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Shaiapouf 02-May-22 11:24 PM
something that someone pointed out to me that I don't think I fully grocked
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Wiseman's actual issue here, what he's talking aroun
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isn't that he's jealous of Ovan exactly
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He's jealous of the main character of the first games, Kite
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who not ONLY was beloved by Aura and gifted a number of unique abilities
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but he also is still playing soccer
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and was able to get away from the world
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unlike Yata, who as I said before, was injured
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 02-May-22 11:26 PM
.hack characters transposing trauma onto other people, classic
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but he also is still playing soccer
LettuceKitteh 02-May-22 11:26 PM
.... 🙁
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Shaiapouf 02-May-22 11:26 PM
Yata stayed behind, and remained dedicated to The World
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unlike Kite and Aura, who left
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so when the new crisis came, who is the leader of the task force to resolve it?
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the way Kite was?
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It's Yata
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This was supposed to be his chance
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It's honestly really sad
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Zedd-Repulsa 02-May-22 11:27 PM
they're all full of Issues
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Shaiapouf 02-May-22 11:28 PM
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and we finally get him
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 02-May-22 11:34 PM
such a fitting yatapose
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Shaiapouf 02-May-22 11:34 PM
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Zedd-Repulsa 02-May-22 11:34 PM
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Shaiapouf 02-May-22 11:34 PM
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and thier little lives
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as you have probably gathered, Fidchell's whole thing is giving a prophecy when it dies
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oh man I screwed up the screen cap
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 02-May-22 11:38 PM
fidchell, really gotta look for a new job there
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Shaiapouf 02-May-22 11:39 PM
but we enter the close up zone for Pi to straight up slap him
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he's got a good face for it
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Zedd-Repulsa 02-May-22 11:39 PM
perfect
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LettuceKitteh 02-May-22 11:39 PM
aw, that means the next scene isn't - oh thank god
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Shaiapouf 02-May-22 11:39 PM
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 02-May-22 11:39 PM
is it an addition to the yatamorphs pic
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Shaiapouf 02-May-22 11:39 PM
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Zedd-Repulsa 02-May-22 11:41 PM
he deserved all of that
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this is the slap
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I found it online
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should timestamp to it
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 02-May-22 11:43 PM
damn, sad I closed yatamorphs, that would have been a good start to it (edited)
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Shaiapouf 02-May-22 11:44 PM
I am glad I kinda dug up all the stuff about Yata because I really do think once you understand he is talking about Kite his whole speech goes from kinda incoherent to legit really sad. Why, even now, after all the hard work he's done, is he still not the protagonist? That said, he's really gotta get it together because he IS being a real sad sack and wallowing in self pity won't do anyone any good
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so yeah go Pi
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slap him
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we'll stop there
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Well, that was a lot of update
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CatHerder 02-May-22 11:47 PM
thank you for it tho
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LettuceKitteh 02-May-22 11:48 PM
it was good!
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....you know, even though Haseo Shouldn't Be Handling It, I'm a little impressed in how Saku/Bo was done, psychology-wise.
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Shaiapouf 02-May-22 11:49 PM
it's very anime but thematically it really is just a simplified version of the kanon/shannon thing
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LettuceKitteh 02-May-22 11:50 PM
nod Yeah.
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Shaiapouf 02-May-22 11:51 PM
I also do like digging through these characters and parsing through the lore for deeper subtext that's easy to miss
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it makes a lot of characters really pop
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you can argue that like, this is a bad way to write a story
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cause it is
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but at the same time it makes it a fun game to LP lmao
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Shaiapouf 09-May-22 05:16 PM
Okay I didn't intend to wait so long between updates but time just go away from me
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TONIGHT we will return to the world
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 09-May-22 05:42 PM
Would you say time outside The World got away from you
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archaeo 09-May-22 06:30 PM
It’s okay to log off
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Shaiapouf 09-May-22 06:41 PM
Truely that is the question possed by .hack
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to log off, or not log off
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MagusDraco 09-May-22 06:52 PM
Never log off
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Shaiapouf 09-May-22 10:56 PM
okay so, last time on .hack: a lot of shit happened
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Sakaki is out of play, Yata is humbled, Saku is having a real one, and Ovan is uh, ovan
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first off, an interesting thread on the forums
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I wonder what anime is being referenced there
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...wolf's rain? (edited)
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this is all summarizing some stuff from the previous game--the netslums and thier queen, Helba
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Helba, as it happens, was yata's old partner as a hacker
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It's unclear if they're still in communication
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 09-May-22 11:00 PM
it looks like wolf's rain, as a note, but I haven't watched it so can't confirm
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Shaiapouf 09-May-22 11:01 PM
A, I guess I remembered it correctly
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It was airing on TV at more or less the time so kind of hilarious for this random 2017 person to bring it up since I don't know anyone has thought about that show in a decade
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 09-May-22 11:02 PM
looks like original air date was 2003
yeah 1
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Shaiapouf 09-May-22 11:03 PM
look at this guys himbo OC lmao
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 09-May-22 11:04 PM
the fact that "in" and "The World" are the only things not in allcaps disturbs me
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Shaiapouf 09-May-22 11:04 PM
anyways, email time
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Thanks CC corp.
