sincere | Tales of Graces f: DAY TWELVE

RECAP! High above Mt. Zavhert lives a race of demented geniuses who whisper all their technological secrets straight into the ear of the world's most militaristic nation, because they are incapable of good judgment calls. In order to stop Fendel from blowing itself off the planet, and/or losing all of its eleth by Richarding, we're going to break into the Ministry of Science and beg the CSO to listen to us.

The CSO is also Malik's long lost best friend/rival/nemesis/something. I don't really care that much.

So, Fendel Tower. Hubert has questions about Kurt for Malik. What's he like? (OMG ASKING PERSONAL QUESTIONS? STONE HIM.)

They met at the military academy as young men. They joined a reform movement that wanted to change the Fendelian way of life: which is to say, the masses starved and scrimped, the rich cackled on their piles of money and eleth. But the reform movement was crushed, and Malik fled Fendel. Kurt stayed, wanting to keep fighting.

Oh, are we finally going to answer the question? He was intelligent and determined, a man who would sooner die than surrender his ideals. Malik doubts Kurt will listen to him, considering him a coward.

Asbel is like, "That's cool, but we're going anyway."

FFFFT

We go up to the entrance and Malik explains that Fermat isn't feeling well, so she sent us to take over for her for the day!

NPC Guard: ...She sent six of you?

Yeah it is a little conspicuous. And one of us is Strahtan military! Hmmm.

Malik: Today's procedure is labor intensive.

NPC Guard: Well, okay!

This game's logic is flawless.

I should mention that I ~~synthesized~~ dualized Malik's joke weapon, which is a fork with a Peep on the end. So everything is like, a thousand times stupider in real life.

SKIT! Malik thinks it's interesting that all the panels in the tower are linked together, so when you step on one, they all move correspondingly. Really? Is interesting the word you want? Not "stupid" or "extreme video game logic with no real world application at work"?

Asbel sadly says that all of Fendel looks like this tower: Impressive from the outside, junk on the inside. Yeeeep.

...This is getting stupid. There's a gimmick on each floor and they're just getting more and more ridiculous.

SKIT! Hubert tells Malik to stop brooding and at least put on a good show of being together, because he's depressing everyone, especially Asbel, who "relies on you with all his heart".

Cute, but in no way shown in the actual script or voice acting pretty much since Malik joined the party.

--sobbbb.

We found Kurt's office, and he's not here. The party splits up to look around, and then SUBEVENT!

Malik has a flashback to Lorelia being gunned down 20 years ago, back when he still looked 40. Malik effortlessly takes out the guys who killed her, because he's not useless. She hands over the information she collected for him before dying.

The photograph that prompted the memory is of the three of them: Malik, Lorelia, and Kurt, in their uniforms. Asbel gives him vague reassurances that he's not worthless, which work, generically.

"back when he still looked 40"

/giggles

Here's the information we want: the valkines cryas is in a glacier outside the capital. It's very close to Zavhert. Oh noooo. If it explodes we'll all diiiie. (As we already knew.)

BTW there's a map here of the whole world that really drives home how simple the whole planet is. The continent Fendel is on is just one enormous block of unbroken ice. The continent Strahta is on (which is not very far away from it) is just one enormous block of desert. The continent Windor is on is lush and green despite literally being a stone's throw away from barren arctic wasteland and barren desert wasteland.

...heyyyyy. Does our planet have a name?

Sophie hears someone coming. The door opens and the party is hidden beside the door but ready to attack!

But Kurt is just so super awesome that he already has his weapon at Asbel's throat when the door opens, and it's only Malik's weapon at his throat that stops him from murdering our protagonist.

Kurt doesn't appear to want to punch Malik in the face, despite Malik's predictions, but he doesn't want to chat with us either, he's busy. His experiment is going to fix Fendel!

Look, dude, your experiment is going to blow your horrible arctic continent up.

Kurt is like, lol, explosions. Whatever. I've modified her research!! Because I'm... smarter than the super-smart people who gave me all my technology!

But more importantly, "My country is dying. If we halt the experiment, the plight of our citizens will become exponentially greater. We would be forced to invade neighboring countries merely to survive!"

...Even more than you already are?! Because you are already doing that, homeboy. Also, the other countries don't have much eleth either. Also, do you people not have coal?

Asbel: When you say neighboring countries, do you mean Windor?

Are there any other neighboring countries? Are there any other countries? I'm pretty sure Windor and Fendel are in fact the only neighboring countries in the world, since the only other country is on a continent that is not attached, by however narrow a slice of land, to any others.

Anyway, Kurt tells us to get the fuck out, he'll give us time to escape because he likes Malik, but only if we leave now. "You turned tail and ran once. I suggest you do so again." Buuuurn.

We shuffle sadly out the door.

Malik admires Kurt's determination and tries to ask Pascal if she thinks he might have fixed the research, like he says.

Pascal: NOPE. I JUST KNOW, FROM THE TEN WORDS HE SAID TO THAT EFFECT.

I wish we could discuss this like adults. Like, I don't know, "How about you show me your research, Kurt?" "Why, of course, here it is." "Hmmm, I see, this could work / Hmm, I don't know, here are the flaws I see." Maybe tea could be served.

There is no tea in Tales of Code Geass, only war and magic.

So we decide to go to the valkines cryas site! Even though it will mean fighting Kurt and possibly all of Fendel! Yay.

SUBEVENT! We went to give Fermat's research pass back to her so she can, you know, get into Fendel Tower, but she says she doesn't need it anymore.

Because...

...wait for it...

...her boyfriend proposed!! :D Now she doesn't need to do all this crappy science anymore! She's going to be a housewife! :D

Now she's going to help Pascal pick out a man. By studying the party's male specimens.

I have so many bad feelings about this, I can't even express them without sputtering.

Malik is obviously mysterious, somehow, which Fermat decides is hot. Apparently Malik has his secrets written on his face. It's not like he's fucking Dracula or anything. He looks like a normal dude.

On the downside, if he's too mysterious, other ladies will want in on that. Pascal needs a man who's hot, but not too hot, because then he can get lots of tail. So no on Malik.

--WHAT

Tales of Betraying Me Utterly

Hubert is very young, Fermat observes. He is five years younger than Pascal, yes. And shy! (Hubert protests that he is not shy, he is embarrassed by this ridiculous conversation.) And obviously not good at expressing his feelings.

He'd be a good fit for Pascal! Because she could use order in her life. But Fermat can't stand guys with short tempers.

So Hubert is no good either...! I'm sure he's crushed. Crushed.

Asbel sweatdrops to be singled out as the last man standing, and Cheria dives in front of him. "HOLD IT, SISTER. THIS ONE'S OFF-LIMITS."

"Why?"

"...BECAUSE... HE'S RUDE. AND STUBBORN AND SELFISH AND OBLIVIOUS. AND HE HAS A TERRIBLE FASHION SENSE. YOU DON'T WANT HIM."

This is true, but he's standing right fucking here, as Asbel himself points out.

rainfall: So, is this the worst sub-event ever?

It may be.

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