It’s been about six hours since Nest retrieved the fifth portal battery and one hour since Nest landed at the portal site, where everyone including Gladian and The Septarian Guard is
Gladian: So Septarians, how soon should the portal be open?
The Septarian Guard steps forward, made of familiar faces
Indica: It should be open in around 10 minutes
Atoll: So what happens after it is open
Gladian: Not sure
Atlantic: Well let’s be ready for anything
The rest of the Century Corps in the area steps forward to hear what the grandmaster is saying
Thechr: So…who’s going into the portal?
Zkn: That’s what we’re trying to figure out
Cosma: I’m thinking us Septarians should maybe move forward but maybe you should get to enter the garden?
Centus: I was going to enter no matter what
Elghene: I should go as well
Necra: Well you do what you must
Vendil: So I think everyone is in agreement
Spade: Alright, so what-
Spade is cut off by the whirring of planes and an army of Centennials flooding the sky
Neve: Damn it…
Gladian: Looks like our friends in the Sinners Sextant
A group of them get closer to the Century Corps
Ghice: Looks like even the grandmaster is here
Gladian: So you’re this “Ghice” I hear so much about
Ayev: You bet they are
Thechr: If it isn’t my favorite traitor
Ayev: Hello Captain
Spade: Ghice, why appear now?
Ghice: I think it’s obvious, I’m going to take the site from the Century Corps and kill everyone here to do it
Neve fires a spore directly at a Sinners Sextant agent
Kiqi: Well looks like we’re getting right into the thick of it
Hadane: Fine by me
The Sinners Sextant begins to charge forth
Indica: I was worried there wasn’t gonna be a fight
Indica leaps forward and cuts two of the Sinners Sextant to ribbons
Gladian: Septarians, you and me will fight the bulk of their forces near the portal, the rest of you, focus on Ghice and take them out
Thechr: Yes sir
Sahu: Glory to the Century Corps
Spade: There’s no glory in fighting…
The Septarians take off into the fight
Ghice: So, let’s dance
Spade: I’ll smear your corpse on the cold ground
Fight against Ghice and Ayev
When they are at 90%
Larkin: Do you people have any idea of the damage you will cause if you let The Adamite Key out?
Ghice: I do…but business is business, and if the people of this world want to build a new future then I will be their sword and open the way for their hopes and dreams to become reality
Spade: What you’re doing is going to turn the world into a living nightmare
Ghice: You should know I have no moral scruples about what happens to everyone else
Resume
When they are at 80%
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Ayev: Neve, is that your name?
Neve: Yes
Ayev: I’m going to kill you for what you’ve done to my good friend
Neve: You’d continue that petty cycle of violence, fine, I won’t hesitate to end your life as well
Ayev: We both share the same fate then
Resume
When they are at 70%
Centus: Ghice, consider the fact that you’ve fought alongside humans and centennials alike for hundreds of years, why would you condemn to a life they will live to regret, why would you open Pandora’s box so to speak, no amount of money in the entire world is worth it
Ghice: You’re right…it’s not about the money. It’s about my pride. I will prove myself better than the great Centus, I will put that insubordinate Spade in the dirt where they belong, I will defeat The Century Corps, I will be known as the one who changed the entire world.
Spade: All that useless pride, I’ll be sure to bury you for it
Resume
When they are at 60%
Thechr: Ayev, why do you who despises Humanity want to help them reach immortality
Ayev: Who needs a reason?
Thechr: Come again
Ayev: A reason for fighting, I don’t need a reason, you’re search for morality has corrupted you with false convictions, I fight because I want too, I fight because I want to destroy everything
Resume
When they are at 50%
Darsah: Some things are best left to rot, even you know this
Ghice: I suggest you stop trying to reason with us, we’re resolute in our stubborn ways
Darsah: Fine then, I’ll stop trying to reason with you, for you appear to be nothing more than a callous animal
Ghice: That’s right, I’m the beast that howls in the night, consuming all who dare to get in my path, my pride will devour anyone who tries to defile it
Resume
When they are at 40%
Ghice: Ayev, I think you should leave?
Ayev: Why?
Ghice: You don’t have my pride to cloud your judgment, what you have is a mission, and you need to fufill it, so leave this place behind
Ayev: I understand…
Ayev leaves the battlefield and flies away
Thechr: I have no doubts that we’ll see them again some day
Demeui: They have the desire of any warrior
Resume
When they are at 30%
Elghene: Ghice, what exactly do you see in the result of your actions
Ghice: The end result doesn’t matter aside from completion of the mission
Spade: This is why you’re rotten, why The Sextatnt is rotten, you have no morals, no goals
Ghice: I;ve made that quite clear
Resume
When they are at 20%
Larkin: Everyone seeking this key is doing it for nefarious purposes
Neve: What do you mean?
