royal pain) before trying to deal with her sisters.

After defeating the Fates, rescue Yuko from Hikawa's trap in the Obelisk. Receive the Djed Magatama and an expanded Demon stock from the goddess Aradia in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster.

With the Fates dead, you will receive the Djed Magatama.

Step into the light in 142F and go to the top of the building.

On the top of the building, you will find Yuko suspended upside-down, funneling Magatsuhi into a pyramid-like thing. You release her and all the Magatsuhi-gathering stops. Yuko thanks you, and says she had a feeling you would come after her. She says it's ironic that she told you she would be there to help you whenever you needed it, and it turned out that she was the one that needed saving. She tells you that she neither had the power to change the world or even herself--she was merely tricked by Hikawa. He apparently told her "You will become the Center of the New World," but she didn't realize that she would only be a tool to collect Magatsuhi. She says that she agreed to help him recreate the world, but the world she wants can't come like this. Her primary motivation for helping in the Fertilization was that she didn't like the old world, as everyone just looked out for their own comfort irresponsibly--nobody was looking to better themselves, etc. She thought that humanity would lose their power and die out...and thus was able to be used by Hikawa. Yuko says that not everything is finished--the rebuilding of the world is still going on, and the final form has not yet been decided. She says that she "found her goddess" here, the goddess called here by the power of the Magatsuhi. She is sure that her goddess will give her the rules for the new world, and looks into the sky.

While what happens next looks an awful lot like a passing pigeon overhead left a "present" on Yuko's face, but the splat on her face indicates that she has been possessed by her goddess. The mysterious goddess identifies herself as Aradia, arrived from the depths of Amara. She says her job is to bring freedom and release everyone. Aradia tells you that with freedom, light and darkness will return to the world. She tells you to "head for creation" and gives you power, finally maxing out your Demon stock. Aradia says that the "this woman, who has lost her power, will regain it." Afterwards she (Yuko) will go down the path of new creation, and Aradia will guide her. She tells you to see the world, and your creation will begin from there. Aradia/Yuko disappears.

The old lady and the blond boy reappear. "Oh my, so Aradia is now in this world? This could get interesting, master" says the old woman. The boy whispers to the old lady, and she thanks him. The old woman says that the child has decided to give you the gift of knowledge, and tells you to listen closely. The Vortex World is starting to reach the point of its new creation. It will be created under a "Kotowari"--a set of rules--and people will start fighting to decide what set the world will get. She tells you to work toward whatever Kotowari you want...or have your Kotowari destroyed. She only asks you not to bore the child with a meaningless death. They're gone, again.

This is more or less the turning point of the game. The event where Chiaki told you about Yosuga notwithstanding, all the really major plot decisions are going to occur from here on out, as the battle for the dominant Kotowari starts to escalate.

INTERLUDE: MANIACS

Now that the Obelisk is finished, you can fight Black Rider. Much like Red Rider, Black Rider will only be unlocked once the first two Horsemen are defeated. To find where he is, again, return to Kamara. She says that he's "in a hospital." Her hints are usually pretty easy, but this one takes the cake for simplicity!

Unlike White Rider and Red Rider, Black Rider doesn't say much before attacking you. Just a standard short shpiel about how you must be tested.