Eukon plays Golden Sun - also featuring: Proto's draft

[euklyd]

[spoiler=Take Me To the Zoo, Golden Sun edition]
What good am I, what can I do?
Look! Now all the reds are blue!
Tell me. Tell me, now, you two. Do you like the things I do?

Tell me. Tell me, now, you two. Will they put me in the zoo?

We like all the things you do.

We like your spots, we like you, too.

But you should not be in the zoo. No. You should NOT be in the zoo.

With all the things that you can do, the circus is the place for you!

Yes! This is where I want to be. The circus is the place for me!

EDIT: For the record, I am working on a real update.

update to follow

Edited August 26, 2014 by Euklyd

[euklyd]

UPDATE

[spoiler=MUSIC]

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/uswc5w3s640j9jf/082_On_That_Night,_3_Years_Ago.mp3

[spoiler=in which our heroes have their minds boggled and die] I will hunt you down and destroy you

mark my words

nice plan.

except now we’re stuck

wait shit now I’m stuck

yes I literally just said that

I’m not going to fucking repeat myself AGAIN

Let’s get out of here!

why are you just standing there

what the fuck was that oh god

ok I think it’s gone

let’s bounce

wait what

We’re trying to leave and now you’re distracting us, that’s why!

Well that’s no fun…

What good am I, what can I do?

Look! Now all the reds are blue!

Tell me, tell me now, you two. Do you like the things I do?

really though you ought to leave this is dangerous

it’s not like I have a vested interest in keeping you alive; I’m merely altruistic

Why does everyone assume I’m all-powerful or whatever?!

I mean I am, but it kills the suspense!

That’s not entertaining at all!

you’re not making any sense

the what?

don’t worry about it

I’m serious though you ought to leave

you dying here would be extremely boring

I mean, unfortunate. It would be unfortunate.

Look I’ll even stall the eruption for you.

Okay NOW you’re just fucking with us.

First Kraden, now a giant floating rock?

You guys got no respect.

no really I’m serious

what

you’re fucking kidding me you were able to stall it

holy shit

I am literally speechless.

Well, I don’t have it as bad as FUKT, I guess.

I swear to god I really am going to murder you

actually just I had a great idea

take out the Mars Star

are you kidding me we’re leaving

and there’s no way you can convince us to stick around for your little games

if you don’t I will squash you like a bug

…a compelling argument.

sooooo….what did he just do?

don’t ask me

wait what the fuck who said that

holy shit you can hear me

I’m CURED

thank you so much oh almighty rock I am fore-

oh whoops that’s not what I meant to do

-ever in your debt….

godDAMMIT

This whole thing is really quite a shame.

Alchemy, a threat?

Well, you saw those guys, right?

Would you really trust them with the sort of power you see here?

Another excellent point.

If the Elemental Stars ignite the flames of the four lighthouses…

that power will be released.

As long as the Elemental Lighthouses remain unlit…

So you want us to put a stop to those assholes lighting the lighthouses up.

For the good of the entire world!

Got it!

(Well, I didn’t actually say that…)

oh by the way the volcano is erupting and I can’t hold it back any longer

you guys should leave

But how….

The stepping stones all melted in the time you spent monologuing…

Huh. Maybe they didn't die.

I have almost reached the end of my screenshots, which means two things:

- You have only one or two updates remaining until I need to actually continue playing (may or may not be broken into chunks)

- I am going to actually continue playing soon

tl;dr - get hype for turncounts

EDIT: formatting is hard

Edited July 22, 2015 by Euklyd

[CT075]

FUKT has the best lines

[Kay]

Relatively short is fine, because your entries so far have been really long anyway. I doubt they'd be lame.

Also, I added a poll about whether Felix or Sheba should be made free until Piers joins. Jenna solo for all the way until Piers joins would be really tough; not just for bosses, but also for Djinn battles and even generics. Running from generics would keep her level low, which would make everything even tougher for her. Not to mention even if Jenna succeeds in soloing bosses, the turncounts would likely be significantly higher than a 2-man party.

