Scenario:Vikala - Guardian of the North

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Guardian of the North

(Captain) and the crew visit the town where the Rat Temple is located. The bubbly year spirit Vikala puts on the extravagant Eccentrical Parade at her temple, but when the crew goes looking for her afterward, she is nowhere to be found. They are shocked to discover that a much gloomier girl they meet later is none other than Vikala, an introverted soul who uses her rat-ear headband to unleash her buried extroversion. The crew invites her along on their journey, and she refuses, but when they leave port the next day, Vikala's brighter half is aboard the Grandcypher, ready for adventure.


(Captain) and the crew visit the Rat Temple, which presides over this year's lucky direction: north.
They stop at a restaurant for a meal before making their New Year's prayers for health and good fortune at the miraculous temple.
Joy (Event) not in crew
Vyrn: The keeper of this temple is one of the Twelve Divine Generals, right?
Lyria: And the year spirit this time around. I wonder what she's like.
Vyrn: Me too! I'm sure she'll give us her blessings no matter what though.
Restaurateur Remy: Excuse me... You're travelers, aren't you? Are you here to visit the Rat Temple?
Vyrn: You bet we are! We just dropped in here to grab a bite first.
Restaurateur Remy: Thank you for your patronage. I am the owner of this little bistro.
Restaurateur Remy: I'm a huge fan of Lady Vikala. Utopia is a land of dreams even for adults such as myself.
Joy (Event) not in crew
Vyrn: I guess the year spirit's name is Vikala.
Lyria: Um... What did you say about a utopia?
Restaurateur Remy: That's what we call the Rat Temple. Spending time there is like a miraculous return to your youth.
Restaurateur Remy: Everyone calls it "Utopia" because it's like paradise here in the mortal realm. You won't find a more enjoyable time anywhere in the skies.
Lyria: Wow! I can't wait to get there!
Vyrn: Yeah, it sounds awesome!
Restaurateur Remy: Lady Vikala is a bright, vivacious person, always clowning around to make people laugh—you can't help but smile whenever you speak with her.
Restaurateur Remy: Haha... Oh, forgive me. I just remembered something funny she said the other day. She really is a wonderful person.
Lyria: Hehe. You really are a big fan!
Restaurateur Remy: Of course I am! Although no more than everyone else in town, I daresay. Oh, that reminds me.
Restaurateur Remy: Did you know that shaking hands with Lady Vikala will enhance your blessings?
Restaurateur Remy: There are always throngs of visitors around the new year, but I hope you'll have the chance to shake her hand.
Joy (Event) is a crew member
Vyrn: Aw, dang. We should've shaken her hand after we sorted out the whole Joya mess.
Restaurateur Remy: I beg your pardon?
Vyrn: Oh, nothing... Just talkin' to myself.
Restaurateur Remy: Oh, don't forget—the main event at the Rat Temple is in the evening. Utopia shines after dark.
Vyrn: After dark?
Just then, their conversation is interrupted.
Vyrn: What was that?
The sound of shattering porcelain rings out from the kitchen, followed by silence in the restaurant.
Restaurateur Remy: Not again!
I'm terribly sorry... If you'll excuse me.
Remy's Voice: Did you misread your job description? It's dishwasher, not dishsmasher. If you break all my plates, you won't have anything left to do here, you know!
Dishwasher: ...
Remy's Voice: I can't hear you! Even a rat could squeak louder than you!
Dishwasher: ...
Remy's Voice: Ugh... Just clean this mess up already.
Restaurateur Remy: Please forgive the commotion. The young person I hired to wash dishes has been a stunning disappointment from day one.
Vyrn: Hey, don't sweat it. The food's great, and you told us about the year spirit too. No complaints here!
