Kena: Bridge of Spirits is such a good game despite being so… well… basic.
It’s simple — almost overly so — yet it is beloved by so many seasoned and experienced gamers.
What I got curious about after playing the game myself and reading a number of pseudo-reviews online was how exactly it achieved this.
How did a package so entry-level-looking garner such respect by 201 and 301 students?
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The ‘Fields’ region is a great example of Kena’s dichotomy.
It’s gorgeous and inviting, with sea-foamed vistas, lush landscape and rushing waterways. There’s a even a big, lovable pet bull towering over the myriad of cute little Rot dudes scampering through the foliage. The whole place is just friendly.
Why then, does it end up being one of the game’s longest, deepest and most complex sections? Consider its many scattered puzzles, which ask you to combine platforming, archery, environmental awareness and combat proficiency. There’s even a handful of red herring platforms that you can’t properly interact with until later in your puzzle solving endeavor.
The ‘Fields’ are a microcosm of the game as a whole. A childish, Pixar-esque shell which, when uncovered, reveals a complex, involved gameplay experience underneath.
Kena: Bridge of Spirits invites you to be a kid, but treats you like an adult. This is something very few games manage — or even attempt — and it’s what makes Kena so unique, memorable and special.
--
Kena crushes its tone and aesthetic on all fronts to create something that’s desirable and attainable to a group outside of hardcore gamers.
Kena’s visuals are youthful and welcoming by using cartoonish and fairytale-esque art design. The game’s companions do the same — the Rot are your constant brigade of adorable little plush-like, Pikimin-esque comrades who hop as you walk, munch on berries, clumsily trip over each other, and squeak in pitches that can only described as ‘cute.’ You can even give them little hats to wear. They’re pets and it’s all so mired in youthful innocence that I cringe even typing it.
From a distance, Kena appears childish and immature based on its outward appearance. That is, until you peel back its outer layer.
--
The game looks like something your five-year-old might enjoying toying with on your iPad, “you-got-games-on-yo-phone?” style. But there are four elements in its building blocks that make it a game not optimized for your five-year-old on their own;

1. Narrative
2. Puzzles
3. Platforming
4. Combat

Narrative
As far as the game’s story is concerned, it may begin bright and innocent enough, but it deals not-abstractly with death and loss.
Consider that all three boys you meet in the early game — Taro, Benni and Saiya are actually dead, I-see-dead-people style. Consider also that Kena’s entire journey revolves around the loss of her own father and her desire to reconnect with him.
Additionally, it is Toshi’s selfishness and his desire to be the hero that actually ends up bringing death and destruction to his village when he jumps the gun and kills and the mountain spirit in cold blood.
Merciless affronts on nature and an up-front dealing with death and grief are not exactly for the young of age, despite their youthful packaging.
Puzzles
It would be a waste of word count to explain in detail the steps necessary to complete certain puzzles in Kena just as a set of examples to prove the point.
If you’ve played or watched gameplay, you know the puzzles are surprisingly involved, consisting often of multiple steps to complete that build on each other and require the use of all of your abilities in tandem.
One of the bigger “ah-hah” moments I recall was when I realized I could order my Rot minions to move objects while Kena stood on top of said object in order to give me a leg up to jump to a previously unreachable ledge.
Platforming
Speaking of ledges, jumping to and from them is tight and precise in Kena.
Platforming challenges are often timed (your aura-bomb weapon only activates platforms for specifically-timed bursts). Combining their scheduled nature with the need to rotate them via precise archery, mid-air grappling segments and more makes for a movement experience that is involved enough to demand the player’s full attention for every tick of the clock.
Kena and her world’s gravity also have a decided, predictable weight to them that’s not exactly forgiving, meaning the act of jumping to and fro is exact while also requiring exactness.
Combat
Fighting the enemies of Kena is similarly involved.
The cadence with which the game throws opponents your way combined with the complexities of dealing meaningful damage to said opponents creates a combat scenario which demands the player fluidly wield and swap between both melee and ranged options while carefully managing space on the battlefield.
Kamikaze-style enemies often rush Kena in carefully-spaced and well-timed waves, while enemies with shields and shells hide their weak points from visibility. Enemies like this require certain sequences to beat — be it a well-placed bomb and arrow combo, a parry, or a maneuvering to an enemy’s backside.
Boss encounters lean into these mechanics but also present new wrinkles — The Hunter fight asks the player to rethink their tactics and find a way to deal with an airborne opponent who is apt at dodging bombs and arrows, for example.
The final few bosses ask you to take everything you’ve learned throughout your journey and apply it all at once, and if you don’t… it’s defeat for Kena.
--
The above sounds like I’m describing a souls-like with platforming elements as the ‘fresh take’ in addition to the enrapturing combat.
Games that provide this much of a challenging, involved experience are typically darker in tone — be it music, environment, or what-have-you. I don’t think too many people would call Kena ‘hard,’ but these are the same people who died 10+ times to The Hunter or Corrupted Toshi.
If this game had a darker, moodier skin, would more people describe it as hard or not for the faint of heart?
In this way, Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
It is accessible to new players and younger gamers due to its pleasing and friendly atmosphere. But by its conclusion, it is likely to season them into better gamers. If a newbie gamer picks up Kena, they’re in for a surprise and (hopefully) delight when they find something deeper than that which they first expected.
On the other hand, Kena is a worthwhile experience for veteran gamers if they drop their toxic masculinity and play a goofy kids game with a female protagonist. This is a game that will undoubtedly earn their respect by requiring their attention, precision and commitment throughout its experience. Like the newbie gamers, gaming veterans are in for a surprise and (certainly) delight when they find something deeper than that which they first expected.
--
Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a good experience for everyone. By balancing being adorable with being difficult, it earns the respect and appreciation of everyone who plays it. Its accessibility makes it easy to recommend to anyone and the game thus earns itself a bigger audience as a result.
Its narrative and gameplay might not separate themselves in terms of newness from a saturated market, but the surprise and delight the game provides delivers an experience to its players that isn’t typical of the space.
By striking the balance between wolf and sheep, Kena elevates its quality to something beyond just the content within.
--
…and yet…
I can’t help but think, as I summarize this article, that if a game is for everyone, doesn’t that, on some level, mean it is also for no one?
I mean, when you look at the game’s narrative or gameplay, it’s not exactly reinventing the wheel here. In fact, Kena does just about nothing new. It spits out the same exact version of a game we’ve been playing for decades in the form of Tomb Raider or Uncharted or The Legend of Zelda or God of War.
Critically speaking, both the gameplay and narrative are pretty damn milquetoast.
You’re in a world infected by some arbitrary Darkness and since you’re Special and The Chosen One™ it’s your job to go around cleansing the world of evil using a combination of environmental platforming, lever and pressure plate puzzle-solving and lock-on-based, sword-swinging driven combat.
It wouldn’t be difficult to make the argument that Kena is bland.
But the discourse around the game just isn’t about that.
The game’s scored an 81 on Metacritic and has a 92% positive review rating on Steam at time of writing. It recouped its development costs in just one month, meaning every sale since then is hitting the bottom line.
People like this game.

Quick aside from me here on something that made me smile — when double-checking the score on Steam for the above info, I found these as the first two reviews at the very top of the queue: “yo wtf. bought this game to chill, why does it feels like im playing souls-like difficulty ass game HAHAHAH.” “Don’t be fooled by the graphics. This game can be a challenge at times, but it is worth the experience.”

So maybe being an experience for everyone really was the kicker?
Or, maybe, it was something else.
In fact, yeah, I can confidently say it was. It’s a game reviewer’s buzzword, but it’s oh-so apt here: polish.
--
The entire experience of playing Kena is smooth. There are no framerate drops, no bugs, no broken quests or puzzles, no desynced dialogue and facial animations. Not a single hiccup to speak of.
The game features exacting archery, precise platforming, telegraphed and accurate hitboxes, as well as an unimpeding camera, responsive and weighty combat and legible visual design that accurately communicates with the player.
You can move through Kena virtually unobstructed (until you come across a puzzle you can’t solve, but that’s your problem, not the game’s). Everything is built carefully and gels together in a cohesion that works so fluidly that playing Kena is simply frictionless.
The game’s developers — Ember Lab — nailed the fundamentals, paid attention to detail and play-tested perfectly. Their effort to go above and beyond saved this game from sinking into the obscurity of being completely and utterly Mid.
--
It’s frictionlessness that elevates Kena beyond itself. It makes the game greater than the sum of its parts. It makes Kena a complete, finished and polished experience.
Kena presents itself like it’s Disney Pixar’s latest goofy-ass, lame-ass, sub-par video game, but lying underneath the childish aesthetic is a challenging and engaging experience that’s not only a boon for all audiences of gamers, but a worthwhile one thanks to its extreme polish and dedication.
You should play it.

Kena: Bridge of Spirits is such a good game despite being so… well… basic.
It’s simple — almost overly so — yet it is beloved by so many seasoned and experienced gamers.
What I got curious about after playing the game myself and reading a number of pseudo-reviews online was how exactly it achieved this.
How did a package so entry-level-looking garner such respect by 201 and 301 students?
--
The ‘Fields’ region is a great example of Kena’s dichotomy.
It’s gorgeous and inviting, with sea-foamed vistas, lush landscape and rushing waterways. There’s a even a big, lovable pet bull towering over the myriad of cute little Rot dudes scampering through the foliage. The whole place is just friendly.
Why then, does it end up being one of the game’s longest, deepest and most complex sections? Consider its many scattered puzzles, which ask you to combine platforming, archery, environmental awareness and combat proficiency. There’s even a handful of red herring platforms that you can’t properly interact with until later in your puzzle solving endeavor.
The ‘Fields’ are a microcosm of the game as a whole. A childish, Pixar-esque shell which, when uncovered, reveals a complex, involved gameplay experience underneath.
Kena: Bridge of Spirits invites you to be a kid, but treats you like an adult. This is something very few games manage — or even attempt — and it’s what makes Kena so unique, memorable and special.
--
Kena crushes its tone and aesthetic on all fronts to create something that’s desirable and attainable to a group outside of hardcore gamers.
Kena’s visuals are youthful and welcoming by using cartoonish and fairytale-esque art design. The game’s companions do the same — the Rot are your constant brigade of adorable little plush-like, Pikimin-esque comrades who hop as you walk, munch on berries, clumsily trip over each other, and squeak in pitches that can only described as ‘cute.’ You can even give them little hats to wear. They’re pets and it’s all so mired in youthful innocence that I cringe even typing it.
From a distance, Kena appears childish and immature based on its outward appearance. That is, until you peel back its outer layer.
--
The game looks like something your five-year-old might enjoying toying with on your iPad, “you-got-games-on-yo-phone?” style. But there are four elements in its building blocks that make it a game not optimized for your five-year-old on their own;

1. Narrative
2. Puzzles
3. Platforming
4. Combat

Narrative
As far as the game’s story is concerned, it may begin bright and innocent enough, but it deals not-abstractly with death and loss.
Consider that all three boys you meet in the early game — Taro, Benni and Saiya are actually dead, I-see-dead-people style. Consider also that Kena’s entire journey revolves around the loss of her own father and her desire to reconnect with him.
Additionally, it is Toshi’s selfishness and his desire to be the hero that actually ends up bringing death and destruction to his village when he jumps the gun and kills and the mountain spirit in cold blood.
Merciless affronts on nature and an up-front dealing with death and grief are not exactly for the young of age, despite their youthful packaging.
Puzzles
It would be a waste of word count to explain in detail the steps necessary to complete certain puzzles in Kena just as a set of examples to prove the point.
If you’ve played or watched gameplay, you know the puzzles are surprisingly involved, consisting often of multiple steps to complete that build on each other and require the use of all of your abilities in tandem.
One of the bigger “ah-hah” moments I recall was when I realized I could order my Rot minions to move objects while Kena stood on top of said object in order to give me a leg up to jump to a previously unreachable ledge.
Platforming
Speaking of ledges, jumping to and from them is tight and precise in Kena.
Platforming challenges are often timed (your aura-bomb weapon only activates platforms for specifically-timed bursts). Combining their scheduled nature with the need to rotate them via precise archery, mid-air grappling segments and more makes for a movement experience that is involved enough to demand the player’s full attention for every tick of the clock.
Kena and her world’s gravity also have a decided, predictable weight to them that’s not exactly forgiving, meaning the act of jumping to and fro is exact while also requiring exactness.
Combat
Fighting the enemies of Kena is similarly involved.
The cadence with which the game throws opponents your way combined with the complexities of dealing meaningful damage to said opponents creates a combat scenario which demands the player fluidly wield and swap between both melee and ranged options while carefully managing space on the battlefield.
Kamikaze-style enemies often rush Kena in carefully-spaced and well-timed waves, while enemies with shields and shells hide their weak points from visibility. Enemies like this require certain sequences to beat — be it a well-placed bomb and arrow combo, a parry, or a maneuvering to an enemy’s backside.
Boss encounters lean into these mechanics but also present new wrinkles — The Hunter fight asks the player to rethink their tactics and find a way to deal with an airborne opponent who is apt at dodging bombs and arrows, for example.
The final few bosses ask you to take everything you’ve learned throughout your journey and apply it all at once, and if you don’t… it’s defeat for Kena.
--
The above sounds like I’m describing a souls-like with platforming elements as the ‘fresh take’ in addition to the enrapturing combat.
Games that provide this much of a challenging, involved experience are typically darker in tone — be it music, environment, or what-have-you. I don’t think too many people would call Kena ‘hard,’ but these are the same people who died 10+ times to The Hunter or Corrupted Toshi.
If this game had a darker, moodier skin, would more people describe it as hard or not for the faint of heart?
In this way, Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
It is accessible to new players and younger gamers due to its pleasing and friendly atmosphere. But by its conclusion, it is likely to season them into better gamers. If a newbie gamer picks up Kena, they’re in for a surprise and (hopefully) delight when they find something deeper than that which they first expected.
On the other hand, Kena is a worthwhile experience for veteran gamers if they drop their toxic masculinity and play a goofy kids game with a female protagonist. This is a game that will undoubtedly earn their respect by requiring their attention, precision and commitment throughout its experience. Like the newbie gamers, gaming veterans are in for a surprise and (certainly) delight when they find something deeper than that which they first expected.
--
Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a good experience for everyone. By balancing being adorable with being difficult, it earns the respect and appreciation of everyone who plays it. Its accessibility makes it easy to recommend to anyone and the game thus earns itself a bigger audience as a result.
Its narrative and gameplay might not separate themselves in terms of newness from a saturated market, but the surprise and delight the game provides delivers an experience to its players that isn’t typical of the space.
By striking the balance between wolf and sheep, Kena elevates its quality to something beyond just the content within.
--
…and yet…
I can’t help but think, as I summarize this article, that if a game is for everyone, doesn’t that, on some level, mean it is also for no one?
I mean, when you look at the game’s narrative or gameplay, it’s not exactly reinventing the wheel here. In fact, Kena does just about nothing new. It spits out the same exact version of a game we’ve been playing for decades in the form of Tomb Raider or Uncharted or The Legend of Zelda or God of War.
Critically speaking, both the gameplay and narrative are pretty damn milquetoast.
You’re in a world infected by some arbitrary Darkness and since you’re Special and The Chosen One™ it’s your job to go around cleansing the world of evil using a combination of environmental platforming, lever and pressure plate puzzle-solving and lock-on-based, sword-swinging driven combat.
It wouldn’t be difficult to make the argument that Kena is bland.
But the discourse around the game just isn’t about that.
The game’s scored an 81 on Metacritic and has a 92% positive review rating on Steam at time of writing. It recouped its development costs in just one month, meaning every sale since then is hitting the bottom line.
People like this game.

Quick aside from me here on something that made me smile — when double-checking the score on Steam for the above info, I found these as the first two reviews at the very top of the queue: “yo wtf. bought this game to chill, why does it feels like im playing souls-like difficulty ass game HAHAHAH.” “Don’t be fooled by the graphics. This game can be a challenge at times, but it is worth the experience.”

So maybe being an experience for everyone really was the kicker?
Or, maybe, it was something else.
In fact, yeah, I can confidently say it was. It’s a game reviewer’s buzzword, but it’s oh-so apt here: polish.
--
The entire experience of playing Kena is smooth. There are no framerate drops, no bugs, no broken quests or puzzles, no desynced dialogue and facial animations. Not a single hiccup to speak of.
The game features exacting archery, precise platforming, telegraphed and accurate hitboxes, as well as an unimpeding camera, responsive and weighty combat and legible visual design that accurately communicates with the player.
You can move through Kena virtually unobstructed (until you come across a puzzle you can’t solve, but that’s your problem, not the game’s). Everything is built carefully and gels together in a cohesion that works so fluidly that playing Kena is simply frictionless.
The game’s developers — Ember Lab — nailed the fundamentals, paid attention to detail and play-tested perfectly. Their effort to go above and beyond saved this game from sinking into the obscurity of being completely and utterly Mid.
--
It’s frictionlessness that elevates Kena beyond itself. It makes the game greater than the sum of its parts. It makes Kena a complete, finished and polished experience.
Kena presents itself like it’s Disney Pixar’s latest goofy-ass, lame-ass, sub-par video game, but lying underneath the childish aesthetic is a challenging and engaging experience that’s not only a boon for all audiences of gamers, but a worthwhile one thanks to its extreme polish and dedication.
You should play it.

