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jecca_mehlota) wrote2023-07-20 11:35 pm
jecca_mehlota) wrote2023-07-20 11:35 pm
Gentleman Inspector Hildibrand is my hero
Had to take a few days off because of FFXIV updates (GOOD) and irl stuff and fatigue (GROSS), but now we're back.
ah, right we were about to enter the brothel for Reasons.
I keep thinking she should be Isabella.
Ma'am I think what's wound him so tight is the immense trauma and thirteen years of slavery.
Time to LOOK FOR A GIRL.
(It isn't wrapped the same but damn their skirts all look like the bottom half of the spring dress....)
This man wants me to go outside the walls, after all this work we did to get in. WHY NOT, of course.
"Fresh from the master's table, don't peek at it" is it body parts
Oh, the pouch tinkles in a way that's "eerily melodic." Maybe not body parts. I don't trust this game, lmao. It's so bloodthirsty.
Oooo I get to trounce some asshole soldiers.
I hope that was embarrassing, Leon, hahaha. You, too, Robin.
Tell her you got in a few good hits? Bro, neither of you got ONE hit, never mind a good one
It's "Sanbrequois"....? QUEBECOIS!???
It's nice that this guy isn't a dick, at least.
Man, all these guys have rock growing.... I hate this damn empire.
Anyway, outside and onward!
Weird rock in the water.
Oh, maybe it's a frozen wave?
It IS. oh wow, weird. Cool, but weird.
I like seeing all the chocobos in the field. :)
This guy's a jerk. If it weren't a kid in danger, Clive would walk away.
This IS pretty sus, though.
RABID WOLF?? oh no, I hope they have vaccines in Valisthea.
Ooo I hope next we get to stab the guy who sent us here.
Kinda nuts that this guy took one look at Clive, with that outfit and that sword and that MASSIVE DOG and thought, ah yes, he'll die easily.
(I do feel bad for the wolf, it wasn't his fault...)
ohoho even better, the new wolf got them.
....lol the big ol' bloodstain where they used to be standing.
Ah, I was spoiled for the twist in this Chloe quest, but I think I'm better for it, else I'd be so worried about a little creature. Though the name of the quest is a bit of a hint, most people don't refer to their pets as "playthings."
Poor Clive thinks he's looking for an actual pet still though.
"Napping?" Dude look at her feet, she's probably dead.
Yep.
Even knowing the plot twist, this is pretty damn fucked up.
lol, he's really letting this kid have it. She needed to hear it, though. She's still young. Maybe she can grow to be better than the society she lives in.
He thinks you followed us because you showed up immediately after we found the body, lol. Come on, man, think for a second.
Poor Tatienne, though. Begging this game to let ANYONE have a not completely awful day.
Cid wants us to use the back door, eh? (also not an innuendo, probably)
ANOTHER BROTHEL?? Or are we just at the Veil. Either way, lol, poor Clive.
Cid, truly, admit it: you call everything a shortcut, don't you.
Jill clearly has no idea how greedy fuckers work if she has to ask how people can know what's killing the world and do nothing about it because it's making them richer.
YOU HAVE REACHED A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE STORY. IF YOU CONTINUE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RETURN. Oh okay, quest check first.
NOPE WE GOOD.
ONWARD!!!
Mmmm not enough guards, I don't trust it. Who's gonna die here, I guess the only option is Cid. Oh no. Hopefully not. I like him, he's a menace.
"This may not be such a terrible plan after all" WELL NOW WE'RE FUCKED, THANKS CLIVE.
Wtf is akashic.
lol eruptions, who do you think you are, canonier. Me?!
Oh, akashic is uhhh aether rabies. Okay. Bearers and Dominants LESS likely to succumb but only Torgal is fully immune. What a good boy.
Everyone else is gonna be an aether zombie down here, huh. Damn.
Oohhh Cid's jealous, HE doesn't get to call her Isabelle does he XD
This really is an absurd amount of aether. If I weren't on the "the crystals draw aether to themselves" bandwagon already, this might convince me.
