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getting ready for hiveswap act 2
I'm here waiting for the steam download to finish and I'm positively vibrating out of my skin. It's still unreal to think that this game is a thing...
Anyway. I'm doing a first playthrough tonight and I'll post my impressions as I go.
Spoilers ahead, obviously
November 26th
21:53 ha! the loading screen is already giving me snowpiercer feelings, with this train divided per hemocastes. moving on.
21:56 RUSTBLOODS EVERYWHERE! (I'm very excited about trolls, excuse my xeno)
21:58 "oh yeah btw we're going to a violetblood party" EXCUSE YOU WHAT
22:04 "oh yeah it's just a drone bombing" THIS IS FINE. (it's not fine)
22:11 ok so we're stranded near a random river and there's a BUG LUSUS EATING A GIANT PILE OF TRASH. Hopefully local cave troll won't eat us. Also, do I want to pull a guess-what-color? Lusus is stained brown but it might be other trolls' blood mmm.
22:16 ok hive is desert. it probably belongs to an artist, which means that we're going to get into troll cosplay in five minutes. but! time to philosophize about art, first.
22:27 NEVERMIND the artist den wasn't useful afterall. we did find something tho! Now we're in a cozy mindhoney farm ..... super cute and super terrifying, when you know things. (btw someone protect Xefros)
22:29 "even your TREES kill?" "ya. it builds character!" "..."
22:34 OHHH i forgot you could switch characters. now i want to know what Xefros thought of the other two screens......
22:40 this is the phase where i feel stupid as fuck and i need to look up where to go, isn't it?
22:42. NO. I NEED TO SOLVE THIS. (oh no bee-lusus scientific name is beefriend hoW CUTE IS THAT?)
22:48 HA! See, I'm smart. Also you have apparently a cHOICE on which troll disguise you can wear, which is cute. Okay, now time to dance for this bigass bee.
22:50 FUCKING BEE DANCE. I'm fine.
22:55 SUCCESS. dammit, that was harder than i thought. let's go in the forest.
22:57 okay so no forest. BUT WE'RE AT THE TRAIN TERMINAL AND THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES AROUND! THIS IS VAGUELY EXCITING. ...except the OST is giving me anxiety bc of Friendsim/Pesterquest related reasons...
23:02 OH FUCK
23:13 okay that wasn't bad actually. Fozzer is the brainwashed version :CC Folykl is adorably disgusting as usual. THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIAR PEOPLE ON THE PLATFORM TOO.
23:14 oh man chixie is hinting at caste disorders at the festival.........
23:15 dfkjgh ELWURD IS DEALING... STUFF. And Joey is highkey having a sexual awakening. You at least bi, girl.
23:17 shush Xefros, the lesbians are flirting.
23:24 i got distracted with the clown. zebruh is such a dickkkkkk
23:29 okay now im a little worried about what Marvus means about "putting people on the right track"
23:31 omg he convinced him to sign up for a murder game show
23:33 lmao never mind he's a coward
23:34 ACHIEVEMENT: CLOWNFUXXER?? LISTEN HERE, STEAM......
23:42 and SUDDENLY IT'S SNOWPIERCER FOR RREAL. LET'S GET TO THE TOP OF THE TRAIN I GUESS.
23:50 oh that was surprisingly easy! coming next: yellow and olivebloods!
23:51 well that's sure some 8-bit fuckery. and I REMEMBER THIS, we were in this thing with sollux in pesterquest...
23:59 I'm having a blast with all these trolls in the background, I love ALL OF THEM.
00:09 Azdaja and Konyll are so disgustingly flush it's not even funny.
00:10 "what the hell is going on here?" "ah, romance X:')"
00:11 and it's done!! teal-cerulean, here we go... oh god now im nervous.
00:12 but first: QUADRANTS LESSONS
00:14 xefros: *tries to explain auspisticism*. joey: okay you know what, im not gonna get this one.
00:15 OH I SKIPPED A WHOLE STEP. This is jade-teal!!!
00:17 possibly just jade. it would make sense.
00:18 "are nuns a universal constant??" oh my god
00:19 "oh wow is that a male jade blood??" why, yes. yes it is.
00:23 HI TYZIAS I MISSED YOU even if you're wearing... sandals and socks......
