Best Farewell to the World
Last updated 2026-09-05
Best Farewell to the World is the fourth part of the Trailblaze Mission chapter The Lethe Below the Living. It automatically begins after completing Arcadia of Mystery and Terror.
Steps
- Head to the dock and meet up with the reception staff
- Wait for the ferry to dock
- Take the ferry to Inkford Hermitage
- Go to the hotel lobby
- Ask Nihilux what she knows about Graphia
- (Optional) Talk to the guests
- (Optional) Talk to the hot spring manager
- Find Casper
- Have a snowball fight with Casper
- Ask Casper for information about Graphia
- Head to the back mountain
- Illuminate the ground lamps to summon Graphia.
Dialogue
Head to the dock and meet up with the reception staff
Mission DescriptionThe last stop before entering the World in Canvas is a place called Inkford Hermitage.
According to Pearl's itinerary, a ferry will be waiting to pick me up at the Seafeld City dock.
- (Trailblazer): (Pearl said she would arrange a ferry to pick us up at the Seafeld City dock.)
- (Trailblazer): (The place we're going to holds clues about Graphia? Really?)
- (Approach Feld)
- Reception Staff: (Mr./
Ms.) (Trailblazer), it is an honor to... well, shall I say, be of service to you again? - Reception Staff: To be honest, when Madam Pearl invited you to visit the Pearluxe Tower, I was supposed to be your guide. I ended up being replaced by a total fraud.
- Agent Feld: My name is Feld. By order of Madam Pearl, I will be escorting you to your destination.
Thank you, Mr. Feld.- Agent Feld: You are too kind. I followed the battle in Seafeld City very closely. Serving a hero such as yourself is a true privilege.
- Agent Feld: I assume Madam Pearl has already briefed you on our destination?
- No.
- She only told me to come here.
- Agent Feld: I see. It so happens that Madam Pearl is tied up with an unforeseen event, so allow me to brief you in her stead.
- Agent Feld: The destination of our boat journey is a hotel known as "Inkford Hermitage."
- Agent Feld: It is situated at the end of a Dovebrook tributary that ultimately flows into the sea. It is one of the points where the World in Canvas intersects with reality.
- What does this have to do with Graphia?
- ???: Well, Graphia's former residence was located there.
- Graphia lived there?
- ???: Yes. To be precise, she lived there a thousand years ago.
- Nihilux: Legend says the miraculous encanvasing of the mortal world happened there. Would Madam Pearl, a die-hard fan, pass up a sacred site like that?
- Nihilux! When did you get here?
- Miss Colt, it's you again!
- Nihilux: Word is that Madam Pearl just flicked her wrist, signed a check with an astronomical figure, and bought the whole plot of land. She also snatched up every single piece of Graphia's "lost works" she could find, without bothering to verify their authenticity.
- Nihilux: Whew... I guess money really does let you do whatever you want.
- Nihilux: That's not even the half of it. I don't know where her obsession comes from, but she's dead set on the idea that Graphia is still alive. If she gets even a whiff of anything remotely related to Graphia, she's got her people on it at the snap of a finger.
- Nihilux: But all they could find were imagenae knock-offs: random, pretty red-heads based on nothing but imagination.
- Nihilux: I bet her reaction went something like this: "Objective: Locate the original. Error: Detecting excessive quantity of low-quality merchandise."
- Agent Feld: You! I remember you! You're that fraudster from Pearluxe Tower!
- Nihilux: Pearluxe Tower!? I've never set foot in that place in my life!
- Agent Feld: Oh, I know it's you! I've seen the footage. You're wearing the exact same outfit!
- Nihilux: Argh... A slip-up in an otherwise perfect plan! Relax, your job is safe this time.
- Agent Feld: Cut it out, you scoundrel! You can't talk your way out of this! Who exactly are you?
- Allow me to introduce her.
- This is the author of The Fluffy.
- (Trailblazer): This is the author of Fluffy Across the Blue, Blurry_QR_Colt.
- Agent Feld: Huh... Hmm... Is that so.
- Agent Feld: My apologies, how rude of me. Miss Colt, it's an honor to finally see the face behind the work. Please pardon my yelling. I didn't know.
- Nihilux: Hehe, no worries, no worries.
- Are you headed to Inkford Hermitage as well?
- Nihilux: Well yes. Would you believe it if I said I was going on vacation?
- Who are those two big fellas behind you?
- Nihilux: It's only normal for a famous comic artist to travel with bodyguards, no?
- Bodyguard A: Miss Blurry_QR_Colt, let's be clear. You are being transported under escort.
- Bodyguard B: Your current credit balance is in the negative. Madam Pearl has offered you a lifeline by asking you to complete the next volume of The Fluffy.
