Moocheriel

A map of the Tower's Sector C. Moocheriel is the large sphere located near the bottom.

Moocheriel (ムーシェリエール, muusherieeru^?, lit. "Musheriel") is a humongous sphere located at the bottom of the Tower of Harvestasha, right in the border between the Bline Shaft and the Sea of Death. Its components are like those of living beings, and its insides are abundant with water. It is a mystery as to what use this place serves.

Its name comes from the mythical Moocheriel Bud, which was given by Goddess Shelanoir to a traveler, so he would go and appease the insatiable appetite of the Volcano God, Deijya, who threatened to devour her forest and everything in it.

History

Design and Creation

Historically, Moocheriel was first proposed during the times posterior to the Grathnode Inferia, in which Tyria failed at executing EXEC_REBIRTHIA=PROTOCOL/. due to Kurogane's suicide. Due to the Tower's incomplete nature, the Kaira system was never completed and couldn't serve as a power source for the Tower, so the alternative plan the researchers from the Kurogane Laboratory came up with was extracting the energy necessary for completing the Tower from the Planet Ar Ciel itself. For this purpose, they repurposed the Moocheriel system, which was originally going to serve as the mechanism for creating a Heart of the Land, and modified it to absorb energy from the Planet.

For this, both the Kurogane Laboratory and Clustania cooperated, and even Clustania went as far as going along with the creation of a Reyvateil by the name of Mihoshi by the Laboratories to sing the Song that would serve to put Moocheriel into operation, which was called EXEC_SEED/..

However, once Mihoshi finished singing the Song and Moocheriel was completed; she was turned into a Heart of the Land. The Planet then began to feel how the scarce power She had was being sapped away, and in Her rage, She used the Heart into which Mihoshi had been turned to create the Antibodies and sent them to attack the Tower of Harvestasha, which repeated many times during the course of Sol Cluster's history.

Events During Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel

Saki Route (2 Heart Points)

Upon boarding the carrier that was heading to Moocheriel, Aoto apologized to Saki for not being able to stop the Archians and for Saki not being able to finish up the story. Saki replied it was okay, as even if she regretted not being able to read the story to the end, she still felt glad that Aoto came with her. She then declared she would do her best to save Finnel. Aoto also apologized for not being able to keep his promise.

Saki Route (3 Heart Points)

After Aoto succumbed to the Border Disease and lost consciousness, he found himself in one of Archia's carriers together with Saki and Hikari Gojo, which was bound for this place, where Finnel had appeared, and under Ar Ru's control, she was preparing to operate Moocheriel to mass produce Antibodies. Saki and Gojo were relieved to see he was okay, but Aoto asked them what had happened to him. Gojo revealed he had a Border Disease outbreak, and they were unable to stop the awakening of the sickness. Aoto then wondered how he could be acting normally now if that was the case, to which Gojo revealed it was because of the Archia Think Tank's research: he didn't approve the idea, but they didn't have other choice. They basically had done an operation in which Aoto's faulty SH Server Address would be re-routed through the Address where Saki's Cosmosphere was stored, which Gojo put in more basic terms by saying his soul was now connected to Saki's Soulspace, which would allow his body to be run by Saki's metabolism, although this also had the disadvantage of their minds being exposed to each other. Aoto couldn't really understand the explanation, but he did understand that Saki had saved him, and thanked her. Gojo then told them that he would go to talk with Richa, and asked Saki to take care of Aoto.

