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« on: June 04, 2013, 07:23:59 pm »
That's circumstantial!...Okay, yeah.
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So here's a crazy theory. We've met exactly one Silent in the whole game: Ciro. We also know that Ciro is involved in some elaborate cycle of amnesiac reincarnation, which s/he has repeated multiple times. So what if every Silent to pass through Underside was a different reincarnation of Ciro?Interesting theory...although for that last bit, I'd like to note that Al has not yet left the Warrens, and that there's nothing to suggest he hasn't left the Underside before and returned. Assuming, of course, that he's been down here more than a couple years or that Wilford has left out times in the interim when exceptional circumstances let him let Al out. (Say, if that Cycle's Ciro was a much larger guy who knocked out Wilford before he could complain, or Wilford had a convenient flu.)
Probably the most interesting implication of that premise is that Al strongly implied he's seen multiple Silents come through the village, suggesting that either each cycle is quite short (i.e Ciro dies quickly) or Al has been down in Underside for a hella long time. Though we already knew that second one, not that we've tied an actual timeframe to anything.
This also ties into Ciro recognizing Al at the Greens.
Ciro can hardly recognize Al if s/he hadn't encountered him on previous cycles, and if Al was jive to the whole "cycle" thing then he would have known who Ciro was as soon as he fell down into Underside. Thus, Al thinks there's this whole class of adventurers he terms "Silents," when really he just keeps meeting Ciro over and over.
On top of that, it seems quite unlikely Al has ever left Underside before this cycle (we even got a whole cutscene out of it!) which would imply that Al's (and Cherish's) current Underside Exodus is a major departure from previous cycles. If that's true, then we should be really careful of Al and Cherish since it seems likely they'll be eliminated/reset at the first opportunity in order to "normalize" this aberrant cycle. Unless the reset of the cycle also gives Al partial amnesia.
Partial amnesia. Is there anything it can't explain?
Chat, play around, chat some more, look at the weird leather socks
Go hit on the ladies. Take away one of my highest points.Edmund wanders over to the two girls and joins their conversation. He examines the large, weirdly-colored leather socks, dodging a rock which flies dangerously close to his head and muttering to reply to the inevitable apology. [5] They seem to have some kind of activated power, which unfortunately requires you to be wearing them. After informing the girls of this fact, Edmund stands a bit uncomfortably off to one side. They're about as normal as you could expect here, but that's not really reassuring...Faye looks over the socks with this hint in mind. [4+2+1] It's clearly an activated healing ability.
Summon magic girl powers to heal myself(power of believe(or sheer luck) don't fail me now)[9-1] You cause the area to begin glowing, then fall further and leave the glow behind. [MPR:4] You're more than two-thirds down, [3-2-1] but dead.
Head back into the building and grab and put on the chain shirt.Check, that would be the loot under you correct?, and [9+2-1] smashing!
Pick up all the loot I've just examined as well.
Try to fire a glass projectile thing in a direction with nobody in the way.
"Ugh.... where the hell am I?" Is what Unlucky says as he wakes up his... however long his sleep was. Then he notices he has some weird stuff he doesn't recognize. And they seem to do something....(You also have two Attribute Points to spend.)
Test out what my stuff can do. Test on nearest weak looking person in my stuff doesn't do stuff on there own.... some much stuff....
I just realized something.It could be rhyme or wordplay, but I agree that the Angels watching the wardens makes sense.
"Watcher of the watch".
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes, anyone?
Then again, it could just be a rhyme
((Don't you have that receptacle? Why don't you use that to carry water?))((I don't want her to think I stole it. Besides, that's my backup plan.))