In the Shadow of the Millennium
Last updated 2026-07-09
In the Shadow of the Millennium is the second part of the Trailblaze Mission chapter So Laughed the Masses. It automatically begins after completing Philosophy of the Tourist.
Steps
- Head to Graphia Academy and continue your adventure
- Greet Himeko's father
- Find the teacher Ms. Dollie and continue the investigation
- (Optional) Speak with the students in the corridor
- Head to the archive room and continue the investigation
- Examine the filing cabinet to view the "Graphia Academy Alumni Directory"
- (Optional) Investigate the computer
- (Optional) Investigate the Sparkle Doll
- Speak with your companions
- Head to the old school building and continue the investigation
- Speak with Fulwish
- Return to the Express and discuss the next steps with everyone
Dialogue
Head to Graphia Academy and continue your adventure
Mission DescriptionPetals that grace the branches are not always blessings of new life. They may well be the curse of Abundance.
What really went down in the Phantasmoon Games fifteen years ago...
- (Talk to Welt Yang, optional)
- Welt: (Trailblazer), Fulwish won't let up her media offensive. Watch your backs out there.
- Welt: I'll remain aboard the Express and manage things from here. I'll provide support if needed.
I'll leave things on the Express to you. It's in good hands.- You be careful too, Mr. Yang.
- Welt: Don't you worry about me. I've still got plenty of fight left in me yet.
- (Go to Graphia Academy)
- March 7th: Ahh, well, after that so-called "dream campus experience," we've ended up back at Graphia Academy. It's almost like revisiting the place after graduation.
- Wake up, March...
- I suppose you could call this your alma mater now.
- March 7th: Wait a minute, this nostalgia isn't an aftereffect of the Sparxie Virus, r—right!?
- Himeko: Don't worry, March. The Department of Aberration Defense conducted a "comprehensive disinfection" of the campus.
- March 7th: That's a relief. The last thing I need is to be mid-investigation and suddenly morph into some hopping, dancing mushroom rabbit...
- March 7th: Speaking of which, where should we begin our investigation into Fulwish?
- Maybe we should start with the teachers who are familiar with the situation?
- Himeko: I think it's best we see my father first.
- We could check the archives.
- How about talking to the dean first?
- March 7th: Should we go and find Mr. Ryusuke first?
- Himeko: It's only appropriate that we obtain permission from the dean before proceeding with the investigation.
- Himeko: Fifteen years have passed, but there should be a backup of the student files, work logs, or visitor records, and only he knows where they're stored.
- Himeko: Let's go then. To the dean's office.
Greet Himeko's father
- Step DescriptionYou ran into the dean... in the dean's office!? You clearly remember that in the last turn of the "Phantasmoon Games," Dean Sparxie was never around whenever you needed her signature.
Wait, those were just false memories fabricated by Sparxie.
Come to think of it, Dean Ryusuke seemed to have mistaken you for Himeko's child earlier.
...Somehow, the atmosphere just got super awkward.
- Sequence 02Ryusuke praised your showing against the Daybreak Squadron, then asked you and March 7th to keep Himeko safe. He added that the relevant materials had already been organized in the archive room, and that you could also speak with teacher Ms. Dollie.
- (Approach Ryusuke)
- Ryusuke: Himeko! There you are at last!
- Ryusuke: The news said you got into a huge fight with those... what were they called... warriors at the floating isle exhibition, and then you disappeared! Let me see, you're not hurt anywhere, are you?
- Ryusuke: I sent you a dozen messages and you didn't reply to a single one! Do you have any idea how worried I was!?
- Himeko: ...
- Ryusuke: But seeing that you've come to tell me you're safe in person, I'll... let this slide!
- Ryusuke: If you're really so preoccupied, a message or a call would do, you know...
- Ryusuke: Ah, it's you two. I saw you on the news, as well. Valiantly fought! Hah, these mechatron Warriors don't know who they're messing with, to think they dared challenge my daughter's subordinates.
- March 7th: Now it feels like we're the underlings of Warlord Himeko or something...
- Ryusuke: In any case, I'll leave Himeko in your hands. Please, try to keep her out of combat.
- Don't worry, I'm a great bodyguard!
- Of course, grandpa! I got it, grandpa!
- Himeko: Stop, stop! Every time you and (Trailblazer) get together, the conversation somehow drifts completely off course...
- Himeko: I'm fine, I'm good. Your daughter's no porcelain doll. We came here to—
- Ryusuke: I know. I understand... You didn't come as my "daughter," rather, I am currently speaking to the navigator of the Astral Express.
- Ryusuke: But tell me... has there been progress on the new Herald of Death case? I wasn't expecting the questioning to come in rounds.
- March 7th: In rounds?
- Ryusuke: The Department of Aberration Defense also sent someone here before you. They inquired about Fulwish...
