Ozma is the fourth Abnormality suppression of the Floor of Social Sciences. It can be unlocked in Star of the City by obtaining the Book of the Index, Book of Esther, and the Book of Nikolai. Completing it raises the floor's realization level to V and unlocks a fifth librarian on its floor.
Uses Powder of Life Powder of Life ( 0) Mass-SummationMass Attack Targets every enemy. A successful hit destroys the target's Combat Page or action dice. Summation If the attack is > than the sum of dice rolls on the target's Combat Page, they take damage, and their page is destroyed. On Use Awaken all 'Jacks' next Scene 15~15 and Fading Memories Fading Memories ( 0) On Use Inflict 'Oblivion' on target 5~5 3~7 3~7 3~7 in the first Scene, awakening the Jacks, afflicting a librarian with Oblivion and replacing their deck with 9 copies of Oblivion Oblivion ( 0) 3~5 3~5 3~5. If the affected librarian retrieves all 9 cards of their deck back by the 4th scene, Ozma's resistances change to Fatal (2.0×) for the scene, and she will use Agony of the Deprived Agony of the Deprived ( 0) Mass-IndividualMass Attack Targets every enemy. A successful hit destroys the target's Combat Page or action dice. Individual If the dice roll is larger than the target's current die, they take damage, and the die is destroyed. 6~8On Hit Inflict 2 FeebleFeeble X Offensive dice lose X Power for the Scene. Cannot be lower than 1. this Scene 6~8On Hit Inflict 1 FeebleFeeble X Offensive dice lose X Power for the Scene. Cannot be lower than 1. this Scene 4~6On Hit Inflict 1 FeebleFeeble X Offensive dice lose X Power for the Scene. Cannot be lower than 1. this Scene the next scene. Otherwise the librarian turns into an Amnesiac Pumpkin and the real Jack copies the appearance, deck, passives and resistances of the affected librarian.
The cycle repeats twice, after which Ozma uses Grief of the Deprived Grief of the Deprived ( 0) Mass-SummationMass Attack Targets every enemy. A successful hit destroys the target's Combat Page or action dice. Summation If the attack is > than the sum of dice rolls on the target's Combat Page, they take damage, and their page is destroyed. 30~30 for the remainder of the suppression.
Revive On the first Scene, uses Combat Pages that awaken all Jacks and inflict Oblivion on a librarian. Afterwards, follows a unique pattern of behavior that cycles every 4 Scenes. Agony of the Deprived After a librarian with Oblivion is restored from the status, all resistances of this character change to 'Fatal' at the start of the next Scene, and uses a Mass Attack page. Repeats the pattern afterwards. Grief of the Deprived After 2 cycles have passed, all Stagger damage resistances of this character change to 'Fatal' at the start of the next Scene, and uses an extremely powerful Mass Attack page.
Drops
Does not drop books.
Combat Bookshelf
Powder of Life Powder of Life ( 0) Mass-SummationMass Attack Targets every enemy. A successful hit destroys the target's Combat Page or action dice. Summation If the attack is > than the sum of dice rolls on the target's Combat Page, they take damage, and their page is destroyed. On Use Awaken all 'Jacks' next Scene 15~15
Fading Memories Fading Memories ( 0) On Use Inflict 'Oblivion' on target 5~5 3~7 3~7 3~7
Squash Squash ( 2) 4~8 6~9On Hit Inflict 3 ParalysisParalysis X For the Scene, reduce the maximum roll of up to X dice by 3 when using pages. Cannot be lower than 1. and BindBound X Lower all Speed values by X for the Scene. Cannot be lower than 1. next scene 3~7 3~7
Agony of the Deprived Agony of the Deprived ( 0) Mass-IndividualMass Attack Targets every enemy. A successful hit destroys the target's Combat Page or action dice. Individual If the dice roll is larger than the target's current die, they take damage, and the die is destroyed. 6~8On Hit Inflict 2 FeebleFeeble X Offensive dice lose X Power for the Scene. Cannot be lower than 1. this Scene 6~8On Hit Inflict 1 FeebleFeeble X Offensive dice lose X Power for the Scene. Cannot be lower than 1. this Scene 4~6On Hit Inflict 1 FeebleFeeble X Offensive dice lose X Power for the Scene. Cannot be lower than 1. this Scene
Grief of the Deprived Grief of the Deprived ( 0) Mass-SummationMass Attack Targets every enemy. A successful hit destroys the target's Combat Page or action dice. Summation If the attack is > than the sum of dice rolls on the target's Combat Page, they take damage, and their page is destroyed. 30~30
Combat Dialogue
Has no combat dialogue.
Jack
Behavior
In the first Scene, the Jacks will be untargettable in dormant state. After Ozma uses Powder of Life Powder of Life ( 0) Mass-SummationMass Attack Targets every enemy. A successful hit destroys the target's Combat Page or action dice. Summation If the attack is > than the sum of dice rolls on the target's Combat Page, they take damage, and their page is destroyed. On Use Awaken all 'Jacks' next Scene 15~15, all Jacks awaken and steal the combat pages of the librarian affected with Oblivion.
Three of the Jacks are fake and one is real. When any librarian hits the real Jack, the screen will briefly flash white. When the affected librarian hits the real Jack, a stolen combat page is returned to their hand. When the real Jack has been hit 9 times, all Jacks die. If the pages are not retrieved by the 4th Scene, the real Jack copies the appearance, deck, passives and resistances of the affected librarian.
