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Science?
Magic?   ☑
Donuts? ☑
Yup, all set! It’s Showtime!

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Don’t think too much about the never-addressed-again!shattered Gate plz

A good writeup on this incredibly terrible arc that I’m going to be mad at forever.

<3 Awww, thanks, you guys.

Don’t worry. Thanks to the ~MAGIC OF HAVING A BUFFER~ (which I will always be amazed at myself for managing to have), I have already long since put PatheticGate out of my mind!

… Gosh that arc was weird though. I mean, I have since seen MUCH WEIRDER missteps from Kuuga, but… Gosh that arc was weird.

Could this, too, be Decade’s fault?!
(No, no it isn’t.)
(But trenchcoat guy would say so.)

Oh hey, tomorrow’s July 4th! … Hah, though, that probably doesn’t mean much to some/most of you, huh? Honestly, it doesn’t mean that much to me, either. Fireworks get really old after the 22nd time, y'know? And I don’t like loud noises, so…
Oh, well. If you’re celebrating, have a great time, okay? <3
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OVERALL: In which we refuse to acknowledge last week’s arc, a Phantom actually pretty closely matches its namesake for once, we have quite possibly the worst Gate, and Rinko and Shunpei go on an adventure.
I’d like to say this is better than it sounds, but… This arc is weird, guys
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Science?
Magic?   ☑
Donuts? ☑
Yup, all set! It’s Showtime!



Episode 36:

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Honestly, who would abandon such an adorablelittlesoulless monster girl? <3

   Our episode opens with poor Koyomi, alone in the Antique Shop. NO, DON’T YOU SEE, KOYOMI? THIS IS YOUR CHANCE! STAGE A PEACEFUL TAKEOVER OF THE SHOP AND RULE AS ITS QUEEN~

   Yeah, that’s not happening, is it? Ah, well. Turns out Haruto is outside with Wajima, discussing what Gremlin said about Koyomi re: her existence, and how impossible it is. Psssshhhh what does he know, let’s ignore him (oh gog koyomi please don’t be an illusion you are precious ;A; )

[edit: Yes, I did originally have “Kojima” instead of “Wajima” up there. I have no clue how this happened. Kojima, get out of my head. WELP FIXED NOW]

   OH RIGHT THAT PHILOSOPHER’S STONE THING. Wajima knows the general myth – medieval Europe, turns stuff into gold, so on and so forth – but hasn’t heard anything concrete about it. He remarks that it sounds like a magic stone, such as could be made into a ring, though. Hmmm…

   BUT ENOUGH ABOUT THAT, TIME FOR PHANTOM SHENANIGANS! Wiseman is thankfully back in his bed again.AND STAY THERE, YOU PUNK.

   Less thankfully, Medusa has found a Gate and Gremlin (HISSSS) has already got a Phantom on the case. Raum? What’s a… Oh, this is a Raum. Huh. Well isn’t that… pretentious.
   … I wonder if he and Beelzebub were buddies?

   AND THEN SUDDENLY THERE WAS A FIRE. SOMEWHERE ELSE. Also a dude with a myna bird that yells “Despair”. Uhhh. Let’s just. Keep that thing away from Haruto then, shaaaall we? #NoMoreIntenseStaresPlease

   Anyway the dude with the myna bird just walks off. The next day, Rinko’s on the arson case! … uh guys there was a cop on the scene, why did he not grab the dude just casually strolling away from the fire, that seems really dumb



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   Speaking of, here’s Shunpei! :V He momentarily forgot that Rinko is a legit detective, herpderp gdi Shunpei. … I mean, I can’t entirely blame him. She does spend a lot more time off-duty than on-, looks like. But still!

   UM, GUYS. GUYS. BEHIND YOU. THERE’S A. Yeah there you go, there he is, it’s the dude with the myna bird (something tells me he isn’t actually your guy though) (that or he’s possessed)

   AND THEN RINKO AND SHUNPEI MOSTLY JUST ENDED UP CRASHING INTO ONE ANOTHER WHEN TRYING TO CHASE HIM. AND NOW RINKO’S IN DANGER OF BEING FIRED. GDI, YOU TWO! You were doing so well at being halfway competent, too!

   Elsewhere… GDI HARUTO NO! Get out of the creepy magic death forest wherein Wiseman’s cave resides, somewhere! I don’t care how curious you are about this Philosopher’s Stone, YOU ARE NOT A HIGH ENOUGH LEVEL FOR THE ENDBOSS. GO HOME.

   … Okay fiiiine, I am a little mollified by the use of Infinity’s axe to chop away the illusionary forest, Infinity is still super-shiny and I love it, fine. … still think this is a terrible idea though

   HARUTO YOU CAN’T JUST CASUALLY STROLL IN AND START SASSING THE ENDBOSS, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUUUUU gdi does your sass know no bounds

   Awwwwww dangit. Wiseman’s just casually chatting back, kind of, but his only answer to Haruto’s many questions is “There are some truths you should be glad to be spared from.” gfdi, stop making me so horribly paranoid about magic, show

   Oh goodie Wiseman can do Medusa’s mana-steal trick too, and he doesn’t even have to physically attack Haruto to do it, ahahahaha GDI ENEMIES NEED TO STOP STEALING THAT, THAT BELONGS TO KOYOMI!… and haruto. but mostly koyomi

oh good
   not only that but he instantly converted that mana into a spell to recreate the illusion-barrier
   wiseman I admire your efficiency, but seriously, jerk move bro

   Back at the Antique Shop, Rinko’s having a bit of a meltdown over this whole “potentially getting fired” thing. Shunpei is not helping with his attempts at apology. Hon, just go home (wherever the heck ‘home’ is for you) and wait for Rinko to calm down, okay…

   OH GDI WHAT PART OF THAT DID YOU INTERPRET AS “STOMP OUT ANGRY BECAUSE RINKO CALLED YOU USELESS, DECLARING THAT FINE, YOU’LL FIND THE ARSONIST YOURSELF”? This is not going to go well…



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… Don’t quit your day job, Shunpei.
By which I mean, what is your day job, Shunpei?

   … Yup. Shunpei is attempting to find the arsonist using solely a self-illustrated drawing of the man. Haruto walks up and is rightly confused by the whole mess. I’M SORRY HARUTO, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LEAVE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME and sometimes even when you don’t

   WHOOOOPS TIME FOR ANOTHER CLUMSY CHASE SCENE
   TURNS OUT RINKO GOT BACK OUT ON THE SEARCH, HERSELF
   TIME FOR HER AND SHUNPEI TO CRASH USELESSLY INTO ONE ANOTHER AGAIN
poor harutostill just does not know what the flip is any of this even, just trails along at the safest distance he can

   WHOOPS THERE’S ANOTHER FIRE. … Guys, I don’t think this guy caused it. I’m pretty sure, if the writers had any sense at all, that the bird is our Phantom, making the “arsonist” our Gate.

   Oh, whatever. Guy runs off, Haruto puts out fire (WITH WATER DRAGON, REALLY, THIS ISN’T EVEN THAT BIG OF A FIRE, JUST USE PLAIN WATER), Binds the guy before he can get too far, and – WOAH PHANTOM OUT OF NOWHERE, FREEING THE GATE

   uh yeah guys that phantom is making bird noises, it even looks vaguely birdlike, the myna bird was yelling “despair”, it’s the bird, it is him

   MYNA PHANTOM USED SMOKESCREEN
   IT WAS SUPER EFFECTIVE
   gdi now we’ve lost the gate and the phantom. Siiiigh. … Hey, so, where’s Mayo, anyway? It’s not like he could make the situation any worse, at this point. It’d be nice to have an extra pair of eyes out looking for his lunch the Phantom, yeah?

   … Correction: Myna Phantom used smokescreen and just immediately went back to being the bird in the cage. Not that this is a bad disguise or anything, but why didn’t he chase after the Gate…?

   Oh well. DONUT TIIIIME! <3 … Donut time is slightly marred by the fact that Shunpei and Rinko are STILL angry at each other. And being little babies about it. Haruto looks so done right now.

   OH GOOD NOW THEY’RE ARGUING OVER WHETHER TO ARREST OR PROTECT THE GATE. GDI GUYS CAN’T WE DO BOTH? … or would getting arrested despair this Gate? In which case 1) how could we know that and 2) wow, how pathetic. I know Japan’s legal system is scary, but uh, still…



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HARUTO IS DONE WITH EVERYBODY, CALL HIM WHEN PHANTOMS ACTUALLY HAPPEN

   Haruto just straight-up ducks away and walks right out of this argument. SMART MAN. … Unfortunately, as soon as he’s gone, Myna Phantom gives Shunpei and Rinko an address. So, it can say things other than “despair”!

   BUT SERIOUSLY, YOU MORONS, THAT’S A TRAP OF SOME KIND! THE BIRD IS THE PHANTOMand if it’s not I call shenanigans

   Huh. Nope, not a trap. There’s nobody at the apartment (which looks extremely cluttered and just… pathetic, somehow), but Myna Phantom quickly feeds them another location! … guys seriously stop for five seconds and think about this bird, this is suspicious as all get-out

   Unfortunately, they do not. Instead, upon failing to find ArsonGate at his workplace either, they attempt to interrogate Myna Phantom. They get another location, though I think they nearly get thrown out of the convenience store in the process.

   OH THERE YOU ARE, MAYO! THERE WAS A PHANTOM BARELY FIVE MINUTES AGO, WHY ARE YOU SO BAD AT NOTICING THE THINGS YOU NEED TO STAY ALIVE

   You’re lucky Haruto was strolling by. And doubly-lucky that Geruda just tracked down the Gate. C'mon, let’s go get you some lunch, you mayonnaise-obsessed moron.

   Uh, might wanna pick up the pace there, Wizards, because RINKO AND SHUNPEI JUST FOUND THE GATE AND DELIVERED HIS PHANTOM RIGHT TO HIM, THE MORONS.

   Oh, hey, they actually did arrive mere moments later! Well, within viewing distance, anyway. And this, for whatever reason, prompts Myna Phantom to escape his cage and fly off to attack the Wizards, blowing his cover. … Um? Okay?? This… sure is a plan???

   GREMLIN GET OUT OF HERE, I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. Thanks for clearing up that Myna Phantom wasn’t actually originally a bird, though. He was a human. Just now he’s decided he’s a bird, I guess. Sure, why not?

   Hahahaha, poor Mayo has NO clue what’s going on, Haruto just wants to wring more answers out of Gremlin, and Gremlin has decided that rather than take my advice, he’s just gonna drop some Ghouls and continue casually hanging out. Welp.

   AAAAND NOW THE MYNA PHANTOM WON’T STOP MIMICKING MAYO’S MOVES. hey mayo protip, dude doesn’t have a gun, pull out hyper and eat him quick



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KYUUTA IS TRYING TO WRECK YOUR SOUL, SO A HORRIBLE
MONSTER CAN BREAK OUT OF YOUR BODY LIKE A SHELL,
AND WEAR YOUR APPEARANCE LIKE A SUIT.
Just sayin’.

   GDI, and Shunpei and Rinko are STILL arguing over whether to turn the Gate in or shield him from the law. For what it’s worth, I do believe that this guy wasn’t the one setting fires. Wouldn’t be the first time a Phantom made it seem like a guy was doing fire things, COUGH SHUNPEI COUGH.

   oh look there’s the cops, how convenient, and by convenient I mean gdi this guy really will insta-shatter if he’s arrested, won’t he.

   … Well, Gremlin seems to think so, anyway. Whether Gremlin’s just being Gremlin (AKA: THE WORST) or whether that’s true is anyone’s guess.

   AND THUS, THROUGH A SERIES OF ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS SHENANIGANS, SHUNPEI, RINKO, AND PATHETIC!GATE ENDED UP ON THE RUN FROM THE LAW… IN A POLICECAR. This was not entirely Rinko’s plan, for the record. This… will not go well

   HARUTO YOU DO NOT NEED DRAGO-TIME TO DEAL WITH GHOULS, I DON’T CARE HOW OFTEN THEIR THREAT LEVEL FLUCTUATES. Good, you’re out of mana anyway, because Wiseman ate a bunch of it! … er wait that’s not good at all oh dear

   okay yeah see Mayo just wiped the floor with those Ghouls, just using a Buffa Saber Strike. And he only rolled a FOUR. What were you thinking, trying Drago-Time?!



