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Did get a chuckle out of that jab at Walter.  Also do like how dapper Salvador is, Yuna's design is pretty cool too.
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It's for violince.
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NullBlack posted:I dunno. Wasn't L-Corp based on Carmen's idea? I think some rather dangerous things have come from that. It was, though I think it's worth noting that Carmen herself did not seek to become a Wing.
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NullBlack posted:I dunno. Wasn't L-Corp based on Carmen's idea? I think some rather dangerous things have come from that. Carmen discovered Cogito and thought of it as the key to her Soul Therapy research. She probably had some progress in researching it, details unknown. But the whole Abnormality extraction and energy generation method (and. in turn, the specific procedure for the Tree of Light) were tested out and applied by A, I guess.
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I still wonder how Cogito was made. We know that Cogito is L Corp's singularity, which manifests the human mind. We know that during the original Lobotomy Corporation, Cogito-production and Abnormality creation happened solely at HQ. We see Carmen's disembodied, still living nervous system, which is said to be the source of Cogito. So, was Carmen always the sole source of Cogito? If so, how did production start? Did she become the first E.G.O. user, and Cogito is Carmen's E.G.O.? An infectious type, that drags everyone else along with her ideas and way of doing things? I'm also still not clear to me whether people are turned into Abnormalities, or whether Abnormalities spawn from the minds of people exposed to Cogito. Nothing There is heavily implied to be the employee Christopher, but we also have Binah and the Well, which sources Abnormalities not from any individual person but from the collective unconscious. ...You know, people turning into Abnos due to a crude application of Cogito seems similar to the Distortion - people's fears and traumas manifest on their own bodies into strange new shapes and abilities. I guess being directly exposed to your real, true inner self is not always a good thing. Especially in a psychological and literal meatgrinder and haven of psychopaths like The City.
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Lunar Suite posted:I still wonder how Cogito was made. We know that Cogito is L Corp's singularity, which manifests the human mind. We know that during the original Lobotomy Corporation, Cogito-production and Abnormality creation happened solely at HQ. We see Carmen's disembodied, still living nervous system, which is said to be the source of Cogito. No. Carmen was able to get a small amount of Cogito on her own, and the reason of her death was because the research are stuck with a lack of a stable source of it (details omitted) About distortion, abnos and Cogito: refer to LobCorp day 47 story.
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PlasticAutomaton posted:Combat violin. I love Yuna's design. Elfface posted:It's for violince. Just so long as we don't get someone with a Combat Saxaphone.
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Elfface posted:It's for violince. Maybe it's a gutar.
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Yeah that thing is not a violin, it’s huge. It’s at least a cello.
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does Yuna kill things by shredding a killer solo on an electric guitar at them? if so she just might have become my favorite character thus far
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All this talk about weaponized cello case reminded me of Antonio Banderas' movie Desperado. I wonder if a concealed machine gun inside a guitar case could get past the Head's anti-gun regulation or not?
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What if you just punch a bullet real hard. No gunpowder, and no guns but these flex
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Your Everyday NEET posted:All this talk about weaponized cello case reminded me of Antonio Banderas' movie Desperado. I wonder if a concealed machine gun inside a guitar case could get past the Head's anti-gun regulation or not? Well the main cost, IIRC, was the bullets, so I don't think that'd help?
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Doobeedoo posted:Well the main cost, IIRC, was the bullets, so I don't think that'd help? And as one of the regulation is prohibition of anything silenced, so you could not get upper hand, I think, anything concealed will get a hard "NO" from the Head.
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MiiNiPaa posted:Hideous cost of bullets, weapons themselves cost a lot too, not many Workshops make and service them due to patents, and Tres Association must greenlit your weapon design before you can produce it. And weapon requirements are inane, like ATF regulations, and require a lawyer to figure out, what they mean. I mean Liwei had a pistol, which isn't particularly hard to conceal. But all the things you said coupled with guns not being a huge upgrade over a decent augment also probably makes them more unpopular.
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Torchlighter posted:I mean Liwei had a pistol, which isn't particularly hard to conceal. But all the things you said coupled with guns not being a huge upgrade over a decent augment also probably makes them more unpopular. The point is that it's significantly less cost-efficient compared to a decent aug, in a setting where money is everything. Between the strict rules guns, gunsmiths, and bulletsmiths have to follow, the maintenance and cost of ammo, and the cost of ammo also bleeding into something as simple as practice, it's easy to see why someone would go for a decent nano-tattoo or a combat oboe instead. The only exception appears to be the Library, which can just ignore all of these at its leisure.
