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On 6/24/2019 at 12:05 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

I was actually implicating Holmes was the marred side of the coin

I never said who marred the coin...

On 6/24/2019 at 12:05 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

Mind Dent was pretty damaged from before the acid, it was just the straw that broke the camel's back. A 90s telling of his origin showed the reason for the double-headed silver dollar was because his abusive father used to offer him a chance to avoid the beating if he could get tails on a coin-flip. When he gave Dent the coin years later... it became obvious why he could never win. Sort of like Ruben with 1% crits.

I remember hearing of that story before via TV Tropes.

I'm honestly curious now how many Batman stories there are that were made specifically for adults.

On 6/24/2019 at 12:05 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

That said... I've never seen anyway to take Nomah or Luthier into endgame without them being a liability due to being doubled easily. Booey and Clive used to be on this list... but then I had runs which kind of fixed that. Valbar... I don't know how he survived in retrospect but the witches kept targetting other units due to their wonky AI.

Nomah is the most backup of backup mages, who's pretty much only there if Boey and Mae are massively screwed. Without rings, I agree with you there. Luther depends on the run, as in my last playthough he was actually pretty competent, and a speed ring tends to fix his issue with being doubled. Valbar depends on if you use the villager fork, but he does well when he has the ability to shine. It's just that Celica's side rarely gives him the chance to do so outside of dungeons.

On 6/24/2019 at 12:05 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

He most likely invented it.

So... Eugen did it first?

On 6/24/2019 at 12:05 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

Like telling someone in battle he was Arkis, putting on a fake fight, and faking death so that they wouldn't kill Lina, only to rejoin the moment she was safe? Mind you Lentzenheimer is enough of a scumbag I'm surprised there wasn't an order to kill Lina the moment Arkis had left because he didn't expect him back.

Pretty much.

Although there could be potential problems with his opponent getting a little to enthusiastic about the "fake killing him" part, or he overdoes the death quote, or someone decided to follow Rule 17 (Always make sure they're dead). But that's more reliant on their acting skills than on their intelligence.

On 6/24/2019 at 12:05 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

Well, look at Lina's stats. She could probably die to a paper cut.

I... can actually see that, sadly. Especially in a pre-band aid world.

On 6/24/2019 at 12:05 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

The actual Morgan from Binding Blade... who kind of was a loose end last LP because of being from the non-canon Route B. The guy who, by being a palette swap boss with no plot significance, became a joke about being the most generic boss in Fire Emblem (to the point Ruben reinforces this with endless palette swaps of him on generic enemy portraits). So in irony the most plot irrelevant character of all time becomes plot relevant thanks to Ruben.... taking the joke full circle. This is a brick joke that started last LP in Chapter 11B and has only finally landed.

https://fireemblem.fandom.com/wiki/Morgan_(The_Binding_Blade)

RIGHT! I KNEW HE LOOKED FAMILIAR!!!

...Ahem...

Thanks for answering that question. I had my suspicions, but I my memory was blanking on what the original Morgan looked like.

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18 hours ago, Hawkwing said:

Nomah is the most backup of backup mages, who's pretty much only there if Boey and Mae are massively screwed. Without rings, I agree with you there. Luther depends on the run, as in my last playthough he was actually pretty competent, and a speed ring tends to fix his issue with being doubled. Valbar depends on if you use the villager fork, but he does well when he has the ability to shine. It's just that Celica's side rarely gives him the chance to do so outside of dungeons.

Ah. But the catch is, I managed to get Valbar to work in OG Gaiden... which meant villager forks weren't a thing. I remember specifically because I had a line of 4 Baron's to block off those damn floating eyes. Specifically Kliff (who I had as a Baron that was taking massive advantage of the speed growth Kliff has to be the Baron that doubles and has high defense), and the lesser lights that were Lukas, Forsyth and Valbar. Needless to say, it was a weird run that I can't say I ever tried replicating in Echoes due to changes to the system (I understand for one thing Kliff actually got his growths nerfed in Echoes... when most others recieved buffs).

18 hours ago, Hawkwing said:

I... can actually see that, sadly. Especially in a pre-band aid world.


I was once told by an English teacher when we studied Romeo and Juliet that it was common practice for those who engaged in duels to drag the tip of their blade through the city streets (which would commonly have chamber pots poured into them, being medieval pre-hygeine era) for the purpose of attaining a layer of bacteria that would foster infection from a single injury inflicted by the sword. While I'm not sure of the validity of the claim, it is very true a large portion of the deaths of the time were not from the severity of the injury, but the infection therein. However if it is true... it may explain Holmes' dragging his sword in his crit animation.

 

 

18 hours ago, Hawkwing said:

 

Thanks for answering that question. I had my suspicions, but I my memory was blanking on what the original Morgan looked like.


Don't feel bad about that. There were so many recolours of Morgan that the Sonic OCs on deviantart were starting to get jealous.

 

 

18 hours ago, Hawkwing said:
On 6/24/2019 at 2:05 PM, The Roger The Paladin said:

 

So... Eugen did it first?


When you realize Eugen is Kaga's idealized self-insert. Does things first. Messes with the player by giving questionable advice. Gets both praise and mockery from Ruben (albeit in different proportions as the Eugen praise is far higher and the Kaga mockery is far higher). Hell, given Kaga was involved in the game's production, that means Kaga was as responsible of Holmes/Arkis bashing as Eugen. Under this theory Eugen is just the man Kaga wants to be.

 

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Yeah. I have way too much fun writing crackpot theories and trying to make them sound like a valid argument. I mean, look back at my Roger one.

 

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On 6/26/2019 at 7:24 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

Ah. But the catch is, I managed to get Valbar to work in OG Gaiden... which meant villager forks weren't a thing. I remember specifically because I had a line of 4 Baron's to block off those damn floating eyes. Specifically Kliff (who I had as a Baron that was taking massive advantage of the speed growth Kliff has to be the Baron that doubles and has high defense), and the lesser lights that were Lukas, Forsyth and Valbar. Needless to say, it was a weird run that I can't say I ever tried replicating in Echoes due to changes to the system (I understand for one thing Kliff actually got his growths nerfed in Echoes... when most others recieved buffs).

Huh. Well that puts a spin on things. Didn't know that you completed the original gaiden.

You might also be the only person I know that made a villager into a soldier. Although I can your reasoning why.

On 6/26/2019 at 7:24 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

I was once told by an English teacher when we studied Romeo and Juliet that it was common practice for those who engaged in duels to drag the tip of their blade through the city streets (which would commonly have chamber pots poured into them, being medieval pre-hygeine era) for the purpose of attaining a layer of bacteria that would foster infection from a single injury inflicted by the sword. While I'm not sure of the validity of the claim, it is very true a large portion of the deaths of the time were not from the severity of the injury, but the infection therein. However if it is true... it may explain Holmes' dragging his sword in his crit animation.

I remember my eighth grade history teacher saying that a reason people had their umbrellas open all the time and why the male and female walked a certain way on the road in the past was because people tended to throw their literal crap outside the windows, so it was both a way to be chivalrous and a way to avoid getting shit on your head. I also remember reading the King Richard the Lioheart died when the surgery to remove a crossbow bolt out of his shoulder was botched and he ended up heavily infected.

I wouldn't consider it far-fetched, as even if people didn't know much of anything about germs in the past, it was still putting dirt and grime and crap into places that can't be easily reached, so even if you lost, the other person would probably be dying from sickness afterwards.

On 6/26/2019 at 7:24 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

Don't feel bad about that. There were so many recolours of Morgan that the Sonic OCs on deviantart were starting to get jealous.

I remember the joke about Morgan being generic, but it was made so many times that when the actual, original Morgan showed up... yeah.

Also, it's ridiculously easy to make fun of (several certain parts of) the Sonic fandom, isn't it?

On 6/26/2019 at 7:24 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

When you realize Eugen is Kaga's idealized self-insert. Does things first. Messes with the player by giving questionable advice. Gets both praise and mockery from Ruben (albeit in different proportions as the Eugen praise is far higher and the Kaga mockery is far higher). Hell, given Kaga was involved in the game's production, that means Kaga was as responsible of Holmes/Arkis bashing as Eugen. Under this theory Eugen is just the man Kaga wants to be.

That... makes... so... much... sense...

*Insert Mind Blown gif, because there are so dang many*

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On two different notes, I now have a job! Will be starting next month, and then the weeks of training will begin.

On the second note, I'm wondering what's taking this update so long, since it's now been over a week since the last one. I'm guessing that it's an extremely text heavy-update, considering how long those can (understandably) take, but still, I can't help but find it a little odd.

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Part 59 - The Garoing.

Alternate title: The Groin.

I'm sorry for the delay, guys. I had a looooooooooooot of stuff to write for this one, and then Super Mario Maker 2 came out and I kinda sorta lost track of time as I made my first levels. I can post some codes down the line, if anybody cares.

Anyway, on to other matters. This is something that's been bugging me since forever: What the fuck is up with Glade? You know, guy from Thracia, got last place in Heroes's first "vote which waifu has the bigger tits" popularity contest? His official art looks nothing like him... but is perfect for him at the same time! Seriously, look them up! They even got the most insignificant details right, like his collar, and the tiny, indescribable, pixel-wide scar on his nose - but then they made him blonde! In what universe is his hair color considered blonde? And his cape, his cape isn't the right color! It's purple, whereas in his portrait it's a dark blue! It's like the person who made the official art had this list of all the portraits, but Glade's glitched out and went black-and-white, so they just improvised! I cannot think of a better explanation!

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What the fuck, honestly. Can somebody explain this nonsense to me?

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On 6/22/2019 at 1:48 PM, BrightBow said:

Figures. The game generally isn't one for tiny variations in scenes. It's all or nothing.

Yeah...

Anyway, I would imagine that Holmes was just very intimidated by having someone as powerful and experienced as Yoda under his command.

Or, he's worried Yoda'll realize he's awful at things and will take over as the army leader.

 

On 6/22/2019 at 2:08 PM, The Roger The Paladin said:

It suits him.

Of course it does.

When you go from never having used a sword to that in between battles, you have to wonder why he was using a bow to begin with.

Need I repeat once more that he's dumb?

Looks to me like Mycen's long lost brother.

Kinda, actually! He's like if Mycen was a Swordmaster and neglected shaving for a few days (notice the hairs on the chin?).

Wait... that Morgan is the real Morgan? What a twist! It all makes sense now. You set this up ever since starting to use Morgan clones right back last LP so we would be used to Morgans being no one important. And here we are. The original Morgan. Well, I see what you meant about the other thing way back when I joked about Martel coming back for vengeance.

Actually, I hadn't planned that far ahead, but yeah, I've been sitting on that Morgan sprite forever.

 

On 6/22/2019 at 9:05 PM, eclipse said:

"Oh shit, now that I use swords, Yoda's gonna school my sorry ass all day long!" is most likely what Holmes was thinking. 😛

This'd be even better if we'd seen him teach Astra to Julia. He uses Astra on her and cuts her to 1 HP. I can understand why Holmes wouldn't want to try that.

 

On 6/23/2019 at 10:02 PM, Pengaius said:

Well that happened

Yes, that perfectly describes what happened last update.

Doesn't explain why you disappeared just in time to miss Arkis's finest hour. What, power died again? I swear, I had nothing to do with it this time!

 

On 6/24/2019 at 5:08 AM, Hawkwing said:

So long story short, I visited my grandmother yesterday, and we met at a pizza transit place that had some 80's merchandise about. Anyway, there was an arcade cabinet that had a lot of 80's arcade games on it, and best of all it was free! I played 1943 out of curiosity, had a fun time (the music is simple yet awesome!), and saw this:

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I know it's a historical name, but make of that what you will.

I'm just hoping you won.

Hmmmm.... Interesting.

I may need to do research into sleep paralysis, to see what other kinds of stories there are.

No kidding, that's some freaky stuff.

I remember hearing before that the enemies in Thracia are actually pretty weak. While I'm impressed that the game doesn't go the "give enemies higher stats" route for difficulty, I can't say that I'm a fan of them compensating through the mechanics. Thracia is still a game I'd like to try out someday, but being honest I'm not a big fan of stamina mechanics in a majority of games , and Thracia 776 doesn't sound like it will be an exception. I also have concerns about staves missing, considering how I tend to be sparse in using healing staves unless I need to (the exception being Echoes, because HP is easy to regain in that game, and recently Awakening, but only after you start getting cash because healing items are reasonably priced). Seeing them in action might change my mind, or it might not.

Well, my thoughts on the stamina thing are positive for the most part. It encourages having a backup team to fall back on, it serves to somewhat balance the very OP healers of Thracia (since all of them have low HP except for Salem and the gamebreaking staves give a lot of fatigue points), there's stamina drinks to ensure that fatigue doesn't screw you over irreparably (and the game's generous enough with them), and it adds one more factor to take into account when planning things out (will I need this unit next chapter? Then perhaps I shouldn't use them too much today) - although this last thing is one of those that really only servers to inconvenience blind players, like everything in Thracia. That's really one of its biggest flaws, I'd say.

Now, if you really can't handle fatigue, there's a really easy (if time consuming) way to get rid of the problem once and for all. In chapter 9, there's an arena and a vendor that sells stamina drinks. Despite it being an escape chapter, it features no reinforcements: get rid of everyone, and you can stay for as long as you like. What you can do is throw somebody in the arena, grind cash, and buy a crapton of stamina drinks. If you don't want to overlevel anybody, you can just use Leif or Dagdar. Then you do that for an hour and there you go, enough stamina drinks for the entire game.

Other than that, staves missing is a complete non-issue for the most part. I've been through the game nearly twice, and not one time has a staff missing ruined my strategies. The only time I ever was annoyed by staves missing was in chapter 18 in my second run, where I had to rely on Tina's very shaky hitrate with the thief and unlock staves - but, then again, those are the kind of staves that need a low hitrate to not be completely overpowered. Not to mention, staves don't lose uses if they miss, which is both a blessing and a curse, depending on who's using them.

From what I can tell, Thracia, Awakening, and Echoes/Gaiden are three games in the series that are best at making everyone viable, even though they accomplish this in different ways.

Thracia, definitely. Some people are worse than others, no doubt about that, but even someone like Shanam could be used if you give him 7 scrolls and have him dodge javelins behind a wall. No idea about the ones you said, but there's a grand total of one non-viable unit in Berwick, and you know the rest.

Is there any game in this series that you haven't done yet?

At this point, only Paper Jam remains.

You're making me wish these will become actual, real life games.

Hahahah, thanks.

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Sorry...

You are forgiven.

Okay, good.

... I don't want to know.

Ahah... that's right you don't.

No, I mean that the coincidences are hilarious and remind me of the one I did with Blustone. For some of the more obvious jokes and a sneak peak of a shitepost I've been meaning to do for nearly a month now:

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Lantern questions his sanity.

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It's for Beyond the Bounds and not Blustone, but eh. It's the same universe and characters.

Tyltyl fishes.

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Lantern, Westfield, and Lapis confront each other, but grab what they want slowly to avoid conflict.

An adventure game protagonist, an NPC, and a level 1 hunter in a gacha game realize their place in the world and decide to act accordingly.

 

Lantern discovers a river.

Being an adventure game protagonist has its perks.

 

Lantern cooks his food before putting his fire out.

The perks of being an adventure game protagonist.

 

Lapis ambushes Lantern and kills him.

The downside of being an adventure game protagonist.

 

Acerola, Gullvieg, and Westfield successfully ambush and kill Random Bandit Dude, Gerard, and Denali.

A healer, a story character that is also playable, and an NPC kill an NPC, a story character that is also playable, and a healer.

I wish I knew... any of those people.

I remember blanking on my original joke when writing that. I believe I originally intended to say that I slew him to prove that I was his superior in hand-to-hand combat, despite the fact that in real life, I have next to no actual martial arts ability.

Ah, okay, that does make sense. Indy in IJET is fuckin' Superman if he had Batman's combat abilities: the flashier moves are completely unnecessary, since he can demolish anyone by spamming right hooks, but it's so much more fun to play around with the enemies...

Yeah, Shadow Dragons are rather nice to look at.

One of the things that are definitely superior in that one compared to FE12.

I see. May have to look at that later.

Later is now. Show me your gifs.

...Define "caught".

Find yourself a dictionary.

I always do wonder how people are able to draw things on a computer and have them turn out nice. Without a drawing tablet, I mean.

With talent, practice, and a surgeon's pulse.

Somewhat unrelated, but searching up Code Lyoko got me thinking about another show that I also only saw once as a kid outside of my home. It was about this kid that was a bald monk that could wield the power of water but had a vastly different art style from The Last Airbender, so I knew it wasn't that. All I remember from the only episode I saw was that all this dudes friends were captured, one via bag of kidnapping (which, alongside Peter Pan 2: Return to Neverland, traumatized me as a kid and gave me a fear of being kidnapped that way. Thank goodness it's an impractical method and thus rarely seen) by a ninja. The bald monk kid was the only guy to complete this challenge of taking a glass of water across a desert, and then saved his friends.

For the longest time, I had absolutely no idea what the show was called. I believed it was on Cartoon Network, but previous attempts to look it up proved fruitless. Then one lucky day I noticed a trope on TV tropes that I thought used a picture from the show. I thought it was the show that I had seen so many years ago, but certain details and designs threw me off. I also didn't have any luck finding the episode that I had seen all those years ago, but after being refreshed on Code Lyoko and deciding that instead of asking the thread what that show was, I decided I might as well try to find it again. I did a bit more searching, found out that the show was called "Xiaolin Showdown", and after being a bit more specific with the search engine, I even found out the episode! It was called "Royal Rumble", and may have been an important episode because there was a villainous teamup, and apparently I remembered several details incorrectly (I thought a ninja had a snowmobile, but in turns out they were just running fast on the snow, I remembered the haircut of one character but forgot they wore a (cowboy) hat, and I thought one character was a larger jerk than what they actually were), but I was so glad to finally find something that I was questioning since I was a youngling that I didn't care!

This has no relevance to anything. I just wanted to bring up that the last update was released so late partially because of a busy week and partially because I got distracted by the videos I linked, TV Tropes, and finding a show I had not seen in years. By the way, I saw Toy Story 4 today, which is why this reply came out later than planned!

Cool story. I'm afraid I've no memories at all of this show. Doubt it even aired here in Spain, by the looks of it.

It's a habit. Partially because I don't give a damn about gender, and partially because I know someone is going to be hounded by SJW's for making that mistake. I have my gripes about the whole issue (namely, that not giving a damn about the differences because they really are insubstantial will solve the problem more easily than providing more choices, which needlessly complicates it), but that's a discussion for elsewhere.

I wasn't expecting this kind of reply. I thought you'd say something more along the lines of...

*Inhales*

WHAT THE HECK IS THE WHITE CLOTH THAT I SPECIFICALLY SPECIFIED WAS AROUND HIS WAIST?!?!?!

Ah, yes, there it is.

Holmes was the perfect stand-in.

Of course.

I forgot where I found that, but yeah, it was the only one available, and I thought it was fitting for the joke.

That's very much the face I have when trying to deal with Holmes.

Fair point.

Yeah, I didn't plan on you responding that way, and I didn't think the whole joke through, so...

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Yeah, I accidentally walked into a fetish game a few years back. Somehow wandered onto its TV Tropes page, was curious about its plot, somehow didn't give too much thought to the fact that is said that gagging was all over the place, and decided it couldn't hurt to give a look on youtube. Needless to say, I learned the hard way that I should have given more weight to that warning. Still don't know if I just happened to see more story than gameplay tropes, or if the site really was light on mentioning how integral kidnapping is in that game. Especially since the game updated when I looked at it's TV Trope page again later to get an answer to that question, so I don't know if the original was less or as clear about that.

To give credit where it's due, if you remove the gratuitous fanservice, the plot actually was pretty solid. A protagonist having to debate whether they should usurp someone who is a noble and competent ruler but betrayed them in order to gain that position is something I wouldn't mind seeing in a less disturbing context.

I still need to break that habit of looking up games that occasionally sound interesting, though. Thankfully, though those just tended to be weird instead of disturbing.

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Yeah, I accidentally walked into a fetish game a few years back.

Fun fact: I didn't remember what the conversation was about until I looked back. Imagine my face when this line was the first thing I stumbled upon, having no idea what the context was.

Anyway, that sounds like quite the game. Maybe give me a link, for research purposes?

Please don't really do it, you might get banned.

0/5 Is that an arrow or a laser from an atari game?

Maybe Raquel learnt the art of shooting lasers with the eyes.

I see.

Unrelated note, but I occasionally forget that some characters are promoted due to the lack of differences between the promoted and unpromoted sprites.

Yeah, sometimes the change is huge (Maruj), but then there's Shigen, who just got greener clothes.

I don't really see God used much in fiction, honestly. Or at least in that way.

Not hard to see why, though, given that it's hard to use Him without resulting in increased scrutiny from readers and critics alike.

I mean, the expression "deus ex machina" exists for a reason.

Not really? You can get get your arm, hand, leg, etc. chopped and slashed to ribbons, but still be attached to your body and be identifiable as an arm. So Lentz's eye could be ripped and in several pieces but still be identified (and maybe function) as an eye.

Yeah, but that's not what I would call "intact", which is the word you used.

Ouch.

Eeeeeyup.

I just remember it taking a while before I was willing to swim in a deep end and dive underwater. I have a hard time holding my breath underwater, mostly because I breath through my nose, and I found out later in my life that I don't have a large lung capacity.

Let's hope you never have to do a Renee, then.

Thought so.

Yes!

Watch as Kreiss sufferes a groin attack as retaliation/karma for castrating Maerchen

If he did, I wouldn't draw attention to it.

Seriously, what the heck was Kaga thinking when he wrote this entire sidequest? It started out okay. You had to go out of your way to continue it, but how many other videogames are guilty of that. Then it started taking nosedive after nosedive....

He wanted to lull the player into a false sense of security, in order to then strike them where it hurts.

Hence why I said it was the right kind of anticlimax. Lentz didn't deserve a flashy death.

Not at all, yes.

It may as well be "every time Eugen walks in a room and opens his mouth".

You could maybe make a counter about everytime Eugen fails at tactics, though.

Well, there's both his failures at Wellt, accepting Zieg, the time half the army was lost in the desert and he nonchalantly mentioned it to Runan long after the fact, the infamous moment when he tried to sacrifice Lionheart for no reason at all...

That's 5, I believe. Too many, but to be fair, punching Holmes nets him -500, so the final score is -495 Eugen is awesome at tactics.

On the one hand, I am sad that I didn't see Eugen with sunglasses.

On the other hand, this badassadry more than makes up for it.

Quite frankly, I tried to do it, but no matter what the glasses looked awful, so I decided Eugen is too cool for sunglasses.

I would say that every scene with Eugen deserves having an explosion now, but that would probably do more harm than good for the story.

Considering we'd get explosions every second scene... the entirety of Lieberia would blow up!

Huh, guess my RPG joke was actually relevant.

Hahahaha, a little bit.

I forgot the Guardians of Ga'Hoole. I take it that none of the enemies in the next update will show a semblance of personality?

Heh, well...

It was?

...Well, I stand corrected. Runan really doesn't have any glaring issues in it's plot. Aside from the slaver, but that problem is shared between both routes.

Yeah, the only glaring problem with Runan's plot is the whole fiasco with Enteh's backstory that I've mentioned a few times in the past, but we haven't gotten to that yet.

That's a pretty good way of handling it. Probably comes with some snags, but they can be mitigated by planning around them, which I assume Berwick does.

About 75% of the game is sidestories, sidequests and the like, where Reese and Ward don't participate. Secondary characters get plenty of chances to shine in those, and actually feel well-integrated in the story despite clearly not being as important as Reese or Ward. The game's got a very "personal" tone, focusing on the lives of people affected by war more often than on the war itself. Also, the fact that permanent recruitments and promotions go far beyond the press of a button adds even more chances for characterization. Heck, for quite a few characters, their promotions are part of their character development - and sometimes, even part of other characters' development!

I could ramble on and on for hours.

In other words, Eugen was one of the few people okay with Shadow Dragons Gaiden mechanic.

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Ih49ob2i oShut up and accept your glorious death, you mongrel. There is no higher honor than dying in battle. Just look at Sir Frey! Now there's a real knight!

Fqfkwq44 o...you don't have anything to say about this, Roshea!?

3rqvyssk oDon't look at me! I'm just glad he hasn't picked me!

Ih49ob2i oOh, you'll get your chance...

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In other words, Arkis respects her for saving his life.

Yes, that's it.

I can see that.

I can also see Arkis saving himself from that situation if he used the little he had of a brain.

Hah! As if. The doctor probably told him not to use his brain, because it's unhealthy to overthink things. Then he woke up, but he still took the doctor's words to heart. She was pretty hot, and that is qualification enough in Arkis's book.

So... there's not even any moments for Gaurdians of other media to comment on or for minion misadventures?

Man this level is lame. At least I can say that it visually looks nice.

It has a rocking tune and the map's pretty. That's all there is to this.

There's absolutely no challenge to this map aside from massive RNG screwage, then.

Even then, there's little room to be truly fucked over by the RNGoddess.

In other words, the maps with the least interesting battles also have the most prominence, at least on the world map.

Yes, quite.

Guess he thought that he was the protagonist of this story, and that Holmes and co. were just interesting NPC's to add flavor to the world...

...And then he quickly learned his place in this universe, and decided to take his second chance.

I wouldn't be surprised. Holmes is not a good protagonist.

04edcfbn o Sigh. You again. You hairy ballsacks are even more ugly up close. And now I have to get my hands dirty with a sword.

04edcfbn o What did I do to turn my luck so south?

04edcfbn o Okay, you know what? I'm actually pissed by how this week has been going.

04edcfbn oWhy don't I practice on you!

That's way too badass for Holmes.

It looks like he's dragging his sword along the ground while running to create those sparks.

That, or his sword is on fire, and he's having an angry staring contest with a giant eyeball while trying to put it out.

Maybe he just tripped.

Okay, now I'm confused. The first picture looks like he's doing a backflip, but the second looks like he's doing a front flip.

I didn't even skip any frames. He goes from the staring contest to being Claude Von Regan instantly!

Actually, it looks more like he's running on the spherical surface of the monster in the second screenshot.

Hahahahah, that's right, actually!

Who knew that Holmes could nail a superhero landing so well?

And it's the second time he's ever used a sword, too! Idiot's got innate talent.

Ah, so there was a reason you were sticking by him all this time. Aside from Garo turning out awesome, that is.

I was also told to use him by UnknownGamer, but yeah, this is why I'm perfectly fine with using Garo. He snowballs real hard, and then he gets all the OP skills on top of that.

Definitely give him the move potion. He gets my vote once more!

Mine as well. Tom's got other options, as you said before. Besides, if Garo gets the potion, he'll be able to keep up with Julia to support her and become even more amazing in the final maps.

It certainly caught me off guard in a good way, to say the least. Not a bad way to make up for missing the screenshot.

Yeah, I thought it was good shock value.

He looks like the Dojo man from earlier. But when comparing the two, I noticed several differences in the hair, clothing, and face. And Yoda has a sword that's barely visible in the portrait. I have to give some props to the artist for making the differences subtle since at first glance it looks like another pallete swap.

He definitely looks more rugged than the Dojo man. Probably because the Dojo man's a teacher, whereas Yoda is a figure of legend who's seen many battles.

He may not have the green skin, point ears, and small height, but I do not mind this Yoda at all.

I like how, aside from being called Yoda, they're polar opposites. The other Yoda is overly melodramatic, cryptic, wise beyond his many years (although that's probably debatable), and looks rather unimpressive until you see him fight. TRS!Yoda is blunt and straightforward (remember "your parents were heretics, kid"?), somewhat vulgar even, and is imposing despite his old age. And just you wait to see his stats, hot damn are they good.

I'm going to go the route that Holmes was still "recovering" per se of meeting his father again, and him seeing an actually good father-son relation that he never had didn't help his mood, leading to him responding in a typical Holmes manner.

Eh, solid explanation. Although, Yoda was never exactly the gentlest of parents, either. Once again, remember "your parents were heretics, kid"?

Also, I don't know whether Yoda gains or looses points for teaching Julia a skill by pretty much having her be at the receiving end of it. Guess it depends on how the scene is handled.

It's basically your cliché "I'm gonna teach you by spitting out generic philosophical crap as I beat you to near death" shenanigan.

I've got to say, I prefer the way Mareeta learns the skill in FE5. That alone is a solid argument for the Bad Route. It's like if Eugen's destroying Arkis was route-locked.

Wait.

Building off the above, Shigen probably understands that Holmes is ticked, and is either apologizing because he knows that those kind of wounds take time to heal, and Holmes seeing them talk without spite probably didn't help in said healing process, and/or it's so the conversation is dropped so that a pointless argument is avoided.

Either way, he's more level-headed than Holmes. Making me ask, once again, why he's not the leader.

Maybe as others have said and Holmes doesn't really have anyone legendary on his crew, so this is a new experience for him? Or he doesn't know what to think about having a guy he backmouthed earlier that (if Julia was here) nearly cut another person to shreds as a lesson deciding to join his army.

He doesn't even need to see him cutting up Julia. Yoda's reputation preceeds him, and when you see his statsheet, you'll see that he lives up to the hype.

In other words, it's a staring contest that turns deadly.

Or it's how the original gaiden handled skipping animations.

I don't know how the original Gaiden did that, so... yeah!

That's... a pretty pitiful wound to die to.

Unless she was stabbed in the face and it went all the way through. Then it makes a bit more sense.

I like how you commented on that but then completely ignored me using my single decapitation card of the LP on Arkis. With his beheading, he joins the club that Nyna and Merlinus formed.

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Or he just walks away like a badass, leaving Arkis to die via the resulting explosion.

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Notice Arkis, right there? Got you beat, my man.

Anime color hair puns!

They're actually pretty rare, now that I think about it.

Well, they're really easy, so I don't get why they're so rare.

So in this alternative universe, Eugen is a stoner?

...I have many questions now about what else is different in this alternative timeline...

Maybe this is the same timeline where Arkis won the Hunger Games. It would explain a lot. Like why Runan, after being brought back by Eugen's resuscitatory powers, sent him to die pathetically to Lentzenheimer.

If the both die, then the old man knows that Runan is 'ex' and Runan decides to address "the".

Perhaps Runan has a codename in this AU? Or The Roger lacks The "Roger" part of The Roger?

Or maybe the old man is Runan's ex-boyfriend. But no, that doesn't make sense... does it?

So many questions!

That much is certain.

Right, I forgot to comment on this guy last time.

I'm curious who this new guy is.

The Roger did a good job explaining it.

Also, there are two Part 57's.

Dammit! It happens when you least expect it!