- Nihilux: Whoa, this is not my fault. Remember Alloy King Pom-Pom from Pearluxe Tower? I tried to put everything on Pearl's tab, but she found out and charged it back to me.
- Nihilux: Who knew a figurine could be so expensive? It cost me more than my entire savings.
- You actually have savings?
- Nihilux: Hey, I pay for my own meals. Is that so shocking to you? Is it?
- Oh right, so, it's mine then?
- Nihilux: No way! It's obviously... all Madam Pearl's fault!
- Didn't you just release a new volume? How are you still broke?
- Nihilux: I went all-in on Learned Coins... there goes my licensing fees and royalties.
- Nihilux: I lost every single penny!
- Agent Feld: So you're escorting her to... uh, shall we say, an "intensive creative retreat"?
- Bodyguard B: Correct. The objective is to deliver the manuscript and clear her debts. The estimated duration is 56 days.
- Nihilux: Hear that, (Trailblazer)? It's not a hotel. It's hell! Where you get whipped for not finishing your scripts on time!
- Good luck with that.
- Seems like the deadline is actually deadly.
- Agent Feld: The boat has arrived. When you're ready, let's begin our journey to Inkford Hermitage. Please, mind your step as you board.
Wait for the ferry to dock
- Step DescriptionThe last stop before entering the World in Canvas is a place called Inkford Hermitage.
According to Pearl's itinerary, a ferry will be waiting to pick me up at the Seafeld City dock.
- Agent Feld: We have arrived. This is the snowy shore of the canvas world, Inkford Hermitage.
- (Trailblazer): Are those wispae floating on the water?
- Wispae: Mighty! Wishpower! Mighty! Superstar!
- Agent Feld: Oh dear, there are so many wispae. They are blocking the boat's route.
- Agent Feld: But no need to panic. Please follow my lead.
Take the ferry to Inkford Hermitage
- Step Description"It takes ten years of good karma to share the same boat." Little Raccoon, it's destiny!
So please, for Aha's sake, put in a good word for me with Pearl and get her to spare me—
- (Enter Interplanar Jump!)
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Ice blocks are fragile. Attacking an ice block with a bow and arrow will cause it to crack, and attacking it again will shatter it. A Trailblazemon dropping onto the surface of an ice block or hitting it by jumping from below will have the same effect.
Ice blocks are fragile. Attacking an ice block with a bow and arrow will cause it to crack, and attacking it again will shatter it. A Trailblazemon dropping onto the surface of an ice block or hitting it by jumping from below will have the same effect.The surface of the ice block is smooth. Walking on it grants a SPD Boost.
The surface of the ice block is smooth. Walking on it grants a SPD Boost.- (In the background)
- Feld: Come on, let's catch up with (Trailblazer)!
- Nihilux: Being mobbed by fans is just part of a hero's destiny!
Snowflakes falling into shattered Ice Blocks can cause them to refreeze.
Snowflakes falling into shattered Ice Blocks can cause them to refreeze.
- (Exit Interplanar Jump!)
- Nihilux: Phew, a safe docking. For a second I thought we were going to hit an iceberg or something.
- Why are they surrounding us?
- Nihilux: They probably sensed your Wishpower. You are the Phantasmoon Games superstar, no?
- Nihilux: Look, one's trying to hitch a ride on you.
- Is this... a wispae?
- When did you get on me?
- Nihilux: Must've been when we came ashore, what a devoted fan.
- Agent Feld: Everyone, welcome to Inkford Hermitage.
- Nihilux: Hmm. I was imagining a Benzaitengoku-style manor or something.
- Nihilux: So you demolished your idol's old residence... and replaced it with a luxury hotel?
- Agent Feld: Of course not. Benzaitengoku vanished more than a thousand years ago. The original structure is long lost to time. The IPC only chose this location because this is one of the weakest points between reality and the World in Canvas.
- Agent Feld: Many imagenae are born every day. But just as many ancient lineages of imagenae hide themselves away in the World in Canvas once their Wishpower dry up, or as they grow weary of the mortal world.
- Agent Feld: This is the final stop before they enter into the World in Canvas, and this is where they bid farewell to reality. They rest here, organize memories spanning centuries, and then pass beyond the point of no return.
- Agent Feld: Rumor has it that Graphia's soul appears from time to time to guide these weary imagenae on their path.
- Nihilux: There's a sense of parting in the air. No wonder the soul of the Mother of Imagenesis feels an attraction. For a creator, this must be the finest well of inspiration.
- Agent Feld: Miss Colt, now that you're in this "well" too, you ought to make the most of it. Let's go, I'll lead the way.
