I may use it a lot or I may use it very little, but now I have no excuse to not play it. Come, Archer of Shinjuku. You have been waiting far too long for your debut.
Hey there's no shame in that. I took forever on Shinjuku too.
but I was kind of all in on Crime Grandpa
time for the rise of chaotic evil!
Crime Grandpa is such a good grandpa.
Evil only, final destination.
(I’d be less embarrassed, but I really didn’t expect for Granblue to take me over like this.)
Wow, I have no choice but to criticize da Vinci-chan for taking a day off for once.
Look, given what she did over the last year, she can take as much time lazing around as she wants.
High school AUs might be overdone, but I, for one, would be fine with slice of life FGO.
Oh my gosh, the SOUND EFFECT when Mash came in to check da Vinci out of the way when da Vinci was teasing Gudako about Mash getting a pile of love letters from all genders.
...Well, that’s a depressing view of the world. (I think at this point I can reasonably say I’m probably going to use this plurk “a lot.”)
I almost feel sorry for the Mage’s Association. (I almost started to question who involved in the UN knows about magecraft in this world, but trying to consider the implications of one-off sentences in Fate is a recipe for disaster.)
.......Wait. What the flip?
I mean. I guess they only have our word to go on about anything involved in saving the world other than losing a year.
Olga Marie deserves better (my forever refrain for this game).
That sounds...incredibly sinister. So much for the rom-com high school fantasy going on in the start of this.
Like, Gudako clearly had a lot of support, not least of which to supply mana to the Servants, but fair. Real fair.
From my point of view, that’s not even entirely wrong.
...Gosh. Like, I like Granblue a lot. (I should hope so, with how many hours I sunk into it), but I find that FGO does a better job of making me feel a part of the world. It’s a trade off for having voice acting, as it’s easier to move a voiceless protagonist around a voiceless game, and that’s not even necessarily better or worse.
But I really enjoy getting to feel a part of FGO’s story.
As great as everyone on the list is, we all know whose praise most gets to me.
...Oh nooooo I forgot.
I laughed, but it also warmed my heart.
You know, I can’t recall if Gudako has heard the station alarm while in her room other than the day that the other candidates got attacked.
DA VINCI!!! I mean, it was a good idea, but I laughed anyway.
Her vitality has gone back to a snarky teenager. She’s learned so much....
.....You a-holes.
......well. This looks bad.
glances over
I can’t see this ending well if this crowd ends up left to their own devices.
(My personal Shinjuku challenge is to only use Evil Servants. And by challenge I mean EASIEST DAY OF MY LIFE because I have so many. Chaotic is the only third of the morality grid I have more of.)
I heard rumours of this moment.
Papa's here to steal your heart.
Save me, grandpa!
flicks lights on and off?
...Okay there was a BIG swing from “gang member with a pipe” to “sexualized automaton.”
I did wonder what it would be now that we dealt with the glowing circle in the sky.
But a wall is a relatively...normal containment for a Singularity???
My observational skills are so honed that I didn’t even consider that might be not a normal part of the Shinjuku skyline. Thank you for your support, Mash and da Vinci and staff.
...It’s you, isn’t it. (Don’t answer this. I’ve avoided most spoilers.)
Another FGO strong suit: bouncing from serious to ridiculous at the drop of a hat.
Bartender Moriarty is wonderful, but I’d like to see Host Moriarty as well.
Finding what Angolmois was was hindered by the entire first page of search results being of a manga series.
He doesn’t look a thing like Al Copone, but he talks like a bad guy like you remember when you were young.
Thanks, Papa, but could you have perhaps said that a little more quickly?
The game read my mind. (Well, what I was actually thinking was that Mash did more than the player character, really, but it’s a similar thought.)
“Use me as you see fit! I am Archer of Shinjuku!” (rousing music)
I hate playing this game at this time of night.
Poor Papa begins with a face full of flames.
So, even when using Sarah's dandy during an event, I have deliberately been avoiding looking at his animations so he can fully debut here. And. They're even more ridiculous than I expected.
His coffin-gun has butterfly wings. Of course he has a cane gun. He swings the coffin around his head on a chain in his extra attack.
He's so Extra he should get a bonus in the upcoming event.
OH MY GOSH HIS NP HAS HIM JUMPING SILHOUETTED AGAINST THE NIGHT SKY WITH GLEAMING EYES I LOVE THIS DANDY
bond level up instantly yeah this bond bonus will be good for poor ignored archer
I wanted to bond with him through Shinjuku, not realizing how long it would MYSTIC SPINAL FLUID
“Hey Mash, you think he’s a weirdo, too, right?”
...Uh.
Uh, but for a different reason. More an...uh?
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that I have no idea what he's talking about. They're playing the theme of "we're not giving you all the information but things are serious and stuff."
They’re not even
trying to be subtle.
It's a Jigglypuff, as seen from above.
.......Moriarty made a League of Villains. Oh my gosh.
Damn, you’re even older than you look, Papa!
I didn't even notice that it's changed over to just saying Archer of Shinjuku. I appreciate that they aren't going to try to pretend it's a mystery right now.
...You doing okay, Shakes?
I’m not an observant sort, generally, but I would have liked the option to ask, “If only the strong and wicked have survived, how is there a baby instead of some kind of trap?”
Gudako and Mash are not well-suited for this "wicked only" school of thought.
Thanks, Papa, for being here to be the Suspicious Bastard.
That “set intervals” bit is a good point I would have never noticed.
....Yeah, the "who set it" is possibly what we should have asked before engaging in this discussion out in the open.
....the what
No one back at Chaldea tell the Phantom (though in my Chaldea, he’s doubtful to be one of the ones sticking it out).
...........are we really leaving the random citizen to die and saving the ruffian who tried to kill us
I'm not upset about saving the ruffian, but when we just watched a random citizen die, I am like "could we not have come out earlier"
Okay, so we're not saving either of them. All right.
Here it is, the image macro.
....Failed ambush restores 1/3 charge. I'd hate to see a successful one.
...He
did say there were 11, huh. A good point I hadn’t thought to count.
I’m not even allowed to speak in my defence, huh.... (Granted, I play Gudako as quite straightforward and honest, so.)
Okay, that’s a nice way of putting it, at least.
That’s a pretty neat philosophy!
Oh hey, buddy! You’re...you’re not angry that I called you scum in your role in the epilogue of the Event That Should Not Be Played and basically never used you, right? We’re cool, right?
And I thought
phantom was hard to understand.
H...hey, don’t pin this on me, you kingpin!
Um. Da Vinci-chan. Maybe. Maybe don’t say that next time. (And not just because using insane as a shorthand for villainous sorts should be avoided.)
I could screenshot basically anything Papa says and just comment “I love this dandy.”
And with the howl of the puppy who I hear shows up occasionally and is a mild issue, I’m going to set it down for tonight. Down because I should get some stuff done, and for the night because I’m supposed to not look at screens for a half hour before bed and I sure have not been doing that this week.
Thanks for reading my reactions to the first two chapters of Shinjuku. Next time, section 3 and I presume a doggo.
Crime Grandpa is...not good, that’s the point, but wonderful in his evil, sketchy ways.
Also I decided to check how much variation there is in the lines after a dialogue choice and I discovered that I got two extra dialogue options because of my choices that don’t exist on the other path.
By telling Mash to put the belongings on the shelf, I was given the dialogue of playing with Fou to get out of work, and when I chose to celebrate the idea of Chaldea Academy, I got to marvel at how good da Vinci looks in teacher mode.
Neither of those options changed anything, but having extra lines for the player on one path over another is pretty good by my experience with mobages, since they don’t remember your choices beyond maybe a few lines.
I tend towards the goody-goody choices in games because I am a softhearted dweeb, but it feels so much better choosing them over a different option instead of just watching a goody-goody character do it for me.
I’m very vanilla, but I appreciate being able to pick it over other flavours even if I never choose the other ones.
I’ve just returned and I’m already being swept off my feet???
...Servants are wild.
HE’S NOT GOOD BUT HE’S GREAT.
Which is kind of funny given all of the obviously fictional Servants who pop up, but it’s true in my experience that such characters either say something about the world they live in (Victor Frankenstein was a real asshole) or are substituting for the fictional (Savior of France).
Fate: it doesn’t make sense, but it does a decent job pretending like it would with enough research.
Yeah, Shinjuku is very interesting in the idea of... no, see, these servants are fictional.
meanwhile jeanne d'arc alter santa lily
...Oh yeah, there’s another example!
slothdere: HAHAHAHA Yeah that’s a definite “but why doesn’t that count?” “shhhhh.”
(you posted the same screenshot there for the "another example")
(....Oops. I hate it when I do that.)
(Thank you for letting me know!)
Here’s the text I meant to show, only this time over top of Holmes showing they set up Shinjuku like a year ago.
......Are they going to stand here and go “Sherlock Holmes? Totally real. Moriarty? Pffft, what are you even talking about?”