00:27 please save me from Lynera
00:27 MARVUS
00:31 OK THERE'S A WEIRD CAHOOT THING GOING ON BETWEEN MARVUS AND TYZIAS AND IM ENJOYING IT
00:52 okay i talked to everyone. hopefully i don't fuck this up
00:53 TYZIAS SCOLDED ME BC I DIDN'T GATHER ALL THE EVIDENCE
1:10 oh god this is really troll phoenix right, isn't it.
1:11 oh, tyzias' sprite looks SO NICE tho, im in love
1:23 THIS IS A MESS BUT IM GLAD MARVUS AND TYZIAS ARE HAVING FUN I GUESS DKJFHG IM TERRIBLE AT THIS
1:26 "It's just that... Actias is my bias" you can't run from the kpop stans. you just cant.
1:27 "ah this is clear. Actias is ... her waifu" i want to die
1:55 I can't believe this. we're still talking about waifus. PLEASE JUST LET ME IDENTIFY THE CULPRIT, I HAVE STILL LIKE, 3 CARS TO GO THROUGH
2:03 A RECESS? oh god. I might have to continue this tomorrow.
November 27th
20:20 we're back. i'm probably going to take a break for dinner, but I have 10 minutes and I plan on using them productively.
20:27 okay we're finally interrogating Lynera. But! Dinner. Damn.
21:20 we're back again. tell a friend.
21:25 EAT SHIT, LYNERA
21:28 meh i suspected but honestly? i hated lynera since the fucking friendsim and i can't give less of a fuck dkfjgh andddd i just have a blind spot as big as mars for tyzias
21:29 anyway, moving on. CERULEAN AND BLUE FOR REAL NOW. Oh boy this is going to be a shitshow.
21:31 oh nooo xefross ;w;
21:32 oh fuck, ceruleans have their own car!!! anddd i already see familiar faces...
21:34 oh nevermind the blues' is here but it's on the upper floor!!! I will never fucking call them indigos, that's not indigo.
21:40 i know it makes sense game-wise but everyone is extremely chill and it makes me nervous
21:41 I just noticed that the blues have blue accents on their clothes but SPEAK IN INDIGO. Dammit! Now I can't be an asshole about it.
21:46 Ohhhhhh bluuuuuuuh
21:51 oh wow okay we're meant to go ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE YELLOW CAR???
21:56 boy do i feel dumb sometimes with these puzzles
21:59 full disclosure: i'm reading half of the things Galekh is saying
22:03 ...we're going to have to go all they way back to the rust and burgundy car for this, aren't we.
22:10 there's definitely multiple ways to get things done, omg. ...i must say im obsessed with the hanging-corpse-sack chandeliers....
22:13 WRESTLING- oh sorry, i meant MUSCLE THEATRE TIIIIIIIME!!!!
22:15 AAAH BABY!!!
22:18 "all I've got are memes, guys" fuck, that shouldn't be so relatable dating advice but alas.
22:19 "huh? you want to entice a cerulean? Idek, bend over?" LANQUE
22:26 WE DID IT!! and now... to clown town. boy, I'm actually nervous.......
22:28 but first: how to reason about political leanings with xefros and joey
22:30 okay what the FUCK is this.
22:44 man, clowns.
22:49 OKAY THAT WORKED. NOW WHAT?
22:50 the ost fucking off and dropping into depressing clown-waltz is terrible...
22:53 oh wow anime boy came through for once. also lmao elwurd i know it's wishful thinking but she's not flirtingggg
22:54 yes hello i definitely killed a troll, it took me 1 minute.
22:56 "but this sword is BLUNT. how did you kill them? and how did you get so much blood on it?" "uhhhhh i hit him very hard. and many times!" "...damnn jo thatz metal u a real one 4 sho"
22:57 of course. non c'รจ due senza tre.
22:58 .... HOW DO I KILL A CLOWN AGAIN? YOU CAN'T KILL CLOWNS. THAT'S THE RULE.
22:59 marvus is a real one, yo. he totally knows i didn't do shit but he's entertained and that's good enough for him.... now... how do i entertain a clown.
23:03 *interacts with tyzias, expecting Joey to talk about murdering clowns*
joey: so tyzias... you and stelsa are LESBIANS right?
me: spiTTAKES
23:11 oh man so there WAS a narrative reason for these little gremlin to be a single troll split in half, huh? man that's ghastly.
23:13 holy fucking shit is that a fucking drone???? WE HAVE A CANON PICTURE OF A CLOSE UP OF A FUCKING DRONE???
23:26 NOOOOOOOOO WITH ALL THE EFFORT WE PUT THROUGH????? dAMN. Oh well.