Aoto apologized for Saki having to save him, despite being the one who always tried to help her. Saki told him that his current condition wasn't so bad, and asked him if he knew that the Cosmospheres were stored for a few hundred years after their death. She then told him they would be connected for a long time, no matter what happened to her. Aoto asked her if she wasn't afraid, and that there was still time for her to escape. Saki told him she didn't want, as otherwise the world would fall apart. Aoto told her that he didn't care about the world, stood up, and embraced her, screaming why she had to do this. He then told her that to him, nothing was more important, not even the world itself. Saki gently told him that everything would be okay: she would accomplish her duty, saving Finnel and bringing her back. As Aoto was always on her Soulspace, there was no way of her losing. Upon hearing this, Aoto began sobbing, knowing he had failed as a guardian and that he wasn't able of keeping his promise, and told so to Saki. He just wanted her to continue being at his side, no matter if none of his wishes were made true. Then, he completely broke down and cried on Saki's shoulder. She then began singing gently to console him. Upon finishing, Saki told him that she was very happy when Aoto promised to protect her, and that made her feel that she had a chance of having a future, making him into Saki's Hero and the only person she actually loved. She then thanked Aoto. The airship then continued its way down to Moocheriel...

Upon arriving, Richa told Aoto and Hikari Gojo that they couldn't accompany Saki even one step further, and had to stay there. Aoto refused to comply, as he wanted to be at Saki's side if she had to fight Ar Ru, but Richa just reminded him that she had already told that to him. Aoto tried to continue arguing, but Saki reassured both him and Gojo that she would be okay, and asked them to wait in that place. Despite Saki's pleas, both Aoto and Gojo insisted on going with her, so Saki had to launch a blast of Song Magic to incapacitate them, leaving Richa in awe. Saki apologized, and said goodbye to them for the last time. Richa turned back to look at Aoto and Gojo once more, and went after Saki.

At Moocheriel's Core, Saki and the top brass of the Archia Think Tank found Finnel. Saki asked Finnel if she could hear her, and upon seeing her react, Saki told her that she would save her, and that she wouldn't have to worry anymore. Finnel, through great effort, asked Saki why she was doing this, but Saki just replied that the Vaccine inside her body would get rid of Ar Ru, which would cure Finnel. Finnel then asked what would happen to her, to which Saki replied that a lot of people had protected her, and that now she wanted to protect the world, and save everyone in it... Finnel included. She told her that she loved everyone, and thanked everyone for everything they had done. Then, she began singing the song of the Vaccine... the Hymn for which she was created and which had been Preinstalled in her before her birth... EXEC_FLIP_ARPHAGE/.

Finnel instantly began reacting to the song in pain. Meanwhile, at Moocheriel's entrance, Aoto and Hikari Gojo awakened at the sound of Cocona's voice, and were surprised to see Akane with her. They both got up, but upon hearing the song resounding throughout the place, Gojo immediately recognized it as the trigger of the Vaccine, and that it would be reacting with Ar Ru as they spoke. Akane then told them to hurry, as Saki would disappear once the song reached its end.

Finnel Route

In the Granvert Gauge, Aoto remarked he wouldn't allow Ar Ru to do whatever she wanted. Akane apologized to Aoto, as the Clustanians were the ones that originally caused all this mess and pulled him into it. Cocona told her this didn't have anything to do with the present situation, and that they didn't care about it anymore. Aoto added he wasn't doing this to clean Clustania's mess: he was just doing this to save Finnel. Akane told them that Finnel had always been alone, and that due to her unusual upbringing, she was treated horribly by the other Reyvateils. That's why she always worried for Finnel's wellbeing, and remarked she should have stayed at her side and protect her, but she couldn't. She then added that if Aoto was at her side, she wouldn't have to worry anymore, as Aoto was strong enough to protect her reliably. Aoto remarked that Finnel wasn't the type to rely on someone forever, to which Akane agreed. She also added that most likely Finnel was in love with someone, and thanked Aoto for having taken that responsibility. Aoto asked why Akane had always to take the extremes, to which Cocona replied he didn't have to get so defensive over it, which made Akane laugh. Cocona then asked if Akane shouldn't be thinking on ditching Kukuro, which left Akane surprised. Aoto explained her that she and Kukuro had been serving as decoys to hide Finnel's role as the host for the Antibody Brain. Despite this, Akane told Aoto she wasn't willing to let Kukuro go, and that he was her only mental support. She also told Aoto she would always be grateful and happy over having met Kukuro. Cocona remarked that everyone was stubborn here, and the Granvert finally reached Moocheriel.