- Ryusuke: But regrettably, I truly don't know how to answer. On one hand, I wasn't here fifteen years ago; on the other, she is still considered one of our school's distinguished alumni.
- Ryusuke: I'm aware that you're involved in the investigation too, so I compiled the pertinent documents ahead of time. I hope they'll be of use to you.
- March 7th: Thank you, Mr. Ryusuke.
- Ryusuke: Go ahead. The files are inside the archive room, take whatever materials you need.
Oh right, about Fulwish...
- Ryusuke: To be honest, it wasn't until the Herald of Death incident fifteen years ago that I first learned her name.
- Ryusuke: As the dean, I should've met up with her more often and tried harder to soothe the wounds it left on her. But I... I just couldn't.
- Why?
- Ryusuke: Do you really need all the details? The whole "serving as a model example" thing... I don't want to tarnish it completely.
- Ryusuke: I knew it was a selfish thought, but I just couldn't help it. Back then, whenever I heard her name, I thought to myself—
- Ryusuke: If someone was able to survive the incident, then why couldn't it have been my daughter?
- Himeko: ...
- Fifteen years ago, you...
- Ryusuke: Fifteen years ago, I received a commission to paint a massive portrait for an Elixir Seekers chief on the planet of Goliath's Shepherd. They said he had an elixir that could cure countless diseases...
- Ryusuke: By the time I came back, everything had changed. There had been a terrible accident on campus, and my daughter...
- Himeko: ...
- Ryusuke: Even though I knew my presence here wouldn't have changed anything, because of that incident, I made a promise to never leave this world again during the Phantasmoon Games.
- Ryusuke: That's why I immediately flew here when I heard about the full Phantasmoon. But once again, I was too late, and the Supplicant called Sparxie had turned the campus upside down.
- March 7th: It's alright, you can leave the crisis-solving to the Nameless.
- Ryusuke: You're right about that. Yet oddly, once Sparxie stirred up all that chaos, applications to the school soared to an all-time high. The times we live in are increasingly beyond my comprehension.
- We won't take up any more of your time, then.
- Ryusuke: You're always welcome. Other than the archive room, you could also try talking to Ms. Dollie. She's the longest-serving faculty member here and likely knows the most.
- Himeko: Then we'll try the archive room. Let's go, you two.
- Himeko: Thank you, Dad.
Find the teacher Ms. Dollie and continue the investigation
- Step DescriptionFulwish, the people's beloved "daughter," head of Seafeld TV, leader of the Happiness Cult, survivor of the Bloodstained Games fifteen years ago... There are still many unanswered questions about her.
Rally your companions to uncover what she has been through over the past fifteen years.
- March 7th: We should be able to find the archive room and Ms. Dollie around... the Imagenesis classroom, right?
- (Talk to Ryusuke again, optional)
- Ryusuke: You're always welcome. Other than the archive room, you could also try talking to Ms. Dollie. She's the longest-serving faculty member here and likely knows the most.
- Sequence 03According to Ms. Dollie, Fulwish had been an outstanding student who, after graduation, set out alone to continue her studies beyond the sky. When she returned, she revitalized Seafeld TV, often came back to visit the school, and funded many scholarship initiatives.
- (Approach Dollie)
- Dollie: Oh my goodness, I thought I recognized you in the distance. Himeko, it really is you!
- Himeko: Ms. Dollie! Please forgive me for not coming to see you sooner. I've been back for a while now, but this is the first chance I've had to come see you.
- Dollie: Don't worry about it. I'm simply happy that you cared enough to visit!
- Dollie: I must apologize about the mask you entrusted me. In the end...
- Himeko: Please, I can't thank you enough for safeguarding the mask all those years.
- Dollie: Hehe, look at you, you haven't changed a bit. You and your friends look like you're in a hurry. Is there something you need to attend to?
- We're here to ask about Fulwish.
- It is said Fulwish is an outstanding alumna.
- Dollie: Fulwish...? The poor child who survived the Herald of Death?
- Dollie: The school organized a fundraiser for her back then. I still remember how she bowed again and again with tears in her eyes at everyone who helped.
- Dollie: Poor girl. Though she was lucky to have survived, her parents... didn't make it. There were rumors flying around the school saying she had something to do with the Herald of Death. Otherwise, why would she be so lucky? She's the only one who survived... What a bunch of scoundrels!
- Dollie: She had good grades and a good heart. After becoming famous, she often came back to visit the school, and sponsored a number of scholarship projects.
- March 7th: Speaking of which, do you know anything about what happened to her after she graduated from school?
- Dollie: I heard she went somewhere beyond the sky to further her studies after graduation. She had the chance to work for the Interastral Peace Corporation, but chose to return home and take over Seafeld TV instead, which was on the verge of bankruptcy.
