The captain awakes to a dull grey roof and a Viator with an amputated left arm, standing over him with a confused expression and the muffled yelling of ARG-05 which causes the Viator to step back as the captain immediately sits up so ARG-05 can speak. ARG-05 immediately starts to look around and so does the captain, whilst they were looking around, ARG-05 notices the Viator standing there, completely confused. ARG-05, thinking that he was a threat to the captain, immediately drew his claws out to attack him. The Viator backs up to the cell door before exclaiming "woah qu'est-ce que j'ai fait, je m'assurais juste que tu allais bien tu sais pour un Viator, tu as l'air assez bizarre tu es malade ou quelque chose comme ça? (Woah what did I do I was just making sure that you're okay y'know for a Viator, you look pretty weird you sick or something?)". ARG-05 slightly lowers his claws and the Viator looks down trying to find something, once he finds what he's looking for, he picks it up and hands it to ARG-05 whilst giving him a big grin and enthusiastically saying "Voilà, avoir des bonbons me fait toujours me sentir mieux quand je suis malade (Here you go having candy always makes me feel better when I'm sick)". ARG-05 switches to his happy expression and grabs the piece of candy before passing it to the captain whilst quickly saying "Merci (Thank you)".

The captain takes the piece of candy, confused, and moves more towards a wall with a single, lone bar window before loudly saying to ARG-05 "thanks for the candy ARGOS but y'know, we could probably escape through this window by using your claws to cut the window, what do you think?" The captain quickly turns so ARG-05 can look at the window. ARG-05 looks at the window for a few minutes before switching to his side-eye expression and responding in the most friendly tone he could muster "look, captain, now I'm not saying that you're fat but I think that you would be too wide to fit, once again, not saying that you're fat but I believe that it would not be wise to attempt trying to fit through the window". The captain audibly gasps and turns to face the window and pouts, ARG-05 pats the captain on the head to make him feel better and goes to speak to him before he notices the very confused Viator, trying to process how the captain has managed to talk to himself in two different voices.

Finally thinking that he found a reason as to why the Captain has two different voices, he starts clapping and loudly exclaims "Wow, vous êtes vraiment doué pour les impressions, peut-être que lorsque vous sortirez d'ici, vous devriez commencer à faire de la magie ou quelque chose comme ce que font ces gens sur les marchés pour des prix élevés, même si je n'ai pas pu vous comprendre, donc ça pourrait ne pas être le cas être une bonne idée (Wow you're really good at impressions, maybe when you get out of here you should take up doing magic or something, like what those people in the markets do for high prices, although I wasn't able to understand you so it might not be a good idea)". ARG-05 stares at him with a confused expression before realising his mistake and quickly replying "Oh non non, moi et le capitaine sommes des gens complètement différents, je suis juste un robot qui s'est attaché à son dos et c'est un humain, des choses complètement différentes (Oh no no, me and the captain are completely different people, I'm just a robot who attached to his back and he's a human, completely different things)"

"Qu'est-ce qu'un 'robot'? (What's a 'robot'?)"

"C'est une machine qui ressemble à un être human et qui est capable de reproduire automatiquement certains mouvements et fonctions humans (It's a machine which resembles a human being and is able to replicate certain human movements and functions automatically)"

"D'accord, d'accord, alors qu'est-ce qu'un 'human'? (Right, right so what a 'human'?)"

"Un être human est un homme, une femme ou un enfant de l'espèce Homo sapiens, qui se distingue des autres animaux par un développement mental supérieur, une capacité de parole articulée et une position droite (a human is a man, woman, or child of the species Homo sapiens, which is distinguished from other animals by superior mental development, power of articulate speech, and upright stance)"

"Alors je fais partie de ces humans? (So, I'm one of these humans?)"

"Non, vous ne l'êtes pas parce que vous n'êtes pas un Homo sapien, vous êtes un Nox Viator, donc bien que vous ayez certaines caractéristiques d'un human, vous n'êtes pas human (no you're not because you’re not a Homo sapien, you're a Nox Viator, so although you have some characteristics of a human, you aren't human)"

"I CAN TELL THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ME ARGOS" The Captain yells, still visibly upset.

ARG-05 pauses for a second before saying to the Viator "Tu devras l'excuser, il est American (You'll have to excuse him, he's American)"

"Qu'est-ce qu'un 'American'? (What's an 'American'?)"