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GDI SHUNPEI

   So, back with Rinko and Shunpei’s Crazy Adventure, Shunpei throws Rinko’s phone out the window. I’m sure that won’t come back to haunt them later at all.

   Speaking of: Still glad you went looking for the endboss, Haruto? Look, now you have to rest in bed to regen mana! At least this has caused Mayo to realize that Haruto’s situation sucks in its own way, too. Yeah, your lives BOTH kinda suck, don’t they…

   GDI SHUNPEI YOU LEFT YOUR PHONE AT THE ANTIQUE SHOP, REALLY :( Well, at least neither our Wizards NOR our Myna Phantom can find you at the moment…

   holy cow this Gate is seriously pathetic. Any little thing and he starts wailing. Y'know, I’d say “oftentimes the people who talk most about doing something are the last to do it,” but there’s always exceptions. GDI, Gate, stop being so pathetic!

   OH GOOD RINKO IS THE ONE PRIMARILY GETTING BLAMED HERE. GOOD FREAKING JOB, SHUNPEI. (and gdi haruto go back to bed) (you’ve only been regenning for what, an hour? that’s, what, probably like twenty percent charge? LISTEN TO KOYOMI, GO BACK TO BED)



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Good point, Shunpei. The Gate’s merely pathetic, it’s not wholly his fault.
It’s yours.

   Surprising no-one, Rinko’s not happy about getting blamed for this whole suspect-kidnapping mess! :V Also surprising no-one, these kinds of insane circumstances happen to the Gate a lot, because he’s pathetic.

   And he’s terrified of getting turned in because he’s so pathetically weak-willed that he would just agree to whatever they said and get locked up. Holy frig, how has this guy not shattered ALREADY? I don’t think we even needed a Phantom for this one!

   AND THEN MYNA PHANTOM TAUNTED THE COPS INTO FOLLOWING IT. THANKS, MYNA PHANTOM, YOU’RE KIND OF THE WORST. … though srsly cops, srsly, it’s a bird, stop chasing that

   MAYO MYNA BIRD FOOD WILL NOT HELP IN THIS SITUATION, IT IS NOT LITERALLY A BIRD – yes thank you haruto, thank you for telling him this, gdi mayo you derp

   AND THEN SUDDENLY A MANGA SEQUENCE ILLUSTRATING MAYO GETTING ATTACKED BY BIRDS??? I DON’T??? EVEN??? … the I-am-so-done Haruto contained within the random manga panels was pretty adorable, though, in spite of the total randomness

   … oh gog, I hate to tell you this, PatheticGate, but… your bird “friend” is a horrible monster out to shatter your soul :( Ugh, he loves the bird so much thouuuugh

   Yeah, Rinko, this guy really is way too pathetic to be the arsonist. Also: there’s a Phantom after him. Again, we already had a Phantom who started fires on the Gate’s behalf (though, admittedly, that was a really different situation). PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER PLEASE

  OH GOOD AND NOW “KYUUTA” HAS LED THE COPS TO HIS “OWNER”, GOOD JOB PATHETIC-GATE, YOU MAKE BAD LIFE CHOICES :( why did you trust the random bird that flew into your window. why.

   AND THEN RINKO TRIED TO KILL THE COPS WITH A FORKLIFT. … Well okay “kill” probably wasn’t the intent there, but can you blame me for thinking of this?



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Wait,what

   So, our not-so-Alien Fugitives escape down a convenient nearby manhole, and – Oh hey, Gryphon and Garuda found the Myna Phantom, hurray! Looks like they think they can take him, haha, how cute – aaaa WHAT THEY CAN COMBINE, WHAT??? … s-so cute

   gdi that’s Mayo’s very first reaction, too, as he and Haruto run up onto the scene XD;; No, Mayo, I’m not supposed to share your reactions, stop that!

   … mayo I don’t know how seriously I can take your “It’s okay Haruto, I can handle this guy MYSELF” when… you’ve still got bird feathers stuck in your hair from the attack earlier… ahahaha…

   Well, regardless of seriousness, Haruto runs off to track down the Gate while Mayo tries to eat the Myna Phantom. Probably the most appropriate one for him to eat yet, considering y'know, it’s a bird! (Well, Phoenix would’ve been top contender, but he’s the sun now)

   (TRANSLATORS, NO. “Get off of me, you flocking piece of…” STOP HAVING SO MUCH FUN) (GDI PUUUUUNNNNS)

   GDI MAYO YOU SAID YOU COULD HANDLE THIS GUY, NOT GET TOSSED DOWN A HILL AND DO NOTHING AS THE PHANTOM FLIES AWAY :(

   in other news: why the flip did the sewer tunnel just flood and why is haruto actually just trying to explain the situation to the cops aboveground??? I don’t???

  gdi mayo you can’t just yell “he’s a GATE under threat of MONSTERS” at the cops and expect them to understand anything, Rinko is an exception here, this isn't Kuuga world, the cops aren’t helpful!

   yeah haruto just get mayo out of here, this isn’t going anywhere, just… go find the phantom or something, Rinko & crew are long gone

   Speaking of them, at least the random sewer-flood spat them out in a river? Because that makes sense? Oh, whatever. PatheticGate continues pathetic, Rinko is just DONE WITH HIM.

   Wow yeah Rinko really is just totally fed up, and yells at him about how ridiculous he’s being and how he’ll have to do something FOR HIMSELF if he expects to get out of this. Shunpei actually even backs her up, for once! Hurray, teamwork, or something!

   OHSNAP AND PATHETIC-GATE HAS AN IDEA! … how dumb is this idea gonna be



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How the flip did the cops miss this?! … Oh, right. They’re not Kuuga’s cops.
Never mind…

   Huh. Apparently, the dude walks by that area all the time, and he knows that there’s another security camera there. But surely the cops would’ve already checked that one? … No? … GDI, Wizard Cops.

   GDI RINKO WHY DID YOU TRUST PATHETIC-GATE TO KEEP WATCH WHILE YOU GUYS SNUCK IN AND CHECKED THE CAMERAS :( look now Myna Phantom’s shown up and he’s totally distracted, this was a bad plan

   Well, at least they managed to get a copy of the security footage before they were forced to flee, but now… that freaking Myna Phantom is back in PatheticGate’s possession… gdi

   Uh. And now, apparently, the plan is to “go to the cops to lure the real arsonist out”. Uhhh. … I really hope by “real arsonist” she means the Phantom, and that this plan won’t backfire horribly

   JEEZ Haruto and Mayo got to the police station fast! Just in time for the SHOWDOWN between ALL THE COPS and Rinko’s crew! … Is the Antique Shop just close to everything?

   GDI RINKO YOU CAN’T JUST YELL “THIS BIRD IS THE CULPRIT”, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, NOBODY WILL BELIEVE THAT –

   … Unless the Phantom is an idiot, and just reveals himself. I mean yeah, they had security footage, but nobody had a chance to look at it yet. That. Myna Phantom, you’re an idiot.

   OH WELL, THUMBS-UP AND HIGH-FIVES ALL AROUND, GOOD JOB GUYS, YOU SOMEHOW INEXPLICABLY DID IT



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eeeeeeeeeee <3
… (I think I love synchronized henshins a little too much you guys, oops)

   So, time for Haruto and Mayo to do their job! Haruto’s managed a proper mana regen this time, so TAG-TEAMING THE DUMB BIRD, SHOWTIME AND LUNCHTIME, GO! gog I love these dorks

   Whoops, Ghouls again! Okay, Mayo, go Hyper and eat up all the appetizers! Haruto, go Infinity and soften up the main dish! It’s a good plan, do it! … you’re not gonna do it are you

   … Uh, well, it half-happened! Mayo just went into Falco because he’s a derp, but Haruto’s in Infinity mode as requested, huzzah!

   DOUBLE-HUZZAH, A SIX ON FALCO SABER STRIKE! … Okay, fine, I guess these Ghouls were the random low-power type, since they’re all down. I suppose Hyper wasn’t required here. Fiiine, you win this round, Mayo.

   UH WOAH HARUTO YOU WERE JUST SUPPOSED TO SOFTEN UP THE PHANTOM, NOT – gdi it’s dead already. You’re lucky that Shining Strike is too glorious for me to stay mad at you.

   (And also that, thought its really hard to tell, it seems that the mana flew over to Mayo anyway?? But… I thought he had to get the finishing blow? Because Chimera’s a prideful jerk like that? … ah, whatever, I’m not gonna complain about that…)

   AND THEN SUDDENLY PATHETIC-GATE SHATTERED ANYWAY
   LIKE JUST INSTA-SHATTER
  BECAUSE HIS PET BIRD WAS ACTUALLY A MONSTER
  
AND THE EPISODE ENDS THERE
   WHAT

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WHAT

Huh, okay, that Kuuga special thing is yet another recap episode. Just an hour-long one, framed as a New Year’s visit with the characters. It’s weird. And, y'know, YET. ANOTHER. RECAP. EPISODE. GDI, Kuuga. Yeah, we won’t be touching that nonsense.
… Not that this has anything to do with Wizard, though. Whoops. Um. UM UM. … Despair?
(/runs and hides before INTENSE!HARUTO can show up to intensely gaze into everyone’s souls)
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OVERALL: OH JEEZ OH NO GREMLIN STAY AWAY FROM ME AND EVERYTHING ELSE FOREVER OKAY, OKAY
… Er, right. We find out some more things about Phantoms this arc! Not many things, but y'know, it’s pretty interesting. … Mostly we find out things about Gremlin. More things than we ever wanted to know. More things than Haruto ever wanted to know, too. Poor babby.
… Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go cry over that one Scissorman joke I made way back when. Or maybe it was just in my head. Either way: Why did I do that. Why.
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Science?
Magic?   ☑
Donuts? ☑
Yup, all set! It’s Showtime!



Episode 34:

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BECAUSE ALL OF YOU HAVE GONE INSANE
(SOMEONE GET KOYOMI OUT OF THIS MADHOUSE GDI)

   So, our weekly dose of Danger Turned Opportunity (Don’t make me regret giving you a thing, Mayo!) begins with… Oh. Oh, dear. Wajima is fanboying over a model. Welp that’s it, abandon shop, sorry Koyomi but we need to find a new place to live, this one is now awful

   GDI MAYO NOT YOU TOO, I MEAN I’M NOT SURPRISED THAT SHUNPEI IS IN ON THIS INSANITY, BECAUSE SHUNPEI, BUT GDI MAYO WHY YOU?

    AND WHAT DID I JUST SAY ABOUT MAKING ME HAVE REGRETS. THAT’S IT. TRIPLE GROUNDED. WE’RE DONE HERE.

   Oh hey, checking in at the NSA! Been a while, hasn’t it? Hi Kizaki, ‘sup! … haruto why did you try to pick up the red phone, what were you even gonna do with that, stop teasing kizaki you dooooork

    ER AHEM RIGHT. Remember waaaaay back when, when Kizaki had the Hurricane Dragon stone (SCREW THAT THIIIING) because his ex-partner got it from parts unknown? Well now the parts are known: Gremlin’s parts! … er that is, Gremlin gave them the stone, it was him, surprising no-one

    Jeez, how many of the stones with definite origins DIDN’T come from Gremlin/Wiseman, at this point? … Hmm, half of Flame Dragon, maybe? That was definitely delivered by Saruman’s not-Garuda familiar, right? HMMMM. … keepin’ my eye on you saruman

   OHAI GREMLIN WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT YOU. And Medusa too! Apparently the next Gate’s been located already, and we’ve got a Phantom on the case!

