I never do anything.
Got sent home from work today for having stomach cramps and shaky hands. Mostly certain it was just blood-sugar related (I have been eating terribly lately. Proper food has been far too much effort some days), but the way things've been going with the department lately, my manager wasn't taking any chances. So, home I went. And that was my day. Super exciting!
Also yesterday I got to feel bad for feeling bad, since I feel bad for no real reason whatsoever (beyond BRAIN FAIL), and our newest coworker came in despite, uh, everything being wrong? Her whole family had food poisoning and she thinks its her fault, while they were checking her husband's arm for surgery next month, they found skin cancer, her (father?grandfather? not sure which, wasn't about to ask) had died that night... So of course she was a wreck. I made her leave and we closed the department early.
IN POSITIVE NEWS, Conjure One released a new album, um, over a year ago, and I somehow entirely missed that announcement, but on a whim I looked them up the other day and found that news, so I ordered it and it arrived, and it is just as awesome as the first two. So, yay. (Also, Conjure One is one of my favourites to listen to when I feel down, because it makes me feel better.) Anyone unfamiliar with Conjure One should remedy that.
Where were we? Chapter 6, right. It's been, what, two days? Of course I forgot. Two days may as well be two millennia, right? Friggin' depressed brain.
Anyway, back to trying not to die.
Oh, there's a scene here. I was trying to jump onto the manhole cover, but obviously that's not going to happen. Ruin my fun,
What do you think "desperate times" means, Nate?
…. hahaha "quietly" hahaha
Chloe, it has actually been scientifically proven that Nathan Drake is the polar opposite of "quietly."
Hahaaa, this is my turret now. NOT SHARING.
--- What? They're all dead? Fire escape? Yeah, uh. Sure. Be right over. Just gotta, ah, make sure they're all dead.
And also scrounge for ammo, you know how it goes.
The hotel is flooded. And also full of people with guns in the elevator. I jumped when it dinged, I do not know why.
Nate if there's a zombie around the next corner, we're both just quitting, right then and there. Though, haha, I am glad he referenced that.
Damn breaking flag poles, breaking my stride….
Man, are they gonna make me switch to the 9mm? They are suddenly all over the place, and I like my .45…
(I perhaps take the phrase "stick to your guns" more literally than I should.)
Dare I ask what a suitcase is going on the roof all the way out and over here? Or would that draw questions as to what I am doing on the roof, all the way out and over here?
Hahahaha omg the scene when you jump in the pool. MARCO! :D …. MARCO! :D
…. >_>
Polo. ~_~
Yes, I am so unprofessional. Glad you're catching on, here. :D
helicopter are you kidding me RETREAT!!
Or, uh. Fail to retreat, jesus, this is going badly. Damn stalker-copters.
… Though I fully support enemy-copters blowing up walls and taking out their own guys.
Aaaa I can't jump from the falling building because these idiot bad guys keep jumping me! Where are they even coming from?
Ah, there, finally.
WHERE THE FUCK IS MY FAL I HATE THIS DISAPPEARING GUNS SHIT
HA.
FOUND IT.
… why would you want to find another way down? My way worked brilliantly!
More guys ahe--- oh, it's. Uh. Not a gunman.
"HEY"?! WAS THAT WHO I THINK IT WAS??
IT WAS!! ELENA! HI! I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU!
oh god cameraman attack. Jeff, I guess.
Already looted a museum, actually! It didn't go so well, though, think I'm done with that for a while.
Funny you should ask about that, actually. I AM THE MAN WITH THE ANSWER.
…. Ouch. ELENA I STILL LIKE YOU BETTER. Haha, actually, I think Nate still likes you better, too.
Noooo not another helicopter whyyyy
… hey! I didn't even have to look for that treasure! It was in my hiding spot! Nice.
Hahaha, poor Jeff. "Is it always like this with him? :\"
And they both answer the same way, hahaha.
Aw, my allies are so boring. ... Or just used to my shenanigans. After I crossed the bridge, I took cover behind the wall (by accident) and then had ~ideas~ and right as they got close, I whipped around with my gun out, and none of them so much as blinked. Jeff was leading the way! Surely he should have been startled!
… Hey, where did Chloe get to?
Ah, she's already downstairs.
… Elena and Chloe are probably over there bonding on 'Nate's annoying need to explore every goddamn corner of a room before moving on' while we hop over all this debris, aren't they.
