Hundred years ago.
Brie is busy playing with her Iron Lord figures of Lady Perun and Lord Felwinter as she makes them fight figures of war lords and making gun sounds. On her walls are crayon pictures of the Iron Lords and even lady Efrideet throwing Saladin at a Fallen Walker. Her room is white colored and has a single light on the ceiling with a window showing the outside world. Next to the window is her bed on the right side with her toy box on the left alongside a wooden toy gun version of her mother's weapon alongside a titan helmet. Brie makes an electrical sound as she raises the figure of lord Felwinter.
"And now you will face wrath of...the stormcaller!" The little girl shouted and makes thunder noises at the figures of the war lords as she makes screaming sounds. She grabs a figure of lord Saladin and adjusts her voice.
"Good work Iron Lords! The War Lords are defeated for now...but the battle has just begun!" Brie said in a husky voice impersonating Saladin. A knock in the door is heard causing her to get up and turn around in happiness knowing that her mother is home. She can't wait to show her the picture she made. Among the pictures of the Iron Lords is one of Lady Jolder. Except it looks different from the others. Its a mosaic made of papers forming a body the height of an adult. She made it in school. The papers all form a picture of Lady Jolder. There's someone near her too, another mosaic is near her too and is holding her hand. Its Brie.
Brie hears the door opening knowing she's home...she arrives in the living room to reveal no one is there. She looks around and looks out in the window to see Lord Saladin talking to her father, Lloyd. Lord Saladin has a look of sadness and shock alongside Lloyd.
"I'm so sorry...She...And the rest...Of my brothers and sisters..." Saladin choked.
"They did what they did...what they fought for and believed in..." Lloyd replied and begins to tear up.
"Your wife, she said she loved you and Brie more than anything in the world. She would even curse the Traveler to defend you and her." Saladin explained. Tears begin to form on Lloyd's eyes knowing the woman who was his childhood friend has died. Lloyd sniffs as Brie realizes it. Her mother won't be coming back...forever. Brie begins to cry and runs off to her room. Her mother told her heroes never die...she was so wrong in many ways to the point it broke her heart. Brie slams the door shut in her room and looks at the mosaic of her and her mother. Swearing that she'll become an Iron Lord.
Felwinter's Peak, now.
Brie looks at her mom's statue after attuning her artifact. She can imagine it now: If her mother was alive today, she would be standing here before her and hand placed on her shoulder smiling saying how proud she was of her. Brie smiles at the statue and looks at her mother's helmet with a victorious look on her eyes that is basically saying thank you and I'll miss you. She was a bit of an unknown named back in her old days, she was a city guardian until she was involved in a raid known as King's Fall with the guardian and finally, the slaying of Aksis. She's a rising start among the guardians.
"To the first of a new generation." Brie muttered and looks at the statues in awe. Lord Saladin walks out while passing by Cayde and Nanael with eyebrows raised and heads back to his post. Cayde walks towards Brie.
"Well if isn't it the next big thing after Lord Guardian." Cayde said causing Brie to turn around. Cayde has been best friends with her since they met after she switched from city duties to field operations. Cayde was basically her guide.
"Cayde, I didn't expect you leave from the tower." Brie smiled and pats Cayde on the arm.
"Well I couldn't help but visit the rising star! Look at you now! The new generation of the Iron Lords and already to kick so much ass." Cayde complemented and looks at the statues and whistles.
"Man, they were truly legends." Cayde observed and looks at Brie.
"And another one is in front of me." He smiled.
"Oh stop brown nosing Cayde. Just because I laid the final blow on Aksis the splicer priest doesn't make me a legend. Its like being an actor who is discovered. There's probably more fish out there that are more stronger and scarier." Brie replied.
"You embody everything an Iron Lord is-heroic, brave, wise, and knows her weakness." Cayde continued.
"Cayde, I'll punch you if you continue to kiss up." She sighed.
"Whatever...Anyway, time for the nitty gritty." He adjusts his voice and walks around the room.
"What if I tell you that our world has met another one. And that said world is basically in the dark ages and stuck in a time of dragons and magic." Cayde began causing Brie to raise her eyebrow.
"I heard about the discovery."
"Oh good. Now, what if...The daughter of one of the most famous guardians ever to have walked the earth attends a death match that's a cake walk because our tech and becomes queen because she won said death watch and because of that, we have an influence over said world and we gain another ally rather than teaming up with a corrupt feudal family?" Cayde asks.
"...Are you telling me to attend a death match and become queen of another world?" Brie replied in annoyance.
"Well not the queen, kind of like a puppet government so we can sorten things out and not land in hot water. This Vance family are corrupt heck even one of the sisters have an incest fetish on the other...not the kind of people we'd work for." Cayde explained.
"So you want me...To...Represent the last safe on earth...in...what is this called?" Brie asks. She was never the leader type, more of a follower and a bit of a drone who executes her orders.
"The Queens Blade tournament. You'll meet a bunch spunky women there I get you that." Cayde answered.
"Cayde, I'm a rising star among the guardians. I was just a city guardian, a guardian wielding an uncommon weapon patrolling the streets in uncommon armor alongside a ghost in a rare shell. Sure I was a bit of a crucible champion and SRL but all I did was take down Oryx and also Aksis. Look at what the guardian did-Aetheon, Oryx, Skolas, dozens of taken champions, and finally Aksis. I was just involved." Brie pleaded.
"Oh come on Brie! You're the daughter of one of the Iron Lords, legendary warriors who would headbutt Oryx head on and die with a smile saying her face! Live up to the legend without using your mother's name as a cornerstone!" The Exo begged.
"You have your mother's name but you need to fight to be your own person." He ended. His communicator goes off to reveal Zevala is calling causing him to roll his optics.
"I gotta go, Zevala is having a tantrum right now about me keeping secrets. Guess I'll find another champion then." Cayde begins to leave as Brie looks at the artifact known as memory of Jolder then looking at her statue.
What do you say mom?
Brie looks at the statue in doubt...then sighs.
"Cayde." Brie called before Cayde turns around in some smile in his face.
Tower.
Zevala is looking at the list of possible candidates for the Queens Blade alongside Ikora. He's annoyed that Cayde walks out of a meeting in a time of great uncertainty and fear right now with the notion of another world beyond there's wishing to make friends with them while Ikora is busy doing the same. Suddenly they look up to see Cayde and Brie walking towards them.
"Zevala and Ikora-our champion!" Cayde declared and grabs Brie's hand then raises it with Brie having a shy smile as Zevala raises his eyebrow.
"Commander Zevala, the name's Brie Jolder. Its honor meeting you." Brie said while letting go of Cayde.
"The daughter of Lady Jolder? Interesting...as memory serves, you participated in a strike against Aksis and Oryx which garnered the attention of others to you. Shaxx also has stated you're a champion in the SRL races." Zevala observed.
