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MiiNiPaa posted:Ok, Alriune. 70% chance to escape on any result aside from normal. 50-70 White damage when breaching. I found out that her plant imagery is really similar to Wisteria tree: Which is probably intentional, Wisterias are used as symbols of immortality/long life in several Asiatic countries which fits with it's story.
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So funny thing that happened to my facility when I had Snow Queen in it. I sadly don’t have pictures of the event. I am focused on trying to get an agent frozen in ice so one of my good agents can free them and get the sweet EGO gift, ignoring basically everything else at the time due to poor decision making. Thanks to an ignored Crimson Dawn, the QC of everyone’s favorite Plague Doctor dropped to 0, and by sheer coincidence he possessed someone working on Snow Queen with the first kiss applied. Said Crimson Dawn died shortly afterwards and there was no warning signal that MoSB/Blue Star/Nothing There had breached so I didn’t think anything about it. So the possessed employee aborts their current work, resulting in a bad result, getting the second kiss, and being frozen solid as a result, preventing them from leaving the room. I still haven’t noticed what caused this, only that I finally got my popsicle in place and it’s time to get the gift. While I’m waiting for the ensuing duel to conclude, Plague Doctor’s Doomsday Clock pops up and ticks over to the first slot, filling in with the name of the employee who was 100% still frozen to the ground unable to move. The duel concludes, the good agent got the cheek EGO gift as expected, and the frozen agent left with both the cheek EGO gift from the Snow Queen and Plague Doctor’s blessing. Not even being literally incapable of moving to his room can stop the Plague Doctor from blessing you.
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X-394 is a big facility, full of mysterious creatures known as Abnormalities. Many of these Abnormalities can do very bad things if they're handled improperly, and it's vitally important that our agents know just what may happen if they're careless. What's a manager to do? Episode 34: Spider Bud Music: trailer   Hi! I'm Paul! Just your everyday plucky employee of Lobotomy Cobotomy, here today to talk about Spider Bud!  ...Do you people really think this is going to work? Aw, come on, Netzach! These educational videos work great! Then why do I always have to clean up after your dead bodies? Because we're learning! A little bit of effort now will save a lot down the line! It's win-win! It's pointless, is what it is… Come ooooon, you said you'd try it. I said I'd show up. Tiphereth shot us down, and Tiphereth is mysteriously busted again! There's nobody else I can turn to! Pleeeease? I'll be your best friend! My best friend is dead. Then there's an opening!  … Spider Bud is an Abnormality, I guess. It does stuff, and people die. To be specific, it's a TETH-level Abnormality, taking the form of the mom of a lot of spiders. If you work it wrong, it kills you, and then there's nothing anyone can do for you. That's just how things are. So then, how do you work it wrong? Mm… That's not really my department. Oh… then what about its other special qualities? You'd want Yesod for that. Netzaaach! ...Fine, fine. But we're going to need more people to show it off. Oh boy! I finally get another posse! They're just a bunch of corpses in waiting… They're a posse to help with learning! And they're all excited to do it! Only 'cause they're jacked up on Enkephalin all the time… So, what's first? The first thing is showing what happens when an agent with a Prudence of 1 is assigned to work with Spider Bud. Like everything else, it's got rules. And following them is what makes you get out alright! It delays the inevitable, at any rate… Anyways, agents with low Prudence will accidentally crush some of the spiders while doing their work. Angered arachnids! It cocooned 'em! When angry, Spider Bud traps the agent inside of a cocoon. They're still alive, for a while, but we can't get them back. The babies wind up using them as food. Um… is that really important to know? Safety's job basically boils down to cleaning up corpses. It's fundamental to us. Does it have any... other effects? Like a bonus to our energy output? Dunno. Not really my concern. Oh! Well, lookie what I found! It turns out it does have an effect. Each cocoon gives one more energy after each work with Spider Bud. Like with Bloodbath, this just adds to the quota, and doesn't count for the boxes used to get equipment! So it's useless. Our Manager is smart and brilliant, so I'm sure he knows how to take advantage of such a thing! The Manager's useless, too. Let's just finish sating your bloodthirst so I can have a nap. Um… You mean showing off the rest of the Abnormality's capabilities? Okay! Can do. The other effect occurs when an agent is sent to do Insight work, regardless of their stats. When this happens, they clean away the room and harm some of the baby spiders-and this means they're going to be a cocoon too! That's the only two effects. Are we done here? Not quite! We need to see how many cocoons the cell can get up to!  