Into the Dark/Floor 2

Overview

Floor 1

Floor 2

Floor 3

"Wait!"

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Story Episodes

Queequeg

Pre-Battle

Speaker		Dialogue
Location: The Pallid Whale's Right Atrium Entrance
Ishmael stares wordlessly at Queequeg.
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	I… I thought you… everyone… died.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Me too. Also thought you dead.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Where I was, we bury dead people. No burning.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	In earth. In hearts. Deep. Never to dig up again.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Because, we have to forget.
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	Did you bury me… too?
	Pequod Town Queequeg	I…
	Pequod Town Queequeg	… want to see sunset again.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	That keeps me going. Breathing. Throwing harpoons.
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	… I thought you didn't like the outside world?
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Sunset, always warm. Wherever it sets.
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	……
	Manager DANTE	<I'm hearing a terrifying cry… coming from far away…>
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	It's the Mermaids' cry…
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Our future. If we fail to escape.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Cry and cry. Trying to kill all we see.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Then melt. Very slowly. And later…
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Float away. Like we were never here.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Don't want to be Mermaid.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	The Pallid Whale. Have to kill it. Only then, we get out.
	Manager DANTE	<…!>
I see another vision of Ishmael.
It's growing more and more frequent… Maybe it's the influence of the Golden Bough.
Sinner #8 ISHMAEL		Crying.
Sinner #8 ISHMAEL		Every night, a terrifying cry echoes from the holds.
Location: The Pequod
	The Pequod Starbuck	Pip, it's your turn to go down there.
The Pequod Ishmael		The Mermaids cried every single night. So, we had to lock them deep in the holds.
	The Pequod Pip	Pip doesn't wanna go down there… It's scary.
	The Pequod Starbuck	That's just the luck of your draw, Pip. I'm sorry, but… you gotta accept it.
	The Pequod Ishmael	Isn't it weird, Queequeg…?
	The Pequod Ishmael	Why are we… doing any of this?
	The Pequod Queequeg	……
	The Pequod Queequeg	Ishmael. Steel yourself.
	The Pequod Queequeg	We'll see Pallid Whale. Soon.
	The Pequod Queequeg	Which means all this be over. Soon.
	The Pequod Ishmael	Yeah. It'll all be over, soon…
	The Pequod Ishmael	So when this voyage is over…
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	What is this mess? Can you not even man your stations properly, you deckhands?
	The Pequod Pip	Captain! Pip doesn't wanna go down there. Pip's scared to death. It's so scary down there.
	The Pequod Pip	Every night Pip hears. Every night he scratches at the locked door.
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	Get a hold of yourself, Pip. That's just a Mermaid.
	The Pequod Pip	Pip knows, Pip saw… That was…
	The Pequod Pip	That was our mate Stubb, Captain. The Pallid Whale ate Stubb and the boat he was on, and…
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	Pip. Turn away from the sound of the holds. Look far beyond to the Great Lake.
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	The Pallid Whale's day of reckoning draws near.
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	The louder the Mermaid cries, the closer we are to our goal.
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	That creature will lead us to the Pallid Whale.
	The Pequod Ishmael	……
The Pequod Ishmael		That night, I snuck into Captain Ahab's quarters.
The Pequod Ishmael		To enter the Captain's quarters, unauthorized, was like breaking a taboo. Every sailor knew that.
The Pequod Ishmael		If I was caught… I would've had to accept whatever punishment they decided to levy upon me for committing a sin that may as well have been a mutiny.
The Pequod Ishmael		But I don't know what I was thinking when I walked in there.
	The Pequod Ishmael	…!
	The Pequod Ishmael	C-Captain Ahab… I…
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	……
	The Pequod Ishmael	C-Captain?
The Pequod Ishmael		The Captain's eyes were locked on the map of the Great Lake stuck to the ceiling of her quarters.
The Pequod Ishmael		She did not stir.
The Pequod Ishmael		I looked at this sight for a moment… before stumbling out of the Captain's quarters.
The Pequod Ishmael		I had to.
	The Pequod Starbuck	So, you went into the Captain's quarters, huh?
	The Pequod Ishmael	M-mister Starbuck…
	The Pequod Starbuck	Captain never gets a proper shut-eye. Even when she sleeps, she sleeps with her eyes wide open.
	The Pequod Starbuck	She's always looking for that Pallid Whale somewhere in the Great Lake. Even as she dreams…
	The Pequod Starbuck	Captain ain't sleeping. She's awake. Always is.
The Pequod Ishmael		Yeah… on the Pequod, the Captain had a tight leash around us.
The Pequod Ishmael		We were merely gasping on what little air she permitted us.
	The Pequod Starbuck	Go and get some rest. Like Captain said, that Whale's gotta be close.
	The Pequod Starbuck	I don't always understand the Captain, and sometimes I wish she'd entertain some different ideas…
	The Pequod Starbuck	… But we won't have to suffer much more of that.
	The Pequod Starbuck	We'll all be free soon.
	The Pequod Starbuck	Once we kill the Pallid Whale and leave this ship… We…

Right Heart Atrium

Pre-Battle

Speaker		Dialogue
Location: The Pallid Whale's Right Atrium
	Pequod Town Queequeg	That. Not Mermaid. Not Whale. Monster from other Outskirts?
	Sinner #2 FAUST	Their official denomination is 'Abnormalities'. They were once contained within the Lobotomy Corp. Branch, but the Whale has devoured them.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	I saw similar things before. But not Abnormality. Different.
	Sinner #2 FAUST	Yes, indeed. In the Outskirts, anything is within the realm of possibility. I find it credible that you may have encountered similar entities in the Outskirts.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Abnormalities. Born how?
	Sinner #2 FAUST	They were once human. These have been created by humans as a source of new energy.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	They have wishes. Looks like.
	Sinner #2 FAUST	You ask if the Abnormalities have… specific wants or desires, yes?
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Yes. They know what they want? What they desire. What they wish?
	Sinner #13 GREGOR	Well, looks like wants and desires are all they have left.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	……
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Must be nice.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Knowing what you want. Knowing what you desire.
Queequeg was ceaselessly scratching at her arm as her eyes remained fixed on the Abnormalities.
She was scratching so hard that blood and pale gunk were starting to seep from her torn skin.
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	…!
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	Queequeg, stop. You're bleeding…
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	… Still doing that, huh…?
	Pequod Town Queequeg	… Born again.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Cocoon. Couldn't become one.

