Okay.... {spoilers}

[Morningstar1337]

So one of the Padjali managed to seal a non-elemental spirit into...an Allagan drone? and then placed THAT inside an Allagan-style coffer of unusual size?

How? Why?

[Fenral]

I read my character's expression as, "Allagans. Why is it always Allagans?"

[Rocl]

I honestly took it to be a pokeball joke, lol. I know precious little about Yo-kai Watch though and it doesn't explain the "ancient stone vessel" aka "allagan treasure chest."

[Morningstar1337]

I honestly took it to be a pokeball joke, lol. I know precious little about Yo-kai Watch though and it doesn't explain the "ancient stone vessel" aka "allagan treasure chest."

Apparently it is supposed to be an homage to how the protagonist(s) encounter whisper in the games/anime. And the Allagan Drone and Coffer were supposed to reference Gachapon machines (the ball part being what the Pokeballs were base off of). But still between the fact that the Elementals asked for allagan technology to contain a foreign supernatural being and how the Pomanders look in Palace of the Dead, I'm more inclined to think that the Twelveswood might be more influenced by Allag than we thought.

[myahele]

I'm guessing they're just reusing pre-existing assets? But yeah, I did find it odd how they'd use the ADS minion to contain the thing, although I did instantly thought it was a reference to a pokeball.

[Nalien]

But still between the fact that the Elementals asked for allagan technology to contain a foreign supernatural being and how the Pomanders look in Palace of the Dead, I'm more inclined to think that the Twelveswood might be more influenced by Allag than we thought.

I forget where it was exactly, but there was a decidedly advanced looking... Thing... Somewhere in the Shroud in 1.0, I believe in some inaccessible ruins, that was never explained... I think it was an elevator? Didn't look particularly Allagan from what I recall, but this was 1.0... Allag wasn't much of a thing back then... Chances are it was meant to be Garlean in origin, given their activity in Toto-Rak, and chances are it's just been swept under the rug now anyway... Still, could be the people of Gelmorra had some Allagan technology kicking around, which they promptly discarded when Stockholm Syndrome kicked in and they got all chummy chummy with the Elementals... I mean, their civilization went underground, that is where one expects to find Allagan artifacts...

The old Shroud/Mor Dhona zone would pretty much pop you out right on Crystal Tower, too... So the Shroud is certainly close enough to have more Allagan influences than we've seen thus far... I'm suddenly more and more interested in wtf is going on in West Shroud...

[Rocl]

Either way, it's a clear reference/homage to Yo-Kai Watch then. I wouldn't think too hard on it. Let's not forget all the ADS we killed as Spriggans for Easter.

Or do.

Yes, do forget about those. This event, like most seasonal events, is probably about as canon as you make it (and you shouldn't make it very canon at all).

[Alberel]

Either way, it's a clear reference/homage to Yo-Kai Watch then. I wouldn't think too hard on it. Let's not forget all the ADS we killed as Spriggans for Easter.

Or do.

Yes, do forget about those. This event, like most seasonal events, is probably about as canon as you make it (and you shouldn't make it very canon at all).

Indeed. Throw seasonal events in with the Hildebrand dimension of Eorzea. A lot of them don't really make any sense when you think about it. They're just meant to be a bit of fun.

[Cilia]

I honestly took it to be a pokeball joke, lol. I know precious little about Yo-kai Watch though and it doesn't explain the "ancient stone vessel" aka "allagan treasure chest."

It's a reference to how the games / anime starts. The protagonist goes into the forest and finds an old gachapon (crank wheel prize) machine, uses it, and said prize ends up being the Yo-Kai Watch. Like here, Whisper comes part and parcel with it.

... I'm too amused at how a Legendary Dork Dark Knight like myself is wandering around, killing things with a cartoon cat at my side so I can get an axe with his likeness on it. I'm such a loser...

[Ametrine]

Fenral, your Avatar's expression and the caption made me chuckle.