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What's with all the Danny animosity in the tag today, I love that guy, he's so weird and fucked up and I want to put him in a little enclosure and study him under a microscope.
#idk if i want this in the main tags lmao#im not being serious mind you#if y'all dont like danny thats your business but i fucking love that dude so much#this is about primeval btw#vince liveblogs life#edit -#rae told me to put this in the main tags so i am#primeval#danny quinn
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So I have a side blog now-- ð³
I really donât know if I should say it because who cares honestly, buuut well, whatever. In case you stumble upon the Shadow and Bone fandom and see a blog called historianthesecond throwing fics in the dashboard, you can always go and say hi :)
Also I apologize for the unrelated post I will surely mess up while reblogging because I just know itâll happen
Anyway thatâs the announcement, bye <3 *mwah*
#btw don't worry I'm pretty much obssesed with arcane#i just have the primeval necessity of writing about the blorbo of my teenage years#also i shall practice the fantasy royal au(s) instead of rotating MH! Viktor with that setting in my head#but i'm not going to start another multichapter fic i need to control myself
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SLAMS MY HANDS DOWN ON THE COUNTERTOP. Engineer elden ring. May I hear of whatâs going on with him :)?
*rubs hands* WELL
so to preface- the mercs are basically isekai'd into the lands between, relating to some lore about Marika and undead. One moment they're being shot at and dying in the New Mexico badlands and the next they're on a cliff that overlooks a giant tree the size of 2.5 burj khalifas that glows.
They travel for a while and meet Sellen, who offers to teach them sorceries, and Engie, after not having any mechanical things to tinker with for a while, and realizing magic is this place's math and science, gladly accepts. After all, he doesn't have his sentries and tools, so he might as well learn something new, he loves learning. When Merasmus pops in on Halloween flinging spells around is usually pretty fun, so why not? Also Scout nearly blew himself up when he tried doing magic, so no more for him.
So Engie is the team's other ranged fighter! Aside from Sniper, who uses a bow and arrow.
He usually works as the team's mediator, breaking up fights between them and talking to people who are even less mentally stable than the mercs cause, well, if it had to be a contest on who has people that are less mentally stable, I think Elden Ring would win.
He also teaches the team how to ride the horses they were given!
It. Goes.
He does split from the team sometimes though, to go with Sellen to find Primeval sorcerers and learn some of their magic (he does learn Comet Azur). But generally he sticks with the team. He goes with them through Stormveil, Radahn, Mt Gelmir, Leyendell- some nice spots! I have a scene in mind where they're about to fight Godrick The Grafted, and when they enter his arena, he does his little 'oo lowly tarnished playing as a lord' but Engie just 'actually, we aint lookin to become no lords, we just wanna go home'. And Godrick is like. What.
They also find and heal Millicent in this au! And when they find her Heavy, Engie, and Spy (much to his own chagrin) are like 'i have known Millicent for 1 day but if anything happened to her I would kill this entire team and then myself'. Millicent and Engie bond the best though, cause of being amputees (Godrick ripped off Engie's gunslinger btw to try grafting it into themself, it didn't work and the gunslinger was ruined), Millicent being interested in Engie's homeland of Texas, and Engie in general is just, so dadly, dadliest merc, and very friendly when you dont realize how not normal he is. Plus if you know Millicent's backstory you know she could use a dad right now.
She goes with him and Sellen on their adventures to find primeval sorcerers and Sellen stuff, but they do part when Engie and the team takes on Radahn, citing she has to go on her journey (if u play Elden Ring, u know).
After the first death of the team and Spy leaving, Engie does try to console Soldier, telling him he's a good leader, and they'll get home, he promises. Engie and him do fight though when he realizes what dragon communion is doing to Soldier's body, and says he can't be doing that, they don't know what it'll do to him (how hypocritical of you, Engie).
He goes to Raya Lucaria to help Sellen one last time. I have this comic I made but I don't think I'll finish it, and I don't wanna spoil Engie's fate out in The Public until I write it in the fic i wanna write, but here's a part of comic
Overall Engie has a nice time in elden ring au :3 aside from the end
#my art#beepartcollection#tf2#team fortress 2#tf2 engineer#elden ring au#im sorry but this au is funny hahah goofy fun silly for the first half and the second half is oh god oh fuck oh jesus christ#ottoslab
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Rather than make a post for each of my DATV thoughts, Iâve just put them all here. Spoilers for all of act 1:
Not Varric fulfilling the Duncan role this game
Why only Elgarânan and Ghilanânain tho? Why arenât they all out
Strife!!! He doesnât like me :(
FREAK DARKSPAWN ARE BACK BAYBEEE
Would smash the nadas dirthalen
Well DâMetaâs crossing was gross.
Why is there a human mayor of a town in Arlathan and why does he care about Ghilannain?
A Morrigan intro that doesnât have her saying âwell, wellâ????????
VALTA!HARDING
Bbg Iâm so confused by the crossroads I donât like these mapsssss
TEIAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
Faceless horde of identical qunari occupying a city? How original.
Caterinaâs kind of a gilf ngl
Underwater level uwu
Spiteâs kindaâŠ
No! Another gilf down :(
oh? Is the oracle the same thing that valta heard???
Yeah, yeah, dangerous relics or whatever. Iâve got kitties to pet and pottery to eviscerate
LuCANIS! All this talk of coffee kisses in front of your cousin??
Why is the Butcher called the Butcher if heâs the leader of the Antaam?
Why would the qamekmaster call them human traitors if all non-qunari are bas?
You canât seriously make me believe the Crows are a moral group fighting for justice
Governor Ivenci only referred to with gender neutral pronouns. Another nb win
And Why would the Venatori be knowingly working with elven gods??
MAEVARIS MAEVARIS MAEVARIS
I donât care how long I have to go running around killing darkspawn to get the chest in the creepy blight tree, Iâm GETTING the chest
Worth it.
Idk, Iâve always imagined the Anderfels as snowy not⊠cactusy
Antoine is perhaps the most French man to exist ever. Not even Orlesian, French.
Hold on, Iâve gotta explode this cactus with my body
Gloom Howlerâs kinda hotï¿Œ
Jesus FUCK this blighted dragon
Noticing a suspicious lack of anyone responding to Varricâs existenceâŠ.
MYRNAAAAAA
TAAAAASH
When Harding talks about the inquisition all I can think about is the inconsistencies? Like, why would she remember Cole if he left or remained a spirit?
EEMMRICHHHHHH
Iâve only known this wisp for one second and if anything bad happens to it I will kill everyone and then myself
Em has canon father energy
LEMME AT THESE fucking CHESTS IN THE NECROTORIUM
MANFREDDSD
Ykw. Vorgoth can get it too
BELOVED Taash feeds the birdies
Karash has non binary swag
Wait wait. If Taashâs mom left the Qun bc she didnât want her child to be in the Antaam, which would make them functionally a man then why is she ok with Taash being a warrior anyway? Seems odd to do this kinda plot with a group weâve already established transness with
You canât seriously think Iâm gonna save the capital of the slave empire.
Davrin is dadcore
FORMLESS ONE!!!!!!!!!!!
A BELOVED wisp has gifted me a SPOON!
Astrolabe Restored
Well. Goodnight shadow dragons I guess.
candle hops are such cuties
My inquisitior would not behave like this.
So Avelineâs the Viscount and sheâs allied with Sebastian, a guy who tried to annex Kirkwall in my worldstate
I kinda wanna play âInquisitor saves Southern Thedas 2 Electric Boogalooâ if Iâm being honest
I already collected all the wolfs regrets before meeting Inky. So. Yeah. That was a lot.
SO FLEMETH IS DEAD FRFR?????
How come the other gods are crazy looking and Mythal is just a normal elf
Oh this echo in the well thing is gonna be cool
Truly donât know how much of these blight sound effects I can take tbh
ARE WE GOIN TO KAL SHAROK BAYBEE???
The Kal-Sharok armor kinda reminds me of the Sha-Brytol
The Valdasine Thaig is the primeval Thaig in 2 btw
VALTAAAAA
Ugh. Iâve always hated the âthe old gods are related to the evanurisâ thing (tho I guess itâs not a theory). But we all thought Elgarânan was Dumat tho right?
And if you can kill the Gods with the lyrium dagger, why didnât he just do that? Like, weâve already established that killing them with the dagger just fragments them.
I get that the fate of weisshaupt and all the wardens is important or whatever, but Iâve got chests to open beybee
Yeah bc itâs super easy to just off an Archdemon. what do you mean davrinâs killing itâŠ.
Well now killing an archdemon while itâs all tied downâs a bit unfair
Oh.
God that archdemon fight sucked.
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primeval texture my best girl ever (she is an oc i have created myself) (i am also talking about the song) (this is said by someone who is so normal about primeval texture) (that last thing was a lie btw)
#arthesia's general nonsense#rgverse: general nonsense#a special kind of texture: primeval texture (oc)#i have to reinforce this fact.....I LOVE PR.IMEVAL TE.XTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I've spent so long pondering over what Quarians might look like under their suits (trying to take both pre-established lore and real-life biology into account), and DANG these are some concepts I actually dig.
I've been looking at Quarian helmets for so long trying to determine what their facial shape might look like, and I also came up with the headcanon that Quarian males must've elongated chins. (I could even imagine that a large chin is considered attractive, so perhaps the helmets are designed like that to make their chins appear larger.)
Looking at their helmets from the side, I've actually been wondering if the back of their heads extends a little farther than a human's as well (reference male, reference female). Thus, I sort of came up with the headcanon that the Quarians have what I call the "Akhenaten head shape". If you don't know, Akhenaten was a pharaoh from the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt who is kind of renown for his peculiar body shape; at least in monuments, he's always depicted with what one could call a nutcracker chin, a prolonged head and a long, thin neck. Other members of the royal family are depicted like this as well though (two of Akhenaten's daughters in this case), so it might have been more of an artistic style of the period. For a human, this head shape may be unnatural, but I wonder if it might be actually normal for Quarians.
Given how sinewy the arms and legs of the Geth look, I also surmised that the Quarians must have really muscular limbs. The legs in particular appear to have a lot of muscle mass, so it would be logical to assume Quarians are excellent runners. This would be an ideal adaptation to habitats such as savannas, steppes, and half-deserts where there is little cover and the only way to escape from predators is to run.
Btw, one thing I also noticed is that Quarian feet are kind of similar to an ostrichâs in that they only have two toes. The two toes are actually unique among avians and an adaptation to the ostrichâs exceptionally high running speeds. The horny part of the Quarians' toes/their "toenails" also seem to extend pretty far, if the feet of the Geth are any indication. (One additional fact to note here is that Geth, for whatever reason, have an additional third toe like female Quarians; male Quarians do not have this.)
Wow, I never thought about the flashing of the mouth piece being meant to represent their mouths glowing from the inside! It would make sense though; I could imagine that the glowing eyes/mouth play an important role in communication. That the Quarians designed the Geth's faces as lamps because of this is actually one of my headcanons as well - to them, it would probably be more unusual to look into a face that doesn't glow, and they gave the Geth head lamps for familiarity so they feel more comfortable around them. (I remember someone who designed humanoid androids saying "we designed them in a way so people would be comfortable with letting them into their home", so perhaps the Quarians operated on the same logic.)
However, if you think about it, the glowing parts of the Quarians' faces would be kind of hard to see in broad daylight, especially on a planet with as much sun exposure as Rannoch. Therefore, I've been considering whether Quarians might be nocturnal - or rather, crepuscular. A lot of desert animals are crepuscular as well, which is because deserts are scorching hot at day and freezing cold at night. Rannoch also has longer days than Earth (32.3 Earth hours), so this effect would be even more extreme; thus, it would make sense if Quarians were only active in the morning/evening hours to avoid the most extreme temperatures. In dim light, I imagine their eye shine could be seen from very far away (especially on wide plains), so they may be able to locate and communicate with each other at large distances.
The idea that the Quarians have a third eye is actually super cool! It's actually something that quite a few primeval species have, such as the tuatara. In fact, it was even present in Therapsida, the closest extinct relatives of modern mammals. (This fits in well with my overall concept for the Quarians, which is largely based on "primeval mammals".) However, in those species that have it, this "third eye" doesn't really look like an eye in the sense of the word. It's more like a really small, translucent spot between the eyes, and the visual organ itself is hidden beneath the skin. So, chances are we wouldn't even perceive the third eye of the Quarians as an eye at the first glance. The Protheans, however, might have recognized it as such, making the Quarians look alluring to them. (On the other hand, there are some species, such as the Madagascar swift, that have skin markings surrounding their parietal eye, giving off the illusion of an "actual eye", so it's possible the Quarians might have something similar.)
The Quarians having a third eye might actually solve one of the biggest problems I ran into: We do know that the Quarians have UV vision, but UV light is actually damaging to the retina. That's why the species who can see it (e.g. insects like bees) are usually short-lived, and UV light is largely or completely filtered out of the visual spectrum of most mammals. (One fascinating exception to this are reindeer, which are able to perceive UV light to better make out UV-absorbing surfaces in the snowy, same-colored landscape they live in.) I've been puzzling over how the Quarians might have compensated for this, speculating whether the reason their eyes shine might be because they're biofluorescent, reflecting the most damaging of UV light and converting it to different wavelengths (it's been suggested some shallow water corals do this to protect themselves from UV light). However, in the species that have it, the parietal eye serves not only the purpose of perceiving light and dark, but also UV light. This would literally solve all my problems - to avoid damaging the retina of the ânormalâ eyes, just have an extra eye for UV vision! ;-)
There are some things that might contradict this, though: In real-life animals, the parietal eye is only present in ectothermic/cold-blooded species. (Basically, the parietal eye regulates the wake/sleep cycle and other biological rhythms as well as hormone production for thermoregulation, which is why warm-blooded species lack it.) I previously played with the idea that Quarians might be mesotherm, or "semi-warm-bloodedâ. This was because a) I sort of used the Afrotheria (the group of animals that elephants, sea cows, and hyraxes belong to) as an inspiration since they live in warm climates and are noted to have a few primeval characteristics (such as weak thermoregulation), and b) because endothermy/warm-bloodedness itself is suspected to have developed to kill off pathogens, and Rannoch barely has any of those. On the other hand, we know Quarians can get fever, which is a trait exclusive to endothermic species; it's entirely possible the Quarians developed endothermy when pathogens were more abundant on Rannoch though - perhaps a large portion of the planet's microorganisms were later killed off due to rising UV radiation or something.
If the glowing of the Quariansâ eyes/mouths is caused by bioluminescent bacteria, that might provide an explanation for that as well. Aside from microorganisms, bioluminescence is known from marine animals, invertebrates, and fungi, but not from land-based vertebrae, which would kind of make the Quarians outliers. (Small note about bioluminescence vs biofluorescence here: Bioluminescence results from the light that living organisms emit themselves, which can be either produced by the animal itself or by symbiotic bacteria; biofluorescence, on the other hand, is light being reflected from organic surfaces and converted into different wavelengths, which actually happens to be quite wide-spread even among mammals.) However, presuming UV radiation on Rannoch is really high, perhaps microorganisms can only survive by living in the bodies of other organisms - so, maybe the Quarians are in a symbiotic relationship with the type of bacteria that makes their eyes glow.
If the glowing of the eyes and mouth really is meant for communication in low-light conditions, that might already provide an explanation why the visor of their helmet is darkened, because you wouldn't see their glowing eyes very well otherwise. If that was the case though, you'd have to wonder why they illuminate the inside of their own vessels (you'd think that keeping the light low and instead having an option to undim the helmet would cost a lot less electricity).
I did read some interpretations that Quarians already used veils pre-Migrant Fleet and that it's more of a cultural thing. One idea I was toying around with that sort of originated from the Protheans perceiving the Quarians as a "very emotional" people is that they have "facial lines" along/around their mouth, nose, and eyes which reflect UV light differently depending on their mood (due to contraction of blood vessels or something). You could literally "read" their emotions from their face, but there are some social situations where this might be inappropriate/disadvantageous; hence, the veils. (This might be a bit much though if the eyes/mouth already serve that purpose; also, assuming relatives, lovers, and close friends are exempt from that rule, youâd have to wonder why Tali doesnât undim her helmet if you romance her.)
Another thought I had was that they might be wearing the opaque helmets out of shame; again, this goes very much into my headcanon, but basically, I imagined the Quarians naturally having grayish/dark skin that's similar in structure to elephant skin. From that, I had the idea that Quarians may get the same "depigmentation spots" that elephants have, though for the Quarians it's more of a pathological effect (due to an imbalanced diet and the like; they supposedly had a very symbiotic relationship with their environment, so living outside of it might have quite a few negative side effects). By the time of the Migrant Fleet, their skin would have lost a lot of its coloration, which might be considered unsightly among the Quarians.