   … Argos? This one’s called Argos. But… that was a dog, or a city, maybe a ship if you pretend the ’s’ isn’t there, this guy doesn’t look like any of those, I don’t… OKAY Y'KNOW WHAT WHATEVER, STILL MAKES MORE SENSE THAN GNOME DID. Anyway, Gremlin continues his calling-Phantoms-by-their-Gate-names shtick, this continues to not earn him any friends at all

   (Wait, unless they meant ArGUS, the hundred-eyed giant? That’s sometimes spelled Argos, I think, though I don’t usually think of that spelling. This guy’s patterns might be meant to be eyes, but there’s not enough of them to earn that name… OKAY FINE DONE TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT NOW FOR REAL)

   Right so ELSEWHERE: Haruto and Rinko are out looking for Gremlin, to figure out this whole handing-out-magic-stones-like-candy thing, I guess? Haruto’s mostly just really cynical and sulky about Kizaki sending them out for this though, it’s great :V

   Oh HEY now, there’s something that we probably should have been told sooner: Kizaki figured out who Gremlin used to be! A beautician, eh? That’s… not at all surprising really, yeah



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THE BEST THING ABOUT CHIAKI WILL BE WHEN I NO LONGER
HAVE TO HEAR YOU TWO IDIOTS ARGUING ABOUT HER, GOOD GRIEF

   Shunpei and Mayo are still arguing over this supermodel, though now they’re in a park for some reason. I choose to believe that Koyomi kicked them all out and took the Antique Shop for herself, ruling over the familiars as their queen~ … I can dream okay

   BUT THEN ~COINCIDENCE OF COINCIDENCES~, IT’S TIME FOR A RANDOM PASSING-BY JOGGER TO BE OUR GATE I GUESS, BECAUSE HERE’S ARGOS/ARGUS/WHO EVEN KNOWS!

   oh gog that jogger looks ~suspiciously dressed~ with her hair-tucked-into-the-baseball cap and her sunglasses when it’s cloudy out, this is the model isn’t it, nooooooo gdi

   Well at least for now there’s no confirmation on that, so Mayo is now fully concentrating on the imminent meal Phantom. AT LEAST WE CAN HAVE THIS.

   … Man, Mayo never uses Chameleo as a cloaking device anymore. :( I mean yeah I’d imagine that kind of completely overpowered spell would cost him a lot of mana he can’t afford, but still. I am disappoint.

   AND THEN ARGOS USED COLOR-INVERSION RAYS A FEW TIMES AND LEFT. BECAUSE… REASONS??? dude what the flip, the fight had barely started, Mayo hadn’t even pulled out super mode yet, get back here you punk

   SHOCK OF ALL SHOCKS THE GATE IS THE MODEL, gdi shunpei and mayo are going to be insufferable aren’t they

   SHOCK OF ALL SHOCKS THE SEQUEL: SORA/GREMLIN DISAPPEARED FROM HIS JOB AFTER THE ECLIPSE, WHICH IT HAS NOW BEEN A YEAR SINCE, gdi are there any current Phantoms who weren’t created during that eclipse (other than wiseman)

   I’m just saying these Phantoms seem kind of bad at their jobs if they haven’t managed a SINGLE breakage over the past YEAR. … That or Haruto’s just super-awesome. I could buy that.

   Oh what’s that, former boss? A bunch of his regular customers stopped coming in after Gremlin quit? … don’t tell me there’s a posse of Phantoms out there somewhere that used to be Gremlin groupies or something, ahaha

  don’t tell me that all the phantoms he was friendly with were former customers who no longer realize it, noooooo wait no that’s silly, Phantoms still mostly remember their past lives, they just don’t care, they wouldn’t be so confused by Gremlin if that was the case, haha, silly me

   GDI SHUNPEI AND MAYO AND WAJIMA ARE BEING INSUFFERABLE. KOYOMI, KICK THEM OUT. BE THE ADORABLE-LITTLE-FAMILIAR QUEEN. DO IT.

   Huh. ModelGate still wants to work, in spite of the monster attacks which her manager is quick to bring up as a reason to y'know NOT go in to work.

   I mean, I understand that the modelling business is cutthroat and you’ve only got so many years of business before you get replaced by the next new young thing, but still, ONE day off won’t kill you, right ModelGate?



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Haruto and Rinko begin to question their life choices, re:being friends with idiots
… well okay not really BUT THEY SHOULD

   DONUT TIIIIME! Phew, I thought maybe last arc was the start of a disturbing new donutless regime. But nope, business as usual! It’s Children’s Day, apparently. Rinko and Haruto are too busy to appreciate it, though. GOTTA FIGURE OUT THIS GREMLIN.

   … Huh. That IS a really good point, Haruto – so far, all the Phantoms have acted as almost polar opposites of their Gates. (Phoenix vs his former mild-mannered flowershop worker persona, for example.) Gremlin, on the other hand, hasn’t changed at all from the sound of it.

   I mean, I guess it could just be that Gremlin’s personality is interested in his former life and is trying to imitate it out of some… amusement or psychosis, but… Hm. Strange, anyway.

   (And here is where Jamie and I got horribly distracted wondering whether, since it’s possible for a Gate to suppress their Phantom and the two to coexist, then couldn’t the opposite happen and wouldn’t that be interesting? Like instead of constantly waiting to shatter the host, the poor Gate would be a little conscience and it’d be hilariously awful.) (THIS IS US, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT AND THEN FEEL REALLY BAD ABOUT LATER)

   Whoops, time to go back to ModelGate, siiigh. She… she’s kind of pretty much the usual model stereotype, really busy and demanding and self-centered and unappreciative of everybody. Hurray? :V DUNNO WHAT MAYO AND SHUNPEI WERE EXPECTING, REALLY

   OHSNAP ARGOS IS STALKING THEM WITH A TINY PHANTOM EYEBALL
   yup that cinches it. Argus, guys, Argus! I know Greek/Roman mythological figures always have like two or three different accepted transliterations of their names, but c'mon, I’m pretty sure Argus is the most common one for the hundred-eyed giant…

   PFFFAHAHAHA. Elsewhere: As if to make up for the horrifying desert wasteland devoid of donuts that was the last arc, Haruto goes out of his way to grab a forgotten donut with Connect. Oh donut obsession, how I missed thee <3

   … Huh. Argos’ plan is, I think, to replace ModelGate’s usual photographer and get more info about her that way. Thaaaat’s not a bad plan at all, actually! … that or he just really hated that photographer and just wanted to kill him, it’s a toss-up

   Mayo while I agree that this lady is really kind of a pain, 1) I don’t know what else you were expecting, she’s a modelintokusatsu, she was at best going to be a sympathetic jerk; and 2) speaking of that, there’s probably a reason so… maybe don’t yell at her quite so much??

   GDI DON’T LET HER JUST RUN OUT UNACCOMPANIED THOUGH, SHE’S STILL A GATE YOU MORON, GO PROTECT HER, UGH

   … gremlin jumping on top of someone’s car is not an appropriate method of opening up conversation, just fyi

   Aaaand now we’re in a park, where Haruto can ask good questions (“Why the flip did you give a magic stone to Kizaki’s very human ex-partner?”) while Gremlin plays on said park and doesn’t really answer them (“Eh I figured you needed it!” … but you didn’t give it to Haruto, what?!)

   GREMLIN STOP TELEPORTING MID-CONVERSATION, IT’S REALLY DISCONCERTING. NOT TO MENTION DISTRACTING But yes, do explain why you’re so obsessed with your Gate, please

   … … … Oh. Um. He really is a Phantom that kept his human self suppressed inside instead of just consuming it entirely. Um. … WE WERE NOT EXPECTING TO BE RIGHT ABOUT THAT. HUH.

   … Man, why’d it have to be Gremlin with this little oddity, though? Gremlin’s not interesting, he’s just a vaguely-creepy and mostly annoying little punk!



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… must… resist… tired old Deus Ex memes…!

   Okay, fiiiine, I do feel a little sorry for him when he talks about checking absolutely everyone else and no-one else is like him. Yeah, that can’t be any fun, being the only person who remembers their humanity and moreover seems to care about it.

   … He’s still kind of… weirdly off somehow though. And he’s still willing to shatter other Gates… hoping to create someone else like him, maybe? I’d say “maybe he’s just terrified of Wiseman” but we already know that’s not true. Stupid punk.

    Regardless, Gremlin runs off after calling Haruto “just like him” – which in a sense is true, they’re both kind of weird in-betweens, but in another sense, it’s not very true at all, and Rinko doesn’t appreciate the comparison. BUT GREMLIN IS ALREADY GONE, QUESTION TIME IS OVER I GUESS …but there’s still so many more questions!!!

   MODEL-GATE I AM ABOUT 88% SURE THAT THIS “PHOTOGRAPHER” IS ACTUALLY ARGUS, PROTIP: YOU SHOULD RUN, I DON’T KNOW WHY MODELING IS SO IMPORTANT TO YOU BUT IT’S NOT WORTH A PAINFUL SHATTER-DEATH

   OH THANKS FOR ONLY CALLING HARUTO NOW THAT YOU’VE PRESUMABLY LOST THE GATE, SHUNPEI. Seriously, why didn’t he call sooner? Did Haruto even know there was a gate?! Ugh, and Shunpei was doing so well at actually being minorlyuseful…!

   SURPRISE SURPRISE THE “PHOTOGRAPHER” WAS INDEED ARGUS, OH WHAT A SHOCK THIS IS. Though, I’m a little conflicted. On the one hand, yeah, wrecking her hair and her face probably would cause her despair, but… Dude, you were only with her for like an hour, what if there was an even more clever way to cause her despair! What if this doesn’t work! YOU GOTTA BE PATIENT, MAN

   But thankfully MAYO TO THE RESCUE, somehow. Mayo, sometimes I really have no idea how you manage to get anything done, like how’d you even find ModelGate here… Aaah, whatever. Just eat yer Phantom and let’s be done here, mmkay

   Oh hey, a five on the Saber Strike! Not bad! … but unfortunately, not good enough, as Argus once again inverts the screen/over-exposes the film, causing Mayo to no-doubt have a tiny epilepsy over the meta-breakage of reality. TRULY, THE MOST TERRIFYING PHANTOM POWER OF ALL

   HARUTO MEDDLING WITH PHANTOMS IS NOT YOUR “HOBBY”, YOU PUNK (and while we’re on the subject you need to get yourself an actual hobby, this single-minded focus is starting to make me worry about you)

   (uh but thanks for riding up on your motorcycle anyway I guess) (bikepunch him next time though okay)

   Hrrrrm. Elsewhere, Rinko’s still on the trail of Gremlin’s former customers… or, rather, the lack of a trail: she can’t seem to find a salon that they’ve been to since Sora pseudo-shattered into Gremlin. Hmmm…



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Mayo, the fact that you DID just “sit around and watch” for a solid
minute before this does not help your triple-grounded status!

   SPEAKING OF GREMLIN: HE IS REACTING TO MODEL-GATE WITH… SURPRISE, I THINK? UM. OKAY? Was she one of your former customers, is she actually secretly a Phantom herself, is this a double-ploy, is she an alien,what???

   Well, whatever, we’ll just focus on Argus first and deal with Gremlin’s weirdness later, I guess. Mayo finally rejoins the fight, and some fancy synchronized-swordfighting ensues. … guys why are neither of you in your super-modes, exactly

   SEE NOW ARGUS IS ATTACKING YOU WITH LASER EYEBALLS AND GHOULS. … I’M NOT SURE HOW YOUR SUPER-MODES WOULD HELP HERE, MIND YOU, BUT, UM… YOU’D BE SHINIER!!

   you know, I really wish Ghouls would stop jumping around in relative threat levels so much. Sometimes, they’re the cannon fodder they rightly ought to be as mooks! Other times, they’re enough to completely keep Haruto and Mayo out of a match, as right now, leaving Argus free to pursue ModelGate! JUST MAKE UP YOUR MINDS ALREADY –

   UM
   WOAH
   HOLD THE PHONE HERE
   GREMLIN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING
   WHY ARE YOU DEFENDING MODEL-GATE NOW? AT THE EXPENSE OF YOUR OWN ARM GETTING WOUNDED, NO LESS? WHAT???

