Arcadia of Mystery and Terror
Last updated 2026-09-05
Arcadia of Mystery and Terror is the third part of the Trailblaze Mission chapter The Lethe Below the Living. It automatically begins after completing Living Sacrifice for Gods and Mortals.
Steps
- Head to the "World's End" Tavern and continue the adventure
- Ask the spectating Fools for advice (0/2)
- Have a medical discussion with Sparxicle
- Greet the "expert" invited by Yao Guang
Gameplay Notes
- This mission uses the Fate's Ensemble system, played from the perspective of Ashveil. The game provides him for use as a Story character.
- During this mission you can open Ashveil's Detective Notes (R on keyboard).
Dialogue
Head to the "World's End" Tavern and continue the adventure
Mission DescriptionArchived Investigation Record:
Golden fables served as teachings. The detective grew drowsy, but the passengers listened with great relish.
Faced with ravings where truth and falsehood blurred, a post-class revision was essential preparation prior to deduction.
- "Golden Teacher": And so, the people set out, and the gondola bound for distant lands set sail.
- "Golden Teacher": At the end of the world, the Elation once again declared war upon the Voracity...
- "Golden Teacher": "Ke-ke-ke! Frail little humans!" Oroboros split THEIR mouth wide open!
- "Golden Teacher": "Whoever can fill my whole mouth with but a single thing shall receive a reward: my tongue!"
- "Golden Teacher": The Fool known as the Shepherd captured a comet, but it wasn't even enough to fill the gap between the Voracity's teeth.
- "Golden Teacher": The bartender Bragi opened the wine cellar, yet THEY only grew drowsy, drifting off to sleep.
- "Golden Teacher": And Enroute? He crept up to the Voracity's ear and told THEM a corny joke. The Voracity pondered it for ten Amber Eras, then burst into laughter at THEIR own amusement!
- "Golden Teacher": Enroute spread his hands and said: "See? I filled your mouth with laughter."
- March 7th: Uh... Then what happened?
- "Golden Teacher": Then? Then the Voracity said:
- "Golden Teacher": "Are you kidding me!?" And with that, THEY opened THEIR gaping maw and tore Enroute to pieces!
- March 7th: What kind of nonsense is that!
- "Golden Teacher": Those are the facts, my inquisitive auditor.
- "Golden Teacher": If you want to hear more stories, you're welcome to discuss with your classmates!
- March 7th: We came here to investigate the Voracity and Asat Pramad, but all we got were stories that only a three-year-old would believe!
- Ashveil: Rumors don't just appear out of thin air. It's just a matter of how much truth you think they hold.
- March 7th: At least ninety percent of that was made up.
- Ashveil: Sometimes, that last ten percent is all you need.
Ask the spectating Fools for advice (0/2)
- Ashveil: Plenty of bystanders around. Let's hear what they have to say.
- (Talk with "Golden Teacher" again, optional)
- "Golden Teacher": You two! You didn't shout, didn't clown around, and you didn't even stuff notes into anyone else's mouth.
- "Golden Teacher": Such diligent Fools are a rare sight indeed.
- "Golden Teacher": Oh, you're not Fools at all? That makes sense, that makes a lot of sense.
- (Open the Detective Notes, optional)
- (Quick Read)
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Ashveil's Detective Notes - The Case of the Missing Voracity The assistant meticulously compiled the case details for the detective in neat handwriting.
A trail of unknown footprints appears at the abandoned station, a weird emoti running amok in the tavern... All clues point to the Lord Ravager Asat Pramad! The detective is back on the case. Will he be able to track down the leviathan's footprints in the tavern?
P.S. The refrigerator's cooling system is down. Remember to repair it.
Notes Scribbled handwriting jotted down by the detective at the scene.
Shepherd
This guy summoned comets to feed the Voracity? Sounds like a fairy tale.
Bragi
There are plenty of bartenders in The Laughter's tavern, but he's the most famous one. Rumor has it he still hasn't paid off the tab from that time he cracked open the wine cellar.
Enroute
Feeding a leviathan corny jokes... Crazy idea. I highly doubt his wordplay will be enough for the Voracity to feast on.
- (Talk to Dewide Chungus)
- Dewide Chungus: *Burp*! You two, askin' 'bout the Voracity? You— thinkin' 'bout walkin' that Path?