"My mother...She was a hero, I wish to follow her footsteps and become worthy of the title of Iron Lord." Brie explained.
"Hm...I can see it. Only women can enter the Queens Blade tournament so you'll suffice." Ikora added.
"I won't let you down." She promised.
"We'll see..."
Venus.
Brie is in her ship while her ghost has thoughts of doubts in her head. The ghost has known Brie since she was a teenager yes but she feels that she's going over her head right now. She has combat experience but at the same time, can't really handle a real military operation on her own. The fact she's representing the last safe city on earth is an even more bigger baggage for her. Brie's ship is called the sidereal rumba, a ship she got from the second season of the crucible. After participating in numerous matches, she began to get better gear than her uncommon armor right before being transferred to military duties.
"Brie." Her ghost called getting her attention. The ghost's nickname is Iza, a name Brie got from playing some Dark Souls so she shortened out the witch's name in the process as a reference to Izalith. The ghost worries a lot about her all the time after she found she is the daughter of Lady Jolder.
"Yes?"
"I hate to question you again for the seventy-forth time but...aren't you in over your head?"Iza asks as Brie sighs.
"Iza, remember you told me about the crucible? How I was just a city level guardian compared to the guardians there? Look what happened." Brie bragged knowing she's been in fights like this before but not in a universal scale.
"Yes but remember your first time. You lost a lot of matches and gained nothing but rare gear...that is until you kept hoarding legendary marks and kept buying stuff from Commander Zevala and the Vanguard armory." Iza notified.
"Iza, that was the first time I didn't use legendary marks as food stamps to get by. Plus the more I got better, people started turning to me. Heck, I even did patrols in the Plaguelands! And also became a sunbreaker too! I'm beyond ready." Brie continued and spots the landing zone that is designated by the dead Vex surrounding it.
"Plus its just bimbos with medieval weapon. I have guns and the light." She adds and sets the landing course.
"They have ancient spells and weird hentai demons." Iza replied while rolling her eye and vanishes. Brie gets out of her ship as the entrance is guarded by two male titans in tan shaders. She pulls out her Vanguard identification ID showing that she can enter and is the representative of the Last City of Earth which they nod and let her in. She enters into the entrance of Vex citadel and into the gateway into the other world.
The Continent.
Brie walks through the portal and into the cave while observing the place. She heads up to reveal the beautiful landscape which she awes at as her ghost takes a picture at it. The titan looks over to the village with a wall surrounding it that was erected by the Vanguard itself and villagers flocking to meet the guardians. Brie slides down to get there while a kid notices her and tells his mom.
"Mom! Mom! Look at her! She looks like a knight!" Brie turns and smiles at the kid before walking off to the guardians nearby. One of them is revealed to be Vera herself leaning against a house while Titus is with the local militia and yelling at at them. Longinus is teaching the children to read and write which is a privilege to them. It also looks like Lady Efrideet has set up shop nearby. Brie walks towards Vera who notices her.
"Ah! There's our rep! This world is a trash bin isn't it? As much as I want to start an internal revolution-the Vanguard is afraid we'll loose a potential ally. Anyway, the Queens Blade tournament huh? Should've picked me but nope, it has to be a human because of fear race issues. They have elves here so what's the point of fear of race issues?" Vera said.
"I'm quite sure they'd be scared to see an Awoken or an Exo here..." Brie replied.
"Oh and they're not scared of that Nowa girl that I see all the time wandering these woods? Give me a break." She sighed.
"By the way, the name's Vera-76. Black ops hunter obviously by my shader. I'll be in charge of the bounties and other missions." Vera noted as Brie nods to her. Brie checks out Vera's inventory to reveal she's selling weapons from the Vanguard armory.
"Now that you saw my stockpile, ready for a mission?"
"I thought I was supposed to be in Gainos right now." Brie countered.
"Well the Vanguard wants to represent so we have to do some good things...even though there for bad people. Here's your first op..." Vera adjusts her voice to turn it into a high pitch one.
"The Vance family is missing there future countess: Leina Vance! Oh the horror! They'll be offering a bounty if they find there poor sweet little girl!~" She said in a dramatic royal voice.
"So you want me to find this...Leina Vance for you? When was the last time she was seen?" Brie asks.
"Our scouts said that they saw a hooded busty-looking chick walking toward the pathway leading out of Vance territory. She's probably there." Vera answered. Brie nods and heads into the wall doors which begin to open then heads outside. Her HUD states that the sparrow link has been enabled strangely and activates her sparrow dubbed the Velumbra. Brie rides off into the road while checking her inventory which consists of heavy ammo synthesis, special ammo synthesis, and primary ammo synthesis showing that she is well stocked.
Brie looks around her surroundings and takes in all of the beauty, a beauty she has only seen through the Golden age pictures on how the world used to look like. Guardians appear to have planted beacons in the forest also. Unlike the other patrol areas shes been through, the Continent is opened and free without the mountains and restricted areas. She takes a deep breath in her helmet...only to hear some kind of commotion. Brie orders her sparrow to stop then gets off.
In front of her is a group of hunters confronting armored men armed with swords and staffs also having the Vance family symbol on them. On the ground is what appears to be a starving woman in rags holding her kids close to her and a loaf of bread. Brie walks towards them.
"Look that lady is a thief! She stole a loaf of bread from lady Elina!" The soldier said in pure defiance and tries to make himself look better. The hunters surrounding the mother are wearing Long Tomorrow 9G armor and armed with fusion rifles and hand cannons.
"And I say she was trying to defend her kids." The leader hunter replied. He looks different from the other hunters in fact. He is wearing a hooded brown duster coat that is unique to hunters and covers his entire body but due to his gestures, it reveals he's wearing a crimson colored light armored suit. Brie can see a hand cannon on his holster too.
"You're defending a criminal and a traitor! The Vance family nor your command-"
"Yours, not mine." He interrupted. The hunter lifts his head revealing a vertically shaped visor almost resembling a dustwalker helmet.
"Excuse me?" The soldier asks.
"Yours not mine. An old friend told me that." The hunter replied. The soldier raises his eyebrow and realizes that he is basically saying that he can do whatever he wants. The soldier raises his sword against the hunter who aims his hand cannon revealing that its the Last Word hand cannon as Brie realizes who he's talking to, Shin Malphur aka the hero of Dwindler's Ridge and slayer of Dredgen Yor.
"Look now pal, the lady is trying to feed her kids while that incestuous freak who I think is a Lanister could just a lot of bread. So back off or else." Shin threatened and pressed the barrel of his gun against the soldier's chin. He slowly backs away and growls in rage before ordering his troops to get on horseback then ride back to Elina to tell her the bad news. Brie walk towards Shin who turns around.
