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[IronyOwl]

(Like how Ciro insulted his own breast size)

RACKS INSULTED:  2 (2!)

We're just 1 away from the new high score!

What I wanna know is how every single previous cycle managed to never rise above this paltry record.

Or maybe we just don't talk about those.

As our favorite tanks are nowhere to be seen, I'm in favor of restoring a previous save to restore our health, and exploring D:2 in the hopes of more plot-relevant shenanigans/side character coupons.

Also, eight and ninth lights? Possible allusion to additional siblings? It does seem that each floor is loosely related to a sibling, and we know there's at least 8 floors- could be a clue that there's a ninth floor as well. Blue Chick's words are no doubt important, but I don't know as we can extrapolate anything new from them. Oric's in charge, he was not always in charge, he may not always be in charge. Which may be what this whole cycle business is about but -ERROR: INSUFFICIENT DATA-

ERROR: Slog drank a health potion. Restoring might waste that.

Otherwise in favor of exploring D2.

[Toaster]

We should tail them.  There's only two exits that way, and one is straight up and the other is straight down.

[Xanmyral]

We should tail them.  There's only two exits that way, and one is straight up and the other is straight down.

This is an excellent suggestion. Where exactly are they going to go if they go that way? Do they have a way up? Or a way down? Or perhaps something else...

[IronyOwl]

We should tail them.  There's only two exits that way, and one is straight up and the other is straight down.

This is an excellent suggestion. Where exactly are they going to go if they go that way? Do they have a way up? Or a way down? Or perhaps something else...

I'll reluctantly third this, then. I doubt it'll end well, but let's do this. :I

[monk12]

I thought she was looking for "The Greens," aka that place we reincarnated, but now it sounds like Greens are an item or creature. Possibly Illborn?


Also, we're wrong about the Soul Star identification. I think we've got Ciro, Ritlia, and Proxxy down cold, which leaves Triangle-Sinful and Hammer-Oric as the weakest links. The only other theory I've got is Hammer-Sinful (Hammer is the Thief, Oric possesses it now but the symbol he stole from Sinful could be the one he represents with now,) but that leaves Triangle as... Oric? There's no real justification for that other than process of elimination, and it begs the question of why Oric would leave his own Soul Star in the possession of a random Illborn (even if it is the Chief.) Not to mention the Chief basically gave it away for nothing.

Well, I suppose that's not my only other theory- the other one involves the premise that Ritlia does not own the hexagon one, and it instead belongs to whoever the shadowy figure was in that cutaway while she was transforming into a monster (either Oric or his funny-haired lackey there.) This theory rests on the premise that the transformation was not Ritlia's doing, but instead an external agency that basically "possessed" her, but that's pretty shaky stacked up against our main theory. Not only does it not have any circumstantial evidence to back it up, it involves radically rethinking other Soul Stars (essentially adding another step to the previous speculation.)

tl;dr WHAT IS HAPPENING I DON'T EVEN. We need to find some evidence that contradicts one of our established theories.

[Solifuge]

Greens = different color souls, for different color soul stars?

[RedWarrior0]

I think White//Hexagon//Riltia is the one we have wrong.

Obviously, it's deadpool's.

[IronyOwl]

I thought she was looking for "The Greens," aka that place we reincarnated, but now it sounds like Greens are an item or creature. Possibly Illborn?

I too was wondering what Greens were, but I sort of forgot about it. But now that you mention it, she says "No thanks to yer help," not "No thanks to you" or similar like I'd read it as.

So... we were supposed to help her find Greens? Or maybe she thought she needed some Greens but didn't because of something we did but didn't tell her about? Sheer speculation: Tied to Riltia's retransfiguration?

Or maybe Greens is The Greens and she has a really, really bad sense of direction. Or Riltia destroyed it on the way out. Or something.

Also, we're wrong about the Soul Star identification.

tl;dr WHAT IS HAPPENING I DON'T EVEN. We need to find some evidence that contradicts one of our established theories.

I think we've got them down, it's just that we've got them down through bad/insufficient reasoning ("Cain green therefore green star"). Ciro being the stolen hammer is definitely an interesting theory, though.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Also, eight and ninth lights? Possible allusion to additional siblings?

