Episode 8

Ami and a Noobe float?

**Episode 8** is the eighth episode of the Gwain Saga series. It was released on October 10th, 2020. The Gwain Warriors head to the South Coast of Gwain to fetch Regenerative Ivy for Marlow's leg, and Ami grapples with her feelings for Geo.

## Plot

### Prologue

The episode begins with Vania locked up in a room in shackles before awakening and making her escape. She fights through hordes of (presumed) castle guards until she reaches the young Gwain. An angry Vania asks where Wain is, wanting to fight her, and Gwain told her that Wain had died during Lawren's Cataclysm, long before she escaped. Not seeming to care about Gwain, Vania tries to leave, but is stopped by Gwain, and the two fight each other. The scene then cuts to Ami's dream, showing Ami and Geo as animals, where Ami is obviously flustered.

### Post-Opening

The main episode begins, back at the present time, with Ami waking up from her dream in the opening. She using her phone and her friends text each other on an app as they prepare for the trip for a beach on the South Coast of Gwain, where they can not only relax, but go magic shopping, and hunt for the Regenerative Ivy. Various close-up shots are also shown throughout the episode, where Ami has a crush on Geo. She attempts to get closer to Geo but accidentally joins hands with Lanney, who notes that she and Ami have not gone shopping by themselves in a while. Ami replies with an enthusiastic laugh, but quickly sighs in disappointment. Deva is watching when this happens, seeing Ami's emotions.

Agni requests some beer, and Lanney notes that since the party is out in the street, it would be against the rules, though Agni points out an incident at Deva's birthday party, where Lanney got drunk and ranted about how obvious her element was, "What element you thought it was? Shit element!?" to which Lanney, embarrassed, replies to forget about the event. Afterwards, the group shops for swimwear. Deva, after picking out her own suit, notices Ami and Marlow picking out higher level suits, and at the other end of the rack, gets infuriated by Lanney's picking of a "Maid Swimsuit" as the level seemed to be incalculable. As Deva is assaulting Lanney, Ami offers Geo his own swimsuit (which looks more like an advanced piece of armor), which he accepts.

The group makes it to the South Coast, and they begin setting up for their search for the ivy. Geo is hesitant to bring Ami along to the island, and Ami, exasperated with how she is always treated like something fragile, challenges Geo to an arm wrestling contest. Geo accepts, but Ami manages to absorb his stamina over time, eventually winning the contest. Deva guides Ami and Geo along with a guide. As they arrive at Bride's Island, Deva explains that a woman died on the island waiting for her lover, which she passes off as "classic drunk sailor tales" to Ami.

Once Deva arrives to the island (which is a maritime cave well elevated above the air), Deva states that the two's suits will help them "Breathe under water and walk over it" before pulling out a spell and unleashing it, deciding not state the name of it because she thinks that it's "boring". The two are then sent up into the island's caves before landing on the geyser that got them up there, now frozen. While Geo moves forth, it is revealed that Deva is watching Ami's audio through her EXE.Arc. This shortly ends as the internet through the headband is cut out, though.

Inside the island, Ami and Geo explore, Geo eventually catching Ami as she falls down from a patch of floating water. As Geo marches ahead of Ami, clearly flustered, Ami's Shoulder Pirate and Shoulder Nun appear. The pirate insists Geo belongs to Ami, so she should hold his hand, while the nun tells Ami to "Grab that [Geo's] booty" The guide then grabs Ami's hand, instantly making her faint. Afterwards, Geo, after wandering farther along, realizes Ami is no longer with him. He tries to backtrack, only to be stopped by some invisible barrier. He attempts to scan the area, but his visor glitches constantly, and he is eventually ambushed and presumably put under the Bride ghost's control.