Heeeey. :( Last time I was competing against a lunatic and FREAKING ZOMBIES for a mythical statue (which housed a zombie-making virus). Why do you doubt me? YOU WERE THERE. You saaaaaw. Stop with the tone. :(
Also, I think Chloe wants something.
aaaaaa helicopter run awaaaaay
Nate, please stop saying those things. I, for one, would greatly appreciate five minutes of peace.
Ah, well, yes. That's a much better reason to be doubtful. He probably has missed something. But you are smart! I am certain you will figure it out.
Hahaha Naaaate, you are jeaaalousssss.
And while Chloe is wandering around wondering aloud if there's anything worth taking, Nate is already on top of that, ganking an altar spoon. Nate, honestly, it's one thing to pilfer ancient ruins no one's seen in centuries, or to pick things out of sewers, but a temple that's still in use? Really?
I WANNA ZOOM IN ON THESE PAGES AND READ THEM RAR
(Maybe they would be clearer on my television, but as Roommate F - F for female, rather than as a grade - is out of town for a while and Roommate M does not really use the television, and as the heater is in the living room, I have migrated, and the tv out here is not excellent and does not have an HD port. But damn it, it's comfortable out here.)
Awww, picture of Elena in the journal!
Heee, I have seen the "Faces of Victor (goddamn) Sullivan" one before, but now it is extra funny because I know who he is.
… SKELZOR hahaha what? Nate, did you name the mystery skeleton that didn't actually grab you and who you took the map and phurba from? You dork.
Chloe, you got a problem with water, or something?
I am glad someone not me finally made a joke about Nate being a monkey, it was getting really hard to hold those one in.
Ta-da! Drained water.
So, deer and trees on the walls down here. Are they deer? I'm calling them deer. They're vaguely deer-like, anyway.
… okay, definitely just noticed the ceiling's covered in spikes. That's …probably a bad sign.
Now they've noticed the trees, too. Maybe the tree is over the stone?
AAAUGH FLOOR COLLAPSE! Teach me to try and get a better look at the patterns on the floor, geezum.
And there's the collapsing ceiling I've been expecting ever since noticing all the doom-spikes overhead.
Okay, I think I at least figured out what I was supposed to do before dying, so. That's something, anyway.
Hm, no, maybe not. That or those things are slightly more immune to grenades than I'd originally imagined.
Nope, had it right. Shouldn't've doubted.
Yeah, near-death experiences do wonders for your metabolism, don’t they, Chloe?
I AM ALWAYS CAREFUL!
… It just doesn't always work!
Woohoo!
Oh for god's sake NATE! Stop marking things down!
And, I gotta say, also? If you just stopped finding these things, people would stop trying to steal all the answers from you. I understand, though, we can't expect you to give this up.
Ugh. I'm sure Elena is fine, but I'm a bit worried about Jeff. He's in a bit over his head.
Ah. Assuming he still has a head, anyway.
Um. Maybe she thought to clear out ahead of time?
Oh, no, here they are. Jeff! You still have a head!
Staggering along….
… oh, Jeff. :( Now you don't.
And Chloe's gone off again and she stole the map Nate so stupidly marked up.
AND THERE'S THE BADASSERY I KNEW HAD TO BE COMING GO, ELENA, GO! YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAVOURITE.
Also, I think maybe we are finally catching up with the beginning of the game?
…oh, geez, was Elena on that train, too? Hopefully she got off it in better shape, if so.
Thank goodness these idiots only react to me, and not to their allies' corpses…
…. Oh, Elena, thank you. I'd been hanging on that sign with no way down for so long, I'd begun to wonder if I'd actually got myself stuck there somehow. But no! She has saved me! Hurray!
Whooo, this is such complete madness.
NO, JECCA, "O" IS NOT JUMP JESUS CHRIST OW TRAIN WHEELS
… heeey, jumping though windows at people is my job!
…. REVENGE OF THE HELICOPTER
THANK YOU, NATE, FOR SPARING ME THE TROUBLE OF WRITING THAT OUT.
though that sentence was longer than "don't you assholes see the helicopter I've got enough trouble already" wasn't it…
Oh. my. god, this train just never ever ever ever ENDS aaaaaugh
Found Chloe!
Lost Chloe!
Ah, there's the wound in the side…
AND NOW WE…'re back at the damn beginning of the game and I have to climb allll the way up the stupid train cars again.
Only this time with commentary. So I guess that is okay!
Argh, so many enemies.
