice Wall, Watermelon Bar, Ice One-piece, Cirno Robe, Powerful Spirit Gohei, Dragon Broom, Asklepios, Meteor Fan, Durandal, Nakoto Manuscript, Royal Ordinance, Crusade Greaves, Angel Eye, Itsurou Nyuudou, Saint Hand, Achar's Scroll, Orion, Ice Slugger, Cataplexy, Ragnarok, Suika, Darkness Robe, Mirror Pajamas, Kindergarten Master Uniform, Legendary Shrine Maiden Clothes, Yasaka's Shrine Maiden Clothes, Great Tengu's Clothes, Improved Refitted Optical Camo, Priest's Robe, Sacrlet Devil Mansion Maid Uniform, Impregnable Doll, Powerful Fencer's Clothes, Kirin Overalls, Giant Melon Sword, SANOH Knife, Sacred Akiba Cherry Blossom, White Bolg, Animate G-Pen, King Tiger Axe, Pro Gamer Fan, D&D STAFF, Flame Robe, Aqua Robe, Land Robe, Lightning Robe, Ifrit's Breastplate, Furfur's Breastplate, Dryad's Breastplate, Djinn's Breastplate, Fire God's Armor, Water God's Armor, Earth God's Armor, Elec God's Armor
Synthesis Done: Powerful Spirit Gohei (Reimu)
Formations: Gensokyo Wall, Shikigami Attack Formation
TPKs: 7 this update, 7 overall
Frustration: Well, this started spectacularly. Let's see if my luck will stay the same.
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Sanae has been possessed by something, and is rampaging about repeatedly. Return her to sanity!
Cirno has been possessed by something, and is rampaging about repeatedly. Return her to sanity!
Validon, I'm not sure how we're supposed to tell if restored sanity with these two. :getdown:
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Validon, I'm not sure how we're supposed to tell if restored sanity with these two. :getdown:
Uh... They aren't trying to kill anything that moves? I mean, that's sort of what the Malice is doing to everyone.
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Well they do that everyday in Gensokyo, except the lethality part, ne?
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Cirno has some viability... for normal fights :T Due to AoE Instant Death+nice damage skills on her Ice weapons and other various things, like ignoring water resist for stable damage. In boss fights, the best she can do is be as good an attacker as someone else could be, if the boss is weak to water. Generally. There's a few she's nice for, mostly the ones you already did because lack of options.
Although you do use her one time for a more serious boss, so having her level not completely low is nice. In general though she's only nice if you really WANT her to be... so, ignorable.
Lithos, on the other hand, while being weird and quirky, is legit useful. Her two-bomb skills are all pretty useful, and Pegasus Meteor is usually pretty nice, and she carries Petrification at a good rate on one of her weapons. Rainbow Wings on her magic POW tree is very useful. 50% boost to FIR/WTR/ELEC/ETH damage combined with Pegasus Meteor and Byakuren elemental enchants works pretty well, and is nice for Nitori chasing if you're so inclined.
...the expansion characters are weird in use.
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I'm just going to say right here and now that I am planning on updating sometime soon, hopefully. However, Photobucket all of a sudden sucks. Whenever I put my photos on there now, the site puts them all out of order. That is the last time I use Photobucket. I'm switching to Imgur.
(http://i.imgur.com/GydhuCA.jpg)
And there you have it. Imgur actually works. It doesn't mess up the image order at all. It actually works. Also, yes, I've killed 20 King Yukkuris. I've actually killed more than that, so this image is a little inaccurate. Those Yukkuris weren't actually hard to kill. Finding them isn't hard either, actually.
So, I'll update at some point. Not now, though.
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Well, this update is two things. First of all, a news bulletin on my LPs in general. I'll be updating them at a slow pace, but I haven't given up on them, so don't expect them to end suddenly. In addition to that, I recently found out about Touhou Genmuyoutan: The Nightmare of Rebellion. Having heard about it, I'm really excited because it's going to be the third in the "Omen Trilogy," the first two being Genius of Sappheiros and Devil of Decline, obviously. I'm hoping that it will be connected to the first two games in some way and I'm curious to see how Akyu, Mamizou, and Kasen will fit into the role of main party members.
I'm going to make a blind LP of it when it is released in August, because I really want to do that as an LP. Now, I also want to do Valkyrie Profile, so when Devil of Decline is done (which it will be soon), I'll start running that and Genius of Sappheiros simultaneously. By August, both games should be done, leaving Nightmare of Rebellion by itself.
Second of all is the update itself! Sorry for the delay, but I've been busy!
Searching for Friends- Part 2: Malice Cannon
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We must continue the character recruitment with Reisen and Eirin. This won't end well.
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New enemies here, namely the Red Foot (Feet?) and the Mythologian Spellcaster. The Red Foot... does something? The Mythologian hurts you with spells and is weak to Dark. To be honest, I ran away from most enemies here because they're not worth the time. We'll be getting into the good grinding soon enough.
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Here's a Spartan Soldier. I believe he still uses Shield Wall, but he really isn't that strong himself. Dark kills him, I think.
(http://i.imgur.com/R0LH75P.jpg)
Pudding Princesses here are weak to Fire and I think they use Dissolve. Okay then.
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...What the hell? That's a Kudan... I think it debuffs you. It looks a bit horrifying or just plain weird.
(http://i.imgur.com/bhN0FTm.jpg)
There's an Aosaginohi. It's a bird. It's weak to Electric and Pierce. Not really that different from other birds.
(http://i.imgur.com/Vv8boNE.jpg)
And a Carbuncle. Of course, it can use Reflect Wall. Fun. I don't know what it's weak to.
(http://i.imgur.com/lwEk2Qo.jpg)
And Reisen and Eirin themselves! Sanae needs to be on buffing duty, as Eirin packs physical attacks that hurt, and Reisen has a lot of status effects. Focus on taking down Eirin first and you'll be fine. Make sure Reimu uses a Super Duplex Barrier every few turns in order to block Eirin's Spell Cards, because they HURT.
(http://i.imgur.com/QAEoJFq.jpg)
Of course. Now to find them all over again.
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On the way there, I found an Undine Queen. Weak to Fire, uses dangerous Water spells, and has natural regen that's boosted by Water Land. Not easy to take down, especially when I'm trying to run from battles to conserve resources for the boss.
(http://i.imgur.com/YOuXphP.jpg)
Nevertheless, I manage it!
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Can you please stop attacking me, Eirin? You're too damn powerful.
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NO.
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Well, only one of them's here. The other two? I don't think we actually see them. Unless it's in the epilogue, which I haven't seen yet.
(http://i.imgur.com/fVnArCI.jpg)
Go for the direct question, of course.
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Hell yeah. That Malice has been everywhere. Everyone, even in the Underground and the Netherworld, seems to be affected. That's not good.
(http://i.imgur.com/K2knkqj.jpg)
Gee, you think? At this rate, everyone will be trying to kill each other for real. We're looking at mass bloodshed here.
(http://i.imgur.com/GS1WOsO.jpg)
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It's powerful, alright. All the more reason to find it and shut it down quickly.
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That's what I've been saying. This incident can't bode well for anyone.
(http://i.imgur.com/VxUmIJF.jpg)
Can you be glad to speak words right?
(http://i.imgur.com/91GK6VW.jpg)
Damn, I wanted you to help.
(http://i.imgur.com/GqLTCOA.jpg)
Sure?
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Right, right.
Well, Reisen's on our team now, so let's talk about her!
Reisen's all about status effects and having Slayers against those with status effects inflicted, whether they are Permanents or Varieties. In other words, if you can get some debuffs going Reisen can be amazing. Besides that, she's not really great. Out of all of the expansion characters, she's one of the better ones, but only really for boss fights and random encounters that you can consider mini-boss fights.
Unique Weapon: Suppositories (Unique Piercing weapon that inflicts Berserk)
Growth Trees: Red Eyes (Boosts status infliction), Bunny Ears (Boosts attacks and Slayers), Illusion (Boosts support, prevents physical attacks and dispels from ending negative effects on enemies), Moon Secrets (boosts HP, MP, bombs, and grants Slayers to physical attacks)
Commander Bonus: High chance of preemptive attacks
Commander Supports: 1-Bomb: Dream World (lowers ACC of all enemies), 3-Bomb: Luna Wave (Increases Slayer damage for all allies)
Last Word: Red Eyes Banquet (inflicts damage and Berserk)
Starting Skills: Mind Explosion (Low power small AoE attack with Slayer against enemies with Permanents), Disorder Eye (Damages and dispels enemies, has Slayer against enemies with Permanents or Varieties), Moon Rabbit Tele-Mesmerism Technique (Line attack that inflicts damage and a Permanent of choice, Slayer against enemies with Varieties, costs a bomb), Visionary Tuning (Line attack that inflicts damage and a Variety of choice, Slayer against enemies with Varieties, costs a bomb), Lunatic Red Eyes (Inflicts damage and Berserk to all enemies, Slayer against enemies with Permanents and Varieties, costs two bombs)
Okay, that's it for her. Now...
(http://i.imgur.com/Id7Ag7g.jpg)
...Let's go after Sakuya and Patchy!
(http://i.imgur.com/uGSbQzw.jpg)
Still asleep, huh Meiling?
(http://i.imgur.com/U3R8ct0.jpg)
Dragonflies here are pains in the ass. They usually go first and open up with Fire Breath, which one-shots Nitori perfectly if she doesn't have Fire resistance equipment going, due to her natural weakness to Fire. These things are weak to Water, but getting that set up is a little tricky.
(http://i.imgur.com/wl7bTdN.jpg)
The Elder Salamander here is also weak to Water, but of course is a bastard due to powerful Fire attacks along with other lizard skills, like Tail Chop. Ugh.
(http://i.imgur.com/GhqtUTZ.jpg)
Sakuya and Patchy... this fight is one of the first difficult ones of the expansion. Sakuya attacks with physicals which can hurt, but Patchy's magic is really the main issue. Dealing with her isn't too easy, though, because she'll counter elemental attacks with a single-target spell of that element, which means Fujiyama Volcanoing her is a bit on the dangerous side. Nevertheless, as long as Mokou has good magic defense, she can withstand it. They'll both pull out some dangerous spell cards, so Reimu is invaluable for using Super Duplex Barrier and hitting Patchouli with Light spells (which she won't counter because she has no single-target Light spell, plus she's weak to it).
(http://i.imgur.com/Q84MwFC.jpg)
That was totally expected. You know what? At this point, I'm going to probably not be following the "recommended" order as much, because I swear that list is not right after Reisen and Eirin. The quest I SHOULD do next is...
(http://i.imgur.com/VPrYwck.jpg)
Byakuren's quest! I want my buffer back, damn it!
(http://i.imgur.com/vYBNyRQ.jpg)
Finding them was easy, thankfully. This fight is weird. Byakuren will start off with...
(http://i.imgur.com/jYAZZHK.jpg)
Demon God's Wall. This gives her 100 Divine Barrier, making her invulnerable to anything without Exorcism. Reimu is also useful here, as her spells ignore Divine Barrier. Murasa on the other hand will use anchors that have an effect at the end of the turn, like healing her and Byakuren and inflicting status effects. The most dangerous one is Final Anchor, which won't go off until the end of the turn after she uses it but will pretty much be a like a delayed Aging Drizzle if it goes off. Overwrite it with a field effect of your own (which Nitori has, thankfully) and you'll be fine. It didn't show up in this fight though, so that's good.
(http://i.imgur.com/DOzyKHw.jpg)
Hey, it's Devil's Recitation. Get it right, Byakuren. Also, OWW.
(http://i.imgur.com/ljWMGua.jpg)
Not too bad, though. The Divine Barrier will wear off eventually, but she'll reestablish it. When it's not on, focus everything you have on her and she'll drop like a stone.
(http://i.imgur.com/9uvWGeD.jpg)
Sorry, Byakuren. This is really getting bad...
(http://i.imgur.com/0aqEes5.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/UQC6xpD.jpg)
This is definitely bad if Byakuren was affected like this too.
(http://i.imgur.com/UQC6xpD.jpg)
Yeah, no kidding. This Malice must be extremely powerful to infect the minds of peace-loving people like Byakuren.
(http://i.imgur.com/KL3dR2b.jpg)
Oh yeah, Lithos mentioned Muenzuka earlier. I guess that should be our next destination once we get the gang back together.
(http://i.imgur.com/itN6DFV.jpg)
Crap. So, that's it. We have to go there at some point.
(http://i.imgur.com/dgysym3.jpg)
Well, it's kind of obvious.
(http://i.imgur.com/7GHtEMd.jpg)
Really. If we can stay as a group, we can keep each other in check and not lose our minds again. So, you're joining up again, right Byakuren?
(http://i.imgur.com/De29WuD.jpg)
Hell yeah!
(http://i.imgur.com/YNn2v4L.jpg)
It's more of a temple, but sure. We can't use Final Anchor in this game. Sorry.
(http://i.imgur.com/xcFBR45.jpg)
Yeah, no kidding. I missed those really good buffs.
(http://i.imgur.com/bMkx035.jpg)
While we're at it, let's show off a different kind of sidequest as well as showing how "not" to do it.
(http://i.imgur.com/DL3cabh.jpg)
These kinds of quests thankfully show you which enemy is the one you want. Why they couldn't do that with the CHARACTER quests, I don't know.
(http://i.imgur.com/qnAksAo.jpg)
Now, you're supposed to bring only Mokou here. There is a reason why it can be okay to not do that. The character-specific Other quests award the material of the character if completed correctly and within the restrictions. If not, then you "fail" the quest, you don't get the reward, and the quests won't shuffle. However, the enemy you fight has a good chance of dropping another copy of that material. What you can do is "fail" quests, but get the random drops, which may or may not be faster than hoping the quest you want happens to show up after getting the guaranteed reward for doing it right. It's up to you, though.
As for Kaguya, she's basically the same as she was before. Even with Mokou by herself, as long as she has magic defense you can probably Fujiyama Volcano her to death easily. Not too hard.
(http://i.imgur.com/AtMyjxy.jpg)
As you can see, I failed, but the quests won't shuffle. Of course, I didn't get the drop. I give up trying this, because really. Let's go back for Sakuya and Patchy.
(http://i.imgur.com/Nlf82HN.jpg)
Really?
