Depends on when we are in the timeline. This could easily be set way before the others come ashore and we'll be roaming for quite a while as the only Abyssal Hunter out and about. We might even nick Skadi's 'Walking Catastrophe' moniker from her.
Divergence Zone [Arknights/Disco Elysium]
- Thread starter fishsicles
- Start date
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- Tags
- arknights disco elysium
- Location
- Castle Oblivious
I like the implication that our fish woman can get recognized by being the only one who would be seen in assless chaps.
To be fair, that depends on how much of a disaster we were pre the head wound.
Unlike Harry she might have been normal once upon a time…
And then she got hit in the head while fighting an elder god and her brain started to form separate personalities.
To be fair, who deserves it more.
The fish woman with self restraint.
OR
The fish woman who no self restraint, more in touch with her feral side and both a literal and figurative catastrophe of a fish woman.
I saw Lizard Knight's work at the new portraits and I thought I would try to take a crack at some of them myself to get back into drawing.
It was terrible. I am going to hold off on that for a bit until I can get back into the swing of things. Drawing tentacle trees are harder than one might assume.
[X] I kill sea monsters for a living. Have you seen any fucked up fish around here? I'm hungry.
No real reason for this choice, all of them look fun. I did get a first name I like through the name generator though, Orphelia.
How very interesting. I am still learning about Arknights so I do not know how feared the Inquisition is or how that reputation extends to the outside world but it seems like these fellows do not want to be found by them. They seem to be new to Iberia in general but also going there for a reason. Not sure what to make of that right now. Not saying we are in Iberia but these guys seem to have learn Iberian for a reason, a recent reason.
On a different note, we must now obtain a lantern. We must increase the passive level of confusion we inflict on others.
The Sunless Sea and the Sunless Skies are calling.
The Song of the Sea is one we must resist, but what does the Song of the Land sound like? The Song of the Sky?
One is a compliment, the other is an accurate description.
It was terrible. I am going to hold off on that for a bit until I can get back into the swing of things. Drawing tentacle trees are harder than one might assume.
[X] I kill sea monsters for a living. Have you seen any fucked up fish around here? I'm hungry.
No real reason for this choice, all of them look fun. I did get a first name I like through the name generator though, Orphelia.
How very interesting. I am still learning about Arknights so I do not know how feared the Inquisition is or how that reputation extends to the outside world but it seems like these fellows do not want to be found by them. They seem to be new to Iberia in general but also going there for a reason. Not sure what to make of that right now. Not saying we are in Iberia but these guys seem to have learn Iberian for a reason, a recent reason.
On a different note, we must now obtain a lantern. We must increase the passive level of confusion we inflict on others.
The Sunless Sea and the Sunless Skies are calling.
The Song of the Sea is one we must resist, but what does the Song of the Land sound like? The Song of the Sky?
One is a compliment, the other is an accurate description.
Vote closed
fishsicles
ate a calculator to gain its power
- Location
- Alexander Horned Earth
- Pronouns
- They/Them
- Location
- Castle Oblivious
I would like to remind y'all there is a change that we are the first Abyssal Hunter to be discovered, meaning we in part will form the public perception on them…
"The Abyssal Hunters are monsters!"
"I mean, have you met one?"
"No, but neither have you!"
"Actually I have, she worse chaps that had no ass. Like at all."
"…"
"She also argued with herself while eating sushi covered in chocolate."
"… those do not go together."
"Thats what I said!"
Granted we are -probably- terrifying. High instinct makes us feral and low finesse makes a blunt instrument of a person. We -also- are very intune with the world and decently suave, even if we will never be debonair. Because THATS presentation, which we suck at. Sorry Posture, Restraint and Savoir Faire.
(No I will not let go that we are wearing horrid pants, its hysterical)
"The Abyssal Hunters are monsters!"
"I mean, have you met one?"
"No, but neither have you!"
"Actually I have, she worse chaps that had no ass. Like at all."
"…"
"She also argued with herself while eating sushi covered in chocolate."
"… those do not go together."
"Thats what I said!"
Granted we are -probably- terrifying. High instinct makes us feral and low finesse makes a blunt instrument of a person. We -also- are very intune with the world and decently suave, even if we will never be debonair. Because THATS presentation, which we suck at. Sorry Posture, Restraint and Savoir Faire.
(No I will not let go that we are wearing horrid pants, its hysterical)
Great we will randomly trip or injuring our ankle in the most crucial time ever.
Important question, are we disco master or tango master?
fishsicles
ate a calculator to gain its power
- Location
- Alexander Horned Earth
- Pronouns
- They/Them
It's not Disco Elysium without extremely questionable fashion choices. Or fashion accidents.
Superhuman agility comes standard in the Hunter package - unless you're trying to focus on a lot of things at once or perform extremely flashy/precise maneuvers, you don't need to worry about being caught totally flat-footed. Even critfails on Finesse checks are more likely to damage the surroundings than the Fish, unless you pick a fight that's actually in your weight class.
