Scenario:Yodarha - Big Bait for a Big Catch
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Big Bait for a Big Catch
The crew gets word of an attack on someone by a person whose cutting technique can penetrate armor. Yodarha dons his old swordsman's gear to settle the feud with the culprit, who he suspects to be his former head disciple.
Yodarha not in crew
While visiting an island, (Captain) and the crew run afoul of some imperial soldiers and are chased into the mountains.
In the middle of their getaway, they stumble across an old man—a mysterious fisherman that goes by Yodarha.
Yodarha: Say, care to take a few minutes to join an old man for some fishing?
Yodarha: Now, now... There's no need to worry. No one comes through this neck of the woods, I can tell you that.
Katalina: Sorry, I don't think now's a good time for us to be sitting around fishing.
Yodarha: I'd say you're more likely to be caught making a ruckus moving around too much.
Katalina: I suppose you may have a point...
In lieu of their situation, the crew decides to take up Yodarha's offer and join him for some fishing.
With the crew now calmed down, the elderly Harvin taps Katalina on the shoulder and says something peculiar.
Yodarha: You've got skill, lass—both with fishing and I suspect with a sword as well. But there's something holding you back.
Yodarha: What troubles you? Are you running from something? Or maybe you're worried about someone you've left behind...
To Katalina's surprise, the old man's surmises hit the nail right on the head.
Yodarha would later join the crew on their journey, apparently to teach Katalina how to fish.
Some time has passed since the crew's initial encounter with the fisherman.
Continue 1
(Captain) and company stop at an island to take a break.
But immediately after disembarking, the crew is somehow embroiled in yet another affair.
Knight: Stop right there! We'd like you to answer some questions for us.
Yodarha: Huh? You're talkin' to me? Now what could you possibly want from this old-timer?
Knight: I'm asking the questions here! You were here last night, weren't you?
Vyrn: Why are you pestering us? We just got here, so we're beat!
Knight: What? You just arrived? I'm sorry, but do you have any proof of that?
Katalina: Of course. Just check the docking records.
The knight immediately contacts the airship dock and asks about ships that arrived recently.
(Captain) and company are quickly exonerated as the records show that they did in fact arrive that day.
Knight: I'm terribly sorry. There was a random attack here yesterday evening. The victim was a friend of mine... He was assaulted right in front of me.
Vyrn: A random attack? That's pretty scary... But why'd you suspect the old-timer here anyways?
Yodarha: Hyuk-hyuk! That's right. I'm just a salty old fisherman, see?
Knight: Y-you're right... I figured that must have been the case after talking to you. You're not the kind of monster who would commit such a crime. My apologies.
Yodarha: So you're takin' this investigation pretty seriously, eh?
Yodarha: You seem like a strapping young lad. Was the culprit too strong even for you?
Knight: Yeah, I had no chance. Whoever it was cut through my friend's armor like butter, and I'm just glad he managed to survive.
Yodarha: I see. So the culprit looked like me then?
Knight: I'm not sure... Something about you reminded me of the perpetrator, and I stopped you without really thinking. I apologize for my fear driving me to such rudeness.
Upon hearing this, Yodarha's eyes glint.
Yodarha: Hmm... Could you tell me more about the incident?
Katalina: What's the matter, Yodarha?
Yodarha: Well, I just don't want us to get attacked like this poor knight's friend.
Yodarha: Smart fish learn the fisherman's tricks to avoid being caught. We should learn from their example.
The crew heads toward the nearest inn after listening to what the knight has to say.
Vyrn: Man, talk about terrifying. An enemy who can slice through armor as easily as filleting a fish...
Yodarha: Truly impressive! And filleting a fish is hardly easy to master!
Yodarha: Hmm... This does remind me of something from many years ago.
Katalina: You've been acting strange since our conversation with that knight earlier. Do you know something, Yodarha?
Yodarha: I'm afraid I do. Only a truly skilled swordsman could do something like this.
Yodarha: Or perhaps the disciple of such a swordsman.
Yodarha reaches into his fish bag and pulls out something from within.
Vyrn: Whatcha doing, old man?
Yodarha: Huh? Getting ready to go fishing of course! If I don't get the right bait, the big fish'll never come a-biting!
Vyrn: You're awfully calm for someone who just heard about an attacker on the loose... Wait, what's that?
Yodarha: All right, I think I'm ready.
Vyrn: Wha? What's that outfit? I thought you were going fishing!
Yodarha: Hyuk-hyuk! This is the perfect look for a fisherman hiding in plain sight!
Vyrn: I knew you weren't just an ordinary dude, but what in the skies are you, old man?
Yodarha: It was a long, long time ago, but I once made a bit of a name for myself as a swordsman.
Katalina: So these stories you're always telling are actually of your past, aren't they?
Yodarha: So it seems. And I suspect that the random attacker we heard about was one of my former disciples.
Yodarha: And not an ordinary one either—my most talented student who fell from grace, and whose ability to wield a sword I believed I had taken away because I couldn't bear to see it.
Vyrn: So why'd you change your clothes? You're not gonna go after the attacker, are you?
Yodarha: Not exactly. Part of what set that disciple apart from the best, you see, was being cunning above the rest, and a cunning person wouldn't still be on the island where the crime took place.
Katalina: Then why the change of clothes?
Yodarha: Well, I think the timing of the attack seems a little too coincidental, which makes me suspect that it was done to get my attention.
Yodarha: It's like a personal challenge to me.
Yodarha: Changing into these clothes is my way of answering the challenge. This is what I was wearing when we last fought.
Vyrn: But why the sudden change of heart? You've never talked about your past before.
Yodarha: Well, (Captain), Lyria, and Katalina... I believe you three are the key to doing what I couldn't do and stopping this madness once and for all.
Katalina: Really? But I don't see how...
Yodarha: Hyuk-hyuk! Sounds like you still have plenty to learn even at your age!
Vyrn: Hey, are you tryin' to avoid the question?
Yodarha: I'll explain later! It's impossible to do so without context!
Yodarha brushes off his gauntlets.
Yodarha: Explanations can wait. I'm sorry to ask, (Captain), but I might need your help with this.
Katalina: Surely you don't intend to fight the person who attacked the knight?
Yodarha: Perhaps it will come to that. This situation was born from my carelessness, so I have to deal with it.
Choose: It'll be a piece of fishcake!
Yodarha: A-hyuk-hyuk! Well said, (Captain)! Confident but not quite conceited.
Yodarha: There's so much I'd love to teach you! What do you say to spending a few years sequestered in the mountains with me?
Vyrn: Hey, I think we've got a bigger fish to fry right now, old man!
Yodarha: Now that's a shame... I always wanted a disciple like (Captain), you know.
Yodarha: Oh? I knew you were honest, but to be willing to admit that so easily!
Yodarha: That's not a bad thing though, I say! It just means you sincerely trust your friends.
Yodarha: Maybe if we'd met all those years ago, I wouldn't be tellin' stories of fallen disciples now.
Vyrn: Hmm... What do you mean?
Yodarha: Hyuk-hyuk! Never you mind—and don't jump to any conclusions! You'll learn one day.
Continue 2
Yodarha: Well, it looks like my fishing days are on hold until I take care of this.
Yodarha stares into the distance. For the first time ever, his comrades see concern and anger in the wrinkles on his face instead of his usual cheerful self.
He must one day fight his former disciple, but just how brutal a trial will doing so turn out to be?