[ He hums out his intrigue as the opening layouts play out, showing them the first floor of the dungeon. Every textured surface, every pixel in perfect place, really brings him back to a different time and place. This is the one time he takes his character to a complete standstill as his fingers move the leftmost joystick, just tilting the camera side to side, all around, up and down, taking it all in... ]
This reminds me of a place we had to run away from. It's been so long since then.
[ Though the game does lack a certain sense of danger and urgency than his actual experience. He was escaping a coup with Evan then, the first time they ever met. A lifetime and a half ago, now... When he's done assessing the dungeon, his avatar bursts to life again, staff out and his stance ready. He smirks, happily taking the lead from Tidus' archer with a characteristic seriousness you'd attribute to Roland any day. It's just a game, bro. ]
Of course I'm going first. I have to protect my ranged unit. That's just Strategy 101. [ .... ] And that's really funny. I'm a professional, I've never had friendly fire and I'm not about to start in a game, I can tell you that much! [ PUNK! DELINQUENT! ]
[ He moves his character a little too fast, exploring like he's on a sugar high. This causes him to fall off platforms, get wet in ditches, and clip his character against dead ends, but it's all part of the fun for Roland. Eventually, they meet their first fight - a couple of generic looking bats and slimes with a skeleton thrown in, again, looking awfully familiar from the monsters he's seen in Evermore except more kiddish and less menacing. His mage...charges up at them, hitting them with his staff with weak melee before he casts fireballs up close. He goes through this motion to help Tidus shoot from relative safety before he hears Tidus' question. ]
Sort of. If you count Sky Pirate jail time, sure. [ He kills a slime! He uses a basic ice spell and it's more effective than the fire! ] Evan and I were cuffed and we got this close from getting thrown off a cliff to our untimely ends. [ Another falls under the staff of the mighty Roland! Someone should really tell him to stop casting magic while jumping. It looks cool but it's disorienting. ] Have you? I can't imagine, you're such a nice, polite boy. [ You can practically hear the smirk dripping off of his voice. ]
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This reminds me of a place we had to run away from. It's been so long since then.
[ Though the game does lack a certain sense of danger and urgency than his actual experience. He was escaping a coup with Evan then, the first time they ever met. A lifetime and a half ago, now... When he's done assessing the dungeon, his avatar bursts to life again, staff out and his stance ready. He smirks, happily taking the lead from Tidus' archer with a characteristic seriousness you'd attribute to Roland any day. It's just a game, bro. ]
Of course I'm going first. I have to protect my ranged unit. That's just Strategy 101. [ .... ] And that's really funny. I'm a professional, I've never had friendly fire and I'm not about to start in a game, I can tell you that much! [ PUNK! DELINQUENT! ]
[ He moves his character a little too fast, exploring like he's on a sugar high. This causes him to fall off platforms, get wet in ditches, and clip his character against dead ends, but it's all part of the fun for Roland. Eventually, they meet their first fight - a couple of generic looking bats and slimes with a skeleton thrown in, again, looking awfully familiar from the monsters he's seen in Evermore except more kiddish and less menacing. His mage...charges up at them, hitting them with his staff with weak melee before he casts fireballs up close. He goes through this motion to help Tidus shoot from relative safety before he hears Tidus' question. ]
Sort of. If you count Sky Pirate jail time, sure. [ He kills a slime! He uses a basic ice spell and it's more effective than the fire! ] Evan and I were cuffed and we got this close from getting thrown off a cliff to our untimely ends. [ Another falls under the staff of the mighty Roland! Someone should really tell him to stop casting magic while jumping. It looks cool but it's disorienting. ] Have you? I can't imagine, you're such a nice, polite boy. [ You can practically hear the smirk dripping off of his voice. ]