(http://i.imgur.com/Ver1OIH.jpg)
Oh yeah, Sakuya will use Quicktime, which gives her (and Patchy, if she's still alive) three free turns. It is a field effect, though, and she often overwrites it herself with Suction World like a moron. Bravo, Sakuya.
(http://i.imgur.com/mRdCzP1.jpg)
Hey, we did it!
(http://i.imgur.com/UToYTr8.jpg)
That's twice we've beaten you two. Maybe you should stop trying to fight us.
(http://i.imgur.com/4Ewv22B.jpg)
I think that's the last thing you should be worried about.
(http://i.imgur.com/NKcaeJC.jpg)
Sure?
(http://i.imgur.com/RB0cUOF.jpg)
Same case as always.
(http://i.imgur.com/IJWZraJ.jpg)
No, really?
Well, you guys want to help or what?
(http://i.imgur.com/y3SOA68.jpg)
Despite the fact that you hate going out, Patchy.
(http://i.imgur.com/Q2eo5ca.jpg)
Good to know, Sakuya.
After this, I offscreen go on a King Yukkuri killing spree. Everyone's levels went through the damn roof. Or, more accurately, I got almost everyone I have up to about level 70ish. Not everyone, though (sorry, Cirno).
(http://i.imgur.com/iVLjaEf.jpg)
Going after Remilia next was a mistake, though. I have to include it here, though.
(http://i.imgur.com/R2hQa2s.jpg)
The Scarlet Cap is weak to Light, I think. It uses some Blunt attacks that hurt, but other than that it's fine.
(http://i.imgur.com/bpdflcV.jpg)
...That's an Admiral. RUN!!!
(http://i.imgur.com/lymLRSp.jpg)
The Scarlet Sisters... I'd give you the strategy I'd use... if it weren't for the fact that they totally curb-stomped me. I reset and got as far away as I could from that situation. I'll deal with them in the next update, after getting...
(http://i.imgur.com/o3pdOD6.jpg)
Marisa and Alice. That's a bit easier, thankfully. Not by much, though.
(http://i.imgur.com/mCjdjh7.jpg)
The V30s are weak to Electric and are like all the other computer chip enemies. The Chiron is another Fairy-type enemy, weak to Dark as usual.
(http://i.imgur.com/vNwUIKu.jpg)
Marisa and Alice are tricky. Alice is a tank, as usual, and Marisa has hefty evasion. Alice will spam Little Legion and will use a skill that increases her and Marisa's elemental resistance. Marisa will use her spells and will counter physicals with Master Spark. Essentially, make sure that Mokou has good Mystic resisting equipment and beat the crap out of both people. Reimu, again, is good with her spells even if they don't hit weaknesses because she can spam them nigh constantly.
Oh, they'll also use spell cards (Modified Straw Doll Kamikaze and Final Master Spark). I reset after realizing I might need a little more experience.
(http://i.imgur.com/4Bi35OI.jpg)
The Bloodhound is weak to Water and uses Fire Breath. Fun.
(http://i.imgur.com/52e5Zir.jpg)
This quest is a simple one for getting materials.
(http://i.imgur.com/83p9WbH.jpg)
Ah, here you are!
(http://i.imgur.com/fjjiv2W.jpg)
Doing this with a full party is easier than doing it with Lithos alone, plus you have a good chance of getting something good from it. Essentially, these Kedamas will hurt you, but they're mere annoyances. Most of these guys (except one) have a chance of dropping random stuff like the Harbor Frog. In other words, this is good for grinding out materials.
(http://i.imgur.com/b5Qt9ZV.jpg)
Marisa and Alice go down after Mokou goes into badass mode and tanks ALL of Marisa's Master Spark counterattacks and takes her down with only normal physical attacks. Granted, she got softened up by Sakuya beforehand, but still. Badass.
(http://i.imgur.com/c4xLnNU.jpg)
As always.
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You guys were annoying together, you know that?
(http://i.imgur.com/XznacPZ.jpg)
...It's the Forest of Magic, Marisa.
(http://i.imgur.com/dGK27KD.jpg)
Thank you, Alice.
Alice assumes they were annoying.
(http://i.imgur.com/7M6vD2q.jpg)
Exactly.
(http://i.imgur.com/GcSNSkA.jpg)
It's getting kind of crazy at this point. We could really use your mad tanking skills again, Alice.
(http://i.imgur.com/vuh3ztg.jpg)
Well, Marisa can help too, I guess.
(http://i.imgur.com/OCcYIcl.jpg)
Not that I'm really scared. But that's all for now, because the last few fights are pretty damn tough. That's what we'll be doing next time.
Summary:
Treasure: Rusty Blade, Ostracon, Element Guard, Hinotori Feather, Elemental Sphere, Blank Scroll, Bamboo, Orichalcum Shard, Sewing Needle, Fresh Blood, Iron, Adamantite Shard, Rock
Skills: Severing Cutter (High power piercing attack, Aya), Wind of Miracles (buff that enhances any buffs that are active or cast while the effect of this spell is active, the boost does not wear off even if this buff wears off, Sanae), Anti-Magic (Highly boosts magic defense, Byakuren), Sungrazer Comet (Very High power all-targeting Fire spell, costs a bomb, Patchouli), Metaphysical Mind (Medium power large AoE attack with Slayer against enemies with Permanents, Reisen), Invisible Full Moon (Piercing attacking that inflicts Control and has Slayer against enemies with Varieties, costs a bomb, Reisen), Idling Wave (Piercing attack that lowers all stats and has Slayer against enemies with Varieties, costs a bomb, Reisen), Andromeda Nebula (Large AoE Light spell, Lithos), Calamity Waving Fan (High power all-targeting attack, costs a bomb, Aya), Ice Giant (Very High power all-targeting Water spell, costs a bomb, Patchouli), Blazing Phoenix (Medium+ power all-targeting attack with added Fire damage which also inflicts Burn, Mokou), Rubble Pile Belt (Very High power all-targeting Earth spell, costs a bomb, Patchouli), Jackpot World (field that increases multi-hit chance, Sakuya), Ras Algol Maenads (Inflicts 666 or 6666 damage and petrify to all enemies, costs two bombs, Lithos), Fantasy Heaven or Hell (High power all-targeting Light spell that ignores Reflect and Magic Barrier, costs two bombs, Reimu)
Recipes: Psychopath, Narcolepsy, Red Eyes Clothes, Hourai Brand Summer Clothes
TPKs: 3 this update, 10 overall
Frustration: I don't like sidequests. I really don't.
EDIT: Of course, after I update and attempt to play some more, I defeat two of the three bosses I have to do before the next update. One more and I'm finally out of this stupid portion of the expansion. Does it get better? Not really.
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Sakuya with her Vyse Sword and buffing, using a proper attack (aka Not Full Moon Revenge) can murder the face off the vampire sisters. I think if her get her last word you can like, one-shot them. At least if you follow up with Private Square. (This also slays Marisa/Alice but it can be hard to hurt Alice even with a slayer since her and Nitori have multi-hit attacks... and if Alice is alone she starts spamming her last word for total invincibility)
Anyway, Reisen is -crazy- good against pretty much every boss that can be debuffed (That is almost all of them) because she can be made to hit 99999 without that much issue. She has a POW tree with a lot of natural slayers and decent attacks on her special weapon that makes her pretty alright to use in random battles as well, especially if you're using, say, Satori, to spam statuses you can slay for major damage.
I'll say in advance that Remilia is crazy good for random battles but not much use in almost any bosses (because her good nuke attacks have high cooldown) unless you want a blinktank and don't actually need Aya's other abilities. There's a few that are vulnerable to her Star of David hp-based attack though for major damage.
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(aka Not Full Moon Revenge)
What do you mean it's not a proper attack? It hits things. It kills things. And it's how I dealt a good deal of damage to the Scarlets when I beat them last night.
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It's actually a lot weaker then her non-weapon skills. Two hits from her 1~3 hit noncard does about the same/better, and then she has the 4-hit noncard that does even more per hit in addition to having more... (Although you may not have that one yet)
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It's actually a lot weaker then her non-weapon skills. Two hits from her 1~3 hit noncard does about the same/better, and then she has the 4-hit noncard that does even more per hit in addition to having more... (Although you may not have that one yet)
Well, I have a habit of not trusting attacks with variable numbers of hits, regardless of damage potential. It could be three... or it could be one.
Sakuya's level 77 now, so she'll get Mysterious Jack soon-ish. Level gains at this point are far and few inbetween unless I King Yukkuri grind, and I don't think I'll need to go do that again.
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Sakuya with her Vyse Sword and buffing, using a proper attack (aka Not Full Moon Revenge) can murder the face off the vampire sisters. I think if her get her last word you can like, one-shot them. At least if you follow up with Private Square. (This also slays Marisa/Alice but it can be hard to hurt Alice even with a slayer since her and Nitori have multi-hit attacks... and if Alice is alone she starts spamming her last word for total invincibility)
Remi/Flan or Flan alone are some of the easiest early expansion fights because of that. I like to just ensure everyone survives the first turn while buffing Sakuya with Light Weapon and an attack buff, then either making her go first in the next turn or making everyone go first in the next turn (depends if I used Sanae or not). One Private Square and you'll get a vampire to a minimum of 10% HP, maybe even less if you got lucky with the armor double attacks. Things would probably go even better if I used anything other than FMR, I guess.
I also recall having a funny fight with Marisa/Alice last time, which ended up in a punch/spark-off between Mokou and Marisa or something, but I'm not fully sure of what happened. Hell, it's been a long time since I last touched this game.
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I'm glad i'm not too late for this LP. I found the DoD one two days ago and by the time i'd finished reading it you were already done. I didn't comment because I thought it would be pointless, but I can see that this one isn't done yet so I actually feel relevent saying how much I love your LPs
I ragequit during this portion of the Expansion so many times because I seemed to be blind to the fact that you don't have to do those quests in the order that they appear. If I'd understood that sooner i would have finished it months ago instead of last week.
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I'm glad i'm not too late for this LP. I found the DoD one two days ago and by the time i'd finished reading it you were already done. I didn't comment because I thought it would be pointless, but I can see that this one isn't done yet so I actually feel relevent saying how much I love your LPs
I ragequit during this portion of the Expansion so many times because I seemed to be blind to the fact that you don't have to do those quests in the order that they appear. If I'd understood that sooner i would have finished it months ago instead of last week.
Well, thank you very much! I wouldn't keep doing them if people didn't like them, so I guess I can be glad for that, because I like making LPs. It gives me a chance to talk about the games I like playing, and this is one of them.
And yeah, you don't have to do them in order. It's better to get the more useful characters FIRST and then the ones that are harder. I mean, why go out of your way to get a character who either isn't useful or is an expansion character if they aren't worth all of the raging?
Oh, and I have screenshots ready for a few updates, it's just that I have to do the actual writeups and get the images on imgur. Time is really not on my side this week for much stuff, but next week I'll definitely try to get those updates up and more. Perhaps even to Muenzuka...?
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I haven't forgotten about this. I even have three updates worth of screenshots prepared, including this update!
Searching for Friends- Finale: Light 'em Up
So, we've got a few more party members left to go, huh? Let's take care of them, then!
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First up: Youmu and Yuyuko. This'll be somewhat annoying.
(http://i.imgur.com/HLR1wEE.jpg)
This fight is essentially a repeat of their earlier fight, except Yuyuko will sort of go crazy with instant death stuff. Youmu will use stances and do a lot of damage physically. They're both weak to the basic elements, so Mokou will burn holes in them like they weren't even there.
(http://i.imgur.com/jeJKlVA.jpg)
Of course, Yuyuko can hit the whole party minus Alice with instant death. Time to reset!
(http://i.imgur.com/agZlYEl.jpg)
I missed this earlier. Now is a good time to fix that.
(http://i.imgur.com/G6J5Lue.jpg)
Yeah...
(http://i.imgur.com/JvHsngy.jpg)
Don't worry, she won't hurt you again. I think. Maybe.
(http://i.imgur.com/WNj4I0Z.jpg)
I'm trying not to think about that too hard.
(http://i.imgur.com/eZhNf4J.jpg)
Okay...
What we just got is a formation that boosts the party's instant death resistance. That'll be good against Yuyuko and Youmu.
(http://i.imgur.com/s3jdCae.jpg)
Meanwhile, Mokou continues to be a badass.
(http://i.imgur.com/Kyhx4hj.jpg)
And she once again is the one to finish off the fight. She is awesome.
(http://i.imgur.com/YfRMNja.jpg)
We're really getting through these quests quickly.
(http://i.imgur.com/Pan283D.jpg)
I'm tired of you two ganging up on us. Can't we just have a cup of tea and be done with this?
(http://i.imgur.com/afglhXq.jpg)
When you're fighting for the life and sanity of your friends, you tend to be serious.
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(http://i.imgur.com/06gW9Qj.jpg)
Yeah, that Malice...
(http://i.imgur.com/ZWvY7R2.jpg)
Youmu, it wasn't your fault. Blame this Malice stuff, whatever it is.
(http://i.imgur.com/pAMX3O9.jpg)
Hmm?
(http://i.imgur.com/psy0TZz.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/fFiP1zS.jpg)
Okay...
(http://i.imgur.com/ODJiJ29.jpg)
Super.
(http://i.imgur.com/eKPQJtJ.jpg)
Fun! So basically, whatever is causing this is beyond that of anything we've ever seen. The words "we're screwed" don't begin to cover the extent of how bad the situation is.
(http://i.imgur.com/QkRlYGV.jpg)
Oh yeah, we need all the help we can get if we're to fight this Malice.
(http://i.imgur.com/oyCXcth.jpg)
Come on, Yuyuko!
(http://i.imgur.com/P2tNJBu.jpg)
Well, at least we have Youmu back. Hurray!
Meanwhile, back at the SDM...
(http://i.imgur.com/FbzqudQ.jpg)
Flandre does no damage to Alice because she's a goddamn tank.
As for the strategy for this fight, you don't want to use magic attacks unless you're positive it is the finishing blow. Have Sakuya use Private Square or have Alice use Little Legion on the first turn and every four turns afterwards in order to protect against their spell cards. Make sure Alice has Charm resistance as well, as Remilia's Red Magic will inflict that. Other than that, have Byakuren use Star Sword on Mokou and Sakuya and go to town.
