Team Rocket Boss.
This is one of the most ridiculous fights in the game. Dorothy is frail as shit, there are so many hounds, and I only have two party members.
"sigh" I miss Kloe and Oliver.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Team Rocket Boss.
Whoever was behind that attack, I'm going to make suffer for putting me through this fight!
You tell her Estelle! That lovable ditz act will only get you so far Dorothy! I REALLY HATED THAT FIGHT!
Oh no, it's time for the obligatory hot springs moment. Pretty weird that Estelle has just heard about this hot spring tradition and is totally fine going with Joshua and Tita.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Team Rocket Boss.
Estelle: Who the hell starts a conversation like that? I just got here.
And here we go again, another Estelle totally has feelings for Joshua but is in denial and thinks they have a brother and sister dynamic.
Hey, Estelle had the same reaction as me. So Tita states her logic, since they didn't look related but have the same name, are super comfortable with each other, and work well together.
Estelle gets all flustered then flashes back to all those moments she had with Joshua. And then runs away to the open air bath while thinking about how she feels about Joshua.
Oh wow, who could have seen this coming? ![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
Kids say the darnedest things... Tita is the one who did it and actually put the idea actually in Estelle's head.
I'm sad the Evo version had to put in a fanservice CG there. As far as hotspring bondings go, Sky's the most wholesome I've found yet in an RPG.
- looks it up*
Its fanservicy but it for sure gets the point across that she is suddenly so self conscious in many ways. The next CG is also in the baths and less well 'exposed' as she is back to normal chatting with Tita and Joshua.
Never really looked at the Evo arts... they gave Schera quite the bust up.
Team Rocket Boss.
Oh jeez, hope this place is insured against fire damage.
....And that the Black Orbment didn't cause this.
...Oh shit, this entire thing was a literal smokescreen to disguise the kidnapping of the professor! And the Black Orbment.
Then Agate shows up to provide some back up. While being a jerk as usual. Turns out, those Jaegers from before are kidnapping Dr. Wily.
And my paranoid brain wonders if this is all fake because Russell is secretly Weismann. They are both professors after all, and Russell DOES look like a supervillain.
DAMN IT! So the Jaegers disguised themselves as royal guardsmen while making their escape. Pretty wild that they managed to disguise themselves in the span of the time it took the elevator to bring them down.
....Wait, where the hell did they get outfits that looked like royal guardsmen?
So we report this to Liberl Intelligence, and man, I gotta say, Liberlian Noel here is acting REALLY suspicious.
Mhhmmm, right. And I gotta say, you're also quite efficient in stonewalling investigations from outside sources as well. Even confiscating Dorothy's photos under the argument that they don't want to embarrass the Liberl military with this incident becoming known even though the Jaegers were imposters, and trying to prevent Agate from investigating.
But wait! Why so protective of the image of the Royal Guardsmen all of a sudden? Unless you've got another angle? Hmmmmmmm... I smell foul play, like I said, just WHERE did the Jaegers get those uniforms?
Well regardless, we don't have any leads and the Intelligence Division is acting REALLY suspicious. Might as well report to the guild.
But luckily we have an eyewitness here! Oh, him. Right, Alba was it? Well he spotted some suspicious looking people near the Carnelia tower where he was doing some research, sweet, that was convenient, glad Liberl Intelligence didn't notice him during their investigation.
And now we're off to rescue Dr. Wily!
Right after these sidequests.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Team Rocket Boss.
Huh! It is taking QUITE a while for the word Jaeger to be named dropped.
One grueling battle later, and those Jaegers realize they're in a cutscene and suddenly are competent.
Estelle would be great at mocking tropes.
...Something tells me that's not exactly the threat you think it is, Agate. IIRC, there IS indeed a mole within the army who has been leaking information and used the Capua family as pawns.
Hmmmmm.... I guess we can narrow down the traitor's identity to within Intelligence.
Damn, an airship!? Well shit, we're out played. But luckily the heroes realize the Jaegers can't afford to hurt their valuable hostage and are planning a sneak attack to get Dr. Wily back!
WHAT?! NO KID DON"T!
So Tita messes up our sneak attack and fires some rockets at the airship, this causes one of the Jaegers to panic and attempt to shoot the child.