Post-Battle

Speaker		Dialogue
Location: The Pequod
	The Pequod Ishmael	Queequeg?
	The Pequod Ishmael	What are you doing?!
The Pequod Ishmael		Queequeg used to spend some nights…
The Pequod Ishmael		… in crushing loneliness. In unbearable pain.
The Pequod Ishmael		Queequeg sat in the corner of a dark, dark room. She looked down at her arms.
The Pequod Ishmael		Then, with a small dagger she uses for cutting harpoon ropes…
The Pequod Ishmael		She mercilessly tore into her arms. Like she was carving something into her flesh.
	The Pequod Queequeg	This is price.
The Pequod Ishmael		I peered closer. Her body was covered with countless, strange tattoos. Over them were scars of old and gnashed wounds, cut as though to hide the tattoos drawn on her skin.
	The Pequod Ishmael	Did you… do that to yourself?
	The Pequod Queequeg	I did.
	The Pequod Ishmael	But… why?
	The Pequod Queequeg	Because of shame. Because the tattoos… I engraved them. Myself.
	The Pequod Ishmael	Queequeg… don't do this.
	The Pequod Ishmael	We'll go look for a place that could erase your tattoos. There's got to be one out there, at one of the nests. So… stop hurting yourself like this.
	The Pequod Queequeg	My tattoos, tattooed in a special way. So no normal way to erase.
	The Pequod Queequeg	And… even if there is…
	The Pequod Queequeg	I won't erase like that.
	The Pequod Ishmael	… Why?
	The Pequod Queequeg	No way to be free from… past.
The Pequod Ishmael		On a Whaling ship, any discussion of the crew's pasts was an unspoken taboo.
The Pequod Ishmael		Whalers were often running from their pasts,
The Pequod Ishmael		Wanted to wash their pasts away in the Waves,
The Pequod Ishmael		Or threw themselves against the Waves in their desperate need for money.
	The Pequod Queequeg	Ishmael. You already knew.
	The Pequod Queequeg	I come from the Middle.
	The Pequod Ishmael	… I had a hunch when I saw your tattoos.
The Pequod Ishmael		The Middle… never forgets.
The Pequod Ishmael		Everyone in the Backstreets knows the story. Though it may just be one of those tall tales, it's not a tale one can so casually laugh off.
The Pequod Ishmael		Once, a child bumped into a stranger and spilled ice cream on his clothes.
The Pequod Ishmael		The stranger, whose clothes were spoiled, comforted the crying child and sent him on his way home.
The Pequod Ishmael		That stranger was an officer of the Middle. And the spoiled clothes happened to be his favorite set.
The Pequod Ishmael		That day was the last day anyone, including the child, ever saw the child's family.
The Pequod Ishmael		Maybe it's just dark humor. Maybe it's just one of those countless, baseless urban legends. But no one dares to treat this tale like it is.
The Pequod Ishmael		Because the Middle really was like that.
	The Pequod Ishmael	But the Middle that I've heard of…
	The Pequod Queequeg	……
	The Pequod Ishmael	I know that the Middle accepts anyone into their fold… But… I also heard that once you're a part of the Middle… they'll never let you go…
	The Pequod Queequeg	Yes. The Middle remembers. The Middle never forgets. Never.
	The Pequod Queequeg	So, can't leave. So they captured me.
	The Pequod Queequeg	They said to me… to really leave, erase everything of the Middle from me. If not, they catch me again.
	The Pequod Queequeg	My tattoo is the Middle's brand. So I cut up the brand. Have to.
	The Pequod Queequeg	My speech, also touched by the Middle. So I went to doctor… to cut up my tongue. To cut up my brain. To break myself.
	The Pequod Ishmael	……
	The Pequod Queequeg	And I ran. Again.
	The Pequod Ishmael	Even after you lost your speech… even after you cut your whole body up to erase your tattoos… they're still coming after you…? That's too high a price…
	The Pequod Queequeg	Not true.
	The Pequod Queequeg	Back then… I was…
	The Pequod Queequeg	… a maggot.
	The Pequod Ishmael	Hey, you're being too hard on yourself, even if it's just a metaphor…
	The Pequod Queequeg	Crawling in filth. Thinking filth was everything.
	The Pequod Queequeg	Thought filth was the world. Thought I knew the world.
	The Pequod Queequeg	They wanted to make me 'Big Sister'.
	The Pequod Queequeg	So I killed. And killed. And killed. Not because of orders. Killed with my own hands. Because I wanted to. Because I wanted respect as Big Sister.
	The Pequod Ishmael	… No.
	The Pequod Ishmael	We're all… still in our cocoons. Soon, we'll break out of our shells and be born again… okay?
	The Pequod Queequeg	Born again…
	The Pequod Ishmael	Yeah. Once this voyage is over…
	The Pequod Ishmael	… let's go find it together.
	The Pequod Ishmael	A way to break out of our cocoons…
	The Pequod Queequeg	How?
	The Pequod Ishmael	I dunno. That's why I want to go find it with you, together.
	The Pequod Queequeg	This is first time.
	The Pequod Queequeg	First time I heard Ishmael… saying she don't know.
	The Pequod Ishmael	……
The Pequod Ishmael		That's how we started looking beyond this voyage.
Location: The Pequod
	The Pequod Starbuck	Kraken Port. That's gonna be the home of my very own seafood grill joint. I've eyed up a nice place during our last voyage, y'know.
	The Pequod Ishmael	Aren'tcha just copying that one popular place from Marlin Port?
	The Pequod Starbuck	I ain't!
	The Pequod Pip	Pip wants to be rich.
	The Pequod Pip	Pip wants to be a landlord. Landlords make a ton of money, y'know.
	The Pequod Starbuck	Heh. I've got my eyes on you, kid. You're gonna be my dishwasher. I've seen how you scrape the oil off the ship!
	The Pequod Pip	No, Starbuck. You'll rent Pip's building. And you better pay rent on time.
	The Pequod Starbuck	… My first mate badge don't mean crap to you guys, don't it?
	The Pequod Ishmael	Pfft.
The Pequod Ishmael		People who wanted to bury their pasts. People living from one day to the next without dreams, without futures. People like me.
The Pequod Ishmael		Between every close call, between every moment of triumph, amidst the brutal trials we endured in solidarity, we began to sketch the rough pictures of our futures.
The Pequod Ishmael		I sketched something for myself, too.
The Pequod Ishmael		In that sketch… I'm walking alongside Queequeg in some small port shrouded in mist and the smell of fish.
The Pequod Ishmael		Maybe we're holding large textbooks in our hands.
The Pequod Ishmael		Or… maybe we're carrying suspiciously well-maintained weapons.
The Pequod Ishmael		Or maybe we're just heading somewhere with our hands full of tasty treats for the day.
The Pequod Ishmael		And… we kept sketching.
The Pequod Ishmael		How we will continue to live out the rest of our days. How we will persevere.
Location: The Pallid Whale's Right Atrium
Here, Ishmael stared wordlessly into her shimmering reflection. Into the rippling and opaque river of acid surrounding the boat.
Just as she stared into the Lake back aboard Mephistopheles.
Her expression was so solemn and withdrawn… that I couldn't bring myself to even approach her.
In the opaque waters, Ishmael saw…
Herself.
Her future that now rested forever out of reach, at the cold abyss of the Lake.
Her friends who could never return.
How would it feel to know that your dreams will never come true?
I was too absorbed in this hazy, ruminating thought to realize that I'd approached Ishmael and struck up a conversation.
	Manager DANTE	<Ishmael, once this whole ordeal is over and we go back to Mephistopheles…>
She turns around.
	Manager DANTE	<……>
	Manager DANTE	<How about we all go get ice cream together?>
	Manager DANTE	<You know, the one Don Quixote wanted.>
It won't matter whatever future I bring up with Ishmael now. None of it would reach her.
So… the most I could offer her now was a hopeful, immediate tomorrow.
Something a little closer than the future that Ishmael is trying so hard to take back.
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	Go… back?
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	What will you do, manager…
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	… if I told you that I don't want to go back?
	Manager DANTE	<… What do you mean?>
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	Once we destroy the heart, and once I squeeze the life out of Ahab with my own two hands…
	Pequod Town Queequeg	……
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	… What… would I… go back to? Why would I… go on?
	Sinner #12 OUTIS	Is that an official resignation request?
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	… No. Forget it.
	Manager DANTE	<……>
If Ishmael finally gets what she wants…
What's 'next'? Would there even be anything left?
Should I… is it right for me to even ask her to continue onto the 'next'?

