Sezato, Lemurian Belt
It has been three days since The Xen Grand's Capture, the crew have been forced into the Sezato wilds, they have been forced to prepare to participate in a deadly combat ritual that begins in an hour
Neve is training in solitary away from everyone else but someone accidentally stumbles into her
Hyuken: Hello, who else is here?
Neve: Leave me alone
Hyuken: Oh it's just you
Neve: Yeah…just me
Hyuken: I hate you by the way, you've got a problem with me and Kiqi you just aren't saying,
Neve: I don't think you deserve to know
Another walks in on them
Kiqi: Oh..hello
Neve: You sycophant, spineless and gutless, leave me alone
Kiqi begins to move but decides to stay
Kiqi: No
Neve: How many times do I gotta get it into your head, I'm not interested in your friendship
Kiqi: Yet the minute an extremeist old money asshole shows up you want to bring him aboard and make A STRANGER part of the guild ON A FUCKING WHIM
Neve: ….
Hyuken: He makes an excellent point, would the defendant like to respond
Kiqi: You would have rather had an actual human-sized sack of shit on the guild, one that runs a paramilitary group as a side-hustle, over two trained and devoted members of the Century Corps
Neve: It's not all about loyalty and training…
Kiqi: Is it about where I'm from then? Who my parents are? Why is love between two foreign forces SO HARD FOR YOU TO GRASP!!
Neve: I'm pregnant, and that "stranger" is the father
Kiqi falls to the ground head in his hands
Hyuken: You sicken me….
Kiqi: All this time I looked up to you Neve….all this time….
Neve: You're mistake, sorry I didn't embody the woman you thought I was, but the man I let into my heart has nothing to do with it
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Kiqi: I'm disgusted by how shallow you really are
Suddenly another figure appears
Thechr: Alright that's enough from you three
Neve: Sorry Captain
Kiqi: Sorry for the trouble
Hyuken: It won't happen again
Thechr: We've got limited time before the rite let's spend it productively
Soon it is time for the rite, and everyone has filed into the arena box
Demeui: Is everyone ready?
Kelpie: No
Demeui: Well, we have to go in anyway
Yuteyh is overlooking the arena where The Century Corps will fight with Odio. He pulls out his megaphone to announce the beginning of combat
Yuteyh (Over Megaphone): Hello followers of Sheyane, today we will punish the Century Corps, the eight members before you will be punished for their sins, we will unleash our most elite warriors to destroy them: The Swords of Sheyane.
The Century Corps are thrown into an arena as heavily armed cultists emerge
Yuteyh (Over Megaphone): Begin The Rite
Elghene: If we want to live, we're gonna have to fight harder than we ever have before
The Rite of Punishment begins
After 20 Cultists are defeated
Odio: This wasn't part of your plan?
Yuteyh: No?
After 30 Cultists are defeated
Elghene: We might actually do this
Kelpie: Hell yeah we will
Iaray: I find it hard to believe we are still alive
After 50 Cultists are defeated
Odio: Aren't you worried, at this rate they might kill the entire stadium
Yuteyh: No, because the true punishment is on the way
After 75 Cultists are defeated
Hyuken: We're doing a lot better than before
Neve: ….
Kiqi: Alright, press on
After 100 cultists are defeated, the ground begins shaking
Odio: What is happening?
Yuteyh: Punishment
A massive spider emerges from the watery depths
Thechr: Let's call off the celebrations
Yuteyh (Over Megaphone): Behold, The Titan Ayyakino. Ayyakino is also known as The Lemurian Terror
Iaray: Well, what's the gameplan?
Hyuken: We kill it to death
Demeui: I like that plan
Fight against Ayyakino
When it is at 80%
Odio: Why aren't they dead yet?
Yuteyh: …
Resume
When Ayyakino is at 60%
Hyuken: Kiqi boost me
Kiqi helps catapult Hyuken through the air so she can land a powerful blow on Ayyakino
Iaray: Good work, now let's go for the legs
Demeui: I'll assist
Iaray and Demeui throw their projectiles at the beast, making it lose a leg
Yuetyh: We may have more trouble then what we bargained for
Resume
When it is at 40%
Kelpie: Captain, allow me to assist
Thechr: I shall
Kelpie wraps a seaweed tendril around Thechr which binds the beast
Resume
When it is at 20%
Yuteyh: This has gotten out of hand
Odio: May I suggest ending the rite and allowing them to live
Yuteyh: NO, that would be disgraceful
Resume
When Ayyakino is finally felled, it creates a large panic among the cult
Yuteyh (Over Megaphone): ORDER ORDER, DO NOT LET THEM ESCAPE
Elghene: Alright everyone follow my lead
Thechr: Lead the way
Elghene: I'm going to
Elghene leads the party out of the chaotic arena and onto Yuteyh's personal barge
Elghene: Free ride
Thechr: What about my ship?
Kelpie: The real ship is in the hearts of the crew
Demeui: That doesn't even make sense
Elghene: No I agree completely
Iaray: Hey guys, is this important
Iaray points to one of The Portal Batteries
Elghene: Well we scored The Jackpot