I can clear that up! ... later if you still need me to by the end.
I can think of a couple of justifications for it just offhand, but it’s still funny to me.
Like in the original, Moriarty was a plot device because Doyle was sick of writing pop fiction, so there’s that alone.
Moriarty I love youuuuu.
And it is well known that I love cute characters.
...wow what did Liz ever do to you, doggo, that cry of hatred only hit her? (There could easily be a list from her future self.....)
WOW IT'S TWO TURNS OF ONLY GOING FOR LIZ
Though all of the attacks are directed Moriarty's way.
....welp that was literally every attack into my Moriarty so I guess we get the backline in.
He switched to hating Medb as soon as she came on the field.
The dog just can't bring himself to hate Ibaraki.
He senses a kindred spirit.
Probably. I wonder if Rider likes sweets?
WHICH MEANS MEDB CAN DO BONUS DAMAGE if she survives.
I was at least able to get rid of the monstrous strength before the NP.
thanks for taking it with your guts, Liz.
I'll make sure you don't become dragon steak.
(He finally hated on Ibaraki, but her debuff removal is sadly down.)
But welcome back, Moriarty (the support version)
And there goes Ibaraki, too. I'm down to just fucking the dog, mostly.
Or I can get a triple buster with Asterios and be a little kinder than a third Chariot My Love.
I could plausibly have Archer finish it off, but I want to be sure before another NP.
But I guess...I'm going to have to take this a little more seriously by wearing a Mystic Code for more than just fashion and actually arming my backline with non-Bond-up CEs.
...We’re all going to die. Especially if I have to drive at more than 200 km/h to outrun this dog.
OH MY GOSH SHE’S GORGEOUS.
WHY MUST SHE BE STORY-LOCKED
...oh, I see it’s being used as a two-seater.
So I’ve heard jokes about how Dantès is clearly himself, but I don’t know if I would have picked up on them. But uh.
Maybe this part.
Cool under fire.
I’m swooning.
AAAAAAA.
googles saber alter summon campaigns
makes a mark on the 4-star guaranteed ticket (though if I don't get the neutral evil Saber, I may have a hard decision)
"I'm down to just fucking the dog, mostly." YOSIE WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THIS???
Queen Medb was very helpful with this apparently male doggo.
I MEAN I HOPE SHE FUCKED THE DULLAHAN AT LEAST
I'm sorry for distressing you.
Or at least that's what the pattern of one baby has me thinking.
(I don't know why I had to screenshot this myself from a YouTube video and that when you interact with the video controls in any way in fullscreen, it won't remove the bar at the bottom or title at the top.)
She’s perfect. (Sounds of my Jalter screaming in the distance.)
I love her. (Shh, Jalter, you fit my Chaldea better anyway because
you’re loud and foolish Chaotic.)
...where else did I think the roost would be
Granted, this is the exact behaviour I’ve come to expect from someone who has formed a more permenant contract with me.
Sometimes, this game really respects my opinion.
Like. I can get Moriarty not being good or helpful, and I can get Moriarty being powerful, but bland? Sounds unlikely.
I love Moriarty, but where is the “yeah, probably” option?
I may love them dearly, but I know most of my Servants are terrible people.
You overdramatic loser.
Ah, yes, Edmund Dantès. Famous the world over for liking honourable people.
Mash, this is EN. His strengthening quest hasn’t come out yet. (I’m sorry, Mira. I’m just teasing you indirectly.)
Honorable isn't as important to him as people who have been kind to him specifically according to my many attempts to read The Count of Monte Cristo
Honestly, it was sarcasm. The version that is Avenger seems more likely to scoff at it.
It’s already bad enough that I would have forgotten we agreed to anything if Mash wasn’t here to have a memory.
...how did that manage to function well enough to handle the millions
I missed screenshotting Mash saying "as well as you can sleep on a hard floor," but...isn't it a canonical choice to be able to say that Gudako likes sleeping on the floor? I forget the exact details.
I really think that they’re all overlooking that I had Mash and a whole generator devoted to keeping my Servants going.
(I like being able to feel like part of the story, but I spent the entirety of last year just assuming that Guda power is mostly being tenacious and charismatic, and remains the mediocre mage that they started with.)
(All this "she's so powerful" is kind of making me laugh.)
(I think the most power part is that you can befriend any servant, regardless of alignment)
(Theoretically, on my part. I'm kidding -- that's fair. I guess that's the real power of a Master, despite most of them being accomplished mages.)
In my headcanon, those last two are more accurate.
I know Jalter is technically not here yet, but if I’m given the opportunity to run with Salter I gotta bring Jalter.
I see I look like I slept on a concrete floor all night.
Stay with me forever.
I’m melting.
What a breakfast. But Salter let me eat one of her burgers, so I should be grateful I got anything at all.
Why can’t this be good news for a change
Is this the timey-whimey origin story of Santa Alter?
........Perhaps one day, when I enter into a 1/1 battle, I will look at the Remaining number.
........Okay you're all going to pay for taking down Salter. (Especially since this means I have someone who is stronger against Archers now.)
I almost reset, but I've been trying to do that less these days.
It was in this moment they knew...they fucked up. (Their regular attacks are really good at charging NP bars.)
......Grandpa.....
.....so what you’re saying is you’re nearly out of battle capability for this Singularity.
What happened to bland?
...the truth hurts.
Okay, so, that was not the answer I expected.
Ah, my love of artificial humans comes through once again.
1) You can do that? (Stealing a name.)
2) That was more what I expected.
...I mean, you’re talking to Mash, here.
Also the return of laughing to change the subject (except he kept on subject).
I mean, if it's both of their names then it's probably... fine??
I guess since they're talking about splitting up parts of himself, I guess it wouldn't be unlikely to just not give over the memory of a name.
Fair enough.
Even the “good side” of Moriarty can be sure of this.
"never call me that ever again thanks"
writes it down as a potential disciplinary measure (I say as though I have a disciplinary bone in my body)
I think Salter’s love for Cavall II just grew three sizes this day.
Hahahaha! (Laughing to change the subject)
I’m
delighted.
Oooh. Next section sounds like Jalter will be coming in.
But my stomach is eating itself and I have things I must get done, so with two more sections done, I will step away with the understanding that I won't get Shinjuku done before the event comes out (but hey, maybe I'll start grinding for the event a little late if it's in a format I can reasonably do so).
Of course it’s me. Salter probably thinks it’s too much of a pain.
...I guess if anywhere were going to spawn a horror story.....
...Frankly, that’s better behaviour than I expected when she wasn’t
being supervised working with others.
Okay, now
that sounds like our Jalter.
OKAY I SEE WHY IT WASN’T JUST MIRA WHO THOUGHT HE WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT OUR COUNT.
Is this really what you think or are you just looking for an excuse to beat up Jalter?
Archer, if you stick with me long enough, you’re going to learn that’s like 90% of the people who help me.
Case in point, I increasingly want Salter to join me, even though since I also have Jalter Chaldea will be even more productive.
(The delay is caused by someone getting me to watch something with them, so I have to wait until that's done so I can actually pay attention.)
......why are swords supposed to be stronger than guns
But when you address it it kind of makes me wonder
...Sometimes, I stop to wonder what my FGO faves say about me since they’re mostly ruthless murderers.
That’s my Jalter!!
You’re doing great, sweetie.
You’re so cool, Jalter!! wait why am I encouraging this this is bad for the survival of my chaldea
Jalter: THAT’S CHEATING thwump
chin in hands I’m down for this
They’re so petty with each other.
My reputation proceeds me, but in a way that I
know is going to get me figuratively the human tug-of-war rope between them. This is not going to be pleasant.
Thank you for sacrificing yourself to the crossfire, grandpa. I’ll burn incense at your grave.
...this was easier than I ever expected, even if Jalter talks a bigger game than she — I didn’t say anything Jalter, I was just saying how much of a big deal you are.
The gang’s all here and they’re probably minutes away from killing each other.
It would make using Jalter so much simpler if she were around. Silvie’s daughters have enough attack and defence for two Servants and they each took all of one stat instead of doling them out appropriately.
Maybe if one of this trio defects I can keep the remaining ones alive with Tamamo (thanks for being technically evil!).
Mash, no, you’re never going to get a good response out of her. Even if she does respect you, she’ll never admit it if confronted.
...Well, Mash. I see we are together in being an excuse for them to fight. (Everything is an excuse for them to fight.)
Archer, you
really don’t know how to handle people like them, do you? Your charm may be extremely effective on me, but it’s a danger here...
...Uh oh. Our trio is down to two.
This is the best screenshot I or anyone have ever taken.
Look, at least I didn’t say “I trust him.”
Also I forgot to screenshot it until I had to go back for something (I’m spoiled by Granblue’s refresh button), but:
Why does this have to be the only thing they agree on?
