#scala option

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

Cheese the monstera is back for yet another round of…

[ajdrawshq]

watching the missing link stuff.. i want to play this game sso fuckign bad

[eternal-reverie]

haven’t said this yet but I’m a big fan of the historical old timey aesthetics that khml is leaning towards

[recusant-s-sigil]

I GOT DATA GREETING HELL YEAH!!

[tarudce22]

Well time to dig around again to find as much ref material as I can so I can finally draw my keykid Hunlu is her Scala fit, and also my new keykid Gabrel who I don't know why I made him but hes here to be dragged along side into what ever the player (hunlu) and Brian where going to be getting into in ML

This little shit is going to be waiting even longer for his outfit.

[fooligandan]

love/hate thinking too much about details and ideas that can easily just be handwaved, esp. things that can be "there is Literally a wizard, canonically"-ed about or that were otherwise just not really thought about because well Maybe the local agriculture or food scene just wasn't important for the level designers to have to think about (almost definitely wasn't)

but here i am needlessly thinking about scala fish market and dishes anyway, even when it's not the place i'm trying to think about (it's a bunch of island cities on an ocean of some kind - what's the climate there?? - the fishing's gotta be like, huge right?)

[luxenvulpies]

[Missing-Link] CBT2 Info

The second closed beta test has begun! This post will be updated as I spot info worth sharing (and when I'm available). Apologies for any weird formatting.

[CBT1 info] for reference. I don't expect any huge changes, however.

Character customization

Voice options

Voice samples (From what I know, it's JP voices in both JP and EN versions. No idea if we'll get EN or other languages.)

New default outfit

Hair colour, heterochromia

UI

Most elements can be moved to your liking (Was in CBT1 but I forgot to include it in that post...)

A bunch of Pieces and their ability icons

Gameplay

Environmental walking sfx

Moogle Shop (Purchase with jewels, free daily item)

Emotes (For your profile at least)

> Animated

Activity log with rewards

Fortune's Gear evolution stages (+1, +2)

Gacha

Standard banners have no pity, 10-draws guarantee a rate-up Piece

This Dark Riku Piece is only available from clearing Behemoth raids with a low drop rate; it cannot be pulled via gacha

Story (Spoilers)

Chapter names (Shipwrecked, Tracker, Society, Astral Plane, The World of Distortions)

All cutscenes (JP voice, EN sub) - lots to unpack

Some translations of the Scala text seen in one of the cutscenes

Other Stuff

Stickers (that will be very familiar to the KHUx players)

Stop playing and go touch some gra-- wait.

Bugs and other Issues

Black screen after character creation

[sayitaliano]

New Sanremo UPDATE!

Carlo Conti just said on the news that there will be 2 "PREMIO ALLA CARRIERA" (2 career prizes) that will be given during Sanremo's week and they'll be for Iva Zanicchi and Antonello Venditti

Plus, he announced the duets/collabs for the Cover night:

