Funny / Library of Ruina

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Gameplay Elements

• The EGO card of Laetitia. It seems to be nothing out of the ordinary, if a little lackluster at first sight with its single Blunt dice that can deal a big hit of damage. However, any enemy hit by said attack, they will gain a page (which makes this EGO one of the rare ways to alter your enemy's deck). This page named 'Small Gift' is a piss-poor defensive card with only one Block dice with a hilariously low roll of 1-2, and the absolute cherry on top is that the enemy will use this card no matter how sophisticated their moves! This means that anything with no Shimmering is hit by this attack - for all their cunning - will be forced to do something this stupid! The only thing slightly holding it back is the fact that 'Small Gift' exhausts on use, though the EGO does not.

Story Receptions

Canard

• Before the reception of the Rats, Roland calls Angela a peeping tom after seeing how the invitation works. In the same conversation, he denigrates their current invitees before backpedaling.
  Roland: They're losers who only think about making ends meet day by day.
  Roland: Hmm... I might have just roasted myself here.

Urban Myth

• In the pre-battle story for Pierre's Bistro, Angela asks Roland how people taste. Roland, of course, is baffled and says that he's never tried to eat any.
• The pre-battle story for Streetlight Office's first reception sees Lulu yelling at Mars for eating her cake. He replies that he was doing her a favor because the expiration date was yesterday, but she complains that it was a limited edition. San, the Only Sane Man, has to calm them down.

Urban Legend

• It's brief, but in the pre-reception scene for the second Zwei Association reception, after San thanks Isadora for making him part of the Zwei search team investigating the Library, she gets flustered.
  Isadora: I-I said I'm just doing my job. It's not like I'm doing you a favor or anything.
• The pre-reception scene for Molar Office shows Olga having a hangover as Rain complains about her paying for a drinking party with the office card... and then asking Rain to clean up after her if she vomits on the WARP train.
  • Once they're on the train, she complains about sitting behind Tommy and Merry, and Rain tells her to quiet down. Even in the Library, she's still very drunk and tells Mika to tell Rain to stop lecturing her about it.

Urban Plague

• The pre-reception scene for the Carnival has Angela shortening her customary greeting when fed up with the guests, who call it insincere.
• The post-reception scene for the Carnival features Roland trolling Angela by speaking in the same way the aforementioned Guests were:
  Roland: Exhausted? Tired. Want rest? Hungry. Want out?
  Angela: Want amputated? Bones melt. Flesh explode? Won't die.
  Roland: ... Sorry, ma'am. I'll stop here.
• There are two morbidly amusing moments in the pre-reception scenes for Full-Stop Office.
  • The first one involves the Full-Stop Fixer's panicked attempt to get away from the Blue Reverberation. They attempt to find a pen to sign the Library's Invitation only for the Blue Reverberation to interject:
  Liwei: Anyone got a pen? We need something to sign the paper wi-
  Argalia: Ah, you can use mine. Take your time now.
  • Moments earlier, Argalia agreed to spare them under the condition that they tell him who ordered them to kill Eileen, giving them ten seconds to either spill the beans or die. He counts down from 10 to 6, when Liwei asks for a pen; he lends her his... and then skips straight to 4.
  • The second moment involves Stephan's hilarious pessimistic greeting to Angela.
  Stephan: Hellooooooo~~ I'm Stephan, soon to be dead and shelved into your bookcases.
• The pre-reception scene for Dawn Office has Roland reminiscing on his old friend, Philip, and Angela throws out this burn:
  Angela: He seems to be faring much better than you, though?
  Roland: Oh did you really have to stab me with those facts! (sic)
• The pre-reception scene for the Kurokumo Clan has some gems:
  Tanya: Sup fellas?
  Sayo: She has the head of a dog? (...) Are those kinds of surgeries hip with the kids these days?
  • Both Sayo and Roland call Tanya a puppy, independently of each other.
• The pre-reception scene for the Bremen Musicians has them being amusingly deranged about music, with them making animal sounds during their arrival in the Library. MuMu even gets sad because rabbits don't have a signature sound like cats or pigs do.