Anyway, looking at the time, it's not Stake O'Clock, but it is "I should be getting ready to have my mandated half hour without screens" o'clock.
I love everyone at this singularity. I knew the Evil Gathering Singularity was going to be right up my alley. ..............What have I become in FGO?
yosie wouldn't contract with a true villain ...
I laugh every time this comes up.
Roman, you were so young.....
I dug this back up:
This plurk will probably get slowed because, while I'm willing to start the event late to get through Shinjuku, I managed to pull a fox seeking a hot boyfriend (where have I heard that before?) and today is Saber EXP day.
I also got a Melt, but I'm going to restrain from giving my thoughts on her because it's currently all coloured by her visual design, which is terrible above the knee.
And I don't want to publicly complain about getting a 5-star like I did during Ibaraki's rate-up.
As I like to say about my tendencies of FGO, I love not wisely but well.
I did finally google it today after using the phrase for months. It seems it’s derived from a part of a speech given after a dude murdered his wife, but when I’m talking FGO, it’s usually the character I’m loving on who has murdered a bunch of people.
As a side effect, I gave Melt the Rider and Berserker EXP I was getting since the only Riders I have left to level are...well, I didn’t notice I’m not quite done of St. George, but after that it’s Boudicca and Blackbeard, so I’m not in a hurry, and I’m matblocked on Berserkers.
Thanks to all the great successes I’ve been getting out of her, she’s actually kept up in levels pretty well.
I might get her to final ascension or so since I’m here already and today is now Archer (all done) and Caster (I KEEP FORGETTING THAT I HAVEN’T FINISHED CASGIL UNTIL I’VE ALREADY FED IT TO AN EGO PROJECT SILVER THAT I WON’T USE MUCH). Though the glimpse I saw of her expression on the support list Worries Me.
Her skills have not kept up because I’m low on Assassin gems and also I have not played any of the event so I can only base my opinions on visuals which are. Lacking for Melt.
From what I’ve heard from some people I could easily end up giving in and trying to ignore the design choices, so we’ll see where I am later.
Most Used: Lancer.
Me: smiling.
Let Liz have an okay time in Extraverse for once.
Ah, a ticket from finishing Act 2 in the event! I guess I’ll —
...Well. At least I don’t hate her anymore, even if I’d still pay $50 for being able to give her pants. Not even good pants. I’d settle for sweatpants — well, actually, that’d be funny, so.
If you’re going to go that hard, Melt, I guess I have no choice.
I mean tights would be fine too given the ballerina thing
I'd probably accept tights on her for that reason, though I'd prefer it with a full tutu.
Like if we had to have some horny, I'd accept something like
this, though what I'd really like is a
Shinjuku-style casual outfit.
(Unfortunately, I discovered when I went through danbooru's alternate_costume tag that most people don't regard "drawing Melt in a new costume" to mean "actually cover her up for once.")
I would totally be into Melt having something more ballet...
like you could even keep her top half! just give her some shorts or leggings!
I fear that they'd keep the crotch armour over the leggings, BUT IN AN IDEAL WORLD I agree.
And now that I've sped through the event (relatively speaking), it's back to our regularly scheduled programming.
The doubtful look on Jalter’s face when told Archer is helping was excellent, but we managed to convince her to let him come along. But.
Get a room, you two, for your petty argument flirting.
This would have been less of a stretch for most characters to call it flirting, but I feel the petty arguments are more flirty for these two.
Jalter: master liar.
I’d say “Jalter, you’re a child,” but in some ways that’s literally true since she’s only existed less than two years despite more memories than that.
And then I drifted in and out of a nap for half an hour on the couch because I haven’t gotten enough sleep for two weeks now. Be prepared for it to happen again.
I couldn’t agree more.
...why are they bragging that they bought their strength
AND THEN WE FIGHT THE RUFFIANS FIRST ANYWAY
So we just have ruffian ghosts for no reason. I know they are trying to sell the danger of the chimeras, but I nearly single-rounded the two I fought by triple NPing (but Jalter was 412 or something HP from killing one so Crime Papa’s NP went into that one and I had to spend a couple rounds finishing off
the second), I was having to suspend my disbelief a little. Which I can do, since “they’re too strong!” often comes after beating the version in the gameplay handily, but this has just struck me as funny.
...did that dog just kill a ghost (also I guess I should have adjusted my party, but I woke up to my AP overflowing so I rushed in).
I am delighted to be saved by your overdramatic ass.
I want this trio of fools to be with me always.
They bounce off each other in delightful ways.
The clear danger to my life is fine. I love them anyway.
I can’t stop laughing at the mental image for some reason.
Oops, Jalter got taken out my her own flames of anger just before she could NP. How fitting.
I changed up the party after the last time with random backline evil with bad CEs to a backline prepped to take out doggo.
Ah, Ibaraki, you hold out so beautifully. I love you.
I feel like fiction has a few examples of people who are consumed by hatred due to the death of people close to them, but I don’t quite get this Phantom Spirit thing anyway.
i mean, but how many of them are also giant wolves
Sometimes, there are moments where I think an answer is obvious, but Gudako doesn’t know it. This time, I’d appreciate an option of “I’m lost.”
Like, I knew the name Lobo from OOC Servant knowledge, but I had zero clue who it was. Is this story famous where Gudako grew up (probably Japan)?
Though wolves in fiction are often not super fond of humanity.
Can a minute go by without these two finding a reason to argue? (No. Never.)
I ahve no idea why Guda would know it but
here,
...Okay, Jalter is actually just pissed at all of us. Okay, fair She’s allowed, which is good because no force on God’s green earth is strong enough to stop her from being pissed.
I did google it as soon as Blanca’s name came up, but thank you.
My Chaldea must be a complete mess, because I apologize so easily with my chaotic mess of Servants. It must be an even bigger mess than I thought.
I love this man with all my heart.
He has no idea how to handle these two (though, since I had to come back to get a particular screenshot, I know he later settles a fight I wasn’t able to).
She’s not wrong.
Uh. Uh-oh.
I love this team. And Mash was good enough to indulge Archer.
I’d ask “how could you?” to Jalter, but I’m not sure if there’s anything she doesn’t hate at least a little.
I’ll say it again: Jalter, you child.
“He never would refer to himself as Edmond Dantès,” said Mira.
“How am I supposed to know that?” I thought. But now I see we have things for non-count fans.
Rude!!!
What an incredible Edmond Dantès act.
what are you saying edmond "vengeance" dantes doesn't always talk about deductions
Ah yes, I remember him talking very clearly about deducing the identities of the upcoming rulers of the Halls of Judgment.
There was a great back and forth between Dantès and Gudako about whether it is right to give information before having unraveled the full mystery.
(I can't believe that bond 5 BB says "In the name of the Moon Cancer.")
She fell for “hey, there’s a baby here somehow,” so I don’t think you need to think too theoretically about how to set a trap.
Isn’t that what you asked for?
okay but: it's still rude???
It's true but she shouldn't say it.
Says Moriarty.
inhales the good jalter content for a second time
It's real good Jalter content.
.....Wait, he's offended that Jalter and Salter don't trust him?? He really doesn't know anything.
And he was happy with "I more or less trust you," which seems fair.
Jalter, admitting someone could be right about her not being able to just beat all comers? You’ve grown so much. Maybe one day, I’ll call you a teenager instead of a child and work my way up towards not being so patronizing.
........Okay if there are 300 of them, I guess it would be a little uneven odds.
Even Nerofest only had us beat 100 of someone.
...I know this isn’t saying anything that isn’t obvious, but Phantom, you’re such a mess.
Why is 200 important? Is it just the limit he can control, is it an arbitrary big number he feels safe with, or is it a number with a specific meaning to him?
All right, let's go raid a video rental store and get the Phantom of the Opera musical. It's 1999, there should still be video rentals.
1) Their supplies must be getting low.
2) Why did they just kill those people in their territory?
Looks back to where Jalter admitted she can’t attack them head on.
This brainstorming session is going real well.
jalter is a Fucking Idiot
which is apparently my type
we just need to lock her and salter in a room together for a bit
I do sometimes wonder how I'd view this Singularity if I didn't know Archer of Shinjuku's true name.
Do we have a room strong enough to contain the level of pettiness and more pertinently violence?
slothdere: There'd be more time spent trying to unravel the mystery of who
's this douchebag he is, at the least.
I'm wondering if "Dantes" would get more confusing or more of a hint, then
I mean, the things said in this chapter probably would lead us to spend more time on "hates detectives" as a clue, but we'd also not be able to instantly know who this is.
And the flashback to Sherlock might tip us off to start thinking in that direction, even if the flashback was unrelated.
But also I'm terrible at mysteries, so I'd probably be completely lost.
...OH RIGHT THAT’S WHO MORIARTY GOT OFFENDED BY I managed to forget this in like the half hour or so as I made some food.
I...guess that makes sense?
