Lobotomy E.G.O:: The Sword Sharpened with Tears - Rodion
All I had left was the hollow, weathered pride that I was the first one to manage you, and... you'd rather choose that kid...?
| HP | 90.0 + (3.14*lvl) |
| DEF |
| Trigger | Dialogue |
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| Identity Acquisition | All I had left was the hollow, weathered pride that I was the first one to manage you, and... you'd rather choose that kid...? |
| Morning Greeting | Oh... is it time already? Sorry, I was studying WAW Abnormality management all night, didn't even know it was morning. ... I'll tag in in a minute. |
| Afternoon Greeting | Welfare team doesn't have any lunch rules. You don't need to ask for my permission to eat, okay? Just go. I'll... just get a sandwich. I've got a lot on my mind and very little appetite. |
| Evening Greeting | I look down? Nah, it's gotta be the E.G.O gear... Or, maybe it's just the night getting me all sentimental. Yeah... you know how it is. |
| Chatter #1 | Who's on O-01-73? Um... it's someone else on my team. So they should know better than I do, right? It's just... it's been a while since I managed that Abnormality. |
| Chatter #2 | So about knights. Aren't they kind of depressing? Spending life upholding the laws of God and the pursuit of valor and justice... until one day, this feeling of doubt starts creeping in. What if everything I ever did... didn't actually protect or uphold anything? Then why… why do I even exist? |
| Chatter #3 | I get this idea from time to time. That I got this E.G.O gear not because someone actually acknowledged my skill or anything... but just because I happened to survive long enough. I did everything right. Emotional state analysis, cognitive theory application... everything. If none of that was enough to get her to choose me, then... |
| Post-Uptie Chat 1 | Yeah... the kid's dead. It probably wasn't your fault. But here you are, wailing with all the despair the world has to offer in your bosom. ... I'm the one who originally managed you, so... I guess you're mine to deal with. Come on... let's go back, O-01-73. |
| Post-Uptie Chat 2 | All those swords sharpened with your tears... dozens of them... they're hurting everyone. So you don't care if everyone dies, as long as it's not that kid you chose? And you call yourself... a knight? Knights never cry, you said so yourself. |
| Idle | ... Mm? O-oh, it's nothing. It's just a thing that happens sometimes. Feeling low over nothing... |
| Uptying | I'm going to fight back with those tears and the constellations we extracted from you. It doesn't matter if I was your chosen one or not—I have to carry out the manager's orders. |
| Deployment | You need the Welfare Team's help, right? |
| Stage Entry | E.G.O Corrosion rate... acceptable. ... Probably. |
| Viewed in Battle | Um... can we talk later? I'm feeling a bit low. |
| Commencing Attack | Keen... and precise. |
| Enemy Stagger | ... Even you must've had someone who cared about you. |
| Staggered | I swore to protect, but... |
| Enemy Killed | ... I have a lot to protect, too. |
| Death | Please... don't wake me up... I... wanna rest. |
| Check Passed | See? Trust me... and there'll never be betrayal from me. |
| Check Failed | Oh... I shouldn't even have tried. Every time I do, it's... |
| Victory Cry | Nice. Let's clean this place up and go support another hallway that needs our help. Can... somebody else handle the report, please? I just want to rest a little. Ha ha. |
| Extra Conditions Fulfilled | ... Even I've gotten a lot better than before, I think. Speaking of which, that Abnormality... the kid she blessed is gone, right? ... I wonder if they'll let me manage her again? |
| Defeat Wail | I always screw everything up... and in the end, I'll fail to protect anything. Just... just end me, please... So I can't hold a blade ever again. |
The Sword Sharpened with Tears - !ALERT: E.G.O GEAR SYNC THRESHOLD EXCEEDED!
