Evil Assholes

wow you fucking just GOT EM dude

the SOS game looked all right but that's it

wow isn't this fucking riveting

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<- Previous update: That's Real Fuckin' Nito

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Recap:
- Killed Gravelord Nito
- Arrived at the Demon Ruins to explore
- Killed Ceaseless Discharge

Current missions:
- Explore the Demon Ruins more
- Find and kill the Witch of Izalith
- Explore the Great Hollow

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One Lord Soul remains—and it belongs to a someone who is not named on my hitlist. That sends me a couple of strange messages in and of itself, but here's all I've been able to gather thus far about her whereabouts:

I've only heard of this "Izalith" place a single time, by the blacksmith in the Giants' Tomb. He called it the Lost Izalith and described it as impossible to reach, and if my memory serves correctly, I remember seeing a few people in this thread heckling me about this place a couple years ago, thinking I'd never make it there.

Beyond that, there's the clothing set I picked up that triggered the Ceaseless Discharge fight—the Gold-Hemmed Black set, the descriptions of which all mention a Witch of Izalith. Or, more specifically, "the witch Quelana of Izalith, mother of pyromancy and Daughter of Chaos."

"Daughter of Chaos," huh? That's the name of the bonfire warp point that sends me to Quelaag's Domain. As for Quelana, isn't that the name of the mute spider lady inhabiting that place? Is she the Witch of Izalith? I mean, it kinda has to be, right? Who else would "Daughter of Chaos" be referring to? But does that mean I have to kill her? What if I don't wanna? She hasn't really done anything to me personally—which brings me to that earlier point I brought up.

Whoever the witch is, she's not on my hitlist. That would have to mean she's not a boss; she's just an NPC that I have to kill. I recall Kingseeker Frampt's words—"The beings who possess these souls have outlived their usefulness, or chosen the path of the wicked. Let there be no guilt—let there be no vacillation."

Seath, the Four Kings, and Nito all clearly chose the path of the wicked. They were obviously the evil ones. But Frampt did happen to suggest that not all the souls I'm after are possessed by wicked beings; instead, they may have merely "outlived their usefulness," whatever that means, but they're not evil. I don't know if I like the sound of that, because it doesn't tell me why they deserve this fate. I've seen the horrible things the other bosses have done firsthand, you know what I mean? So I'm just not really sure where any of this is going right now.

If Quelana is the witch I'm after—and all the evidence is pointing to her—I'm not just gonna kill her thoughtlessly. That doesn't seem right. I think there's something fishy about this situation, and I'm gonna make sure I don't fuck anything up or do something completely stupid. Especially if I end up being wrong, but at this point, I don't know how I could be.

In any case, it was high time for me to start exploring more of the Demon Ruins. Slaying the Ceaseless Discharge caused parts of the lava down below to fall, making it possible for me to access the lower part of the area. This is an interesting place—almost all the enemies in this area are ex-bosses. Smaller Taurus Demons and smaller Capra Demons run amok here like regular enemies. I guess that's how you know I'm coming towards the end game.

I didn't have to go too far to find a new bonfire. In this neck of the ruins, I started seeing some stranger enemies—like these giant centipede-like beings that emerged from walls, but remained stationary in an attempt to block my path, as well as these chubby snake-like beings that pretend to be statues and spit fire after an ambush. The latter of which are extraordinarily weak and easy to deal with, but the giant centipedes got pretty annoying after awhile.

I found a very large flame ember, and I was invaded once by an NPC called Kirk. I noticed he was wearing Spike Armor, which is pretty cool, and is more or less the armor set I've been anticipating the most across my entire playthrough, because it looks cool as fuck and the loading screens have been teasing me about it for a long time. Alas, the invasion took place on the side of a cliff, where I was sandwiched in between an invader and a Capra Demon, and I failed to finesse the situation. First time an invasion has ever resulted in my death. Oh well—he probably wasn't going to drop his armor anyway. I'll probably find it somewhere else.

It wasn't long before I found the next boss—or should I say, the next two bosses.

Yep, we got ourselves another double feature. Had I known that the trifecta of Demon Ruins bosses would all happen in such quick succession, I would've saved the Ceaseless Discharge video for a triple threat YouTube coverage featuring all three of them, but it can't be helped.


PROGRESS


The ring, of course, allows me to walk on lava while reducing the damage taken to a light tingle. I used the ring to find a bonfire where I met up with Solaire.

I found the Lost Izalith shortly thereafter.

for the first time ever, i'm going to miss nintendo's because of work 😂🔫

🖕

Oh, I decided to finish Cowboy Bebop the other day. I can bump that up to a 6, I suppose.

Quote from: Verbatim on June 08, 2018, 04:08:35 PM

tell me what you think is good in the world and i'll tell you precisely why it's actually bad

Lmao, a soft breeze on a nice day. Don't be a retarded nigger and say that that's bad.

that's bad

what makes the day so nice, anyway? the weather, i presume

what if i don't want the breeze to be causing any fluctuation in the otherwise perfect temperature—assuming the perfect temperature even exists, which is a pretty huge leap because that's going to mean something different for everyone

a "nice day" to me might be someone's shitty and gross day and vice-versa, i personally can't stand the heat of the summer and i hate the wind—someone else might love that shit, so my nice day just ruined someone else's day, great, what a wonderful concept

some animals can't even survive in the heat, let alone find any enjoyment in it

If you still care Verb have you ever watched (Your Name)

yeah, wasn't into it

you should hate yourself, and never stop

only stop if you hate yourself for retarded reasons—figure out the best reasons and roll with that

Quote from: MarKhan on June 07, 2018, 12:19:43 PM

Quote from: Ian on June 07, 2018, 12:15:43 PM

This is for the best, their recent policing was so out of place with what they’ve been known for. I don’t like Valve/Steam but this is a step in the right direction.

Well, provided this isn’t a troll story.

Step in right direction or not, result totally depends on how Valve gonna implement it. And Valve is fucking lazy.

Also it`s a post from Valve employee, so unlikely that this is a troll

English, while it is a simple language, can seem complex in this sense. Step in THE right direction. THE result. Valve IS going to implement it.

Think of it as asking a question with your sentence "What IS Valve going to implement?" Valve IS going to implement such and such etc. What direction? THE right direction. What result? THE result. You also use the grave accent ` symbol instead of an apostrophe ' which faces the other way.

what a scholar

Quote from: Verbatim on June 07, 2018, 02:03:36 PM

Quote from: Naru on June 07, 2018, 01:49:05 PM

so i finished NGE and well. i think i didnt get the one scene of you know who doing you know what.

are you talking about EoE, or do you still have to watch that

still gotta watch the movie. im guessing thats where that, uh, certain scene took place?

Yeah

post thoughts when you do

Crying and not fighting for your place in the world is inherently unamerican.

i was being ironic fuck america lol

If you're going to allow a minor thing like that to make you quit playing the game forever that's really bad.

it's not a minor thing if you know it's gonna be a recurring theme across the entire game

that's the original reason why i quit the first time, because during the tutorial, it hit me that this was that one game with the toxic multiplayer, so i was like wow okay fuck it i'm not gonna put up with this

Try reading my whole post.

i did, it was mostly incomprehensible gobbledygook as usual

Ok... play co op then. Just don't cry about being invaded.

this is america and he can play co-op and cry when he gets invaded all he wants to

Nothing wrong with sucking at games, but quitting because somebody killed you in PvP is pretty fucking gay.

i don't necessarily disagree, but if you're not having fun even when you're playing with a friend, that's pretty bad