Chapter 6: Fire Emblem

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Chapter 6: Fire Emblem


Bloom Palace


The party is standing around Tiki as she performs the ritual to take in the Dragonstone shard to recover her memories.


Tiki: ...

Itsuki: Are you all right?

Tiki: Mhm, I'm okay... But I found it! I found a way to fight the Shadow Dragon!

Itsuki: What is it?

Tiki: The Divine Dragon.

Mamori: Divine...?

Tiki: Yes, Mamori. Only one thing can oppose the power of shadow, adn that's the power of light... the Divine Dragon's power. But if we want to call forth the Divine Dragon, we have to perform the Opera of Light: Fire Emblem.

Mamori: Fire Emblem...?

Tiki: It's a story... and the roles can only be played by those with the power to save the world. A story of the heroes that rose up in our world, against the Shadow Dragon. Their battle, written as theater.

Yashiro: Aha. So this performance... This opera is a sort of counter-ritual to call upon the Divine Dragon. Theater has its roots in ancient religious rituals, so using it for magic invocation does seem plausible...

Tiki: Um, I don't really know... but I think that's how it is. But there's something we have to do first.


The screen goes blanka nd Tki performs a ritual and a different colored gate shows up behind Tiki.


Mamori: What's that gate, Tiki...?

Tiki: Beyond this gate is a land just like the world we once lived in. The heroes who fought against the Shadow Dragon, a long time ago... Their power rests in there.

Itsuki: Their power...?

Tiki: Mhm. If you can inherit their power, then we should be able to complete the Opera of Light. ...But to test whether you're worthy or receiving their power... you have to overcome three trials.

Yashiro: Nothing will stand between me and crushing Gharnef. If they aim to test us, then let us be tested.

Itsuki: Whatever these trials are, we'll pass them.

Tiki: I know you can do it, everybody. Good luck.


The screen goes black and gameplay resumes. Itsuki receives a new Topic in Main Story.


Maiko: I've heard about the situation. Who would've thought there'd be a gate to some trials in the Bloom Palace itself?

Maiko: Good luck on the trials. You won't have to worry about work. I've made all the proper arrangements.

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Inside the Idolasphere Great Corridor



Itsuki: So, this is the resting place of the heroes' power...

Tharja: Hm. The kid's got an eye for detail, I'll give her that.

Caeda: What do you mean?

Tharja: This... illusory world... it's built out of Tiki's own memories of the one she left behind.

Caeda: ...So that's what she meant--a world that looks just like ours.

Navarre: The irony stings. Even if this is our homeland, our lost memories leave us strangers to it.

Tsubasa: All of you must feel so... mixed up about all this...

Itsuki: ...Let's go.

Tsubasa: Yeah. We have to stop Gharnef and save the world.


>The screen goes blank and gameplay resumes.



First Trial



Hero's Voice: The trial is simple, really. All you have to do is prove your strength to us. If you would inherit our power... then I suggest you don't hold anything back!

Itsuki: All right, everybody... let's give them everything we've got!

Battle initiates.


During battle:

Gordin: Please... allow me to test your strength.

'Linde: Let the battle begin!

Macellan: Show us what you're made of!

Dolph: I will hold nothing back!


Battle ends.


Hero's Voice: You have proven strength of body, and strength of will... Our power is yours. Please, complete the Opera of Light.

Three light orbs fall on Eleonora, Mamori and Kiria.


Eleonra: ...I can feel their souls... Oh, so that's how this trial works! All right, leave the archer part to me!

Mamori: We did it...! That's another step closer to the Opera of Light!

Kiria: If we keep gaining these powers and perform the ritual, then...

Eleonora: We can't stop now; we've got another audience waiting for us!

Itsuki: Yeah. If the heroes want to know our power, then we'll prove it to them!


Gameplay resumes.


Tiki's side story is available.



Second Trial



Tsubasa: Hey, this is---

Kiria: Tiki's memories... This must be more of her world's history carved into the stone...


The sealed dragon, Medeus... Gharnef loathed the world of his kin and resurrected the mighty Shadow Dragon to destroy the world of man. Gharnef allied himself with the newly awakened Shadow Dragon and schemed to dominate the world. With his eldritch magicks and the raw might of the dragon races, none could stand to oppose the sorcerer.


