Le secret project

[Segaholic2]

what

[Green Gibbon!]

It's in your contract. Read the fine print.

[K2J]

Do you mind me asking why you wanted the Japanese NPC text? Just for archival purposes like Frieza, or are you checking the original text for backstory and such?

[The Doc]

Our Jared's kind of a completionist. If it's a sequence of words he hasn't heard, he needs to know.

And for the record, I'd like to know what Tsui'd do to me if I were to, say, get an exclusive GHZ interview with Dark Lord Naka.

[Delphine]

And for the record, I'd like to know what Tsui'd do to me if I were to, say, get an exclusive GHZ interview with Dark Lord Naka.

I DON'T

[Green Gibbon!]

Do you mind me asking why you wanted the Japanese NPC text? Just for archival purposes like Frieza, or are you checking the original text for backstory and such?

Both. Don't know exactly when I'll get around to scanning through it, though.

[Frieza2000]

Thanks! I might compare next time I go through the game anyway. There seem to be alternate versions of the same thing, and some of these I don't remember.

Anyway, my immediate desire was the lines about the sacred barrier. Reading them again, I'm confused. Is it just another name for Chaos, or an invisible force they broke through before the chao massacre?

We made a lotta money with our power. But whenever we tried to get the Emeralds, some strange force always stopped us. I can't imagine those little creatures have that much power...

Chao? Sacred power? I don't buy it. We're goin' in to get those special stones!
Sacred power? No way. I don't believe it. We're going in to get those stones! Then we can rule the world!

We don't care about the Chao. We need to get past that mysterious barrier to get the Emeralds.

I saw her! The Chief's daughter was headed for the altar! She's just gonna get pushed away by that strange power.

The Chief's daughter always seems to be hanging around the altar. Perhaps she knows how to break through the sacred barrier!
The Chief's daughter always seems to be hanging around the altar. Perhaps she knows how to break through the sacred barrier?

[DackAttac]

I thought Tikal said something in one of her many redundant cutscenes about how Chaos keeps the Chao safe. She never elaborated.

[The Doc]

I thought Tikal said something in one of her many redundant cutscenes about how Chaos keeps the Chao safe. She never elaborated.

Here's my thought process. Stop me if you've heard it.

As with us humans, the majority of us believe in a god--as in, an "invisible being" that looks down on us, one that we pray to and believe is behind miracles and things like that.

Perhaps Chaos (nameless to other beings of the world) is a sort of demigod who is believed to protect all living beings (or at least in the general vicinity of the echidna tribe). It's possible that, while the echidnas more-or-less knew that this nameless demigod preferred Chao over them, it still watched over them (the tribe). They also knew, however, that these Chao "protected" the Emerald shrine. There was no rhyme nor reason as to how these tiny elemental creatures could possibly protect over these sacred stones, but as long as Tikal's mother presided over the tribe, that was the unquestionable belief.

Then Pachacamac took over, and we all know how that turned out--he was a greedy fucker, and the Emeralds were big and shiny. There were prophecies about the Emeralds; that alone gives them great power. The problem is, Pachacamac probably wasn't as religious or god-fearing as Tikal's mother was. 'Now why,' Pachacamac probably thought, 'should these pissant little water beings be the ones with these powerful relics, and for a being that probably doesn't even exist? After all, I have a powerful army and I've obliterated nations single-handedly. The truth is, if another country made a move on these stones, the Chao would have no chance, and the Emeralds would be safer with me anyway. Someone's gonna kill the Chao and get to the Emeralds--it may as well be me.'

Pachacamac's one-track mind and history of violence would never allow him to simply compromise with a deity who may or may not have even been real. This eventually devoled from "there probably isn't one" to "there isn't one", which is why he refused to believe Tikal when she said that the ruler of the Chao didn't want him to do this. His mind was made up.

[Frieza2000]

which is why he refused to believe Tikal when she said that the ruler of the Chao didn't want him to do this.

I don't think she says anything like that. She just preaches that war is not a path to peace and they have no right to take their "holy ground".

Looking at it again, I'm almost certain that this barrier isn't just a description of Chaos.

No... No!! Leave the altar alone! Don't touch it! The water... ! The water attacked us! There must be some sort of water spirit by the altar! I'm scared...

This suggests that they'd either tried to take the emeralds once before, apparently with insufficient numbers, or their forward scouts got attacked. It sounds like there's nothing strange or mysterious about how Chaos repels intruders. The barrier is probably something generated by the Master Emerald, either of its own accord or at the command of the chao or Chaos. Its range must be small though, since Tikal can be "hanging around the altar" without necessarily being past it.

[Wombatwarlord777]

Hey, GG!, I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but apparently the GUN Commander's different-colored irises are due to a condition called heterochromia.

I really enjoy this encyclopedia, by the way. Thanks!

[j-man]

Does that mean if you have both eyes the same colour you're a homo?

...chromia?

[Wombatwarlord777]

No, no, no, no, no, no.

At least, I don't think so...

[The Doc]

No, it's not a sign of sexual preference.

However, I'm pretty sure that you're a homosexual if, on your predominant hand, your index finger is longer than your ring finger.

[DackAttac]

I'm 90% sure that's bunk, but playing along, does that mean they should be equal in length if you're bisexual?

[Baba O'Riley]

I'm 90% sure that's bunk, but playing along, does that mean they should be equal in length if you're bisexual?

That's what my hand is telling me.

[j-man]

Mine too! OH GOD IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME

[Dr. Watson]

I'm 90% sure that's bunk, but playing along, does that mean they should be equal in length if you're bisexual?

No. But your fingers can still be a sign you that you're bisexual. You want to know how? If their joints bend both ways. That's right, both ways.

Now you all better enjoy the goddamn joke cause it took me a full eight minutes thinking of the best way to phrase it.

[Oompa Star]

Mine too! OH GOD IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME

Before you let Zeta have his way with you?

[Delphine]

Mine too! OH GOD IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME

Is this supposed to surprise anyone?

[Baba O'Riley]

If only because it hasn't come to light sooner, I suppose.

[Delphine]

His avatar doesn't give it away? IS EVERYONE'S GAYDAR BROKEN

[Baba O'Riley]

My gaydar is closely related to my sense of style.

My belt doesn't match my shoes,so I can't really tell j-man from, say, Spazz.

[Green Gibbon!]

ｷﾀ━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━ !!!!!

[Protodude]

Your hair looks really greasy or wet, and the eye that's barely visible between your middle finger and the edge of the picture looks really creepy.