The Generative Grammar of Liquid Modernity
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The Generative Grammar of Liquid Modernity is the seventh part of the Trailblaze Mission chapter So Laughed the Masses. It automatically begins after completing Metaphors We Live By.
Steps
- Find a way to leave here
- Find a way to the upper floors
- Continue forward and stop Fulwish's scheme
- Looks like there's an incoming message...
- Team up with "IPC Wolf" to eliminate potential threats
- Did the hack work...?
- Chat with Silver Wolf about the current situation
- Be careful of that sphere
- Continue forward and stop Fulwish's scheme
- Head to the Director Office and stop Fulwish's scheme
- Head to the rooftop and stop Fulwish's scheme
- Enter the "shortcut" prepared by Silver Wolf
- Head to the rooftop and stop Fulwish's scheme
Dialogue
Mission DescriptionTo think we'd get slandered as accomplices of the IPC, when the real mastermind is someone else entirely.
Besides, the IPC really is innocent this time. For Skott's sake, and for the Express Crew's reputation, you have to show the audience the truth behind this incident.
As president of Furbobo Press, you have a duty to protect the three legendary pillars of journalism.
Find a way to leave here
- Step DescriptionThe elevator's out of commission, and the stairs are blocked off.
Gotta find a way around them and keep moving.
Tooltip for 18px|link=ⓘ Sequence 01The broadcast claimed that the IPC was the true culprit behind the Herald of Death incident, and that the Astral Express was turning a blind eye. Public attitude toward the Express Crew plummeted to an all-time low. To turn the tide, you must expose Fulwish's lies.- Broadcast: "... Just moments ago, our reporter successfully exposed the Herald of Death scandal... and paid for it with their life!"
- Broadcast: "The IPC used a monster named Shuhu to create an infectious virus."
- Broadcast: "Massive numbers of civilians have been transformed into the walking dead! Your family and friends could all fall victim!"
- Broadcast: "As a local Supplicant, the Director Fulwish will fight to the bitter end at Seafeld TV Tower! Please lock your doors and windows and stay safe! Fulwish TV wishes you safe passage through this crisis!"
- Ashveil: Listen to that. So we're full-blown villains now?
- Sunday: As for the remaining Supplicants...
- Ashveil: I can't reach them. We'll just have to take things one step at a time.
- Sunday: Just a few minutes ago, these people were talking and laughing... We overestimated our opponents' humanity...
Are they dead...?
- Ashveil: They can't die. Hope that puts you at ease.
- Got tricked by a scoundrel.
- Sunday: Sorry, I'm the one to blame.
- Can I get Lan to glance my way?
- Ashveil: ...You'd better pray THEY don't look this way.
- Ashveil: This is a matter of life and death, we don't have time here to be sentimental. Otherwise, there will only be more casualties.
- Ashveil: ...No. It's probably more like... wanting to die, but being unable to.
- Broadcast: "I used to be a fan of the Nameless too. I'd excitedly tell everyone: They're true heroes!"
- Broadcast: "But look how that turned out. They don't care at all about whether the arcadia lives or dies."
- Broadcast: "What do we get for our sincerity? The Astral Express just smugly declares: Another trail to blaze!"
- Broadcast: "(Trailblazer), I ask you: What gives you the right to call yourself a Trailblazer!?"
- Himeko: (Trailblazer), are you okay?
- Taken out of context... I'm speechless.
- (Trailblazer): Twisting the facts. That's the only move she's got. I've seen it all before.
- It's fine. Nothing we can't handle.
- (Trailblazer): Just a little turbulence. Action is the best response.
- She sure has a way with words.
- (Trailblazer): They've got a way with words. Give me a chance, and I could also spin a hundred yarns without repeating myself.
- Himeko: Should I say, "classic you"? You have a great attitude.
- Sunday: Wishpower is gathering... I have to say, Fulwish's approach is proving quite effective.
- Ashveil: Let's quiet down the onlookers first. With the IPC helping out with crowd control, hopefully it won't be too much of a hassle.
- ...
- Ashveil: Isn't this completely out of control!? What is Pearl doing?
- Sunday: ... We're past the point of no return. The longer this drags on, the worse our odds get.
- Himeko: But public opinion is a double-edged sword... and we can use it to our advantage.
- Himeko: If we can just tear off Fulwish's mask, the tables will turn in an instant. The others must be taking action, too.
- Sequence 02The defeated Joy Ascendant rose again. Himeko volunteered to stay behind and hold them off, asking you, Ashveil, and Sunday to ascend the tower and confront Fulwish.
- Ashveil: Looks like we aren't the only ones making a move.
- Himeko: Let's make this quick. In the tradition of the Phantasmoon Games, it's Supplicant versus Supplicant...