(http://i.imgur.com/gTCpTLs.jpg)
Not too bad with Alice.
(http://i.imgur.com/WqpLerl.jpg)
That's twice, Remilia. I'm wondering if vampires aren't as strong as they sound...
(http://i.imgur.com/Rq1KYk8.jpg)
Well, that wasn't exactly a casual game of danmaku, so of course it hurt.
(http://i.imgur.com/7TTbWgK.jpg)
Kicking? I don't think we KICKED anything...
(http://i.imgur.com/y2nsY9o.jpg)
By "a bit far" you mean "completely kicked the crap out of them," then yes.
(http://i.imgur.com/JAFHv0d.jpg)
No problem. Beating the crap out of people to make them sane is what we do best.
(http://i.imgur.com/b1RUuRa.jpg)
Let me guess...
(http://i.imgur.com/aZn5kaa.jpg)
Yep, the Malice even got to Remilia.
(http://i.imgur.com/QRZmaLk.jpg)
Well, we could go investigate, but we're still a party member short.
(http://i.imgur.com/dgVl0Iu.jpg)
Yeah. Hopefully we can find the rest of our friends and get a move on. Things get worse every minute we sit and do nothing.
(http://i.imgur.com/RGSe3Zh.jpg)
Uh, you sure, Remilia? You're going to blow up in the sun or something...
(http://i.imgur.com/o3R3z7W.jpg)
Uh, yeah, it's an incident.
(http://i.imgur.com/fDSW5X1.jpg)
Well, it's some unknown power filled with malice and hatred. That in itself isn't an incident, but it trying to mess with you and everyone else in Gensokyo is.
(http://i.imgur.com/zg7RPUU.jpg)
I'm not going to comment on that. I'm just not.
(http://i.imgur.com/Zvmt5H5.jpg)
Yeah, I don't want to play with Flandre anymore. I think she's still a little crazy.
(http://i.imgur.com/XdiuiQT.jpg)
Okay, now we have Remilia!
Remilia seems to be all about powerful attacks with large cooldowns and sometimes drain effects, which could be useful when combined with the massive PATK and SPD boosts she gets with her Growth trees. This is combined with the fact that she has a low DEX and VIT, which means she practically needs to have weapons that have good ACC ratings like spears to hit things. I don't really like using her, as is the case with most of the expansion characters.
Unique Weapon: Javelins (Piercing weapon that is effective against low-DEF enemies)
Growth Trees: Supernatural Strength (boosts physical power), Fleetness (boosts speed and evasion), Noble Lady (boosts magic), Vampire (boosts HP and other stats)
Commander Bonus: +3% Perfect Dodge
Commander Spells: 1-Bomb: Red Vampire (Allies gain HP Drain on attacks), 3-Bomb: Scarlet Devil (Allies gain very powerful HP Drain on attacks)
Last Word: Spectacle of Destiny (turns enemies into Yukkuris based on level)
Starting Skills: Spear the Gungnir (Low damage High accuracy piercing attack), Vampire Cradle (Medium power attack that can inflict Daze), Red Magic (Dark elemental all-targeting spell that inflicts Charm, costs two bombs), Star of David (spell that targets all and deals damage proportional to HP, costs a bomb), Scarlet Shoot (Low damage piercing attack that can inflict Daze, costs a bomb)
Alright, now there's one last person to get...
(http://i.imgur.com/BmZRRrO.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/2ftpaOU.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/NVNtJMy.jpg)
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Goddamnit, formations.
(http://i.imgur.com/MSB4hJV.jpg)
Oh right, this has opened up too. However, getting Yuugi involves entering a new dungeon, and I just want to get the last party member left besides Yuugi.
(http://i.imgur.com/flCSvUg.jpg)
This showed up as well. You know what? Let's do that instead. Nazrin's easy.
(http://i.imgur.com/qJns3gw.jpg)
Nazrin will hit you with weak stuff. She's weak to Fire. Take a wild guess how this'll go. The best part is you'll most likely get a Gold drop from her in addition to the Gold you get from beating the quest. That's two Gold per quest. Amazing, huh?
(http://i.imgur.com/YZRDkYd.jpg)
Seriously, that's the easiest quest in the game.
(http://i.imgur.com/N2zrixE.jpg)
We also get a formation that grants Slayer against Yukkuris. That's great, but I'm not really going to abuse that until I can start fighting Yukkuri Emperors WAY down the line from now.
(http://i.imgur.com/C7j67fu.jpg)
Okay, okay, NOW we can get Satori.
(http://i.imgur.com/HhoQ0wE.jpg)
Aw, Orin and Okuu left their cucumbers here. I think they're bad now.
(http://i.imgur.com/DL9q9P2.jpg)
And welcome to an easy fight. Okuu will go down with Light attacks (although don't leave her in critical condition, or, much like when we first fought her, she'll murder your face), Satori needs to be taken care of first because she can use Elixir, and Orin can inflict Zombie on dead characters, but isn't threatening beyond that.
(http://i.imgur.com/hKGhNUK.jpg)
Not really a problem, and definitely one of the easiest of the last character quests.
(http://i.imgur.com/cLD3kbH.jpg)
Sorry guys, but we had no choice.
(http://i.imgur.com/z9VLKXW.jpg)
Hey hey, this time was necessary! If you had only let us in earlier, we would have spared you.
(http://i.imgur.com/hcGDGK9.jpg)
As per usual.
(http://i.imgur.com/qRKiLej.jpg)
How is it embarrassing? There are so few that are not affected by it that I'd be surprised to find someone who isn't affected by it.
(http://i.imgur.com/2QIJE8M.jpg)
Well, not exactly...
Orin does try to correct Reimu on it, but Reimu shrugs it off.
(http://i.imgur.com/rRU1XUB.jpg)
It can't possibly be someone here in the Underground, could it?
(http://i.imgur.com/kHKOAjH.jpg)
Whoa. All of that hatred together would probably be extremely dangerous. So if we have to fight this thing, it'd be like taking on all of the spirits of Hell. That'll be fun. Or not.
(http://i.imgur.com/XkFVFp7.jpg)
Oh yeah, you haven't been there, Lithos. It's a lovely place. Just don't stay too long if you don't want to be possessed by evil spirits, which would probably kill you, seeing as you're a goddess/youkai.
(http://i.imgur.com/mpTItuM.jpg)
No, really?
(http://i.imgur.com/Git571y.jpg)
Please give me Okuu, please give me Okuu, please give me Okuu...
(http://i.imgur.com/nLNPV3g.jpg)
Okay, we have Satori.
(http://i.imgur.com/ydNTiWs.jpg)
Aww, no Okuu. I'm sad now.
Oh well, there's always Mystical Power Plant...
But that does it for now. Next time, we'll descend to the Underworld in search of Yuugi and the Malice itself.
Summary:
Treasure: Ostracon, Frozen Frog, Gold (x2 reward, x2 drop)
Recipes: Asgard, Ginnungagap, Dracula Set, Scarlet Robe, Elemental Sphere, Sun Tzu's Art of War, Diamond, Emerald, Obsidian, Dragon Fang, Legendary Box, Millennium Mushroom, Giant Snakeskin, Giant Crow's Beak, Golden Tray, Magic Crystal, Foreign Parts, Five-Inch Needle, Giant Eyeball, Sharpened Blade, Hinotori Wing, Ancient Scroll, Millennium Shell, Fully Frozen Frog, Hourai Suppository, Pure Fresh Blood, Oni Crystal
TPKs: 0 this update, 10 overall
Frustration: Well, that's the characters pretty much done. Time to take on actual dungeons.
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Why do you have to fight Nazrin in her quest? It just says that there is some treasure nearby the temple or something. Did she find the gold, and you have to beat her to get the gold?
Also, why you no like Cirno?
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Why do you have to fight Nazrin in her quest? It just says that there is some treasure nearby the temple or something. Did she find the gold, and you have to beat her to get the gold?
Also, why you no like Cirno?
Because the quest is an excuse to fight Nazrin for gold drops; Nazrin is piss easy even when you only have Reimu/Lithos and is a repeatable quest you do pretty much purely for the sake of getting gold.
There's several of these. Wriggle/Mystia for adamantite pieces, Rumia for orichalcon pieces... (There's faster quests for farming these though)
Also, Cirno isn't very good in this game. She's viable if you WANT her to be, and has some minor upsides to using her, but she really isn't anything to write home about. Remilia at least is super great for random battles with high-power low-mp-cost AOE javelin skills, even if she's never good for a boss except maybe the couple weak to Star of David.
Cirno's upsides are that almost all her attacks (including her special ice weapon) inflict Freeze (Ice weapons do it a lot better then her magic after you get good ones) and that her Ice weapon skills do decent damage along with freeze -plus- status effects like AoE Instant Death. She pierces 2 levels of water resist with magic and I think pretty much all ice resist with her Ice weapon (Making her damage stable), but it's been a long time since I played. She also can get several hundred regen in Water land and has a self-buff for reflecting magic off herself for many turns at a time. This pretty much sums up Cirno.
These are okay effects that make her decent enough to warrant use in random battles if you like. She's okay-ish on ice-weak bosses but there's better characters to use. If you want to stun-lock one of the few freeze weak bosses she's okay I guess, too, but there's lots of different things you can do to those bosses that are more effective. This is the extent of Cirno's use; pretty eehhhhhhh.
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I never thought of using Star Sword on Sakuya and thus made the Vampire battle far harder on myself than I apparently had to, lot of light magic though.
I never used Cirno at all when I played so I didn't know she pierced water resist. Some of the expaansion characters seem to have really narrow focuses that make them usefull for one or two bits but almost unusable wiithout huge effort in everything else. I stuck mainly to pre-expansion characters.
I like the repeatable quests making it less of a pain to grind materials though so that's a nice touch.
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I never thought of using Star Sword on Sakuya and thus made the Vampire battle far harder on myself than I apparently had to, lot of light magic though.
I never used Cirno at all when I played so I didn't know she pierced water resist. Some of the expaansion characters seem to have really narrow focuses that make them usefull for one or two bits but almost unusable wiithout huge effort in everything else. I stuck mainly to pre-expansion characters.
I like the repeatable quests making it less of a pain to grind materials though so that's a nice touch.
Light magic is a terrible idea in that fight. It provokes devastating counterattacks. Using Star Sword on Sakuya, Mokou, or Youmu will make things MUCH easier on yourself.
Yeah, I'm not a fan of really any of the expansion characters. The pre-expansion ones get the job done, as far as I'm concerned.
And the repeatable quests thing is okay, but I don't like the fact that they randomly shuffle. If they didn't do that, I'd like it a lot more (of course, I know that would make grinding some of the materials really easy, but then again you actually have to win the fights, so... yeah).
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ex characters:
Cirno:Okay in randoms if you WANT to use her, only passable in a veery small number of bosses. Pretty ehhhhh, but can bring useful things to the table in random fights if you're interested.
Remi:Faaaabulous in random battles with a Javelin, but same as Cirno for bosses. One of the best characters to take IMO for running through the ex stages.
Reisen:Her slayers are incredible. She will murder every single boss in expansion utterly. Can work fine in random battles too. A gimmick character with little variety that can make her look boring... but she's undeniably devastating.
Yuugi:Even less variety then Reisen; a one-trick pony. Not much good in randoms, but can blow away some bosses after learning the correct moves, as that "one trick" is plain and simple SHEER DAMAGE NUKE. Very helpful in taking out some of the most difficult material quests with Youmu as commander to make her crit Knockout In Three Steps.
Lithos can't be summed up in one sentence since she actually has enough variety to almost put her on level with the non-ex characters. Her main uses are her fixed damage skills which get better and better, from Aging Drizzle to Ras Algol Maenads to Cosmic Supercluster; and using her Rainbow Wings special ability in combo with Pegasus Meteor to deal large eth/wtr/fir/elec damage vs. bosses. Petrifying random enemies with her normal attacks with one of her weapons is nice too, and she's got enough options to be alright in randoms. Muscle Revo has super high accuracy too I guess.
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I've been so busy and whenever I want to try to write something up, I end up just getting distracted by something else instead.
Pursuit of the Malice- Part 1: Here There Be Onis
So, we have all of our old party members back! What now, you might ask?
(http://i.imgur.com/mstjsBy.jpg)
We have to go to our first new dungeon of the expansion in order to track down Yuugi. It seems as if there's incredible darkness coming from the Underground's map icon. That can't be good.
(http://i.imgur.com/NJFxXek.jpg)
It looks even worse up close.
(http://i.imgur.com/vuZHGTZ.jpg)
And here we are. It has the same theme as the Hell of Blazing Fires, so I won't relink that.
(http://i.imgur.com/GNhk9jS.jpg)
As this is our first expansion dungeon, we have our only new theme for the expansion, this time being a remix of Charming Domination... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3WnBl4yR8k) for like five seconds before becoming something else entirely. Right...
As for this guy, this is an Ifrit. He's weak to Water, but he is VERY powerful. If he uses something like Firebird on you, you're pretty much screwed. So protect against Fire and spam Water attacks is all I can recommend.
(http://i.imgur.com/iamOh8r.jpg)
Two new enemies here. The Hell Anaconda is weak to Water and doesn't really do much besides I think inflicting Paralysis, like other snakes. The Hell Mandragora is weak to Fire, and if I remember correctly it can put you to Sleep. Not too bad.
(http://i.imgur.com/lpBICr5.jpg)
Purgatory Mendozas aren't really that dangerous. They pretty much act like Hell Mendozas, weakness to Pierce and Electric and all.
(http://i.imgur.com/2grwbAb.jpg)
There's a Hell Pincers. I think it's weak to Electric. It also has a unique move that Satori can learn if you care enough called Kabuff+1. I honestly don't.
(http://i.imgur.com/3lDYRyl.jpg)
Hell Oni's here are... weak to something. I forget what. They have some annoying attacks, but other than that they're fine.
(http://i.imgur.com/cnhfyOh.jpg)
And now we have a Hell Gashadokuro. Weak to Blunt, Fire, and Light. It's got some dangerous Blunt attacks, but that's it.
(http://i.imgur.com/THamxfQ.jpg)
This secret passage leads nowhere. Really?
