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I don't remember the last time I drew digitally. Ever since I graduated, I haven't pulled out my Wacom tablet. Heck, I didn't even have the time or motivation to sketch in my notebooks. After starting work, all my creative muse was thrown out the window, and I haven't written or drawn for the longest time.

Then came Lord of the Mysteries. I've always been curious of the story, but it was difficult for me to get into the flow through the numerous attempts in the past. After watching 4 episodes of the donghua, I finally picked up the pace and continued the story through the webnovel. My fixation for this series flared and my muse spiked.

In a moment of inspiration and motivation, I pulled out my Wacom and started sketching. I had no plans of making the piece clean, I just wanted to materialise my thoughts and pour my adoration for Klein into a creative work.

Hence, this sketch fanart you see here.

I liberally used a reference on Pinterest for the pose. I'm rather proud of the outcome. I hope that as I continue LOTM, my fixation will fuel my muse and I will get back my creative motivation and inspiration.

when i started out using hunter, i forgot they have abilities. i basically went through a lot of the matches without utilising their full potentials. the only hunter i have a better grasp of was joseph, and that's only bc i watched devastery too much and already knew his skillset

still, it was fun playing hunter for some of these experiences. getting 2 terror shocks as hullabaloo was truly an ego boost, and seeing survivor trying to make me turn friendly was interesting

wouldn't recommend the emoting and cocky survs, but otherwise, playing hunter can be nice

guess who suddenly noticed norton a bit too much and ended up simping hard for him?

i tried him out in some qms. when i get successful stuns on the hunter, my ego skyrockets. but when hunter switches target to me, my pride quickly turned to horror and panic

then again, i can also take it as a compliment to mean that my harassment was so good that the hunter wants me gone asap to control the game better

should definitely use him more and get a better hold of him

more hunter experiences! a bit story time about the joseph match:

i was ranking. the first match didn't go well—lost to a 4-man escape as fool's gold.

next match came up and we got to ban characters! the survivors chose? fool's gold.

wounded by my previous match, i saltily said to myself, "i didn't want to play him anyway!" and switched to joseph.

match began. i took a photo and went in. i walked around and saw a camera right beside a cipher machine.

testing my luck, i exited and swung.

and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the first of many terror shocks to come after.

while chasing the forward, i had to force myself to take a picture. i didn't want to make the same mistake i did before where i was so focused on hunting down a surv that i allowed the ciphers to go off.

i was lucky since magician was also nearby, so i could secure a double down. prisoner, the only one who wasn't injured, was the first person i find after exiting camera world.

the best part? they also got terror shocked.

since the survivors were busy healing, prisoner wasn't rescued and flew off. magician had wanted order then and i noticed they went to the same cipher forward was terror shocked on.

so i switched to camera world, walked towards that cipher, and jumpscared the magician with yet another terror shock.

wildling and forward had chipped damage, so they needed to be careful when rescuing magician. unfortunately, forward failed his stun and proceeded to get terror shocked while vaulting a window to escape me.

the wildling tried to harass me when i was chairing forward, but i easily dodged him. he was on his boar so i patiently waited for him to get off from it before swinging.

the best part about this match?

it was a 4-man matched up.

definitely a nice confidence restoration process after the first match. i can't remember if i did another hunter rank or a survivor rank afterwards.

either way, this will go down as one of the most memorable hunter matches i have

so...

i haven't used prospector for long and i'm already switching allegiance LOL

professor is so nice to use when you can get your scale in. i do hate that he can't counter some hunters (bq's mirror apparently, and jack for some reason) but for the most part, i enjoy his playstyle and using him

i'm trying to get his worn skin so hopefully, i can obtain it soon! maybe i should rank with him- i've been getting my worn skins that way recently (postman, first officer, photographer)

some duo shenanigans! featuring a freaky norton, a pair of friendly hunters (but only towards a specific survivor) and a luchino pulling everything in his arsenal for one rescue!

season 36 has ended! as we roll into the next chapter, let's open some essences and find out what goodies we'll get!

i won't spoil my pulls, so go watch the video to know what i obtained! in the meantime, i'll take this moment to write my wishes, plans and goals for this new season.

i hope to play more hunter matches, this includes ranking as hunter. furthermore, i want to break out of elk and raise my hunter tier. i'm aiming for mammoth-crocodile or griffin-sabertooth.