And now Nate dies in the snow.
Or.
Not.
Who the heck was that, I do not know.
Ah, it was some Tibetan-speaking man? Too bad Tibetan is the one language Nate doesn't understand.
Nate fails at football! Hahaha that was adorable.
ELENAAAAA!!! Whaaaat are you doing up here? NOT that I am not glad to see you! I am super-glad to see you.
Ha! Of course Elena speaks the one language Nate doesn't!
We already knew that was the key, actually, but thanks.
(Beaten? More like thrashed. Ouch.)
HE WOULD BECOME A SUPER SAIYAN I guess? His power level would certainly be over 9000, at least.
Tenzin, eh? Is your sword Phoenix-embued? A relic of the far Far East? (TENZIN IS A CHARACTER IN FFXI, FOR THOSE NOT IN THE KNOW. He's pretty cool, except for when he's a dick.)
WOLF!!
Nate, if the man wants you to hurry, I am sure he has a reason for it. Maybe he is worried all your shouting will trigger an avalanche!
More wolves! Not like they are doing anything other than scampering on every time we see them, seriously, calm down until they actually try something, okay?
Oh, no, ice falling!
…. :< Am I all alone now?
… wow. I honestly can't believe we made that jump, there, Nate.
Oh, yay! Tenzin's back!
Oh, no! What's hurting the wolves?! D:
Ooh, poor babies!! ;___;
Oh. Oh, dear. That's a big… creature-thing. ARE YOU THE BASTARD THAT KILLED THE WOLVES?
AAAAA
OH GOD IS HE DEAD?
AAAAAA RUN AWAY AUGH AUGH
Oh, thank goodness, he's not dead. And neither am I! Yay!
And now it is both Chapter 18 and 3 am how did that happpeennnnn
Also, dying:
CAR EXPLODE: 1
GRAVITY: 1
Building Collapse: 3
CEEEEILING: 2
Temple Escape: 1
Escort Failure: 1
Stealthing: 1
Train yard shoot-out: 1
Train: 6
Helicopter: 3
Train Climbing: 1
Train Wreck Ambush: 3
Mountain climbing Falling: 4
Also, still playing with the desktop ponies (er, usually just "pony"). Luna likes to nap, and usually it is in the middle of the screen, but the other night when I was talking to my mother, she fell asleep almost prefectly on top of the chat window. It was so cute!
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Also yesterday I got to feel bad for feeling bad, since I feel bad for no real reason whatsoever (beyond BRAIN FAIL), and our newest coworker came in despite, uh, everything being wrong? Her whole family had food poisoning and she thinks its her fault, while they were checking her husband's arm for surgery next month, they found skin cancer, her (father?grandfather? not sure which, wasn't about to ask) had died that night... So of course she was a wreck. I made her leave and we closed the department early.
IN POSITIVE NEWS, Conjure One released a new album, um, over a year ago, and I somehow entirely missed that announcement, but on a whim I looked them up the other day and found that news, so I ordered it and it arrived, and it is just as awesome as the first two. So, yay. (Also, Conjure One is one of my favourites to listen to when I feel down, because it makes me feel better.) Anyone unfamiliar with Conjure One should remedy that.
Where were we? Chapter 6, right. It's been, what, two days? Of course I forgot. Two days may as well be two millennia, right? Friggin' depressed brain.
Anyway, back to trying not to die.
Oh, there's a scene here. I was trying to jump onto the manhole cover, but obviously that's not going to happen. Ruin my fun,
What do you think "desperate times" means, Nate?
…. hahaha "quietly" hahaha
Chloe, it has actually been scientifically proven that Nathan Drake is the polar opposite of "quietly."
Hahaaa, this is my turret now. NOT SHARING.
--- What? They're all dead? Fire escape? Yeah, uh. Sure. Be right over. Just gotta, ah, make sure they're all dead.
And also scrounge for ammo, you know how it goes.
The hotel is flooded. And also full of people with guns in the elevator. I jumped when it dinged, I do not know why.
Nate if there's a zombie around the next corner, we're both just quitting, right then and there. Though, haha, I am glad he referenced that.
Damn breaking flag poles, breaking my stride….
Man, are they gonna make me switch to the 9mm? They are suddenly all over the place, and I like my .45…
(I perhaps take the phrase "stick to your guns" more literally than I should.)
Dare I ask what a suitcase is going on the roof all the way out and over here? Or would that draw questions as to what I am doing on the roof, all the way out and over here?