Jalter has learned her Master is a softie but at least it gives her an excuse to kill things.
one day i will get to rp jalter/salter... clenches fist
GOSH WHEN YOU DO I WANNA SEE THAT It's a real good relationship by which I mean garbage fire.
I guess it could also be kindness. My first thought is “it’s fun to wreck shit and this gives me an excuse,” but maybe there’s some kindness thrown in.
...................................oops.
I thought I'd put Prisma Cosmos on Tamamo, but she appears to have Halloween Princess instead.
Boost that 0 damage by 20%.
i've read some fic of it but as you can imagine most jalter fic is uhhhhhhhhhhhhh bad
I imagine it's much like the fan comics that got translated that completely turned me off of wanting to pull Jalter (which was probably a good thing since I didn't succeed during the first rate up and was able to just /shrug even though her in-game stuff was great).
.....In the middle of evil city????
Though the way Jalter keeps going ?????? after everything Salter says, I have to wonder if she’s got a plan.
Not that it's necessarily a GOOD plan, but a plan.
No. Oh, you were talking about Jalter, not me. Still n...I plead the fifth.
Why are you even surprised at this point Jalter
The moment that we learned they went capturing people, it was clear we were coming to a soylent green moment, but this is still disturbing.
Though it leads me to wonder: Moriarty claims that their numbers remain constant at 200 within 36 hours of any change. (I'd wonder how he knew so precisely, but he's a Servant who can do things at long distance and loves math, so sure, I'll accept it.)
I...think it's been more than 36 hours since we fought the Coloraturas?? If not this point might make no sense.
But when we met them the first time, they just killed the people they met, but this time they were kidnapping people.
Is someone else killing Coloraturas? Or am I just overestimating how much time passed?
I only know that there's been at LEAST one "night" to rest, so maybe it's still in 36 hours and I'm deducing at nothing.
I told you I'm bad at mysteries.
Every time Salter says or does something that can be seen as even slightly gallant to me, especially in this outfit, I swoon a bit and it’s real embarrassing.
(Me, constantly while playing this game: I love this character. They are impossibly terrible and evil. Aren't they great?)
jeanne alter is so good in this singularity! I love her a lot...
I already loved her a lot, but shinjuku made me love her even more!!
The same is on its way for me.
I hadn't made use of her for a while since I've got a lot of great Servants, but this is reminding me: ah yes, I love this character.
The level of “this is dirtying your hands” demonstrated in these scenes is making me wonder what it says that I just nod at Jalter’s reasoning and go “it’s distasteful, but I wouldn’t call it responding to evil with evil if we’re careful about not causing any casualties.”
"It's like putting a bomb in a corpse," I think, only afterwards realizing that's a rather weird thing to be so okay about.
AND THEN MY DIALOGUE CHOICE IS "Let's go!" THAT'S SO CHEERFUL COMPARED TO THE LIST OF ...s I HAD BEFORE
It’s actually really big solace. Why wouldn’t it be?
master yosie: why is everyone being such a bitch about corpse bombs??
"Okay, maybe there's a future where Yosie would form a contract with an outright villain," says Romani from the afterlife.
The million chaotic evil servants start to make sense. (But, granted, this saves us from having to make several runs and letting them kidnap people to refill their numbers that we take down. I feel more bad about the Coloraturas we killed to get this one.)
Oops, Salter and Jalter disappeared from the story supports. On one hand, this means I can’t have the trio frontline. On the other hand, that lets me make a team that meshes even a little.
Also, this Epic of Remnant 1 event filter is really useful and I wish I could keep it to look at my evils.
A very good question. (Pointedly not commenting on the omniscient narrator view of making more Coloraturas.)
Stop causing my heart to sway with generally unremarkable lines! I thought I was free after Enkidu’s return gift!!
Meanwhile, Jalter. I need that laugh, thank you.
Except she’s also being kind, which makes me smile. I know that sometimes the insults and threats are window dressing.
Also, Yosie, you're pretty much at the part needed to make the joke re: Singularities would not change much if Gudako were a 5-year-old.
moriarty: do it, baby, press the button, i want to see your resolve
In the midst of the narrative looking askance at my corpse bomb, Moriarty remains great.
slothdere: HAHAHAHAHA oh my gosh, that IS a good joke.
Papa’s good clone, you’re such a softie.... (Also the giant text on I pressed it was a little hilarious.)
Gudako gets to Take The Third Option most of the time, so enjoy this one while it lasts, Papa.
Moriarty, how did you make this big of a bomb in the basement of a burger joint??
he's the napoleon of crime ok
Salter is running them down on her motorbike like it’s a horse. I love it and also her calling Jalter Dynamite Woman.
Salter is saying you have a dynamite bod. (No she isn’t.)
The Napoleon of Crime and the Gentle Father Figure of Servants.
I'm so glad I can still feel good about using Witch Liz even now. When you 10/10/6 someone, they keep being useful.
Today, the part of Yosie is being played by Mash Kyrielight. (Charitably, he might be trying to make them angry so they make more mistakes. Realistically, he might be just being whimsical.)
So Phantom Spirits can happen if you try to revive a partial Spirit Origin?? I don't understand what's happening but okay.
Me: has Liz/Moriarty/Tamamo
Phantom: tries to siren song Moriarty
I get it. He's real attractive.
The phantom fight went “an AOE Berserker? KILL PHANTOM IMMEDIATELY” to a “uh oh everyone is out and she’s a giant ghost with probably an AOE NP uh oh” but Jalter was one of them going “what the hell are the rest of you doing while I’m making a path for you” and oneshot Christine’s second bar.
Ah. Given Christine was a half-broken spirit who got dragged into a murderdoll, this made me sad.
Edgemiya, I can understand wanting to kill Phantom (the one Phantom fan in the world occasionally makes me feel bad until he opens his mouth in game ever), but your timing is too dramatic when he was telling me things.
.......okay I thought that Edgemiya had stabbed or shot him but suddenly he explodes.
PUTS UP FISTS WANT TO SAY THAT TO MY 7 GOLD BERSERKER-LOVING FACE???
This is the biggest reason I want to beat him up right now, though.
I love you, Crime Papa.
Hmm. This isn’t a great sign.
GRANDPA — oh no I took this screenshot too fast when I was going to check how many gold Berserkers I actually have.
GRANDPA YOU’RE SO COOL I LOVE YOU!!!!
I really, really never expected Cursed Arm Hassan to be one of my faves when all I knew him from was Cultural Osmosis/Stay Night, but he sure is.
It’s probably bad that I love them so.
This is simultaneously a funny Fate terminology thing and a “places hand on heart I’m touched” moment.
Anyway, I must bed. See you all next time on Shinjuku Nights. Thanks for reading!
So a friend whose opinion I trust very much and is a lovely person who deserves only great things hinted at me when I ended playing for the night that I was about to get into some Stuff in the upcoming chapters, so let's begin to do that (with possible inconsistency in rate of play if I am a good child who does what is on her schedule).
hey hey that person does also want you do to the things on your schedule
I will take the advice of the wise, cute, and wonderful person and set a timer of when to take breaks from...taking breaks and do The Things.
I’m here for Edgemiya getting the piss taken out of him when it’s regarding the way he carries himself.
...this didn’t register right away, but now Cursed Arm is a Phan — oh my gosh, Assassin of Shinjuku can look like anyone and that’s why Moriarty called him Assassin and not Hassan.
My love of reading other people's threads has lead me to this early realization.
Rude?
I feel like at this stage, calling him Moriarty would no longer be a spoiler.
We heard you like Jalter getting out of your sight, so we put get out of here in your get out of here so she can leave while she leaves.
(I wonder if Cavall II’s growls are because Cursed Arm looks freaky or that Assassin isn’t perfectly disguised to dogs?)
She inverted her motorcycle?? Is that sarcasm napoleon of crime
Fiftyish may be my favourite running gag in this game.
Well, after Emiymom. That one is too good to compare.
Thanks, crime papa.
C...Crime Papa?
I DIDN’T THINK ABOUT THAT especially on mediocre beer
“So I made off with half his estate!!”
Stop trying to sow discord, Fake Grandpa.
But at least it lets me show what a harmless old man he seems to be when drunk.
Uh. You okay there, Fake Grandpa??
“But really, it’s a tiny and insignificant matter.”
...Please let me take Salter or Jalter with me. Please.
...how’s he going to spin me being a good person to come on this sneaking mission but not the other Servants?
(quietly resets and adjusts lineup knowing Archer is unconscious)
(I really wish the choice of lineup would be left to after the cutscenes so I could better form it based on the circumstances)
How weird, right? “Hey, why are you standing behind me with a knife raised?”
Th...anks...??
Haha, there we go. You were so excited to see Grandpa and I saw just like "... she's stopping there?? fuck."
...are you okay, friend? My man, my dude, are you in an okay state?
slothdere: LMAO yeah I see where that's a cliffhanger for you.
