Let's Play Legend of Legaia Pt. XV -- Overthrow the Leader of Uru Swiss to Get Swimsuits for Adults
As we leave Sol, we're treated to a cutscene!
Oh, hey, it's the Delilases! Remember them?
Not bad.
Gi Delilas: When you want that blue-headed brat dead, just say the word, Zora, and he's dead.
Zora: Ha, ha! You're quite confident. But leave them be.
Lu Delilas: Don't worry about Koru. Leave him to the Delilas family!
Zora: Ha, ha! Then go! I'm counting on you!
Che Delilas: Yes, ma'am!
The Delilases depart and oh hey there's Songi.
Just in case there were any doubts about his affiliation to Team Evil.
But enough of Songi. You may recall that in our last update, we received a nice little artifact called the Astral Sword from Gaza. Statham, as our only party member proficient in swords, is the only one who can equip it.
That is a pretty impressive boost in attack power! However, that's not the only thing it impressively boosts.
It also doubles the amount of space an attack with Statham's left arm takes on the attack bar. This is. Pretty much the worst thing. Remember, this is a game where the amount of hits you can make is more important than how much those hits hit for, so the Astral Sword is a shining example of awesome but impractical. There's nothing we can do to reduce how much space it takes, so it's pretty much going to spend the entire rest of the game sitting uselessly in our inventory. Yaaaaayyyyyy.
It is pretty comical to watch Statham struggle with a sword that weighs probably about as much as he does, though.
Onward to Buma!
That lake area up to the northeast is another fishing hole, by the way.
Garzan: I'll go check! I'm going ahead to the Genesis Tree!
Garzan runs off on her own; news at 11.
Cara: I can tell, because my heart is buried here in the cold ice and snow, too.
With those incredibly vague and mysterious words, Cara walks off just before Garzan runs onto the scene.
Garzan: Statham... Nathdran... The Genesis Tree! Come look at the Genesis Tree! Oh, this is terrible! It's frozen stiff! It's frozen!
Nathdran: Oh, no!
Nate runs to check one of the other trees.
Nathdran: Statham, the Genesis Tree is frozen! It's covered in ice and snow!
Garzan: Terra! Terra! Everything will be alright, right? Won't the Genesis Tree wake up?
Terra: (Silence) I never imagined that something like this would happen to the Genesis Tree! We still have to try!! We're going to focus all our energy! Come over here!
Ozma: Nathdran, let's give it a try!
Meta: Ready, Statham? Let's go join them.
Terra: Focus your thoughts!
Ozma: Visualize the healthy, revived Genesis Tree!
Meta: Concentrate! Harder, harder!
Aaaaaaand nothing happens.
Garzan: No! No, we can't give up! We can't! I'll do it! I'll wake up the Genesis Tree!
Nathdran: Garzan! Stop acting like a child!
Garzan: Ohhh! Wait! That's it! A Ra-Seru Egg! This is a Genesis Tree, so it should have a Ra-Seru Egg!
Nathdran: Garzan is right! Ozma, can we at least get a Ra-Seru Egg?
Ozma: Well, actually... It looks like there are no Ra-Seru Eggs here.
Meta: It looks like all the Ra-Seru Eggs have been taken from every Genesis Tree.
Garzan: Cara! She took them! She took the Ra-Seru Eggs! I'm sure of it, because she had an egg!
Nathdran: I see. It's possible. I don't know for sure, but it's possible.
Garzan: Can't we melt the ice? If we could, we could revive the Genesis Tree.
Nathdran: There's only one thing I can say for certain... And that is, dawdling around here isn't going to get us anywhere! Garzan! Statham! Let's look for other leads!!
Garzan: Nathdran, you sure do talk big.
The game promptly plops us back out on the world map.
Understandable, since there's nothing to do in Buma past that one cutscene, anyway. All the doors are frozen shut, so we can't casually rob the town or anything. On the flip side, Buma's not a bad place for grinding, since the enemies it contains are noticeably tougher than the world map ones, which haven't changed any.