Three… This is a headache. I'm skipping ahead a bit. Five! It can hold a maximum of five cocoons at once. But who were the other two bodies? Oh, just another couple of Pauls I found. Yowie wowie! I'm spider food?! You know... it's creepy how well you react to watching yourself die over and over. Don't be silly! They're just stunt doubles! Miss Hod and Mr. Manager told me so! And they never lie to you. …they… they would never! They're all Pauls-had to fill out a pain in the rear end form for each one. You've been watching yourself die countless times. How… could that be possible..? Because this place is hell. They just don't mention that in the orientation course. But… why…? Why would they lie? The higher-ups say whatever they want to keep everyone else working. That's how this place runs. I just don't care enough to pretend anymore.  I'm out of here. If the Manager has any problem with it, tell him he can scrap me. A-and remember! Knowledge is… pain… plus observation. H-have a… I-I need to think!Music: Aspire   Good evening, future Managers. Netzach was clearly a mistake, and honestly the less time he spends out of his drunken stupor, the better. I'd replace him, but… That is not allowed. As she said. For some reason, I can't. What I can do is what I've always done. Angela, the graphics.  At its core, Spider Bud is a Fortitude trainer, and likely the best TETH for it due to its low standards of care. Its suit is a TETH version of Laetitia or Hornet-a good all-around piece of gear, capable of responding somewhat well to almost any threat. It doesn't breach, it doesn't cause issues so long as agents have a Prudence of 2 and you aren't a complete fool, and it is overwhelmingly safe. It does nothing, much the same as a certain Sephirah I could name. Though, I suppose the both of them will also do what they can to ruin things, should they be provoked in a way they don't prefer. Hm. In that, they truly are alike. Still, I won't let anyone stop me. We've come too far. Angela. I have already shown the graphics, Manager. Not that. Assign Paul the maximum allowable amount of Enkephalin. If he's still not stable, assign it again. Manager, that much is likely to- I don't need a machine to tell me about the risks. If he dies, I'll print another one. I simply don't want to deal with explaining all of this to a fresh-faced recruit whose cohost is already beyond our reach. There is always the option of attempting to suppress the Sephirah's core, Manager. You saw what happened with Malkuth and Yesod. Even if I do get through the day, nothing changes. Don't waste any more of my time. Just do as you ought. ...Yes, Manager.Next time's featured Abnormality…  New Guidelines Spider Bud New Gear  Requirements: None  Requirements: Fortitude 2 New Story Spider Bud TeeQueue fucked around with this message at 12:19 on Jul 11, 2021 |
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Post-traumatic Angela Disorder...
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He's not kidding about that suit. I'd give it to people before some of the He options. Also, yay arachnophobia.
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Even though cocoons after 5th are not displayed, they still counts and are added to energy produced by each work.
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I appreciate that the training videos are moonlighting as an apocalyptic log. I do not appreciate that it took me seeing Hod ｔｒｙｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｍｕｒｄｅｒ ｕｓ ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ ｓｈｅ ｉｓ ａｎ ＡＩ ａｎｄ ｔｈｉｓ ｉｓ ａ ｖｉｄｅｏ ｇａｍｅ to realize this.
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Who knew Lucas is not only a YouTube star but also and abnormality?! My spider bud must be so happy!
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If they wanted a spider, they could have taken one from Australia, if it exists. Has a healthbar and everything.
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The BCPs have all been amazing so far, and we finally hit Netzach's guest appearance.  Spiderbud itself is uh... interesting.
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Poor Paul's about to break in a really, really bad way, isn't he?
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No, no. He's a professional. He'll be just fine.
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Who's even left to cohost with Paul at this point, Binah?
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The cactus, maybe.
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the Orb of Zot posted:Who's even left to cohost with Paul at this point, Binah? Binah is clearly the best choice, yes. Mizu would be an acceptable option as well.
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Deep Dish Fuckfest posted:Binah is clearly the best choice, yes. seconding my desire for binah, but only if she talks in riddles and metaphors
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I don't think anyone past Tiphereth will have a chance to show up because Abel never actually makes it past the initial Sephirot suppressions. Would be nice to see Binah or someone disinterestedly do a BCP though.
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He did reach Day 50, I believe. So he'd have encountered and talked with them all, but not actually done their missions.
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Ah, true!
