FFIX - Script - 2.5 - Conde Petie
Zidane
"We came all this way, and there's still no Mist at all..."
"Yeah, and what a weird-shaped... village? What is that thing?"
Dagger
"Maybe it's a temple of some kind."
Quina
"Is very delicious shape. Inside might have fine cuisine!"
[Quina runs inside]
Zidane
"Geez... All s/he ever thinks about is food."
Dagger
"Well, all you ever think about is girls..."
[Dagger walks in]
Zidane
"Uh, that's right! My mind is filled with thoughts of...you!"
Vivi
"..."
Zidane
"..."
[Vivi runs into the building]
Zidane
"Maybe I'm trying too hard..."
[Zidane walks in. Vivi, Dagger, and Quina are inside, along with small greenish dwarves]
"Rally-ho!"
"Rally-ho!"
"Rally-ho!"
[Quina walks off]
Zidane
"Wh-What's up with these little guys?"
Dagger
"Wr-Wraly-ho...?"
Vivi
"Rh-Rhallie-who...?"
"Rally-ho!"
"Rally-ho!"
[Dagger, Vivi, and the two dwarves enter the building]
Zidane
"Hey, hold up..."
[Zidane tries to get in, but is blocked]
"Rally-ho!"
Zidane
"Oh, come on..."
Villager
"Rally-ho's oor sacred greetin'!"
Villager
"If ye dinnae say Rally-Ho, then ye cannae enter Conde Petie, hametoon o' the dwarves!"
Zidane
"Now, wait a minute here..."
Villager & Villager
"Rally-ho!"
Zidane
"..."
"...Rally-ho..."
Dwarf
"Rally-ho! Ye can pass!"
- Vivi and the Couple
[Vivi is standing somewhere in Conde Petie]
Vivi
"Hmm... The people here sure are different."
[Vivi walks forward. A male dwarf steps in front of him, and a female one behind him]
Margaret Miller
"Come hither, ye!"
Vivi
"Aaa! I'm sorr-"
Margaret Miller
"An' just where do ye think ye're going'!?"
"Ye're always loiterin' aroon'!"
Granin Miller
"Wheesht! Would ye stop hecklin' me fer once!"
[Vivi steps out of the way]
Margaret Miller
"Away wi' ye!"
Vivi
"Um, pardon me, but..."
Margaret Miller
"Where would ye be wi'oot me?"
Granin Miller
"Y-Ye dinnae have tae get sae angry..."
Margaret Miller
"If ye dinnae want tae hear ma complainin', ye'd get back tae work!"
Granin Miller
"Al-Alright, woman, alright..."
[He walks off screen]
Margaret Miller
"Lazy, no-good husband o' mine... Hm?"
"Mercy me! Are nae ye a wee one... Runnin' errands here, are ye?"
Vivi
"Um, pardon me, but..."
Margaret Miller
"Well, give ma regards tae the others!"
[She walks off screen]
Vivi
"Gee-whiz... The people here aren't afraid of me..."
- Quina Accused
[Quina is at the item store]
"Rally-ho!"
Quina
"Rally-ho yourself."
"This village have tasty munchies?"
Wendy Grocer
"Aye, that we do! Condie Petie is hame tae the most delicious nuts an' berries in the warld!"
"Ah ken that's why folk're always stealin' oor food!"
Quina
"How rude! Thieves very bad people."
Wendy Grocer
"Aye! That's right!"
Quina
"Mmmm, lots of yummy-looking food here..."
Wendy Grocer
"Ah'll let ye have that pumpkin bomb there fer 1000 Gil!"
Quina
"Huh? Why you need Gil to eat food?"
Wendy Grocer
"If ye dinnae pay fer somethin', ye're stealin'!"
"Och! So ye're the thief, are ye no!?"
Quina
"N-Not me! I only gourmand!"
Wendy Grocer
"Ye cannae fool me, thief!"
Quina
"No, I not thief!"
[Quina runs off screen]
- Dagger and William
[Dagger enters a room where several dwarves are gathered, sitting and talking to each other]
Dagger
"Excuse me......"
Walter Teamaker
"Soon, Ah'm gonna have tae find a wife fer ma wee William."
Barbara Gibgab
"No lassie wants yir William fer a man."
"Well, what's wrong wi' this ootsider lass right here?"
Dagger
"Um, hi. I was wondering-"
Walter Teamker
"Hmmm... Aye, she's a bonnie lass, at that."