Everything here is an upgrade from something we've seen before, except for Spoon. Sorcerers are upgraded Mages and Wailing Birds are upgraded Spikefish. None of these guys have any new tricks, but with enough wailing on them and caving in and selling a few accessories I never make use of, and I can afford all the new equipment from the lower Sol weapon shop!
I also got good shots of current Ozma and Meta on the way to our next destination.
Our next destination being the Usha Research Center.
It's a less impressive tower than Sol, by a long shot, but tall enough to be above the Mist, which is all that really matters.
There's nothing in the area surrounding the tower base, except for a couple of new enemies.
Boogie Pumps are a new variation on Devil Pump; haven't seen one of those guys in a while. Killer Wolves are a variation on Wolves and the first enemy to demonstrate one of my least favorite attacks: Terror Scream. Terror Scream will cause the target character to freeze in fear and thereby do fuck all for a turn. For some reason this pisses me off way more than the actual paralysis status effect. Freed Lv. 2 also keep appearing here.
Into the building!
Dr. Usha: Who is it?
Garzan: It's me, Garzan! I came to see you, Doctor!
Dr. Usha: Garzan? I don't know any Garzan!
Nathdran: We're on a journey to wipe the Mist from the face of the earth! We came seeking knowledge, Dr. Usha. Please let us in!
Dr. Usha: Well... You may just be clever Seru. You say you want to destroy the Mist... If you're telling the truth, you must know the password from someone in Sol! Well? Let me hear the password!
The window automatically goes away once we input the password, making it awfully hard to nab a screenshot of the entered password which is why I don't have one. :V
Dr. Usha: Just wait a moment. I'll send down the elevator, so wait a moment.
Down comes the elevator.
Up goes the elevator.
There's not a lot to see at the research center. It's 3 rather small floors tall, making it kind of impressive that all these scientists have lived here for 10 years without going batshit. There's also a woman who will give us a free heal by feeding us, which is nice.
Let's read someone's diary!
Bounty Month, 12th day. We've waited for ten years. Everyone is disheartened, except my husband. I must do something. With things the way they are, I must be strong.
Bounty Month, 16th day. Assistant 1 says he saw a blinding light shoot into the sky from Sol. Maybe it's the revival of the Genesis Tree. If so, the heroes should be coming soon.
Garzan: Statham, Nathdran! A hot spring! There's a hot spring here!
Nathdran: Well, imagine that. They even have a bath in this floating place.
Garzan: I want to take a bath! I want to get in the hot spring!
H-hey! Wait a minute!
Garzan: I don't mind. We can take a bath together!
Goddammit, Garzan.
GODDAMMIT, GARZAN.
Garzan: You're always yelling at me...
Nathdran: I'm sorry. She's still young, and doesn't know about human ways.
Ah-hah. Take a bath with a g-girl? I c-couldn't do that. I'm too shy. I'd like to, but... Mrs. Usha would get mad at me.
Well, now that we've embarrassed the shit out of this guy, let's actually go talk to Dr. Usha.
Hunh, wonder what that thing is. ...Oh, right, talking to Dr. Usha, yeah.
Nathdran: All three of us hate the Mist and we're going to destroy it by reviving the Genesis Trees!
Garzan: I hate the Mist, too!
Dr. Usha: Oh, ho, ho, ho! I knew it! So those are Ra-Seru on your arms, right?
Nathdran: Doctor, you know about Ra-Seru?
Dr. Usha: Of course, of course! But who are you? Where do you come from? Why don't we start with that question.
Dr. Usha: Calm down, young lady. We have plenty of time. Try to speak more slowly.
Destruction of Rim Elm's Wall! Terra and Garzan! Their fateful meeting at Mt. Rikuroa! Biron, Songi and Nathdran! The Sky Gardens of Jeremi! The mystery of Octam! The tragedy of Hari, the prophet! The windless city of Vidna! The Seru brides of Ratayu! The swift flying train! Gaza, the swordmaster of Sol! And the ice-covered town of Buma! The Mist and the Genesis Trees. The Genesis Trees and Ra-Seru. It was an amazing tale. In turns the three spoke. It was morning by the time they finished their tale.
