The Terrible Trio

The Terrible Trio

• Related Event: Dream Big Under the Big Top/January 2019
• Release Date: January 15, 2019
• Featured Characters: Aeleen, Berserker, Karl

Dialogue

A peaceful village has been occupied by fearsome bandits, leading its inhabitants to ask for aid from the Halidom. Unfortunately, everyone is away on other matters except for three rather problematic individuals... That must be the village in question. Kind-hearted Knight: Aeleen Those bandit chumps better be ready, because they're about to taste JUSTICE! Justice Incarnate: Karl We look to be heavily outnumbered, but that just gets my blood pumping all the more! Challenge-seeking Warrior: Berserker Hold on a minute, guys. There are three of us and a hundred of them. We shouldn't just rush headlong into bat— MY WEAPON CRAVES BLOOD! JUSTIIIIICE! STOP IT, BOTH OF YOU! Guh? Stop being idiots about this and listen! If we just run in there half-baked, we're going to be slaughtered. But justice is a dish best served piping hot! Haste makes waste for everything— justice included. Then what do you propose we do? If we take out their leader, the rest of the bandits will scatter. So here's my plan...

...Psst! Okay, so far, so good. We just need to reach their leader without being seen. What line will have the most impact? "It's time to pay the fiddler"? Or maybe just, "It's justice time!" This isn't the time to be thinking of catchphrases, Karl! I smell the scent of war in the air. Bring it to me! Bring it forth! Berserker! Please restrain yourself until we actually NEED to fight! "Hear the howl of justice"? Wait, no. "Justice tolls for thee!" Must stay calm. Must stay calm. Must—AAARGH! UNLEASH MY FURY! WOULD YOU TWO PLEASE SHUT UP?! Oy, who the hell're you lot?! We're...um...just simple villagers! Er, tee hee hee? What kinda simple villager walks 'round armed to the teeth like that?! Uh oh. Time to fall back and— TASTE THE RICH, CREAMY FLAVOR OF JUSTICE, SCUM! LEAVE SOME FOR MEEE! Aaaand there they go. Ugh. Now I'll have to join them... JUSTICE! JUSTICE! JUSTIIIIIICE! More foes! More! MORE, I SAY! I hope this works out. How dare you bind me so, cretins! How could I get so excited to fight that I missed such an obvious trap?! ...It didn't work out. Bwaaa ha ha! Where's your justice now, fools?! Just one little lass left. This ain't even close to a fair fight, but we better make the most of it. I can't possibly handle this many alone, but I have to save Karl and Berserker! Go, Aeleen! Save yourself! I regret nothing! I won't leave you! You have to! Ya ain't gettin' away from us, girlie. Get 'er, boys! Bwaaa ha ha ha! Eeek! Aaaargh! Wh-what just happened?! Die... Diediediediedie DIEEEEE! I though this lass was gonna be a total pushover, but she's killin' us! Looks like her aggressive other personality has woken up. She's a whirlwind of destruction... A shame it comes at the cost of her own self-composure. Gya! She took out all'a my men! M-mercy! Mercyyyy! I SPARE NO ONE! Eeeeek! She's yer friend, ain't she? I'll letcha go if ya calm her down! She cannot even distinguish between friend and foe in such a state, I fear. Looks like we no choice, Karl. You're right—for bearing the madness of one's friends is also part of JUSTICE! Yer mad! All of ya! DIEEEEEE! Eeeeeeeek!

Thus ended the gang of bandits. Afterward, a calmed Aeleen found herself apologizing to her heavily beaten friends...