Anyway, just a few ideas Iâm throwing around. :-)
stray quarian thoughts.
quarians have accents specific to the ship they grew up on.
suit colors can also reflect home ship or current ship assignment.
since their ships have windows sometimes little quarians wave at other ships as they pass by, and it's an extra special treat if someone waves back.
quarian suits reflect their physiology, especially in the face, so yes, quarian men have jawlines that could cut glass.
the quarians built the geth in their image so this can give us clues to how they look!heads shaped similar to the geth, including the rounded neck that slopes into the back of the head. the geth have those ropey arm muscles so i think quarians either have the same muscles and they're highly visible, or they have skin patterns that imitate the muscles. and, most importantly, i think quarians have a center-forehead third eye, which is why the geth have one big light. this is also why the protheans think the quarians are hot (more than two eyes).
quarians glow from the inside (somewhat similar to hanar?) and so the glowing part on their suits' mouthpieces is actually synced with their mouth movements. the third eye either doesn't glow or it does and that's one reason the quarians wear head coverings.
#mass effect#mass effect lore#lore theories#quarians#quarian biology#alien biology#oops my hand slipped and I wrote a pseudo-scientific essay again xD
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People who hate Helen Cutter just hate to see a girlboss winning
#primeval#see I would be iconic in this fandom if more than seven people cared about it because I'm hilarious#this is sarcastic btw#hate that I have to clarify but I do
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the best fannons are the ones that smooth over disjointed long running series
rework the plot lines to interact with each other, have a theme, explain how a character introduced in season 5 would interact with a character killed off in season 2, fulfill the character arc of the character who was killed off between seasons when their actor unexpectedly didnât sign back on, actually have the mechanics of the world function consistently throughout the story
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Glorfindel and the Balrog (Again)
Glorfindel was a badass and I need to talk about this AGAIN.
I thought I was done waxing poetic about Glorfindel's fight with the Balrog after the last post. I mean, what else was there to say? Joke's on me. Because I just had an epiphany recently concerning that duel that I realized is so grossly overlooked because, you know, epic battle and badass awesomeness that takes priority over anything mundane (I'm guilty of that. Refer to: said post).
I'm going to dredge up some popular fanon again and declare that it's canon. Let me ask y'all a question:
DO YOU KNOW HOW HOT FIRE IS?
Hear me out. Yes, simple question and yeah, everyone knows fire is frickin hot. As I said though, it's a mundane detail and as a result, tends to be overlooked. However, my attention was drawn to it when I recently took part in a brushfire.* Do not confuse this with a typical bonfire. This brushfire was to burn dead brush gathered over the course of several years and can only be burned in the middle of winter. It's way hotter, way bigger with way more fuel burning. I'd seen a brushfire before but I'd forgotten what it felt like.
We all had to stand, at minimum, 20ft away (30ft or more was better). The fire itself was impressive, but the intensity of that heat was insane. We maintained a safe distance, but our faces still turned pink from the heat. My actual eyeballs began to burn and I had to either back up further or turn away completely. The heat converted the 1°F air (-17°C) into something comfortable to breathe even that far away. But I have to emphasize that, no matter where you walked, you could not get safely within 20ft of this fire without proper apparatus. It was too hot for your face and eyes to tolerate.
Guys, that Balrog was a beast of living fire and Glorfindel grappled with it. I mean, he was already in proximity close enough to engage in that combat. Let's recap: struck the Balrog's head (impressive btw, considering Balrogs are twice an Elf's height), hewed off its whip-arm, and drove his sword through the Balrog's shoulder, not to mention all the other blows he landed in the combat:
"The ardour of Glorfindel drave that Balrog from point to point, and his mail fended him from its whip and claw.âÂ
But remember, when he struck the shoulder and the sword caught, the full-on brawling on the mountain pinnacle began:
âThen sprang the Balrog in the torment of his pain and fear full at Glorfindel, who stabbed like a dart of a snake; but he found only a shoulder, and was grappled, and they swayed to a fall upon the crag-top.â
....This is actually blowing my mind a bit. How has this not clicked before? Because this speaks volumes to Glorfindel's determination to see the demon killed, to save his people. Glorfindel wasn't a safe distance away shooting arrows or hurling spears. He wasn't 20ft away. He was fighting with a sword. And he was literally embracing that creature of living flame in a fight to the death. We don't know the literal degree of how hot the Balrogs burned, but by intuition alone, I think we can deduce that they were a lot bigger and hotter than some mere brushfire. Let's recall some details from the book in The Bridge of Khazad-dûm:
"The flame roared up to greet [the Balrog], and wreathed about it; and a black smoke swirled in the air. Its streaming mane kindled, and blazed behind it. [...] The dark figure streaming with fire raced towards them. [...] Fire came from its nostrils."
From The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, #144:
"The Balrogs, of whom the whips were the chief weapons, were primeval spirits of destroying fire [...]"
Balrogs were their own self-regulating and self-sustaining inferno, with "hearts of fire". Peter Jackson may have exaggerated the height of the Balrog in the movie, but he nailed the physiology, imo. Balrogs never laughed, never spoke, but they could control the amount of fire and darkness/shadow they emitted.
Getting back to that fanon I mentioned, it's a popular idea that Glorfindel sustained burns or caught fire in this fight, something like that. It's a notion regularly used in fanfic for years but always something relegated to the fanon category, an "unconfirmed" theory. I've enjoyed those fics, still do, but there's always been the back-and-forth about how accurate it is, if at all. I was on that fence too because Tolkien never explicitly stated it happened.
But guys, it's canon. Glorfindel got burned in that fight. Even if he never came in contact with its living flame (he did), even if he never brawled with the Balrog (he did), the heat alone would've burned him from the proximity of fighting with a sword. That's the whole point of this post.
This is the one time I'm not giddy about declaring a fanon is canon. It's so awful. Of course, it's left to the individual imagination as to the severity of his burns and where they occurred. Elves are not humans and I submit to the idea that there can be a difference in tolerance with such elements (such is the case with cold temperatures), but Tolkien still made it clear they're not immune to fire. I recall wondering if Glorfindel ever got burned, but it was such a passing thought I think because I put too much focus on this text:
"The ardour of Glorfindel drave that Balrog from point to point, and his mail fended him from its whip and claw.âÂ
Tolkien made it clear that Glorfindel obtained no fatal/serious injuries in that fight, which is significant and should be recognized precisely because it's a testament to Glorfindel's insane skill and speed. But Tolkien says it, or rather omits it, right there: "his mail fended him from its whip and claw". Tolkien doesn't mention the fire. He's talking about the attacks the Balrog is trying to strike Glorfindel with and failing abominably. It's so easy to ignore a mundane factor like temperature when there's so much epic action to fixate on.
Because before Glorfindel even began grappling with the Balrog and came in contact with its fire, he was getting burned.
And it never slowed him down.
Have you ever been even minorly burned by fire before, like a candle flame or heat from a stove? I have and it's the mildest as far as burns go but IT HURTS. It gets your attention like nothing else and makes you yank back on pure instinct. Yet Glorfindel never yanked back. He wasn't fighting any candle flame, yet he never faltered or stepped back at the searing touch of that heat. Let alone the actual fire later.
Glorfindel was plainly hell-bent on saving his people from this threat. No one can argue that, particularly when he was the one to pursue the Balrog. But this new aspect just further drives home that single-mindedness of that determination. That desperation. That's a better word. For as calm and in control of that fight as he was, despite being seared by that heat which would cause a normal person to falter, he never once retreated even for a moment to regain ground (he had room) or wait for aid (Elves were rushing to help him, Tolkien said) or reassess (he had time - that Balrog was terrified of him at that point and was actively trying to run away from him). My conclusion? Glorfindel was desperate to kill it. Frantic in that calm, disciplined way that's terrifying. Grief from Gondolin's destruction, grief from the massacre of his people, anger and uncertainty at their dire state, and now this demon was coming to finish off what remnant was left?
No. Soon as Glorfindel "leapt forward upon him" there was only one objective in his mind, one end: that Balrog was going to die now. And nothing would stop him or slow him down until it did.
*descriptions of the battle on Cristhorn from âThe Fall of Gondolinâ HoME II.194-5 *(disclaimer to ward off comments: this fire was in the middle of a field of snow, was law-abiding, was city-approved, etc. It was a controlled burn so no worries)
#glorfindel#balrog#silmarillion#cristhorn#tolkien#just when i think i can't obsess over this golden elf even more#please tell me i'm not the only one a little shook up by this#the heat factor of fire is so overlooked in the legendarium#but it never slowed him down!!!#glorfindel i love you#chili indie essays#gwedhiel#meta
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76, 75, 51 :), 26, 23 (me when i read lists from bottom to top)
i love that you read them from bottom to top let me do that too
76. a pokemon that you feel is underrated araquanid is cool as hell and STRONG !!! i like araquanid a lot i think it deserves to be talked about more
75. a pokemon that you feel is overrated i wont lie. im bad at this question cause i feel like all the most popular pokemon are overrated but like. i feel like everyone feels that way tbh. i feel like it's more like "overrated by gamefreak" LOL
51. favorite bug type STARES at you. do you know how ahrd this is for me. like OK the #1 is scizor but then theres also caterpie and butterfree... volcarona!! galvantula!!! yanma and yanmega... the venipede and sewaddle lines... wurmple... ledyba... AUUUGHHHHHH
26. least favorite design of a pokemon EISCUE I HATE THAT MOTHER FUCKER SO BAD
23. favorite music track from a pokemon game ehehe
unova route 10
kalos route 15
village bridge. oo ee aa...
Omg wait i put road to primeval forest in one of these but i should do some more spinoff tracks cause the spinoff game osts FUCK so hard so often
main street colosseum
waterfall colosseum
dark rust theme and battle (this is so funny to me btw. they go so hard . but the antagonist is like. Literally a Key)
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5e Hank J. Wimbleton, the Protagonist build (Madness Combat)
(Artwork by AndrewKO on Newgrounds.)
Friday Night Funkinâ Tricky Mod reminded me of the Madness Combat series... man itâs a trip in the best possible way. I honestly miss the old days on Newgrounds where stuff like Madness Combat could get extremely popular just off fan reception alone.
Anyways I think the fantasy of playing a bloodthirsty expert killer is something that most people can identify with in D&D, and Hank is certainly a badass in his own right. So while this was mostly a spur-of-the-moment sort of build hereâs Hank J. Wimbleton with as many of his abilities I could reasonably put into a build at once, from Madness Combat 1 all the way to Madness Combat 11: Expurgation.
Also I finally get to use artwork from a website other than DeviantArt which is pretty awesome.
GOALS
Avenger - Hank shoots guns good and Madness is a series of guns first and foremost.
Aggregation - Hank is also more than capable in melee combat, being able to use all sorts of weapons including his fists!
Redeemer - Spoilers for Madness Combat 9 I guess.
RACE
The characters in Madness donât really look like anything in reality, but itâs fairly safe to say that they are meant to be some sort of human. So weâre going to be going for Variant Human: yup not even an Eberron race since we do need everything that Variant Human provides. Increase your Constitution and Dexterity both by 1 and grab Acrobatics proficiency to dodge incoming knife swings and gunfire. And as per standard take whatever language suits your campaign.
Now youâre probably expecting Crossbow Expert as our level 1 feat, right? Or perhaps even Gunner? Thatâs where youâre wrong! Hank throws punches far earlier than he starts using guns, and he also uses a lot or improvised weapons throughout the mainline Madness Combat series. So grab Tavern Brawler for a +1 to Strength, a d4 unarmed strike (itâs not earth-shattering but it gets the job done), and proficiency with improvised weapons. And the grappling part which honestly doesnât impact us much, but itâs nice to grab a human shield.
ON THE GUNNER FEAT: Going to make a quick mention now that this build is made under the assumption that your DM will not allow firearms in their campaign, and as a result we will be reflavoring crossbows as firearms. In short weâre not taking the Gunner feat, but if your DM allows it go ahead and take it.
Honestly if your DM allows firearms it would probably be a good idea to play whatever firearm-based class they added to play as Hank, instead of the build I made here. This build however is meant for the average D&D campaign.
ABILITY SCORES
Hank is MAD, rather fittingly. So MAD in fact that I canât contain the madness within Standard Array. So rejoice weâre actually going to be using Point Buy!
STRENGTH; 9 - The vast majority of Hankâs weapons are either firearms or weapons that I would constitute as finesse based. With the +1 from Tavern Brawler this is still enough for your punches and improvised Strength weapons to pack a punch at least.
DEXTERITY; 15 - As mentioned above we will primarily be using firearms (crossbows) and finesse weapons.
CONSTITUTION; 11 - Mostly to round out the build, which along with the +1 from our race gives us a bit of bulk which will help with all the killing.
INTELLIGENCE; 14 - Thereâs many ways I can justify this but the easiest way is to say âitâs a multiclassing requirement.â
WISDOM; 14 - Wisdom is tied to perception as well as survival instinct, and is a multiclassing requirement.
CHARISMA; 8 - Hank is of the quiet sort and doesnât talk much between all the killing. Yes he can intimidate info out of people but you try keeping your cool with a gun pointed to your head.
BACKGROUND
There was a man who sought the sheriff, and to slay the sheriff youâre automatically made a Criminal. I am however going to suggest swapping your skills out for Intimidation and Slight of Hand (IE Gun Tricks.) Feel free to take whatever Gaming Set you want, but thankfully as a Criminal you can choose Land Vehicles as your tool proficiency, because Hank does run over some guys in part 4!
Criminal Contact will let you get in contact with Sanford and Deimos in case you... you know, die? You can always get your message across when needed: D&D doesnât have computers but you can still find some shady merchants or corrupt guards to get into contact with your crew.
(Artwork by redemer19 on Newgrounds.)
THE BUILD
LEVEL 1 - ARTIFICER 1
Starting off as an Artificer because CON saving throw proficiency is nice. So is proficiency in Investigation, Perception, and a tool of your choice.
Tinkererâs Tools technically counts as gunsmith tools if we go with Matt Mercerâs homebrew, but you already get those for free (along with Thievesâ Tools) as an Artificer. I personally opted for Smithâs Tools as the next best option which will also double for taking care of swords and knives.
You can also get a Boombox to dance to thanks to Magical Tinkering. You can infuse magic into a Tiny object to give it a variety of effects: make it glow, have it display a message, or most importantly have it play the Chicken Dance song. You can have a number of these equal to your Intelligence modifier, which is to say not many.
You do also get Spellcasting:Â You get two cantrips from the Artificer list: Mage Hand will let you grab a weapon for yourself thatâs out of reach, and Acid Splash will serve as a starter shotgun for some buckshot against multiple enemies. As for your leveled spells you can prepare a number of spells equal to your Intelligence modifier plus half your Artificer level, which is to say... not many. Feather Fall can be useful when up in high places, and Detect Magic is universally useful for finding any anomalies created by the Improbability Drive.
LEVEL 2 - ARTIFICER 2
The main reason we went for Artificer first is Infusions, gear you can bring at the start of the fight for an upper hand. Of course the main weapon weâll be grabbing is the Repeating Shot Weapon which will be how you make basically all your guns. Not having to reload is nice and not having to worry about ammo is better!
ON YOUR WEAPONS: For now the only weapon you can reasonably use is a Light Crossbow, however soon youâll be able to put Repeating Shot on either a Heavy Crossbow (rifle) or Hand Crossbow (pistol) depending on your preference.
Other than that you can borrow from Sanfordâs book and make a Returning Weapon to throw a hook and pull it back, create Sending Stones to keep in touch with your crew, and have a Rope of Climbing to sneak into the sheriffâs office. Or you can choose your own tools for the job as I am merely suggesting what makes the most sense for Hank, but the Repeating Shot Weapon is the only one you truly need.
You can also prepare another spell like Identify, to know what weapon youâre picking up.
LEVEL 3 - RANGER 1
This is a bit out of left field isnât it? Well Ranger gives a number of things, the first of which being Stealth proficiency for your initial entrance. You also get Deft Explorer (instead of Natural Explorer) for Canny, giving you two languages (pick your poison) and Expertise in one skill of your choice (go for Acrobatics to evade attacks and stay alive.)
You also get Favored Foe (instead of Favored Enemy), letting you concentrate on an enemyâs weak points to kill them quickly. When you hit an enemy you can choose to mark them so they take an extra d4 of damage once per turn from your attacks. You do have to concentrate on this effect (like a spell) but aiming for the head is a good way to end someone quickly.
LEVEL 4 - RANGER 2
Second level Rangers get to choose their Fighting Style and youâre probably expecting me to tell you to take Archery, right? Well even if youâre mostly going to be using guns you do have proficiency with melee weapons too, and since our Strength is kinda bad Iâd suggest taking Druidic Warrior for some simple boosts to your combat proficiency.
Shillelagh will be a good place to start by letting you swing a blunt object with your Wisdom instead of your Strength. The main weapons Hank uses in the Madness series other than shortswords is clubs, bats, and pipes which Iâd all consider as viable targets for Shillelagh if your DMâs cool.
