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TeeQueue: Oct 9, 2012; The time has come. Soon, the bell shall ring. A new world will come. Rise, my servants. Rise and serve me. I am death and life. Darkness and light.

Welcome, everyone! I'm TeeQueue, and it's time to check up on some old friends. Let's get started.

Library of Ruina is the second game by South Korean developers Project Moon, and was released on Steam and Xbox on August 12th, 2021. A direct sequel to their first game Lobotomy Corporation, in it we follow along with the exploits of the director of a mysterious dungeon known as the Library, which has sprouted from the site of the now-defunct corporation's main branch.

It's a radically different experience than their first game, with a darker tone and a new art style to match�in many ways Library of Ruina serves as a primer on the dystopian world that these games take place in, making much more clear how dour things are in the City. They've also changed the gameplay entirely, from a monster management sim to a Library Battle Simulation.

Wait... 'Library Battle Simulation?'

Yes. Library Battle Simulation.

What's a Library Battle Simulation?

Card games, apparently! Library of Ruina's gameplay is all about card games, and the system itself is surprisingly complex. While it takes some getting used to, once it clicks and we're making decks that can flow well inside of the system's mechanics it feels really fun to play.

Do I need to play Lobotomy Corporation to understand this game?

Not really! There are a number of callbacks to events from the first game, but the plot of the game stands well enough on its own. However, since I've already made a complete Let's Play of the first game, (Now with an Archive option to avoid going through a 191 page thread!) there's nothing wrong with going back and reading that first if you're interested.

Will you be taking character submissions again?

Since the Library is linked so closely to Lobotomy Corporation, I'll be reusing most of the same Agents that we saw in that thread again here. Like the game itself, I'll be aiming to not let that get in the way of the enjoyment for new readers. In lieu of that, the thread will be doing something else very important.

Thread Participation

Once the game opens up a bit, it'll be your job to pick where we're going and what order we're doing things in. I have a pet theory that it's possible to beat Library of Ruina in pretty much any order the game offers to us, and to that end I'm happy to let you all pick our route through the game. In order to keep everyone from being totally blind, I've even made a series of challenge markers for the choices. In order:

This is a trivial challenge.

This is an easy challenge.

This is an average challenge.

This is a difficult challenge.

This challenge will probably kill us.

This is only to be used for certain unique events. Suffice to say they are generally very difficult.

Hopefully I won't have to give up on what the thread picks, but if I do get completely stuck then I'll be showing exactly how and why we're losing, and then reopening the list of choices.

Spoiler Policy

No spoilers, even in spoiler tags. Lobotomy Corporation spoilers are fair game, and discussion of Project WonderLab and Distortion Detective are both a-OK here as well, so long as we keep away from anything connected to Library of Ruina itself.

Blanket Content Warning

While both Library of Ruina and Lobotomy Corporation are horror games, Library of Ruina is significantly darker and has many more mature themes. I might even say gently caress this time. Thankfully I don't have to list them all, because Project Moon's done it for me.

_{(This is technically for their next game, but it covers Library of Ruina nicely as well. )}

So what's the plan?

Once again, I'll be splitting updates between story and gameplay. The battles themselves tend to have wrapup segments, which I'll put at the end of them (space permitting). Because this game has voice acting, I'll be putting videos of each story section alongside their accompanying update, and some of the more complicated battles may get videos as well. Unlike Lobotomy Corporation, there's no risk of missing anything no matter the order the thread chooses to go in-the game is designed to be played through without any time rewind shenanigans on our part.

What if I want to give you money?

I've set up a ko-fi link here. Don't feel like you have to-I'm fine, but tips are always appreciated. :buddy:

One more thing�

Text quoted from the game will always be italicized. This stuff is 100% direct from the game.

Any additions or extras will not be italiziced.

Table of Contents

-Book 1: Prologue
-Book 2: Rats
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
-Book 3: Yun's Office 1
-Book 4: Yun's Office 2
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
-Bloodbath
-Book 5: Yun's Office 3
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
-Book 6: Brotherhood of Iron
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
-Scorched Girl
-Book 7: Hook Office
Chapter 1
Chapter 2

-Book 8: Pierre's Bistro
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
-Forsaken Murderer
-Book 9: Streetlight Office 1
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
-Book 10: Streetlight Office 2
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
-Today's Shy Look
-Book 10.5: Urban Myth General Receptions

-Book 11: Prologue
-The Heart of Aspiration
-Book 12: Zwei Association 1
-Fragment of the Universe
-Book 13: Zwei Association 2
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
-Happy Teddy Bear
-Book 14: Zwei Associaton 3
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
-All-Around Helper
-Book 15: Molar Office
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
-The Red Shoes
-Book 16: Stray Dogs
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
-Child of the Galaxy

-Book 17: Prologue
-Book 17.5: Passive Transfer & Urban Legend General Receptions
-Book 18: Full-Stop Office
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
-Book 19: Gaze Office
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
-Book 19.5: Urban Plague General Receptions
-Book 20: Love Town
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
-Singing Machine
-Book 21: Dawn Office
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
-Porccubus
-Book 22: The Carnival
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
-Fairy Festival
-Spider Bud
-Book 23: Wedge Office
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
-Book 24: Kurokumo Clan
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
-Book 25: Musicians of Bremen
Chapter 1
Chapter 2

-Book 47: Prologue, Small Story 3
-Book 48: Hana Association
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Intermission: Small Story 8
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
-Book 48.5: Small Story 9

Appendix 1: Rats
Appendix 2: Yun's Office
Appendix 3: Brotherhood of Iron
Appendix 4: Hook Office
Appendix 5: Pierre's Bistro
Appendix 6: Streetlight Office
Appendix 7: The Pianist
Appendix 8: Zwei Association
Appendix 9: Molar Office
Appendix 10: Stray Dogs
Appendix 11: Full-Stop Office
Appendix 12: Gaze Office
Appendix 13: Love Town
Appendix 14: Dawn Office
Appendix 15: The Carnival
Appendix 16: Wedge Office
Appendix 17: Kurokumo Clan
Appendix 18: Musicians of Bremen
Appendix 19: Sweepers
Appendix 20: Index Proselytes
Appendix 21: Abnormality Page Selection
Malkuth Roundup
Appendix 22: Shi Association
Appendix 23: Puppets
R&A: Black MIDI and the Shi, by MetaMeme
Appendix 24: WARP Cleanup Crew
Yesod Roundup
Appendix 25: 8 o'Clock Circus
Appendix 26: Smiling Faces
Hod Roundup
Appendix 27: The Crying Children
Netzach Roundup
Appendix 28: The Thumb
Appendix 29: Church of Gears
Appendix 30: The Red Mist
Appendix 31: Liu Association Section 2
Book 39.5: Truwu Red Mist
Appendix 32: Cane Office
Appendix 33: Liu Association 1 and R Corp
Tiphereth Roundup
Gebura Roundup
Appendix 34: Xiao
Appendix 35: Index Proxies
Appendix 36: 얀샋 ㄷ요무
Chesed Roundup
Appendix 37: Complete R Corp
Appendix 38: The Purple Tear
Appendix 39: Hana Association

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Fanart/Memes

:siren:

SPOILERS BELOW :siren:

MiracleGrow edits the most important thing onto Angela's desk.

Gridlocked gives us a "Book em', Roland" meme.

Probe17 calls the curtain on the previous reception, then makes the beer the proper brand.

MetaMeme brings us a very clear tutorial from the Upper Layer Sephirot.

MetaMeme created this lifelike image of the Sweepers outside Lobotomy Corporation's perception filter.

MetaMeme gives us... popcorn Roland in a pool of blood. This made sense in context, I swear. :v:

NullBlack welcomes the new head of Keter to the team.

MetaMeme's misinformation is endless.

Speaking of misinformation, MetaMeme proves Roland is totally a Claw.

