FFBE Script part 56: Messenger From the Dark

Previously....

DIRNADO - MESSENGER FROM THE DARK - WICKED PEAKS OPENING

(Lasswell, Rain, and Fina are walking into the Wicked Peaks. Lid runs up behind them, sweating.)

Lid: Hey, wait, wait! You're not seriously thinking about going into the Wicked Peaks!? Don't you know there's a scary demon sealed up in there!?

Lasswell: I would have expected a mechanically minded person to be skeptical of such tales. Do you fear this demon?

Lid: I...I... I'm not afraid! It's just that no one who lives around here sets foot in that place, all right? There's gotta be a reason!

Rain: You know, the "demon" this mountain is named for might just be an esper. I'll bet we can convince it to lend us its strength. Let's go and find out!

Lid: Seriously...?

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DIRNADO - MESSENGER FROM THE DARK - DARK MESSENGER 1

(The party approaches Diabolos.)

Rain: So... that's the fabled demon. Do you suppose it really is an esper?

???: It has been long; long indeed... since I last heard the voices of men.

Diabolos: I am called Diabolos. I am the great equalizer, welcoming the weak and the powerful. For in death, all men are the same. But if you are not ready to accept my invitation... then you have come here desiring to enter a covenant with me?

Rain: Something like that.

Diabolos: Yesss... Then do not withhold your true strength, for neither shall I. You challenged an esper, so an esper you must defeat!

(Battle occurs! Afterward....)

Diabolos: Interesting; most interesting.... Swords, visions, magic... and even machinery. I too shall be one of your weapons, warrior. You seem not to harbor the same evil desires as the humans who once used my power to wage war against one another.

Rain: I don't know what was happening in the world when you were sealed away... But there are men right now trying to destroy our world, and we need the power to stop them.

Diabolos: Hmmm... That is good. Very good. Yes, this should prove most entertaining. I will grant you my power to fulfill this need of yours.

(Diabolos turns to stone. You obtained the esper Diabolos!)

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DIRNADO - MESSENGER FROM THE DARK - DARK MESSENGER 2

(Rain approaches Diabolos' statue.)

Rain: I heard... a voice calling me. Is that... Diabolos?

???: Oh? You were able to hear me?

(Diabolos' statue turns flesh once more!)

Diabolos: I do enjoy fighting together with you. Truly I do. But do you not feel a certain... human... deficiency? Do you not hunger for more power?

Rain: I don't think I enjoy fighting in quite the same way that you do, but... I do need more power.

Diabolos: Good. That is good. I like honest men. Though I cannot simply give you more power. That is not, alas, how our covenant works.

(Rain draws his sword.)

Diabolos: Come! I will show you the true joys of battle!

(Battle occurs! Afterward...)

Rain: How about that?

Diabolos: Good! Humans are indeed amusing. No... Rain. You are the one that is amusing. You are more powerful than I ever would have expected!

Rain: Is that... a compliment?

Diabolos: It is the truth.. Take it as you like. I know that humans do not think the same way we espers do. But you have fulfilled your part of the covenant. My power will now be even greater. Now the fun should really begin.

(The esper Diabolos evolved! Diabolos turns to stone again.)

Rain(...): You... really are an add one. I suppose it's up to me to keep your "fun" from getting out of hand...

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