Go to the hotel lobby
- Step DescriptionFinally off the ferry. Let's go over my main mission — find Graphia and deliver Evanescia's warning.
The staff at Inkford Hermitage have been stationed here long-term, so they might have some intel on Graphia.
Miss Colt, here's hoping your ideas flow like a spring, inspiration never leaves you, your brush glides effortlessly, and you work at lightning speed... so you can finish those overdue drafts ASAP!
- (Approach the marked location)
- (Trailblazer): Is that...?
- Agent Feld: Ah, the golden tree in the distance? We call it "Myriad Wish Grove."
- Agent Feld: It's said that it shares the same lineage as the sacred trees on the floating island of Seafeld and the Phantasmoon Courtyard.
- Agent Feld: Before entering the canvas, the imagenae go there to return their wishes, setting out unburdened.
- (Approach the marked location)
- Agent Feld: We have arrived. The hotel staff will take over from here. I'll take my leave.
- Nihilux: It's... it's freezing. It's cold enough for a typical snowstorm mansion murder mystery!
- Nihilux: Anyone here... here...? Hellooo... hellooo?
- ???: Honored guests, my apologies for the late welcome...
- Nihilux: No wonder it's so cold! It's an actual snow wispae. Hello there, little one.
- Casper: I am the Lobby Manager, Casper. You have a very high body temperature... Please, try not to overheat the room.
- Nihilux: Allow me to introduce myself. I am the popular comic artist, Blurry—
- Casper: Ah, the former comic artist, Ms. Nihilux.
- Nihilux: Aw, my true name is gone just like that.
- Nihilux: Wait, did you say "former"?
- Casper: The big shots upstairs gave me a heads-up... You are now an asset of Pearluxe Corp... You'll be staying here until you finish your next volume... Hehe.
- Casper: Hehe... Every guest in this hotel is an imagenae with quite a history.
- Casper: That Arcadian over there, that's a former superhero.
- Nihilux: Which one? Never heard of them.
- Casper: That one over there is one of the oldest strangelings. They're a former kappa. These days, they work as the hot springs manager.
- Nihilux: A kappa? Didn't that lineage of imagenae go extinct when the IPC first arrived?
- Casper: There are still a few survivors that slipped through the net.
- Casper: As for Casper myself, I am a former Frost Giant!
A former Frost Giant?
- Casper: Little ol' me... was once a tall, mighty, and majestic giant. Of course, that was back in the Cindearth Age.
- Nihilux: So you're basically an antique who knows a bunch of old secrets? What corner did they dig you out of?
- Casper: From a block of ice! It is sad how a giant block of ice melts into tiny pieces over time. I have forgotten the names of most of my friends... And I have not tasted a crispy, charred Voidranger in a long, long while now.
- I am a current Nameless.
- Casper: Hehe... indeed, another glittering Nameless.
- Nihilux: Another? How's that?
- Casper: That... is a secret.
- Any info on the "former" Graphia?
- Casper: Sightings of Lady Graphia are as common as the snowflakes here!
- Casper: Ever since the news spread that her soul would reside at the hotel, all those imagenae who mimic her and the weirdos who insist they have a connection to her have flocked here!
- Casper: You see, they all claim they have some sort of connection to her, or hold some secret about her.
- Nihilux: I bet they're just trying to scam people out of Wishpower and credits, just like all those people who swear they're Aha.
- Casper: You're not wrong... but whenever the higher-ups ask for a report, little ol' Casper here can always pad it out and hand over a long list of names.
- Casper: Nameless, good luck with your inquiries. Bye now.
Ask Nihilux what she knows about Graphia
- Step DescriptionCould Lady Graphia's soul be staying at this hotel in the form of an imagenae?
Casper told me to ask around among the guests, but I have a feeling it's the one who knows Graphia best.
- (Try to leave the hot springs, optional)
- We still need to ask around the hotel lobby for intel on Graphia's whereabouts.
- (Investigate Graphea, Grafia, and Grafea, optional)
- Grafia: You... can see me? Then I shall hide no longer.
- Grafia: Indeed, I am Graphia, the Sovereign of All Paintings, the Source of All Schools, the Mother who birthed all imagenae.
- Grafia: Unfortunately, my Wishpower is spent, and I can no longer weave my imagenation arts. But you and I share a fate. With just a few Wishbaes to aid me...
- Grafea: I am Graphia. If you're giving away Wishbaes, you should give them to me!
- Graphea: No, I am Graphia. Does this red armor not make it obvious!?
- Wait, everyone stop shouting...
- Great, the more the merrier!
- (Trailblazer): I don't care which, one of you, come help me fight a Lord Ravager.
- Grafea: L—Lord Ravager?