"Jeeze, the Vance family sound like pricks." Brie observed.
"Oh hell yeah they are. They oppress the people here and care for themselves, the only one I can tell who isn't dishonorable or disgusting is Claudette aka The Thundercloud General." Shin replied. He observes Brie for a little while.
"Hey, you're that guardian-Brie Jolder. Daughter of the legend herself." Shin chuckled.
"Yeah, I'm representing the last city in Queens Blade." Brie explained.
"Well this should be interesting. Anyway, I gotta take my scouts back to the village to report in. Good luck and don't underestimate anyone." Shin salutes Brie and summons his sparrow alongside his scouts then drives off while the woman gets on the back of a hunter alongside her children. They speed off until they disappear from Brie's sights. From what she can make out, the Vance family is corrupt and this world really does need the guidance of the Vanguard. She turns around to head back to her sparrow...only to reveal a woman checking it out. She is wearing revealing clothes and has wild red hair and also has tan skin. She is also wielding what appears to be some kind of mace.
"What in the-who are you and you better not be trying to steal my sparrow." Brie observed and checks out her body causing her to ghost to spawn and shake its body at her as a sign of disapproval.
"I always see your teams flying these magic carriages and I wanted to see how they work. May I take this for a joyride?" The woman replied.
"Maybe...Only if you tell me your name~" Brie flirted much to her ghost's anger.
"Risty, the Benevolent Bandit of the Wild." Ritsy introduced herself.
"Brie Jolder, Sunbreaker of the Last City. Guardian and a titan." She replied seductively causing Iza to spawn in between them.
"I suggest you should stay away from her, she maybe a chick magnet but you'll only get one-night stand off her." Iza informed.
"Well isn't that a little cool. What are things called? Like I said, you guardians are pretty secretive." Risty said while looking at Iza.
"She's a ghost. My ghost. Ghosts are AI's constructed by our savior, the Traveler, to seek out the deceased or living to become the guardians of light and justice. If you want one, go talk to the Speaker if you want to visit sometime." Brie explained. Risty could tell she can trust Brie already...and sucker out.
"So...what are you doing here? Another patrol?" Risty asks.
"Actually, I'm doing a bounty. The search for Leina Vance who went missing and according to the scouts, she's heading to that mountain over there so she can get out of Vance territory. I'm here to get her back." Brie replied. She wants to tie the knot between her and Risty real fast. So she has an idea for a turn on.
"I'm also participating the Queens Blade." She ended causing Risty's eyes to widen.
"...Why?"
"I've been sent here to fight in the tournament by the higher ups who believe this world is too corrupt and through the Queens Blade which if won by a guardian can bring back order and peace through the guidance of our ways." Brie explains.
"...So you wish to control this world." Risty growled.
"What? No! We're not imperialists! We're trying to help you all but telling how everyone acts and the Vance family also, they need someone to straighten them out and cooperate properly. There's a reason why guardians are secretive to your people because our tech can fall into the wrong hands." The titan defended.
"That and your world might be in danger too."
"Danger? Besides starvation and oppression, we're in danger already. Plus I kind of see your side to the story. After all, the strongest survive in this world. So tell me of this great danger." Risty ordered.
"Hundreds of years ago, our world met a mysterious being called the Traveler who brought an era of peace and innovation. Mankind extended to the stars. Human life span tripled. Innovations ran rampant. We called it...The Golden Age. Humans colonized planets thought to be uninhabitable terraformed by the Traveler's power. That was then...this is now. Its ancient rival that we don't know what it is, an evolutionary endpoint, an alien race, some kind of force but people called it the Darkness. The Darkness brought great destruction and madness which caused a great battle that almost ended the Traveler's life...and brought us back. It created the guardians to defend humanity when it could not. Now it rests until it can find its voice...As its armies surround us one by one." Brie explained. Risty is silent for a moment.
"No wonder why you're called the Last City."
"Yes and the city needs another ally hence why I'm participating the Queens Blade tournament but first I need to find Leina Vance so the Vance family can trust us guardians." The titan continued. Risty sighs feeling pity for her.
"Fine...Just as long as I get to ride on the Sparrow and I get the share of the reward."
"Well ladies first." Brie smirked as Risty gets on the back with Brie on the front.
Mountain pass.
A mysterious cloaked figure walks past the arches. Little does she know that Brie and Risty have beaten her as she doesn't notice the titan and bandit on perched on top of a ledge. Brie is armed with her weapon, Unbent Tree auto rifle. Her special weapon slot is her shotgun dubbed the quantum plasm and heavy weapon slot is Super Good Advice. Risty is busy sharpening her mace. Brie spots the figure and zooms in but she can't tell who it is. Iza appears and does a quick scan.
"Hm...I think its her." Iza notified as Brie nods and gets up to jump off her spot but Risty stops her. Risty points at a figure sitting on the arches. She appears to be strange...almost goo-like with bunny ears. Brie lowers her rifle and raises an eyebrow and turns to Risty.
"Who's she?" Brie asks Risty who looks as her eyes widen.
"That's Melona, a servant of the Swamp Witch...She attracts Travelers around here and kills them with her acid breasts and goo-like powers." Risty explained. Brie holds her laughter hoping she's joking right now. Acid breasts? Is she joking or something? The notion of such ability to Brie is almost humorous and a little hot for her at the same time. Brie turns to Risty.
"Seriously? Are you jealous or something?" Brie asks in borderline laughter.
"I'm serious. She has acid breasts and goo-like abilities! What's so damn funny?!" Risy replied in irritation. Brie bursts out in laughter while rolling on the ground as Risty looks on in confusion and annoyance.
"So what if I am?" Brie turns to her attention to Melona.
"Then I'll slay you." The cloaked stranger replied.
"Hm...You intend to be the end of me? This should be fun!" Melona chuckled. Brie aims her rifle but Risty lowers it much to her annoyance.
"What are you doing?!" Brie yelled knowing a person's life is in danger right now. Melona leaps down and summons a sword as the stranger does the same while countering the swings from her. There blades clash and begin to push against each other.
"Even though you covered your face. I know who you are~" Melona sniffed. Brie tries to level the trigger but she can't get a clear shot of her right now.
"Your scent is that of the Vance family!" The stranger swings her sword and slices Melona on the shoulder as her sword goes through her flesh but it doesn't seem to hurt her. Brie's eyes widen upon realizing that Melona isn't human. The stranger lets go with her mouth mask revealing her face to be Leina Vance.
"What? You're not Claudette!"
"My name is Leina...And I'm a noble warrior!" They continue to clash while Brie is trying to shoot her. She holsters her auto-rifle then puts on her helmet.
