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Hello and welcome back to SideQuest
We are finally going to get back to progressing
I have done my, uh...
I have done my item description reading homework
We've gotten ourselves out of Lighttown
We're finally ready to start moving forward
My first destination is probably going to be Darkroot Basin Garden...
I forget what the term... name is, but...
Before that, I want to see who this is...
Okay, I want to see who this is...
over under the bridge
I'm very curious
Huh
Oh, it's you!
Hehe
Cool, glad I don't have to go all the way...
way back...
down into the middle of nowhere to...
shop for this guy's stuff in the future
That's great
Can't afford anything, that's fine
This guy's got an unnervingly positive outlook on life
Especially considering his company
Well...
Let's see if we can get ourselves safely back...
across to the shrine area...
Just make sure I can remember...
the buttons...
for jumping before I attempt this
Eugh, not confident, but...
I'll try
But, uh...
Yes! Okay, it's double-tapping...
holding "b" to run and then double-tapping "b" to jump
That is a...
That is some horrible jumping controls right there
It's okay
We made it
Now let's go talk to this other weird thing
I don't know why it's here, but its presence makes me uncomfortable
Wow, you just drained this whole thing.
Where'd you come from?
Can I talk to you?
Ah, hello! Was it you who rang the bell of awakening?
I am the primordial serpent, King Seeker Framt, close friend of the great lord Gwyn, chosen undead, who has rung the bell of awakening.
I wish to elucidate your fate. Do you seek such enlightenment?
Sure. What a weird thing.
Very well. Then I am pleased to share. Chosen undead, your fate is to succeed the great lord Gwyn, so that you may link the fire, cast away the dark, and undo the curse of the undead.
To this end, you must visit Anor Londo and acquire the lord vessel.
What a weirdly normal voice for this... thing to have.
I am pleased to see you well. Is it something urgent?
Huh. Feed item.
Those who seek the realm of lords must brave Sen's fortress, a deadly house of traps.
Many have gone before you, but none have returned. Fate has chosen you, but proceed with caution.
I wonder what feeding the titanite shards to him does.
I'm kind of nervous about doing it. I rather like those.
I think I got some spare trash swords and stuff here. Let's try that. Here, have one of these way too many shortswords.
This thing's kind of goofy, but I like it.
So many shortswords
What a bizarre thing!
Wow
You know what? I like him
This thing's pretty cool
This guy out here doesn't like it
Hopefully that doesn't result in any...
Oh, and he's gone. Great
Should I have killed him?
Starting to wonder if I should have killed him
Ah, boy. Okay
Not a fan of this whole situation where...
...acquaintances keep killing my other acquaintances
Eh, not much to do about it now
I think it is high time we headed out...
...to Darkroot. Get some exploring done
Oh! You again?
Me? Uh...
I've become separated from my lady
I've scoured near and far...
...but no sight of her
Where could she have gone?
My lady...
...to think I swore to protect you with my life!
Yeah, I still have no idea what...
...that whole group of folks are about
And I'm sure they told me, but without...
...kind of a greater understanding of the context of...
...what's going on with this world, it's hard to...
...it's hard to piece together
I will say, I do actually appreciate having the, um...
...big monster guy thing...
...explain to me what my purpose here is
Because that is one thing I've been kind of, uh...
...lacking up until this point
One thing that I appreciate that Demon's Souls does...
...which Dark Souls hasn't, is that...
From the very start, it tells you what your larger purpose is.
And it may be a big, vague objective that's kinda hard to understand, but at least it does tell you what it is.
It tells you the situation the world is in and what you're trying to achieve.
I like having that sense of purpose and reason for doing something.
Up until this point, my goal has all been very vague. It's just...
...ring bells...
...and fulfill some weird undead destiny that...
...doesn't make a whole lot of sense... yet.
Or I guess makes more sense now.
Can I level up?
Haha, not even close. That's okay.
Look at that big, open door.
That's exciting. Not going there yet, though.
I keep hearing you guys describe that place as Sen's "fun house," which leads me to think that it is going to be the opposite of fun.
For some reason.
Hmm, wonder if I can boost anything.
I can! Yay!
Oh, that's great.
I guess let's keep using this thing. I've got another weapon that I'm super stoked about...
...currently.
I tried a bit of the normal Halberd...
...on another, just, uh...
...another game I started. I'm definitely not going to play ahead of this game, 'cause I want to...
