Act I - New Forces
1 - Border Crisis1A.1 - [Bayside Chronicles] - Electopia- Xion, K414, Kajira, Esperanza and Serix appear to be fighting some building-esque navi that had escaped the Animus Syndicate
- After the "building" escapes, but before K414 is able to pick a fight with Xion,
Rosso arrives and fights the collective
- In short,
Rosso has to leave, Serix is deleted, K414 gets ejected from the area, and Xion and Kajira both leave after outlasting Rosso's attack
1A.2 - [Border Crisis: Electopia] - Electopia- Ruin attempts to destroy the border, accompanied by Jin
- Kajira and Nightshade arrive to contest them
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Trishula arrives and disrupts both sides
- Ruin destroys the border anyway and then leaves
- Serix arrives from the Netopian side in pursuit of Ruin
- Blues arrives and halts further violence, also revealing that
Trishula is a part of NeONB
- Blues takes everyone present back to New Life for debriefing
1B - [Border Crisis: Netopia] - Netopia- Genesis attempts to destroy the border after Ruin passes through to Electopia
- Serix aids evacuation as K-414 fights Genesis
- Vanguard destroys the border as they fight
- K414 loses and is deleted; Plagueman changes hosts to Genesis
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Rosso arrives after Genesis leaves for the Electopian Border. He takes Vanguard to NIA HQ
2 - After the Border2A.1 - [ONB Commander's Office: Border Crossing] - Electopia- Blues debriefs Kajira on the events of Bayside and the Electopian Border
2A.2 - [New Life Prison: Border Crossing] - Electopia- Blues debriefs Nightshade on the events the Electopian Border
- He assigns Nightshade on a reconnaissance mission to Netopia
- Other present entities: Jin, Rosary,
Trishula
2B.1 - [NIA Headquarters - Sequester] - Netopia-
Rosso debriefs Vanguard
-
Unnamed assigns Vanguard to border control as parole
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Unnamed assigns
Rosso the task of "transporting the bird"
2B.2 - [Netopian Border Investigation] - Netopia- Vanguard patrols the border and notices two people
- One crosses to Electopia, the other is
Magnolia- Vanguard confronts her and they fight
- She leaves midfight; he barely survives and returns to NIA HQ
2B.3 - [Netopian Border Report] - Netopia- Vanguard reports to
Mistair, discussing his fight against
Magnolia- He heals up and then heads back to the border
2C - [Moonlit Rose] - Netopia- Genesis takes a break after destroying the border. Meets Regis.
- Zaven joins as a Gorilla Mechanaloid attacks them.
- They defeat it and salvage its remains before Genesis and Regis spar.
- Noticing Regis is unable to heal properly, Genesis heads back to the border
2D - [Rammount City Streets] - Netopia- Shine and Rime entry point
- Along with Esperanza, Thorn, and Rosario they defeat two mutated mega viruses
3 - Back to the Border3.1 - [Looking around] - Netopia- Nightshade and Thrash investigate the area in suspicion of Cybeast activity on Blues' orders
- Vanguard confronts them, and with
Rosso's help eventually confines the two of them
- All parties learn of the "Mortality Anomaly" in Netopia, courtesy of Vanguard
- Shine is led away by a nameless npc after witnessing it all
- Genesis and AD were there too, they both come and leave of their own accord
- This is the last known location of Shine.
