Tales of Zestiria: The World Beyond

Chapter 18

"That was a successful evening," Rose said as she stretched.

"Agreed," Eleanor said.

The party cleaned up the mess once the sun began to rise and had their share of fun. Celiac threw some of the paper at Arthur which made a bigger mess and he threw back some of the confetti. Velvet eventually had to split them up since they were making a mess instead of cleaning it up. Arthur sighed and helped Eleanor while Celica made a huff and went to Alisha's aid. Of course, they had locked Vanessa and Sorey outside to keep them from causing problems, so they chased each other's until they were out of breath.

"Well, with that over with. We can get back into some problems we've heard about. Something is going on in Titania." Velvet said once they were done. "Arthur, Celica, and I have been hearing some rumors."

Titania, the prison island where Velvet was kept for years after she turned into a daemon. The mention of that place brought back memories, her brother, her brother-in-law, her sister, all of whom were connected to that one scarlet night. She didn't want to go back, but with the rest of the party awake, they all agreed to check it out. If it was what Velvet knew, it was going to be too dangerous for anyone else.

A boat ride to Titania wasn't easy to get, the party had to get one of their own since the people either didn't know where it was, or that it even existed. Rose paid for a boat with the gald she gained from selling merchandise and told Arthur he owed her. To which he sighed and said he would when got the chance to get some gald of his own.

Titania itself was a dark abandoned place, it was falling apart and covered in vines. The party was hesitant to enter. Until Velvet pushed through inside. To her, it was her old home. The group checked out what was new and headed to the old cells to see if they could find any clues. Velvet's cell went underground, or it did before it was flooded. She peered down the darkness she once called her home, then turned around and didn't say a word.

The entire party explored the premise to see what was wrong, the reports were vague and only stated that a crashing noise could be heard from inside. Arthur, with Celica by his side, went with Sorey, Mikleo, and Vanessa to explore the South while the others took the North, West, and East. Sorey checked out the entire area until Celica went to a switch and pulled it. She didn't see what it was connected to and had sent Sorey to the bottom level which was filled with water. Luckily, the water had broken his fall.

"Sorey, are you alright?" Arthur shouted from above.

"I'm fine, I think there's a door here, I'll see if I can meet you guys later!" Sorey shouted back.

"Be careful!" Vanessa said as Sorey made his way through the flooded room.

"Be more careful Celica!" Arthur scolded his partner.

"Sorry." Celica apologized.

"Let's continue, Sorey will be waiting for us," Mikleo suggested.

"Alright." Arthur resounded.

The next room was only filled with empty cell doors and hanging cobwebs. It was dark and spooky, like a haunted house. The four carefully made their way to a room that was circular and with many hallways that were too dark to see where they went.

Arthur stayed in front while Celica, Mikleo, and Vanessa waited for his signal to move forwards. Unfortunately, when he thought it was safe, he was slammed against the wall by a hellion. It was a spider hellion, about three times their size. Vanessa screamed which alarmed it to her position and Mikleo made his attack before it got to her. She got over it in time and joined him. Her halberd struck through one of the hellion's legs and made her back up as it grossed her out and she said "I hate spiders" repeatedly.