[b]“It’s over. It’s really over.” [/b]Jaakuna said under his breath. He didn’t want to believe it to be true, but it was. Archadia and Rozarria had gotten their prizes: Rozarria had gotten Emiri and Archadia had gotten Jaakuna himself. It was the sad truth of it all and at the moment Jaakuna realized this, his hope was swept away. He not only was hopeless at the moment, but he knew he would surely be put to death by his own brother. Everything just sucked and Jaakuna couldn’t do anything about it in his condition.

As Jaakuna wallows in his hopelessness, the soldiers of Rozarria and Archadia as well as Grant, Aloa, Vlyn, and Savayna lead them all out of the Barheim Passage. The monsters that would come to them either by the mist in the area or just the noise that all of the armor would make from walking, they would be cut down to death. All the soldiers can handle a few skeletons and steelings. Everyone would soon make it out of the passage and into the heat of the Dalmasca Estersand. The heat, though incredibly hot, was the least of the worried that the group faced. They were prisoners and nothing could be done about it.

Within minutes, everyone boarded the Dreadnought Ark. None of the captured four were happy to be in the position they found themselves in. When they were in front of Grant and Savayna and the two Viera, Aloa and Vlyn, Grant would order the soldiers to confiscate all the weapons and any other possessions that they had so that all they had were the clothes on their backs. Both Wesley and Jaakuna roared out. [b]”NO!”[/b] This would prompt the soldiers to attack them with a punch to the gut to each of them. Both Jaakuna and Wesley bent over coughing up blood. Of course, Grant was probably wondering why they were speaking up all of a sudden and when he would see the Dusk and Dawn Shards, it made sense. And of course, the scumbag would take both of them, giving the Dusk Shard to Savayna, and telling one of the soldiers to take the Dawn Shard to the lab for study and research. He would then tell whoever the pilot of the Dreadnought Ark was to set a course for the Stilshrine of Miriam 

As Nadeline and Grant exchanged words, Wesley just gave Grant the dead look. Meanwhile, Jaakuna had a very emotionless look on his face. He had been broken. Jaakuna really was at a loss for everything. Wesley would look over to Jaakuna for a brief moment and see how vast the events that had transpired affected him. He really had no idea. Right as Wesley was about to say something to Jaakuna, Grant would order the soldiers to separate the group from each other. He would specify that Jaakuna and Emiri were to be put into separate cells while Nadeline and Wesley were to be put into the same cell.

When the soldiers took Jaakuna, Emiri, and Wesley and Nadeline to their cells, Savayna just smirked at the wonderful position that her dear husband finds himself in. Grant then made a comment about how it was a wonderful the reunion was. He would then take his leave as he made a note that he would go speak to one of them. Savayna knew exactly who he was going to speak to. She actually let out a small laugh as he would walk away.

While Savayna stayed in the cockpit of sorts, Jaakuna was in his cell, sitting on the bench. Jaakuna was so out of it that it’s not even funny. He felt so loss, nothing about this was right and he never thought that he would be caught. Maybe that overconfidence is what led to his capture. He felt like a failure in that sense. He felt like he failed Wesley, he felt like he failed Nadeline, and most importantly, he felt like he failed Emiri. That’s when he could clearly hear screams. This somewhat snapped him out of his hopelessness state. He would hear her screams and he would immediately get up from the bench, pounding on the steel walls of his cell, shouting the same word. [b]“EMIRI! EMIRI!”[/b] Shouting that over and over again, Jaakuna wasn’t even sure if she heard him 

As Jaakuna would just repeat yelling Emiri’s name, his door opened. He turned to look and see who it was and in his gaze was an encounter than he wished he would never have.

[b]“Oh dear Jackson, are you trying to call out to your little tramp?”[/b] Said Savayna as she stood there, walking into the room and the steel door closing behind her.

Jaakuna looked at her with disdain, anger, and guilt. [b]“DON’T CALL HER THAT!”[/b] He said

 As he would try to attack her with a punch of some sorts, but she would kick his arms up with a vertical kick and spin her body and kick him in the stomach with her other leg. This would send Jaakuna to a hard impact with the steel wall behind him and his ass on the bench. Savayna smirked and she would walk over to Jaakuna as she would raise his arms up and freeze them into the wall for the moment. He was stuck there and that’s how exactly she wanted it to be.