3A - [The Isolated Field] - Netopia- Vanguard and
Rosso discuss Rosso's, NIA's, and ONB's motives
- When Vanguard mentions the similarities he has with
Magnolia,
Rosso denies knowing who she is, but says that she started the "change" in Netopia
- He then directs Vanguard to return to NIA HQ
3B.1 - [NIA Headquarters - Sequester's Return] - Netopia- Thrash and Nightshade are debriefed by
Mistair- They spill pretty much everything they know
- They are given comms and tasked by
Mistair to aid in evacuation duty
3B.2A - [NIA HQ - Operation GTFO] - Netopia- Thrash is assisting in evacuating an infiltrated NIA HQ as a much larger fight is going down at Rammount Castle
- Another mutated Brute and Hawk are here that he fends off
3B.2B - [Crimson flames in the night...] - Netopia- Nightshade is carrying out Mistair's orders when he is approached by a Navi calling himself "Egress"
- Egress asks to be taken to NIA HQ and if the whereabouts of Rosso were known to him, both of which Nightshade provides
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Magnolia appears, asking to be taken to NIA HQ as well
- Egress reveals himself to be Gate, controller of WWW
- He summons Dynamo, and later High Max, to fight
Magnolia- Seeing the evidence of Genesis and Rosso fighting at Rammount Castle,
Magnolia wishes to cease fighting Gate and his crew
- Having gathered enough combat data on each other, the two parties agree to fight another day
3C - [The Town of Dusk] - Netopia- Genesis returns from the border once again, this time to meet Resonance
- Thorn also gathers information before leaving
- Genesis and Resonance agree to make a play on NIA by attacking Rammount Castle
3D - [The Edge of a Lost Reality] - Electopia- Scarface, Rank 1 of the Undernet, seeks audience with ONB's leader on behalf of the Under King
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Trishula comes to him and they speak briefly, foreshadowing things to come, then go about their ways
4 - Attack on Rammount4.1 - [The Netopian Castle Network ~ Rammount] - Netopia- Genesis ambushes Rammount head on as Resonance infiltrates quietly to find information
- Challenger appears to help Genesis break through
Mistair's wall
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Rosso arrives to help fend off the two attackers, driving Challenger off successfully
- AD entered the scene to assist Genesis
- Inside, Resonance is confronted by a snake-like mechanaloid and destroys it after a fairly decently fought battle
- Deeper inside of the catacombs of the building, Resonance finds a sleeping Greiga and sees a woman (later revealed to be
Magnolia) before she escapes
- As Greiga awakens, Falzar approaches the network from outside of the castle
- Resonance downloads files before escaping while Genesis and Armored Destroyer, having fended off Rosso, shutdown the network by causing catastrophic damage to its core
- Mysteriously, the network is still accessible despite being offline
4A.2 - [Nia Headquarters~ Logic and Trickery || Pg. 1 - 4] - Netopia- Nightshade returns after his encounter with Gate
- As
Mistair questions him, Shadowdevil reveals itself and attacks the HQ
- The combined efforts of the two, alongside Thorn and Vanguard, results in the monster being defeated
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Rosso returns and receives a sample of the Shadowdevil from
Mistair, then he is off again
- Nightshade and Thorn are sent to Rammount Network to investigate what became of the Cybeasts
4A.3 - [A Beast in Ranmount] - Netopia- Nightshade arrives with Thorn to confront the Cybeasts, only to discover that they'd already been badly damaged by something else
- Forte arrives and Greiga bites Nightshade's arm off and disintegrates alongside Falzar. Forte then leaves after not finding what he wanted: the Cybeasts
- Embera comes to give "encouraging" words as well, then Greiga Beast Out Nightshade awakens and leaves the area
- Embera also leaves; Persephone comes and immediately leaves
4A.4 - [Nia Headquarters~ Logic and Trickery || Pg. 5+] - Netopia- Thorn and Nightshade return and cause a bit of a scene
- Amidst it, Forte appears and demands
Mistair find the Cybeasts
- Thorn and Nightshade leave after Forte leaves
- Vytrex arrives shortly afterward as
Mistair is recovering and reveals to Vanguard that the Cybeasts are still alive based on the evidence of his (honestly boring as he
ll sounding) job
4B.3 - [Netopian Bug Lake] - Netopia- Merrill finds a mysterious sword. Aeron's there too.