Verant summarizes the end of Lobotomy Corporation perfectly.

MetaMeme summarizes Distortions.

I said no submissions in this thread, but still got a Cobrastan passport from MetaMeme.

But Cobrastan is not a real country.

MetaMeme tries to prove Cobrastan is real.

Cobrastan is not a real country.

But MetaMeme pointed out that booking them would get them into the Library regardless. Oops.

MetaMeme gives us Yesod's words of wisdom.

A wild NullBlack appears with Binah commenting on our newfound badguy status!

MetaMeme counters with Binah tweet shitposts.

Crasical brings us Angela and Roland discussing Dogs in the Backstreets.

MetaMeme returns with information about what the tree of light actually did.

MetaMeme titled this one "Evil and hosed Up Let's Player Misleads Poor Defenseless Readers into Suffering" and I think that sums it up nicely.

The thread started talking about what books the old agents would have made, and MetaMeme delivered content.

NullBlack created this masterpiece.

MetaMeme forges an unholy alliance to create quality content.

Evil Kit asked MetaMeme to use MS Paint and this happened.

This also happened, because MetaMeme cannot make just one art.

PlasticAutomaton brings us the Birds supporting their Biggest member in their time of need.

Metameme made a video in commemoration of Finn's defeat.

I don't even know what MetaMeme is doing anymore, everyone knows ProjMoon characters just hold hands.

MetaMeme brings us the Library's new ultimate weapon.

Omniphile meant for this to go in the LC thread, but Anime Squad is relevant to Ruina as well.

MetaMeme summarizes Zaida's essence of strategy.

NullBlack brings Zaida rummaging through Lenny's bookbag for change or snacks.

MetaMeme captures the essence of just wanting to vibe in a tub but your boss is getting beat up.

HeyItsKasey wins the prize for making the first Yu-Gi-Oh! reference fanart in the thread. :allears:

kirsus posted:

I wonder...

Like that would ever happen. Head in the game Roland, head in the game.

kirsus brings us this short and sweet comic.

Xenav brings us a book most terrifying.

Verant summarizes the fates of our guests perfectly.

MetaMeme brings us the Key Page of Mizu's text entry.

MetaMeme has gazed too deeply into the well.

MetaMeme reflects on the City's tax code.

NullBlack shares the secrets to Gebura's strength.

MetaMeme unlocks Roland's ultimate power.

Evil Kit brings us... Malkuwuth! TWO!

MetaMeme hypothesizes that Tiphereth is two Tiphereths in a coat.

MetaMeme redoes a twitter shitpost but with Angela this time.

MetaMeme gives us a ZTD effect that I definitely didn't steal later. :allears:

Winterdragon2004 considers how Train would work in Library of Ruina.

mizure immortalizes the first of many fights won by Malkuth.

Winterdragon2004 gifts us with Malkuth hugging Scorched Girl.

NullBlack celebrates Bishop's return with a new book cover.

MetaMeme does too, but meaner.

MetaMeme advertises for a Fixer service.

Mr. Stizblee interprets Malkuth and Bishop's dynamic.

Arcvasti shows the Brotherhood of Iron how to really E-endure.

NullBlack brings us a Taein looking very cool.

MetaMeme creates another ad for Union.

MetaMeme gives us deep thoughts about meat jam.

Mr. Stizblee happened to reference the same joke at the same time, but it was about Bishop instead.

NullBlack brings more art of the Keter duo.

MetaMeme summarizes the thread's voting patterns in a single gif.

MetaMeme makes a menu for Pierre's Bistro.

MetaMeme then chimes in on the 'Is Pierre good or bad, really' debate with this.

Winterdragon2004 gives us Forsaken Murderer/Yesod fanart.

Mr. Stizblee isn't saying Yesod likes Blunt dice, but...

mizure's devotion to Hod is unchanged.

MetaMeme summarizes the latest strategy from our guests.

NullBlack D.A.D. JOKES.

MetaMeme ensures the loss in this LP is not hidden at all.

MetaMeme gives Lulu another page upgrade.

NullBlack opines on Lulu's first day with her flaming bat.

MetaMeme does a Deltarune reference.

MetaMeme gives us a pair of Today's Shy Look-related memes.

Winterdragon2004 shows us how Hod faced the day way back when.

NullBlack gives an artist's rendering of Medea's entrance.

NullBlack returns with Noir!Bishop

Whenever NullBlack is nice to Bishop, MetaMeme has to make fun of him. It's the law.

MiiNiPaa summarizes Angela's plan.

Tenebrais edits Netzach into a much more popular game.

Arcvasti is certain that Hokma will not allow Angela and Binah to date.

MetaMeme... yeah.

MetaMeme attempts to peer pressure me to do stupid things.

NullBlack does an art of Steve, a perfectly normal guy.

MetaMeme gives us Heart of Aspiration's suppression in a nutshell.

MetaMeme has footage of the rare Granblue Fantasy x Library of Ruina LP crossover.

MetaMeme makes Isadora more uguu kawaii.

AweStriker made a custom Sunny in Philidelphia background for Roland and Netzach's hangout.

JeffRaze posted:

I got started a little early, but I still remembered to bring some bear for you.

Bear brand beer? You've got excellent taste my dude.

Wait, what?

JeffRaze brings us more booze.

Crasical gives us another book now that Fragment of the Universe is on our side.

MetaMeme dunks on Bishop again but this time it's Halloween.

NullBlack follows up with Noir!Malkuth who is trying to go for femme fatale but mostly just being adorable.

Starbridge64 brings us a wonderful Halloween fanart!

MetaMeme makes a dirty joke about an eldritch abomination.

SL the Pyro distorts the Pianist further.

MetaMeme celebrates Streetlight Office finally being books, and also the reveal of Medea's on kill quote.

NullBlack puts Mr.Black and Netzach together again, like old times.

MetaMeme posits that the secret to quick LP updates is to just download a mod that does it all for you.

MetaMeme makes the crew into an anime.

MetaMeme reacts to Dimi's introduction with what I'm told is an anime reference.

Omniphile also reacts to the Dimi surprise with what I'm told is an anime reference.

NullBlack captures the Dimi vibes perfectly.

MetaMeme opines on the hierarchy of needs in the City.

MetaMeme spoils the Library roster for the entire thread. 100% accurate confirmed.

Junpei turns the Head Librarians into power rangers.

CHiRAL turns Angela into a floating head in a jar.

Tenebrais posits that she's the villain instead. _{The Angela Discourse has spread to the fanart post... my god.}

NullBlack immortalizes Steve's mighty charge.

MetaMeme adds cats.

When in doubt, mizure knows to reference MSPaint Adventures.

I made this shitpost over a year ago just for this moment.

Viola the Mad updates a meme from back in Lobotomy Corporation.

MetaMeme makes some Olga fanart.

NullBlack does a masterful rendition of Kaori, that I can't remember for some reason.

Tenebrais brings us this exciting shot of LobCorp: Civil War.

NullBlack considers how this would turn out.

HeyItsKasey never misses Tenebrais-posting-o-clock.

NullBlack puts the library's resident nerds in a room to let them figure out the plot.

NullBlack also shows us what Dimi and D.A.D. are up to in the meanwhile.

MetaMeme gives us a Disco Elysium inspired guess as to what happened to Bishop.

MetaMeme makes an older reference with Fairy and Locks.

NullBlack adds to the Librarian Portrait Collection with a nice picture of Elle Tee.

MetaMeme captures the raw anger at the core of every customer service worker.

MiiNiPaa celebrates Roland's newfound friendship with Angela.

HeyItsKasey brings us adorable art of the cute green dudes on Netzach's floor. Also Mr.Black is there.

MetaMeme shows us the Floor of Art in the middle of the creative process.

Olga is MetaMeme's favorite key page in the game.

I made this as penance for missing an update, and it's now eternalized here.

