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[FallacyofUrist]

I'm pretty certain that if we shifted rooms while we were inside them... probably there would be bad side effects.

Also... Ask the broom guy what the most powerful soul star in the Warrens is.

[Andres]

I'm pretty certain that if we shifted rooms while we were inside them... probably there would be bad side effects.

Also... Ask the broom guy what the most powerful soul star in the Warrens is.

+1

Teleport to the Greens.

[hops]

Ask Polygon if the powerful soul star can be used to fight against Oric.

[monk12]

Strange addendums:


Trivia:

Spoiler: Whispers In The Dark (click to show/hide)

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You don't want to do this any more.

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Did we figure out the Siblings' order yet? Is Ecco the fourth? Did somebody know he had/was involved with the weapon well before he told Oric?

The King and the Lord

Spoiler: Ask The New Guy (click to show/hide)

New king...?

He seems legit, but you don't know what he's talking about. What will you tell him?[/center]

So for starters, I seem to have gotten my titles crossed. The King is presumably Oric, whom the angels are hoping to replace with someone in our party, presumably, as far as the new guy knows Al. The Lord is the existing Last Seraphim, presumably, as far as we know, etc.

Perhaps more interestingly... where are they getting new Angels from? Is there a recruitment center somewhere? Do they reproduce like normal living things?

Spoiler: Ecco Star (click to show/hide)

Ecco holds up his Soul Star.

Your choice here will alter the course of the story in a very important and permanent way, even if you give Ecco nothing. Choose carefully.

And again: Somebody, in this case Cain, thinks somebody in our party has the ultimate Soul Star which is the Ultimate Weapon, which also belongs to somebody destined for the throne.

Spoiler: Hellyfish Confirmed For Lord's Minions (click to show/hide)

Huh. Let's see



I Beseech you Let Us Through



Must follow Lord's Orders



Where is my castle?



Ecco stole it when we found your... Wreckage cycles Ago

Why is a DL3 Hellyfish following the Lord's orders? Assuming she's the Last Seraphim as we've been assuming, would that mean she's following Oric's orders in keeping the DLs nice and dungeony? Is she guarding Cain for some reason? Possibly because Cain obviously can't be trusted with his own minions the way Proxxy could have Wisps and Searchbots, and presumably the way Ecco can have control over Valkyries and Fellsettos?

For that matter, assuming the Hellyfish are following the Lord's orders... does DL3 and its inhabitants tell us more about Cain, Oric's imprisonment of Cain, or the Lord And Presumed Last Seraphim?

Go Time:

Spoiler: Angelic Friend (click to show/hide)

All kinds of curious. Have we met anyone on DL4, who might be considered a "friend" of the Angels but isn't one of them, who has... "his own little code-speak a lot like our Lord?"

Because I swear if The Last Seraphim is a lolcat I'm just gonna-

Spoiler: Ecco's Plans (click to show/hide)

But then we get this weirdness. If Ecco is their "friend," why's he planning on slaughtering them all? Is that only Oric's angels as opposed to angels hostile to him? Was "friend" meant entirely and completely sarcastically? Is he just going off the deep end in more ways than one?

So overall, we seem to know that:

-There is An Ultimate Weapon
-It is a Soul Star
-We have it... or at least everyone (meaning Cain and people listening to Cain, basically) thinks we have it

We further "know" that it's given or assigned to one destined for the throne, which matches "King" well enough. It seems reasonable enough to conclude that Oric is the current King, The Last Seraphim is the Lord, and the angels and Ecco are both plotting to brutally murder Oric the Current King and replace him with somebody else. In the angels' case, this appears to be an ally of some sort who is even now within our very party. In Ecco's case, it's presumably himself, if he cares beyond the savage murder of Oric and suspension of being reincarnated and forgetting about Floe part.

Which brings us to the question of which member of our party. One interesting clue is the mention that said weapon has been "assigned." Unfortunately that still tells us very little; Al is the only member to have been given his by a shady questgiver, but it's hard to say with ironclad certainty that nobody's been "given" their Stars otherwise.

Ciro is probably the least likely, since he got his Star incredibly early and appears to be an essential part of the Warrens. Him being finally at long last assigned his own Death Star would require some definite shenanigans on everyone's part.

Riltia is mostly in the same boat, but she does have one ace up her sleeve- the nonsense with the voices and triangle yandere. It's possible the corruption of her Star was or was related to being "given" the weapon. Still doesn't sound especially likely, but it's ahead of Ciro, at least.

Cherish also seems unlikely, especially since she was a battery, but finding hers in a tube and handing it over is hardly unmysterious enough to write her off entirely.

So as mentioned, this leaves the real winner as Al. Everything about him and his Star is anomalous- he entered the Warrens without losing it, Chief had it and then gave it to him, and he's shady and ancient. He's in all ways perfect for the role of Usurper King, at least as far as we know.


The things we don't know, obviously, could fill a fucking DL and then overflow into sublevels.


Other benefits of this research:

(Gather: 6) Al attempts to gather Kit Kat's ashes, but they waft away out of reach.

Oops. KitKat fate confirmed.


monk-senpai: This vital update is not listed in the index. Threw me off searching for it!

Index updated!

