Dragon Quill

Time to start the action. This part should be more reasonably sized.

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Just as episode 0 was a more effective prologue, episode 1 is a more effective first arc than The Reconstruction’s chapter 1. We’re thrown into action early on, sidequests are meaningful instead of busywork, and multiple long-term plot hooks are set up instead of only one. (more…)

Last time, I saw some proper action and helped a lizard get through his depression. Today, Sorenson wants to repair Typelog’s damaged communication networks so he can spread Habitation Zero’s blueprints to other survivors. (more…)

As I said in the first post, I’ll be going over everyone’s personal conversations at once at the end of the episode. Have some characterization. (more…)

Hello everyone! Farla is busy this week, so you’re stuck with me. To make up for getting bumped in January it’s going to be all I Miss the Sunrise, all the time.

“His Master’s Voice” is the name of an old British record company. The name refers to the claim that their records were so perfect that a dog would be unable to distinguish the recording from its owner’s true voice. I presume this is meant to refer to Typelog and their ability to perfectly record all sensory information, but I think this is a bit too specific a reference. To me at least, the phrase connotes copying, cloning, and deception. If we are the dogs in this metaphor, that means we can’t trust our own senses, because we can’t know what’s real and what’s a copy. That leads to expectations of distrust, betrayal, and surreal horror, which is… not at all what this arc is about. I believe I may be thinking about this more than the developer did. (more…)

Last time, Typelog turned out to be far more chill than previous events had led me to believe, and I got a new party member. Today, more of that. (more…)

Last time, the main characters menaced an innocent half-Lesser hybrid because they’re racist. Today, it’s time to learn about Typelog’s master plan. (more…)

Hoo boy. Episode 2 has waaaay more bonus material than episode 1, and it’s only going to get more extreme from here. I’m pretty sure I actually spent more time on this stuff than I did on the actual missions. Not only are there more characters, everyone gets one more scene than they did in episode 1! I have no choice but to split this across two posts. (more…)

In a vain attempt to cut the bonus segment down to a reasonable length, I’ve split the optional characters and bounty hunts into their own post. Enjoy. (more…)

We’re finally going to see some plot this episode. Exciting!

“And yet it moves” is supposedly a phrase muttered by Galileo after his trial, showing that he could not truly recant the evidence in front of him; an act of scientific defiance. This makes it a stock Deep Historical Quote™ that gets thrown around a lot, but it’s not terribly relevant to this arc aside from the very general connection to scientific progress. (more…)

Last time, we were introduced to a completely new organization that appeared out of nowhere. Today we’re going to learn a lot more about them.

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So hey everyone! Somehow Blogger overwrote the next two posts with a different one while I was editing it, so I lost the whole thing and had to rewrite it from scratch. I did not even know that was possible and I still don’t have any idea why it happened. Fun!

And it really sucks because this is the part where all the plot happens! Sorry if my disgruntled rewrite can’t do it justice.

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Last time, the Inquiry severed themselves from EROS, but Willis wanted to stick around for one last chat. (more…)

This was supposed to air last week, but I decided it’d be best to postpone new posts until the Blogger/Wordpress War was at least somewhat resolved. Also, I’m a real boy now! We won’t have to fuss with that silly “guest reviewer” nonsense anymore.

Anyway, it’s time to wring a few drops of character development out of everyone… and investigate those mysterious databanks. (more…)