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I always do Leave's scenario last, so let's do it next instead
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Terra's scenario next, definitely.
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Aug 18, 2016 04:02
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Terra's scenario. And I didn't know that you could bring in the imperial disguise to Olivia's recruitment, learn something new every day.
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Aug 18, 2016 04:08
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A neat little touch is that all human enemies have an innate weakness to poison. Because, y'know, poison.
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Aug 18, 2016 04:09
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On one hand I want to say Leave for reasons. On the other... let's just get Team Terra over with.
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Aug 18, 2016 04:42
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Andy Waltfeld posted:A headstrong blonde woman taken hostage by her unit of record, probably for exhibiting some manner of autonomy, with a vaguely misogynistic overreaction? Gonna go with Terra/Remain/Banon's rad raft adventure.
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Terra, Remain, and Banon. Let's return back to the plot for a moment and save the best for last, shall we?
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Aug 18, 2016 05:29
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Fun Fact: Runic's effects would be a little more obvious if Woolsey (or Slattery) had called it 'Seal' instead (its full name being Seal(ing) Sword, which is a hint that it's sword-based).
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Despite being a fire spraying, rock chewing machine, thee Tunnel Armor died as it lived -  in every way!Huh. Should have suggested Olivia be named Anyway, Remain with the group.
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Aug 18, 2016 06:15
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The only answer is the one we should have used the first time river raft adventure
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I say Leave I haven't played a lot of FFVI but I've grown to appreciate Olivia from Record Keeper, since I got a sword for her that grants Runic. It's good. If you're interested in FFV, now's a good time for it because the Four Job Fiesta challenge run/charity drive is going on.
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You can be wearing any of Nathan's three outfits when you do the rescue. Olivia has a different reaction to each. If I recall correctly, she wonders who Nathan is exactly if he's in his normal clothes and if he's a merchant, she asks if he's about to try selling her something.  Nathan also hides from the guard in the hall instead of saluting if he's not wearing a uniform (wish I found a screenshot).I always check the guard before I rescue Olivia and note that he's already asleep after he specifically said he could go for days without it. Cracks me up.  When I first played this game as a kid, I got caught up in the "rescue a hot chick who turns out to be a badass" fantasy and never wondered about the specific reasons for her betraying the Empire either. However, in her intro scene, she protests an Imperial action that I'm pretty sure is a huge war crime. That fills in some blanks nicely and further establishes the bad guys as evil. I can get behind that. Leave didn't mention it, but Runic has some weaknesses. It blocks magic attacks, but only until it's time for Olivia to act again. So if the enemy doesn't use magic, you just wasted your turn. And Olivia has to act before the enemy or it's no good. I also forget it works on your own spells too, meaning if you're trying to damage the enemy or cure your allies and you have a Runic up when the casting character goes... well, at least Olivia gets a little MP out of the deal. I generally only use Runic when I know I'm up against an enemy with serious magic power and have good physical attackers on my side. Olivia has other strengths for alternate scenarios. Kudos to our LPer for suggesting we boost Nathan's attack power for this scenario with the Genji Glove and showing off another secret room about which I had no idea. Early game super-awesome Relics like the Ribbon are always a good thing! Progression Decision: Flip-flopping my earlier stance. Let's finish the darn escort mission. Terra & Remain.