Right Heart Ventricle

Pre-Battle

Speaker		Dialogue
Location: The Pallid Whale's Right Atrium
	Sinner #7 HEATHCLIFF	Oi, your headband…!
	Sinner #7 HEATHCLIFF	It's all mucked up with blood. Now that's a right terrifyin' look, innit…?
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	Nothing a quick wash in the water can't fix.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Your headband. Familiar.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Familiar knot. Desperate's Knot.
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	Queequeg… I survived by hanging onto the ropes you tied to your coffin.
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	The ropes that you could have held… Instead, I held onto it with my dear life…
	Pequod Town Queequeg	That rope…
	Pequod Town Queequeg	… also for you.
Location: The Pequod
	The Pequod Ishmael	You want me to… bucket out oil from in there?
	The Pequod Starbuck	Yep. It's not as hard as it looks, though.
The Pequod Ishmael		The cadaver of a Whale hung from a hook and swayed from side to side. Its stench was awful.
	The Pequod Starbuck	The smaller and more nimble you are, the easier it will be.
	The Pequod Ishmael	I'm not that small, though…
	The Pequod Stubb	It's a job for greenhorns anyway! Less talk, more oil-bucketing. Get on with it, will ya?
The Pequod Ishmael		A Whaler's toil does not end with killing the Whale.
The Pequod Ishmael		Whalers also had to bucket and carry the inordinate amount of oil from the dead Whale.
	The Pequod Ishmael	I mean… How the hell do I know what's in there…?
	The Pequod Stubb	Well, whaddaya think? Whale oil! It feeds us, it keeps us warm…
The Pequod Ishmael		Aboard the Pequod was a man named Stubb, the second mate. He was a man of irritable disposition.
	The Pequod Ishmael	I…
The Pequod Ishmael		I can't. Into that abyss, on nothing but a rope that looks like it'll snap from a slight breeze? I can't…
The Pequod Ishmael		… Those words nearly escaped my mouth, when…
	The Pequod Queequeg	……
	The Pequod Ishmael	What… are you doing?
	The Pequod Queequeg	Your rope. Tie it to my waist.
	The Pequod Ishmael	B-but why?
	The Pequod Queequeg	Tethered like so. Now if you fall, I fall.
	The Pequod Queequeg	You. Me. Together.
The Pequod Ishmael		Her sentences were stuttering and incomplete. But there was something there that oddly soothed me.
The Pequod Ishmael		Together…
The Pequod Ishmael		Someone to catch me if I fell.
The Pequod Ishmael		Someone to watch over me if I fell.
The Pequod Ishmael		So I tied one end of the rope to Queequeg's waist, and the other on mine.
	The Pequod Ishmael	Ah… Huh…?
The Pequod Ishmael		Funny I should mention that.
The Pequod Ishmael		The rope was too short, too flimsy. It immediately snapped…
The Pequod Ishmael		And I was sent hurtling down into the lard-filled belly of the Whale.
	The Pequod Ishmael	Kah! Gaah…
The Pequod Ishmael		What was harder to bear than the entrails, the viscera, the oil, and various other things I didn't want to think about… was the pitch-black darkness.
	The Pequod Ishmael	Mmph! Mmrph!
The Pequod Ishmael		Whale oil makes a sound as it quivers and reverberates.
The Pequod Ishmael		The reverberating oil tries to become one with everything it touches.
The Pequod Ishmael		Some City folk talk about this phenomenon using big words like ultravibro-fusion, oscillation frequency… How such elements are used to produce the resonance tuning forks, their wavelengths and fuel…
The Pequod Ishmael		But the point is, a Whale's oil covers and devours anyone it comes in contact with.
The Pequod Ishmael		And when you're devoured by a living Whale's oil, you become a mermaid.
The Pequod Ishmael		And when you're devoured by a dead Whale's oil, your sense of self slowly scatters, until there is nothing of you left.
	The Pequod Ishmael	… Ha, ha… Haah…
The Pequod Ishmael		That's when I…
The Pequod Ishmael		… realized how tiny and fragile I was. How insignificant of a thing I was.
The Pequod Ishmael		Maybe the Whales were just lonely.
The Pequod Ishmael		And that's why they carried within them the oil that had the power to turn others just like them.
The Pequod Ishmael		Maybe, people are the same…
The Pequod Ishmael		Out of loneliness, we want to make something, someone ours. To paint them just like us, to fill them with things that make us.
The Pequod Ishmael		I don't even know what makes me. How could I possibly paint others like me… if even I don't know what I am?
The Pequod Ishmael		Maybe I'm shallower than a Whale.
The Pequod Ishmael		I, who boarded the Pequod just because I wanted to live a life unlike those of others. Just because living a humdrum life was too boring for me…
The Pequod Ishmael		I…
The Pequod Ishmael		What do I even want?
The Pequod Ishmael		In the dark, where the distinction of all things begin to blur…
The Pequod Ishmael		I saw light.
The Pequod Ishmael		A ray of light scattered through an opening. I saw a rope drop from there. A rope lowered from the heavens into this dark, lonely abyss.