"But you're clearly no Claudette-" A flurry of bullets whiz past her causing Melona to turn around in shock but no before she throws her sword at Leina as her cloak is cut off revealing her rather scantly clothed attire. The bullets pierce through Melona's flesh as Brie uses her hover to jump and switches to her quantum plasm shotgun to double more damage then lands in front of Leina and activates her sunbreaker ability.
"What's this? Another competitor of the Queens Blade?" Melona asks Brie.
"Queens Blade?" Leina questioned.
"For years, the worlds finest warriors compete in a battle for there right as Queen and its about to begin again!" Melona answered before Brie throws her hammer of Sol at Melona who gets out of the way. Children of Iron Lords supers tend to last longer than an average guardian, some say they can turn it off at will. Brie is one of them though she's a rare one since Iron Lords had very few children, Lady Perun is said to have a daughter somewhere and Gheleon having a son too.
"This just got interesting! An armored knight from a faraway land to save the adorable princess!What first was a disappointment now I approve!" Melona taunted. Risty stays clear since she can tell that power of Brie's is unstable and she can get seriously hurt from it.
"I'm going to exterminate you!" Leina yelled while running up front of Brie and swings her sword. Melona gets out of the way then squirts acid out from her breasts as Brie is shocked that Risty isn't joking about that ability. Brie covers her face or helmet as the acid simply disintegrates from the heat emitted from her power while other acid splashes on Leina's clothes. The redhead turns and has a nosebleed at the sight of a half naked woman. Leina is paralyzed by fear while Brie is begging internally for her to take off her clothes fully...which she does.
"You wicked little monster!" Melona's eyes widen as she rushes towards Leina but Brie charges with her hammer in hand which causes her to split apart and forming a goo wave but Brie throws a hammer at Melona suppressing her in the process. The hammers explode while keeping Melona away but she reforms and grabs Leina by the throat.
"What did you say!? You just called me a little monster didn't you?! No one who's said lives long to regret it!" Brie powers down as she pulls out Super Good Advice and starts firing at Melona but her rounds just absorb into her flesh.
"I'm going to kill you now! Its the only way you won't cause me any trouble!"
"Say goodbye, Leina-" Brie switches to quantum plasm and blasts a hole into Melona's stomach as the SIVA swarm emitted from the shotgun rounds and begins to eat her away. Leina begins to loose consciousness as Brie blasts another round into Melona's arm thus ripping it apart with her hand still on Leina's neck and chest next as Risty sees the advantage and throws her mace at Melona thus knocking her off of the mountain with Risty following her. Melona reforms and looks up to see Risty.
"You bitch! Where did you come from and who the hell are you!?" Melona yelled.
"The names Risty, benevolent bandit of the wild and that was partner, Brie Jolder the guardian of the Last City."
"I'll be sure to remember you and her alongside that little inkling." Melona melts and squirms away while Brie shoots off her hand off of Leina's neck releasing her. Brie pulls out Iza to check on her.
"She'll live just passed out." Iza assured.
"I'm late! I'm late!" A high pitched voice yelled causing Brie to turn around as Nanael lands on the arch.
"I'm the Angel of Hope known as Nanael! All fighters who wish to enter the Queens Blade tournament grant me the honor bearing witness to your galantry and honor-" Brie opens fire on Nanael causing to dodge the bullets as the titan fires her auto rifle one handed while Nanael screams in horror and flies up.
"Did I arrive at the wrong time?!" Nanael asks fearfully.
"YES! YES YOU DID!" Brie yelled and switches to Super Good Advice then continues to shoot as Nanael flies off. Risty heads up and sees Brie shooting at the angel leading to Risty to motion and lower her heavy machine gun.
"Woah, woah! Do you want to anger the gods?!" Risty yelled with Brie calming down and looks at Leina then takes off her helmet.
Brie is watching guard while checking on her gun to switch the modifier. The fire rate was too much to the point she kept missing and got less precision shots than body shots than ever. Much to her distaste since precision shots could put down a target in haste. Its a waste of ammo and completely unnecessary. She switches to its balanced recoil and extended magazine which increases the Unbent Tree's ammo capacity to sixty seven. Iza spawns besides her.
"Hm...Good combination. A perfect weapon for spray and pray." Iza commented. Brie only has one thing in her mind: Risty. She wonders what's taking her so long right now so she has to switch to her Lingering Song hand cannon and checks it out for awhile then switches to Unbent Tree.
"What's taking her so long?" Brie asks while getting up and looking at the stars while wondering if there's any planets out there at the moment. Her patience turns into worry and she heads to where Risty went as she loads her auto rifle once again...She hears splashing. Brie walks to the source of the splashing...
In front of Brie is a fully naked Risy. All parts exposed. Tan skin glistening against the moonlight and water with her long fiery red hair as an extra bonus for the titan. Brie is holding herself back right now from pouncing on the bandit. Risty stops bathing and looks at Brie.
"Oh, should've told me you were coming." Risty said while Brie snaps out of her wet dream.
"I-I was checking on you and Leina! I swear!" Brie replied.
"Wow you're a bad liar, I can tell by the way you look at me and your body language, you're into women aren't you? No need to repress that notion." Risty smiled flirtatiously much to Brie's embarrassment and her ghost telling her in her coms not to sleep with her.
"Funny thing is...The sparrow isn't the only thing I wanted to ride on. Come closer." Risty smiled. Brie holsters her weapon and walks in the water as Risty stands in front of her like a siren luring her sailor. Iza sighs and prepares for intercourse protocol which a guardian's armor is removed when they commence. Brie pulls Risty gently as the bandit chuckles again. The redheaded titan licks her lips as Risty's are basically hypnotic right now. Brie slowly moves closer to Risty who closes her eyes...only to hear a sound catching Brie off guard. Risty turns quickly to see Leina waking up with Brie burning bright red in embarrassment causing her to quickly get off of her.
The titan watches on guard and is armed with super good advice once again as she watches the stars. A shooting one flies by while its shine reflects on her helmet's visor. She turns around to the still naked Leina which she has stopped blushing at. Brie whistles and idles around and checks her machine gun. Leina has been silent for a couple minutes but Brie isn't surprised, she just saw her and Risty almost have sex after all. She turns around with her visors glowing in the darkness towards them as if a spotlight was cast on the two women with the fire's light reflects back at her as she takes it off.
"That nasty creature you tussled with was Melona, she works for the Swamp Witch." Brie hears rustling and looks down to see Risty going through Leina's bags. The titan reaches towards her.
"Wait, she needs to learn a lesson."
"Hey!" Leina called out knowing she is stealing her stuff. Brie wants to grab Risty and give Leina her stuff back but she doesn't want to fight her.
"I'm afraid you're no match for her." Risty said while still going through her stuff.
"The Swamp Witch..."
"It was foolish of you to challenge without knowing your own strength. You better keep that mind..." Risty raises her eyes towards Leina.
