LCE E.G.O:: Lantern - Yi Sang
Ah, rest awhile here, dear fellow. ... And now that you are indeed here, will you assist me in organizing this experiment data? Ah! Abscond from here you will not, for there is no escape until this work is complete.
| HP | 73,0 + (2,51*lvl) |
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| Trigger | Dialogue |
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| Identity Acquisition | Ah, rest awhile here, dear fellow. ... And now that you are indeed here, will you assist me in organizing this experiment data? Ah! Abscond from here you will not, for there is no escape until this work is complete. |
| Morning Greeting | I have no significant misgivings about working for the department of Enkephalin... yet a small wish I do maintain, that a tiny terrace to enjoy the morning sun may be built. |
| Afternoon Greeting | I partook in a rather simple lunch today, for I am quite busy with experiments with the news of a new Abnormality's arrival in the containment chamber. To be truthful, any amount of hunger I once had has long been quashed by the stimulation from fresh experimentation subjects... |
| Evening Greeting | Indeed, it is said that the former L Corp. Headquarters and Branches oft engaged in late shifts... but the Enkephalin department prides itself on unconditional adherence to the official office closing hour schedules. Ah... yet, the researchers, including myself, remain here still at such late an hour. We are, however, bound not by policy but by our very own passions for experimentation. |
| Chatter #1 | I had not the experience of laboring for the former L Corp., yet I hear that some researchers employed here at LCE were employed there, once. The bizarre tales of their employment are quite... Mm, they certainly do conjure all kinds of peculiar emotions. |
| Chatter #2 | Ah, you would like to know more of this gear? It is the product of our most recent E.G.O extraction efforts. There were some difficulties in the extraction process, given that this Abnormality was not once observed even within the records of former L Corp., but... as it is plain to see, we have yielded a rather promising result. |
| Chatter #3 | The research to resolve the emergence of emotional instability when equipped with an extracted gear is currently underway. Yet... given that I have acquired quite the taste for entrapping the fellow researchers in jokes of practical nature, perhaps this research need not take precedence over the others. |
| Post-Uptie Chat 1 | ... Abnormality containment breaches are a rather commonplace occurrence here. It may perhaps be more frequent than it was at the former L Corp., given that the application for Abnormalities here is more for tasks rather than simple energy generation. Distortion subjects, however, may exhibit signs of calming upon engagement in dialogues. Perhaps this is an indicator that they may indeed be reverted to their human forms—no matter how slim the chance may be. |
| Post-Uptie Chat 2 | The apparition by the tail-like apparatus of this gear... Indeed, it appears to exhibit the ability to 'lure' the target, regardless of whether it is an Abnormality or a Distortion that they choose. The core lies elsewhere, indubitably... yet, its bewitching form may lead one to the delusion that the apparition is, indeed, the core. |
| Idle | Ah, this chance meeting is quite the fortunate one. Come, take a seat. ... Ah, worry not, for there is no trap waiting for you this time. |
| Uptying | Ah, may I ask you to continue this pretense that you are yet to spy my location? The escaped Abnormality will soon find interest in me and approach... and I shall smite it with a single swing of this hammer. |
| Deployment | Is this a research briefing session, or... has there been a containment breach? |
| Stage Entry | A chance to test its merits. |
| Viewed in Battle | … It would be deeply appreciated if the exclusion category were not to be necessitated here… |
| Commencing Attack | Subject suppressed. |
| Enemy Stagger | Hm. Thus I leave a recording of this weakness. |
| Staggered | Ngh... |
| Enemy Killed | Suppression complete. |
| Death | Haah... yet... there is so much of the unknown... in this world... to be learned... |
| Check Passed | A clear, crisp vision of a solution appeared before me. |
| Check Failed | Perchance this issue may be set aside as a long-term research goal...? |
| Victory Cry | Thus completed is the suppression. Yet this effort has caused us quite the delay... We are not availed much time until the deadline for this report. ... Ah, ha ha. Perhaps I must cast another lure to my fellow colleagues. |
| Extra Conditions Fulfilled | Let the records state that this was a resounding success. Exceptional coordination with the equipment, and... Mm, this report must be completed elsewhere, for there isn't much room here to write the full chronicling of the events. |
| Defeat Wail | Worry not. To researchers, failure is like a shadow—one may not exist without it. Thus, all manner of failures are acceptable as long as they are used as building blocks to forge a path to a singular success. |
This is reflected in their appearance, more closely resembling the source Abnormality than E.G.O of the former L Corp. do
On death, inflict 4 <<((Burst))Rupture>> and +2 <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count against the target that attacked this unit last; then, gain 2 E.G.O resources for 4 least-owned E.G.O resources.