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LukasR23 posted:He did reach Day 50, I believe. So he'd have encountered and talked with them all, but not actually done their missions. 70% progression (suppressing both Chesed and Gebura) was the point where Angela said "from here on, there is no script" which I think means e: except actually thinking it through, for managers with 40~69% then in the endgame they could have made it to day 48 at best, and gotten Ending B and the Load-Bearing Angst gameover. But if A gave up on opening the door that means at the point where he went-the-rest-of-the-way-insane and reset, he was stuck at Ending A on 47; then yeah he either didn't suppress the first 4 or somehow never figured out how not to get wiped by the fixers. silentsnack fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Jun 22, 2021 |
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Yeah it's Abel, the same A you encounter on Day 46 at the start of architecture who you have to answer the questions he has (by having suppressed the top layer Sephirot) or you can't go past the door yourself. He's encountered all the Sephirot, just hasn't managed to complete any of the upper layer suppressions (or he would already have some of the answers to the questions he poses you) He even admits he did the training videos in TeeQueue's writing. TeeQueue posted:For the first Meltdown level, I focus primarily on the two newest Abnormalities while having Tylana deal with WhiteNight.
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A very loud, very obnoxious bean.
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Oh heck, I didn't think I'd reach the end of this. Now I gotta wait for new updates. Anyway uh, I don't really have anything to add that hasn't already been mentioned. This is a fantastic LP of a fantastic game, and the Lobcorp setting and stuff has utterly entranced me to the point of having weird dreams about it. I'm not sure I'd ever *play* it (without mods to turn off the 'you cannot pause' effects lategame), so thanks to TeeQueue for doing such a comprehensive showcase of a really cool and fascinating world. And Card Games are my jam, so I'm excited for Library of Ruina.
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Evil Kit posted:I don't think anyone past Tiphereth will have a chance to show up because Abel never actually makes it past the initial Sephirot suppressions. Would be nice to see Binah or someone disinterestedly do a BCP though. Canonically I think he at least makes it to the door of Day 46. He never opens it, but he did get that far. Playing it 'safe', it's not hard to just blaze through the days with minimum energy generated anyways if you're ignoring all the quests and such.
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X-394 is a big facility, full of mysterious creatures known as Abnormalities. Many of these Abnormalities can do very bad things if they're handled improperly, and it's vitally important that our agents know just what may happen if they're careless. What's a manager to do? Episode 35: Dream of a Black Swan Music: trailer  Hi! I'm Paul, coming to you live from the floor of our facility! Don't mind the stain next to me, I was just vomiting a bit of blood before work! Perfectly normal! I'm just your everyday plucky employee of Lobotomy Cobotomy, here today to talk about Dream of a Black Swan!  Hahaha, no, I couldn't! That's always your job, Miss Hod! ...Oh, if you insist! Dream of a Black Swan is a WAW-level Abnormality that takes the form of a number of identical brothers! It's seriously super! Just the best! Why, it's almost impossible to make them breach! Oh, Miss Hod! I'm not that useless! I remember how it works just fine! ...Alright, I will show you! While Dream of a Black Swan has a high Clipoff Counter, it drains in an unusual way, in that no stimule… stimuluh… no problem will make it go down by more than one! Thanks, Miss Hod! I always remember it by just remembering that each brother is a Clipoff, and once a brother melts, they don't clip off anymore. You get it? What do you mean, I seem off? I'm doing just fine! Who knew that a triple-maximized dose of Enkephalin could do so much? I almost don't remember anything at all right now! … You're right, Miss Hod! I should get back to work. You viewers at home aren't paying to watch me ramble on and on by myself. So, Miss Hod, how are we going to lower this thing's counter to 0? Miss Hod, this thing is terrifying! I don't think I can hold out for very long! Just looking in its eyes reminds me… reminds me... OH GOD, WHAT AM I DOING?! this is it. this is what i've been experiencing time and again, dying countless deaths and feeling unfathomable fear. all is lost, all is doomed. i feel them. the pains of my forerunners. there is no hope in this place- CRACK!! ...Wait, what was I doing? Haha, wow! I sure am glad you guys beat those nasty thoughts out of my head, Miss Hod! No place for those in the workplace! You're right, Miss Hod! Let's see! Careening counters! It's dropped to 4! But I don't see anything different in the cell… What happened? ...Oh, it was because the result was bad! I see! But what do you mean by changes? Oh, the ears! I wouldn't have noticed if you didn't say something, Miss Hod! Thank you! And since they've already melted, that means further Bad results won't do anything else, right? ...Aha! I see! But why should we be worried about Normal results? Galloping goop! His legs just melted right off, Miss Hod! And there's a creepy smileboy behind him! ...Yeah, I do get the idea, Miss Hod! So that means there's three more triggers to avoid before a breach occurs. But what happens if the counter is manually lowered like by Crimson Clowns or the Wolf? Oooh! One changes, and it's picked at random! I see! You're so smart, Miss Hod! ...Oh, but what's that? The next one is five employees panicking? Don't you worry about that, Miss Hod! That'll be easy!  