- Himeko: Somewhere beyond the sky... Ms. Dollie, do you know where she went exactly?
- Dollie: I never heard. However, she pushed out many projects after taking over the TV station, and managed to expand their business to the whole of Planarcadia in just a few years. That is all I know.
- Himeko: Thank you, Ms. Dollie, for your intel.
- Dollie: Yet another cycle of the Phantasmoon Games... Himeko, please take care of yourself.
- (Talk to Dollie again, optional)
- Dollie: Yet another cycle of the Phantasmoon Games... Himeko, please take care of yourself.
- (Listen to the students, optional)
- Apprehensive Student: The new Herald of Death is real! They say he came back to life and was responsible for what happened in Dovebrook!
- Apprehensive Student: He's not coming here to kill again, i—is he? Maybe we should ask for leave and stay home until this blows over?
- Ecstatic Student: What are you, scared? If he really comes, I'm livestreaming the whole thing and getting all the clout for it. Who needs leave after that? I'll just quit school altogether!
- What do you know about the Herald of Death?
- Ecstatic Student: I heard he murdered hundreds of students here, fifteen years ago!
- Apprehensive Student: H—Hundreds? Really? I only heard that the crime scene still exists somewhere on campus.
- Apprehensive Student: I—I don't feel too good about this. We should get out of here!
- Ecstatic Student: If we help the Express gang, there's a chance we might get featured in The Fluffy!
- Apprehensive Student: You're seriously obsessed with becoming famous!
- (Listen to the students again, optional)
- Ecstatic Student: If we help the Express gang, there's a chance we might get featured in The Fluffy!
- Apprehensive Student: You're seriously obsessed with becoming famous!
Head to the archive room and continue the investigation
- (Go to the archive room)
- Sequence 04You arrived at the archive room. Himeko asked you and March 7th to focus on Fulwish's experiences after graduation first, as they might reveal how she became involved with the technology of the Abundance.
- March 7th: The atmosphere in this archive room is giving me the creeps. It's so gloomy, almost like we've stumbled into Fyxestroll Garden...
- Himeko: It was like this fifteen years ago as well, the archives tracked all academic results. Near the final exams, students dissatisfied with their abilities often poured their frustration into painting... unsettling things.
- Himeko: There's a lot of data stored here. Aside from what my father organized for us, let's explore the other areas as well.
- Himeko: If possible, keep an eye out for clues regarding Fulwish's life after graduation. She returned to her alma mater frequently, so there must be records of her visits.
- Himeko: Dabbling in technology related to the Abundance... where exactly did she acquire it? Perhaps her past holds a clue.
- Step DescriptionThe academy's computer looks pretty ancient.
Wait a sec, who installed this "Ulticore GPX-7090" in my computer?
- (Investigate the computer, optional)
- A computer that's probably older than you, living out its golden years on this desk.
- Search "Fulwish."
- "Renowned entrepreneur Fulwish visits school recently" "Fulwish warmly shakes hands with students" "What did they take away from the speech? Here's what these three students had to say"...
- (Trailblazer): There are so many press releases here...
- Scroll forward a bit.
- "Renowned entrepreneur Fulwish donates scholarship," "School makes first appearance in Fulwish TV's annual university rankings," "Fulwish TV covers our school's anniversary celebration once again"...
- Scroll to the earliest record.
- (Trailblazer): The school's "Annual Distinguished Students Register" from 1982 to 1984?
- (Trailblazer): For three consecutive years... first place was always Fulwish.
- Scroll to the earliest record.
- (Trailblazer): The school's "Annual Distinguished Students Register" from 1982 to 1984?
- (Trailblazer): For three consecutive years... first place was always Fulwish.
- Search "Herald of Death Incident."
- "No results found for your search"... The search page slaps the black text on a white background right in your face.
- (Trailblazer): The IPC has severed all channels of intel with its iron grip. Hardly a surprise.
- Search "Himeko."
- (Trailblazer): "Formal caution regarding a student's non-compliant hairstyle," "Disciplinary action concerning a student's involvement in three food poisoning cases," "Disciplinary notice for a student's involvement in a physical altercation"...
- Simply magnificent! You read with bated breath, and it takes a good long while before you snap out of it... Right, this isn't exactly the task at hand.
- At the very bottom of all the entries regarding Himeko lies a faculty appointment notice from fifteen years ago.
- "That new red-haired assistant is the dean's daughter. Her constitution is weak, so she can't handle heavy labor. Remember: don't assign her anything outside of clerical work." So read the note in the file.
Let's just stop there for now.
- Step DescriptionSparkle's doll... Come to think of it, haven't seen her around in a while.
- (Investigate the Sparkle Doll, optional)
- (Trailblazer): Is this...
- Could Sparxie's really have pulled the same trick again and left you a "gift" at the school?