Mending will be useful to keep your outfit in check after taking a bad hit.
Feel free to take Archery if you want as itâs likely more useful for this build. Again I am opting for whatâs the most accurate for Hank, not for whatâs the most optimal to build.
But if you want to keep yourself in check after taking a bad hit you can grab some Ranger Spellcasting. Cure Wounds will let you bandage yourself (or an ally) up in the thick of a fight, and Zephyr Strike will let you rush in while avoiding danger to deliver a deadly strike on a key foe.
LEVEL 5 - RANGER 3
Thereâs quite a few reasons we didnât go for Rogue levels in this build (spoilers btw): Hank does most of his fighting solo, doesnât really opt for stealth except for at the start of missions, and because the Gloom Stalker is far better for how Hank operates. For a start you get Umbral Sight for 60 feet of Darkvision with your dumb human eyes, but you can also hide in the dark so well that even creatures with darkvision canât see you! Which is good because Dread Ambusher gives you a bonus to initiative rolls equal to your Wisdom modifier along, but more importantly lets you move 10 feet faster on the first round of combat. And you can also attack one extra time on the first round of combat, and if you hit with that extra attack youâll deal an extra d8 damage to down a foe quick and give yourself more options.
You can learn a new spell at this level like Hail of Thorns for some buckshot, and you also get Gloom Stalker Magic, adding Disguise Self to your spell list so you can look like a regular dude who isnât covered with bandages. You also get Primal Awareness, because even if Speak With Animals makes no sense for Hank itâs still better than Primeval Awareness.
(Artwork by LegendaryPanettone on Newgrounds.)
LEVEL 6 - RANGER 4
4th level Rangers get an Ability Score Improvement: Dexterity controls everything we do currently so increase that by 2 for better AC, shooting, sword-swinging, and DEX saves.
LEVEL 7 - RANGER 5
5th level Rangers get an Extra Attack, allowing them to shoot twice and even allowing you specifically to shoot 3 times on your first turn!
You can also learn second level Ranger spells now: Primal Awareness gives you Beast Sense and Gloom Stalker Magic gives you Rope Trick for a place to hide and ambush from. And Enhance Ability (ty Tashaâs) will let you push yourself when violence is needed.
LEVEL 8 - RANGER 6
6th level Rangers see Favored Foe turn into a d6 to be somewhat on-par with Hunterâs Mark. You also get Roving from Deft Explorer for 5 extra feet of movement, as well as a swimming and climbing speed.
But now that youâve gotten all your killing done itâs time to die. Because you do not kill clown; clown kills you!
(Artwork by Jinxsaw on Newgrounds.)
LEVEL 9 - ARTIFICER 3
You canât kill the protagonist! Weâre at 9th level which translates perfectly to Madness Combat 9, which means you can be revived as an Armorer Artificer! Your consciousness will be placed inside of a suit of Arcane Armor, replacing any missing limbs you may have and genuinely account for all your injuries. The armor also doesnât have a Strength requirement and can be used as a focus for your Artificer spells.
Thereâs two different Armor Models to choose from but for now Iâd suggest keeping to guns and going for the Infiltrator model (mostly because your Intelligence is bad so it would be better to opt for Dexterity to fire your guns.) The Lightning Launcher is like a handgun except it has very good range (90/300) and does Lightning Damage, and even lets you do an extra d6 damage once per turn! You also get Powered Steps for an extra 5 feet of movement speed (adding up to 40 total thanks to Ranger!) and a Dampening Field will give you Advantage on Stealth due to your black outfit.
You also get some Armorer Spells: Magic Missile for some unavoidable gunfire and Thunderwave to give yourself some space. You can also choose a different set of Artisanâs Tools from Tools of the Trade since you likely already have Smithâs Tools proficiency. You can pick whatever you think will be useful, but itâs worth mentioning that you can make a tool with 1 hour of work thanks to The Right Tool for the Job. And no Hank; weapons are not tools. At least not by this definition.
LEVEL 10 - ARTIFICER 4
4th level Artificers get an Ability Score Improvement. Wouldnât it make sense to increase your Intelligence as an Artificer now that you can use your Armorer weapons with INT? Yes. Anyways increase your Dexterity by 2.
WOULD IT HAVE MADE MORE SENSE TO MAX OUT INTELLIGENCE FOR THIS BUILD? Yes. Now that you have Armorer levels youâre basically never going to be using crossbows again realistically. Oops. Having good INT instead of good DEX would mean that you could start using the Guardian armor to punch some stuff, and 14 in DEX would still allow you to wear Medium armor. You couldâve easily taken 3 (or more realistically 5) levels in Artificer at the start of this build and then gone for Ranger to not have to deal with bad ranged weapons while having good stats for an Artificer.
Thereâs still strengths to having high DEX obviously (good initiative, good Stealth and Acrobatics checks, good DEX saves, and you get Mirror Image as an Armorer Artificer) but itâs really not that important for this build. But Iâm still maxing it out first as itâs accurate to Hank. In the average D&D campaign youâre not going to be picking up weapons from enemies you kill to use them when you run out of ammo. Thereâs many things I took in this build that are impractical for anything other than a combat heavily inspired by Madness Combat.
Basically feel free to min-max this build if you so desire; itâs quite viable in its own right when you do so. Again Iâm trying for accuracy over viability. Also P.S. After this build comes out Iâm going to release a âpre-MC9â³ Hank build if you want more of the traditional Hank who isnât in power armor.
You can also prepare another spell at this level but weâre going to wait for...
LEVEL 11 - ARTIFICER 5
5th level Artificers get an Extra Attack... which you already have. Oops.
Well at least you get access to second level spells! As an Armorer you get Mirror Image to dodge gunfire, and Shatter! For a grenade! But to continue dodging attacks Blur works well as long as the enemy doesnât have Truesight, which the AAHW may have by total level 11.
LEVEL 12 - ARTIFICER 6
6th level Artificers can prepare more Infusions! A Spell-Refueling Ring will let you restock on spell slot bullets mid-fight, and Boots of the Winding Path will let you jump back after getting into melee combat.
You also get Tool Expertise which is exactly what it says on the tin. You double your proficiency bonus when making checks with tools.
To top it off you can prepare another spell like Catapult. Why are we preparing a first level spell? Because Hank throws big rocks at Tricky in Madness 11. Told you I did research.
(Artwork by ramblinshroom on Newgrounds.)
LEVEL 13 - ARTIFICER 7
7th level Artificers get to feel the pain of my choice to max out Dexterity instead of Intelligence as Flash of Genius scales heavily off Intelligence. When you or an ally within 30 feet makes an ability check or a saving throw you can use your reaction to add your Intelligence modifier to the roll. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier and regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
LEVEL 14 - ARTIFICER 8
8th level Artificers get another Ability Score Improvement and now that your Dexterity is maxed out... more Wisdom lol? Look weâll deal with your Intelligence in a bit but Wisdom gives you better initiative among other things.
You can also prepare another spell but next level will get us third level spells, so...
LEVEL 15 - ARTIFICER 9
9th level Artificers can get used to their new revived bodies thanks to Armor Modifications. The chest, boots, helmet, and weapons of your armor all count as individual items for the sake of infusions, and you can have two more infusions active! (As long as theyâre on your armor anyways.)
You also get Hypnotic Pattern and Lightning Bolt as an Armorer, for a flashbang and some purgatory powers. And you can prepare a spell like Haste, to move so fast itâs like the world is in slow motion.
LEVEL 16 - ARTIFICER 10
So you know how we just got two more infusions for your armor? Well 10th level Artificers can make Gauntlets of Ogre Power and a Headband of Intellect to finally get your Strength and Intelligence to a reasonable level. Again probably a bit late to do so but it does mean that you can finally use melee weapons well, or your Guardian Armor to do some punching! (Iâm not going to cover the Guardian Armor now but know that you can punch people and give them disadvantage to hit your allies, and also give yourself Temporary hitpoints.)
And the best part is that you can still keep attuned to other useful items as Magic Item Adept gives you one more attunement slot, meaning that you can be attuned to 4 items total!
And to top it off more Intelligence means more spells and holy shit another cantrip! For your cantrip you can finally take Message to keep in contact with your party, and for your leveled spells...
People die a lot in Nevada: Revivify can help if one of those people are a friend.
See Invisibility will help you avoid ambushes.
Lesser Restoration can help you in a pinch if youâre pinned down.
But again I seriously can not stress enough that you are more than welcome to pick spells that you feel are stronger, as I am merely picking spells for a simple guy who really likes killing.
(Artwork by marcipancakes on Newgrounds.)
LEVEL 17 - RANGER 7
Very quickly going back to Ranger to grab the last few abilities we missed: 7th level Gloom Stalkers have an Iron Mind for proficiency with Wisdom saves. Yup thatâs it. Well at least you can add () to your Ranger spell list.
LEVEL 18 - RANGER 8
8th level Rangers get Land Stride to not be slowed down by the difficult terrain during Expurgation, and even giving yourself advantage against magical terrain made to harm you in purgatory.
But more importantly you get an Ability Score Improvement to pump your Wisdom up a little more. But really I only waited this long to get Ranger 8 to talk about Martial Versatility from Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything: talk to your DM about it but Iâd actually suggest grabbing Archery proper now instead of Druidic Warrior because youâve got the Strength to use weapons.
Oh yeah you could also totally like... use the Guardian armor and carry a repeating crossbow for ranged combat.
LEVEL 19 - ARTIFICER 11
11th level Artificers can bring out the heavy artillery with a Spell-Storing Item. You can store a first or second level spell from the Artificer spell list in one simple or martial weapon (or a spellcasting focus) that requires 1 action to cast.
While holding the object, a creature can take an action to produce the spellâs effect from it, using your spellcasting ability modifier. If the spell requires concentration, the creature must concentrate. The spell stays in the object until itâs been used a number of times equal to twice your Intelligence modifier (minimum of twice) or until you use this feature again to store a spell in an object.
There are plenty of good spells you can choose from but Iâm going to just say this: put Shatter in the item. There are perhaps more useful choices, but isnât a grenade belt the embodiment of Madness?
LEVEL 20 - ARTIFICER 12
12th level Artificers get our last Ability Score Improvement which means hey: maxed out Wisdom! Yes there are perhaps feats you could get (some ideas Iâd suggest would be either the Dual Wielder feat [carry a Repeating Hand Crossbow in one hand and your magical fist in the other] or the Sharpshooter feat) but I simply opted for maxing out stats.
And you can prepare one more spell like... I donât know? Blink for more dodging?
FINAL BUILD
PROS
Abrogation - I came into this build with the intent of making you capable with all weapons regardless of type and well... I certainly accomplished that. You have good Dexterity for any finesse and ranged weapons and your Strength is strong enough to swing a bat around.
Antipathy - You are also damn capable in combat with an insane opening turn and very good DPS regardless of if you choose to fight with fists or guns, not to mention a good supply of spells and class abilities to truly slaughter your foes.
Apotheosis - It wasnât my intent but... 20 in two stats and 19 in two others? Excluding your Charisma and Constitution youâre a superhuman of a man.
CONS
Depredation - You have to be level 16 to finally get a decent Strength and Intelligence score, and while low STR doesnât matter much low INT really hurts as an Artificer.
Consternation -Â âHigh stats except Constitutionâ is a problem. Honestly going 15 in Artificer and 5 in Ranger wouldâve gotten you level 15 infusions for a Hill Giantâs Belt for 21 STR and an Amulet of Health for 19 CON.
Inundation - Thereâs a lot of little tweaks worth changing in this build, notably the focus on Dexterity versus Intelligence. Realistically having 20 INT and 14 DEX is more useful for you as an Artificer than having 19 INT and 20 DEX.Â
But who cares if itâs messy; as long as itâs effective. Killing everyone somewhere in Nevada will give you plenty of experience to reach your maximum Madness level. You are the Protagonist and they are the Victims... but donât go into any D&D campaigns with that mentality, or else you may be the Clown.
(Artwork by Teknodice on Newgrounds.)
#dnd#dnd 5e#dnd build#dnd guide#Newgrounds#Madness Combat#madness hank#Hank J. Wimbleton#dnd ranger#dnd artificer
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I am going to start listing the racist rhetoric that is coming out of this war...
âUkraine is a European country. We have a 10-year history of Pride marches, and as you know, in Russia, the situation is like opposite,â Edward Reese, project assistant for Kyiv Pride, said in an interview with CBS News. âWe have totally different paths. ⊠We see the changes in peopleâs thoughts about human rights, LGBTQ, feminism and so on. ⊠So definitely we donât want anything connected to Russia ⊠and we wonât have them.â
Source: Queerty: LGBTQ Ukrainians stand strong amid Russian attacks and rumored queer âkill listâ
Using "LGBT rights" as a measuring stick for those who are 'civilized' vs. those who are the 'savages'...
The author of the article furthers this narrative writing:
While same-sex marriage is not recognized in Ukraine, the country does offer some nondiscrimination protections to the LGBTQ community, such as in housing and employment. LGBTQ rights in Russia are less supported, including a so-called propaganda law passed in 2013 that prevents instructing minors of the existence of same-sex relationships and which has been used to crackdown on Pride demonstrations and other pro-LGBTQ events. In Ukraine, thousands marched in a Pride demonstration in September.
The author is trying to walk their tightrope... some protections are offered to LGBT citizens... vague. That applies to countries like the USA, btw. Oh, and the valorizing of marriage as the be-all and end-all for equality shows up. This is then juxtaposed to the situation in Russia.
In short, there are ways of defending your position as a victim of Russian imperialism without using the following tropes:
1) *We* are EUROPE ð€© = cultured, free, progressive, civilized, etc. While *they* are NOT-EUROPE ð© = savages, regressive, primeval, medieval, etc.
Are we going to talk about how, within my lifetime, Ukraine as being part of EASTERN Europe was treated by the same disdain by Western Europe, not 30 years ago???
2) The implication to the above is that ONLY Europe deserves to be praised and protected as pure. How dare Europe be involved in war and misery? (HAHAHAHAHA!) And we, as part of Europe, are above the rest.
3) Using LGBT and women's rights as being a sign of... civilization vs. barbarism is such an old cliche. It matters not when the rest of society is filled with injustice.
I am not done. Look at what the official twitter account for Ukraine tweeted:
"WESTERN SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS"
The same platforms that had Donald Trump on ALL THROUGHOUT HIS PRESIDENCY and didn't have the balls to remove him UNTIL HE WAS VOTED OUT OF OFFICE!
Is the USA not 'WESTERN' enough for you???
It's ironic seeing what was treated as an Eastern European country, suddenly acting like it completely fits into this ominous 'West', and suddenly its shit doesn't stink.
#the west#the toxicity is outrageous#the rhetoric is outrageous#every time I hear in this conflict#I want to PUKE
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BTW I'm probably just going to scream about Primeval for like a day then go back to my normal posting.
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Hello, I was reading your meta about how Darth Vader is a lich (itâs excellent btw) and I was wondering if you could expand more on the classical meaning and uses of the terms âphylacteryâ and âlich.â I know that phylactery has long refered to the boxes attached to tefilum used in jewish prayer (Iâm jewish) and I know the root of the word is derived from Ancient Greek but prior to reading your meta I had heard that the modern use of the âphylacteryâ/âlichâ mythology came from D&D in the 70s. Is there an earlier record of this mythology? Thank you.
The paired terminology lich and phylactery absolutely did enter the modern popular imagination through DnD and other fantasy literature in the middle of the 20th century. I think itâs modern mythology, using extant archetypes to create something new.
The pairing of an undead magician and an object containing their soul/anchor to life are both evocative of earlier mythological elements but not identical. It draws on the ancient idea of magic being a kind of binding and the very ancient concept of the soul. BUT, the words were not linked before the 20th century, and come from distinct heritages.
In DnD, a lich is corporeal, gaunt and skeletal, with points of light burning in place of decomposed eyes. Their soul (life-force? identity?) is stored in an object that binds the soul to the mortal world and prevents it from traveling to the Outer Planes after death. The phylactery itself is usually an amulet in the shape of a small box, but it can take the form of any object with an interior space in which arcane sigils of naming, binding, immortality, and dark magic are scribed in silver. The magicianâs soul persists inside the box.
Since about the Middle Ages, the word phylacteryâs meaning was specifically fixed to tefilum (small boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses of the Torah), but before that, back in antiquity, it meant something more general like amulet or charmâsmall objects worn for magical/supernatural protective power.
The word comes from the verb Ïῠλ៰ÌÏÏÏ (phulássÅ, âto protectâ), and meant a fortified garrison, and then over time the meaning was adopted and changed into a protective amulet. The Jewish usage is a specific continuation of a long-standing tradition, one that Christians (I think) moved away from as âsuperstitionâ and a legacy of paganism.
