FFIX - Script - 2.9 - Return to Madain Sari
Eiko
"I'm home!"
"I'M HOME!!!"
[Moogles walk up to her]
"Moco told me the news. Are you alright?"
Morrison
"Come now! Talk later, kupo!"
"Kupo!"
"Kupo!!!"
[The moogles walk away, Eiko runs after them]
Zidane
"H-Hey, Eiko?"
"We'd better follow her!"
[They follow her to a room underneath the kitchen area]
Zidane
"What's going on, Eiko?"
Eiko
"It's... It's..."
"The precious stone that has been passed down in this village for generations is gone!"
"My grandparents said..."
"They said that we should take care of it because it's a symbol of the summoners' heritage."
Zidane
"Well...how about crying for a change? It'll help."
Eiko
"I'm not gonna cry! I'm a grown-up now, and crying won't help one bit!"
Zidane
"Alright. How about we start looking for clues?"
Dagger
"I'll help, too."
[They look around in the room for clues]
<Hiccup.>
Eiko
"Is it..."
<Hiccup.>
Eiko
"Is it my fault?"
<Hiccup.>
Eiko
"Is it 'cause I broke my promise and opened the Iifa Tree's seal?"
<Hiccup.>
Eiko
"Everyone...everyone was watching over the stone."
Zidane
"Eiko?"
"It just happened that way! It wasn't your fault."
<Hiccup.>
Zidane
"Besides, we're the ones who made you open the seal!"
"You understand, right? The real villain is the thief who stole it."
"So, let's just look for some clues and get that stone back, okay?"
<Hiccup.>
Eiko
"Okay!"
"I wasn't going to cry, you know. After all, I'm a grown-up!"
Zidane
"We know, Eiko. But if you feel like crying, just cry."
Eiko
"I'm gonna go pray to my grandparents! I'll be right back."
[Eiko leaves. Zidane scratches his head, then turns to Dagger]
Zidane
"If you need to, you can cry, too, Dagger."
"My shoulder's always available."
Dagger
"Yeah, thanks."
"What about you, Zidane?"
"What do you do when you need to cry?"
Zidane
"Oh, I get real clingy when I'm sad!"
[Zidane goes into a battle stance, Dagger cowers slightly, then puts her hands on her hips]
Dagger
"Cut it out!"
Zidane
[Stops his battle stance]
"Hey, I was serious."
Zidane & Dagger
"!!!"
Dagger
"I heard a scream. It sounded like Eiko!"
Zidane
"Dammit! The thief was still here!"
[Vivi runs into the room]
Vivi
"Zidane, I saw her! It's that girl from Fossil Roo! She took Eiko..."
"They went to the Eidolon Wall!"
Zidane
"Let's go!"
[They approach a moogle at the entrance to the Eidolon Wall. Several other moogles are flying around, nervous and worried]
Morrison
"Look what happened to Eiko... The ancestors will be displeased."
"Tell us if there's anything we can do for you, kupo!"
[Choose between "Peek Inside", "Heal Us", or "Hold on a sec". You have to choose "Peek Inside" sooner or later]
[Inside, Lani is standing on top of the incense-burning place, holding onto Eiko's back and having her lifted in the air, waving frantically but unable to do anything]
Eiko
"This is no way to treat a lady!"
Lani
"What's this wing ornament on your back? It makes you so easy to pick up."
Eiko
"My grandapa gave it to me! Get your grubby hands off it!"
Lani
"Oh, shut up. Just be still until he gets here."
[Screen changes back to outside the Eidolon Wall. A moogle flies over to Zidane]
Moco
"I found a treasure, kupo!"
Chimomo
"Use it for Eiko, kupo!"
[Received Exploda!]
[Received Elixir!]
Morrison
"Tell us if there's anything we can do for you, kupo!"
Zidane
"Hmm..."
[Choose between "Where's Mog?", "Heal us", or "Hold on a sec". Have to choose the first choice sooner or later]
"Was Mog captured too?"
Morrison
"Nope, Mog is right here behind me."
"Kupo..."
Zidane
"Mog, I need your help to save Eiko."