[FIRST][LAST]
Atlantis Commission
Officer Report - Lieutenant Colonel John Shepard
CLEARANCE LEVEL 5
Well this had definitely been a very interesting couple of hours. This dimension and its people had very odd opinions and ideas. Apparently the prey species of this dimension were all obligate cowards, whose instincts compelled them to be non-violent and run from threats. At least according to themselves. There were apparently some of them who were “predator diseased” as they called it, a disease which often resulted in increased violence, aggression, lack of empathy, and unheard like behavior. It sounded to me like some form of infectious psychopathy, but the venlil assured us it shouldn't affect us since we were predators, which didn’t really ease my fears, but hopefully it was something we could figure out when we got home if it ever became a problem.
Gotta love mandatory quarantine periods woo hoo!
As scary as this odd disease sounded, my main concern at the moment was to try and turn a professed coward into someone who could at the very least defend themselves.
I looked down to the table of gear ahead of me and then over to the mostly naked Venlil to my side, and then even farther to Tiel’c who thought It would be a good idea to help oversee Farva’s rapid fire training course. I fiddled with the bluetooth earpiece which was rigged up to one of our handhelds to run a translation program to speak directly with the captain. A big step up from our unknowingly one sided communications earlier.
I stepped on the other side of the plastic table and placed my hands down upon it and looked on at my new student..
“Welcome Captain Farva to our very impromptu accelerated course on Human arms armor and basic infantry tactics.” I said gesturing to the hodge podge gear we had managed to assemble for the good captain. “Are we ready to begin?”.
She flicked her ears, somewhat nervously by the looks.
“I’d take it that's a yes then?”
“Oh yes sorry”
“Alright then, well given that most of our crew is human and the only other alien struts around naked all the time, the only gear we have on hand is for humans, So you're going to be running size smalls and it's all going to fit all a bit big” I say as I toss her the tactical vest. ”Here try this on, we can try to tighten it up if it's a bit loose anywhere”. The captain wrestles with the buckles a bit, and Teal'c helps her tighten up some of the top straps, as the Venil’s shoulders weren't as broad as humans. Farva gave Teal’c an odd look, but seemed appreciative none the less.Once finished, she grasped the vest in her paws with interest. “This armor seems quite lightweight, which is nice, weight is often an issue that causes us to forgo armor, since heavy armor would hurt our running ability.” Farva remarks. “Also the sheer amount of pockets seems quite excessive, what do you need all these for?”
“Well for starters it's currently missing these '' I hand Farva one of the armor plates which she looks over. “That is a depleted Naquadria ceramic composite plate. It’s designed to stop bullet impacts and dissipate energy weapon blasts. It slots into that chest compartment in the front and back of your armor.”
“This isn't quite what Id imagine for the armor of your kind”
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“Well judging by your ships I would have imagined you would put more emphasis on defense Your predatory nature would make you less likely to run away from conflict allowing for more encompassing armor to cover more than just your chest, since you have less need to run.”
She would put it like that.
“Well there are a number of reasons for that, a lot to do with those excess pockets you mentioned. For starters you will not be carrying the same amount of gear that the standard infantry unit would normally be carrying, we are preparing you for a quick in and out op. Normally us expedition teams need to be deployed into unknown territory for extended periods of time, we need to carry everything we might need with us from food, bullets, weapons, to comms gear, sensors, repelling equipment etc. The weight from all that gear adds up fast; In order to stay sufficiently mobile and combat effective; we only carry enough armor to protect our vitals, head and torso, anything else can hopefully be patched up by a field medic.”
Tielc gave his piece as well. “It is important to know when to run both towards and aways from one's foes, not every battle can be won through strength alone, but by strategy and cunning. Being able to reposition oneself quickly is therefore highly advantageous”
Farva seemed to freeze at Teal'c's statement, not out of fear I think, she instead had a distant look in her eye. To snap her out of her slump I handed her a standard ballistic helmet.
Seeming to get the idea she looked at it oddly and tried it on. It confirmed to her head shape decently well but depressed her ears to either side of her head, kind of resembling what one might imagine a sad bunny rabbit to look like “I don't think this will be something I can bring with me” she said ” I can't use ear signals and this will muffle my hearing.”
“Why don’t you keep it on for the time being, I think any extra hearing protection might be useful considering what we are about to try next.” I hand Farva some ballistic ear protectors, slightly modified and somewhat ramshackle. “One of the corporals worked closely with Nurse Fila to get an idea for safe decibels levels for your kind, we were also able to get these earbuds molded to fit into your ear canal better”
Farva took them and slipped them in. “These are a bit uncomfortable, what do I need these for?”
“You'll need them for this” I say as I unsnap the clasps on the weapons case revealing its contents.
The content seems to capture Farva’s interest, getting a slight tail wave.
“Okay So this here is a p90, It carries a 50 round top loading magazine of teflon coated armor piercing ordnance. With a cyclical rate of fire of 900 rounds per minute.”
Farvas ears perk up at this. “This seems like an efficient design, I take it these are a flashlight and laser sight for accuracy?” She asked, pointing to the top of the weapon.
“Yes we also have holographic and acog optics which will help line up targets from farther away.” I look on as Farva picks up the weapon and inspects it, testing the weight as I note that it will weigh a fair bit more once loaded. But she doesn't seem to be struggling with the weight. I can't help but notice good firearm safety as well, she keeps her finger well off the trigger and takes care to keep her weapon pointed aways from anyone else.
“This seems like a solid design but I'm not sure how useful those weapon optics would be, as they are not designed for my side facing eyes”
“I'm sure our master at arms can figure something out, why don't we give it a test fire first tho, before we send it off to make adjustments.” I instruct her on how to load the weapon and turn the safety off. I warn her of the sound it makes. And while definitely taken aback by the recoil and sound at first, she quickly gets the hang of it, she has some respectable shot groupings in both single fire and in short bursts. And keeps the rounds reasonably centered while firing in full auto.
She did a whole lot better than I would have initially suspected given her performance in the hanger bay a day before.
“The rate of fire seems useful” Farva spoke “This would be useful for our soldiers, our accuracy falters when we are panicked, and the increased shot count should guarantee some hits based on volume of fire alone” she finished with a dejected expression.
She quickly places the weapon back in its case, as if it burned to touch.” I don't know if I should be armed for this mission, at least not with that weapon, I don't want to miss and hit one of you in the back!”
“What? Nonsense, you are a great shot, and this is just a precaution in case we get separated or flanked and need some covering fire. If our guys are doing their job right you shouldn't need to fire a single round anyways.”
Captain Farva’s breathing started to hasten, earlier I might have thought it was fear, but I was starting to get an idea of what the captain's issues were. I’ve seen this before.
“I.. I can’t be trusted with this responsibility, every time I am left in charge of something, every time people put their lives in my paws I ....”
“Farva, don’t you start with me now you hear.” I said sternly, swiftly capping off her inevitable spiral of self doubt.
“But.. no.. you don’t understand”
Stopping her again I spoke. “But nothing, what happened before on that ship, and back at that colony is in the past. I don’t know your whole situation, but from what I have gathered from the crew It was nothing good. You feel responsible and it's eating away at you, and frankly it doesn’t matter if that's true or not. Accidents happen, people make mistakes, and when that happens we need to learn, take those lessons to heart, and don't let it stop us from helping people in the present. If you let guilt, or fear of mistakes stop you, then bad guys have already won, all without having to have fired a shot”
Farva is quiet for a short time, I was hoping I got through to her, I'm not the best and pep talks and this certainly wasn’t your typical weapons demo, if only everyones could go as smoothly as Ronan’s.
Farva spoke quietly, arms pressed up against her chest, she looked so sad, defeated, and small. Well more than usual anyways. “We can't be strong like you humans, we are too emotional and when we are scared we run away or we lock up and...”
“And that is clearly not the case with you captain Farva” Teal’c finally reentered the conversation having heard enough. “You have shown courage with every action you have taken so far, your actions have saved the lives of many of your crew, every time you have been threatened you acted not just to protect yourself but others as well. You attempted to contend with beings many times your size without even thinking about it, all in the effort to protect others, and this is only in the time we have known you, this speaks nothing of your actions over the colony. You are a warrior of admirable courage Captain Farva, your self doubt is unearned.”
A single tear rolled down Farva’s eyes which she quickly wiped away. “That was very nice of you to say, but I'm not brave like you say, I was terrified out of my mind the whole time.”
Teal’c looked puzzled. “I did not call you brave, I said you were courageous.”
Farva shot back with the little venlil one up one down ear flick I had very quickly learned was confusion.” I'm confused you just said brave twice”
“Hmm it appears your language does not contain the word I am using, I apologize I am not used to speaking through a translator” Teal’c relented “ There are two words I am using admittedly in slightly different forms, bravery and courage. Bravery or to be brave is to lack fear, to not be afraid to begin with. Courage tho, Is a trait far more admirable. Courage is to be afraid, to have fear, to worry about one's own mortality and personal safety. It is to acknowledge risk, danger, to feel fear, but to act in spite of it.”
“Had I not met your kind before I would have thought predators don't feel fear.”
“Everyone fears feel Farva, It is how we overcome it that determines our worth as warriors”
Teal’c picks up the p90 and returns it to Farvas hands.
“Your people need a warrior Farva, a warrior who protects the innocent and guides the lost to safety. You have shown how collected you can be in the heat of battle, You have already proven your worth in our eyes Farva, now you must do the same in your own. The greatest enemy lies not without” Teal’c places his hand firmly on the venlil’s chest “But within”.
After Action Report - Venlil Colonial Defense Force
Subject : Chief Engineer Donu
I fiddled with my holopad, Its small surface area proving to be a consistent source of annoyance in my current endeavor. Gone was the large workspace afforded to me by my holotable back in my office. Instead I had to work with the scaled down portable holotablet I was just fortunate enough to have strapped to my person when I was beamed away from our last ship. I was stuck with its smaller keyboard and slower rendering speeds.
An annoyed smooth skin alien looked over my shoulder at my device, attached to it was a jury rigged fiber optic cable, slotted into a terran silicon to crystal patch cable, which would convert the electrical signals broadcasted by my tablet into a bandwidth that the terrans crystalline based computers; which they used for highly complex tasks like hyperdrive and transporter systems; could use, and then It was patched again in a even stranger connector to patch into the odd asgard computer stones.
All in all it looked like someone tried to plug a regular computer into some crystal construct like you would find in a fantasy holonovel, and again plugged that into a harchen heat rock sauna lounge. Finally branching out from this conglomeration was a simple copper based wire that connects to a computer terminal at which currently sat the late Doctor Rodney Mckay. A title upon initially hearing led me to believe he was a medical doctor, which led to a flurry of medical questions that he had absolutely no means of answering.
While this odd alien nomenclature was interesting, what intrigued me more was his actual area of expertise, theoretical astrophysics, as well as a number of other diverse specialties and fields. Not to mention not only was he a great scientist who had he been raised in the more civilized portion of this galaxy, would have knowledge and aptitude that would put him alongside some of Aafas greatest minds, but he was also an engineer without peer, at least in this galaxy. His interactions with general Samantha Carter hinted at her possibly being his match if not more. For a species that was supposed to glorify violence the decision to have a scientist be arguably the most senior member of what was by their admission a military vessel spoke to their commitment to knowledge and understanding, a very noble prey-like goal.
I looked warily at the lines of code at my screen, the asguard translation program had earlier scanned our ship and was able to parse written languages, but complex files, like images and 3d design schematics were harder to encode and decode from our perspective systems. As is stands we have 3 completely separate computer architectures, the asguard can talk to human computers and the venlil computers can talk to the asguard computers, It sounds like we would have everything we need to get a human C.A.D schematic into a venlil holotablet right? Wrong! And you're stupid for entertaining such a idiotic notion! Parsing text from raw binary is relatively straight forward, you're just looking for patterns, repeating bit combinations that might infer letters and then iterating them over millions of times looking for patterns, letters, words, and then with a bit of help from some undecoded analog audio transmission, spoken language. This is a far cry from actual procedural communication protocols,the ones that allow for file transfers, exactly what we needed if we were to get Rodney's redesigned part schematics into a format and medium that can be plugged into a suitable fabricator. Assuming one still exists, which I can reasonably assume it does.
Speaking of which, I have just made something of a breakthrough. For upon my screen appears a simple geometric hydrogen cube, we’re talking vertices, planes, material data, everything we need for a usable design file.
I let out an excited pent up yip, the culmination of hours of frustrating software integration work. Unfortunately I startled Rodney, who lets out a panicked gasp and clutches his chest pelts with one of his paws.
“Oh god…..” He gasps, pointing at me “Please.. don’t do that”
“Sorry!” I say a bit meekly. I slowly approach him so as to not make him unnecessarily uncomfortable and show him my work.
“I got the file exchange set up, all we need from you is to finish any modifications to your part, upload them to my holopad, and then we can print away at any class 3 or above fabricator we can scrounge up on Brayga colony.”
“Ok.. um.. got it, I'm almost done i’m just you know” He points a lone grasping appendage at his screen,”Running some simulations, making sure everything is up to spec.” keeping his response kurt. “Sorry for freaking out there.”
I nod my head in the human display of affirmation and return to my workstation to further bug check my work, to test potentially problematic edge cases for when he finishes. Tho Rodney's continued odd behavior intruded on my thoughts.
I should have felt empowered, being able to intimidate this ‘massive beast’, but I didn't. I didn't like being feared, his people have been nice to me, Rodney himself courteous to a fault and desperate for positive attention.
I thought I could expect predators to be fearless but that clearly wasn't the case, rodney was fearful, nervous, had I not known better I would say defective, and while it annoyed his crew, they didn't berate him for it, or attempt to assert dominance, they encouraged it even with placating words and tried to help him through it, they encouraged and supported him like a proper herd, even if sometimes it took the form of what the human would call a playful ribbing. I supposed I could help him as well.
I approached him again, careful to make my approach known to him, making sure to approach from within his limited field of vision. He looks up at me with a wide eyed glare, had I not known him I might have assumed it was hunger, but I did and knew it to be concern.
“Uh high Donu.. um whats up?”
“Why are you afraid of us rodney?”
“Wa-What, me afraid?” he gives out a panicked laugh ”uh no no, I'm not afraid, you know just a bit weirded out I'm just getting used to you all, it's not a fear thing it's a a…. Just getting used to new aliens thing, ask Hermirod we went through this whole song and dance right buddy”
Hermirod furrowed his brow and gave an irritated sigh from across the room.
I reached out to take Rodney by the paw.
His whole body flinched at my mere touch, I quickly withdrew my paw.
“Oh.. um.. I didn't…”
“Rodney! It's okay, your crew doesn’t seem to care when you show fear, and neither do I. Why are you afraid of us? You are almost twice our size and surely double our strength, most venlil would scream and run in terror at the mere sight of you. What's wrong?”
Rodney let out a sigh. “Oh its, we don't have to talk about this, I can deal with this, I deal with scary situations all the time, it's fine, I'll be fine.”
“Rodney, my people are a very emotional, empathic people, we are open with our feelings and with our fear, and the fear of the one can affect the herd, please let me help you. I don’t know what to expect from your society but I promise I wont judge you for your fear or emotions, I mean look at many of my crew mates, we are no one to judge”
Rodney shot back “You didn't seem to be so bothered”
“I’m too old to care, I was about to retire, hell I was about to die as far as I knew, Brayga colony was supposed to be a quiet place to lay back, work on some hobbies, plant a garden and pester the young men of my colony until I either dropped dead of boredom or got lucky” I joked.
That seemed to raise Rodney's mood somewhat. He sighed and seemingly relented.
“It’s… a dumb story, I don't even know why it affected me so much, I come from a place on earth called Canada, people don't usually believe me when I say I am from there, us Canadians are notoriously friendly and I guess I haven’t exactly filled that mold for a lot of my life, but hey I'm working on it, people like me, I have lots of friends back at Atlantis” He says the last sentence in a way as if it isn't me he's trying to convince.
“I'm sure you do, Rodney, You seem like quite the charming individual when you're not cowering!”
“Ha ha thanks, maybe you could come and visit sometime. Tell that to doctor Becket, really nice guy, smart man, he would love to meet you, he loves investigating new species. But back on topic, oh boy, so me and my sister Jeannie were on a family trip to rural Vancouver to visit my grandpa's farm, he kept a lot of goats, not for eating or anything, they were essentially pets that he would use for milk”
“Wait hold on? You drink milk from other animals! Do your females not produce enough milk for their young?”
“Oh um no, we just sort of drink it or ferment it into cheese!”
“Ferment? You mean spoil?
“Yeh”
I reeled from this plasma blast of a statement, I like any right minded venlil had a number of nightmares about being an arxur’s cattle before, especially when I first learned about those things in primary school, but never once had it crossed my mind that we could be used for something so weird. What the speh was I supposed to do with that information?
“Maybe you should get back on topic”
“Yeh sorry about that uh.. Anyways the momma goat had just had a litter of babies, and their real cute when their little, so late in the day when my grandpa was asleep we snuck out to the pens so we can play with the little baby goats, our grandpa told us not to but you now how kids are.”
At this I think back to a young Nyan, as I teach him the inner working of the hyperdrive, I tell him he’s not cleared yet to operate in this engine compartment alone, but I could tell from the occasional caught black hairs and dropped writing implements, there had been a number of curious unauthorized expeditions into its inner workings, he didn't really listen either.
“My sister as always was trying to be the voice of reason, wanting to take it slow. If I was paying attention I might have noticed the angry moma goat who didn’t appreciate the strange human messing with her children.”
The color seemed to drain from his face.
“I uh…” He began to stutter again ”I screamed, a lot, it was rather undignified, she ran right at me, thank god it wasn't a male goat, one with horns, I tired to run but I was hit in the back and knocked over and kicked real good in the head, like wake up in the vet clinic a quarter mile down the road kind of bad”
“This goat was a prey animal?”
“That would be what your kind focuses on”
“Oh sorry”
“Anyways It seems dumb but I have just never been good with animals since then, especially ones that look like you; no offense; I'm getting better but when I first saw you guys in the hangar bay, I was just that dumb kid again, getting in way over my head, scared for my life. I guess there is something to be said about childhood trauma. I really should be over this, I'm getting better with it I swear it’s just”
I take his paw again, he doesn't flinch this time.
“I'm a venlil, a prey animal, I know fear, I know what it is to live in fear, It rattles your brain, it turns your paws to wet grains. It takes great strength to overcome it, to push it aside just long enough to protect the herd. Your herd relies on you Rodney and you are doing a great job in spite of your fear, in spite of having to work with those you fear. You have achieved intellectual feats that rival the greatest minds of the federation and all that while struggling with a traumatic experience. Fear isn’t dumb and there is nothing wrong with you for feeling it.”
“Thank you” Rodney says “That means a lot, I won't be like forever I promise, I just need some time.”
“We will laugh about this someday,” I assured. “Nothing as big and intelligent as you should be afraid of anything”
“Are you calling me fat?” Rodney exclaimed with fake offense.
We both chuckled.
My kind words had resulted in a more upright posture, and a more cheerful demeanor from the human, almost like when I congratulated Nyan on his work, and it got me a look at that happy snarl of his, that I was starting to grow quite fond of.
After Action Report - Venlil Colonial Defense Force
Subject : Apprentice Engineer Nyan
Oh wow! I get to write a report for this mission! I never get to write reports, Donu says they're too boring, but there’s so many interesting things going on all the time. Sometimes I sneakily write my own! Just for fun of course, nobody sees them, which is probably for the best as I sometimes get excited and embellish them slightly. One of the reports I wrote was about the time Donu used nothing but a wad of electrical tape, a bottle of high grain venlil alcohol and a pocket knife to repair a venlil medical ship just in time to get out of the way of a big scary space predator, with glowing red eyes and a million tentacles!
Anyways Im not sure If im suppose to write these In present tense first person or past tense. I asked the captain and she said it's whatever so long as I make sure any pertinent dialogues are properly quoted(“”).
“Nobody usually reads these things anyways.” She said, but this one is surely going to be so exciting, who could look away!
I mean who's gonna scoff at a chance to read about friendly predators from another dimension! A dimension of friendly predators who give warm head scratches and hand out yummy strayu not strayu treats called donuts, that are somehow fluffier than strayu, and have a nice moisture to them. I asked for the recipe but Samantha said we wouldn't have the ingredients back on Venili prime to make them, and Teal'c said the recipe is an old family secret. Its weird predators would be so protective of their plant snacks.
There are so many weird things about these predators, they have nurturing instincts that make them find us cute. They stay perfectly balanced even if they don’t have tails, swinging their arms and body all over the place to keep upright like a lopsided gyroscope, it's pretty funny looking!
They also wear artificial pelts all the time, which I thought was weird, I thought maybe the ships temperature was set by the angry gray alien since he’s the only crew member beside the venlil who walks around naked all the time, maybe he had a fit when it was to warm, and the humans obliged him cause they were worried they would make him even angrier, and wore clothes to make up for the cold. I thought this made sense, a lot of their technology does seem to come from the Asguard, maybe he has more say in the goings on of the ship because of that. But apparently humans just like wearing pelts all the time. They feel uncomfortable without them and don’t like it if you try to remove them or look up their upper artificial pelts they call shirts.
The humans are so weird, I don’t even have to embellish my reports to make it more interesting. Like that time with the big tentacled space predator. That may sound real compared to this stuff but it Isn't, Ha! I bet you fell for it at first, hook line and sinker! Like the humans would say. I think I used that saying right, I'm not sure what it means, but Shepard brought it up when he was telling a story about the wraith.
The humans are so nice, instead of exterminating their predators they try to cure them! Their doctors are working to modify the wraith so they don't have to eat humans anymore, so they can be friendly predators too.
Anyways I should probably get to the actual report part of this report. Farva says I should start after I went off with Samantha to work on some special astrophysics equations she said I would be good at. I kind of wanted to go with Donu to help Rodney get the new parts they needed, or Farva to help rescue our people, but the humans and even the angry gray alien got really weird when Farva mentioned taking me on the mission. Samantha seemed to want me to help her really badly so I didn’t mind. Samantha says I have the most important part to our mission. She's teaching me about how humans communicate through subspace, and about stellar drift equations. We are working on what she calls the exit strategy.

