Hey guys, Toffee here. Song and Silence 3 happened a while ago, but I'll put it in spoilers just in case. Click the button to view. (a side note: sometimes the button doesn't work if you're on the home page. Try opening the post in another tab; the button will work then.)
Today's headline: crazy lady gets on your nerves by mumbling random things
First impressions: huh.
It's a jarring change - SS2 left off on what seemed to be this dark, epic clash between Dregg and Evelyn, but we open up on the mental asylum instead. The whole Dregg-Evelyn thing is glossed over pretty quickly in exposition, and it's not the focus of whatever the hell's going on anyway. Nope, because our current pressing matter as that everything that's happened up until now is some kind of alternate universe! I admit, it feels like a bit of a cop-out (pun fully intended, thank you very much) because it feels, initially, like we're dipping into "It Was All Just a Dream." I was quickly glad to realize this is not the case, and that the rest of the game was pretty enjoyable.
On a side note, I bet Dregg snarks at the doctors at every opportunity. They're all rather tired of him, but Arcanus has the patience of a saint. Fittingly, considering he's the Token Good guy at the asylum.
(let me also insert that I am terrible at dancing, and I would have drawn Dregg doing some awful move from the 70's or something if I had any room left on the paper)
The thing that intrigued me the most about this chapter is Ada. She's in her asylum garb and she's taken over the role of Mathio in the, erm, inital timeline. There's a couple things with that, and I'm just gonna make a small list of what we know:
Ada is the host for Azure, the Angel of Ambition
Azure is the borderline nephilim of the bunch
Mathio is some kind of fallen angel sorta guy, akin to Lucifer, but Satan already exists in Hell
(are we counting Paradise Lost!Satan and original!Satan as separate dudes or something, would that explain anything)
Mathio's powers were basically causing hallucinations via sound
Ada's madness infection is uhhhh mumbling random things and saying "no," but works the same way - voices through the vents
well I suppose that would drive someone nuts if they were curious as to what she wanted, but like
Ada drove them crazy like she was draining their life force or something, like:
Day 1: fear, bargaining, praying
Day 7: attempting suicide
Day 12: jumpscaring other people
Day 19: mania
Day 35: delusions of health, deteriorating body but elevated mood
Day 42: pretty much in a catatonic state
So I guess the director's plan was to use Ada to figuratively lobotomize everyone into a state of bliss so they don't have to think about the apocalypse? Hm.
This comparison went sideways. I'm just wondering what the connection between Ada and Mathio is.
I guess the big twist here was that Arc reincarnated as Amber? And now Dregg and Ada have to go around to fix the timeline. So what, does Amber end up becoming the new sovereign? Where does Arcana fit in all of this? And this is a bit off topic, but we know where Aurum and Azure ended up. What about the other two?
S&S3 was really cool, but it left me with wayyyy more questions than answers. I'm hoping all of this can get resolved neatly, though - endings are pretty hard to stick.
Sketch stuff: Ada's just wearing a white shift. Gauze is wrapped around her wrists to prevent chafing from the shackles, while the gauze around the ankles and feet are there because she doesn't get shoes. Same goes for Dregg, but he's wearing the ripped up remains of something between a hospital uniform and a straightjacket. I don't actually know, I drew these up while my memory was still semi-fresh.
Oh, bonus sketch of the person in the restricted area. It's a parallel to the other sketch of the person in the restricted area.
Annnnnd that's a wrap. It was pretty neat overall. Plenty of room for discussion and speculation, and I mean it, because *wow* that was a lot to dump on us all. There's like, 3 Dreggs running around now. One thing I definitely loved was how much it emphasized Dregg's love for his niece and nephew! Just goes to show that he cares about them very much even if they act like lil' demons.
Looking forward to Medieval Angel 5 Part 2. Let's see what Amber's up to.
- Toffee
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