Scenario:Dancing Avengers: Flames of the Heart - Chapter 6: The Brazen Blooms - Episode 4

Dancing Avengers: Flames of the Heart - Chapter 6: The Brazen Blooms - Episode 4

Aliza teams up with (Captain) and the others to fight the primal beast. Fazal realizes that what is necessary to defeat the beast is love. Through Attiyah, Tabina, Stan, and Aliza's expressions of love, the beast has its barrier broken and is defeated by the crew.

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Primal Beast: Groaaar!

Aliza: ...

Fazal the Sage: Hooo? What's the matter, Aliza?

Aliza: I feel like I'm about to... reach some sort of epiphany.

Aliza: What kind of martial arts was that anyway? It wasn't like the art without a name back at the temple.

Fazal the Sage: The martial arts I use are the same as your phoenix techniques. They're something adapted from mastering the art without a name.

Aliza: Tell me, Mr. Ghost. How can I master a technique and adapt it?

Fazal the Sage: Hm... First, you must discipline your mind—that's where you lack. Temper your mind into one that is strong and unwavering.

Fazal the Sage: In the midst of a raging sandstorm, find the path you must walk and don't stray from it. That is the state of selflessness.

Aliza: (At first, I just liked moving my body. That was all there was to it.)

Aliza: But now...

Aliza looks at Attiyah and Tabina, thinking back to how hard they worked to get their feelings across to Wahid.

Aliza: (My feelings might not be as strong compared to those two. But... I want to become stronger!)

Aliza: (I want the strength to keep on fighting with everyone, no matter what calamities we're faced with. I want the strength to protect the weak!)

Aliza: (And more than anything else, I want to spar with Stan and see how strong he's gotten from his journey, just like we promised.)

Aliza: That... is what I live for!

Fazal the Sage: Hoohoohoo! Aliza, that's all you need.

Fazal the Sage: If you can be true to yourself, that in itself is a form of strength.

Aliza: Fazal...

Fazal the Sage: The answer is in the everyday. To attain the state of selflessness, all you need to do is try!

Fazal the Sage: It is very unfortunate that I cannot battle the sacred object while I'm away from the mountain.

Fazal the Sage: Aliza, I shall devote my entirety to your aid. Now, go at it with all that you've got!

Aliza: Okay! Well... here I go!

With her mind made up, Aliza charges toward the primal beast before the rest of the crew and unleashes an attack on it.

Aliza: Raaah!

Fazal the Sage: Best not to provoke it too much, since we don't know what kind of attack it can do yet.

Fazal the Sage: Push unnecessary thoughts out of your head and focus. You must sharpen your mind... like a knife!

Aliza: Got it!

Aliza: Hi-yah! Hah!

Aliza: Eeee-yah!

Aliza follows what Fazal had taught her. Alternating between attacking and moving back, she unleashes a number of different kicks on the primal beast.

Stan: You're doing great, Aliza! I better get my game on too.

Stan: I'll show you how much I've grown from my training!

Stan: Hraaah!

Stan leaps up high into the sky and brings his sword down on the beast's head with all his might.

But something is amiss.

Stan: What was that?

Aliza: You felt it too, right?

Stan: Yeah. It felt like I hit a soft barrier and bounced back...

Fazal the Sage: Hm, you're right. It looks to me as if attacks are deflected just before they hit the beast's body.

Fazal the Sage: Now, what shall we do about that...

Primal Beast: Grr... Groaaar!

Lyria: Watch out, everyone!

The primal beast lets out a cry and swiftly brings its six arms down on the crew.

Attiyah: We'll just hafta keep holdin' it back 'til we think of a plan!

Tabina: I'll help too!

Together with Attiyah and Tabina, (Captain) makes a slash at the beast.

But like Stan and Aliza's attacks, (Captain)'s strike appears to have no effect.

Attiyah: All right, how should we go 'bout this...

Tabina: Daddy, did the head monk ever tell you anything about the primal beast?

Wahid: I've only heard that the primal beast will stop its rampage when all the hatred it has absorbed up until now disappears.

Tabina: I guess that's not much help for us now...

Primal Beast: Grrr... Groaaar!

The primal beast takes advantage of this moment and catches Tabina off guard, swinging its sword down on her.

Tabina: ...!

Attiyah: Tabina! Look out!

Tabina: I'm sorry I—Attiyah! You're bleeding!

Attiyah: It's nothin'. Just a scratch.

Primal Beast: Grrr...

Fazal the Sage: Hoohoooo?

Though it happened only for a split second, it doesn't escape the sage.

In the moment that Attiyah moved to protect Tabina, the primal beast's face had distorted slightly.

Fazal the Sage: Aliza! Maybe... Just maybe...

Aliza: Maybe what?

Fazal the Sage: The role of the primal beast is to protect the peace of the island by absorbing the hatred of its people.

Fazal the Sage: Upon absorbing Wahid's hatred, it reached its limit and went on a rampage.

Fazal the Sage: That means in order to appease the primal beast... there is only one thing to do!

Fazal the Sage: Think carefully about why they say the truth lies just beyond the state of selflessness...

Fazal the Sage: It is something that can be attained only by those who go past their limits—a space into which only few can enter.

Fazal the Sage: However, this can be taken in yet another way. It is also a state in which your imprisoned self is released, one that yields neither affliction nor evil thoughts.

