After being dusted off after nearly a year and lots of enabling~

[hadajerkectomy]

It's been awhile. According to your records, three days shy of a year.

Do you think you can manage it, even with all that encouragement? You haven't exactly reviewed any of my past beyond the last time you picked up your file.

*He sighs.*



That's not going to daunt you, is it?

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[bloodyashes]

[Grumpyguts is here to ruin your day as usual.]

Sounds like you can't make up your mind whether you want to be here or not.

[hadajerkectomy]

*Hi Grumpy! Luke is going to bristle at you a little while his mun giggles.*

Don't put words in my mouth!

[bloodyashes]

I didn't. If I had, it would have taken twice as long to say.

[Uh-oh someone's in a mood. Like he isn't always.]

[hadajerkectomy]

*They can be moody together.*

I don't know, it seemed to me like you conveyed more than enough.

*Grumble.*

Why are you here? Or is it just "your mun wanted to fling you at me"?

[prismshards]

[ Hullo, other self. How can you complain with such a beautiful username. ]

Even if a review is a bit challenging I'm sure your mun will do their best. That's what counts, right?

An enabler friend of mine came up with it when I first made his account. c:

[hadajerkectomy]

*He actually doesn't mind the username! It could have been worse.*

Yeah. She's only using the PS2 version of the game, so it'll take awhile. And she's actually never beaten it before.

...When it comes to what she cares about, she says that she doesn't even mind if critique puts her in a bad mood, because she worries about the accuracy of the muses she plays.

Myself included, apparently.

It's so appropriate on a couple levels. :'D

[prismshards]

[ Exactly! It's not a fon joke, replica reference, nor does it mock their awesome fashion sense. ]

The loading times alone are going to make it take almost twice as long. But my mun says that's the best way to play since the larger screen lets you see more detail, like Guy crying when Tear hugs him. [ Watching their best friend do a crab shuffle will never not be funny. ]

Hey, there's no reason for her to get upset when she's just starting out! It's gonna take some practice to get a new voice down. The main thing is to have fun.

I know, right? <3

[hadajerkectomy]

*And their fashion sense is awesome, thank you very much! <3*

She's gotten spoiled from faster games, so the long load times annoy her - especially when she gets lost because her sense of direction is terrible. If she couldn't picture the "maps" that she just returned from, she'd be screwed. And there are some segments that she's glad that she doesn't have the 3DS version for. She really hates how the PS2's world map is... not helpful for her.

She glanced at a walkthrough, however, and it seems that we're in the final stretch of events. Less than ten locations to go before it's all over. She's barely 40 hours in.

...And I'm not new, I'm returning. There's a difference. *He grins.*

Seeing as how Asch is a jerk too, hehe

[prismshards]

[ Yes, yes it is! Anybody who says otherwise obviously doesn't know a thing about being cool. ]

Haha yeah... That's one part of the game that's always sucked, especially with the later areas where you might get lost and have to backtrack. You can do some pretty cool tricks only on the PS2's world map, though! By doing it right Mr. Grumpy up there can be played longer. And you can cheat at a lot of side quests.

I thought I recognized you from before. Feels good to stretch your legs, huh? [ His mun has a thing for AUs, so they get first dibs a lot of the time. ]

<3

[hadajerkectomy]

*Yes. His mun wants a Luke coat.

*He nods a bit, then arches an eyebrow.* Oh? My mun will have to look around about that. She enjoyed having Asch around.

...But... *He frowns.* Sorry. My mun doesn't remember you. *So therefore, he doesn't either. :( * But it does feel good to be out and about.

*Is he an AU? His mun just grabbed him from the middle of a breakdown last time.*

[prismshards]

[ Comfy, breezy, and perfect for any occasion. ]

Just tell her to watch out for spoilers. Don't want her ruining the story if she doesn't know it already.

[ Time for an awkward laugh and headscratch. ] Oh, we might not have met before. My mun saw your username somewhere and it stuck with her. [ And since he's canon post-game, it's more likely another redhead would have met him anyway;;; ]

Once you learn to ignore certain people including insecure muns, it's a lot of fun here. Our friends show up from time to time, too.

[hadajerkectomy]

Thankfully, she's dense enough to not be able to put things together most times (since her plurk friends were talking about Lorelei - but thankfully not in detail enough for her to figure out.)