STOP MAKING ME HOLD R2 TO DO ANYTHING, I PROMISE MY IMMERSION WILL BE JUST FINE WITHOUT IT
okay but consider: it would be very funny if the mothercrystal had been moved. Like how even.
Damn this thing is huge, how are we supposed to destroy it?
I'm just waiting for the trap to close here uuugghhh stress
They're (the wraiths et al) not unique to Phoenix Gate, they're connected to this whole crystal mess somehow, mark my word.
The "Guardian," eh? Well, they're loading me with potions again and that bridge looks like an ideal boss arena. Let's go. If it's down here, it's probably also gone akashic. We'll be doing it a favor.
Ah, angry dragon on a bridge in some weirdly religious country. Hi, Nidhogg 2, lol.
DID HE JUST USE HOT TAIL
Cid, they don't HAVE "sane commanders." And they could just send Mr Bahamut again, too.
Cid the Vicious? Sid Vicious....? You gonna take up a rock-and-roll career after this is over, then? Assuming you still have both arms?
BEAT, THE HEART OFSABIK SANBREQUE, THE HEART OF SANBREQUE, THE HEART OF SANBREEEEEQUE
chop flop, time for zap.
Oh yeah, his beard IS tucked in. That's.... That's certainly a choice, Ramuh. ??? Freak.
EXPLODE!!!
neat. Too easy. EXTREMELY SUS oh SHIT FUCK IT'S THE EMPTY, IT'S COME FOR THE GAYS, rip cid, sent to super hell
hey wait I don't like these hands pan away this is creepy
FUCK IT'S MASSIVE, though less creepy than I was expecting once it got out.
Maybe the giant abomination is talking to us. Hmmmm. (More like his FALLEN MASTERS am I right)
Oh Cid's not in super hell yet!! The Empty must have a harder time with the bi's.
and it's gone. FOR NOW. Phew.
Torso, no legs, was in some kind of planet lifeblood crystal cocoon.... Sephiroth you ain't looking so hot, there, bud.
Maaan I knew it was too good to be true that I didn't have to fight him, hahaha.
Listen, combat in this game is fine, it's pretty fun so far, but ON GOD trying to break out of a combo and run out of an AOE, idek, either I'm just inept or they kinda messed that one up
Ifrit, stop being a bitch and get out here and help me already, honestly, you're the WORST.
Yeah, get outta here Typhon! You look better when you're some kind of pink snot monster.
.... Safer-Sephiroth?
Oops, hit square instead of R1 in the cinematic~ action. Oh well. Whatever.
What do you mean, "vessel," I do not consent to you taking my body over.
Aww fuck, Cid.....
Joshua, stop stomping around as Margrace and come heal our pal!!
WHAAAT the fuck go AWAY, TYPHON AUGH
DO NOT TOUCH ME
I knew he was probably gonna die, but part of me was still kinda hoping he'd just surrender Ramuh to us at some point when he WASN'T already dying instead.....
god I hope he left notes about this crap
THEMIS, YOU ARE LATE. You asssssss.
Everyone remembers you, Joshua, you damn clown.
((Edit to add: Themis, Margrace, and Joshua will all be used interchangeably going forward. "Themis" is a FFXIV call-out and based entirely on his haircut but is still kinda appropriate considering his use of a fake name, lol.))
oh SHIT IT'S ULTIMA.
Joshua DON'T EAT ULTIMA he is WORSE THAN CARROTS for god's sake no one ever listens to me
OH NO THE HIDEAWAY OH NOOOO
BOY YOU'RE FUCKING TOAST ANYWAY AS SOON AS I GET TO YOU, TITAN GONNA BE THE LEAST OF YOUR PROBLEMS
gav he's dead, and you're about to be, too :(((
ah, we've time skipped again.
Five years! Oog.
Oh, are we Cid now, lol? Keep the dream alive, Clive.
Ah, so this guy does know we aren't actually Cidolphin.
Listen no offense to Tarja and I totally understand why someone would want that brand removed, but it's kinda silly that they don't try to disguise the scar at all or anything. It's still the exact same shape and location.
