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crossover_chickNot without help, of course -- consulted a walkthrough of the game just to see if going back for that "Wrench Lurker" tonic was worth it, and discovered I'd missed an audio diary! Well, I couldn't have that, so I headed back out to look for it. Which led to the discovery I'd skipped a whole little mini-area in Neptune's Bounty! (Admittedly, I'd originally skipped it because people kept shooting at me. . .) Complete with a safe, new ammo, and other goodies. Even got some good shots for my research camera. Found my diary, loaded up, and headed back out. Did a save and tried once to get the tonic -- and quickly discovered that a) the Spider Splicer that attacks you in response, Rose, has a FUCKTON of health, and b) she's backed up by those goddamn Nitro Splicers. After a couple of deaths trying to fight them off, decided "not worth it -- I'm not even using the wrench as a weapon that much" and reloaded, carefully avoided the tonic, and made my way back to the fisheries.
Once back there, got me the last audio diary in the area, cracked another safe, then headed into Smuggler's Bay! Did the business with the submarine (including deliberately skipping what I was supposed to do to investigate the sub before everything goes tits-up -- I saw on TV Tropes that Atlas has a special bit of dialogue if you do this, asking if you can hear his family inside), collected everything that could be collected, got myself a new gene tonic that means anyone who hits me close-up is gonna be mega-zapped (finally, taking pictures honestly pays off!), and headed through to Arcadia once the dust had cleared and I'd healed myself up. I'm actually still at max EVE hypos, and for a little while I was also at max health kits! (That didn't last long once the sub got attacked, but I still have five, which is good.) So yeah, slowly but surely getting better. Currently parked in the Tea Garden while I figure out what to do and where to go.
Other than my gaming adventures, been a pretty quiet day. Work was kind of slow -- just more roster maintenance and the like. I did get some good writing done on "Fixing You," though -- Victor and Alice have made it to Fixxler's, and he's just dropped the bombshell that he's a real magician, and he thought Alice already knew about magic because of her natural affinity for the spell False Flesh (aka my explanation for Alice making herself look like her Wonderland self in the real world at the end of A:MR). Get to ramble on about my magic system now, yaaay~ Other activities included catching up on webcomics and watching more "Outside XBox Plays Hitman" -- Mike's "let's just murder things and think of a plan later" method is proving strangely effective with the elusive targets. XD Well, I guess when you find your niche. . .
And now my current project? Catching up on my VictorLuvsAlice tumblr dash -- which is looking like it's going to be a bit of a task. Thinking I might have to skip my usual Saturday queue for Valice Multiverse. . .we'll see how long it takes me to get through the various "yay the pink-haired prince" posts and other tomfoolery that has exploded all over it. Going to have to find some appropriately meaty reading music too. . . First, though, I should answer this one PM I've got sitting around from FF.net. *salutes* You all have a good night!
Once back there, got me the last audio diary in the area, cracked another safe, then headed into Smuggler's Bay! Did the business with the submarine (including deliberately skipping what I was supposed to do to investigate the sub before everything goes tits-up -- I saw on TV Tropes that Atlas has a special bit of dialogue if you do this, asking if you can hear his family inside), collected everything that could be collected, got myself a new gene tonic that means anyone who hits me close-up is gonna be mega-zapped (finally, taking pictures honestly pays off!), and headed through to Arcadia once the dust had cleared and I'd healed myself up. I'm actually still at max EVE hypos, and for a little while I was also at max health kits! (That didn't last long once the sub got attacked, but I still have five, which is good.) So yeah, slowly but surely getting better. Currently parked in the Tea Garden while I figure out what to do and where to go.
Other than my gaming adventures, been a pretty quiet day. Work was kind of slow -- just more roster maintenance and the like. I did get some good writing done on "Fixing You," though -- Victor and Alice have made it to Fixxler's, and he's just dropped the bombshell that he's a real magician, and he thought Alice already knew about magic because of her natural affinity for the spell False Flesh (aka my explanation for Alice making herself look like her Wonderland self in the real world at the end of A:MR). Get to ramble on about my magic system now, yaaay~ Other activities included catching up on webcomics and watching more "Outside XBox Plays Hitman" -- Mike's "let's just murder things and think of a plan later" method is proving strangely effective with the elusive targets. XD Well, I guess when you find your niche. . .
And now my current project? Catching up on my VictorLuvsAlice tumblr dash -- which is looking like it's going to be a bit of a task. Thinking I might have to skip my usual Saturday queue for Valice Multiverse. . .we'll see how long it takes me to get through the various "yay the pink-haired prince" posts and other tomfoolery that has exploded all over it. Going to have to find some appropriately meaty reading music too. . . First, though, I should answer this one PM I've got sitting around from FF.net. *salutes* You all have a good night!