"C'est quelqu'un qui vit aux United States of America avec un endroit sur Earth (It's someone who lives in the United States of America with is a place on Earth)"

"Oh d'accord, je suis Bengino, et vous? (Oh, okay well I'm Bengino, what about you?)" Bengino extends his hand to ARG-05 before ARG-05 switches to his smiling expression and replies with "ARGOS" as he shakes his hand. As they're shaking hands, Bengino tilts his head and asks ARG-05 "oh d'accord ravi de vous rencontrer, je jure que j'ai entendu ce nom avant que je ne sache d'où, alors de quoi parliez-vous à cet autre gars? (Oh, okay nice to meet you, I swear I heard that name before I don't where from though so what were you talking about to that other guy?)"

ARG-05 lets go of his hand and replies in a confused tone "Tu as? C'est bizarre, je ne me souviens pas avoir jamais été sur cette planète de toute façon, je parlais au capitaine d'une idée d'évasion qu'il avait, ce qui n'était pas une bonne idée (You have? That's weird, I don't remember ever being on this planet anyways I was talking to the captain about a breakout idea he had, which wasn't a good idea)"

"Oh d'accord, eh bien peut-être devriez-vous lui dire de ne pas s'inquiéter car mon Amore sera là d'une seconde à l'autre et je ne pense pas qu'elle s'en souciera de vous aider à vous évader de prison (oh right, well maybe you should tell him to not worry about as my Amore will be here any second and I don't think she'll mind helping you two break out of jail)"

"Je suis désolé, quoi? (I'm sorry your what?)"

Suddenly, their conversation is cut off by screams which are cut off by the sound of metal hitting something in the room next door which is followed by the footsteps of someone walking closer to the room. As the footsteps get closer, it's revealed to be a small female Viator who would be the perfect example of the term 'if looks could kill', holding a metal arm and keys. Bengino quickly looks at her and smiles before replying to ARG-05 with "c'est mon Amore, elle est un vrai coup de coeur n'est-ce pas? (that's my Amore, she's a real heart stopper, isn't she?)".

If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it.

Before ARG-05 can reply, she unlocks the door and Bengino walks up to her preparing to hug her whilst exclaiming "Serafina, mon Amore (Serafina, my Amore)". Serafina cuts him off with an upset "Ne me Serafina, Bengino, pourquoi t'ont-ils arrêté cette fois? (don't you Serafina me, Bengino, why did they arrest you this time?)".

"Eh bien ce n'est pas si important, oh hé je ne te l'ai pas encore dit mais je me suis fait de nouveaux amis (oh well that's not that important, oh hey I haven't told you yet, but I made some new friends)" Bengino points to ARG-05 and the captain who both wave back as William walks closer to them. Serafina stares at them for a second before turning back to Bengino, who grinning ear to ear at her. She sighs and smiles at him before replying "C'est super ma chérie, mais nous devons sérieusement sortir d'ici, alors laisse-moi t'aider, mais c'est pour toi, ce sera beaucoup plus rapide si je le fais (That's great sweetie but we seriously gotta get out of here, so let me help but this on for you, it'll be much quicker if I do it)". Serafina quickly grabs the metal arm which she was holding onto and attaches it to what's left of his left arm.

Upon attaching it correctly, Serafina quickly grabs Bengino, getting ready to leave before Bengino pulls back and yells out "Attends, Serafina peut-on les emmener avec nous? (Wait, Serafina, can we take them with us?)". Serafina pauses and turns to Bengino with a very confused "Quoi? (What?)".

"Vous savez, pouvons-nous les aider à sortir d'ici avec nous? (You know, can we help break them out of here with us?)"

"Bengino, non, nous ne pouvons pas. (Bengino, no, we can't.)"

"Mais Serafinaaa ne peut-on pas les prendre, jolie s'il te plait? (But Serafinaaa can't we take them, pretty please?)" Said Bengino with the biggest puppy eyes he could manage.

"*sigh* bien, mais s'ils sont capturés, nous ne reviendrons pas pour eux, comprenez-vous? (*sigh* fine but if they get captured, we are not going back for them understand?)"

Bengino very enthusiastically nods and Serafina smiles before motioning over to the captain and ARG-05 to follow her which they do. As they're quietly following her through the prison, trying not to set off any alarms, they notice that there are not too many guards which aren't on the floor, unconscious. During this silence, the captain begins to question how Serafina managed to presumably take down an entire small army by herself, however, that questioning almost immediately left him as they walked out of the prison. Serafina turns to them and quietly says " (well you're welcome for me breaking you out but I gotta get Bengino and prepare for him to move so the guards don't find him, hopefully, we see each other again soon)".

Before the Captain could even reply, Serafina had already left with Bengino, who was waving at them from a distance for a few seconds before Serafina dragged him away. The captain stares at them for a few seconds before quickly thinking of what to do to escape this town.

