Limelight

Sequence 01

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Are you really planning to skip your conversation with me? You should at least show some respect to a senior in the Trailblaze journey! It won't be too late to make your decision after you take a look at the questions I've prepared for this quiz game.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): ...The Phantasmoon Courtyard?

▶ Asat Pramad: A terrifying enemy is near, but you stand alone, helpless. How often have you been in such a predicament... Protagonist?

I'm used to it.

Every single time.

▶ Asat Pramad: This is how trailblazing expeditions always end, no? Don't worry... as the former navigatorIsee myself, I may provide you with some instruction.

▶ Asat Pramad: Just as Akivili instructed me, and I instructed Falcon Amundsen.

▶ Asat Pramad: Hmm, perhaps "instruction" is too formal a word. Young people these days can't stand such formality.

▶ Asat Pramad: How about we make it a bit friendlier, you quiz me instead?

▶ Asat Pramad: Next, you can ask me questions... Eight of them...

▶ Asat Pramad: About me, about Aha, about Akivili, about the future of the cosmos, about you even... I'll answer anything you ask.

Are you really that kind?

Why do I have to ask you questions?

▶ Asat Pramad: Because once eight questions are done, you're dead.

▶ Asat Pramad: Did you forget? We are the only two Supplicants with a chance of winning the Phantasmoon Games!

Why eight questions?

▶ Asat Pramad: Because the die happened to land on eight...because there are eight Supplicants in the Games.

▶ Asat Pramad: Or perhaps because we first met in Amphoreus... another "8"! Hahaha!

I'm not interested in playing a dumb trivia game.

▶ Asat Pramad: You're not interested in stories and secrets? That's unfortunate.

▶ Asat Pramad: Of course, this universe also has a button reserved for you.

▶ Asat Pramad: But let me remind you, this is the last time we will speak so openly.

(Think about Asat Pramad's offer)

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): (Is this guy actually serious?)

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): (Himeko hasn't escaped yet, and there's no news from the Express. I should try to delay him for as long as possible if we want to have any chance of winning.)

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Why would I believe a Lord Ravager?

▶ Asat Pramad: Hm. Looks like you're not so opposed to my offer either.

▶ Asat Pramad: How about we add a wildcard to this boring trivia game then: Give your answers to the die you're holding.

Die?

What game are you playing?

▶ Asat Pramad: Roll the die. If your roll is a critical success, you get to uncover my deepest secret. I will answer every question, even if it works against me.

And if the roll succeeds but isn't a critical success?

▶ Asat Pramad: I'll share a candid truth... though it won't necessarily be the whole truth.

And if the roll is bad?

▶ Asat Pramad: I still answer, but only in half-truths. It shouldn't pose any problem for our protagonist, you can effortlessly distinguish truth from deception.

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How do I know you'll play fairly?

▶ Asat Pramad: Didn't General Yao Guang bind me just now? Hahaha! You should really trust her strength!

▶ Asat Pramad: Besides, it's been a long time since I've just offered myself up to the chessboard of fate.

▶ Asat Pramad: How exciting to have every outcome based on pure probability!

▶ Asat Pramad: And now, let's get started!

Sequence 02

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It appears my sentiments were entirely unreciprocated. Let the secrets sleep forever within the uncast dice. Given that you willingly surrender all claims to the truth and harbor no further inquiries, I shall waste no more breath upon you.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): (What do I ask?)

▶ Asat Pramad: Right now, among infinite possibilities, countless versions of you are asking me endless questions.

▶ Asat Pramad: Not strange at all, faced with fate and the universe, people have endless questions. It's asking and answering that make us who we are.

▶ Asat Pramad: Don't hold back! Go ahead and ask your most pressing question right now.

Why do you call me Akivili?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Why were so many people calling me "Akivili" along the way?

(If the roll is a Critical Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: How lucky. Although the question you asked is difficult to answer.

▶ Asat Pramad: They call you Akivili, because not only are you the successor, but at the core level, you are becoming the focus of the Path of the Trailblaze.

▶ Asat Pramad: This isn't imitation. It's the Path itself responding, naturally, to the absence of its god. You are not THEM yet, but you are headed in that direction.

▶ Asat Pramad: Even more important is the thing inside you...

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): A Stellaron?

(If the player already asked about the Stellaron)

▶ Asat Pramad: Correct. I've already answered your question about it.

(If the player hasn't asked about the Stellaron)

▶ Asat Pramad: Do you want to know more? That would be a different question.

(If the roll is a Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: Because the path you walk is the same one THEY once walked.

▶ Asat Pramad: The Astral Express, the Path of Trailblaze, your determination to connect the worlds... None of these are coincidences.

▶ Asat Pramad: You are a successor in a way, carrying an essence similar to THEIRS, and so people see a familiar starlight in you. This is the reason, I think, that Himeko thinks so highly of you.

▶ Asat Pramad: Congratulations, your roll came up short.

(If the roll is a Miss)

▶ Asat Pramad: "Why do so many people call me 'Akivili'?" How narcissistic of you.

▶ Asat Pramad: They call you Akivili simply because people habitually project lost expectations onto others. You are a mirror that reflects their wishes.

▶ Asat Pramad: Let me say something that might sting. You know, back when I served as the Astral Express navigator, some people called me the "Second Coming of Akivili."

Why do you want to kill Aha?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): As the Lord Ravager aiming to "destroy Elation," what are you planning to do to Aha?

(If the player already asked about the Fourth Finality)

▶ Asat Pramad: When you asked about the Fourth Finality, I already answered you.

▶ Asat Pramad: Before THEY fully succumb to corruption and drag all existence into that unspeakable madness... I will grant THEM the grandest final curtain.

▶ Asat Pramad: Never mind, I won't count that one. Go ahead, ask another question.

(Move on to the next question without reducing the number of questions left)

▶ Asat Pramad: Ha! What else would the Lord Ravager aiming to destroy Elation do? Destroy THEM, of course.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): I meant what exactly is your hatred for THEM about?

(If the roll is a Critical Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: Well, I may have developed some excessive feelings towards Aha. After all, before boarding the Express, the Fool's name I used at the Tavern was... "Enroute."

▶ Asat Pramad: Hmph! You're pretty lucky. You think I'm going to kill Aha? I've already tried.

▶ Asat Pramad: Everything I do is to save THEM.

▶ Asat Pramad: Once, Elation was a dutiful and committed god. THEY scattered the seeds of chance, carving sharp turns of fate across the universe. THEY even made a reward of THEIR own face, bestowing it upon those who passed THEIR trials, and delighted in goading other gods to join the hunt for the most terrifying, supreme beings...

▶ Asat Pramad: Unfortunately, nothing resists the incineration of time. No matter how long the comedy lasts, all will eventually return to silence.

▶ Asat Pramad: But before the deathly silence, the Elation will become something even more terrifying.

▶ Asat Pramad: I saw how truly fatigued THEY are. The Elation is being swallowed by THEIR own endless mirth.

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▶ Asat Pramad: THEY will slide towards an even more terrifying extreme: not to stop elation, but to drag all things into an eternal, meaningless, and unreasonable farce of chaos. And that will cease to be comedy, and become a universe-wide contamination.

The Elation will fall...?

▶ Asat Pramad: Upon stepping onto a Path and becoming an Aeon, one is expected to glimpse THEIR own end, yet the results of Paths colliding remain beyond THEIR sight.

▶ Asat Pramad: How do THEY really feel about exercising the divine authority of Elation... Do THEY suffer with it? Would THEY fear this ending? I don't know.

▶ Asat Pramad: For humans, the prize of these games lasts for only a fleeting minute. But for an Aeon, it's a free and blissful reprieve from the shackles of THEIR Path.

▶ Asat Pramad: If the disciples of a god cannot bring THEM deliverance before THEY fall, do they still deserve to be called disciples?

▶ Asat Pramad: I boarded the Astral Express and traveled to different worlds, searching for THEIR tracks and games...

▶ Asat Pramad: Before THEY fully succumb to corruption and drag all existence into that unspeakable madness... I will grant THEM the grandest final curtain.

▶ Asat Pramad: This is the highest form of reverence I can offer THEM.

(If the roll is a Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: Once, Elation was a dutiful and committed god. THEY scattered the seeds of chance, carving sharp turns of fate across the universe. THEY even made a reward of THEIR own face, bestowing it upon those who passed THEIR trials, and delighted in goading other gods to join the hunt for the most terrifying, supreme beings...

▶ Asat Pramad: Unfortunately, nothing resists the incineration of time. No matter how long the comedy lasts, all will eventually return to silence.

▶ Asat Pramad: But before the deathly silence, the Elation will become something even more terrifying.

▶ Asat Pramad: And that's why I have made up my mind to kill THEM.

(If the roll is a Miss)

▶ Asat Pramad: Oh dear, luck isn't on your side. So whatever I plan to do to Aha... you'll never know.

▶ Asat Pramad: In any case, I am not in Planarcadia for Aha.

▶ Asat Pramad: I came here for you.

How can I defeat you?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): I'm sure it's nothing to you, but do you mind explaining how to defeat you?

