I’ve procrastinated doing this far too long, and I apologize. After…has it really been years since I started this? After years, we will finally discover the fate of our Prinny protagonist. Today…we finally end this game! …What’s that? I’ve stated numerous times that there are multiple endings? …Well, this is still better than nothing, gosh darn it!
Okay, so last time, I tried to get a certain entry in the Prinny Diary multiple times, and then Willy told us all in the comments that I won’t get it until Part 2 of this game begins. Then, I put up some pictures and a video to show everyone that I still care about this game. Now, it’s time to…actually, I may as well go see what Gordon was doing in the unaltered timeline before getting the ending…an ending I could’ve gotten as soon as we learned how to possess people, I should mention.
So! First there’s the Angry Laharl scene, where I don’t choose to stop our Prinny body from flying out of the window, and then we’re at Captain Gordon and Thursday’s first chronological appearance. Latching our soul onto the 37th Defender of Earth’s body, we’re told by Laharl to clean his room, and after he leaves…oh, I’ve GOT to write this quote down.
Thursday: BEEP, BEEP, BLIP, BEEP. GORDON IS RELEGATED TO BITCH WORK. WHERE’S YOUR SKIRT, PANSY?
Never thought you’d hear that from the thing with headlights for eyes, didja? Moving on to the bedroom to search for suspicious energy, Captain Gordon takes note that the mess in here is even worse than usual, and recommends that they roll up their sleeves before getting down to business. Thursday detects a ‘dimensional distortion’ in the vicinity of Underpants Mountain, and Captain Gordon wonders why ‘’there’’, of all places. Thursday notes that a man’s power is measured by their undies, and that it’s now time to…hey, we can mind control Captain Gordon! The options are to clean the room, to learn Laharl’s secret, and that it’s tea time. Pip pip, my good fellows, I dare say it’s time for liquid refreshments and scones!
Captain Gordon (with a British accent): Shall we first enjoy some tea, dude? We can’t work with parched palates.
Thursday: BEEP, BEEP, BLIP, BEEP. ROGER, CAPTAIN. TEA TIME ANTICS INITIALIZED.
Captain Gordon (normal): *gasp* My mouth has a mind of its own! Though, my throat is a bit dry…perhaps my mouth was right. Teatime, indeed! Let’s investigate after we eat, as well. Thursday, do we have any Teriyaki Pizza left over from Pizza Shack?
Thursday: BEEP, BEEP, BLIP, BEEP. NEGATIVE, CAPTAIN. CONSUMPTION 100%. I SHALL PREPARE SOMETHING ELSE DELICIOUS. (Instantly makes pancakes & coffee)
TickTock: [Gordon chose to investigate after having teatime and some munchies!]
“Database: Teriyaki Pizza” has been added!
The time is now 11 o’clock, and we’re now moving from the scene called HeroMaid to the one called HeroMaid 3. Apparently, #2 is what occurs if there’s still a Prinny in the room. Back to the action, Captain Gordon thinks that whatever could’ve caused a disturbance has fled, and Thursday is berating him for making more of a mess. Captain Gordon notes that the placement of the objects looks like toppings on a Teriyaki Pizza, and TickTock reminds us that he’s hopeless. Once we hit 12 o’clock, after Captain Gordon makes the mess even worse, again, Jennifer enters the scene. We should all know what happens next: Thursday talks like a high-class person, and then goes absolutely bonkers. But I’ve never seen his…its?...side of the event, so I possess the robot buddy.
Unfortunately, that gets us nothing but some odd bloops and blorps, the image of our protagonist’s soul going bug-eyed as Thursday charges across the premises, and Flonne thinking that we’re a hero after running over Mao. She leaves, Captain Gordon and Jennifer appear, and cue Laharl’s assassination. Now, time to go and get that ending!
Back at the beginning, for what I believe is the third-to-last time, and we’re going to try something that hasn’t been done since the game’s very beginning; watch what happens to our Prinny star after he flails his way through Laharl’s window. But this time, he’s going to be possessed…by himself! If we weren’t causing problems with time travel and the supernatural before, we sure as heck are now!
So, now we’re outside. Our past self is unconscious, and our present self starts to pity him. And…still blacked out when time passes. Ghost Prinny’s getting bored. Still unconscious by 11 o’clock…12 o’clock…13 freakin’ o’clock. Our protagonist decides to take a nap, since there’s nothing else to do. 14 o’clock, and TickTock’s the only one conscious. Fiftee…hey, he’s awake! They’re both awake! And now…the same monologue from the beginning of the game! And though our Prinny doesn’t notice it, according to our Time Table, the bump that woke him up turns out to have been Mao all along. Oh, and Laharl’s assassinated again. Big whoop.
Well, we learned absolutely nothing from that experience. Logically, we would never take that path again…but we made a space explorer talk in a faux-British accent earlier, so who really cares about logic? We do what we just did all over again, and our protagonist wonders if anyone at all will come to relieve him of boredom, despite nobody appearing last time we went through this. 11 o’clock, and…
TickTock: [Nobody came to the Castle: Outside!]
Ghost Prinny: [Why would I have thought they would, dood?!]
“Database: Castle: Outside” has been added!
New dialogue confirms it. Something special’s going to happen this time around! 12 o’clock, and…
Ghost Prinny: [So I can’t do anything but…lay here? Can’t I Possess anything, dood? (Spots a Geo Symbol) Hey, there’s one of those crystal things, a Geo Symbol, dood! Can I Possess that?]
TickTock: [The Geo Symbol can definitely be Possessed!]
Ghost Prinny: [All right, dood! Lookin’ good! I’m getting excited already!]
“Database: Geo Symbol” has been added!
I possess the Blue Geo Symbol ASAP. 13 o’clock, and to Prinny’s dismay, he still can’t move an inch. He starts contemplating what a sentient Geo Symbol would feel. 14 o’clock, he realizes that his old job wasn’t all that bad, mainly because he at least had other Prinnies to pal around with. 15 o’clock, a- hey! What happened to the time display? Why’s the screen black?
???: …*mumbles*…*grumbles*
Ghost Prinny: [Huh? Is that…? Master Etna…?]
Etna: Ugh, this is too much work. I’m getting pissed. I’ll crush this Geo Symbol to let off steam!
Ghost Prinny: [Whaaaaat?! Dood!] (flash)
TickTock: [The Geo Symbol was easily crushed!]
Etna: Huh? The colors…changed from red…to blue?
Ghost Prinny: [Isn’t this…the tutorial scene from the greatest SRPG in the universe, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, dood?! How is this happening, dood?!]
“Database: Prinny Geo Symbol” has been added!
His words, viewers, not mine. Also, an interesting note: when I went to the menu screen to check the Database for the full title of that new entry, the Save, Time Table, and Diary options were grayed out. I guess they wouldn’t want you to interrupt an ending? …Like I just did? Dangit, dood!
…Eh, it doesn’t matter. All that’s left is credits over this kinda-ugly, kinda-cute image.
◊ I don’t pay much attention to the credits, instead focused on typing these sentences, but I noticed that there were names of characters we haven’t actually encountered in the game yet. Who were they? …If I just flat-out told you, that wouldn’t really be fun, now would it?
Once the credits are over, I reload my last save. It is right before possessing the Geo Symbol, an action I don’t want to take again. System data is separate, so I still have that ending in my files. I watch as Ghost Prinny laments that nothing changes even when there’s a Geo Symbol to keep his body company, though he still contemplates the same things as before. 15 o’clock occurs, and our past self’s monologue happens one more time, with no mention towards the fate of the Geo Symbol.
So, we’re at 7 o’clock again. And next time, we’ll finally stop the assassination! …Unless you leave comments about which Mind Control options you would’ve liked to have seen me do. Act now, because as soon as we stop that explosion, we ain’t coming back to those choices for a long, long time!
Area No. 03 – Hall
A meeting room and a dining room. A perfect place for gossiping.
NEW DATABASE TERMS: Castle: Outside, Geo Symbol, Teriyaki Pizza, Prinny Geo Symbol
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