Witch Chat - .hack//Gay Undertones

why do I let this NPC talk to me like this

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oink

oh god no not an adventure

should have gotten a bunny instead

.....huh

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Melo Grunty is the grunty from Moon Tree

you're late pyon

what an

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elaborate in game event

you need to search for him at once pyon

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is this a grunty

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yes, this is a grunty

My Fellow NPC Has Vanished

haseo: ...this is an NPC. We're talking about an NPC.

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GAH

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HOW DID YOU DO THAT

help us non-NPCs you're our only hope

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you

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no

white ninja

atoli has mastered the ways of the ghost

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spooooooooky

does everyone have like a little grunty that looks like them

oh my god

atoli's the camerawoman

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got it

Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni"

atoli has mastered the ways of the ghost

I will remind you that Atoli's Epitaph literally gives her the power of illusions

neat

that said like, I don't think she's mastered it to the point of using it for pranks

unconsciously pranking haseo

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would...actually be kinda funny

pleaaase haseo

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AGAIN WHAT KIND OF EVENT IS THIS.

5 seconds later

I cannot stress enough that this is supposed to be an in-game event made by CC corp (edited)

oops he's been possessed by aida

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what a shame

oh man I missed it but we move to The Close up Zone for Atoli to do Doe Eyes

Shaiapouf

I cannot stress enough that this is supposed to be an in-game event made by CC corp (edited)

an in-game event that happened in response to player actions

and haseo is helpless to resist

where the Moon Tree base got hacked

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puppy atoli eyes

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okay well either way he wants us to come looking for him so

...this is incredibly nonsuspicious

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do not worry about the grunty behind the curtain

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well I suppose going on an adventure with Atoli and SIlibus isn't the end of the world

our poor sillyboy was replaced by...endrance?

yeah basicall

lordy

lmao

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"forgot to tell you, your guild NPC will run away occasionally and other guilds will be contracted to look for them" (edited)

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Haseo: What is going on...?

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as an aside, atoli has some new Talk dialog

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so that's nice

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welp

silibus does as well

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we uh

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we sure did

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I'm so tired

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The Boys

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haseo thinks about The Boys and it reminds him that like, everyone is being affected by the AIDA crisis

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Atoli: uh..?

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we'll stop there

no but seriously wait a second!

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I swear to god the .hack world

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just designed by the biggest weirdos

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who let these people touch computers

.hack being what it is it's a coinflip on if this is just a weird gag or if it's gonna turn out the grunties are all sentient and live in Paradise or whatever

lol

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word

I know making the player do something stupid while the protagonist constantly jokes about how stupid it is is the lowest form of video game comedy

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But Haseo's increduility at how bought in everyone is really is pretty funny (edited)

he's a great straight man

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for being so incredibly gay he can't wear shirts that cover his abs

Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni"

"forgot to tell you, your guild NPC will run away occasionally and other guilds will be contracted to look for them" (edited)

maybe players leaving the guild in droves is the trigger for this particular event?

that actually does make a decent bit of sense

interesting, that'd be kinda cool

Shaiapouf

haseo thinks about The Boys and it reminds him that like, everyone is being affected by the AIDA crisis

I'm so tired that I misread that as "AIDS crisis" and thought "I don't remember the game getting this real... wait"

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I knew playing so much RO would come in handy someday, even if only for commenting on LPs (edited)

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thank u @Shaiapouf once again for sharing this ridiculously silly and weird but strangely compelling masterpiece with us (edited)

Np, I'm glad people are enjoying it

also, I think y'all were debating about the white garment thing Endrance is wearing, and I have the answer. it's a devolved fur-trimmed highly stylized(?) kimono(¿?), tied with an obi-ish band, and off both shoulders (edited)

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easier to get an idea of it from the development art

.hack// collection. Some of the books have seen some wear and tear over the years but they still feel special to me

dang that's a big chunk of hack

I admit I had all of those and lost a good chunk of them

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Still have all my old game disks, and I think I got //sign around here somewhere

Oh, nice! I have the disk for Redemption with me but I probably tossed the case. Not sure if the first 2 of the GU trilogy are with my parents or not. I know I had Legend of the Twilight's omnibus at one point, and the AI Buster novels since my friend gave those away...