- (Quick Read)
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Tag on the Sparkle Doll - Confiscated from the Sparxie Fan Club's unauthorized late-night gathering.
- Date of Confiscation: ███ ██
Confiscated Item: Sparkle Plushie
Reason for Confiscation: Three second-year students and five first-year students formed an unauthorized club called "Sparxie Fan Club" and held an unsanctioned gathering in the gymnasium late at night. Club members wore bizarre costumes, waved glow sticks, and chanted "Destroy the old model" and "Sparxicle forever," all while surrounding the doll. The continuous noise resulted in a night patrol teacher suffering a sudden seizure and requiring emergency medical attention.
Disposal Method: Stored in the archive room, to be returned upon graduation.
- (Trailblazer): Did they really have to put this here...
Examine the filing cabinet to view the "Graphia Academy Alumni Directory"
- Step DescriptionPhoto after photo, memory after memory...
Are you starting to miss your school days too...?
Wake up! That's just more false memories Sparxie planted in "Phantasmoon Games"!
Better focus on gathering intel about Fulwish now.
- (Talk to March 7th, optional)
- March 7th: Open up! Detective March 7th is on the case, so spill the beans! How much do you know about what happened fifteen years ago?
- Froggy Whiteboard: You've got the wrong guy, I swear! I'm just an innocent, cursed imagenae... I can't even move from this spot. I don't know anything, waaah.
- Froggy Whiteboard: Ribbet, ribbet, the dean ordered me to dig up whatever materials I could find for you all to read!
- (Talk to Himeko, optional)
- Himeko: I've looked through the catalog, and there are serious gaps in the data. After the incident, the Department of Aberration Defense must have confiscated a significant number of the school's archives and logs.
- (Investigate the filing cabinet)
- The label of this cabinet reads "Alumni Yearbook."
- In which year did Fulwish graduate? You seem to remember you obtained this information somewhere...
- Recall deeper...
- Sometimes, a little deduction is sufficient to make up for missing memories.
- It is currently Year 1999 of the Planarcadian calendar. The Herald of Death incident took place 15 years ago...
- I remember it all along!
- The year Fulwish graduated is...
- Flip through the alumni yearbook for the class of 1982.
- Your gaze sweeps across the youthful, smiling faces in the photo. It feels surreal to think that these people are now pushing middle age.
- Regrettably, Fulwish was not among them.
- Flip through the alumni yearbook for the class of 1983.
- The yearbook's got a pretty wild design. Everyone in the graduation photo's dressed like they raided a costume shop, and some genius even brought their illegal imagenated creations for the group shot. This school's culture sure is... quite liberal...
- Regrettably, Fulwish was not among them.
- Flip through the alumni yearbook for the class of 1984.
- The first page is a somber graduation photo. None of the students in the photo betrayed any hint of a smile. They stood sparsely, like the teeth in an aged person's mouth, separated by absences that could never be filled.
- In the alumni yearbook for the class of 1984, you find the page belonging to Fulwish.
- (Quick Read)
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Class of 1984 Alumni Yearbook: Fulwish - Personal Information
Name: Fulwish
Birthday: ███, ██th
Address: No. █, ███████ Street, Seafeld City, Planarcadia, Consternation Starzone
Contact: ███████████
Post-Graduation Destination: Institute of Cognitive Science, Garden Star of Botanical Study
My Interests
Favorite Color: White
Dream Destination: The Seaside
Favorite Animal: Hallucigenia
Ideal Career: Teacher
Messages from Classmates
Graduation day has finally arrived. But so many never made it back.
If I hadn't slipped away early that day... could I have done something for them? When I look at the empty seats in our classroom, I often feel guilty for being powerless. Fulwish, did you feel the same?
But I've come to terms with it now. The past is the past. Those of us left behind... we have to take care of ourselves.
I hear the climate on Garden Star of Botanical Study is very different. Take care of yourself, Fulwish.— Sia
Winning first place in the campus imagenesis competition, ranking at the top for several consecutive semesters... You have always been outstanding, Fulwish.
That's why I truly believe you can make it through that nightmare and show all of Planarcadia, with a smile, that we won't be easily defeated by a single tragedy. I've never doubted that.
A new chapter in life is about to begin. Facing the lens of life, please keep on smiling!— Sara
Message from a Teacher
Hearing that you will soon leave Planarcadia to pursue cognitive science, I can't help but feel a sense of loss. It's a failure on my part as a teacher that I couldn't inspire you to stay in the imagenesis industry.
But as your teacher, I fully understand your choice. To have helped shape a researcher like you for the Intelligentsia Guild fills me with deep pride.
