Il Pianto della Luna

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**This Abnormality is Capable of Breach**

**This Abnormality can Benefit the Facility**

## Probabilities

> *"Tales say that the moon bewitches man, yet in reality, it is the man that despairs at the moon."*
> -Il Pianto della Luna's Entry
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**Il Pianto della Luna (D-01-105)** (or simply **La Luna**) is an Abnormality in form of a duo; a female pianist and an old-fashioned piano. The piano has gold decals on the front and melted candles on top. At its feet, there are blackened and shrunken heads.

The pianist wears a veil which covers the upper part of her face. She wears a long-sleeved dress which covers her arms and legs. On her head, she wears a dark rose. She sits on a chair, similar to the piano's, and holds a long cane.

## Ability

Il Pianto della Luna's special ability will trigger when its  Qliphoth Counter reaches 0. Its  Qliphoth Counter can fluctuate in the following ways:

* Decrease by 1 when getting a  Bad Work Result.
* Decrease by 1 with 30% chance when getting a  Normal Work Result.
* Decrease by 1 when performing  Performance.
* Each 3rd Special Work will drop its  Qliphoth Counter to 0.

When using Il Pianto della Luna's Special Work " Performance", which replaces  Insight an employee starts to play the piano. During the performance,  Temperance and  Justice of all employees in facility will be boosted by 10. After the performance the employee's  HP will be halved.

Once the  Qliphoth Counter reaches 0, the woman will burst into black flames and appear somewhere else in the facility. During breach she wears a mask and uses her cane as a weapon. She deals average (14-16)  Red Damage during her regular attack and high (30-45)  Black Damage during her special attack, a charge attack with black flames. She will return into her containment room when the performance (When triggered by the special work, making the employee unable to get out) is over or after being suppressed. She possesses high  HP at 1300.

If the special work triggered her breach, the Agent inside it cannot get out, even after all the  E-Boxes have been filled, and will start to take 4-5  Black Damage every 3 seconds until the Abnormality returns to containment or the 90 second  Performance work is finished.

## Origin

Part of the pianist's origin comes from a newspaper that tells how she was a greatest pianist who plays Sonata, and where the third movement came, the audience could barely stay seated. After an unspecified amount of time, she left her place to go to the 'moon', leaving behind the piano that she used to play.

When the time came to contain the Abnormality, the employees met a silent woman covered by a veil and the piano of the pianist. People who approached the woman, soon playing, regardless of the knowing of music arts or how to do the performance, they played Sonata perfectly. However, those who play the first movement tend to disappear to the 'moon' without a trace.

The piano and woman were found and contained together but is not specified when or where they were found.

## Details

The Abnormality responds to the four works in order of best to worst:  Insight ( Performance),  Attachment,  Instinct, and  Repression.

Like all Abnormalities, its energy output is determined by the number of PE Boxes (Positive Enkephalin boxes) at the end of the interaction.

Il Pianto della Luna's emotional state is divided into 3 sections:  Bad,  Normal, and  Good. Completing 0-6 E Boxes will cause it to feel  Distressed, completing 7-12 will cause it to feel  Normal, and 13-20 will make it  Happy. Its usual cooldown timer after a task is around 15 seconds. Its  Qliphoth Counter is 3.

### Unlockable Information/Upgrades

**Basic Information** (Cost:  20 PE Boxes)

Unlocks and shows the name of the Abnormality, subject classification, Risk Level ( WAW), portrait, Damage Type ( White, 5-7), the amount of  E-Boxes (20), its emotional states, and  Qliphoth Counter (3).

**Instinct/Insight/Attachment/Repression Work Favor** (Cost:  7 PE Boxes)

Unlocks the percentage level list to the respective work.

**Managerial Works 1/2/3/4/5/6** (Cost:  5 PE Boxes)

* "Managerial Tips 1"
	+ "The piano can be played by ordering an Agent to Perform. However, please note that the Qliphoth Counter will lower when the performance is finished."
* "Managerial Tips 2"
	+ "The music temporarily increased the Temperance and Justice of all employees by a small degree. However, the one who performed lost half their HP by the end of the performance."
* "Managerial Tips 3"
	+ "When the work result was Normal, the Qliphoth Counter lowered with a moderate probability."
* "Managerial Tips 4"
	+ "When the work result was Bad, the Qliphoth Counter decreased."
* "Managerial Tips 5"
	+ "The Qliphoth Counter lowered to 0 when an employee entered the unit to play for the third time."
* "Managerial Tips 6"
	+ "When Il Pianto della Luna escaped, it voluntarily returned to its Containment Unit after the end of the third movement. The movement also prematurely ended when Il Pianto della Luna was suppressed."

