Scenario:Azazel - The Halloween Demon
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The Halloween Demon
Azazel, hearing about a murky well that leads to hell, decides to join the crew for a town's Halloween festivities. He puts on his costume, eager to put the fright of demons in children. (Captain) and company don't find his costume to be all that frightening, but he remains undeterred.
(Captain) and company make landfall on an island that is getting ready to observe Halloween.
The sight of the residents putting up Halloween decorations all over town sets their hearts aflutter.
Lyria: Teehee, it feels like Halloween could start at any moment now.
Vyrn: The children always sneak up on us, but we're gonna trick 'em good this year!
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Azazel: Humph...
Standing beside them is Azazel, snorting in disgust.
Azazel: These decorations are nothing but a farce if you don't also make preparations for a demon worship ritual.
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???: Humph...
The man snorting beside them is named Azazel. He calls himself a demon.
Though he suffers from memory loss, meeting the crew has helped him remember that he is a fallen angel—a fact Azazel keeps to himself.
Promising revenge on a certain someone who instigated him into doing certain acts, he travels with the crew in hopes of one day coming across his brethren.
Azazel: These decorations are nothing but a farce if you don't also make preparations for a demon worship ritual.
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Lyria: A demon worship ritual?
Azazel: That's right. Let me give you a lesson on what Halloween is really all about—
Vyrn: Look, Lyria! Was that old well in the town square last time we came by?
Azazel: Tch... Learn to listen when others are speaking, lizard.
Lyria: Hm, I don't remember it being there...
Vyrn: Let's go check it out!
Lyria: Okay!
Azazel: Gah, the disrespect!
Azazel: They just don't know how to stand still, do they...
After giving the well a good look-see, they come to a conclusion.
Vyrn: Is it just me, or does it look kinda fake?
Lyria: It's almost like a prop for a play. It's made of wood, and there's the color too... I get the impression they dirtied it on purpose.
Sierokarte: Haha. That's right, everyone. It's an artificial well.
Lyria: Oh, hello there, Siero!
Vyrn: Hold on a sec. If you're involved, Knickknack, then I take it this well's gonna be used for the Halloween festivities?
Sierokarte: Mm-hm, that's right. I'm going to have a few demons pop out of it.
Azazel: Demons, you say?
As Azazel leans forward, Sierokarte speaks in a hushed whisper.
Sierokarte: Truth is, the local legends speak of an especially ominous period that comes every few hundred years...
Sierokarte: On All Hallows' Eve of that period, a murky well connected to hell surfaces somewhere on the island.
Azazel: The bottom of the well leads to hell? So what happens then? Are you saying demons pop out from that well?
Sierokarte: Mm-hm. It's said those demons revel in the screams of people as they hunt down their souls.
Lyria: Oh my...
Azazel: Hehehe...
Azazel: (Perhaps it's fate that led me to this island. If the legends of yore are still being passed down...)
Azazel: (Then maybe there really is a murky well somewhere on the island...)
Azazel: (This could very well be my chance to reunite with my fellow fallen angels. Mwahaha... Things just got a lot more interesting.)
Azazel's discontent with Halloween takes a complete one-eighty. He smiles with pleasure.
The others, however, having known Sierokarte for a long time, can tell that there is no truth to the legends.
Vyrn: So you modeled the well after the one in the legends.
Sierokarte: Uh-huh. It's small details like this that really make an event stand out.
In order to liven things up for all this year...
Sierokarte is planning an event where the well demons chase children around.
Sierokarte: Nice children, don't be shy!
Naughty children, run and hide!
Naughty children, run and hide!
Sierokarte: That's what the demons will be saying while chasing the children around.
Vyrn: Heheh. Guess that means the grown-ups won't be at the mercy of the kids this time around.
Sierokarte: Mm-hm. I want people of all ages to enjoy themselves after all.
Lyria: So the nice children will be getting treats, while the naughty children get tricks?
Lyria: Teehee, this could be really fun.
Azazel, who was listening intently this whole time, chimes in.
Azazel: An event that's just as much for the grown-ups as it is for the kids, you say?
Azazel: Mwahaha... Count me in!
Vyrn: Hah, didn't think you'd get so pumped up about this, Ashes. You must really like kids.
Azazel: Don't be absurd. I couldn't care less for the little devils.
Azazel: I just thought this'd be a chance to show people what a true demon is like.
Azazel: (I'll drag them all into the abyss of fear and revel in their frantic screams.)
Azazel: (I have no doubt my brethren will show up after hearing those screams.)
Azazel: Mwahaha...
Believing the legend to be true, Azazel proceeds with his preparations.
The day of Halloween comes.
When a package containing a demon costume arrives, (Captain) and company wait for Azazel to finish changing into it.
Vyrn: He made the design himself and sent it off to a tailor, right? I can't wait to see what it looks like!
Lyria: Hm... A convincing demon would need to be pitch-black and have sharp fangs and wings.
Lyria: Maybe he'll have a really scary mask on too!
Azazel's Voice: Are you ready to gaze upon my new demonic form?
Vyrn and Lyria: Sure!
Clad in his new Halloween costume, Azazel appears before the others with a grand flourish.
Azazel: Mwahaha... Tremble before me!
Azazel: Mortals!
Vyrn and Lyria: ...!
Azazel: Bwahaha! Are you so overtaken with fear that you've lost your voices?
Vyrn: Not exactly... Er, how do I put this nicely...
Lyria: Hahah, you're cute like Vyrn now!
Azazel: Wha!
Vyrn: C'mon, Lyria! Don't be lumping me in together with that weirdo!
Azazel: W-weirdo?
Azazel: Ngh... Tell me, (Captain)! What impression does this costume give you?
Azazel: Grr... Why is no one afraid of me!
Azazel: You're just saying that to make me feel better... The smirk on your face gives it away!
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Reeling in his heightened emotions, Azazel takes a deep breath and asks another question.
Azazel: Does the sight of fresh blood on my grotesquely stout frame and ghastly complexion truly not frighten you?
Vyrn: Nope, not in the least.
Azazel: Preposterous! How does this not instill fear in you!
Vyrn: If I'm gonna be honest, I don't think anyone's gonna be creeped out by that.
Azazel: Tch... No point in asking you when you're already so used to demons. It's children that I'm trying to scare after all.
Azazel: I'm going to bring hell to the skies this Halloween!
Azazel: Mwahaha!
A great exhilaration fills Azazel as he waits for the night to begin.
The rest of the crew is eager to see how Azazel will react when the children are not frightened.