For a slave/prisoner, this girl's makeup is remarkable.
Aaaaand yep according to the ATL benna was indeed beheaded so that was most certainly her head in the box earlier. SURE WAS HOPING I WAS WRONG ABOUT THAT ONE.
lol took the wind right out of their sails by apologizing. Well done. Guess he's had a few years to learn that trick, though, even if Jill is sick to hell of the attitudes.
I thought I was returning to the hideaway, why are we on a boat
Oh. Even though it looked like the same location on the map, it isn't? Reasonable.
Thanks for the exposition I guess but I'd already figured out why you were going by Cid.
WELCOME, NOW, TO NEW HIDEAWAY.
Guess that's as good a stopping point as any
ah, right we were about to enter the brothel for Reasons.
I keep thinking she should be Isabella.
Ma'am I think what's wound him so tight is the immense trauma and thirteen years of slavery.
Time to LOOK FOR A GIRL.
(It isn't wrapped the same but damn their skirts all look like the bottom half of the spring dress....)
This man wants me to go outside the walls, after all this work we did to get in. WHY NOT, of course.
"Fresh from the master's table, don't peek at it" is it body parts
Oh, the pouch tinkles in a way that's "eerily melodic." Maybe not body parts. I don't trust this game, lmao. It's so bloodthirsty.
Oooo I get to trounce some asshole soldiers.
I hope that was embarrassing, Leon, hahaha. You, too, Robin.
Tell her you got in a few good hits? Bro, neither of you got ONE hit, never mind a good one
It's "Sanbrequois"....? QUEBECOIS!???
It's nice that this guy isn't a dick, at least.
Man, all these guys have rock growing.... I hate this damn empire.
Anyway, outside and onward!
Weird rock in the water.
Oh, maybe it's a frozen wave?
It IS. oh wow, weird. Cool, but weird.
I like seeing all the chocobos in the field. :)
This guy's a jerk. If it weren't a kid in danger, Clive would walk away.
This IS pretty sus, though.
RABID WOLF?? oh no, I hope they have vaccines in Valisthea.
Ooo I hope next we get to stab the guy who sent us here.
Kinda nuts that this guy took one look at Clive, with that outfit and that sword and that MASSIVE DOG and thought, ah yes, he'll die easily.
(I do feel bad for the wolf, it wasn't his fault...)
ohoho even better, the new wolf got them.
....lol the big ol' bloodstain where they used to be standing.
Ah, I was spoiled for the twist in this Chloe quest, but I think I'm better for it, else I'd be so worried about a little creature. Though the name of the quest is a bit of a hint, most people don't refer to their pets as "playthings."
Poor Clive thinks he's looking for an actual pet still though.
"Napping?" Dude look at her feet, she's probably dead.
Yep.
Even knowing the plot twist, this is pretty damn fucked up.
lol, he's really letting this kid have it. She needed to hear it, though. She's still young. Maybe she can grow to be better than the society she lives in.
He thinks you followed us because you showed up immediately after we found the body, lol. Come on, man, think for a second.
Poor Tatienne, though. Begging this game to let ANYONE have a not completely awful day.
Cid wants us to use the back door, eh? (also not an innuendo, probably)
ANOTHER BROTHEL?? Or are we just at the Veil. Either way, lol, poor Clive.
Cid, truly, admit it: you call everything a shortcut, don't you.
Jill clearly has no idea how greedy fuckers work if she has to ask how people can know what's killing the world and do nothing about it because it's making them richer.
YOU HAVE REACHED A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE STORY. IF YOU CONTINUE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RETURN. Oh okay, quest check first.
NOPE WE GOOD.
ONWARD!!!
Mmmm not enough guards, I don't trust it. Who's gonna die here, I guess the only option is Cid. Oh no. Hopefully not. I like him, he's a menace.
"This may not be such a terrible plan after all" WELL NOW WE'RE FUCKED, THANKS CLIVE.
Wtf is akashic.
lol eruptions, who do you think you are, canonier. Me?!
