he can be kind of awkward
#first downpour playthrough!
keen lintel
I think its best to focus on stunning to make sure to land good spearshots
or avoid fighting altogether when you can
rapid pantherBOT
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so far i am not really liking gourmand just because of the unhelpfulness that is the immediate tiring of throwing spears. i have died SO MANY TIMES from throwing a spear and hitting a lizard and trying to run past them but a. hes super slow and b. they didnt actually die 
frozen lichen
update i cannot make it to sky islands bro 😭😭
im stuck at the gate and keep starving in order to get through and dying in the first room
this is so frustrating
im at the gate between sky and chimney and i initially tried to up my karma to spawn the echo but that went poorly as well
i am really disliking gourms mechanics i am very angry
noble root
Chimney my beloved 
But yeah, Gourm can be a struggle
Where have you been so far as Gourm? 
frozen lichen
Where have you been so far as Gourm? <:monkcurious:808738186095231006>
obvi shaded, then i went through industrial to chimney
thats it so far lol
frozen lichen
update i reset
something weird happened where four lizards spawned right outside of my bunker and i was very tired of dying instantly
frozen lichen
sooo i abandoned gourm for now and started arti instead
as of rn i really like the explosions and its very helpful for traversing but not enough spears spawn in garbage so i have died at least a bajillion times by now 😭😭
its ok i made it to industrial
frozen lichen
update i made it to chimney
noble root
Chimney my beloved
frozen lichen
i have fully propelled myself up the wall and made it to 5p
finally
im at cycle 19 and 9 1/2 hours of playtime which means that i have probably died upwards of 200 times already
im having a blast though (literally)
frozen lichen
im in metropolis now !!
frozen lichen
so i have met the echo
lowk i didnt fully understand what peble told me to do
he said go to your hometown and pay them (scavengers) a visit
where is my hometown
garbage?? since thats where i came from
this is a genuine question btw im not sure where to go from here
noble root
Would you still like a direct answer? I can at least give a hint, if not: ||you've been there before||
frozen lichen
okay good to know thank you
i think i know but i want to explore metropolis first
since its unique
noble root
Oh yeah I can also give the actual dialogue that might help as well to confirm/deny your suspicions and it's not new information-
. . . is this reaching you?
I suppose it was only a matter of time before you ended up here.
Your journey throughout my facility grounds has been incessantly brought to my attention by my overseers, thanks to the device that follows you.
It is the citizen ID drone of one of my long departed creators. It seems to have been damaged, and imprinted itself with you on reactivation.
Much of the data on the drone has been corrupted. Allow me to do my duty as an Iterator and resync it to my structure.
. . .
Little ruffian. You are stuck in a cycle, a repeating pattern. I assume you have come here because you want a way out.
However, there is little I can do. A primal urge, one that tears from deep inside your very core, keeps you bound here.
Even with my divine influence, there is nothing that can be done.
However, if you intend to carry that device around and masquerade as one of my citizens, then perhaps you can at least properly perform your responsibility of tending to this superstructure.
From the glimpses I've been shown of your journey so far, it is apparent you have a need to inflict violence against the scavenger population. While I find your way of life appalling, it seems we share a common enemy.
A large pack of them has made a home in my city, and have been causing progressive damage to the roof of my structure in their attempts to gather scrap metal and other mechanical parts.
As my dutiful citizen, I would encourage you to return home to your city and pay them a visit.
Perhaps in that way, we can both depart from this interaction with something we desire.
. . .
But unless you have something interesting to show or to bring to me, it is time for you to leave.```