- Annalisa con Giorgia - “Skyfall” (Adele) - Bresh con Cristiano De André - “Crêuza de mä” (Fabrizio De André)  - Brunori Sas con Dimartino e Riccardo Sinigallia - “L'anno che verrà” (Lucio Dalla) - Clara con Il Volo - "The sound of silence" (Simon and Garfunkel) - Coma_Cose con Johnson Righeira - “L'estate sta finendo” (Righeira) - Emis Killa con Lazza e Laura Marzadori, primo violino teatro alla Scala - “100 messaggi” (Lazza) - Fedez con Marco Masini - “Bella stronza” (Marco Masini)  - Francesco Gabbani con Tricarico - "Io sono Francesco" (Tricarico) - Gaia con Toquinho - “La voglia, la pazzia” (Ornella Vanoni)  - Giorgia con Annalisa - “Skyfall” (Adele)      - Irama con Arisa - "Say something, i'm giving up on you" (Christina Aguilera) - Joan Thiele con Frah Quintale - “Che cosa c'è” (Gino Paoli) - Lucio Corsi con Topo Gigio - “Nel blu dipinto di blu” (Domenico Modugno) - Marcella Bella con i Twin Violins - “L'emozione non ha voce” (Adriano Celentano) - Massimo Ranieri con i Neri per caso - “Quando” (Pino Daniele) - Modà con Francesco Renga - “Angelo” (Francesco Renga) - Olly con Goran Bregovic e la Wedding & Funeral Band - “Il pescatore” (Fabrizio De André) - Rocco Hunt con Clementino - “Yes, I Know My Way” (Pino Daniele)  - Rose Villain con Chiello - “Fiori rosa, fiori di pesco” (Lucio Battisti) - Sarah Toscano con Ofenbach - “Overdrive” - Serena Brancale con Alessandra Amoroso - “If I Ain’t Got You” (Alicia Keys) - Shablo feat. Guè, Joshua e Tormento con Neffa - Mix di “Amor de mi vida” (Sottotono) e “Aspettando il sole” (Neffa) - Simone Cristicchi con Amara - “La cura” (Franco Battiato) - The Kolors con Sal Da Vinci - “Rossetto e caffè” (Sal Da Vinci) - Willie Peyote con Tiromancino (Federico Zampaglione) e Ditonellapiaga - “Un tempo piccolo” (Franco Califano)

A new rule of this year says that artists competing in Sanremo can duet together. The ones who chose this option are:

- Tony Effe con Noemi - “Tutto il resto è noia” (Franco Califano) - Achille Lauro con Elodie - "A mano a mano"(Riccardo Cocciante) e “Folle città” (Loredana Bertè) - Francesca Michielin con Rkomi - “La nuova stella di Broadway” (Cesare Cremonini) 

For more and to listen to Carlo's interview, look here

Sanremo will start on February 11th, 2025

[starlight--theatre]

In light of the recent news, I started thinking about this subject again

feeling a bit more motivated to continue on an au/fic set in ML-era Scala now, and this question has always bothered me since it would greatly impact what themes he’s given (and powers. can’t forget the powers)

I also realize Isa is a good descendant option but I’m leaving him out for my own sanity /j

[whoelsewillihaveicecreamwith]

Hey.

So. You didn't hear this from me, but there were some Things that came out after Missing Link's cancellation. If you know where to look.

Anywaysssssss *sips tea*

There are some things that I found and wanted to talk about....

*POTENTIAL KH4 SPOILERS IN HERE, IF IT ENDS UP RE-USING THE ML PLOT*

So the beta text files got dumped and I looked at them.

Unless I'm reading this wrong (which I might) but it looks like...Ephemera and Brain were the narrators at the beginning of the demo?

I am assuming that brn_1 and eph_1 are Brain and Ephemera, as when Remus wakes up Player2, his lines are rem_1, and Player is pl_1.

This lines up later on as well with Nept (npt_1 and Freya (fly_1)

I assume na_1 is "narrator" as in the voice speaking to Player during the dive to the heart part.

Some examples below:

"0000_qr_00_010_010_00_brn_1": "The era missing from history's cycle—", "0000_qr_00_010_010_00_brn_2": "As people and Heartless endlessly emerged\nfrom the distortions,<\wt:42>\nit was the third generation of the founded city\nthat faced the true nature of this phenomenon.", "chapter_00_subtitle": "Another three generations later—", "0000_qr_00_010_100_00_brn_1": "Light and darkness brought about\nthe beginning, and hearts nurtured it.", "0000_qr_00_010_110_00_brn_1": "One generation succeeded another\nas time flowed on—", "0000_qr_00_010_110_00_brn_2": "until the world that came to be was filled\nwith thriving people.", "0000_qr_00_010_120_00_brn_1": "This is a city of light and darkness,\nkindred and kinless,", "0000_qr_00_010_120_00_brn_2": "dreams and distortions—\nthe metropolis Scala ad Caelum.", "0000_qr_00_010_130_00_brn_1": "On the night that you opened your eyes\nin this world,<\wt:42>\nthe stars—beautifully distorted—rained down\nfrom the pitch-black sky.",