Chrom: The Shadow Dragon, Medeus... So this is the creature Gharnef is trying to summon...

Hero's Voice: It sems someone is in need of these old bones has finally arrived. If you wish to obtain my power, then you must first overcome the trial that awaits you. This will be my final duty.

Navarre: It appears our next trial awaits.

Yashiro: ...Let's move. Nothing will stand between me and Gharnef.

Itsuki: Yeah... Let's go.


Hero's Voice: So, you have come... fledglings from another world. Then allow me to put you to the test, and see whether you are worthy. If you hold back, you may regret it!

Itsuki: Let's go, everyone!


Battle initiates.

Palla: Show us your strength!

Ogma: The battlefield is the only world I know.

Jagen: Prove to me that you are worthy!


The battle ends.


Hero's Voice: You have done well to endure this trial... I entrust my power to you...!'

Three light orbs fall on Tsubasa, Touma and Yashiro.


Tsubasa: Um... did we prove ourselves?

Touma: Hell yeah! We'll give 'em the show of a lifetime!

Yashiro: I've been cast in the part of a swordsman? How apropos.

Tsubasa: Itsuki's the only one left.

Itsuki: Yeah. We'll overcome the next trial, too.


You receive a new Topic from Tiki.

Tiki: You've completed the second trial! Great job, big brother!

Tiki: The next trial should be for you... Good luck!

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Third Trial



Itsuki: Another stone carving...


The azure-haired hero... With Gharnef's sorcery and the Shadow Dragon's unearthly power, peace and order gave way to the fires of war. In these years of strife, a young man with hair of vivid cobalt rose to quell the turmoil. His name was Marth. His noble and merciful spirit compelled even vicious foes to swear fealty, and together, they strove for peace. The journeyw as arduous, but Marth and his allies were of one heart, and by their power they sealed Gharnef away. Thus did the blue-haired prince Marth become a legendary hero, etching his name into history forever.


Chrom: Marth...! I know that name, somehow.

Tsubasa: So this is the hero Tiki was talking about? The one who beat the Shadow Dragon with the Divine Dragon's power?

Itsuki: So, we're going through the same thing Marth did...

Mamori: Um... Marth sealed Gharnef a really, really long time ago, right? So... is the Gharnef we're fighting right now the same one from the story?

Itsuki: Now that you mention it...

Tharja: Good chance they're the same person. Gharnef mastered elder magic... Even if he couldn't break the seal, he could have found a way to stay alive. After all that time, if the seal had weakened even the slightest... that chance is all he'd need to break out.

Itsuki: We can't afford to take him lightly.

Hero's Voice: The history you have observed on your path... is the Opera of Light itself. It will lead you to the Divine Dragon. Young heroes, who carry on our spirit... Beyond here lies your final trial. There, the Hero-King awaits you.


The player is giving two options on how to respond:

  • The next trial's our last...
  • The performance follows the fight.


If the player chooses option2 :


???


If the player chooses option 1:


Itsuki: The next trial's our last... and we'll be facing the Hero-King Marth, himself.

Tsubasa: Let's do our best! If we can beat this... the Hero-King will accept Itsuki!

Touma: All right, Itsuki! Time to take care of business!

Itsuki: Yeah. Let's give it everything we've got.


A dark shadow appears and Hatanaka shows up.


Itsuki: Mr. Hatanaka!? Why are you here?

Hatanaka: Oh, I think the same reason you guys are. I did mention earlier, didn't I? We have an opera to complete, too. The Opera of Light DOES sound interesting, but we need the Shadow Dragon onstage, I'm afraid. Sorry!

Chrom: You... Why are you so intent on reviving the Shadow Dragon?

Gharnef's Voice: Why indeed...? Why, then, do you fight to protect the world and its people, even with no memory of your past?

Chrom: My memories don't matter! I am a Lord... I will always protect the weak from the cruel. My duty is to them!