- March 7th: Walk the Path of Voracity? Do I need to eat everything in sight?
- Dewide Chungus: You! Got! It! Kids always— dream big. Some are— bulldozers! Some are— monsters!
- Dewide Chungus: And I am Oroboros! I! End! The! Match!
- March 7th: Can you talk normal? Stop gulping for air!
- Dewide Chungus: I swore to become— a Voracity— Pathstrider! I ate everything — tasty, nasty, anything I could chew!
- Dewide Chungus: Finally! I pinched my nose— an' swallowed Luze mold... An' THEY— looked at me!
- Ashveil: Oroboros?
- Dewide Chungus: Nah—Aha! Very re—gret—ta—ble!
- March 7th: E—nough! Al—ready!
- Dewide Chungus: I'm tellin' you! It was all bluffing. The Fools— didn't lose!
- Dewide Chungus: Enroute, an' Dorothy, when the Voracity wasn't lookin', rolled up THEIR skin, like a crêpe — snatched it up an' bolted.
- Dewide Chungus: Then, poof! THEY were gone! Even Cosmicon Collective don't got a Voracity card!
- Dewide Chungus: I already— filed a formal complaint— with the organizers! *Burp*!
- "Golden Teacher": You should be puttin' this much effort into your studies!
- (Talk with Dewide Chungus again, optional)
- Dewide Chungus: Then, poof! THEY were gone! Even Cosmicon Collective don't got a Voracity card!
- Dewide Chungus: I already— filed a formal complaint— with the organizers! *Burp*!
- (Open the Detective Notes, optional)
- (Quick Read)
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Ashveil's Detective Notes - The Case of the Missing Voracity The assistant meticulously compiled the case details for the detective in neat handwriting.
A trail of unknown footprints appears at the abandoned station, a weird emoti running amok in the tavern... All clues point to the Lord Ravager Asat Pramad! The detective is back on the case. Will he be able to track down the leviathan's footprints in the tavern?
P.S. The refrigerator's cooling system is down. Remember to repair it.
Notes Scribbled handwriting jotted down by the detective at the scene.
Shepherd
This guy summoned comets to feed the Voracity? Sounds like a fairy tale.
Bragi
There are plenty of bartenders in The Laughter's tavern, but he's the most famous one. Rumor has it he still hasn't paid off the tab from that time he cracked open the wine cellar.
Enroute
Feeding a leviathan corny jokes... Crazy idea. I highly doubt his wordplay will be enough for the Voracity to feast on.
In another version of the story, Enroute didn't tell a lame joke. He and Dorothy made off with the Aeon's shed skin.
Dorothy
Dorothy... Haven't seen that name in ages. She has ties to Enroute too?
- (Talk with "Scribblenibs")
- "Scribblenibs": They say a dull pen beats a sharp memory. My memory's dull, and my pen's not much better.
- March 7th: Uh... then you must have a lot of stationery?
- "Scribblenibs": Ah! A kindred spirit! Miss, it seems you're one of us as well.
- "Scribblenibs": I've met far too many Fools who can't even read. Oddly enough, those of us who truly love learning are the rare ones.
- "Scribblenibs": Interested in studying the knowledge of The Laughter? I have a reference book here. You can have it!
- (Quick read)
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How to Poke an Aeon and Get Away - *A book signed by "Scarecrow" that records tales of Masked Fools who dared to offend Aeons. They view this as a rite of passage in a Fool's career, rushing headlong into it one after another, never tiring of the thrill.*
Pay-Per-Second, One-Day Tour of the Amber World
Borrowing some poor sap's iris, the Fool "Shapeshifter" donned a sharp suit and boarded a shuttle at Pier Point's skyport. He flashed a warm smile at every passenger in the cabin, billionaires wealthy enough to rival nations, monarchs of galactic belts, board members of industry-monopolizing foundations, all of whom had emptied their coffers for a single pilgrimage: an audience with the Amber Lord.
The shuttle pierced through the debris disk, drawing near the Amber Lord's colossal form. THEY had stood there since before sentient life was born, and would likely remain long after sentient life had vanished. Following the countless marks left over the eons on the Subspace Crystalline Barrier, some prayed in silence, some wept softly, while the Amber Lord offered no response.
Who would notice a single speck of dust in the vast expanse of space? The Fool carved "Shapeshifter was here" into the barrier, then took his leave without a second glance.
