Scenario:Lucius - Accursed Scars

Accursed Scars

Lucius's long battle should be over, but instead he is plagued by nightmares. In his head the goblins are burning down his village again, and he is powerless to stop them.

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Lucius has finally reunited with the father he so hated.

Everything Aletheia had done was for the sake of protecting his wife and the mother of his children.

But even after all he'd done, Aletheia wasn't able to save Lucius's mother from the goblins.

In one fell swoop, Aletheia shook the very core of Lucius's reasoning for hating him, opening the floodgates of nightmares.

Teena is a crew member

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Lucius: ...

Lucius: Ngh... Ungh...

Teena: Brother?

Lucius: Ah... Aaah!

Teena: Lucius! What's wrong!

Vyrn: Yikes. Looks like he's having a pretty bad nightmare...

Teena: Yes... It's been happening quite often recently.

Teena not in crew

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Lucius: ...

Lucius: Ngh... Ungh...

Lucius: Ah... Aaah!

Vyrn: Yikes. Looks like he's having a pretty bad nightmare...

Villager 1: Aaah! Goblins!

Villager 2: Hurry! Hide the children underground!

Goblin 1: Gehehehe! Run! Run!

Lucius: What! The goblins are attacking the village?

Lucius: No! My village can't be burning! I won't let that happen!

Goblin 2: Gahah! There they are! Get them! Get them all!

Lucius: Haaah!

Goblin 3: Geh? Who are you?

Lucius: Why won't my sword respond?

Lucius: Argh!

Goblin 1: Kehehe! What's wrong with yer sword, boy?

Lucius: Why? I polished my swords skills for this very moment... So why can't I do anything?

Lucius: I killed the goblin king myself... so why can't I do anything now?

Goblin 4: Gehehehe! He's nothing!

Goblin 5: Gaaaah! Burn the village! Burn it!

Lucius: Stop! You think I'll let you have your way?

Goblin 4: ...?

Lucius: Ergh! No matter how much I swing, I get no response!

Lucius: (Captain)! Help me!

Lucius: They're going to burn down my village again! We have to stop them!

Accursed Scars: Scene 2

In Lucius's nightmare, his mother tells him to flee with Teena in order to save them from a goblin attack. Even now he holds himself responsible for what happened to his mother on that fateful day.

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Lucius: Huff... Huff...

Lucius: Of course! I can protect Mother as long as I stay by her side!

Lucius: Mother! Where are you?

Lucius: That's right! She was at home at that time! Come on, (Captain)!

Lucius: Mother!

Mother: Gasp! Lucius!

Lucius: Everything's going to be fine now. I'll protect you with my life!

Mother: Oh, Lucius... If only your father were here...

Teena: Waaah! I'm scared!

Lucius: It's okay, Teena. It's okay. I'll protect you all!

Mother: Sob... I'm sorry, Lucius...

Lucius: Is that... me? The me during the invasion...

Goblin: Gehehehe! Fooound you! Three little piggies!

Mother: No! Lucius! Teena! Run! Now!

Lucius: B-but...

Mother: Listen to your mother! I'll find you later!

Teena: Waaah! I'm scared!

Lucius: Ngh...

Lucius: No... She never found us. I can't leave her this time.

Lucius: I have to stand and fight! Right here, right now!

Accursed Scars: Scene 3

Lucius, having lost his childhood, is driven purely by thoughts of revenge. Living with tragic memories of the past has clouded his judgment.

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Goblin 1: Gahahaha!

Goblin 2: Gahah! Here they are! Get them! Get them all!

Goblin 3: Gahaaah! I wanna hear you scream!

Lucius: Ngh... What can I do to save her?

Lucius: Father! Help us, Father! Aaah!

Lucius: He could have saved Mother had he just been there...

Lucius: That's what I thought. I wondered if my resentment was misplaced, but it became stronger as each day passed.

Lucius: He said it himself that he could have saved the village.

Lucius: And now I find out that his absence had been to draw danger away from her...

Aletheia: I suppose the only thing that matters is I couldn't save my family.

Aletheia: Humph. It was only a matter of time that I'd get my comeuppance from your pain and suffering.

Lucius: And what of the people who were targeting Mother?

Aletheia: Oh, a few natural disasters here, a few accidents there. It happens to bad people all the time. That's karma for ya.

Aletheia: But the fact that I wasn't the one to bring forth justice only intensified my guilt.

Lucius: He protected Mother, even if it was indirectly. There was no way he could've predicted the goblin raid, just as one can't predict an act of the gods.

Lucius: Then is my father not to blame? Should those fiends have been the sole target of my hatred?

Lucius: I... have hunted down so many of those goblins. Perhaps ten times more than the people who lived in the village...

Lucius: I felled their king myself. But their king had nothing to do with the attack on my village.

Lucius: I couldn't have known that. My soul was unsettled. A king, being a king, had to take responsibility for the action of his subjects.

Lucius: You attacked us first!

Lucius: The chains of hatred can't be broken once bound!

Lucius: Violence begets violence in a never-ending cycle.

Lucius: So be it. With this sword I will become the harbinger of death to you fiends!

Lucius: For Mother and the villagers... They will have their vengeance!

Accursed Scars: Scene 4

Lucius awakes from his nightmare a new man; his desire for revenge quashed underneath a resolve to move forward. He cries quietly to himself, thinking of all that he has lost, gained, and taken.

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Lucius: Ugh!

Lucius: Huff... Just a dream...

Teena is a crew member

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Teena: Good morning, Brother. You're all sweaty.

Lucius: Teena...

Vyrn: Whoa! You're drenched! That must've been one heck of a nightmare.

Lucius: ...

Lucius: (It's all clear to me now.)

Lucius: (The one's targeting Andalius, the goblin king, and my father...)

Lucius: (No more recklessness... No more regrets...)

Lucius: (We survived. And for those that didn't, we'll just have to continue on for them.)

Lucius: Sob...

Teena is a crew member

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Lucius: Let's move forward, shall we, Teena?

Teena: Hehe... What happened, Lucius? Was your dream that scary?

Lucius finally comes to terms with the demons in his heart. The truth has set him free.

Joy, hope, haunting loss, and regret for what might have been.

The overwhelming jumble of emotions swirling within him burst forth as tears rolling down his cheeks.

For the first time in a long time, he sees a ray of hope shining before him.

And glittering beside him in that shining light is the greatsword, a memento of his dear departed mother.

Teena not in crew

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Lucius finally comes to terms with the demons in his heart. The truth has set him free.

Joy, hope, haunting loss, and regret for what might have been.

The overwhelming jumble of emotions swirling within him burst forth as tears rolling down his cheeks.

For the first time in a long time, he sees a ray of hope shining before him.

And glittering beside him in that shining light is the greatsword, a memento of his dear departed mother.