Dr. Usha: What a dreadful ordeal you have undergone for such a young age! Overcoming such adversity to bring peace to the world! How noble! You are indeed the heroes! I will do whatever I can to help you! My knowledge is at your disposal! Of course destroying the Floating Castle should completely eliminate the Mist from Karisto. But the Floating Castle can only be reached by air. To revive a Genesis Tree is key. There is a Genesis Tree in Buma, but is it covered in ice. It is impossible to revive it in that state. However... The ice can be melted! There's a Seru in Nivora Ravine to the north that breathes cold air. Its name is Koru. It was once a peaceful Seru, but the Mist has made it savage. The only thing to do is to destroy that Seru!
Garzan: Wow! That's easy! Doctor, do it for us! Hurry!
Dr. Usha: Garzan, calm down. Koru has been storing heat in his body for many years, and is extremely dangerous. Make a wrong move and KA-BOOM! Koru will explode and destroy you all! With the TimeSpace Bomb, we could trigger thermal reversal and destroy him neatly. But we have no Fire Droplets with which to fabricate a TimeSpace Bomb!
Did someone say "Fetch Quest"? I could've sworn I just heard someone say "Fetch Quest".
Nathdran: Doctor, where can we find Fire Droplets?
Dr. Usha: In Uru Mais! An ancient book describing how to build a TimeSpace Bomb says... "He who would seek the Fire Droplets must first dream in the home of the Seru. The dream will summon Tieg, who will bring the Fire Droplet." I don't know who Tieg is, but I do know that the home of the Seru is Uru Mais! And if you have a dream there, that Tieg will bring the Fire Droplets. It could be easy or difficult. But this is the only way! My wife has the key to the door to Uru Mais. You can get it from her.
Garzan: Statham! Nathdran! Let's go to Uru Mais!
Nathdran: Uru Mais. Dreams. Tieg. Fire Droplets. Nothing but riddles!
"An ancient book describing how to build a TimeSpace Bomb" is a beautiful phrase. It really is.
Well, let's go get that key from the Missus.
Mrs. Usha: I heard you talking to the Doctor through that speaking tube over there. Now, I may be a worrywart, but I'm a little uneasy about this... Here are some questions to see if you properly understood everything! Answer all of them correctly and I'll give you a Ruins Key as a prize.
POP QUIZ! ...On stuff we just got done talking about.
Mrs. Usha: Pretty good! OK, next question. What are you going to do in Uru Mais?
->Fight Songi.
->Dream dreams.
->Awaken the Genesis Tree.
->Overthrow the leader.
Mrs. Usha: Correct! You're pretty smart! Third question! Let's get to the point! What are you going to get in Uru Mais?
->A Ra-Seru.
->The TimeSpace Bomb.
->Swimsuits for adults.
->The Fire Droplet.
Mrs. Usha: Almost there! OK, last question! Once you have it, where do you take the Fire Droplet?
->Sol
->Usha Research Center
->Nivora Ravine
->Buma
Mrs. Usha: Well done! You certainly are heroes - and smart! You got every question right! Here's your prize!
Statham now has the Ruins Key!
Mrs. Usha: It's my husband's collection. It may have some connection to Uru Mais. Good luck! I know you'll be able to bring back the Fire Droplet!
...Only may? Screw you, I'mma go read your diary more.
...the warriors, wearing Ra-Seru, all look so young. One is a girl, the other two, boys. But appearances can be deceiving, and these three have made an amazing journey. We can trust our future to those three! I know we can!
Got a good shot of Terra on the way to Uru Mais.
It's not too far, though.
Nathdran: But Statham, have you noticed something unusual?
->There's no Mist here?
->There are no Seru monsters?
->Garzan is full of energy?
Nathdran: That's right. There's no Genesis Tree to be seen, yet the Mist doesn't flow in here. Those ruins must have the power to hold off the Mist.
Garzan: Statham, Nathdran, there's no one here. Where could Tieg be?
Nathdran: Statham, do you remember what Dr. Usha said?
->Of course I do!
->Um, what did he say again?
Nathdran: Very good, Statham! Well, let's go dream, like Dr. Usha told us to do. Then we'll see if Tieg will actually give us the Fire Droplet!
