#spirius

[fredandrieu]

Roberto Renzi et Augusto Pedrazza

Akim n° 507

15 septembre 1980

[mementoasts]

they're selling photocards of spirius agents now 💀

[kresnikcest]

me reading about people being really interested in actors and celebrities: hm, not for me

me, thinking about ludger reading about people being really interested in julius: this is the funniest thing on earth

[sepublic]

Also, the misconception of what came first, chicken or the egg-style, reminds me of Spirius-$, known as Cash for short. And how his whole deal is that he has a TERRIBLE Chicago accent he’ll lapse into, as part of his whole fantasy of being a Chicagoan Gangster... Except, people have it wrong; Cash doesn’t switch from his regular voice to his gangster voice. The gangster IS his original voice, and what they believe is ‘regular’ was Cash being forced to make himself sound more legible to everyone else. So when Cash is startled and yells out in his terrible attempt at a Chicago accent... That’s actually him defaulting to his real voice, which he’s done an admittedly decent job of suppressing.

Don’t ask Arakchos how any of this happened, she has no idea either.

[lastthroes]

that fraction of a moment a spy of spirius in disguise instantly informs bisley and vera that ludger is back into the prime dimension before they even put the five waymarkers together... yikes

[talesofourworlds]

@unborderedreflection liked for a Xillia anniversary starter!

She wasn't his Milla, but... she was still a Milla. No matter how odd it was to be around her, he had seen Jude spending time with her. Surely Ivar could do the same. It helped that she seemed to be on her own that day, as was he. With Spirius having no orders for him and no reason to go anywhere else, Ivar had chosen to linger around Marksburg for a time. Doing so seemed to have benefited him, as she was there too. Doing what? Well, Ivar didn't know. Maybe Marksburg being something of a middle ground between Rieze Maxia and Elympios made it appealing somehow?

Cautious, careful steps were taken closer to join the 'fractured' Milla. He didn't like thinking of her that way, he decided. Would she even want him around, though? Surely she had had her own Ivar back in her world before...

Don't think about it, he decided. When he got close enough to her, to see what she was doing, Ivar prepared himself. All he had to do was give her a chance.

"Lady Milla...?"

[hungrydolphin91]

[Insert some kind of Xillia 2 catchy tagline here about how my sister and I are playing this game]. I don't even remember what chapter we're on at this point, but we did all the fun Victor stuff

Victor only took as three tries: we got very close the first time, the second one doesn't count because he confused the whole party and we all murdered each other, but by the third we had grinded a little and bought some better weapons and armor

Since we had to rewatch the cutscenes she picked different dialogue choices just to see what changed, except for the one about Ludger's cooking vs. Victor's. Sis: "I won't concede, mine's still better."

Sorry I don't have much to report about the reactions, since my sister pretty much already knew what was about to happen. She wasn't thrilled about being Elle's father, but she did feel bad for Elle finding out her father was using her, and watching him get killed, too. It's a lot for a kid to go through 😭

There's a bonus scene with Jude helping Ludger make a new pot of soup after Elle spills the first, but he mostly just stands there. Me: "YOU SHOULD BE HELPING, NOT HURTING."

My sister slapped a pair of goofy glasses on Alvin right before his character chapter so we got to enjoy all the emotional close ups with his 😏 expression. I'm surprised Presa didn't return the ring just from that 😂

Leia: "Agria, watch over me." Me: "Agria is probably flipping you off from Hell."

Why is it that Alvin's chapters are much more interesting to me than the others. I mean I'm probably super biased cause I like him but still I like how they explore more of his struggles at improving himself and what could have been based on his past, compared to, I don't know, buying a bunny doll or reading Muzet's thoughts. Maybe I'm just an angst fan.

We started prime Milla's chapter in a new session, and the second the cutscene started my sister left to go get snacks. We have a fundamentally different way of playing these games 😅

Hilariously, the cutscene was halted so Ludger can make a dialogue choice, one of them being "Sounds like I missed something." 😂

I forgot this was a Milla chapter and not a Jude one, with the iconic gay bird spirit that's acting like a clingy ex 😂

While hunting elite monsters, Milla died right at the end of a battle and didn't get the exp, but characters who weren't in the party still did. Sis: "Alvin's probably waking up from a nap like 'Guess who just got stronger?'"

We made paid the bank 150,000 with Ludger's reward money, and all we got was kitty krisps and a skill for Alvin, who again, wasn't there. Cue both of us saying "Guess who just got stronger?" and laughing.

