Scenario:Fraux - Devilish Claws

Devilish Claws

Fraux snatches the card away from the party, and the primal beast The Devil is revived. While still coming to grips with the idea that they must contend against Fraux and The Devil simultaneously, (Captain) and company witness The Devil suddenly claw apart Fraux. He then turns on the stunned party.

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The crew has learned the horrible truth. Their battles were all in service of the primal beast's plans.

Fraux now stands before them, her overwhelming power unleashed at last.

Vyrn: This is bad, guys! What should we do?

Lyria: Do we have no choice but to fight?

Vyrn: If we don't do anything, who knows what could happen?

Fraux: Ah, that's right!

Vyrn: What's right?

Fraux: That.

Fraux points at the card in (Captain)'s hand.

Fraux: I'll be taking that back now.

Lyria: Ah!

With a playful air, Fraux bounds over and retrieves the card from (Captain), who seems frozen in place.

Fraux: I asked for your help to revive the primal beast locked in this card as well.

Lyria: Does that mean the primal beast is... is going to...

Fraux: That's right. It's time.

At the very instant Fraux's finger makes contact with the card...

Vyrn: Whoa!

Primal Beast: The moment of my revival is at hand.

Lyria: The primal beast... Is it an Arcarum?

Primal Beast: I shall fill the world with chaos and discord.

Vyrn: Dealing with Fraux seemed impossible enough, and now we have to deal with an Arcarum primal beast on top of that?

Fraux: Now, then.

Fraux: Nghh!

Fraux is battered repeatedly by the primal beast's claws. She stops moving.

Lyria: Aaah!

Vyrn: Why did that thing attack her? What's going on?

Primal Beast: I bestow upon you a destiny of annihilation!

Lyria: It's coming for us!

Vyrn: No turning back now! Looks like we'll just have to fight!

Devilish Claws: Scene 2

Though Fraux seemed to be a lost cause after being clawed apart by The Devil, she regains consciousness while the party looks on. (Captain) and the others tell Fraux that since The Devil has been defeated, there is no need to fight anymore. Fraux expresses her desire to see the world destroyed and vanishes without ever reaching an understanding with the party.

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Primal Beast: You fight back against temptation?

Vyrn: Did we do it?

Lyria: Yes! I can sense its power ebbing away!

Vyrn: Whew! I was worried about how that was gonna play out!

Lyria: L-look at Fraux!

The crew rushes over to Fraux's battered body.

Vyrn: This is horrible. There's nothing we can do...

Fraux: Rgh...

Lyria: Wait! She's alive!

Fraux slowly opens her eyes.

Fraux: (Captain)? And... the rest of you are here, too? Why?

Lyria: Oh, thank goodness you're all right, Fraux!

Vyrn: That's a relief! I thought you were a goner!

Fraux: Huh... So I couldn't even die...

Vyrn: What're you saying, Fraux? We're glad you're alive!

Fraux: What's wrong with you? Why do you worry about me? You're only giving me a chance to hurt you!

Lyria: That's not true!

Vyrn: We already beat the primal beast. What reason do we have to fight?

Fraux: That's honestly how you see this?

Fraux: I was completely willing to see the world destroyed. I wanted that. That was all me.

Lyria: Wait, really? Why would you want such a thing?

Fraux: I wanted to eliminate myself along with those who had done me harm. Nothing wrong with that, is there?

Fraux: This world did nothing but wound me with hatred, neglect, hostility, jealousy, greed...

Fraux: There was nothing left in this world for me to cling to. So I answered the primal beast's call.

(Captain) grows silent listening to Fraux's flat and emotionless words.

Fraux: The demon in the card told me there'd be nothing in the new world to do me harm.

Fraux: Probably just meaningless promises to earn my trust. But I didn't care.

Fraux slowly stands up while clasping a hand over the wounds she received from the Arcarum.

Fraux: You have the power of that primal beast now, don't you, Lyria?

Lyria: Yes.

Fraux: It deceives people. Tempts them with what they want to hear.

Fraux: Fight back against that temptation.

With the same smile she always wears, Fraux turns her back to the party.

Lyria: You're leaving, Fraux?

Fraux: How can I not? We can never understand each other.

Fraux: So long.

Vyrn: H-hey!

Fraux leaves without so much as turning around. (Captain) and the crew can think of nothing to say.

Lyria: Fraux...

Driven mad by the temptation of a primal beast with promises of a new world, Fraux found her life thrown into disarray.

Her radiant light and beauty should have been a blessing but have only cursed her.

A curse that led her to a doomed pact with an Arcarum primal beast.

They sought each other's help. And now their long, strange journey has come quietly to an end.

???: The new world will be created. A new vessel will be found. Our time will come.

???: We are the Arcarum. We wait for the promised time, undaunted.