...keep things fresh for this playthrough, but I started messing around with the normal Halberd, and I do kind of like its, uh...
...attack style.
But yeah, nothing else has really grabbed me.
Some folks recommended some, uh, other good...
...dex weapon options...
...over Twitter, so hopefully if I find some of those I'll...
...I may give them a spin.
But for now...
Gargoyle Halberd it is.
Ooh, you know what I'm gonna do?
Let me... I guess I don't need the rest of the bonfire again.
Let's see if I can fight this guy.
I've leveled up a bit. I'm level 50-something.
Let's give him what for!
All right.
You... have pestered me... enough times... in my... ow. Ow.
Hmph.
Yeah, you've given me enough trouble in the numerous times I've tried to get through here.
Let's see if I can make you less of a problem.
Whew! That was a long reach.
Hmph.
Come on.
Oh dear.
I deserve that.
Yep, yep, yep!
I'm wearing him down, though. I think he's down to like, half health.
Cool design, though. Like, missing...
missing a whole leg/limb thing here.
Getting reckless with the use of stamina.
Need to not do that. Woohoo! Woohoo!
Okay. Okay! Okay!
Stop it. Stop it, I'm...
Oh, nuts.
Yep! Okay. Yep! Okay!
I am getting better at dodging.
I am...
getting a lot better at dodging.
Yeah!
I'm getting better at this game!
Demon Titanite! Awesome!
Yeah, on that other playthrough that I mentioned a few minutes ago, like...
I am shocked at how fast...
you progress through this game once you've had a little practice.
Alright.
Let's explore...this...
basin.
I bet I'm just kinda way overpowered for everything now.
Well, not everything.
I bet I'm way overpowered for this area.
That's alright, though.
I'm not that good at the game yet.
It is garden. Ah!
I've been guessing basin.
Okay, which direction?
Ooh!
There's our big...
butterfly friend.
That'll be interesting.
Alright.
Hmm. Wonder how one gets up there.
It's a weird little...
It's a weird little ledge.
Forward!
I don't know about that.
That does not seem safe.
I don't know if that's a user I will trust.
All right.
Not gonna head in here quite yet because that's...
an area that's generally not accessible normally there.
It's the one I bought a super expensive key to open to go grinding in.
Check it out a bit later, though.
Oh! Hello.
Oh!
I've been told this area is...sort of optional?
And it's crazy that there are entire areas that are just...
Go here if you want, if you don't want, whatever.
I mean, that's pretty cool.
"Attacking ahead." Hmm.
Sorry I'm not talking much, I'm just kinda...
On the lookout for...bleugh...weird things.
You're a weird thing.
Yee!
Whatcha got?
Oh, okay you're not that tough. Alright.
What a weird little monster.
"Green Blossom"? Wonder what that does.
Is this a safe place to check?
♪ Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-dee ♪
♪ Where is the item? I wanna see what it does ♪
Where is it?
"Temporary boost to stamina recovery speed." Oh, that's handy.
I could see that being useful in certain circumstances?
Hmm.
Seems like it could be really easy to get lost down here.
What...is...that?
(footsteps)
Was I supposed to be doing that?
That makes me uncomfortable.
I feel like it's alive.
I don't know if I want to pick a fight with it.
Weird.
This game still finds ways to unsettle me.
In the strangest...
Like, strange ways to unsettle me, too.
Like, let's just have a tree that's just kind of rotating and quietly, softly moving...
To the point that you can't really even tell if it's supposed to be doing that.
What else is over here?
That looks potentially dangerous.
Oh, what's going on? What's going on?
Oh, okay.
Jeez.
Eh! Nope!
[door creaks]
Hope these guys don't, like, poison or...
...bleed or...anything.
Nope, looks like they just hurt. That's good. I can live with that.
Okay.
Yikes.
Oookay. I should have known better.
[footsteps]
You look intimidating!
Oh, and you have friends. Cool.
Ah, this guy makes me nervous.
Heh, okay, we'll do some trade...
...blow! Okay.
[whistles]
He does hit hard.
Come on, buddy.
Gotcha!
This place isn't that bad so far, but I get the feeling I'm going to just very suddenly run into something much worse.
That feels inevitable.
Let's see what's over here.
Alright.
Looks like I've exhausted this area of stuff.
What's this now?
Hmm...
This is an awful long tunnel.
Golem?
Oh, okay.
Just another one of you.