- If no one attacked this unit, or if an ally killed this unit, inflict 4 <<((Burst))Rupture>> and +2 <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count against the enemy with the least <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count
E.G.O disintegration is not unlike decomposition of compost
SHAMROCK x 5
When 1 ally with the least HP is killed, gain 2 E.G.O resources for 2 E.G.O least-owned E.G.O resources
Though it must be prefaced that E.G.O gears are standardized equipment,
3 - 9
[On Use] Gain +2 <<((Aggro))Aggro>> next turn
[On Use] If target has 15+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> and 3+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count: this Skill does not inflict <<((Burst))Rupture>> with its effects
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+3
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<<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>
[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Burst))Rupture>>
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+3
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<<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>
[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Burst))Rupture>>
Though it must be prefaced that E.G.O gears are standardized equipment,
3 - 9
[Combat Start] On Clash Lose, gain Final Power equal to the number of Skills targeting this unit (max 2)
[On Use] Gain +3 <<((Aggro))Aggro>> next turn
[On Use] If target has 15+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> and 3+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count: this Skill does not inflict <<((Burst))Rupture>> with its effects
[Clash Lose] <<((Burst))Rupture>> Potency inflicted by this Skill +1
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+3
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<<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>
[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Burst))Rupture>>
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+3
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<<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>
[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Burst))Rupture>>
Though it must be prefaced that E.G.O gears are standardized equipment,
3 - 9
[Combat Start] On Clash Lose, gain Final Power equal to the number of Skills targeting this unit (max 2)
[On Use] Gain +3 <<((Aggro))Aggro>> next turn
[On Use] If target has 15+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> and 3+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count: this Skill does not inflict <<((Burst))Rupture>> with its effects
[Clash Lose] <<((Burst))Rupture>> Potency inflicted by this Skill +1
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+3
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<<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>
[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Burst))Rupture>>
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+3
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<<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>
[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Burst))Rupture>>
Though it must be prefaced that E.G.O gears are standardized equipment,
3 - 9
[Combat Start] On Clash Lose, gain Final Power equal to the number of Skills targeting this unit (max 3)
[On Use] Gain +3 <<((Aggro))Aggro>> next turn
[On Use] If target has 15+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> and 3+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count: this Skill does not inflict <<((Burst))Rupture>> with its effects
[Clash Lose] <<((Burst))Rupture>> Potency inflicted by this Skill +2
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+3
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<<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>
[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Burst))Rupture>>
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+3
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<<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>
[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Burst))Rupture>>
when juxtaposed with E.G.O gear from L Corp., depending on the degree of attunement to the Abnormality,
6 - 12
[On Use] Gain +2 <<((Aggro))Aggro>> next turn
[On Use] If target has 15+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> and 3+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count: this Skill does not inflict <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count with its effects
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+6
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<<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>
[On Hit] Inflict +1 <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count
when juxtaposed with E.G.O gear from L Corp., depending on the degree of attunement to the Abnormality,
6 - 12
[Combat Start] On Clash Lose, gain Final Power equal to the number of Skills targeting this unit (max 3)
[On Use] Gain +3 <<((Aggro))Aggro>> next turn
[On Use] If target has 15+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> and 3+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count: this Skill does not inflict <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count with its effects
[Clash Lose] <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count inflicted by this Skill +1
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+6
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<<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>
[On Hit] Inflict +2 <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count
when juxtaposed with E.G.O gear from L Corp., depending on the degree of attunement to the Abnormality,
6 - 12
[Combat Start] On Clash Lose, gain Final Power equal to the number of Skills targeting this unit (max 3)
[On Use] Gain +3 <<((Aggro))Aggro>> next turn
