The House of Spiders: The Index Nursefather - Yi Sang
A life wherein one is granted not choices to make, but instead, choices made... <color=#50acff><size=60%><i>*beep*</i></size></color> Hah. Would that my darling daughter, too, could have felt the mirth that colors such a life.
| HP | 66.0 + (3.03*lvl) |
| DEF |
| Trigger | Dialogue |
|---|---|
| Identity Acquisition | A life wherein one is granted not choices to make, but instead, choices made... <color=#50acff><size=60%><i>*beep*</i></size></color> Hah. Would that my darling daughter, too, could have felt the mirth that colors such a life. |
| Morning Greeting | When the dawn's cold exhale begins, my predilection compels me to reach for a volume and trace its paper paths. I plant bookmarks between pages that I might read their passages to my darling daughter once she comes home. The lone ribbon marker fastened on the spine—that, I let rest as our roadblock to the tale's end. |
| Afternoon Greeting | Were mirrors to resemble the pages of a book, I would need but turn a single page to find the season that I had once resisted. Yet my visage, seared and scorched, permits me not a day of reprieve from pain—oh, how it aches even under the gentlest sun. No... perhaps it is better thus, for I may peer into the reflection cast upon that page and retrace the faint footprints of daughter of mine and me. |
| Evening Greeting | What circumstance could have bidden you to come here at so profound an hour of night, Don...? <color=#50acff><size=60%><i>*beep*</i></size></color> Hmm... Ah. I see. You were seeking to stroll beneath the night sky alongside your Nursefather. |
| Chatter #1 | This place... is a nest woven for Spiders. Thus, by the geometry of inevitability... <color=#50acff><size=60%><i>*beep*</i></size></color> it is only natural that the prey will flock here into its invisible webs to nourish it. Here in this den, Spiders need not depart to hunt, nor endure the days unfed. What reason do I have... to ascertain whether I am in any need to leave behind a life so convenient? |
| Chatter #2 | That child, you see... Hm. She was possessed of a most extraordinary remarkability. Her aptitude, her ability to sense the currents of time stood apart above all. Upon returning from her "homework," she observed us removing a spiral-impaled Saru from the Time Vault—and I spied a most curious glint in her gaze. And indeed, the glint was the spark of wit, the realization that she may slink in and out of the Time Vault in the narrow interstices of the Nursefathers' vigilance. You would concede that such shrewdness is nothing short of a testament to her brilliance. Alas, to her detriment... a child's brilliant wit is still that of a mere "child." |
| Chatter #3 | This life of mine... may be likened to a spiral in motion. Ever pressing toward its conclusion, yet ever slowing its pace—and thus condemned to never meet its endpoint. So it is with my darling daughter. A grinding machine, an incinerator... or a spiderweb within a pit—for the creation of these things have I placed both my daughter and this life of mine on the spiral. Observed from afar, the cavalcade and entanglement of us are no different in form from the very spiral we stand upon... a veritable proof of the metaphor's veracity. <color=#50acff><size=60%><i>*beep*</i></size></color> There. You heard it too, I trust—how this "mirth" declines the ending. |
| Post-Uptie Chat 1 | This time, it would appear to be... <color=#50acff><size=60%><i>*beep*</i></size></color> a bastard sword. Mm, and following thereafter... <color=#50acff><size=60%><i>*beep*</i></size></color> a scythe. Today, as ever, the Prescript demonstrates... a most noble taste in its choice of weaponry. |
| Post-Uptie Chat 2 | By day as by night, this City... shows itself only as a pale blur, as though the rain has washed its silhouette white. And so I am spared the need for an umbrella; nor would a parasol serve me come the sunshine of fine weather. I have only to wield that which the Prescript has graced me and brandish it... Even if the world as my sight beholds it should be ever drowned in white, I shall not be troubled. |
| Idle | ... Flying off into the distance, the butterfly answered thus: "Let despair take hold at long last, and close your heart to the beautiful sky above until it ceases to stir any feelings. That is the only way... to be truly free of the web." |
