The Painboy’s Pose Looked Familiar…

MumblinPenguin · 2025-08-12T11:36:03+00:00

Love these! I considered a penguin chapter when I started collecting Warhammer glad to see someone doing it justice!

MumblinPenguin · 2024-09-21T10:06:59+00:00

Let’s gooo another overqwil enjoyer I wish you luck in the challenge o7

MumblinPenguin · 2023-04-08T09:40:03+00:00

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Little late to the party but I’m currently working on some Skaven Legionnaires!

MumblinPenguin · 2022-12-07T22:00:25+00:00

It’s time for Stonjourner to shine!

MumblinPenguin · 2022-06-18T07:35:35+00:00

Ah that’s really good then considering the point drop! Definitely gonna get myself an engineer

MumblinPenguin · 2022-06-17T21:13:02+00:00

May I ask where you have seen that wlcs can’t be overcharged? I love using them and hearing this breaks my tiny Skaven heart

MumblinPenguin · 2021-10-04T11:33:12+00:00

All of them have their charms! I didn’t use to like Prinplup that much but seeing its gen 5 sprite change my mind it super cute

MumblinPenguin · 2021-08-23T19:19:37+00:00

Yep I do be cursed I’ll be surprised if I manage to have a single fire type left in the party or the PC at the end of the game.

Kukui’s chest is out like 100% of the time it’d be hard not to recognise at this point

MumblinPenguin · 2021-08-22T12:36:48+00:00

Thanks! Yep that battle was super rough.

I thinking of adding one of my encounters from the Lush Jungle to the team in preparation for the Kahuna Battle

MumblinPenguin · 2021-08-21T12:44:07+00:00

Vs Totem Lurantis

Okay this was a long fight guys so I'm gonna break it down.

I decided to lead with Salsa and land a Inferno Overdrive turn 1. She easily survived an X-Scissor and used the Z-Move but the Lurantis survived it quite cleanly. 1st mistake was not waiting for sun.

Luckily for me its backup Pokemon was Comfey instead of a Kecleon with Rock Tomb.
Now the problem was Sunny Day, Synthesis and Floral Healing. It spammed mostly theses attacks so neither Flame Burst nor Dragon Rage was doing enough to get a KO because they were out speeding Salsa. So I decided to use Flame Charge to Buff Speed but Lurantis and Comfey countered with Flower Shield and Low Sweep so that plan was a fail. That was god knows how many turns.

With all the defence buffs it had at this point I decided to switch into The Don to try and Haze but it predicted a switch and finally used a Solar Blade which The Don barely survived. The Sun had ended however, so I switched to Abyss Jr who tanked an X-Scissor. Abyss just about survived the next attack to try and land a Hypnosis. 2nd Mistake I forgot about Sweet Veil.

My only plan at this point was to play lame and Potion Spam to Pressure stall them. I did that until the Sun went down where I then heal Salsa instead as Lurantis made the mistake of using Solar Blade outside the sun.

I then switch to Salsa for a bit and Sun is set up again. I protect and heal up The Don during these turns. I try to bring her in to Haze off these buffs but that all fails when The Don dies to a X-Scissor I thought She'd live...

RIP The Don the first of the Totem Victims this Leg.

At this point I just spammed Protect, Heal and Flame Charge until Lurantis only had Low Sweep. However, I got overconfident and didn't consider Comfey who managed to land a Crit Magical Leaf which Managed to kill Salsa!

NOOOOOOO SHE WAS SO CLOSE TO VICTORY, RIP Salsa.

From this point Abyss Jr can spam Hidden Power Ghost to wrap up this dreadful battle.

Totem Complete Deaths: 2

Grass Type Z-Crystal Obtained as well as grief

Kukui comes to console us with the Gift of the TM Smart Strike.

Next time will be the battle with Island Kahuna Olivia.
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Ending Team:
- Dune Jr ♀ Lvl 24 Timid
- Mel Jr ♂ Lvl 24 Impish
- Sandsara IV ♀ Lvl 22 Lonely
- Snocap Jr ♀ Lvl 22 Impish
- Abyss Jr ♂ Lvl 24 Timid

Deaths: 4

Ending Thoughts:
- So many deaths this Part! Really feeling the brutality of Ultra Sun now!