Ami, still unconscious, is attacked by the ghost, but Shoulder Pirate and Shoulder Nun heal her and wake her up, where she meets the ghost in person. The ghost attacks and attempts to put Ami under her control, but Ami manages to break free, landing on a conveniently placed mattress. She attempts to use her bow to target the ghost, but finds Geo, who, under the ghost's control, attacks her. Ami then supercharges her EXE.Arc, rapidly draining her vitality and dodging all of Geo's attacks near flawlessly, and with a barrage of punches, stuns Geo multiple times. The ghost then entangles Geo, flying away with him, and Ami gives chase, still losing vitality. The ghost makes multiple attempts to stop Ami, but she avoids all of them, managing to free Geo. The ghost, enraged, sends multiple wrecks onto Ami and Geo, but Ami, with assistance from Geo, manages to lift one of them up as Ami finally falls unconscious to her supercharge. Before they can attack, the guide arrives, and is revealed to be the ghost's former lover. The two reconcile as Ami wakes up, and the guide hands the bride his hood, which contains some sort of gift. The bride actually then throws it to Ami and Geo, as Geo places a heart shaped pin in Ami's hair, regenerating her vitality.

Geo and Ami make it back to the group, and Deva checks up on Ami, smiling as she notices Ami's new pin. The group begins to have their night meals, and as Ami is drinking hot chocolate, she winks at Geo, making him flustered, which she smiles at. A shooting star passes behind her, and the credits roll.

### Post-Credits

On a TV, Luna appears, saying she has an announcement to make, especially to her "favorite human".

## Music/Soundtracks used

**Castlevania III - Beginning (Toxic X Eternity)**

**Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card -「CLEAR」(Lizz Robinett cover)**

**Bonnie Taylor - Holding Out for a Hero (Annapantsu Cover)**

**FriendForce - Ikebaby (Robotprins)**

## Trivia

* This episode has the 2nd longest gap between episode uploads at a whopping 419 days.
* After Geo was saved by Ami, he retained a permanent pale pink tint in his eyes.
* All the letters in the opening are actually in English.
* The opening of the episode is the English version of 「CLEAR」.
* The prologue of the episode is a reference to Castlevania.

* It is said in the opening credits that this will be the **penultimate chapter.**
	+ Penultimate means 2nd to last, so this confirms that 009 will be the last episode in the show.

* Geo, Ami, Lanney, Deva, and Vania are confirmed to have design changes.
* This episode shows a **logo change** in the series.
* This episode was confirmed to have a setting on the beach on GeoExe's Twitter.
* The episode introduces new guest artists who also made cameos during the **Shopping Scene**.
	+ Some of these guests include, but aren't limited to:
		- Saymanart
		- Moikaloop
		- (To Be Filled Out)
* It is unknown what does 'level' of the swimsuits means. Also, it is also unknown why Scuba Diving suit doesn't show its 'level'.
* This is the first episode where the characters were given proper voices, stating actual words instead of grunting or making sounds (with the exception of Ami and Geo).
* This is the first episode to not focus around anyone, and is most likely the last.
* On May 15, 2020 at XX:05pm, Geo EXE (creator of Gwain Saga) posted a Discord preview that Episode 8 was finished at 50%. He also apologized to his fans for the episode being late as he had a couple of problems with the programs.
* Geo Exe released the episode to Patreon a day before its release date.
* This is one of 2 episodes that aren't named, with the other being 009 Final Chapter. (Like 001 Geo, 007 Lanney, and so on.)
* When Ami looks at her smartphone after the opening, the different messages say:
	+ Marlow keeps playing Animal Gossip.
	+ 09:09
	+ 09:09
	+ 09:09
	+ Everytime is ready for the trip **(Probably a mistranslation of "Anytime is ready for the trip")**
	+ 09:34
	+ OK

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/Geo\_Exe/status/1227425168378777601
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/Geo\_Exe/status/1178836487883956226
3. https://twitter.com/Geo\_Exe/status/1314119861342265345

4. https://twitter.com/Geo\_Exe/status/1314904478513008641

5. https://twitter.com/Geo\_Exe/status/1315898897001316353