Garzan: Statham, Nathdran! There's some weird house here! Let's go inside!
Nathdran: Garzan, wait! Don't go inside by yourself! What are we going to do with that kid?
Nate and Statham follow Garzan into the building, and, hey, looks like we're being shadowed.
Oh, Cara. What are you up to?
Inside the building is a big ol' book.
The cover reads: "Guidelines for Seru Trapping."
Seru come out at midnight! A trapper must therefore patrol Uru Mais only at sunrise. Uru Mais is off-limits from sunset to sunrise because that is when the Whispers are frequent. A trapper must never wear a captured Seru. All Seru should be sent to Sol as soon as they are caught. The Whispers are the voices of a demon! Trapper, never listen to the Whispers, even in daytime! A trapper must never touch the three doors on the side of Uru Mais.
Statham finished reading the book and put it back.
That's. Kind of ominous. Let's go check out the ruins themselves.
Nathdran: I don't see any place where we could use the Ruins Key from Mrs. Usha.
Garzan: What?
Nathdran: Garzan, what's the matter?
Garzan: I hear something! I hear something! It's a voice! I hear a voice!
Nathdran: A voice? ...! Statham, Garzan, I hear it, too! I hear words inside my head!
(Sorry for the "You" cut off at the top.)
Garzan: Statham! Nathdran! Did you see that light? I saw a light down there!
Nathdran: Whoever it is seems to have opened the door because we have the Ruins Key!
Garzan: Statham, let's go inside!
Nathdran: This must mean that this door leads to the Fire Droplet. Alright, let's go inside!
This is... kind of exactly what that book warned us not to do, isn't it? Why is no one concerned about this?
We'll start with this door here on the right.
Trippy. This passage winds all over the place, though it never splits.
It ends here. The portal opens, granting us passage to a pretty fancy looking hall.
Which in turn leads to a pretty fancy (and weird) looking room!
Once we arrive, Statham starts glowing blue a little and kinda slumps over, still standing.
Statham. Statham. Statham and Meta. Welcome, human. Welcome, Ra-Seru. The Stone Sage awaits you. It awaits your dreams, it awaits your minds.
And Statham starts sleepwalking off.
Nathdran: Hey, Statham! What's going on? You can't go by yourself!
Seems like he can and will, since he keeps on walking and promptly keels over on... what kind of looks like a giant patch of slime. It oscillates. So I guess it's kind of like a water bed.
Also there's a flash of light and a pyramid force field blocks him off from Nate and Garzan that too.
Terra: Garzan! Can you hear me? You mustn't awaken Statham! Statham is dreaming! Dreams mirror the heart. Statham is looking into his own heart, and Tieg is watching.
Ceiling Tieg is watching you?
Village Elder: When the baby was born, there was too much hemorrhaging. If only we had Drake Water, then Nora would be alright. With this Mist, it would be next to impossible to reach Drake Castle.
Statham!
Statham's reaction to getting caught is to run into the house without so much as offering a cheap explanation, since, y'know. Silent protagonist. Flashback or no flashback.
Village Elder: Ah, Statham! You're such a good child! I'll be going now. Statham, take good care of your mother!
And we briefly have control of our pint-sized protagonist again!
Ain't he cute? We'll talk to Val first.
Val: (Silence) Don't worry, Statham. I was just talking to myself. Your mother will get better.
The worst part of flashbacks like this is all the dramatic irony. :(
Nora: Statham... You're so... grown up... now... So, please... look after... Nene...
Val: I'm sure... She just...
Man, this shit is depressing! I'm out of here.
I couldn't find Statham! Just as I thought. Statham must have sneaked outside the Wall when we weren't looking.
Val: Oh, no! He must be going to Drake Castle! He must have heard me talking to Village Elder! He's going to get Drake Water!
This is bound to end well!
Val shakes his head.
Village Elder: If I cannot convince you otherwise, then so be it! I give my permission to open the gate!
The guards open the gate and off Val walks into the Mist.
NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAI--no wait that's not it.
Statham managed to return safely from Drake Castle, but Val was attacked by a Seru. He survived, but they say his leg will never be the same again! And Nora! Oh, what a poor family!
