SN: Chapter 2 Starry Requiem

*The information in this page is derived from the game that comes after Love Nikki-Dress Up Queen!, Shining Nikki. As such, it may contain spoilers to the story and/or information about features that don't appear in Love Nikki.*

 File:Xingyu Town.jpg  **Starry Requiem** is the second chapter of the main storyline of *Shining Nikki*.

## Plot

Nikki and Momo travel to Xingyu Town, hoping to find more clues about Lierlide. They meet A-Huan, who guides them as they uncover the mystery of Huihuicao and learn about the nation of Ninier.

## Stages

### 2-1

* **Story Stage**

Waking up from a dream of Lierlide, Nikki finds herself on a boat with Momo on their way to Xingyu Town. The boat-rowing girl A-Huan introduces the fairytale origin of Xingyu Town to them -- the story of the Xingyu Swan and how true beauty will summon a meteor shower upon Silvermoon Lake. She sings a song about Silvermoon Lake that makes Nikki realize the design inspiration behind the suit Meteor Aria. Once they arrive at Xingyu Town, Nikki and Momo hurry off to visit the town's design workshop.

### 2-2: Old Music Teacher

* **Attribute:** Pure File:SNAPure.png
* **Suggested Styling Power:** 1245
* **Style Theme:** *outfit to visit patients*

Nikki crafts a piece of the Meteor Aria suit at the design workshop, paying a fee in gold coins to the shop owner. As she pays, the shop owner allows a handsome young man to craft a pair of gloves for free. He explains to Nikki that in Xingyu Town, beauty is everything, and beautiful people naturally receive special benefits. Unsettled by this revelation, Nikki realizes that everyone she's seen in Xingyu Town is beautiful and wonders where the less beautiful people are. They ask the townspeople about the nursery rhyme clue from Zhou and are directed to the town's old music teacher, who now resides in the hospital, so they set off to visit him.

### 2-3: Who is Huihuicao?

* **Attribute:** Elegant File:SNAElegant.png
* **Suggested Styling Power:** 1245
* **Style Theme:** *gorgeous and elegant outfit*

Nikki and Momo go to the hospital to visit the old music teacher, but he calls Nikki Huihuicao and asks about her day. As he feebly plays the violin for her, Nikki and Momo quietly leave the room to speak to a doctor. The head doctor informs them that the old music teacher was injured in the Xingyu Swan Tournament fire two years ago. He has developed Alzheimer's and is always talking about Huihuicao. Nikki and Momo decide to return to the Ark for more clues.

### 2-4: Broken Reflection in the Mirror

* **Attribute:** Sweet File:SNASweet.png
* **Suggested Styling Power:** 2456
* **Opponent:** Mysterious Female
* **Style Theme:** *resurrection desire*

Disappointed by the lack of clues regarding the nursery rhyme, Nikki and Momo return to the Ark. Zhou tells Nikki that the nursery rhyme clue was found in connection to a designer's shadow by the name of Huihuicao. He brings them to an incomplete mirror that houses Huihuicao, explaining that every mirror contains a designer's shadow and will become complete when the corresponding suit is fully crafted. Gazing into the mirror, Nikki becomes trapped in the shadow's memory of a raging sea of fire. She sees a mysterious girl and asks if she is Huihuicao, to which the girl replies that Huihuicao is dead. Nikki uses the power of Lierlide's designer's shadow to fight her way out of the memory. They decide to finish crafting Meteor Aria in order to understand the memories and clues.

### 2-5: Stage Under the Stars

* **Attribute:** Sexy File:SNASexy.png
* **Suggested Styling Power:** 1635
* **Opponent:** A-Huan
* **Style Theme:** *sexiness in the night wind*

Nikki and Momo meet A-Huan again, who invites them to sit in her boat as she tells them the story of the Meteor Aria suit. A-Huan had seen a contestant wearing the suit at one of the rounds of the Xingyu Swan Tournament, a large beauty pageant held every two years in Xingyu Town, through which girls can advance their careers, find love, and gain power. She informs them that Ninier Kingdom's current queen Lilith was the Xingyu Swan Champion two years ago, as the citizens of Ninier elect the most beautiful girl in the nation to become queen. They arrive at the Xingyu Swan Tournament stage, where Nikki and A-Huan compete over A-Huan's signature style. During the battle, Nikki harnesses the power of the designer's shadow and seems to briefly see a girl clothed in stars.

