Live A Hero Christmas Melt Countdown Episode 8 (Abridged)

Sensettia (narrating?): I'll sing my song. For who and why you ask? Well...
Sensettia: La la, my song~
Monster: (confused screaming in vines)
The Monster swings a vine arm at Viscunam, which Viscunam grazes!
Viscunam: YOU CAN'T CATCH ME THAT EASILY! You'll never take anything from me!
Viscunam counters by turning his Doc Ock arms into blades and spinning them like a blender!
Monster: (pained screaming in vines)
The Monster recoils and apparently its core shines through!
Gomeisa: Still don't want fighting! But, protect everyone from hurt!
Gomeisa's ice walls freezes the Monster's arm and makes a path straight to the core!
MC: Crowne, you're up!

Crowne: Hell yeah!
Crowne runs up to the core!
Monster: (roars in vines)
Crowne heads for the core in the right eye!
Crowne: Wrench Smash!
SMASH!
Monster: (screams in vines)
The arm starts falling apart, so Crowne hops off.
Crowne: Is it dead yet!?
Monster: (roars in vines)
Nope, it regenerated everything for some reason.
MC: WHAT

Gomeisa: Oh no!
Crowne: Well damn, that's some tough regen!
Viscunam: ...hmm. Both of its eyes must be cores then. Maybe it's a fusion of two Monsters or it has multiple cores, but either way the unbroken cores will act as a backup for the other. Others. Whichever.
Crowne: Meaning we have to smash them all at once? Not really a thing I can pull off with what I have.
Viscunam: Yes, not with the way you do things. But I do have an idea of how to blow them away all at once. We use my invention and Girlie's song!
Sensettia: We need more VP for that, right? Got it!
Sensettia starts readying her next song.

Sensettia (narrating): I still hear the laughs right now. They say there's no point because I have small ~~boobs~~ wings...but they aren't the ones I'm trying to impress. It's...
MC: YEAH, SENSETTIA!
Sensettia: !!
Sensettia (narrating): Their feelings are real, and they don't care about my boob wing size. I can't help but smile with someone who can't even fight being so close to listen to me sing.
Sensettia: Yeah, my song kicks ass MC!
Sensettia (narrating): I sing for MC, the one standing closest to me. And for the people really there for me!
Sensettia: Hey, can everybody hear me!? (turns to camera)
Sensettia: What is UP with this Christmas heat, amirite!? But it's cool, we'll take care of it! We're gonna bring you a white Christmas for sure! But we need more VP to do it! So come on everybody, raise your hands and party!
Sensettia starts strumming her keyboard and sings. The VP count on MC's phone starts blowing up!
MC: Yes!

Viscunam: Excellent, Girlie! We are getting so much VP! 95%... 97%... 100%! THERE! The Amp is ready!
Sensettia: I just have to sing at the cores, right? Got it!
Monster: (shrieks in vines)
The Monster is huddling up like it's trying to defend itself.
Crowne: It must've figured out what we're doing!
Viscunam: ...hmph, it's useless before the power of my inventions of SCIENCE! Girlie's song will be an AOE attack...but I'd still like for us to expose the cores first! Gomeisa, Crowne!
Gomeisa: Okay!
Crowne: Got it!
Viscunam: ...let's go! MC, your orders!
MC: Right, let's do this!

The Monster swings around and showers crystal fragments around!
Gomeisa: Stop!
Light gathers into Gomeisa!
Gomeisa: Christmas Hero special!
Gomeisa casts Light Blizzard!
Monster: (screams in vines)
The Monster starts slowing down and freezing up. The arm gets frozen to the walls and floor! And a new path to the cores is made again!
MC: Nice going, Gomeisa! / Crowne, go! / Viscunam, you're up!
(B) Crowne: Right! Viscunam, let's go!
Viscunam: Yes, run down everything that gets in the way of my process!
(C) Viscunam: ...you are counting on me? Very well! Crowne, let's go!
Crowne: Right, don't fall behind!

Crowne and Viscunam run up to the Monster's cores!
Crowne: It's analyzing time! Smash!
Right core, Protect Break!
Viscunam: Behold my dream!
Viscunam's arms turn into blades!
Viscunam: Get it memorized! Omnipresence "Grand Invention"!
Viscunam uses Fury Swipes! Left core, Protect Break! Gomeisa's blizzard special is freezing more of the Monster.
Monster: (gurgles in vines)
The Monster is now frozen and vulnerable.
Viscunam: MC, send power to the Amp now! *(points invention at the Monster)*
MC: On it!

The amp starts charging...
Viscunam: Crowne, Gomeisa, get back to my position! Girlie, it's all on you now! Sing!
Sensettia: Watch me knock 'em dead!
Gomeisa: Sensettia! Want hear more Sensettia song!
Crowne: Rock up, girl!
Sensettia readies her keyboard in front of the amp's mic. She looks at the phone and sees how many viewers are on.
Sensettia: Okay WOW. I gotta focus though! (turns back to MC) Ready! Send me VP!
MC: Sing, baby, sing!
Sensettia faces forward again.
Sensettia: Everyone's counting on me to sing, so I'm giving it my all!
Sensettia's weapon and the amp start glowing!
Sensettia: Recital Manifest "Glänzend Sänger"!
Sensettia sings again, and her keyboard shines. The light goes into the amp to shoot giant sound waves that make the area shake.
Monster: (screams in vines)
The cores start cracking!
Monster: (shrieks in vines)
FLASH
Monster: Love...ly... (poof)

Gomeisa: ...Monster disappeareded!
Viscunam: Yes! We win with the power of my SCIENCE and Assistant Number 1's song!
Sensettia: ...did we win? We did? Yay!
MC: Great work, team!
Crowne: Yeah...now about that weather machine...
Everyone looks at where the Monster was. There's some big round machine there.
Viscunam: Is that the main terminal? It's smaller than I expected for all this. Does it still work...?
Crowne: Dunno. Hope there's some way to fix it...
...
...beep
System: [-----]
The round machine starts shining and groaning!
Gomeisa: WHAT

Crowne: ...is it restarting?
Viscunam: IT STILL WORKS!?
System: [-----]
Crowne: W-wait, gimme a second to see if Space Google Translate's audio function works... uhh...auto-repair...small scale...starter...needed...reactivation?
Viscunam: The builders really built an auto-repair function into this thing? What were they planning for?
MC: Huh. Sensettia!
Sensettia: Oh sure, what's one more song after a million amirite!? ...well then again, there has to be at least one core for the front row seats!
Sensettia sings her heart out. The round machine starts shining again, and the crystal walls turn transparent. Apparently it's night now, and clouds start forming.
Sensettia: It's night already...? Something's happening, so...did it work?
Crowne: MC, do the comments say anything?
MC: Uhh...

MC looks at the stream chat.
Rando A: The Crystal Tower's shining! Wow!
Rando B: It's starting to cool off...
Rando C: SNOW
MC: Yeah it worked! They said it's snowing!
Gomeisa: Yay! Christmas!
Viscunam: Did it really restart working...? Hard to tell what it means by small scale...
Crowne: ...you don't think they planned for it to run for 1000 years but cut it down in half, right? Can't say, but it definitely seems to be working again so job done.

MC is reading more comments.
Rando D: Nice speakers!
Rando E: That girl's songs were awesome!
Rando F: Encore!
MC: That's what they said. Nice work, Sensettia. Viscunam.
Viscunam: ...oh. Well I am a genius! Hahaha!
Sensettia: Hey, are you blushing?
Viscunam: Q-quiet, Girlie! So are you!
Sensettia: Shut up! It's not every day people compliment me like that! ...Viscunam?
Sensettia is now whispering to Viscunam.
Sensettia: ...this feels good, huh?
Viscunam: ...not bad.
The Crystal Tower lights up the night. Clouds slowly fill the sky, and winter returns to the city.

Title Card: The Angel's Song Rings in the Holy Night

The next day
The town is packed and bustling.
Townie A: Hey, play's starting!
Town Kid B: Santa!
Town Kid C: Presents!
Everyone's having fun.
Gomeisa: Happy Christmas, good! Happy people, me happy!
MC: That's great.
Crowne: Yeah. It's actually getting a bit too cold though, shoulda brought a change of clothes.
Committee Member: Thank you all for your work and making this celebration possible.
Crowne: No need for thanks. We did barge into your holy grounds, and we were hired to protect your festivities anyway. So in that sense, we were just doing our jobs.
Gomeisa: Yes, happy festival happen!

Crowne: I wish I could learn how the tower machinery works more and make it so it won't crash again. Would you let me help?
Committee Member: Really? We'd be happy to have you, but are you sure?
Crowne: Sure! I just can't come by that often, but maybe I can learn to maintain it at least.
MC: You sure? You still have a day job to get to, so won't that have to be done on your off time?
Crowne: Ahaha, well yeah I guess my vacation's gonna dry up again. It's cool, I wanna do my best as an engineer and I can't just leave an awesome system untouched. Not like any engineers came to help during all that time. But yeah, there's a bit of self-interest in all that.
Committee Member: ...thank you very much. We will contact you again after some discussion. I wish we could have thanked those other two members as well...
Gomeisa: Sensettia and Viscunam gone...
Crowne: I wonder where they went. They didn't even say goodbye. Then again I guess we could just call their agencies since they were hired to help too.
Committee Member: But we only hired you three. We have no idea who those two are.
MC: What? I thought something was up...

Crowne: Whoa...so they were intruders?
Committee Member: Apparently. But they still saved our planet, so our government is discussing overlooking that.
Gomeisa: Wanted say goodbye...huh? (pulls something from his pockets)
Flashback
Viscunam: My heater machine that runs on snow!
Present
Gomeisa: Oh. Viscunam machine...
A snowflake falls into the machine. It faintly glows and warms Gomeisa's hand.
Gomeisa: Viscunam... (smiles)
Crowne: Welp, we're friends now so maybe we'll see them again if fate is kind.
Gomeisa: ...yes! Will treasure!
MC: I'm sure we'll see them soon / What kind of crazy invention will he make next...? / We'll hear an awesome song!

Elsewhere
Viscunam's spaceship
Viscunam: Hmm...MC asked if I was worried. What an interesting perspective. They are both the Ultimate Observer and an excellent assistant! I will examine everything about them next time I see them! ...but what first? Biology? Ether reaction...? Hahaha, the process is getting even more interesting!
Sensettia: Sensettia to La-la Land, come in La-la Land. If you want MC to be an assistant, try tuning into reality first before asking?
Viscunam: You just don't get my genius, Girlie. I must examine MC one day, for SCIENCE so I can complete my research! I look forward to meeting you again, ahahaha!
Sensettia: You sure got the mad scientist laugh down pat. And after all the good you did back there.
Viscunam: Shut up. You sure seem happy, Girlie.
Sensettia: Ha. I'm not nearly done yet! Not until I sing to everyone I want to sing to!
She still seems happy enough.

