whew... tam-tara deepcroft hard is... whew
skerple
whew... tam-tara deepcroft hard is... whew
whew... tam-tara deepcroft hard is... whew
🌻 serflower
it's....
🌻 serflower
yeah
🌻 serflower
it's kind of sad
🌻 serflower
nd
skerple
p. poor fuckin Edda.
🌻 serflower
and u
no bones
whew!!!
meownigishi
make sure u do the follow up quest!
meownigishi
which is to say
no bones
somewhere in the past that girl really needed a support network of any kind
meownigishi
go do floors 1-50 of palace of the dead 
skerple
I appreciate that the game did not make Keimgeim do a celebration emote at the end of that duty
Un(t)sundered
yeah, nopecroft is... a thing
skerple
that was not a thing she or I felt good about
skerple
that was in fact Keimgeim's personal nightmare
Un(t)sundered
did you read the journal entries scattered around the dungeon?
skerple
i sure fuckin did.
no bones
the monsters in the last stretch of the dungeon where they're different kinds of reject body parts, nope nope nope
skerple
not enough nope in the WORLD
Sword Logic
That dungeon is an astounding pile of nope
Sword Logic
Whew
skerple
I can't believe I just recently settled Keimgeim's backstory and personality, including her deep-seated need to help people and her terror of failing them, and then walked into THAT bullshit
Un(t)sundered
also just. can we talk about the roomwide AoE in the final boss being called "red wedding"?
skerple
OH MY GOD
Un(t)sundered
because I'm pretty sure that is an intentional shout out
skerple
I didn't get much of a look at all the mechanics because I was being run through it unsynced by a l80 from my FC
no bones
given how many other references to other media the game makes? i'm sure it is
skerple
but IT PROBABLY IS YEAH
skerple
knowing Koji Fox it almost certainly is
Un(t)sundered
Koji does like the references, it's true
🟣mish
What a good dungeon tho
🟣mish
I took my time the first time, SOO GOOD...
skerple
IT'S SO EFFECTIVE
MOVING
w e w
skerple
i can't stop thinking about poor fuckin edda
skerple
she can't have had a good life even before adventuring with Avere, surely
skerple
because he was so... awful to her
no bones
no, not if she thought that the way Avere treated her was remotely acceptable
no bones
yeah
skerple
and I appreciate that Paiyo Reiyo has the self-awareness to be like "yeah I was a shitheel and we were all awful to her and I regret this intensely" but like... unfortunately that does not help Edda now.
no bones
yeah. the moments where you discover someone has been really done wrong but there's nothing you can do about it are the worst.
no bones
powerful - probably because they interrupt the narrative of the video game protagonist solving all the problems - but hard
skerple
yeah.
skerple
oh. went back for the followup with Paiyo Reiyo and that sure was a horror movie bit there
skerple
thanks game! i feel great about that!
skerple
oh plurk hid a bunch of comments
skerple
I GUESS... I WILL DO PALACE OF THE DEAD THEN.....
skerple
god.
skerple
somebody in eorzea needs to invent therapy
skerple
also my phone autocorrected Eorzea to 'worst'
no bones
Palace is really good for leveling/practicing alt jobs, fwiw! And you have a chance of scoring glamour gear and cute minions
pastel ranma
It fucks me up how a lot of the people you meet during the early bit of learning to do dungeons end up dead
pastel ranma
Like I didn't even realize until a few goes around that Dolorous Bear and his party die in Copperbell Mines
pastel ranma
These people if you need a refresher 
L'fuckingChaim
we definitely don't see them again after :C
pastel ranma
Oh and someone straight-up tells you outside Copperbell
L'fuckingChaim
oh no
L'fuckingChaim
sobs
pastel ranma
If you talk to the pair, the old man and the young lady adventurer duo she tells you they found that party dead after they tried to take on more giants than they could handle
pastel ranma
and it's somewhat implied it was because they were their own worst critics and trying to get a win.
L'fuckingChaim
SOB
L'fuckingChaim
oh, Isdaurel and Alianne?
L'fuckingChaim
I love them
pastel ranma
Yeah them! Couldn't remember their names
L'fuckingChaim
*Isadaurel, I think
L'fuckingChaim
they're good people
pastel ranma
Yeah just before you actually do the dungeon they're outside of it and they clearly had to flee since Isadaurel is winded.
no bones
yeah, Dolorous Bear's party are some of the rare encounters in PotD
no bones
still full of regret about not being good enough 
L'fuckingChaim
oh noooooo
skerple
wehhhhh