In antiquity, phylacteries were created using binding spells, engraving, and inscription (spells/magic words, invocations of supernatural beings like minor gods, naming, etc). They were usually tied around the body, either strings/bands, or strips of metal/papyrus was inscribed and then rolled up or folded and carried in a pouch or tubular container. The container itself was not the ÏÏ
λακÏήÏιοΜ, the inscribed/magical contents provided the power. They were thus not conceptually hollow and did not provide a vessel for a soul or anything like that.
There was no specific association between ÏÏ
λακÏήÏιοΜ and preservation from death. They affected things like social relationships, brought prosperity, warded off the evil eye, that sort of thing. There was a great deal of paranoia in antiquity about binding spells/curses like defixiones cast by other people, and amulets/phylacteries were more about that and general protection from them and other misfortune than preservation of the life force.
I know that by the Middle Ages, Christians had phylacteries that contained relics (e.g. the finger of Marie of Oignies in the 13th century was placed in a phylactery). So, what was contained inside the phylactery and powered the protection was no longer something inscribed, but a magical token related to death. Christians, though, did not have any desire to keep their souls alive and away from God (based on my understanding of Christian doctrine, the idea of trying to bind the soul to keep it away from God is incredibly deeply sinful?). Those phylacteries then were also good luck charms within the context of having a good, safe, and happy life.
Why then did 20th century fantasy writers decide to use the word phylactery to describe a magic vessel protecting the soul? I hope the lingering Christian fingers-in-a-box and general magical-safekeeping-amulet meanings of phylactery were in the minds when they paired the term with lich, but it may very well have been a direct appropriation of the Jewish (common, modern, recognized) meaning of the word, I honestly do not know.
In terms of the vocabulary, lich (from Old English lic, corpse), is borrowing resonance from something called a âlich gateâ which stood at the lowest end of the cemetery where the coffin and funerary procession usually entered. Fantasy authors were probably trying to draw both on the corporeal/physical (i.e. not a ghost) undead figure, and the idea of transition and liminality that the lich exists inside, both dead and alive. Liches refuse the final transition, essentially, to go through the gate.
I think itâs a mash up of ancient ideasâby pairing these words, the writers in the 20th century created a modern sort of undead creature. There is no history of lich/phylactery before the 20th century, but both words are very evocative and conceptually related to magic (phylactery) and the narrative undead villains in stories (lich) through the ages, which is perfect for fantasy stories and games that tell stories in those worlds. I think the use of Old English too evokes Tolkienâs contributions to the fantasy genre.Â
By making it specifically a magician (intellectual) who chooses this transformation for themselves, as opposed to a creature animated by something elseâs power, it is reminiscent of the concept hubris, especially nerds who seek to know too much and have too much power through technology/human knowledge. Naming it after something Greek also seems to evoke that it is esoteric and something learned from study, while lich is very idk Anglo-Saxon and old in a primeval way.
The whole concept seems very modern to me also to externalize and concretize a soul into something that can be stored like an object (is it from external memoryâcomputers?). Itâs a very secular and materialist appropriation of a magic/sacred concept, aka the bread and butter of fantasy lit.
Corpses reanimated by supernatural forces are present in almost every belief system in the world, as well as the idea of souls (ghosts) that persist without bodies. What is interesting is the mechanics of how these creatures are reanimated, how they stay reanimated, and how they are destroyed. That is a whole other subject tbh, a whole book could be written about this.
Tl;drâthe combo of lich/phylactery is modern, but evocative of older things both through name and through mechanics.
#this is a ramble sorry#the role of immortality#in mythology#and the various undead revenanat#draugr etc#is huge#but liches are new#classics#essie007#i studied ancient magic#i am not an expert by any means#phylacteries are very old
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RGverse Story Summary (Season 1: Part 1)
i was too lazy to continue on so have the summary from arc 1 to arc 7
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i have......a lot to say before we start, actually.
and it's about the post title. you see the "season 1" thing? yeah. the main storyline is split into seasons.
season 1 is supposed to focus on ars and the more earlier characters i've made more i think. it's also supposed to go in depth with ars' conflict with dark ars, and maybe some destonio-fate lore too.
season 2 is more focused on the severed eden gang, mainly abstruse tho. it's also more focused on the rest of team destruction as a whole, and this season is overall the one that ends the story completely.
now.......there's a third season. "oh! season 3?!" WRONG! season 1.5
it serves as a bridge between season 1 and 2. it has two arcs, with the first arc focusing on one objective and also on the conclusion of two specific characters, while the second arc focuses a little more on ana, primeval, and technicolour.
OKAY DONE FINALLY. LET US START NOW. THERE'S ARCS HERE TOO BTW. OK LET'S START FOR REAL THIS TIME. NO PROCRASTINATING ONCE AGAIN. FUCK IT WE BALL.
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⢠arc 1: starting arc
i don't have names for these arcs so just take random words/sentences that have smth to do with the story of the arc itself ok thanx
anyways, i think it's safe to say arc 1 focuses on introducing some of the characters here first. i think the characters introduced are ars, lucas, ana, aresi (she only appears for like a brief moment sorry aresi ð), the thunderriders members, fate, and destonio. that's abt it
this arc also focuses on introducing the conflict in hand; team destruction and a weird reoccuring dream ars keeps having for some reason.
as for the dream, the premise is always the same; the sky for some reason is pink and there's a weird gateway to god knows where that sucks in everything in the world and ultimately causes destruction and shit. some guy (supposed to be abstruse) is just watching some girl (supposed to be arghena) cause everything and be the bad bitch she is. also in the dream ars just watches some randos (supposed to be the rest of severed eden) die one by one in the same ways every single goddamn time (like the lore related art i posted like. so so long ago).
the dreams always ends up in both abstruse and arghena being consumed by a rlly bright light and them boom. ars wakes up. how odd.
timeskip to like. awhile after he got the dreams. he constantly get those dreams and then finally he got tired so he consulted to aresi abt it. "dude maybe you're going insane how abt you go on a morning stroll to keep yourself sane" she said.
and he fucking did that (idiot).
during that walk he met lucas who just got to the cantate kingdom. lucas was like, looking for a place to stay ig so ars was like, "oh you can stay at my place!!!!" like the fuckinh IDIOT HE IS. lucas agreedeither way bc he"$ greedy as hell at the time. i'm not even gonna bother fixing the typos but you get it right
anywayzzzzz after awhile ars told lucas abt that dream bc lucas was like "yo why do you look like you're gonna lose your sanity ððððð" and uh yea. lucas did NOT suggested that ars should go to a therapist but instead told him that he should actually find the answer himself. and then boom. actual shit begins
they went to the astra kingdom first bc ars wanted to visit ana first. ars tells her abt the dream, and then she agrees to come with him and lucas. and then whoooooshhhhhh to modelista city they go
they nearly got killed once they stepped foot into it btw.
DON'T WORRY THO!!!!!! TROJAN IS HERE TO SAVE THE DAY!1!1!1!11!1!1
trojan then offers to take the trio to the thunderriders base and then foosh. they meet the rest of the thunderriders :)
also i never rlly mentioned who the thunderriders members are so lemme just list it here uhhhh:
- tempo
- shifta
- trojan
- galactic
- satellite
- terabyte
- glaciaxion
- pamolia
- pupa (tho at the time he didn't appeared yet lol)
- aleph-0
yeah.
anyways
moving on
tempo told ars, lucas, and ana abt their goal in defeating team destruction, and how if team destruction successfully carries out their plan to destroy the entirety of planet earth (LMAO AORRU CALLING IT PLANET EARTH IS FUNNY TO ME), then everyone is doomed (and they'll probs die obv)
i think the best way to kick off this arc was to have them be in a bit of danger facing the thunderriders' enemies; team destruction.
well. it's just their minions that came to fucking obliterate them but THATS BESIDES THE POINT. THEVPOIMT ISSSSSS. FATE CAME TO SAVE RHEM BC THEY NEARLY DIED.
FATEEEEEEEE THE FIRST BEST GIRL HERE (i still ly primeval i prommy)
also the arc rlly ends when destonio first appears. he would say smth abt lumine ig. and abt how he hates everything. based destonio moment
from here, pls keep in mind that their objectives are:
1. defeating team destruction and their plan to destroy the world, and
2. find out an answer to ars' dream
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⢠arc 2: oh god things get a lil tricky arc
THE ARC NAMR YOODBYE.
anyways, in this arc we get to know more abt fate. the Sillies⢠find out that she's a fucking goddess and nearly everyone freaked out. ars might look like he's calm abt this when he is screaming on the inside.
^ visual presentation
moving on from that, fate was like "oh i'm just visitinf here ykyk hot girl stuff" and lucas was like "okay bozo" wow soooo misogynistic /j
suddenly some guy comes into the base. fate was shockex enough to seehim BC IT TURNS OUT IT'S DESTONIOâïžâïžâïžâïžâïžâïžâïžâïžâïžâïžâïžâïžâïžâïžâïžâïžâïžâïžâïž
anyways convo between fate and destonio in a nutshell ig:
fate: what the FUCK
destonio: HELLO LUMINE.
fate: NO SHUT THE FUCK UP GET AWAY FOM ME I'? NOT LUMINE
destonio: oh. i get it now. so you decidsd to go by a new fucking identity
destonio: ok fine whatever idgaf anymore.
destonio: anyways hello everyone
ars: What The Fuck.
things went normal after that for some reason. fate, despite her horror of reuniting with destonio, decided to bother him either way. "dEsTo ThIs, DeStO tHaT, WHEN EILL SHE LESVE ME ALONE??????" my guy you fucking asked for this yk ð
anyways after so much filler stuff we finally get to the part things get interesting. dark ars starts invading ars in his sleep instead of the reoccuring dream he always has every night. dark ars is like "hey ars can i. can i take over." and ars would be like "NO??????? LEAVE ME ALONE????"
ok ok uhhh after so much tormenting and even more filler stuff, the Sillies⢠start to realize Something Is Wrong with ars. trojan decided to interrogate ars alone on that matter
Worst mistake possible.
because dark ars was annoyed enough by this to the point where he actually makes ars suffer and feel so much physical pain during the interrogation, which honestly sounds like a shitty premise, but i'm writing this on the spot, so that's why it's shitty. trojan was fucking concerned, let me tell you that.
he was all like, "ars!!!!!!!! are you fucking ok??????!!!!!!!!!!!!" and ars is like "NO I'M NOT." and then after so long dark ars finally takes over and nearly kills trojan. ouch.
lucas managed to confront dark ars abt this and was like "ars?? what the fuck man????" and dark ars was like "shut the fuck up human. i'm seriously going to kill each and everyone of you lowly idiots."
"OUCH??????" â fate, probably.
anyways they managed to defeat ars, but fate accidentally summons a portal that takes ars to a whole different place. probs far away from modelista city. "ms. fate....what the hell???" tempo asked.......this isn't a fic.
the arc ends with ars just....waking up elsewhere. as for where it is.....we'll find out in a little bit.
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⢠arc 3: aegle city arc
uwogh
i....originally didn't exactly want to put aegleseeker as a main character in the story, but now that i think abt it, he can be a supporting character in a sense.
anyways ars turns out to have woken up in aegle city, a city that.......is currently trapped in an eternal night.
heh. mlp moment /j
ars woke up in some house ig, so he quickly realized someone found him unconscious and took him in. turns out that someone is- OH MY GOD THE AEGLESEEKER HIMSELF??????!!!!!!
yea. it could get weirder and nonsensical from here /j again
i don't have much to say abt this arc, other than the fact that ars and aegleseeker just.....help each other in a sense ykyk? it's just them bonding and becoming besties somewhat.
at one point tessi gets mentioned. aegleseeker criticised her for making this world somewhat odd. he also criticised amazing mighty at the same time. this guy is rlly bold.
not much to say abt this arc. it's...really boring compared to the other two ones i think.
IT ACTUALLY DOESN'T END THERE THO.
ars has to get tormented by dark ars again,,,,,,,,,
after that, ars decided to distance himself from aegleseeker, which obviously made him confused. like i would be confused too if my friend started distancing themself from me and talked to me less. he just didn't know that ars is doing that for his safety.
eventually, ars ran away from aegle city, not even telling aegleseeker first. that...definitely made the latter felt a bit hurt in some way, but he's good at hiding things, so that's not obvious enough from the outside.
in the end, we shift focuses...
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⢠arc 4: lucid traveler arc
huh? lucid traveler? could this mean.....oh! lucas is the main focus here now!
it turns out, during ars' time in aegle city, the rest of the thunderriders were trying to find him. fate didn't talked to them that much out of guilt. destonio just went along i guess.
ig throughout this arc lucas reminisces on his time with ars. it's short, but he ended up feeling a lot of things because of his time with ars LMAO.
oh god,,,,feelings?
also at one point pamolia takes the spotlight, which definitely teases something for a future arc lol
god this is all going so slow i hate this AHAHSHDBUDDBF
in the end, one day, lucas decided to find ars all by himself when one can least expect it. after some finding and even more reminiscing, he ended up finding ars in the end. they're not in modelista city anymore btw. they're kind of nearly back in the cantate kingdom, but not exactly there either.
ars was literally trying to avoid lucas so dark ars doesn't hurt him, but lucas just kept on coming to him even more. it can't be helped when dark ars decided to take over eventually. they both then had a super intense fight (real) and despite all of dark ars' efforts, he actually lost Again. he ended up falling unconscious again, and because he felt pity for ars, lucas decided to jusf LEAVE HIM LIKR THAT WHAT THE UFCK MENA.
uh. anyways.
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⢠arc 5: malware arc
oh wow. it's trojan time besties
the main character here is still lucas honestly lmao, but the real main focus here is trojan
lucas got back to the thunderriders base after some time, and the first thing he saw was trojan and terabyte watching the fucking news.
yeah, apparently, the deal with ars and dark ars got a bit out of control, huh?
the whole first part of this arc is pretty normal.......until we get to the second bit. tempo and shifta start to notice something wrong with trojan. trojan starts to say...really weird stuff, like "haha guys what if someone here betrays us or something?" or "y'know, a traitor could be among us (SUS???? /J), right?" OR "[insert name of anyone near him right now], don't you think acting is a strange thing to be made into a profession?"
they both didn't exactly mind this at first, but then the questions and what-if scenarios get even weirder and that certainly made tempo a bit suspicious. so, he decided to confront trojan abt it.
tempo, being dumb for once, tried to force an answer out of trojan bc for some reason he isn't giving any answers???? dawg what are you hiding m8.
WELL.
TURNS OUT.
HE IS INDEED HIDING SOMETHING.
.......
..
.KDCNFK
um
he.
he"$.
he's a spy from team destruction.
HE HAD TO EXPLAIN THIS TO TEMPO SO THAT HE DOESN'T GET KILLED OR WHATEVER BUT BASICALLY the reason why he became a spy for team destruction was because they offered him a good enough deal and they thought he'd make a good enough spy considering how close he is with tempo, the leader.
he was like "oh yea sure i hate the mfs here anyways lmaoooo" at first but then he got attached. that's how you know things got bad for him.
tempo was a bit disappointed at first, but then he was like "alright fine." trojan was relieved that he was forgivâ
"but what about that time you asked me about something related to acting?"
shit.
he doesn't trust him yet.
and now he thinks trojan is acting all of this time when he is NOT acting.
"it's just something related to this...whole ordeal. sorry."
this is really shitty ngl /hsrs
anyways trojan felt a bit bad after that, because tempo started avoiding him a lil more, and that's when the conflict between them started.
oh dw abt them, they'll solve things once.....uhhhhhhh season 2 comes in /hj
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⢠arc 6: confrontation arc
WE'RE BACK WITH ARSI CANT ATE BABYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
uh. so!
ars is actually back in the cantate kingdom! with aresi and his parents! how peaceful!
......ok not rlly actually lmfao
dark ars continues to torment him every night in his sleep. it irritates ars a lot, honestly, so yikes. BUT THAT ALL CHANGED ON ONE FATE(oh hi girly /j)FUL NIGHT.
ars meets dark ars in the dream world AGAIN. BUT THIS TIME......ARS HAS HAD ENOUGH OF HIS SHITâŒïž
ars and dark ars have a lil duel and shit, but then, for some reason, dark ars got defeated again for some reason. what a bitch (affectionate). the two then have a lil talk! like a heart to heart, bc that's all dark ars is capable of at this rate.
basically, their conversation was abt how dark ars is a personification of ars' self hatred and perfectionism. it's hard to explain without his backstory post bc i haven't posted his yet (i wanna finish up on the worldbuilding ones first lol), but yeah, that's the gist here.
if ars learns to accept himself more, then dark ars will disappear and stop bothering him. as a little extra, dark ars will become one with ars. ars then decided to just accept himself for who he is and then boom! he wakes up with dark ars now being an actual part of him that he'll appreciate a little more!
also he gets a new look that i actually used for his proseka stamp redraw, but i haven't made a ref sheet yet lmaoooo
ars tells his whole family abt this and they all hug and cry in joy <3333
ars then decided to get back to modelista city to find the thunderriders, lucas, ana, fate, and destonio again.