Sensettia: Whew, that was a lot of singing yesterday. Where we going to next? Gotta get ready for the next part of my music tour!
Viscunam: (thousand yard stare) ...I take back what I said Girlie. Maybe you should be more sad.
Sensettia takes something out of her pockets. It's the crystal fragment she picked up from the tower.
Sensettia: Tee hee, I guess I did an itty bitty crime stealing something. Oh well, I am a villain. (stares at crystal)
Sensettia: Maybe we'll find a use for it someday even if it doesn't do much now, huh? Bring it! I'll sing a song made only by me and sing it for you, MC! La la, my feelings~...
The crystal shines, like it's cheering Sensettia on.
The End

Chapter 14 Episode 1: The Absence of Deus Ex Machina 1 (Abridged)

Yurakucho Theater maybe
Christine: Welcome to our theater box! I've always been thinking how to better entertain you. People have been saying originality is dead for ages now, so how do we make something better than all those endless remakes? Well everyone knows there's no one correct answer, and now we're going to put on a story just for you. Enjoy the last show on the Tokyo stage the Entertainers are putting on!
The Alibi of Urban Legends

Flashback!
stab
Kirito: Man, why'd you have to let your guard down like a bitch around me? Now I had to off you personally instead of making some other schmuck do it for me.
MC: ...what?
It's the artifact of that one serial killer we can't name stuck in your back!
MC: w-why
Welp, you're gonna die
Kirito: Did you think we were friends? Or family? Here's my little secret: friends and family can piss off.
Jack the Ripoff starts dismembering MC!
Kirito: Die alone like a dog in the back alleys.
Who is he saying that to? Also hey Mononobe is here in some form?

Present
Server Room
MC: AAH! I-I'm alive...?
R-19: Instability on ECG detected. Suspending memory protocol.
Moritaka: M-MC, are you okay!?
MC: W-where am I? / Was I dreaming...? / Why am I in a bed?
Shuichi: Did you get amnesia again? You remember who you are? Shinjuku Guildmaster, MC? We're in a data analysis room put together by the Berserkers and Wisemen and we were trying to analyze the memory boxes you got back. Remember those?
Shuichi points to two holograms of Mononobe. A bunch of cables are hooked up to MC and them.
MC: That's... (remembers)

Recap flashback!
Chapter 12
Mononobe: We're inside Mahakala. Bertro had part of my memories and now he's giving them to you. My memories were split in three among the three geniuses, and I was supposed to disappear but Mahakala held onto me, so I'm just 1/3 of myself here. I'm still glad I could talk to you. Listen, my memories are part of the most important person in Tokyo since I'm just a fragment of them, the All Exception King Solomon.
Obtained Mononobe's Affection Memories!
Chapter 13
Mononobe: I'm an avatar of an unfeeling god made to watch over you, and I had to keep watching millions of copies of you die and pretend I wasn't hurt by it! Fuck you for making me feel this constant pain! Then again this pain must be proof that I lived, so I want you to know my rage. I also didn't want you to know I felt this way.
Obtained Mononobe's Rage Memories!

Present
Shuichi: Okay, so you remember. Your teacher Mononobe Kyouma is a Watcher sent by the game management until he just couldn't anymore. His memories were split in three in black boxes that we just proved can only by opened by your ring.
Chapter 12 flashback!
Phantom Mononobe touches the ring.
Enigma: Hacking successful. Playing back memories.
Catoblepas: W-what?
Present
Shuichi: Back to recapping, we're trying to figure out the game's mysteries. To stop the game we cannot lose, and we have to catch up with my BRRRROTHER! Which means we have to look into Mononobe's past memories. You keeping up?
MC: Yes / we are?
(A because they messed up) R-19: Mental disorientation possible. Proposal: rest, MC.

Shuichi: ...we have to make you relive the memories for the analysis, but most of them end with someone or other killing you. Maybe you remembered it for real? I can see it's causing lots of mental strain...do you feel like you can pick back up now? Or do you want to take a break?
MC: I can keep going / I want to stop for a bit
Shuichi: ...before we go on, I'm going to sort through the data. Wait there. (taps keyboard) R-19, take a break. If any part of you breaks, it'll be hard to fix you without my BRRRROTHER!
R-19: ...understood.
Shuichi: Inuzuka you should rest too. Standing guard all day is tough.
Moritaka: But what about you!? You've been up all night for days!
Shuichi: ...I can't stop since we don't know when they'll make a move. The West and South have stopped with their large scale plans based on what MC found, which leaves the East left to try something. They have the last memory box too, most likely. If only we can find some sort of lead before they do anything...
Moritaka: Isn't the east where--
Shuichi: ...yes, where the lab where we were born and ran away from is.
Sudden shaking!
MC: W-what?

Dungeon hallway
R-19: Contacting Master Duo.
Duo: Here. So you guys are okay?
R-19: Fatigued, but affirmative. Explosion detected in Ikebukuro's surface. Switching cameras.
Duo: Yep, it's time. The true big three guilds were in a Mexican standoff this whole time and no one could stand up. But now the Entertainers are stepping in to join the fight and they got admin privileges. The old equilibrium is going down. R-19, lead my brother and everyone away in an emergency evacuation. We're going to see a battle between the Warmongers and Invaders versus the Rule Makers and Entertainers. No one can stop it until the game's over.
End of Episode

Live A Hero Christmas Melt Countdown Episode 7 (Abridged)

The vines go away to reveal all the machinery in the walls.
Crowne: ...wow, you don't see that every day. What IS this tower?
Crowne finds an input section upon examination.
Crowne: Huh, generic interface. I can touch it...
Click. Screens pop up with unreadable writings and pictures!
MC: WHAT
Crowne: Okay wow, I didn't expect that to do anything. I wonder if Space Google Translate will work here...?
Crowne uses SGT on her phone to work the machine.
Viscunam: >:( (stays on guard)
Sensettia: Hey Viscunam, weren't you going to make something to deal with the vines?
Viscunam: ...I can't.
Sensettia: wait WHAT
Viscunam: I said I can't! It's not going to help against a Monster! We should focus on surviving, and I don't want to go into the Monster's lair anyway.
Gomeisa: Viscunam, what happen?
Viscunam: ...it's a long story. Short version, I can't handle facing off against Monsters.
MC: Huh, wonder what happened?

Sensettia: ...wow, I never heard you say you can't before. Usually you always yell about how you can do anything with SCIENCE!
Viscunam: (frowns)
Sensettia: ...whoa, you aren't even going to argue?
There goes Sensettia's image of Viscunam after he broke her out of her cage. But maybe he's in a cage of his own.
Sensettia: ...you can still think it through at least, can't you? You know, make something with what's here to deal with the vines!
Viscunam: ...well that, I can do. Blow up the tower.
Crowne: ...! (stops)
Sensettia: W-wait, isn't that overkill?
Viscunam: ...Crowne, what do you think? If these vines are a Monster and that Monster goes berserk in here, is it really that far-fetched a plan?
Crowne: ...it's not impossible, but that'd be a plan if the goal is getting rid of the Monsters at all costs.
MC: WHAT / (stares)
(A) Crowne smiles slightly at MC.

Viscunam: Monsters prioritize predation over survival, and they've been taking over this tower and turning it haywire before we got here.
Crowne: Well, it's in the middle of taking over the tower. Meaning, it's focused on something else besides us.
Sensettia: No way!
Gomeisa: Then...if Monster done with tower...
Crowne: Yeah...it'll be even stronger than it is now. Then it'll look for something else. Sure there's us, but there's also a city nearby.
Gomeisa: Oh no...
Viscunam: ...right. Of course, blowing up the tower now could also backfire and make the Monster flip out if it lives. But...
Crowne: ...there'd be less of them which means it might be easier to fight them then.
Sensettia: Wait, we're really considering blowing up the tower...?
Gomeisa: Crowne...
Gomeisa looks determined, but Crowne gestures for him to wait.
Crowne: I get what you're saying Viscunam, but...
MC: The answer's no, right?

Crowne: Yep. Your idea makes sense, but I'm against it.
Viscunam: What!?
Crowne: Yes, your argument makes some sense, but it's going to take time and resources to actually make it happen. The Monster will probably be done eating the tower by then.
Viscunam: They go that fast??
Crowne: Also... (kaiju Monster incident flashback!) MC and I went through the same situation where someone planned to space nuke our city. We can't accept anything like that happening elsewhere.
MC: Yeah.
Viscunam: BRUTES!
Crowne: Hang on now, your plan still makes sense, so we'll keep it as a last resort. We'd still need to get info and check out the situation for it anyways, so let's do that. We might find something helpful...no guarantees it'll work though.
Gomeisa: Crowne have idea!?
Crowne: Not everything, but Space Google Translate got me the gist of things. (fiddles with machine) Now this screen shows a model of the tower and something flowing up. It's energy from the tower itself, and the whole thing's a weather control machine.
MC: Oh my god!

Viscunam: Wow, this amount of resources is not something you can get on short notice... Still, amazing work to make it all an energy source, armoring, and a piece of machinery.
Crowne: Yeah, crazy how it's been on 24/7...translation's done, I'm pretty damn certain it's a weather control machine when you look at the city. Also, it looks like we're close to the tower core. Here's the map, here's us, and here's the core up above.
Sensettia: ...wow we really came high up. The core's definitely above us, right? It's not gonna turn out to be in the basement levels?
Crowne: Nope. The paths we saw all went up, right? There could have been other paths, but look at the map. (points) There's a big boss door up ahead. Main control terminal's in there.
Gomeisa: Wow...why weather go weird then?
Crowne: Easy. Monsters broke the machine.
Click. Look at all those red dots on the map!

Viscunam: ...what's that?
Crowne: All the machines offline.
Viscunam: But it's almost everything!
Crowne: Yeah. It's not that the machines are malfunctioning. It's that they're just off.
Sensettia: Whoa, it's that hot just because the weather machine is off? What kind of hellhole is this planet?
Viscunam: Nature is going back to how it was...is that what's happening?
Crowne: Yep. The original creators must have been amazing.
Gomeisa: Then, tower gone bad for planet people? Lose homes?
MC: Yeah...I want to help them.

Viscunam: Well that changes what we thought of things. I still support blowing up the tower...but it seems we can only choose to destroy it or fix it.
Crowne: (frowns)
Crowne: ...yep. First we should check it out. Honestly, it's gonna be a struggle to see if it even can be fixed, but we'll never get anywhere without getting rid of the Monsters first anyway.
Sensettia: Yep, this has escalated really fast. Well I'm already here, I'm in for the whole ride.
Gomeisa: But weren't Sensettia and Viscunam here to help fix tower to begin with???
Sensettia: Huh? O-oh, yeah! Of course! Totally!
Crowne: ...alright, let's go. The door should be right over there.
And so Crowne, Gomeisa, Sensettia, and MC start walking looking determined. Viscunam frowns really hard as he brings up the rear.

Later
The party reaches the giant tower core door.
MC: I sense a BIG Monster...
Crowne: Welp. The vine boss must be inside.
Gomeisa: Oomph! Oomph! ...o-oh no, can't move...
Sensettia: Pulling and pushing don't work. Is it broken?
Crowne: I didn't see any damage reported near the door, so I didn't think so. I don't know anything more though.
MC: Hmm...
Viscunam: There are Monsters here. I shouldn't be here...but somehow I still am. Why? I can't afford to be retgone if it comes to it yet...
Flashback!
Viscunam's Dad: Viscunam, inventions are--
Present
Gomeisa: VISCUNAM!

