[ Not me reviewing the shit out of a really good cutscene I could've given you but then realising that Estinien wasn't TECHNICALLY there for it even though he knows about it. TCH. I guess you can have this OTHER apocalypse mem. ]
I no longer have Scarlet, so that won't be an issue --
[ Welp, swallowed up by a godsdamned bubble it is. Estinien can only growl in frustration and swat at it with a flash of blue, but that's when Danny sees... this! The bigger cutscene and the pertinent part starts at the timestamp anchored via link (4:15) until 9:30. However if you have time for it I recommend from the very beginning until 9:30, this shit is so fucked up. The black smoke should look familiar to him btw. ]
Edited (ok weird line break go off) 2022-03-08 14:52 (UTC)
[ blinks. That smoke is, indeed, familiar, and Danny thinks he's starting to understand better now exactly what it is and what it does. The rest, though, other than Estinien himself, is pretty new. and, uh, a lot. ]
Aye, the land that you saw. 'Tis the island nation of Thavnair.
[ It's like, a cross of the Middle East and South Asia, for Danny's real-world Earth equivalent, if you need it -- it'll probably have been fairly apparent in general scenery even if not so in the vid itself. ]
Aye, Vrtra. Though he remained hidden from the eyes of his people in fear of causing fear and strife, he is the one who runs the nation and watches over its folk.
[ As for the black smoke... ]
...Nay, Vrtra himself cannot do that on his own, simply just by being a dragon. That dark aura, as I understand it, heralds the transformation of man into a Blasphemy -- a monster left behind when man has lost everything.
[ I LOST MY TAGS... give me the hot sauce. He raises a brow, but -- ]
It seems that the transformation takes over those who have lost all hope and faith. The babe was cold and dying, and no doubt uncomfortable -- which must be as close to hopelessness as something like that can get.
[ Be nicer when talking about babies Estinien. ]
...Vrtra is kind, even if still working on his will. I'm sure his desire to protect his people was felt.
[ In other words I don't fuckin' know, probably some kind of comforting telepathy shit because dragons can do that if they wish. ]
Huh. I guess it must've been, if whatever he did worked.
[ anyway here comes another bubble yadda yadda using color to pop it blah blah we know how this goes, the important thing is that Estinien gets to be lost in the sauce. :) (18:50 - 20:45, 36:20 - 38:17, 44:34 - 44:57) ]
Edited (it's like 12 hours later but i just came up with a better line, i had to) 2022-03-17 18:18 (UTC)
[ Help I'm sorry for getting to this so late I had a really bad week but also turned out I couldn't figure out the video timestamps on mobile so here I finally am.
WAS THE HOT SAUCE PART JUST WHAT WAS GONNA KILL EVERYONE??? Help. Looking through the lens of this of a non-Butch Hartman'd POV, yeah this is all very dire... even if Estinien thinks that's kind of a lot of aging for just 10 years. But at the same time, all of that happened SO MUCH and SO FAST and everything was okay and also it was because you cheated on one test? ]
He looks a bit more surprised at the response than the actual memory itself, but. ]
...If that's what you'd like. The things that happened in your past have no bearing to me as you are.
[ It's not like it revealed Danny is a currently ongoing serial killer who torments and murders baby animals by the dozens. You know, aka someone that he should be wary of in the immediate. ]
[ he tries to take another step back, but ends up tripping and falling over on his ass. He grabs his head with one hand. ]
Oh man. Th-this is...no one was ever supposed to find out about this. This can't be happening... [ he's just kind of. staring off into the distance. is he shaking? he might be shaking a little. ]
I-I don't know. It's--I never thought about it. It's just...I can't let people know about it. That's...it.
[ it sounds so much smaller and stupider than it feels. but that's really it: there's no magic curse keeping it secret, just his own fear and prescription grade denial of it. ]
As you asked, I'll forget about it if that's what you want.
[ Estinien is hardly one to press people for history that they'd rather forget. And he knows how much loss can alter a person for the worse. He's just already had his arc of being made to face it, and knowing that ignoring it would be a far greater injustice.
But Danny is fourteen, there's a lot you'd rather forget at fourteen. ]
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Still, this is excessive. Even when cold, milk has an expiry. Who, exactly, is going to drink all of this?
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I've never seen a store with this much milk in it before either. Maybe the prism thinks we like, really need to strengthen our bones.
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[ Me just like. No cows in XIV. ]
This seems ridiculous, it'll all go to waste long ere it can be consumed. Would colour fix it?