I adopted a 5 year old sweet kitty. She has been adjusting for the past few days. Finding little comfortable spots and spending most of her tike there. I've made sure of coarse to give her privacy and space while also normalizing me being around her. I sit a few feet away making sure not to crowd her or block off exits, generally being quiet and just scrolling through my phone. I've made sure when I set out treats that she sees me doing it so she knows I did that. Yesterday night we had a nice breakthrough where she started slow blinking and I reciprocated, she turned her back twice on me, came out of her hiding place and rubbed her head on my legs. I can generally get by petting her with one finger on her head after letting her sniff my finger, then depending on her reaction (slight head bow or moving her head to the side she wouldn't mind being pet there) petting her for a short while as to not test her patience. I'd rather leave her wanting to be pet more than be angry. Overall there has been some hissing and minor swatting, I'm not perfect but I immediately back off and give her space afterwards.
My question, when I go into her space and sit to get her used to me she pops out from her corner and almost runs for my legs and does the figure 8 rubbing on them. Sometimes she'll rub her head on my legs hiss not even looking at me, and then just continue sometimes rubbing her head on my legs mid hiss. What am I supposed to get from that? "Back off man, but stay. I love you, I hate you. This is the best, I hate it"

N.B.: I'm mainly looking for the games listed in the title and at the bottom of the thread. Feel free to post other offers, but if I haven't responded to your comment(s) by my next posting, I likely wasn't able to find a trade that interested me.
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For sale (for Steam Gift Cards or gifted Steam Wallet balance):
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• Dark Souls™: Prepare To Die™ Edition (removed from Steam Store; $350 $400 or best offer)
• Fall Guys (removed from Steam Store)
• Fall Guys - Dragon Hugger Pack (removed from Steam Store)
• Fall Guys - Icy Adventure Pack (removed from Steam Store)
• Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition (removed from Steam Store)
• Spec Ops: The Line (removed from Steam Store)

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• Humble Hunie Sakura Bundle (can also trade for a full "charity" bundle (Australia Fire Relief Bundle or similar))
• Humble Sekai Project Bundle (can also trade for a full "charity" bundle (Stand with Ukraine Bundle or similar))

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For trade:
*signifies that a game is tentatively up for trade, assuming I buy the bundle
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• Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition
• Soulstice
• Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin – Ultimate Edition

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• A Little to the Left
• Black Book

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• Superliminal
• The Talos Principle Gold Edition
• The Witness

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• Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed
• Life is Strange: True Colors
• Scorn
• There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition

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• Hellpoint
• Remnant: From the Ashes
• Tails of Iron

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• Hell Pie
• OTXO
• The Red Lantern
• Twin Mirror

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• Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace
• Blood Rage: Digital Edition
• Gloomhaven - Solo Scenarios: Mercenary Challenges
• Small World
• Small World - A Spider's Web
• Small World - Be not Afraid...
• Small World - Cursed!
• Small World - Grand Dames
• Small World - Royal Bonus
• Splendor
• Splendor - The Cities
• Splendor - The Strongholds
• Splendor - The Trading Posts
• Terraforming Mars

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• A Short Hike(?)
• A Story Beside(?)
• Aces & Adventures(?)
• Arcade Spirits(?)
• Battlestar Galactica Deadlock(?)
• Beyond Blue(?)
• Cat Quest(?)
• Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!(?)
• EARTHLOCK(?)
• Harmony's Odyssey(?)
• Homeworld Remastered Collection(?)
• Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure(?)
• Minecraft: Java Edition - MCC Island Jingle Jam Rewards Pack(?)
• Monster Prom(?)
• Sifu Deluxe Cosmetic Pack(?)
• Spirit of the Island(?)
• SUPERHOT(?)
• Tinytopia(?)
• Toodee and Topdee(?)
• Train Valley 2(?)
• Turbo Golf Racing(?)
• Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story(?)
• Xenonauts(?)

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• Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs

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• Dark Deity
• Edge Of Eternity
• Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising

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• CRYPTARK
• Dead Estate
• Paint the Town Red

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• Lost Castle
• My Time At Portia

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• Toodee and Topdee

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• WWE 2K23

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• Chivalry 2
• Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
• The Forgotten City
• GRIME
• Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition

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• Back 4 Blood
• Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
• Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
• Batman: Arkham Knight Premium Edition
• Batman™: Arkham Origins
• Injustice 2 Legendary Edition
• Mad Max
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition
• Middle-earth: Shadow of War Definitive Edition
• Mortal Kombat 11
• Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate Add-On Bundle
• Mortal Kombat XL

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• Alan Wake Collector's Edition
• Bendy and the Dark Revival
• Pathologic 2

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• CODE VEIN
• .hack//G.U. Last Recode
• Katamari Damacy REROLL
• TEKKEN 7

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• A Juggler's Tale
• Spirit of the Island

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• Boomerang Fu
• PlateUp!
• ROUNDS
• Stick Fight: The Game
• Ultimate Chicken Horse

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• Fae Tactics
• Flynn: Son of Crimson
• Ikenfell
• Ring of Pain
• Void Bastards

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• After the Fall® - Deluxe Edition
• Zero Caliber VR

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• Patch Quest

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• Five Dates
• Late Shift

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• Demon Turf
• Pumpkin Jack

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• Trover Saves the Universe

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• Coromon
• The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos
• Jack Move

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• Road 96
• SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator

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• A Short Hike

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• Cloudpunk
• Ghostrunner
• Severed Steel

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• Eternal Threads
• Turbo Golf Racing

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• Lethal League Blaze
• OlliOlli World
• WWE 2K BATTLEGROUNDS

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• Dragon Fist: VR Kung Fu
• The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners

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• Celeste

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• Blasphemous
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
• Hollow Knight

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• Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery

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• Bionic Commando: Rearmed
• Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
• Lost Planet 3 - Complete
• Mega Man Legacy Collection
• STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®

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• Aground
• Calico
• Evan's Remains
• StarCrossed
• Teacup

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• Into the Radius VR

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• Aliens: Fireteam Elite
• Founders' Fortune
• Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp

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• Nomad Survival
• Scarlet Tower

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• The Citadel
• Viscerafest
• WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

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• The Blackout Club

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• BIOMUTANT
• Edge Of Eternity
• Golden Light

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• Call of the Sea
• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

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• 112 Operator
• 911 Operator
• The Amazing American Circus
• Armello
• Backbone
• Calico
• Euro Truck Simulator 2
• Farming Simulator 17
• Ghostrunner
• Guilty Gear X2 #Reload
• Lust from Beyond: M Edition
• Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
• Orbital Racer
• Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition
• PAYDAY 2
• Pilgrims
• Soulblight
• Space Crew: Legendary Edition
• Starfinder Core Rulebook (Paizo key) and Starfinder Adventure: Junker's Delight (Paizo key)
• Strange Brigade
• Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
• System Shock 2
• System Shock: Enhanced Edition
• Ticket to Ride
• XCOM® 2
• X-Morph: Defense Complete Pack

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• Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
• Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
• Othercide
• Shady Part of Me

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• The Last Campfire

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• Sakura Swim Club

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• Summer in Mara
• Townscaper

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• The Long Dark: Survival Edition

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• Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands

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• Conan Chop Chop
• Grow: Song of the Evertree

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• Styx: Shards of Darkness

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• Hard West
• John Wick Hex
• Phantom Doctrine
• Red Solstice 2: Survivors

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• Arizona Sunshine

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• Backbone
• Blade Assault
• First Class Trouble
• Super Magbot

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• Golf Gang
• Maid of Sker

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• Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York
• Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York
• Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest

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• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl

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• Crown Trick

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• Guts and Glory
• Hello Neighbor

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• Day of the Tentacle Remastered
• Grim Fandango Remastered
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• STAR WARS®: Knights of the Old Republic™ II

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• Duke Nukem Forever
• PGA TOUR 2K21
• WWE 2K Battlegrounds

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• In Sound Mind

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• Little Big Workshop
• Not Tonight

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• Brigador Deluxe Edition
• Verdun

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• Resident Evil 0
• Resident Evil 6
• Resident Evil

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• EVERSPACE™

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• Cultist Simulator
• GWENT: The Witcher Card Game - Ultimate Starter Pack (GOG key)

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• The LEGO® NINJAGO® Movie Video Game

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• Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager
• Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense

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• STAR WARS™: Squadrons (Origin key)(?)

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• Bionic Commando
• Street Fighter V

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• As Far As The Eye
• Impulsion

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• Orcs Must Die! 2 - Complete Pack

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• Bartlow's Dread Machine

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• Blaston

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• White Day: A Labyrinth Named School

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• The Walking Dead

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• Total Tank Simulator

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• Archangel: Hellfire - Fully Loaded

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• XCOM® 2

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• Black The Fall
• Goetia

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• Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition

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• Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
• This War of Mine

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• Tom Clancy's The Division™ (Uplay key)
• Tom Clancy's The Division™ - Survival (Uplay key)

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• Highway Blossoms
• HunieCam Studio
• KARAKARA
• Sunrider Academy
• Sunrider: Liberation Day - Captain's Edition

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• A Kiss For the Petals - Remembering How We Met

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• Hacknet
• Satellite Reign

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• The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut

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• The Elder Scrolls: Legends: 2 Card Packs (Skyrim) 1 Event Ticket 100 Gold 100 Souls
• ESO Vanity Pet: Bristlegut Piglet and 15 Days of ESO Plus

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• Ame no Marginal -Rain Marginal-
• KARAKARA
• Memory's Dogma CODE:01
• Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project
• Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project - Season Pass

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• A Kiss For the Petals - Remembering How We Met
• Sakura Angels
• Beach Bounce
• Beach Bounce - Soundtrack
• Blue Rose

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• Lionessy Story
• My Personal Angel
• Natural - Beyond Nature -
• Postmen Of Horizon (removed from Steam Store)

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• The Reject Demon: Toko Chapter 0 — Prelude

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• Koi-Koi Japan [Hanafuda playing cards]
• Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle
• Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle : School Girls Edition
• Poker Pretty Girls Battle: Texas Hold'em
• Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire

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• Guns of Icarus Alliance
• Guns of Icarus Online
• Impossible Creatures Steam Edition
• Lethal League
• Tempest: Pirate Action RPG
• Tempest - Treasure Lands
• Tempest - Original Soundtrack
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf
• Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

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• Tenta Shooter
• Gun Gun Pixies
• DUSK
• For The King
• Book of Demons
• PlateUp!
• Kingdom Two Crowns
• White Day: A Labyrinth Named School
• Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
• Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
• Steel Rats™
• Hue
• Sifu Deluxe Edition Upgrade Bundle (Epic key)
• Gal*Gun: Double Peace
• The Invisible Hours
• Synergia
• ROCKETRON
• Project Nimbus: Complete Edition
• Dead Age
• Spirit Hunter: NG
• Slain: Back from Hell(?)
• Cook, Serve, Delicious!
• Tower of Time
• Danger Scavenger
• Survive the Nights
• Valfaris
• Nongunz: Doppelganger Edition
• This War of Mine

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• Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition
• Knights of Pen and Paper 2 - Here Be Dragons

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• 112 Operator
• 911 Operator
• Book of Demons
• Broken Age
• Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
• Crying Suns
• Crying Suns
• Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
• Driftland: The Magic Revival
• Liberated (GOG key)
• Moon Hunters
• Out of Reach: Treasure Royale
• Wanderlust: Travel Stories (GOG key)
• WARSAW
• X-Morph: Defense + European Assault, Survival of the Fittest, and Last Bastion DLC (I believe this redeems as the linked Complete Pack, minus the soundtrack)
• ΔV: Rings of Saturn(?)