Gharnef's Voice: Ah, yes... "duty." Heh heh heh... Well, if you would assign a motive to my schemes, that will do. Envy and jealousy drove me mad, and I despise the world of mankind... But all that is long since past. ...The Divine Dragon is why I was forced to perform the opera in your world. If you would blame anyone, blame Naga.

Itsuki: Naga...?

Gharnef's Voice: In ages past, after the Dragon was locked away... Naga rid our world of Performa---of all arts of performance. All to ensure that Medeus would never again be resurrected. Thus, the Opera of Shadows... failed. Vexatious little godling. I even had deigned to banish Tiki to this world to ensure the Opera's success.

Itsuki: That's why you came to our world...

Gharnef's Voice: Very good, child. Yes, this world is ripe, glutted with Performa... I thought to have CHrom and the rest of the Mirages harvest Performa as my vanguard... after I took their memory.

Chrom: So that was your doing! If you're the one who stole our memories, then I will take them back!

Gharnef's Voice: Why bother with such petty grasping? You must understand that the Shadow Dragon's reawakening is nigh...

Chrom: I, Itsuki, and everyone else... We will stop you!

Gharnef's Voice: I see... Predictable to the end. However, I will not allow you to hinder me further! The hour draws near!

Hatanaka draws out a colorful orb.

Gharnef's Voice: Behold the soul of the Hero-King Marth... Without it, the Opera of Light will never be complete. And yet... Marth's soul shall never be yours. Heh heh heh... And without it, your precious Opera will never succeed.

Yashiro: Bastard... So you intend on standing in our way to the last...

Gharnef's Voice: Ah, good boy... I can see that dark flame burning in your heart... Hatred, resentment, anger... How delightful... how satisfying it shall be to see your fury give way to pure, utter despair. Hahahahaha!

Yashiro: ...Empty words, Gharnef. If you think you can provoke me with hollow taunting, you're sadly mistaken. Your ambitions... end here.

Hatanaka: Heeheeheehahaha! Splendid, Yashiro! They've helped you overcome your father's death... Ah, how poetic! Well then, Gharnef! Shall we begin?

Gharnef's Voice: Yatsufusa. Are you certain?

Hatanaka: Of course! These kids are actually pretty tough! If they get that soul, it'll all have been for nothing! So you can have my Performa. All of it. Just like I promised. But you have to revive the Dragon! Promise me!

Gharnef's Voice: Very well, my "Master." Heh heh heh...

Hatanaka: Ghlgh...aaaah... hahahaha!

Itsuki: Mr. Hatanaka!


A laughter is heard from the background as a cutscene begins.

Itsuki: It's growing bigger.

Gharnef's Voice: You will never stop me!


Battle initiates.

Gharnef: Heh heh... Hyahahahahahaha...

Battle ends as a cutscene occurs.


Itsuki: Is it over?

Gharnef's Voice: Hahahahaha! Commendable. You have defeated me. And at last, the Opera of Shadows is finally complete!

Itsuki: What!?

Gharnef's Voice: By the sacrifice of both Marth's soul and my own, the Shadow Dragon shall live again! Ahah... Heh heh heh hah hah hah hah!


The cutscene ends as an earthquake occurs throughout the screen.


Touma: Wh-What the---

Tsubasa: Aaaah! It's sh-shaking---

Itsuki: Rgh!

Chrom: The entire... Idolasphere is shaking!

Tharja: ...Damn him. The old man sacrificed his own soul to deliver the Hero-King to the Shadow Dragon...

Kiria: No... How could this happen...!?

The earthquake starts to subsides.

Tsubasa: I-Is it calming down...?


A heart beat is heard throughout the Idolasphere.


Mamori: Do you... hear that?

Yashiro: A heartbeat...

Tharja: The heartbeat of... the Shadow Dragon itself...?

Eleonora: This is bad... It's like the part of the movie when aliens attack, and the President's about to use the nukes...

Touma: More like a camping vacation that got interrupted by a serial killer with a machete...


The screen goes black for a second.


Kiria: Marth's soul was stolen, meaning no Opera of Light... And the dragon lives... Everything that can go wrong, has.