TL;DR that was a ride. Pun intended.
Anyway. I'm doing a first playthrough tonight and I'll post my impressions as I go.
November 26th
21:53 ha! the loading screen is already giving me snowpiercer feelings, with this train divided per hemocastes. moving on.
21:56 RUSTBLOODS EVERYWHERE! (I'm very excited about trolls, excuse my xeno)
21:58 "oh yeah btw we're going to a violetblood party" EXCUSE YOU WHAT
22:04 "oh yeah it's just a drone bombing" THIS IS FINE. (it's not fine)
22:11 ok so we're stranded near a random river and there's a BUG LUSUS EATING A GIANT PILE OF TRASH. Hopefully local cave troll won't eat us. Also, do I want to pull a guess-what-color? Lusus is stained brown but it might be other trolls' blood mmm.
22:16 ok hive is desert. it probably belongs to an artist, which means that we're going to get into troll cosplay in five minutes. but! time to philosophize about art, first.
22:27 NEVERMIND the artist den wasn't useful afterall. we did find something tho! Now we're in a cozy mindhoney farm ..... super cute and super terrifying, when you know things. (btw someone protect Xefros)
22:29 "even your TREES kill?" "ya. it builds character!" "..."
22:34 OHHH i forgot you could switch characters. now i want to know what Xefros thought of the other two screens......
22:40 this is the phase where i feel stupid as fuck and i need to look up where to go, isn't it?
22:42. NO. I NEED TO SOLVE THIS. (oh no bee-lusus scientific name is beefriend hoW CUTE IS THAT?)
22:48 HA! See, I'm smart. Also you have apparently a cHOICE on which troll disguise you can wear, which is cute. Okay, now time to dance for this bigass bee.
22:50 FUCKING BEE DANCE. I'm fine.
22:55 SUCCESS. dammit, that was harder than i thought. let's go in the forest.
22:57 okay so no forest. BUT WE'RE AT THE TRAIN TERMINAL AND THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES AROUND! THIS IS VAGUELY EXCITING. ...except the OST is giving me anxiety bc of Friendsim/Pesterquest related reasons...
23:02 OH FUCK
23:13 okay that wasn't bad actually. Fozzer is the brainwashed version :CC Folykl is adorably disgusting as usual. THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIAR PEOPLE ON THE PLATFORM TOO.
23:14 oh man chixie is hinting at caste disorders at the festival.........
23:15 dfkjgh ELWURD IS DEALING... STUFF. And Joey is highkey having a sexual awakening. You at least bi, girl.
23:17 shush Xefros, the lesbians are flirting.
23:24 i got distracted with the clown. zebruh is such a dickkkkkk
23:29 okay now im a little worried about what Marvus means about "putting people on the right track"
23:31 omg he convinced him to sign up for a murder game show
23:33 lmao never mind he's a coward
23:34 ACHIEVEMENT: CLOWNFUXXER?? LISTEN HERE, STEAM......
23:42 and SUDDENLY IT'S SNOWPIERCER FOR RREAL. LET'S GET TO THE TOP OF THE TRAIN I GUESS.
23:50 oh that was surprisingly easy! coming next: yellow and olivebloods!
23:51 well that's sure some 8-bit fuckery. and I REMEMBER THIS, we were in this thing with sollux in pesterquest...
23:59 I'm having a blast with all these trolls in the background, I love ALL OF THEM.
00:09 Azdaja and Konyll are so disgustingly flush it's not even funny.
00:10 "what the hell is going on here?" "ah, romance X:')"
00:11 and it's done!! teal-cerulean, here we go... oh god now im nervous.
00:12 but first: QUADRANTS LESSONS
00:14 xefros: *tries to explain auspisticism*. joey: okay you know what, im not gonna get this one.
00:15 OH I SKIPPED A WHOLE STEP. This is jade-teal!!!
00:17 possibly just jade. it would make sense.
00:18 "are nuns a universal constant??" oh my god
00:19 "oh wow is that a male jade blood??" why, yes. yes it is.
00:23 HI TYZIAS I MISSED YOU even if you're wearing... sandals and socks......
00:27 please save me from Lynera
00:27 MARVUS
00:31 OK THERE'S A WEIRD CAHOOT THING GOING ON BETWEEN MARVUS AND TYZIAS AND IM ENJOYING IT
00:52 okay i talked to everyone. hopefully i don't fuck this up
00:53 TYZIAS SCOLDED ME BC I DIDN'T GATHER ALL THE EVIDENCE
1:10 oh god this is really troll phoenix right, isn't it.