"If you want to live. You're pretty lucky my guardian friend here stopped her." The redhead continues to go through her bag.
"Hey that belongs to me! Give it back!" Leina ordered.
"I don't think so. You're a prize that I won in battle. Whatever was yours belongs to me."
"You thief!" Brie insulted.
"Listen carefully kid-I'll tell you again: In battle, the winner takes all. That's the law of the land around here. I'm Risty, Benevolent Bandit of the Wild-" Leina looks bitterly at Risty. Brie has had enough of her so she grabs the bag away.
"What in the world!?" Risty screamed.
"You don't take anyone's stuff like that as an example of some kind of twisted lesson!" Brie spat back.
"Okay, what's your lesson then?!" The bandit asks. Brie adjusts her voice as her ghost drops a book at her hand.
"Pay attention you two for this is the important part. My mother told this story before she and her brothers and sisters fell...This is the part of the story that is really important. Now this is the law of the jungle." Brie reads the book remembering when her mother read her the story.
"As old and as true as the sky. The wolf that shall keep it may prosper but the wolf that shall break must die as the creeper that gurgles the tree trunks. The law runeth forward and back. For the strength of the pack is the wolf and the strength is the pack." She ends as Leina is enchanted by the titan while Risty is annoyed with her little self-righteous attitude. The two women sit in silence as Brie realizes something.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Brie, Brie Jolder. I joined the Queens Blade to represent my world so we can forge an alliance...Also my title is Sunbreaker of the Last City." She introduced herself.
"I'm Leina, Leina Vance." Leina replied as Brie nodded.
"I know. I took up a bounty to look for you." Brie explained much to Leina's shock but understanding.
"So you two are here to bring me back home then..." Leina sighed.
"Well yeah of course, I need to gain your house's trust. I'm under orders." Brie said. Leina observes Brie's armor, it doesn't look like the armor women in the Continent wear. It looks almost like knight armor giving her of that noble feel to it. Iza spawns besides Brie catching Leina by surprise.
"What the-! What is that thing?" Leina asks in curiosity and intrigue.
"Why I never!" Iza winced in disgust.
"Now now Iza, this would isn't like ours. They're...kind of backwards. Sort of like the dark ages minus the Warlords." Brie reasoned with her ghost since she doesn't like her being called a thing. The titan turns to Leina.
"This is my ghost. Her name is Iza. She is an AI created by a being that granted by my world advanced technology. Us guardians have these things." She explained.
"Guardians...? Are those the people with weird weaponry?" Leina asks.
"Yeah, those are my fellow guardians. Protectors of the light and enforcers of justice. Granted with the Traveler's light and power to fight the armies of the darkness." Risty rolls her eyes since she annoyed of her self righteous explanation as a way of saying that they are better than her.
"Wow..." Leina awed. Risty notices the fire is dying out as Brie does notices it also. There is no wood nearby and she can't just knock down a tree...Brie has an idea. She pulls out her incendiary grenade with Iza noticing it.
"Wait, don't-" Brie tosses the grenade at the fire which causes an explosion thus covering Leina, Brie, and Risty with ash. Risty coughs as the fire is brighter than ever because of the effect alongside Leina. Brie wipes the ash off her armor while cleaning it.
"Jeez! You shoulda warn us next time if you want to fire bomb things!" Risty coughed. Brie sits with them as she notices that Leina looks like bait for perverts. She checks her inventory on her ghost to show she still has her old SRL gear from the race last year.
"Hey Leina, I wouldn't want to head back home in the buff. I have an idea. Just hold still." Brie warned as she summons Iza. Iza's optics emit a wave that scans Leina from top to bottom then scans her again right before SRL armor begins to magically spawn on Leina's body covering her completely minus her head. The suit feels confining but movable at the same time. Risty whistles at the sight of Leina in that kind of suit, almost turns her on.
"Alright so you gave the girl a fancy new suit, big whoop." Risty sighed and lays on the ground.
"Next time you should give me that kind suit." The bandit falls asleep while Leina turns around in her new suit that is blue mixed with red.
"Thank you. I thought I'd have to walk naked on my way home." Leina thanked as Brie nodded.
"Now go get some rest. We'll be heading to house Vance tomorrow." Brie advised. Leina nods in agreement and lays on the ground thinking perhaps Brie can see how evil her house is.
Castle Vance.
Risty, Brie, and Leina stand on a hill overlooking castle Vance much to Risty and Brie's awe at the large structure. Brie only saw castles in her old books when she was a kid. Books her mother would bring back from the field after scouting and also books from Timur's library but not one up close. She always heard about that warlords would have castles made from the slaves they have. After seeing the back alley of a city, there is no doubt in mind the Vance's are warlords or at least tyrants of this place. Seeing that horrible sight made her swear when she becomes queen, she will remove all power from the Vance family and establish a proper government on this hell on earth.
"We're finally here. The castle of count Vance, our wealthy ruler. In other words: You're back home." Risty notified and awes at the castle. Brie loads Unbent Tree and nods. She holster the weapon on her back while she turns to Leina.
"Let me go-I left this place for a reason."
"I have a question, why is there a reward for three hundred gold coins in your return?" Brie asks.
"I don't know nor do I want to."
"I'm just saying, a father putting a bounty on her daughter is odd to say the least...I feel sorry for you." Risty commented. She is tempted to steal Brie's rifle from her back knowing it'll cost a fortune but telling how she fought Melona with an advanced arsenal of weapons that is alien to this world, she wouldn't dare tempt fate.
"You do? Then release me." Leina replied. Risty chuckles.
"I don't feel that sorry for you." Risty grinned as Brie rolled her eyes. The three head down into the bridge as Brie looks left and right. Every side is basically like a painting to her that she would see in some ruined museum you would find in old Chicago.
"Talk about living in style...Its too bad your people are starving. The way he's governed us, its wrong." The bandit muttered. Risty turns to Leina.
"Be sure to mention that to the count."
"You can take the coins gold coins, I'll report to my group that has set up shot at the local village where I can be paid an legendary engram and twenty five legendary marks." Brie bragged while shrugging and walking. Risty and Leina look at each other with eyebrows raised as Brie realizes she is talking to people who haven't seen or know what a computer or calculator is.
"Um...Can you speak English? As in our world English?" Risty asks as Brie blushes in embarrassment.
"Oh sorry! I'll be rewarded with high end gear and weaponry also the equivalent to war bonds." Brie explained thoroughly. They stop in front of the gate as Iza activates Brie's HUD to give her some memos when she's meeting with Elina Vance and Claudette Vance. Brie adjusts her voice and sighs knowing she isn't used to meeting high ranking officials.