In case this is still an issue, I think a choice of which one is free is fine. Because deciding which one is better (or which one is worse, depending on what you're aiming for) is kinda subjective, I think it would be fairer to just let players have either one for free. But just one, no switching. I don't feel like there's any reason to restrict that character otherwise.

Edited August 27, 2014 by Kay

[euklyd]

Since my entire run has been crowdsourced, I will vote for what the people demand.

...which seems to be a Jenna solo?
Maybe I'll reconsider I GUESS.
definitely not salty I didn't get Isaac

[euklyd]

In case this is still an issue, I think a choice of which one is free is fine. Because deciding which one is better (or which one is worse, depending on what you're aiming for) is kinda subjective, I think it would be fairer to just let players have either one for free. But just one, no switching. I don't feel like there's any reason to restrict that character otherwise.

it was known that being stuck with a solo for earlygame would be harder at the time we were picking, and I don't think there should be no repercussions for choosing as they did

additionally Proto pointed out that it's essentially an extra partial pick, in that we can't use Jenna even if we wanted to, while they get a choice

and Jenna+Felix seems rather strong

I would rather stick them with Sheba, if we're giving them a temporary crutch character

who I think is weaker than Felix

could be wrong

[Kay]

I suppose that's alright, although since it's just for fun I really don't think it's a big deal like that...

[euklyd]

Yeah, you're right.
Proto's just gonna win anyways, so it doesn't really matter too much

That being said....
##Vote: Sheba

[Kay]

Sure, makes as much sense as anything. ##Vote: Sheba

[Kriemhild]

HAMMER SHUT UP

Sheba has been lynched. She was ???

Anyways, both Euklyd and Kay have agreed that Sheba can be made free until Piers joins. So that's what we're going to go with.

[euklyd]

[spoiler=MUSIC]

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/8pw05rqu5w5onad/060_Sol_Sanctum_Erupts.mp3

[spoiler=in which our heroes heroically run the fuck away]

well yes obviously

I mean, it must’ve. It said it’d help us escape, and now we’re out.

It’s pretty straightforward.

y’know it’d be really cool if I could turn back time and not do any of the whole “blow up the volcano” things

wait shit no time to talk

This is a short update because I was just barely breaking the image limit for the update I actually wanted to post.

Update to follow.

Edited July 22, 2015 by Euklyd

[euklyd]

[spoiler=MUSIC]

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ijgq282a34vapne/067_Welcome_Home.mp3

(this isn't actually the right music but I like it better for this)

[spoiler=in which our heroes make their triumphant return]

We seem to be having a lot of freak accidents lately…

First the storm and the boulder, now tremors, and an eruption.

(Wonder who I can blame……)

Hey, has anyone seen Darps?

FUKT is missing as well...

Are you suggesting Darps and FUKT caused the eruption?!

Actually, no, I wasn-

That’s a pretty serious allegation.

I will need to investigate it fully…

I definitely can’t believe that Our Boys would ever do something so terrible…

No way! Maybe they really did have something to do with it…

And they’ve been hanging around with that Kraden guy…everyone knows he’s a bit crazy.

He must’ve been corrupting them with his influence!

Leading them down the dark path of Alchemy…

They have strayed from the true path! We must rid ourselves of their taint!

(This is amazing… I’m hardly having to egg them on at all…)

Hey look! There they are!

Get ‘em!

Calm down, everyone…don’t go making hasty assumptions before we’ve ever heard anything.

dammit they caught us

I guess we’ll have to explain to them where we were, huh…

I don’t even know why I talk to you, man.

I don’t know! I have no idea why you talk to me! Maybe you’re just in love with the sound of your own voice!

Well, it can’t be too bad.

And more importantly, why did you choose to make the volcano erupt?!

When were you ensnared by the vile promises of Alchemy?!

hold on how did you know we’re-

I mean, what gives you th-

So you admit it! You admit that, in your desperate search for power, you assisted that vile Kraden with his mad schemes!

wait what that’s ridiculous

The only thing remaining is Kraden! Where is he hiding, boy?!