| Uptying | <color=#50acff><size=60%><i>*beep*</i></size></color> "Lance the heart and hang upside-down." <color=#50acff><size=60%><i>*beep*</i></size></color> "Peck away with a sword and gnaw." <color=#50acff><size=60%><i>*beep*</i></size></color> ... There is no cause for you to harbor resentment. Your death... must itself have been ordained by the Prescript's pleasure. |
| Deployment | <color=#50acff><size=60%><i>*beep*</i></size></color> I have confirmed the target. Let us get started. |
| Stage Entry | <color=#50acff><size=60%><i>*beep*</i></size></color> ... Thus it is decided, the storybook for today's reading. |
| Viewed in Battle | It would seem... that I am "frozen" still. |
| Commencing Attack | How far, I wonder, are you resolved to go? |
| Enemy Stagger | That glimmer of sorrow in your eyes... makes quite a fine sight. |
| Staggered | Haha. |
| Enemy Killed | Because a brief sting... paid a visit to my heart. |
| Death | ... How... lonely. |
| Check Passed | <color=#50acff><size=60%><i>*beep*</i></size></color> There was nothing particularly worthy of note. |
| Check Failed | <color=#50acff><size=60%><i>*beep*</i></size></color> It simply came to pass. That is all there is to it. |
| Victory Cry | Though the execution may have fallen short of brushing the hem of flawlessness... it is enough so long as this Prescript is brought to fulfillment. There is yet another singular Prescript, for which I am waiting still... and must escort to its terminus. |
| Extra Conditions Fulfilled | Immaculate in its completion, so it would seem. However... <color=#50acff><size=60%><i>*beep*</i></size></color> that which I await yet remains suspended, lingering beyond any promise of arrival. Does this inertia then bid me to persist as "nothing" still? |
| Defeat Wail | There come moments wherein I find myself longing to be tagged unfrozen; alas, my darling daughter appears to have mislaid the memory to do so. <color=#50acff><size=60%><i>*beep*</i></size></color> Hah... how draining this is. Yet I persist, for the device is yet to quiet, and respite from the engenderment of this spiraling motion is a luxury well without my reach. |
Prescript Delivered on a Device
Turn Start:
- Gain <<((IndexPrescriptYi_0))Prescript: [Device] I>> / <<((IndexPrescriptYi_1))Prescript: [Device] II>> / <<((IndexPrescriptYi_2))Prescript: [Device] III>> / <<((IndexPrescriptYi_3))Prescript: [Device] IV>> based on <<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage on self
- Inflict <<((IndexPrescriptTargetToEnemy))The Prescript's Target>> to a random enemy (in Focused Encounters, a Part)
- Apply <<((IndexPrescriptTargetMarkToEnemy))Mark of the Prescript>> to Base Attack Skills on this unit's Dashboard (1 per Slot, max 2 Skills)
· At <<((UnlockBuffAlly_2))Unlock - II>>+, the effect above prioritizes Skill 3 (prioritizes empowered Skill)
- All of the effects above and <<((IndexPrescript_Base_2nd))Prescript>> execution checks do not trigger when this unit is Staggered, Immobilized, in Panic, or in E.G.O Corrosion
Grace of God
SHAMROCK x 1
Deal +5% damage with Slash, Pierce, and Blunt Base Attack Skills that are used for the first time by any ally each turn (once per type across all allies)
- The Index Identities deal +10% damage instead
- This effect's application is determined Before Attack
"Enwrap 330 times in Long Swaths of Frozen Blood"
3 - 9
(75 - (<<((KarmaOfIndexAlly))Karmic Consequence>> / 2))% chance to produce a Blunt weapon
- Coins using Blunt weapons deal +10% damage
If this Skill is marked with <<((IndexPrescriptTargetMarkToEnemy))Mark of the Prescript>>, deal +15% damage
[On Use] Convert Coins equal to (<<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage - 1) into <<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>s, beginning with the final Coin
[On Use] Gain +1 <<((Breath))Poise>> Count
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+3
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+3
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[On Hit] Gain 2 <<((Breath))Poise>>
[On Hit without Cracking] Inflict 1 <<((Sinking))Sinking>>
"Enwrap 330 times in Long Swaths of Frozen Blood"
3 - 9
(75 - (<<((KarmaOfIndexAlly))Karmic Consequence>> / 2))% chance to produce a Blunt weapon
- Coins using Blunt weapons deal +10% damage
If this Skill is marked with <<((IndexPrescriptTargetMarkToEnemy))Mark of the Prescript>>, deal +15% damage
At 6+ (<<((Breath))Poise>> on self + <<((Sinking))Sinking>> on target), Coin Power +1
[On Use] Convert Coins equal to (<<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage - 1) into <<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>s, beginning with the final Coin
