Scenario:Conquest of the Dark Singularity - Chapter 4: Deep Trouble - Episode 4

Conquest of the Dark Singularity - Chapter 4: Deep Trouble - Episode 4

Hoping to help resolve the situation from within the Dragon Palace, Neruko opens the tamatebako, where she finds a black dragon scale. She is then placed under mind control by the mastermind of this incident, the ancient god Seahamut, who leads her and the rest of the palace residents to the surface to sink all the skies into the ocean. After witnessing this procession, (Captain) makes after them as fast as possible.

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Moments before the crew members on the beach witness that terrifying scene...

The residents of the Dragon Palace are reeling from the shock of discovering that (Captain) is a skydweller.

Kuragi: It was all a sham! (Captain) was deceiving us the whole time!

Miss Kombu: Yes, well... I suppose I can't deny that we weren't told everything.

Kuragi: "Weren't told everything"? What's that supposed to mean?

Mei: Do you not get it? None of us can bring ourselves to believe that (Captain) is really a bad person. I can't at least.

Crabbie: Bu-but... All skydwellers are bad, right?

Frai: Hm? Actually, why do we hate skydwellers so much anyway?

Helgoku: Well, that much is obvious! They... uh... huh?

Turtlestache: None among us will ever forget our hate for the skydwellers... They are a threat to our very existence!

Palace Residents: Kill... the skydwellers...

Neruko: Eep!

Neruko: (This really is weird... Something's wrong with their eyes!)

Neruko: What is this box? And that light...

Suddenly, Neruko remembers the jeweled box.

Neruko: I know! The tamatebako!

Neruko: That box was glowing with the same light that everyone's eyes were!

Neruko: It seemed like whatever's in it is a secret, so I bet that if I open it—

Kuragi: Didn't I tell you to stay away from the shrine?

Neruko: Kuragi!

Kuragi floats in front of Neruko, blocking her path.

Kuragi: You know, ever since we first met, I've always felt a real, primordial disgust for you.

Neruko: ...!

Kuragi: Your bizarre cuteness, how round you are—I just instinctually don't like any of it. It makes me sick.

Kuragi: And hey, I'm not proud of feeling that way, you know? But I do, and I'm sure everyone else does too. They're just too nice to say it.

Neruko: ...

Kuragi: Come on, let's go back. I'm just a little irritable right now, I don't want to drive you out or—

Neruko: You're just as weird as anyone else!

Kuragi: Wha!

Surprised by Neruko's sudden shout, Kuragi unthinkingly floats a step back.

Neruko: Why are your tentacles wood! Why is a tree even growing in the ocean!

Neruko: The others are the same! The bonito and god albacore and demonbream and the ones with strange patterns... They're all as weird as anyone else!

Kuragi: Wha... What are you even talking about?

Neruko: Everyone's as weird as anyone else, and that's fine!

Neruko: But when you guys talk about skydwellers, you start acting weird-weird!

Kuragi: Seriously, what are you talking about! Whatever, just come with me and—

Neruko: Thunnus Blitz!

Kuragi: Gah!

Despite her size, Neruko manages to knock Kuragi out cold with one blow.

Neruko: I know for sure that (Captain) is trying to solve this from outside the palace!

Neruko: So I need to do what I can to help everyone too... And that's opening this box!

Neruko pushes open the ancient tamatebako with her head.

Suddenly, she feels something ominous pulse out from the box and across the ocean.

Neruko: Glub... What was that? It sent a chill down my dorsal fin...

Neruko: Right! More importantly, what's in this box?

Meanwhile, (Captain) is hearing about what's happened on the beach from the two familiars as they search for the palace.

Octosuke: So yeah, most of the strange things that have been happening here on Auguste seem to have been caused by the Dragon Palace.

Leverrier: Specifically, it seems to be quite often involved with changes to the ocean and the creatures that live in it. That's why we were ordered by Leviathan to keep a close eye on it.

1. You were?

Choose: You were?

Leverrier: Yes. Leviathan rules all of the primal beasts of the ocean. Auguste's waters are almost entirely part of Leviathan's body after all.

Octosuke: Lyria's copy of Leviathan allowed us to detect what happened to you on the beach right away.

Leverrier: Be precise, Octosuke. Our masters were the ones who detected it. We were merely informed later.

Octosuke: Don't split hairs. How has spending so much time with Miss Neptune not taught you to be more easygoing?

Leverrier: Spending time with Lady Neptune has taught me that I, at least, must strive to be diligent.

Octosuke and Leverrier smile at each other, but their expressions quickly become downcast.

Octosuke: Unfortunately, we can't get in touch even with our beloved bosses right now.

Leverrier: Something must have happened on the beach while they were investigating.

1. What do you think the enemy's after?

Choose: What do you think the enemy's after?

Octosuke: I can feel it in my suckers. The enemy's goal is to conquer all the—

Octosuke is suddenly interrupted by an ominous wave that pulses across the ocean.

Leverrier: What was that? It made me shiver from head to tail...

1. Was that... Bahamut?

Choose: Was that... Bahamut?

Upon seeing what was in the box, Neruko's eyes go wide with shock.

Neruko: A scale... A scale from a black dragon?

Neruko: What?

Enormous Figure: So you've reached the primeval shine... However, you're too late.

Neruko: Ahh... Ahh...

Enormous Figure: It's time for conquest, my singularity of the sea...

Leverrier: ...!
The barrier around the Dragon Palace has fallen!

Octosuke: They dropped it themselves, I imagine. Guess that means they're ready to go out and paint the town red.

Suddenly, something that looks like a giant dragon appears before the trio above the now perceivable Dragon Palace.

Enormous Figure: ...

Octosuke: Well ain't that quite the beastie.

(Captain) notices an open, wooden box floating near the giant figure.

Octosuke: Good eye! Considering what's happening, that must be the tamatebako from that fairy tale!

Leverrier: No! Do you mean to say that monster is the legendary Seahamut?

Seahamut: Auguste will only be the beginning. All the skies will soon be submerged in my ocean.

Palace Residents: ...

1. Everyone!

Choose: Everyone!

Octosuke: Looks like they're under some sort of mind control. This is one nasty god we're dealing with here.

Seahamut: The proper place for islands is in the ocean. I shall be the ruler of these skies!

Seahamut makes for the surface with the residents of the Dragon Palace in tow.

(Captain) manages to spot Neruko among their ranks.

1. Neruko!

Choose: Neruko!

Ignoring the captain's call, Neruko silently follows the others to the surface.

Octosuke: This isn't good. The sea level's rising. That joker actually plans to drown the sky...

Leverrier: They're headed toward your friends on Venera Beach!

1. Let's go!

Choose: Let's go!

Seahamut has suddenly appeared and declared that he will sink the skies into his ocean.

In order to face this threat, (Captain) and the two familiars swim after the giant figure with all of their might.