▶ Asat Pramad: Understandable. I've met a lot of people who love coming at me yelling their slogans: "Hope!" "Justice!"

▶ Asat Pramad: But you would rather know all the strategies to beat the devil.

▶ Asat Pramad: Don't worry... my answer won't disappoint you. But of course, you'll have to roll the die first.

(If the roll is a Critical Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: My, oh my! So I, in my capacity as senior and devil both, must now tell you, "protagonist," how to defeat me. How thrilling!

▶ Asat Pramad: I won't hide it anymore, then. The way to defeat me is right in front of you, inside you, in fact, hidden away.

A Stellaron?

▶ Asat Pramad: Bingo! You now have the means to kill me.

▶ Asat Pramad: But unfortunately, your limited, laughable, human form cannot defeat me. You're trapped within a lie called the "Trailblaze," dreaming you are a courageous human.

▶ Asat Pramad: But if you do what you did against Fulwish, open it to this world... to those cowards trembling in the ruins, to the audience waiting for a hero to save them, the surge of Wishpower will fully awaken it!

What will happen to me then?

What will the Stellaron turn me into...?

▶ Asat Pramad: What does it matter? You would have defeated the devil, and your wish would be fulfilled, no?

▶ Asat Pramad: And when that time comes, you may no longer care about the cost.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): ...

(If the roll is a Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: The way to defeat me is right in front of you: inside you, in fact— it's the Stellaron.

▶ Asat Pramad: All this time, you've been traveling in a limited and ridiculous human form. You're trapped within a lie called the "Trailblaze," dreaming you are a courageous human. You can't defeat me in this state.

▶ Asat Pramad: But if you do what you did against Fulwish, open it to this world... to those cowards trembling in the ruins, to the audience waiting for a hero to save them, the surge of Wishpower will fully awaken it!

▶ Asat Pramad: And in that moment, you can easily seize your victory.

(If the roll is a Miss)

▶ Asat Pramad: Curses! Your failed roll stings more for me than it does for you.

▶ Asat Pramad: What an opportunity to miss out on. Well then, let me give you a little hint.

▶ Asat Pramad: You unknowingly found a way to defeat me when you were fighting back against Fulwish.

▶ Asat Pramad: Try your hardest to remember. You already know what I'm talking about.

What is the Fourth Finality?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Someone said there are four Paths that will bring the apocalypse to the universe: Destruction, Harmony, and Nihility...

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): What is the last remaining Path?

▶ Asat Pramad: Your questions would leave even Nous completely stumped. But I will answer them, even though I can only offer my humble opinion. Up to you if you believe me or not. Now, roll the die!

(If the roll is a Critical Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: Hmm... perhaps I have a surprise for you. It's an answer I realized over the course of a long journey...

▶ Asat Pramad: The fourth path that brings the apocalypse is the Trailblaze.

Liar!

The Trailblaze? That's not possible...

▶ Asat Pramad: You should be glad that THEIR plan has failed. Nobody knows what happens to a universe that has its Paths broken.

▶ Asat Pramad: An unknowable, incalculable universe of madness... a universe where every direction is forward, and there is no end. Time flows, yet nothing ever happens. Space stretches on, yet there is nowhere to go... even existence itself defies all logic.

▶ Asat Pramad: Thinking about it, doesn't even the answer "Destruction" sound kind? At least it has a clear end...

(If the roll is a Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: I believe the fourth Path that brings the apocalypse is the Elation.

The Elation...?

How is that possible?

(If the player already asked about killing Aha)

▶ Asat Pramad: I've already given you the reason.

▶ Asat Pramad: The carnival that plunges everything into chaos, turning everything into a meaningless farce... this mania would be an unbearable burden for the universe.

(Otherwise)

▶ Asat Pramad: Once, Elation was a dutiful and committed god. THEY scattered the seeds of chance, carving sharp turns of fate across the universe. THEY even made a reward of THEIR own face, bestowing it upon those who passed THEIR trials, and delighted in goading other gods to join the hunt for the most terrifying, supreme beings...

▶ Asat Pramad: Unfortunately, nothing resists the incineration of time. No matter how long the comedy lasts, all will eventually return to silence.

▶ Asat Pramad: But before the deathly silence, the Elation will become something even more terrifying.

▶ Asat Pramad: I saw how truly fatigued THEY are. The Elation is being swallowed by THEIR own endless mirth.

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▶ Asat Pramad: THEY will slide towards an even more terrifying extreme: not to stop elation, but to drag all things into an eternal, meaningless, and unreasonable farce of chaos. And that will cease to be comedy, and become a universe-wide contamination.

The Elation will fall...?

▶ Asat Pramad: Upon stepping onto a Path and becoming an Aeon, one is expected to glimpse THEIR own end, yet the results of Paths colliding remain beyond THEIR sight.

▶ Asat Pramad: How do THEY really feel about exercising the divine authority of Elation... Do THEY suffer with it? Would THEY fear this ending? I don't know.

▶ Asat Pramad: If the disciples of a god cannot bring THEM deliverance before THEY fall, do they still deserve to be called disciples?

▶ Asat Pramad: So, I boarded the Astral Express and traveled to different worlds, searching for THEIR tracks and games...

▶ Asat Pramad: Before THEY fully succumb to corruption and drag all existence into that unspeakable madness... I will grant THEM the grandest final curtain.

▶ Asat Pramad: This is the highest form of reverence I can offer THEM.

(If the roll is a Miss)

▶ Asat Pramad: You're not rolling well, but that won't stop me from telling you my opinion.

▶ Asat Pramad: The fourth path that will bring about the apocalypse is the Preservation.

No big surprise there...

Is that logical?

▶ Asat Pramad: Of course it doesn't sound logical if the purpose of the Preservation is to sustain the existence of the universe itself. So THEY probably went a step too far...

▶ Asat Pramad: No, it shouldn't be THEY, but all of THEM rather. All the Gods who created and sustained the Paths of the universe... They define the boundaries, deciding which will become reality, and which will be erased.

▶ Asat Pramad: And within that grand order woven by the gods, a paradox had long been planted, an unforeseeable ending, one even Nous, the omniscient god failed to foresee.

▶ Asat Pramad: When every variable is fixed by the Path, the unseen, and forever unseeable "unknown" begins to grow quietly at the edge of all rules, fated to become the end.

▶ Asat Pramad: So, what brought the fourth finality was not a specific Path, but all Paths themselves. It was the gods THEMSELVES who, in the name of creation and existence, carved out an inescapable finale with their own hands.

About the other "me"

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): I once met my other self in Amphoreus. Who was that?

▶ Asat Pramad: ...Oh? This is... a most interesting discovery. Might you also possess the gift of grasping "possibility"?

▶ Asat Pramad: Unfortunately, even I do not know the answer to that question. It's beyond what I can see and understand at present.

▶ Asat Pramad: To make amends, this question... won't count against you.

Are Yao Guang and Evanescia okay?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): I want to know how Yao Guang and Evanescia are doing.

▶ Asat Pramad: I can tell you care a lot about them.

▶ Asat Pramad: As you should, hehe. After all, they both bet everything on you.

(If the roll is a Critical Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: Ah. This roll buys you two answers in one go.

▶ Asat Pramad: The Xianzhou general used her "gaze" to anchor the fate and future of this world, paving the way for her comrades. What a stirring, bittersweet tale. Isn't that exactly what the Xianzhou people admire?

▶ Asat Pramad: But during her observation, the only thing she could not take into account was... herself.

▶ Asat Pramad: So I offered a small gesture in return: I brought the probability of her existence at this moment... down to virtually zero.

▶ Asat Pramad: Is she dead or alive? I do not know, and it makes no difference. She will be lost forever... lost in a maze of possibilities.

▶ Asat Pramad: She might find her way home... Maybe tomorrow, or maybe tens of thousands of years from now.

▶ Asat Pramad: As for Evanescia... She is the avatar of the abundant Elwood. You don't need to worry about her safety.

▶ Asat Pramad: What you should worry about, is whether she will still be the Evanescia you know when she wakes up again.

(If the roll is a Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: But, as is customary, I can only answer one question at a time. Who do you pick?

Yao Guang

▶ Asat Pramad: How should one define this Xianzhou general's state of existence?

▶ Asat Pramad: She's still alive, but she may as well be dead, because she will be lost in the maze of possibilities... forever.

Evanescia.

▶ Asat Pramad: She is the avatar of the abundant Elwood. Even if the world ended, she would not be affected.

▶ Asat Pramad: What you should worry about, is whether she will still be the Evanescia you know when she wakes up again.

▶ Asat Pramad: Do you really have the time to worry about others? You should be thinking hard about what you're going to do next.

(If the roll is a Miss)

▶ Asat Pramad: Oh my, what a poor roll. Just assume they're both dead.

▶ Asat Pramad: Do you really have the time to worry about others? You should be thinking hard about what you're going to do next.

Hot take on the Lord Ravager

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Since you're open to answering anything, let's talk about the Lord Ravagers' weaknesses!

▶ Asat Pramad: The Lord Ravagers' weaknesses? How greedy, child. You just asked seven questions at once.

(If the roll is a Critical Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: But then again, who could pass up the chance to gossip about colleagues?