I sincerely wish you the vastest of horizons, Fulwish. May you realize your dreams, and may the sorrow sown in the past blossom into flowers of happiness in the future.— Hermien
Message from Parents
*Left blank*
- Sequence 05Fulwish's entry in the alumni yearbook for the class of 1984 records that after graduating, she traveled to the "Garden Star of Botanical Study" to engage in Cognitive Science Research.
- (Trailblazer): "Garden Star of Botanical Study"... Cognitive Science Research...
- (Trailblazer): Ms. Dollie mentioned that Fulwish went beyond the sky to study after graduation. Turns out this is where she went. Let's go chat with the others.
- (Obtain
Class of 1984 Alumni Yearbook: Fulwish ×1)
Speak with your companions
- Sequence 06Himeko noted that the "Garden Star of Botanical Study" belongs to an anonymous school within the Intelligentsia Guild, and that Fulwish may have gone there in search of the truth behind the power of the Herald of Death. Thinking back on their shared past as students, Himeko hoped to meet her in the name of an alumna and have a candid conversation. Before leaving the Graphia Academy, she wished to return to their old classroom and say goodbye to those memories from fifteen years ago.
- (Talk to Himeko and March 7th)
- Himeko: Well? (Trailblazer), did you find anything?
- I found these clues...
- There are still places we need to investigate.
- (Exits dialogue)
- You tell Himeko about the clues you discovered in the alumni catalog...
- Himeko: Garden Star of Botanical Study?
- Himeko: It appears to be a greenhouse world located within the Consternation Starzone. Ah, found it. Its property ownership is registered under a specific school within the Intelligentsia Guild...
- Himeko: ...Strange. The name of the school is encrypted.
- Himeko: I've heard conspiracy theories claiming the Herald of Death from fifteen years ago was actually someone from the IPC.
- Himeko: Given the great lengths the IPC went to in wiping away all traces after the incident, perhaps the rumors are true.
- March 7th: Fulwish was hurt by the Herald of Death, yet after studying in an institution funded by the IPC, she became a suspect in the new Herald of Death incident...
- As expected, it always comes back to the IPC...
- March 7th: I know the guys from the Strategic Investment Department have been nice to us, but... whenever something bad goes down in the cosmos, the first thing everyone thinks is, "The IPC did it, right?"
- March 7th: Himeko, do you think Pearl might be planning something nasty for this Phantasmoon Games, too?
- Himeko: As a member of the IPC, Pearl clearly won't reveal everything she knows to us.
- Himeko: However, I'm inclined to believe she bears us no ill will. After all, the crisis Fulwish might be plotting would completely overturn the IPC's order here, and that would serve her no benefit.
- Is that where Fulwish obtained the technology of the Abundance?
- March 7th: You mean she created the "Happiness Surgery" after studying on that greenhouse world?
- Himeko: It's certainly possible, but the information is still too vague to make any judgments.
- Himeko: I'm more inclined to think that after witnessing the power of the Herald of Death, she resolved to uncover the truth behind it. That's why she went to another world to study after graduation... But is the knowledge she gained in just a few short years enough to create the Happiness Surgery?
- Himeko: If the power of the Abundance used in the Happiness Surgery stems from the Herald of Death's lingering poison, would the IPC, who have tried to hide this in every way possible, really be unaware of her actions? There are too many things here that an ordinary scholar simply couldn't achieve.
- Himeko: Perhaps I should contact her as a fellow alumna and have an open, honest talk.
- March 7th: Contact Fulwish... as her senior? After all this time, would she even want to see you?
- Himeko: ...I don't know.
- How did you meet her?
- Can you tell us about the Fulwish you knew?
- Himeko: Back then... I had taken a leave of absence from university due to health issues, so I was doing some idle work at my father's school to clear my mind.
- Himeko: Fulwish would occasionally run to the library to slack off. She and Belle always appeared together, helping me organize newspaper clippings and library cards all while chattering on about classmates' crushes and the latest gossip.
- Himeko: They didn't treat me like a patient who needed special care, nor did they treat me like the dean's daughter.
- Himeko: We often shared snacks brought from home and secretly dug out the school's collection of ancient books and paintings to admire them.
- Himeko: Fulwish... she was the model student, always knowing a little more than everyone else. Her questions often went beyond the textbooks, pushing past the boundaries of what someone her age should know. When she looked through those illustrations of imagenae, her eyes would always sparkle.
- Himeko: I could feel the passion in her eyes, and... an unspeakable sense of loneliness.
- Himeko: If she still remembers our old friendship, she will meet me. Fulwish is walking a dangerous path right now, and the deeper someone walks into the abyss, the more they crave the recognition and understanding of old friends.
- Himeko: I want to ask her myself... why has the "happiness" she pursues become an illusion that can only be maintained by a taboo surgery?
- I'll go with you.
- I will protect you.
- March 7th: Me too!
- Himeko: Thank you, you two.