- Grafea: Uhh, to be honest, we are Graphia, but we're not Graphia...
- Grafia: Simply put, we are imagenae born from people's imaginations of Graphia.
- Grafia: As for me, I was sketched by a rather unskilled illustrator for a history textbook, which explains why I look a bit rough.
- Grafea: I am a wispae formed from the concentrated longing for Graphia in Planarcadia...
- Graphea: I am the armored Goddess Graphea from the fifty-two-episode animated series, Apocalypse of Ashes: Mecha Wars.
- Graphea: Care to witness my signature move, Dance of the Inkblade?
- So none of you are real... great.
- Don't any of you have any guts?
- Grafia: If you're looking for the real Graphia, I'd suggest you give up.
- Grafia: I've seen countless imagenae on the verge of exhausting their Wishpower, begging the Mother of Imagenesis to extend their lives with her paint brush. Not a single one has ever succeeded. In the end, only those of us making a living off the "Graphia" brand are left.
- Grafia: When it comes down to it, she's nothing more than a legend.
- Did Graphia really live here?
- Graphea: Who knows? Maybe the IPC made up some story to boost the hotel's revenue.
- Grafea: I mean, the Cindearth Age was over a thousand years ago. Maybe the only thing left is the longing for Graphia...
- Is there any way to meet her?
- Grafea: There's one very simple way!
- Graphea: She created all imagenae with her brush. Word has it she waits at the end of the World in Canvas to see off those whose time has come.
- Graphea: But every imagenae who has seen her is, of course, dead.
- (Trailblazer): So dying is the only way, huh?
- (Trailblazer): (These three aren't just fakes. They're also whack-a-doodles.)
- Looks like I'll have to find another way.
- (Trailblazer): As I suspected, finding Graphia was never going to be easy.
- Grafia: Besides us, there are plenty of ancient imagenae living here, ones that've long gone extinct elsewhere. Some even claim to be original works by Graphia herself.
- Grafea: If you're serious about finding Graphia, you should try asking them!
- (Investigate Graphea, Grafia, and Grafea again, optional)
- Grafia: Besides us, there are plenty of ancient imagenae living here, ones that've long gone extinct elsewhere. Some even claim to be original works by Graphia herself.
- Grafea: If you're serious about finding Graphia, you should try asking them!
- (Talk to Sudscour, optional)
- Fatigued Kappa: Hmmm... I sense more stray thoughts and disturbance in the water. The imagenae of today are far too restless.
- Are you... the hot springs manager?
- Fatigued Kappa: Yes. This old soul is just scraping by with what little talent I have left.
- A... kappa?
- Fatigued Kappa: To think there are still those who recognize my kind. You are quite well-informed.
- Sudscour: The humans here call me "Sudscour," filthy name, but fitting for this frail and wretched form.
- Sudscour: Are you here at the hot springs to wash away your stray thoughts? Or just to chat with the last kappa of Ahatopia?
- You're the last kappa?
- Sudscour: As you see. My kin have either been swallowed by the muddy currents or have fled into the canvas.
- Sudscour: Long, long ago, my people lived in every river and pond in Ahatopia. We tended the crops for the artists, and in return, they painted our descendants into existence.
- Why have you choosen [sic] to stay in the real world?
- Sudscour: It is hard to leave one's homeland. Even when my kin have entered the canvas, even when the waters here are no longer clear, and even when the new Ploo tribe has replaced us...
- Sudscour: This is still my home. It needs someone who remembers the old days. As long as I remain, the kappa line is alive.
- Do you know Graphia?
- Upon hearing that name, the withered body of Ahatopia's last kappa begins to tremble faintly.
- Sudscour: Lady Graphia is the one who guided all imagenae. Her name shines like moonlight through my dimming memories.
- Sudscour: Back then, the Demons From Beyond swept in like a dark tide. The filth and flames they brought could turn even the clearest stream into a toxic swamp.
- Sudscour: We kappa were weak and could only shiver at the bottom of the rivers. But it was Lady Graphia... who found us. She encouraged us, saying that every drop of clean water held power against the darkness.
- Sudscour: She taught us how to use water to protect the displaced mortals and wash away those impure monsters. Though our impact was limited, that was the most heroic era for my kind.
- What was Graphia like?
- Sudscour: Legend says that when she was a painter, she was a woman of radiant beauty.
- Sudscour: But in my fading memories, on the battlefield, she was a warrior with flowing red hair and pigment-stained armor.
- Sudscour: Some say she fought like a demon, but to me, her eyes shone brighter than the smoothest river stone.
- Is she really still alive?
- Sudscour: As long as the World in Canvas exists, Lady Graphia must as well.