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I just got off the phone with a repair tech. Work Lappy’s circuitboard is absolutely fried, and it is no longer capable of turning on. As of today, it is officially dead. Originally a cheap bargain bin laptop I got to watch anime at work, it went on to become the computer responsible for doing the majority of the work screenshotting, editing, writing, and uploading my raw video footage throughout the vast majority of the Lobotomy Corporation Let’s Play. Due to an unfortunate hinge injury rendering it unable to be transported without risking breaking the casing, it was allowed early retirement and a position playing YouTube videos on a TV via an HDMI link. It served with grace, poise, and professionalism until the day of its passing. It is survived by its brother, the laptop which took over Work Lappy’s duties after its injury left it unable to serve. Arrangements have already been made to encase its HD for proper data extraction. You will be missed, Work Lappy. Thank you for your hard work. None of us would be here without you. 
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Rest in peace, work lappy, and godspeed 
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I'd say we could print a book in its honour, but I suppose that's what this and the last LP are, essentially.
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Work Lappy, you were the greatest of computers. Rest in peace.
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RIP Lappy. Never forget. O7
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RIP work lappy. o7
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Work Lappy for librarian 34
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Work Lappy was on the verge of sapience so the Head sent out assassins. Nonhumans are not permitted!
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golden bubble posted:Philip's 5'9", and Yuna's 5'10". While there are some real short shorts in this game, Project Moon isn't afraid to have some actually taller people as characters. Ezra from Distortion Detective is like 6'2"!
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TeeQueue posted:You will be missed, Work Lappy. Thank you for your hard work. None of us would be here without you. Rest well, and join your brethren in the great Heap in the Sky, along with all our other burnt-out brothers-in-lack-of-arms.
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Zathril posted:Hopefully these Lets Plays don't kill any more laptops or before long... This is the single greatest eulogy any computer could ask for.
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Zathril posted:Hopefully these Lets Plays don't kill any more laptops or before long... Now cracks a noble motherboard. Goodnight, sweet laptop, and flights of sephirot sing thee to thy rest. o7
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Zathril posted:Hopefully these Lets Plays don't kill any more laptops or before long... So that is what TeeQueue's meltdown will look like. I hope everyone has been taking careful notes on how their mechanics work.
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drat, the art here is fire. Also, I feel like the Love Town reception is p important for Angela's growth, as she's been confronted with the reality that her suffering was not unique, hence her strident denial at the end that ToMerry is anything like her.
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Idly going through the old LobCorp LP... again... (seriously I think I'm addicted to it). Gilliam mentioned a few pages back that all of the floors would be getting their fourth Librarians in Plague. We've got T. Hinman. Dimi threw a wrench into Control/History, but now we should be getting Chinely (based purely on the fact that he was the leftmost of the two). Training/Literature should have ImIdiot. Safety/Art should have Sephiroth... but that leads to the interesting thing of Sephiroth dying on Day 49, rather than in the Big Angela Brawl, so he's gonna need to be caught up on some stuff. Later on, Boksi, Credentia, Sorcrane, and Talow are also going to need to play a little catch-up.
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Junpei posted:Idly going through the old LobCorp LP... again... (seriously I think I'm addicted to it). Gilliam mentioned a few pages back that all of the floors would be getting their fourth Librarians in Plague. We've got T. Hinman. Dimi threw a wrench into Control/History, but now we should be getting Chinely (based purely on the fact that he was the leftmost of the two). Training/Literature should have ImIdiot. Safety/Art should have Sephiroth... Do we have any for-sure evidence the agents that died in the LP are coming back? I suppose given the stuff with Mr. Blond it's not impossible.
