Scenario:Tanya - Cold Moonlight
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Cold Moonlight
The crew visits the capital of a republic to speak with its chancellor and learn more about an assignment. The night before the meeting, Tanya sneaks off into the city's underground catacombs—an old haunt of hers—and bumps into a familiar face.
???: ...
A shadow silently slithers about a tavern room in the dead of night.
Tanya: (I must go... to find the truth...)
Tanya leaps out from a window and disappears into the darkness.
It all began on the afternoon of that day.
The crew had arrived at the capital of a certain republic for an assignment.
They were to hear the details of the assignment from a chancellor at the castle.
(Captain) and company take a stroll through town while searching for lodgings.
Tanya: ...
Lyria: Everything okay, Tanya? You keep glancing around everywhere with such a scary look on your face...
Tanya: Ah, sorry. It's nothing...
Tanya: ...!
What was that just now?
What was that just now?
Vyrn: What the... Hey, where are ya runnin' off to?
As if having found a mark, Tanya enters a narrow alleyway.
Tanya: ...
Vyrn: Huff... Huff... What's the big idea, running off like that?
Tanya stands at a dead end, surrounded by buildings.
Tanya: Erm... Well...
Tanya: It's nothing really... I'm just imagining things.
Tanya: Yeah... Thank you, (Captain).
Yet Tanya's eyes remain downcast despite her response.
Lyria: Tanya! About tomorrow's departure time—
Tanya: Aaaah!
Surprised, Tanya drops the knife she was polishing.
Lyria: S-sorry! Did I startle you?
Vyrn: You sure everything's cool? Whatever the case, I hope that didn't leave a scratch on your dad's memento.
Tanya: It's fine... And actually this is a different knife...
Hearing the word "memento," (Captain) recalls first meeting Tanya.
It was on a mission to take out a few hooligans that the crew first met Tanya.
She set out on a journey alone ever since losing her parents at a young age. The knife she keeps by her side is a memento of her father's days as an agent.
Tanya: I've grown up with these knives. Th-they're the only friends I ever needed.
Tanya: I'm... I'm actually looking for an acquaintance of my father's.
Tanya: I loved my father. I want to find out from that acquaintance what his final moments were like...
Tanya: So, yeah, I'm fine. J-just chasing after clues about him is all I need.
Right after that, Tanya felt like she was being a nuisance and ran off, feeling very sorry.
However, the crew ran after her and invited her to join.
Perplexed by the invitation at first, it didn't take long for Tanya to realize everyone's good intentions and accept the offer.
Lyria: What's with all those knives on the table... Are you polishing every single one of them?
Tanya: Y-yeah... Well... I thought I'd check to make sure they're in good shape...
Vyrn: At this time of night?
Tanya: Please don't worry... I'll be up in the morning.
Despite everyone's concern for her, Tanya leaves the room without another word.
Under the cover of night, while the rest of the crew is sleeping...
Tanya stealthily slips into (Captain)'s room, careful not to make any sound.
Tanya: (This might be my last chance... I want to etch their faces into my memory for good...)
Vyrn: Zzz... I ain't no liz...
Lyria: Snore...
Tanya: (Hehe... How heartwarming.)
Tanya: (The many wonderful memories I had here will always be a part of me...)
Tanya: (That's why I'm going to be fine... I can do this alone...)
Tanya: (I'll uncover the truth behind my father's murder...)
"Thanks for everything." Her lips move, but no sound comes out.
In the next moment, Tanya has already leapt into the cold, moonlit night.
Tanya: (How nostalgic... The view certainly has changed though...)
Tanya crouches and begins feeling about the ground in the seemingly vacant alleyway.
The stone pavement opens up to reveal a staircase leading underground.
Tanya: (Easy enough... Picking this up, I don't feel the weight of a decade.)
She descends the stairs, making her way to whatever lies below.
Tanya: (What a comforting darkness... Much more so than a moonlit night...)
???: Rah!
Tanya: ...!
Tanya intercepts an ambush from the shadows.
Tanya: (I didn't sense him at all!)
???: Eat dust, ya sell-out to the kingdom!
Tanya: Urgh!
Tanya: (His knife strikes are fast... I have my hands full just parrying them...)
Tanya: (Wait... I know this style...)
???: Those textbook knife maneuvers... That silver hair the shade of moonlight...
???: No way... Is that Tanya?
Tanya: ...!
The hesitation in the man's voice causes Tanya to waver.
Deep in a darkness no moonbeams reach, the only hints of light are the glimmers of dusky knives.