Just What is an Edge Fencer, Anyway? Let's Play Summon Night Swordcraft Story 2!

I would vote for DOGGIE <3, but it seems like Lynn isn't getting the votes she so rightfully deserves.

Also, I've enjoyed the LP from the start. Keep up the good work!

Yeah, I gotta go with Lynn here.

Alright! Voting continues for probably another week or so? Anyway if we end up with another tie I'll probably scream.

And anyhow, onward and around-in-circlesward!


Three texts boxes in and we get a tsundere bomb going off right in our face.


Does this mean she's moved onto the anger stage?


Well, it might have, but we're still like a hundred Stars of Destiny short.


I'm sorry too, that I have no idea what any of you are apologizing for.


Man, I'm totally lost. Girls are hard.


Okay, so much for anger. She's still guilt-tripping.


Ooh, ooh, I know the answer to this one! More people would get exploded into their constituent atoms!


I have a better idea*. Let's see what Tatiana has to say!

*Disclaimer: Idea may not actually be better

Uh-oh. Thinking's not her strong suit. We could be here a while.


Well, if you'd gathered all the hidden Dragon Balls, I'm sure you could wish him back to life.


Yeah, way to learn the wrong lesson. Worst apprentice Craftknight ever!


(and the rest, word for word as she said it to Dinah)


Actually, an Edge Fencer who's too emotional to take out Goura kinda is her problem too.


Hey, maybe you could use them as a weapon against Goura!


Okay, now I'm worried.

Well, let's be fair here, the alternative was him getting the Gohen Blade and reviving Goura and killing us all.


They go back and forth like this for a couple hours before Xeride smacks some sense into them.


Yeah, that turned out so great last night.


Whoa! Baggage alert!



Good ol' Gabriel. Always looking for some perceived slight to self-flagellate over.


Hmm, ok, let's pencil him in.

"I'm sorry I erased your brother from existence"


Well this won't be awkward.


Pssh, like you can stop her. This Blame Train won't be pulling into a station for at least a day!


You should wander around and complain to everyone you recognize.


You, and her, and her bed, 9pm sharp.


"Maybe we can find, like, a leg or finger or something!"


Huh, tomorrow's looking like a pretty busy day.

Doin' better than Ryouga, that's for sure! AMIRITE GUYS?


This bit is pretty familiar. See: Tatiana.


It's like listening to a broken record!


I think that you don't think enough, don't you think, Aera? But in this case I think you might be thinking about thinking too much. What do you all think? Maybe I'm thinking too much.


TOO MUCH THINKING! Everyone just stop thinking right now!


Because when men need to get away from it all, they grab a boat and go fishing. Who's bringing the beer?

But are we gonna have time for that with those other dates we have?

She's on a guilt trip to the moon and back.


BrokenReco- BrokenReco- BrokenReco- BrokenReco- BrokenReco- BrokenReco- BrokenReco- BrokenReco- BrokenReco- BrokenReco- BrokenReco- BrokenReco-


Now, see, that's what Lynn should have done.


We need to get her body back. I for one look forward to Super Hug-Hug Times!


Don't cry for me, ArgeNina!


Dammit, our schedule's full up. We'll have to cancel something.

Eh, this "Kill Goura" thing isn't that important, we can put it off a day or two weeks. Not like he's going anywhere.

See? Told you Nina was the secret best choice.

This is why I don't want to see Dinah's ending.

I'm hoping all the emotions flying around will make her literally explode.

I hadn't voted mainly due to being undecided. I'm sure I chose Dinah last time, though I can't remember it. I'm sure it was more tsundere, of course. So, I guess I'll give and go ahead with Lynn this time.

I think you mean stop saying 'think'. I don't think they're thinking that much, really.

Yeah, I think I'll go with Nina as well.

Think.

Okay, that's just too much. I'm voting for Nina.

I think.

See, Dinah, this is what happens when you disappear: Aera rolls out of bed at noon, horribly confused.


Not only is Dinah not around, but the entire brigade of cutscene ambushers is nowhere to be found! Guys, I... I don't know what to do? Without Orin et. al. reminding what's happening every morning, I'm lost! Were we supposed to find another Daemon Edge today? Investigate a person or place? Meet Ryouga for tea and crumpets? I don't remember!


Whatever, I'll just go back to bed.

Wait, I know! I forgot all about those Ninja Scrolls yesterday, but now I remember! I'll make some weapons!


KHAAAAAAAN!

That is IT. We're not going to stand for this dereliction of duty! We're going to find her and drag her back here by her little lightning bolt-shaped ahoge!


There she is!


If being surprised is wrong, I don't want to be right! (Hold on, that can't be right.)


She was planning to steal the Daemon Edges and revive Goura herself, now that Ryouga's not around to do it.


Not exactly not doing a very good job of refuting me, there.

Whoa, harsh. I think she just surpassed "I'll have to make you a helmet so I don't have to look at you" in terms of sheer cruelty.


And that means only one thing:


Huh? No angel?


Oh, there she is.


Man, if you can't get pissed when someone says that to you, when can you?


Wow, good thing we didn't press her. She'd have actually told us she was planning to revive Goura before she'd admit to something like that.


Awww. Bye then!


Aera you are not the one to be apologizing right now.


See, that's more like it. It's not an actual apology, but it's the best we'll get from Dinah.

She should have gone with "If I can't have this body, nobody can!" and thrown herself off a cliff. This comment brought to you so I could make this portmanteau: SuiciDinah.


Wow, they really didn't get along. Also, that's a side of Angel!Dinah we've never seen.


Hey, that's why I suggested throwing yourself off a cliff!


See, now that's how you take a negative and turn it into a positive!


An excellent question from Ms. Colthearts!