Fazal the Sage: In other words, it is enlightenment. An enlightenment where one goes beyond the world of temptation and attains the truth!

Aliza: Hang on a second, Fazal. I have absolutely no idea what you're going on about!

Aliza: Can't you phrase it in a way that we can understand?

Fazal the Sage: In other words! The truth is love!

Fazal the Sage: And love is the truuuth!

Aliza: Huh?

Seeing Aliza frozen with a serious look on her face, Stan runs over to her.

Stan: Hey! What're you doing, zoning out like that in the middle of a fight...

Aliza: Love is the truth...

Stan: What?

Aliza: Hey, everyone! Fazal says the truth is love... and that love is the truth!

Aliza: He says that might be how we can deal damage to the primal beast!

1. Got it!
2. What do you mean?

Choose: Got it!

Vyrn: Wait, you sure you get it? That was all gibberish to me...

Vyrn: What exactly does that mean, (Captain)?

(Captain) falters and looks to Aliza for an explanation.

Vyrn: What the heck! You were just going with the flow, weren't ya!

Go to "Continue 1"

Choose: What do you mean?

(Captain) asks Aliza for further explanation, but to no avail.

Continue 1

The crew remains confused at Fazal's words on love and truth.

Attiyah and Tabina, however, are able to grasp the meaning of the words immediately.

Attiyah: Ahaha! So that's how it is!

Attiyah: No matter the pain or resentment, there is only one thing that can take it all in...

Attiyah & Tabina: And that is love!

Attiyah: Blessed with this happiness
We have but one path to follow

Tabina: Together, our lives shine
Like the stars in the sky

Attiyah & Tabina: Saeada, we sing

Massir, we sing

Dreaming of what the sky may bring

Attiyah: Our breaths are in sync
As we swing our hips!

Tabina: Merrily, passionately
We move to a heavenly rhythm

Attiyah: O primal beast, hear our song!
Feel our love in your beastly heart!

Tabina: Attiyah! Let not your eyes stray!
Turn your gaze upon me, and only me...

Attiyah: Ahaha!

Tabina: Hehehe!

Attiyah and Tabina put their exuberant love on full display in front of the primal beast.

As Fazal had predicted, the primal beast whines faintly and its barrier begins to flicker.

Primal Beast: Grr.... rrrr....

Vyrn: Whoa, it's actually working!

Lyria: Attiyah! Tabina! Keep it up!

Attiyah: You got it!

Attiyah: All right... let's really give it to that beast!

Tabina: Stan! Aliza! Follow what we do, okay?

Stan: Huh?

Aliza: W-what do you mean follow?

Attiyah: There's absolutely nothin' to be ashamed of! Love is the truth—an everlasting and undying truth.

Tabina: Come! Let us sing songs of praise in the name of love!

Seeing their hesitation, Attiyah and Tabina take Stan and Aliza by the hand.

Attiyah: Now, Stan!
You must profess your feelings!

Tabina: Come, take courage!
Aliza, you must join hands!

Attiyah & Tabina: Feel your body tremble...
And declare your love in the face of the beast!

Tabina: Through a tempest of emotions,
What awaits you at the center is the truth.

Attiyah: At the root of all resentment is love.
The blade you raise...

Tabina: The blade of revenge...

Attiyah & Tabina: You must sheath it with love.

Aliza: Just wait a second! What's the deal here?

Stan: Relax, Aliza. Just don't think.

Aliza: What!

Stan: I-I know the timing's not that great and stuff...

Attiyah: No way. This is the perfect chance!

Tabina: Dear friend, surely happiness awaits you. You must be brave! Come!

Stan: Aliza... You know, I, um... I-I love y—

Aliza: Ahhh! I-I know what you want to say, okay! Ugh, this is so embarassing...

Covering Stan's mouth with both hands, Aliza turns to Attiyah and Tabina.

Aliza: Fine, I get it! I just have to do it too, right?

Tabina: Look at you, blushing like that... How adorable.

Attiyah: Well, let's get singin' then! Follow along with us!

Stan: Aliza!

Aliza: Yeah!

Stan and Aliza are engulfed by the warm and joyful atmosphere emitting from Attiyah and Tabina.

They toss away their embarassment and begin to let out the feelings that had been locked up deep inside their hearts.

Attiyah & Tabina: Love is the truth!

Aliza & Stan: And the truth is love!

Aliza: Our feelings must be free
For there to be meaning

Stan: We must be true to ourselves
So we can be true to one another

The Four: Your smile
Brightens my every day

The Four: You are the light
Light of my world!

The Four: You are the light
Light of my world!

The Four: This is my song
I love you!

Primal Beast: Groaaar! Grr... rrr...

As a manifestation of evil thoughts, the primal beast cannot but cower at their song and dance that is so full of love.

The joyful aura emitting from Attiyah and the others destroys the barrier and obstructs the beast's movements.

Vyrn: (Captain)! Now's your chance!

Fazal the Sage: Aliza! Take those fierce emotions and use them against the beast!

Aliza: In emptiness, even the fiercest of flames can be put out—thus what controls ferocity is the state of selflessness!

Aliza: All the things that Fazal has passed on to me... I'll keep them close to my heart as I fight!

(Captain) takes this chance that Attiyah and the others created for them and brings the blade down on the primal beast.