however, i know i burn out easily, and my mental health isn't the most stable. so, these will only be my hopes. if i can achieve them, that's great! if i can't, at least i've tried.

hope season 37 will be as entertaining as the last~

the coordinator was truly a headache to deal with. the moment they were eliminated, the match became so much more peaceful. sure, i had to evade the hunter and keep little girl safe. but man, do i not have to see their toxicness ever again in the latter half hahaha

i felt sorry for the little girl. when i checked the ranking after the match, i found that they were hound. novelist and coordinator were matched together, and both were elk. i forgot what the hunter's tier was.

even so, ironically enough, despite the coordinator's bravado, they were still the second to be eliminated. meanwhile, little girl and i survived the longest, down to the last moment.

truly goes to show how little toxicity can bring you.

was matching with a friend and played a number of duo hunters. however, instead of being a survivor, we did mostly hunters. let's just say it had been a pain hahaha

this was the only match (that night) where we got an 8k/win. the rest were absolute curb stomp against us

i went for a simpler editing in this video. i was too lazy to make bombastic edits, so i just went with a minimalist "commentary" style editing

after missing two years worth of truth and inference, i'm finally around for their seventh story!! this is the fourth anniversary event i joined, with the first marking the beginning of my idv journey—melodis estate investigation, or as i would like to call it, the monster bird event!

it's interesting, really. when i joined the game, it was around the time of their anniversary. now that i've returned, it's also in time for their anniversary again! oh, how fate works in mysterious ways

about this year's t&i story, i'm absolutely in love with it!! i was swooning over my adamil and screaming over my dmference haha! and the ending twist... oh, my poor heart! you'll notice that when i've reached that part, i stopped tapping for the dialogue to appear at once. it's because i was reading in utter shock and horror as each word typed itself out. truly a remarkable story!! i'm glad to be around when they released it

t&i stories are the very reason i started archiving idv event stories too!! because i had difficulty finding a t&i story (it was specifically the one with datura and tuberose) and thought it would be lost to time forever. so, i swore to record all event stories, so that everyone can look back on the story (or at least i can)

Match One (00:01 - 01:54)

Prospector was free that day. I can't remember if it was his birthday or he was just free. Either way, I tried him out.

I had no clue what I was doing. I just threw my magnets and prayed for the best. In that particular match, I didn't bring 36 because Journalist brought a Rescuer build (thank God)

And then she got first chase. I think Hunters just KNOW when a survivor didn't bring Flywheel or Broken Window X'D

We got a tie cuz the other Norton kinda threw at endgame but oh well, it's just Quick Match

Match Two (01:54 - 05:30)

Played with my wife friend! She's a relatively new player, only started actually trying the game recently. And, as expected of being new, she had a lot to complain about kiting

However, that night, she COOKED. I was very proud of her. So, I dedicated this video to two of her best kites!

This match is one of them. Even though we lost, I'm still impressed at how many pallets she fed to Robbie RIP

Match Three (05:30 - 09:32)

Another match where my wife friend cooked! She got terror shocked but what's important is that she kited until 2 ciphers popped! That is already amazing in itself

She proceeded to survive until endgame, where she managed to drag the hunter's time long enough for 2 to escape through gate and 1 to reach dungeon

If you watched the video, you can see why I censored the Composer's username. As for the Lucky Guy, they were matched with the Composer, so I just censored their name too (so they won't know it was them and their duo in the clip and tell it to the Composer) (Even if they find out- well, they would be outing THEMSELVES if they speak up so heh)

Match Four (09:32 - 11:58)

In hindsight, I wished the Entomologist would just focus on decoding. I had my watches, I was perfectly fine

When I "brought" the hunter to her cipher- it was still the same cipher they were working on since the beginning of the game. And then they got mad when their cipher was locked by the wax

Oh well, at least we got a tie

Match Five (11:58 - 12:59)

I need to know that Postman's tricks. I noticed their Wicks always landing and I MUST KNOW HOW THEY DO IT-

Also, shoutout to the Prospector! The rescue at the end especially was so crucial

All in all, we had great teammates! Nothing much to comment here, I just want to give praise where they're due

The second and last part of Behold the Vilulf! I managed to capture most of the choices and endings, including the death endings. When I thought about looking for any that I missed, the event was already over

I think I had enough of rank for now. Idk if I'll get back into it anytime soon this season. We shall find out

In the meantime, I've compiled all the memorable rank matches that I had into the above video. As the thumbnail and title suggest, please remember to fight until the very last second. It doesn't matter if it's a loss, it's better for one to escape than being absolutely wiped out.