Lyria: Right! So, um... No need to get so mad at your dishwasher, okay?
As an apology for the disturbance, the restaurateur offers the crew a round of hot beverages on the house. (Captain) and the others relax with their drinks, and are seen off by the owner a while later.
That night, the crew makes its way to the Rat Temple.
Lyria: Wow! It's really bustling!
Vyrn: Never expected this much of a crowd. I know that dude said things kicked off after dark, but this really looks like a party!
Restaurateur Remy: Good evening, travelers.
Lyria: Oh! Hello again!
Vyrn: Uh... Whatcha got on your head?
Restaurateur Remy: These are Lady Vikala's trademark. You can buy a set at the Rat Temple for three rupies. A must-have for any die-hard fan.
Vyrn: Wow, that's cheap... You guys wanna get some?
Restaurateur Remy: Unfortunately, you may not be able to tonight. The temple is already so thronged, it might be impossible to get in.
Lyria: Aww... What a shame...
Restaurateur Remy: But not to worry! Here she is now!
Lyria: Huh?
A buzz rises from the people around them, and everyone looks toward the forest where the Rat Temple is located.
Vyrn: What is it? What's goin' on?
Lyria: Oh, I hear music... And something big is coming this way!
???: ...!
A huge steel trap, seemingly moving under its own power, appears pulling a number of floats behind it on chains. Dancers weave in between the floats.
Restaurateur Remy: Ohhhh! Tonight's parade is even more impressive than usual!
Some of the women riding on the beautifully decorated floats dance, while others wave to the crowd.
Vyrn: Whoooa! What the heck is this giant parade for?
Restaurateur Remy: Pulling those floats in a procession around the temple is supposed to chase away evil.
Restaurateur Remy: Although to be honest, it's recently gained popularity as a spectacle, given how showy it is!
Lyria: Hee hee. I can see why! Just watching it puts a smile on my face!
Vyrn: But where's the year spirit? Is she somewhere in there?
Restaurateur Remy: The women dancing in the street and on the floats are all priestesses of the Rat Temple.
Restaurateur Remy: Lady Vikala is up above. Look at the very top of the biggest float.
Vikala: Hiya! I'm Vicky! Thanks for visiting the temple today, everybody!
Dancing far above all the others is one of the Twelve Divine Generals, the divine rat, Vikala.
Restaurateur Remy: Ohhh! Lady Vikalaaa!
Vikala: Thank yew, thank yew! Step right up and drink in the Eccentrical Parade!
Lyria: Ek... Ek-sen-what?
Restaurateur Remy: The Eccentrical Parade! That's the name of this fantastic procession! Isn't it marvelous?
Near (Captain) and the others, a little girl is eagerly reaching skyward.
Suzy: Vicky! Please... Please shake... my hand!
Suzy: Yeep!
Lyria:
Oh no! Are you okay?
Lyria tries to push through the crowd to get to the little girl who was knocked over in the press.
Vikala: ...!
Vikala: Hey there! You all right?
Suzy: Ahh! Vicky! Y-yeah, I'm fine!
Vikala: Aw, what a little trooper. Haha! And you're rockin' those rat ears! Look, we're twins!
Suzy: Hee hee!
Vikala: Whoa, check out that smile! It's blinding me! And you know the password that'll unlock even bigger smiles, right?
Vikala & Suzy: Lucky! Cookie! Vicky!
Vikala: Now put 'er there! We'll shake on it in front of the Rat Temple!
Suzy: Wow... This is the best day ever!
Vikala ruffles the girl's hair, then turns toward the crew and thrusts out her hand.
Joy (Event) not in crew
Vikala: You guys get a handshake too!
Lyria: Wow!
Vyrn: Sweet!
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Joy (Event) is a crew member
Vikala: Welcome to Utopia, you guys! Glad you could make it! Now, put 'er there! Have a blessing on the house!
Lyria: Of course we came! You were nice enough to invite us!
Vikala: I'm pumped you're here! Hope you enjoy yourselves!