Each of the Jacks have a unique status effect upon revival:
Jack of the North: Gain 1 Haste at the start of every Scene
Jack of the South: Gain 2 Strength at the start of every Scene
Jack of the West: Gain 2 Endurance at the start of every Scene
Jack of the East: Inflict 3 extra Stagger Damage on hit
Stats
250
250
1~3
Ineffective
Ineffective Ineffective
Ineffective
Ineffective Ineffective
Passive Abilities
Stolen Power Uses the Combat Pages of the librarian with Oblivion. Who’s the Real Deal? Only one of the Jacks that awaken is real; the rest are fakes. Whenever a librarian with Oblivion hits the real Jack, it gives back a Combat Page that was stolen from them. The screen blinks when the real Jack is hit. Steal or be Stolen After the librarian with Oblivion hits the real Jack 9 times, all Jacks die.If the condition isn't fulfilled within 3 Scenes of Oblivion being applied, the librarian with the status is turned into a pumpkin next Scene.Afterwards, the real Jack transforms into 'Jack Revived', and permanently uses the Key page and Combat Pages of the librarian that had Oblivion.
Drops
Does not drop books.
Combat Bookshelf
Has no Combat Pages.
Combat Dialogue
Has no combat dialogue.
Amnesiac Pumpkin
Behavior
If the librarian affected with Oblivion does not retrieve all their cards back by the 4th Scene, the librarian turns into this.
Cards with counter dice allow librarians to attack the Jacks while defending against Ozma's attacks.
Since all of Ozma's attacks are blunt, keypages that resist blunt damage are useful.
It's also possible to ignore the gimmick entirely and inflict enough BurnBurn X At the start of the Scene, take X damage and subtract one third of the Burn stack. (Rounded down) to kill Ozma instead.
Abnormality Pages
By completing the suppression of Ozma, the player acquires the following Abnormality Pages
Abnormality Pages
Name
Description
Floating Text
Lv Ⅱ -2 Power of the Past
[Single Ally] Increase the Cost of Combat Pages by 1. All dice gain 3-4 Power.
Ozma held the pumpkin-carving knife, then took off running towards where the lady wizard should be.
I’m Ozma… A single person took everything away from me…
I don’t want to live a life of being thieved any longer…
I want you to feel it all the same… The misery of forgetting it all… losing it all…
I’ll be the one to take things away this time…
Lv Ⅱ 0 Oblivion
[Single Ally] Add an ‘Oblivion’ page to hand: ‘Cost 3 - [Single-use;][On Play] Immobilized for this Scene; cannot be targeted. At the end of this Scene, recover 40% of Max. HP (up to 48) and fully restore Light.’ The page is also included in the deck at the start of subsequent Acts.
There was such a fine and beautiful person, staring at her with a perplexed expression.
Why did I trust a stranger so naively… Why…
I haven’t even touched my face… I was so afraid…
Staying alive is all I can do in a life like this…
A forgotten being stuck in the underground… Why did it have to be…
Lv Ⅲ 0 Powder of Life
[All Allies] When a librarian takes lethal damage, nullify it and recover 20% of Max. HP (up to 24). Can only activate once per reception.
Finally, she sprinkled cinnamon powder—her favorite—and clutched the pumpkin in her arms.
Mass-IndividualMass Attack Targets every enemy. A successful hit destroys the target's Combat Page or action dice. Individual If the dice roll is larger than the target's current die, they take damage, and the die is destroyed. 5~10 If the attack hit at least once, all allies draw 1 page 5~9 If the attack hit at least once, all allies draw 1 page
Background
Ozma is an enemy resembling a humanoid entity, it has two haggard arms and seems to lack legs. she wears a small grey dress and a large white, tattered and bloody veil decorated with several roses, covering her face, and a pointy crown-like piece on her head. She holds a large golden scepter with both hands.
Jacks are enemies that resembles withered and darkened anthropomorphic Jack-o-Lanterns, when they aren't awakened, they have hollow and black eye sockets and a crooked crack as mouth, with piles of twigs around them. When they're awakened, they will be more human, possessing body and limbs of wood. White pupils will appear in their eye sockets, and their mouths will open.
Ozma's Battle Stage is a hollow building that is strangely like the insides of a castle, with three archways and four pillars between which several pillars can be seen reluctantly through them in a bright light. and the floor is so transparent that it reflects the background.
Combat Dialog
Screen
Normal:
"I’m Ozma… A single person took everything away from me…"
"All I have left now… are these children."
After using Fading Memories:
"I want you to feel it all the same… The misery of forgetting it all… losing it all…"
"I’ll be the one to take things away this time…"
"Here, child… I’ll give you new life."
"Come back to me, so I won’t be lonely…"
When using Agony of the Plundered:
"I won’t forgive this!!! You’re no better than that lady wizard!!!"
Ozma is based on Queen Ozma from the sequel book The Marvelous Land of Oz, the last living descendent of Royal Blood and the highest figure of authority in the entire country of Oz.
Jack is based on Jack Pumpkinhead, an animated pumpkin-head scarecrow given life by a witch sprinkling by "Powder of Life" on it. Jack is later considered as Ozma's non-biological "son".