Scenario:Estarriola - Unwaking Nightmare

Unwaking Nightmare

Estarriola is able to come and go freely from the battlefield and promises to help the crew leave, but only if they participate in battles and win. According to Estarriola, every victory will set back the primal beast's plan. The crew isn't enthusiastic, but all they can do is believe the old man's words.

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Vyrn: Bleh. This is a big bust. It's a war zone everywhere we go.

Lyria: I knew it was a long shot, but the Grandcypher isn't here either.

Vyrn: Look, I didn't want to believe it, but I think Old Man Snoozy's telling the truth.

(Captain) looks at the card received from Estarriola with curiosity.

The front is faded, hiding whatever may or may not be written on it.

Lyria: There's something I don't like about that card, (Captain). It's scary...

Vyrn: Yeah, I don't like it either. It started glowing, and then we ended up here, right?

Vyrn: But when you get down to it, the old-timer was the one who gave (Captain) the card!

Lyria: Let's stop looking for an exit and go back to the old man, (Captain).

Estarriola: Hum, hum... Finally decided to believe me and accept my request, didja?

Vyrn: We've figured you out, Old Man Snoozy!

Vyrn: You make it sound like we got rolled into this by accident, but this is all your doing!

Estarriola: Hum-mum... Snore...

Vyrn: Quit the sleeping act! Try all you want, but you can't fool us!

Estarriola: Hum-mum... Secret's out, eh?

Lyria: Please, Estarriola. Let us leave this place.

Lyria: You must know a way out since you're always coming and going, right?

Estarriola: True enough, I can move as I please. But it's only possible for a worthy pactbearer such as myself.

Estarriola: You folks, who have yet to swear a pact with the primal beast, shall not pass.

Lyria: Oh no... Then we're trapped here... Why are you doing such a horrible thing...

Estarriola: Forgive me. But it seemed unlikely you would accept my request had I not...

Estarriola: Rest assured. Accomplish my newest task, and you shall surely be whisked away.

Lyria: Is that the truth? If we do what you want, we can go home?

Estarriola: I swear 'pon the heavens—I promise to get you out of here, even if it costs me my life.

Estarriola is uncharacteristically focused and serious, compelling the crew to listen to his favor.

He gathers his breath and chooses his words carefully.

Estarriola: What I ask for is extraordinarily simple. I want you to go outside and join the fight as you are accustomed to.

Lyria: Oh. We just have to join the fight?

Estarriola: The primal beast's calculations are always perfect. However, anything outside of those parameters becomes corruption.

Estarriola: As that corruption unwittingly leaks into her calculations, all expectations will fall into chaos.

Vyrn: Uh, so basically... Since we're outsiders, the more (Captain) does stuff, the better?

Estarriola: Indeed it is. Fight. Win. She will suffer with each victory.

Estarriola: After her formulations end in failure, ambition to create a new world will collapse.

Estarriola: That is your only option for fleeing this world.

The crew accepts Estarriola's request and once again heads for the battlefield.

Vyrn: Do I have to say this? Are we really going along with Old Man Snoozy's plan?

Vyrn: I know we already said yes, but why does he have to keep sleeping while talking to us?

Lyria: It's not just when he talks either. He eats and studies like that too. I think he can do everything asleep.

Lyria: And there's something else that scares me. His skin is ice-cold...

Vyrn: What! Doesn't that mean he's—

Lyria: Eeeek! I don't want to hear it!

The three grow more and more suspicious of Estarriola, but all they can do is take him at his word.

They must believe him and fight in order to escape this mysterious world within a primal beast's memory.