Diana was conducting a hiring fair within Noctilis, alongside Adalric, where she would meet the team of individuals whom she would be
travelling with. As she stood on the podium, many of the citizens were
displeased with her and heckled and even went as far as to throw fruit at her.
Adalric got her out of there as soon as he could and the two took shelter in a
guarded tavern. When she came out after cleaning herself, she found that there
were individuals who were serious about the job she was hiring for.
She was overjoyed with the people who wanted to work for her,
one of which was a friend and fellow graduate Winston Constantine. She collected the terms and conditions that were drawn up and
informed the team that there would be a risk of death and injuries with where
they were going. She did explain that she would do all that she could to ensure
that she would heal them and keep them medically sound. Nobody seemed to
question it, and she collected the contracts for Adalric to store.
After a night of introductions and getting to know one
another, she awoke the following morning awaiting her new companions. Her and
Adalric got into an argument regarding her capabilities and medical supplies
for the trip. She left on a bit of a sour note with him as they all took off to
the port city but shook it off while they were on the road.
While on the road they learned from a news article that the Frecia Academy of Magic was attacked. Diana felt some form of obligation as
an alumnus of the school with a lot of political power to assist. However, Edmund had
talked her into continuing forward with the journey.
DIana got to know each one of her new employees and had a
bit of a heart to heart to moment with Gaius when
she took up the reigns. She learned of the sentimental earing he wears as
a reminder of the family he once had. She shared her experiences with losing
her sister and mother to relate to him. Being as sheltered as she was, friends
were very minimal for her. Diana wanted to try what she could to have more
people within her life that were not just her father, the doctor, or Adalric.
This expedition meant more to her than she initially realized.
During their travels they were under attack by a group of
bandits going after the royal carriage. Diana tried to stay behind as much as
she could but wanted to engage into the combat. Using a firearm she had created
in school; she fired a few shots at the bandits. However, in that same moment
she left herself exposed and was slashed in the leg.
When things died down, she kept to her word. She
healed Gidget and
tried to take care of the others before taking care of herself. One sole
survivor was left for Gaius to interrogate while Diana tried to maintain her
focus while being offered health potions. Diana continued to refuse to drink
the health potion that Reno had
taken out of her bag. Diana, running through things in her head had informed
the party of her reasoning as to why she refused to drink. She explained that
she needed to bleed to have an ingredient for her unique health potions that
she knew how to make. With that explanation, she was left alone to take care of
herself in her own way and matter.
During the rest of their travels to the port city, Reno had
fallen into a deep sleep and wasn't waking up. Diana was worried but claimed
that must be normal for someone like him recognizing his Kalashtar lineage.
She kept a careful watch of his vitals and made sure he was well taken care of.
The group made it to Myzopodis and
turned their hostage into the soldiers. Diana instructed the group to go and
enjoy the town and the ship while she speaks with Heartless about
their arrangement she had made prior to their arrival. During the discussion,
Heartless had made it obvious that Diana was expected to pay nicely, and she
and the others were to work on the ship like any of the other crew
members.
After solidifying the deal, she found the others speaking
with some of The Aces aboard the Mad Hatter. She informed them of the deal and what to
expect. It was revealed that Diana has a slight fear of sailing on the water
after her experiences traveling back and forth for school. Giaus assured her
that she wasn't going to be alone and learned that Gidget had a slight fear as
well. Diana explained to the group that they were going to be in good hands,
but there was an incident that had occurred with the crew members just a few
days ago. There was a risk that they would be attacked but the risk was much
lower than if they were sailing on a soldier vessel at this time. During the
conversation, Ryver appeared
to have been infatuated with her. He was quick to touch her all over and
eventually linked his arm around hers while they were heading into town.
Everyone made their way to the The Cursed Blade where they would share drinks with a few of The Aces.
Diana pulled out some documents for her to review and inquired who had
experience with royal introductions. She informed the group that upon their
arrival, she and Winston would need to be properly introduced to Walden Stein and the soldiers present. She did warn everyone that the site
that they would witness would be hard to bear or view.
Upon returning to the ship, Diana did not sleep the night.
She got up out of bed before everyone else and started her day with Heartless
learning how to work the sails. As they set forth on their journey the cold
weather of Divelinson was became a distant past. Whales swam along the side of
the ship as pointed out by Gaius who was leaning over the edge. Ryver wanted to
show off his skills and jumped into the water. However, he was soon bucked out
onto the man deck along with several sirens. Diana fought off what she could
with her rapier before Ryver, in his dread state, grabbed a hold of her and
jumped over the edge of the ship.
The two were scooped up by a starry whale Temple.
He held onto Diana close as the words "Protect" rang through his
head. The monstrous looking creature that he had become appeared to be trying
to protect her from the creatures above the deck. The two eventually made their
way to the main deck where the fight slowly came to an end.