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Rosso and Slypner arrive, as does Xion
- A fight breaks out over who gets to keep the sword
- In the end, Aeron is deleted,
Rosso has to go, and Xion ends up keeping Polaris; Turbine's Sword
5 - Moving Pieces5A.1 - [Beauty and the Cybeast] - Electopia- Nightshade crosses paths with Kajira and shares everything he knows about the happenings in Netopia up until this point
5A.2 - [Brink of Disaster] - Electopia- Nightshade is redirected here while trying to access the Undernet
- Scarface informs him of a "curse" that is over him and denies his access
- He is sent to find Dr. Psyche to study this "curse"
5B.1 - [World 3 Outpost: The Mastermind's Invitation] - Netopia- Shadowdevil returns after its failed attack on NIA HQ
- Gate leaves shortly afterward, just before 14 intruders arrive
- Among them are
Glint and
Magnolia- They release Napalmman from a holding pod who briefly fights the two of them before escaping
- The 14 intruders leave afterwards
5B.2 - [A Lost Time] - Netopia- Napalmman briefly crosses paths with Embera and Siega just after escaping Gate's Lab
- Interaction goes down, but nothing detrimental to the main arc's plot other than they all leave afterward
5C.1 - [The Town of Dusk ~ Aftermath] - Netopia- Genesis, Resonance, and AD arrive here to discuss the information that Resonance was able to gather from Rammount Castle
- They notice they are tapped, so they move to a more secure location
5C.2 - [World 3 Deleted Archive] - Netopia- AD arrives with himself, Genesis, and Resonance to discuss the aftermath of Rammount
- Napalmman arrives too, as does Plagueman, to add to the meeting
- Upon learning of an attack on New Life, the group moves out to intervene
5D.1 - [The Monolith] - Secret Area- Xion arrives in response to a call he felt and is swept away in a white light
5D.2 - [Darkness of Light] - Secret Area- Serenade holds a discussion with Xion and requests him to be a part of his personal guard
- Xion accepts and then heads for Element City
6 - New Beginnings6A - [New Life: New Beginnings] - Electopia-
Trishula accepts Unity and Joker as the newest additions to ONB
- Gravity Beetle begins their training, but it is interrupted by an invasion of Reaverbots on New Life
- Genesis, Kajira, and Embera arrive to help
- Meanwhile, AD infiltrates New Life in attempt find any information they might have on Rosso, Magnolia, Trishula
- During his mission, AD comes across two unknown individuals. One exits New Life, the other is
Glint- While
Glint is occupied manipulating New Life's altitude, AD takes the opportunity to download his files
- During this time he also uploads footage of the events that went down in Netopia up until this point, however in this footage, none of the New Force members appear to be present- Everyone evacuates as New Life is set to self-destruct after taking heavy damage during the invasion
- Other notable presences: Var, Deav, Dainsleif
- This is the last known location of Blues, Joker, and all who were in ONB's holding cells
6B - [Element City: Reaverbot Chaos] - Electopia- Reaverbots are invading Element City, various navis band together to fight them
- After Resonance destroys most of them,
Rosso appears and confronts him
- Embera interferes briefly and it is revealed that Rosso is actually Zane- She is immune to Resonance's temporal manipulation because of her Somnium Cross and is given Purgatory before leaving to join the fight above at New Life
- In the end, Resonance and Serix are deleted, but
Rosso's barrier is temporarily disabled
- Xion comes to challenge him, but gets trapped in a black hole until the New Force needs him
- Tornadoman comes as well, but only to talk
- This is the last known location of Xion, Resonance, and Serix.
6C - [LifeVirus vs K-414 & Nightshade] - Electopia- K414 and Nightshade combat the Life Virus after discovering it is festering underneath Element City while the battle against Rosso goes on above (and above that: the invasion of New Life)
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Trishula arrives after Nightshade escapes to help K-414 destroy the virus
- Despite this, in the footage of the fight,
Trishula is absent
6D - [A trip in Kotobuki] - Electopia- Nightshade finds Dr. Psyche who intends to study his Juuka and his "curse" (the Mortality Anomaly)
- He removes the source of the curse and the symbiotic virus that was functioning as Nightshade's arm ever since Greiga bit it off
- It is discovered that Nightshade was the host that caused the Mortality Anomaly to spread to Creamland and Electopia
6E - [The Current: A Status Report] - Electopia- Xeel is meeting with a
Mysterious Entity- It debriefs her of her recent actions and intelligence acquired