   … Oh, no. Oh no no no. I saw that, writers. I saw that little“else”in “I won’t let anyone else hurt you.” I HAVE PLAYED OTOME, I KNOW A YANDERE WHEN I SEE ONE.RUN AWAY, MODEL-GATE! RUN AWAY BEFORE GREMLIN LOCKS YOU IN A DUNGEON FOR THE REST OF ETERNITYYYYY D:

… Okay the fact that Gremlin just got knocked off the bridge might save you, you might be okay, but still better run to be safe – GDI HARUTO I DIDN’T MEAN YOU AND I DIDN’T MEAN “RUN TO LEAP TO GREMLIN’S RESCUE”yanderes do not deserve rescue

Great, and now ModelGate’s fainted, Argus has left out of utter confusion, and the rest of us – including Mayo – are just left in utter confusion. WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE, INDEED, MAYO



Episode 35:

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Well, glad to see SOMEONE’s got their priorities straight…

   Welp, for better or worse, Gremlin has been saved from a drowning death. Haruto looks like he’s reconsidering every life choice he’s made up to this point, ahahaha

   OH HMM HE ACTUALLY KIND OF IS. Or at least the choices that led to “saving a Phantom’s life”. Pffahaha, that’s even better. Haruto’s “gdi how badly am I going to regret this” glare is beautiful owo

   MEANWHILE: Medusa and Argus are not pleased with Gremlin’s PROTECTING THE GATE (yandeeeere) SHENANIGANS, but see no reason to change course now. GATE DESPAIR AHOY

   and then haruto somehow got roped into searching for gremlin’s missing hat
   he’s not sure how this happened either
   I’m guessing it’s because gremlin actually looks really weird without it

   WELLLLLL UM. Thanks for being so frank about the whole “we’re creating Phantoms to hold that Sabbat thingy” thing, Gremlin, it’s a fairly nice way to repay Haruto for all this, but uh APPARENTLY THE SABBAT IS THAT ECLIPSE RITUAL (which they can force to work without an eclipse by just jamming a whole bunch of phantoms into one place) SO NOW HARUTO HAS A PROBLEMHERE

   yeah see now he’s flipping out because eclipse rituals are kind of a sore spot for him, good job – wait, what was that about Koyomi, what do you mean she isn’t possible, you shut your face about Koyomi she is a precious babby

   Okay fiiine I’ll try to sort this out, instead of just flipping tables. Gremlin seems to think that Saruman’s explanation of “she’s the husk of a Gate” isn’t at all plausible. Now, how Gremlin’s supposed to be an expert on this subject, I don’t know, but on the other hand I don’t trust Saruman at all. Soooo yeah. … gdi show don’t you dare do anything to Koyomi, I will eat your soul



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Mayo, I want you to hang on to this feeling of utter frustration, okay?
Because I’m fairly certain that is how Haruto feels having to deal with you, sometimes.

   So back to the ModelGate who we’re probably actually supposed to be focusing on: she’s still trying to do ALL THE JOBS in spite of threats to her psyche, what else is new

   Mayo is at an all-time low as far as patience goes (WHICH IS SAYING SOMETHING) and snaps at her, but all we get out of her is “I’M NOT DOING THIS FOR POPULARITY” before she storms out. Hmmm.

   … gdi mayo don’t you dare let her get away from you again, I don’t care how irksome she is, a gate is a gate

   Back with Gremlin the possibly yandere, apparently he is giving up on the hat, and considers himself even with Haruto for giving him all that information. Dude, it was two pieces, max! At least answer what your plans are going forward! STOP LITERALLY SKIPPING INTO THE SUNSET AND GET BACK HEEEERE

   But get back here Gremlin does not. Argus is more than happy to return though! GDI MODEL-GATE WHAT IS SO GOSHDARNED IMPORTANT ABOUT MODELING, THAT YOU MAKE SUCH BAD DECISIONS

   Pffffahaha. Okay, fine, Mayo and Shunpei running in (ONE OF THEM THREW A STICK, I CHOOSE TO BELIEVE IT WAS SHUNPEI BECAUSE THAT AMUSES ME MORE) and Mayo proclaiming “I JUST WANNA GET THIS JOB OVER WITH :(” was great. At least we’re getting that out of ModelGate’s insane stubbornness.

   hey mayo I know, again, that mana is probably at a premium for you, so I understand that you’re probably just trying to use the bare minimum necessary for any given lunch Phantom, but uh… if you’re really that sick of this, maybe just go into Hyper and overkill it?

    … No, just gonna do Dolphi? OKAY FINE WHATEVER I GUESS (I still think that ring ought to belong to haruto now) (PISCES POWERS, YOU GUYS!)

   GDI MODEL-GATE I TOLD YOU TO RUN AWAY FROM GREMLIN, NOT RUN AWAY WITHGREMLIN!!WHY ARE YOUR CREEPY YANDERE ALARMS NOT GOING OFF, THIS GUY IS NOT OKAY FOR YOU

Aaaaaand now Argus has lost interest in the fight completely, choosing to blind Mayo before chasing after his Gate. Elsewhere: Haruto has found Gremlin’s old apartment. Neither of these things are going to end well for anybody.

   ahahahahahaha yeah model-gate you should totally go with him and let him fix your hair it’s not like you’ll end up locked in a dungeon for all eternity ahahahaha MAYO WHY DID YOU ONLY SEND GRYPHON, YOU NEED TO GET OVER HERE YOURSELF

   Huh. In stark contrast to Phoenix’s old apartment, Gremlin’s old apartment is pretty well-kept. Makes sense, I guess… though apparently he doesn’t care enough to actually pull the mail in from outside :V that is the limit of his humanity, we have found it

   RINKO! I FORGOT ABOUT YOU! Sorry 'bout that. 'Sup? You’re at NSA HQ with Kizaki and you guys found a thing? Awesome! <3 good to know we can always count on you to be using your time at least semi-productively!



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okay mayo that is technically true but maybe we could be FINDING HER
instead of BLAMING HER, right now? I mean I’m sure there’s a reason.
(and stop getting into so many screencaps lately!)

   HURRAY GRYPHON FOUND HER MAYBE OR MAYBE HE JUST FOUND SOMETHING ELSE. Who knows? For now, we are stuck cutting to Gremlin and ModelGate.

   Well. Gremlin’s new makeshift salon is certainly very… pink? … WHY IS THE FLOOR PURPLE AND LIME GREEN, THE ARTIST IN ME IS SCREAMING RN

   … Oh. Oh, dear. MODEL-GATE BACKSTORY TIME! Her dad disappeared after her mother’s death. Her mom always used to wear this one white dress, so ModelGate is hoping that by making that dress her trademark item and showing up EVERYWHERE, her dad will see her and find her again :( wellllp I told you so mayo

   Right so enough of that sadness, back to Rinko and Kizaki! What’s this info you’ve got? … … … guys I did not want to hear that Gremlin is a serial killer who targets girls with long black hair wearing white OH GOG THE YANDERE THING WAS MOSTLY A JOKE I DIDN’T MEAN TO BE RIGHT NOOOOOOO

   AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA okay so this whole time Jamie was yelling “Just because he’s got humanity doesn’t mean he’s nice” and HEY GUESS WHAT, ALL THOSE GIRLS DISAPPEARED BEFORE THE ECLIPSE ahahahaha

  of course the one human to weirdly survive the full Phantom process was a psychopath, of freaking course

   oh you poor babby getting turned down by a girl with long black hair wearing white ahahahahaha THAT DOESN’T EXCUSE MURDER YOU PSYCHOPATH, STOP THAT

   THAT DOES IT YOU’RE GREMLIN FOREVER NOW, SCREW WHAT YOU WANT TO BE CALLED, YOU WERE AND ARE A MONSTER

   OH GOG HE KILLS THEM WITH SCISSORS, WHY IS THIS GUY JUST DEADSET ON MAKING MY EVERY THOUGHT ABOUT HIM SUDDENLY BE IN HORRIBLE TASTE

   OH THERE YOU TWO HEROES ARE, THANKS FOR ONLY ARRIVING JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME, HAHAHAHAHA KILL THIS GUY, PLEASE, HE IS NOT OKAY

   in other news the “salon” was indeed more makeshift than expected, being actually just a thrown-together setup with curtains in a parking garage. … gremlin when did you have time to set this up even?



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THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR BRAIN.
I know psychiatric help doesn’t exist in tokuworld, but you need it.

   Haruto, now is not the time for questions. Now is the time for taking this serial killer out of existence. Preferably with Infinity because we might as well make it pretty to look at. … you’re not gonna, are you. But there’s no psychiatrists in tokuworld! Thus, this is the only way!

   Meanwhile, outside: Mayo transforms for the umpteenth time to fight Argus for the umpteenth time and WILL YOU JUST GO HYPER ALREADY AND FINISH THIS, THIS IS GETTING SILLY.

   well gee gremlin allow me to get out the world’s smallest violin to play off your deep emotional sadness over not being able to murder a girlandnot being able to be friends with haruto because of your trifling PSYCHOPATHY.

   … Well, okay, second-smallest. I’m not sure yet whether Compass Creepbug was creepier than you. He did try to kill more girls for less reason, but on the other hand youactually succeeded at killing a smaller number of girls for only slightly more of a reason. Still not a good reason though. Eh, it’s a toss-up and not one I feel like working out.

   AGAIN, GREMLIN: FRIENDS ARE HARD TO HAVE WHEN YOU’RE LITERALLY A SERIAL MURDERER, YOUR DISAPPOINTMENT IS NOT SYMPATHETIC. Haruto, stop fighting this punk in base Flame mode and switch to Infinity already.

   SEE, EVEN MAYO’S FINALLY GONE HYPER, YOU DON’T WANT TO LET HIM SHOW YOU UP, DO YOU? oh also mayo if you could see your way to destroying mister overexposes-the-film here, that’d be swell

   … Oh, huh. And not thirty seconds after my request, Argus is indeed gobbled up! … WHY DIDN’T YOU GO HYPER SOONER, MAYO? I know ModelGate wasn’t a great incentive, but your own CONTINUED SURVIVAL DEPENDENT ON EATING ought to have –

   … aw, whatever. You just gave ModelGate an adorable thumbs-up and now my train of thought is COMPLETELY derailed. … yuuuusuke <:3

   Hurraaaaay, Haruto IS going into Infinity! … gdi I swear I turn more into Zed with every passing arc. Inifinity is just so shiny though ;u;

   AW YIS, TAKE THAT GREMLIN, YOUR TELEPORTATION IS NO MATCH FOR INFINITY-SPEED! And now a Shining Strike to take you out of your misery –

   OH SCREW YOU I CALL HAX, NO WAY YOU DODGED THAT, NO FREAKING WAY, GET BACK HERE AND DIE YOU CREEP! NO, DON’T LET HIM GET OUT THE WINDOW HARUTO you let him get out the window. … weeeelp

   yes yes philosopher’s stone, Gremlin wants to get it, we still have no clue what that is, whateverrrrr I’m just waiting for that dude to get thrown into the sun now so he can stop being creepy



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is it bad that for a second I thought “maybe it’s actually from gremlin”
it is isn’t it
I’ll show myself out

   Welp, looks like everyone else is getting a happy ending, anyway. ModelGate is rocking a new short hairstyle and is going to be taking her modeling overseas (FINALLY she learns SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, and it only took a serial killer!), and she got a noncommittal letter from her dad, hurraaaay :V

   Awww, Rinko. owo Yeah, Haruto, how could you know that Gremlin was a serial killer? Take your own advice and move on from the past! Just gotta take him out in the future and everything will be ooookay~

   KOYOMIIII <3 awww she came out of the shop to tell them that everyone’s going out for lunch, cuuutie –

   – NO. NO, HARUTO. WE ARE HAVING A CUTE FUN MOMENT HERE. DON’T FLASHBACK TO GREMLIN SAYING THAT KOYOMI’S EXISTENCE MAKES NO SENSE. SHE EXISTS AND SHE IS ADORABLE AND THAT IS ENOUGH. Just… go get lunch! Be happy! GDI!

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THERE you go. Happy babbies walking into the distance together, much better! <3

Oh, Wizard. You may constantly be threatening to send me into despair, and I may not trust you any farther than I could throw you with these adorable babby heroes… But at least you almost never make me question my organizational structure. <3 At least we shall always have that.
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OVERALL: In which we learn a little more about what Mayo was like as a teen (HINT: NOT MUCH DIFFERENT), a LOT of people are gullible morons, Gremlin is a punk, and Medusa is SO DONE WITH HIS SHENANIGANS.
Basically, a very nice bit of breather episode after last time. Thanks, Mayo!
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Science?
Magic?   ☑
Donuts?
Yup, all set! It’s Showtime!



Episode 32:

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Previously on Wizard: Despair
This Time on Wizard: Camping
… Is there any actual difference between these things? Discuss.

