#xcx:de

Meanwhile, the wrothians are just, fucking, built different.

Stages of Hope and Murderess' relationship:

First Meeting:

Hope: I can fix her!

Murderess: I can make her worse!

After Ornella:

Hope: She can fix me...

Murderess: I'll just make her worse...

After completing their final affinities:

Hope: I don't need to fix you.

Murderess: And you're not broken.

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Luxaar: You know Ryyz, I'm beginning to think my minions don't know what I pay them for.

Ryyz: You don't pay us.

Luxaar: Ugh, allow them to live for. I mean first we lose... uh what was her name?

Ryyz: Gothtea?

Luxaar: Goth-tea. Then the Tree Clan Prone are liberated and now Ga Jiarg betrays us? I'm sorry, but if this goes any further south we're going to hit Space Mexico!

Ryyz: Well, what would you have ME do about it?!

Luxaar: well what I want YOU to do about it is pull up your frilly stocking, tighten your thing, and stop BEING SUCH A-

Cross, blasting through the side of the ship, sword drawn: PANSY!

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Cross, seeing a Grex for the first time: What the fuck is that, is that a fucking cat?! Ey, don't fucking look at me like that, that's a weird looking fucking cat! EY! ELMA! THERE'S A WEIRD FUCKING STRAY CAT OUTSIDE! I DON'T WANT IT SCARIN' LIN! *sees Lin in the window* Lin, it's okay, it's okay sweetie don't worry about it.

Lin: Uh-

Cross, pointing at the Grex: ELMA! ELMA THERE'S A WEIRD FUCKIING STRAY CAT OUTSIDE! IT LOOKS LIKE GRANDMA THE FUCKING THING! *looks back at the Grex* Get the fuck outta here! I don't even know if that's a fucking cat! BLINK MOTHERFUCKER!

*the Grex charges him*

Hope: Instead of saying I wish, start saying I will!

Phog: I will my brother still loved me.

Hope: Now you're getting it!

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Elma: We did it! We slew the tyrant! Unfortunately, Cross has somewhat traumatized-

Cross: CRIKEY! YOU SEE THE SIZE OF THAT CROC MATE?!

Elma: He thinks he's Steve Irwin.

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*The Ganglion have kidnapped Lin in an effort to find the Lifehold and have presented her to Luxaar*

Luxaar: So let me get this straight. I sent you shit-tits off to get me the Lifehold location, and instead you bring me a toddler.

Dagahn: Well we DID bring back the Lifehold location.

Luxaar: AND a toddler! Did you try, I don't know, taking it from her?!

Goetia: Well we thought about it on the way back, but it's in her hair clip and it relaly brings the whole "kawaii-gearhead" thing together.

Ryyz: And if we resize it, you'd rock that shit!

Luxaar: ...Fair enough.

Lin: My mom's not gonna let you get away with this!

Ryyz: BIG FU**ING WHOOP! We beat Ga Jiarg, and that guy's strong as shit!

Lin: Oh yeah? Well so did my mom!

Ryyz: By herself?!

Lin: Yeah!

Luxaar: ...Oh God, your mom is Elma. ...OH MY GOD, YOU MORONS STOLE ELMA'S KID?! HOW?! HOW THE HELL DID YOU STEAL ELMA'S KID?!

Goetia: Well, first we beat up her partner, Cross.

Also it’s reminded me exactly how much I hate ambush type enemies (germivores, thalluses(?)…) and has introduced me to a mechanic that I also ABSOLUTELY hate—flinching due to being aggro’d by an enemy. Very sound mechanic in terms of like… thinking about it. Also it really sucks cause WE COULD HAVE KEPT RUNNING!!!

Never got to play the original XCX, but I saw some conversation about how the level 60 cap helped keep the world threatening and… yes, cool, great, but I really do appreciate the way level 99 means that even fewer enemies will be interested in ambushing you.