Mog
"Ku-Kupo..."
Zidane
"I got an idea. It's alright. You won't be in any danger."
Mog
"Ku...po..."
Morrison
"It's no use. Mog has always been a coward."
Zidane
"Yeah... Well, we gotta do something."
"Hmm..."
[Choose between "Go save her", "Heal us", or "Hold on a sec". You have to choose "Go save her" eventually]
"Alright, let's go!"
[Screen changes to inside the Eidolon Wall. Dagger, Vivi, and Zidane approach Lani, holding onto Eiko in the same way as before, except Eiko's not moving]
Lani
"Well, so there's my good sir knight."
Zidane
"What have you done to Eiko!?"
Lani
"She was too rambunctious, so I put her to sleep with a sleeping weed."
Zidane
"Sleeping weed, eh? Then she's probably sleeping well."
Dagger
"If it's my pendant you're after, then leave the others out of it!"
Lani
"No can do. This is way too convenient to pass up!"
"Hand over your pendant, and I'll hand over the girl, capice?"
"What happened to the pendant that you always have on!?"
Zidane
"I have it."
Lani
"Oh, you really are a good knight. Now, cough it up already!"
Zidane
"First, tell me something. Was it you who stole the village stone?"
Lani
"Queen Brahne is after the royal pendant."
"I found another jewel just like it in this village!"
"I'm glad I came all this way looking for it!"
"Now, hand it over!"
Zidane
(If only Eiko was conscious...)
[Zidane steps forward]
Lani
"Hold on!"
"You're plotting something, aren't you? Stay right there!"
Zidane
"Grr!"
Lani
"You, black mage!"
Vivi
"Huh? M-Me?"
Lani
"Bring me the pendant!"
"Remember, do as I say if you value this brat's life!"
Vivi
"Zidane..."
Zidane
"Do it, Vivi."
Vivi
"O-Okay..."
[Vivi takes the jewel from Zidane, and approaches Lani]
Lani
"Hahaha..."
"Hold it!"
[Someone jumps down from above the wall, knocking down Lani, who drops Eiko. Eiko lands in Zidane's arms. The "Someone" in question was the red-haired man who was in Brahne's castle with Lani earlier on in Disc 2]
Lani
"Aaa!!!"
Zidane
"I dunno who you are, but thanks!"
Red-haired Man
"......"
Eiko
<Yawn.>
Zidane
"Yo! Can you stand?"
Eiko
"Huh? What's going on?"
"!!!"
[Eiko jumps out of Zidane's arms]
"Where's that old hag?"
Lani
"Oh, that's it! Who are you calling a hag!?"
Eiko
"You!"
Zidane
"So, the tables turn! Now, hand over the jewel you stole!"
Lani
"What are you tryin' to do, Red!?"
"I thought you're supposed to be the number one bandit!"
[They turn and face "Red"]
Dagger
"I've seen him before...!"
"He's the one with wanted posters all over Treno!"
Red-headed Man
"I'm not here to help. I just want it to be fair."
Lani
"What are you talking about?"
Red-headed Man
"Leave the jewel and get out of here."
Lani
"What!? We're partners on this job!"
Red-headed Man
"I don't work with hostage-taking scumbags. Now, get lost."
"Or...would you rather fight me?"
Lani
"Mark my words! I'll collect the bounty on YOU someday!"
[Lani jumps to a column, the top of the Eidolon Wall, and off screen. The Red-headed Man jumps to where she was standing before leaving]
"Now, fight me!"
Zidane
"Just a second here. What's going on?"
Red-headed Man
"I told you. I'm not here to help. I just want to level the playing field."
Zidane
"Fair enough. Let's do it."
Dagger
"Zidane!"
Zidane
"It's okay."
"I was just looking for more ways to impress you!"
[Zidane runs to the Red-headed Man, who jumps. Battle begins against him. At the end of it, he's defeated, but, still very much alive]
Red-headed man
"I...lost?"
"Go on. Finish me!"
Zidane
"Can you stand?"
Red-headed man
"......"
Zidane
"Give back what you stole."
Red-headed man
"......"