Viscunam: AAAAA! W-what was that for!?
Gomeisa: Viscunam invention help!?
Viscunam: I-I...
Gomeisa: Viscunam many amazing inventions! Talk about so many! Can't invention help?
MC: Seems like a bit much / Please, Viscunam!
Viscunam: B-but...!
Gomeisa: Never seen person make so many amazing things before! Viscunam want be famous, yes!? I want Viscunam be famous too!
Viscunam: (flashes back to earlier in the tower)
Gomeisa: Viscunam, please!
Viscunam: HNNNGH! ...okay fine, I'll stay long enough to open the door! (starts investigating)
Gomeisa: Yay, thank you!
Crowne: ...you were considering bailing, weren't you?
Viscunam: (stares) ...yes. Do you blame me for being afraid?
Crowne: Nah, I think it's great you're sticking around even though you're afraid. Thanks.
Viscunam: Again, only long enough to open the door.

Later
Sensettia: ...any clues?
Viscunam: ...I don't even need my inventions here. The door runs on ether and should open once there's enough.
MC: It's automatic?
Viscunam: (touches door) This door normally gets energy from elsewhere, but it's locked now because it doesn't have enough. It can absorb energy like sounds and radio waves like the crystals. We supply that, then it should move.
Crowne: Wow, you figured it out that quick?
Viscunam: ...hmph, I can figure that out by yesterday's breakfast. Remember how the crystals shone when Girlie sang? If we make the crystals here do it, it'll release the energy the door needs.
Sensettia: My song...? Really?
Viscunam: Yes, I am 100% sure.
Sensettia: ...well okay then! Time to rock!
Viscunam: N-NO WAIT! The Monster might attack as soon as the door opens! At least think of something in case that happens!

Crowne: ...oh, right. We don't know how strong the boss is either.
Sensettia: Can we really do anything...?
Gomeisa: We only fight. Can't make special plans. Viscunam have any inventions use!?
Viscunam: Urk! Monster fighting's outside my specialization!
Gomeisa: Oh...
Sensettia: Hmm... (thinks) Oh! Viscunam, can't we use that one thing?
Viscunam: what thing
Sensettia: You made a giant megaphone thing for me before! Can't we use that to both open the door AND attack the boss Monster!?
MC: Deus ex machina!

Viscunam: ...the Ultra Power Voice Amp? Hmm, hooking it up to your Parallel Weapon makes sense. Luckily I brought it with me! I just need to fiddle with it to make it work here.
Sensettia: Yes, we got it all fig--
Viscunam: Girlie, you're forgetting something.
Sensettia: What? ...oh.
Viscunam: Yes, the high energy requirements. It's the problem we'd already be having using your song to create energy, and I doubt grabbing all the crystals nearby would be enough.
Sensettia: Oh right, last time we caused a huge blackou--I mean, problems were caused. And here I thought it was a good idea...
Crowne: Hmm...well there might be a solution to our energy needs.
Viscunam: How?
Crowne: We're heroes and we have to stream our battles. VP's basically infinite energy in a way, so maybe we can use that...
MC: Oh, yeah!

Crowne: Yeah, we can work this out.
Viscunam: Wait, we're going to use the VP we basically use as MP to attack to power the machine instead? How are we going to get that much VP?
Sensettia: I'll do my best, for Christmas!
Gomeisa: Yes...if no Christmas, many city people sad!
Sensettia: This is gonna be the best concert ever! I'll sing and crush that Monster! And lots of people on this planet believe in this tower, right? I should tune my singing to make them happy.
Sensettia starts thinking about her songs.
Crowne: What? You're gonna mix them up right now? Damn, performers are crazy. Sounds good though, we gotta get those sweet, sweet views with all our work.
Viscunam: But I don't know how to turn VP into energy...
Crowne: I do! I did this last Christmas! And we have plenty of people to make up the audience: all the townspeople hoping we'll solve the weather problem we've got going on.
Sensettia: Oh right, them!
Crowne: I'm a little worried about whether they'll actually watch though. It'd be nice if we had a huge screen to stream this to.
MC: Hmm...

Hey there was a giant screen in town when people were setting up for Christmas in space.
MC: Hey, let's have them stream it on that screen in the event area!
Crowne: Oh right, there's that! MC, can you call the festival committee? Tell them they need to have as many people as possible watch it! This is a planetwide problem we've got on our hands!
MC: On it!
Crowne: Okay, while MC's on the phone, we gotta start working on the adjustments!
Viscunam: Well now that we have those plans sorted out...
Sensettia: ...what now?
Viscunam: I need to remind you all that this is the last chance to back out.
Silence.
Viscunam: This is a reckless plan to charge into an enclosed area with insufficient information on an unknown Monster with erasure on the line. I'm afraid of Monsters and of being forgotten.
Gomeisa: Viscunam...
MC: Why haven't you bailed out then?

Viscunam: ...I don't know. Normally I'd be gone already, and I can't let myself be forgotten before I make the ultimate invention. I still need to decide, and looking at you all irritates me so for some reason...
Sensettia: Well, that's...
Crowne: ...aren't you...?
Viscunam: ...what?
MC: Doesn't that mean you're worried about us?
Viscunam: What?
This apparently has never occurred to Viscunam.
Viscunam: I'm worried about you all...? No, wait...
Viscunam's intuition says he's not.
Gomeisa: It okay, I know that feel! But I protect everyone! No one going to forget!
Viscunam: W-wait, what?

Viscunam flashes back!
Viscunam's Dad: Viscunam, inventions are just a resultant product. The truth is that they're a connecting process, and that connection is important.
Present
Viscunam: Process? I chose to make an unbreakable baton to pass on...and always ran from Monsters... Is the process to get to that point to have everyone I come across be constantly destroyed...? I have to sacrifice them?
Flashback!
Viscunam's Dad: I never had the intention to make that invention. He just proved the worth of having it in the world.
Viscunam's Head: Inventing is about drawing up a world where a thing exists...and having the intention to make it... I see. I...I fear Monsters, but...there is no need for me to consign everything to the trash bin because of it!

Present
Sensettia: Uhh...Viscunam...? You ok--
Viscunam: ...h
Sensettia: What?
Viscunam: BWAHAHAHA! I have made a serious misjudgment!
Sensettia: OW MY EARS
Viscunam: Okay, fine, you win. I'm coming with you.
MC: Really!? Yes!
Viscunam: Not to the bitter end, of course. There's far too much unknown, so if we aren't able to eliminate the Monster...
Crowne: ...what?
Viscunam: We're all escaping together. You're all part of my inventing process now.
Gomeisa: Yay! I protect everyone!
Viscunam: R-right, you do that!
Sensettia: Weirdo.
Sensettia sees that Viscunam is back to his usual self.
Viscunam: Crowne, we will finish this in ten minutes. Come with me.
Crowne: ...got it. I'm a bona fide mechanic, you know.
Viscunam pulls out a telescopic speaker, and he and Crowne get to work on it.

Ten minutes later
MC is ready to turn the livestream on and the party is suited up for battle. Drone cameras and the amplifier doohickey are ready.
MC: Ready guys? It's almost time to roll.
Gomeisa: Yes!
Crowne: Well we came this far. We're gonna survive and party in town after this!
Sensettia: I'm gonna sing!
Viscunam: H-hmph! SCIENCE will defeat you, Monster!
MC: Okay! Showtime! (click)
Sensettia starts singing. The door starts shaking.
Crowne: Nice, look at the view count and VP coming in!
Viscunam: Just a little more and we'll have enough to run the amplifier without cutting into our battle potential! Also, wow I don't think Girlie or me have ever fought with so much attention on us before.
Gomeisa: Oh! Door opening!
The door shines and groans open.
Crowne: Yes! ...!?

Look at all those vines!
Viscunam: So many...
Vine avalanche!
MC: Here they come!
Gomeisa: No!
Gomeisa makes an ice wall that freezes the vines that touch it! Now there's a gap.
Crowne: You did it! Let's go in through the gap!
Gomeisa: Okay! I protect everyone!
Sensettia: Cool! I'll make a medley of two or three of my songs now!
MC: Let's go!
Crowne and Gomeisa go in first. MC and Sensettia go next.
Viscunam: (frowns)
Viscunam hesitates...
Viscunam: ...ahh! (charges in)

Monster: (slithers sinisterly)
The room looks like a shrine, and the walls are covered in crystals and machinery. Vines are everywhere and converge at the top of the steps where the boss's main body seems to be.
Viscunam: Is that the core body!?
Crowne: The tower core should be the furthest part in, and of course it's got a big ugly Monster growing out of it!
Monster: (slithers menacingly)
The Monster's head piece looks towards the party, then screams!

Gomeisa: Monster looking here!
Crowne: Wait, that's not the boss! I mean it's probably the core, but there's two of them...? Whatever, destroy it and we'll be done!
Sensettia: I'm warmed up and ready to rock out!
MC: Here we go, people!
Viscunam: We have so much VP, but it's still not enough for the contraption! MC, don't forget there's also a limit to how much energy can be put into the Amplifier at once! Keep the VP flowing! I'll keep watch for the right time to activate the invention to blow the Monster away!
MC: Okay!
The Monster still looks ready to attack whenever!
Viscunam: Hold that thing back while we gather VP! Girlie, ready!?
Sensettia: I was born ready!
Monster: (screams in vines)
Showtime!
Title Card: The Crucial Big Concert
BATTLE START

Road to Guild Dispatch Part 2 (Abridged)

Quantum: What ARE guilds?
MC: Groupings of friends? / People with shared views / (leave it to Tianzun)
Tianzun: Like parties. They're fun!
MC: Some are scary, like the game managers guild...whatever it is they do.
Tianzun: Ooh, I see someone I can connect with there...but I guess this is also a flaw of mine. I can vibe with anyone, even an Entertainer. But that's why--whoops, never mind! Anyways I recommend you check a bunch of things out!
Quantun: (cocks head) Umm, what kind of guilds are there? I can help by showing you previously unknown possibilities.
MC: Okay / U-uh, thanks / Anyways...
MC picks up a form.
Quantum: The Berserkers? What are they like?
Tianzun: Battle freaks with an underground arena.
Quantum: ...what kind of people choose to go into a small, boxed off place where they might live or die?
MC: Now now, let's trying thinking what it'd be like to go there.

Catbox activate!
Ikebukuro Colosseum
Quantum: ...wow, everyone's into strength here. It seems nice to have something to focus on so hard...
Oniwaka: Huh? Whatcha doing here, kitty? There's some bad lookin' dudes around here so you shouldn't--hey where'd you go?
Quantum: Oh! I stand out here, so I might be noticed more here... (bump)
Macan: WHOMST
Quantum: AAAAAA
Oniwaka runs over while Quantum runs away.
Oniwaka: Hey Macan, see a little cat girl about yay high?
Macan: Yeah, but bruh...is that what you're into? They'll call the cops on you.
Oniwaka: Shut the fuck up!
Macan: Make me, haha!

