#Arknights event

[scrapyardnecromancer]

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Rides to Lake Silberneherze Thoughts

It was great. The second major visit to Kjerag sees us return three years after the previous event to see how the nation has built itself up after the Saintess reforms the political system of Kjerag and accepts the Silverash clan’s plans to open the country to outsiders.

Degenbrecher is the main selling point of the event in my opinion and damn did they work hard to make her appealing. She’s not only very strong, very skilled, very pretty, and a lot less long-winded than the other politicians, she’s also got her own story. It’s quite beautiful to see someone immigrate to a new country and have it just be a story of finding a home you can settle with. She’s the kind of character who’s physically strong enough to survive hardship. And in a sense, she is emotionally strong as she does not hold any grudges against her old nations. Probably in part because she’s beaten up the ones she needs to and let go of what she doesn’t need. She’s very much her own person and she herself has decided she wants to stay in Kjerag as one of its people. Makes you think about all the immigrants who makes their homes in new countries and how that experience is unique to them.

Leto was adorable in this event. The way she takes everybody she passes by and makes them her friends is hilarious and wonderful. It’s also great that they made her a competent field operator. She was able to sense and threaten a Trillby Asher all by herself even if that went awry. She also knew when to call up her superiors when she needed help.

One of the best parts about her arc here is how they turn the classic father-daughter reunion on its head. Because for one, Tatyova, her mother, is alive and well. And seems to be perfectly capable of continuing to care for Leto. Leto ultimately doesn’t care about her father, as she should. Arctosz’s decision to make his family leave for political safety makes it obvious that he knows nothing about the wider world. His privileged upbringing means he has no idea about how others would treat a single mother and what it means for a child to grow up without a father. The thing that really brings it into perspective for me is the attack on Chernobog. If you don’t know how bad it was, read the Ursus Student Group side stories. It makes every excuse Arctosz make seem extra moronic. This story takes the “looking for a long lost father” trope and makes it an ode to all the mothers who had to deal with single-parenthood themselves.

Harold is quite interesting. He’s your classic bumbling high-spirited old man except he’s also a Victorian military officer. Like Degenbrecher, he’s someone who also adjusts well to Kjerag life finding work as a veterinarian and doing old man things. In spite of this, he remains loyal to Victoria and when told that he would need to attack the people he’s lived with for months, he ultimately sides with his country. This is an interesting contrast to bring in this story. About how some people would throw away their old countries while others would remain loyal. Though overall, he was just fun to watch. Especially when paired with Leto or others who humor him.

By far my favorite part of visiting Kjerag is seeing the Saintess and Enya and Kjarr do not disappoint.

Before I gush about yuri though, I should say I love how Enya, and especially her relationship with  Enciodes has evolved. She’s much more active in the goings-on of the nation and is willing to use the Saintess as a state official rather than just a ceremonial position. She and Enciodes managed to separate their personal lives from their work in nation-building and it’s so interesting to see it play out. Enya inserting herself when Enciodes tries to avoid more direct interactions. The whole banquet scene with Harold. It was great especially when they both admit that the Head of the Silverash clan and the Saintess have a similar vision and plan for Kjerag’s development and both go silent when others ask about the relationship between Enya and Enciodes Silverash as siblings.

Enya and Kjarr have to be the most wife and wife coded characters I’ve seen in Arknights so far. Like a pair well into their golden years, they have a mutual respect and trust of one another while still disagreeing on some issues. There’s also that sense of both of them playing an active role in the relationship rather than the usual one stays at home and one works sort of dynamic. I especially like when Kjarr is like “babe, are you sure I shouldn’t use my god powers?” and Enya keeps insisting that they can’t rely on god to fix things for them. And of course the eternal pestering of Kjarr for a statue adjustment. If she can’t ask Enya for it, she’ll let Degenbrecher and the Trillby Asher do it. I always love Enya and Kjarr and this has cemented my favorite Kjerag dynamic even more.

Lastly, I really appreciate the way they included the Doctor this time. It’s not the take control of a situation you’ve only been aware of for a few hours. Instead, they made reasonable assumptions about what others are plotting and taking a few small steps to push pieces into the best place possible. Kinda like how they can’t rely on Kjeragandr, they also can’t rely on the Doctor of Rhodes but that doesn’t mean either of them can’t do one small move themselves.