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PinkDawn posted:Do we have any for-sure evidence the agents that died in the LP are coming back? I suppose given the stuff with Mr. Blond it's not impossible. unless TeeQueue said otherwise in the 108 pages so far, we won't have any "for-sure" evidence until we get to Sephiroth. that said, I doubt the five fatalities are going to stay dead (because death is meaningless in L-Corp and the Library, and because we loved those guys
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Book 21: Dawn Office—Chapter 2 Magic: GuestBattle01  Roland's using the same Olga build we've seen quite a few times now. It's a good workhorse, and he likes suits.   If you're going to ask me to handle the guests just because I met them once, I'll have to stop admitting when I knew them, ma'am~ In that case, I could simply have you handle every reception to be safe.  That hardly seems fair! Then it's best we keep things roughly how they are now.   Guns, huh? I guess you did always prefer ranged weaponry. The ability to fight without moving is too nice to pass up.  And you're still using the oboe? I need to show the power of the combat oboe off this time, since I got my head handed to me before.I'm not really 100% sure what I'm doing with Steve's deck. Shuffle Hands is a decent draw page with Bottom Deal on his passives, and Stay Calm will work well alongside it, particularly with his innate +1 Strength. Loosen Up and Wrath of Torment are there just to round things out.  Our opponents, the Dawn Office, are another 1 floor affair. The trio we met are the only members, but unlike most of the opponents we've seen thus far each one has a very distinctive combat niche. As a side note, this battle limits us to only 3 Librarians—even if we were to bring Yesod's floor, someone would be staying home.  Salvador exists to make the rest of his team more difficult to beat. His Guardian passive grants each of them 2 Protection on the first turn to cut the damage they take, and he can deal slightly more Stagger damage to our Burned Librarians. His final passive is one all three of these opponents share—while each of them has a different specialty, they all ultimately revolve around Burn.  His signature page, Crack of Dawn, is going to hit us very hard and serves to give Protection to the rest of his team again.  Yuna, meanwhile, has the Lone Fixer passive. This passive gives +3 Strength at the end of a turn if she doesn't have any other allies. This turns her into an absolute wrecking ball, meaning that we don't want to let her be the last one alive. Her deck is mostly multi-hit pages, to take advantage of this Strength should we let her have it.  Phillip is a very momentum-based fighter. He gains +2 Power when he gets to Emotion Level 1. This used to also go up to +4 Power at Emotion Level 2, but this was removed because he could effortlessly destroy entire floors alone. His deck is also built with multiple hit pages in mind.  His unique page Stigmatize factors into this plan by giving him an automatic Emotion Coin, and if it clashes both dice then he's guaranteed to level up. This particular fight is closer to an Abnormality battle than a normal reception, in that there's a clear order to how to deal with our opponents, and we'll be put in a very tight spot if we don't pay attention to their passives! For players who haven't been checking on enemy passives in reception fights, Dawn Office can be a bit of an Ordeal.  Music: KeterBattle01   Hoh..! Be careful now, you two. One of them's carrying a combat oboe. A… combat oboe?  It was before your time, Phillip… but long ago, such instruments of destruction were a regular feature in certain parts of the Backstreets. I've lost several limbs to their ilk in my time. Is that why you recommended this weapon to me? I'd say it works quite well for you. Well, you've got a point, there.  If these weapons are so dangerous, why haven't you ever used one? Phillip… despite my love for jazz, I've never played any myself. Do you know why? You've… never tried, master? I'm tone deaf, my boy. It's a true shame. Trust me, you never want to hear him sing. Ah… I see. Hey boss, I think I've got them all distracted. Huh… Well, I'm sensing that the kid is going to be the biggest threat. Let's take advantage of the situation. Let me introduce you guys to an old technique.   I call it the steamroller. You like it? It's just focus firing one target en masse. Won't we take a lot of hits? You guys will. I don't have to move. I like it, let's do it.Ganging up and booking one enemy using all your actions at once is an… inelegant strategy, but I can't deny its effectiveness. Given that we want Phillip gone, it's also perfect for this particular battle—the Dawn Office probably won't be able to put out enough damage to stagger any of our Librarians in a single turn. Just remember: doing this means the person we're annihilating isn't going to be able to drop very good books, due to their low Emotion Level.  Got 'im opened up for you. It's like fish in a barrel. Oh… oh geez..! Don't feel too bad, kid. It's nothing personal~ Master, seonbae… I-I can't..! This is too much, I can't..! I suppose it was too early, after all… Go. We'll handle it. But..! Just go. Can't lose a bright talent like you yet. … Aww, c'mon. That's not sporting! The people that ganged up on a newbie on his first outing don't get to complain. Ugh… not more facts! At least their oboist is off guard from their imbalanced formation… Hot hot that's hot! And it's only going to get hotter.Music: GuestBattle01  After the first turn, we're left with only Yuna and Salvador to deal with. Steve's half-dead, but that's normal for him. Well, it worked out pretty well last time. Wanna' do it again? I'm pretty sure I'd have bled out if that sword didn't cauterize the wounds as it sliced… C'mon… we're all still fine here! They're not even focusing on you right now. Well… Alright.  Looks like they're going after me, next… Do what you can… I'll do the same. And if they kill me? Then that boy may need a new mentor. I'll give it my best. Never going to get tired of this. Could do without this part, though… Warriors like you and I don't get to complain on the battlefield.  