(http://i.imgur.com/vqBnDNE.jpg)
Oh boy, a Hell Dragon. I think it doesn't have a weakness (maybe to Light, but probably not), and it resists the base elements. That plus some powerful attacks makes this guy a dangerous foe.
(http://i.imgur.com/R5dklyn.jpg)
And these guys are all people we could have met up with earlier. I don't think I discussed the Sylph Princess, though. Like the Sylph, it's weak to Earth, and it can also use a move which makes itself act more times per turn. That's not very great.
(http://i.imgur.com/vpChWli.jpg)
The Nightblade God's Curse was another monster I forgot to show off earlier. Like the Nightblade God, it reflects magic, so take it down with physical attacks.
(http://i.imgur.com/5o5S9N5.jpg)
I hate Fire Breath.
(http://i.imgur.com/7kuePVY.jpg)
Let's show off Remilia's Last Word, I guess?
(http://i.imgur.com/x61K7Yu.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Y8fw5Ce.jpg)
This move fails on this guy right now, but what its supposed to do is change the enemy into Yukkuris. The chances of it happening are boosted by level.
(http://i.imgur.com/nNBSXjW.jpg)
What is the point of this door if it doesn't even open?
(http://i.imgur.com/g1v0c4g.jpg)
I want to get at least one of you...
(http://i.imgur.com/55evHCC.jpg)
Dragons. Suck.
(http://i.imgur.com/E3v1JFj.jpg)
At last we get the key! We're almost done with this place!
(http://i.imgur.com/oecuMCi.jpg)
Here's the door!
(http://i.imgur.com/6qg6ZJp.jpg)
And here's the boss room! Let's do this!
(http://i.imgur.com/mIO8pUP.jpg)
Whoa, it looks pretty dark around here. This could be bad...
(http://i.imgur.com/ETN2aB4.jpg)
I guess we have to fight, then?
(http://i.imgur.com/oAyM92k.jpg)
I'll take that as a yes!
(http://i.imgur.com/cGNu4EB.jpg)
Oh hey there, TheNewGuy, how's it going? No, just kidding, it's Yuugi (where did you think he got his avatar from?). As for the fight, it's essential that you have a formation like Poison Shield that prevents area attacks from hitting the rest of your party when your tank is targeted. That's because Yuugi can use Rock Grenade, which is an area attack. The idea for this fight is simply just have Alice use Hourai Doll to draw Yuugi's attacks and then spam whichever one of her skills reduces all incoming physical damage by 95%. Yuugi is weak to Light, so lay it on her with Reimu and Patchy (and make sure you use Super Duplex Barrier set to physical to protect everyone while Alice is setting up Hourai Doll).
(http://i.imgur.com/zPNFuFJ.jpg)
This could be trouble...
(http://i.imgur.com/4cqet9F.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/HqZrtZ0.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/ovZBQxJ.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/AhYLSHw.jpg)
...I have NO comment. I think this is because Sanae's evasion buff also grants Perfect Dodge, so... yeah.
(http://i.imgur.com/qYqZwg0.jpg)
Nevertheless, we get her pretty easily.
(http://i.imgur.com/YMIJjrq.jpg)
Even if you have the strength of 100 men, we have magic. I know you can manipulate the supernatural, but that has nothing on proper magic.
(http://i.imgur.com/73AG1OS.jpg)
Of course not. Poor Alice will have to be repairing her dolls for weeks...
(http://i.imgur.com/wU6uEbq.jpg)
Uh, yeah, we get that.
(http://i.imgur.com/kLTiuwa.jpg)
Oh right, the Malice. It was controlling you, I presume?
(http://i.imgur.com/eT8O5Gi.jpg)
Hmm? I don't get how that works, but okay?
(http://i.imgur.com/jmlPR8u.jpg)
Ah, right. I didn't think you knew them that well, but okay? Hopefully they aren't causing TOO much trouble (although the last time I saw them in Do the Right Thing, Parsee is with Tenshi swearing her ass off because the tengu are assholes, and Yamame is catching lunch. I think).
(http://i.imgur.com/atFrWqL.jpg)
Hopefully...
(http://i.imgur.com/2x6ZBuU.jpg)
Crap.
(http://i.imgur.com/JtLhkYV.jpg)
We need to chase it down now!
(http://i.imgur.com/IXSIjMU.jpg)
Yeah, we could use an oni's strength here.
(http://i.imgur.com/wXZ6abu.jpg)
Way to go on the compliments there, Yuugi.
(http://i.imgur.com/7M3u1NE.jpg)
Hey, a new party member!
(http://i.imgur.com/fb8Ex6J.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/px9GXba.jpg)
Hell yeah!
(http://i.imgur.com/tiXXaZM.jpg)
And that's our last character quest! We can get no more characters from here on out. Let's go over Yuugi quickly and then we'll end this update.
Yuugi is a physical powerhouse and a pretty good tank, but that's it. Most if not all of her skills use up bombs or are single target, so she's not really great for random encounters. She does have a very nice commander bonus for when you're using a physical nuker in your party, so there's that. All in all, I won't use her much, but she's there if you want a character with powerful attacks.
Unique Weapon: Rocks (Blunt-type weapon that usually carries slayers and partially ignore defense)
Growth Trees: Strongarm (Boosts PATK), Iron Shell (Boosts defense), Sake (Boosts bombos and critical power), Hell (boosts HP ands MP)
Commander Bonus: +5% physical power
Commander Spells: 1-Bomb: Oni's Wall (Reduces physical damage dealt to the party) 3-Bomb: Barrier of Mt. Ooe (Greatly reduces physical damage dealt to the party)
Last Word: Oni's Roar (increases all damage dealt to the enemy by 150% on the turn used)
Starting Skills: Supernatural Phenomenon (Medium power physical attack, costs a bomb)
And... that's it for all of the characters. Wow.
(http://i.imgur.com/2KznXQ0.jpg)
However, as you can tell, we're not done yet. Next time we'll head to the Forest of Magic in order to find out where the Malice is.
Summary:
Treasure: Iron (drop), Bamboo (drop), Oni's Metal Rod, Ostracon, Lizard Tail, Frozen Frog, Oni Fragment, Fresh Blood, Electric Shard (drop), Adamantite Shard, Yukkuri Medal of Honor (drop), Suppository
Skills: Powerful Miracle of Dispel (dispels all Variety effects on either the party or all enemies, Sanae), Life Steal (Medium power attack that drains HP from the enemy, Remilia), Curse of Vlad Tepes (Low power piercing attack that drains HP from the enemy, costs a bomb, Remilia), Hot Jupiter (Very High power all targeting Electric spell, costs a bomb, Patchouli), Red the Nightless Castle (Medium power large piercing attack, costs a bomb, Remilia), Ofuda of Great Healing (Medium power healing spell, Reimu)
Synthesis Done: Ragnarok (Remilia)
TPKs: 2 this update, 12 overall
Frustration: The dungeons only get worse. *sigh*
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I promised that I'd get my head out of my ass today and actually make an update, so here it is, with most if not all of the content somewhat already written before.
Pursuit of the Malice- Part 2: I Hate Dragons
That's a bit of a strong title, but honestly, dragons in Strawberry Bose games are ALWAYS the most annoying monsters. In fact, they're the most annoying monsters to kill period.
Before we go into the Forest of Magic, though, let's head for some sidequests.
(http://i.imgur.com/HWhGiCd.jpg)
Like Patchouli's! This one's easy.
(http://i.imgur.com/StZv7kv.jpg)
Of course, FINDING it is a whole other issue.
(http://i.imgur.com/7Akncia.jpg)
You can bring one ally with you. Bring Mokou. Spam Fujiyama Volcano (and Fire Crest with Patchouli). Win.
(http://i.imgur.com/z9QKbey.jpg)
This one's a bit harder (as you can see, it's an eight-star quest), but it's one of the best quests to grind (Orichalcum is still necessary for post-game stuff).
(http://i.imgur.com/W9evWm9.jpg)
Of course, it's right here in Kourindou. All of the Kourindou quests have tough monsters, but they drop the high-tier materials like Orichalcum, Devil Hearts, Dragon Fangs, Emerald, Diamond, and Super Ajas (those we'll need a LOT of later on).
(http://i.imgur.com/m1B2mMe.jpg)
The key to this fight is to first of all ignore the advice given to you on the wiki. Reisen is useful for this fight, but Sakuya is a lot better. So mentally replace Reisen with Sakuya in this picture. Essentially, have Reimu use her breath-reflecting spell first turn while Aya uses Tengu Newspaper Deadline Delay and Sanae boosts evasion. Byakuren is there to buff the crap out of our attackers and debuff the boss. Reisen would be there to take advantage of the debuffs and spam Disorder Eye, but she's not really strong enough at this point. Use Sakuya with the Kusanagi and spam Dragon Fang Strike. Also, make sure that Aya spams her breath-reflecting spell from turn two onwards (except when she needs to refresh the field, which in that case use Reimu's spell), because the boss loves to spam breath attacks. It'll occasionally use physical attacks, but if you buff everyone's evasion enough you'll never be hit. A rather lengthy fight, but if pulled off right it's the easiest of the eight-star ones.
(http://i.imgur.com/qQnbMRd.jpg)
This is why you DON'T use Reisen.
(http://i.imgur.com/OOQphDO.jpg)
Also, I must have not had enough IND on Byakuren. I'll try this again later.
(http://i.imgur.com/Rh9aXR5.jpg)
For now, let's just go to the Forest of Magic.
(http://i.imgur.com/Fa9V9g9.jpg)
It's right here, next to the normal version. Hmm...
Well, just to let you know this version looks identical graphically to the second version of the Forest of Magic, except this one has a different layout. I call it the Forest of Magic Hatred. So let's go in!
(http://i.imgur.com/3tQ8Lmx.jpg)
This is the Manhunter. It uses some powerful attacks with Slayers against your party, but it's weak to Electric, so... yeah.
(http://i.imgur.com/VilOEFL.jpg)
Lots of new enemies here. The Great Mountain Man at the bottom is weak to Dark, but will counter any attack with wither Blind of Silence, so be careful of that. The Melusine up top can use Charm on your party, which is annoying. I think it's also weak to Dark. The Great Master in the back isn't much of a threat because Alice at this point can tank most moves. It's also weak to Dark. Patchy, Silent Selene them, please.
(http://i.imgur.com/lMGbZ2O.jpg)
That's a Gandharva. I've only seen it once, I think. So I know nothing about it.
(http://i.imgur.com/82hATY6.jpg)
These are Small Thunders. These are weak to Earth and have some annoying Electric attacks. Fun times.
(http://i.imgur.com/jpY1fo4.jpg)
Here's an Aura Battler Bug. Weak to Water, but it uses Gale Sword, which HURTS. Seriously, that thing can pretty much kill the party even with Alice there. Thankfully, it drops Steel like it was nothing.
(http://i.imgur.com/XOoho5N.jpg)
Stupid dragon-type enemies...
(http://i.imgur.com/o5aBt2t.jpg)
Hurray, the first key! Let's get to the second half!
(http://i.imgur.com/xRAj4Wq.jpg)
Death Beholders, of course, are annoying. Weak to Pierce and I think Light (not sure about that, though). They can cast Instant Death spells and I think they can cancel your action for the turn, but I forget.
(http://i.imgur.com/cGLLeGV.jpg)
This way is to the place we need to go.
(http://i.imgur.com/foNzgBW.jpg)
And there's some Agurikos. They cast debuffs. I think that's it. They're weak to either Fire or Light. One or the other.
(http://i.imgur.com/xhwVExX.jpg)
Okay, see these things of grass?
(http://i.imgur.com/nc48HDr.jpg)
If you touch them, then a bunch of enemies will come out. So avoid that.
(http://i.imgur.com/EKj9H8f.jpg)
The same is true of this room. Walk slowly, and you should be fine.
(http://i.imgur.com/s5pstpP.jpg)
And here's the end!
(http://i.imgur.com/4tMLgJZ.jpg)
Alright, we're going to do this... as soon as I go and find some more treasure.
(http://i.imgur.com/g8cBMlI.jpg)
Like this.
(http://i.imgur.com/iRvpcPX.jpg)
Or this. Okay, that's enough.
(http://i.imgur.com/kkbqUwm.jpg)
Whoa, it looks all dark here. Could this be the Malice?
(http://i.imgur.com/J7XSYFx.jpg)
It's one of those things from earlier. Huh.
(http://i.imgur.com/YgMFUER.jpg)
Looks like we're going to have to kill it!
(http://i.imgur.com/0PXl9zZ.jpg)
Oh boy... this is the Abyss Dragon. It's incredibly powerful. It's attacks can easily knock out your party. Of course, you can tank a lot of them with Alice. Make sure to use Anti-Magic and Armor Bless on Alice to increase her tanking abilities. Another thing to note is that the Abyss Dragon is vulernable to Silence, so inflict it on it to prevent it from using such spells as Meteor.
(http://i.imgur.com/rglU8tD.jpg)
It's will use either Inhale or Focus Magic. After either one, it will usually use Vortex to dispel any buffs and then use either a powerful breath attack, Comet, or Medoroa, all of which are painful. If you can get Perfect Resist on Alice and have her use Little Legion, you can minimize most of the damage. Other than that, use Light on the Dragon. There are also little Embodiments of Hatred or whatever they're called around the Dragon. All they have are crappy debufs that don't even hit most of the time. They're also weak to Light.
(http://i.imgur.com/9u5TiUr.jpg)
As seen here. Reimu, you are amazing.
(http://i.imgur.com/DQ01KzH.jpg)
I think we got him!
(http://i.imgur.com/5lNKJpA.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/23uKv4C.jpg)
Alright, it looks like the hatred here is gone. But it's not over yet, is it?
(http://i.imgur.com/lsqyFj5.jpg)
Yep, we have to go to the Garden of the Sun Hatred to clean things up further. Also...
(http://i.imgur.com/jcoPQmj.jpg)
Hey Akyu, how's it going?
(http://i.imgur.com/R8yC1jc.jpg)
Not exactly. It looks as if there's still trouble in the Garden of the Sun, not to mention we haven't even visited Muenzuka yet to see what's going on there.
(http://i.imgur.com/RQ3DdFa.jpg)
Oh was it ever...
Anyways, we get the tier V accessories from this as well as a bunch of other recipes. We'll have to make those for the upcoming areas. But will we be able to take care of the Malice in the Garden of the Sun? That's for next time.
