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Phantagrande Skydom - Former Capital Mephorash
Shem Desert
Phantagrande Skydom - Former Capital Mephorash
Shem Desert
Act 1: Girl in Blue - Chapter 33: A Curious Team - Episode 1
The Grandcypher approaches Ravi Island, but the crew is stopped by an imperial battleship.
With the Black Knight among the crew's company, they head for Ravi Island.
Black Knight: ...
Lyria: ...
Vyrn: ...
Io: ...
Katalina: ...
Eugen: ...
Rosetta: ...
Rackam: Um, sooo... It was Mephorash, right? Where we're headed?
Black Knight: Yes. Why?
Rackam: What kind of city is it? Never heard of it myself. You ever heard of it, Katalina?
Katalina: Ah, no. Sorry... What are we talking about?
Rackam: Oy, oy. You don't seem like yourself. What's up?
Katalina: Nothing...
Rackam: ...?
Io: Hey! Check it out! Isn't that an imperial battleship?
Rackam: What!
Imperial Soldier: Skyfarers! Entrance into Ravi Island is restricted by the Erste Empire!
Imperial Soldier: If you want to land at the port, show your permit! Otherwise turn back immediately!
Rackam: Well this is a problem. We don't have a permit.
Io: Never mind that—we're wanted skyfarers now...
Katalina: We should have expected this. Ravi Island, Mephorash included, is imperial territory.
Vyrn: No time to dwell on it! They're already boardin' the Grandcypher from their battleship!
Act 1: Girl in Blue - Chapter 33: A Curious Team - Episode 1: Scene 2
The Black Knight informs the crew that, despite the air blockade, there isn't a military presence on the surface of Ravi Island.
Eugen: Whew—look at all these battleships. There's no end in sight.
Black Knight: We don't have to take them all on. We strike only those that get in our way.
Eugen: Oh? You got some way to get through 'em all?
Black Knight: I don't need a plan. We'll simply force our way through and land on the island.
Io: Black Knight, you're a pretty tough cookie. You really like taking things to the max, huh?
Rosetta: Hehe. Isn't it great? I personally like that side of her.
Katalina: But Ravi Island is imperial territory! If we land here, there will be more troops waiting for us!
Black Knight: Fear not. They've only fortified entry into the island. Once we land, it'll be a different story.
Katalina: What? How so?
Black Knight: Do you doubt me? You seem to have forgotten that I once controlled the entire Erste Empire.
Katalina: Well...
Lyria: We should trust the Black Knight! She knows about these things!
Katalina: Lyria?
Lyria: She's not lying! I can feel it!
Black Knight: It's usually imprudent to trust raw instinct. But in this case you are correct.
Lyria: Huh?
Black Knight: No matter how many reasons you give, those who won't believe you won't believe you. It's human nature.
Black Knight: So what will we do? This isn't my airship, so you decide.
Choose: We trust you.
Black Knight: I see. But I won't thank you—and I make no guarantee that the results from this decision will be pleasant.
Choose: We can't completely trust you.
Black Knight: How foolish. Are you going to fight all of those battleships?
Continue 1Vyrn: We don't have time to go back n' forth about it! The bad guys are comin' quick!
Rackam: Whatever happens, we gotta put some elbow grease into defendin' this airship!
Rackam: And, Black Knight, you're going to help us too!
Black Knight: Of course. It will only take a moment to destroy all of this rabble!
Act 1: Girl in Blue - Chapter 33: A Curious Team - Episode 2
The crew lands on Ravi Island and immediately learns about its unforgiving environment.
Although not every member of the crew trusts the Black Knight, they find themselves embroiled in her scheme.
And so, at the Black Knight's request, the crew makes a stealth-landing on Ravi Island.
Io: So this is Ravi Island, huh? It kind of reminds me of Valtz.
Vyrn: You're right. This place is nothin' but sand too. And the heat—I'm dry as dragon bones over here!
Io: Pfft, people from Valtz aren't bothered by a little dumb heat.
Io: We're totally different than some wimpy lizard!
Vyrn: What! I ain't no wimp, and I ain't no lizard!
Rosetta: No fighting now, you two.
Rackam: Anybody else notice this is one ancient city? Well, ruins more like.
Black Knight: You can look around if you want, but don't get careless.