▶ Asat Pramad: And plus, your roll was a critical success! Go ahead then: Whose weakness do you want to know?

▶ Asat Pramad: No, scratch that, who says you can't buy one and get seven free? I'll wrap the whole thing up for you.

▶ Asat Pramad: Phantylia loathes stubborn minds, hosts she can't seize... She abhors the taste of human courage. Her greatest weakness is her insatiable greed, always wanting everything at once.

▶ Asat Pramad: Zephyro... He's the perfect warrior.

▶ Asat Pramad: But I guess what he fears and hates most is those soulless lunatics, puppets that had their souls snatched by the black sunNihility. To put it bluntly, he's afraid of the dark.

▶ Asat Pramad: Luxbane is a beast, doesn't understand human language at all. Beasts aren't flawless, of course. A dog's weakness is bones, and if you show it the sun, it will definitely chase after it.

▶ Asat Pramad: Celenova, she loathes anything beautifully melodic. Without a haze of noise and distortion around her, she grows restless.

▶ Asat Pramad: Archforger! A fellow I'm quite fond of: quiet, rational, and elegant... hardly what you'd expect of a Lord Ravager. I hear he's most afraid of appearing before others, probably a social recluse.

▶ Asat Pramad: Irontomb... Well, you guys already offed that one.

▶ Asat Pramad: Now me. My weakness also happens to be my strength: chance.

▶ Asat Pramad: I've never been able to resist planting several seeds on a whim and watching them take root in unexpected ways, and finally bear fruit I never expected.

▶ Asat Pramad: So. Satisfied?

(If the roll is a Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: But then again, who could pass up the chance to gossip about colleagues? Hehehe! Whose weakness do you want to know?

▶ Asat Pramad: But I only answer one question at a time.

Phantylia

▶ Asat Pramad: Phantylia loathes stubborn minds, hosts she can't seize... She abhors the taste of human courage. Her greatest weakness is her insatiable greed, always wanting everything at once.

Zephyro

▶ Asat Pramad: Zephyro... He's the perfect warrior.

▶ Asat Pramad: But I guess what he fears and hates most is those soulless lunatics, puppets that had their souls snatched by the black sunNihility. To put it bluntly, he's afraid of the dark.

Luxbane

▶ Asat Pramad: Luxbane is a beast, doesn't understand human language at all. Beasts aren't flawless, of course. A dog's weakness is bones, and if you show it the sun, it will definitely chase after it.

Celenova

▶ Asat Pramad: Celenova, she loathes anything beautifully melodic. Without a haze of noise and distortion around her, she grows restless.

A different one

▶ Asat Pramad: A different one... which Lord Ravager then?

Archforger

▶ Asat Pramad: Archforger! A fellow I'm quite fond of: quiet, rational, and elegant... hardly what you'd expect of a Lord Ravager. I hear he's most afraid of appearing before others, probably a social recluse.

Irontomb

▶ Asat Pramad: Irontomb... Well, you guys already offed that one. No need to worry about it.

▶ Asat Pramad: Of course, you may ask another question since the last one doesn't count.

You!

▶ Asat Pramad: Me? My weakness also happens to be my strength: chance.

▶ Asat Pramad: I've never been able to resist planting several seeds on a whim and watching them take root in unexpected ways, and finally bear fruit I never expected.

Give me a minute...

▶ Asat Pramad: Take your time.

▶ Asat Pramad: So. Satisfied?

(If the roll is a Miss)

▶ Asat Pramad: You failed. And even if you'd succeeded... so what? The Lord Ravagers' weaknesses? Knowing wouldn't make a difference.

▶ Asat Pramad: Zephyro is scared of the dark, Archforger has social anxiety, Celenova is tone-deaf, and Phantylia has trouble choosing. Haha. Does this help you at all?

Have you ever been in love?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Mr. Asat Pramad, have you ever been in love?

▶ Asat Pramad: What did you just say?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Sorry, but I'm really curious. Have you ever fallen in love?

▶ Asat Pramad: ...?

▶ Asat Pramad: You have this rare opportunity to speak to a former Navigator, and you're interested in his personal life!?

Are you going to answer or not?

What do you care what I ask!

▶ Asat Pramad: Hahaha... you really are something else! So intriguing I almost want to throw in the towel and bow out...

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): So I should roll?

▶ Asat Pramad: Wait, not yet. Don't roll. If you roll a "critical success," I honestly have no idea how I'm supposed to weave a sharp jab at cosmic destiny into something about personal emotions...

▶ Asat Pramad: So be it, this one's on me. I'll answer you plainly.

▶ Asat Pramad: I've loved.

▶ Asat Pramad: Of course, I've loved before. But in the end, every planet tied to my past lovers... I destroyed them all.

▶ Asat Pramad: Not because we broke up, I genuinely cared for them. I just like what I do now even more.

▶ Asat Pramad: Feels good to get that off my shoulders. They have no complaints either. Whew.

▶ Asat Pramad: Alright, this won't happen again. Maybe you still have a lot of questions like this. Maybe you'll just ask them directly. But let me make it clear: I don't want to see such questions again.

Is Akivili still alive?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): You said you used to be the navigator. So, is the Aeon of Trailblaze still alive?

(If the roll is a Critical Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: Looks like I have to tell you The Secret Myself and Akivili Must Reveal

▶ Asat Pramad: Akivili is dead, but perhaps THEY are still alive, in a way even THEY never expected.

▶ Asat Pramad: The "fall" of an Aeon is simply a change to the form in which THEY currently exist. No one knows if this is something THEY planned.

▶ Asat Pramad: According to Nameless who have met Akivili, THEY frequently mention the origin and end, the Tree of Existence, and what lies beyond the Paths.

▶ Asat Pramad: After all, bound within finite space and time, there is only one place the Aeon of the Trailblaze longs to reach: beyond the universe.

▶ Asat Pramad: And so I witnessed the fall of an Aeon... That power that unveiled the stars and traversed space — in the end, it left nothing but an inconsequential point of light at the edge of existence.

(If the roll is a Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: THEY died. Slain by THEIR own desire: to transcend origin and end, to surpass the Tree of Existence, and reach beyond the Paths.

▶ Asat Pramad: After all, when the universe has "no roads left to walk," then there's only one place left for the Aeon of Trailblaze to go to.

▶ Asat Pramad: And so I witnessed the fall of an Aeon... That power that unveiled the stars and traversed space — in the end, it left nothing but an inconsequential point of light at the edge of existence.

(If the roll is a Miss)

▶ Asat Pramad: Ah, you have rolled poorly. Let me think, how do I reply to you?

▶ Asat Pramad: Haha, of course THEY are still alive. Is it not said that THEY live within the bodies and in the footsteps of you Nameless?

▶ Asat Pramad: No matter how many times the Express crashes, it will always return to its voyage. Surely this is proof that Akivili is still living, yes?

▶ Asat Pramad: Only when you reach Pegana, perhaps, will you finally realize the Trailblaze is nothing but a lie.

The reason for awakening the Voracity

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Tell me. Why do you want to awaken the Voracity husk?

(If the roll is a Critical Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: Lucky you.

▶ Asat Pramad: I awaken the Voracity to devour, of course.

▶ Asat Pramad: Even if it's just a fragment sealed in Ahatopia, a husk, the hunger concealed in it will be enough to dim the stars.

▶ Asat Pramad: I don't care who wins this chess game. What I care about is the moment the winner excitedly reaches out a hand to take their trophy...

▶ Asat Pramad: And a star comes alive, opens its abyssal maw, and swallows the chess pieces, players, and the chess board itself, all to remain in Nihility for all eternity. What a sight! Even the rules themselves would be eaten.

▶ Asat Pramad: No matter who Aha pours THEIR power into at the end of the games, no matter THEIR disguise, it is all for nothing against the awakened Voracity.

▶ Asat Pramad: THEY cannot escape this "devouring" because it is not a duel but... the restoration of balance. It is the consequences and retribution THEY deserve for the sin of theft THEY committed at the dawn of time.

▶ Asat Pramad: Though Oroboros does not understand the notion of "revenge," when that ancient hunger, dormant for ages, is sated once more, and the stolen power surges back through THEM, even that blind and witless primordial will shall, in that instant, taste the flavor of "Elation."

(If the roll is a Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: I awaken the Voracity to devour, of course.

▶ Asat Pramad: Even if it's just a fragment sealed in the core of Ahatopia, a husk, the Voracity concealed in it will be enough to dim the stars.

▶ Asat Pramad: I don't care who wins this chess game. What I care about is the moment the winner excitedly reaches out a hand to take their trophy...

▶ Asat Pramad: And a star comes alive, opens its abyssal maw, and swallows the chess pieces, players, and the chess board itself, all to remain in Nihility for all eternity. What a sight! Even the rules themselves would be eaten.

▶ Asat Pramad: No matter who Aha pours THEIR power into at the end of the games, no matter THEIR disguise, it is all for nothing against the awakened Voracity.

▶ Asat Pramad: THEY cannot escape this "devouring."

(If the roll is a Miss)

▶ Asat Pramad: I am sorry, but your bad roll will result in a disappointing answer.

