I actually considered bringing Frostnova back (having Nicole would alter the Lungmen arc and she'd end up surviving in a critical state, stuck in a bed for the forseeable future) but then I realized that amount of cope was not healthy. Yuri fans, Frostnova fans... You have to let go.
I don't think Nicole was selectable as the Protag? So I guess we start in Terra at somewhere else, meet up with Nicole, then bump into Frostnova in Lungmen? Not sure how having Nicole would lead to her surviving unless her smoke allowed a unlethal takedown or something.
The tall, aged man with green-tinted glasses and a wild rainbow-dyed mane reaching his neck is sitting behind his desk, cleaning a purple sheath with a piece of cloth.
Uh, I know that the City has all sorts of body mods and stuff but isn't this too garish-
Wait it's Turbulence Office lore. Never mind, it fits.
"I was trying to make it in the Armorless Union, but some rich girl found out about my gun, even hired some goons to beat me down for it. Ended up having to kill her when she invaded my apartment."
Is this someone we know or just some rando?
He leaves, and you're alone in the railings of the landship, staring at the landscape of the "Grand Knight Territory." It's an enormous city- reminds you of some of the busier Nests. Billboards and ads everywhere. It looks very vibrant, but there's some policy saying you can't get everywhere you want- only the Infected zone, and only accompanying a Rhodes Island operation.
It'll make searching for Linette difficult, but if she's a famed knight here and Beats is working as an announcer, it shouldn't be too complicated to contact them… but how?
Yeah, that's a drawback. Doesn't matter much here because we're gonna crash into our team/our enemies/everyone regardless, but that restriction could chafe a little in the future.
>access Operator Record:Sarasa
Accessing information…
Wait what? Whose looking us up?
No this is Closure right? From last update.
Operator Sarasa is a mercenary that leads the same organization that Operators Smokestack and Danmaku are a part of- Turbulence Office. While undergoing treatment for his Arts-induced injury, he decided to apply for a job at Rhodes Island with other members of his Office- namely, Operators Tendril, Lineage and Nio. The leader of Turbulence Office is completely different from the two other members we've seen so far- being friendly, easygoing and generally trying to push his former subordinates into social interaction.
Tendril? Really, Capone? That's the best name you could come up with?
[ ] T-Corp Temporal Flux Storage Prototype
[ ] "Book of the Dreaming Current"
[ ] HP-Based Emergency Resuscitation Protocol
[ ] Non-Originium Firearm Dossier
[ ] Lech's Testimony On "The Smoke War"
So Closure is gonna take a peek at T-Corp bullshit, Abno bullshit, K-Corp bullshit, guns that doesn't require cancer crystal (and would probably send the angels into a frothing mess), and a history lesson.
She's Head of Engineering, so would what she look up give her ideas?
T-Corp stuff could do stuff like store, slow down and speed up time, the most notable being able to rewind time and erase wounds. It's also an enormous energy hog. Not something we can use often if at all, but when you need it you really need it.
Dreaming Current...EGO gear is probably too much, so maybe a general sensor for Light/Abnos? Defenses or Qliphoth Deterrence? Fish-based equipment? I don't know if she can even do anything with this, she's a engineer and hacker, she doesn't specialize eldritch abominations or books.
The HP thing, I don't know exactly how it works, but it meshes well Rhodes Island medical specialty and just generally good for keeping people alive. It said emergency, so it's not the general healing nanomachines I guess?
Firearms are firearms. Not bad, and workshop gear can get pretty nuts, but is ultimately lackluster compared to the other options. Also I think the angels have a thing against other races using real guns?
Smoke gear. Maybe recreate Puffy Brume, slap that shit on everyone and start running a smoke team. Have Nicole go to town. Maybe connect some dots what Nicole's deal is.
[X] HP-Based Emergency Resuscitation Protocol
Might help for keeping the squishier people alive.