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⢠arc 7: OH GOD THE GANG IS BACK TOGETHER BUT. BUT LUMINE AND DESTONIO LORE ARC??????
OH GOD FINALLY THE FOCUS IS ON DESTONIO LETS FUCKING GO.
but for a small half of this arc lucars is the focus (yay)
ars gets back to the thunderriders base and literally crushes lucas and ana with the most biggest bear hug ever. what a silly guy. "if we started this together, then we might as well end this together too." he told the two of them.....haa......i love tjem....
anywayzzzzzz the focus is finally on destonio after that. basically he keeps talking about this lumine girl, and how he misses her, even if he hates to admit it sometimes. that obviously made fate a lil frowny lol
ars tries to get an answer from destonio regarding who lumine is, but destonio refuses to answer.
howeverrrr pov switch to destonio just for the sake of flashbacks happen.
throughout the arc, random flashbacks pop up here and there. uhhh the premise of each flashback goes like this:
1. flashback 1: lumine and destonio's first meeting basically. rlly basic shit.
2. flashback 2: the two of them finding out one is older than the other and vice versa when they saw each other at high school, followed by lumine teasing destonio abt his short height that fits his age. destonio Does Not like this at all.
3. flashback 3: The Besties⢠hanging out at an amusement park. they got ice cream too and destonio jokes abt how lumine would be a messy eater when HE'S THE ONE WHO HAS ICE CREAM ALL OVER HIS MOUTH LMAO
4. flashback 4: this is where things get...concerning. i think. lumine rants abt how much she hates this world and how she'd rather be dead then see The Horrorsâ¢. needless to say destonio was fucking confused.
5. flashback 5: basically what one of my vent arts reference. "i wanna die, and when i die, i'm going to ascend to heaven and be god's most special angel ever! haha- eh? why are you looking at me like that, desto?"
6. flashback 6: lumine tells destonio abt an upcoming summer festival that they both should go to. this is foreshadowing Very Bad Events.
7. flashback 7 (THE LAST ONE BTW GOD BLESS): lumine and destonio are near the edge of a cliff. lumine tells destonio stuff that are muffled out for some reason (to add to that mysteriousness frfr) and then the firework show happened and thenâ
ah.
that's all.
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yea this is all i can write for now. i'll probs continue either today, tonight, or tmrw. depends rlly lol
uhhh if you have any questions feel free to ask me! i love getting asks :)
also this is indeed very shitty-ly put together i apologize in advance. maybe one day future me will look back at this and go "oh god this is bad i need to rewrite this" but for now! this.
#why is arthesia rambling so much...?#arthesias ocs#rgverse: story related stuff#not tagging everyone mentioned here#esit: also a piece of a.rs artwork is here so uh.#rgverse: artwork#rgverse: shitpost artwork
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GS4 vs AJ:AA - Episode 3, Part 3
Lately, Iâve had a terrible time setting a posting schedule that keeps conflicting with my folksâ plans. Iâm like the resident errand girl... Now, especially now, I understand the pain of Nick and his pupils when the court makes them do whatever because no one else wants to.
Anyhow, Iâm back and back on schedule. No more mess-ups dragging me back to a previous post, no sirree! Oh, and again, donât mind the extra entries I through in there just for sharing. I got at least one viewer who has yet to play through the English versions of these next games.
If only I knew how to be funny when I have nothing to say, though...
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> Wright Anything Agency
<Trucy> ãªããŠããããããŸãå€ãã£ãŠã ã¯ã¯ã¯ã¯ããŸãããïŒããªããšãªãã It's another mystery, Apollo! I love mysteries.
<Apollo> ãªã¬ã¯ããªãã±ããã I don't.
ããããã°â¥â¥ææ©å ããã¯ïŒ æèŠãèããããã ãã©ã Speaking of mysteries, what's Mr. Wright up to? I wouldn't mind asking his opinion.
<Trucy> ããããããã°ãããã æè¿ãèŠãªãã§ãããã Now that you mention it, I haven't seen Daddy around.
<Apollo> ããšããããã âã®ããã³âã¿ããã«èšããªãã What, is he some kind of stray that just wanders in and out at will?
"Don't treat your dad like some 'stray cat'."
Ah, so he's a cat?
> Examine: photo
<Apollo> å€ãããªåçã«ãã¿ã¬ãã¡ããã å°æ¬ããéè¡åž«ãåã£ãŠããã A faded photograph showing one of Trucy's favorite magicians.
ã¿ã¬ãã¡ããã¯ãæ¯æ¥ãã®åçã« åãã£ãŠæãããããŠããã¿ããã ã She talks to it daily for good luck, I hear.
<Trucy> ãïŒ ä»æ¥ã®âãç¥ãâå¿ããŠãŸããïŒ Ack! I almost forgot!
ããŒãšã å倧ãªéè¡åž«ã«ãªããŸãããŒã«ïŒ Umm... I hope I become a famous Grand Magician!
ããšãã€ãã§ã«ãªããããããã ãªãããªåŒè·å£«ã«ãªããŸãããã«ïŒ Oh, and I hope Apollo becomes an Ace Attorney!
â¥â¥â¥â¥â¥â¥â¥â¥â¥â¥ ããã§ãããã£ãšã ...There! All done.
<Apollo> ïŒãŸãããå©çããããã©ããã¯ã ãããŸã ããªâ¥â¥ïŒ (I suppose if you're going to talk to inanimate objects, a photo isn't so bad.)
Aww, Trucy. Yeah, this is more of a custom you'd find in Japanese households and offices, since they're pretty big on praying to their family members beyond the grave or certain lucky Kami for good fortune and all that. 'Tis an Asian thing, really.
Odoroki: "(Eh. Who knows if it really works or not...)"
> Examine: silk hat
<Apollo> ãã£ã±ããããŠã·ããã è²ã
ãªãã®ãåºããã§ããïŒ That's one of those hats you pull things out of, right?
<Trucy> ãã¡ããããããŸããã ã¿ã¬ãã®ããŠã·ãå°å®å®ã§ãããïŒ Of course! My hat's like a little universe! Bigger on the inside than on the outside!
<Apollo> å°å®å®ãâ¥â¥ãªãã ãã¹ãŽã€ãã âã®ã£ã©ã¯ãã£ã«ïŒâã£ãŠã«ã³ãžã ã Hmm... That reminds me of a sci-fi show I used to watch.
Odoroki actually gives that sci-fi show by name: "Galactica!", which is most likely referring to Battlestar Galactica itself.
> Examine: spaghetti
<Apollo> ããŠçŽ°å·¥ãããªããŠããã³ã¢ãã® æçã眮ããŠããåºãããããã I've seen some restaurants that set out real food to show what's on the menu.
<Trucy> ããããã®ã£ãŠã ãªããæžã£ãŠãããšãããŸããïŒ I have, too! But I noticed something strange...
å«è¶åºã®ãµã³ãã€ãᅵᅵã®å
·ã ããã ãªããªã£ãŠãã®èŠãããšãããŸãïŒ One time, there was a sandwich without any lettuce!
ããã¯ããã§ããã·ã®ã§ãïŒ Like it had disappeared... by magic!
<Apollo> â¥â¥ãã¬ããã ãããé£ãããã ããããªãã®ã ...I'm sure someone just swiped the lettuce and ate it.
<Trucy> ãïŒããã®ãµã³ãã€ããã ãããããŠâ¥â¥ Wait, that sandwich... You didn't...!
ãªãããããããããããã«ã ãããããã£ãŠãã«ã©ãå£ããŸããã Apollo, you shouldn't eat sample food, no matter how hungry you are!
<Apollo> é£ã¹ãªããïŒ ãããâã®ãç¬âã¿ããã«èšããªãã Just how hard up do you think I am!?
Last two lines: "Odoroki-san, if you're always keeping yourself hungry like that, you'll hurt your health." "I didn't eat it! Don't treat others like a 'stray dog'."
Ah, so he's a dog. Btw, yes, it is still a sandwich with lettuce from a coffee shop in the JPÂ script.
> Examine: hula hoop
<Apollo> ãã£ãããžã£ããªãã ããªãããã You know, that ring kind of gets in the way.
ãã®åããäŸé Œäººã ã€ãŸã¥ããŠè»¢ãã§ããã Our client the other day tripped on it and fell on the floor.
<Trucy> ãã®ããšãå€ãŸã§ãããã£ã ãªã³ã°ãæ¢ãã®ãã¿ã€ãã³ã§ãããã ...Sending my ring rolling out the door! You know how long it took me to find it?
<Apollo> æã£ãäŸé Œäººããªã ããæ¹ãã ãã£ãšã¿ã€ãã³ã ã£ããã You know how long it took to calm down the client?
ãã£ããããäŸé Œããããªãã£ããã â¥â¥å°ãã¯ãçä»ããããã And in the end, they walked out without hiring us. Could you clean up a bit?
Oh, I would pay a private eye good money to find who this client was based on, out of the staff who wrote the original script. Any ideas, guys?
> Talk: Yesterday's Trial
<Apollo> ä»æ¥ã®æ³å»·ã§â¥â¥ã©ããã¢ããã¯ã ããããªèšŒèšããã Lamiroir dropped a bomb in court today...
ãç¯äººã¯ããã€ã¢ã³ããã ãã£ãŠã "It was Daryan"...
<Trucy> ã©ããã¢ãããäžåºŠãèãã声㯠ãŒãã¿ã€å¿ããªããã§ããïŒ Lamiroir said she's never forgotten a voice, right?
ãªãããã«ãã³ã€ã€ã§ããããŒã That's so cool!
<Apollo> ããããŸããã Um, I guess.
<Trucy> ãªããŠãããã§ããã£ããã¢ã¬ã What's that called again?
ãããšã âãããã¿ã¿âã£ãŠããâ¥â¥ Um... Elephant ears...? I bet that's what they're called...
<Apollo> ã¡ãã£ãšã¡ããããããã ...Somehow I don't think that means what you think it means.
In JP, Minuki uses the word "jigoku mimi", which is a metaphor like "ears so sharp they could hear into hell itself", or so it sounds. It can refer to one of two kinds of people: 1) those with the special ability to remember something forever after hearing it once, or 2) incredibly nosy people who'd dig into others' secrets without permission.
Also, I just learned that "elephant ears" can be another name for taro.
> Talk: Interpol
<Apollo> åœéèŠå¯ã®ææ»å®â¥â¥ããã An Interpol agent... hmm.
<Trucy> ã§ïŒããªãã§ããïŒ âãããããããã€âã£ãŠã I was wondering, what is "Interpol" anyway?
<Apollo> ãïŒãããããããã¢ã¬ã ãïŒ Huh? Interpol?
åœéç¯çœªã®ãã³ãã³ã ã€ããŸããããããªããã They're the guys who catch international criminals.
<Trucy> ãªãã§ãâããããâãã€ããã ããã¯ã±ãããªããšæããŸãã±ãã Why can't they just call them "International Police" instead of making up some silly name?
Minuki: "I don't think just throwing 'International' onto anything has an excuse, though."
Unfortunately, they don't have the rights to name themselves "Justice League of Nations" yet, so "Interpol" will have to do.
>
<Apollo> â¥â¥ãã£ã±ããã¢ã¬ããªã ã©ããã¢ããã調ã¹ãŠããããšãïŒ Yeah... ...Anyway, you think he was investigating Lamiroir?
<Trucy> ãããïŒãããèšã£ãŠããã§ããïŒ Whaaaa--!? Why would anyone do that?
ã©ããã¢ãããç¯çœªè
ãªã¯ã±ã ãªããããªãã§ããïŒ She's not a criminal! She couldn't be!
<Apollo> ãããããããã¯èŠããã«ãããªãã ã£ãŠèšããã Don't be fooled by appearances is all I'm saying.
<Trucy> ã³ãã¢ã®çŽçãªç®ã¯ãŽããããªãã ã£ãŠèšããããªãã§ããïŒ But remember I'm a magician, Apollo! I can spot a palmed coin at fifty paces!
<Apollo> èªåã§èšããªãã If only it were that easy.
Last three lines: "Sorry, but like they say, 'You can't judge a book by its cover.'" "Don't you mean, 'You can't fool a kid's true-seeing eyes!'" "Don't make up your own saying."
(Fyi, I do sometimes hear this saying about how "kids aren't so easily fooled" in both English and Japanese, but I wanted to make a pun of my own.)
> Enter Valant
<Apollo> ã¯ããã©ããâ¥â¥ Ah, um, nice to meet you. Who... are you?
ïŒãã€ãã€ç¬ããªããã ãèšãããŠããªãâ¥â¥ïŒ (And could you please stop smirking like that?)
<Trucy> ãããããïŒããããããããããã ãâ¥â¥ããªãᅵᅵãïŒ Ah. Ahhhhhhh! It's you!!! Uncle Valant!
<Apollo> ãªãã ãã ãã£ã±ãããã¢ãããïŒ Uncle Valant...? He's your uncle!?
<Trucy> ããèšã£ãŠããã§ããïŒ No, silly!
æçæ·ïŒãããŸããïŒãã©ã³ãã ã§ããïŒ It's the Great Gramarye, Valant Gramarye!
ãã®ã倧éè¡åž«ã®ãïŒ The Grand Magician!
<Valant> ãããâ¥â¥ãã¬ãã§ããªãã¿ã ãã®æåãªæçæ·ããã©ã³ã§ãã Yes, it is I, the Great Valant Gramarye. As seen on television.
<Apollo> ïŒãã€ãã€ç¬ããªãã ãèšãããŠããªãâ¥â¥ïŒ (And could you please stop smirking like that?)
Btw, it's only in English that Trucy calls him "Uncle". In JP, she simply calls him "Valant-san". Oh, and that "t" at the end is supposed to be silent.
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<Apollo> ãã®â¥â¥ Um, I hate to intrude, but...
ãã£ããã倧éè¡åž«ãããã ãªã¬ãã¡ã«ãªãã®çšã§ããïŒ What is a Great Magician doing paying us a visit?
<Valant> â¥â¥ãããããçšãããã®ã¯ã ããªããã¡ã®æ¹ã§ãããã I believe it was you who wished to see me?
ãªããªããšã èããŠããã ããŠãã£ããã So, be quick with your questions!
ãã®ãã©ã³ã«ä¹±åå°ããâ¥â¥ And do not quail, quake, or quiver. I am quite tame.
ããã°ã¹ã¿ãŒã®ãªãŒã©ãã æããããšã¯ãããŸããã Though my stardom may sear the sight... I'm quite down to earth when need calls.
<Apollo> ïŒâ¥â¥ãããã«ãããã€ãã ãæãã¹ããªãŒã©ããããããªïŒ (He does have a certain aura to him, it's true.)
"(...Yeah, in a way, he does have an impressively shining aura.)"
> Talk: Troupe Gramarye
<Trucy> ãã®ããããããŠãªãããããã Wait, Apollo...
ãæçæ·äžåº§ããç¥ããªãâ¥â¥ ãªããŠã³ãã¯ãªãã§ãããïŒ Don't tell me you don't know about Troupe Gramarye?
<Apollo> ãããŸããâ¥â¥ ãªããŠãããããã®ã Troupe Grammarie... huh? No.
ã©ããã§èãããããªæ°ã¯ ãããã ãã©ãâ¥â¥ But it does sound kind of familiar...
<Valant> ããããŸãã«ã ãããŸããé幎ãšããã¹ãããªã Oh, lost life! Lamentably listless lad!
ä»ããããã倧éè¡éå£ã ãåããªããšã¯ã To not know of the greatest troupe of magicians on the planet!
<Apollo> ïŒæçæ·ããã©ã³â¥â¥ ãæãåºããŠããïŒ (Valant Gramarye... The name began to surface in my mind.)
ïŒãããããªã¬ãå°ããããã ããã¬ãã«ããåºãŠããããªâ¥â¥ïŒ (It was a name I'd heard on television as a child.)
<Trucy> ããã§ããïŒ You bet you've heard the name!
ãŽãŠã«å®¢è¹ãæ¶ããŠã¿ããã éåå°ããã¯ãããŠã¿ããã He made a cruise ship disappear, and blew up an amusement park...
éè¡ã®é庫ããéå¡ãæ¶ããŠã¿ããã ãããã®æãŠã«ã ...Oh, and he made all this gold disappear from a safe!
éããããããååæãã è±èµ°ããŠã¿ããïŒ And then escaped from a high security prison!
<Apollo> â¥â¥ãªãã ãâ¥â¥ Um...
倧ããªããŽã«ã€ãçã¿ãã㪠ãããã£ãŒã«ã ãªãããã ...You said he is a magician?
"That kind of profile could lead to some big misunderstandings."
(Ok, honestly I only kept this bit in because I love how colorful they made Valant's lines and they are worth sharing.)