- Himeko: Audience against audience.
- Ashveil: Then I'll be counting on The Navigator to watch my back.
- Sunday: Please be careful.
- Himeko: (Trailblazer), how should I put it... This feels like destiny.
- Himeko: Fifteen years ago, I defeated the Herald of Death with my own two hands. Fifteen years later, you have donned the Supplicant's mask.
- Himeko: I trust that if I could pull it off, there's no reason you can't do the same.
- Of course. I'll be back before you know it.
- You stay safe, too.
- When we return, tell me about the past.
- Himeko: Go forth, and trailblaze your victory.
- (Go behind the tower in the middle)
- Ashveil: We'll have to deal with the ones in the tower ourselves.
- Sequence 03The broadcast claimed that Jarilo-VI was immediately reduced to an IPC asset right after the Astral Express left. With the elevators and emergency exits completely blocked, Ashveil suggested climbing up the outside of the tower.
- (Approach mission target)
- Broadcast: "Nothing new under the sun. Planarcadia wasn't the first victim."
- Broadcast: "A concerned citizen tipped me off: In fact, Jarilo-VI became an IPC asset practically the moment it waved goodbye to the Express!"
- Broadcast: "What a pity, (Trailblazer). This debate is no longer your show, but a trial for all citizens!"
- Broadcast: "Friends in the audience: Whatever you do, don't look away!"
- ...
- Sunday: Is this the debate Fulwish prepared?
- Sunday: I figured it was a trap, but these tactics are just despicable... It's truly shameful.
- Don't get mad. Action is the best counterattack.
- With me here, that trick won't work.
- Ashveil: Fulwish is stalling for time. At this rate, it'll never end.
- Ashveil: The elevator's cut.
- Ashveil: And the emergency exit's a no-go, too...
- Ashveil: We're short on time. Let's just scale the outside of the tower.
Find a way to the upper floors
- Step DescriptionWhat's that old saying again? When one door closes, another one opens!
- (Enter Interplanar Jump!)
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- Broadcast: "Incredible! Simply incredible! Another viewer from the Xianzhou has dropped a scoop..."
- Victim: "That day, I saw (Trailblazer) getting mixed up with a woman with my very own eyes."
- Victim: "I only found out later that it was Lord Ravager Phantylia!"
- Broadcast: "The Anti-Destruction Alliance? More like the Destruction Alliance! Just one surprise after another!"
- (Exit Interplanar Jump!)
- Sequence 04Ashveil cut the signal cable the moment the broadcast mentioned Penacony. There were no Joy Ascendants roaming in sight, but Ashveil sensed a powerful presence on this floor.
- Broadcast: "The infamous Penacony. Needless to say, this one is the biggest culprit of all..."
- Broadcast: "He—"
- Sunday: Hmm?
- Ashveil: I cut the signal. She kept repeating herself, so I figured I'd make her shush.
- Sunday: Thank you.
- Sunday: ... Though, isn't it a little too quiet?
- Ashveil: Careful, there's something on this floor.
- Ashveil: And it's a big one, too. My arm's starting to twitch.
Continue forward and stop Fulwish's scheme
- Ashveil: The Magical Girl troupe that got here before us... they've also been taken by Fulwish...
- Ashveil: What a shame.
- (Approach mission target)
- Ashveil: Where'd everyone go?
- (Investigate Limited Edition Hovercar, optional)[Is this mission-specific?]
- An IPC-produced Moth Brand high-tech hovercar, the 1997 model from the Arcadian Calendar.
- A limited edition hovercar. It was likely a reward for Fulwish TV, though it's far from being the latest model now.
- (Approach mission target)
- Ashveil: Ha, look who's waiting.
- Ashveil: It's a total mess. We'll have to force our way through.
- (Approach door)
- Ashveil: Watch it, someone's behind that door.
- (Go through the door)
- Ashveil: You! How!?
- Sequence 05You encountered Blade, who had just defeated a massive number of Joy Ascendants. Ashveil nervously asked about Blade's condition. Dan Heng, sent by Himeko to provide backup, arrived and confirmed that Blade could be trusted.
- (Approach Blade)
- Blade: ...
- Ashveil: True enough. With things as they are... how could you possibly remain unaffected?
- Ashveil: Old friend, are you "Yingxing" now...
- Ashveil: ... or "Shuhu"?
- Blade: I... am Blade.
- Ashveil: That's all I wanted to ask.
- Sunday: Let me handle this. Maybe...
- Dan Heng: No need. We can trust him.
- Dan Heng! I missed you so much!
- I'm glad you're safe.
- Dan Heng: I ran into Himeko. She told me to come help you. Sorry, it took some time to get upstairs.
- Blade: ... Seeing you makes me feel much calmer.