"I think its time to get paid! I have something that will interest the Vance family! Granted that she's pretty nice in the wear." Risty chuckled. Brie taps Leina on the back causing her to turn around. Iza spawns a jabberhakke pistol and flips it as Brie's hand grabs the barrel with the handle aiming at Leina.
"Take this. Its a sign of our trust and alliance from the Vanguard." Brie smiled. Leina blushes and smiles back then grabs the gun and holsters it on her hip. The bridge door drops down to reveal Elina causing Brie to hold her nosebleed at the sight of her outfit. Iza appears behind her and shakes her head in disapproval at everyone's fashion choice.
"Leina!" Elina cheered and runs towards them right before stopping.
"Elina!"
"You're home at last. I'm sorry I couldn't find you." The blonde apologized.
"It wasn't my intention to come back..." Leina replied.
"All that matters is that you're back and I'm so glad you're back! My heart is about to burst! Why are you dressed in that outfit? You look so restrained yet alluring! Someone dressed you didn't she? As in saw you naked? That means someone has defiled you! Nobody doesn't get close to you but me!" Brie resists the urge to vomit at Elina's comment. Its incest and they are sisters for gods sake. The fact she's flirting with her sister is just wrong and disgusting, she wouldn't surprised that Elina is a Lanister.
"I wasn't defiled. Also this outfit is pretty stylish." Leina commented and looks at the SRL colors.
"What a relief! Your purity is one of your best qualities, one that I admire most!" Elina replied and makes a cat-like smile. Risty walks forwards to threaten Elina but Brie holds her back.
"Ahem." Brie adjusts her voice causing Elina to turn to her. Elina makes a cat-like smile at Brie much Brie's shyness.
"I'm...We, are the ones who found Leina and took her back. It was a team effort." She explained.
"I'm a guardian like the ones you met before. I'm Brie Jolder, its a pleasure to meet you your highness." Brie smiled.
"Oh my~I guardian? Of course! You and your armor looks so knight-like! I'll give you all the gold coins you need-"
"Sorry, you should give my partner here the gold coins. She earned it. I don't accept those...Unless they are Festival of the Lost candy then yes." The titan joked. Elina already admires her for her honor and humility. Risty steps forward.
"Yeah hence why you should give those gold coins to me!" Risty said. Elina looks in complete disdain at Risty, it is rude to talk to the Vance family like that.
"Shut up you dog." Elina growled knowing Brie, a person with the power of destroying armies, didn't accept the gold coins and told her to give them to this commoner.
"What did you say?"
"Know your place commoner!" The blonde insulted. Nanael hovers over them and observes.
"Alright! Looks like they are going to fight!" She gets her book and opens it.
"My duty as an angel is to watch the Queens Blade battles. I'm so embarrassed I missed the last one...Especially how that titan shot at me!" Nanael looks at her book.
"Now lets see...The redheads are Brie Jolder the Sunbreaker of the Last City and Risty the Benevolent Bandit of the Wild. Cayde said Brie is the daughter of an Iron Lord which means she's a pretty strong fighter and Risty too! The other one is Elina, captain of the Vance guard troop, she's in top form and it looks like the battle is about to begin!" Brie gets in the way between them to prevent a brawl.
"Look lets just talk this out before any of us get hurt." Brie warned
"We have no money here to pay dogs so if you leave immediately, I'll overlook your rudeness."
"Really? That's how you wanna do this. Lets make it three thousand gold coins then!" Risty raises her mace causing Elina to push herself back and readies her spear. Brie looks at the two left and right.
"A ransom instead of a reward!" The titan gets in between them again to block the warriors.
"You're threatening the Vance family? I guess you don't value your life!" Elina spat.
"Ladies please! Calm down and we'll talk about this! Lets not fight because of class difference!" Brie pleaded.
"This is going to be great!" Suddenly, the sky is darkened much to everyone's confusion. Brie could feel the memories of the dark ages coming back right now, the sky blackening everyday after the Iron Lords fell. A flash of lightning strikes Brie causing her to scream in pain and blow Nanael away. Brie kneels on all fours as smoke sizzles from her armor. Risty gets up upon realizing she got Brie hurt. The armor bar on Brie beeps urgently signifying her armor is disabled thus leaving her vulnerable. Brie breathes in pain and tries to get herself up but the shock is too much. She groans while getting up slowly but falls on the ground. She looks up to see a feminine figure in the smoke.
"Elina, pay her now...Or are you trying to disgrace the count's name?" The figure asks revealing herself to be Claudette.
"Claudette! I'm sorry my sister...I meant no offense!" Elina apologized. Brie gets up as her armor bar goes back up and readjusts her arms then stretches and looks at Claudette. Risty looks at Claudette in pure anger and hatred knowing she's the Thundercloud General. Risty gets up.
"I'm glad somebody here is reasonable." Risty commented. Brie looks at Elina holding onto Leina in a perverted manner while she laughs in a cat-lime smile again much to her disgust. She could even see Leina's eyes that is basically saying save me in them right before Leina turns to her in anger. Claudette pays Risty.
"You earned this. You returned her and we pay our debt...But you're also a wanted thief." Claudette said.
"What-" Risty is struck by lightning catching Brie off guard as she puts on her helmet. Brie looks down at Risty. Her helmet hiding her face of pure terror right now alongside her jaw hanging. The guards drag Leina away as ringing is only heard from Brie's ears due to the shock. Leina and Elina walk away into the castle while Claudette approaches Brie who turns to her and removes her helmet.
"I presume you're another guardian?" Claudette asks while noticing the fear and horror in her eyes. Brie turns her eyes towards Claudette.
"...Y-Yes, I'm Brie. Brie Jolder." She introduced herself.
Inside the castle.
Brie walks in the castle with Claudette. She looks at the stained glass windows displaying the Vance family history even a woman that looks like Leina. The walk is silent and a bit awkward since Brie could still feel that static she got from Claudette even though the titan was trying to break up the fight. They soon enter count Vance's court where he is sitting on the throne. If the Vanguard wasn't trying to make friends, Brie would have him and his daughters minus Leina locked away for crimes against humanity and appoint Leina. Maybe she will once she wins the Queens Blade.
"Father, this titan worked with a bandit to help bring Leina back." Claudette introduced. Brie bends her knee to kneel and places her helmet in front of her showing a sign of respect and humility as it is said in guardian etiquette when it comes to speaking to a nobleman.
"Greetings count. I am Brie Jolder, Sunbreaker of the Last City and under orders from the Vanguard, I had to bring your daughter back to you as a sign of generosity and respect in hope that we would forge an alliance." Brie greeted and gets up.
"Greetings to you guardian. My daughter has told me of your kind. Strong and immortal but secretive. Tell me, it appears that finding my daughter is a side step of your journey since guardians don't go beyond the territory of the village they've set up shop in." The count ordered.
