E6 - The Writing Tool Knight-Queen

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[01:33] Pencilgon
    It's not nice to keep things to yourself.
[01:36] Pencilgon
    Everyone should share in the fun...
[01:42] Pencilgon
    Revolutionary Knight Sunraku-kun.
[01:45] Sunraku
    You've shown your face, Pencil Knight!
[01:47] Pencilgon
    Hey, now.
[01:48] Narrator
    "Revolutionary Knight Sunraku."
[01:48] Pencilgon
    Don't talk to a supreme beauty like me
[01:49] Narrator
    This title has no meaning in the game of SLF.
[01:51] Pencilgon
    like she's some annoying monster.
[01:53] Narrator
    It's a signifier of a relationship
[01:55] Narrator
    between Sunraku and a certain other
    player in a certain other game.
[01:55] Pencilgon
    Besides...
[01:59] Pencilgon
    in SLF, I'm not Pencil Knight.
[02:03] Pencilgon
    Kindly call me Arthur Pencilgon.
SIGN    Arthur Pencilgon
SIGN    The Writing Tool Knight-Queen
[02:17] Sunraku
    My friend in trash gamerhood,
    Pencil Knight...
[02:20] Sunraku
    Or should I say... Arthur Pencilgon.
[02:30] Narrator
    In order to discuss her,
    we first need to talk
SIGN    Item Shop
[02:34] Narrator
    about a certain trash game
    known as Unite Rounds.
SIGN    Sales Counter
[02:40] (Flashback) NPC Shopkeep
    Take anything you want! Just don't kill me!
[02:43] (Flashback) Mob A
    Let's clean the place out!
[02:44] (Flashback) Mob A
    If he tries anything, kill him!
[02:46] (Flashback) Mob B
    Yeah!
[02:49] (Flashback) Mob B
    Hey, this guy's got quite a stash!
SIGN    Item Shop
[02:53] (Flashback) Mob A
    Yeah! What a haul!
[02:54] (Flashback) Mob A
    Now, let's split.
[02:56] (Flashback) Mob B
    I'm not gonna spend another
    day on my hands and knees!
SIGN    Sunraku
[03:01] (Flashback) Sunraku
    Nice work getting those items!
[03:04] (Flashback) Sunraku
    It's shakedown time.
[03:08] Narrator
    The players called it a
    "Post-Apocalyptic Looting Simulator."
[03:13] Narrator
    The game was originally meant to simulate
    a kingdom on the verge of collapse,
[03:17] Narrator
    with players assuming the role of knights
    who protect it from attacking monsters—
[03:21] Narrator
    A co-op MMO VR game.
[03:28] Narrator
    But because of truly garbage design that
    prioritized faithfulness to the concept,
[03:33] Narrator
    the drop rate was unreasonably low,
SIGN    This rock's not even suitable
    for throwing.
[03:35] Narrator
    and precious few players
    tried to play it "the right way."
[03:38] (Flashback) Sunraku
    Even the rocks have a 40% drop rate?!
[03:41] Narrator
    Even the beginner's quest,
    "Gather Medicinal Herbs,"
[03:45] Narrator
    required twelve hours of combing
    through open fields to complete.
[03:51] Narrator
    Naturally, higher grade items
    were even harder to find.
[03:57] Narrator
    What were the players to do?
[03:59] Narrator
    The answer was simple:
[04:02] Narrator
    Steal what they needed.
[04:04] Narrator
    "Find medicinal herbs?
[04:05] Narrator
    You expect me to spend hours picking
    through the grass for that crap?
[04:08] Narrator
    I'll just raid an NPC store,
    or steal them from a player who did."
[04:14] Narrator
    That proved to be the winning
    move in* Unite Rounds*.
[04:21] Narrator
    In an environment where outrage was
    rampant and everyone was an enemy,
[04:26] Narrator
    a lone figure arose,
    fueled by violence and cunning,
[04:29] Narrator
    to take control of the kingdom.
