#Really makes me want to replay lol

[sysig]

The return of all time <3 (Patreon)

[scarlett-ink]

Secret Santa for @rambunctioustoons :

Thinking With Snowballs

Summary: You and Sun continue your journey up and out of the FazCo Science facility. Maybe you both can manage to have some fun on the way. word count: 2.8k Some Assembly Required au belongs to @rambunctioustoons I highly recommend checking it and their other stuff out!

Hope you enjoy it! I simply adore the portal series and your au so I couldn't pass up an opportunity to do something portal related! I had such a fun time writing it & putting song references into it hehe💙🧡 Happy holidays and I hope you like it!

The halls of FazCo Science had always been cold, both in a figurative sense and sometimes a literal one, but today they felt especially so.

With the state the facility was in, it wasn’t too surprising that some areas had lost any and all forms of temperature regulation. Whether the cold was just from how deep a level this floor was, or if it was from the winter season was impossible to tell. All the way down here there was no way to know how much time had passed or what time of year it even was right now. You’d think you’d be used to the lack of time awareness by now, but you still hadn’t fully settled into it yet.

You hadn’t really had time to even think about that, having spent all your time since waking up trying to find any form of life other than yourself on top of finding a working exit. Only one of those endeavors had bore any fruit, with you coming across The Attendant a good while ago at this point. But in terms of specifically human life, you had no luck. So, for the foreseeable future it was just you, Sun, and Moon, depending on which was out at any given time.

With a shared goal of getting out of this place, you and the two of them had been doing your best to make your way upwards to the ground level of the facility, where an exit would be waiting for you…hopefully.

It was easier said than done.

Even with a portal gun, maneuvering around the crumbling remains of the facility made things difficult. Having to navigate around perilous drops, ceilings that appeared ready to crush you and collapse at any moment, and avoiding the gunfire of turrets made this endeavor quite the challenge.

Still, you tried to keep a positive outlook. The three of you would get out of here, you simply had to.

Sun and Moon were definitely helpful in getting around. Other than just having an extra pair of hands and an extra pair of minds for ideas, both also had knowledge you simply did not. Sun knew a lot about the different test chambers while Moon knew about the chambers behind the test chambers themselves, which had really helped in trying to navigate. Not that you didn’t have your own knowledge that helped out, you did know the codes for many of the restricted access areas after all.

The point was you had a common goal and had agreed to work together to achieve it. You had better chances with help than you did on your own, and some company was nice regardless.

You fought back a shiver as the frigidness of this chamber reminded you of its presence. As you rubbed your arms to try to generate some heat you told yourself that the cold could potentially be a good sign. Maybe, if it was winter time, the cold meant you were closer to the surface than you thought. You knew that was incredibly wishful thinking, it wasn’t exactly a big leap in logic to take the cold to mean you were far deeper in the facility than you would’ve liked, buried under miles of cold hard dirt and concrete walls.

The depressing thought was momentarily forgotten as you wondered if your companion was bothered by the cold at all. You doubted the temperature would affect them much as long as it wasn’t subzero temperatures cold enough to literally freeze any of their inner workings, so they were probably fine. You were a bit jealous of that at the moment, and of the testing work suit they had on, the top half and long sleeves tied around their waste. You’d kill for longer sleeves right now.

Your mind came to a halt when you felt a soft sort of crunch beneath your shoes. You looked down in surprise, unprepared for the sight beneath your foot. The sound had been a bit too soft to have been something more concerning like broken glass or anything really sharp enough to cause a problem.

“What is it?” Sun asked, slightly behind you.

The stark white of the walls and floors had camouflaged what you stepped in very well.

“Is that…snow?” Your brain nearly imploded at the realization, kneeling down to confirm what you had stepped in. When was the last time you had seen snow? Well, you couldn’t even make a big dramatic moment out of it because you had no idea how long you had been in cryogenic sleep.

Did this mean you all were close to the surface? With the dilapidated state of things and the amount of plant life that had managed to grow down here it wasn’t too outlandish to think there were enough cracks and holes in the building for nature to seep through. If birds had found their way into the facility before then surely there must be some opening somewhere, maybe one large enough and far enough down that snow could’ve landed down here.

Sun leaned over your shoulder, staring down at the tiny pile you had stepped in. “Snow? All the way down here?” he tilted his head, his rays slowly ticking inward in thought.

