FFIX - Script - 2.7 - Madain Sari
Eiko
"Zidane!"
"This is my home: Madain Sari!"
Zidane
"You live here...? (It's a pile of rubble.)"
"Dagger?"
Dagger
"What happened here...? This place is in ruins."
[On the screen, the words "Madain Sari", followed by "Village of the Lost Summoners" appears on the screen. A bunch of moogles step out from behind stone structures, all saying "Kupo!"
Eiko
"Mocha! Moco! Chimomo!"
[More appear from the other side of the screen]
"Momatose! Morrison!"
"Where's Mog?"
"No... Mog got eaten!?"
"MOG!"
[Mog flies up to Eiko]
"Kupo! Kupo... Kupo?"
Eiko
"No, I'm not mad."
"But don't ever leave me behind again, okay?"
"Kupo!"
"Kupo!"
"Kupo!"
[All the moogles fly around]
Eiko
"Zidane! Follow me!"
[The next screen shows a water fountain. Eiko is speaking to the moogles]
Eiko
"Get to work, you guys!"
"Kupo! Yes, ma'am."
Eiko
"Mog, you stay here with me."
Mog
"Kupo!"
Eiko
"Okay, come on!"
Mog
"Kupo!"
[Mog shrinks and dissapears inside her dress]
Zidane
"Did that moogle go inside your dress?"
Eiko
"Yup! Mog always stays with me."
[Mog leaves her dress, says "Kupo!", and goes back in]
Eiko
"Zidane, come sit over here!"
Zidane
"H-Hey!"
Eiko
"Tell me more about yourself!"
"Tell me!"
Zidane
"Sure. I wanna know more about you, too, Eiko."
[Zidane sits down]
Eiko
"Really!?"
[Eiko sits down]
Zidane
"For instance, the eidolon..."
Eiko
"Where are you from? How old are you? What do you do? Where are you going?"
Zidane
"No, what I wanna know is..."
Eiko
"What kind of foods do you like? What kind of eidolons do you like? What type of moogles do you like? What type of girls do you like?"
[Screen fades to black, then fades back in on the same screen]
Eiko
"I've never met anyone like you before..."
Zidane
"Dagger?"
"What's wrong? You look dazed."
Dagger
"Oh, it's nothing."
Zidane
"Do you have a fever?"
Dagger
"Ahhh!"
Zidane
"You're fine. Hey, are you jealous?"
Dagger
"Why would I be jealous?"
Eiko
"Are you and Dagger really just friends?"
"Seems like... you guys are...something more."
Zidane
"Well..."
"Yeah, we're more than friends."
Eiko
"So? What are you guys?"
Zidane
"We're a team."
Eiko
"A team...?"
Zidane
"Yeah."
"Vivi's also a part of the team. Hey... Where did he go?"
[Mog goes out of her dress]
Eiko
"Is it sort of like me and the moogles?"
Zidane
"Something like that."
[A moogle runs onto the screen]
Mocha
"All clean! Kupo!"
Eiko
"Thanks, Mocha! I'll be right there!"
[Mog goes into her dress]
"I'm gonna start cooking! You have to come eat at my place later, okay?"
[Eiko and Mocha run off screen]
Zidane
"There's still stuff I want to ask her. Let's accept her invitation."
Dagger
"Okay..."
[Eiko runs back in]
Eiko
"I'll call you when the food's ready. Don't go too far!"
[She runs off screen]
- Vivi's Feelings
[Vivi is standing in a remote corner of Madain Sari, his arms on a rope railing, as you can hear the waves crashing below. A moogle flies overhead and off screen]
Vivi
"Mr. 288 told me that I understand what it means to live and to die..."
"But it's only because I thought stopping was different from dying..."
"I don't think I really understand what it means to live and to die."
"Where do we come from...? Do we go back there when we die...?"
"If that's what it means to live... I wonder where I came from...?"
"Where will I end up when I die...?"
"Why am I shaking...?"
"What is it that I'm feeling...?"
[Scene changes back to Zidane]
Zidane
"Geez, what a dump."
"It must've been like this for at least ten years."
"What can Eiko possibly feed us?"
- Eiko's Feelings
[Eiko is in her kitchen, situated beside a waterfall. The moogles approach her and speak to her]
Eiko
"Thanks for cleaning! You guys did a great job!"
"A clean house worthy of hosting my hero, Zidane!"
"But here's where the real challenge begins!"