Okay, even if this guy didn't appear earlier in the story and I was just jumping in right now, these responses are epic.

Thanks, hahah!

Ah, it's a device instead of magic. Interesting...

Just you wait...

 

On 6/24/2019 at 6:05 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

When he gave Dent the coin years later... it became obvious why he could never win. Sort of like Ruben with 1% crits.

I just want to say, fuck my life. That's my contribution to this conversation.

He most likely invented it.
Hahahahah, I can see that.

Like telling someone in battle he was Arkis, putting on a fake fight, and faking death so that they wouldn't kill Lina, only to rejoin the moment she was safe? Mind you Lentzenheimer is enough of a scumbag I'm surprised there wasn't an order to kill Lina the moment Arkis had left because he didn't expect him back.

Frankly, the only reason that wasn't the case is that Kaga would've been fired from his own company if he pulled something like that on the player.

Well, look at Lina's stats. She could probably die to a paper cut.

That much is true.

Seriously though, Arkis lacks a head. Any opinions about that?

The actual Morgan from Binding Blade... who kind of was a loose end last LP because of being from the non-canon Route B. The guy who, by being a palette swap boss with no plot significance, became a joke about being the most generic boss in Fire Emblem (to the point Ruben reinforces this with endless palette swaps of him on generic enemy portraits). So in irony the most plot irrelevant character of all time becomes plot relevant thanks to Ruben.... taking the joke full circle. This is a brick joke that started last LP in Chapter 11B and has only finally landed.

https://fireemblem.fandom.com/wiki/Morgan_(The_Binding_Blade)

Hahahah, I love this summary. Just one tidbit: he's already been made plot relevant by me. Back in FE6, when I was trying to set up Matthis taking care of Sacae, I needed an excuse for why Arcardo and Roartz were present in both routes. I solved Roartz by pulling a twin out of thin air, but for Arcardo, I did something different: I had Morgan, who had survived due to Roy not going to his castle canonically, follow the Etrurian Army to Ilia. When they defeated Arcardo, Morgan appeared just in time to save Arcardo, and together, they fled to Sacae.

Then Morgan died anticlimatically fighting Rormand, brother of Roartz. Or... did he?

 

On 6/25/2019 at 6:50 PM, Hawkwing said:

So... Eugen did it first?

I never knew I needed this phrase in my life, but I did.

I... can actually see that, sadly. Especially in a pre-band aid world.

STOP DISCUSSING LINA'S PAPER CUT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE DECAPITATION OF ARKIS! IT'S LIKE YOU KNOW I'M GETTING MAD ABOUT IT!

RIGHT! I KNEW HE LOOKED FAMILIAR!!!

YEAH!

...Ahem...

Thanks for answering that question. I had my suspicions, but I my memory was blanking on what the original Morgan looked like.

Hahahahahahahahahahahah... let me see that again.

I had my suspicions, but I my memory was blanking on what the original Morgan looked like.

This has to be the Morganest of Morgan-related sentences. And the best part is, it was probably unintentional. Thanks, you insane cinamon roll.

 

On 6/26/2019 at 1:24 PM, The Roger The Paladin said:

Don't feel bad about that. There were so many recolours of Morgan that the Sonic OCs on deviantart were starting to get jealous.

4pzgsdvs oUh... Who are you?

Sg6uvrez oIt's me, Russ the Knight! I'm a totally original character!

4pzgsdvs oThen why do you just look like a red version of me?

Sg6uvrez oDuh! I'm an imperfect clone of you created by the LPer's self-insert's villainous half's former partner-in-crime! The only difference between us is that I'm a respected member of DeviantArt!

4pzgsdvs oOkay, that's fine...

Sg6uvrez oAlso, I'm pregnant with your child!

4pzgsdvs oWHAT!?

 

 

 

Fpskfjqi oAnd then they all kissed and got super pregnant! The end!

Rmyu7cpq o...son, what- just what is this?! What are those two characters doing!? Did you draw that!?

Fpskfjqi oACK! Mother! I've told you a thousand times to knock before you enter my room!

Rmyu7cpq oLentzenheimer, please, I-I'm worried about you! This phase you're going through--

Fpskfjqi oThis is not a phrase, mom! How many times do I have to tell you!? This is something a lot of people enjoy doing! Some people even make a living out of this stuff! Like my friend online, I was just talking with him about whether Morgan or Borgan should be on t--

Rmyu7cpq oLook, I know you think that you don't need it, but I insist that therapy would do you a world of good! Please, give me the benefit of doubt! I... I just want the best for you, son.

Fpskfjqi oSigh... I'll think about it, Mother.

Rmyu7cpq oThank you, Lentzenheimer...

Fpskfjqi o...Damnable wench... I cannot let this secret get out...! I'll have to deal with her... where does Father keep the Lukuud...?

 

 

 

Ye0mwpvi oHello? Is the internet gone again? Rentzenheimer1, are you there? Ah, what a shame... I was loving his newest idea!

Rx79mwxc o...Whoever this "Rentzenheimer1" is, I certainly hope I never end up meeting him...

Props to anyone who gets the reference.

When you realize Eugen is Kaga's idealized self-insert. Does things first. Messes with the player by giving questionable advice. Gets both praise and mockery from Ruben (albeit in different proportions as the Eugen praise is far higher and the Kaga mockery is far higher). Hell, given Kaga was involved in the game's production, that means Kaga was as responsible of Holmes/Arkis bashing as Eugen. Under this theory Eugen is just the man Kaga wants to be.

This is too good.

 

7 hours ago, Hawkwing said:

On two different notes, I now have a job! Will be starting next month, and then the weeks of training will begin.

Good luck!

On the second note, I'm wondering what's taking this update so long, since it's now been over a week since the last one. I'm guessing that it's an extremely text heavy-update, considering how long those can (understandably) take, but still, I can't help but find it a little odd.

Awww, you're all worried... love ya too, ya lovely cinamon roll.

Ahem. Obviously, I'm still here and eager to continue playing TRS. It's almost what you thought it was: there's a lot of fanficcy stuff in here that I had to write, so it took me a while to get that out of the way. This is probably the heaviest update on the whole fanfic LP sidestory thus far, so please bear with me. Nobody's told me to stop with that shit, so I've just let myself loose, like back in FE6. Heheh... I thought about sending you a note so you wouldn't worry, but, well, it's only been a few hours, so I figured I'd just post the update.

 

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Let's go to the tower.

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We've got five of these ahead of us, but thankfully, this update can't be as broken as the last one. Nothing can be as broken as the last update.

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Yes, Holmes. Our single stable objective for the entirety of your route, and we're finally here. I sure hope Kaga bothers to pull something out of his ass for Holmes's 5-6 remaining maps.

Gmhhyxnn oPretty impressive, isn't it? This is the first time I've been inside, myself.

0zfd96rn o And that makes no sense, but let's not dwell. Not in the mood right now.

04edcfbn oThis place must have some pretty sweet treasures to find, huh? We'll have to cut through all the monsters. No pain, no gain, right?

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0zfd96rn o I wish.

04edcfbn oI'm not a thief, I'm a seeker! A treasure hunter!

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Map. The army isn't there because I took the screenshots from the prep menu. Anyhow, this is, somehow, more of an interesting "chapter" than the actual chapter we had last time. Bunch of EXP bags, a Dracozombie guarding the hallway, a Thief with a thief's dagger (which I'll try to nab), two chests that are out of the way so Holmes has to waste time to get them... not the most exhilarating of maps, but after last time, it'll do. While on the subject of things that aren't very exhilarating, here's someone who is!

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HP 40% - Strength 15% - Skill 15% - Speed 10% - Defense 10% - Magic 0% - Luck 20% - Mastery 10%

The Runeblade of Zoa! Ohohohohahahahahahah... hwahah! Take a gander at this god fucking damned man! You thought Raphael was legendary? Wait till I tell you all there is to know about Yoda. First, the negatives. He's maxed out, and giving him an occult book won't help too much, because his growth rates are pitiful. This makes him a filthy EXP thief. As well, his availability's iffy and he doesn't have a horse.

That's been the negatives, folks. Now for the positives - there's plenty to go around. First, his stats are absolutely incredible. To explain just how amazing he is, let me bring up his son's statsheet.

Gcmpk8kk o(I know the background's different, shut up)

This is Shigen as of right now. 11 less levels means that, of course, he's way better than Yoda, who is a filthy EXP thief due to being at the max level with crappy growths.

Then there's the detail that this trained Shigen has 1 less strength, speed and defense than Yoda; way less luck, HP, magic and skill; and only beats him in speed, with a whopping lead of one point. Yeah. I won't bring up Julia because that'd just be depressing.

And I didn't even mention Yoda's skillset, because hoo boy, that's the best part about him. See, the thing about Yoda is that his skillset seems good but not that good. Astra, Lethality and Draco are redundant (since they all do the same thing with different animations) and RNG-based. However, with his sky-high skill and speed, and the different algorithms for each skill, he'll almost always activate at least one skill. I'm not kidding. The uncommon thing is to see a battle with him where he doesn't proc a skill! And, of course, with his godly stats, any one of his skills will be a guaranteed kill. Heck, I'd say Astra's kind of a waste, because Lethality and Draco already fullfill the same niche, only they don't waste five weapon uses and are more reliable to boot! And even if he doesn't do anything flashy, he has a titanic skill stat and a support with the forcefully deployed Shigen, so he'll just crit the enemy normally instead! And even if everything else fails, his raw stats are so good that he'll still do mean damage to the enemy with normal blows!

Yoda's the epitome of overkill. He's got three skills that do the same thing, he's got a huge critrate that fulfills the exact same purpose, and his raw stats are also enough to achieve the same result most of the time. He's just lovely. Thank you, Yoda, for being so down-to-earth despite being a figure of legend, and just joining us now simply because you can.

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Before anything else, let's give the guy some less expensive weapons. No brave sword, he'd be hilarious with it, but he won't be needing it today. Heck, I'll probably bench him after this first map, the tower's monsters have nothing on us, he's not needed here.

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First kill of the day, folks!

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First bad level of the day, folks!

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Second kill of the day, folks!

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Second bad level of the day, folks!

I'll stop as soon as these schmucks stop getting such awful levels!

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Let's give Yoda a shot. I wonder which skill he'll proc first!

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None, of course, and he gets hit by a 4%.

In fact, not even a 4%! Here's something funny I found: I was mistaken all along, this game actually does sorta use true hit! It's not quite the same as the one mainline FEs use, though. From what I've gathered, it's a lot more stable for middling hitrates, but it takes a big dive when the displayed hit is really high or really low. The exact science behind the whole process is really confusing, and I doubt I could explain it properly, so I recommend checking this website. Careful with the site, though, it contains spoilers, so only read the "Random Number Generator" part if you want to avoid those.

If you don't want to wrap your head around all that, though, I'll tell you what it all amounts to, basically: this 4%? 1%. Yup. Check the graph yourselves. I'm pretty certain it's accurate. Yoda's first battle, ladies and gentlemen: it went exactly as awfully as it could possibly have. Also, The Roger and Lionel's deaths were even more unlikely that we thought they were - in fact, not just theirs, but Lee's non-canon death was also less likely than we thought, because these shenanigans also affect critrate! Lee got hit by a 1% crit!

Just when I thought this game couldn't possibly faze me any longer...

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That was a disaster, so Raquel picks up the slack. She's the real legend here.

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Sierra warps inside the locked room and attempts, but fails to, kill one of the golden mummies.

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She finishes the job in the enemy phase.

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Oh wow, more speed? Don't mind that! Speed's a great stat for Sierra, since it allows her to be less weighed down by nosferatu. Frankly, at this point all she truly needs is a pile of nosferatu tomes and she's all set. I haven't been using the one she came with much because I haven't had the chance to get any more. But not to worry: Holmes's fourth split has early enemies to steal it from, and Runan's got Lee, who can use the Hammerne since he got that one point of mastery in 26B. Did I mention that? I don't think I did, but yeah. Lee's awesome.

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She also cripples a Harpy. The Dracozombie very clearly hits Lionheart, but only Garo is actually affected, and he dodged, so bottom line, you're a failure dragon go home.

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I honestly cannot emphasize enough how ridiculous this woman is. And her 3 move only adds to the stupidity, because she can barely get anywhere by simply walking! She basically has to warp all the time! It's like, in order to become so skilled at warping, she had to neglect walking and is now a bad walker as a result!

A fair loss. I'd also trade off my ability to walk if it meant I could appear anywhere in the world within a second.

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Dragon's dead.

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Holmes is heading towards the chests.

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Maybe this time, we can see his normal animations?

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Well, there's his dodge, at any rate. A little presumtuous, but I guess it suits him.

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I love the way he swings his sword, though. His sword animations are rough, stiff and awkward. It's painfully clear he has never touched a sword before in his life, and so he's hilariously bad at it. Look at him, he just slapped the ogre and called it swordplay!

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Then he does this and it looks like he was born with a sword in hand, but hey, details.

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Lionheart kills a Harpy, and...

Eh, you know what, this is a skirmish. This isn't going to get interesting any time soon, and unlike the last chapter, it isn't so quick that I can just show everything that happens in five minutes. Sooooo skippin' time!

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Sierra gets a horrible level. Nice.

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These chests' contents are random, as the ones in the Mermel caves. This isn't such a bad drop. Weapons are a neat thing to have.

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Yoda got into a fight, and I finally get to showcase his astounding animations, starting with his crit.

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You know how Norton's crit is the Half-Moon Strike?

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Yoda's is the Full-Moon Slash!

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Hwohohoh! He's a lot heavier on the sparks than most other units. Fitting.

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And then, as if that wasn't enough of a guaranteed kill already, he goes and procs Lethality.

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Bwahahahah! Brutal! He doesn't even turn around after the fact to take a look at his work, he just stands behind the enemy's corpse. Can you spell "badass"?

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With that taken care of, it's back to the chests. Steel axe? Eh, could be worse.

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Time for some levels. First, Plum-- oh, fuck you, girlie! When I said I needed you to get mastery post-haste, I only meant until you were able to use the Paces a-Hundred Yet Still I Cure! Now I need you to obtain some magic, so get to it!

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Garo gets Flurry and one point of almost everything he can still get. Awesome.

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He then puts those stats to good use by tanking a Harpy crit. Hahahahahahah... love you, Garo. Ahem, no homo.

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Meh. You could stand to get some strength, but as I've said countless times, even if you aren't as good as Leonie, you're still set for life, pretty much.

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Look, adept crit!

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Nihil is okay, and he's also but a point away from capping skill.

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Time to raise that level cap.

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Hahah, magnificent. Take note of his nickname, by the way - it'll change soon enough.

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Pffffffft... Why is this is even possible?

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And a crit too!? What the hell, Yoda?! I know you're absolutely great, Yoda, you don't need to prove it to me! Or are you just bitter after that first fight? Either way... please, do keep it up!

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Ergh... where'd he go?

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Blistering barnacles, he has the power to blink in and out of existance!

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99 damage, by the way. That's the maximum amount of damage that the game can display. If it could go beyond that, I imagine we'd be seeing more than a handful of digits right now. This is why using Yoda is so much fun.

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And on that extremely high note, we leave this floor by capturing the stairs.

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I like how the options are worded the way Holmes would probably say them.

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He says this line.

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Aaaaand skirmish time. Again.

 

 

 

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The background changes to reflect the fact that we're moving up the tower.

As for the map itself, it's the exact same deal. The lower chest might be a little tricky to get to before the Thief, and there's three Dracozombies instead of one, but... yeah. There isn't much to this.

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Stuff happens as usual.

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Yoda's out for Maruj this time around. At least he can get experience. It's not much, but Yoda's ridiculous offense isn't what we need today.

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Sierra's hitrate against the Thief is shaky, but she made it, thankfully.

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More speed! Awesome!

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She's attacked by the Thief in the enemy phase, but she's thankfully able to finish him off right away. Had he survived the round, he would've stolen one of her tomes, so that's a bullet dodged.

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That was the last challenging part about this, so let's just skip to the highlights. First, Lionheart gets a defensive level up.

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Killer axe, cool! That's great for Garo.

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Lethality's pretty much unnecessary for Garo, but hey, max skill!

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Gaining his full skillset turns Garo into a Legendary Pirate, and boy is that right. Who cares if he can't promote? Look at that beast! He's endgame ready by a wide margin!

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Next weapon's an iron blade. Not bad drops thus far. Very middling stuff, but that's better than slim swords.

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This dude's still alive, but I can't say I care much.

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Holmes says his line, and...

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Next.

 

 

 

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This is the most interesting floor of the Tower of Morse, because you get a gameplay choice: break inside and have an actually challenging fight, or just go to the stairs and skip the entire map. I'll be choosing the latter option, because this place is boring and I want to move on, and this update has also taken long enough to come out as it is.

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That being said, however, there are some goods I want. Particularly, this dude with the AoE thunder tome. He's guaranteed to appear, but more often than not he'll be in the dangerous zone.

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In order to get him to a better position, I reset.

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About 12 resets later, I get the perfect placement: a Thief with a thief's dagger, and the darkthunder Bishop right on top of us, with little in the way of reinforcements.

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We'll have to get rid of the monsters so they don't attack Maerchen. He'll die very easily.

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With some help from Raquel, the guy does the only thing anyone ever uses him for.

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Mugging.

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The rest of the boys destroy the monsters.

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As well as this Bishop that was near the stairs. He had bolganone, so he would've very easily killed Plum.

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Only one left's the Thief, and he can't reach Plum, so that's cool.

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He goes after Maerchen, since he's the next weakest target. Maerchen barely survives.

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This is bad, though... the bastard took Maerchen's estoc. He has a really shaky hitrate with the iron sword, and I've no better options...

Pm3a4ale o

You know, that doesn't help, Plum.

L8hwbgni o

This better hit...!

Af5hd5y4 o

Ahah! I'm... uh, as much as it pains me to admit it, I'm proud of you, Maerchen.

Mgtczzrs o

He even got a stat. With his growths, that's no joke.

4zlm19mo o

Only thing left are the chests. I'll let the Thieves pilfer them, and if the goods are good (heh), I'll wait for them to try to escape and mug them on their way out.

Rfihex2h oLcpi7u21 o

A herb, and an iron lance. Not worth the trouble. You can keep those.

C0pbvbc1 o

I'm out.

Lomepnt4 o0ze38954 o

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Opadqrqz o2w4juhhu o

Oh, you can't be serious... it's just a labyrinth this time! Like Thracia's 12x, only just boring instead of highly annoying! That's... actually better. Huh. Kudos to you, Kaga, I guess.

F23rdoua oVx9mwpjm o

Sierra'll take care of one of the big balls.

Pnhi9mwh oUzpt2bbk o

Okay, nice.

Ef4ijlei oKvreodyg o3i9xv1yd o

While Holmes prepares the second eyeball, Sierra finishes off hers.

Ykoaw2le o

Like so.

A9dmo3tr oKfvkznrk o

Bah.

Icuuoyhn oJddsmlfu oLsfmp8gf o

Oh yeah, I didn't mention it, but these doofuses have darkthunder. It's a bad idea to try to have Maerchen nab these, of course.

Gta2wfxx o

It's over.

Rs5uiiik o

Could be worse. I like that strength of his. He's like reverse Raquel: strong and sturdy, but slow and dumb as the rocks that fill the railway.

Qvsix0ry o

Now that the enemies are dead, it's time to walk...

9a6olxic o

...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall the way...

Hz5ekmpx o

...around, to the treasure chamber.

E1g3txkn oW3ugp89z o

Once again, could be worse.

Fdrzgkl0 oFartebcl o

More, more, more!

 

 

 

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53e2wkpl oZhsiwhry o

Welcome to the last floor with enemies in it. Those initial enemies can be tough, but of course, this floor can just be skipped by heading straight to the staircase. To discourage this, Krishna is stuck inside the empty room in the first picture, if she lived long enough to run off with the Dakruon. She'd be sulking about, lamenting how she was unable to revive Altair, her lover, because it's been a long time since Vega murdered him.

However, that's not the case for us, so I'll just stick around for the loot.

4l16jlgg oWyqhvibz oLrgdockd o

Some inventory management.

9083geax oOh9yvjf0 o

Let us begin. Tom uses the chu-ko-nu to take down the dracozombie.

Bkhyhvct o

Seems like a pretty bad match-up for Yoda, right? He doesn't do any damage to the thing! Ah, but just you wait...

Wv5ykhl3 oAbe9bpeb o5hdmjtvt o

Ahahahah!

3xwjlto0 oFwr7895g oV9ygq5xh o

There we go.

9akvdyo5 o1qud8p11 oZnsytwjj o

Those monsters aren't too bad, but they are no match for these monsters!

Czvvbphw oJxnzcjbt oOrta1d5w o

And just like that, there is...

Mmg3t7tf o

...but two enemies in our range.

Tlio8kn3 o

Sorry, but no.

Umbgpzu4 o

Eeehhh...

Nm8nxd0u o

Last mistake!

Igoi5yoj o4ph9syi0 oGjapjot1 o

Here's a lesson in tanking!

Lcmbphr6 o

I swear, if I had an atom for every time Maruj gets a bad level, I could probably build my own Eugen.

Rn0bxcgx o9iib9t7i o

Yoda fails to Yoda the enemy this time around.

8dieafcb oMgbl3rv4 oWescgd25 o

He's more successful in the player phase.

G07y1w1s oMhdezvby o

Sierra puts a mean dent on the enemy's fle... ergh, stone, and...

Ndlaqbrk o

...son of a fuckin' bitch, he only needed to get a point of magic in his last level! Ever the disappointment, Maruj, but still, a bad Sage's still a Sage. I'll take you for what you're worth. And also because I like you and I've already invested a ton of resources on you. But fuck, man, you need to help me justify your presence here! Please?

Tfqd22y8 oFiu0bzma o

Good thing Raquel's so good. She takes on the guy Maruj couldn't quite defeat, piece of cake.

3tbk7age o

Maybe this time, we'll get to see his normal second strike?

Twlbicyt oEkezd9al oLezeqjxx o

I love it, he's so stiff when he swings that thing around. Say what you will about him, but Runan's clearly more confortable with a sword in hand.

Wo5dsduj o

Shigen dodges an arrow.

Xdjxatry oBnopfyez oQyxsl7qj o

More monster killing.

Dykqd4ud oZoceirkm o

Aaaand more.

Rt3g1i0q o

Eh, it's okay. More survivability on Raquel.

Twhagxzo o

The coast is clear. Time to head north.

Lxwys0ka oVajsolyf o

Thing is, I want the Bishop's thoron tome.

5tsfrclj oNgwwadjg oS5wwgher o

Ours now, but Shigen's badly hurt.

Rn2yo2bh o

Yoda, do not fail your son!

Bgrx8zb3 oRvrkhf8i o

Yeah, was there ever any doubt?

Mkg8kqyr o2np2udvt o

Eh, magic! That's all that matters.

Jnf5mdbt o

Baaaaahhh...

Uciiy7js oHfyfulkf oHwabgndu o

Two awful combat shots later, we have a brand new thief's dagger.

Nehadtnp o

Now you are no longer relevant. Perish!

U0pwowfg o

Tom!

Oathr982 o

You serious, another herb!?

Fixrfppa o

Let's just leave.

 

 

 

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Qxssjp55 o

This is different. A very soothing, calm tune plays here - it's the save screen music. Not that... you know what that sounds like, of course. Well, here it is. Isn't it just beautiful?

Ibwowjq9 o

Holmes arrives to this nearly empty, but important-looking room. The only things to be seen are two chests and a girl. I suppose the girl, too, has a chest, but let's not bring attention to that, thank you very much.

Jq66oxkm o

The girl's a maxed out Shaman with stats that are comparable to base Plum, but she's not recruitable, so it doesn't matter.

Szs9cprw o

Let's talk.

Vnkf70bz o

0zfd96rn o Ergh... what does that even mean? And wasn't he dead?

2ami9ypx oHe may not be back for quite some time. Who are all of you? Do you have business here?

Bvkiavqh o

We have three options. "I need nothing" makes Holmes look like an idiot and returns us to the room. "I want to get out" makes Holmes look like even more of an idiot and returns us to the world map. The first option's more interesting.

2ami9ypx oOh, you have the crystal of resurrection? I will assist you with the ritual.

Lsbrrewt o

2ami9ypx oNow, who would you like to call back? Please consider carefully.

E0w29rmo o

Here's the list of dead people. Shorter than I expected, all things considered.

Exb6mxjz o(Why, yes, I spent way more time on this than any sane person would have)

Not sure what's up with this guy. Maybe he's glitched. When did he even die, anyway... ah, who cares.

Well, there you have it. I'm going to end the update after reviving Krishna, and we still have to keep one use for Letena, so you'll have until next time to officially decide, once and for all, who you want to see back from the dead. If you want to change your minds, or speak up if you haven't yet, the time to do it is now. I... honestly have no preference, both Lionel and The Roger deserved to live, so I'll let you pick. That way I can blame you when sadness ensues.

I'll have to get creative if you choose Indiana Jones.

E8cqmsug o

If you look real hard, you'll notice the tiniest sparkles above Mimae's head.

Rqholox1 o

And now, our surprisingly skilled kleptomaniac is back!

Iryvebqb oEig30hts o

Everyone who is revived says this line and then promptly exits through the staircase. Fancy.

D0vt0ih3 o

And then Mimae repeats all of her lines. Yes, we know, the Gotoh ain't here and I'm glad for that.

Lcc5xjcp o68fe31yq o

Now... time for something very Holmesy.

Dbhtfx67 o

We're just gonna... rob this woman while she isn't looking. Well. Considering this is the same guy who attacked a ship without even knowing what kind of ship it was, I don't think this is too out there for him.

Vmj1yizj oLgheqn14 o

These goods are awesome. Try to forget that we commited grand theft in a sacred temple to obtain them.

Omrqw6qx oWebvglny o

Canticle is a third Sylph, basically, although it is weaker against humans than Alfred and Maruj's legendary tomes. It's better against monsters, so that's a fair trade-off, I suppose.

D7ysnvh4 o

The Goddess's shield doesn't just protect fliers from arrows, oh no - it protects against all kinds of effective damage, AND prevents critical hits. It's an all-in-one package. Sasha will love this, I'm sure.

Well, this is it. One more time: remember to vote for who you want to revive. You have until I play the game again, so let's saaaay two days, three days, maybe? I'll let you know when the time's up. Other than that, not much. Goodbye, and please farewell, friends! See yaaaaaaaaaaaaa~! I hope I don't take so long to push the next update! Buh-byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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To be continued.

Death count: Attrom
                        Juliattisnacordst
                        Sharon
                        Krishna
                        Indiana Jones
                        Lee

                        The Roger The Paladin
                        Lionel
                        Letena

*26A only
*Resurrected

Reset count: 2 (Runan: 1 - Katri: 1)

Dullahan's done with my incompetence: 7

 

 

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Well, speak of the devil.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Alternate title: The Groin.

I know that Kreiss is on the other route, but if my comment earlier was foreshadowing...

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

I'm sorry for the delay, guys. I had a looooooooooooot of stuff to write for this one, and then Super Mario Maker 2 came out and I kinda sorta lost track of time as I made my first levels. I can post some codes down the line, if anybody cares.

I see.

Don't have Super Mario Maker 2 (or a switch at all, for that matter) but sure, why not share them?

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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Better than Gaiden's artwork and in-game portrait confusion, but yeah, this probably has some odd story behind it.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

I'm just hoping you won.

I beat that level. I think I died on the next one.

I would probably have kept playing the game until I beat it, but catching up with relatives came first. That, and going to a book signing for a guy we personally knew.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Well, my thoughts on the stamina thing are positive for the most part. It encourages having a backup team to fall back on, it serves to somewhat balance the very OP healers of Thracia (since all of them have low HP except for Salem and the gamebreaking staves give a lot of fatigue points), there's stamina drinks to ensure that fatigue doesn't screw you over irreparably (and the game's generous enough with them), and it adds one more factor to take into account when planning things out (will I need this unit next chapter? Then perhaps I shouldn't use them too much today) - although this last thing is one of those that really only servers to inconvenience blind players, like everything in Thracia. That's really one of its biggest flaws, I'd say.

I see. Sounds like it's better in practice than on paper. I'd imagine that a remake would allow you to bring in a unit that was fatigued if they recruited someone on the map, even if they would be useless otherwise. Still, it seems that the game was built with the mechanic in mind, at the very least.

And yeah. Thracia being blind player unfriendly is one of the main reasons I'm hesitant with the game. Don't mind a game being better on a second playthrough, or if it's beginner unfriendly, but being difficult for questionable reasons on the first playthrough is something I dislike no matter the game. I still plan on giving Thracia a shot one day, though.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Other than that, staves missing is a complete non-issue for the most part. I've been through the game nearly twice, and not one time has a staff missing ruined my strategies. The only time I ever was annoyed by staves missing was in chapter 18 in my second run, where I had to rely on Tina's very shaky hitrate with the thief and unlock staves - but, then again, those are the kind of staves that need a low hitrate to not be completely overpowered. Not to mention, staves don't lose uses if they miss, which is both a blessing and a curse, depending on who's using them.

I see. I thought that them missing was for balancing reasons. It's more for healing staves that it seems like it could be an annoyance.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

I wish I knew... any of those people.

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5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Ah, okay, that does make sense. Indy in IJET is fuckin' Superman if he had Batman's combat abilities: the flashier moves are completely unnecessary, since he can demolish anyone by spamming right hooks, but it's so much more fun to play around with the enemies...

Random, but know that you've brought up Batman, have you played any of the Arkham games?

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Later is now. Show me your gifs.

Didn't make any this week, but I suppose I can share what I've made in the past:

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Yeah, I went a bit overbored, but can you blame me for wanting to share?

 

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Find yourself a dictionary.

caught
/kôt/

past and past participle of catch.

