Lobotomy Corporation
- This early exchange:Mizu: When you've been around as long as I have, this much is nothing.D.A.D.: Really? When did you start?Mizu: Yesterday! :DD.A.D.: … *Face Palm*
- Mizu suggesting Punishing Bird can cram six whole pizzas in his mouth, and that it'd be a lot more tasty than a person.
- When the Queen Bee's spores spread out for the third time, X was ready to curse Sephiroth's name again (having been responsible the first two times), only for Angela to show it's actually Credentia. X tries cursing her name, but calms down because it doesn't feel the same.
- During the (TeeQueue-original) Captain's Meeting, there's this inevitable pun.Bishop: As you all know, my Sephirah Malkuth had some sort of breakdown that resulted in a massive facility-wide problem. This was because of her issues with the manager. I figure we should compare notes. Do any of your Sephirot have any problems with him that might explode out of control?D.A.D.: My Sephiroth* seems to have a couple issues, but Yesod's fine.Mr. Black: HAHAHAHAHA!!Boksi: Seriously?D.A.D.: *smiles and nods*
- During Day 33 when Gebura challenges X to suppress 5 WAW Abnormalities, while handing DRV for the last time today, X goes executing Clerks to avoid triggering Big Bird, and almost Executes Evil Kit before Tiphereth catches him.
- On top of that, Evil Kit elects to not believe Talow and Twee are straight up lying to him about suppressing the Abno. But he does leave after SeyzerKoze says they're being inconvenienced by Evil Kit's presence, who takes the remark with joy and then leaves. He later claims to Gaia and Tylana that his presence served as a powerful uniting force to cause just enough additional stress to ensure the suppression of a foe. Gaia instead deduces it's an excuse for losing the order to meet up with them, to which Evil Kit says he can't get orders while working with the Woodsman, which is also the case in-game.
- That time when X doesn't have to continue past the energy quota in order to unlock all the E.G.O.s, because Angela reports that he's already done it thanks to La Luna's gear not being that expensive.
- This deadpan exchange.Sorcrane: (in-game) Wings in the sky mean nothing. Wings in the sky grow from my back. I am changing. I am pure.Tenebrais: I dunno what you're on about, but if a wing ever grows from your back it means you just killed a giant bird. That's it. context
- Due to a harmless glitch
◊, we get this gem of a conversation.Gebura: Mizu, your E.G.O is off-balance.Mizu: No it isn't.Gebura: It's halfway off your face.Mizu: It IS part of my face now, it can't be off of itself, silly.Gebura: Listen you damn moron, I can see half of your eyeball!Mizu: Well you should get your eyes checked, because you should see two-and-a-half of them!Gebura: You… that… MANAGER!X: I'm working on it. - With The Apocalypse Bird's suppression granting all present agents a singular wing, and with Sephiroth as one of those agents, the joke writes itself.Sephiroth: (in the midst of suppressing a Crimson Dusk) Savor your fear, Ordeal… for the one winged angel has descended to reap your soul!Mr. Blond: Oh my god would you stop calling yourself that? We all have one wing!Mr. Black: HAHAHA! I think it's simply sublime to be so into something!
- During Tiphereth's Core Suppression, X orders Mr. Black to clear some hallways with his Smile E.G.O. suit, which has a special ability that allows it to dispose of any dead bodies before Abnormalities like the Mountain of Smiling Bodies or Sweeper Ordeals can consume them. Once he's done with them…Mr. Black: Ah, resplendent! Just like my mother used to make!X: …Tiphereth: …X: Let's just move on.
- Netzach gets some metaphors confused, yet it's still validated.X: (in protest against Hokma's excusing the agents as expendable by talking about how much LOB they still have) That's my rainy day fund. We're not touching it.Netzach: '(sotto) Aren't we underground, though..?X: '(sotto) All the more important. Groundwater is a terror.
- In the midst of Suppressing Queen of Hatred, Binah has a message for X.Binah: (in-game) Mountain of Smiling Bodies has left its Containment Unit. Mayhaps it was too small to hold it?X: Too small?! They're one size fits all!Binah: Then perhaps the elastic is worn, like every other part of this place.X: I'm banning you from metaphors.
- This exchange:Mizu: Hellooooo, cutie~!WhiteNight: Thou as well shalt not be attempting to harass My countenance for a feather, I pray?Mizu: Ooh, do they give superpowers? I want superpowers. Gimme.WhiteNight: What hath I just wrought?
- Best part, she successfully acquires one. And according to her, the key is to start yanking feathers and never stop until he agrees to give one.
Library of Ruina
- This exchange:Mars: What are you guys, anyways? A monster? A human? Something else?D.A.D.: (wins a Clash against Mars) I'm D.A.D.Mars: I see.San: (wins a Clash against D.A.D.) Hello, D.A.D. I'm San, and I'd prefer you didn't bully my Office.