- Sudscour: There is a saying that if one who is weary of the world prays to her with true devotion, she will arrive on a ferry to lead them into the canvas.
- Sudscour: If you seek clues regarding Lady Graphia, you should visit the mountain behind the hotel.
- Sudscour: There are "atonement statues" left by imagenae there, filled with their prayers. It is also the site of Graphia's former residence.
- Sudscour: Casper likes to wander around there. He is a strangeling far older than I. Perhaps if you play in the snow with him, he might show you the way.
- Thank you.
- Farewell.
- Sudscour: That is all I can tell you. After all, I am just a stubborn old kappa trying to keep this one pool of water a little cleaner.
- (Talk to Sudscour again, optional)
- Sudscour: That is all I can tell you. After all, I am just a stubborn old kappa trying to keep this one pool of water a little cleaner.
- (Talk to Nihilux)
- Nihilux: So you're here looking for Graphia's whereabouts on behalf of that Intellitron executive?
- Nihilux: I think it's unlikely that the Mother of Imagenesis will see her.
- Why?
- Nihilux: If she wanted to see her, it would already have happened. The IPC has practically turned the World in Canvas upside down.
- Nihilux: You know this, right? Over 140 years ago, they brought in hackers from Punklorde and did everything they could to blast open the passage between reality and the World in Canvas.
- Nihilux: I think disturbing her World in Canvas like that must have upset the Mother of Imagenesis.
- I received the request from a friend of Graphia's.
- Nihilux: A friend of Graphia's? Just how long has that person been alive...?
- Nihilux: So that friend wanted you to find Graphia. But they didn't tell you how?
- Aside from a single parting request, Evanescia had no time to leave behind any tokens or guidance. But that's not to say she left nothing at all—
- (Trailblazer): (The only thing Evanescia left that could be a token is the mask she painted herself, right?)
- Do you have any bright ideas?
- Nihilux: Normally, I'd suggest you play that little snow puffball for info. That "good luck with your inquiries" line definitely had a subtext.
- Nihilux: But since you're asking for a "bright idea"...
- Nihilux: You must have heard that in a certain corner of the universe, there's a mysterious ritual that can summon historical figures to the present day...
- Nihilux: The! Holy! Grail! War!
- I know.
- I've been in one.
- ...
- Nihilux: Oh right, that was your big adventure in Penacony! How nice. I hope Planarcadia holds one too.
- Nihilux: Then I don't need to explain the method. First, we need a Catalyst. Do you have Graphia's brush or palette? Doesn't look like it.
- Nihilux: No matter! Miss Colt has got you covered. We use leyline resonance! This hotel is built on Graphia's former home. It still has a connection to her. Like that vibrant golden tree...
- Nihilux: Wait, you aren't actually falling for this, are you?
- But you're absolutely right!
- Nihilux: Hahaha... I was just kidding.
- Will it work?
- Nihilux: Hahaha... I was just kidding.
- I should have known asking you would be a waste of time.
- Nihilux: S—Sorry... I was just trying to lift the mood.
- Nihilux: Honestly, I'm a chronic deadline-misser who can barely save her own skin. How am I supposed to help you?
- Bodyguard A: I've heard enough. Break time is over, Miss Nihilux!
- Bodyguard B: Now that you understand your situation, stop wasting time. Start drawing!
- Nihilux: I just checked in and I have to work already!? I'm not some fully automated painting mechatron. You do know that, right?
- Bodyguard A: A mechatron can run for hundreds of hours straight. You cannot. That's exactly why every second counts! Now, right this second, start increasing your value as a quality asset!
- Nihilux: Hey! Wait! This is kidnapping! (Trailblazer)! Help me...
- Nihilux is hauled away by two bodyguards, leaving nothing but her drawn-out cries for help echoing through the lobby.
- (Trailblazer): (Nihilux has a point. If that Casper guy is a survivor from the Cindearth Age, maybe he really does know something?)
- (Trailblazer): (Anyway, I'll start by asking around here.)
Find Casper
- Step DescriptionLooks like we'll have to interrogate Casper after all. Head to the back mountain and challenge it to a snowball fight!
Hopefully, once this ex-Frost Giant has had its fun, it'll be willing to spill some more information about Graphia.
- (Approach the marked location)
- (Trailblazer): Casper? Are you there?
- Casper: Nope... I'm not.
- (Try to leave the area, optional)
- Casper might be hiding secrets about Graphia. Let's track it down for another round of interrogation.
- (Talk to Casper)
- Casper: Ugh, you found me, current Nameless. I knew you'd come ask about Lady Graphia.
- Casper: But if I try too hard to remember things from such a long, long time ago, my soft, squishy head starts to throb... and then I start melting: drip-drop, drip-drop.