Summary:
Treasure: Bamboo, Orichalcum Shard, Magic Shard (reward), Steel (drop x3, treasure x1), Water Shard (drop), Iron, Suppository, Oni Fragment, Elemental Sphere (drop), Magic Medal, Pretty Mirror, Lizard Tail, HVD-ROM, Kaleidoshield (Reimu), Eirik Shield (Sakuya), Guardian Sword (Alice)
Skills: Manifestation of Mahavairocana (Very High power all-targeting Light spell that inflicts Silence, costs two bombs, Byakuren), Active Camouflage (Nullifies one attack on all party members, costs two bombs, Nitori), Hell's Wheels of Pain (Low power AoE attack that inflicts paralysis, costs a bomb, Yuugi)
Recipes: Dodgeball, Shuriken, Oni's Gymwear, Four Devas Bloomers, Trapezohedron, Ostracon, Rage Choker V, Protective Choker V, Bracelet of Insight V, Bracelet of Reflection V, Headshot Goggles V, Untouchable Goggles V, Launch Earrings V, Indefatigable Earrings V, Squall Hairpin V, Permafrost Clothes, Vlad Set, True Red Eyes Clothes, Seydlitz, Oni God's Gymwear, Infinity Buckler, Demon Shield, Dragon King's Shield
Synthesis Done: Untouchable Goggles V, Trapezohedron, Untouchable Goggles IV, Bracelet of Insight V, Launch Earrings V
TPKs: 2 this update, 14 overall
Frustration: I don't like fighting dragons. They're rather annoying to fight.
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Double-post because I have had this stuff ready way in advance, but never took the time to actually do write-ups. That's my own fault.
Pursuit of the Malice- Part 3: Not Another Puzzle Dungeon...
I've honestly had enough of them in this game.
(http://i.imgur.com/iTalUt5.jpg)
Of course, considering we're going to the Garden of the Sun Hatred, it's obvious we're going to have more Salerno Academy-like puzzles, aren't we? Speaking of which, I can't wait to get there in the VP LP. I'm really excited for it. Not really.
(http://i.imgur.com/zbtHXKi.jpg)
Looks to be the same.
(http://i.imgur.com/udtf1pt.jpg)
Except now we have Great Sunflower Fairies, which are basically just another Fairy tier. Take a guess as to what they're weak to? Go on, guess!
(http://i.imgur.com/R2eGvOI.jpg)
Hundred Eyes here are weak to Fire, can use Insult (I thought it was Tongue) to make you weak to the elements, and drop a lot of Steel. Not a problem.
(http://i.imgur.com/dQ97DV4.jpg)
Furfurs, on the other hand, are really dangerous. They often manipulate the land towards Water and then shower you with dangerous Water attacks. It's weak to Fire and Light, but it is a very dangerous foe, kind of like the Ifrits from earlier.
(http://i.imgur.com/hTggiuI.jpg)
We've also got Red Sun Flowers here and a King Cockatrice. The flowers can use Sunburst on you, but are weak to Slash and Fire. The cockatrice of course can inflict Petrify, but is weak to Electric and Pierce. Not too bad, actually.
(http://i.imgur.com/rjyOGF5.jpg)
At some point we flip a switch part way through a dungeon full of annoying flower puzzles to turn of these jets. At least now we'll be able to access the second half whenever... provided we bring some red scent from the first half. This is somewhat annoying...
(http://i.imgur.com/SvVAk5w.jpg)
The Rakshasa is weak to... something. Earth, I think? It carries some dangerous Blunt attacks, so be wary.
(http://i.imgur.com/eCg6LLn.jpg)
Finally, we get to the end! That was... rather short, in hindsight. There is a path that leads to treasure here, but you need a red scent and that's too annoying to get. It'll get it later, maybe.
(http://i.imgur.com/Yu6j9VR.jpg)
For now, let's beat this thing up!
(http://i.imgur.com/gMu49ID.jpg)
The Abyss Demon is similar to both the Abyss Dragon and other Demon-type enemies you fight across the game. In terms of how it is similar to the Abyss Dragon, it is weak to Light and has those little Hatred things around it, which regenerate a little faster after being killed. However, this boss fight is more a damage race than anything. The Abyss Demon will try to bring the land over to Dark with a multitude of Dark attacks. Try to keep the land as close to Light as possible, although don't max it out or the demon will use Absorb Land to neutralize the land and heal himself. The closer to Light the land is, the less Demon skills (like Demon Tempest) he can use. There's not really much other strategy to this fight, other than buff up and try to make sure that you have plenty of Dark protection.
(http://i.imgur.com/MAORKVQ.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/KIT3kU4.jpg)
And once again, we've done it. And of course, once again, we are not done here.
(http://i.imgur.com/lQOaawt.jpg)
Another formation?
(http://i.imgur.com/PnLXuUc.jpg)
Poison Shield is still better.
(http://i.imgur.com/GpSQaxZ.jpg)
Finally, we can go and see what has been oing on at Muenzuka! I'm not going to waste another update waiting around. Let's go do this now!
(http://i.imgur.com/B1xl9j4.jpg)
It's right here. Muenzuka Hatred. Let's do this!
(http://i.imgur.com/tn2uLcp.jpg)
I find it weird that if this place seems to be the center of this entire disturbance, then why doesn't it look significantly different? I guess I could say that of the other Hatred locations as well.
(http://i.imgur.com/igKYd3z.jpg)
More new enemies, these ones being Queen Avalons and a Zombie High Tengu. The Queen Avalons cast a lot of magic, particularly Sleep spells, so be careful of that. I don't know if they have a weakness, and if they do it's probably to Dark. The tengu can often go first and Daze a lot of your party members. Besides that, Fire and Light will murder it well.
(http://i.imgur.com/vgy5jq8.jpg)
These ramps are one-way, which means we'll have to find another way to get up here.
(http://i.imgur.com/dDSgoVF.jpg)
Oh hey, it's those Namahage guys that we also saw in Devil of Decline! They still are weak to Earth, but they aren't weak to Slash. They also carry extremely dangerous Slash attacks, so try to kill them quickly.
(http://i.imgur.com/QFziKG3.jpg)
I find it weird that the Tiger VIs and other "tank" enemies aren't as powerful as they are in Devil of Decline despite still having Main Cannon. Alice is just a super-tank, I guess. The Tiger VIs are weak to Water, I think. Either that or Fire.
(http://i.imgur.com/diDfjWn.jpg)
This guy is a Great Goby, who isn't much more dangerous than a normal Goby. I think he's weak to Electric.
(http://i.imgur.com/X0yDtoc.jpg)
Rusty Wheels are definitely weak to Fire and Slash, and like their laughing cousins they use Hit-and-Run a lot.
(http://i.imgur.com/yYlPkRu.jpg)
There's really a King Yukkuri here? At this point, King Yukkuri grinding takes quite a while for people to actually level up. That's a crying shame.
(http://i.imgur.com/a45mc7M.jpg)
Also, because my laptop crashed and I was angry, I decided to take the time to do some sidequests. I already had done the Hydra one before, and I did it again afterwards, but I might as well do something new.
(http://i.imgur.com/ZOR9IIE.jpg)
This guy is weak to Instant Death. As long as you can get it off first turn, victory is assured. It's probably one of the easiest Kourindou quests in the game.
(http://i.imgur.com/R8lrQmC.jpg)
See? Not a problem. It nets you two Emeralds too.
(http://i.imgur.com/4oaQyNf.jpg)
We might as well try another character quest.
(http://i.imgur.com/v1PzKRY.jpg)
This guy is not easy. He'll smash you with a LOT of physical attacks, particularly Blunt and Earth attacks. Stack up as much resistance as you can on Yuugi, get her a good Rock, and go to town.
(http://i.imgur.com/xN9Wj2n.jpg)
I sadly don't have any good Rocks. Maybe some time later.
(http://i.imgur.com/TBnMEz0.jpg)
Meanwhile, back in death world, we've got Mind Flayer Lords, which are like every other Mind Flayer variety, except more powerful.
(http://i.imgur.com/WPimG0G.jpg)
Last but not least, we have the God Mantis, which is weak to Water and generally hits you with powerful attacks. Not as bad as the Mind Flayer Lords, though.
(http://i.imgur.com/rKkOVbx.jpg)
Damn it!
(http://i.imgur.com/jkjvaxo.jpg)
We have to go down this ramp in order to get to the end. We're almost there!
(http://i.imgur.com/Jfu10G2.jpg)
And here we are! Now, we COULD do the boss battle now, but there has to be some sort of suspense, right? Actually, it's more because the next update is sort of long and I wanted to split it up here more because the next one is a pretty big cutscene. Anyways, what is beyond this room? Another Abyss enemy? Or perhaps the Malice itself? That is for next time, wherein we finally find out what has been dwelling here in Muenzuka and causing such an uproar in Gensokyo.
Summary:
Treasure: Bamboo (drop), Earth Crystal, Orichalcum (drop x2, reward x2), Iron (drop x2), Pretty Mirror (drop), Water Crystal, Gold (drop x1), Steel (drop x2), Electric Crystal, Frozen Frog, Oni Fragmnet, Cloak of Invisibility (Byakuren), Armor of Vajra (Youmu), Snake God's Robe (Patchouli), Emerald (drop x1, reward x1), Silver Tray, Guardian Deity Armor (Sakuya), Perpetuity Robe (Patchouli), Oni Fragment, Sewing Needle, Eyeball
Skills: Full Moon Slash (Medium+ power Manussya stance-only attack that reduces physical and magical defense, Youmu), Storm on Mt. Ooe (High power attack, costs a bomb, Yuugi), Heavenly Halo Dancing Slash (Medium power Devaloka stance-only column attack that reduces physical attack, Youmu), Mysterious Jack (High power attack that hits 1-4 times, Sakuya), Tengu's Thorough Reporting (the target moves last this turn, Aya), Berserker Soul (A self-buff that lets normal attacks hit eight times in a row, Yuugi)
Recipes: God Hand (Mokou)
TPKs: 2 this update, 16 overall
Frustration: It's bad enough that the dungeon is hard. It's even worse when my laptop crashes mid-dungeon and forces me to redo tons of work.
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The first two abyss bosses are vulnerable to HP-% attacks (or at least the Dragon is). Remi's Star of David, maybe even Byakuren's commander bomb... welp.
Queen Avalons are good for learning Mad Thunder on Satori if you don't have it. It's the strongest attack you have against one of the kourindou quest bosses, so it's still relevant.
Reisen is definitely good against the hydra. Make sure you increase the trees that power up her special slayer and give her natural slayer on dragons, then give her whatever cool weapon you have (Hiryu's Lance for dragon slayer + spellcard cooldown is great, or use the Kusanagi). Land a permanent on him (He's vulnerable to a lot of them) and several debuffs and she starts hitting crazy damage, and will get 99999 from Lunatic Red Eyes. Bringing Satori for more statuses and having Sanae try to poison on the side is nice. (Don't forget you can stack Sanae's miracle wind buff, too! One of her trees gives her noncard cooldown reduction...)
He does have some stab resist though, above what you pierce with a spear, so you might consider using Star Sword on Reisen if you use Hiryu's Lance. The cooldown reduction on spellcard is nice though, and iirc it has a really big slayer effect, unlike the Kusanagi. But, yeah, Reisen will -destroy- almost every expansion boss. Almost none of them have notable status resistance.
Mindflayer quest is so nice for easy EXP.
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I know about how useful Reisen is, but my Power levels are lacking and I can't always get what I want from them all. I often have to give up on one category to do well in another. So basically, because of that, Reisen is not really dealing that much damage, and I don't trust spells like Lunatic Red Eyes with huge bomb costs and cooldowns when I can't be guaranteed to hit for high damage. Fantasy Heaven or Hell is perhaps the only exception to that rule, because when it hits it usually hits hard. The next boss is no exception, as you'll see once I get the update up and as you probably already know from prior experience.
Also, I just want to note to some people who have been paying attention. Look at the titles of the updates. They hide a clue to the identity of the next boss. I'd figure for those who haven't played before, I'd be crafty and do something like that. Of course, it's not complete without the title of the next update~.
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So, can you figure out the hints in the titles now~?
Pursuit of the Malice- Finale: A "Turn" for the Worst
Okay, we've come far since we started the expansion. Now we'll finally be able to see what was going on in Muenzuka!
(http://i.imgur.com/Cjh7yQL.jpg)
Everything looks normal... strange.
(http://i.imgur.com/dhUEMHg.jpg)
Marisa?
(http://i.imgur.com/Qe1kzbN.jpg)
Is it any worse than the feelings of evil we felt back in the Forest of Magic and the Garden of the Sun?
(http://i.imgur.com/e9erPgr.jpg)
I'll take that as a yes. Then, this has to be it, right?
(http://i.imgur.com/G87v5Jz.jpg)
So the Malice is right here? Show yourself!
(http://i.imgur.com/fl4L0Uk.jpg)
That's what I said!
(http://i.imgur.com/lL5WL1M.jpg)
So you ARE here, huh?
(http://i.imgur.com/rcDQcWg.jpg)
Well, it took a while to break our friends from your grasp, but we came as fast as we could to take you down!
(http://i.imgur.com/ynCoR2y.jpg)
Hina!? What are you doing?
(http://i.imgur.com/DoQkN9Z.jpg)
Yeah, this is weird! What does misfortune have to do with malice?
(http://i.imgur.com/AwUODU4.jpg)
Even when evil, you still are acting fairly polite. This is weird...
(http://i.imgur.com/8zh4cKW.jpg)
I don't know, Lithos...
(http://i.imgur.com/ddLsA6M.jpg)
Huh?
(http://i.imgur.com/YWwWWvZ.jpg)
Onto what? Explain yourself!
(http://i.imgur.com/EBt5XZP.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/SALlvKD.jpg)
How would misfortune cause these negative emotions? Granted, misfortune is a bad thing, but still, how could it cause this much malice?
(http://i.imgur.com/0IOB997.jpg)
Wonderful observation, Cirno. About a few minutes too late, though.
(http://i.imgur.com/wEsR1iS.jpg)
That's MOON rabbit to you!
(http://i.imgur.com/SkIeJXU.jpg)
Not one bit.