Turn Start: at 0 or higher SP, gain <<((BlessingAlly))Blessing>>
- Uses Plus Coin Skills as Base Skills
Turn Start: at less than 0 SP, gain <<((DespairAlly))Despair>>
- Uses Minus Coin Skills as Base Skills
When gaining <<((Charge))Charge>> Count, gain <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> instead
- <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> is unaffected by <<((Charge))Charge>> Potency
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The Knight's Sanctuary
3 - 11
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+4
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[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Sinking))Sinking>>
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+4
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[On Hit] Gain 2 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
The Knight's Sanctuary
3 - 11
If target has 6+ <<((Sinking))Sinking>>, Coin Power +1
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+4
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[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Sinking))Sinking>>
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+4
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[On Hit] Gain 2 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
The Knight's Sanctuary
3 - 11
If target has 6+ <<((Sinking))Sinking>>, Coin Power +1
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+4
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[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Sinking))Sinking>>
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+4
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[On Hit] Gain 2 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
The Knight's Sanctuary
3 - 11
If target has 6+ <<((Sinking))Sinking>>, Coin Power +1
At 3+ <<((ProtectiveSword))Protecting Sword>>, Clash Power +1
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+4
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[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Sinking))Sinking>>
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+4
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[On Hit] Gain 2 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
With the Power of Justice
3 - 15
[On Use] At 15+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume 5 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> to deal +15% damage
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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] Inflict +1 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> Count
[On Hit] Gain 3 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
With the Power of Justice
3 - 15
If target has 6+ <<((Sinking))Sinking>>, Coin Power +1
[On Use] At 15+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume 5 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> to deal +15% damage
[On Use] At 15+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume 5 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> to deal +15% damage
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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] Inflict +
[On Hit] Gain 3 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
With the Power of Justice
3 - 15
If target has 6+ <<((Sinking))Sinking>>, Coin Power +1
[On Use] At 15+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume 5 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> to deal +15% damage
[On Use] At 15+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume 5 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> to deal +15% damage
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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] Inflict +
[On Hit] Gain 3 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
With the Power of Justice
3 - 15
If target has 6+ <<((Sinking))Sinking>>, Coin Power +1
Clash Power +1 for every 2 <<((ProtectiveSword))Protecting Sword>> (max 2)
[On Use] At 15+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume 5 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> to deal +15% damage
[On Use] At 15+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume 5 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> to deal +15% damage
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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] Inflict +2 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> Count
[On Hit] Gain 3 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> - Gain additional <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
Arcana Pierce
4 - 16
If target has 6+ <<((Sinking))Sinking>>, Coin Power +1
Clash Power +1 for every 2 <<((ProtectiveSword))Protecting Sword>> (max 2)
[On Use] At 10+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume up to 20 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
- Deal +(Stack consumed x 1.5)% damage
[Attack End] If target is defeated, regain half of <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> consumed by this Skill
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+4
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+4
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[On Hit] Inflict +2 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> Count
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+4
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[On Hit] Inflict <<((Sinking))Sinking>> equal to <<((ProtectiveSword))Protecting Sword>> (max 3)
Arcana Pierce
4 - 16
If target has 6+ <<((Sinking))Sinking>>, Coin Power +1
Clash Power +1 for every <<((ProtectiveSword))Protecting Sword>> (max 5)
[On Use] At 10+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume up to 20 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
- Deal +(Stack consumed x 1.5)% damage
- Base Power +1 for every 5 Stack consumed
[Attack End] If target is defeated, regain half of <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> consumed by this Skill
[On Use] At 10+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume up to 20 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
- Deal +(Stack consumed x 1.5)% damage
[Attack End] If target is defeated, regain half of <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> consumed by this Skill
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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] Inflict <<((Sinking))Sinking>> equal to <<((ProtectiveSword))Protecting Sword>> (max
Faded Faith
8 - 0
[On Use] Lose 7 SP
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-4
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[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Sinking))Sinking>>
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-4
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[On Hit] Gain 2 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
Faded Faith
8 - 0
Final Power +1 for every 3 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> on target (max 2)
[On Use] Lose 7 SP
[On Use] Lose 7 SP
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-4
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[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Sinking))Sinking>>
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-4
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[On Hit] Gain 2 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
Faded Faith
8 - 0
Final Power +1 for every 3 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> on target (max 2)
[On Use] Lose 7 SP
[On Use] Lose 7 SP
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-4
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[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Sinking))Sinking>>
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-4