P.S. What do you mean Kjerag has a battleship under Lake Silberneherze. Though it might be more shocking that Enciodes expressed approval of Sciurus before Ratatos did AND that Ratatos liked Sciurus naming the battleship Walnut to mess with her kids.

[the-queen-in-yell0w]

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The Evealia Guide Through Babel (event) - Part IV

Man, why do all of you have the most terrible names to remember? This is what actual witchcraft sounds like. Aefanyl. I'm going to scramble him like I'm scrambling these letters trying to make the name Logos out of this Scrabble.

Even more interesting is the aspect that she used magic to preserve the way she looks, so she can be eternal in his memory. It's kind of sweet, kind of... sad. Very sad if you think about how it seems like she doesn't have a long time left. I wonder if I can find anything else about her--

O, lady,

THIS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE NOW, LOOK AT THIS

SHE IS ONE OF THE SIX HEROES????

That makes... Her, Theresis, Theresa, Kal'tsit....? Two more are missing. It might be obvious but I genuinely forgot right now. I'm sure when Dr. Pinkie sees this she's going to beat me over the head since we spoke about this.

Anyways,

Ascalon is fighting with Theresis this time. It's a bittersweet goodbye too.

Theresis is still respected by Ascalon, so it's a struggle for her to face him truly. He's also giving her some fair pointers as a last goodbye.

[You still don't know what you seek, do you? To protect? That's just empty self-deceptive sentimentality. When you're unsure of your path, you merely project your motivations onto vague ideals.] <I really like this quote. Can you tell?

[I-I've thought about it carefully.]

[Perhaps. Then follow Theresa and protect her, but don't blindly adopt her ways. Think for yourself. Manfred found his answer long before you did.]

Then, Ascalon falls to one knee and turns to a mist that closes around Theresis. When it disperses, he's left with a stone knife in his hand.

As terrifying as that conversation was, nothing could prepare me for the one Theresa and Theresis had - basically agreeing that if any of them comes in the way of the other, they will have to be killed.

The Babel procession stretches far as the eye could see, past the disdainful crowd. Theresis walks towards the crowd and stand with them. He has left Theresa's side for the first time in two centuries.

They say their goodbyes.

Then something occurs, enough the silence the restless onlookers and momentarily halt the procession.

[A mercenary steps out of the line to embrace his best friend in the procession. No one can hear the whispers exchanged between the two friends by the ruins of Babel, but all are willing to wait and give them their moment of farewell.]

[A farewell between the people and their city, and between two peoples of the same blood.]

With them, Odda also part ways. With his family. His home.

For Theresa's eyes only, there's a letter. A functional ship has been excavated from Rim Billington. On it, she found something that could change the tide of history.

Given its importance, Kal'tsit has a lot of faith in its utility for their plan.

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BB-ST-2

Awakening in Exhaustion

[Things have not gone according to plan.]

PRIESTESS???

Can I be honest? I'm going to be honest.

I don't really like Priestess. I think yesterday Dr. Kryo asked what we all think about her and my immediate response is 'I hope she died'. Which, I think if somebody (not me) has read Vigilo they might confirm what happened with her.

If anything, I think I'm going to go and have a little dip in Vigilo since it's one of those episodic stories and I checked out the Wiki long enough to figure out which episodes will be important to understand.

But overall, yeah, I don't like her and I've been struggling to understand the Doctor for long enough to know that I probably never will agree with their ideas. As Priestess says, us lower-intelligence lifeforms can't even hope to understand their greater plans.

And speaking of plans, we should move on with the Babel story.

Four Years Ago...

Summer, 1090

We're opening with Closure and Scout, how wonderful. Hm... Interesting, why do I have this nagging feeling that there's something inherently sad about the situation?

Ah.

Well, they are on a mission. Closure imparts with us the detail that she and Kal'tsit have secured the ship and have been working on dealing with the defence system for a specific package that is on board.

Snapping to Kal and Theresa, they're talking about a specialist in Originium, the only person who can help with their task. They stand before a set of doors that have not been opened for a long time, reminiscing in the fact that Kal'tsit, no matter how careful she is, still cannot predict all the contingencies.

But they open it anyway.

And this light, we're familiar with. There was once an event, where we witnessed this same feeling, the same occurrence and that same red light shining down on Kal'tsit. Though, this is a couple of years prior.