Luckily, Agate is a tank, and takes the bullet. The Jaegers flee with Dr. Wily in tow.
Agate is rightfully pissed at Tita for her attempted intervention, and since I'm an asshole I took the most petty line in the whole lecture. I swear it's actually quite reasonable albeit harsh, but I couldn't resist.
And turns out the bullet is poisoned, so Agate is gonna take a nap now. Luckily we run into...Zin from the Calvard Republic.
Xin, Yin, and now Zin. Huh, all of them from Calvard.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Interesting fact. Zin’s name was originally changed to Zane in English and was later changed to his original name 7 years later.
Never found out the reason for the change, Zin though lines up with the rest of the Calvard’s Eastern Quarter’s names.
Team Rocket Boss.
It kind of feels like 4kids style dub name changing to make Zin feel less Eastern.
Like how Katsuya Jonouchi became Joey Wheeler.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Team Rocket Boss.
So we're here at the Church to collect medicine that will help out Agate, but unfortunately it seems that they are out of ingredients.
So we have to go to the caves and go get said missing ingredients. A fetch quest. Oh joy, my Fray is just seething RN.
I love having four party members again.
What? Is this some kind of reference?
So after a couple of grueling moments getting lost in the cave, Estelle and friends manage to find the moss.
But of course, it's NEVER easy.
Took the words right out of my mouth, what the hell?
At least this one isn't peeping on any women.
Hope things don't get any worse for our heroes. Would really suck. Now that we've gotten the moss it's time to go back track in the cave where I got lost repeatedly.
Damn it all!
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Team Rocket Boss.
Hmmmmmm.... so the holy blessings from the priest who invoked Aidios' name worked. I'm going to have to take note of that, it must mean Aidios does indeed exist in some form.
We then administer the medicine to boost Agate's immune system. Dude is in pain but he'll make it.
Then while he's delirious and Agate is the one looking out for him, he starts talking about someone who I assume his is sister.
Oh no, don't tell me, Tita is going to start developing feelings for him as a result of this. I can see it coming a mile away judging from how Trails does these things.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
Unfortunately yes.
It its any comfort, Agate never reciprocates.
She/Her | Currently cleaning N/A
Team Rocket Boss.
Huh.
Guess I’m getting better at realizing foreshadowing.
Well as long as Agate doesn’t feel the same way, everything is cool.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Unbeugsame Klinge
Oh joy, my Fray is just seething RN.
Your Fray? Like this?
(Video Description: A music video from The Fray)
Nach jeder Ebbe kommt die Flut.
Team Rocket Boss.
Oh whoops, that’s my Final Fantasy XIV fanboy showing.
Basically, Fray is a character from the Dark Knight quest line who lampshades the absurd amount of fetch quests in MMO games.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Unbeugsame Klinge
And I believe Mr. Tiddles was that big cat from Heimdallr.
Nach jeder Ebbe kommt die Flut.
x4 If only.
Team Rocket Boss.
Is that a jab at me for missing something, or that Agate actually feels something?
In the latter's case, oh no.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Industrious Incisors
I think it's the former. Not gonna say what specifically, but there have definitely been a few of your posts that wound up aimed wrong.
Team Rocket Boss.
Hmmmmm, perhaps there's some character I'm overlooking.
WAIT A MINUTE!
Kilika, I almost forgot about her! She does go from receptionist, to spymaster in the Calvard republic.
She clearly has her own agenda while pretending to be a regular NPC.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
The latter.
It doesn't start that way, but the more Trails goes along the more it becomes apparent.
It wouldn't be so bad if half the cast didn't ship it.
Edited by kkhohoho on Mar 19th 2024 at 8:29:31 AM
Team Rocket Boss.
Reminds me of how Class VII ships Elise with Rean even ALISA who is a clingy jealous girl at that stage and make jabs at Rean for not realizing Elise's feelings.
If Agate is just being an older brother figure and smoothly dodging all of Tita's smitten feelings, and weird shipping from the otehrs, then I can accept that.
But if he's actually reciprocating, then uhhh, that's when I'll have to bring out the wood chipper.
But he doesn't seem the type.
Edited by RedHunter543 on Mar 19th 2024 at 9:40:23 PM
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Best S-craft EVER!
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.