Larkin: We want to destroy, Lark2n wanted to rule, Ghice wants to bask in their own pride
Woelyn: The Cult of Sheyane wanted to elevate their god
Larkin: We’re the better of all the evils, but our hands will still be dirtied with the blood of dealing with such a bad object
Resume
When they are at 10%
Ghice: This is looking like the end of the road
Spade: The road that leads to pain and suffering will forever be closed, you will not be allowed to cause any more harm to those around you
Ghice: Well, then see this goal to the end
Resume
When Ghice is defeated, they fall to the ground, but begin to rev up their jet pack
Ghice: I won’t let this be how it ends
Ghcie charges for one final strike against Spade and Spade runs at Ghice, with Spade and Ghice imapling each other being the end result of their final clash
Ghice: Damn it…you got me
Spade: Let us both go to hell, don’t keep the devil waiting
Spade and Ghice both breathe their last and fall to the ground, The Sinners Sextant begins to retreat
Elghene: We still have to get to the portal
Centus: Shall we go then
Sahu: Let’s clear this final hurdle together
Hyuken: This will be fun
Begin Portal Site
When you’re 50% through it
Eoontaq: I wonder if it will be just as the ancient scriptures said it would be
Demeui: You sure do wonder a lot Eoontaq
Eoontaq: I sure do
Hadane: I can’t imagine what woner is elicited by a sterile womb
Nest: It’s all about the sentiment of it all
Hadane: Something I cannot feel
Iehn: Well whatever we come across next, we have to cross that gap
Resume
When you get to the portal, The Septarian Guard and Gladian are waiting there
Gladian: So, looks like you fended off the attackers well enough
Darsah: Spade is unfortunately no longer with us, but they did kill Ghice
Indica: So, who’s going to step into Eden?
Elghene: I will
Neve: I will as well
Centus: Well, me too
Woelyn: Well, you go ahead then and step into the unknown
Gladian: If anyone else wants to go, step through the portal after they go
Kiqi: Yes sir
Neve: Well let’s go…
Centus: We have a key to destroy
Centus, Neve and Elghene enter The Garden of Eden from the portal site, they see a world lost in time
Centus: The fertile womb that birthed the human race, it’s much more primordial in nature than I had remembered
Neve: The origin of man…
Elghene: We should find that key now
The garden’s primal aura calls out to them
Elghene: Well it looks like it’s beckoning us to come closer
Neve: We should answer it’s call then
Centus: One way or another, this misadventure ends here and today
Neve: I agree…
Begin Garden of Eden
When you’re 25% of the way through
Elghene: I feel a radiant glow, faint but bright all the same
Centus: The Adamite Key is near
Neve: The end is soon
Resume
When you’re 75% of the way there, the party sees a destroyed metallic snake
Centus: That right there is the serpent that spoke to the first humans and convinced them to sin
Elghene: How did it convince the first humans to sin so easily if they were made in the image of a god?
Centus: It hid in the grass and only struck at the most opportune times
Elghene: So it lied in wait and struck whenever it had the opportunity?
Centus: It’s the art of the ambush
Neve: The art of the ambush huh
Centus: It’s history’s most effective tactic
Resume
When you’re complete with the course, the party comes across a spot on the ground, where the glowing Adamite Key is
Centus: The key that brings me my endless pain…is right in front of us
Centus readies their sword and aims it towards the key
Centus: Be gone object of my hatred
As Centus readies his sword, Neve picks up a rock and aims it Centus’s head
Neve: I won’t let you…not when I’ve come so far
Elghene: NEVE
As Neve throws the rock at Centus, Elghene jumps in front of it, taking the blow for Centus. Centus turns around to face Neve and a bleeding Elghene
Centus: So…you’ve sought the key for yourself the entire time..
Neve: I have…now move out of my way
Centus: No…
Neve: Fine, I’ll take what I want either way
Centus moves to block Neve but she dodges out of their way and towards the key
Neve: Unlock me a new form
Neve grabs the Adamite Key and points at her body, before turning it
Centus: Well played…
Centus staggers a bit, dropping the seed Darsah gave them
Neve: And now…I will kill you and make my dreams a reality