#van plays

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Urianger: “oh nooooo... I hate it when pixies bring me tea they made with fresh water from the lake, and a cookie to go with it... it’s the worst prank they could possibly play on me... :))))”

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pleaSE

i am BEGGING YOU

let me hug louis and yakumo

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for some reason, the Kaiser refused to accept this heartfelt gift

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funniest moment of Elden Ring so far was definitely summoning Patches for a boss fight only to have him force-disconnect the moment the fighting started

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perfectly hyperfixated on getting this achievement for a week and a half, so once again I will have all of the achievements going into the new content

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Warrior of Light: I’ve only known the Meteia for a day and a half but if anything bad happens to them, I will kill every being on this star and then myself

Meteion: not if I kill them first

Warrior of Light:

Meteion:

Warrior of Light:

Meteion: what

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quite possibly the most difficult achievement I’ve ever done. but I did it. after at least five false starts, a succession of midgame stall-outs, and a couple of unfortunate game overs, I found a method that worked.

starting as Count Haesteinn in 867 I made a couple of strategic alliances, took over Sardinia, hired mercenaries, and rushed the Byzantine Empire to take Constantinople as my capital, successfully usurping it in 896. I spent the next couple of decades consolidating power and converting counties in my domain before carrying out the rest of my campaign--starting with Crete and Cyprus, and working my way north.

the maximum realm size requirement was what really made me sweat. on more than one occasion I had to grant independence to vassals who were a little too eager about conquering territory. since Crete, Sardinia, Venice, and Cyprus all count as separate kingdoms, there was also more than a little bit of cleanup to do every time a ruler died and the succession rolled around: the sons who inherited weaker kingdoms were especially apt to get bits chomped off by more powerful neighbors, leading to the necessity for more wars. (I had to fight the Arabian Empire three times for a single county in Cyprus) ;-;

finally though, on my fourth ruler (the great-great-great-grandson of Count Haesteinn), I managed to do it. It was a race against the clock the whole time: in 1045, when I finally wrested the last couple of islands from England and Sweden, he was 74 years old.

...anyway uh. yeah. been hyperfixated on getting this one for a while so it feels good to succeed.

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