Invader Jacob

[Story] Prologue_6.5_Midnight Shift

Once he re-entered the EOR, he quickly scanned the area for anything to both comfort him and be used as a weapon. He took another trinket from the Trinket Trove™ and got himself a rod of unknown metal that felt both sturdy and effective. He walked towards the couch and retrieved his dropped items along with a small pillow and sat himself at the corner.

He knows that he looks really suspicous right now but he could care less due to the lack of any sort of surveillance cameras inside the room so he figured that he would get away scot free. Also, he felt that he would eventually forget to watch the video for some odd reason. He trusted his gut before and was right, so he'll do it again.

Calming himself down by breathing in n' out for a  ouple of breaths, he opened his phone and traversed to the wide array of downloaded videos on his phone. He selected the video that got his spine chilled a moment ago. This time was no different, but to a much lesser degree.

If anyone would look at him by the door, he would find a strange person on the corner huddling a metal rod, a pillow for comfort, and a phone with earphones as if he was in a survival situation from a horror movie or something similar. 

There, the video showed the cutscene of the final stage of world 11, back when it was not nerfed mind you. The video showed the scene of the survivors of the Unrecorded World in a safe area, with the ground shaking and rocks falling from the ceiling. The sounds of rumble permeate the room for a few seconds before the sounds of a crying child was heard then was comforted by an elf looking lady named Hyper.

Cecil then gave a speech afterwards of a song she would perform after of a certain knight and princess (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwjsjnkSgKk). The video slowly scrolled upward to show a time fairy listening to her song. Soon, it floated uoward. As it floated around Heavenhold, the video showed the young princess and knight playing in front of the inn. Then, it hovered at the battlefield where that world's champions held off the enemy forces while the duo was at the top. The fairy visited the grave where fallen guardians were laid to rest. Rachel's red pirate hat was still atop of her grave. Now in the halls within, he saw Lana, in a wheelchair, zooming ahead with invaders chasing after her. Then, showing Favi attending the laying snowman and innuit while Coco used her power to defend their position, freezing the enemy and incasing them in crimson ice. The Mad Oanda Trio along with Lorraine are shown fighting wave after wave of enemies, doing their hardest to keep them away from the princess and the knight of the past. Then finally, the pair of heroes are finally shown, walking to the thrown room to face off their previous adversary in world 10, Dark Magician Beth.

The cutscenes stop and the controls are shown, indicating to the player that they must move upward. Along the way, the princess was talking to the knight, telling them that their short time that they were there, was the most precious memory she had. Telling them even though she had acted tough, she may be still a kid. Telling them, that whatever decision they will make afterwards, it will be a decision that won't belie themselves. The knight promised her that.

Some a couple of walking and waiting afterwards, they finally reached Beth, in her uncloaked and true human form. Jacob decided to sped up her speech and dialogue options, stopping only when the fight happened. Jacob honestly remembered his fair share of struggles with this first phase, on how on multiple occasion he would perish and go back to the fight days, weeks, and even months later before dying again. So many gems were lost, wasted, and used in vain as each attempt was a failure. That is until he got to the next phase. 

 Coincidentally, whilst reminicing on his experience with this boss, he wasn't paying attention to the video completely, only watching as the player skillfully dodged and attack while using FP and seldom watched as the other party members attacked as well. The music playing the background and the cacophony of swords, guns, heals, and whatever sound effect that the party of the video was using was hard to drown out at his first watch but by focusing on the boss music, it seemingly reduced the noise of the other sounds by a lot. The party that the player were using was: FP, Oghma, Bari, and Nari with the latter three wearing costumes.