Well, you did force your way into her body and try to take it over.


Granted, she didn't even mean to tell you...

Sure you weren't. It was mere flight of fancy that led a demon to pray.


D'awwww


Right, poor Dinah. Ever suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.

So anyway, with her newfound confidence in The Power of Not Being Alone, Aera heads home. Alone.


Only to find Tatiana slaving over a hot stove. Being Aera, she has to ask a stupid question.


WARNING! WARNING! This is not a drill! Please evacuate the area! This is not a drill!


I never knew that something so purple could smell like sulfur!


Hey, who said anything about putting it in their mouth? Run away Aera!

Then everything's rainbows and sunshine! For you, anyway, up in Heaven. Everyone else gets killed by Goura.


Man she isn't even listening. What is she about to pour down Aera's gullet, anyway?


Dun-dun-DUN!


Huh? Seriously?


OH MY GOD! There was a bomb in the food!


"Spicy curry near to me
Spicy curry far from me..."


Well now, aren't you regretting never having some from that lady in town who's always cooking some?


Clerly, what we should do is hide the sugar so she only makes curry.

And yet your Guardian Beast refuses to leave the town square! How rude!


Well, that's impossible anyway, on account of stupid Dinah not leaving the square grumble grumble


This is simple. Curry. Every day. Forever.


By gum, she's right!


...Since that's all you're good for, anyway. Ouch. Did I really just say that? I blame Dinah and Orin


Really? Are you sure? 'Cause I think...

...It's the ladle.

Anyway, I think it's about time to get as far away from town as possible.

You see... he was Ryouga all along!

Wait, no, that doesn't make any sense, we saw them both in the same room at the same time. Also, Gabe is decidedly not disintegrated.


Hooray!


Aera always wanted a dog, but Blaire wouldn't let her have one.


Like that time he stabbed Orin! Good times, man, good times.


Man, don't be so down on yourself! I'm sure you can cause suffering no matter where you are!


Awesome! Stalker GET!


Yeah, the blame game was back on day... uh... well it was a few days ago.

Aera accepted the power of the Edge Fencer! Aera learned Mono Shift 2! It sucks just as much as v1!


And thus did Aera have to feed Gabriel, and take him for walks, and clean up after him forever. Until he got rabies and had to be put down.

Next time! Lynn, Nina, Orin! Not necessarily in that order.

So why'd we meet here instead of Glacier Gorge?


Yes! That's what this game is missing: a beach episode. Someone buy Lynn a bikini!


This reminds me that I haven't been swimming in like 10 years. And that makes me sad.


Well, since nobody drew any sprites of Aera in a bathing suit, we'll just stand around reminiscing instead of swimming.


And naturally, the story relates directly to the current situation! How completely uncontrived!


On the contrary! Goura is weakened by poolside fun. It's his one weakness.


It's not much of a maze, really. Besides, Dinah has Escape. We won't get lost!


...By stuffing Tatiana's sweets in her mouth? Ick.

Oh. Huh.


Right! You'll need the power you gained from all your Social Links to unlock the attack that can defeat the final boss!


Aww man, I already linked to the FFIX music. What am I supposed to do now?


Right! I'll press on, and finish this LP! Thanks Orin!


Dude, Dinah just learned her kick-ass super move. Good luck topping that.


His favorite hat! Here, try it on!


(Psst... that's because of the narcotic effect.)

It won't solve her problems, but at least she won't care for a couple hours.


Poltergeist! Everyone panic!


She's going for the indirect hug.


Oh, did Nina also explode a good friend of hers?


Well, Ryouga did seem to be desperate enough to kill her. So hey, life saved!


Clearly the Nina clan gets their power from their last name. So Nina Nina obviously has twice the power.


Especially the lesson on incubisuccubi.


Should have worked hard to become a great navigator.

Aw, don't feel bad. Aera, give her a hug!

...Oh, right.


And ended up running away completely by accident! Isn't that something?


In this LP, everyone runs away from their problems!


Also in this LP, everyone is inspired by Aera's awesomeness and decides to be awesome too.


And we get pretty much the same spiel from Aera about how she's Not Alone.


And in the name of the moon, she'll punish you!

And nothing gets Nina's motor running like glowing spirit!


Between this and Tatiana's curry, Aera has developed a taste for people's emotions. She spends the rest off the day feeding off the villager's feelings like some strange sort of vampire.


You should be sorry, you kept her waiting for like six hours! Wasting your time with all those losers... what were you thinking?


"You should probably apologize to Ryouga, though. Here, this is the biggest piece of him I could find. Unless... someone stepped on a bug."


Clearly she should have kept him chained in the basement.


No way! He must have died! I mean, nobody saw him die, and there's no body, and he's incredibly persisent! That's like a guarentee that he's dead! (Or do I have that backwards?)


What, so he's a cat?


On account of the attempted murder, the conspiracy to unleash a sealed evil, and the attempted bribery of a DOGGIE~?


What? last I heard, your pet theory was "I done blowed him up!"

...wut.

That's your brilliant theory? He's SHY? It has nothing to do with the fact that he got stabbed in the back, beaten up, had his hand broken, and then he got exploded. But he's not recovering, he's just shy.


Hey, this reminds me of another story about two good friends.


I disagree! Please, tease away!


Hmm, maybe she should see a doctor. Let's hope it's not a brain tumor.


Oh god she already knows it's a tumor. D: D: D:

Ok, so that's all the scenarios for the day. There's one more update coming up before the end of the month showing off the day 11 sidequests along with night 11. It seems like most people already have their votes in, but any last minute votes or vote changes need to be in by the time I post the next update.

Man, this isn't an easy choice, but my vote goes to Nina.

I'm torn between Nina and Lynn... let's go with Nina.