Team Rocket Boss.
Okay, starting now! Let's see what madness awaits us.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Team Rocket Boss.
Wait, we're literally starting the day AFTER Joshua knocked out Estelle? Huh.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Team Rocket Boss.
DAMN IT SCHERA! WHY CAN"T YOUR FUTURE TELLING POWERS ACTUALLY TELL THE FUTURE WHEN IT"S RELEVANT!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! MY END GAME GEAR! MY WEAPONS! MY QUARTZ!!!!!! JOSHUA WHY!!?????!!!!? This really is a top ten anime betrayals moment.
The secret society that doesn't become much of a secret later on. I still remember how Instructor Sara casually revealed them during a lecture that wasn't even about them, just the robots they released.
But here, it's a grand reveal. Certainly beats Zero's "Oh and Renne is part of a secret society, k bye."
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Team Rocket Boss.
Hmmmmm.... that really isn't going to work out much when the society does a bunch of public stunts and crises. I feel like Osborne would nail a notice letter on what Ouroboros is to every door in the Empire at least. Really stoke the Empire's wrath against them, to unite them against a common enemy.
Like, he pretty much tells Vita he thinks the society is vile and vows to destroy them. Hmmmm... might have to reconsider Arianrhod being Osborne's wife, but this does keep ex-wife on the list.
Anyway, Cassius exposits about Ouroboros, and Joshua was their agent. Revealing that his promise to Cassius all the way back to the first game was him leaving if he ever felt he was a danger to Cassius OR Estelle.
Estelle then runs in a huff, pissed that her dad hid this from her. Yeah, that's totally fair. Kind of a jerk move Cassius.
And then Estelle is still in the denial phase, and thinks Joshua must have gotten home. Oh dear, Anger, Bargaining, and Depression, are going to be even more painful.
ESTELLE KILL HIM BEFORE HE CAN STEAL THE MAIN CHARACTER ROLE!!!!!
Edited by RedHunter543 on Apr 19th 2024 at 2:59:56 AM
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Team Rocket Boss.
Ahhh, The trails habit of people shipping adopted siblings. Please stop. ![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
So uhhhh, better hope Class VII does NOT learn Estelle and Joshua are adopted family because they will never let it go.
In fact, keep Elise away from them, she might get ideas.
Edited by RedHunter543 on Apr 20th 2024 at 3:17:02 AM
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Team Rocket Boss.
Oh my God this is painful.
...This is just sad.
Okay, she's finally moved past the denial stage.
AH! Joshua altered Estelle memories to block out Alba? Damn, clever.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Team Rocket Boss.
Daww....this moment was so sweet, where Cassius accepts that Estelle has to journey to stop Ouroboros and save Joshua, moving on from his own past trauma of losing his wife, it ALMOST distracted me from how lazy written out Cassius is from just solving everything himself. He's totally got to work in the military guys, thanks Richard.
Okay, that's the end of the prologue.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Or Alba did it to Estelle to prevent her putting two and two together. And yes, the intro is brutal.
Team Rocket Boss.
Wait, when did he have the chance to do that?
I thought Joshua did it while she was knocked out by the sedative he gave her.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Deranged X-Mas Figure
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
Didn't Estelle and Alba meet again at the end of FC?
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Yeah, but how did he erase her memories? He didn't mentally affect her at all yet.
Unless I missed it. In that case, oh shit, Alba has MIND CONTROL powers and memory erasing skills that can't be detected.
Wait, oh FUCK! ALBA ERASED MY MEMORIES TOO ALONG WITH ESTELLE AND THAT"S WHY THERE"S NO SCENE. Damn him, it's getting even more meta.
Does he have one of those men in black memory wipe things?
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Weissmann is the only one with Hypnosis and memory manipulation. Cassius flat out asked Kevin to check if Estelle was still under any of his influence at the end of the prologue. Hence why he appeared on the airship.
Joshua just put her to sleep.
Unbeugsame Klinge
Is it alright if I ask y'all about one of Zeros lategame quests?
Where do I find T-Material?
Nach jeder Ebbe kommt die Flut.