(http://i.imgur.com/flr7v8H.jpg)
Nice reaction time you've got there, Yuugi. How drunk are you again?
(http://i.imgur.com/WAMQSEX.jpg)
That we do! Unless Hina pulls a cheap-ass teleport, but she probably won't.
(http://i.imgur.com/VVeVZPX.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/08yoWF0.jpg)
Remilia Scarlet won't let you toy with her emotions! She's got charisma to uphold!
(http://i.imgur.com/GGTkXKx.jpg)
Yuugi Hoshiguma doesn't like being controlled by others. She'll make you pay for your manipulation!
(http://i.imgur.com/2sQ4aKK.jpg)
Cirno's... a fairy. I don't know how to make that sound epic.
(http://i.imgur.com/q82zXqs.jpg)
Reisen Udongein Inaba has had it with the unceasing madness. She'll protect her masters against your negative emotions!
(http://i.imgur.com/CuQWiaT.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/wMra6rq.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/k8xvGrq.jpg)
Lithos Medusa Gorgon may have caused incident that allowed this all to happen, but she will not let you destroy her new home!
(http://i.imgur.com/swz9gPi.jpg)
That's called "being pissed," Hina!
(http://i.imgur.com/YBrug8F.jpg)
You're alive too, you know!
(http://i.imgur.com/YIfmCVK.jpg)
Whoa, that's dark! So, if we give in to our hatred and defeat you, we'll destroy the world?
(http://i.imgur.com/6vV5DBk.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/O04lXOF.jpg)
Marisa Kirisame won't let herself be made a fool of by a curse goddess. She'll Master Spark you to oblivion!
(http://i.imgur.com/ThnWNyn.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/53hHd7O.jpg)
Reimu Hakurei will not let Gensokyo end because of your manipulations. She'll protect it to the very end!
(http://i.imgur.com/2KgxO8T.jpg)
Of course!
(http://i.imgur.com/VaRhnW5.jpg)
Yeah, you're a stage 2 boss! We've kicked your ass before, which means we can do it again!
(http://i.imgur.com/7rzd5IM.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/WUycO9d.jpg)
Let's do this!
(http://i.imgur.com/5E1tpZU.jpg)
Okay, it's time to get revenge for everything Hina has put us through! The party I am using is VERY specific. Alice is there to play defense, Sanae is there for healing and buffing our resistance, Byakuren is there for offense buffs and defensive debuffs (Hina is practically immune to Power Down), and Marisa and Reimu are there for a VERY good reason.
(http://i.imgur.com/P1SmJlm.jpg)
Hina can use one of two barriers: Mirror of Malice and Indomitable Dolls. Mirror of Malice reflects physical attacks and makes Hina immune to magic attacks, while Indomitable Dolls does the opposite. Mirror of Malice can be dispelled by Reimu and Sanae's dispel spells, so use those to take it off. The other one you can ignore. Why? Reimu and Marisa can pierce the reflection and still deal damage to Hina, so they're my main damage dealers.
(http://i.imgur.com/uopWn4N.jpg)
OUCH. I think this one dispels you. Also, Sanae got it to reflect back to Hina. That's actually kind of nice.
(http://i.imgur.com/kVglLYi.jpg)
This one inflicts Curse, which is dangerous. Make sure you have your resistance buffed as soon as possible to avoid it.
Also, you need to get Hina killed as soon as possible. She has a LOT of HP, though, so that could be hard. If you don't kill her within 12 turns, she'll start using Pain Bond, which is a skill we have seen before. It is a Dark spell that deals more damage the less HP she has, which basically means it's an Instant kill.
(http://i.imgur.com/O2nr2Ml.jpg)
I switched over from Marisa to Mokou because although Mokou can't pierce reflection with anything but Honest Man's Death (I think), when she can get a hit in it's better than using Marisa's lasers.
As for what Hina is doing, when you bring her down to a certain amount of HP, she'll use All-Reflector. This reflects EVERYTHING, but it also makes her weak to Light. If you pierce this reflection using Reimu's spells, for example, she'll counter with an incredibly powerful attack that's a guaranteed one-shot. If you kill her, though, she won't get it off.
Guess how we'll deal with that?
(http://i.imgur.com/Cki4HI8.jpg)
Hell yeah.
(http://i.imgur.com/fYkkkR4.jpg)
Go Reimu!
(http://i.imgur.com/4q03U5o.jpg)
Yeah! That took a LOT of resets to get right. It's like fighting Rinnosuke in Labyrinth of Touhou in that you need an appropriate amount of luck in order to win. That's actually kind of ironic, haha.
(http://i.imgur.com/jGQAdx6.jpg)
Hina dropped something? Huh. She's the only boss in the entire game that can drop something, which is... weird.
(http://i.imgur.com/5Nc0BCs.jpg)
It's over, Hina! We've won!
(http://i.imgur.com/ZDHR2OI.jpg)
No more of this malice! Make it end!
(http://i.imgur.com/gXj7kDw.jpg)
Huh?
(http://i.imgur.com/lAZsSos.jpg)
Hina!?
(http://i.imgur.com/JIJgOOA.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/es0l2NJ.jpg)
What just happened? Hina?
(http://i.imgur.com/8PeZGfp.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/czi5zrA.jpg)
We've won, then!
(http://i.imgur.com/nMVhaKM.jpg)
Alright! We did it! Although, it looks like Hina's pretty bad off. That's... unusual for a danmaku duel.
(http://i.imgur.com/NWWCZIa.jpg)
Hina?
(http://i.imgur.com/5bUKfKS.jpg)
What do you mean? We beat you! The misfortune and the malice are gone!
(http://i.imgur.com/eCM86k6.jpg)
Do we really have to fight more?
(http://i.imgur.com/MAZy7Kw.jpg)
Huh?! But you said you were the one that did this, right?
(http://i.imgur.com/s8QSr9Z.jpg)
Uh... huh? So... it's not over?
(http://i.imgur.com/LMOmvzb.jpg)
A grudge? So, some sort of spirit of malice, then?
(http://i.imgur.com/IJzPNN9.jpg)
So, it's all our fault, then? I honestly would like to say that this was foreshadowed WAY in advance in the main game. I have to give props to Strawberry Bose for that!
(http://i.imgur.com/TMFUhX8.jpg)
So, it's like a feedback loop? It causes the negativity, the negativity takes its course, the negativity grows because of it, and the Embodiment of Hatred grows stronger. If we don't nip it in the bud, it'll grow out of control, won't it?
(http://i.imgur.com/fleLnmB.jpg)
Damn, I had you all wrong, Hina. Well, I did know the whole time, because I've gotten to this part before, but I just went with everything because I don't want to spoil things in advance for you guys who haven't played this before.
(http://i.imgur.com/o6LjZI2.jpg)
That's a little insulting, but it makes sense. She is a stage 2 boss, after all. Not that stage location equals power, but generally it does (Stage 1 Yuyuko in Ten Desires doesn't count).
(http://i.imgur.com/085okJG.jpg)
Yeah, what does it want? Is this another amusement thing, like what Shinki wanted back in DoD's expansion?
(http://i.imgur.com/ffvFXpF.jpg)
Oh crap, it's actually serious this time.
(http://i.imgur.com/lODPVmk.jpg)
Right...
(http://i.imgur.com/NmvZBId.jpg)
In other words, it's like Koishi, but less carefree and more destructive. That's not good.
(http://i.imgur.com/ezr95wh.jpg)
And we're on the hit list, aren't we?
(http://i.imgur.com/udvJsdh.jpg)
Which was why everyone here was acting crazy. Glad we got that figured out, at the very least.
(http://i.imgur.com/QXXi4Jo.jpg)
So, if we didn't interfere sooner, things would be a lot worse than they are now, huh? That's... terrifying. What would Gensokyo have become if we didn't start knocking some sense into its residents?
(http://i.imgur.com/pp3hTVX.jpg)
Of course! We need to find the Embodiment of Hatred and destroy it before the crisis worsens!
(http://i.imgur.com/zgCzS81.jpg)
Oh yeah, it fled from Hina's body. It could be anywhere...
(http://i.imgur.com/E1Xkyxc.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/VQPrfu0.jpg)
Well, it's our fault too for breeding the negativity in ourselves. Tenshi was right. We were expressing intense amount of hatred, weren't we?
(http://i.imgur.com/9N3AHkk.jpg)
Hell yeah!
(http://i.imgur.com/9LeVxqZ.jpg)
Yeah, it's not necessarily all up to you, Lithos. You've got Reimu and the rest of us. I don't think any of us want to see Gensokyo destroyed.
(http://i.imgur.com/MmhaHuk.jpg)
So, we're going to a seperate dimension, huh? As per usual for every good final boss.
(http://i.imgur.com/oPKvzam.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/zcP7vAv.jpg)
So we need to go inside the Embodiment of Hatred itself and destroy it at its core? That's all fine and dandy, but can we force that path open?
(http://i.imgur.com/qS7brts.jpg)
Spin Hina spin!
(http://i.imgur.com/s07yE9i.jpg)
Whoa. That's some portal...
(http://i.imgur.com/JwTtGpx.jpg)
That's a good idea. She's probably a bit out of sorts from the possession.
(http://i.imgur.com/SwVYGZW.jpg)
Hell yeah, text cutoff! The best of all text displays!
(http://i.imgur.com/F5H6DbT.jpg)
Yeah, we now have to go within the Dark Space.
(http://i.imgur.com/EWVsB0z.jpg)
It's right here. We can access it whenever we want, essentially.
(http://i.imgur.com/twIuiXF.jpg)
And this is it. Dark Space. It reuses the music from Genbu Swamp. Okay then. Next time, we'll delve into the depths of Dark Space in search of the Embodiment of Hatred. To be honest, this was as far as I got in my original run of the game. I didn't even make it to the boss of this portion of the final dungeon (of course this last dungeon is divided into multiple parts, as if that was a spoiler in a Strawberry Bose game). So this'll be fun, huh?
Summary:
Treasure: Disaster Blade (drop)
Skills: Final Master Spark (Extremely High power large piercing Mystic spell, costs two bombs, Marisa), Fantasy Needle (High+ power Light spell, Reimu), Nirvana's Cloudy Way in Purple (Very High power all-targeting Dark spell that dispels, costs two bombs, Byakuren)
Synthesis Done: Rock (x4), Legendary Box, Hakurei Embroidery (Reimu), Millennium Mushroom, Kirisame Broom (Marisa), Ancient Scroll, Siddharttha Scroll
TPKs: 0 this update, 16 overall
Frustration: Here comes the final dungeon... this will not end well.
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Hina's drop is 100% and has some crappy hidden negative effect that makes it never worth using.
I don't trust spells like Lunatic Red Eyes with huge bomb costs and cooldowns when I can't be guaranteed to hit for high damage.
If you've got the status effects up, you're set.
Don't expansion characters come with so much power, already? 50 points is enough for Reisen, anyway. With a spear, at least. Kusanagi would probably want a bit more into the swords tree. 20 into the tree that lets you not dispel bad effects with Disorder Eye, 20 into the tree for special slayer boost (preferably 25 so you doublecast it sometimes) and 10 into spears for the good effects. She doesn't have a natural dragon slayer, oops. She doesn't worry about her status tree because that's what other characters are for. The 99999 isn't with a critical hit, by the way! Just a permanent and 4~5 debuffs. Damage would still be stellar without that much.
Putting some in her slayer tree for a lot of bomb increase isn't so bad, though.
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So, if we didn't interfere sooner, things would be a lot worse than they are now, huh? That's... terrifying. What would Gensokyo have become if we didn't start knocking some sense into its residents?
Koishi Komeji's Heart Throbbing Adventure 8)
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Overwhelming Malice- Part 1: Descent into Darkness
Now that we know the true villian behind everything, we have to descend into Dark Space in order to track him down. However, before we do that, there's a sidequest that popped up that I actually want to try out. I haven't done this one in my first run.
(http://i.imgur.com/GZ3aQir.jpg)
Yes, the Godeater/Maneater/whatever. It drops Adamantite, so that's pretty good. Really, at this point, I should be trying to get as much Adamantite and Orichalcum from the quests as I can so that I can make more character-specific equipment, including armors.
(http://i.imgur.com/RbTBWUX.jpg)
As for this guy, he is really powerful, but he's also weak to Fire and Slash, and he's somewhat susceptible to Burn. Just buff Mokou's attack AND induction so that she can inflict Burn as much as possible with Fujiyama Volcano, have Youmu just spam her Manussya or Asura skills (whichever you prefer), and you should be all set for this fight. Just hope that the boss doesn't eat your face within the first couple of rounds.
(http://i.imgur.com/Sh0pSNx.jpg)
Anyways, we've got Dark Space here. Much like the Gorgon Barrier, we've got these teleporters, which can make things a little confusing, especially considering Dark Space is much larger than the Gorgon Barrier.
(http://i.imgur.com/kbiU0aq.jpg)
Also, the enemy icons are mindflayers. That's just great.
(http://i.imgur.com/LBR0FUQ.jpg)
Oh hey, Ancient Nagas. They can cast Charm on you, but besides that they're not really at issue. I think they're weak to either Dark or nothing, probably just Dark.
(http://i.imgur.com/mKbIkhm.jpg)
Droughts are weak to Dark for sure. They can cast Sunlight, which is a Light spell that hits everyone AND can inflict Blind, but other than that they're not really an issue.
(http://i.imgur.com/anhugIR.jpg)
The Destroyer here isn't much of an issue either. It can use Main Cannon, but as long as it hits Alice you'll be fine. It's weak to Dark like most angel-type enemies. It's surprising the number of things weak to Dark here!
(http://i.imgur.com/SQkH6DD.jpg)
This is a little weird. I mean, I think it's supposed to represent like a lake or something, but, uh... that's probably not water.
(http://i.imgur.com/l9lo9Bk.jpg)
In the back there is a Petal of Resentment. Weak to Slash and Fire like all good plant-types, but like some earlier plants it can inflict Sleep. I read somewhere that it can also inflict Control when at low HP, but I haven't seen that yet myself.
(http://i.imgur.com/O1l6ree.jpg)
Alright, the Shirley Temple (really guys? You translated that as Shirley Temple?) at the top there is much like the Backfires from earlier, except they can cast Water spells. They're weak to Dark and Fire, obviously.