Once there, they heard Saki singing. which gave Aoto a very bad feeling, and found a large number of knocked out soldiers. They then met up with Hikari Gojo, who told them that both Saki and Finnel should be at the core of Moocheriel, which made Cocona reason that the song must be the one that would activate the vaccine. Hikari Gojo then added that if the Antibody Brain got neutralized, Finnel's identity could get wiped out. Aoto couldn't understand why Finnel and Saki had to be involved in this, but Cocona advised to hurry up to the core.

However, as they were about to reach the Core, Finnel began screaming from the unbearable pain, and Saki reacted to it, triggering memories of her duty as the Vaccine. Saki immediately felt them flowing, which completely changed her determination and way of singing, and cancelled the Hymmnos Fusion that had been taking place between Saki's feelings and the Song's original feelings since she started singing. Now, only the feelings of the Song remained and she began singing them out, which changed the Song itself completely.

Both Aoto and Hikari Gojo noticed this, and having a bad presentiment about this, Gojo advised Aoto to hurry up. When they reached the Core, Aoto had to take a decision: let Saki finish the Song, or stop her...

Aoto decided to go through the Archians and make Saki stop singing. He managed to do so partially, but he was caught and thrown to the ground by Raphael, who screamed if he was trying to destroy the world. However, Aoto's voice still managed to get through to Saki, who stopped singing Arphage and fell unconscious from the exhaustion this caused to her. However, this also allowed Ar Ru to gain full control of Finnel's body, who after thanking Aoto for stopping Saki, began using her to execute other Song: EXEC_ViiBaCii_MjiiRa/., which activated Moocheriel and forced it to mass produce Antibodies, which began destroying everything around the place to the horror of the Archians.

The first thing Aoto did was check out if Saki was okay, and fortunately she was. However, the Archian soldiers behind them began screaming when the Antibodies appeared and ran way before they were devoured, much to Richa's disappointment.

Now with a physical body thanks to the Heart of the Land Ayatane had stolen from Cocona, Ar Ru manifested herself, making Raphael announce this world was done for. Aoto saw her, noticing how she didn't look at all how she did back at the Slave District. However, at that moment Finnel fainted, prompting Aoto to run to her. Hikari Gojo told him that Finnel's heart was beating very fast, but it would calm down soon. At that moment, Ar Ru began talking to them, telling them that the power of civilization was magnificent, and that Scalar (the group of emotions connected to the letter "A" in Ar Ciela language) was power, which would allow her to create and destroy anything. This left Aoto confused, as he was unable to get any meanings out from this. She then told the party that the humans were very beautiful beings, yet still more cold-blooded than demons, and announced that the Planet would change according to Her own Will. Cocona was left confused like Aoto, while Hikari Gojo told them that at this rate, the world would be filled with Antibodies and that would spell its complete death. Hearing this, Aoto stepped in and challenged Ar Ru.

She merely laughed at his attempts to stop the inevitable, and told him that no matter what he tried, it would be all in vain. Aoto still insisted, and he and his party launched into a battle against Ar Ru and one of her Antibodies. After the battle with Ar Ru, everyone noticed she disappeared, but the she began talking through both Saki and Finnel, announcing the Planet would be reborn through its own Will once again. She also explained that a body was no more than a ephemeral residence, or vessel, and that she just needed one to sing, so she made a deal to obtain one. However, Aoto and his friends screwed that up and left her unable to continue using Finnel's body. She then left the scene as Saki and Finnel collapsed. At that moment, Raphael returned to the core of Moocheriel, grabbed Aoto by the neck, and began shaking him, as Archia had finally cornered Ar Ru inside a body, but Aoto had allowed her to escape, possibly dooming the Planet. He then dropped Aoto. Richa then came back, announcing that the Antibodies were attacking the Tower of Origin, to which Raphael replied it was time to go back to Archia. Cocona asked if he was okay, while Akane commented the gravity of the situation, with the Antibodies attacking the Tower of the Origin, while Cocona advised escaping from the place before they were devoured.