It’s a long story, and you may not like what you hear...

Oh I’m sure.

Ancient secrets, things like that…

wait what

maybe we should go somewhere away from prying eyes and ears

---

So now, tell me what happened.

shit he’s here

oh god it’s that rock again

(When you explain the situation to him, I demand you do it via interpretive dance)

oh god why

wait what why interpretive dance

(If you don’t the world will end)

(do you really want to take that chance)

that rock is so full of shit I vote we ignore him and do nothing he asks

OKAY FINE WE’LL DO IT

What’s that?

Who’re you talking to, boy?

I didn’t understand any of that.

oh fuck this

Basically we solved a bunch of puzzles and got to the core of Sol Sanctum, where there were four Elemental Stars that could unlock Alchemy or something.

Kraden asked us to fetch them for him, idk why

and then after we had grabbed the third one, a bunch of assholes busted in and stole them from us, and they grabbed HOT and Kraden as hostages.

Also Eukon was with them

wait what

maybe they’re necromancers or something idk

that’s not important though

They made us grab the fourth one for them as well, and when we did the entire place started shaking and a floating rock appeared

…a floating…rock, you say.

suuuuuure

He told us about how the Elemental Stars could light up some lighthouses or something and release Alchemy and he told us we needed to stop them at any cost

actually he didn’t say that outright he just implied it

goddammit I’ll never be able to tell him that the rock is just fucking with us

and he’ll drag me along with him oh god why

Then he held off the eruption and teleported us out and now we’re here.

uh-huh

of course that’s what happened

Elder, the people are demanding that the heretics be tossed into the volcano.

wait what

I have a better idea.

no seriously what’s going on

As, uh, as penance, they must be exiled, and, uh, go on a quest to retrieve the other stars and stop the lighthouses from being lit

and thus preserve our position as the dominant wielders of psynergy

I shall inform the people.

---

They like this plan; you are most wise, Elder.

Yes. Yes, of course I am.

You know, the heretics?

Is that really such a great idea?

of course it is; now shut up

Will you accept this task, or shall we throw you into the volcano?

wait why not what the fuck

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ja7ue7f3vgxjigd/056_Fallen_Heroes.mp3

Another update to follow, in fact.

Edited July 22, 2015 by Euklyd

[euklyd]

[spoiler=MUSIC]

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ijgq282a34vapne/067_Welcome_Home.mp3

[spoiler=in which our heroes magically get a second chance]

Will you accept this task, or shall we throw you into the volcano?

what the hell

we’re going to die on this fucking “quest” and it’s all your fault

well given that the alternative is dying in the volcano I like this plan better

AT LEAST TELL ME WHY

And if you two fail, then I’ll just have to trust that ~Eukon~ does the job properly

Tell me, how would you describe Eukon? How was he, for a dead guy?

He’s a little shit and I’m gonna kill him.

Sounds dependable to me!

After all, you two are incredibly incompetent.

Indeed.

well fuck you too

well fuck you too

Got any advice, at least?

thanks ever so much

what about you guys?

---

(Or at least, I am.)

(With you scapegoats gone, the villagers are satisfied, and my position is secure.)

HEY, FUKT

Your mom wanted me to give these to you.

She says she feels so ashamed of you that she doesn’t even want to look at you, but she feels obligated to send something.

---

Say, Elder, why do you have such confidence in Eukon?

I don’t.

I just wanted to mess with the brats.

hahahahaha

I see I still have much to learn from you.

---

---

That Elder was super suspicious. I bet he’s hiding something… maybe some sort of link...

fun fact some secrets are harder to get to than others; most of them are super easy, and I'm too lazy to do fancy html like was seen in Demon Guest House

Edited July 22, 2015 by Euklyd

[euklyd]

[spoiler=the real reason they had to leave in such a hurry]

(may or may not be the real reason)

For the record, I am caught up to my screencaps.

I am now going to start playing the game, and installments will be shorter and they might be sweeter, but probably not.

...maybe.