Catch:

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catch
/kaCH,keCH/
 
verb
past tense: caught; past participle: caught
  1. 1.
    intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped).
    "she threw the bottle into the air and caught it again"
    synonyms: seize, grab, snatch, seize/grab/take hold of, lay (one's) hands on, get one's hands on, grasp, grip, clutch, clench, fasten on, pluck, hold, hang onto; More
     
     
    antonyms: drop
    • intercept the fall of (someone).
      synonyms: seize, grab, snatch, seize/grab/take hold of, lay (one's) hands on, get one's hands on, grasp, grip, clutch, clench, fasten on, pluck, hold, hang onto; More
       
       
      antonyms: drop
    • seize or take hold of.
      "he caught hold of her arm as she tried to push past him"
      synonyms: seize, grab, snatch, seize/grab/take hold of, lay (one's) hands on, get one's hands on, grasp, grip, clutch, clench, fasten on, pluck, hold, hang onto; More
       
       
      antonyms: drop
    • grasp or try to grasp.
      "his hands caught at her arms as she tried to turn away"
  2. 2.
    capture (a person or animal that tries or would try to escape).
    "we hadn't caught a single rabbit"
    synonyms: capture, seize; More
     
     
     
     
     
     
    antonyms: release
    • (of a person) unexpectedly find oneself in (an unwelcome situation).
      "my sister was caught in a thunderstorm"
    • surprise (someone) in an incriminating situation or in the act of doing something wrong.
      "he was caught with bomb-making equipment in his home"
      synonyms: discover, detect, find, come upon/across, stumble on, chance on, light on, bring to light, turn up, expose, find out, unmask; More
       
       
    • come upon (someone) unexpectedly.
      "unexpected snow caught us by surprise"
  3. 3.
    (of an object) accidentally become entangled or trapped in something.
    "the charm bracelet always caught on her clothing"
    • (of a person) have (a part of one's body or clothing) become entangled or trapped in something.
      "she caught her foot in the bedspread"
      synonyms: become trapped, become stuck, stick, become wedged, become entangled, become snarled up, become snagged, snag
      "the heel of Gloria's shoe had caught in a hole"
    • fix or fasten in place.
      "her hair was caught back in a scrunchie"
  4. 4.
    reach in time and board (a train, bus, or aircraft).
    "they caught the 12:15 from Chicago"
    synonyms: be in time for, reach in time, make, get to; More
     
     
     
     
    antonyms: miss, alight
    • reach or be in a place in time to see (a person, performance, program, etc.).
      "she was hurrying downstairs to catch the news"
  5. 5.
    engage (a person's interest or imagination).
    synonyms: engage, capture, attract, draw, gain, grab, arrest, seize, hold, win, absorb, engross, rivet, grip, captivate, bewitch
    "it was the business plan that had caught his imagination"
    • perceive fleetingly.
      "she caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror"
      synonyms: perceive, notice, observe, discern, detect, note, become aware of, make out, spot, see; 
      informalclock
      "she caught a faint trace of discreet aftershave"
      antonyms: miss
    • hear or understand (something said), especially with effort.
      "he bellowed something Jess couldn't catch"
      synonyms: hear, perceive, recognize, discern, make out; More
       
       
       
       
       
    • succeed in evoking or representing.
      "the program caught something of the flavor of Minoan culture"
      synonyms: evoke, conjure up, suggest, summon up, call to mind, recall, express, reproduce, represent, show, encapsulate, capture, record; More
       
       
  6. 6.
    strike (someone) on a part of the body.
    "Ben caught him on the chin with an uppercut"
    synonyms: hit, strike, slap, smack, crack, bang, connect with, contact
    "the blow caught her on the side of her face"
    antonyms: miss
    • accidentally strike (a part of one's body) against something.
      "she fell and caught her head on the corner of the hearth"
  7. 7.
    contract (an illness) through infection or contagion.
    synonyms: become infected with, contract, get, take, become ill/sick with, fall ill/sick with, be taken ill with, show symptoms of, succumb to, develop, go/come down with, sicken for, fall victim to, be struck down with, be stricken with; More
     
     
     
     
    antonyms: shake off, escape
  8. 8.
    become ignited, due to contact with flame, and start burning.
    "the rafters have caught"
    synonyms: ignite, become ignited, burn, start burning, flame, catch/take fire, burst into flames, flame up, kindle
    "as the kindling caught he added larger pieces of wood"
    antonyms: go out
    • (of an engine) fire and start running.
      synonyms: start, start running, fire, begin working, go, function, operate
      "the generator caught immediately"
      antonyms: stop

       

      Yes, this was copy pasted. I miss my old computers dictionary...

 

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

I thought you'd say something more along the lines of...

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Ah, yes, there it is.

AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T ANSWERED IT!!!

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Fun fact: I didn't remember what the conversation was about until I looked back. Imagine my face when this line was the first thing I stumbled upon, having no idea what the context was.

Considering I saw the line "If you had a toilet fetish, this would be a nice toilet" when playing Fallout today, I think I have a pretty good idea of what your face looked like.

I also saw a cow say "Moo, I say!" in the same game.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Anyway, that sounds like quite the game. Maybe give me a link, for research purposes?

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5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Please don't really do it, you might get banned.

I found it via TV Tropes. I would say "good luck finding it", except I wish no luck upon those doing such a foul deed.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

I mean, the expression "deus ex machina" exists for a reason.

Fair point. I suppose it depends on what ''god" is being featured in the story.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Let's hope you never have to do a Renee, then.

I know how to doggy paddle. With hope, that should save my life.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

If he did, I wouldn't draw attention to it.

You could probably say that only one of his balls was destroyed. Each one only works at half capacity normally, and if one is destroyed, then the other compensates without any drawbacks.

No, I have still not recovered from researching castration to make authentic jokes about it. Why do you ask?

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Quite frankly, I tried to do it, but no matter what the glasses looked awful, so I decided Eugen is too cool for sunglasses.

I thought that was the practical reason. Still, I'm not complaining.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

I could ramble on and on for hours.

Create a topic and make it so.

Granted, nobody commented on my excitement over Blustone 2, but more people might be interested in Berwick.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Fqfkwq44 oS-Sir Eugen, please reconsider your strategy! I won't be able to handle this! They all have ridersbanes! FORGED ridersbanes! Please...!

Ih49ob2i oShut up and accept your glorious death, you mongrel. There is no higher honor than dying in battle. Just look at Sir Frey! Now there's a real knight!

Eugen: Compensating for bad tactics by giving soldiers honorable deaths since 2001.

Also, Badass.png. Saw it by accident, and there's nothing more fitting.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

3rqvyssk oDon't look at me! I'm just glad he hasn't picked me!

Ih49ob2i oOh, you'll get your chance...

3rqvyssk o...

I can only imaging his attitude towards the generic replacements.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Hah! As if. The doctor probably told him not to use his brain, because it's unhealthy to overthink things. Then he woke up, but he still took the doctor's words to heart. She was pretty hot, and that is qualification enough in Arkis's book.

It's a good thing that sirens and succubi aren't in this game, then.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

That's way too badass for Holmes.

Unfortunately

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Maybe he just tripped.

In other words, a flashier version of this:

Image result for calvin and hobbes trip

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

I didn't even skip any frames. He goes from the staring contest to being Claude Von Regan instantly!

...Is it a bad thing that I had to look the name up, only to realize that it's a lord of the next Fire Emblem game?

I think I've just been mentally blocking the questionable cover.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

I like how, aside from being called Yoda, they're polar opposites. The other Yoda is overly melodramatic, cryptic, wise beyond his many years (although that's probably debatable), and looks rather unimpressive until you see him fight. TRS!Yoda is blunt and straightforward (remember "your parents were heretics, kid"?), somewhat vulgar even, and is imposing despite his old age. And just you wait to see his stats, hot damn are they good.

So... Kaga had a plan behind the name, and it wasn't just stealing from Star Wars?

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5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Eh, solid explanation. Although, Yoda was never exactly the gentlest of parents, either. Once again, remember "your parents were heretics, kid"?

Fair point. I shall counter by saying that their conversation was not heading that direction.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

I've got to say, I prefer the way Mareeta learns the skill in FE5. That alone is a solid argument for the Bad Route. It's like if Eugen's destroying Arkis was route-locked.

Wait.

I am just as confused as you are.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Either way, he's more level-headed than Holmes. Making me ask, once again, why he's not the leader.

Probably because he knows that the side characters get all the fame and popularity. And because he doesn't want to be a scapegoat for things that go wrong on Holmes route that weren't always Holmes fault.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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This looks like a scene that wouldn't be out of place in a horror-comedy.

Also, I remember Merlinus's beheading, and how his ghost was present throughout the rest of the let's play.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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Notice Arkis, right there? Got you beat, my man.

I saw it. That's partially the reason I brought up the joke.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Well, they're really easy, so I don't get why they're so rare.

Maybe because they're a little too easy.

That, and I guess they're hard to do in Manga, so when the Anime is made, they don't add to the original material.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Maybe this is the same timeline where Arkis won the Hunger Games. It would explain a lot. Like why Runan, after being brought back by Eugen's resuscitatory powers, sent him to die pathetically to Lentzenheimer.

Not a bad explanation, except that Lentzenheimer died by falling into the pit.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Or maybe the old man is Runan's ex-boyfriend. But no, that doesn't make sense... does it?

The old man just says that Runan must be ex. The ambiguousness leads itself to multiple interpretations.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Seriously though, Arkis lacks a head. Any opinions about that?

It's gory and I enjoy it but it was also kinda expected.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

I never knew I needed this phrase in my life, but I did.

We all did.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

STOP DISCUSSING LINA'S PAPER CUT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE DECAPITATION OF ARKIS! IT'S LIKE YOU KNOW I'M GETTING MAD ABOUT IT!

It has blood and gore and me-likey except Eugen didn't do it and that makes me sad.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Hahahahahahahahahahahah... let me see that again.

I had my suspicions, but I my memory was blanking on what the original Morgan looked like.

This has to be the Morganest of Morgan-related sentences. And the best part is, it was probably unintentional. Thanks, you insane cinamon roll.

I forgot who the de-facto, untainted, bona-fide original Morgan was.

And he was a pallete swap anyway.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Sg6uvrez oDuh! I'm an imperfect clone of you created by the LPer's self-insert's villainous half's former partner-in-crime! The only difference between us is that I'm a respected member of DeviantArt!

4pzgsdvs oOkay, that's fine...

Poor Morgan. He doesn't know the half of what's on DeviantArt.

Granted, I only know a quarter of what's on DeviantArt, but its reputation (and TV Tropes) tells me enough.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Fpskfjqi oAnd then they all kissed and got super pregnant! The end!

Rmyu7cpq o...son, what- just what is this?! What are those two characters doing!? Did you draw that!?

Fpskfjqi oACK! Mother! I've told you a thousand times to knock before you enter my room!

Rmyu7cpq oLentzenheimer, please, I-I'm worried about you! This phase you're going through--

Fpskfjqi oThis is not a phrase, mom! How many times do I have to tell you!? This is something a lot of people enjoy doing! Some people even make a living out of this stuff! Like my friend online, I was just talking with him about whether Morgan or Borgan should be on t--

Given the kind of crap that's on the internet, I find this conversation believable.

And that concerns me.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Rx79mwxc o...Whoever this "Rentzenheimer1" is, I certainly hope I never end up meeting him...

Sometimes, ignorance truly is bliss.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Awww, you're all worried... love ya too, ya lovely cinamon roll.

Thank you... I guess.

I still don't know what to make of being called a cinnamon roll.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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0zfd96rn o I wish.

Well, that was a suggestion (albeit jokingly) by Zarr for why the protagonist in Eador: Genesis is an Astral Lord (that some deity wanted some random barbarian to know what it felt like to have their altar crapped on). Although having Holmes be an Astral Lord, aiming to put a broken world back together...

Meh, he'd be thrown into Chaos before he even beats the tutorial level.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Gcmpk8kk o(I know the background's different, shut up)

I actually didn't notice the background when I first read through this.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

And I didn't even mention Yoda's skillset, because hoo boy, that's the best part about him. See, the thing about Yoda is that his skillset seems good but not that good. Astra, Lethality and Draco are redundant (since they all do the same thing with different animations) and RNG-based. However, with his sky-high skill and speed, and the different algorithms for each skill, he'll almost always activate at least one skill. I'm not kidding. The uncommon thing is to see a battle with him where he doesn't proc a skill! And, of course, with his godly stats, any one of his skills will be a guaranteed kill. Heck, I'd say Astra's kind of a waste, because Lethality and Draco already fullfill the same niche, only they don't waste five weapon uses and are more reliable to boot! And even if he doesn't do anything flashy, he has a titanic skill stat and a support with the forcefully deployed Shigen, so he'll just crit the enemy normally instead! And even if everything else fails, his raw stats are so good that he'll still do mean damage to the enemy with normal blows!

In other words, Yoda was put in so that the players had a guaranteed way to see could see all the fancy animations they made for the skills, while still being useful in his own right.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Yoda's the epitome of overkill. He's got three skills that do the same thing, he's got a huge critrate that fulfills the exact same purpose, and his raw stats are also enough to achieve the same result most of the time. He's just lovely. Thank you, Yoda, for being so down-to-earth despite being a figure of legend, and just joining us now simply because you can.

This pretty much sums Yoda up, and we haven't even seen the guy attack yet!

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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First kill of the day, folks!

Is it just me, or is Holme firing his bow differently when promoted?

I think his hand motion when firing the crossbow is throwing me off.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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None, of course, and he gets hit by a 4%.

I guess it's been a while since Yoda was last in battle. With hope, this is the only rust he has through all these years.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

If you don't want to wrap your head around all that, though, I'll tell you what it all amounts to, basically: this 4%? 1%. Yup. Check the graph yourselves. I'm pretty certain it's accurate. Yoda's first battle, ladies and gentlemen: it went exactly as awfully as it could possibly have. Also, The Roger and Lionel's deaths were even more unlikely that we thought they were - in fact, not just theirs, but Lee's non-canon death was also less likely than we thought, because these shenanigans also affect critrate! Lee got hit by a 1% crit!

That is an... interesting graph, to say the least.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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She also cripples a Harpy. The Dracozombie very clearly hits Lionheart, but only Garo is actually affected, and he dodged, so bottom line, you're a failure dragon go home.

Huh, I didn't know that Dracozombies could have area of effect attacks.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

I honestly cannot emphasize enough how ridiculous this woman is. And her 3 move only adds to the stupidity, because she can barely get anywhere by simply walking! She basically has to warp all the time! It's like, in order to become so skilled at warping, she had to neglect walking and is now a bad walker as a result!

A fair loss. I'd also trade off my ability to walk if it meant I could appear anywhere in the world within a second.

That... actually makes a great deal of sense. Especially when said warping has no apparent drawbacks.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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Dragon's dead.

Looks like Garo put the fire out with one lift of his axe.

Either he flipped it away, or using his axe like a fan is surprisingly effective for putting out fires.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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Well, there's his dodge, at any rate. A little presumtuous, but I guess it suits him.

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Is it just me, or does it look like Holmes is doing some kind of odd dance in these two screenshots?

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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And he swishes his sword back fancily when he's done with the attack.

Why did Holmes put off using a sword for so long?

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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Then he does this and it looks like he was born with a sword in hand, but hey, details.

Ah, now those screenshots make sense. Even if the flip does not.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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Yoda got into a fight, and I finally get to showcase his astounding animations, starting with his crit.

Yoda uses the ancient art of splitting oneself into two to dodge the attack.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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You know how Norton's crit is the Half-Moon Strike?

Dytxyyvq o

Yoda's is the Full-Moon Slash!

Yoda crits so much, he can do so without looking like he's giving any effort

Seriously, though. A gif of Yoda just spinning his sword around would be cool to see.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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Hwohohoh! He's a lot heavier on the sparks than most other units. Fitting.

Fitting indeed.

Yoda is more than making up for that 4-ish percent hit.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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Bwahahahah! Brutal! He doesn't even turn around after the fact to take a look at his work, he just stands behind the enemy's corpse. Can you spell "badass"?

A classic that never gets old.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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Look, adept crit!

Looks like Garo brought some pals to play that drum.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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Pffffffft... Why is this is even possible?

It's possible to activate two skills at once?

What does this do to the animations.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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And a crit too!? What the hell, Yoda?! I know you're absolutely great, Yoda, you don't need to prove it to me! Or are you just bitter after that first fight? Either way... please, do keep it up!

And a crit!

Also, he has three swords. Fitting, since each one will probably be used for each skill.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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Blistering barnacles, he has the power to blink in and out of existance!

Guess activating multiple skills at once allows you to warp reality.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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99 damage, by the way. That's the maximum amount of damage that the game can display. If it could go beyond that, I imagine we'd be seeing more than a handful of digits right now. This is why using Yoda is so much fun.

DANG! No wonder he's an EXP thief. It's balanced by the fact that he doesn't need any!

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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I understand what's going on with the lore!

Granted, all I need to know was the basics of what happens in Shadow Dragon, but still!

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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Gaining his full skillset turns Garo into a Legendary Pirate, and boy is that right. Who cares if he can't promote? Look at that beast! He's endgame ready by a wide margin!

Legendary Pirate is a fitting title indeed.

I'd say he'd be the original Shanty Pete, but Gato still has all of his appendages. Although Garo is also lacking a parrot.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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Never thought we'd see the guy in the flesh. This is a... well not pleasant, but still a neat surprise.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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This is the most interesting floor of the Tower of Morse, because you get a gameplay choice: break inside and have an actually challenging fight, or just go to the stairs and skip the entire map. I'll be choosing the latter option, because this place is boring and I want to move on, and this update has also taken long enough to come out as it is.

Interesting. It's almost always cool to see risk vs. reward systems done well.

That said, I don't blame you for wanting to get a move on.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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I can't tell if the thief is running for his life to get away from Maerchen, or if he's about to commit seppuku.

...Too far?

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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Uh... do I want to know what he's wearing?

Anyway, I predicted that Wyrs's biggest foe would be himself. He seemed like the kind of character who would be hiding his personal struggles.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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...

I have many things to say about this one.

Whether or not I should is the real question.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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Oh, you can't be serious... it's just a labyrinth this time! Like Thracia's 12x, only just boring instead of highly annoying! That's... actually better. Huh. Kudos to you, Kaga, I guess.

It seems that every Fire Emblem fan must make the choice between whether they'd prefer playing through a frustrating map or a boring one.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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Almost looks like the title card prevented Holmes from swearing.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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Assumed that already, but still. Nice to get confirmation that it's all happening in their mind. There's a time and place for explanations like these.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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Aaaaaaaaaaaand they're going to walk right into this.

Calling bets now that Ruben's will be himself.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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YAY! Got to see Yoda make a full wheel with that slash!

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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I love it, he's so stiff when he swings that thing around. Say what you will about him, but Runan's clearly more confortable with a sword in hand.

Did...

Did Holmes just commit the cardinal sin of spinning in battle?

These screenshots make it difficult to determine what exactly he's doing. On the bright side, Holmes seems to alternate between looking badass and looking like a doofus whenever he wields a sword.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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Thoron looks like the Kamehameha, and is even preformed similarly.

Did Kaga ever watch Dragon Ball?

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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Same dude, but with gore!

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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Yep. I can see that haunting someone.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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Even if they knew the murder wasn't entirely cold-blooded.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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This is different. A very soothing, calm tune plays here - it's the save screen music. Not that... you know what that sounds like, of course. Well, here it is. Isn't it just beautiful?

I admit that you caught me off guard there.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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0zfd96rn o Ergh... what does that even mean? And wasn't he dead?

So... Sage Morse is a Time Lord? Or a Watcher? Or some other parallel dimension traveler than I'm blanking on right now?

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Exb6mxjz o(Why, yes, I spent way more time on this than any sane person would have)

And it was worth it, because I laughed loud and long enough that I got some curious stares.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Well, there you have it. I'm going to end the update after reviving Krishna, and we still have to keep one use for Letena, so you'll have until next time to officially decide, once and for all, who you want to see back from the dead. If you want to change your minds, or speak up if you haven't yet, the time to do it is now. I... honestly have no preference, both Lionel and The Roger deserved to live, so I'll let you pick. That way I can blame you when sadness ensues.

I'm putting a vote for The Roger. Lionel was great, but his questionable defense makes him vulnerable, while The Roger's death was the result of RNG screwage.

I think that Attrom would be interesting to see if it alters anything in an uncanonical save, but that might be a little too long of an investment that may not result in much. Still, could be a way to extend the LP if you're interested in doing so.

I would love to see Indiana Jones, but I'd imagine that he'd give Holmes such a thrashing that not even Eugen can rival, and then leave on his own adventures.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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We're just gonna... rob this woman while she isn't looking. Well. Considering this is the same guy who attacked a ship without even knowing what kind of ship it was, I don't think this is too out there for him.

The fact that this is in-character is sad, although then we'd joke about the hero being one in all but name if it was anyone else.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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CALLED IT!!!

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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I mean, he's been through two Ironman Let's Plays, a death list longer than both of your arms, several plot shenanigans of ranging seriousness, being willing to embarrass himself on the internet, was (mostly) unfazed by my the gory requests to end the slavers life, and is a human in the real world.

I don't think a fancy device is going to do much at all at this point.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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Diplomacy!

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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...

I'm placing bets it's Holmes.

***

Well, I can definitely say that the story sequences after each floor of the temple was a smart idea. And I can see why this update took a while considering how many story sequences you had to do. Felt like I could understand them even without prior context, which is a good thing.

Also... is this...

Is this the first time I'm the first person to respond?

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

LP GOAL ACCOMPLISHED!!!

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17 hours ago, Hawkwing said:

Huh. Well that puts a spin on things. Didn't know that you completed the original gaiden.

You might also be the only person I know that made a villager into a soldier. Although I can your reasoning why.

Three times actually. I was probably more excited for SoV than Fates or Three Houses just because I wanted to see the game updated so bad. Probably the only person that applies to as well.

9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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What the fuck, honestly. Can somebody explain this nonsense to me?


They wanted to see if anybody would notice. Congratulations, you are the first.

9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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Arkis says the wrong thing to women part 74.

 

 

9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

 

Seriously though, Arkis lacks a head. Any opinions about that?


Barely noticed because he wasn't using it to begin with.

 

 

9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

4pzgsdvs oUh... Who are you?

Sg6uvrez oIt's me, Russ the Knight! I'm a totally original character!

4pzgsdvs oThen why do you just look like a red version of me?

Sg6uvrez oDuh! I'm an imperfect clone of you created by the LPer's self-insert's villainous half's former partner-in-crime! The only difference between us is that I'm a respected member of DeviantArt!

4pzgsdvs oOkay, that's fine...

Sg6uvrez oAlso, I'm pregnant with your child!

4pzgsdvs oWHAT!?

 

 

 

Fpskfjqi oAnd then they all kissed and got super pregnant! The end!


The worst thing is I remember that video because they used actual OC Sonic fan characters and made the mistake of using the "Tailz" character my friend and I came up with to mock Sonic OC who was a version of Tailz spelled with a z, with a third tail and the ability to inflate like a balloon (albeit in my case for the purpose of flight). I can prove it too, because I have the original file that pre-dates the upload.

9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Rmyu7cpq oThank you, Lentzenheimer...

Fpskfjqi o...Damnable wench... I cannot let this secret get out...! I'll have to deal with her... where does Father keep the Lukuud...?

 

 

 

Ye0mwpvi oHello? Is the internet gone again? Rentzenheimer1, are you there? Ah, what a shame... I was loving his newest idea!

Rx79mwxc o...Whoever this "Rentzenheimer1" is, I certainly hope I never end up meeting him...


Gotta say though, this is better than those OC thiefs at Dorkly did.

9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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Evil Wrys is clearly mistaking him for Slaver.
 

9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
 

0zfd96rn o Ergh... what does that even mean? And wasn't he dead?

He's a Sage. Sages never die. They just fake it and come back.
 

9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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Here's the list of dead people. Shorter than I expected, all things considered.

I'm almost disappointed you didn't pick Indiana Jones. Curse the glitches.

9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

The Goddess's shield doesn't just protect fliers from arrows, oh no - it protects against all kinds of effective damage, AND prevents critical hits. It's an all-in-one package. Sasha will love this, I'm sure.

Well, this is it. One more time: remember to vote for who you want to revive. You have until I play the game again, so let's saaaay two days, three days, maybe? I'll let you know when the time's up. Other than that, not much. Goodbye, and please farewell, friends! See yaaaaaaaaaaaaa~! I hope I don't take so long to push the next update! Buh-byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~! 


The Goddess's shield will protec
But seriously, critical proof? No 1% crits for one lucky murder-princess.
Speaking of... The Roger has my vote regardless. Though I am interested in seeing what you do if Indiana Jones wins.

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Those Stoneborn play in a different league then ordinary golems. A ton of HP with more then 20 defense. And they have no armor knight vulnerabilities or anything. They only take effective damage from anti-monster weapons.
They also have a decent amount of magic, which paired with their high HP means that mages aren't doing too hot against them either. So Yoda really joins just at the right time.

Anyway, I vote for The Roger. I want to see how/if Mel's absence affects his ending.

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Well, then. I doubt the results will change any time soon, so... the power of memes and love has triumphed over having Norton as best bro: The Roger will return to us next update. I have no idea what'll happen with his ending. He probably will just glitch out and not even appear in the ending. If that happens, I'll probably nab my old save file and record his and Mel's ending from there.

Anyway, yeah. The Roger's back. Do The Rejoicing.

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On 6/30/2019 at 4:32 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

Three times actually. I was probably more excited for SoV than Fates or Three Houses just because I wanted to see the game updated so bad. Probably the only person that applies to as well.

Huh. I remember trying out the original Gaiden via an online emulator before. I had fun with the game, but its slow speed does a lot to kill the enjoyment of playing it nowadays. Which sucks because otherwise it's a surprisingly solid.game overall.

And I too was more excited about Shadows of Valentia. Granted, Fates being a "wait and see" kind of game and lacking the system to play Three Houses has affected my hype somewhat, but SoV was perfectly timed. I was curious about getting into the rest of the series but wasn't that knowledgeable about emulators, didn't know how language patches worked, and I didn't want to spend over a hundred bucks on the Tellius games, so being a remake did a lot to grab my interest. The combat animation where Alm actually countered after dodging doubled my hype, as dynamic battle animations were something that I did and didn't know that I wanted after Awakenings solid, if rough around the edges, animations. I did as much research as I could on the game afterwards, ate up any information I could find, eventually found Serenes Forest, and the rest is history.

On 6/30/2019 at 4:32 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

The worst thing is I remember that video because they used actual OC Sonic fan characters and made the mistake of using the "Tailz" character my friend and I came up with to mock Sonic OC who was a version of Tailz spelled with a z, with a third tail and the ability to inflate like a balloon (albeit in my case for the purpose of flight). I can prove it too, because I have the original file that pre-dates the upload.

Did that video happen to be a review of Sonic Forces? I remember one of them (though I forgot who. I don't believe I watched the reviewer normally) went online to find actual sonic OC's, and "Tailz" sounds familiar.

On 6/30/2019 at 4:32 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

Evil Wrys is clearly mistaking him for Slaver.

I wish I thought of this joke first.

Then again, the joke I did do was the first thing to enter my head, and coincidentally worked with the story sequence, so I don't regret going with it.

3 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Anyway, yeah. The Roger's back. Do The Rejoicing.

Image result for and there was much rejoicing

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13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Well, then. I doubt the results will change any time soon, so... the power of memes and love has triumphed over having Norton as best bro: The Roger will return to us next update. I have no idea what'll happen with his ending. He probably will just glitch out and not even appear in the ending. If that happens, I'll probably nab my old save file and record his and Mel's ending from there.

Anyway, yeah. The Roger's back. Do The Rejoicing.

Now I'm in the awkward spot of sharing a user-name with a living character in this LP. Mind it was a risk I was prepared for (hell even wanted), so there's no complaints.

10 hours ago, Hawkwing said:

Did that video happen to be a review of Sonic Forces? I remember one of them (though I forgot who. I don't believe I watched the reviewer normally) went online to find actual sonic OC's, and "Tailz" sounds familiar.


If so, I was completely unaware of it.

 

 

10 hours ago, Hawkwing said:

I wish I thought of this joke first.

Then again, the joke I did do was the first thing to enter my head, and coincidentally worked with the story sequence, so I don't regret going with it. 

Yeah well, I like to think of Wrys as nothing but a kindly old man... who happened to one round hard mode Gharnef in my last New Mystery run with the aid of stat boosters and the growth drop. Point is, the idea of impure thoughts would run very counter to that.

 

 

10 hours ago, Hawkwing said:

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Indeed there was. Anyone want to record "Unleash the The" to celebrate this occasion?

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On 6/30/2019 at 12:16 AM, Saint Rubenio said:

Yes, that perfectly describes what happened last update. 

Yes that perfectly describes what I intended to convey last update. 

On 6/30/2019 at 12:16 AM, Saint Rubenio said:

Doesn't explain why you disappeared just in time to miss Arkis's finest hour. What, power died again? I swear, I had nothing to do with it this time!

Bruh. I'm smack dab in the middle of the busiest 5-6 weeks of my year. I'm up and down the fracking country doing everything from paintball, to Cart racing, to huge family gatherings, as well as 3 birthday celebrations. I do not have the energy to can right now. 

On 6/30/2019 at 12:16 AM, Saint Rubenio said:

A fair loss. I'd also trade off my ability to walk if it meant I could appear anywhere in the world within a second.

Perfectly balanced as all thing should be. 

On 6/30/2019 at 12:16 AM, Saint Rubenio said:
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Dragon fight! Dragon fight! Yay!

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My dude totally reminds me of Orson from Sacred Stones

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Wrys, kill it with fire! That thing looks like Santa if Santa was a crackhead. 

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That's a twist. 

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Is it pretzel? It's probably Pretzel. 

 

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On 7/3/2019 at 4:40 AM, BrightBow said:

I wonder if other characters get a different title too when they obtain those post lv30 skills like Garo. Yuni for example learns Charisma at level 35.

Garo, Arkis, Kreiss, and Krishna all get new titles upon learning certain skills. (Lethality, Lethality, Vantage, and Draco, respectively.)

Plum, Lyria, Kate, Enteh, Mel, Shigen, and Raffin (the 1st time) all get new titles through events or story progression.

The rest of the title changes happen during promotion, though not every character gets a new title.

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Part 59 - In which, by trying to be fast, I'm slow as ass.

Oh, fuck you, IntSys. Why? Why can't you take five minutes to check if a name's already been used before you slap it on a character?

Now we've got Tomas, the librarian of the Church of Seiros from 3H; not to be confused with Tomas, formerly known as Thomas, best archer of Archanea; not to be confused with Thomas, refered to as Toms in FEWOD, the boss from TRS; not to be fucking confused with Tom, formerly known as Thomas - yes, the tank and the boss had the same name in the old translation -, also from TRS. Wrap your head around that.

What the hell. Seriously. Thousands of names in existance, and they have to use this one. Again. This is looking to be my biggest pet peeve with the new game - not biggest real complaint, mind, I said pet peeve. It's nothing serious but, fuck me sideways, can they be any lazier? Just when I thought that they couldn't possibly top using Lorenz, the name of one of the greatest badasses in Archanea, for basically Saul 2.0 with a hideous haircut - and on the flipside, they grabbed the name of one of FE4's most Lentzenheimery villains and gave it to a Serra ripoff -, they go and do this. It's like someone from IntSys read this thread, stumbled upon that one rant about the amount of Thomases in Kaga's games, and decided he also wanted to play that game. And I haven't even mentioned the fact that they took Raphael, King of Wellt and gave his name to... basically Bors without a funny haircut! Or how they nabbed Leonie's name to give it to... uh, basically the exact same character except more cliché and with orange hair! One of the protagonists of the game shares a name with a major character from FE4! At this point, I'm fully expecting the final boss to be called Gwenchaos Von Nargal!