You've got some punch, but I can tell you're holding back… It's just difficult to unleash this thing's full power while I've got allies around to worry about. Why thank you for the information, ma'am~ I figured you people would know already, somehow… We may have had an inkling. The information is always appreciated though, dear guest. Are you alright, Yuna? Yeah. That's the two who attacked last turn… We should be fine. No… There's still— COMBAT! OBOE! Hell! That thing really does pack a punch… Not doing anything on the first turn, only to attack when our minds are off of him… That oboist played us, I'm afraid. I'll have to handle him and that gun user at once…   I see it's not going to be that easy… Afraid not, geezer. Those moves… I see, Olga's been here. Ah, you knew her? Offices like that are bound to run into combat offices like mine from time to time. It's a shame to see she's fallen here… In honor of her memory, then. Geez- Steve, you just took one of these?! It's not so bad, when you compare it to that whip! Ah… yeah, I guess not. Ah… drat it. I suppose between the two of you I won't be able to protect her, will I? Were I only a bit younger… Don't take it too badly. You were outnumbered, after all.Music: KeterBattle01  Ah, there we go. I definitely prefer this song. Why's that? It means we're winning.  I've been alone on the battlefield many a time… surrounded by enemies of all sorts. This is nothing new to someone with my experience. And yet… Why is it now that that same experience is telling me my end is here? Experience is a double-edged sword. Too much of it can convince you something's beyond you, and your body gives up instead of rises to the occasion. Too true, too true… That sort of arrogance which changes fate itself can only be found among the young. That's why I hoped to guide the new generation of Fixers… To show them how to read a bullet's trajectory from the angle of the muzzle… Wha—oh, hell! You lot are still green, as well. You shoot like an amatuer. Least I'm not about to be a book. Yes, true enough… Olga, too, had a number of quirks that made her attacks easy to read. Her build and endless stamina made her powerful, but someone so straightforward as her couldn't get beyond Rank 5 no matter how long her Molars ground away at it. Simply stealing their power and making it your own won't be enough forever. Even ten years ago, I could have killed you all. Really glad we're only fighting now, then… I think that's enough sass out of you! And you…That savage way you swing your oboe… It's an insult to such an elegant weapon. That's the trick. Nobody expects you to just club someone with it really hard! Truly barbaric…  Just sticking me with this, aren't you..? Sorry, boss. I need a second to catch my breath. And I'm on break. I'm not really surprised, anymore… Farewell, geezer. Ah… one thing. Could you watch over that young man should he ever come back here? You're making a request now? As an elder, it's my job to guide the youth. This is simply my duty. Sorry, old timer. This isn't that kind of gig.  Well you look relieved, Bishop. Of course I do. That guy you were talking about got away. How's that a good thing? I'm sure he'll be back. So when he shows up, I can show which of us is stronger. Ooooh… so you are jelly. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone~ It's not that, I just don't want to give you any reasons to make fun of me. The Dawn Office is actually not too terrible to deal with as long as we fight them in the proper order, since Salvador is unlikely to output enough damage with Crack of Dawn to stop us from simply steamrolling his partners one at a time. Attempting to target the members in any other order, however, is simply asking for a bad time. Music: Result  Roland, it's time for the debriefing. Be right there, ma'am~ You guys have the cleanup handled, right? It's six books. We've got it. Go. Doesn't that mean you should be working on it, then? It doesn't matter if the books are put away now, or twenty seconds before he shows back up. I'm savoring the moment. Ahh. As expected of you, Zaida. VIDEO Music: Lobby  He didn’t seem to recognize you, though. Fixers meet so many people in their lives; it’s pretty much impossible to remember them all. And gramps knows even more people than most Fixers, so there’s no way he can recount everyone he’d met. Not like he needs to, though… And he’s old, so his memory probably got shaky. Why didn’t you say to him that you knew him, then? I just didn’t wanna make a scene. Giving him the time of day would only make both of us uncomfortable. Imagine walking up to your enemy in battle and saying “Hi there, we were friends three years ago… Remember?” It’d be awkward for sure. And bothersome, too. I don’t dislike how you try not to leave any loose ends in relationships. I guess so. I gave up caring about bonds long ago… And as I say from time to time, you never know when anyone will backstab you in this world, even those who you casually joke with. Gramps knew that better than anyone, I’m sure. Now that we're done with Dawn Office, Netzach has a new Abnormality Battle available. In addition, we have access to something else that's just as important:  Flash of Sunup is our first no-frills draw page. As long as we have this, we can now play two pages in a turn without losing our hand presence. Combined with our Light regeneration pages, this means we can better use longer strategies that don't rely on the brief rush of power we get from increasing our Emotion Level. I immediately farm 15 of them. Things are continuing smoothly. You're saying that in a way that means I'm about to have to fight another one of those creatures… It's good that you've learned to interpret correctly. However, please remember that the invitation is choosing what our next activity is. Yeah, yeah… we're following the will of the light or whatever… Just wake me up when it's my turn.Next time, on Library of Ruina   "Now it's time for my head to burst. Good day." Request complete: weave silk for Index. 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