Scenario:Enyo - Trampler's Aspirations
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Trampler's Aspirations
In the middle of a request to exterminate monsters near a village, (Captain) and friends survey the monster horde from afar and grow nervous at the sheer number of foes. Enyo confidently informs them that she and Athena have faced hordes twice as large, though she would prefer letting the monsters have their way with the village. Blithe to the crew's horrified reaction, she nevertheless gleefully rushes in to trample the monsters.
Some time has passed since Enyo's questionable entry into the Grandcypher crew.
(Captain), Lyria, Vyrn, Athena, and Enyo stand atop a small hillock, surveying a sprawling horde of monsters. They've been charged with eradicating the pack.
Lyria: Wait, those are all monsters?
Vyrn: We knew there would be a lot, but this is ridiculous!
Tension rises as the crew prepares to face the droves.
Athena: Judging from their pace, it's only a matter of time before the monsters reach the village.
Athena: There's no way they possess sufficient fortification for these numbers.
Vyrn: Great, now we have to speed run a monster extermination...
Lyria: Oooh... I feel my knees shaking...
Athena: It will be all right. (Captain) and I are here to protect you.
Athena: And, for what it's worth, Enyo is here as well.
Enyo: Hehe.
Vyrn: Somehow that doesn't make me feel better...
Vyrn: What if she turns around and stabs one of us while we're trying to herd those monsters?
Athena: I won't let—
Enyo: Hehe. Don't worry. This isn't the time for that.
Enyo: Reap the harvest too soon, and you spoil your crop.
Lyria: Um... I guess we'll be okay then.
Vyrn: We've got no choice but to trust her. We need her powers to shave these numbers down.
Lyria: You're right. Without her help, we won't be able to stop the monsters before they reach the village.
Enyo: Ah, I'm more fond of letting the monsters have their way with the village.
Enyo: Then I could watch the aftermath, to see the fear and terror of the villagers as they realize help was too late.
Vyrn: Hey! Are you with us or against us!
Enyo: What? You don't adore watching the weak endure agony?
Enyo: It's so thrilling to watch them cling to their meaningless lives.
Enyo: The screams, the tears... Just thinking about it puts a smile on my face.
Enyo: Oh, but my favorite part is when they start using each other as bait.
Enyo: The despair and anger of the sacrificed... The regret and relief of the unscathed... Oh, how I love the spectacle.
Enyo: Though, such carnage is often predictable, and it usually ends up boring me by the end.
Lyria: That's horrible... You shouldn't take joy in violence! It's sad when people get hurt!
Athena: Enyo, you are the only one who revels in pain.
Enyo: Ah, what a shame.
Enyo: I had hoped sharing the joy of destruction would liven up this journey.
Enyo: But, try as I might, I see you won't be convinced.
Enyo: Then again, nor was I—not until I fully accepted my nature as a primal beast anyway.
Athena: And how did you feel before understanding yourself?
Enyo: Almost the same as you lot.
Enyo: Rather than inflicting suffering and pain, I thought happiness and gratitude more worthy pursuits.
Vyrn: You did a complete one-eighty, huh? Do all primal beasts completely change personalities like that or what?
Athena: ...
Enyo: Hah. Oh, Athena. Wondering how you'll turn out after you understand your role?
Athena: ...
Enyo: Don't trouble yourself too much.
Enyo: You should be focusing on exterminating this swarm.
Enyo looks down at the hordes; her unnerving grin shifts to a sadistic smile.
Enyo: It's going to be magnificent to trample all those insignificant lives.
Enyo: Ahh, I can hardly wait to watch them suffer!
Vyrn: Yeesh, someone's raring to go. And just how are you going to fight all of 'em, hm?
Enyo: We have two secret weapons: Athena and myself. Such riffraff shouldn't be a problem.
Enyo: In fact, the pair of us have taken out twice as many before.
Vyrn: Double this number? That's insane!
Athena: It's the truth. But, Enyo, with your powers as they are now...
Enyo: Fret not. I know I don't compare to my former glory...
Enyo: But I assure you I'm stronger than a bunch of mindless beasts.
Enyo: Now, shall we get to the main event already? I hunger...
Sadistic smile still plastered on Enyo's face, she makes a mad dash for the monsters.
Vyrn: Gah! Wait! Don't attack them alone!
Athena: She never changes...
Lyria and Vyrn stand with mouths agape at Enyo's sudden assault. (Captain) turns to Athena just in time to see the primal's wry smirk.
Choose: Maybe we should leave her to it?
Lyria: Aheh... Doesn't sound like a bad idea, does it?
Vyrn: What's with you guys! We have to catch up—and quick!
Choose: C'mon, we better follow her.
Vyrn: Yep. No way she can handle that many by herself.
Continue 1
With a nod, (Captain) directs the others to enter the fray behind Enyo.
Trampler's Aspirations: Scene 2
Despite her display of impressive strength, Enyo's movements are hampered since she only has access to a fraction of her power. Athena jumps in to protect Enyo just as a monster attacks, explaining that she can't let anything happen to Enyo before learning how the primal changed after accepting her true nature. Enyo repositions herself to fight back-to-back with Athena, claiming that no one else can kill the crew before she does.
Enyo, intent on exterminating the horde of monsters by herself, stands bravely before a flank of beasts.
Enyo: Come, Kydoimos.
Her shadow creeps along the ground, summoning an unexpectedly humble number of companions.
Enyo: This is all I can manage now?
Enyo: (I've lost even more power than I thought.)
Enyo: I hoped to annihilate them with an overwhelming pack of Kydoimos, but these silly limitations...
Enyo: Fine. I'll lay waste to them the old-fashioned way.
Enyo's eyes shine with sadism and glee as she charges for the swarming foes.
Monster: Grrr!
Enyo: Haha. Yes, let me hear your dying screams.
Enyo: Hah... Ahahahaha!
Beast after beast falls to the onslaught made by Enyo and her Kydoimos.
(Captain), Vyrn, and Lyria stand back, scared of their foes but horrified by their ally.
Vyrn: Yeesh, this is her powered down?
Athena: I'm afraid so. This is perhaps only half of her true capability.
Lyria: Really? How did we manage to beat her the first time around?
Athena: Fortune favored us. We won because the palladium returned to me.
Athena: Had it not, we surely would've fallen to her cruelty.
Monster: Grrr!
Vyrn: Eep! Let's save the chitchat for later. We've got monsters on our tail too!
Drawing their weapons, (Captain) and Athena stand ready to face the encroaching beasts.
Enyo: Haha... Ahahahaha! How I've missed this! How I've longed for this!
Enyo: To trample life, to destroy it—nothing makes me feel more alive!
Ecstasy consumes Enyo as she hacks through another wave of monsters.
But despite her unfettered joy, she still feels a hollowness within.
Enyo: (It's not enough...)
Enyo: (To hunt skyfarers again, now that would be truly rewarding.)
Monster: Groooar!
A lone monster takes Enyo's lapse in movement to descend upon her.
However, just before its fangs come into contact with her flesh, a barrier encases her and sends the monster reeling.
Enyo: Protection? That was unexpected.
Enyo: Had those monsters destroyed this vessel, you would be rid of me.
Athena: We still haven't had a chance to properly discuss the past.
Enyo: What's there to discuss? The way I see it, we've nothing left to—
Athena: Enyo. Despite the time we spent together, I still know nothing of you.
Athena: I would like to understand who you were before you met me—before you came to accept your nature as a primal beast.
Athena: What makes you tick? What made you succumb to a lust for brutality?
Enyo: ...
Athena: You once told me that you understood your role as a primal after repeatedly eradicating the Astral's foes.
Athena: But there must have been a pivotal moment? Some sort of turning point that unlocked the darkness?
Athena: If I don't understand your path... Well, I must know what led to your current state.
Athena: So, until the moment I have answers, I won't let you fall.
Enyo: You concern yourself with the most trivial matters.
Enyo: But what will change when you get your answers? Nothing.
Enyo: What's done is done.
Athena: Still, I wish to know.
Enyo: Sigh... Since you've made up your mind.... Fine, have it your way.
Enyo: Though be warned what you hear might cause you to despair and suffer more than now.
Enyo: I promise to tell you everything. But after we've finished our work here.
Athena: Good. I can agree to that.
Enyo: Ah, but one good turn deserves another, so listen well.
Enyo: Athena, you and your companions are mine to trample over.
Enyo: You nor the others are allowed to be felled by other hands.
Enyo: Don't you ever forget that.
Enyo: Until I can kill you all myself, I'll protect you with all that I am.
Having said her piece, Enyo turns her back to Athena.
Enyo: Athena. Trust me with your life. And I shall trust you with mine.
Athena: Very well... Enyo. I'll trust you for now.
Enyo and Athena stand back to back, their spears raised.
The monsters cautiously close in on the pair.
Enyo: (Hehe, this takes me back...)
Monsters: Grrr!
Enyo: There's more than I thought. And they've got us surrounded.
Athena: Enyo, protect my flank. I'll do the same for you.
Enyo: Are you sure? Do you trust me with such an important position?
Enyo: What if I betrayed you and fled?
Enyo: Or, even better, ran you through with my spear?
Athena: Funny joke. You would never do that.
Enyo: Hah. You say that so confidently.
Athena: We've been through thick and thin together.