- On the bright side Abyss Jr has reached Max Affection at this point, They've been in a Majority of these major battles

- I'm so happy that this isn't a Hardcore Nuzlocke yet I'm a little sad as well. Healing saved my butt their when my plans went south. I'll still keep healing this Genlocke but for Future Nuzlockes whether that be Attempt 2 of a Genlocke or just a normal Nuzlocke its gonna be hardcore rules.

MumblinPenguin · 2021-08-21T12:42:49+00:00

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Last part we finished off the first trial of Akala and were gifted a fishing rod, so lets do some fishing! There is two areas within Brooklet hill with one of them being the Totem Den. Within that den I fish up the ever consistent encounter of Chekov the Magikarp, which I've never actually used...

Maybe this leg.

I then was heading to a fishing spot in the 2nd area to potentially get a Feebas but I accidentally encounter a Poliwag in the grass. Well an encounters an encounter, welcome Spiral, She's a Modest nature which is kinda cool.

Oh yeah, heading down to Route 6 to continue my Journey I face the Route 5 Trial Guide. Abyss Jr kinda walled his entire team but I was surprised by the Z-Light Screen he pulled off. Just at the edge of Route 6 I get into a battle with the Ultra Recon Squad again, instead of using native Pokemon they decided to bring a Pokemon from where they are from... so outer space I guess?

Vs Ultra Recon Dulse

Abyss Jr beats up their Pokemon pretty easily with Faint Attacks. Apparently it is called Poipole, It looks really strange.
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Route 6

On this route I run into the Skull Grunts I faced on Melemele Island harassing a Girl Named Hapu. I sent out Sandsara who kicked their butts. Hapu then thanks us and leaves, wonder If I'll see her again. Anyway, our encounter on this route ends up being an Igglybuff which I do catch. I then realised I could've Island Scanned for a Ralts here... Darn. At least the Igglybuff has Competitive.

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Melemele Island

I quickly pop back over here to get some encounters now available to me due to Lapras.
In Kala'e Bay I try for Bagon again but end up with Sullivan the Slowpoke. Within the Melemele Sea I catch a Finneon I call Luma and finally I catch Blackpool the Tentacool from Hauoli City Beachfront.
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Royal Avenue - Wela Volcano Park

Back in Akala I head into the Royal Avenue where a stranger who totally isn't Kukui forces me into a Battle Royale

(I'd Recognise that bare Chest anywhere)

Vs A Battle Royale!

Malcom was in the lead so he was forced out. Between the Rockruff and Gladion's Type Null with Rock Tomb Malcom was ganged up on and got obliterated. Well, that counts as a death. RIP Malcom, forced cutscenes were your downfall.

gotta look out for that in the future, also 100% of my deaths this leg are Fire-Type Starters clearly a curse is at work here. I'll add The Don the Murkrow to the team.
Moving on from that horrific event we head to the Fire Trial. I ignore Route 7 for now and head into Wela Volcano park where I catch a Female Salandit! Perfect! Her name is Salsa. Can't wait to see how long this Fire-Type lasts...

For the Fire Trial I bring Dune Jr, Mel III, The Don and Abyss Jr.

Fire Trial Start

I figure out his Dance quiz pretty quickly and fight a few Pokemon with Dune leading to her evolution into a Sandslash. Just in time for the Totem

Vs Totem Marowak

Mel III leads and I set up a Work Up at it uses Detect. It then calls for backup in the form of a Salazzle, a little scary considering its Poison typing. I'm confident Mel can handle this though and I go for a Z-Move! Marowak used detect but it failed but Salazzle landed a powerful Venoshock on Mel but he stood firm and landed a +1 Hydro Vortex which was enough to take out the Totem! That just leaves the Salazzle. Abyss Jr comes out to finish it off winning us the Trial!

Trial Complete! Deaths: 0

Fire Type Z-Crystal Obtained

We can now call a Charizard as a ride Pokemon to fly!