SIGN    Pencil Knight
[04:35] (Flashback) Pencil Knight
    Let's all share the wealth and drop items!
[04:41] (Flashback) Mobs
    The kingdom is ours!
[04:42] (Flashback) Mobs
    Comrade Pencil Knight!
[04:44] (Flashback) Mobs
    Yeah! Pencil Knight!
[04:47] Narrator
    And thus, the Pencil Kingdom was born.
SIGN    Katzo Tataki
SIGN    Sunraku
[05:10] (Flashback) Katzo Tataki
    Hey, Sunraku.
[05:12] (Flashback) Sunraku
    Yeah, Katzo?
[05:14] (Flashback) Sunraku
    Aw, yeah, that's good stuff!
[05:16] (Flashback) Katzo Tataki
    Isn't this game about defending
    the kingdom from monsters?
[05:20] (Flashback) Sunraku
    Is it?
[05:21] (Flashback) Sunraku
    I thought it was about defeating
    the true big bad, Pencil Knight.
[05:25] Narrator
    Pencil Knight was nothing like the final
    boss built into the game's story.
[05:30] Narrator
    She would intentionally abuse players
    who she didn't allow into her ranks,
[05:34] Narrator
    then use her agents to create
    organized resistance to oppose her.
[05:38] Narrator
    Thus, she fomented the will to
    fight back in her victims,
[05:41] Narrator
    preventing them from simply
    giving up on the game.
[05:45] (Flashback) Sunraku
    Well, shall we get to the assassination?
SIGN    Sunraku
SIGN    Katzo Tataki
[05:54] Narrator
    At this time, the game of* Unite Rounds
    was completely at the whim of one player,
[05:59] Narrator
    acting under a name she'd picked up
    at some point—the Dystopian Empress.
SIGN    Dystopian Empress
[06:06] (Flashback) Pencil Knight
    You used the rebel army as a distraction
[06:09] (Flashback) Pencil Knight
    to slip a small strike force
    into my inner chambers? Nice.
[06:13] (Flashback) Sunraku
    You coulda set some more effective traps.
[06:16] (Flashback) Katzo Tataki
    They were so easy we broke
    through 'em on the first try!
[06:19] (Flashback) Pencil Knight
    Sunraku-kun. Katzo Tataki-kun.
[06:22] (Flashback) Pencil Knight
    I'll remember that.
[06:24] (Flashback) Pencil Knight
    Something about that goofy smirk
    of yours really gets on my nerves.
[06:32] Pencil Knight
    It's time for the boss battle.
SIGN    Pencil Knight
[06:34] Pencil Knight
    Can you defeat me and become
    the Revolutionary Knight?
[06:43] Sunraku
    In other words...
[06:44] Sunraku
    She and I have one hell of a history.
[06:48] Sunraku
    In Unite Rounds, we fought each other to a draw,
    with both of us dying in the end.
[06:51] Sunraku
    And here, we've got a big level gap in play.
[07:00] Pencilgon
    I took the penalty and came all
    the way from Fifticia to PK you.
[07:04] Pencilgon
    You must be so grateful and flattered!
    Feel free to cry!
[07:18] Sunraku
    I'll bet those knives have
    a poison attribute, right?
[07:21] Pencilgon
    They're pretty expensive for
    one-use items, you know...
[07:28] Pencilgon
    By the way, Sunraku-kun.
    What level are you at?
[07:33] Pencilgon
    If you just beat Mud Digger,
    you've got to be around 30, right?
[07:37] Pencilgon
    That's some really impressive dodging, then.
[07:39] Sunraku
    That's the god-tier game factor.
[07:41] Sunraku
    All my moves come nice and smooth.
[07:44] Animalia
    Pencilgon... is she...
[07:47] Animalia
    Second in command of that player
    killer clan, Ashura Kai...
SIGN    Ashura Kai
[07:52] Animalia
    The Giant Killer?!
