#ieytd zor

[agent-calivide]

So, I saw somebody asking why there were less cigars in IEYTD 3 comparatively to IEYTD and IEYTD 2, and somebody said it was due to Schell trying to keep the game's rating lower. While I do believe that and do think that makes sense, I'm still gonna break it down from a character and level design analysis stance anyhow because that's just how I am.

running through all of the games, there's actually a lot less cigars than I remember. I thought every level had cigars, but actually no.

IEYTD- Friendly Skies (Zor's car) Winter Break (Zor's desk) First Class (Gift from room service) Seat of power (Zor's chair) Death Engine (Floating around in Zor's Death Laser)

IEYTD 2- Jet Set (trapped) Rising Phoenix (Zor's elevator) (seriously that's it)

IEYTD 3- Hot Water (Zor's Vending Machine)

I might have missed one, I reset my IEYTD 3 save and don't have the motivation to play the car level again at the moment, but for narrative satisfaction purposes, if these are all the cigars, there's a pattern here.

Nearly every time there's a cigar that is safe to smoke, it is Zor's property. It's Zor's car, Zor's hunting lodge, Zor's office, an elevator designed and paid for by Zor, a machine put in by Zor for profit, a death laser Zor commissioned even if they're not the pilot.

The reason that Phoenix is finding less and less cigars has less to do with the agent cutting back, and more to do with the agent not having as much access to Zor's personal space, and this makes sense! In the first game, the agent was a nobody that Zor hardly cared about enough to leave a petty note and a pinless grenade for, but by IEYTD 3 they're making elaborate, multi-step traps that entail calculating Phoenix's every step. Phoenix isn't getting near Zor's personal bases, because Zor doesn't want them there. Zor's acutely aware of them, and they are taking steps to ensure that agent stays far. Far. Away.

The agent can't find their personal vehicles and private offices if they're too busy chasing the bread crumbs Zor has left for them to stop the world from ending. And we know that's what Zor's doing, because when the agent was sent on a random mission in New Zealand that was a detour from their mission to track down Prism, Zor left them a personal message.

Zor knows where Phoenix is at all times, because they decide where the agent will go next.

[ghostplasmas]

Character sheet for all my designs!

[fantasy-artz]

Sooo... I Might have had an obsessive phase with a specific character from a close person of mine's character...

Character owner: @markophoenix

(Ps: I still really fucking like the character lololol)

[agent-phoenix-secret-acc]

[Phoenix gets a letter from someone in unknown handwriting.]

"Hiya! It's always nice to meet a fellow Phoenix (I mean, not meet, but you know)"

"My Handler says I'm not supposed to contact you because "you might not know about the multiverse yet" and I could "be interrupting something important," but I really don't care. I want to make new friends!"

"In the envelope is a tiny button that'll let you hop dimensions. (IMPORTANT NOTE: IT CAN ONLY FIT ONE PERSON. Please don't try and take someone else with you. One or both of you could explode.) It's set to send you straight to Brian's lab!"

"I understand if you don't want to come, or don't trust this at all. If not, just write your own letter and stick it back in the envelope. It'll teleport back."

"Regards, Agent Phoenix (Dimension 101-B :3)"

( @phoenix-and-found-family Hi! Welcome to this bullshit /pos)

(if you don't want to do anything with this I understand 👍)

:0

THERE'S A MULTIVERSE-?!

HOLYFRICKENCRAPOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODHWEIEVDUEBWIWJHEUEIEUEHEHEHEUE

I'LL PRESS THE BUTTON WHEN I FINISH MY NEXT MISSON!

HOPE TO MEET YOU SOON, MYSTERIOUS PERSON WHO MIGHT BE ZOR IN DISGUISE!!

[Author's note: I did my best to give an appropriate answer, but I'm stoopid :D (Might change this)]

[ellascreams]

Art fight is over! Well, over-ish, the important thing is that I can’t submit anything anymore so now seems like a good time to post the IEYTD related attacks I did because I really like them and had a lot of fun making them!

Characters belong to @agent-toast @ask-kaleidoscape-phoenixes (sorry to tag you twice I wasn’t sure which blog I should tag) @melopie-artz @mipexch and, finally, me. If anyone featured doesn’t want art of their characters posted for any reason please just let me know and I’ll take it down, thanks!

[bugtoast]

ngl i think Zor is short

[hiddenspaceplant]

ieytd is sleeping in Genghis khan by miike snow. The music video is literally about a James Bond esque villain letting go of the spy constantly because they’re in love

[agent-vee-missions]

Heya Agent Vee! This is Agent Bonfyre, deep undercover. Happy to see you here!

I have yet to encounter Zoraxis personelle, but I am fully on the lookout.

Will report again!

(My main is full of a different fandom, so if you wanna chat, find me at @brain-is-a-toaster !!)

Why hello there, Agent Bonfyre, I'm happy to see you too.

Zoraxis personnel are quite hard to spot, so I'm afraid it'll take us both quite a while to find them.

I'm hoping to hear from you soon...

[mothman-is-a-cowboy]

zor would listen to oingo boingo No one lives forever? onBRAND no spill blood? banger that they totally listen to insanity? pure evil villian vibes

[agent-phoenix-secret-acc]

Yet another Canon event. My body still hurts and he no longer buys white couches.

