From Akira to Zenki

In ToV today the plot moved a bit more forwards. The gang went to the underground mage city but just missed Flynn again, but they did find Rita Mordio the suspected orb thief. Turn out though that the thief was using the identity of the Rita, who is actually a young expert female mage. So to clear her name to Yuri Rita joins the party as they explore an underground ruin where the thieves may have also struck (and where Flynn went too). They don't find Flynn but they do catch a thief in the act and learn that he's part of an orb stealing syndicate operating out of a port town. So now the party has 5 members and are off to the port.

With 5 in the Party now the 5th character sits out of fights, but fortunately still gains exp at the same rate as the other characters. I'm currently using Estelle, Yuri, Repede, and Rita in my active party so I'll have offensive and defensive magic and two physical fighters.

Rita continues the trend of expertly voice acted characters in this game. When she first showed up I though for some reason she reminded me of Nagato from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, even though they look and act completely different (maybe because she was surrounded in books). Turns out though I was right to think so since both were voiced by Michelle Ruff, who also worked on practically every anime and video game in the past 10 years, she's almost as prolific as Wendee Lee...