[He hands the jewel to Zidane]
Zidane
"Eiko, I got it back!"
Red-headed Man
"Now, finish me!"
Zidane
"You wanna die that bad? I just spared your life."
Red-headed Man
"So you want to banish me, then?"
Zidane
"You can go if ya want. I won't follow you."
Red-headed Man
"Aha! Trying to trick me, eh?"
Zidane
"Trick you?"
Red-headed Man
"I tried to kill you! Why are you letting me go?"
Zidane
"The fight's over, and we're both still alive. Good enough, right?"
"We got back what was stolen from us, after all."
Red-headed Man
"Listen to you. I lost to some spineless thief."
Zidane
"The sly eagle doesn't kill at whim."
Red-headed Man
"......"
[He jumps on to a column, then a wall, then off screen, just like Lani did]
[Zidane walks over to Eiko, and hands her the jewel]
Zidane
"Keep that in a safe place."
Eiko
"I will! Thanks, Zidane!"
"Well!? You're not going to leave me alone after what just happened, are you!?"
Vivi
"Huh?"
Eiko
"I'm going!"
[Eiko runs off. Vivi follows her]
Dagger
"......"
Zidane
"Shall we?"
[Dagger nods. Zidane and her run to the room underneath the kitchen, where Eiko and Vivi already are]
Vivi
"She's been quiet the whole time."
Eiko
"Zidane, let me ask you something."
"My grandfather told me not to leave the village until my sixteenth birthday..."
"But I want to go with you guys! I really do!"
"Do you think it's okay if I leave the village?"
[Choose between "Yes" or "No". Might as well choose "Yes" and be nice]
Zidane
"I'll agree if that's what you want."
"Eiko, come with us. Forget what your grandpa said."
Eiko
"......"
Zidane
"It doesn't matter what I say. You've already made up your mind."
Eiko
"......"
Zidane
"Don't you have something to say to her, Vivi?"
Vivi
"Huh?"
Eiko
"......"
Vivi
"Remember what you taught me at the Iifa Tree?"
"You said I shouldn't ever lie to myself."
"I'll try to be more honest with my own feelings... You should, too, Eiko..."
Eiko
"Hmmm..."
"I forgot my own advice, Vivi! Thanks!"
"I'll wear the jewel as an earring. It'll be okay then, right, Zidane?"
[She puts it on her ear: Received Memory Earring!]
Dagger
"Eiko?"
"I think Mog wants to talk to you."
[Mog enters]
Mog
"Ku-Kupo."
Eiko
"......"
Mog
"Kuuupoh!"
Eiko
"What? You think I'm mad at you?"
"I'm furious! You went off without me again! You promised me you wouldn't!"
"What would you do if you went off and got into trouble!?"
Mog
"Kupo..."
Eiko
"Oh well. Thank goodness we're both alright."
Vivi
"You're always nice to Mog, aren't you, Eiko?"
Eiko
"Well, yeah. We're best friends, after all!"
"We were born on the same day, and we have always been together!"
"This is our friendship ribbon! Mog gave it to me!"
"Mog, do you have the ribbon I gave you?"
Mog
"Kupo!"
[Shows off red ribbon on arm]
Eiko
"This is the one I gave to Mog!"
[Dagger walks out of the room and off screen]
"It's too big for her now, but once we're both sophisticated ladies, we'll wear them together!"
Mog
"Kupo!"
Eiko
"Maybe then, Zidane, you'll dance with me?"
"Zidane?"
Zidane
"I didn't know Mog was a girl..."
[Screen fades to black. Resumes outside the room]
Zidane
"I wonder where Dagger went...?"
[Zidane runs to where Vivi was philosophizing the first time in Madain Sari]
Zidane
"I can hear a song..."
"Dagger...?"
"From down there?"
"Dagger, you there?"
[Zidane runs off screen, which fades to black. Fades back in inside a boat, which Dagger is sitting in]
Dagger
"Zidane..."
Zidane
"It's okay. Keeping singing. 'Cause it's our song, right?"
"I'm surprised you found this place."
"You got the talent to be a bandit! How 'bout you and me team up? We'll call ourselves 'The Betrothed.'"