She was really worried I was gonna spoil this, but really I was thinking you all were talking about King Hassan
HAHAHAHA I can't believe that our miscommunication saved me from spoilers.
Anyway, uploading my commentary is going to be a bit more complicated right now since the wireless internet in my apartment has gone out, leaving me with the ethernet-ed computer and uploading the pictures via USB cord.
He’s fine, probably. Everyone In shinjuku is having a great time!
Shinjuku is the most well-adjusted Singularity I have ever seen.
Getting to be the damsel in distress as the protagonist is an interesting and new experience for me. I'm down for it.
And also having Mash in Chaldea oversight makes it a lot less weird for her to only be able to go No!!
MY HEROES!! Such as they are. (I'm actually really happy with these as my heroes since I seem to only like Chaotic and/or Evil characters in this game.)
I LOVE YOU, JALTER
Oh no, I'm sharing an opinion with Assassin of Shinjuku, abort, abort. (But really, it just means that when my evil Servants are helping me, I know they really mean it, because they wouldn't do it just out of the goodness of their heart most of the time.)
More commentary about enjoying getting rescued by these two more than I should be.
Oh, huh, Salter has to fight independently. I wonder how they're going to square that with gameplay if she doesn't do it in a cut --
oh my gosh this is hilarious
FRANKLY THIS WOULDN'T BE THE CASE IF THIS WERE HAPPENING IN REALITY!!!
anyway I played with my food too much, so Salter got crit super hard, but that allowed the pretty hilarious from canon point of view of Jalter running in going "WHAT'S TAKING YOU SO LONG, RICH BITCH??"
It's sure helpful this guy just wants to have fun. Otherwise, it would be difficult to make the gameplay make sense.
IT BOUNCES WHEN HE ATTACKS THANK YOU SHAKESPEARE
Ah yes, crits that take out a Servant's entire health bar right before a moment to NP. The Spriggan experience.
Alas, King Lear is not considered a Male enemy.
What an unfortunate way to lose a battle...60% crit, 40% crit, 70% crit brave chain...no crits.....Suzuka you aren't the best right now.
(I think I'll allow myself to reset that one turn.)
Well, it wasn't enough damage anyway.....
All right, let me take the wise course of action of "use Asterios's NP instead of wanting to show off with a Suzuka brave chain that didn't have enough damage!"
I knew this was the right approach, but as usual, I tried to show off.
To myself, I guess, since no one is watching.
I mean, at least he didn't drop me, but uh oh.
Wasn't it a whim of -- oh right, chess masters, predict exact reactions of a million pieces, okay, sure.
Also why are you calling me Master? I've never been in command of you, I don't think, Sherlock.
How could they ever have seen through your cunning disguise This could. Be better. Did I pass out in midair?
Well...I guess you
did apologize......
I think I spent a couple of years in an OC roleplay with this premise. Where are the Seals when you need them?
...wait what
............I gotta get out of this major.
I'M LEARNING THE WAYS OF EVIL.
...Most people I've met would be unsurprised.
when you find out that if you have two apples and benny has three apples, it totals five, you are compulsed to sock benny in the face and take his apples
No wonder people don't like word problems.
I thought they just had trouble figuring them out.
Do they...have anyone who could do that? .......I mean, yes, of course, they'd send another Master, so it won't do anything to kill me. (Do you think he bought it?)
Written with the kanji for wallet?
I thought at first he was talking about Moriarty, like Moriarty can't get along without monologuing, but this one makes perfect sense.
.........Okay, this is a little more serious and off-putting than I expect from Shakespeare storylines.
But Shakespeare remains Shakespeare.
.....And I'm supposed to eventually like this guy?
(
Anyone who knows me: But aren't 98% of your favourite characters murderers who killed people for no good reason, and recently you gave a sadist two level 10 skills.
Me: But he's being
annoying about it. And isn't a cute girl. It's different.)
Good ol' Shakespeare.
I mean, I find him cute but in sort of an... amoral puppy way.
He is extremely puppylike, I will give you that.
His big smiley expression instantly made me think "puppylike."
I was thinking about this the whole way through, but I'm not sure how it's going to
........oh my gosh really
Awww. He was worried about me. Crime Papa......
Thanks, Sherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnt of Monte Cristo? What, this is just how I pronounce Count. It's a regional dialect.
Your dandy is so good, Sarah.
Wow, even Shakespeare is being nice. This is an incredibly friendly singularity for being the land of evil.
Sherlock of Monte Cristo: I'm not at my best, so you'll have to be ready for that.
Me: THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO KNOW BEFORE I FORMED THE TEAM TO SUPPORT THE UNKNOWN SERVANT
I mean, Shakespeare is inverted, bless him.
Inverted to be actually a good dude.
it lowered his Self Preservation just enough to be kind
I could see that happening.
Oh hey, Sherlock of Monte Cristo, despite being level 60, managed to do the proper waveclear with some support from Liz. Too bad he's not going to do nearly so well against a King Lear.
Liz will...be less help here.....
I should probably just swap him out with the jumpsuit...but my stubbornness....
I mean, someone has to let the Count of Bakerstreet have fun.
I've been letting him crit like a fool thanks to a 2030 fragment, and he's still alive just barely right now.....
But soon, King Lear will NP and thus someone is getting replaced by Ibaraki.
He actually got King Lear down to half health, but alas, King Lear stomped on Tamamo twice and she was no more, so in comes Ibaraki.
Let's hope she doesn't instantly get NPed.
Ibaraki crit twice on a buster brave chain with 0%/20%/40% crit chances and removed the need to see who the NP picked. You're so good to me, Ibaraki. And the Count of Bakercristo survives!
The idea of Sherlock doing the giant jump is actually kind of funny.
Wait, were you the one jamming -- probably not. But. Is it remarkable?
I see Mira isn't the only one who remembers this.
Did you She's going to be SO UPSET.
H...ow......
I wish that Gudako had her own sprites right about now so I could see her expression.
Joan Watson, reporting for duty.
YEAH HIS DESCRIPTIONS HAVEN'T BEEN SUBTLE
APOLOGIZE TO MY CRIME PAPA
And to think he spent most of his screentime looking like a complete fool.
That's actually an interesting way to explain why Moriarty was almost non-existent in the original books, as much as he's such a useful character these days.
Well, you're WRONG, he's GREAT, and I LOVE HIM. (next to the other members of history's greatest monsters)
The thought of Sherlock watching our antics going "what the fuck this is SO RIDICULOUS" is cracking me up.
...I thought we covered this when the letter came out? Why are my choices all surprised or angry?
Like...the world being destroyed? Is that it? Do I get a gold star?
...how are you still a thing
UH.
wait the affluent person isn't here what happened to them
Are you really one to speak Okay, that's a Sherlock move right there for sure.
IS THAT WHAT COUNTS AS A GENERAL STORE THESE DAYS
you know, just a mom and pop demonic beast corpse store
not one of those soulless big-business places
Any time Gudako feels like she's gotten a grasp of how things work around here..... ("not one of those soulless big-business places")
YES ABSOLUTELY
Ah, yes. The downside of evil Servants who care about you.
This is going to be fun.
Anyway, call me Jeanne d'Arc, because I'm revealing true names.
NO IDEA BOW LONG I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO HIT THE MATH LINE
So many joke opportunities ruined by care for spoilers....
Anyway, I got the true name revelation probably one Shinjuku battle away from getting him Bond 5, so he's going to immediately be full bonded as I learn his name.
OH WOW EVERY SUPPORT SERVANT IS LIKE WE OUT
enemy class tendency: worried and ready to lecture
please enjoy the SUBARASHII while you can
OH NO THE WAY THEY RAN OUTSIDE ONCE SHERLOCK STOPPED JAMMING MY SIGNAL EVEN FASTER THAN CHALDEA RECONNECTED IS REAL CUTE
Oh yeah, she missed out on Atlas, didn't she?
I'm actually impressed she was able to suppress her fannish glee enough to ask this question.
I WASN'T THE ONE JAMMING THE SIGNAL I PROMISE
I'm glad Jalter has learned the ways of forgiveness.
...He's just running away......
I'm so touched right now.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THESE ARE MY ONLY OPTIONS
I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN YOU RIGHT NOW GUDAKO
LOOK WHAT YOU DID
.......ah, she was just teasing him. Well. That does sound about right for interacting with Moriarty.
Is there
anything they won't argue about? (It's also hilarious, though.)
Ah, I love him.
AH, I LOVE HIM EVEN MORE.
I'm laughing so much.
Me when I realize I didn't get the things I wanted to get done that day.
I completely forgot Edison planned to take the continental U.S. and fly off to the stars.
So I spent the early part of this scene going "wait, what did Edison do that fits with the Lion King?"
I feel like neither of them have thought about the relative merits of these plans beyond "an Arturia did it."
It was at this moment that I knew: we were veering into Fate nonsense.