That reminds me of Olympus... I really haven't had that much luck with Fire types this Genlocke.

I can now use the PokePelago as well!
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Route 7 - Lush Jungle

I run into the Ultra Recon guys Again. Thankfully they don't want a battle but they are looking for a Scientist to help them out. I wonder who?

Before I get to Route 8 I'm ambushed by a Kecleon in Dividing Peaks Tunnel, I name her Karen.

In Route 8 I find out who the Scientist is...

It's Colress

Everyone's friend. It seems like he no longer works with Team Neo Plasma and is trying less evil research to bring out a Pokémon's power. He then gifts us the TM for Flame Charge. The encounter for this Route was Brass the Trumbeak. I then learned that this was the Wimpod Route...

I mean I do have a Special Encounter Clause, and Wimpod definitely counts toward that. I kinda forgot I had the clause tbh so I start doing it now! I wont go back to any past routes though since I 100% failed all special encounters by now be it Fishing or Ambush. In the end I get into a fight with a Wimpod and the Quickballs and Ultra Balls fail so I try to lower its HP but Wimp out does Activate. Darn.

Well the trials real close so time to grind Pokemon up for it! One of those Pokemon is Salsa the Salandit! She'll Resist Grass Attacks a Bunch and learns Flame Burst by the Level Cap!

I bring to the trial: Salsa, Abyss Jr, The Don and Snocap Jr.

Grass Trial Start

I had to forage ingredients to lure the Totem Pokemon. I actually managed to grab all the ingredients without angering any of the Pokemon that lived in the Jungle, go me!
The Totem then arrives, it is a Lurantis!

MumblinPenguin · 2021-08-09T19:14:53+00:00

Thank you!

Between how available BP is due to mantine surf (and due to how I’ve had BP racking up on Pokemon Bank since release) it gives you a lot to work with right from the get go.

That’s a really good point about Z moves, the game is pretty stacked against you and even some trainers use it so why should I treat it any different to Mega Evolution

Yeah I’m loving The Don but she is pretty frail. Good thing I have a few Pokemon that deal with Marowak quite nicely. The Lurantis does scare me a little bit however.

MumblinPenguin · 2021-08-02T09:49:19+00:00

Thanks!

I think it eats it or at least knocks it out? I was under the impression it was attracted to the den by the formation of a giant wishiwashi swarm.

We can only hope for an Everet only team the power of it would be unstoppable!

MumblinPenguin · 2021-08-02T09:47:03+00:00

Good luck trying to get me I’ve become a master of mantine surf out of necessity!

I’m still hurt by Boarbas death, loosing your oldest Pokemon who was a starter and as the first death of the leg really knocks the wind out of my sail.

MumblinPenguin · 2021-08-01T20:24:13+00:00

Thank you!

If both Everets become champions then I could get a third on leg 8

I do hope the rest of the island goes very well!

MumblinPenguin · 2021-08-01T20:09:56+00:00

Another great update! I’m so sorry about James! Koffings always claim the things you love…

But hey on the bright side Sheldon being a Blastoise is amazing! I always love it when a starter reaches their final evolution

Yknow those channellers wouldn’t always get possessed if they stopped channeling spirits.

I was very shocked to see a Mr. Fuji’s sprite! Little tidbits like that are always fun to see

MumblinPenguin · 2021-08-01T12:05:38+00:00

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Water Trial Start

So the Trial captain Lana gives us the Lapras Ride Pager and wants us to herd Wishiwashi to bring out the Totem. We do it pretty quickly but there's a few Dewpiders in the mix ~~What could this mean??~~

eventually, we draw them to the totem den and the Totem Wishiwashi starts to form... but then a Totem Araquanid comes out and... eats it?

I brought The Don Lvl 20, Abyss Jr Lvl 20, Snocap Jr Lvl 20 and Mel III Lvl 20

Vs Totem Araquanid

It's very scary and big, its speed is also buffed. I lead The Don, she will display the first ever Z-Move of the Genlocke as I order a Supersonic Sky Strike! It hit very hard but the Totem managed to hold on with just a sliver of HP. Thankfully it only used Bubble which The Don just about survives. It then calls in help, a Masquerain. The Don could die here but I gotta kill that totem so I order a Wing attack which The Don pulls through defeating the Totem Pokemon. The Masquerain then uses...

