What about some blood puddi- *shot*.....
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Garnished with a sugar glazed blood orchid leaf?! *full auto*....
-or maybe some blood-red velvet cake? I'm invincible! *howitzer'd*
Clearly if Lab Zero gets the opportunity to make comics for the lore of this game half of them should be devoted to Albus' and Horace's shenanigans.
I could see them peppered throughout the story. If there was an adaptation of the game events, I could see them having cameos here and there till we be a big and fancy introduction to Eliza at some event. Then, whether canon or non-canon, I can see the duo in amusing back-up comics before the letters segments.
Speaking of Albus and Horace, I really liked their personalities and presentation, but they left me surprised at parts. I find it cool how they know all of Eliza's secrets and how powerful she is, yet they'll step in to defend her honor. Speaking of honor, I was partly expecting them to have some standards of thugish goonery, but they did have strong loyalty to her, even when things got hairy they didn't want to cut and run.
The other day, in this thread there was discussion on how Eliza is fond of ferals and it may be due to her disgust of humans. That got me thinking that either Albus and Horace are from a family of her past servants (though people may notice if some strangely entrancing woman has gone on through history as a performer and always is followed by a bird and jackal feral) or she at some point in her life took them in when they were down trodden. I like to think that Horace has always had a bit of class to him, but never had a chance to show it off, but when Eliza took him under her wing (haw!) she provided him with clothes, education and other things, thus why he's so refined. Albus is the new guy so he's still got time, but I get that he's trying (he does drop "love" in some of his dialog to the ladies, maybe he's trying to refine himself slowly?)
Also I found this line about Squigly in the ending interesting "I'll find her a guest room. It'll be cramped, but...those chambers have a certain old-world charm." I expected him to crack a corpse joke, especially with him being the "Joisy/Bronx talkin' thug" type, but he shows enough to be a unique take on that. I dunno, maybe I'm reading into that, but it seemed rather polite without sounding overtly sympathetic, but not harsh. Also, Albus liking the interiors of churches because of the homey and cozy feeling is another interesting point. I love L0 for taking what could have been reduced to dumb muscle and making him rather interesting. Again, like the Squigly line, I expected him to do something typical, but he went in the other direction. I thought he'd say the place was boring and stuffy, and would rather be in a bar. It also gave us a funny moment with Horace saying "I don't get you two sometimes".
I found the line by Horace interesting as well. He's full of loyalty and chivalry in Eliza's presence, but it's interesting that he feels so at easy he can say something like that to her. Overall, the three of them have an understanding, they're her hired muscle, but also trusted with her secret, the security of her public image, and able to participate in her shows as musicians.
This isn't a Bebop and Rocksteady situation from the old TMNT toon. Sure they did the heavy lifting and good stuff, but Shredder wouldn't let them speak a peep about any of his preferences or likes. He's always berating them and chastising them. On the flipside, Eliza's precious stage performances include her hired help. This shows that one, they're capable in performing, two, she trusts them enough in doing one of the few things that bring her joy in this "troubled" modern world where she, until later, could not revel in public wide-spread bloodshed.
Anyways, that's just me overthinking again, hah!