Colosseum Hallway
Quantum: Oh my god it's beef everywhere!
Ikutoshi: Huh? You lost?
Quantum: Oh I didn't know this guild had children like you too.
Ikutoshi: I'm NOT a kid, thanks. I'm a legit ranker!
Bathym: Oooh, hi Ikky~! Wanna spar?
Ikutoshi: Hm? Oh, okay then. (poof! Big Ikutoshi!) No holding back on me! I have something I wanted to try!
Quantum: !?!?!?
Bathym and Ikutoshi start sparring. Quantum runs off.
Ikutoshi: Oh wait, right! Don't go that way because there's this crazy stro--huh? Hey Bathym, did you see the girl that was just here?
Bathym: what girl

Some room
Quantum: Aww, I thought I found someone I could just talk to...
Cthugha: Someone there? (walks out) Oh! No wait, I'm not scary or anything!
Quantum: Who are you? Are you part of this guild?
Cthugha: Yep! Uh, I'm Cthugha, the Berserkers' super special invincible secret weapon!
Quantum: You're funny. You seem so strong but you seem so afraid of me.
Cthugha: H-hey, I haven't talked to anyone in forever!
The TV goes off and Cthugha gets excited by it.
Cthugha: Wow, go off Bathym! Didja see that?
Quantum: ...aren't you going to join them?
Cthugha: I did, once...then I blew up the whole place. They told me not to go to the arena since.

Quantum: ...aren't they tricking you? You have battle worth and--
Cthugha: Yes, I know I'm stupid but I know that much! But I'm still glad for everything since every other guild kicked me out. And I can still go out and talk to everyone, I just can't join the arena. Then again I'm too afraid to leave my room...
Quantum: ...oh, sorry. I didn't know.
Cthugha: I-it's cool! I'm glad to have someone to talk to! Were you all alone like I was!?
Quantum: Oh...hehe, sort of.
Cthugha: Ooh! Ooh! Then--
SLAM
Ikutoshi: Hey Cthugha, did you see this cat girl?
Oniwaka: Kitty, come out! It's all cool! There's way worse than me, and I can show you around if you want!
Ikutoshi: ...you actually think that'll work?
Cthugha: Oh my god??? I'd have brought out snacks if I knew there'd be so many people coming!
Ikutoshi: Oh, she DID come here. Where'd she go next?
Cthugha: What? She's right over h--
No she's not.
Cthugha: Nooo, I didn't even get to ask her name! I was about to make a new friend!

Classroom
MC: And that's what they're like. Why are you spacing out?
Quantum: ...mm. Oh, sorry. I was a little tired from running around.
MC: Wow, your imagination is amazing. So what'd you think of the Berserkers?
Quantum: ...well I don't like how dark and violent it is down there, but I also saw that they weren't all meatheads. The people in that box were really nice, so it's not as bad as I'd think. (Also I'm already like maybe alive maybe dead.)
Tianzun: Well spotted. That's what having a group that brings different people with the same views together is like. There's less you can do alone than the young may think, and people helping each other makes the world bigger. It's harder than I make it sound.
Quantum: ...you must've seen a lot. So are you going to choose the Berserkers, MC?
MC: Dunno
Quantum: Right, there's still a lot of forms. And I'm getting interested in seeing what other guilds there are.
MC: Let's go with this one next.

Quantum: The Outlaws? I can already guess, but what are they like?
Tianzun: Thugs who don't have a home for some reason or other. But the Tao takes many forms, with many different beliefs. Also their festivals are great!
Quantum: Huh. What would it be like if I joined them? Hmm...
MC: Oh look she did it again. Like she's dissociating and sending her soul off.
Tianzun: (speaking quieter) MC, take my hand. We're going after her.
MC: what
Tianzun: The Tao is the chi in all things, and she has gone to a potential branch path. We're going to follow her down that path, but we have to be touching and you can't let go. Got it?
MC: Sus / Is there some other way...? / Okay!
---
(A) Tianzun: You don't like it? But everyone would be happy to join with the Tao!
(B) Tianzun: Yes, but I can't do them now...
(C) Tianzun: Ooh, you're fast. I could teach you more if you join the Taoshis!
---
Tianzun: Ready? Close your eyes and focus.

Tsukuyomi's bar
Tsukuyomi: What a cute customer! Drinks, boys!
Quantum: Wait what? I wasn't...!
Gyoubu: A new cat girl. I see our emperor likes you.
Quantum: But I didn't even do anything!
Gyoubu: Hah, we have our ways...oh, you seem to be hiding some sort of pain. The emperor--and the rest of us really--are sweet on people like you. (pours out some juice brought over)
Quantum: Oh, sorry...and thank you.
Gyoubu: Enjoy yourself. I can step in for the emperor and talk with you instead. Excuse us if you find things unsatisfactory. So...want to talk about what's on your mind? I could help, I've been around a while.
Quantum: Oh, I'm not dissatisfied. Hardly anyone ever talks with me. I guess I can talk with yo--
(suddenly notices MC and then a bunch of hosts waiting on her)
MC: Wow, we really came? Is this Quantum's imagination? No wait...

Quantum: Excuse me, you can't just intrude into people's fantasies! Also it's not like I like this sort of thing or anything! I just thought this was how it was based on what you told me!
Gyoubu: Milord? When'd you learn such sorcery? I'm impressed you could surprise me like that.
MC: Yay, Gyoubu! / Where's everyone else? / He did it
---
(A) Gyoubu: Haha, I'm glad to see you too. I'm also a little embarrassed you came straight to me.
(B) Gyoubu: They're busy setting up the Hanashizume Festival. They kicked me out of it and over here...
(C) Gyoubu: Huh. He must be amazing, whoever he is.
---
Quantum: ...why are you two holding hands? Didn't you two just meet?
Tianzun: Details! We just get along! Isn't that good enough?
Quantum: ...that's not an explanation. And MC, speak up if you don't like it.
MC: Side benefits! / I was half forced into this / Are you jealous?
(A) Quantum: Well okay then
(B) Tianzun: NO WAIT I ALREADY EXPLAINED HOW THIS WORKS
(C) Quantum: N-no! I have standards!

Gyoubu: You folks sure are friendly. So, why are you three here?
MC explains about how they're looking into guild alliances and that Quantum is unaffiliated.
Gyoubu: Oh, I see. Shino's been worked up about something too. Suzuka and Tetsuya would never breathe a word of it, but they'd be happy if you joined. As would I, but give it some thought. (chews on leaf)
Gyoubu: You'd be welcome here too if you desire, little lady. No promises on safety or stability, but we'll help if you want to be here.
Quantum: ...thank you, umm...Gyoubu. But I--
Gyoubu: It doesn't need to be decided now. You must have other choices, so think about what you want. I'll always be right here.
Gyoubu is immediately called elsewhere in the shop and sighs about it. Quantum nods, holding back tears.
Gyoubu: Apologies, I'll be back soon.

Closing the catbox!
MC: So what'd you think of the Outlaws? (Wow it felt like we were really there)
Quantum: Hmm, different than I expected. Scary, but nice to the outcast and forgotten...
Quantum still looks scared.
Quantum: Maybe I should stop. Going somewhere new seems frightening...actually, deciding for myself is what's frightening. It was always someone else doing it before.
Tianzun: In that case, say no and move onto the next one.
Quantum: What?
Tianzun: Let me tell you something: everyone's afraid of deciding things for themselves. It's just not the end of the world to do so. Your path goes on forever, even after death.
Quantum: (stares)
Tianzun: You're shutting yourself in possibilities. If you don't have the courage to step outside your box's boundaries, you'll never see what's outside.

Tianzun: There are things to learn in the fear of the unknown, same for me. The Tao is hard for everyone to see, even mine. It's why I spent a lot of time far away until someone who could see it right away appeared.
Quantum: ...but not everyone can do that. Isn't that just survivor's bias?
Tianzun: ...yes. But it's still possible for you. For every possible failure, a possible success. Maybe you'll find them and make them happen. Go on, go out on a limb.
Quantum stares respectfully.
Tianzun: Never stop moving forward. The world is as big as you make it. Some may lost sight of themselves, but there are some who will find themselves again if they look. But that's all just me rambling. How about you say something now?
MC: Don't just dump this on me!
Tianzun: Not you. Him. (points at Solomon)

Solomon: WHAT! You can see me!?
Tianzun: Yes, this whole time
Solomon: I thought I was imagining things when we made eye contact!
Quantum: That's NOT some floating magical doll!?
Solomon: WHAT
Quantum: Well I didn't hear you say anything earlier...
MC: WHAT
Quantum: Wait, other people can't see you?
Solomon: Yes, mostly.
Tianzun: You're slightly different from her, but you're mostly the same. But you don't act like you hate the world.
Solomon is acting shy.

Quantum: How can you be okay despite most people acting like you aren't there?
Solomon: Well yeah it makes me sad since I'm not invited to conversations much. Just earlier I stayed quiet and listened to Master's talks to not get in the way. But I'm okay because I have Master!
MC: Oh! / (pet)
Solomon: Nooo, not in front of other people!
Quantum: ...I'm jealous.
Tianzun: Not to repeat myself, but whether you can get anything you want depends on yourself.
MC: Quantum, I still have a bunch of forms. Could you help me?
Quantum looks hesitant at first, but then looks determined.
Quantum: I have something to ask too. Could you tell me about places I could belong to?
Tianzun smiles at Quantum for taking a step towards what she wants.
MC: Sure! Let's take a look!
And so everyone plus Solomon starts going through the papers.

Later, that afternoon
MC: Find anything?
Quantum: It's weird how you started with looking into alliances and went into looking for homes for me. But thanks to that...I've decided.
Tianzun: Already? It doesn't need to be done that quick.
Solomon: Ooh, ooh! Tell us!
Quantum: Okay!
Tianzun: Does that mean you're joining the Taoshis!?
Quantum: Well...I don't know if I'm picking a guild.
Solomon: what
Quantun: I want to take a look at the guild MC is going to. I might go somewhere else since I'm not sure I can decide as I am now. So I'll go with you and go elsewhere if I feel like it.
Tianzun: Haha, okay! Some people change guilds every month!
Quantum: Also, Solomon made me interested in you...is that okay?
MC: Sure!
Solomon: So Master, did you make a choice yet?
Tianzun: The Taoshis, right?
MC: I...
MC declares their choice, and the girl smiles as she imagines a happy coming future.
The End

Road to Guild Dispatch Part 1 (Abridged)

One day
MC: OH NO I'M LATE
bump
MC: Wait did I just hit someone?
???: ow
MC: Sorry, I didn't see you. Are you one of our elementary school students?
She wasn't seen earlier, so therefore she must be small.
Quantum: ...oh, so this is how you see me. (looks at hands like it's the first time she's seen them)
MC: what / OMG CUTE
---
(C) Quantum: ...did you just say cute and not pitiful? Thank you...
---
Quantum: Hey, who are you and where do you belong to?
MC: MC Fullname from Shinjuku High.
Quantum: Oh.
Westminster Chimes.wav
MC: Oh no I'm late! Bye!
Quantum: (stares)

Later
MC: Okay that was a lot of running. The calm before the storm? Wasn't expecting all those guilds to...
Something is happening in Tokyo...
Rainbow Bridge
One of the Invaders' secret hideouts is here and almost all currently known affiliated World Reps are meeting here.
Temujin: Fuxi, why did you call me here?
Fuxi: Oh, I thought you'd have an idea already with us all here.
Fuxi points at a guild alliance form on the table. It allows for forming guild alliances and temporary guild transfers.
Fuxi: I've seen many of these forms go to my sister lately, and they all clearly want her to spend time with them!
Smoky God: So they're just like you, haha. What do you think, Shinya?