The Ravana in the back is REALLY dangerous, with stuff like Vaccum Wave and Acala Sword. It'll even leave large dents in Alice, so you want to be careful with them. They're weak to Earth, so use it!
(http://i.imgur.com/fSVG07T.jpg)
That's a Fate Spinner there. I think it just uses a spell that can inflict Slow, though I assume it also uses a Paralyze spell as well. It's weak to Earth and probably Water (although in this situation, Earth would be better).
(http://i.imgur.com/Urh2LKP.jpg)
Uh-oh, Unicorn Legends. They are like their Unicorn brethren in that they have a high magical defense and use stuff like Dark Wall against you. I'm not sure what they're weak to, but I think it might be Dark. Not sure, though.
(http://i.imgur.com/wZUAHv5.jpg)
The Luna Bird there is basically a cross between the birds and bats from earlier in that it can use Swoop and Suck Blood. Huh. Weak to the usual Electric and Pierce, of course.
(http://i.imgur.com/lPjt4Z2.jpg)
Uh-oh, it's an Amon. No, not the guy from the Legend of Korra (that's not even the origin of the word anyways), but a stronger version of whichever enemy we encountered back at the Genbu Swamp. It still uses Barrier Change and it's still a bastard to kill, so you probably want to run if you don't feel like dealing with them.
(http://i.imgur.com/Bx3qByy.jpg)
Two new enemies here: the Diamond Tortoise is just a stronger version of all of the other turtle-type enemies we've fought, so nothing new there. The Impellitteri, however, are another thing. Remember the Terminator from Devil of Decline that carried a full-party normal attack that carried a Slayer against all party members? THESE GUYS HAVE THE EXACT SAME THING. Thankfully, they're slow enough that you can run from them or kill them before they have a chance to act, but at this point I'd rather run. I don't know what they're weak to, though.
(http://i.imgur.com/dEY13EC.jpg)
There's a Yamamo-no-Mae, but I don't really know what it does. I assume because it is a Spirit, it's weak to Light, and I could guess that it uses a Charm-type ability, but that's all I know.
(http://i.imgur.com/wmXRu1Z.jpg)
I'm actually surprised I made it to the end so quickly. I think I missed the mid-dungeon shortcut back to the beginning and essentially just rushed to the end. Huh. Well, I'm DEFINITELY not going into the next boss battle quite yet. I'm just going to show off the rest of the enemies here and I'll do some more grinding. All of my sidequesting and such I'll put in the next update along with the boss fight itself.
(http://i.imgur.com/8pQwi0r.jpg)
I really don't know how this bridge is even existing in this place. In fact, this entire place just makes no sense to me. I mean, didn't Hina say this was like within the Embodiment of Hatred itself? If so, it has some pretty screwed up innards.
(http://i.imgur.com/ix5dku1.jpg)
That's a Mass Production Mech-Dragon in the back there. It's weak to Water like its Machine Dragon cousins from earlier, and of course it packs Evolution Breath, which will still murder your face.
(http://i.imgur.com/f0txtwF.jpg)
There's the Loitering Seven Boys right there. I still don't know what they're a reference to, but they're weak to Fire and Light like before. I think they can also use Zombie, but other than that they're not much of an issue despite their size.
(http://i.imgur.com/4LA4JVB.jpg)
And that's the last enemy in this area, the Gelatinous Master. Weak to Fire and Water like always, it'll pretty much act like the Gelatinous Matters and Golden Baums from before. Nothing really else to it.
That's it for now, though. Next time I'll continue my grinding and face the next-to-last boss of the game, who apparently hates all of existence itself. He must be a stick-in-the-mud or something, because I don't get how someone could hate everything.
Summary:
Treasure: Adamantite (x1 drop, x1 reward), Ostracon (drop x2), Wiseman Suit (Reimu), Gold, Time-Space Robe (Remilia), Magic Shard (reward), Orichalcum (x1 drop, x1 reward), Iron (drop), Massacre Sword
Synthesis Done: Five-Inch Needle, Seven-Colored Doll (Alice), Golden Tray, Chief Maid Uniform (Sakuya)
TPKs: 0 this update, 16 overall
Frustration: Did I really not die at all this time? Huh. That's not going to happen next time, I'm pretty sure.
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I wouldn't recommend grinding on random enemies over grinding with the Mindslayer sidequest and whatever else you felt like doing. Most of the Kourindou bosses aren't very hard to beat, especially the mech dragon one, and the obsidian dropping one just falls right over to debuffs and Reisen. Hydra is easy but it's a pain to do over and over...
The adamantium dropping one would be nice for farming if it didn't only appear along with the Mindflayer sidequest :V
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Sadly the only Kourindou quest open as of the end of the update is the Terminator mk2. And the only other quests open right now are Byakuren's, Cirno's, and Lithos's. Time to do Lithos's, I guess, because I don't feel like doing a boss I know will cream me (the other one being the Elder Dragon).
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Terminator is very vulnerable to debuffs, and Byakuren+someone else stacking an attack debuff will make it do 0 to even patchy. From there you can destroy it with elec skills like Mad Thunder. But it's annoying, since it can take a few tries to get them to land on the first turn (protecting with Reimu barriers or using Aya commander) and then if they wear off (vortexxxx) then you might have issues. It's an annoying fight to farm.
You could also debuff it's accuracy and use Aya/Sanae evasion buff and field instead, that might be easier. I've been meaning to try it.
I generally just do a material quest instead of that one though, yeah.
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Overwhelming Malice- Part 2: The One Who Hates Everything
We need to take on the next boss... but there is still a lot of grinding to be had. Serela's right: grinding off of sidequests is more practical, and it makes sense, because you get the guareenteed rewards plus potential extra drops. Of course, when I ended the last update, I was dealt a very crappy hand in terms of sidequests, so I ended up just doing one of the ones that I don't remember if I showed off earlier or not.
(http://i.imgur.com/6eEWshK.jpg)
Lithos's quest is more tedious than anything. Just spam your best attacks and you'll win. The enemies here have a chance of dropping random items like the Harbor Frogs from the Gorgon Barrier, so you might get more than just the guarenteed Lizard Tail.
(http://i.imgur.com/coXVVWN.jpg)
Here's one I know I haven't done yet, though in hindsight I realize now that I could have done Princess Hydra and gotten more Orichalcum instead. Oh well.
(http://i.imgur.com/iwgpl7M.jpg)
This guy is weak to Water and acts like any other mechanical dragon in that it'll use Evolution Breath. So have Aya spam Favorable Wind to avoid that just like with the Hydra. Patchy can spam her best Water stuff as well as getting Arctic Wind off to raise the power of Water spells, while Sakuya can attack with the Ice Sword (although Youmu buffed with Elemental Sword will also work and would probably be a better option). Byakuren can buff and try to land Petrify on it, because it is susceptible to it and it won't auto-recover from it unlike other bosses. A very easy fight if you know what you're doing.
(http://i.imgur.com/xyWPmg9.jpg)
Yikes, we've been dealt a pretty crappy hand for Kourindou quests again. We might as well do the easier ones for now, such as this one. I'm also realizing now that I didn't do a lot of these quests in my original run, so some of these are new to me.
(http://i.imgur.com/BxkPdtM.jpg)
These guys are not that tough either. Basically have Nitori use Elemental Bullet set to Water and spam Radiate/Lazy Eight (you have to have 25 points in Guns to use it), have Aya buff Evasion with Tengu Newspaper Deadline Delay and spam attacks otherwise, and have Sanae buff Evasion and attack and otherwise spam attacks or heal. This is not a tough fight at all.
(http://i.imgur.com/9CCPktG.jpg)
Well I got really unlucky here. Sanae died and I thought, "Well, everyone else is alive, so we might make it." And then Aya got killed by a physical attack despite being fully buffed on Evasion and with the Hydra debuffed on Accuracy, meaning despite the fact that I was extremely close to finishing it off, I couldn't survive its breath attacks. Damn.
(http://i.imgur.com/hcVPO5l.jpg)
More quest shuffling.
(http://i.imgur.com/D8GzHnM.jpg)
*sigh*
(http://i.imgur.com/9yOcryf.jpg)
Okay, these guys are both weak to pierce. Couple that with some accuracy boosting accessories on Remilia, a spear or javelin, and maybe a little bit of luck, and two Red the Nightless Castles will finish them off really easily.
Also, after beating this quest Remilia got TPKed offscreen. Just to let you know.
(http://i.imgur.com/1cnzdH8.jpg)
Don't know why I'm trying this.
(http://i.imgur.com/LugUHUl.jpg)
Of course!
(http://i.imgur.com/iJrq6JP.jpg)
This fight is... harder. It will use some magic and stuff and basically act like a normal Darkonium Marisa. That means it might use Medullite Beam or whatever it's called, along with a lot of physical attacks. Safe to say, I didn't beat this one.
(http://i.imgur.com/7YrCMih.jpg)
Oh man, let's try new things!
(http://i.imgur.com/oHvIddW.jpg)
This fight is hard. The guy is pretty bulky and he has a lot of evasion. Youmu might be an option, but I went with Marisa instead because why not? Spam Electric attacks to get the land away from Earth, because at Earth he'll use his most dangerous attacks. Debuffing his power with Byakuren makes him deal no damage, so you want to keep on top of him with the debuffs or you'll have a hard time. If you can pull this all off, then you should be good. This guy drops Obsidian, which means I FINALLY can make the Aegis Shield!
...If I had the Pretty Mirrors. *sigh*
I did a lot more grinding offscreen (when you see the summary, you'll see just how much I did). Before I went after the boss, though...
(http://i.imgur.com/02CjPms.jpg)
You can return here! I think you need Sanae's level to be 50 and her power level to be 70, or the other way around to do this.
(http://i.imgur.com/CWyRPW8.jpg)
Yeah, Sanae's been really helpful.
(http://i.imgur.com/cy3Jbri.jpg)
Oh, really? Well, thanks, I guess? I'm still not a big fan of you, but it's nice, I guess.
(http://i.imgur.com/4QBWvdX.jpg)
It either reduces magic damage or it grants Magic Barrier, I'm not sure which.
(http://i.imgur.com/I6fIVUn.jpg)
I'm probably never going to use it.
(http://i.imgur.com/AQriwK0.jpg)
Hey Suwako, you have anything for me?
(http://i.imgur.com/rSQ7h9Q.jpg)
Hell yeah, she's one of my more leveled up party members.
(http://i.imgur.com/O915lpJ.jpg)
Why thank you!
(http://i.imgur.com/bZIJC7h.jpg)
This is really what we came here for.
(http://i.imgur.com/hMi58An.jpg)
Right! We'll put it to use right away!
(http://i.imgur.com/njRp5OX.jpg)
Against this guy!
(http://i.imgur.com/mNuKNAw.jpg)
Wow, this guy looks pretty damn intimidating.
(http://i.imgur.com/6t7X5L7.jpg)
Okay... this fight. This fight is hard. The Existence Hater is made of three parts. The main body is the one you want to kill. The two head things beside him serve as support. The one on the bottom is the one you want dead because it can cast Elixir, which could very well screw over the entire fight. Fortunately, he'll only use it after it has been alive for five rounds. Of course killing him isn't permanent, as the main body will eventually use Raise Dead on it. However, you don't want to kill the other head, because then the main body will use Abyss Wind and bring them both back to live anyways.
In terms of what it can do, it can use Face smash, Comet, Lullaby, Stone Pack (which has never hit), Hellclaw Assassination, a variety of Dark spells, and it can even use Control Land to shift to Dark (it has 999 regen in Dark). It hits hard, and it could very well wipe you out if you don't pay attention.
So, because of that, my formation is VERY specific. On the wiki, there are three strategies against this guy. The first involves using Satori and Marisa to whittle down the main body's HP (it has a huge amount of PDEF and the only elements it isn't immune to are Mystic and the Physical elements, and he's weak to physicals), using Sakuya to keep up Colosseo World, and Sanae and Alice to deal with the usual supportive roles. Not optimal, in my opinion.
The third option is to use Lithos and spam a move she won't even get until level 95, which would involve so much grinding I won't be getting this update up for at least another week if I went for that strategy.
So we're using the second strategy. Youmu is actually powerful enough to pierce the Existence Hater's massive amount of PDEF. The wiki recommends the Devaloka stance spells and making use of Mystical Hermit, but it just doesn't work that well for me, so instead go with the usual Manussya stuff. Bold Advance can boost criticals, so make sure you have that. Once Youmu is all buffed up, just have her alternate between Full Moon Slash and Slash of the Present (or whichever one is the single-target one that has Medium+ damage and hits once) so that you can potentially get both the PDEF debuff AND Soften on it. Of course, there's a VERY specific order in which you should apply buffs, because Sanae should actually use her HP buff. That HP buff will get in the way of Youmu's buffs, though, so have Youmu delay putting up her stance or Bold Advance until Turn 2 (set up the stance then). Have Sanae use her HP buff first turn, then have Patchouli (with 13 points in Staves) use the dispel you get from that to dispel the buff on Youmu. That way, she can have the full five buffs, including the stance, Bold Advance, the ALL up of your choice (depending on if Sanae gets her Last Word before Byakuren has the opportunity to use her ALL up buff she gets from having 25 points in Scrolls). Alice should spam London Doll on Youmu, because the Existence Hater CAN use Vortex, so that way Youmu doesn't lose her buffs. Patchouli, besides dispelling Youmu on turn 2, can also take care of the head that uses Elixir quickly (it's weak to Water, go figure) while also dispelling the other head's physical attack buff. Besides that, though, Patchy has no other combat use. Sanae and Byakuren are there to do their buffing things (make sure Sanae has one of her multi-target healing spells, so that after using the HP buff you can heal everyone up to their new max HPs). That's essentially it for this fight. However, once you get the boss down to 25% of his HP...
(http://i.imgur.com/Zj0MuL7.jpg)
He'll use Tsunami of Hades. It deals 999 Void damage to everyone. It even ignores any sort of Reraise effect, meaning the only way to deal with this is to have Void protection (which is rare) or have Alice take it all with Little Legion. If the boss gets healed up over 25% (which can happen, because it can use Refresh on itself), then it can and will use it again once you bring its HP under it, so be VERY careful with this.
