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[simonettaddams]

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[lazodiac]

I've been neglecting posting my stream/video posts to Tumblr, so I'm gonna start doing that today arbitrarily. Yesterday was Ar Tonelico with the ever lovely @qwertystop, so I'll be posting that.

If you want to see all I've written about it, go to this link (please note that it used to be for my Majora's Mask LP and other stuff that happened during it, and has stayed as a consistent thread for the conveniance for a friend): forum link!!

And without further ado... Ar Tonelico 2 stream 30!

We return to Ar Tonelico 2… and are seemingly closing in on the finale!

In this exciting episode, the bulk of it is taken up by Luca's 8th Cosmosphere, wherein we're at perhaps one of the most core, vital parts of her being. Befitting what we went through last time… it is her love of Reisha, which she has shoved aside when the relationship turned sour. But now we're here, and relationship is mending… and to do that we need to fix Goro. It's only a temporary fix, stabbing Nenesha in her brain-bits so that she subsides for awhile, but it works, and Reisha's lullaby echoes through Luca's mind. Croix then, in turn, greets every Luca personality we've seen and lets them know that despite what happened on the last layer, he still loves them. He still approves of them and what they do for Luca, because every part of her that she sees as fully negative does have positive traits. It's something… vital, to remember about oneself. Croix succeeds in this genuinely rather romantic gesture, and at the very bottom of it all is the purest concentration of Luca- a Lucca that ahs gone through all the development of the main game, all the trials of the Cosmosphere, and is now at her most base and raw.

… befitting the early part of the game, and for symbolism reasons that DO make sense but ARE quite strained, this is her in a bath towel. And because relationships are complicated beasts, finally seeing Luca's true self is only the beginning of our journey, and she is afraid for us to see this (symbolically, mentally) naked version of herself. So into the Paradigm Shift she runs, still nervous, still afraid, but… still moving onward. You can do it Croix, the next stage'll be the last, where you'll begin your life together in earnest… and like Goro and the Clearnight Bell said in level 8, you'll learn that even going this far is still just the beginning. We just need uh… 20 thousand more points to do it.

So, as you may or may not be aware, I'm a bit of a romantic. I love romance, I love love, all that jazz. While some of the symbolism is a bit on the nose, and some of it is a bit slanted sense wise, this scene was really quite good. I especially liked the emphasize that yes, now that Croix has finally dug through all of Luca's past trauma's and self constructions and pageantry of protection and self-loathing… now is when the actual work BEGINS. The task of loving those you care for does not end with simply removing all of that negativity, it is simply the start of a new chapter. It's like how some of the best romance series have them get together… and then make it clear that now that they're together, it is time for part 2: the actual being together part.

After that, we return to the Infelsphere to get Metafalica. Infel and Nenesha don't interrupt this time, and we get one final reunion between the girls, their memories of each other, and Reisha. Remembering their dual promises to protect the other, they reach a perfect sort of unity and are thus granted the Hymn Crystal for the Pastalian version of the song… and with the installation, Cloche learns how it works and what task remains ahead of her, from an imperious and doubting Infel. She's a genius after all, if SHE can't do it, it's clearly a fault with reality. It's not user error at all!

Unfortunately, even knowing what the method for Metafalica is (uniting literally every single person in the land in song, exposing her truth to them all, and borrowing the power of a thousand thousand voices) there's still from logistically problems in our way. First and foremost, whoever is currently in charge of the Tower will try to kill us if we sing it in earnest. This much is a given. So we gotta fix Raki and maybe ask said figurehead goddess politely and/or with spears to no longer try to kill us. But to reach the Tower, we need Frelia to be able to summon it back from the void she hid it in… something that will require a lot of power. Which will involve dropping half of what little remains of Metafalls into the Sea of Death.

This is… a very brutal proposition. I kind of like it though- we have our solution to the environmental problem the continent is facing, hooray! It isn't a win button. It doesn't do everything over and save everyone. It's not as easy as singing the song. We need to unite people, we need the power to do it, we need to find the people in charge of this crisis and make them understand they either allow us to fix the world or we shove them in the dumpster. It's honestly kind of cool to see a solution this… nuanced, for lack of a better term? It feels like this sort of thing could feel like a Problems Dragon, but they make the work to make it feel legitimate and real.