HAVING A TRAGIC PAST SUCKS.
There's nothing to do in here, so we'll leave the house and aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Do not feel guilty. The past cannot be changed. Instead, you must be brave and work to create the future! That is what it means to be human!
For humans are those who are brave enough to create their own future.
Statham, my child! Your dream is fulfilled.
Nathdran: Statham, if you don't want to tell us what you were dreaming about, that's O.K.
Garzan: Hey! Statham, look!
Garzan: Statham! Nathdran! Someone's there!
Nathdran: Maybe that's Tieg! Statham, let's go look!
Let's!
Those... hum... ...Seru... also divid... ...world... ...two... ...human... ...Seru...
This isn't helpful at all! Next door!
It's green instead of red here. I'm sure that's not meaningful at all!
I think Uru Mais is awfully pretty, especially this room.
Garzan. Garzan. Garzan and Terra. Welcome, human. Welcome, Ra-Seru. The Stone Sage awaits you. It awaits your dreams, it awaits your mind, Garzan.
We can do the dreams in any order, so unfortunately our party members never learn to not be confused when this happened.
Ozma: Nathdran! Garzan is being drawn into Tieg's spirit world! She's going to have an important dream now!
At least it only happens once more. The advantages of a three-person party.
King Nebular: I am thinking of naming this child Garzan.
Queen Minea: That's a lovely name. Garzan, the promise of a new era!
Wait... a King and Queen talking about what to name Garzan? Garzan is a princess?
Jette: Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I've come on a most pressing matter!
King Nebular: Jette, enter.
Jette enters but who cares about him Garzan is a princess.
King Nebular: What?! Cort did that?
Jette: You see, Your Majesty... (Speaking in low voice)
King Nebular: I understand. I'll go at once!
Jette leaves but who cares about him Garzan is a princess.
King Nebular: It's... It's nothing to worry about. I'm sure... I can't talk now. I'm going below to investigate the matter for myself.
King Nebular leaves in a hurry, too, but who cares about him GARZAN IS A PRINCESS.
Queen Minea: Garzan, I want you to have a happy, prosperous future.
A FUCKING PRINCESS, WHAT THE HELL.
Get rid of the Seru! Lock the doors!
Oh, crap.
Hey, didn't we see that last one in the game's prologue?
Queen Minea: I care nothing of my own life. Let the Mist take it. After all, I am the queen! I must share the same fate as this nation. But this newly born child, Garzan... I want her to see the future! Please, take this child to a land untouched by the Mist! Take her to a world with a future! Please!
Your Majesty, your courage is inspiring! I will take Garzan as far as I can, however far that may be.
Queen Minea: Thank you! Now, hurry! The Mist is getting closer.
Queen Minea gives Garzan one last kiss before handing her over to the nameless Soren.
Queen Minea: Go now! Hurry! The Mist draws near!
The Soren takes to the air.
And then flies off, leaving Queen Minea alone.
HAVING A TRAGIC PAST SUCKS. (Also this is where the whole thing about Garzan being 10 comes to light. The Mist began 10 years ago, when she was a baby.)
Not pictured: the nosedive the Soren takes right after this. I think the implication is supposed to be that he flew himself to death, which is... not surprising considering how far Mt. Rikuroa is from Conkram. But the way he flips around first makes it look like he's diving on purpose.
Either way, he's pretty dead.
In an area populated by wolves. The wolf investigates little Garzan and then howls.
And, hey, looks like somebody else has come to investigate, too!
Hi, Terra!
Terra: I am Terra. I have decided to live with you!
"And teach you how to fight and all about Genesis Trees and Ra-Seru but absolutely nothing that will aid you in becoming a productive member of society once that's done!"
Everything disappears into a starfield just like it did with Statham.
The past etched in your mind is now revealed! The pain of your past may have left large scars and may gnaw at your heart. But never lose hope! For when there is hope, you can draw strength from the past. That is what being human is all about! For humans are those who, with hope in their hearts, find the future through the past.
Garzan, my child! Your dream is fulfilled.