   SO UH RIGHT, last time was… a bit of a rollercoaster, yeah. So what’s up this time? Mayo failing at cutting onions, apparently. I think he might also be legit camping in a legit camping location, too. Progress?

   … No, no progress here, Mayo just blew up his campsite. gdi mayo why was that can of lighter fluid even remotely in range of that grill, you are TERRIBLE at camp safety

   THIS RANDOM PASSERBY AGREES. A random passerby who turns out to be an old highschool friend of Mayo’s, neat! owo … soooo how long until you turn out to be a Gate for maximum despair/determination

   WHO KNOWS. For now, random Ghoul attack! … No seriously, apparently some Ghouls were just causing trouble by themselves, there is neither Phantom nor Gate in sight. Haruto is just as confused as I am about this.

   Correction! There’s Medusa, way over there! Hi, Medusa. Gremlin’s not pleased with whatever shenanigans you were pulling here, apparently. Normally I’d say “SCREW HIM THEN” but oh right he’s your boss now. Still don’t understand why Wiseman thought this was a good idea. He’s not very good at management.

   GREMLIN, YOU MAY HAVE WISEMAN ON YOUR SIDE FOR SOME INCOMPREHENSIBLE REASON, BUT ANNOYING MEDUSA IS STILL A REALLY BAD IDEA, MAYBE LAY OFF ON THE “MINION”-CALLING AND THE PATRONIZING-TONE NOW, OKAY?



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… Birds of a feather, I guess.

   Meanwhile: Mayo’s friend lives in a shack. I’m not sure what else I was expecting there, really. … A really well-locked shack FULL OF GUITARS WHAT. WELL THAT EXPLAINS THAT I GUESS.

   … Dude. Sell one guitar and actually buy a proper place to keep these in, this is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen. This place is not up to fire code and those padlocks do not protect the GIANT UNSECURED WINDOWS THAT COULD EASILY BE SMASHED IN. This is dumb. You’re dumb.

   CASE IN POINT: That flier, advertising “earn 100million yen [1 million dollars] per day”. Why are you taking that seriously. That is the scammiest thing I have ever seen. YOU ARE ALMOST CERTAINLY A GATE AND I WILL NOT PITY YOUR EVENTUAL DESPAIR (though I still won’t likeit)

   … gdi Shunpei of course you found it too. HARUTO AND KOYOMI ARE JUDGING YOU SO HARSHLY RIGHT NOW AND I DO NOT BLAME THEM. Donuts? Really? You’d just buy donuts? … though that does bring up the question of how haruto buys so many donuts, himself…

   GDI WAJIMA NO. THIS IS WHY YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE ANTIQUE SHOP. Freaking sidekicks and their freaking tendency to fall for scams…

   :( Mayo. Mayo, no. You’re supposed to help your friends not fall for scams, not just tag along because you’re curious to see what the scam is! … I was impressed for a second that Mayo wasn’t interested in the money, then I remembered he’s technically already rich himself :V JUST A HOBO BY CHOICE

   OH HEY LOOK IT’S A PHANTOM TRAP. Actually, a kind of clever one, as much as I hate to give Gremlin credit. As far as I can tell, it goes like this:

   STEP ONE: get a bunch of gullible desperate losers together in one room via the promise of MAD STACKS OF MONEY
   STEP TWO:  the room has magic mirrors, medusa watches through mirrors
   STEP THREE: medusa spots Gates, separates them out
   STEP FOUR: ???
   STEP FIVE: PROFITPHANTOMS

   … I joke, but honestly, a desperate broke gullible Gate would probably be easy enough to break with “HAHA YOUR DREAM JOB WAS A LIE AND YOU’LL NEVER BE HIRED ANYWHERE LOSER,” after a sufficient build-up I mean. GDI, Gremlin, why are you being clever.

   oh look Mayo’s friend got the job ahahahahahaha good job being a gate, hope you enjoy DESPAIR



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I’d ask “where did the Phantoms get the money”, but, let’s face it:
one bad day at the stock market probably got them enough banker Gates
to keep them set FOR ETERNITY. You win this round, Wizard.

   Huh. They just gave 3 of the probably-Gates a bunch of money for sitting in a room for hours and then let them leave unmolested. … Okay??? Is this the build-up phase to make the eventual letdown more of a crash, Gremlin? Hmm.

   I’m just sayin, there coulda been more efficient methods here. Like, maybe have them fill out a questionnaire or do an actual INTERVIEW to find out more about these Gates, in case just plain “HAHA YOU’RE BROKE NOW AND WILL BE BROKE FOREVER AND NEVER HAVE THOSE NICE THINGS AGAIN” doesn’t work?

   Mayo’s friend and his guitars, for example, would be an easy despair to exploit. Just burn down his shack. Bam. BUT YOU DON’T KNOW TO DO THAT BECAUSE… well okay it’s just that your plan is not the right kind of clever. Not maximum clever, is what I’m saying here. TRY HARDER

   No, Mayo’s FriendGate. Mayo isn’t jealous, because he’s 1) already rich and thus 2) has the luxury of being a hobo-by-choice. He’s worried about how you’re spending all this money RIGHT AWAY, and also really skeptical about this “job” JUST LIKE YOU SHOULD BEEEEE

   Back at the Antique Shop, looks like Mayo’s dropped by for breakfast the next day. owo Poor Koyomi’s stuck serving plates because again I’m pretty sure she doesn’t/can’t eat. XD;; guys be niiiice

   Speaking of nice, apparently Mayo’s FriendGate was a really nice friend back in high-school, all supportive of Mayo’s archeology dreams and stuff. owo
   … UNTIL THE FIRE NATION PHANTOMS ATTACKED
   … WITH FIREMONEY!!

   PFFFAHAHAHA. XD Shunpei tried to agree with Rinko’s statement that “no legitimate business is giving out that kind of money per day,” and Koyomi promptly tells him to shut up. YOU DON’T GET TO PRETEND TO BE SMART, SHUNPEI, YOU ALMOST FELL FOR IT TOO

   Oh jeez, another group of Gates has been added to Mayo’s FriendGate’s group. At least Haruto, Rinko, and Mayo are now stalkingstaking out the situation from afar! … Rinko’s the only one with binoculars though and Haruto looks so booooredXD

   OMG HARUTO YOU DID NOT JUST PULL THE “tap her other shoulder to make her look away” TRICK TO STEAL THE BINOCULARS. YOU DID NOT. YOU DORK. … on the other hand mayo’s trying to use his hands as binoculars so at least you’re not that level of dork I guess

   AND THEN MAYO AND HARUTO SNUCK INTO THE BUILDING, USING “SMALL” AND “CHAMELEON” AND IT WAS SHENANIGANS FOREVER AND GDI MAYO WHY DIDN’T YOU CARRY HARUTO LIKE UNDER THE CAPE, THAT’D HIDE HIM RIGHT?? MAYBE?? I DUNNO THIS IS RIDICULOUS OKAY

   (“just put a cork in it!” “… how do I talk with a cork in it?” tho XD haruto no, haruto stop)

   WHOOOOOPS now you missed the Gates, they have left, because you were too busy being shenanigans. At least you found Medusa’s spyin’ room!

   OH GOG ABORT MISSION, MEDUSA’S IN ONE OF THE INTERVIEW ROOMS AND I’M PRETTY SURE SHE SAW YOU THROUGH THE MIRROR BACKWARDS SOMEHOW, ABORT MISSION, ABORT, BOOK IT

   BOOKING IT TOWARDS HER LOCATION FOR A CONFRONTATION IS NOT WHAT I HAD IN MIND



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“LOOK IF YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH GREMLIN FOR HOURS, YOU’D UNDERSTAND, OKAY”
“… do you need a donut”
“OH HOW I WISH I COULD TASTE DONUTS RIGHT NOW :( … or alcohol”

   … Huh. It works out, though, because Medusa hates Gremlin so much that she’s willing to just let the heroes know the Gates are gone and let them go chase after said Gates unmolested. YET AGAIN, VILLAIN INFIGHTING SAVES THE DAAAY~

   … Make note of this, Haruto, this complete lack of teamwork on the villain’s part is a useful and abuse-able feature

   In other news: I have no clue what Gremlin’s plan was anymore, but there’s another Phantom involved and I think he’s just going to try killing the Gates. GDI THAT NEVER WOOOOORKS

   Also the new Phantom is some sort of plant creature?? … I’d say “Spriggan” but that was already used and, as covered, is not actually a plant creature per se. Boo. … Dryad?

   WELP DOESN’T MATTER, MAYO AND HARUTO HERE TO SAVE THE DAYYY~! … haruto don’t “nice to meet you” the monster, you sassy dooooork

   Awww, dangit. This Phantom can teleport AND he’s supernaturally good at dodging. CHEATER! TEN THOUSAND TIMES CHEATING!

   Pfffahahaha, meanwhile, Mayo’s FriendGate is incredibly amazed and confused by all these SUPERHERO HENSHIN SHENANIGANS. Look, just roll with it and be glad that you don’t have to deal with the despair side of these powers, mmkay

   … Hobgoblin? This Phantom is supposed to be a HOBGOBLIN? I, uh… no seriously where do plants fit in with hobgoblins??? OH WHATEVER. HARUTO THIS DUDE’S CHEATING, HE CAN FLY/FLOAT TOO, LET’S CHEAT BACK~



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   AWWWW YESSSSS BLATANT ABUSE OF SUPER-MODE GO! … No, I’m not going to complain about how obviously overkill this is. This mode is shiny. I love it. … In other news, I’m apparently Zed now. MOVING ON~

   WHOOPS YOUR WEAPON DOES NOTHING. WHOOPS HARUTO CAN SUPER SPEED/TELEPORT NOW TOO. WHOOOOOOPS SPARKLESPARKLE GIANT AXE TIME, WHOOOOOOOPS YOU’RE DEAD wait what, a phantom dead in the first half of an arc? … Harutowhat have we done

   OH GOG HE TURNED INTO GHOSTS BEHIND YOUR BACK AND POSSESSED ALL THE GATES OH GDI HARUTO WHY’D YOU HAVE TO MISS THAT, MAYO TELL ME YOU NOTICED

  of course he didn’t notice gdi gdi this is going to be awfullllll

   Oh well, guess that’s a worry for next episode. THIS EPISODE: Mayo and his friend are cute friends together, Mayo gets a guitar-pick necklace, Haruto awkwardly kicks around at the dirt because HAPPINESS, WHAT IS, HOW DOES REACT??? (poor haruto)

  And thus, with Mayo’s friend driving off into the sunset and out of Tokyo NO DOUBT FOREVER, this episode ends.

   … And by “no doubt forever” I mean “taking bets on how long before he turns around and despair-shatters as a result” :V



Episode 33:

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SHUNPEIIIIIIIIIIIII
why would you even say something like that out loud
why

   WAJIMA WHY DO YOU STILL HAVE THAT FLIER GDI THAT WAS LITERALLY A PHANTOM TRAP THROW IT OUT ALREADY
   (what no I’m not just trying to distract myself from all the “AND NOW THIS CASE IS WRAPPED UP FOREVER” fate-tempting that everyone else is doing in the antique shop right now, shhhhh)

   Meanwhile: Medusa, I understand that Gremlin is an annoying punk who has no real leadership skills, but, he does for some inane reason have Wiseman’s confidence right now. Maaaaybe don’t be so transparently happy that Gremlin’s plan seemingly failed (in part because of you, no less)? If Wiseman catches on, I think you’d be in trouble…

   (IN OTHER NEWS GREMLIN IT’D BE GREAT IF YOU COULD RESPECT PERSONAL SPACE AND MAYBE STOP CLINGING TO MEDUSA’S SHOULDER WHILE GIGGLING, JUST STOP, THANKS)

   … Huh. In unrelated news, judging by the Super Hero Taizen promo going on in the opening, the Anti-Kengo Butterfly-Hero made a reappearance. Neat. Can’t say I was expecting him to ever show up in anything again, haha. ANYWAY

   … Oh, gdi. I have no clue how, but SOMEHOW the Phantom just caused Mayo’s FriendGate to find a free gas coupon that is ~ONLY VALID IN TOKYO~. So back he goes. Only 4 minutes have passed, please feel vindicated/disappointed in your bets as appropriate

   … Correction: He is somehow wrangling events so that ALL the Gates are having absurd reasons to stay in Tokyo/go back to Tokyo. I have no clue how he is doing this but I call shenanigaaaaans



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… Mayo, how do you continue to exist, exactly?

