Lia's BK tweets archive - 2020-11-02: Trail of Souls

Lia @liareplaysbk · 12:09 AM · Nov 03, 2020 Permalink

Got past the goddamn Trail of Souls with all the things and it only took FOUR TRIES. I hate that place. Let’s explain why!

Lia @liareplaysbk · 12:11 AM · Nov 03, 2020 Permalink

We start off with Mizuti being very comforting...

Mizuti: “Trust Great Mizuti. There be nothing to worry about.”

Mizuti: “Scary monsters are said to exist within this Portal to an Outer Dimension. They try to eat people”

Lia @liareplaysbk · 12:13 AM · Nov 03, 2020 Permalink

Mini-tutorial - stick to swerve, A to shoot, and off to the shooting minigame we go.
Enemies appear from the back and shoot blue orbs that slow you down. Slow down too much and you lose.
Shoot a whole wave down and they drop a card you need to pick up.

Tutorial text: “To navigate through this dimension, you need to control the Mindeer and defend it from enemy attacks.”

Tutorial text: “You can fire the Mindeer’s cannon to shoot down approaching enemies.”

Trail of Souls shooting minigame, no enemies or projectiles visible. The Mindeer is trailing far behind Mizuti.

Lia @liareplaysbk · 12:15 AM · Nov 03, 2020 Permalink

Obviously I don’t have screenshots of that because I was busy trying to shoot the right waves down.
You need to fail a wave on purpose to trigger fights, for two photos and one drop.
The last wave has a Secret Recipe magnus that won’t reappear, so needs to be cleared.

Lia @liareplaysbk · 12:17 AM · Nov 03, 2020 Permalink

It took a few tries, but I manage to secure the must-have things for completion and a bunch of nice-to-have like an extra camera and Lyude’s level 4 finisher.
I am extraordinarily bad at this kind of shooty gameplay and really wish that wasn’t there.

Lia @liareplaysbk · 12:20 AM · Nov 03, 2020 Permalink

Either way, we get through, Mizuti is DEFINITELY NOT LOST THANK YOU, and our exit is blocked by a weird dimensional worm-thing.
Takes a while to kill because it has strong resistances and I’m a doof with poor party choices, but it’s an easy fight.

Mizuti, as a giant worm-thing emerges from the ground: “Oh! Hole to another dimension be open! Kill the monster, fly in hole!”

Turn damage result screen, showing 50% water resistance and 100% dark resistance, wasting 184 dark damage.

Lia @liareplaysbk · 12:20 AM · Nov 03, 2020 Permalink

You and me both, Kalas.

Kalas: “Phew... glad that’s over. I didn’t think it would end.”

Lia @liareplaysbk · 12:23 AM · Nov 03, 2020 Permalink

Back to the Technicolor Tunnel! Then the world map, where the weird blob turns into Mira.
We’re there! Hurray! Things are about to get weirder still.

The Mindeer zooming through a colorful tunnel.

World map, showing “Mira, City of Illusion”

Mira island map. Looks like a big crystal cage with strange platforms.

Lia @liareplaysbk · 12:26 AM · Nov 03, 2020 Permalink

Mizuti heads off to... do Mizuti world-saving things. We’ll meet again soon.
Also, opening cutscene sentence checked off.
You’ll notice me avoiding pronouns, because while there is a Reveal later, I don’t think Mizuti ever leaves the third-person style to express preferences.

Mizuti: “The Great Mizuti has a very important mission! A secret and elaborate mission.”

Mizuti: “The Great Mizuti be invincible.”

Xelha: “We must bid the Great Mizuti farewell! I hope we meet again.”

Mizuti: “Uh huh. Time to say goodbye! Us heroes, we have so much to do!”

Lia @liareplaysbk · 12:27 AM · Nov 03, 2020 Permalink

And that’s DONE.
Next time: cake village. Yes.