MiiNiPaa masterfully lures in the Blue Reverberation.

Xenav takes us back to the scene of the heinous pen theft.

MetaMeme brings us GUN.

NullBlack introduces us all to Hipster Netzach.

MetaMeme has an opinion about hottest guy in LoR.

Missed this last time, MetaMeme joined in on the sentai shenanigans too.

Deadmeat5150 pays homage to Dalloc by lining them up with their bretheren.

NullBlack makes a serious picture for a serious man.

The Gaze Agenda, brought to you by MetaMeme.

COMBAT. OBOE. _{(thank you MetaMeme)}

Courtesy of NullBlack, Malkuth Has A Gun. Technically.

MiiNiPaa made us a 6 to click.

Tenebrais also created a 5! clicking gif.

MiiNiPaa created the Incredible Hodulk.

BuddyLeaf added this existential nightmare.

MetaMeme makes some alternative Tomerry icons.

A perfectly cooked bone-in Tomerry recipe, courtesy of MetaMeme.

MetaMeme created this poignant piece as well.

MiiNiPaa gives us T.Hinman's self-introduction about doing normal human activities.

NullBlack gives us a Totally Accurate ThinMan T.Hinman. :allears:

jumpwjoy bursts in with a pair of images from the General Reception stories... and also Yesod's smile.

https://i.imgur.com/3w4YoMK.mp4
Zathril made this as a eulogy for my now-deceased Work Laptop, in hopes that no others die.

COMBAT. OBOE. Rofaner version.

Phillip runs away for the first time, by MetaMeme.

NullBlack drew Binah in a cowboy hat with a lasso, which is amazing.

It's not delivery, it's MetaMeme art.

Carlos Safety returns, immortalized by NullBlack.

MetaMeme riffs on books about using Combat Oboes.

MetaMeme gives us a prediction of the next tier of polls... which includes some pretty cool art on its own.

Rofaner returns, inspired by the Carnival?

MetaMeme has mastered the fake youtube video bit.

MetaMeme posits about how the poll system works.

Managerial works of Fossil Of A Thousand Voices posted:

When carrying O-09-2014, an Agent shows anomalous behavior, completely disregarding orders from management and acting seemingly at random. The Agent is capable of carrying out any tasks required of an agent, but does so at random, entering and exiting rooms on a whim, including the containment cells of other Abnormalities.

The Agent is incapable of coherent speech, and will frequently walk away from conversations.

The Agent will inevitably drop O-09-2014, at which point it will return to its containment unit. Agents interviewed after dropping the fossil score poorly on mental examinations, reporting a 'sea of voices' that guided their actions, frequently at odds with one another or with nonsensical or contradictory instructions.

A strong enkephalin reaction comes from the agent as long as they are holding O-09-2014, making it a valuable addition to the facility so long as The Agent holding it does not stumble into any containment units they are not equipped to handle.

When the bearer of O-09-2014 came into contact with the bearer of or entered the containment room of "Fossil of A Dome-headed Predator", ███████████ occured, resulting in ████ casualties and a █████ trumpet-class scenario. Under no circumstances should these two items come into contact.

VinnyDonuts created this Abnormality...

Managerial Notes of Fossil of A Dome-Headed Predator posted:

When carrying O-09-2015 Agents will display a heightened display of workplace efficiency and mental resilience, being able perform tasks usually far beyond the Agents capabilities. Records even indicate an Agent designated Rank 3 stepping into O-03-89's containment unit and successfully exiting with a mental corruption rate below 100%.

However, it appears that Agents with O-09-2015 on their person loses any form of conscience thought or self-preservation instincts, standing completely still until they are given orders to act. Any interaction not directly related to giving tasks will be completely ignored, as though they are naught but an emotionless doll.

When interviewing Agents who donned O-09-2015, many claimed that it felt like their mind was removed, as though it simply didn't exist for the whole duration of their possession of O-09-2015. Prolonged usage of 0-09-2015 also appeared to alter its bearer's personality after the fact, becoming more indecisive and reliant on others input.

O-09-2015 is a powerful tool that allows Agents to work beyond their limits, making for a great training tool or an much needed crutch if dealing with volatile Abnormalities. But anyone using it will need extra levels of supervision at nearly all times. Many agents have been lost for refusing to defend themselves during breaches, or being unwilling to exit containment units of their own accord.

Under no circumstances should a bearer of O-09-2015 ever come into contact with O-09-2014, as the resulting clash will cause a ███████████. There are very few facilities that are able to recover from the fallout.

Leading to Winterdragon2004 creating this in response.

Rofaner returns with a Malkuth All-out Attack prompt.

SlimeTheCrazy drew a couple Abnormalities, and made Tomerry look adorable!

MiiNiPaa makes a wonderful reference.

Tiphereth's floor has appeared, and with it NullBlack brings us Omni and Tylana.

NullBlack's Tiphereth facepalm, cropped by SL the Pyro for use.

I mentioned Omni blew himself up and jumpwjoy made magic happen.

I drew this on a touchscreen with my middle finger when asked to do something absurd.

Hey! MetaMeme made Omni a JoJo reference!!!

HeyItsKasey draws Omni blowing himself up during LobCo: Civil War

His name is Switch, and NullBlack has made him look great.

The Art squad, by NullBlack.

MetaMeme opines on the nature of the Art floor's specializations.

I'm told this is Bloodborne spoilers, and I have no reason to question MetaMeme.

Phillip runs away for the second time, by MetaMeme.

MetaMeme gives us LGBTranspierce.

ImIdiot believes in himself, by Rofaner.

habituallyred doesn't want to jinx things.

MetaMeme expresses the quiet suffering of a professional shitposter.

Phillip runs away for the third time, by MetaMeme.

MetaMeme continues dunking on Bishop.

MiiNiPaa does a JoJo reference.

Dimi's pyrrhic victory, by NullBlack.

NullBlack gives us ImIdiot taking careful notes.

NullBlack inspires Steve's Oboe Solos.

I don't even remember the context here, but MetaMeme did it.

MetaMeme shows us the Kurokumo Clan's secret recruiting techniques.

Verant knows what Roland's into.

MetaMeme shows off the reason why the Library doesn't have a PA system, then explains why Angela isn't in her own comic.

MetaMeme shows off how loud Yesod's floor is these days.

Omni's way of dealing with Queen of Hatred struck a chord with NullBlack.

MetaMeme expresses my further spiral into depression, as I question what difficulty even is anymore.

NullBlack realized Tiphereth was hogging all the fights.

MetaMeme made this, and now that I know MGR I love it 50x more.

jumpwjoy beautifully covers the Queen of Hatred battle.

MetaMeme shows us the hypothetical Library Elevator.

Verant couldn't sleep before bringing this excellent meme to life.

MetaMeme hurt my heart a little with this one.

NullBlack hits us with Chinely's first pose of the LP, and also was inspired by one of QoH's Abno Page lines.

MetaMeme posted:

Jeez, I didn't say I was the only one with a duty, silly! I just said that I was born into it.
That's right, you're looking at a bonafide princess~ Those baldies at home didn't want me so close to the front lines, but evil never sleeps, y'know?
I can honestly say I'm proud to be part of the greatest team of Magical Girls in the universe! I admire them all really deeply, and not to brag... But we're SUPER tight knit~
They stuck with me through thick and thin, all the way to the bitter end!
Wait... The... end...? _{Why'd I say the end...}
That can't be right... I'm still here, aren't I...? Why are they wearing such sad faces...
Yeah... That's it... They were with me always...

MetaMeme put a lot of effort into this one.

MetaMeme knows that Sweeper memes come in 3 waves.

MetaMeme shows us another of Angela's many functions.

MetaMeme pushes an agenda.

This MetaMeme is a spoiler.

Tatters shows the Head's advertisement for their robust anti-homelessness campaign.

