Scenario:A Tale of Kindled Bonds - Chapter 4: Nectar and Ambrosia - Episode 2

A Tale of Kindled Bonds - Chapter 4: Nectar and Ambrosia - Episode 2

Back on the ship, (Captain) and crew listen to Nectar and friends tell their story and explain that the wolf is their friend Kusuki. Upon Lyria sensing that Nectar's aura is similar to a primal beast's, Nectar explains that he is the failure of an attempt to become a primal beast. The group is also shocked to learn that goblins were created by skydwellers to be used as weapons during the War. They then hypothesize that Kusuki might be being controlled by Jorha or the goblins, and debate going back to save him.

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Lucius: Generations of researchers continuing work on inhumane weapons since the War...

Vyrn: Not like it'd be impossible for the Astrals to come knockin' again, but this...

Nectar: After the War, other skydwellers condemned them, but the Jorha researchers believed in the righteousness of their actions.

Nectar: In the Sky's Sanctum, they processed living organisms and extracted their mana, among other things.

Lyria: Living...

Lucius: You... Your name's Shinsha, right? Are those experiments the reason you have trouble walking?

Shinsha: Yes. But Nectar gave me artificial hands and legs...

Showing them is a little scary... But they're also proof of Nectar's kindness.

Shinsha: Besides those parts, he replaced a lot of other things too.

Lucius: Hm...

Lyria: A lot of other things... too?

Lucius: Nectar... You appear to know quite a lot. How do we know you aren't Jorha yourself?

Kushina: ...!

Nectar: Kushina. I'd be suspicious too if I were in his shoes.

Lyria: Um... You were also experimented on by the Jorha, right?

Lyria: I can sense the faint aura of a primal beast coming from you.

Nectar: It's faint because I am the remains of one, used as material for Jorha's research.

Ugusu: But not anymore! Now's different!

Ugusu: Sky's Sanctum is gone! We're all going to the Peach Spring Valley!

Lucius: Wait a minute. What do you mean the Sky's Sanctum is gone?

Ugusu: Err, some weirdos going "gyaha" set it on fire.

Vyrn: Gyaha?

Vyrn: You're talkin' about goblins, aren't ya!

Kushina: ...?

Lucius: Do you not know what goblins are? No... I suppose you wouldn't. Not if this is your first time outside.

Lucius: Burning down their research facility... Goblins must have a bone to pick with Jorha.

Nectar: The fragments of myself I left scattered around Sky's Sanctum had some information to report on that.

Nectar: These goblins, as you call them, appear to have been instruments of war created by the Jorha long ago.

Lucius: Are you telling me... they're weapons? Created not by Astrals, but by skydwellers?

Nectar: During the War, such creations were not regarded as inhumane.

Lyria: War is truly awful...

Ugusu: Goblins? Or whatever. Makes sense they hate people.

Ugusu: I hate experiments... And I hate Jorha too.

Shinsha: Ugusu...

Ugusu: Oh! But I don't hate people! Shinsha is a person!

Ugusu: There are good people and bad people! Good monsters and bad monsters!

Ugusu: Shinsha and Nectar and Kushina... and Kusuki! All good! At least I think so.

Shinsha: Kusuki... Something must've happened to him, considering he attacked even us...

Lucius: Are you referring to that wolf?

Nectar: Yes. You saw his fighting form. His covert one is on the smaller side, for scouting and ambushes.

Nectar: He was regarded as one of the more finished experiments in the Sky's Sanctum.

Kushina: ...

Shinsha: That's right... Maybe the researchers did something to him when everyone was under attack.

Lucius: Or the goblins.

Lucius: Just like your bird friend said, there are good goblins among the bad. We know one that's friendly toward people.

Lyria: You're talking about Goblin Mage!

Lucius: Yeah. When she got taken by the fiends, she acted strange for a spell.

Vyrn: Oh, right... Could be the same thing happening with this Kusuki too.

Ugusu: Has to be! Somebody did something! Kusuki is a good friend! He'd never hurt Shinsha!

Ugusu: Nectar, can we find Kusuki? We said we'd go to the valley with everyone!

Nectar: ...

Vyrn: It'd help us out too if you calmed your friend down, since we gotta explore 'round here.

Lucius: We don't know where the Sky's Sanctum is either, and while directions are welcome, having a guide would be much better.

Lucius: What do you say?

Nectar: Well...