Oh, akashic is uhhh aether rabies. Okay. Bearers and Dominants LESS likely to succumb but only Torgal is fully immune. What a good boy.
Everyone else is gonna be an aether zombie down here, huh. Damn.
Oohhh Cid's jealous, HE doesn't get to call her Isabelle does he XD
This really is an absurd amount of aether. If I weren't on the "the crystals draw aether to themselves" bandwagon already, this might convince me.
STOP MAKING ME HOLD R2 TO DO ANYTHING, I PROMISE MY IMMERSION WILL BE JUST FINE WITHOUT IT
okay but consider: it would be very funny if the mothercrystal had been moved. Like how even.
Damn this thing is huge, how are we supposed to destroy it?
I'm just waiting for the trap to close here uuugghhh stress
They're (the wraiths et al) not unique to Phoenix Gate, they're connected to this whole crystal mess somehow, mark my word.
The "Guardian," eh? Well, they're loading me with potions again and that bridge looks like an ideal boss arena. Let's go. If it's down here, it's probably also gone akashic. We'll be doing it a favor.
Ah, angry dragon on a bridge in some weirdly religious country. Hi, Nidhogg 2, lol.
DID HE JUST USE HOT TAIL
Cid, they don't HAVE "sane commanders." And they could just send Mr Bahamut again, too.
Cid the Vicious? Sid Vicious....? You gonna take up a rock-and-roll career after this is over, then? Assuming you still have both arms?
BEAT, THE HEART OF
chop flop, time for zap.
Oh yeah, his beard IS tucked in. That's.... That's certainly a choice, Ramuh. ??? Freak.
EXPLODE!!!
neat. Too easy. EXTREMELY SUS oh SHIT FUCK IT'S THE EMPTY, IT'S COME FOR THE GAYS, rip cid, sent to super hell
hey wait I don't like these hands pan away this is creepy
FUCK IT'S MASSIVE, though less creepy than I was expecting once it got out.
Maybe the giant abomination is talking to us. Hmmmm. (More like his FALLEN MASTERS am I right)
Oh Cid's not in super hell yet!! The Empty must have a harder time with the bi's.
and it's gone. FOR NOW. Phew.
Torso, no legs, was in some kind of planet lifeblood crystal cocoon.... Sephiroth you ain't looking so hot, there, bud.
Maaan I knew it was too good to be true that I didn't have to fight him, hahaha.
Listen, combat in this game is fine, it's pretty fun so far, but ON GOD trying to break out of a combo and run out of an AOE, idek, either I'm just inept or they kinda messed that one up
Ifrit, stop being a bitch and get out here and help me already, honestly, you're the WORST.
Yeah, get outta here Typhon! You look better when you're some kind of pink snot monster.
.... Safer-Sephiroth?
Oops, hit square instead of R1 in the cinematic~ action. Oh well. Whatever.
What do you mean, "vessel," I do not consent to you taking my body over.
Aww fuck, Cid.....
Joshua, stop stomping around as Margrace and come heal our pal!!
WHAAAT the fuck go AWAY, TYPHON AUGH
DO NOT TOUCH ME
I knew he was probably gonna die, but part of me was still kinda hoping he'd just surrender Ramuh to us at some point when he WASN'T already dying instead.....
god I hope he left notes about this crap
THEMIS, YOU ARE LATE. You asssssss.
Everyone remembers you, Joshua, you damn clown.
((Edit to add: Themis, Margrace, and Joshua will all be used interchangeably going forward. "Themis" is a FFXIV call-out and based entirely on his haircut but is still kinda appropriate considering his use of a fake name, lol.))
oh SHIT IT'S ULTIMA.
Joshua DON'T EAT ULTIMA he is WORSE THAN CARROTS for god's sake no one ever listens to me
OH NO THE HIDEAWAY OH NOOOO
BOY YOU'RE FUCKING TOAST ANYWAY AS SOON AS I GET TO YOU, TITAN GONNA BE THE LEAST OF YOUR PROBLEMS
gav he's dead, and you're about to be, too :(((
ah, we've time skipped again.