The party met up with Katene and Mute at the entrance of Moocheriel. The party and Katane boarded the Granvert Gauge to go back up to Clustania, while Mute decided to remain in Moocheriel to take care of something. She assured Katene she would be okay, while Katene asked her to call him via Telemo if anything came up.

Inside the Gauge, Saki apologized to both Aoto and Finnel, as she failed in saving both Finnel and the world, and furthermore, almost killed Finnel. Finnel didn't mind it, and actually wanted it to happen, as she was the Antibody while Saki was the Vaccine. This caused both to break up in tears, so Aoto consoled them and told them to rest a bit, as they should be very tired from these events. They complied and decided to lie down in one of the seats of the wagon. Aoto then apologized for being unable to do anything for any of them, to which Saki and Finnel replied that he shouldn't feel like that, as he did many amazing things for them both.

After they went to sleep and Cocona commented on how peacefully they were sleeping, Katene commented that they must have been very tired due to the large amounts of energy they consumed in the recent events. Aoto then asked Hikari Gojo if they would be okay, but Gojo just reassured him, as he hadn't found anything abnormal in their bodies. However, he did notice that their respective personae seemed to be fusing into a single one, or in other words, the cracks that were dividing their Soulspaces were fading away, which possibly was a side-effect of Arphage.

Cocona remarked that this seemed like the personae would vanish away entirely, and this prompted Aoto to ask if both girls would stay as they are right now. Gojo told him that there wasn't any way of knowing this, and that he should Dive to find out. Akane offered the Dive Machine she had installed in her house at Clustania, and suggested to head there once the Gauge had arrived back to the city. Aoto was surprised at this show of generosity, while Gojo thanked her for helping in his examination of both Saki and Finnel. Akane then announced the Gauge was about to arrive to the Clustania main station and they should prepare to unboard.

Attempting to Convice Ar Ru

After Tyria Downloaded Cosmoflips into her, they returned to this place to confront Ar Ru. Cocona noticed the Heart of the Land floating above, and how its size had grealy increased. Tyria realized it must be due to a Will residing now in it, and most likely it was Ar Ru's due to her being right below it.

Ar Ru noticed Tyria's presence, and asked her if she was the Tower's will. Tyria answered that yes, and tried to ask her the following: for Ar Ru to fuse with her and lead the Planet to its restoration. However, Ar Ru declined the offer, as that was something the Planet's Consensus didn't want to happen, and when Tyria insisted on this, Ar Ru threatened to kill her and the party if they didn't leave the place. Upon noticing Ar Ru's reaction, Tyria noted the negotiations had failed and that they wouldn't be able to communicate with the Wills of the Planet without the use of Cosmoflips, so she decided to begin singing and ask the others to protect her. Thus, she began singing EXEC_COSMOFLIPS/.

Aoto told the party that their chances were pretty bad, given their enemy was the Antibody Brain herself, but they still had to hold Ar Ru off until Tyria had finished singing. The party agreed, and the battle began.

However, they were unable to do much against Ar Ru's great power, so Saki tried to reason with her as a fellow Will of the Planet. Noticing this was impossible, Hikari Gojo advised them to retreat for now.

As they withdrew, they noticed that Finnel had disappeared, and upon looking back, they saw the mysterious person standing there. She went up to Tyria, and told her that she wanted to talk to her ever since she had appeared in the world again; and that she could only get out now because Finnel was exhausted. Aoto screamed at her to make her relinquish Finnel's body, but the girl only told him that she wouldn't do that, and that she wanted to talk about something with Tyria. The girl then asked if the song resounding throughout the Tower was hers', to which Tyria answered affimatively. Upon hearing this, the girl ordered Tyria to give her power back, as that Song had caused Moocheriel to drain off her power. Seeing the party's confusion, Tyria explained that Moocheriel actually was the second energy source made to complete the Tower, and that the girl was likely other Will of the Planet. The girl then added that someone called Harvestasha had promised her to give her back her power, and asked if that had been a lie.