Remnant Dream of the Primeval Imperium, Into the Mouth of Voracity
Oroboros, the ancient Leviathan that survived the Dusk Wars, was said to have chased Aha all the way to the roots of the Imaginary Tree. A Fool named "Enroute" attempted to confirm the truth of this tale, but alas, he couldn't run as fast as Aha and was caught by the Voracity and swallowed whole.
Who would've guessed that inside the Voracity's belly lay a wondrous world of its own?
The Voracity was so massive that the lives previously devoured had established their own kingdoms on THEIR stomach walls: thumb-sized dwarves, clever horse-folk, talking comet cicadas... Enroute explored this place with delight and encountered fellow swallowed Fools, Dorothy, Bragi, and Shepherd. Together they adventured, found the Voracity's heart and gave it a good kick, and were belched out into the universe with a mighty retch!
Enroute quickly plucked off the Voracity's shadow and spread it over the Fools like a blanket. Shepherd then tossed out a comet, and the dim-witted Oroboros was drawn to its light. The Fools finally escaped with their lives.
After that, countless Fools sought the treasures within the Voracity's belly, but none ever caught so much as a glimpse of the Voracity again.
"Everyone is Idrila!"
After the Aeon of Beauty vanished, the Fool "Davin" made a proclamation at the tavern, instantly attracting a massive following. Chanting "Everyone is Idrila," they sparked an artistic storm and launched a reckless charge toward pushing the boundaries of the Path of Beauty.
For example, they stuck bananas to agates with polyvinyl chloride tape, scribbled graffiti on every household item in sight and proclaimed them great works of art, and even found time to fight a few copyright lawsuits with the IPC. That was, until they arranged space junk across an entire planet's surface to form Idrila's visage, at which point the Knights of Beauty finally rounded them all up.
However, after seven days and seven nights of deliberation, the hastily convened roundtable of Knights of Beauty ultimately decided to release the Fools, since to punish them, they would have to acknowledge that these depictions actually resembled Idrila.
Afterword: Say No to Aha
Having come this far, it seems I must tell my own story.
The night before I finished this piece, a visitor casually strolled into the tavern, sat down beside me, and ordered us each a "Bomb's First Drop." THEY didn't introduce THEMSELF, but I already knew who THEY were.
THEY said: "Buddy, I hear you're writing a little book. I've read it — quite interesting. But there are a few points worth discussing..."
I listened patiently as THEY spoke, and rejected every single change THEY proposed.
THEY downed the last drop of the bomb in one gulp, then left the tavern. THEIR retreating figure looked utterly forlorn.
- March 7th: This feels completely made up... but, uh, thanks anyway...
- "Scribblenibs": Oh please, thank the seniors. To compile this book, they offended every Aeon they possibly could, and narrowly escaped death at the hands of each and every one of them!
- "Scribblenibs": As for me, I'm just the one who keeps the books circulating.
- (Obtain
How to Poke an Aeon and Get Away)
Have a medical discussion with Sparxicle
- Step DescriptionArchived Investigation Record:
The Fool brought in external support. Normally, an extra head meant extra wisdom.
The group meticulously peeled back the layers, unearthing ancient shards of pottery from the turbulent soil.— "Narrator"
- Sparxie: Heeey, friends! How was your first day of school?
- Sparxie: Sparxie's here to pick you up after class!
- (Talk with "Scribblenibs" again, optional)
- "Scribblenibs": Oh please, thank the seniors. To compile this book, they offended every Aeon they possibly could, and narrowly escaped death at the hands of each and every one of them!
- (Open the Detective Notes, optional)
- (Quick Read)
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Ashveil's Detective Notes - The Case of the Missing Voracity The assistant meticulously compiled the case details for the detective in neat handwriting.
A trail of unknown footprints appears at the abandoned station, a weird emoti running amok in the tavern... All clues point to the Lord Ravager Asat Pramad! The detective is back on the case. Will he be able to track down the leviathan's footprints in the tavern?
P.S. The refrigerator's cooling system is down. Remember to repair it.
Notes Scribbled handwriting jotted down by the detective at the scene.
Shepherd
This guy summoned comets to feed the Voracity? Sounds like a fairy tale.
The Fool whom Enroute met inside the belly of the Voracity. Pretty much similar to an extra dragged in to make up the numbers in the soap operas Mister N loves watching.
