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xyzzysqrlLast time, Gabriel took a little trip, and yet again I left on a bit of a cliffhanger. We ought to fix that. Let's pick up where we left off.
A young woman sits, peeling potatoes. Someone knocks. Who could it be?
CUE THE JAMES BOND THEME wait no don't actually. Gabe is rather distressed to find that Wolfgang has already left for parts unknown. Still, Gerde here says we can wait at the castle until he gets back. Naturally we take the chance to grill the poor girl for useful info. Let's see...
(VA WATCH:Mary Kay Bergman was basically every single female voice in South Park in the early years.)
SCHATTERJAGERS: She knows that they're meant to fight evil, but something happened to them long ago and they lost their power. They limp along like a lame dog now. Wolfgang was the last one for years, but now there is Gabriel. Which is a good thing too, given how weak Wolfgang's heart is nowadays, and yet he's running out to heaven knows where...
THE LIBRARY:
Gerde is startled that Gabe even KNOWS about the secret schatterjager library. No, no one but schatterjagers can go in the library. She's never been in there.
Gabe heads upstairs to get a look for himself. Yep, that's locked up tight. There's an inscription over the door, though...
We head back downstairs to hear what Gerde has to say about that. Wolfgang had her translate it into english as part of her language training. It says:
Okay. That's interesting. There's one last door -- let's see what's past Gerde.
When asked, Gerde explains that each panel has something to do with the Schattenjager initiation ceremony. Hands and water. A blade and hair. A cup of water, on the ocean. A knife and blood dripping into the cup. Prayer. And a scroll.
Let's tackle these in order.
PANEL 1: Wash your hands. Unfortunately, Schloss Ritter has no running water. It's kind of old and dilapedated, for a gorgeous castle. What it does have is snow. Gabe throws his bedroom window open and washes his hands in the cold snow.
PANEL 2: Cut your hair. (Are these initiation rituals or job guidelines?) Gabe has a small pair of grooming scissors in his room. He snips off a lock. The big baby whines about it, too. "I HATE THIS!" It's just hair, Gabe.
PANEL 3: A cup on the ocean. While we don't have a ceremonial chalice, we do have a clean old chamberpot. (This is the best initiation ritual ever.) Gabe hijacks a salt shaker from Gerde and puts some in the pot. He appears satisfied that the waves mean "salt", not "salt water" or anything. Whatever, Gabe, it's your family ritual.
PANEL 4: Knife and blood. This one is pretty straightforward. Gabe complains less about jabbing his finger with a knife than he did about clipping off some hair. What IS his deal?
PANEL 5: Pray. Oh we pray. You know we got to pray just to make it today.
PANEL 6: The scroll. Found in a display case upstairs, Gabe reads it aloud at the altar.
Gabriel: "Saint George, patron of the Light, who hunts the shadows of the night, upon my blood, I call thee now. Purify me, for I avow to set my feet upon thy road; thy sword, I take up for mine own."
A sudden growling roar booms through the cathedral. Gabriel leaps to his feet, backing up against the altar...
...fuck this we're goin' to bed.
Gabriel: "I CAN'T BELIEVE I CUT MY HAIR FOR NOTHING!"
You ENORMOUS baby.
That night: Please watch. Plot-important and impossible for me to screencap.
Thus ends day 7.
A young woman sits, peeling potatoes. Someone knocks. Who could it be?
CUE THE JAMES BOND THEME wait no don't actually. Gabe is rather distressed to find that Wolfgang has already left for parts unknown. Still, Gerde here says we can wait at the castle until he gets back. Naturally we take the chance to grill the poor girl for useful info. Let's see...
(VA WATCH:Mary Kay Bergman was basically every single female voice in South Park in the early years.)
SCHATTERJAGERS: She knows that they're meant to fight evil, but something happened to them long ago and they lost their power. They limp along like a lame dog now. Wolfgang was the last one for years, but now there is Gabriel. Which is a good thing too, given how weak Wolfgang's heart is nowadays, and yet he's running out to heaven knows where...
THE LIBRARY:
Gerde is startled that Gabe even KNOWS about the secret schatterjager library. No, no one but schatterjagers can go in the library. She's never been in there.
Gabe heads upstairs to get a look for himself. Yep, that's locked up tight. There's an inscription over the door, though...
We head back downstairs to hear what Gerde has to say about that. Wolfgang had her translate it into english as part of her language training. It says:
Okay. That's interesting. There's one last door -- let's see what's past Gerde.
When asked, Gerde explains that each panel has something to do with the Schattenjager initiation ceremony. Hands and water. A blade and hair. A cup of water, on the ocean. A knife and blood dripping into the cup. Prayer. And a scroll.
Let's tackle these in order.
PANEL 1: Wash your hands. Unfortunately, Schloss Ritter has no running water. It's kind of old and dilapedated, for a gorgeous castle. What it does have is snow. Gabe throws his bedroom window open and washes his hands in the cold snow.
PANEL 2: Cut your hair. (Are these initiation rituals or job guidelines?) Gabe has a small pair of grooming scissors in his room. He snips off a lock. The big baby whines about it, too. "I HATE THIS!" It's just hair, Gabe.
PANEL 3: A cup on the ocean. While we don't have a ceremonial chalice, we do have a clean old chamberpot. (This is the best initiation ritual ever.) Gabe hijacks a salt shaker from Gerde and puts some in the pot. He appears satisfied that the waves mean "salt", not "salt water" or anything. Whatever, Gabe, it's your family ritual.
PANEL 4: Knife and blood. This one is pretty straightforward. Gabe complains less about jabbing his finger with a knife than he did about clipping off some hair. What IS his deal?
PANEL 5: Pray. Oh we pray. You know we got to pray just to make it today.
PANEL 6: The scroll. Found in a display case upstairs, Gabe reads it aloud at the altar.
Gabriel: "Saint George, patron of the Light, who hunts the shadows of the night, upon my blood, I call thee now. Purify me, for I avow to set my feet upon thy road; thy sword, I take up for mine own."
A sudden growling roar booms through the cathedral. Gabriel leaps to his feet, backing up against the altar...
...fuck this we're goin' to bed.
Gabriel: "I CAN'T BELIEVE I CUT MY HAIR FOR NOTHING!"
You ENORMOUS baby.
That night: Please watch. Plot-important and impossible for me to screencap.
Thus ends day 7.
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Date: 2016-02-02 04:04 am (UTC)"Welllll...."
As much of a lout as he's been this entire game, though, he handled himself in the job interview better than I would have, since I just could not get over holy crap that dragon is cute oh no his voice is deep and sexy too oh no.
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Date: 2016-02-02 10:14 am (UTC)"How much sin do YOU have to burn?"
"...maybe a little more now?"