“Maybe there’s some sort of opening that goes all the way to the top!” you suggested, looking up to try to find your way out of this facility. There didn’t seem to be some big, obvious gap in the ceiling, and if there had been you probably would’ve noticed that first upon entering this chamber. A look back down at the small amount of snow made you notice that it seemed to lead into the next chamber. Maybe a breeze had blown it into this room and the main gap was in the next one? Whatever the case you were quick to rush into the next chamber to investigate, much to Sun’s frustration.

Luckily for you, there were no immediate dangers in the room, so your rush didn’t get you killed on the spot.

“You really have got to stop doing that,” Sun groaned, following close behind. “One of these chamber you’re going to get yourself-,” he stopped for a moment at the much larger pile of snow in this room. It wasn’t like the room was covered wall to wall with it, but it was a surprisingly decent sized pile for how deep you both were.

This chamber did have a noticeably large hole in the ceiling, seeming to lead up farther than you could see from standing under it. The excitement at the prospect of the surface being so close nearly made your body forget about the cold entirely. Honestly this was probably the most hopeful you had been since you had woken up.

“Do you think shooting a portal up there would work?” It was a long shot that a portable surface was somehow placed perfectly at the top of this hole, but you might as well try, right?”

Sun now stood next to you, peering up through the levels revealed by the ceiling’s opening. He also doubted a convenient portable surface, but it would only take a second to fire the portal and see if their luck had finally turned around. He aimed the portal gun up and fired. You both waited for a moment, but nothing seemed to happen. The light indicator on the gun hadn’t even changed to indicate the color of a new portal being place, so it was safe to assume the shot had found no useable surface. Just to be sure Sun shot another portal on the wall closest to you both, this one forming without issue. It formed with no where to lead to, simply waiting on the gun to fire another functioning portal elsewhere.

“Worth a shot,” you shrugged with a sigh. Looks like you were back to the initial plan of just working your way up the long way. “Still, maybe if we can’t get all the way up maybe we could even get just a single floor up if we fire at another angle?” Another long shot but better than nothing.

As Sun readjusted his aim you glanced back at the pile of snow. Even if you were still far from out of here, it was reassuring to see something so distinctive of the surface being down here with you. If this snow could make it all the way down here and remain here, why couldn’t you and your companion do the same simply in the opposite direction?

You stepped towards the small mound of snow, Sun paying little attention to you while you did. Despite how cold you had been, you couldn’t resist the urge to reach out and touch the sun. The biting feeling of the cold against your fingertips had been worth it for the long since forgotten texture of it. Feeling it between your fingers was almost enough to make you think you were finally out of this place. Almost.  

Sun seemed to finally notice your distraction, turning to watch you carefully examine the snow. The tiny ice crystals forming the snow pile certainly wasn’t what he expected to find down here with you, but it beat acres and acres of broken glass and debris instead. It certainly was easier to maneuver around than either of those and posed less of a risk to your fragile human skin than sharp and jagged edges did.

As he watched you examine the snow, he noted you packing some of the snow into a ball.

“Look! This is good quality snow! Perfect for-,” as you turned to show him you were cut off by a snowball to the face. You sputtered a bit at the surprise, the taste of snow now fresh on your tongue as you wiped your face. Sun had made one so fast you had no time to even consider he might be planning anything nefarious.

Well, if that was how it was going to be, might as well use what you had!

Before Sun could hastily make another, you tossed a snowball that just barely hit him, your aim impacted since you were still rubbing snow out of your eyes. You had hit his rays but missed the main target of his face. Maybe it wasn’t the best idea to be throwing a snowball at him, you didn’t want to mess anything up in him or cause actual damage.

But you figured if that was a risk then Sun would’ve told you that the moment after the snowball collided with him instead of hastily making another one to hurl in your direction. You fumbled with another handful of snow before darting for cover, packing another snowball as you did.

Your options for shielding were limited, and the one you had picked was the remnants of an angled platform to shoot a portal on. You weren’t sure why you didn’t think any farther ahead than just finding somewhere to duck behind, but if you had you might’ve been able dodge the next projectile headed your way.

By the time you processed the sound of the portal gun firing you were already feeling a cold splatter against the back of your head. You turned to see blue portal behind you, Sun waving at you through it with a smirk before quickly shooting another portal before you could chuck your own snowball back at him. Your snowball became a pitiful splat against the cold hard wall.

Now you were snowball-less, and would have to venture out from behind your cover to get another one. You really did not think this true.

“Something the matter? Why aren’t you coming out?” Sun teased.