The Pequod Ishmael		This rope. I wanted to hold onto this rope and live.
The Pequod Ishmael		Because it was there, right before me.
	The Pequod Queequeg	Ishmael!
	The Pequod Queequeg	Rope, hold tight!
	The Pequod Ishmael	Ah…
	The Pequod Starbuck	Man… Dying in that oil… Now that would've left nothin' for nobody to remember.
	The Pequod Ishmael	Yeah. Guess I almost died one of the most meaningless deaths in the City…
The Pequod Ishmael		I was born again that day, maybe.
The Pequod Ishmael		The rope I held onto that day… was a rope that could never be severed.
Location: The Pallid Whale's Right Atrium
	Pequod Town Queequeg	That rope. It snapped.
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	No, no. It can… We can make it whole again. We'll tie another knot. As long as we can make it to the heart…
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	… you'll be free.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Once we, trapped here…
	Pequod Town Queequeg	We had to think one thing. One thing only. To not become Mermaids.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Doubting. Hesitating. And pale begin to grow on skin.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	You know. Like Whale oil.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	I thought one thing. To meet you again, to go on a new adventure with you, I have to escape. Have to kill the Whale.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	But to do that, I had to cut… the rope.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	To not become a Mermaid, I think that one thought. I think that one thought again and again. And suddenly…
	Pequod Town Queequeg	I, buried you.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	The Whale-heart. To kill it…
	Pequod Town Queequeg	I put my heart to sleep.

Right Heart Ventricle 2

Pre-Battle

Speaker		Dialogue
Location: The Pallid Whale's Right Ventricle
	Sinner #12 OUTIS	So this is the second atrium the Captain mentioned…
	Manager DANTE	<It's the center of the heart once we get past here, huh…>
Queequeg approached me.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Your name, I know. They call you Dante.
	Manager DANTE	<Yeah. That's my name. They call me Dante…>
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Your words. I can't hear. Like Whale voices, like Mermaid voices.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	You bring back dead crew.
	Manager DANTE	<… Well, I guess that's all I do…>
	Pequod Town Queequeg	But not just body-death.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Heart-death, too.
	Manager DANTE	<… Heart?>
I couldn't help but be confused by what Queequeg said.
Unless she's talking about an actual heart… I never had any powers like that. No one ever told me that I did, either.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	You don't make them lose way.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Their way. Where they really want to go.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	You tell them. With your clock sound.
	Manager DANTE	<……>
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Dante. Something I wish.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	I want… Ishmael to…
	Pequod Town Queequeg	… find her way.

Sinew Bridge

Pre-Battle

Speaker		Dialogue
Location: The Pallid Whale's Right Ventricle
	Manager DANTE	<Whew, we just need to get past that Abnormality. Then we can get to cutting the Whale's arteries.>
	Sinner #13 GREGOR	Looks like we can cross that sinew-like bridge over there.
Queequeg suddenly steps in between us and the bridge.
	Sinner #4 RYŌSHŪ	H.W. What are you doing?
	Pequod Town Queequeg	The bridge. Made of flimsy veins.
	Sinner #4 RYŌSHŪ	This way. Original plan.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	This looks like the way, but no. Not the way. Once one person cross, bridge snap under next.
	Manager DANTE	<What…?>
Outis was the first to put the pieces together.
	Sinner #12 OUTIS	I get it. You already knew that this path was going to snap. Despite that, you have led us here. That means…
	Sinner #12 OUTIS	You were going to cross this bridge, and drop all of us behind you.
	Sinner #7 HEATHCLIFF	… Blimey. What'd I say? There was something iffy about this plan! Oi, is this that loony Captain's orders?
	Pequod Town Queequeg	… She said… sacrifice, necessary.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Can't go forward unless someone falls.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	I wanted to escape. I wanted to escape with Pequod crew.
	Sinner #7 HEATHCLIFF	And we were just acceptable losses on the way, huh? Just like that?
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Yes.
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	Then why… did you change your mind?
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Want to know, now.
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	Know… what?
	Pequod Town Queequeg	My way. My path.

