Scenario:Estarriola - Forbidden Experiment

Forbidden Experiment

Estarriola becomes a hermit in order to avoid the end of the world, learning how to break free of Temperance's control and growing old as many years pass. He eventually discovers that the primal beast's power has essentially given him immortality, for she is gathering an infinite amount of magic in his body.

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Whatever Estarriola is planning, he isn't about to stop his soliloquy.

The primal beast remains indifferent. Paying her no heed, he continues his spiel.

Estarriola: I withdrew from the world to live in seclusion after sensing its end, but I never thought such a life would be spent with you.

Estarriola: Yes, in that little shack 'pon the summit.

Estarriola: I only ever viewed you as a research subject, while you viewed me as a piece of a larger purpose.

In order to escape from the world's destruction, Estarriola had fled into exile on an uninhabited island far, far away.

Through sheer force of will and scholarly magic, he is able to overcome the primal's control.

But by this time, the once young genius has aged considerably.

Estarriola: Hum, hum... It's all well and good that I overcame you, but it took a wee bit too long, I dare say.

Estarriola: Now that we need not fear an outburst of magic, I believe a visit to the royal capital is in order...

Perhaps in recognition of his past transgressions, Estarriola thinks he should see the results of his actions before his life expires.

However, as soon as he lands on the island, that sentiment disappears.

Estarriola: What is the meaning of this? Under no circumstances should this be happening...

Reconstruction and development has led to a new settlement whose prosperity is on a scale far greater than the one that came before it.

Speaking with the locals, he learns that the monarchist dynasty has been replaced, allowing new customs to bloom in its place.

The senior contemplates for some time. He chooses an anchor point to base a conclusion around.

Estarriola: Hum, hum... I see... It appears to be tied to this state of sleep...

Estarriola: My body may have aged, but the capital has aged even more, I think...

Estarriola: You've outdone yourself, Arcarum beast...

Estarriola: What a fool I was. I should have realized the manner of this bizarre slumber sooner.

Estarriola: How am I able to maintain such clarity in my thoughts and actions as if I were awake, though I cannot awaken?

Estarriola: It should have been immediately clear with minimal thought. The disparity between my body and my surroundings points to one certainty.

Primal Beast: ...

Estarriola: Your power tempers time.

Estarriola: Though it's not time itself that stops. You defy the longevity of a living being, terminating the flow of its mortality.

Estarriola: Using this power, you keep me in a state of constant sleep, forever preserving my life.

Primal Beast: Yes.

Estarriola: That's what you choose to reply to? You have other questions to answer.

Primal Beast: ...

Estarriola: A concentration of pure spirit is stimulated within the basic organs keeping me alive.

Estarriola: I call this autonomous tempering.

Estarriola: By implementing this system in me, you can achieve advanced magics that surpass logical reasoning.

Estarriola: Thus the infinity I have attained is not limited to longevity. My vessel fills with magical power...

Estarriola: Heed me. Just how much of this power have you been amassing inside me?

Primal Beast: To answer is to err. Thus I heed you not.