I forgot proceeding with the plot in Marksburg triggers a boss battle with Chronos. Oops, we weren't fully healed.

Julius shows up and defends Ludger, aww. Sis: "When do we tell him he's technically an uncle now?"

I couldn't remember how many times the Chronos fight looped but it wasn't too bad really, the game's going easy on you at this point since it's scripted.

Bisley shows up to interrupt the fight. Sis: "Who are you?" Me, with utter exasperation: "...Do you seriously not know who he is?" 😩 (She did, she just didn't know why he was helping)

My sister was a lot more worried about Julius taking Ludger's place to fight Chronos one on one over the appearance of Bisley or the disappearance of Elle. I can't blame her, Julius's love for his brother is so sweet and he's frankly more compelling than most of the other original characters

Elle runs away because she suddenly doesn't want to go to Canaan anymore (it IS pretty creepy I'll give her that), and the rest of the party is somehow fine with letting this child run around unsupervised except by Spirius agents?? Even my sister who hates Elle pointed out that Ludger is kinda her closest living relative in this dimension so he should probably not let her wander off??

The SECOND that cutscene ended, Nova called. "Ludger, I know you just fought the god of time, but he gave you money, didn't he? You can't pull a fast one over the bank!"

Next time is... whatever happens next. My memories are a little fuzzy but I think we're gonna do that stuff in Spirius's basement soon, and then... oof. Hoping for a bad end, ngl 😅

[Masterpost link here, eventually.]

[phasmascript]

@ofstarsandskies asked:

As Sync lingered within the Spirius building, he'd soon find something staring up at him: a very, very fat white cat with an oversized bell on his collar.

"Mow," It seems to greet with a near unblinking stare.

It wasn't begging or prodding, yet it wouldn't stop staring. But from then on, no matter where Sync walked either in and out of Spirius HQ, the cat would follow right behind him. And strangest of all? Nobody else would spare the kitty a curious glance. Unless Sync went near Julius' complex-- then there'd be a few smiles and waves.

This cat.... looked like it weighed more than Arietta did. And while Sync wasn't one for animals, he did find their companionship far more preferable than that of humans. A cat can meow, but it atleast can't speak and say irksome things. Though the way this one was following him, it was growing to be a bit annoying.

"You sure are stubborn, is that how you gained so much weight?" A roll of the eyes before he frowns. Was this cat following him because of his arm bands? He knew cats liked strings, and his arm bands (which have tactical and combative importance) where nothing more than large strings following behind the brisk pace of the teen. Green eyes watch the cat just as intently before he moves the band through the air. Maybe it'll play.

"Listen here, fat cat. If you are after my sylph jay, think again. You're too fat and slow to catch him."

[bravewolfvesperia]

Out of the blue, Yuri’s GHS would sound for an incoming message from a number he wouldn’t know. But the first of three messages made it incredibly obvious who sent them:

[18:56] Hi Yuri, it’s Ludger! Sorry if this spooks you–  I MIGHT have begged the Tech Department for the number linked to your account. |･ω･) But don’t worry, this is a one-time exception! [18:57] The reason I did this is PLEASE come to Film Noir ASAP! I’ll pay 10x whatever job you’re doing if I have to! It’s REALLY important!  [18:59] Hope to see you there! (ﾟ∀ﾟ人)

And thus, Ludger waited at the bar for however long it took Yuri to show up. Be it minutes or hours, he wasn’t moving until his drinking buddy showed himself. But when he did, opening the door to the bar would set off a confetti cannon aimed left enough of the door so it wouldn’t hit him, but the confetti would shower on top of him.  

“Yuri, I’m glad you’re here! Sit down– you’ll wanna be sitting for each phase of my surprise!” 

Though Ludger asks, he’s got Yuri by the arm and drags him to sit down at the nearest stool. When they both settled in, the tender poured them a glass of Drellin 47 Year Old Single Malt Whiskey, price range… out of most folks’ league. But that’s not all– Ludger’s reaching into his suit for a hand-sized black velvet box with white patches like a night sky.

Popping it open, there’s a pin– no several fine cut amethyst pins, trimmed with pure sterling silver, shaped into the Vesperia star. Many nights Ludger prayed his Ardent Vesperias and Brave Vesperia shared the same namesake… But if not, still looks neat dare he say so himself!

“I thought since your guild might become as powerful as Spirius one day, you guys ought to have a signifier to say, ‘Hey world, WE’RE Brave Vesperia!’. And since they’re pins, they won’t get in the way of your work– unless you prick your finger pinning it or something.” 

