Scenario:Geisenborger - Death Eluded

Death Eluded

Geisenborger reflects on a past memory. He was once betrayed by allies and left stranded in the desert. Though ready to meet his demise in the barren wasteland, he miraculously mustered enough strength to push his broken-and-battered body all the way to the capital.

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Geisenborger calmly watches the battle from a nearby hill.

Although the ebb and flow of the front lines give the impression of a stalemate, it appears the conclusion is drawing near.

The bloodred stone hanging around his neck pulses violently, as if in joy.

Geisenborger: Heh heh, this makes you happy, does it? Indeed, looking over this battlefield reminds me of when we first met each other.

Geisenborger: I won't soon forget that horrific quagmire...

I'd enlisted in a certain country's army for a war in the desert.

I acted alone to push things in our favor, going behind enemy lines to assassinate an enemy general.

But doing so engendered resentment, and I eventually found myself abandoned by my allies in the middle of the desert.

I had no supplies, no water, and was grievously wounded from an earlier battle.

Geisenborger: Rgh... This may be the end...

I laid down among the remains of my enemies and waited quietly for death.

Then I gazed up at the night sky.

I was able to smell the dry air of the desert and take in all of that heavenly glory above.

Geisenborger: What better pyre could there be for my send-off to the great beyond...

Extending my hand, I felt almost as if I could reach the stars. It was at that moment I noticed a star that radiated more brilliantly than any other.

I was a man who held no faith in a higher power—who had lived his life through brute force alone. But now I found myself in tearful prayer.

Geisenborger: Stars, blazing across the heavens... Listen to my ode to thee... See me returned gloriously to my kingdom...

I repeated this verse countless times. Overwhelmed by fatigue, I eventually fell into a deep slumber.

As I did so, I heard what sounded like the voice of the stars faintly calling out to me.

???: Thy prayer... will not go unanswered...

Geisenborger: Three days later, I walked out of that scorching desert and returned safely to the capital.

Geisenborger: Strangely, not a single drop of sweat could be found on my body.

Geisenborger: My skin was burnt. My innards were failing. My arms and legs were supported by bones half-shattered.

Geisenborger: By all accounts, I should have been dead.

Geisenborger: Heh heh, I never imagined I'd make it back alive.

Geisenborger: The so-called allies who abandoned me listened to my story with faces cold and pallid with fear. They asked me if I was in pain.

Geisenborger: Heh heh, not in the slightest, I answered. That was no exaggeration. As a matter of fact... I couldn't feel anything.