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Wedge: There's the city...<hr class="newpage" /><br />Biggs: Hard to believe an esper's been<br />found frozen there a thousand years<br />after the War of the Magi...
Biggs: Bah! Probably just another wild<br />goose chase...<hr class="newpage" /><br />Wedge: I don't know...<hr class="newpage" /><br />They wouldn't have let us use her<br />unless they were confident that<br />the information was good.
Biggs: Ah, yes...our witch.<hr class="newpage" /><br />I hear she fried fifty of our Magitek<br />armored soldiers in three minutes...<br />Kinda makes your skin crawl, don't it?
Wedge: Relax. With that thing on her<br />head, she's a mindless puppet.<hr class="newpage" /><br />The girl won't even breathe unless we<br />tell her to.
Wedge: We'll approach from the east.<br />Move out!
The ancient War of the Magi...<br />When its flames at last receded, only<br />the charred husk of a world remained.<br />Even the power of magic was lost...
In the thousand years that followed,<br />iron, gunpowder, and steam engines<br />took the place of magic, and life slowly<br />returned to the barren land...
Yet there now stands one who would<br />reawaken the magic of ages past,<br />and use its dread power as a means<br />by which to conquer all the world...
...Could anyone truly<br />be foolish enough<br />to repeat that mistake?
A strange light fills the air.<hr class="newpage" />Do you want to learn about save points?<br />  ・ Yes<br />  ・ No
Wedge: The girl takes point. And don't<br />waste time on the riffraff! Remember<br />what we're here for. Let's move!
Wedge: The esper's gotta be here. Let's<br />keep looking!
Guard: Imperial Magitek armor!? Not<br />even Narshe is safe anymore!
Guard: The Empire's got no business<br />here!
Guard: For Narshe!
Wedge: According to our source, they<br />unearthed the frozen esper in a new mine<br />shaft they were digging...<hr class="newpage" />This must be it.
Biggs: I'll handle this. Stand back!
Guard: We've got 'em trapped now!
Guard: Defend the mines!
<br />It's locked.
Girl: Where...am I?
Old Man: My, my! And I just removed the<br />crown!<hr class="newpage" />Girl: My head...hurts...
Old Man: Easy, there! This is a slave<br />crown. The others were using it to<br />control you.<hr class="newpage" />It was robbing you of your thoughts—<br />making it so you'd do whatever they told<br />you.
Girl: I can't remember a thing...<hr class="newpage" />Old Man: Don't worry. It'll all come back<br />to you... In time, that is.<hr class="newpage" />Girl: ...
Girl: My name is...Terra...<hr class="newpage" />Old Man: Impressive! I've never heard of<br />anyone recovering so fast. You must be<br />made of tougher stuff than most...
Guard: Open up! We're here for the<br />Magitek armor pilot!
Guard: Open this door right now, and hand<br />over that girl! She's an agent of the<br />Empire!
Terra: Empire...?<br />Magitek armor...?
Old Man: There's no time to explain! You<br />need to get out of here! These fools<br />aren't going to listen to reason...
Old Man: This way! Quickly!
A mysterious young woman,<br />born with the gift of magic,<br />and enslaved by the Gestahlian Empire...
<br />Please enter a name.
Old Man: Make your way out of town<br />through the mines! I'll try to buy you<br />some time.
Guard: There she is!
Guard: Up there!
Kefka: My sweet little magic user...<br />Uwee-hee-hee!<hr class="newpage" />With this slave crown, you'll be all mine!
Terra: No! Get away from me!
Gestahl: Soldiers of the Empire!<br />We stand at the dawn of a new age!<hr class="newpage" />Gestahl: The lost power of magic has<br />returned to us! We are the chosen ones!
Cid: This is my finest creation...<br />Magic and technology joined as<br />one... The ultimate machine!
Gestahl: The time has come for us to<br />claim our rightful dominion over the<br />world!<hr class="newpage" />Gestahl: Nothing shall stand in our way!<hr class="newpage" />"Hurrah!"<br />"Long live Emperor Gestahl!"
Old Man: Took you long enough! Busy<br />with all the robbing and plundering, I<br />presume?
Locke: I prefer the term<br />"treasure hunting"!<hr class="newpage" />Old Man: Ha! Semantic nonsense!<hr class="newpage" />Locke: There's a huge<br />difference!
Locke: Anyway, is there<br />something you need me to do?<hr class="newpage" />Old Man: There is indeed.<br />...I met the girl.
Locke: ...!?<br />You don't mean...?
Old Man: The city guard is pursuing her<br />as we speak.<hr class="newpage" />This city has the strength to stand up<br />to the Empire, but it won't use it...<hr class="newpage" />The people are just too stubbornly<br />independent to join an underground<br />resistance group like the Returners.<hr class="newpage" />I tried to explain that the Empire was<br />controlling the girl, but they wouldn't<br />even listen...
Locke: All right...<br />So, you want me to get her out<br />of Narshe?
Old Man: That would be the idea.<br />Make your way to Figaro for the time<br />being...
A treasure hunter and trail-worn<br />traveler, searching the world<br />over for relics of the past...
Guard: Now we've got her!
Locke: Wonderful...<br />There's a whole bunch of 'em...
<br />Kupo...
Locke: Moogles...<br />Are you saying you want to help?
Kupo!!!
Moogle: Use us to protect Terra<br />from the guards!<hr class="newpage" />Would you like an explanation?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
You'll fight using 3 different groups.<br />Press Select to switch between them.<hr class="newpage" />Defeat the leader of the guards before<br />his men reach Terra, or the battle's<br />lost!
Terra: Uhhhn...
Locke: Thanks, moogles!<br />We're in your debt!
Locke: This switch oughta...
Locke: Eh? You back with us<br />now?
Terra: You...saved me?<hr class="newpage" />Locke: Save your thanks for<br />the moogles!
Terra: Ugh... I can't remember<br />a thing... It's like my mind's<br />trapped in a fog...
Locke: You lost your memory!?
Terra: A man said it would<br />come back...eventually...<hr class="newpage" />Locke: So, you've got<br />amnesia...<hr class="newpage" />Don't worry! I won't leave your<br />side until your memory returns!<hr class="newpage" />Terra: ...?<hr class="newpage" />Locke: I'm not gonna up and<br />abandon someone just because<br />they lost their memory!<hr class="newpage" />I'll keep you safe! I promise!
King: You mean, this young woman is...?
Terra: Who are you?
King: Oh...my apologies!
King: How rude of me to turn my back to<br />a lady on our very first meeting!
The young king of Figaro Castle,<br />Imperial ally, and champion of<br />the technological revolution...
Edgar: I am Edgar, the<br />king of Figaro.
Locke: Heh... Surprised that<br />someone like me knows a king?
Locke: Well, I'll catch you<br />two later!
Edgar: So, you're an Imperial<br />soldier, right? Don't worry.<br />Figaro and the Empire are allies.<hr class="newpage" />Feel free to rest here for as long<br />as you'd like. It's not in my blood<br />to harm a lady!
Terra: Why are you being so<br />kind to me? Is it because of<br />my...abilities?
Edgar: I'll give you three<br />reasons. First of all, your<br />beauty has captivated me!<hr class="newpage" />Second...I'm dying to know if I'm<br />your type!
I guess your...abilities...would<br />rank a distant third.
Terra: ...?<br />What's the matter?
Edgar: Guess my technique's<br />getting a bit rusty...
Edgar: Come find me again<br />once you've had a chance to rest.
Terra: Hmm... I suppose a<br />normal girl would have felt<br />something from those words.<hr class="newpage" />But...not me...
Feel free to wander about the castle.
Go and speak to the king.
The advanced weapons and other items<br />we manufacture here are shipped to<br />South Figaro.
The ancients once wielded a force known<br />as "magic." Those who mastered the art<br />were called "magi."
Scholars all over the world are studying<br />magic. But you can only learn so much<br />about something without seeing it...
To think that a thousand-year-old city<br />would be lying buried beneath the sands<br />of this very desert!<hr class="newpage" />I found a short passage about the city<br />in an ancient text, but I haven't been<br />able to make much sense of it.<hr class="newpage" />"When the queen stands and takes five<br />steps..."
I heard the Gestahlian Empire got its<br />hands on something called "magic"...
The Gestahlian Empire has already<br />overthrown all three of the other<br />nations on the southern continent.<hr class="newpage" />It's only a matter of time before they<br />make their way up here...
Now that Gestahl has the power of<br />Magitek at his command, he's set his<br />sights on world domination.
Our king showers his attention on<br />women. Young, old, pretty, or plain...<br />No one is safe!
His Highness said he'd marry me when I<br />got old enough!
King Edgar, how long do you 'spect<br />me to keep waiting for you to propose?<br />Sheesh!
Not too long ago, the king tried to hit on<br />the high priestess. Oh, did she ever let<br />him have it!<hr class="newpage" />I'm sure he's made a pass or two at you<br />already, hasn't he?
Terra: ...
Oh! King Edgar!
...
you must be one Lete<br />son of a submariner<br />to have found this
These good-for-nothing brigands have<br />been locked up for thievery...and worse!<br />You'd best keep a safe distance.
I demand to see Edgar! How dare<br />they keep us in this stinking pit!
Ugh, something smells terrible in here!<br />...Oh! I think it's me!
Relax, my boys are just blowing off some<br />steam. I'm sure King Edgar will let<br />us out of here in no time.<hr class="newpage" />We're just small potatoes compared to<br />the real threat lurking out there. King<br />Edgar knows that.
I'm Lone Wolf the pickpocket!
High Priestess: Edgar is simply<br />unbelievable! First the nurse, now me!<br />The man hits on anything that moves!
High Priestess: Edgar has a twin<br />brother, you know. He was such a nice<br />boy, always thinking of his family...
Youth: Edgar, what's wrong with<br />Dad? Why's everyone talking about a<br />successor?<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: Are you blind?<br />Haven't you seen how thin his<br />face has become?
Youth: ...?<br />...What do you mean?
Youth: Edgar!
Youth: Are you...crying?
Edgar's twin brother,<br />who traded the throne<br />for his own freedom...
High Priestess: Ah, yes...Sabin.<br />I'm sure he's a fine young man by now.<hr class="newpage" />He was just a boy when he left—even<br />smaller than his brother. I often wonder<br />where he is now, and what he's doing...
Chancellor: The king's brother was so<br />disgusted by the succession that he<br />fled the castle, never looking back.<hr class="newpage" />I've heard tell that the entire matter<br />was settled by the flip of a coin...
Merchant: I can't take money from the<br />king!<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: You have a family,<br />don't you? Just be quiet<br />and take it.
Merchant: Sir Sabin, I couldn't<br />possibly accept your money!<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: You can and you will!<hr class="newpage" />I'll never hear the end of it from<br />Edgar if I run around here<br />acting like I own the place!
Edgar: I hear you've been<br />busy down south, taking over a<br />country or three!<hr class="newpage" />Just what is the Empire up to?<hr class="newpage" />Soldier: That's none of your concern.
Sir Kefka!? What in the world brings<br />you—<hr class="newpage" />Kefka: Out of my way!
Edgar: Well?<br />How do you like my castle?
King Edgar! There's someone from<br />the Empire here to see you, sire!
Edgar: Kefka, no doubt!
Kefka: Phooey! Emperor Gestahl's<br />stupid orders!
Kefka: Edgar, you pinhead!<br />Why do you have to live out in the<br />middle of a stinking desert?<hr class="newpage" />These recon jobs are the pits!
Kefka: Ahem! There's SAND on my<br />boots!
Soldiers: All gone, sir!
Kefka: How pathetic!
Edgar: You wouldn't be<br />thinking of invading my kingdom<br />next, would you?<hr class="newpage" />We have an alliance...<hr class="newpage" />Soldier: An alliance? With this<br />miserable little sandpit? Don't make<br />me laugh!
Edgar: What brings Emperor<br />Gestahl's own court mage, Kefka,<br />to my humble castle?<hr class="newpage" />Kefka: A girl of no importance<br />recently escaped from us. We<br />heard she found refuge here.
Edgar: This wouldn't have to<br />do with that "witch" everyone's<br />been whispering about, would it?<hr class="newpage" />Kefka: Lies! She merely stole<br />something of minor value. Is she<br />here?
Edgar: That's a tough one...
Edgar: There are more girls in<br />here than grains of sand in the<br />desert.<hr class="newpage" />A man couldn't possibly keep<br />track of them all!<hr class="newpage" />Kefka: Oh, Edgar...<br />You know you only stand to lose<br />by trying to hide her from us!<hr class="newpage" />Hee-hee-hee...
Kefka: I truly hope nothing<br />happens to your precious Figaro!
Locke: I didn't like the sound<br />of that...<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: Where's Terra?
Edgar: Take her to her<br />room...
Edgar: I'd love to stay and<br />chat, but the chancellor and I<br />need to do some planning now.<hr class="newpage" />Being a king's not all tea and<br />crumpets. If you'll excuse me...
Locke: Follow me.
Locke: Sorry, I didn't mean to<br />drag you around like this without<br />giving you a chance to rest. I'm—<hr class="newpage" />Terra: Locke, right?<br />...Edgar told me about you. Is<br />it true you're a thief?
Locke: I'm a TREASURE<br />HUNTER!
Locke: On the surface,<br />Edgar pretends to support<br />the Empire.<hr class="newpage" />Truth is, he's collaborating with<br />an underground resistance group<br />called the Returners.<hr class="newpage" />I serve as their go-between.
Locke: The old man you met in<br />Narshe is one of us, too.<hr class="newpage" />Terra: The Empire... But, I'm<br />an Imperial soldier...!
Locke: Not anymore.<br />They were using you. That's all!<br />Things are different now.
Terra: It's just... I don't<br />know what I should do.<hr class="newpage" />Whenever I try to think, it just<br />makes my head hurt even worse...
Locke: All that matters is<br />that you make your own decisions<br />from now on.<hr class="newpage" />You don't have to think too hard<br />right now. You'll know what you<br />want to do when the time comes.
Terra: But how will I know<br />which choice is right...?
Edgar: ...?<hr class="newpage" />What in the—
Edgar: What's going on?<hr class="newpage" />Soldier: It's the Empire! Kefka, he—
Edgar: What do you think<br />you're doing!?
Kefka: Bring me the girl. Now!<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: I have no idea what<br />you're talking about!<hr class="newpage" />Kefka: Oh? Then...enjoy the<br />barbecue! Hee-hee-hee!
The castle's on fire!
Fire! Fire! Heh-heh-heh...
Edgar: Get her ready...<hr class="newpage" />Soldier: Yes, sire!
Kefka: Had a change of heart?
Edgar: It seems I have no<br />choice...
Edgar: ...Or perhaps I do!
Kefka: Oh, my! The brave and<br />noble king abandons his people<br />to save his own skin!<hr class="newpage" />How utterly delightful!<br />Hee-hee-hee!
Edgar: Jump!
Locke: Yahoo!
Edgar: All right! Sink her<br />into the sand!
Soldier: Figaro Dive Mode engaged!
Chancellor: Witness the glory of Figaro!
Edgar: Bravo, Figaro!
Kefka: Go! KILL THEM!!!
Kefka: Son of a sandworm!<br />You'll pay for this!
Locke: That was great!
Terra: Were those bad<br />people? I...I'm scared...
Edgar: Terra, there's<br />someone we'd like you to meet...
Locke: Like I told you before,<br />we're members of the Returners...<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: Would you be willing<br />to meet our leader?<hr class="newpage" />Magic is going to be the key to<br />winning this war.
Terra: Magic...
Edgar: That esper reacted<br />to your magical powers. There's<br />got to be a relationship...<hr class="newpage" />Terra: I don't know any more<br />than you do. These powers just<br />come naturally to me.
Edgar: But no human is born<br />with the powers you have!
Edgar: Forgive me.<hr class="newpage" />Terra: ...What should I do?<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: The Empire will be<br />coming after us. They want your<br />powers for their own.<hr class="newpage" />And if they get them, the world is<br />done for...<hr class="newpage" />Terra, you want to<br />understand your own powers,<br />don't you?
Edgar: Then I think you<br />should meet with Banon.<hr class="newpage" />He may be able to help you find<br />out more about why you have<br />them.<hr class="newpage" />Terra: ...
Locke: Please... Edgar's<br />right.
Edgar: There's a cave just<br />south of here that leads to South<br />Figaro...<hr class="newpage" />Let's head in that direction.
This cave leads to South Figaro. I'm<br />afraid I can't let you through, though.
Soldier: King Edgar!<br />Where are you headed, sire?<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: Through the cave, and<br />eastward to South Figaro.<hr class="newpage" />We'll then make for the Returner<br />headquarters in the north.<hr class="newpage" />Return to the castle and pass<br />the word along.<hr class="newpage" />Soldier: Understood, sire!<br />Take care!
Zzz...zzz...
There's a clock key in his pocket...<br /> ・ (Take it.)<br /> ・ (Stealing is wrong.)
 ・ (Wind the clock.)<br /> ・ (Leave it.)
An old clock...<br />It's not ticking.
An old clock...<br />It's ticking.
<br />Obtained Old Clock Key!
Welcome to South Figaro!
Our shops carry weapons, armor, and<br />relics of the utmost quality!
Did you see how cool Figaro Castle<br />looked as it moved along through the<br />sand?<hr class="newpage" />...No? Well, I suppose that would have<br />been kind of hard, what with it being<br />underground and all...
Head east and you'll see Mt. Kolts.
Beyond Mt. Kolts lie the Sabre<br />Mountains.
You can gain all kinds of abilities by<br />equipping relics.<hr class="newpage" />These shoes double my walking speed!
My husband, Duncan, is a martial artist.<br />He's famous even in Figaro, to the north.<hr class="newpage" />He took his students to Mt. Kolts for<br />some meditation and training, so he<br />probably won't be back for a while.
Duncan's Wife: Sabin, where are<br />Vargas and Duncan...?
Sabin: Vargas...turned on<br />our master... Vargas, he...
Duncan's Wife: Oh, Vargas...<br />Why would you do such a thing?<hr class="newpage" />But my husband was able to pass his<br />techniques along to you, Sabin...<br />I'm sure he'd have no regrets.
Sabin: For the past ten years<br />you've treated me like a son.<hr class="newpage" />I'll never forget all the things<br />you've done for me!
...
Locke: Right, ignore us and<br />maybe we'll just disappear...
Edgar: Back off, Locke.<br />That guy looks familiar... Yeah,<br />that's him, all right...
He comes and goes like the wind,<br />swearing allegiance to no one.<br />Hidden behind his wintry gaze<br />lies a face known to none who live...
Edgar: That's Shadow...<br />He's an assassin. He'd kill his own<br />best friend for the right price...
Locke: Guess we'd better<br />steer clear of him.
Shadow: Leave us. The dog<br />eats strangers...
That man at the counter's got a nasty<br />look about him...
That man at the counter...<br />...Hey! Where'd he go!?
You look just like that student of<br />Duncan's.
I heard about Duncan... It's unfortunate.
Duncan's been training his boy, Vargas,<br />along with his other students.<hr class="newpage" />He's always grumbling about how the kid<br />never seems to be making any progress.
The big house at the north end of town<br />belongs to the richest family here.
I hear the Empire's been invading one<br />town after another. I wonder how safe<br />we are in South Figaro...
Figaro Castle stood up to the Empire?<hr class="newpage" />Great, now we'll all be drawn into this!
What kind of dummies would go and make<br />the Empire mad?
This town's defenses are tight. Even<br />with their Magitek armor, the Imperials<br />won't find it easy to get inside.
"The city's eastern border...so<br />attacking from there would..."<br />...!?<hr class="newpage" />H-hey! Wh-what do you think you're<br />doing!? Barging in here when I'm trying<br />to write a letter! Hmph!
Oh, uh, sorry... I may be the richest man<br />in town, but even that doesn't keep me<br />from being startled!
Oh, what have I done? I betrayed my<br />town to the Empire! All I could think of<br />was the money...
Clang, clang...<br />Clang, clang...<br />I'm Magitek armor!
My dad's super-important, so important<br />people come here for dinner all the time!<br />Even General Le—<hr class="newpage" />I mean, um...general-ly...<br />Uh, I forgot what I was going to say!
Wind the clock...<br />Wind the clock...<hr class="newpage" />Uh, that was just a jump-rope rhyme!
I wonder if it'll really come to war?<br />Maybe I should return home now, before<br />it's too late...
The Imperial troops have turned this<br />house into their headquarters.
There's always a nasty draft in this<br />room. Oh, where is it coming from?<br />I'm afraid I'll catch a cold!
I don't like strangers. Bring me some<br />cider and maybe I'll talk to you.
No cider? Then what are you doing<br />here?
Hmph... Cur!
Ah, cider! *glug, glug*...<hr class="newpage" />Hmm? Secret passage? Well, yes, there<br />is a tunnel from here to the mansion on<br />the north end of town...
Go downstairs and tell my grandson the<br />password. It's, uh...ummm... I forget!
My grandpa used to be a servant for the<br />richest family in town.
But he said I'm only supposed to let<br />merchants through here now.
You're a merchant, right? Okay, go<br />ahead.
The password is...<hr class="newpage" /> ・ "Rosebud"<br /> ・ "Courage"<br /> ・ "Failure"
Can't fool me! I know you're an Imperial<br />spy!
I'll show you the secret entrance.
Cool, huh?
Outta my way! I've gotta get this cider<br />over to the old-timer! 'Cause, see, some<br />of us have jobs!<hr class="newpage" />Now scram!
My work here is done! You're in my way.<br />Move it!
Huh? Kids aren't allowed in here?<br />Okay, okay, fine...
Hey, you! Came to steal my cider, did<br />you?
You dirty little thief!
<br />Obtained Cider!
This ship isn't going anywhere.
The town's crawling with Imperial<br />troops. Gotta slip through without<br />being seen!
Use caution.
Edgar: Hmm...?<br />What's that smell...?
Edgar: These flowers...<br />He always liked these...
Edgar: This tea...<br />It was his favorite.
Edgar: These dishes...<br />They're just like the ones he<br />always used!
Edgar: Could Sabin be<br />living here...? 
Edgar: Hey...
Edgar: Do you happen to<br />know where I could find the man<br />who lives here?
Man: Sure do! Left a couple of days ago,<br />soon as he heard Master Duncan had been<br />killed. Headed up into the mountains!<hr class="newpage" />They say Duncan's son Vargas is missing,<br />too... I don't like it one bit!
Edgar: So, Sabin became<br />a student of Duncan's...<hr class="newpage" />All this time, he's been under the<br />wing of such a great teacher...
You! You're Returners!
Sabin...?
Vargas: Sabin sent you, didn't he?
Locke: Who're you?
Locke: You were the one<br />sneaking around us the whole way<br />up here, weren't you?<hr class="newpage" />Vargas: And if I was?
Terra: It was you, wasn't it?<br />The disciple who murdered Master<br />Duncan.
Vargas: Hmph. Well, it doesn't really<br />matter who you are. I've got no plans to<br />surrender.<hr class="newpage" />Woe is the day you met me...it'll be the<br />last day of your lives!
Edgar: Sabin?<br />Is he here?
Edgar: Sabin!
Sabin: Brother?
Locke: ...Brother?<br />You're his twin brother!?
Terra: His...brother?<br />At first, I thought you were<br />another one of Vargas's bears...
Sabin: You thought I was<br />a...bear?
Sabin: I guess I'll, uh...take<br />that as a compliment!
Sabin: Anyway... Edgar,<br />what are you doing here?<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: We're on our way to<br />the Sabre Mountains.<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: To the Returner<br />hideout, no doubt?
Sabin: So, the wheels are<br />finally turning...<hr class="newpage" />I've been watching from a<br />distance, hoping the world<br />would come to its senses.<hr class="newpage" />The way things were going, I was<br />afraid Figaro would end up as a<br />puppet state.
Edgar: A means of striking<br />back has presented itself.<hr class="newpage" />There will be no more playing<br />lapdog to the Empire... I'm through<br />with that act.
Sabin: Think a "bear" like me<br />could be of any help?
Edgar: You'd join us?<br />Sabin...!
Sabin: I think Duncan would<br />rest easier knowing his training<br />helped bring peace to the world.
Locke: Well then, let's get<br />going!
King Edgar! This way, please!
Have you spoken with Banon?
The Empire wouldn't even think of<br />looking for our headquarters here.
Aha!
Welcome!
Thank you!
Rest for a while?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Rooms are 250 gil per night.<hr class="newpage" />Will you be staying?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Chocobo rides, 250 gil a pop!<hr class="newpage" />Whaddaya say?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Banon: So, this is the girl...<br />The one to whom the esper<br />responded.<hr class="newpage" />Terra: Esper...?<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: It seems the Empire<br />had complete control over her.
Banon: Carrier pigeons have kept<br />me informed.<hr class="newpage" />I also heard that she wiped out<br />fifty Imperial soldiers in mere<br />minutes...
Terra: No, that's not...!
Locke: Terra!<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: For heaven's sake,<br />Banon! The girl doesn't remember<br />anything!
Banon: Hiding from the truth<br />won't change it!
Edgar: Banon!<br />We brought her with us.
Banon: Perhaps you've heard this<br />story before?<hr class="newpage" />Once, when people were still pure<br />and innocent, there was a box<br />they were told never to open...<hr class="newpage" />But someone went and opened it<br />anyway, unleashing all the evils<br />of the world...<hr class="newpage" />Pride...envy...greed...wrath...<br />gluttony...<hr class="newpage" />The only thing that remained in<br />the box was a single ray of light:<br />hope.
Terra: ...<hr class="newpage" />Banon: Your power is a gift, not a<br />curse. No matter what happens,<br />you must remember that.<hr class="newpage" />You are this world's last ray of<br />light...our final hope.
Edgar: Banon!
Banon: I've grown weary with the<br />hour... Allow me to rest for a<br />while.
<br />Obtained 293 gil!
<br />Obtained Potion!
<br />Obtained Ether!
<br />Obtained Gold Needle!
We're a small organization, but we've<br />been gaining more and more sympathizers<br />around the world.<hr class="newpage" />Freedom is almost within our grasp...
Banon: Terra... You should<br />talk to everyone here. It will give<br />you a clearer view of things.
Banon? He went outside just a moment<br />ago.
Welcome back! Glad to see you're okay.
Welcome back!
Is Banon all right?
My wounds are healing.
The Empire is snuffing out Returners<br />wherever it finds them. We must find a<br />way to strike back before it's too late...
Locke: The Empire stole<br />someone important from me. I've<br />hated it ever since...<hr class="newpage" />If no one stands up to the Empire,<br />more people will be left like me.<hr class="newpage" />That's why I joined the<br />Returners.
There's a scrap of paper lying here...<br /> ・ (Toss it in the trash.)<br /> ・ (Leave it.)
Banon: Who threw this here?<br />Don't you people know what a<br />wastebasket looks like?
Terra: But, there's no one<br />important in my life. I have no<br />family...no friends...<hr class="newpage" />Locke: That's not true!<hr class="newpage" />And besides, I'm sure there are<br />people who feel you're important<br />to them.<hr class="newpage" />Those people are counting on<br />you, too...
Edgar: It's not easy asking<br />so much of you...<hr class="newpage" />And if we force our ideas on you,<br />we're no different from the<br />Empire.<hr class="newpage" />So...we want you to decide for<br />yourself.
Sabin: I don't know what to<br />tell you... But I do know that I<br />trust my brother completely.<hr class="newpage" />He's always thought of my needs<br />before his own, ever since we<br />were little.<hr class="newpage" />I think you should trust him, too.
But don't tell him I said that!<br />He'll turn red as a tomato!
Banon: Have you made your<br />decision? Will you become our<br />last ray of hope?<hr class="newpage" /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Banon: Really? You will?
Terra: But...<br />I'm scared...
Banon: I see...
Banon: I thought as much...
Banon: So, there's really no<br />convincing you?
I understand your apprehension.<hr class="newpage" />But too many innocent lives are<br />being lost to the Empire while we<br />stand here and do nothing...<hr class="newpage" />Please, lend us your strength!<br />This relic will help keep you safe.<hr class="newpage" /><br />Obtained Genji Glove!
We need your help.
Please, have the courage to join us in<br />our battle!
Banon: The uncertainty you're<br />feeling is only natural.
Banon: Terra...<br />I want you to have this.
Terra: What is it?
Banon: We'll succeed if we all<br />work together. Never give up<br />hope!
Banon: A charm to help keep you<br />safe. Take it!<hr class="newpage" /><br />Obtained Gauntlet!
Banon: I have a plan. Would you<br />please gather everyone<br />together?
Terra: Hope... How could<br />anyone put their hope in me?
S-South...Figaro...
Hey, what've we got here?
Banon: What's wrong?<br />What's happened!?
Terra: Those wounds...<br />They're awful...
Banon: Those wounds look<br />awful...
Th-the Empire's...t-taken South<br />Figaro... They're headed...this<br />way...
Banon: So they've found us...<br />We haven't a moment to lose!
Edgar: Locke!<hr class="newpage" />Locke: I know... "Someone"<br />has to sneak into South Figaro to<br />slow down the enemy, right?<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: This is right up your<br />alley. We're counting on you.
Locke: Terra...<br />Wait for me... I won't be gone long.<hr class="newpage" />...And watch out for a certain<br />lecherous young king who shall<br />remain nameless.<hr class="newpage" />The guy moves in like a hawk!<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: Locke!
Sabin: Edgar...<br />Old habits die hard, eh?
Banon: What about us?<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: We can escape down<br />the Lethe River and make our way<br />to Narshe.<hr class="newpage" />I'm curious about that esper they<br />found in the mines...<hr class="newpage" />Banon: Very well. I'll ready the<br />raft by the back entrance.<hr class="newpage" />It's risky, but we don't have much<br />of a choice at this point.
Edgar: It's not safe here.<br />Come with us to Narshe...<hr class="newpage" />It could be a chance for you to<br />gain a better understanding of<br />your abilities.
Banon: We've no time to<br />dilly-dally. Let's make for<br />Narshe!
We'll handle things here. Please head on<br />to Narshe!
We're counting on you to protect Banon!
The Lethe River runs through a series<br />of huge, underground caverns.
Banon: We all know that the<br />Gestahlian Empire is using its<br />Magitek power to wage war.<hr class="newpage" />The question is, where did they<br />get that power?
Edgar: I had Locke dig<br />around for information.<hr class="newpage" />It seems the Empire has been<br />gathering scholars from around<br />the world to study espers.
Locke: Narshe's esper was<br />also the reason for the Imperial<br />assault there.
Banon: Well then...
Terra: Are you saying there's<br />some kind of connection between<br />espers and Magitek?<hr class="newpage" />Banon: Espers and Magitek...<br />Only one possible link comes to<br />mind.
Edgar: You don't mean...<hr class="newpage" />Banon: The War of the Magi.
"No!"<br />"That's impossible...!"
Locke: My grandma used to<br />tell me bedtime stories about<br />magical machines...<hr class="newpage" />...Those stories were true?
Edgar: You're saying we're on<br />the verge of a second War of the<br />Magi?<hr class="newpage" />Banon: It's only a guess.<hr class="newpage" />The war took place a thousand<br />years ago, and every historian<br />has a different theory.<hr class="newpage" />But one theory says that energy<br />drained from espers was used to<br />power machines...<hr class="newpage" />...and that ordinary humans were<br />also infused with that same<br />energy.
Terra: So that's what<br />Magitek power is...
Edgar: If we're going to<br />fight Magitek enemies, we need<br />Magitek weapons of our own.<hr class="newpage" />Banon: No! That would bring about<br />another War of the Magi!<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: Then what do you<br />propose?<hr class="newpage" />Banon: I was wondering if we<br />might not be able to have a chat<br />with an esper...<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: ...With an esper!?
Banon: It's risky, but that esper<br />reacted to Terra before...<hr class="newpage" />If we could get it to react to her<br />again, we just might be able to<br />wake it up.<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: Do you really think<br />that would work...?
Banon: I can't say for sure, but I<br />believe it's our best shot...<hr class="newpage" />Of course, we can't do anything<br />without Terra's help.
Locke: Terra...
Terra: I'll do it.<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: I'm not entirely sure I<br />understand the plan...but what<br />the hey!<hr class="newpage" />This sounds like it'll be fun!
Banon, sir...!
Banon: What was that?<br />That noise just now...?
The Empire!<br />The Empire's invading!
Uhnnn... Urgh...
!
What the...? ...Sleeptalking?
Here we go! This raft will carry us to<br />Narshe!
Hop aboard the raft?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Fleeing the Empire's troops,<br />Banon, Edgar, and Terra ride<br />the rapids toward Narshe.<br />But the going won't be easy...
Head towards Narshe while protecting<br />Banon at all costs. If Banon falls in<br />battle, the journey's over!
Which way should we go!?<br /> ・ (Straight)<br /><br />           ・ (Left)                   ・ (Right)
Now which way!?<br /><br /><br />           ・ (Left)                   ・ (Right)


Hey, which way now?<br /> ・ (Up)<br /><br />           ・ (Left)
Edgar and Terra race toward<br />Narshe while protecting Banon...<hr class="newpage" />But what of Sabin, who was swept<br />away by the raging waters?<hr class="newpage" />And how is Locke faring after<br />having penetrated the Empire's<br />defenses in South Figaro?<hr class="newpage" />Is all going according to plan...?
<br />             Please choose a scenario.<hr class="newpage" /> ・ Banon's Group<br /> ・ Sabin<br /> ・ Locke
Sabin!
Locke: Dammit!<br />Gotta get to Narshe on the fly...
Locke has worked hard to stymie<br />the efforts of the Imperial troops in<br />South Figaro. But now he desperately<br />needs to escape...
Halt! What do you think you're doing?
Locke: Ouch!<br />Back to square one...
Get back to your post!
What are you standing around for!?<hr class="newpage" />It's almost time to launch the attack on<br />Narshe. Marching orders could come<br />down at any moment!
Soldiers in the Imperial army have<br />different ranks. The ones in green are<br />the low-ranking grunts.
Locke: I know I've seen her<br />before...<hr class="newpage" />Wait a second... She's one of the<br />Empire's generals!
A Magitek knight forged by the Empire<br />and tempered in battle.<br />None have ever truly known the woman<br />beneath the general's guise...
Guard: This is what happens to traitors!
Guard: So, the mighty Celes has<br />fallen!
Celes: Not as far as those<br />who'd use their strength to<br />oppress the weak...<hr class="newpage" />Guard: Quiet!
Celes: Kefka's planning to<br />poison every last man, woman,<br />and child in the kingdom of Doma.<hr class="newpage" />Guard: Shaddup!
Guard: Hmph! Run that mouth of yours<br />while you still can... Your execution's<br />tomorrow.
Keep a close eye on her!
Yes, sir! I can stand guard for days<br />without sleep!
Her hands are bound...<br /> ・ (Remove her bindings.)<br /> ・ (Just keep looking.)
Celes: Aren't you a little<br />short to be an Imperial trooper?<hr class="newpage" />Locke: What? Oh...the<br />uniform.
Celes: What could you<br />possibly hope to peddle in a place<br />like this?<hr class="newpage" />Locke: Oops! Forgot I was<br />still wearing these clothes.
Celes: And you are...?
Locke: Name's Locke. I'm<br />with the Returners.<hr class="newpage" />Celes: You're a Returner!?<br />I'm...or at least I was...General<br />Celes.<hr class="newpage" />Now I'm nothing but a traitor...
Locke: Well, let's get going!<hr class="newpage" />Celes: ...!?<br />You'd take me with you?
Celes: ...No. I can barely<br />walk. I'd never make it out of<br />here.
Celes: I appreciate it, but...<br />Even if you got me out, you<br />wouldn't be able to protect me.<hr class="newpage" />I'm better off waiting here for<br />the executioner. At least that<br />way I'll keep my pride...