That's my thought too. To absolutely no one's surprise, there is more to the story than we knew.

I thought she was looking for "The Greens," aka that place we reincarnated, but now it sounds like Greens are an item or creature. Possibly Illborn?

Possibly a surname?

Also, we're wrong about the Soul Star identification. I think we've got Ciro, Ritlia, and Proxxy down cold, which leaves Triangle-Sinful and Hammer-Oric as the weakest links. The only other theory I've got is Hammer-Sinful (Hammer is the Thief, Oric possesses it now but the symbol he stole from Sinful could be the one he represents with now,) but that leaves Triangle as... Oric? There's no real justification for that other than process of elimination, and it begs the question of why Oric would leave his own Soul Star in the possession of a random Illborn (even if it is the Chief.) Not to mention the Chief basically gave it away for nothing.

Well, I suppose that's not my only other theory- the other one involves the premise that Ritlia does not own the hexagon one, and it instead belongs to whoever the shadowy figure was in that cutaway while she was transforming into a monster (either Oric or his funny-haired lackey there.) This theory rests on the premise that the transformation was not Ritlia's doing, but instead an external agency that basically "possessed" her, but that's pretty shaky stacked up against our main theory. Not only does it not have any circumstantial evidence to back it up, it involves radically rethinking other Soul Stars (essentially adding another step to the previous speculation.)

tl;dr WHAT IS HAPPENING I DON'T EVEN. We need to find some evidence that contradicts one of our established theories.

It's also possible that one or both of the Soul Stars belong to unrevealed siblings. Which would make our job REALLY tough, so let's see what freeform says about this idea before accepting it as probable.

[Xanmyral]

I figured it was just the way she talked. She does have an accent. That, or when we directed her she didn't realize we were talking about a place.

EDIT: Looked it over closer, I'm very sure it's just her accent.

[javierpwn]

He technically said we have seen the siblings before, so the point is moot.

I still say BetweenFord and his brethren are working on overthrowing Oric as the Warden; probably by releasing Oversoul from it's bound state, and let it to on a rampage.

Also: Flow just has a really weird accent, which she probably uses to cover up her nonsensical techno-babble talk.

[Toaster]

To be fair, he did say the puzzle should be solvable with what we know now.  Therefore, each known Soul Star should match to a known character.

[javierpwn]

Theory:The Mailman is the Voice.

[monk12]

To be fair, he did say the puzzle should be solvable with what we know now.  Therefore, each known Soul Star should match to a known character.

Or at least an identifiable character- funny-haired lackey who may or may not be a sibling is still viable because we saw her in a cutaway, even if we didn't know her name at the time.

Also, we're wrong about the Soul Star identification.

tl;dr WHAT IS HAPPENING I DON'T EVEN. We need to find some evidence that contradicts one of our established theories.

I think we've got them down, it's just that we've got them down through bad/insufficient reasoning ("Cain green therefore green star"). Ciro being the stolen hammer is definitely an interesting theory, though.

Well, we've got a little more tying Cain to the Triangle than color, though not much. Thing is, we've literally only seen that triangle twice, which doesn't give us much context for identification beyond its absence in Cain's screen. I think if we were right, the evidence we have would be more than sufficient- since we aren't right, I conclude that we are misinterpreting the evidence we do have. Somehow.

Also, Cain is my crazy hammer theory, with Oric being the one who stole it. I didn't even bother citing all the Ciro-Astral Influx-Target evidence since that would be half the thread, and there's no other way to interpret that evidence. Similar story with Proxxy. Triangle, Hammer, and Hexagon are our weakest links (in order of weakest to strongest) but now I'm just repeating myself.

I figured it was just the way she talked. She does have an accent. That, or when we directed her she didn't realize we were talking about a place.

EDIT: Looked it over closer, I'm very sure it's just her accent.

Well shiver me timbers, I should check before I post. Also, evidently we never gave her directions, either. Still not sure how she missed it, it's a pretty linear path, but here we are.

[GreatWyrmGold]

She'd probably be able to take a wrong turn at Albuquerque without leaving the Warrens.