RE: Hellyfish, presumably the Last Seraphim is heavily involved in the dungeon management, including flushing rooms and spawning monsters. Perhaps all random Illborn ultimately respond to her (which ties in with Al being the choice of the Last Seraphim to rule the dungeon, which is why he was given a Soul Star that can command Illborn (though along with the "third weapon assigned an owner talk," if it really is Al it raises questions about whether the abilities of Soul Stars are inherent to the person or if they're assigned by the Last Seraphim as part of the SoulStarification process.)

RE: Go Time, I quote Maxim 29: The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy, no more and no less. Presumably they both want Oric out of power, but whether Ecco's slaughter will be limited to Angels who directly oppose him is an open question I think.

He's not?

Spoiler: No he isn't (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Sibling, but with a lowercase "s" (click to show/hide)

[RAM]

The enemy of my enemy is a good distraction. If we can convince Oric that Cain is going to be released or that Ecco will gain dangerous allies then it is possible that Oric may expend valuable resources or reveal secrets in a less than optimal fashion in order to prevent things that were never likely.

[Kadzar]

Well, I finally finished reading through this thread from start to finish (skimming through most of posts that aren't by freeformschooler, since I'm not completely insane).

And to think, I had briefly considered reading through this thread when ffs had to quit my IGYNPADCA RPG because he was too busy, and I decided to see what he was up to. I thought this "Warrens" thing he was working on looked interesting, but at nearly 200 pages (at 15ppp), it just seemed too long to read through. *laughs madly*

But, yeah, I recently decided I'd read through it, no matter how long it took, and I was not disappointed. I pretty sure TWoOtA is now my new favorite shonen anime, despite it technically being neither of those things. I'm really happy you guys eventually resurrected Slog, because this game just wouldn't be the same without it's adorable mascot.

So, anyway, I'm now posting to watch, and also submitting my Spirit Class: Battle Chef.

[freeformschooler]

Spoiler: Count (click to show/hide)

Ask about Cool Crab: +Andres, +NAV, +Eotyrannus, +monk12, +Birdy (5)
Squee: +Kevak, +Andres, +IronyOwl (3)
Play Memor-E: +javierpwn, -flameboy99, +monk12, +FallacyofUrist (2)
Turn toward the fourth wall: +FallacyofUrist (1)
Tell polydectes thank you on behalf of the voices in your head: +Egan_BW (1)
Ask if memories persist once a Soul Star is destroy: +monk12 (1)
Ask about the void: +monk12 (1)
Go right from the warp room: +monk12 (1)
Suddenly remember the Greens is out of power: +RanDomino (1)
Remeber what Oric's Soul Star does: +FallacyofUrist (1)
Get close to Polyester, whisper yellow text into his ear, skedaddle: +javierpwn, -flameboy99 (0)

Ask about Cool Crab: +Andres, +NAV, +Eotyrannus, +monk12, +Birdy (5)
Squee: +Kevak, +Andres, +IronyOwl (3)

Polydectes actually complemented your intelligence! Wow! You squee internally while maintaining your calm and calculating persona. You can't just go around shoving your insecurities in peoples' faces. There's no sense in that!









Noooo, Cool Crab! Actually, this could be worse. According to Polydectes, if you had an Illborn to sacrifice, you could make an even cooler crab with the Dark Cathedral's devices.

You take the Essence of Crab and wonder what you should do next.

Spoiler: Party (click to show/hide)

[javierpwn]

Open LSS menusbusing Ardent Circuit
Use Memor-E

[HissinhWalnuts]

even cooler crab

YES

[FallacyofUrist]

Um... why do none of you mourn his passing? Anyway... we need to set our sight on some long term goals. More inventory slots, for one thing... which means we need to find some shopkeepers and some money... which means we need to get moving. One more bit of exposition, then let's go. Have you considered an alliance with Cain? And do you know what his Soul Star does? And most important of all... what is Oric's Soul Star?

[flame99]

Um... why do none of you mourn his passing?

even cooler crab

[monk12]

So... apparently Polydectes is the kind of guy who'll murder a Cool Crab for his Essence for no reason. And to think I used to like Polydectes.

Though I suppose we could honor Cool Crab's final wish for rad specs by smashing up Proxxy's visor and fusing it with the Crab essence.

Open LSS menusbusing Ardent Circuit
Use Memor-E

+1

[FallacyofUrist]

So... apparently Polydectes is the kind of guy who'll murder a Cool Crab for his Essence for no reason. And to think I used to like Polydectes.

Though I suppose we could honor Cool Crab's final wish for rad specs by smashing up Proxxy's visor and fusing it with the Crab essence.

Open LSS menusbusing Ardent Circuit
Use Memor-E

+1

+1 to scan everything Polydectes has with the Ardent Circuit, possibly scaring his life out.

[birdy51]

...Sweet heavens. What happens if were to say... Combine Cool Crab with a Fellsetto? What horrifying Pop Monster would result?

Also. +1 to the Memor-E Machine.

[flame99]

...Sweet heavens. What happens if were to say... Combine Cool Crab with a Fellsetto? What horrifying Pop Monster would result?

Also. +1 to the Memor-E Machine.

Cool Crab's Coolness would override the Fellsetto, so the only evident change would be his newly found rad(der) beatz.