Locke: I'll protect you!
Locke: Trust me! You'll be<br />fine!
Locke: Let's go!
Soldier: ...'n some bread, too...
Soldier: ...more soup...'n...<br />*mumble*... *mumble*...
Celes: Wait.
Celes: This soldier might<br />have something on him that could<br />help us get out of here.
Celes: Why are you helping<br />me?<hr class="newpage" />Locke: You remind me a lot of<br />someone...
Locke: What's it matter,<br />anyway? I'm helping you because<br />I want to!
Celes: Wait! There's a<br />secret way out through<br />the back.
Locke: What is that?<hr class="newpage" />Celes: Something's coming<br />through the wall!
Locke: Whew!<br />Looks like we're finally in the<br />clear.
Locke: What is that noise?
It seems our famous lady general turned<br />traitor. I heard they have her locked up<br />somewhere in this town.
Oh no! I'm late for my shift guarding the<br />underground passage to the mansion!<hr class="newpage" />Oh well... Better never than late!
I heard there are two tunnels beneath<br />the northern mansion.<hr class="newpage" />One leads to another house, and the<br />other leads out of town.
Thanks to our inside informant, this<br />town fell with almost no resistance.
Gah! These kids are driving me nuts!<br />Can't they keep quiet for two minutes!?
 ・ (Remove disguise.)<br /> ・ (These clothes are fine.)
Those low-ranking soldiers in green love<br />to start fights, even though they never<br />win.<hr class="newpage" />They're so slow, you could steal the<br />clothes right off their backs!
Hmph!
Stay away from those armored soldiers.<br />They'll kill you just for talking to them.
Guard: You... You're that Imperial officer<br />from before!
Banon: Please, I can explain!
Guard: Get out of here now, or you'll<br />regret it!
Edgar: Let's not get hasty<br />here! I'm King Edgar of<br />Figaro...<hr class="newpage" />Guard: Liar!
Banon: My goodness...<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: And that, my friends,<br />is why I can't stand men. It's like<br />they don't even have ears!<hr class="newpage" />Terra: I'm sorry, it's all my<br />fault...
Arvis: Banon! King Edgar!<br />Oh, and Terra, too!
Banon: Arvis! How do things<br />stand here in Narshe?<hr class="newpage" />Arvis: Same as always. The town's<br />neutral. I've tried to convince them to<br />side with the Returners, but it's no use.<hr class="newpage" />Of course, maybe with you and the king<br />of Figaro here...
Edgar: How are the<br />townspeople?<hr class="newpage" />Arvis: Everyone's been a little on edge<br />since the esper was discovered.
Banon: We believe Terra may<br />be able to help us get answers to<br />our questions about the esper.<hr class="newpage" />Arvis: Well, the townspeople are still<br />quite curious about it as well.<hr class="newpage" />If we approach them in the right way,<br />there's a good chance they'll agree to<br />let her see it.
Edgar: That esper is either<br />going to save us...or dig us an<br />early grave.
Terra: When Locke first<br />rescued me, we came out of the<br />mines right around here.<hr class="newpage" />He fiddled with something...
Edgar: Yes, he told me.<br />Twist this stone like so, and...
Edgar: This must be the<br />place...<hr class="newpage" />Terra: What place?<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: There's a room in here<br />they use to test applicants to the<br />city guard.<hr class="newpage" />We should be fine as long as we<br />follow the light. If we make a<br />mistake, lights will surround us.<hr class="newpage" />Then we'll have to tag the<br />glimmering orange light to<br />proceed.
Aged Man: You the clockmaker? I been<br />waitin' for ages!
Uh, no, I'm not the clockmaker...
Aged Man: There she is, hangin' up on<br />that wall over there! Ain't been tickin'<br />for a year now! Five years, was it?<hr class="newpage" />Shucks, maybe it's been ten, I don't<br />remember!
Aged Man: Hmm?
What dire fate has befallen Sabin,<br />who leapt from the raft after the fight<br />with Ultros...?
Come to think of it... I saw a real<br />strange-lookin' kid last time I went<br />down south to the Veldt.<hr class="newpage" />You gotta be careful traveling through<br />them parts!
Aged Man: Lawnmower repairman, eh?<br />Couldn't provide worse service!<br />Grass's fifty feet high out back!
Aged Man: Oh, got it!
Aged Man: You're here to fix my bed!<br />It's been creakin' like all git-out!
Aged Man: No more lip, repairman!<br />Fix that stove, on the double!<hr class="newpage" />It'll be on your conscience when I<br />freeze to death!
Aged Man: Hmm? Then you must be...
Aged Man: You've come to fix the door!?
Aged Man: Oh, for pity's sake...! And you<br />call yourself a repairman! Causing<br />trouble just like a kid...
Yeeeouch!
Take a nap?<br /> ・ Sure.<br /> ・ Not right now.
Aged Man: A kid? I don't have any kids!<br />Ugh, why'd you have to bring up kids?<br />Makes me sick just thinkin' about it!<hr class="newpage" />I think it's time for you to leave now!<br />Go on, git! Or I'll toss you out onto the<br />Veldt, too!<hr class="newpage" />"...? I think this old chocobo's missing a<br />few feathers..."
Merchant: Welcome. Need anything?<br /> ・ What've you got?<br /> ・ No thanks.
Merchant: See you around.
Who're you!?
Merchant: Howdy there! I run a mobile<br />item shop of sorts in these parts.<br />Everyone around here knows me!
Merchant: You're, uh...not from around<br />here, are you?
Merchant: Well, no matter!<hr class="newpage" />Need anything?<br /> ・ (Take a look.)<br /> ・ (Maybe another time.)
Merchant: Good day to ya!<hr class="newpage" />Need anything?<br /> ・ (Take a look.)<br /> ・ (Maybe another time.)
Sabin: You...another<br />traveler?<hr class="newpage" />You don't happen to know how I<br />could get to Narshe, do you? I<br />got separated from my friends.
Man: The Empire has set up camp just<br />beyond the forest to the east.<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: The Empire!? What<br />are they doing here?<hr class="newpage" />Man: They seem to have their eyes on<br />Doma Castle.<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: So Doma's next,<br />huh...? But I need to get to<br />Narshe right away!<hr class="newpage" />Man: Your only road passes through<br />Doma. I can take you there if you'd like.<hr class="newpage" />Just know that I may leave you at any<br />time...
Shadow: The Empire has set up<br />camp just beyond the forest to<br />the east.<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: The Empire!? What<br />are they doing here?<hr class="newpage" />Shadow: They seem to have<br />their eyes on Doma Castle.<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: So Doma's next,<br />huh...? But I need to get to<br />Narshe right away!<hr class="newpage" />Shadow: Your only road passes<br />through Doma. I can take you<br />there if you'd like.<hr class="newpage" />Just know that I may leave you at<br />any time...
Don't get too close... He doesn't like<br />strangers.
Sabin: It's not gonna be easy<br />taking on the Empire...even with<br />two of us...
Shadow: Death is always just<br />a step behind me...
Take on a traveling companion?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Baram: Clyde...how could you...?<br />I was your partner...<br />You should be here with me...<br />Join me, Clyde...
Baram: Yahooo! We did it, Clyde!<hr class="newpage" />Clyde: A million gil! What a blast!<br />This is the life!
Baram: Guess it's time we start thinking<br />of a name, huh?<hr class="newpage" />Clyde: A name?<hr class="newpage" />Baram: All good bandit duos need a name!<br />I, uh... I sort of have one in mind...<hr class="newpage" />Clyde: Well? Let's hear it!<hr class="newpage" />Baram: ..."The Shadow Bandits"!<br />What do you think? Not bad, eh?
Clyde: The Shadow Bandits, great<br />train robbers of the century...
Clyde: Open your eyes!<hr class="newpage" />Baram: How bad is it? ...This isn't m-my<br />blood...is it, Clyde?<hr class="newpage" />Clyde: Don't worry, you're gonna be okay!
Baram: I'm sorry... I...I let my guard<br />down...<hr class="newpage" />Clyde: Don't talk! The town's just a bit<br />farther...<hr class="newpage" />Baram: You don't have to pretend.<br />I know. This is...my blood, isn't it?<br />I'm done for...
Baram: Get going! Leave me here.<br />I'd only slow you down.<hr class="newpage" />Clyde: But...!<hr class="newpage" />Baram: You wanna get caught?
Baram: But, before you go...<br />Please, finish me off with your knife!
Clyde: How could you ask me to do<br />something like that...?<hr class="newpage" />Baram: You know what they'll do to me if<br />they catch me alive!<hr class="newpage" />I don't want to have to go through<br />that... Touch my arm.
Baram: Feel it shaking? I've never been<br />afraid in my life, and now I'm quivering<br />like a little girl.<hr class="newpage" />Please, before I wet myself and have to<br />die a coward... Just take your knife,<br />and—<hr class="newpage" />Clyde: I can't do it!
Baram: Clyde!!!
Clyde: I'm sorry...
Baram: Clyde! How could you!?
Woman: Hey... Hey, are you all right?
Clyde: Where...am I?<hr class="newpage" />Woman: In a small village called<br />Tha...sa... Come on now, pull yourself<br />together!
Oh, this is no good! No good at all!<br />Please, go talk to the impresario!
Thank goodness!
Oh, dear... There's a dragon sitting<br />smack in the middle of my stage!<br />What'll I do?
<br />Whew!
Looks like you saved the day for us once<br />again!
This stratum's unusually rough...<hr class="newpage" />We seem to be catching on something.<br /> ・ (Restart the engines.)<br /> ・ (Stop here.)
Soldier: Who goes there!?
Soldier A: Shhh! I just told you to keep<br />it down! How many times are you gonna<br />make me say it?<hr class="newpage" />Soldier A: You've gotta be more careful!<br />General Leo may be a decent man, but<br />Kefka...that guy's twisted!<hr class="newpage" />Soldier B: Tell me about it...
Sabin: What the...?<br />Why are there so many troops<br />here?
Captain: You there! We're about to<br />storm the castle.<hr class="newpage" />The two of you will join the assault<br />squad. Get moving!

Soldier: Swine!
An Imperial camp...<br />There are an awful lot of soldiers here...
Soldier A: Hey, did you hear?<hr class="newpage" />Soldier B: Oh, you mean—<hr class="newpage" />Soldier A: Shhh! Keep your voice down!<br />If Kefka catches us, we're toast!
Soldier A: They say Kefka's plotting to<br />drive away General Leo so he can take<br />over his position as general...<hr class="newpage" />Soldier B: Don't even joke about<br />something like that. If that freak<br />becomes our general, I'll quit!
Soldier A: Shhh! What if he hears you?<br />You'll be locked up!<hr class="newpage" />Soldier B: All right, all right!
Soldier B: Uh-oh... Here he comes!<br />Quick, back to your post!
Kefka: Hey, you! You keeping a<br />sharp lookout? Hmm?<hr class="newpage" />Soldier A: Yes, sir! Kefka, sir!<br />What a pleasant surprise! How<br />are you today, sir?<hr class="newpage" />Kefka: Please, spare me your petty<br />small talk! Just do your job!<hr class="newpage" />And don't let me catch you<br />slacking, or I'll make you regret<br />being born!
Soldier B: Hmph! Like we're gonna listen<br />to you, you pompous little...<hr class="newpage" />Soldier B: What's wrong with that guy,<br />anyway?<hr class="newpage" />It's like General Leo got all the good<br />qualities a man could have, and Kefka<br />got stuck with the rest...
Soldier: General Leo, sir. The Domans<br />appear to be playing a waiting game.<hr class="newpage" />Leo: So, they're using their<br />favorite strategy...
Soldier: General... We're ready to storm<br />the castle as soon as you give the<br />order...<hr class="newpage" />Leo: Patience! If we attack now,<br />there will be too many<br />unnecessary casualties.
Soldier: But...General! I'm prepared to<br />lay down my life for the Empire at any<br />time!
Leo: You're from Maranda, are you<br />not?<hr class="newpage" />Soldier: Huh? I mean, yes, sir, I am,<br />but...why do you ask, sir?
Leo: You would have me go there<br />and deliver the news of your<br />passing to your family?<hr class="newpage" />What would I say when I handed<br />them your sword? How could I<br />even look at them?<hr class="newpage" />You're a human being before<br />you're a soldier. Don't be so<br />eager to throw away your life.<hr class="newpage" />Emperor Gestahl wouldn't want<br />you to die for nothing.
Soldier: Yes, sir!
Soldier: General Leo, sir!
Soldier: Hey! What do you think you're<br />doing!?
Soldier: A carrier pigeon arrived from<br />Emperor Gestahl!
Leo: What...?
Leo: The emperor summons me.<br />I must return at once.
Soldier: Understood, sir.
Leo: I'll leave the rest in your<br />hands.<hr class="newpage" />Soldier: Yes, sir.<hr class="newpage" />Leo: Listen to me... Don't rush<br />things. That's all I ask.
Soldier: Sir! Leave it to us, sir!
Leo: I'm counting on you.
So that's General Leo... He may be an<br />enemy, but he seems like a decent man.
Whew... That was close!
Urgh! It won't open.<hr class="newpage" /> ・ (Kick it.)<br /> ・ (Hit it.)<br /> ・ (Leave it.)
Ow!
Uh-oh! Must've heard that!
Soldier: Who's there!?
Soldier: ...?<br />I know I heard something...<hr class="newpage" />"Meooow!"<hr class="newpage" />Soldier: Oh. Just a stupid cat...
Kefka: Once Leo's gone, I can turn<br />this water into a flowing river of<br />poison!<hr class="newpage" />Anyone who touches it'll be<br />pushing up daisies! Hee-hee...
Leo: I'm afraid the emperor has<br />called me back home. Try not to<br />cause any trouble in my absence.<hr class="newpage" />Kefka: Hmph! I'll take care of<br />things faster than you ever<br />would!
Leo: Nothing dirty, Kefka!<hr class="newpage" />They may be our enemies, but<br />they're still human beings. Try<br />not to forget that.<hr class="newpage" />Kefka: We needn't show mercy to<br />those who side with the<br />Returners.<hr class="newpage" />...Which is good, because I never<br />seem to have any of the stuff.
Kefka: Yes, you just go off and<br />be a good little boy...
Kefka: Is the poison ready?<hr class="newpage" />Soldier: But, General Leo said—<hr class="newpage" />Kefka: Leo's not here anymore.<br />I'm in charge now. Fork it over!<hr class="newpage" />Soldier: Some of our people are being<br />held prisoner inside the castle! If any<br />of them were to drink the water...<hr class="newpage" />Kefka: Who cares? They're the<br />ones who were stupid enough to<br />get caught by the enemy!
You're inhuman!
Kefka: Gah...! Pests at every<br />turn! Guess I'll have to take care<br />of you, too!
Kefka: Pestering little...!<br />Really want me to let you have it,<br />do you!?
Kefka: *gasp*... *pant*...<br />You just don't give up, do you?
Kefka: Gah! How long do you<br />expect me to put up with this?<br />Next time I won't hold back!
Wait!
Kefka: Oh, gripe! This is getting<br />tiresome. Hey, you! Handle the<br />rest!
No! Gotta hurry, or Kefka will dump the<br />poison into the river!
Kefka: Hee-hee... Nothing beats<br />the sweet music of hundreds of<br />voices screaming in unison!<hr class="newpage" />Uwee-hee-hee!
Captain: Charge!
Doman Sentry: It's hopeless! We can't<br />keep them all out.
Doman Sentry: So, this is it...
Wait!
The battle is not yet lost!
Cyan: If we can but fell<br />their commander, they should<br />break rank and withdraw.
Cyan: I shall meet him on the<br />field of battle.
Cyan: I must not turn my<br />back to the battle at hand!
Doman Sentry: Sir Cyan! Please,<br />defeat their commander!
Doman Sentry: Sir Cyan!
Cyan: I am Cyan,<br />retainer to the king of Doma.<br />Ready thy axe!
Cyan: Hmm...?<br />Does the water not look a<br />bit...odd?
Soldier: The captain's been defeated!<br />Retreat!
Cyan: It must be...poison!
Cyan: Your Highness!<hr class="newpage" />King: Who's there...?
Cyan: Cyan,<br />Your Excellency!<hr class="newpage" />King: Oh, Cyan...<br />My sight is failing...<br />I cannot see your face...<hr class="newpage" />Cyan: Excellency!<br />Please, you must be strong!<hr class="newpage" />King: Cyan...<hr class="newpage" />You have defended this realm since the<br />days of my father before me... I thank<br />you...for your service. Urgh...<hr class="newpage" />Forgive me... I failed to protect our<br />kingdom...
Cyan: No, Excellency, the<br />fault lies not with thee!<hr class="newpage" />King: I fear for your family...<br />Ohhh...my chest burns...with every<br />breath...<hr class="newpage" />Cyan: Speak not, my lord!<br />Save thy strength!<hr class="newpage" />King: Go...to your family...<br />*cough*... *gasp*......<hr class="newpage" />Cyan: Excellency!
Cyan: Elayne!<br />Do not leave me, Elayne!
Cyan: This...<br />This is unpardonable...
Cyan: ...!<br />Owain!!!
A noble warrior of a foreign land.<br />A faithful retainer<br />to his lord and master,<br />he fears not even death...
There's a great deal of activity in the<br />Imperial camp. I think they may be<br />preparing another assault!
Doman Sentry: What low-down,<br />contemptible...!
Cyan: We must warn the<br />king!
Cyan: Withdraw into the<br />castle.<hr class="newpage" />We shall wait within its walls,<br />while our enemies grow tired<br />without.
Cyan: No... No...!
Doman Sentry: We were...too late...
Doman Sentry: To the king, with all<br />haste!
Cyan: Yes!<br />The throne room is just ahead!
Cyan: Excellency...
Cyan: There may still be<br />survivors in the castle!<hr class="newpage" />Doman Sentry: Let's split up and<br />search...
Cyan: Here, too...
Cyan: This is not possible...<br />This cannot be happening!
Cyan: I will not forgive<br />them...! The Empire must pay for<br />this!
Soldier: This area's off-limits.
Cyan: I am Cyan,<br />retainer to the king of Doma!
Cyan: Grrr!<br />There will be no mercy for thee!
Cyan: Gaaah!<br />Who poisoned the river!?
Soldier: Enemy!!!<br />All men, to your positions!
Sabin: That guy's a goner on<br />his own! Gotta help him...and<br />fast!
Sabin: Whoa!<hr class="newpage" />There's still poison all over the<br />place! Going through here would be<br />suicide!
Sabin: Let me give you a<br />hand!
Cyan: I know not thy name or<br />allegiance, but I welcome thy aid!
Sabin: These ones next!?
Cyan: Grrr!<br />They are tougher than<br />they would appear!
Sabin: Look, I think we're<br />gonna have to do this together!
Cyan: The thought had<br />occurred to me as well!
Sabin: I'm Sabin, from<br />the kingdom of Figaro.<hr class="newpage" />We can talk more later. Let's get<br />out of here!
Cyan: I am in thy debt!
Cyan: Grrr!<br />Art thou an enemy as well!?
Sabin: Ouch!<br />Probably shouldn't have gotten in<br />the middle of that...
Sabin: !!!
Sabin: No need for thanks!<br />I'm Sabin, from the kingdom<br />of Figaro.<hr class="newpage" />We should get out of here!
Cyan: But I must avenge my<br />family and my countrymen...!<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: If we stick around any<br />longer, we'll have an entire<br />regiment down our throats!
Cyan: Sir Sabin!<br />It appears to be in reverse!
Sabin: Yeah, yeah...<br />Come on!
Cyan: Aaahhh!<br />I cannot stop this monstrosity!!!
Sabin: Okay, let's bust our<br />way out of here!
Hold it right there!
Here they come! Stop them!
Did you really think you'd get away?
Sabin: Okay, I think we<br />should be safe now! So, how do<br />I get to Narshe from here?<hr class="newpage" />Cyan: Narshe?<hr class="newpage" />I believe the only route passes<br />through the forest to the south,<br />but—
Sabin: All right!<hr class="newpage" />If we're going into the woods, I<br />guess we won't be needing these<br />hunks of scrap metal anymore.<hr class="newpage" />Let's get going!
Sabin: There's nothing but<br />poison that way!
Soldier: There they are!<br />This way!
Sabin: Hoo, boy...<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: I have an idea...<br />Follow me.
Cyan: Sir Sabin!<br />What manner of armored beasts<br />might these be?
Sabin: I'll explain later!<br />Just climb in!
Cyan: Sir Sabin!<br />How does one manipulate<br />these abominations?
Sabin: Oh, for...!<hr class="newpage" />Thou art getting to be quite a<br />pain in the— Great, now I'm even<br />starting to talk like you!<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: Listen!<br />See that lever? The one right<br />by your hand? Push it down.
This is a school for the beginning<br />adventurer.<hr class="newpage" />Despite all of our recent advances in<br />technology, the outside world remains<br />full of monsters we know little about.<hr class="newpage" />Here, we provide advice to travelers<br />brave enough to face its many dangers.
Welcome to our school for budding<br />adventurers.<hr class="newpage" />We're always here to help you find your<br />way in the world...or at least what's<br />left of it.
This is water from a recovery spring.<hr class="newpage" />It will restore your HP and MP. Such<br />springs are located all throughout the<br />world, so always be on the lookout!
This is a save point.
Valuables are sometimes hidden in pots<br />such as this one.
Potions may taste funny, but they also<br />heal injury. If you are hurt, drink one<br />to restore some HP.<hr class="newpage" />Staying at an inn will completely heal<br />your entire party.
Be careful! Sometimes monsters lurk<br />inside of treasure chests!
Have you heard about relics?
Make selections using the A Button.<br />Cancel them with the B Button.<br />Press Start to open the main menu.
When selecting armor or weapons in a<br />shop, symbols will appear next to<br />characters that can equip them.<hr class="newpage" />An upward-pointing triangle indicates<br />an increase in attack or defense power.<hr class="newpage" />A downward-pointing triangle indicates<br />a decrease in attack or defense power.<hr class="newpage" />"" indicates no change.<br />"E" means that the item is already<br />equipped on that character.<hr class="newpage" />A symbol beneath a character means<br />that person is currently in your party.
If you set the battle mode to "Wait"<br />in the Config menu...<hr class="newpage" />...you can take all the time you want to<br />select spells or items in battle without<br />having to worry about being attacked!
You can run from most battles by holding<br />down both the L and R Buttons.
Turn meters are located in the lower<br />right-hand corner of the battle screen.<hr class="newpage" />When a character's turn meter becomes<br />full, you will be able to enter battle<br />commands for that character.<hr class="newpage" />Press Select to skip to the next<br />character without entering a command.
When selecting the target for a spell,<br />press the L or R Button to target all<br />enemies or allies.
When the battle menu appears, press<br />← or → to select "Row" or "Defend."<hr class="newpage" />"Row" moves the character from the<br />front row to the back, or vice versa.<hr class="newpage" />"Defend" cuts received damage in half,<br />and lasts until the character's next<br />turn.
Damage is more severe when enemies<br />have you surrounded—especially if your<br />back is to the one attacking!
The white numbers that appear during<br />battle are damage points. Green numbers<br />are recovery points.
Damage received by characters in the<br />back row is halved, but so is the attack<br />power of those characters.<hr class="newpage" />To change rows from the main menu,<br />press ←, then select a character and<br />press the A Button twice.
Shall I teach you about status effects?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
-Invisibility-<br />Physical attacks will miss you, but<br />spells will always strike true.<hr class="newpage" />You'll revert to normal if hit by magic.<hr class="newpage" />-Imp-<br />Prevents you from using special skills<br />and magic.<hr class="newpage" />-Zombie-<br />Zombies attack friend and foe alike.<br />Only holy water can reverse the status.<hr class="newpage" />If your skin is ashen, your HP is 0, and<br />you're still moving, there's a good<br />chance you're a zombie.<hr class="newpage" />-Sleep and Confusion-<br />These status ailments are cancelled<br />when the character is attacked.
Undead creatures such as ghosts are<br />damaged by curative spells and items.
Reraise automatically revives a<br />character if KO'd. Regen gradually<br />restores a character's HP.
Fire, ice, and lightning are the three<br />principle elements.<hr class="newpage" />They are represented by the spells Fire,<br />Blizzard, and Thunder, respectively.
The Reflect spell remains active for<br />only a short time and will not reflect<br />lore magic.
Allow me to explain a few of the<br />specialized battle commands.<hr class="newpage" />-Runic-<br />Absorbs magic and turns it into MP.<hr class="newpage" />Runic remains active until a spell is<br />absorbed or another battle command is<br />given.<hr class="newpage" />-Trance-<br />Boosts attack and magic. The duration<br />increases as more battles are fought.<hr class="newpage" />-Dance and Rage-<br />Once selected, these commands are used<br />continuously until the end of battle.
Image status creates illusionary images<br />of a character, making it difficult for<br />enemies to hit the character.
You might find this room more useful<br />after you've gained some experience out<br />in the world.<hr class="newpage" />A lot of the things you'll hear in here<br />might not make much sense until you've<br />gotten your feet wet.
Desperate times can bring out strength<br />you never knew you had!<hr class="newpage" />Critically wounded characters may<br />occasionally perform powerful, hidden<br />techniques when you select "Attack."
It seems you have some magicite...<hr class="newpage" />Want to learn more about espers?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
To use an esper, you must first equip<br />its magicite. Select "Abilities" from the<br />main menu, then select "Espers."<hr class="newpage" />To summon the esper in battle, select<br />"Magic," press ↑, then select the esper<br />with the A Button.<hr class="newpage" />You can only call upon a particular esper<br />once per battle.<hr class="newpage" /><br />-Learning Magic-<hr class="newpage" />A character learns spells over time when<br />an esper is equipped. The set of spells<br />each esper teaches is different.<hr class="newpage" />The higher a spell's acquisition rate,<br />the faster it will be memorized.<hr class="newpage" />Some espers also permanently increase<br />an attribute of the character equipping<br />them when the character gains a level.
Bushido techniques take time to master.<br />New ones will be learned over time.
Something to note about the Reflect<br />spell... Reflect doesn't block spells<br />that have already been reflected once.<hr class="newpage" />You can use this to your advantage.<hr class="newpage" />Cast Reflect on an ally, then cast<br />attack spells on that same person to<br />bounce them at an enemy! ...Get it?
Status effects are represented by<br />different colors.
   Blue  Reflect<br /><br />   Spells are reflected back at enemies.
   Yellow  Protect<br /><br />   Defense is increased.
   Green  Shell<br /><br />   Magic defense is increased.
   Red  Haste<br /><br />   Speed is increased.
   White  Slow<br /><br />   Speed is decreased.
   Pink  Stop<br /><br />   Time is frozen.
Locke: Bleeeuuuugh!!!
Locke: Oooh... Ohhhhhh...
Keep away from the engine room. It's<br />dangerous.
We're almost to Crescent Island.
This Magitek armor's undergoing<br />maintenance.
Celes: Um, Locke...
Rumor has it that the lost power of<br />magic can still be found on Crescent<br />Island, weak though it may be.
We need to find the espers quickly so<br />we can make peace with them!
Terra: Where's Gau?<hr class="newpage" />Locke: He must not like<br />boats. Oh well...guess it's just<br />the two of us!
Soldier: The engines are all running<br />smoothly, sir.
Locke: Urgh... Ohhh...<br />Uhhhn...
Waiter: Please be seated if you wish to<br />order.
Sabin: All right! Dinner time!<br />I'm gonna eat till I burst!
We need to get off the train!
Waiter: Will you be dining with us?<br /> ・ Yes, please!<br /> ・ No thanks.
Sabin: Food! Food!<br />Bring me everything you've got!
Sabin: What are you worried<br />about? Can't wage war on an<br />empty stomach!
Cyan: *sigh*...<hr class="newpage" />Do what thou wilt, sir.<br />I'm sure there is no stopping<br />thee...
Sabin: Whew! I'm stuffed!<br />Shall we get moving?
Waiter: One moment, please.
Cyan: Is this train's food<br />tr-truly safe to eat?
Shadow: ...<br />Interceptor... Are you hungry,<br />too, boy?
*gobble*... *snarf*... *slurp*...
Conductor: You want to stop the train?<hr class="newpage" />Search every corner of the engineer's<br />compartment... I'm sure there's a way.
Conductor: I'm this train's conductor.<br />What business brings you here?<hr class="newpage" /> ・ Tell us about the train.<br /> ・ How do we stop this thing?<br /> ・ Nothing, sorry to bother you.
Conductor: The Phantom Train ferries<br />the souls of the departed to the other<br />side.<hr class="newpage" />Once the souls arrive, they are granted<br />their eternal rest.
That should be the end of that...
Cyan: Might these be<br />timetables?<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: These?<br />...Huh? They're all blank!
Conductor: This train carries the dead<br />to the afterlife.<hr class="newpage" />It's a little tough to be making<br />timetables with as much conflict in the<br />world as there is right now.
Sabin: Wonder what this is<br />for...? Why don't we see what<br />happens if we pull it?
Cyan: Sir Sabin!<br />I think it would be best not to<br />touch that!
Sabin: Cyan...<br />You're not...scared, are you!?
Sabin: Oops! My hand<br />must've slipped!
Cyan: Oh, thou art truly<br />insufferable...
Cyan: Wh-what!?
Cyan: Wh-what dost thou<br />mean? It's not as though I have<br />an aversion to machines...<hr class="newpage" />...or try to stay away from them<br />as much as humanly possible...or<br />anything like that!
Sabin: Cyan...<br />So, you're afraid of machines! 
Cyan: Argh!<br />Wh-what gave it away?
Cyan: A train!? I thought<br />all of Doma's railways had been<br />destroyed in the fighting...<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: There could be<br />survivors. Let's take a look<br />inside.
Cyan: Sir Sabin!
Sabin: We can't just wander<br />around out here all day. We have<br />to check inside!
Sabin: What in the world...?
Cyan: We must leave at<br />once! This is the Phantom Train!
Cyan: It seems we have<br />arrived.
Sabin: Whew!<br />Glad to be off that thing!
Sabin: Hey!<br />Looks like we can get in through<br />here.
Whew... What do you suppose that was<br />all about?
Huh!?
<br />             . . . N o . . . e s c a p e . . .
Who's there!?
It came from over here.
Gah! They're coming after us...!
There are more of them this way!
                 Nowhere to run...<br />                    Nowhere to hide...<br />                       No escape for you...
They just don't let up!
Cyan: I believe we have<br />reached a dead end, Sir<br />Sabin!
Sabin: All right!<hr class="newpage" />Cyan: Hast thou an idea?
Sabin: Yes...<br />The time has come to put my<br />training to use!<hr class="newpage" />Come, Cyan!
Sabin: Yahoooo!
Hey... They couldn't still be...?
Voice: Hold it right there!
Man: I am Siegfried, the greatest<br />swordsman in all the world! And that<br />treasure belongs to me!<hr class="newpage" />If I were you, you overmuscled moose, I'd<br />grab Grandpa there and run away while<br />you still can!
Sabin: "Greatest windbag" is<br />more like it... You're the one who<br />had best beat a brave retreat.<hr class="newpage" />Siegfried: What!?<hr class="newpage" />Brazen words for a man about to be<br />spitted upon my blade like a plump and<br />juicy pig!<hr class="newpage" />En garde!
All bark, no bite...
Siegfried: N-no! It cannot be! But...the<br />last laugh belongs to me!
Siegfried: Uwa-ha-ha!<br />The treasure is mine!<br />Au revoir, my friends!
We'll have to detach the rear cars!
This is the engineer's compartment.<br />We've gotta find a way to stop this<br />thing, fast!
Something's written here! Hmm...<hr class="newpage" />"To stop the train, shut the first and<br />third pressure valves, then throw the<br />switch located by the smokestack."
The train should stop if we throw this<br />switch.
Just push this switch, and...<br />Huh? Nothing happened!
Sabin: The door won't open!
Cyan: I fear we are too late.
Sabin: What did you say this<br />train was?
Cyan: This is the Phantom<br />Train...<hr class="newpage" />It carries the souls of the<br />departed to their...final<br />destination.
Sabin: ...Wait a second.<hr class="newpage" />You're saying this train's giving<br />us a one-way ride to...the<br />afterlife!?<hr class="newpage" />Cyan: Unless we find a way<br />off, I am afraid that is exactly<br />where we will end up...
Sabin: Well, I'm afraid that's<br />a trip I'm going to have to pass<br />on!<hr class="newpage" />If it won't let us off, then we'll<br />stop it ourselves. Let's make for<br />the engine.
Look out!
Sabin: What's with this guy?<hr class="newpage" />Cyan: He seems to want to<br />accompany us.<hr class="newpage" />Bring the ghost along?<br /> ・ Sure.<br /> ・ No way!
Sabin: But...<br />The greater our numbers,<br />the slower we'll move.<hr class="newpage" />...Maybe another time!
You're leaving?
Guess we're on our own again...
Howdy, folks! I've got top-quality items<br />at rock-bottom prices!<hr class="newpage" />No reason to be overcharging now...like<br />they say, you can't take it with you!<hr class="newpage" /> ・ (Shop.)<br /> ・ (Don't shop.)
Sabin: It's moving!<hr class="newpage" />Cyan: We must get off this<br />train at once!
Sabin: Don't worry, it'll only<br />take a second!
Phantom Train: So! You're the ones<br />who have been slowing me down!
Phantom Train: I will let you go...<br />But first there is something I must do...
Cyan: Elayne!
...The train's leaving!?
Sabin: Cyan!<br />Was that your wife and son!?
Cyan: Is that...!?<br />Elayne! Owain!
Cyan: Please, wait!
Sabin: The faster we leave<br />that train behind, the better!
Cyan: Owain...
My love...<br />You made me so happy.<br />Thank you...
Dad!<br />I'll keep practicing with my sword<br />so I can keep Mom safe!
Shadow: Best leave him be.
Cyan: ...
Sabin: This must be Baren<br />Falls...
Cyan: To the south of here<br />lies the Veldt.<hr class="newpage" />'Tis a wild and dangerous land,<br />inhabited by all manner of<br />ferocious beasts...<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: But if we turn around<br />and go back, the Empire will be<br />waiting for us.<hr class="newpage" />Cyan: Hmm...<br />The village of Mobliz lies on the<br />eastern coast.<hr class="newpage" />If we can make it through the<br />Veldt, we could head there...
Sabin: Shadow!
Sabin: Thanks for your help!<br />Let's team up again sometime!
Shadow: I have served my<br />purpose...
Dive into the falls?<br /> ・ (Jump.)<br /> ・ (Stay put.)
A youth draped in monster hides,<br />his eyes shining<br />with a warm and gentle light...
Who...are...?
You came down Baren Falls?<hr class="newpage" />Unbelievable! It's flowing even stronger<br />than usual this year. No one's been able<br />to get here lately!
Carrier pigeons are our only link to the<br />outside world.
Is it true that war has broken out? I got<br />a letter saying that it had!
Duane and Katarin are both sixteen. Ah,<br />what a magical age! The springtime of<br />love...
Katarin: ...
Duane: ...
Did you see the house on the far<br />northern plains?<hr class="newpage" />That old man has lost his marbles. They<br />say he threw out his own kid, thinking<br />he was some kind of monster!
This region's known as the Veldt.<hr class="newpage" />Monsters migrate here from all over the<br />world, so it can be quite dangerous<br />outside of town.<hr class="newpage" />You never know what you might run into.
Out hunting yesterday, I could've sworn I<br />saw a kid running along with a pack of<br />monsters!<hr class="newpage" />Wonder if it was just my overactive<br />imagination...
Powerful ocean currents run through the<br />Serpent Trench.<hr class="newpage" />Have you ever heard about them?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
If you had a diving helmet, you could<br />make it all the way to Nikeah.