[b]“Now that I have you where I want you, you’re going to tell me everything!” [/b]She said as her voice volume would increase.

Jaakuna just spat in her face. She slapped him with all that she could. This would continue for a few more rounds and it would lead her to create a blade of ice around her left hand and placing it against Jaakuna’s neck.

[b]‘You’re going to tell me now or you can die here!”
“But what about my brother? I’m sure he won’t like it if you kill me.”
“Fuck your brother! I want answers and I’m getting them now.”[/b]

Jaakuna conceded and the look in his eyes would tell Savayna that he would answer any questions that she had.

[b]“Fine, I’ll tell you, but do take that blade away from my neck. It’s cold as ice.” [/b]Jaakuna said chuckling, but it hurt cause the blade was still against his skin.

Savayna removed it both from his neck and her arm itself. She pulled a chair in front of the bench that Jaakuna “[b]Now, tell me why did you kill your father?”[/b]

Jaakuna’s eyes widened. He knew that she would ask that question eventually, but right off the bat? He wasn’t even ready to answer that, but most importantly, how could he? He just couldn’t give that answer, not without bringing up what led up to it. “I-I-I can’t answer that.” He shamefully admitted.

Savayna’s face lit up with anger. [b]“YOU WILL TELL ME!”[/b] She said grabbing Jaakuna’s face and proceeding to knee him in the gut. 

As Savayna kneed him in the gut, he coughed out blood. “Fine, I-I-I’ll tell you.” He said coughing more blood.

Savayna still had his chin in grip of her right hand. [b]‘Now tell me why you killed your father and left without even saying a word to me?!”[/b] She said, slightly shouting as she did.

Jaakuna sighed. [b]“Before I tell you the why, you need to know what led up to it.” [/b]He said, [b]“You see, my father called me and Vincent to the Emperor’s Office to name his heir to the throne. You might not be surprised at this, but I was expecting it to be me.”[/b] Jaakuna said sounding almost nostalgic. [b]“He chose Vincent over me.”[/b] He said in a low tone.

Savayna wasn’t satisfied. [b]“So, you killed your own father — your own flesh and blood — cause he bent tradition and chose your younger brother instead of you to succeed him?”[/b] Savayna was both confused at Jaakuna’s explanation.

Jaakuna looked away.

[b]“TELL ME!” 
“YOU WANT TO KNOW!? FINE! I KILLED HIM FOR YOU OKAY! MY FATHER SAID I COULDN’T BE EMPEROR CAUSE, TO QUOTE HIM, ‘I WAS MARRIED TO A WHORE LIKE YOU!’” [/b]

After yelling that, Jaakuna had said it and even worse, he yelled it for everyone to hear it. However, what the more surprising thing was the look on Savayna’s face. It was as if she hadn’t come to terms of what Jaakuna just admitted and eve more so, why he killed his father. Savayna slowly stepped back. She was in such disbelief.

[b]“You’re lying..YOU HAVE TO BE!” [/b]She yelled out.

Jaakuna wished he was, but he definitely wasn’t. [b]“You really think I would lie about something like this? This whole thing is why I left when I did, it’s why I’ve been avoiding you all this time. Trust me, if it wasn’t true, I would face my brother in a heartbeat.” [/b]Jaakuna admitted.

Savayna just couldn’t believe him. [b]“I don’t believe you. I CAN’T!”[/b]

Jaakuna didn’t blame her, but the fact of the matter of it all was that what he just said was the truth. [b]“Savayna, once upon a time, you believed me. You know that I never would lie about something like this — something this serious. I swear on my father’s memory that I’m telling the truth.”[/b] He said, [b]“but why should you care? You hate me remember?” [/b]Jaakuna said.

Savayna didn’t know what she felt, not right now. [b]“I can’t do this right now.” [/b]She said as she would walk out of the room. As soon as she did, the ice that constricted him to the steel wall cracked and he was free.

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Across the hall, Nadeline and Wesley could hear bits and pieces of what was going on. They heard Emiri’s screams, they heard the loudness of Jaakuna and Savayna and they even heard his admission. Wesley was troubled by this, but confused above all else. He looked to Nadeline and he saw that she was a mess. He would go over to her, sitting next to her on the bench, reach his right arm over her, and would go on to comfort her. [b]“Nadeline, how are you holding up?”[/b]