Edited August 28, 2014 by Euklyd

[euklyd]

what the fuck Darps can't even take out a ZOMBIE on his own

update maying maybe coming eventually

we'll see

EDIT: what even is spelling

EDIT2: I'm gonna assume I can use FUKT to heal on the world map since HMs can be used even from a state of KO

yes this is Pokemon shut up

darps badly needs it anyways

Edited August 28, 2014 by Euklyd

[euklyd]

[spoiler=MUSIC]

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/5lw5b4ewlefpwqa/090_The_Angarian_Journey.mp3

[spoiler=in which our heroes have a bit of an argument]

I’ve been looking for someone dependable I can trust!

You’re dependable and altruistic, right?

What are you talking about?

Reunite me with the other [bDjinn[/b]!

We seem to have gotten separated in the eruption.

Well, we’re kinda bus-

In that case we’re totally trustworthy! Dependable, too.

Thanks, you won’t regret it!

Hey, FUKT, lemme have the Djinn

what? no way

this some kind of robbery?

c’mon, hand it over!

Next we’re gonna be looting the barrels and pots in people’s houses, huh?

I SAID, GIMME

hey wait what the fuck

You’re going down! I’ll teach you to be selfish!

---

except that the enemies around here are weak to fire based attacks, so I may as well stay as a Guard for a bit longer

Edited July 22, 2015 by Euklyd

[euklyd]

[spoiler=MUSIC]

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/iexfeebnamtwhdi/069_An_Adepts_Home.mp3

[spoiler=in which our heroes meet the HIRO PROTAGONIST, part 1]

I, uh, must’ve taken a wrong turn…

---

what the hell are those?

Out of my way, urchins!

I’m not going to give you any money!

but we don’t-

If you don’t move I’ll run you down!

Okay, okay, don’t run us down!

darps are you sure you don’t want to get run over

it would serve you right

Well.

North it is. I hear it’s quite nice this time of year.

But there’s a terrible group of thieves that way!

Don’t worry, they wouldn’t dare attack me.

Let’s be off, now.

But what about Roofa?

He can come find us when he gets that Rod I told him to steal back for us.

what the fuck was that all about

you keep asking me questions

I’m not sure you understand how answers work

---

Okay, we’re in a new place…now, first things first.

?

We loot anything not nailed down.

lady I’m not sure you understand what “suspicious” means

wow I am feeling so triggered right now

screw you guys

Yeah, it was quite the caravan, huh?

Well, I think we have our first lead.

it’s not a lead if we’re not told where they went

ask where they went

Well, thanks for the info!

oh my fucking god

holy shit will you people shut up about Roofa

I get the point we should go talk to Roofa

jeez

uh, no, I wasn’t

should I?

oh, okay

##vote: suspicious purple stranger

---

[spoiler=RECRUITMENT TIME]

real theme is: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ww41pgcvhin6wns/057_A_Little_Friendship.mp3

are you Roofa

wait what the fuck are you doing

cool, huh?

Your next words will be: “what the hell get out of my head”

what the hell get out of my head-

what the fuck man

holy shit that was amazing

I am so done goodbye

Are you sure? I could tell that your companion isn’t the most competent of guys…

How about we make a deal?

what sort of deal

You help me acquire something, and I’ll assist you in your quest long enough for me to return to my employer.

What is this “something”

Just a staff that my employer wants me to retrieve for him

It was stolen from him?

yeah sure let’s go with that

sure sounds like a deal

Edited July 22, 2015 by Euklyd

[euklyd]

[spoiler=MUSIC]

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ww41pgcvhin6wns/057_A_Little_Friendship.mp3

[spoiler=in which our heroes meet the HIRO PROTAGONIST, part 2]

im cryin

yeah funfax I can talk to animals like that

animals can talk to me, even

Like so.

pretty cool, huh?

I am at a loss for words

oh that’s okay I can just-

NO

are you sure

it’d be really quick and-

I’m positive

what the fuck man you could just TELL us that

LOOK, A DJINN IN THE TREE

wait what’s a-

MOAR POWER

wait fuck

um

oookay

---

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/bjtw388g55wddxe/000_Having_Fun.mp3 (yes this actually plays)

Hey, you!