[On Use] Gain +2 <<((Breath))Poise>> Count
[On Use] Convert Coins equal to (<<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage - 1) into <<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>s, beginning with the final Coin
[On Use] Gain +
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+3
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+3
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[On Hit] Gain 2 <<((Breath))Poise>>
[On Hit without Cracking] Inflict 1 <<((Sinking))Sinking>>
"Enwrap 330 times in Long Swaths of Frozen Blood"
3 - 11
(75 - (<<((KarmaOfIndexAlly))Karmic Consequence>> / 2))% chance to produce a Blunt weapon
- Coins using Blunt weapons deal +10% damage
If this Skill is marked with <<((IndexPrescriptTargetMarkToEnemy))Mark of the Prescript>>, deal +15% damage
At 6+ (<<((Breath))Poise>> on self + <<((Sinking))Sinking>> on target), Coin Power +1
[On Use] Convert Coins equal to (<<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage - 1) into <<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>s, beginning with the final Coin
[On Use] Gain +2 <<((Breath))Poise>> Count
[On Use] Convert Coins equal to (<<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage - 1) into <<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>s, beginning with the final Coin
[On Use] Gain +
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+4
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+4
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[On Hit] Gain 2 <<((Breath))Poise>>
[On Hit without Cracking] Inflict 1 <<((Sinking))Sinking>>
"Enwrap 330 times in Long Swaths of Frozen Blood"
3 - 11
(75 - (<<((KarmaOfIndexAlly))Karmic Consequence>> / 2))% chance to produce a Blunt weapon
- Coins using Blunt weapons deal +15% damage
If this Skill is marked with <<((IndexPrescriptTargetMarkToEnemy))Mark of the Prescript>>, Clash Power +1 and deal +20% damage
Coin Power +1 for every 6 (<<((Breath))Poise>> on self + <<((Sinking))Sinking>> on target) (max 2)
[On Use] Convert Coins equal to (<<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage - 1) into <<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>s, beginning with the final Coin
[On Use] Gain + 2 <<((Breath))Poise>> Count
If this Skill is marked with <<((IndexPrescriptTargetMarkToEnemy))Mark of the Prescript>>,
[On Use] Convert Coins equal to (<<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage - 1) into <<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>s, beginning with the final Coin
[On Use] Gain + 2 <<((Breath))Poise>> Count
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+4
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+4
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[On Hit] Gain 2 <<((Breath))Poise>>
[On Hit without Cracking] Inflict
"Revel with Soundless Applause, Impale in Voiceless Sorrow"
4 - 13
(75 - (<<((KarmaOfIndexAlly))Karmic Consequence>> / 2))% chance to produce a Pierce weapon
- Coins using Pierce weapons deal +10% damage
If this Skill is marked with <<((IndexPrescriptTargetMarkToEnemy))Mark of the Prescript>>, Clash Power +1
[On Use] Convert Coins equal to (<<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage) into <<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>s, beginning with the final Coin
[On Use] Gain 3 <<((Breath))Poise>>
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+3
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+3
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[On Hit] Inflict 2 <<((Sinking))Sinking>>
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+3
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[On Hit] Gain +1 <<((Breath))Poise>> Count
[On Hit without Cracking] Inflict +1 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> Count
"Revel with Soundless Applause, Impale in Voiceless Sorrow"
4 - 13
(75 - (<<((KarmaOfIndexAlly))Karmic Consequence>> / 2))% chance to produce a Pierce weapon
- Coins using Pierce weapons deal +10% damage
If this Skill is marked with <<((IndexPrescriptTargetMarkToEnemy))Mark of the Prescript>>, Clash Power +1
At 6+ (<<((Breath))Poise>> on self + <<((Sinking))Sinking>> on target), Coin Power +1
[On Use] Convert Coins equal to (<<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage) into <<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>s, beginning with the final Coin
[On Use] Gain 3 <<((Breath))Poise>>
[On Use] Convert Coins equal to (<<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage) into <<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>s, beginning with the final Coin