7 - Adjusting to Change7A.1 - [Aftermath, Heap of Stories] - Electopia- Embera fills Genesis in on what went down in Element City during the attack on New Life
- Genesis calls Zerix and Zaven to get more info on Zane's motives
- Just then, he receives an Email from Dr. Psyche concerning Nightshade's status
- Genesis leaves to investigate New Life in search of more information
- This is the last known location of Zerix and Zaven 7A.2 - [A Capital Idea] - Electopia- Embera bargains with Lex Loath to fund a fortress-esque proxy network between Netopia and Electopia
- Not much comes of it, but the future holds potential
- Afterward, she leaves for the invasion at Bayside
7A.4 - [A Drowsy Detour] - Electopia- After her activity in Bayside City (See: 7B.2), Embera visits OEL to learn more about the Somnium Cross
- Excerpt about Crosses: "they themselves, being data cores unto themselves, are capable of holding the entire memory of a Navi in themselves"- Somnium Cross pulls Embera into a lucid trance as Everett Higsby, the OEL receptionist, continues their discussion
- Somnium Cross holds the memory of Eon. His body and power are elsewhere- Embera reawakens right where she had left off in the conversation and elects to keep the Cross as she heads to the remains of New Life to join Genesis
- Once she's gone, Everett initiates an investigation and requests the use of Project Striker
7B.1 - [Familiar Bayside] - Electopia- Hollow, under the guise of Xion, takes survivors of the New Life catastrophe and debriefs them on his activities since Bayside Chronicles (See: 1A.1)
- Afterward, they respond to the invasion at Bayside
7B.2 - [The Coming Flood] - Electopia- Hollow and Kajira arrive to the scene as a fleet of W3 warships approach on the horizon; a full scale invasion
- As they fight back, MagicMan finds some ruins below the city
- Bob's Handy seems infected with something and he struggles to keep it under control. Eventually it relents and he gets and email from DSI regarding the incident
- Embera and several others arrive on the scene as well, leading to the revelation that Finale is the captain of the brigade
- The attack of the W3 ceases as the ruins are discovered, as that was their only purpose for being there
- Volt Kurageil appears, but causes no damage. It ends up leaving along with Encore
- Jax and Hollow find and enter a portal in the ruins
7B.3 - [After Action Report: The Coming Flood] - Electopia- Finale has a comical dream about Embera, then is woken up by MagicMan who debriefs him of the events that had just transpired at Bayside
- Finale is sent out to collect information about the New Force
- Finale assumes the guise of Warrior/Exile before leaving
7C.1 - [Hunting Bounty] - Creamland- NapalmMan and
Magnolia cross paths at the outskirts of a city in flames
- A D-Rex attacks and they take it down
- They leave for Sharo to discuss matters privately
7C.2 - [Meeting in the Shadows of the Daylight] - Sharo-
Magnolia gives NapalmMan an excellent summary of recent history
- They leave for a place called Xanadu
- This is the last known location of NapalmMan
8 - Rising Action8A.1 - [World 3 Outpost: The Mastermind's Plan] - Electopia- The New Force, led by
Glint,
Magnolia and
Trishula, invade the outpost
- Part of the Force splits and runs into Gate, but he escapes and they end up fighting Eregion in his stead
- They defeat Eregion and promptly leave afterward
- New Force Member Names Learned: Cap, Rig, Pal, Liv- This is the last known location of the New Force8A.2 - [The Unwinnable Outcome] - Electopia-
Glint's company (of 5 others) arrives after splitting with the rest of the New Force
- He fights Vile alone as the rest of his company steps back
- Neither are victorious, but the New Forces eventually leave and Vile is left to himself afterward
- This is the last known location of the New Force
8B - [The Aftermath of New Life] - Electopia- A collection of Navis are searching the wreckage of New Life, looking for clues
- They manage to dig up K-414 who had last been seen fighting the Life Virus, as well as a few Scuttle Viruses that Plagueman and General Mary each keep
- Plagueman begins to lose control of its primal instinct, but Genesis tells it to be cool and so it calmed down
- Genesis and Embera each found a Prison Pylon that they brought back to The Heap to further investigate
- This is the current state of Slypner, Sharkman and Rook
8C - [Starry skies...] - Electopia- Merrill, possessed by Death, waits to confront Challenger
- Instead, a cloaked navi arrives, followed shortly by Finale under the guise of Warrior/Exile
- Finale comes to seek information on
Rosso as he presumes that is the navi that Merrill is waiting for
- The cloaked navi leaves as they continue their interaction