We want to ask you a couple questions!

wow rood

I came out to have a good time and honestly I’m feeling so attacked right now

okay this clearly isn’t working

time for plan B

Plan B?

gang up on one of them and surround him

Not another word!

actually nevermind you guys can go now

They’re keeping the goods in the attic of the inn, and there’s a hole you can drop down to get to it

Sounds like a plan to me!

that’s

actually incredibly obvious

bet you feel pretty stupid, huh?

Man, FUKT must be feeling really stupid right now.

Wow, you guys can actually do things.

And here I was, thinking you were just muscle.

Looks like the right place.

Are we ready?

actually….

I need to do a bit of training

what

we don’t actually have unlimited time

they’ll like, leave

and this guy will starve

just stall them for a while!

I won’t take THAT long

---

[minutes turn into hours, which turn into days….]

Edited July 22, 2015 by Euklyd

[euklyd]

[spoiler=MUSIC]

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/3sbl7om23x8h3ni/094_Battle!_%5BBoss%5D.mp3

[spoiler=in which our heroes meet the HIRO PROTAGONIST, part 3]

YEAH

I can just feel the power coursing through me!

---

---

fucking finally

I come up on the roof to fix a hole, and then I get knocked unconscious and left here to rot

Hey, you weren’t here that long before I came back

and don’t even get me STARTED on you assholes

wow that’s a mean thing to say about Darps

huh?

Hah, so it WAS you guys

I am a fucking genius

The pay is good, and the benefits are great

hahahahaha

sucks to be him

was he really stupid enough to go north to Lunpa?

that’s hilarious

wait what?

Lunpa?

aren’t we forgetting about something?

the town north of here

run by a gang of bandits

no way they’d let a guy as rich as Hammet go through there without, like, kidnapping him

…is that an issue?

nah, I’ll just bust him out sometime and charge him extra

yeah sure I see no reason why not

yeah sure

haha no way

We’ll just beat you up, grab the things you stole, and rob you of the things you didn’t steal, too!

DIE

This power is incredible!

OW

you JERK

Haha, serves you right!

THIS IS AMAZING

DIE, DIE, DIE

no shit we got you

Well, unless hiro protagonists like me are the ones doing the stealing

then it’s CLEARLY warranted

wait what we can’t take ALL the things if they mayor is here!

dammit

---

Edited July 22, 2015 by Euklyd

[euklyd]

[spoiler=MUSIC]

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/3sbl7om23x8h3ni/094_Battle!_%5BBoss%5D.mp3

[spoiler=BANDIT FIGHT]BANDITS

Name   Lv  Class      Weapon        Head        Shield          Chest  
=============================================================================
Darps  06  Brute                      <default>
Roofa  04  Wind Seer                  <default>

Darps spams Blast every turn; he has enough PP for three of them.

Roofa spams Ray every turn; he has enough PP for me not to worry.

Bandit/Thieves chuck smoke bombs and glower at me and attack Roofa and shit; I didn't pay much attention.

Thief 2 goes down turn 2

Thief 1 goes down halfway through turn 3

Bandit goes down turn three, dying by Blast

total turns: 3

tl;dr...

+ = 3 Turns

Edited July 22, 2015 by Euklyd

[Blitz]

FUKT has the best lines

indeed

[euklyd]

[spoiler=MUSIC]

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/lj3rrf1dj3mc9tl/083_Mysterious_Caves.mp3

[spoiler=in which our heroes traverse the first of many caves]

Looks suspicious, but it’s no problem to move it out of the way.

what the fuck

ivy is cheating

I am so done

You’re going to move the rock?

Actually I’ll let you do that.

I’ll just help.

Well.

That’s, uh, also cheating. Just for the record.

wow this place looks confusing

luckily I am GREAT at navigating

That was fast

It’s this way, c’mon!

Are we there yet?

hold on I see something BETTER than getting out of the cave

better than not getting lost and dying?

