GARNiDELiA - Speed Star
University Excalibur: SUMMARY 3
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PREVIOUSLY ON UNIVERSITY EXCALIBUR: some weirdos did fighting
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anyway remember how I said Darkblood had a scythe
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she has two scythes
she has two scythes
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dual scythes, a gimmick I thought was super goofy until I realized the dark souls 3 DLC deadass has a girl with dual scythes
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While fighting, Blademaster Darkblood does some exposition!
While fighting, Blademaster Darkblood does some exposition!
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Stronger Henshin Devices don't generate more pneuma! pneuma comes from people.
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Instead, weaker Henshin Devices are limiters, making people weaker than they otherwise could be.
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Although that's partially because going all-out without training is super dangerous.
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The rest of the party arrives to ANOTHER TWIST
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Darkblood saw Celia nine years ago, during the Nomad invasion!
Darkblood saw Celia nine years ago, during the Nomad invasion!
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And she hasn't aged a day.
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She continues thrashing the party, criticizing them all the while.
She continues thrashing the party, criticizing them all the while.
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this is all because 'she' chose them for the power of the Jailbroken devices - Henshin Devices that don't limit your power at all, letting you grow infinitely.
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ARE WE DONE WITH THE TWISTS IN THIS FIGHT
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NO
NO
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Celia was given a Henshin Device on day 1, but she hasn't used it once.
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Her power is... something else??
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also MORDRED is the organization that created the Jailbroken Henshin Devices.
also MORDRED is the organization that created the Jailbroken Henshin Devices.
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and right when Darkblood is about to reveal her true power...!
and right when Darkblood is about to reveal her true power...!
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Ignacia Jimenez falls from the sky.
Ignacia Jimenez falls from the sky.
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Fifth Blade of the Tenka-Goken, the five ultimate Breakers who answer directly to the principal.
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Darkblood retreats!
Darkblood retreats!
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Astra hits on Ignacia immediately.
Astra hits on Ignacia immediately.
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Ignacia deflects questions, then jumps back up to Avalon.
Ignacia deflects questions, then jumps back up to Avalon.
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That's a 1.5km vertical leap
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Superfriends Star Transition
TRANSITION
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Time for the party to get together and pool their information.
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This party has information?
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they just got so much information
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Question 1: How did they end up with Jailbroken devices?
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They got their devices the same time as everyone else, on the ferry.
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Question 2, how have their Jailbroken devices not killed them from overuse?
Question 2, how have their Jailbroken devices not killed them from overuse?
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Hibiki is the one who gave them their devices. Is she a MORDRED double agent?
Hibiki is the one who gave them their devices. Is she a MORDRED double agent?
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Question 3, what's up with Celia?
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She doesn't know!
She doesn't know!
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She first woke up at the Nomad invasion, and has no memories from before that.
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She doesn't need a device to transform.
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She doesn't age.
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All they can agree on is
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they have a lot of questions,
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and the best source of answers is the Student Council.
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LATER THAT EVENING
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Celia is looking for answers in the library again, when she has a chance encounter!
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It's with Maxwell Gray, the Student Council Treasurer.
It's with Maxwell Gray, the Student Council Treasurer.
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He knows something about Celia that not even Celia knows.
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but this isn't another exposition scene!
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It's an ambush.
It's an ambush.
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Max is staging a coup.
Max is staging a coup.
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Elsewhere, Luca is talked at by Hibiki, live on stream!
Elsewhere, Luca is talked at by Hibiki, live on stream!
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But then she goes to commercial,
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and goes deadly serious.
and goes deadly serious.
Princess Emily
Skillshare...
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MORDRED is going to try and stop an unprecedented disaster.
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LATER
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Max turns Celia into a living power conduit, placing a barrier around Avalon.
Max turns Celia into a living power conduit, placing a barrier around Avalon.
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within the conduit, Celia hears a mysterious voice.
within the conduit, Celia hears a mysterious voice.
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GATHER THE SQUAD
GATHER THE SQUAD
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The Chaos Club gathers to confront Max, along with a trio of club presidents who are working for him!
The Chaos Club gathers to confront Max, along with a trio of club presidents who are working for him!
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Maxwell's gimmick is this:
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He's rich.
He's rich.
