Scenario:Poacher's Day - Chapter 2: Fishermen of Benthic Island - Episode 3

Poacher's Day - Chapter 2: Fishermen of Benthic Island - Episode 3

The crew finally gets to enjoy a taste of the urkin after the successful harvest with Arma. Their enjoyment is short-lived when they hear sounds of poachers attacking the village.

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Carren: We're back!

(Captain) and the others return to the fishing village with a successful haul.

Lyria: Welcome back, Carren! Looks like the harvest went well!

Carren: Hehe! Kept you waiting, huh. We brought back loads of urkins!

Threo: Oooh! Quick! Quick! Gimme a bite!

Vyrn: Hooray! Three cheers and a bite for all of us!

Izmir: So this is the flesh of a sea urkin... What a beautiful gold color...

The crew looks curiously at the body of the sea urkin.

Jessica: ...?
Hey, Ayer, the flesh doesn't feel all that meaty, does it?

Ayer: Yeah, it's more like a clump of urkin eggs. They can only be harvested during this season before the eggs are laid.

Seofon: Well, someone did their homework. Where'd you pick up that little tidbit from?

Ayer: Can't remember—probably from some book.

Lunalu: Hmm... (It's not often I get to see one of these up close! I'll have to make sure to sketch it.)

Siegfried: To be precise what we see here are the reproductive glands of the urkin.

Lyria: Let's start eating!

Siegfried: Heh... Maybe that's too much info...

Izmir: Nom, nom... Mm, the rich texture just melts in my mouth...

Charlotta: The sweet and scrumptious texture blends so well with the tender bitterness and ocean fragrance... Ah! A taste most suitable for a grown-up!

Korwa: Yum, Benthic sea urkins in my mouth at last! Now this is what I'm talking about!

Korwa: Hey, you're not gonna have any?

Tweyen: Erm, well... It's not like I did much to catch these...

Carren: Oh, don't worry about that! Consider it a treat from us, Tweyen! C'mon, dig in!

Tweyen: Hehe, thanks.

(Captain), too, takes a bite of the freshly caught sea urkin.

Carren: So? How is it, (Captain)? Doesn't it make our trip to Benthic Island totally worth it?

1. It's delicious.
2. It was definitely worth it.

Choose: It's delicious.

Carren: Ehehe, right? I'm so glad I looked up everything about this island beforehand.

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Choose: It was definitely worth it.

Carren: Yeah. I love seeing everyone so happy like this.

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Arma: Heh.

Fisherman 1: Haha, even the chief's pleased to hear all this praise!

While (Captain) and crew are taken with the luscious taste of the sea urkin, Seofon asks a most important question.

Seofon: So there were no signs of the poachers after all?

Carren: Yeah. Strange, isn't it? I thought they attacked every boat that went out there.

Charlotta: Hm... Could it be because we were also on the boat?

Siegfried: That's certainly a possibility. It makes sense to be more careful when attacking vessels guarded by veteran skyfarers.

Carren: Well, if that keeps them at bay, then things work out just fine for us.

Izmir: Yeah... An uninterrupted vacation is best.

All seems well as they continue feasting on the sea urkins, content that things played out in their favor.

???: Hyaa-haaa!

Their bloodcurdling screams instantaneously spoil the peaceful atmosphere, the sounds of chaos and mayhem ringing out across the village.

Izmir: ...

Arma: It's them!

Carren: Tch, blasted poachers! I didn't think they'd come after the village directly!

Goon 1: Hey, dudes! Did you hear they hired some thigh hairs!

Goon 2: No, you fart-face! It's skyfarers they hired—not thigh hairs! They're the ones who set up us the bloodbath earlier!

Goon 3: Gyahahaha! All yer island are belong to us!

Ayer: Shut the hell up. You nauseating pigs disgust me.

Carren: Things might actually work out better with them in the village... Capture them all!

Izmir: Gladly. I'll turn them to ice.

Carren: Hm?

Izmir: Please be silent.

Izmir: Red Blast...

Poacher's Day - Chapter 2: Fishermen of Benthic Island - Episode 3: Scene 2

With the poachers subdued and restrained, Carren tricks her captives into disclosing the location of their hideout.

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Goon 1: Gyaaah! What's up with this frosty box? She just froze my pal!

Goon 2: ...

Izmir: I like people who are full of life. But you boys are an exception. This is goodbye.

Goon 1: Eeep!

Lyria: Yikes! Izmir, I think you can stop now!

Vyrn: Yeah! That's enough already, Winter Wondergirl!

Izmir: But why? Did I do something wrong?

Izmir: I can't forgive them for ruining my wonderful vacation.

Tweyen: ...

Tweyen: We need them for info. And if they're going to give us info, they need to be alive and conscious.

Izmir: ...

Izmir: I see... Alive it is then.

Vyrn: (Whew, I sure hope I never get on her bad side...)

Goon 3: Ouchie...

Ayer: Is that all of them?

Jessica: Yes... More importantly are you okay, Ayer? Did you get hurt back there?

Ayer: I'm fine. Don't worry about me.

Ayer: Let's get to interrogating these goons already.

Ayer pushes the goon to where his other comrades are all tied up.

The interrogation to uncover the whereabouts of their leader and the truth behind the attacks on the fishermen is about to begin.

Goon 1: Lemme go, lemme go! You scruffy-looking chumps!

Goon 2: Y'all scrumrag pieces of uselessness! Don't make me send y'all to the farm!

Goon 3: Aaargh! Ye entitled sons of biscuit eaters quaking in yer boots yet?

Vyrn: Geez, put 'em all in one place, and you end up with this nasty racket.

Ayer: Humph, dumb bunch of punks.

Jessica: Two, four, six... There's around twenty of them total.

Goon 1: Cripes! Don't matter if you've got us here! Allfather's bound to come to save us!

Carren: Allfather? The goons we fought before mentioned the same thing.

Seofon: Just as I thought: they're acting as a single unit.

Goon 2: Gyahahaha! Y'all got that right! Y'all be bustin' a grumpy when you find out the organization we represent!

Vyrn: So you've got a hideout somewhere then.

Goon 1: Hehehe! Mom's the word on that one!

Seofon: Mum, you mean... Anyway it looks like we'll have to seriously ramp up the torture if we hope to learn anything here.

Seofon attempts to put the pressure on the goons, but his threats fall on deaf ears.

Goon 2: Hyahahaha! Too bad for you, smarty-pants! Allfather's scarier than y'all could ever be!

Seofon: Meh, I've never been big on torture anyway. But this does leave us with a problem though...

Izmir: Can I freeze them?

Vyrn: Whoa, why don't you chill out for a bit, huh?

(Captain) and company think of their next move as they calm Izmir down.

The stomachs of the poachers growl.

Goon 1: Food, food, food! Hey, feed us already!

Goon 2: I'm hungry, I'm hungry. I can't take it anymore!

Charlotta: Their insolence is beyond words.

Goon 1: Gyahaha! Didn't anyone ever tell you you're supposed to treat your prisoners nice?

Carren: ...
Let's get back to our food, guys.

Goons: Ooh!

Carren: Whoever said anything about food for you losers? If you want grub... you know what you have to do.

Goon 1: Tch! No amount of chow is gonna make me talk! I'm not falling for that one!

Carren: That's really too bad... Because for today's lunch we're having exotic fish you'll be hard-pressed to find around these waters.

Carren whips out a fish from the storage tank, lights up her sword with a soft flame, and gently roasts the fish with it.

Carren: Mm-mm-mm! Now does that smell good or what!

Goons: Ngh!

Carren: You want some of this?

Goon 1: Give it to me!

Carren: Where's your hideout?

Goon 2: Behind the third cape!

Carren: It's all yours!

Goons: Hyaa-haaa! Food!

Carren: Heheh, how about that, (Captain)? I bet they haven't even realized we've already sniffed out the location of their hideout.

Seofon: We ambush them now, and we might be able to catch them all in one fell swoop. Whew, good going, girl!

Carren: One problem solved! And on to the next!
We're heading out! Let's go, gang!