▶ Asat Pramad: I want to awaken the Voracity to create a new and fair world, of course.

▶ Asat Pramad: All lives that have been oppressed and exploited will pass into the ancient Leviathan's belly, and there take on another form: becoming the nourishment of a new world... that is how it will be.

▶ Asat Pramad: Sounds pretty reasonable, doesn't it?

The truth about the Phantasmoon Games

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Can you tell me the real truth about the Phantasmoon Games?

▶ Asat Pramad: I bet you figured it out long ago, didn't you?

(If the roll is a Critical Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: Oh? Critical success! Then perhaps I should clear things up a bit more.

▶ Asat Pramad: Across countless generations, the Supplicants' Wishpower has gathered here, coursing through the abundant Elwood into the veins of the Path. It soothes the ever-starving husk and keeps it from rising again.

▶ Asat Pramad: People believe the Supplicants' miracle was created to please Aha, but this is wrong.

▶ Asat Pramad: People believe the markings around the mask measure how much Wishpower each Supplicant has gathered, but they're wrong!

▶ Asat Pramad: Those markings are telling everyone this: If you want to lull the Voracity into sleep, you must fill them.

▶ Asat Pramad: Only when the hunger and thirst of the slumbering beast are satiated with Wishpower, can the beings of Ahatopia struggle on into the next Amber Era. And then Aha will appear to reward this savior, by sharing one minute of THEIR life.

▶ Asat Pramad: Everyone is envious of the infinite power of the Aeons and THEIR eternal life.

▶ Asat Pramad: But who can comprehend THEIR suffering on those Paths, bound by their own authority? Becoming unfeeling instruments of the law, even a god as close to humanity as... "Elation."

▶ Asat Pramad: For humans, the prize of these games lasts for only a fleeting minute. But for an Aeon, it's a free and blissful reprieve from the shackles of THEIR Path.

▶ Asat Pramad: Do you understand now? The Phantasmoon Games are a "holiday for a god."

▶ Asat Pramad: Only during such a respite can "Elation," vulnerable and unguarded, be killed.

(If the roll is a Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: Across countless generations, the Supplicants' Wishpower has gathered here, coursing through the abundant Elwood into the veins of the Path. It soothes the ever-starving husk and keeps it from rising again.

▶ Asat Pramad: So, people are not acting for Aha's entertainment. They're doing their best to come out of the next Amber Era unscathed.

▶ Asat Pramad: But after thousands of years, this was no longer a game, but a rotten play! On stage, the actors battled. Down below, the audience was numb. The director... well, the director lost interest in their own production, remaining as an empty shell of a body. And then the pitiable process starts all over again.

▶ Asat Pramad: There you have it, the truth of the Phantasmoon Games.

(If the roll is a Miss)

▶ Asat Pramad: What else could it be? The Phantasmoon Games is just entertainment for Aha.

▶ Asat Pramad: Aha used the one-minute-as-an-Aeon prize to move the masses around like pieces on a chessboard, delighting in their embarrassing displays.

The Stellaron inside me

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): About the Stellaron inside of me, how much do you know...?

(If the roll is a Critical Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: Interesting... Allow me to attempt to answer this difficult question.

▶ Asat Pramad: I examined the Stellaron inside your body. It's not a seed of ruin in the usual sense.

▶ Asat Pramad: It was a seed bestowed on you by Xipe, yet branded with the imprint of the Trailblaze.

▶ Asat Pramad: Xipe constantly tries to assimilate all things into one, while Akivili constantly creates new variations. These two forces repel each other, but in your body they have achieved a dangerous equilibrium.

▶ Asat Pramad: And your body... it seems to have been created for just this purpose, and it conceals a secret inside it. The Stellaron Hunters likely understand this better than I do.

(If the roll is a Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: The Stellaron is a fragment of a Path, a condensing of Aeonic powers and concepts.

▶ Asat Pramad: It comes from Harmony, but surely you already know this?

▶ Asat Pramad: The one in your body... Strange, whatever its essence is, it seems to be intricately linked to the Trailblaze.

▶ Asat Pramad: It's the engine, the coordinates, and... a vessel of possibilities that even I cannot fully see through.

(If the roll is a Miss)

▶ Asat Pramad: What a pity that we should live with failure for most of our lives.

▶ Asat Pramad: The Stellaron is a gift, an unparalleled gift from the Aeons.

▶ Asat Pramad: It gives you power, guides you, and makes you unique. It's as simple as that.

The Stellaron Hunters' plan

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): I've always been curious... Since the Stellaron Hunters also see possibilities, do you know what they're truly working toward?

(If the roll is a Critical Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: A critical success? Your luck is off the charts!

▶ Asat Pramad: Ah... Elio's troupe. What they're chasing is something even the Aeons might hesitate to touch.

▶ Asat Pramad: They are not fighting against a specific apocalypse, but trying to destroy the Finality itself.

▶ Asat Pramad: To be more exact, they seek to destroy a finale in which every possibility has been frozen.

▶ Asat Pramad: What Elio has glimpsed may be an end that goes beyond the Destruction itself, a point where all things settle into complete stillness and Nihility.

▶ Asat Pramad: The Stellaron Hunters traverse the worlds in search of a path that will let the entire universe keep evolving. Their purpose is far more tragic, and far more mad, than it appears.

(If the roll is a Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: Of course you know the answer. Elio... an existence that can see the branching of "possibilities."

▶ Asat Pramad: The Stellaron Hunters operate under his guidance. Their goal is clear: to collect or interfere with specific Stellarons to shape the future they desire.

▶ Asat Pramad: A future in which more lives are saved during great calamities perhaps... or a future where they can fulfill their personal wishes. They are the "editors" of fate, even if their motives remain a mystery.

(If the roll is a Miss)

▶ Asat Pramad: Stellaron Hunters? They're just a bunch of power-drunk opportunists that wait by the Aeons' chessboard, waiting to catch any falling scraps.

▶ Asat Pramad: They think they've foreseen the future, but in reality, they're merely being led by the nose by a certain Aeon's power, chasing an illusory "better ending."

▶ Asat Pramad: As for their goal? Humans only pursue these two things: to live, or to die for a reason.

I want to know your plan

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): What exactly did you do during these Phantasmoon Games?

▶ Asat Pramad: This is a very complicated question. And well, all villains are always waiting for the opportunity to explain their scheme...

▶ Asat Pramad: But if I had to start from the beginning, I'm afraid you wouldn't have the patience to listen to the end. Why don't you ask about something you're interested in?

▶ Asat Pramad: Come on, roll the die. We'll see how many secrets your roll will earn you.

(If the roll is a Critical Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: Hm! Good throw. Ask away.

The Phantasmoon's declaration. That was you, wasn't it?

▶ Asat Pramad: You mean when the moon suddenly promised that the "winner would become a permanent Aeon"?

▶ Asat Pramad: Hahaha! You think too highly of me.

▶ Asat Pramad: Countless people in the cosmos go around claiming to be Aha THEMSELF. But as we all know, only the Aeon THEMSELF could have made that moon speak.

▶ Asat Pramad: THEIR divine prophecies prove that the Elation is watching these Games at all times, and that my activities have not crossed any boundaries.

Are you the one who pushed Evanescia to join the Phantasmoon Games?

▶ Asat Pramad: When it comes to infiltrating Ahatopia, the two trickiest obstacles are: the World in Canvas that keeps the husk sealed away, and the unkillable Panarch Elwood.

▶ Asat Pramad: But Aha has never specified that a judge cannot become a Supplicant. Strangely, nobody has ever used this loophole in all these years.

▶ Asat Pramad: It's surprisingly easy. All it takes is one mask, which is placed onto the Elwood in the Courtyard before she wakes up.

You also compelled Fulwish?

▶ Asat Pramad: Why would I? My relationship with Fulwish has always been aboveboard.

▶ Asat Pramad: There's no need to compel a prospect as driven for revenge as she was. And it's impossible to include anyone like her in any complex scheme. All one could do at this point was set her free and allow her to shine.

▶ Asat Pramad: Of course, she needed a small gift for motivational purposes, which I provided... a sliver of Shuhu's flesh.

I don't have any more questions.

▶ Asat Pramad: That's it? I was hoping you'd dig a little deeper. Going over my past schemes is actually quite a treat.

(If the roll is a Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: I am willing to answer your most pressing question about this particular scheme.

The Phantasmoon's declaration. That was you, wasn't it?

▶ Asat Pramad: You mean when the moon suddenly promised that the "winner would become a permanent Aeon"?

▶ Asat Pramad: Hahaha! You think too highly of me.

▶ Asat Pramad: Countless people in the cosmos go around claiming to be Aha THEMSELF. But as we all know, only the Aeon THEMSELF could have made that moon speak.

▶ Asat Pramad: THEIR divine prophecies prove that the Elation is watching these Games at all times, and that my activities have not crossed any boundaries.

Are you the one who pushed Evanescia to join the Phantasmoon Games?

▶ Asat Pramad: When it comes to infiltrating Ahatopia, the two trickiest obstacles are: the World in Canvas that keeps the husk sealed away, and the unkillable Panarch Elwood.