I assume NA_1 is the narrator during the Player creation portion:

"0000_bt_00_020_010_00_na_1": "It's time to wake up.\nCan you see yourself in the light?", "0000_bt_00_040_010_00_na_1": "Which fragment will you connect with?", "0000_bt_00_040_020_00_na_2": "Please choose your first piece. Different pieces\nallow you to take different actions.", "0000_bt_00_050_010_00_na_1": "Keyblades—the power to connect hearts.", "0000_bt_00_050_010_00_na_2": "That power remembers you still—",

However the next part seems...to be Ephemera and Brain? Which makes sense as there are two male voices during this part:

"0000_qr_00_010_020_00_eph_1": "Is recovery an option?", "0000_qr_00_010_030_00_brn_1": "Confirmed possible for one at\nthe connection point.", "0000_qr_00_010_040_00_eph_1": "Any others?", "0000_qr_00_010_050_00_brn_1": "Difficult to determine what it's like\nfarther out.", "0000_qr_00_010_060_00_brn_1": "But the log does note the transit of numerous\nenergy signatures at the time of collapse.", "0000_qr_00_010_070_00_eph_1": "Right. Well, for now let's hurry and recover\nthe one we can.", "0000_qr_00_010_080_00_brn_1": "Then off to the lifeboat—", "0000_qr_00_010_090_00_eph_1": "Wait. What's this other signature I'm—",

The narrator again: "0000_bt_00_060_010_00_na_1": "Don't worry. It may be old and rusty\nand have lost its shine,", "0000_bt_00_060_020_00_na_1": "but its power will come through for you.", "0000_bt_00_060_030_00_na_1": "Now, unlock the door—to the world of light\nbeyond the darkness.",

Brain again: "0000_bt_01_040_010_00_brn_1": "And so the curtains rise and the story begins—", "0000_bt_01_040_010_00_brn_2": "the story of the blank era, one that will\neventually be forgotten.",

Remus' introduction:

"chapter_01_title": "Chapter 1 - Drifter", "0010_bt_01_010_010_00_rem_1": "Hey, buddy.", "0010_bt_01_010_020_00_rem_1": "You all right?", "0010_bt_01_010_030_00_rem_1": "Good, you're awake.",

Nept's introduction:

"0020_bt_02_030_270_00_npt_1": "Apologies. I'm the Operations Master of\nthe Baroque Society—Nept.", "0020_bt_02_030_270_00_npt_2": "I also happen to serve on the Society Legal\nInvestigations Committee—", "0020_bt_02_030_270_00_npt_3": "though I don't always bother with\nthe meetings.", "0020_bt_02_030_280_00_rem_1": "Hey, Boss...", "0020_bt_02_030_290_00_npt_1": "Before we speak further, Remus, let's stop\nwasting the good officers' time, shall we?", "0020_bt_02_030_293_00_rem_1": "Right!",

Freya's introduction:

"0020_bt_02_040_030_00_fly_1": "Boss, Remus, welcome back!", "0020_bt_02_040_030_00_fly_2": "...D-did you... Is that a visitor?",

Also, I believe the beta didn't show Chapter 5, as we didn't know what happened to Remus (he was late to Player's first mission). However the text files show he ends up being fine:

"chapter_05_title": "Chapter 5 - Warp World", "0030_bt_03_060_020_00_rem_1": "Yeah, uh…sorry I'm late. Had a lot going on,\nso…yeah.", "0030_bt_03_060_030_00_fly_1": "It seems Remus ran into some trouble\non the way home last night and got hurt.", "0030_bt_03_060_040_00_pl_1": "!?", "0030_bt_03_060_050_00_rem_1": "Don't worry, I'm fine. All patched up.", "0030_bt_03_060_060_00_rem_1": "…So, uh, were you asleep in your room\nlast night?", "0030_bt_03_060_070_00_rem_1": "And I can trust you on that?", "0030_bt_03_060_080_00_fly_1": "Why do you ask?", "0030_bt_03_060_090_00_rem_1": "It's nothing. I'm good. Don't worry about it.", "0030_bt_03_060_100_00_rem_1": "All right, time to get serious. Let's head out.", "0030_bt_03_060_110_00_fly_1": "Not a great job explaining why you were late,\nRemus.<\wt:37>\nBut I'll leave our new friend in your\ncapable hands.", "0030_bt_03_060_110_00_fly_2": "Be careful out there, you two!",

(the rest of the conversation is just mission stuff)

We can only speculate on what the fuck happened to Remus the previous night. Sounds like he was attacked...and he accuses Freya of...not being asleep in her bed that night??? GUESS WE'LL NEVER KNOW!

There's a bit more in the text files that I can find, some bit about potential plot spoilers:

*POTENTIAL KH4 PLOT SPOILERS, IF KH4 USES ANY OF THE MISSING LINK PLOT*

"Text_gur_sc02_0001": "Congrats! You passed! Now you can\nbecome a member of our society!\fWould you like to join us?", "Text_gur_sc02_0002": "It's totally up to you.", "Text_gur_sc02_0003": "There are myriad bands of Keyblade\nwielders like ours out there.\fThey each have their own goals, some\nin service of the darkness.\fWe are all enemies to each other.\nAnyone not with us is against us.", "Text_gur_sc02_0004": "Well? Would you like to join us?", "Text_gur_sc02_0005": "Our goal is two-fold, and both parts\ninvolve the Book of Prophecies.\fThe Book is, of course, full of\nprophecies telling of the future.\fWe thought it was lost a century ago\nin the confusion following the War,\fbut some pieces of it were found to\nstill exist. All these societies,\fincluding ours, formed to find the rest\nof the Book's pieces.\fThe pieces heighten Keyblade\nwielders' capabilities,\fmaking societies with more pieces\nmore powerful.\fSo that's our first goal: obtain pieces\nof the Book of Prophecies.\fI'll tell you about our second goal once\nwe reach our destination.", "Text_gur_sc02_0006": "Say hello to Master Ephemer,\nforefather of Scala ad Caelum.\fDo you remember the words?", "Text_gur_sc02_0007": "May your heart be your guiding key.",

[cutting out some stuff]

"Text_gur_sc11_0003": "What you'll be doing for us is\nrepairing altered prophecies.", "Text_gur_sc11_0004": "Don't look at me like that. I'll explain.", "Text_gur_sc11_0005": "What we possess isn't the Book of\nProphecies itself, but a copy.\fAt some point, part of it was altered.\fBut that shouldn't be possible.\fThe Book isn't simply a written record\nof the future.\fIt's a reflection of the future,\nas are its copies.\fThe only way to change the Book\fwould be to change the actual events\nit describes.\fSome sinister, unimaginable power\nmust have altered the future.\fThe Book is absolute. We musn't allow\nthis to happen.", "Text_gur_sc11_0006": "Here, take a peek at one of the\naltered sections.", "Text_gur_sc11_0007": "You can look over your mission and\nany related prophecies here.\fPretty handy, right?", "Text_gur_sc11_0008": "See how some of it's missing? That's\nwhere it's been altered.\fYour job is to fix it.\fNot to worry─I'm sure it won't be too\ndifficult.\fWhoever did this probably just sent\nsome Heartless to stir up trouble.\fYou shouldn't have to do anything\naside from defeating them.", "Text_gur_sc11_0009": "Well, have fun on your first mission!\nFor real this time!",

[this "mission" involved the Monsters Inc. plot from kh3]