Tsubasa: Itsuki, what are we going to do? At this rate, the world will--- E-Everyone will---


The player is giving two options on how to respond:

  • We have to calm down!
  • Let's return to the Bloom Palace.


If the player chooses option 1:


???


If the player chooses option 2:


Itsuki: Let's return to the Bloom Palace.

Tsubasa: But...

Itsuki: I hate to say it, but... I don't think there's anything more we can do here.

Tsubasa: Yeah... you're right...



Bloom Palace



Tiki: Wh-What happened, big brother? it felt like the Shadow Dragon's power just got even stronger...

Itsuki: I'm sorry, Tiki. The hero's soul we needed to perform the Opera of Light... it was stolen from us.

Tiki: ...Huh? Huuuuuuh!?

Itsuki: Just stay calm. I'll explain everything.


The screen goes blank for a second.


Tiki: Gharnef took... the Hero-King's soul... And that's why the Shadow Dragon's life force got stronger...

Touma: What the hell can we do...? We can't just sit on our asses and let this dragon come back to life!

Tiki: You can't perform the Opera of Light without the Hero-King's soul... but it's... gone...

Tiki: ...

Itsuki: ...Did you think of anything?

Tiki: ...There is... one way.

Itsuki: Huh?

The Shadow Dragon has the Hero-King's soul right now, right? So, um... if we get close enough to the Shadow Dragon, the Opera of Light might still work.

Kiria: Of course...! That might just work.

Tiki: B-But it's--- It's too dangerous! Just... never mind, okay? Pretend I never said anything!

Itsuki: I appreciate it, Tiki... but if there's even a chance it'll work, I'm willing to bet everything on it.

Tiki: ...

Itsuki: Well? What do you think, guys?


The screen goes blank for a second.'


Yashiro: I concur. It seems that's our only remaining chance at stopping the Shadow Dragon.

Touma: Yeah. If we still have an option, we gotta take it. We're not sitting around waiting for the world to end.

Kiria: I think he's right, too.

Eleonora: O-Of course I"m in! This is the third-act twist!

Mamori: M-Me too! I'll do my best... I want to protect everyone in this world!

Tsubasa: ...I'm in, too. A dragon that can destroy the world... It's pretty scary. But with everyone---with you, Itsuki---I can still fight! Because... I've overcome so much already with all of you!

Itsuki: ...Then it's settled.

Tiki: Everyone...

Itsuki: We're the only ones who can stop the Shadow Dragon. Let's go.


'The screen goes blank and gameplay resumes.


Fortuna Office



Itsuki: Ms. Maiko, Barry, Ayaha...

Maiko: Well? How'd it go, Itsuki?

Barry: Quit holdin' out on us, and tell us what you found out, you damn boneheads!

Tsubasa: B-Boneheads?

Ayaha: Please... could you tell us what happened?

Itsuki: Things... aren't looking so good...


The screen goes blank for a second.


Ayaha: No... that can't be...

Barry: So there's a dragon runnin' around the place now, and the Opera of Light might not even work...? Holy crap.


The player is giving two options on how to respond:

  • It's not over yet.'
  • Yeah, I know...


If the player chooses option 2:


???


If the player chooses option 1:


Itsuki: It's not over yet.

Maiko: Itsuki!

Itsuki: There's still something we can do. I don't plan on giving up until the very end.

Tsubasa: Yeah. I learned something after I became an idol. You can't tell yourself something's impossible before you even try. Trying is how you start making it possible. So... we haven't even gotten started yet. Our battle against the Shadow Dragon is just beginning!

Maiko: Tsubasa... *Chuckle* Well... You really have become strong, Tsubasa.

Tsubasa: Of course! I mean, thsi whole time, I've been fighting evil Mirages with magic powers and stuff!

Barry: Oh-ho! Damn straight, Tsubasa!

Maiko: Everyone? There's something I want to say. The Opera of Light, fighting the Shadow Dragon... It's all the same as when you're onstage. You paly every show like it's your last. You put yourself on the line when you perform for an audience. And putting yourself on the line in the fight against the Shadow Dragon is no different. Give it all you've got.

Maiko: Tsubasa.

Tsubasa: Yes, ma'am!