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So, he has experimental US military hardware backing him.
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It's a Metal Gear basically.
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Hibiki is helping the squad, and also broadcasting the event live across the world!
Hibiki is helping the squad, and also broadcasting the event live across the world!
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Battle happens!
Battle happens!
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Meanwhile, Maxwell is ascending into a tower of floating debris over the campus as his power grows.
Meanwhile, Maxwell is ascending into a tower of floating debris over the campus as his power grows.
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meanwhile, in Celia's mind,
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a mysterious creature appears.
a mysterious creature appears.
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Logos helps Celia escape from Max's control, breaking the conduit!
Logos helps Celia escape from Max's control, breaking the conduit!
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Max still has a semi-stable conduit without her, but also he has no hostage.
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But he has more Heavy Metal Thunders.
But he has more Heavy Metal Thunders.
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Eight of them.
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Now the entire school is his hostage!
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The Delinquent Club can handle one mecha.
The Delinquent Club can handle one mecha.
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That leaves seven,
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but they aren't alone.
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To the north: The Luca Club.
To the north: The Luca Club.
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To the northwest: The Flower Arrangement Club.
To the northwest: The Flower Arrangement Club.
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To the west: The Witchcraft Club.
To the west: The Witchcraft Club.
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To the soutuhwest: The Neo Latin Club.
To the soutuhwest: The Neo Latin Club.
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To the south: The Card Games Club.
To the south: The Card Games Club.
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To the southeast: The Basketball Team.
To the southeast: The Basketball Team.
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That leaves one for the Delinquent Club, and one more unaccounted for...
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And Tsubaki is the key!
And Tsubaki is the key!
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Tsubaki gives a dramatic speech to motivate all the D-Rank students into action!
Tsubaki gives a dramatic speech to motivate all the D-Rank students into action!
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That's all eight mecha accounted for.
That's all eight mecha accounted for.
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That just leaves the main event.
That just leaves the main event.
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Cliffhanger!
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance OST - Rules of Nature...
Someone has to post this.
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It's the rules
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i love foxglove's constant thirst for blood and violence
moontouched
relatable plant
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foxglove is so good
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the group is dispersed!
the group is dispersed!
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Astra is with Mateo, Celia with Luca, Foxglove with Hibiki.
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all three have routes they can take up to Max, but they're guarded!
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Celia and Luca face Lian Wu, president of the archery club.
Celia and Luca face Lian Wu, president of the archery club.
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"That's a chinese name and haiku are japanese," I hear you cry
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Lian's a weeb.
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She's been offered freedom from physical desire in exchange for her cooperation.
She's been offered freedom from physical desire in exchange for her cooperation.
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By which I mean,
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ten million american dollars.
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Astra and Mateo face Yago del Olmo, president of knit club.
Astra and Mateo face Yago del Olmo, president of knit club.
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He's a paranoid mess, accusing them of being agents of his nemesis, Yael, president of the crochet club.
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and Foxglove and Hibiki face Ju-Long Xiao, president of the Engineering Club.
and Foxglove and Hibiki face Ju-Long Xiao, president of the Engineering Club.
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He is, of course, also being paid hansomely for his efforts.
He is, of course, also being paid hansomely for his efforts.
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but Foxglove and Hibiki have the power of friendship* on their side, so they can't lose!
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*Foxglove doesn't even know Hibiki's name
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Ju-Long kicks the fights off by using F.I.R.E, the first half of his self-crafted weapon!
Ju-Long kicks the fights off by using F.I.R.E, the first half of his self-crafted weapon!
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that's Freeze Induction Realization Energy. It's a freeze ray.
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Meanwhile, the party unnervingly learns that Yago has a Malevolent Entity!
Meanwhile, the party unnervingly learns that Yago has a Malevolent Entity!
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Quinn I am fucking losing it at F.I.R.E.
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the other half, Incindeary Cremation Energy. In other words, I.C.E.
the other half, Incindeary Cremation Energy. In other words, I.C.E.
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"WORDS MEAN THINGS, YOU CRETIN" is such a good line that it's actually entered my real life phrasing
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GOD
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Lian's way more of a loser than her mystical vibes suggest
Lian's way more of a loser than her mystical vibes suggest
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honestly that line may be the best line in UE, which is a campaign full of EXTREMELY good lines
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Meanwhile, Yago unleashes the threads limiting his power, and surrenders to his dark alter ego.