[On Use] Gain 3 <<((Breath))Poise>>
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+3
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+3
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[On Hit] Inflict 2 <<((Sinking))Sinking>>
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+3
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[On Hit] Gain +1 <<((Breath))Poise>> Count
[On Hit without Cracking] Inflict +1 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> Count
"Revel with Soundless Applause, Impale in Voiceless Sorrow"
4 - 16
(75 - (<<((KarmaOfIndexAlly))Karmic Consequence>> / 2))% chance to produce a Pierce weapon
- Coins using Pierce weapons deal +10% damage
If this Skill is marked with <<((IndexPrescriptTargetMarkToEnemy))Mark of the Prescript>>, Clash Power +1
At 6+ (<<((Breath))Poise>> on self + <<((Sinking))Sinking>> on target), Coin Power +1
[On Use] Convert Coins equal to (<<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage) into <<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>s, beginning with the final Coin
[On Use] Gain 3 <<((Breath))Poise>>
[On Use] Convert Coins equal to (<<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage) into <<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>s, beginning with the final Coin
[On Use] Gain 3 <<((Breath))Poise>>
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+4
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+4
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[On Hit] Inflict 2 <<((Sinking))Sinking>>
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+4
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[On Hit] Gain +1 <<((Breath))Poise>> Count
[On Hit without Cracking] Inflict +1 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> Count
"Revel with Soundless Applause, Impale in Voiceless Sorrow"
4 - 16
(75 - (<<((KarmaOfIndexAlly))Karmic Consequence>> / 2))% chance to produce a Pierce weapon
- Coins using Pierce weapons deal +15% damage
If this Skill is marked with <<((IndexPrescriptTargetMarkToEnemy))Mark of the Prescript>>, Final Power +1
Coin Power +1 for every 6 (<<((Breath))Poise>> on self + <<((Sinking))Sinking>> on target) (max 2)
[On Use] Convert Coins equal to (<<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage) into <<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>s, beginning with the final Coin
[On Use] Gain 3 <<((Breath))Poise>>
If this Skill is marked with <<((IndexPrescriptTargetMarkToEnemy))Mark of the Prescript>>,
[On Use] Convert Coins equal to (<<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage) into <<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>s, beginning with the final Coin
[On Use] Gain 3 <<((Breath))Poise>>
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+4
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+4
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[On Hit] Inflict
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+4
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[On Hit] Gain +
[On Hit without Cracking] Inflict +1 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> Count
"Raise and Laugh the Blade, Cry the Waterfall Like the Scent of Fallen Leaves"
3 - 15
Turn Start: At 9 <<((StackYisangSpecialSkill))Procuration [Hermes]>>, change this Skill to 'Furioso-Replica' (once per turn)
- Prioritizes the Skill on the leftmost Slot's bottom row on the Dashboard
- [Before Use] At less than 9 <<((StackYisangSpecialSkill))Procuration [Hermes]>>, use as Skill 3
(75 - (<<((KarmaOfIndexAlly))Karmic Consequence>> / 2))% chance to produce a Slash weapon
- Coins using Slash weapons deal +12.5% damage
If this Skill is marked with <<((IndexPrescriptTargetMarkToEnemy))Mark of the Prescript>>, deal +10% damage
At 6+ (<<((Breath))Poise>> on self + <<((Sinking))Sinking>> on target), Coin Power +1
[On Use] Convert Coins equal to (<<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage) into <<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>s, beginning with the final Coin
[On Use] Gain +3 <<((Breath))Poise>> Count
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+3
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+3
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[On Hit] Gain 2 <<((Breath))Poise>>
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+3
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[On Hit] Inflict 2 <<((Sinking))Sinking>>
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+3
|