Post-Battle

Speaker		Dialogue
Location: The Pequod
	The Pequod Pip	He got bit, trying to save Pip. The Whale bit him when he tried to save Pip, he…
	The Pequod Starbuck	Shit, why'd that oil barrel have to fall on our oarsman…?
	The Pequod Starbuck	None of it made sense from the start, making that kid row as a replacement…!
	The Pequod Pip	Captain, please tell Pip. Is Stubb going to die?
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	……
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	What did I say?
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	As long as you are my crew! None of you! Shall die without my explicit permission.
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	And I don't remember giving any of you permission to die just yet.
	The Pequod Stubb	B-but… I… What will happen to…
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	The Pequod is on the brink of reaching the Pallid Whale of hatred! All we need is a good compass that'll lead us to it.
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	This Mermaid before us will serve that role better than anything.
	The Pequod Stubb	B-but, Captain, I… am not… a Mermaid…
	The Pequod Starbuck	…!
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	Whatever that Whale devoured will eventually turn into a Pallid Mermaid. You must know that.
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	Incarcerate this Mermaid in the large cistern down by the holds. Its instinct will drive it toward the Whale of hatred.
	The Pequod Ishmael	……
	The Pequod Stubb	Captain… Captain… Please, no…!
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	Starbuck, send down a skiff.
	The Pequod Ishmael	… What? Now?
	The Pequod Starbuck	… Aye.
The Pequod Ishmael		A few moments later, I heard a splash of water. All hands of the ship emerged from their stations and gathered around Ahab.
The Pequod Ishmael		And Ahab… thundered.
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	Ooh! I hear him! Listen well, for it is Stubb who speaks! Heed his voice!
	The Pequod Pip	…?
	The Pequod Ishmael	What the hell is she…
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	All of you! Listen well! The voice of the great sailor Stubb echoes from across that Lake! The great sailor Stubb who so willingly threw his life in danger for the hunt of the Whale!
	The Pequod Stubb	… I… the great…
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	In our urgency, we had no time to bring him back aboard!
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	Yet he lives! He did not die! Though he is overboard, floating on the Lake after this fateful battle, he will soon find safety aboard the skiff I have lowered for him!
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	He shouts! Oh yes, he bellows for our victory! And he bellows that we must go on, sail forth to victory!
	The Pequod Ishmael	What kind of insanity is…
	The Pequod Queequeg	… We. Sail forth.
	The Pequod Ishmael	… Queequeg?
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	This voyage will soon meet its victorious end. Then I shall sail to the nearest port!
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	And there he shall await us, the great Stubb! With a profound smile he shall greet us.
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	He will be rightly rewarded. And of course, we will all share tales of this long voyage over many sleepless nights!
	The Pequod Stubb	With… a profound… smile… I…
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	And there you shall all be as well! We will buy rounds upon rounds of drinks for everyone in the tavern in Stubb's name!
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	Once! This voyage is over! EVERYTHING! WILL! COME TO BE!
	The Pequod Starbuck	… Once this voyage is over.
	The Pequod Queequeg	Once this voyage… Over.
	The Pequod Stubb	Once… this voyage… is over…
	The Pequod Stubb	The Whale of Hatred… is finally… in our sights…
	The Pequod Stubb	You'll kill it, right…? Captain…
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	Let us answer his calling! We will kill the Whale of Hatred… WE WILL KILL THE PALLID WHALE!
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	All aboard, men! All aboard for the hunt for the evil…!
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	All aboard on this voyage to hunt the fount of all evils of the world, of the City, the hateful evil that pushes you all to the brink of death!
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	All of your struggles, all of your injustices, all of your pains and losses… that very evil sprang forth from that very Whale…
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	So we'll kill it! We'll kill it and watch as the new dawn breaks upon a world that has been mended!
	The Pequod Queequeg	… Aye!
	Captain of the Pequod Ahab	SHOUT! BELLOW!
	The Pequod Starbuck	Aye, Captain…!
	The Pequod Pip	Ehehehe, goodbye! Stubb!! Let's meet again! Again, and again!
	The Pequod Stubb	… Aye!!!
	The Pequod Ishmael	Yeah. It'll all be over when we kill the Pallid Whale.
	The Pequod Ishmael	When we kill the Whale of all evils…
Location: The Pallid Whale's Right Ventricle
	Manager DANTE	<So all along, we've not only…>
	Manager DANTE	<… been trapped inside the Whale, but also in her palms, all along…>

Thumping of the Heart 4

Speaker		Dialogue
Location: The Pallid Whale's Right Ventricle
Ahab's commands led us straight to her singular goal, the heart.
	Manager DANTE	<We've all been played by the Captain… From the moment we met her…>
As the Pequod's Crew…
Sailing for nothing, no one, but Ahab herself.
	Sinner #7 HEATHCLIFF	Clockhead. You see it too, don't you?
Captain Ahab has the uncanny ability to effortlessly delve deep into one's heart, to fish out their deepest wishes.
Those hidden, yet desperate wishes.
Everyone bites onto that bait. Getting dragged deeper and deeper into the abyss.
	Sinner #7 HEATHCLIFF	Bite the bait and sink with the Captain, snared by those sweet words and the tantalizing hope that she dangles right in front of you. Not even knowing that you're slowly suffocating.
	Sinner #7 HEATHCLIFF	It's your job, clockhead. Fish her back up. The lass is sinking.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Broke it. Captain's orders.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	Broke Captain's orders. Can't see sunset again.
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	No, you can. You'll see the sunset again. As long as you sail your own path…
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	Because we'll get to the heart. No matter what.
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	Ah…!
	Sinner #8 ISHMAEL	Can you hear that? The distant beating of the heart.
	Pequod Town Queequeg	The heart, beating…
	Manager DANTE	<It'll take us some time… But let's pay close attention to the heartbeat and feel our way there.>

Story Dungeon Events

Checking the Boat

Checking the Boat

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So soon after setting sail…

"Woah!"

