Originally uploaded to Bilibili.tv
I was not a happy camper when I had to record Act IV of the Nod-Krai story. It was a non-stop 4+ hour odyssey loaded with drama in service of a 20 minute boss fight. But when that story involved an hour long detour where we're suddenly watching someone's unrelated backstory, it only got worse.
After I played it I said "I swear if Thoth is the point of the event I'm going to cringe so hard lol" and now here we are. This is the event. It is about Thoth.... I mean I'm fairly certain that's who the talking cat is.
Well at least we get to see Layla and also Other Layla again. Also I was surprised after all the scenes we got of the Traveler cringing at Cyno's dad jokes and his reaction to Aino giving Ineffa the dad joke upgrade that they'd willingly make a dad joke of their own. Sumeru was back when the game was running under a different development team who really knew their stuff. Not only could they tell a fun story but they worked really hard to make it educational of all things. I learned so much about Persian history, culture and religion because Sumeru forced you to look up all of it in order to really understand the full scope of its story. Sadly this new Thoth thing probably won't be doing that.
Anyway there's still more story to go. Let's see if the conclusion to this event will get us anywhere.
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