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Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy This is going to be fantastic! And hopefully I can provide some  about stuff in this game (I might not know as much about it, depending on the overall subject matter.)Character time: Miya, Ninja, Portrait 4 (Alt) Miya is friendly, outgoing, and talkative - which are three bad traits for a ninja. She tries her hardest, but she's actually really bad at the whole 'being a silent assassin' thing. Everyone back home wasn't very talkative (that's what you get when you grow up in a household where being a ninja is the family business) so she got into the habit of talking to her duplicate. And she doesn't just talk to the duplicate when she's alone, unfortunately. Other than that, though, she's a very sweet girl. She's new to the adventure business, and this is her first outing without a family member with her. So of course somehow she got lost... She was supposed to go infiltrate some place called Laagard, wasn't she?
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So, I was a little curious - usually, the weirder names have a reason for being chosen. Turns out, Meregho Saeno is a bastardization/romanization of "mərəγō Saēnō" (lit. "the bird Saeno") from an ancient Iranian language. Now, this might not seem very important, but after a few more langauges we end up with Simurgh. Yep, the bird that holds a lot of knowledge, the one that's seen the universe die and be reborn three times. That Simurgh. And the game's depiction of it is pretty accurate, from what I can tell. The Simurgh, like a lot of other creatures, has a few parallels in other cultures - notably, Ziz, a giant bird from Jewish mythology big enough to blot out the sun with its wingspan. Ziz (sky) is supposed to be the one watching over Behemoth (land) and Leviathan (sea); and if that sounds remarkably familiar you've probably played Pokemon Emerald or one of the remakes. Or read Worm which is a pretty good read that I recommend. While the Simurgh in mythology is usually benevolent, this one, not so much. Edit: Also, Castor and Pollux the Heavenly Twins, but that one's a pretty famous reference so whatever you all probably know it. GeneralYeti fucked around with this message at 05:25 on May 27, 2015 |
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Alice, MEGAQUEEN Susan, and Rose.
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May 31, 2015 20:43
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PFlats posted:She's been the star of the LP so far. She's really ice; her magic is really lightning the load of the rest of the party. That first one took me a second to figure out. Kudos to you, sir, you're on fire today.
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Jun 1, 2015 03:17
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Lame fish pun.
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Jun 5, 2015 06:12
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He should write about his family.
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Jun 5, 2015 16:06
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Hobgoblin2099 posted:How many times are we talking to the male twin and how many times are we talking to the female twin? loving hell, Johan! Get the hell out of my game.
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Jun 6, 2015 22:31
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HR12345 posted:Was I the only one thinking that when you had Scott singing a shanty, I thought Assassin's Creed IV? Nope. I was kinda hoping that's where it was going, with the characters just randomly breaking into a rousing rendition of "Drunkin' Sailor".
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Jun 8, 2015 20:30
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Oh god why does that lore say Cthulhu lives under the sea? That's terrifying. And I hope we get to kill it  E: Alice, 2x Dr. Fetus's choice because while I'm mean, I'm not that mean.
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Jun 14, 2015 20:41
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Well fine, Fetus, see if I give you votes again  Alice is going to be sitting in a corner and crying because of you, you heartless jerk.
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Jun 15, 2015 22:57
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Strange Quark posted:There's not too much of a story behind here anyway. Ariadne was the one who gave the Greek hero Theseus a ball of thread to help him find his way back out of the Minotaur's labyrinth after killing the monster. It's one of the more well-known Greek myths, isn't it? Yeah. It's one of the more famous ones, which is why (like Castor and Pollux) I haven't brought it up yet.
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Jun 17, 2015 02:14
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Asteria, 2x Dr. Fetus choice. I happen to like Asteria, if only because of the terrible, horrible, wonderful puns.
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Jun 23, 2015 15:24
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Man Hypatia why you gotta be so blue  I'm a terrible person and regret nothing Also, the game's being pretty nice so far. Either Dr. Fetus is pretty good at this game or it's a little more forgiving than EO2. Or both, both is an option too.
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Jun 26, 2015 02:27
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Destroy them completely. Quests for the quest throne!
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Jun 29, 2015 00:27
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Alice, Asteria, and Dr. Fetus's choice.
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Jul 1, 2015 15:22
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Jul 4, 2015 00:09
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...Man, the universe hates you.
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Jul 7, 2015 21:41
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Lie like a dog. He doesn't really need to know, and besides, we already said we wouldn't tell him. And Tidehunt isn't the type of guild to go back on their word, right? Edit: Oh yeah, welcome back.
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Jul 11, 2015 15:10
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Goons, I hope you're very happy. You got a poor kid murdered and traumatized the poor girl. Again. You monsters.
