Opening
sandraudiga
(smiling) Ohh, sweet mercy! Kyra!
What a sight for sore eyes you are!
kyra
Okay, Demeter, let's turn around
and try another way.
demeter
I pinky swear with a cherry on top,
this was the best path I could find.
It was this or diving through the molten
magma of the lowest circles, while the Seven Agonies are applied to
us by the Watchers of the Damned.
kyra
Why didn't you let me choose?!
sandraudiga
Hah! Face it, Kyra.
We are destined to be together.
Our bond of hatred is stronger than
anything love could ever muster.
kyra
All right, let's just get this over with.
demeter
...Say, what's going on here?
Why is this place so empty?
Where's the torture devices
and divine guardians?
sandraudiga
They tried a number of avenues to make
my stay less comfortable.
I had a lot of fun watching them put
their limited imaginations to the test.
Reliving my end, over and over. Being
drawn and quartered by angry mobs.
Starvation. Spontaneous combustion.
Forcing me to watch terrible plays.
Tickle torture...
Oh, that one I particularly enjoyed!
Right now I think they're trying to bore
me to tears.
I'll admit, that might've proven effective,
given another century or two.
But who should show up to spice things
up but you, my dearest archnemesis?
I'm sure you can hazard a guess as to
what happens next...
kyra
I figure you want some payback
for what went down?
demeter
(smiles) Pffft... For what went down...
Teehee...
sandraudiga
(still smiling) Oh, you did a mean thing to me,
to be sure. Yes, so mean...
Enduring the agony of my broken body,
trapped in suffocating darkness...
No escape. No refuge but my own
spiralling thoughts of madness.
Yes...
It was positively succulent.
demeter
(frowns) ......
kyra
Please tell me you misspoke.
sandraudiga
A true delicatessen of pain.
I would have seconds.
Come, Kyra. Let us have a vaguely
homoerotic duel to the death.
kyra
I hate you.
I hate you so much.
sandraudiga
Excellent! Now let me have it!
(Sandraudiga raises her arms, and the room shakes.)
Room Collapses
Battle Start:
sandraudiga
Of course, the bloodbath wouldn't be nearly
as fun without a bit of build-up.
Let's make things interesting, shall we?
Those stairs will take you to the next level.
Simply get to them and proceed.
Quite simple, is it not? Oh, there's just one
small, insignificant caveat.
Do try to get everyone out of there before...
Oh, let's say 3 turns.
You may not like what happens after that...
Hahahahahaha!
Turn 4:
Sandraudiga
I'll tell you, seizing control over an oneiric
prison like this isn't easy.
I still haven't quite gotten the hang of it.
Holding up the pieces, it's... exhausting...
(closes eyes) Oohhh, I feel my arms growing weaker from
the magical exertion...
(Sandraudiga pretends to stumble.)
Whoops!
(The first room collapses, removing anyone still inside.)
Sandraudiga
Oh, dearie...
Me and my butterfingers.
Don't worry, though. Anyone left
behind is not lost forever.
I don't have enough power over
this place to kill... yet.
Naturally, the more troops you
lose along the way...
The less entertaining our final
dance shall be.
So do take care, please.
For me?
You've got another 3 turns.
Make them count!
Turn 7:
(The second room collapses.)
Sandraudiga
Still in the game, I hope? I can't really
tell from here if you're all gone.
Don't disappoint me.
This is the most fun I've had since...
Well, since the previous time our paths
crossed!
Let us put on a show to surpass even
that one, shall we?
I'll cut you some slack. 4 turns.
Aren't I generous?
Turn 11:
(The third room collapses.)
Sandraudiga
You know, the stairs can be
used both ways.
Why don't you use them again
and return to the void?
That'd be so funny.
I, personally, would laugh.
But don't waste too much
time playing around, now.
I'm only giving you 4 turns
to complete this one.
You're almost there! C'mon!
I believe in you... Hahaha!
Turn 15:
(The fourth room collapses.)
Sandraudiga
That's the last one!