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[On Hit] Gain 2 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
Faded Faith
8 - 0
Final Power +1 for every 3 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> on target (max 3)
[On Use] Lose 7 SP
[On Use] Lose 7 SP
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-4
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[On Hit] Inflict
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-4
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[On Hit] Gain 2 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
With the Tear-sharpened Sword
12 - 0
[On Use] Lose 10 SP
[On Use] At 15+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume 5 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> to deal +20% damage
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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] Inflict +1 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> Count
[On Hit] Gain 3 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
With the Tear-sharpened Sword
12 - 0
Final Power +1 for every 3 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> on target (max 2)
[On Use] Lose 10 SP
[On Use] At 15+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume 5 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> to deal +20% damage
[On Use] Lose 10 SP
[On Use] At 15+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume 5 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> to deal +20% damage
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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] Inflict
[On Hit] Gain 3 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
With the Tear-sharpened Sword
12 - 0
Final Power +1 for every 3 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> on target (max 2)
[On Use] Lose 10 SP
[On Use] At 15+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume 5 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> to deal +20% damage
[On Use] Lose 10 SP
[On Use] At 15+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume 5 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> to deal +20% damage
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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] Inflict
[On Hit] Gain 3 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
With the Tear-sharpened Sword
12 - 0
Final Power +1 for every 3 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> on target (max 3)
[On Use] Lose 10 SP
[On Use] At 15+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume 5 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> to deal +20% damage
[On Use] Lose 10 SP
[On Use] At 15+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume 5 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> to deal +20% damage
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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] Inflict
[On Hit] Gain 3 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> - Gain additional <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
Arcana: Tear and Pierce
18 - 0
Final Power +1 for every 3 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> on target (max 2)
[On Use] Lose 15 SP
[On Use] At 10+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume up to 20 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
- Deal +(Stack consumed x 3)% damage
[Attack End] If target is defeated, regain half of <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> consumed by this Skill
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-6
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-6
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[On Hit] Inflict +3 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> Count
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-6
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[On Hit] Inflict 3 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> (once per Skill)
[On Hit] If this Coin consumed <<((SwordCutwithTear))Tear-sharpened>>, Reuse Coin once (once per turn)
Arcana: Tear and Pierce
18 - 3
Final Power +1 for every 3 <<((Sinking))Sinking>> on target (max 4)
[On Use] Lose 15 SP
[On Use] At 10+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume up to 20 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
- Deal +(Stack consumed x 3)% damage
- Base Power +1 for every 5 Stack consumed
[Attack End] If target is defeated, regain half of <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> consumed by this Skill
[On Use] Lose 15 SP
[On Use] At 10+ <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>, consume up to 20 <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>>
- Deal +(Stack consumed x 3)% damage
[Attack End] If target is defeated, regain half of <<((BlackTearsAlly))Deep Tears>> consumed by this Skill
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-5
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-5
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[On Hit] Inflict
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-5
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[On Hit] Inflict
[On Hit] If this Coin consumed <<((SwordCutwithTear))Tear-sharpened>>, Reuse Coin once (once per turn)
Clack, clack.
The child's footsteps alone exude a crushing sense of melancholy.
Every step insidiously seems to convey these distracting thoughts and palpable dissatisfaction to the very hallways of the Welfare Team.
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
…….
This sensation becomes even more blatant, more invasive, when she passes the once-familiar and frequented Containment Unit.
'Why wasn't I chosen? Why didn't you choose me?' the resentful heart seems to convey.
Heya, Miss Rodion. Another busy day, huh?
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
…….
Miss Rodion?
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
Eh? Ah! H-heya. Sorry, I was uh... thinking about something. Ha ha.
Are you sure you're okay? I heard you've been pulling a lot of all-nighters lately.
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
I guess I really do look that tired, huh... yeah, the manager's been assigning me to so many Containment Units recently.
Oh man... Maybe you should talk to Mister Chesed about this? I mean, it kinda doesn't make sense for them to be so neglectful of a <i>Welfare</i> Team employee's welfare, right?
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
Even the Sephirot have to answer to someone, you know. It's entirely up to the manager to decide which Abnormality we get to work on.
That's... true.
I've got the opposite problem. I kept getting assigned to the same Abnormality over and over again... and it wasn't even that interesting. Most of the time, she just doesn't say anything or just whines and moans, so I'm usually the one who has to talk.
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
…….
And whenever she did say something, it just never made any sense, you know? Saying stuff like she used to be a... a...
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
A Knight.
Ooh, yeah, right!
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
Are you headed to... manage O-01-73 again?
No... ever since the Abnormality gave me... something, I don't know, the manager's not been assigning me any management tasks.
I'm not complaining, since I've been really tired as of late, but... I just hope I'm not getting intentionally excluded from work.
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
... Ha ha. Wanna swap schedules with me, then?
Oh, I can't possibly. You're the team's model employee, Miss Rodion. I couldn't even dream of surviving your packed schedule. I'm just not good enough for that...
Oh, sorry. I'd love to sit here and talk, but I really gotta get going now. So...
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
Yeah... then go.
Good luck with your day, too!