- The exchange dialogue and then go their separate ways
- This is the last known location of Merrill and Finale
8D.1 - [Evolution.] - Netopia- Nightshade returns to NIA HQ after a long series of events
- He does his best to explain them to
Grom and
Mistair, but noteworthy details are stated to be missing
- During the brief,
Rosso arrives and attacks
Mistair while
Grom moves to a more advantageous position to assist him
- Vanguard comes to assist
- During the standoff, Nightshade escapes but loses his Beast Force as a result
- After
Rosso leaves, Vanguard and
Mistair run into
Vamin and engage in combat
- The duo manage to drive the Reaverking back, but then are immediately confronted by Forte afterward
- Forte leaves after having tested Vanguard
- Vanguard and
Mistair complete their evacuation of the base after taking a short detour for
Mistair to grab some mysterious devices in one of the storage rooms in the facility]
8D.2 - [Software Updates] - Electopia- Nightshade returns to Dr. Psyche after escaping from
Rosso, though
Rosso appears almost immediately behind him
- Dr. Psyche's discussion holds him off as he works on Nightshade's arm
- After fixing his arm, Dr. Psyche force-logs Nightshade out and continues his conversation with
Rosso- They discuss a lot, but eventually
Rosso extends an invitation to Psyche in the form of a device that would lead him (and any that he chose to occompany him) to a designated location in Sharo when he chose to access it
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Rosso stated that he would give Psyche time to choose which path to take forward, then left him to himself
- Psyche emails Genesis to come meet with him immediately as he makes preparations
9 - Crossing Lines9A.1 - [An Answered Call] - Gigamerica- Warrior, Feint, and Faith Nymphra have been isolated in Gigamerica for a year, unaware of the events taking place overseas until the leaked footage from New Life (see: Ch.6A) makes its way to them
- Wanting to learn more about these events and seeing this as a call to arms, the trio traveled overseas in the real world to investigate the eastern networks further
9A.2 - [Rammount: Reassessment] - Netopia- Warrior begins his investigation in Rammount Castle's destroyed network
- He meets Nightshade who vaguely briefs him on the happenings of recent events
- Taking what he's learned, Warrior leaves to investigate other networks
- Nightshade, Rosario, Siega and Grade continue with further dialogue before leaving
- This is the current state of Nightshade9A.3 - [Gigamerican Consulate (Post 1)] - Real World- Faith Nymphra had been searching for Seth Pele, but could not find him
- Warrior relays the information he found in Rammount to Faith
- Faith instructs him to travel to Sharo in search of his old contacts and he does so
- Faith starts her own investigation, but begins with training exercises in the Forrest Network first
- Cherish Pele, also called "Feint", is Pulsed into the Cyber World from this location
- This is the current RW location of Cherish Pele9A.4 - [Elbrus Range: Silence] - Sharo- While searching for old friends, Warrior notices something strange in the air of Sharo's cyberspace
- He finds a variety of things, from myseterious bug creatures to peons mining away at the mountain he had pulsed-in on
- Investigating further, he eventually finds himself going deep into the mountain and, after a bit of less-than-graceful puzzle solving, is confronted by
Vestil, the fourth and final Reaverking
- This is the current location of Warrior
9B.3 - [Pride's Price: NIA Field Base] - Netopia- Having acquired Shine sometime after she was led away by an NIA Agent (see: Ch.3.1), Feint approaches their Field Base with a proposition to join their ranks in exchange for the captive they had lost
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Grom accepted them both, assigning Shine the duty of collecting information and briefing Feint on NIA's Most Wanted
- Shine left to fulfill her purpose immediately
- Feint was told to standby until receiving her communication device, so she explored the base in the meantime
- This is the current location of Feint
9C - [Where it Began] - Netopia- After surviving the battle against
Vamin and then Forte, Vanguard and
Mistair finally escape from NIA's Base and take reprieve to discuss everything that has happened up to this point
- They destroy their NIA Isolators and receive an email from Genesis to meet them in the Forrest Network to share information, so they leave to go meet up with him
9D.1 - [Homecoming] - Electopia- Genesis, Embera, and Plagueman return to the Heap after investigating New Life's ruins
- They discuss their information, feelings, and concerns of recent events