Hahahaha omg the scene when you jump in the pool. MARCO! :D …. MARCO! :D
…. >_>
Polo. ~_~
Yes, I am so unprofessional. Glad you're catching on, here. :D
helicopter are you kidding me RETREAT!!
Or, uh. Fail to retreat, jesus, this is going badly. Damn stalker-copters.
… Though I fully support enemy-copters blowing up walls and taking out their own guys.
Aaaa I can't jump from the falling building because these idiot bad guys keep jumping me! Where are they even coming from?
Ah, there, finally.
WHERE THE FUCK IS MY FAL I HATE THIS DISAPPEARING GUNS SHIT
HA.
FOUND IT.
… why would you want to find another way down? My way worked brilliantly!
More guys ahe--- oh, it's. Uh. Not a gunman.
"HEY"?! WAS THAT WHO I THINK IT WAS??
IT WAS!! ELENA! HI! I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU!
oh god cameraman attack. Jeff, I guess.
Already looted a museum, actually! It didn't go so well, though, think I'm done with that for a while.
Funny you should ask about that, actually. I AM THE MAN WITH THE ANSWER.
…. Ouch. ELENA I STILL LIKE YOU BETTER. Haha, actually, I think Nate still likes you better, too.
Noooo not another helicopter whyyyy
… hey! I didn't even have to look for that treasure! It was in my hiding spot! Nice.
Hahaha, poor Jeff. "Is it always like this with him? :\"
And they both answer the same way, hahaha.
Aw, my allies are so boring. ... Or just used to my shenanigans. After I crossed the bridge, I took cover behind the wall (by accident) and then had ~ideas~ and right as they got close, I whipped around with my gun out, and none of them so much as blinked. Jeff was leading the way! Surely he should have been startled!
… Hey, where did Chloe get to?
Ah, she's already downstairs.
… Elena and Chloe are probably over there bonding on 'Nate's annoying need to explore every goddamn corner of a room before moving on' while we hop over all this debris, aren't they.
Heeeey. :( Last time I was competing against a lunatic and FREAKING ZOMBIES for a mythical statue (which housed a zombie-making virus). Why do you doubt me? YOU WERE THERE. You saaaaaw. Stop with the tone. :(
Also, I think Chloe wants something.
aaaaaa helicopter run awaaaaay
Nate, please stop saying those things. I, for one, would greatly appreciate five minutes of peace.
Ah, well, yes. That's a much better reason to be doubtful. He probably has missed something. But you are smart! I am certain you will figure it out.
Hahaha Naaaate, you are jeaaalousssss.
And while Chloe is wandering around wondering aloud if there's anything worth taking, Nate is already on top of that, ganking an altar spoon. Nate, honestly, it's one thing to pilfer ancient ruins no one's seen in centuries, or to pick things out of sewers, but a temple that's still in use? Really?
I WANNA ZOOM IN ON THESE PAGES AND READ THEM RAR
(Maybe they would be clearer on my television, but as Roommate F - F for female, rather than as a grade - is out of town for a while and Roommate M does not really use the television, and as the heater is in the living room, I have migrated, and the tv out here is not excellent and does not have an HD port. But damn it, it's comfortable out here.)
Awww, picture of Elena in the journal!
Heee, I have seen the "Faces of Victor (goddamn) Sullivan" one before, but now it is extra funny because I know who he is.
… SKELZOR hahaha what? Nate, did you name the mystery skeleton that didn't actually grab you and who you took the map and phurba from? You dork.
Chloe, you got a problem with water, or something?
I am glad someone not me finally made a joke about Nate being a monkey, it was getting really hard to hold those one in.
Ta-da! Drained water.
So, deer and trees on the walls down here. Are they deer? I'm calling them deer. They're vaguely deer-like, anyway.
… okay, definitely just noticed the ceiling's covered in spikes. That's …probably a bad sign.
Now they've noticed the trees, too. Maybe the tree is over the stone?
AAAUGH FLOOR COLLAPSE! Teach me to try and get a better look at the patterns on the floor, geezum.
And there's the collapsing ceiling I've been expecting ever since noticing all the doom-spikes overhead.
Okay, I think I at least figured out what I was supposed to do before dying, so. That's something, anyway.
Hm, no, maybe not. That or those things are slightly more immune to grenades than I'd originally imagined.
Nope, had it right. Shouldn't've doubted.