I also have some QM replays saved, but I'll get to those when I'm done editing Behold the Vilulf.

Which, speaking of-

The raw clips were 90 minutes long... I managed to cut it down to 80 minutes but it's still a lot omg

Hopefully the second part will be shorter. I wanted to do it like ManlyBadassHero where I share the whole gameplay from start to almost finish for the first part, then in the second one I'll show all the other choices and deaths before getting to the endings we have.

I hope everyone will like this format or at least find it easier to follow! I know some people have uploaded the story in chapter forms, but I rather put out one full video than multiple short ones, you know?

finally! a new gameplay video! now let's see how many event storylines before the next gameplay vid LOL

i'm still quite proud of the first ranked match. though i failed to rescue weeping clown (not exactly my best moment), at least i got to save gardener at end game. it's rare to keep tide until the gate opening phase, but when you manage to use it while gate is 75% done, your hunter is basically helpless in keeping you trapped.

the second rank, i'm still amused by my and seer's relay rescue. just taking turns saving each other from chair. i cut out the segment between seer being chaired a second time and me running to the gate, but they kept spamming "get out of here!" wanted to keep that in and make something funny out of it, but capcut is notorious for gating previously free features behind paywalls, so i decided to cut that part out in the end... (otherwise, i would've made those kinda shaky screen or text effect and put "I'M TRYING" as a caption LOL)

the third rank- if i'm not mistaken, it's played on a day when geisha was free. (all 3 ranks in the video were on different days) i know you can't bring a hunter you don't own to rank... but it's funny that in the daily 3 matches for that day, all i met were geishas. in fact, all 3 of them wore the exact skin. yet, they're all different users. how fascinating, really

i did a few qms too and decided to try patient after not playing him for so long. literally, if you recall the video where i used patient for the first time, that's almost the first and last time i used him HAHAHA he's pretty nice to use, though only when the hook will actually LATCH ONTO SOMETHING!! (too many times it just refuses to recognise any surfaces to cling onto and it's so frustrating bc tHE HUNTER IS RIGHT ON MY TAIL HOOK DO SOMETHING)

anyway, these are the four matches i shared in the video. i'll be sure to share more if something interesting happens again!

furthermore, i've compiled the full storylines of coa viii and sprouting nocturne! coa viii almost gave me a heart attack bc i thought i forgot to film the first 2 days. as it turned out, i just didn't put the video in the folder and didn't recognise it OTL sprouting nocturne turned out WAYYY longer than i expected it to! trying to rearrange the sequence on capcut mobile was a pain TT i already checked and ensured there was no misplaced cuts but if there are... oops

as promised, i'm sharing another full storyline of an event in idv! this time, it's the sherlock holmes crossover. in this event, we star alice deross (journalist) as herself acting as "celia watson", orpheus (novelist) as sherlock holmes, victor grantz (postman) as dr watson, jose baden as inspector lestrade, and richard sterling (knight) as "art dealer"!

much like other crossovers, sherlock holmes exist in the same "universe" as idv. as such, alice got to meet the consulting detective! this whole event supposedly took place before the manor, but we don't have to focus too much on the intricacies (as it's not very important to the main storyline)

while telling my friend about past events in idv, i tried finding videos with their full stories. i searched far and wide (literally scrolled through the first few videos) but couldn't find the full event storyline. all i could find are the promotional videos and trailers

crestfallen, i made a promise to myself: if no one will archive the story events, then i will. me, a glutton for stories. me, a yapper of tales. me, who enjoy fables like one would love waffles. i have a mission, and i shall carry it out with flying colours

so anyway, for those of you who aren't around for the event, or happen across this video while reminiscing about time long passed, i hope i did a good job archiving the entire storyline for this event! this won't be the last time as i plan to do the same for other story events, so you can rest assured that none of your favourite idv event storylines will disappear to time

before i disappeared from idv, i had the plan to accumulate essences until the end of the season before opening them all at once. however, after i dropped it 2 years ago, the essences i compiled were left to collect dust. now that i'm back, it's about time that i open all of them~