1:11 oh, tyzias' sprite looks SO NICE tho, im in love
1:23 THIS IS A MESS BUT IM GLAD MARVUS AND TYZIAS ARE HAVING FUN I GUESS DKJFHG IM TERRIBLE AT THIS
1:26 "It's just that... Actias is my bias" you can't run from the kpop stans. you just cant.
1:27 "ah this is clear. Actias is ... her waifu" i want to die
1:55 I can't believe this. we're still talking about waifus. PLEASE JUST LET ME IDENTIFY THE CULPRIT, I HAVE STILL LIKE, 3 CARS TO GO THROUGH
2:03 A RECESS? oh god. I might have to continue this tomorrow.
November 27th
20:20 we're back. i'm probably going to take a break for dinner, but I have 10 minutes and I plan on using them productively.
20:27 okay we're finally interrogating Lynera. But! Dinner. Damn.
21:20 we're back again. tell a friend.
21:25 EAT SHIT, LYNERA
21:28 meh i suspected but honestly? i hated lynera since the fucking friendsim and i can't give less of a fuck dkfjgh andddd i just have a blind spot as big as mars for tyzias
21:29 anyway, moving on. CERULEAN AND BLUE FOR REAL NOW. Oh boy this is going to be a shitshow.
21:31 oh nooo xefross ;w;
21:32 oh fuck, ceruleans have their own car!!! anddd i already see familiar faces...
21:34 oh nevermind the blues' is here but it's on the upper floor!!! I will never fucking call them indigos, that's not indigo.
21:40 i know it makes sense game-wise but everyone is extremely chill and it makes me nervous
21:41 I just noticed that the blues have blue accents on their clothes but SPEAK IN INDIGO. Dammit! Now I can't be an asshole about it.
21:46 Ohhhhhh bluuuuuuuh
21:51 oh wow okay we're meant to go ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE YELLOW CAR???
21:56 boy do i feel dumb sometimes with these puzzles
21:59 full disclosure: i'm reading half of the things Galekh is saying
22:03 ...we're going to have to go all they way back to the rust and burgundy car for this, aren't we.
22:10 there's definitely multiple ways to get things done, omg. ...i must say im obsessed with the hanging-corpse-sack chandeliers....
22:13 WRESTLING- oh sorry, i meant MUSCLE THEATRE TIIIIIIIME!!!!
22:15 AAAH BABY!!!
22:18 "all I've got are memes, guys" fuck, that shouldn't be so relatable dating advice but alas.
22:19 "huh? you want to entice a cerulean? Idek, bend over?" LANQUE
22:26 WE DID IT!! and now... to clown town. boy, I'm actually nervous.......
22:28 but first: how to reason about political leanings with xefros and joey
22:30 okay what the FUCK is this.
22:44 man, clowns.
22:49 OKAY THAT WORKED. NOW WHAT?
22:50 the ost fucking off and dropping into depressing clown-waltz is terrible...
22:53 oh wow anime boy came through for once. also lmao elwurd i know it's wishful thinking but she's not flirtingggg
22:54 yes hello i definitely killed a troll, it took me 1 minute.
22:56 "but this sword is BLUNT. how did you kill them? and how did you get so much blood on it?" "uhhhhh i hit him very hard. and many times!" "...damnn jo thatz metal u a real one 4 sho"
22:57 of course. non c'รจ due senza tre.
22:58 .... HOW DO I KILL A CLOWN AGAIN? YOU CAN'T KILL CLOWNS. THAT'S THE RULE.
22:59 marvus is a real one, yo. he totally knows i didn't do shit but he's entertained and that's good enough for him.... now... how do i entertain a clown.
23:03 *interacts with tyzias, expecting Joey to talk about murdering clowns*
joey: so tyzias... you and stelsa are LESBIANS right?
me: spiTTAKES
23:11 oh man so there WAS a narrative reason for these little gremlin to be a single troll split in half, huh? man that's ghastly.
23:13 holy fucking shit is that a fucking drone???? WE HAVE A CANON PICTURE OF A CLOSE UP OF A FUCKING DRONE???
23:26 NOOOOOOOOO WITH ALL THE EFFORT WE PUT THROUGH????? dAMN. Oh well.
TL;DR that was a ride. Pun intended.