Sigh... whatever. I knew it was going to be a free-for-all when I first found out that they stole Raphael and Leonie's names. Now I'm just hoping they'll use this chance to steal Eugen from Kaga as well. Eugen needs to be official, even if it's just in the form of a bad bootleg. More people need to know about Eugen. To hell with that "women in swimsuits (and Wolt for some reason!)" bullshit, someone needs to convince IntSys to do an Eugen banner. Just four Eugen alts and a Grand hero Battle with Eugen himself. I'll reinstall faster than you can punch Holmes on the head.

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On 6/30/2019 at 7:12 AM, Hawkwing said:

Well, speak of the devil.

I'm like the inquisition of my country: I appear when you least expect me to.

I know that Kreiss is on the other route, but if my comment earlier was foreshadowing...

Well...

I see.

Don't have Super Mario Maker 2 (or a switch at all, for that matter) but sure, why not share them?

Might's well!

Better than Gaiden's artwork and in-game portrait confusion, but yeah, this probably has some odd story behind it.

I mean, I can forgive Gaiden because in the NES era it was troublesome to depict detailed characters.

I beat that level. I think I died on the next one.

I would probably have kept playing the game until I beat it, but catching up with relatives came first. That, and going to a book signing for a guy we personally knew.

Hey, that's fine. Life has a habit to get in the way.

I see. Sounds like it's better in practice than on paper. I'd imagine that a remake would allow you to bring in a unit that was fatigued if they recruited someone on the map, even if they would be useless otherwise. Still, it seems that the game was built with the mechanic in mind, at the very least.

It very much was. The main flaw is, well, if you need someone to recruit another unit, and they're fatigued, you're out of luck unless you've got a stamina drink to spare.

And yeah. Thracia being blind player unfriendly is one of the main reasons I'm hesitant with the game. Don't mind a game being better on a second playthrough, or if it's beginner unfriendly, but being difficult for questionable reasons on the first playthrough is something I dislike no matter the game. I still plan on giving Thracia a shot one day, though.

I recommend you do, but seriously, don't go in entirely blind. It's beatable, of course, but it'll be a bit miserable. Get some basic info on the more obscure mechanics. Otherwise you'll be discovering all too late that you cannot talk to asleep units, or that tome weight isn't diminished by constitution. Or chapter 22. I swear, I really liked Thracia, but chapter 22 alone kicks it down a few places in my FE list. It singlehandedly defies my principle of no warpskipping, and that I do not tolerate. I want to play the game, thank you very much, not read text and then press A a few times.

Of course, I say this, but then there's that one chapter from TRS that does almost the exact same thing. The difference is, Thracia's chapter 22 is a completely luck-based, horrendously designed slog. TRS's infamous chapter is a completely tedium-based, horrendously boring slog. Sigh...

I see. I thought that them missing was for balancing reasons. It's more for healing staves that it seems like it could be an annoyance.

It's only an issue in the earlygame, really. And even there it rarely ever happens at all. Once your healers gain enough skill to reach a certain sweetspot, they won't ever miss again. By the midgame, the only healers that'll even have the chance to miss with a staff are Tina, since her bases are garbage and so are her growths (considering she has two of the most overpowered staves in the game as her personal staves, it's only fair), and Linoan, who's... honestly pretty bad, about as bad as a staff user in Thracia can be.

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Hahahah! Of course.

Random, but know that you've brought up Batman, have you played any of the Arkham games?

Nope. Never played anything Batman related.

Didn't make any this week, but I suppose I can share what I've made in the past:

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Yeah, I went a bit overbored, but can you blame me for wanting to share?

Hahahah, oh, the stickman games. Still waiting for that final game.

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verb
past tense: caught; past participle: caught
  1. 1.
    intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped).
    "she threw the bottle into the air and caught it again"
    synonyms: seize, grab, snatch, seize/grab/take hold of, lay (one's) hands on, get one's hands on, grasp, grip, clutch, clench, fasten on, pluck, hold, hang onto; More
     
     
    antonyms: drop
    • intercept the fall of (someone).
      synonyms: seize, grab, snatch, seize/grab/take hold of, lay (one's) hands on, get one's hands on, grasp, grip, clutch, clench, fasten on, pluck, hold, hang onto; More
       
       
      antonyms: drop
    • seize or take hold of.
      "he caught hold of her arm as she tried to push past him"
      synonyms: seize, grab, snatch, seize/grab/take hold of, lay (one's) hands on, get one's hands on, grasp, grip, clutch, clench, fasten on, pluck, hold, hang onto; More
       
       
      antonyms: drop
    • grasp or try to grasp.
      "his hands caught at her arms as she tried to turn away"
  2. 2.
    capture (a person or animal that tries or would try to escape).
    "we hadn't caught a single rabbit"
    synonyms: capture, seize; More
     
     
     
     
     
     
    antonyms: release
    • (of a person) unexpectedly find oneself in (an unwelcome situation).
      "my sister was caught in a thunderstorm"
    • surprise (someone) in an incriminating situation or in the act of doing something wrong.
      "he was caught with bomb-making equipment in his home"
      synonyms: discover, detect, find, come upon/across, stumble on, chance on, light on, bring to light, turn up, expose, find out, unmask; More
       
       
    • come upon (someone) unexpectedly.
      "unexpected snow caught us by surprise"
  3. 3.
    (of an object) accidentally become entangled or trapped in something.
    "the charm bracelet always caught on her clothing"
    • (of a person) have (a part of one's body or clothing) become entangled or trapped in something.
      "she caught her foot in the bedspread"
      synonyms: become trapped, become stuck, stick, become wedged, become entangled, become snarled up, become snagged, snag
      "the heel of Gloria's shoe had caught in a hole"
    • fix or fasten in place.
      "her hair was caught back in a scrunchie"
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    reach in time and board (a train, bus, or aircraft).
    "they caught the 12:15 from Chicago"
    synonyms: be in time for, reach in time, make, get to; More
     
     
     
     
    antonyms: miss, alight
    • reach or be in a place in time to see (a person, performance, program, etc.).
      "she was hurrying downstairs to catch the news"
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    engage (a person's interest or imagination).
    synonyms: engage, capture, attract, draw, gain, grab, arrest, seize, hold, win, absorb, engross, rivet, grip, captivate, bewitch
    "it was the business plan that had caught his imagination"
    • perceive fleetingly.
      "she caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror"
      synonyms: perceive, notice, observe, discern, detect, note, become aware of, make out, spot, see; 
      informalclock
      "she caught a faint trace of discreet aftershave"
      antonyms: miss
    • hear or understand (something said), especially with effort.
      "he bellowed something Jess couldn't catch"
      synonyms: hear, perceive, recognize, discern, make out; More
       
       
       
       
       
    • succeed in evoking or representing.
      "the program caught something of the flavor of Minoan culture"
      synonyms: evoke, conjure up, suggest, summon up, call to mind, recall, express, reproduce, represent, show, encapsulate, capture, record; More
       
       
  6. 6.
    strike (someone) on a part of the body.
    "Ben caught him on the chin with an uppercut"
    synonyms: hit, strike, slap, smack, crack, bang, connect with, contact
    "the blow caught her on the side of her face"
    antonyms: miss
    • accidentally strike (a part of one's body) against something.
      "she fell and caught her head on the corner of the hearth"
  7. 7.
    contract (an illness) through infection or contagion.
    synonyms: become infected with, contract, get, take, become ill/sick with, fall ill/sick with, be taken ill with, show symptoms of, succumb to, develop, go/come down with, sicken for, fall victim to, be struck down with, be stricken with; More
     
     
     
     
    antonyms: shake off, escape
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    become ignited, due to contact with flame, and start burning.
    "the rafters have caught"
    synonyms: ignite, become ignited, burn, start burning, flame, catch/take fire, burst into flames, flame up, kindle
    "as the kindling caught he added larger pieces of wood"
    antonyms: go out
    • (of an engine) fire and start running.
      synonyms: start, start running, fire, begin working, go, function, operate
      "the generator caught immediately"
      antonyms: stop

       

      Yes, this was copy pasted. I miss my old computers dictionary...

See? That wasn't so hard.

AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T ANSWERED IT!!!

Now, now, let us not get ahead of ourselves. For one, I've completely forgotten what we were talking about.

Considering I saw the line "If you had a toilet fetish, this would be a nice toilet" when playing Fallout today, I think I have a pretty good idea of what your face looked like.

Ergh...?

I also saw a cow say "Moo, I say!" in the same game.

Hwahahahahahahahaha. What a well-spoken cow.

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Ahahahahaahahahahah, victory.

I found it via TV Tropes. I would say "good luck finding it", except I wish no luck upon those doing such a foul deed.

C'mon, better to play a game than to act on it, eh?

...for the record, no, I don't seriously want to see that. Not my cup of tea, that sort of thing. Just wanted to get that out, before the FBI comes for my butt. Come to think of it, why would the FBI come for me if I'm not an American...?

Fair point. I suppose it depends on what ''god" is being featured in the story.

This game features a god. His name starts with an E, ends with an N, and he knocked Holmes on his ass once and everyone loves that moment but not as much as I love to mention it. Have I mentioned that Eugen punched Holmes in the face? Because Eugen punched Holmes in the face.

I know how to doggy paddle. With hope, that should save my life.

Maybe, but nothing will save you from the embarrassment.

You could probably say that only one of his balls was destroyed. Each one only works at half capacity normally, and if one is destroyed, then the other compensates without any drawbacks.

Oh, good lord...

No, I have still not recovered from researching castration to make authentic jokes about it. Why do you ask?

I haven't, but I probably should've.

I thought that was the practical reason. Still, I'm not complaining.

Good, good, everyone is happy.

Create a topic and make it so.

Eh, too much trouble.

Granted, nobody commented on my excitement over Blustone 2, but more people might be interested in Berwick.

I mean, there's already the TRS sub for that. Yeah, the TRS sub, with all of its 10 people.

Eugen: Compensating for bad tactics by giving soldiers honorable deaths since 2001.

He's too great, I'll forgive his bad tactics forever.

Also, Badass.png. Saw it by accident, and there's nothing more fitting.

Bwahahahahahaha, I'd forgotten about that! In the early days of the LP, I gave most portraits special names. As the amount of portraits began to grow, I realized it was impossible to find specific portraits when their names are throwaway jokes, so I decided to stop and just give them normal names. Of course, the early portraits, such as Eugen's, still have the special names. See if you can find the rest!

I can only imaging his attitude towards the generic replacements.

Fodder. That's about it.

It's a good thing that sirens and succubi aren't in this game, then.

Arkis would fall for them in a heartbeat.

Unfortunately

Yeah...

In other words, a flashier version of this:

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Kinda, yes.

...Is it a bad thing that I had to look the name up, only to realize that it's a lord of the next Fire Emblem game?

I think I've just been mentally blocking the questionable cover.

Ahahaha, don't worry, I understand. Surnames are about as non-FE as it gets, so it's only natural that you'd see a surname and subconsciously discard the possibility that they may be a FE character. This makes the fact that everyone has a surname in the new game a little awkward.

So... Kaga had a plan behind the name, and it wasn't just stealing from Star Wars?

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Kaga always has a plan. What he doesn't always have is a plan that benefits the player.

Fair point. I shall counter by saying that their conversation was not heading that direction.

Okay, good enough.

I am just as confused as you are.

They had to contain Eugen's badassery in one route to prevent him from destroying the universe's stability with his sass. There, LP canon.

Probably because he knows that the side characters get all the fame and popularity. And because he doesn't want to be a scapegoat for things that go wrong on Holmes route that weren't always Holmes fault.

Yeah, to be fair with the blonde dummkopf, half the things I pester him about are a result of Kaga being bad at acknowledging unit deaths. The Attrom situation is honestly unforgivable.

This looks like a scene that wouldn't be out of place in a horror-comedy.

A movie about those three contracting a Horseman to take revenge on me.

Now that would be interesting.

Also, I remember Merlinus's beheading, and how his ghost was present throughout the rest of the let's play.

Sadly. He had no time to be dying, he needed to yell in Roy's face about traps.

I saw it. That's partially the reason I brought up the joke.

Hahah, I thought so.

Maybe because they're a little too easy.

Never stopped them before.

That, and I guess they're hard to do in Manga, so when the Anime is made, they don't add to the original material.

Probably so.

Not a bad explanation, except that Lentzenheimer died by falling into the pit.

Let's just say that Eugen also revived him in order to give him an even more disgraceful death.

The old man just says that Runan must be ex. The ambiguousness leads itself to multiple interpretations.

Maybe he was about to say "Exdeath" but Runan cut him off.

Then that means... holy shit!

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No, not that one.

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Yeah, that one.

Holy guacamole, now that's a plottwist!

It's gory and I enjoy it but it was also kinda expected.

Dammit, you! How dare you say such things?

We all did.

Humanity did.

It has blood and gore and me-likey except Eugen didn't do it and that makes me sad.

Okay, okay, I get it.

I forgot who the de-facto, untainted, bona-fide original Morgan was.

And he was a pallete swap anyway.

It probably doesn't help that I edited him to look older.

Poor Morgan. He doesn't know the half of what's on DeviantArt.

Granted, I only know a quarter of what's on DeviantArt, but its reputation (and TV Tropes) tells me enough.

You probably don't need to know more.

Given the kind of crap that's on the internet, I find this conversation believable.

And that concerns me.

That's the world we live in. Gotta love it, we only have one.

Sometimes, ignorance truly is bliss.

Poor guy had no idea what was in store for him.

Thank you... I guess.

I still don't know what to make of being called a cinnamon roll.

The day you know what to make of it is the day I cease to do it.

Well, that was a suggestion (albeit jokingly) by Zarr for why the protagonist in Eador: Genesis is an Astral Lord (that some deity wanted some random barbarian to know what it felt like to have their altar crapped on). Although having Holmes be an Astral Lord, aiming to put a broken world back together...

Put a broken world back together? Are you nuts? Holmes would be the one to break it!

Meh, he'd be thrown into Chaos before he even beats the tutorial level.

Into Guenchaos?

I actually didn't notice the background when I first read through this.

Didn't I say "shut up"?!

In other words, Yoda was put in so that the players had a guaranteed way to see could see all the fancy animations they made for the skills, while still being useful in his own right.

I can see that.

This pretty much sums Yoda up, and we haven't even seen the guy attack yet!

Then he failed miserably thanks to the RNGoddess. She's a real sweetheart. Urgh...

Is it just me, or is Holme firing his bow differently when promoted?

I think his hand motion when firing the crossbow is throwing me off.

Nah, it's the same animation but with armor.

I guess it's been a while since Yoda was last in battle. With hope, this is the only rust he has through all these years.

We can only pray it is.

That is an... interesting graph, to say the least.

Right?

Huh, I didn't know that Dracozombies could have area of effect attacks.

They do, in fact they're the ones they use more often. It's just, since they've only ever appeared in skirmishes thus far, I never showed any.

That... actually makes a great deal of sense. Especially when said warping has no apparent drawbacks.

Yeah.

Looks like Garo put the fire out with one lift of his axe.

Either he flipped it away, or using his axe like a fan is surprisingly effective for putting out fires.

That's a hilarious mental image.

Is it just me, or does it look like Holmes is doing some kind of odd dance in these two screenshots?

Hah, kinda.

And he swishes his sword back fancily when he's done with the attack.

Why did Holmes put off using a sword for so long?

Just to spite his father, I assume.

Ah, now those screenshots make sense. Even if the flip does not.

It really doesn't, but well, the animation is cohesive enough, so that's something?

Yoda uses the ancient art of splitting oneself into two to dodge the attack.

More or less, yes. It's kinda like the GBA Shaman/Druid dodge, if you know what that's like.

Yoda crits so much, he can do so without looking like he's giving any effort

Seriously, though. A gif of Yoda just spinning his sword around would be cool to see.

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You're welcome.

Oh, wait, you said just spinning. Okay, hold on... lemme just... adjust some things here... okay, done. Here you go:

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Pffffffffwahahahahahahahah. That zombie idle animation is just perfect for this.

Yoda is the most hardcore maracas player in the world.

Fitting indeed.

Yoda is more than making up for that 4-ish percent hit.

Yes.

A classic that never gets old.

Yeah, it's a classic of anime swordsmanship.

Looks like Garo brought some pals to play that drum.

Garo's band. It's just five Garos.

It's possible to activate two skills at once?

What does this do to the animations.

It just shows the animation of the last skill that was activated. Pretty sure the damage is stacked, though, which is why he dealt 99.

And a crit!

Five minutes, and he's already put every other swordsman in the game to shame. That's Yoda for you! Disregard that first battle.

Also, he has three swords. Fitting, since each one will probably be used for each skill.

"What sword do you want to die to? The Lethal Blade, the Draconian Sword, or the Critical Edge? How about... all three of them!?"

Guess activating multiple skills at once allows you to warp reality.

Now I fear that if he procs Astra as well, the save file will be corrupted.

DANG! No wonder he's an EXP thief. It's balanced by the fact that he doesn't need any!

He really doesn't. He's Yoda!

I understand what's going on with the lore!

Granted, all I need to know was the basics of what happens in Shadow Dragon, but still!

Good for you!

Legendary Pirate is a fitting title indeed.

I'd say he'd be the original Shanty Pete, but Gato still has all of his appendages. Although Garo is also lacking a parrot.

Well, you said it, he does lack the parrot. For a pirate, that's like one more appendage.

Never thought we'd see the guy in the flesh. This is a... well not pleasant, but still a neat surprise.

A surprise, to be sure, but... an unwelcome one?

Interesting. It's almost always cool to see risk vs. reward systems done well.

That said, I don't blame you for wanting to get a move on.

It's not like the rewards were even worth the risk.

I can't tell if the thief is running for his life to get away from Maerchen, or if he's about to commit seppuku.

Notice how he's aiming at his own dick. Perhaps he just wants to join the Maerchen club of... well, you know what it is. He heard they have cookies, and he could not refuse such an offer!

...Too far?

If you went too far, then I circled around the universe.

Uh... do I want to know what he's wearing?

Something, without a doubt.

Anyway, I predicted that Wyrs's biggest foe would be himself. He seemed like the kind of character who would be hiding his personal struggles.

Right.

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I have many things to say about this one.

Whether or not I should is the real question.

Exactly the reaction I wanted.

But not to worry, I don't want to depict Wrys as a... well, need I spell it out? Keep on reading.

It seems that every Fire Emblem fan must make the choice between whether they'd prefer playing through a frustrating map or a boring one.

Hmmmmmmmm... Well, frustrating can mean it's difficult, but well designed. That's good. Boring just means you get tired of the game.

Almost looks like the title card prevented Holmes from swearing.

Silly, silly Holmes.

Assumed that already, but still. Nice to get confirmation that it's all happening in their mind. There's a time and place for explanations like these.

I also wanted to use Morgan, the ever reliable punching bag, to poke fun at exposition.

Aaaaaaaaaaaand they're going to walk right into this.

That they did.

Calling bets now that Ruben's will be himself.

That it was.

YAY! Got to see Yoda make a full wheel with that slash!

Pectehmf o

Did...

Did Holmes just commit the cardinal sin of spinning in battle?

These screenshots make it difficult to determine what exactly he's doing.

Yep. He does spin around. It's not quite as lame as Obi-Wan's spin, though. It's barely two frames.

On the bright side, Holmes seems to alternate between looking badass and looking like a doofus whenever he wields a sword.

That's the most hilarious part about it. He sucks at swordplay, but he always tries to finish his thrusts with some style, so it at least looks like he has any idea what he's doing.

Then you compare him to Yoda, and, well...

Pectehmf o

Thoron looks like the Kamehameha, and is even preformed similarly.

Did Kaga ever watch Dragon Ball?

I doubt it. His games have filler chapters, but it doesn't take ten chapters for Camus to die.

Wait.

Same dude, but with gore!

Yeah!

Yep. I can see that haunting someone.

Even if they knew the murder wasn't entirely cold-blooded.

I mean, cold is probably not a great adjective to describe Margaret in that moment.

I admit that you caught me off guard there.

Ahah! I am winner!

...sorry if you had your volume too high. I promise I won't do it ever again. To be frank, I only did it because I couldn't find the theme.

So... Sage Morse is a Time Lord? Or a Watcher? Or some other parallel dimension traveler than I'm blanking on right now?

Maybe we'll find out in the future.

And it was worth it, because I laughed loud and long enough that I got some curious stares.

Hwahahahah... I sure hope, upon being asked what the hell was so funny, you looked up and said, tears in your eyes, "INDIANA JONES IS DEAD!".

I'm putting a vote for The Roger. Lionel was great, but his questionable defense makes him vulnerable, while The Roger's death was the result of RNG screwage.

Well, then.

I think that Attrom would be interesting to see if it alters anything in an uncanonical save, but that might be a little too long of an investment that may not result in much. Still, could be a way to extend the LP if you're interested in doing so.

Well, I've beaten this game before, so I can let you know if I notice anything different.

I would love to see Indiana Jones, but I'd imagine that he'd give Holmes such a thrashing that not even Eugen can rival, and then leave on his own adventures.

Hey, hey, let's not go too far. Eugen may not've killed him like Indy would, but he compensated by making it positively humilliating.

The fact that this is in-character is sad, although then we'd joke about the hero being one in all but name if it was anyone else.

I personally both love and hate the fact that it isn't ever acknowledged that Holmes robbed Mimae. It's so... Holmes. Then again, it isn't ever acknowledged that he sunk a ship that meant no harm to him.

CALLED IT!!!

It was rather predictable.

I mean, he's been through two Ironman Let's Plays, a death list longer than both of your arms, several plot shenanigans of ranging seriousness, being willing to embarrass himself on the internet, was (mostly) unfazed by my the gory requests to end the slavers life, and is a human in the real world.

I don't think a fancy device is going to do much at all at this point.

Also the fact that he keeps lucking out. Both in the story, and in the gameplay. Remember that time Sasha was this close to being shot down by a ballista? I 'member.

Diplomacy!

Not the good sort, though.

...

I'm placing bets it's Holmes.

Weird choice, considering I absolutely cannot kill him off, but sure, let's see what happens.

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Well, I can definitely say that the story sequences after each floor of the temple was a smart idea.

Thanks.

And I can see why this update took a while considering how many story sequences you had to do. Felt like I could understand them even without prior context, which is a good thing.

Again, thanks.

Also... is this...

Is this the first time I'm the first person to respond?

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

LP GOAL ACCOMPLISHED!!!

Here's some victory music.

Okay, just kidding, here's the real victory music. Alongside the entirety of the game's OST, because that's the only place where you can find all the themes of the game on youtube. Except for that one weird boss theme, you can only find it in my channel.

I have to say, Berwick was definitely luckier in that respect. People were kind enough to upload the entire arranged OST and the ingame versions!

 

On 6/30/2019 at 10:32 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

Three times actually. I was probably more excited for SoV than Fates or Three Houses just because I wanted to see the game updated so bad. Probably the only person that applies to as well.

Hey, I'm more hyped for Berwick's translation than anything IntSys ever, and I don't even know when that will come out. Creepin' closer to release, though!
They wanted to see if anybody would notice. Congratulations, you are the first.

Awesome. What do I win?
Arkis says the wrong thing to women part 74.

Part 74... of the eighth season.
Barely noticed because he wasn't using it to begin with.

Hahahahahah, that's believable.
The worst thing is I remember that video because they used actual OC Sonic fan characters and made the mistake of using the "Tailz" character my friend and I came up with to mock Sonic OC who was a version of Tailz spelled with a z, with a third tail and the ability to inflate like a balloon (albeit in my case for the purpose of flight). I can prove it too, because I have the original file that pre-dates the upload.

Holy shit, that's a little bit too specific to be a coincidence... I mean, I could believe it's a coincidence, but I could also believe that they stumbled upon your joke OC and went "okay, perfect, let's use this one".
Gotta say though, this is better than those OC thiefs at Dorkly did.

Hahahah, well, to be fair, this one's more personalized. It wouldn't make sense for someone who doesn't know about TRS.

Evil Wrys is clearly mistaking him for Slaver.
Hahah, yes, more or less. Don't worry, I don't intend to write Wrys into being a... you know what. I just wanted to reference the memes of him being, well, need I say it? Anyhow, more on that later.

He's a Sage. Sages never die. They just fake it and come back.
Then there's Druids, who just die or disappear.

I'm almost disappointed you didn't pick Indiana Jones. Curse the glitches.

If I knew how to hack TRS, I might pick him. But I already spent like, 40 minutes making his screenshot, so that's enough, I would think.
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But seriously, critical proof? No 1% crits for one lucky murder-princess.

Yeah, Sasha's going to be amazing once I give her that thing. Right on time, too: Runan's next chapter is riddled with ballistae and bows.
Speaking of... The Roger has my vote regardless. Though I am interested in seeing what you do if Indiana Jones wins.

Probably just another April Fools update, frankly.

 

On 6/30/2019 at 11:02 AM, BrightBow said:

Those Stoneborn play in a different league then ordinary golems. A ton of HP with more then 20 defense. And they have no armor knight vulnerabilities or anything. They only take effective damage from anti-monster weapons.
They also have a decent amount of magic, which paired with their high HP means that mages aren't doing too hot against them either. So Yoda really joins just at the right time.

Yeah, those bastards are quite strnog.

Anyway, I vote for The Roger. I want to see how/if Mel's absence affects his ending.

I'm betting he just vanishes, but hey, you never know!

 

On 7/2/2019 at 5:18 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

Now I'm in the awkward spot of sharing a user-name with a living character in this LP. Mind it was a risk I was prepared for (hell even wanted), so there's no complaints.

Now's when I get you killed again. Ngh... I sure hope not.
If so, I was completely unaware of it.

Yes, this is the one I was referencing.

Yeah well, I like to think of Wrys as nothing but a kindly old man... who happened to one round hard mode Gharnef in my last New Mystery run with the aid of stat boosters and the growth drop. Point is, the idea of impure thoughts would run very counter to that.

I agree completely, don't you worry.
Indeed there was. Anyone want to record "Unleash the The" to celebrate this occasion?

I can play the triangle!

 

On 7/2/2019 at 12:52 PM, Pengaius said:

Yes that perfectly describes what I intended to convey last update. 

Yes, that perfectly describes what I wished to communicate with my response to your last reply.

Bruh.

Okay. That is something you sent to me. For a reason, doubtlessly.

I'm smack dab in the middle of the busiest 5-6 weeks of my year. I'm up and down the fracking country doing everything from paintball, to Cart racing, to huge family gatherings, as well as 3 birthday celebrations. I do not have the energy to can right now.

Nonsense. I work very hard to provide entertainment for y'all, the least you can do is provide fuel for my ego. Now get to it.

Perfectly balanced as all thing should be. 

Exactly.

Dragon fight! Dragon fight! Yay!

If only I were talented enough to show it...

My dude totally reminds me of Orson from Sacred Stones

"Your dude"?

Also, that's not surprising, since his hair is Orson's hair minus the one lock of hair.

Wrys, kill it with fire! That thing looks like Santa if Santa was a crackhead.

Hahahahahahahahahah... then what was last LP's Wrys? Crackhead Santa in casual clothes?

That's a twist. 

A twist, yes.

Is it pretzel? It's probably Pretzel. 

Ah, you'll see...

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I am glad you guys agree with my decision to revive The Roger, a fact you demonstrate by shamelessly stealing Hawkwing's gif.

 

On 7/2/2019 at 9:40 PM, BrightBow said:

I wonder if other characters get a different title too when they obtain those post lv30 skills like Garo. Yuni for example learns Charisma at level 35.

Well, we know Krishna gains a new title when she learns Draco. FEWOD lists all the nicknames and how they're obtained, but they're not properly translated, since their articles predate both translations, I'm pretty sure.

If they're correct, Yuni does not gain a new nickname at any point.

 

On 7/3/2019 at 10:04 PM, eclipse said:

I'm going to be a nutcase and say Bartz, for story reasons.  Tee-hee~!  😛

You're too late, I'm afraid. Also, if you really were a nutcase, you'd say Indiana Jones. You're only lowkey nutcasey! Ahah!

 

On 7/4/2019 at 10:03 AM, Aethin said:

Garo, Arkis, Kreiss, and Krishna all get new titles upon learning certain skills. (Lethality, Lethality, Vantage, and Draco, respectively.)

Plum, Lyria, Kate, Enteh, Mel, Shigen, and Raffin (the 1st time) all get new titles through events or story progression.

The rest of the title changes happen during promotion, though not every character gets a new title.

That's more or less what I remember, yes. Thanks for the input.

 

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This is another really text-heavy update, which is why it's taken me so long. Please accept my apologies, like last time. Also, my ear's plugged and it's one of the most annoying things ever, but nobody cares about that, so let's see another one of the most annoying things ever.

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Not The Roger. The Roger's great. He's also alive again, which is nice. Here's hoping he doesn't leave the party instantly due to event flags.

 

 

 

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Damn straight I wanna go. Before you notice that we robbed you blind, that is!

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Shit, is this The Roger doing The Leaving...?

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Oh, no, it's just Holmes noticing that the plot sandstorms are gone. You know, from the other side of the world map.

 

 

 

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All right, so I just moved away from the tower, and no more scenes have been triggered. I'm gonna guess The Roger's here to stay. Now's when Kaga waits for the moment I erase all my saves from before the tower to have The Roger leave.

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I think I've mentioned this before, but once we go to Razellia, we cannot go back. Thus, it's time for one final visit to Blaad.

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First off, Holmes sells one of the herbs he found in the tower.

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With the cash, I play a few rounds of coin-tossing with Bagman.

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Go and pray, The Roger.

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Let's give Footballman some cash for good luck. I could use some in the last few maps.

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Thanks, man. Always a pleasure to see ya.

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So long, Blaad! Next time we come here, the war will be over!

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Let's quickly stop by the zombies. I didn't really do the skirmish, I just went in, nabbed Yoda's crit, and rewinded back to the map.

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Like so.

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Return to the past, now!

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Time to walk all the way to the Arcana Desert. That's where we fought the Condor Squad. If we hadn't done the Letena event, we also would know that the titular Arcana is a magical village that's blocked off by magical sandstorms, leaving one of its villagers, magical girl Rebecca, stuck outside. She has no character and only serves to establish a place where nothing ever happens, and to make Letena completely pointless. Gee, I wonder where we've heard that story before.