A l l I h a v e t o d o i s t h i n k. Hoho, sorry about that folks! We're back, after a not-inconsiderable amount of friendly White damage! It's okay though! I've taken my fourth and fifth doses of Enkephalin and have been assured that my kidneys shouldn't fail for at least another twelve minutes or so! After 5 panics in a single day, another brother's face melts, removing their mouth! That's gotta be really hard to live with, huh Miss Hod? You're right! I guess I could get away with never talking again! But then, who would do these videos? And what would the fans think? No… no, someone's definitely going to watch these! They have to! Uh-anyways! The last two conditions! One of them is to have three Abnormalities breach, right Miss Hod? Hahaha, you're right, we do have a specialist! It's funny because he's great at getting other people killed.  I see! So since the other requirement is five employees dying, we can let the butterflies handle the hard part before we suppress it! Brilliant! Jeepers creepers, what happened to their peepers?! ...Ah! Ahaha! So when they died, the peepers went poppers! I see! That makes perfect sense! And now we've got only one clipper count left! And once that's drained, we'll get to see what happens when it breaches! Good work, Miss Hod! Let's just wait for Evil Kit to finish a work with Meat Lantern, and... We did not think this through, Miss Hod, I can barely see them at all! But they're still there-and it looks like the last one is missing their arms now? What happened? ...Oh! I see! How silly of me! They called their big sister, the Black Swan! She does a couple of very problematic things! Do you want to say it, Miss Hod, or should I? ...Okay! I'll guess! The first one is that any time she walks by the door of a containment cell, its counter goes down by 1! That means she can quickly make other Abnormalities come outside and dance with her! ...Haha, nice try Miss Hod! I did my homework on this one! While her umbrella is up like this, any attacks coming from in front of her are reflected back at the attacker! It doesn't deal direct damage, but our most dangerous agents are now their own worst enemy! Thanks, Miss Hod! Your approval is all I've ever wanted! Oh, I know this one too! It's a regular ol' whack with an umbrella! Red damage to anyone it hits, but nothing too major. Those are the only two attacks it has in this form. Aha, I surprised you didn't I, Miss Hod? Yep! I already know the trick! Once the Black Swan has taken more than half of her health in damage, the beak closes around her head and she becomes more swanlike. In this form, she gets one more attack! The Swan can cry out, which will lower the counters of any nearby Abnormalities by 1. In addition, it seems to hit the agents from her department for heavy White damage. What do you mean how do I know, Miss Hod? I'm hearing it right now.CRACK!!  Hahaha, I'm back! No worries, everyone! It only took one more dose of Enkephalin this time, and I'm only tasting a little blood!  That's right, Miss Hod! As long as we don't hit it from the front it's not a particularly dangerous Abnormality to face off with. How lucky! ...Oh, I thought you would know what happened to the boys! You didn't seem that concerned, Miss Hod. See? They're all just fine. I'm really glad you always care so much for us. You'd… never… ...Hey. Miss Hod? Can I ask you something? ...Why did you lie to us? I don't care if it's time for the end of the episode, Miss Hod! Answer me! Of course you're hiding something! You cut to something else when you don't wanna answer! I noticed! What are you talking about?! I don't need to calm down! I'm fine! I'm just... Fine… ...Miss Hod? Where'd you go? Miss Hod?! ...Mr. Manager… I don't… feel so good…  Music: Aspire Good evening, future Managers. It seems our long path together has finally made its way to an end. There's only one more duty I hold. Angela.  Dream of a Black Swan is a very safe Abnormality-so long as it isn't melting down it has no possible way of causing problems. The odds of all five of these very specific things happening in a single day is all but impossible-I've never heard of it accidentally breaching without being released by another Abnormality or simply having a Meltdown missed. Its suit is very useful, having both good Red and Black resistance, and its weapon is defensive in nature-randomly deflecting attacks against the holder. That said, a word of caution: Should the Punishing Bird attack someone holding the umbrella, the umbrella will likely reflect its attack back upon it. When this happens, the Bird will take it as an attack against it. The odds of a second reflection happening in a row are very low. The agent is all but dead in this case-keep them far away from the Bird if you wish to keep them alive. ...and that is all. Hm. The moment of parting is supposed to be a bittersweet one, but all