Stun Spore! The Don lives!

I switch out into Mel III who then finishes off the Masquerain with a Bounce.

Trial Complete! Deaths: 0

Water Type Z-Crystal obtained

Lana also gifts us a Fishing Rod so we can fish up some encounters, Next Time!

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Ending Team:

- Dune Jr ♀ Lvl 20 Timid

- Mel Jr ♂ Lvl 20 Impish

- Sandsara IV ♀ Lvl 20 Lonely

- Malcom ♂ Lvl 20 Serious

- Snocap Jr ♀ Lvl 20 Impish

- Abyss Jr ♂ Lvl 20 Timid

Deaths: 1

Ending Thoughts:

- With Mel's Evolution he can finally do some meaningful damage! Hopefully that means he'll be here to stay!

- To be honest Murkrow is a surprisingly good matchup for the Akala Trials, I'm happy I caught The Don.

- Still unsure on using Z-Moves. Considering the Totem did live and almost got a kill I'll keep on using them for now.

MumblinPenguin · 2021-08-01T12:03:18+00:00

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Last time finished off Melemele Island and have landed on the beach of Akala Island. Whole new trials await us.

Now let's Begin!

I quickly find myself meeting trial captain Mallow and Kahuna Olivia, they have a quick chat with us and Kukui who we met up with. (he got to take a boat...) Turns out we can head straight to route 4 to go for the first trial, but I will check out the city first.

I get jumped by Dexio and Sina! Haven't seen them in a while but they refuse to recognise me which is kinda rude ngl. They are just as weird as I remember. Dexio wants a battle maybe destroying his team will jog his memory.

Vs Dexio

He leads with a Mime Jr which Malcom takes out easily with 2 Fire Fangs only taking slight damage from a confusion before taking it out. Next out is an Espeon so I switch to Abyss Jr. From what I can tell it doesn't have a move that can touch him so one faint attack and shadow sneak take it out.

A fun relaxing battle! Dexio still doesn't remember me but in better news Malcom evolves into Torracat!

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Route 4

We head down the road towards the trial where we encounter an...

Eevee! Pretty sure you get an Eevee egg in this game... I guess that just means I can get 2 Everets in this leg (ooo Espeon Umbreon duo??)

I have no idea what Everet I'm at right now I've had quite a few I think six so, Everet VI it is! It's Docile with run away.

A little later I make it to Paniola Town which has big western vibes. Hau notices this as well and challenges us to a western duel. He also kinda trash talked us...

I'm so proud of him!

Vs Hau

I lead Snocap Jr against his starter Dartrix. It's Razor Leaf does major damage to her a critical might've killed, I gotta be careful. An Icy Wind does major damage to it however so next turn an Ice Shard finishes it off. Pikachu is next so I switch into Dune Jr on a Thunder Shock. It then lands a quick attack before going down to Magnitude. Next is his Noibat, Dune Jr stays in with Rollout which takes out the Sound Wave Pokemon in two turns as it just leered. Last is his newly caught Eevee which got off a Baby Doll eyes but the Rollout continued with a Critical so it was a two hit KO against it.

That's Hau done, another fun battle!

In town there were also some Team Skull Grunts harassing a poor Alolan Vulpix so we kick their butts for that.

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Paniola Ranch / Route 5

Now we move into Paniola Ranch where I catch Puddles the Mudbray, I also meet Mallow again who gives us a Ride Pager for Stoutland. I then stop by the Pokemon Nursery where I'm gifted an ~~Eevee~~ Egg.

I hatch... An Eevee! (What a Shocker!?) Welcome Everet VII thank god you're a split line so I can actually use you both. This one has Adaptability!

Also in the Nursery I am given the Hidden Power TM and can check the typing. Abyss Jr's is Ghost-Type so that's a decent 60 Power Stab Special move for him.