Hop into the current, and you'd be swept<br />straight to Nikeah! Too bad our only<br />diving helmet was stolen...
A grievously injured soldier wandered<br />into the village not too long ago.<hr class="newpage" />I dressed his wounds, but his condition<br />doesn't seem to be improving...<hr class="newpage" />Those letters coming from the town of<br />Maranda are the only things keeping him<br />going...
The soldier inside this house is hurt real<br />bad, so Mom says we have to keep our<br />voices down.
Shhh! You have to be quiet!
I threw some dried meat to a herd of<br />hungry animals last time I was out on<br />the Veldt, and—would you believe it?<hr class="newpage" />Some kid scrambled out of the herd and<br />ran off with it!
Let me know if you need anything. I can<br />send letters and packages to any corner<br />of the world for you!
The entrance to the Serpent Trench lies<br />within Crescent Mountain, near the<br />southern tip of the continent.
Injured Lad: I'm a soldier from Maranda.<br />When our town fell to the Empire, I was<br />forced to join the Imperial army.<hr class="newpage" />I tried to flee, rather than help them<br />attack Doma, but they came after me...<br />I barely escaped alive.<hr class="newpage" />Now I can't even move. I'll never see Lola<br />again...<hr class="newpage" />There's a letter on the desk. Would you<br />be kind enough to bring it to me?
There are even more Imperial soldiers<br />walking the streets of Maranda these<br />days, but things are peaceful otherwise.<hr class="newpage" />The flowers in the garden will soon<br />bloom, and announce the arrival of<br />spring.<hr class="newpage" />How are you doing? I'm worried. I so wish<br />that I could fly to your side and be with<br />you!<hr class="newpage" />Please think only about getting better,<br />and try not to push yourself too hard.<hr class="newpage" />Rest knowing that I spend every day<br />thinking only of you, and wishing I<br />could see you...<hr class="newpage" /><br />Lola
I'd like to write her back, but I don't<br />even have the strength to pick up a pen.
So, you want to send a letter to Lola<br />for that injured soldier...<hr class="newpage" />Postage to Maranda is 500 gil.<br /> ・ (Send it.)<br /> ・ (Forget it.)
I want to get better so I can return to<br />Maranda... I want to see Lola...
Another letter arrived. Could you bring<br />it to me?
...I can't find your favorite record.<br />I thought if I played it, it might feel<br />like you were here with me again...
You can send a record for 500 gil.<br /> ・ (Send it.)<br /> ・ (Forget it.)
...Mother has taken ill, and we can't<br />afford to buy medicine. If only we had<br />some more potion...
You can send a potion for 500 gil.<br /> ・ (Send it.)<br /> ・ (Forget it.)
...I haven't heard from you for some<br />time now, and I'm beginning to worry...
You can send a letter for 500 gil.<br /> ・ (Send it.)<br /> ・ (Forget it.)
...You mentioned a book in your last<br />letter. Someday you'll have to let me<br />read it, too...
You can send a book for 500 gil.<br /> ・ (Send it.)<br /> ・ (Forget it.)
He wrote me back! He's all right... Oh,<br />thank goodness...
He sent me a record!<br />I'm so happy!
He sent a potion for Mother... He's so<br />kind...
He sent me the book he'd been reading!<br />I've been reading a little bit every night<br />before bed. I'll treasure it forever!
My beloved hasn't replied to my letter...<br />I'm sick with worry...
I'd do anything for Lola... If only I could<br />move...
I heard. You've been sending Lola all<br />kinds of things in my name...<hr class="newpage" />I wish to thank you from the bottom of<br />my heart. Please, accept this as a token<br />of my appreciation.<hr class="newpage" /><br />Obtained Tintinnabulum!
Gau: Treasure, treasure!<hr class="newpage" />Cyan: 'Tis nothing but a<br />dirty glass bowl...<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: Kind of looks like it<br />would fit over your head...
Sabin: Hmm...!<br />I wonder if we could use this?
Sabin: It might let us<br />breathe underwater.
Sabin: Cyan!<br />That "shiny, shiny" thing of<br />Gau's is in here.
Cyan: And where exactly<br />might it be found, Sir Gau?
Gau: Gau...forget!
Sabin: Shall we look around?<hr class="newpage" />Cyan: It seems we have no<br />choice!
Sabin: Doesn't seem to be<br />over here...
Sabin: A potion...
Cyan: C-could this be Sir<br />Gau's treasure!?
Sabin: What is it,<br />Gau...? Did you see<br />something?
Gau: WAOU!!!
Sabin: Gah!<br />My money pouch! There was five<br />hundred gil in there!
Cyan: These rapids look<br />quite...rapid.<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: No kidding.<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: But it's the only way<br />to make it in time to meet up with<br />the others...
Sabin: Gau, you<br />little...!
Cyan: Oh, dear...<br />Sir Sabin, please let it go...<br />For all of our sakes.
Cyan: Sir Sabin...<br />Recall that thou entrusted me<br />with thy coin.<hr class="newpage" />Your gil is right here, safe and<br />sound.
Sabin: Grrrrr!
Cyan: Is this it?<br />The shiny treasure?
Sabin: All right, let's go!
This is Nikeah, one of the few port<br />towns in the world.
We used to be a booming trade town,<br />but then the Empire started enacting<br />all kinds of strict new regulations...<hr class="newpage" />Business is all but dead here now.
So, the kingdom of Doma to the east has<br />fallen into the hands of the Empire as<br />well?
Get out of my way! Hmph! Standing<br />around in the street like that, all<br />covered in filth...!
This island's isolated from the rest of<br />the world, so you can't get anywhere<br />without a ship! By the way...<hr class="newpage" />...what does "isolated" mean?
A rockslide has blocked the route that<br />used to lead north along the coast.
The route north is finally clear again.
This ferry's bound for South Figaro.<br /> ・ (Still need to shop.)<br /> ・ (Hop aboard.)
The Empire took over our destination<br />port, so we're stuck here for the time<br />being.
This ferry's bound for Nikeah.<br /> ・ (Still need to shop.)<br /> ・ (Hop aboard.)
Ships used to sail to the towns of the<br />southern continent as well. Tzen,<br />Albrook, Maranda...<hr class="newpage" />All of them have been lost to the<br />Empire...
Know that strange old man—lives in a<br />little cabin near the Lethe? I 'elped<br />deliver 'is son thirteen years ago.<hr class="newpage" />It was a problem birth. The mother<br />didn't survive, and the man couldn't<br />take it...went loony, 'e did!<hr class="newpage" />Thought 'is baby was some kind of<br />monster and threw it out! Poor little<br />thing never even 'ad a chance...
Dancer: Hey, you handsome young thing...<br />Why don't you come have a drink with<br />me? Tee-hee!
Cyan: H-how dare you!?<br />Licentious howler! Off...off with<br />thee!
Dancer: Oh, don't be a stick in the mud!<br />Let's just have some fun!<hr class="newpage" />Hey, do you like these? I call this one<br />Humpty, and this one Dumpty!
Cyan: H-Humpty!?<br />D-Dumpty!?
Sabin: Cyan,<br />you're too easy!<hr class="newpage" />Cyan: Th-thou art<br />unaffected by these...charms!?
Sabin: One of the benefits<br />of all my years of ascetic<br />training!
Dancer: Oh, don't leave me standing here<br />all alone!
Cyan: Enough of that!<br />A proper woman should have<br />modesty, and...and decency!<hr class="newpage" />And...<br />...*rant*...*rant*...*rant*...
Oh, Cyan...!
Pretty impressive that a kid like me can<br />run a business, don't ya think?<hr class="newpage" />You should buy something to encourage<br />me!
All this stuff looks like junk to me...
I'm shopping for imported goods.
Cyan: Narshe is just a<br />stone's throw away.
Sabin: I wonder if the others<br />arrived safely...
Cyan: I am sure they did.
Gau: Uwao...
Aged Man: If you're not a repairman,<br />you've got no business here! Git! Scram!
Gau: Uwao...o...
Aged Man: Come to think of it, I haven't<br />seen that repairman for a while. Tough<br />fella, looked like a big, lumberin' bear...
Aged Man: Oh, hello again! It's been a<br />while. Let me tell you, those repairs of<br />yours were top notch!<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: I told you, I'm not—<hr class="newpage" />Aged Man: Now, hurry up and fix that<br />chair over there! You're gonna need to<br />stand on it so you can fix the roof!
Sabin: You don't suppose...?<br />...Could this guy be Gau's<br />father?
Gau: ...Fa-ther?
Elder: I understand what you're saying.<br />But...you're asking us to spill our<br />blood for you.<hr class="newpage" />Arvis: That's not what we asked!<hr class="newpage" />Elder: What you ask is the same.
Banon: Ha! You're absolutely<br />right.
Arvis: Banon!<hr class="newpage" />Banon: We're asking you to spill<br />your blood.
Banon: Emperor Gestahl is racing<br />to acquire ever greater Magitek<br />power.<hr class="newpage" />That's the reason he wants the<br />esper that was discovered here.<hr class="newpage" />If we allow the Empire to continue<br />amassing weapons of Magitek<br />destruction...<hr class="newpage" />...history's greatest mistake will<br />be repeated.
Elder: The War of the Magi...
"The legendary conflict that laid waste<br />to the world..."<br />"You're saying it could happen again?"<hr class="newpage" />Elder: I had thought humans to be wiser<br />creatures...
Cyan: I am Cyan,<br />a warrior of the kingdom of Doma.
Gau: Uwao...Gau!
Sabin: The Empire killed<br />everyone in Doma, down to the<br />last child...
Cyan: Kefka...poisoned<br />them...
Elder: Barbaric!
Banon: Elder!<hr class="newpage" />Elder: But...that was because Doma was<br />collaborating with the Returners.<hr class="newpage" />As long as we remain neutral, we have<br />nothing to fear from the Empire.
Locke: Think again!
Terra: Locke!<hr class="newpage" />Locke: The Empire's poised<br />to attack Narshe as we speak!<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: What!?
Banon: Locke, where did you<br />manage to get your hands on<br />information like that?<hr class="newpage" />Locke: Celes here was<br />one of the Empire's gener—
Cyan: So it is her!<br />I thought she looked familiar.<br />Sir Gau, step aside!
Cyan: The infamous General<br />Celes...<hr class="newpage" />The woman single-handedly<br />responsible for the decimation<br />of Maranda...<hr class="newpage" />Stand and meet thy judgment,<br />Imperial b—
Locke: Wait!<hr class="newpage" />Celes has promised to join<br />the Returners! She's fighting on<br />our side now!<hr class="newpage" />Cyan: Be that as it may...!<hr class="newpage" />Locke: I promised I'd protect<br />her, and I won't give up a woman<br />I've sworn to protect!
Edgar: Locke...<br />You still haven't gotten over<br />that, have you...?
Terra: I was also an Imperial<br />soldier.<hr class="newpage" />Cyan: WHAT!?
Edgar: The Empire is evil,<br />but that doesn't mean that all of<br />its citizens are.
The Empire is here!<br />We're under attack!!!
Kefka: I don't care what you have<br />to do, just get me that esper!
Soldier: Kefka, sir... What about the<br />civilians?<hr class="newpage" />Kefka: What about them? Kill<br />them all!<hr class="newpage" />Soldier: But, sir, Narshe is a neutral<br />city...!<hr class="newpage" />Kefka: Idiot!
Kefka: Read my lips—mercy is<br />for wimps!<hr class="newpage" />There's a reason "oppose" rhymes<br />with "dispose"... If they get in<br />your way, kill them!<hr class="newpage" />March!
Elder: It seems the choice has been made<br />for us. Let us make ready for war!
Banon: They're here for the<br />esper...<hr class="newpage" />Elder: We moved it up into the cliffs<br />above the valley.
Edgar: Then that's where<br />we'll make our stand!
Edgar: Locke has a<br />complicated past...<hr class="newpage" /><br />Don't go falling for him now,<br />thinking he was protecting you<br />out of love back there.
Celes: Thanks for your<br />concern, but I'm a soldier, not<br />some love-starved twit.<hr class="newpage" /><br />Edgar: So much for my next<br />suggestion...
Celes: Terra...<br />Who'd have thought we'd meet<br />again...like this?<hr class="newpage" />Terra: You can use magic,<br />too...can't you? But...it's<br />different from mine.<hr class="newpage" />Celes: I was raised to be an<br />Imperial Magitek knight.<hr class="newpage" />When I was still very young, I<br />was artificially infused with<br />magic.<hr class="newpage" />Terra: ...Is it possible for<br />you to love other people?<hr class="newpage" />Celes: ...?<br />Are you mocking me?
Cyan: Do not think even for<br />a moment that I trust thee!<hr class="newpage" />Celes: Fine. Use your own<br />eyes, and see for yourself which<br />side I'm on.
Sabin: Edgar!
Edgar: Sabin!<br />You're all right!
Edgar: Who have you brought<br />along?
Sabin: I'm going to have to<br />defer to my brother on this one...
Banon: Here they come!
Banon: Are you ready?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Kefka: Oh...! If it isn't General<br />Celes, the traitor!<hr class="newpage" />Excellent! Now I won't have to<br />hunt you down later!
Kefka: Go!<br />Get those vile insects!
Protect the esper from Kefka!<hr class="newpage" />Would you like an explanation?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
You'll fight using 3 different groups.<br />Press Select to switch between them.<hr class="newpage" />Defeat Kefka before his men reach<br />Banon, or the battle is lost!<hr class="newpage" />After you've made 3 parties on the party<br />formation screen, press Start to begin<br />the battle.
Terra: Kefka... Is he the one<br />who put the slave crown on me...?
Locke: Curse the Empire!<br />I'm not gonna let them walk all<br />over people!
Celes: My past is behind<br />me... I have nothing to do with<br />the Empire now!
Edgar: Kefka...!<br />What do you hope to gain from all<br />this?
Sabin: It's time to put<br />everything Master Duncan taught<br />me to use...
Cyan: I will avenge the<br />people of Doma!
Gau: Gau fight hard!
Banon: If they reach me, we've<br />lost. It's all up to you!
Kefka: Grr!<br />I won't forget this!
Edgar: Where's the esper?<hr class="newpage" />Locke: Is it all right?
Edgar: Whew... The esper's<br />safe.<hr class="newpage" />Cyan: It also appears to<br />be...alive.<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: Is that even<br />possible...?
Locke: Terra!<br />What is it!?
Terra: No!!!
Sabin: Terra and the<br />esper...!<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: They're reacting to<br />each other!
Locke: Uhhhn...<hr class="newpage" />Celes: Are you awake?
Locke: ...Where's<br />Terra!?
Celes: She turned into<br />a...something...and flew off.<br />She looked like...
Celes: She looked like an<br />esper.
Edgar: Locke!<br />Are you okay?
Edgar: Something happened<br />to Terra...<hr class="newpage" />There must be some sort of<br />connection between her and that<br />esper... We need to find her!<hr class="newpage" />Witnesses said she went<br />streaking westward across the<br />sky, beyond Figaro.
Locke: We've gotta hurry!<br />I promised I'd protect her!
Celes: Locke...<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: Let's not get ahead<br />of ourselves. The Empire will be<br />back again for that esper.<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: And someone needs to<br />protect Banon...
Edgar: Let's split up.<hr class="newpage" />Those who aren't searching for<br />Terra will stay here to guard<br />against further attacks.<hr class="newpage" />Figaro Castle can shuttle the<br />others to the western province.<hr class="newpage" />It shouldn't be hard to track<br />down clues in Kohlingen or Jidoor<br />as to Terra's whereabouts.
Change party members?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Cyan: A former Imperial<br />soldier...<hr class="newpage" />But still... We must help her!
Locke: I told Terra I'd<br />keep her safe...
Celes: When she flew off,<br />she almost looked like...an esper.
Cyan: Do thy best! We must <br />save Terra!
Edgar: We're counting on you<br />to find Terra!
Sabin: Hurry and find<br />Terra! I'll keep an eye on<br />things here in Narshe.
Gau: Gau do his<br />best!
Cyan: So, we will infiltrate<br />the Empire...
Edgar: The Imperial Magitek<br />Research Facility... Could the<br />secret lie within?
Sabin: Leave Narshe to me!
Gau: Gau...<br />Gau do his best!
Banon: Please find Terra...<br />The future of the world rests in<br />her hands.
Arvis: I heard Terra turned into a<br />ball of light and shot away towards the<br />west.<hr class="newpage" />Perhaps someone at Figaro Castle saw<br />where she went.
Elder: To be honest, I'm still not sure<br />what I should do... I want to avoid war.<br />But, on the other hand...
There are moogles living in a cave deep<br />within the mines.
We obey the elder's will.
Magic's real, I tell ya!
Magic? I don't believe in that nonsense!
Narshe is a neutral city. We've taken no<br />part in the war, yet still we are not<br />spared from the Empire's aggression!
Figaro Castle can burrow through the<br />sand all the way west to Kohlingen?<br />That's incredible!
The house on the far right holds all the<br />treasures I've collected over the years.<br />Take them, before the Empire does!<hr class="newpage" />One of the boxes is locked and won't<br />open, though. It's too bad... I think<br />that one had something good inside.
I saw a ball of light shoot off towards<br />Figaro Castle. It almost looked like...a<br />person.
The only thing that esper's brought us<br />is trouble with the Empire. Curse the<br />day they dug up that freakish thing!
It looks like war is finally upon us...
They say a yeti lives somewhere inside<br />the mines, but who'd believe a tale like<br />that?
Lone Wolf, the infamous thief, was<br />sighted in town recently. I hope my<br />treasures are safe...
The weapon and armor shops have<br />started selling some new things in<br />preparation for the coming war.
Asking the espers to fight with us? I<br />don't know if that's such a good idea...
I sawr me some moogleses playin' with<br />one-a them big ol' yetis the other day!<br />'Course, no one believes me... Hic!
This city is warmed by the heat of our<br />steam engines.
Let me teach you how to ride a chocobo!
Press the A Button or ↑ to go forward.<br />Steer by pressing ← or →. Press the<br />B Button to dismount.<hr class="newpage" />Careful! The bird will return to its pen<br />as soon as you leave the saddle.
100 gil for a chocobo ride!<hr class="newpage" />How about it?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
King Edgar!<br />Welcome home!
If only you could have seen the look on<br />Kefka's face as we sank into the sand!
I saw a girl blaze across the sky like a<br />cat on fire! ...Well, more like a flying<br />cat on fire, I suppose.<hr class="newpage" />Anyway, it looked like she was headed<br />towards the mountains in the west.
Who'd have thought we'd see the day<br />when a human flew over a mountain<br />range? Unbelievable, isn't it?
This castle can move freely through the<br />sand. We can even go under mountains if<br />there's a desert on the other side.
You need to get beyond the mountains?<hr class="newpage" />Well, this castle can't fly over them,<br />but it can dive under them. Talk to<br />the man in charge of the engine room.
We've broken off our alliance with the<br />Empire.
You've had a long and difficult journey.<br />You must be tired... Why don't you rest<br />for a while?
Edgar: Sabin should come<br />back here with me one time...
Sabin: Ah, this is just like<br />old times! I'm gonna wander<br />around for a bit!
Sabin: Hey, wait for me!<br />I'm going, too!
High Priestess: Oh, Sabin...<br />You sure have grown up, haven't you?<hr class="newpage" />I still remember that time, you know.<br />The time you really let me have it...<hr class="newpage" />I think you taught me something very<br />important that day.
Chancellor: Welcome home, King<br />Edgar!
Chancellor: Sabin? My, my...! What<br />a splendid young man you've become!
Chancellor: Please, take your time and<br />relax within the castle!
Sabin: Hmm...<br />Castle hasn't changed much...
Sabin: And yet it's<br />different... Mom and Dad<br />are gone...<hr class="newpage" />Nothing can ever really be the<br />same... Not after what<br />happened...
                      ...tonight...<br />                           ...worst he's been...<br />                ...so...if he should...
       No...!<br />       Y-you're wrong!<br />       ...It's not true!
            Priestess...<br />                ...The king, he's...
        Sabin...<br />            Sabin...!
        ...Dad...couldn't have...
Sabin: Edgar...<br />...*sob*...*sniffle*...<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: So...<br />Dad...didn't make it...
High Priestess: Edgar!<br />There you are!
High Priestess: Your father just said he<br />would entrust Figaro to the two of you.<br />Those were his...final words.
Sabin: You all make me sick!<br />Everyone's saying that the Empire<br />had Dad poisoned...<hr class="newpage" />...and the only thing any of you<br />can think about is who'll be the<br />next king! No one's even sad!
Sabin: None of you probably<br />cared when Mom died after we<br />were born, either...<hr class="newpage" />High Priestess: That's not—
Sabin: You're just as bad as<br />the rest of them!<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: Sabin...<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: Empire of<br />murderers...! They won't get<br />away with this!
Sabin: Let's leave this<br />place!<hr class="newpage" />Let's forget this crazy kingdom,<br />and live our lives how we want to!<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: You said you didn't<br />want to be a king, right?<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: A life of freedom,<br />huh...?
Edgar: Priestess...<br />Leave us.
Edgar: ...What do you think<br />would happen to Figaro if both<br />of us left?<hr class="newpage" />There'd be no one to take the<br />throne. Dad was counting on us to<br />take care of the kingdom...
Edgar: Sabin...<br />Let's settle this with the toss<br />of a coin. Dad gave me this one.
Edgar: If it's heads, you win.<br />Tails, I win.<hr class="newpage" />The winner chooses whichever<br />path he wants...no regrets, no<br />hard feelings. Okay?
Edgar: Here we go...!
Edgar: And...you chose your<br />freedom.
Edgar: It's already been ten<br />years... That little shrimp has<br />grown into a whopping lobster!<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: And you're a king crab!
Edgar: Sabin...<br />Do you think Dad would be proud<br />of me?
Sabin: Don't you ever doubt<br />that! I'm sure he's beaming with<br />pride, wherever he is.
Edgar: Ten years...<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: Where has the time<br />gone...?
Edgar: Here's to a couple of<br />confused grownups! Drink!
Edgar: Here's to Dad!
Sabin: To Mom!<br />And...to Figaro!
Lots of requests this month! I can take<br />you to the desert beyond the mountains<br />if you'd like.
 ・ (Go to Figaro.)<br /> ・ (Stay put.)
 ・ (Go to Kohlingen.)<br /> ・ (Stay put.)
The Figaro Castle engine room is down<br />those stairs.<hr class="newpage" />The engines are currently undergoing<br />maintenance so we can be ready to move<br />at a moment's notice if the need arises.
I'm sorry, I can't let you go down there.<br />It's too dangerous.
Urghhh!
Welcome to Kohlingen!<br />Enjoy your visit.
Welcome to Figaro!<br />Enjoy your visit.
That...thing! I don't know what it was,<br />but it tore up my house! Some kind of<br />glowing monster...
A strange, glowing creature flew<br />through here. Scared the living<br />daylights out of me!<hr class="newpage" />It took off southward, towards Jidoor...
I saw a pretty light! It came here, and<br />everyone else was afraid of it, but...<br />I liked it!
It's my dream to see an opera at the<br />opera house south of Jidoor. With a<br />handsome date, of course!<hr class="newpage" />I'd get all dolled up, put on a sequined<br />dress...
Oh, Locke, is that you?<br />Have you stopped by Rachel's house?
Are you a friend of Locke's?<br />He always visits Rachel's house when<br />he's in town...
Best stay away from that house on the<br />eastern edge of town.<hr class="newpage" />Crazy old coot sits in there mashing up<br />smelly old herbs all day... I even heard<br />he's got a ghost in his basement!
My younger brother's a bit...eccentric.<br />Lives alone up north—says he's going to<br />build a coliseum, or some such nonsense.
Was that thing really a monster? It<br />stopped right in front of my little girl,<br />and I could see it had gentle eyes...
Shadow: We meet again...
I'm a man who has left his name behind...<br />People call me...
Shadow: Leave me alone...
People call me...Shadow.
Shadow: I could lend you a<br />hand. Just need enough to feed<br />my dog. Say...3000 gil?<hr class="newpage" />Hire Shadow?<br />  ・ Yes<br />  ・ No
Locke: I...<br />I couldn't protect her...
Rachel: Locke!<br />What are we off to find today?
Locke: It's almost your...
Locke: There's supposed to be an<br />amazing treasure hidden somewhere in<br />this mountain.<hr class="newpage" />We're gonna find it!
Rachel: Locke!<br />Look out!
Locke: RACHEL!!!
Locke: Rachel! Are you awake?
Rachel: ...<br />...?<hr class="newpage" />I... I can't remember anything...
Rachel's Father: Get out of my house!<br />It's your fault Rachel lost her memory!<hr class="newpage" />Locke: Wait! Just let me talk to<br />her...!
Rachel: Please, just go away! I don't<br />know who you are, but my parents get<br />upset whenever you come here!
Rachel would be better off without you<br />hanging around, Locke. She's going<br />to have to make a new start of it.<hr class="newpage" />With you here, she can't even do that...
Locke: A year went by...<hr class="newpage" />When I finally returned, I found<br />out that Rachel had been killed in<br />an Imperial attack.<hr class="newpage" />Her memory had returned just<br />before she died. The last thing<br />she said was...my name.<hr class="newpage" />I never should have left her side.<br />I... I failed her...
A girl named Rachel used to live in that<br />house up there. No one lives there<br />anymore, though...
Rachel... Her memory returned just<br />before she passed away.<hr class="newpage" />She said, "If a man named Locke<br />returns, please tell him that I love<br />him..."
I wouldn't talk to that guy if I were you.<br />He's an assassin.
I'm never goin' back to Zozo!<br />...Hic!
We get some rather unsavory sorts in<br />here. That guy over there's an assassin!
There was an assassin sitting at that<br />table just a short while ago!
Oh, Locke! It's been a while! Ages<br />even!<hr class="newpage" />Oh, that? Worry not, worry not! Your<br />treasure's quite safe! Hee-hee-hee...
Are we through here? Finished?<br />All done? Hee-hee-hee...
Locke: Rachel...
It's a good thing I'd just happened to<br />have finished this herbal concoction<br />back then! Now she'll never age a day!<hr class="newpage" />Hee-hee-hee... Had to use my herbs, I<br />did! Couldn't very well refuse with you<br />begging me like that...
Locke: You're sure the stuff<br />will work?
Of course, of course! The love of your<br />life will sleep here just like this<br />forever...<hr class="newpage" />...and ever...and ever! Hee-hee-hee...
Locke: If there were a way to...call<br />her spirit back...
A way to call her back, eh? ...You mean<br />like that legendary treasure?<br />Hee-hee-hee...<hr class="newpage" />Oh yes, I suppose if you had that...you<br />might be able to bring her around!<br />Gwee-hee-hee-hee!
Locke: I...failed her...
Celes: Locke...
That? Oh, that's Locke's...<br />...Dear me, I almost spilled the beans!<br />Hee-hee-hee...
This is Jidoor, the westernmost town on<br />the world map!
The class divide is quite visible here.<br />All of the middle-class families live in<br />the southern part of town.<hr class="newpage" />The richer folks live up in the north. You<br />can see one of their enormous mansions<br />from here!
All the poor people were forced out of<br />town. I hear they built a new town in the<br />valley between the mountains up north.
Maria, the famous opera diva, is<br />absolutely gorgeous!
I'm gonna be an opera singer when I grow<br />up!<hr class="newpage" />Huh? You don't know where the opera<br />house is? It's waaay south of here!
I saw a girl bathed in light speed off<br />toward the northern mountains...
The town of Zozo is nestled between the<br />mountains to the north. It's a den of<br />thieves and ne'er-do-wells.
Those folks in Zozo don't have an ounce<br />of honesty among the lot of them...<br />Don't trust a word they say!
Oops! Sorry.
Every once in a while one of those shady<br />kids from Zozo wanders down here,<br />looking for an easy mark. Be careful.
You're obviously not from around here...<br />Straighten your back! Don't slump so<br />much!
Oh, are you an admirer of art as well?<br />...No? How utterly uncivilized!
Some truly valuable works of art can be<br />had at this auction house. Probably not<br />by the likes of you, though!
I want one of those legendary treasures<br />that bring back departed souls! None of<br />the other rich folks have one yet...<hr class="newpage" />I've heard you can get one in the Imperial<br />capital of Vector...
Zozo? Never heard of it!
Great people here! You can trust<br />everything they say!
Lovely weather we're having!
It's 2:00.
Time, you say? It's 4:00.
Don't listen to the others! Trust me,<br />it's 8:00!
Oh, it's 10:00! I'd better be getting<br />home.
It's already 12:00.
A girl? Nope, haven't seen any girls<br />lately.<hr class="newpage" />And there's definitely not one on the<br />top floor of this building, so don't<br />bother checking.
You won't find a safer town anywhere!
The clock's hands have stopped.<br />Set the hour hand.<hr class="newpage" /> ・ (2:00)  ・ (4:00)<br /> ・ (6:00)  ・ (8:00)<br /> ・ (10:00)  ・ (12:00)
Phew...!<br />How long do we hafta keep this up?
Set the minute hand.<hr class="newpage" /> ・ (0:10)  ・ (0:20)<br /> ・ (0:30)  ・ (0:40)<br /> ・ (0:50)
Set the second hand.<hr class="newpage" /> ・ (0:00:10)  ・ (0:00:20)<br /> ・ (0:00:30)  ・ (0:00:40)<br /> ・ (0:00:50)
The second hand on my watch is pointin'<br />at 30.
That clock doesn't have a minute hand.<br />Of course, it never points to the right<br />time, anyway!
The seconds? They're divisible by 20!
A girl flew up to the top floor, right in<br />front of my eyes!<hr class="newpage" />"Did you say...flew? That must've been<br />Terra!"<hr class="newpage" />Well, I'd stay away from the top floor if I<br />were you. ...Not that there's a monster<br />living up there or anything.
My watch's second hand is pointing at<br />the 4.
If you climb to the top of the building<br />with the pub sign, you'll find a path<br />leading to Mt. Zozo.<hr class="newpage" />The monsters up there are quick! If you<br />go, you'd better have a way of making<br />sure you'll be able to hit 'em.<hr class="newpage" />Like one of those, you know...sniper<br />whatchamacallits!
This Rust-Rid will let you open that<br />door up there.<hr class="newpage" />Yours for 1000 gil! How about it?<br /> ・ Sure!<br /> ・ No thanks.
<br />Obtained Rust-Rid!
This place is dangerous! Be careful!<br />And don't go doing anything stupid like<br />trying to jump between the buildings!
The clock's hand is pointing at the<br />2...
<br />The clock just keeps ticking away...
Hey, no cutting! Get in line!
What brings you up here on this fine<br />day? Do you need to get through here?<br />I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be in the way!<hr class="newpage" />I'm not very strong in a fight and I'd hate<br />for there to be any trouble, so why don't<br />I just let you pass?
<br />The door is rusted shut.
<br />The rust dissolves.
Uhrrr... Grrr...
Terra?
Ramuh: She's frightened.
Who are you?
Ramuh: This girl is your friend, I<br />presume?
Terra... Is she all right?
Cyan: Is Lady Terra all<br />right?
Celes: Is Terra okay?
Gau: Terra...she okay?
Ramuh: So, her name is Terra...<br />...Terra, you say? Interesting...!
Ramuh: Her life is in no danger. She<br />simply used a power she didn't know<br />she had, and it overwhelmed her.<hr class="newpage" />Now her body won't listen to what she's<br />telling it to do.<hr class="newpage" />As for myself, I am Ramuh—the esper,<br />Ramuh.
You're an esper!?
Don't espers live in another world?
Celes: But don't espers live<br />in another world?
Gau: Espers...live other<br />world...right?
Ramuh: That doesn't mean there's<br />anything stopping us from living in this<br />one.<hr class="newpage" />Espers come in a variety of forms. My<br />appearance is similar to your own, so I<br />can live here as one of you...<hr class="newpage" />...without fear of anyone discovering<br />the truth.
Why hide the fact that you're an esper?
Gau: Why you not tell<br />people you esper?
Ramuh: Humans and espers are<br />incompatible creatures.
Locke: But my grandma told<br />me that humans and espers once<br />lived side by side...<hr class="newpage" />Of course, that was only a<br />bedtime story...
My grandmother told me that humans and<br />espers used to live here together, side<br />by side...<hr class="newpage" />Of course, that was only a bedtime<br />story...
I've heard that long ago, humans and<br />espers lived side by side in this world.<hr class="newpage" />I'd always thought it was just a fairy<br />tale, but...
Gau: Gau hear fairy<br />tale... People...espers...before,<br />live same place!
Ramuh: No, that was no fairy tale. That<br />was the truth. Humans and espers used<br />to live together in harmony.<hr class="newpage" />At least...until the War of the Magi.
Until the War of the Magi...?
Ramuh: It took place long ago...<hr class="newpage" />Espers fought humans who had been<br />infused with magical powers extracted<br />from other espers.
After the meaningless war had ended,<br />the espers fashioned a new realm to<br />which they exiled themselves.<hr class="newpage" />They feared that if they remained, it<br />would only be a matter of time before<br />their powers were targeted again.
But then one day about twenty years<br />ago, humans stumbled upon the entrance<br />to that hidden realm... Humans who knew<br />of espers and the secrets of our powers.
And thus began the hunt.<br />For Gestahl, the leader of the men, knew<br />that he could use the powers extracted<br />from us to create an invincible army.
As soon as we realized what was<br />happening, we erected a massive gate<br />and forced the humans out.
Ramuh: Those who were captured are<br />now in the Empire's Magitek Research<br />Facility, being drained of their powers.<hr class="newpage" />I narrowly escaped that same fate, and<br />now I am here with you.
Ramuh: She seems to have calmed down a<br />bit...
Ramuh: I called Terra here to me<br />when I sensed that she had lost control.<br />She responded to that call.
So Terra's...an esper?
Ramuh: No, she's a bit different from<br />us...
She looks like she's in pain...<hr class="newpage" />Ramuh: She is afraid of what she is, and<br />that is a painful thing.
What can we do to help her?
Ramuh: Once she understands her true<br />nature, the fear and doubt should<br />subside.
Is there nothing we can do?<hr class="newpage" />Ramuh: The others of my kind who are<br />trapped in Gestahl's Magitek Research<br />Facility may be able to help her.
And if we can get inside that facility,<br />you're sure we'll find them?
Celes: ...Huh? The Magitek<br />Research Facility? Your people<br />are in there!?
Gau: Ma-gi-tek Re-search<br />Fa...ci-luh-tee? ...Your friends<br />there?
Celes: ...The Magitek<br />Research Facility? Your<br />people are in there?
Ramuh: I escaped alone, abandoning my<br />friends and hiding here like a coward.<br />But I fear I can remain here no longer.
What do you mean?
Ramuh: Gestahl's methods are mistaken.<br />You can't drain an esper's powers by<br />force—that weakens them.<hr class="newpage" />Only when we become magicite can our<br />powers be transferred in full.
What are you saying?<hr class="newpage" />Ramuh: I am going to turn myself into<br />magicite so that I may lend you my<br />strength.<hr class="newpage" />Magicite...?<hr class="newpage" />Ramuh: Magicite is an esper's power in<br />its purest form. When an esper dies,<br />magicite is all that is left behind...<hr class="newpage" />But...!
Ramuh: These are my companions who fell<br />as we fled the Empire... And I will give<br />you my power as well...
Why would you do such a thing...?
Ramuh: If our power is used for<br />destruction, the skies will darken<br />and life will fade from the earth...<hr class="newpage" />You must stop them. There must not be a<br />second War of the Magi...
Old man...<br />You're really gone, aren't you...?
Shadow: You old fool...<br />Why throw it all away...?
Cyan: He's...gone, isn't he?
Celes: Ramuh...<br />Why...?
Gau: Ra...muh...<br />You leave...not come back?
