#i assume it was supposed to be bc it was a logic puzzle rather than anything to do w elven culture but considering the past of this stuff it

[winchesternova-k]

this week’s vows and vengeance was so good. davrin is super charming and im so glad he came across as self assured instead of arrogant

[blookmallow]

so i downloaded an alternate program to play rpgmaker games on since ive been having SO much trouble with wine, and the one i got already had space funeral (which ive played already) and something called “schuld” which ive never heard of, so i figure, i got it, i might as well play it 

so far its Okay, seems to be working well though so hopefully this program will work with my other games too but i got way too distracted with the Mysterious Game From The Void to mess with it yet 

also any program that comes to me with space funeral pre-installed for some reason is a good one as far as im concerned

anyway heres schuld

i put that image as the preview bc its cool but also that thing hanging from. uh. the sky???? was a pair of pliers that i needed to get through a door covered in barbed wire 

like. just. pliers, hangin on a rope. from the sky. for absolutely no discernible reason

a lot of this game feels very intentionally Constructed/intended to be metaphorical rather than logical/None Of This Is Actually Reality, Probably so on the one hand the solutions to puzzles being. bizarre shit like this could actually be intentionally strange to give that sense that things are being given or withheld from you by some omnipotent force that is pulling you through this experience, You See What We Want You To See, You Go Where We Want You To Go

on the other hand, pliers hanging from the sky is hilarious

anyway here we are

i know absolutely nothing about this game i just opened it because It Was There 

this is very ominous ambiance i like it. the soundtrack sounds vaguely like labored breathing it is very, very unsettling 

looks like we got a zombie apocalypse 

not gonna like. tell me what the phrases are or anything. ok

hmm,

wh....what the fuck 

IT’S........MONEY :’) 

EVERY TIME I INTERACT WITH THE MONEY RIVER I GET ANOTHER THOUSAND DOLLARS :’ ) 

the only item you have to start off with is a book containing a list of the seven deadly sins, so this is almost definitely a very very obvious Greed Trap but i dont care lmao 

oh. thanks

NICE

also this dude told me money is worthless now which comes as no surprise to me (as of where i am now, i never had any consequence or purpose for the money, im not even sure if i still have it i forgot about it until now) 

we got an economy of FLESH and some dudes chased me trying to steal my flesh which is, I’ll be honest, a bit rude

uh

you guys just gonna hang out there then

i cant interact with anything else in here or go back the way i came so you’re gonna have to move, 

(turns out you have to outrun them, if they pass before you they get stuck in the wall and there’s no way to progress / you die if you touch them) 

eew

turns out everyone has The Rot and are slowly rotting away, so any possible source of Clean Flesh to replace their gross bits has become incredibly valuable but its also assumed that Everyone has the rot and will die from it eventually, so im not sure whats even actually being accomplished by replacing gross bits with clean bits if the clean bits are gonna get gross soon anyway

shrugs. anyway it’s Not Quite a zombie apocalypse but its close. an interesting direction

OK APPARENTLY THAT’S AN ARM THEN 

this is a hospital (and it’s still functioning, there’s patients here, there’s a nurse, there’s a doctor, and a kid went in for an amputation when i came in, it’s not abandoned or overrun or anything just in massive disrepair) why are they just leaving this shit all over the floor 

see this kind of medical irresponsibility is probably why you guys are all rotting in the first place 

strange man wanders into your hospital room, you immediately just start telling him your life story 

ohhhhh it’s greed. the Rot is greed. they’re all rotting from the Greed inherent in human nature and their Envy for what other people have (unrotten flesh) is turning them into monsters and causing them to tear other people apart except now it’s literally. money is so worthless it now costs an ARM AND A LEG!!! to get anything, i get it. ok :’) 

the allegory seems a lil heavy handed to me but, eh, still pretty fun

anyway then i had to distract the doctor so i could steal his ID and wander into rooms im not supposed to be in so i lit his trash can on fire, as you do, 

just gonna stand there and watch it, then, i suppose. good thinking, doctor

the Enemy Encounters in this game are a nuisance to navigate but most of the like. logic puzzles/etc are kind of hilariously straight forward as far as “what do i need to do” even if the solutions dont. really make sense

like not to the point that it feels boring, i just set a garbage can on fire in some dude’s office while he was sitting like 5 feet away, it’s fun as hell, it’s just :’) when i interacted with this trash can earlier, before i even knew i needed a distraction or had any means of lighting it, its like “huh this trash would probably burn really well if it were to ignite” and im just like ok apparently im gonna have to set that on fire at some point for SOME REASON, 

idk im too tired to write anymore i have more but ill go through the rest later. this game is weird but im into it thats my review goodnight ill have more adventures in flesh thievery, a LOT of cigarettes, and Gun City for you all later 

[blitzbee-and-gt]

RoE Chapter 14

It was peculiar, and quite an interesting puzzle at first. The more Blitzwing stared at Bumblebee, particularly in the optics, the more Bumblebee shrunk and disappeared within himself. Blitzwing would have assumed it was out of fear, but when nighttime fell, Bumblebee never failed to curl up next to him, his tiny vents puffing small clouds of crystallized, warm air.

There was only one logical explanation for such peculiar behavior.

[…]

“There’s no need to be embarrassed,” Blitzwing assured him, squatting down to pat Bumblebee’s helm. Poor thing must be so nervous, having such a topic approached. “I know you have a rather familial relationship with your teammates, and it’s perfectly natural for you to miss them. There’s no reason to be so closed off about it.”

jsahfjdsgfsjdshfskljhfdskjhfskjhfsjdkfdhsj you OBLIVIOUS MOTHERFUCKER

Bumblebee pondered in silence for a little while longer, and Blitzwing found himself appreciating the quiet a little more. It was a natural sort of silence that came alongside conversation, a more comfortable silence than anything they’d had in quite some time. Bumblebee was thinking about what Blitzwing was saying, processing it, listening to him. Quite a lovely change from having orders barked in his direction.

hey im Dying

So then I got this hose that said ‘fire hose’ on the label, but did you know those shoot fire, not water? 

for the life of me I cannot figure out what this is supposed to mean. 

like the way he phrases it sounds like the hose dispenses fire, which is what he thought in the episode but that was proven incorrect rather quickly

or does he mean they shoot water at fire??

or was this just a mistype and the author meant to write “those shoot water, not fire?”

anyway it’s not important MOVING ON

he saw Blitzwing’s monocular zipping in an out as it focused on something.

I’m sure what’s meant is that he’s making micro-adjustments but I always picture him zooming in super close then zooming way far out in quick succession kinda like that When U Collab With the Pizza Guy video and it’s Very funny to me sdjfhgjfkhskjdgfk;

Blitzwing looked down at Bumblebee with the glimmer of a thin smile on his face, and Bumblebee hated how his spark pulsed when he saw it.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

side note: like, I’m totally down for it bc then you can make heart analogies a lot more easily and it’s not like TF anatomy is super well fleshed out in any continuity anyway but Why would a spark need  to beat.

Bumblebee took one look at Blitzwing’s fearful expression and decided to go against his better judgement, taking one of Blitzwing’s hands in his own and squeezing it hard. 

I can’t just copy-paste the rest of the chapter in here but MY GD everything from those lines to the end is so fuckin good AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH