AISubs v3.7
Hello, everyone, and welcome back to SideQuest
We are here in the Royal Woods and exploring
and I expect we're getting somewhere fairly important pretty soon
I mean, that looks important
Look how important that looks
Anyway, let's have a look-see around
Anything? Hello?
Anyone home?
Hmm
Seems like another elevator room, but...
the elevator is not here
That's just fine. Moving on
Ooh, wonder what that is
I think I've settled on this being somehow earlier, like somehow in the past of Dark Souls
Nope, worth a try
I guess I should be more specific. I've settled on this place being a past version of Darkroot
I'm not 100% sure why I think that, but...
I don't know, it feels right?
Need amazing chest, hmm
Let me glance over here first
Ooh! You're a person, hello!
You're a person wearing a mask, or do you just look like that?
I mean...
I guess this is the past, then. Great!
Y-yes
I wish I had your voice. Man...
Man, I want that voice
I'd almost forgotten, I have a giant mushroom friend!
Oh, Dark Souls
I'd almost forgotten, I have a giant mushroom friend!
Let's see, is there anything...
Oh, you can buy humanity for much money
Uh, let's see...
OK, he's got fairly basic stuff, seems like
Yeah, OK
I don't feel like I know you at all, but...
You seem nice
So long
Hmm, looks like we've got another little branching path here-- oh, no, no, another elevator
Well, let's test it
Upward we go and...
Here we are. Where is here?
Uh...
Wait, wait, I've been here
Yes!
I remember, I was just up here and this was a pit in the floor
So, OK, shortcut back to where I was, that's great
I think it's time to go through the fog door, I think that's just what is left to me
Six estus flask is not a big number
But, um...
I don't know, we'll test it
We'll see what happens and come back prepared next time
Forward!
Whoa!
You seem troubled.
Artorius?
Ah, what are you doing?
I wasn't...
I figured we could talk or something first. You don't have to just come right out and attack me!
Hello.
Ow.
You look really awesome, though.
It'd be cool if you'd stop hitting me, though. I'd...
I'd certainly appreciate that.
Ah, okay.
You've got quite the moveset.
Ah!
Heh heh.
Okay, let me heal or something.
Gah! Okay, get out of the way.
Rolling around, dodging... not fast enough, though.
Ow, uh...
You've not touched him!
Dodge... okay...
Heal...
Eugh...
I don't know what that is, but...
can't be good.
Okay, dodged...
Hit?
Can I hit you?
Yay! I hit you once!
Yeesh!
"Dangerous person"? Ah, okay.
This isn't how I expected us to meet!
I really pictured this differently.
You don't look well.
You look like something in a hospital.
Something is corrupting you.
Did you walk into one abyss too many?
Ugh, what's going on?
What are you doing?
It's probably fine.
Gah!
Watch it!
You... ow, ow!
Okay.
What are you doing?
No! Ow!
You are too good at that!
No!
Schmack! Aw, come on.
Yeah, you look a mess.
Nyaaah!
Ow, and I'm dead. Okay, well...
Got him down to half health. Not bad...
...considering he's an abyss walker...
...with wolf friends.
Hey, Miss Mushroom.
It didn't go well.
Yeah.
I feel that we are on familiar enough terms now that I can comfortably ask, "Why are you a mushroom?"
You are.
Why?
Okay, well...
...coy.
Dark Souls is... weird.
All right, let's see if we can get ourselves back there.
Take another shot at that.
Artorias is quite the opponent.
Now to see if I can remember how to get back there.
I need to find that one structure that had the elevator in it.
Just gotta remember where that was.
Can't remember if I crossed the bridge to get there or...
I'm starting to think I did.
Let's head back to that bridge.
Where have I gotten myself?
I feel like I've gotten turned around.
Yeah, see, here's items I didn't see before.
Elizabeth's Mushroom? What on earth is that? Hello! Didn't see you sneaking up on me.
Elizabeth's Mushroom.
Greatly restores HP for a limited duration.
Eating this mushroom invigorates the flesh and greatly restores HP for a limited duration.
Its dramatic effect can make the difference between a warrior's life and death.
Okay.
Did I just not come this way last time?
I mean, I must not have, 'cause...
all the items.