Deal +10% damage for every <<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage (max 30%)
[On Crit] Gain +1 <<((Breath))Poise>> Count
[On Hit without Cracking] Inflict +2 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> Count
"Raise and Laugh the Blade, Cry the Waterfall Like the Scent of Fallen Leaves"
3 - 15
Turn Start: At 9 <<((StackYisangSpecialSkill))Procuration [Hermes]>>, change this Skill to 'Furioso-Replica' (once per turn)
- Prioritizes the Skill on the leftmost Slot's bottom row on the Dashboard
- [Before Use] At less than 9 <<((StackYisangSpecialSkill))Procuration [Hermes]>>, use as Skill 3
(75 - (<<((KarmaOfIndexAlly))Karmic Consequence>> / 2))% chance to produce a Slash weapon
- Coins using Slash weapons deal +25% damage
If this Skill is marked with <<((IndexPrescriptTargetMarkToEnemy))Mark of the Prescript>>, deal +20% damage
Coin Power +1 for every 6 (<<((Breath))Poise>> on self + <<((Sinking))Sinking>> on target) (max 2)
[On Use] Convert Coins equal to (<<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage + 1) into <<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>s, beginning with the final Coin
[On Use] Gain +3 <<((Breath))Poise>> Count
- Gain additional <<((Breath))Poise>> equal to (<<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage)
If this Skill is marked with <<((IndexPrescriptTargetMarkToEnemy))Mark of the Prescript>>, deal
[On Use] Convert Coins equal to (<<((UnlockBuff_Base))Unlock>> stage
[On Use] Gain +3 <<((Breath))Poise>> Count
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+3
-
+3
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[On Hit] Gain
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+3
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[On Hit] Inflict
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+3
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Deal
[On Crit] Gain +1 <<((Breath))Poise>> Count
[On Hit without Cracking] Inflict
Furioso-Replica
2 - 29
<<((WideAreaRampage))Unfocused Volley>>
Only 1 copy of this Skill can exist on the Dashboard
If this Skill is marked with <<((IndexPrescriptTargetMarkToEnemy))Mark of the Prescript>>, deal +10% damage
This Skill's Coin Power does not change; instead, for every net Coin Power increase, Final Power +5 (this Skill is not affected by <<((Paralysis))Paralyze>>)
At 6+ (<<((Breath))Poise>> on self + <<((Sinking))Sinking>> on main target), Final Power +1
[Combat Start]
- Convert all Coins on this Skill to <<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>s
- Inflict 1 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> or gain 1 <<((Breath))Poise>> with every hit of this Skill
- Does not gain <<((StackYisangSpecialSkill))Procuration [Hermes]>> for this turn
[On Use]
- Clash Power +3
- Gain 3 <<((Breath))Poise>> and +3 <<((Breath))Poise>> Count
[Attack End]
- Inflict 5 <<((Combustion))Burn>>, 3 <<((Binding))Bind>>, and 3 <<((Vulnerable))Fragile>> next turn to all targets this unit hit
- Consume all <<((StackYisangSpecialSkill))Procuration [Hermes]>>
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+3
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+3
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+3
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+3
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+3
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+3
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+3
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+3
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+3
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Weapon assigned to this Coin is fixed as Scythe
[On Hit without Cracking] Inflict +3 Sinking Count
Furioso-Replica
2 - 29
<<((WideAreaRampage))Unfocused Volley>>
Only 1 copy of this Skill can exist on the Dashboard
If this Skill is marked with <<((IndexPrescriptTargetMarkToEnemy))Mark of the Prescript>>, deal +10% damage
This Skill's Coin Power does not change; instead, for every net Coin Power increase, Final Power +5 and deal +25% damage (this Skill is not affected by <<((Paralysis))Paralyze>>)
Final Power +1 for every 6 (<<((Breath))Poise>> on self + <<((Sinking))Sinking>> on main target) (max 2)
[Combat Start]
- Convert all Coins on this Skill to <<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>s
- Inflict 1 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> or gain 1 <<((Breath))Poise>> with every hit of this Skill
- Does not gain <<((StackYisangSpecialSkill))Procuration [Hermes]>> for this turn
[On Use]
- Clash Power +3