It's alright.
What's that? What's that? What's that?!
Huh.
Oh, maybe he calls help. Maybe that's why those other little...
Oh, he slows me!
I am slow!
That's interesting.
Still not too bad, though.
Staying on top of things. Oh, and that's how I get up here! Cool!
Wolf Ring.
Wolf Ring. OK, let's...
let's check this out.
Wolf Ring. "Boosts poise."
One of the special rings granted to the four knights of Gwyn.
The wolf ring belongs to Artorius the Abysswalker.
Had an unbendable wheel of steel and was unmatched for the greatsword.
OK...
I don't entirely know, like, how crucial poise is or, like, what sort of builds it's useful for.
Guys, tell me if I need to be equipping that right away or if there's something I need it for.
It seems noteworthy, but I can't tell if it's something I should wear or not.
Ragdoll physics.
OK. Moving on.
I'm really uncomfortable with this tree.
Can I get through?
You mind?
Don't like it. Don't like it. Makes me nervous.
It's really easy to get turned around in here.
There's another golem. Let's fight you!
Thanks for watching!
Now I'm slow. Thanks.
Or does that break it? Does killing him break the slow spell?
I think it did. Cool. Alright.
There's another one.
Ooh, two.
Two at once might be...
You know, I've already got the item that they were guarding.
I already got all the elite armor when I charged through here recklessly ages ago.
Ooh, did I find a nook? I found a nook!
I hear something.
Ah! Oh, okay. Just you.
I don't have the volume very high for recording purposes, so every time I hear a slight noise I get paranoid.
Hmm. Partisan. Interesting.
I suspect I'm a bit overleveled for this area, or at least for this part of it.
Do I need to be killing these trees for some reason? Whoa, whoa, whoa!
I need to be paying closer attention to stuff.
Oop. Kill 'em.
Heh, I like it when they do that now.
Makes it easier to attack 'em.
What's this?
What's with all the "here" messages?
I am not seeing the pattern.
Where am I headed?
Oh dear.
I bet this is butterfly.
Tribe bug?
Needs soldier.
I want to come back here with some humanity.
See if I can maybe get
some assistance.
Because I don't know how to fight this thing and that makes me a little nervous.
Heading back
to the bonfire. Be back in a minute.
Ahh.
Nice.
Summon sign. Here we go.
Witch Beatrice.
Totally summoning this phantom.
Awesome.
Come on now.
Yeah!
Let's do this!
Butterfly didn't stand a chance!
Okay.
Here goes nothing.
Ooh, this is pretty.
Lovely.
Ah, oh, okay, okay, okay.
Wow.
That is awesome looking.
Oop, oop, okay, okay, okay, okay.
Ow!
This is awful!
I don't like it. I don't like it. I don't like it.
Oh jeez.
Oh, okay, I guess she'll just murder it then.
This is great.
Yeah, just keep doing what you're doing, I guess.
So...
Okay?
Oh, no.
This might be bad. This might be bad.
I don't really know what to make of this, if I'm honest.
Yeah, you just keep doing that.
Ow, ow!
I'm afraid to roll. I'm worried I'm gonna roll right off this edge.
Oof! Ow!
I will draw its fire!
Yeah, keep shooting it! Blow it up!
Okay, ow!
Probably being a little overly cautious, but hit it!
Kill it! Kill it!
It's too pretty for this world!
What a cool thing.
Cool...
...dead thing.
Well, that was fun.
Yeah, I feel a little bad for killing that... somehow.
Getting kind of a Shadow of the Colossus vibe.
All right.
Well, let's keep climbing. Let's see what's up here.
Thank you, Beatrice, for killing the boss for me.
I wonder how you'd normally beat that.
I guess it seems to fly around, fire a bunch of shots at you, and then lands and gives you a big opportunity to hit it.
Ooh!
What have we here?
Hmm.
You...look...familiar.
You look like a certain blacksmith.
Watchtower basement key.
And a divine ember.
And a homeward bone.
Very...interesting.
I do not entirely know what to make of that, but I bet it's interesting.
I feel like that's my thought process for a lot of these games.
I don't know what any of this means.
Seems interesting, though.
I bet I'll find out it was interesting later.
Okay, darn successful episode!
Not one death, a boss down, and an area partially explored.
Anyway, when we come back, I will maybe explore a little of the rest of this area, and then just wrap this up and head my way out towards Sen.