- Himeko: And thank you for your investigation. Though many questions remain unanswered, at least I now have a clearer picture of her movements after graduation.
- Himeko: By the way, before we leave the school, there is one more place I'd like to visit. Before I meet Fulwish, I want to say goodbye to that memory from fifteen years ago.
- (Trailblazer): You mean... that "old school building from fifteen years ago"?
Head to the old school building and continue the investigation
- Step DescriptionA tragedy like that occurred at the "old school building from fifteen years ago." Even today, Himeko must still find it hard to move on...
Go with her to bid farewell to that memory from 15 years ago.
- Sequence 07In the old classroom, you watched a conversation between Fulwish and Belle from fifteen years ago unfold, just before the school anniversary. Meanwhile, Fulwish arrived and asked whether you had enjoyed yourselves at "Star Rail FEST."
- (Enter the classroom)
- Belle: I'm so sorry! I just couldn't finish tidying up the ribbons, and now I've dragged you into staying this late.
- ???: Don't worry about it, Belle. It was my turn on duty today anyway.
- March 7th: Himeko, is this...
- Himeko: Yes. In this imagenated classroom, the afterimages of the students from fifteen years still linger in their original places.
- Belle: Tomorrow is the school anniversary. I wonder how lively it will be? They've invited parents here... Will your parents be coming?
- Belle: ...Fulwish?
- March 7th: Ah, that's Fulwish from her youth.
- Fulwish: Yeah, Dad already took time off. By now, he's probably out on the streets with Mom picking out formal wear—
- Fulwish: "If it's my daughter's performance, we have to dress to the nines..." That's just like him. He always loves making those kinds of jokes.
- Belle: Haha, then you'd better put on a good show, huh?
- Fulwish: There won't be a show anymore... Belle.
- Fulwish: ...Because unexpected guests have arrived.
- Fulwish: Everyone from the Astral Express, and... Himeko, I didn't expect to meet you here.
- Fulwish: Did you enjoy yourselves at Star Rail FEST? Did you grant those smiling kids their wishes and bring joy to everyone?
Speak with Fulwish
- Step DescriptionFulwish, the mastermind behind the "Smiles Society"? What conspiracy lurks beneath that facade of "happiness"?
- Sequence 08Fulwish claimed she had never moved on from the tragedy fifteen years ago, declaring her intent to bring everything about the Herald of Death back into the light, while Himeko rebuked her for this madness — unaware that Fulwish's camera crew was recording every moment.
- Himeko: ...Fulwish.
- Fulwish: Himeko, you recognized me at just a glance.
- Fulwish...
- What are you doing here?
- Fulwish: I am here to mourn that dusk from fifteen years ago.
- Fulwish: Before making any major decisions, I always come here to sit in silence for a while.
- Fulwish: I thought Himeko was at school like the rest of us that day.
- Fulwish: When I saw Belle lying in a pool of blood, when I was crushed under the collapsed wall and unable to breathe, the thought crossed my mind...
- Fulwish: Poor Himeko. If you had met the Herald of Death, with that delicate frame of yours...
- Fulwish: But who would have guessed? You're alive, and living quite well.
- Fulwish: You became the Navigator of the Astral Express, roaming freely beyond the sky. Just like the three of us used to talk about in our chats, your dream came true.
- Fulwish: Congratulations are in order.
- Himeko: ...
- Fulwish: Himeko, do you know? Fifteen years have passed, and my wounds have mostly healed.
- Fulwish: Regrettably, there are some scars and emptiness that time can never heal.
- Fulwish: Look around. Even here, even with these phantoms... their seats are still empty. Belle, Lyon, Zyanya, Meeya, and so many others...
- Fulwish: Fifteen years have passed, and I've learned that time isn't a cure. It's a shroud, binding itself around me layer upon layer.
- Fulwish: So, I made a decision. I'm going to tear it open! I'm going to let everything bloody and unforgettable beneath it... see the light of day again!
- Himeko: See the light of day? You were a victim of the Herald of Death, only to become the second Herald of Death yourself? You intend to use a power you can't possibly comprehend to win the Phantasmoon Games...
- Himeko: How are you any different from that monster back then? From the monster that took your parents' lives?
- Himeko: ...I'm sorry. I shouldn't compare you to that devil. You still have a chance... Stop this now.
- Fulwish: Stop? I'm sorry, I don't quite understand what you're saying.
- Just as I thought. She won't admit it...
- You know exactly what we're talking about.
- In that case, I can't let you leave!
- Fulwish: I would advise everyone to think twice before making rash accusations.
- Fulwish: As a media professional, let me give you a piece of advice. From now on, when you're in front of a camera lens, watch your expressions and be cautious with your words and actions.
- Fulwish: At the very least, try not to look so flustered during this "public exchange."
- Fulwish: We live in a world where we are constantly gazed upon and watched by others.