He turned himself to magicite...
He gave up his life to help us...
Cyan: He sacrificed himself<br />to give us the strength with<br />which to fight the Empire...
Celes: He gave up his own<br />life so that we'd have the power<br />to stop them...
Gau: Waoooh...
Terra...wait for us.<br />We'll be back for you!
<br />Obtained Ramuh magicite!
<br />Obtained Siren magicite!
<br />Obtained Kirin magicite!
<br />Obtained Cait Sith magicite!
Everyone's here? I was just thinking...<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: Let's talk on the way<br />back down!
Edgar: So, the Empire's been<br />draining magic from espers...
Sabin: Celes, was all<br />of that true?
Celes: I was asleep when<br />they performed my infusion, so I<br />don't know for sure.<hr class="newpage" />But...I've heard rumors to that<br />effect.
Cyan: Then I suppose we<br />must find a way to slip into<br />the Empire...<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: We'd best split up<br />again. We still need to beef<br />up our defenses in Narshe.
Cyan: That would indeed be<br />wise.
Celes: I'll go to the Empire. I<br />know it inside and out.<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: But alone...?
Locke: Don't worry. I'll go<br />with her.
Celes: Locke!
Cyan: It may not hurt to<br />have a few more people along.
Locke: Wait for us back in<br />Narshe. Don't worry, we'll be<br />fine!<hr class="newpage" />If we need to change party<br />members, I guess we'll just<br />head back to Narshe...
Shadow: I can't remain with<br />you any longer.
Celes: So...how are we going<br />to get there? The Empire's on<br />the southern continent...<hr class="newpage" />They've closed down all the<br />harbors, so there aren't even<br />any ships sailing there anymore.<hr class="newpage" />Locke: The town of Jidoor<br />to the south is full of wealthy<br />aristocrats...<hr class="newpage" />One of them might know a way in.<br />"Where there's a gil..."
Celes: Locke.<hr class="newpage" />Locke: Yeah?<hr class="newpage" />Celes: Why are you coming<br />with me?
Locke: Hmm? Well...there's<br />the rumor about that legendary<br />treasure being there and all...<hr class="newpage" />...I just wanted to have a look<br />around.
No one would be crazy enough to go to<br />the Imperial continent these days unless<br />they had no choice.
The only way to reach the Empire now is<br />by air. Of course, you'd need an airship<br />for that.<hr class="newpage" />...What, did you think I was going to<br />suggest launching yourself from a<br />catapult? Are you daft?
There's only one working airship in the<br />world. It's owned by the Gambler. They<br />say he uses it as a flying pirate ship...
The Gambler always conducts his<br />business with pomp and pageantry.<hr class="newpage" />He's also a big fan of the opera. Of<br />course, I heard he only goes there to see<br />the leading lady...
You're the spitting image of Maria!<br />Huh? Haven't heard of her, you say?<br />She's a famous opera singer!
Impresario: Maria...!?
Celes: ...M-me?
Impresario: Sorry, I mistook you for<br />someone else. Wow, you could pass for<br />Maria in a heartbeat!<hr class="newpage" />...Oh dear, we're really in trouble this<br />time...
Celes looks like Maria...?
That man must've dropped this...
Maestro: That man is the director of<br />the troupe that performs at the opera<br />house.<hr class="newpage" />Everyone just calls him "Impresario."<br />He's been in a tizzy ever since that<br />letter arrived.
Locke: Who's this<br />"Wandering What's-His-Face"?<hr class="newpage" />Maestro: Were you born on a farm, son?
That would be Setzer, owner of the<br />world's only airship!
A gambling vagabond<br />who finds freedom from society's<br />narrow views of morality<br />aboard his airship, the Blackjack...
Dearest Maria,<br />I've decided to take you as my wife, so<br />I'll be coming to kidnap you.<br />The Wandering Gambler
Celes: If we had that airship,<br />we'd have our way into the<br />Empire...<hr class="newpage" />Locke: Let's set up a meeting<br />with this Setzer.
The opera house is closed.
There's a performance underway.
Impresario: Ah! It's you again!
Locke: We read that letter.<br />So, Setzer is coming to snatch<br />Maria away...<hr class="newpage" />Impresario: He'll probably appear right<br />at the climax of the first act. He loves<br />to make an entrance... *sigh*...
Locke: All right!<br />When he shows up, we'll jump out<br />and nab him!
Impresario: Dear me, no! You'll ruin the<br />performance! I'll lose my job!
Celes: But if you don't do<br />anything...!<hr class="newpage" />Impresario: Oh, this is simply horrible! I<br />want the performance to be a success...<br />but I don't want Maria to be abducted!
Locke: Let him grab her.
Locke: We'll use a decoy.<br />Once he's got her, we'll follow<br />him right back to his airship.<hr class="newpage" />And if all goes well, we should be<br />able to commandeer it!
Impresario: Are you mad!? If anything<br />should happen to Maria...
Locke: That's why we use the<br />decoy! We can hide Maria<br />someplace safe!<hr class="newpage" />Impresario: Come again?
Locke: You said Celes<br />looks like Maria, right?
Celes: Now just a minute...
Locke: She can be our Maria!<br />We'll let Setzer kidnap her<br />and lead us to his airship!
Impresario: Brilliant!
Celes: H-hold on here!<br />I'm a former general, not some<br />opera floozy!
Mi... Mi... <br />Do, re, mi...<br />Faaa...*hack* *cough*...<hr class="newpage" /><br /><br />Maaa...riii...aaaaaa!
Locke: That's the spirit!
Ultros: Mwa-ha-ha! I gots my own little<br />surprise planned for y'all, just like<br />Setzer! It'll be TONS of fun!
Locke: Better get to work!<br />We've gotta make a star out of<br />you, Celes!
Ultros: Gaaaah! Isn't anyone gonna read<br />it!?
The war between the East and the West<br />was growing more violent by the day...<hr class="newpage" /><br />Draco, a soldier from the West,<br />thinks of his love, Maria, <br />back at home...
♪ O Maria!   <br />   O Maria!<hr class="newpage" /><br />My beloved, do you hear<br />My words whispered in your ear<br />   As if I were by your side? ♪
Locke: I'm gonna go check on<br />things in the dressing room.
Edgar: Go on! Give her some<br />encouragement!
Sabin: Huh?<br />Why's everyone singing?
Cyan: Where art thou going?<br />Thou should relax and enjoy<br />the show!
Gau: Uwao! Pretty song,<br />pretty song!
Impresario: Oh, I hope this works...
Impresario: Your friend left. Said he'd<br />fall asleep if he had to sit here for more<br />than five minutes...
Locke: Have you...always<br />been that pretty?
Celes: Locke...<br />Why did you stand up for me when<br />you did?<hr class="newpage" />Locke: ...Because I'm tired of<br />standing by and doing nothing<br />while I lose the girls I like.
Celes: Am I just a<br />replacement...for her?
Locke: ...That ribbon looks<br />nice on you.
Celes: I have to go on stage<br />soon. This next scene's an<br />important one.<hr class="newpage" />Maria starts to worry that<br />something's happened to Draco,<br />and pours her feelings into song.
Locke: Don't slip up this<br />time.
Locke: Shouldn't you check<br />the score one last time?
Read the score?<br /> ・ (Yes)<br /> ・ (No)
Scene 1<br />O my hero, my beloved,<br />Shall we still be made to part,<hr class="newpage" />Though promises of perennial love<br />Yet sing here in my heart?<hr class="newpage" />I'm the darkness, you're the starlight<br />Shining brightly from afar.<hr class="newpage" />Through hours of despair,<br />I offer this prayer<br />To you, my evening star.<hr class="newpage" />Must my final vows exchanged<br />Be with him and not with you?<hr class="newpage" />Were you only here to quiet my fear...<br />O speak! Guide me anew.<hr class="newpage" />...This is where you pick up the<br />flowers. Climb the stairs and toss<br />the flowers from the highest balcony.<hr class="newpage" />(Be sure to finish by the end of<br />the interlude! There isn't much<br />time before the start of Scene 2.)<hr class="newpage" /><br />                   -Impresario<hr class="newpage" />Scene 2<br />........................
Locke: Good luck.
The Western armies were defeated,<br />and Maria's castle fell into<br />the hands of the East.<hr class="newpage" /><br />Forced to wed the Eastern Prince Ralse,<br />Maria still thinks only of Draco<br />as she gazes at the stars each night...
The next line is...<br />    ・ (O my hero...)<br />    ・ (Alas, Draco...)
♪ O my hero, my beloved,<br />Shall we still be made to part,<hr class="newpage" /><br />♪ Though promises of perennial love<br /> Yet sing here in my heart? ♪<br />    ・ (I wish I...)<br />    ・ (I'm the darkness...)
♪ Alas, Draco!   <br />You have left me...
Oops... That wasn't it, was it?<br />Sorry!
♪ I'm the darkness,   <br />You're the starlight<br />Shining brightly from afar.<hr class="newpage" /><br />♪ Through hours of despair,   <br />I offer this prayer<hr class="newpage" /><br />   To you, my evening star. ♪<br />    ・ (Must my...)<br />    ・ (Prince Ralse...)
♪ I wish I...uh?   
♪ Must my final vows exchanged   <br /> Be with him and not with you?<hr class="newpage" /><br />♪ Were you only here   <br />To quiet my fear...<br />   O speak! Guide me anew. ♪
♪ Prince Ralse will be my groom.   <br />I know...that this isn't the right line.
Ah, I'm too late!<br />So much for that...
♪ I am thankful, my beloved,   <br />For your tenderness and grace.<hr class="newpage" /><br />♪ I see in your eyes,   <br />So gentle and wise,<br />   All doubts and fears erased! ♪
♪ Though the hours take no notice   <br />Of what fate might have in store,<hr class="newpage" /><br />♪ Our love, come what may,   <br />Will never age a day.<br />   I'll wait forevermore! ♪
Draco: Come, Maria! Dance with me...
Draco: Ha-ha-ha...!
Chancellor: Price Ralse is looking for<br />his dance partner.<hr class="newpage" /><br />Please, leave the past behind! Our<br />kingdom is part of the East now...
Locke: You were wonderful,<br />Celes.
I owe you guys one, so I'm gonna jam up<br />your opera!<br />Ultros
Locke: Uh-oh...<br />Better tell the impresario!
Locke: Not again!
Impresario: What!?
Soldier: The Western survivors attack!<br />Ralse: Impossible!
Attack!
Wait!
♪ Maria!   
♪ Oh, Draco!   <br />I knew you would <br />   Come for me, my love! ♪
♪ Insolent rogue!   <br />Knave of the Western horde!<hr class="newpage" /><br />♪ You would address my queen to be,   <br />   Maria? ♪
♪ Never shall you have Maria's hand!   <br />   I would die before that day comes! ♪
   Then it's a duel! ♪
Locke: Impresario, what's up<br />above the stage?
Impresario: But how is he planning to<br />disrupt the opera?<hr class="newpage" />...With that!?
Locke: With that!
Ultros: Mwa-ha-ha! Let's see if Maria<br />can shrug this off!
Locke: We haven't a second<br />to lose!<hr class="newpage" />Impresario: Talk to the stagehand in the<br />room up on the right! He'll help you get<br />up there!<hr class="newpage" />Locke: Leave it to us!
Ultros: N'ghaaa! This is heavier than I<br />thought! It's gonna take me 5 minutes to<br />push this thing off!
Ultros: N'ghaaa!<br />This one's four tons, too!?
Ultros: Huh...? Oh, rats!
Impresario: Oh no, this'll never do!<hr class="newpage" />With those two flattened, there's no<br />one to win the girl! How can the story<br />possibly continue!?
Locke: Neither Draco nor<br />Ralse will win Celes's hand!
Locke: It is I, Locke, the<br />world's premier adventurer, who<br />shall take her as my wife!
Impresario: Oh, dear...<br />What dreadful acting!
Ultros: Silence, knave! You stand in the<br />presence of octopus royalty! A lowborn<br />thief like you could never defeat me!<hr class="newpage" />I challenge you to a duel!
Impresario: Hmm... Might as well make<br />the most of this. MUSIC!
<br />Hold it right there!
My compliments on a most<br />impressive performance!
Impresario: Setzer!<hr class="newpage" />Setzer: I'm a man of my word,<br />Impresario. I'm taking Maria!
Celes: Whaaa—
Impresario: Unforeseen twists at every<br />turn!<hr class="newpage" />Just as we think Maria is to become<br />Locke's new bride, she's dragged off<br />by Setzer instead!<hr class="newpage" />What fate lies in store for her now?<br />Be sure to come back and see Part Two!
Impresario: Yesterday was a royal mess,<br />but we managed to keep the stage. The<br />show's still on for the next three days.
Impresario: We still have two shows<br />left.
Impresario: Today's the last chance for<br />both of us.
Impresario: Let's make this happen!
<br />It looks like you weren't exactly<br />born to be on stage...
Stagehand: I can't let you up here.<br />It's too dangerous.
Stagehand: The impresario sent you?<br />You need to get up to the catwalks?<hr class="newpage" />Lower the switch on the far right.<br />But don't touch any of the others!
Stagehand: Don't touch the wrong<br />switch, or you'll be in for a surprise!
Stagehand: The door to the room on the<br />left-hand side of the stage should be<br />open now.<hr class="newpage" />You can get up to the catwalks from<br />there.
Ultros: Gwaaah-ha-ha!<br />Bombs away!
Setzer: Don't worry, I'll give<br />you plenty of attention later.
Locke: What a performance!<br />You're a great fake actress,<br />Celes.<hr class="newpage" />Celes: Enough!
Locke: But the real show<br />starts now. It's time for Act<br />Two!
Locke: Where's Setzer?
Celes: He should be right<br />back.
Setzer: Wh-what are you<br />doing in here? Y-you're not<br />Maria, are you!?
Celes: Setzer, we need<br />your help. We need to get to<br />Vector. Your ship is the only—
Setzer: If you're not Maria,<br />then we have nothing to talk<br />about.
Celes: Wait!<br />We heard that your ship is the<br />finest vessel in the world.
Locke: And that you were the<br />world's greatest gambler...
Edgar: I'm the king of Figaro.<br />If you help us, you'll be well<br />rewarded...
Sabin: My brother's the king<br />of Figaro. If you help us, I can ask<br />him to reward you.
Cyan: I am a warrior of Doma.<br />Please, I humbly beg for thy aid!
Setzer: Come with me.
Celes: Then you'll...?<hr class="newpage" />Setzer: Don't misunderstand<br />me. I still haven't said I'll help<br />you.
Setzer: Hmmm...<br />Business has been awfully slow<br />lately, thanks to the Empire...
Celes: You're not the only<br />one suffering.<hr class="newpage" />The Empire has been toppling<br />towns and villages left and<br />right...
Locke: They're abusing their<br />Magitek power and trying to take<br />over the world.
Edgar: My kingdom was allied<br />with the Empire...until recently.
Sabin: Maybe you want to be<br />a slave to the Empire, but I sure<br />don't.
Cyan: I lost my friends, my<br />family...
Setzer: ...Hmm.
Celes: We're at least<br />together in hating the Empire,<br />right? So, please...<hr class="newpage" />Setzer: You know, I think<br />you may be even cuter than Maria.<hr class="newpage" />Celes: Huh?
Setzer: All right! If you...<br />If Celes becomes my wife,<br />I'll help you. Otherwise...
Locke: WHAT!?<br />Are you crazy!?
Celes: ...Fine.
Setzer: Great! It's settled!
Celes: But I have some<br />conditions...
We flip this coin. If it's heads,<br />you help us. If it's tails, I'm<br />yours.<hr class="newpage" />Well, Mr. Gambler?
Setzer: Ha! I like it! I accept.
Locke: Celes...<br />Are you serious...? If you marry<br />that guy...
Cyan: There is no telling<br />what manner of dishonorable<br />things he might do to thee...
Celes: Ready?
Celes: Heads... I win.<br />Now it's time for you to hold up<br />your end of the bargain.
Setzer: ...A valuable trinket<br />indeed. I've never seen a double-<br />headed coin before.
Celes: I'm afraid you've been<br />hustled, Mr. Gambler. But that's<br />part of the game, now, isn't it?
Setzer: Ha! How low can you<br />stoop? ...I love it! All right, I'll<br />help you.<hr class="newpage" />Gambling against the Empire, with<br />nothing to lose but my life... I<br />haven't felt so excited in years!
My life's a chip in your pile!<br />Ante up!
Oh, it's nice having guests on board<br />again!<hr class="newpage" />Need a little refreshment?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
<br />It's locked...
<br />"Do not open door during flight."
Sabin: That coin...!?<br />Edgar! Don't tell me...!
Locke: I can't believe this<br />clunky old thing can fly... You<br />sure it'll stay in the air?
Setzer: When things fall, they<br />fall...<hr class="newpage" />Life's a game of chance. You play<br />your cards, and Fate plays hers...
Locke: They'll spot us in the<br />air from miles away if we try to<br />fly this thing into the Empire.<hr class="newpage" />We'd better land a safe distance<br />away.<hr class="newpage" />Setzer: That sounds like a<br />good idea.<hr class="newpage" />I'll stay on board and keep the<br />ship ready to take off at a<br />moment's notice.
Setzer: What's the matter?<br />Lost your nerve to take on the<br />Empire?
Setzer: I need to repair the<br />airship. Please, hurry and check<br />out the situation in the Empire!
Setzer: The repairs will take<br />some time. You're going to have<br />to take a boat from Albrook.
Setzer: Oh! <br />By all means, take a turn at the<br />wheel!
Let me teach you how to fly...
Press the A Button to lift off or<br />move forward. Press the B Button<br />to land.<hr class="newpage" />Press ← or → to turn.<br />Press ↑ or ↓ to adjust altitude.<hr class="newpage" />Press Start to go amidships.<br />There, you can change party<br />members and purchase items.
Setzer: Got it?<hr class="newpage" /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Setzer: Would you like me to<br />teach you some special<br />techniques as well?<hr class="newpage" /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Setzer: Press Select to view<br />the world map.<hr class="newpage" />Hold the L Button and ← or the<br />R Button and → to make sharp,<br />high-speed turns.<hr class="newpage" />Hold down both the L and R<br />Buttons and use the ✚Control<br />Pad to move without turning.<hr class="newpage" />This is especially helpful when<br />trying to land.
 ・ (Head to the Floating Continent.)<br /> ・ (Take the wheel.)<br /> ・ (Never mind.)
Change party members?<br /> ・ No<br /> ・ Yes
<br />You may only have 3 party members.
 ・ (Take the wheel.)<br /> ・ (Never mind.)
Locke: We'd better not<br />overstay our welcome... Let's get<br />outta here fast!
Setzer: That probably<br />would've been a good idea...<hr class="newpage" />...But it seems we're a bit too<br />late. Here they come!
Cyan: Gah!<br />What are those mechanical<br />monstrosities!?
Edgar: I don't like the looks<br />of those things!
Sabin: Whoa!<br />What're those!?
Gau: Uwao! Waou!!!
Haven't seen you around here before...<br />Why don't you go climb back down<br />whatever hole you crawled out of?
Are you loyal to the Empire?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
What!?
Fine.
The Magitek Research Facility is just<br />beyond here. Entry beyond this point is<br />forbidden.
Cid, the director of Magitek research,<br />is a genius! He gave my son the gift of<br />Cure magic!
You.........<br />You're Returners!
Peace has come at last...
And...Cure!
General Leo's a good man. Compared to<br />him, Kefka's a... Uh-oh! Please, forget I<br />said that!
Albrook, Maranda, and Tzen are all<br />controlled by the Empire now. It's for<br />their own good, really.
You're Returners, aren't you?
Hey, that's cool, I don't judge! Wanna<br />hear something juicy?<hr class="newpage" /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
All the soldiers at the Magitek Research<br />Facility can use magic now. All thanks<br />to that genius, Cid, apparently...
Here's another one for you...<br />That Kefka guy? They say he was Cid's<br />first experimental Magitek knight.<hr class="newpage" />The process hadn't been perfected yet.<br />Kefka ended up with extraordinary<br />magic power, but it shattered his mind...
General Leo's never had a Magitek<br />infusion. He's a warrior's warrior!
I heard General Celes went over to<br />the Returners... Why join the side that<br />has no hope of winning?
Your friends are in the pub.
Banon: What happened here...?<hr class="newpage" />...!<br />Did the espers do this!? No, they<br />couldn't have...!
Arvis: It was like this when we got here.
Returner: What in the world<br />happened...?
Banon: So, that's what Gestahl<br />said... Team up with the Empire<br />to look for the espers... Hmm...
Arvis: It does make sense... We can't<br />just leave the espers alone.
Returner: The war... It's really over...
Narshe Guard: We didn't have to do a<br />thing. It looks like the Empire destroyed<br />itself for us.
Narshe Guard: What's going on...?
Wonder if those rumors about them<br />extracting magic from monsters at<br />the research facility are true?
Shhh! I'm a Returner. I've heard all about<br />you.
I'll distract the soldiers. Use this box<br />to climb up onto those steel beams and<br />sneak into the research facility.
Are you ready?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Who goes there? This area's off-limits!
Man: Ohhh...!<br />Musta...hadda...few too many...
Man: Urghhh...<br />Gonna toss it all...<br />Soldier: Oh, geez...
Hmph!
Hmm... You just might be able to do it...
Young folks... Please, don't give up!
That was close...
Soldier: Filthy Returner scum!
I think I'm going to stay here and apply<br />to become a soldier...
In the same army that destroyed our<br />village? What about your promise to<br />start over in Maranda?
Stay the night! It's on the house!<br /> ・ Okay.<br /> ・ No thanks.
<br />1000 gil was stolen!
Nee-hee-hee-hee-hee!
Kefka: I'm a god! I'm all-powerful!<br />Uwee-hee-hee...<hr class="newpage" />I'll collect more espers...<br />I'll extract their magic...<hr class="newpage" />And then.........<br />I'll revive the Warring Triad!
Kefka: I've already drained all<br />your powers! You're useless to<br />me now!
Kefka: You too! Take a hike!
Ifrit: Hmmm...<hr class="newpage" />Shiva: I can see why Ramuh entrusted<br />you with his power...
Ifrit: Gestahl has captured many more of<br />us. They're all here, being drained of<br />their powers.<hr class="newpage" />I, too, suffered my turn in one of the<br />capsules...
Shiva: When they finish draining us of<br />our powers, they dump us down here to<br />die. We haven't much time left...
We and Ramuh were siblings, each of us<br />born with a different elemental power.<hr class="newpage" />If Ramuh was willing to give you his<br />strength, then we shall do the same...
Our friends are also...<br />running out of time...<hr class="newpage" />I'm sure they will lend you<br />their strength as well...
<br />Obtained Ifrit magicite!
<br />Obtained Shiva magicite!
Espers: You wish to help us...<br />But...we haven't long to live.<hr class="newpage" />We will follow Ifrit's example...<br />Our power we entrust to you...
Cid: What are you doing over<br />there?
Cid: Wh-what are those!?
Cid: So...when espers die, they<br />can leave behind the essence of<br />their powers...<hr class="newpage" />The power contained within these<br />stones is far greater than what<br />we could ever hope to extract...<hr class="newpage" />Hundreds of times greater...<br />Interesting...
<br />Obtained magicite!
Celes: Professor Cid.<hr class="newpage" />Cid: General Celes!<br />Who are these shady characters?<br />Your underlings?
Celes: No...<br />You see, I...<hr class="newpage" />Cid: Is it true you worked your<br />way in amongst those rebels as a<br />spy?
Kefka: Celes!<br />Wh-what are you doing!? Stop!!!
Locke: ...!?<br />Celes...?
Kefka: Oh, I see! Magicite...!<br />Excellent work, Cid!
Kefka: General Celes!<br />We needn't keep up the charade<br />any longer.<hr class="newpage" />Bring me those magicite crystals!
Locke: Celes!<br />You...tricked us!?<hr class="newpage" />Celes: Of course not!<br />Please, trust me!
Cyan: Hmph.<br />I knew she was not to be trusted!
Kefka: Hee-hee-hee!<br />The sweet taste of betrayal!<br />Oh, Celes! That's so...you!
Celes: Locke...<br />Believe me...<hr class="newpage" />Locke: I.........
Kefka: NOW!
Kefka: Kill them all!
Celes: Locke...<br />Let me protect you for once...<br />And maybe...<hr class="newpage" />...maybe then you'll believe me.
Locke: Celes...
Cid: *hack, cough*...<br />What happened?
Cid: Oh, no! This is bad!<hr class="newpage" />That blast reversed the energy<br />flow in the capsules! We need to<br />get out of here!
Cid: Quick! Over here!
Cid: Oh, what have I done...?<hr class="newpage" />There's no excuse for it, no<br />matter how much Kefka may have<br />threatened me...
Cid: Draining the life energy from<br />espers just to make people<br />stronger...
Cid: You've helped me come to a<br />decision.<hr class="newpage" />I'm going to talk to the emperor<br />and make him realize how foolish<br />this whole war is!
Cid: Celes...<hr class="newpage" />I've known her ever since she was<br />a child. I doted on her as if she<br />were my own daughter.<hr class="newpage" />But I also forced her to become a<br />Magitek knight...<hr class="newpage" />If I ever get to see her again, I<br />want to apologize...for all of my<br />mistakes...
Cid: Oh no! It's Kefka!
Cid: Go!
Setzer: You were taking too<br />long... I got worried.
Setzer: ...Where's Celes?<hr class="newpage" />Locke: ...
Setzer: ...?
Kefka: Crud! What a mess!
Setzer: We can talk about it<br />later. Let's get out of here!
Kefka: Hee-hee-hee! You're not<br />getting away from me!
Locke: I'm worried about<br />Terra. Let's head back to<br />Zozo.
Setzer: Terra?<br />Who's that?<hr class="newpage" />Locke: I'll explain everything<br />on the way... Terra... The<br />espers... The Returners...
Terra: Father...?
Everyone's here...
Locke: Terra...
Locke: The magicite!

Terra: I remember now...<br />I was raised in the esper world...
<br />The esper world...
Maduin: Hey...<br />Pull yourself together...!<br />Wait, is this a...?<hr class="newpage" /> ・ (Return with her.)<br /> ・ (Leave her here.)
She's still quite weak... She'll need to<br />rest for a while.
Elder: She's a human?<hr class="newpage" />Maduin: She must have wandered in from<br />the other world by mistake.
Elder: There's an ominous air about this<br />evening...
Good evening, Maduin!
We ought to kill it right away. Humans<br />and espers are incompatible...
Is it your turn to watch the gate,<br />Maduin?
Everyone is worried...
Wouldn't you love to see the human world<br />beyond the northern gate just once,<br />Maduin?
Why'd you bring that thing here?
This is one nasty storm... Be careful,<br />Maduin.
The barrier between our worlds must've<br />weakened over the past millennium.
Hey, Maduin! How have you been?
Do you have any idea what you've done?
Elder's orders... No one passes through<br />the gate.
Maduin! Someone's trying to come<br />through the gate!
I heard there's a human girl in the<br />village!
...
...
Maduin: Did I wake you?
Young Woman: You're...an esper? What's<br />this pendant around your neck?
Maduin: ...I'll give it to you. A charm<br />from the esper world!<hr class="newpage" />Young Woman: The esper world...<br />So, that is where I ended up...<hr class="newpage" />Maduin: Everyone is at a loss as to how<br />you, a human, could have made it into our<br />world...<hr class="newpage" />Young Woman: You're the one who saved<br />me, right?
Madeline: My name is Madeline. I was<br />sick of living in the human world. It's<br />nothing but a vortex of greed and hate...<hr class="newpage" />So I wandered out into the storm, and<br />before I knew it, I was here...
Maduin: They say that humans and<br />espers...can't coexist.
Madeline: So...you don't want me here,<br />right?<hr class="newpage" />Maduin: No, I'm just...not sure.
Madeline: I'll return to my own world<br />tomorrow.<hr class="newpage" />Maduin: All right... Someone can show<br />you the way back.
Elder: That human already left. I wonder<br />if she'll be all right without a guide?
If the humans learned of our powers and<br />decided to try to make use of them...<br />That would be a terrible thing indeed.
That human girl went to the gate quite<br />a while ago.
For centuries, no human has wandered<br />into our world. Why has this happened<br />now, after all these years?
Youth: What's wrong, Maduin?
Maduin: If you don't want to go back to<br />your world, you're welcome to stay here.<hr class="newpage" />Madeline: But... Humans and espers can't<br />be together...
Maduin: How can we know for sure unless<br />we try for ourselves?
<br />How can we know for sure...
<br />unless we...
<br />try for ourselves...?
Maduin: I've chosen a name for her...<hr class="newpage" />Madeline: What is it?<hr class="newpage" />Maduin: "Terra."<br />It's beautiful, isn't it?
<br />Two years later...
Humans!<hr class="newpage" />The nexus between our worlds has<br />opened again! This storm is just like<br />the one two years ago...
But this is different from the time<br />Madeline came here... This time, an army<br />has come seeking our magical powers.
This is no good! Retreat to the elder's<br />house!
Gestahl: Aha!<br />I've finally found it.<hr class="newpage" />After all that time spent<br />decoding the secrets of those<br />ancient texts...<hr class="newpage" />Now it's time to reap the<br />rewards!
Gestahl: Grab them! Riches to any<br />man who captures an esper! GO!
Elder: We've no choice... We must do<br />what we've been avoiding...<hr class="newpage" />Maduin: You mean...the magic barrier?
It's dangerous out there!
It won't be long before the humans make<br />it here...
Madeline: Terra's all right.
Elder: I'll create a tempest to sweep all<br />the invaders out of our realm, then I'll<br />seal the gate.<hr class="newpage" />Even among espers, the power to create<br />a magical seal is limited to a single<br />bloodline. I am the last of that line...
Maduin: But at your age...<hr class="newpage" />Elder: ...I may not survive. And without<br />me, you will never again be able to open<br />the gate.<hr class="newpage" />Maduin: Madeline...
Madeline: The other world holds nothing<br />for me.
Elder: Then it's decided. We have no<br />other choice.
Esper: This is all because of that human<br />woman!<hr class="newpage" />Maduin: Nonsense!<hr class="newpage" />Esper: She could have led them here for<br />all we know!
Maduin: Enough!<hr class="newpage" />Esper: No! She's one of them! It'll only<br />be a matter of time before she decides<br />she wants our power, too!
Maduin: Oh, no...!
Madeline took Terra and left!
Elder: Where are you going!?<hr class="newpage" />Maduin: Madeline, she...!<hr class="newpage" />Elder: Oh, no... But it's already too late!<br />I've begun activating the seal. You won't<br />be able to return!<hr class="newpage" />Maduin: I don't care!
Maduin: Madeline!
Terra!!!
Madeline: Maduin...<br />I'm not like them...<hr class="newpage" />Maduin: I know!<hr class="newpage" />Madeline: ...Thank you.<hr class="newpage" />Maduin: Will you come back home with<br />me?<hr class="newpage" />Madeline: Yes, of course...
Gestahl: Nooo!!! Just when the<br />ultimate treasure was within my<br />grasp!
Soldier: W-we're being pushed out!
Gestahl: ...A human woman?<br />Who... Whose child is this?
Madeline: Leave...my daughter...alone...<hr class="newpage" />Gestahl: Your daughter? Hmm...<br />Then she must be half human and<br />half... How fascinating!<hr class="newpage" />Gestahl: Mwa-ha-ha!<hr class="newpage" />It looks like my dreams of building<br />an empire may come true sooner<br />than I'd ever imagined!
Madeline: No...!<hr class="newpage" />Gestahl: Quiet!
Gestahl: This world will be mine<br />to rule! Ha-ha-ha...
Maduin: Madeline!!!
Terra: Father...?
Terra: I'm the daughter of an<br />esper and a human... That's why I<br />have these abilities...<hr class="newpage" />But I should be okay now. I can<br />control this power, as long as I<br />only use it in short bursts.
Edgar: Gestahl already knew<br />the secret of the espers' power<br />back then...<hr class="newpage" />Locke: Those espers in the<br />research facility must've been<br />the ones they grabbed that day.<hr class="newpage" />And Celes's power...came at<br />the expense of one of them.
Sabin: The Empire won't get<br />away with this! I'll hit that<br />emperor with a blitz or two...
Terra: How are things in<br />Narshe?<hr class="newpage" />Locke: Hmm...<br />Maybe we should head back and<br />see.
Setzer: The airship's ready to<br />go!
Terra: Come on!
<br />7 dragons remaining.
<br />6 dragons remaining.
<br />5 dragons remaining.
<br />4 dragons remaining.
<br />3 dragons remaining.
<br />2 dragons remaining.
<br />1 dragon remaining.
All 8 dragons have been defeated...<hr class="newpage" />The Eightfold Seal is broken!
<br />Obtained Crusader magicite!
Duncan: Move it! You're in my way!<br />*cough*... *wheeze*...<hr class="newpage" />Darn this old body of mine... Won't do<br />what I tell it to anymore...
Sabin: Master Duncan!
Duncan: Wah-ha-ha! Why the surprised<br />face? Did you think I'd died or<br />something?
Sabin: Master Duncan...<br />I'm so glad you're safe...!
Duncan: Oh, dear...<br />Sabin, you aren't...crying, are you?
Duncan: Wah-ha-ha! Did you think a<br />little thing like the end of the world<br />was gonna do me in?<hr class="newpage" />The earth tried to swallow me up once or<br />twice, but I just pried its jaws open and<br />climbed back out!
Duncan: Sabin! It's time for me to<br />teach you my ultimate technique! Use<br />this to knock some sense into Kefka!
Get ready!
I call it...the "Phantom Rush"!
Duncan: Now go on! Hit Kefka with every<br />blitz I taught you!
I've been waiting for you.<br />I wanted to give you this.
Duncan: *cough*... *wheeze*...<br />Don't worry about me! Go! Defeat Kefka!
I ran a weapon shop for seventy years,<br />but I've never felt a power like the one I<br />feel in this stone.<hr class="newpage" />If I were to grind it down into the shape<br />of a blade, I'm sure it would make a very<br />powerful weapon... What do you say?<hr class="newpage" />Shall I make a sword out of it?<br /> ・ Leave it as the magicite, "Ragnarok."<br /> ・ Turn it into the sword, "Ragnarok."
All right.
I'm staying here. Narshe is my home.
*cough*... Here... Take it...
The Cursed Shield... If only there were a<br />way to lift the curse, it would be the<br />finest shield in the world...
What's with this carving? Looks like<br />bone...<hr class="newpage" />Is that thing stuck in the eye socket...<br />...magicite!?
Remove the magicite from the eye of the<br />bone carving?<hr class="newpage" /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
<br />Obtained Midgardsormr magicite!
Oooh...
Mog: I'm your boss, kupo!<br />You're gonna join us, kupo!
A yeti with a love for bone carvings.<br />Stronger than a gigas...<br />...but a bit unruly.
Umaro: Ooo...me Umaro...<br />Yes, boss... Me join you!<hr class="newpage" />Mog: Umaro!<br />No slouching, now, kupo!
Umaro: Oooh... Me wait, big<br />flying ship!
I'll sell you this magicite for<br />10,000 gil.<hr class="newpage" /> ・ (Buy it.)<br /> ・ (Don't buy it.)
I'll sell you this magicite for<br />50,000 gil.<hr class="newpage" /> ・ (Buy it.)<br /> ・ (Don't buy it.)
<br />Obtained Quetzalli magicite!
<br />Obtained Midgardsormr magicite!

He won't stop asking me to marry him!
Aisha, my love!
Why'd I have to get stuck guarding a<br />town way out in the boondocks? How<br />am I supposed to get a promotion now?
Fight! Fight!
My dog's the strongest!
Place your bets here!
Yeah! Get 'im!
