Scenario:Clarisse - Facing Fate
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Facing Fate
As Clarisse waits for a client with the rest of the crew, she reads a letter from home... and then she rips it to shreds and brushes off Lyria's obvious concern. Suddenly the client appears with soldiers in pursuit.
(Captain) and company are waiting for their client on a street corner one night.
Clarisse is reading a letter, assisted by a dim lamp.
Clarisse: Sigh...
Lyria: What's wrong, Clarisse? I hardly ever hear you sigh like that.
Clarisse: Huh? Oh... It's nothing! Nothing at all!
Clarisse smiles and rips the letter apart.
Lyria: Hey! Wasn't that a letter? You didn't have to rip it up...
Clarisse: Don't worry about it! It was just complaints from back home!
Lyria: So it was a letter from your family? But that's even more reason to—
Clarisse: It's fine! More importantly, has the... um... client gotten here yet?
Vyrn: Nah... I don't see anyone yet.
Vyrn: Not that I can really see anything in this darkness...
Clarisse: It does seem a little odd to set up this meeting in the middle of the night.
Clarisse: So, Lyria. What kind of mission is this anyway?
Lyria: Um... The client said she wants us to protect her, or something like that.
Vyrn: So we're bodyguards then. But why meet us so late? I'm getting sleepy.
Clarisse: Don't look now, Vyrn, but I don't think this is any time to sleep!
Vyrn: Why? Did our client finally come?
Clarisse: Looks like it! And she brought some friends!
Lyria: Friends?
Client: Excuse me! You're the skyfarers I hired, right?
Vyrn: That's right! It sure looks like you're in a hurry...
Vyrn: Huh? What's that? What's going on?
Clarisse: Here they come! And it's a big group too!
Soldier: Ugh... Who are those guys? Agents?
Clarisse: All right, everyone... Looks like we're up.
Facing Fate: Scene 2
(Captain) and company flee into the forest to keep the client safe. When they ask her what's going on, she won't give them a clear explanation. Suddenly some monsters show up as well as a person calling the client someone's daughter.
(Captain) and company repel the many soldiers chasing their client.
To get her away from her pursuers, they flee into the forest at the edge of town.
Client: Thank you so much. I thought they were going to get me for sure.
Vyrn: Why were they chasing you anyway? Did you do something bad?
Vyrn: Setting up a nighttime meeting seems pretty suspicious. We don't want to guard some villain.
Client: Um... I didn't do anything wrong... but it's actually a little hard to explain...
Vyrn: ...
Clarisse: Let's just play nice! She's going to pay us really well, so who cares about the details, right?
Client: Thank you! I have your payment right here.
Client: Is it enough?
Vyrn: Whoa! This is more than enough! Are you sure you want to pay us this much?
Client: What a relief... I wasn't quite sure of the going rate, but I'm glad I didn't bring too little.
Clarisse: Ha-ha... I figured it out!
Clarisse: I think we have a little something in common.
Client: Huh? Um... What do you mean?
Clarisse: Well... I bet you're—
Soldier 1: I've found her! Your daughter is over here, Your Lordship!
Lyria: Huh? Daughter?
Client: ...
Vyrn: What's going on here? Those guys who were after you... Are they—
Client: Eek!
Clarisse: Now that we're in the forest, we have to keep our guard up!
Clarisse: We'll talk about it more later. First we need to show all these guys and monsters the meaning of kapow!
Facing Fate: Scene 3
(Captain) and company find out the soldiers chasing the client are agents hired by her father. One of the agents shows up and says her father is surrounded by monsters. The client is hesitant at first, but Clarisse convinces her that her father should be helped.
Soldier 1: Damn! Where did she go?
Soldier 2: It doesn't matter! We have to retreat for now! There are too many monsters here!
Monster: Groar!
Soldier 2: Eek!
Soldier 1: Damn you! We must protect his lordship!
Clarisse: Ha-ha... It looks like they're a little too busy to chase us around.
Client: I see... Um... Was anyone hurt?
Clarisse: Maybe a few agents here and there. We went pretty easy on them, so I don't think anyone's hurt that badly.
Vyrn: Hey... I think it's about time for you to tell us what's going on.
Client: ...
Client: Um... I actually got in a fight with my father and I... I ran away from home.
The soldiers chasing the client are apparently agents hired by her father to bring her back home.
Client: I belong to a well-known merchant family, and my father really wants me to take over the business...
Client: But I have my own dreams too, and he just won't listen.
Lyria: So that's why you decided to hire some bodyguards and run away?
Clarisse: ...
Client: I don't want to do what my father says anymore!
Soldier 3: Help! You've just got to help us!
Vyrn: Hey! Weren't you one of the guys chasing us?
Soldier 3: Wait! I don't want to fight you! There's no time for that!
Clarisse: Sounds pretty urgent. What's wrong?
Soldier 3: Our employer asked us to bring him along, so we did as we were told...
Soldier 3: But we got surrounded by more monsters than we could handle. We barely escaped with our lives, and—
Client: Father! Is he in danger?
Soldier 3: Yes, young lady! We need your help, and we need it now!
Clarisse: But isn't this the chance you've been waiting for? I bet you'd have no trouble getting away from him now!
Client: ...!
Clarisse: I'm kidding. I'm nowhere near that cold-hearted, silly.
Clarisse: You see, I'm in the same boat. I haven't been getting along with my parents either.
Clarisse: It's actually a pretty unbelievable story. Here we are, telling everyone how proud we are to be of the Matriarch's bloodline...
Clarisse: And they send me off to kill her... our very own ancestor.
Lyria: Your ancestor? Um... So this ancestor is still alive?
Clarisse: I've had a lot of other problems with my parents too. I ended up setting out on this journey like they told me, but I actually did it just to get away from them.
Clarisse: Every time they send me a letter, it's always complaints about this and that... I haven't talked to them in a long time.
Client: ...
Clarisse: But hearing about you and your father has made me realize I've been stupid.
Clarisse: There's no way for two people to understand each other without talking.
Clarisse: If you want your father to understand what you're feeling, you can't just run away.
Clarisse: It seems so obvious when I look at someone else's situation. I wonder why I had so much trouble figuring it out on my own...
Client: ...
Client: Um... I'd like to change my request. Would that be okay?
Clarisse: Sure. What do you need?
Client: I promise to pay more... so please save my father!
Vyrn: It's not like you even had to ask! Right, (Captain)?
Lyria: That's right! We'd better hurry, (Captain)!
Soldier 3: I'll lead the way! Over here! Follow me!
Clarisse: Well... It looks like it'll take a little more time for them to understand each other.
Clarisse: But for now I think it's time for the adorable alchemy prodigy Clarisse to put on a show!
Facing Fate: Scene 4
(Captain) and company save the client's father from the monsters. Inspired by the client's decision to face her family, Clarisse writes a letter to her own family back home.
(Captain)'s crew rescues the client's father from the horde of monsters.
The satisfied Clarisse bids farewell to the client, who has resolved to face her family.
Clarisse: Hey, (Captain)! I want to send a letter when we get to the next island. You think we could stop by the Knickknack Shack?
Lyria: A letter to your family?
Clarisse: Yep! And I had a lot to say, so it got really long!
Clarisse: But I was able to write down everything I was thinking. I wonder how those stubborn people will respond.
Lyria: Hehe... It'll be interesting to see what kind of reply you get.
Clarisse: So true! I'm already getting excited just thinking about what they'll say!
With that, Clarisse holds up the letter she poured her heart into.
Her communication with her family had a slow start, but the barriers between will one day start breaking down.