Now why would you choose that over Battle Buddies Forever
Hey, Sammy doesnât judge. Unless you leave him for Lani, that is.
I understand if itâs a choice between having no control over how it looks or giving up on the giant robot/monster fight Iâll give up the giant fight
Thatâs what psychic links are for (technologically enhanced meets technophathy
Edit: remote control fine too
@ParrotWatcher you are the author you can just say you wonât include it because you donât want it and no-one will judge you
Mostly itâs simply being cynical and not very polite to strangers as action-wise my does try to look out for the squad and generally keep everybody alive. He just has lousy bedside manners, so to speak.
Donât have time this weekend, or the coming week but I can probably get in a replay next weekend and Iâll try to watch where my mcâs darkness score comes from specifically.
These are the stats I got
Darkness: 0
Will: 12
Empathy: 74
Intellect: 54
Tot: 50
Character status
Kay: 83 Alive
Sammy: 94 Alive
Chi: 57 Unknown
Anara: 73 Alive, on team
Ryu: 80 Alive
Akira: 76 Alive
Lani: 29 Alive
Phil: 70 Alive
Sammy has a Ben 10 obsession, which would make me his third choice, and dies anyway. Iâm judging him.
I got some questions.
How do you win the tournament?
Can you romance Lani?
Can you save your dad?
a stat with 40 and one with 60
Yeah
nope
Or if Lani attack-kisses you
Huh, yeah, Iâd be curious
Is there also +darkness youâre getting for how you deal with your opponents, maybe?
Whereas @ParrotWatcher has an obsession with a different Ben?
Sorry, Iâm apparently incorrigible âŚ
Oops
Basically any of the brutal options or hurting them more than necessary and attacking your possessed friends. For monster⌠not really. Theyâre not people Like seriously even going out of your way to kill them, nothing.
Like I poked out Akiraâs eyes, kicked people when they were down (more common early on), half the cast is dead because of me, used Anaraâs papa as a human shield against her (and he died) then killed her, kept attacking a possessed Akira till he died, didnât care about Ryuâs death, tortured that girl and broke a guyâs legs for Lani. Also generally killing those nameless mooks.
She pretty much gives the same threats if you are dating herâŚ
Are you playing her glorified attack dog
Saying this because of this too
Thatâs what I did on our date. Isnât that normal?
As normal as a wedding proposal in a slaughter or knowing someone elseâs medical history without meeting them
I mean how else would you know if your friends are carriers for disease?
Ask them if they do if they lie âexperimentâ on them and hope you get lucky
Okay you can thank the combination of my insomnia and the earliest half of my Sunday appointments having to cancel at the very last minute due to unforeseen circumstances.
So I did the (quick) replay now:
Please report these values to the author:
Darkness = 25. Will = 54. Empathy = 12. Intellect = 72.
Tot = 48.
Character status (please check to see that this makes sense with your story):
Kay (75): Alive.
Sammy (85): Alive.
Anara (64): Unknown.
Chi (70): Alive, on team.
Ryu: (74) Alive.
Akira (66): Alive.
Lani (48): Alive.
Phil (90): Alive.
Mirabelle (42): Unknown.
Slightly lower darkness compared to last time. Hereâs the breakdown of my darkness score.
darkness
I think I still failed to spot some minor increases, but these are the ones I noticed
Chapter 1
Take the memory stick. darkness +1
Enough that they donât come back. darkness +1
Chapter 2
Destroy the phone darkness +2
Chapter 3
No increase or decrease
Chapter 4
As quick as possible. darkness +1
Chapter 5
No increase or decrease
Chapter 6
âLook, just back off, you obnoxious frinking witch!â darkness +1
Chapter 7
Just drive straight on through. Sheâll probably get out of the way. darkness +1
Have your revenge darkness +1
Tripping
Didnât notice anything, but then I skimmed this one. most of the ones I didnât notice are probably in here somewhere
Chapter 9
You have to get your revenge darkness +1
You just wish you could have been looking him in the eyes as you killed him. darkness +2
No. You need this power. You need your revenge. darkness +1
Chapter 10
tell them to get the frink off your road. darkness +1
You have to make him pay. darkness +1
Chapter 11
âŚwill kill them. darkness +1
Knock her out. darkness +1
Youâre not going to rule out anything more persuasive. darkness +1
His minions had uranium bullets in their guns, right? Get one, and shoot him. darkness +2
Spare him. This âinformationâ could prove useful. darkness +2
Chapter 12
no increase or decrease noticed.