Your plan was to throw caution to the wind and just book it for the snow pile. You were lucky enough to dodge a shot from him, grabbing another fistful and packing that as you ran for cover once more. You knew wherever you hid you had to prepare for a portal opening up near you, and this time when one did you were ready.

Crouching behind a platform with a broken aerial faith plate, your arm was cocked and ready to throw. The moment you heard the portal gun fire you tossed the snowball towards the wall closest to you, the timing being just right for the portal to open before the snowball hit the wall. It was so sudden that Sun had no time to step out of the way, not expecting that from you at all.

The sound of direct contact and an indignant huff told you that you had hit your mark perfectly. You quickly got out of the way of the portal before Sun could recover and throw his own snowball back at you, heading back towards the snow pile.

Maybe you both should’ve been more focused on getting out of here, but honestly this brief respite had felt pretty good. Sometimes a playful break to remind you that you were still alive despite the monotonous and stressful trek through the facility was necessary for your wellbeing. Besides, when had a little fun ever killed anybody?

Apparently right now, because as you got to the pile Sun had shot a portal over, making a larger snowball than he had before with the full intention of hitting you in the face again. You looked up from making your own snowball to see him standing over you with his much larger one, quickly realizing and coming to terms with the fact that this was the part where he kills you. You braced for the frozen sting and, as expected, it hit you square in the face.

Thankfully he didn’t throw it as hard as he could’ve, seeming to take some form of mercy on you. You attempted to throw your snowball blindly at him but based on his laugh you correctly assumed you had failed to hit your target by a long shot.

“Well! I think that’s enough of that, we’ve both made our points. Some of us better and more consistently than others,” you could hear the smirk in his voice as well as the sound of his rays spinning around in satisfaction.

You fought off another shiver as you wiped the snow out of your face, your face now soaked from it.

“Yeah, yeah. But I did get you once! I’ll take it!” you chuckled, your sight finally being cleared up.

When you heard the portal gun fire again you nearly braced yourself for another snowball to the face. It would’ve been a bit unfair for him to trick you into thinking the assault was over, but you also would not put that past him at all.

“How little do you think of me?” you heard him mock from farther away with a laugh. Well, you didn’t think he was some sort of Machiavellian villain, but it wasn’t an out there thought to think he’d be a bit conniving with things. The portal use to achieve a snowball to the back of your head had been proof enough of that for you.

Not that it mattered much to you, it was all in good fun anyway.

Before you could answer him, Sun continued, heading back over to you. “There was a portable surface, only a level or two up. Not much, but it’s better than being a level lower.” He fired a second portal onto the wall, a passageway leading to a more damaged looking level sitting ahead of you.

Even if it did look a little rougher, a higher level was a higher level. You both would take what you could get, and at the end of the day it was one level closer to freedom.  

Sun held out a hand to you, and you took it as he pulled you to your feet. The chill of the snow was starting to seep into you, so it was probably for the best you had both ended the frosty assault here.

“I’ll go in first, make sure its clear,” Sun said, hopping in before you could argue. After a moment or two you heard him call out to you. “Come on through!” You hopped in after him, steadying yourself from the slight drop through the portal. This floor was more of the usual, wreckage and rubble, with none of the fun snow from the level below. Oh well, not every floor could be a winner.

Playtime was over, and it was time for you both to continue the journey upwards. The distraction had been nice, but you both still had a long way to go, together.

But who knows, maybe you’d get lucky and find another giant hole in the ceiling that led all the way up to the surface! Even if you didn’t, maybe you both could still have fun again on the way up. Whatever happened, you at least took comfort in the fact that you wouldn’t have to do it alone.

[wizardsix]

about 30 hours into veilguard and while I have an essay worth of my problems w the game and how this is absolutely not ten year's worth of developing I do want to say what I do like. the maps (visuals/progression/exploration), combat, and the companions (only five of them. neve and taash annoy me and I would absolutely not recruit them if this game didn't force you to)... overall it's all right on its own but it's no dragon age game.