...........so if we hadn't rayshifted to the singularity nothing would have happened huh
....Moriarty, are you tired of living
What is the real difference of Servants fading away at the end of a Singularity and dying?
Like, I totally get why individual Servants dying is so bad even though they can be resummoned. The death of memory is a death in a real sense. But...they're all going to disappear at the end of this, right?
I guess they'll be more satisfied.....
The "it won't help the people here" is particularly "...wait why am I doing this again?"
I see Jalter is more observant than I ever give her credit for.
.......................so THAT'S why his Noble Phantasm is named like that
I think this may be my favourite line yet in this Singularity.
By mistake. Sure.
I enjoy that Moriarty is so peeved about not being the endless barrel of exposition anymore.
.............................................wait what
Moriarty you are the weirdest criminal mastermind I've ever known.
Didn't Salter and Jalter...already do this? WAIT DO I GET A COOL BLACK SHINJUKU OUTFIT PLEASE SAY I DO I WANNA MATCH WITH SALTER AND JALTER
(Another break for laundry retrieval.)
And by buy, I of course mean steal.
I'd say that in the state of current Shinjuku, that's natural, but also I guess Sherlock found a shady general store, so I have no idea how many people still exist in Shinjuku.
Enough to make 200 creepy dolls a day if necessary.
I mean, that would only be if all 200 had been destroyed at once, but fair point.
It's just the contrast of...we only see anyone if they're about to get killed/attack us and otherwise it feels like the city is empty.
It's like it just spawns victims when necessary.
Are we sure
what will work
Yeah, but what
is the plan
What is the plan Okay then. Sure.
................I'm afraid to find out.
give me a new mystic code you assholes I'M EVEN MORE WORRIED NOW
WHY DO I GET SALTER STORY SUPPORT AGAINST ARCHERS EVERY TIME
They worded this money rant in a way that is undeniably what I think of when I think of Fate.
...Oh yeah, I forgot both have fancy final ascensions. I have my Jalter in an earlier stage and I haven't seen a Salter on my friends list for a while.
They're all over each other.
"Stop interrupting my date, old man."
I'm laughing.
I don't think the humour end is applied to "a woman dressed as a man," but I was vaguely thinking how this scene would have been changed for Gudao and went "ah. of course."
At the same time, I was able to put it out of my mind enough to actually enjoy Salter and Jalter's glee. I guess I was correct to guess the best Mystic Code for the upcoming battle would be the suit.
Jalter I don't trust that face when you say that.
ESPECIALLY WHEN SALTER STARTS MUGGING PEOPLE FOR THEIR CAMERAS. "Then begone from my sight." I can't with you.
Salter, you're so picky....
OH MY GOSH SALTER YOU DEMON
You were so much less worried about complaints about outfits a few seconds ago!
JALTER YOU CHILD.
I like to imagine that Gudako's "male" disguise included a big ridiculous mustache or something to explain the discomfort.
Can you two stop it for even five seconds (no)
Game, if you're trying to make it up to me for having to think about the reasons this scene exists...you're on the right track. Keep it up.
................I'm not even going to touch the dialogue lack of option.
i hope you laugh as much as i did at the dance like
I GET WHAT THEY'RE GOING FOR BUT
I'll file that comment about laughing at the dance under "worrying." At the moment, things seem to be going okay, but I can definitely see a number of ways this can go wrong.
FAIR ENOUGH I can appreciate that the dance is going terribly given the standard approach in such scenes.
Something something still more useful in battle than regular intuition (except I actually like using ti since I'm bad at star dropping.)
I can see where it's going to start to go even more wrong.
That's a person who wants to live past the hour.
I THINK PERHAPS WE SHOULD CUT THIS DANCE SHORT........
slothdere: When you said that at first, I thought you were meaning that the dance went wrong in the story, rather than they just swung Salter's sprite around and changed her expression a bunch.
The problems with working with this particular set up.
oh, no, just that it's funny to see how they tried
THEY SURE MADE AN ATTEMPT but this game was not prepared for showing action scenes outside of cutscenes.
By which I mean drawn cutscenes.
I mean, maybe they could have done the CCC Event style CGs................
But then they'd need to draw multiples with the protags.
YOU DRAMATIC LOSER
and of course, as ever when he tries to address the Alters, he gets beaten up.
It's true but I love him for it
This discovery got the loudest laugh of the night.
"peoplewhoaregoingtodiesaywhat" "What?" "NOW, LET'S ENJOY OURSELVES."
DO YOU NOW
LMFAO I FORGOT HE DID THAT
WHAT A TOOL okay I'm starting to love him now
Okay, I know there will be more here, but just put like that it sounds like a ridiculously mundane goal for a member of the League.
Okay, that's perhaps a little more sinister.
I'm getting tired of the bad guys talking about what they're going to do with women, but at least we get this very gay and/or ace part of the exchange.
Oops. There's one issue with this disguise....
(He'd looked across the room and saw real Salter.
He's extremely literal.
I mean, admittedly, only someone with a death wish would give that dumb answer.
(also I keep reading that as "He's extremely feral" which is also true.)
It's true. It's not out of character for minions.
(Hahaha, I mean, you're not wrong.)
I see Mash is into big ridiculous moustaches.
Anyway, I'll leave off on what may well be another cliffhanger, or else I'm never going to get my food eaten since I have to do the dishes before I can complete it. And maybe tomorrow there will be wireless internet to make uploading this easier.
I like to think that Gudako is dressed like Majima from the Yakuza games personally. It would fit in and it would seem extremely tacky
PFFFT I mean, I could understand not being happy about it.
It would raise interesting notions on Mash's interests, though.
I understand the intent of the joke but reject it in favor of “I am crossdressing which is fine but I look fucking tacky!!!!”
Yeah, that's how I looked at it, too, but I had more trouble tossing out the intention from my brain.
SHOOTS UP OHHHHH SO THAT’S WHY SALTER TRIED TO GET ME TO HANG OUT IN A BOOKSTORE WITH JALTER. SO I DIDN’T HAVE TO SEE THE BRAIN INSIDE THE COLORATURA.
Oops I continue to be weak every time Salter is gallant at me. I better prepare a pile of burgers since I can see myself grabbing her with the 4-star choice ticket next fall.
(I was casually looking through my pictures during a midnight bathroom run, since the wifi is still down.)
And back to the party hall where, due to forgetting Assassin’s disguise, I got very confused for a moment:
That’s a worrying couple of letters.
I remain concerned.
...Ahhh, Shakespeare...Project??
Concerning.
I don’t want to end up like [CCC event spoilers].
(Not that it was melting, but still.)
Jalter: wankgate contributor.
A pink giant ghost may not be as incredible as a crowned spriggan with a jester doll on his shoulder, but I laughed anyway.
Based on the start of this chapter, I suspect the answer is “very.” (It is for me, too, because the quick up on the suit is not especially useful with my current team.)
Why is it always Archers? (Gameplay-wise, “too late,” but I’m pretty sure they’d all have left this place a flaming wreck via cutscenes.)
“You know, after you’re all dead!”
It
was a good plan, but I’m dying laughing anyway.
...I guess my joke quote wasn’t a joke.
Sure hope I don’t have to fight another 107 people after this....
(takes NP bars down to zero)
Me, shouting: WHAT
He's unfair but nowhere near as bad as awoo.
That’s a fair assessm — HOW MANY TIMES IN A ROW IS ONE MAN ALLOWED TO GET BUSTER RESIST UP THAT’S LIKE 6-7/8 THIS TIME AROUND
It was okay because this time I took him seriously and brought My Medea (by Vienna Teng) but it sure sucked to have brought the Buster crit mystic code into this. (He did at least quick resist his last turn.)
Yang Qing confirmed for watching Fate/Zero.
I don’t know if I could say this in much less time than that.
Gudako remains prepared to face all circumstances calmly.
Well, I’ve had a good run.
THAT DOESN’T CHANGE ANYTHING IF WE DIE.
I MANAGED TO GUESS RIGHT but it was likely more luck than anything on my part and thinking “what’s this guy doing here in the first place?”
Also Assassin may be a bit of a blabbermouth.
YEAH, SEE, I DIDN’T GET ANY OF THAT PART.
I can see he’s taking this very seriously.
...wait it just ends there
I really expected some kind of “now he’s on our side” arc where he’s still amoral but gets a chance to be charming. Oh well.
My contribution was a bit of a stretch, but it brought it to its ridiculous conclusion.
This makes bartender Moriarty a little concerning....
Honestly, I’d enjoy just listening to him talk while I drink water or milk or something.
But perhaps another time. They look. Really against it.
We leave off for now to next time test Sarah’s assertion about the relative unfairness of awoo.
The number of things I have filed under “worrying” in this Singularity is really unbalancing my file cabinet, but I believe evil Moriarty being surprised and uncertain about the wisdom of an action should go in there.
I don’t know how good of hints these are supposed to be to the identity of this new Phantom Spirit. I can’t even be 100% sure who is grabbing it. Awoo, perhaps?