How else are we supposed to have fun in<br />a backwater town like this?
Maranda used to be the most beautiful<br />town on this continent...then the Empire<br />came along. Now look at it!
My son was forced into the Imperial<br />army. Oh, I hope he comes home safe...
These soldiers are out of control, and<br />there's nothing we can do about it. How<br />long do we have to put up with this?
Tzen and Albrook were invaded by the<br />Empire, too.
Rooms are 200 gil per night.<hr class="newpage" />Will you be staying?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Heh-heh... We can do anything we want<br />in this town!
We must begin rebuilding!
My son has returned! I was so worried<br />when they forced him into the Imperial<br />army...
The soldiers left our town as soon as<br />the peace agreement was reached.
The Imperial troops are gone! Now I can<br />go back to dancing and raking in the gil!
I was forced to become a soldier in the<br />Imperial army. I can't believe the awful<br />things they made me do...
I kind of miss that soldier now that he's<br />gone...
Most of the town's youths were led off<br />to serve in the Imperial army.
All of those young people who were<br />forced to join the Imperial army should<br />be coming back home soon.
My grandfather once told me there's a<br />huge gate deep inside the cave on the<br />eastern edge of the continent.
It's time to put Tzen back together!
Our royal family was slaughtered by<br />the Empire.
Thanks to you, we're finally at peace<br />with the Empire!
I'll tell you a secret... The Empire has a<br />weapon called the Guardian. It's<br />immobile, but ridiculously powerful.<hr class="newpage" />If you ever see it, run away and don't<br />look back!
Now we should be able to enjoy another<br />long age of peace!
Mom says I'm not s'posed to play outside<br />'cause it's dangerous!
Yay! I'm allowed to play outside again!
Where's that boy of mine? I told him not<br />to play outside! It's dangerous with all<br />these soldiers around...
The Imperial troops are gone. Now we<br />can relax and get back to our normal<br />lives.
Uh-oh...!<br />Whew...don't scare people like that!<br />I thought you were an Imperial trooper!<hr class="newpage" />Not too long ago, some people broke into<br />the Magitek Research Facility and<br />raised a huge ruckus.<hr class="newpage" />I used the opportunity to sneak in and<br />grab this glowing stone. For 3000 gil,<br />it's yours!<hr class="newpage" /> ・ (Buy it.)<br /> ・ (Don't buy it.)
With the world falling apart like it is, I<br />guess it doesn't do me much good to hold<br />on to this glowing stone...<hr class="newpage" />Look, how's 10 gil sound for this thing?<br /> ・ (Buy it.)<br /> ・ (Don't buy it.)
Haven't heard any juicy gossip, have<br />you?
<br />Obtained Seraph magicite!
Anyone who opposes the will of the<br />Empire will be strung up for treason!
Obey the Empire!
Shove off! Can't you see I'm busy?
This town belongs to the Empire!
Defy us and you'll regret it!
Rooms are 350 gil per night.<hr class="newpage" />Will you be staying?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Welcome to Albrook, the occupied city...
They said they would be reopening the<br />harbor soon. Some life should start<br />flowing back into this town now.
Where in the world did that floating<br />island in the sky come from!?
There's something important on the<br />eastern edge of the continent...<hr class="newpage" />The Imperials built an observation post<br />there and won't let anyone beyond it.
I heard monsters flew out of the<br />mountains behind the Imperial<br />observation post and attacked Vector!
Yeah, this is what we get, thanks to<br />that big, floating island up there<br />blotting out the sun. Lovely, ain't it?
We have to bribe the Imperial soldiers<br />or they won't let us do business here...<br />In our own city! *sob*...
"I've got nothing to sell to Imperial<br />scum!" ...Sorry, I've just wanted to<br />say that for so long!
Now it's us bribing them to let us do<br />business here... *sob*...
They say there's no one left in the<br />Empire, and now there's an island<br />floating in the sky...<hr class="newpage" />I've got a bad feeling about this...
The Imperial capital of Vector is right<br />at the center of this continent.
You can find excellent weapons and<br />armor in the shops in Tzen, to the<br />north, and Maranda, to the west.
A guy came here trying to sell me some<br />strange, glowing stone... When I didn't<br />buy it, he told me he was going to Tzen.
I study monsters. The ones on this<br />continent seem to be exceptionally<br />vulnerable to magic...
I found this passage in a thousand-year-<br />old text:<hr class="newpage" />"Eight dragons seal away its awesome<br />might...the might of the one called<br />Crusader..."<hr class="newpage" />"And when the eight shall fall, the one<br />again shall rise..."
I'm a scholar of ancient weaponry.<hr class="newpage" />Two weapons known as Ultima Weapons<br />were used during the War of the Magi a<br />thousand years ago.<hr class="newpage" />One was a sword whose blade sprang<br />from its wielder's strength. The other<br />was a monster born for destruction.
The port's off-limits!
Welcome! Tee-hee-hee!
Hey, you're not an Imperial! Get out of<br />here!
You probably don't even have any money!
...Hic!<br />I shink I've hadda bit too druch to mink...
Who would've thought we'd end up allied<br />with the Returners?
Now we can all live in peace again.
I couldn't believe it when I heard the<br />news that espers had attacked the<br />Empire...
Nothing out of the ordinary to report!<br />All's well!
So the war's finally over...
Sheesh... Those soldiers think they own<br />this place!
This pub's pretty much an Imperial<br />clubhouse these days.
Business has gone down the drain with<br />all the soldiers gone...<hr class="newpage" />...Oops, better watch what I say.<br />Wouldn't want anyone questioning my<br />loyalties!
Yeah, baby! Wh-whew!
Rooms are 300 gil per night.<hr class="newpage" />Will you be staying?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
General Leo already made arrangements<br />for your stay here tonight. By all<br />means...
Rooms are 100 gil per night.<hr class="newpage" />Will you be staying?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
We've been waiting for you. Please<br />follow me...
Banon: Oh, you're here! The<br />people of Narshe have finally<br />decided to fight the Empire.<hr class="newpage" />How did things go in Vector?
Arvis: I see... We'd been trying to work<br />out a plan to make use of Narshe's<br />resources and Figaro's machinery, but...<hr class="newpage" />...We just don't have enough troops to<br />storm the Empire.
Banon: We have to open the<br />Sealed Gate...
Terra: ...The gate to the<br />esper world?
Arvis: We'll never beat the Empire<br />without their help.
Banon: The Sealed Gate lies to<br />the Empire's east.<hr class="newpage" />When we open it, the espers can<br />attack from there while we launch<br />an invasion from the north.
Banon: We must reestablish the<br />bond of trust that once existed<br />between humans and espers.<hr class="newpage" />The espers must be made to<br />understand. And there is only one<br />among us who can make them...
If humans and espers<br />were truly incompatible...<br />I would never have been born...
Terra: ...
Terra: I'll do it.<br />I'm the only one who can!
Terra!
An attack on two fronts...
Narshe Elder: Now we are left with no<br />choice but to take up arms against the<br />Empire. I suppose this was inevitable...
Banon: If we can get the espers<br />to understand, we can put an end<br />to this war once and for all.<hr class="newpage" />Terra...<br />I know you can do it...
Arvis: The Sealed Gate lies far to the<br />Empire's east, but they keep it under<br />tight surveillance.<hr class="newpage" />Please, find a way to slip through and<br />open the gate!
Locke: The Sealed Gate...<br />Are you feeling anything,<br />Terra?
Terra: ...
Locke: Terra...
The espers wouldn't give us the time of<br />day without Terra... We'd better<br />bring her along.
Terra: ...I know I can do this,<br />but still... I really don't want to<br />go there all alone...
That's odd... There aren't any guards...
<br />The party was thrown out...
Terra: We shouldn't stand<br />around... Let's go.
Terra: ...
This is the Sealed Gate...
Locke: Beyond there is the<br />esper world...
Cyan: What an eerie place...
Edgar: From here on out, it's<br />all up to you, Terra...
Sabin: We're counting on<br />you, Terra...
Setzer: Oh, what am I doing in<br />a dreadful place like this...?
Terra: Espers...<br />Heed my call...
Uwa-ha-ha!
Kefka: Emperor Gestahl was<br />right!
Terra, quickly!<br />The gate!
Wh-what!?
Espers!?
The gate...!
...Where did the espers go?
Terra: We'd better head back<br />to the airship.
Kefka: Grr... Curse you!<br />I won't forget this!
"What just happened...?"<hr class="newpage" />"I'm not sure..."
Anyway, let's return to the airship.

Terra: Don't worry. I'm sure a<br />peaceful future is right around<br />the corner!
Locke: We'll bring peace back<br />to the world...no matter what!
Locke: The espers probably<br />headed straight for Vector...
Cyan: I cannot forgive the<br />Empire...
Cyan: I could feel the<br />warrior spirit in those espers.
Shadow: ...<br />...Why am I here? For the money.<br />...Right?
Shadow: This is just between<br />us, but I heard that Kefka has<br />designs on General Leo's life...
Edgar: I'm not just sitting<br />here playing games! ...I'm<br />thinking up our next strategy!
Edgar: Somehow we need to<br />convince the espers to lend us<br />their aid...
Sabin: Let me at the Empire!
Sabin: We should hurry and<br />check out the situation in the<br />Empire. I'm a little worried...
Celes: I may have served as a<br />general to the Empire, but I still<br />know evil when I see it.
Celes: I'm sure Kefka has<br />some dirty plan up his sleeve. We<br />need to act fast...
Strago: I traveled around the<br />world, too, in my younger days...
Strago: Never in all my years<br />have I fallen from anywhere so<br />high up!
Relm: Hey!<br />Do you want me to paint your<br />portrait?
Relm: Those espers are all<br />friendly, right!?
Setzer: What's important to<br />me...? Bah! If I were attached to<br />things, I couldn't gamble!
Setzer: Blast it...<br />I guess the skies'll have to wait...
Mog: Kupoppo!
Mog: ...Kupo.
Gau: Gau get<br />stronger on the Veldt.
Gau: Oooh...<br />Gau...high place...oooh...<br />...not good...don't like...
Gogo: ...
Umaro: Ooga...
Terra: The espers...<br />They were...angry...
What happened?
The espers all flew off together...
The Imperials all ran off, too, as if they<br />were afraid of something...
Which way did the espers go?
Toward the Imperial capital...
There's something buried here...
...Vector.
Setzer: We're almost to<br />Vector.
Huh? What's that...!?
There's a switch inside the chest.<br /> ・ (Flick the switch.)<br /> ・ (Leave it alone.)
<br />There is a distant sound...
Nooo...!<hr class="newpage" />And I was just about to claim all the<br />treasure buried in the ground beneath<br />the big stairway for my own...
<br />Obtained Invisibility Scroll!
<br />Obtained Super Ball!
<br />Something's buried here...
<br />Obtained Lightning Scroll!
<br />Obtained ItemThatDoesNotExist!
<br />Obtained Flame Scroll!
<br />Obtained Water Scroll!
<br />Obtained Shadow Scroll!
The emperor is expecting you.<br />This way, please...
Emperor Gestahl is waiting for you.
The espers that came out of that gate<br />tore the Empire to shreds...
I've lost the will to fight...
The emperor imprisoned Kefka after he<br />learned about everything he'd done.<hr class="newpage" />It sounds like Kefka may end up spending<br />the rest of his life behind bars...
The war's over...
The power of those espers...<br />It's simply terrifying...
I wonder if the espers came to rescue<br />their friends...?
Peace, huh...?
The Magitek Research Facility's been<br />shut down.
Hey! How'd you get back there!?
The emperor said he's going to begin<br />peace talks with the Returners, and<br />with other nations.
Kefka's been locked up. I heard it's<br />because the emperor found out he used<br />poison against the people of Doma.
Using poison... How low can you go?<br />I've always hated Kefka!
Kefka: Gah!<br />How dare they put me in a place<br />like this! ...Hmph!
Kefka: I just can't believe it!
Kefka: What a bore.
Kefka's scum. It serves him right!
I lost my whole family in the war...
The war ended before I even got a chance<br />to use this thing...
Kefka's been thrown in jail.
Gestahl: I've lost my will to<br />fight...
Cid: The emperor's had a change<br />of heart...
Cid!
Cid: The espers came to save<br />their friends...<hr class="newpage" />When they learned that none of<br />them were alive, they ravaged the<br />entire city...<hr class="newpage" />I'll never forget their shrieks of<br />rage...
Soldier: We're hanging up our weapons<br />for good. The war is over.
Gestahl: The power of those<br />espers...I had no idea.<hr class="newpage" />They'll destroy the entire world<br />if we don't do something. We're<br />utterly helpless against them.<hr class="newpage" />We must find a way to calm their<br />rage.
Cid: Men should never lust after<br />power they lack the means to<br />control...
Gestahl: Friends! Let us speak<br />more over dinner tonight!
Cid: There are still some soldiers<br />who'd prefer to keep fighting.<hr class="newpage" />Please, talk to as many as you<br />can before dinner. Make them<br />understand!
Dinner preparations are underway.<br />Please wait just a bit longer.
Soldier: You have 4 minutes until dinner.<br />Please talk to as many soldiers as you<br />can. 
Only that chest in the back corner is<br />locked. Wonder if there's a way to open<br />it...?
Gah! Caught in the act!
I'm Lone Wolf the pickpocket! This<br />treasure's mine now!
Gah!
Persistent, aren't ya!?
That's far enough! Come one step closer<br />and the moogle gets it!
Kupo!
Hmph! Got a wild one...!<br />Uwaaah!
<br />Snatched the treasure from Lone Wolf!<hr class="newpage" /><br />Obtained Gold Hairpin!
<br /><br />Kupo...
Locke: No...!<br />I failed her...
Banon: We've failed... This is the<br />end...
Relics can grant you a variety of<br />abilities. For example...<hr class="newpage" />Sprint shoes double your walking speed.<hr class="newpage" />A gauntlet lets you hold a weapon with<br />both hands to increase damage.<hr class="newpage" />The Knight's Code makes you shield<br />others in combat.<hr class="newpage" />Dragoon boots allow you to perform jump<br />attacks.<hr class="newpage" />A person can equip up to two relics at<br />the same time.
Shadow: My job is done...
At save points, you can use tents and<br />sleeping bags, and also save the game.<hr class="newpage" />If your party should happen to be<br />defeated in battle, you'll automatically<br />restart from the last place you saved.<hr class="newpage" />Any gil or items you obtained will have<br />to be found again, but your level and<br />experience point total will not change.<hr class="newpage" />You can also save the game anywhere on<br />the overworld map.

Emperor Gestahl commissioned a<br />painting, but what kind of painting<br />should I do...?
I finished the emperor's painting. I ended<br />up turning it into a portrait.<hr class="newpage" />I have no idea why he didn't like it... I<br />even painted that thing he originally<br />asked for in the background!<hr class="newpage" />Anyway, I sure didn't need a painting of<br />the emperor, so I sold it to a rich man in<br />Jidoor named Owzer.
This chocobo stable's my life! I'm not<br />gonna stop renting out chocobos just<br />'cause the world's falling to pieces!
Lone Wolf: Hmmm... If that's how it's<br />gonna be, then...take this!
Move out of the way!
We destroyed the Warring Triad... But<br />the power of magic isn't fading like it<br />should be...<hr class="newpage" />...Could Kefka have extracted the very<br />source of magic from them?
Need to unequip some party members?<hr class="newpage" /> ・ Those not currently in my party.<br /> ・ All members.<br /> ・ Don't do a thing!
<br />Obtained Holy Lance!
Thanks, kupo!
You can talk!?
A moogle who speaks<br />the words of men,<br />and can summon the earth's power<br />through his dance...
Mog: An old dude named<br />Ramuh taught me your<br />language, kupo!<hr class="newpage" />He kept showing up in my dreams<br />and telling me to help you, kupo!<br />So... I'm gonna help you, kupo!
Mog: I'll wait for you in the<br />airship, kupo!
Kupo!
<br />It's locked...
Grrr...<br />You'll never get this Gold Hairpin!
Kupo......po!
<br />That evening, a banquet<br />was held with the emperor...
Soldier: This way, please.
Cid: I'll sit with the Returners,<br />if that's all right.
Gestahl: At last, we can all be<br />together, sharing a meal at the<br />same table! Let us make a toast!<hr class="newpage" />To what shall we raise our<br />glasses?
 ・ To the Empire.<br /> ・ To the Returners.<br /> ・ To our homelands.
Gestahl: Well then...<br />To our homelands!
Gestahl: Well then...<br />To the Empire!
Gestahl: Well then...<br />To the Returners!
Gestahl: As you may know, I've<br />imprisoned Kefka for his crime of<br />using poison against Doma.<hr class="newpage" />What do you think should be done<br />with him?
 ・ Leave him in jail.<br /> ・ Pardon him.<br /> ・ Execute him.
Edgar: Albrook's a port town<br />to the south of the Empire.<hr class="newpage" />The plan is to leave for Crescent<br />Island from Albrook on a transport<br />ship carrying Magitek armor...<hr class="newpage" />We'll keep a close watch on the<br />Empire. You deal with the espers!
Sabin: Is it really safe to<br />trust the Empire? I have an<br />awfully bad feeling about this...
Cyan: I will never be able to<br />forgive Kefka...
Gau: Smells like cider...<br />Smells like old man......?
Mog: Kupo!
Gestahl: General Leo will wait for<br />you in Albrook.<hr class="newpage" />Please go with him to Crescent<br />Island and find those espers...
Gestahl: I see...<hr class="newpage" />Well, let's let him stew in his<br />cell for a while... Then we can<br />decide what to do.
 ・ Why did you start the war?<br /> ・ Why do you want peace now?<br /> ・ Why did we have to talk to your men?
Gestahl: It was all the result of<br />my foolish lust for power...<br />I've come to my senses now.
Gestahl: Because I now believe<br />that working together is our only<br />hope.
Gestahl: Some of my men still do<br />not believe we should have ended<br />the war.<hr class="newpage" />I felt they might better<br />understand if they could meet<br />you face to face.
Gestahl: With your permission, I'd<br />like to move on to discussing the<br />espers...
 ・ I still have a few things to ask.<br /> ・ Okay.
 ・ I still have a few things to ask.<br /> ・ Okay, let's talk about the espers...
Gestahl: I assure you, the answer<br />I gave you was the whole and<br />honest truth.
Gestahl: The Empire has been<br />decimated by the espers that<br />emerged from the Sealed Gate.<hr class="newpage" />They're just too powerful... If we<br />don't do something, they'll tear<br />the entire world apart!
 ・ They have gone a bit too far...<br /> ・ You're the one who brought them here<br />        in the first place!
Gestahl: When the espers came<br />through on their rampage, all of<br />my ambitions faded in an instant.<hr class="newpage" />Now I find myself asking why I<br />ever wanted that much power in<br />the first place.<hr class="newpage" />Of course, there is no excuse for<br />the atrocities I committed in the<br />name of conquest.<hr class="newpage" />By the way...what was that first<br />question you asked me a minute<br />ago?
Gestahl: Right...<br />Anyway, I truly desire peace.<br />I want you to understand that.
Cid: You must be getting tired...<br />Why don't we take a short break?
 ・ (Take a break.)<br /> ・ (Keep talking.)
Resume the conversation?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Gestahl: Is there anything you<br />wish to hear me say?
 ・ That you really want peace.<br /> ・ That your war is truly over.<br /> ・ That you're sorry.
Gestahl: ...
Cid: I hope we're truly able to<br />bring about peace...
Soldier: We'd like to test your strength.<br />Would you be willing to fight with us for<br />just a couple of minutes?<hr class="newpage" /> ・ Sure.<br /> ・ Sorry.
Soldier: Just as we thought...
Gestahl: All right. I truly and<br />sincerely wish for peace. And<br />now, I have a favor to ask...
Gestahl: All right. I swear right<br />here and now that there will be no<br />more fighting.<hr class="newpage" />And now, I have a favor to ask...
Gestahl: All right. I sincerely<br />apologize for all of the suffering<br />I have caused.<hr class="newpage" />And now, I have a favor to ask...
Gestahl: After they attacked us,<br />the espers flew off northward,<br />towards Crescent Island.<hr class="newpage" />We have no way of knowing when<br />they'll decide to go on another<br />rampage.<hr class="newpage" />We need to find them and<br />convince them to set aside their<br />aggression before that happens.<hr class="newpage" />But...considering all that the<br />Empire has done to them, I doubt<br />they'll be willing to listen to us.<hr class="newpage" />That's why...I need to borrow<br />Terra's power.
Terra is the only one who can<br />bridge the gap between human and<br />esper.
Gestahl: I have a Magitek armor<br />transport ship moored in the port<br />of Albrook...<hr class="newpage" />I had hoped to send it to Crescent<br />Island with all haste.<hr class="newpage" />Would you please go on board?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Gestahl: We cannot simply ignore<br />the espers!<hr class="newpage" />Please...you must help!<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Gestahl: I'll have my top general<br />and some of his troops accompany<br />you as well. General Leo!
Leo: I'm General Leo. Pleased to<br />make your acquaintance.
Sabin: Didn't I see that guy<br />in Doma...? Oh, right...! He was<br />the one with principles...<hr class="newpage" />So...that's General Leo, eh?
Leo: Isn't that...!? Cyan,<br />retainer to the king of Doma!<hr class="newpage" />Please, forgive me for not being<br />there to stop Kefka...<hr class="newpage" />Cyan: ...<br />What happened was not your<br />fault.
Leo: I'll be waiting for you in<br />Albrook.
Gestahl: Please, find the espers<br />and convince them to cease their<br />attacks. You're our only hope.
Locke: If Terra goes, I<br />go.
Terra: Locke...<br />Thank you.
Locke: The rest of you stay<br />here. I smell a rat...
Edgar: As do I...<br />It's hard to trust the emperor<br />just like that...
Cyan: We'll remain here and<br />watch for anything out of the<br />ordinary.
Locke: Thanks.<br />You'll be our eyes and ears. Keep<br />your guard up!
Edgar: Right.<br />You be careful, too!
Gestahl: I am truly sorry about<br />what occurred in Doma.<hr class="newpage" />No one ever dreamed Kefka would<br />use poison.
 ・ What's done is done...<br /> ・ That was inexcusable.<br /> ・ Apologize again!
Gestahl: I'm terribly sorry about<br />what was done.<hr class="newpage" />I promise to punish Kefka severely<br />and to work to eradicate poisons<br />all over the world.
Gestahl: By the way... With<br />regard to General Celes...
 ・ Was she an Imperial spy?<br /> ・ Celes is one of us!<br /> ・ We trust her whether she spied or not.
Gestahl: Kefka was lying.<hr class="newpage" />General Celes realized the<br />lunacy of this war long before I<br />did and went over to your side.<hr class="newpage" />Was there anything else you<br />wanted to ask?
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I've killed too many people... I can never<br />return to a normal life.
Get out of my face!
Poo on peace!
Hmm... I guess some people can't be<br />pushed around...
Long live the Empire!
Why do I have to join up with the likes<br />of you!?
You're strong... Maybe you really can do<br />something about the espers...
Espers... Who'd have dreamed they were<br />that powerful...
...<br />This is ridiculous...
I heard you're the strongest of the<br />Returners... Just how tough are you?
Wow, you're really as strong as they<br />say!
Still alive, huh...?
Returner scum!
Hmph. Not bad!
Everything will be settled at tonight's<br />banquet.
I bear a message from the emperor.<hr class="newpage" />Due to your decorum at tonight's<br />banquet and your grace in speaking<br />to our soldiers beforehand...<hr class="newpage" />...the emperor has decided upon the<br />following.
All Imperial troops will be withdrawn<br />from South Figaro immediately.
In addition, Imperial forces will be<br />withdrawn from the kingdom of Doma.
We will also unlock the armory at the<br />Imperial observation post to the east.<hr class="newpage" />You are welcome to any of the weapons<br />and armor within.
And this is a personal gift from the<br />emperor...<hr class="newpage" /><br />Obtained Tintinnabulum!
Cid: This is a nice ship you've got<br />here!<hr class="newpage" />Setzer: The shock from our<br />crash really banged up the engine.<br />It's gonna take a while to fix...
Finally, I was told to give you this<br />because of your impeccable behavior at<br />dinner.<hr class="newpage" /><br />Obtained Ward Bangle!
Cid: Let me help you! I know my<br />way around an engine!
Well then, if you'll excuse me...
Setzer: I think I'll pass.
Cid: You know, we could really<br />speed this baby up if we axed the<br />casino and streamlined her a bit...
Setzer: ...That's not open to<br />discussion. Now, will you please<br />get out of here?
Cid: Oh well... Would've been at<br />least twice as fast, too...<br />Maybe three times...
Terra: You really love this<br />ship, don't you?<hr class="newpage" />Setzer: It may be hard to<br />believe, considering how I live<br />now, but I used to be a driven man.
Terra: ...Really?
Setzer: I wanted to make this<br />the fastest ship in the world,<br />and fly it across the open sky...<hr class="newpage" />That was always my dream.
Terra: Is that any different<br />from what you're doing now?<hr class="newpage" />Setzer: Back then, there was<br />a person who kept me working<br />towards my dream...<hr class="newpage" />The pilot of the Falcon, the<br />fastest airship ever made.<hr class="newpage" />At times we were friendly rivals,<br />and at times we were simply<br />friends.<hr class="newpage" />We'd always talk about our<br />dreams...<hr class="newpage" />Like which of us would be the<br />first to sail beyond the sky to<br />the stars.<hr class="newpage" />But then she vanished along with<br />the Falcon, and that was the end<br />of youthful dreams.
Setzer: ...<br />Darill...
Leo: Ah, there you are.<hr class="newpage" />Another Imperial general and a<br />man I hired back in town will be<br />accompanying us as well.
Leo: We should arrive tomorrow<br />morning. Why don't you rest until<br />then?
Terra: Celes...<hr class="newpage" />Celes: ...
Locke: Celes...
Leo: All right... Let's go.
Shadow: I'm working for the<br />Empire. But don't worry...they<br />didn't hire me to kill you.
General Leo's waiting for you.
Sorry, I'm discussing our plans with<br />General Leo right now.
Leo: Let me introduce them...<br />General Celes...and<br />Shadow.
Leo: Is something the matter?<hr class="newpage" />Locke: No, it's nothing...
Leo: We depart tomorrow. In the<br />meantime, I've arranged lodging<br />for you at the inn.
Leo: Please, try to get some rest.
Shadow: I'd better let this guy<br />stretch his legs before he gets<br />cooped up on the boat...
Locke: ...Urgh...<br />...world's greatest treasure<br />hunter...reduced to this...
Locke: Please...<br />Why won't you talk to me?
Locke: Celes...
Locke: I know, I doubted<br />you...if only for a moment. But...<br />We can still be friends, right...?
Locke: Celes!
Leo: Having trouble sleeping?
Leo: I hear your emotions have<br />returned...
Terra: ...It's strange, isn't<br />it?<hr class="newpage" />The Empire used me, controlled my<br />very thoughts...and now here I am,<br />cooperating with the same people.
Leo: People are people. Not<br />everyone in the Empire is like<br />Kefka.
Terra: So...what about you?
Leo: I knew that you were half<br />esper and being made to suffer<br />through horrible experiments...<hr class="newpage" />...Yet I did nothing. I'm no better<br />than Kefka.
Terra: If a human and an<br />esper can love one another...<hr class="newpage" />Do you think a human and I could<br />love each other?
Leo: Of course!
Terra: But...<br />I don't even know what it feels<br />like to love someone.
Leo: You're still young.<br />...Someday you'll know.<br />I'm sure of it.
Terra: But...<br />I want to know now...
Terra: Who's there...?
Shadow: I thought I'd sleep out<br />under the stars.
Terra: Did you...hear what<br />we were talking about?
Terra: So...
Shadow: I can't help you.<br />Those are answers you'll have to<br />find for yourself.
Shadow: I didn't mean to listen<br />in.
Shadow: Terra.
Shadow: There are people in<br />this world who have chosen to<br />kill their own emotions.<hr class="newpage" />Remember that.
Leo: We're almost to Crescent<br />Island. When we make landfall,<br />we'll split into two groups.<hr class="newpage" />I'll go with Celes.<br />Terra, you go with<br />Locke and Shadow.<hr class="newpage" />If you find any clues as to where<br />the espers may be hiding, report<br />back at once!
Leo: Terra, let's continue<br />last night's conversation the<br />next time we meet...
Locke: Let's go.
Celes: I, um...
Locke: Come on.
Oh, wow! We don't see many travelers<br />around here.
Mayor: Welcome, welcome!<br />Magic...? What's that?
Mayor: Please, don't tell anyone that we<br />can use magic!
You can use rods as items in battle to<br />unleash incredibly powerful magic.<hr class="newpage" />Only problem is, they shatter the first<br />time you use them!
Have you talked to Old Man Strago?<br />The innkeeper should be a little more<br />reasonable once you have.
The innkeeper doesn't like strangers.<br />Always overcharges them.
You're outsiders... It's gonna cost you<br />1500 gil if you wanna stay here.<hr class="newpage" /> ・ (Pay.)<br /> ・ (Don't pay.)
Espers? What in the world are those?<hr class="newpage" />If they're some kind of beast, you should<br />ask the old man who lives on the edge of<br />town.
Heh-heh. You're not gettin' in here!
Old Man Strago may not look like<br />much now, but he used to be an amazing<br />hunter.
Have you met Relm? She paints.<br />I should see if she'd paint my picture!
Relm isn't really Strago's<br />grandchild. I heard she's a friend's<br />daughter. That's only a rumor, though.
Old Man Strago is a master of what's<br />known as blue magic. He can memorize<br />spells that he sees monsters use.<hr class="newpage" />Of course, he can't very well learn the<br />spell if he's asleep or confused when the<br />monster casts it!
Listen, I should tell you...<br />No, never mind.
Waaah! My house burned down!
Buzz off!
I've never seen you before.
...Hmph!
And who might you be?
1 gil per night. Why not relax for a<br />spell?<hr class="newpage" />How about it?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
What brings you young folks to see me?
An elderly gentleman<br />who has spent his whole life<br />pursuing the secrets of monsters...
Fire!
Hmm? Where did that voice come from?
Huh? Uh-oh!
Mama, I got an owie!
Oh, all right. Cur—
—io... Yes, I think I left the medicine in<br />the curio cabinet...
Mama!<br />Why won't you use Cure on me!?
Strago: Espers, eh?<br />Hmm... Haven't heard that word<br />in years.<hr class="newpage" />Locke: So, you know about<br />espers?
Strago: Nope, can't say I do!<br />Don't know a thing. Not one thing!
Grandpa!
Strago: Hey!
Strago: What do you think<br />you're doing, young missy?
In her pictures, she captures everything:<br />forests, water, light...<br />the very essence<br />of the things she paints...
Something's fishy here...
Relm: Grandpa, who're they?<br />Are they friends? Can they use<br />magic, too?<hr class="newpage" />Strago: Sh-shush!
Relm: What a cute doggy!<hr class="newpage" />Shadow: Back off. He bites.
Strago: Go back to your room!<hr class="newpage" />Relm: Why do I have to go to<br />my room? You never let me have<br />any fun!
Strago: Because I said so!<br />Now shoo!<hr class="newpage" />Relm: ...Fine.
Relm: Hmph!
Strago: Oh, dear...<br />Seems to have taken a liking to<br />your dog...
Strago: That child...
Strago: My apologies.<hr class="newpage" />Shadow: It's fine. He usually<br />doesn't like other people,<br />though...
Strago: Anyhow... I'm terribly<br />sorry, but I really don't think I<br />can be of any help to you folks.<hr class="newpage" />Locke: I, uh... I see...<hr class="newpage" />Strago: We're just your<br />ordinary, quiet little village...<hr class="newpage" />You're not going to find anyone<br />who knows about any of those<br />esper things here, I'm afraid!<hr class="newpage" />Not in Thamasa!
Locke: Hmm...<br />There's something strange about<br />this place...<hr class="newpage" />Terra: Let's have a look<br />around the village.
Locke: Thanks for your time!<hr class="newpage" />Strago: Sorry I couldn't be<br />more helpful!
Shadow: Interceptor!
Relm: Bye-bye!
Strago: Ah, what a beautiful<br />day!
Relm: Interceptor, come<br />back to play again sometime!
Strago: You've gotta help!<br />Relm...she's...!
Terra: Something happened<br />to Relm?<hr class="newpage" />Strago: Yes! She was on<br />fire...and then it caught the<br />neighbor's house on fire...and...<hr class="newpage" />Oh, I can't even think straight<br />anymore, but...!
Strago: Please!<br />You have to help her!
Locke: Shadow!
Shadow: Interceptor...<br />Where did you go!?
Waaah! My house...!
Strago: Relm's in there!
Fire in the village!
Strago: Relm!!!
Locke: What're you doing?
Flames BEGONE!
Mayor: Magic is forbidden!<hr class="newpage" />Terra: Magic!?
Strago: I don't care!<br />Relm's inside!
Mayor!
Mayor: All right...<br />We really have no choice.
Mayor: Stand back.
Strago: It's no use!<br />The fire's too strong!<hr class="newpage" />Mayor: They were storing an awful lot<br />of flame rods in there...
Strago: I'm going in!
Terra: Wait...<br />I'll go with you.<hr class="newpage" />Locke: Count me in, too.<br />I'm not gonna let an old geezer go<br />in there on his own!<hr class="newpage" />Strago: Who are you calling a<br />geezer!? I'm only seventy, and<br />fit as a fiddle!<hr class="newpage" />"Geezer," he says...
Quickly!
Is this what started the blaze!?
Locke: The fire's spreading<br />fast...<hr class="newpage" />Terra: Looks like this house<br />could collapse at any second...<hr class="newpage" />Strago: We have to hurry and<br />find Relm!
Oh no! We're too late!
Huh!?
Strago: Relm!<br />Where are you!?
Shadow: Time to get out of<br />here! I'll use a smoke bomb!
Strago: Are you okay?<hr class="newpage" />Relm: Yeah. Thanks,<br />Grandpa...
Strago: These folks are the<br />ones you should be thanking!<hr class="newpage" />Relm: Thank you.
Strago: I guess our little<br />secret is out now...
Locke: Everyone in this<br />village can use magic, can't they?<br />What is this place...?
Strago: This is...<br />...the village of the magi.
Strago: A long, long time ago,<br />humans used magicite to acquire<br />magical powers...<hr class="newpage" />Those who gained the ability to<br />use magic were the people known<br />as the magi.
Locke: I didn't think there<br />were any magi left in the world...
Strago: After the War of the<br />Magi, the espers fled to a new<br />world beyond the Sealed Gate.<hr class="newpage" />They wished to live in peace,<br />without fear of their powers<br />being used by others.<hr class="newpage" />That left only humans in this<br />world, and the ordinary ones<br />feared the magi's power.<hr class="newpage" />The horror of the war was still<br />fresh in their minds...
Strago: It soon turned into an<br />inquisition. Magi were hunted<br />down and executed.<hr class="newpage" />Oh, there were trials, of<br />course...but they were merely<br />for show.<hr class="newpage" />Terra: Even though the only<br />difference was that they could<br />use magic...
Strago: The few who managed<br />to escape took up shelter here.<br />They were our ancestors.<hr class="newpage" />Our powers have weakened as our<br />magi blood has thinned, but they<br />remain...in some form or another.
Terra: If you're up to it...do<br />you think you'd be willing to help<br />us?<hr class="newpage" />Strago: You said you're<br />looking for some espers, right?
Strago: Well, I do owe you one<br />for saving Relm...<br />I'll help you find your espers.
Relm: I wanna go, too!<hr class="newpage" />Strago: I think not, young<br />lady!
Relm: Fuddy-duddy...