CHiRAL gave a twist on an ancient meme to sum up the Index, and Mia twisted my arm 'til I put it in here.

MetaMeme gives us a prescript and more dunking on Bishop.

MiiNiPaa comments on the Index's tactics.

I got a prescript, by me, age 12.

MetaMeme sends another.

Evil Kit caught me off guard with this edit.

SlimeTheCrazy gives us a Queen Bee comic.

MetaMeme offers insight into A's surprise over all this.

MetaMeme summarizes Malkuth and Angela's final talk before The Troubles begin.

Lunar Suite created a whole lot of hypothetical books for our LobCorp Agents to be hanging out in.

I can tell the exact moment that MetaMeme got into the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV.

Lunar Suite only changed a couple of faces on this image. The text was already there.

NullBlack masters gifs.

MetaMeme can also schmoove, it turns out.

NullBlack gives us the final version of this meme.

It took me a while to do the first Realization. NullBlack made this in the meanwhile.

MetaMeme and NullBlack successfully get to Brazil.

MetaMeme draws the other half of the waiting Librarians.

NullBlack rings in Joshua's existence with two arts! And a cropped Malkuth looking very sassy.

A new Abnormality Page, by NullBlack. Versions 1 and 2 both included.

MetaMeme makes it into a reference to some sussy game.

MetaMeme makes an extremely funny Yu-Gi-Oh! reference.

Verant is looking at current events with glee.

MetaMeme makes more content happen.

Not The Wendigo takes a comment I made about everyone having incredibly long legs, and sends us onto a strange tangent.

MetaMeme adds Talphereth.

Rofaner makes Too-Talphereth.

Fool that I am, I further the Undertale meme.

And Rofaner takes that to its logical conclusion with Far-Too-Talphereth.

Good Dumplings commissioned artist @Crimzonian to make this just for Gebura's unlock.

jumpwjoy has a favorite floor, and it's Language.

NullBlack shows us that in Tenebrism, the devil figure to be overcome is actually Mizu. idk man, clerks are weird.

MetaMeme also is glad to have Gebura and company back, bringing us this piece.

SlimeTheCrazy was inspired to do more Bloodborne references.

MetaMeme returns us to Disco Elysium.

MetaMeme speculates on the next Librarian.

NullBlack is up to date on his philosophy.

MetaMeme considers the existential angst of Being Angela.

NullBlack gives us more badass Steve fanart, this time of the Kurokumo fight.

MetaMeme summarizes Chesed's floor.

NullBlack celebrates Mummy's Day with Yesod's floor art.

Followup art of Yesod by MetaMeme.

HeyItsKasey immortalizes Steve's newfound power.

MetaMeme shows us another of Pinocchio's lies.

NullBlack grants us the gift of Twee.

JeffRaze brings us a relevant WonderLab edit.

Evil Kit is ominous.

MetaMeme definitely found this 100% real easter egg, we promise.

So Evil Kit fixed it.

MetaMeme gives us Myo hearing about what happened at her old job.

NullBlack comments on Rose's hat's drop method.

TheDoomkitten started making M:tG cards for the Ruina thread. I mostly play Blue, myself.

jumpwjoy gives us a new twist on an old classic.

MetaMeme confirms pride month exists in The City.

MetaMeme creates some cool sticker designs, but also some extra shitposting.

NullBlack made this part though.

From there, SlimeTheCrazy went on a strange tangent. :psyduck:

NullBlack gives us GRILL POWER.

As the Prescript Points, MetaMeme.

MetaMeme went a bit nuts when a new Librarian appears.

NullBlack settles a fanart plotline, and also gives us more Null_Mia.

SlimeTheCrazy makes Funeral look amazingly cool.

Rofaner gives us Null_Mia being vaguely menacing, as befits their stature.

by MetaMeme

NullBlack gives Null_Mia a proper sendup, and shows us more of Mr.Black grilling.

MetaMeme immortalizes the worst Mass Attack ever, and also does another Null_Mia.

NullBlack provides this Certified Keter Moment.

Junpei summarizes Angela Discourse in an alignment chart.

MetaMeme did this, it's not my fault.

TheDoomkitten goes deeper down the rabbit hole.

GiantRockFromSpace shows us Ayin's true plan: the tree of discourse.

SlimeTheCrazy returns us back to grill.

NullBlack references Skyrim.

TheDoomkitten creates more cards as penance for causing Angela Discourse. I'd run Yesod.

Elfface joins in on the MtG fever.

MetaMeme blatantly spoils the end of Tiphereth's Realization, but it's awesome so...

DimiPZC shows us the end result of Angela's Jokerfication arc.

NullBlack joins in on the Tiphereth Realization speculation train. (Train may or may not be stuck in between spaces for 100,000 years)

Sweet Pea was the first to land Boundary of Death, and NullBlack makes her look appropriately awesome for it.

Cooked Auto makes Evil Kit even Kit-er.

NullBlack immortalizes Evil Kit's entrance.

Evil Kit makes some notes on how it's "too real."

Steve participating in the traditional Anime Squad training, while Tenebrais wants them to leave her room, by NullBlack

Omniphile would rather we not focus on how anime squad made it to a con in a extradimensional library, and instead look at the cool art. I agree.

Junpei brings us the Blue Sickos.

NullBlack realized Netzach dies basically every time his floor fights.

MetaMeme made a couple arts about our sad green man.

SlimeTheCrazy makes a rendition of a good girl who has done nothing wrong in her life, and some other Abnormalities.

NullBlack shows off the real job of Yesod's floor: IT.

Junpei summarizes Angela's creation with a meme.

Speaking of memes, MetaMeme summarized the WhiteNight fight with this one.

Boksi thinks Carmen and company are basically like this.

Yowie wowie! NullBlack made an art out of Paul!

MetaMeme is also a fan of spiders, it seems.

TeeQueue fucked around with this message at 11:07 on Nov 15, 2022

# ? Aug 21, 2021 07:21

TeeQueue: Oct 9, 2012; The time has come. Soon, the bell shall ring. A new world will come. Rise, my servants. Rise and serve me. I am death and life. Darkness and light.

SlimeTheCrazy draws boxbots in E.G.O. :3:

SlimeTheCrazy drew this short comic about Today's Shy Look's house during the realization.

NullBlack has an alternative interpretation of why Hod's floor is so mid-tier.

Graphic design is Gilliam Yaeger's passion.

MetaMeme's running joke is starting to distort itself.

NullBlack gives us Dimi and Null_Mia discussing the piece.

HeyItsKasey shows us all how very normal and rational Tenebrais is.

weird goat appears, with D.A.D!

NullBlack immortalizes the first use of E.G.O in the game.

MetaMeme makes Bishop look cool, and then like a giant nerd.

MetaMeme has a theory about how Laughing Powder really works...

This, in turn, inspires NullBlack.

habituallyred brings us "Stop the Phillip."

MetaMeme is out of post it notes. I fear for our future.

Princess Dimi now has artwork, and NullBlack truly captures her essence.

Canine Conspiracy gives us a meme edit.

MiiNiPaa brings us Hod's Book Club reviewing Phillip's book.

NullBlack remembered that Zaida was wearing a Sweeper outfit, and assumes that Threezu would react accordingly.

MetaMeme shows us art of her forgetting to do any art for Binah, because Splatoon 3. Valid.

MetaMeme then created another comic, reminding us that Tiphereth is an adult.

NullBlack provides a sneak preview of Chiral, who is presumably still napping.

This is technically Limbus art as well but Snow White's Apple showed up in Malkuth realization so SlimeTheCrazy put it in the thread and now I've put it here.

Omniphile sketches out (and later inks!) Unlimited Mizu Works.

MetaMeme shows us Tenebrais's reality marble or something, idk I don't watch Fate/

The Fate/derail caused by this wound up resulting in NullBlack creating this work of art.

MetaMeme shows us that the Mizus are not the original Mizu.