- Fulwish: This camera crew was originally prepared for my upcoming speech. But meeting you all here... it really adds a wonderful dramatic flair.
- Fulwish: To the audience watching from your screens...
- Fulwish: You know my name, and I know that right now, you are watching me.
Tooltip for 18px|link=ⓘ Sequence 09Fulwish believed that, under the meddling of outside forces, the Phantasmoon Games had turned brutal and blood-soaked. She said that fifteen years ago, it was Aha who brought down a miracle and gave her a mask, allowing her to escape with her life.- Fulwish: Fifteen years ago, with the tacit approval of the IPC and the arcadia council, the Master of Elation's divine ritual degenerated into a barbaric, bloody game!
- Fulwish: You and I, the residents of this arcadia, surrendered a lifetime of dignity, wealth, and time to them, all in exchange for a single full meal.
- Fulwish: We are surrounded by bizarre entertainment and stimulating gore. We soak all day in shallow, boring programs, achieving nothing...
- Fulwish: And now? Now we must live in fear of the unscrupulous atrocities of these Supplicants from beyond the sky, forcing smiles as we applaud and cheer for them!
- Fulwish: Is this the happiness the god promised us?
- Fulwish: No! Absolutely not! The Master of Elation would never be deceived by miracles bought with pain and blood! What THEY desire to see are heartfelt smiles. And so, THEY granted me a revelation.
- Fulwish: Everyone, on that evening fifteen years ago, what saved me was not luck. It was not the Supplicants, and it was certainly not the IPC.
- Fulwish: Right here, as the Herald of Death approached step by step, the one who sent down a miracle was the Master of Elation!
- Fulwish: THEY allowed me to escape with my life. And when I was trapped in a small room, consumed by loneliness, THEY sent me a Mask!
- Fulwish: THEY revealed my mission to me. To bring happiness back to a Planarcadia that has lost its smile!
- Sequence 10Fulwish announced that she would join the Phantasmoon Games, declaring that she would bring smiles of happiness to everyone in Planarcadia. She then invited all Supplicants to gather at Fulwish TV in Seafeld City for a public televised debate.
- Fulwish: I, Fulwish, survivor of the Bloodstained Games, hereby formally announce that I will join the Phantasmoon Games.
- Fulwish: In this game, I shall win the Aeon of Elation's authority...
- Fulwish: And then, I will make smiles of happiness bloom on the faces of every single person in Planarcadia.
- Fulwish: Himeko, don't frown. Smile.
- Fulwish: I will bring happiness to you, too, just as I will bring it to everyone.
- Fulwish: I won't manipulate the Phantasmoon Games like those high-and-mighty IPC executives, nor will I treat the rewards granted by the God of Elation as bargaining chips for profit.
- Fulwish: We are in Planarcadia, so we should decide the winner in a "Planarcadian" way.
- Fulwish: I'll give you a stage, if that's what you want...
- Fulwish: I invite you all to a "Televised Debate" at Fulwish TV in Seafeld City. The invitation extends to... all Supplicants.
- March 7th: A "Planarcadian" way? That's just a way that benefits you... We're not going!
- Fulwish: You can refuse, of course. But then, under the gaze of billions of viewers, you must accept your public image as "frauds deceiving the world" and "cowards with guilty consciences."
- Fulwish: Remember, this isn't just an invitation. It is your only chance to defeat me in front of everyone... since you believe you represent what is "right."
- Fulwish: The stage is set. Come and perform this final act that will determine the future of the arcadia with me. Or simply leave. The choice is yours.
- March 7th: Darn it, are we just going to let Fulwish walk away?
- Himeko: We are right in the middle of the cameras she prepared. Remember to be cautious with your words and actions.
- Himeko: Let's leave here and return to the Express.
Return to the Express and discuss the next steps with everyone
- Step DescriptionLooks like Fulwish pulled a fast one on you, but you'd already learned from the furbos just how low a media person's standards can go.
As long as there's money to be made, ethics can take a hike.
Time to discuss the next steps with the Express Crew.
- Tooltip for 18px|link=ⓘ Sequence 11According to the news, Fulwish has declared her participation in the Phantasmoon Games and will take on the other Supplicants in a televised debate. At a time when Supplicants from beyond the sky run unchecked, a voice for the local residents has finally stepped forward.
- Poofy: Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Arcadian Morning Report. We're continuing our exclusive coverage—
- Poofy: Just moments ago, we received some shocking news! The head of our station, Lady Fulwish, has officially announced that she will be entering the Phantasmoon Games as a Supplicant!
- Snowie: At the same time, Lady Fulwish has announced a blockbuster special: "The End of the Century TV Debate"! She is inviting Supplicants to the Fulwish TV studio to discuss and debate the topic: "What kind of future will the Phantasmoon Games bring to this world?"