SIGN    Giant Killer
[07:56] Emul
    Oh, dear! Oh, dear!
[07:59] Sunraku
    "Giant Killer"?
[08:02] Pencilgon
    I focused on ambushing higher-level players,
[08:05] Pencilgon
    and at some point,
    I just picked up the nickname.
[08:08] Pencilgon
    But the devs nerfed how that works,
    so it's been a lot harder lately.
[08:14] Sunraku
    Now, hang on a minute...
[08:17] Sunraku
    In that dystopia, you were the
    giant who got yourself killed!
[08:21] Sunraku
    Giants who live in glass houses
    shouldn't throw boulders!
[08:30] Pencilgon
    That's a clever turn of phrase
    for a birdbrain like you!
[08:33] Pencilgon
    You been studying hard lately, huh?
[08:37] Pencilgon
    And don't you talk about that here!
[08:39] Sunraku
    I've got a bird head, not a bird brain!
[08:41] Sunraku
    You moron!
[08:45] Animalia
    Wh-What's with those two?
[08:49] Pencilgon
    Matter of fact, I didn't just
    come here for personal reasons!
[08:55] Pencilgon
    The leader of my clan, Ashura Kai,
    asked me to deliver a message!
[09:00] Sunraku
    A message?!
[09:02] Pencilgon
    "Publish info on the unique scenario,
[09:05] Pencilgon
    or wear a target on your back until you do!"
[09:08] Sunraku
    He's threatening me?!
[09:21] Sunraku
    Sounds like a real dumbass.
[09:24] Pencilgon
    Oh, he is.
[09:37] Sunraku
    Still, what do I do here?
[09:39] Sunraku
    There's too big a gap in
    our equipment and levels.
[09:44] Sunraku
    Still, seems like you're trying hard
    to keep me away from that gate.
[09:49] Sunraku
    I'll bet you timed that first attack to
    prevent me from entering the city, too.
[09:55] Sunraku
    Is it that hard for a player killer to do
    their thing in a highly populated town?
[10:02] Pencilgon
    Well... I'd certainly prefer
    to avoid it if I can.
[10:08] Pencilgon
    Besides, you're not making
    it to the gate, are you?
[10:19] Emul
    My tail!
[10:20] Emul
    Sunraku-san, I can't hold it any longer!
[10:24] Emul
    I'm going to lose my transformed state!
[10:31] Animalia
    Darn it! I found him first!
[10:35] Animalia
    But... he's fighting the
    infamous Giant Killer...
[10:39] Animalia
    Oh, wait! I can ask his companion...
[10:46] Animalia
    Eh? Was she always wearing
    those tail and ear accessories?
[10:51] Animalia
    Hey, can I ask you—
[10:56] Animalia
    Wh-What the...
[11:13] Sunraku
    Emul!
[11:15] Sunraku
    At the worst possible moment!
[11:21] Emul
    P-Please, calm yourself!
[11:24] Sunraku
    That's it!
[11:26] Pencilgon
    Getting distracted? I'm not
    enough of an opponent for you?
[11:30] Sunraku
    Yeah, right!
SIGN    Repel Counter
[11:37] Sunraku
    You're the one going easy on me!
[11:44] Pencilgon
    Figured it out, did you?
[11:46] Sunraku
    Emul! C'mere!
[11:50] Emul
    On my way!
[11:56] Animalia
    W-Wait!
[11:57] Animalia
    At least let me get a screenshot with her!
[12:00] Sunraku
    If we survive this, I'll think about it!
[12:04] Animalia
    "Survive"?
[12:10] Pencilgon
    You're not fast enough to get away from me.
[12:27] Animalia
    I don't give a damn about that player...
[12:30] Animalia
    But if you're gonna put that
    sweet little bunny in danger...
[12:34] Animalia
    I'll slay you where you stand, Giant Killer!
[12:39] Sunraku
    Yes, nice one!
