We start in the Divine Mother Church as a hooded man tells Noir about his concerns with La Pucelle. Noir is unphased by our actions because he has the populace, but he settles his assistant down by reminding him the plans are already in motion. All they need now is the Dark Prince.
We then cut to Father Salade's office, where everyone but Prier is. After the team complains that she slept in again, Colette runs to wake her up. As he gets to the door, it's thrown open as our tardy MC finally hits the scene. She then wonders where Colette is before seeing him cowering near the door, rubbing his hurt head from an unknown collision. She's upset and confused as her allies continue to chastise her for the sleep schedule, so Salade punches her in the back of the head... Child abuse by a religious figure is always funny.
Presumably, after Prier wakes up from her attack, Salade informs everyone that he's received reports of odd activity coming from the Menure Forest. He doesn't know if they're monsters of demons but warns us of the growing dark energies caused by the Divine Mother. A quasi-anime cutscene shows that informs us that the Dark Prince is to Calamity as the Main of Light is to Poitenne, which Colette narrates. The party heads off to investigate the issue at the fish forest, so there we head.
It's infested with hairballs. Alouette senses no soul in them and assumes they're homunculus like creatures. Prier decides the best course of action now is to simply eradicate the furballs. There's a lot of them, but they don't pose a real threat yet. They have an annoying ability to turn a character into one of them, but it can be cured and wears off in time. Their physical attacks are pathetic, but they can use a move called Static. I didn't see it used here, but it'll get used in the future. I did get one to join the team for the sake of having one. After the fight, the party has a decision to make. Alouette reminds Prier that she's in charge, for some reason, and we can now choose where to go. Do we venture into the forest to find the source or return to the city? Colette has antics with the furballs in the background.
I chose to go into the forest. We saw a scene with a bald dude complaining about losing his hair a few nights ago. Barson's House starts off with us seeing the lumberjack still bald. As we approach him, though. he drinks something the Divine Mother gave him, and his hair regrows in an instant! The long, flowing mane of black hair has raised his confidence, and he's asked his dream girl to be in a relationship. Suzette said yes! We try to inform him what he's drinking is bad for the world, but he doesn't care. Croix and Colette understand what Barson is going through, so they don't really help Prier. A battle takes place with more furballs, but it isn't necessary to do.
Return to the city, and we'll bump into Suzette. Prier tries to convince her to tell Barson to stop drinking his potion, but she doesn't want him to. She's a shallow woman and only dates handsome guys, which she thinks Barson is because of his hair. It is pretty good hair, I will say. She said Prier could never understand because "you're just a kid." This stuns the kid, and Suzette walks away, ending the conversation. We return to Barson, who has company. It's a member of the Divine Mother. As it always happens with these guys, we get into a fight.
It's not with a Gargoyle, but a new demon type named Belial. He's accompanied by a lot more furballs, and he lets them do all the work. Even the horde of furs can't stop us, so it quickly leaves him one-on-eight. Along with a few Miracles, we make short work of him. The demon is still alive but just to lament his weakness of being killed by humans. As a final act, he threatens to blow up the entire forest! As he's about to, Noir teleports in. He uses a spell to complexity wipe him from the world. Prier asks why he didn't allow his underling to follow through, and Noir says he's not in the business of indiscriminate killing. As he starts to walk away, Croix points his guns at his back and questions why he isn't going to kill us. Noir finds us weak and pathetic; not worth the time. Croix shoots him, but it does nothing as he ports away. Alouette senses a power far beyond our reasoning in him and is happy to see him go without further trouble.
Barson is upset that his hair supplier is gone and even more worried his dream girl will leave him. We don't know the outcome of the relationship, but the party starts talking about love. The men still understand where our lumberjack is coming from, but Prier begins to wonder what love feels like. She's been so preoccupied with becoming the Maiden of Light that she's never even thought about the emotion. Her thoughts turn to complimenting Croix, which shocks her a little bit. When he wakes her from her stupor, she suddenly sees him in a different light. I've forgotten why, but Alouette ends up hitting Prier with a book, and that's how we end the chapter. Colette warns us that no one knew how things were about to turn out. Has this entire game been an FFX flashback?
I forgot what it ended up because I got the bad ending. Bunch of bologna! The good ending ends the same as the bad ending, but it's just different in how we get there. Besides, even if Barson and Susy break up, it's best for him. No one should date a stuck up girl like that. Regardless, I got jack nothing for rewards, but we can at least see where the common RPG love interest is going. How old is Crois, thought?
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