- Poofy: What a magnificent topic! At a time when Supplicants from beyond the sky are brazenly suppressing and insulting our local heroes, finally, a Supplicant has appeared who truly cares about and represents the citizens of Planarcadia.
- Snowie: Too true. Ever since these Phantasmoon Games began, signs of things spiraling out of control have been popping up everywhere. First, the famous streamer Sparxie tried to spread a memetic virus. Then, the Nameless of the Astral Express clashed with the Daybreak Squadron, causing severe damage to Lookout Cloud, and the Skyline Express line...
- Poofy: With so many accidents happening, you really can't help but wonder... Are we seeing a repeat of the "Bloodstained Games" from fifteen years ago!?
- Snowie: You got that right! Speaking of the "Bloodstained Games" fifteen years ago, Ms. Fulwish herself is a survivor of that tragedy. She's come such a long way, never once letting her painful past keep her down... a true legend of resilience!
- Snowie: Now, Ms. Fulwish has joined the fray as a Supplicant! She must be here to stop the tragedy from repeating itself, and to reclaim the peaceful days this world deserves from the hands of Supplicants from beyond the sky.
- Poofy: Will she be able to shoulder the wishes of all Planarcadia and set this game right again after it's spiraled out of control? Let's wait and see!
- Sequence 12You took on Fulwish's challenge, knowing you would need additional support. Sunday has been missing since joining the Phantasmoon Games and may serve as an unexpected trump card. Meanwhile, with a mask as your bargaining chip, you can enlist Sparxie at the tavern to help look into Fulwish's identity as a Fool.
- March 7th: So shameless!
- March 7th: Reporting news about your own station director on your own TV station, and you still have the gall to pretend you've "received some shocking news"... Don't you guys talk to each other internally!?
- Welt: I see... Fulwish actively issued a challenge.
- Welt: I ran a search. Seafeld City is a port town neighboring Duomension City. Fulwish TV's predecessor, Seafeld TV, is located there.
- Welt: Looking at it this way, the televised debate is obviously nothing more than a diversion. What Fulwish wants most is for us to walk right into the trap she's prepared.
- Welt: So, (Trailblazer), what do you think?
- I accept her challenge.
- I won't back down.
- March 7th: You're really going to the TV station to fight her?
- (Trailblazer): I'll go. But not to debate. I'm going to tear off her Mask of "Happiness" in front of the entire audience.
- (Trailblazer): But before we act, I need more help.
- March 7th: Help? We can all help you. Wait, do you mean...
- Sunday!
- Himeko: Sparxie.
- Sparxie!
- March 7th: Sunday!
- Welt: Ever since Sunday was dragged into the Phantasmoon Games by Yao Guang, he hasn't returned for days.
- Welt: However, I haven't heard of him making any public appearances either. Asking him to cooperate as a wildcard right now is a good idea.
- March 7th: But what's the deal with finding Sparxie?
- Himeko: Whether Sparxie counts as "our ally" is a massive question mark, but right now there is indeed something we need her help with.
- Himeko: Fulwish said that when loneliness trapped her in that small room, the Master of Elation sent her a Mask.
- Aha? For real?
- Himeko: Her claim might just be a glorified way of saying... The Tavern sent her an invitation.
- Himeko: But that phrasing reveals that she is likely a Masked Fool.
- So, she's a Masked Fool?
- Himeko: Correct.
- Himeko: If every Fool has stepped into the Tavern before, then there must be traces hidden there left by Fulwish as a Fool, just like...
- (Trailblazer): How we tracked down the clues about SparxiCon.
- March 7th: Sparxie... will she stand on our side?
- March 7th: Well, this is certainly a condition she wouldn't be able to turn down.
- Switching to Evanescia's POV...
- While (Trailblazer) continues the investigation at the school, Evanescia and Yao Guang arrive in Seafeld City...
Trivia
- The name of this mission is a reference to Jean Baudrillard's essay À l'ombre du millénaire ou Le suspens de l'an 2000 "In the Shadow of the Millennium, or the Suspense of the Year 2000."
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | In the Shadow of the Millennium |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 在千禧年的阴影下 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 在千禧年的陰影下 |
| Japanese | ミレニアムの影の下で |
| Korean | 밀레니엄의 그림자 아래 |
| Spanish | A la sombra del milenio |
| French | Dans l'ombre du millénaire |
| Russian | В сумраке тысячелетия |
| Thai | ใต้เงาครึ้มแห่งสหัสวรรษ |
| Vietnamese | Dưới Bóng Tối Thiên Niên Kỷ |
| German | Im Schatten des Millenniums |
| Indonesian | Di Bawah Bayangan Milenium |
| Portuguese | Na Sombra do Milênio |
Change History
Released in Version 4.2