... The child stares blankly in the employee's general direction as he slowly walks away.
She wasn't looking at the employee.
It's that floating thing above his head...
... a sigil, a gift from an Abnormality.
It's the Blessing.
The Blessing of a proud knight, bestowed upon those she promises to protect.
The Blessing can provide highly effective protection for the employee in battles against Abnormalities or Ordeals, but...
... those are insignificant details for the child.
All that matters is that she wasn't <i>chosen</i>. 'What's so better about him than her, anyway? What'd he do better than her to deserve this?' Her mind, captured by a sense of inferiority, spirals endlessly with question after question of this nature.
So, she glares at him like she's trying to bore a hole into him.
... This child was transferred from a different team to the Welfare Team when it first opened.
The reasoning behind the manager's decision was clear.
A new WAW Risk Level Abnormality had appeared—The Knight of Despair.
To manage O-01-73, an employee of sufficient competency was needed.
And she was indeed quite competent. It has been a while since her employment began, and the sheer fact that she was still alive was proof enough of her value.
Thus, she became the first employee to manage O-01-73.
There were positives to this decision to pair them together; the Abnormality's E.G.O gear was quite good, and it was a rather easy Abnormality for the child to handle.
However, the downside was that... the reason this child found it easy to handle this particularly reticent humanoid Abnormality O-01-73 was that she felt free to share all of her thoughts with it.
And that led to her developing this idea that they were... kindred souls, that they were friends.
Imagine being her, deprived of the Blessing, the very token of that friendship; imagine watching that very token being given to someone else entirely.
Maybe she's simply spent too much time in that E.G.O gear, enough to have her senses corroded by that cold, depressing sensation.
That would've been better than whatever this was.
Because the child would never have had to feel this sense of betrayal toward that Abnormality.
... The manager's decision, however, was quite precisely made.
The child, who was quite exceptional, did not need the Blessing. It was better given to a still fledgling employee to improve his chance of survival early on in his career.
Which is why he constantly assigned the child to different Abnormalities, to prevent her from gaining the Blessing.
He knows. He already knows everything there is to know about this Abnormality even before he assigns it to a Containment Unit.
... Well, let's continue on. That detail is not of much importance anyway.
What matters is that there was no way for the manager to explain his thought process to the child.
The other employee, much less competent than the child, ended up a cold, dead corpse in the merciless conditions of this company...
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
... Been a while.
And when the Abnormality escaped, the hollow pride that she still sought to protect someone broken, it encountered an employee with an icy glare—no, her old friend.
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
You've become so twisted that you can't even return my greeting.
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
More of that boring, old, useless self-loathing over failing to protect that kid, isn't it? That's just what you are, what you do, after all.
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
... So why didn't you just choose me?
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
I wouldn't have gone out like that kid did. Not that pointlessly, anyway.
A wailing cry tears across the very space itself; a reply, or an expression of wrath, stung by her words?
The floating blades soon gather around her.
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
Gonna skewer me with your sharpened swords, huh?
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
... Fine.
The child raises her own blade in preparation.
The same blade as the ones floating about the Abnormality.
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
Still... It still hurts me deep inside that you did not choose me.
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
But I realized that I can't mope around forever.
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
I'm busy as hell... got plenty of employees I've got to protect. A whole bunch of rookies just got hired, you know.
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
The upper layer's doing even worse. Miss Malkuth's finally about to snap from the crushing workload, apparently. They say that she's been acting stranger and stranger as of late.
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
So I've gotta get up there and help 'em out.
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
I don't have any more time to waste messing around with you.
The child bites her lower lip, determined, and assumes a fighting stance.
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
Sure, I don't even have a smidge of pride left. But that doesn't stop the burden on my shoulders from growing, does it?
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
So... I'm gonna live up to that responsibility, at least.
로쟈 : Welfare Team Agent
Let's go home, O-01-73.
... The child will probably survive this suppression effort. She'll succeed at it, too.
But her suffering will continue, and this sense of gloom will eat her alive.
Her unusually high level of attunement with the E.G.O gear makes her stronger, but allows for deeper corrosion...
... and the longer she wears it, the more resonant the Abnormality's voice shall become in her head, torturing her.
It is inevitable. Even still...
... She will work herself to the bone and fight on to take responsibility for the tasks that are given to her.
Because that, in her mind... is the only way for her to be <i>chosen</i>, if such a thing even happens.
... Fitting, isn't she?
Her twisted thoughts... they fit this cold, cold corporation so well.