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There were a couple things ya asked me in my blog I forgot to get to. But now that I'm settled in and back from vacation, I figured I wanna go over with ya.

' I really enjoyed the sound/music choice that went into this. I'll go so far as to say it made certain scenes kick even more ass. Surprisingly appropriate was War - as well as a secret sepia scene's theme.'

Glad ya liked the soundtrack. Dynamo's theme from Mega Man X5 helped start the scenario out with a bang. If anyone deserves some metal, it's Granberia. And I always had War playing whenever I put on Granberia's fourth rape scene. For her third one, I put on 'Blow me Away' by Breaking Benjamin. I was toying with leaving War out, but I'm glad it kept it. I think it made the moment(s) when Granberia and Luka come together more special.

'The quantity AND quality of scenes - of every type! - was great. I feel like it was a bit of a call to step up my own game, if you know what I'm saying!'

Those were the hardest parts for me to write for the whole scenario. I'm still rather dang critical of my errotic writing. I was getting worried I was using certain words and phrases too much. Or making some scenes too short. I could get hung up for ten, fifteen minutes at least trying to phrase something right, or thinking of ways to make the scene last without dragging it out. I still think I can use some work writing dirty talk. Hell, I'm not 100% happy with the handjob scene. But since it wasn't one of my favorite Granberia scenes, I don't lose sleep over it. And the titfuck scene had some pretty heavy duty major revisions towards the 11th hour. But hey, since no one's complaining, I must've done something right.

'Speaking of which, is Sara's name a reference to the Herman Melville novel, the X-Files, or something else entirely? '

Well, I first heard the name Queequeg from X-Files. But I'd bet the minotauros farm they stole that from Melville first, so a little bit of both, I guess. I just went with it 'cuz I thought it was a goofy sounding name.

'I mentioned earlier I liked what you did with Sara - I'd like to reiterate this. I want to see her brought back in SOME official capacity officially, but failing that; some of the options presented here seemed downright plausible. Don't want to ramble too much - but yeah, well done! '

Glad Sara turned out good. I was gettin' worried she was gonna be the scenario's weak link, simply by being too whiny. Originally, I was gonna have her piss and moan in both story arcs. But I thought it'd be a better idea to take control and have her grow up a little in the 'Stay' story arc. At least until the elder succubus turned her again. But I still found myself havin' more respect for Sara afterwards. Not that I'm unhappy with what I did with Sara in either arc. But I like Sara a lot more in 'Stay' than 'Leave'.

'Sylph sinking to even further depths (probably) then a certain necrocubi/succumancer is just fine in my books, heh. '

Ah nuts. I was hoping to conjure up some unsettling imagery on that one. Ah well. Not all my raunchy imagery can be Swiss cheese. But it was a fun line to write, anyway. Besides, making Sylph cry three or four times is its own reward. I was gonna have her pop up before Luka did a quadruple giga for Granberia, but felt it would've derailed the story.

'Is Curse of the Sinistrals any good? I haven't had a chance to give it a try, but I loved Lufia I and II. '

Oh, yes it is. Basically, it's a remake of Lufia II, so it more or less follows the same story. Pretty much the whole gang from Lufia II is in it, but a lot of them barely look as they did in the old SNES days. To give ya an idea, Artea looks more like Legolas and has a gun. Dekar has pink hair. Tia's a redhead who beats people up with spring-propelled boxing gloves. Remember Bert and Bart? I think Bart had a sex change. Also, they're Team Rocket now. No fooling. Down to the cheesy intro and everything. You already have an idea how Idura got made over, though he wears regular glasses instead of shades. And Lexis Shaia...I don't wanna give anything away with him. But he is the most awesome character in the whole game. You'll know why as soon as you see him. Him and Dekar.

Gameplaywise, you wouldn't know you were playing a Lufia game. But in the best possible way. It's now more like a live action RPG like Secret of Mana or Alundra (if you've played that one). But the action's pretty sweet. The puzzles are challenging. Soundtrack's still awesome. And it recreates all the classic scenes from the original (Dekar meeting Idura, 'Magical Wife', ya name it). However, it kinda runs out of steam towards the end. But you still get your money's worth. And yes, the Ancient Cave is back. All and all, one of the best titles I played on DS. Find a pre-owned copy, or a rom, or something. You won't regret it.

<p class="MsoNormal"> Thanks again for the positive feedback. And Randomguy and Sketch Lanza couldn't have been nicer, more awesome guys. I'm glad I took the time to chase 'em down. It was worth it. In spades.