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Yep, after entering in the password we find out the gaulem is pretty much the only character I never singled out as a candidate. Of course! My first reaction to this blunt revelation is 'holy shit'. That is also my second, third, and maybe fourth reaction. After a while I shift to being annoyed at myself for not figuring this out, and some of the clues fall into place as the game scatters some past quotes at me. Looking back I think the biggest clue (aside from her always picking Ally) was the fact we never see Luna's blood. Every other character has a bloody death at some point aside from Sigma and Quark. Now Quark could be a special case as there's more to learn of him yet, or maybe there was reluctance to show a child bleeding in a game, but Sigma himself had noted how Luna looked perfectly calm and sleeping while 'dead'. I hope you all enjoyed me accusing every other character of being a robot while missing the real answer lol.

Anyway, after some time I realise I'm a little relieved that this is Luna's deal. I had been becoming increasingly worried that she was behind this whole thing, and I really like her so didn't want that to be the case. I'm sure I don't need to tell any of you that I choose Ally with zero hesitation. 'The evil robot did it' is not where this game is going to go. I trust her. Sigma trusts her too, and has another Badass Protagonist Moment putting Quark into Phi's arms before turning back into hell purely to go and talk with his friend.

We of course find her in The Area Where The Best Scenes Happen, B. Garden. (Random thought: maybe there's an A Garden on the upper floor, the map for that level is much smaller than below...). What follows is a very lengthy account of events from Luna, and an intimate and caring discussion between her and Sigma. He winds up being the comforting figure that she was to him in their previous scene. I'm not going to recount all the info she teaches us- aside from scenes with the old woman most of what we learn is that the answers we'd been leaning towards were usually the right ones. Clover did 'kill' Luna, and Dio killed pretty much everyone else. She doesn't tell us about the bombs, but then I don't think we found any in this timeline so I guess Dio didn't set them here.

Rather than being anything mindblowing, this scene is largely just... sad. All of this death and torture was just part of Zero's mysterious project, and Luna was aware of everything but unable to do anything about it. She finally breaks free of her orders and helps us, but blames herself for not defying her commands sooner and saving everyone else at the cost of her own life. She dies in Sigma's arms, and teases another story hook by calling him 'doctor', but this sequence is plenty satisfying on its own. Poor Luna.

Sigma rightly points out that the one responsible for all this isn't just Dio but Zero and the old woman themselves, and I'm really glad the game is going down this route. One of my problems with 999's ending was how Santa and Akane are never really held accountable for all the death and trauma instigated under their grand plan, but this time we are seeing the victims' perspectives one by one. K's childhood, Luna's whole existence, everything that has happened during all of these timelines, it is all suffering caused by Zero and the old woman, and no matter how altruistic their goal winds up being this is an issue that needs to be explored. I didn't like how the old woman treated Luna and shut down her compassionate complaints, I know she had reason but you don't treat people like that! Luna is made to suffer watching all of this happen, blames herself for not stopping it, then dies. That's pretty brutal.

This is all I do today, it was a short session but I know I'm coming up on the ending and I want to make this thing last as long as possible! The game seems to be pointing me to the idea that K and Sigma are Zero's clones, or maybe that Sigma is Zero himself. Hm I kinda want to replay the section where K tells us about his childhood. All I know is I really want Luna and Sigma to get out of this and go sit on a bench together in whatever world we wind up in. These revelations have only cemented Luna as my fav character, her kind innocent demeanor was not a fake, she's a complex flawed character who wants to help people and is unsure of her own personhood. Sigma also continues to shoot up in my estimations whenever he enters Benevolent Hero Mode, and I like that he is fully confident in his timeline jumping abilities now.

Next up: one weird aluminium trick to get rid of your death bracelet?? Rabbits HATE him!!