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We're just gonna...get past the whole "you hired an insane 10 year old in a fit of pique" I guess
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 09-May-22 11:05 PM
time to read the yatamail
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Shaiapouf 09-May-22 11:05 PM
There are in fact 2 e-mails.
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this first one mostly summarizes what we know already
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 09-May-22 11:05 PM
the Epitaph of Rebirth (edited)
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Shaiapouf 09-May-22 11:05 PM
though, notably, Yata seems to be acting less coldly to us
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So, now that they've all been brought up, allow me to quickly recap, since I know it's easy to lose track Phase 1: Skeith, The Terror of Death (Haseo) Phase 2: Innis, The Mirage of Deceit (Atoli) Phase 3: Magus, The Propogation (Kuhn) Phase 4: Fidchell, The Prophet (Yata) Phase 5: Gorre, the Machinator (Sakubo) Phase 6: Macha, the Temptress (Endrance) Phase 7: Tarvos, the Avenger (Pi) Phase 8: Corbenik, the Rebirth (Ovan)
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From each title you can kinda get a sense of what abilities and abilities each phase imparts, though some much moreso than others
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 09-May-22 11:10 PM
the 'of's just get dropped real fast, huh
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Shaiapouf 09-May-22 11:10 PM
lol
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anyways, Yata sent us another e-mail. a more personal one
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 09-May-22 11:11 PM
so what's with the thing behind Ovan's epitaph
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the planet dick cannon
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni"
so what's with the thing behind Ovan's epitaph
Shaiapouf 09-May-22 11:11 PM
That''s the avatar's version of his AIDA arm
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a big fucking canon
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 09-May-22 11:12 PM
arm get beeeg
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Shaiapouf 09-May-22 11:12 PM
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anyways
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plot
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this probably sounds like a pretty typical e-mail but this is actually a new, major development. AIDA has never been seen in a main town before
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before that though, we have one last e-mail to look at. More damage control
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you get a chance to reply to this one
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one of the e-mails is just extremely cruel lmao
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so lets not do that one
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 09-May-22 11:14 PM
subject: huh
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Shaiapouf 09-May-22 11:15 PM
bo is walking around town
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 09-May-22 11:15 PM
huh
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Shaiapouf 09-May-22 11:15 PM
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 09-May-22 11:15 PM
huh
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Shaiapouf 09-May-22 11:15 PM
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 09-May-22 11:15 PM
.hack//Ghost Unleashed
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Shaiapouf 09-May-22 11:15 PM
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how do you know that bo???
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How do you know that
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hmmmm
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anyways, this is obviously an urgent crisis that's going to move the plot forward in some interesting ways
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which means obviously it's time for me to do a side quest
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 09-May-22 11:19 PM
always time to put life on hold
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Shaiapouf 09-May-22 11:19 PM
(I've been putting off doing this racing sidequest and I need to do it to get an extremely useful item)
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 09-May-22 11:19 PM
final dungeon? nah, side quest
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Shaiapouf 09-May-22 11:19 PM
oh don't misunderstand
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we're not even half done
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with vol 3
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 09-May-22 11:19 PM
I more meant it as "other example of very bad side quest timing"
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Shaiapouf 09-May-22 11:19 PM
time for weird shit
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni"
I more meant it as "other example of very bad side quest timing"
Shaiapouf 09-May-22 11:20 PM
oh true. In this case this is purely my fault though
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presented without commentary
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 09-May-22 11:20 PM
penguin bikers, as you do
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Shaiapouf 09-May-22 11:21 PM
anyways it's like this
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