In Lone Trail.

[Search: Preserver... No signal.] [Search: Caerula Arbor... No signal.] [Search: Celestial Fulcrum... No signal.] [Search: (Unknown static noise)... No signal.] [.......] [Search complete. No signal detected on any channel.] All these spots we are familiar with and for me it was bone-chilling to see them. Preserver is a reference to the Preserver Project, which was created by the "First Civilization" at some point after the "disaster from above" that resulted in the Civilization's near-total annihilation. They are meant to act as overseers of the Sarcophagi where the Civilization's survivors are kept in stasis until they can be awakened when the situation stabilizes in the distant future so they can restore their civilization. [Image above]

Caerula Arbor is our current IS4. Known also as the "Creeping Branch" is a dying tree-like Leviathan representing the power of "Growth" who had lost His struggle in controlling the kin, causing Him to fall from grace from the Many. His roots grow towards the core of Terra and feed on the energy of the magma beneath the surface, and is said to have the potential to consume the entire planet if allowed to grow unchecked, but currently, the Arbor is acting as a mere food source that nourishes microscopic Seaborn cells in the ocean.

Celestial Fulcrum is uh...

:)

And actually, we know a little bit more about the unrecognisable static, because we have already seen it part of a concept trailer. We were actually JUST shown this, so I did such a good job strategically stalling just so I can put this in the script.

Voila, if you have not seen it yet.

This is very kindly provided by the Wiki.

[Last update: Four million, seven hundred fifty-five thousand, nine hundred and fifty-four days ago.]

Me thinks it's around 13K years and that's quite a bit since the last update.

So the Doctor was woken up rather early, with Originium still abound. Interesting part is, they're surprised about the way it has managed to survive/has evolved - through the Sarkaz and Oripathy.

Oh no this is so endearing....

It's so endearing and sad at the same time. Doctor learning about Theresa, holding her warm hands. She was so excited to learn the language of the past from Kal'tsit, but instead Doctor hits her with 'my world is lost'.

For those like me who missed it entirely SOMEHOW, Civilight Eterna is the Crown of the Sarkaz, although I'm not sure how Doctor recognises it when he was not present during it's... release(?) and whether he understands the significance of it differently to what I know.

She's showing the Doctor different parts of their... life, I suppose.

This quote stuck out to me a lot:

Before I'm immediately on my knees because of the mentioning of a pioneer chasing the stars is pushing forward with his fallen ally on his back.

This is UNFAIR,

THEY'RE BEING MENTIONED AGAIN.

After witnessing the way Terra is right now, the Doctor seems to take it in rather well. In their view, it's all moving in the right direction, a mix of ignorance and progress that feels nostalgic and beautiful. Within Theresa, the Doctor spots somebody who loves Terra, not just a single nation. Her ideals are pure, but ultimately, way too different. She might be loathed for that, because her people aren't ready for this kind of step.

Thus the Doctor is willing to cooperate and help by first exploring the land itself to learn about the way Originium has influenced life, culture and the environment.

Ascalon is being sent after them both for protection and with a secret little task from Theresa - to explore the things other nations have, because the Sarkaz don't have the luxury to choose.

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Arknights’ co-op event, “Icebreaker Games” where you and one other Doctor choose their own operators to shoot a goal, defend and attack in the three game modes

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First event I managed to get all the medals in. AS-S-3 really tested my nerves and thinking holy shit. Bless all the souls that let me use their units as help because I tried. So. Many. Different. Ones.... (in the end Shu & good order of play was what my team needed to pull through ;;;;;;;) To me the ground crystal mechanic of this event was really fun overall ??? Like it never felt stupid or 'hard to understand or perceive', which I really appreciate ! I still hate unicycle birds with my entire soul but I mean... I guess there will always be That One Unit, you know...

[unforgivablenope]

-takes a very deep breathe-

I know I should be saving right now for the Delicious on Terra but there's no way I'm missing out on this. I must have Logos. I gotta have him in my team!!

-starts pulling-

（＊〇□〇）……！

Σ(ノ°▽°)ノ HOLY MINTS. I GOT HIM!!

I also got Fang too! Love this outfit. (´ ▽｀).。ｏ♡

AND NOT JUST THAT!!

(╯✧∇✧)╯ I ALSO GOT THESE!!