No more messing around!
You who yet remain, come
hither and confront me!
Let us drown together in an
orgy of blood and gore!
Hahahaha...
Hahahahahahahahaha!
Ending
sandraudiga
(bleeding and grinning) Ahhh...
Yes, oh, yes...
That was wonderful...
Thank you, Kyra...
Would it be too much of an imposition
if I asked that we do it again?
I could... go for thirds...
Hahaha... ahaha...
kyra
I hate her, Demeter.
I hate this woman so much and nothing
I do wipes the stupid grin off her face.
demeter
Aww, relax...
I've almost got the next portal open.
Soon we'll leave and she can continue
to twiddle her thumbs on her own.
sandraudiga
Ohoho... I don't think so.
(Sandraudiga gets up and recovers from her wounds.)
sandraudiga
I have already squeezed every ounce
of entertainment out of this oyster.
Why would I remain here, when true
elation lies with you?
I have no idea what misadventures
have brought you back to me...
But knowing you? You may end up
challenging the divine themselves.
Obviously, I want to partake in that.
I'm going with you, Kyra!
kyra
What?! Demeter, she wants to
join the team! Do something!
demeter
...Do I even dare to propose that
maybe this could be a fun--
kyra
After you do, you can pick which
arm you'd like me to break.
demeter
Uh huh...
sandraudiga
Heh... You cannot fool me.
You will cherish the chance to have my
subservience.
Why, we may become even closer than
we already are!
Perhaps we should come up with cute
pet names for one another?
kyra
I...
I just...
I'm a little tired.
I want to wake up already.
sandraudiga
Call me Sandy, Kyra.
kyra
No.
(Sandraudiga bounces insistently.)
sandraudiga
Call me Sandy, my most
beloved vanquisher!
kyra
Demeter!!
Help!
demeter
(smiles) ...There! Good to go.
(frowns) But before we enter, I must say a few
words of warning, Kyra.
(Kyra runs into the portal.)
demeter
We are very near the pulsating core of
existence now.
Very scary stuff! That's why we have to
be really careful here.
Listen to my directions exactly and never
stray from my side.
Otherwise you risk ending up somewhere
you don't want to be,
or stumbling into... her. And then she'd be
mad at me for bringing you this far!
You don't want to do that to me, right?
But nothing bad has to happen,
just as long as we stay cool and collected,
and follow instructions.
sandraudiga
She dove right in before you got to
sentence three of your speech.
demeter
She did, didn't she.
sandraudiga
It may be my fault.
demeter
...You're the worst, you know that,
Sandy?
sandraudiga
Thank you, thank you.
demeter
(smiles) Well, I guess there's only one
thing left to do.
sandraudiga
And that is?
demeter
(grins) Panic!
(Demeter runs around in a panic before entering the portal.)
sandraudiga
......
(Lifewringer face) I have a pretty cute smile
too, don't you think?
(Kyra finds herself in complete blackness.)
kyra
...I can't see anything...
Total, otherworldly silence...
I can't even see any ground,
even though I can feel it...
(closes eyes) W-Why the heck is all this
happening to me...?
(Kyra composes herself.)
All right, all right.
Don't lose your cool.
Sandraudiga's not here.
That's already an improvement.
Just keep calm and look for
Demeter...
(Kyra wanders the void until she runs into a priestess.)
kyra
Thank goodness, Demeter!
I thought I wouldn't--
(Kyra starts.)
Whoa!
???
Fleshling... How dare you bring your
putrefaction to the plane of the divine?
kyra
Hey, that's not fair!
I bathe regularly--
???
Silence!!
kyra
Y-You think I'm here 'cause
I want to?!
I didn't come here of my
own volition! It was--!
???
I am aware who it is that set your filth
upon this superior echelon.
It is out of deference to her, and for that
reason alone, that I shall show mercy.
Leave now, and you may have a chance
to avoid a fate worse than damnation.
Or remain, sate your gluttonous curiosity,
and suffer consequences most dire!
kyra
Dammit, aren't you listening?