- Casper: So much of my memory feels like it's shrouded in a blizzard, and I can't see anything clearly... I'm sorry, but I don't think I can help you.
- I'm just here for a snowball fight.
- Let's play in the snow!
- Casper: A snowball... fight? Ah, the game... the name... it feels so familiar.
- Casper: It feels like I had snow ball fights every single day, a long time ago. Shaping the snow into balls and, hehe, flinging them at whatever strange intruders came barging in.
- Casper: Well then, come at me, Nameless! I'm a snowball fight veteran, I won't lose.
Have a snowball fight with Casper
- (Talk to Casper again, optional)
- Casper: Well then, come at me, Nameless! I'm a snowball fight veteran, I won't lose.
- (Enter Interplanar Jump!)
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- Casper: It's... snowing!
Many years ago, Casper used to be a towering Frost Giant. They would often invite others to snowball fights, tossing out snowflakes, Hedgehogae, and Gold Coins as they pleased.
Many years ago, Casper used to be a towering Frost Giant. They would often invite others to snowball fights, tossing out snowflakes, Hedgehogae, and Gold Coins as they pleased.Watch out! The Hedgehogae thrown by Casper will knock Trailblazemon back.
Watch out! The Hedgehogae thrown by Casper will knock Trailblazemon back.- Casper: Snow! Whoo-hoo!
- Casper: You'd better be good at dodging, Nameless!
- (Exit Interplanar Jump!)
Ask Casper for information about Graphia
- I've had my fill of fun.
- Ring any bells?
- Casper: Phew... things from the Cindearth Age are still a bit blurry.
- Casper: But I definitely met Lady Graphia! I had snowball fights with her!
- What was she like?
- Casper: She was a great painter who led us in snowball fights! She'd even paint portraits for everyone!
- Casper: Back then, when we wanted to see her, we'd go to her doorstep, light the ground lamps, and shout "snowball fight!"
- Casper: Then Lady Graphia would poke her head out the window upstairs, unfurl a scroll, and whoosh—slide right down onto the snow.
- Casper: Then we'd have snowball fights against the Voidrangers together, under the giant moon.
- Casper: If we won, I got to swallow the Voidrangers whole. Mmm, they were so crispy and tasty.
- Can you remember anything else?
- Casper: There was someone else. Just thinking about them makes my blood boil...
- Casper: He was a snowball fight master. I remember one time, eight of us teamed up to challenge him.
- Casper: But that guy knocked us all down with his snowballs like it was nothing, all from so far away!
- Casper: Six of my friends were lying on the ground, feeling beat. Losing the game got everyone so down that no one uttered a word.
- Casper: As for me, I think I got hit right in the neck. I saw my own giant body thud onto the ground, and my chin felt ice-cold.
- (Trailblazer): (Eight people... in the Phantasmoon Games? Perhaps "snowball fight" is a euphemism for the Cindearth Age wars...?)
- (Trailblazer): (So in that round of the Phantasmoon Games, Graphia must have fought a terrifyingly powerful opponent. It seems only she and Casper survived the fight.)
- Have you seen Graphia since?
- Casper: I saw her once... just once.
- Casper: By then, Ahatopia had already been transported into the canvas. It was so quiet and lonely.
- Casper: I couldn't find my other six friends, but I remembered where Lady Graphia lived.
- Casper: So I went to her front door again, lit the ground lamps, and shouted: "Snowball fight!"
- Casper: It felt like only a second had passed, just the blink of an eye, yet somehow it also felt like forever. At last, I saw her drift out.
- Casper: She held me and cried, saying "I'm sorry" and "you've done well" over and over...
- Casper: Hmm, it was just one lost game. We could have just won it back some other time. But... that was the last I saw of her.
- Thank you, Casper.
- Casper: I only shared some memories of a snowball fight. If it helped you, Nameless, then I'm happy.
- You've done well all these years.
- Casper: Why are you saying that too? It's making me feel all strange.
- Casper: That's about all Casper can remember. If you're still up for fun and games, come find me for another snowball fight sometime!
- (Trailblazer): (So, to summarize, Casper likes to light the ground lamps and call for her near Graphia's old home.)
- (Trailblazer): (Now, where can I find those ground lamps?)
- Technically, you shouldn't be moving the set pieces here without permission. But in a crisis like this, who cares about a few measly hotel management regulations?
- In any case, once you're done borrowing it, you can always play a couple rounds of snowball fights with Casper to make up for it.
Head to the back mountain
- Step DescriptionIf "snowball fights" refers to the wars of the Cindearth Age, then the illuminated "ground lamps" must refer to the signal fire towers once used to warn of enemy movements.