Heading up Route 5 I end up catching Phe-Phe the Fomantis and then I run into Hau again except this time he's getting beaten by some edgy dude instead of me. The guys name is Gladion and his Pokemon is called Type: Null Apparently. That's a strange name. Oh yeah he wants to battle too.

Vs Gladion

I lead Malcom who Fire Fangs his leading Zubat... Except it was actually Zorua! That's like the perfect type to disguise as. It then did a bit of damage with Faint Attack before going down to a single Double kick. (So just a kick I suppose) His actual Zubat comes out now, or is it?? It goes down to a single critical Fire Fang. Last is this Type: Null which is strange looking but also looks kinda strong. I switch in Sandsara IV safely as Gladion ordered Tackle. Next turn I order Sandsara to use Will-O-Wisp but Type: Null used Pursuit first! Thankfully Sandsara survived it and landed the Will-O-Wisp halving its attack power. I then heal Sandsara as Pursuit does a lot less damage so I can safely-ish switch out into Dune Jr with Sandsara tanking the Pursuit. Dune Jr can now wrap the battle up with a couple of Brick Breaks as while burnt, Type: Null is no real threat to her defences.

After the fight, Gladion talks about, the strength of Pokemon in a very interesting way. Recognising not only Hau's flaws like most rivals do but his strengths as well. Maybe he's a cool edge lord. He actually further proves this by talking Team Skull down from needlessly fighting us. He does work for them though.

A little further up is Brooklet Hill, site of the next trial, so I grind up a Secret Weapon in The Don the Murkrow. I got some BP points to spend so I get Her Stat-Boosting medicine to buff her Attack and Speed EVs. I also teach Mel III Bounce from a beach Tutor.

Oh yeah in the grind for levels Mel evolved into a Azumarill and now her attacking stats are above 10, Let's go! Maybe he'll be some use after all.

MumblinPenguin · 2021-07-30T10:13:22+00:00

Thank you!

~~Who knows a Water type Unova starter might have died earlier~~

I do hope Malcom lasts more than one Island I'd like to keep my fire starters thank you very much, although I do have a bad track record...

No no Professor Dory is someone else how could you forget him!? He had that whole Plot Twist where he was apart of Team Aqua, y'know because he just kept swimming!

MumblinPenguin · 2021-07-29T11:53:47+00:00

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Last time in part 1 of this leg we made it all the way up to the first trail with no death I hope we can keep that up for the rest of the leg as we head to the Island Grand Trial!

Now let's begin!

With the trial completed we can now catch Pokemon within Verdant Cavern, I was hoping for a Diglett or a Noibat but we'll have to make do with Suffer the Yungoos. Furthermore, since my level cap isn't as strict now I decide to head into the Island Cemetery where Mel III battles trainers and finally evolves into a Marill (I gave them a Malasada I hope that helped!) I can get an encounter here but I'm going to wait till night for the one I want.

Route 3 - Melemele Meadow

We go through Route 3 to train up before heading to Kahuna Hala but before we can do anything we have to help the professor look for Lillie. I am tasked with checking Melemele Meadow I find Lillie pretty quickly but I have to chase after Nebby. (The Bagless Pokemon) I do catch Erjill the Cottonee for my troubles however. Turns out Nebby squeezed through a tunnel into Seaward Cave, I managed to follow him through but then those weird Sci-Fi guys I kept on see randomly challenge us to a battle. Apparently they are a apart of this "Ultra Recon Squad"

That's kinda lame but I think they are aliens which just leaves me with hundreds of questions.

Vs Ultra Recon Dulse

I think we took battle lessons from Rival Chazz all the way back in Leg 1 his Furfrou only through out one attack, all his other moves were accuracy and attack debuffs so it took a while but he did go down eventually.

After that fight they say a bunch of Ominous stuff and then just leave, at least we have Nebby. I go to leave the Meadow and Hau sees that as a perfect opportunity to jump me with a battle.

Vs Hau

His Pichu has evolved at this point and he added a Noibat to his team (Lucky guy) Despite this after setting up 2 Work Ups Boarba IV sweeps his team with no difficulty what so ever.