Dagger
"Have any of you seen-"
Helen Birdkeeper
"But she's awful small tae send tae the Sanctuary, din ye ken?"
Jinkus Emptybottle
"Look at her! She's a mickle bigger'n ye, Ah ken!"
Dagger
"I'm not marrying anybody!"
"Hmm... Sanctuary..."
- Quina Can't Communicate
[Quina walks up to a group of dwarves standing beside the weapons shop]
Richard Watchman
"Ah dinnae ken what else we kin do, lads..."
Quina
"Oh, recipe exchange time, yes?"
Matthew Watchman
"Nay! That thief's been snitchin' oor food again!"
Quina
"I...I not thief."
Richard Watchman
"Nobody said ye were a thief!"
Matthew Watchman
"Or are ye hidin' somethin'?"
Quina
"I-I no have nothing to hide."
(These people so difficult.)
[Quina walks off-screen]
Richard Watchman
"Alright, lads! We have tae keep oor eyes open if we're gonna catch oor thief!"
Matthew Watchman
"But we're always lookin' oot fer thieves, are we no?"
[Behind the counter, the top of a purple-haired head, and a small orange ball (which is on top of moogle heads) appear, unnoticed]
[Zidane goes to speak to Vivi, who's talking to two other dwarves]
Zidane
"What's the matter, Vivi?"
Vivi
"Um... These two people-"
Derek Stonehammer
"That hen ye cooked fer me was awful good, it was!"
"What way did ye cook it? Did ye frizzle it wi' some o' yer majick?"
Kelley Fingerwaver
"The berries ye traded me were astoondin', too!"
"But likesay, what's a wee lad like ye doin' here the day?"
Zidane
"Hey, Vivi... Do you know these people?"
Vivi
"How could I? I've never been here before."
Zidane
"Yeah, I didn't think so."
Vivi
"I'll try talking to some other people."
[Vivi runs off]
- Hungry Bryan
[Two dwarves are speaking]
Bryan Rootrunner
"Sis! Ah'm hungert!"
Darcy Skywatcher
"But ye just ate a boiled owl, did ye no?"
Bryan Rootrunner
"Ah did, but it didnae satisfy me voracious appetite!"
"Ah have tae eat somethin' wi' more punch, likesay... Eh?"
Darcy Skywatcher
"Rally-ho!"
Bryan Rootrunner
"It's Mister Pyntie-Het!"
"Rally-ho! What have ya tae sell today!?"
[A black mage walks onto the screen as it fades to black]
[Zidane heads to the item shop. The black mage is talking to Wendy Grocer]
Zidane
"Hm?"
Wendy Grocer
"Plenty thanks. Yir goods are always welcome here."
"..."
Zidane
"Hey..."
"!!!"
[Vivi walks onscreen]
Vivi
"What the -"
"..."
[The black mage runs away]
Vivi
"W-Wait!"
Zidane
"Hang on, Vivi!"
[They chase the black mage to the next screen]
Vivi
"Come back!"
Zidane
"Vivi!"
[Dagger runs up to Zidane, who stops running]
Dagger
"Zidane, what's going on?"
Zidane
"I have no idea... But we gotta catch up with Vivi!"
[They both run to the entrance, where Vivi and Quina are waiting]
Zidane
"Vivi, where's the black mage?"
Vivi
"He ran away."
Zidane
"Huh. Where the heck did he come from? Has Brahne found us?"
Harold Pathknower
"Do ye ken the Pyntie-Hets?"
Vivi
"Huh? Did you just say Pointy-Hats!?"
Harold Pathknower
"Nah, Ah said Pyntie-Hets! They often come from the Sootheast Forest tae trade wi' us."
Zidane
"They!? You mean there's lots of them? And...they live near here?"
Harold Pathknower
"Aye! But ye gots tae go all the way aroon' yon cliff an' then go east tae find the Sootheast Forest!"
"They live sae deep in the forest, that even owls dinnae live there!"
Zidane
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Vivi
"Zidane, I want to go to the Southeast Forest and find them!"
Zidane
"Yeah, me too."
Dagger
"I think it's a good idea. We might find some clues."
Quina
"If possible to try new food, anywhere fine."
Zidane
"Alright, let's head to the Southeast Forest."
[Zidane and company leave Conde Petie and head out onto the World Map, eventually arriving at the Southeast Forest]
Zidane
"I think they live 'so deep in the forest that owls don't even live there.'"
