Scenario:What Makes the Sky Blue II: Paradise Lost - Chapter 1: Darkness - Episode 4

What Makes the Sky Blue II: Paradise Lost - Chapter 1: Darkness - Episode 4

The twins explain that the flickering sky and rampaging primals signal that something terrible has befallen Lucifer. His last known location was a shrine in Canaan, which Rackam and Eugen say the Grandcypher cannot reach without a major overhaul.

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(Captain) and company arrive at the town center, protected by the barrier set up by the twin archangels.

They rescued many along the way, allaying some of the turmoil that has spread like wildfire.

Rackam: Found the last one. I did a head count; every single citizen and tourist is secure.

Eugen: Injuries sustained are minimal. It's a good thing we've got plenty of first aid kits in here.

Vyrn: Thank our lucky stars! That went a lot smoother than I thought it would.

Katalina: Thankfully, everyone was able to remain calm and collected. All that emergency training must have paid off.

Io: And Michael was just incredible. It was a huge relief to see her come out and fend off the primal beasts.

Lyria: Agreed. I sensed a strange power flowing through them though. They're not going to stop so easily.

Rosetta: Sounds like we need to solve the root of this problem. Which means we need more information.

Rosetta: Hey, you two lovely twins.

The crew looks toward the pair of archangels, though the pair does not notice.

Halluel: It's been too long since we last paid Phantagrande a visit. Wasn't there a beach around this area? We ought to check it out!

Malluel: Nah, the beach is always better in the summer. You know what would be nice though? Front-row seats to the Platinum Sky Cup!

Halluel: Oh, is that the thing where they race around on speedships? Hm, dunno if this is the season for it though.

Malluel: Aww, why didn't you look it up beforehand? Or did you forget we're supposed to do recon in addition to carrying messages?

Rackam: Talk about a carefree couple... I guess archangels come in all types.

Katalina: Ahem! Can I ask you two a few questions? We were hoping to learn more about the situation at hand...

Halluel: Whoopsie, sorry! Right, about that...

Malluel: The collective will of the four primarchs led us here to ask for your help.

Halluel: Just like the previous cataclysm, the power of the singularity is needed to solve this predicament.

Malluel: Mm-hm, what's happening this time is related to that incident in more ways than one.

Katalina: What do you mean?

Malluel: Let's start with the raging primal beasts and the flickering of the skies...

The rare element ether is one of the strangest among those that make up the world.

Its nature is split between light and dark. It follows a specific cycle as it fluctuates between the two states.

When that cycle was suddenly broken, it affected the primal beasts, instilling in them an uncontrollable primal rage.

Vyrn: Erm... I dunno about this whole duality business, but I take it ether is the direct cause of our problems?

Lyria: Do the primarchs govern ether like they do the tetra-elements?

Halluel: There's only one who watches over ether and its cycle.

Malluel: The supreme primarch, Lucifer. We can only conclude that something's befallen him.

Io: Lucifer's in trouble? But isn't he, like, supposed to be even stronger than Michael?

Halluel: Yeah, we can hardly believe it ourselves. But the way ether's acting up right now makes it pretty clear...

Halluel: This isn't something that happens normally. More like this isn't something that should happen at all. If we had to wager a guess...

Malluel: Lucifer making contact with you during the previous cataclysm was definitely an irregularity.

Halluel: Of course, we're not trying to blame you here.

Halluel: But one irregularity leads to a second and a third... That's just the way of the world. There's also cause and effect, of course.

Rackam: It's all coming together now. But can't you just check to see if Lucifer's okay?

Malluel: He's in Canaan right now. It's positioned at the very center of this skydom.

Rosetta: Canaan? I've never heard of the place. Where can we find this island?

Halluel: I'm not sure I'd call the place an island. It's more like a mini-skydom in itself, surrounded by a giant mass of clouds.

Malluel: They call the area around there Sell-less... What was it again?

Eugen: Sell-less-what? Wait... You don't mean the Celestial Strait!

Halluel: Ah, bingo! Celestial Strait is right! You've heard of it?

Malluel: The tetra-elements are really scarce at the altitude where Canaan is, so it's difficult for the primarchs to operate there. That's why they'd like you to go check up on it.

Vyrn: We've got this! Full speed ahead on the Grandcypher!

Rackam: The Celestial Strait, passage to Canaan...

Lyria: Rackam?

Rackam: Not possible.

Katalina: Can you elaborate?

Rackam: With the way our Grandcypher is right now, there's no way we'd make it through the Celestial Strait.

Eugen: ...

Io: Wh-what's with the deadpan look on your faces?

Rackam: Sigh... Not like we have any other options though.

Rackam: Can you give us some time? I'll try to come up with something.

Eugen casts his eyes downward, lending credence to the grim expression on Rackam's visage.

A heavy silence follows as (Captain) and company try to take in everything that's come to light.