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Game Update: June II 2377
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june ii 2377
EPISODE 4: Duels in Duet? Unlocking the Secret Stage!
June 15 - June 22
Constellations: The Nova Knights are in possession of one of seven Constellations (the Dancer).
Star Suite: The Aquarium has been unlocked, and along with it, the new Star Suite power Dance of Light! More details about this power are included in the Starlight section. The Rewards page has been updated with information about the next unlockable room, the Lab.
Weather: It's hot and humid out in Chalra City this month! June brings the songs of cicadas by day and the flickering lights of fireflies at night, to the delight of many a bug catcher. Some days are partially cloudy with a refreshing breeze, but there are plenty of hot and sunny days where your best bet is staying indoors. People are breaking out their seasonal fans, sun hats, and big sunglasses to fend off the sun. Don't forget your sunscreen! The highs for the month average around 86°F/30°C, with lows around 70°F/21°C.
Recap: Two new Knights joined the ranks, Nova Pastos and Nova Valorous, and Nova Glimmer and Nova Pandora successfully escaped the Abyss! Meanwhile, the Nova Knights investigated the strange new flash mob dance trend, which turned out to be caused by the Dancer, one of the loose Constellations. The enemy also sought to capture the Constellation, but the Knights were successful in getting to it first.
BY DAYLIGHT
⭐︎ Word of mouth says that the Midnight Diner has been serving up a Chalra City classic this week: tinned sardines in oil over warm, hard-crusted bread! While it hasn't been formally added to the very sparse menu, apparently Master recently came into a rather tidy stack of tinned fish, and it's been a hit with the regulars.
The Midnight Diner is only open from 12am to 7am, but it's open to all, including night owl youngsters. His regular customers are flocking to the diner every night for tinned sardines, so the tiny diner is a little more cramped than usual, but Master will make anything you order as long as he has the ingredients.
⭐︎ The shops at the train station tend to have a high turnover as trends come and go, and a new private karaoke joint has opened in a space that previously hosted a lazer tag arena. Duet 77 boasts rooms for groups of all sizes and food and drink service, and its hourly rates make it an affordable outing even for the light teenage wallet.
Each room is furnished with cushy, vinyl-upholstered benches, state-of-the-art sound systems, and a customizable light show around a big screen TV! Also included in each room are a tablet for song selection, two microphones, maracas and a tambourine, and a variety of fun hats. Their catalogue spans from classic oldies to the latest pop hits, so whatever your musical taste, you can get your sing on!
⭐︎ A small locksmith shop in one of the older, less well-kept neighborhoods has just reopened after some renovations. Random Access Lock & Key is now open for business, solely owned and operated by a woman by the name of York. The scarring around her eye might suggest an intimidating personality, but York's as friendly as they come and always happy to trade gossip and banter with her customers.
York art by
BY STARLIGHT
⭐︎ Hideout Status: The Aquarium has been unlocked! Of course, there aren't any fish in it...yet! Starting with July I, every month will have an unlimited mission for catching new fish to put in the aquarium.
The Aquarium is a spacious room mostly surrounded by a massive water tank, including from above. It's clear this was a place of importance on the ship, based on the small signs of ancient wear and tear.
⭐︎ Star Suite: The first Silver-level Star Suite power has been unlocked! Now that they've captured the Dancer, the Nova Knights can now use the joint power Dance of Light, a finishing move that banishes a weakened monster back to the Abyss, and heals some of the Nova Knights' injuries. Star Suite powers cannot be alone; they must be used in concert with at least one other Nova Knight, and the more Knights who participate, the strong the attack. It can only be used once per supernova transformation. Characters in eclipse lose access to Star Suite powers for the duration of their eclipse.
⭐︎ Nautis Updates: Your friendly neighborhood rude computer never stops spamming the group chat, but this week it's actually important: Nautis thinks someone might be trying to hack her.
Nautis has changed the name of the group chat to EVERYONE SHUT UP RIGHT NOW.
> SOS! SOS! We have a potential security risk!
> Late last night, I registered a number of pings on the first layer of my security protocols. Of course, I would never open the door for a stranger, so I immediately stopped all outgoing traffic and built a new encryption algorithm before resuming.
> So if you weren't receiving any messages from me last night, never fear! Your trusty computer Nautis would never abandon you like that ^_^
> I doubt that whoever was poking around had any idea what I'm capable of. The risk of an actual security breach by someone on Earth is extremely low. I mean low.
> I mean, never say never, of course, but it's really, really, really, really, really low.
> The troubling thing is that someone ran up against my security protocols at all. They'd have to know what they were looking for...
> I just feel so violated (•́ ᴖ •̀)
> I'm going to do some investigating, so be on standby! I'll need help tracing the source.
> Anyway, I hear there's something tasty going on at the Midnight Diner!
> I was never outfitted with any of the traditional five senses, so I'll need you all to go eat it and report back to me in excruciating detail ^_^
⭐︎ Intel: On their way out of the Abyss, Hope and Maya stumble upon a piece of key information: Shelley Lustre, the art teacher at Everwave Academy, is actually Prince Shellustria in disguise. The Harbingers, it seems, are also under the protection of the secret identity oblivion field. The Nova Knights will have to act with caution if they don't want to expose their own identities, but this gives them a new advantage!
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"Perhaps then, it would be better, if we both returned to staring at the water."
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And the silence that falls between them gets uncomfortable too quickly. Their thoughts get too loud with the tanks empty in front of them. "I don't ever want you to get stuck down there like I did, Natalia." It feels too vulnerable, but, like, whatever. It's obvious they aren't okay. "It's so much worse than I thought. I—" they don't finish the thought as their mind floats to images of that miserable, awful death. They don't say how they wish they had died, now.
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She shook her head. "That... In as much as anyone deserves anything, no one deserved what happened to you."
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"Thank you," they say like it's a programmed response. "I just... it feels like I got so, so lucky to get pulled out. If it happened again, if we lose another fight and someone drags us back down there," and they're talking about the Nova Knights in general, though they sure feel like the weakest one right now, "I really don't know if we'll be able to find a way out.
"And it should make me want to fight harder," they add, catching on to the actual words they're saying instead of letting them flow out of their mouth aimlessly. "But it just... makes me want to hide."
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She pauses. "And... Someone pulled you out? Because... that was... not Sunbeam and I."
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"It was this pinpoint of light that me and Glimmer followed. And at the end of it was you guys." And the puppet, they don't say. "Not that I could believe it when I first saw it."
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"I... I'm sure you'd noticed how bad I'd gotten before. I couldn't let it stand at that. So I burned everything I had to make sure I could reach you. That's why I was in such bad shape and why I'm only getting back to base now."
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"It's really incredible how much we have inside us. But I wish it didn't feel so... empty. Once we've tapped into it too much." But that's what motivation is, they think. Maybe. They don't know. It's a foreign idea to them. "I wish we didn't have to burn out the same way stars explode."
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They look at the tank in front of the two of them and feel the corner of their mouth quirking upward. "It's definitely enough time to clean this place up, too."
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