### 2-6: The Bizarre Blaze

* **Attribute:** Sweet File:SNASweet.png
* **Suggested Styling Power:** 2785
* **Style Theme:** *comfortable pajamas*

Praising Nikki's styling power, A-Huan asks her to join the Xingyu Swan Tournament the next day. After Nikki agrees, she continues the story of Meteor Aria. As the tournament results were about to be announced, a fire had suddenly started, burning away the beauty of the girl wearing Meteor Aria. Shuddering, A-Huan both pities and is horrified by the sight of ugly people. They decide to go to the police station in the morning to find the case records of the fire. As they prepare to leave for a hotel, Nikki receives a call from Haizhe, asking her to help his journalist friend Vivian interview designers for her column "Designer's Intel Room."

### 2-7: Who is the Arsonist?

* **Attribute:** Pure File:SNAPure.png
* **Suggested Styling Power:** 1853
* **Style Theme:** *skillful and simple outfit*

Nikki and Momo head to the police station for answers, claiming to be fans of Meteor Aria. When she asks about Huihuicao, the shocked police officer informs them that Huihuicao was the arsonist who started the fire, although it was reported under a pseudonym in the news. The police officer shows them a clip from the case archives of a girl Peipeiwu in the hospital, wrapped in bandages and gauze, raging at Huihuicao for purposely starting the fire out of jealousy. Huihuicao, ugly and abandoned at birth, had been raised by Peipeiwu's family, and had apparently been jealous of her adopted sister, who had been admired at the Xingyu Swan Tournament for wearing the suit Meteor Aria. With this new information, Nikki and Momo set out to visit the old music teacher again.

### 2-8: The Lonely Blaze

* **Attribute:** Cool File:SNACool.png
* **Suggested Styling Power:** 1635
* **Opponent:** Huihuicao
* **Style Theme:** *the lonely blaze*

This time, Nikki plays along with the old music teacher, pretending to be Huihuicao. He reassures her that true beauty comes from the inside, confident that a meteor shower will come when Huihuicao sings on the stage in her self-designed suit Meteor Aria. Before they leave for the Xingyu Swan stage, Nikki and Momo go back to the Ark to visit Huihuicao's shadow. Nikki tells Huihuicao that though she understands her motivation, her actions were still wrong. Enraged, Huihuicao brings Nikki back into her world of fire, but Nikki uses styling power to break free. Nikki realizes that she has must craft Meteor Aria and summon the meteor shower in order to extinguish the fury and sorrow that rage on within Huihuicao.

### 2-9: The Unworthy Stage

* **Attribute:** Elegant File:SNAElegant.png
* **Suggested Styling Power:** 1780
* **Opponent:** Highly Respected Judge
* **Style Theme:** *prestigious and respected judge*

Nikki arrives at the Xingyu Swan stage, where A-Huan has been eagerly waiting for her to register. Although there are still five minutes left, the arrogant judge refuses to let Nikki register, arguing that they aren't beautiful enough to have special exceptions made. Fed up by the judge's superficial understanding of beauty, Nikki challenges him to a styling battle in a theme of his expertise.

The judge is shocked when he loses. Nikki declares that any girl should be allowed to shine on the Xingyu Swan stage, since true beauty goes beyond outside appearances. Suddenly, she receives a call from the hospital that the old music teacher has had a heart attack.

### 2-10

* **Story Stage**

The doctor informs Nikki and Momo that the old music teacher will likely pass away within the next two days. Still pretending to be Huihuicao, Nikki tells the music teacher that she'll be singing on the Xingyu Swan stage that night as she wears her suit Meteor Aria. She reminds him to keep his eyes on the window, where he'll see the meteor shower that will surely come. As they leave the hospital, Momo is full of questions, but Nikki reassures him that they just need to finish crafting Meteor Aria.