[On Use] If target has 15+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> and 3+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count: this Skill does not inflict <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count with its effects
[Clash Lose] <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count inflicted by this Skill +1
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+6
|
<<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>
[On Hit] Inflict +2 <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count
when juxtaposed with E.G.O gear from L Corp., depending on the degree of attunement to the Abnormality,
6 - 12
[Combat Start] On Clash Lose, gain (# of Skills targeting this unit x 2) Final Power (max 6)
[On Use] Gain +4 <<((Aggro))Aggro>> next turn
[On Use] If target has 15+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> and 3+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count: this Skill does not inflict <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count with its effects
[Clash Lose] <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count inflicted by this Skill +2
[On Use] Gain +4 <<((Aggro))Aggro>> next turn
[On Use] If target has 15+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> and 3+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count: this Skill does not inflict <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count with its effects
[Clash Lose] <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count inflicted by this Skill +2
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+6
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<<((SuperCoin))Unbreakable Coin>>
[On Hit] Inflict +2 <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count
the idiosyncrasies of the source may be utilized with greater flexibility
16 - 1
Deal +0.5% damage for every 1% missing HP on self
[Combat Start] Base Power +1 for every Skill that targets this unit (max 2)
[On Use] Gain 2 <<((GlowingLantern))Fairy Lure>> (once per turn)
[On Use] Gain +6 <<((Aggro))Aggro>> next turn
[On Use] If target has 15+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> and 3+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count, this Skill does not inflict <<((Burst))Rupture>> Potency or Count with its effects; instead, gain Base Power +1
[After Attack] Heal 30 SP
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-5
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[On Hit] Inflict +2 <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count
[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Binding))Bind>> next turn
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-5
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[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Burst))Rupture>>
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-5
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[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Burst))Rupture>>
the idiosyncrasies of the source may be utilized with greater flexibility
16 - 1
Deal +0.8% damage for every 1% missing HP on self
[Combat Start] Base Power +1 for every Skill that targets this unit (max 3)
[On Use] Gain 3 <<((GlowingLantern))Fairy Lure>> (once per turn)
[On Use] Gain +8 <<((Aggro))Aggro>> next turn
[On Use] If target has 15+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> and 3+ <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count, this Skill does not inflict <<((Burst))Rupture>> Potency or Count with its effects; instead, gain Base Power +1
[After Attack] Heal 30 SP
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-5
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[On Hit] Inflict +3 <<((Burst))Rupture>> Count
[On Hit] Inflict 2 <<((Binding))Bind>> next turn
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-5
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[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Burst))Rupture>>
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-5
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[On Hit] Inflict 1 <<((Burst))Rupture>>
Oh...
The researcher ran after the giggling blue fairy, only to realize that he had walked into an unfamiliar place.
He whips around, realizing his mistake... only to see that the door locked behind him.
이상 : LCE Research Team
Oh no... the door has locked behind you, hasn't it?
이상 : LCE Research Team
It seems that you have found yourself mired in my tricks again.
The child let out a light chuckle before gloating at the researcher who was lured in by his E.G.O gear.
Boss. Yi Sang. For the seventeenth time...
... can you please stop using your E.G.O gear for pranks like this? I swear, I keep getting scared that I just walked into an actual Abnormality's den.
이상 : LCE Research Team
... My apologies. The report must be compiled by the end of day today, yet I am availed but two hands of mine to complete it.
Yeah, and guess how many hands I've got. Two.
이상 : LCE Research Team
And I must ask for your understanding, for the longer an E.G.O gear remains equipped, the greater the synchronization of the user and the source Abnormality.
이상 : LCE Research Team
For, in addition, these gears are made to transform and change with the fluctuations in the level of attunement betwixt the wearer and the source.
이상 : LCE Research Team
I have not the nature of deception; it is but the manifestation of the gear's effects...
Well, then take it off from time to time, will you?!
이상 : LCE Research Team
Yet how shall I, as a proper researcher...?
This department of Limbus Company focuses on the study of Abnormalities and Distortions, coupled with managing Enkephalin extractions.
They are called the LCE.
Perhaps it is inevitable that an occupation dedicated to the study of what are essentially monsters would invite a sundry of oddball personalities, but it was particularly pronounced for this department.
Oh yeah? If you gotta slowly lose yourself to be a 'proper researcher', then what does that make me?
이상 : LCE Research Team
W-well, that is not what I had intended to convey...
To get straight to the point—this child was one of those 'oddballs'.