I originally thought sub-archer of Shinjuku, but this IS an awoo chapter and Sarah DID say that awoo is unfair, so a new ability would go for that.
Okay I presume it wasn't Emiya Alter making that growl, although I wouldn't put it past him.
First theory: the new Phantom Spirit is the Gingerbread Man.
......Oh great he's invisible now.
Ah, a scientist...the Invisible Man???
Jalter speaks for the people.
I forgot that Lobo ends up an Avenger and packed my backline with Assassins.
Melt why did you have to be Lawful Good
Well, that sure explains why Jalter is not in the best of moods. I did think she might be reacting to the “extremely not human” bit, but Avenger would definitely do that, too.
oh right, it's bb who is good into avengers. same question to her
THAT DOG’S DEFENCE UP IS NIGHTMARE FUEL.
I had to give up on “story Servants to the front” and use a Command Seal, but on my third try counting a “Jalter/Salter/Moriarty frontline” try, I did manage to win with all three story Servants (two 5-stars and a CE-less story support, which made cost cutting interesting) and never resetting a turn after the first attack landed.
(I remembered to use Curse just as I gave the commands and I wasn’t sure I remembered to use Ibaraki’s attack up during an NP turn, but I didn’t reset to avoid bad RNG.)
This is a cute enough Moriarty response to being thanked to be worth nearly getting devoured.
Nooooooo, eff you, game, I put in too much work for a cutscene death and I bet it’ll be Jalter and I’ll be sad.
DON’T YOU TRY TO BE CUTE ABOUT IT, GAME.
Sherlock doesn’t want to get eaten by a hound of the Baskerville.
IF AVENGER IS OUT OF COMMISSION JUST STAB HIM I’LL GIVE YOU BOTH A COMMAND SEAL TO NP THEM
I KNEW IT
I’M NOT READY TO SAY GOODBYE TO FIGHT-FLIRTING.
LOOK, SALTER ISN’T READY EITHER
I’M REALLY NOT OKAY WITH THIS!!
BUT ISN'T SHE SO COOL? SHE DOESN'T EVEN HESITATE!!
I DON’T CARE THAT YOU DON’T CARE
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
SHE’S SO COOL AND I HATE IT
YOUR GIRL IS SO GOOD AND SO BAD
Oh no it’s not even over yet
lmao she still manages to complain about vanilla jeanne even now what a petty asshole
I’m suing whoever wrote this chapter
I’m suing whoever wrote this chapter
SHE SURE DOES TAKE THE TIME TO JUST COMPLAIN ABOUT VANILLA JEANNE.
Even with that last line, what asshole does art/comics/fic in the post-Shinjuku era and decides “sappy tsundere” is the way to write Jalter.
When will this pain end (I am of course really enjoying this but also ow)
OW ...I guess it’s a bad sign that evil Moriarty knows all of the true names around here......
WHY ARE WE BRINGING ATTENTION TO CAVALL II WHEN TALKING ABOUT USING HIS DEAD WIFE AS BAIT FOR A TRAP
TODAY THE PART OF YOSIE IS PLAYED BY SABER ALTER
(I don't actually because I'm not rich enough to afford to do that BUT IN MY HEART OF HEARTS)
okay that's enough for now
thanks for joining me on the death of my heart
That emote is most unkind at my sorrows.
help yosie I love my daughter SO MUCH
SHE DOESN'T HESITATE... THINK TWICE...
"oh, I'll take care of that"
JALTER!!
SHE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE AN AVENGER AND IS LIKE "WELP I KNOW WHAT TO DO HERE."
YOUR DAUGHTER IS AMAZING.
"That's my girl. God, I hate her." The duality of human nature.
The fight would look pretty silly if Lobo hadn’t uninvisibled before the gameplay part began (though the evade skill suggests he actually kept it up). I’d assumed he just couldn’t attack while invisible, but apparently not.
This is a horrifying scene, but pausing to take pictures has made me realize how silly the descriptive monologue is. It’s needed for this dialogue-only medium, but the level of coherency in this situation feels odd to me.
...I wish I hadn’t just talked to someone about Kiara’s ridiculous horny plan before reading this.
Ah, Lobo hasn’t learned the Jalter lesson yet.
Preparing to scream.
My affection for Holmes went up about three notches with just this moment.
I ALSO WANT TO KNOW THIS.
In this moment, Salter and I are of one mind.
.....for some reason I thought it was the name of her motorcycle. This is so much more endearing. The earlier misconception was more funny.
Are you two for real
Moriarty, I demand you teach her.
(Mash ended up asking Sherlock, but I don't know if he'll ever come to me! But it got Moriarty to feel affronted as a professor.)
Frankly, I prefer it over Cavall II being in more danger. Also I have Salter to protect me, while Cavall II...Sherlock is amazing, but I have no clue about his physical abilities in a case like this.
I HAVE TO STOP HAVING SUCH STRONG REACTIONS TO SALTER OFFERING TO PROTECT ME.
I’ve been joking about all of the screaming dialogue options Gudako gives, but that sentence made me have to put a hand over my mouth in reality.
Moriarty gets such important jobs here.
I LAUGHED but also how do I respond to this with my mouth closed?
Okay fair
Moriarty you softie.
THE DEFENCE UP OF FALLEN DEMON IS REAL DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH.
Salter and Jalter... are good.
But especially fallen demon's spammable defence up
And yes, they are very good.
THREE TURNS OF AT LEAST ONE FALLEN DEMON DEFENCE UP SUCKS
(More than that, but three turns in a row after getting him down to about this.)
I could have finished it easily if I hadn't held off on using the buster boost on Ibaraki, because everything started off absolutely perfectly, except that I was left with like 20k health before the break bar and Ibaraki died before she could send off her second NP that was already charged.
All right, round two, doggo. I'm going to stop with my tendency to assume the second break bar will be bigger (it rarely is in this singularity).
My knowledge of what to do was extremely improved. My luck with RNG was SIGNIFICANTLY worse.
CRITS AND BREAK BARS BEING 412 HP AWAY FROM BREAKING
THE DOG IS TERRIBLY STRONG AND ALMOST MAKES ME REGRET MY LIMITATIONS but now I have Ibaraki surviving past the first break bar with her NP charged so I am READY maybe
Triple attack up, one NP up, one Buster up, and one Ibaraki Buster card. LET'S GO
Wow, this scene is rough.
WOW, THIS SCENE IS ROUGH.
THE DOG IS GOING TO HELP LOBO, ISN'T HE
Cease doing this to me at once, Avengers.
I am certain I requested that you desist.
“This game is garbage,” I say, crying.
(Not that the good scenes make the trash parts of the game go away, but even so, this scene did affect me significantly.)
“Where was I in the sto — ah, right.
” I really didn’t think it had been two months, though.
It’s time to return with the worry that I’m about to get even deeper into “riding on the back of Salter’s motorcycle being told to stop screaming” except now on a plane or shot out of a cannon.
NOW what have I gotten myself into??
If I didn’t know that Sherlock Holmes didn’t get the memetic Fate treatment, I would have assumed that this was Moriarty (Evil) talking about Sherlock.
I guess that the hers on the ground are me and Salter, but I don’t really feel like the player character would spark this kind of vendetta from Moriarty (Evil). Granted, she did save humanity. I’d personally expect that he’d be more interested in beating da Vinci-chan in a match of wits.
In a perfect world, a young girl!Sherlock versus old man Moriarty would be a metaphor for how society has turned hostile towards us and is able to use established concepts to trap and manipulate the youth.
Fate is not a perfect world.
Tell that to movie Sherlock.
This is neither the first nor last time I have wished that we could put Fate under your guidance.
I'll make my own fantasy-historical deathmatch mobage. With blackjack! And sex workers with rights and healthcare!
HELL YEAH I’LL FOLLOW YOU FOREVER
There will also finally be more than one male Lily.
As someone who prides herself on having a Chaldea full of Chaotic Evil, I probably shouldn’t be side-eying my recently acquired Emiya Alter.
Uh. “Only”?
There’s probably an excessively long ship name in here somewhere.
I think you’re overvaluing consistency.
This is the kind of content I’m here for.
That’s because Cavall II
is the most important.
Don’t ask questions you don’t want the answer to, Gudako.
Frankly, I’m flattered that it’s only “slightly.”
Is this where Papa Moriarty began?
Don’t restrict my actions like this, game.
I at the very least want to play along a little....
That’s so incredibly convenient!! I guess that explains the spray of bullets in his NP all collecting together.
I don’t know if this is supposed to be an in-universe idol or a real world one. I am nervously trying to make sure this isn’t a Liz catchphrase. I don’t want to have forgotten.
....Sherlock are you responsible for this mess
.:.I’m starting to get worried.
...............oh no.
Ah, the joys of working with 90% Evil and/or Chaotic Servants.
