Scenario:Tweyen - Encroaching Shadows
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Encroaching Shadows
Tweyen has a nightmare in which she saves a gunner from monsters and is called a monster herself. When she wakes up, a strange voice tells her to seek the next summit of her power, so she challenges (Captain) to test her strength.
Some time has passed since Tweyen, the finest archer in the skies, joined (Captain)'s crew.
Tweyen: Hey, (Captain) and Lyria. I've heard good things about a cafe in this town. Want to go?
Lyria: Oh! I sure do! What kind of place is it?
Tweyen: Hee-hee... They apparently have all kinds of cake, and it's all-you-can-eat! And that's not all...
Vyrn: Just great... As long as Lyria doesn't stuff herself so full of cake she can't eat dinner again, it all sounds good to me!
Tweyen is enjoying her days with the crew. She's getting to know everyone well, and she's always at the center of attention.
Silva is a crew member
But that doesn't mean everything is perfect.
Silva: ...
Lyria: Hey! Do you want to go with us to the cafe, Silva? Tweyen's been telling us all about it...
Silva: Um... I'd love to and all... but I need to clean my gun. Maybe next time.
Silva scurries off.
Tweyen: ...
A twinge of loneliness flits across Tweyen's face as she watches Silva leave. She turns back to Lyria and the others.
Lyria: Um... What's the matter, Tweyen?
Tweyen: Oh, it's nothing. Let's get ready to head into town. You're coming too, right, (Captain)?
Lyria: Sounds great!
Lyria and Tweyen return to their rooms to get ready. The puzzled Vyrn watches them go.
Vyrn: Say, (Captain)... Do Tweyen and Silva hate each other or what?
Vyrn: It seems like Tweyen tries to get along with everyone, so I wonder what's up.
(Captain) has noticed the issue as well, but it's not exactly easy to bring up.
The captain doesn't feel right about interfering with relationships between crew members and opts to watch things unfold.
Silva not in crew
Tweyen: Oh, it's nothing. Let's get ready to head into town. You're coming too, right, (Captain)?
Lyria: Sounds great!
Lyria and Tweyen return to their rooms to get ready. Vyrn smiles as he watches them go.
Vyrn: Ha-ha! Those two get along as well as I do with apples!
Vyrn: Tweyen called herself a monster at first, so I was expecting someone with more fangs...
Vyrn: But now she just seems like a regular girl. Sometimes I even forget that she's an Eternal.
(Captain) agrees and smiles right along with Vyrn.
Continue 1
(Captain) and the others head to the cafe with Tweyen to relax for a while.
Night soon falls.
Tweyen: Hee-hee... The end of another fun day. Lyria and (Captain) seemed to have a blast as well.
Tweyen: It sure is nice... All those things I always wanted to do... It feels like I could finally do them here.
Tweyen: Yawn... Well, time to hit the hay...
Tweyen snuggles up in her bed and closes her eyes, smiling contentedly the entire time.
Soon she's fast asleep.
Tweyen: Huh? What was that? Is something attacking the ship?
Tweyen: I don't see any foes around... Maybe (Captain) and the others already took care of them.
Tweyen: But I wonder where everyone is... Lyria!
Wondering why (Captain) and the others would leave the ship, Tweyen looks toward the city—and the color drains from her face.
Tweyen: Monsters! A whole swarm of them!
Monsters: Groar!
Tweyen: Your little party's over.
Monsters: Grargh!
Tweyen: I'll pincushion every last one of you. Maybe next time you'll think twice before attacking a city while an Eternal's in town.
Tweyen takes to the sky and starts raining arrows down on the roiling mass of monsters as she searches for (Captain) and company.
But she can't find them... or any other townsfolk for that matter.
Tweyen: Did the monsters get everyone? No. That can't be!
Just as Tweyen starts to panic, she hears something.
Tweyen: Gunfire! Someone's down there!
Tweyen: I only know of one gun that sounds like that!
Tweyen increases her altitude and searches the sea of monsters for her friend.
Tweyen: There she is!
Far away, hardly bigger than a speck of dust, Tweyen sees the gunner.
Tweyen unleashes a barrage of arrows to save her friend from the encroaching horde.
Tweyen: You can't have her!
Tweyen's arrows, overloaded with magical energy stemming from her desperation and lack of focus, pulverize monster after monster.
Tweyen: Pant... Looks like she's safe... Thank goodness.