Garzan: Uh-huh. Statham, Nathdran... Let's go to Conkram after we destroy the Floating Castle! Someone's waiting for me in Conkram! Someone who knows me! So we have to go to Conkram, O.K.? Do you promise?
I dunno, Garzan, Conkram didn't look too prepared for the Mist. You might be being kind of optimistic here.
Terra: That light is called the Phantasmal Light. It's activated by your dreams.
Garzan: Phantasmal Light? Statham, Nathdran, that's neat! This is fun!
Nathdran: Ozma, you've heard of it before?!
Ozma: What?
Nathdran: Now why would a Ra-Seru like you know about the Phantasmal Light? Why?
Ozma: Well, I...
Nathdran: Tell me about it if you know. Or are the Ra-Seru trying to manipulate us for some purpose?
Ozma: No! That's not it at all! Nathdran, you must believe me! We just wanted to talk to your minds, rather than explaining things with words.
Nathdran: (Silence) Well if talking is that disagreeable to you, do what you must. But listen, Ozma... If your intentions ever diverge from mine... Then, believe me, you won't get away with it!
Ozma: (Silence)
Garzan: What are you so angry about, Nathdran? I don't understand! Boo-hoo! Come on, Statham, we have to have the last dream.
You know, between this, the warning about the "Whispers" from that book on Seru-trapping, and the whole not telling us what's up at the last Mist Generator we destroyed, I'm not feeling all too great about all this....
Either way, Tieg's now speaking only slightly more legible nonsense, so we still have to go get Nate to dream. Last door!
I really like that shade of blue.
Nathdran. Nathdran. Nathdran and Ozma. Welcome, human. Welcome, Ra-Seru. The Stone Sage awaits you. It awaits your dreams, it awaits your mind, Nathdran.
Garzan: Statham, Nathdran is walking away!
Terra: Garzan! Can you hear me? You mustn't awaken Nathdran! Nathdran is dreaming! Dreams mirror the heart. Nathdran is looking into his own heart, and Tieg is watching.
He has to be! Songi can train all he wants, but he could never match Nathdran's spiritual strength!
Silence! It's Master Zopu!
Zopu: I am pleased at how hard each of you is devoting yourself to your training. Now, as you all know, tomorrow is Biron's Transmigration Festival. As always, we will hold the ritual tournament. Nathdran!
Nathdran: Yes, Master Zopu!
Zopu: Songi!
Songi: Yes, Master Zopu!
Zopu: As monks of Biron, there are things expected of you. You must fight with all your skills in order to make this a chivalrous tournament.
Nathdran: Yes, sir!
Songi: Yes, sir!
Zopu: That is enough training for today. Time to begin your individual tasks!
Zopu and the rest of the monks file out, leaving Nate and Songi alone.
Nathdran: (Silence)
Songi: Hey, I don't like that look in your eyes! Nathdran! I bet you think you're going to win, don't you?
Nathdran: No, I...
Songi: To hell with you! I'm not stupid! I can tell by that look in your eyes! Hmmf. Ah, forget it. Let's just have ourselves a good time tomorrow, alright? Ha, ha, ha!
And off goes Songi. This is totally going to end well.
If you take Jigul grass, your body will go numb and you won't be able to fight!
Songi: Besides, everyone knows that Jigul grass is the best thing for a headache. So quit yapping and just give me the Jigul grass now!
Alright, but don't blame me if things go wrong.
See fetches the Jigul grass from a nearby cabinet and hands it to Songi.
Songi, do you want water?
Songi: No! I'm going to take this after I go back to my room.
And off goes Songi. This is totally going to end well.
Especially considering how the woman he got the grass from suddenly has a revelation and runs out of the kitchen after him.
Songi: I was afraid that you'd beat me tomorrow, and... I knew I shouldn't, but I took Fury Boosts to help me fight better tomorrow!
Songi: So here! You take a Fury Boost, too!
Nathdran: But why?
Songi: This is a contest, so we gotta be fair, right? I want this to be a fair fight! So go ahead, take it!
Nathdran: Well, I don't know... Alright! I'll do it!