> Talk: During the Show
<Apollo> ãã®â¥â¥ãããããŠã So, I was wondering...
ãã®æã®éäžã§èµ·ãã£ãŠãã âãã·ã®âã¯â¥â¥ That stunt in the middle of the song there...
<Trucy> ãã·ã®â¥â¥ïŒ I didn't see a stunt...
<Apollo> ã©ããã¢ãããæ¶ãããçŸããã ããŠããããªããïŒ What about Lamiroir vanishing and reappearing!?
<Trucy> ããããâ¥â¥èŠãªããŠãããã ãã·ã®ã ã£ãŠæããŸããã§ããïŒ Oh, that? I guess I'm so used to seeing that happen I didn't even notice.
<Apollo> ïŒããããéè¡ã®åâ¥â¥ïŒ (So young to be so jaded...)
"Oh, that... I'm so used to seeing it that it's no mystery to me!" "(As expected of a young magician...)"
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<Valant> â¥â¥ãããã ãã®ããããããªã¹ããŒãžããã A simple slight-of-hand, a petit prestidigitation.
ãã®æçæ·ãä»æããéè¡ãªã®ã§ãã A modicum of magic from me... to you.
<Trucy> ãã£ã±ãïŒããã©ã³ãããã ã³ã³ãµãŒãäŒå Žã«ããã®ã¯â¥â¥ So that's why you were at the concert!
<Valant> ãæ³åã®ãšããã Yes.
ãã®ãã©ã³ã®ããªãã¯ã èŠå±ããããã ã£ãã®ã§ãã I was there to watch my trick take to the air...
<Apollo> ãããâ¥â¥ã©ããã¢ãããæ¶ããã ãã®ã·ã«ã±â¥â¥ãåããªãã§ããïŒ So you're the one who knows how it was all done.
<Valant> ããŒãŒã³ã§ãããïŒ æãããã¹ããŒãžã®ç¥ã Of course. I am like a deity, with the stage as my domain!
ã¹ããŒãžäžã§èµ·ãããã¹ãŠã® ãã·ã®ãæãâ¥â¥ I suffer no mystery upon those floodlit boards not grasped tightly twixt my fingers.
ãã®ãã·ã®ãªãã«ã©ãã ç¥ããããããªã®ã§ãããã It is a potent, primeval power I possess.
Someone give this man a medal for "Ascending the Astral Apex of Alliterative Ability" at once.
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<Apollo> ãããã®ïŒ ããã£ããâ¥â¥ãã®ã·ã«ã±ã Um... Well... Do you think you could...
æããŠããã ããŸãããïŒ ...tell me how it was done!?
<Trucy> ãã£ãšïŒ Hey now!
<Apollo> ã¿ãã¿ã¬ãã¡ããâ¥â¥ïŒ Trucy...?
<Trucy> éè¡åž«ã«ã·ã«ã±ãããããã®ã¯ ã«ãŒã«éåã§ããããªãããããã That's like, totally against the rules, Apollo!
<Apollo> ããèšã£ãŠããã ãïŒ æ®ºäººäºä»¶ã®ææ»ã ãïŒ Not during a murder investigation, it's not!
<Valant> ããããã¯ã±ã«ã¯ãŸãããŸãã¬ã æçæ·ã®ç§è¡ã¯ãæçæ·ã ãã®ãã®ã Mais non, for my illusions are mine alone, m'sieur.
And he speaks French! ...Well, actually that's not so surprising. His name is very Frenchy in the first place.
Also, I just wanna mention how he's one of the few AA characters to use the '-nu' form of negation to some words. So far, I think only two others have used such colorful or cultural language, and that would be Luke Atmey and Victor Kudo.
> Present anything
<Valant> ã»ã»ãããã®ç§ã«â¥â¥ãã ã§ã ãã»ããèŠæ±ãããšããã®ã§ããã What's this? You would ask me for a miracle? Free of fee?
ããã§ãããããã®èšŒæ åãã æ¶ãã°ããã®ã§ããïŒãæ°žä¹
ã«ïŒ Then thy wish be granted! Thy will be done! Thy evidence evicted into the ether!
<Apollo> ããããïŒããããŠãã ããïŒ Ack! No evicting, please!
ïŒâ¥â¥éè¡åž«ã£ãŠã ããããªã®ã°ã£ãããªã®ãïŒïŒ (...Are all magicians like this, I wonder?)
From my experience? Yeah, quite a lot of them like to make things disappear right from people's pockets. Usually they return them to people, though. I still remember that one lady who was still screaming after the show about the autograph she got from Penn & Teller after volunteering in an act...
Sorry, I feel nostalgic for the ol' Vegas days. Anyway, this is just another entry to share.
> Finish talking
<Valant> â¥â¥ããã§ã¯ãã¿ã¬ã嬢ã ãã©ã³ã¯ããã«ãŠå€±ç€ŒããããŸããã ...I, Valant Gramarye, now make my leave, Miss Trucy.
<Trucy> ãã©ã³ããïŒãããå°ãã ãã£ããããŠãã£ãŠãã ããããŒã There's no need to rush, Uncle Valant! You should stay a while!
<Valant> ããããŸãããŸãã¬ã I am afraid I cannot. I may not. I shall not.
ææ»ã«ååãæ±ããããŠããããã çŸå Žã«æ»ããªããã°ã I have been asked to assist with an analysis and so I shall slink back to the scene.
<Apollo> ãããâ¥â¥ä»æ¥ã¯ã ãã®ã³ã³ãµãŒãäŒå Žã«ïŒ So... you'll be at the concert venue today?
<Valant> ãããããã®ãã©ã³ã«è©±ããã£ããã ãã®ã³ãã·ã¢ã ãžã©ããã Correct. If you would call on me, come to the Coliseum!
ã§ã¯ãïŒããããããã°ãïŒ See you later, crocodile.
<Apollo> ïŒãµããœãŠãšãã³ãã ãã²ãããããŠâ¥â¥ïŒ (With a whirl of his cloak, and a wink of his eye...)
ïŒãã¢ãããããŒã«åºãŠãã£ããªïŒ (...he turned and walked out through the door. Normally.)
...I don't know why "See you later, crocodile" irks me so much. It's either "See you later, alligator!" or "Been a while, crocodile!" Not both mixed up! This scene does remind me of the "dancingly descended through the front door" boys back in the day, though.
> Move: Detention Center
> Examine: camera
<Apollo> ç£èŠã«ã¡ã©ããã£ã¡ãèŠãŠããã That security camera is looking at me.
ã«ã¡ã©ãåãããããšã ã€ãããŒãºãåããããªããªã Why do I feel this sudden urge to make a silly face?
"Suddenly I feel like making a pose before that camera."
> Present: anything
<Machi> ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ â¥â¥ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ â¥â¥
<Trucy> âã³ãããåãããã話ããªãã®ã ãæ®å¿µã§ããçŸããã嬢ããâ¥â¥â I think he said...
<Trucy> â¥â¥ã§ãã£ãŠã "I am sorry I cannot speak your language. You are very beautiful, fair maiden."
<Apollo> â¥â¥åæãªãã³ã€ã¯ããããªãã ...This is why I never trust a translator.
Screw you, Apollo. I didn't make this blog to ask for your opinion. >:(
Anyway, it was just: "...Don't make up your own translation."
> Move: Sunshine Coliseum
> Examine: blimp
<Trucy> ãïŒãé£è¡è¹ã§ããïŒ Look! A blimp!
<Apollo> ãšãªãã«ã¯ã ãã«ãŒã³ãããã£ãŠããã Those balloons next to it have ad banners on them.
<Trucy> ããŒãšâ¥â¥ã倧å®ã®æ¥ã»ãŒã«ã» 倧å®å£²ããã§ãã£ãŠïŒ Let's see... "Big Sale, All Shirts 50% Off."
<Apollo> ãªãã ããšãªãã®ãããŒãã® ãã«ãŒã³ãããªããâ¥â¥ Oh. It's an ad for the department store next door.
It doesn't specify what kind of sale it is in the JP, so I guess it's officially a clothing shop sale. That said, it does say it's a "Lucky Day Sale - Huge Bargain Deals!" I'm not sure exactly how common it is among the Japanese to honor particular "auspicious" days of the year (though, they do have a lunar calendar for these kinds of events), but you'd definitely see these events affect the seasonal shopping cycles.
> Examine: coliseum
<Apollo> ãçç«åœéã²ã®ãŸãã³ãã·ã¢ã ããã ããããšããã°ãªååã ãã Sunshine Coliseum sure is living up to its name today.
<Trucy> ãã£ããã§ããããŒã It's huge!
ãããªå€§èå°ã«ç«ãŠããªããŠâ¥â¥ ããŒãççãããããããŸããïŒ And Mr. Gavin got to play on that enormous stage... I'm so jealous!
ã¿ã¬ãããã€ãïŒ ãã®ã³ãã·ã¢ã ã§ãããã¥ãŒæŠãïŒ Someday, I'll fight my first battle on this stage!
<Apollo> ãªãã ããâæŠâã£ãŠã Battle?
<Trucy> ã ã£ãŠããªããâã³ãã·ã¢ã âã£ãŠã æ Œéæã®ã€ã¡ãŒãžããããŸãããïŒ Well, yeah, it's a coliseum, isn't it?
<Apollo> èªæããâã³ãã·ã¢ãŠâã«ã 䌌ãŠããããããªãããªã Um, they don't do gladiatorial contests at these places any more, Trucy.
<Trucy> ãã£ãïŒããããããªãããããïŒ ããŸã解ããŸããïŒ Really? I had no idea! I wonder why they stopped.
<Apollo> ïŒãããªã«ãæå¿ããããšã ãèšæ£ãã¥ãããªâ¥â¥ïŒ (Sometimes I worry about her.)
Last four lines: "Well, when I hear 'Colosseum', it makes me think of duels to the death, right?" "Maybe the nuance of the word comes from 'koroshiau'." [mutual killing] "Really? Nice, Odoroki-san! We solved the mystery!" "(With how much she's admiring me, it's hard to correct it...)"
> Examine: costumed mascot
<Apollo> ãªãã ïŒ ãã®ã€ãšãŠãªäººç©ã¯â¥â¥ What's that... creature there?
<Trucy> ããïŒãèŠå¯å±ã®ã¢ã€ãã«ã ç身倧ãã¿ã€ããããã ïŒ Oooh! That's the police mascot, the Blue Badger!
<Apollo> ãïŒ ãããç身倧ãªã®ïŒ Eh? It's life size!
<Trucy> ç¥ããªããã§ããïŒãããèŠãŸããã å€ã®è¡ãããããŒã«ããŠããšããã Haven't you seen them around town? Patrolling the streets?
æ®ããã®âå®å¿âãé¡ããæ£çŸ©ã® ãã¹ã³ãããã£ã©ã¯ã¿ãŒãªãã§ãïŒ Yes, now even law and order has a mascot!
<Apollo> â¥â¥ããã¯ãã¢ã¯ãã³ããŒã³ãã³ã ãŸãšããŠéãåºãã ãããã ...I'd run from that thing even if I wasn't a criminal.
æ©ããã³ã«ã°ã©ã°ã©ãã ã¢ã¿ããâäžå®âãªã«ã³ãžã ãã Why does its head wobble like that when it walks? It's freaky.
<Trucy> ãªãããããïŒ ã¢ã³ã¯ãå€ãã§ããïŒ I don't think you're showing true Blue Badger spirit, Apollo.
It was just "Odoroki-san! You're complaining too much!"
To be honest, though, I kinda agree with him. I love the Badgers, all of them, but it didn't take AAI to make me question whether they'd be cute or creepy... At least the official Tokyo PD mascot Pipo-kun actually looks cute, kinda like a mouse or teddy in uniform.
...Manly Pipo scares me, plz make it go away.
> Move: In the Wings
> Examine: piano
<Trucy> ãã£ããªãã¢ãã§ãããïŒ ã¿ã¬ãã匟ããããšãªããã§ãããã That's one big piano! I've never actually played one.
<Apollo> ãµããã ææ©å ããã«ç¿ãã°ããã®ã«ã Heh. You should get Mr. Wright to teach you sometime.
<Trucy> ããŒããã¡ãã¡ã ããã匟ããªãããã No good, he can't play either.
<Apollo> ïŒããã ããœã³ã±ã€ãããŠãªã ããããããããããªïŒ (I kind of feel bad for the guy now...)
"(It's not too often that I'd find a dad who is respected this little.)"
> Examine: electronics
<Apollo> ãããããªãã«ã€ãããã é³é¿è£
眮ã ãããã Look at all the electronics. They must be sound-related.
<Trucy> ããããæ©æ¢°ãèŠããšãã©ãã«ã ãããåããããªããŸãããã Doesn't seeing a bunch of machines like this make you want to just fiddle with 'em?
ãããåããŠããã§ããïŒ ãªãããããïŒ Can I, Apollo? Please?
<Apollo> âãããâã ããããã¡ãªã®ããã ãããšãããã³ã¯ããããã No, no fiddling! You'll break something.
<Trucy> ã§ããã³ã¯ããããšãããããŠã¡ãã äœãã€ãžããŸãããïŒ If you're going to make an omelet, you gotta break some eggs!
ããããã€ããèšã£ãŠãŸãã âã«ã¿ããããã®ãã¿ãªã³ã¯ããâ That's what Daddy always says.
<Apollo> â¥â¥ãããŸã§æã£ãŠã³ã¯ããŠãã æãããã®ããªã¬ã ãããªã These eggs look kind of expensive.
"But if you're always afraid to break things, you'll never get to fiddle with them! Daddy always says, 'Anything with form will eventually be broken.'" "...Even if you understand and still break it, I'm the one who'll be blamed."
> Examine: tower
<Trucy> ãã®ã¹ããŒãžã®å¡ã®äžã«ã ã¬ã¿ã¹ãããšãããããâ¥â¥ I still can't believe we found Machi and Mr. LeTouse up there...
<Apollo> ã¢ã¬ã¯ãããã«é©ãããã ã ãããé«ããšããã¯ãã©ã€ãªãã ã Yeah. I used to not like high places. Now I hate them.
<Trucy> ãããé«ãã¯ãããŸã ã«ã³ã±ã€ãªããšæããŸããã©ã It's not like it would have been nicer if we found a dead body closer to the ground.
â¥â¥ããããã°ã ããããã¬ãã§ãããé«ããã³ã ...Though that reminds me. Daddy's bad with heights, too.
<Apollo> ãžãããããªãã ã Huh, no kidding.
<Trucy> ããªãã ãéåå°ã§ ã«ã³ã©ã³ã·ã£ã«ä¹ã£ããã§ããã He took me on a Ferris wheel ride a while ago, you know!
ãããéäžããã«ãªã âãããããŒãâã«ãªã£ãŠãŸããã Halfway through, his face got all green and he mumbled "objection" over and over.
<Apollo> ïŒâ¥â¥ææ©å ããããããããã«ïŒ (...Poor guy.)
"Moss green", she says. Thank you, Minuki-chan, for that very detailed description.
> Examine: instrument case
<Apollo> 巚倧ãªæ¥œåšã®ã±ãŒã¹ã眮ããŠããã Now that's a big instrument case.
<Trucy> ãããã³ã³ãã©ãã¹ã£ãŠãã 楜åšã®ã±ãŒã¹ã§ããã That's a case for a contrabass, I think.
<Apollo> ã¡ãã£ãšãããã€ãªãªã³ãªã ïŒïŒåã¯å
¥ããããªã€ããªã€ã ã You could fit twenty violins in there, I bet.
<Trucy> ã«ã¿ãã¯äŒŒãŠãŸããã©ã ãŒã³ãŒã³ã¡ãã楜åšã§ãã£ïŒ It may look like a violin, but it's a completely different instrument!
<Apollo> ã¿ã¬ãã¡ãããªããïŒäººã¯ å
¥ããããªã€ããªã€ã ã You could fit five Trucys in there, I bet.
<Trucy> ããïŒãã¯ã¶ãšãã£ãŠãã§ããïŒ Hey! Are you comparing me to an instrument!?
ã¿ã¬ããšããŠã¯ããã®ããã§ãŒãª âåéãâãæ°ã«ãªããŸãã Hmm. I wonder who left it sitting open like that.
Second to last line: "Hey! You're doing that on purpose, aren't you!?"
> Examine: ladder
<Apollo> æšæ¥ãå¡ã®äžã«ã®ãŒã£ã ãã·ãŽã眮ããŠããã That's the ladder we used to climb up the stage tower.
â¥â¥ããã¯ããã§ãŒã¬ã㪠äœéšã ã£ããªã ...Not a moment I'm likely to forget any time soon.
<Trucy> ããŒãããããã«ã ã¢ã¬ã¯èŠã¢ãã§ããããã Me neither...
ã¿ã¬ããããžã£ãŽãè
°ãã£ãŠã³ãã ã®æå³ãããããªããããŸããïŒ I'll never be able to climb another tower again without thinking about it, you know?