This prompted Aoto to ask if she wasn't a friend of Ar Ru, which the girl answered by asking if that was the name of the one co-residing in her soul. She also told them that she knew of her existence, but nothing else; and that she had come right after the girl had arrived at Moocheriel. Upon hearing these things, Tyria realized something important: that despite having moved from Finnel's body to the Heart of the Land, their Soulspaces were still linked, so it could be possible to find Ar Ru by Diving into Finnel. She also explained this would be the only possible way of communicating with her due to her aggressive nature in the real world. Aoto then went and asked the girl for where Ar Ru was in her Soulspace, to which the girl agreed under the condition of Tyria returning to her the Symphonic Power she had been drained of. Tyria complied with this, so the girl gave them Ar Ru's location under the human's coordinate systems: she was at 4.6x10^17 Hz, which Tyria summarized as Soulspace Lv. 17. This left both Cocona and Aoto shocked, as they couldn't believe that such high levels existed, until Tyria explained them that these levels were far too high for humans and only beings superior to them had access to them due to their initial levels being at Lv. 10. She also added that normal Dive machines only supported up to Lv. 9, so Hikari Gojo suggested them using the VR21 Dive Machine Katene had discovered to reach Ar Ru at that level. This got Aoto all fired up, but Gojo remarked that Diving into such a level could only be possible in theory: these levels had such high levels of energy that would outright kill any normal humans who entered them.

Tyria told them that she could protect the Divers entering into such places, but only up to a certain degree; and that she also knew about that ancient Dive Machine. She then told Aoto to take her to the VR21. The girl then told Tyria to not forget her promise, and disappeared. She then turned back into Finnel, and after checking if she was okay, Aoto and the others departed for the Old Eternus Galleries.

A Succesful Fusion

After Aoto conversed with Ar Ru, and the personae of Saki and Finnel crafted a Song Magic to convey their feelings to her in a much easier way, the party returned to Moocheriel to attempt convinving her again.

At the entrance, they met with Richa, who informed them that Moocheriel had become an Antibody hive and that she would support the party with her forces: they would repel the Antibodies while Tyria sang Cosmoflips to her. Hikari Gojo tried to talk with her, but Richa just told him that she would go ahead to attract the attention of the Antibodies. She then ran off, which made Aoto comment she was acting strangely.

Upon reaching the core, they found Richa awaiting for them, who reported the situation had improved and the Antibodies had dwindled enough for them to approach Ar Ru. Aoto thanked her, and the party proceeded. However, Hikari Gojo stood for a little longer and asked Richa if she wasn't injured. Richa replied she was okay, and Gojo thanked her for everything she had done. Richa turned away, and suggested to hurry.

Once they got up to Ar Ru, Richa told them to hurry, so Tyria began singing EXEC_COSMOFLIPS/. once again. Aoto the faced Ar Ru, and although there was the possibility of her not understanding his words, he asked her to listen: they wouldn't harm, and instead, would convey their feelings. They then entered in battle, with the Vanguards protecting the Reyvateils while they sang the song the personae had crafted and Tyria continued singing Cosmoflips.

This time around, Tyria managed to sing the song to the end and absorbed Ar Ru into her Binary Field, thus completing the persona fusion between them. After the blinding light vanished, only an unconscious Tyria remained in the ground. She woke up, and the others ran up to her and asked if she was okay, to which Tyria
just replied she could now understand the Planet's language, and due to the fusion, she could feel the messages the Planet was sending them. She then walked up to Aoto and told him that Ar Ru wanted to talk with him, so Aoto agreed to do it. Tyria transformed into Ar Ru, who told him that she wouldn't harm them and wanted to ask him something: why did he stop the Vaccine's song?