Update may be up tonight but it'll depend on how awake I am in the next few hours, and I honestly cannot predict that.
thelordofmango
may be stupid
- Location
- under a rock
I don't know much about Disco besides the premise, and I know actually nothing about arknights. That being said, I didn't know anything about exalted when I started reading Mare Internum and that was a blast. This already looks fun. I might need a primer on the lore, though. Google awaits.
7734
Trust and verify.
- Location
- Philmont
kaillll
Judgment Upon You
You don't really need that much knowledge on disco, And most of the discussion online will contain spoiler, If you like table top rpg tho you should give it a go, it is extremely fun. And arknights... I suggest you go to look through the wiki or play the game because it is Free, but it's a gacha, so If you want it, you can just look up the story online.
Nottheunmaker
Altman be praised
- Location
- USG Ishimura
Highly recommend a wiki over play. It's a pretty good tower defense game, but the story is no small thing, and there's only so many hours in a day.
Yes if you want to know arknights you don't have to play the game just read stories and event stories online.
Unless you like grinding and suffering from what the hell type of enemy than go right ahead.
Unless you like grinding and suffering from what the hell type of enemy than go right ahead.
[X] I know two things: that I have no idea who I am, and that I'm not going to let that stop me.
Eh our perspective character is an amnesiac. Depending on how well the author writes the story they shouldn't need much more info than what's already in the setting primer in the threadmarks, since our character will also have to learn stuff along the way too. No need to go on a wiki walk just yet. We don't even know when and where we are in the setting right now so a lot of the info they could read would end up being irrelevant.
MiracleGrow
Miracles for only $19.99 [They/Them]
- Location
- DOOR STUCK DOOR STUCK PLEASE I BEG U
Always post this when Disco comes up for the first time.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlxxE9YlRJ8
fishsicles
ate a calculator to gain its power
- Location
- Alexander Horned Earth
- Pronouns
- They/Them
The wikis have the usual Fan Wiki Issues - though they do have some useful things (like operator files) directly available, a lot of the pages themselves tend to be skewed to whatever headcanons the editors have, with little oversight or QA, especially when it comes to anything not on Global yet.
The Arknights Story Text Reader has most in-game story content available for reading, in a more condensed format than the game. For this quest, Under Tides and Stultifera Navis are the main things - though that's about 90k words between them, they're both definitely worth the read. Especially SN; Alfonso and Garcia my beloved
I really do wonder what we were like, and how we were perceived before we got shattered. Ignoring our stats for the moment because who knows how much that is mind getting reconfigured rather than a representation of how we were.
Part of me hopes that we are not the first so we can show how much of a disaster an Abyssal Hunter can be while another part of me hopes that we are the first for the wrong preconceptions we can make.
You shouldn't, it is bloody hilarious.
See, I usually go for high Intellect builds in general but I have a large soft spot for this kind of build for DS. The funny thing is that we are both far more intune with are supernatural side and as well as keeping sane and/or human. For all that we talk about being feral but our fish lady is quite adept at being a people person, charming and understanding and whatever else the skills do here.
...You know what? Give me a bit and I will work out my thoughts on the new skills, lots of interesting conjecture to be made.
Prologue: Driftwood - Introductions II
fishsicles
ate a calculator to gain its power
- Location
- Alexander Horned Earth
- Pronouns
- They/Them
[X] I know two things: that I have no idea who I am, and that I'm not going to let that stop me.
Rhetoric [Moderate: Failed]: This is what you would say, if you spoke fluent Iberian. You instead speak what a charitable linguist might label as the "Aegir bar dialect"; a less charitable one would call it "an Aegir-Iberian pidgin which cannot decide if its preferred slurs are drunken or racial; intelligible despite its best efforts".
What actually comes out of your mouth, then, is best translated as "I am clueless and unstoppable!"
The figure approaching you stops mid-step, failing to suppress their choke of laughter. They shout back to the others in their horrible metal box "She says she's an invincible idiot!"
They then glance at the patchy crust of rapidly-drying exploding bug viscera which coats your punching hand. Their laughter slowly fades out. "I don't think she's joking."
Empathy [Challenging: Success]: Your presence and show of force have unsettled them. You are not only a foreign element, but entirely outside their context. Demonstrate familiarity.
Sensation [Moderate: Success]: Breathe in, breathe out. Some things are universal. Embrace the mad spark of humanity.
"I am clueless and unstoppable, and I like to party!" You bellow, following it shortly with the universal, full-force "WOO~" of any partier calling out to their pod across the cold, silent seas of mundanity.
For a long moment, there is silence. The figure approaching you looks between you and the vehicle several times, the slight tilt of their head giving away confusion even as most of their face remains covered by their ventilator. Behind the visor, you are certain that they are blinking in confusion.
Finally, the silence is broken, as the one standing on top of the bastard child of a trash compactor and a conveyor belt that they call a vehicle answers your "WOO~" with one of their own. The tension fades, and faint specks of cheer grow to replace it.
Inland Empire: This seems to be a sad, barren place; you may be the first to seek a party here, and have your pleas answered. The siren song of your party-whoops will spread across these sands long after you are gone. It will linger in the air, and settle eternal in the dreams of the shrubs. As long as the world remembers, no party truly ends - but here, today, a party has begun at long last.
