Scenario:What Makes the Sky Blue II: Paradise Lost - Ending

What Makes the Sky Blue II: Paradise Lost - Ending

The black beast refuses to go gentle into that good night. The four primarchs arrive and with their help, the monster is finally banished, preventing another cataclysm. Sandalphon decides to join (Captain)'s crew.

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Putting aside their differences and joining forces, Sandalphon and the crew manage to triumph over Avatar.

The winds calm, and the weary skyfarers can finally take a breath before tackling the return journey.

Sandalphon: Is it... really over?

Vyrn: Huh? What're you doing, staring overboard like that?

Lyria: Um, do you want to join us for a break? We don't have any coffee, but how about some water?

Sandalphon: I'm fine. There's just one thing that troubles me...

Sandalphon: Given Avatar's abnormal regenerative capacity...

Sandalphon: ...!

Avatar: Nnn... Rrr... Rraaah...

Rackam: No way...
That thing is still kicking!

Katalina: What should we do? We can't let it go—

Sandalphon: Damn... It's got an infinite number of cores. Well then, we'll have to strike with infinite force.

Michael: I see. Simple but effective.

Sandalphon: Wha...

Michael: Haaah!

Avatar: Nnggaa...

Io: Michael! And the other primarchs!

Gabriel: It seems we arrived in time.

Uriel: This battlefield puts us at quite a disadvantage, but we have a duty to perform.

Raphael: ...

Halluel: Thank goodness you've come!

Michael: Good work, you two. Thanks to the stabilization of the ether and the destruction of the Celestial Strait, we were able to access Canaan directly.

Malluel: But the supreme primarch is...

Gabriel: I know. But let's focus on the task at hand, shall we?

Sandalphon: What do you intend to do?

Michael: Just what you decreed a moment ago, Sandalphon.

Michael: Eternal destruction!

At Michael's word, the four primarchs unleash their full strength.

Raphael: Hnh!

Avatar: Graah...

An unending stream of power...

Gabriel: Haaaah!

The onslaught finally seems to take its toll on Avatar.

Uriel: Eat this!

Avatar: Rr... aah...

Michael: Now, Singularity! Finish it off! Strike, for the future of the skies!

(Captain) nods and then launches over the rail toward the creature.

1. Stab the creature.

Choose: Stab the creature.

Avatar: Grooo!

1. Drive your sword through Avatar's chest.

Choose: Drive your sword through Avatar's chest.

Avatar: Rrr... Rrraaaah!

Uriel: You hit its core! Now slice it out!

1. Slice Avatar in half.

Choose: Slice Avatar in half.

(Captain) strikes Avatar's core from its body.

Avatar: Aaah...

1. Lyria!

Choose: Lyria!

Lyria: Got it!

Lyria: Primeval dragon, child of flame and darkness.

Lyria: Thy name is... Bahamut!

Proto Bahamut: ...!

Rackam: Did that do it?

Katalina: Looks... that way...

Michael: Hah... Well done, Lyria.

Several days later...

The Reconstruction Anniversary celebrations in Port Breeze have resumed, now livelier than ever.

Reformed Ralph: You really are a genius, Rackam! I can't believe you safely navigated the Celestial Strait!

Rackam: Hahaha, what're you sayin'? I wouldn't have had a prayer without all of your help!

Second-Chance Sam: Um, Eugen... How do you become a skyfarer? Is there some kinda exam?

Eugen: What's that now? You wanna be a skyfarer? Well, I'd say you pass the gut check with flying colors!

Magic Miki: Wait, you're giving me the necklace from the sale? Are you sure?

Io: Yeah! We never would've made it through this ordeal without your help! Right, Rosetta?

Rosetta: Hahaha, quite right. Please, we want you to have it. Think of it as a token of our friendship.

Guard Captain: Katalina! Please, accept this medal and say you'll be our military advisor!

Katalina: How many times do I have to tell you? I'm not going to take the job!

(Captain) and the others slip away amid the celebrations and return to the Grandcypher. They find a familiar man waiting for them on deck, gaze intense as always.

Sandalphon: Still wasting time in port, I see, Singularity.

Vyrn: Hey, guy, aren't you sick of calling (Captain) that? Kind of a mouthful, isn't it?

Sandalphon: You're not wrong. I'll have to give the matter some thought.

Sandalphon has decided to join forces with (Captain)'s crew for the foreseeable future.

He might need the crew's help again, in the event that Avatar survived in some form.

The skyfarers, for their part, can't deny that they may need Sandalphon to help defend the skies, and so they settle on this arrangement.

Sandalphon: This is infuriating... If only I could properly harness the supreme primarch's powers...

Vyrn: Hey, take it easy. You don't have to go full bore twenty-four seven, you know?

Sandalphon: ...
Is that how you excuse your laziness?

Vyrn: What was that? You really have a way with people, you know that? Do you even care about saving the world?

Lyria: Come on now, Vyrn... You too, Sandalphon. Protecting the world is how you chose to make up for what you did, right?

Sandalphon: I'm only here to fulfill Lucifer's last request. If that should happen to mean defending the skies, then so be it.

Vyrn: Geez... You're one twisted-up dude.

Lyria: He's... He's just hiding his real feelings, that's all.

Sandalphon: Nonsense.

Sandalphon: (What makes the sky blue?
You were so captivated by the question that grew into a wish.)

Sandalphon: (Perhaps beasts like us simply envy the ability to harbor such illogical thoughts.)

Sandalphon: (The Astrals who gave us birth didn't grant us that faculty. Nor the potential to dream of an independent future...)

Sandalphon: (You wanted to see where evolution would lead. So I'll follow that path in your stead.)

With a new ally on board, the crew sets forth into the skies once more.

However the curtain is yet to be brought down.

Hooded Figure: I see...

Hooded Figure: I thought the destruction of Canaan had eliminated any trace of the supreme primarch, but I didn't plan for the succession of his powers.

Hooded Figure: No matter. More importantly...

Hooded Figure: I lost the light half of Lucilius's legacy... but was fortunate enough to acquire the dark half.

Avatar's Shade: Hrrr... haar...

Hooded Figure: So close... The final phase of this age-old plan has come at last.

Hooded Figure: Lucilius... Are you watching? I'll unify the worlds and win this war with you.

Hooded Figure: Everything will be settled at last... And I will reign.

Belial: Sigh... In the end, Bubs let me sweat and strain, while he just laid back and enjoyed himself.

Belial: Well... thanks to his laziness, I got the body I was after. Now what to do about the head...

Belial: Bubs is kind of a cold shower, but now it's my turn to play!

Covetous talons reach once more toward the sky realm.

The shadow of dark ambition falls long over the skies, too broad and too close to be evaded.

The final chapter of the archangels' story is destined to open—and close—sooner than they expect.

The End