Meanwhile, Yago unleashes the threads limiting his power, and surrenders to his dark alter ego.
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The letters in his name rearranging to form
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GOD LOOM YAEL
GOD LOOM YAEL
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president of the crochet club.
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He's pretty straightforward.
He's pretty straightforward.
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Meanwhile, Foxglove is getting increasingly unhinged as their fight proceeds.
Meanwhile, Foxglove is getting increasingly unhinged as their fight proceeds.
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Lian breaks the laws of both buddhism and euclidean geometry with her ultimate attack.
Lian breaks the laws of both buddhism and euclidean geometry with her ultimate attack.
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She tries to go down with a cool haiku, but she forgets how the third line goes.
She tries to go down with a cool haiku, but she forgets how the third line goes.
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Sadly, we never find out what A.N.D stands for.
Sadly, we never find out what A.N.D stands for.
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Ultimately, the three club presidents are vanquished, opening the path to the summit.
Ultimately, the three club presidents are vanquished, opening the path to the summit.
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Tsubaki heads up to chase them.
Tsubaki heads up to chase them.
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They stand united against Maxwell Gray, but in their condition, do they stand a chance??
They stand united against Maxwell Gray, but in their condition, do they stand a chance??
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Hibiki sacrifices all her energy to heal the party to full!
Hibiki sacrifices all her energy to heal the party to full!
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FINAL BOSS TIME
FINAL BOSS TIME
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Max is full of power stolen from Logos, the source of all Henshin technology.
Max is full of power stolen from Logos, the source of all Henshin technology.
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It's not going great!
It's not going great!
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Tsubaki returns to cheer her friends on!
Tsubaki returns to cheer her friends on!
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Maxwell attains the power beyond Henshin.
Maxwell attains the power beyond Henshin.
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Henshin Ultra!
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he transforms again, a second layer of power on top of his normal henshin.
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Fight resumes.
Fight resumes.
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But the party continues to push back!
But the party continues to push back!
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Sawano Hiroyuki - Tears Of The Dragon
Cool shit music
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A new mystery!
A new mystery!
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Something's changed since the first session.
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Luca and Astra's devices are also jailbroken!
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Tsubaki appeals to Maxwell's humanity!
Tsubaki appeals to Maxwell's humanity!
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Unfortunately, Max is a CEO. He doesn't have any humanity!
Unfortunately, Max is a CEO. He doesn't have any humanity!
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In order to gain the power to keep fighting, Maxwell drains power from the barrier overhead.
In order to gain the power to keep fighting, Maxwell drains power from the barrier overhead.
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And it breaks.
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Sengoku Basara OST - Ongaku Emaki - Ao Ban Moeyo, Wa...
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And so his reckoning comes.
And so his reckoning comes.
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Xoana sets him on fire by looking at him really intensely,
Xoana sets him on fire by looking at him really intensely,
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then exiles him from Avalon and demotes him to Rank D.
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Celia's answers, along with everything else,
Celia's answers, along with everything else,
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awaits in Avalon.
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And what Maxwell used wasn't a true Henshin Ultra. It wasn't even close.
And what Maxwell used wasn't a true Henshin Ultra. It wasn't even close.
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End of Season 1.
End of Season 1.
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Next: Our story resumes in Agincourt, in the year 1415.
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GOD YES
Dragons Dragons
Echo
God, this was so good.
Echo
...I'm still really proud of "yeet the rich", I feel like that was a really underrated pun.
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My favorite detail on this is
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"when did MORDRED jailbreak Luca and Astra's devices?"
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mid-fight.
mid-fight.
Echo
Yeah, it took me a moment to work that one out, but it made total sense in retrospect.
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Also proud of what I named Astra's ult:
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Yeet the rich is my favourite.
Niamh Vibes
God what an incredible season finale
Niamh Vibes
I think this arc was when Foxglove and Valor fully clicked in my mind and I knew how to use both for the story
Princess Emily
there was so much Celia was discovering about herself in this summary
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it's great
連続犬
Oh man the start of Season 2 is just
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the best