Bragi
There are plenty of bartenders in The Laughter's tavern, but he's the most famous one. Rumor has it he still hasn't paid off the tab from that time he cracked open the wine cellar.
Enroute
Feeding a leviathan corny jokes... Crazy idea. I highly doubt his wordplay will be enough for the Voracity to feast on.
In another version of the story, Enroute didn't tell a lame joke. He and Dorothy made off with the Aeon's shed skin.
In a bizarre story, Enroute once ventured into the belly of the Voracity, managing to escape after plucking THEIR shadow.
Dorothy
Dorothy... Haven't seen that name in a while. She has ties to Enroute too?
Scarecrow
I guess he can be considered an old friend of mine. This guy actually wrote a book?
- (Approach Sparxie)
- March 7th: Where were you just now? You opened the door for us and just disappeared. Don't tell me you're up to something again.
- Sparxie: Still doubting me? You're breaking Sparxicle's heart here!
- Sparxie: That whole Fulwish thing? I took on every emoti in the tavern by myself, fought them all the way to the end of the world, and even wore my mask down to nothing!
- Sparxie: But honestly, this place runs on rumors. Aha is being chased by the Voracity, Aha chases the Voracity... We won't get anywhere following stories like this.
- Ashveil: Let's go through what we know so far...
- (Floating texts)
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- "Oroboros vs. Aha"
- "The Voracity's molt was swept away by a Fool."
- "The Shepherd's comet is a Stellaron?"
- "Enroute stole the Voracity's shadow"
- "Bragi opens the wine cellar"
- "Eating slime mold will get you a glance from Aha"
- Ashveil: ...
- Ashveil: Yeah, it's a complete mess.
- Sparxie: So, after a bit of thought, Lady Sparxie came up with a brilliant idea: I borrowed a nifty little gadget from a friend...
- Sparxie: The Unreal Sparxin' Spark! No idea how it works, but apparently this lightbulb makes you smarter the moment you put it on.
- March 7th: Does this friend know you "borrowed" it?
- Sparxie: Asat Pramad has a gun to our heads, and this is what you're worried about? He'll find out one day.
- March 7th: Well then, I'll go first?
- Ashveil: It doesn't look very reliable. Are you sure about this?
- March 7th: No worries! If anything goes wrong, the friend in my head will protect me.
- March 7th: ...
- Ashveil: Doesn't seem to have any effect.
- March 7th: No, it's working perfectly. I get it now, all of it, no need to dance around.
- March 7th: Our enemy is a Lord Ravager. There's only one question we need answered: How does Asat Pramad plan to destroy Elation?
- Ashveil: Correction: The effect is very obvious.
- March 7th: Judging by Nanook's habit of picking Lord Ravagers, I wouldn't be surprised if Asat Pramad was once a Masked Fool and therefore knows Aha's weakness.
- March 7th: The arcadia is like a microcosm of Aeons and paths. People indulge themselves in fabricated happiness, unable to pull themselves away from it. Many have expressed their concerns: "This isn't Elation. Aha is playing with fire."
- Ashveil: A classic social-realist deduction, old-fashioned, but effective. We're closing in on the truth.
- March 7th: Yes. The answer is all but revealed...
- March 7th: You are Asat Pramad, "Sparxie"!
- Sparxie: Do you have evidence?
- March 7th: Of course. The truth is so simple that everyone overlooked it. The evidence is...
- March 7th: You were the first person I met when I got off the Express.
- Sparxie: If I am Asat Pramad, would you and Gray Hair have been able to walk out of the school alive?
- March 7th: ...
- March 7th: Yeah. Fair point.
- Sparxie: Just take that thing off already!
- March 7th: That's weird. I thought I was on the right track...
- Sparxie: Let me give you a lesson: Deduction isn't about people skills. It's about smart tricks and flawless logic.
- Sparxie: Watch and learn. Sparkle, master of the classic whodunit, has entered the chat!
- March 7th: You changed your clothes just for this?
- Sparkle: First of all, Oroboros likes to eat. Secondly, whatever THEY eat disappears completely.
- Sparkle: Therefore, Voracity is also a form of Destruction.
- Sparkle: This is the classic mystery of one culprit, two identities! The one trying to kill Elation is...