- Gain 3 <<((Breath))Poise>> and +3 <<((Breath))Poise>> Count
[Attack End]
- Inflict 5 <<((Combustion))Burn>>, 3 <<((Binding))Bind>>, and 3 <<((Vulnerable))Fragile>> next turn to all targets this unit hit
- Consume all <<((StackYisangSpecialSkill))Procuration [Hermes]>>
[Combat Start]
- Convert all Coins on this Skill to <<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>s
- Inflict 1 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> or gain 1 <<((Breath))Poise>> with every hit of this Skill
- Does not gain <<((StackYisangSpecialSkill))Procuration [Hermes]>> for this turn
[On Use]
- Clash Power +3
- Gain 3 <<((Breath))Poise>> and +3 <<((Breath))Poise>> Count
[Attack End]
- Inflict 5 <<((Combustion))Burn>>, 3 <<((Binding))Bind>>, and 3 <<((Vulnerable))Fragile>> next turn to all targets this unit hit
- Consume all <<((StackYisangSpecialSkill))Procuration [Hermes]>>
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+3
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+3
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+3
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+3
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+3
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+3
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+3
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+3
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+3
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Weapon assigned to this Coin is fixed as Scythe
[On Hit without Cracking] Inflict +3 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> Count
... Biosignal identified. Begin recording.
…….
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Mm. You came to.
Wha... where am...
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Dense overgrowth by the general jaw area. Haggard man. ... This one will do.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Be not perplexed by the unfamiliarity of your surroundings; muted response is much more favored over a thrashing scream. Will you well embrace my entreaties?
...!!!
이상 : The Index Nursefather
... Oh.
Hnnnngh!!!
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Excuse me. It seemed that a thrashing scream was more appropriate.
You got a few... screws loose upstairs or something?
What's up with the sudden violence...? Kicking down the chair... stomping on me... What's the point of...
이상 : The Index Nursefather
You have known such fickleness, as this demonstration must have reminded you.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
It is simply what it is... these Prescripts.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Concepts that are hardly the sort that answers demands for understanding... if its truth even lies in the realm of fathomability.
Oh...
Right, I see what's going on here...
So, that wasn't how I was supposed to resolve the "Weave the gliding thread" Prescript.
I always knew this day would come, but...
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Indeed, you remain remarkably composed in spite of the circumstances.
Seen enough fellas around me who croaked while under The Index's protection, y'know. I'd say I had a good run, comparatively speaking.
Speaking of which... Aren't you Proselytes and Proxies supposed to wear a white cloak? Were there exceptions to that dress code or something?
이상 : The Index Nursefather
As I am neither, "exception" is no apt explanation for my attire.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Now, let us proceed.
So this is it for me, huh. Go on, do your job. I'm not gonna make this hard for you.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
…….
Others tried to make theirs last just a little longer, but... they all met the same end anyway. It doesn't matter.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Though the peace with which you face the imminent inevitability is indeed intriguing, and as much as I wish to engage in further dialogue... we are approaching the hour.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
…?
이상 : The Index Nursefather
... Hah. So be it. It seems that I am not alone in finding your attitude intriguing.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
You have bought 15 more minutes. *beep* No, 23. Hermes has gauged that the worth of your existence is increasingly meaningful.
"Meaningful?" How, to whom?
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Well... What else could it possibly be, but the City itself?
이상 : The Index Nursefather
For every Prescript is written by the Will of the City.