The gunner stands there dumbfounded, the ground around her covered by blood that used to belong to monsters.
And then she realizes that the arrows responsible for the carnage were fired from too far away for any normal person to see.
She mutters to herself, cold sweat trickling down her cheeks.
???: Monster...
Tweyen: ...!
Tweyen: Just a dream...
???: Answer me this, farsight archer. Who would ever wish you to know peace?
Tweyen: Who are you?
???: Everything you are stems from your sight. You stand at the summit of a mountain of anguish.
???: Surrender your humanity and head for a still-loftier summit. Your peace is a betrayal to the unskilled masses you trampled on your way to the top.
Tweyen: Betrayal...
The voice reverberates through the room one last time before fading away.
Tweyen: Silva...
Tweyen doesn't move for a moment and remains seated on her bed, head lowered.
Soon enough, however, she leaves the room to call on (Captain).
Tweyen: This place should work. Sorry to bother you all of a sudden, (Captain).
(Captain) walks behind Tweyen. Lyria and Vyrn watch from the shadows.
Vyrn: Hey, Lyria, why do you think Tweyen and (Captain) suddenly took off on their own?
Lyria: Quiet! They'll hear us! I don't know what they're up to, but... maybe they want to go eat something without us?
Tweyen: There's a question I need answered.
Lyria: A question?
Vyrn: Hmm... What kinda question requires this much secrecy?
Tweyen: It's simple...
Tweyen spins around without warning, firing an arrow that barely misses (Captain)'s feet.
Lyria: Eek! Tweyen? Why'd you shoot at (Captain)?
Vyrn: Yeah! What are you thinking?
Tweyen: Didn't I tell you? I need to find out how strong I am.
Vyrn: Doesn't look like she's in the mood to talk. Better defend yourself, (Captain)!
Encroaching Shadows: Scene 2
The crew worries about Tweyen as she returns to her room. The strange voice she heard earlier belongs to the Two-Crown Bow, which tells her to unleash its power. The next day she cheerfully asks the crew to help her find what she needs.
Tweyen: Ugh...
Lyria: Tweyen, why are you doing this?
Tweyen: ...
Vyrn: Yeah! I thought we were friends!
Tweyen: I...
Tweyen: I have to get stronger...
Lyria: Stronger?
Tweyen: I have to get stronger than anyone... for all the people I've trampled...
Tweyen starts to leave.
Lyria: Wait!
Tweyen: ...
The woman who looks back at (Captain) and the others is not the woman they know.
She shows them the face of a woman about to crumble, and then turns and walks off.
Lyria: ...!
Vyrn: What was that? She looked like a totally different person!
Lyria: She seemed almost like she did when we first met her... No, she seemed more... cornered somehow.
Though bewildered by the sudden change in Tweyen's demeanor, (Captain) and the others can only watch as she goes.
Tweyen: (Betrayal...)
Tweyen: If it's a betrayal for me to stop...
Tweyen: Then I'll just have to keep going... I'll have to get stronger.
Tweyen: I don't want to betray Silva...
???: If that is your wish, then unleash my power.
Tweyen: There it is again! Who is that?
Two-Crown Bow: If power is what you seek, then take me in hand.
Tweyen: The Two-Crown Bow? Why are you in my room?
Two-Crown Bow: Ever has my place been in the hands of the master of the bow, and forever will I seek its one true master.
Two-Crown Bow: Tweyen, unleash my power. You are the only one worthy of it. Release me and become the mightiest archer in the sky.
Tweyen: ...
Tweyen: Two-Crown Bow... I will...
Her eyes vacant, Tweyen takes the bow. The golden weapon gleams softly in the twilight.
Lyria: I wonder what happened to Tweyen...
Vyrn: She's normally up by now, but I haven't seen her today.
Lyria: Something must be wrong...
Tweyen: Good morning!
Vyrn: Huh? So you're okay?
Tweyen: Why wouldn't I be? Sorry about yesterday. I was wrestling with some old demons.
Lyria: You do look healthier somehow. What a relief...
Tweyen: Sorry about worrying you... By the way, (Captain), I have a favor to ask.
(Captain) encourages the smiling Tweyen to continue.
Tweyen: There's this precious material out there, and I really want it. Think you could help me find it?
Tweyen seems as cheerful as can be, a stark contrast to her gloomy demeanor the day before.
Though slightly perplexed by the change, (Captain) starts looking into what she wants.