(http://i.imgur.com/AJA2Kpi.jpg)
And as I've mentioned, yeah, it will use Abyss Wind if you kill both heads at once, but the worst thin git can do is inflict Curse if Byakuren has already gotten Anti-Magic on everyone. This is the only time it happened because Patchy got her Last Word and I was dumb enough to cast it and kill the other head.
(http://i.imgur.com/q4MtfQQ.jpg)
But we got it. Youmu, you are a beast, you know that?
(http://i.imgur.com/1rRTrRd.jpg)
Are you dying now?
(http://i.imgur.com/Y3J1mFm.jpg)
Good, it's gone.
(http://i.imgur.com/b6IlX3g.jpg)
Another portal? Huh?
(http://i.imgur.com/mWgSdRc.jpg)
...It's not over yet, is it? No, it's not.
(http://i.imgur.com/vDU8rLa.jpg)
We have one more area to go through. This is the final area of the game, guys. We're almost there. Also, I never beat that boss on my other run. In fact, I hadn't even got to the end of Dark Space. So I'm somewhat blind going into this last area. Fun.
(http://i.imgur.com/YYJl4br.jpg)
Meanwhile, back here...
(http://i.imgur.com/ff0zvn8.jpg)
Well, apparently it's not completely dead yet. We've got business to take care of still.
(http://i.imgur.com/0aPTBOI.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/lDeVHjI.jpg)
That's... scary. And a lot of that was because of the Blue Gods Incident... well, we can beat it!
Also, Akyu gives us recipes for all of the ultimate character-specific equipment, which we can't make yet because we need Super Ajas in order to make them. Super Ajas are really hard to get because there's only one quest that gives them, and it's one I have never done before. We'll probably have to do it next time, though.
So yeah, next time, we'll head through the Depths of Resentment and at least try to make it to the final area. Then, we might be able to do some really good experience grinding off of some Emperor Yukkuris (yep, they're right at the end of the last area, of course).
Summary:
Treasure: Orichalcum Shard, Sun Tzu's Art of War, Electric Shard (drop), Lizard Tail (x3 reward), Diamond (x5 drop, x5 reward), Crow Feather (x1 treasure, x2 drop, x3 reward), Agni Ring, Suppository, Snakeskin (x3 reward, x1 drop), Spare Parts (x3 reward, x2 drop), Bamboo, Adamantite (x5 drop, x5 reward), Orichalcum (x3 reward, x3 drop), Fresh Blood ( x2 reward), Magic Shard (x2 reward, x1 drop), Sorcery Wand (Patchouli), Fire Shard (drop), Sharpened Blade (drop), Youkai Mt. Rock (drop), Emerald (x2 drop, x2 reward), Damascus Shield (drop), Blank Scroll, Obsidian (x1 drop, x1 reward)
Skills: Soul Severing Sword (Medium- power small AoE Asura attack that reduces physical and magical attack power, Youmu), Encompassing Kirin Circle (barrier that makes all party members immune to the six basic elements for a turn, Reimu), Stone Shower (High power all-targeting Earth elemental spell, Lithos), Fujiyama's Big Eruption (Very High power attack with added Fire damage that can inflict Burn, costs a bomb, Mokou), Starburst Inflation (Extremely High power all-targeting Light spell, costs a bomb, Patchouli), L3 Laser (High- power piercing Mystic spell that ignores Magic Barrier, Marisa), Ageless Obsession (Very High power column Devaloka attack that can hit 1-3 times, costs a bomb, Youmu), Ifrit Blaze (High power all-targeting Fire spell, Patchouli)
Satori Skills: Meteor (A high-power all-targeting Void elemental spell that can't be blocked, but also costs 99 MP)
Recipes: Head Priest's Shide, Master Broom, El Moriya Iyasaka, OHKO Galaxy Fan, Nouvelle Ice Sword, Al Azif, Shade 2010, Rainbow Kamikaze Greaves, Es, Touhou Fuhai, Phoenix Hand, Virochana Scroll, Hercules, Crystal Sword, Pareidolia, Scarlet Gungnir, Galaxy, Black Magician's Robe, Spirit Pajamas, 9 Robe, Earth Spirit God Kindergarten Uniform, Destiny Robe, God Hakurei Robe, Arc Moriya Robe, Clamor Armor, Perfected Optical Camo, Greater Demon's Robe, Decisive Battle Clothes, Yamato, Pad-armored Chief Maid Uniform, Perfected Doll, Swordmaster's Clothes, God Phoenix Robe, Bloomers on Mt. Ooe
Synthesis Done: Headshot Goggles V (Remilia), A. Muscle Suit, Ancient Scroll, Demon's Cassock (Byakuren), Hinotori Wing, Phoenix Robe (Mokou), Magic Crystal (x3)
TPKs: 4 this update, 20 overall
Frustration: Man, the number of resets I went through was amazing. The true final boss won't be any easier, I'm guessing.
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Oh, and on another note, apparently all of my Photobucket pictures won't show up anymore because I used up 10 GB of bandwidth or something like that! That basically means that if you want to see any of my old LPs, well, the only way to see the pictures is to right-click on them and click "open up in new tab." Sorry about that. This is one reason why I switched to imgur, the other being the fact that Photobucket doesn't seem to like sorting things in the order I upload them anymore.
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The boss fight was really vulnerable to debuffs. (This also mean Reisen annihilates it like every single other expansion boss including most of the sidequests where she's allowed and it's not drop-dead easy without it anyway, but the main point is just that debuffs are really strong) (The heads, or at least one of them, are actually vulnerable to Berserk, too...)
If Lithos is like, lv76 or something, she'll have a move that will wipe all the kedamas in her quest out right away.
If you haven't crafted the Magatama or the Yata No Kagami, you should probably do that. Yata No Kagami also has hidden Void Resist, and I think it's the only thing in the game that gives it.
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You're referring to Ras Algol Maenads, aren't you? No, it doesn't wipe them immediately (if it could, then why can't Super Void Cavitation do it when it does 7777 damage instead of the 6666 damage Ras Algol Maenads does?). I guess if you combine it with Energy Riot and just have Lithos's power points put towards her magic, then I guess the two will end the battle quickly, but I haven't exactly tried that out yet. Maybe the next time I get her quest I will.
Also, it was vulnerable to debuffs? Huh. Well, Youmu did the debuffing I needed anyways with Full Moon Slash and Slash of the Present, so... yeah.
Also, no, I haven't made the Magatama or the Yata no Kagami yet. I have the materials for it, though, so I might as well. I might as well make the Regalia while I'm at it (I might be a bit short on Gold, but thankfully Nazrin's thing is up right now so I can just grab two more Golds from that).
Speaking of which, fun fact for those who might not already know it: The Kusanagi, the Yasakani no Magatama, and the Yata no Kagami are the Three Sacred Treasures (or the Imperial Regalia) of Japan. Makes sense that the mirror and the jewel/orb can be combined into one thing that has the benefits of both (except I'm not sure if it has hidden Void protection).
EDIT: Oops, can't make the Regalia yet because apparently I don't have the recipe for it. Umm, yeah. I did make the two other items, though, and I only need four more Gold to make the Regalia afterwards, so I'll be able to take care of that once I have the necessary materials and the recipe itself.
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Regalia is in the 15k youkai kill set.
I have a feeling you aren't going to be reaching that, although I could be wrong.
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Ah man, 15k kills? I'm at 2160 kills as of this post. I don't get how anyone ever gets to those points considering how long it takes to kill that many enemies.
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I don't understand how you can be partway through expansion and only at 2160. o_O
Although, yeah, it's definitely -insanely- high to reach 15k. Even 10k is something you likely would not hit ever if you didn't do a lot of grinding.
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I don't understand how you can be partway through expansion and only at 2160. o_O
Although, yeah, it's definitely -insanely- high to reach 15k. Even 10k is something you likely would not hit ever if you didn't do a lot of grinding.
Yeah, it's really odd.
(http://i.imgur.com/TU3ez55.png)
This is from my save at Stage 18. Have you been running away really often or...?
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Yes. I run from most battles because they're annoying and take up way too much time, plus in terms of how much experience they give it's not as great as grinding off of, say, Emperor Yukkuris or the Kourindou bosses.
Looking at my other game save file, though, I have like 4300 youkai killed, and its not that far behind my current one (I haven't explored all of Dark Space yet in that one, so I'm quite far behind compared to the current one). So I don't even know. And the problem is that catching up to that point will take forever... *sigh*
EDIT: Just as an additional note, which is better: randomly killing monsters in earlier dungeons, or abusing RNG to force the 9 Garbangol or whatever they're called fight in the Gorgon Barrier and just killing that over and over again? I mean to rack up kills, not grind for experience, because I have Emperor Yukkuri farming to do that for me.
SECOND EDIT: In the end I don't think it's even worth it. So what if I haven't killed a huge amount of youkai? I can still beat the game regardless. I don't need any of the really overpowered accessories to beat the final boss. I'm just going to go ahead, finish my Yukkuri grinding, and fight this thing. I've already figured out who to put in what party, although of course I still want to get everyone to a decent level (no level lower than 80, my nukers like Marisa, Youmu, Sakuya etc. at least level 90, and the others somewhere inbetween).
THIRD EDIT (this'll be the last one, I promise): You know what, think of it as a "low youkai kill run" or something like that. To prove that you don't need any of those items in order to at least beat the expansion final boss. I'm pretty sure I can beat him at sub 3000 youkai kills. Like that even affects me too much.
FOURTH AND FINAL EDIT: Okay, I lied. Something happened. For some reason, now when I start or reset the game, this thing pops up about Twitter before loading the game. I don't know how to get rid of it. Here's a picture:
(http://i.imgur.com/teicnUW.jpg)
If this doesn't disappear, it'll take forever to do the grinding, because I need to reset the game a lot to do it and I can't skip this.
FINAL EDIT FOR REAL THIS TIME DAMN IT: Fixed it. Just had to reinstall the game. I think something just plain broke and it screwed with the settings or something. Oh well.
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Okay, I'm just moving this into a new post entirely. I went to put my saves back in the reinstalled version and it broke the game like that again. Besides that screen, the options menu gets screwed up, saying I'm in Easy mode and having settings all screwed up. So I'm going to try to reinstall again. If it doesn't end up working, I might just have to call off the LP at this point, because apparently my game is broken and I don't know what to do to fix it.
EDIT: Alright, no worries, everything's fixed and back to normal. So the LP is still on!
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So, uh, hey guys. Listen, my motivation for playing GoS right now is very low. That combined with the fact that my game broke once again has led me to make a final decision: I am not continuing Genius of Sappheiros right now. I actually don't know if I want to continue with it anymore. I want to take a break from the overly difficult games and whatnot, because I just can't stand them right now. Hey, at least I made it to the end of the main game, right? That's got to count for something. Sorry for the sudden cancellation, but, well, I'm just not in the mood for difficult RPGs. I want to do something easier and less stressful, but I don't just want to do Valkyrie Profile.
So I've been thinking about what to do for another LP, and I decided that until Nightmare of Rebellion comes out, I will not be LPing another Touhou RPG. So even though I had plans at one point to do Touhou Mother or Fantasy Maiden Wars (I did, really), I'm going to put them off in favor of another RPG series that I've loved for quite some time: Final Fantasy. I actually wanted to make my Four Job Fiesta run an LP, but by the time I thought of doing that I had already started the game and even though it would only involve redoing a bit of the prologue and I was already LPing two games, I decided against it. Now that I'm putting Genius of Sappheiros on indefinite hiatus, well, I have some free time for a Final Fantasy LP of some sort. So, I'm going to ask for a vote on which of these games you want me to LP:
Final Fantasy I and II: Dawn of Souls (original, Mod of Balance v2.2, or Mod of Balance v3.0 for FFI)
Final Fantasy V Advance (normal run or Four Job Fiesta run)
I don't really feel like doing III, IV, or VI right now, because I'm more interested in the others at the moment. So, take your pick: Which of these games would you rather see me LP?
EDIT: And of course after I said all of that my game starts working again as normal. It doesn't matter, I'm giving up for now. I really just don't feel like it. For now, it's cancelled. Permanently? No. Just for a while.
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I can give you my copy of Genius of Sappheiros Weekend. Translated, and Mokou & Byakuren already in the party. But I won't force you to play it right away if you're not in the mood yet. I really like your LP, and I hope I can deal with the fact that Photobucket ruined this lovely walkthrough.
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Oh wow, someone is responding to this after it's legally dead?
I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I have decided to make the hiatus permanent, because I lost my save file. The game itself works completely fine, no problems, but the lost of my save data is such a blow to my progress that I don't feel like redoing it. Maybe, if on another run I end up getting back to this point I might start back off from there, but I have no plans to at the moment at all.
Also yeah, Photobucket being a dick is kind of really annoying, huh?
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If this thread is still alive, I know how it feels to have your progress frozen, and I have encountered this problem.
GOOD NEWS FOR YOU, I know how to fix it.
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Regarding this game, I'll put this in case anyone reads it. I recently found a delightful glitch regarding the character material quests, which should make collecting those pesky things just to make the legendary materials quite easier.
First thing's first, going on a quest, find the designated target in his area, which, you may prefer to have as many other monsters as possible, because the number is proportional to how much materials you can get.
Now to take advantage of the glitch. Call out a monster, along with the target alongside you . Now you need to encounter the mob with the target just next to you, or else this won't work. Well, more or less, you'll beat it without a hitch, and after you do, immediately walk in the direction where the designated target is. It should notify you that you completed the quest, and get the desired reward, however, the target should still be there roaming around freely. Now, if you encounter another mob, it'll turn into the designated target's monster regardless of who it is, just run away and rinse and repeat the method above.
Of course, you still have to follow the conditions for it to give you the reward.
This should work great on Sakuya's quest where you don't want to repeatedly battle Flan, or any other character for that matter. YOu can leave anytime you want, and the quest should be cleared, and not to mention, you get a haul that's way more than you bargained for.
Note: This method will be quite difficult for let's say, Remilia, or Yuugi, as they will be alone along with some strong monsters, well, if you have them, equip them with Yata Mirror and the Magatama and you should be good to go.
Another Note: DO NOT LEAVE THE AREA AFTER DOING THE METHOD. Leaving the area, the roaming target will disappear, along with further chances to get more materials. Do the method to its fullest.