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Update Twelve: Rapid Raft Rides To Ridiculous Rinky-Dink Resolutions Howdy folks, and welcome back! Last time, Nathan and Olivia escaped from South Figaro, and made their way to Narshe. Today, Terra, Remain and Banon are going to complete their journey to Narshe, so let's roll.  This is a loving lie. The going is piss-easy.  We still have to complete the raft ride. It's about thirty seconds of riding the river. Or it would be, but there are still random encounters, which tack on another fifteen or twenty seconds.   That's the end of the raft ride. As soon as you enter this cave, you're done.  And, yeah, it's just that abrupt. Sure, there's a screen transition, but you basically just enter the cave and warp over here.  Narshe is right over here, too.   See, I told you it was easy.  Oh, no wait, the developers realized that was too easy, so there's a bit of padding to go through.  Were this a Bioware game, we could potentially pass a speech-check and be done.  But, it's not, so we still have to take the long way around.  Instead, we get to see a 54 year old man get punched in the face.   In case it wasn't clear earlier, Narshe guards are kind of dicks.  Further evidenced by them punching Remain in the mouth, too.  Terra doesn't even try. And the guards don't try to capture her, or do anything else, really.   I'm pretty sure this is lifted directly from a romantic comedy.  Hey, it's okay. You didn't know that these two would get punked like a couple of bitches.  Anyways, we know of an alternate route into the town.   We'll just use the exit as an entrance!    Ta-da! One entrance, exactly where we need it.  Well, not exactly where we need it, but close enough for government work.    Heading south is a dead-end, so we've gotta go north.  Into the mines. The bridge to the right is a dead end.  We've already seen this. I think. Or not. If we haven't, well, you've a good idea of the place. If we have, you still have a good idea of the place.  Nah, we haven't seen that, since this room is new.  When we enter, this bit of light appears, and--Oh, hell, just look at what's next.   We have to follow that light path.  But some dialog first!  I'm not transcribing this dialog just to help pad out the update.  I already skipped a few shots in traversing the mines.  Which means we can just brute force our way through this "puzzle".  By straying off the path, we're surrounded by lights. Just like Remain said we would be.  By hitting the orange light, we can blow the lights away and continue on. But, I'm sure you're wondering what happens if we don't hit the orange light.   We're thrown into a fight!  Against these undead guys.  They have 255 HP and are weak to Fire and Holy.  So we make short work of them.  And then proceed to do the puzzle correctly.  Viola!  For further padding purposes, there is a side-trip we can make while we're here.  It's this entrance, near where Terra fell deeper into the mines and Nathan came to rescue her.   It leads us back to where the Moogles assisted Nathan is saving Terra's life.  And we can finally go into this door!  It leads to Moogle Town!        There's also a treasure chest in here.  It's nothing special, but it could come in handy.   The extra point of Attack isn't anything to be excited about, but it does boost Evasion by 10 points. The only downside is that only Terra, Remain and Olivia can equip it, and if Terra or Olivia attacks with it, it'll drain 10 MP to deal an automatic critical. That's a couple castings of Cure, or of Fire/Blizzard! Plus, it takes MP to use a physical attack, and I'm just not down with that.  Okay, let's scoot on outta here.    We've definitely been through here before. We're now back-tracking to go forward, but we're not back-tracking in the traditional sense.  It's like forward-tracking, but back through old ground.  Oh, wait, that makes it regular back-tracking, doesn't it?  Man, this entire update has practically been back-tracking. Sure, some of the places were new, in that we hadn't seen them before, but Terra had been through most of it before. Even if she had been unconscious for a chunk of it. At least the Moogles were new.  Arvis!  Arvis, you old bastard, where are you?  Nice save. I hope Terra didn't notice you basically forgot her existence.  lovely! You saw the warm reception you got!  Town Status: Neutral, but still punching people they don't like.  Yeah, they don't like him, either.  This seems like an odd thing for the developers not to throw some alternate dialog at. Especially since it's pretty easy to encounter the guards there. You'd think that Remain or Banon would mention the guards are assholes.   Banon, your action stance is freaking me out.  Fair enough. I know if an ancient avatar of magical power was found in my hometown, I'd be curious about what the hell was going on with it.  I have one idea of how to do that.   And that, ladies and gentlemen, is where we close out this update. Next time, we'll check in on Leave, and see how his impromptu attempt at swimming the river went. Stay tuned!
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And this is why people wanted to leave the Leave fork until last. The other two are on the short side (especially Banon/Remain/Terra), while for this last one we're in for a wild ride. (Also the one character for which I've already thought of a name.)
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I find it interesting that the two main ladies are the go to sword'n'boarders in this game. Sure other characters can equip swords, but Terra and Celes are the obviously the intended equip targets and get access to all swords. They also fill a really rare niche in FF in that they're gonna be your shitwreckers and healers through the entire game. Rigged Death Trap fucked around with this message at 08:59 on Aug 18, 2016 |
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Rigged Death Trap posted:I find it interesting that the two main ladies are the go to sword'n'boarders in this game. Sure other characters can equip swords, but Terra and Celes are the obviously the intended equip targets and get access to all swords. And, thus far, they are the only two who use magic as well! I'm a little disappointed that Locke never comments on Celes's use of magic in his scenario. You'd think after the big freak out over Terra using magic, that he'd have something to say about the empire having generals that can cast magic. Alternately, you'd think Celes would call Locke out on being unfazed by her casting magic.
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Dirk the Average posted:And, thus far, they are the only two who use magic as well! It's already known the Empire has Magitek. Hell, the boss they fought was using some: those spells didn't come from nowhere.
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RabidWeasel posted:That was a lot shorter than I remember it being Part of that is the magic of editing and not giving a gently caress about the boring monsters we encountered!