▶ Asat Pramad: But Aha has never specified that a judge cannot become a Supplicant. Strangely, nobody has ever used this loophole in all these years.

▶ Asat Pramad: It's surprisingly easy. All it takes is one mask, which is placed onto the Elwood in the Courtyard before she wakes up.

You also compelled Fulwish?

▶ Asat Pramad: Why would I? My relationship with Fulwish has always been aboveboard.

▶ Asat Pramad: There's no need to compel a prospect as driven for revenge as she was. And it's impossible to include anyone like her in any complex scheme. All one could do at this point was set her free and allow her to shine.

▶ Asat Pramad: Of course, she needed a small gift for motivational purposes, which I provided... a sliver of Shuhu's flesh.

▶ Asat Pramad: That's it? I was hoping you'd dig a little deeper. Going over my past schemes is actually quite a treat.

(If the roll is a Miss)

▶ Asat Pramad: Look, this is where the mastermindAsat Pramad is forced to confess. It was supposed to be the good part but alas, your dreadful roll has ruined it! Pity.

▶ Asat Pramad: Looks like your curiosity will have to stay in the realm of speculation.

▶ Asat Pramad: In detective novels, the murderer always says the line: "Yes, it was me."

▶ Asat Pramad: Standing in a world falling apart like this, there's something so satisfying about delivering a killer's confession so gleefully.

Why embrace Destruction?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): How did you fall from being the Astral Express's Navigator to becoming a Lord Ravager?

(If the roll is a Critical Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: You call it falling, but I see it as sublimation.

▶ Asat Pramad: You've journeyed through Planarcadia. How do you like this world of Elation?

I like it.

▶ Asat Pramad: I don't like it.

I don't like it.

▶ Asat Pramad: Seems like we agree on this point.

I feel nothing for it.

▶ Asat Pramad: Numb and unfeeling. That's the honest reflection of most humans in Planarcadia.

▶ Asat Pramad: They spend their time in idle satiety, then peck each other bloody in online arguments over insignificant issues.

▶ Asat Pramad: People never leave their homes, but online they are angry, crying, and cheerful. Their eyes are glued to tragedies unfolding across the cosmos, treating others' struggles for life as seasoning for their meals, then turning around to tip the clowns who make them laugh.

▶ Asat Pramad: On the other side of the cosmos, the IPC is bombing the Isthmian Confederation. People huddle in the ruins without a single drop of clean drinking water, trembling as they wait to see whether tomorrow or death comes for them first.

▶ Asat Pramad: In this universe, the contrast between luck and misfortune is too dazzling.

And so you became a Lord Ravager?

And so you decided to bring hell to all?

▶ Asat Pramad: Of course not! One does not simply just become a Lord Ravager in an instant.

▶ Asat Pramad: Like Akivili, I once believed that exploring and connecting could create understanding, and understanding could remove division. That the newly discovered worlds could shelter those whose own homes were ravaged by war and hunger.

▶ Asat Pramad: But all your Trailblaze does is spread naivete and hope across a land destined to be destroyed.

▶ Asat Pramad: Across the cosmic ocean, all civilizations meet a strikingly similar end: Having climbed to brilliance, they collapse under their own stupidity, avarice, or sheer chance. The path of Akivili only postpones the inevitable, but it cannot change its nature.

▶ Asat Pramad: I walked too far and saw too much. Afterwards... I could not laugh again.

▶ Asat Pramad: Finally, the Blemished One showed me another path: Destruction.

▶ Asat Pramad: On THEIR Path, the gluttonous and the hungry, the brave and the weak... all inequalities come to an equal end.

▶ Asat Pramad: Only when people realize that destruction is imminent do they resist meaningfully, and make their existence worth something....

▶ Asat Pramad: The rising sun shines on ice sculptures, melts them as if they were never there, even though humans carved them so beautifully, yes?

▶ Asat Pramad: From that moment onward, "Isee" died, and "Asat Pramad" was born.

(If the roll is a Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: Take a look at Planarcadia beneath your feet. Do I need to explain more?

▶ Asat Pramad: This is just one of the microcosms of this absurd cosmos. They spend their time in idle satiety, then peck each other bloody in online arguments over insignificant issues.

▶ Asat Pramad: People never leave their homes, but online they are angry, crying, and cheerful. Their eyes are glued to tragedies unfolding across the cosmos, treating others' struggles for life as seasoning for their meals, then turning around to tip the clowns who make them laugh.

▶ Asat Pramad: On the other side of the cosmos, the IPC is bombing the Isthmian Confederation. People huddle in the ruins without a single drop of clean drinking water, trembling as they wait to see whether tomorrow or death comes for them first.

▶ Asat Pramad: In this universe, the contrast between luck and misfortune is too dazzling.

▶ Asat Pramad: To become a Nameless is to become a witness to more of these ridiculous sights.

▶ Asat Pramad: I walked too far and saw too much. Afterwards... I could not laugh again.

▶ Asat Pramad: Finally, the Blemished One showed me another path: Destruction.

▶ Asat Pramad: On THEIR Path, the gluttonous and the hungry, the brave and the weak... all inequalities come to an equal end.

▶ Asat Pramad: From that moment onward, "Isee" died, and "Asat Pramad" was born.

(If the roll is a Miss)

▶ Asat Pramad: Just like a failed throw of the die, I became who I am now because of a careless choice of profession.

▶ Asat Pramad: At first, I was a Masked Fool, but I grew weary of the idiotic Fools in the tavern, feasting and joking away all their days. So, I left.

▶ Asat Pramad: Afterwards, I became a Nameless. I led the Express to unknown worlds one after another, helping people to escape war and hunger.

▶ Asat Pramad: But unfortunately, once people fall into the sweetness of comfort and prosperity, they become like aimless flies, droning with empty self-pity as they slowly rot.

▶ Asat Pramad: But luckily for me, I've landed on a vocation worthy of a lifetime's devotion: Lord Ravager!

▶ Asat Pramad: Who could resist setting a planet ablaze after centuries on the job, watching humanity at its worst?

▶ Asat Pramad: If you were in my position, you wouldn't be able to resist either!

(If the roll is a Critical Success, first time only)

▶ Asat Pramad: Hey, that's a critical success!

(After each question that has been answered, respectively)

▶ Asat Pramad: Seven questions left.

▶ Asat Pramad: You may ask six more questions.

▶ Asat Pramad: Five left now.

▶ Asat Pramad: Four questions left. Keep going.

▶ Asat Pramad: You may still ask me three more questions.

▶ Asat Pramad: Only two questions left.

(After seven questions have been answered)

▶ Asat Pramad: Final question. Think carefully, what do you want to ask?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): There's something I've thought about from the start.

Is Himeko still alive?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Tell me... is Himeko still alive? Do you really have no feelings for your daughter?

(If the roll is a Critical Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: Aha! This is the question I've been waiting to answer, what a stroke of luck.

(If the roll is a Success)

▶ Asat Pramad: Hearing that question is a relief.

▶ Asat Pramad: Pay no mind to the roll, I'll be honest with you.

(If the roll is a Miss)

▶ Asat Pramad: Tch... your luck really is awful. Of all the questions, you had to fail on the one I most wanted to answer.

▶ Asat Pramad: Pay no mind to the roll, I'll be honest with you.

▶ Asat Pramad: Of course Himeko is still alive. At least on the stage I've meticulously prepared for her. She will play an important role, and is now awaiting her curtain call.

▶ Asat Pramad: Life is like this, one chance journey after another, one whim after another... playing someone's "father," becoming someone's "friend"... and at times, someone's "lover."

▶ Asat Pramad: Then, by a twist of fate, I let a girl with no future begin to dream of the stars, and of lands yet to be reached.

▶ Asat Pramad: I have never understood why the seeds I planted by chance would always take root in unexpected ways. I never expected them to bear fruit such as Graphia, or Himeko...

▶ Asat Pramad: It feels like a curse, like fate'sAha cruelest mockery of me.

▶ Asat Pramad: Just like that night fifteen years ago. I had the chance to crush the Express again, but I hesitated.

You couldn't bear to do it?

Because you used to be its Navigator?

▶ Asat Pramad: No, no to both.

▶ Asat Pramad: I've never fully understood that lapse in judgment. I still ask myself why.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): No matter the reason, you caused a huge mess for your colleagues.

▶ Asat Pramad: A few weeks ago, Himeko returned to her hometown and brought you back with her.

▶ Asat Pramad: That was the moment I finally understood why I didn't shoot down the Express fifteen years ago. It had nothing to do with acting as a father, or Trailblazing, but...

▶ Asat Pramad: But for a destruction that spanned fifteen years, to set her on a journey to gain what was most precious, only to shatter it all in the cruelest way.

▶ Asat Pramad: What truly matters is this: I will have you bring an end to this world, here and now. It's the most vicious joke I can play on Planarcadia, on myself, and on the fate of the universe.

▶ Asat Pramad: Take a guess. Will this joke amuse Aha?

You are incorrigible!

Have me... bring this world to an end?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): You want to use my Stellaron...

▶ Asat Pramad: The worlds the Astral Express deals with, how could they be without a Stellaron? ...BOOM!!