- Genesis receives an email from Psyche requesting his presence, so he leaves along with the others to go meet him
9D.2 - [The Fragmented Meeting] - Electopia- Genesis, Embera, and Plagueman arrive in Psyche's lab some time after
Rosso had left
- Psyche discloses the full situation and the group discusses which path forward to take
- Genesis elects to meet up with Vanguard in the Forrest Network before moving on to attack NIA's Base directly if all went according to plan
- He leaves but fails to mention to the rest where he was headed
- Psyche sends Plagueman directly to Genesis' coordinates as he and Embera make for Sharo after some back and forth dialogue
9E.1 - [For Purpose and Power] - Electopia- Joker is making arrangements with
Deav as Faith Nymphra is returning from her training and catches sight of them
- Genesis arrives in expectation to meet Vanguard, but finds Joker and
Deav instead
- Fighting breaks out, Faith and Genesis taking sides against the Reaverking and the behemoth, then are joined soon after by Vanguard and
Mistair- Joker retreats after K-358 is deleted, whom he had summoned to aid him
- The group manages to fend off
Deav, destroying most of the Forrest Network in the process, then moves on to discuss each others information and motives
-
Mistair reveals to the group that she is the former NIA secretary
- Faith Nymphra reveals to them that she is human
- Genesis and Vanguard share their perspectives of all past encounters
- After some discussion, the group decides to band together and investigate a lead that both Genesis and Vanguard had that pointed to Sharo
- Plagueman enters Genesis coding just as they all jack-out to Faith's PET for her to carry them overseas in the Real World to get around Sharo's virtual borders
9E.2 - [Com Square: Answers] - Sharo- Upon enterring the Sharonian Network, Plagueman loses control of itself and is no longer able to supress its primal instinct
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Pandemic, a new Cybeast repressed by Plagueman, finally emerges and begins consuming the entire continent of Sharo before the group has time to react
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Rosso appears and utilizes Juno's power to subdue the newborn Cybeast and manipulate the group's perception of the reality around them
- He is accompanied by
Nero, who was last seen fighting Ninetails in Gigamerica (see: Ch.9H)
- The two of them engage in combat with the group, decisively defeating them
-
Nero goes on to confront Embera and Psyche (see: Ch9.G)
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Rosso finishes off the group as a result, taking special effort to disarm Genesis of his sword, Fate
- The group wakes up in an underwater prison some time later
9E.3 - [? ~ Undersea ?] - Sharo- Genesis, Faith, Vanguard, Centurion, Armiger, and
Mistair wake up in isolated cells that appear to be a part of a facility at the bottom of the ocean
- Vanguard is able to hear Rosary's voice in a cell nearby his, who has been in captivity since the Border Crisis (see: Ch.2A.2)
- This is the current location of Rosary, Genesis, Faith, Vanguard, Centurion, Armiger, and Mistair
9F - [The One-Sided Ultimatum] - Sharo- The Armored Destroyer arrives to investigate the last known location of Genesis after his defeat to
Rosso and
Nero (see: Ch.E.2)
-
Rosso confronts him, but they do not fight
- Instead, they exchange cryptic messages and go their own ways once again
- This is the last known location of The Armored Destroyer and Rosso
9G - [The Revolution's Tale] - Sharo- Embera and Pysche arrive in the Fortress Lost in Frozen Eternity after activating the program that
Rosso had left behind to guide them here (see: Ch8.)
- Zerix greets them and shows them to a room of archives where they are shown various recordings of Zane's endeavors over the past years, accompanied with his personal thoughts on each of them and how they contradicted what others perceived
- Embera is most devastated by these discoveries and
Nero arrives after having just defeated Genesis and company in Com Square (see: Ch9.E.2)
- She expresses her feelings to him, but ultimately chose to take inaction as she still considers him family
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Nero goes on to discuss matter with Pysche, who had downloaded the archives that he had viewed previously with Embera and had up to this point been waiting outside of the room as things began to get personal between them
- This is the current location of Embera, Psyche, and Nero
9H - [The Sky Tower] - Gigamerica- Jax climbs the Sky Tower, discovering Ninetails at the top and commences in battle
- Jax is defeated, but shortly afterward
Nero arrives and challenges Ninetails
- The conclusion of this fight is not publicly determined