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Ouch....you picked up the Rune Blade. I think this was the Final Fantasy that started the trend of "wait till later you get a better item". In this particular case, it would have been another Ribbon. mauman fucked around with this message at 12:43 on Aug 18, 2016 |
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Aug 18, 2016 12:38
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Trasson posted:It's already known the Empire has Magitek. Hell, the boss they fought was using some: those spells didn't come from nowhere. It's specifically well known that the empire gives its elite soldiers and generals magic, irrc. He'd probably be more surprised if she couldn't use magic. Terra, meanwhile, is a great big "who?" in terms of her importance in the grand scheme of things until she busts out the fireworks.
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Psah! No monsters are boring! At least not in my humble opinion. Hope we at least see them in Bowser's Appendix- I'm willing to gather names for a checklist if necessary. Thanks for the fast update in any case. Looking forward to seeing where our brawler washes up soon.
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mauman posted:Ouch....you picked up the Rune Blade. Yeah, but the Rune Blade now is better than the Ribbon will be then. Both in terms of power and that sweet sweet sale price.
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achtungnight posted:
On the flip side, if she's out of MP and you're running low on restoratives, you can get someone to use a high-end spell in order to refill her MP stores a bit by using Runic. ^.^
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Trasson posted:Yeah, but the Rune Blade now is better than the Ribbon will be then. Both in terms of power and that sweet sweet sale price. Eh....Like Leave said, it's not THAT much better and the whole "use mp thing" is a pain in the rear end in my opinion. Plus money is not exactly hard to find in this game. Plus, I like the ribbon relic. So I would disagree.
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Next Bestiary update is taking longer than usual, because I have to make some custom entries for it. Each one involves a metric fuckton of layers. If only I knew what I was doing... (Having no idea what I'm doing makes me a good paring with Leavmywife!  )
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Aug 18, 2016 23:16
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Kheldarn posted:If only I knew what I was doing... (Having no idea what I'm doing makes me a good paring with Leavmywife! Yeah, sounds about right. 
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Sometimes not knowing what you're doing is a good thing. Click link for one such situation. http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1020.html
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Explosionface posted:Yeah, sounds about right.  : Speaking of people who don't know what they're doing, how's that Raging Fist Blitz coming along?
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Kheldarn posted:
Raging Fist? Doesn't ring a bell. Maybe you should pummel your brain to find a better vocabulary. 
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Explosionface posted:Raging Fist? Doesn't ring a bell. Maybe you should pummel your brain to find a better vocabulary. : Maybe you should suplex your laziness and make some avatars! Gwahahaha!
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I'm most familiar with Leave's scenario and knew a little bit about Nathan's. I knew nothing about the scenario with Terra and company, turns out I wasn't missing much.
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 : I think Ultros is planning to kidnap Peach... He better not... achtungnight posted:Kheldarn- I recommend the Koopa Troop AC Crew. They work fast, are very professional, and have remarkably very few complaints. Rumors of the Crew Chief Bowser savagely mutilating any complainers are surely exaggerated. : A++ record! Not a single complaint!achtungnight posted:Psah! No monsters are boring! At least not in my humble opinion. Hope we at least see them in Bowser's Appendix- I'm willing to gather names for a checklist if necessary. : Congratulations! I'm going to let you join the Koopa Troop! Your job is to record a list for the Appendix. Don't make me regret this!Chapter 5: Figaro Freaks  "You're here to steal his clothes, so grab 'em quick. He'll run away once you do." : This guy's always trying to sell me something, so I don't feel bad for him. Gwahahaha! "Wh-Whew!" : I have nothing to say. Next! "This powered-up version of M-TekArmor uses Tek Laser and TekBarrier to attack. It's safer not to fight this tough opponent while your level is still low." : Powered-up MagiTek Armor? Hmm... "Like with the Merchant, your goal here is to steal his clothes, causing him to run away." : This "officer" runs away at the first sign of trouble. He must be the one teaching my Koopa Troops to do that... "An imperial guard dog with a mean bite. He'll escape if left alone." : This Vector Pup would make a good guard dog, if he didn't run away... "An imperial soldier. Watch out for the double Grudge attack." : This guy seems boring. Reminds me of when Kamek is talking to me. *yawn* "A cave-dwelling bear. Its powerful arms can gouge with devastating results." : I hear gold bears are a delicacy in some parts of the world... "The Primordite's Numblade can stop you in your tracks for a while." : Numbing the foe... Oh Mario! Come pet my new friend! "The Slip Touch attack will slowly reduce your HP." : Fire breath will take care of this guy! "Olivia should use Runic. Put Nathan in charge of direct attacks and equip him with Genji Glove, if you have it. The Tunnel Armor's primary attack is Drill." : This gives me an idea...: Time to steal some Tunnel Armor! I'll bypass Mario by drilling right under Peach's castle! Gahahaha!Editor's Note For some reason, the versions of the game with the Bestiary option don't have Bestiary entries for Merchant, Birthday Suit, Cadet, or Darkside. I had to make those by editing parts from other entries together. I am very thankful for layers when it comes to image editing, because that makes it sooooo much easier to do things like this! Thankfully, the Final Fantasy Wiki has a Final Fantasy VI Bestiary page, and it includes stats for these, and other unlisted enemies. It also has spoliers, so  STAY AWAY UNTIL THE LP IS OVER! : That's right. Stay away, or I'LL come after you!