Roxana: why are you shopping for a new couch again?

Reginald: Phoenix got in a fight at Denny's last night.

Roxana: ... That only raises more questions, Reginald.

Reginald: They happened to be at a Denny's when a Zoraxis Operative walked in and held them at gun point. Of course, they walked outside with them and then proceeded to get in a physical fight. They barely won and came home to tell me about it instead of going to the hospital so now my nice white couch has blood and dirt all over it. It's just easier to buy a new one.

Roxana: is Phoenix okay?!

Reginald: what do you think?

[rosalind-zoraxis]

The flood of agents eventually die down, but only because it's migrating over to another base. One you thought was a secret, the underground base treated as if it was a bunker. The agents wreak havoc, digging through defenses like moles, adrenaline and determination fueling several alternate dimension Agent Phoenix's, along with a few other agents you are familiar with, and some you aren't. The fight is even bigger this time, a dust cloud appearing on the surface as agents scrap with all their teeth swords, lighters, some wielding grenades, others waving guns around like party streamers ready for bloodshed. The operatives are well trained, but there's at least a dozen adrenaline fueled agents swarming the place. And considering it usually only takes one to destroy whole factories and schemes, they do some serious damage.

Amongst the chaos, two agents slip through the entrance, blending into the shadows, barely a blip on the radar. They sneak through the levels of the base, and eventually manage to hack into the holding cells. No attempt to divert attention to the moles inside base work, as most operatives have had their earpieces smashed to bits in the fight. And not too many minutes later, an override appears on the computer, and a swarm starts to pour out from the bottom layer of the base, slowly rising upwards as the battle above ground raged on.

[Another instance of Roz’s voice rings across the intercom.]

“Ah, Agents, how unexpected! And by unexpected, I mean COMPLETELY EXPECTED! You may not be susceptible to moles, but did you prepare for… ACTUAL MOLES?!”

[Roz laughs maniacally, and the ground beneath the agents’ feet rumbles as giant mind-controlled battle-moles tear up the ground and begin their attack, making any attempt at fighting back difficult.]

[agent-calivide]

Can we talk about how feminist Zoraxis is for a second- Like, again this game is in the 1960s, and yet every competent final boss scientist is a woman. Solaris, Fabricator, Prism, they all are women that are passionate about their respective fields of laser science, aesthetic science, and robot science.

And like, I know it's likely not the intention, but I love the thought of them trying to get into the STEM work fields, being met with the typical assholery, and Zor just went "Oh? They're refusing to give you resources and play nice? Work for Zoraxis and you'll have infinite resources for whatever projects you wanna maaake!~"

Like, of course Zoraxis is dangerous purely on the principal that Zor's not above killing his scientists, but like... I feel like that's a small price to pay for getting to do your literal dream job with seemingly unlimited access to resources.

[ghostplasmas]

More IEYTD designs!!! Here's my ZOR and Phoenix designs (Phoenix is just pure black for the rest of their outfit UFHFU)

The next pair I'm (hopefully) going to do will be Handler and Juniper, but idk when they will be lmao.

[kayssweetdreams]

Ok. This is crazy, but stay with me on this.

I Expect You To Die: The Musical.

It's split into 3 acts, with each act representing one of the games

Acts (and the songs to go with them)

Act 1: I Expect You To Die

I Expect You To Die (intro song)

A New Agent (Agent Phoenix and Handler Duet)

Dr Zor: Enemy Number 1 (Villian Song)

The March of Solaris (Solaris Song)

The Phoenix Rises (Agent Phoenix and Zor duet)

Going out with a Bang (Agent Phoenix song)

Act 2: The Spy and the Liar

The Phoenix Returns (Agent Phoenix solo)

The Spy and the Liar (John Juniper Villian Song)

The Fabricator's Tango (Fabricator and John Duet)

The Mask that Hides the Past (Agent Phoenix Song)

The Star Always Shines (John Juniper Agent Phoenix Duet)

Going out with a Bang 2 (Agent Pheonix Song)

Act 3: Cog In The Machine

Rising from the Ashes (Agent Phoenix song)

Cog in the Machine (Dr Prism Villian Song)

Whispers of the Past (Handler and Dr Prism Duet)

That Feeling When... (Agent Phoenix Dr Prism and Handler song)

Into the Fire (Agent Phoenix and Dr Prism Duet)

Finale

Agent Phoenix Rises Again (Agent Phoenix Solo)

Until we Meet Again/Going Out with a Bang/I Expect you to Die Reprise (Finale Song)

[agent-phoenix-secret-acc]

Going on a plane tomorrow for a mission ^^

(Praying it doesn't end like jet set.)

[stellar-collective]

Due to the inherent secrecy of spy work, Agent Phoenix rarely got thanked. Sure, on their occasional visits to Agency headquarters, the newer spies would gawk and the older spies would give them a slap on the back and a “nice work not being dead yet!” but Ollie’s sincerity caught them a bit off guard.

first ~ prev ~ next

now that Ollie’s in the know, i wonder what’ll happen next…