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Grouchy Thursday
Apr. 15th, 2021 11:19 pmAnd I think I've pinned down at least one of the reasons -- good old PMS! It IS coming up on that time of the month, and the fact I spent most of my day simmering with rage and then had random moments of wanting to cry on the way home. . .yeah. Certainly explains why I'm so freaking tired most of the time and yet can't sleep very well!
At any rate, made it through the day -- bit of a quieter one, thankfully, meaning I could spent some time just on roster maintenance tasks after getting a few more "can I get this annoying issue off my desk please" items cleared. Slowly but surely making progress on things. And I had a reasonably productive evening too:
1. Get in a workout: Check – back on the bike, and back with “Nuka-World Level One Survival!” Caught back up with Minnie as she carefully circled around the Transit Center, on the hunt for the Assaultron that she needed to nuke the hell out of it. Why does she have to kill this thing so bad? Well, apparently, it’s all about getting rid of the most dangerous enemy that can follow you through doors – Jon watched somebody else’s variation on this challenge before, and apparently that Assaultron followed them to the tram and was the bane of their existence. So Jon was not taking any chances.
And, fortunately, killing the damn thing went off without a hitch! Minnie aimed at the combat inhibitor and critted, and the Assaultron exploded (to Jon’s surprise, since VATS kept telling him that the nuke wasn’t going to do a lot of damage – if I remember what I’ve read in the past right, this is because it’s only counting the damage from the actual projectile hitting, NOT the subsequent explosion). And that brought her up to Level 2! Which was perfectly fine, as she was technically in an area added by the DLC – you see the giant bottles, it’s fine to level up!
After that, it was just a matter of getting to the tram with the minimum number of Gunners knowing she existed. Jon completely botched getting her to sneak into the building undetected, but managed to outrun all but one relatively-low-level gunner whom Minnie emptied a clip into with her 10mil before running and hiding in the station. Once she was sure it was safe, she went and talked to Harvey (only caring that Nuka-World still existed), looted the station, and got on the tram, heading straight to the place where all her dreams would come true! Getting to the entrance station of the park got her all the way up to Level 3 – Jon promptly picked the first level of “Lone Wanderer” (which ups her carry capacity and damage resistance as long as she has no companion, and that shouldn’t be an issue unless she hangs out with Gage at any point), and the first level of “Demolitions Expert” (because explosives might be the way to get her through this DLC). And then it was time to sleep, save. . .
And start Episode 2 and the Gauntlet! And right away, poor Minnie died because Jon couldn’t find a safe place to stand in the “turret hell” room. XD Fortunately, her luck turned after that – Jon managed to clear a safe area for her, then kill all the turrets with her 10mil. Even got some ammo for it off some of them – very necessary, as her gun isn’t very powerful and she’s already running low! The trap room was taken VERY slowly, as Jon’s apparently never done it with a character who CAN trigger the floor-based traps before – and even then, he got zapped at one point by missing a tension trigger on a safe. Ouch. I left it with Minnie picking up a note off a corpse – we’ll see what it says next time!
2. Work some more on “Londerland Bloodlines”: Check – have finished up the tutorial with the deaths of the two gangbangers, and Jack letting Alice keep his gun (which, in the grand scheme of things, is kind of a pointless gesture – I’m pretty sure she relies mostly on the knife I had her pick up after taking care of the final shovelheads). Alice is feeling a little guilty still, but is just trying to get through the night, poor girl. Time to meet her two Camarilla chauffeurs!
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check – two YouTube Subs videos, plus one bonus –
A) Started with something on Tumblr – the trailer to an upcoming show, Kevin Can Go Fuck Himself, which takes the life of your average sitcom wife and turns it into “what does she actually think about all this bullshit?” It looks pretty interestingly intense!
