Portrait of a Certain Day

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Portrait of a Certain Day (O-02-20-05) is a TETH-class Abnormality that is fought on Station 1 of Line 4: Masquerade.

It can also be encountered in the Mirror Dungeon through Abnormality events and as a potential boss.

It is the source of the E.G.O Bygone Days.

Appearance

Portrait of a Certain Day appears as a headless human body dressed in a floor-length gray coat. In the headless body's hand is the associated E.G.O Gift, Headless Portrait. The coat curls inwards as it reaches the ground, holding an oversized, skeletal face with its mouth open. Two massive arms with textures resembling bundles of sticks emerge from the entity's back, with four-fingered hands that touch the ground. Numerous small roots can be seen between the coat and the ground, which the Abnormality presumable moves with.

Notably, the manor the Abnormality is found in has numerous musical scores etched into its floors and walls.

Observation Logs

Log Writer: Gregor

This fella again. Remember? We'd always ran into it in some hallway.

Hmm… One part of this headless figure is wearing a snazzy suit, but a hideous face is attached to its lower half.

I could gather from my exchanges with this thing that it used to work as a butler of some manor…

Well, I know that’s not true. It’s an Abnormality, after all. I’m just writing down what it told me.

Carrying around the master’s portrait… asking us if we can see him…

Oh, yeah. Lemme get off-topic for a moment and talk about the old times.

The higher-ups used to make me march in the streets with portraits or pictures of the dead in my hands.

It was kinda… no, very sickening.

Parading portraits, pictures, or even mementos of the dead like that is… how should I put this?

Yeah, it's like we're taking advantage of their deaths, isn't it?

And that's just… Man, it's nothing.
Uhm… Whassit. Yeah, that wasn’t the only portrait it carried.

There were, like, a few dozen of them zooming around the battlefield, and… huh.

It suddenly asked us which one of its portraits was its master. And… boy, how the heck should I know, right?

So I just made a random guess, and… those faceless portraits suddenly all turned to look at me. I know it sounds weird, but I'm pretty sure I felt it!

Man, it really gave me the shivers.

Anyways, we learned that the fake portraits fade away with a cackle when we hit them.

But you’ll know when you’ve struck the real one. You can really feel the punch at the tip of your hand.

The fake ones don’t really hurt that much, so I’m not sure if it’s worth wasting our time and energy destroying them one by one.

→ Um… so, this is just a suggestion, but… how about we go for the real one first? (Dante)

→ Ooh, is this our Executive Manager’s stratagem? Such a brilliant idea can only come from a genius mind such as yours. (Outis)

→ That is a sound plan, Dante. Let us proceed in that order and observe the consequences of that effort. (Faust)
Well, to get straight to the point… Manager Bud was right.

Trying to focus on each and every fake portrait would take forever.

Fighting the real portrait was slightly more work, but… once we took care of that one, the other ones all burnt to ashes too.

But after that…

… the Abnormality grew really hostile and went on a full offensive. It started fuming, like it was somehow pissed off.

It seemed to obsessively focus its attacks against the person who got the last hit in.

Well, that focus eventually spread out to all of us. I guess all that rage didn't help 'em keep a cool head.

It was trying to avenge the portrait or something… Man, I don’t even know if revenge is the right word to use, knowing that it has never actually worked as a butler or whatever.

… Besides… throwing your life away for revenge is… it's stupid.

The living’s gotta keep on living, right? Revenge ain’t worth a damn if it gets you killed.

Tsk, wait. Just in case this report causes a misunderstanding…

I-I wasn’t like, talking about you guys or anything, okay? Don’t go making a mountain out of a molehill.

→ N-no misunderstanding here… Don’t worry about it too much. (Sinclair)

→ A flower, once bloomed with such resplendent radiance, has wilted for naught. … What you have conveyed here with your writing holds a degree of truth. (Yi Sang)

→ I wasn’t really thinking about it until you mentioned it. So that’s what's been on your mind, huh? Gregor. (Ishmael)

→ This ain’t nothin’ to be ashamed about, mate. I’m right there with you. The living’s gotta keep on living so… we can remember. (Heathcliff)

→ Can you gimme some time to make edits after writing these reports, Frau Faust? Man, this is… haah, oh man. (Gregor)

Mirror Dungeon Event

Mirror Dungeon Event
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This is a corridor of a large, wooden mansion. Its floorboards are ancient.

You can hear creaking noises approaching from a distance. Something walks in this direction.

'My master had a very unfortunate life.'

'I am the butler of this house.'

'Sad, sad things happened here. Many sad things.'

'I still carry with me my master's portrait because no one remembers them anymore.'

'How is it? Can you see it well?'

Say that you can't see it well.
Envy & Pride Advantage check. Pass to gain a Sinking E.G.O Gift.
Who will step forth?

LcbSinEnvy.png Envy / LcbSinPride.png Pride Advantage: CoinIconGlow.png ≥ 9
No Advantage: CoinIconGlow.png ≥ 18

CoinIconGlow.png Check Passed

'I see.'

'If my master is gone from the painting, the memories... what shall I do?'

'What if... one day... I start doubting that I ever had a master...'

Only the masterless painting remains in the hallway now.


E.G.O Gift Headless Portrait obtained!
CoinIcon.png Check Failed

'That cannot be.'

'Look not at the time that is spent, and focus on the painting.'

'The face of my master, who had to go through so much.'

You had to sit there and stare at the painting for a while.


All Allies took 10 HP and SP damage!

Say that you can see it well.
Envy & Sloth Advantage check. Pass to level up currently deployed Identities.
Who will step forth?

