Guild Wars 2

… React to Belindas death?

My was cheering with hands in air: “wow, nice gear!”

/shrug

Can Kasmeer please go with Marjory as well.

Since I try to RP everything, My girls cried (/cry) and one of them had a dark power wreck one of Mordy’s vines in anger.

Mine checked for pulse, in case she was just knocked out conciense…

Then climbed up on the vine, until I was standing on belinda, noted that it’s possible we could get her sword at some point and took couple selfies. :P

/searches for Belinda’s sword
Well … nothing to see here, see you guys later.

Mine was furious at Mordremoth that it completely missed Kasmeer after I gave it very specific instructions that I’d lure her to a spot marked by an X on the map I mailed it using in-game mail which is where it would shoot its vines out of the ground and finally rid us of this whiney mushy lovey-dovey excuse for a noble. Told it to move to Kryta to get a better aim but it was like “Oh no good sir, I can totally nail that kitten all the way from the Maguuma”.

Stupid dragon!

I’m not making the PS Biconics canon for my character. The overall events, yes, but not his central role in them. So my character did not have a reaction because for him it didn’t happen beyond maybe just being one of many bodies seen strangled.

I, however, am generally a sucker for tear-jerker moments in movies and this one hit me the same way, lump in the throat and sorrow for Marjory’s loss (Belinda herself, meh, her voice actor didn’t sell me on her being a soldier, nor did we see enough of her to know her as a character and directly mourn her death). I credit the music with doing that, it hit just the right chord to tell my subconscious “Hey, be sad now.” It would be interesting to get a general idea of how many people who felt no sadness were also using their own unrelated music instead of the game sounds.

No real response to it… when Marj and Kas disappeared, I figured it meant that something was up. I have no real reaction simply because I was not invested in her story. Until I meet up with Marj again, it will most likely still have limited impact.

(My Main Charr Character) / Checked if she was still alive. The took her down to show her some dignity and respect.

(Main Charr Necro) Zero interest. Can we go break Omadd’s machine now?

Edit: If the story writing peeps wanted us to feel sad about her, then maybe they shouldn’t have killed her off after only two minor appearances.

(Main Norn Warrior) / Was rightly miffed that she couldn’t save her, then rather sad for Jori’s sake. She wasn’t exactly in a position to comfort her and/or Kass, so she didn’t try, and figured it was better to let the humans grieve as they feel the need to.

Belinda should have had a few soldiers with her after you save them, but they just go awol. (Probably ran away if they were smart.) You only find her body. How odd?

My character’s reaction? If I had any sense of control, I would not have left a lone soldier alone in the keep.

Seriously, who leaves a lone soldier in a keep filled with baddies? Not the Commander. He’s seen a lot of crap go on at Orr to know better than this.

However:

Being forced to play this way, the only reaction he can have is to facepalm and think, “Why do people never listen when I call out the order to group up?” And because he’s seen a lot of senseless death, HE would know how to deal with Jory and Kasmeer so that they’d go off together and he would tell the others what happened.

Myself? I thought the whole situation looked awkward so I cringed a little bit but didn’t care overall.

My character? Probably something in line of ‘’Sorry for you loss, now I need to hurry back to Taimi.’’

I tried to grab Belinda’s sword only to find there was no way to loot the body.

Pretty much, as I won a bet with my partner as to her dying in the mission.

My male Sylvari: Level’d and said This calls for celebration!

My female alt: Level’d up and said Welcome to big town. Population : ME

My main character: finished daily and said One more thing for my list of accomplishments!

I was like, “CALLED IT”, and then looked at Marjory, and shut my trap

“So these vines can propagate anywhere now? With enough velocity to asphyxiate people where they stand? Seriously, our backs were turned for a nanosecond and FWOOSH, she’s fertiliser! Oooooh, sorry, this probably isn’t the time…I’ll just be over here acquiring samples…”

I haven’t gotten there yet, but Tobias would probably sigh and after Marjory leaves: “So, anyone want out before this happens to them? No? Fine. I’ll pour one out for the dead when it’s all over. Until then suck it up and be big boys and girls.”

Human Female Mesmer: “Oh Marjory, I’m so sorry…” -hugs Kasmeer since Jory doesn’t want to be-

Norn Female Ranger: -stands off to one side awkwardly. She’s never been comfortable with emotional stuff-

Asura Male Elementalist: “My deepest condolences, Marjory. I- Is that vine exsanguinating the corpse? Where’s my journal? I need to document this for my book! Um, I mean… I’m so sorry, Marjory.”

Charr Male Warrior: -stares upwards grimly as he draws his sword- “Kasmeer, stay with Marjory. I’ll get Belinda down.”

Sylvari Female Necromancer: “Hey, hey, don’t be sad, Marjory. We’re Necromancers, we can get Belinda up and walking again! … What? Why is everybody giving me that look?”

Well seeing as I’ve only had one character complete it so far.

His reaction was when he rounded the corner…“Oh no….” with a look of worry over how Marjory would take this.

I was a tad bit stunned that anet actually did it, so there was a little chill that I felt, but it only added a little bit of “Oh Its ON!” factor to the situation.

(Human elementalist) : -silently offers Marjory a swig from her flask-

My character would have been disappointed that Belinda was weak enough to allow herself to be killed by the vine.
And he was also glad that Marjory had the decency to want to leave for a bit – he does not need any more emotionally compromising members in the team.

The reaction of my character: Seriously? You couldnt last like 30 sec?

Fem Syl Ele: *knows the two humans will be grieving
*begins patrol in case of more baddies
*somewhere along the patrol, cast lava font on a vine

is it unhealthy to facepalm and sigh at the same time?

