This is a static copy of In the Rose Garden, which existed as the center of the western Utena fandom for years. Enjoy. :)
#701 | Back to Top12-12-2009 06:43:42 PM
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Re: Let's Play! Utena for the Sega Saturn!
Ashnod wrote:
Fencing Hall - we need to save Miki.
Nanami's Rose Groom wrote:
Fencing hall. SAVE MIKI FROM CHIGUSA RAEP!
Um. If you mean that you want to talk to Juri about the situation, that's fine.
But everyone is clear, once again, that the fencing club does not meet at the chalk-white fencing hall? 
It seems to be causing more confusion than I'd expect.
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PS. Dammit Akio. You need to interact more with the characters, stop being such a fucking cryptic lord-over-all.
He's still warming up for episode 13.
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#702 | Back to Top12-13-2009 01:35:11 AM
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Re: Let's Play! Utena for the Sega Saturn!
Fencing Club.
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#703 | Back to Top12-13-2009 02:08:12 PM
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Fencing club
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#704 | Back to Top12-13-2009 09:27:54 PM
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I vote for the fencing hall.
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#705 | Back to Top12-14-2009 03:12:41 AM
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Re: Let's Play! Utena for the Sega Saturn!
Perhaps if we go stare at the spot where Miki should be, we will somehow glean a clue. 
D-ko:
I'll go check out the Fencing Club.
Club Member: (Female)
Arisugawa-sempai sure is amazing, huh?
(Sounds of Juri exerting herself.)
Other Club Member: (Female)
She's already beaten twenty people in a row...
It feels somehow unearthly...
Club Member:
Yeah, she's really not holding anything back...
but I wonder why?
Other Club Member:
But... the only person who can give Arisugawa-sempai
a proper fight now is Mickey.
So, come to think of it, where is Mickey today?
Club Member:
Apparently he's hasn't been at his classes, either...
You think maybe he's sick?
Other Club Member:
Ehhh!?
D-ko:
That's right...
Miki-kun is still missing...
CHOICE:
Join in the practice
Go somewhere else
Huh! The game gives us a "is that your final answer?" choice. Choosing "go somewhere else" simply brings us back to the previous options, so in the interests of keeping momentum, I'll assume that yes, we want to stick around.
(Choosing the Kendo Club just tells us that the building isn't open. D-ko has the choice of seeking out Saionji or Touga, or going somewhere else.)
Juri:
Next!
Random Club Member: (Female)
Um, yes!
Other Club Member:
Arisugawa-sempai sure has a lot of momentum, huh?
At this rate, she's going to go through everyone in the club!
Club Member:
So, go up and take your turn!
Other Club Member:
Ehhh? But, if I go up against sempai today,
I'm afraid I might die...
D-ko:
Juri-san... I wonder what's wrong?
CHOICE:
Spar against Juri
Make Juri take a break
Shall we grant Juri our benevolent mercy, or take the opportunity to swoop in and destroy her while she's weak? Ladies and gentlemen... her life or death is in your hands.
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#706 | Back to Top12-14-2009 08:41:33 AM
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Re: Let's Play! Utena for the Sega Saturn!
Spar against Juri Come on guys, is this even a choice? 
Edit: Juri will be impressed at us sparring her, but she'll feel we're treating her as a weakling if we ask her to take a break. We can always talk to her after sparring.
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#707 | Back to Top12-14-2009 09:53:44 AM
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Dallbun wrote:
Shall we grant Juri our benevolent mercy, or take the opportunity to swoop in and destroy her while she's weak?
I'm confused. Based on your translation, it sounds like Juri is an unstoppable killing machine who not only doesn't need a rest but will cut us down as soon as look at us. Are you saying that the first choice grants her mercy because she likes cutting people down, while the second choice is destroying her because we're going to betray her the minute she lets her guard down?
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#710 | Back to Top12-14-2009 10:57:43 AM
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We've already been to the nurse's office twice today. The nurse is going to think somethings up if we get knocked out during Juri's unstoppable killing spree and end up in the office again. Take a break Maybe she'll talk to us and tell us what's wrong.
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#711 | Back to Top12-14-2009 11:09:15 AM
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I vote for sparring actually. Sometimes the greatest conflict brings people closer. Plus I would like to see if the heroine has a chance against the great fencing captain of Ohtori
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#713 | Back to Top12-14-2009 12:32:06 PM
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Re: Let's Play! Utena for the Sega Saturn!
Spar with Juri. We have as much as 50% chance of beating her - either we win, or lose 
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#714 | Back to Top12-14-2009 01:33:41 PM
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Make her take a break. Juri won't communicate meaningfully if you give her a chance to keep waving pointy sticks.
See, that's the difference between her and Saionji. Saionji can still wax philosophical no matter what he's whackin' around. 
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#715 | Back to Top12-14-2009 01:52:47 PM
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That'd be a strange logic, though... If it weren't for the duels, Juri wouldn't have witnessed "miracles" twice.
You'd think that dueling against Juri would lead to something meaningful. Then again, a lot of meaningful things happened when she lets her hair down, sitting by the fountain in a white gown. White, beautiful, gorgeous gown that I wished she'd wear more often.
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#716 | Back to Top12-14-2009 01:59:05 PM
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spar with Juri.
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#717 | Back to Top12-14-2009 02:21:33 PM
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Juri's not superhuman. Let's make her take a break and see if we can gather some information together.
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#718 | Back to Top12-14-2009 02:23:10 PM
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Sparring, because she's on a roll and appreciates venting her LESBIRAGE.
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#719 | Back to Top12-14-2009 02:31:28 PM
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I think we ought to try talking to her. Maybe the disappearing building that ate Miki is the same one that made her a superhuman killing machine. Worth asking.
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#720 | Back to Top12-14-2009 02:33:30 PM
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Make her take a break. D-ko should be tired of having accidents today.
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#721 | Back to Top12-14-2009 05:14:00 PM
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Re: Let's Play! Utena for the Sega Saturn!
satyreyes wrote:
Dallbun wrote:
Shall we grant Juri our benevolent mercy, or take the opportunity to swoop in and destroy her while she's weak?
I'm confused. Based on your translation, it sounds like Juri is an unstoppable killing machine who not only doesn't need a rest but will cut us down as soon as look at us. Are you saying that the first choice grants her mercy because she likes cutting people down, while the second choice is destroying her because we're going to betray her the minute she lets her guard down?
Yeah, I guess I was thinking that she must be tiring herself out by now. But you're right... "in a battle frenzy" might not be the safest time to try to beat her, huh?
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#722 | Back to Top12-14-2009 06:03:21 PM
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Spar with Juri, because it feels right.
I agree that we have a 50% chance of winning, given that Juri has like a 50.1% chance of losing to main characters, even in the Fencing Hall.
I don't think beating Juri is the way to her heart, but then I think Juri would make a turrible romantic partner anyway.
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#723 | Back to Top12-14-2009 06:21:26 PM
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...I feel that if you try to make Juri take a break, she might think you're implying she's weak...and then possibly attack you... I think it might be cute actually, D-ko being a good friend type helping her senpai.... So yes make her take a break...
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#724 | Back to Top12-14-2009 06:29:52 PM
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Take a break. More dialogue, less action, that's the way I prefer my participatory fiction.
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#725 | Back to Top12-14-2009 06:45:06 PM
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Get her to take a break.
Then go mess with Saionji.
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