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P1zzgcas o Been a while since we last saw Law, right? He dumped all the exposition on us before Bismarck's map, and then disappeared. You know, they could've spread the exposition along the story arc so that Law doesn't just fall off the face of the earth for three chapters, and so that the scenes where he actually is present don't make me want to commit killself.

04edcfbn oIt happens, but not very often. All the roads from Granada to Reeve proper run through this desert, but thanks to all the sandstorms, they're rarely safe. It's made Granada almost into an island. Hence why much of the city's profit is made from privateering... All contracted by Reevan nobility, of course.

Vrbnhily oI can see how that would put your father in good standing with House Razelia. Is that how you became such good friends with Lord Runan?

04edcfbn oYou could say that. My father liked to take me along when he was going abroad on official business.

P1zzgcas o Well, he isn't all bad! He took him along on his travels...

04edcfbn oThough most of the time, I was in Razelia because I'd run away from home.

0zfd96rn o Oh.

04edcfbn oMy father and I never got along well, so I always hated staying in Granada.

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0zfd96rn o That's... wait, what? I thought Gramud and Vals were also friends! Wouldn't "your son ran away to my home" be the sort of topic that'd come up on occasion? Wouldn't that be kind of an awkward situation? Hmm...

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Mivm34qk oVals! Finally! I've been meaning to talk to you about your son...

U5areb5h oHmph. What has that idiot done this time?

Mivm34qk oHe's here, in Razelia! He just showed up, alone, asking if he could stay for a while!

U5areb5h oOh, is that all?

Mivm34qk oV-Vals! When I asked what he was doing there, he said... "Dad can eat shit"! Whatever happened for him to say such a thing?!

U5areb5h oI haven't the faintest idea. I just told him to stay in his room and pretend he didn't exist, because I was going to bring my newest catch home.

Mivm34qk o...what?

U5areb5h oI heard some noise in his room at one point, so I went to check on him. He was nowhere to be seen, and the window was open.

Mivm34qk oAnd that didn't worry you in the slightest!?

U5areb5h oWell, we were just about to... advance to the next phase, if you understand what I'm saying. I figured the drama could wait a night.

Mivm34qk oVals, for the love of-- he's been in Castle Razelia for two weeks now! I've been trying to reach you since the first day, but you wouldn't send so much as a short note!

U5areb5h oWe've been... very busy, that girl and I, and when your first message arrived, I decided I could rest easy, knowing he was in good hands.

Mivm34qk o...

U5areb5h oImpudent girl left me yesterday, though, so I figured I'd come pay you a visit, and, you know, see if Razelian women are more loyal than Granadan ones.

Mivm34qk o......

U5areb5h oWhat?

Mivm34qk o...never mind, Vals. Never you mind.

 

 

 

1ydcs082 oSo, can I stay, Lord Gramud?

Mivm34qk oSigh... I suppose you can, Holmes.

1ydcs082 oGreat! Screw dad! C'mon, Runan, let's go!

94uidrpc oI think you should try and talk with your dad...

1ydcs082 oBah. Who cares about the old coot anyway? I hope he dies while I'm here, so I can stay forever!

94uidrpc oHolmes...

Mivm34qk o...poor boy...

Ih49ob2i oThat kid is on his way to grow up into a hopeless troublemaker. Someone should give him a good couple of blows to set him straight... and his father, while at it!

Mivm34qk oSettle down, Eugen. Let me handle this mess.

94uidrpc o...

04edcfbn oRunan and I were always polar opposites, but we both knew we could depend on each other if we ever needed to.

Vrbnhily oWell, you have got that charming quality about you, Lord Holmes. You're like the world around which all the shining stars revolve.

0zfd96rn o Pffft... sorry? Come again?

04edcfbn oFlattery will get you nowhere, old man.

0zfd96rn o Holmes, he's the first person to give you a compliment in forever. Accept it, won't you?

04edcfbn oNow let's get going before the weather goes bad.

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04edcfbn oThis looks like a teaching manual... Maybe it'll come in handy. Nice work, Juni! ...Oh, you want a reward, huh? Let's see... How about a free bath when we get to Razelia? You like baths, right?

Ccdcdz7k oCaptain, you're a moron.

0zfd96rn o You know, the implication is that Juni isn't tanned, but dirty. That was a hideously low blow, and the worst part is that I'm pretty sure he didn't even mean to be mean.

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04edcfbn oWhoa, this is a wyvern flute! Good find, kid! I knew it'd be good to have you around. Tell you what--when we get to Razelia, I'll buy you some sweets as a reward. How's that sound?

8hjyjt84 oIt sounds like you think I'm a five-year-old...

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The flute is worthless at this point, but canto scroll! That's awesome. Pretty sure the only one who needs that right now is Norton, so might as well give it to him.

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Hidden Village? What could this be?

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A really ominous song plays here. I don't think I like this...

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I don't think I like this

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Hjsonnj6 oKatri! No, stay away! It's a trap!

W1bjm9gj oCome quietly, Fire Shaman, or your mother will die.

Njdtyjkp oNo! Please don't hurt her! I'll do whatever you ask!

E7ffcz4a oNo, Lady Katri! You mustn't!

W1bjm9gj oYou have chosen wisely. Sleep now, child. There is much work to be done.

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0zfd96rn o Gee, who could've foreseen this? Leaving the plot important cleric who can turn into a dragon in a village without protection of any sort was a bad idea!

0zfd96rn o Well, that's one of four down. The odds are looking good for us thus far, but let's not forget that Tia's still alone with Richard.

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E7ffcz4a oSend word to Sir Holmes! Tell him that Lady Katri has been taken! If we don't act quickly, her life will be in mortal peril!

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Inventory management! This is a good time to do this.

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Off to Razelia we go. Let's pretend that never happened for now, shall we?

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F4aswdy8 o The legendary Runysmile! It looks less sincere the more you see it!

A3liakj5 oAh, I'm sorry!

Lbm0bevf oNo, you don't have to apologize. But why are you here in this room?

A3liakj5 oThis was your room, wasn't it, Lord Runan?

Lbm0bevf oThat's right, it was. When I was a child, at least. Those wall scrolls were my late mother's, and Father gave me that toy sword... This place makes me feel so nostalgic.

A3liakj5 oI see...

Lbm0bevf oI never let Holmes see this room. I must've thought it looked too childish or something for anyone else to see... Though there was one girl who saw it once.

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0zfd96rn o Oh, dear. This's not going to end well, is it.

A3liakj5 o......

Lbm0bevf oThough thinking about her always makes me a bit sad.

A3liakj5 o...Why?

Llibn6rp oIt was a pretty silly thing, in retrospect. We were just little kids then. But at the time, it felt very important.

A3liakj5 oImportant...?

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Wait, that's it? That can't be it, c'mon!

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Oh, I see. They just want to be fancy about it.

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A3liakj5 o......

Llibn6rp oWhen she first arrived, she was shaking and crying in that corner there... Her guardian had told her she was destined to be reborn as a terrifying dragon and burn the Kingdom of Reeve to the ground. That's why she was crying... So I told her I would never let that happen. I vowed I'd watch over her forever. After that, she did her best to be happy. She promised she would never leave my side, but still, one day she suddenly vanished.

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A3liakj5 oLord Runan... You finally remembered?

Llibn6rp oI never forgot, Enteh. Although I didn't know that you were the princess until Lady Claris hinted at it...

P1zzgcas o Ah, yeah. This is one of my favourite Runan moments: defying all expectations, Runan was not a completely dense animeboy - he actually had Enteh figured out all along.

Llibn6rp oI grew up without a mother or siblings, so you were the first girl I ever really knew. We were only together for a month, Enteh, but while you were here, you were a part of our family.

0zfd96rn o Remember how I said that the game's really inconsistent with the amount of time Enteh spent outside of the temple? Yeah... didn't they say it was only a few days? Am I missing something here?

Llibn6rp oAnd then you were gone, just like that. You were taken away to the palace, and you never came back. I felt like I'd lost everything. I cursed you for abandoning me. I didn't know about the hardships you'd had to endure all those years...

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A3liakj5 o"Enteh..." Your father was the one who gave that name to me. He stole me away from the Water Shrine so that I could live my life in peace as a commoner here. That short time I spent here in Razellia were the happiest days of my life. We laughed and played without a care in the world... You were my one and only friend, Runan...

Llibn6rp oBut then, after you were freed, you continued hiding under the assumed name of Enteh...

A3liakj5 oWell, I'd rather go by Enteh instead of my real name...

Llibn6rp oDid you never think of reaching out to me? After Sage Maios freed you, not once did you even think to contact me or my father.

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0zfd96rn o Whoa, whoa! Relax, Runan!

A3liakj5 oHow could you... How can you even say that?!

Llibn6rp oBecause it's true. You've been lying to me all this time.

A3liakj5 oThat's not what happened! You're the one who...

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0zfd96rn o Oh, thank goodness! Eugen pulls a Merlinus!

A3liakj5 oNo, General Eugen. We were finished speaking. Please excuse me...

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Ih49ob2i oLord Runan, I don't know what happened between you two, but it's not right to make a woman cry.

P1zzgcas o Pfhah! Of course! He walks into the world's most awkward scene, and he can only think of sassing Runan. Good ol' Eugen.

Llibn6rp oLeave me alone, Eugen...

P1zzgcas o See, this is another thing I like about Runan. Normally, it'd be Enteh that would get all mad because Runan didn't instantly recognize her despite the fact that they were kids when they last saw. Instead, Runan is the one that gets pissed because she hasn't bothered to let him know that it's her - a much more natural reason to get mad. Heck, Enteh even has an actual reason to hide her identity: keep in mind that it was her, under Guenchaos's control, that murdered his father, Prince Arless of Canaan, and all the people in Nolzeria. That's not something you want to come up in a conversation. And then they argue, like actual people. Compare this to Holmes, who goes through the world's most generic romance with Katri (as we'll see next update), and, well...

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0zfd96rn o Speaking of-- oh, for fuck's sake! Three lines, and already he's screwed up! No, Holmes, this isn't the room he never let you see, this is the throne room. Although, I could understand it if Runan didn't want you near the throne, either.

Llibn6rp oHolmes?! You're here!

04edcfbn oObviously, yeah. I just got here. What happened to you, Runan? Eugen said you were distraught.

0zfd96rn o Wait, you spoke to Eugen? And it didn't come to blows? I cannot believe it!

Llibn6rp oI was just thinking...

Tqo5f1kw o

0zfd96rn o Shit, now he's having an existential crisis. See, Enteh, this would've been so much easier if you had just told him back in chapter 2!

04edcfbn oAh, all that heavy stuff. I was thinking the same thing recently. You know why I think you're doing all this? Because you want to, Runan. Because you believe it's the right thing to do. And if nothing else, you'll find your reason again so long as you keep moving forward.

Llibn6rp oIt can't really be that simple, Holmes...

04edcfbn oSure it can! You're just overthinking this.

0zfd96rn o Whoa, Holmes being... supportive and introspective? Is the world ending? People, look out the windows. Does anybody see meteors, or rivers of lava, or mist with aliens in it?

04edcfbn oC'mon, forget about all that stuff. Tonight, we're gonna celebrate! I brought some really high-class wine from Granada that you're gonna love.

Llibn6rp oYou went to Granada?

04edcfbn oSure did. Even saw my father there, too.

Llibn6rp oAdmiral Vals is alive?!

04edcfbn oI was kinda hoping he'd bitten the dust, but yeah, he's still going strong. He's enjoying his retirement now, apparently.

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04edcfbn oAnd hey, that's one less reason for you to feel guilty, Runan! See, things are looking up already!

 

 

 

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Lbm0bevf oYou never change, do you, Holmes? It's good to hear Katri is happy now.

0zfd96rn o Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhh... see, I don't want to be a party pooper, but uh...

Lbm0bevf oI was a bit worried at how timid she was when I talked to her. I thought you might've been too mean to her.

04edcfbn oMean?! I'm not mean!

0zfd96rn o Dude, you were nothing but mean to her! Had she let you murder Zachariah, she never would've found her daddies! She only found Law thanks to Maerchen - who, again, you wanted to murder! She's succeeded in spite of you, not thanks to you! Will the game ever stop pretending that Holmes does anything right?

Borvygai o

P1zzgcas o Since the armies are reunited, it's time for some supportive moments. We lost a few - most frustrating, one between Raquel and The Roger where it's implied Raquel has unrequited feelings for The Roger, but since Mel isn't here to awkwardly interrupt, it just doesn't happen. Meh.

Lrqlhy1s oMeriel, why are you sitting on the ground?

X4svuaba oI seem to have... drunk a little too much... Can you help me stand up...?

Lrqlhy1s oFine, give me your hand... You shouldn't be drinking at all, Meriel. If Enteh saw you like this, she'd scold you.

X4svuaba oI can drink if I want to! Enteh has nothing to do with this! Why'd you have to bring her up, huh?!

Lrqlhy1s oYou're really acting strange, Meriel... You must've drunk a whole lot.

X4svuaba oYou like Enteh, don't you, Maruj? That's why you thought of her...

On 12/19/2018 at 1:13 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

tswrvWm.pngYou're always like that! You never think about anyone but yourself, and you think you can get away with it with your empty apologies!

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WgtWCgP.pngMaruj...

On 1/15/2019 at 4:50 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

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tswrvWm.pngEnteh doesn't need me, and I don't need her.

0zfd96rn oYou know, this whole thing becomes even more depressing when you realize that she probably spent all day every day talking about how awesome Runan is, at the same time as she treated Maruj like a helpless little boy.

Lrqlhy1s oW-What are you saying? I just...

X4svuaba oHey, between me and Enteh, whod o you like more, Maruj? Because I like you!

0zfd96rn o You don't even know him! This works if you sent him to Runan's route. There, he more or less makes up with Enteh and actually meets Meriel. As is, though, Holmes's route ruins yet another scene.

Lrqlhy1s oYou... You like me...?! No, wait, I can't just... I can't answer that on the spot like this...

X4svuaba oMeanie...! Maruj, you big meanie!

Lrqlhy1s oThat's it, I'm out of here! The only mean one here is you, Meriel! You're not yourself today!

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0zfd96rn o Smooth moves Maruj, they called him. Still, it's a good thing that he just escaped, because...

X4svuaba oHeh heh heh...

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4lt3brpp o Son of a bitch-- why does everyone get off on making fun of the kid who watched his grandfather die and his life shatter to pieces around him?!

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X4svuaba oOh, Maruj. Are you out for a walk too?

0zfd96rn o Oh, no... That's the real one, isn't she?

Lrqlhy1s oY-Yeah... Listen, I've been thinking...

X4svuaba oWhat's wrong, Maruj?

Lrqlhy1s oI'm sorry about what I said earlier... I overreacted a bit...

X4svuaba oHuh...?

Lrqlhy1s oMeriel... I really do...

 

 

 

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0zfd96rn o Nice, and then they just cut to Murderprincess. Amazing.

Dymo2jvo oPrincess Sasha... Is something the matter?

Opeu0fcl oI was about to ask you that. Are you all right, Kate?

Dymo2jvo oYes, milady, I'm fine... I'm just... tired, is all.

Opeu0fcl oIt's about Zieg, isn't it? Ever since he left, you haven't been yourself...

Dymo2jvo o......

Opeu0fcl oEverything's going to be fine, Kate. I'll ask Lord Runan to find Zieg. Don't you worry about a thing. If you keep worrying like this, you're going to get sick!

Dymo2jvo oPrincess Sasha...

0zfd96rn o You know, the best part is that we haven't even gotten started with the depressing crap when it comes to Kate. All the edgy scenes with Zieg, his betrayal, this... it doesn't compare to what comes next. You'll see, if you do what I'd like you to do at the end of this update.

In3mpv18 o

P1zzgcas o On a more positive note, here's some camaraderie between the figures of legend in our armies.

9bmvwara oNeither did I! I'm surprised these old bones of mine still move so well after all this time. I'll even be turning fifty in just a few years!

1pcfv1ay oWe may be old, but we can't let these young ones outdo us just yet.

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9bmvwara oAs for me, I think it's about time I retired. That tragedy at the Battle of Balt just goes to show how old I'm getting.

1pcfv1ay oI understand how you feel, but what about taking care of Wellt?

9bmvwara oUntil Sasha gets married, I was thinking I might leave it to Liza's boy.

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0zfd96rn o Gee, I wonder who it is. Place your bets, everyone: when the time comes, I'll tell you his name.

 

 

 

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0zfd96rn o News travel fast, I see.

04edcfbn oThat old geezer again... Why does he always have to ruin our fun?

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P1zzgcas o This needed to be shown in screenshot format: Eugen actually being not a dick to Holmes!

04edcfbn oOh?

Ih49ob2i oYou must return to Salia immediately! Something terrible has happened!

04edcfbn oSomething terrible...?

Ih49ob2i oGuenchaos has kidnapped Lady Katri! Lady Claris needs you back at Castle Salia as soon as possible!

04edcfbn oW-What!?

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Llibn6rp oI wish I could go with you, Holmes...

04edcfbn oDon't worry about it, Runan. You've got your own troubles to deal with. I'll take care of Katri!

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Ah, yes. This means exactly what you think it means.

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Time for one last route split! As always, we need to--

Wait a minute...

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Something ain't right...

...

...

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!

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Good thing I kept a save state here. I completely forgot to pay Yr Village a visit! Let's do this quickly...

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Every one of the dojo masters say something along these lines. Adept is the power of balance, Wrath is the power of death, Terra is - quite predictably - the power of the earth, Sol is the sun, Luna is the moon, Lethality is... misdirection, for some reason, Nihil is the art of vigilance, and Astra goes back to being predictable as the power of the stars.

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Upon accepting, they say this, and then go on to the lesson. I'll post the lessons here in case you want to learn how to do TRS skills. Or in case you want to play the skill guessing game. Solutions below!

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This is Nihil.

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Never mind, Vantage it is. I didn't take screenshots of which unit got which skills because... I dunno, I'm very smart. I'll go into the game later to check it out.

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This is Astra.

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Draco. Good jump is right, have you seen Holmes doing it?

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By the way, here's something really interesting: by complete accident, I discovered that you can actually take less units than the max amount by pressing enter in the unit order menu. Three runs of the game, and I had no idea that this was a thing. Heck, I didn't even mean to do it, I just pressed enter out of habit because I was playing Thracia before, and was welcomed by this... admittedly, really ugly red line.

Well, this comes... many, many chapters too late to save Sharon from dying by being forcefully deployed, but eh. Who cares.

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By the way, Garo can't learn any more skills. Not that he needs any more.

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This is Wrath.

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Need I spell it out?

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It probably would've been very fitting to give this to Maruj, because wind and angst, but there were better options.

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Sol is based on qi. Don't ask me what that is.

Oh, wait, I know. It's the initials of the spanish words for Intelligence Quotient, "Qoeficiente Intelectual"!

Wait, no, that isn't right either... what?

Er, let's just move on, shall we.

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This is Adept. Adept is basically not being a scrub.

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All right, time to go. Go, go, go! One time was fun, two times is tiresome!

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Back to Blaad, quickly, try to save time try to save t--

AH BOLLOCKS BLISTERING BARNACLES I FORGOT ABOUT KRISHNA THIS TIME

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Son of a bitch, how many times have I been to this room already?

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Get the units, get the skills... c'mon, hurry up...

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On the bright side, I forgot about Luna last time.

And hey, since we're here again, let's quickly go over who got which skills.

So Holmes got Wrath, Shigen got Astra for thematic purposes (for some reason he never learns it even though it's his family's signature skill), The Roger got The Terra and The Luna, Krishna got Adept for more stealing chances, Raquel got Draco to Jeigan more effectively, Sierra got Vantage, and San got Sol and Lethality to prepare her for her jump into relevance.

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Bagman, Footballman, okay, hurry up, hurry up...

Dvm3kbsk o

Okay, let me explain what happened here: I was trying to go so fast, I kept the emulator on turbo throughout the journey, just spamming A to quickly get to Granada. This resulted in me bolting right past the Gulf of Granada and crashing at full speed into the Tower of Morse again before I could even react. You can't get out of the Tower until you clean up the first floor. And, of course, I had rewinding disabled to speed things up.

All I can say is, Gabriel Knight tried to warn me.

Also, this is the fifth time I'm trying to do this. I'm literally failing at walking from point A to point B. That'd be like failing Battle Preparations five times over. Fucking hell...

Zq5gvywj oSygyfkbp oQkz2pnyk o

C'mon quick quick chop-chop double time it everyone, I'm tired of replaying this segment over and over. It's starting to get pathetic.

Atyqdima o

Here take my money Futbolman, be it that I could stay and chat but I don't have time so bye

Thx0mf2u o

Run! But not too fast, we don't want to go into the Tower again.

H6vzoqtd o

Okay, FINALLY, we're here.

...

...

...okay, one more thing. Remember those scenes with Krishna I mentioned when she died? For some reason, they haven't played. None of 'em. It's like I was duped, but I don't get it, everywhere I look it says that special scenes play if she's been revived before! So let's try climbing the tower one more time and see if that makes any difference.

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Levels were got. Oh, no, they're good!

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Loot was got. Oh, no, it's good!

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand nothing. Welp. Guess that's that, then.

...

H6vzoqtd o

Yeah, I ain't doing all the skills and Bagman and Footballman again. Power of the save states, I summon thee! The levels and the loot are a worthy sacrifice.

All right, it's finally over. That was... really friggin' stupid, but it's in the past now. All that's left now is the votes! This is the final route split, so I want you guys to behave, so we may close this book of our lives on a bright note. Looking at you in particular, Butterman.

My suggestions. I'd suggest that you follow the ones that are underlined in particular, it'll be best for all. Won't be gamebreaking if you don't do it, but rest assured, it'll be way more interesting if you do it. The ones in the best color are forced, so no arguing there. I want to keep some of my sanity RNG-proof, y'know.

- Lee goes with Runan, Plum goes with Holmes.

- Kate and Sasha with Runan. If I could put more lines under this, I would. This is VERY important.

- Norton, Raphael and The Roger The Paladin with Runan.

- Kreiss, Esther and San with Runan.

- Mintz with Runan.

- Leonie with Runan.

- Meriel and Sierra with Runan.

- Narcus with Runan.

- Maruj and Rishel with Holmes.

- Tom and Raquel with Holmes.

- Lionheart and Zachariah with Holmes.

- Krishna with Holmes.

- Garo, Yoda and Julia with Holmes.

- Arkis and Lina to the Garbage bin.

As well as this, your final chance to vote who should be getting the move potion is now. I know, only Hawkwing bothered to vote before and he agreed with me that it should be Garo, but let's pretend that anyone else cares. Remember, my suggestions are Tom and Garo, more so Garo, as it'd allow him to keep up with Julia for that juicy support of theirs.

Very well, that will be all. Again, sorry for the delay. Next update might come out sooner, it'll be way less fanfic-heavy, and also shorter. I don't know if that's good or bad news for you, so I'll let you draw your own conclusions. Whatever the case, next time will be next time, so keep an eye out for the notification. Farewell, and be seein' ya! Byeeeeeeeee~!

Death count: Attrom
                        Juliattisnacordst
                        Sharon
                        Krishna
                        Indiana Jones
                        Lee

                        The Roger The Paladin
                        Lionel
                        Letena

*26A only
*Resurrected

Reset count: 2 (Runan: 1 - Katri: 1)

Dullahan's done with my incompetence: 7

 

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57 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Yes, that perfectly describes what I wished to communicate with my response to your last reply.

Yes that perfectly describes that which I desired come clearly across from my response to your response to my reply. 

57 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

"Your dude"?

I mean you never named him, what else do I call him. 

57 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

I think I've mentioned this before, but once we go to Razellia, we cannot go back. Thus, it's time for one final visit to Blaad.

...... suuuuure

57 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

P1zzgcas o Leave me alone, Eugen...

Oh my!

57 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Looking at you in particular, Butterman.

Whatever do you mean?

 

Your picks are fine, but Lina with Runan and Arkis with Holmes so you can finally get him that goddamned level you promised. 

57 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Okay, let me explain what happened here: I was trying to go so fast, I kept the emulator on turbo throughout the journey, just spamming A to quickly get to Granada. This resulted in me bolting right past the Gulf of Granada and crashing at full speed into the Tower of Morse again before I could even react. You can't get out of the Tower until you clean up the first floor. And, of course, I had rewinding disabled to speed things up.

 

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6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

It's like someone from IntSys read this thread, stumbled upon that one rant about the amount of Thomases in Kaga's games, and decided he also wanted to play that game

Here's hoping they don't also decide to pull horsemen raiding villages and Slaver rehashes.

6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

I'm like the inquisition of my country: I appear when you least expect me to.


I read the first line of this as "I like the inquisition of my country" initially and had to double take.

 

 

6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Of course, I say this, but then there's that one chapter from TRS that does almost the exact same thing. The difference is, Thracia's chapter 22 is a completely luck-based, horrendously designed slog. TRS's infamous chapter is a completely tedium-based, horrendously boring slog. Sigh...

I'd take the tedium. It's easier to survive.

 

 

6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

 

...for the record, no, I don't seriously want to see that. Not my cup of tea, that sort of thing. Just wanted to get that out, before the FBI comes for my butt. Come to think of it, why would the FBI come for me if I'm not an American...?

Yeah, that's the CIA's job. Which reminds me of a joke I used to have with my ex where she'd mention doing something or other that was mildly illegal and I'd tell her that I'd recorded it and sent it to the FBI, the joke being they had no authority here.

 

 

6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Oh, good lord...

This even applies to birds, where one teste is actually smaller than the other in more cases than not.

 

 

6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

 

Arkis would fall for them in a heartbeat.

Meanwhile I'd get sleep paralysis flashbacks.

 

 

6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

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Yeah, that one.

Holy guacamole, now that's a plottwist!


To be fair, Galuf is kind of reminding me of Eugen playing through the game. The guy is hilarious.

 

 

6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Garo's band. It's just five Garos.

You've heard of an axe guitar. Now see an axe played as a guitar.

 

 

6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Well, you said it, he does lack the parrot. For a pirate, that's like one more appendage.

Garo's allergic to feathers, so he substituted Holmes because it was agreed at least he was a bird-brain. (which I feel insults my rooster in comparison)

 

 

6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

 

Awesome. What do I win?


Someone else doing a Disney parody. With mild similarity to Bishop Lee... but then you know... parodying the same song.

 

 

6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Holy shit, that's a little bit too specific to be a coincidence... I mean, I could believe it's a coincidence, but I could also believe that they stumbled upon your joke OC and went "okay, perfect, let's use this one".

Tailz was an odd case because we technically took someone else's inflation fetish Tails and editted a third tail onto it and a name and "copyright", then wrote a story about him being Tails cousin who inflates to fly because the third tail gets caught when he tries to use them... so it was kind of poetic. Full circle even. The funny thing is, I checked the other characters (except Kevin), when I saw that, and both the gender swapped Sonia (though that was a bit generic) and Dillon existed. Poor guy kind of regrets the username as it goes. https://www.deviantart.com/dillon-the-hedgehog

 

 

6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

 

Hahahah, well, to be fair, this one's more personalized. It wouldn't make sense for someone who doesn't know about TRS.

Also it gave me a reason to call them OC Thiefs a second time... which is what I commented on the video as soon as I could. Catch being everyone assumed that the thing about them stealing my OC was a joke. Not that I have any problem. Given the idea was an anonymous joke initially anyway, who was I to stop it from spreading?

6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

 

If I knew how to hack TRS, I might pick him. But I already spent like, 40 minutes making his screenshot, so that's enough, I would think.

I'd say it made the whole April Fools update from fool's gold into real gold.

 

7 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

My dude totally reminds me of Orson from Sacred Stones

"Your dude"?

Also, that's not surprising, since his hair is Orson's hair minus the one lock of hair.

Guy was an assassin set on destabilizing. @Pengaius has been making jokes about deaths since Elibe. Furthermore, he's a horseman who is leading bandits to raid a village in the demo for Serenes Emblem (using a killer bow, so high crit-rate). I conclude from this wording that Pengauis, is actually the mastermind behind Zephiel, Gharnef, Medeus, Guenchaos, random horsemen, and everything else that's shown up. Hence why he wants Arkis used.

 

7 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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Comedy gold.
7 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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For a second I thought that the deal turned out to be to sell Morgan out. Though in a way it was.
 

7 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
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Thanks, man. Always a pleasure to see ya.


It's time at last.

 

Spoiler

Footballman (To the tune of Son of Man)

The power to protec,
And the the wisdom to save lives,
All these things will come from you in time.

On this war that we are waging,
There'll be situations bleak,
And it's you who'll pray for us,
It's your guidance we shall seek.

Footballman, Don't let our units die.
The Goddess' blessing we'll receive
No matter what we shall have tried,
But your protection we shall need.

Holmes is quite the dullard,
So give us the Goddess hand,
With our perseverance,
We shall save this land.

Footballman, Don't let our units die.
The Goddess' blessing we'll receive
No matter what we shall have tried,
But your protection we shall need.

In guiding you'll protect,
And in protecting you will guide,
May you shield the units that we love.

And the visions of tomorrow,
Not ruled by Gerxels cult,
The time is drawing near now,
To end those at fault.

Footballman, Don't let our units die.
The Goddess' blessing we'll receive
No matter what we shall have tried,
But your protection we shall need.

Footballman,
Footballman,
The greatest NPC.
 

7 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Mivm34qk oVals! Finally! I've been meaning to talk to you about your son...

U5areb5h oHmph. What has that idiot done this time?

Mivm34qk oHe's here, in Razelia! He just showed up, alone, asking if he could stay for a while!

U5areb5h oOh, is that all?

Mivm34qk oV-Vals! When I asked what he was doing there, he said... "Dad can eat shit"! Whatever happened for him to say such a thing?!

U5areb5h oI haven't the faintest idea. I just told him to stay in his room and pretend he didn't exist, because I was going to bring my newest catch home.

Mivm34qk o...what?

U5areb5h oI heard some noise in his room at one point, so I went to check on him. He was nowhere to be seen, and the window was open.

Mivm34qk oAnd that didn't worry you in the slightest!?

U5areb5h oWell, we were just about to... advance to the next phase, if you understand what I'm saying. I figured the drama could wait a night.

Mivm34qk oVals, for the love of-- he's been in Castle Razelia for two weeks now! I've been trying to reach you since the first day, but you wouldn't send so much as a short note!

U5areb5h oWe've been... very busy, that girl and I, and when your first message arrived, I decided I could rest easy, knowing he was in good hands.

Mivm34qk o...

U5areb5h oImpudent girl left me yesterday, though, so I figured I'd come pay you a visit, and, you know, see if Razelian women are more loyal than Granadan ones.

Mivm34qk o......