Katalina: Right. Although this place isn't the imperial capital anymore, we're still in Erste territory.
Black Knight: No, that's not what you need to be concerned about. More importantly—
Monster: Groar!
Eugen: Aye, you ain't kiddin'. No lettin' our hair down in this place, huh?
Rosetta: It's quite an old city, so some of the fortifications have probably crumbled to dust.
Rosetta: Regardless, let's try not to become monster food. Let's drive them off, (Captain)!
Act 1: Girl in Blue - Chapter 33: A Curious Team - Episode 2: Scene 2
As (Captain) and the crew make their way toward the palace in the center of the city, the Black Knight reveals a bit about Freesia's background.
After disposing of the hostile monsters, the Black Knight leads the way to the center of the city.
Black Knight: See that? That is the palace of the former Erste Kingdom.
Black Knight: Since the capital was moved to Agastia, it's gone largely unused. But that's only how it seems.
Black Knight: I believe Freesia is inside. With that doll.
Io: Hey, I asked this back in Amalthea, but why would Freesia stay in such a rundown city?
Io: There aren't even any soldiers on guard here. Is there anything in this city worth protecting?
Black Knight: There's nothing. That's the advantage of this location.
Black Knight: However, I have a good reason to believe she's here.
Black Knight: While the Erste Empire means nothing to Freesia, the Erste Kingdom, on the other hand, is everything to her.
Io: Huh? Isn't she supposed to be the prime minister of the empire?
Black Knight: She is now, yes. But before that she was a consul for the monarchy.
Black Knight: Previously her clan had served the Erste royal family for generations, millennia even.
Katalina: So she chose to come to the royal capital instead of the imperial one...
Black Knight: Precisely. But keep your pace up. Slow down and you're monster bait.
Act 1: Girl in Blue - Chapter 33: A Curious Team - Episode 3
(Captain) and the crew wonder why there is no military presence in the city. The Black Knight answers their questions, but this enrages Katalina.
Katalina: We really haven't seen any trace of soldiers in the city. What is going on?
Katalina: There have been so many monsters but zero soldiers since we've landed.
Katalina: And ordinarily you'd expect soldiers to take care of any that make their way through the streets.
Black Knight: Any troops that are stationed here now aren't here for the city's protection.
Black Knight: At least it's not the city's people they're protecting—but rather it's the city's secrets.
Black Knight: Which is also the true purpose of the battleships circling the island. Not only do they prevent anyone from trespassing, they keep anyone from leaving.
Lyria: How awful... So the people here...
Black Knight: They can't leave this island. At least not without the empire's permission.
Black Knight: That being said, I've never heard of such permission having ever been granted.
Katalina: Are you suggesting the empire has just abandoned the people of this city? Left them to survive with no support?
Black Knight: ...
Black Knight: Yes. There's no reason to make excuses.
Katalina: You heartless—
Black Knight: If denouncing me in such a way will help you feel better, go ahead.
Black Knight: But there is something that I must see done. Whatever the cost.
Black Knight: No matter how important the sacrifice, it will be worth it in the end.
Lyria: Black Knight...
Black Knight: I've decided to continue moving no matter what. For Orchis.
Black Knight: I'm willing to lose anything for that goal. My pride, my peace, my memories—even my own life.
Act 1: Girl in Blue - Chapter 33: A Curious Team - Episode 3: Scene 2
Eugen apologizes for the tension caused by the Black Knight, prompting Rosetta to lecture him on his true role as a parent.
Black Knight: ...
Katalina: ...
Rackam: Sheesh, what's with this tension? It's been this way since we left Amalthea.
Vyrn: You ain't kiddin'.
Io: Obviously. We're stuck with the Black Knight after all.
Io: But it seems like Katalina's got the most on her mind... Sigh... It's so awkward now.
Eugen: Well, it's just... Sorry about my daughter...
Rosetta: No need for apologies. She made her own path.
Eugen: Even so—I'm her father.
Rosetta: So that means you have to take responsibility for everything she's done?
Rosetta: She took over a country, carried out invasions, and caused many lives to be lost.
Rosetta: Even if she didn't directly do these things, like the archduke would suggest, well...
Rosetta: She certainly didn't stop them from happening. She left so many people out to dry. Will you atone for her crimes?
Eugen: That's not what I meant...
Rosetta: Hehe. Sorry for teasing you.