Dagger
"My talent's up to snuff, but that name isn't."
Zidane
"Hehehe. You're really something these days."
Dagger
"If I am, I must've gotten it from you."
Zidane
"Naw... It's all because you made the effort to learn."
Dagger
"No, it's because you stuck with me."
"Without you, I couldn't have made it to Lindblum, much less seen a whole new continent."
"Everything I tried to do on my own was a total failure. I couldn't stop my mother..."
"At times I almost lost hope..."
"You helped me so much... Not just you, either."
Zidane
"Yeah... Vivi and Eiko helped out at the Iifa Tree. Quina was real helpful when we left the continent."
"Freya, Steiner... and even Beatrix, who I thought was our enemy."
Dagger
"I haven't forgotten... I want to believe everyone is alright, but sometimes I just can't."
[Zidane jumps into the boat]
"I hope I can live up to the hopes of everyone who has helped me."
Zidane
"You don't have to feel so responsible, Dagger."
Dagger
"But I do!"
Zidane
"Nobody wants you to feel that way."
"They didn't do it all for you, either. Each was following his own path."
Dagger
"His own...path?"
"Well, what about you?"
Zidane
"Huh?"
Dagger
"Why did you come with me?"
Zidane
"Hey, that's Ipsen's line."
Dagger
"Ipsen? Who's that?"
Zidane
"Ipsen is a character from a play, but he's a real-life adventurer. I think the play is based on his adventures."
"It kind of goes like this..."
(Screen fades to black, with all the following lines of dialogue in white)
"Ipsen and his good friend Colin worked at a tavern in Treno."
"One Day, Ipsen got a letter. The letter was so wet from rain that most of the writing was illegible."
"The only part he could read said "Come back home." Nowdays, we have airships and stuff, but back then, it was really hard to travel."
"He didn't know why he had to go back, but he got some time off, gathered his things, and set out on his journey home."
"He walked a thousand leagues through the Mist. Sometimes he was attacked by vicious monsters, but he made it, because his friend Colin was by his side."
"And then, after much time on the road..."
"He had to ask Colin something."
""Why did you come with me?""
[Screen fades back in, Dagger & Zidane in the boat]
Dagger
"And? What was Colin's answer?"
Zidane
"Only because I wanted to go with you."
[Boat starts to drift out to sea]
Dagger
"Zidane..."
"I..."
"..."
Zidane
"Dagger?"
Dagger
"Can't you... Can't you hear the song?"
Zidane
"Huh!?"
"Yeah... It's that song!"
Dagger
"How come... Who's singing it!?"
"!!!"
"The sunset makes the Eidolon Wall look like it's on fire!"
"I've seen this somewhere before..."
Zidane
"What? Where?"
[FMV. Dagger is looking up at the Eidolon Wall. She sees flashbacks to when Madain Sari was on fire. A giant eyeball was in the air, above the town. Fire and tornados were everywhere. She then remembers the boat at sea which we saw in the opening movie, and leaving Madain Sari behind as it was being destroyed, the large eyeball constantly over the town]
[Screen returns to where they were previously. Dagger passes out]
Zidane
"Dagger!"
"Dagger!? Wake up!"
[Screen changes to the Dining Room, where Dagger, Eiko, Mog, and Zidane are gathered]
Zidane
"Where's Vivi?"
Eiko
"He's sleeping. I don't wanna wake him up."
[Zidane nods, then looks at Dagger]
Zidane
"Well?"
Dagger
"I have no memory of my early childhood."
"I never really thought about it."
"Besides, nobody ever told me."
"I was raised in Alexandria... but only from the age of six or so."
Zidane
"Six!? So where were you till then?"
Dagger
"Until then... Until I turned six..."
"I must have been here, in Madain Sari."
[Screen fades to black, then resumes outside the dining room]
Dagger
"I still can't remember everything. Some things are like they're shrouded by fog."
"But I do remember one thing..."
"About ten years ago. An unbelievably huge hurriance hit this village. That's as far as I remember."
"That day, I...I was with my true mother on a little boat, far from the village."
