"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
Il Pianto della Luna (D-01-105) (or simply La Luna) is an Abnormality comprised of a female pianist and an old-fashioned piano. The piano has gold decals on the front and melted candles atop it. At its feet, there are blackened and shrunken heads. A stool with a similar design to the piano sits before it.
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 another stool of an identical design, holding 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 Unit 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[]
According to the Story Record, the woman was the greatest pianist in the world and had a love for playing a particular sonata. When the third movement of that sonata was played, the audience could barely stay seated from the fervor brought by the performance. It's said that she had eventually left to go to the moon, leaving behind the piano that she used to play.
Those that approach the piano find themselves playing movements to the sonata perfectly, regardless of musical knowledge or ability.
According to the Story Record, the Abnormality is implied to have been recovered from an unspecified area.
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)
| Work | Level 1 Chance | Level 2 Chance | Level 3 Chance | Level 4 Chance | Level 5 Chance |
   |
"Low"
(20%) |
"Low"
(30%) |
"Common"
(40%) |
"Common"
(50%) |
"Common"
(55%) |
   |
"Common"
(40%) |
"Common"
(45%) |
"Common"
(50%) |
"Common"
(55%) |
"Common"
(55%) |
   |
"Low"
(30%) |
"Low"
(30%) |
"Common"
(50%) |
"Common"
(50%) |
"Common"
(55%) |
   |
"Low"
(30%) |
"Low"
(30%) |
"Low"
(30%) |
"Low"
(30%) |
"Low"
(30%) |
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[]
|
| Moonlight | ||||||
| Grade: | Cost: | Max Amount: | Damage: | Attack Speed: | Range: | Observation Level: |
| WAW
|
70
|
1 | White 8-10 |
Fast | Short | 4 |
Requirements: Agent Level 4 Fortitude Level 3
| ||||||
| Special Information | |
|---|---|
| Details | Special Ability |
| "A cane for outdoor activity; one of the mementos of a lady who dedicated her soul to a sonata that remained at her deathbed when she flew to the moon.
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." |
"Casts BLACK-type shields on every employee in the area when performing its special attack" |
| Notes | |
|
| Moonlight | ||||||
| Grade: | Cost: | Max Amount: | RED Defense:
|
WHITE Defense:
|
BLACK Defense:
|
PALE Defense:
|
| WAW
|
60
|
1 | 0.8 Endured |
0.4 Endured |
0.7 Endured |
2.0 Vulnerable |
| Observation Level: 4 | Requirements: Temperance Level 3
| |||||
| Special Information | |
|---|---|
| Details | Special Ability |
| "A classic, dark dress whose edge resembles an ink cap.
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." |
None |
| Notes | |
|
Moonlight (Brooch 1) |
|
Effects: |
| Drop Chance: 3%
Observation Level: 3 |
Story[]
Il Pianto della Luna's encyclopedia portrait
- 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 name. 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 out of any Abnormality within their Containment Unit, extending past employees during the work process and almost reaching the door.
- Despite the fact that Il Pianto della Luna's information page claims that it cannot breach, the pianist of the Abnormality can breach from the Containment Unit.
- Unlike other breaching Abnormalities, including those that say they are non-escapable objects, it will not have static over its Containment Unit even when the employee is not in the Containment Unit.
- This interaction is likely caused by the Abnormality still being counted by the game as contained and able to be worked on due to the piano's unique work type, with the pianist being coded as a spawned sub-entity during a breach.
- For this reason, suppressing the pianist doesn't count towards Hod's "I Want To Be A Good Person" and Gebura's "Purpose of Pain 2" missions.
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