Locke: But...where do we<br />start?<hr class="newpage" />Strago: Hmm... If they came<br />this way, they may be hiding in<br />the mountains to the west.
Locke: Why there?<hr class="newpage" />Strago: Those mountains are<br />teeming with magical energy.<hr class="newpage" />According to legend, they're a<br />sacred place to the espers.
Terra: Perhaps the magic of<br />that place drew them there after<br />they went berserk...
Locke: It's worth a look.
Shadow: Don't get the wrong<br />idea. I just wanted my dog back.
Locke: You're leaving?<hr class="newpage" />Shadow: I'll search for the<br />espers my own way.
Ultros: Heh-heh-heh... These shiny<br />golden statues are all mine!<hr class="newpage" />Now I'll finally be able to get some<br />respect from Siegfried!
Ultros: Ohhh! They're all glowy and<br />sparkly! So purdy...
Locke: Hey squidbrain!<br />Don't you ever learn?<hr class="newpage" />Ultros: Well, Mama always said I was a<br />slow learner...but at least I never give<br />up!
Relm: Hey! Did you see me?<br />Wasn't I great? I'd be way more<br />useful than Gramps!<hr class="newpage" />Strago: G-Gramps!?
Terra: It wouldn't hurt to<br />bring her along, would it?
Strago: Are these...<br />...statues of the Warring Triad!?<hr class="newpage" />Terra: The Warring Triad?
The dawn of magic...<hr class="newpage" />Three gods descended from the heavens.<br />Fearing one another's power, the gods<br />began to war.<hr class="newpage" />Those mortals caught amongst their<br />fighting became espers, and were forced<br />to fight endlessly as slaves to the gods.
Locke: There are letters<br />chiseled into the back of these<br />things...
Locke: So, uh, what's this<br />"Warring Triad"?
Strago: They're the legendary<br />gods who created the power we<br />know as magic.<hr class="newpage" />Locke: So...they're the gods<br />of magic?<hr class="newpage" />Strago: You could say that.
Terra: This place is brimming<br />with magic...<hr class="newpage" />Strago: Those three gods are<br />the creators of magic...meaning<br />they also created the espers.<hr class="newpage" />It's said that the espers once<br />enshrined images of the gods in a<br />holy place. This must be it...
Terra: The espers must have<br />been drawn here by the magic of<br />these statues.
Realizing their power begot naught but<br />strife, the gods at last agreed to seal<br />away their strength.<hr class="newpage" />With the last of their fading magic, the<br />gods returned the espers' free will,<br />then turned themselves to stone.<hr class="newpage" />The last words they left to the espers<br />were these:<br />"Never must we be woken."
In reverence towards the gods were<br />these statues made, and in prayer that<br />their power would ne'er again be stirred.<hr class="newpage" />Let them serve as a warning to future<br />generations of the three gods who once<br />descended from the heavens...
Locke: Hmm...<hr class="newpage" />Terra: If the espers were<br />drawn here by these statues,<br />they could be just up ahead...
Locke: So what happened to<br />the gods after they made the<br />espers?<hr class="newpage" />Strago: Supposedly, they tired<br />of their fighting and turned<br />themselves to stone.<hr class="newpage" />Legend has it they can be found<br />beyond the Sealed Gate, resting<br />in their eternal slumber.
Terra: I wonder if their<br />magic is what connects the<br />gate to the esper world?
Relm: Is this...an esper!?
Terra: I had no idea there<br />were this many...<hr class="newpage" />Locke: Gramps, take<br />Relm and get out of here!
Strago: ...What are they<br />doing!?
Yura: Wait!
Relm: What is it?<hr class="newpage" />Strago: I sense...incredible<br />magic power in Terra. No...<br />it's more than just magic...
Locke: I wonder if she's<br />gonna go ballistic again!
Yura: You're...different from the<br />others. You possess the same power we<br />do... I can feel it.<hr class="newpage" />Terra: Yes.
Strago: You're all young<br />espers from the world beyond the<br />gate, aren't you?<hr class="newpage" />Yura: Entering this world is forbidden,<br />but we wanted to do something for our<br />friends who'd been turned to magicite.<hr class="newpage" />We all gathered at the gate. And just<br />then, Terra appeared...
Terra: I could feel the<br />strength of your emotions from<br />the other side of the gate.<hr class="newpage" />Yura: When Terra opened the gate<br />for us, we were finally able to escape.<hr class="newpage" />But the moment we stepped into your<br />world, we completely lost control of our<br />powers.
Yura: We destroyed an entire city,<br />and attacked people who had done no<br />wrong...
Terra: The same thing<br />happened to me...<hr class="newpage" />When that power suddenly stirred<br />inside me, I had no control over<br />it...
Strago: There must be<br />something in your world that<br />dampens your powers.<hr class="newpage" />Freed of their reins, your powers<br />ran wild...
Yura: It seems even we espers can lose<br />our senses and do unforgivable things.<br />...I'm truly sorry.
Locke: The Empire wants to<br />make peace with you. Why don't<br />you come with us?<hr class="newpage" />Yura: ...They would forgive us?
Locke: Let's head back to<br />Thamasa and meet with General<br />Leo.<hr class="newpage" />Terra: Right!
Locke: General Leo!<hr class="newpage" />Leo: Locke!<br />It seems you found the espers. I<br />owe you a debt of gratitude.
Leo: I am Leo, a general of the<br />Empire. Might I have your name?<hr class="newpage" />Yura: I am Yura.
Yura: What we have done to your people<br />is inexcusable. We are in no position to<br />ask for your forgiveness, but...
Leo: Speak no further. We did not<br />seek you out to chastise you for<br />past mistakes.<hr class="newpage" />It is we who ought to be ashamed.<br />We thought of you only as a means<br />by which to wage war.<hr class="newpage" />How close we came to bringing<br />about a second War of the Magi!<hr class="newpage" />Yura: We must put this all behind us.
Kefka: This little hamlet has too<br />much "boring" and not enough<br />"burning"... Torch everything!
Locke: I think our work is<br />finally done. It looks like true<br />peace is finally upon us.<hr class="newpage" />Celes: Let's go back to<br />Vector.
Celes: Please, don't say<br />anything...
Relm: Those two are hot<br />and heavy, huh, Grandpa?<hr class="newpage" />Strago: They're young, dear...
Leo: Kefka! What do you think<br />you're doing!?<hr class="newpage" />Kefka: Hee-hee-hee... Emperor's<br />orders!<hr class="newpage" />I'm to turn all these espers into<br />magicite. Behold! A magicite<br />mother lode!
Leo: Kefka! No!
Kefka: Shut up!
Magitek Soldier: General Leo, prepare<br />to meet your end!
Leo: It's no use! I'd better fall<br />back for the time being!
Leo: Kefka! I can no longer<br />stand by while you commit<br />these atrocities!
Kefka: Uwee-hee-hee...! How<br />about a little Magitek mayhem?
Kefka: Well, I wouldn't want to<br />turn you down after you came all<br />this way!
Kefka: Wh-what is this!? I feel<br />tremendous power! Wave after<br />wave of pure, magical energy...!
Kefka: Oh, you all showed up for<br />my party! I wasn't expecting you<br />guys! ...Gals? ...Whatever!<hr class="newpage" />But I'm so happy to see you!<br />After all, you've brought me more<br />presents!<hr class="newpage" />And they're all just what I<br />wanted—magicite!
Kefka: First, let's neutralize<br />those pesky powers of yours...
Kefka: Now, little espers...<br />let's see those presents!
Kefka: What a joke! I didn't know<br />you espers were such wimps! This<br />isn't even fun...<hr class="newpage" />Time to wrap things up!
Kefka: Eh? You wanna take me<br />on? Fine. Here I am!
Kefka: Hee-hee-hee! This should<br />be plenty of magicite...<hr class="newpage" />Now all I need to do is claim that<br />final treasure beyond your<br />precious Sealed Gate!
I got this bruise...<br />It hurts when I push it.<br />...Ouch!
Curse Kefka!<br />Curse the Empire!
The espers...were they all killed?
Mayor: I can at least take comfort in<br />the fact that there weren't many<br />casualties among the villagers...
Terra: General Leo...
Terra: People only seem to<br />want power, don't they? Do they<br />really want to be like me?
Terra: I... I wanted you to<br />teach me so much more...
...Interceptor!? That's a nasty wound!
Locke: Not only Leo, but<br />Shadow, too...<br />Curse the Empire!
Locke: That'll have to do for<br />now, buddy.
Celes: You're so sweet...
Relm: Don't worry,<br />your friend Relm will take<br />care of you!
Locke: Now I'm worried about<br />Edgar and the others back in<br />the Empire...<hr class="newpage" />Terra: I hope they're all<br />right...
Setzer: We've been had!<br />The emperor is a liar. It was<br />all a trap.
Cyan: Thanks to King<br />Edgar, we managed to escape<br />before the trap was sprung.
Locke: Good work, Edgar!
Edgar: The lady who brought<br />us tea tipped me off to the whole<br />crooked plot...<hr class="newpage" />I'd barely finished exchanging<br />pleasantries with her when she<br />just blurted it out!
Sabin: ..."Pleasantries"?
Edgar: Did you think I could<br />be so rude as to meet a lady and<br />not make any moves at all?<hr class="newpage" />It was a matter of courtesy, dear<br />brother! Courtesy!
Locke: General Leo's dead...<br />Kefka...murdered him.
Cyan: Sir Leo? Dead!?<br />What a terrible waste...<hr class="newpage" />He was one of the few people in<br />the Empire who truly understood.
Edgar: We need to rethink<br />our plans. Let's return to the<br />airship.
Strago: Would you mind if I<br />accompanied you?
Edgar: And you would be...?
Locke: He's from this village.
Terra: He's a descendant of<br />the magi. He'll be useful to have<br />along.
Strago: The Empire has<br />abused its power for the<br />last time.<hr class="newpage" />We cannot allow them to get<br />away with this.
Relm: Weirdo. I'm going on<br />ahead, okay?
Sabin: We can't have kids<br />getting in our way!
Relm: Who do you think you<br />are, trying to tell me what to do,<br />you overfed muscle-man!?<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: Kid's got quite a lip!
Relm: Grr...!<br />I'm gonna paint your picture!
N-no, Relm! Stop!
Strago: Oh, all right already!<br />Not like you stay at home when<br />you're told, anyway...<hr class="newpage" />Relm: Yay!
Relm: What's wrong,<br />lover-boy?<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: ...How old are you?<hr class="newpage" />Relm: Ten... Why?
Edgar: Not even a lady yet...<br />Here's hoping you're still around<br />in eight years, kid.
General Leo...
Gestahl: Mwa-ha-ha! So this is<br />the power of the Warring Triad!<br />With this and my magicite...<hr class="newpage" />...the world will be mine to<br />command!
Strago: The source of all<br />magic... The Warring Triad...<hr class="newpage" />Terra: Those things?<hr class="newpage" />Strago: They're said to have<br />turned themselves to stone<br />facing one another.<hr class="newpage" />That way, each one's powers<br />would be neutralized by those of<br />the other two.<hr class="newpage" />If the three were ever moved out<br />of their perfect alignment...<hr class="newpage" />...the resulting power imbalance<br />would destroy the world as we<br />know it.<hr class="newpage" />Terra: What!?
Let's get back to the airship!
Setzer: The Imperials were<br />heading for the Sealed Gate.<hr class="newpage" />Said they'd found some statues<br />or something...<hr class="newpage" />Strago: It couldn't be...!
Celes: What's wrong,<br />Terra?<hr class="newpage" />Terra: The island...<br />Something's happening! The earth<br />is crying out...
Gestahl: Oh, those half-witted<br />espers! To think they would open<br />the gate for us themselves!<hr class="newpage" />The Warring Triad is waiting just<br />beyond that door...<hr class="newpage" />I need only to reach out and claim<br />it for my own, and all of my<br />dreams will be fulfilled!
Gestahl: Hurry it up!
All right! Let's find a way onto that<br />thing!<hr class="newpage" />Form a party of 3!<br />Everyone else, below deck!
Form a party of 3!<br />Everyone else needs to wait below deck!
Uh-oh! It's the Imperial air force!<hr class="newpage" />They've got us surrounded! We're going<br />to have to engage them!
There's something strange up ahead! It's<br />coming this way!
Just ahead are Kefka, Gestahl...and the<br />Warring Triad.
Shadow: Filthy, double-<br />crossing Empire...<hr class="newpage" />Tried to off me the second I had<br />served my purpose...<hr class="newpage" />Shadow! We thought you were dead!
Shadow: Is Interceptor all<br />right?<hr class="newpage" />He's fine. Come on, let's go!
Shadow: Just leave me here.<hr class="newpage" />Sorry, that's not happening!
Shadow: I have no right to<br />fight at your side...not after I<br />sold myself to the Empire.
Shadow: We meet again.
Look! The airship's down there!<hr class="newpage" />Return to the airship?<br /> ・ No<br /> ・ Yes
Gestahl: Well, well...look who's<br />here.
Celes! What are you doing here?<hr class="newpage" />Celes: I followed you.<br />I have a score to settle with<br />the Empire!
Gestahl: Ha-ha... So you all came<br />to die together, then... Well,<br />you're just in time!<hr class="newpage" />Behold! The Warring Triad!
Gestahl: Ohhh! What power...!<br />I've got goose bumps!<hr class="newpage" />Celes: Emperor Gestahl!<br />Please, stop this madness!
Gestahl: Celes, child...<br />You alone are special.<hr class="newpage" />Why don't I give you and Kefka<br />the task of creating progeny to<br />populate my new Magitek empire?
Kefka: Kill the others and we'll<br />forgive your treachery!
Kefka: Take this sword! Kill them<br />all!
Gestahl: Celes... Together<br />we will rule the world!
Celes: Power only breeds<br />war... It's something we'd all<br />be better off without.
Kefka: Ouch!
Kefka: B-blood... Blood! Blood!!!
Kefka: You vicious brat!
Argh... Grrr...!
You know, you really are a<br />stupid...<hr class="newpage" />Vicious...<hr class="newpage" />Arrogant, whiny, pampered,<br />backstabbing, worthless...<hr class="newpage" /><br />LITTLE BRAT!!!
Kefka: Gods, you were born to<br />fight! Now is the time! I implore<br />you...show me your power!
Kefka: Let me in here! Grrr...!
Kefka: Now listen to me! No more<br />playing games! I command you...<br />Show me your power!
Gestahl: Kefka, stop! If you<br />revive them, they'll destroy the<br />very world we want to rule!<hr class="newpage" />There's no value in that!<hr class="newpage" />Kefka: Shut up!
Gestahl: The world is about to<br />learn...the meaning of...fear...
Celes: No! Kefka!
Celes: Kefka...you mustn't!<br />If you disturb the balance...<br />their power will run wild...!
Kefka: Who's that!?
Kefka: Oof!
Shadow: Go!
Shadow...<hr class="newpage" />Come on! We have to get out of here!
Shadow: Forget about me! Run!<br />There's no stopping this now!<hr class="newpage" />I'll find my way back! Trust me!<hr class="newpage" />Kefka: You can't escape me!
The airship's below.<br /> ・ (Jump!)<br /> ・ (Wait.)
 ・ (Jump!)<br /> ・ (Gotta wait for Shadow...)
Shadow!<hr class="newpage" />Shadow: I'd never be able to<br />rest in peace if I died without<br />collecting my pay...
There's no way to stop their magic?
Setzer: Hang on!
<br />On that day<br />the world was changed forever...
Cid: Oh, Celes...!
Cid: You're finally awake!<hr class="newpage" />Celes: How...how long have I<br />been sleeping?<hr class="newpage" />Cid: One year, as of today. I was<br />starting to think you might be<br />out for good.<hr class="newpage" />Celes: A whole year...<br />You've been taking care of me all<br />this time?
Cid: Yes... And I must say, I'm<br />a bit knackered...
Cid: We're on a tiny, deserted<br />island. After the world was torn<br />apart, I awoke to find us here.<hr class="newpage" />Celes: After the world was<br />torn apart...? So, that wasn't<br />just a dream...
Celes: What about everyone<br />else? ...Where's Locke?<hr class="newpage" />Cid: I don't know.<hr class="newpage" />For all I know, this island could<br />be the only part of the world<br />that's still above water.<hr class="newpage" />Cid: Ever since that day, the<br />world's been sliding deeper<br />and deeper into ruin.<hr class="newpage" />Plants wither, and animals waste<br />away. The other people who were<br />here with us all gave up hope...<hr class="newpage" />One after the next, they flung<br />themselves from the northern<br />cliffs in despair...
Celes: So...everyone could<br />already be...
Cid: Celes... Try not to take<br />it so hard. We can still live out<br />our lives together in peace!<hr class="newpage" />You're the closest thing to<br />family I have left in this world...<hr class="newpage" />Celes: Yes...<br />I suppose you're right, Cid...<hr class="newpage" />Or should I say...Granddad?<br />Is it all right if I call you that?<hr class="newpage" />Cid: Granddad, eh? Heh-heh...<br />You're going to make an old man<br />blush!<hr class="newpage" />All of a sudden I have a<br />granddaughter! *hack*...<br />*cough*...<hr class="newpage" />Celes: Hee-hee! Granddad...
Cid: Ha-ha-ha...*hack*! *cough*!<hr class="newpage" />Celes: You must be hungry,<br />Granddad...<hr class="newpage" />Cid: I...actually haven't had<br />anything to eat since I fell ill<br />three days ago.<hr class="newpage" />Celes: What would you like?<hr class="newpage" />Cid: Well, unless I ask for fish, I<br />won't get anything! That's all<br />there is here.<hr class="newpage" />Celes: I'll go catch some.
Cid: I'm all better now! Thank you,<br />Celes!
Cid: I can feel my strength<br />returning.
Cid: Celes... Thank you for<br />taking caring of me like this, day<br />after day...
Cid: *cough*... I'm starting to<br />feel a lot better.
Cid: *cough*... *hack*... I just<br />can't seem to shake this thing...
Cid: I'm afraid...I may not be long<br />for this world...
Cid: No matter what happens to<br />me...you mustn't lose hope!<br />*cough*... *wheeze*...
Cid: *cough*... *hack*...<br />Celes...while I can still talk,<br />I...*cough*...want to...*wheeze*<hr class="newpage" />...thank you...*gasp*!
Cid: This is the end for me...
...
Celes: Granddad, here's a<br />fish! Eat up!<hr class="newpage" />Cid: Thank you...<br />*munch*...*chomp*...*chew*...
Celes: What is it?<hr class="newpage" />Cid: Celes... I finally<br />finished the little project I've<br />been working on at night.<hr class="newpage" />Go on downstairs and take a look!
Celes: Granddad...<br />You have to eat, or...<hr class="newpage" />Wh-what's the matter?<br />Granddad...
Celes: Cid...
Celes: No! ...No!!! You<br />promised you'd stay here with me!
Celes: Granddad, answer me!<br />Tell me you're just joking!
Celes: Granddad...!
Celes: Granddad...<hr class="newpage" />Cid: Celes...<br />You have to leave this place.<hr class="newpage" />I'm sure your friends are still<br />alive somewhere, waiting for you!<hr class="newpage" />Celes: ...I know they are. I'll<br />go. But I'll be back! And I'll bring<br />them all back to see you!<hr class="newpage" />Cid: You bring that Locke<br />fellow, too, now, you hear?
Celes: I'll make you proud of me,<br />Granddad...
Cid: The other people who were<br />here with us all gave up hope...<hr class="newpage" />One after the next, they flung<br />themselves from the northern<br />cliffs in despair...
Celes: Everyone's gone...<br />Even Locke...<hr class="newpage" />There's nothing left for me in<br />this world.
Celes: Uhhhn... Were you<br />watching over me? Why would you<br />want to help someone like me?<hr class="newpage" />I've already given up hope...
Celes: This bandana...<br />It couldn't be...!<hr class="newpage" />Celes: Hey, little bird...<br />Where'd you come from?<hr class="newpage" />Is the person who wrapped your<br />wound still alive? Please, tell<br />me...!
Celes: He's alive...<br />Locke's alive!
You must leave this island. Somewhere<br />out there, your friends are waiting for<br />you. Go down the stairs by the stove.<hr class="newpage" />The road to your freedom awaits...<br /><br />                 Love, Granddad
Thank you so much for saving my child.<br />I'll never be able to repay you!
I got this strange feeling Kefka was<br />watching, then the whole town started<br />shaking... Scared me out of my mind!
Anyone who opposes Kefka is killed. He<br />burns down their entire town from his<br />tower with the Light of Judgment.
I was there... I saw when Kefka used his<br />Light of Judgment to torch the village<br />of Mobliz, far to the east.<hr class="newpage" />The adults all perished trying to shield<br />their children...
The Serpent Trench is no longer a valley<br />in the ocean floor. It's above the<br />surface now. Eerie place, too...<hr class="newpage" />Apparently, some members of the Cult of<br />Kefka have built themselves a tower<br />there.
I heard that a terrifying monster named<br />Humbaba has taken up residence in the<br />area around Mobliz.
To the east, you'll find the valley that<br />was once the Serpent Trench. If you<br />keep going east, you'll find Mobliz.<hr class="newpage" />I heard the village was burned to the<br />ground by the Light of Judgment,<br />though...
Head north along the Serpent Trench<br />and you'll find the town of Nikeah.<br />Ships are still sailing out of there.
*sniffle*... That was scary...
My little boy's still inside! Please, help<br />him! I'm begging you!
All this, just because someone acted<br />against Kefka's will...
There are monsters inside that house!<br />They keep petrifying everyone who<br />goes in to help.<hr class="newpage" />You'd better have some relics that'll<br />keep you safe!
We refused to bow down to Kefka, so he<br />unleashed the Light of Judgment on us!
Hurry, or the house'll collapse!
Celes: Sabin!<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: Oh...! Celes!<hr class="newpage" />Celes: Let me help you!<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: Wait!
Sabin!<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: Hey... You're alive!<hr class="newpage" />Let me help you!<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: Wait!
Sabin: If I move, the whole<br />house'll collapse. First...save<br />the kid who's inside!<hr class="newpage" />I don't think I can hold this up<br />much longer... You've gotta<br />hurry! ...Urgh!
Sabin: I can't...hold out...<br />           ...any longer...<br />Brother...the rest is up to you!
Sabin: Took you long enough!
Celes: Sabin!<br />You're alive!
Sabin!<br />You're alive!
Sabin: Of course I am!<hr class="newpage" />Did you think a little thing like<br />the end of the world was gonna<br />do me in?
Celes: I'd given up hope...<br />I thought everyone else had<br />died... But...I was wrong!<hr class="newpage" />I'm sure we're not the only ones!<br />We need to find everyone! And<br />then...
We'd almost given up hope... We didn't<br />think anyone else was left.<hr class="newpage" />But...we were wrong! We're not the only<br />ones! We need to gather everyone! And<br />then...
Sabin: ...smash Kefka,<br />and deliver peace unto the world!<br />All right, count me in!
Please help him! I'm begging you!
I'll heal you, but please...! Save the<br />child trapped inside that house!
"I'm scared...!"<hr class="newpage" />Don't worry, you're safe now!
Did you see that tower...?
Kefka's practically a god now, sitting<br />up in that tower of his with the power<br />of the Warring Triad at his command...
The world's ruined... There's nothing<br />left...
Oppose Kefka's will, and he'll fry your<br />town with the Light of Judgment.<br />There's no point in even trying...
On the day the world was shattered,<br />debris gravitated to the center of this<br />continent from all over the world.<hr class="newpage" />That's what formed Kefka's tower.
With things the way they are now,<br />business is the last thing on my mind.
Many ancient monsters that had long<br />been sealed away were released when<br />the world was ripped apart...<hr class="newpage" />Humbaba, Deathgaze...even the eight<br />legendary dragons.
I saw Deathgaze soaring up among the<br />clouds the other day!<hr class="newpage" />I'd hate to think what would happen if<br />some poor sod in an airship ran across<br />that thing...
Hmm? You wouldn't be...? No, never<br />mind.<hr class="newpage" />It's just...a man came through here<br />looking for someone recently, and you<br />match the description perfectly.<hr class="newpage" />The man already left, though. He said he<br />was going to head north, to Tzen.
That sparkle in your eye reminds me of<br />the young martial artist who visited<br />here not long ago.<hr class="newpage" />He had that same determined look...
Oh, those wondrous days of plenty...
I wonder if we'll ever see days like<br />those again?
Relm: Come on now, you<br />stubborn old bag of bones!<br />Snap out of it!
Strago: Relm!<br />Relm, is it really you, dear?<br />You're alive!?
Relm: Grandpa, you idiot!<br />What were you thinking?<hr class="newpage" />Strago: Oh, Relm...<br />I was sure you were...<hr class="newpage" />Relm: Did you really think I<br />was gonna check out before you,<br />you old geezebag!? Ha-ha-ha...
Strago: Oh, you're as foul-<br />mouthed as ever, bless your<br />heart!<hr class="newpage" />Relm: Come on, Grandpa.<br />You're coming along with<br />the rest of us!
Strago: Whoa! Well, I'll be...!<hr class="newpage" />All right... Guess I can't be<br />leaving everything up to you<br />whippersnappers!
This tower's home to the Cult of Kefka.<br />There's supposed to be a priceless<br />treasure up on the highest level...<hr class="newpage" />But you can only use magic inside, so<br />you'll never make it to the top without<br />strong magic!
Treasure... Treasure...
For 100,000 gil, I'll tell ya where ya<br />can find some hidden treasure!<hr class="newpage" /> ・ (Pay 100,000 gil.)<br /> ・ (Decline.)
Oh, thanks! You're too generous!<br />Right, the scoop...<hr class="newpage" />There's an ancient castle buried beneath<br />the desert of Figaro...and no doubt<br />loaded with treasure!<hr class="newpage" />By the way, I heard the old man who lives<br />in the weapon shop in Narshe was looking<br />for ya...
No use talking to them. They've given<br />their souls over to Kefka.<hr class="newpage" />All they do now is shuffle about, praying<br />to him day in and day out...
Lord Kefka's treasure...<br />Return...the treasure...
Aaahhh! Someone's coming!
You're gonna have to fight your way in<br />here! We can fight, too, you know!
<br />Wait!
Terra!
Mama! Are these people your friends?
Terra: I'm so glad to see<br />you're safe! I wanted to see<br />you again!
Terra, come with us! There's no<br />saving this world unless we defeat<br />Kefka once and for all... <hr class="newpage" />Terra: I know... But...
Terra: I...<br />I can't fight anymore.
Terra: The very day the<br />world collapsed, Kefka turned his<br />Light of Judgment on this village.<hr class="newpage" />The adults...these kids'<br />parents... They all died trying to<br />protect their children...
Terra: This is a village of<br />children now... They clung to me<br />from the moment I arrived...<hr class="newpage" />They needed me...
Duane: You can't take Terra from<br />us!
Katarin: Duane...<hr class="newpage" />Please, forgive him. It's just...if we<br />lose Terra, we lose the only thing<br />that's holding this village together.
Terra: I don't know why<br />these kids need me...<hr class="newpage" />And it's not like there's anything<br />forcing me to protect them. It's<br />the strangest feeling...<hr class="newpage" />But once that feeling took root<br />inside of me, I lost the strength<br />to keep on fighting.
Terra: I feel like I'm on the<br />verge of understanding<br />something important.<hr class="newpage" />It's hard to describe... But the<br />harder I look for the answer, the<br />more I lose my strength to fight.
Help!!! Humbaba's coming!
Terra: Humbaba...the ancient<br />monster released from the depths<br />of the earth by the cataclysm...<hr class="newpage" />...I have to protect the village!
Terra! Wake up!<br />Uh-oh... Here it comes!
Terra: I guess I really don't<br />have the strength to fight<br />anymore...
Mama! Are you okay!?
Terra: I'm staying here.<br />I wouldn't be any help to you now.<br />And...the children need me.<hr class="newpage" />But, Terra...
Terra: Maybe after a little<br />more time has passed...<hr class="newpage" />I need to understand what's<br />happening to me.
Thanks for scaring Humbaba away!<br />This fell off the chain around his<br />neck. Here, you can have it!<hr class="newpage" /><br />Obtained Fenrir magicite!
Mama, are you all right?
You can't take Mama away!
I can't lose Mama, too... Not after<br />everyone else...
Terra: I'm sorry...<br />I'm staying here. The children<br />need me...
Katarin's gone...
Katarin ran away 'cause Duane's not<br />nice to her!
Katarin's belly keeps getting bigger!
Katarin's gonna have a baby. I know,<br />'cause my mom looked like that before<br />she had my little brother!
Duane: I...don't know what to do.<br />Katarin's pregnant...
Terra: You're back!
Terra: Katarin's going to be<br />having a baby.
Katarin: I'm so happy that I'm going to<br />have a child...<hr class="newpage" />But when I told that to Duane, he turned<br />cold all of a sudden...
Duane: Katarin...... I'm sorry. I just<br />didn't know how to handle all of this...<hr class="newpage" />I acted like an idiot. But everything's<br />okay now! So, please...come back home<br />with me.
Aaahhh! Humbaba's headed this way!
Terra: Please!<br />Protect the village! I...don't<br />have the strength to fight...
Duane: I'll keep Katarin safe.
Katarin: I'll be fine with Duane by my<br />side.
Please, beat Humbaba! You have to!
"It's another monster!"<br />"It's scary..."<br />"I'm afraid..."
Mama... It's you, isn't it? I can tell...
"Huh? Mama?"<br />"Terra?"
"Mama!"<br />"Terra!"
Terra: I...I'll fight!
Terra: I think...I finally<br />understand. The feeling that's<br />been growing inside me... <hr class="newpage" />It must be...<br />..."Love"!<hr class="newpage" />I have to fight...to protect the<br />people I love, and to make the<br />world a safe place for new lives!
Terra: Duane...<br />Keep Katarin and your baby safe!<hr class="newpage" />Children, Mama has to go away for<br />a while to make the world a safer<br />place for you to live!<hr class="newpage" />But I promise I'll be back as soon<br />as I can!
"Mama... I'm not gonna cry!"<br />"Me either!"<hr class="newpage" />"I'll be good, so come back soon!"<br />"Don't forget, you promised!"
Terra: Thank you...<br />You all helped me understand what<br />it means...to love.<hr class="newpage" />I'll fight! I'll make this world a<br />place where life can flourish, and<br />children can grow up in peace!
Mom and Dad covered us when the light<br />hit and then they didn't move any more<br />after that...
We're okay 'cause we've got Terra<br />here!
The soldier in our village who was hurt<br />went to sleep and didn't wake up.
We all call Terra "Mama."
Duane and Katarin are the oldest ones<br />here. Terra's our mama and they're<br />our big brother and sister!
I saw Duane kissing Katarin!
You're not gonna take Mama away, are<br />you?
The light took everyone...<br />Everyone...<br />Mom... Dad...
Duane: This is our village. You can't<br />just waltz in here and do whatever you<br />want!
Katarin: Terra is the glue that<br />holds this village together. With her<br />here, we're somehow able to keep going.
I hope Katarin has her baby soon! I wanna<br />see it!
We'll be all right!
Mama...we'll be okay. We're tough!
Duane and Katarin'll take good care of<br />us.
I'm not gonna cry. I don't wanna make<br />Mama sad...
The baby in Katarin's belly is kicking!
There! It just kicked again!
Katarin, what're you gonna name the<br />baby?
Duane: A new life... I've got to do my<br />best to help make the world a safer<br />place for it.
Katarin: We'll be okay. So please...go<br />make sure these kids have a future to<br />look forward to!
"It's aimed right at us!"<br />"Protect the kids!"
"Mom!!!"<br />"Dad!!!"
We try to keep a low profile here so we<br />won't draw Kefka's ire.
The South Figaro ferry has somehow<br />managed to stay in business.
This ship's been chartered by the<br />Crimson Robbers.
There's a bunch of thieves hanging out<br />in the pub. They say they all escaped<br />from Figaro Castle.
The road you took to get here used to be<br />at the bottom of the ocean!
After the cataclysm, I awoke to find<br />myself all alone in Doma Castle.<hr class="newpage" />When I tried to sleep there, monsters<br />came for me in my dreams... Oh, it still<br />frightens me just to think of it!
I heard Figaro Castle ran into some kind<br />of trouble and got stuck beneath the<br />desert.
<br />Obtained Quetzalli magicite!
That tower in the middle of the Serpent<br />Trench belongs to the Cult of Kefka.
What do you think you're doing?<br />Get outta here! Scram!
Gerad: You know the way into Figaro<br />Castle quite well then, correct?<hr class="newpage" />Henchman: Ho-ho-ho, do we ever!
Gerad: Then lead the way. I'll take<br />charge once we're in.
They say they all escaped from Figaro<br />Castle's dungeons.
By some freak chance, the dungeon ended<br />up right next to a sandworm nest when<br />the castle stopped.<hr class="newpage" />A crack opened up in the wall, so we<br />crawled through and followed the worm<br />tunnels back to the surface!
We lost our old boss that day...he's<br />feeding the sandworms now. We met<br />Gerad here in town. He's our new boss!
The boss wants to sneak into Figaro<br />Castle to take back our booty. They've<br />got it all in a storeroom there.
We're gonna go into the castle through a<br />secret cave that nobody else knows<br />about!
The head of that gang of thieves, Gerad,<br />was flirting with me! He's kinda<br />handsome... Tee-hee-hee!
All right, let's go!
Gerad: What's your problem?<hr class="newpage" />Celes: Aren't you...<br />Edgar?
Celes: Edgar?<hr class="newpage" />Gerad: I have no idea what you're<br />talking about...<br />I'll take this, too, kid!
Gerad: Look, I'm kind of busy here. I<br />have to get ready. We're leaving for<br />Figaro on the ferry soon.<hr class="newpage" />Celes: Don't play dumb with<br />me! Edgar? ...You didn't lose<br />your memory, did you?
Gerad: Listen... It grieves me to have to<br />disappoint such a beautiful lady, but<br />I've been Gerad since the day I was born!
Sabin: Is this some kind of<br />joke, Edgar?
Celes: I've never met anyone<br />else who'd flirt with a "lady" he<br />was trying to shake off his tail...
Gerad: Being polite to ladies is common<br />courtesy the whole world over!
Figaro Castle disappeared the day the<br />world was torn asunder...
Figaro Castle is stuck below the desert.<br />With no air to breathe, the people are<br />probably all...
That little girl stopped coming here.<br />Haven't seen her since that fateful<br />day...
I'm so glad the Imperials are finally gone.
This time it's thieves! Phew... A girl<br />just doesn't get any rest!
Now there's nothing left of my<br />hometown, even if I wanted to go back...
Jump on the turtle!<br />Oh, jump on the turtle!<hr class="newpage" />...Oh, uh, that's just a song.
Just when we thought we'd be able to<br />rest easier with the Empire gone...now<br />we have Kefka to worry about!
In these dark times, I take solace in the<br />fact that my grandson survived. So many<br />others didn't...
Duncan's Wife: No, dear! My husband's<br />still alive and well! He's off training<br />now, to the north of Narshe.
Gerad's a boss we can trust! Does look<br />awfully familiar, though...
Is this some kind of parting gift from<br />the Empire?
Gerad: You're still here!?
We're breaking into Figaro Castle! That<br />treasure belongs to us!
We won't stop till we get our treasure<br />back!
We can't mope around hanging our heads<br />forever. We have to start rebuilding!
Those men may be thieves, but at least<br />they're working towards a goal. We could<br />learn a thing or two from that.
Lives may be lost, but new lives can be<br />born as well!<hr class="newpage" />I'm just doing my part!
Oh...! I can't believe him!
Whoa! I'm getting dizzy!
If the Light of Judgment burns down our<br />town a hundred times, we'll rebuild it<br />two hundred times!<hr class="newpage" />...Wait, does that even make sense?