[Zidane makes his way to the end of the forest. A Black Mage is standing in front of a section of dead trees. He waves his arms and a portal open up, revealing perfectly healthy trees. Zidane and Vivi run in, as the portal closes]
"!"
"Ahh!"
"H-H-Humans..."
"?"
"What's wrong?"
[The black mage turns around and sees Vivi and Zidane]
"!"
"Humans! Run!!!"
[All the black mages run away]
Vivi
"W-Wait..."
"Did you see them!?"
Zidane
"Y-Yeah..."
Vivi
"They were talking! There ARE others like me!"
[Vivi runs off. Dagger runs onto the screen]
Dagger
"Why would anyone build a village in the middle of a dying forest...?"
Zidane
"Beats me..."
Dagger
"Where's Vivi?"
Zidane
"He went that way... but I... Hey!"
[Dagger runs to Vivi's direction. Quina walks onscreen]
Quina
"A village! Village always have good food. I go find!"
[Quina runs off]
Zidane
"Geez, you people..."
- Gourmand's Nose
[Quina walks up to a house. A Black mage sees him, exclaims "!", and runs in, shutting the door]
Quina
"Why you run away?"
"I not do anything... What you hiding?"
"Ooo!!!"
"Is armoa... Is delicious aroma!"
[Quina runs in]
- Life Cycle
[Quina is in a building with two black mages, one of them holding an egg]
Quina
"A-ha! I know you hide food!"
Black Mage No. 111
"Get out!"
Black Mage No. 33
"This egg is ours!"
Quina
"Is chocobo egg! Chocobo egg super-delicious! We share and eat it!"
Black Mage No. 111
"We're not gonna eat it!"
Black Mage No. 33
"A chocobo mother left it for us before she stopped moving!"
Black Mage No. 111
"That's right! We're gonna raise it for her!"
Quina
"You crazy."
"You never raise any animal before."
Black Mage No. 33
"Shut up! We can so do it!"
Quina
"I not believe you. You eat egg behind my back!"
Black Mage No. 33 & No. 111
"No way!"
- Everyday Life
[In a shop, a Black Mage is behind a counter]
Black Mage No. 163
"According to the book I picked up last week..."
"...the customer says 'Give me the usual' when he wants to buy something special."
"What would I do if a customer asked for 'the usual'...? Being a shopkeeper is really hard!"
[A black mage runs outside]
"The humans are here!"
Black Mage No. 163
"What are humans...? I forgot..."
"Are they a type of food?"
"Huh!?"
"A human?"
"Um..."
"......"
"I forgot what to say..."
- Life On The Run
[Black Mages are running around, panicing]
"The humans are here!"
"!"
[Vivi chases after one of them, Dagger behind him]
Dagger
"Vivi!"
[She stops running]
"What's going on...?"
"!?"
"......?"
- Visitor, Not Invader
[Dagger is in the Black Mage synth shop. Two black mages are there]
"!"
Dagger
"Um... Excuse me..."
Black Mage No. 32
"Why are you here!?"
Black Mage No. 192
"This is our village!"
Black Mage No. 32
"Yeah!"
Black Mage No. 192
"You forced the little guy to guide you here, didn't you!?"
"That's all you humans ever think about: using us!"
Dagger
"You mean about Vivi?"
"That's not true! It's just that I was surprised to see black mages other than Vivi who could talk, so..."
"Besides, I'm here to stop the person who is sending you off to fight!"
Black Mage No. 32
"A-Are you telling the truth?"
Black Mage No. 192
"Lies!"
"All humans are liars! You're lying!"
Dagger
"But it's true!"
"I can't just sit here and watch while horrible things are happening!"
Black Mage No. 32
"......"
- Different Language
[Vivi runs up to two Black Mages, standing in front of a memorial site, with a scarecrow]
"!"
Black Mage No. 288
"Is he the one who came here with that group of humans?"
"He's alright. Look into his eyes. He's aware, just like us."
Vivi
"Th-Thanks... Um... What are you all doing here?"
Black Mage No. 288
"We escaped together from Alexandria and the cargo ships."
Vivi
"This far!?"
Black Mage No. 288
"That's right. We wanted to live in a world where there were no humans. To find that, we had to cross the ocean."
Vivi
"I see..."
"So... Um, what's this?"
Black Mage No. 56
"This is a...uh... What's the word...?"