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Bowser- That website and GameFAQS are where I double check my list of missed monsters. I'll be checking it periodically to update the list, but I'll keep specifics out of the LP per policy. Don't worry. One question- I can wait for the LP's end and have a really big list or I can PM you periodic lists of missed monsters and let you do the rest. Please tell me your preference (in the LP or PM is fine). Just trying to save work as per editor preference, keep updates from getting too big, yada yada. Please let me know. Thanks.
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Update Thirteen: A New Companion! Welcome back! Last time, on Final Fantasy VI, we started and finished off Remain and Terra's scenario, getting them safely back into Narshe. Today, we're going to begin Leave's scenario, which is by far the longest of the three, so let's roll.  What dire fate, indeed?  Well, we start out here. No scenes of Leave floating down the river, unlike with the raft crew.  The only thing I do before heading out is throw some Hermes Shoes on him. In most other Final Fantasy games, Haste will double a character's speed, but in this one, it's a 30% increase, from what I've read. That's not exactly great, but that will help me pull out Aura Bolts and Raging Fists more often.  This house is important, for more than one reason.  First off, Bowser is just hanging out around here.  Secondly, there's a merchant riding a Chocobo, who has some items for sale that I'd very much like.  I'm not sure why he's dressed as an Imperial grunt, but it's not my business to figure these things out.   Gimme the goods!  He has some basics, but he also has fuckin' Shurikens.  At 30 Gil a pop, you have no reason not to fully stock up on them. Even this early in the game, 3,000 Gil isn't all that much, and you're going to want them, I assure you.  Invisibility and Shadow Scrolls both grant beneficial effects when used; the Invisibility scroll turns someone invisible, which renders them immune to physicals, but with the effect broken when struck by magic. The Shadow Scroll gives the Blink status, which is another form of physical invulnerability, but limited and eventually wears off by taking enough attacks.  Peace out, dog.  Bowser!  And Bowser's doggie!  Which is our main goal for this update; we need to reach that camp. If only we had some help...  From what we know about the Empire, it's one of two things. Either they're A) being dicks or 2) letting Kefka be a dick.  Alright, don't know what a Doma is, but that's probably not good. I remember what they did to the last castle they were at. And Olivia did mention that Kefka was going to poison the entire castle...   Bowser's coming with us!  This is true; Bowser might be a named and official party member, but he's not going to stick around for this poo poo if he doesn't want to. After battle, there's a 1/16 chance that he'll just take off.  But, we're going to take him along, since he's going to be an asskicker, much like Leave.  He's also a little melodramatic, but being a ninja, what do you expect?  Oh, right, not a ninja. Assassin. My bad.  I gave him the Leather Cap, otherwise he'd just have the Ninja Gear and his Kunai, but look at that Evasion. The Ninja Gear adds +2 Speed, and the Kunai is just a weapon, so that's a natural 28 Evasion.  Throw is his unique command, and why I bought all those Shurikens. He can also throw daggers, swords, spears, rods, and some other weapons.  But, into the house!  That's reasonable for a couple of goofballs who just popped into your house.  Uh, that, not so much.   The lack of clock in this man's life has caused him to go insane. How curious.  At the very least, it's warped his sense of time.  This could be the secret to immortality! But, never mind that, to the stove! Oh, Leave, don't touch that!  Don't, it's hot!  I tried to tell you.  Sir, the only thing that Bowser here has repaired is the problem of someone having too much blood in their body.  Uh...  I'm not sure if I like the implication here, what with annoying child and talk of throwing them to the wilderness.   After that, we quietly leave, without trying to think about if this man murdered his child or not.  Anywho, there's a forest to the east of here, and past that is the Imperial camp we want to go through.  We'll meet one new enemy along the way, so let's get that done as quick as we can.  Against some rabbits. Oh joy.  But, they work very well for showing off a ninja throwing a shuriken.  'course, we could throw these other things, but with the Shurikens I bought, there's literally no point. They're much stronger than these weapons.   So, the...Chippirabbit? Am I spelling that right? Hell, am I reading that right? I am? Oh, okay. Anyways, they have 135 HP, so we're going to tear them apart in short order.  And they basically stand no chance of killing us.  