- Sparkle: The Lord Ravager Asat Pramad, played by the Voracity!
- Sparkle: What am I even saying!?
- March 7th: Classic whodunit? This is more like a classic who's-the-dummy!
- Ashveil: I get it now. All this thing does is make wild guesses sound reasonable.
- Ashveil: So far, that's the most accurate piece of information we've gotten.
- Sparxie: No need to be so serious, Detective. Why don't you show us what you've got?
- Sparxie: By the way, what type of detective are you?
- Ashveil: Me? I'm the tough guy type. I don't waste time on useless details. I aim straight at the heart of the problem.
- Ashveil: You're not wrong. Asat Pramad is Nanook's weapon to assassinate Aha. Whatever his plan may be, the target doesn't change.
- Ashveil: Remember? As far as humanity knows, there are only three ways an Aeon can fall.
- March 7th: A broader Path engulfs a narrower one, divine warfare between Aeons, and...
- March 7th: The third one, what was it again?
- Ashveil: Forcing an Aeon to turn away from THEIR own Path.
- Sparxie: Whichever it is, none of it sounds remotely connected to Planarcadia.
- Sparxie: So, what makes you so certain Asat Pramad is here on business, not on vacation?
- Ashveil: Because we folks just dug up one heck of a treasure from underground.
- Ashveil: And in the stories tied to THEM, we've unearthed more than a few names worth paying attention to.
- (Quick read)
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Ashveil's Detective Notes - The Case of the Missing Voracity The assistant meticulously compiled the case details for the detective in neat handwriting.
A trail of unknown footprints appears at the abandoned station, a weird emoti running amok in the tavern... All clues point to the Lord Ravager Asat Pramad! The detective is back on the case. Will he be able to track down the leviathan's footprints in the tavern?
P.S. The refrigerator's cooling system is down. Remember to repair it.
Notes Scribbled handwriting jotted down by the detective at the scene.
Shepherd
This guy summoned comets to feed the Voracity? Sounds like a fairy tale.
The Fool whom Enroute met inside the belly of the Voracity. Akin to an extra dragged in to make up the numbers in the soap operas Mister N loves watching.
Bragi
There are plenty of bartenders in The Laughter's tavern, but he's the most famous one. Rumor has it he still hasn't paid off the tab from that time he cracked open the wine cellar.
Enroute
Feeding a leviathan corny jokes... Crazy idea. I highly doubt his wordplay will be enough for the Voracity to feast on.
In another version of the story, Enroute didn't tell a lame joke. He and Dorothy made off with the Aeon's shed skin.
In a bizarre story, Enroute once ventured into the belly of the Voracity and managed to escape after plucking THEIR shadow.
Dorothy
Dorothy... Haven't seen that name in a while. She has ties to Enroute too?
Scarecrow
I guess he can be considered an old friend of mine. This guy actually wrote a book?
"The Shepherd"
- Sparxie: An old pal who can't stop lying. He goes on and on about death being a solitary feast. But I just saw him last week, alive.
- Ashveil: I see you're acquainted. Please introduce us sometime.
- (Go back to dialogue choice with the option removed)
- "Bragi"
- Sparxie: Bragi? Forget it. He's good behind the bar, but slippery as an eel. Ask him to work for Nanook and he'd run away on the spot.
- Ashveil: The former bartender of the tavern. Everyone knows him, couldn't be him.
- (Go back to dialogue choice with the option removed)
- "Dorothy"
- Sparxie: That's just a title. Anyone with a girlish heart can call themselves "Dorothy."
- Sparxie: Between you and me, Director Sparkle used that name once, too. Guess when?
- Ashveil: Looks like this clue has little value to it.
- (Go back to dialogue choice with the option removed)
- "The Scarecrow"
- Sparxie: Him? He caused trouble in Gothum City a few days ago. Pearl threw him into prison.
- Ashveil: I know. I was the one who caught him.
- (Go back to dialogue choice with the option removed)
- "Enroute"
- Ashveil: Right. He's the one I can't stop thinking about. The stories change every time, but they all circle back to the same logic...
- Ashveil: Enroute defeated the Voracity by some means.
- March 7th: You're right. Then who is this Enroute? Do you know him?
- Sparxie: Enroute...
- ???: Of course she does.
- Sampo: Everyone in the tavern knows that name. Long ago, its owner grew tired of jokes, cast aside his mask, and walked away.
