ch1 - dw 10
The boat starts to move. ^92a28a
"That mech."
"Your friend did make a good point on it…"
"If Queen decides to use that then we will most likely perish."
*You move the boat to dodge the islands in the acid lake.
Queen's face appears on monitors that are scattered across the acid lake.
"Yes If I Use My Mech I Would Beat Your Ass"
"I overlooked that."
"Ohhh Yes You All Overlook A Lot Of Stuff"
"I Have Eyes Metaphorically Across My Mansion"
"So you know your daughter is betraying you?"
"Oh My She Is Betraying Me"
"Wow I'm Proud Of Her That Is So"
"Evil"
"Is that all you operate on?"
"Forget that."
"Why do you have an acid lake in your mansion?"
"What are the logistics?"
"Why Wouldn't You Have One?"
"Why would YOU have one?"
"You Answered A Question With A Question"
"Let Me Process That In The Back"
"Stop Everything."
"What?"
"Asriel Get The"
"A banana?"
"Yes The Banana"
"You're going to follow her orders aren't you."
*You move the boat over the floating banana. The floating banana is collected.
"Potassium."
"She could have poisoned you!"
"Good Idea"
"Sweetie Get The Notepad The Virtual One"
"Sweetie?"
"Are you dumb?"
"Forget It Short One"
"Asriel Needs His Vitamins"
"Who Knows What He Has Been Eating In College"
"He… did not eat it."
"It just disappeared after we passed through it."
"No Asriel Got Some Vitamins In His System Because Of It"
"Yummy Yummy In His Tummy"
"Is this a game to you?"
"Yes It Is A Game Of Diets"
"Soon Asriel Will Be Too Healthy"
"He'll Go Out On Runs Everyday And Forget To Stop Me"
"Ohohohoho"
"That was a joke right?"
"'Lighten' Up Hun"
"Mommy Is Coming With Milk"
The screens with Queen's face shuts off.
"What did she just say…?"
After the boat travels for a while, the Queen appears on her floating chair with a cup of acid opposite to you.
In the room there a big monitor.
"Is that supposed to be the milk?"
"Were You Actually Expecting Milk?"
"See Asriel, My Fighting Game Buddy"
"I Was Planning On A Proper Sober Rematch"
"Yes I Know I Know You Might Accuse Me Of Salt"
"But My Processors And GPU Have Been Cleaned And I Assure You"
"I Have No Salt Left"
"Pepper"
"???"
"Regardless"
"How About Another Game, A Game Of Strategy"
"He's not going to play another game with you."
"Or Else?"
"We'll fight you."
"Initiating Fear Sequence"
"ERROR: FEAR FACTOR VALUE TOO LOW"
"Ohohohoho"
"Why are you acting like you have the upper hand?"
"Because I Do"
"At Any Moment I Can Decide To Destroy Your Boat And Both Of You Would Need To Take A Dip"
"A Dip With A PH of 0"
"Are You Both Good Battery Acid Swimmers"
"We would die."
"Probably"
"All You Have To Do Is Rematch Me"
"And Win Or Lose I'll Let You And Your Child Go"
"I'm not his-"
"What Do You Say Horny Man"
"You might want to rephrase that."
"Why"
"He Has Horns And He Is A Man Is He Not"
"Ohohohoho"
Queen takes a sip of her acid.
"What is wrong with you two?"
"Stop chuckling."
"I Will Take That As A Yes."
The big monitor turns on with a display of space and galaxies. Queen throws you a controller with an uncanny amount of buttons which you catch.
"Defeat Me In This Game And You Shall Be On Your Way"
"He doesn't know how to play this game."
"And he does not know how this controller works!"
"You are trying to set him up for failure!"
"Me? Oh No No"
"I Want An (Un)Fair Game Between Both Of Us"
"However I Can Give An Explanation"
"The Wiki States"
"Players take the role of a single civilisation, capable of [FTL] travel, referred to as an empire, with the goal of exploring and claiming systems, colonising habitable planets, and expanding their economy to outcompete rival civilisations, encountered through events of [first contact]. The relative power of empires is evaluated on three factors – military strength, technological progress and economic power – allowing players to either specialise in a single area or maintain a balanced approach. Military strength is influenced by the strength of the starship fleet an empire possesses, and can be used to engage in wars against other empires. Technological progress is defined by the amount and rarity of technologies an empire has researched, with each technology providing some minor bonuses or unlocking unique major changes. Economic power depends on the amount of resources an empire produces, that can be used to trade with other civilisations or improve the quality of life of the population.
The empire that collects the largest amount of in-game score, that depends on its power, political influence and several other factors, wins the game when it reaches its end date. Habitable planets hold populations of an empire's citizens, where each citizen is assigned a certain job, representing a [working], [specialist] or [elite] class, with each job consuming and producing some in-game resources. Jobs are provided by buildings existing on the planet, where each building also gives certain bonuses by itself and is bound to a certain type of 'district' like city district, industrial district, energy district or [agricultural] district.