Conceptualization: Lost on foreign shores; the hunter's call for kinship; echoes evermore.
The one closest to you finally approaches, and reaches out a hand.
A hand that - considering their full-scale flight from those dregs you just fought - is probably not of a class with yours.
The surface dwellers are attempting some sort of gesture of physical greeting that is suspiciously similar to a typical Aegir handshake.
[ ] Shake their hand. It's only polite. (Easy Restraint Check: 58.33%)
[ ] Explain why this is a bad idea. (Moderate Rhetoric Check: 41.67%)
[ ] Demonstrate why this is a bad idea. Find a rock or something. (Moderate The Hunter Check: 72.22%)
[ ] Ignore their strange surface customs. It might not even be a handshake at all.
Rhetoric [Moderate: Failed]: This is what you would say, if you spoke fluent Iberian. You instead speak what a charitable linguist might label as the "Aegir bar dialect"; a less charitable one would call it "an Aegir-Iberian pidgin which cannot decide if its preferred slurs are drunken or racial; intelligible despite its best efforts".
What actually comes out of your mouth, then, is best translated as "I am clueless and unstoppable!"
The figure approaching you stops mid-step, failing to suppress their choke of laughter. They shout back to the others in their horrible metal box "She says she's an invincible idiot!"
They then glance at the patchy crust of rapidly-drying exploding bug viscera which coats your punching hand. Their laughter slowly fades out. "I don't think she's joking."
Empathy [Challenging: Success]: Your presence and show of force have unsettled them. You are not only a foreign element, but entirely outside their context. Demonstrate familiarity.
Sensation [Moderate: Success]: Breathe in, breathe out. Some things are universal. Embrace the mad spark of humanity.
"I am clueless and unstoppable, and I like to party!" You bellow, following it shortly with the universal, full-force "WOO~" of any partier calling out to their pod across the cold, silent seas of mundanity.
For a long moment, there is silence. The figure approaching you looks between you and the vehicle several times, the slight tilt of their head giving away confusion even as most of their face remains covered by their ventilator. Behind the visor, you are certain that they are blinking in confusion.
Finally, the silence is broken, as the one standing on top of the bastard child of a trash compactor and a conveyor belt that they call a vehicle answers your "WOO~" with one of their own. The tension fades, and faint specks of cheer grow to replace it.
Inland Empire: This seems to be a sad, barren place; you may be the first to seek a party here, and have your pleas answered. The siren song of your party-whoops will spread across these sands long after you are gone. It will linger in the air, and settle eternal in the dreams of the shrubs. As long as the world remembers, no party truly ends - but here, today, a party has begun at long last.
Conceptualization: Lost on foreign shores; the hunter's call for kinship; echoes evermore.
The one closest to you finally approaches, and reaches out a hand.
A hand that - considering their full-scale flight from those dregs you just fought - is probably not of a class with yours.
The surface dwellers are attempting some sort of gesture of physical greeting that is suspiciously similar to a typical Aegir handshake.
[ ] Shake their hand. It's only polite. (Easy Restraint Check: 58.33%)
[ ] Explain why this is a bad idea. (Moderate Rhetoric Check: 41.67%)
[ ] Demonstrate why this is a bad idea. Find a rock or something. (Moderate The Hunter Check: 72.22%)
[ ] Ignore their strange surface customs. It might not even be a handshake at all.
It was pointed out that it was a bit of a complicated thing to say for someone with a questionable grasp of the language. It sure is! It was also the "be reckless and forthcoming" option, which with this skill set in particular means You Like To Party.
(Yes, it will be possible to brush up on your surface languages in the future. It will happen naturally with time interacting with native speakers, and points in Rhetoric will help - but there can also be an advantage to being seen as a clueless foreigner.)
Brain pills are still on back order and I'm cooking the Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow but I hope to be getting back to a regular schedule sooner rather than later.
(Yes, it will be possible to brush up on your surface languages in the future. It will happen naturally with time interacting with native speakers, and points in Rhetoric will help - but there can also be an advantage to being seen as a clueless foreigner.)
Brain pills are still on back order and I'm cooking the Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow but I hope to be getting back to a regular schedule sooner rather than later.
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Dybbukpossesed
Falling Somewhere
- Location
- California
Does demonstrate mean on them or on something nearby?
[X] Shake their hand. It's only polite.
I do wonder where we fall on the 'Abyssal Hunters are built different' spectrum. Skadi's specialty is strength, Gladiia has super speed and Specter is all about resilience. Are we an all-rounder?
I do wonder where we fall on the 'Abyssal Hunters are built different' spectrum. Skadi's specialty is strength, Gladiia has super speed and Specter is all about resilience. Are we an all-rounder?
Nottheunmaker
Altman be praised
- Location
- USG Ishimura
That sounds far more accurate.
[X] Explain why this is a bad idea. (Moderate Rhetoric Check: 41.67%)
Call me a coward, but I really don't want to accidentally crush a guy's hand. Especially if we don't know if they deserve it.