Shinya: Um, so we're going to invite MC to join us too? Sounds good. So Far from what I've seen, everyone looks scary but there's nothing dangerous hiding away.
Fuxi: You agree? Okay, what does everyone else think?
Perun: I welcome the opportunity to make MC our guild's manservant. I agree.
Smoky God: I have problems with that term, but yes I agree too. I'll go invite them since I won't make them uncomfortable.
Gasps!
Temujin: No, we'd be bringing them to the guild, not to you. If we're to give them the suspicious treatment, then I can look after them in my bedchambers.
Perun: Calm down, you two.
Smoky God: What if we played Pick Me and let MC decide who they want to go with? That'd be fair.
Temujin, Perun, and Fuxi: ...
Temujin and Perun remember how badly they parted with MC.
Perun: ...let's not start fighting each other here.
Temujin: Right, MC must come here first before we decide all that.
Fuxi: Great! I'll send them the form.

Later
Shinjuku Academy
Lots of guild forms today again.
Shirou: Wow, so many people want to ally with you.
Ryouta: Oh, oh! This one's offering an all you can eat welcoming party!
MC: whoa
Kengo: Guys what the hell is all this guild alliance stuff?
Shirou: The game managers put up a notice that formal guild alliances will be in soon. They'll help both guilds and let members temporarily transfer around, even the guildmaster.
Kengo: Yeah, but all of these are listing MC specifically for some reason!
Shirou: Yeah, at least some of these are personal instead of political.
Moritaka: GASP
Touji: What's wrong?
Moritaka: N-nothing! Hahaha... (hides something in his pockets)
Shirou: Still, this is a good chance for the guild and for you, MC. We're still small as a group, and you can go expand your perspectives. I can fill in for you, no worries.
MC: Won't you be sad while I'm gone? / Kengo seems like he'd be really down about me going
(AB) Shirou: Of course I'd be sad!
(C) Kengo: Shut up! ...not that you'd be wrong. Don't worry, I'll look after Four Eyes.
Shirou: You better be ready if I'm subbing in for guildmaster.

Shirou: Anyways, I think you can decide where to go personally. We'll support whatever you do.
MC: Thanks. I'll have to think about this...
Kengo: Cool! I'mma vet some of these papers for you then.
Shirou: Actually you have extra classes to go to, don't you? I'm coming with.
Kengo: Pffft, who cares about that for tod--HEY stop pulling on my shirt!
Shirou: Okay see you guys at lunch. :))))
Kengo: HELP ME
Ryouta: Welp they're gone. I guess students are supposed to be studying and all.
Touji: Any interesting offers, MC?
MC: Uh...
Random picking!
Shino: "Dear MC, the spring reminds me of you. I wish to exchange vows with you and have reached out to you. I await your favorable response. From the Hakkenshi plus Shino"
Everyone stares at Moritaka
Ryouta: HE'S STEALING YOUR SCHRODINGER'S GENDER SWEETHEART
Moritaka: No no, it's not like that! He just heard about the endless guild invites and had me send an invitation too. I'd also be happy if you joined the Hakkenshi MC...
MC: Me? Well I can come by at least.
Moritaka: We'll always welcome you!

Next form!
Benten: "Hey MC, it's banger season! I'm gonna kick ass in the next battle of the bands, and I'll need you for that! You'll never hear the end of it if you don't say yes! Benten and the other bandmates"
MC: Oh my god??? I guess I'll stop by...uh, something's on the back.
Ifrit: "She gon blow up if you don't come. HELP ME - Ifrit"
MC: Welp. I'll be sure to go. Maybe.
Touji: ...this is a bit much since the update is meant for guilds.
Ryouta: Hey MC, what do you think of other schools and guilds? I mean, nothing weird by that. You didn't have any other choices at first, but I'm wondering a little about that now...
MC: Well I've thought about it, but I'm glad I met you all by coming here.
Ryouta: ...hehe, thanks. I was a little worried you'd jump ship when I heard about this. I mean, even Moritaka sent you a form.
Moritaka: N-no I was put up to this!
Ryouta: Haha, I know. I'm feeling better now though.
Touji: ...just to remind you, you don't need to worry about us MC. Do what you want to.
MC: Thanks guys.

Later, outside
Kids: Bye, Mr. Boogeyman!
Boogeyman: Bye! Aww, they're so cute.
Quantum: Bye, Teacher.
Boogeyman: By--wait, did we have someone like you? It feels like we do and we don't?
Quantum: Mr. Boogeyman, do you know MC?
Boogeyman: The high schooler MC? They're in that building.
Quantum: Okay. You look scary, but you're nice.
Boogeyman: W-wait, where'd she go? I just took my eyes off for a second and she's already gone.

Later again, front gates
Old Man Sus: They're here, right? Now where are they?
The old man notices someone.
Tianzun: Hey you! I'm looking for someone. Do you know where they are?
The cat girl is surprised at being addressed directly.
Quantum: Me? I'm sorry, that was a surprise. Oh...I'm looking for them too. That way.
Tianzun: Oh, thanks! Wow they're famous. This must be fate. Want to go together?
Quantum: It's right there, but okay.
The old man is sus, but he can see her clearly so the girl feels unconsciously compelled to agree.

Classroom
MC is staring at the stack of guild papers.
Solomon: Master we're finally alone! Wow that's a lot. Tee hee, you're so popular. I'll help you pick something!
MC: Thanks! Okay, let's take a look...
Here's one in a fancy envelope.
Fuxi: "SIIIISTER! You're always cute, no matter when it is. Hey, we should go watch the cherry blossoms together. I made something to go with riceballs! Please respond, from your only brother in the world"
MC: Yay! / Isn't this supposed to be guild business??? / (rip)
(C) ripping noises

Solomon: Wow.
Oh look another one.
Perun: "Dear Lord Servant. It's spring and I don't need to clear the snow anymore. Now that I'm bored, I can entertain your presence and waste all sorts of luxuries on you -- Perun, written by Volkh"
MC: Rude / Guild business, hello??? / Damn, Volkh...
This letter has been crossed out a lot and edited into something more polite.
MC: You could stand to throw out the servant bit too you know / Are any of these real guild invites? / Well what did I expect of everyone...?
Solomon: I-it'll be okay! (ears twitch) Oh, someone's here! And after we finally got some time together!

Two people walk in.
Quantum: There you are. Is that who you're looking for?
Tianzun: Oh, yes! Wow, thanks.
MC didn't notice them until Solomon said something. One is the existentially hazy cat girl and the other is the visually loud and kind of funky old master.
Tianzun: Oh, don't worry about me. I came to give you this. (hands over a guild alliance form)
MC: You're that girl this morning and...whomst? / HOT
---
(C) Tianzun: Wow, you're bold. Wanna go to a party with me? I'll go down any road in life! Being connected with everyone is great!
---
Tianzun: I'm Tianzun, a teacher from Umamichi. The Taoshis guildmaster asked me to come here. The young 'uns were all excited about inviting you over, and I came over because I was curious about something. Hmm, this seems like an interesting path with good experiences. So, want to join our guild? The secrets of the Tao!
MC: what

Tianzun: Hmm...call it the laws of nature? It's how I teach it. I'm the one who embodies the Tao, and I can teach you more if you join us.
MC: Sus. But I do want to see the Asakusa guys.
Tianzun: Hey, you always have a choice. All things born from the Tao are equal, whether they're winners, losers, managers, or players. Things are bigger than this city...even this world.
MC: Hey wait did you just blink in and out of existence
Tianzun: Just remember any differences you see come from your senses and perspectives. Do whatever you feel like! (hands over paper)
Quantum: Are all these papers asking for you...?
She's suddenly closer!
MC: wait what when-- / Yeah. Sorry about this morning. What's your name?

Quantum: I...must be Quantum. I'm in the elementary school section, so I guess that makes me your kouhai. I just came from Utopia, the world that isn't anywhere yet, so I don't know much yet. (stares blankly)
MC: Thanks. Also... (she seems not all there too...)
Tianzun: You just came? Oh, want to join our guild?
Quantum: You're weird. Most people have a hard time seeing me, so are you able to do that because of the Tao?
Tianzun: Yes, in the infinite Tao there is no difference between existence and nonexistence. If you go past the bounds of the world, you'll get SOMEwhere eventually.
MC: What. Wait, are you--
Quantum: I'm like that too. I don't exist until I'm observed by someone. Schrodinger's Cat. Don't worry about when you can't see me, it's just how I am. Since my existence is undefined, I've never been in a guild before...and if I was, I probably wouldn't be noticed anyways.
Tianzun: Hmmmm...what do you think, MC?
MC: Dunno, but this must be fate. Let's try it out!
Quantum: Wow, you're optimistic.
MC: How about we look into guilds together?
Quantum is surprised but smiles.
Tianzun: This is getting fun!
And that's how MC met those two.
End of Episode half

Live A Hero Christmas Melt Countdown Episode 6 (Abridged)

There's more machinery on the walls the further in the party goes. Also more vines too. And vine attacks, because of course.
Sensettia: La la la my feelings~
The vines pull back in response to Sensettia's voice!
Gomeisa: Vines calming down!
MC: Good job guys!
The party reverts out, and Crowne sighs.
Crowne: Cool. That was only our millionth fight so far.
Viscunam: There's even more of them! Are they coming from the tower's core?
Sensettia: UGH how much more of them is there!? Is the world telling us to hang them up for decorations!?
Viscunam: Is that a thing Girlie
Sensettia: NO! I'm just saying I'm a singer, not a weedwhacker!
Gomeisa: But have to do this to go in
Sensettia: I know, I'm just sulking about it. Viscunam, can't you science away this problem with something?

Viscunam: Why would anyone make something that specific? And how would that make me famous?
Sensettia: And how usable do you think the crap you already make is?
Crowne: Wait, you came to investigate but haven't looked outside? These vines are causing all our problems. If you've got some doohickey that can clear them away, the people'll memorialize you as a hero.
Viscunam: HMMMM...the tall lady makes sense. Let me see what I can do to Space Macguyver something up for a Space Vine Cutter (temp name)...
Viscunam smirks and mutters to himself as he pulls out a tablet and writes on it.
Sensettia: Wow, you sure talked him into it quick Crowne. Did you know Viscunam beforehand?
Crowne: Nah, I just learned how to handle someone like him. Kouhai's into inventing and goes in on things like that.
MC: Ahh... / That tracks / who
(C) Crowne: Hisaki. Motivate him the right way and he'll jump in and do what you want.

