Open ended gameplay! Engrishy translations! Spiky hair! Let's play SaGa Frontier!

By the way fadeaccompli, figured you'd be loving the fact that it's become cravats central in here xD

Edit: Just realized you had already commented on all the cravats. I'm not sure how I missed that >_>

But either way, you figured right!

Yay for carvets!

Oh, um, here's the lineart for the White Rose drawing. Planning on adding color later.

Wow, you guys are all incredible artists.

Awww, is it bad that I want a plushie of cotton right now?

Snark Well I'd love to be your waifu, person of dubious gender who claims to be male. But in my country, in order to get my hand in marriage, one must battle the father of the bride in a bout of Starcraft and win.

Edit: Will o' wisp, you're going to shared the colored version as well, right? Until then, I'm going to drool over my compu screen for a while...

Eh, at least it doesn't involve The Hunting of the Snark.

'Cause I wanna join in on the fun.

But you made an honest effort! And that's what counts. By the power of cravats, I declare your fan art...awesome!

*swirls cape dramatically, and vanishes in a sparkling puff of smoke until it's next time for CRAVAT LASS to appear and fill a thread with neck-located laciness*

EvilFuzzy9 : You win. You just win. *swoon*

I suppose we need a fanart thread for Saga Frontier: a study in cravats or something...

Anybody want to start that? or should I?

EvilFuzzy9 MUAHAHAHA, Yes! That is amazing! Now, everyone, let's all work to cravat ALL of the characters in this game!

Edit: Posted in Fanart thread.

Well, there's the Fanart thread proper.

Now that I look at the group shot, Rastaban's the only one with a proper cravat and it's too big to reasonably fit any more cravat in there. I mean even his sleeves are basically cravat-shaped. He's like half a yard of lace away from turning into a monster made entirely out of cravat.

...I hope that's the final boss. That should totally be the final boss.

That's more like it.

You guys...you guys are amazing.
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In addition to picking up a drunk, Asellus runs into a laid back minstrel as well.



Hey, my name is Lute.

Oh, hi. I'm Asellus.

Asellus, eh? Please to meet'cha! So, what's your story?

I'm sorry?

You've got a look about you, like you're on a mission or something. I can lend an ear, if you'd like.

Well...the past few weeks have been pretty rough...

Alright, if it'll make you feel better, why don't you tell me about it?



...and then I got stabbed, and a bunch of of dudes just watched...and I was trapped in a castle full of perverts that kept women in coffins...and a giant squid caused a tsunami in a basement...and an evil scientist turned into a sunflower...and a robot bear fortune teller called me a boy! It was terrible!



Wow, that sounds rough. I can help you out, if it's okay with you...

Huh?

You're still fighting off that Orlouge guy's people right? Sounds like you could use some extra hands.

...you want to drop everything you're doing to put yourself in mortal danger to help a woman you've just met?

Yup!

...you're weird. But, thanks.

I like to imagine that this society has such a robust welfare program in place that hanging around waiting for some adventure to show up, and then following it to the LAND OF EXCITEMENT AND DANGER, is a legitimate career strategy.

Aw Lute, you are way too nice. I just want to pinch his cheeks.

Lute is so sweet... And Asellus needs all the friends she can get, so good job here, lad !

Lute is adorable. Are those horns on his head?

(There's a sudden influx of characters to cravat, that I am absolutely overwhelmed!)

Yes he is! And nope, the brown thing on his head is his little hat. Also, he carries a...well, lute on his back, so that might make his sprite look like he's got horns as well.

And cravats for everyone!

I really do like Lute. A lot.

Ooh! Are these your friends, Asellus? Hi there! I'm Lute!

I'm White Rose, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Lute.

I am Rouge, of the Magic Kingdom.

*Hic* Gen.

Myu myu (And I am the laughingstock of fate. Go ahead and laugh, scruffy one. Your jeers are but grains of sand unto the mountain I am already buried under.)

Cool! Good to meet you all! So, I already know all about Asellus and White Roses' story, how bout you guys?

Better you don't ask, kid.

C'mon! We're all friends here, aren't we?

Well...

No secrets amongst friends, right?

*Sigh* Fine, I'm a survivor from Wakatu. Our town was attacked by the Trinity Organization and I saw my friends and family butchered before my eyes. You happy now?

And uh, I'm on a quest to master as many schools of magic as possible...so that I may defeat and kill my twin brother to become the greatest magician in all the land.

...

...

...

Well, that got dark fast.

Myu (I am so arresting all of you)

Tell me quickly; what's the story
Who saw what and why and where
Let him give a full description
Let him answer to... Cotton

In this nest of rose and coffins
Let one speak who saw it all
Who laid hands on this good monster?
Who's the captor of Cotton?
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Also, fanart!

Beautiful ;w;

Incidently, you really need to play Dragon Age: Awakening one day. I had to just dub something White Rose Syndrome in the update I am doing now.

Really!? Goddammit, I really, really wanna read your LP now!