- Sampo: Some say he became a Mourning Actor. Others say he jumped into IX's black hole.
- Sampo: But none of that matters. What truly matters is...
- Sampo: That you have my Unreal Sparxin' Spark!
- March 7th: I knew it...
- Sampo: Give it back, give it back! That's a big order my client wants immediately!
- Sparxie: What do you mean "give it back"? It just wandered off, and I happened to find it on the way, so I brought it home.
- Sparxie: You want it? Here, take it now.
- Sampo: Ab-so-lute-ly not... Wait, right now!? This doesn't sound like you at all.
- Sparxie: No? If it's a no, it's a no. Guess I'll keep it. Bye-bye~
- Sampo: Get back here!!!
- Ashveil: Sir, do you need to hire a private detective?
- March 7th: Hey.
- Sampo: Can you catch her for me?
- Ashveil: Of course. I'll have that thing returned to you safe and sound in half a day.
- Ashveil: But in exchange, I'd like you to elaborate a bit more on what you were saying.
- Sampo: Oh... so that's why you're here.
- Sampo: Now, old Sampo's intel isn't cheap. Waiving the fee won't quite cut it, will it?
- Ashveil: Name your price.
- Ashveil: Put it on Pearl's tab.
- Sampo: Ha! Just kidding. Money talk's boring. Besides, the Astral Express and I go way back. I wouldn't scam you two.
- Sampo: The Enroute you're looking for lives up to the name. There's nowhere he can't reach, only places he hasn't been yet.
- Sampo: He's the gold standard of the Masked Fools. He only shows up where he's least welcome: a Mourning Actor's stage, a friend's wedding, even inside the Voracity's mouth, all for the sake of a good laugh.
- Ashveil: That lines up. Sounds like the origin of the legend.
- Ashveil: So he's a friend of yours?
- Sampo: Not a chance. Back when old Sampo was still a kid, Enroute was already a name in the history books.
- Sampo: He left the tavern during the Second Prosperity. They say after hearing thirty trillion jokes, he never laughed again.
- Sampo: Before he left, Enroute said one thing that, at the time, no one cared about.
- Sampo: "Elation has been dead for a long time."
- Ashveil: Where did he go after he left the tavern?
- Sampo: The tavern has ten thousand mouths, all telling different stories. All I know is this:
- Sampo: He said he was headed for the true "world's end," and then he vanished without a trace.
- March 7th: How do you know all this?
- Sampo: I've been around long enough to have my own channels. Just trust old Sampo.
- Sampo: And about catching Sparxie...
- Ashveil: Leave it to me. I keep my word.
Greet the "expert" invited by Yao Guang
- Step DescriptionArchived Investigation Record:
"Hardboiled" did not mean reckless. Keen intuition could overcome carefully laid traps and dead ends.
After eliminating all impossible options, the detective grasped the key to the story.— "Narrator"
- (Open the Detective Notes, optional)
- (Quick Read)
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Ashveil's Detective Notes - The Case of the Missing Voracity The assistant meticulously compiled the case details for the detective in neat handwriting.
A trail of unknown footprints appears at the abandoned station, a weird emoti running amok in the tavern... All clues point to the Lord Ravager Asat Pramad! The detective is back on the case. Will he be able to track down the leviathan's footprints in the tavern?
P.S. The refrigerator's cooling system is down. Remember to repair it.
Notes Scribbled handwriting jotted down by the detective at the scene.
Shepherd
This guy summoned comets to feed the Voracity? Sounds like a fairy tale.
The Fool whom Enroute met inside the belly of the Voracity. Akin to an extra dragged in to make up the numbers in the soap operas Mister N loves watching.
Bragi
There are plenty of bartenders in The Laughter's tavern, but he's the most famous one. Rumor has it he still hasn't paid off the tab from that time he cracked open the wine cellar.
Enroute
Feeding a leviathan corny jokes... Crazy idea. I highly doubt his wordplay will be enough for the Voracity to feast on.
In a bizarre legend, Enroute once ventured into the belly of the Voracity, managing to escape after plucking THEIR shadow.
In another version of the story, Enroute didn't tell a lame joke. He and Dorothy made off with the Aeon's shed skin.
Enroute is a Fool who loves going to places where he isn't welcome. He left the tavern after the Second Prosperity, heading for the true "World's End."