[electric-plants]

I totally believe you, but I'd be interested to see your receipts of haitham being nice if you're willing to share~

hello weary traveler please take a look at my wares~

top ten (read: 3) reasons alhaitham is a SWEETIE w/ receipts:

1) he’s got really good manners:

*leaves to the entrance to wait patiently for you so he can say goodbye* and i just like how offended he seems at the implication in the last one

these voicelines in particular stick out to convey that he doesn’t really want to be responsible for causing others trouble:

also tbh basically all of his about lines are just him talking about people’s good qualities, which always makes me a little sad when i think about most of the voicelines about him in comparison rip

here’s some faves though tighnari’s especially sticks out in regard to alhaitham being nice i think:

2) he does a lot of things for other people:

“i’m not going to field any questions” proceeds to take us to his house, gather a bunch of books to help us understand, and then field all of our questions🤔 also just the entire concept of him being able to be talked into being acting grand sage at ALL

also not included but little things like taking the time to teach us how to use the knowledge capsules, taking the aaru villager’s feelings into account/getting shani to talk, and just generally taking the time to carefully address the rest of The Squad’s™️ questions/concerns during sumeru’s archon quests

3) and perhaps some people will disagree with this one but i just think he has a very kind view of humanity:

(⬆️ from sq also not cropped cause pretty🥰)

i feel that if someone is so intimately aware of the limits and faults of humanity while also still having an innate curiosity about other people and an affinity for finding people’s positive qualities it’s indicative of an inherently kind/forgiving way of thinking

i can and will defend any of these examples if anyone disagrees😤 i spend every moment of my life ready for a debate😤

but seriously lol idk there’s just SO MUCH that he does and says that can be interpreted as kind if you look for it and connect it, like this isn’t even all the examples i could think of off the top of my head

also thank you anon for giving me an excuse to talk about him and how he is GOOD i owe you my life sorry for adding so much lol

my sources for your convenience: SQ = alhaitham’s story quest, TP = teapot dialogue, KH = kaveh’s hangout, PoP = the parade of providence event

[jackass-jones]

The best feeling in the world is when there’s a piece of media you know you love and you’ve hyped it up as your favorite thing for so long but you haven’t revisited it in a while so you start to worry if it’s really as good as you make it out to be and so you go back and revisit it and it’s like. Oh this is even better than I remembered this shit rules

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

YOU'VE PLAYED DISCO ELYSIUM AND IT'S YOUR FAVOURITE GAME WHAT IS HAPPENING I LITERALLY DON'T KNOW ANYONE ELSE WHO EVEN KNOWS THE GAME I LOVE IT SO MUCH WHAT THE HELL

- @softgirlgonehaywire

MICKEY???????? THE WAY OUR SOULS ARE LITERALLY BONDED ATP 😭😭😭😭 DUDEEEE im going a lil crazy. plsplspls i need to know ur fave character…. and ur fave skill……. and maybe ur fave quote if u have one……….. its legitimately like my favorite thing ever ever ever that game changed my LIFE

AAAA and. u asked for poetry book recs in ur other ask so i am here to deliver 🙏🙏🙏🙏

first of all!! richard siken…. he has two poetry books out at the moment, crush and war of the foxes!! i used to prefer crush but now i like war of the foxes more. its rly just a matter of personal preference, both are super good…. i said this already but i associate literally every single poem of his w at least one jjk character. mostly gojo or geto or kenny or shoko (i am predictable)

for some reason u can find literally all his poems on genius psjfjs but here are some of my faves from crush (first three) and war of the foxes (last four)!!

straw house, straw dog // planet of love // wishbone

landscape with a blur of conquerors // self-portrait against red wallpaper // portrait of fryderyk in shifting light // glue

but siken aside!!! frank bidart my beloved <333 hes so weird. his style of writing is very unique and can seem a bit very odd but u get used to it quickly!! i love him. my absolute favorite frank bidart poem is half-light, i’m fucking obsessed u dont understand, pls read it. (its so satosugu to me) and then u can find some other poems of his here! coincidentally his writing reminds me a LOT of disco elysium which is. probably maybe why i love it sm in the first place LMAO

AND AND AND…. lastly. ive tried getting into franz wright but i didnt like the collection of his that i bought :’3 HOWEVER hes written this one poem i absolutely adore, dedication. its so so so good. ”it’s true i never write, but i would gladly die with you” // ”although i never write, secretly i long to die with you, does that count?” have permanently altered the course of my destiny

… that was probably a lot im sorry PJDKFB i didnt even mention clementine von radics…. she has an instagram account where she posts some poems i think. ive run outof links so i cant show some i like but </3 her collection mouthful of forevers is super good!!