Gomeisa: But Viscunam can make gadget fast?
Viscunam: Ha, I am a genius! I already have a 3D data scan of the vines from the cameras. All researchers know the value of COMBAT DATA!
Gomeisa: Wow!
Sensettia: W-wait, when'd you do that?
Viscunam: Have you noticed the vines grow faster the further we go in?
Crowne: Now that you mention it...yeah.
Viscunam: Okay, put this together with this and...good! Now it just needs an energy source. And I, being the SCIENCE genius that I am, already know where to find it.
Sensettia: Yeah yeah genius, tell us the answer already.
Viscunam: The crystals have been shining in response to Girlie's song.
Gomeisa: Hmm. Think I seen that too.
Crowne: Oh right, I think the crystals in town reacted to music too, even though we never commented on it back then. So I guess it makes sense that these crystals will react too.
MC: Oh yeah, huh. Wonder why?

Viscunam: I don't know how the fortune telling setup works, but it's true the crystals react to a specific frequency. These crystals can gather energy from ether, and they release light ie energy in response to sounds. That means Girlie's songs can draw energy out of the crystals in the tower to power my invention.
Crowne: Oh okay
Viscunam: Yes, but making a machine that can destroy all the vines at once will need a corresponding amount of energy. The tower should suffice though! I'll be done before yesterday's lunch!
Gomeisa: Wow! Viscunam amazing!
Viscunam: But of course! (struts)

Sensettia: Sheesh, he's becoming a total fanboy...
Crowne: He impresses easily. But if Viscunam pulls it off, he'd definitely prove he's amazing.
Viscunam: I need to do more research on these vines. It's like these vines have their own mind as they attack us. I want a sample of this strange life form. (approaches vine)
Crowne: Wait what? You can't tell what that is?
Viscunam: Is it not some plant life form?
MC: I think it's a Monster.
Viscunam: ...a Monster?
Crowne: Yeah, we can't say for sure since we haven't seen a core but MC's Observer senses say they're Monsters. (flashes back to Ch. 5, the kaiju Monster threat) We've seen something like this before actually.
Viscunam: (stares)
Sensettia: Really? Why'd you think we've been transforming to fight them off this whole time? I kinda figured a while ago.
Viscunam: oh no oh no oh no
Gomeisa: Viscunam? What wrong? (touches Viscunam's shoulders)
Viscunam: WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT EARLIER AAAAAA (flails)

Gomeisa: What!?
Viscunam: NO I DON'T WANNA BE RETGONE GIRLIE WE HAVE TO LEAVE
A vine in the corner twitches.
Viscunam: I SAW THAT (pulls something out of his bag)
Viscunam: BEGONE FIEND! Oh no MY LEG! (starts flinging things at the vines)
MC: Oh my god, Viscunam!
Sensettia: Viscunam, wait, calm down already!
Crowne: What's gotten into you!? And stop that before you--
Whoops Viscunam provoked the vines into growing faster and now he's losing his shit even harder.
Sensettia: V-Viscunam, what's wrong!?
Sensettia can tell Viscunam is freaking out in a way different from his usual erratic mania.
Gomeisa: This way! I make ice wall! MC, please transform!
Gomeisa runs in front of Viscunam. MC runs towards him and transforms him.

Gomeisa: Go!
The party regroups around Gomeisa, who then starts making walls to block the vines. The vines however are growing faster than expected.
Crowne: Oh no, we're surrounded!
Sensettia: We're stuck!
Gomeisa: Oof! Can't...keep...walls up!
Crowne: ...alright, it's come to this. MC, transform us too!
Sensettia: Yeah, we have to fight now!
MC: Let's go you two! Execute!
Crowne and Sensettia transform. Gomeisa's walls are starting to crack.
Crowne: Bring it!
Sensettia: Yeah, get out of the way!
Viscunam: (stares in panic)
BATTLE START (more happens after)

Viscunam (narrating): People live and die, data gets lost, and the proof they lived gets fuzzy. But SCIENCE can pass things on to the next generation, bringing people together and building history. Inventing is valued for all that built up connection brought together and expressing it. I know that...but the problem is that Monsters exist.
Title Card: Wise Men Stay Away from Danger
Viscunam (narrating): My father was a great inventor. His research and work was genuine, and he was skilled in organizing existing technology. He was also really supportive of the newer generations, and he backed lots of research and inventions.
Viscunam's Dad: Viscunam, inventing something is just a result. It's a process that ties things together, so don't look so mad.
Viscunam (narrating): I was pouting really hard at a news channel. They were interviewing an inventor who was making hit invention after hit invention...and he was my dad's kouhai.
Viscunam: I'm not mad. I just can't accept this. None of those things would've been made without your basic research! You gave him so much support in making them!
Viscunam's Dad: Oh, you could tell? You've grown.
Viscunam (narrating): Father looked amused. I did not.
Viscunam's Dad: I'm not letting him take the credit or anything, since I never intended to make that thing. It might never have been a thing if not for him.

Viscunam (narrating): I sighed. My father would make things and become a big name inventor too, but he never cared about fame. He welcomed other people trying to do things, so he'd use his funds to help. He shocked me...but I also deeply respected him. And then one day, something stomped all over my respect and his beliefs.
One day
Hero: Hey! Hey! You awake!?
Viscunam: ...what? Huh?
Hero: Oh good you're alive! We got one person needing aid here!
Viscunam (narrating): Monsters attacked the area my father's research lab was in and wrecked everything.
Viscunam: W-wait! What about my father!?
Viscunam (narrating): I tried my best to talk to them through all the pain.
Hero: ...sorry, we didn't find anyone else.
Viscunam (narrating): I was delirious, but I truly believed they just missed him and that this was all some bad dream...but on that day, my father disappeared from everyone's memories.

Viscunam: No, this is my father's research!
Viscunam (narrating): All of my father's accomplishments were retconned to be other people's work. Even that interview I was watching earlier didn't bring him up at all. It wasn't malicious or deliberate. Everyone really did just forget he existed.
Viscunam: How can this be!? Anyone could see through it if they thought about it! And why...why is it only I remember him?
Viscunam (narrating): I remembered everything my father did, but...
Viscunam: !!
Viscunam (narrating): If I were eaten too, then even all that would be lost. Monsters take away memories. I was terrified of them...but I also had a dream that could triumph over that terror. I dreamed that I could make the memories we pass on to the next generation become unbreakable.

Viscunam: Observer, transform me!
Viscunam (narrating): I became a hero with that dream, but I didn't get a license. I wasn't interested in fighting villains...and I was afraid of Monsters. I just used my hero form to use the villain network for my own purposes.
Viscunam: This form is awesome!
Viscunam (narrating): I respected my father, but he was forgotten. Why? He was a famous inventor, but he cared more about bridging generations and passing the baton on. The continuous connection was valuable, and it could cover for individual shortcomings. He was amazing, and his inventions stayed even after he was gone...but his name was taken off of it, like he was never there. That's the part I couldn't accept.
Viscunam: Everyone's going to know me! And for that, I must be truly unique!
Viscunam (narrating): My father was someone anyone should just forget. And...if I somehow disappear along with my memories of my father, I still need to carry his baton forward.
Viscunam: I'm going to make an invention no one will ever forget!
Viscunam (narrating): I must overturn the laws of physics, or at least the part of conservation of mass! Something that can turn one into like a million things, forever! My father passed me the baton, so I can do it! My becoming famous will be just like the wisdom of everyone who came before me becoming famous too! If I can make something not even Monsters can retcon away, I can handle Monsters. But...how long will it take? Can I survive long enough? Can I even fight alongside the Girlie and the other heroes...?
End of Episode

Chapter 13 Episode 12: Transformation 3 (Abridged)

Yasuyori: Wait, that Wakan Tanka?
Tanetomo: Yes, that Wakan Tanka. He's one of the World Representatives and is the one making the strange rain fall. Reports say he looks totally blank about it. He was enrolled in Yoyogi, yes?
Yasuyori: W-well, yes but...
Tanetomo: Will you tell me what you know about him again?
Yasuyori: O-kay! So Wakan Tanka is captain of Yoyogi's football team. He loves everyone, and everyone loves him. He's the kind of person people tend to rely upon, like merciful rain from the heavens in terms of oddly specific comparisons.
Yasuyori: ...are we really talking about the same Wakan Tanka?
Tanetomo: Unfortunately yes.
Yasuyori: T-then...what happened to him? Why would he attack with this rain!?
Tanetomo: I want to know too...about what happened with him and the World Representatives. Also...he might not see this rain as an attack. I don't know what's happening at all!

Warmongers base
Yoritomo: (stares)
This is Yoritomo, World Representative of Wa no Kuni. He's a battlefied strategy genius.
Yoritomo (talking to himself for some reason): I may speak like I know everything, but I'm sure my soldiers would be surprised to hear me say I understand nothing about my brother despite acting like I know everything.
Yoritomo had a brother who didn't understand politics and got really attached to him. This brother adored him more than anyone, yet he was more threatening than any rival. Every time Yoritomo tried to have him offed, he lived through it and smiled the same as ever. He never understood whatever it was he saw him in.
Yoritomo: Not understanding what is happening is the most fearsome thing of all...
Yoritomo has been staring towards the south this whole time, towards Tokyo Bay. Towards the Rainbow Bridge...

Somewhere
Shirou: You're really saying this isn't an Invaders attack?
Isaac: Yep. Also call me Isaac.
Kengo: But you said you're the Invaders guildmaster, you little brat!
Kengo tries to grab Isaac but passes through him.
Kengo: WAIT WHAT
Isaac: Haha, careful now. We're at the bottom of Tokyo Bay, the deepest part of the data sea. You might get carried away by an information stream to who knows where.
Shirou: What?
Isaac: This is the depository of memories, deeper than even the Tokyo Dungeons. Old conventional wisdom says in the end, all civilization gets washed out to the bottom of the sea. Oh hey look, more people are falling in.
It's Alice and Jamabavan!

Isaac: So many people...the operation must be going smoothly. More people will be coming in contact here at this rate. Once that reaches 50% of Tokyo's population, we'll be going to the next phase.
Kengo: what
Shirou: Yeah I'm curious about that too, but Isaac? What you said earlier about this being the deepest part of the information ocean...
Isaac: Ooh, you're sharp! If you met Fuxi, he'd probably say everyone believes the truth is in the depths, so that's where the most valuable truth is. This is the physically deepest database in Tokyo, and your consciousnesses are connected to the deep sea cable network in Tokyo Rainbow Bridge.
Shirou: !!
Kengo: Whatever. Take us back! Everyone else is fighting up there!
Isaac: Oh, if you're worried about reuniting with everyone, there's no need to go back.
Kengo: what
Isaac: This side will be the main stage soon enough, and they'll all be here.