Tatters plots every Abnormality we've seen so far based on how easy it is to deal with in both Lobotomy Corporation and Library of Ruina.

Angela playing her Singing Machine banjo is good stuff, NullBlack.

Rofaner showcases basic Netzach strategy.

Theantero brings us this out-of-this-world Angela meme.

NullBlack shows us that the IT team has implemented closed captions to help deal with Da Capo.

MetaMeme reminds me that I need to play Disco Elysium, again.

MetaMeme chronicles the hell of Clerk Life.

Octatonic has Bishop asking the important questions.

SlimeTheCrazy shows us a private concerto for Angela.

Starbridge64 gives us Yesod, the Approaching Storm.

Magical Girl Gebura, courtesy of NullBlack.

SlimeTheCrazy makes some concept art for if we were to fight the whole Fish instead of just the King.

Rofaner gives another version of fish.

MetaMeme does another Angela comic, about living off of absorbing blood.

Everyone tries to talk Kaori into wearing The Outfit, by NullBlack.

Null_Mia mains have a go-to move, as MetaMeme showcases here.

With Hokma back, Junpei finally completes his magnum opus.

NullBlack slid this onto the pile after we hit two posts of fanart.

mercurially welcomes back Talow by making him look badass.

HeyItsKasey also gives us Talow, back from his vacation.

NullBlack combo-breaks by giving us Captain Morgan.

MetaMeme showcases Bishop's conspiracy corkboard, a must for all detectives.

Rofaner presents sweet clock and hella talow.

SL the Pyro showcases Boris's incredible power.

I think MetaMeme is saying Binah's about to murder us.

NullBlack summarizes one of the great debates of the Library.

Evil Kit is too majestic to be punished, as NullBlack knows too well.

MetaMeme is better at writing Binah dialogue than me.

mercurially shows us Kaori at her most badass.

MetaMeme says gay rights. Also trans rights.

SlimeTheCrazy shares a ton of Snow Queen sketches.

Hwrump codifies how Snow Queen's face works.

Rofaner gives us a neat Binah meme.

MetaMeme makes fun of me for dying horribly.

MetaMeme also makes the easy jokes with Robin and Talow. I really do think that, tho.

A brief summary of suspects for who murdered Talow, by MetaMeme.

MetaMeme also gives Morgan and Robin som badass drip.

SlimeTheCrazy made an art and muzilana1 @ Twitter made it a meme.

MetaMeme reveals PM's anti-copaganda.

MetaMeme gave the thread a metal Xmas present.

MetaMeme blames me for this. I choose to blame her instead.

MetaMeme will never stop mocking Bishop.

Marluxia delivers gif perfection.

Evil Kit builds upon it.

Alien Arcana then animates it, for the full combo.

mercurially summarizes the new season of Library of Ruina.

Tatters's Friend made the first one, but Tatters made the second.

Then MetaMeme made another edit.

And Tatters brings it full-circle.

I said don't be a sicko, Lunar Suite! Don't!

DuoRogue turned it red to help out.

Xenav makes the joke I hoped someone would think of. :allears:

DuoRogue summarizes thread voting patterns.

mercurially shares some Librarian sketches.

MetaMeme started playing umineko before this art happened.

This gave Viola the Mad an excuse to post this.

NullBlack imagines what could have happened if Angela's summons was off slightly.

MetaMeme outlines the various test iterations Angela went through. But she will only do what she wants.

Someone called the fanart colorful, and it broke MetaMeme.

Rogue AI Goddess shows off Proper Red Mist Strats.

Kali's so brainless you can fight her with a flowchart, as MetaMeme proves.

MetaMeme immortalizes Steve's GS:V clash with a pretty meme.

NullBlack memes on Binah's plan.

Obnoxipus hits us with a good joke.

Ariamaki posted:

Thread TQ-3977083 is a dangerous Let's Play full of many strange entities known as 'posters'. Many of these posters can cause massive derails if handled improperly, and it's vitally important that we know what just may happen if people get careless: What is an LPer to do?

JeffRaze makes a knockoff BCP banner based on the above quote.

I do as well.

Koi, c/o Ariamaki donated art to the thread.

This is how the floor of Language works now, MiiNiPaa said so so it must be true.

SlimeTheCrazy drew this and refuses to explain why.

MetaMeme hazards a guess.

Tenebrais reveals the true names of Binah's attacks.

MetaMeme's commitment to the bit is as incredible as Phillip's ability to keep showing up.

HeyItsKasey knows how to use Netzach.

MiiNiPaa knows what's cool: Say NO to game loss.

MetaMeme says she's running out of art supplies, but she's makin it work.

SlimeTheCrazy summarizes Netzach vs Liu Association.

SL the Pyro summarizes Mr. TVhead.

MetaMeme says she's reusing this joke but I can't remember it.

The Doomkitten did a written thing that's kinda neat.

MetaMeme immortalized Bishop pretending to be cool.

MetaMeme gives us a riff on our April Fool's Day episode.

JeffRaze gives us this impossible reception.

dervival gives us this edit of... I think also Hat in Time?

Evil Kit made this some time after the polls rigging scandal (PS there was a polls rigging scandal in an internet Let's Play).

BassMug knows the face of true evil.

Rogue AI Goddess brings us to daEGOzone.

MetaMeme sets up a 1-2 combo of Tenebrais being awesome.

mercurially finishes it.

MiiNiPaa gave us this after Tiphereth's Realization faked everyone out.

Arraxis summarizes everyone's reaction to Tiphereth Realization.

NullBlack asks, who wore it better?? (BICEPS. The answer is BICEPS.)

Boksi makes Boksi look hyperrealistic and cool.

MiiNiPaa shows us what the endgame invitations might look like.

NullBlack gives us a two-fixer teamup, Li'l Kali and Ppoland.

L.U.I.G.I did this, which I am told qualifies as content.

Arcanuse memorializes Roland's cooking in Gebura Realizaition.

L.U.I.G.I alters it.

Arcanuse fires back.

NullBlack shows us what Angela is doing during Gebura Realization.

red plastic cup gives us an ad for a fresh new store in district L.

MetaMeme dunks on me for being so bad at this card game.

jumpwjoy gives to us a giant group shot of Tiphereth's crew and the Magical Girls, ready for action.

Rofaner gives us a new guest... Mario.

PetraCore summarizes one of the core themes of Library of Ruina.

SlimeTheCrazy brings us an assortment of doodles of Abnormalities.

Otchokachoi gives us this image of the Mizus.

L.U.I.G.I made these two edits based on the Xiao battle.

L.U.I.G.I continues their reign of terror by altering Gary Larson comics.

I have decided that SL the Pyro's gives us this very good picture of Xiao. Amazing. :golfclap:

L.U.I.G.I's making edits about jokes that are impossible to explain out of context.

Evil Kit posted:

Evil Kit, that lout, brought a trout about when that dragon came south and threatened the party enroute.

The trout came with twine wound about its snout, a band of rubber bound round the trout just past the trout's bound snout. The trout by snout was swung about, causing the dragon to shout, "That poor trout, you lout!"

Though the dragon did shout about that trout, that the lout kept swinging about, came a voice from on high along with whom the party did cry and exclaim "Oh lout, but why! Why swing that trout about?!" And in response did Evil Kit say...

"When a lout swings a trout about, the head of the trout will not stay. And when you lose the head of a trout it becomes a rout, and thus the dragon cannot stay. And so dragon, I say, begone away, go back to whence you came!"

Seeing the head of the rout the dragon grew afraid, that their head just may, follow the route of the trout. It flew away, back the way it came, lest it fall to the hands of a lout.

That's how you turn a trout into a rout in the hands of a lout to drive the dragon away.

Evil Kit makes a poem about a joke that is impossible to explain out of context.

BisbyWorl creates the Blue Sickos.

