Aster

had a big, emotional-ish chat with Loop about the loops not ending after defeating The King, not giving up, talking to people, etc. and now Siffrin will think "ew, no" instead of saying thank you. how lovely!

teehee! my favourite part of forcing convincing my friends to play ISAT is that I can just say teehee when they ask questions that have spoilery answers. its so fun!

Mira couldn't possibly be concerned because Siffrin woke up looking depressed and stressed and then said it was all due to a nightmare about cutting onions. no, the only possible explanation is that Mirabelle is the one who needs help and someone to talk to.

Sif officially has a sad battle portrait. sadfrin.

I feel like the kind of love Mira thinks she's supposed to want is actually quite not-change? idk. doing something that's been done before, so many times, repeating the same lifestyle and goals as so many others have had. that doesn't feel like a great way to honor change, especially if you're not comfortable with it. maybe me being aroace makes me biased? but also a few loops back Mira said breaking tradition is part of the change belief, and I feel like that should apply to all things, including dating.

Mira's friendquest move isn't actually that good. being invulnerable sounds nice, but it's only for one turn and enemies don't deal enough damage to outpace jackpot heals. not even the king.

Sif's face when hugging Bonnie is so silly.

Bonnie's profile is so cute!

as far as the rest of the party can tell, Siffrin just unlocked the door to floor two and then ran back to go in and out of a door to fight sadnesses for two hours.

oh. I've been at this for two hours. hopefully that's enough XP to defeat the king!

that bathroom visit was slightly less happy, but Sif still thanked all the deities for the loops. which means there is not enough trauma yet.

beat the king! I win... the prize of more ISAT!!! I love time loop games.

Bonnie is the best at chef-cooking up insults

this is a happy moment, and yet I can't help but think of all that is to come. this moment becomes a lot less happy when you have the context of the rest of the game.

I successfully loaded my save without clicking new game first!

I ate pineapple, so the game didn't properly save levels and stuff at the floor three loop point, so I'm running around the third floor with an under levelled party and no consumables.

game making me cry D:

I've got to not eat pineapple, because I want to have levels saved for floor three. so I don't have to fight the floor two boss again. but pineapple. is so. funny.

FISH HEAD

floor three enemies are so much easier with levels lol.

omg Siffrin is so happy! I bet that'll last forever.

I was kind of expecting Sif to go cry in the bathroom stall, but they're so happy. happiest Siffrin. no way anything could go wrong ever.

Bonnie is such a good chef-cooker!

next time I play, I have to get a bunch of XP. because I can't defeat the king. I'm leaving myself such a fun and totally not monotonous at all task for when I play next.

so far, I've pressed new game each of the three times I've played this game this playthrough. I really need to stop the click-the-top-menu-button reflex.

starting off strong with my first non-scripted tear death! so many more to go!

I've never struggled to have enough memories for looping forward, I think I just forgot that's a mechanic after a while. I have a habit of fighting every sadness I see in the name of XP, so maybe that's why.

transparent paper for stage kissing! Bonnie is adorable lol.

I love annoying Loop with the coin! so fun! if you haven't yet, you should go flip your coin in front of Loop!

first fruit-based death of the playthrough! (I clicked the wrong dialogue while talking to Isa, had to slip on a banana peel.)

the looping is fine, the omniscient star being is fine, but Siffrin simply cannot comprehend Isa trying to touch them. Siffrin is so me lol.

the party talking about funeral practices is kind of funny when you know all the things. if one of them dies, Sif will just loop back to before they died. at this point in the story, Siffrin doesn't even know that yet, but I do. feels weird to know all the things.

pineapple time!!

oops!

every bit of these characters has so much personality, even the names of their moves. Sif has puns because they are the pun master, Isa has the vocabulary of a DND barbarian main, Odile has very basic but organized names. and I don't really know how to describe Mira's, but they fit her well, too.

nya!

the little fellas are so silly!

WOK!!!!

crabs are... inevitable! O:

snack time!

don't you just love eating stars

I'm like two seconds in and Siffrin is already so relatable. I love this game. Siffrin is such a little fella.

so, if the bookshelves in the Castle-Loving One's house are all full of books from The Cursing of Chateau castle, then either the Castle-Loving One has multiple copies of each book or the series has 113 books (not including the one the Castle-Loving One didn't get to read or the books hidden in their bed).

"yes, I like going into strangers' homes." is not something I was expecting Siffrin to say, even though I've played this game multiple times. but it does sum up what I've been doing in the game so far.

if entering just the first room of houses is okay, why do all these townsfolk not just put their closets in other rooms of their houses? I wouldn't be snooping in your clothes if I didn't have access to them. also why does this lady and her wife have a (seemingly) wooden dresser right next to the stove?

peeoo peeoo!

this game brings me so much joy lol.

there's a little note in the craft book, attached to the time craft page. I wonder if that was Loop?

I haven't talked to them in a while, but I still feel the need to mention that an old friend of mine was horrible at rock paper scissors the whole time she was playing ISAT lol.

the oh so dangerous banana peel. "this is just a banana peel" Siffrin says, not knowing what their future entails.

Bonnie is the best chef cooker of happiness!

"breaking traditions is also part of the change belief" so Mirabelle's not changing is a great way of adhering to her faith! she broke the tradition of housemaidens changing a lot!

Siffrin got bonked.

little mental breakdown, nothing to worry about, everything's fine. just got time looped. all good.

"smart and normal words, GO!" is pretty much what my brain does in every social encounter.

Loop kicking their feet is so cute!

Siffrin is already so annoyed with themself Loop.

Siffrin has no idea what they're in for. they think the time looping is good for them, a way to fix their mistakes. they don't know about the trauma.

"have you tried Not Dying???"

pineapple allergy mentioned! so excited to disregard that.

all done for now! I really love this game and I'm really glad to have a reason to play again.

I want to throw almonds/peanuts at those people.