Ok, how about this? I've actually just started playing Dragon Age Origins right now, does Awakening spoil anything?

Well, it was meant to be able to stand alone, and very few characters recur. However, people in the LP don't always remember to tag DA2 spoilers (most of the readers carry over from the DA2 thead), so it's a bit of a minefield and Awakening does reveal a bit about Origins' not-so-surprising ending.

Gah! Dammit, whilst I'm not sure if I'll be getting the DAO dlc, I'm definitely planning on playing DA2 >_<

Also, I genuinely can't decide whether to romance Alistair or Leliana...

Once I finish this update, I'll check through for any untagged stuff. I tagged my own spoilers, but if need be I can do an update... erm... table of contents?... in the first post if it's really bad. After all Awakening is before DA2 in the timeline so people shouldn't have to know DA2's story ahead of time to read it without risk of spoilers.

Both are awesome.

Oh, it's ok! Don't trouble yourself for my benefit! I'll just tread lightly =D

That's why choosing is so hard.

Ah, the eternal question. Zevran was really tempting as well. This is probably why I ended up with four wardens.

As of Awakening I have every tag with an update start with "In which" which I suppose does make trawling updates easier. I can recommend reading/playing Awakening before DA2, though the reverse order works as well. I think they were plotting for DA2 when they did Awakening because the two games interconnect a lot more than DAO does with DA2.

And to get us back on topic,

Ev'ry cravat's sacred
Ev'ry cravat's great
If a cravat's unused
Orlouge gets quite irate

So Rouge, I was under the impression that you just wanted to master magic, what's this whole killing your twin business?

Ah, yes, about that. I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier, I didn't want to trouble about the...grittier details.

Sorry, but to be frank, this sounds less like details and more like a pre-meditated crime.

Oh! No, it may be an unfortunate turn of events, but it is no crime. Our coming duel is sanctioned by our Kingdom!

That sounds stupid.

Our Kingdom holds mastery of magic over all else. My brother, Blue and I are a special case as in addition to our innate talents in magic, as twins, we share a special connection. Our scholars believe that if we were to master opposing schools of magic, the victor of our duel may gain mastery over all schools of magic.

That's impossible! One cannot master opposing schools.

And that is why this duel must happen. Our Kingdom must know if it is possible to create the perfect magician.

*Sigh* That still sounds stupid. Can't you just walk away and let him be the winner without the two of you having to kill each other?

I appreciate what you are trying to do, Asellus, but giving up will simply mean I'll have no fighting chance once Blue comes for me. He is...ruthless.

So he's the twin with the goatee?

...alright, I still don't agree with this, but if you two must fight, then let me give you this. As a good luck charm.

Oh? Thank you, Asellus. What is it?





A-Asellus! What is this!?

A gun. I got it from a back alley store from Kowloon.

Why are you giving me this???

Look, I've seen you mages in action; you all spend too much time with your chants and your poses and your pretty lights before actually even doing anything. Now, I still don't approve of the whole killing your twin thing, but more than that, I rather prefer seeing you alive than dead. So when you get to your big duel, while your brother is doing his big poofy magic dance, just cap him.

...you are a dangerous woman, Asellus.

I like to think her constant run-ins with cacti and asshole Mystics has made Asellus a more cynical and pragmatic person.

Asellus protag is amazing T-T
I would offer myself to her, but she already has a mystic, a mermaid, and a human tailor by her side T-T

On another note, Asellus is frickin hard to draw. I've ripped like three attempts of her already!

I really, really like Asellus and I really, really like Rouge now.

But Lute wins for the goatee comment per default.

Hahahaha XD this is great. Very Indiana Jones, Asellus.

Aww, show us the pics before ripping them! =P

And Asellus always has extra room for her harem!

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Alright, we've got our team assembled, let's start hunting down those cards!

They are located in Yorkland, Baccarat, IRPO HQ and Wakatu. Which one would you like to go to first, Lady Asellus?

Myu myu! Myu! (Yes! The moment they step into the IRPO HQ, justice will be served! The days of your tyranny are numbered, White Rose!)

Wait, Baccarat? The casino? Why's a magic card in a casino?

Who cares? It sounds fun! Let's go to Baccarat first!

Myu! Myuuuu! (Gah! Damn you, you jobless parasite that leaches onto the defenseless teat of the taxpayer!)



Welcome to Baccarat, an entire region made out of casinos. As always, have some delicious OST:





*Hic* Dibs on the slots!

Alright Rouge, any ideas where this Card is?

Unfortunately, getting the Gift of magic is never that easy. Looks like we'll have to look around for clues.





O-oh my...

...!

Myu! (W-White Rose! Why are you gripping me so tight!? OH GOD IT HURTS)

I shouldn't be laughing so hard at 'teat of the taxpayer', but I am.

Ow XD

Recruit the bunny girl! Recruit the bunny girl! That always worked for Balthier.

Re: Spoiler it's not letting me reply to. LOL, no way, that's awesome! xD Do this!