Dorothy
Dorothy... Haven't seen that name in a while. She has ties to Enroute too?
Scarecrow
I guess he can be considered an old friend of mine. This guy actually wrote a book?
- (Talk to March 7th)
- Ashveil: See? You only need that ten percent of the story to be true.
- March 7th: The last thing he said was really scary.
- Ashveil: So many unanswered questions about Enroute. He has to be tied to Asat Pramad somehow.
- Ashveil: But our leads at the Tavern have run their course. Let's go pay a visit to another "expert" next.
- Ashveil: ...Speak of the devil. Only a Xianzhou General could've arranged something like this, I suppose.
- ???: I'm surprised as well.
- Ruan Mei: You've only just left Amphoreus, and already you've managed to draw the attention of another Lord Ravager.
- March 7th: Miss Ruan Mei!? And... Miss Tingyun?
- Tingyun: We're here by General Yao Guang's request. It seems we arrived just in time.
- Ruan Mei: At first, I only came because the Xianzhou extended an invitation and it seemed impolite to refuse. Now that I'm here, I see it was well worth the trip.
- Ruan Mei: So, let me get to the point.
- Ruan Mei: Oroboros has long been dead. THEIR death was merely buried beneath layers of secrecy.
- Ashveil: Hardly surprising. THEY disappeared after the Swarm Disaster, and there are many different opinions on where THEY went.
- Ashveil: The Intelligentsia Guild claims the Voracity ate THEIR fill and entered hibernation. I don't buy it. Those scholars are fond of post-meal naps themselves, likely just projecting their own habits.
- Ruan Mei: You seem surprisingly calm. Which makes sense. After all, the "shadow" in your right hand is evidence as well.
- Ruan Mei: Why don't you tell everyone? What happened to the Galaxy Rangers back on Vonwacq?
- Ashveil: Vonwacq...
- Tingyun: Sprightly Vonwacq. I've heard there's a peculiar phenomenon that occurs on that rainforest planet.
- Tingyun: Plants multiply and grow, and are then harvested like wild grass, a cycle repeating every few decades...
- Tingyun: Almost identical to the Phantasmoon Games.
- March 7th: But how are the two connected? When you hear "plants" and "growth," shouldn't that make you think of Abundance?
- March 7th: Huh, wait...
- Tingyun: It seems you've figured it out.
- Tingyun: By coincidence, Abundance is another thing the two worlds have in common.
- Ruan Mei: When coincidences pile up, they cease to be coincidences. Mr. Ashveil...
- Ruan Mei: No, leader of the Rangers, Mr. La Mancha, perhaps you could explain this to our Nameless friend?
- Ashveil: Back on Vonwacq, I'd already long since stopped being a Ranger.
- Ashveil: Your conjecture is basically correct, Miss Ruan Mei. You're not the only genius to take life as a subject of study.
- Ashveil: By the time I arrived, the atavistic experiment was already approaching its final phase. Dr. Primitive had set his sights on an ancient Leviathan...
- Ashveil: Beneath Vonwacq's surface, there also lay the remains of the Voracity.
- Ruan Mei: You stopped him.
- Ashveil: The Rangers stopped him. Back then, Mister N was still human.
- Ruan Mei: Now, deep beneath Ahatopia, another corpse of the Leviathan lies buried.
- Ruan Mei: If I'm not mistaken, there are countless other worlds carrying out the same ritual...
- Ruan Mei: Aha sealed Oroboros's body among the stars, suppressed it with Abundance, siphoned the power of the Path of Voracity... and called it a "game."
- Ruan Mei: This is what people call the Phantasmoon Games.
- March 7th: Aha? Why would THEY do such a thing?
- Ruan Mei: You may remember, the Express once delivered a Leviathan's carcass to me. That wasn't the only one in my collection.
- Ruan Mei: By arranging remains from different eras in sequence, I discovered something rather intriguing.
- Ruan Mei: At a certain moment over a thousand Amber Eras ago, just as Akivili began traveling in pursuit of THEIR ideal...
- Ruan Mei: All creations of the Voracity lost the same organ: their taste buds.
- Ashveil: What does that imply?