   Mayo, sometimes I really just do not understand how you haven’t starved to death already. At least you managed to run into your friend while racing about the city aimlessly. Please convince him to just leave already. This is getting silly.

   (PFFAHAHAHA “You are wasting our perfect sappy goodbye!” REALLY MAYO. REALLY. I’M DONE, YOU’RE GROUNDED)

   And thus, because Mayo is not very good at convincing people, Mayo got dragged around Tokyo by his friend while a SERIES OF INCREASINGLY IMPROBABLE EVENTS netted his friend an improbable amount of money. … Soooo, when does the crushing despair happen, exactly? This plan is weird.

   Haruto and Shunpei are having slightly better luck with the Gate they just found, at least, basically managing to INTIMIDATE the poor sucker into agreeing to leave XD LOOK THEY JUST DON’T WANT YOU TO DIE HORRIBLY, JUST GO HOME OKAY

   Meanwhile, Mayo’s FriendGate buys an entire guitar shop. He’s also bought a silk shirt and some nice pants. Mayo is not very amused by this slide back into money-centered silliness. Sorry, Mayo. Your friend is giving you a run for your money in the “derp” category.

   GDI HOBGOBLIN HOW ON EARTH DO YOU KEEP MAKING GOOD/BAD THINGS HAPPEN? YOU HAVE LUCK POWERS OR SOMETHING? WHY DOES A HOBGOBLIN HAVE LUCK POWERS.

   Y'KNOW WHAT, NO, WHATEVER, JUST GET THE GATE OUT OF HERE IN SPITE OF HIS WHINING, HARUTO

   … Okay, really, how many times do I have to say this. PHANTOMS. Trying to kill Gates is a really bad idea because, as has been covered, a dead Gate births no Phantoms. Plus, a lot of people, in the face of an attack WANT TO ESCAPE AND LIVE, not “welp time to give up on everything and go into utter despair”. Utter despair, thus far, seems to be “I no longer have any reason to live,” which isn’t the feeling anyone seems to get when they’re being attacked. You need to attack THAT REASON TO LIVE instead, or else NO SHATTERING.

   But the point is: Hobgoblin, if that random falling platform had hit that Gate, you would LOSE. How is this so hard to grasp?! Why would you even do that?!?! GRAAAAARRRRRGHHHH why am I giving the villains tips, what is wrong with me



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NO IT FREAKING WASN’T, WE JUST COVERED THIS

   Anywho, silly raging at the Phantoms aside, Haruto cottons on that something’s possessing the Gate, and manages to kick Hobgoblin away from him. Somehow. Apparently Hobgoblin wasn’t so much “possessing” as much as he was “invisibly floating over the dude’s shoulder”. … okay sure why not

   AND THEN SOMEHOW HOBGOBLIN SUMMONED AN INCREASINGLY IMPROBABLE NUMBER OF PRATFALLS, OUT OF NOWHERE, TO STOP HARUTO FROM CHASING HIM???
   I
   WHAT
   WHY IS MY KEY PHRASE FOR THIS DUDE “INCREASINGLY IMPROBABLE”

   I’m sorry Haruto this Hobgoblin is insane and has reality-warping luck-based powers, I don’t know how you’re supposed to deal with this, but uh… good luck?

   Oh, by binding him and slashing him before he can stop you, okay, that was PRETTY SLICK. Now if you could do the same to Gremlin who just showed up to taunt at you and explain his plan, that’d be great

   okay seriously what part of “hobgoblin” did they decide translated into “ghost-possession, luck-manipulation, teleportation, and levitation”? I mean, hobgoblins were like brownies but tricksier, so I guess the luck-manipulation could be seen as an amplification of “pranks”, but possession? He’s really more of a ghost or spectre of some sort at this point, not really a goblin of any variety… GDI LOGIC HAS ABANDONED US :(

   AN.Y.WHO. Yeah looks like the plan is just “give people a lot of stuff then snatch it all away in one fell swoop, HOPEFULLY causing enough despair to crack ‘em.” Not a bad plan, but not the cleverest. It’s lacking a certain style.

   GDI WIZARD STOP COMING UP WITH SITUATIONS IN WHICH THE ELEMENTAL DRAGON MODES AND DRAGO-TIME ARE NECESSARY :( I may have accepted Infinity mode, but that doesn’t mean I’m 100% okay with Dragon yet! … Fiiine. Drago-Time is used so Haruto can keep an eye on four Gates at once, while Mayo focuses on his friend.

   HIS FRIEND WHO IS BEING A MORON JERK RIGHT NOW. DUDE. DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THE “YOU WILL SHATTER” BIT OF THIS WHOLE SITUATION? LET MAYO KILL THE PHANTOM. I DON’T CARE HOW MUCH LUCK YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW, THAT’S NOT THE FREAKING POINT YOU MOROOOOON

   well okay yes Mayo wants the Phantom for himself but not in the way you think, haha :V srsly though he’s not lying and he doesn’t care about money because HE ALREADY HAS IT IF HE WANTS IT, stop being a moron, you’re gonna get yerself shattered



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Dude, I think it’s gone beyond mere “luck” at this point…

   Meanwhile: Haruto’s fight against multiple dudes who can summon random bad events OUT OF THIN AIR is going about as well as you’d expect, i.e., not at all.

   AND THEN MAYO’S FRIEND-GATE SOMEHOW GATHERED HIMSELF A MINI-YAKUZA POSSE
   I DON’T EVEN KNOW EITHER
   HE’S SETTING THEM AGAINST MAYO ANYWAY WHICH IS A REAL JERK MOVE. MAYO, I THINK YOU SHOULD DITCH THIS LOSER, LET HIM SHATTER okay fine don’t let him actually shatter but maybe nearly shatter, maybe then he’ll LEARN

   okay haruto that one wasn’t even bad luck, that was your Earth-copy being the stupidest moron and getting himself tangled up, I don’t think Hobgoblin even had to do anything there

   MAYO’S FRIEND-GATE, WHERE DID YOU EVEN GET THAT CAR. PLEASE TELL ME YOU DIDN’T STEAL IT. Also: good job nearly running over a lady with a baby carriage and getting yourself into a wreck, HMMM MAYBE YOU SHOULD’VE LISTENED TO MAYO????… idiot

   oh good now your car’s gonna blow up and your yakuza posse has abandoned you, this was entirely avoidableeeeeeee

    Awwww, Mayo <3 all like YEAH I’M AN IDIOT BUT I’M NOT GONNA IGNORE THE BIGGER IDIOT WHO’S IN TROUBLE. At least you’re fully aware of this situation, silly dork. Go ahead and help, I suppose this moron doesn’t entirely deserve death

   hahahahaha hobgoblin this plan was not entirely a good one for you, you picked Mayo’s friend as a target, now Mayo’s gonna murder – um. Mayo? Why are you not going into Hyper mode? Your base mode’s finisher runs on luck, this is kind of a terrible idea!!

   WHY ARE YOU USING THAT FINISHER AAAAAAAAA yup look there’s a 1, good job, this was not the brightest moooove

   … Okay, fine. Respect points for DETERMINATION AND FRIENDSHIP'ping your way through that 1, turning the single spirit-falcon into a huge Hobgoblin-wreckin’ beast. … Still shoulda just used Hyper though



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YEAH, SCREW LUCK, LUCK IS DUMB! WHY LUCK WHEN YOU CAN CHEAT

   Meanwhile: Haruto was having trouble with his ring-belt, because LUCK-BASED SHENANIGANS. … So he tore off the whole belt and just activated everything into four simultaneous kick strikes.What.

   … I’m pretty sure that should have magic-overload-exploded or something, but sure, WHATEVER WORKS, LET’S JUST GET THIS GUY OUT OF HERE AND PRETEND THIS WHOLE MESS NEVER HAPPENED

   Oh, NOW you’re going Hyper, Mayo? Pfff. You have the worst timing sometimes. Whatever, finish this last Hobgoblin off so we can all go home

   And thus, with minimal fanfare, the final Hobgoblin got nommed, and Mayo bought himself another who-knows-how-many-days of existence. HURRAAAAAAAAY now someone get these idiot Gates out of here before they trip and somehow despair themselves, jeez

   … N'awwww, fine, Mayo and his friend making up with one another by doing their little SHOUTING OF THE BRO RULES routine is adorable, I suppoooose I can stop being angry at almost everyone for being morons.

   (Especially cute: “THIRD! I’LL GIVE YOU ALL MY GUITARS!” “FOURTH! DON’T WANT 'EM!” … guys I don’t think this format works for a discussion you dooooorks)

   And thus, with everyone happy, this episode ends~!

   … Wait. Wait a second.
   This episode seems… off…
   WAIT.
   WAIT.
   HARUTO.
   YOU DIDN’T EAT A DONUTTHIS EPISODE
   I DIDN’T THINK THAT WAS POSSIBLE
   OH GOG
   HARUTO
   you aren’t… gonna die or something… are you…?
   HARUTOOOOOO

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STOP LOOKING AWKWARD BACK THERE AT ALL THE HAPPY SHENANIGANS AND ANSWER MEEEEEE

SO RIGHT. That Kuuga was certainly a thing. At least this Wizard can’t possibly come close to that, right? (Holy frig what did I just type, Kuuga beating Wizard in intensity, truly these are the end times)

… Hm? What? This arc is just as intense, just in a different way?
Oh.
Well then.
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OVERALL: HOOOOOOOLY WHAT. Hey, uh, guys? Guys? Remember the last time I said not to mess with Haruto? I’m not sure this beats that, but it certainly reinforces it. Don’t do it. Don’t mess with him, don’t mess with anyone he cares about, just turn around and walk the other way.
I mean, it’s not quite a “YUUSUKE STOPPED SMILING” moment, but goodness gracious, people need to stop messing with these heroes…
… In other news, new upgrade for Haruto! Still not sure whether this one will lead to DESPAIR or not but ahahaha I almost don’t care, this one’s glorious.
Why, it almost makes up for all the heart-twisting this episode put me through! :V
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Science?
Magic?   ☒
Donuts? ☑
Yup, all set! It’s Showtime!



Episode 31:

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Well gee, that depends. Was this “Disney Song Material” levels of
“following his heart,” or was it maybe, perhaps, more along the lines of
“MY HEART TELLS ME TO KILL THE PRESIDENT”?

   So, what were we up to last time?… OH, RIGHT. GREMLIN WAS SETTING LOOSE A DUDE WHAT WAS CHAINED UP IN A CAVE IN THE LOST FOREST. This is clearly the sanest of decisions.

   Gremlin, that chain is magic-electrified and this dude is wearing a Hannibal mask. Maybe you really shouldn’t – NOPE, THERE HE GOES. Huh, his swords can combine into shears. Nnnnow I’m just thinking about Clock Tower while Chained Man attempts to murder Gremlin for his trouble. WASN’T THIS A GREAT IDEA?

   … Legion. This guy’s name is Legion. Really? First Beelzebub and now this? What’s with these random monsters-of-the-week being given such dramatic names… Ah well. Perhaps this guy will be more worthy of his impressive title! He was chained up, presumably by WISEMAN, after all!

   MEANWHILE: Shunpei tries magic tricks. They don’t go very well. Haruto cheats at magic tricks. It goes better. … But I shake my head at him all the same. C'MON NOW, REALLY, YOU PUNK BABBY?

   (honestly the best part is that he doesn’t even care that he was cheating :V “Well, yeah.” #PUNNNNKKK)

   AAAA KOYOMI NO, DON’T KEEL OVER, WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE, NO, THAT IS VERBOTEN

   Well at least Haruto’s here so you’ll be okay. MORE MANA FOR THE KOYOMI, ALL WILL BE WELL, AHAHAHAHAHAa koyomi take all the mana gdi, you’re not allowed to not be alive

   … Hmmm. Wiseman is impressed by Gremlin’s ability to break the chains (which were indeed placed by him) (not that he knows it was Gremlin but still). That’s… a little terrifying, actually, unless Wiseman is secretly somehow merely a midboss instead of the endboss I’m presuming him to be. Hmmm.