MEANWHILE IN REVERSE 1999!!

AND I EVEN GOT THIS OUTFIT FOR SIX!! ╰(✧∇✧╰)

LOOK HOW GOOD HE LOOKS!! (/∇＼*)｡o○♡

[ebenvonak]

Oh yeah I made this amiya edit. Currently getting back into editing (kinda) so the edits won't be to peak I don't wanna post it on my editing acc (rocoku) so I'll post it here instead

Couldn't post it here for some reason but here's proof I am the og creator

[arknights-global-news]

Dear Doctor,

[Arknights X Sanrio characters] Sweetness Overload Collaboration Event will soon be live on December 20, 10:00 (UTC-7), and some of the contents are available for a limited time. Please refer to the following notification for details.

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[talos-to-listens]

Pepe jaegering a mummy is a good start to this event.

Quickly followed up by a thief half-assessing an evacuation leading the public into another thief who is immediately mistaken for a museum curator

[just-tired-girl]

Yes

YEEEES!

I got him! Hello sailor!

I'm sooooo happy. I did it!

I got myself that Mobi Dic-*gets hit with metal pipe*

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When it comes to Irene ships, I've always been loyal to Specrene because I like yuri and fighting side-by-side is really good romance material

Lumen and Irene, I've always seen as a mix of friendship and mentorship. I liked the idea that Irene is helping someone else find their way they way Dario taught her in the Inquisition

Path to Life cemented that Lumen and Irene are friends to me since it feels like their paths diverge quite a bit with Irene staying for the fight and Lumen having the wider world open to him

Lastly, Irene and Undedflow has potential. Two strong women investigating and fighting together is very interesting

Last (but least serious) thing, I can get behind bi Irene but Lumen feels like he only kisses boys tbh

[the-queen-in-yell0w]

Good event

[exoticalmonde]

A Kazdelian Rescue - Experience and Narration by Dr. Eve (Part II.5)

In the previous post, I mentioned the situation with Mostima and Fiammetta, but I forgot to add that this is one of the sweetest stories among the rest. Keep in mind, all of them are adorable.

In Part I, we meet Nymph.

In Part 2, there's Mitm.

In Part 3, we greet Mudrock, who had a problem with one of the Colossus and Nymph was there to actually help. For reasons that were not disclosed, the Revenant is very afraid of her.

In Part 4, in comes Crownie.

Crownie Mantle is a designer who started from Kazdel, but due to her weird ideas during a very much military regime, she was chased out. She went to Ursus where she worked as an apprentice, but Ursus being against Sarkaz kind of, didn't want to let her go into fashion at first.

Then, she turned around and actually not only made a brand for herself, but we have it IN arknights. She made the MARTHE brand,

Can you guess which skins those are?

Correct, the gopnik skins.

That being said, she returned to Kazdel when things calmed down a little and now dresses herself extravagantly while being poor enough to live in just a shack with barely two coins to rub together, with the vision of a Kazdel that will benefit from the items she makes - mainly clothes and souvenirs.

Which are currently too expensive for anybody to afford and too fragile for any sane person to take home.

But she has a vision and I love her for it.

By the way, as of writing this, her Wikipedia page is down and I am sad to say the least.

In Part 5, we meet Qalaiša whom I'm no familiar with, because she's been only in IS4 and is just one encounter. We are so very gracefully allowed to gaze upon her gorgeous model.

And in the final part, we meet Tin Man. Who is, as we figured out, a Revenant. Not just any Sarkaz in a weird Tin body.

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He's awesome.

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That being said, after Qalaiša leaves Nymph for 10 minutes alone in her house, Nymph gets into trouble with an item Qalaiša had been working on.

And just as I sit and wait for the Nachzehrer King to do something weird (always, always, always forgetting that Sarkaz don't normally become mean to each other), I get blown out of the water with this conversation:

This man was the terror of my days and we just.... talk about turnips now. Little turnip boy.

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With that I've exhausted my list of quotes I have not seen circling the internet. Of course, we have my all-time favourite Mitm: "Oh, I forgot, you can't read." and the one where Nymph goes:

Nymph: "You promised you'd fix my box" Tin Man: "I lied."

But I'm sure you've seen those.

Anyways, it's getting late.

Goodnight and happy reading. Good luck with the levels and see you for Dungeon Meshi time.