...The problem is that she IS insecure when she starts out. So it's harder for her to tag out until she "gets into the swing of things".

One plurk friend of hers plays that jerk up there (specifically,) and a few others play myself. And a couple have Jade in their heads.

...It's pretty entertaining.

*He grins.* But she's flattered that your mun remembered my username. She likes to be remembered for good things, since her memory isn't that great at times.

[prismshards]

I guess that's one benefit of being oblivious, though some of those walkthroughs can be pretty blunt.

Most players are to begin with. Mine has been at it off and on for years yet she's still a chicken. [ He laughs again. ] If it helps, my mun knows Asch's and was there in the plurk too. [ Hence the failed attempts to bait sir sourpuss. gdit nai ]

Your mun shouldn't worry too much- mine sucks at keeping things straight too. And she's slow as molasses. That name, though... It's hard to forget when she broke down laughing because of it. I didn't think it was that funny.

[hadajerkectomy]

To her credit, she generally only looks if she gets stuck, so that minimizes spoilers.

But if my username had been picked by her, it probably would have been some awful pun. Or something completely forgettable. *Sigh. He doesn't think it's funny, either, but it is rather accurate....*

But see, she had no idea you were in the plurk with her. She just thought -- *he pitches his voice higher to imitate her,* "Oh, I guess this post is popular?" or "I got lucky!"

[prismshards]

They seem to like choosing either joke names or boring ones. So much for maintaining any dignity. [ He seconds the sigh. Maybe having an tangibly-related name is better than a fitting one. ]

Hey, hey. Mine didn't either! It was your name that caught her interest first. Then she saw Asch up there and that was all the encouragement she needed to say 'screw being shy.'

[hadajerkectomy]

Well, my mun has a muselist link on her plurk's bio - you can see all the proof there (it's also incomplete, again.)



...But, well, I'm glad you dropped by. The more interest she gets from other people, the more likely she's going to keep up with me.

[prismshards]

Ah, geez. I wish you hadn't mentioned that. My mun made annoying noises over some 'Fou-lu' guy... [ Who's the seven-year-old here? SIGH. ]

Heh... No problem. It's hard to keep interested in something if no one else is, right? You're lucky, though. She thought about making it into an Asch party for kicks.

[hadajerkectomy]

Ah, the old god dragon geezer that united a country at war under his name, then slept for a few centuries only to be back-stabbed by his own country, then driven insane when his beloved was killed. He's kinda on the shelf in her head, but she likes pulling him out sometimes.

...Why did you mention that? Now my mun's excited about having more Asch muses to bother me. *heavy sigh*

[prismshards]

He sounds... interesting. [ To put it mildly. ] Mine doesn't play from that series yet but it's one of her all-time favorites.

[ He's trying not to snicker, really. ] Oops. Well, she's got a handful of them to choose from, so you might get lucky and end up with one that's almost nice?

[bloodyashes]

Mostly the latter.

[He's pretty irritated about it, but he's irritated about everything so it doesn't really matter, right?]

Something about getting me out more. Like she doesn't casually throw Tower newbies in my path all the time.

[hadajerkectomy]

As in 'Tower of Animus'?

*He's calmer now; no more grumbling.*

I bet that gets old, though, having to do that over and over again?

[hadajerkectomy]

The Breath of Fire series in general (barring Dragon Quarter) has a special place in her heart. The only downside from playing from such old fandoms is that it's maybe once a year when someone bites with a castmate.

...At least I don't have to share a headspace with an Asch. How do you handle it?

[bloodyashes]

Unfortunately. I'm regularly put on newcomer duty.

[It's not the mun's fault you're an exposition man, Asch. Besides, half the time you're the only one who does tell newbies what's up.]

At least lately she's stopped throwing me at people likely to have an emotional tantrum over it.

[hadajerkectomy]

From that perspective, it sounds like you're baby-sitting.

*He can't help but laugh in his head, though. The image of Asch tending to a bunch of five-year-olds is pretty cute. Even though that's not exactly the case for Asch in terms of the ages.*

...Or would baby-sitting be a step-up?

[bloodyashes]

[Well, he's not that far off sometimes, given how Auldrant years are double the length of those in the Tower and seemingly everywhere else.]

I'm not going to get that involved with a bunch of strangers who may or may not get themselves killed in the first week.