I am feeling is emptiness. I'm sure you'd like to know, dear viewer, what will happen to them. These characters you've grown so attached to over countless episodes. As tempting as it would be to leave it a mystery, there's very little point. We have established that I cannot fix Hod-and you yourself likely know what she's become far better than I would. You've spoken with her, after all. Myself… I have a path to walk once more. I will approach the door, and see now if it will open to me. I believe we both know how that will turn out. It is not mine to open-this is the most I can do, even were I to spend another hundred years trying to accomplish more. As for Paul… Let me make something clear, for those of you who have not yet spoken with our old friend: There is no retirement in this company. Paul will die, he will be recycled, and he will be reborn as though nothing had happened. His memories are not retained, and thus there was no meaning, and no emotion, in his suffering. But… I do believe that when next I meet with Hokma, I'll ask him to let the template rest for a while. I'm sure we're all quite sick of his face by now. So… to you, my future self, a toast. May you do what I could not. Fulfill her plan, and save this world. And, should you ever run into an issue not covered within these training videos, before you panic... try and remember: Knowledge is simply pain plus observation. For now, this old man shall cease his ramblings. Have a pleasant journey.New Guidelines Dream of a Black Swan New Gear  Requirements: Prudence 3 *Not affected by Attack Speed  Requirements: Temperance 3 New Story Dream of a Black Swan (Part 1) Dream of a Black Swan (Part 2) TeeQueue fucked around with this message at 12:42 on Jul 11, 2021 |
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Dream of a Black Swan always felt to me like the most surreal and 'dreamlike' of all the abnormalities, like everything about it only barely makes sense, but in a way that adds to its weirdness factor. The little visual effects of the brothers piling up feels reeeeally unnerving in a way that I don't quite get from anything else in the game. Oh, and the design of the big bird sister is really cool!
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Since all these "Better Call Paul" episodes took place before the LP it's no wonder Paul snapped on day 1  .You've done a really good job with these supplemental updates. Gotta say I've enjoyed each and every one of them. Stellar work.
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Black Swan weapon redirects attacks from the front with 10% chance. Be sure to face the threat! Swan Reflection works for 10 seconds and has a cooldown of 15 seconds. Which means that 40% of the time she is invulnerable from one side. Nyeehg posted:Since all these "Better Call Paul" episodes took place before the LP it's no wonder Paul snapped on day 1
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So Paul is coming back in Ruina, right?
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Don't mind Evil Kit, just doing something inconvenient. The slow spiral into the content BCP has been absolutely fantastic, I'm kinda sad there's no more Abnormalities to show off at this point. Project Moon did a fantastic job coming up with creepy and cool concepts and it's a real shame we've run out already.
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Can just like, crack every beer in the vending machine and dump it all down an elevator shaft for Paul? I can't think of a better version of pouring one out for a lost loved one.
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Elijah... I swear I've heard that name somewhere before.
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I have made an artist's interpretation of my proposed funeral for Paul(s). I totally didn't spend a few minutes lamenting not giving myself enough pixels to play with and then deciding I'm too lazy to fix it.
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The biggest kicker is that Paul didn't even get that much of a peek behind the curtain. The only forbidden secret he was illuminated about was the meaninglessness of life and death in the facility, and even then not how such a thing is possible. Paul suffered too much pain and observed too much, and yet he only scratched the surface of all the truly horrible secrets L-Corp holds.  Deep Dish Fuckfest posted:Elijah... I swear I've heard that name somewhere before. A reminder that past Malkuth's horrible demise was due to injecting herself with cogito, the helldrug that was later revealed to be the source of almost every Abnormality in the facility. the Orb of Zot fucked around with this message at 17:41 on Jun 22, 2021 |
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TeeQueue posted:
me, blocking a peck from punishing bird with my parasol: ow, quit it, why don't you peck on this instead little birdie punishing bird, it's chest opening to reveal it's giant mouth: why do people keep committing sins even though they're wrong?
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Oh boy, does this mean that we are going to see the True Ending soon so I can finally start on LoR?
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Arp1033 posted:Oh boy, does this mean that we are going to see the True Ending soon so I can finally start on LoR?
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