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• Arcade Paradise
• Calico
• Say No! More
• Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
• Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
• Phoenix Point: Year One Edition
• Deliver Us The Moon
• Morkredd
• Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos
• Spirit Hunter: NG
• Survivalist: Invisible Strain
• Warhammer: Vermintide 2
• ENDLESS™ Space 2
• Surviving the Aftermath
• The Long Dark

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• Duck Game
• SCP: Secret Files
• WWE 2K23
• The Jackbox Party Pack
• Outward (redeems as the base game only, not the linked Definitive Edition)
• Outward - The Soroboreans
• Outward Soundtrack
• Blade Assault
• Founders' Fortune
• Hokko Life
• Monster Crown
• Othercide
• Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition
• ScourgeBringer
• Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
• HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition
• Sonic CD (removed from Steam Store)
• LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 1-4
• LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 5-7
• STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
• Bionic Commando
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• Project CARS (removed from Steam Store)

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• 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
• Astebreed: Definitive Edition
• Avernum: Escape from the Pit
• BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
• CrossCode
• Dead Rising 4
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• Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
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Kokichi and Himiko hurried over to Himiko's secret magic room. Once there, Himiko threw open the pages of "Inside the Magical Mind" over to the "Build the Perfect Dream" chapter. She flipped through the pages until she found what she was looking for.
"A-ha!" she squeaked with excitement, placing her finger on the horror section. Kokichi grinned at her.
"Nee-heehee...I know we're supposed to be serious, and all, but that 'a-ha!' was super cute, Monkey Buns!" Kokichi said, giving Himiko a squeeze.
"Nyeh...that's because I'm super cute...thank you very much," Himiko said, sassily flipping her hair.
"Yes, you are," Kokichi murmured in a low, flirty voice, leaning his head against Himiko's. "I wuv my cute, wittle Monkey Buns." He gave Himiko a few soft kisses on her lips. Himiko giggled in delight.
"Okay, okay, it's back to being serious," she said suddenly, clapping her hands with a purpose.
"Yup, yup! It's go time!" Kokichi said, nodding enthusiastically. Himiko studied the horror section of the book:
~HORROR:~
Want a more terrifying experience in your dreams? No? Would you like to give your enemies nightmares, then? If that's the case, try filling up your enemy's mind with the most horrific thing they could ever imagine! Or, use a more lighthearted, yet creepy, potion to prank a friend! That works, too! Take them on a night filled with monsterific fright!
Himiko skimmed the first two potions, "Thriller Night dream," and the "Goosebumps dream." She stopped straight at the "Nightmare Fuel dream."
"Nyeh...this is the one that we need," she said, grinning deviously. Kokichi grinned along with her.
"Oooo...I love when my Supreme Lady gets all mischievous," he said with a ghoulish giggle as he kissed her cheek. Himiko giggled with him, as well, before reading on:
Nightmare Fuel dream: Want your enemies to experience the ultimate nightmare? Then, the Nightmare Fuel dream is the perfect one for you...or should I say, your enemy. Huhuhu! Give them them a night full of what they fear the most, whether it's a bunch of wriggly spiders, or a terrifying ghost!
Kokichi and Himiko grinned at each other impishly.
"Perfect!" they murmured in unison, and giggled deviously as Himiko poured in the ingredients. As she stirred the potion, eerie wisps of green and purple mist emanated from the cauldron. Himiko waved her hands mysteriously over her cauldron to part the mists away. Kokichi was mesmerized by her movements. Her face glowed bright in beautiful shades of shimmering green and purple. Kokichi felt his heart beat faster. If they weren't making cookies, this could be the perfect romantic setting. He couldn't resist her mischievous grin as she continued to pour and mix the ingredients. He felt as if he were falling in love all over again. Himiko looked up at him, catching him staring. She batted her eyelashes seductively at him, beckoning him closer. Finding her alluring and completely irresistible, Kokichi moved closer to her. He placed his hands on her waist and pulled her into a deep, passionate kiss. He then wrapped his arms tightly around Himiko. He couldn't resist. Heart raging against his chest, he reached up her shirt, caressing her back with his hands. His hand slowly moved up towards her bra to unhook it.
Snoozydoodle, my ass, he thought to himself. All my dreams are coming true right here! Suddenly, he moved his lips down to her neck. Himiko gasped softly and smiled. She placed her lips next to Kokichi's ear.

"Kokichi," she whispered seductively.
"Mmmm...yes...my Supreme Lady...?" Kokichi murmured in response, using his lips to move Himiko's shirt collar to gently bite Himiko's shoulder.
"The cookies, Kokichi..." Himiko reminded him in a sultry whisper. Kokichi's hands froze right as he was about to unhook her bra. He squeezed her longingly, but in the end, reluctantly released her.
"Right..." he mumbled. "Sorry..." He sighed, feeling dizzy. He had to admit that he loved the way Himiko made him feel. He shook his head to clear his mind. His breathing slowed back to a steady pace, as well as his heart. Now wasn't the time for feelings. They had to focus on the task at hand. Himiko smiled and bit her lip flirtatiously at him. He could tell she wanted him just as badly in that moment. But, she continued mixing the potion. He turned away from her, as if to block out any lustful temptations.
"Nyeh...it's finally done," Himiko said, breaking the silence. She poured the potion into a potion bottle.
"Ready to go?" Kokichi asked, trying to overcome the spell he was just under. Himiko nodded. Once they left the room, Kokichi grabbed Himiko's wrist. "Himiko...what happened back there...you didn't...do that to me, right?" Himiko smiled as she blushed bright red and shook her head.
"Nope," she replied. Kokichi nodded slowly.
"I thought so," he said. They both took deep breaths. "Pheeew! That was something, huh?" he said, scratching his head with a sheepish blush splashed onto his face.
"Nyeh...it was probably just a heat-of-the-moment type thing," Himiko said.
"Yeah, er, um...sorry about...y'know...reaching up your shirt and..." Kokichi began. Himiko looked at him with a seductive gleam in her eye and smiled naughtily as she placed her hand on his chest.
"You can do whatever you want to me..." she murmured in a low voice. "...and that's the truth." She bit her lip and winked flirtatiously at him before turning and walking away without another word. Kokichi stared after her, stunned, as she walked along the train tracks leading to the abandoned train station. Suddenly, a devilish grin crossed his face as he ran to catch up to her. He wrapped an arm around her waist and gave her a kiss on the lips before both breaking off into a run with mischievous giggling to D.I.C.E. headquarters to bake cookies for the final time.
End
"Don't go chasin' waterfalls. Listen to the rivers and the lakes that you're uuused to," Four sang, holding a broom handle like a microphone. Five paused from polishing some furniture and turned to him with a scoff.
"Ugh...dummy! Hello! It's 'Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to,'" she corrected.
"Well...whatever," Four grumbled. "I don't like that dumb song anyway."
"Hahaha...why, cuz you got the words wrong?" Six cackled.
"N-No!" Four stammered, going back to sweeping the floor. Two held the dustpan out so Four could sweep the dirt into it. "I just...think it's dumb! How can someone chase a waterfall when it doesn't even move?!"
"Pffft! I don't know, I didn't come up with the lyrics! Why don't you ask DLC?" Six answered. Five rolled her eyes.
"TLC!! " she corrected.
"Whaaaateveeeerrrrr!!" Six shouted back. Suddenly, the front doors of the headquarters burst open, and in walked Kokichi and Himiko.
"Boss! You're here!" Four said, blocking Kokichi's way. "Can I ask you something?"
"Not now, Ichiro, Himiko and I have some business in the kitchen," Kokichi replied urgently. He swerved around Four, but Four ran up to block his way again. "Ugh! What, Ichiro?!" Kokichi exclaimed testily.
"Um...is it 'Don't go chasing waterfalls, listen to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to,' or is it, 'please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to?'" Four asked timidly.
"The latter," Kokichi replied briefly, then dashed away quickly to the kitchen.
"DAMMMIIIIIT!!" Four cried, falling to his knees in defeat. Five grinned smugly at him.
"Told ya!" she said before continuing her polishing.
In the kitchen, Kokichi and Himiko got to work on the last batches of the Snoozydoodles. Kokichi preheated the oven. Himiko poured the ingredients, including some of her potion, inside, and Kokichi mixed afterwards. Right after sticking one batch into the oven, they immediately got started on a second batch. After a few hours of baking, they had finally come up with enough batches for the entire school.
"Nyeh...that was exhausting," Himiko sighed, leaning against the wall.
"Well, that was only half the battle, HimiCocoa Bean," Kokichi said, pulling her up. "We gotta get these cookies to Hope's Peak."
"Ooo! Can I have one?" Four asked, reaching for a cookie.
"No!" Kokichi said, slapping his hand away.
"Nyeh...Kokichi? How are going to carry all these cookies?" Himiko asked, gesturing to the stacks upon stacks of cookies on the counter.
"Kazuki!" Kokichi called to Eight. Eight silently walked in and saluted. "Bring the confetti cannon."
"Yes, boss," Eight replied, then hurried away. He came back a few minutes later lugging a large, black, tubular contraption with a long, black hose with ridges similar to a one on a vacuum cleaner.
"Thank you!" Kokichi replied. Eight saluted in response. "It's clear of confetti, right?"
"Yes, sir," Eight replied.
"Great!" Kokichi said. "Takehiko!" Ten now appeared in the kitchen, taking his place next to Eight.
"You rang, boss?" he asked.
"Yup! Fire up the Happycopter and wait there for us," Kokichi ordered.
"On it like a bonnet!" Ten promised and scurried off.
"Monkey Buns, help me pour the cookies into this hole right here," Kokichi said, opening up a lid on top of the cannon similar to a fuel cap on a car.
"Nyeh...got it, boss," Himiko replied with a smile. Kokichi smiled back at her and stroked her cheek affectionately. They both began pouring the cookies inside the confetti cannon. Once all the cookies were inside, Kokichi closed the lid.
"Alright, babe, we're ready to roll!" he said to Himiko. Himiko nodded firmly in response. Kokichi turned to Eight. "Kazuki, give us a hand." Eight saluted and helped Kokichi and Himiko carry the cannon up the stairs all the way to the rooftop, where Ten was waiting for them in the Happycopter. The three hoisted the cannon inside. Kokichi hopped in and helped Himiko inside.
"Where to, boss?" Ten asked.
"Drop us down on the roof of Hope's Peak," Kokichi replied.
"Caaaan do!" Ten said, then took off. He landed the Happycopter on the roof of the academy, and helped Kokichi lug the cannon out.
"Alright, Ten! We'll take it from here!" Kokichi shouted over the blades of the Happycopter. Ten answered with a salute, then flew the Happycopter back to D.I.C.E. headquarters. The final bell to Hope's Peak rang, and the students began pouring out of the front entrance far below. Kokichi pulled out a megaphone.
"He-eeeey, everyoooone!" he sang, his voice ringing loud and clear. The students looked up at him.
"Hey! It's Kokichi!" Kaito said, pointing up at the roof.
"And Himiko's with him!" Ibuki added. Himiko felt dizzy from such a great height.
"Nyeeeh...I feel woozy," she muttered. "I'm glad I'm only 4' 11." I don't think I could stand being taller than that."
"That's alright, HimiCocoa Bean, I'll do all the talking," Kokichi said. "Just get ready to flip that switch when I tell you to." Himiko went to the cannon and waited by a tiny, black lever.
"Hey, Kokichi!! Tell Himiko to give us more cookies!" Kazuichi cried.
"You guys want Snoozydoodles?" Kokichi asked through the megaphone. Everyone cheered. "I saaiiid...do you guys want Snoozydoodles?" Kokichi repeated louder, increasing suspense. Everyone cheered louder.
"Hurry up and give us the damn cookies!!" Miu screamed at the top of her lungs. Kokichi turned to Himiko.
"Flip the switch, Monkey Buns!" he said. Himiko flipped the tiny lever, activating the confetti cannon. Kokichi held up the ridged hose, and out flew dozens of cookies. The students below cheered and clamored for the cookies. Everyone grabbed a cookie and headed home. Kokichi turned to Himiko and gave her a high five.
"Well done, Himiko!" he said. "Now all we gotta do is wait!"
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The next morning, Himiko woke up to see Tenko sitting on the edge of her bed in horror. Her eyes were wide and she was pale as if she had seen a ghost. Himiko crept slowly over to her.
"Nyeh...Tenko? Are you okay?" Himiko asked worriedly. Tenko jumped back in fear.
"WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!" she screamed, jumping back under her blanket.
"Nyeh! T-Tenko! It's just me!" Himiko said. Tenko peeked out from under her blanket.
"H-H-Himiko...?" she stammered.
"That's right. It's just me," Himiko said. Shivering violently, Tenko crawled out from under blanket again. "Tenko, what happened?"
"H-H-Had...nightmare..." Tenko stammered. "N-N-nothing b-b-but...darkness. And...c-c-creepy singing. I couldn't move! It's like I was trapped inside a...a...cage! The next thing I know...there was a sharp p-p-pain in my neck!"
"Oh, my!" Himiko exclaimed.
"Th-Th-That's when I w-w-woke up," Tenko said, holding her blanket up to her face. Then, she slowly lowered her blanket with an apologetic expression. "Himiko...i-i-if it's okay with you...I d-don't think I want another S-Snoozyd-d-doodle..."
"Yeah! Okay!" Himiko nodded. It was exactly what she wanted! She hurried to get dressed, then headed downstairs to the dining room to see the others' faces filled with woe and misery, as if their nightmares had drained every ounce of life from their bodies.
"Nee-heehee...looks like all their hopes and dreams got shattered, huh?" Kokichi whispered, suddenly appearing next to Himiko, leaning his elbow on her shoulder. Himiko grinned and nodded.
"But, I wanna make sure they don't crave my Snoozydoodles at all, anymore," she said. She walked into the dining room. "Nyeh...anyone in the mood for more Snoozydoodles?" Everyone snapped to attention with sheer horror in their eyes.
"NOOOOOOOO!!!" Kaito wailed.
"Keep those cookies from hell away from us!!" Miu cried, tears streaming from her eyes. "There was nothing but...t-t-toilet paper everywhere!! And some buff guy I couldn't identify was running after me with one of the rolls tryin' to strangle meeee!!"
"Gonta not wanna get stabbed by bug again!!" Gonta sobbed into his hands. "Bugs betray Gontaaaaaa!!"
"I...had boiled water thrown on me..." Kiyo said, his face pale and sweaty. "Then, to add salt to the wound, Sister threw salt on my wounds." He shuddered violently.
"I was surrounded by a bunch of piranhas," Ryoma said. "And then, they started biting me. I...could actually feel the biting." Everyone was holding themselves, rocking back and forth, trying to erase their nightmares from their minds.
"Himiko...if it's alright with you...I'm done with Snoozydoodles," Tsumugi said. Himiko pretended to appear despondent.
"I understand," she said. Then, she turned to Kokichi with a huge grin. Kokichi gave her a thumbs up.
"That's my Supreme Lady," he murmured in her ear and gave her a kiss.
***
Weeks later, the time finally came for the surprise field trip. Usami ushered the students onto the buses.
"Where do you think we're going, Monkey Buns?" Kokichi asked Himiko.
"Nyeh...I'm not sure," Himiko replied.
"Tuh...wherever it is, it better not have anything to do with cookies," Miu muttered bitterly. She was hanging over their seat from behind.
"Uh...this is a private conversation between me and my Supreme Lady," Kokichi said. "So, back off, bitch!"
"Eeeeeeee!!! Okay, okaaaayyyy!!" Miu whined, shriveling back down into her seat. The buses lurched forward, and drove a few hours, passing cities like Osaka and Kobe. From Kobe, they drove through Awaji island to one of Japan's main islands, Shikoku, to Ehime prefecture. From there, they took a ferry ride to a small island.
"Heeey, you're taking us to an island?!" Kazuichi asked in annoyance. "How annoying! What's so great about a damn island?! We live on one! Japan is made of a bunch of them!"
"Don't worry! You'll like this place, I'm sure!" Usami promised.
"Oh, my! If that island is what I think it is, we shall definitely have the best time of our lives!" Sonia cried.

