2022-07-30: The Outsider
- Cutscene: The Outsider
- Cast: Caina
- Where: Read and find out
- Date: July 30th 2022
- Summary: Caina, within the tower he is monitoring, ponders his feelings and the trust that has been placed within him.
BGM: (Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together ~ Hitoshi Sakimoto, arranged by Noriyuki Kamikura - Prayer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyACbfqI4vs
The order had been sent, and that had been the end of the matter.
There had been times when Caina almost -- almost -- flirted with the idea of disobedience. Once it had been after his failure with Meria Boule, and the order that had come down afterwards. Remain on standby. Provide support and aid from behind the lines.
Even his desire to avenge himself and atone for his failure -- failure in the mission Lord Vinsfeld had entrusted to /him/ -- had been denied. He had instead waited, stayed his hand. That was what Lord Vinsfeld had wished of him. So he could do no other.
And then that dark urge came again with this most recent order.
All of them had been sent their separate ways.Who else could manage the towers but those he trusted the most? Handing this task further down Odessa's chain of command was unthinkable. Without the power flowing from the Diablo towers, the Heimdall Gazzo's rate of fire would be much reduced.
And this tower, in particular...
This one, far separated from the others, was in Caina's estimation the lynchpin in the whole scheme. Of course the others, if standing, would provide necessary assistance and input to the Heimdall Gazzo. Losing any would be unthinkable.
But doesn't this one stand as the culmination of their aims over that long initial period here? Building the tower in a place like this had been no mean feat, considering the hazards at play. The construction had taken longer than the others, even if it had begun years before. Proper dampening had been needed. Proper materials had been needed. It had triumphed, in spite of the trials Odessa had faced.
So this assignment was a testament to Lord Vinsfeld's trust in him.
Even if... it is difficult, being quite so far away from him.
"Come, Randolph," Caina tells the key, his constant companion. "Let's check in on the energy extraction rate." Ever inscrutable, the key silently floats after him as the two venture further into the depths of the tower.
The tower rises high on the plains, a dark and mottled purple that glows softly in the darkness.
Above the tower hangs only the stars. Only the stars and the blue sphere of Filgaia, looming large over the landscape of Spira.