<Apollo> â¥â¥ã ããããã¬ããªãã ãã é«ããšããã¯ãã ...I'll never be able to climb a tower again, period.
Second to last line again: "I now understand what they mean by 'weak knees'!"
(Literally, it's "bent back", but has the meaning of that. Though, it definitely puts a smile on my face picturing moss-green Nick with his bent back again.)
> Talk: Valant Gramarye
<Valant> â¥â¥ããªãã®èããŠããããšã¯ ããããŸãã I know what you are thinking in that head of yours.
ãâæçæ·ââ¥â¥ãããããããã° ãã ã«ã·ããã¬ãã§èŠãã£ãã "Gramarye, yes," you say. "I recall seeing him on television."
ããããããããªãã³ãã§ã¯ ãªãã§ãããããªïŒ Something of that sort?
<Apollo> ãâ¥â¥ããããã®ãšããã§ãã Um, actually, yes, you're right.
<Trucy> ããããŠã¯ãµã® âèªå¿è¡âãããããŸãããïŒ Wow! He just read your mind, Apollo!
<Apollo> â¥â¥ãŠãœã€ãã ...Or everyone tells him that and he made a good guess.
"So this may be the rumored 'mind-reading technique'!" "...I'm not buying it."
> Talk: Magnifi Gramarye
<Valant> 倩æãšã¶ãã¯ã®äº¡ããä»ã ç§ã®ãããã¯ããã ã²ãšã€ã Now that Magnifi and Zak are gone, I have but one wish.
æ®ããããã®ç§ãã倩æã®å¥è·¡ã ã¹ããŒãžã«ãã¿ããããããïŒ Let it be I, Valant Gramarye who brings the Gramarye miracle back to the big stage!
<Trucy> ã¿ã¬ããå¿æŽããŠãŸãããïŒ I'm rooting for you!
<Valant> ã¿ã¬ã嬢ãæ©ã倧ãããªãããšã§ãã ããªãã®ãŠãã£ã·ããå¿
èŠãªã®ã ã Miss Trucy, you cannot grow up quick enough! I need your skill by my side!
<Trucy> ã¯ããïŒããã®ãŠãã£ã·ãã§ïŒ One skill, coming up!
<Apollo> ïŒããããããã®ãããã¹ããŒã㧠ã話ãäºä»¶ãããããŠãããªâ¥â¥ïŒ (How do we manage to get off the topic of the case so quickly all the time?)
Interestingly, the "skill" he mentions refers to physical strength? Was he expecting Trucy to help him move some loads backstage or something? Well, times have been tough on the troupe, so I guess stage workers are short...
> Present: attorney's badge
<Valant> ã»ãâ¥â¥ããããããªãã åŒè·å£«ããâ蚌âã§ããã Ah... The proof positive of your profession, yes?
<Apollo> ãããããã§ãã Um, yeah.
<Valant> â¥â¥ãµããå°ã
ã æåããŠããããããªïŒ Might I... have a look?
â¥â¥ããã æ¶ããŠããŸããŸãããªã Oh! What's this? It is gone!
<Apollo> ãããã£ïŒãäœãããã§ãããïŒ Ack! What'd you do with my attorney's badge!?
<Valant> ã¯ã£ã¯ã£ã¯ã£ã¯ã£ã¯ã£ã ãããŠããšãããã§ããã Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha. Don't be alarmed.
ã¿ã¬ã嬢ïŒããã®è
°ã® ããããã®äžãããããªããã Miss Trucy! Take a look into your topit, if you would.
<Trucy> ããã£ïŒããããªãšããã« ãªãããããã®ãããžãïŒ Eek! It's your badge, Apollo! What's it doing in there?
ã¹ãŽãã§ãããã©ã³ããïŒ ãã·ã®ã§ããããŒããªãããããã That was amazing! Wasn't it, Apollo?
<Apollo> ïŒãããªã³ããããã¿ã¬ãã¡ããã® ãè
°ã«ã€ããŠããã·ã§ããâ¥â¥ïŒ (He called that pouch at her waist a "topit"...?)
ïŒâããããâã£ãŠãããã ã ãâ¥â¥éè¡åž«çšèªãïŒïŒ (Is that some kind of magician speak?)
So I had to search it up, and apparently a topit is a hidden sleeve or pocket that a magician uses to hide objects during an act. So it is indeed magician-speak. Normally, these topits are hidden in a jacket or outfit or somewhere and not out in the open like Trucy's pouch, though... If anything, her topit is stuffed with a certain Mr. Hat already.
> Move: Backstage Hallway
> Examine: Gavinners' dressing room door
<Apollo> ãã£ã¡ã¯ã ãã¬ãªã¥ãŒãŠãšãŒããã®æ¥œå±ã ã That's the Gavinners's dressing room.
ä»ãã¬ãªã¥ãŒãŠãšãŒãã®ã¡ã³ããŒã¯ ææ»ã§ãããããã¯ãâ¥â¥ They're all out on the investigation.
ããããã誰ãããªãã ãããªã Being backstage isn't half as glamorous without a band here.
Funny seeing this coming from Apollo of all people. For reference: "There's probably no one in there."
> Examine: Lamiroir's dressing room door
<Apollo> ã©ããã¢ããã®æ¥œå±â¥â¥ äºä»¶çŸå Žã®ãã¢ã ã That's Lamiroir's dressing room... and the scene of the crime.
殺人äºä»¶ã®çŸå Žã«ããŠã¯ã èŠåããŠã¹ãããªâ¥â¥ It's kind of lightly guarded for being a crime scene.
<Trucy> ãããããªãã§ããã å
¥ãããããŠã I'm not complaining! Makes it easier for us to go in!
ããã«ãã¿ã¬ããã¡ã ã¢ã«ããããå
¬èªã§ãããã And Ema gave us her OK, right?
å ã
ãšå
¥ã£ãŠãããã§ãããš ã²ã£ãããŸãããŠã倧äžå€«ã§ããïŒ We can wander in and do as we like!
<Apollo> ïŒâ¥â¥ãªãã ããã¢ã«ãããã ãå¿é
ã«ãªã£ãŠãããïŒ (How is Ema doing, anyway...?)
ïŒã«ãªã³ããŠé£ã¹ãã㊠ãè«æ¯ã«ãªããªãããããã©ïŒ (I hope she's not getting cavities from eating all those chocolate Snackoos...)
"(...I get the feeling Akane-san is gonna worry.) (Ah well, as long as she doesn't get cavities from eating so much karintou.)"
> Finish talking
<Lamiroir> é£çµ¡ã¯ããã䜿ã£ãŠãããŸããããã ãªããšå°ãããºãªã®ã§ããâ¥â¥ We use it for communication. It would be quite inconvenient should it go missing.
<Apollo> ããããŸããããªã¬ãã¡ã é ãã£ãŠãããŸããã We'll hold on to it for you then.
ççæ€äºã«äŒã£ããã èšã£ãŠãããŸãããã We'll give it to Prosecutor Gavin when we see him.
<Lamiroir> ããã§ããã ã§ã¯ãããããã§ããŸããããã Yes, that's best. Thank you.
<Trucy> ãïŒããããããœã¬ã ã¿ã¬ããã€ããŠãããŸããïŒ So, can I put it on?
< > ããããã»ãããã ã¿ã¬ãã¡ããã«åãã€ããã Headset attached to Trucy.
<Trucy> ãã©ã¢ãã«ã¿ããã« èšããªãã§ãã ããïŒ "Attached"? I'm not some kind of robot, Apollo!
Or a plastic model, as per the JP.
> Move: Lamiroir's Dressing Room
< > â¥â¥ããããããããâ¥â¥ ...MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH...
<Apollo> ãâ¥â¥â¥ Uh oh...
ãã®ãã§ãŒã¬ããªãã¯ã·ãããã㊠ã«ãªã³ããŠãåã¿ç ãé³ã¯â¥â¥ There's only one person I know who can munch with such... venom.
<Ema> â¥â¥ãããã«æ¥ãã®ãã ...What are you doing here?
<Apollo> ãããããããããã²ã³ããã§ããã ã¢ã«ãããã Hello, Ema. You're looking as grumpy as ever.
<Ema> ãããããã§ããã Oh, am I supposed to be happy?
æ³å»·ã§ã¢ã³ã¿ã«ãããããããŠã ççæ€äºã«ãã«ã«ããã¡ãããã You give me the second degree in court, and Prosecutor Gavin makes me look like a fool.
Heh, I like both the descriptions with "venom" and the "intense crunching noise" from the JP. Thinking about it, for someone to munch so loudly even with a closed mouth, that is a pretty impressive level of intense.
> Examine: crime scene
<Apollo> ãããããã ã«ãŒããããåãåãããŠããã Look, the carpet's been torn up here.
<Trucy> ä»æ¥ã®æ³å»·ã§ãã®ã¿ãšãŒãè©Šè¬ãã ãµãããããã³ã§ããïŒ That's the part we did the lunimol testing on in court!
<Ema> âã«ãããŒã«è©Šè¬âãïŒ ãããåã£ãŠã©ãããã®ïŒ "Loony mall"? What's "Loony mall"!? It's "Luminol"! Get it right!
<Trucy> â¥â¥â¥ïŒ ...!
ã¢ã«ããããã«ã¬ã¯ææ»ã® ã³ãã«ãªããšãã³ã¯ãâ¥â¥ Ema's kind of scary when it comes to science.
<Apollo> â¥â¥ã¿ã¬ãã¡ãããããããã ããã³ãšããŒããããã ...Best learn the word and not incite her wrath again.
Heh, she mistakes it as "Nomitol", and Akane-san snaps at her about "Why would IÂ be catching fleas!?" since "nomi" is "flea" and "toru" is to "take" or "pick up".
> Examine: bullet holes
<Apollo> ãããªã«åãã«ããã ãºã£ãããã³ãã§ããã Look at the way those bullets tore through this thick wall.
ãã³ãã«ããªãœãã·ã€åšåã® ãã¹ãã«ã ã£ããã ãªã That revolver really was something else.
<Trucy> ããããã¿ããã«å°æãªããã§ãã æãŠããã®ãªã®ããªãã I wonder if someone as little as me could even fire it?
<Apollo> è©ãããºãã¡ãããããããªããã ãã°ãããã¢ããªãã匟ããªããã Dislocating your shoulder would kind of put a crimp on your stage career.
<Trucy> ãããããããŠãã®ããã® è©ã³ãªãå¹ãᅵᅵã°ãã¡ããã«ã¢ïŒ Daddy always has stiff shoulders, maybe that could loosen him up!
<Apollo> ãããŠãããããã³ãã« æã¡ããã ãããã®ããã Don't even mention it. I'm afraid he might go out and actually try it.
<Trucy> ãã¶ãããªããšæããã©ãªãã ãããªåºŠèžã Nah, he doesn't have the guts to pull the trigger, I bet.
Haha, Odoroki's second to last line: "It might dislocate your shoulder. You wouldn't even be able to play piano."
> Examine: bowl
<Trucy> ãããïŒããã«ãŒãã§ãã ãã«ãŒãã§ãããã«ãŒãïŒ Look! It's fruit! Fruit, Apollo! Fruit!!!
<Apollo> â¥â¥ïŒåå€ããã ...I heard you the first time.
ããã ãããã®ã«ãã¹ã€ã«ã ã²ãšã¯ãããã£ãã ããšã¯â¥â¥ It sure is a lot of fruit. I doubt anyone would miss a bit of watermelon...
<Trucy> ã¡ãã³ãç¬é移åãããŸããããã â¥â¥ã¿ã¬ãã®ããªãã«ã I know, I'll make it vanish! Into my stomach!
<Apollo> ãããŠããããã ãã³ã·ã§ãŠããããããããããªãã Better not. They might make you pay for it.
ãããªãã«ãããã£ããã äºåæã®ã«ããå¡ããªããããã And if you have the money for that, you should probably repaint the office first.
<Trucy> ã¡ãã³ã£ãŠããããªã« é«ããã§ããã£ïŒ Watermelons are that expensive!?
<Apollo> ãŸããããç¥ããªããã©ã *shrug* These could've been imported from some exotic locale, for all we know.
Nice shoutout to Japan's exotic fruit market. There are indeed such things as square watermelons and exquisite canteloupes that can go for as high as 10-15,000 yen per melon (~$95-143 these days).
Also, Minuki mentioned she'll have some of the canteloupe to herself, which is why Odoroki warned her about how expensive it'd be.
> Examine: bouquet
<Trucy> âãŽãŠã«ããããâãªè±ã 食ã£ãŠãããŸããïŒ That's one heavy-duty bouquet there.
<Apollo> ã¯ã«ããã©ãâããããâã ãã I have trouble thinking of flowers as being "heavy-duty".
<Trucy> ããŒïŒãã§ãïŒâãããããããâ ã£ãŠèšããŸããïŒ But they call lots of things heavy-duty!
<Apollo> ããã¯èšããã©ã Not flowers, they don't.
<Trucy> âããããæ°åâãšãã What about a "heavy" scent?
<Apollo> ãããã«ãã I think you mean "heady".
<Trucy> äºåæã®ãããªã®ã¡ã¬ãå±ãã㯠âããããâã ãã What if the flowers were plastic?
<Apollo> ããèŠãããªã£ãŠãããªã They still wouldn't be heavy.
<Trucy> âããããâã¯â¥â¥â¥â¥â¥â¥ãªããã ã¿ã¬ãã®è² ãã§ããïŒ OK, what if they were made out of metal?
<Apollo> ãããæºãæã㊠âããããâã£ãŠã³ãã§ã What, like a magnolia made out of steel?
<Trucy> ã¯ãã£ïŒ Exactly! Though I hope all my fans don't start throwing metal flowers at me.
Once again, we have a case of Japanese wordplay that couldn't make it through translation. Here it is:
"There's some 'gouka ranran' flowers here!" [splendid-fiery] "Sorry, but that should be 'kenran'." [gouka kenran = luxurious] "Huh? But don't they always say 'yuuki rinrin'?" [full of vigor] "That they do." "And 'runrun kibun' too." [exuberant mood] "That's right." "And even the glasses shopkeeper next to the office is 'renren'." [attached to /
fond of] "Oh, now you're starting to grasp at straws." "And for 'ronron'... I can't think of any. Well, I'm out!" "Then, you can accept that it's 'kenran'." "Okay!"
I respect the ref to Steel Magnolia, though.
> Examine: wigs
<Apollo> çŸå®¹é¢ãªããã§èŠãããã ããŒãããããæ©æ¢°ã ã That's one of those permanent dryers you see in hair salons.
<Trucy> ããããã°ããããæ£åŒãªåå㯠ãªããŠãããã§ããïŒ Is that what they're really called? "Permanent dryers"?
<Apollo> ããŒããããããã«ã€ã ãã â¥â¥ãããŒãæ©ãïŒ Do I look like a beautician? I just know they dry your hair and give you a permanent...
<Trucy> âæ©âã ãããã³ãŽã£ãŠ ã«ãã³æªãã§ãïŒ It just doesn't sound very glamorous, you know?
<Apollo> ãããâ¥â¥ã¡ãã£ãšã³ãžã£ã¬ãŠ ãããŒãã·ãŒã³ãâ¥â¥ïŒ OK, how about a "permachine"!?
<Trucy> ã·ã³ãã«ã«ãããŒããŒããšãã ããã©ã€ã€ãŒãã®ããªã§ã Or you could go more simple, like "permer"!
<Apollo> â¥â¥ãã£ããéã¹ããã ãæ£åŒãªååãèããããã£ãŠã ...This isn't a bad game, thinking up official names for things.
ãã®æç¹ã§âæ£åŒâãããªããã©ã Not that it makes the name actually official or anything.
As it happens, it's not too far from the original script, even including a bit of Japanese wordplay: "It's one of those machines you'd see at a beauty salon that gives you a perm." "Say, what is the official name of those things?" "Well, it's a machine that gives you a perm, so... 'perma-ki'?" [kikai = machine] "It sounds weird just leaving that 'ki' in there!" "Then... to keep it trendy, how about 'permachine'?" "Or keep it simple like 'permer', kinda like 'dryer'." "...We sure can play around with thinking up official names for things. Not that it makes the name actually official or anything."
> Examine: presents
<Trucy> ã©ããã¢ãããžã® ãã¬ãŒã³ãã§ããã A stack of presents for Lamiroir.
ãããã倧ã¹ã¿ãŒã®ãã¬ãŒã³ã㯠ã©ãã倧ããã§ããããŒã Stars always get the biggest presents.
ãããããªãããããã ã¿ã¬ããåä»äžã§ããããã¬ãŒã³ãã You know, you could give me a present, Apollo.
<Apollo> â¥â¥ãããã¯ããã¢ã¡çã ...Here, have a piece of candy.
<Trucy> ãããïŒãããããšãïŒ Gee! Thanks!!!