"I don't think Zidane and Dagger are dating, yet."
"Dagger has been slow to catch on to Zidane's moves."
"That means there's still plenty of time for me to get between them!"
"I'm gonna cook lots of yummy good and show Zidane what a good homemaker I am!"
Mocha
"Kupo! It might work if you cooked good food."
Momatose
"But Eiko screws up a lot when she cooks."
"We don't have much food in stock right now..."
Eiko
"I know! That's why I can't screw up. You're all gonna help me."
Mocha
"NO!"
Chimomo
"Kupopo..."
Momatose
"Kupo... I'm sleepy!"
Eiko
"You're all gonna help!"
"I'm gonna cook my specialty: rock-fisted potato stew!"
[A picture of a bowl of stew appears on the screen]
Momatose
"Kupo. Yeah, that's delicious."
Mocho
"But the last one you made tasted so bad, I thought my pompom would fall off..."
[The pic goes off screen]
Chimomo
"Just stew?"
Eiko
"Yeah, I think I need another dish. What do you guys think?"
Chimomo
"Kupo. How about some fish?"
"Fresh fish tastes great barbecued."
Eiko
"......"
[A picture of a barbecued fish, on a plate with leaves, appears on the screen, then goes offscreen]
Eiko
"That sounds good!"
"Okay, our menu is rock-fisted potato stew and barbecued fish!"
"Let's see..."
"Who should go fishing?"
[Choose between "Chimomo", "Mocha", or "Momatose". In this example, they'll simply be chosen in order. So, Fishing is Chimomo]
"Go, Chimomo!"
Chimomo
"Kupo!"
Eiko
"Who should go dig up potatoes?
[Choose between the two moogles left. I chose Mocha]
"Go, Mocha!"
Mocha
"Kupo!"
Eiko
"Momatose, you help me in the kitchen."
Momatose
"Kupo!"
Eiko
"Did I make the right decisions?"
[Choose between "Start cooking" or "Start over". You have to start cooking eventually]
"Let's start!"
[The two other moogles fly away, as one remains, floating above her. Eiko looks up at the sky]
"Grandpa..."
"I don't wanna be alone anymore."
"Help me do this right..."
[Screen fades back to Zidane and Dagger. Zidane runs off screen]
- Dagger's Feelings
[Dagger is walking near the entrance of Madain Sari]
Dagger
"A village of summoners..."
"I read about them in a book once... A tribe that possesses the power to call forth eidolons..."
"Eidolons..."
"Knowing that I had eidolons inside me didn't bring me any joy."
"Mother imprisoned me... used the eidolons she stole from me as tools of war."
"I thought I would kill my eidolons if Kuja was going to use them for war..."
"But now that they're gone... I feel like I've lost a piece of myself..."
"Why am I thinking all this now...?"
"It must be the locations. This place feels so familiar to me somehow..."
[Zidane talks to a moogle blocking the entrance to a room with no ceilings: just walls]
Moco
"This is a restricted area!"
Zidane
"Restricted? What's that, then?"
Moco
"Kupo!?"
[Quina is walking on top of the walls, above them]
Quina
"Zidane, this place only rocks and sand."
"I eat star sand once, but sand here not food."
[Quina jumps down, landing behind Zidane]
"Water look clean."
[Quina jumps down to the river beside them]
Moco
"Squee...!!!"
Zidane
"Hey, don't take it so hard. S/he's a special case."
[Zidane heads to the screen where Vivi was philosophizing previously]
Zidane
"...Vivi?"
[He runs beside Vivi]
"What's up? Is something wrong?"
Vivi
"Oh, it's nothing. I was just thinking..."
Zidane
"...Well, try not to think too much. Get some rest."
Vivi
"Okay. Thanks, Zidane."
[Zidane tries to enter Eiko's Kitchen, but a moogle gets in the way]
Morrison
"Kupo. Please wait."
"Thank you for waiting. Lady Eiko says the food will be ready soon."
"I'll take you to the Eidolon Wall in the meantime."
"Please follow me."
[Zidane follows the moogle off-screen]
- Eiko's Kitchen
[Back in Eiko's Kitchen with her moogle helper]
Eiko
"How many people do I need to cook for?"
"There's me and Zidane."
"There's that quiet boy, Vivi..."
"I guess I should cook for Dagger, too."
"And all you guys: Mog, Moco, Mocha, Chimomo, Momatose, and Morrison!"