A large part of main gameplay of Stellaris is determined by the design of the player's empire, which affects both visual look and in-game mechanics. The player is offered to either select from developer-made pre-set empires or create their own; each empire has a set of unique traits like origin, representing the pre-FTL history of their civilisation, ethics, representing the core philosophy of their empire, civics, representing the internal structure of their government and society, or Head Of State together with the type of government Ethics are chosen from a total of eight options along four mutually exclusive axes, allowing the player to also choose between fanatical and moderate variants of each.
Players also control leaders - in-game characters that can occupy a certain position or role, like managing research operations, governing a colony or commanding a starship fleet. Each leader has their own unique traits that provide additional positive or negative effects and can be upgraded, as the leader gains experience by working in their relevant field (military, economy or science)."
The Queen continues explaining very quickly. Your head is spinning from the explanation. However you comprehend what she is saying up to this point.
"Pulling Gameplay Summary And Beginner Guides From The Internet"
Queen starts explaining again.
"Asriel."
"Let's cheat."
"While she wasn't looking, I managed to find a button combination on your controller."
"It gives you assist mode along with some cheats."
"What do you say?"
Cheat. "I WOULD RATHER DIE WITH HONOR!"
You press the button combination giving you the aforementioned assist. ^fe3c7c
"Horn Man Are You Ready?"
"So you do know what you were saying."
"Ohohoho"
"I Told You I Am A Computer Of Course I Would Know These Jokes"
"Ohohohoho"
You and Queen do a full game. In the explanation Queen said a full game would take about 40 hours. However there was a super optimized fictional speed up option making it take 40 minutes. How convenient.
You emerge victorious.
"Wow Fair Game"
"I Was Also Cheating"
"What?"
"We weren't cheating."
"I Knew And Heard What You Said"
"I Run On Dual Cores"
"That is not how it-"
"Since We Both Cheated I Will Count It As A Tie"
"It's Okay"
"We Can Have Another Match Later"
Queen starts to float away on her chair. She comes back again.
"Say Do You Want The Rest Of This Acid"
"Its PH Has Gone To 1"
"No."
"Don't Say I Didn't Have Any Hospitality"
"Ohohohoho"
Queen floats away on her chair.
You play with honor. ^e72349
The game goes on for 4 hours thanks to a fictional speedup option.
Despite all your efforts and inexperience you lose.
"Well"
"That Was Boring"
"Even Your Friend Is Sleeping"
"Man"
"Look That Was Unsatisfying"
"That Took So Long And I Was Beating Your Ass"
"But You Put Up A Fight That Made It Take Miserable Long"
"I Will Count It As A Tie But Tell Your Friend I Won M'Kay"
"You're Free To Drink From The Acid Lake BTW"
"To-BahBy-dles"
Queen floats away on her chair.
You wake Skir up.
"Yawn…"
"You both took too long I'm tired."
"You should take this more seriously."
"But we had no other option this time."
"Come on get the boat moving."
The boat is floating in a long hallway of acid. ^26a469
"…"
Skir looks lost in thought.
"I'm okay."
"I was just thinking…"
"…"
"Yeah I'll speak."
"I'm collecting my thoughts."
"I need to say this clearly."
"Asriel, I don't like how people keep putting labels here."
"You've seen it here right?"
"And not only is it rude but it makes me think about them."
"Flipp was right."
"As much as I despise it, you… and Dess are the only ones I consider friends."
"I haven't had any friends ever."
"For the longest time I had to wait for the 2 heroes to come."
"So I can guide and help them, to fulfil the prophecy."
"I'm not 'mean' to her for no reason."
"This is for her sake."
"We're missing a hero and she's just… intruding."
"I don't hate her."
"Fine If you want me to get technical."
"I struggle to tolerate her."
"She is a brute, she has potential to use her brain and do smart solutions."
"Her solutions are non conventional."
"They can work but they cause more harm than good."
"I detest it."
"That's not the point I was trying to make."
"Being called a runt, a kid, your child"
"'The short one'."
"I am not fond of being called that."
"And I can say you most likely don't like these as well."
"Asriel, am I your friend?"
"You're a good friend." "You're a runt." "You're like my child." "You're my lil sibling." "I don't know what you are."
You tell Skir they are a good friend. ^895111
"I'm glad to hear that."
"Asriel, both you and Dess are good people."
"Don't tell this to her but I am glad to be friends with you both."
"It will help me… develop my own personality, my own self."
"'Perfect the way I am'…"
"Asriel… no-one can be perfect."
"It's impossible to be perfect."
"You know that better than everyone don't you?"
"Excuse me."
"Maybe I'll even be a better friend to you than Dess."
"Consider it a challenge from me to her."
