Scenario:Fraux - Ambition Revealed
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Ambition Revealed
Postbattle, the party returns to waking life and listens to how a group of primal beasts are collecting data to create a new world and possibly destroy this one. Fraux says that in order to obstruct the beasts' plans, she created the unusual card they found earlier. The party members continue battling the beast to obstruct its simulation.
Vyrn: Oh boy... What was that about?
Lyria: I can't believe that wasn't real. It was super hot, the ground was all shaky... and it smelled awful!
(Captain) and the crew have successfully won the battle within the primal beast's memory, but they still can't quite grasp the situation.
Vyrn: We were all there together, and we all remember it, so it wasn't a dream, right?
Lyria: Yeah, and Fraux was there, too.
Vyrn: Oh, that's right! I bet she knows what's going on! Let's go ask her!
The crew find Fraux waiting for them back at the inn they helped her find earlier.
Fraux: I thought you'd be coming.
Fraux leads the crew to her room.
Vyrn: If you were waiting for us, that means you really were back there, weren't you?
Fraux: Let me properly explain what's going on with the primal beast's memory. But first...
Fraux: Do you have the card, (Captain)?
(Captain) retrieves the card and hands it to Fraux.
Fraux: Thanks.
Fraux: As I explained earlier, a primal beast's memories reside within this card.
Vyrn: Yeah, we heard. That's where we were fighting earlier?
Fraux: Right. You were drawn into a memory thanks to the power of this card...
Fraux: Whose original owner... is me.
Vyrn: Say what? Then the whole reason this happened to us is because of you?
Fraux: Yes. It was all my doing! I'm sorry, but it was absolutely necessary, I assure you.
Lyria: But... why?
Fraux: I'd like you to help me out. The explanation might get a little long, but I'm going to properly cover everything.
Fraux places the card on a table where everyone can see it.
Fraux: I need to tell you about a certain primal beast.
Fraux: That beast trawls through the collective memory, amassing information from the time of the world's creation up to the present.
Vyrn: Trawl the... collective memory? Information? For what?
Fraux: To create a new world.
Fraux: The primal beast is attempting to create a world different from our own as we speak.
Vyrn: Create a new world? I'm not sure I can wrap my head around what's going on now. The scale's too big!
Lyria: What's going to happen if they create a new world? Something bad?
Fraux: I couldn't say. Creating a new world is too massive of an event to know what might happen afterwards.
Fraux: But if you want a worst-case scenario... it might just erase the world we live in.
Lyria: Oh no!
Vyrn: Isn't there anything we can do?
Fraux: Yes. That's why I created this.
Lyria: You made this, Fraux?
Fraux: That's right. It's infused with the residual energy of the primal beast in question.
Fraux: With this you can intervene.
Vyrn: So basically that lets us go inside the memory world we were in earlier and cause a ruckus?
Fraux: More or less.
Vyrn: This is crazy...
Fraux: I'm sorry I wasn't upfront before, but the fate of the entire world is at stake.
Lyria: You said it might get wiped out...
Fraux: That's why I needed to do everything in my power to ascertain whether you were up to the task.
Fraux: Honestly, you exceeded my expectations. So let me ask you again.
Fraux: Will you work with me to put an end to the primal beast's plans?
Vyrn: S-sure! If what you said is true, we can't just sit around and do nothing!
Vyrn: But how did you pick us out for the job in the first place? You just randomly bumped into us!
Fraux: Because I like you, (Captain). Nothing wrong with that, is there?
Choose: Nothing wrong with that.
Lyria: What are you saying, (Captain)!
Fraux: Heh heh! You're not just dependable but funny too!
Choose: Something's wrong with that.
Fraux: Oh? I mean, it's not like I can't judge your qualities without knowing you for a long time.
Fraux: Your well-worn, yet carefully maintained equipment tells how experienced you are as an adventurer.
Fraux: Anyone could see that. And I had something else guiding me besides that...
Fraux touches the red stone around her neck and smiles.
Fraux: A woman's intuition, you might say.
Vyrn: This just got weird, (Captain).
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Lyria: Well, anyway! We've got work to do.
Vyrn: Right! Whatever the case, we can't let this beast get away!
Fraux: You're going to help? Wonderful!
Lyria: That's right! We have to do something, right, (Captain)?
Fraux: Thanks so much!
Vyrn: So? What's our first order of business?
Fraux: Take this card. It will transport whoever holds it into the world of memory.
Fraux: From there, all you have to do is participate in the War.
Vyrn: So we just have to keep fighting like we did back in the last battle?
Fraux: Correct. With your skill I'm sure you'll be able to—
???: Aarrgh!
Fraux: That came from the restaurant downstairs.
Lyria: Let's take a look, (Captain)!
Boy: Aaaaah!
Robber: All right, if you value this kid's life, I want all the money in your coffers out here now!
Shopkeep: No! Take me, not my son!
Robber: Shaddup! Now hurry up and do like I said!
Vyrn: This looks bad, all right!
Fraux: Probably a robbery.
Vyrn: You're awfully calm. We have to do something to help that kid, and—
Robber: Hey, what're you idiots blabbering about over there? If you care about the kid, then... Huh?
Fraux: ...
Robber: Yeah, now we're talking... Hey, you!
Fraux: Me?
Robber: Yeah, you! If you're willing to become a hostage, I'll free the kid, no strings attached.
Fraux: Sure.
Lyria: Fraux?
Robber: That's a good girl. Now get over here!
Fraux walks calmly towards the robber, who has an expression of utter insanity on his countenance.
Lyria: W-what should we do, (Captain)?
Vyrn: We just have to hold out and wait for an opening.
Boy: I'm so scared...
Fraux: ...
Robber: Okay, good! Just a little further.
Fraux: Got it...
Robber: Argh!
Boy: Whoa!
Lyria: Huh?
Her moves are too swift for (Captain) and company to catch.
Robber: Ow! Gwaaah!
Fraux: ...
Fraux pulls the child away at an almost imperceptible speed before slamming the robber into the floor and holding him there.
Fraux: ...
Fraux's expression remains hidden beneath the cowl.
Robber: Agh! S-stop! Stop! Aaaagh!
Fraux twists the robber's arm, digging a heel into his back as he screams.
Robber: Rrgghrraaaaah!
Vyrn: H-hold on, that's overdoing it!
Lyria: Fraux!
Fraux: Hm.
Fraux: Whew...
Fraux looks up at Lyria before loosening her grip on the robber.
Robber: Ngh...
Lyria: Um...
Fraux buries her gaze in the floor and just listens to (Captain) and the others breathe a sigh of relief.
Fraux: You're all... too kind.
The robber is handed over to the local patrol, and the situation ends peacefully.
Lyria: A lot sure has happened in the past couple of hours.
Vyrn: Right? I sure am beat!
The crew leaves Fraux and begins heading back to the Grandcypher.
Vyrn: Can you believe the grip on Fraux, though? What does she need our help for if she can do all that?
Lyria: We're going up against a primal beast. She probably can't handle it alone.
Vyrn: I guess you're right. And, I mean, if she says the world might get erased, we gotta do something, right?
Lyria: Right! Let's get ready for our next battle inside the primal beast's memory!
The crew prepares itself to defend the world from the sky-shattering ambitions of the primal beast.
(Captain) looks down at the card from Fraux.
Whatever lies ahead, the card—as dark and obscure as ever—betrays none of its secrets.