"Text_gur_sc12_0001": "Mission complete. Good job!", "Text_gur_sc12_0002": "It may feel anticlimactic, but the\nprophecy is back to normal.",

[text between Mike and Sulley]

"Text_gur_sc12_0011": "Now Mike and Sulley can meet Sora\nwhile they're playing with Boo,\fjust as originally written in the Book\nof Prophecies.\fAnd it's all thanks to you.\fYou eliminated the Heartless in their\nway.",

So, it sounds like part of the plot of ML was...to "repair" the Book of Prophecies? The mission that the Player would go on is one involving the Monster's Inc world in kh3, where they'd defeat heartless before Sora arrived in the world.

Anyways, that's basically it from the text dump. everything else is like, generic code stuff really.

Will we see this plot in KH4? Who knows! It might be factored in, or perhaps scraped completely. Guess we won't know....for a while...or ever...

[susiephone]

because i have literally never heard a bad version of this song

if you don't like "creep" this poll is not for you also get well soon

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

You guys are not gonna believe this

The very first ever leaf with 13 holes!!!!!

Cheese decided to grace us with a surprise leaf before autumn’s end, so we’re back with another poll!

[lightandfellowship]

Idk which is worse: Ephemer living the rest of his life thinking that Player succumbed to darkness and attacked him and Skuld, never discovering the truth and Player's sacrifice going unnoticed. Or Ephemer learning that Player faked it to save him and Skuld (maybe through reading the Book of Prophecies) and having to forever live with the knowledge that he fell for Player's ruse and sealed Player's fate when they were never lost to begin with.

I kinda feel like the second option is the most likely, just because of Ephemer having the Book, in the past desperately wanting to read the Book, being instructed by Brain to read it whenever he needs guidance, and Ava and the MoM indicating that the Dandelions' fates were written in the Book (I'm assuming this includes Player). So surely Ephemer found out at some point, provided he actually chose to read the Book and could decipher well enough the MoM's cryptic way of writing in order to figure out what actually happened.

Makes me wonder if Ephemer ever erected any memorials in honor of Player's sacrifice, since without them Ephemer may not have survived and thus never founded Scala. Scala's existence may very well be thanks to Player, so it would make sense for Player to be honored in such a way. Like imagine playing KHML and coming across a memorial FOR YOU. And this is how we find out that Ephemer learned the truth. But of course the game can't give the KHUX version of you a canon name or appearance so it's very vague and you have to piece together who the memorial plaque is talking about based on context clues.

[alphascorpiixx]

option 1 khml ephelayer where Player2 hears all sorts of stories of the Founder and how amazing he was, he was a Dandelion leader and built Scala and the societies uphold his legacy and Player's like, want to hear how he fell down the stairs lmao

option 2, Player also joins the unhealthy hero worship of Ephemer. He was their best friend he was perfect he was the defender of the world. meanwhile Brain's like, hey I miss Ephemer too but maybe you should remember that he was just a person? Player is facedown on the floor sobbing about how they didn't deserve his friendship

[crazygirl0152]

Here is day 144 and title:When the ruin electric a.k.a glitchtrap virus had spread on ruin’s ex lover Monty from his old home dimension until ruin had suggestion to save Monty but Lavana and scarlet tells everyone to vote either they will kill or save the others.