Athena: You would never betray me. Of this, I am certain.
Athena: Allies... friends do not betray one another.
Enyo: ...
Enyo: Hehe. Well, I can't help how you think of me. But I shall accept the burden of your trust.
Enyo: (I'm a friend, am I? What a fool. She has no idea who I truly hunt.)
Enyo: (But that will make our conclusion all the more interesting.)
Enyo: (Hehe. I wonder what expression she'll wear upon the moment of my betrayal.)
Enyo: (Despair? Sorrow? Simply imagining the possibilities has me jittery.)
Enyo: (No, betrayal and death are not enough...)
Enyo: (First, I will eradicate everything Athena holds dear.)
Enyo: (And, finally, when I deal with her last...)
Enyo: (Hehe. It's going to be the best day of my life.)
Enyo: (Yes, betrayal and death are not enough for you, Athena.)
Enyo: (That's when I realized it. Haha. I can't believe I'd almost forgotten such a fond memory.)
Enyo: (Now that I think about it, Athena has filled my thoughts since that day.)
Enyo: (But this is how it must be.)
Enyo: (After all, I've yet to find a plaything as fun as her.)
Enyo: (Now, just how will I trample over her next?)
Enyo: (It will prove difficult, with (Captain) and the others at her side...)
Enyo: Hehe. Oh, I can't wait...
Athena: Enyo?
Enyo: Ahem, excuse me. Let us execute these monsters with haste.
Enyo: (Captain) and the others are handling more monsters on their end, and it wouldn't do to keep them.
Athena: Agreed.
Athena and Enyo fight as one, spears flashing in a brilliant dance.
After a few moments of this martial display, the pair stand surrounded by the deceased fruits of their labor.
Trampler's Aspirations: Scene 3
Night falls after the monster extermination request is finished. Alone under the night sky, Enyo dreams of the day she will end (Captain), but her delusions are interrupted by Athena's arrival. The two swear to settle matters one day with a duel using all their might. Once Athena leaves, Enyo goes back to staring at the night sky, her expression full of ecstasy as she eagerly imagines the trampling she will do in the future.
After rebuffing the swarm, (Captain) and the others return to the Grandcypher.
Night falls and peace descends on the airship. With the crew fast asleep, Enyo visits the deck alone, savoring the breeze.
Enyo: Hehe, that last mission was quite enjoyable.
Enyo: Disappointing that we were facing mere monsters though...
Enyo reflects on the fight with the monster horde, a wicked grin curling across her lips.
Enyo: I found (Captain) quite charming, however.
Enyo: Unfettered trust, allows barreling toward a dream, flying ever forward...
Enyo: No matter the obstacle, the captain finds strength in the crew and prevails.
Enyo: Never one's allies, holding them dear...
Enyo: Aww, so lovely. I can't wait to eradicate them all...
Enyo: Hehe. I haven't felt this way since Athena.
Enyo: I wonder what (Captain)'s tears will taste like once I've dismembered the crew one by one?
Enyo: When I break the captain's body and mind, what sweet music will they wail?
Enyo: Hehe, I can barely contain myself...
Enyo: And when Athena finds I've destroyed (Captain), her lamentation will be all the sweeter!
Enyo: Joining this crew is the greatest thing that's happened to me!
Enyo: Hah! Oh, I can't wait! For that cruelest and most beautiful of moments!
Athena: It won't come. I'll destroy you before I allow it.
From the darkness behind Enyo, a voice chastises her.
She laughs jovially as she turns to answer her longtime prey.
Enyo: Hehe. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Enyo: To trample the dignity, the very being of those who resist me...
Enyo: What could be more fun? There's no joy to be gained from laying waste to an opponent who doesn't put up a fight.
Enyo: That's why, dear Athena, when we have our final battle, I want you to hold nothing back.
Enyo: Only then would I find satisfaction.
Athena: I intend to fight with all my might.
Athena: Our inevitable duel will settle this prolonged conflict.
Enyo: One would hope.
After I destroy (Captain) and the crew...
After I destroy (Captain) and the crew...
Enyo: When you pick up your shield to hold me back...
Enyo: We will find who's will is stronger; we will conclude everything.
Enyo: And to the winner go the spoils. They may do whatever they like with the loser. Agreed?
Athena: If it must be that way.
Enyo: Hehe. Then the oath is sealed.
Athena: Hmph. Then I'll take my leave.
Athena, austere and calm, turns to leave the deck.
Enyo: Hehe. The entertainment practically invites itself around this crew!
Enyo: Aaah! I can't wait for our duel!
Enyo looks up to the night sky, her placid smile twisting into carnal ecstasy.
She patently ignores the quaint twinkling of the stars, preferring instead to focus on the madness and blackness beyond.