Hah, okay. So it's given me some extra time, just enough to read another pulp magazine. I still don't see how that changes anything when I'm tied to a chair inside this dank basement dungeon.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
The City's flow works in mysterious ways, its intent and will conveyed yet veiled from us.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
So, why not, instead of squandering this precious evanescence on such trivial contemplations...
이상 : The Index Nursefather
... take a trip down memory lane with me?
Is that what the Prescript told you to do?
이상 : The Index Nursefather
In the absence of justification for secrecy, I shall reply "indeed."
이상 : The Index Nursefather
My Prescripts are swift in both the intervals by which they are relayed... and by which they vacillate; such dithering makes their execution a rather serpentine affair.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
That is why... I maintain a collection of sundry people in this basement, that I might need to select one of them with particular attributes that the Prescript demands I find.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Indeed, even such preparedness seems to have been ordained by the Will of the City—for the collection somehow consists only of those who have defied the Prescripts of the City.
What's your point? That you're keeping this... this butchershop of people down here because the City asked you to? That it?
이상 : The Index Nursefather
That is what I believe to be true, yes. Lest I be cast as naught but an insane murder-kidnapper.
…….
Some of them are... There are children in here.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
It cannot be helped, for the Prescript is indiscriminate in its demands.
... How did little kids like them even end up snaring themselves in The Index's web?
I hope my little girl'll get to live a life where she won't ever have to associate with the likes of you.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
You have a daughter?
... Yeah. Celebrated her fifth birthday just a few days ago.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
... Ha ha. I understand now.
Sounds like you've got one yourself.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
I <i>did</i>.
... She passed away, I assume.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
You assume correctly. She was torn limb from limb before my eyes.
That's... horrible. Just how...
이상 : The Index Nursefather
In truth— Oh. In the moment of witnessing her demise, no anger, no sadness swept me.
…?
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Those tides await, until every affair has been taken care of, until the eyes catch the glimpse of the empty bed and the untouched gift box whose ribbons are still tied like a butterfly.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
The tides await until the body lays itself upon the couch, the eyes blankly yet ceaselessly glued to an empty spot on the ceiling... Then it comes.
Just who could've possibly— Well, I suppose that's the City for you.
I suppose I'll die a happy man... knowing that, by my death, at least my family will be safe.
Failing to protect those you were supposed to keep safe... That kind of loss rips out everything inside and leaves nothing behind.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
... No. The husk. The empty husk yet remains.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
It must have been a rainy season, a constant drizzle suffocating the air.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Musty air. Gray room.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
... A bit large for one person.
... Are you reading that from somewhere?
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Ah, pay it no mind. Now then—where had I left off my account?
You don't remember...? You were speaking of the emotions... that followed your daughter's death.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Ah.
If you can lock people up like this and carry out the Prescripts without any hindrance... you've got to be one of the stronger fighters in the City.
So, did you manage to avenge your daughter?
이상 : The Index Nursefather
... No.
... I see. Well, I suppose it only makes sense that your enemies must've been equally formidable if they felt safe enough to go after <i>your</i> family.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
That is not the case. I simply abstained from delivering vengeance.
What?
So you held back on avenging your family... out of some noble rationalization? "The futility of revenge," huh? That's impressive, in its own way. But still...
이상 : The Index Nursefather
There is no labyrinthine profundity in my words. I simply said I abstained from taking revenge.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
I was occupied by sundry labors to which Hermes guided me. In truth, revenge had no crevice in which to take root, as the Prescripts came to me as would a multitude of raindrops after the passing of my family.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
My becoming a Star of the City was not my intention. It was, perhaps, a result of leaving the Southern Zwei half-crippled—perhaps that drew too much attention...
이상 : The Index Nursefather
...? Ah. In truth, revenge only begets more revenge, which is why...
You know... there's something wrong with the way you're telling your story. You... sound awkward, as though you are reading from a script.
... Are you just repeating whatever your Prescript tells you to?
