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Everyone deserves to be as self-assured as this woman is. Queen shit for not taking ANY kind of bullshit

she sounds so cool I hope she leaves him and has a great life with someone who appreciates her

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gale & physical ailments caused by the orb

i've talked before about how the game portrays gale's struggle with the orb, how he himself often tries to play off his condition with humour, minimisation or redirection, and how there's an obvious disparity between the seriousness of his condition and how the game handles it as the player progresses the plot.

in that previous post, i've only briefly touched on how the orb manifests itself physically, however, and i wanted to take the time to do a closer more in-depth look. for that i've compiled a few things that i thought were interesting.

to start off, this is the description the player gets for gale's condition:

it's also made obvious when gale is afflicted by his animation. as his "spirit is being drained", gale is slumped over, clearly affected:

if left untreated, gale will have the following prompts to remind the player:

all these prompts have the same devnote:

node context: slightly pained/struggling with a constant ache (the orb is negatively affecting him, causing him pain. prompt is to remind the player that gale is unwell.

the same is mirrored with origin gale:

the devnote states:

internodecontext: gale gets worse for the first time. he has consumed no magic items, and is presumably only learning about his affliction. note context: urgent/in great discomfort. he's weaking because he's gone too long without taking his 'medicine' (consuming a magical item to keep himself alive)

when gale first reveals his need for magical artefacts, the player can ask him what would happen if he doesn't/isn't able to consume a magical artefact. he lists the following symptoms:

player: what happen if you don't consume these artefacts? gale: i'll spare you the finer details, but it begins with a biological deterioration. muscle spasms, disorientation, a slight ringing in the ears. and if left for too long... catastrophe.

this is also echoed in a different dialogue and one of the only dialogues where gale admits to being in some level of pain:

gale: you'll have to speak slowly. i'm finding it quite difficult to concentrate with my condition gnawing at my insides like a teething displacer kitten.

when he consumes an artefact, the discomfort is shown on his face:

i've included this idle animation from my previous post as well (gif made by @bladeofavernus):

@camilleonne has pointed out in their post that the place where the orb entered gale's body has scarred:

summary:

symptoms of the orb are

-general biological deterioration -muscle spasms -ringing in the ears -disorientation -concentration issues -varying levels of physical discomfort / pain

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Saw a dumb thing at a gift shop so I just had to do something stupid with it

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Just hold him down by the throat and jerk him off, it'll fix him I promise

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its impregnate that man monday ladies and gentlemen.

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im like if someone who had a fetish for being helpless was also a control freak

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please listen to this it is destroying me its so funny

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Being nice to someone you don’t like is not manipulation btw it’s being civil

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The Rogues Teach Sex Education

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hecate

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Quick doodle of the animated shorts Gale.

I SCREAMED INTERNALLY WHEN I SAW THIS SCENE. I LOVED THE IDEA OF A BATTLEMAGE-LIKE GALE BUT IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE BEFORE.

This scene is made for meeeee 😭

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Gale's emotion flow in Act 1 (and I love him)

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some days you cannot help but pity some people