… We started hearing something shaking underneath the ship.

"What's that…?"

"Forsooth, there may be a foe underneath our ship, scratching!

"… Yeah, that's ominous. We should check it out."

What do we do?

Check underneath the ship. Ishmael gains 10 SP. Proceed to the next choice prompt. "Yeah, of course we should." As soon as we decided to check underneath the boat, a powerful shock rocked the stern of the boat. "Mermaids! Hostiles are climbing from the bottom of the ship…" "We can minimize our losses by having one of us go push them off the ship before they latch on." As soon as that was decided, two Sinners jumped from their seats and approached me. "I will go, Executive Manager!" "No. I am better suited for this task." The two Sinners begin bickering. Ishmael healed for 10 SP. … We don't know what'll happen down there. Let's choose someone fearless. Wrath Advantage: ≥ 11 No Advantage: ≥ 14 Special Check Identity-Ishmael, Outis Check Value +5 Check Passed [Sinner] struck at a Mermaid crawling up from the waters. "We can't let these Mermaids waste any more of our time." The impact of the strike caused something to fall from the Mermaid. "……." That's an LCCB employee badge… just like the one Pilot was wearing. This is awful. …But we have to keep moving. The selected Identity takes 15 HP Damage! E.G.O Gift Melted LCCB Employee Badge Earned! Check Passed - Ishmael As soon as I chose [Ishmael] for the task, the Sinner ran and smashed the Mermaid's head in. "We can't let these Mermaids waste any more of our time." The impact of the strike caused something to fall from the Mermaid. "……." That's an LCCB employee badge… just like the one Pilot was wearing. This is awful. …But we have to keep moving. The selected Identity takes 15 HP Damage! E.G.O Gift Melted LCCB Employee Badge Earned! E.G.O Gift Desperate's Knot Earned! Check Failed [Sinner] froze upon seeing the Mermaid crawling up the side of our ship. "……." Something on that Mermaid must've caused them to hesitate. "What the hell are you doing?!" "They're climbing onto our ship!" …We have to fight off the mermaids first. We'll ask them what happened later. The selected Identity took 10 SP Damage! Combat Encounter! Pallidified Thing-Shield Pallidified Thing-Shield Pallidified Thing-Club Pallidified Thing-Club Pallid White Mermaid Win the next battle to gain E.G.O Gift Melted LCCB Employee Badge!

We don't know what'll happen if we do. Let's stay put. Ishmael loses 10 SP. 50% chance for a Combat Encounter. Gain an E.G.O Gift upon victory Success Chance: 50% Check Passed "You're going to ignore that? What the hell is…" The annoyed Sinner was about to say something… but stopped herself. Maybe she thought it was a waste of effort. "… The scratching noises are intensifying." To be fair, this is no normal ship… so maybe this ship just makes scratching noises from time to time. "… It has ceased." "Sometimes, inaction can be a solution indeed." Few minutes later, the scratching noises stopped. … I guess it wasn't the boat that made the noise. We got lucky. Ishmael loses 10 SP. Check Failed "You're going to ignore that? What the hell is…" The annoyed Sinner was about to say something… before stopping herself. Maybe she thought it was a waste of effort. "… The scratching noises are intensifying." To be fair, this is no normal ship… so maybe this ship just makes scratching noises from time to time. If it doesn't… "Wait, that reminds me. The pirate ships…" "I guess this is what those spikes were for." The scratching noises continue to intensify, until it moves to the side of the ship. Soon, the source of scratching noises reveals itself. … Mermaids. "Damnit, we should've checked." I had nothing to say to that. We had to fight. Ishmael loses 10 SP. All allies lose 10 SP. Combat Encounter! Pallidified Thing-Shield Pallidified Thing-Shield Pallidified Thing-Club Pallidified Thing-Club Pallid White Mermaid

Gifts

Melted LCCB Employee Badge Pride damage taken -10%

Desperate's Knot Deal +10% damage with Envy, Wrath, and Gloom affinity Skills Deal additional +10% corresponding affinity damage when activating 6+ Reson. with one of these affinities

Left or Right

The check series continues regardless of the checks' results. Previously selected Sinners may not be selected again.

Left or Right

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We entered a narrow waterway of sorts.

"… Executive Manager."

I see Mermaids swimming under the ship.

Mermaids latched onto the walls are glaring at us as well.

"This place, hard to steer. Steer and keep track of directions, hard to do at once."

Someone'll have to keep track of the directions.

Who should keep track of the directions? Pride Advantage: ≥ 8 No Advantage: ≥ 11 Special Check Identity-Ishmael, Outis Check Value +5 Check Passed "Left!" "… The road splits to three? Wait, look! Opening at 2 O' clock!" Thanks to [Sinner]'s quick and clear directions, we were making quick work of the waterways. "… There's no end to them, huh?" But the horde of Mermaids attacking our ship doesn't seem any smaller than it did when we first entered. The selected Identity heals for 5 SP. Check Passed - Ishmael "Left!" "… The road splits to three? Wait, look! Opening at 2 O' clock!" Thanks to [Ishmael]'s quick and clear directions, we were making quick work of the waterways. "… Been a while, since we've done something like this together." "Yes. Remember? Starbuck, on helm. You, me, shouting at Starbuck…" "Yeah…" "… Man, there's no end to them." But the horde of Mermaids attacking our ship doesn't seem any smaller than it did when we first entered. The selected Identity heals for 5 SP. E.G.O Gift Crossed Knot Earned! Check Failed "Go ri— I mean, left! I-I think left is open…?" "There are three paths… Uh… What do I do here…?" [{0}] had some trouble telling directions… "Tsk, prepare for battle…!" … and the consequences were swift. The selected Identity loses 5 SP. Combat Encounter! Wave 1 Pallid Entwined Mermaid Pallid Entwined Mermaid Pallid White Mermaid Pallid White Mermaid Pallid White Mermaid Wave 2 Pallid Entwined Mermaid Pallid Entwined Mermaid Pallid White Mermaid Pallid White Mermaid Pallid White Mermaid