Five years! Oog.
Oh, are we Cid now, lol? Keep the dream alive, Clive.
Ah, so this guy does know we aren't actually Cidolphin.
Listen no offense to Tarja and I totally understand why someone would want that brand removed, but it's kinda silly that they don't try to disguise the scar at all or anything. It's still the exact same shape and location.
For a slave/prisoner, this girl's makeup is remarkable.
Aaaaand yep according to the ATL benna was indeed beheaded so that was most certainly her head in the box earlier. SURE WAS HOPING I WAS WRONG ABOUT THAT ONE.
lol took the wind right out of their sails by apologizing. Well done. Guess he's had a few years to learn that trick, though, even if Jill is sick to hell of the attitudes.
I thought I was returning to the hideaway, why are we on a boat
Oh. Even though it looked like the same location on the map, it isn't? Reasonable.
Thanks for the exposition I guess but I'd already figured out why you were going by Cid.
WELCOME, NOW, TO NEW HIDEAWAY.
Guess that's as good a stopping point as any
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I had this exact same thought!
Weird rock in the water.
There's a lot of theories about this!
....lol the big ol' bloodstain where they used to be standing.
I did this one after the quest with Chloe, and I was already so messed up and SO angry, I think I actually cheered a bit when I heard the screaming. And then I had to think about the fact that the kid got GOT too, and yet... UGH.
lol, he's really letting this kid have it. She needed to hear it, though. She's still young. Maybe she can grow to be better than the society she lives in.
Yes. >_< One can only hope.
Wtf is akashic.
This bit of vocabulary actually kinda pissed me off because it basically means "of the sky/air/aether." LIKE. JUST CALL THEM AETHERIC OR SOMETHING. ANYTHING. Why did they bring in a language that has nothing to do with any of the other pseudo languages we have going on here???
I'm generally okay with people using fantasy terms in a fantasy game but it still has to make some sense with internal logic somewhere.
(EDIT: I realized while showering that someone could say “but there’s not a problem with them using Shiva?! Or Garuda?!” and that person wouldn’t be wrong, exactly, but the difference is those terms have kinda been redefined/established in the series for a long time before this entry. Meanwhile, the term “akashic” seems to have come out of nowhere.)
DID HE JUST USE HOT TAIL
I asked the same thing. XD
((Edit to add: Themis, Margrace, and Joshua will all be used interchangeably going forward. "Themis" is a FFXIV call-out and based entirely on his haircut but is still kinda appropriate considering his use of a fake name, lol.))
LOL
oh SHIT IT'S ULTIMA.
I know it's probably not fully intentional or... something... but I did have a feeling of "...wait are we seriously dealing with this alien again?" (Considering the events in the 8-man raid currently...)
Aaaaand yep according to the ATL benna was indeed beheaded so that was most certainly her head in the box earlier. SURE WAS HOPING I WAS WRONG ABOUT THAT ONE.
Yeah, sorry >_<
And yeah! New Hideaway is actually a little further to the west than the old one.
CONGRATS YOU GOT THROUGH THAT BIT AND ALSO YES the whole thing with Typhon went on for too damn long.
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Seriously, the timing on this, WHAT DOES THAT DAMN ALIEN SPACE ROCK MONSTER CREATURE THING WANT FROM US.
ANSWER ME, KOJI.
that all reminds me of one time in college I took what
theended up being an EXTREMELY casual class (wish I could remember what it was actually called/about) and ended up writing a comparison on mythological figures used in Final Fantasy vs their actual representation in their respective pantheons. That was fun.no subject
that all reminds me of one time in college I took what the ended up being an EXTREMELY casual class (wish I could remember what it was actually called/about) and ended up writing a comparison on mythological figures used in Final Fantasy vs their actual representation in their respective pantheons. That was fun.
That does sound like fun! And yeah, it's interesting how they just kinda evolved and became their own entities over time. (...though I mean I guess with Bahamut we can think D&D for starting off with making him a dragon instead of a giant space fish to start with. XD)