- After commenting on the whole "free action waiting" that Guests seem to do…Roland: The more I hear about this Library, the more amazed I become about all its conveniences. Stealing techniques, physiques, and now even intentions… what can't it do?Angela: Let me leave.Roland: …Ah.
- During the Reception for Love Town, Netzach and his Assistant Librarians discuss things.Netzach: Oh, man… this guy doesn't even have a face anymore. At least it doesn't smell that bad. I was expecting it to reek.Mr. Black: It's a delightfully fleshy aroma! When you cut it, there's even a measure of blood that's added to the fragrance! Whoever that doctor was, he did a good job on the aesthetics! Visuals aside, of course! HAHAHAHAHA!Mr. Blond: They were on a train where nothing ever changed for them. There's no way they would actually smell. Nothing could have gotten them dirty.Mr. Black: A remarkably good point! I wonder if W Corp will make those trains into food storage devices, after they figure out the glitch.Mr. Blond: No one would want that! How could you make sure the frozen time thing wouldn't extend outside of the fridge?Netzach: There's probably a Singularity out there to fix that, too.Mr. Blond: C'mon, boss! Don't encourage him..!
- The Dawn Office make a comment on Steve's combat oboe from a Workshop-affiliated Fixer (it's not exclusive to Alloc).Salvador: Hoh..! Be careful now, you two. One of them's carrying a combat oboe.Philip: A… combat oboe?Salvador: It was before your time, Phillip… but long ago, such instruments of destruction were a regular feature in certain parts of the Backstreets. I've lost several limbs to their ilk in my time.Yuna: Is that why you recommended this weapon* to me?Salvador: I'd say it works quite well for you.Yuna: Well, you've got a point, there.Philip: If these weapons are so dangerous, why haven't you ever used one?Salvador: Phillip… despite my love for jazz, I've never played any myself. Do you know why?Philip: You've… never tried, master?Salvador: I'm tone deaf, my boy. It's a true shame.Yuna: Trust me, you never want to hear him sing.Philip: Ah… I see.Steve: (all attacks are focused on him) Hey boss, I think I've got them all distracted.
- A non-canon look into the Legacy/Early Access version of the game takes a look at Yesod's name, and runs with a few puns at it: Nosod (D.A.D.), Perhapsod (Kaori), and Askagainlatersod (T. Hinman).
- The expressions on Roland and his crew's faces when Pinocchio the Liar tries to bluff with the same card as last time. It's enough to actually piss off the usually lackadasical Zaida.Zaida: That's the same damn lie!
- During the same Suppression, when Steve tries to proclaim the power of the heart being the reason why Pinocchio the Liar can never be human, it's undermined by Zaida pointing out she doesn't have a heart right now as she's wearing a Sweeper's Key Page, and Roland muses about whether the Carnival had hearts too.Steve: Fine! Hearts are optional! Don't have time right now!
- During the Reception of the WARP Cleanup Crew…Lesti: (after landing a hit on Switch) Hey Ma'am! Sorry to interrupt, but did you want to get in on the gopchang-jeongol after this? Sen says he's buying.Sen: (taking an Angry TSL hit from Elle Tee) I never… agreed to that.Rose: (clashes with Elle Tee right after) Focus. If you've got time to talk, use it to tear them apart.WARP Cleanup Agent: (Staggers Switch with an Overcharge) I got one!Rose: See? If you focus, the job goes easier.Lesti and Sen: Sorry, ma'am…(next Scene begins)Hod: Switch, are you okay?Switch: (muttering) The entire silk-weaver's guild is tapdancing in my brain, and I'd prefer it go elsewhere…Elle Tee: I think he's talking about Spider Bud's protection? I got it, don't worry.Medea: He's fine, then.
- The implications of "Derz Shoots" is explored in a few posts, such as Roland's Assistant Librarians covering themselves behind shields, Tiphereth possibly getting shot in the ass, Gebura being forced to dodge what she considers peashooter shots had the Abnormality been on Hod's floor instead, or even waking Binah early.
- During the Reception on the 8 O'Clock Circus, just as they overwrite the Library's theme with their own…Tylana: Ohhhh jeez. That music.Chinely: So we're fighting clowns… the most dangerous of all circus performers.Tiphereth: The heck is a circus, anyways?Omni: Ancient groups of performers who infiltrate towns under the guise of doing business by showing off a memorable performance. Their true motives were sinister…Chinely: Thievery. Assasination. The distribution of the addictive substance known only as "Circus Peanuts…" Don't underestimate these guys, no matter what. Behind those smiles are true killing machines.Bishop: (skeptical) I'm not sure that's quite right…Tiphereth: Now that's dangerous..! Everyone, stay on your toes!