[12:40] Sunraku
    I got her to put herself
    in harm's way for me!
[12:42] Sunraku
    Animalia, was it?
[12:44] Sunraku
    I could tell she was
    pretty hung up on Emul...
[12:48] Sunraku
    Boy, you make a great mascot, too, Emul!
[12:53] Sunraku
    Now I just need to get into town and have
    her make me a teleport gate to Rabituza!
[12:57] Sunraku
    No one should be able to track me there!
[13:05] Pencilgon
    I'm the only one serving as messenger...
SIGN    Remy
SIGN    Branch
SIGN    Lass
SIGN    Ketchum
[13:11] Pencilgon
    But I never said I came here alone.
SIGN    Ketchum
[13:16] Ketchum
    Man, I hate PKing low-level scrubs.
    It's hell on your karma points.
SIGN    Lass
[13:22] Lass
    Our bosses feel the same way.
SIGN    Branch
[13:25] Branch
    That's why they send us
    to do their dirty work.
SIGN    Remy
[13:29] Remy
    Stop complaining.
[13:30] Remy
    You wanna get PKed by Pencilgon-san?
SIGN    Ketchum
[13:32] Sunraku
    A wild player killer appears, huh?!
[13:36] Sunraku
    You're going this far
    against a low-level player?
[13:40] Pencilgon
    Well, delegation is my usual MO...
[13:43] Pencilgon
    Still, now I get to fight
    the keeper of SF-Zoo,
[13:48] Pencilgon
    a monster documenter clan with
    no interest in other players?
[13:51] Pencilgon
    I've really got to thank you, Sunraku-kun!
[13:58] Sunraku
    Damn it!
[13:59] Sunraku
    This god-tier game doesn't
    need a trash game arc!
[14:07] Ketchum
    I'm gonna make you cough up that info!
[14:13] Sunraku
    Four PKers.
[14:15] Sunraku
    Bring it on!
[14:17] Sunraku
    I mean, you've only got me beat
    in level, equipment, and stats!
[14:24] Animalia
    Take... this!
SIGN    Poison Paralysis Drain Exhaustion Speed
SIGN    Poison Paralysis Drain Exhaustion Speed
[15:02] Pencilgon
    Wow!
[15:03] Pencilgon
    You work hard on your shaman debuffs to
    help you record monster footage, right?
SIGN    Debuffs = Status Ailments
[15:08] Pencilgon
    Look at all those status ailments!
[15:11] Animalia
    You reflected all my curses?
[15:14] Animalia
    How?!
[15:16] Pencilgon
    There was this shaman PK killer who
    would just not leave me alone...
[15:20] Pencilgon
    So I know how scary curses can be.
[15:23] Pencilgon
    That's why I carry this around, just in case.
[15:25] Animalia
    A Karmic Straw Doll?!
SIGN    Karmic Straw Doll
    Consumable item.
    Crush it in your hand to send all curses applied
    to you back at their caster.
    Attempting to expose the "something"
    at the straw doll's core will kill you instantly.
[15:30] Pencilgon
    Counters all curses with karmic retribution!
[15:33] Pencilgon
    I'd have really been in trouble without it.
[15:37] Pencilgon
    Sorry about the rotten luck.
[15:39] Pencilgon
    Don't worry. I'll stick around to
    watch you die of your own poison.
[15:58] Sunraku
    My best target is that jerk
    who thinks I'm a scrub.
[16:02] Sunraku
    With a slow weapon like that longsword,
[16:04] Sunraku
    I don't even need skills
    to dodge his attacks.
[16:07] Sunraku
    The real question is, how do
    I damage high-level players
[16:10] Sunraku
    decked out in top-tier armor?
[16:13] Psyger-0
    Severing attack! Rook-smasher!
SIGN    Severing
    attack,
    "Rook-
    smasher"
[16:23] Emul
    Wh-What in the world?!
[16:28] Branch
    A one-hit kill?!
[16:30] Lass
    Hang on a minute. Is that...