U5areb5h oWhat?

Mivm34qk o...never mind, Vals. Never you mind.

 

 

 

1ydcs082 oSo, can I stay, Lord Gramud?

Mivm34qk oSigh... I suppose you can, Holmes.

1ydcs082 oGreat! Screw dad! C'mon, Runan, let's go!

94uidrpc oI think you should try and talk with your dad...

1ydcs082 oBah. Who cares about the old coot anyway? I hope he dies while I'm here, so I can stay forever!

94uidrpc oHolmes...

Mivm34qk o...poor boy...

Ih49ob2i oThat kid is on his way to grow up into a hopeless troublemaker. Someone should give him a good couple of blows to set him straight... and his father, while at it!

Mivm34qk oSettle down, Eugen. Let me handle this mess.

94uidrpc o...


This is canon. I don't care what anyone says. Not even Kaga could tell me otherwise.

 

 

7 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

You know, the implication is that Juni isn't tanned, but dirty. That was a hideously low blow, and the worst part is that I'm pretty sure he didn't even mean to be mean.

Could have been worse. He could have asked her if she liked dancing. But all the same, I feel like he's stole Arkis gag about saying the wrong thing.

 

 

7 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

 

Well, this comes... many, many chapters too late to save Sharon from dying by being forcefully deployed, but eh. Who cares.


Ouch.

 

 

7 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Sol is based on qi. Don't ask me what that is.


In very dumbed down terms, life force. Sol makes you a vampire that preys on the energy of the spirit apparently.

 

 

8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

- Lee goes with Runan, Plum goes with Holmes.

- Kate and Sasha with Runan. If I could put more lines under this, I would. This is VERY important.

- Norton, Raphael and The Roger The Paladin with Runan.

- Kreiss, Esther and San with Runan.

- Mintz with Runan.

- Leonie with Runan.

- Meriel and Sierra with Runan.

- Narcus with Runan.

- Maruj and Rishel with Holmes.

- Tom and Raquel with Holmes.

- Lionheart and Zachariah with Holmes.

- Krishna with Holmes.

- Garo, Yoda and Julia with Holmes.


I'll agree with the choices and agree on Garo for the move potion. It's not like Tom doesn't have a ranged option anyway.
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I don’t know if you’d necessarily want to do it for this LP, but I think you might’ve done all the necessary steps to perform the Krishna Duplication Glitch.

......

...Oh boy, two useless units!

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3 hours ago, Aethin said:

I don’t know if you’d necessarily want to do it for this LP, but I think you might’ve done all the necessary steps to perform the Krishna Duplication Glitch.

Hold on, what? But I thought I needed to trigger a scene with Shigen for that, and I didn't get anything when I climbed the tower a second time! Hold up, hold up, lemme check...

...

...ohhhh you have to talk to her with Shigen in the fifth floor to trigger the scenes...

...

...Dag nabbit naggit daggit dammit!

Q3c7j0ua o

Yoooooooooohooooooooooooooooooooooooooo save stateeeeeeees where areeeee youuuuuuuuuu~ don't make me dig through the trash caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan for youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu~

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16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Hold on, what? But I thought I needed to trigger a scene with Shigen for that, and I didn't get anything when I climbed the tower a second time! Hold up, hold up, lemme check...

...

...ohhhh you have to talk to her with Shigen in the fifth floor to trigger the scenes...

...

...Dag nabbit naggit daggit dammit!

Q3c7j0ua o

Yoooooooooohooooooooooooooooooooooooooo save stateeeeeeees where areeeee youuuuuuuuuu~ don't make me dig through the trash caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan for youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu~

Ouch.

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Also, I'm borrowing my cousins copy of Conquest for a few months (her "borrowing" my copy of Kid Icarus: Uprising for five years may or may not have anything to do with it). Some short first impressions:

Story:

Spoiler

The story is... not terrible. But it's not good either.  Honestly, it feels like they're using every single cliche such a story would have, with little of the nuance that makes said tropes interesting in the first place. It may be because I've spent too much time on TV Tropes, but my thoughts almost always jumped to "Here's the 'you'll be a strong warrior one day' speech!" "Yep, they make a joke about Leo in an otherwise serious conversation to show that they love each other." "Amnesia! How convenient!" "We don't care that the nameless dudes were just massacred, but we have to save the named characters!" "The villain explains their evil intentions because the audience needs to know that they're EVIL!". If this were a parody I think I could find some enjoyment out of this, but since this is supposed to be a dramatic story, it just makes their plain usage all the more glaring.

The dialogue doesn't help. Say what you will about Awakening and Echoes stories, but you'll never find me complaining about what the characters say in the story itself. Meanwhile, it seems that every other line in Fates either makes me raise and eyebrow or cringe. It's either long winded conversations for something that should be more natural, or something that feels out of place with the tone and setting the game is trying to set up. The voice acting doesn't help, although I don't know if I'm more bothered by the performances or the direction at the moment (the single exception being Arthur, because the voice actor is having a blast with his lines and I can't hate the superhero ham).

To say something positive about the story, I do like the explanation of the faceless. They're a logical counter to Mikoto's (laughable) magical protection spell, and the detail that the process of creating them isn't perfect is a nice way to explain why you'll be fighting them on all three routes. The route split had a greater impact than I thought it would, and it's the first time I'd say the game impressed me with it's writing. One side was going to be betrayed, and no one would leave the encounter happy, and I'll praise them for handling an important scene so well. Recruiting Mozu took me off guard, as I wasn't expecting the game to actually get this dark. I can't look at the shaky villager animations again.

The in-game cutscenes are still rough around the edges, but they already go further than the entirety of Awakening, and they still look nice to watch, so I will compliment them there.

Gameplay:

Spoiler

I was convinced to play this game on the Hard difficult for my first runthrough, although I'm also playing on casual mode because I don't want to be permanently punished for not yet understanding all the mechanics. And... heh heh heh...

It feels like I'm learning to swim by jumping into the the deep end of the pool, yet I think I'll keep going, since this will be an interesting trial by fire.

I remember spending twenty minutes on the first level just staring at all of these skills, classes, characters, and weapons. Trying to comprehend all these plus and minuses, debuffs and boosts, and so on, because I knew that I would have to learn them or else I would fail. Especially since I was choosing the hard route which would be less merciful to mistake.

So far I'm having fun. Pair-up is a lot more balanced this time around (even if I do think that guard stance has more advantages than attacking, but I still got a use out of both), dragon veins are a neat concept (even if I haven't really gotten to get much of a use out of them so far), and having to deal with limited cash and experience is a challenge I'm ready to face.

Other Things:

Spoiler

The animations are a lot more fluid and flashy than they were in Awakening, and while I ultimately prefer Echoes battle animations, I feel like that is an unfair comparison, and I won't be skipping the fights anytime soon. And while I know they can get ludicrous, I also like the clothing damage. It helps enforce that a strong attack connected, and it makes the fights more visually exciting as characters get cut up as the battle progresses. I honestly wouldn't mind if this aspect were expanded upon in future games (albeit with more realism and less fanservice).

The art of the locations is amazing, as is the music. I'm honestly wondering if I want a samurai or a viking Fire Emblem game first just so that they can go all out with the soundtrack.

Also

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This is the opening cutscene of Three Houses, and I hope the rest of the game is this violent great.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Part 59 - In which, by trying to be fast, I'm slow as ass.

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On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

I'm like the inquisition of my country: I appear when you least expect me to.

For better and worse.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Well...

The Letena event will only get worse and worse, won't it?

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

It very much was. The main flaw is, well, if you need someone to recruit another unit, and they're fatigued, you're out of luck unless you've got a stamina drink to spare.

I remember I was going to bring that up originally, but thought I spent enough time writing the update as is. I'd expect a remake would remove the "can't field a fatigued unit" aspect, albeit they would probably be useless for anything other than recruiting the other unit.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

It's only an issue in the earlygame, really. And even there it rarely ever happens at all. Once your healers gain enough skill to reach a certain sweetspot, they won't ever miss again. By the midgame, the only healers that'll even have the chance to miss with a staff are Tina, since her bases are garbage and so are her growths (considering she has two of the most overpowered staves in the game as her personal staves, it's only fair), and Linoan, who's... honestly pretty bad, about as bad as a staff user in Thracia can be.

I thought that that would be the case. It seems like it would be a pretty crappy mechanic for having healing staves to miss often.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Hahahah, oh, the stickman games. Still waiting for that final game.

I tend to react like the guy in the hat to spiders in real life.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Now, now, let us not get ahead of ourselves. For one, I've completely forgotten what we were talking about.

*Inhale*

WHAT! IS! THE! WHITE! CLOTH! THAT! MARCEL! IS! WEARING! THAT! APPARENTLY! IS! NOT! A! SKIRT! OR! A! DRESS! YET! IS! NOT! A! CAPE!?!?!?

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Ergh...?

Exactly

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

...for the record, no, I don't seriously want to see that. Not my cup of tea, that sort of thing. Just wanted to get that out, before the FBI comes for my butt. Come to think of it, why would the FBI come for me if I'm not an American...?

If you committed a monetary crime relating to America in some way, then the FBI would be upon you. Just like the Mail Delivery Service WILL deliver the mail, the FBI (and IRS) ensure that the American government WILL get their tax dollars.

On 7/8/2019 at 2:15 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

This even applies to birds, where one teste is actually smaller than the other in more cases than not.

I did not need to know that, but it's an... interesting fact none-the-less.

The only thing I remember from health class was that temperature affects that organ, and that's entirely because I might use that face in a survival situation.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

I haven't, but I probably should've.

That may have been a rhetorical question. And I didn't want to leave that fact as is.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Eh, too much trouble.

What if Jean Luc Picard tells you to

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On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Bwahahahahahaha, I'd forgotten about that! In the early days of the LP, I gave most portraits special names. As the amount of portraits began to grow, I realized it was impossible to find specific portraits when their names are throwaway jokes, so I decided to stop and just give them normal names. Of course, the early portraits, such as Eugen's, still have the special names. See if you can find the rest!

Tried looking through it, but my internet has been acting up recently, and it's not always displaying the alt text.

Still, it's interesting to see how much the format has changed as the Lets Play progressed, and how much has stayed the same.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Ahahaha, don't worry, I understand. Surnames are about as non-FE as it gets, so it's only natural that you'd see a surname and subconsciously discard the possibility that they may be a FE character. This makes the fact that everyone has a surname in the new game a little awkward.

Well, Gaiden had surnames, but considering both of those are spoilers, your point still stands.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Kaga always has a plan. What he doesn't always have is a plan that benefits the player.

Truer words have never been spoken.

With the exception of Attom dying, that is.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

A movie about those three contracting a Horseman to take revenge on me.

Now that would be interesting.

I know I would watch it.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Sadly. He had no time to be dying, he needed to yell in Roy's face about traps.

I still remember that rick-roll. I've been meaning to comment about that for a long time, but that was the first time I fell for that joke, and it was marvelous.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Let's just say that Eugen also revived him in order to give him an even more disgraceful death.

A solid explanation. It kills three birds with one stone.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Maybe he was about to say "Exdeath" but Runan cut him off.

Then that means... holy shit!

G535u0ki o

No, not that one.

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Yeah, that one.

Holy guacamole, now that's a plottwist!

I wish I understood this joke.

All I know is that one is from final fantasy. I don't think I want to know what the other one is from.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Okay, okay, I get it.

I would have done several youtube clip jokes, but those don't work as well in text format as they do in videos.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

You probably don't need to know more.

Even a quarter is being generous, but you are right that I don't need to know anything more.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

The day you know what to make of it is the day I cease to do it.

Fair enough.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Put a broken world back together? Are you nuts? Holmes would be the one to break it!

Y'know? The Holmes tripping joke would fit right in as a theory for why Eador is broken.

It's not out of place as the other tales Zarr provides. Dwarves believed the world was broken by kin who betrayed them, and they began to live in the woods, their ears became pointy, their beards fell off... Or the story of the orcs, where one orc didn't like another orc, so he banged his drum hard and loud enough that it cause the other orc to shatter into pieces, along with the rest of the world. Or the Goblins theory, where a Goblin hired a demon to work for them, but skimped on their payment, so the demon destroyed the world out of spite.

The writing of Eador: Genesis is great, by the way. And the fact that you can either be the straight man to Zarr's wise guy or engage in battles of snark just makes the exposition more enjoyable to go through. Although it's not a game I'd recommend to someone's who's never played or beaten a 4X game before. It expects you to learn its mechanics, learn them quickly, and have macrostrategies upon macrostrategies while also dealing with tactical battles. Impressively, a large amount (not all of it) of the game was made by one guy.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Into Guenchaos?

And know I want to see someone throw Holmes into Guenchaos as a ranged attack.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Didn't I say "shut up"?!

I was commenting more on the attention to detail and how nice it looked.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Nah, it's the same animation but with armor.

I see. Again, the hand motion was throwing me off.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

More or less, yes. It's kinda like the GBA Shaman/Druid dodge, if you know what that's like.

Not entirely, but I get the idea.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:
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You're welcome.

Thank you very, very much!

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Oh, wait, you said just spinning. Okay, hold on... lemme just... adjust some things here... okay, done. Here you go:

Pectehmf o

Pffffffffwahahahahahahahah. That zombie idle animation is just perfect for this.

Yoda is the most hardcore maracas player in the world.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THANK YOU! That is AWESOME!!!

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Yeah, it's a classic of anime swordsmanship.

And swordsmanship in general.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Five minutes, and he's already put every other swordsman in the game to shame. That's Yoda for you! Disregard that first battle.

The first battle was to get everyone disappointed, so that his return would be all the more impressive.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Well, you said it, he does lack the parrot. For a pirate, that's like one more appendage.

Aye, it is. Although Incognito in Sid Meier's Pirates! also lacks a parrot (and an eyepatch. And a hook hand. And a peg leg...), and is the most badass pirate in existence, so it's apparently not a requirement.

Also, few pirates parrots can be called mighty:

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On 7/8/2019 at 2:15 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

Garo's allergic to feathers, so he substituted Holmes because it was agreed at least he was a bird-brain. (which I feel insults my rooster in comparison)

I remember the fact that chickens have better reasoning ability than five year olds, and they actually have a complex social structure. So yeah, Holmes is an insult to chickens.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

A surprise, to be sure, but... an unwelcome one?

It's... a surprise.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Notice how he's aiming at his own dick. Perhaps he just wants to join the Maerchen club of... well, you know what it is. He heard they have cookies, and he could not refuse such an offer!

Uh...

Er...

Um...

Yeah, I don't want to do another joke about that.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

If you went too far, then I circled around the universe.

Too far in a public area, I mean? Without seeming like someone hacked my account.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Something, without a doubt.

It's... better than nothing, I suppose.

...Much better than nothing....

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Exactly the reaction I wanted.

Why, you!

But seriously, thank you for the opportunity to do that joke.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

But not to worry, I don't want to depict Wrys as a... well, need I spell it out? Keep on reading.

Thank God! And you made me more curious about what lies ahead in the update.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Hmmmmmmmm... Well, frustrating can mean it's difficult, but well designed. That's good. Boring just means you get tired of the game.

I always find it interesting how people respond to that question.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Yep. He does spin around. It's not quite as lame as Obi-Wan's spin, though. It's barely two frames.

Hahahahaha! I forgot about the Obi-Wan spin! Man, when it be common knowledge in Hollywood that spinning in battle is only practical in a small handful of situations.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

That's the most hilarious part about it. He sucks at swordplay, but he always tries to finish his thrusts with some style, so it at least looks like he has any idea what he's doing.

Well, I'll take him alternating between the two extremes than finding a boring middle. It makes it all the more entertaining.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Then you compare him to Yoda, and, well...

Pectehmf o

I hope this gif seems much use throughout the Lets Play.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Ahah! I am winner!

...sorry if you had your volume too high. I promise I won't do it ever again. To be frank, I only did it because I couldn't find the theme.

Nah, I was expecting to get rick-rolled, and I kept my volume low.

That, and my laptop's sound seems damaged (my laptops seems to live a dangerous life barely three months in and parts of it are already bent).

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Hwahahahah... I sure hope, upon being asked what the hell was so funny, you looked up and said, tears in your eyes, "INDIANA JONES IS DEAD!".

Unfortunately, no. Although they would have found the context funny since my family is Indiana Jones fans.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Not the good sort, though.

Still, talking instead of fighting!

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Okay, just kidding, here's the real victory music. Alongside the entirety of the game's OST, because that's the only place where you can find all the themes of the game on youtube. Except for that one weird boss theme, you can only find it in my channel.

I have to say, Berwick was definitely luckier in that respect. People were kind enough to upload the entire arranged OST and the ingame versions!

Thank you for linking this. I will be giving it a listen in the future.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

I am glad you guys agree with my decision to revive The Roger, a fact you demonstrate by shamelessly stealing Hawkwing's gif.

This isn't the first time Pengaius has stolen something from me.

Somewhat related, but do you mind if I ask the second half of my interview questions? I created more after the first re-interview, and I never asked you them.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:
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Or killed or kidnapped her, but I don't think even Holmes would stoop that low.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:
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Yoda is going to be the ultimate thing keeping Holmes in line the rest of this game, won't he?

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:
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Oh

I suppose I should've know you weren't that selfish.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:
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This is why you don't play the backstabbing game.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

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And this story continues to alternate between being joyus occasions and tragic ones.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:
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Thanks, man. Always a pleasure to see ya.

Looks like Footballman parting words are a heartfelt attempt at being hip with the kids.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

04edcfbn oIt happens, but not very often. All the roads from Granada to Reeve proper run through this desert, but thanks to all the sandstorms, they're rarely safe. It's made Granada almost into an island. Hence why much of the city's profit is made from privateering... All contracted by Reevan nobility, of course.

It's late, but we have a solid explanation for why Holmes is into privateering beyond treasure hunting and spiting his dad.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

04edcfbn oYou could say that. My father liked to take me along when he was going abroad on official business.

P1zzgcas o Well, he isn't all bad! He took him along on his travels...

04edcfbn oThough most of the time, I was in Razelia because I'd run away from home.

0zfd96rn o Oh.

Once again, Holmes can't say anything positive without adding something that makes him look worse.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Mivm34qk oVals! Finally! I've been meaning to talk to you about your son...

U5areb5h oHmph. What has that idiot done this time?

Mivm34qk oHe's here, in Razelia! He just showed up, alone, asking if he could stay for a while!

U5areb5h oOh, is that all?

Mivm34qk oV-Vals! When I asked what he was doing there, he said... "Dad can eat shit"! Whatever happened for him to say such a thing?!

U5areb5h oI haven't the faintest idea. I just told him to stay in his room and pretend he didn't exist, because I was going to bring my newest catch home.

Mivm34qk o...what?

U5areb5h oI heard some noise in his room at one point, so I went to check on him. He was nowhere to be seen, and the window was open.

Mivm34qk oAnd that didn't worry you in the slightest!?

U5areb5h oWell, we were just about to... advance to the next phase, if you understand what I'm saying. I figured the drama could wait a night.

Mivm34qk oVals, for the love of-- he's been in Castle Razelia for two weeks now! I've been trying to reach you since the first day, but you wouldn't send so much as a short note!

U5areb5h oWe've been... very busy, that girl and I, and when your first message arrived, I decided I could rest easy, knowing he was in good hands.

Mivm34qk o...

U5areb5h oImpudent girl left me yesterday, though, so I figured I'd come pay you a visit, and, you know, see if Razelian women are more loyal than Granadan ones.

Mivm34qk o......

U5areb5h oWhat?

Mivm34qk o...never mind, Vals. Never you mind.

 

 

 

1ydcs082 oSo, can I stay, Lord Gramud?

Mivm34qk oSigh... I suppose you can, Holmes.

1ydcs082 oGreat! Screw dad! C'mon, Runan, let's go!

94uidrpc oI think you should try and talk with your dad...

1ydcs082 oBah. Who cares about the old coot anyway? I hope he dies while I'm here, so I can stay forever!

94uidrpc oHolmes...

Mivm34qk o...poor boy...

Ih49ob2i oThat kid is on his way to grow up into a hopeless troublemaker. Someone should give him a good couple of blows to set him straight... and his father, while at it!

Mivm34qk oSettle down, Eugen. Let me handle this mess.

94uidrpc o...

On 7/8/2019 at 2:15 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

This is canon. I don't care what anyone says. Not even Kaga could tell me otherwise.

I have to agree. This is canon.

Also, are those actual portraits of Runan and Holmes as children?

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Vrbnhily oWell, you have got that charming quality about you, Lord Holmes. You're like the world around which all the shining stars revolve.

0zfd96rn o Pffft... sorry? Come again?

I think he meant to say something along the lines of "somehow, people don't want to overthrow you despite being a questionable protagonist at best."

That, or it's in-universe acknowledgement of skills.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:
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04edcfbn oThis looks like a teaching manual... Maybe it'll come in handy. Nice work, Juni! ...Oh, you want a reward, huh? Let's see... How about a free bath when we get to Razelia? You like baths, right?

Ccdcdz7k oCaptain, you're a moron.

0zfd96rn o You know, the implication is that Juni isn't tanned, but dirty. That was a hideously low blow, and the worst part is that I'm pretty sure he didn't even mean to be mean.

How is it a low blow? The implication I got from Holmes is that she got sand everywhere when looking for treasure, and a free bath would be a way to wash it out. Then again, I don't give a damn about race, so maybe that's why I'm missing something.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

04edcfbn oWhoa, this is a wyvern flute! Good find, kid! I knew it'd be good to have you around. Tell you what--when we get to Razelia, I'll buy you some sweets as a reward. How's that sound?

8hjyjt84 oIt sounds like you think I'm a five-year-old...

I think this is why Holmes sticks around with Shigen. It's easy to be an @$$ to someone when they're one back, and they both have tough enough skin that they can insult each other without damaging their friendship. Meanwhile, Holmes attempts to be kind always seem to backfire, so I can see why he gives up for long stretches of time.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:
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0zfd96rn o Gee, who could've foreseen this? Leaving the plot important cleric who can turn into a dragon in a village without protection of any sort was a bad idea!

The alternative was that Katri would turn into a dragon. Meaning that either the house would be destroyed and a lot of people would needlessly die, or Guenchoas's men would just wait for her to transform back into a human, and then kidnap her. The latter would be a humorous scene, but the only real "win" in this situation would be for Katri to destroy her attackers before anything happens, which we all know Kaga wouldn't allow.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

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F4aswdy8 o The legendary Runysmile! It looks less sincere the more you see it!

It's hard for anything related to murder memes to be sincere.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

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Is that the Runyfrown?

Just like the Runysmile, it's only a few pixels off from his default expression.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Ih49ob2i oLord Runan, I don't know what happened between you two, but it's not right to make a woman cry.

P1zzgcas o Pfhah! Of course! He walks into the world's most awkward scene, and he can only think of sassing Runan. Good ol' Eugen.

Few people can walk into one of those kind of scenes and come out without looking worse. Eugen is one of those people.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

0zfd96rn o Wait, you spoke to Eugen? And it didn't come to blows? I cannot believe it!

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Ih49ob2i o...

04edcfbn o...Look, I know that our last meeting went... less than well.

04edcfbn o But I really am here to meet with Runan. Do you know where he is?

04edcfbn oI promise to lay off the insulting remarks. Or at least intentionally.

Ih49ob2i o Hmmm....

Ih49ob2i oHe should be in the throne room.

Ih49ob2i oThink twice before you speak. He's been distraught recently.

04edcfbn oHuh. Thanks old ma- sir Eugen

Ih49ob2i oHmmmm....

Ih49ob2i o What's gotten into the boy? It's not like him to hold his tongue like that...

Tbmbi8q0 oSometimes, actions speak louder than words.

Tbmbi8q0 oOr in my case, doing 99 damage every other attack.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

0zfd96rn o Whoa, Holmes being... supportive and introspective? Is the world ending? People, look out the windows. Does anybody see meteors, or rivers of lava, or mist with aliens in it?

Well, I was busy at my job all week. And was almost shocked when wiring a PLC for the first time. And Fire Emblem now has blood. But other than that, nothing is different.

It seems that Ruran is the only person Holmes can be nice to without it backfiring in some ways. No wonder he kept running away.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

04edcfbn oI was kinda hoping he'd bitten the dust, but yeah, he's still going strong. He's enjoying his retirement now, apparently.

Even his description of his father is less hostile than usual.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

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On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

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I am curious to see where this will lead.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

0zfd96rn o Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhh... see, I don't want to be a party pooper, but uh...

Ah, dramatic irony. How we both love and hate you.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

04edcfbn oMean?! I'm not mean!

One last point. Remember that, as I said, the right direction leads not only to peace but to knowledge.
When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him.
When a man is getting worse, he understands his own badness less and less. A moderately bad man
knows he is not very good: a thoroughly bad man thinks he is all right. This is common sense, really.
You understand sleep when you are awake, not while you are sleeping. You can see mistakes in
arithmetic when your mind is working properly: while you are making them you cannot see them.
You can understand the nature of drunkenness when you are sober, not when you are drunk. Good
people know about both good and evil: bad people do not know about either.

- C.S. Lewis "Mere Christianity"

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

0zfd96rn o You don't even know him! This works if you sent him to Runan's route. There, he more or less makes up with Enteh and actually meets Meriel. As is, though, Holmes's route ruins yet another scene.

Outside of Shigen becoming an adviser and having an edgy shopkeeper, has Holmes route actually improved anything?

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:
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4lt3brpp o Son of a bitch-- why does everyone get off on making fun of the kid who watched his grandfather die and his life shatter to pieces around him?!

He must have a really punchable voice or something. I'm grasping at straws here, because there's more reasons to give the guy a hug than to be mean.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

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In other words, he visited the Fire Emblem Heroes Meme page in its early days.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:
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I recommend joining a men's group, or just talking with someone you trust that can keep a secret but can also keep you accountable. Keeping those things private for too long can do more damage than good in the long run.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:
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Is... this canon?

Because I am now interested in at least one healer having this kind of past

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:
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A good note to end this on. It quelled my earlier fears.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

0zfd96rn o You know, the best part is that we haven't even gotten started with the depressing crap when it comes to Kate. All the edgy scenes with Zieg, his betrayal, this... it doesn't compare to what comes next. You'll see, if you do what I'd like you to do at the end of this update.

Hoo boy. We're in for a ride there, aren't we?

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

P1zzgcas o On a more positive note, here's some camaraderie between the figures of legend in our armies.

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It's always nice to see interactions like these.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:
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0zfd96rn o Gee, I wonder who it is. Place your bets, everyone: when the time comes, I'll tell you his name.

I feel like he's been mentioned before. I'll have to scour through the updates to remember who Liz is.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:
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P1zzgcas o This needed to be shown in screenshot format: Eugen actually being not a dick to Holmes!

Maybe Eugen got enough hints from Runan to save his insults for the enemy.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

 

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This is Nihil.

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Never mind, Vantage it is. I didn't take screenshots of which unit got which skills because... I dunno, I'm very smart. I'll go into the game later to check it out.

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This is Astra.

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Draco. Good jump is right, have you seen Holmes doing it?

These descriptions are awesome, but I'm tired enough with the week and replying so late that I'm beginning to skim through these. I'll probably comment when I have more energy.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:
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Sol is based on qi. Don't ask me what that is.

I think it's supposed to be chi. Which in some games is another way of saying "magic".

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:
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Bagman, Footballman, okay, hurry up, hurry up...

These two images feel so exploitable...

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Huh, so there are multiple ways to die in that game. I remember playing the... remake? Remaster? A year ago, but didn't get too far. I need to play that game again, but I also have a ton of games I need to focus on completing as is.

On 7/7/2019 at 6:11 PM, Saint Rubenio said:
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Here take my money Futbolman, be it that I could stay and chat but I don't have time so bye

He's calling the goddess ma now. I guess you've donated enough money that you're on those kind of terms with them.

And I'm okay with your choices on who goes where.

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On 7/8/2019 at 12:59 AM, eclipse said:

I'm not gonna argue your character choices.  You're gonna be the one that has to live with them~!

Now there's a good girl. A... good girl, who probably gets a kick out of watching me be miserable, like everyone else.

 

On 7/8/2019 at 1:10 AM, Pengaius said:

Yes that perfectly describes that which I desired come clearly across from my response to your response to my reply. 

Yes, I will stop this now.

I mean you never named him, what else do I call him. 

Hans? I mean, he kinda looks like another Hans that also betrayed his lover who had magical powers. And the twist came completely out of the blue in both instances!

...... suuuuure

Sigh... I truly wish those words were true.

Oh my!

Dangit, a mistake! And what a mistake, too! What have I done? To repent for this, I shall have to double my tribute to his shrine I have in my closet...

...wait, did I just type that? Nah, must be my imagination. A sensible person would read back just in case, but I'm Spanish. I have paellas to eat and bullfighting to watch before my siesta.

Whatever do you mean?

Oooohhhh, nothing of too great import. Just referring to the time you voted for some guy named Rossellini to go with Holmes.

Your picks are fine, but Lina with Runan and Arkis with Holmes so you can finally get him that goddamned level you promised. 

Hahahahah, it's about time, eh? Well, luckily for you, there's a forced skirmish right after the route split. Perhaps it'll be today that your dreams will be realized... or, maybe he'll die of a gargoyle crit.

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I just love how this throwaway edit has been used against me many times ever since I first made it public.

I've really come a long way when it comes to editing, though, haven't I? Look at that shit! The text isn't even properly aligned--

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...I brought this on myself, didn't I...

 

On 7/8/2019 at 1:28 AM, BrightBow said:

Huh. I knew about the red line but I never actually figured out what it actually does. Sweet.

I personaly enjoy the sound it does very much. It's like "swosh!". Hysterical.

 

On 7/8/2019 at 8:15 AM, The Roger The Paladin said:

Here's hoping they don't also decide to pull horsemen raiding villages and Slaver rehashes.

Oh, goodness gracious... imagine sending Seteth's generic loli sister off to slavery in order to become a dancer.

On second thought, don't imagine it. We had enough of that when it happened to Plum.

I read the first line of this as "I like the inquisition of my country" initially and had to double take.

Pfffhwahahahahahah. C'mon, I'm not that insane. Yet. Ask me again when we're done with that chapter.

Which is... two chapters away.

Oh, God.

I'd take the tedium. It's easier to survive.

Yeah... I wonder. I never did play that chapter normally... this is gonna be new for me. And painful.

Yeah, that's the CIA's job. Which reminds me of a joke I used to have with my ex where she'd mention doing something or other that was mildly illegal and I'd tell her that I'd recorded it and sent it to the FBI, the joke being they had no authority here.

Mm, I see.

This even applies to birds, where one teste is actually smaller than the other in more cases than not.

Oh, goodness! Why?!