Did you hear? Duncan's alive! I heard it<br />from his wife!
A young guy just came through town<br />searching for a legendary treasure with<br />the power to bring back the dead.
The boss of that gang of thieves is in<br />the inn on the second floor.
That gang of thieves left town.
Gerad: ...Just wait.<br />I'm on my way to help...<br />...You followed me here?<hr class="newpage" />Celes: You are Edgar,<br />aren't you?
Boss, everything's ready. Let's go!<hr class="newpage" />Gerad: Case of mistaken identity,<br />my dear. Give it up!
Gerad: All right, what now?
Henchman: Here, boy...! Here's some<br />yummy food for a good little turtle!
How 'bout that, eh?<hr class="newpage" />Gerad: Nice.<hr class="newpage" />Henchman: Used to have me a pet<br />turtle...
Siegfried: It's dangerous beyond here.<br />I'll go ahead and clear out all the nasty,<br />vile monsters. You just wait here, okay?
<br />Come on, let's hurry it up!
Gerad: Are you still with us?<br />Just hold on a bit longer, okay?
C-can't...b-breathe...
Gerad: So, this is the problem... Got its<br />tentacles all tangled up in the engine...<hr class="newpage" />Henchman: Boss! What should we do?<br />Our treasure's in the storeroom back<br />there!
Gerad: I'll keep this thing busy!<br />You guys go get the treasure!<hr class="newpage" />Henchman: But...boss! That's awfully<br />dangerous!<hr class="newpage" />Gerad: Just get moving!
Celes: Edgar!
Edgar: What are you<br />standing around for, Celes!?<br />Give me a hand!<hr class="newpage" />Celes: Edgar! It is you!
Celes: Acting like you didn't<br />know me...<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: I'd heard Figaro had<br />run into some kind of trouble.<hr class="newpage" />I wanted to help, but how was I<br />supposed to get here with the<br />castle stuck beneath the sand?<hr class="newpage" />Then I caught wind of the rumor<br />that those guys had escaped from<br />the dungeon...<hr class="newpage" />Celes: So you used them...<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: Bingo. And obviously, I<br />couldn't let them find out I was<br />the king of Figaro...<hr class="newpage" />Celes: ...Because they'd<br />just escaped from your own jail.
Sabin: You could've told us.
Edgar: Uh-oh...<br />We'd better hide!
Boss!<br />...? Boss?
That monster must've gotten him...
Poor boss...didn't even last as long as<br />the last boss...<hr class="newpage" />Oh well... Let's go.
You don't care if they take that<br />treasure...?<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: I couldn't care less<br />about treasure. What we need to<br />worry about is Kefka.<hr class="newpage" />Those guys haven't done anything<br />wrong...not really.<hr class="newpage" />Celes: So...you'll come<br />along?
Sabin: Let's go shake things<br />up again!
Oh...the engine's working again! Next<br />stop, the surface!
Who'd have thought air could ever be so<br />precious?
Several residents of our castle left to<br />join the Cult of Kefka.<hr class="newpage" />Maybe they'd return if a loved one went<br />and pleaded with them...
Magicite can impart magical powers to<br />humans... Amazing!
I still can't believe that the power of<br />magic has returned...
I hear that some fanatical members of<br />the Cult of Kefka insist on spelling<br />Kefka's name with Cs instead of Ks.<hr class="newpage" />That just seems silly to me. Kefka's<br />Kefka. He's still the same villain, no<br />matter how you spell his name!
I think we all know who really deserves<br />to be locked up in here...
It seems they discovered an ancient<br />text in the library.
Both the Empire and the Returners are<br />gone now. It's time to give some serious<br />thought to what's really important.
What is this place...?
It's an esper attack!<br />Let loose our espers!
This is the site of a thousand-year-old<br />battle...
Chancellor: Lord Odin is the only esper<br />left to us!<hr class="newpage" />Soldier: Has he recovered from his<br />injuries?
Chancellor: Does it matter? We have no<br />other choice... We must leave this final<br />battle in Odin's hands...
A city destroyed during the War of the<br />Magi...
Odin: Impressive... I never thought you<br />would be able to turn me to stone...
There's a legend that tells of an<br />ancient battle between the esper,<br />Odin, and a powerful magus...<hr class="newpage" />It took place in the great hall of a<br />castle...
There is a book encrusted with<br />glittering gems... <hr class="newpage" /><br />"The Queen's Diary"<hr class="newpage" />"...I have fallen in love with Odin. It is a<br />forbidden love, I know... But the flames<br />of passion obey not rule or reason..."<hr class="newpage" />"Every time I think of that noble man, my<br />heart flutters, and fans the flames yet<br />more! And who could rightly fault it?"<hr class="newpage" />"When the fighting ends, I shall tell<br />him... I must..."
Terra: Love between a human<br />and an esper...
Even the queen was turned to stone...
From the stone, is that...a tear?
<br />Odin's magicite surges with<br />newfound power...<hr class="newpage" /><br />"Odin" becomes "Raiden"!
<br />Odin crumbles, leaving behind<br />a shard of magicite...
Zantetsuken!
400 gil per night.<hr class="newpage" />Will you be staying?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Care to fight in the coliseum?<hr class="newpage" /> ・ With pleasure!<br /> ・ No thanks.<br /> ・ Could you explain?
The toughest fighters from all over the<br />world come here to compete.
I'm gonna make a killing here!
There's a guy who fights here dressed<br />all in black. They say he's looking for a<br />blade called the Ichigeki...
We can't let the world become too<br />peaceful. Don't you see? People shine<br />their brightest when they're at war.<hr class="newpage" />My coliseum will be a monument to the<br />glory of battle! ...If I can ever finish it,<br />that is. No one'll help me.
Finally the whole world is at war, and<br />I've fulfilled my lifelong ambition of<br />building a coliseum!<hr class="newpage" />I'm so happy, and I owe it all to Kefka!
Oh, Ultros at the front desk? He<br />couldn't pay off his debt, so I put him<br />to work as a receptionist.<hr class="newpage" />I figure it'll take him about a hundred<br />years to work it all off...
Ultros: Me, the great and noble Ultros,<br />reduced to working as a receptionist in<br />this stinkin' coliseum! *sob*...<hr class="newpage" />Oh yeah... You'd better not bet any<br />cheap crap, or Mr. Typhon'll hafta<br />come 'n teach ya a lesson!
Coliseum entrants must wager items<br />when they fight. First, choose an item<br />from your inventory to wager.<hr class="newpage" />Once you have chosen an item, your<br />opponent will appear. Choose a party<br />member to fight that opponent.<hr class="newpage" />An automatic one-on-one battle will<br />then take place. You will not be able to<br />issue your own battle commands.<hr class="newpage" />The item you wagered serves as your<br />entry fee. But if you win, you'll be<br />rewarded with an even better item!<hr class="newpage" />That's all there is to it!
The more valuable the item you wager,<br />the better the prize will be if you win!
All battles in the coliseum are<br />one-on-one auto-battles.
Siegfried: It seems that an imposter has<br />been masquerading as me recently...<br />Don't be tricked!
This is the Dragon's Neck Coliseum.<br />Champions from all over the world come<br />here to fight for prizes and glory.
What are you doing here?<hr class="newpage" />Shadow: The only thing I know<br />how to do... I'm fighting.
Why don't you come with us?<hr class="newpage" />Shadow: Perhaps I should...
Shadow: All right!<br />It's time to put my skills to the<br />ultimate test!
Hmm? Locke?<br />He's probably searching the world over<br />for that fabled treasure...<hr class="newpage" />So, in other words...you find where that<br />treasure's hidden, and that's where<br />you'll find Locke!
Those beautiful days will never return...
Narshe is crawling with monsters. I have<br />nowhere to go now. I lost my home...
I overheard you talking. And you know<br />what? You're right. It's too early to<br />give up on the world!<hr class="newpage" />Why don't you pay Narshe a visit<br />sometime? You guys just might be able<br />to wake up that frozen esper!
Locke left town a while back. He<br />seemed quite happy, though.<hr class="newpage" />Said he'd pinned down the location of<br />some legendary treasure...
Celes: Locke...<br />So he really is alive!
We planted some flower seeds, but they<br />won't sprout...
The plants have all stopped growing and<br />flowering. It's as if they've lost their<br />will to live...
There's a real tough fellow fightin' in<br />the coliseum. Seems he's tryin' to get<br />a weapon called an "Itchy Gecky."<hr class="newpage" />...What, am I sayin' it wrong?
If life doesn't start returning to the<br />world soon, it won't matter how hard we<br />work to rebuild our village.
A charming man with a mustache came<br />through town recently. He kept saying<br />"thou" to everyone!<hr class="newpage" />I think he said he was headed for<br />Maranda...
Celes: Setzer!<hr class="newpage" />Setzer: So, you survived...
Celes: Come with us!<br />We're going after Kefka.<hr class="newpage" />Setzer: Hmph...<br />I just don't have the drive to do<br />that kind of stuff anymore.<hr class="newpage" />Celes: What are you talking<br />about!?<hr class="newpage" />Setzer: I'm a gambler... My<br />world has always been one where<br />a man's spirit could soar free...<hr class="newpage" />Not anymore. I feel like the<br />weight of this world is crushing<br />me. It's just too much to bear...<hr class="newpage" />And on top of that, I've even lost<br />my wings...
Celes: You fought with all<br />your heart before the world was<br />ruined!<hr class="newpage" />That couldn't have been easy<br />either, but you seemed to bear<br />that just fine!<hr class="newpage" />Setzer: That was then...<br />All my dreams are gone now.<hr class="newpage" />Celes: If you need a dream to<br />chase after, then why don't you<br />find yourself a new one?<hr class="newpage" />Like taking back our world.
Setzer: Heh-heh...<br />You know...maybe you're right.<hr class="newpage" />...You'd chase after it with me<br />then? My new dream?
Setzer: Thanks...<br />...I think it's time to pay a visit<br />to Darill's tomb.
Setzer: ...<br />She's waiting for us...<br />...with a new pair of wings!
There're still some people with vision,<br />even in a world like this. Like my brother<br />up north!<hr class="newpage" />He built just the thing for a world like<br />this...
Don't step there! You have to give the<br />seeds a chance to sprout!
Thish world'sh on itsh lasht legsh...<br />...Hic!
I was listening in on your conversation...<br />I think I'm gonna take one last shot<br />at making my own dreams come true!
So much for all my hopes and dreams...
Perhaps I was too quick to abandon<br />hope... People need to have dreams to<br />hold on to!
Celes: This is your friend's<br />grave?<hr class="newpage" />Setzer: Yeah...<br />She was really something.<hr class="newpage" />The world could've turned inside<br />out and she'd never have even<br />flinched.
Setzer: Could be anything<br />lurking down here, so keep your<br />eyes peeled!
Darill: This next test flight could be<br />dangerous...
Setzer: Being here brings<br />back all kinds of memories...
Setzer: Watch your step.
<br />HERE LIES DARILL
Setzer: What are you trying<br />to prove by pushing your ship to<br />its limits? It's pointless!
Darill: If the worst should happen,<br />take care of the Falcon for me!
Setzer: You can't be serious!<hr class="newpage" />When I take the Falcon from you,<br />it'll be because I left you a mile<br />behind in a race!<hr class="newpage" />Until then, I'm not letting you<br />out of my sight!<hr class="newpage" />Darill: Ha! Good luck with that!
Setzer: Ah, there's really<br />nothing like flying!
Setzer: ...I can't very well be<br />the world's fastest pilot if I<br />can't even fly.<hr class="newpage" />I need your help...Falcon!
Darill: How long you plan on hanging<br />back there? Aren't you gonna try to<br />pass me?
Darill: Or are you too entranced by my<br />lovely behind...?
Setzer: Incredible.
Darill: All right, it's time to get serious.<br />I'm gonna break the records!<hr class="newpage" />I'll fly past the clouds and see the stars<br />closer than anyone ever has before!
Setzer: Be back by sunset! I'll<br />be waiting for you on our hill!
It was a year later when<br />I found the wreck of the Falcon<br />in a distant valley...
Setzer: I restored the ship,<br />and then put it to rest down here.
Edgar: So, this is the<br />Falcon?
Edgar: With this, I think we<br />just might have a chance...<hr class="newpage" />Celes: Now we'll be able to<br />get up to the top of Kefka's<br />tower!<hr class="newpage" />Edgar: If we land up there,<br />we should be able to get inside to<br />launch our assault.
Setzer: And we'll be able to<br />look for the rest of our friends...
Edgar: Right. First things<br />first. I'm finally starting to feel<br />like we have some hope!
Celes: That bird...<br />Could it be...?
Celes: Setzer! Follow<br />that pigeon!<hr class="newpage" />Setzer: ...Why?<hr class="newpage" />Celes: I'm not sure...<br />But...something inside tells me<br />it'll lead us to our friends...
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The tombstone is blank.<hr class="newpage" />Carve something into it?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Nothing appropriate comes to mind...
Letters have been carved here...
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I have hidden the Growth Egg<br />in the side room on the<br />third basement level...
A swordsman came through here recently.<br />His skills were impressive enough, but I<br />could tell his heart was full of turmoil...<hr class="newpage" />If he could rid himself of that confusion<br />and doubt, his technique would probably<br />reach a whole new level!
I was a thief once. But then I uncovered<br />a secret so terrible that I had to go into<br />hiding!
I'm an ex-thief. My old accomplice<br />always used to mumble, "To the right of<br />the treasure chest..." in his sleep.
I used to be a thief. Out of desperation,<br />I tried to climb the Cult of Kefka's<br />tower to steal their treasure...<hr class="newpage" />I barely made it out of the first treasure<br />room alive and had to turn back.
A man with a strange manner of speech<br />came through town not long ago. Kept<br />calling people something funny...<hr class="newpage" />Thoo...? Tao...? Yow...? ...Meow???
I've learned a lot about how things<br />stand in this ruined world from the<br />thieves and travelers who pass through.<hr class="newpage" />Anywhere you need to know how to find?<br /> ・ Narshe.  ・ The Veldt.<br /> ・ Doma.  ・ No thanks!
You know the guy in Zozo who says,<br />"This place is dangerous"?<hr class="newpage" />He's the only honest guy in that town!<br />If you need something there, he's the<br />one to ask.
The sources of people's misery always<br />lie in their pasts.<hr class="newpage" />Lost friends, families, and homelands...<br />Those are the things that torment<br />people the most.
Cyan, was it? You wear the face<br />of a troubled man. Perhaps a visit home<br />would help you clear your mind.
Lola's been receiving a lot of letters<br />lately. I wonder if they're from her<br />boyfriend in Mobliz?
Lola: Look at all these flowers! My<br />boyfriend in Mobliz sent them to me!<hr class="newpage" />Look closely—they're all handmade!<br />Real flowers won't bloom anymore, so he<br />made me these from silk!<hr class="newpage" />And he just sent me this letter!
But...wasn't Mobliz destroyed by<br />Kefka? Someone else must have written<br />that letter...
Read the letter?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
My beloved Lola,<br />Art thou well? We have rebuilt as much<br />of the village as we could hope to...<hr class="newpage" />I believe I should be able to return to<br />thy side before too long...
This handwriting...<br />It looks a lot like Cyan's.<br />...But where is he mailing them from?
Lola: Could you please attach this reply<br />to the carrier pigeon outside?<hr class="newpage" />Send the letter for Lola?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Lola: Thank you.
Lola: Oh, I hope his reply comes soon!
These flowers are made of silk...<br />Quite beautifully, too...
Lola: I knew the letters and flowers<br />weren't from my boyfriend. I was just<br />afraid to admit it.<hr class="newpage" />I didn't want to accept what that<br />meant... I was lying to myself...<br />But it's all right now.<hr class="newpage" />I don't know who wrote those letters,<br />but reading them helped to ease the pain<br />in my heart.<hr class="newpage" />I'm sure whoever wrote them must have<br />suffered the same kind of pain...<br />I wish I could meet him...
Actually...
Cyan: Look to the future.<hr class="newpage" />No matter how dark it may be,<br />there will always come another<br />dawn. And after it, another day...
There's always more light ahead...<br />Thank you. I'll take your words to heart.
Cyan replaced the letter<br />with a different one...
Memories of the world<br />before the fall remain...<br />But the light of dawn doth never change,<br />nor e'er the hearts of men...
Cyan!
Cyan: !!!<br />Thou art...alive!?
Cyan...
Cyan: I shall go with thee!<br />We must not abandon the world<br />to Kefka!<hr class="newpage" />But...however did thou find me?<br />W-wait! T-tell me thou did not<br />read my letters...!
Cyan: These are...<br />They're...um...sort of a...minor<br />diversion of mine...
Cyan...<br />These flowers are gorgeous!
Cyan: Oh...!<br />Must thou embarrass me so!?
Cyan: ...Dost thou truly<br />think so?
Cyan: I wondered what had<br />become of that poor girl, always<br />waiting for word of her beloved.<hr class="newpage" />I decided to pay a visit to<br />Maranda.<hr class="newpage" />I learned that she had long since<br />stopped receiving replies, but<br />still sent a letter each day.<hr class="newpage" />I could not bear to stand by and do<br />nothing...
Cyan: As I wrote to that<br />girl, I began to realize that I<br />was no different from her...<hr class="newpage" />I was refusing to move on. I<br />could not let go...<hr class="newpage" />I will no longer live in the past.<br />We must all look to the future<br />now.
I encountered Sir Gau in<br />Maranda. He said he "get strong,<br />smash Kefka!"<hr class="newpage" />I believe that means he intends<br />to hone his skills in order to<br />challenge the lord of the tower.<hr class="newpage" />Knowing Sir Gau, he was<br />probably headed for the Veldt.
Dear Lola,<br />I am writing to beg for your forgiveness.<br />I am guilty of perpetuating a terrible lie.<hr class="newpage" />I have only now realized the error of my<br />ways, and taken up this quill in hopes of<br />correcting a great wrong.<hr class="newpage" />Your boyfriend, who you believed to be<br />in Mobliz, passed away some time ago. I<br />have been writing to you in his stead.<hr class="newpage" />We humans have a tendency to become<br />trapped in the past and refuse to move<br />on. I implore you not to let this happen.<hr class="newpage" />Now is a time for you to look forward,<br />and rediscover love and all of the other<br />joys of life...<hr class="newpage" /><br />            Cyan
<br />It's locked.
Wh-what are these?<br />"Machinery for Dunces"<br />"A Pictorial Guide to Machines"<hr class="newpage" />"Everything About Machines"<br />"Machines for the Mechanically<br />Disinclined"...and...<hr class="newpage" />"Bushido in the Bedroom"?
Cyan: No!!!<br />Thou must not look at that!<br />Not my...very important...!
<br />Obtained the key to Cyan's<br />treasure chest!
A man shrouded in strange clothing.<br />...Or perhaps a woman?<br />Perhaps not even human at all...
Gogo: I am Gogo,<br />master of mimicry.<hr class="newpage" />It has been a long, long time since<br />anyone visited me here...
Gogo: I have been idle for<br />too many years... Perhaps I<br />ought to mimic you.<hr class="newpage" />Tell me, what are you doing here?
Gogo: I see...<br />So, you seek to save the world.<hr class="newpage" />Then I guess that means that I<br />shall save the world as well. Lead<br />on! I will copy your every move.
Are you trying to tell me to follow you?
These wounds are awful...
We can't do anything for wounds like<br />these here...<hr class="newpage" />Let's fly back to Thamasa on the<br />double.
Must be having a nightmare...
All we can do now is wait... Rest will<br />help.
...
Hey, how are you feeling?
Relm: It still hurts a<br />little... But I'm okay.<br />Interceptor's here with me.
Shadow: It's only a scratch.<br />I've had worse. And I've got<br />this guy watching over me.
When the three of us go hunting on the<br />Veldt, we always run across a boy<br />dressed in hides.
You came to try and stop me... <br />I'm sorry, but I can't turn back, boy...<hr class="newpage" />Stay here with my daughter...<br />You both deserve to live in peace...
Daddy...?<br />Where'd Daddy go?<br />He's coming back...isn't he?
For some reason, that boy never shows<br />up when all four of us are out there<br />together...
They always leave me here so they can<br />try to befriend that kid...<hr class="newpage" />Hmph... I don't wanna go hunting with<br />them, anyway!
There're huge dinosaurs in the forest<br />north of the Veldt. They're incredibly<br />strong.<hr class="newpage" />There's no way a human could defeat one.<br />But it sure would be something to brag<br />about if you did!
Locke!
Locke: You're all safe!<br />Behold... The legendary treasure<br />that can undo death itself...
Is that... <br />...magicite?<hr class="newpage" />Locke: It is.<hr class="newpage" />Legend has it that the Phoenix<br />turned itself to stone ages ago...<br />It seems the story was true.<hr class="newpage" />But now it's filled with cracks.<br />I don't know if it still has the<br />strength to perform miracles...
Celes: Locke...<br />That's for Rachel, isn't it...?
Locke: Rachel... I failed her.<br />I broke my promise and lost the<br />only thing that was real to me...<hr class="newpage" />So until I do what I said I'd do...<br />Until I restore my honor...<br />...I'm nothing but a no-good liar.
So, you're headed to Kohlingen...?
<br /><br />The village of Kohlingen...
Old Man: If only it didn't have all those<br />nasty cracks...<hr class="newpage" />Don't think it's gonna be calling back<br />any wayward spirits like that! Nope,<br />nuh-uh! Too bad, really... Too bad...
Locke: Rachel!
Old Man: Gaaah!<br />The magicite sh-sh-shattered!
Rachel: Locke...
I'm an Imperial soldier! Probably the last<br />one alive.<hr class="newpage" />I passed along a secret to that friend of<br />yours with the bandana...<br />"Talk to the emperor twice."<hr class="newpage" />It's a hint to finding the place where<br />Emperor Gestahl hid some legendary<br />treasure. No idea what it means...
Rachel: Locke...<br />Oh, how I've wanted to see you...<br />to talk to you...!<hr class="newpage" />Locke: Rachel...<hr class="newpage" />Rachel: The Phoenix used the last of its<br />power to give me some time... But I must<br />leave again soon...<hr class="newpage" />Before my time is gone...<br />There's something I must tell you...<br />Something I never had a chance to say...
Locke: ...<hr class="newpage" />Rachel: Locke......<br />You made me so happy...<hr class="newpage" />In my last moments, my memory<br />returned... I drifted off thinking of<br />you, and I was truly, truly happy...<hr class="newpage" />So let me now say the words I never had<br />the chance to say... Locke...<br />Thank you.
Locke: Rachel!<hr class="newpage" />Rachel: I have to go now... <br />But thank you so much for all the<br />happiness you've given me...<hr class="newpage" />Please, let go of the chains that bind<br />your heart... I release you...<hr class="newpage" />Give your love to the one who now<br />dwells within your heart...<br />Love her...as you loved me...<hr class="newpage" />Phoenix... Be reborn!<br />And give your power to Locke!
Locke: Rachel!!!
Celes: Locke...
Locke: I'm all right.<br />Rachel put my heart at ease...<hr class="newpage" />From here on out...everything'll<br />be okay.<hr class="newpage" />Let's go! We've got a job to do!
Celes: What is it?
<br />Obtained X-Potion!<hr class="newpage" /><br />Obtained Phoenix Down!<hr class="newpage" /><br />Obtained X-Ether!<hr class="newpage" /><br />Obtained Elixir!<hr class="newpage" /><br />Obtained Flame Shield!<hr class="newpage" /><br />Obtained Valiant Knife!
Locke: Those are all the<br />treasures from the Phoenix Cave!
Locke: All right, let's get<br />going! I think we've kept Kefka<br />waiting long enough!
Have you ever heard of something called<br />a Growth Egg? Have you? Hmmm?<hr class="newpage" />It was buried in a tomb to the west a<br />looong, long time ago!
Press Select to switch between<br />the two parties.
Pickpocket: Eh? Haven't we met<br />someplace before...? Meh, whatever...<hr class="newpage" />Nothing left in this town anyway, 'cept<br />for that one lousy moogle...<hr class="newpage" />Doors are all locked, and you'd have to<br />be some kinda treasure hunter to get 'em<br />open...
Esper: So, humans broke my seal of ice...<br />Humans who possess magicite... Just who<br />are you...?<hr class="newpage" />I suppose that's of little consequence.<hr class="newpage" />But what of this devastation that fills<br />the air? Could the War of the Magi have<br />lasted a thousand years?<hr class="newpage" />That foolish, unending war... Hmm...?<br />You would seek to put an end to it...?<br />Then I shall put my trust in you...
<br />Obtained Valigarmanda magicite!
There's an opening in the cliff.<hr class="newpage" />Hop into it?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Mog: Kupoppo!!! I thought<br />you'd all died, kupo! I'm so glad<br />you're alive, kupo!<hr class="newpage" />I'll help you fight, kupo!
Mog: I bet the yeti'll come<br />along, too! He'll be a big help,<br />kupo!<hr class="newpage" />He can be a little...wild...though,<br />kupo. He should be here in the<br />mines somewhere!<hr class="newpage" />He'll help us if I order him to!<br />Let's look for him...kupo!
Kupo!!! Don't scare me like that,<br />kupo!
Art that evokes a sense of the world's<br />slide into ruin is all the rage these days.
Say...you aren't...<br />...Maria!? No, my eyes must just be<br />playing tricks on me...
Looking for something special? Today's<br />featured auction is just about to start!<hr class="newpage" /> ・ (Join in the bidding.)<br /> ・ (Maybe another time.)
There's an auction going on right now. If<br />you'd like to participate in the bidding,<br />talk to the man by the door.
Blast it, I got outbid again...
Here we have a lovely chest.<br />And inside...
...a gorgeous pair of Angel Wings!<br /><br />Do I hear 500 gil?
<br />Obtained Angel Wings!
...a beautiful Angel Ring!<br /><br />Do I hear 1500 gil?
<br />Obtained Angel Ring!
...a fabulous Hero's Ring!<br /><br />Do I hear 3000 gil?
<br />Obtained Hero's Ring!
...a fine Zephyr Cloak!<br /><br />Do I hear 3000 gil?
<br />Obtained Zephyr Cloak!
Today's auction is over.
Come on now, don't be shy!
 ・ (Bid 3000 gil.)<br /> ・ (Don't bid.)
Ho-ho-ho! There's nothing I can't buy!
 ・ (Bid 5000 gil.)<br /> ・ (Don't bid.)
 ・ (Bid 30,000 gil.)<br /> ・ (Don't bid.)
 ・ (Bid 40,000 gil.)<br /> ・ (Don't bid.)
 ・ (Bid 60,000 gil.)<br /> ・ (Don't bid.)
 ・ (Bid 7000 gil.)<br /> ・ (Don't bid.)
 ・ (Bid 8000 gil.)<br /> ・ (Don't bid.)
 ・ (Bid 12,000 gil.)<br /> ・ (Don't bid.)
 ・ (Bid 15,000 gil.)<br /> ・ (Don't bid.)
 ・ (Bid 18,000 gil.)<br /> ・ (Don't bid.)
Arrrgh!<br />I knew I should have bid higher!
 ・ (Bid 10,000 gil.)<br /> ・ (Don't bid.)
 ・ (Bid 50,000 gil.)<br /> ・ (Don't bid.)
Do I hear any more bids?
 ・ (Bid 20,000 gil.)<br /> ・ (Don't bid.)
<br />8000 gil!
<br />12,000 gil!
<br />15,000 gil!
<br />18,000 gil!
<br />10,000 gil!
<br />30,000 gil!
<br />40,000 gil!
<br />60,000 gil!
<br />20,000 gil!
<br />50,000 gil!
<br />70,000 gil!
<br />I'll give you 100,000 gil!
<br />10 gil!
<br />50 gil!
<br />100 gil!
<br />500 gil!
<br />1000 gil!
<br />1500 gil!
<br />2000 gil!
<br />3000 gil!
<br />4000 gil!
<br />5000 gil!
<br />7000 gil!
In a world like this, you have to keep an<br />open mind.
This is the Jidoor Auction House. It's<br />always full of wealthy aristocrats.
Yay! Now I can go play at the art<br />collector's house again!
Every once in a while, something rare<br />comes up for auction. You just have to<br />keep your eyes peeled!
The house on the northern end of town<br />belongs to Owzer. He's an art collector<br />with a taste for fine paintings.
<br />A beautiful still life of flowers.<hr class="newpage" /><br />It's almost as if they were alive...
<br />A picture of an old urn.
<br />A treasure chest on canvas.
<br />It appears to be a lamp.
<br />A very old painting.
<br />A suit of armor, it would seem.
<br />A portrait of Emperor Gestahl...
<br />A picture of a lovely lady.
Owzer found a skilled young artist and<br />brought her back to his mansion to paint<br />for him.
I saw Emperor Gestahl the other day!<br />...Well, at least a painting of him.<hr class="newpage" />Owzer has it hanging up in his house.<br />I must say, it's a perfect likeness!
There are a lot of opera fans in this<br />town.
I've seen a lot of carrier pigeons flying<br />towards Maranda lately. I wonder who's<br />sending all those letters?
I read Owzer's diary the last time I was<br />at his house. Tee-hee!<hr class="newpage" />I mean, it was just lying there!<br />What else was I supposed to do?
I saw a little girl go into the art<br />collector's house not too long ago.
Oh, so it wasn't a ghost after all!
There's something I need to talk to<br />Owzer about, but I can't find him<br />anywhere!
Of course, the world map's a lot<br />different now...
<br />Obtained Emperor's Letter!<hr class="newpage" />The letter reads as follows:<br />   "The legendary treasure sleeps<br />   where the mountains form a star..."
Relm: Aren't you going to<br />take the stone?
<br />This one looks awfully familiar...
<br /><br />Stay...away...
<br />A portrait of Emperor Gestahl.
This is Owzer's diary...<hr class="newpage" />Read the diary?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
 ・ (Read the next page.)<br /> ・ (Stop reading for now.)
Just spent an absolute fortune on a new<br />painting.<hr class="newpage" />It's quite a large one, so I won't be able<br />to put it on the first floor with the<br />others.<hr class="newpage" />I'll have to think about where to display<br />it later.
An artist came from Zozo today. Showed<br />me his "work." What a waste of time.
Lamp on the stairwell was broken, so I<br />bought a new one at the item shop.<hr class="newpage" />'Twas a tad pricey, but now everything's<br />all bright and cheery with just a flip of<br />the switch.
I invited an artist here from Kohlingen.<br />Skills weren't quite up to par...<hr class="newpage" />I guess it's asking too much to expect a<br />painter to have more talent than a wet<br />sponge.
I've been feeling strange lately. Ever<br />since I had that picture painted...<hr class="newpage" />I've been hearing things, too—strange<br />sounds. They seem to be coming from the<br />cellar.
<br />The diary ends here...
Owzer: Relm...<br />Please, come back soon...<br />*cough*...*wheeze*...
Owzer: P-please... Help the painting...<hr class="newpage" />...The painting!?<hr class="newpage" />Owzer: There's... There's a monster<br />possessing my prized goddess painting...<hr class="newpage" />...A monster!?<hr class="newpage" />Owzer: Yes... It hides in the painting. It<br />won't show itself...
Chadarnook: Gwa-ha-ha-ha... Try to get<br />between me and my prize, will you...?<hr class="newpage" />This painting's the best I've had in a<br />long time... No one's denying me this<br />treat!
Owzer: No! You can't! You mustn't harm<br />my precious goddess painting! Only the<br />monster!
Relm: Eek!<hr class="newpage" />Owzer: Relm! You mustn't attack<br />the picture of the goddess! It'll only<br />make matters worse!
Relm: Hey! You can relax<br />now! That monster's not gonna be<br />possessing any more paintings.
Owzer: Oh, thank you... That picture's<br />worth more to me than my own life!<hr class="newpage" />Relm: ...Really?
So...what was a monster doing in that<br />painting...?<hr class="newpage" />Owzer: I guess I should start at the<br />beginning. I'd been looking at this lovely<br />stone I'd bought at the auction house...<hr class="newpage" />All of a sudden, I was overcome with<br />desire for a painting of Lakshmi.<hr class="newpage" />I had a few different artists try to<br />paint it for me, but none of them really<br />gave me what I was looking for.<hr class="newpage" />It was right around that time that I<br />heard about little Relm. I brought<br />her straight here and set her to work.<hr class="newpage" />But then that thing came along and<br />possessed her painting... It must've<br />been lured here by that stone.
Where's the stone now?<hr class="newpage" />Owzer: Oh, the stone?<br />It's over in that bookcase.
Owzer: Hey, not that! That's almost as<br />precious to me as life itself!<hr class="newpage" />But you did help me... I guess I'll give you<br />that as well.
This is magicite...<hr class="newpage" />Owzer: Whatever it is, I sure don't need<br />it anymore. If you want it, you can have<br />it!
Owzer: The stone's in that bookcase<br />over there.
I stumbled across something incredible—<br />Deathgaze's little secret! ...He can't<br />recover his health after battle!<hr class="newpage" />If you just keep fighting him over and<br />over, you should be able to wear him<br />down and eventually defeat him.
First time I've been here...<br />Doesn't look like the kinda place a<br />down-and-out bum like me belongs!
Okay! Here's our next item up for bid!
<br />Zona Seeker magicite!<hr class="newpage" />Do I hear 500 gil?
<br />Golem magicite!<hr class="newpage" />Do I hear 1000 gil?
This one'll knock your socks off!<br />A state-of-the-art Talkobo! Your<br />own lifelike, talking chocobo pal!<hr class="newpage" />Do I hear 1000 gil?
<br />A 1/1200 scale airship!<hr class="newpage" />Do I hear 5000 gil?
You're not going to believe this one!<br />A fully robotic imp! The peak of high<br />technology!<hr class="newpage" />Do I hear 5 gil?
<br />Obtained Lakshmi magicite!
Child: Daddy, I want that! Please!!!
Father: No, you don't! Now pipe down!
Child: I want it! I want it! Buy it, Daddy!<br />Please! Pretty please!
Father: Ho-ho-ho... All right! But just<br />this once! And.........don't tell your<br />mother!
Child: Yay!!! Thanks, Dad! Yahoo!!!
Father: 500,000 gil!
5...500,000 gil!?
Father: One million gil!
One m-million gil!?
Sold, to this lucky bidder! Take it away,<br />please!
Father: Well, we have our little treat<br />for the day! Let's go home.<hr class="newpage" />Child: Yahoo! Yippee!
Well, that's all for today! Come back<br />again soon!
Daddy! Let's buy lots of stuff today,<br />too!
Oh, how could I say no to those cute<br />little eyes? Ho-ho-ho...
<br />Not enough gil...
Owzer: She has a tremendous gift.<br />Her pictures may be this dying world's<br />last hope for salvation.<hr class="newpage" />"We need Relm's power...to help<br />bring light back to the world."
Owzer: ...*cough*...*hack*...<hr class="newpage" />Relm: Hey!<br />Are you all right, old man!?<hr class="newpage" />Owzer: You really think things will<br />return to the way they were?<hr class="newpage" />"...No one knows. But...if we don't do<br />anything, the world's fate is sealed..."<hr class="newpage" />Owzer: It'll be the end of everything...<hr class="newpage" />"We don't have much time. We need<br />Relm's help..."
Owzer: Then, let me hug her...just one<br />last time...
Owzer: Relm...<br />*cough*...*hack*...<br />Will you come back someday?<hr class="newpage" />And...paint for me again?
Relm: You bet!<hr class="newpage" />Owzer: All right, then...<br />Such a nice girl...
Relm: I have to go now.<br />But don't you worry! I'll be back<br />to finish this painting!<hr class="newpage" />Owzer: I'll be waiting for you...
<br />Obtained Zona Seeker magicite!
<br />Obtained Golem magicite!
<br />My beloved...<br />We'll always be with you...
