Scenario:Platinum Sky II - Chapter 1: Reboot - Episode 2

Platinum Sky II - Chapter 1: Reboot - Episode 2

Seeing firsthand the rapidly shifting conditions on the Nimmus racetrack, Meteon recalls a conversation with Fangio on the topic while (Captain) and company's confidence falters. Their spirits are restored when Meteon comments that such a race ought to be right up a skyfarer's alley.

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Fangio: The Nimmus Island Course is coming back?

Meteon: That's right! I've never been there, so this is a chance I can't miss out on.

Fangio: It's been a real long time since the course was closed and the island was put on lockdown.

Meteon: You've flown there before, right, Fange?

Fangio: Plenty of times. Back in the day, Nimmus was the place to go to for skyraces.

Meteon: I was reading some documentation about Nimmus... and boy, is it one heck of a course.

Meteon: Seems like something you've gotta try yourself to see how rough it really is.

Fangio: Sounds about right. The Nimmus Course is no walk in the park.

Fangio: As many times as I flew that course, something different threw me off every time.

Fangio: There's so much to discover and learn... It's absolutely brutal, but that's why it's so worth it...

Fangio: If there's one regret I've got in my old age, it's how my last run on this course turned out.

Fangio: My ship went belly-up halfway through the race, and I had to call it quits...

Meteon: ...
It's pretty rare to see you so chatty, Fange.

Fangio: Shut it.

Fangio: You'd better be ready with every damn fiber of your being, and I mean it. Focus on speed alone like you always do, and you're not gonna get very far.

Meteon: Heh... I like a challenge.

Meteon: I still plan on going faster than everyone else, but I'll prove to you that I've got more than speed up my sleeves!

Fangio: Hehe! I'll be watching.

Meteon: So I heard the stories from Fange and read all the documentation I could find...

Meteon: But actually flying through the course felt different from what I imagined it to be.

Meteon: The eddies resulting from the air turbulence weren't as strong as I expected.

Meteon: Increasing altitude might be more effective than blazing past them.

Meteon: Maybe I should talk to Fange and see if we can manage to cut some weight.

Meteon puts on a serious expression as he walks around Blue Orbit.

Vyrn: I guess Racer Champ really knows his stuff, huh.

Lyria: It sure seems that way. We have it hard enough just getting through the course.

Lyria: Tweaking your speedship to match the specific course seems like such a difficult thing to do.

Vyrn: Yeah, it was a definitely a learning experience.

Vyrn: About the ship though, maybe we can ask gramps or Rackam for some advice later.

Meteon, back from fiddling with Blue Orbit, joins the conversation.

Meteon: That's the spirit. You're on your way to becoming full-fledged skyracers.

Lyria: Ehehe, you think so?

Meteon: Mm-hm, stay sharp though. We're still only halfway through the course. There's gonna be more tight spots ahead of us.

Vyrn: Whoa, true! I almost forgot!

Lyria: The rest of the track has...

Meteon: We've got misty swamplands, a deep ravine with a strong downdraft, and who knows what else.

Meteon: I'm looking forward to that ravine at the very end myself.

Lyria: Yikes! Will we really be okay?

Meteon: Hahaha, what a thing to say. I thought dealing with bad weather would be right in a skyfarer's wheelhouse.

Meteon: If you think of it that way, I'd say you guys might even have the advantage on a course like this.

Vyrn: You got that right! Seasoned skyfarers like us aren't gonna let some nasty racetrack get us down!

Meteon: That's more like it! Just don't forget I'll be in the race too!