Scenario:Eso - A Giant in Search of Courage
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A Giant in Search of Courage
Stumbling through the darkness of a cave, (Captain) and company bump into a scared stranger. The stranger introduces himself as Eso and explains that he is on a quest to prove his bravery. To help him find the stone he is searching for, (Captain) offers him a place in the crew.
(Captain) and crew find themselves in a dank, dark cave, struggling to go deeper when they can barely see the tips of their own noses.
Lyria: Waaah... Katalina, (Captain), it's so dark...
Katalina: It's okay, Lyria. This is just a musty old cave. No ghosts, no—
Right at that moment, a large, shadowy figure appears before the crew and blocks their path.
Katalina: Eek!
Lyria: Eep!
???: Aaaagh!
???: S-stay awaaay! Don't come any closer!
Katalina: H-hold on! Are you... a person?
Vyrn: Hey, big guy! Simmer down! You're actin' like we're about to eat you or something!
???: W-who... are you?
Vyrn: The name's Vyrn! This here's (Captain)! We're a crew lookin' for primal crystals!
Vyrn: What about you? What brings you to a spooky cave like this?
Eso: I'm lost... And I've been lost for a few days.
Katalina: What? In a monster-infested cave? And you're still in one piece?
Eso: Monsters don't scare me. What does is... Um...
Katalina: Yes?
Lyria: You wouldn't happen to be afraid of the dark... would you?
Eso: I'm not afraid of the dark! I just... don't like it much.
Vyrn: Whatever you say. You still haven't explained why you're here though, Mr. I-Don't-Like-The-Dark.
Eso: W-well, actually...
The young man named Eso explains why he's lumbering around in the darkness by himself.
Raised in a remote village, Eso is incredibly brave in the face of monsters and beasts, but terrified in the face of high places and darkness.
All his friends laughed at him for that, but now he intends to show them what he's really made of. With that goal, he's come to this cave in search of a stone described in village legends.
Eso: The legends say that a god sleeps within a special stone. I'm going to find that stone, and then I'm going to show it to those guys from the village.
Eso: That should prove I'm not some coward.
Lyria: Hmm... A stone with a sleeping god in it? That sounds like...
Vyrn: A primal crystal! Probably, anyway.
Vyrn: Hey, big guy! Do you think you can tell us some more about this stone? Where is it in this cave?
Eso: No clue. All I know is that it's a stone and a god sleeps in it.
Vyrn: Say what! You're tellin' me you don't know where it is, but you're lookin' for it?
Eso: That's right. It must be soft and warm, though. I mean, a god lives in it.
Eso: So I've been moving toward the warmer parts of the cave. That will lead me to it. I'm sure of it.
Vyrn: That's all you're goin' on? Just your instincts?
Katalina: What incredible perseverance...
Eso: Incredible? You think I'm incredible?
Katalina: What? No, that's not...
Lyria: You are incredible! You're facing your fears to find a primal crystal!
Lyria: That's super brave of you, Eso! I wish I could be like you!
Eso: R-really? No one's ever told me that before. It's nice to hear...
Eso: Wait, that's right. I'm a brave warrior, and I need to find that stone.
Eso: This search has been hard though. No one's seen it before. Maybe it's really deep inside.
Eso: But you made a good point. I don't have any hints to go on. What if I can't find it?
Lyria: U-um! Why don't we look for it together?
Lyria: We actually might be searching for the same thing.
Lyria: It'll go much faster if we do it together, right, (Captain)?
Choose: I'd feel better if Eso came with us.
Eso: You would?
Eso: Then you can count on me. I've never lost an arm wrestling match.
Eso: I'll come with you!
Choose: The dark's not scary if we're together.
Eso: I'm not afraid of the dark! I just don't like it much!
Eso: But working with you doesn't sound bad at all. I want to go with you!
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Lyria: Hooray! Then let's keep—
Eso: Eep!
Katalina: Erm... Why don't you come out? There's nothing to be scared of.
Eso: I... I'm not scared!
Eso—the giant warrior with a delicate heart—has joined the crew.
He'll surely demonstrate his fearsome might to the crew... after they leave the cave, that is.