Urban Nightmare

• The pre-reception scene for the Sweepers has Roland complaining that a translator he paid to talk with them long ago ripped him off after Angela's translation showed him that they speak actual sentences in their language.
  • The post-reception scene has Roland try to joke about the Sweepers.
  Angela: Something about them smelled suspicious.
  Roland: They do have an awful smell, I'll give you that...
  Roland: Take a sniff of those filthy bandages, and your appetite's...
  Angela: Are you insane?
  Roland: Sheesh, can't even crack a joke...
• In the pre-reception scene for Shi Association, after Angela asks Roland what grade he used to be, he calls humself a "kickass Grade 1 Fixer!"
  Angela: It's honestly hard to believe, but... if you say so.
  • In the post-reception scene, Roland calls Kali a Fixer who "used to do all the cool stuff", like he's jealous.

Star of the City

• The pre-reception story for the first Liu Association Section 2 reception has Cecil and Mei mercilessly teasing Lowell about his upcoming anniversary.
  Cecil: (in response to Xiao saying she came to check on Section 2) C'mon, be honest, Director Xiao.
  Lowell Cecil!
  Xiao: Hmhmm...
  • In a similar vein, the pre-reception scene for their second reception has Lowell asking them how they she found out about it.
  Cecil: (blushing portrait)... ...Hm hmm.

later

Lowell: And Cecil, we should have a little chat later.

Cecil: Yes, sir...

at the library

Mei: Are you gonna decorate your house in this style, director?

Lowell: Well, Xiao prefers something cute-

Lowell: ...Mei! Stop asking silly things and focus on work.

Cecil: Oh, so that's our Section 1 Director's taste, I see... I'll take note of that.

Lowell: sighs

• The pre-reception scene for Cane Office has Martina and Bada reacting to their boss' antics.
  Martina: Prez got miffed...
  Bada: It's going to be a real hassle calming him down for a while.
• While Angela is typically polite towards her Guests, being at her worst only slightly aloof and formal towards those she particularly dislikes, she becomes uncharacteristically rude to Myo in the first RRR Corp reception, giving Myo this hilarious line:
  Angela: You're still rambling stupid nonsense, unable to read the mood. If you're so curious, you can read a book to find out. Oh, in case you don't know what a book is... It's a bundle of pages made of paper that you can hold in your hands and read.

Impuritas Civitatis

• After all you have done, the final reception is a not-so-friendly visit from the Head. Instead of what you'll expect from a such a dangerous organization ran by madmen, you're greeted by a woman who is only very slightly taller than Malkuth who spews out enigmatic prose at every sentence she speaks, aside that said woman is an Arbiter accompanied by a Claw Executioner and they meant serious business. It manages to be dissonant and absurd at the same time knowing these are the apex predators of the City.

Patron Librarian Stories

Malkuth

• The third begins with Malkuth looking back at her life in Lobotomy Corporation. When Malkuth asks Roland if he cares to listen to her story he brazenly turns her down. Malkuth blows up at his refusal since he's supposed to agree to these kinds of things to which Roland complains if she's going to tell it anyway, why bother giving him an option. Malkuth concedes that point before continuing on.

Yesod

• In Yesod's first episode, he and Roland are staring daggers at each other, only for Yesod to go and correct Roland's tie, breaking the ice in a way.
• In the second episode, Yesod proceeds to insult Roland, calling him "Angela's lapdog". While that alone may not be all that humorous, perceptive players will notice that the game immediately changes Roland's title from "Servant" to "Lapdog" for the rest of the episode.
• In Yesod's fifth episode, Angela starts Distorting again, and Roland is remarkably chill about it.
  Roland: We're in a bad spot, aren't we?

Hod

• In the first episode, Roland is not pleased after hearing that Hod also has a history with Angela.
  Roland: Oh boy, future ain't looking too bright. Everyone's got a problem with Angela.
  • He also lets out a frustrated sigh after hearing that everyone won't make up and that he has to bring Hod books.
• In the fourth episode, Roland straight-up says "Oh boy, that took a turn" after hearing about Hod's past.