Anywho, here are some shurikens in action.  Oh, hell, gently caress that, see it in action. Seeing a ninja chuck a handful of throwing stars into a rabbit's face should be a daily part of life.  Anyways, the Shuriken is a very powerful weapon; it has an attack power of 86, which doesn't mean a lot, but let's throw down some comparisons. Remain's spear has an attack of 70; Nathan's Air Knife has 76; Leave's Mythril Claws have 65. Bowser's own weapon has an attack of 82, so there's really no point in letting him attack ever, and just Throw poo poo all day. Especially since Thrown items don't give two hoots about what row you're in.  Giving out 53 EXP and 110 Gil a pop, I cannot find it in me to care about the Chippawabunny.   When you say past the forest, I would think most folks figure to keep going east, past the forest. Not hit the forest and then start going south.  But, technically, we are past the forest, so maybe I'm just being a little nit-picky.  It's not a long walk, but it feels longer than it is because of the random encounters. I think you'll actually spend more time in battle than it takes you to get to the camp. Or maybe my RNG was just rolling like that today.  Anywho, the Imperials have set up camp on the only patch of desert around for miles.   Taking a moment to hide might be the best course of action. Especially since Imperials like to roll with Magitek Armor, lots of soldiers, and general dickery.  And now we get to eavesdrop!   : Shhh! Keep your voice down! If Kekfa catches us, we're toast! They say Kefka's plotting to drive away General Leo so he can take over his position as general... : Don't even joke about something like that. If that freak becomes our general, I'll quit!: Shhh! What if he hears you? You'll be locked up! : All right, all right!  Pretty ballsy, bud, taking poo poo about the guy when he's ten feet away in a tent.   Jesus, that portrait makes me feel uncomfortable.   Ah-ha, Kefka's being a dick! Surprise, surprise.  I wouldn't take that threat lightly, Soldier Alpha.   : What's wrong with that guy, anyway? It's like General Leo got all the good qualities a man could have, and Kefka got the rest... That's important to note; General Leo is apparently a great man, despite being an Imperial General.  And Kefka, as we already know, is a scumbag.   Before we can hear about it, this black-suited soldier comes wandering up, looking very fly.  Ooh, Captains wear black. Grunts wear green, while regular soldiers wear brown.  I'm sure there's more diversity than that, but it's an easy and quick color scheme to follow.   Ah, this must be Doma. Let's see what's going on here.   I always expect a castle to have a more impressive front door. At least have a knocker, or some sort of motif.  And this is the assault team. I'm sure eight soldiers is enough to sack and take a castle.  "We'll start with the YMCA formation and quickly switch to Macarena style guerilla tactics!"  "The Thriller Dance is our ultimate formation, but can only be used sparingly! Do not expect to see it today, gentlemen!"  "Once we reach the throne room, use the Electric Slide to finish our mission!"  So, I cannot paint the picture of their assault with words and still images. It must be seen in motion to be fully understood and appreciated.  My favorite is the guy that just keeps gathering room and charging into the castle wall.  "We didn't anticipate having to defend against the Time Warp!"  "Again!? But it's just a jump to the left!"  "You forgot the step to the right."  Okay, I'm done with that. I can't think of any more dance moves.   Just so you know, in this context, this guy is actually a samurai. He uses katanas and everything.  Perhaps that will influences your thoughts as you BOLD a vote for what we call him! Take a couple of days to figure it out, and then we'll catch up with how the assault on Doma is going.
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A samurai, huh... clearly, they must call him Jack.
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And this is who I was waiting on. Let's name him Alonne.
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I want to suggest something that most people will think is dumb, but I have reasons, dammit. I want to name him Ryan. To help grease the wheels a little, I did a few things, one of which took over an hour to do because I'm insane.    Remember, a vote for Ryan is a vote for your pal Explosionface! e: for fun, this is what I used for work music. Explosionface fucked around with this message at 07:26 on Aug 20, 2016 |
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I'm not going to get into the reasons why I'm calling him this because it might be spoiler territory, but I vote for Cyrano.
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He looks like a Thou to me.
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