Scenario:Caim - Beyond the Trial
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Beyond the Trial
The Inchoate World unleashes his full power to overcome the trial that is the crew. A final showdown ensues.
Inchoate World: You've come.
By tracking the aura of the Inchoate World, the crew finally reaches the center of this realm.
The Inchoate World looks down on the crew as he speaks, a hint of surprise in his breath.
Inchoate World: How strangely comforting... Though you obstacles in my path normally fill me with disgust...
Inchoate World: Seeing you as a trial meant to be overcome fills me with pride and joy.
Inchoate World: The face of fate changes depending on your interpretation. And my interpretation has led me to birth a new world.
Inchoate World: You are nothing but nuisances now—stepping stones on my path to world creation... That is how I define your fates.
Inchoate World: I'm willing to offer you one final choice, foolish young Evoker. Your memory has returned, yes?
Caim: What of it?
Inchoate World: There was a point when you understood and even agreed with my plan.
Inchoate World: Consumed with disappointment over the rampant fools running this world, did you not wish for the creation of a new one?
Inchoate World: It could not have been easy reaching that conclusion.
Inchoate World: Now that you've regained your memory—or rather, your self—why do you choose to oppose me?
Caim: Hah... Let's not forget you're the one who abandoned me first.
Caim: However things turned out this way, I absolutely refuse to be used and tossed away like some tool.
Caim: So in effect, I have something to prove here.
Caim: I'm going to show you how pathetic of a fool you are for using me.
Inchoate World: I see there is no changing your mind... Indeed, you are a trial to be overcome after all.
Inchoate World: The time has come to bury you all as wretched artifacts of the old world!
Fierce winds begin to blow around them, causing the various colors to converge on the Inchoate World.
As he is encased in what appears to be some sort of cocoon, Lyria audibly gasps.
Lyria: Watch out! The Inchoate World is getting stronger!
Inchoate World: You antiquated relics will become the cornerstone of the new world. For that is your fate; that is providence.
Inchoate World: You have no future beyond today. Your destinies end here. I shall wipe away your very souls from existence!
Beyond the Trial: Scene 2
The crew finally defeats the Inchoate World and returns to the Sky Realm. However, Caim's recollection of his memories has left him downcast. His troubled expression intrigues The Hanged Man, eager to see what sort of life the Evoker ends up leading.
Inchoate World: Rgh!
Inchoate World: Impossible! I should be the one who decides destiny!
Inchoate World: All trials succumb before me... Your defeat here was supposed to mark the celebration of the new world's creation...
Inchoate World: But yet... how is it that mortals of the old world have bested me!
Caim: Only a brazen fool would turn their back on an objective truth that's as plain as day.
Caim: If you refuse to acknowledge the truth until it's lying before your very eyes, then I'll just have to show it to you.
The Hanged Man: Dawn or dusk, eh... I guess they're ultimately two sides of the same coin.
Caim and The Hanged Man remain strangely calm despite the severity of the situation.
A moment later...
Inchoate World: Gwaaah!
Inchoate World: Damn you... Damn you all! How could I lose...
Inchoate World: What of my new world!
His hands reach out, only to grasp at thin air. Cracks begin to form all over the Inchoate World's body.
Inchoate World: Guuuuh!
With a deafening roar, the Inchoate World lets out a flash of light followed by a harsh noise that stains the world white.
Caim: Mng...
The Hanged Man: Hey, Caim. You all right?
Caim: Quiet...
The Hanged Man: Hope your memory hasn't gone poof again after hitting your head.
Caim: It hasn't...
The Hanged Man: Good to know...
Vyrn: Er... Anyone know what just happened to us?
The crew awakens on the Grandcypher's deck.
Vyrn: Looks like that giant sphere's gone for good...
Clear, blue skies stretch for miles in every direction.
Lyria: I don't sense The World anymore...
Vyrn: Seems like you kept your new look from when you were inside the giant floating ball, Caim.
Caim: Yes. A portion of his power remains within me...
Caim: I can't access it anymore though. Or rather, I'm completely cut off from it.
The Hanged Man: I don't feel my connection with him anymore either.
Vyrn: So it's really over then...
Lyria: We did it... We really saved our world!
Monika's Voice: Hey! Is everyone okay?
An echoing voice calls for the crew.
Turning to the voice reveals Monika and Lecia leaning over the deck railing of their approaching airship.
Vyrn: Guess those guys came to check things out now that the sphere's gone, huh?
Lyria: Mm-hm! We're all safe and sound!
A quiet conversation ensues some distance away from those rejoicing in victory...
The Hanged Man: Caim.
The Hanged Man calls out to him.
The Hanged Man: Are you glad that your memory's back? Or does it suck?
Caim: What's it matter to you?
The Hanged Man: I'm just curious.
Caim: Find better things to be curious about.
The Hanged Man: Too late for that.
The Hanged Man: Good thing I've got a VIP seat to seeing what kinda life you end up leading.
Caim: ...
Before the vast blue skies, a darkness seems to linger in Caim's downcast eyes.