▶ Asat Pramad: Fifteen years ago, during the Bloodstained Games, all the Supplicants died violent deaths. Then, the husk ran out of Wishpower, and grew agitated, craving a blood sacrifice.

▶ ▶ Asat Pramad: Fifteen years later, a hero from the Express shone brightly throughout the Games. (His/Her) Stellaron, overflowing with Wishpower, the perfect sacrificial piece!

▶ Asat Pramad: Alright. Now that I've answered the eight questions, I now need to...

(The Trailblazer's phone gets a message notification)

▶ Asat Pramad: Hmph! Kids these days...

▶ Asat Pramad: Show some respect, and put your phone away when your elder is talking!

(Asat Pramad's phone gets a message notification)

▶ Asat Pramad: Huh?

Messages
Planarville Goes Online

Silver Wolf

Praise me, cheer for me, 'cause I've nailed it!

Wolf said: Let there be signal! And Planarcadia's connection was restored!

You're finally here.

(Trailblazer)

Talk about perfect timing!

αWolf, I've missed you.

(Trailblazer)

I knew it! There's no way we could get through a critical moment like this without you.

"Silver Wolf added Dan Heng, Sunday, March 7th, Welt, Pearl, and Blade to the group chat."

"Silver Wolf added Himeko to the group chat."

Pearl

The Express has rescued Miss Himeko and is on its way to your location.

Himeko

Trailblazer, hang in there — we're on our way to you now!

"Silver Wolf added Ryusuke to the group chat"

Ryusuke

...?

Silver Wolf

@Ryusuke You scoundrel! See that? That little plan of yours just went belly-up!

Oh, one more thing, I went ahead and deleted your retirement insurance account in arcadia.

Ryusuke

...

"Silver Wolf kicked Ryusuke out of the group chat"

Yay!

Friends, I'll take the lead!

(Trailblazer)

I can't wait to team up with you guys and beat the living daylights out of that old dicehead!

(Unlock Achievement All Colors Into One)

(Talk to Asat Pramad)

Less talk, more action

(Enter Exploratory Excursion Cārvāka, Eternal Superstar)

▶ Asat Pramad: What kind of nonsense is that? Boring.

▶ Asat Pramad: ...But cancelling an elderly person's pension account like that, doesn't her conscience hurt at all!?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): You treat other people's lives and suffering like numbers on a die, toying with them at will, so why do you fall apart when it's your turn?

By the way, I have a ninth question.

▶ Asat Pramad: Your curiosity is commendable, but you've already used up all your questions. So, I won't be answering anything you ask.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Doesn't matter, we've stalled long enough as it is.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): You don't need to answer the following question. I just want to know...

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): If I swing at that thing you have for a head, would it break!?

(Cutscene begins)

Trailblazer: Hah—

Asat Pramad: Heehee... Hehe... Hahaha...

Asat Pramad: Ruin be upon the world, the myriad colors returning to the void—

Asat Pramad: Your failure is written in stone.

(Cutscene ends)

(Begin battle against Lord of Saṃvartasthāyi, Asat Pramad)

▶ Asat Pramad: For this performance, you will once again be playing the "protagonist"...

▶ Asat Pramad: Will the hero shoulder all the wishes, ignite the Stellaron, and fell the demon lord in a single blow?

▶ Asat Pramad: ...or become the calamitous embers that bring "Finality" upon this world?

▶ Asat Pramad: A hero who tried to save Planarcadia, but ended up accidentally smashing it to pieces... Now THAT is what I call a "smash-hit" space comedy!

▶ Asat Pramad: So sit back and enjoy the show, everyone!

(Interactive tutorial)

Silver Wolf: Hang on tight, the Express is on its way.

▶ ▶ Pom-Pom: (Trailblazer), hang in there! We're on our way!

(On Lord of Saṃvartasthāyi, Asat Pramad's second turn)

▶ Asat Pramad: What, still holding back?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): ...

▶ Asat Pramad: Come on, make use of your invincible Stellaron and do something!

(On Lord of Saṃvartasthāyi, Asat Pramad's third turn)

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): What's the rush... The show's just getting started.

▶ Asat Pramad: Funny, I was thinking your show's about to end.

---

(Cutscene begins)

Welt: Finally, we made it!

Pom-Pom: Pom-Pom promised! "Each and every one of us Nameless..."

Himeko: After all, The Fluffy's protagonist hasn't gotten on board yet!

(Cutscene ends)

---

▶ March 7th: Let's show this guy what real Nameless are made of!

▶ Asat Pramad: Here we go! Companions have entered the ring, and the supporting cast has taken the stage! The daughter turns her blade on her father!

(When Lord of Saṃvartasthāyi, Asat Pramad is reduced to below 50% HP)

▶ Asat Pramad: Hit me with all your talk about friendship and justice!

(When Lord of Saṃvartasthāyi, Asat Pramad enters Phase II)

▶ Asat Pramad: Those who pass the challenge are worthy of a reward.

▶ Asat Pramad: What I mean is, you've earned the right to face... Phase! Two!

▶ Asat Pramad: Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you: my second mask!

▶ Asat Pramad: They say luck is a form of strength. Come on! Let's see your strength.

(When Lord of Saṃvartasthāyi, Asat Pramad uses May This Journey Lead You to Destruction)

▶ Asat Pramad: This journey leads us starward!

▶ Asat Pramad: And finally toward...

▶ Asat Pramad: ...the end of Destruction!

(When Lord of Saṃvartasthāyi, Asat Pramad enters Phase III)

▶ Asat Pramad: Alright, enough joking around. Time to get serious.

▶ Asat Pramad: Now, feast your eyes on what I attained in my first battle to the death with the Great DestroyerNanook — my third mask.

---

(Cutscene begins)

Asat Pramad: You shall witness... the reality of all things turning to silence.

(Cutscene ends)

---

▶ Asat Pramad: The three calamities have come, the myriad colors returning to the void...

▶ Asat Pramad: I shall extinguish this world's laughter and offer up my mourning!

(On Lord of Saṃvartasthāyi, Asat Pramad's first turn)

▶ Himeko: Stay sharp. I'll provide cover.

(After Lord of Saṃvartasthāyi, Asat Pramad's second turn)

▶ Asat Pramad: You can't protect them! You can't protect anyone!

▶ Asat Pramad: I will erase them, one by one, right before your very eyes!

(After Lord of Saṃvartasthāyi, Asat Pramad uses Let Elation Hang in Silence)

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): ...Darn it!

▶ Asat Pramad: Come on, protagonist. Open yourself up and embrace all wishes.

▶ Asat Pramad: Find a way to beat meIgnite the Stellaron, kill me, kick my "die" around like a ball.

▶ Asat Pramad: So, what's it going to be? Lose everything... or destroy everything?

▶ Himeko: Pom-Pom, start up the Express! Provide covering fire!

---

(Cutscene begins)

Asat Pramad: Once again, the Express has fallen! How boring!

March 7th: Our Express—

Asat Pramad: Now, you and I have both seen—

Asat Pramad: The imminent apocalypse!

Asat Pramad: You've failed. The game ends here...

Trailblazer: Himeko—

Asat Pramad: I'm curious...

Asat Pramad: Will you still be able to "set off once more"?

Himeko: Don't be afraid.

Himeko: I'm here.

(Cutscene ends)

Sequence 07

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You woke up on a beach, catching a blurry glimpse of Himeko's figure gradually moving away. You tried to catch up with Himeko.

▶ ▶ Himeko: (Trailblazer), don't be afraid.

▶ Himeko: Trust that I will always be by your side.

▶ Himeko: Keep walking.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Himeko—!

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): ...

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): (A beach? What is this place...?)

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): (Himeko went that way earlier? I need to catch up...)

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Himeko... Everyone... Where are you...?

▶ Signals From Afar: And the Astral Express readying for departure, its lights illuminating the dark.

▶ Signals From Afar: Beneath your feet are countless paths, and they are surrounded by nameless stars.

▶ Signals From Afar: You saw a path no one had ever trod before.

▶ Signals From Afar: Then you set off on it.

▶ Signals From Afar: This is the sight I see every day,

▶ Signals From Afar: and it has never lost its clarity.

▶ Signals From Afar: I would like to see it too.

(Approach Himeko)

▶ Signals From Afar: "Let's just call it a long-overdue compensation."

▶ Signals From Afar: "It's time we set off once more, Akivili."

▶ Himeko: ...

▶ ▶ Himeko: Oh, there you are, (Trailblazer).

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): ...Himeko! You're okay! Thank goodness!

What is this place?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): The Express...? What is this place?

▶ Himeko: It's a scene from my memories. Fifteen years ago, I encountered the Astral Express for the first time on this beach.

What happened on the battlefield?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): What just happened? All I remember is you protecting me amidst the chaos.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): But when I opened my eyes again, I was already in this place...

▶ Himeko: Are you scared? Worried you've lost?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): No, I wouldn't have such thoughts.

▶ Himeko: That's right. It's not over yet.

Come on, let's find the others.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): March, Dan Heng... Where is everyone?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): We have to get back to the fight somehow. We can't keep everyone waiting.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Let's go, Himeko. Whatever it takes, we're getting out of here together!