[voidfeather]

finished playing the coffin of andy and leyley and gonna throw out my theory that i'm sure other people have already thought of

i think that the parasite emergency is just a front and that the government is actually wanting to starve out and sell the blood and organs of "undesirable" people en masse, not sure why they're targetting AB-types specifically rather than say O-types considering AB blood is the universal receiver while O blood is the universal donator but it'll probs be answered when the full game comes out...whenever that is

as for why i think that they're several apartments worth of "undesirables" is mainly because all the people that have been shown so far are, as few as they are, aren't really the types that are "acceptable" in society:

ashley seems to have ASPD or at the very least something similar, has repeatedly been described as being someone who other people find annoying, and is highly codependent with her brother to the point of (technically just being an accessory to) murder and possibly even to the point of covert and/or overt incest

andrew has PTSD (that he seems? to hide relatively well) in addition to his codependence (even if it's not as prominent as ashley's, except in extreme circumstances such as when she's in danger...or when she mentions sleeping with another man lol) and while he's charming enough to have a gf that doesn't really matter when ashley harasses them

the cultist is...well, a cultist (it's clearly something he was interested in long before the quarantine judging by the front door sigils and the fact he has all the materials ready) also maybe it's just the desperation but the fact that he apparently has no problem blasting his loudass music may indicate traits that have lead to people casually wishing his death

the girl from 302, a hardcore hikkikomori and while her beauty may make her a bit more appealing that doesn't change the fact that she's functionally agoraphobic and doesn't want to provide for herself

ahley and andrew's parents are clearly pretty neglectful but the timing is just. a little too convenient y'know? like I'm pretty sure they knew this was happening, and the fact they were so ready to get a new apartment as well like we don't really know when in the timeline that happened but the fact that they're just so ready to move on like that is so suspicious

idk how the lady who got in an ambulance fits into all this though, there's just far too little information about what happened to her for me to say -- i don't think she's getting her organs harvested though, the ambulance wouldn't be in such a hurry if she was

now it is possible that the parasite problem is real and the infected apartment are just really unlucky or really neglected by the government, however, with the whole selling organs thing it just doesn't seem all that likely to me considering yknow nobody wants infected organs

a possibility is that the government is starving the apartment dwellers for the purpose of inducing starvation ketoacidosis which may kill the parasites somehow??? before they harvest the organs, not sure why the blood type would matter though if that were the case

now, since demons do exist in this world, it could (and most likely) be some other secret third thing but with all the information we have right now this is all i can really come up with

[aarontveit]

just realized in order to watch earth abides, i'll have to stop listening to this song on repeat. i realize i can just begin listening to it again once i'm done the episode, i'm just....bad at explaining my relationship with music but music, ya feel?

[crossbackpoke-check]

in love with your novels in the tags, they're so much fun to read - @softvikings

thank you!!! i have so much fun writing them and i love hearing that they bring other people joy as well, these are Our Tag Novels now 🥹💕🥰

[elegyofthemoon]

it's a curse to be replaying through honkai even if i haven't actually finished part 1 in its entirety ( /_\)

I still really wonder why they decided to reuse certain characters over and over again - the way they decided to reuse Sakura between Previous Era and then Yae Village, and then decided to use Himeko (or well idk if her name was Himeko) in both Previous Era and present time.

But I do love that both cases I'm seeing, both characters are trapped to fate some way or another. I went off about Sakura before, but I didn't realize that the Vermillion Knight battlesuit is supposed to replicate the Herrscher of Fire -- the Herrscher that possesses Previous Era Himeko. Just something about something from Previous Era carrying on into present time.

While Sakura's story ends more in tragedy, and well so does Himeko's, I kinda like the idea that contrast to her time as the Herrscher of Fire that brought about destruction, she uses a similar power to protect and save her student and give her student a chance to live out a better life.

It adds a lot more to her words: "You can still end this story the way you want."

Just like how in this life, Himeko chose to use that power of destruction to save, Kiana can use those powers of the Herrscher to protect as well.

[sysig]

Anyway, back to testing (Patreon)

[sludgeguzzler]

i actually really really like the more ambient music in ultrakill. in the presence of a king, a thousand greetings, chord of the crooked saints, it all hits. they are bangers to ME

[dicipher]

after replaying a thousand times to confirm every word, cross referencing and asking my japanese friend specifications (because some words in japanese that are in the dictionary just. dont exist in english in some cases) THIS is i think the closest i could get to a near perfect dictionary, if you wanna try it and you find anything odd feel free to tell me since i'm using it along with the jpn dictionary as a base for the mod i'm making. i tried to explain any that were confusing but tbh playing this game on english is truly hard mode lol! And yes! Some words are redundant, it's a japanese translation issue, i tried to give them nuance?? Both honestly some words are so simmilar it may as well be the same in english..