[16:33] Lass
    The unparalleled firepower
    of the Attack Master?!
[16:38] Sunraku
    "Attack Master"? What the hell is that?
[16:42] Sunraku
    As if I didn't have enough problems here!
[16:46] Psyger-0
    A bird head mask.
[16:48] Psyger-0
    Character name: Sunraku.
[16:52] Psyger-0
    At last...
[16:55] Psyger-0
    At last I've found you,
[16:58] Psyger-0
    Hizutome-kun!
SIGN    Constant Progress
[17:17] (Flashback) Rei
    Hizutome-kun.
[17:19] (Flashback) Rei
    Where could he be?
[17:22] (Flashback) Mana
    You still haven't found him?
[17:27] (Flashback) Rei
    Well, you said he always plays as "Sunraku,"
[17:31] (Flashback) Rei
    so I've been looking for
    him under that name...
[17:35] (Flashback) Rei
    But he seems to have skipped the
    first tutorial city entirely...
[17:39] (Flashback) Mana
    I'm sure you'll find him soon.
[17:42] (Flashback) Mana
    Keep going, Rei-chan!
[17:45] (Flashback) Rei
    Okay...
[17:46] (Flashback) Mana
    Then tell him how you feel.
[17:56] (Flashback) Rei
    I still can't find him anywhere, Mana-san!
[18:07] (Flashback) Rei
    The games he likes are so... like...
SIGN    Frog Swimmer
SIGN    Battle Circuit
SIGN    Panty Flash Panic
[18:12] (Flashback) Rei
    So unusual and difficult.
[18:15] (Flashback) Rei
    They're all too hard for me.
[18:19] (Flashback) Rei
    I could never find a game
    that I could play with him.
[18:24] (Flashback) Rei
    But with SLF...
[18:28] (Flashback) Rei
    We've got Hizutome-kun playing it.
[18:32] (Flashback) Rei
    I won't let this chance get away!
SIGN    You've received
    a mailbird from
    Psyger-100
SIGN    Secondale Inn
[18:50] (Flashback) Psyger-0
    Mail?
[18:52] (Flashback) Psyger-0
    From my sister?
[18:57] sign
    From: Psyger-100
    Dear Psyger-0,
     Sorry, but I need you to pause
    your private player hunt.
    There's a player I really need to talk to.
    Can you find him for me?
    
     He was last sighted near Secondale.
    He seems to have a talking,
    clothed Vorpal Bunny with him.
[18:58] (Flashback) Psyger-0
    What?!
[19:06] (Flashback) Psyger-100
    Dear Psyger-0,
[19:08] (Flashback) Psyger-100
    Sorry, but I need you to pause
    your private player hunt.
[19:12] (Flashback) Psyger-100
    There's a player I really need to talk to.
[19:15] (Flashback) Psyger-100
    Can you find him for me?
[19:17] (Flashback) Aritomo
    This seems really bad.
[19:19] (Flashback) Alinoiyu
    They said taking pictures
    is against the rules...
[19:21] (Flashback) Alinoiyu
    I guess I should probably delete it, right?
[19:25] (Flashback) Psyger-100
    He was last sighted near Secondale.
[19:28] (Flashback) Psyger-100
    He seems to have a talking,
    clothed Vorpal Bunny with him.
[19:31] (Flashback) Psyger-100
    He might already be en route to Thirdrema.
[19:36] (Flashback) Psyger-100
    I've attached a picture with him in it.
SIGN    75: Alinoiyu (Beginner)
    I have a question for our esteemed elders. I was picking up equipment
    in Secondale when I ran into this player. He had the cutest talking bunny
    with him. How can I befriend this monster?
[19:39] (Flashback) Psyger-100
    He's equipped with a Staring Bird Mask,
[19:41] (Flashback) Psyger-100
    and his legs and torso bear Lycagon's Mark.
[19:44] (Flashback) Psyger-100
    His name is...