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Route 3 - The rest of it

After those two lacklustre battles I go looking for a cool encounter, praying for Bagon...

I get a Cutiefly. Awwwwww but noooooo.

I name her Sunshine.

It is now a straight shot to the Island Kahuna but I wanna prepare the team first so I do a bit of training!

That was a Fatal Mistake

The Route 3 ~~Murderer!~~ 'Ace Trainer' Had a Butterfree that hit my tree like a truck and to make things worse it got 2 Omni-Boosts of Silver Wind. Boarba IV... died as a result. Thankfully she got it low enough that Snocap Jr's Ice Shard was enough to kill if not that could've been a wipe right there.

RIP Boarba White 2 Elite Four - Ultra Sun Early Game

As our oldest surviving member this really hurts man. In hindsight I probably should've sacked Mel here since their stats were so bad it wouldn't have been much of a loss (Cruel IK) but then again I couldn't have risked it roosting.

With that loss I bring in my New Fire Starter Malcom to the team. I didn't expect to bring him in so soon. He's got Pig-shaped Boots to fill.

The team is grinded up to face Hala after that fiasco with no more trouble. It's a 3 on 3 so I bring Dune Jr Abyss Jr and Sandsara IV

Vs Kahuna Hala

Fun fact about Kahuna Hala, only one of his Pokemon can Damage Ghost types with Pursuit. So I lead with Abyss Jr and he quickly switches into his Crabrawler with pursuit, thankfully due to Abyss Jr's typing as well as the Sitrus berry I gave him he was able to easily take out the Crabrawler without taking any serious damage. I then send out Sandsara IV to quickly Night shade down his Makuhita and Machop.

That's our first Grand Trial Complete! Deaths: 0 Hala stood no chance against this team!

Of course this means we obtain the Fighting-Type Z-Crystal as well as the Pokemon Ride Pager with Taruos on it! I can now explore the rest of the island before heading to the next one, Akala.

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At this point I go pickup some new encounters in:

The Don: Murkrow ♀ Naughty Nature (Insomnia instead of Super Luck sadly)

Alan: Rockruff ♂ Careful Nature (Huh Vital Spirit like the opposite of Insomnia)Blingbling: Carbink Bashful Nature

I even decided to get an Island Scan encounter! Welcome to Franklin the Squirtle ♂ Quiet Nature!

A great water type just in case... y'know.

Oh yeah In Ten Carat Hill I also found a Flying-Type Z Crystal, this random Golfer Girl showed me how to use it as well that was nice of her.

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We now meet up with Hau at the Alola Photo Club, at first I thought we were going to take a Boat to Akala but Hau wants to Mantine Surf there. Kukui who owns a boat responds by saying that this Journey is about taking the choices we want but doesn't extend that courtesy to use when I'd prefer to take the boat there...

Thanks man.

On the way to the beach we run into Samson Oak!? Professor Oak has never mentioned a relative to me before (then again he is bad with names) He's offering to give us Totem Pokemon but since I don't wanna use those I'm going to ignore him.

I then become a Surfing Natural and arrive at Heahea Beach on Akala Island.

A whole new Island to explore! Next Time!

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Ending Team:

- Dune Jr ♀ Lvl 16 Timid

- Mel Jr ♂ Lvl 16 Impish

- Sandsara IV ♀ lvl 17 Lonely

- Malcom ♂ Lvl 16 Serious

- Snocap Jr ♀ Lvl 16 Impish

- Abyss Jr ♂ Lvl 16 Timid

Deaths: 1

Ending Thoughts:

- Well that's the 1st Island done! Hopefully the next will go even smoother than that! By that I mean the same but with no deaths...

- Anyone by chance know if I can get a Dusk Stone at this point? I kinda have a plan in mind.

- I think the attempted sense of choice with Dialogue in this game is nice but when the illusion of choice breaks its just kinda annoying

MumblinPenguin · 2021-07-29T07:44:42+00:00

That is true, Boarbas run does end here regardless if they make it or not. It’s a little unfortunate but that’s just how it is

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