### 2-11: Meteor Aria

* **Attribute:** Sexy File:SNASexy.png
* **Suggested Styling Power:** 2018
* **Opponent:** Huihuicao
* **Style Theme:** *meteor aria*

Standing by Silvermoon Lake, Nikki summons Huihuicao from the heart gate. Though Huihuicao passionately defends her past actions, Nikki calmly walks onto the center of the lake, singing the Silvermoon Lake nursery rhyme as she invites Huihuicao to join her. Finally, Huihuicao dons the suit Meteor Aria, mirroring Nikki, who wears the same dress.

In the hospital room, the old music teacher watches the meteor shower. Huihuicao appears before him in her Meteor Aria suit, hugging him gently. Momo laments the lack of leads on Lierlide, but Nikki finds a shining gem that fell into her hand during the meteor shower and wonders if it was left by Lierlide.

### 2-12: Farewell

* **Attribute:** Pure File:SNAPure.png
* **Suggested Styling Power:** 1914
* **Style Theme:** *fresh and lovable selves*

Nikki and Momo attend the music teacher's funeral. The mayor gives a moving eulogy, and the townspeople all bid him a final farewell. There, they bump into Loen again. Nikki shows him the Xingyu gem she found, which Loen uses to bring the words into focus on a manuscript, though the words need to be decoded. He tells them that it is "Lierlide's Excerpt," and Nikki recognizes it as the scroll Lierlide's shadow holds. They decide to team up to find a way to decode the manuscript. As they turn to leave, a beautiful lady enters the cemetery to bid farewell to the music teacher, though she hides her face. Before they leave Xingyu Town, Nikki runs into A-Huan again, who asks Nikki to help her style for the next round of the Xingyu Swan Tournament.

## Challenge Stages

### 2-S1: Battling the Senior Judge

* **Attribute:** Pure File:SNAPure.png
* **Suggested Styling Power:** 2446
* **Opponent:** Arrogant Judge
* **Style Theme:** *a true stylist*

Nikki goes to interview the designer Mr. Anders, on behalf of Vivian's Designer's Intel Room, but he turns out to be the arrogant judge from the Xingyu Swan Tournament. Though Nikki turns to leave, the judge challenges her to a style battle, intending to show her what a true stylist is. Nikki wins once again and notes the judge's style to be luxurious and complicated, adding lavish details to romantic fairytale styles.

### 2-S2: Trendsetter Bunny

* **Attribute:** Elegant File:SNAElegant.png
* **Suggested Styling Power:** 2872
* **Opponent:** Vivian
* **Style Theme:** *trendsetter OL outfit*

Nikki waits to interview the next designer, Xingyu Town's "Legendary Trendsetter Stylist," but it turns out to be Vivian herself. They battle over Vivian's specialty, and Nikki notes Vivian's style to be a combination of sweet Ninier style and avant-garde Apple style.

### 2-S3: Mountain-Climbing Girl

* **Attribute:** Cool File:SNACool.png
* **Suggested Styling Power:** 2604
* **Opponent:** Jiang Beixi
* **Style Theme:** *practical styling for outdoors mountain climbing*

Vivian introduces Nikki to her partner Jiang Beixi, who specializes in cool outdoors stylings. Nikki manages to win, despite never having gone mountain climbing.

### 2-S4: Meeting an Idol

* **Attribute:** Sweet File:SNASweet.png
* **Suggested Styling Power:** 4057
* **Opponent:** Lolory
* **Style Theme:** *elegant ambassador*

Nikki and Momo wait in line for hours to attend Lolory's fan meet-and-greet and are completely exhausted by the time the event begins. After the performance, they meet Lolory backstage and battle over her specialty. After Nikki and Momo leave, they find that the whole day has gone past while they've been waiting in line.

### 2-S5: Person Not Found

* **Attribute:** Sexy File:SNASexy.png
* **Suggested Styling Power:** 2980
* **Style Theme:** *a demon that reveals the desires of the heart*

Nikki and Momo wait by the lake for their next target, a dream-devouring demon that reveals the desires of the heart. Nikki finds instructions for a demon-summoning ritual on the Internet, but is spooked by footsteps in the grass. Nikki and Momo run back to town, and Nikki decides to simply send Vivian her own styling of the theme.

## Target Suits

* **Meteor Aria:** 2-5 (Hair Ornament), 2-11 (Dress)
* **Yelan Moon:** 2-9 (Shadow)