- Sequence 06Dan Heng claimed that Blade nearly lost his mind when the disaster broke out and only snapped back to his senses when Yao Guang showed him Yingxing's keepsake. According to the Stellaron Hunters' plan, the 200,000 affected people could be saved if Blade — also a host of Shuhu — took Fulwish's mask.
- Ashveil: Weird. You didn't have an episode?
- Dan Heng: Quite the contrary. When the first wave of the disaster burst out, he nearly lost his sanity.
- Dan Heng: We fought a vicious battle, and paid... a cost. It was only when General Yao Guang showed him Yingxing's hand-forged token that he finally came back to his senses.
- Dan Heng: According to the Stellaron Hunters' plan, Blade must be here.
- Sunday: Let me guess, something to do with stopping Fulwish?
- Dan Heng: Correct. Fulwish sought to exploit the Abundance, but she never expected another host of Shuhu to participate in the Phantasmoon Games.
- Dan Heng: What she can do, he can do too, in a different form. We just need to create an opening for Blade to seize the mask...
- Blade: Then those two hundred thousand people can be saved.
- Ashveil: Don't rule out the other possibility: Everyone dies at your hands.
- Blade: ...
- Ashveil: ...If this were the IPC, they'd throw you in jail for sure.
- Ashveil: But for now, everything depends on you. The common folks are innocent.
- Broadcast: "They're still advancing, trying to bury the truth with violence! But the Astral Express won't succeed! Elation shall not be defiled!"
- Broadcast: "Thank you... everyone in the Smiles Society!"
- Ashveil: Why is there a live audience? Has Fulwish completely lost it?
- ...
- Sunday: They're not like normal people. The vast majority have mutated.
- Sunday: So Fulwish really can manipulate them. But right in front of the cameras? She ought to be avoiding suspicion.
- Broadcast: "Even though the IPC reduced them to this state, their inner desire still brought them back to the side of righteousness!"
- Smiling Flesh: Ha... Haha...
- Ashveil: Healed already? That fast?
- Smiling Flesh: Haha... How can a person full of happiness ever die?
- ...
- Ashveil: What a pain. Drag this out any longer, and we really won't be able to kill them...
- Ashveil: Prepare to break through. Let's go!
- (Begin battle against
Joy Ascendant ×1; 
Magical Girl Troupe ×1) -
- (After Raging Waves of Malice takes action for the first time)
- Dan Heng: They're even tougher to deal with than before.
- Ashveil: Wishpower is interfering with the battle. In this game, the audience's gaze is strength.
- (Battle ends)
Looks like there's an incoming message...
- Step DescriptionThe IPC, the Stellaron Hunters, the Astral Express...
What an unbreakable alliance.
Anyway, let's all work together for now to stop Fulwish.
- Sequence 07With too many enemies, Ashveil wanted to stay behind and hold them off. Pearl sent a transmission stating that an unknown force was spreading the disaster's influence, and dispatched a data slice of Silver Wolf to help you hack into the network and track down the culprit.
- Ashveil: ... There's no other choice. I'll stay behind and hold them off.
- Sunday: That plays right into their hands. Splitting up the Supplicants puts us at a disadvantage.
- Ashveil: It's better than us all getting stuck here together. Besides, if you guys aren't around, I'll finally get a chance to show off a little.
- Ashveil: Go on. I won't die.
- ???: Mr. Ashveil, I posit: Your deduction contains flaws and is untenable.
- Pearl: I propose: Retract your statement, lest your wish to "die peacefully in bed" become impossible to fulfill.
- Ashveil: You certainly have impeccable timing. Don't tell me you're already at Pier Point?
- Pearl: I gave a hacker an assignment to track down the mastermind, but it seems she's gotten herself stuck.
- Pearl: The signal from the TV station is causing interference with our comms. We can't keep this line open for long.
- Blade: And it won't take long for them to revive, either.
- Pearl: Long story short, the principle behind the Joy Ascendants is this: Certain suggestive information interfered directly with their synesthesia beacons, activating the implanted flesh of Shuhu.
- Pearl: Patients undergoing Happiness Surgery all became Supplicants, so it's no surprise they were affected by Wishpower. But the second wave of mutations sent everyday people and mechatrons nearby into a frenzy as well.
- Picture missing
- Pearl: Conclusion: An unknown force is spreading its influence... An emotional plague.
- Ashveil: ...Shoot. So just taking out Fulwish won't be enough.
- Ashveil: And you? You're just gonna stand there and watch?
- Pearl: I've got to keep tracking the lost hacker. For now, I can only send "her" to assist you.
- Picture missing
- IPC Wolf: "Hello! Please support the IPC! All for the Amber Lord!"