"I'm here to fight in the Queens Blade..." Brie explained. This grabs Claudette's attention alongside count Vance.
"The Queens Blade? Why?" Count Vance asks.
"...That is classified but it is for the safety of my city. Also I'm under orders to fight in it and represent." She replied knowing she might've messed up.
"Interesting...Leina's mother fought in the Queens Blade and lost her life hence why I worry about her so much. She's very rebellious." Count Vance sighs.
"Anyway, I'd love to stay here and talk but I have important matters to attend to. I would love for you to stay here for the party, the guests nor I have never seen a guardian up close before until now." He smiles. Brie nods.
"Yes sir. I would love to know about your world." Brie agreed.
"Very well then. Claudette, please escort Brie to her quarters."
"Yes sir." Claudette signals Brie to come with her as Brie picks up her helmet They walk in the halls once again while passing by some servants and staffs of the Vance family. She loves how the maids look and how cute their uniforms are. Brie looks outside and sees Risty in the dungeon through the bar windows causing her to glare at the sight but she holds her anger. They make it to the living quarters while passing by the portraits of Leina, Elina, and Claudette. Claudette doesn't seem to be social to Brie, a stoic badass is what she describes her. Claudette makes a small turn at her head causing Brie to avoid eye contact.
"...You wish to rule us don't you?" Claudette asks breaking the silence and catching Brie off guard. Brie stops at Claudette's question.
"W-What?"
"You wish to fight in the Queens Blade and use your organization to rule over all of us isn't not?" She asks again making Brie scared knowing she may have discovered the Vanguard's intentions.
"I can tell. By your advanced weaponry and powers, you can destroy entire armies and I saw how disgusted every guardian is with our forces. Its only a matter of time until one guardian will end up becoming queen." Claudette replied. Fear warps Brie's mind.
"...We only need to properly guide you all then we can share our knowledge with you. We guardians don't subjugate, we sanctify. There was a time that guardians subjugated but not anymore." Brie explained getting Claudette's attention.
"Go on. I wish to learn about you."
"After the collapse of our world, there was no guardians only Iron Lords...The Traveler brought few and blessed them with power but not wisdom. They were called Warlords who subjugated people and made them pay for their protection. Guardians were called the Risen and a group of Risen with integrity banded together and fought the Warlords. They were called the Iron Lords. My mother was one of them and her name was Lady Jolder. They fought to keep everyone safe until the bitter end and inspired many guardians to serve the light not themselves." Brie explained. Bravery builds up within her.
"The other reason why I joined to fight in the Queens Blade was to honor my mother, an Iron Lord who fell to the Irons Bane that slew her brothers and sisters. You probably want to fight for the same reasons as I do, for honor to the Vance name while I want to bring honor to the Jolder name and continue the tradition. You don't understand guardians cause you assume we're nothing but power hungry madmen with advanced tech and powers but my mom told me, people hate and fear things they don't understand and from what I can see-You don't understand anything." She ended. Claudette freezes at Brie's speech as Brie realizes she screwed up and fears for her life right now.
"...Ghost set for revive." Brie whispered.
"No, no I'm not angry at you. Really." Claudette replied while giving a light laugh knowing that Brie was scared that she will kill her.
"Its just everyone is so scared of me and you of all people talk me down besides my sister. You have guts Brie I'll give you that. No wonder why the Vanguard chose you, you have guts like your mother." She complemented. Brie blushes at her complement then smiles warmly while avoiding eye contact. Claudette smiles back while blushing and opens the door to Brie's room.
"Anyway, here is your room." Claudette opens it to reveal the room. On the right side is a bed that looks like its made for a queen and in the front which is the left is a window overlooking at the buildings of the castle. Brie walks in first and admires the view. She places her hands on her hips and shakes her head in awe then turns around.
"Wow...I love it! Its a far cry from the bed of my ship! Least I don't hit my head on anything!" Brie joked causing Claudette to smile and makes a brief chuckle.
"The party is tonight, be sure to look your best." Claudette notified. She leaves as Brie closes the door right before opening the window.
"We need to get Risty out of there...I'm a titan so I'm not stealthy." Brie explained. Iza appears and floats in front of her.
"I know that but I have an idea...Remember that Chinese dress you got for your birthday?" Iza asks as Brie raises her eyebrow.
Night.
Brie walks in the dance hall in her red Chinese dress. All of the men check her out though most of the people checking her out it is women causing her to wink at them. Iza appears in front of Brie and roll her eye. She looks for Leina knowing she would be here...Although she's not. Brie sucks her teeth since she plans to get Leina to break out Risty out of her prison...She looks into the window to see Leina and Elina outside. The redhead walks towards them while ignoring a couple of dance offerings from women and opens the window door.
"How about lets run off-"
"Excuse me." Brie called causing Elina to turn around. She puts on a fake smile to Brie as she is wearing a revealing outfit while Leina is wearing a moderately revealing one.
"I must speak to your sister, she is shaken up by the experience when Risty and I rescued her. Sorry your grace." She informed in a fake voice.
"Really? Alright then." Elina walks off as Brie waits for her to take her distance. Elina is out of sight as Brie speed walks to Leina.
"Hey, we're breaking Risty out and you also so I'm going to need your help." Brie informed catching Leina's attention.
"Really? Thank you...So what's the plan?" Leina asks.
"I'm going to need you to distract the guards once I change into my titan outfit. I'll keep this discreet as possible so I need you to sneak off and act like your lost. Can you do that?"
"Sure." Leina agreed as Brie summons her ghost.
"Ghost, I need you to scout ahead." The two nod and walk off not noticing that the Melona is in the fountain.
Brie's Room.
The redhead enters her room and sighs after getting lost in the castle. She closes the curtains of her window while she activates her coms to speak to her ghost so she can change now.
"Iza, wardrobe change." Brie ordered.
"Roger." A blue dust surrounds Brie changing her from her red Chinese dress to her armor again then puts on her helmet. Brie loads her shotgun alongside her auto-rifle and turns to the window.
"Wait! Risty has escaped before we can act...So much for our master plan." Brie raises her head up towards the ceiling and sighs. She hears bells as she twirls her finger knowing its like a domino effect.
"So uh...Wanna get out of here? We can always meet up..." She sits on her couch.
"Just give me the details."
"She has stole many important treasures from the Vance family and...She is going to Leina's room, now she is tapping the window. She enters the room...And now the curtains close...and open again with Risty getting out." Brie sighs and looks at the door wondering if she can get out the easy way since everyone is focused on Risty. She feels rumbling on the ground causing her to turn around feeling the quake and also explosions. Brie then hears a tap on the window causing her to open the curtains to reveal Melona.
"Where you going Brie? Don't leave me here behind, please~" Iza spawns besides Brie as she backs up.