Black Mage No. 288
"It's a cemetery."
Black Mage No. 56
"Right. A cemetery."
Vivi
"A cemetery...?"
"So... Underneath the ground-"
Black Mage No. 288
"Yes, our friends are buried under here."
Vivi
"But...why?"
Black Mage No. 288
"That's because..."
Black Mage No. 56
"I...I came here with Mr. 36. We escaped together."
"We had so many things to learn. It was really scary at first, but we helped each other."
"Then one day, Mr. 36 stopped moving. He just stopped... Wouldn't move or say anything."
"My friend who knows lots of things told me that this was what 'death' was, and we had to bury him."
"Mr. 36 is buried under the ground now. But I don't understand why."
"He's going to come out again one day, right? When he does, I'm going to wash him off in the pond."
Vivi
"Wh-What's he talking about...?"
Black Mage No. 288
"......"
Vivi
"Was it a disease? Or was he hurt?"
Black Mage No. 288
"......"
Vivi
"Tell me! Why?"
Black Mage No. 288
"That's because..."
[Zidane walks into the building where Dagger is]
Dagger
"Oh, Zidane..."
Zidane
"What's up, Dagger?"
Dagger
"I was telling them why we're here."
Zidane
"Why are we here?"
Dagger
"Zidane!"
Zidane
"It's just a joke. Geez, don't get mad."
Dagger
"Can't you see, I'm trying to make them understand?"
Black Mage No. 32
"What's a 'joke'? Is it scary?"
Zidane
"It's something funny! Right, Dagger?"
Black Mage No. 192
"You don't seem so bad."
Black Mage No. 32
"'Cause you're here to fight the bad guys!"
Zidane
"That's right!"
Dagger
"You're unbelievable, you know that?"
"Hey, where's Vivi?"
Zidane
"I don't know where he went..."
Dagger
"That worries me..."
"I'm going to look for him!"
Zidane
"H-Hey, Dagger!"
"Not again..."
[Zidane exits the Synth shop and goes in the direction where Vivi previously went]
Zidane
"!"
[He moves out of the way for Vivi, who runs by]
"Hey, Vivi!"
"What's up with him...?"
[He finds Vivi in the inn]
Zidane
"...Vivi? What's wrong?"
Vivi
"Huh?"
"Oh, Zidane... It's... It's nothing."
Zidane
"Did something bad happen? All the black mages seem pretty nice."
Vivi
"Nothing happened..."
[Vivi and Zidane walk to the entrance of the inn, where Quina's arrived]
Quina
"Grr... I hungry!"
"This village people eat terrible food."
[Dagger walks in]
Dagger
"Oh, Vivi. You're back."
"Where were you? You look very..."
Zidane
"You got tired, right, Vivi?"
Vivi
"Y-Yeah..."
Dagger
"I don't blame you. We've been walking around non-stop. We should call it a day."
Quina
"I go to forest and look for food."
[Quina walks out]
Dagger
"What about you, Zidane?"
[Choose between "Rest" or "Not yet". Have to rest eventually]
Zidane
"Yeah, we'll call it a day."
[It's now night time. Vivi is talking to the person standing behind the counter at the inn, then walks out of the inn. Dagger sees all of this transpires. She walks back in to her and Zidane's room (bunk beds, btw. She's on top)]
Dagger
"Zidane... Vivi just walked out."
Zidane
"Maybe he's letting us have a little romantic quiet time."
Dagger
"I'm serious!"
Zidane
"...I wouldn't worry too much."
Dagger
"But..."
Zidane
"He's trying to figure something out for himself."
Dagger
"......"
[Scene changes to the Black Mage Village. Vivi is walking around, while Zidane's words appear on the screen]
Zidane
"Think about it..."
"Vivi's never met black mages like himself before."
Dagger
"But what if they're being mean to him, or saying nasty things?"
Zidane
"Do you really think the people of this village gathered to do something like that?"
Dagger
"......"
Zidane
"Maybe... Just maybe, he'll find what he's looking for."
Dagger
"...Find what?"
Zidane
"A place to call home."
Dagger
"Home...?"
Zidane
"Yeah... A place where he belongs..."
[Scene changes back to Zidane and Dagger, in their beds]
Dagger
"Hey, Zidane... When you said home..."
Zidane
"What's the matter? Can't fall asleep?"
"How about a bedtime story? Let's see... Once upon a time..."