Rosetta: But you know the Black Knight is no longer a child.
Rosetta: In fact she hasn't been a child for quite some time. It seems silly to try parenting her now that she's accomplished so much.
Rosetta: Well whether her accomplishments were for better or worse, she's experienced enough to be an adult several times over.
Eugen: ...
Rosetta: Once you've recognized that, there's one more thing you should be doing as her father, isn't there?
Eugen: Aye... Maybe you're right...
Rackam: Rosetta, I keep tryin' to figure you out, but who are you really?
Rackam: Givin' life advice like that—don't tell me you're actually older than Eugen?
Rosetta: Didn't you ever learn that it's rude to ask a lady her age? Hehe, the nerve...
Rosetta: A woman's grace increases for every secret she keeps safe, Io. Keep that in mind!
Io: O-okay...
Rosetta: Good answer. Everyone, let's continue forward to save that little maiden in distress.
Act 1: Girl in Blue - Chapter 33: A Curious Team - Episode 4
When the crew hears a scream in the distance, the Black Knight is unexpectedly the first to respond to the cry.
???: Hyaaa!
Katalina: ...!
Was that a scream?
Was that a scream?
Black Knight: It came from over there! Let's move, (Captain)!
Rackam: Hey! Wait! Damn, that woman moves fast.
Io: She can say some pretty mean stuff, but the Black Knight really cares about her country's people.
Katalina: Do you really think so? But she said she would give up anything...
Vyrn: What're we standin' around for! Let's go help!
Lyria: Right! Come on, (Captain)!
Act 1: Girl in Blue - Chapter 33: A Curious Team - Episode 4: Scene 2
The old woman seems to recognize the Black Knight, but the Black Knight is hesitant to acknowledge this fact.
Black Knight: Haaah!
Monster: Gurgh...
Black Knight: Pant... pant...
Old Woman: Thank you, travelers.
Old Woman: The soldiers here only guard the borders of our island. They won't even so much as step foot in the city.
Old Woman: How can I ever thank you?
Black Knight: It was nothing. No one was injured, so—
Black Knight: ...!
Vyrn: Huh? Why'd you look away from this old lady?
Black Knight: Shut up. We need to move on.
Old Woman: Please wait! I can't offer you anything of value, but I can at least treat you to a little Mephorashian hospitality.
Old Woman: Wait. You, have we ever met?
Vyrn: Whoa... Does this old lady know the Black Knight somehow?
Io: But no one would've known who she was underneath her armor, right?
Rackam: You'd think, but this is imperial territory, so what if she's taken her armor off around the locals?
Monster: Groar!
Old Woman: Hyaaa!
Black Knight: Tch... There's some left!
Black Knight: This city is no place for you filthy monsters!
Katalina: What is going on? Didn't she say that she would even sacrifice the people of this city if that's what it took to save Orchis?
Eugen: Do as she does, not as she says! Let's help her protect this woman!
Act 1: Girl in Blue - Chapter 33: A Curious Team - Episode 4: Scene 3
After the old woman calls out the Black Knight's real name, the crew learns that Orchis used to be the princess of the Erste Kingdom.
Monster: Gurgh...
Old Woman: Ah! I knew it! You're her!
Vyrn: Uh-oh! She definitely knows who you are!
Rackam: No hidin' it now. Best we can do is make like a tree and—
Old Woman: Apollo! You're Apollonia, aren't you?
Black Knight: ...
Io: Huh? You know Apollonia, ma'am?
Old Woman: That's right. It's been such a long time, but yes.
Old Woman: You've really grown up. Couldn't tell who you were with just a glance.
Black Knight: ...
Old Woman: I guess it's been, what, about ten years now?
Old Woman: Ah... I guess that's when it happened. It's a shame what happened to Lady Orchis...
Lyria: You know about Orchis?
Old Woman: Yes, of course.
Old Woman: Who wouldn't know Erste's beloved princess?
Lyria: What...
Katalina: Wh-what do you mean! Explain this, Black Knight!
Black Knight: It's just as this woman says.
Black Knight: Before the Erste Emprie was founded, Orchis was the princess of the Erste Kingdom.
Black Knight: And... my only friend...
Faced with this new revelation, (Captain) and the crew stand silent.
But they will soon come to find that even greater truths are waiting in the heart of the old capital.
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