190+ essences, but only 2 a-tier skins, with one of them being guaranteed. truly, what a luck! /sarcastic

idv and their stupid gacha

well, now i have an a-tier wu chang skin. perhaps it's time for me to try out this fellow? hunter gameplay incoming, maybe? hehehe

i played a few matches despite my anxiety and busy schedule. out of the many gameplays, i decided to share 3 today. two are ranked matches, and one is quick match; two are with a duo, and one is solo.

being gone for 2 years, there's been many changes. one of them is wick's buff being so strong that apparently hunter uses excitement on her?? it still baffles me to see happening haha

i hope to play more ranked matches. i've been switching back and forth between postman and knight. maybe one of these days, i'll give mercenary a try again

i can't recall the last time i did ranked. i stopped playing that mode long before my hiatus.

i met someone in a server who needed idv friends, so i told them i'll let them know if i ever pick it up again. the first thing we did once i've confirmed to have the game again was to play rank LOL

i used to bring mercenary to my matches. however, when tier ii and above started to allow banning, i couldn't bring him anymore. thankfully, i'm currently learning to use a different rescuer—"knight"!

time to farm character knowledge points for this lil guy~ i don't expect to get badges, but i don't mind seeing some numbers on my character points!

anyway, hope you all will enjoy this video! my prayer was answered and i got a link click wu chang during one of the ranked matches! i didn't meet any today sadly but i'm glad anyway to have met at least one yesterday

two identity v gameplays back-to-back. eat up, everyone!

i've been playing duo hunters instead of quick/ranked matches since returning, so i thought i may as well record my duo hunters gameplays instead

on valentine's day (happy belated valentine's day, by the way!), i played as postman. 3 matches, 2 victories and 1 draw. in one of them, i was even first chase and got double hunted o(╥﹏╥)o woe is me hahaha

last night, i played as "knight" in 3 matches, and postman in 1 match. out of the 4 matches, only 1 was a victory. the other 3 were defeats ( ;´ - `;) oh well, at least there was one success

what's sadder is, on both nights, i didn't meet a single link click wu chang °՞(ᗒᗣᗕ)՞° i guess the hype of the collab is dwindling, or i'm just not as lucky as the previous days. i sure hope i'll meet one tonight (delulu)

anyway, i hope you'll enjoy the videos! you can follow me on here or my youtube channel for future gameplay content hehe

so...

guess the clown who dipped for half a year before returning with more gameplay content LOL

i blame it on my link click fixation. knowing that the collab is returning to idv, i decided to redownload it

and i'm f2p

i can't even get the skins, no matter how badly i want them

guess i'll just enjoy the view from afar ¯_(ツ)_/¯

since i haven't played idv for 2 whole years, i wonder how i'll do?

(spoiler answer: not great at all)

i said that i'll venture into video essay/discussion kind of content, and i will. i have one drafted on my laptop already. i just need to add some accompanying media to the narration

in the meantime, i'll satiate my link click fixation by playing idv and staring at the hot skins like i'm watching my school crush

[dreamy sigh]

anyway, did y'all miss me? HAHAHA

well, i'm (probably) back! i foresee myself playing idv and sharing gameplays for a while into the future

so, yay me! a new year, a new me LMAO

kickstaring 2025, after nearly half a year of nothing, with idv content. what a way to go!

two weeks after i've uploaded the stella trio's version of harry potter: magic awakened season 6, i finally finished editing this theokal edition! i opted for a simpler editing style so that i don't lose interest during the process. i wanted this done and exported as soon as i can so it won't rot away in my files

now, a few announcements while i'm here:

i haven't been playing any of my games lately. it's probably been over two weeks for all of them (hpma, genshin, hsr). i don't have the motivation to check in on any of them. with that said, i probably won't be making any gameplay videos next, unless i get back into them soon

since i'm not making gameplay videos, i'll probably try my hands at different contents. i'm thinking video essays or just presentations, but we shall see how those go. i might even revisit an old channel since i've been getting back into k-pop, but who knows?

i tinkered with my patreon, ko-fi and buy me a coffee so now they have membership tiers! for now, there are two levels: betelgeuse and arcturus. with betelgeuse, you can get sneak-peeks of my wips and videos of my full gameplays to hpma seasons! with arcturus, you can access everything in betelgeuse with additional content and benefits such as: shoutouts on my videos, voting privileges on my future content, and logs of my dreams!