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Once she's shaken hands with the crew, Vikala leaps back up to her perch atop the float as if she weighed no more than a feather.
Lyria: Hehe, we got our handshakes. I guess we can look forward to some good luck!
Vyrn: Yeesh, did you see that vertical leap? No wonder she's a Divine General.
(Captain) and the others have a great evening watching the Eccentrical Parade.
Even after the parade concludes and the crowds have largely dispersed, some people still remain in the area.
Restaurateur Remy: They must have stayed behind hoping for a glimpse of Lady Vikala, but I'm afraid they'll wait in vain.
Lyria: What do you mean?
Restaurateur Remy: Vikala's everyday life is shrouded in mystery.
Restaurateur Remy: We never see her around town, and the Rat Temple is usually deserted... We have no idea what she does with herself outside the parade.
Restaurateur Remy: But that mystery is part and parcel of her charm!
Vyrn: That handshake was good for health and safety in the new year... But we still need to ask her to pray for our journey, right?
Joy (Event) is a crew member
Lyria: That's right... Besides, we didn't get a chance to talk. I wanted to catch up after everything that happened...
Restaurateur Remy: What do you mean, "everything that happened"?
Vyrn: Oh, uh... Nothing.
The crew discusses it and decides to go looking for Vikala.

Guardian of the North: Scene 2

(Captain) and the crew visit the town where the Rat Temple is located. The bubbly year spirit Vikala puts on the extravagant Eccentrical Parade at her temple, but when the crew goes looking for her afterward, she is nowhere to be found. They are shocked to discover that a much gloomier girl they meet later is none other than Vikala, an introverted soul who uses her rat-ear headband to unleash her buried extroversion. The crew invites her along on their journey, and she refuses, but when they leave port the next day, Vikala's brighter half is aboard the Grandcypher, ready for adventure.


But there is no sign of the divine rat at the Rat Temple, and the grounds are nearly empty.
Lyria: Empty behind the temple too. It doesn't seem like anyone lives here at all...
Joy (Event) is a crew member
Vyrn: I wish we'd asked her when we took care of the Joya...
Lyria: Let's not give up yet. I'm sure we can find her!
Vyrn: Let's ask that kid over there. Say, have you seen Lady Vikala?
Vyrn calls out to the girl hanging around the temple grounds, figuring she must also be looking for Vikala.
The girl shakes her head at Vyrn's question, but points deeper into the forest.
Vyrn: Huh? You saw her go that way? All right, let's see if we can catch up!
  1. Slow your roll, Vyrn.
  2. Let's get moving!


Choose: Slow your roll, Vyrn.

Vyrn: Huh? Why?
(Captain) tells Vyrn and Lyria to look more closely at the girl in front of their eyes.
Lyria: Wait... You mean this girl is—
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Choose: Let's get moving!

Lyria: Um... Wait a minute!
Vyrn: What's up, Lyria? If we don't hurry, we'll lose her!
Lyria: Yeah, but... Um...
Hearing the hesitation in Lyria's voice, (Captain) turns and takes a second, closer look at the stranger. All becomes clear.
Vyrn: What's wrong with the two of you? What're you starin' at?
Lyria: Vyrn, this is her!

Continue 1

Vyrn: Huh? Wait a minute now. You're not tryin' to tell me this is Vikala, are you?
Gloomy Girl: ...!
Vyrn: Hmmm?
Vyrn flaps his way slowly around the girl, peering at her with his brow furrowed.
Gloomy Girl: Nn... Ngh...
Lyria: Um, Vyrn? I think you're scaring Vikala.
Vyrn: Huh? O-oh. Sorry about that.
Vyrn: No, wait. There's no way this is Vikala! You saw Vikala dancing on the float during the parade—she's a born performer! No way is this the same person!
The cowering girl finally opens her mouth.
Gloomy Girl: N-no... I... I am... Vikala...
Vyrn: What! Are you serious?
Vikala: Sorry for lying to you... N-no one ever recognized me before... It was kind of a shock...
(Captain) and the others sit down to talk with the girl who claims to be the Divine General Vikala.
Vikala: I... live a normal life here in town... But no one spares a second glance for a nobody like me.
It turns out the year spirit everyone thought to be so elusive and mysterious is in fact living in plain sight among the townspeople.
The difference between her public and private personas is so drastic, however, that no one has put two and two together.
Vikala: I've... always been shy... Whenever anyone speaks to me, I get tongue-tied...
Vikala: But in my head... There was always this perfect version of me, who could respond the way I wanted to...
Vikala: When I was chosen as the year spirit, I thought I might finally be able to make a change...
Vikala: But it didn't work out that way... So it's only when I'm wearing my rat ears that I can... can...
Lyria: You cancan?
Vikala: Be someone bright and cheery! I used auto-suggestion to bring out the ideal me who's lived inside my head for so long...
Vyrn: So that's who "Vicky" is, huh? But why put yourself through all that?
Vikala: I mean... The other Divine Generals are all larger than life... They've got special talents, and famous families... ancient legacies to carry on...
Vikala: But I'm different... The only thing special about me is that Dorrie the dormouse appeared to me one day...
Dormouse: ...
The steel trap from before returns.
Vikala: It used to be a monster trap, but the story goes that the first keeper of the Rat Temple used divine power to breathe life into it.
Vikala: Ever since, the divine rat has been chosen by Dorrie here. And it chose me, even though I'm no one special, with no talents to speak of...
Vyrn: So that's how you got the job...
Vikala: I have no idea why it chose me... Just thinking about it... blues me out...
Lyria: But you were so great in the parade! You even swooped down to help that little girl!
Vyrn: Yeah, Lyria's right! That restaurant owner dude was losing his marbles over your performance. He's a huge fan of yours!
Vikala: Oh, that reminds me... Thank you for visiting our restaurant...
Vyrn & Lyria: ...?
Vyrn & Lyria: ...!
Vyrn: You mean the young dishwasher was... No way!
Joy (Event) not in crew
Vikala: Y-yes... It's me. I saw you all through the kitchen door...
Joy (Event) is a crew member
Vikala: Y-yes... It's me. I spotted you guys through the kitchen door...
Lyria: But the owner was saying what a huge Vikala fan he was!
Vikala: He... doesn't know it's me...
Vyrn: So he was reading the riot act to his idol without even knowing it, huh? Yeesh.
Vikala: W-well... I did break a lot of plates. I'm really clumsy, and kinda slow, and plain, and gloomy, and cowardly...
Vikala: But when I put on my rat ears, I become a Yangtopian. I walk on the sunny side of the street... The Rat Temple is my Yangtopia...
Lyria: Yangtopia? I thought it was Utopia.
Vikala: When I'm there, everyone loves me. Everyone wants to talk to me... Everyone's so impressed with me...
Vikala: It's my Yangtopia because when I'm there, I can embrace my sunnier self—my positivity!
Vyrn: I see... I mean, I don't, but sure, okay.
Vikala: But the real me is a citizen of Yintopia... Festival season is coming to an end... It's time for me to get back to my everyday life in the shadows.
Lyria: ...
Vikala: Oh, by the way... Did you guys need me for something?
Joy (Event) not in crew
Lyria: Oh, um... Well, we're skyfarers, you see...
Joy (Event) is a crew member
Lyria: Oh, um... Well, you know how we're on a journey with our crew?
Vikarala: R-right...
Vikarala: (A skyfaring crew sounds like a whole gaggle of Yangtopians to me. That's so scary... What do they want? Don't tell me they want to throw a party here or something?)
  1. We want you as a new recruit!
  2. Wanna visit Shiptopia?


