LogFAQs > #872766423

Chapter 3 beat.

This chapter was probably my favorite so far, even if it didn't have much of anything happening, if only because Ion character development and Nay being awesome and yay. Also plot twist DUM DUM DUM is always fun. And I definitely agree Ion is better in Ar Nosurge (though Sally is actual best girl deal with it). Having more conversations with non-memory Ion would probably help her out, though I don't know if that would help the baby-chick-seeing-its-mother-like speed with which she seems to get close to the player.

We also got the debut of REON 4213 (or whatever the numbers are I forget) language, which is the coolest language ever because it's literally a query language like SQL and it's just omg I mean look at one of the phrases from the song:

QuelI -> {
Cls(wei f ih) {
EX[lop] -> {falar};
}
flip {
Cls(ih) {
EX[put] <- {fil iz f ihis};
}
}


Translating from the official Japanese translation, we get "My path continues endlessly; however, every person I meet grants me strength." Or, if we stick with a code-esque translation, we get...

(note: if you're not a coder, I'm using the convention of this being a reference to the executing class. Feel free to replace it with "me"/"I"/"self" in your head)

Query-> {
CLASS(way FROM this) {
EXECUTE[loop] -> {Endless};
}
FLIP TO {
CLASS(this) {
EXECUTE[put] <- {FILL ALL FROM people.encountered};
}
}


which is just such a cool and elegant idea for a language and I love it and *squee*

i mean

umm

Anywho, on a completely different note, one of the things that repeatedly comes up in Ion's songs is a lot of Buddhist imagery. Interestingly, there's absolutely none of that here. It also reminds me a lot of Hartes Ciel, Melenas Walashey (or however that's spelled) from AT2 in that both songs are basically "I'm having a bad time. That's dumb. Let's sing about how we can all come together and have an awesome time instead."
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Nonsense. "Testing" is for when you're still guessing--and now, I have no need to guess. -- Agatha, Girl Genius