Maiko: You've improved. A lot. But you still have more improvement ahead of you. Aim for the top. Never stop trying.

Tsubasa: Understood!

Maiko: Touma.

Touma: Yeah?

Maiko: You go overboard sometimes, but you've got a quick wit and quicker reflexes. Don't hesitate to use your strengths.

Touma: Of course! I'm going all in.

Maiko: Kiria!

Kiria: ...

Maiko: You're more experienced both in the industry, and as a Master. Support the team. Guide them when they need you.

Kiria: ...Goes without saying.

Maiko: Ellie!

Eleonora: Yes!

Maiko: ...You do say some strange things, but nobody can deny your inner radiance. Trust in yourself, and fight your way.

Eleonora: I'll debate that first part first later, but I got the second part. I'll show everyone what Hollywood's all about!

Maiko: Mamori!

Mamori: Yes!

Maiko: You have an incredible drive to protect others, and keep everyone smiling. Remember not to overwork yourself.

Mamori: Hee hee... Thank you. I'll do my best!

Maiko: Yashiro!

Yashiro: ...

'Maiko: You haven't been with us long, but you've definitely changed. I want you to show everyone all you've learned.

Yashiro: Acknowledged.

Maiko: And... Itsuki.

Itsuki: Yes.

Maiko: All this time, you've been the center of the group. You weren't anything special at first, but you drew others toward you. You became the rock of your group. I know you might still be wondering what it is you truly want. What you want to become. But ther'es no doubt that all of us at Fortuna only came this far thanks to you. This may be the final battle. So... give em a show to remember.

Itsuki: Yes, ma'am.

Barry: Guys... I'll be cheerin' you on too. Never stop rockin', and give it all the passion you got in your soul.

Ayaha: Itsuki, Tsubasa, everyone---I can't do much for you from here... but please, come back safe.

Itsuki: ...Thank you. Let's go everyone! To the Shadow Dragon... to the Cosmic Egg!

Tsubasa: Yeah!


You receive a new Topic from Tiki in Main Story:


Tiki: I can't even begin to imagine the Idolasphere of Cosmic's Egg's going to look like.

Tiki: Tmsfe-sticker 21.png

Tiki: But I'm sure you guys can do it. Good luck. Remember I'm there to help if you need to perform Unity!


You receive a new Topic from Kiria in Contacts:

Kiria: so did we really avenge Mr. Chikaomi... Yashiro's father?

Kiria: no... it's not over yet. Mr. Chikaomi won't be at peace until we've put an end to Medeus.


You receive a new Topic from Yashiro in Contacts:

Yashiro: Aoi... I understand that nothing has been resolved yet. But there is something I wish to say to you.

Yashiro: It was thanks to you that I was able to take down Gharnef. Thank you.


'You receive a new Topic from Mamori in Contacts:

Mamori: I love Tokyo, everyone in Fortuna, and all the jobs they gave me the chance to be a part of. So... I have to protect them all.


You receive a new Topic from Touma in Contacts:

Touma: we'll break on through! i'll let you handle supporting the others

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You receive a new Topic from Eleonora in Contacts:

Eleonora: Hatanaka talked about the Shadow Dragon's resurrection like it was entertainment, but I can't accept that.

Eleonora: We can't let him just do whatever he wants. I hate how he manipulated us, but we're the only ones who can fight.


You receive a new Topic from Tsubasa in Contacts:

Tsubasa: I'm gonna give it my all, no matter who we're up against! so you can't ever give up, Itsuki!

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You receive a new Topic from Tiki in Contacts:

Tiki: I don't understand. Why would Gharnef sacrifice his own soul in order to destroy the world?

Tiki: ...It scares me that I can't understand. Even if his reasoning doesn't make sense, I still need to find out why he did this.

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You receive a new Topic from Maiko in Contacts:

Maiko: Five years ago... I didn't even know his name. But now Gharnef is gone. Just wish he hadn't left us with a parting gift...

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You receive a new Topic from Barry in Contacts:

Barry: When this is all over, I'll let you come with me to a special "Dia Witch" event! So GO FOR BROKE!!