Lia @liareplaysbk · 09:05 PM · Nov 26, 2020 Permalink

Today we wrap things up in Wazn, do some more royal talking, and go back to Alfard to hit Kalas in the head until he stops being a douche. Might take a while.

Lia @liareplaysbk · 09:07 PM · Nov 26, 2020 Permalink

Probably won’t get that far though, because there’s all of Mintaka, a reasonably long dungeon plus an annoying boss before that.

Lia @liareplaysbk · 10:51 PM · Nov 26, 2020 Permalink

First: go check on our excellent child laborer, who has done a beautiful job.

Lia @liareplaysbk · 10:53 PM · Nov 26, 2020 Permalink

That gets us our dragonriding permit. And YES, FOR ONCE, we address the fact that we were just going to leave the Royal Ship Of Diadem lying around freezing its hide off.

Lia @liareplaysbk · 10:59 PM · Nov 26, 2020 Permalink

Off we go and oh noooo, Barnette lied to make Xelha feel better, and Kalas is actually doomed!
(Spoiler: we will, somehow, alas, rescue him anyway, but it’ll take more of a beating than planned I guess)

Lia @liareplaysbk · 11:03 PM · Nov 26, 2020 Permalink

Act 2 Xelha isn’t doing the best of jobs of not looking like an airhead, TBH.
Something about Wazn’s commitment to extreme secrecy would have made more sense.

Lia @liareplaysbk · 11:06 PM · Nov 26, 2020 Permalink

Poor Ladekahn really wants to follow protocol and ends up a mess. One of those bits that make him a really charming character in spite of how basic his narrative function is.

Lia @liareplaysbk · 11:08 PM · Nov 26, 2020 Permalink

More foreshadowing.
This would be another way of explaining the secrecy: She Never Asked For ThisTM and would really rather not be the Queen of Wazn.
(Spoiler: literally carrying the Ocean, will have to die to release it)

Lia @liareplaysbk · 11:11 PM · Nov 26, 2020 Permalink

Off to Mintaka, where things have gotten markedly worse since last time. Bodies and demons in the streets.

Lia @liareplaysbk · 11:14 PM · Nov 26, 2020 Permalink

The people of Mintaka are either dead with grievous wounds, unconscious, or a traumatized mess suddenly not going on about superiority anymore.
(Which is how many fascists work, they’re generally sore losers and cowards. Not all, many)

Lia @liareplaysbk · 11:17 PM · Nov 26, 2020 Permalink

We don’t get any reward for rescuing people, but we can go fight the monsters, giving them time to run off.
Some of those fights are indoors, and reuse the Goldoba combat stage. Recycling, wooo!

Lia @liareplaysbk · 11:18 PM · Nov 26, 2020 Permalink

And don’t worry, Scalla is fine. Stuck inside, but fine.

Lia @liareplaysbk · 11:21 PM · Nov 26, 2020 Permalink

We get to the fortress, and a freaked out unarmed soldier rushes us. He was in the Lava Caves and is rethinking his allegiances a TWINGE.

Lia @liareplaysbk · 11:22 PM · Nov 26, 2020 Permalink

Actual narrative function: confirm our target’s location.

Lia @liareplaysbk · 11:25 PM · Nov 26, 2020 Permalink

This looks a lot like the polite / pep-talk version of “go do your goddamn job and protect civilians, we can look into the whole authoritarian fascism thing when the threat is less immediate”

Lia @liareplaysbk · 11:27 PM · Nov 26, 2020 Permalink

That Iron Beetle nearby now goes down in two turns, and that’s because the RNG was not being nice.
Next time: loot the fortress, rant angrily about Geldoblame’s gross queercoding, take down Fadroh and maybe even Kalas? We’ll see!