Part of that is Cloche's speech. This genuinely rather climactic and powerful scene has Cloche talking to the people, as she does as Holy Maiden, to drum up support for Metafalica. To let people know they've got it, for real this time, we swear it is going to work, and don't worry we won't be going to war with anyone (we might have to stab someone though). And the people… are honestly kinda of sick of it. It's perfectly reasonable, after the last two times (which happened… like, what, within weeks of each other?) involved a squad of murder-wizards that kidnapped people at random, and everyone nearly being forcibly downloaded into the D-Drive of a barely functioning computer. Things are tough! Even after Cloche sings the intro to Metafalica, opening her heart to them, there's doubt and derision. Someone straight up tells her to die!… but in the end, those negative feelings are drowned out by cheers.

People, on the whole, WANT their world to be saved. They want good things to happen. Even jaded people, who've given up on good things happening, do want them to happen. They just doubt a no talent ass clown like the government (represented by Cloche) can't do anything about it. But god damn if we aren't going to do our best! Somewhat predictably, and for reasons that make a genuine amount of sense, the government leaders Cloche and friends talk with to discuss the unfortunate truth of having to drop some of the continent does NOT go over well, no matter how much cheering the crowd did. While we work on a way to make that happen… Shun points out that all of this is irrelevant if we don't actually have the Song of Revealing Tower, which is down in an area that is half beneath the Sea of Death. So lets go get it, no pressure!

… and that's our episode. God when this game is good, it's REAL good.

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[smellthepanic]

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[houstonproblemzzz]

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[merryfortune]

Day 25 - Split

Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc V

Ship: Rin/Serena

Warnings: Cussing, Canon Divergent, Rivals to Lovers

Word Count: 600

  Their motorcycles came to a screeching halt. The wheels flared and rubber smoked: a disgusting and heavy smell. Yet, Rin revelled in it as she excitably tore her helmet off. She looked around; her hair had turned fluffy and unruly beneath the stern grip of her headgear. Her eyes were keen as she took in her surroundings which turned ever so slightly, confusing her mind as she smacked her lips together.

  “Who was faster?” she called out towards Yugo.

  Yugo immediately turned flustered upon being barked at. His hands shook as he grabbed at the video camera, trying to turn back time so he could inch out one over the other: Rin or Serena.

  Serena dismounted from her bike and she floated forth, victorious as the day she was born, really. She was cocky with her grin as she approached Rin. Rin stuck her tongue out at such cheeky demeanour; her cheeks were red, and her heart hammered – and not just because of the adrenaline of a classic Riding Duel with her Wind Witch deck versus Serena’s Lunalight deck.

  Yugo groaned. “Argh, I can’t tell.” he said. “I feel like I’m splitting hairs.” He groaned again. “One second, two seconds… This is impossible!”

  “The race was a tie then.” Serena said, bluntly.

  “No way in hell, it was a tie.” Rin spat.

  “I’m serious. You guys definitely tied.” Yugo insisted, terrified of how these two girls would maul him for saying that.

  Serena huffed. “You’re just saying that because you wanna protect this girlie’s feelings.”

  “Yugo…” Rin growled. “You had better not be lying.”

  “I’m serious.” he said. He shoved the camera towards the girls who were acting like two lionesses trying to share a rock to sunbathe on based on how they were hovering over the Clear Wings bike.

  Rin and Serena stared at the little digital screen. Rin very carefully rewound the data and second by second, she and Serena reviewed it. On screen was a smog of smoke to match what could be smelt even now. In it, the girls’ respective Duel Runners were completely obscured. Not a glimpse of white nor a glimpse of scarlet to be seen on the little recording of their Duel’s finale: a Duel which had ended in a magnificent clash with neither girl victorious and instead, both had self-destructed out over the match. Hence, why they were both chomping at the bit to see if Yugo had detected some way in which one could triumph over the other.

  “Huh.” Serena murmured. “Looks like your little boyfriend here isn’t tryin’ to protect your feelings.”

  “He’s not my boyfriend, honey.” Rin replied.

  Serena clicked her tongue. “I know. But, it’s fun to rile you up, babe.”

  Yugo groaned. He hated being the pet in their relationship. He often felt whipped and he wasn’t even the one being dated.

  “Alright.” Rin said, she put her foot down on the accelerator and the noise razed the air. “Let’s go round two.”

  “Now your speaking my language.” Serena said.

  Rin leaned to the side and Serena pecked her mouth chastely. Their eyes were open, catching on each other’s gazes with an almost venomous look all due to the great rivalry and sense of competition they had decided to found their attractions to each other on.

  Rin drew back and licked her lips. “Hurry up or I’ll have you eat my dust.” She told Serena.

  “Kiss my ass.” Serena replied, smirking.

  Rin snapped her fingers. “And Yugo? Get a good finishing shot of my victory.” she said.

  “You wish.” Serena soured as Rin revved her D-Runner again.

[simonettaddams]

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