"Exit. Still far." Someone'll have to continue to keep track of our directions. Should we continue using the same method? Pride Advantage: ≥ 10 No Advantage: ≥ 13 Special Check Identity-Ishmael, Outis Check Value +5 Check Passed "Go straight! "… Now! Right hard rudder!" Thanks to [Sinner]'s quick and clear directions, we were making quick work of the waterways. "… There's no end to them, huh?" But the horde of Mermaids attacking our ship doesn't seem any smaller than it did when we first entered. The selected Identity heals for 10 SP. Check Passed - Ishmael "Steady as she goes!" "… Now! Right hard rudder!" Thanks to [Ishmael]'s quick and clear directions, we were making quick work of the waterways. "… Been a while, since we've done something like this together." "Yes. Remember? Starbuck, on helm. You, me, shouting at Starbuck…" "Yeah…" "… Man, there's no end to them." But the horde of Mermaids attacking our ship doesn't seem any smaller than it did when we first entered the waterways. The selected Identity heals for 10 SP. E.G.O Gift Crossed Knot Earned! Check Failed "… Is moving forward our only option?" "W-wait! There was another path! … Looks like we missed it, though…" [Sinner] must be having some trouble telling directions… "Tsk, prepare for battle…!" … and the consequences were swift. The selected Identity loses 5 SP. Combat Encounter! Wave 1 Pallid Entwined Mermaid Pallid Entwined Mermaid Pallid White Mermaid Pallid White Mermaid Pallid White Mermaid Wave 2 Pallid Entwined Mermaid Pallid Entwined Mermaid Pallid White Mermaid Pallid White Mermaid Pallid White Mermaid

"Almost there. We escape soon. To next area." We're almost there. We're almost out, but let's not get complacent just yet. Pride Advantage: ≥ 13 No Advantage: ≥ 16 Special Check Identity-Ishmael, Outis Check Value +5 Check Passed "It's opening up—wait! It's a waterfall! Steady as you go!" "Phew… Oh! Rocks ahoy! Keep left, keep left… And right full rudder!" Thanks to [Sinner]'s quick and straightforward directions, we managed to lose the Mermaids and escape the waterway. The selected Identity heals for 15 SP. E.G.O Gift Mermaid Oil Earned! Check Passed - Ishmael "It's opening up—wait! There's a drop! Steady as you go!" "Phew… Oh! More rocks ahoy! Left 10 degrees rudder, steady… And right full rudder!" Thanks to [Ishmael]'s quick and straightforward directions, we managed to lose the Mermaids and escape the waterway. "… Been a while, since we've done something like this together." "Yes. Remember? Starbuck, on helm. You, me, shouting at Starbuck…" "Yeah…" The ship was covered with blood and oil of Mermaids we killed in the waterway. "These, useful. Put them in barrel." The boat smooth-sailed to the next area as we spent our time collecting Mermaid oil from the ship. There was so much of it that the deck was almost flooded with it. The selected Identity heals for 15 SP. E.G.O Gift Crossed Knot Earned! E.G.O Gift Mermaid Oil Earned! Check Failed "…? W-wait! There's a drop?! U-uh, what do we do…?" "Haah, haah… I-I can't see too well in here…" [Sinner] was trying their best, but exhaustion seems to have gotten the better of them; their directions were very muddled. "Agh… And we were so close to the exit…!" We'll have to fight our way to the end, then… The selected Identity loses 10 SP. Combat Encounter! Wave 1 Pallid Entwined Mermaid Pallid Entwined Mermaid Pallid White Mermaid Pallid White Mermaid Pallid White Mermaid Wave 2 Pallid Entwined Mermaid Pallid Entwined Mermaid Pallid White Mermaid Pallid White Mermaid Pallid White Mermaid Win the next battle to gain E.G.O Gift Mermaid Oil.

Gifts

Mermaid Oil Inflict 1 additional Tremor with a Skill that inflicts Tremor

Crossed Knot Turn End: if more than 15% of the Max HP was lost this turn, gain 2 Attack Power Up next turn

To the Arteries

To the Arteies

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After defeating the Abnormality, we sailed for a while without much incident. That was when…

"A wall…"

… a thick, solid wall appeared before us.

"Artery. Beyond this wall."

"Wall opens. Closes. Opening is very short. Don't get grabbed by Mermaid there. Chopped in half, if grabbed by mermaid."

And with a heavy rumble, the wall immediately started to open.

"Keep Mermaids off ship. They slow us down, we get cut in half."

The Mermaids must've sensed the rumbling. They begin rushing at our ship.

Who will take vanguard in keeping the Mermaids off our ship? Wrath Advantage: ≥ 11 No Advantage: ≥ 14 Special Check Identity-Ishmael, Outis Check Value +5 Check Passed [Sinner] takes vanguard, knocking Mermaids off the boat. "Good enough." "Nice, we made it through…" "Phew. Huh, the wall is twitching. Like it's about to—" Not a second after the stern of our boat made it past the wall, the door slammed shut. … Let's keep moving to the artery. The selected Identity healed for 20 SP. All allies healed for 5 SP. Check Passed - Ishmael [Ishmael] takes vanguard, knocking Mermaids off the boat. "Good enough." "Nice, we made it through…" "Don't get complacent. We have to remain alert." "Phew. Huh, the wall is twitching. Like it's about to—" Not a second after the stern of our boat made it past the wall, the door slammed shut. … Let's keep moving to the artery. The selected Identity healed for 20 SP. All allies healed for 5 SP. E.G.O Gift Compulsive's Knot Earned! Check Failed [Sinner] takes vanguard, knocking Mermaids off the boat. But… "I-I think there's more of them than we expected…" "Oi! Help 'em out!" "Aagh, w-wait…!" We eventually managed to shake the Mermaids off and made it past the opening, but… "Haah…" This kerfuffle exhausted everyone and left some of us wounded. … We have no choice but to continue on our way to the artery. The selected Identity loses 20 SP. All allies lose 10 HP and SP.