"Will you put water on for all the people I listed? I'll get the ingredients."
"Kupo!"
[He flies to the waterfall with a pot in hand]
"Um... How many people do I need to account for, kupo?"
[This way, you either get the right answer, or you don't. Since the wrong answer will get more lines, I'm giving one of the many possible wrong answers: 7]
Momatose
"7 people! Kupo!"
[Choose between "Pour water" or "Think again". Have to pour sometime]
[Eiko begins to sing]
Eiko
"Potato, potato, pumpkin bomb, lots and lots of nuts"
"Should I put in that oglop I found on the Conde Petie Mountain Path?
[Choose between "Yes" or "No". Yes means an extra line of dialogue, so, I chose it]
"Thanks!"
[She walks over to Momatose, who's at the stove]
"Let's start!"
"Get the water goin', A good shake o' salt"
"Potato, potato, pumpkin bomb, Another shake o' salt!"
"Lots and lots of nuts"
"An oglop for seasoning"
Chimomo
[With fishing rod in hand]
"I caught one! Kupo!"
Eiko
"Are you okay!?"
Chimomo
"It's heavy... Kupo!"
[Choose between "Tell him to let it go" or "Let Momatose cook, and lend a hand." The second choice offers a multitude of lines, so, I chose that one]
Eiko
"Keep stirring, Momatose. Don't let it burn!"
[Eiko runs down to Chimomo]
"...This is big!"
"We'll pull it together on 3, okay?"
"1! 2! 3!"
[They pull together. Quina comes flying out of the water. The screen goes black]
"AAAAAAHHH!!!"
[Screen changes to Zidane , who heads to the Eidolon Wall entrance]
Morrison
"That moogle is called Moco."
"Moco was very proud of his role as the Eidolon Wall guard."
"Eiko's decision to show the Eidolon Wall to outsiders upset him."
"But we moogles love Eiko. He'll understand, in time."
Zidane
"Why does the wall need protection?"
Morrison
"The Eidolon Wall has been protected by Eiko's summoner tribe for generations."
Zidane
"...Summoner tribe?"
"I'm gonna get Dagger. She can use summon magic."
Morrison
"Is that true?"
[Zidane runs to Dagger, who's still standing near the entrance of Madain Sari]
Zidane
"Hey, Dagger."
"Come with me. I'll show you something big! Summon-magic stuff."
Dagger
"Summon magic?"
Zidane
"Yeah, it's called the Eidolon Wall!"
[Dagger returns to the Eidolon Wall's entrance with Zidane]
Morrison
"Please come in."
"The Eidolon Wall is this way."
[They enter into the room. In the middle of the room is a place where incense is burnt: the room is circular, just one wall: the eidolon wall. There are several columns standing upright as well]
Morrison
"The Eidolon Wall is a collection of paintings. The summoner tribe painted all the eidolons they found during their research."
Dagger
"These eidolons all exist?"
Morrison
"Kupo."
"This is a holy place for the summoner tribe."
[Dagger leaves Zidane's side and begins to wander around, gazing at the walls]
"Lady Eiko comes here everday to pray and burn incense for her ancestors."
Dagger
"What's this one...?"
"There's Atomos."
"That's Bahamut."
[Dagger falls to her knees]
Zidane
"What's wrong, Dagger?"
Dagger
"I..."
Zidane
"You'll get it back."
Dagger
"......"
"I want to look at the murals some more."
Zidane
"...Okay."
[Zidane exits the Eidolon Wall area]
- Eiko's Kitchen 2
[Eiko and a moogle are in the kitchen; Quina is on the set of steps speaking to them]
Quina
"You use good bait."
Eiko
"Pale... White hair... Strange clothes..."
"Zidane told me about you! You're Kuja!"
Quina
"Zidane looks for man named Kuja."
"I called Quina."
Eiko
"...Oh! You chased Mog on the Conde Petie Mountain Path!"
"I'm Eiko!"
"(Mog, don't ever come out while s/he's around.)"
Mog
"(Kupo!)"
Quina
"Smell good."
[Quina jumps over Eiko and approaches the stove]
Eiko
"Don't eat anything!"
Quina
"The heat too low."
Eiko
"You can cook!?"
Quina
"Is my destiny to pursue way of gourmand!"
Eiko
"Th-This must be a helper from above!"