이상 : The Index Nursefather
... Hmm.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Well... I am afraid I do not see the necessity for an answer.
You said earlier there was no need to hide anything, and now you're changing your tune just like that? Just the way your Prescripts so often do, huh?
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Haha.
Anyone who knows the joy of having a daughter—no, no <i>parent</i> could possibly speak or act as you do. Not after a loss like that.
You lost your child, the apple of your eye... and you're <i>laughing</i>?
이상 : The Index Nursefather
That I once had a beloved wife and daughter is true.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
And though I lost a child... It is also true that I have forgotten a child.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Or perhaps I ought to phrase it in reverse. Haha...
Sick bastard...
이상 : The Index Nursefather
... Hah.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
It is... still far from sufficient.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
I must recount the tale of my daughter further.
Just kill me and be done with it! Listening to this sick story of yours is driving me crazy with fear for my own daughter...
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Is your daughter possessed of abundant talent? Any father, naturally, might flatter himself that his child is gifted in all things. Yet I assure you: mine is unique. Tell me, you have heard of the Time Vault, have you not?
Enough...
이상 : The Index Nursefather
In any age, the education of the child has been both burden and concern to the father. Thus we fathers have decided to not to spare the whip for the good of our darling daughter. We drove a spiral stake into the body of her beloved puppy and promised it would be spared should she complete her "homework" with flying colors. The puppy, of course, was placed safely within the Time Vault, where temporality is indefinitely deferred. The so-called "shock therapy," as many term that specific direction of pedagogy.
Are you sure you're in your right mind...? The hell do you mean "father<i>s</i>"...? Are you saying you're not the only one?
이상 : The Index Nursefather
My darling daughter, being the clever, bright child she is, returned after swiftly completing her "homework" with nothing short of excellence. I am compelled to say the killing was faster, cleaner than any of us had expected. Haha... I am indeed proud of her.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
And so we opened the vault and returned the puppy, still impaled by the spiral that turned not once since the animal was placed in the safe. And from that, my daughter discerned a revelation: that the time of one's life, too, may be deferred within the confines of the Vault. She realized it could serve as a sanctuary she could use to hide from us whenever she so wished.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
The new "daughter" I have acquired recently is also rather talented... yet she has not the wondrous aptitude to perceive time, nor will she ever attain it. *sigh* I cannot help but find myself wondering when my darling daughter will come home to me...
…….
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Pray, have you naught to say? I am allotted 7 minutes of paternal pride to extol my darling daughter.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
An ideal dialogue requires parity. 5:5 is the ratio of the trading of words that is most desirable. Thus, you should speak—
*spit*
I hope you rot alive before you die, you psycho. The City's always been a vile place, but even that pales in comparison to scum like you!
Just you wait. One day, some piece of trash just as sick and twisted as you's gonna come for you and leave you a stinking corpse in a gutter somewhere!
Gah...! Kergh...
이상 : The Index Nursefather
…….
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Then is then, and now is now.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
There ought to have been some 3 minutes remaining... It seems Hermes has obtained the desired reaction sooner than expected.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
To produce such a length of a weapon, stabbing and killing the target before I could so much as swing it...
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Hm. I would have liked to hear more about your 5-year-old daughter... It did stir a tender sting in my heart with the recollection of my "past daughter."
이상 : The Index Nursefather
... Hah!
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Has laughter... escaped betwixt my lips?
이상 : The Index Nursefather
... All my life, I have lived believing myself to be someone who moves only as the waves carry him.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
And yet, perhaps I desired to provoke you thus, to compel you into a raging fury and have you meet your demise within its roars.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Yes, for all one knows, that could have been a yearning of my own...
이상 : The Index Nursefather
... as the Prescript would have been executed even without resorting to a means such as this.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
…….
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Time to welcome back Miss Don Quixote now, is it?
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Ahem... Then I must employ a gentler manner of speech.
이상 : The Index Nursefather
Let's see... My first words to her should be...
이상 : The Index Nursefather
"Has aught gone awry? You look as though you are sunken beneath a heavy gloom."
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