“Consider this whole thing my thank you for spending so much time with me as Ludger, not President Kresnik. I hope I’ll see you again soon without me having to strong arm you here!”

@ofstarsandskies

At first he was confused; then, he felt bad. Whether today or not, one day Ludger would probably pick up on his anxiety. Worse, he felt bad about feeling bad in a situation like this. He did his best, still being responsive and attentive, but he knew getting this out of the back of his mind would be next to impossible. One day he would have to tell Ludger, right? Well, either way, it was better it came from Yuri than Victor...

Tonight though...? He wasn't sure he could pull it off. Ludger was so happy right now. When Ludger handed him the pin, he knew he was supposed to be happy too, but it was a mix of that happiness of sorts and feeling sick. Actually, truly sick to his stomach. He'd always been good at acting casual and masking his emotions, and right now was no different... but he would have to say something soon. For Ludger's sake of course, but he wasn't sure how much longer he could keep it in.

After the very beginning, he wasn't even really sure he could say any of it was a lie. How it all started was deceptive and Yuri wasn't against it if his target was some nasty killer. He'd known and seen plenty of monstrous people with wealth and power. Those sorts of people, yeah, absolutely, he would do this to if he it needed to be done. The problem was that he'd never run into someone with wealth and power who wasn't like that. Whose circumstances were probably too complicated for Yuri to understand.

Not everything at this point had been deceptive, but did that matter if it was how it all started? At the end of the day it probably didn't even matter how Yuri felt about it though. It was Ludger who would probably feel betrayed and lied to. In part, this feeling was because things had gone okay. Because Ludger was someone he'd gotten along with. Because he did start to look at Ludger as just Ludger and not a CEO. At some point it had become real enough, and Yuri didn't know exactly when, but that had been the moment he'd failed this job.

Still, for now Yuri accepted the pin. If, later, Ludger couldn't forgive him, he could always just give it back. Maybe the CEO of Spirius with all his might and power would hate Brave Vesperia after this, even though Yuri was the only one involved. Maybe Yuri would have completely ruined their reputation instead. He never thought his guild would get as big as Spirius, nor did he ever intend for it to, but maybe Ludger hoped it would. Maybe he just hoped it would be that big because he was... friends with someone in that guild.

By now it could have been either the drinks or his conflicting emotions, but he could feel his heart starting to pound a bit. He wished he could redo this whole thing. Have been more true of a person to this man, and for this time to actually be more happy. Maybe it was a mistake like this that always had Flynn warning him about taking dangerous jobs like this. At least he hadn't gone through with it so that mistake wasn't made, but there was still the mistake and guilt of potentially hurting someone's feelings and destroying what could've been a real friendship.

He probably didn't deserve to appreciate the gesture, much less the pin... but if he could still fix this someday, it was worth accepting it. For now he gave what smile he could, in the hopes that one day he could be worth all this. That one day this would be more real. When he wasn't... holding back and giving half truths. The longer it went on the worse it would get, but... tonight, he couldn't he do it. He couldn't ruin the man's night or watch his face fall in disappointment.

The truth was, Yuri was scared - not for himself, but for how upset Ludger might be that this had all started because of that job.

"Ludger, I... um... thanks. I don't think someone like me is worth all that, but... I appreciate it. The pin, your thoughts... I hope I can live up to that one day."

Maybe he didn't deserve to be forgiven, but he couldn't help that he hoped he would be.

[miaqc1]

Tales of Xillia 2 Leia Solo: Spirius Gatekeeper [No Items/Unknown/No Damage]

Horangi is at it again! Leia in Xilia 2, solo no damage.

[spxcedreamer]

Hey superstars! Meet my Tales of Xillia 2 OC Lillia, the love interest of Ludger Will Kresnik, the main protagonist of the story. She is a young woman who works as a pastry chef at the executive train where she meets Ludger after he failed his exam in becoming an agent at the Spirius Corporation. The two became friends, in which they slowly fell for eachother during Ludger’s journey. Anyways I hope you guys like her!💚

Ludger’s LIVE reaction:

[etrobeauty]

Seeing ya Tales folks come around makes me wanna shove ex-spirius agent Light your way. & to mention that Velvet exists.

[kresnikcest]

Julius canonically programmed stuff for the GHS.

He has absolutely used Rollo for the rubber duck method.

[sepublic]

            Melissa Arakchos, science teacher at Arkley’s and head scientist of the Arkley Gang, is a Techna… But she doesn’t exactly fit within the Techna League, having that other aforementioned affiliation.