[Choose between "Ask Quina for advice" or "Don't ask". I chose the first one. More dialogue]
Quina
"Hrm..."
"I know how many people live in this village."
"Is Zidane's group, the moogles, and me make 11 people."
"You make food for 7 people now."
"Is too little. Is not enough for me."
"Is important to know how many people you cook for."
"This heat only strong enough to make food for 9 people."
"Was not possible to make enough for everyone."
Eiko
"NOOOOOO!"
Quina
"I teach you very important lesson in cooking."
"'Always make more than you need.'"
"Maybe more people show up."
"Maybe your guests very hungry."
"Is not enough food for me. I not cook if I not eat!"
[Quina jumps over Eiko and walks down the steps to the dock area where Chimomo was catching fish before]
Quina
"We catch more fish!!!"
Chimomo
"Kupo!?"
Eiko
"Ooo, smells good!"
"I hope we catch a lot of delicious fish..."
[Zidane tries to get into Eiko's Kitchen again, and is stopped once again]
"KUPOOO!"
Mog
"Kupopo!"
[Zidane and Mog walk through the doorway, into the dining room, complete with table and chairs. On the table is the stew]
Zidane
"Hey, looks good."
Mog
"Kupopopo!"
[Eiko walks in]
Eiko
"Welcome, Zidane!"
"Have a seat."
[Vivi walks in]
Zidane
"This food's gonna be gone so fast!"
Eiko
"I cooked it all for you, Zidane!"
Zidane
"Let's eat!"
[The next scene shows Dagger, Zidane, Eiko, Vivi, and Mog sitting and eating]
Eiko
"How is it?"
Zidane
"The stew tastes good!"
"The fish tastes good! Can I have some more?"
"Hey, Eiko, where are all the other summoners?"
"Are they hiding underground or something?"
Eiko
"Underground? Yeah."
"They're all underground, sleeping the eternal sleep."
Zidane
"What...?"
Eiko
"I'm the last survivor of my tribe."
"I've been living with moogles ever since my grandpa died last year."
Dagger
"I'm sorry..."
Eiko
"Oh, don't worry about me. I'm really happy here."
"Kupo!"
"Kupo!"
Eiko
"Ten years ago, which is four years before I was born..."
"A natural disaster struck the village. Ever the survivors suffered a great deal."
"But my mom and dad fell in love and had a family."
"Not that I remember what they look like, because they died when I was very young."
Zidane
"I see..."
Eiko
"I'm like a beautiful young heroine in turmoil, don't you think?"
Zidane
"Huh?"
Eiko
"You know why I'm here in this village? It was to meet you, Zidane, my beautiful shooting star..."
Vivi
"Whoa!!! Ahhhh!!!"
Eiko
"What is it? Don't interrupt me!"
Vivi
"There's something in here with feelers..."
Zidane
"...An oglop?"
Eiko
"Don't you know that oglops are a Conde Petie delicacy?"
Dagger & Vivi
"......"
Mog
"Kupo!"
Zidane
"L-Let's eat the fish. That should be okay."
[Screen fades to black. Fades back in on them gathered around the table, after they're done eating]
Dagger
"Thank you."
[She looks at Eiko's bookcase, filled with books]
Vivi
"Thanks, Eiko!"
[He walks out]
Zidane
"That was really good!"
Eiko
"See? Don't you wanna eat my food everyday?"
Zidane
"Maybe. Hey, there's some other stuff I wanna ask you."
Eiko
"Maybe!?"
"That's soooo rude of you!!!"
"Zidane, help me clear the table! Bring the pot over to the kitchen!"
[Eiko leaves the room. Zidane picks up the pot and heads out of the room]
Eiko
"So, it wasn't just Dagger... Zidane is really slow, too!"
"Those two are going nowhere fast."
"Well, this is good news for me!"
[Zidane walks in]
Zidane
"Is there something on my face?"
Eiko
[Shakes her head]
"Thanks, Zidane. Could you leave it there?"
[Zidane puts down the pot]
"Hey, Eiko, do you know anything about the Iifa Tree?"
Eiko
"What about the Iifa Tree?"
Zidane
"We want to go there."
Eiko
"It's sealed with an eidolon. You can't get in."
Zidane
"Sealed? Did you seal it, Eiko?"
Eiko
"Well..."
(So he's sharp about certain things.)
"It all happened before I was born, but they sealed an eidolon that we failed to summon in the Iifa Tree."