"What is it?" Kaede asked.
"I...do not want to tell," Sonia said. "I do not want to get my hopes up." Himiko turned to Kokichi.
"Do you know what she's talking about, Kokichi?" she whispered. Kokichi shrugged.
"Beats me," he replied. "Honestly, I think it'll be fun to find out." Finally, the ferry pulled in to dock. The students climbed off the ferry, and were startled by Sonia's cry of pure joy.
"I KNEW IT!!!" she exclaimed. The students turned to see what she was so happy about, and gasped in delight. There before them, were a bunch of cats! Cats laying around, cats pouncing on birds, cats being petted by tourists. There were cats everywhere!
"Students...welcome to Aoshima Island!" Usami announced grandly. "Feel free to pet the kitties to your heart's content!" The students rushed over to them with glee.
"Awwww...hey, there, wittle kitty-wittyyyyy...!" Kaede gushed, holding a cat up to her nose. then, she held it to Shuichi. "Wanna pet him, Shuichi?" Shuichi patted the cat politely on his head.
"Fuhahahahaaaa!! I shall set up my feline army here!" Gundham said. Many cats surrounded him. "Behold, feline warriors! It is I, your king, Gundham Ta-nyah-kaaa!!"
"Huh...I didn't think someone like you was capable of making puns," Kazuichi said.
"I thought it was a wonderful pun!" Sonia said.
"Pretty cute, huh, Himiko?" Kokichi asked, holding up a black and white cat. Himiko held up a cat with ginger fur.
"Nyeh...this one, too!" she said with a nod.

"Heeeey...these two look like they'd make a great couple!" Kokichi said. They held their cats together. One black and white, and the other, with its fiery red-orange fur.
"I couldn't agree more, Kokichi," Himiko replied, batting her eyelashes at him. The black and white cat's green eyes twinkled with mischief, while the ginger cat just hung there lazily in Himiko's arms. The black and white cat playfully swiped at the ginger cat. The ginger cat made an annoyed noise and pawed at the black and white one. The black and white cat nuzzled its head against the ginger's, and the ginger cat seemed to smile. Kokichi and Himiko giggled and set the cats down. The black and white cat nudged the ginger. He ran a few feet ahead, then stopped, waiting for the ginger to follow. The ginger stood up and trotted after the black and white. The black and white hopped up and down excitedly and broke off into a run. Kokichi wrapped his arm around Himiko's waist as they watched the the ginger catching up to the black and white, running alongside each other off to another adventure, no doubt.

I'm okay with my family, and friends petting him but not when I'm on street trying to go somewhere and minding my own business. If they were to ask me nicely instead of suddenly jumping on my dog, I would say yes even if I'm still not comfortable with it because I appreciate they asked first.
One time I was walking in the street with my dog when we were stopped by this man suddenly touching my dog without asking. I thought he's just saying hello and wouldn't take long time so I've let him touch my dog but he wouldn't so I said to the gut that we have to go somewhere and left ... When I stopped at pedestrian light, I noticed the man has followed us and was touching my dog from the behind.... I told him not to touch my dog and he gave me the finger
Since then I would ask people not to touch my dog (as politely as I could ) but many reacts rudely or ignores me (and keeps touching him)
It's frustrating when people doesn't take no for an answer and thinks its their right to touch my dog without my consent.
How would you feel if some rando appear out of nowhere and starts touching /squeezing your child? Not all dog owners are okay with strangers petting their dog.

Last night I finally completed honour mode for the first time! It was my third playthrough of the game after two successful tactician runs (good but blind Tav run and full tilt evil durge run), and it went excellently. I've been a 5e forever DM for a long time so this game has been an -absolute- blessing! I started this run mid February but had to take about a 6 week break or so right after Act 2 due to some real life commitments.
The only content I skipped was the owlbear fight because I didn't want to break my oath, and the Baldur's Mouth Gazette quest because I honestly just forgot about it.
Party comp:

• Tav, wood elf, 12 Ancients Paladin with the Giantslayer, GWM, Alert, and Savage Attacker. Used STR elixirs after getting the Amulet of Greater Health, so I dumped STR and CON so I could have DEX and CHA. Multi attribute builds are tough to optimize. Strongly considered multi-classing, but my damage was always good and I liked the auras.
  
• Karlach, 8 OH Monk with Tavern Brawler, 4 Thief. I used STR elixirs. Honestly she was the key to this successful run. She was unstoppable. Used tons of soul coins.
  
• Wyll, the 11/1 fire acuity sorc-lock build. Amazing build, every bit as strong as BG3Builds suggests. He even got the extra CHA +1 from the mirror of loss!
  
• Jaheira, 12 Swords Bard with the helmet of arcane acuity, band of mystic scoundrel, sharpshooter, and the Deadshot. Also insanely good with special arrows and command/counterspell from magical secrets. (Was Lae'zel, then Halsin before Jaheira was recruited). Tried both 10/1/1 and 10/2 swords bard builds, but I ended up finding 12 in bard suited me best for the acuity playstyle. I think I'd have rather taken Sanctuary over Command looking back though.
  

This party was overkill. Most encounters were over in 2-3 rounds, so having 2 sources of acuity CC was unnecessary. Wyll would usually just end up blasting as I found acuity easier to abuse with ranged flourishes and the mystic scoundrel ring. After the first round of monk and paladin attacks, arrow of many targets/flourishes, and a chain lightning, there weren't many enemies left to lock down with command/hold.
STR elixirs were not hard to come by. I thought they would be an annoying thing to keep up with, especially since Ethel had already left the grove by the time I made the decision to use them. I didn't need to farm at all, just checked in with vendors for pots/fingers as often as I could. Had both Tav and Karlach using them by the end and still had 7 in my inventory when I fought the brain.
I had a hireling cleric cast heroes feast and level 5 aid every morning once I got into the Elf Song, but didn't mess around with any other camp casting setups.
There were only two encounters where I thought I was going to lose my run:
- The Gnolls attacking the Zhents in the cave in act 1. I hit this encounter at level 4. The hunters that get three attacks got a ton of crits on me and downed Tav and Karlach super quickly, and brought Wyll down to critical. I had to have Wyll keep them occupied while Lae'zel used her super jump to get out of there and flee to camp.
- Haarlep. Not Haarlep himself, but the imps! Karlach and Jaheira got yeeted out the window by eldritch blasts, then Wyll got hit with dominate person. It was just Tav left standing. From a full health/resources party to just Tav in one round. Fortunately between Balduran's helm, the armour of persistence, and haste off the darkfire shortbow, I held it together until Wyll came back to his senses and we pulled through.
Regarding companions, NPCs, and quests:
- All companions got their good ending, all alive. Orpheus became illithid and told Lae'zel to carry on his mission. Karlach (romance), Wyll, and I went to Avernus. Gale was not sacrificed, Shadowheart saved her parents, Astarion is leading the spawn, Minsc, Boo, Halsin, and Jaheira are doing their thing.
- I think I messed up knocking out Minthara, it was pre patch 6 when I did the goblin camp.
- No tadpoles were consumed by any party member (except to cure Lae'zel's failed Zaith'isk rolls debuff). I only broke my oath twice. Once to rescue Lae'zel immediately after the Nautiloid, second when letting the vampire spawn go free.
- Managed to save every person in the Iron Throne, though significantly fewer Gondians made it out of the Steel Watch Foundry.
- No bhaalist armour, no shar's spear, no strength potion from Araj, no hag's hair, no vendor exploits (including donating for approval while level 1), Withers was the only pickpocket victim, and I never force closed the game, etc... I did get mirror of loss buffs on the party though, even respec'ed the whole party into high int rogues to ensure it. I've done many of these things on my two other playthroughs, and certainly don't mean to imply anything bad about them. It's just not how this run worked out for me.
Several of my favourite NPCs died unfortunately...
- For some reason I didn't get an option to tell the owlbear cub to come with me, and the goblins killed him.
- Rolan was crit twice and killed from full health by the only myrmidon left standing after I unloaded on Lorroakan's crew.
- Scratch was killed by a shadow that came out of the Necromancy of Thay after I destroyed it. Almost quit the run after this. I've read so many stories of people messing up in camp and it ruining their run, yet I still decided a hotel room was the best place to cast sunbeam on a cursed book.
- Hope was blown away by Raphael on his first turn, before she got to go. I was miffed to miss the gloves of soul catching the first time I've had a monk in my main party.
My biggest tip for honour mode is to prioritize high initiative. Alert is great, but getting to +5/6 initiative is usually enough, and it can be done through items and a starting +2/3 DEX modifier rather than using a feat. The Sentinel Shield, Hellrider Longbow, Mask of Soul Perception, and Bow of Awareness were all I needed to have my party clumped at the top of the initiative. Though if you're doing a good run, have a +7 or higher initiative character with access to sanctuary in your party at all times to protect NPCs. For example, I'd have taken sanctuary over command from magical secrets on Jaheira if I could go back. Wyll already could command CC enemies, and hold person/monster with acuity is preferable with a paladin in the party to set up crits.
Now that I've got my golden dice, I'm about to start another durge run (redemption this time) and do all the risky and silly sub optimal strategies now that I can save scum again!
Thanks for reading!

• my first symptoms of concern was this itch and small rashes that would move around my body I initially put it down to using too much deet due to the amount of fishing and adventuring we had been doing, keep in mind Dan n my relationship is only a few months in and this is the first time in 13 years of cohabitating with another adult human live in for me!
• you got the picture I was diagnosed by a doctor that happened to be workingthat Saturday we walked out happy but unfortunately this could not be furtherest away from being happy nor rid of these party pooper fun police fuck wits
• 15 doctors seen all having their own go at my prognosis umpteen emergency visits just to be semt away with another fist full of prescriptions n still no real answer as to what r these black spots that just appear randomly all different sizes
• dermatologist referrals x2 gone quiet, since my last diagnosis from the doc saying “you have a manifested infestation, not sure how you can make tunnels n burrows appear out of your skin
  
• With the treatment ps I have large swollen areas like they are in there rallying the troops FFS
  
• Yes delirium is real – this is proving to you how strong you are, WARRIOR AT WAR!
  
• I HAVE tried many NONconservative methods that would be frowned upon BY many example of this is MALOWASH for dogs YEP I did that bow my head in shame NOT (a girl needs to go fishing and nothing should stop that especially these crawling critters from the bowels of hell – that is all except by my ever endearing father – we joke daily on what we were going to do to them next, Dad is ex pest control so he suggested the CLOTHES dryer and our STAR WARS LASER (none other than his fogger from the old days) – solution in fogger is White Spirits & Fipronil – highly toxic to pets / humans everyone needs to leave the house go outside and get around 60-90 sunlight on everyones bellies will do you all the world of good while that settles – the fogger person needs to be the least effected by the free loaders in order to protect the open wounded from the poison. PS my Mum is right up in it too, shes like “oh good you got that next stuff on send me some videos” (cause I have nothing better to do with my time)
  
• Ensure you are organized this is going to test your will power, everyone in the household needs to be responsible for if they see a white or black spec no matter what the fuck it is, pick it up on your FINGER AND GO TO THE NEAREST SINK AND WASH the dickheads away – its about reducing the population people, if you are going to play with them and video them same again go wash your hands dispose of the village idiot and redo your golden juice tube or LICENER at the least – the LICENER IS going to ensure you use the cream only where they need to be terroised enough to move out but uh you have a LICENER BARRIER UP and they do not go past that, I squeeze the licener into my scalp when I feel a itch rather than scratch at it – THESE ARE THE VILLAGE IDIOTS THE LESS INTERACTION WITH THEM THE BETTER! They were the words of my amazing partner Dan that basically came up with this devised plan and now work in progress – good steed to all further installments to follow.
  
• Stay on top of the Panadol every 4 hours along with your histermine regime I am on some like anti depressant gay meds for sleep FML I so wanted valium or a million dollars either or. I got a whiteboard marker n note next Panadol,antihistamine due then that’s one less thing to remember or ask another question for haha
  
• My amazing partner scientist sent me this link – he wasn’t ever giving up hope on this and has been ever so supportive even with it coming onto my face now, I know abstain abstain blah blah YOU ALL NEED TO DO THE CATEGORY TEST FOLLOW THIS LINK AND GET YOURSELF SORTED ASAP
  
• https://dermnetnz.org/topics/crusted-scabies
  
• MY Dan we got all the medication together and organized first so we were not going to be let down by the plan; Day 1 ORAL & TOPICAL – 24 HOUR STAY ON TIME – I wear bike pants cause my legs are not bad at all – COAT IN LICENER AND PUT ON yes its hard but just deal – cut up a clove of garlic and half for one foot and half for the other put clove inside sock on the bottom of your feet again deal! – chop up and swallow 4 cloves of garlic or if the littles of the fam can’t swallow buy – ORGANIC CRUSHED GARLIC AND get in over a few meals. DAY 2 ORAL & TOPICAL – 24 HOURS STAY ON WILL BE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR next shower regime. DAY 3-7 TOPICAL WITH THE 24 max STAY ON – STAY TUNED – if you want pics just e-mail me please at [rebecca.medley@pipanz.com](mailto:rebecca.medley@pipanz.com)
  
• we also spray the house every morning with 50/50 ALCO 75% & VINEGAR we call it VINISO SPRAY on skirting boards vacuum 3 times a day n have a hand held with a Hepa filter so convenient remember to empty wash let dry in the sun put on charge
  
• I have made a receipe that goes into small balls that attracts them they eat some of it and take back to any nests of any pesty crawling critters – we hardly have an ant now so winning.
  
• support your support person while they are resting n you are up with your tweekers do some house work to make the next day a little nicer for them too, try your hardest not to make this the focus of your time together helps everyone mentally cope, he is out fishing right now has his phone I hope he catches a fish but mainl gets some alone time in his thoughts xx
  
• The sun is your friend 90 minutes minimum while thick for cushions pillows that can’t go in the dryer
  
• need more tips or want pics email this Bec 7 months post contraction 5 months infested
  

there is heaps more to the Bec n Dan story
Pics are life pre infestation n to now 🙃🙃🙃
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Hello everyone! Here is the Second Half of the guide. I hope everyone enjoys the guide and please let me know if you have any suggestions, fixes or feedback!

First Half

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

Quest Cleanup Nepheli/Dung EateSeluvis

Note: You can complete Seluvis' Quest by giving the potion to Nepheli, but this guide will follow the path that gives the most rewards, specifically 2 Ancient Smithing Stones and a Puppet vs just a Puppet. This path will lock out one of the game's endings, but it's an ending that isn't required for an Achievement.

• From the Fallen Ruins of the Lake Grace: Head West to talk with Varre and receive the Lord of Blood's Favor.
• From the Foot of the Four Belfries Grace: Head North-East up to the top of the mountain and grab the Four Belfries Grace.
• Open the chest nearby to get an Imbued Sword Key.
• Use the Imp Statue North-East that has the message "Precipice of Anticipation" written nearby.
• Enter the portal to reach the Chapel of Anticipation.
• Kill the boss if you didn't at the start of the game.
• Head South across the bridge and up the stairs.
• Enter the small doorway to the North-West to grab The Stormhawk King
• Go into the building and jump down then interact with the dead finger maiden to dye the Lord of Blood's Favor.
• From the Fallen Ruins of the Lake Grace: Head West to talk with Varre and receive the Bloody Finger.
• Talk with Varre again to receive the Pureblood Knight's Medal
• Use the Pureblood Knight's Medal to enter Mohgwyn Dynasty Mausoleum
• Head South-West to grab the Dynasty Mausoleum Entrance Grace
• Follow the path South up the stairs and proceed as desired until you grab the Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint Grace on the other end of the cave.
• Go back into the cave and Invade White Mask Varre
• Talk with Varre to receive Varre's Bouquet
• From the Roundtable Hold: Talk with the Finger Reader and purchase Radahn's Lion Armor from her.
• Go into the room past the Twin Maiden Husks to talk with the Dung-Eater and exhaust his dialogue to receive the Sewer-Gaol Key
• Head down the stairs past Blacksmith Hewg and talk with Nepheli.
• Talk with Gideon about Nepheli
• Return to Nepheli to exhaust her dialogue and give her The Stormhawk King. Be careful not to click too fast or you could accidentally give her the potion instead.
• From the Godrick the Grafted Grace: Rest at the grace, then rest at it again(Gostoc will disappear)
• Go North-West and talk with Nepheli to receive Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
• Talk with Gostoc nearby to have access to purchase another Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.
• From the Avenue Balcony Grace: Go down the stairs then jump over the railing to the West onto the roof.
• Jump down and go around the building to the North-West to find a well.
• Go down the well and continue forward until you grab the Underground Roadside Grace.
• Leave the room and go North to jump down the hole on the left to enter a sewer tunnel filled with rats.
• Follow the path North-West then South-West past the rats and flowers to climb the ladder.
• Open the cell and talk with Dung-Eater to release him.
• From the Outer Wall Battleground Grace: Head South-East up the stairs and keep heading East past the graveyard.
• Follow the road South-East down the slope to the pond.
• Head West to the other side of the pond and talk with Blackguard Big Boggart to buy a Boiled Crab and exhaust his dialogue.
• Reload and talk with Blackguard Big Boggart again to receive Iron Ball and Blackguard's Iron Mask
• Kill the Dung Eater Invader for the Sword of Milos.
• From the Roundtable Hold: Talk with the Dung-Eater and exhaust his dialogue.
• From the Underground Roadside Grace: Follow the same path as before to the cell where you found the Dung-Eater.
• Talk with the Dung-Eater to Administer Seluvis's Potion. Again, be careful not to click too fast or you could give him the Seedbed Curse.
• Once you are no longer able to talk with him, kill him to receive the Omen Armor Set. You will still have access to the puppet.
• From Ranni's Rise Grace: Head South-East to Seluvis's Rise and talk with Seluvis. You can now learn Sorcery from him.
• Talk with him about his chambers and choose the Jarwight Puppet as it is the more expensive of the 2.
• Reload and talk with him then reload and talk with him again to purchase Finger Maiden Therolina Puppet.
• Talk with him again to ask about his scheme and give him the Amber Starlight Shard.
• Talk with him again to receive the Magic Scorpion Charm