Songi: Pretty good! You just gulped that right down! Ha ha ha! O.K., let's go!
Don't do drugs, kids.
Zopu: In praise of the great benevolence and miracles of Biron, we hold this ritual tournament! Let the tournament begin!
Nate and Songi adopt fighting poses and... don't move for a second or two.
Nathdran: Uh...
Sorry, Songi, Nate's a little busy TRIPPING OUT.
Yeah there was pretty much no way that "Fury Boost" wasn't totally spiked. Songi takes this opportunity to OHKO Nate. Just in case there was any doubt he was ever not an evil little fucker.
Nathdran lost!
I don't believe it!
Songi: Ha, ha, ha! That's right! I beat Nathdran! Me, Songi! I win!
Zopu just leaves, silently. Can't say I blame him.
Stop playing dumb! You may think you've tricked Nathdran... But he knew! He knew all along!
Songi: What?
I told him! I told him I gave you the Jigul grass. And I warned him not to take any medicine you gave him!
Songi: !
But Nathdran just laughed! "Oh, Songi's my best friend. Don't worry!" he said.
Naaaaaaate. ;A;
Songi doesn't respond, he just walks off.
Songi: Darnit! He's sleeping! He's still numb!
Songi: You think it's funny to make a fool of me like that? Some best friend! You hypocrite! You'll never get away with this -- Never!! I'll crush you! Nathdran, I'll beat you to a pulp!
HAVING SONGI FOR A BEST FRIEND: IT'S LIKE HAVING A TRAGIC PAST. IN THAT IT SUCKS.
After all, even when unavoidable misfortune occurs, it is the spirit that remains in the end. So be proud of yourself! And use that pride to create happiness! That is what it means to be human! For humans are those who create their own happiness with their pride.
Nathdran, my child! Your dream is fulfilled.
And our last dream is DONE! One teleport later, and we're back on top of the ruins again.
Nathdran: In my dream, I remembered something I didn't want to. So that means we are all finished dreaming?
Yes it does! The last leg of the... whatever it is glows blue, followed by a flash of light and the whole place glowing purple.
You did well, my children! Your dreams are now all fulfilled, and our souls are recalled to life. We shall teach you the Past! We shall teach you the Future! That is Tieg's gift! That is the mission of Tieg, the Seru-human, both Seru and human!
Nathdran: Tieg... Both Seru and human...?
First, let's talk to the Tieg that isn't in the circle.
Tieg is Time. Tieg is unconditional Words. It is Tieg's will for the Words to be full of humanness.
What does that even mean?
Either way, time for a history lesson!
Those were human and Seru. Tieg also divided the world into two: the human world and Seru-kai.
Rogue gave the humans Seru, but humans coveted the Seru's power, bringing chaos to the human world.
But a few Seru in the human world were left to serve humans, who had built civilization with Seru.
Help the compassionate humans save the world if a Rogue or other evil presence should appear.
And there's our world history dump!
Things we learned today:
-Statham's mom died in childbirth and it's also kind of his fault that his dad has to use a cane these days.
-GARZAN IS A PRINCESS.
-Songi has always been an evil little fucker.
-Tieg is god.
-The Seru and Ra-Seru come from Seru-kai.
-There are 10 Genesis Trees in Legaia as well as 1 more big one in Seru-kai. We have, for the record, currently revived 6, not counting the dead one in West Voz, which brings the total up to 7. Which means that the 3 trees in Buma are the last ones left!
-A Ra-Seru named Rogue went, uh, rogue and unleashed the Seru upon the human world, setting off human civilization.
-Tieg gave him the smackdown and locked him up in an eternal dungeon!
-I'm sure I don't have to point out the allegory here for you.
-Rogue breathes Mist!
-But the Mist currently plaguing Legaia is man-made! Weird.
Statham, Garzan, Nathdran. Do the three of you now understand the Seru, Ra-Seru and Tieg?
->Yes
->No
Tieg knows all. Now Tieg will entrust you with the Fire Droplet! The Fire Droplet! From an age when chaos was the world and the world was chaos... The Fire Droplet is chaos, and chaos is the Fire Droplet. Tieg, the pure, perfect being, Seru-human who is of spirit only... He shall now answer the hopes of human and Ra-Seru by opening the door to His world here and now!
