Scenario:Cocopio - The Sovereign's Shield

The Sovereign's Shield

The crew stops at an island to restock on supplies. While having dinner at a local eatery, they notice some drunk mercenaries bothering a server, but a knight by the name of Cocopio soon drives the troublemakers away. (Captain) and company learn that Cocopio serves a sovereign named Charulu, who has gone missing. The crew invite Cocopio to join them as he continues his journey to find his sovereign.

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(Captain) and company stop by an island to restock their supplies.

There, they decide to stay for dinner before heading back to the Grandcypher.

Vyrn: Whew... That was a lotta good food. Been a while since I was this full!

Lyria: Me too. Who would've thought that a sudden storm would come and blow all of our rations to the bottom of the skies...

Vyrn: After the Grand Uplift shifted the air currents, it's been a pain tryin' to find a stable route.

Lyria: Yeah... But I'm really happy that I got to meet so many new kinds of people—

Boorish Mercenary: Come on, missy! How about a drink with us?

Server: S-sorry, I'm in the middle of work right now...

Callow Mercenary: Aw, just one drink won't hurt! Your manager isn't in today anyway.

Server: S-still, there are other customers I need to look after...

Loud Mercenary: Other customers?
Hey! No one here's gonna be orderin' anything, right?

Customers: ...

Vyrn: What's with those people? They look pretty drunk...

Vyrn: (Captain), let's go and tell those guys off.

???: Excuse me. Could I get a chef's pudding?

Boorish Mercenary: Wha?

Callow Mercenary: Whoa, whoa. Who made that order? You pickin' a fight with us?

???: Um... I wasn't trying to.

Boorish Mercenary: Huh? A kid?

Callow Mercenary: Bwahaha! You runnin' errands for your ma or something, little missy?

???: Missy...

Loud Mercenary: Hm? There's somethin' different about you... You a Grokkle?

???: Yep, that's right. I'm an earthdweller hailing from the kingdom of Blefuscu. Though I'm not exactly at an age where you can call me a little—

Boorish Mercenary: Wha? Where the hell's Blefuscu? A knight from some shabby place in the countryside, are ya?

Callow Mercenary: Wait, this works out. If you're so grown-up, why don't you have a drink with us too? We'll go easy on ya!

???: Well, I'm more interested in the pudding rather than alcohol, so can you let the server go?

???: Trust me, it'd be safer for the both of us.

Boorish Mercenary: Safer for both of us? Now you're really pickin' a fight!

Callow Mercenary: We're not gonna go easy on ya just 'cause you're a girl!

Vyrn: This is bad, (Captain)! They're about to beat that lady up...

Boorish Mercenary: Hrah!

???: Ngh!

Boorish Mercenary: Whoooa!

Callow Mercenary: Wha... Whaddya think you're doing!

???: Hah!

Callow Mercenary: Hroooh!

Vyrn: Whoa! What's happening? She just spun 'em around!

Lyria: Amazing! A whirl and then a bam, all in the blink of an eye!

Loud Mercenary: Huh... What the hell did you do!

???: There shouldn't be any serious injuries, but you might wanna get yourselves looked at by a doctor just in case.

???: Or... do you also want a taste of my country's aikido?

Loud Mercenary: Rrg... You little... I'll kill youuu!

???: ...!

Loud Mercenary: Wha... A shield refleform!

Boorish Mercenary: Refleform? Oh yeah, Grokkles have that transformation thing, don't they!

Callow Mercenary: I hear they can do stuff like make a part of them giant or a different shape or somethin'!

Loud Mercenary: Damn... Let's make a run for it!

Customers: Whooooa!

Server: Thank you so much! I'll bring you your pudding!

???: Oh, great.

???: ...

???: Not here either, huh...

Vyrn: Hey, you did great there, missy! The pudding's on us.

Lyria: Yeah! I'm in the mood for some pudding too. Would you mind if we sat with you?

???: Huh? Oh, sure, I guess.

Cocopio: My name's Cocopio. I'm head of the lordguard of Blefuscu.

Vyrn: The lordguard?

Cocopio: We have a sovereign where I'm from—what you might call a king—and we're in charge of protecting him.

Cocopio: No matter what happens, our job is to always accompany our sovereign and keep him safe.

Lyria: And you're the head of the lordguard... You must be really talented, Cocopio!

Vyrn: Wow, no wonder you're so strong.

Cocopio: Haha... Thanks.

Lyria: Oh! Does that mean your sovereign is also somewhere in this town? I'd like to meet him!

Vyrn: Oh yeah. You're supposed to be with him all the time as his guard, right?

Cocopio: ...

Lyria: Cocopio?

Cocopio: If I'm being honest... my sovereign Charulu has gone missing.

Vyrn: How'd that happen!

Cocopio: How should I put it... Things got chaotic during the Grand Uplift, and well...

Cocopio: He took the opportunity to run away from us...

Vyrn: Wha?

Lyria: Run away? But... he's a king, right?

Cocopio: Yes... Charulu never liked his place on the throne... so he decided to hide himself here in the Sky Realm.

Cocopio: And that's why I'm here now—to search for Charulu and bring him back.

Vyrn: Oof... He sure sounds like a handful for a king.

Lyria: I wonder why he hated being on the throne so much.

Cocopio: The Kingdom of Blefuscu has a unique system, you see.

Cocopio: With the exception of criminals, everyone over the age of eighteen in the country is eligible to be randomly picked as sovereign.

Vyrn: Everyone in the country?

Lyria: S-so people get chosen out of the blue?

Cocopio: Yep. The previous sovereign conducts an impartial draw to choose the successor.

Cocopio: Of course, we've got experts in politics, economics, and stuff like that too. The sovereign's more like a symbol.

Cocopio: Generally, it's the greatest honor to be selected. Just about everyone in the country sees it that way, but...

Lyria: Then Charulu got picked, and he didn't like being the sovereign at all, huh?

Vyrn: I don't get it... You get a lotta nice things when you're king, right? So why'd he wanna run away?

Cocopio: Everyone in Blefuscu is calling him a problem child... Honestly, I have no idea what he's thinking myself.

Cocopio: ...

Lyria: In that case, why don't you travel together with us?

Cocopio: What? With all of you?

Vyrn: Good idea! We go around to all sorts of places in the Sky Realm, so maybe you'll be able to find Charulu along the way!

Lyria: What do you think, (Captain)?

1. Let's look for him together.
2. Let's find out why he ran away.

Choose: Let's look for him together.

Cocopio: Thanks! I'd be happy to join you.

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Choose: Let's find out why he ran away.

Cocopio: Yeah... That's something I need to get to the bottom of, as head of the lordguard.

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Vyrn: Then it's decided! Let's head back to the ship, missy! We'll introduce ya to our other crewmates—

Cocopio: Ah! I, um... Before that...

Cocopio: I'm not exactly a missy...

Cocopio: I'm... a guy, you know.

Lyria: What?

Vyrn: What?

Vyrn & Lyria: Whaaat!

And so, Cocopio of Blefuscu joins the crew and begins his life on the Grandcypher.

As for whether he can find his sovereign, Charulu, on his journey through the skies... only time will tell.