"A fight has happened-" Light shines from Melona's eyes and causes an explosion.
Wharf
Claudette and Risty face each other in bitterness and hatred. All around them is debris and other assortment of things have been destroyed.
"You dare mock the Vance family name?"
"I wouldn't take it too seriously Thundercloud General." They turn to the explosion.
Brie gets up from the blast as her ghost is revealed to have made it out since she was thrown on the roof. She gets up and sees that Melona is standing in front of her causing Brie to switch to Jolder's Hammer heavy machine gun. Melona's body reflects from Brie's visor as she gets up.
"Since you're the first one to mess with me, I'll make sure you don't interfere with Leina and I." Melona smiled. Brie gets up while loading her machine gun as she opens fire on Melona while roaring but the bullets pierce through her. She switches to another heavy, Raze Lighter, and runs towards Melona who pulls out her sword in response. The two swords clang together as Melona shoots her acid at the blade but it simply absorbs it in the process because of the heat it emits.
"You're not the only one with the sword!" Brie taunted and punches Melona giving her a burn in the face and swings the sword furiously causing Melona to back away to dodge it but Brie raises it to slam it on her as Melona dodges it again. Melona squirts acid at Brie with her using the sword to block it. Brie swings the sword as a wave of solar energy shoots from the blade and hits Melona, slicing her arm off. It burns Melona's body much to her annoyance. Melona switches to her sword and swings it towards Brie who blocks it then pulls out her handgun then shoots her in the head two times with it. Brie swings her sword and slicers her into pieces but Melona keeps reforming.
"Dammit, why can't you just die!?" She yelled knowing Melona is hard to kill and reminds of her of the enemies dubbed as bullet sponges. Melona avoids another swing from Brie's sword and grabs her by the throat.
"When are you going to realize that not everything can be solved with your weapon and you're not some kind of god among a backward world!" Melona smiled and throws Brie across the roof. Brie gets up and switches to her quantiplasm shotgun then begins firing at her as the rounds blow off chunks off of Melona's body parts but she keeps walking.
"Although I have to admit, you are pretty cute. It would pretty heartbreaking to see Leina finding out her knight in shining armor is dead and its all her fault. But don't worry, you'll see each other again when I get her." Melona chuckles and prepares her acid attack. Brie reloads once more...and spots Leina on a tower. She is wearing the same SRL suit but its combined with some kind of busty looking armor. The titan tries to come up with a plan to distract Melona since it looks like Leina is going to get the jump on her. Brie lowers her head trying to come up with a plan besides continuing to shoot at her...She raises her head.
"Monster! I'm not scared of you!" Brie screamed at Melona who stops.
"What did you say?!"
"I called you a monster that's what! But compared to the things I've fought, you're minuscule compared to gods!" She continued. Brie notices the next part of the roof Melona is about to step on is corroded enough to make her slip.
"Alright, now I'm going to make you pay!" Melona yelled and prepares her acid attack and walks towards the corroded ground which breaks off causing Melona to slip and squirt acid everywhere. Leina jumps towards her and pins Melona on the ground with her armor as she is holding the acid within her breasts.
"Wait! Please stop!" Melona's breasts grow bigger causing Brie to make a small smile underneath her helmet and eye twitching at the same time.
"It hurts!...It hurts!" She cried as they begin to grow into the size of the castle buildings.
"Uh Leina, can you stop? This doesn't look good..." Brie pleaded as Iza sets for revive.
"Make it stop! Make it stop!" The breasts turn into the size of mountains as Brie drops her gun and looks up with eyes widen knowing that she may have seen things but this tops them all. Brie's gun disappears back into its inventory as she steps back with arm in a covering gesture.
"WHAT IN THE TRAVELER'S NAME-" Light appears from Melona's breasts as an explosion happens with Brie caught in it.
Hours later.
Brie washes up shore in front of the castle. Her ghost spawns and checks her vitals showing that she is alive. She gets up while removing her helmet and coughing wishing what she just saw was a weird dream and she is waking up in the bed that was offered to her. Brie gets up and looks at the smoke coming from the castle...She turns to see Leina on the ground and her still intact SRL gear and the weird armor she is wearing. She turns around to see Risty who is smiling at the sight of the destroyed Vance castle and sitting on a log.
"Looks like you're going to call off the diplomatic relations." Risty chuckled. Brie sighs knowing the Vance family won't trust the Vanguard but she realizes that she doesn't need them. Leina gets up.
"Hi, are you okay?" She asks her.
"Risty! I...I think so..." Leina replied.
"Good, you have my-I mean, our armors to thank for that." Risty said knowing Brie gave her the SRL gear. She sighs.
"Guess you're right."
"So uh...What are you going to do now?" Brie asks. Leina closes her eyes.
"I'm planning to go on another journey-"
"Then here's price of freedom! I'm keeping it!" Risty pulls out a bag of gold coins catching Leina by surprise.
"That doesn't belong to you!"
"Listen, I nearly lost all of my treasure getting away from Claudette. You gotta let me keep this at least." Brie smiles at their bickering as she activates Iza again showing the waypoint back to the social space.
"Hey girls, if you want to have a nice grub and good weapons, hop on the sparrow if you know what's best for you!" She summons velumbra and smiles then puts on her helmet. Risty notices that the sparrow is only fit for two people.
"Um...I think we need something bigger?" Risty said.
"Well there is no ship link-" Brie gets an alert from Iza as she spawns a hologram text reading ship link enabled which means they can fly anywhere though its only on Vance territory.
"Son of a bitch then..." She muttered as Iza spawns a ship which is the sidereal rumba much to Leina and Risty's shock at the sight of the flying vehicle. Brie walks towards it as the hatch opens then turns around.
"Come on, I'm quite sure Vera will offer you better things than stupid treasure." Brie gets inside as Leina and Risty look at each other then enter the ship before flying off.
Hinamoto.
The land of Hinamoto is silent as night blankets the sky with the crickets chirping and creatures of the knight making noises...That sound is interrupted by the sound of a decloaking swarm of Fallen ketches. The ketches land in the palace courtyard with a group of Kouma ninja's and corrupt noblemen alongside their soldiers await. The ketch lands to reveal the ambassador.
"Ambassador, there are rumors of uprisings throughout the region and Hinamoto ever since the guardians appeared. They are saying we are weak...Vulnerable. Even word of a shrine maiden and guardian alliance to overthrow us." The nobleman said.
"Don't worry sir, we have the right people to make sure the shrine maidens are put into their place." They hear clanking as they turn to see Fallen...But not the Fallen you see everyday. They are coated in black armor plating and glowing red tendrils. The Splicers. Walking in the center is their leader: Aksis.
"I assure you. These maidens will become our slaves..." Aksis said in perfect English while towering the noblemen and ninjas.