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Using Luminare on Gato in the circus -may- be a touch overdramatic, but I mean, nobody -else- around to spend that MP on so why not? Heck, I think Chrono one-shots bosses until at least after the first round in ~60M BCE.

-Droken

Eyes are the mirror of the soul. And there's a cause for stereo glasses to work for them

I thought of that, but couldn't quite decide whether I thought the writers were going for something quite that mystical, given that the scene takes place in the real world. Probably so, though, upon reflection. There are plenty of other touches like that scattered around the game.

Still, it's a little bit of a stretch, since for the effect to work even then, they'd have to be looking at the screen at exactly the same angle. I'm a little disappointed that they didn't show the characters in the actual theater, as they do in the other scenes where Joker goes to the movies with someone. The twins being the twins, I'm a little curious whether they sat in separate seats.

(Also, I expected Caroline to be in a little more of a huff about Joker having paid the child ticket price to get them in, because obviously he'd have had to. :)

--G.
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I know it's written into the game as a possible option, but I dunno, the idea seems kind of wrong. Not only is she such a classic little-sister type, it seems to me like she'll need at least a couple years to get her shit together socially to the point where such a thing wouldn't feel a bit predatory. Besides, Sojiro specifically asks you not to.

--G.
Also, isn't she like... not even old enough to be in high school? Even younger than Yoshizawa, who already seems a little too young for Joker if you ask me...
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--G.
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Part of me wants to see her drive that bike in the real world like she's on a mission, just to watch the cops do huge double-takes.

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I don't think so, no. Her father was a police officer, and I don't think her mother ever gets mentioned. Her apartment is quite fancy, but I think that's because she's a fairly-high-level, presumably well-paid government official, not from old family money.

Rather, I think her indifference to the vast amount of cash* Joker had on him is just an artifact of the way RPGs are almost always silly about money and inventory in general. It's sort of like how there are only coins in the Elder Scrolls universe, but your character can be carrying around what would work out to a couple of tons of gold in his pockets, along with 44 weapons, three or four complete suits of armor, enough magic potions to flood a small village, and an entire wine and cheese cellar. :)

--G.
* and it must be cash, because most of it came from monster drops, and they're hardly going to stand there making bank card transfers before they die
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I'd been meaning to mention this since you said you're a fan of P3P in general and Kotone in particular, but a fan-artist did a series of pics of the Niijima Family with Kotone and Akihiko as Sae and Makoto's parents. Like this one:

>Rather, I think her indifference to the vast amount of cash* Joker had
>on him is just an artifact of the way RPGs are almost always silly
>about money and inventory in general. It's sort of like how there are
>only coins in the Elder Scrolls universe, but your character can be
>carrying around what would work out to a couple of tons of gold in his
>pockets, along with 44 weapons, three or four complete suits of armor,
>enough magic potions to flood a small village, and an entire wine and
>cheese cellar. :)

To be fair, at least most of the items you pic up in Skyrim made sense: Gear for selling, potions for healing, and food to cram down your throat raw because who really spends time cooking? Then came Fallout 4 and it's "Oh cool, fans! And toasters! Jackpot!"

Bethesda: Raising Generations of Kleptomaniacs Since 1994.

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I have two objections to this. One is that the timing doesn't work, and the other is that Akihiko?!!?!! :)

>To be fair, at least most of the items you pic up in Skyrim
>made sense: Gear for selling, potions for healing, and food to cram
>down your throat raw because who really spends time cooking?

Scarfing down entire cheese wheels in the middle of combat is the only way forward.

>Then
>came Fallout 4 and it's "Oh cool, fans! And toasters!
>Jackpot!"

Milspec duct tape four-pack, rock onnnnnn

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The answers are "When has that ever mattered to fans?" and "Yes":

>Scarfing down entire cheese wheels in the middle of combat is the only
>way forward.

Indeed, who levels Alchemy when they can carry enough cheese to drown the enemy in fondue?

>Milspec duct tape four-pack, rock onnnnnn

Lvl 1 Player: "What's this 'ballistic fiber' all about?"

Lvl 40 Player & a couple Railroad quests: "Why yes, I am wearing a postman's uniform that doubles as combat armor, why do you ask?"

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I guess Joker's just lucky Sae didn't call Aunt Aigis for backup.

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That brings a much more disturbing meaning to, "Cheese for everyone!"

Peter Eng
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"I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six wheels of cheese, or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself..."

--G.
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"For the love of all that is holy, woman. Stop. Hitting. The table."

--G.
I mean, when you consider the size of the headache Joker must have by that point...
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Ironically, I don't think it would have been possible if her own superiors hadn't been so obviously hinky by that point. If they had just sidelined her from the start, instead of using and then trying to gaslight her, they'd have been much better off.

They fell into their own trap by underestimating her.

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Authors of our fates
Orchestrate our fall from grace
Poorest players on the stage
Our defiance drives us straight to the edge