- Ashveil: What's this?
- Pearl: That hacker's data slice. It will help you eliminate potential threats.
- Pearl: Spatially speaking, you're in the optimal spot to initiate the hack. Load it onto the nearby terminal, quick.
- Ashveil: Just looking at this screen ticks me off. I wanted to smash it anyway, so this kills two birds with one stone.
Team up with "IPC Wolf" to eliminate potential threats
- Step DescriptionUse the data slices provided by "IPC Wolf" to stop the TV station from continuing to broadcast false information about the Express Crew.
- (Enter Interplanar Jump!)
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- Broadcast: "You won't even spare the World in Canvas? I do not wish to meet violence with violence, but your actions are simply too despicable!"
The Meanie Kiddie will emerge from the screen and go On the Heels of the Trailblazemon to attack. Once it stops, move quickly to dodge the follow-up strike!
The Meanie Kiddie will emerge from the screen and go On the Heels of the Trailblazemon to attack. Once it stops, move quickly to dodge the follow-up strike!The Meanie Kiddie's attacks can also detonate bombs, so use that to your advantage and blow up the bombs in your path!
The Meanie Kiddie's attacks can also detonate bombs, so use that to your advantage and blow up the bombs in your path!- Sunday: Her emotions shifted slightly. Looks like we're pushing the right buttons.
- (Detonate the Silver Wolf bomb)
- Ashveil: This bootleg Silver Wolf is actually pretty useful.
- Pearl: A mass production plan is already in the works.
- (Go through the teleporter)
- Broadcast: "They're still advancing, trying to bury the truth with violence! But the Astral Express won't succeed! Elation shall not be defiled!"
- (Exit Interplanar Jump!)
Did the hack work...?
- Step DescriptionThat annoying broadcast finally stopped, but... looks like something unexpected just happened.
- Sequence 08"Meanie Kiddies" appeared in massive numbers. Sunday recognized them as the Imagenated Creations of the 200,000 victims' "Supplicant's Masks," and that they were the ones manipulating the Joy Ascendants. To stop Fulwish, these smiling faces must be eliminated.
- Ashveil: Okay, looks like it worked. But why is it just the screen...
- Ashveil: Pearl?
- Ashveil: Can't get through again. Whatever...
- ???: Haha, how could that ever work? Peasant!
- Ashveil: Peasant?
- "Meanie Kiddie": I'm talking about you! Hahaha!
- "Meanie Kiddie": Yeah, hahahahaha.
- Sunday: Looks like this is the "unknown force" Madam Pearl mentioned.
- Sunday: They... are imagenated creations born from the synesthesia beacons... the Supplicant Masks of those two hundred thousand victims.
- Ashveil: No wonder the Joy Ascendants got tougher the more we fought. It wasn't their flesh and blood getting stronger. It was these weirdos pulling the strings.
- Sunday: If we don't get rid of these smiley faces, there's no way we can stop Fulwish.
- "Meanie Kiddie": Why start analyzing now? Don't bother. Just empty your mind. Isn't that happiness?
- Ashveil: Let's focus on what's right in front of us. If we can see it, we can deal with it.
- Sequence 09The "Meanie Kiddie" prevented you from seeing your companions and attempted to pick you off one by one. Before vanishing, Sunday asked you to rendezvous at the top of the tower. Meanwhile, numerous "Meanie Kiddies" fused into a giant smiley face.
- Ashveil: Stand back, everyone... Watch out for friendly fire...
- Ashveil: Hmm?
- Ashveil: Hey, where's (Trailblazer)?
- I'm right here.
- Something the matter?
- Blade: ...Something's off. Dan Heng?
- Dan Heng: So you noticed it too... We're disappearing, one by one.
- (Trailblazer): What are you guys talking about?
- Sunday: It's you...
- "Meanie Kiddie": Hehe, do you like it? We turn a blind eye to one another. In our hearts, there is only "me."
- "Meanie Kiddie": Self-absorbed... Haha, blind to everyone else...
- Sunday: It doesn't matter if you can see or not. (Trailblazer), let's meet at the top of the tower!
- (Trailblazer): ...!?
- "Meanie Kiddie": Going to the top of the tower? Haha, you're too late.
- "Meanie Kiddie": You'll be picked off, one by one.
- "Meanie Kiddie": Your companions are right beside you, yet you will die alone.
- "Meanie Kiddie": Truly unfortunate, and truly funny!
- (Trailblazer): They disappeared... What's going on?
- ???: Disappeared? No, no, no...
- Giant Smiley Face: It's merging into one, never to be parted again.
- Sequence 10The giant smiley face calling itself "Meanie Phantasmoon" announced that you were the first lucky winner voted to be executed. Anyone who wasn't smiling would face judgment!