'resident' is their specie, it's the fan given name so i used it

'Somebody' refers to a living being, a presence, it can be of any specie, it's broad

'Weak' is moreso untalented (to be bad at something)

'Frail(weak)' is more like vulnerable, physically weak/brittle, subject to damage

'Affliction' is because it can be disease or a curse, something that eats away at the health/body/mind, that needs to be 'cured'

'Incapacitate' is something like 'weaken', to make someone unable to hurt or move for example, or to lower their autonomy

'Like' can also be 'love', japanese doesn't really differenciate

'Different' is also 'wrong', they're the same word, it's confusing ik but essentially think of it as 'it's a different answer', sort of a more gentle version of 'you're wrong' . Again this is a jpn/english issue thing..

'I understand' and 'i will do it' are also rlly a japanese thing. Both sort of mean in a way 'i understand and am acknowledging what you said' ... but this is the closest me and my jpn friend could settle on.

'Hit' and 'knock' are the same. In japanese you say 'hit a door' more than 'knock a door'. That's why they're used interchangeably

'Distressed' is sort of like 'in trouble' , in need of help

All the verbs are placed in neutral forms (ex: to search, to find, to go, to lead, to want, etc)

THERE IS A CANON DICTIONARY. It's in the game code and it's in jpn. This is just my personal approximation.

[tealfruit]

it's really fuckin weird being, I guess, Good At Dealing With Grief while being around people who are just absolutely brokenhearted and wrecked. and having to be like Well Guess I'll Just Get Busy On The Business Stuff.

[crest-of-gautier]

IM BACK IN THE FUCKING BUILDING!!! (i played 2.5 hours of PQ today!!!)

some thoughts under the cut! today has been mostly exploring the 2nd spot/floor of the group date cafe and i'm like 79% done with it :3 (and i did the whole arrest the food bandit! quest today)

i really enjoyed returning to this game, the sidequests and character interactions i saw today were fun!

i was particularly endeared by naoto's enthusiasm and interest in aigis, i think it's really neat that he's just so curious about her! i mean.. who wouldn't be LMAO

there was also an event where aigis says:

"Including incidents within Tartarus, Junpei-san has now run into a total of 27 dead ends."

and i honestly thought that was the funniest shit ever??? and how they go on to talk about how aigis's data is piped to fuuka's database on her pc. i really enjoyed how this interaction highlights this aspect of aigis and fuuka's relationship, they definitely make a good team given fuuka's inclination toward technology.

i think that's what a running theme of persona spin-offs are to me- i just enjoy seeing other ways in which the different character dynamics between cast members can be expressed!

and i think that's why i really enjoyed doing the arrest the food bandit quest too- i'm very endeared by the dynamic between the velvet room family. i feel like from what i remember in mainline persona games, it's something that only really gets alluded to in the attendants' dialogue lines (as opposed to seeing the siblings actively talking to each other). i fucking love elizabeth she's great.

there's something about the attendant's curiosity toward life (and how much they have to learn) that i find very charming, but i also think that this aspect of them is great for like.. absurd situations that don't make me cringe. (this is a not-so vague at teddie, i find that atlus tends to focus on teddie's more grating traits aka Hitting On The Girls?? which im not fond of LOL)

the way theo was the culprit because he didn't understand that chie was speaking in hyperbole about yosuke being a dead man if something bad happened to the meat jelly is just. the funniest thing ever. so have an excerpt of my reaction/liveblog document from obsidian that has some transcriptions of the event:

like genuinely. i love the velvet room attendant family a lot. i think they just hit a lot of Appeal PointsTM for what i personally find interesting in fiction (characters learning their way through life who have wonder and curiosity for the world), so i've just been?? thriving off of any interactions they get from the sidequests??? it's great.

mechanics-wise i am very interested in seeing if there's stuff i still can unlock...? it's been kind of a pain in the ass to level up sub-personas specifically (i haven't finished the legendary medicine quest bc i needed to raise a guy up to get an agility binding spell... and now that i did raise the guy i just need to Use It). so i am assuming that there's a mechanic that compensates for the lack of arcana bonus exp LOL (and i'm pretty sure in P5R you could sacrifice ur personas to each other?? can we do that here? thanks.)

anyway that's all for pq liveblogging (more like reflecting but y'know). i'm excited to pick up the game again- i might try and finish the group date cafe this month assuming i don't get carried away with other thingiemajigies!!

[doctorjotaro]

It’s crazy how I was not feeling Ichiban in the beginning of the game like he was pissing me off, but now I can’t stop thinking about him.