That alarm was about to go off at any second.

Frantically looking around, the captain notices a significantly shorter part of the wall surrounding the town and in a panicked tone, asks ARG-05 "ARGOS, will I survive a jump from that height?" as he quickly spun around so ARG-05 could see it. ARG-05 looks at the wall for a few seconds and replies "realistically Captain, most you would do is dislocate your ankle if you fell from that kind of height”.

"Good then I'm going to jump off of it," said the captain with a confident smirk.

When the Captain was nearly at the edge of the wall, he heard a loud piercing siren and the noise of soldiers marching around. He whispers to ARG-05 "well it's now or never" before jumping off the wall. After falling for a few seconds, the captain falls onto the ground and is completely fine but, not too far away, he spots a grey, dreary-looking, and large city which is filling the dark sky with a dark crimson smog. He immediately dusts himself off and begins to run in the direction of the town.

Once he gets closer to the town he notices the grey stone walls, wrapped in vines and how the buildings inside of the city are focused on height over width, with their buildings having a similar height to skyscrapers. As he's about to walk in, he realises that their 'gate' is just an arch that the captain just barely fits under, and no one is guarding the 'gate' unlike the Viators. As he's walking in, he notices these very light blue and black creatures which resemble birds, albeit with more eyes and an overall bigger size, just walking around minding their business as if the captain didn't exist with only a rare few waving at him and smiling.

This weirded the captain out, "why aren't they attacking us" the captain pondered as he was walking through the busy street.

Getting to the end of the street, he was suddenly swarmed by a few of these feathered creatures, however, they weren't attacking them, in fact, one of them was offering a handshake as he smiled at the captain. Despite being weirded out, the captain still shook their hand and smiled back which made one of the creatures smile and say, "Welcome to Crowehurst, human, we haven't seen one of you here in a while but it's nice to see that your species hasn't died off yet". The creature pauses for a second as he notices ARG-05 behind the captain before he continues "oh is that one of those ARG robots? My word, I haven't seen one of these in ages, the last one I can remember seeing would have to be the 02 model but that's beside the point, Avvoltoio is probably expecting you". The captain stands there for a few seconds, completely confused and speechless as to why they can speak English, before asking "wait wait wait, how come y'all can speak English?"

"Oh, that's an easy question, didn't you hear what I said before? But to answer your question we've met some of you guys before, we don't just know only English, we still know Acdali, you idiota (idiot)"

Before the Captain can respond the creature cuts him off and loudly says "c'mon we better get going to see Avvoltoio, he'll probably want to have a chat with you". The captain shrugs, thinking why not and begins to follow them as they escort him there. Whilst walking the Captain whispers to ARG-05 asking "so ARGOS, exactly who are these guys?", ARG-05 quickly scans through his records of alien species and replies "they're occhi dell'osservatores or Osservas for short, according to my records, they're considered to be very friendly to outsiders, can fly and see in almost any direction due to those extra eyes on their chest and the other eye in between the eyes that would be typically seen on a bird from earth however they're prey to Viators who typically tend to eat them oh and they also have fake eyes on their crest and wings, was that answer, satisfactory Captain?"

"Yes, thank you ARGOS”.

When they're nearly at the palace where the Osservas claimed Avvoltoio was going to meet them, the captain notices that a few Osservas are circling around the palace in the sky, glaring daggers at the group along with what he swears was an Osserva with light purple and green tinted glasses in one of the alleys. All of this combined made the captain nervous but nevertheless, he kept his cool as the Osservas were escorting him to the palace and as they nonchalantly opened the large metal gate so the captain could walk in. As the Captain is walking up to the front door, he took the time to look at the palace, it looked much different from the other building in Crowehurst as instead of the dark greys and blacks like the rest, it was almost a pure white with a hint of beige for the walls with a nice cool blue for the roof, as he was walking, he also noticed a wide variety of greenery unlike anywhere else in Crowehurst, it gave the Captain a bit of a shock seeing the palace and how nice and cheerful it looked in comparison to the rest of Crowehurst. As he walked inside, he became even more shocked upon seeing the grandeur of the interior, it was a very simple pattern for the walls consisting of a blue and gold colour and paintings of what the Captain can only assume to be the portraits of the people living here or used to live here, he begins looking at each and every portrait, which are following a bannister, noticing one with a scratched out face before he notices a lone Osserva, wearing a dark blue cape which looked like a suit with wrist cuffs where his talons are, looking down at them.

The Osserva clears their throat before saying in a monotone voice "So you're the human my guards were telling me about."