"It's our custom to seal a failed eidolon where we summon it."
Zidane
"An eidolon you failed to summon...?"
"Eiko, will you break the seal for us?"
Eiko
"Wh-What!? No way!"
Zidane
"It's not like we're gonna do anything bad... Well, I'm sure we can handle it on our own."
Eiko
"No way! Are you crazy!?"
[Zidane leaves the kitchen, and goes back to the dining room. A moogle walks in]
Momatose
"You should get some sleep before you go!"
[Choose between "Sleep" or "Don't sleep". Sleeping is much better, with one of the (if not THE) funniest part of FF9]
[Screen fades to black. The screen is dark, and it's night. Vivi is sitting on some steps in the screen where he was philosophizing earlier. Zidane approaches him]
Zidane
"Vivi..."
"You better get some sleep before we leave tomorrow."
Vivi
"I tried to stop worrying about things, but I just can't."
"I know you told me not to think too much, but..."
Zidane
"That's because we're different, Vivi."
"You don't have to do everything my way, you know?"
Vivi
"I want to stop... I don't wanna feel like this anymore."
"What if I keep feeling like this?"
Zidane
"Vivi..."
"Well... In the end, it boils down to two simple choices."
"Either you do or you don't."
"You'd think with all the problems in this world, there'd be more answers."
"It's not fair..."
"...but that's the way things are."
"The choice is yours."
Vivi
"Zidane..."
Zidane
"I just wanna protect the people I'm with."
"Doesn't matter whether I can or not. It's what I believe in."
[Meanwhile, Eiko is eavesdropping on the conversation from the kitchen. The screen moves to the left, so we don't see Vivi and Zidane, only see their logs of dialogue]
Eiko
"I knew it! I was right!"
"Zidane is the man for me!"
"He's right. You either do, or you don't."
"My choice is clear! I wanna go with Zidane!"
Zidane
"You wanna know a trick to get your mind off things?"
Eiko
"Okay."
Zidane
"This is an age-old ritual between male friends!"
Eiko
"Uh-huh."
Zidane
"Come over here, Vivi. Let's go together."
"Doesn't it feel nice to let yourself go under the stars?"
Eiko
"......"
<Tinkle.>
<Tinkle tinkle>
[Eiko stands up, shakes her head, and runs out of the kitchen]
<Tinkle tinkle tinkle tinkle.>
<Tinkle tinkle.>
[Screen changes to the entrance of Madain Sari, where Zidane, Vivi, and Dagger are gathered]
Dagger
"Zidane, I want to come back here."
"When I first saw the Eidolon Wall, I was scared..."
"But when I went inside and saw the murals, they calmed me."
"I want to see more."
Zidane
"Sure. We'll come back after we check out the Iifa Tree."
Dagger
"Thank you..."
Zidane
"We gotta come back and get Quina, anyway. We can't just leave him here."
Dagger
"Are you coming back here for Eiko?"
[We see Eiko, on top of a destroyed wall, eavesdropping]
Zidane
"Eiko is only six years old. She acts tough, but I think she's lonely."
Vivi
"I haven't seen her today..."
Zidane
"You're right."
"Kupo!"
"Kupo!"
[A ton of moogles reappear from their hiding spots, and Eiko jumps down]
"Kupo!"
"Kupo!"
"Eiko!"
Eiko
"Tee hee."
"You can't break the seal of the Iifa Tree without calling an eidolon."
Zidane
"You're coming with us?"
Eiko
"Don't you want me to?"
Zidane
"Of course I want you to come along!"
Eiko
"That's what I thought. Okay, I'll join your team for a while!"
"Vivi, Dagger, let's have fun!"
"The Iifa Tree is beyond the Conde Petie Mountain Path!"
"Let's go!"
[Eiko runs off screen]
Dagger
"Why are you so nice to everyone, Zidane?"
Zidane
"Huh? What do you mean by that?"
Dagger
"Forget I asked..."
[Dagger walks off screen]
Vivi
"I think she was mad..."
Zidane
"You think so, too?"
[A moogle flies behind Zidane, and lands. Zidane turns around]
Morrison
"Please look after Lady Eiko. Come see us if there is any trouble."
Zidane
"Sure thing!"
"Vivi, have you figured out a solution to your problem?"
Vivi
"Not really."
"But I'm moving on."
Zidane
"Good!"
[Zidane and Vivi exit Madain Sari, and head for the Iifa Tree]