Iâm not sure I see your logic hereâŚ
Lani laughs, and then composes herself. âOh, Greaty, Iâm so sorry. Was it uranium you were allergic to?â
I guess it really does add up, doesnât it? That said, since most testers have (considerably) under 25, Iâm still probably going to keep that as the threshold between medium and high.
It does, though there are some parts I donât really understand why they would be considered particularly dark and a very few I consider to not be dark enough.
darkness dissected
Take the memory stick. darkness +1 In this case my mc is already breaking and entering, petty theft is not exactly particularly aggravating here.
Enough that they donât come back. darkness +1 This one is a bit more borderline, but my mcâs line of reasoning is that this approach will be better for everybody in the long run, after all every time they do come back to fight him they risk more grievous bodily harm, if they stay away after one fight, or better yet donât fight him at all cause of his reputation there is virtually no risk to their health at all.
Destroy the phone darkness +2 Karma-wise that kid is always filming others without their consent, which isnât a particularly decent and upstanding thing to do either, though I realize that even in this Youtube vlogging and cctv age that line is rapidly blurring and it is presumably entirely gone in the future of the game. Still the +2 darkness is a bit excessive for destroying what is essentially the camera of somebody constantly taping you without your consent. It still isnât nice exactly and, yes, we could just delete the video, but this sends the more potent message. Which in my mcâs case is âdonât film the crazy cat without his permission!â. In light of the alternatives here I would consider this one more of a darkness +1 action.
As quick as possible. darkness +1 Playing fast and loose with the rules of the road is dangerous, no question about it, unfortunately it is also well-within the usual boundaries of risky teenage behaviours and our mc in this case has a better excuse then most affluent teens who race their vehicles on public roads purely and solely for kicks. Still the slight increase in darkness is probably fair and most real teens arenât saints by any means (particularly if theyâre also cute guys).
âLook, just back off, you obnoxious frinking witch!â darkness +1 Lani had it coming for saddling the mc with a party they didnât want while making them pay for it too and not everybody, certainly not every teenager is a natural âzenâ diplomat, is all Iâm saying about this one.
Just drive straight on through. Sheâll probably get out of the way. darkness +1 This one probably deserves darkness +2 as this one is willfully dangerous and indicative of my mcâs mindset of valuing friends and family over the well-being of strangers.
Have your revenge darkness +1 A natural reaction considering the circumstances
You have to get your revenge darkness +1 Same as the last one, particularly as the reality starts to sink in. I also have to note that just like with many, perhaps even most people my mcâs inner thoughts are much more harsh then the factual actions he takes to further that goal.
You just wish you could have been looking him in the eyes as you killed him. darkness +2 Again, this is at worst an âevilâ thought with no actual consequences whatsoever, except to indicate the mcâs emotional distress and angst.
No. You need this power. You need your revenge. darkness +1 Fair enough, this is one of the classical anti-hero or even anti/light villain motivations, it is also an understandable reaction for an emotionally distraught teen in this case where we have not yet had any opportunity to properly grieve.
tell them to get the frink off your road. darkness +1 Not particularly nice or polite, but then the army did just destroy our home and murder our family and this is more venting and threatening than anything of consequence.
You have to make him pay. darkness +1 âMake him payâ is rather vague, but fair enough, though it is again more thought then action.
âŚwill kill them. darkness +1 Yes, this one is explicit and might even warrant a +2
Knock her out. darkness +1 We are penalized for taking the most expedient course of action here.
Youâre not going to rule out anything more persuasive. darkness +1 Fair enough, despite what 24 would have us believe torture isnât very nice, though this is still more of a thought then an action, considering the âtortureâ my mc opts for in the end is hilariously âbadâ music.
His minions had uranium bullets in their guns, right? Get one, and shoot him. darkness +2 I think this one is unwarranted as this is the most logical action that exposes the teammates my mc is supposed to look out for as the team leader to the minimum amount of risk and expends the least amount of resources, which is simply good situational tactics and a good strategy to follow in general. Again I think the +2 is a bit excessive here as these thugs were clearly prepared to use lethal force and would have executed us and our team if they could with those bullets right then and there.
Spare him. This âinformationâ could prove useful. darkness +2 Well excuse my mc for not liking the guy who would have executed him. I think what is important here is the willingness to spare him in the first place, less so the justification we use on ourselves for it. So I do think the +2 is excessive here as this seems to warrant at most a +1.
Seems most testers have been infected by @TSSLâs impossibly optimistic and cheerful outlook here.