B) Then it was time to catch up with James Turner and the “3 Brothers” LP! Been quite a while since we checked in with Isaiah, Brodie, and Candle. . .but they had a pretty eventful few days! Since dust doesn’t work on haunted house lots (figures), the laundry has been restored, and the clothing piles are – sort of getting under control. XD NPCs kept dropping by the house randomly, and the poor layout means they couldn’t even be used as a source of plasma. The trio attended the Festival of Light briefly, taking a hike and encountering some forest spirits! Isaiah collected them, which led to him finishing his aspiration, w00! Candle has been officially accepted to university, and his brothers helped him with a school project, which should definitely assist with his grades. Brodie unfortunately lost a Paranormal Investigator gig due to shenanigans (for some reason it got canceled when James tried to send him on his own), but successfully managed the next one – at his parents’ house, no less! Honestly, you think an alien and a vampire could take on a haunting, but. . . He also embarked on “Bodybuilder” as an aspiration choice so James could get him some points quick and try to get him the “Brave” reward trait. Most notably, though, Isaiah FINALLY got all the items and the necessary funds to make the Ultimate Vampire Cure, so now he’s a normal human – and Brodie’s son Chaz aged up, so James had him come over and added him to the family! So now they have a child who is the son of a vampire and Bonehilda. I don’t know at all how this works, but okay. XD
C) And then it was time for Call Me Kevin and Stuntman, a game from his childhood where you play a stuntman doing various stunts for fictional movies! Kevin took us through the various car-related stunts for “Toothless in Wapping,” some sort of crime drama that involved many scenes of people driving through boxes. XD Kevin remembered the game being super annoying from his childhood, and his adult replay proved his memories right – you’ve REALLY got to be quick on the controls to hit all the stunts when the director wants you to hit them! Poor Kevin restarted so many sequences. . .and even when he got them, there was generally some sort of awkward reversing or whatnot that was included in the “movie” at the end. XD Still, he probably did better than I would, sooo. . .
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – busy day on Valice Multiverse (a regular partner just came out of a self-imposed hiatus), plus more asks than I’m used to getting now – at least some of them could be combined into one! Got them all sorted, at least, along with the owed threads.
And now I just have to finish up the last of my DW comments, then head to bed. Just one more day to get through. . .hopefully it's not too bad! Though the weather's going to be absolute shit, apparently, ugh. . .well, not like I'll have anywhere to be but the office. Night all!
At any rate, made it through the day -- bit of a quieter one, thankfully, meaning I could spent some time just on roster maintenance tasks after getting a few more "can I get this annoying issue off my desk please" items cleared. Slowly but surely making progress on things. And I had a reasonably productive evening too:
1. Get in a workout: Check – back on the bike, and back with “Nuka-World Level One Survival!” Caught back up with Minnie as she carefully circled around the Transit Center, on the hunt for the Assaultron that she needed to nuke the hell out of it. Why does she have to kill this thing so bad? Well, apparently, it’s all about getting rid of the most dangerous enemy that can follow you through doors – Jon watched somebody else’s variation on this challenge before, and apparently that Assaultron followed them to the tram and was the bane of their existence. So Jon was not taking any chances.
And, fortunately, killing the damn thing went off without a hitch! Minnie aimed at the combat inhibitor and critted, and the Assaultron exploded (to Jon’s surprise, since VATS kept telling him that the nuke wasn’t going to do a lot of damage – if I remember what I’ve read in the past right, this is because it’s only counting the damage from the actual projectile hitting, NOT the subsequent explosion). And that brought her up to Level 2! Which was perfectly fine, as she was technically in an area added by the DLC – you see the giant bottles, it’s fine to level up!
After that, it was just a matter of getting to the tram with the minimum number of Gunners knowing she existed. Jon completely botched getting her to sneak into the building undetected, but managed to outrun all but one relatively-low-level gunner whom Minnie emptied a clip into with her 10mil before running and hiding in the station. Once she was sure it was safe, she went and talked to Harvey (only caring that Nuka-World still existed), looted the station, and got on the tram, heading straight to the place where all her dreams would come true! Getting to the entrance station of the park got her all the way up to Level 3 – Jon promptly picked the first level of “Lone Wanderer” (which ups her carry capacity and damage resistance as long as she has no companion, and that shouldn’t be an issue unless she hangs out with Gage at any point), and the first level of “Demolitions Expert” (because explosives might be the way to get her through this DLC). And then it was time to sleep, save. . .