Netzach

• Netzach's first episode begins with Roland finding him on the floor. Cue a CG of Roland trying to wake him up with Netzach complains. After a brief conversation, Netzach lies down again and shoos Roland away.
  • Roland is, at this point, pretty fed up with how everyone has beef with Angela.
  Roland: Boy oh boy. How could every one of you hate Angela so much?
• Netzach's second episode begins with Roland critiquing Netzach over his poor organization skills. Roland gets derailed, however, by the fact that Netzach began using the reality-altering powers of the Library to make beer for himself. After Netzach offers a drink, Roland immediately accepts and becomes drunk, complete with a Drunken Glow. What really sells the scene is Angela's reaction to the entire episode at the end:
  Angela (with an exasperated face): ...You've got to be kidding.
• The third episode begins with - what else? - Roland and Netzach getting drunk again. They even toast to each other at the end.
• The fourth episode has Roland surprised that Netzach... is sober.

Tiphereth

• In her first episode, Tiphereth punches Roland in the face after he shouts for her (and complains about "all these weird names"). When he belittles her by saying he thought a librarian of natural sciences would need to think, she tries to punch him again, but he dodges.
• In the second episode, after Roland compares reading the books to light being a particle or wave depending on observation, Tiphereth yells at him and his "shoddy knowledge".
  • Although the context is sad, in this interlude when Tiphereth talks about Enoch, Roland assumes he was Tiphereth's boyfriend.
  Roland: Damn, got dumped twice? What a shame. Keep your chin up, though. It's not like a breakup is the end of the world.
  Tiphereth: ...Roland, he died.
  (...)
  Roland: ...Oh. Uh, I'm... I'm terribly sorry, miss...
• In the third episode, Tiphereth is upset at Roland's stacking speed, ignoring his protests and yelling that he's a @#$!$@!.

Gebura

• In the first episode, Roland finds Gebura smoking, and she blows the smoke into his face as he complains about the smell. Gebura says that she can smoke all she wants now that her body can't get sick.
  • When Roland is complaining about Gebura ordering him around, he blusters about how she can't act like she's better than him and asks for her grade.
  Gebura: The Red Mist.
  Roland: THE Red Mist..? What the hell...
• Pursuant to the above, in the second interlude, Roland starts calling her "ma'am" before Gebura tells him to stop. He doesn't.
  • One of Roland's main problems with being pulled into the library is that he was going to visit HamHamPangPang for a sandwich. At the end of the interlude, he goes to get alcohol from Netzach's floor with her.
  • A small one, but when Roland asks Gebura about her past life and how rough it could have been, she simply states that she is from District 23. Roland's reaction can pretty much be summed up as "point taken".

Chesed

Binah

Hokma

Chit-chats

• The first chit-chat involves around the lower layer Patron Librarians unable to find Netzach, who was supposed to help clean the Library for the day. After talking with Angela and Roland (who nervously asserts that he has no idea where Netzach is), Angela summons Netzach, who is completely drunk by this point, to the lower layer Patron Librarians, whom begin to chew Netzach out for slacking off. Netzach tries defending himself, claiming that Roland had told Netzach about a place to hide out in return for some alcohol (over Roland's increasingly panicked attempts to stop Netzach from snitching). The end result is Roland getting dragged into helping Netzach for cleaning duty not only for this time, but for the future as well much to his dismay.
• The ninth and final chit-chat begins, out of all things, with Binah and Chesed arguing over whether tea or coffee is superior.
  Chesed: Sorry, but coffee is still the king of all drinks~
  Binah: It is quite a shame that such is the pitiable hill you choose to die on. Perhaps your tongue has been paralyzed by the overbearingly thick, strong flavor and scent.
  • The ninth chit-chat also features Angela finally lampshading the number of Patron Librarians who use the Library's power to create drinks that they then proceed to share with the others.
    Angela: I'm not sure if I'm in a library or a cafe.
  • Which makes it even more hilarious when you realized Project Moon eventually did create a Lobotomy Corporation themed cafe.