Scenario:A Peace of the Pie - Chapter 4: Dream of the Departed - Episode 2

A Peace of the Pie - Chapter 4: Dream of the Departed - Episode 2

The crew takes a tour of Wolfire Land, learning that as belligerent as Souval may be, they also value honor. Just as Vyrn wonders how the three-way struggle started, Lily suddenly collapses.

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The party awaits Grueler's decision. Meanwhile they look around Wolfire Land.

Lyria gazes down at her feet to avoid the curious looks they're all getting from the Souval.

Lyria: Umm, everyone's staring at us...

Vyrn: Are they? I can't say I've really noticed. I mean, I get way worse than this all the time.

Lyria: Really? You mean people are always staring at you?

Vyrn: Haha, of course! Well, in towns and stuff at least.

Vyrn: Sure, it doesn't happen when I'm on the Grandcypher though. There's plenty of guys more weird than me! But that's a whole 'nother story.

Lily: Lyria, Lyria!

Lyria: What is it, Lily?

Lily points at a Souval farther down the street.

Lily: See that man up ahead? The one with the pots and pans?

Lyria: Hm? Oh, yes, he's cooking pimpkin pie!

Souval Vanguard: Doo-dee-doo! Dee-doo!

Vyrn: Say, you're right! Like the one we ate in Torwa before. But wait, is that what it was called?

Souval Vanguard: Hm? Hey, aren't you those guys from before?

Lyria: Sorry, have we met?

Lily: It's the first Souval we ran into, remember?

Vyrn: Haha, Lyria, try to pay more attention to people, not just to food.

Souval Vanguard: You guys shouldn't be so spaced out when on enemy territory, you know.

Lyria: Haha, I suppose that's true.

Souval Vanguard: It is. So anyway are you guys hungry?

Lily: Hm?

Souval Vanguard: You're the special envoy, right? For now at least we are to treat you like guests. And it's polite to offer guests something to eat.

Lyria: Oh gosh, that's very kind of you. Thank you.

Lily: Yay, pimpkin pie!

Souval Vanguard: Pimpkin? I've never heard of pimpkin. This is meat pie.

Souval Vanguard: Oh, wait, I forgot. The Crystalia are vegetarians, right? Wait there. I'll go get some fruit.

Lily: Oh, don't worry about it. I'll just eat the crust.

Souval Vanguard: Ah, quit being polite.

Vyrn: Who knew, huh? They look like brutes, but they're actually pretty considerate.

Lyria: Yes. All we've heard up to now is how they're savage and love to wage war.

Vyrn: Well, they do seem pretty violent, but not all the time, I guess. No metamorphoses as of yet, huh?

Souval Lieutenant: Not many of us can transform into beast form.

Vyrn: Oh, you're back!

Lily: Um, no, Vyrn, this is that man Chieftain Grueler was talking to earlier.

Souval Lieutenant: The man you were talking to just now is Ginta. I'm Gile. But it's not important.

Souval Lieutenant: The truth is we Souval are also in decline.

Souval Lieutenant: Spinal columns unique to our kind, what outsiders call our rachis of fire, seem to be atrophying more and more with each generation.

Souval Lieutenant: Now even the most purebred among us can only morph under special circumstances, such as when our lives are in danger.

Vyrn: Wow, that's fascinating, but are you sure you should be telling us this? It sounds like something that should be kept secret.

Souval Lieutenant: Chieftain Grueler asked me to tell you because you revealed information about the Crystalia before.

Souval Lieutenant: He decided to tell you something of equal significance.

Lyria: Really? Why would he do that?

Souval Lieutenant: We live by the creed: valiance and honor till death... I guess you people wouldn't understand.

Souval Lieutenant: And anyway we've learned about tactics now. Even if we can't become the beasts we once could, Chieftain Grueler will lead us to victory.

Souval Lieutenant: And now I must be going.

Vyrn: Valiance and honor? Is that like some code of chivalry?

Lyria: I guess so. After all, they just let us in on a big secret of theirs.

Vyrn: Yeah, I really don't get these guys.

Vyrn: Seriously, just who's causing all the trouble in this island's three-way struggle? How come wars break out here all the time?

Lyria: Um, well... I have no idea.

Vyrn: There's gotta be a root cause. Lily, do you know?

Lily: Huh? Sorry, I was never very good at hist—

Lily: Ugh...

Lyria: Lily! Lily, what's happened? Lily! Wake up!