"There's a cove behind Eiko's house, right? That boat I was on was just like the one there."
"It all came back to me when I heard that song on the boat."
Zidane
"That song is from Madain Sari... So that's why nobody else knows it."
[Screen fades to black, and resumes inside the Eidolon Wall room]
Eiko
"How did you get to Alexandria?"
"How come you got to be a princess?"
"How come you don't have a summoner's horn?"
Dagger
"I don't know."
"But maybe Doctor Tot can tell me."
"About the lady who protected me from the storm as the boat lurched about in the waves..."
"My biological mother, who died on that boat."
Zidane
(The woman she thought was her mother became someone else, and her true mother was already dead...)
(Dagger has lost two mothers...)
[Screen fades to black; resumes with the characters standing right beside one of the immense Eidolon Walls, as Dagger looks up at it]
Dagger
"I used to pray every day here, at the Eidolon Wall."
Eiko
"You, too?"
Dagger
"You pray here, too, Eiko?"
[Eiko nods]
"I'm so happy I remembered."
Eiko
"Dagger!"
"Welcome home!"
Dagger
"So glad to be back."
Eiko
"Ahaha."
Dagger
"What?"
Eiko
"I just realized I'm not alone anymore!"
"Yep, I made up my mind!"
"Zidane, Dagger, I'm going with you!"
"I'll be breaking my promise to my grandpa, but I wanna go!"
"Besides, grandpa always told me to be honest with myself!"
Dagger
"I don't know what the future holds..."
"But I want to finish what I came here for."
Zidane
"So do I!"
"Let's all go together!"
[Eiko and Dagger nod]
Eiko
"Come on, Dagger, let's go pray together!"
Dagger
"Alright!"
[Screen fades to black, resumes at the entrance of Madain Sari. It's daytime again, and the party gets ready to leave]
Dagger
(I still don't know what I should do...)
(By the time we defeat Kuja and return to Alexandria...)
Eiko
"Grandpa, I'll be back soon!"
Vivi
"Oh, you're coming with us!?"
Eiko
"Hey! Why the long face!?"
Vivi
"Oh, nothing... My face is always like this."
Eiko
"Mog's coming, too!"
"Mog!!!"
[Mog flies up to the characters. All the other town's moogles appear from hiding spots, like usual, shouting "Kupo!"]
Morrison
"Lady Eiko!"
"Now, don't forget that you'll always have a home in Madain Sari."
"Don't let our memory become a burden. You must always be light-hearted and free."
"Thoughts of the Eidolon Wall will always lift your heart."
[Eiko nods, and turns. Mog goes into her dress. The moogles on the right side of the screen fly to the left, as the Red-headed Man walks on screen]
Zidane
"What now? You want some more, eh?"
Red-headed Man
"The victor lives, the defeated die, you know the rules."
"Your actions yesterday were incomprehensible to me."
"Tell me! Why didn't you kill me!?"
Zidane
"Well, that's a tough question..."
"Are you really that unhappy that I let you live?"
Red-headed Man
"I'd rather die as a warrior than live as a beggar."
Zidane
"Then come with me."
Dagger
"Zidane!"
Vivi
"What!?"
Red-headed Man
"What are you after?"
Zidane
"Follow me and maybe you'll understand."
"Besides, you're pretty good in a fight."
"We could use someone like you. We're hunting a man down."
Red-headed Man
(Hmph. His only constant is his unpredictability...)
Zidane
"Huh? You say somethin'?
Red-headed Man
"Very well. I'll find out what makes you so strong."
Zidane
"What's your name?"
Red-headed Man
"Call me what you will."
Zidane
"Hmm... Lani called you 'Red,' right?"
[Name the character "Amarant"]
Red-headed Man
"Some call me the Flaming Amarant."
Zidane
"Fine. We'll call you Amarant."
"The more the merrier. Let's decide our marching order."
[Out of the five characters, decide your team of four. Zidane must be one of the four]
Zidane
"Alright. We'll do fine."
"Just follow me!"
"Next stop, the Iifa Tree!"
[The group exits Madain Sari, and heads back to the Iifa Tree]