- Later on…ImIdiot: And make sure to pet the kitty!Tylana: …Yeah, no.ImIdiot: Aww. Its fluffiness readings are off the charts!Emma: They are! Who wouldn't want to pet that cute, fluffy Mr. Lion?Noah: That yellow woman on the other side. (points to Tylana, not Tiphereth)
- Later still, just as Omni reached Emotion Level 2, he gets ready to invoke its effects, only for the cutscene of Emma and Noah splitting to play out, petering out the Assistant Librarian's calling his attack.Chinely: Upstaged… that's rough, pal.
- The entire Reception with the Smiling Faces, between everyone targeting Netzach on the regular, to Mr, Black being critical of their so-called-smiles, to him wanting to figure out the secret of their Smoke to use for his cooking, and of Gaia being unable to track the rest of his fellow floor Librarians due to them getting lost (and thus being the only one on Mission Control today).
- Laetitia's Suppression comes with things like Elle Tee treating the Abnormality, and Switch going on full conspiracy theorist and claiming Laetitia us a spider collective from W Corp's accessed dimension manipulating the marionette body she's most associated with, and that their goal is to summon their "Friends"—their extradimensional spider masters—into this world and use the people's flesh and blood as sacrifices. This leaved Laetitia thoroughly confused.
- During the Reception of the Crying Children, Dimi arranges a bet between her and Bishop to see which of them can take them out more. And the scoring gets a bit ridiculous as the phases go on (Phases 2, 4, and 6 are 3 points, and Phases 3 and 5 are 3 points per group). Final tally: Bishop 1 + 3 + 3 + 3, Malkuth 1 + 1 + 3 + 3, Joshua 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 (killsteal), Dimi (and ImIdiot) 3. And Philip (as an Unspeaking Child) flees yet again.
- This tidbit during the Netzach's Floor Realization.Mr. Black: You just do what you have to do, [Mr. Blond]! We'll be burning these statues to death!Carlos Safety: They're uh… immune to fire, Mr.Black.Mr. Black: Are they, now? (books one One Who Emerged From The Earth) Someone should have told them that! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
- At the end of that Floor Realization, Roland does Netzach a solid and tells him and his Librarians some good hiding spots he and Zaida found. And it connects to this canon event.
- During the King of Greed's Suppression:Tylana: Our attacks… are working, right? She's laughing them off like it's nothing. :psyduck:Chinely: This fight isn't about crushing her body, it's about satiating her lust for battle. If we just keep up with her, she should be satisfied eventually.Tiphereth: Her greed's bottomless, Chinely.Omni: Then we'll just have to dole out bottomless violence!Tiphereth: That doesn't make any sense!
- Later in that same Suppression, the King of Greed also mistakes Tiphereth for a kid, and she reacts predictably.
- Null_Mia's quote for taking out an enemy is: "Please quiet your death rattle. This is a library."
- Right after Hokma's floor opening, his relationship with Talow is… surprisingly chill.Hokma: I expected you to be angrier, in truth. You failed to escape once again.Talow: Yeah, well… thirty years in the Outskirts'll make you nostalgic for a shit job with some decent food. I'm going to go check the place out. Laters, old timer.Hokma: Hmph. Who are you to call me 'old timer?'
- With the next Thumb Reception…
- Twee and Sweet Pea's rivalries on being a damage tank and being a dodge tank continue between all three battles.
- The Casual Danger Dialog Denis engages in with Chesed about the lack of discipline in his Assistant Librarians, with Twee and Sweet Pea (plus Binah on Mission Control for this Reception) going off on a tangent about macchiato.
- And then we follow up with Evil Kit deliberately inconveniencing Boris with meaningless banter by asking Mizu what her favorite Abnormality is. Boris thinks he can tune it out, but he can't quite.
- Evil Kit stating that that the finest drink is actually neither coffee nor tea, but soda, which Binah acknowledges as a deliberate means of provocation, and that even she would've been triggered were it not for the fact that it's blindingly obvious that his words lacked conviction.
- Twee talks about the "romance" of building towards an ultimate attack, Sweet Pea criticizing the wait time needed to build it up, and Evil Kit thanking Twee for letting it hide him behind its effect since he can spread more chaos on the battlefield that way.
- The three of them talk "kill jurisdiction" over one of the booked Soldatos. Just Mizu asks if she can lay claim to it, to which Evil Kit rebuffs her.
- Zaida being so blase even when against the Red Mist.Zaida: Legend, god, claw or angry bean… who cares? We'll tear up anything that gets in our way.Kali: Bold words. And what are you supposed to be, anyways?Zaida: Some kind of gear cult person. Figured the gears would move for me, but no such luck. (sighs)
- In that same Reception…Kali: That one's using a combat oboe… Well, let's see if it's just for show or not.Zaida: Speaking of, Steve, you've been training your ass off with that thing. Don't you have some crazy badass trick by now that could put her on the defensive?Steve: I have a few ideas, but they involve making full use of the oboe's capabilities. The vibrations might wind up making all of you guys bleed out of your ears.Roland: Thank you for not doing that.