▶ Himeko: ...

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Himeko...?

▶ ▶ Himeko: I'm sorry, (Trailblazer).

▶ Himeko: I can't go with you.

What...?

▶ Himeko: I understand. You have many questions... About the battle, about me, and about the Express's crash site...

▶ Himeko: I didn't expect it to appear in this manner either.

▶ Himeko: Haven't you figured it out yet? This frozen moment in time... is your very own creation.

▶ Himeko: In the moment I embraced you, I guess the Stellaron heard my final wish.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Final... wish?

▶ Himeko: I promised someone that when the moon over my hometown was full again, I would go back to see her, to let her know I had made the most of this borrowed life, and found companions I could trust with all my heart.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Alright, it's a deal. When I return from the World in Canvas, you can make us... um, let Shush make us some coffee. Then we'll settle in and listen to your story.

▶ Himeko: It's a shame... I'll have to take a rain check on that coffee.

(say "her" name)

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): The "her" you're talking about... is Motoko, right?

▶ Himeko: I'm so glad to hear you say her name. It means she'll always be remembered by someone.

▶ Himeko: Even if the universe forgets, as long as someone still remembers her name, our trailblazing will never end.

▶ Himeko: But, as the navigator, it's not just her promise I have to keep... I have to honor my promise to all of you, and to you.

▶ ▶ Himeko: (Trailblazer)...

▶ Himeko: This time, you must set out on your own.

▶ Motoko: You have to go alone, dummy.

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▶ Motoko: What did you say when you created me? I quote: "If I die, I want to die where the stars are within reach."

▶ Motoko: But now, you have everything you need to set off. Even timethe future, the one thing you were missing, is now in your hands.

▶ Young Himeko: But... the Weathering Curse can't be healed. How did you do it...?

▶ Motoko: Sorry... I made a decision on my own while you were asleep.

▶ Young Himeko: Aha... appeared?

▶ Motoko: No, THEY didn't answer us... This Phantasmoon Games has no winner.

▶ Motoko: But I saw a shadow peek out from behind the moon.

▶ Motoko: It said, "Apologies, I am not 'the Elation,' so I cannot reward you in THEIR stead."

▶ Motoko: "But, a Phantasmoon Games with only bloodshed and no miracles wouldn't be very satisfying."

▶ Motoko: "So, I can offer up the strength I've accumulated to grant you a wish. Unfortunately, it's a limited wish, so it can't make all your dreams come true. But it should be enough to offer some small assistance."

▶ Young Himeko: What... exactly was the wish?

▶ Motoko: I made a wish to the Phantasmoon, in exchange for something.

▶ Young Himeko: An exchange...?

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▶ Motoko: An exchange of Himeko's and Motoko's destinies... not for a minute, but for a lifetime.

▶ Motoko: The brand of Destruction can never be erased, but it can be passed on to someone willing to bear it.

▶ Motoko: To think the answer was so simple... So that's why Murata Hiro left nothing behind... He was a kind person, just like you.

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▶ Young Himeko: No... This can't be true!

▶ Young Himeko: This is so unfair! I don't want my wishes to be granted at the cost of someone else's life!

▶ Young Himeko: We made a promise! You were the one who was supposed to embark on a new journey, to fly to the stars and see all those worlds for me! We made a promise!

▶ Motoko: That's right... if you were awake, your wish would've been clear: "For Motoko to have a fulfilling life."

▶ Motoko: But if I left you behind to travel the stars alone, I wouldn't be the "ideal navigator" we talked about.

▶ Motoko: You nurtured me with stories of the Astral Express, you sketched me into existence, and you brought me to life. The "you" that you never imagined would grow up, became a truly remarkable adult in the end.

▶ Motoko: I'm the grown-up you, a navigator who, despite never having taken a single step, has already experienced so much. And a "Himeko" like that would surely pass on the hope of "continuing the journey" to the next generation, wouldn't she?

▶ Motoko: So, don't be sad. My Trailblazing ends here, but it also begins here.

No, I won't accept this!

A future without you is meaningless.

Don't joke about such things...

▶ Young Himeko: ...

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▶ Young Himeko: I just... I just wanted you to see the world outside, to see the starry sky I told you about...

▶ Motoko: I'm here now. I can see it.

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▶ Motoko: Do you hear that, Himeko? When the urge to "go and see for yourself, no matter what" swells up inside you, your fire has already ignited the Express's engine.

▶ Motoko: Go, Himeko. Start up the Express, walk a path without the Aeons' protection, and become your own god...

▶ Motoko: Then, grant me this wish: When you've become like me, return here with all your stories.

▶ Young Himeko: ...

▶ Young Himeko: Motoko, when the Phantasmoon is full again, I will be there as I have promised!

▶ Young Himeko: I will come back with so many stories to tell you.

▶ Motoko: So, deal? If you can't find me to share your stories, then tell them to the moon, like a Mourning Actor.

▶ Motoko: Now, let's get on the Express together. As we travel through the atmosphere and fly toward the stars...

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▶ Motoko: I will become a star and watch over you forever.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): So... are you going to say goodbye to us too, just like Motoko...?

▶ Himeko: If I could, I'd wish for this moment to come a little later, too.

▶ Himeko: But that's how it is for the Nameless. The journey always begins and ends when you least expect it.

▶ Himeko: Don't worry too much. I just... have to depart for the next stop.

The Express Crew can't continue Trailblazing without you!

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): But the Crew can't keep on Trailblazing without you!

Are you really going to accept such an end?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Are you really going to accept this ending?

There's no way I'll accept this plan!

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): No, I'll never accept this plan!

▶ Himeko: ...

▶ Himeko: I used to be afraid of goodbyes like this, too.

▶ Himeko: Whenever that happens, I just look up at the sky. Up there are the same stars we gazed at together for countless nights.

▶ Himeko: I know you'll see all those sights in my stead, and experience all those stories as wonderful and strange... as imagenae.

▶ Himeko: You understand all of this, don't you? So be brave, and stop this talk about sacrifices.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): ...

▶ Himeko: Tell March for me... if there's anything she likes in my wardrobe, she can have it.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): ...She has enough clothes as it is.

▶ Himeko: Tell Dan Heng that he'll have more on his plate, so he shouldn't try to carry everything all by himself.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): ...I'll help him.

▶ Himeko: Tell Welt... I really wanted to go with him to his homeland... but I never thought... I'd be the one to step off the Express first. I'm sorry.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): ...I'll tell him.

▶ Himeko: And tell Pom-Pom... If no one's going to use the coffee machine or the beans, just toss them, make space for future passengers.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): I... will.

▶ Himeko: And one more thing, about Sunday... Tell him not to be so uptight all the time. Plenty of people come and go on the Express. He should feel free to do as he pleases, not feel so burdened.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): ...

▶ ▶ Himeko: And finally, (Trailblazer)... you're the one I'm most worried about.

▶ Himeko: Have you been satisfied with your journey so far?

I've had some regrets, but I'm satisfied.

I'm not satisfied with this, and I won't accept it.

Himeko, don't go...

▶ Himeko: You don't have to say it. Keep the answer in your heart.

▶ Himeko: You still have a long journey of Trailblazing ahead of you, so walk on. Walk this path without the Aeons' protection, and become your own god...

▶ Himeko: And then, you can grant my wish: Come back here and tell me all about your amazing stories.

▶ Himeko: If you can't find me, just look up at the stars.

▶ Himeko: And as always, I'll be there to light up the entire night sky for you.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): ...

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): ...

▶ ▶ ???: ...Another turning point in destiny. We meet again.

▶ ▶ ???: For the Express to begin its journey once more, Himeko reached the end of hers...

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Get lost.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): This isn't the end.

▶ ▶ ???: Eight days ago, you arrived with the Astral Express at Planarcadia.

▶ ▶ ???: Eight hours ago, Asat Pramad appeared. Eight minutes ago, you declared war on him.

▶ ▶ ???: And eight seconds ago, you lost.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): ...

▶ ▶ ???: In eight seconds, Himeko will sacrifice her life.

▶ ▶ ???: In eight minutes, you will return to the battlefield. In eight hours, a god's great hammer will fall.

▶ ▶ ???: In eight days, a paradise will collapse under its own weight, a beast will begin its sacred feast, a divine infant will fall to the mortal world. With its first cry, it will usher in an era of "madness" for the entire cosmos...

▶ ▶ ???: And a god will retreat into hiding forever, their laughter heard no more.

Is this... the future I must experience?

Is this... the future you experienced?

Stop with the riddles and get lost!

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer) from the Future?: This is the path I have walked, and one of countless possibilities. But that doesn't matter.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer) from the Future?: What's important is that it was born from the wish Himeko made to the Stellaron, and it only leads to one end: failure.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer) from the Future?: Are you... willing to accept such a future?

This is none of your business!

I won't accept it.

Don't you dare insult her sacrifice!

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer) from the Future?: What a shame. You still fail to understand what I'm saying...

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer) from the Future?: I'm asking (Trailblazer), who is still on the path of the Trailblaze: Are you willing to accept such a future?

Me...?

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): I...