Quest Cleanup Rennala/Sellen/Boc/Fia/Ranni

• From Ranni's Rise: Go up the lift and talk with Ranni to give her the Fingerslayer Blade and receive the Carian Inverted Statue.
• From Royal Moongazing Grounds: Head North-West to Renna's Rise and go up the ladder to grab the Snow Witch Armor Set from the chest behind you.
• Continue up to use the portal and grab the Miniature Ranni from the coffin in front of you.
• Go South and grab the Ainsel River Main Grace
• Rest at the Grace and talk to the miniature Ranni 3 times.
• Follow the path South-West and stick to the river then through the doorway of the building to grab the Nokstella, Eternal City Grace
• Continue following the river West to find the lift in the final building on the left.
• Take the lift down to grab the Nokstella Waterfall Basin Grace
• Go through the small tunnel South-West to kill the Baleful Shadow and receive the Discarded Palace Key
• Continue through the doorway South-West and take the lift down to grab the Lake of Rot Shoreside Grace
• Proceed across the Lake of Rot as desired to the far South-West and grab the Grand Cloister Grace.
• From the Agheel Lake South Grace: Follow the road North and into the basement of the Waypoint Ruins to kill the Mad Pumpkin Head boss.
• Grab the Waypoint Ruins Cellar Grace
• Open the nearby door and ask to learn Sorcery from Sellen
• Show Azur's sorcery to Sellen, ask for her story and journey together with her.
• Talk to Sellen about her favor to receive the Sellian Sealbreaker
• From the Church of the Plague Grace: Head North-East up the slope and attack the illusory wall behind the large grave to reveal a cave
• Grab the Sellia Hideaway Grace
• Proceed through the cave as desired and interact with the seal at the bottom of the crevice.
• Talk with Lusat to receive the Stars of Ruin
• From the Waypoint Ruins Cellar: Talk with Sellen and tell her Lusat's location to receive a Starlight Shard.
• Talk with Sellen about her request.
• From the Bridge of Sacrifice Grace: Head West over the rocks and follow along the edge of the forest going very far West to the cliffs just past the ruins.
• Make your way up the cliffs, going North when possible to find the church and grab the Church of Pilgrimage Grace.
• Head far South-West, past the ruins and the evergaol to find the second church and grab the Fourth Church of Marika Grace.
• Go South and enter the basement of the Witchbane Ruins to talk with Sellen and receive Sellen's Primal Glintstone then exhaust her dialogue.
• Reload and talk with Jerren
• From Ranni's Rise: Head North-East into the basement of the ruins where you found Seluvis' puppets and interact with Sellen to give her Sellen's Primal Glintstone.
• From the Raya Lucaria Grand Library Grace: Open the chest nearby to receive the Dark Moon Ring
• Talk with Rennala and buy a rebirth to receive the Balled Up Emote.
• Go through the doors South-East and pick a sign to use. This guide will assume Sellen's as it offers more rewards and has extra steps to complete but if you choose to help Jerren, kill him afterwards for his armor.
• Defeat Jerren to receive the Eccentric's Armor Set
• Talk with Sellen to receive the Glintstone Kris and purchase Shard Spiral from her.
• Reload and grab the Witch's Glintstone Crown from nearby
• Head South-East through the doors and down the elevator
• Continue South-East into the other building and use the portal North-East to grab the Church of Vows Grace
• Open the chest in the church to receive the Gold Sewing Needle and the Golden Tailoring Tools
• Talk with Miriel nearby and give him the Golden Order Principia
• Purchase the Law of Regression from Miriel
• Follow the road East, then South-East to grab the Eastern Tableland Grace
• Continue following the road South to grab the Study Hall Entrance Grace
• Use the Carian Inverted Statue on the altar.
• Proceed through the Carian Study Hall as desired to grab the Liurnia Tower Bridge Grace
• Head East across the bridge to kill the Godskin Noble and receive the Godskin Noble Armor Set
• Continue East through the doors and up the lift to grab the Divine Tower of Liurnia Grace
• Go up the stairs and grab the Cursemark of Death and Stargazer Heirloom
• From the Primeval Sorcerer Azur Grace: Grab the Azur Armor Set from where you found him
• From the Sellia Hideaway Grace: Grab the Lusat Armor Set from where you found him
• From the East Capital Rampart Grace: Talk with Boc and exhaust his dialogue to give him the Gold Sewing Needle.
• Talk to Boc about his favor and grant his request to receive the My Lord Emote
• From the Prince of Death's Throne Grace: Talk with Fia and ask her to hold you
• Talk with Fia as she holds you to give her the Cursemark of Death and receive the Radiant Baldachin's Blessing then keep talking with Fia to exhaust her dialogue
• Reload and talk with her again
• Reload once more and interact with her to kill the Lichdragon Fortissax.
• Grab the Mending Rune of the Death-Prince from Fia.
• Reload to grab Fia's Armor Set
• Kill D, Beholder of Death to retrieve the Twinned Armor Set you lent him and take Inseparable Sword as interest.
• From the Grand Cloister Grace: Make your way down South-West to use the coffin
• Kill Astel, Naturalborn of the Void and grab the Grace.
• Head North-East into the tunnel and use the lift to grab the Moonlight Altar Grace
• Follow the road North-East to the cathedral and grab the Cathedral of Manus Celes Grace.
• Grab all of the Starlight Shards nearby for later.
• Drop down into the hole and give Ranni the ring.
• Talk with Ranni to receive the Dark Moon Greatsword.
• From the Ranni's Rise Grace: Head outside and defeat Blaidd to receive Blaidd's Armor Set and the Royal Greatsword.
• Go South to Seluvis's Rise to grab the Preceptor Set and purchase the Dung Eater Puppet from Seluvis's corpse
• Follow the cliff East and hop down to the bottom to find Pidia and receive the Dolores the Sleeping Arrow Puppet.
• From the Road to the Manor Grace: Talk with Iji and tell him of Blaidd's death.
• Reload to grab Iji's Mirrorhelm

Intelligence Required

Make sure to have the capability to get at least 37 Intelligence, even if just temporary. You can buff to this much even at 7 Intelligence, which is the lowest possible from Starting Class. Intelligence Boosts:

• Intelligence-knot Crystal Tear +10
• Twinsage Glintstone Crown +6
• Stargazer Heirloom +5
• Godrick's Great Rune +5
• Grafted Blade Greatsword's Ash of War +5
• Marika's Soarseal +5 (this isn't available at this point in the guide)
• Marika's Scarseal +3

Quest Progression Brother Corhyn/Goldmask/Hyetta

• From the Erdtree Sanctuary Grace: Equip the Law of Regression and prepare any necessary buffs to get to 37 Intelligence.
• Head West and go down the lift then the stairs to find a message that says "Regression alone reveals secrets"
• Stand on the message and cast Law of Regression to see the statue change then read the new message in front of you.
• From the West Capital Rampart Grace: Follow the path South-East past the branches and up the cliff continuing South-East to talk with Brother Corhyn about Goldmask
• Tell Goldmask the Truth to receive the Golden Order Totality Emote
• Talk with Brother Corhyn again to exhaust his dialogue.
• From the Underground Roadside Grace: Enter the hole that you went down on your way to the Dung Eater's prison cell.
• Run past the rats and enter the sewer pipe on the right.
• Run past the slugs, avoiding falling down the holes, until your reach an intersection with an open tunnel and a gate with no door
• Go right through the gate with no door and defeat the big guys to climb the ladder
• Use the lever to open the shortcut just in case
• Open the door and drop down to the left.
• Follow this path until you see a giant flower below you and instead turn around to go into the path under the stairs.
• Follow this path to the end to kill another big guy and climb another ladder
• Open the shortcut door just in case
• On the bridge before the shortcut door, go up the pipe and follow it to the end.
• Drop down to the left and jump onto the wooden walkway to go through the doorway.
• Kick the ladder to your left to lower it for an alternative route, just in case
• Jump down into the pipe below to see two paths. Go the path that does NOT have the gate with no door. You should see a rat on the correct path.
• Follow this path forward and jump over the first hole to fight a giant rat.
• Past the giant rat is a second hole that you should fall into. You can see a corpse with an item inside this hole.
• Open the shortcut gate nearby, just in case.
• Continue going down the path to climb down a ladder.
• Use the nearby lift to grab the Forsaken Depths Grace
• Go down the path North-East and kill Mohg, the Omen and grab the Cathedral of the Forsaken Grace
• Hit the altar and parkour your way to the bottom to grab the Frenzied Flame Proscription Grace.

WARNING: From here you have a choice. If you grab the Frenzied Flame then you will be locked out of all other endings unless you do ALL of the following:

• Help Millicent
• Defeat Malenia
• Defeat Placidusax

If you are confident you can do that, or want the Frenzied Flame Ending, then go ahead and proceed with this section. Otherwise you can wait until you have done all 3 of the above and come back at any time. So proceed at your own risk!

• From the Frenzied Flame Proscription Grace: Strip yourself of all equipment and interact with the door.
• Talk with Hyetta and exhaust her dialogue for the Frenzied Flame Seal

Mountaintops of the Giants

• From the Avenue Balcony Grace: Follow the road North-East and open the giant door
• Go up the stairs heading South-East and use the lift to reach the top
• Head East across the bridge and use the lift to grab the Forbidden Lands Grace
• Follow the path East and North-East to grab the Grand Lift of Rold Grace
• Use the lift to and head North-East to grab the Zamor Ruins Grace
• Grab the Ronin Armor Set nearby if you grabbed the Frenzied Flame. You can also kill Shabriri for it if desired.
• Follow the path going East then North until you fire a bunch of Fire Monks and a bridge.
• Go down the path South-East from the start of the bridge to grab the Giants' Mountaintop Catacombs Grace
• Proceed through the catacombs as desired to kill the boss and grab a Deathroot from the chest.
• From the Giants' Mountaintop Catacombs Grace: Leave the catacombs and cross the bridge.
• Head North-East up the path to grab the Ancient Snow Valley Ruins Grace
• Talk with Millicent and exhaust her dialogue.
• Head North to the frozen river then go West to invade Juno Hoslow, Knight of Blood and receive the Hoslow Armor Set and Hoslow's Petal Whip
• Go South and use the Spirit Jump then go onto the bridge to the East
• Talk with Corhyn and Goldmask to exhaust their dialogue.
• Go North-East to the Stargazer's Ruins and summon the Spirit Jellyfish Ashes to open the basement seal and collect the Primal Glintstone Blade from the chest.
• Cross the bridge to the West
• Follow the path East to grab the Snow Valley Ruins Overlook Grace next to the bridge.
• Head North-West and kill the Tibia Mariner on the cliff's edge to receive a Deathroot
• Go down the cliffs going North-West then go North-East to the castle to grab the Castle Sol Main Gate Grace
• Proceed through the area as desired to grab the Church of the Eclipse Grace
• Continue proceeding as desired to kill Commander Niall and grab the Castle Sol Rooftop Grace.
• Go up the lift behind the boss room to grab the Haligtree Secret Medallion (Left)
• From the Snow Valley Ruins Overlook Grace: Head North-East and grab the Freezing Lake Grace South-West of the frozen lake.
• Follow the edge of the lake far South-East to find a church and grab the First Church of Marika Grace
• Go West up the slope to grab the Whiteridge Road Grace
• Head South-West up the slope and cross the chains to grab the Giants' Gravepost Grace
• Go up the slope to the South, hugging the East wall and grab the Foot of the Forge Grace near the giant hand.
• Cross the chains to the North or South to kill the Fire Giant and grab the Fire Giant Grace
• Cross the chains to the North-East and go North to grab the Forge of the Giants Grace
• Light the flame to enter Crumbling Farrum Azula
• Proceed as desired to grab the Crumbling Beast Grave Grace

Volcano Manor

• From the Volcano Manor Grace: Talk with Patches to receive the Magma Whip Candlestick
• Talk with Rya to tell her the Truth and give her the Serpent's Amnion
• Talk with Bernahl to receive Gelmir's Fury
• Talk with Tanith to receive the Taker's Cameo and See the Lord
• Grab the Audience Pathway Grace
• Enter the boss room to grab the Serpent Hunter
• Kill Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy grab the Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy Grace
• Grab the Eye Surcoat from nearby
• From the Volcano Manor Grace: Talk with Patches, Bernahl and Tanith to exhaust their dialogue
• Grab the My Thanks Emote
• Reload to grab the Tonic of Forgetfulness from Tanith's chair
• From the Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy Grace: Attack Tanith and kill Tanith's Knight to receive Aspects of the Crucible: Breath and grab the Consort's Armor Set
• From the Temple of Eiglay Grace: Go up the lift and jump over the balcony to the East
• Follow the path East and then North-West into the window near the Iron Virgin
• Open the door and follow the path West into the room with the lift
• Use the lift and jump into the doorway to the North on the way down
• Jump out the window and enter the room nearby to talk with Rya but don't give her the Tonic of Forgetfulness
• Reload and talk with her again but still don't give her the Tonic of Forgetfulness
• Reload and grab Zorayas's Letter and Daedicar's Woe

Consecrated Snowfield

• From the Grand Lift of Rold Grace: Go to use the lift and switch to Hoist secret medallion to enter the Hidden Path to the Haligtree
• Proceed through the area as desired but make sure to kill the boss to receive the final Deathroot
• After killing the boss, take the teleport to grab the Hidden Path to the Haligtree Grace
• Head North to grab the Consecrated Snowfield Grace
• Continue far North to grab the Inner Consecrated Snowfield Grace just before the frozen river
• Keep going North to grab the Ordina, Liturgical Town Grace
• Head North-West to the church and defeat the Walking Mausoleum outside by hitting the skulls
• Grab the Apostate Derelict Grace in the church
• Grab the Silver Mirrorshield nearby and summon Latenna
• Talk to Latenna to receive a Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
• From the Ordina, Liturgical Town Grace: Head North through the town and use the Imp Statue
• Enter the evergaol and light the 4 statues to break the seal.
• Head up the stairs North-East to use the portal and grab the Haligtree Canopy

Miquella's Haligtree

• From the Haligtree Canopy Grace: Proceed through the branches as desired until you reach the Haligtree Town Grace
• From the Haligtree Town Grace: Proceed through the area as desired until you grab the Haligtree Town Plaza Grace
• Continue proceeding through the area to grab the lift shortcut.
• Kill Loretta, Haligtree Knight and grab the Haligtree Promenade Grace
• Follow the path past the boss room as desired to grab the Prayer Room Grace
• Talk to Millicent nearby
• Proceed through the area as desired to grab the Elphael Inner Wall Grace
• Continue proceeding through the area as desired to grab the Drainage Channel Grace
• From the Drainage Channel Grace: Go back West and up the ladder to go outside
• Go up the slope to the North and cross the branch going South-West to the pool of rot.
• Kill the Putrid Tree Spirit
• Go to the cliff on the North-West side to have a choice. Invading Millicent will give you Millicent's Prosthesis. Aiding Millicent will give you Rotten Wing Insignia and the Unalloyed Gold Needle which is needed to cure the Frenzied Flame. This guide will assume you Aided Millicent as it has more steps.
• After Aiding Millicent, talk to her on the North-West side of the rot pool to receive the Rotten Wing Insignia.
• Reload and grab the Unalloyed Gold Needle
• From the Drainage Channel Grace: Proceed as desired until you grab the Haligtree Roots Grace.
• Kill Malenia and grab the Malenia, Goddess of Rot Grace
• Interact with the Scarlet Aeonia to receive Miquella's Needle

Quest Cleanup Gowry/Gurranq/Gideon

• From the Church of the Plague Grace: Go West down the cliff to Gowry's Shack and collect the Flock's Canvas Talisman
• From the Bestial Sanctum Grace: Talk to Gurranq, Beast Clergyman and give him all 9 Deathroot to receive the Clawmark Seal, Beast Eye, Bestial Sling, Bestial Vitality and Ash of War: Beast's Roar.
• Reload and damage Gurranq enough for him to surrender
• Reload and talk with Gurranq again to receive Beast Claw, Stone of Gurranq, Beastclaw Greathammer, Gurranq's Beast Claw and an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.
• From the Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint Grace: Kill Mohg, Lord of Blood and grab the Cocoon of the Empyrean Grace
• From the Roundtable Hold: Talk to Gideon and tell him about the secret medallions, the Haligtree Roots, Mohgwyn Palace and the Lord of Blood's cocoon for Black Flame's Protection, Lord's Divine Fortification, Fevor's Cookbook [3] and Law of Causality