NullBlack returns with making Tiphereth fix the floor she destroyed.

Omniphile covers Boksi's character development arc.

L.U.I.G.I canonizes a new saint.

NullBlack helps Kaori get back into the fight!

GiantRockFromSpace posted:

[Verse 1]
Sleep for a total of eight hundred seconds per day
And then drink a liter of bear
Warm-up before you go posting
Only draw, or write
Or play games with your right hand
Only thing that's left
Is to work on making fanart

By the time you realize
You'll be restrained to a desk
And with your sleep schedule broke, you comply
Eyes chained to the browser
In thirty minutes, start Angela discourse
Bonus if Homestuck
In ninety hours, post Roland vore
And get permabanned forever

[Chorus]
Now it's time for another vendetta
Going through the posts
Picking out my cherry-picked strawman (ha-ah-ah)
Posters of the forums rage always at the blue stars
Reflected upon the murky grey background
Don't ask me why
I desperately wish to be included in the fanart archive

[Post-Chorus]
In twenty one updates,

[Verse 2]
Think up a joke and beat it to the drat ground
Learned to post before I knew love or cactus or reading
Guiding everyone to the best scenes
I give myself a pat
Only to figure out the polls were all rigged from the start

As we suckled upon every update that came along
Swallowing the fact that other than to post
We had no purpose
As my ever-burning will to go to sleep backfires
I now know I must be comfortable being
Who I considered worthless

[Verse 3]
Follow the thread's history
To an OP nobody seems to listen
It takes my mind being broken and broken again
(Broken and broken again)
To know that I am the reason why (The reason why)
The discourse never ends

[Chorus]
Now it's time for another vendetta (Hmm)
Going through the posts
Picking out my cherry-picked strawman (Ha)
Posters of the forums rage always at the blue stars
Reflected upon the murky grey background
Don't ask me why
I desperately wish to be noticed by the LP stars.

[Post-Chorus]
Do not log out until you finish reading every LP
Starcraft 2, Warcraft 3,
Fire Emblem, Star Dynasties,
Minecraft, Pokemon TGC
Phoenix Wright, SF6
Pentiment, Baldur's Gate
Higurashi, The Walking Dead
Persona 5, Horizon Zero Dawn
Library of Ruina above all...

The LP stars have noticed GiantRockFromSpace, as they wished.

Tenebrais brings us a masterpiece.

MetaMeme breaks her hiatus to present this without comment.

NullBlack gives us a Halloween special featuring li'l Kali.

L.U.I.G.I did loss.

Evil Kit did more loss.

NullBlack also does a Christmas special... from the same fight... this one took a while okay??

NullBlack takes proper book sorting incredibly seriously.

Verant references a cartoon that is good and you should watch.

NullBlack both proves Robin justified and also torments her.

I don't support AI art, but Rogue AI Goddess gets a pass for this one.

NullBlack with the anti-drug PSA callbacks. Noice.

HeyItsKasey reveals Bishop's face upon learning The Reveal.

Myad Max, by NullBlack.

NullBlack follows up with Myo riding a tank. And a sisters of battle Myo.

E. By Ariamaki.

NullBlack posits a simple question: Why not a million Joshua?

mercurially brings us fanart of a tumblr tangent of Bishop vs Kira.

MetaMeme has some Smokin' Sick Style!

L.U.I.G.I summarizes how Dimension-walker works.

TeeQueue fucked around with this message at 09:17 on Feb 18, 2024

# ? Aug 21, 2021 07:22

TeeQueue: Oct 9, 2012; The time has come. Soon, the bell shall ring. A new world will come. Rise, my servants. Rise and serve me. I am death and life. Darkness and light.

Book 1: Prologue

Upon booting up the game, the first thing that happens is the game's title appearing with a resounding thrum.

Then comes the company logo. My recording software can't shut off the mouse no matter what settings I put it on, so it's coming along for the ride in this LP as well. I'll try and keep it out of the way.

Then, a loading screen. This takes a bit to get through, so let's talk about it. This initial load screen changes throughout the game to show the CG of the last level we've played! It's a neat touch, and now that I've mentioned it here I will never have to show it off.

Music: Title Ambiance

Once it's loaded, we hit the title screen. From here, our options are New Game, Continue, Options, and Quit. Given that we don't have anything done yet, the only thing we really need to choose is New Game.

Each of the main chapters of the game begins with a screen like this one. Canard means "an unfounded rumor or story," which may or may not be important.

VIDEO
Music: Canard 1 Ambiance

Unlike its prequel, Library of Ruina's scenes are all completely voiceacted in Korean. I'll be putting video versions of any scenes we see at the end of each update for those who want to give it a listen. Because it's voice acted and we'll be hearing her again in a few minutes, I'll be using her icon rather than playing it coy.

Even at the end of all this, I cannot be free� Am I not allowed to have a dream that is beyond my means�?

The scene changes after this. Each time that the scene changes to a new one, the game plays a distinctive page turning noise and a diagonal wipe effect to make it seem like turning the page in a book. It's a nice touch�Project Moon is very good at the little aesthetics.

Music: Entrance

It seems the Library has a visitor. Unlike in Lobotomy Corporation, there's no cognition filter to make everything look cartoonish.

Can�t believe this is how she handled it�

What the hell happened? What�s with all this smoke?

Sigh� Guess I�ll have to trust her�

The screen wipes to black here, and we hear a distinctive SNAP before the transition is fully completed. Get used to that sound, we'll be hearing a lot of it.

Our mysterious visitor is busted, it seems. :ohdear:

So don�t try to get wordy. Just answer my questions. You don�t get to question me, either. Where did you come from, how did you enter this place, and for what purpose?

Our mysterious man's title has been updated! This happens very rarely, and I'll try to point it out when I can. There's also a location listing in the upper-right if you hadn't noticed it yet.

Ugh, boy� I�m suddenly getting all nauseous�

Our new friend is not screwing around. This moment is accompanied by a very visceral sounding noise.

AHHHHHH!!! My leg!!!

I warned you, and you crossed the line. Let me ask you one more time. Where did you come from, how did you enter this place, and for what purpose?

�I was just walking around, and ended up here before I even realized it. I have no idea how I got here. Dammit, blood�s gushing outta my right leg� I swear I wasn�t trying to trespass, I don�t even know where this is.

HamHamPangPang is a real-life cafe run by the Project Moon staff. This is not the last time it will be mentioned in this game.

Anyway, I had bills to pay, got no jobs, had to make a living somehow as a one-man Offi�

ARGHHHHH!!!!!

You dragged on too long. I�ll be taking your left arm and left leg next. You have no purpose, and you don�t even know how you got here� Just who are you?

Just an ordinary Fixer who�s hit rock bottom. What the hell is this place? And who are you?

She did say no questions. :stare:

Grrhhhhrhghh!!! Come on, taking two limbs at once is cheating�

I�m the one asking questions. Your name?

Good. Welcome to the Library. We�ve yet to serve any guests, but then you suddenly appeared out of nowhere. It took me quite a bit of effort designing this Library to ensure that no uninvited guest could enter, you see.

�Dammit, these limbs were all I had� I don�t have any cash or mortgages to get new ones anymore�

SNAP

VIDEO
Music: Lobby

Oh hey, guess Roland's not dead yet! Get very used to this song, by the way. We'll be hearing it for a long time to come.

Gasp! Huff, huff� My legs! My arms!!

�Wait, they�re all intact again?

You should be able to swing your arms and walk again. And I made a few readjustments to your body to make it a bit easier to use. Although you did trespass on my Library, I also took your limbs away without your consent, so I�m giving you these as an apology.

Patient, my rear end� Am I really supposed to be thankful for this?

And the, uhh� your warning isn�t in effect anymore, right?

Nope, not anymore. I had a few thoughts while you were knocked out. And here�s my conclusion: You�ll help me out here.

