I am genuinely not emotionally prepared to question the implications of this in-game NPC responding to AIDA like this
LettuceKitteh01-Apr-22 11:09 PM
"this is not my job. mellow"
Shaiapouf01-Apr-22 11:09 PM
(it's not...impossible that all the NPCs in the World are limited AIs, given that, at the end of the day, The World is A Machine That Creates AIs)
Happy Maria01-Apr-22 11:09 PM
"serpent of lore" sure is a loaded phrase
Shaiapouf01-Apr-22 11:10 PM
for all the fancy name it mostly is just a cool looking visual for high level admin privleges
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anyways, to no ones surprise it's not gonna be that easy
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yada yada yada
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we gotta get to atoli on foot
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these vibes are just so rancid
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Happy Maria01-Apr-22 11:12 PM
nala sounds familiar who's nala
Shaiapouf01-Apr-22 11:13 PM
Haseo kinda summarizes everything Nala has done but basically he's been yet another mysterious old man who has been helping haseo for no apparent reason and knows things a normal player should not know. He's the only leader of moon tree to be officially neutral in the Sakaki/Zelkova power play
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we spend some time wandering the halls of Moon Tree, resolving Heated Gamer Moments with our fists
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Happy Maria01-Apr-22 11:20 PM
oh was nala the old guy at the tournament
Shaiapouf01-Apr-22 11:20 PM
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It's the guy we fought way way back during the tournament in Vol 1
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Haseo: are you sane?
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Haseo, rather suddenly but not incorrectly, identifies him as an enemy
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Nala interjects
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oh right his name is matsu now I remember
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anyways, matsu goes down like nothing
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Haseo points out that Matsu didn't bother to use his stronger weapon (matsu being, in fact, the only other adept rogue we've met)
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when he dies Matsu vanishes
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Endrance speculates that anyone we PK goes into a coma, which is fairly chilling to consider actually
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in any event, there's a lot more dungeon to go, so we press on
Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni"01-Apr-22 11:31 PM
oopsies
Shaiapouf01-Apr-22 11:32 PM
I suppose that's one way to put this cult down
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can't have everyone drink the cool-aid If I get them first
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ugh
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni"01-Apr-22 11:34 PM
oh god it's this person
Shaiapouf01-Apr-22 11:34 PM
Endrance at least find Hiiragi relatable
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni"01-Apr-22 11:35 PM
Endrance, soul of a poet
Shaiapouf01-Apr-22 11:35 PM
endrance has never had a normal thought in his life
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after the fight, Endrance gives Hiiragi a pep talk
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This is...not that dissimilar from something Atoli said, long ago.
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I guess Endrance really did learn something, after all
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bye
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glad I'm not gonna have to deal with that plot point anymore, at least
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni"01-Apr-22 11:38 PM
Endrance learned to read Saint-Exupery
Shaiapouf01-Apr-22 11:38 PM
now that I think of it
Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni"01-Apr-22 11:38 PM
this is technically an improvement
Shaiapouf01-Apr-22 11:38 PM
I believe the japanese subtitle for volume 2 translates as something like "At Walking Pace"
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so I guess it's something of a throughline
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Happy Maria01-Apr-22 11:41 PM
when did endrance actually accept this lol
Shaiapouf01-Apr-22 11:41 PM
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
23:41
he did some real thinking in the ice jail
Happy Maria01-Apr-22 11:42 PM
last I checked he never actually denied anything about aida-mia or w/e, he just traded one codependent relationship for another
Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni"01-Apr-22 11:42 PM
Atoli and him had bonding time off screen
Happy Maria01-Apr-22 11:42 PM
(I love him)
Shaiapouf01-Apr-22 11:42 PM
It's so funny I love it
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okay ngl I literally don't even remember who the last Unit Leader is
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LITERALLY WHO
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WHY DOES MOON TREE HAVE NINJAS
Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni"01-Apr-22 11:44 PM
Why not
LettuceKitteh01-Apr-22 11:44 PM
yeah, it's an MMO
Shaiapouf01-Apr-22 11:44 PM
anyways we just go right into a boss battle Sophora gets no lines
LettuceKitteh01-Apr-22 11:44 PM
the silent type
Shaiapouf01-Apr-22 11:45 PM
uh
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sorry?
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oh thanks
Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni"01-Apr-22 11:45 PM
"I don't even know who you are"
Shaiapouf01-Apr-22 11:45 PM
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uh
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"A place where no possibilities can be denied" huh
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Well how weird can it possibly be
Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni"01-Apr-22 11:45 PM
Magical land of rainbows and unicorns
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And also black balls
Shaiapouf01-Apr-22 11:50 PM
door ahead has a weird, white glow
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and we come out...
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wait, what
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haseo is also suddenly alone
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a cacophony of voices plays all at once
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they are various adults. Teachers, Parents, mostly
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They are all yelling about how someone needs to straighten up
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"What's with your clothes"
"This is gonna be on the test"
"Coming back home at all hours like a street urchin"
"No way in hell you're ever going to get into college with these grades"
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next room is another hallway
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This time it's other schoolgirls
archaeo01-Apr-22 11:54 PM
Oh man I have so much catching up to do
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Ok
Shaiapouf01-Apr-22 11:55 PM
"That girl? Ignore her, just ignore her"
"Don't you just hate her? I do"
"You got problems. You're messed up, like really messed up"