And start Episode 2 and the Gauntlet! And right away, poor Minnie died because Jon couldn’t find a safe place to stand in the “turret hell” room. XD Fortunately, her luck turned after that – Jon managed to clear a safe area for her, then kill all the turrets with her 10mil. Even got some ammo for it off some of them – very necessary, as her gun isn’t very powerful and she’s already running low! The trap room was taken VERY slowly, as Jon’s apparently never done it with a character who CAN trigger the floor-based traps before – and even then, he got zapped at one point by missing a tension trigger on a safe. Ouch. I left it with Minnie picking up a note off a corpse – we’ll see what it says next time!
2. Work some more on “Londerland Bloodlines”: Check – have finished up the tutorial with the deaths of the two gangbangers, and Jack letting Alice keep his gun (which, in the grand scheme of things, is kind of a pointless gesture – I’m pretty sure she relies mostly on the knife I had her pick up after taking care of the final shovelheads). Alice is feeling a little guilty still, but is just trying to get through the night, poor girl. Time to meet her two Camarilla chauffeurs!
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check – two YouTube Subs videos, plus one bonus –
A) Started with something on Tumblr – the trailer to an upcoming show, Kevin Can Go Fuck Himself, which takes the life of your average sitcom wife and turns it into “what does she actually think about all this bullshit?” It looks pretty interestingly intense!
B) Then it was time to catch up with James Turner and the “3 Brothers” LP! Been quite a while since we checked in with Isaiah, Brodie, and Candle. . .but they had a pretty eventful few days! Since dust doesn’t work on haunted house lots (figures), the laundry has been restored, and the clothing piles are – sort of getting under control. XD NPCs kept dropping by the house randomly, and the poor layout means they couldn’t even be used as a source of plasma. The trio attended the Festival of Light briefly, taking a hike and encountering some forest spirits! Isaiah collected them, which led to him finishing his aspiration, w00! Candle has been officially accepted to university, and his brothers helped him with a school project, which should definitely assist with his grades. Brodie unfortunately lost a Paranormal Investigator gig due to shenanigans (for some reason it got canceled when James tried to send him on his own), but successfully managed the next one – at his parents’ house, no less! Honestly, you think an alien and a vampire could take on a haunting, but. . . He also embarked on “Bodybuilder” as an aspiration choice so James could get him some points quick and try to get him the “Brave” reward trait. Most notably, though, Isaiah FINALLY got all the items and the necessary funds to make the Ultimate Vampire Cure, so now he’s a normal human – and Brodie’s son Chaz aged up, so James had him come over and added him to the family! So now they have a child who is the son of a vampire and Bonehilda. I don’t know at all how this works, but okay. XD
C) And then it was time for Call Me Kevin and Stuntman, a game from his childhood where you play a stuntman doing various stunts for fictional movies! Kevin took us through the various car-related stunts for “Toothless in Wapping,” some sort of crime drama that involved many scenes of people driving through boxes. XD Kevin remembered the game being super annoying from his childhood, and his adult replay proved his memories right – you’ve REALLY got to be quick on the controls to hit all the stunts when the director wants you to hit them! Poor Kevin restarted so many sequences. . .and even when he got them, there was generally some sort of awkward reversing or whatnot that was included in the “movie” at the end. XD Still, he probably did better than I would, sooo. . .
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – busy day on Valice Multiverse (a regular partner just came out of a self-imposed hiatus), plus more asks than I’m used to getting now – at least some of them could be combined into one! Got them all sorted, at least, along with the owed threads.
And now I just have to finish up the last of my DW comments, then head to bed. Just one more day to get through. . .hopefully it's not too bad! Though the weather's going to be absolute shit, apparently, ugh. . .well, not like I'll have anywhere to be but the office. Night all!