- Ruan Mei: The purpose of consumption changed. Be they Spawns, Depth Crawlers, or Void Song Whales, their genetic markers encoding gustatory organs vanished entirely. Creatures walking the Path of Voracity became nothing more than biological black holes, consuming without discrimination.
- Ruan Mei: This was not natural evolution. Through the Simulated Universe, I identified the point of divergence in history: A concept had disappeared from the Path of Voracity.
- Ruan Mei: Consider this: What do taste buds provide?
- March 7th: Yummy flavors?
- Ruan Mei: Precisely.
- Ruan Mei: Savoring something's "aftertaste" is an act of "elation."
- March 7th: So Aha stole... the original Primum Mobile of the Voracity?
- Ruan Mei: The Simulated Universe proves nothing on its own. But the primal desires of life have always been entangled.
- Ruan Mei: Think of it as my intuition: The conflict between the Aeons of Elation and Voracity stretches all the way back to primordial times.
- Ashveil: How many people know about this?
- Ruan Mei: There used to be two. I only told Yu Qingtu. Now there are five. After this, I can't be sure.
- Ashveil: Exploit the old conflict between Aha and Oroboros to ignite a divine war, or allow intersecting Paths to devour one another.
- Ashveil: Of the three known ways to kill an Aeon, the arcadia fulfills at least two. Now who still thinks Asat Pramad is here on vacation?
- Ruan Mei: But you still haven't explained where it came from.
- Ashveil: You mean the "shadow"?
- Ashveil: It has nothing to do with Vonwacq.
- Ruan Mei: ...Oh?
- Ashveil: Call it a twist of fate. This isn't my first encounter with the Astral Express, nor my first time dealing with a Lord Ravager.
- Ashveil: When my home was destroyed by Zulo, I had a brief encounter with a former Navigator.
- March 7th: A Navigator of the Express?
- Ashveil: Yes. Starseer "Isee". He'd already retired by then.
- Ashveil: He was the one who told me about the "shadow." According to Isee, it was one of many remnants left behind when the Express first carved paths along the edges of the cosmos.
- Ashveil: I led the Rangers to suppress the shadow and devised the plan to assassinate Zulo. But I never learned why it was there in the first place.
- Ruan Mei: ...
- Ruan Mei: Don't you find it strange, Mr. Ashveil?
- March 7th: Strange?
- Ruan Mei: When coincidences pile up, they cease to be coincidences. Like an experiment with results that are too perfect, it's enough to send a chill down your spine.
- Ruan Mei: If you don't mind, let's walk through the whole thing once more.
- Ruan Mei: Earlier, what did you two uncover in the tavern?
- March 7th: Someone suspected to be Asat Pramad knew about the Voracity's secret. Before disappearing, he said he was headed for the end of the world.
- Ruan Mei: And then, who did he say the "shadow" belonged to?
- March 7th: A former Navigator. The "shadow" was a remnant left behind when he charted the cosmos.
- Ruan Mei: ...
- Ruan Mei: If the "World's End" isn't the tavern, then where is it?
- March 7th: I don't know if anyone can answer that question. Not even Akivili...
- ...
- March 7th: Wait, don't tell me...
- Ashveil: Enroute only goes where he isn't welcome...
- Ashveil: After leaving the tavern, he went to the Astral Express.
- ???: The detective game is over.
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- ???: I have to say, not many people can make me change my plans.
- ???: Whether in the past or present, you've always been one of them.
- Ashveil: So it is you...
- ???: You know how it is, kid.
- ???: I've always enjoyed arriving uninvited.
- Returning to the Trailblazer's POV...
- When you have a chance to make a choice, make one that you know you won't regret.
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Arcadia of Mystery and Terror |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 谜与恐怖的乐园 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 謎與恐怖的樂園 |
| Japanese | 謎と恐怖の楽園で |
| Korean | 수수께끼와 공포의 낙원 |
| Spanish | Arcadia del misterio y el terror |
| French | Arcadie du mystère et de la terreur |
| Russian | Ужасы утопии |
| Thai | แดนสุขาวดีแห่งปริศนา และความน่ากลัว |
| Vietnamese | Thiên Đường Vui Vẻ Của Bí Ẩn Và Kinh Hoàng |
| German | Arcadia des Mysteriums und Schreckens |
| Indonesian | Utopia Misteri dan Teror |
| Portuguese | Arcádia de Mistério e Terror |
Change History
Released in Version 4.3