Gifts

Compulsive's Knot When at less than 0 SP, Final Power +1 to Envy, Wrath, and Gloom affinities

The Artery

The Artery

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This has to be the artery Ahab was talking about. Once we cut this thing open… our path to the center of the heart will open.

Cut open the artery. Proceed to the next choice prompt. "This is much tougher than I expected…" The artery appeared much sturdier than we had initially assumed. Cutting it open with a single strike won't be an easy task… but if we delay too much here, we won't be able to arrive at the rendezvous area in time. Who can possibly cut it open with a single strike? Pride Advantage: ≥ 10 No Advantage: ≥ 13 Special Check Identity-Faust, Ryōshū, Hong Lu, Outis, and Gregor Check Value +5 Check Passed [Sinner] slowed their breathing and steadied their poise… "Ooh!" … before striking the artery, slicing it clean open. "Sanguine fluid gushes at a terrifying rate." As bloodflow from the opening begins to slow, the path begins to open. … Let's make our way to the heart. All allies heal for 10 SP Check Failed [Sinner] struck the artery with all their might, but… "Just a little gash, huh…" … failed to slice it open. "We don't have time for this…!" Flustered, [Sinner] began repeatedly slamming their weapon into the artery, trying to hack it open. … Luckily, we were able to cut open the artery in time. But this clearly left [Sinner] exhausted from the effort. "Sanguine fluid gushes at a terrifying rate." As bloodflow from the opening begins to slow, the path begins to open. … Let's make our way to the heart. The selected Identity loses 20 HP.

Supply Crates

Supply Crates

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"Is that… a wooden crate?"

The Sinners found a haphazardly thrown pile of crates.

"It can be extrapolated from their appearances that they were to be used as supply crates."

Some boxes has the Twinhook Pirates' logo drawn on them. Some of them has the Before Team's logo.

The Whale must've swallowed these crates, too.

"'Tis wise to procure some of them as our provisions!"

Right. We don't know what'll happen once we get to the heart.

Should we take some of them, just in case?

Rummage through the supply crates. Proceed to the next choice prompt. We stopped before a crate with the Twinhook Pirates' logo on it. "This crate appears to be locked." "It's all rusted… I don't think we can even try to pick the lock." "Then let's smash it open!" … But the box itself looks pretty flimsy. We risk smashing its contents as well. Who can strike the crate with just the right amount of force? Sloth Advantage: ≥ 12 No Advantage: ≥ 15 Special Check Identity-Faust, Outis, and Gregor Check Value +5 Check Passed [Sinner] observed the crate closely, then took a step back. Then, with a controlled strike, smashed only the lid of the crate. What we found inside the box was a rusted hook covered in blood and white membrane. It was probably used to kill Mermaids. I don't know what use this could possibly have… but it might come in useful. Should we check the other boxes, too? E.G.O Gift Rusted Hook Earned! Check Failed "Oop…" That was not a controlled strike at all. I wasn't sure if they even tried. The crate was smashed to bits, so much so that we couldn't tell its contents apart from its crushed remains. Well, no choice but to check what other crates we have… Nothing Happened. This crate has the LCCB logo on it. This one looks sturdy enough… we probably can't smash it open. "This appears to have been sealed by an intricate locking mechanism." "Doubt I'll be able to just smash this open…" "Wait, I think I remember something…" Maybe a Sinner who's used an LCCB Identity in the past may know something about this. Who will attempt to crack open the lock? Pride Advantage: ≥ 12 No Advantage: ≥ 15 Special Check Identity-Faust, Ryōshū, Ishmael, and Rodion Check Value +2 Check Passed [Sinner] fiddles with the lock and opens the crate. "I see. In this crate was a magazine for a firearm." Indeed, what we found inside the crate was a magazine full of bullets. We can definitely find a good use for this. There aren't any more useful boxes around… We decided to move on to the next area. E.G.O Gift Standard Issue Mag Earned! Check Passed - Faust, Ryōshū, Ishmael, or Rodion "I think this was how they did it…" [Sinner] fiddles with the lock and opens the crate. "I see. In this crate was a magazine for a firearm." Indeed, what we found inside the crate was a magazine full of bullets. We can definitely find a good use for this. There aren't any more useful boxes around… We decided to move on to the next area. E.G.O Gift Standard Issue Mag Earned! Check Failed [Sinner] fiddled with the lock, but failed to make any progress. "Hmm…" After a few more adjustments, the crate seemed to reinforce itself with an additional locking mechanism. "Well, what can we do." There probably was something useful in there… but we don't have any means to break it open. We have no choice but to leave it behind. There aren't any more useful boxes around… We decided to move on to the next area. Nothing Happened.

Leave. Nothing happened. Nothing good ever comes from messing with suspicious items like these. We left the room as it is. Nothing Happened.

Gifts

Rusted Hook Gain 1 Poise when a Skill's first coin Heads Hits against an enemy with Bleed

Standard Issue Mag Identities with Ammo start encounters with +3 max Ammo

Bosses

Ambling Pearl

Ambling Pearl
Summons/Minions

Gift

Obtained after defeating Ambling Pearl

Sticky Muck When hitting an enemy with a Pierce Skill or a Gluttony Affinity Skill, inflict 2 Defense Level Down.

Skin Prophet

Skin Prophet
Summons/Minions

Gift

Obtained after defeating Skin Prophet

Fiery Down When hitting an enemy with a Lust Affinity Skill or a Skill that inflicts Burn Potency or 'Unique Burn', inflict 3 Burn Potency. Turn Start: If the enemy has 20+ Burn Potency, (Current Burn Potency on enemy) x2