Meanwhile I'd get sleep paralysis flashbacks.

There are flashbacks in this update. Relatable enough?

To be fair, Galuf is kind of reminding me of Eugen playing through the game. The guy is hilarious.

Anything that reminds you of Eugen is a good thing.

You've heard of an axe guitar. Now see an axe played as a guitar.

People look at him like he's mad. But in a few years, it'll be all the hot shit.

Garo's allergic to feathers, so he substituted Holmes because it was agreed at least he was a bird-brain. (which I feel insults my rooster in comparison)

Come now, your rooster doesn't deserve to be compared to Holmes.

Someone else doing a Disney parody. With mild similarity to Bishop Lee... but then you know... parodying the same song.

I like how Luigi's made out to be a dickhead in every single spin-off of the Mario series, and meanwhile he's basically the best person in his own series and the RPGs.

Tailz was an odd case because we technically took someone else's inflation fetish Tails and editted a third tail onto it and a name and "copyright", then wrote a story about him being Tails cousin who inflates to fly because the third tail gets caught when he tries to use them... so it was kind of poetic. Full circle even. The funny thing is, I checked the other characters (except Kevin), when I saw that, and both the gender swapped Sonia (though that was a bit generic) and Dillon existed. Poor guy kind of regrets the username as it goes. https://www.deviantart.com/dillon-the-hedgehog

Life's funy sometimes.

Also it gave me a reason to call them OC Thiefs a second time... which is what I commented on the video as soon as I could. Catch being everyone assumed that the thing about them stealing my OC was a joke. Not that I have any problem. Given the idea was an anonymous joke initially anyway, who was I to stop it from spreading?

Hahahahahah. Some people are serious about the whole OC stealing thing. Some joke about it. You did both, you absolute madlad.

I'd say it made the whole April Fools update from fool's gold into real gold.

Hey, what do you mean? Wasn't it ALWAYS gold?

Guy was an assassin set on destabilizing. @Pengaius has been making jokes about deaths since Elibe. Furthermore, he's a horseman who is leading bandits to raid a village in the demo for Serenes Emblem (using a killer bow, so high crit-rate). I conclude from this wording that Pengauis, is actually the mastermind behind Zephiel, Gharnef, Medeus, Guenchaos, random horsemen, and everything else that's shown up. Hence why he wants Arkis used.

He's a horseman raiding villages? Seriously? I was not aware. Now I have to wonder if he requested to be portrayed like that on purpose.

Comedy gold.

Thanks!

For a second I thought that the deal turned out to be to sell Morgan out. Though in a way it was.

Well, Plot!Me was the deal. Morgan was just a nuisance.


It's time at last.

 

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Footballman (To the tune of Son of Man)

The power to protec,
And the the wisdom to save lives,
All these things will come from you in time.

On this war that we are waging,
There'll be situations bleak,
And it's you who'll pray for us,
It's your guidance we shall seek.

Footballman, Don't let our units die.
The Goddess' blessing we'll receive
No matter what we shall have tried,
But your protection we shall need.

Holmes is quite the dullard,
So give us the Goddess hand,
With our perseverance,
We shall save this land.

Footballman, Don't let our units die.
The Goddess' blessing we'll receive
No matter what we shall have tried,
But your protection we shall need.

In guiding you'll protect,
And in protecting you will guide,
May you shield the units that we love.

And the visions of tomorrow,
Not ruled by Gerxels cult,
The time is drawing near now,
To end those at fault.

Footballman, Don't let our units die.
The Goddess' blessing we'll receive
No matter what we shall have tried,
But your protection we shall need.

Footballman,
Footballman,
The greatest NPC.
 


Is that a tear rolling down my eye? I think it may be. That was beautiful. May the hand of the Goddess protec us all!


This is canon. I don't care what anyone says. Not even Kaga could tell me otherwise.

Hahahahahahah, awesome. Aethin, insert this scene into the game, post-haste.

Could have been worse. He could have asked her if she liked dancing. But all the same, I feel like he's stole Arkis gag about saying the wrong thing.

I mean, their IQs are at around the same level: Single digits for both.

Ouch.

Agreed. To both ouches.

 

In very dumbed down terms, life force. Sol makes you a vampire that preys on the energy of the spirit apparently.

Hm, I see.

I'll agree with the choices and agree on Garo for the move potion. It's not like Tom doesn't have a ranged option anyway.

I mean, he's got a ballista.

 

On 7/8/2019 at 11:32 AM, Aethin said:

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...Oh boy, two useless units!

Hey, don't insult Krishna. She may be bad, but she's hilariously RNG blessed in my run.

 

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And once again, you catch it just before I post the next update.

Also, I'm borrowing my cousins copy of Conquest for a few months (her "borrowing" my copy of Kid Icarus: Uprising for five years may or may not have anything to do with it). Some short first impressions:

Story:

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The story is... not terrible. But it's not good either.  Honestly, it feels like they're using every single cliche such a story would have, with little of the nuance that makes said tropes interesting in the first place. It may be because I've spent too much time on TV Tropes, but my thoughts almost always jumped to "Here's the 'you'll be a strong warrior one day' speech!" "Yep, they make a joke about Leo in an otherwise serious conversation to show that they love each other." "Amnesia! How convenient!" "We don't care that the nameless dudes were just massacred, but we have to save the named characters!" "The villain explains their evil intentions because the audience needs to know that they're EVIL!". If this were a parody I think I could find some enjoyment out of this, but since this is supposed to be a dramatic story, it just makes their plain usage all the more glaring.

The dialogue doesn't help. Say what you will about Awakening and Echoes stories, but you'll never find me complaining about what the characters say in the story itself. Meanwhile, it seems that every other line in Fates either makes me raise and eyebrow or cringe. It's either long winded conversations for something that should be more natural, or something that feels out of place with the tone and setting the game is trying to set up. The voice acting doesn't help, although I don't know if I'm more bothered by the performances or the direction at the moment (the single exception being Arthur, because the voice actor is having a blast with his lines and I can't hate the superhero ham).

To say something positive about the story, I do like the explanation of the faceless. They're a logical counter to Mikoto's (laughable) magical protection spell, and the detail that the process of creating them isn't perfect is a nice way to explain why you'll be fighting them on all three routes. The route split had a greater impact than I thought it would, and it's the first time I'd say the game impressed me with it's writing. One side was going to be betrayed, and no one would leave the encounter happy, and I'll praise them for handling an important scene so well. Recruiting Mozu took me off guard, as I wasn't expecting the game to actually get this dark. I can't look at the shaky villager animations again.

The in-game cutscenes are still rough around the edges, but they already go further than the entirety of Awakening, and they still look nice to watch, so I will compliment them there.

I like how it isn't all vitriol, like everyone else.

Gameplay:

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I was convinced to play this game on the Hard difficult for my first runthrough, although I'm also playing on casual mode because I don't want to be permanently punished for not yet understanding all the mechanics. And... heh heh heh...

It feels like I'm learning to swim by jumping into the the deep end of the pool, yet I think I'll keep going, since this will be an interesting trial by fire.

I remember spending twenty minutes on the first level just staring at all of these skills, classes, characters, and weapons. Trying to comprehend all these plus and minuses, debuffs and boosts, and so on, because I knew that I would have to learn them or else I would fail. Especially since I was choosing the hard route which would be less merciful to mistake.

So far I'm having fun. Pair-up is a lot more balanced this time around (even if I do think that guard stance has more advantages than attacking, but I still got a use out of both), dragon veins are a neat concept (even if I haven't really gotten to get much of a use out of them so far), and having to deal with limited cash and experience is a challenge I'm ready to face.

Ahah... I still need to finish my FE12 Maniac run that I left in the final chapter, you know. I think I know what you're saying: fuck me was it horrible to beat Anri's way.

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The animations are a lot more fluid and flashy than they were in Awakening, and while I ultimately prefer Echoes battle animations, I feel like that is an unfair comparison, and I won't be skipping the fights anytime soon. And while I know they can get ludicrous, I also like the clothing damage. It helps enforce that a strong attack connected, and it makes the fights more visually exciting as characters get cut up as the battle progresses. I honestly wouldn't mind if this aspect were expanded upon in future games (albeit with more realism and less fanservice).

The art of the locations is amazing, as is the music. I'm honestly wondering if I want a samurai or a viking Fire Emblem game first just so that they can go all out with the soundtrack.

Neat.

Also

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This is the opening cutscene of Three Houses, and I hope the rest of the game is this violent great.

I've seen it. It's not as great as Berwick's open--

Okay, nah, they're not really comparable at all. Berwick's opening foreshadows the entire game, basically, while showing off those beautiful combat sprites. Three Houses's opening foreshadows the fact that it's not a kid's game, and that punching is viable.

It's funny how I've gone from "I don't know if I'll buy this game" to "I don't know if I won't buy this game at day one". Still, unlike pretty much the rest of the fanbase, I'm not quite so absurdly hyped. The students still make me yawn desperatedly, 90% of them being walking stereotypes, and boring ones, at that - and one of the protagonists is among that 90%, that's not good. Seriously, Claude better be a backstabbing bastard, because otherwise this is going to be "the game with Dimitri, Edelgard and the bad one". He even has a recycled name, for God's sake. I'm also still fearing that Hanneman will pull a Zieg (although, less so than before, it really seems he's gonna be playable, thank God). The graphics are still hideous, not that that matters, but an issue is an issue. And the size of the cast really worries me, if the entire playable cast is going to be 10~ students per route plus a handful of teachers, the replayability is going to take a hit, reclassing or no reclassing. I really doubt that'll be the case, but it's something to be worried about.

These problems aren't going to make me scream "THREE HOUSES BAD" any time soon, but they also will save me from screaming "THREE HOUSES BAD" when the game inevitably fails to meet the community's outrageous expectations. Have you seen the hype? People are going around saying that this will be, by a huge margin, the best FE game, and I think that's a grave mistake. Mark my words, this is going to be a repeat of Fates: everyone is going to be mad at the game, even if it's awesome, because it won't be as hilariously good as everyone seems to expect it to be.

Me? I just want the guy with the amazing mustache and the monocle to be playable. That is about it.

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Urk...

For better and worse.

I'm also the cause for countless deaths. Which isn't reassuring at all.

The Letena event will only get worse and worse, won't it?

Eh, well actually, this is about it for the Letena event. Unless it turns out that even reviving her at the end won't trigger the ending scenes, but then I'd just pull it from my old savefile.

I remember I was going to bring that up originally, but thought I spent enough time writing the update as is. I'd expect a remake would remove the "can't field a fatigued unit" aspect, albeit they would probably be useless for anything other than recruiting the other unit.

That'd be a solid idea.

I thought that that would be the case. It seems like it would be a pretty crappy mechanic for having healing staves to miss often.

Yeah.

I tend to react like the guy in the hat to spiders in real life.

You are quite brave.

*Inhale*

WHAT! IS! THE! WHITE! CLOTH! THAT! MARCEL! IS! WEARING! THAT! APPARENTLY! IS! NOT! A! SKIRT! OR! A! DRESS! YET! IS! NOT! A! CAPE!?!?!?

Ah, yes, of course.

It's obviously a kilt. Marcel is scottish.

Exactly

Right, right.

If you committed a monetary crime relating to America in some way, then the FBI would be upon you. Just like the Mail Delivery Service WILL deliver the mail, the FBI (and IRS) ensure that the American government WILL get their tax dollars.

I mean, even the Joker himself is more afraid of the IRS than Batman, right?

I did not need to know that, but it's an... interesting fact none-the-less.

The only thing I remember from health class was that temperature affects that organ, and that's entirely because I might use that face in a survival situation.

You'll survive the walking dead at this rate, man!

Then again, the entire human race would survive the walking dead. Who even lets slow, decaying corpses to jump on them?

That may have been a rhetorical question. And I didn't want to leave that fact as is.

And I may only have replied as such in an ironic way.

What if Jean Luc Picard tells you to

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Oh hey, it's Star Treck's Wrys.

Well, if he wants me to do it, lemme just... sneak in a test / joke update for the Berwick LP I'll do when the full translation is released...

Tried looking through it, but my internet has been acting up recently, and it's not always displaying the alt text.

Still, it's interesting to see how much the format has changed as the Lets Play progressed, and how much has stayed the same.

Some things never change, like me killing people in games. People I like...

Well, Gaiden had surnames, but considering both of those are spoilers, your point still stands.

Yeah, that doesn't really count, because only, like, two people have surnames, and they're merely plot devices. Everyone and their mom have surnames in 3H.

Truer words have never been spoken.

With the exception of Attom dying, that is.

I think his plan there was just to piss me off. Me in particular. Chinese bastard...

I know I would watch it.

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I still remember that rick-roll. I've been meaning to comment about that for a long time, but that was the first time I fell for that joke, and it was marvelous.

Ohhhh that's right, I remember! That was a stroke of genius on my part.

A solid explanation. It kills three birds with one stone.

That it does.

I wish I understood this joke.

All I know is that one is from final fantasy. I don't think I want to know what the other one is from.

The other one is from an anime I don't know. She's called esdeath and she's basically yandere fanservice for horny teens. And me, apparently, if Youtube recommendations are anything to go by. Then again, Youtube also bombards me with Family Guy clips relentlessly, so...

I would have done several youtube clip jokes, but those don't work as well in text format as they do in videos.

Ah, well, what can you do.

Even a quarter is being generous, but you are right that I don't need to know anything more.

That's Deviantart for ya.

Fair enough.

Heheh... right.

Y'know? The Holmes tripping joke would fit right in as a theory for why Eador is broken.

It's not out of place as the other tales Zarr provides. Dwarves believed the world was broken by kin who betrayed them, and they began to live in the woods, their ears became pointy, their beards fell off... Or the story of the orcs, where one orc didn't like another orc, so he banged his drum hard and loud enough that it cause the other orc to shatter into pieces, along with the rest of the world. Or the Goblins theory, where a Goblin hired a demon to work for them, but skimped on their payment, so the demon destroyed the world out of spite.

The writing of Eador: Genesis is great, by the way. And the fact that you can either be the straight man to Zarr's wise guy or engage in battles of snark just makes the exposition more enjoyable to go through. Although it's not a game I'd recommend to someone's who's never played or beaten a 4X game before. It expects you to learn its mechanics, learn them quickly, and have macrostrategies upon macrostrategies while also dealing with tactical battles. Impressively, a large amount (not all of it) of the game was made by one guy.

Soooo you're telling me that, in this game, I could've been an ass to Law while he exposited?

Kaga, take notes, please. For once in your life, learn from somebody else.

And know I want to see someone throw Holmes into Guenchaos as a ranged attack.

Hahahahahahahahah, ah, we'll have to settle for throwing Holmes into Guenchaos, period. So he dies.

I was commenting more on the attention to detail and how nice it looked.

Wait, that's good! Okay, then don't shut up.

I see. Again, the hand motion was throwing me off.

It's a dumb thing to do, in all fairness.

Not entirely, but I get the idea.

Okay, good.

Thank you very, very much!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THANK YOU! That is AWESOME!!!

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

And swordsmanship in general.

Hahahah, I see.

The first battle was to get everyone disappointed, so that his return would be all the more impressive.

Hwaahahahah... he was all like "laugh, laugh all you want... this isn't even my final form!"

Aye, it is. Although Incognito in Sid Meier's Pirates! also lacks a parrot (and an eyepatch. And a hook hand. And a peg leg...), and is the most badass pirate in existence, so it's apparently not a requirement.

Also, few pirates parrots can be called mighty:

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That's right, I'd forgotten that Echoes stole Ostia Knight #3's name for a random pirate.

I remember the fact that chickens have better reasoning ability than five year olds, and they actually have a complex social structure. So yeah, Holmes is an insult to chickens.

Oh, hahahah poor Holmes. He's too lame to be a bird.

It's... a surprise.

That much we can agree on.

Uh...

Er...

Um...

Yeah, I don't want to do another joke about that.

Hahahah... yeah, you're right, we should stop dicking around.

Too far in a public area, I mean? Without seeming like someone hacked my account.

All right, let's settle for that, because I've already forgotten what we were talking about.

It's... better than nothing, I suppose.

...Much better than nothing....

I suppose, yes.

Why, you!

But seriously, thank you for the opportunity to do that joke.

Hahahah, you're very welcome.

Thank God! And you made me more curious about what lies ahead in the update.

Well...

I always find it interesting how people respond to that question.

Don't get me wrong, badly designed frustration ain't a good thing, but if it's frustrating because I'm simply not yet good enough for the challenge, that's not a bad thing. There are very few ways boring can be spinned into being a good thing.

Hahahahaha! I forgot about the Obi-Wan spin! Man, when it be common knowledge in Hollywood that spinning in battle is only practical in a small handful of situations.

Frankly, I find it baffling that the spin isn't talked about more. Without getting into the good ol' argument of whether the prequel battles are better than the OT battles or not; that spin is so dumb, I'd expect it to be memed more - but nobody seems to even acknowledge its existance! Even people who admit that this battle hasn't aged so gracefully don't even mention it! What's up with that?

Well, I'll take him alternating between the two extremes than finding a boring middle. It makes it all the more entertaining.

Hahahah, well, to each their own.

I hope this gif seems much use throughout the Lets Play.

We'll see.

Nah, I was expecting to get rick-rolled, and I kept my volume low.

That, and my laptop's sound seems damaged (my laptops seems to live a dangerous life barely three months in and parts of it are already bent).

Man, you got scammed with that laptop, didn't ya?

Unfortunately, no. Although they would have found the context funny since my family is Indiana Jones fans.

Next time the topic comes up, you must let them know that, in the Tear Ring Saga continuity, Indiana Jones is dead.

Still, talking instead of fighting!

Yeah, indeed.

Thank you for linking this. I will be giving it a listen in the future.

Keep in mind that those aren't the ingame versions. There are a handful of ingame songs to be found in Youtube, but they're rare.

Other than that, though, do give it a listen. This game's got a good ost, and not only that, it also uses it well. Take this, for instance. This is the overworld theme when controlling Runan for the first two route splits. In the third route split, it is replaced with another theme, since you control them both - however, this one returns as both the player phase AND the enemy phase theme for the battle against Lentzenheimer. The music alone helps make that already epic battle ten times more epic.

This isn't the first time Pengaius has stolen something from me.

Did he steal your butter?

Somewhat related, but do you mind if I ask the second half of my interview questions? I created more after the first re-interview, and I never asked you them.

Weird timing, but sure, ask away.

Or killed or kidnapped her, but I don't think even Holmes would stoop that low.

C'mon, Holmes is an idiot, but he isn't evil. I know he killed Bismarck and his entire crew for basically no reason, but in all fairness, he confused them for an all-out Imperial warship. Again, not evil, but a complete dumbass.

Yoda is going to be the ultimate thing keeping Holmes in line the rest of this game, won't he?

Hah, well, maybe.

Oh

I suppose I should've know you weren't that selfish.

I thought it was pretty obvious.

This is why you don't play the backstabbing game.

And once again he dies anticlimatically one update after being reintroduced. Will I bring him back in the next LP?

Let's be honest with ourselves: I probably will.

And this story continues to alternate between being joyus occasions and tragic ones.

I try my best!

Looks like Footballman parting words are a heartfelt attempt at being hip with the kids.

Hahahahahahahah fuckin' hell, man, Footballman's the best.

It's late, but we have a solid explanation for why Holmes is into privateering beyond treasure hunting and spiting his dad.

Yeah, that's right.

Once again, Holmes can't say anything positive without adding something that makes him look worse.

What did you expect?

I have to agree. This is canon.

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Hahahahahahah, awesome. Aethin, insert this scene into the game, post-haste.

Also, are those actual portraits of Runan and Holmes as children?

No, there are no instances of Runan and Holmes appearing as children. Or Gramud, for that matter. Gramud and Runan are recolors of two of the unused sprites, while Holmes is a bit of a half-assed splice of another two unused sprites.

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By the way, can I just say it's a shame "Gramud" is unused? 'Cause hot damn, what a sprite.

I think he meant to say something along the lines of "somehow, people don't want to overthrow you despite being a questionable protagonist at best."

That, or it's in-universe acknowledgement of skills.

Considering Holmes doesn't have Astra, I'm going with the former.

How is it a low blow? The implication I got from Holmes is that she got sand everywhere when looking for treasure, and a free bath would be a way to wash it out. Then again, I don't give a damn about race, so maybe that's why I'm missing something.

What I was getting at is that Yuni could've easily interpreted Holmes's offer as a dig at her being dirty. Hence, what I said about him probably not meaning to be mean, but still being mean by accident.

I think this is why Holmes sticks around with Shigen. It's easy to be an @$$ to someone when they're one back, and they both have tough enough skin that they can insult each other without damaging their friendship. Meanwhile, Holmes attempts to be kind always seem to backfire, so I can see why he gives up for long stretches of time.

Yeah, Runan may be the only one who gets him to stop being an asshole, but Shigen is the only one who can take him being an asshole, and even dish some assholishness back.

Also, given his childhood consisted entirely of running away from home and being neglected by his father, I can understand why he'd be terrible at being nice. Nobody ever taught him how to do it.

The alternative was that Katri would turn into a dragon. Meaning that either the house would be destroyed and a lot of people would needlessly die, or Guenchoas's men would just wait for her to transform back into a human, and then kidnap her. The latter would be a humorous scene, but the only real "win" in this situation would be for Katri to destroy her attackers before anything happens, which we all know Kaga wouldn't allow.

I mean, Katri transforming at all was out of question, since she gave her bracelet to Holmes. Come to think about it, that was a rare display of foresight from her: since Guenchaos doesn't have the ring of Salia, he can't have Katri transform to use her for his own evil schemes, like he did with Enteh back in the day.

It's hard for anything related to murder memes to be sincere.

Ahah, right, right.

Is that the Runyfrown?

Just like the Runysmile, it's only a few pixels off from his default expression.

The Runyfrown's his normal expression, actually.

Few people can walk into one of those kind of scenes and come out without looking worse. Eugen is one of those people.

Eugen's just all sorts of amazing.

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04edcfbn o...Look, I know that our last meeting went... less than well.

04edcfbn o But I really am here to meet with Runan. Do you know where he is?

04edcfbn oI promise to lay off the insulting remarks. Or at least intentionally.

Ih49ob2i o Hmmm....

Ih49ob2i oHe should be in the throne room.

Ih49ob2i oThink twice before you speak. He's been distraught recently.

04edcfbn oHuh. Thanks old ma- sir Eugen

Ih49ob2i oHmmmm....

Ih49ob2i o What's gotten into the boy? It's not like him to hold his tongue like that...

Tbmbi8q0 oSometimes, actions speak louder than words.

Tbmbi8q0 oOr in my case, doing 99 damage every other attack.

PFFFFFHWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Okay, I was NOT expecting that ending. You made my morning, right there. Thanks, man.

Well, I was busy at my job all week. And was almost shocked when wiring a PLC for the first time. And Fire Emblem now has blood. But other than that, nothing is different.

Hey, what a curious coincidence, I also recently set up a PLC.

Also, FE already had blood, once. It wasn't Kaga that did it first, but FE6 shows some blood when Hector dies.

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I suppose it would've been hard to tell it apart from all the other instances where I edited blood in. Doesn't really matter, those four pixels of red don't compare to the brutality of Three Houses's opening. But yeah, for what its worth, there already was blood in FE once.

It seems that Ruran is the only person Holmes can be nice to without it backfiring in some ways. No wonder he kept running away.

There's a reason they're childhood friends. Also, Ruran.

Even his description of his father is less hostile than usual.

He's clearly in a good mood. Seeing an actually good protagonist will do that for you. Or maybe it was just surviving an encounter with Eugen that cheered him up.

I am curious to see where this will lead.

Nice places, no doubt.

Ah, dramatic irony. How we both love and hate you.

More love than hate, honestly.

One last point. Remember that, as I said, the right direction leads not only to peace but to knowledge.
When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him.
When a man is getting worse, he understands his own badness less and less. A moderately bad man
knows he is not very good: a thoroughly bad man thinks he is all right. This is common sense, really.
You understand sleep when you are awake, not while you are sleeping. You can see mistakes in
arithmetic when your mind is working properly: while you are making them you cannot see them.
You can understand the nature of drunkenness when you are sober, not when you are drunk. Good
people know about both good and evil: bad people do not know about either.

- C.S. Lewis "Mere Christianity"

In other words:

Holmes is dumb.

- S. Rubenio "Chaos Reigns When I Take The Reins - Let's Play Tear Ring Saga Ironman Mode While Being Terrible At Fire Emblem"

Outside of Shigen becoming an adviser and having an edgy shopkeeper, has Holmes route actually improved anything?

Well, Ahab exists thanks to him.

He must have a really punchable voice or something. I'm grasping at straws here, because there's more reasons to give the guy a hug than to be mean.

Doesn't seem like the assholes in my army agree.

In other words, he visited the Fire Emblem Heroes Meme page in its early days.

That's exactly what I was trying to reference. The memes.

I recommend joining a men's group, or just talking with someone you trust that can keep a secret but can also keep you accountable. Keeping those things private for too long can do more damage than good in the long run.

And that's exactly what happened.

Is... this canon?

Because I am now interested in at least one healer having this kind of past

Not at all. Wrys really has no character beyond "I'm a humble curate, take me with you and you'll be very glad you did", so I decided, hey, he's one of the main characters in my LPs, let's give him some out-of-nowhere backstory.

A good note to end this on. It quelled my earlier fears.

Good, that was what I intended to do.

Hoo boy. We're in for a ride there, aren't we?

Just you wait.

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It's always nice to see interactions like these.

I agree.

I feel like he's been mentioned before. I'll have to scour through the updates to remember who Liz is.

Queen of Wellt, she's a badass in her own right. She told of His Chancellorness when he was outright threatening her life, and provided Sasha's first promotion!

Note that Raphael refers to her son as "Liza's boy", not "our boy". That's all the hints I'm going to give you.

Maybe Eugen got enough hints from Runan to save his insults for the enemy.

Llibn6rp oEugen, I would ask that you refrain from attempting to break my friends' skulls.

Ih49ob2i oBut, Lord Runan, that boy needs some discipline-

Llibn6rp oEugen. Please.

Ih49ob2i o...All right, Lord Runan. But only because you asked!

Llibn6rp oThank you, Eugen.

Ih49ob2i o...hmph... first I can't behead that urchin Arkis, now I can't punch some sense into that idiot... grumble grumble... at least his father would be proud of him...

These descriptions are awesome, but I'm tired enough with the week and replying so late that I'm beginning to skim through these. I'll probably comment when I have more energy.

They are awesome, but I understand that they get tiresome. Do read them when you can, though.

I think it's supposed to be chi. Which in some games is another way of saying "magic".

Mm.

These two images feel so exploitable...

Hahahah, exploit away, then! Don't let me stop you!

Huh, so there are multiple ways to die in that game. I remember playing the... remake? Remaster? A year ago, but didn't get too far. I need to play that game again, but I also have a ton of games I need to focus on completing as is.

It's an adventure game by Sierra, of course you can die.

He's calling the goddess ma now. I guess you've donated enough money that you're on those kind of terms with them.

Pffft.

And I'm okay with your choices on who goes where.

I did forget to tell you I already played the game three days ago, did I...

 

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Hey, everybody! I welcome you to this episode of We're In This Fucking Room Again. Thanks to the translator's generous heads-up, it came to my attention that, by complete accident, I've gone through all the necessary steps to do this game's most infamous glitch. Might as well, since we're here, and not in Razelia after spending half an hour trying to get there, right?

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Robbin', revivin'...

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Leavin', returnin'...

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Since this time I know for sure what I'm doing, instead of a Yoda solo, I'll have Krishna and Roger tag along with Shigen and Holmes. When Krishna died, she was pretty overleveled, and The Roger died a chapter ago, so neither of them is really behind, but I'd still like to get them both a few levels if I can. I'll skip as much as I can, but there's really not much of a choice with the first floor, so there's that.

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Ah, I've missed that beautiful sprite of Krishna's. She gets the first fight of the day: a Thief who spawned right on top of us.

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And--

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...

...

...return to the past, now!

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Good show, Shigen.

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The Roger gets The Level. Speed is good, I'll take this.

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Of course, since this time I'm 100% sure that I'll keep this run, the levels Holmes and Shigen got were way worse. Thanks, game.

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Same loot on the chests, and I also got one of those rare drops from an ogre. Seriously, this is starting to worry me, I thought it was less than 1%.

And yet, I'm still less lucky than in the one run where I got only one, but it was an extremely rare axe that was also awesome. I've only gotten vendor garbage from this. C'mon. Sigh... Oh, well, I suppose this could fix Sierra's nosferatu or something.

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Uhhh Wrath! I considered giving it to him back in Yr. I'm glad I decided not to.

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I only opened one chest in the second floor. It was not worth the effort.

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Another level. It's also crap.

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Please...

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Son of a bitch... why couldn't The Roger have gotten this one? He needs the stats more!

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Ah, well. No need to worry. He's still a solid prepromote outdoors. Indoors, his case is unfortunate, but eh. Can't have it all, like Kreiss.

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Fifth floor. This is the important one. I don't intend to stick around for longer than I absolutely need to (hence, Plum), but if everything's right, this should be the last step.

Since I'm going to duplicate Krishna's inventory as well as her, but don't want to cheat, I'll be sure to only keep basic weaponry on her, so her clone comes prepared for battle at least.

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Yes, I think that will do well enough.

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Hahah, just kidding. This is all I'm giving her.

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Look, it works! The conversation with Shigen works!

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Ergh... what?

Gmhhyxnn oHolmes is pretty pissed, you know. Do you understand what you've done? You betrayed us for a dead man.

0zfd96rn o What? No she didn't! What are you talking about?

4lt3brpp o ...wait, I know this! Remember when I told you that, had Krishna been alive when we retook Granada, she would've stolen the Dakruon and escaped to be found in this floor, trapped in one of the rooms? Well, this is her re-recruitment conversation! Word by word! This ain't no special scene, this is a fucking bug through and through! Kaga (or rather, his ever-forgotten programmers) just forgot to write a few lines of code so the game would recognize that Krishna was already on the team before we entered the floor! I've been duped! I want the money I didn't pay back!

2eka1cxm oShigen... I...

0zfd96rn o Well, at least I get to show off the conversation I summed up last update. Win some, lose some. I was convinced we'd get some special scenes...

Gmhhyxnn oEver since you came with us, you've caused nothing but trouble... All right, come on. Give me your hand, Krishna.

2eka1cxm oAre you... forgiving me? Shigen, I...

Gmhhyxnn oYou need help, don't you? I can't just leave you here.

2eka1cxm oI'm sorry, Shigen... Here, this is yours...

Gmhhyxnn oThe Dakruon... are you really giving it up?