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): I'll never accept it.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer) from the Future?: Then you know what to do. So many others have made the same decision.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer) from the Future?: Make a wish to the Stellaron. Let your wish replace hers.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer) from the Future?: Somewhere along this journey, you've already found it.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): ...Each and every one of us Nameless is making it to the next stop.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): And all the promisesPreservation, oathsThe Hunt, dreamsHarmony, and pactsRemembrance...

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): I'm not leaving a single one behind.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer) from the Future?: As it should be.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer) from the Future?: I made the same choice once... and lost everything because of it. But you have to get used to loss before you can move on.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer) from the Future?: Set forth once more, Akivili. Our paths will cross eventually...

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer) from the Future?: And when that day comes, I will personally bring your journey to its end.

Return to the battlefield and face the Lord of Saṃvartasthāyi

Step Description

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Set forth once more, Akivili.
Carry the wishes of all life in the cosmos. Ignite the engine that ran upon the silver rail. Trailblaze beyond the borders of fate itself.
May this journey lead us starward.

Desolate Maw's Demonhold

(Interact with the campfire)

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer) from the Future?: Countless shooting stars streak across this night sky. If you can pick the right one...

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer) from the Future?: It will carry your wish to thousands of distant worlds.^{[Note 1]}

(Enter Exploratory Excursion Cārvāka, Eternal Superstar)

(Cutscene begins)

Trailblazer: You must become used to loss in order to continue onward?

Trailblazer: I refuse to believe that! Not now, not ever!

Trailblazer: My unfulfilled promises... I will fulfill them all tomorrow.

Trailblazer: I will prove that we can move onward without making these so-called sacrifices!

Trailblazer: So—

Trailblazer: The Astral Express only has one navigator. No matter the reason...

Trailblazer: I won't let anything take you away from me!

March 7th: Don't forget about us!

Welt: Don't worry, we're here.

Motoko: Thank you... for fulfilling the promise.

Himeko: Venturing to uncharted worlds isn't all that motivates us to move forward.

Himeko: We also have "promises of the past."

Himeko: The Astral Express is setting forth anew—

Himeko: This journey shall lead us starward!

(Cutscene ends)

(Begin battle against Lord of Saṃvartasthāyi, Asat Pramad

▶ Asat Pramad: You're playing music with the Stellaron!? ...Hey, that's not right.

▶ Asat Pramad: And "Pegana's Legacy"? What's going on here?

▶ Asat Pramad: Whatever, I'll just make it "The Astral Express's Legacy"!

(After Lord of Saṃvartasthāyi, Asat Pramad's second turn)

▶ Himeko: Just like fifteen years ago, you're not a god who determines fate.

▶ Himeko: You're just a deserter, denying the very path you walked!

▶ Himeko: Watch closely, see how the Trailblazers who came after you will walk the path you were too afraid to finish!

(Interactive tutorial)

Himeko: Activate the Starblazer and crush Asat Pramad!

(After using Mechatron Swordomain: Void Slash)

▶ Himeko: There's no need to pray for a glance...

▶ ▶ Astral Express Crew: Humanity will reach the end of the...

▶ ▶ Astral Express Crew: path on its own!

(On Lord of Saṃvartasthāyi, Asat Pramad's third turn)

▶ Asat Pramad: Explore, understand, establish, and connect... Trailblazing is nothing but a fleeting lie to comfort the weak.

▶ Asat Pramad: In the face of inevitable Destruction, hope is a myth!

(After using Mechatron Swordomain: Void Slash, second time)

▶ Himeko: Never stop...

▶ ▶ Astral Express Crew: Even the stars are not the end...

▶ ▶ Astral Express Crew: They're a new beginning.

(When Lord of Saṃvartasthāyi, Asat Pramad is reduced to below 30% HP)

▶ Himeko: You don't understand a single thing. Of course there's hope. We're living proof of it.

▶ Himeko: If there's nothing ahead of us, then we'll Trailblazecreate a path forward with our own hands!

(After using Mechatron Swordomain: Void Slash, third time)

▶ Himeko: Just keep moving forward...

▶ ▶ Astral Express Crew: Trusting only the path before us...

▶ ▶ Astral Express Crew: ...never the destination beyond it!

(When Lord of Saṃvartasthāyi, Asat Pramad is reduced to 1% HP)

▶ Himeko: Attention all passengers, the Astral Express is about to depart.

▶ Himeko: To all who walk with the Trailblaze, join me in reciting the creed of the Nameless!

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): No matter the ebb and flow of fate, don't stay within the lines.^{[Note 2]}

▶ Welt: Even in the face of tempestuous seas, we always align.

▶ Dan Heng: Even without the upper hand, fight for what's right.

▶ March 7th: Even if the world forgets you, leave hindsight aside.

▶ Sunday: ...And no matter how bleak the cosmos may get, light up the night.

---

(Cutscene begins)

Trailblazer and Himeko: Finally...

Himeko: When the wheels turn against you—

Trailblazer: Go ahead—

Astral Express Crew: Pulverize!

(Cutscene ends)

▶ Himeko: It's all over. A lost navigator has reached his final destination.

▶ Himeko: And with that, the Astral Express has taken down another Lord Ravager.

Welcome back, Himeko.

▶ Himeko: Yes, I'm back.

▶ March 7th: Himeko, that outfit looks so cool! You really look the part of a navigator now!

▶ Welt: Just like I said, the giant robot was right.

▶ ▶ Dan Heng: But, (Trailblazer), are you okay? Just now...

▶ Sunday: That was the Stellaron inside you, wasn't it?

▶ ▶ Himeko: I don't know what happened, but I'm sure (she/he) took a lot of the heat for me in that battle.

▶ Himeko: And thank you, everyone.

▶ Himeko: Sunday, I'd like to have a proper chat with you, as the navig—

▶ Asat Pramad: ...

▶ Asat Pramad: Children, I'm not dead yet...

▶ Himeko: Do you hear the laughter of the people? They are leaving the ruins and setting off once more.

▶ Himeko: The Wishpower cast upon you has dissipated. Your Bloodstained Games... are over.

▶ Asat Pramad: After all this, I'm sure you wouldn't want to call me "Father" anymore.

▶ Asat Pramad: Heh... but being your "Father"... has been a true pleasure.

We won.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): We did it, we won.

▶ Asat Pramad: Oh, really...? Is that what you think, "protagonist"?

▶ Asat Pramad: Then you'll just have to wait and see.

You lost.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Of all the possibilities you glimpsed, did you ever see one where you lost?

▶ Asat Pramad: I've seen more than you can possibly imagine.

▶ Asat Pramad: Look forward to what's to come, "protagonist."

▶ Asat Pramad: The tremors of the Stellaron will shift the cosmos's fate onto a different trajectory.

▶ ▶ (Trailblazer): Even if the Stellaron distorts my wish, I will rewrite it.

▶ Asat Pramad: Then I shall await with anticipation.

▶ Asat Pramad: What a magnificent strike. Pegana's Legacy...

▶ Asat Pramad: When it first embarked on its journey, the stars were still brand new. Like... a die thrown high in the air, yet to land.

▶ March 7th: Wait, something's not right...

▶ Dan Heng: The cracks in the earth are spreading... How is this possible...?

▶ Welt: The husk of "the Voracity"... is stirring?

▶ Asat Pramad: Hahahaha...

▶ Asat Pramad: You have defeated me, and won your reward: the chance to save this world.

▶ Asat Pramad: That is, if... you can make it out of THEIR maw with everyone still breathing.

▶ Asat Pramad: Good luck...

▶ Asat Pramad: Now, run.

(Mission completed)

(Obtain "Saṃvartasthāyi", "Return to Silence", and "Beyond This Station")

(Unlock Achievement Silence)

Messages
???

???

Hello, protagonist

If you're reading this scheduled message, it means my plan definitely hit a snag... yet again

Of course, it's also possible that you've already been blown to high heavens by the Stellaron, and the one reading this message right now is future me

But I'm guessing your phone doesn't have that kind of build quality

Asat Pramad? Is that you?

(Trailblazer)

Asat Pramad? Why is it you again?

Give it up, you've been bested!

(Trailblazer)

Your plan is toast, and we beat you!

"The account you have contacted does not exist. Message failed to send."

???

Honestly, I don't mind this plot development

On the contrary, I'm looking forward to your victory

Maybe this will prove me wrong

That is, if you can clear this game

Whoever wins, THEY'll wake up and swallow us all whole

Why go through all this?

(Trailblazer)

You can't receive any messages, but I've gotta ask... Why would you go through all this?

You know what I'm going to ask.

(Trailblazer)

I'm sure you can figure out what I'm here to ask you about.

"The account you have contacted does not exist. Message failed to send."

???

Heh... Why would I go through all this?

Since Aha hides behind the scenes, turning a blind eye to the world's rot, I shall take THEIR place and challenge the universe

And now, a new challenge awaits: Defeat the revived Voracity

Will it be a hero born of Destruction, one who has faced challenges and will bring true Elation back into this world

Or will it be the beast that succeeded in its revenge, granting the Elation a dignified demise before its descent into madness

Protagonist, can you write a better ending for this joke?