- Giant Smiley Face: Congratulations! You're the first lucky soul... to be voted off!
- What the heck are you?
- Giant Smiley Face: Guess! Struggle harder!
- You're nothing but Fulwish's lie.
- Giant Smiley Face: Quite the contrary. I am the truest portrayal of this arcadia...
- Giant Smiley Face: Let me announce the answer: Standing before you is the "Wishpower of the Rabble"!
- "Meanie Phantasmoon": I am the mask everyone wears for themselves, Planarcadia's snarky Phantasmoon!
- "Meanie Phantasmoon": My heart is filled with sorrow, yet my face is one of infinite joy. For the arcadia is dying, but the people have finally found their wishes.
- "Meanie Phantasmoon": And I am the executor. Those who do not smile shall be tried!
- (Trailblazer): ...
- Sequence 11Silver Wolf interrupted Meanie Phantasmoon's Happiness Syntax and rescued you. She said that an opponent like "Meanie Phantasmoon" usually only showed up in the beginner's tutorial.
- "Meanie Phantasmoon": Would you rather die than laugh?
- "Meanie Phantasmoon": ...
- "Meanie Phantasmoon": Wait, who are you?
- Silver Wolf: Talk is cheap. If you've got the guts, put ME on trial.
- Silver Wolf: This "Meanie" family of yours sure has quite the colorful cast of characters.
- ...You? How!?
- Great Wolf, when did you get here?
- Silver Wolf: I heard someone was messing with my data. I had to come lay down the law.
- Silver Wolf: I'll do you a favor while I'm at it.
- "Meanie Phantasmoon": Little hacker, once I've formatted every byte of your data you won't even be able to record a whimper...
- Silver Wolf: Don't rush. I'll send you to meet "Mr. Meanie" right now.
- Silver Wolf: Take a guess. At which stage does a boss like you usually appear?
- Silver Wolf: Just one place, the tutorial.
Tooltip for 18px|link=ⓘ Sequence 12Silver Wolf shifted into her Lv. 999 form and blew the "Meanie Phantasmoon" apart. "Take a good look at who's taking you out — it's the 'Last Emperor of the Dark Zone'!"- (Cutscene begins)
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- "Meanie Phantasmoon": Mere child's play. What are you so smug about?
- Silver Wolf: A quick victory isn't hard, but I'm being generous today—
- Silver Wolf: By letting you witness the "gap" between us.
- Silver Wolf: Not bad. You've got some moves.
- Silver Wolf: What, you still think you can win?
- Silver Wolf: The "Stellaron Hunter's" mission ends here.
- Silver Wolf: Take a good look at who's taking you out—
- Silver Wolf: It's the "Last Emperor of the Dark Zone"!
- (Cutscene ends)
Chat with Silver Wolf about the current situation
- Step DescriptionGreat wolf, what brings you here?
She seems to be an ally for this operation as well.
Regardless, we must stop Fulwish from further disrupting the peace of Planarcadia.
- Sequence 13Silver Wolf asked you to continue heading to the top of the tower to deal with Fulwish, stating that no one could see the path this time, and that you had to walk it alone. Silver Wolf had her own opponent to challenge — the true "Meanie."
- Silver Wolf: That should put a stop to the endless flame wars.
You look...
- Silver Wolf: Don't. It's a long story.
- Can the Joy Ascendants be restored?
- Silver Wolf: Nope. I can only keep them quiet for a while. Stop them from going crazy again.
- What did you do?
- Silver Wolf: I hacked the beacons, then initiated 200,000 threads of operation. It's a high-level play, but I've got plenty of experience.
- Silver Wolf: You go handle Fulwish.
- Aren't you coming?
- Silver Wolf: You have your games to play... and I have mine.
- Silver Wolf: Oh, one more thing.
- You're not gonna give me any spoilers?
- Silver Wolf: Elio didn't want us to tell you, but we talked it over and decided to ignore him for now.
- Silver Wolf: This time, no one can see the path ahead. You're going to have to walk it alone.
- Silver Wolf: Go. I wish you good luck.
- Silver Wolf: ...
- Silver Wolf: You've got quite the patience, eavesdropping for this long.
- Silver Wolf: A real "mean" one.
- Silver Wolf: Let's see just how long you can hide!
Be careful of that sphere
- Step Description"Mr. Meanie?" I knew it. This isn't going to be that simple.
Wait, there seems to be something hiding behind that sphere...
- Tooltip for 18px|link=ⓘ Sequence 14"Mr. Meanie" claimed that in one possibility, Silver Wolf would stand at the pinnacle of Emanators of Elation and would clear all games, and thus, there would be no more laughter. The Phantasmoon Games would also march toward "Destruction."
