Lymph Vessel

The Lymph Vessel (リンパ管) are a facility in the Tower of Harvestasha located halfway between Archia and Clustania, right above of the Garvelt Bridge and the Kniehar Signal Station, and right below the Slave District. It's pretty similar in appearance to the Silver Horn from the First Tower of Ar tonelico, given the abundant presence of golden horn-like pipes through the area, and there are also several CD-like platforms (assumed to be made from Grathnode) that serve as elevators and footholds.

The name comes from the fact that these are Tyria's own lymphatic vessels, which transport the energy throughout all of her Tower body.

History
This was the area at which the party entered upon receiving the password from Luphan. Once there, Filament heard the corrupted and incomplete version of Tyria's song, EXEC_REBIRTHIA=PROTOCOL/., and began running in the direction from where the song could be heard. However, due to their hurry in chasing after Filament, the party didn't notice that Finnel had collapsed behind them, and Soma had taken control of her body once again. She then began following the party, stating that she didn't have much time left.

After a while exploring, the party met face to face with an holographic image of Tyria. She immediately recognized Filament as one of the Wills of the Planet. She confirmed that she was indeed born to be the savior of the Planet, but that was impossible now because their plans had been thwarted. Tyria then told her that if she really wanted to save herself, and all of Ar Ciel, she would have to go to the Rinkernator and help her first. Then she vanished.

Filament then briefly explained how the girl they had just seen was Tyria, but that was a mere shadow of her, and they would need to meet to her in the Rinkernator first. She then dropped some clues about her true nature, including the fact that she wanted to save herself, and didn't want to kill anyone, while also telling the party that both the Clustanians and Archians were doing the same exact thing, and neither would lead the Planet to its salvation. Soma then appeared, telling Filament that her plans were something "they" had abandoned since long ago, and that they had to obey the orders of the "Consensus". Soma then attacked them, and Filament had to use the Miracle power she borrowed from Saki in order to give them some time. This turned Soma's mask into cake, which finally revealed her true face. Filament was unable to continue keeping the control of Saki's body, and vanished as Saki resurfaced.

Tatsumi then announced Soma he was going to kill her, but Soma told him to slow down, as she didn't want to cause any unnecessary deaths, and proposed a deal to him: if he went with her, Soma would lead him to Harvestasha. Tatsumi declined to offer, to which Soma replied that she would then take him by force. Aoto cursed Soma for using Finnel's life as an excuse for forcing Tatsumi to go with her, to with she replied that this was Aoto's fault for taking so long to get to the Tower. This clued Tatsumi on her true nature, which Soma herself revealed in front of the party: Finnel was a multiple-personality Reyvateil like Saki, and Soma was one of her alternate personae, and her life span was nearing its end. She then explained that they would need Tatsumi's Selfstabilizing Tesseractal Nuclear Loop in order to extend her life.

(more coming later...)

Layout
The Lymph Vessel is quite a large and confusing maze, which requires careful exploration in order to not get lost in its many ducts and elevators. Aside of this, this area features an abundance in treasure chests, although not all of them can grabbed in the first visit: if the player enters room 5 or room 11, they will trigger the plot events related to Tyria and Soma, which will force them out from the area. This forces the player to visit it once more, not only to continue advancing to Clustania, but also to find the chests they missed.

Treasures

 * Battle Tape
 * Mandragora
 * ?Revival Flute?
 * ?Blind Mask?
 * Spark Stick
 * ?Spray?
 * Rainbow Coat
 * Platinum Material
 * ?Popular Hat?
 * Ice Pop Can
 * ?Make Believe Set?
 * Soul Charger
 * ?Injector?

Number of Treasure Chests in this Area: 13

Enemies

 * Type 1: Failure (until Phase 3)
 * Type 3: Void (from Phase 4 onwards)
 * K-01 (until Phase 3)
 * Skull (until Phase 3)
 * Furia Model I (from Phase 4 onwards)
 * Furia Model I-B (from Phase 4 onwards)

Number of Random Encounters in this Area: 10

Encounter Probability: Low

Talk Topics

 * Security Issues (requires having Filament as an equipable body before being able to watch it).