I WANT to leave!
If you'll just show me the way
out, maybe I could--
???
You DARE speak to me in
such an insolent manner!!
Then your fate shall be
expedited right now!
kyra
Huh?!
???
You will endure the trials of the soul.
Should you succeed...
You shall be granted a reprieve.
Rue thy fate should you fail!
Be careful what you wish for,
fleshling!
(The unknown figure teleports Kyra somewhere else.)
kyra
...All right, goodbye to you too.
Sheesh, I just wanted to know
where the exit is...
Where even am I now?
Hello?! Demeter?! Anyone?!
???
Oh, Kyra... What did you
do this time?
kyra
Wha...
No...
N-No way...!
eupraxia
You show up and five minutes
later everything falls apart.
thyone
Are you surprised?
sandraudiga
I must concur, Mother.
You have always known I'm
prone to cause problems.
Problem is my middle name,
remember?
Sandraudiga Problem
Rodriguez.
eupraxia
...I will admit one thing, and one
thing alone.
I should've known better than to
marry a man called Problem.
sandraudiga
Truly an unfortunate surname.
He had problems, all right.
Remember that time someone
poisoned him?
And then he died.
Big, big problem, right there.
eupraxia
Sandraudiga, you did that.
sandraudiga
Oh, c'mon. Just because
my middle name's Problem, doesn't mean every problem
in the world is my fault.
Will you accuse me of killing
our dog next?
thyone
I found you with the pieces,
Sandraudiga.
sandraudiga
Oh, yeah.
That was a tough break. Hadn't
expected you to visit so suddenly.
Then again, I didn't quite get what
it was about you two at the time.
eupraxia
You were 10 years old.
Of course you didn't get it.
thyone
You still don't.
sandraudiga
Good times. Good times.
But hey, after that, I grew up and I
always behaved, didn't I?
Everything I did at that point was just
what the hierophant ordered.
Just an innocent cog in the machine,
I was...
telemus
Do you have any idea how many
people I watched flee the country,
after you accused them of the false
crime by the name of heresy?
I heard a number of stories in my
time as head of the border watch.
Sometimes you'd hound people just
because you were bored!
sandraudiga
And where do you get off judging me,
General Homewrecker?
(Telemus sputters.)
telemus
Wha-- I-- Why, I...
But I didn't...
(Telemus squirms.)
S-She was not married! I really
do not see what I did wrong!
phobos'
mother
(smiles) Telemus, sweetheart,
don't listen to her.
I know you're a truly
wonderful man.
Isn't that right,
Phobos?
phobos
......
Is this it? Is this really going to
be my role in the postgame?
I went through a whole character
arc for this?!
fazang
And let us not forget your flagrant
disregard for human life.
You do not merely commit crimes to
achieve specific goals.
You revel in the suffering you cause...
The lives you take...
eupraxia
In a few words, you are insane.
sandraudiga
Mother, that just speaks of your limited
understanding of mental health.
I am perfectly sane and in control of
my actions. I am simply evil.
To compare me to people suffering of
mental diseases is quite insensitive.
eupraxia
......
fazang
She does have a point.
eupraxia
Perhaps I shall leap from this
floating building.
sandraudiga
Gosh, like daughter,
like mother, huh.
Character Descriptions
Sandraudiga
The Grand Inquisitor of Tartaros. A fearsome woman known as Heaven's Scythe.
Inquisitor
She who carries out the divine task
of expunging heresy from this world.
Personal Skill: Frenzy
For every 4 damage
taken, +1 to damage dealt.
Sandraudiga
The fearsome Heaven's Scythe,
currently in the middle of making
the worst mistake of her life.
Lifewringer
She who toyed with powers beyond
her ken, and paid the price.
Personal Skill: Daunt
-5 Hit and Crit to all enemy units in a 3-tile radius.
Antiope
A Tartaran sharpshooter guarding the outskirts of the forest near Percote.
Elite
All hail Sandraudiga!
All hail her new world!