I heard rumors that they abduct test subjects from here and there for Singularity research. An acquaintance of mine apparently began jumping between dimensions as a side effect of one of those experiments�

Sigh� My life really is an unlucky mess.

This is a library. I don�t know the �Syndicates� you�re talking about, but this place isn�t a Wing at least.

Doesn�t really matter. Whatever the case, I�m trapped here and you�ll exploit me, right?

First, I need an analysis of how you could enter this place uninvited. Sending you back or neglecting you without knowing the reason could pose a significant threat to the Library.

Well, it�s not like you can leave without my permission anymore.

And I want you to help me with this process. Since you are a resident of the City, I expect you to be helpful in various ways.

�I knew this would happen to me someday. People would disappear without a trace, only to be found as chunks of flesh much later� I used to laugh at those poor folks for being careless and unlucky, but now I see it has nothing to do with carelessness or anything, huh. Just happens without a moment�s notice�

Don�t be too concerned about your life. You are not allowed to die here unless I permit you to.

Dammit, so this was a crazy laboratory sort of deal.

In his defense, this is probably a valid question.

This has got to be the worst� I�d much rather die and be over with it all�

If you spout such nonsense one more time, I�ll gladly turn you into a human popcorn machine as you so wish.

Sorry, ma�am�

What a pleasant smile. :shobon:

Here's our first CG�during these parts there are no faces, so I'll be using the icons I have to match the tone as best I'm able.

Ange�la� That�s a good name.

This is actually the end of the scene, and the next line is a completely new one. In my first recording, I definitely didn't let the game hang for about twenty seconds before realizing this. :v:

VIDEO

Your role is to �welcome� the guests invited to the Library. I will carefully determine what guests to invite and write an invitation accordingly, and you will entertain the guests once they accept the invitation and arrive at the Library. Since you have actual experience working as a Fixer, I am sure you will be able to give the various types of guests a much better reception than I could.

I�m just a washed-up Grade 9 Fixer, though�

What�s this �reception� all about anyway? Do I catch their eyes, or be a waiter for them or something?

The Library presents the guests with an ordeal, and books will open up in the process. The guests who have overcome the ordeal will be deemed worthy to earn their books. There is the possibility that you may die in the process of reception, but it�s only temporary. You�ll get back up when the Library closes. No one here may rest without my permission.

That�s none of my business. I have prepared a manual for you, so go ahead and figure things out yourself.

Originally, the manual for the game would pop up here. That's since been broken up and moved throughout the early parts of the game. Project Moon's gotten� somewhat better about tutorials since their first game. Don't worry, there's still plenty of weird jank to get used to! :lobcorp:

I think I get the gist of it now. So, how does this invitation exactly work?

Open up the invitation, and register the books you wish to serve to your guests.

And next?

The invitation will be naturally sent to those who need the books.

That�s it? Sounds a bit too easy.

Yes, think of it as a compass. It would be easier to understand that way.

Ah~ A compass? As in the tool that tells directions?

That�s right. The invitations will guide me towards the one book that I truly wish to obtain. And sometimes, the invitation may turn red according to the books you�ve registered. A red invitation indicates that it can be sent to the special guests who will unravel the next part of the story. Until we register the books that match what the red invitation wants, our journey will be halted for a bit.

But there�s no guarantee that the guest will always respond to the invitation, right?

In fact, there is. They�re destined to come. And the guests will accept the invitation of their own will and enter the Library.

Most of the time, people�s lives are taken away by others without any consent or agreement.

Well, anyway, once we get those books, what comes next?

The Library is a place of limitless possibilities. Even I cannot fathom the infinite space and power of this library just yet. That�s why I wish to complete the Library by filling that space with books.

The perfect book, huh� I suppose those �books� are different from the ones I know.

And with that introduction, the game takes us to the opening. I could not possibly do it justice in screenshot-and-text format, so without further ado:

:siren:

VIDEO: Library of Ruina OP - String Theocracy :siren:

_{(If you're going to only click one video in the entire LP, make it this one. Trust me.)}

From now on the opening will automatically play each time we boot up the game, so I can confirm that it never gets old. :colbert:

Once the opening is done, it's time to get to gameplay.

Music: Lobby

This is the Invitation screen, where we send out the invites that bring guests to the Library. As the tutorial says, we need to click on the ? to continue.

This brings up the episode select. Most later-game nodes have only one chapter, but if there are multiples they can be seen and selected here. For now, we only have one option.

This takes us to the book selection screen, where the game tells us what books to place into the invitation to trigger the episode. Eventually we'll be able to use up to 3 books at once to find opponents, but for right now we're stuck with only one.

Clicking on one of the book slots on the right side brings us to this menu, where we can see all the books we have so far. Again, we've got a very limited supply to choose from. Hopefully, that will change.

Once selected, the entire invitation turns red. We don't know who we'll be facing, so all that's left is to hit Send Invitation. When we do this�

All that's left is to stamp the invitation, and send it off to its destined recipient.

The invitation itself is written at the top. It's pretty standard stuff, we're just turning people who lose into books. No big deal.

Wait, what?!

Next time, on Library of Ruina

Always check the organs before harvesting them.

Videos

Canard 1
Canard 2
Canard 3

TeeQueue fucked around with this message at 10:33 on Sep 28, 2021

# ? Aug 21, 2021 07:22

Jen X: Sep 29, 2014; To bring light to the darkness, whether that darkness be ignorance, injustice, apathy, or stagnation.

Hell yes, this game rules!!!

Easily better than Lob Corp in pretty much every way, I think.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 07:28

Captainicus: Feb 22, 2013

Heck yeah lets turn some jerks into books! This game is a great singleplayer card game, I'd like it even if I wasn't that interested in the lob corp worldbuilding.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 07:36

Gridlocked: Aug 2, 2014; MR. STUPID MORON
WITH AN UGLY FACE
AND A BIG BUTT
AND HIS BUTT SMELLS
AND HE LIKES TO KISS
HIS OWN BUTT
by Roger Hargreaves

Hi OP, are you going to be sharing Deck builds and discussion around that cause I could use some support on that front :P

# ? Aug 21, 2021 07:42

Kitfox88: Aug 21, 2007; Anybody lose their glasses?

God, that opening. :allears:

Also I love that Angela didn't make it through a single update without going from a bloodborne NPC to a JRPG magic caster via outfit swaps. Getting used to that freedom, is she?

# ? Aug 21, 2021 07:43

Jen X: Sep 29, 2014; To bring light to the darkness, whether that darkness be ignorance, injustice, apathy, or stagnation.

Gridlocked posted:

Hi OP, are you going to be sharing Deck builds and discussion around that cause I could use some support on that front :P

You may want to visit the project moon megathread in games

Which, looking at the most recent page there, you have, oops lol

# ? Aug 21, 2021 07:46

TeeQueue: Oct 9, 2012; The time has come. Soon, the bell shall ring. A new world will come. Rise, my servants. Rise and serve me. I am death and life. Darkness and light.

Gridlocked posted:

Hi OP, are you going to be sharing Deck builds and discussion around that cause I could use some support on that front :P

I will probably be discussing the decks I use, my thoughts on particularly noteworthy cards, and the card game fundamentals/how they apply to this game-but I tend to play deckbuilders by instinct rather than any form of science. Any deck builds I come up with are probably not going to be perfect.

I can say that I found my playthrough of the game overall easy, though, so my instincts are pretty good at least? :shrug:

# ? Aug 21, 2021 07:46

Intoluene: Jul 6, 2011; Activating self-destruct sequence!; Fun Shoe

It seems to me that the difficulty bumps up at certain, rather obvious points. Glad to see this LP starting and I hope I'm not so garbage at this game to fail to beat it before the end of the LP.