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How do you think color would fix it?
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I don't know, the colours work in ways I don't understand -- all we're told is that we should use it. So maybe...
[ Don't ask him for details about it because he doesn't know. But oh no, look out, a bubble floating their way. Ohh noooo. ]
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[ the bubble continues to approach. everyone watches in horror but no one does anything. like this kid. ]
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I no longer have Scarlet, so that won't be an issue --
[ Welp, swallowed up by a godsdamned bubble it is. Estinien can only growl in frustration and swat at it with a flash of blue, but that's when Danny sees... this! The bigger cutscene and the pertinent part starts at the timestamp anchored via link (4:15) until 9:30. However if you have time for it I recommend from the very beginning until 9:30, this shit is so fucked up. The black smoke should look familiar to him btw. ]
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Well. That was...intense.
...That baby's still okay, right?
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Aye. The babe is in proper care, and Thavnair is recovering.
[ Matsya... sweet Matsya. Estinien wonders if he's doing alright. ]
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[ It's like, a cross of the Middle East and South Asia, for Danny's real-world Earth equivalent, if you need it -- it'll probably have been fairly apparent in general scenery even if not so in the vid itself. ]
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So, uh--that big thing you came in with, that was a dragon, right? And it could just...fix all that black smoke stuff?
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[ As for the black smoke... ]
...Nay, Vrtra himself cannot do that on his own, simply just by being a dragon. That dark aura, as I understand it, heralds the transformation of man into a Blasphemy -- a monster left behind when man has lost everything.
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Then, uh, I take back what I said earlier, I think I have seen a Blasphemy. How'd the dragon get rid of it, then?
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It seems that the transformation takes over those who have lost all hope and faith. The babe was cold and dying, and no doubt uncomfortable -- which must be as close to hopelessness as something like that can get.
[ Be nicer when talking about babies Estinien. ]
...Vrtra is kind, even if still working on his will. I'm sure his desire to protect his people was felt.
[ In other words I don't fuckin' know, probably some kind of comforting telepathy shit because dragons can do that if they wish. ]
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[ anyway here comes another bubble yadda yadda using color to pop it blah blah we know how this goes, the important thing is that Estinien gets to be lost in the sauce. :) (18:50 - 20:45, 36:20 - 38:17, 44:34 - 44:57) ]
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WAS THE HOT SAUCE PART JUST WHAT WAS GONNA KILL EVERYONE??? Help. Looking through the lens of this of a non-Butch Hartman'd POV, yeah this is all very dire... even if Estinien thinks that's kind of a lot of aging for just 10 years. But at the same time, all of that happened SO MUCH and SO FAST and everything was okay and also it was because you cheated on one test? ]
...What in the hells did I just witness?
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but welcome to hot sauce C8
Danny is already just kind of. Taking a step back with his hands in a placating gesture, laughing extremely nervously. ]
H-haha, okay, uh--can you just--forget you ever saw that?
[ It sounds weak, even to his own ears. ]
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He looks a bit more surprised at the response than the actual memory itself, but. ]
...If that's what you'd like. The things that happened in your past have no bearing to me as you are.
[ It's not like it revealed Danny is a currently ongoing serial killer who torments and murders baby animals by the dozens. You know, aka someone that he should be wary of in the immediate. ]
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[ he tries to take another step back, but ends up tripping and falling over on his ass. He grabs his head with one hand. ]
Oh man. Th-this is...no one was ever supposed to find out about this. This can't be happening... [ he's just kind of. staring off into the distance. is he shaking? he might be shaking a little. ]
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Boy, calm down -- breathe. I barely even understood what I saw, let alone do anything about it.
[ His own tone is even if not a little confused as to what to do about this.
...Holding a hand out for him to get back up? ]
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No, you don't get it! No one else is even supposed to know about that!
[ sorry, he's still a little too panicked to notice the hand ]
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Firmly, though not harshly: ]
What exactly is going to happen if I do?
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I-I don't know. It's--I never thought about it. It's just...I can't let people know about it. That's...it.
[ it sounds so much smaller and stupider than it feels. but that's really it: there's no magic curse keeping it secret, just his own fear and prescription grade denial of it. ]
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[ Estinien is hardly one to press people for history that they'd rather forget. And he knows how much loss can alter a person for the worse. He's just already had his arc of being made to face it, and knowing that ignoring it would be a far greater injustice.
But Danny is fourteen, there's a lot you'd rather forget at fourteen. ]
It isn't as if it's the current you.
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