I'm Laragorn!
I'm Curlax!
I'm Moebius!
We're the Dream Stooges!
This man's soul is ours!
Bon appetit!
Wait!
You followed us all the way into this<br />guy's dream!? I'd better not fight you<br />until I've got my brothers with me...<hr class="newpage" />Ciao for now!
And we're all together now!<br />There's no escape for you!
Please... Save my husband...<br />Save Cyan...
Where are we!? What is this place?
<br />You're inside...Cyan's mind.
<br />My husband, Cyan, continues to<br />torment himself...<hr class="newpage" />Over what happened to Doma...<br />what happened to the world...<br />and...what happened to us...
And because of the depth of his despair,<br />a monster known as Wrexsoul has latched<br />on to him.
Wrexsoul is a monster formed of the<br />countless souls lost in the course of<br />that ancient conflict...
<br />...They're hurting my dad!<br />Help him!
<br />Please...help Cyan...<hr class="newpage" /><br />You have to help Dad!
Dad...fishing is boring!
This is but another part of thy training.<br />Patience is something we all must learn.
...I love fishing!
Thou hast grown quite strong!<br />With a little more practice, thou wilt be<br />Doma's finest swordsman!
Yippee! Dad told me I'm strong!<br />I'm gonna go tell Mom!
My dear...<br />Do you love me?
What art thou asking me!?<br />A warrior does not speak of such things!
I...love thee.<br />I love thee more than anything...
Yay! I heard that!<br />"I love thee, I love thee!"<br />Dad loves Mom!
Owain!
You must be Wrexsoul!<br />Let Cyan go!
I heard what Dad said to Mom!
You're too late! This man can't escape<br />me! He is overcome by despair at his own<br />powerlessness!<hr class="newpage" />I am fed by his sorrow...his anger...<br />and his hate! And now I shall partake<br />of yours as well!
Cyan: I thank thee.
Cyan: I thought I could hear<br />my wife and son calling out to<br />me...<hr class="newpage" />Their voices gave me the strength<br />to hold on.
<br />Thank you, my love...
<br />You really are strong, Dad!
Cyan: No...<br />I couldn't do anything...<hr class="newpage" />Not then...and not now...<br />I am a man without honor...
<br />No...<br />You've always had more than enough.
<br />Dad...<br />I love you!
<br />We'll...always be...at your side...
Cyan: Elayne and Owain live<br />on in my heart.<hr class="newpage" />I can no longer dwell on the past.<br />I must follow the road which I<br />believe to be right...
<br />Cyan purged his mind<br />of confusion and doubt!
<br />Cyan's swordsmanship attained<br />its peak level!
<br />Obtained Alexander magicite!
One would do well to remember the<br />positions... Such knowledge could be<br />one's salvation.
<br />Obtained Lump of Metal!
Sabin: You don't suppose...<br />Gau, couldn't that man be<br />your father?<hr class="newpage" />Gau: Uwaoh...
Sabin: Come on, Gau...<br />don't you think?<hr class="newpage" />Gau: Fa-ther...?<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: Yeah.<br />That guy's gotta be your dad!<hr class="newpage" />Gau: ...?<br />...Gau...dad!?<br />Uwaooo Gau!
Sabin: All right!<br />Let's go tell him!<hr class="newpage" />He needs to know you're his son!
Sabin: Wait a minute...<br />This is a once-in-a-lifetime<br />event!<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: We should at least<br />dress you up a bit! Let's go to<br />Jidoor and get you spiffed up!
Sabin: No, Gau!<br />How many times do I have to tell<br />you not to eat with your fingers?
Gau: Uwao...
Sabin: Don't say "uwao" when<br />you mean "sorry"!
Gau: Yaoh!
Sabin: ...
Terra: How do you like<br />these? Wouldn't they look<br />good on him?<hr class="newpage" />Oh, but I liked those other ones<br />so much, too...!<hr class="newpage" />...*mumble*...everything you<br />liked......boy wouldn't even be<br />able to move...
Terra: What was that!?<hr class="newpage" />N-nothing! Didn't say a thing!<br />...Whew. That was close...
Celes: What to do, what to<br />do... Oh, this is nice!<hr class="newpage" />...But I need something that<br />would look good on Gau,<br />don't I? Hmm...<hr class="newpage" />Oh, pick something, already...!
Celes: What did you say!?<hr class="newpage" />...N-nothing!
Cyan: Now this is a fine and<br />jaunty little hat!<hr class="newpage" />Maybe if he were a clown...
Cyan: What was that? If he<br />wore a crown?<hr class="newpage" />Ha! We don't want his father<br />thinking he's some kind of prince,<br />now, do we?<hr class="newpage" />...
Sabin: I know just the thing!<hr class="newpage" />That's a kenpo gi...<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: It's perfect!<br />Functional, yet sporty!<hr class="newpage" />That's, uh...not exactly what I had in<br />mind...
Setzer: *sigh*...<br />Not an ounce of fashion sense<br />among the lot of you...<hr class="newpage" />Setzer: Excuse me, sir.<br />Could you order another set of<br />clothes like the ones I'm wearing?<hr class="newpage" />Setzer, no!<br />We're trying to make him look<br />better, not worse!
Edgar: I've got it!<br />A tuxedo, a silk hat...and a rose<br />between his teeth!
Locke: Talk about overdoing<br />it! Sheesh...<hr class="newpage" />I guess we'll have to go with a<br />bandana on his head after all.
Edgar: A bandana? I thought<br />we were trying to make him look<br />presentable!<hr class="newpage" />Guess we all know better than to<br />expect any sort of class out of<br />Locke, though...
Locke: What was that!?<br />Why don't you try saying that<br />again?
Sabin: Listen, Gau.<hr class="newpage" />You're gonna go in there now and<br />show your father what a fine<br />young man you've become!<hr class="newpage" />Gau: Yaoooh...
Sabin: Excuse me, sir.<hr class="newpage" />Aged Man: Who in blazes are you? <br />Oh! Repairmen!?<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: Sir...<br />You had a son once, didn't you?<br />You did...right?
Sabin: Now, sir...<hr class="newpage" />Aged Man: Oh, right! I need you<br />to get to those repairs, right<br />away!<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: Sir...<br />You had a son...right?<br />You did, didn't you?
Aged Man: ...A son?<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: Yes.<br />You see, sir...he's alive.<br />...Gau, speak up!
Gau: Fa-ther...
Aged Man: Huh? What? What's all this<br />business about a son? I don't have a son!
Aged Man: But now that you mention it, I<br />once had a terrible dream... A dream in<br />which some kind of demon child was born.<hr class="newpage" />I grabbed the thing and rushed off to<br />the Veldt with it... Thing was crying<br />like crazy by the time I got there...<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: But, sir...!
Aged Man: I left the child there...<br />And then I turned around and ran, trying<br />not to look back...<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: I'm trying to tell<br />you...
Aged Man: Then all of a sudden the<br />crying stopped. I turned around...<hr class="newpage" />...and there was some frightful monster!<br />Never seen anything like it...<hr class="newpage" />Hideous! Still gives me the shakes when<br />I think about it...<hr class="newpage" />Sabin: I give up...<br />This guy's hopeless...
Aged Man: But you, young man... Your<br />parents must be proud to have such a<br />fine son!<hr class="newpage" />I still dream about being chased by that<br />demon child... Terrifying, those<br />dreams...
Sabin: Why you old...!<hr class="newpage" />Running your mouth, not even<br />so much as thinking about<br />Gau's feelings!<hr class="newpage" />You want me to beat some sense<br />back into you!?
Gau: Uwaooo...ooo...
Aged Man: Eh? Say, is everything fixed<br />yet?
Aged Man: Oh! You finally come to do<br />those repairs?<hr class="newpage" />"No, actually I was wondering if you<br />knew anything about Emperor Gestahl's<br />map..."<hr class="newpage" />Aged Man: The emperor's map...? Seems<br />like that's all anyone wants to talk<br />about these days!<hr class="newpage" />"Pardon?"<hr class="newpage" />Aged Man: Little while back, another<br />repairman wearing a bandana came here<br />asking the same thing... So I told him!<hr class="newpage" />"Then...where is it!?"
Aged Man: It's where the mountains form<br />a shape like a star...<hr class="newpage" />Sheesh! Why didn't you just ask me from<br />the beginning? No need to be so shy!
Aged Man: Got it? Where the mountains<br />form a star!
Sabin: I...I'm sorry...
Gau: Fa-ther...alive...<br />Gau...ha-ppy...
...You don't have enough money.
<br />HP and MP restored!<br />Status effects removed!
I come back here for the first time in<br />ages, and the place looks like it's been<br />through a war!<hr class="newpage" />What in the world happened?
I am Gungho, Thamasa's most renowned<br />monster hunter.
Strago: G-Gungho!?
If you're looking for that man who was<br />dressed all in black, he already left. He<br />said he was going to the coliseum.
One day not long ago, a man came here<br />saying he worked for an aristocrat in<br />Jidoor, and left with that little girl!
I saw a huge monster fly across the sky.<br />It looked like a giant bat!
There aren't any good places left to<br />play.
Ebot's Rock is above water for the first<br />time in fifty years. Head north of town<br />and you should be able to see it!
Gungho: Oh, Strago!<br />Have you come back to hunt Hidon?
Seems you're letting Strago fight<br />with you, but I should warn you...the<br />man's a monumental coward.
Gungho: You haven't changed a bit, have<br />you?
Back when you were young, you tried so<br />hard to hunt down Hidon...but then you<br />gave up and quit before you found him.
Strago: I didn't quit!<br />It's just... I sort of... I mean...<hr class="newpage" />The thing lives in Ebot's Rock,<br />and after the place sunk, well...<hr class="newpage" />Gungho: Always have to make excuses,<br />don't you?
Gungho: You're pathetic!
Mayor: It's hard to believe it's only been<br />a year since the cataclysm... It feels<br />like it's been ages.
Relm: Yay, we're home!<br />I'll be in the house, okay?
Strago: So full of energy!<br />I must be the only one getting<br />old...
Relm: You've gotta come<br />quick! Gungho's hurt!
Strago: Gungho, hang in there!
Strago: Who did this to you?<hr class="newpage" />Gungho: It was Hidon, that legendary<br />beast you and I used to hunt... Almost<br />had him, too...
Gungho: Oooh... *cough*, *wheeze*...
Gungho: Strago...<br />Please...avenge me...
Strago: Hidon!?
Relm: Grandpa!<br />What are you standing around<br />for!?
Strago: You're right... <hr class="newpage" />I grew old and stopped even<br />thinking about pursuing the<br />dreams of my youth...
Strago: Gungho, I'm going<br />after him!
Relm: Grandpa, wait! You're<br />not thinking of going all alone,<br />are you?
Strago: ...I need to face the<br />thing I ran from all those years<br />ago. I need to get the best of it.<hr class="newpage" />It's a matter of pride, dear.
Relm: It's a matter of you<br />being a stubborn old man!<hr class="newpage" />You're my grandpa!<hr class="newpage" />I can't just sit and watch while<br />you make things harder for<br />yourself than they have to be!
Strago: I'm sorry, Relm...<br />It means a lot to me that you<br />care so much.<hr class="newpage" />...But Hidon's a tough beast to<br />track. Its name comes from the old<br />word for "hidden," after all!<hr class="newpage" />No one'll ever find him if I don't<br />go.
Strago: To Ebot's Rock!
Relm: Phew...
Chest: I'm hungry!<hr class="newpage" />Hungry hungry hungry<br />hungry hungry hungry<br />hungry hungry hungry!<hr class="newpage" />Gimme somethin' ta eat!<br />Or I won't let ya through!
Skinflint! Get outta here!
You don't even have any!
I've gotta eat a whole bunch at once or<br />it won't fill me up!
*munch*... *munch*... *munch*...<br />Hrm... That wasn't enough! Go get me<br />some more!
*munch*... *munch*... *munch*...<br />Oh yeah, that's the stuff! Corpulence<br />is happiness! And I'm stuffed!
I love me some coral! You got any on ya?<hr class="newpage" />Feed the chest some coral?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
<br />Obtained 1 piece of coral!
<br />Obtained 2 pieces of coral!
<br />Obtained 3 pieces of coral!
<br />Obtained 5 pieces of coral!
Chest: *buuurp*! Whew!
Chest: Oh, right, you wanted to get<br />through here, didn't ya?
Chest: Oooh, shouldn'ta ate so much...
Strago: That's Hidon!
Strago: I did it!<br />I...I really beat Hidon!
Strago: I'll have to tell<br />Gungho he's been avenged!
Strago: Gungho...!
Gungho: What's all the fuss? Can't an<br />injured man get some rest!?<hr class="newpage" />Strago: Gungho, listen to me!<br />I defeated Hidon!
Gungho: You...WHAT!? Y-you beat<br />Hidon? You're lying!
Relm: Nope, he's not!<br />He really did it!
Strago: Ho-ho-ho...<hr class="newpage" />Well, a little monster like Hidon<br />could hardly expect to stand up<br />to the likes of me!
Gungho: I can't believe it...<br />But it looks like I have to concede<br />defeat! You showed me up, old man!<hr class="newpage" />Strago: Ho-ho-ho!<hr class="newpage" />Strago: ...By the way, how are<br />your wounds healing, Gungho?
Gungho: Hmm? Oh, my wounds! Yes,<br />they're fine...
<br /><br />That evening...
Strago: So there I was,<br />creeping through those caves<br />that seemed to go on forever...<hr class="newpage" />I finally reach the deepest,<br />darkest cavern, and there he<br />is, right in front of me!
Strago: I stared the ugly<br />brute straight in the eye, raised<br />my staff, and let him have it!<hr class="newpage" /><br />Bam!<hr class="newpage" /><br />Thwack!<hr class="newpage" /><br />Pow!<hr class="newpage" />Right in the kisser!
Strago: Oh, I wish you<br />could've been there to see me...
Strago: Oh...and then......
Relm: Where's Grandpa?<hr class="newpage" />Gungho: Hmm? Oh, I think he finally<br />tired himself out from all that jabbering<br />and nodded off.
Gungho: But...do you think it's okay to<br />leave it like this, with him thinking I<br />was really hurt?
Relm: Don't worry about it!<hr class="newpage" />If we hadn't tricked him, he'd<br />have spent the rest of his life<br />doing nothing but talk.<hr class="newpage" />And even if you were faking, that<br />monster wasn't!
Gungho: I don't know how a man like him<br />ever managed to raise a granddaughter<br />as wonderful as you...<hr class="newpage" />Relm: Yeah? Well, I don't<br />know how anyone could be as<br />terrible an actor as you!
Relm: Strago is probably<br />the only man alive who would fall<br />for a performance like that!
Gungho: How've you been? Everything<br />okay?
Gungho: I heard someone saw Hidon at<br />Ebot's Rock again!
I've been traveling all over the world<br />since the cataclysm last year. I've seen<br />all sorts of things!<hr class="newpage" />Wanna hear something neat?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
There's a small, triangular island to the<br />northeast of the Veldt.
That island is home to a monster that<br />sucks in anything unfortunate enough to<br />go near it.<hr class="newpage" />Wonder what would happen if you got<br />sucked into it? ...Yuck, I don't even<br />want to think about that!
Gungho: What did you say!?
This is Figaro, the desert castle.
Halt!
...Oh, it's you. Proceed.
Figaro has an alliance with the Empire.
Figaro Castle is the most advanced<br />structure in the world!
You wouldn't know by looking at it, but<br />this castle is loaded with advanced<br />technology. For example...
Whoops! Heh... It's all top-secret!
You saw it, didn't you?
Hmmm...? Is that...? Hey!!!
Locke: It's not safe here.<br />We'd better hightail it south to<br />Figaro!
Biggs: So...this is the frozen esper?
Guard: We're not handing over the esper!
Guard: Ymir! Get them!
What are you doing here? Scram!
Get back to your post.
Oh, is my shift up already? Great! I'll go<br />take a break.
I'm not buying anything!
This town's under Imperial occupation.
A detachment should be making its way<br />toward Narshe as we speak. We'll be<br />linking up with them soon.
That idiot, Kefka, is about to invade<br />Narshe. ...Oh, of course I know better<br />than to call him that to his face!
Duncan's Wife: Rich people's homes<br />always have secret passages.<hr class="newpage" />You just have to search until you find a<br />place where you can feel a draft!
Merchant: ...You're that infamous thief,<br />Locke, aren't you?<hr class="newpage" />Locke: Oh, now that was<br />just plain rude. I'm a treasure<br />hunter...and don't you forget it!
Merchant: Why do I always have to go<br />and open my mouth...
Merchant: Terribly sorry, I just ran out<br />of everything I had to sell!<hr class="newpage" /> ・ Lie to me will you!? Let's go!<br /> ・ Guess I'm out of luck...
Merchant: Business has slowed to a<br />crawl thanks to the Empire.
Peace has returned, but I fear my<br />husband is gone forever...
You say you really managed to make<br />peace with the Empire?
We're free!
Now I can relax and drink my cider.
Rest for a bit?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Kweh!
 ・ (Ride a chocobo.)<br /> ・ (Maybe later.)
<br />Recovery spring!
The three groups have arrived in Narshe,<br />and now a decisive battle<br />is about to unfold...
<br />Obtained [C4][BC]!
<br />Learned [C4][BD]!
<br />Obtained [C4][BB] gil!
<br />Empty!
Rooms are 80 gil per night.<hr class="newpage" />Will you be staying?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Rooms are 150 gil per night.<hr class="newpage" />Will you be staying?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Rooms are 250 gil per night.<hr class="newpage" />Will you be staying?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
<br />Choose a scenario, kupo!
All right.<br />We're going in!
80 gil for a chocobo ride!<hr class="newpage" />How about it?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
150 gil for a chocobo ride!<hr class="newpage" />How about it?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
<br />Monster-in-a-box!
Ride down on the crane?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
The Warring Triad awaits...
Press Select to switch between<br />the three parties.
Terra: General Leo...<br />I think I've begun to understand the<br />things you told me...
Locke: As long as there are<br />people who need to be protected,<br />I'll keep on fighting!
Cyan: What an intriguing<br />apparatus!
Shadow: ...
Edgar: If something were to<br />happen to me, all the world's<br />ladies would grieve!
Sabin: All right!<br />Let's do this!
Celes: As long as we don't<br />give up hope, there's still a<br />chance for the future!
Strago: All of you have that<br />sparkle in your eyes... Well, this<br />old man's not giving up, either!
Relm: Come on! Let's go<br />knock the crazy right out<br />of that guy!
Setzer: I think luck is on our<br />side!
A piece of magicite fell from<br />Deathgaze's maw!
<br />Obtained Bahamut magicite!
Edgar: It's time we took the<br />battle to Kefka's doorstep!
Setzer: What's wrong?<hr class="newpage" />Celes: ...
Celes: The gods of the<br />Warring Triad control the<br />magic of the esper world...<hr class="newpage" />If we destroy them...
Edgar: ...You're worried<br />about what might happen?
Celes: I'm not sure, but...
Celes: ...espers and magic<br />might vanish from the world<br />entirely.
Strago: Espers...and even<br />magic itself could vanish from<br />the world.
Edgar: And if that happens...
Celes: ...what'll happen to<br />Terra?
<br /><br />Welcome, friends!
I knew you'd come, so I've been<br />practicing my greeting!
How much do you have to destroy before<br />you'll have had your fill, Kefka!?<hr class="newpage" />Kefka: I've acquired the ultimate power!<br />Observe...
Kefka: Such magnificent power! You're <br />nothing more than fleas compared to me<br />now!
Kefka: Embrace your destruction...<br />It is the fate of all things.
To be destroyed? Maybe it is! But<br />people can always rebuild, and new<br />lives will always be born!
Kefka: And time will destroy all those as<br />well.<hr class="newpage" />Why do people insist on creating things<br />that will inevitably be destroyed?<hr class="newpage" />Why do people cling to life, knowing<br />that they must someday die?<hr class="newpage" />...Knowing that none of it will have<br />meant anything once they do?
Because it's not the end that matters!<br />It's knowing you have something to live<br />for right now, at this moment!<hr class="newpage" />Something you've worked for...<br />Something that's worth protecting!
As long as you have that...that's<br />enough!
Kefka: And did you all find your<br />"somethings" in this broken world<br />that just won't die?
Yes!
Terra: Love!
Locke: A person worth protecting.
Cyan: A wife and child who live on<br />within me.
Shadow: Friends...and family.
Edgar: A peaceful kingdom.
Sabin: A loving brother who always<br />looks out for me! Gah-ha-ha-ha!
Celes: Someone willing to accept me<br />for who I am.
Strago: An adorable little<br />granddaughter.
Relm: An obnoxious grandpa...who I<br />couldn't live without!
Setzer: Wings from a dear old friend!
Mog: New pals, kupo!
Gau: These people! All them!<br />Uwaooo!
Kefka: Bleh! You people make me sick!<br />You sound like lines from a self-help<br />book!
Kefka: If that's how it's going to be...<br />I'll snuff them all out!<hr class="newpage" />Every last one of your sickening, happy<br />little reasons for living!
No! Kefka, stop!
Kefka: I wield the greatest power in<br />existence!<hr class="newpage" />You may as well be the dirt on the<br />bottom of my boots! Or the dirt stuck<br />to the bottom of that dirt!
Kefka: I'll destroy everything!<hr class="newpage" />I'll create my own empire...of death!
You can't destroy everything!<hr class="newpage" />People will always have dreams!
Kefka: No! I'll destroy the entire world!<hr class="newpage" />There won't be anything left to dream<br />about!
We won't let you hurt any more people!
Kefka: Hee-hee-hee!<hr class="newpage" />But what fun is destruction if no "precious"<br />lives are lost?
It ends here, Kefka!
Kefka: Oh, all right...if you insist!<br />I'll end it here. I'll end everything!<hr class="newpage" />Your lives can be the first!
The tower's collapsing!
There's no time to lose!<hr class="newpage" />Come on! The airship's just up ahead!
Celes: Terra!<br />What's wrong?
Edgar: If espers are fading<br />from the world now...
Terra: Come with me. I can<br />use the last of my power to guide<br />you out.
Celes: Come on, everybody!<br />We can make it if we work<br />together!
The magicite...<hr class="newpage" />Magic is disappearing...
Celes: What'll happen to<br />Terra...?
Terra!!!
Terra: They're calling for me.
Celes: Terra!<br />You're here!
Terra: Follow me!
Edgar: The last piece of<br />magicite!
Celes: Terra!<br />You've done enough! Your power's<br />getting weaker...
Celes: Terra isn't going<br />to be able to hold out much<br />longer!
Edgar: After her!
Setzer: Leave it to me!
<br /><br />Don't give up, Katarin...
<br /><br />I won't either...
<br />Not yet...
Not...yet?
Terra!?
Celes: Terra!
Terra: Thank you,<br />Setzer...
Setzer: I told you, didn't I?<br />She's the fastest ship in the<br />world!
<br />Edgar: Cyan!<br />Could you hit that switch?<hr class="newpage" /><br /><br />Cyan: I, umm... Mechanical<br />devices are...not my strong point.
<br />Cyan: ...I do believe I am getting<br />better, though!
<br />Setzer: Wait!
<br />Setzer: ...Whenever you think you're<br />right, you're wrong.<hr class="newpage" /><br /><br />And that's a big mistake.
<br />Setzer: That was what you always<br />used to say, wasn't it, Darill?
<br />Mog: Help me!!! Kupo!
<br />Mog: The hair!!! Watch the hair!<br />I'm not a stuffed animal, kupo!
<br />Celes: It won't open!
<br />Umaro: Ughaaa!
<br />Edgar: Where's Sabin when you<br />need him...?
<br />Sabin: It's not like I wanted to<br />dump all that responsibility on you...<hr class="newpage" /><br /><br />I knew you'd look out for the kingdom.<br />I wanted to be able to look out for you.<hr class="newpage" /><br /><br />That's why I went off to become<br />stronger...
<br />Edgar: Ladies first!
<br />Gau: Shortcut! Take shortcut!
Celes: Both buttons have to be<br />pressed at the same time, in exactly the<br />same way!
Setzer: Gogo! Mimic Celes!
<br />Come on! This place is breaking apart!
<br />Celes: Locke!
<br />Locke: I won't let go...I promise!
Setzer: You'd better not fall!<br />You still have to show me that Maria<br />act of yours again!
Are you crazy!? You almost got<br />yourself killed—for that!?
Setzer: Risking your life for a<br />bandana... What a woman!
Celes: It's my good luck charm...<br />It saved me when nothing else could<br />have...
Celes: Locke... You're watching<br />over me from somewhere...aren't you?
<br />Terra: Father...?
Maduin: Terra...we must part now.<br />We espers will disappear from this<br />world. You may fade away as well...
Maduin: But, perhaps if the human part<br />of you feels something strong enough,<br />then maybe...<hr class="newpage" /><br />...just maybe you will be able to remain<br />here as a human...
<br />Relm: Grandpa, you can't give up<br />yet!
<br />Strago: Sorry, dear...<hr class="newpage" /><br /><br />Relm: Any more whining out of you,<br />and I'll paint your picture!
<br />Strago: Oh, no! Anything but that!
<br />Relm: ...But, you know, someday I<br />really would like to paint your portrait.<hr class="newpage" /><br /><br />...On canvas, I mean!
<br />Strago: Oh, Relm...<br />Look what you've done!<hr class="newpage" /><br />You've made me go all misty-eyed,<br />and now I can't see where we're going!
<br />Shadow: Go on, Interceptor!<br />Get going!
Shadow: Baram... It looks like I can<br />finally stop running... Come and find me,<br />all right?
<br />Shadow: Take care of yourself, boy...
Strago: Come on, Strago!<br />You can't let yourself be shown up by a<br />bunch of kids!
<br />Strago: Gotcha!
<br />Relm: No old woman's gonna beat<br />me!
Relm: Hey, lover-boy! I thought<br />you were supposed to let ladies go first!
<br />Relm: ...You scar-faced old<br />gambler! Don't leave me back here!!!
<br />Relm: That's it! Portraits for all<br />of you!!!
Hey, aren't you...? You were with the<br />Returners, right? Me, too! I thought<br />everyone else had been wiped out!<hr class="newpage" />I don't know if there's anything I can do<br />for you now, but I did hear something you<br />might be interested to know...
Apparently, four espers escaped from<br />that Magitek Research Facility not long<br />before you guys snuck in there.<hr class="newpage" />There's no way of knowing if they're<br />still alive, but if you could find them, I<br />bet they would lend you their power!
I heard they're going to put a rare sword<br />up for auction. I can't decide if I should<br />bid or not.
Excalipoor? Yes, that is indeed a rare<br />blade.
Apparently, someone's been making off<br />with rare swords from the coliseum...<br />You'd best keep an eye out.
Okay! Here's our next item up for bid!
...Excalipoor!
Do I hear 10,000 gil?
Oh, we've got a high bid right off the<br />bat!
Do I hear any more bids?
 ・ (Bid 150,000 gil.)<br /> ・ (Don't bid.)
 ・ (Bid 400,000 gil.)<br /> ・ (Don't bid.)
 ・ (Bid 500,000 gil.)<br /> ・ (Don't bid.)
Ho-ho-ho! There's nothing I can't buy!
Sold, to this lucky bidder! Take it away,<br />please!
<br />150,000 gil!
<br />200,000 gil!
<br />300,000 gil!
<br />400,000 gil!
<br />450,000 gil!
<br />Obtained Excalipoor!
Well, that's all for today! Come back<br />again soon!
<br />Hey, that's quite a rare sword<br />you've got there...
<br />I think...
<br />...I'll take that sword for my own!
<br />I shall lend you my strength.
<br />Obtained Gilgamesh magicite!
Not too long ago when I was out sailing, I<br />saw a huge shadow pass by beneath the<br />water.
There's something strange living in them<br />waters, I tell ya...
Wh-what's going on!?<br />Is that some kind of sea monster?
Is everyone all right!?
<br />Obtained Leviathan magicite!
Something was tossed out by the<br />explosion!
<br />Obtained Diabolos magicite!
Do you know what a cactuar is?
I'd been hunting the little varmints last<br />time I was out in the desert, when all of<br />a sudden, a huge one attacked me!
A monster of that size has to have some<br />good treasure. I'd bet my right eye on it!
You still haven't beaten those<br />cactuars? Stop poking around!<br />I'm on pins and needles here!
I'll tell you something good if you manage<br />to take down 10 of the little guys, so<br />give it your best shot!
Wow, you managed to take down 10<br />cactuars, did you? I guess I'd better<br />hold up my end of the deal!
Before, when I was walking through the<br />desert to the south, I spotted a humongous<br />cactuar.
A monster of that size has to have some<br />good treasure. I'd bet my right eye on it!
You defeated that huge cactuar? Nice<br />work!
<br />Obtained Cactuar magicite!
All right.<br />We're going in!
Press Select to switch between<br />the three parties.
<br />The door is sealed from the outside.
There should be a stone switch to open<br />it around here somewhere...
There's a weight here. Push it off the<br />edge?
 ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
<br />It's locked.
Hey! Get out of the way down there!
<br />There is a distant sound...
It looks like that turtle could be ridden<br />to the other side...
Something's written on the wall...
<br />"When the door is opened,<br />the Red shall be awoken."
There's a hidden switch. Push it?
<br />A distant door opens...
If ye would face a drake divine,<br />search ye between the molten pools<br />within the Inner Eye...
It won't open! There must be a switch<br />somewhere!
It appears to be a gravestone, but there<br />is no inscription.
Carve something into it?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
 ・ FDRA<br /> ・ INGO<br /> ・ THEK<br /> ・ GONS
 ・ INGO<br /> ・ THEK<br /> ・ GONS
 ・ FDRA<br /> ・ THEK<br /> ・ GONS
 ・ FDRA<br /> ・ INGO<br /> ・ GONS
 ・ THEK<br /> ・ GONS
 ・ INGO<br /> ・ GONS
 ・ INGO<br /> ・ THEK
 ・ THEK<br /> ・ GONS
 ・ FDRA<br /> ・ GONS
 ・ FDRA<br /> ・ THEK
 ・ INGO<br /> ・ GONS
 ・ FDRA<br /> ・ GONS
 ・ FDRA<br /> ・ INGO
 ・ INGO<br /> ・ THEK
 ・ FDRA<br /> ・ THEK
 ・ FDRA<br /> ・ INGO
<br />F DRAIN GO THE KGONS
<br />FD RAIN GOGO NS THEK
<br />FD RAT HE KIN GOGONS
<br />F DRAT HEKGON SING O
<br />F DRAGON SING OTHEK
<br />F DRAGONS THEK IN GO
<br />ING OF DRAT HE KGONS
<br />ING OF DRAGONS THEK
<br />IN GO THE KF DRAGONS
<br />ING OTHEK GONS FDRA
<br />IN GOGON SFDRA THEK
<br />IN GOGONS THE KFDRA
<br />THE KF DRAIN GOGO NS
<br />THE KF DRAGON SING O
<br />THE KING OF DRAGONS
<br />THE KING OGON S F DRA
<br />THE KGONSF DRAIN GO
<br />THE KGON SING OF DRA
<br />GONS FDRA IN GO THEK
<br />GONS FDRA THE KINGO
<br />GON SING OF DRATHEK
<br />GON SING OTHEK FDRA
<br />GONS THE KFD RAIN GO
<br />GONS THE KING OF DRA
The letters "FDRA" are inscribed on the<br />tombstone.
The letters "INGO" are inscribed on the<br />tombstone.
The letters "THEK" are inscribed on the<br />tombstone.
The letters "GONS" are inscribed on the<br />tombstone.
It won't open!<br />There must be a switch somewhere!
Party members may be changed in this<br />room, but only if all three parties are<br />present.
Speaking to a party member will open the<br />party formation menu.
The way is blocked by the Seal of Fire.
The way is blocked by the Seal of Ice.
The way is blocked by the Seal of<br />Lightning.
The way is blocked by the Seal of Wind.
The way is blocked by the Seal of Earth.
The way is blocked by the Seal of<br />Water.
The way is blocked by the Seal of<br />Heaven.
The way is blocked by the Seal of<br />Darkness.
The red dragon has been slain!
The ice dragon has been slain!
The gold dragon has been slain!
The storm dragon has been slain!
The earth dragon has been slain!
The blue dragon has been slain!
The holy dragon has been slain!
The skull dragon has been slain!
The Seal of Fire is broken!
The Seal of Ice is broken!
The Seal of Lightning is broken!
The Seal of Wind is broken!
The Seal of Earth is broken!
The Seal of Water is broken!
The Seal of Heaven is broken!
The Seal of Darkness is broken!
Humans and your insatiable greed...<br />Your lust for power leads always to a<br />lust for blood...
This place is a sanctuary for wayward<br />souls... What business have you filthy<br />creatures here?
You slaughter my brethren, and befoul<br />their rest with the profanity of your<br />continued existence...
You should not have come here.
In the name of all dragonkind, I shall<br />grant you the death you so desire.
I am the dealer of destruction...
I am the font from which fear springs...
I am Kaiser...
And your time is at an end.
 ・ FDRA<br /> ・ INGO<br /> ・ THEK
Nothing happens.
The switch in the wall has already been<br />pressed.
<br />100,000 gil!
<br />500,000 gil!
Welcome to the Soul Shrine. This is a<br />place where evil souls linger and fester,<br />trapped in a vortex of despair...
Ah, the souls come hither even as we<br />speak... Have you the courage to face<br />them?
The only way to quell their blind anger<br />is to defeat them in combat and put them<br />to rest once and for all.
If you so desired, you could attempt to<br />face them...<hr class="newpage" /> ・ (Fight.)<br /> ・ (Don't fight.)<br /> ・ (Ask for an explanation.)
Over 100 twisted souls haunt the walls<br />of this unhallowed shrine.<hr class="newpage" />Once the battle begins, they will attack<br />you relentlessly, one after the next...
And if you leave this shrine even once,<br />any souls you defeated will rise again.<br />They do not stay at rest for long...
<br />Obtained Master's Crown!
There is a small stone tablet on the<br />ground.
On its face is a short inscription...
"The seal is broken and I am free..."
"You who defeated the legendary eight...<br />I shall await you at the Dragon's Horn..."
They say there's a shrine on an island to<br />the west of Mobliz where the souls of<br />fallen monsters dwell...<hr class="newpage" />If you've already finished your main<br />quest, why not pay it a visit sometime?
Congratulations! Now that Kaiser's<br />gone, you'll be able to face your final<br />challenge!
Where, you ask? I'll give you a hint:<br />"Tail of the Serpent."
Powerful enemies are waiting to<br />challenge you!
Well then, please enjoy the rest of your<br />adventures!
Oh no!<hr class="newpage" />We're going to be pulled under!
Look! It turned to magicite!
Look! Magicite!
Powerful magic is radiating from this<br />stone...
--◯◓◑◒◐↑↗→↘↓↙←↖(A)(B)(L)(R)[SHINE][THUNDER][AIR][GROUND?][DIAMOND?][FIRE][DROPLET][POISON]'"♪
There won't be any way to get back<br />here...<hr class="newpage" />Step into the portal?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Party members can be changed when all<br />three parties are together in this room.<hr class="newpage" />Touch the red light once all three<br />parties are in the room to open the<br />party formation screen.
Are you leaving?
The souls here cannot be put to rest<br />unless they are all defeated in one fell<br />swoop.
If you leave, all of the souls you've<br />already defeated will rise again.
Are you sure you wish to leave?<br /> ・ No<br /> ・ Yes
It will be a very long and difficult battle.<br />You had best make sure you are prepared.
Save cleared game data?<br /> ・ Yes<br /> ・ No
Return to the title screen without<br />saving?<br /> ・ No<br /> ・ Yes
<br />The entrance is blocked<br />by an unseen 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