I'm pretty proud of finishing lob corp before the end of the LP and, honestly, the LP helped out a lot for HOW I should play and think.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 07:56

BraveLittleToaster: May 5, 2019

Oh boy, this LP seems like it�s gonna slap. This is my first exposure to LoR, and I�m sure TeeQueue will do it justice as good as Lobotomy Corp.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 08:16

MinutePirateBug: Mar 4, 2013

Woo!

# ? Aug 21, 2021 08:23

Quackles: Aug 11, 2018; Pixels of Light.

That opening was an entire vocaloid MV in and of itself.

Looking forward to Library of UwUina.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 08:25

BisbyWorl: Jan 12, 2019; Knowledge is pain plus observation.

Remember to keep your eyes buttered when heading to the library!

# ? Aug 21, 2021 08:29

Yapping Eevee: Nov 12, 2011; STAND TOGETHER.
FIGHT WITH HONOR.
RESTORE BALANCE.

Eevees play for free.

It's finally here! Time to see what Angela's Library is like... and yes, that opening video was excellent. :allears:

# ? Aug 21, 2021 08:32

rbakervv: Apr 1, 2008; For the Emperor!!

I tried playing this on Xbox GamePass for PC, but I suck so much at deck-building I gave up.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 08:32

Cirina: Feb 15, 2013; Operation complete.

I've already finished this game after your lobcorp LP convinced me to buy it so I can't really discuss the story or anything but I'm greatly looking forward to this and your perspective on the game!

# ? Aug 21, 2021 08:38

shimmy shimmy: Nov 13, 2020

I've just been following the LP as it goes and I'm really excited to see what happens in Ruina with Angela. Also drat, with that OP I can see why people said absolutely everything about this game is a spoiler for lobcorp.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 08:42

jimmydalad: Sep 26, 2013; My face when others are unable to appreciate the

AGDQ 2018 Awful Block Survivor

My body is ready and my eyes are buttered till the end. :getin:

# ? Aug 21, 2021 08:53

Kith: Sep 17, 2009; You never learn anything
by doing it right.

Ground floor and loving hype.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 09:01

goblin week: Jan 26, 2019; Absolute clown.

What are the late fees like. I�m a busy person

# ? Aug 21, 2021 09:06

GilliamYaeger: Jan 10, 2012; Call Gespenst!

my body is ready

I'll do some analysis of cards, archetypes and possible builds as the game goes on.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 09:22

Deadmeat5150: Nov 21, 2005; OLD MAN YELLS AT CLAN

Yay it's here!

I really really hope we get to meet the organist.

Deadmeat5150 fucked around with this message at 10:17 on Aug 21, 2021

# ? Aug 21, 2021 10:02

Fat Samurai: Feb 16, 2011; To go quickly is foolish. To go slowly is prudent. Not to go; that is wisdom.

I�m still reading the post game of the previous game, but I�m very glad you�re doing this.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 10:44

Solumin: Jan 11, 2013

Hell yeah ground floor! I've really been looking forward to this.

Also, please, TeeQueue, I'm begging you, put spaces around dashes. It's been bothering me since the LobCorp LP.
If you're joining two words, like "late-game", there's no space around the hyphen. (You do this right!)
If you're bridging two sentences, like this:

TeeQueue posted:

I will probably be discussing the decks I use, my thoughts on particularly noteworthy cards, and the card game fundamentals/how they apply to this game-but I tend to play deckbuilders by instinct rather than any form of science.

Please put space around the dash, and even better use two dashes: "game -- but". It's so much easier to read, and I get confused trying to figure out what a "game-but" is supposed to be.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 11:21

TeeQueue: Oct 9, 2012; The time has come. Soon, the bell shall ring. A new world will come. Rise, my servants. Rise and serve me. I am death and life. Darkness and light.

Solumin posted:

Also, please, TeeQueue, I'm begging you, put spaces around dashes. It's been bothering me since the LobCorp LP.
If you're joining two words, like "late-game", there's no space around the hyphen. (You do this right!)
If you're bridging two sentences, like this:

Please put space around the dash, and even better use two dashes: "game -- but". It's so much easier to read, and I get confused trying to figure out what a "game-but" is supposed to be.

In my brain those are supposed to be em dashes, which aren't generally supposed to be spaced.

But my keyboard doesn't have one and alt+0151 for every time I wanna do this�is just kind of annoying.

But hey I can definitely double-dash instead--it's about the same idea, and takes much less time. :v:

edit: and then I realized that I can just do a double dash in my draft and find-replace it with the em afterwards. Hey, that's actually intelligent, maybe I'll do that.

TeeQueue fucked around with this message at 11:38 on Aug 21, 2021

# ? Aug 21, 2021 11:32

cardinale: Jul 11, 2016

I love Angela's outfit.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 11:38

Theantero: Nov 6, 2011; ...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

After a million years, it is finally here. Everything is good in the world once more.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 11:40

Omniphile: Apr 5, 2010; Love? Justice? Pah! I'll crush them all!

I'm keeping my eyes buttered to the very end!

# ? Aug 21, 2021 13:15

GiantRockFromSpace: Mar 1, 2019; Just Cram It

Omniphile posted:

I'm keeping my eyes buttered to the very end!

Instructions unclear, buttered my mouth instead.

Jokes aside I'm excited for the LP and can't wait to see the reactions to it.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 13:20

Tenebrais: Sep 2, 2011

Once more unto the breach!

I hadn't actually checked out LoR after the LobCorp LP finished so it's good to see it in action. Liking the jazzy gothic aesthetic. And that opening movie was top-notch.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 13:50

Mecha_Face: Dec 17, 2016

SO HYPE. But I'm a little confused. I didn't see a link to the excellent opening video anywhere in there. Was that intentional?

If it's because of spoilers, I'd understand, though I dunno if there's any spoilers in there.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 14:27

Hunt11: Jul 24, 2013; Grimey Drawer

Considering that you will see it when you first open up the game I don't think that would be an issue. Anyway I am very excited to read through this lp.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 14:30

TeeQueue: Oct 9, 2012; The time has come. Soon, the bell shall ring. A new world will come. Rise, my servants. Rise and serve me. I am death and life. Darkness and light.

Mecha_Face posted:

SO HYPE. But I'm a little confused. I didn't see a link to the excellent opening video anywhere in there. Was that intentional?

If it's because of spoilers, I'd understand, though I dunno if there's any spoilers in there.

The excellent op doesn�t load upon your first time booting the game, and first plays right after the prologue ends.

Look for the :siren:

and you�ll find it.

EDIT: oh my god i missed a perfect opportunity to tell you to keep your eyes buttered to the end, what is wrong with me. :negative:

TeeQueue fucked around with this message at 14:39 on Aug 21, 2021

# ? Aug 21, 2021 14:32

OOrochi: Jan 19, 2017; On my honor as the Dawnspear.

Oh boy. Looking forward to seeing you break this like lobcorp.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 14:39

Mecha_Face: Dec 17, 2016

TeeQueue posted:

The excellent op doesn�t load upon your first time booting the game, and first plays right after the prologue ends.

Look for the and you�ll find it.

EDIT: oh my god i missed a perfect opportunity to tell you to keep your eyes buttered to the end, what is wrong with me.

We have both failed this day, there is no shame in it.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 14:45

Evil Kit: May 29, 2013; I'm viable ladies.

Hell yeah, ground floor of a game filled with awesome world building I haven't seen yet. Really looking forward to the ride TQ!

I'm guessing the eyes buttered thing is a meme that will be explained eventually. :v:

# ? Aug 21, 2021 15:45

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# ? May 3, 2024 12:10

GilliamYaeger: Jan 10, 2012; Call Gespenst!

Evil Kit posted:

Hell yeah, ground floor of a game filled with awesome world building I haven't seen yet. Really looking forward to the ride TQ!

I'm guessing the eyes buttered thing is a meme that will be explained eventually.

If by "eventually" you mean "whenever you open up the game" sure.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 15:47

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