   Ooooh. Wiseman chained Legion up because he refused to play by the rules – just kept murdering humans instead of despairing them. Yeah, that’s not really helpful to you, is it? WELP I CAN TELL THIS GUY’S GONNA BE JUST GREAT gdi gremlin why this

   Anywho, Medusa volunteers to go track Legion down and end him. Meanwhile, Legion murders a dude because said dude could play guitar really well. … So that’s a thing.



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DONUTS: THE HEALTHIEST OF FOOD TO LIVE OFF OF
(gdi rinko you’re not haruto, you’re gonna regret all these donuts later)

   Oh dang. Correction: He ate the dude’s brainsoul or something, judging by this string of “comas” that Rinko’s been working nonstop on trying to solve. Poor, poor Rinko. Policework is busy business during times like this, isn’t it?

   Oh hey, small childrens over there! For whatever reason (PROBABLY A DEADLY ILLNESS OR SOMETHING ELSE HORRIBLE, KNOWING THIS SHOW) the little girl is sad, and her brother tries to cheer her up with magic tricks. He’s not successful, but it’s very sweet of him anyway. D'aww. … GDI WHICH ONE OF THEM IS THE GATE???

   XD GDI HARUTO STOP CHEATING AT MAGIC TRICKS. … Well, at least this time you’re doing it to make a little girl happy, not just to troll Shunpei. (Not that I necessarily disapprove of trolling Shunpei, mind, just… Aah, whatever.)

   AND THEN LEGION ATE ANOTHER LADY’S BRAINSOUL BECAUSE SHE HELPED AN OLD LADY ACROSS THE STREET. Apparently he has a thing for people who do good things. … Yeah, this is about what I’d expect someone who even WISEMAN couldn’t stand to be like.

   OH HI MAYO. Starving again as usual. Well, hey, there just so happens to be a Phantom who I’d appreciate you eating ASAP – OH HEY AND YOU’RE RIGHT NEAR HIM, GREAT! GO CHOMP HIM UP! :D

   … aaaand I just realized the guy named LEGION who is eating BRAINSOULS probably won’t be the kind of Phantom you can solo. … GDI. Mayo, why can’t you be smart enough to phone Haruto for backup :(

   Huh. According to Legion, Mayo is “neither human nor phantom” – or at least doesn’t appear to be either when he’s in his Beast state. Innnteresting. Chimera really is an oddball mess of a thing, isn’t it? Heh, fitting.

   OH HEY WHOOPS WHAT DO YOU KNOW, YOU CAN’T HARDLY SCRATCH HIM WITH YOUR BASIC STUFF gdi when will you learn: Phantoms are not the kind of thing you can solo anymore. Your world has Level Progression turned on. So either call for backup, or go into a super-mode! Preferably both!



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THERE you go.

   Well, one out of two ain’t bad. Alright, super-mode go, aw yeah gonna at least maybe give Legion reason to pause – … … oooor Legion just gets bored and leaves after tossing some Ghouls at Mayo.

   … Dude, wait, Legion, why do you even have those, Wiseman doesn’t like you! Or do Phantoms just… produce Ghoul-stones somehow? Hmm.

   MEANWHILE: Haruto uses his quick-change ring to let the little girl play dress-up and gives her flowers and encourages the older brother and it’s very adorable and wow how is this even the same episode as “EPISODE WHERE INSANE DUDE SERIALLY BRAINSOUL-EATS PEOPLE”.

   gdi aaaand the other half of the episode called, time for us to leave Happy Child Funtimes and go back to Serial Brainsoul-Eating Horrortimes. Ffffiiiiine. Away we go.

   PFFFAHAHAHAHA MAYO. NO, YOU’RE NOT BEAUTIFUL. … Well, okay, in a way, your sheer levels of derp and good cheer are kind of beautiful. Sort of. But not “beautiful” in the kind of way that Legion is looking for. … ANYWHO RIGHT, FILLING HARUTO IN ON THE WHOLE LEGION SITUATION, HURRAAAAY

   (OMG SHUNPEI XD “Nah I think he’s got a point [about you not being beautiful]” “WHAT DID YOU SAY, I AM SUPER BEAUTIFUL” Yes, this is perfect, shunpei keep doing this and maybe I’ll even like you)

   AAAA NO KOYOMI NO D: No using up mana faster! GDI, what, are you a lithium-ion battery, were you being improperly charged? Do we need to keep you in a cool environment, without temperature extremes ever? WHAT DO WE DO TO FIX THIS, THIS IS NOT OKAY

   And then Legion rendered ANOTHER person comatose. Luckily, Medusa’s here to do a thing! Hurraaaay! Medusa, save us! … Medusa’s not going to save us, is she

   Nope, she isn’t. Because Gremlin is insane, and has actually showed up to interfere in Legion’s favor. Outright says so to Medusa and everything. Are you trying to get yourself killed by Wiseman here, Gremlin?!

   HURRAAAAY, THE HAPPY HALF OF OUR EPISODE IS BACK <3 (I don’t care that the small children will inevitably be sad later) (for now they are a bright shining spot of happiness okay) Older Brother is buying his little sister some flowers, since she liked the ones Haruto gave her~

   OMG HARUTO <3 all “pfff no I’m no good at actual tricks, Shunpei’s good at tricks, I just cheat.” Haruto no fair being such a bro about this, you are too sweet



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THROOOOOOOW THIS GUY INTO THE SUN
… also wow this dude has a kinda weird face
(sorry actual actor dude) (but… it is true)

   OH GDI GDI GDI GDI NO D: D: I WAS ASSUMING ONE OF THE KIDS WOULD BE A GATE, BUT I FORGOT… LEGION ISN’T GOING AFTER GATES. HE’S GOING AFTER “BEAUTIFUL” PEOPLE. AND OLDER BROTHER’S CARING FOR HIS SISTER IS BEAUTIFUL. NO NO NO NO NO

   HARUTO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MURDER THIS GUY, QUICK D: oh gog oh gog

   Meanwhile: AHAHAHA GUESS WHAT GREMLIN, YOU GOT WHAT YOU WANTED: Wiseman’s noticed you. How’s that magic-electricity and dangling over a huge drop by your wrist treating you? BECAUSE SOMETHING TELLS ME THAT’S JUST THE BEGINNING OF IT, YOU MORON.

   … … Wait, what now? Philosopher’s Stone? That’s a thing here? … Right, so, is this typical Philosopher’s Stone, then, or are we talking some sort of souped-up homebrew Stone what will do LITERAL MIRACLES or some such nonsense? WISEMAN, EXPLAIN PLEASE BEFORE YOU MURDER GREMLIN OKAY

   … Rats. No explanation, just a cut back to Haruto fighting Legion. Haruto still hasn’t even transformed yet, I note with some disappointment and worry. Haruto. Hurry up. This dude’s no picnic. YOU’VE GOT CHILDREN TO SAVE.

   PFFFAHAHAHA XD “You’re pretty good, yourself.” “And you’re pretty creepy.” OH HARUTO <3 (but seriously legion don’t you even dare look at haruto, no, haruto needs his brainsoul thanks)

   OH THERE YOU GO, HARUTO. Finally you’ve gone into Wizard mode. Earth, huh? Not bad, not like this guy has any obvious elemental weaknesses to exploit, might as well start out defensive.

   … Though, as an aside? This guy’s awful, Haruto. I’d be… hesitantly okay with you pulling out Drago-Time to end him quickly. … Please?

   Sadly, he does not, though he’s doing a lot of fancy quick-ring-swapping as he tries to suss out Legion’s weaknesses, which is impressive in its own right. Still… Oh, hey, Mayo’s here! Yes! Maybe now you guys can take him down!

   GDI MAYO NO, YOU DON’T WANT THIS GUY TO ADMIT THAT YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL, GDI YOU ARE LOSING SIGHT OF THE BIGGER PICTURE HERE XD (you beautiful dork, never stop)

   !!!! AAAAAA NO HARUTO WHY, WHY DID YOU TAKE THAT HIT FOR MAYO, AAAAA NOOOOO WHY DID LEGION JUST OPEN UP SOME KIND OF RIFT IN SPACE-TIME RIGHT ON TOP OF HARUTO AND THEN JUMP INTO HIS BODY, NO, NONE OF THIS IS OKAY

   oh, no. Oh no oh no oh no. Legion goes inside UNDERWORLDS. Huh. Is… is a coma what happens to people if you break their Underworld when they don’t have a Phantom? Kinda curious but more importantly AAAAAA NO SOMEONE SAVE HARUTO, NOOOOO



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ahahaha yes pretty great isn’t it what with the childhood trauma and all
ahahahahaha GET OUT, SCREW YOUUUUUUU

   Yuuuuup that sure is Haruto’s Underworld! Hi, Haruto’s Underworld! Still just as horrifically depressing as the last time we met, I see. Hahahaha yes this is so great ahahahaha DRAGON GET OVER HERE AND EARN YOUR FREAKING KEEP GDI

   W-well. Looking on the bright side, at least Haruto isn’t cracking on the outside as Legion begins tearing things up in there? AT LEAST I DON’T HAVE TO SEE THAT AWFUL EFFECT AGAIN? AHAHA? HA? gdiiiii beast hurry the flip up, get in there, I don’t care how you feel about Engaging a dude, DRAGON ISN’T EARNING HIS KEEP, WE NEED YOUNOW

   YES THERE GOOD YOU’RE IN, NOW DESTROY THIS AWFUL AWFUL CREATURE, HURRY THE HECK UP, I DON’T EVEN CARE THAT THERE’S NO SUN IN HERE TO THROW HIM IN, JUST KILL HIM QUICK HOWEVER YOU CAN

   YES SUMMON CHIMERA JEEZ WHY DIDN’T YOU DO THAT FIRST THING, HONESTLY MAYO, AAAA HURRY UP!!

   … okay, okay. Deep breaths. Gotta be a calm, rational recapper–ahahaha okay yeah I’m never that, but c'mon, this’ll be okay, just gotta wait for Mayo to toss Legion out of here and it’ll be fine

   awwww yessss giant Chimera stomping all over Legion, yessss! … I mean sure it’s a little disconcerting that Legion doesn’t appear to be dying from this but eh, first episode of the arc.

   OH THERE YOU FREAKING ARE, DRAGON. GDI, IF YOU WON’T SHOW UP QUICKLY WHEN YOUR GATE’S UNDER THREAT OF COMA, THEN WHAT ARE YOU EVEN GOOD FOR?! Jeez, what, were you taking a NAP?

   (heeheheeehee, Mayo is all impressed by Dragon. … Well, hon, that’s the creature that’s constantly poised to tear apart your friend-rival’s soul, but yes, I guess he is pretty impressive. In his own way.)

   …
   …
   …
   NO
   LEGION DID NOT JUST BLOW UP DRAGON
   NO
   NONONONONONONONONO
   DRAGON I WANTED YOU TO DIE BUT NOT LIKE THIS, NOT TO SOME PUNK SOUL-EATER, NO
   AAAAA AND HARUTO’S BELT JUST BROKE
   AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA CAN HE DO MAGIC, HE CAN’T CAN HE, OH GOG, OH GOG, NO
  MAYO HOW COULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN

   WIZARD THIS IS NOT OKAY
   STOP TOYING WITH MY EMOTIONS
  GDI WIZAAAAARD



Episode 31:

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WHAT DID I SAY WIZARD
WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT HARUTO CRACKING
I DON’T CARE IF THIS SITUATION IS TECHNICALLY DIFFERENT
WIZARD YOU ARE GROUNDED

   … … Right. So. Apparently Dragon getting kasploded kicks everyone out of Haruto’s underworld, at least? And at least Haruto doesn’t seem to be permanently shattered? ahahahah haa gdi mayo why did you have to fail

   GDI LEGION GET BACK HERE AND LET US KILL YOU, DON’T JUST STALK OFF well okay I mean I guess we can’t really kill you at this point, unless Mayo pulls out some sort of super-rage upgrade, but STILL GDI I HATE YOUR FACE. Aaaand Haruto confirms his magic is gone before passing out. Nooooo D:

   OH RIGHT WISEMAN WAS DOING SOMETHING WITH GREMLIN, hahaha I completely forgot that was happening. Sure, why not. Let’s focus on this instead of that other despair. Right, so, Philosopher’s Stone, what is?

