#event commentary

[cast-you-dxwn]

[themosthatedbeingg]

//— ooc

Y’all have no idea how funny it is that Cast you dxwn and I have once again accidentally matched for the same event .

[brokendreamscreation]

Me: Huh, if the muses can pray for aid from the angels (for the Unholy Crusade event), can they summon demons with like a blood ritual?

Me: *remembers the thing about Gabriel and blood rituals*

Me: DO NOT DO A BLOOD RITUAL AROUND HARBINGER GABRIEL! ALL OUR MUSES WILL DIE!

@heaven-said

[hells-greatestdad]

At being drained to 20% health despite currently being benched, he doesn't feel so good

They will just continue to strategize. They are all in the same boat here

[exoticalmonde]

Image stolen from Dr. Pinkie who got it from god knows where but I'm here to declare that I succeeded in my adventure into the bottom of Ling's cup and I come out victorious.

With a team of hardened steel and all the blood I could spill to guilt-trip half the team into doing more damage/healing (and to get Chongyue off my back for this morning's training session) , I managed to acquire a Nearl-alter from a unsuspecting owner.

Basically we tried multiple things that could have worked potentially if my characters were stronger, including attempting Ebenholz (it's for the peepos, no we didn't try killing Sui Xiang) and Kroos-alter, Skadi-alter and company. To no avail.

At some point Dr. Kryo came by to offer the assistance of Pozemka in case Kroos-alter was not doing enough damage. Mine is not E2 and Dr. Pinkie was really adamant on using Skalter.

Since none of us have it.

So while I was away I hear those two bicker in the background:

Kryo: "If you're struggling you could always go the Pozemka strat."

Pinkie: "We're doing quite fine, stage by stage."

Kryo: "Or you could use Pozemka."

Pinkie: "Or you can shut your wh*re mouth."

Me: *Wheeze laughing from the kitchen*

Kryo: "You're failling and could use the support."

Pinkie: "Why don't you guide her then?!"

Kryo: "Because I don't know your plan!!"

They love each other though, this is all regular chatter in Rhodes Island, I promise. No operstors or feelings were hurt in the creation of this post.

About operstors actually...

The first... Couple of times... Were eventful.

Sussuro was taken to bed early today for some well-deserved rest.

We started using the training tickets and figured out that if you need some tick damage, it's better to get your best casters. Nobody told me that fastest caster was also an option, of which such are - Click... And Pudding.

At least now I don't remember if Passenger was an option, but chain casters seem to work fine. He's just a little too expensive to put down. Not that Pudding isnt 28DP at E1 mad pots, but... You know. Splash caster kind of cost for a 4 target hit at a speed of Average.

Now every time I see this I feel a headache coming up.

During the last phase, after we took a 10 minute break, I forgot I was meant to play the training thing first and we accidentally succeeded in Challenge mode the normal way.

I still have to farm for 20 more stages for the full medal set.

Speaking of which, GOD the last seconds... Surtur died way too EARLY, not to mention it took multiple attempts to figure out Sui uses his skill on the MELE character which is closest, closest meaning PROXIMITY. So my Surtur got stabbed into the ground twice before we fixed thsa by placing Gravel below her and not below Sui. Just bait as close to the ball as possible.

And as a last resort we stalled and used that ONE block you see behind him. Backstabbing as a last resort, by the wise words of Dr. Pinkie.

Cleared the shop. Cleared the stages.

And also a day ago I got enough primes to get Nian. Mentioning it again since she was also used in a couple of stages and it was a splendid experience. Aak and Hung, you two will get dressed up some other time.

[yokaismp]

Oh my god,

[screaming-in-the-corner]

Something you need to remember is that journalistic photographers are still artists at heart. When you are providing a source of information that is to be seen as "the truth" you are going to frame things to look a certain way.

You will publish the ones that look like what you want. The framing of Luigi Mangione's transportation is incredibly evocative of paintings of Jesus being arrested. It also (not so) coincidentally is often the framing of a hero being captured for the greater good.

This is ON PURPOSE. Do not discredit the artist by calling it a mistake. This was on purpose. The artist supports him and is framing him as a hero.

No matter how much corporate news may attempt to drown out the support for Mangione, artists always have the ear of the people. A picture is worth a thousand words, isn't it?

[pinklocksoflove]

Mystra looks into her scrying orb in genuine confusion. Just what the hell is going on? This does not bode well honestly, but she has yet to receive a call to action. So she'll do as she usually does. Stay the fuck out of bullshit.

The Goetia wizard teleports to her parlor where tea was already waiting for her, brewed by her ephemeral steward.

"This is going to be a real headache I can already tell. Greed will be greed I suppose."

[hamletthedane]

Imagine telling somebody in 1995 that one day, Snoop Dog and Flavor Flav would both be beloved American icons highly associated with the Olympic Games. With Snoop acting as an official NBC commentator and carrying the actual Olympic torch in his 50s.

They would look at you like you were absolutely insane. What an incredible world we live in

[feelinsheepish]

*Sniffle. Sob.*

[cast-you-dxwn]

Your honor, he pleads self-defense!

[themosthatedbeingg]

Has no dog in this fight anymore after being summoned but that being said he’s really hoping this cycle pulls through and that other him doesn’t die. They are so close .. he wishes he could help them more somehow .

[brokendreamscreation]

A golden portal opens over Pride Ring in a flash of light, the Angel of Dreams and Illusions soaring out of it. The screams and cries of Sinners meet his ears from below, noting the destruction already at hand. Yes, violence is a day to day thing for Hell, but this is of a whole different scale. Lucid soars off in search of his fallen brethren and keeping an eye out for the bloodlustful Gabriel. He promised Deerie he would stay out of sight of the raging Archangel for his own safety. If unable to locate Lucifer or Feitan, Lucid will turn his attention to leading citizens to safety if he can.

[Mentions: @//heaven-said @//themosthatedbeiing @//rradiio]

[choshinsei]

Choso has to forget his brothers, right?

[chronurgy]

Gortash designs and builds mechanisms so I imagine he has to be able to sketch fairly decently in order to sketch his projects and designs. And I'm imagining a pile of charcoal sketches of Durge, done over their entire acquaintance, starting out with sketches of them in battle and then slowly becoming more detailed and intimate and as they do, the titles changing from things like "The Bhaalspawn" and "Bhaal's Chosen at Their Bloody Work" to "The Chosen in Contemplation" and finally just Durge's name

[torchstelechos]

I love that In Stars and Time gives the nonconsensual kiss a proper horrified reaction, by the way. Most media where a character can kiss someone out of no where either make it a funny thing or the "romantic" thing, but here Siffrin kisses without permission out of no where and Isabeau reacts correctly! He pushed them away! Because thats surprising, and fucked up to do to someone with no lead up and no permission! Isabeau had no context, and at the time when the kiss happened, was under the impression that Siffrin didn't like touch which can have a variety of horrible reasons for it. Not only that but... We don't know what face Siffrin was pulling and I don't think it was a nice one. Which, again, means that we don't have all the context either! This is a horrible event that has horrible consequences and I love that it does. Because it's something that is horrible and objectively one of the worst things Siffrin did to one of the others in the loops, so I'm just!!! So excited it had bad consequences!!!