- "Mr. Meanie?": Is this for the sake of ceremony again?
- Silver Wolf: You finally showed up, mastermind.
- Silver Wolf: One more round! How about it?
- "Mr. Meanie?": Such a pity. If (he'd/
she'd) stuck around a little longer, (he/ she) would have witnessed an even more interesting truth. - "Mr. Meanie?": Is this appearance a future you've borrowed? In a certain possibility, you stand at the pinnacle of the Emanators of Elation, the universe's one and only true player!
- Silver Wolf: For you, this is the last time.
- "Mr. Meanie?": I can tell. Right now, I'd be wise to stay out of the line of fire.
- Silver Wolf: Scared? Too late.
- Silver Wolf: How many more aces do you have up your sleeve? Play them one by one. I'm watching.
- "Mr. Meanie?": You'll see. Just not right now.
- "Mr. Meanie?": Don't misunderstand, hacker. I'm only stepping behind the curtain because tonight's "comedy" stars someone else.
- "Mr. Meanie?": The Phantasmoon Games will continue, marching towards Destruction just as Amphoreus did...
- "Mr. Meanie?": Take a guess... This time, who will be mourning when the clock finally runs out?
- "Mr. Meanie?": Every game already cleared. No more challenges, no more thrills... and naturally, no more laughter. Just... silence. Haha, how many times have you worn that bored expression now?
- Sequence 15Thanks to Pearl's efforts, the tide of public opinion had started to turn. You recovered from your daze. As promised, you must meet up with your companions at the top of the tower.
- (Trailblazer): ...The noise is gone.
- (Trailblazer): Silver Wolf said just now... that this time, no one can see the path ahead...
- (Trailblazer): So even the "script" stops working sometimes?
- ...
- (Trailblazer): Looks like the winds of public opinion are starting to shift.
- Broadcast: "The IPC is interfering with the live broadcast, but Fulwish TV will never yield!"
- Broadcast: "We will fight those despicable Supplicants from beyond the sky to the bitter end!"
- (Trailblazer): As agreed, we'll meet up at the top of the tower.
- (Trailblazer): Let's go. We shouldn't keep everyone waiting.
Continue forward and stop Fulwish's scheme
- Step DescriptionYou have been separated from your companions, but do not worry. You know how reliable the Express Crew members are.
Keep moving forward and regroup with everyone at the top of the tower.
- (Go through the door)
- (Trailblazer): Silver Wolf was right. The Joy Ascendants have calmed down.
- (Approach Interplanar Jump! pipe)
- (Trailblazer): We're going up through the elevator shaft this time...?
- (Enter Interplanar Jump!)
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- (Unlock Achievement HelpBot, Evolution!)
An item in Interplanar Jump!. Once obtained, the HelpBot in Servitor Mode gains a Trampoline function for that round of Interplanar Jump! When a Trailblazemon jumps while standing on the upgraded Mechanical Helper, jump height is increased.
An item in Interplanar Jump!. Once obtained, the HelpBot in Servitor Mode gains a Trampoline function for that round of Interplanar Jump! When a Trailblazemon jumps while standing on the upgraded Mechanical Helper, jump height is increased.
- (Halfway through the level)
- Furbulitzer: "Boss, boss, do you copy?"
- Furbulitzer: "We're doing everything we can to get those counter-articles out, so don't you dare lose!"
- Broadcast: "Facing public condemnation, the Astral Express appears to be stricken with guilt, and has ceased its attacks on the Joy Ascendants..."
- ...
- (Exit Interplanar Jump!)
Head to the Director Office and stop Fulwish's scheme
- Step DescriptionThe Director Office is just ahead. For her own selfish ends, Fulwish has used "Happiness Surgery" to prey upon so many innocent citizens.
We must bring her to justice on behalf of the Express Crew and everyone in Planarcadia.
- Sunday: "We're through. (Trailblazer), don't let your guard down."
- Sunday: "Fulwish looks... strange..."
- (In the background without subtitles)
- Broadcast: "Friends in the audience, the killer is coming right for me."
- Broadcast: "But I'm not afraid. Not when I have all of you by my side."
- (Approach the door)
- (Receive message from Sparxie)
Messages
SparxieGray HairBe very carefulYou're finally here
You're finally hereAlmost forgot about youAlmost forgot about youAny good news?Fulwish's power is called "Happiness Syntax"Sounds fancy, but all it does is manipulate people by stirring up and amplifying their inner desiresThe bad news is, this trick works best in Planarcadia.Too lateWord about her abilities is already spreading far and wideYou've said the bad news, so what's the good news?Any good news?You've said the bad news, so what's the good news?Sparxicle just fought her way out of the tavern! Going back live soon!Good luck with that then. Later!