Its in the final dungeon of the chapter, Revache building, you basically have to leave as soon as you get it or else the quest is gone forever.
Team Rocket Boss.
Yeah, you def have to backtrack out of the Revache building to get your weapons.
Just picture the annoyance on Dudley’s face when he sees the SSS doing this.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Okay, but Kev actually rocks. I loved him in the protagonist role. Estelle is great, don't get me wrong, but she shines bright enough in the first two games that she doesn't need a third game for her protagonist saga to feel complete.
The only reason Rean takes four/five games because he's stretched thin and really slow to develop across them.
Edited by Anomalocaris20 on Apr 19th 2024 at 12:45:54 PM
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
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Kevin told me, I mean Estelle to smile more. I'm pretty sure that's some kind of sexual harassment.
For real tho, I'm surprised we get a holy priest character in the leading role who isn't self righteous or evil in a JRPG.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Unbeugsame Klinge
And Kevin was the first of several party members associated with the church.
Nach jeder Ebbe kommt die Flut.
Team Rocket Boss.
Two months have passed. Wait what?
Estelle training with Analece. The choreography is pretty good actually.
Okay, so this is a training island for bracers. And I gotta say, it's def good Estelle is stepping up her game. Sure Rean losing his classmates and Crow was devastating and I'd say more than Joshua leaving Estelle, but it's been repeatedly emphasized that between the duo, Joshua is the brains of the operation, he's the one who knows how to plan, smooth talk, knows how to use the knowledge he has, and perform information gathering during the travels.
While Estelle hits things good. Even her moments of cunning like fooling shitty bowlcut man into leaving the garrison is something she attributed to Joshua.
And now he's gone so Estelle has to fend for herself. All the other adults in her life are too busy, Ouroboros is making it's moves, and now she has to grow up, or die.
Let's see how this goes.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Team Rocket Boss.
Hey, Estelle's got a new outfit. It's the one from Zero.
...Estelle has Joshua's harmonica? Uhhhhhhh...I REALLY need to get my head out of the gutter for this one. Bad thoughts, burn out the bad.
But seriously, he left his harmonica? Hmmmmm come to think of it, the song he played was a song from the Erebonian Empire IIRC.
Oh sweet, new gear!
Ah of course, new gear new excuses for me to start from scratch. DAMN IT ALL!!!!!! I wanted to spam spiral flare for this one. 
Alright, time to redo the tutorial again. This is going to suck.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Team Rocket Boss.
Oh my god, we're really doing this again? Fighting in the sewers? To retrieve something?
THIS IS LIKE IF COLD STEEL 3 HAD US REVISIT THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE AGAIN! That sounds painful.
Hey, new battle theme is pretty catchy at least. Really gives that "We're starting a new more dangerous journey" vibe.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Team Rocket Boss.
Oh jeez, shouldn't have rushed the ending.
OH SHIT, I should have used the EP charges earlier.
And now the training is over. Time for bed.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Team Rocket Boss.
WAIT WHAT!? AN ATTACK!? FINALLY THE PLOT IS STARTING! LET"S GO OUROBOROS!
OH NO KURT"S BEEN TAKEN DOWN! I'd give more of a shit, but sorry, he's just kind of a nothing character right now. And the dude just acts like he's been defeated when he's taken an injury to his arm. C'mon that's only a flesh wound.
FINALLY JAEGERS! SENT BY OUROBOROS!
Gonna kick some ass.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Team Rocket Boss.
Hooray, I beat the boss that I'm not supposed to according to dialogue, still got my trails skill-
And then an additional enemy shows up and defeats Estelle and her girlfriend in a cutscene. Still got the trails curse. Seriously? A smoke grenade? Also thanks a lot for helping Kurt, real Bracer of the year work right there.
WHAT THE HELL!? What kind of incompetent Jaegers capture Ouroboros enemy number 1 and just tosses her and her girlfriend in a random campsite?
Am I being pranked? Is this a joke? What is going on?
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Less evil than Lysithea if you think about it.
Alright, downloading Second Chapter, let's see how this goes.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.