[19:46] (Flashback) Psyger-0
    Sunraku.
[20:02] (Flashback) Psyger-100
    A number of clans are already
    arranging to make contact with him.
[20:07] (Flashback) Psyger-100
    Ashura Kai is among them.
[20:12] (Flashback) Psyger-0
    I found you.
[20:15] (Flashback) Psyger-100
    There's a very good chance
    he's already engaged in PvP.
SIGN    PvP = Battle between players
[20:19] (Flashback) Psyger-100
    Be careful.
[20:20] (Flashback) Psyger-0
    I won't get a chance like this again!
[20:23] (Flashback) Psyger-0
    If I can save him from PKers,
    I'll have a natural "in" to talk to him!
[20:30] (Flashback) Psyger-0
    Then some day...
[20:32] (Flashback) Psyger-0
    I'll be able to talk to him IRL, too!
[20:43] (Flashback) Psyger-0
    Severing attack! Rook-smasher!
[20:49] Pencilgon
    Things are getting intense over there, too.
[20:51] Pencilgon
    Though, those PKers may not
    be able to beat Sunraku-kun...
[21:00] Pencilgon
    Fighting him in SLF *has
    made it even more clear...
[21:03] Pencilgon
    The skills he's built up playing
    terrible games in all genres
[21:09] Pencilgon
    are more valuable than unique
    items and high-level stats.
[21:13] Pencilgon
    And that's a huge asset here
    in Shangri-La Frontier.
[21:20] Pencilgon
    I hear Katzo-kun's playing SLF, as well.
[21:23] Pencilgon
    So with Sunraku-kun...
[21:26] Pencilgon
    That project of mine is
    looking more possible.
[21:31] Pencilgon
    Is that...
[21:33] Pencilgon
    Psyger-0?!
[21:37] Pencilgon
    First he lured in the Zookeeper,
    now the Attack Master?!
[21:41] Pencilgon
    I'm so glad I came to see you, Sunraku-kun!
[21:46] Animalia
    I hit you with five spells.
[21:52] Animalia
    "Karmic Straw Doll" is extremely powerful,
[21:57] Animalia
    so each doll tops out at
    reflecting five debuffs.
[22:06] Animalia
    Can you counter my final hand?!
SIGN    SLF Mini
[23:42] Kids
    SLF Theater!
[23:45] sign
    Is the Food Bad in SLF?
[23:46] Emul
    Mini!
SIGN    SLF Theater
[23:51] Emul
    Oh, how I love carrots!
[23:53] Emul
    They are truly the greatest of foods!
[23:57] Emul
    The taste, the texture, the shape, the color!
[24:00] Emul
    There has never been a food
    more perfect than the carrot!
[24:03] Emul
    Don't you agree, Sunraku-sa—
[24:08] Emul
    S-Sunraku-san?
[24:09] Emul
    Are you eating all of those?!
[24:11] Sunraku
    Yeah.
[24:13] Sunraku
    Apparently, there're flavor
    limiters in this game.
[24:15] Emul
    Flavor limiters?
[24:18] Sunraku
    It might not make sense
    to an NPC like you, but...
[24:22] Sunraku
    Let's say there're limiters
    on pioneers' tongues,
[24:25] Sunraku
    so anything we eat just tastes
    vaguely sweet, spicy, or whatever.
[24:29] Sunraku
    But I heard you can remove flavor
    limiters if you eat a ton of food.
[24:37] Emul
    I see.
[24:38] Emul
    But I do hope you don't gorge yourself...
[24:41] Sunraku
    That's weird.
[24:43] Sunraku
    The flavor's doesn't change,
    no matter how much I eat.
[24:46] Emul
    I brought this one special
    from the Palace of Rabituza!
[24:52] Sunraku
    Boy, I wish I could enjoy food that much...
SIGN    One level of flavor
    limiter has been removed.
SIGN    Flavor limiters are removed
    through consumption of high-quality food items.