Hmm.
Don't know if I risk that.
Yeah, there's all these items out here.
Yeah! And pits.
Gotta watch out for the pits.
Hmm, what have we here?
Guardian Armor. Sweet!
Still kinda lost, though.
This is not the way to Artorias.
I don't think.
At this rate, even if I find the place...
are they just...
Oh. They're just...trimming the trees.
Are they just gardeners?
Weird.
Bet they get mad as soon as I take this, though.
Yep. It's a gold coin and...they mad.
Alright, well...problem solved.
I am not going the way I meant to.
Nice
What I would really love...
is to make my way back to that Artorias battle.
Because that was quite a thing.
I wonder if the things I do... well...
I was gonna say, I wonder if the things I do here...
change things in the lore in the future.
But, given that this was DLC, I'm guessing it doesn't...
radically change anything in the base game.
Ooh, another item.
I just missed a ton of stuff through here my first time, apparently.
Wow, great arrows.
I'll have to read up on those later.
Um...
Am I just back here to my entrance to the zone?
Where am I?
[light switch clicks]
Where is the building? What with the elevator.
That's what I need.
Alright, alright.
Stop following me.
Got it out.
Not here to deal with you.
I have abyss walkers to contend with.
I have no time for...
whatever you are?
No time!
There we go, this looks promising.
If I go in here and yes...
and call the elevator...
Yes!
This is what I want.
And I got seventeen estus left...
which is a good amount to have...
for fighting a big, mean boss.
Time for a rematch!
You and me, pal. Let's go.
Good day!
You're still looking not great, but I'm glad to see you anyway. Ow, stop. Quit it.
Gah!
Rude. Rude!
Bad timing. But still rude.
Okay.
Ah! I gotta work on my timing.
There! Okay.
Item. Good. Got my stuff. Souls.
Sorry. Words I'm saying don't necessarily correlate to what's happening on screen right now.
I'm just saying words.
Okay, here we go. He's about to do... something.
Here he comes. He's gonna jump at me.
No? Well, I guess he's just gonna swing and hit me and hurt me.
That... also works for him... and what he's trying to do.
Ah, okay! Get out of the way!
Aw, man! That just hurts you... even if he hits close to you. Oh, jeez!
Alright, I need to step up my game... my dodging game.
I can do this, though.
Ah, I see. If I run along the right side of the woods, I pretty much get right here
That took like ten seconds
Definitely took the long way last time, but that's okay! I ended up finding some items
All right, round three
I'm ready, we can do this
I'm thinking this time I won't two-hand the scythe
So I can actually try to block some of these attacks
See? Yeah, like that works much better than getting hit
Block
Smack
Fail to block
That's okay. Ow.
Oh, boy
I was technically dead for a split second there
And then the healing item kicked in
[whoosh]
Yeah, this works much better when I block things
Dodge!
All right, this is better. I am... I am doing better this way
I could probably kill him faster... two-handing the scythe if I was better at dodging, but uh...
I think I have clearly shown I am not better at dodging
Ha! Gotcha!
Yee!
Man, he hurts... badly
[whoosh]
No!
[whoosh]
Do you mind? Oh, okay
Getting on my nerves, buddy
I know I can do this. I'm just being too sloppy and careless
Need to be careful. Need to use caution, strategy, tactics, and other words that mean "play good"
Alright, let me give this one more shot before calling it an episode
I think I can do it
I'm just gonna actually try to play smart this time
Try to concentrate
Learn his patterns
Okay.
Gah!
Ow!
Be more careful.
No!
Oh! I guess I was immune for a split second.
Alright, here we go.
Now he gets a little meaner.
What are you doing?
Ah, don't do that!
Yeah!
Yeah! Boy, he just does not let up.
Very aggressive.
Ah, it's not the button I meant to hit. My fault.
Sloppy, still. Yeah!
All right, we're doing it? Ugh. I was about to say we're doing okay, and then he hit me very hard with a sword.
Twice. Okay. All right.
I'm gonna call this an episode for now, but uh...
Next episode, he's getting beat. I'm gonna beat him.
I know I can beat him. I can defi-- I can... I can do it.
I can definitely, probably do it.