- (Open the door)
- Broadcast: "...Come. I'll be waiting for you in the control room."
- Sequence 16You entered the broadcasting room. Fulwish's projection materialized and claimed she never intended to use the "Happiness Syntax" on you, nor did she ever plan to defeat you. Fulwish asked you to recall the last time you let out a peal of laughter.
- (Go through the door)
- Fulwish: "Look, ladies and gentlemen... Our 'hero' has arrived."
- Fulwish: Bearing vanity, violence, and that signature baseball bat... Here you are.
- You done slinging mud?
- Fulwish: Not at all. I'm nowhere near done.
- Fulwish: Do you see? Hundreds of millions of expectant eyes... The "mud" you speak of is sweet dew to them.
- No one can protect you.
- Fulwish: That's right. You're just one step away from taking me down.
- Fulwish: Do you see them? Hundreds of millions of expectant eyes... You want to make a move? Be my guest.
- Oh no, I let her speak...
- Fulwish: Relax, (Trailblazer). I don't intend to use "Happiness Syntax" on you.
- Fulwish: I never planned on defeating you, or that star-studded team backing you up. Each one of you is a ticking time bomb. A single stomp, and the shockwaves could shatter Planarcadia.
- Fulwish: The outcome of this game is all too clear:
- Fulwish: Forces from beyond the sky vie for supremacy, ultimately destroying Planarcadia. History remembers it as the "Cosmic Bloodstained Games."
- That won't happen.
- (Trailblazer): That won't happen...
- Nobody cares.
- (Trailblazer): No one cares about your excuses...
- I got all of that on record.
- (Trailblazer): I hope you know I got all that on record?
- (Trailblazer): Just kidding... I don't need to resort to that...
- (Trailblazer): Because I'm going to defeat you and put an end to all this.
- Fulwish: Then do you remember the last time you had a good laugh?
- Fulwish: Let me help jog your memory.
- Sequence 17Fulwish showcased an internet phenomenon. In the face of anomalous disasters, people were either amazed, exploitative, self-righteous, or completely indifferent. No one cared about the consequences or the truth.
- Panicked Streamer: I saw it! A living, breathing person turned into a flower right in front of me... and it was giggling!
- Voice from Elsewhere: Someone, anyone! Save us! Where is the IPC? Where is the Department of Aberration Defense?
- Fulwish: Pitiful souls. And laughable, too.
- Fanatical Streamer: There is no need for panic! The Research Society of Happy Smiles foresaw this calamity long ago!
- Fanatical Streamer: We hereby proudly recommend our health tonic, the "Rejuvenation Fountain"! It wards off the Abundance and reverses disease! Please look for—
- Fulwish: Idiots trying to profit from a disaster... They can't even save themselves.
- Self-Proclaimed Expert: Uh, looking at the wording in the evacuation notice... I see the IPC's fingerprints all over this. I think the Express is just taking the fall.
- Righteous Expert: No, if you ask me, this is absolutely a Foxian conspiracy!
- Unflappable Expert: Foolishness, sheer foolishness! I call upon us — no, it is imperative — to convene the Arcadia Council immediately and reach a consensus on the following: to reclassify the Joy Ascendants as a brand-new subtype of imagenae...
- Hostess: And then what?
- Unflappable Expert: Uh... and then, um... accept them with all your heart, and one day you'll be able to coexist peacefully!
- Fulwish: All these years later, and it's still the same bunch of idiots running the show.
- Sparxie: Yoo-hoo! What's up, chat! Surprise! Didn't see that one coming, did ya?
- Sparxie: Just days after getting my channel banned, Sparxicle is back to bring you the biggest surprise of the century!
- Sparxie: That's right, I'm laying my cards on the table! This whole laughter-filled carnival is my masterpiece! So do me a favor with those lucky little fingers of yours and hit that follow button—
- Fulwish: So, she's still alive after all.
Head to the rooftop and stop Fulwish's scheme
- Step DescriptionFulwish, the mastermind behind the "Happiness Surgery."
It's time to end this once and for all.
- Sequence 18Fulwish found Planarcadia utterly absurd, believing that everyone's suffering stemmed from Aha's sneering. Sunday and the others rushed to the broadcast room, where Fulwish invited you to a final showdown at the top of the tower.
- Fulwish: Do you see it? The true face of Planarcadia.
- Fulwish: You try to defend yourself. But from start to finish, few actually care.
- Fulwish: Why are they laughing? No one cares. This is my home, an absurd arcadia that performs a farce in the name of elation.
- Fulwish: Everyone's suffering is worthy of THEIR laughter.
- Sunday: You think you're wide awake, yet you're the one who's fallen deepest into the dream.
- Ashveil: Use "tuning" to make her confess to the public.
