Scenario:Conquest of the Dark Singularity - Chapter 6: An Organic Singularity - Episode 1

Conquest of the Dark Singularity - Chapter 6: An Organic Singularity - Episode 1

The formerly body-swapped crew members rejoin the battle on the beach, where Tunaro has become used to (Captain)'s body, and Hekate declares that the name of their enemy, and the perpetrator of the albacore abduction incident, is Seahamut. She further claims that Turtlestache was Seahamut in disguise. As Tunaro expresses his rage, (Captain) appears and the two finally collide for a second time.

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Back on Venera Beach, the tides of the battle have turned.

Tunaro: Hraaagh!

Miss Kombu: Gwah!

Tunaro: I can feel it, cor! I know how to use this body!

Tunaro begins to fight as adeptly as (Captain) and takes down the palace residents one by one.

Miss Kombu: Mmh... What was I just...

Cupitan: This color... The mind control is coming undone!

Cupitan: Tunaro, can you tell what this kelp fiend is trying to say?

Tunaro: Yeah, it seems like she's pretty confused.

Just as the crew members attempt to communicate with their opponents, Seahamut's voice rumbles out across the sea.

Seahamut: Fight, my soldiers.

Palace Residents: ...!

Vyrn: Whoa! This doesn't look good!

Tunaro: Bring it on, cor!

Ilsa: Cupitan and I will back you up! Give 'em hell!

Despite their efforts to fight off the crowd around Tunaro, the crew find the sea creatures increasingly difficult to keep down.

Ilsa: Tch! Their numerical advantage is really making this difficult!

Salmrick: Mun!

Tunaro: Ghah!

Cupitan: Tunaro! Oh no, at this rate we'll—

The Two: Lohenwolf!
Mind-Blowing Meltdown!

Tunaro: Ragazzo! Percival!

Attacked by flames from two different sources, the sea creatures are forced to back away.

Hekate: Seems we've kept you waiting.

Vyrn: Dream Lady! Why are you in a new swimsuit?

Hekate: Haven't a clue!

As Hekate stares down their adversaries, Vikala notices her crewmates laying on the ground.

Vikala: Kumbhira, Sig!

Vikala: I-I'll take care of you this time!

As Vikala starts treating her crewmates, Hekate, Varuna, and Neptune call out to Seahamut in the distance.

Hekate: Forcing the creatures that you yourself created to serve as weapons is a pretty despicable tactic, ancient god of the sea.

Hekate: Or would you perhaps prefer to be called... "Turtlestache"?

Seahamut: Oh?

Impressed by Hekate's assertion, Seahamut has the palace residents cease their assault for a moment.

Tunaro: Turtlestache? Who's that, cor?

Neptune: Turtlestache is the ruler of the Dragon Palace.

Varuna: And, secretly, the ancient god of the sea, Seahamut.

Seahamut: Surely you have no way of knowing any of that.

Varuna: Don't underestimate us. We couldn't see inside of the Dragon Palace, but we've long had a general idea of what it's like.

Neptune: We've been monitoring you for a while, especially recently with Octosuke and Leverrier's help. Leviathan can sense some of what happens there as well.

Varuna: Now Turtlestache is gone and Seahamut is here in his place... That's what I call circumstantial evidence!

Seahamut: ...

Hekate: On top of that, you're the one behind the albacore abduction, aren't you?

Tunaro: What did you just say, cor!

Hekate: I found the helmsman of a ship that had been nearby when it happened. When I searched his memories, I saw that Turtlestache had been there.

Hekate: That airship they rammed into wasn't actually a ship. It was a net that Seahamut created to capture your school of albacore.

Hekate: He must have made creatures that resemble skydwellers, like the shark people, to crew it and capture your brethren.

Tunaro: What! Then the skydwellers are...

Varuna: Completely innocent, yeah.

Varuna: He made it look like skydwellers were to blame, but Seahamut was the one responsible for the albacore abduction.

Tunaro grips his sword tightly and stares down Seahamut.

Tunaro: You! You took my friends!

Neptune: All of the albacore that we were swapped with were ones from your school.

Hekate: Primal beasts must have a mental structure that's well suited to body swapping.

Hekate: I imagine that he captured and froze them because he knew that they could be used like this one day.

Seahamut nods in admiration as he hears the conversation.

Seahamut: You've investigated well, supernatural being of the skies and servant beasts of the Astrals—though there is more you could have uncovered looking in the right places.

Seahamut: However, that knowledge can do you no good now. These seas are already under my control.

Varuna: Don't be ridiculous! The sea is Leviathan's body!

Seahamut: Leviathan regards me as something to be watched, not interfered with. Such is the nature of that servant beast's origin.

Seahamut: What greater proof can there be of that than the fact that fools such as yourselves were put in charge of stopping me?

Tunaro: Stop running your mouth and get ready for a walloping! You're going to pay for what you did to my school, everyone in the ocean, and this crew too!

Just as Tunaro says this, something appears in the ocean.

Cupitan: ...!
That shadow looks oddly familiar!

The figure reveals itself to be a single albacore, swimming toward the beach at incredible speeds.

Vyrn: Wait a second... Is that albacore (Captain)?

Seahamut: How troublesome... But I won't be letting you collide with Tunaro.

Seahamut swings his mast, sending a massive wave to block (Captain)'s way.

Leverrier: No, I'm afraid you will.

Octosuke: Brought you a present, Miss Varuna!

Seahamut: Gah! Why you lowly servants of servants!

Ilsa: We'll clear the way! Don't let those marine maggots block their path!

Percival: Go, Tunaro!

Tunaro: Cooor!

Tunaro runs as fast as he can toward his body while (Captain) continues approaching at full speed.

And at long last, the two collide head-on with great force.