Warmongers base for more inexplicable Yoritomo monologuing
Yoritomo: We must grapple with the fact that we never knew how to end the endless game. It couldn't end because it was set up so no one could gain a political majority. Now the Invaders are planning to overthrow everything. They are doing it all in reverse, so if we do not understand, they'll keep at it until we do understand like it or not.
Flooded City that'd Totally be a Persona otherworld
Shirou: Isaac. Tell me what the Invaders' real intentions are among their actions.
Kengo: Why ask that NOW? We gotta get back to MC and--
Isaac: ...mercy. Well, that's Wakan Tanka's motive for the rain at least.
Shirou: (stares)
Isaac: Ever think ignorance is bliss? But then sometimes the world gives you the short end of the stick and says you have to take the L so the world advances. The World Representatives know how much it sucks that someone somewhere has to get shafted for the world, so that's why we're pulling a revolution. Lots won't understand right now, but this is the only way to save everyone who's alive.
Warmongers base because what is this pacing
Yoritomo: Finally the Invaders have set up their premise. They've worn down Wakan Tanka and Tangaroa's personalities and brought in Isaac's cutting edge science.
What if Yoritomo's guessing is right...?
Yoritomo: It's true this plan COULD politically save everyone in Tokyo, but the method is a tragedy. It could expose the dark side of all history. (stares at the south)

Later
Claude: Summoners, Wisemen! Report!
R-19: Video call on. High energy collision in Southern Tokyo detected.
Aoyama
Maria: Look!
Roppongi
Licht: Exception occurence!
Shinagawa Rainbow Bridge
The power clash of Wakan Tanka and Tangaroa are bringing up what lies beneath Tokyo Bay up and causing even more rain!
Babe Bunyan: (frowns)

Later
Flooded City
Turing: Rain falls from the heavens and flows to the earth and sea, just like light. If Tokyo has been flooded by time over and over, the truth in the deepest part of this sea should rain down. It's conceptually deeper than Akihabara's deep web and physically deeper than the pillars of light. Which is why that one genius thought all the valuable information came down here. On another note, there's a myth about sunken civilizations among the other worlds. They call it Atlantis, or Lemuria, or Mu. So maybe the memories of Tokyo's past is also in that Oceanic Realm.
Ryouta: GIANT WAVES!
MC: The water's rising! / Oh no! / (grab Ryouta's hand)

Flooded Shinagawa
Ryouta: ...wait what? Where are we?
MC: OH NO WE'RE DROWNI--oh wait, no we're not. Huh?
Turing: We're in the memories of Tokyo past that's dredged up because those two World Representatives clashed. Here you can see the deepest truth you've never seen before.
MC: what
Turing: You've been told tons of times about your past selves, but have you ever wondered if they're really you? Have you ever wondered which of them was really you? Or maybe none of them are. What makes you different from anyone else? Okay, time to head out! I'll guide you guys to Isaac! Careful, your greatest enemy may be down here.
Ominous silhouette!
End of Episode

Chapter 13 Episode 11: Transformation 2 (Abridged)

Ikebukuro Labyrinth. Shuichi is analyzing old loop data.
Shuichi: Ugh, there's so much that I can't process it all.
Moritaka: Maybe you should rest. You've been up all night.
Shuichi: I'm fine, I think I finally got the gist of the whole picture. If I understand what happened, I should have a better idea on what the three guilds are after. I'm also curious about what MC said about that Memory Fragment said. Can't stop to rest to figure what my BRRRROTHER is up to! Speaking of rest, you've been up this whole time helping me.
Moritaka: I'm okay, I train every day!
Shuichi: Oh okay. Wow, this is weird.
Moritaka: What is?
Shuichi: We go to the same dojo since forever yet this is like the first time we've really talked openly...you said your family's dead, right?

Moritaka: Yes, my mother, father, and dog are all dead. But I still have a childhood friend who is like a brother.
Shuichi: Hmm...
Moritaka: We went through so much together. He'd always keep smiling even with all the troubles he took on and work for people.
Shuichi: ...how wonderful for you.
Moritaka: Well I later found out he was ordered to assassinate me
Shuichi: wait what
Moritaka: But then we opened up to each other, became friends, and swore to not betray each other...it's thanks to him I'm able to trust people. He said he'd believe me no matter what happens.

Shuichi: ...I thought the same thing about my brother too.
Moritaka: oh
Shuichi: I thought we had something special...but then I learned there's no forever bond in the world. (looks down)
Shuichi: ...after looking at these records, I've started wondering if the World Representatives are like us. They know so much, but things they can't predict keep happening. Old feelings keep coming back to haunt us. And maybe only Gods can wish for absolutes.
Moritaka: what
Shuichi: Sorry, didn't mean to be a downer there. Just...we all have our histories. Oh, what's your friend's name?
Moritaka: Inukawa Sousuke Yoshito.

Later, Motosumi's temple
Motosumi: Okay we're here! All cool now!
Azazel: This place is still safe for now. Thank you, Taoshis.
Motosumi: No bigs. Like I said, can't let anyone attack kids. Plus we owe you guys for all your help too.
Azazel: Are you referring to the case Ryouta and Hanuman went on after we introduced them to you? Something about problems Asakusa was having with a Transient in Shibamata.
Motosumi: Yeah, Taishakuten. Our bancho fights him a lot, but we haven't seen him much lately. Now the fights are getting even more common! That's why we asked Gandharva to go talk to you. Don't know what he said, but he got Taishakuten to drop things! Holy shit that helps! So yeah, don't worry about things.
Azazel: Oh, okay. Excuse me, may I check on the children?
Motosumi: Sure, we'll take care of things. Go rest up. Also man I'm tired! We ran all the way from Shibuya! Two hours and forty minutes on foot according to google!

???: Tired, he says.
Yoshito: Get ready to shoot the target area at my command. Once they're in chaos, I'll slip in, make them betray each other, then take over the Portal. Now let's begin the oper--
Sanat Kumara: Stop. Minimize collateral, there is no need to involve the children.
Yoshito: ...why? Are you afraid of getting your hands dirty? There's no such thing as a clean revolution. Am I wrong?
Sanat: ...
Yoshito: You're an Invader. Act like it. I won't accept anyone who sits alone and won't get their hands dirty. If you want to help our revolution, prove it.
Sanat: I've...stepped away from them.
Yoshito: Okay, prove it then. Now as I was saying, begin the op--
Alice: Hi. Nighty night! The Mad Tea Party of Dreams!
The mobs go down!

Alice: Aww, look at you making new friends and leaving me behind...so you really joined the Invaders?
Sanat Kumara: ...
Alice: Any player can do whatever they want so long as they don't break the game. But as Game Masters, we have to keep it running smoothly and aren't allowed to support any one side. So, what do you have to say for yourself?
Sanat Kumara: ...nothing.
Alice: (shook)
Sanat Kumara: Our paths diverged, and now I'm an Invader.
Leanan Sidhe: Wait! What happened to you?
Sanat Kumara: ...Leanan?
Leanan: You were always aloof, but you were kind and never turned on anyone! It's why I trusted you with my heart!
Leanan sees her role as a curse. Anyone she gives her heart to and is accepted by die young, so she fears being accepted.
Leanan: You never picked a side even after fighting new people, so why!? This isn't like you!

Yoshito: ...well okay then. Sanat Kumara, can you attack your old friends?
Sanat: ...yes. I'll take care of Leanan.
Leanan: !!
Yoshito: Okay. I'll take the other two. Once we're done with that, we're moving onto the Taoshis. We can't take too long.
Alice: How bold of you to say you'll take us both alone.
Yoshito: ...I know much about you and Jambavan, Game Master Alice. Watch how my power turns your bonds against you.
Yoshito's sword activates!
Yoshito: So many people believe they alone won't turn traitor, but no one in the world has an unassailable self. Come, Sword of Treason!

Suddenly, Tokyo Cathedral
Christine: Hello, Rule Makers Guildmaster.
Karen Curren: Christine. Why are you here? And why aren't you with your Game Masters partner Alice?
Christine: How mean. You should already know she doesn't care about me and how she hired someone else to take my place. And now she's taken a big misstep. She's probably not going to have a part on stage anymore, but Leanan Sidhe looks like she'll be taken off too. So as the lead actress, I figure it's time to work harder to entertain my Master. But the management can't have me barging on stage. Anyways, I can't get in touch with Alice, so I came to inform you of things.
Curren: ...whatever, not my problem. I mean sure, us Geniuses stand higher than the Game Masters but we do not have the same intentions as Alice and the others. We're more observers than managers anyway...just like This Thing.
Curren displays her part of Mononobe's Memories on a monitor.

Christine: Oh my, what a striking likeness!
Karen Curren: You really just came to see this, didn't you?
Christine: Oh no, I would never. I know actors are supposed to be seen from a distance. But when I see him, in my heart I want to offer him a rose.
Curren: ...just watching huh? Well this thing is supposed to be like us that way. It was always watching the trophy, and it was supposed to do it at a distance like us, with no special feelings. But then Robert decided to join the field, and now Isaac is too. I'm still busy trying to figure out why, but I'll watch your program.
Chrstine: Please do, and enjoy. Things will be starting soon, and may the show our full cast put on please my Master! Hahaha!
End of Episode

Live A Hero Christmas Melt Countdown Episode 5 (Abridged)

Lots of vines in the way attacking the party!
Crowne: Goddammit, they never stop!
Gomeisa: Nooo, ice wall not fast enough!
Viscunam: My time has come, fiendish vines!
One of Viscunam's Doc Oct tentacles morphs into a blender and shreds through the ice wall and vines.
Gomeisa: Wow!
Crowne: Jackass, you broke the wall too!
Viscunam: Yes, what of--AAH!
With no ice wall to slow down the vine growth and regen, the vines grab Viscunam!
MC: UGH / aww... / well he didn't know to be fair

Sensettia: UGH, I'll go save him! (stands in front of the vines and gets ready)
Sensettia: My song will take care of you!
Sensettia starts singing. The sound waves tear the vines apart!
Crowne: Whoa!
Sensettia: La la la~
Gomeisa: But...
Gomeisa looks puzzled. The vines disappear from the hallway.
Sensettia: Whew! They're gone now.
MC: Thanks Sensettia / Awesome! / New song's cool too!
(A) Sensettia: It's cool, we're going the same way.
(BC) Sensettia: Really? Thanks!

Viscunam: Mgrgrh. Okay fine, well done.
Sensettia: Flattery gets you nowhere~! Okay, let's go.
Sensettia points the way, and the party starts moving.
Sensettia: La la la...
Gomeisa: (stares)
MC: What's wrong?
Gomeisa: Umm...
Gomeisa seems hesitant.
Sensettia: ...huh? What? Something with my song?
Gomeisa: Um...song feels weird. Nice voice, but...something off.
Sensettia: ...like what?
Gomeisa: Sensettia not have fun singing?
Sensettia: ...wait, what?

Title Card: Little Wings and Big Dreams

Sensettia (narrating): I was raised in a place where common sense says singers should have big boobs wings.
Sensettia (narrating): The Earth Sphere area or whatever calls my planet the planet of angels. Most of us here have wings, and the planet has an belief in the power of voices. Specifically, singers with wings have comparatively greater mental effects. Like, science actually says there's a noticed effect on minds and bodies, even on other races, so a lot of us go into jobs involving singing and talking.
Sensettia (narrating): They say having bigger boobs wings gives us more influence with the power of voices, so it became our beauty standard and stuff. If you have big wings as a kid, they single you out for specialized singing and acting education...me? Well...