I feel like most people I’ve met doing math are terrible at freehand drawing lines. Or maybe I’ve just projected.
Reassuring.
Look, if she talks like this, how am I to not go along with her?
...okay game what the fuck
Alas, I must hold up here. Hungry and sleepy, I closed my eyes for a nap, and now I have like an hour to do my dishes and make supper.
I decided to just delay washing dishes and scraped together enough clean ones for supper and was surprised to receive surprisingly endearing Hans:
...You’re a good child, Mash.
Oh no. It’s according to keiaku.
Keikaku? I don’t remember.
Your affect of not caring is coming off. (And whatever makes Holmes go hmm.
NICE my Moriarty guarded against the Empty Equation. ...Whatever that was supposed to do. Oh, there we go.
The different sound effects of evil Moriarty are weird.
It could have been so dramatic, with finishing him off with Ibaraki’s NP all on her own, but when I held back to charge NP, he one-shot her with a crit. So fine, have a buster chain.
I suspect he’s not referring to messing up my Dramatic Ending.
But now is time to hang out with a couple of people, so now I actually have to hold off until after.
The question is, I suppose, is what happens when the evil side of a spirit is defeated when the good version is still around. Or if the good one was so all along or not.
...It’s nearly the oldest trick in the singularity book (hi Orleans) and yet I didn’t think about it.
This one looks somewhat unfriendly.
Love the demon pillar eye collar.
The combo of weird looks and da Vinci-chan calling it impossible made me think it might be this guy even though I, uh. Kind of forget what he looks like.
Man, these guys are getting everywhere.
I might have been more surprised if I’d properly played it before GUDAGUDA and SE.RA.PH.
And also the two month gap means that when he talked about 3000 years, I assumed it got brought up before and I’d just forgotten the details.....
That’s real harsh, friend. Can’t we let bygones be bygones?
(I say, still angry at Lev Liforgethislastname.)
/gestures at the hundred Heroic Spirits who actually did the fighting
(I know it’s wish fulfillment, but I’m getting my wish fulfillment out of something other than being The Most Special Everyperson.)
I feel like this is excessive.
“How do I kill the person who stopped the end of the world? I know, I’ll end the world! Brilliant!”
Hmm. An issue.
Hmm. A bigger issue.
I did wonder, at the end. The most likely solutions I could think of to evil Moriarty being happy upon being destroyed both pointed to Good Moriarty turning, either due to the “Evil Moriarty”’s death or planned all along.
Moreso than fighting Knights of the Round Table in a city that was actually a lance in order to reach a king who is actually a goddess?
I’m so embarrassed. I learned the answer to the logic puzzle, but I couldn’t remember offhand and I’m in a race against time, so I had to guess.
That
is what Evil Moriarty sounded like.
I LAUGHED at the top one.
IBARAKI YOU ARE SO INCREDIBLY CLUTCH I LOVE YOU AND I LOVE TAMAMO WHO SQUEAKED HER NP OUT WHILE SHE WAS TARGET UPPED ON AN ENEMY NP TURN.
I doubt I’ll finish before maintenance, but it’s not impossible now.
Moriarty, are you being really gay and Sherlock is your precious thing?
Ah. Less gay, more crime papa.
I’m so weak to Salter.
.......Oh my god.
HE WAS HERE THE WHOLE TIME
AAAAAA
IT’S LIKE A STORY SO THE RESCUE COMES IN THE NICK OF TIME!!
.....Watch your feet. Oh my god.
Jalter, I know you’re made of hate, but I love you.
SHINJUKU IS SO GOOD now that maintenance is on, I can’t continue what is probably a losing first battle, though I thought the same before Ibaraki clutched it, so time to put out the pictures I took on the way up to the battle:
Jeanne continues to be the least mature and most ridiculous person in history and I love her.
And there’s no one else I’d rather have on my side right now. (I am bad at picking allies.)
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT I say as though I never read her monologue I would pat her on the head given the option (she’d be so angry but also maybe happy).
Welcome back, London Singularity Author’s Club. (I actually deliberately chose Hans for my support Servant.)
(If I have to do it again, I might pick up Dantes instead due to the field effect and the way that Moriarty’s NP is “every few turns he picks one person to delete from existence” I miss you Mash)
(Or I could double Jalter.)
He accounted for
me and he still didn’t expect these two.
But that’s what I enjoy about Fate! It sometimes does not especially unique plotlines in a way that makes me feel good.
I love this hackneyed ending. I don’t actually know who these ones are (I only know the mentioned grey cells one), but I know the idea behind them and I just really love that they included new sprites for these folks.
And I get to await the morning to see if I lost and have to reassess my lineup, and then get the ending.
As well as the first wave of Saber Fran pulls mmmmmmm. I have I think a bit over 370 quartz saved up, but I’m going to restrain myself a little since she gets a solo rate up.
My thought process originally was that I’d stop if I got a 4-star other than Fran since I don’t need to NP2 the other two as hard, but I may keep going until I hit x pulls.
We shall see. I’ll probably wait to pull with friends.
Sleep time. I have like four appointments in the next two days alongside some other stuff that needs doing.
The priest is Father Brown, I used to watch a TV adaptation of his mysteries with my parents.
I’ve watched that TV adaptation when I happened to be around when my parents were watching it, so I only have a handful I know, but it was fun.
ONCE AGAIN, IBARAKI COMES IN CLUTCH
Though the victory also belongs to
1) the reason I couldn’t finish this last night is that I remembered (after he got blasted away) that Asterios’s middle ability is his defence up, not a heal like a lot of skills with the same icon. I reset without thinking one minute into maintenance, so I had to wait.
With that defence up, he survived one turn to be able to NP on the next turn. Moriarty used End of the Spider’s Web to NP on that turn and, between Asterios’s NP and Tamamo’s Morph, that NP did zero damage. I would have run out of Servants without that turn.
2) Lancer Kiyohime has frankly been punching above her weight class in the back half of Shinjuku. There have been a lot of archers while the story supports leave me with a Saber and an Archer in the frontline and Kiyohime has been pulling me through those moments. So for one, she did a lot of damage.
For another...on another NP round, it came down to Ibaraki and Kiyohime. Since I still had the assassin ghost to finish off, I decided to bet on Ibaraki’s survival and I gave her the heal. As though she were reading my intentions, she survived the ghost’s NP and took Moriarty’s NP in Ibaraki’s place. I will remember your sacrifice.
Also 3) that I hadn’t used the mystic code evade by the end there. Ibaraki was down to 4K HP with skill/NP seal, so I put that on so I could NP the next turn. Luckily, that was when I discovered the ghost’s skill that fully charged Moriarty’s NP. Thank goodness he used Evil Charisma and not his Ignore Invincible.
I feel like I suddenly shifted to playing Ace Attorney.
“Don’t you get it? I was unthinkably lucky in who got hit by what. I don’t think I could do either fight against you again successfully without a massive re-organization of my team.”
Oh my gosh. That’s
perfect. I love you, Moriarty.
...No wonder that did so much damage when I fought you even when I had class advantage.
I was too slow to catch a clear image of Salter over this, but a close up of her with her eyes closed as she was ready to save me was enough to make me doki for her. Why does summer Salter have to be in such a cursed box?
Honestly? It means the world.
You didn’t manage it literally, but you’re killing me here, Moriarty.
I’m worried that “not happening” is not going to mean what I want it to mean: “even accepting that this is a part of you, I still love you.”
looks at my million evil servants
Is this going to have to be the motto of my Chaldea?
My heart is full.
Moriarty, you beautiful asshole.
I’m happy to have gotten you as my guaranteed summon. (Ignore that on the day I was kind of disappointed you weren’t a cute woman.)
Speaking of beautiful assholes.
I kept your wife safe. (And so ended the life of Gudako.)
...Cavall II. OH NO. I REALLY AM GOING TO DIE.
I guess I need to level you or something.
“For a price, of course.” FINE I’LL COLLECT THE EMBERS.
I have been silent throughout despite all of my feelings, but here, I gasped out loud. Jalter, please continue to seize what you want in your ephemeral dream.
I’m sure this moment spawned a lot of the weird and bad and wrong opinions by a certain segment of the fandom, but shhh now that I have offloaded checking the subreddit to other people I can pretend they don’t exist.
AHH I SOMEHOW HIT A FAST FORWARD THROUGH THE LAST PART OF HER SPEECH WHEN I WAS RETURNING TO THE GAME THANK YOU MATERIALS.
Funnily enough, thanks to doing this this morning, I have to decide between a shower and making breakfast. I’m going to grab something on the way, as I didn’t shower yesterday while playing FGO.
LMAO of course you did. You always have to do something that pisses Moriarty off.
YOU ASSHOLE!!!!!
LMAO.
FUCK
I love you, Salter. What a good Singularity.
And the part of Jalter’s that got fast forwarded through was also good. Thank you, person who wrote this Singularity.
Time to skip story for the first time in my life and run through Agartha.