Aoto replied it was because he wanted to save both Saki and Finnel. Ar Ru asked if he would do even if that meant the destruction of the world, to which Aoto honestly replied he didn't care about the future of the world back then, and if saving them meant sacrificing the world, he would gladly do so. Ar Ru remarked he was a very
interesting human, and also told him that the humans thought Ar Ciel was a bowl or some other item they had made, but the truth couldn't be more far from that: the Planet wasn't an object. Ar Ru also added she understood very well these feelings because she felt the same way about the Planet, especifically that they both didn't
hate the people, but if they were harming something precious to them, they would fight back against them. Aoto asked if she was satisfied with his answer, to which Ar Ru replied she was very curious about which path he would begin walking to the future, so Aoto suggested her to continue watching it through Tyria's eyes. Ar Ru agreed to do so, but if Aoto betrayed her expectations, she would take over Tyria's body and handle the situation the way she thought it was the best.

Ar Ru then explained that Tyria enabled herself to communicate with the Wills of the Planet and that she herself only acted in the name of Ar Ciel. She also added that if she could return to the Planetary Core, she would be able to further discuss this with the rest of the Planet's Consensus. She then wished Aoto good luck, and chanted an spell in Ar Ciela: an order to the Antibodies to retreat, before disappearing and leaving Tyria in her place.

Tyria asked Aoto how the conversation went, to which he replied Ar Ru had agreed to observe the situation for now and offered to help them. Knowing this, Tyria suggested to give her nickname: Arru, which Aoto noted sounded exactly the same. Tyria then told him to just call her Ria, to which Aoto refused. Then they passed to more serious matters, as Tyria asked Cocona to store away the Heart of the Land that was still floating above them, to which she complied. She stood below the Heart and chanted an Hymmnos Spell, reabsoring it into her body. Then Tyria chanted other Hymmnos Spell to shut down Moocheriel, so it wouldn't continue draining off the Planet's Symphonic Power and producing Antibodies, thus fulfilling her promise to Finnel's mysterious persona, giving great relief to both Saki and Finnel. Tyria reminded them that there were still a lot of problems they had to fix, so Richa suggested them to head for Eternus Shaft. This left Aoto confused, as they were supposed to go back to Archia next. Richa then explained that it was because the VR21 was in there, and they needed to examine first Ar Ru's status in Tyria's Binary Field. Hikari Gojo told her to stop and that he knew what VR21 actually was, to then ask if their objectives were actually quelling Ar Ru. Richa was left dumbfounded to these questions, so Hikari Gojo asked her if this wasn't related to the Human Evolution Project due to her acting so suspiciously. Richa told him that she wasn't hiding something and that this wouldn't be for something that would harm them.

However, after the others left the core, Gojo told Richa he was pretty sure about her hiding something, and that he really wanted to believe on her. He then asked her to tell him the truth once more, to which Richa apologized for not being able to do so. Gojo simply replied he couldn't continue being with her under these conditions and left her alone, which made Richa break down into tears.

When they reached Moocheriel's entrance, they encountered Jack and Krusche, who asked them if they were successful in absorbing Ar Ru. Aoto told them it wasn't their business, to which Cocona added they didn't trust them due to all the trouble they had caused. Krusche told them this was actually important to everyone here, and that she needed to talk with Tyria. Likewise, she suggested them to avoid going to Eternus for now. Aoto asked why, to which Krusche replied he would do better asking that to Richa, whch left Gojo very disappointed. Cocona asked why they were telling this to the party, to which Krusche replied it was because Archia seemed more and more shady the more they investigated it, due to their discovery of the Human Evolution Project's documents. Cocona remarked it was annoying to trust them, but admitted they were very good at gathering information, and they would do better to escape with Tyria. However, at that moment, Richa threw a blast of Song Magic to blind everyone, took Tyria captive and threatened to attack the party with her soldiers and guardians should they take even one step. Gojo told her to stop, to which she replied she really wanted him to love her, but it was too late now, as once Gojo knew everything in which she was involved, he would never want to see her again. She then ran off.