Honestly I figured she would die the moment she appeared in the first mission. I stopped caring about characters in this game after they kept killing them off in the personal story.

My main thought was why didn’t Kasmeer try to intercept Marjory before she saw the corpse rather than stand there like a slack jaw idiot. If you had seen your significant others sister mutilated and crushed, wouldn’t you try and spare them the sight of it until they were sufficiently prepared for some bad news?

CrimsonDX.4821:

Honestly I figured she would die the moment she appeared in the first mission. I stopped caring about characters in this game after they kept killing them off in the personal story.

I had her marked for dying about when she said in “Aftermath” – "Hey, my unit’s heading out west of Brisban Wildlands . .. "

I laughed and said “Say hello to the fine folks at Fort Vandal!”

Vas.7306:

My main thought was why didn’t Kasmeer try to intercept Marjory before she saw the corpse rather than stand there like a slack jaw idiot. If you had seen your significant others sister mutilated and crushed, wouldn’t you try and spare them the sight of it until they were sufficiently prepared for some bad news?

If you just saw anybody mutilated and crushed, do you think you’d necessarily be thinking on your feet?

If you truly cared about someone who would be more affected by what you just saw, and you had seen them coming towards you, I don’t think its unreasonable to start thinking about them rather than yourself. People go into crisis management mode at times like these.

Example, as Marjory comes over to Kasmeer, Kasmeer glances over at her. At that time, she should have grabbed her and told her not to look, maybe hold her head from turning and try to lessen the impact of what she is about to see.

Vas.7306:

If you truly cared about someone who would be more affected by what you just saw, and you had seen them coming towards you, I don’t think its unreasonable to start thinking about them rather than yourself. People go into crisis management mode at times like these.

Not everyone does . . . some people do just freeze, and wind up torn between action and just the horror of it.

I think it’s slightly unrealistic to expect Kasmeer to be capable of that sort of detachment from her emotions – she is a very emotional character.

My character couldn’t resist the perfect “selfie” opportunity.

My character? Indifferent. There was a tinge of remorse solely because it was the sibling of one of MY group members.

Beyond that I did not know Majory’s sister, my character has seen people die on a daily basis and even resurrects some of them as tools to fight with, beyond the pity for my party member, nothing.

My human engi, after analyzed the gravity of the situation, tried to cheer her up.

My character and her wife just kind of stood there, wondering when they could leave to have tea and biscuits. They have better things to do.

FrostSpectre.4198:

Mine checked for pulse, in case she was just knocked out conciense…

Then climbed up on the vine, until I was standing on belinda, noted that it’s possible we could get her sword at some point and took couple selfies. :P

I read this and thought “how awful” but then I realized I did the same exact thing.. Except I covered her face with Sunrise footsteps…

Gave Marjory space, since I’m crap at consoling.

Look at Jori and offered her a potion (engineer here) and a piece silk scrap to dry her tears with and left Kasmeer and her to talk. Seen to many things in Orr to show emotion anymore.

My Human Guardian would have offered condolences, then asked Kasmeer to hold Jory.
Then he would get Belinda’s body down from the vines and close her eyes.
Afterwards offer a quiet prayer to all the Gods:
“Dwayna please weep for her loss, but be proud that she defended the weak.
Balthazar, please be proud of her valor as she stood against all odds to spill enemy blood.
Grenth, judge her actions well as she goes into the Mist.
Melandru, use her shell to give life once more when she’s buried.
Lyssa, provide illusion to Jory’s pain until she can accept the loss.
Kormir, give Jory’s heart the truth that she can overcome this loss.”

Then depart to leave the couple to their grief, I wouldn’t even search for the sword until they were gone. It is just more polite that way.

My Thief: “Why didn’t you… DOOOOOOOOODGEEEEE!”
My Warrior: “This ruffles my Jimmy’s!!”
My Necromancer: “Meh”
My Engineer: “Don’t worry she’ll respawn at the WP any second now… aany second..”
My Mesmer: “Kinky…”
My Ranger: “No seriously, it wasn’t me!”
My Guardian: “Just use your freakin revive orb christ….”
My Elementalist: “Who the fudge is Belinda?”

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

My Thief: “Why didn’t you… DOOOOOOOOODGEEEEE!”

“Why are you starting a subroutine, its not that complex!”

Barrasci.2368:

My human engi, after analyzed the gravity of the situation, tried to cheer her up.

Haha, brilliant!

Atlas.9704:

Then depart to leave the couple to their grief, I wouldn’t even search for the sword until they were gone. It is just more polite that way.

I found it, you’ve stolen it, that’s why we don’t find it in wardrobe anymore….

My human engineer gave a conflicted stare, then gave Jory a tissue, then just saluted the corpse and walked away. Then she was feeling kittenhe considered that she should be doing the salute to every corpse by that measure. Then thought that considering all, Belinda is not the first, and certainly wont be the last. If she stopped to salute and kitten at every dead soldier, she wouldnt be able to do anything else…

/me is wondering who Belinda was?
Oh, that girl, I forgot her name again, seems to be her sister.
Tough luck.
What’s next?

My human necro & guardian: These two travel together with DE 2.0, following the living story. My necro was sad and angry—he takes the death of a comrade very personally, and struggles not to blame himself. My guardian was sad for Marjory’s loss, and offered some last rites out of respect, but she realizes there was nothing they could have done.

My charr warrior: Was promoted to Tribune after killing Scarlet, and has focused her attention on her new title in Ascalon. She has a couple soldiers investigating dry top, to keep her informed, but has not taken a direct role for the time being. Her work with DE 2.0 was purely for her own personal gain—so she could care less about Belinda or any of them.

The rest of my characters are soldiers in service to my charr warrior, and do not interact with DE 2.0