   Whatever it is, we’re not getting answers, but Gremlin thinks Wiseman has it. He ALSO thinks Wiseman has used it already for something – possibly something related to Gates? Specifically, theirs? That or Gremlin just thought it’d be a good time to state for the record that he still considers himself to be “Sora”.

   So… Gremlin wants to be a REAL PERSON, I guess? Hmmm. Kinda interesting. … Kill him anyway for releasing Legion, please

   Awww, no killing happened. Back at the Antique shop, Koyomi’s taking care of Haruto and – OH GOG. KOYOMI. NO. WHO WILL GIVE HER MANA NOW? D: I’d say Mayo, but he kiiinda needs his to keep a psychotic mecha-Chimera from eating him, sooo… gdi

   Oh, NOW you’re hunting down Legion seriously, hmm, Mayo? … Gah, fine, I can’t be really angry at you. You’re already angry enough at yourself for this failure, you’ve got it covered

   GDI HARUTO GO BACK TO BED, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO DO, YOU DON’T… oh gog he really is just lost without his magic ;A; HE WANTS TO HELP BUT CAN’T FIGURE OUT HOW SO HE’S JUST GONNA RUN IN RECKLESSLY NOOOO this is not okay
   this is not giving me much confidence about your future life after the phantoms are killed, haruto



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NONE OF THIS IS OKAY, SHOW. NONE OF IT.

   Well, at least Rinko and Shunpei are tagging along after him, they’re better than nothing and Rinko has a gun and cop skills – GDI SHOW STOP SHOWING KOYOMI BEING SAD, I ALREADY TOLD YOU THAT’S NOT ALLOWED

   HI YES THANK YOU MAYO, please do tell this poor dumb babby punk to stay home and rest before he gets himself properly Phantom-murdered, yes, this is what was needed, YOU can get through to him, thank you <3

   OH GEE I AM SO SORRYTHATEATING PEOPLE’S BRAINSOULS IS NO LONGER EXCITING FOR YOU, LEGION. TRULY THIS IS THE GREATEST OF TRAGEDIES, THAT NOTHING CAN COMPARE TO YOU MURDERING A DRAGON. ALLOW ME TO FIND A TINY FREAKING VIOLIN TO BEAT YOU OVER THE HEAD WITH. … Aaaand he’s going back to kill Haruto properly now. Thanks, Legion. That’s. That’s great.

   ;A; oh gog no haruto why didn’t you go home, why are you just sitting forlornly in the park, oh gog why did the adorable children have to find you here, aaaaa now you have to explain to them that you lost your magic, stop doing this to me Wizard, this is sad

   KOYOMI NO DON’T YOU FREAKING DARE, YOU PUT THAT RING BACK ON YOUNG LADY, I DON’T CARE IF IT’S CURRENTLY GOT NO USE, WE WILL FIND A WAY

   Meanwhile, Mayo finally found Legion, hurray! MURDER THAT JERK.

   oh good yes let’s have a nice backstory time for the adorable little girl, yes, because this episode wasn’t sad enough. … Ah, she is indeed sick, huh? Having surgery next week, huh? Probably gonna die Really worried about it, huh? … Yeah that sucks. But! But! Adorable older brother! Even if you can’t do magic tricks properly, that could still cheer her up! KEEP TRYING OKAY

   OH GOG NO HARUTO ;A; THERE HAS TO BE OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO OTHER THAN MAGIC, NO, DON’T MAKE THIS EVEN SADDER. UM. UMMMM. … gdi he’s right he hasn’t shown any other skills, oh gog, this is horrible

   <3 d'awwwww, adorable older brother. All “yeah the magic was great, but honestly I was just happy you noticed a girl was sad and tried to help.” See, Haruto? You at least have strength of character! You can learn skills! DON’T BE DEPRESSED ANYMORE PLEASE ;A;



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Don’t even care how ridiculous that attack is right now.
YEAH, YOU KILL THAT THING, MAYO.

   Hurraaaaay, Mayo’s gone into Hyper mode a little faster this time! … Unfortunately, now Legion is EVEN MORE set on killing Haruto, because he sees it as “Haruto’s influence made this dumb punk into a halfway RESPECTABLE punk! I must eat him.” … Legion I will laugh at your demise

   GDI KOYOMI WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT TAKING OFF THAT RING, AAAA NO SHE RAN AWAY FROM HOME TOO?! I’d be angrier at Wajima for not noticing, but really, Koyomi NEVER leaves the shop, unless Haruto’s with her or she’s going to see someone she knows, so…

   HARUTO NO. I DON’T CARE HOW USELESS YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW, I DON’T CARE IF YOU CAN’T GIVE HER MANA, THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT YOU TRACK KOYOMI DOWN RIGHT NOW AND BE THERE FOR HER. … Yes, see, Wajima agrees, and flashback-older-brother-kid also agrees. GO FIND HER. THERE YOU GO.

   oh gdi aaaand Mayo’s gotten himself trapped by Legion’s dumb ripping-through-reality attack. At least it only caught his ankle. I don’t think Legion can make it into an Underworld through just the ankle, as curious as I am to see Mayo’s.

   HURRAAAAAY HARUTO FOUND KOYOMI, YES NOW EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY SOMEHOW sob. She was on the beach where they first met, of course. NOW HUG THIS OUT, YOU POOR ABANDONED BABBIES ;n;

   WOAH WHAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE HUGGING IT OUT ;u; ugh but nooo Koyomi I told you you’re not allowed to not be alive, stop talking about how happy you were, no you are not gonna die, I’d say that might make Haruto shatter but he can’t anymoreaaaaaa

   KOYOMI IF I CAN’T PROMISE NOT TO BE SAD WHEN YOU’RE GONE I AM PRETTY DARN WELL SURE THAT HARUTO WON’T BE ABLE TO. NOW JUST. DON’T. DIE. … hnng. I want to ship this. But Den-O has made me paranoid. CAN’T SHIP IT. BUT. THEY’RE. REALLY CUTE. NO.

   OH GO DIE IN A HUNDRED FIRES, LEGION, THEY ARE HAVING A MOMENT HERE, A MOMENT WHICH IS ALL YOUR FAULT BTW, GO DIE.



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NOSCREW YOU, YOU HURT THE BABBIES

   Huh. To his credit, Haruto’s fighting really well even without his superpowers. … I mean, he’s still getting beaten up, but he’s making a good effort at this!

   KOYOMI
   KOYOMI NO
   DON’T RUN OVER THERE BABBY
   DON’T
   GDI DON’T JUST FALL OVER EITHER
   GDI NO GET BACK UP
   GET UP
   NO
  NO
  NO
   … ( ;△;)

   … Haruto. Don’t even expend the effort of throwing this guy into the sun. He doesn’t deserve your effort. Just. Kill. Him.

   holyyyyy cow that was some intense “I WILL NEVER GIVE UP AND I AM NOT GIVING UP ON KOYOMI” right there. Legion? I’d give you the pro-tip to just freaking run, but you don’t deserve that either. So yeah, stay right there. I’m sure it’ll be great for your health.

   AND THEN ONE OF HARUTO’S TEARS JUST EXPLODED.
   WELP

   EXPLODED INTO A FREAKING DIAMOND CRYSTAL FORM-CHANGE RING, HOLY COW. … Thiiiis makes me really nervous about the other magic stones and what they’re actually made of but SCREW IT, PUT IT ON, ACTIVATE IT SOMEHOW, SAVE KOYOMI GO

   !!
   !!!!!!
   HOLY COW HARUTO JUST SOMEHOW RAGE-WILLED DRAGON BACK TO LIFE. That. What. Um. … Okay, gimme a second to sort out my mixed feelings re: Haruto can shatter again now, yet can ALSO use magic again now. In the meantime: I think Dragon has turned all silver. Neat.

   Hmmmmm. Dragon… gdi, why is it so hard to get a read on you? At this point, it almost feels like Dragon wouldn’t shatter Haruto if given a chance – or at least, he’d feel more bad about it than your average Phantom. Regardless, he’s “amused” by Haruto, and rejoins him properly. OKAY, I’LL SORT ALL THAT OUT LATER TOO, KOYOMI SAVING TIME NOW GO

   “Infinity?” … Holy FRIG this is a lightshow. Crystal spirit Dragon flying everywhere and a giant vaguely-prismatic magic circle shooting auroras into the sky and sparkle-trails EVERYWHERE and oh man Legion’s gonna be SO DEAD isn’t he, eeeeee

   OH GEEZ. THAT. IS. Okay. Breaking my usual screencap limit for this, don’t care, this is beautiful.

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   OH YES. SARUMAN? SUCK IT, THERE’S A NEW WHITE WIZARD IN TOWN AND HE IS ONE SPARKLY MOFO. … Well, he’s silver technically, but eh, technicalities. Seriously, in looks at least, Saruman has just gotten upstaged. … Yup, don’t care anymore whether this mode may or may not be bad for Haruto’s soul-stability, I love this.

   oh hey mayo, shunpei, rinko, thanks for joining the party, you’re just in time to watch haruto end a thing with sparkly vengeance. I’m bringing popcorn, feel free to join in

   PFFFAHAHAHA. Haruto didn’t even bother dodging that space-time-reality-rip that Legion just tried, it just freaking bounced right the heck off. LEGION, YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND. HARUTO IS MADE OF DIAMONDS. YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.

   HI SARUMAN, I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT YOU! How’s Mayu? You’re stalking Haruto like a creeper as usual, I see. “This has become a nuisance,” eh? … pffahahaha that’s it, headcanon set, he really IS just jealous of how much better Haruto looks, rocking the whole light-colorscheme thing

   AND HARUTO HAS A SWORD THAT LOOKS LIKE IT’LL FLIP TO BECOME AN AXE. Dragon just up and made it out of nothing for him. Hahahaha Legion even Dragon wants you dead, you made so many mistakes here bro



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JUSTICE HAS ARRIVED
AND IT SPARKLES

   HOLY FRIG AND HARUTO’S GOT SUPER-SPEED OR TELEPORTING OR MAYBE BOTH, TOO, AND THE SWORD IS ALSO AN AXE, AND, AND, AND… Wizard, I almost forgive you for making me dread the earlier upgrades. This one… This one’s good, you did good

   OH MY GOODNESS THE FINALE IS A HIGH-FIVE INSTEAD OF A SHAKE HANDS AND THE SOUND EFFECT IS LITERALLY SPARKLE SPARKLE AS THE AXE GROWS TO LUDICROUS SIZE. YES. I APPROVE OF THIS SO MUCH.

   And thus, with a giant sparkly axe descending from on high to cleave him in twain, Legion was righteously murdered.
  Don’t.
   Mess.
   With.
  Haruto.
   Or.
   KOYOMI.

   YES OKAY SPEAKING OF THAT TIME TO SAVE KOYOMI NOW YES. … Oh, hey, that really is the first thing we cut to after Legion’s extra-satisfactory explosions, hurray!

   YES KOYOMI IS SAVED <3 EVERYONE IS HAPPY <3 HUGS FOR EVERYONE <3 AND WE HAVE A SUPER-MODE THAT I LIKE TOO MUCH TO BE SCARED OF <3 WHO CARES HOW MUCH MY HEART HURT DURING THIS EPISODE, THIS IS NOW A GOOD EPISODE

   Oh, and also Adorable Little Girl and her Adorable Older Brother are both happy and the little girl’s surgery went well. owo And Haruto actually pulls off what might have been an actual magic trick, though he refuses to say whether it was, little punk. … glad to have you back to normal, babby. <3

   But, sadly, we can’t just end there. Because it’s WISEMAN TIME again! … GDI, he didn’t kill Gremlin! He gave the little punk a promotion! WISEMAN THIS IS NOT HOW YOU RUN A GROUP, GDI

   Welp, nothing to be done now, sadly. Sorry, Medusa. Looks like you’re working for the jokester now. This… is going to be interesting, isn’t it

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GDI, I told you to quit with the creepy giggling!
Why do you never quit with the creepy giggling?!
Day 6 of #AdventureApril a sketchy weapon salesperson approaches my protag in the middle of the fore

Day 6 of #AdventureApril a sketchy weapon salesperson approaches my protag in the middle of the forest, asking if they’re interested in buying a sword


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