I apologize that I must beckon you in this manner. Answer me, Lord Graphia!
- (Approach the marked location)
Illuminate the ground lamps to summon Graphia.
- (Approach the marked location)
- (Trailblazer): Even next to such a lively hot spring hotel, there's a secluded mountain path like this.
- (Approach the marked location)
- (Trailblazer): These atonement statues all look like small animals.
- (Trailblazer): I should find a prominent spot for the ground lamps.
- (Try to leave the area, optional)
- Now's not the time to head down the mountain. Try to illuminate the ground lamps and summon Graphia.
- (Investigate the fox statue)
- (Trailblazer): These two little lamps... don't look reliable at all...
- (Trailblazer): Whatever, it's not like I have any other way.
- Show yourself, Lady Graphia!
- ...Snowball fight!
- ???: Who dares disturb my thousand-year slumber...
- ???: Not only will I refuse to grant you three wishes, I shall also lock you in my canvas to suffer in my stead!
- Ahh! Are you dead or alive?
- ???: Thanks for the invite. I'm not quite dead yet, but I don't feel alive either.
- You again, Colt!
- Weren't you supposed to be working on your story?
- Nihilux: I'm... I'm testing the deadline. I snuck out.
- Nihilux: This mountain path is so quiet and secluded. What a great spot for a night stroll. Listening to the calming sound of the springs, who knows? Maybe my inspiration will flow again like these waters.
- Your inspiration is dry, but your excuses for missing deadlines certainly aren't.
- Nihilux: I was hoping to find some inspiration out here! With those two goons breathing down my neck, anyone would hit a complete creative block.
- I'm going to shout!
- Nihilux: Give me a break! I REALLY am just looking for inspiration out here!
- Nihilux: Look at this old stone statue. Doesn't it look like Himekat?
- Nihilux: I just reached the "Real vs. Fake Himekat" arc in my comic. Let me pay my respects. Maybe Graphia will bless me with enlightenment.
- ???: Miss Colt, when did you sneak out?
- Nihilux: That was fast!
- Bodyguard A: I let my guard down for just one second, and corporate asset — I mean Miss Colt — escaped. Now that's scary.
- Bodyguard B: No way are you running away and taking our jobs with you. Good thing this kind lady spotted where you were headed, otherwise, you might've slipped away for real.
- Bodyguard A: Let's go. Back to the room to finish your work.
- Nihilux: Come on, not again! (Trailblazer)! Help...!
- Nihilux is hauled away by two bodyguards, leaving only her drawn-out cries for help echoing across the hillside.
- ???: Whew. Being an artist sure is grueling. I remember being held in a room and watched by six or seven people, too. I wasn't allowed to leave until I finished painting either.
- Why are you still here?
- Wait, who are you again?
- ???: Hmm? You're asking me? Weren't you the one searching so desperately for me?
- ???: My name is Murata Graphia, Guardian of the World in Canvas. It is a pleasure to meet you, Nameless of the Astral Express.
- (Trailblazer): You're saying... you are Graphia?
- (Trailblazer): (She really does look a lot like Himeko.)
- Can you prove who you say you are?
- Graphia: Child, you were the one who lit the ground lamps, were you not? If memory serves, that was the secret signal my old friends used to call for me.
- Graphia: I simply answered the call, yet you doubt my identity. How strange.
- Graphia: Let me think... I believe I know why you've come to find me.
- Graphia: The arbitrator of the Phantasmoon Games asked you to tell me that our old enemy, the Demon Lord From Beyond, has returned. Am I correct?
- You know about that?
- I'm starting to believe you really are Graphia.
- Graphia: Since Ahatopia's encanvasing, Evanescia and I agreed to guard reality and the World in Canvas separately, never to meet again.
- Graphia: But over the past thousand years, I often hoped we might reunite in some way.
- Graphia: Who would've thought, when word of her finally reached me again, there'd be no warm greetings, but instead only an impending crisis.
- Graphia: (Trailblazer), you must have many questions.
- What exactly happened a thousand years ago?
- Did you fight Asat Pramad?
- How do you know who I am?
- How have you lived for a thousand years? What about the curse?
- Pearl asked me to find out the secret to creating your World in Canvas.
- Graphia: My, you certainly have a lot of questions. But before I enlighten you...
- Graphia: During the Cindearth Age, that Demon Lord From Beyond once took the form of a friend to infiltrate the resistance, causing catastrophic casualties. I must confirm your identity, Nameless.
- Graphia: Do you carry a token from Evanescia?
- A token? I don't remember having anything like that.
- Graphia: Hmm, I see you're carrying something that might be proof enough...
- If you mean something Evanescia gave me, there's only this.