Yeah, near-death experiences do wonders for your metabolism, don’t they, Chloe?
I AM ALWAYS CAREFUL!
… It just doesn't always work!
Woohoo!
Oh for god's sake NATE! Stop marking things down!
And, I gotta say, also? If you just stopped finding these things, people would stop trying to steal all the answers from you. I understand, though, we can't expect you to give this up.
Ugh. I'm sure Elena is fine, but I'm a bit worried about Jeff. He's in a bit over his head.
Ah. Assuming he still has a head, anyway.
Um. Maybe she thought to clear out ahead of time?
Oh, no, here they are. Jeff! You still have a head!
Staggering along….
… oh, Jeff. :( Now you don't.
And Chloe's gone off again and she stole the map Nate so stupidly marked up.
AND THERE'S THE BADASSERY I KNEW HAD TO BE COMING GO, ELENA, GO! YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAVOURITE.
Also, I think maybe we are finally catching up with the beginning of the game?
…oh, geez, was Elena on that train, too? Hopefully she got off it in better shape, if so.
Thank goodness these idiots only react to me, and not to their allies' corpses…
…. Oh, Elena, thank you. I'd been hanging on that sign with no way down for so long, I'd begun to wonder if I'd actually got myself stuck there somehow. But no! She has saved me! Hurray!
Whooo, this is such complete madness.
NO, JECCA, "O" IS NOT JUMP JESUS CHRIST OW TRAIN WHEELS
… heeey, jumping though windows at people is my job!
…. REVENGE OF THE HELICOPTER
THANK YOU, NATE, FOR SPARING ME THE TROUBLE OF WRITING THAT OUT.
though that sentence was longer than "don't you assholes see the helicopter I've got enough trouble already" wasn't it…
Oh. my. god, this train just never ever ever ever ENDS aaaaaugh
Found Chloe!
Lost Chloe!
Ah, there's the wound in the side…
AND NOW WE…'re back at the damn beginning of the game and I have to climb allll the way up the stupid train cars again.
Only this time with commentary. So I guess that is okay!
Argh, so many enemies.
And now Nate dies in the snow.
Or.
Not.
Who the heck was that, I do not know.
Ah, it was some Tibetan-speaking man? Too bad Tibetan is the one language Nate doesn't understand.
Nate fails at football! Hahaha that was adorable.
ELENAAAAA!!! Whaaaat are you doing up here? NOT that I am not glad to see you! I am super-glad to see you.
Ha! Of course Elena speaks the one language Nate doesn't!
We already knew that was the key, actually, but thanks.
(Beaten? More like thrashed. Ouch.)
HE WOULD BECOME A SUPER SAIYAN I guess? His power level would certainly be over 9000, at least.
Tenzin, eh? Is your sword Phoenix-embued? A relic of the far Far East? (TENZIN IS A CHARACTER IN FFXI, FOR THOSE NOT IN THE KNOW. He's pretty cool, except for when he's a dick.)
WOLF!!
Nate, if the man wants you to hurry, I am sure he has a reason for it. Maybe he is worried all your shouting will trigger an avalanche!
More wolves! Not like they are doing anything other than scampering on every time we see them, seriously, calm down until they actually try something, okay?
Oh, no, ice falling!
…. :< Am I all alone now?
… wow. I honestly can't believe we made that jump, there, Nate.
Oh, yay! Tenzin's back!
Oh, no! What's hurting the wolves?! D:
Ooh, poor babies!! ;___;
Oh. Oh, dear. That's a big… creature-thing. ARE YOU THE BASTARD THAT KILLED THE WOLVES?
AAAAA
OH GOD IS HE DEAD?
AAAAAA RUN AWAY AUGH AUGH
Oh, thank goodness, he's not dead. And neither am I! Yay!
And now it is both Chapter 18 and 3 am how did that happpeennnnn
Also, dying:
CAR EXPLODE: 1
GRAVITY: 1
Building Collapse: 3
CEEEEILING: 2
Temple Escape: 1
Escort Failure: 1
Stealthing: 1
Train yard shoot-out: 1
Train: 6
Helicopter: 3
Train Climbing: 1
Train Wreck Ambush: 3
Mountain climbing Falling: 4
Also, still playing with the desktop ponies (er, usually just "pony"). Luna likes to nap, and usually it is in the middle of the screen, but the other night when I was talking to my mother, she fell asleep almost prefectly on top of the chat window. It was so cute!
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