Crumbling Farum Azula

• From the Crumbling Beast Grave Grace: Proceed through the area as desired until you reach the Dragon Temple Grace
• Kill the Godskin Duo and grab the Dragon Temple Altar Grace
• Continue proceeding through the area as desired and find the Imp Statue located where the most North-West red building is
• Use the Imp Statue to grab the Dragon Temple Lift Grace
• Proceed as desired going South from the Dragon Temple Lift Grace to find Alexander, Warrior Jar
• Talk with and defeat Alexander, Warrior Jar
• Talk with him again to receive the Shard of Alexander and Alexander's Innards
• From the Dragon Temple Lift Grace: Go down the lift and proceed as desired until you reach the Beside the Great Bridge Grace
• Climb the stairs to the West and then follow the path going North to it's end
• Kill the Invader Recusant Bernahl to receive the Blasphemous Claw, Devourer's Scepter and Beast Champion Armor Set
• From the Beside the Great Bridge Grace: Go down the lift and make your way West out of the building.
• Run to the cliff to the West and fall off the edge to the path below the cliff
• Make your way down to the bottom and interact with the empty grave to enter the boss room.
• Kill Dragonlord Placidusax and grab the Dragonlord Placidusax Grace
• If you wish to be rid of the Frenzied Flame and allow other endings: Use Miquella's Needle to cure yourself.
• From the Beside the Great Bridge Grace: Kill Maliketh, the Black Blade

Quest Cleanup Brother Corhyn/Goldmask/Jarbairn/Patches

• Grab the Leyndell, Capital of Ash Grace nearby
• Head far South and talk with Brother Corhyn
• Reload to grab Corhyn's Robe and a Flail
• Head South-West not up the stairs, across the branch bridge and receive the Mending Rune of Perfect Order from Goldmask
• Reload and grab the Goldmask Armor Set
• From the Jarburg Grace: Talk with Jarbairn on the staircase nearby and agree to be his Potentate
• Reload and talk to him again
• Reload and talk to him one more time to give him Alexander's Insides and exhaust his dialogue
• Reload and grab the Companion Jar from where he was on the stairs.
• From the Shaded Castle Inner Gate Grace: Follow the path to the North up the ladder and up the lift to the boss room.
• Just before the boss room, talk with Patches to receive the Dancer's Castanets and exhaust his dialogue
• Reload to confirm he disappears
• From the Murkwater Cave Grace: Go to the boss room and open the chest.
• Don't kill the boss to receive the Patches' Crouch Emote
• Kill Patches to receive a +7 Spear and the Leather Armor Set
• From here you can complete the game as desired. The only unique rewards you will be missing are the Nepheli Loux Puppet and Millicent's Prosthesis which can both be acquired fairly early on NG+.

And with that, all of the questlines are completed! If you enjoyed the guide, be sure to check out my other Guides.

First Half

I had a Meizu HIFI as my main driver or my Sennheiser 560s, i was very happy with it, sadly the usb cable gave up on life and i decided to buy a new dongle.
The Meizu HIFI isn't on sale anymore so i went with the Fiio KA1, and right from the start i noticed that it sounded différent but i couldn't put my finger on it so i decided to attempt a repair of my old Meizu HIFI.
After about 40min of micro soldering that ruined my eyes i managed to bring it back to life, it was time for a comparaison
I spent the pas hour switching between them listening to various tracks but using the same volume and settings on both (32 bits 384khz) on a desktop and i can definitely tell that the KA1 is brighter where the Meizu is warm
How is that possible? aren't DACs supposed to have a flat frequency response?!

Hello everyone! Here is the Second Half of the guide. I hope everyone enjoys the guide and please let me know if you have any suggestions, fixes or feedback!

First Half

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

Quest Cleanup Nepheli/Dung EateSeluvis

Note: You can complete Seluvis' Quest by giving the potion to Nepheli, but this guide will follow the path that gives the most rewards, specifically 2 Ancient Smithing Stones and a Puppet vs just a Puppet. This path will lock out one of the game's endings, but it's an ending that isn't required for an Achievement.

• From the Fallen Ruins of the Lake Grace: Head West to talk with Varre and receive the Lord of Blood's Favor.
• From the Foot of the Four Belfries Grace: Head North-East up to the top of the mountain and grab the Four Belfries Grace.
• Open the chest nearby to get an Imbued Sword Key.
• Use the Imp Statue North-East that has the message "Precipice of Anticipation" written nearby.
• Enter the portal to reach the Chapel of Anticipation.
• Kill the boss if you didn't at the start of the game.
• Head South across the bridge and up the stairs.
• Enter the small doorway to the North-West to grab The Stormhawk King
• Go into the building and jump down then interact with the dead finger maiden to dye the Lord of Blood's Favor.
• From the Fallen Ruins of the Lake Grace: Head West to talk with Varre and receive the Bloody Finger.
• Talk with Varre again to receive the Pureblood Knight's Medal
• Use the Pureblood Knight's Medal to enter Mohgwyn Dynasty Mausoleum
• Head South-West to grab the Dynasty Mausoleum Entrance Grace
• Follow the path South up the stairs and proceed as desired until you grab the Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint Grace on the other end of the cave.
• Go back into the cave and Invade White Mask Varre
• Talk with Varre to receive Varre's Bouquet
• From the Roundtable Hold: Talk with the Finger Reader and purchase Radahn's Lion Armor from her.
• Go into the room past the Twin Maiden Husks to talk with the Dung-Eater and exhaust his dialogue to receive the Sewer-Gaol Key
• Head down the stairs past Blacksmith Hewg and talk with Nepheli.
• Talk with Gideon about Nepheli
• Return to Nepheli to exhaust her dialogue and give her The Stormhawk King. Be careful not to click too fast or you could accidentally give her the potion instead.
• From the Godrick the Grafted Grace: Rest at the grace, then rest at it again(Gostoc will disappear)
• Go North-West and talk with Nepheli to receive Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
• Talk with Gostoc nearby to have access to purchase another Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.
• From the Avenue Balcony Grace: Go down the stairs then jump over the railing to the West onto the roof.
• Jump down and go around the building to the North-West to find a well.
• Go down the well and continue forward until you grab the Underground Roadside Grace.
• Leave the room and go North to jump down the hole on the left to enter a sewer tunnel filled with rats.
• Follow the path North-West then South-West past the rats and flowers to climb the ladder.
• Open the cell and talk with Dung-Eater to release him.
• From the Outer Wall Battleground Grace: Head South-East up the stairs and keep heading East past the graveyard.
• Follow the road South-East down the slope to the pond.
• Head West to the other side of the pond and talk with Blackguard Big Boggart to buy a Boiled Crab and exhaust his dialogue.
• Reload and talk with Blackguard Big Boggart again to receive Iron Ball and Blackguard's Iron Mask
• Kill the Dung Eater Invader for the Sword of Milos.
• From the Roundtable Hold: Talk with the Dung-Eater and exhaust his dialogue.
• From the Underground Roadside Grace: Follow the same path as before to the cell where you found the Dung-Eater.
• Talk with the Dung-Eater to Administer Seluvis's Potion. Again, be careful not to click too fast or you could give him the Seedbed Curse.
• Once you are no longer able to talk with him, kill him to receive the Omen Armor Set. You will still have access to the puppet.
• From Ranni's Rise Grace: Head South-East to Seluvis's Rise and talk with Seluvis. You can now learn Sorcery from him.
• Talk with him about his chambers and choose the Jarwight Puppet as it is the more expensive of the 2.
• Reload and talk with him then reload and talk with him again to purchase Finger Maiden Therolina Puppet.
• Talk with him again to ask about his scheme and give him the Amber Starlight Shard.
• Talk with him again to receive the Magic Scorpion Charm

Quest Cleanup Rennala/Sellen/Boc/Fia/Ranni

• From Ranni's Rise: Go up the lift and talk with Ranni to give her the Fingerslayer Blade and receive the Carian Inverted Statue.
• From Royal Moongazing Grounds: Head North-West to Renna's Rise and go up the ladder to grab the Snow Witch Armor Set from the chest behind you.
• Continue up to use the portal and grab the Miniature Ranni from the coffin in front of you.
• Go South and grab the Ainsel River Main Grace
• Rest at the Grace and talk to the miniature Ranni 3 times.
• Follow the path South-West and stick to the river then through the doorway of the building to grab the Nokstella, Eternal City Grace
• Continue following the river West to find the lift in the final building on the left.
• Take the lift down to grab the Nokstella Waterfall Basin Grace
• Go through the small tunnel South-West to kill the Baleful Shadow and receive the Discarded Palace Key
• Continue through the doorway South-West and take the lift down to grab the Lake of Rot Shoreside Grace
• Proceed across the Lake of Rot as desired to the far South-West and grab the Grand Cloister Grace.
• From the Agheel Lake South Grace: Follow the road North and into the basement of the Waypoint Ruins to kill the Mad Pumpkin Head boss.
• Grab the Waypoint Ruins Cellar Grace
• Open the nearby door and ask to learn Sorcery from Sellen
• Show Azur's sorcery to Sellen, ask for her story and journey together with her.
• Talk to Sellen about her favor to receive the Sellian Sealbreaker
• From the Church of the Plague Grace: Head North-East up the slope and attack the illusory wall behind the large grave to reveal a cave
• Grab the Sellia Hideaway Grace
• Proceed through the cave as desired and interact with the seal at the bottom of the crevice.
• Talk with Lusat to receive the Stars of Ruin
• From the Waypoint Ruins Cellar: Talk with Sellen and tell her Lusat's location to receive a Starlight Shard.
• Talk with Sellen about her request.
• From the Bridge of Sacrifice Grace: Head West over the rocks and follow along the edge of the forest going very far West to the cliffs just past the ruins.
• Make your way up the cliffs, going North when possible to find the church and grab the Church of Pilgrimage Grace.
• Head far South-West, past the ruins and the evergaol to find the second church and grab the Fourth Church of Marika Grace.
• Go South and enter the basement of the Witchbane Ruins to talk with Sellen and receive Sellen's Primal Glintstone then exhaust her dialogue.
• Reload and talk with Jerren
• From Ranni's Rise: Head North-East into the basement of the ruins where you found Seluvis' puppets and interact with Sellen to give her Sellen's Primal Glintstone.
• From the Raya Lucaria Grand Library Grace: Open the chest nearby to receive the Dark Moon Ring
• Talk with Rennala and buy a rebirth to receive the Balled Up Emote.
• Go through the doors South-East and pick a sign to use. This guide will assume Sellen's as it offers more rewards and has extra steps to complete but if you choose to help Jerren, kill him afterwards for his armor.
• Defeat Jerren to receive the Eccentric's Armor Set
• Talk with Sellen to receive the Glintstone Kris and purchase Shard Spiral from her.
• Reload and grab the Witch's Glintstone Crown from nearby
• Head South-East through the doors and down the elevator
• Continue South-East into the other building and use the portal North-East to grab the Church of Vows Grace
• Open the chest in the church to receive the Gold Sewing Needle and the Golden Tailoring Tools
• Talk with Miriel nearby and give him the Golden Order Principia
• Purchase the Law of Regression from Miriel
• Follow the road East, then South-East to grab the Eastern Tableland Grace
• Continue following the road South to grab the Study Hall Entrance Grace
• Use the Carian Inverted Statue on the altar.
• Proceed through the Carian Study Hall as desired to grab the Liurnia Tower Bridge Grace
• Head East across the bridge to kill the Godskin Noble and receive the Godskin Noble Armor Set
• Continue East through the doors and up the lift to grab the Divine Tower of Liurnia Grace
• Go up the stairs and grab the Cursemark of Death and Stargazer Heirloom
• From the Primeval Sorcerer Azur Grace: Grab the Azur Armor Set from where you found him
• From the Sellia Hideaway Grace: Grab the Lusat Armor Set from where you found him
• From the East Capital Rampart Grace: Talk with Boc and exhaust his dialogue to give him the Gold Sewing Needle.
• Talk to Boc about his favor and grant his request to receive the My Lord Emote
• From the Prince of Death's Throne Grace: Talk with Fia and ask her to hold you
• Talk with Fia as she holds you to give her the Cursemark of Death and receive the Radiant Baldachin's Blessing then keep talking with Fia to exhaust her dialogue
• Reload and talk with her again
• Reload once more and interact with her to kill the Lichdragon Fortissax.
• Grab the Mending Rune of the Death-Prince from Fia.
• Reload to grab Fia's Armor Set
• Kill D, Beholder of Death to retrieve the Twinned Armor Set you lent him and take Inseparable Sword as interest.
• From the Grand Cloister Grace: Make your way down South-West to use the coffin
• Kill Astel, Naturalborn of the Void and grab the Grace.
• Head North-East into the tunnel and use the lift to grab the Moonlight Altar Grace
• Follow the road North-East to the cathedral and grab the Cathedral of Manus Celes Grace.
• Grab all of the Starlight Shards nearby for later.
• Drop down into the hole and give Ranni the ring.
• Talk with Ranni to receive the Dark Moon Greatsword.
• From the Ranni's Rise Grace: Head outside and defeat Blaidd to receive Blaidd's Armor Set and the Royal Greatsword.
• Go South to Seluvis's Rise to grab the Preceptor Set and purchase the Dung Eater Puppet from Seluvis's corpse
• Follow the cliff East and hop down to the bottom to find Pidia and receive the Dolores the Sleeping Arrow Puppet.
• From the Road to the Manor Grace: Talk with Iji and tell him of Blaidd's death.
• Reload to grab Iji's Mirrorhelm

Intelligence Required

Make sure to have the capability to get at least 37 Intelligence, even if just temporary. You can buff to this much even at 7 Intelligence, which is the lowest possible from Starting Class. Intelligence Boosts:

• Intelligence-knot Crystal Tear +10
• Twinsage Glintstone Crown +6
• Stargazer Heirloom +5
• Godrick's Great Rune +5
• Grafted Blade Greatsword's Ash of War +5
• Marika's Soarseal +5 (this isn't available at this point in the guide)
• Marika's Scarseal +3

Quest Progression Brother Corhyn/Goldmask/Hyetta

• From the Erdtree Sanctuary Grace: Equip the Law of Regression and prepare any necessary buffs to get to 37 Intelligence.
• Head West and go down the lift then the stairs to find a message that says "Regression alone reveals secrets"
• Stand on the message and cast Law of Regression to see the statue change then read the new message in front of you.
• From the West Capital Rampart Grace: Follow the path South-East past the branches and up the cliff continuing South-East to talk with Brother Corhyn about Goldmask
• Tell Goldmask the Truth to receive the Golden Order Totality Emote
• Talk with Brother Corhyn again to exhaust his dialogue.
• From the Underground Roadside Grace: Enter the hole that you went down on your way to the Dung Eater's prison cell.
• Run past the rats and enter the sewer pipe on the right.
• Run past the slugs, avoiding falling down the holes, until your reach an intersection with an open tunnel and a gate with no door
• Go right through the gate with no door and defeat the big guys to climb the ladder
• Use the lever to open the shortcut just in case
• Open the door and drop down to the left.
• Follow this path until you see a giant flower below you and instead turn around to go into the path under the stairs.
• Follow this path to the end to kill another big guy and climb another ladder
• Open the shortcut door just in case
• On the bridge before the shortcut door, go up the pipe and follow it to the end.
• Drop down to the left and jump onto the wooden walkway to go through the doorway.
• Kick the ladder to your left to lower it for an alternative route, just in case
• Jump down into the pipe below to see two paths. Go the path that does NOT have the gate with no door. You should see a rat on the correct path.
• Follow this path forward and jump over the first hole to fight a giant rat.
• Past the giant rat is a second hole that you should fall into. You can see a corpse with an item inside this hole.
• Open the shortcut gate nearby, just in case.
• Continue going down the path to climb down a ladder.
• Use the nearby lift to grab the Forsaken Depths Grace
• Go down the path North-East and kill Mohg, the Omen and grab the Cathedral of the Forsaken Grace
• Hit the altar and parkour your way to the bottom to grab the Frenzied Flame Proscription Grace.

WARNING: From here you have a choice. If you grab the Frenzied Flame then you will be locked out of all other endings unless you do ALL of the following:

• Help Millicent
• Defeat Malenia
• Defeat Placidusax

If you are confident you can do that, or want the Frenzied Flame Ending, then go ahead and proceed with this section. Otherwise you can wait until you have done all 3 of the above and come back at any time. So proceed at your own risk!