- Graphia: She painted a Supplicant's Mask for you?
- The red-haired girl reaches out and takes the mask.
- Hey, give it back. It's very important.
- Does this mean you'll tell me everything now?
- The red-haired girl hands the mask back to you.
- Graphia: The secrets you seek are many and tangled. Perhaps I should start by telling you a story.
- Graphia: A thousand years ago, the Legions of the Demons From Beyond descended upon Ahatopia, marking the beginning of the Cindearth Age.
- Graphia: For the Destruction, taking a life is easier than brushing aside a feather. Among the countless victims, a baby girl was saved by a painter from the brink of death. He took her in as his daughter and named her Graphia.
- Graphia: To protect his daughter, the painter kept her confined to their home. While the fires of disaster swept across the land, Graphia lived in seclusion.
- Graphia: Until one day, a falling star streaked across the dark sky, and a deafening roar shattered the silence of the wasteland.
- Graphia: Unable to contain her curiosity, the young girl slipped out of the house to follow the sound.
- Graphia: And so she saw it: beneath the cold Phantasmoon, a "Tower of Infinity" stood on the mountain range at the edge of the horizon.
- Graphia: This "tower" had countless windows and rose section by section, slender and tall. More than an actual tower, it looked like a wounded iron dragon that had fallen to the earth.
- Is that the origin of the "Murata" name?
- Was that... a wrecked train?
- Graphia: Indeed. That tower, which stood only for a moment, was the crashed Astral Express. And Graphia's family name, "Murata," came from the wondrous sight she saw.
- Graphia: At the time, the wrecked train was surrounded by countless abominable monsters. Amidst these foul enemies, a few warriors in strange attire fought tirelessly, but they fell one by one, unable to withstand the endless tide of monsters.
- Graphia: It was only much later that Graphia understood that those who fought and died for Ahatopia shared a common name...
- Graphia: The Nameless, who walk the path of the Trailblaze.
- Graphia: That was the day that Graphia stepped into the mortal world. Her life as the Mother of Imagenesis began.
- Graphia: In a long, drawn-out war fought at a severe disadvantage, she was forced to seek the aid of the Phantasmoon Games, attempting to use the mighty power of an Aeonic ritual to lock the terrifying Demon Lord From Beyond within a limited battlefield.
- Graphia: This was also the first time in the history of the Phantasmoon Games that the eight Supplicants joined forces to confront a powerful enemy from beyond: the Lord Ravager, Asat Pramad.
- Did she win?
- Did she lose?
- Graphia: She lost. Graphia did not win the Phantasmoon Games, nor did she manage to kill Asat Pramad.
- Graphia: In the final days of the Cindearth Age, she gathered every ounce of Wishpower to paint the world into a scroll. Using herself as a nail to steady the canvas, she sealed the Lord Ravager outside.
- She made a seal capable of shutting out a Lord Ravager?
- Graphia: Yes. As long as "the scroll" still enshrouds reality, he won't be able to lay a finger on the Leviathan's remains buried deep within Ahatopia.
- Graphia: The story is over. I have received Evanescia's message.
- Graphia: I also have a token I'd like you to give her. Please, let us journey together to the other side.
- Are we leaving right now?
- (Trailblazer): So, are we leaving right now?
- Graphia: No, there is no need to rush. You have a friend here who is lingering with a heart full of farewells.
- (Trailblazer): You mean... Blade?
- Graphia: Follow this path down to the riverbank of Myriad Wish Grove. You'll find many wispae gathered there.
- Graphia: When you are ready, choose a wispae. Whisper Graphia's name and your wish to cross over to the other shore, then release the wispae into the river.
- Graphia: When the time comes, I will bring the ferry to deliver you into the canvas.
- (Trailblazer): (Graphia vanished? How elusive.)
- (Trailblazer): Anyway, I should head to the riverbank of Myriad Wish Grove first.
- (Unlock Achievement Light the Lamps of Yesteryear)
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Best Farewell to the World |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 告别世界的最佳方法 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 告別世界的最佳方法 |
| Japanese | 世界に別れを告げる最善策 |
| Korean | 세계와 작별하는 최고의 방법 |
| Spanish | La mejor manera de despedirse del mundo |
| French | Le plus bel adieu au monde |
| Russian | Лучший способ попрощаться с миром |
| Thai | วิธีที่ดีที่สุดในการลาโลก |
| Vietnamese | Cách Tốt Nhất Để Từ Biệt Thế Giới |
| German | Der beste Abschied von der Welt |
| Indonesian | Cara Terbaik Mengucapkan Selamat Tinggal |
| Portuguese | A Melhor Despedida do Mundo |
Change History
Released in Version 4.3