Dagger
"There you go again, teasing me..."
Zidane
"Once upon a time......there was a man."
"There was a man who didn't know where he came from..."
Dagger
"...Zidane?"
[Scene changes to Lindblum harbor, where a young Zidane is running around. Zidane tell a story, and Dagger replies to it from time to time. You'll be able to tell who's saying what, so don't worry when you don't see any names]
"This man had longed to find his birthplace ever since he was a small child."
"His birthplace. A place he only remembered in his dreams..."
"Why...?"
"He wanted to know more about himself, maybe. About his parents, the house where he was born..."
"One day, the man left and went on a quest to find the answer."
"His only clue was the blue light he saw in his dreams..."
"A blue light?"
"Yeah. He thought it might be a memory of his birthplace. An ocean, maybe...?"
"Did he find it?"
"Hey, you're jumping ahead. A lot of things happened along the way."
"Alright, we can skip ahead... No, he never found it."
"How could he? His only clue was a colored light."
"So he went back to the home of his adoptive father..."
[Screen fades to black, then shows the Tantalus hideout. Zidane approaches Baku]
"What do you think his father did when he came home?"
"...Welcome him home?"
"No way!"
"The father raised his fist and beat the son he had worked so hard to raise..."
<Wham!>
<Pow!>
<Whack!>
<Bam!>
"Why?"
"I don't know..."
"But you know what surprised him even more?"
"The father smiled, after beating up his son!"
"Can you believe that? He just gave his son a beating."
"But this is what the man thought when he saw his father smile..."
"This is my home. This is the place I call home."
"The man is still looking for his birthplace. But he already has a home. Maybe..."
[Screen changes to Black Mage No. 288. Vivi approaches him]
"...it's the same for Vivi. He's looking for a place to call home."
"I wonder if Vivi will stay in this village?"
"Who knows... that's for him to decide."
Black Mage No. 288
"Hello. Nice to see you again."
Vivi
"Um... I wanted to ask you something."
Black Mage No. 288
"What is it?"
Vivi
"I was wondering how many people have...stopped...moving."
Black Mage No. 288
"You're very kind to use our words."
"But you already know what it means to live...and to die."
"You're asking about our friends who have 'died,' not 'stopped.'"
Vivi
"Um..."
Black Mage No. 288
"Seven of our friends stopped functioning recently..."
"I think our life span is limited..."
"I've suspected this ever since the first one came to a stop."
"It varies a little, but most of us stop moving one year after production."
Vivi
"No..."
Black Mage No. 288
"I haven't told anyone else about this. If I did, they'd feel the same way I do."
Vivi
"What do you feel?"
Black Mage No. 288
"I don't know... Fear? I don't want to stop. And maybe I want to run away from it all."
"But living in this village with everyone fills me with joy."
"The joy of living with them far outweighs the fear of death."
"Isn't it the same for you? Traveling with your friends gives you life meaning."
Vivi
"I..."
[Screen fades to black, resumes at the entrance to Black Mage Village. Dagger is speaking to a Black Mage. Zidane walks up to her]
Dagger
"Really?"
Black Mage No. 144
"Yeah, I think that's what you're looking for."
Dagger
"Thank you!"
Zidane
"What's up, Dagger?"
Dagger
"Zidane! Someone saw a silver dragon in the northwest part of this continent."
"The people of Conde Petie said there was a place called Sanctuary, where entrance is restricted..."
Black Mage No. 144
"I think this 'Kuja' said something about a secret being hidden on this continent."
Zidane
"You heard him say that?"
Black Mage No. 144
"Yeah. Something about the source of the Mist..."
Dagger
"Maybe we can find out more if we go there. And maybe save my mother..."
Zidane
"Right..."
Dagger
"Oh, where's Vivi?"
"If Vivi says he's staying behind..."
[Vivi runs up to them]
Vivi
"Wait for me!"
Dagger
"Vivi?"
Vivi
"Everyone in this village asked me to see the outside world and tell them about it."
Dagger
"I see..."
Zidane
"Oh, man! I thought Dagger and I'd get to spend some quality time together."
Quina
"What you say?"
[Runs onto screen]
"You no can leave me here. I starve."
Zidane
"Oh yeah, I forgot about you..."
Dagger
"Let's go, everyone!"
"To Conde Petie! And to the Sanctuary that lies beyond!"
[Zidane and company leave the Black Mage Village, and return to Conde Petie]