Season Crown: Redux Coach/Carriage/thing Ride

[King V]

"Carriage Driver! I have to insist that this person be thrown out this instant! She'll only bring Despair to the entire group! Being mixed in with all of the extraordinary people trying to achieve Hope is an outrage!"

"I won't stand for it! As soon as we arrive I'll make sure to destroy that Despair once and for all! For Hooooooooooope!"

-Komaeda screams as he's dragged away by the driver-

[Falin Touden [Ven]]

"The man is delusional. I'm here purely of the fact that I'm an analyst and I want to study this place we've been invited to".

[Daiwa Scarlet]

"Sure~ I'll be back at the carriage before you know it~"

*Yin stares at the light... and hops off the man's hat*

[Heihoukon [Tsurugi]]

"Ms. Junko Enoshima, was it? While it's true that Nagito attacked you, you constantly tore at his psyche with a sharp Verbal sword. He clearly showed signs of instability, and even was willing to admit that to us, yet you continued to berate his admiration of hope purely because of your love for despair.  This man, however unstable, at least knows that hope cannot exist without despair.

It seems that you need to consider that this despair you love so much cannot exist without this hope that Nagito believes in deeply.  I will not antagonize you for your own beliefs, but I would like to encourage you to be more willing to study your enemy's tenets very carefully.

Nagito has already shown that he can dual wield hope and despair effectively while still believing in hope. You should consider whether you would do the same thing as him if the only difference was that he believed in despair over hope."

After saying these words, Zacharias jumped out of the carriage to join the others that had gathered there.

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"For some reason I doubt that..." Bambi muttered, narrowing her eyes. Judging from that outburst, and the fact that some of these people knew one another, there might be more to this little event than she previously thought. Of course, it was suspicous enough that she'd recieved and invitation to such an event. She knew no one here.

[Heihoukon [Tsurugi]]

Walking alongside the carriage Zacharias noticed a woman very deep in thought. She seemed to very concerned about the entire situation around her. He decided to take this moment to introduce himself to her.

"Hello, miss. My name is Zacharias Barnham. You look very perplexed by all this. Are you overwhelmed by everyone else here? I'd be lying if I'd say I wasn't. There was quite a ruckus amongst Nagito and Junko a few minutes ago. I thought that that carriage driver was going to have both of their heads!"

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The short brunette jumped upon being greeted, though not by who she had been expecting. Or well, hoping for. She still knew next to nothing about the mechanical man she had joined. Turning as she heard the clank of metal with each of the stranger's steps, her eyes fell on the passenger who had been addressing Nagito and Junko earlier. "H-hello!" she stammered, cursing herself for this. Of course she was supposed to give off an unasuming air, but now she was getting a little too far into it. Like a clueless child among adults. "I-I'm sorry! If it bothers you, I mean." she replied, rubbing the back of her neck and trying not to stumble over her legs. Straightening up as they walked, she held out a hand. "Nice to meet you, Zacharias! Or would you prefer Sir Barnham?" she asked quickly, noting his armor clad body. He also appeared to be adjusting to walking in it... again? Did he wear it often? "Yes actually. I usually don't attend such extravagant things."

[Exusiai]

*Screwing shut his eyelids, the events unfolded around the child, from the continuous onslaught to the screams of "hope." As the atmosphere settled and irrelevant chatter had presumed, the blue-haired passenger gripped his chest. He spun to a side opening of the carriage as his head dipped forth*
"D-Don't you humans... know the first thing about tranquility?"
*The child directed towards the others present with an irritated expression before his head dipped over the side once more; a few barely audible words tumbled out of his mouth*
"I... knew I shouldn't have ac-accepted... th-that invitation."

[Satori]

Sitting alone on top of the carriage is who appears to be a little girl wearing a mask and a strange but rather revealing outfit. Her eyes were filled with determination as she was preparing herself for the inevitable battle ahead of her. As the carriage makes its way to the vacation house. she stood up and shouted towards the sky.

"I am coming for you Princess and I shall soon conquer you and your entire kingdom for I am Venera the Great! Conqueror and ruler of the world!"

[Heihoukon [Tsurugi]]

Zacharias immediately noticed how intimidating he must have came across to the woman due to his armor. He felt it was best to apologize for any unwanted first impressions that he gave off.

"Ah, I seem to have made you nervous. My apologies. To answer your question about my name, just Zacharias is fine. I'm very curious about what to expect when we get to the palace. I'm not quite used to walking around for a long period of time with this armor on, but it's better than leaving it inside the carriage for others to mess around with. I tend to have some difficulty in trusting some of the people here. Just about everyone seems to have some sort of ulterior motivation for being at this event, myself included."

After saying this Zacharias noticed a woman sitting on the top of the carriage announcing herself in front of himself and the others around the carriage.

"A pleasure to meet you, Lady Venera the Great. I am but a humble paladin Sir Zacharias Barnham. I prefer being called Zacharias, but you may call me Sir Barnham, if it pleases you."

[Hideyoshi Kawaguchi (Shiroi)]

Hideyoshi couldn't do anything but agree with the arrogant-looking cat(?) person that had called themselves a prince on how the people assembled were quite noisy. He had barely been awake for minutes, but there had already been a fist fight, and now there was a strange, small girl yelling about how she was going to conquer the world. He couldn't help but feel quite normal between all these rather unique people...

He looked towards the man, who, as far as he remembered, went under the name Gunther and considered to ask the questions nagging him in his mind.

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"Ah, it's fine... really." Bambi replied. This man was very open about himself. Incredibly open. Not that it was a bad thing. But the issue with royalty was that they acted like politicians. And politicians had a tendacy to manipulate that information. Which was particularly why she had asked for the names of others, and only gave her alias when Junko brought it up. "Are you so sure you should trust me then?" she asked in a playful manner, giggling a bit at his sudden attention swerve. They had quite the carriage of characters. Absentmindedly, she returned her focus ahead, deciding that she would get inside of the carriage soon. Well, that was... until an awful smell hit her. Someone had dumped their insides out one of the windows, so she took the care to step around it before advancing. Her hazel eyes glanced up at a small male frame, slumped outside of the window. "Perhaps getting in the carriage isn't a good idea anymore... not if people are getting sick and violent and noisy." Bambi murmured to herself.

[Heihoukon [Tsurugi]]

Zacharias's eyes went from the woman to the man slumped outside the window. His head then slumped down in darkness, and his next words showed clear signs of anger.

"The reason why that boy is sick is all because Nagito and Junko just had to make a scene because of some bad previous altercation. They didn't even bother to consider the other strangers around them. I spoke to both of them, but they were just so caught up in their dispute to even bother noticing me. I don't mind it, though. If some people are willing to divulge their entire personality completely, then who am I to complain? However, I get the unshakable feeling that this altercation between Junko and Nagito won't be the worst of what we see on this journey..."

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Her eyes widened a bit in surprise as his sudden change in demeanor. He seemed... hurt. Or at least, in an emotional sense. And it wasn't hurt for himself either. Not directly. Of course, people were bound to get frustrated at this point. "Extreme personalities tend to drown out anything even remotely less extreme." she stated, her hands behind her now as she kept them in a clasped position. This wasn't so much for posture or to get them out of the way, as it was to keep her from getting at what was in her pockets. Her long over coat pockets. "Well, I just hope you're wrong. Otherwise I might end up doing my job instead of going to a fun ballroom and dancing." she laughed, thought it was half-hearted.

[Daiwa Scarlet]

*Yin continues wandering somewhere out in the darkness*