Flashback!
Sensettia: She's so pretty and her songs are awesome!
Sensettia (narrating): So there was this lady singing by the road. Apparently she's from this city.
Sensettia: I wanna sing like that!
Sensettia (narrating): She was awesome, her voice was great, she had big boobs wings, and people expected great things of her.
Sensettia: I'm sure I'll be like her if I work hard enough!
Sensettia (narrating): Everyone smiled, but they looked conflicted. At the time, I just wondered if I was making a face or said something funny.

Sensettia (narrating): So the country I lived in was more isolated than others. Like, they actually restrict communications to the outside and even restrict leaving the borders. It's probably why I wonder if the past means that much. At some point, people thinking bigger boobs wings is better somehow turned into bigger boobs wings being NECESSARY to being a singer...and the longer I lived there, the less I thought it was weird. Experience and history say so! How was I to argue against that? It was easier to just go along with it all. But yeah, I noticed how people looked at me back then.
Sensettia (narrating): I still couldn't give up on trying to become a singer though. "I'll show them! I'll show them all!" I told myself. And so I threw myself into music study. I wanted to sing and convey my true feelings. I wanted to be someone who could do that and tour around, like that one lady I saw. I think I did pretty well for someone studying on my own...but traditional thought's a lot tougher than I thought it was.

Sensettia: Wow, scouts from big companies usually don't pick people up often!
Sensettia (narrating): I went to the same audition as my friend. We studied at the same place, but only she got in.
Sensettia: Congrats!
Sensettia (narrating): I kept telling myself size isn't everything.
Sensettia: I'll be up there one day! I promise!
Sensettia (narrating): But I was the one with the smallest boobs wings there.
Sensettia: Wing size? Pffft, that's just superstition. I don't care!
Sensettia (narrating): Actually I cared a lot. I kept thinking about it every time I failed. I kept thinking, maybe they were right. Then one day, he came.

Sensettia: La la la...
Sensettia (narrating): I flopped into bed after trailing off on the song I was making.
Sensettia: ...no luck today again. Who am I kidding with these wings anyway?
Sensettia (narrating): I was curled under my blankets. Then suddenly, the whole house shook like a big storm hit
Sensettia: wait what
Sensettia (narrating): Then something blew up and shook me out of bed!
Sensettia: WAIT WHAT
Sensettia (narrating): Some metal thing I never seen before crashed through the roof and destroyed some of my furniture!
Sensettia: Is this a space ship...?
Sensettia (narrating): The door scraped open, and that's how I met him.

Viscunam: ...bleh. Oh, I seem to have landed on ground this time! Last time I hit an ocean floor, so clearly I have gotten better at driving!
Sensettia: (stares)
Viscunam: Oh wait, someone's here? Good thing I didn't run them over. Girlie, is this your house?
Sensettia: ...h-
Viscunam: ...what?
Sensettia: HOME WRECKER! Who are you and where did you come from!? And why don't you have wings? Why do you look like an animal!?
Viscunam: OW OW STOP HITTING ME WITH A KEYBOARD! Okay fine, I owe you repair expenses!
Sensettia: Okay yeah you do owe me that! Now answer me!
Viscunam: O-okay okay, just put the keyboard down, Girlie!

Later
Viscunam: Ahem. I am Viscunam, a scientist from another planet.
Sensettia: A-another planet? Really?
Viscunam: Yes! Is there anything you want me to invent?
Sensettia: wait what
Viscunam: I am flying my spaceship around for SCIENCE! ...research to invent new things whereever I go. I am a wandering scientist, hehe.
Sensettia: Huh
Viscunam: Behold my revolutionary creations!
Sensettia (narrating): And then Viscunam pulled out all these creaky pieces of junk. I mean, inventions.
Sensettia: what
Viscunam: Can you not see how great these inventions are!? Society will tremble before my creative intellect! And I am presenting you with whichever you like as an apology for destroying your home. Hahaha!
Sensettia: Can't I just get money?
Sensettia (narrating): I still looked at his stuff though. One thing in particular interested me.

Sensettia: ...is this a TV? Ack!
Sensettia (narrating): I pushed a button on the side and some show with an alien talking to the camera popped up.
Sensettia: Huh?
Viscunam: Hm? Ooh, good eye to pick that, Girlie. It's a TV that randomly picks up signals from nearby planets. Dunno how far it goes though.
Sensettia: ...can it pick up music programs with singers?
Viscunam: ...that's it? I can get that done by yesterday's dinner.
Sensettia: Normal people just say before breakfast. Whatever, it can do that right?
Viscunam: Of course!  One moment while I press this button on the side...
Sensettia (narrating): And so he took the TV and fiddled with it.
Viscunam: Here we go.
Sensettia (narrating): Then he gave it back to me and watched my reaction.

Sensettia (narrating): There was an alien lady on the screen, singing confidently. Her voice was beautiful, singing a song I've never heard of before.
Sensettia: (stares)
Viscunam: Girlie, it's been half an hour now. You like it that much? Then you can hav--
Sensettia: She doesn't even have wings.
Viscunam: What?
Sensettia: She can sing like that, even without wings.
Viscunam: What, does your race use your wings to affect your vocals? You were singing earlier too. I could hear it in my space ship. Nice voice.
Sensettia: W-what? You could hear that? Thanks...
Viscunam: What? ...wait, did my ship picking up on your song draw it in and cause an emergency landing? That'd mean we can turn sound waves into 4D vectors to move to where other people are. Hahahaha, a new spaceship age is upon us!

Sensettia (narrating): He's so weird, but it feels like he also let me out of my birdcage.
Sensettia: ...Viscunam you are a huge nutjob, but you're also kinda awesome.
Viscunam: Excuse you, I am a genius and my invention talents will make my galaxy famous in the near future! No one will ever forget about me!
Sensettia: ...what?
Viscunam: Nothing, just personal stuff. But I see you really liked my invention! You best memorize my name then, for I am--
Sensettia: Hey Viscunam can I come with you?
Viscunam: What? Take you with me?
Sensettia: Yeah, I'll help you get famous, whatever it takes. So take me out of here.
Viscunam: Hmm... (thinks)

Sensettia: ...no go?
Viscunam: You know what? Okay.
Sensettia: Yeah, that fig--wait what?
Viscunam: I've been wanting an assistant and there's somewhere I want to go to!
Sensettia: What? Where?
Viscunam: One thing at a time. Anyways, you can come if you want to help me. I can get you out of here before yesterday's lunch.
Sensettia: Viscunam!
Sensettia (narrating): And so we left. I went around busking to make our daily expenses, calling it my music tour. I got a dream to sing to people in the universe, trying to prove the old traditions that boobs wings don't matter. I wanted to get so famous I'd wow even the people on my home planet. But...
Some time later
Sensettia: Whew, got a lot of money today! No scouts though, unsurprisingly...I tried so hard. Can I do it?
Viscunam: You done, Girlie? It's almost time to leave this planet.
Sensettia: What? O-oh, yeah!
Sensettia (narrating): I also started to worry about things. What did I want to say? Where are the people I wanted to say things to live? And maybe...am I actually still in my birdcage...?

Present
Sensettia: ...haha, guess it came out. (smiles weakly)
Gomeisa: What? So...not having fun?
Sensettia: No, not that. I love singing and writing songs...so like, you can see I have wings, right? (flaps wings)
Sensettia: On my home planet, most people think people with bigger boobs wings are suited for singing. I don't think I've ever seen a singer with wings smaller than me.
Gomeisa: Oh...
Sensettia: Bigger wings means bigger voice influence. So with my tiny wings... it kinda sucks. I've tried so hard, but it never worked out. Made me thinks things...
Crowne: ...that your birth determines who you are? I know that feel.

Sensettia: I kept telling myself boob wing size doesn't matter! But sometimes...I think that maybe my wings will get bigger tomorrow and I can become a star singer. It's always been on my mind. I still worry my songs aren't getting through to anyone, so maybe that's what came out.
MC: Oh...
Viscunam: (frowns)
Gomeisa: ...no such thing!
Sensettia: ...Gomeisa?
Gomeisa: I love your song! Song reached me!
Sensettia: What...?
Gomeisa: So I want Sensettia love singing too! That way more fun!
Sensettia: Oh... (starts thinking about the crystal fragment)
Flashback Crowne: Hey, maybe we'll figure out a way to better use these crystals in the future.

Sensettia: Something only I can do... my song reached Gomeisa instead of everyone... huh. Maybe I was singing to the wrong people... (slightly tightens fists)
Sensettia: ...hehe, thanks Gomeisa. I think I was about to forget why my songs were my weapons when I was trying to make my dream come true.
Gomeisa: You forgetting...?
Sensettia: Yeah. I sound so stupid. (smiles)
Sensettia: I love and enjoy singing, so I decided to convey those feelings through song to people. It didn't matter if other people evaluated it or whatever.
Crowne: ...looks like you remembered what you wanted to do.
Sensettia: I never noticed whether people had big wings or small wings before. I just liked songs, and I just wanted to sing loud and proud. (walks a little faster and turns to face the party)

Sensettia: Sorry I didn't sing confidently. I haven't really sang in a way that's me to you guys yet. I'm gonna stop singing to people who judge me on my boob wing size. I should first sing for myself, then the people in front of me.
MC: Sounds awesome. Must be hard to get out of old preconceptions...
Sensettia: Thanks. Singing more like me is gonna be great.
Viscunam: ...so what were you worried about actually, Girlie?
Sensettia: Ugh. Well you never seemed like the type to understand people. Anyways, thanks Crowne, Gomeisa.
Crowne: Did I really say anything? Well whatever, if you feel better then cool.
Gomeisa: Ehehe. Want hear more!
Viscunam: (snorts, then speaks quietly) ...hmph. I did see you being all hesitant lately, but if you're feeling better then that's fine.

Later
The tower gets darker further in. A vine-destroyed looking wall has a panel with crystals in it. Also there's some tube thing.
Crowne: Look, something's there.
Sensettia: Why's there machinery over here?
Viscunam: You couldn't tell? This tower is clearly artificial and it's involved with the weather predictions. It's too big to be merely a forecasting machine...so it must be a weather control machine.
Sensettia: Really? That's a thing?
Viscunam: Well we're here right now, no? I cannot wait to investigate the inner area!
Crowne: Well I can understand that. We came to see if the tower really can fix the weather and why it went out of whack to begin with.
Hey look the floor is starting to crack.
MC: I sense evil!

Vines burst in from everywhere!
Gomeisa: OH NO
The vines are slithering around and are starting to converge on the party!
Crowne: They're gonna attack!
Sensettia: Well we can't take that lying down! MC!
Viscunam: My time to show my inventions in action has come!
MC transforms the party.
Crowne: We're almost there now!
Gomeisa: I try hard too! Save Christmas!
Sensettia: Weed whacking time!
Viscunam: Whatever you are, SCIENCE shall stop you!
BATTLE START