YEAH

I want to catch it, but I can’t get to it anymore now that it jumped up there…

Can you help me capture it?

sure thing

we’ll be sure to, uh, “help”

Darps I can practically see the quotation marks you’re not being subtle at all

Now we’re even further from the Djinn.

And the exit as well, I’m sure.

And now we’re HERE? And people say I’m the one with a bad sense of direction?

Not, of course, that people say that.

Yeah it doesn’t really need much saying

hey can you push that boulder into the chasm?

Well if it’s anything like the pillar that we just passed there’ll be arbitrary restriction keeping us from doing so

or not

Can you please tell me what that was for?

I wanted to see what would happen, that’s all

Why, what did you think?

this is really shitty treasure

WOAH, AWESOME, TREASURE?

…what is this for, anyways?

wait this didn’t used to be here

Did you plan that?

sure why not

YEAH, catch ‘im!

I believe in you!

so what do we do now?

I dunno

try killing it or something

okay sure

Well that was easy

Seems a bit anti-climactic, really.

Hey, old man!

Thanks for the support!

Seeya

goddammit I wanted that thing

---

wow it’s almost like we’re MEANT to have an easy route after going through the first time

Well, compared to the last time we were under a mountain, I’d say that went quite well.

more to follow etc

Edited July 22, 2015 by Euklyd

[euklyd]

[spoiler=MUSIC]

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/savx99ka77zs76b/071_Hopelessness.mp3

[spoiler=in which our heroes have no idea what to do]

what the fuck is that tree

”Obi-wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope…”

I mean what

Wow, I had no idea trees could think?

Do all trees think like this?

Are they all so…self-hating?

Sounds more like a human to me

oh

I knew that by the way

clearly

See Darps, what’d I tell you?

I never doubted it for a second.

A moving statue…

I bet there’s treasure down there!

YEAH

After all, what’s a secret passage without treasure?

a secret passage after we’ve been through it

A shitty secret passage, that’s what!

Guess that means it’s a shitty secret passage, huh?

Well, I mean

There is a Djinn to our right

but yeah other than that it’s pretty damn lame

Looks like we’ll have to find another way…

Hey, check this out! You can walk all over this wall!

Can you please stop clowning around?

We have places to be.

…although I can’t seem to name any of them…

oh look.

that’s not suspicious at aaaaalll

Well, what do you know?

At least we didn’t have to fight it this time….

Yeah, how BORING.

---

I can’t imagine this ever being relevant in the future.

never

It couldn’t possibly be useful, or even, dare I say it, necessary

of course not

…

I legit cannot tell, were you being sarcastic?

I think he was, but you can never be sure with him….

---

Can we please be on our way now?

To where?

….

Sounds like we need to get more info.

wow

that’s…

a lot of money

I’m impressed

...I am also impressed but for different reasons.

---

Well, yes, actually.

You did, y’know, have a magical forest chopped down

Darps did you hear that

that was amazing

Can you tell us another joke that was incredible

more to follow etc

Edited July 22, 2015 by Euklyd

[euklyd]

[spoiler=MUSIC]

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/c3o7bq7tpb2h7tf/072_The_Royal_Palace.mp3

[spoiler=in which our heroes find a thing to do]

is there a reward involved?

yes but I don’t see-

in that case you are looking at the bravest and most valiant heroes you will ever set eyes upon!

I thought I already heavily implied that we were

I am PRETTY SURE I did so

---

Lord McCoy!

I recruited some more warriors, m’lord.

Excellent! We could always use more fodder to throw at it, wouldn’t yeh say?

Eventually something has got to stick.

Even if not a one has returned so far…

Well, let’s have us a look at them.

Yer but a bunch of wee children!

actually it’s hilarious

Oh no, laddie, what gave you that impression?

Go ahead and try!

I could use a good laugh, after all that’s bin happening here lately

I’ll show you!

---

As much as I hate helping out that ass, that treasure makes a compelling argument.

---

I’ll show you as well!

I’ll show you all!

…what are you talking about?

---

Wait, one last thing before we leave town…

Edited July 22, 2015 by Euklyd

[Blitz]

I love the way you show them stealing all the items from town