The Tiegs start moving into position.
Nathdran: We must make room for Tieg.
The Fire Droplet is chaos. Tieg now returns to chaos.
And then, suddenly, the three-legged orb thing shatters!
Followed by a good ol' flash of light!
Statham, use your courage... Nathdran, use your pride... Garzan, use your hope... With these three things, knowledge will create the future. Never forget that.
Garzan: Thank you, Tieg. I hope we can meet again some day.
Nathdran: We did it! Now, Statham, we must hurry back to Dr. Usha's laboratory!
But first, let's take a look at the Fire Droplet.
This would be considerably more handy if we didn't immediately have to hand it over to Dr. Usha. We could go to Sol and do the Muscle Dome Tournament with it equipped to Statham if we really wanted, but I really don't want to.
Either way, we're done here, let's lea--why is the ground shaking.
Garzan: No, that's not Tieg! Look! The whole forest is shaking!
Terra: Garzan! That is a Seru that doesn't belong on the surface! It's evil Sim-Seru, Juggernaut!
Garzan: Juggernaut...
Meta: We must run away now! Statham! It's too dangerous! The only thing we can do is flee!
Fuuuuuccckkkkkkk it's Juggernaut! D:
Fuuuuuccckkkkkkk it's one of those FMV's that make my emulator shit itself! D: At least this one isn't super-dark.
And then it graciously disappears. God that thing is freaky. And blew up Uru Mais holy shit.
Nathdran: Now we can never borrow the power of Tieg again?
Terra: The enemy... The Mist's henchmen must have felt the Words of Tieg.
Ozma: Tieg was an obstacle to their goal.
Meta: That is why they unleashed Juggernaut on this holy place!
Nathdran: But we still have the Fire Droplet that Tieg gave us! Come on, everyone! Let's teach those henchmen of the Mist a good lesson!
Garzan: Yeah! Let's teach them a lesson! Let's get 'em real good!
Hey, look, it's Cara again!
Nathdran: Cara! What are you doing here?
Cara: Ha, ha, ha! Well, that's a fine how-do-you-do! I can do whatever I want, wherever I want!
Garzan: Hey, Cara. Why don't you give us that egg of a Ra-Seru you have?
Cara: Egg of a Ra-Seru? Oh, you mean this Ra-Seru Egg. Hmmm.
Garzan, why are you even bothering to ask? She already said she wasn't going to--
What?
Garzan: Yeah! Hooray! Let ME have it! I want it! I want the egg!
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Garzan: I knew it...
Cara: If you awaken Buma's Genesis Tree, like you did the one in Sol... Then I'll give you my Ra-Seru Egg as a reward.
Nathdran: That was your plan from the very beginning.
Cara: Well, get to it, kids.
We. We were already planning on doing that. You don't have to bribe us, Cara. I bet having that egg would make it easier for us, even. :C
Cara: Well, if I said it was for love, little kids like you wouldn't understand anyway. Ha, ha, ha!
And off Cara runs. Leaving Garzan to prove once again that Terra didn't teach her shit.
Garzan: So you don't know what love is either? Well, let's try and figure it out together!
Nathdran: Hurry, both of you! We have to deliver the Fire Droplet to Dr. Usha!
Hurry, sure, I'll get right on that. After I take a good look around what's left of Uru Mais.
The most noticeable thing is that the Mist is now present and we have enemies to fight!
Nurga is the only new enemy appearing here, being an upgrade of Medusa. Along with Freed Lv. 2, Boogie Pumps are also appearing.
Juggernaut really did a number on this place. Let's take a closer look at that huge gash.
Why, lookie there! It's a Magic Grail, one of the most useful accessories in the game! The Magic Grail restores some MP every turn, about 20 or so, I think. Because, you see, with this, we can full heal after every random encounter and be back to full MP after a couple of turns into the next encounter. This is pretty much going on Nate and never coming off.
And with that, we are done with Uru Mais, mission accomplished!
Next time on Let's Play Legend of Legaia: THAT BOSS