Nobody’s POV

Lavana said to eclipse as suggestion while he is mad about ruin’s suggestion “How about we all vote on this eclipse it’s easy to decide. either you want to save or stab stab to kill?” Eclipse was convinced that he wanted Jake, stitchwrath back and get to normal and so Scarlet cleared her throat and demonstrate in front of everyone “Ok everyone listen up let’s all vote to decide who we can save corrupted animatronics from ruin’s suggestion or you rather kill or trap the one of Afton’s killer animatronics by eclipse’s final option. So on the left side is we can trap or kill Afton’s killer animatronics and finally on the right side is to save the corruption by animatronic as cure for electric virus so everyone pick one side while my sister and I are in the middle to count.” As the hot n cold sisters watch as they all pick one side until the ghost kids of eclipse’s decide to chicken out because they haven’t train yet and decide to not vote as Lavana said to declare and lend a hand 🤚 to scarlet to fuse “ok 5 votes on eclipse’s side and 6 votes on ruin’s side now it’s our turn to vote and scarlet fuse with me.” As Charlie’s dad(real) is curious about the fusion thing until the sisters are fused as one and then bam Scala is back when everyone saw Scala they gone wild over her beauty expect eclipse and ruin and then decided to vote on the killer’s side on left side as ruin says in disdain “Not this one.” Because everyone in mega plex is aware about the fusion of the elemental trio especially Scala as Monty said “Well it’s a tie but with Charlie’s curing virus power we can do much of this and we all known ruin’s full name is eclipse.” FC, the fox is curious and ask “Now there are 3 eclipses?” Scala spoke to make everyone surprise in voice “Actually make it 4 the cosmos witch and Bride of Solar eclipse.” Solar flare and eclipse was literally suppressed by astonishing or unexpected reaction but Monty is mad at Scala and says “Great now this.” Scala says to ease the hate “Well it’s settled and we go jigsaw’s plan to cure corrupt animatronics while we, team monster are on the hunt tomorrow.” Charlie’s dad and eclipse is shocked by this in nickname and he says to eclipse’s mate but nervous “Um I’m not monster like them. And Eclipse you never told me you have a bride and mate.” Scala did understands about this and is about give a free book ‘Bride of Solar Eclipse’ to him “Oh very understandable and I’ll give this free book of this.” But eclipse intercepts right away, swipe the book and drops it on the ground said to her “No, Scala we’re not going on the hunt tomorrow and I get straight to point with you it’s not like I dislike you or hate you but we’re going things my way first now starting with the defusing you.” And then so Eclipse, Scala and Jigsaw(Ruin) has a plan in emotive form.

The End..?

[colourme-feral]

What’s your favorite location from a drama?

@lurkingshan Thanks for your ask! I'm going to admit right away that I'm gonna cheat with my answers because I am simply incapable of having a singular answer for things like this!

I'll phrase my answers in terms of some things that I might want do, were I in Bangkok!

If I wanted to take a boat ride with an optional and unadvised swim in the Chao Phraya River, I'd take a ride on Banyan Tree Bangkok’s dinner cruise boat (KinnPorsche) (location)

If I wanted to take a train, I'd go to Hua Lamphong Station (Theory of Love) (location)

If I wanted to cross a bridge, I'd go to the Chao Phraya Sky Park on Phra Pokklao Bridge (Low Frequency's Official Pilot)

If I liked drinking, I'd head to Philtration (Step by Step) (location)

If I wanted a hotel room with some huge-ass windows, I'd go to COMO Metropolitan Bangkok (Step by Step) (location)

If I wanted to learn some Thai, I'd find myself at AUA Language Center (Vice Versa) (location)

If I wanted to go to a park that used to be a canal, I'd go to Chong Nonsi Canal Park (Bed Friend) (location)

If I wanted some greenery in the city, I'd walk over to Benchakitti Park (Vice Versa) (location)

If I wanted to mourn a lost movie theatre, I'd think about Scala Cinema (Why R U?) (location)

If I wanted to get on a plane that didn't go anywhere, I'd eat at Na-Oh Bangkok (Vice Versa) (location)

If I wanted to practise diving in a pool, I'd find myself at the So Heng Tai Mansion (Our Sky x Dark Blue Kiss) (location)

If I wanted to visit an aquarium, I'd go to SEA LIFE Bangkok Ocean World (I Promised You the Moon)

If I wanted to check out architecture, I'd love to visit the Thai Muslim Women Foundation School (Never Let Me Go, My Only 12%, Y-Destiny) (location)