[Coldsaturn]

END OF UNDER DEEPSPACE

So many things here.
Nest!Raf, you'll always be famous. And people still act like you're just a whiny brat. This dude is familiar with illegal auctions, has a bounty on his head (the same kind of bounty is flashing for Lumiere, only Lumiere is worth a lot more, but that tells us that the people who can take bounties are there) that might be fulfilled by the same people that are there in the club yet he's there in all his charm networking in the shadows.
And what a network that is.
Good catch on the eye. I swear they paid one of the personality core spheres from Portal lol.
Now, let's talk a bit about what is happening with Raf and this handsome dude in the shadows.

1. That is a fully rendered model. You don't do that with someone that won't be VERY relevant later on. We just don't know WHO he is yet. But we know some things. First off, something you can see flashing proudly on his suit jacket is the Ever logo. The thing about the logo is that if you look at it carefully, you realize it looks like an eye that is looking slightly to the side.

Second thing that you might not notice because you're not familiar enough with it, is that his voice sound basically the same as that of Caleb. Except that the quarter of the face we see doesn't look like Caleb at all, so that might just be a matter of needing a voice actor.

Back to business.
Raf: "Now's not the time to celebrate. The big fish we want hasn't fallen for it yet. Did you bring the stuff I requested?"
and a small package comes out. A protocore? Something else??
Raf is doing shady business with someone from Ever? And someone expensive, by the look of it? Is that dude from Ever double-crossing his company? Is Raf??

"You're fine with handing over a fresh catch just like that?"
"Do you really think they can handle the prey I caught?"

So we're talking about "handing over" MC to the N109 Zone, since this entire thing was in order to become bait who then is brought inside the Zone so we can finally get involved with Onychinus. As of now we haven't been sold out really, that was the plan from the start, she just didn't know how it was going to happen exactly.
Raf believes in us, which is very hot. We will walk in and out of the N109 Zone without issues.

And finally, finally we get the other half of the initial cutscene, who plays out entirely like this:

VOICE OVER FROM PAST
- "Day 1326 attention: target anchor lost, no response from base. TracebackII is about to pass the event horizon and enter the black hole"
- ((the automatic voice suspiciously sounds like ours now)) "We are stuck in this loop, this never ending journey."
VOICE OVER FROM PRESENT
- "Hello Linkon City, DPSC ((DeeP SpaCe)) FM here to greet you on this early morning. Did you sleep well night? Weather's nice today with winds at 5 kmph. Certain areas have a higher Metaflux index due to the Deepspace Tunnel. Expect Wanderers to appear more often. We would like to thank all the hunters in the city for allowing us to live a normal peaceful life. Next, a detailed report for each district. Areas that are at high risk of being attacked by Wanderers--All medical personnel please get ready. Today is gonna be another busy day.
We now have a message for all the new Hunters who recently passed their exams. Now that your journey is about to begin we want to express our deepest gratitude and wish you all the best as you face the challenges ahead! 
And...that's all for today. But before we go, please enjoy this gift we received from deep space 14 years ago ((when the tunnel opened during the Chronorift)): Love and Deepspace. These electromagnetic signals have traversed time and space. A miracle of the ages. One day, we will be able to evolve from our current limitations, transcend the boundaries of life...and reach the stars. At a certain moment in the future we can pass through the Deepspace Tunnel...and discover the future awaiting us."
VOICE OVER FROM PAST (end of chap 8)
- "TracebackII will reach the edge of the Deepspace tunnel's umbra within one day. Our journey through the Deepspace Tunnel begins. Destination is in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way--Once the home of humanity: Earth.
((galaxy looking suspiciously like an eye))
Activating Course Correction Engine. The final countdown has been initiated..."
VOICE FROM PRESENT (end of chap 8)
- "When alpha-P0159's light shines through the Deepspace Tunnel, illuminating Linkon Tower's pinnacle...The closest we've been to it in the last 4.6 billion years. The galaxy's name is derived from the Greek word "philo." ((Love)) It is the most exquisite gem in Deepspace. Philos. Humanity remains shackled to time. Fortunately there are other lives in this boundless starry sea. Tonight's weather: clear sky with winds around 7 miles/hour. Everything is serene inside the Deepspace Tunnel. Goodnight, Linkon city. May you rest in the Milky Way's embrace, drifting in a realm of long and happy dreams."

So present humanity catches a celestial body in the now named Philos galaxy. We're looking at our future, future, future home once the Earth dies, and where Xavier (and others?) come from.


BTW, you can directly jump to the beginning of Long-Awaited Revelry without needing to finish the battle challenges! You will be forced to complete battle challenges within the same section, but not when you're going from one section to another, since it's been unlocked for you for a while. There's no more plot to be extracted from Under Deepspace until we go back to it while backtracking.