Finnel and Saki then suggested running after her, while Jack and Krusche would head to the Archia Think Tank to begin pulling off a few of their tricks to keep Raphael from carrying out his devilish schemes. However, Hikari Gojo asked them if they had researched about the Human Evolution Project and what it was for. Krusche summarized it into using the world's population to form a new race from the mix of humans and Antibodies, which received reactions of disgust from everyone. Jack told them he knew it sounded horrible, but the really awful part of it was that the plan was about a 90% ready to be executed, as they could already manipulate the humans through their latent Reyvateil qualities and transform them into anything they wanted... even monsters. Krusche further explained that to be able to do that, they did many illegal experiments, especially in children and teenagers according to the records they had found; which gave Gojo the final evidence he needed to prove that the Think Tank was the responsible for his sister's odd behavior and death. Jack then told the party that the 10% Archia was missing to complete their plan was the knowledge of how the Antibodies were structured, which could only come off from a sample of Ar Ru's data. Krusche then advised them to hurry up and stop them before they used the VR21 to extract that information from Tyria. They then took their own separate paths.

Bad Ending Route

After the battle with Ar Ru, everyone noticed she disappeared, but the she began talking through both Saki and Finnel, announcing the Planet would be reborn through its own Will once again. She also explained that a body was no more than a ephemeral residence, or vessel, and that she just needed one to sing, so she made a deal to obtain one. However, Aoto and his friends screwed that up and left her unable to continue using Finnel's body. She then left the scene as Saki and Finnel collapsed. At that moment, Raphael returned to the core of Moocheriel, grabbed Aoto by the neck, and began shaking him, as Archia had finally cornered Ar Ru inside a body, but Aoto had allowed her to escape, possibly dooming the Planet. He then dropped Aoto. Richa then came back, announcing that the Antibodies were attacking the Tower of Origin, to which Raphael replied it was time to go back to Archia. Cocona asked if he was okay, while Akane commented the gravity of the situation, with the Antibodies attacking the Tower of the Origin, while Cocona advised escaping from the place before they were devoured.

The party met up with Katene and Mute at the entrance of Moocheriel. The party and Katane boarded the Granvert Gauge to go back up to Clustania, while Mute decided to remain in Moocheriel to take care of something. She assured Katene she would be okay, while Katene asked her to call him via Telemo if anything came up.

Inside the Gauge, Saki apologized to both Aoto and Finnel, as she failed in saving both Finnel and the world, and furthermore, almost killed Finnel. Finnel didn't mind it, and actually wanted it to happen, as she was the Antibody while Saki was the Vaccine. This caused both to break up in tears, so Aoto consoled them and told them to rest a bit, as they should be very tired from these events. They complied and decided to lie down in one of the seats of the wagon. Aoto then apologized for being unable to do anything for any of them, to which Saki and Finnel replied that he shouldn't feel like that, as he did many amazing things for them both.

However, after they went to sleep and Cocona commented on how peacefully they were sleeping, Aoto asked Hikari Gojo if they would be okay. He answered they already reached a critical state: their lives were on the brink of extinguishing right now, as their Triangular Nuclear Loops were sending irregular palpitations in the H-Wave frequencies they were emitting, which was something only observed in those Reyvateils that had already reached 150 years of age. Aoto broke down, asking if there wasn't anything that could be done to cure them, but Hikari Gojo could only look at the ground in sadness. Aoto then told everyone to go back to the Rinkernator, but Cocona told him it was impossible, as they didn't have enough energy left to reach that place. Aoto insisted that he would carry both Saki and Finnel there, and when asked what he would do about MYU, he screamed he would defeat it. Akane told she would go with him, while Katene reminded them he was involved pretty deep in this and he would accompany them to the end. Cocona remarked Aoto was an idiot, but still decided to go with them...

