#2.4 spoilers

[ferretzoid]

He gently pats your hand.

[fishareglorious]

oh they're in each others colors im going to be SICKKKKKK

[vingler-mirror]

I think Bluepoch just broke me. They're. They're actually wearing each other's colors...

And is it just me or are Kakania's new voice lines really match with Isolde's??

Also they're sneaking this text in Kakania's garment trailer. Bluepoch think they're so slick.

Yeah. Kakania you burdened soul, for whom huh?

[samudrarthaa]

not dan heng completely shattering my heart into a million crying pieces

[anonymocha]

my experiments featuring @lonelymoonbeams terrified mesmer

[lowkeyren]

slight 2.4 cutscene spoilers

dan heng gently pats your hand dan heng gently pats your hand dan heng gently pats your hand dan heng gently pats your hand dan heng gently—

WHAT ARE WE BRO WHAT ARE WE????

k i giggled. so what.

[three-bunnies-in-a-trenchcoat]

Just declare your everlasting love to me or whatever that's less gay

[chadchadsonthesnail]

JIAOQIU YOU BE NICE TO YOURSELF-

[finisnihil]

I finished the 2.4 quest. Holy shit. Spoilers under cut

I'm honestly hopeful that Luocha and Jingliu will appear in the next part of the quest. There was a lot of invoking of Jingliu.

Feixiao tells Yukong that Jingliu has reappeared with a coffin and an outworlder in tow (I'm telling you guys he's her little purse dog)

Xueyi then brings up Jingliu again and one of the requirements of visiting Hoolay is to not bring up her name.

Jiaoqiu stalls for time by telling Hoolay that Jingliu is back and Hoolay makes the objectively bad decision of delaying to seek her out because of it.

Last we checked Jing Yuan said he was sending Jingliu and Luocha to the Yuque before the Xuling. Whether they're still on the Luofu is a mystery as of now but they very well could be still waiting to be escorted over. Jing Yuan also said the Seer Strategist is interested in the case, so maybe they'll utilize Luocha and Jingliu to help with this situation. Who knows. I'm just hopeful that with the amount of emphasis on Jingliu we'll get to see them again.

[ihaveforgortoomany]

Talking about Sonetto in 2.4 (more ramble if anything)

CN spoilers not Global friendly, spoilers for current CN patches, including 2.2 and 2.4 major spoilers wee woo wee woo.

(Whatttt im not procastinating the lore shit from 2.4, noooooo thats not whats happeninggg)

Given that her last interaction with Vertin was shortly during Greenlake prior to 2.1,2.2,2.4, roughly speaking it had been couple months between them interacting at all. Though Im not entirely sure if Vertin offscreen had met with Sonetto during 1.5 in Australia as Sonetto makes no appearance in that event but with 2.4 implies she was on holiday/ break alongside Vertin and Regulus and co.

Meaning after Greenlake and once Vertin arrives in Australia Sonetto learns that:

Vertin gets trapped in a haunted creepy ass motel and is briefly forced to relived her trauma.

Proceeds to be thrown off an exploding ship in Brazil, nearly drowning had Nala not interfered. Gets into a mini coma and sick, and shortly after waking up nearly is strangled to death by Nala and was pursued by defecting Zeno soliders. (Funny that Nala is responsible for both saving and nearly killing Vertin in the same patch)

So while watching 2.4 I was thinking "oh wow Puppynetto is very clingy to Vertin, refusing to leave her side very long and the moment there is a present danger on the ship continues to insist throughout the patch for Vertin to remove herself from the situation (most insistences prior to this patch Sonetto is normally only asking for guidance on their next move, stand behind her when there is danger)" remembering 2.1 and 2.2 especially, it makes sense the extra clinginess.

We don't get much of Vertin and Sonetto development during this patch, and tbh im not complaining in the slightest with the amount og crazy lore drops in an EVENT patch that makes 2.2's lore reveals a sneeze: the fact that Vertin just casually drops "hey lets find a field mission that is based in Italy" is crazy.

The line does tie back to a previous point I was making about Vertin being more open, especially this patch the easiest person she can joke with (via the very dry humour) is Regulus in the beginning of the patch. With Sonetto, Vertin attempts to bridge that gap through Sonetto's desire to learn about the outside world, especially her own culture; Vertin framing it as a "field mission" is a means of breaking in this ideas for Sonetto that it is completely alright to have these desires through partially making it sound like an actual mission. (Closest thing to sounding like asking to go on a date to Italy COUGH). It's clear they dont actually have a reason to go to Italy, but Vertin does want to find a means for them to go there for Sonetto.

(Vertin knows now ingrained the Foundation's dogma is into Sonetto's psyche, even if the cracks have been showing since Book 3, it would be very hard to utterly break someone out of that mindset entirely straight away. Compare the frog scene in Book 3 to 2.4 the "looking for a Field mission to Italy that may or may not be necessary for them to go". Vertin uses the loopholes in the Foundation's system to achieve what she wants, espeically if it can help others she cares about)

Summary: Sonetto seems even more clingy and protective of Vertin following the events of 2.1 and 2.2 (relatively nothing bad happens in 1.5), and its too early to say this is anything noticeable development until the next patches, or its just the fact that Sonetto has been out of the picture since 1.9.

Btw I want that Italy patch I swear it better be alluding to a future patch and not a throwaway line.

[tumblezwei]

there is RWBY (+ Penny) everywhere for those with eyes to see

[cheemken]

I'm gonna be so damn annoying once this drops I'm so sorry but I've waited long enough😭

[fishareglorious]

2.4 TRAILER IS FUCKING HERE HELLO HELLO HELOO

[haysaca]

I know everyone's gushing about Kakania's new skin and how it parallels Isolde's but I personally love Mercuria's because it just reminds me of Robin from hsr like

DO YOU SEE MY VISION

She's also just really pretty in general I can't believe this is just a jukebox skin, I kinda regret not pulling her 😭

[aystoria]

feixiao is basically asking me to pull her with that wink

[anonymocha]

Quick edit! Summer fun!