- Ashveil: Also, we need to pry out of her how to undo the transformations...
- (Trailblazer): Or, Fulwish, you can do it yourself.
- (Trailblazer): This is your last chance.
- Fulwish: Once the transformation starts, there's no stopping it. Killing me won't do you any good.
- Fulwish: Besides, aren't you the ones to blame for all this?
- Blade: You're a stubborn one.
- Fulwish: Your "kindness" is laughable. How can a fool's play end in a boring epiphany?
- Fulwish: Come, then. I've set the stage for a bloody spectacle.
- Fulwish: Right at the top of the Seafeld TV Tower... Prepare to welcome the climax of this game.
- Sequence 19To catch up with Fulwish as quickly as possible, Silver Wolf opened a shortcut for you, leading straight to the top of the tower via the passage inside the painting.
- Blade: Cowardly vermin.
- Sunday: We need to catch her. Immediately.
- Silver Wolf: ...I've gotta hand it to you guys. It takes real patience to sit through all her jibber-jabber.
- Silver Wolf: Go on. I'll open a shortcut for you.
- Silver Wolf: I'd like to see what other tricks she has up her sleeve.
Enter the "shortcut" prepared by Silver Wolf
- Step DescriptionThe best way to stop Fulwish? Show everyone her true colors.
Now, head to the rooftop of the Seafeld TV Tower. It's time for the grand finale.
- (Talk to Producer, optional)
- Producer: Hahahaha! Director Fulwish, you were born to be an actor.
- Producer: A victim of the Bloodstained Games, walking out of the shadows step by step to become a symbol of Happiness, and creating the greatest miracle in viewership history.
- What are you talking about?
- Producer: Soon, you will understand everything. She is like my daughter, my creation! My Goddess!
- Ashveil: Ignore him, he's completely lost it.
- (Investigate A Pile of Chairs, optional)
- A villain who meticulously decorates the map just to deliver a few cool lines... talk about a boring sense for drama.
- Come to think of it, how did Fulwish manage to move all these chairs here by herself?
- (Investigate Joy Ascendant on the ground, optional)
- Joy Ascendant: Have you come to seek happiness as well...?
- Joy Ascendant: Don't rush. Just wait for THEM to wake up... and there won't be any more pain...
- Joy Ascendant: No one... will be left out...
- (Enter Interplanar Jump!)
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- Silver Wolf: Blaming me for cheating? Hmph, ban my account if you dare!
- Silver Wolf: Take this. System crash!
- Blade: These vines... it's THEM.
- Ashveil: The shadow is stirring. I hope it doesn't come to that.
- Silver Wolf: Pathway generated. Obstacles cleared.
- Silver Wolf: Pick up the speed! Faster!
- (Exit Interplanar Jump!)
- Sequence 20Fulwish and the "source" of Shuhu's flesh were just ahead. Time would wait for no one. Head to the top of the tower as soon as possible.
- Dan Heng: Fulwish, and the "source" of Shuhu's flesh... they're just up ahead.
- Ashveil: What a mess.
- Let's go.
- (Begin Happiness, or a Fatal Ailment)
I need a moment to get ready.
- Dan Heng: Time waits for no one. Make it quick.
Head to the rooftop and stop Fulwish's scheme
- (Talk to Dan Heng)
- Dan Heng: Are you ready? A fierce battle is ahead of us.
- Let's go.
- (Begin Happiness, or a Fatal Ailment)
- I need a moment to get ready.
- Dan Heng: Time waits for no one. Make it quick.
Trivia
- The name of this mission is a reference to sociologist Zygmunt Bauman's topic of "liquid modernity," also known as "late modernity."
- Generative grammar is a theory in linguistics which proposes that grammar is made up of rules that allow native speakers to very rarely (if ever) produce ungrammatical sentences, and that such grammar is a reflection of humans' natural cognition.
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | The Generative Grammar of Liquid Modernity |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 液态现代性的生成语法 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 液態現代性的生成語法 |
| Japanese | 液状化する社会の生成文法 |
| Korean | 액체 현대성의 생성 문법 |
| Spanish | La gramática generativa de la modernidad líquida |
| French | Grammaire générative de la modernité liquide |
| Russian | Порождающая грамматика жидкой современности |
| Thai | การกำเนิดไวยากรณ์ แบบยุคสมัยใหม่อันลื่นไหล |
| Vietnamese | Ngữ Pháp Tạo Sinh Của Tính Hiện Đại Thể Lỏng |
| German | Die generative Grammatik der flüchtigen Moderne |
| Indonesian | Tata Bahasa Pembentukan Modernitas Cair |
| Portuguese | A Gramática Gerativa da Modernidade Líquida |
Change History
Released in Version 4.2