         Arakchos once worked with Salazar, and I haven’t fully figured out the details yet. But I do know that by the present-day, she has her own Techna body that incorporates her signature style of ‘Spirius tech’ that is also manifest in her eleven Spirius Drones. Maybe as a human scientist, Arakchos approached Salazar during the early days of the Techna League, negotiated a Techna body of her own that didn’t have any of Salazar’s control, and then went her own way.

         Maybe the Techna program had its origins in these two, initially just a foray into cybernetics; But while Salazar was inspired to impose an upgrade on everyone, Arakchos was content to leave it with herself and whoever asked, and likewise saw the Techna program as simply one of many projects. Not her life’s work or anything, and arguably more of a stepping stone and tool. Salazar became obsessed with being Techna and went down one path, and Arakchos the other.

        Regardless, these two have a past. They don’t regard the other very well, with Arakchos seeing Salazar as an overly-sentimental fool who’s wasting time and resources, while Salazar is frustrated at Arakchos for wasting her Techna body on completely unrelated pursuits, and actively harming people in her experiments.

        Arakchos unnerves Salazar, since she’s a Techna that isn’t under his control, and has a mind to rival his own; Though her ambitions are not as extreme, or at least are directed in a different place. While Salazar is at the top of his own organization, Arakchos is content to serve Arkley as part of his inner circle.

[lastthroes]

i wish victor in his dimension had had to deal properly with the aftermath of the mass murders. i don't mean the whole "hiding it was me all along", because we know spirius had an insane amount of power (including in the government) and that makes a great amount of sense: i mean about being unable to meet the expectations elympios has of him because he can't match up to bisley (past ceo, his father) nor to julius (famous crown agent, his brother), and always getting compared to them - dead people often get greatly idealized too

there's only a few npc mentioning elympions are not being very happy with the ceo that succeeded bisley for not being as ambitious. it might be that victor is also very secretive about his life - it doesn't seem like they even trace "that one agent who almost completed the trial" back to "the new ceo". they don't even seem to know he has a daughter or that he is a widower rather than single?

i also still find really odd no one you talk to mentions julius' death. hell knows what happened to rideaux too because he's not mentioned either, even when they were such popular agents they had fanclubs and all that. and i get you can't visit the spirius building because victor's cover would've been easily blown out, but eh

[talesofourworlds]

Bad end starter for @mathcs

As if things weren't bad enough in the world, it had started to rain some time ago. The already gloomy appearance of Lake Epsilla just seemed amplified by the bad weather and the miasma permeating the air. How long had it been now since he'd learned Milla, Jude, and the others had died? Weeks? Months?

Does it even matter?

Jude had been working so hard to make spyrites work. Milla had given them extra time to make sure things would work out. Now both of them and their friends were gone, and Ivar was left to deal with the aftermath. All the same, he was no closer to trying to avenge any of them. He'd only really been surviving and doing what he could for people and animals he saw that were in trouble. Outside of that, the only things keeping him going were the desire to do something about the present state of things and the knowledge that Milla probably wouldn't have wanted him to wallow. Carrying on was hard, though. The task was harder still when the world seemed to be falling apart at every possible way. But he kept going. He had to. For Milla, Jude, and everyone else.

A low rumble of thunder brought Ivar out of his thoughts. Seemed like the storm was likely to get worse before it got better. A reflection of the world, perhaps? Or was that too poetic? Either way, he kept walking and eventually let his gaze drift down to the ground. The dirt seemed to have been disturbed as if someone had walked along the same path he was taking recently. His eyes grew wider.

Is someone else out here?

Anyone else might have stopped to think about it for a moment longer. If there was someone there, they could have been from Spirius or just someone that wouldn't be too happy to see him there. Ivar didn't care, though. Common sense was thrown to the side in favor of finding out who else would be daring enough to be in the gloom and rain. He ran forwrad.

As he rounded a bit large sort of outcropping of rocks, Ivar stopped dead in his tracks with his breath caught in his throat. This... wasn't possible. It shouldn't have been possible. But that hair... those clothes...

"N...no way."

"Jude?!"

Maybe the hair was slightly different, Ivar realized as he looked a bit closer. That also could have been the rain's doing. This had to be some sort of trick, though, right? Maybe... maybe he was a Jude from a fractured dimension like the other Milla, he tried to reason. Jude was supposed to be dead. All of his friends were, too. But there was no mistaking the way the other boy carried himself. Disbelief gave way to a moment of relief. If that really was Jude, then someone he knew was still alive.

He wouldn't be alone anymore.