P1zzgcas o Does this mean the Dakruon's also going to be cloned? I sure hope so. I'd even get to revive Indiana Jones if that was the case!

Gmhhyxnn oDidn't you want to use it to bring back your dead lover?

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2eka1cxm oI was so distraught, I started taking out my anger on the monsters here... Then they turned on me, and I got cornered in this cell.

2eka1cxm ocornered in this cell

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0zfd96rn o You know, at this point of the LP, I'm just fascinated by my talent to somehow manage to break Holmes's route in every single way imaginable. For all the crap I give him, half the dumb shit that happens in his part of the game is my fault. Why do I ruin every game I play?

Gmhhyxnn oNot the brightest idea, Krishna. Well, come on. I think you've had enough bad luck for one day. Cheer up, Krishna. I know it's hard to move on, but I know you'll find love again someday. You just have to keep looking.

2eka1cxm oShigen, are you saying...?

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2eka1cxm oOh...

P1zzgcas o Sorry, girl, but you can't warp. Shigen has his priorities in order, doesn't he?

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After the conversation ends, the weirdest thing happens.

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For exactly one frame - and yes, I do mean, literally one frame (it was difficult as fuck to catch it) -, Krishna disappears.

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And that's it. Has it worked? Only one way to find out!

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Let'sa go.

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No, we don't have any business here. We had business in the floor below, and that's been dealt with, so... bye!

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Ahahaha! Hwahahah! It worked, it worked! I did it, I've played God! Or, more precisely, I've taken advantage of the fact that this very specific chain of events (Shigen and Vega dueling, Krishna dying afterwards, Krishna coming back to life and then talking with Shigen the second time through the tower) somehow has resulted in a second Krishna appearing out of thin air.

Now, the question is, what am I going to do with this? Well, I obviously don't intend to use this glitch the way most people use it (that is, getting enough statboosters to max out all of Lee's stats). Instead, I'll do something I'm pretty sure absolutely nobody has ever done: I'm going to use both Krishnas. Yep. Both of 'em. How will we distinguish them? Easy: I'm going to Yr now, and I'll give the original Adept. The clone (we'll call her Krisheena, her name from FEWOD) will get diddly squat.

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Just like so.

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Now, quickly, everybody, get your skills again! For the fourth time!

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While we're here (even though I only remembered to take this screenshot in Blaad, but eh, details), here are The Roger's mounted stats. Not bad, I like that speed and defense he's gained. Solid unit.

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And now, let's head to Bl--

...wait, what? The clone got Adept, too!? How can this be...?

Rrgh... well, then! We'll tell them apart by their weaponry!

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But first, to visit Footballman. I hope this is the last time, I swear. I love that guy and his footballhead, but this is one time too many.

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Piece of shit!

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Fine. I'll sell a second herb. I got an extra one from cloning Krishna, so I suppose it's only fair that I'd lose it to Bagman.

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10k sounds plenty.

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaall right, some donations to the football for good luck. Believe you me, we're gonna need it.

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And there we go. Krishna now has a killing edge.

...

...hold the phone-- this is the clone! I gave the killing edge to the other one, I swear! This can only mean...

They share inventories, too!? I was not aware of this! I thought it was only her inventory when the glitch occured that was cloned! This is... extremely weird. What even is the science behind this?! What kind of fucked up code is there in the game for this to be possible?! None of this makes any blasted sens

Holmes route. That explains it all. Holmes route.

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Eeeyyy a Tomahawk! Garo's been without a ranged weapon for too long. Let's get this one while we're here. Had to sell a couple things, but nothing too mayor.

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And now, it's time for aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall of this. Yet again.

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Seriously, who in the world thought Katri would be safe in this place? Guenchaos already attacked this village once! The only reason it even survived was that Runan was nearby and Raphael had just woken up from his coma! What the hell, Claris? I thought you were smarter than this! Send her to Law's place at Mahl, at least he's harder to trace!

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Then more things happen.

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We're back to this. Time to spend some time managing menus.

But first, let's test the extent of Krishna's cloning power.

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Mmhmmhmhmhmm... Ahahahah... HWAHAHAHAH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! HEEEEEEEEEEEEEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEEHEH! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! GYEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAWHAAAAAAAAAAWHAAAAAAAAW! UNLIMITED POWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!

Nah, just kidding, I'm not really doing this. But yeah, if you're on your tenth run of TRS, bored off your ass and just want to watch the world burn, do this glitch. The potential is nearly as ridiculous as the glitch itself is easy to pull off. I mean, I did without even meaning to!

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After giving the matter some thought, I've come to the conclusion that the only way to sever the connections between the two Krishnas is to put a good few miles of land between 'em. Krishna, you go with Holmes. Krisheena, you go with Runan. I pray this doesn't corrupt my save file... now that'd be quite the death for the kill count.

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Death count: Attrom
                        Juliattisnacordst
                        Sharon
                        Krishna
                        Indiana Jones
                        Lee

                        The Roger The Paladin
                        Lionel
                        Letena
                        The LP

Shudders

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Before I forget, take this, San. It's a little late, but better that than never, right? You're gonna succeed your mom soon enough! I just hope you don't die for it...

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Ergh... well, this is probably a waste, but we won't need much money at all from here on out. In fact, I'd say the money bags Runan's troops looted off of the corpses of Lentzenheimer's phony civilians will be more than enough for both armies. So I can afford to waste this on Arkis. As soon as he gets that level.

...or maybe I'll just give it to Shirou. One of the two.

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Garo, this is yours. Don't mind the funny color: I assure you, this'll do you a world of good.

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Lastly, Sasha gets that shield. Now she's got absolutely nothing to fear.

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Each army gets some money, some occult books for the prepromotes and some weapons.

Now, to hand out the rest of the statboosters to all that may need 'em!

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First, Krishna gets the energy potion so that she truly outclasses Julia.

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Second, Sierra gets the magic boost, because let's face it, nobody else will make as much use of it as her.

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Third--

W-w-w-what!? Am I seeing things!? I'm sure I gave the potion to her! Where'd it go!? I don't get it, the weapons didn't disappear when I gave them to her! What the fuck is going on!?

...oh, for fuck's sake-- return to the past, now!

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Hmph... ah, well, it doesn't matter. With a strength of 9, this really wouldn't have helped that much. I just gave it to her because I couldn't really think of anyone else with such a dire need for strength...

Although... yes, I think I know just the man!

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I mean, it's not orange, but it'll have to do, Tommy, my mate.

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Who else could've gotten the wing potion but Rock Motherfuckin' Solid?

N0nw2zmz o

Sierra's luck is the lowest of the cast, and I wouldn't want her getting hit critically before she can nosferatu herself back to full, so there you go! Don't down it in one go!

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Skill, who could even use skill... Garo's capped, Krishna's skyhigh already... Ah! I tend to have Norton use inaccurate swords so he can one-shot more people with his brutal strength. Now he'll do it even more reliably! Mwahahahahah...

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As for the angelic robe potion... hmmmmmm. I've pondered deeply, but I haven't been able to make up my mind on this one. I'll leave it with San for the time being. I want to see what her HP looks like after promotion. Then I'll decide.

Upgdjjn7 o

Looks like that's it! All that's left is some inventory management. Hah, isn't it ironic that Julia can't use the Lukuud? And after she went to such lengths to get it, too! She'd only need one point of mastery, but I'd rather keep that thing in Runan's army anyway. Ah, don't worry, Julia. Everybody's favourite Murderprincess will make good use of that awesome bl--

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Wait, what? She can't use it, either? She isn't even close, she's three points of mastery away, and I don't have a funny book potion!

I can't believe this... you'd think that a cursed blade would naturally gravitate towards cursed people! Who could possibly be more insane than Sasha!?

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...

...well. You know what? I'm fine with this turn of events.

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Another possible user is Kate, which makes me wonder just how deep her sorrow goes. Holmes, too, but I think in his case, it's just that he's too dumb to realize that the thing's cursed and has Lentzenheimer's filthy sweat and blood all over it. Yoda and Raphael can use it at base (which is only fair, they're warriors of legend after all), but Shigen is only a point of mastery away from it at the moment, as is Kreiss. Other than that, I'm fairly certain there are no other reasonable candidates.

Not that it matters. The idea of Runan dual-wielding two dark, cursed blades (one of which belonged to his old rival) while cackling maniacally, making even Sasha quiver in fear, is too hilarious to ignore.

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Boring inventory management. Javelin for Sasha, Chu-ko-nus for the Snipers, and the growth book so Arkis will disappoint me less. I forgot to catch it, but I also sold a bunch of stuff to buy a few pilums and a killer crossbow.

Uvb2kdvn o

Let's leave. This part of the game works more like the second route split than the third, in that we don't get to use both armies at once: we'll play with Holmes a few chapters, then we'll go back to Runan, then we'll alternate between the two for the final chapters.

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Yuuxxrya o

What a scene. Probably Holmes's best yet.

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Nah, just kidding. We're actually returning to the past (now)! Holmes is going to reminisce about all the times he was a huge asshole. I can't be bothered to transcribe it all again, so let me just quote myself here...

On 12/27/2018 at 3:06 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

FF3NqbQ.pngTechnically, yes, but we prefer "privateers." Don't lump us together with those heartless idiots who were holding you prisoner.

prSiLUK.pngI knew it, you are pirates! O dear Yutona, please save your humble servant!

FF3NqbQ.pngI said, we're not gonna hurt you!

prSiLUK.pngAhhh! Get your hands off me!

This was when they first met. Back when it still seemed like the game was going to ship her with Xeno. Then Xeno lost his relevance.

On 12/27/2018 at 3:06 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

0zFk3fj.png Holmes. You know, there is this thing called "tact". You use it to not crush someone emotionally after they've lost the only family they've ever known, being left alone in a cruel and merciless world. With you.

prSiLUK.pngYou're horrible, Holmes! Xeno and the others are nice, but you... Is it that fun to be mean to me all the time!?

FF3NqbQ.pngI'm just being normal. I can't stand airheads like you, that's all.

prSiLUK.pngFine! I'm never talking to you again, Holmes! I'll bring my father back to life myself!

Frankly, I think Xeno was better for her.

On 12/30/2018 at 11:38 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

FF3NqbQ.pngStop worrying! You just have to let your body adjust, and then you'll be able to control it.

xQunKTk.png I'd just like to point out how easy this whole scene is to take out of context.

prSiLUK.pngBut...

FF3NqbQ.pngLook, just... stop crying, okay? I'll make sure nothing happens to you while your powers are still awakening. All you have to do is trust me. You got that, Katri? 

Hwahahahahahahah... that one aged well.

On 1/31/2019 at 5:06 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

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FF3NqbQ.pngBah, I should just walk in there and drag you out myself...

prSiLUK.pngSorry, Holmes! I'm done now!

FF3NqbQ.pngEr... Katri? Who's that guy behind you?

prSiLUK.pngHee hee, this is Bishop Law of Mahl! My father!

xQunKTk.png D'aww... well, all's well that ends well, I guess.

You know, I'm actually kinda surprised. I was expecting to find more instances of me interrupting these flashbacks to rant about Holmes's idiocy. I was being surprisingly positive at this point of the game.

On 3/17/2019 at 11:22 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

0zfd96rn o Seriously, Holmes? Is this going to be the whole scene? You trying to remember the name of one of the characters who was in the goddamned cover of the game?!

Njdtyjkp oHey, Holmes? About Kranion, I think she...

Muvphmfm oShut up for a sec, I'm thinking!

Njdtyjkp oSorry... 

Even this isn't that bad. That's barely one line, where are the big fat paragraphs of insults towards Holmes?

On 3/24/2019 at 2:17 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Muvphmfm oYeah, I know. We'll go investigate the dungeons thoroughly once we've secured the place. Pretty exciting, eh Katri?

Njdtyjkp oIt all just seems so unreal... I'll finally be able to meet my real parents... And it's all thanks to you, Holmes! Thank you so much for everything!

4lt3brpp o Thanks to him? No thanks to him, he has nothing at all to do with this! In fact, his idea was to leave Zachariah for dead, which would've resulted in you never finding out that your daddies live still! Even though we would've still come to Salia for Lionheart, given where the dungeon is, you probably would never have found them, and they would've starved down there in their dinky cell, forgotten by all! If anything, you should be glad you paid his orders no mind!

Muvphmfm oGet off me, dammit! This is no time for hugs! We've got a battle to fight! It's not like I'm diong this only for your sake, anyway.

Njdtyjkp oI know that, but still... Thank you, Holmes.

Ah, there we go.

On 4/22/2019 at 2:51 PM, Saint Rubenio said:

Njdtyjkp oIt's my most treasured possession... I've had it since I was a little girl... It even led me back to my parents!

0zfd96rn o Wait, what? Since when? Zachariah noticed your birthmark, not your bracelet!

0zfd96rn o ...come to think about it, though... it really would've made a lot more sense that he'd noticed your bracelet, rather than your birthmark that's not visible. Dammit, TRS!

Njdtyjkp oThat's why I want you to have it. I want you to take this bracelet as my replacement on the team.

P1zzgcas o Actually, Mel's going to be doing that just fine.

Njdtyjkp oPlease carry it with you.

5lxzhh1t o

0zfd96rn o I hate to admit it, but... I agree with you, Holmes, this is incredibly stupid.

Njdtyjkp oPlease, Holmes! I'm worried about you! I had a terrible dream... That if I didn't give you my bracelet, we would never see each other again...

Muvphmfm oBut what if you're in danger, Katri? Without this bracelet, how will you be able to protect yourself?

0zfd96rn o It's a sad day when Holmes is the one to call somebody out on how irresponsible they're being.

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P1zzgcas o Gee, you're right, how did I not think of that? If you're attacked by, oh I don't know, the sorcerer who can teleport and whose magic freezes people in place, for example, Holmes will just magically know, and shoot an arrow through the entire continent into his eye. Brilliant! I take it all back, you're fucking Alberta Einstein right here. Urk...

Pfffft... scratch what I said about the third flashback, THIS is the one that's aged well. Like fine fuckin' wine.

Srxoqc1f o

I'm more sorry for you, shocking as it may be. That was absolutely miserable. If those are all the memories you have of your time with Katri, then I can understand why you're looking so sad. You wasted all of that time.

 

 

 

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Jid0qch7 o

Moving to Zemsellia triggers another scene.

Uyfa77az o

Dude, you're travelling with the team. Why did you wait until now to bring this up?

Hjqvrqsr oBishop Law... Do you know what the Cult is planning to do with Katri?

Vrbnhily oFor centuries, the Cult's primary goal has been the resurrection of their god Gerxel, and for that, they need Shaman blood. I thought that Katri would be safe in that isolated village in Salia...

4lt3brpp o You, too!? It was already attacked by Guenchaos before! Has everyone forgotten that chapter?! I know it wasn't the most thrilling of battles, and it came right after Barbarossa, which didn't help its case - but still!

Vrbnhily oIt seems I've been careless.

Hjqvrqsr oThe resurrection of Gerxel... It would be the end of the world... But why do they need the Shamans for that? Couldn't they have just used the Dakruon?

Vrbnhily oThe Dakruon's magic is insufficient to revive the soul of one as powerful as Gerxel. It would take the power of Yutona herself, or that of her children, to do it.

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Hjqvrqsr oRight, but I assumed the "Holy Maiden" meant Yutona, and she was never killed, so...

Vrbnhily oIt does refer to her, but those who have inherited her power will also suffice. If they are sacrificed, Gerxel will awaken.

Hjqvrqsr oSo what is this "black rain" that the prophecy mentions?

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0zfd96rn o Oh, dear. I sure hope he won't use that in the inevitable final battle against him.

Hjqvrqsr oAn inmortal body, and unbeatable strength... With that kind of power, it's a miracle there was anyone left for Gerxel to rule.

Vrbnhily oIndeed, there was little hope for humanity. Gerxel's power could only be matched by that of the Goddesses Miradona and Yutona. That is why Yutona blessed Carluon's blade with her power, so that he could harm Gerxel.

Hjqvrqsr oCarluon's sword was broken centuries ago, so if Gerxel is resurrected, we're screwed...

P1zzgcas o Pffft. Okay, gotta admit, I like how blunt he is about it. We'll be "screwed" all right, Holmesey.

Hjqvrqsr oHow do we stop that from happening?

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Vrbnhily oGuenchaos will need all four Shamans in order to perform the resurrection.

Hjqvrqsr oThat'd be pretty difficult to pull off. The only Shaman around these days is Katri... and maybe the Witch Dragon.

Hjqvrqsr oWait a second... There's that Princess Tia, she could be one...

Vrbnhily oIndeed, she also an Earth Shaman(sic).

0zfd96rn o Friendly reminder that, last we heard of her, she was heading straight towards the danger with Richard as her sole companion. Richard.

Vrbnhily oAnd there are also the Water Shaman Maeve and the young Wind Shaman Neyfa.

Hjqvrqsr oAll four Shamans are alive right now?! You've got to be joking...

Vrbnhily oThat's why the Cult has made their move. For the first time ever since the reign of Carluon, all four Shamans have been born into the same era.

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0zfd96rn o I mean, if everyone did such a piss-poor job at protecting the Shamans as you, then sure, but Runan and Sennet are both way more responsible and smart than you, and Tia's not a helpless little cleric, she's a warrior, and a great one at that. I'm sure she could fend off any cultists that might come for her. Or Richard.

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Wait, you're leaving? C'mon, Law, don't be like that! Join us, you could be a great Yodel-like unit!

Hjqvrqsr oYou aren't coming with us?

Vrbnhily oI'm afraid not. It's taken all my strength just to travel with you this far. But let me give you one final lesson: You mentioned before that Carluon's sword had been lost to the ages... However, you are quite mistaken. While not in its original form, the sword that slew Kalbazan still lives on. There is still hope for this world yet. You must seek it out at the Fire Shrine.

Hjqvrqsr oFire Shrine, got it. Y'know, you never cease to amaze me with just how well-informed you are, gramps. Who are you, really?

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0zfd96rn o ...okay, I can't think of a single way you could've worded that in a more suspicious manner.

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Hjqvrqsr oRight...

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A couple more scenes, and then we'll get a lil' bit of gameplay.

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Hjqvrqsr oIt isn't your fault, Lady Claris. It's that damn Guenchaos's.

Gmhhyxnn oIt wasn't Guenchaos that left her in a defenseless village, you know.

Hjqvrqsr oShigen...! I didn't even think they knew this place existed! How was I supposed to know they'd come here?!

Fbktddjf oBecause it's already happened before! When I was travelling with Lord Runan, this village was attacked by the Cult. I tried to warn you, but didn't pay any attention to me!

Hjqvrqsr oWho even are you?

Fbktddjf oRaquel, Holmes! The hunter from Wellt? I've been with you for months as per Lord Runan's request! I've taken part in all of your battles!

Hjqvrqsr oReally? Could've sworn we've never spoken...

Fbktddjf oUrgh! If only Lord Runan hadn't asked me to help you...

E7ffcz4a oStop! It's time for exposition.

Fbktddjf oOh, no, not you too... At least this time we aren't in the middle of the ocean. I'll just go take a walk.

Gmhhyxnn oYeah, same. Sigh... I know Lord Runan needed her powers more, but... damn, I wish Sierra was here.

 

E7ffcz4a oSir Holmes, are you familiar with the legend of the Dark God's revival?

Hjqvrqsr oA man calling himself Bishop Law gave me the gist of it. So it's true, then?

E7ffcz4a oI'm afraid so... There's no doubt in my mind that Guenchaos has taken her to the Temple of Gerxel as a sacrifice to him.

Hjqvrqsr oIt's absolutely insane... What could he hope to gain by doing that?

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E7ffcz4a oThe quickest route there would be through the Fire Shrine to the north. The four Shrines were built over great cave entrances that all lead to the Altar of Gods, where Gerxel lies slain.

Hjqvrqsr oBut hasn't the road to the Fire Shrine been sealed away and condemned?

E7ffcz4a oYes, the bridge was destroyed to keep out the foul beasts that appeared, but I ordered it rebuilt after Katri was taken. Sir Holmes, please take me with you to the Fire Shrine. This is my responsibility, too.

P1zzgcas o Oh, yes, please! She's of the same class as Renee. With any luck, we'll get a discount Renee so I won't have to field Plum to heal.

Hjqvrqsr oYou're free to come along. But we're leaving immediately! We have to find Katri, and fast!

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0zfd96rn o The King of Salia arrives to remind us that he exists.

Hjqvrqsr oI'm sorry, King Dagnell, but I don't think you're going anywhere fast in your condition. Just leave Katri to me. I'll bring her back to you.

Hjsonnj6 oPlease do, Lord Holmes... Katri is our treasure...

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0zfd96rn o ...

P1zzgcas o ...mm...

F4aswdy8 o ...PFFFFFFFFHWAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! OOHOHOHOHOAHAHHAHAHAH! EHEHEHEHEHEHEH! AAHAHAHAHAH! AHAH! Hahah! Aha... ha... ah... oh, good lord, have mercy... mmphhhhwahaha... ahah... hmph... mmphah...

P1zzgcas o ...

0zfd96rn o ...ooohhhh, goodness gracious. That was the cheesiest line I've read all year, Holmes.

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P1zzgcas o That line was so stupid, Shigen warps in to mock Holmes for it.

Hjqvrqsr oWere you eavesdropping on me!?

Gmhhyxnn oI just wanted to make sure I knew all the details before we headed out. We're in this for the long haul, so we'd better stock up on what we need now.

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Fun tutorials. We're already all stocked up, so there's no need for more, I think.

9sfrdmws o

Let's go. Skirmish time, then we get a scene, and that'll be the update.

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Very simple skirmish. About ten gargoyles, and that's all there's to it.

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I'll use this chance to feed statboosters to those who have 'em, like Garo. Garo probably won't be getting any kills, he doesn't need them, but I'll still deploy him for that purpose.

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Cool, let's go.

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Hey, what's that, an enemy?

Uzp0tv3m oEypdmtoz o

Oh, no. It's worse than that. It's this asshole. He doesn't even know the name of the place where he's been working the last few months!

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This one's returned, too. I truly appreciate your eagerness to keep the bench warm, guys.

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Then Julia says... this, for some reason? I can't say I get it. Does anyone else have random lines here?

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None of that matters. Let's go on to the relevant things.

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7 move Garo. Now it's on!

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Tom also gulps down his flask and becomes stronger. This results in his arrows doing more damage, somehow.

Well, at any rate, with 14 strength, now his biggest non-move weakness is a thing of the past - a past we won't return to. Way to go!

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Now, I'd like to give Arkis his level, but if I don't play my cards right, he'll get slaughtered immediately afterwards.

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So with the arbalest, Raquel shoots down one of the gargoyles nearby.

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It says a lot that even a royally RNG-screwed Raquel is still this good. She's one of my favourite units of the game for a reason!

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Perfect. Now the spot where Julia's standing is absolutely safe. Arkis... the time has arrived.

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If he fails this, I'm quitting life. Or rather, he is quitting life.

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Good job, Arkis! You did it! You're winner!

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Hahahahahah! Of course, the level sucks! Why wouldn't it? He didn't trigger a single one of the growths the Salia Codex increases! Class act, Arkis! Class-fucking-act!

Well, there you have it, Butterman. I did what I promised I'd do. It was a complete waste of my time. You happy?

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Look, Butterman, I'm giving him another kill! Am I generous or what?

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And that's a level. Was hoping it'd be a death, but eh.

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It's like he heard me saying that his pitiful mastery base is his biggest issue, and he's set on proving me wrong, while neglecting to realize that having no stats other than mastery is a worse issue.

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Shigen also got a level. Well, he could've used the Lukuud now.

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Julia got a good level up! Unbelievable!

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Raquel got an oddly defensive level. Fine by me!

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Look, Butterman, I'm giving him another kill! Am I generous or what?

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I don't even know why I'm doing this.

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Cute palette. Green's my favourite color, as you may know, but all the green in the world wouldn't save Arkis's stats.

Ionqcovp o

Look at this garbage! He's about on par with base Raffin! Base-fucking-Raffin! In fact, he's only a wee bit better than BASE KREISS. What fucking nonsense.

8zf988ma oAlk4ezyi o

This is Vega's first and last battle.

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The sole purpose of that was so this monster wouldn't get itself killed before Krishna could deliver the finishing blow.

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I swear, I have no idea how she's this good. Note that she got a better level than Arkis, without the growth book, with growths that are at least 15% lower than Arkis's.

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04edcfbn oThe Cult can't be responsible for summoning all of them, can it? There are just way too many...

E7ffcz4a oThese demons were created by Gerxel himself, or at least what remains of him..(sic) At the Altar of Gods, the slain Gerxel continues to wreak havoc by summoning these familiars to do his bidding. The four shrines were originally built to seal off the entrances to the caves leading to the Altar. But in the war between Leda and Salia forty years ago, both the Earth and Fire temples were laid waste, and the seals there were broken.

P1zzgcas oGotta say, the worldbuilding is off the charts in this game. If only the pacing was a bit less ridiculous at times (lookin' at ya, Law and Rishel).

04edcfbn oA-About the Fire Shrine... We... broke into it a few years ago... And stole a couple things... We didn't realize that the temple was so important back then...

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04edcfbn oThat's a load off my mind...

Gmhhyxnn oWe're responsible for this whole calamity, aren't we.

Hjqvrqsr oShigen!

E7ffcz4a o...

04edcfbn oSo, why is the monster problem particularly bad in Leda?

E7ffcz4a oBecause Leda was destroyed. While Salia is largely in disarray, there are still soldiers to fight off the invading monsters. We've worked hard recruiting volunteers, as well as hiring mercenaries from Erial.

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0zfd96rn o How? How does Ahab manage to be the best character in Holmes's route long after his death? How does he manage to be one of the game's deepest antagonists with two chapters of screentime? Did they siphon all of Zachariah's character and gave it to Ahab?

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No time for that, we've got a new chapter. We didn't even jump back to the map this time around. In fact, I'm fairly certain we won't get to see the map ever again in Holmes's route.

Also, "The Traitor Shows His Face"? Gee, I wonder who we'll be seeing here.

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Yup, as expected.

Eyw01q2b oAs you command, sir.

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As well as Zieg, we also have... ergh... some kind of evil blue lich?

Rqqssoyw oWhat are you talking about?

Minwrp95 oAh, I forget that you've been away. Thanks to those meddling Ledans,

P1zzgcas o Tia and Richard have been having some fun just as Sennet, I see.

Minwrp95 owe've had to make do with these volunteers, even though they lacked the proper qualifications worthy of our great nation. They're no better than arrow fodder.

Rqqssoyw oFather Nevkha, they're loyal and willing soldiers for the cause, aren't they? His Excellency teaches that every man has his own role to play in Gerxel's world. You're a priest, and I'm a soldier, but we are both men of Zoa.

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0zfd96rn o I can't believe it. I thought the evil cult of deranged dark robes was the game's outlet for irredeemable evil! Are they seriously trying to make them sympathetic, too?!

Minwrp95 oYou fail to see the greater picture. There will be no place for these men in the new world Gerxel will build for us. Their place is to die here and buy His Excellency time, and that's it.

P1zzgcas o Ah, nah, it's just Zieg.

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Rqqssoyw oJust let me do my job, Father Nevkha. Don't interfere with my duty.

Minwrp95 oVery well, then. I'll be watching from the sidelines.

0zfd96rn o I mean, on the one hand, there's no way they'll just kill off Zieg here, but on the other hand, this dude's design is a tad too elaborate for a one-off boss. In fact, it's too much for post-Xyon Holmes at all! I wonder who'll be the real throwaway bossman of this chapter...

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Meanwhile, our heroes! No, I won't be fielding Arkis. He can sit on the bench and count his lucky stars that he didn't die in the last skirmish.

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Gmhhyxnn oI'd recognize those tacky uniforms anywhere. Those are the Cult's Shadow Knights. Don't let your guard down for a second. They're fanatics, and they won't hesitate to strike you down in the name of Gerxel. I know how these guys are trained; they're the weakest when they're separated. We should focus on breaking up their lines.

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P1zzgcas o Pffhah! No comment. Just, no comment.

Gmhhyxnn oThese guys are no joke, Holmes! We need to be careful!

E7ffcz4a oStop bickering like schoolchildren! The enemy is advancing!

P1zzgcas o Ah, not to worry, Claris. They won't reach us for a few days, since time in your universe will freeze until I post another update. For sure.

Speaking of, it's the end of this update. I--

...

Wait a moment... I just noticed something.

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...

...Pffffthwahahahahahahah! How'd I even do that?

Well. I'm not going to do aaaaaaaaaaaaall that again, so... yeah. Sorry, Butterman, but I'm afraid Lina's gone with Holmes, as well. I mean, who cares? I won't use her anyways. Or her bethroted.

Ah, whatever. It's over. Next time, we face Zieg and his pupilless friend in the first chapter of the last part of the game. It's... not too exciting, but oh well. Look forward to it all the same! Farewell!

Death count: Attrom
                        Juliattisnacordst
                        Sharon
                        Krishna
                        Indiana Jones
                        Lee

                        The Roger The Paladin
                        Lionel
                        Letena

*26A only
*Resurrected

Reset count: 2 (Runan: 1 - Katri: 1)

Dullahan's done with my incompetence: 7

 

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@Saint Rubenio, throughout this LP, you’ve opened my eyes to the glory that is Ahab. When I retranslated the game, I didn’t really give him much thought—all my focus during the Salia Arc was on making Zechariah’s slightly less idiotic. Man, he’s even got posthumous character development...

 

Oh boy, I do love me some glitches!

I have no idea what is going to happen now that you’ve split them into different parties, but I look forward to the results. My money’s on the clone vanishing or teleporting back into the original’s party.

Okay, so here are the rules about Krishna, assuming I remember things properly. I’ll go over everything so all the readers can be on the same page:

1.  Though they look identical, there is indeed an “original” and a “clone,” as Ruben has surmised.

2.  If you do something to the clone’s inventory or stats (gain experience, swap items, etc.), the original and its stats/items will be unaffected.

3.  If you do anything like that to the original, however, the clone will be overwritten with the new status of the original. (I’m going to call this “re-sync”ing the clone.)

To check which one is which, trade an item to one of them, then check the other. If the item appears on both, you gave it to the original. If it stays just on the one, you gave it to the clone.

So, to dupe items, you give something to the original, then trade it off the clone. Voila! You now have two of the item. Re-sync the clone, and you can repeat as desired. (You can even abuse this to teleport-clone items all the way across the map, iirc.)

Not that you’d want to, but you can also do the reverse—delete items permanently! Give them to the clone, then re-sync the clone. Congratulations, you just deleted a key item and soft-locked the game.

 

Remember, with great power comes great current squared times resistance.

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