• From the Frenzied Flame Proscription Grace: Strip yourself of all equipment and interact with the door.
• Talk with Hyetta and exhaust her dialogue for the Frenzied Flame Seal

Mountaintops of the Giants

• From the Avenue Balcony Grace: Follow the road North-East and open the giant door
• Go up the stairs heading South-East and use the lift to reach the top
• Head East across the bridge and use the lift to grab the Forbidden Lands Grace
• Follow the path East and North-East to grab the Grand Lift of Rold Grace
• Use the lift to and head North-East to grab the Zamor Ruins Grace
• Grab the Ronin Armor Set nearby if you grabbed the Frenzied Flame. You can also kill Shabriri for it if desired.
• Follow the path going East then North until you fire a bunch of Fire Monks and a bridge.
• Go down the path South-East from the start of the bridge to grab the Giants' Mountaintop Catacombs Grace
• Proceed through the catacombs as desired to kill the boss and grab a Deathroot from the chest.
• From the Giants' Mountaintop Catacombs Grace: Leave the catacombs and cross the bridge.
• Head North-East up the path to grab the Ancient Snow Valley Ruins Grace
• Talk with Millicent and exhaust her dialogue.
• Head North to the frozen river then go West to invade Juno Hoslow, Knight of Blood and receive the Hoslow Armor Set and Hoslow's Petal Whip
• Go South and use the Spirit Jump then go onto the bridge to the East
• Talk with Corhyn and Goldmask to exhaust their dialogue.
• Go North-East to the Stargazer's Ruins and summon the Spirit Jellyfish Ashes to open the basement seal and collect the Primal Glintstone Blade from the chest.
• Cross the bridge to the West
• Follow the path East to grab the Snow Valley Ruins Overlook Grace next to the bridge.
• Head North-West and kill the Tibia Mariner on the cliff's edge to receive a Deathroot
• Go down the cliffs going North-West then go North-East to the castle to grab the Castle Sol Main Gate Grace
• Proceed through the area as desired to grab the Church of the Eclipse Grace
• Continue proceeding as desired to kill Commander Niall and grab the Castle Sol Rooftop Grace.
• Go up the lift behind the boss room to grab the Haligtree Secret Medallion (Left)
• From the Snow Valley Ruins Overlook Grace: Head North-East and grab the Freezing Lake Grace South-West of the frozen lake.
• Follow the edge of the lake far South-East to find a church and grab the First Church of Marika Grace
• Go West up the slope to grab the Whiteridge Road Grace
• Head South-West up the slope and cross the chains to grab the Giants' Gravepost Grace
• Go up the slope to the South, hugging the East wall and grab the Foot of the Forge Grace near the giant hand.
• Cross the chains to the North or South to kill the Fire Giant and grab the Fire Giant Grace
• Cross the chains to the North-East and go North to grab the Forge of the Giants Grace
• Light the flame to enter Crumbling Farrum Azula
• Proceed as desired to grab the Crumbling Beast Grave Grace

Volcano Manor

• From the Volcano Manor Grace: Talk with Patches to receive the Magma Whip Candlestick
• Talk with Rya to tell her the Truth and give her the Serpent's Amnion
• Talk with Bernahl to receive Gelmir's Fury
• Talk with Tanith to receive the Taker's Cameo and See the Lord
• Grab the Audience Pathway Grace
• Enter the boss room to grab the Serpent Hunter
• Kill Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy grab the Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy Grace
• Grab the Eye Surcoat from nearby
• From the Volcano Manor Grace: Talk with Patches, Bernahl and Tanith to exhaust their dialogue
• Grab the My Thanks Emote
• Reload to grab the Tonic of Forgetfulness from Tanith's chair
• From the Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy Grace: Attack Tanith and kill Tanith's Knight to receive Aspects of the Crucible: Breath and grab the Consort's Armor Set
• From the Temple of Eiglay Grace: Go up the lift and jump over the balcony to the East
• Follow the path East and then North-West into the window near the Iron Virgin
• Open the door and follow the path West into the room with the lift
• Use the lift and jump into the doorway to the North on the way down
• Jump out the window and enter the room nearby to talk with Rya but don't give her the Tonic of Forgetfulness
• Reload and talk with her again but still don't give her the Tonic of Forgetfulness
• Reload and grab Zorayas's Letter and Daedicar's Woe

Consecrated Snowfield

• From the Grand Lift of Rold Grace: Go to use the lift and switch to Hoist secret medallion to enter the Hidden Path to the Haligtree
• Proceed through the area as desired but make sure to kill the boss to receive the final Deathroot
• After killing the boss, take the teleport to grab the Hidden Path to the Haligtree Grace
• Head North to grab the Consecrated Snowfield Grace
• Continue far North to grab the Inner Consecrated Snowfield Grace just before the frozen river
• Keep going North to grab the Ordina, Liturgical Town Grace
• Head North-West to the church and defeat the Walking Mausoleum outside by hitting the skulls
• Grab the Apostate Derelict Grace in the church
• Grab the Silver Mirrorshield nearby and summon Latenna
• Talk to Latenna to receive a Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
• From the Ordina, Liturgical Town Grace: Head North through the town and use the Imp Statue
• Enter the evergaol and light the 4 statues to break the seal.
• Head up the stairs North-East to use the portal and grab the Haligtree Canopy

Miquella's Haligtree

• From the Haligtree Canopy Grace: Proceed through the branches as desired until you reach the Haligtree Town Grace
• From the Haligtree Town Grace: Proceed through the area as desired until you grab the Haligtree Town Plaza Grace
• Continue proceeding through the area to grab the lift shortcut.
• Kill Loretta, Haligtree Knight and grab the Haligtree Promenade Grace
• Follow the path past the boss room as desired to grab the Prayer Room Grace
• Talk to Millicent nearby
• Proceed through the area as desired to grab the Elphael Inner Wall Grace
• Continue proceeding through the area as desired to grab the Drainage Channel Grace
• From the Drainage Channel Grace: Go back West and up the ladder to go outside
• Go up the slope to the North and cross the branch going South-West to the pool of rot.
• Kill the Putrid Tree Spirit
• Go to the cliff on the North-West side to have a choice. Invading Millicent will give you Millicent's Prosthesis. Aiding Millicent will give you Rotten Wing Insignia and the Unalloyed Gold Needle which is needed to cure the Frenzied Flame. This guide will assume you Aided Millicent as it has more steps.
• After Aiding Millicent, talk to her on the North-West side of the rot pool to receive the Rotten Wing Insignia.
• Reload and grab the Unalloyed Gold Needle
• From the Drainage Channel Grace: Proceed as desired until you grab the Haligtree Roots Grace.
• Kill Malenia and grab the Malenia, Goddess of Rot Grace
• Interact with the Scarlet Aeonia to receive Miquella's Needle

Quest Cleanup Gowry/Gurranq/Gideon

• From the Church of the Plague Grace: Go West down the cliff to Gowry's Shack and collect the Flock's Canvas Talisman
• From the Bestial Sanctum Grace: Talk to Gurranq, Beast Clergyman and give him all 9 Deathroot to receive the Clawmark Seal, Beast Eye, Bestial Sling, Bestial Vitality and Ash of War: Beast's Roar.
• Reload and damage Gurranq enough for him to surrender
• Reload and talk with Gurranq again to receive Beast Claw, Stone of Gurranq, Beastclaw Greathammer, Gurranq's Beast Claw and an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.
• From the Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint Grace: Kill Mohg, Lord of Blood and grab the Cocoon of the Empyrean Grace
• From the Roundtable Hold: Talk to Gideon and tell him about the secret medallions, the Haligtree Roots, Mohgwyn Palace and the Lord of Blood's cocoon for Black Flame's Protection, Lord's Divine Fortification, Fevor's Cookbook [3] and Law of Causality

Crumbling Farum Azula

• From the Crumbling Beast Grave Grace: Proceed through the area as desired until you reach the Dragon Temple Grace
• Kill the Godskin Duo and grab the Dragon Temple Altar Grace
• Continue proceeding through the area as desired and find the Imp Statue located where the most North-West red building is
• Use the Imp Statue to grab the Dragon Temple Lift Grace
• Proceed as desired going South from the Dragon Temple Lift Grace to find Alexander, Warrior Jar
• Talk with and defeat Alexander, Warrior Jar
• Talk with him again to receive the Shard of Alexander and Alexander's Innards
• From the Dragon Temple Lift Grace: Go down the lift and proceed as desired until you reach the Beside the Great Bridge Grace
• Climb the stairs to the West and then follow the path going North to it's end
• Kill the Invader Recusant Bernahl to receive the Blasphemous Claw, Devourer's Scepter and Beast Champion Armor Set
• From the Beside the Great Bridge Grace: Go down the lift and make your way West out of the building.
• Run to the cliff to the West and fall off the edge to the path below the cliff
• Make your way down to the bottom and interact with the empty grave to enter the boss room.
• Kill Dragonlord Placidusax and grab the Dragonlord Placidusax Grace
• If you wish to be rid of the Frenzied Flame and allow other endings: Use Miquella's Needle to cure yourself.
• From the Beside the Great Bridge Grace: Kill Maliketh, the Black Blade

Quest Cleanup Brother Corhyn/Goldmask/Jarbairn/Patches

• Grab the Leyndell, Capital of Ash Grace nearby
• Head far South and talk with Brother Corhyn
• Reload to grab Corhyn's Robe and a Flail
• Head South-West not up the stairs, across the branch bridge and receive the Mending Rune of Perfect Order from Goldmask
• Reload and grab the Goldmask Armor Set
• From the Jarburg Grace: Talk with Jarbairn on the staircase nearby and agree to be his Potentate
• Reload and talk to him again
• Reload and talk to him one more time to give him Alexander's Insides and exhaust his dialogue
• Reload and grab the Companion Jar from where he was on the stairs.
• From the Shaded Castle Inner Gate Grace: Follow the path to the North up the ladder and up the lift to the boss room.
• Just before the boss room, talk with Patches to receive the Dancer's Castanets and exhaust his dialogue
• Reload to confirm he disappears
• From the Murkwater Cave Grace: Go to the boss room and open the chest.
• Don't kill the boss to receive the Patches' Crouch Emote
• Kill Patches to receive a +7 Spear and the Leather Armor Set
• From here you can complete the game as desired. The only unique rewards you will be missing are the Nepheli Loux Puppet and Millicent's Prosthesis which can both be acquired fairly early on NG+.

And with that, all of the questlines are completed! If you enjoyed the guide, be sure to check out my other Guides. We also have a Website to keep track of your game progress, a Youtube and a Discord where you can come hang out.

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Prologue (ish?)
I (17 F) have been very busy lately with this stage in my life. I am graduating highschool and moving to college for summer school all within a month of eachother. I am graduating with a 4.2 gpa and got accepted to multiple universities. I chose to attend one not far from my home town and do summer uni before the regular college year starts. AKA this is a stressful stage of my life as I am rushed through the academic pipeline. This week I had my last day of school and my final choir concert on the same day. I had been working hard on my pieces and solos so I could finish my highschool career with this. The concert went well, I shakily sang my solo with all I could give and sang senior enesemble, and multiple honors and combined choir songs all by memory. Afterwards I was very affected by the residual stress of that night and the combination of forgetting to take my medication. I hung out with my friends for that night and the day after before returning home dead tired. I slept through the entire next day. I woke up early today to discover I had started my period before I had to go to my graduation practice. Afterwards I interacted closely with my family for a few hours then came home and took a nap until 11:00 pm.
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I went downstairs to give my dad tickets to my graduation. My mom was in the kitchen and I guess she got suspicious as to why I was up. I went back upstairs and sat down to finally just chill out after days of stress and play some games. I hadnt even opened a single game before my mom burst into my room angrily telling me that I had to go to sleep (despite just having woken up). She tried to take my switch but I managed to convince her not to. After she closed the door she waited a few seconds before opening it quickly again, trying to catch me disobeying her. I just gave her a wierd look and she glared at me before finally going downstairs about a full minute later. (she was hanging around trying to catch me again). I waited a few minutes and got ready for bed and locked my door. I really hate it when my parents try and sneak up on me or just burst into my room without knocking. I eventually sat back down to play a round or two before going to sleep, but I heard someone moving around. I checked under the door and saw the bathroom light on but assumed it was my older brother just using the restroom. As soon as my first game loaded my mom PICKED THE LOCK OF MY DOOR and barged in to take my switch, headset, and controller saying that I wont get them back and that I wont take them to college with me. For context, I had worked a job at a pet store for 10$ an hour for about a month to buy myself that switch and controller. I had bought it with my own earned money. I stood in my room afterwards trying to think of what the best way to handle this was. I decided that I should confront my parents and explain to them my point of view and let them know how I felt so we could maybe come to a solution and be able to establish that I am going to be on my own soon and could make my own decisions. I braced myself for the conversation, knowing exactly how it would go. I would have no time to talk after my initial sentence and my parents would interrupt me and deny everything I would try to say as well as accuse me of backtalking if I tried to say anything else. So I went into their room and sat down at the foot of their bed, telling them that I had to talk to them and asking for them to please listen to me before saying anything. I told them that I had earned that switch with my own money and that I was going to be moving to college soon and knew how to manage my time. I said that I was smart and knew how to manage my time and understood the consequences of staying up late. I try to continue explaining to them my perspective as I can physically see them getting more and more riled up and angry with me. My dad is shaking his head aggressively while I'm speaking, saying that I'm wrong. After about a minute or two he interrupted me and then went on to say that I was lecturing them and treating them like they are stupid. He goes on to cuss me out (despite being extremely Christian and seeing cussing as awful) and said that I'm just a child and that I think I know everything but in reality I know nothing. He said that they were going to burn my switch and that when I go to college I can do whatever the f*k I want and that I can mess up my own life and fail to be no more than a minimum wage mcdonalds worker. My parents went on to say that I had been lying to them and that the switch had ruined my life. I calmly ask what the switch has done to me. How am I being a horrible person? My mom stutters and tells me that I said I would close the chicken coop door then forgot. Thats the only thing she can think about. My dad then says that my room is a dump and that I hadnt taken out the trash. I calmly told him that I had just recently cleaned my entire room and reorganized it, and that I consistently take my trash out every week. I think of reminding him of the fact that he had complimented my clean room multiple times before this week. He ignores this and tries to think of more bad things that I do, listing them out on his fingers. He gets to three (being disrespectful, not cleaning my room (I did), not taking out the trash), and then stutters, not being able to think of any more issues. Then they both yell at me again before he goes on to scream at me and call me more things for about half an hour. They both get angry and are getting more and more angry as I sit and look at them with a blank expression on my face. I’ve just shut down completely and stared at them blankly the entire time because I realize that speaking isn’t going to help me. Both of my parents start physically pointing their fingers at me and shaking and saying that I’m being a horrible daughter. Somewhere along the way I say that I came down to talk to them calmly but they are cussing and calling me names and saying that I’m a horrible person. They say that my generation is always trying to play the victim and that we always try to blame other people. Then when they’re tired of yelling at me they ask me why I’m staring at them and I say that I’m not gonna say anything else. They ask me why and I say that I already said what I needed to say. They ask me to repeat it and I tell them that I don’t want to argue with them. They ask me to repeat it again and I said that they were both clearly trying to get me to argue with them, but I’ve already said my share and that it’s no use speaking to them. I tell them goodnight and leave the room while they shout at me as I close the door.
The thing is, I know I'm not a bad person. I am well behaved at school and get good grades, along with being friends with all of my teachers and befriending several members of the faculty and staff of my school. I say hi to everyone and try my best to get people to smile. I have been described as someone who "brightens up the room" and "has a great future in store".
Here are a few things im just now remembering my parents said/did during their rant - They insulted my friends and said that all the friends that I have are awful and evil and ruining my life, despite having said two nights before that I had picked amazing friends and they were proud of me. - Said that the devil was making me play videogames and that I need to listen to God (for context, the games that I most often play include overwatch, splatoon, and dredge.) - Said that I was treating them as if I knew more than them (definitely not what I was trying to say) and told me that I was still just a child and didnt know anything, even though they constantly tell me to grow up and to act my age. Then when I try and talk about my problems with them in a healthy manner like an adult, they immediately tell me that I think im better than them or something.
A little more context - both of my parents are hardcore christian conservatives - both of them are hispanic - I am christian nondenominational. I do not intend on abandoning religion or my God. - I love my parents very much. I am so grateful for everything I have and am painfully aware that I have the privelege of having two loving parents who care about me and provide for me because not many people have it as good as I do. - I have an older brother who is in the Naval Academy and has always gotten perfect grades. He is visiting for my gradiation and things are back to the way they were before with him around (I am being ignored and made fun of for entertainment and all the attention is being directed towards him despite it being my graduation and my one time to shine.)
However, this feels like its more than an argument about some dumb videogame console. I honestly dont care if they burn it because they've done that before with a tame impala record. I'll just buy a new one when I go to college very soon. But all that they said must have come from what they actually think of me. If they think that badly of me despite all my efforts to be a good daughter and trying to 'grow up' like they constantly tell me to do, then I feel like there's nothing I can do or say to ever please them properly.
Should I take this interaction with my parents as a sign that it's time to distance myself from them and my family, knowing that I'll never be good enough for them? I just dont think there's much more I can do.