Fully geared-up in his E.G.O gear all day, clocking into work even on his off days... truly, an incomprehensible individual.
이상 : LCE Research Team
It is merely by need that it must remain on me at all times, for this research report concerns this fellow. Besides, it may be put to use for one such purpose as well, and...
... Man. I should put in a transfer request to a different zone.
I swear, you better watch your back once I get my own E.G.O gear.
이상 : LCE Research Team
... Very well. Perhaps it shall be understood, my perspective—in no time.
Aw, shush. Just tell me what I gotta do.
If he despised the child's overbearing trickery so much, he could've simply turned around and left... but he did not.
... Well, perhaps it was that he simply could not.
이상 : LCE Research Team
I must ask you to review the files from AFQ155564 to 30000, and rearrange them in order...
... Are you sure that's doable in a day?
이상 : LCE Research Team
... Anything can be made possible should we put our minds to it.
It's! Literally! On all physical levels! Impossible!
The researcher finally exploded at the child.
I mean, what the hell were you thinking, making a locking mechanism like that?! What could possibly be the purpose of a door that locks from the inside, but can't be reopened until a certain amount of work is complete?
이상 : LCE Research Team
Mm. For reasons ascribable to our human births, the time may come in which we are faced with an ostensibly insurmountable wall, thus breaking our wills.
이상 : LCE Research Team
Yet, were one to be surrounded by walls, given no choice but to crawl oneself out of—
Yeah, okay! Great! Just don't drag other people into your problems!
I probably have some other responsibilities I should be working on today, so...
이상 : LCE Research Team
Mm... No.
이상 : LCE Research Team
You did not have any other responsibilities.
... What?
Tap.
For a moment, it was as though the office was hit by a blackout...
... then an ominous red light began to flash.
[WARNING. ABNORMALITY CONTAINMENT BREACH. CODE RED. AREA: OFFICE WING LANE C...]
Huh...? This has to be...
The trumpet. The audio warning that a degree of damage, such as Abnormality containment breach, has occurred at the facility.
The LCE Department, the group that has absorbed much of Lobotomy Corporation... has maintained this practice.
It doesn't sound exactly the same, however.
Is this... the first Trumpet?
The researcher looked around nervously, taken by surprise.
But the child began gravely, as though he had been expecting this to happen.
이상 : LCE Research Team
You were also an excellent researcher, indeed; even on the days you weren't on duty, you would come into the office, diligently composing Abnormality experiment reports.
이상 : LCE Research Team
It must have been quite exciting for you, as an opportunity to wear the E.G.O gear prototype of this Abnormality was yours.
A corner of the child's E.G.O gear began to pulse and twist, growing into the form of a massive mallet.
He stood before the confused researcher with a vague expression that could've been either sorrow or determination.
What... are you even talking about? Actually, forget that.
There's been an Abnormality containment breach! W-we're stuck in here thanks to your stupid locking mechanism!
이상 : LCE Research Team
My locking mechanism opens under one of the following two conditions.
이상 : LCE Research Team
One, when my work is complete. Two... when an anomaly within the office has been dealt with.
이상 : LCE Research Team
The latter must be fulfilled now, it seems.
…….
이상 : LCE Research Team
It has been a fortnight since the expungement of your records.
이상 : LCE Research Team
In the process of raising the attunement levels for the report, your resonance with the gear was broken... and you were devoured, having become a 'lure' yourself.
이상 : LCE Research Team
Thereafter, you were a part of the Abnormality itself, forced to amble hither and thither within the interiors of this department.
... I was?
The child nodded gravely.
His dour expression was hardly a surprise.
The child had been fond of him; he was one of the very few junior researchers that he had been training to become a full-fledged researcher.
이상 : LCE Research Team
You had never been one to establish a high level of resonance with that gear... what had lured him so, I wonder, to insist that he be the one to test it?
이상 : LCE Research Team
... So I am bereft of choices but to use every hour of my existence to understand this E.G.O and the Abnormality.
이상 : LCE Research Team
It is about time that you are heretofore laid to rest, wouldn't you agree?
... Oh.
The hammer was swung, and the Abnormality shrouded within leapt out of his skin like a geyser.
The child continues to swing the hammer, again, and again.
To complete this tragic Abnormality suppression, so commonplace in all companies that deal with Abnormalities.