- During the Liu Association Section 2 Reception, Dimi is her boisterous self as always, even when she's on the brink of getting booked, as her enemies can clearly see. Amazingly, she's still alive by the end of the Reception.Lowell: We've taken on more losses… but it looks like they've done a lot of work for us. Don't let it be in vain.Dimi: Struggle all you like… That music you hear? It means we're going to kick your butts!Bishop: Please pardon her, dear guests. She's having an off-day, and is very sensitive about it.Dimi: (incensed) The hell I am!
- Tiphereth gets on ImIdiot's case when he blurts out his weapons being E.G.O. to Lowell.
- During the Abnormality battle against The Road Home & Scaredy Cat, we get the following gems.
- When one uses the word "stop" too many times.
Evil Kit: Oh, I recognize that twinkle in (Scaredy Cat's) eyes. It's the unmistakable glare of mischief. We're going to try and stop that Abnormality from walking home… and it's going to try and stop us.Chesed: Then let's stop its stopping our stopping, shall we~?Evil Kit: Now you're catching on!- Attacking the house is explored as an option, and it's actually a good option for accumulating resources while not provoking Scaredy Cat by attacking The Road Home.
- Using kids' board game banter against The Road Home.
Sweet Pea: Sorry, missy. This here's a penalty space. (successfully blocks her from attacking Home and winning the battle) Return to start and try again, okay?Chesed: Actually, I'd prefer if you not try again, either. We can't let you get back to your home. - During the Double Feature, we get this bit:Huge Mizu: Hey, what'd we even do to deserve something like that? (attacks a Liu S. Section 1 Fixer)Punished Mizu: The same thing we always do: betray expectations, and slaughter those around us.Huge Mizu: Huh. But what expectation are we betraying?Punished Mizu: (after dealing damage on Xiao) Today..? Their expectations of victory.Huge Mizu: Ooooh! I got it! (smiles)
- For the Suppression of the Servant of Wrath, we get the usual banter from Omni and Chinely as they finally piece together the narrative arc of the Magical Girl abnormalities and how they fell from grace.
- And there's also this thing.
The Hermit: Don't interfere… I'm going to meet my friend.Tiphereth: Oh, you'll meet her alright! When she's good and ready to finish you off! - During Tiphereth's Floor Realization, Angela is taught the meaning of "cringe"…Angela: I know only too well that this is not his right mind, and yet… picturing what I may have said myself…Chinely: Oh. We call that 'cringe.' It's perfectly natural, just don't think too much about it.Angela: I have already grasped the concept.
- The non-capital-R realization that Roland's bad compatability with the E.G.O.s of the floor makes the fight against him… not as hard as it would've been.
Chinely: Makes sense. He's a middle-aged guy trying to draw on the powers of a young lady's hopes and dreams. Really, it's a good thing that Angela isn't the one resonating with these powers. If she were…Angela: Banish the thought from your head immediately.Chinely: (alarmed) Yes'm.- During the Nihil stage, once all the Librarians have been swapped out for the Magical Girls, Tiphereth is left with the four of them, and they all treat her as a civilian that needs rescuing or to stay out of the way, much to her frustration.
- There's also this gem when Nihil and the Magical Girl of Happiness clash with their Road of Gold.
Nihil: Even the brat…Tiphereth: Yeah, I admit it! That happiness is infectious, what about it?!- Even Tiphereth can see technical hypocrisies in Nihil's words.
Nihil: What the hell do you know, you damned hypocrite?! Everything is for nothing. There's only darkness… and no matter how I walk, there won't be anything but. I've lost everything… everything!Tiphereth: But even you've got hopes, dummy! Wanting to pull everyone into that pit of cynical bullshit? That counts!Magical Girl of Love: Miss civilian! Please stay ba—Tiphereth: I can't just stand here anymore and watch! I can at least take out a sword!- Once it was all over, Chinely and Omni ended up completely overloaded with what they just experienced. Given they were utter fans of anime, it's natural.
- During Gebura's Floor Realization on the Cobalt Scar stage, even in the face of being called a rabbit, BICEPS shows no fear even as he's being attacked, resulting in this little exchange.Credentia: Everyone look out, he's about to cry!Tenebrais: Holy shit, you made him cry? Badass.Gebura: Not that kind of cry. Swords up, team.
- And we have this bit…
Credentia: He's become… an egg.Gebura: We've got about six seconds to scramble that [Mimicry cocoon], or we're going to have problems.Tenebrais: Not a problem… but I prefer my eggs fried.