<Apollo> ïŒåãã§ãããã®ã«ããªã㧠ããããã ããããããã ããïŒ (She must not get a lot of presents... Poor girl.)
(I'm happy for her and all, but why do I feel so bad?)"
I guess it can go two ways: he's sorry that she doesn't get many presents, or he's upset he had to give away some of his sweets.
> Talk: Yesterday's Trial
<Ema> ãšã«ãããããã®ã¡ã£ã¡ããªåã« ãããããŠããšæããšããããããŠã It just bugs me to think that little kid outsmarted me.
<Ema> ç®ãèŠããããªãããããã« ã¢ã€ã·ã€ããããªãïŒããã®åã And it makes him even more suspicious now that we know he can see!
倩äºã®éæ°å£ãèŠããã¯ã±ã ãã ãã¹ãã«ãæãŠããã He could have seen the air duct, and he could have shot that revolver.
<Trucy> ã§ãâ¥â¥ã©ããã¢ããã ããã¯èšŒèšããŠããŸãããã But that's not how it sounded in Lamiroir's testimony.
<Ema> ãããçŸå Žã§ããã³ãã³â¥â¥ çæåäºã®å£°ãèãããã£ãŠãã You mean her saying she heard Detective Daryan's voice at the scene? Hmm...
<Trucy> ããã§ãã£ïŒ That's right!
<Ema> ããããªãã§ã¯ã±ã®ããããªã äºä»¶ã°ã£ãèµ·ããã®ãããã®åœã¯ïŒ Why can't we have a normal, straightforward killing once in a while in this country!?
<Apollo> ã¯ãã®ããã« ããªãã§ãã ãããâ¥â¥ I'll pretend I didn't hear that.
Ah, here's the legendary Ema quote! It's pretty similar to the original: "Ugh. Why is this country just full of cases that don't make sense at all!?" "Please don't blame the country, it's not at fault..."
> Talk: Song Lyrics
<Ema> ãããŸã§äžèŽããŠãããšâ¥â¥ ã°ãŒãŒã³ãšã¯æããªãããã It is kind of hard to chalk it up to coincidence, hmm.
<Trucy> ã§ãããã£ïŒ ã¿ã¬ããèŠã€ãããã§ããã©ã I know! And I found it.
<Ema> ããã£ãŠããã£ã±ãã ãã³ãã³ããã£ãâ¥â¥ã®ããªãïŒ You think the same person did all of this?
<Apollo> ãªã¬ã«èããªãã§ãã ãããã ãã³ãã³ãããªããã Don't ask me. I didn't do it.
<Ema> ãããã ã£ãŠã¡ãããã ãã®éæ°å£ãå
¥ããªããã Neither did I! I couldn't fit through that air vent anyway.
<Trucy> â¥â¥ãïŒãã¿ããªâ¥â¥ ã¿ã¬ããçã£ãŠããã§ããã£ïŒ What... You all think I did it!?
<Apollo> ïŒãã¬ãèšã£ãŠãªãïŒ (Sometimes I worry about that girl.)
"(No one said anything about you.)"
This here is some fine Among Us logic, yessiree.
> Talk: Something Odd
<Trucy> â¥â¥ãã®ã ãããèŠã€ãããã§ããïŒ ...So what did you find?
<Ema> ãŸãããã¡ã£ã¡ãããŠããã®ã㯠èŠèœãšããŠãããã ãã©â¥â¥ It's so little I must have passed over it yesterday.
ãã®ããœãã¡ã®äžã«ã ã³ã€ãããâ¥â¥ I found it under the sofa.
<Trucy> â¥â¥ãªãã§ãããã³ã¬ã ...What is it?
<Ema> äœãã®æ©æ¢°ã®éšåãã¿ããã ãã©ãã ãµãããªããããªãã®ã Part of some device, I think. I haven't a clue what.
ããžã£ãã«ã€ããŠããã«ã€ã èŠèŠãããããã調ã¹ãŠã¿ããâ¥â¥ The bit sticking out from the end looked familiar, so I had it examined.
ã©ããããã¢ã³ãããã¿ããã Turns out it's an antenna.
<Trucy> ã¢ã³ããâ¥â¥ Ooh, like on a beetle?
<Ema> ã ãããé»æ³¢ã«åå¿ããã®ããªã ã£ãŠæã£ãŠã Like on a cell phone. This device must use an electronic signal of some sort.
<Trucy> é»æ³¢ãããã³ã³ãåœãã ãããããªâ¥â¥ãªããããªã An electronic signal, you say? Hmm...
Hm, I wonder if Trucy likes collecting beetles. Otherwise, I have no idea where that line came from.
> Finish talking, examine crime scene again
<Trucy> â¥â¥ã¡ãã£ãšã æ°ã«ãªã£ããã§ããã©ã You know what I couldn't stop thinking?
ãã®ã«ãŒãããã誰ã ãã³ã·ã§ãŠãããã§ããããã Who's going to pay for this carpet?
<Apollo> ãªã¬ãã¡ãããªãã³ã㯠ãããã ãã©â¥â¥ As long as it's not us...
ãã£ã±ãã ãã³ãã³â¥â¥ãããªãããªã Maybe... the shooter?
<Trucy> ããŒãããããããã æªãã³ããããšãã¯â¥â¥ I guess it's true what they say.
ããã«ã¡ã€ã¯ã¯ã ããããªãããã«ããªããšã Crime doesn't pay!
<Apollo> â¥â¥ããã®ã«ãŒããã ãããžãã©ãçãããã£ããã I would hope that carpet replacement costs weren't the only thing holding you back.
The last three lines: "Hmm. It's like, 'When you do something wrong... don't cause trouble for others too.'" "...I wished we could have come to that through a different way."
> Move: Sunshine Coliseum
> Meet Daryan, finish talking
<Daryan> ã©ãæã£ãŠããã ãã ãã³ãã®ãã³ãã¯ã What do you really think happened? Really?
â¥â¥ãªã¬ããã£ãâ¥â¥ãªã㊠èããŠãªãã ãããªãïŒ You don't think I did it, right?
<Apollo> ããããã¯â¥â¥ W-Well...
<Daryan> ãªãããããããªããããªã ããŸããããããŒããŠãããŠãããã Great. Way to instill a guy with some confidence.
äºä»¶ãèµ·ãã£ãç¬éããªã¬ã¯ ã¹ããŒãžã§ãæŽããŠããã ãã Just remember, I was ripping it up on stage when it happened, OK? Ripping!
<Apollo> â¥â¥â¥ïŒ ...!
<Daryan> ãã®âæ姫âãšããããã°ããã® èšãããšã«ãããããããªãã Don't get led astray by some siren song, eh?
ãããªããšâ¥â¥ ïŒå¹Žã¶ãã®ããžãããããšã«ãªããã Get this one wrong, and you'll be eating humble pie for a year. I'll bake it myself.
<Trucy> ãªããâ¥â¥æãæªãã§ããã Let's... not talk to him anymore. Alright?
<Apollo> ïŒçæã倧庵â¥â¥åäºããâ¥â¥ïŒ (Detective Daryan Crescend... He's one stone I'd leave unturned if I had a choice.)
Heh, nice. It was plainly "Don't be fooled by that 'songtress' lady", but made the perfect opportunity for a reference to siren songs. Ngl, I was half-expecting the JP script to run off of her Goddess title in some way...
> Move: Prosecutor Gavin's Office
< > â¥â¥ããâ¥â¥ ...*beep*...
<Klavier> ããããâ¥â¥ãããªãšãã«ããã ãã€ã¢ã³ãå¿
èŠãªãã ãã©ã It's times like this when I start to miss Daryan...
â¥â¥ãïŒ ...Huh?
<Apollo> ãâ¥â¥ã©ããã Erm, hiya!
<Trucy> ããžã æ¥ã¡ãããŸãããã Tee hee! Just thought we'd drop in. Hope you're not mad...?
<Klavier> â¥â¥âããžâãšãããã¡ããã æãã¯ã±ã«ããããªããªã ...How could I be? There's not enough "tee hee" in the world, in any case.
ãŸãã座ããªãã Have a seat.
<Apollo> ïŒæå€ã«ã³ã³ãã®åºããªãã³ã ãªïŒ (Prosecutor Gavin, the philanthropist.)
<Trucy> ãªããããããèŠç¿ããã§ããã Watch and learn, Apollo!
"(He's a lot kinder than I thought, this guy.)"
> Examine: guitars
<Apollo> ãããæ°ã®ã®ã¿ãŒã§ããããããªã« æã£ãŠãŠãã©ããããã§ããâ¥â¥ Look at all the guitars! Why so many?
<Klavier> äœæ¬ãã£ãã£ãŠãå°ããªããã ã®ã¿ãŒã¯ããŒãã®æ人ã ãããã You can never have too many guitars. They are like... my lovers.
<Apollo> ïŒãªãã ããã©ã®ç«ã€ã»ãªãã ãªïŒ (I didn't just hear him say that.)
"(Feels like he's saying that just to rub it in my face.)"
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<Trucy> ãªããããããç¥ããªããã§ããïŒ ããã¯ãäºåã®ã®ã¿ãŒã§ããã They're backup guitars, Apollo. Don't you know anything?
âãã£ããããŒãâã¯ãã®ã¿ãŒã å£ããŠãã³ãã®äžçã§ãããïŒ Rock 'n' rollers always smash their guitars at the end of a show!
<Apollo> ã©ããªäžçã ãâ¥â¥ No wonder it's so hard to make it as a musician.
"What kind of wacky world do they live in..."
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<Trucy> ã»ãã»ãïŒããªããããããã âãã£ãâããŠã¿ãŠãã ãããïŒ You know what, you should try rocking a little, Apollo.
<Apollo> â¥â¥æã¡äž»ã®ç®ã®åã§ããã¯ã ãããã«ããã¯ãããã ãã And breaking his guitars while he watches? That might be a little too rocking.
<Klavier> ã¯ã£ã¯ã£ã¯ãã§ããã ãŒãã¯ãããŒããã®ã¯ãããªããã ã Ah ha ha ha. Of course, I would never do such a thing.
èšã£ãã ãïŒ ã®ã¿ãŒã¯ããŒãã®æ人ã ã£ãŠã Did I not say, they are like my lovers?
ãŒãããæ人ã«ãããªããšããã ãªãã³ã«èŠããããïŒ Do I seem like the kind of man who would do such a thing to ones he loves?
<Trucy> ãããããŸããïŒãèŠããŸãããïŒ ããããã¬ãªã¥ãŒããã§ããïŒ No, no! Not at all! I mean, you're Mr. Gavin, upstanding prosecutor!
<Apollo> ïŒããããâ¥â¥âãã£ãâ㪠ãäžçã¯ã©ããããã ãïŒ (What happened to Prosecutor Gavin, god of rock?)
"No, no! Not at all! It's you we're talking about, Garyuu-san!" "(Hey... what happened to that world of 'rock' you were on about?)"
> Examine: window
<Klavier> ã©ãã ãïŒ ãã°ãããçºãã ããïŒ The view is exhilarating, ja?
ãã€ããããã§å€æ¯ã 楜ãã¿ãªãããæ²ã®æ§æ³ãç·Žããã ã I sit here, gazing down upon the city, writing my songs.
<Apollo> æ€äºã®ä»äºãããŸããããã Try working on cases.
<Klavier> æ²ãèããããšãšã äºä»¶ã®æšçãããããšâ¥â¥ It is the same thing.
ãŒãã«ãšã£ãŠã¯ãåããªãã ãã I write lyrics the same way I corroborate evidence.
ã©ã¡ãã倧åãªã®ã¯ãããžãã¯ãš ææ§ã®ããŒã¢ããŒã ãããã It is a harmony between the logical mind, and the primal spirit within!
<Apollo> ïŒèšã£ãŠãããšã¯ã«ãã³ã€ã€ãã©ã ãããŸããããŠããæ°ãããâ¥â¥ïŒ (Is it so hard to admit that you like staring out your window and daydreaming?)
"(He may have put it in a cool way, but I bet he's just trying to deflect...)"
Do prosecutors have a habit of just staring out their windows for some reason? IÂ know that frilly guy does it because he's got a bit of time at this time.
> Talk: The Case
<Klavier> ããâ¥â¥ããã ã ä»æ¥ã®æ°èãèŠãããªïŒ Ah, that reminds me, did you see the paper today?
<Trucy> ã¯ãïŒ Yes!
ãã¬ãã®ããŒãžã ãã¯ã¿ã¬ãã æ¯æãã§ãã¯ããŠããã§ããïŒ I always read the TV section.
<Klavier> ããã¯ãšã©ããã ããã³ãããããã¯ïŒ Good girl. How about you, Herr Forehead?
<Apollo> ãªã¬ããïŒã³ããŸãã㯠ãã§ãã¯ããŠãŸããã©ã ...I read the funnies.
Ah, something we can agree on, Apollo. Then again, with how Odoroki mentions the 4koma, I can't help but picture those on Gyakuten Tsuushin and now the joke is super meta.
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<Klavier> â¥â¥ã³ã€ããèŠããŸãã ...Then you will not have seen this!
<Apollo> ãæªéã®ããã¹ãæšåãããããïŒ ãïœäºæç®æ€äºã®ãã±ã³ãªæ声ã "Concert of Tragedy -- The Prosecutor's Deadly Song!"
<Trucy> ããä»å€ããããªãã©ãã ãããŸããã£ãïŒ Ooh, is that a new show? I haven't heard about that one.
<Klavier> ãã©ããããªããã ãã£ããšãããèšäºã®èŠåºããã It's not a show. It's an article. News, you know?
<Trucy> ãâ¥â¥ãããããŠã ã¿ã¬ããã¡ã®â¥â¥ Oh, does this have anything to do with the case...?
<Klavier> æ³å»·ããåž°ã£ãŠããã ãŒãã®é»è©±ã¯é³Žãã£ã±ãªãã ãã Since getting back from the trial, my phone has been ringing off the hook!
Second to last: "Oh... so it's about us...?"
> Finish talking, get the replica
> (optional) Move: W.A.A., present replica
<Trucy> ã¬ã¿ã¹ããã¯â¥â¥ ã³ã¬ã調ã¹ãŠãããã§ããã So this is what Mr. LeTouse was after...
<Apollo> ãããåœéèŠå¯ãã³ã¬ã è¿œããããŠãããã£ãŠããšã ãããã It's international smuggling. That's why Interpol was involved.
ïŒä»åã®äºä»¶ãšã©ãé¢ããã®ãã¯ã ããŸã ã€ãã€ãåãããªããã©ïŒ (I'm still not sure how this ties into our case, though.)
<Trucy> ã¡ã£ã¡ããã®ã«ã ããããã§ãããã³ã¬ïŒ Wow, how could such a little thing be so important!
<Apollo> ãããã«â¥â¥ ãŸãã§ãã¿ã¬ãã¡ããã¿ããã ãã In that way, it's a bit like you, Trucy.
<Trucy> ïŒâ¥â¥â¥â¥â¥â¥â¥ ãªãããããïŒ ...Apollo!
ã¿ã¬ãã¯ãã¡ã£ã¡ããããããªããŠã ãŸã è¥ãã ãã§ãïŒ I'm not small! I mean, I am, but I'm still growing!
<Apollo> ïŒâ¥â¥äžå¿ã ãã»ããã€ããã ã£ããã ãã©ãªïŒ (It was intended as a compliment.)
<Trucy> ãªããããããããå髪㧠身é·ãããã§ããããªãã§ããïŒ Well you cheat your height by sticking your hair up like that!
<Apollo> ïŒããããã¯å¥ã«ãããããããã ããªããã ãã©â¥â¥ïŒ (Hey, it's called fashion.)
"(H-hey, I just like it this way. I didn't mean it like that...)"
> Move: Sunshine Coliseum, In the Wings, then Hickfield Clinic
> Move: Detention Center, present replica
> Talk: The Cocoon
<Trucy> ãã®âããŠââ¥â¥ ãã£ããããªããªãã§ããïŒ What is this cocoon, anyway?
<Machi> ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ â¥â¥ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ â¥â¥
<Lamiroir> ãããŠã糞â¥â¥ç¹å¹è¬ã "The cocoon, the silk, is a potent cure."
<Trucy> ãšã£ããããâ¥â¥ïŒ A cure...?
<Apollo> äœãã®ç
æ°ã«å¹ããã£ãŠã³ãããªã It must cure some disease.
<Machi> ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ â¥â¥ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ ïŒ â¥â¥
<Lamiroir> ããããªã§ãŒã¬ã¹çå矀ãâ¥â¥ã ãšããç
æ°ã«å¹ãã¿ããã§ããã It's a cure for "Incuritis".
<Apollo> ããªã§ãŒã¬ã¹â¥â¥ A cure for Incuritis?
Ughhh, it literally is just "Chiryoles" (chiryou + less = cure-less), aka "Incuritis". And here I was expecting it was just the loc team having a brainfart once in a while.
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