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Jul 20, 2015 19:11
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Junpei Hyde posted:They want to keep everyone out because they're planning a bitchin' surprise party for us. In her house at
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Jul 24, 2015 19:07
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BlackPersona posted:Scott to take Ketos's Oceanmaster title, Fang to catch Ketos This is a good idea.
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Ketus is the ancient Greek word (latinized as cetus, for those wondering) for a large fish, whale, shark, or other nasty beasties of the sea. Fun fact, the term cetacean derives from cetus, and there's also a constellation named Cetus. As for its mythological links, the Cetus is the sea monster sent by Poseidon to gently caress up Ethiopia when Cassiopeia bragged about her daughter Andromeda being more beautiful than Nereids. This is the whole Perseus legend, if y'all aren't aware - Andromeda gets chained to a rock as a sacrifice, the sea monster shows up, and then Perseus saves the day by either stabbing his sword into Cetus's back or using Medusa's head to turn it into stone. Interestingly, Cetus is(/was? I don't know much about maritime traditions) used as a ship's name to show that a ship is unafraid of the sea. Seeing one of the cetus monsters while out at sea, though, is a bad thing. Apparently while aboard ship it was as taboo a subject as speaking the name of the Scottish Play is in any production involving it. Kinda neat, really. Edit: Oh hey robots, that's pretty neat. I'm glad we're not telling the Senatus, they're kinda jerks.
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Aug 19, 2015 22:07
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Yeah, remember what happened last time we broke a (almost-kinda-sorta-)promise? You monsters.
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Aug 20, 2015 01:35
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Princess. Because little Alice being a princess would be hilarious in good ways. Also: Dr. Fetus posted:
This was fantastic  I wish for more of Faye randomly saying things like this anytime she uses a Princess skill.
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I'm a pretty little princess! Ugh, what am I saying?
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It's really neat, actually. A lot of the Zodiac skills revolve around terminology from both astronomy and astrology; the astrology ones are a little more obvious (c'mon, Horoscope is like saying 'hey, Zodiac signs are a thing'). I especially like Binary Fire/Ice/Lighting; a binary system is two stars - usually, though occasionally it can be other things like planets or galaxies - that revolve around each other, so those attacks being the AoE is a nice little touch. Basically, whoever did the skill name translating should have been paid more.
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Sep 17, 2015 23:39
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Supremezero posted:Given how often they translate skill effects completely wrong, they really shouldn't be. Name, not details. The name guys are great, everyone else is terrible.
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Sep 18, 2015 00:43
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I think the devs might have used the wrong operator for poison. Multiplying by a random number one to ten would make (aside from Poison Gas, which makes the theory less likely) poison somewhat useful. Or, maybe it just sucks and was designed to suck. Who knows.
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Sep 27, 2015 04:47
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We haven't seen Akatsuki and Alice lately, have we?
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Oct 5, 2015 02:55
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Akatsuki, HRH MEGAQUEEN, and Alice.
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Oct 10, 2015 00:15
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I was going to have it be Fetus's choice, but then I realized that was just voting for Armoroad anyway. Even if I really want to ally with the Deep City because the Senate seems like it's full of pricks.
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:Alice, Fang, Akatsuki Sure, this is a good enough reason for me.
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Oct 26, 2015 23:54
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Well poo poo, that was brutal and fast. I like the mental image of Alice trying desperately to put it to sleep. The "PTOO!" sold it 
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Nov 7, 2015 00:23
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I'm just hoping that the absurdly happy picture wins, becausealcharagia posted:Something beautiful ...well, gently caress. That's fantastic. Don't get the reference, but it's still fantastic.
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Argh, so close to the super-hype face too. Oh well,  to Ragnar Homsar.
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I was exploring a GameStop this afternoon (hey, Black Friday is coming up and I have cash that hasn't been spent yet.) and I saw a EOU2 box. I take a closer look at the gameplay image on the back and noticed that one of the characters was named 'Atlus'. Heh.
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Charlotte, Akatsuki, Asteria.
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alcharagia posted:
Brilliant. Olympia as a valley girl posting on Tumblr is so absurd it crosses right back over into 'This fits strangely well.'
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Dear Diary... Today Tidehunt came by my house again. GAWD. Don't they get that I don't even like them?!? I had to talk to them for AAAAGES because Kingy wasn't around and it was like, they were like "what's your deal, Olympia" and I was like "I'm COMPLICATEDDDDDD." I hate it when Armonerds can't check their human privilege. It's like, "You killed the Gatekeeper, you're like, not WANTED HERE????" but instead I have to go like, "subclasses are coolio!" UUUUGH. FML. Gonna go talk to Zeus and chat about boys to get my mind off of it. -Olympia
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