**Escape Information** (Cost:  20 PE Boxes)

Information if the Abnormality can escape or not, plus its Qliphoth Counter (3). It is classified as a 'Non-Escaped Object', but it is the pianist that breaches. Her defenses are as follows:

 Red: Weak (1.2) -  White: Immune  (0.0) -  Black: Normal  (1.0) -  Pale: Vulnerable (2.0)

### Observation Level

**Level 1** (1 Section unlocked):  Success Rate +4%

**Level 2** (2 Sections unlocked):  Speed Rate +2

**Level 3** (3 Sections unlocked):  Success Rate +4%

Unlocks the E.G.O. **Gift** 'Moonlight'.

**Level 4** (All details unlocked):  Speed Rate +2

Unlocks the E.G.O. **Weapon** and **Suit** 'Moonlight'.

### E.G.O. Equipment

* Weapon
* Suit
* Gift

**E.G.O. Weapon Moonlight**

 **Requirements:** **Agent** Level 4 **Fortitude** Level 3

The serpentine ornament is loyal to the original owner’s taste. The snake’s open mouth represents the endless yearning for music.
It temporarily invites the user to the world of trance."

**E.G.O. Suit Moonlight**

You may take a step towards the truth of the moon that was so difficult to understand if you wear it.
It temporarily invites the wearer to the world of trance."

**E.G.O. Gift Moonlight**

 **Effects**:  HP +1,  SP +1,  Success Rate +1,  Work Speed +1,  Movement Speed +1, Attack Speed +1

**Observation Level:** 3

## Story

* *This Abnormality was created with the ideas provided by Tumblbug Backer 에레 (Ere).*
* "An old woman with a piano at her side. Her eyes are usually closed. She only nods instead of speaking, but on rare occasions, she will faintly smile."

* <Excerpt from a Newspaper Article>
The world’s greatest pianist, (Redacted), always gave her best performances when playing that sonata, her favorite piece. Many praised her excellent skill. Some couldn’t even stay seated when she played the third movement because of the overflowing energy and madness that would come of her performance. In her now empty residence from which she left for the moon, lies the piano she played since childhood, and shrunken heads which allow us to delve into her mind.

* <Excerpt of Audio Record of Employee (Redacted)’s Counseling>
“I mean, we didn’t see anything outstanding when we went to secure it. There was just some lady sitting there. It was like she had been waiting for us to come. What happened when one of us approached her? Well, that guy didn’t know the first thing about art or music, but before we knew it, he was playing the first movement of that sonata. And the lady smiled.
* ...To be honest, I don’t think I’ll ever get to hear a piano performance as beautiful as what I heard then ever again. We never got to see that guy again. That’s why you need my testimony, right?
* Because I played the third movement."
(Omitted)

* " "I don’t know how or why it makes you play. Your hands just move, and you feel... euphoric while playing it. Everything around you fades away. It’s just you and the piano. After I finished playing, exhausted, I realized what my feet had been pressing down on weren’t pedals, but severed heads." "

* “ "...The moon represents the human psyche.
They often say that the moon is beautiful.
But when enough time has passed, when you look at it and see what kind of face it truly wears...
You’ll realize you were madly in love with something so broken and shattered. In the end, we all become like the moon. All because we can’t bear ourselves." "

## Flavour Text

* "We can feel the passion and fire that emerges from deep inside Il Pianto della Luna."
* "Even without a guiding score, Il Pianto della Luna will allow anyone to make the greatest performance of their life."
* "The sonata played by the performer possessed by the moon is breathtakingly alluring to the point that it shatters the walls between man."
* "Music sets all free with no prejudice."

## Trivia

* This Abnormality is made based on the idea of the Tumblbug backer '에레(Ere)'
* 'Il Pianto della Luna' is Italian for "The Lament of the Moon".
	+ Before the 1.0.2.13f patch, this abnormality was known as "El Llanto de la Luna," which is Spanish for the same thing. This was a consistency update to match the music theme, which is Italian rather than Spanish.
* During  Performance and breach, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is played: 1st movement during performance and 3rd movement during breach.
* Il Pianto della Luna takes the most space in the containment room. Almost reaching the door but touching the Working employee.
* Despite the fact that Il Pianto della Luna's information page claims that she cannot breach, she can indeed breach containment.
	+ Unlike other breaching abnormalities, including those that say they are non-escape objects, it will not have static on its containment room even when the employee is not in the containment room. It is unknown if it is a bug.
	+ For this reason her suppression doesn't count in Hod's "I Want To Be A Good Person" and Gebura's "Purpose of Pain 2" missions. It is unknown if it is a bug.
	+ This may be because the Piano itself never breaches, and the woman is not considered part of the Abnormality, but a minion of it.

## Gallery

La Luna's containmentPerformance WorkLa Luna breaching ContainmentLa Luna escapeLa Luna attack oneLa Luna attack twoLa Luna special work, "Performance"La Luna Details Unlocked