"She better be ready."
There is a camera setup on the side to take a picture.
You tell Skir they are a runt. ^d7a519
"You always joke at the worst time."
"You don't fully mean that right?"
"Right."
"I'll be better."
"People can change with time, grow with time."
"I can change, it can happen."
"Just look at your friend."
"I'm sure she was different back then."
"Probably a lot meaner or made some mistakes didn't she?"
"I wouldn't know about that however."
"Just a hunch."
Skir seems a little upset despite the fact they are trying their best to hide it.
There is a camera setup on the side to take a picture.
You tell Skir they are like your child. ^453b0e
"I'm like your what?"
"Are you even hearing yourself?"
"I'm not a kid, I can take care of myself."
"I don't require a guardian."
"I don't need anyone."
"Anyone."
"I am sufficient enough myself."
"I AM enough for this team right?"
"Who needs those things anyways."
Skir looks away.
"Sometimes they can do more harm than good."
"Even if they try."
They turn back around.
"Don't let what I said upset you."
"And I won't let let this get to me."
"We are better than this."
There is a camera setup on the side to take a picture.
You tell Skir they are like your lil sibling. ^9859ec
Skir seems embarrassed.
"I…"
"That's surprising Asriel."
"Are you that comfortable around me?"
"You consider me family?"
"We've barely met and that's what you think of me."
"You are really good at making people feel happy."
"Knowing the right thing to say to people all the time."
"Despite your rather… unhinged things that you say sometimes."
Skir smiles.
"You do know it takes a little more to consider people that right?"
"Don't go around calling people your 'lil sibling' otherwise"
"you might have to take care of a lot of them."
"But you already have experience catering to them don't you."
"Oh a camera."
There is a camera setup on the side to take a picture.
You tell Skir that you don't know what they are. ^7384ff
"My apologies."
"It's hypocritical isn't it?"
They look down.
"I get upset over people constantly labelling us."
"Yet I want a label from you."
"Validation."
"It is something many darkners want."
"A reason to exist, a reason to keep going."
"Because without it, what are they?"
"Just a thing with no goal or reason to exist."
"I am no different after all."
"Thank you Asriel."
"You really know how to comfort people don't you?"
"You don't have to see me this way."
"I am not supposed to be another burden on you."
Skir looks up again, they seem a little less upset.
There is a camera setup on the side to take a picture.
A camera is approaching. ^9cc8b1
What pose should you make with Skir?
Hug them. Do a cool pose. Do what Dess would do. Stand there and do NOTHING.
You hug Skir. ^7ebde9
"Hey!"
Skir is embarrassed.
"Do any of you know personal space?"
"…You sleeves smell of cinnamon."
Skir doesn't push you away for a few moments.
Click. A picture of you hugging Skir is taken.
"Oh."
"Can you stop now?"
"I hope that picture isn't shown anywhere."
Queen appears on a monitor next to the camera.
"What A Heart Felt Moment"
"I Would Be Clapping From Emotion If I Did Have A Heart"
"Also Yes That Will Be Saved LMAOOOOOO"
The monitor turns off.
"Right."
You are about to reach the end of the tunnel.
You do a cool pose. ^c41387
You face to the camera, smirk put one hand up and summon the blade of your sabre in the air like a reward from a chest.
"We're doing that then?"
Skir grabs a handful of daggers, bow down to the camera with some daggers spread out
on each hand.
Click. A picture is taken.
"I definitely did that better."
Queen appears on a monitor next to the camera.
"Sword Boy Did It Better"
The monitor turns off.
"I'm not falling for that."
You are about to reach the end of the tunnel.
You do what Dess would do in this situation. ^439150
You look away nonchalantly.
Skir does the same but crosses their arms.
Click. A picture was taken.
"That pose was incredible Asriel."
"Maybe you should try to pose more for cameras."
"Why are you smirking like that?"
You are about to reach the end of the tunnel.
You do nothing. ^128cb0
You stare at the camera with a blank face.
Skir looks concerned.
Click. A picture gets taken.
"We're not taking a picture for an ID Asriel."
"It matters little regardless."
"Not like these pictures were going to be presented or used."
Queen appears on a monitor next to the camera.
"Bro"
"I Was Going To Post That To Social Media"
"And Get Millions Of Likes And Views"
"How Am I Supposed To Use My Peons For Fame Now"
"What's That Sweetie"
"You Are Right That Is Cruel"
"Change Of Plans"
"We Are Editing You Both Onto An Annoying Edit For Aura"
The monitor turns off.
"Good call out Asriel, you at least thwarted one of Queen's plans."
You are about to reach the end of the tunnel.
You are about to reach the end of the acid tunnel. ^8458ab
"Well…"
"This was a wonderful conversation to have with you Asriel."
"But it seems we reached the end of the tunnel now."
"Let's meet up with Dess."