Normal Ending (Saki)

Aoto chose to let Saki continue singing until the end, but once the blinding light vanished, they only saw Saki: Finnel was nowhere to be found. Aoto was right now worried about Saki, and wondered if she was okay. She turned back to see Aoto, wondering why she was still alive, and what had happened to Finnel. Saki then fainted from exhaustion. Raphael claimed this was wonderful, and thanked Aoto for having allowed her to accomplish her destiny. According to him, the Antibodies had been exterminated due to that. Aoto then asked what happened to Finnel, but Raphael didn't pay any attention to the question, and just told him that the Planet would now be safe and that he thanked Aoto from the bottom of his heart. He then told him that most likely Saki being left alive was a gift from the Goddess to him. However, at that moment, Akane and Richa began talking at the same time, saying this wasn't the end. Aoto and Hikari Gojo reacted with surprise to this, and got as answer from both women that they had been to control this world. Cocona noticed immediately they were being hacked, while Raphael exclaimed that Moocheriel was about to be destroyed. Both women then announced that the place would be destroyed together with the humans, and then they collapsed. They regained consciousness shortly later, unable to remember what had just happened, and Gojo advised to leave the place at once.

Normal Ending (Finnel)

Aoto chose to let Saki continue singing until the end, but once the blinding light vanished, they only saw Finnel: Saki was nowhere to be found. Aoto was right now worried about Saki, and wondered if she was okay. She turned back to see Aoto, asking what had happened to Saki. After crying upon realizing what had happened to Saki, Finnel fainted from exhaustion. Raphael claimed this was wonderful, and thanked Aoto for having allowed Saki to accomplish her destiny and having saved the world. He then ordered the soldiers to pick up Finnel's body as an experimental sample. However, Aoto stopped him, saying that as Saki had given her life to save her, he would protect them both now. Raphael just told him that his ignorance was a beautiful thing, so much it even seemed a form of art. He then explained that Finnel's body was harboring the Antibody Brain and that they needed to carefully examine her, as she could invade the Think Tank bare-handed and without even using its full power. However, at that moment, Akane and Richa began talking at the same time, saying this wasn't the end. Aoto and Hikari Gojo reacted with surprise to this, and got as answer from both women that they had been born to control this world. Cocona noticed immediately they were being hacked, while Raphael exclaimed that Moocheriel was about to be destroyed. Both women then announced that the place would be destroyed together with the humans, and then they collapsed. They regained consciousness shortly later, unable to remember what had just happened, and Gojo advised to leave the place at once.

Layout

Despite being a mini-labyrinth, Moocheriel is actually a rather short dungeon consisting of merely a single large room, which means it can be completed rather quickly. During the first visit you won't have to worry about encountering any enemies, but after Saki has sung Arphage, monsters will begin showing up, so take this on mind.

Map

Moocheriel Map

Treasures

• Spunky Monkey V
• ?BBQ?
• Yuteria Material
• ?Big Bottled Drink?
• Platinum Material
• ?Dreamy Crayon?
• Angel Recoverael
• Synchro Evo Sap
• ?Wonder Tool?
• ?Cutting Edge Kit?
• Spunky Monkey V
• ?Premium Board?

Number of Treasure Chests in this Area: 12

Enemies

• Furia Model I (from Phase 4 onwards)
• Furia Carrier (from Phase 4 onwards)

Number of Random Encounters in this Area: 10

Encounter Probability: Middle

Bosses

• Ar Ru and Furia Model I (Phase 3, only in the Bad/True End Routes)
• Ar Ru and Doll Carrier Type H (during Phase 4)
• Ar Ru and Doll Model HBL (during Phase 4)

Talk Topics

• Creepy (only after using the VR21 to converse with Ar Ru).