LcbSinEnvy.png Envy / LcbSinSloth.png Sloth Advantage: CoinIconGlow.png ≥ 7
No Advantage: CoinIconGlow.png ≥ 14

CoinIconGlow.png Check Passed

'Is not the face of my master so graceful? The eyes, so deep. The gaze, so noble.'

'Thank you. I am starting to remember. The face of my master, reflected in your very own eyes.'


All Deployed Identities gain 2 Levels
CoinIcon.png Check Failed

'If you really can see my master's countenance... that's not the face you'd be making.'

'And those unimpressed, lifeless eyes aren't the look one would wear upon seeing my master's face.'

We were quickly deemed unwelcome, and were chased out of the mansion.


All Allies without the Envy Sin Affinity Attack Skill took 10 HP and SP damage!

Say that it's too dusty to tell.
Gloom & Sloth Advantage check. Pass to gain a Poise E.G.O Gift.
Who will step forth?

LcbSinGloom.png Gloom / LcbSinSloth.png Sloth Advantage: CoinIconGlow.png ≥ 8
No Advantage: CoinIconGlow.png ≥ 16

CoinIconGlow.png Check Passed

'Oh my...'

[Sinner] offered to clean the dust off the portrait.
The entity tried to back away from us, flustered...
... but the Sinner reached out anyway to gently dust the portrait and clean it until its surface was spotless.

'Now that you've cleaned the portrait, I am certain you can see it well.'
'Thank you. My master... will be happy, too.'


E.G.O Gift Recollection of a Certain Day obtained!
CoinIcon.png Check Failed

'Oh my...'

[Sinner] marched toward the entity to dust off the portrait.

'You will NOT so rudely and callously lay your hands on my master's portrait!'

Perhaps we were too rash in our approach.
The entity shouted at us, saying that we were 'rude, rowdy guests', and kicked us out of the mansion.


All Allies without the Gloom Sin Affinity Attack Skill took 10 HP and SP damage!

E.G.O Gifts

Mirror Dungeon Encounter:

Headless Portrait Gift.png

Tier: I
Cost: MD Cost.png 151
Sinking.pngSinkingSinking.png SinkingThe next Y time(s) the unit is hit, take X fixed SP damage. (Units with no Sanity take Gloom damage.)

Headless Portrait
Combat Start: Inflict 2 Sinking.pngSinkingSinking.png SinkingThe next Y time(s) the unit is hit, take X fixed SP damage. (Units with no Sanity take Gloom damage.) Potency on all enemies with less than 0 SP. (for Abnormalities, one random part)

For each Envy Affinity Skill used, randomly inflict 1 Sinking.pngSinkingSinking.png SinkingThe next Y time(s) the unit is hit, take X fixed SP damage. (Units with no Sanity take Gloom damage.) Potency between all enemies next turn. (for Abnormalities, one random part)
Recollection of a Certain Day Gift.png

Tier: II
Cost: MD Cost.png 213
Poise.pngPoisePoise.png PoiseBoost critical hit chance by X*5% for the next Y hit(s).

Recollection of a Certain Day
Skill 3 for Identities that can gain Poise.pngPoisePoise.png PoiseBoost critical hit chance by X*5% for the next Y hit(s). Potency or Count through Skills(except E.G.O Skills): Final Power +2

E.G.O

The Bygone Days E.G.O is extracted from Portrait of a Certain Day.

Gregor and Yi Sang's E.G.O were added in the Season 4 Battle Pass and are obtainable through the Dispenser from Season 5 onward. Ishmael's E.G.O was added to the Standard Fare during Season 4 and is obtainable through the Dispenser.

Bygone Days E.G.O
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Bygone Days Gregor Icon.png
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TETH Label.png
Gregor
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Bygone Days Yi Sang Icon.png
Gloom3BG.png

ZAYIN Label.png
Yi Sang
Gloom3.png
Bygone Days Ishmael Icon.png
Gloom3BG.png

TETH Label.png
Ishmael

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Trivia

  • Portrait of a Certain Day's Mirror Dungeon event bears resemblance to a passage from Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights, where the maid Nelly Dean is showing a houseguest a portrait of her late master Edgar Linton following the major events of the novel.
  • The E.G.O art for this Abnormality features aspects from the Sinners that use its E.G.O. These features are also present in the Sinner's E.G.O Corrosion.
    • Yi Sang's Bygone Days features pieces of broken glass, while the portrait the Abnormality is holding is replaced by a broken mirror.
    • Gregor's Bygone Days features insectile appendages, while the portrait the Abnormality is holding has insectile appendages emerging from it.
    • Ishmael's Bygone Days' Corrosion features ropes tied around its appendages. Instead of holding a portrait, the Corrosion instead wears a gold pendant around its neck. Unlike the other Bygone Days E.G.O, these unique features are not reflected in the E.G.O art.
      • The pendant bears a resemblance to the E.G.O Gift "Reminiscence" which is obtained from fusing this Abnormality's E.G.O Gift "Recollection of a Certain Day" with the E.G.O Gift "Pendant of Nostalgia". Notably, an image of the latter appeared in the trailer for this E.G.O.
  • The scenery outside the manor in the Abnormality's battle background resembles the forest seen in the battle background of Faelantern.
    • This may serve as a hint to how in the Mirror Dungeon, its E.G.O Gift "Headless Portrait" and Faelantern's E.G.O Gift "Midwinter Nightmare" are ingredients for a unique Tier IV E.G.O Gift ("Black Sheet Music") only obtainable through fusion.
    • The musical scores etched into the floors and walls of the manor in the Abnormality's background may also be a reference to this.


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