Choose: We want you as a new recruit!

Vikala: Who, me?
Vyrn: Hehe! I figured that'd make you squeak!
Lyria: So did I!
Go to "Continue 2"


Choose: Wanna visit Shiptopia?

Vikala: Sh-Shiptopia? What's that?
Vyrn: Don't you start too. Vikala, what (Captain)'s trying to do is invite you to join our crew.
Lyria: How about it, Vikala? Do you want to join us on our journey?
Vikala: Me? On an airship crew?

Continue 2

Vyrn: If you don't have anything much to do at the temple for a while, why not give it a shot?
Lyria: I'm not sure I understand what you meant about yin and yang, but seeing the wide open skies might take your mind off it a bit!
Vikala: (Here I was planning to go back to a life of peaceful cheese-nibbling in the shadows.)
Vikala: (And they're asking me to join up after seeing this side of me?)
Vikala: (I'm so... happy!)
Vikala is deeply moved, but what she says is...
Vikala: No... I'm sorry.
Lyria: ...
The crew's stay on the island comes to an end, and the Grandcypher leaves port.
Vyrn: We ended up leaving without her...
Lyria: Nngh... I still can't believe that's how we said goodbye.
Vyrn and Lyria gaze sadly over the rail as Vikala's island recedes into the distance, lamenting the Divine General's refusal to join the crew.
Vikala: Haha! Why the long faces!
Vyrn: Huuuhhh? Vikala!
Vikala: Yeah, I figured I'd tail you after all! Sailing around on an airship sounds like a good time!
Lyria: Oh, I'm so happy! But then, why did you say no before?
Vikala: Haha! It was no biggie. I was just worried about whether I'd be any use to you on your journey.
Vikala: But look, I've got my rat ears on, so I'm bursting with confidence!
Vikala: Which means I've got no reason not to come with you!
As... long as that still works for you.
Lyria: Of course it works for us! We're so glad to have you aboard!
Vikala: Thanks! From now on, this will be my Yangtopia! Speaking of which...
Vikala: Where's this rig heading, anyhow?
Vyrn: That's right, we never told you... And you came along anyway!
Vikala: Sweating the details isn't my style. All that matters to me is that you guys wanted me along. If I'm with you, I don't care where we're going!
  1. You can take the ears off, if you want.


Choose: You can take the ears off, if you want.

Vikala: Whuh?
Vikala: Wh-what're you saying? I can't just... take them off...
Lyria: Hehe, you sure can! We're glad to have you no matter how many ears you're wearing!
Vikala: Sniffle...
Qu-quit it, you're bluing me out...
Vikala, a girl whose personality vacillates between extremes of darkness and light, has joined (Captain)'s crew.
With modest hopes and much larger fears, the spirit of the new year takes her first step into the next twelve months.
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