FFIX - Script - 3.8 - Lindblum
Regent Cid
"<Ribbit!> Kuja didn't touch you, did he?"
Hilda
"His soul was filled with hate, but he was polite to me."
"He just talked an awful lot."
Regent Cid
"What about? <Ribbit!>"
Hilda
"Well, he divulged his master plan to me. I didn't even have to ask."
"It was tiresome."
"But what he spoke of... it was truly a scene from a nightmare."
Regent Cid
"What did he say?"
Hilda
"That he was not of this world. He said his aim was to use this world to acquire an even more destructive power..."
"The taking of Hilda Garde 1 was a part of this process."
Regent Cid
"We must tell Zidane about this! <Ribbit!> You have valuable information!"
Hilda
"Which leads me to believe that my abduction wasn't a part of his plan."
"He was a hopeless narcissist, but..."
[She turns around, her back to him]
"But at least he wasn't a skirt-chaser, like you."
Regent Cid
"...Ugh! You just hit me where it hurts most."
"<Ribbit!> I'm sorry about that! That's why I risked my life to rescue you!"
Hilda
"Oh, really?"
"Are you sure you weren't there to take back Hilda Garde 1?"
Regent Cid
"I'm not lying! <Ribbit!> I apologize!"
"So please turn me back! <Ribbit!> I'm sick of being an oglop or a frog!"
"I'll never cheat on you ever again! <Ribbit!> I promise!"
[She turns to face him]
Hilda
"...Can your words be trusted?"
Regent Cid
"I don't lie! <Ribbit!> I swear on my father's name!"
Hilda
"Alright. I'll turn you back."
[He jumps into her arms]
"But it's going to be much worse if you ever cheat on me again!"
Regent Cid
"I...I understand! Now turn me back!"
Hilda
"Maybe I'll turn you into a hedgehog pie."
Regent Cid
"Erk... P-Please, no! <Ribbit!> Now turn me back!"
Hilda
"Alright, alright."
[The screen goes bright white. When it fades back in, Regent Cid, in human form, is standing up]
Regent Cid
"Finally... Ribbit! I'm human again!"
"Gwok! I can concentrate on building Hilda Garde 3!"
"......"
Hilda
"......"
Regent Cid
"...D-Darn it!"
"I must stop that."
Hilda
"Dear..."
Regent Cid
"I'm sorry about everything, Hilda."
[He approaches her. They hug. They screen goes black]
"Zidane..."
"Hmm...? Dagger?"
"Mr. Zidane..."
[The screen fades in on a bed in the Lindblum Guest Room, where Zidane is sleeping. A guard is standing beside the bed]
Zidane
"Why are you calling me 'Mister' Zidane...?"
Soldier
"Mr. Zidane! Please get up!"
Zidane
"!"
"Oh, it was just a dream..."
"What's up?"
Soldier
"Lady Hilda is calling a meeting. Please go to the conference room."
Zidane
"Okay. I just wish I could've dreamt a bit longer..."
Soldier
"Huh?"
Zidane
"Oh, it's nothing. Don't worry about it."
[Zidane heads to the conference room. The screen changes to the conference room, where the team, except for Dagger, is gathered around the table. Hilda is standing at the head of the table, while Cid is sitting on his throne]
Zidane
"Who's that guy?"
Freya
"...it's Regent Cid."
Zidane
"WHAAAT!?"
Regent Cid
"...Still hasn't got any manners. Ribb-"
"......"
"Ahem!"
"Still haven't learned your manners!"
Zidane
"You can stop the frog-talk now."
Regent Cid
"S-Silence! Ribbit!"
Zidane
"...Oh well."
Regent Cid
"Ugh... I didn't gather you all to talk about that."
Hilda
"I called for this meeting to tell you about what I learned while in Kuja's captivity."
Regent Cid
"It may provide a hint about where he may be. Listen carefully."
Steiner
"...I don't see the princess."
"I shall look for her."
[Steiner leaves the room]
Regent Cid
"I will begin constructing Hilda Garde 3. The Blue Narciss will be used for its construction."
"Now, Hilda will tell you the rest."
"Hilda?"
[She nods. He gets up and leaves the room]
Zidane
"So? What did Kuja discuss with you?"
Hilda
"Some parts of the story may be hard to believe, but please hear me out."
"...Kuja plans to use this world as a means of acquiring an even greater power."
Zidane
"Greater power? What would he do with it?"
Hilda
"I don't know... He indicated that he wasn't of this world."
Everyone
"!!!"
Zidane
"What?"
Hilda
"We call our world Gaia."
"But he called his birthplace Terra."
Freya
"Terra, huh...?"
- Team
[The screen changes to outside the Tantalus HQ. All the Tantalus members are gathered, with Baku at the front of the group, addressing them]
Baku
"How are the repairs comin'?"
Cinna
"They're going really slow."
Marcus
"We can't rush 'em, or everything will probably fall apart again."
Zenero
"We're not gettin' anywhere."
Benero
"I've been up here forever. I wanna switch places with someone."
Baku
"I guess the damage is a lot worse than we expected."
[Steiner runs on screen]
Baku
"Huh...?"
Steiner
"She's not here, either..."
"Where could she be...?"
Baku
"Yo!"
Steiner
"!!!? Oh, it's only you."
"Why are you all gathered here? Are you scheming another abduction or something?"
Blank
"Hey, watch your mouth."
Cinna
"We were just discussing ways to restore this district."
Zenero
"Yeah."
Marcus
"Old timer, you've got us all wrong."
Benero
"Yeah."
Baku
"We're just tryin' to rebuild our home. That's all."
"What are you doin' here? From the looks on your face, it seems like you got problems."
"What's troublin' you? Maybe we can help."
Steiner
"Err... Can I really trust you?"
Baku
"Yeah..."
Steiner
"...The princess is missing."
"She is not in the castle, so I figured she would be in town."
Baku
"Why don't you go back to the castle before you get lost?"
Steiner
"What!?"
Baku
"We'll find her. This is like our backyard."
"Alright, you heard me! Get movin'!"
[The Tantalus members all run off screen, except for Baku]
Steiner
"You...have my gratitude."
Baku
"Hey, no prob."
[Screen changes back to the group, with Hilda, in the conference room]
Hilda
"This Terra seems to be connected with a place called the Shimmering Island."
Zidane
"I don't know where Kuja went, but maybe we can find him if we go there..."
Hilda
"...Unfortunately, you can't get directly to Terra from the Shimmering Island."
Amarant
"Of course you can't."
"Everyone would've discovered this 'other world' by now if it were that easy."
Zidane
"So, what do we do?"
Hilda
"...I'll tell you."
"The gateway that connects the two worlds is sealed, but Kuja said there is a place where the seal can be broken."
Zidane
"Where's that?"
Hilda
"He said it's an old castle located in the northern area of the Forgotten Continent."
"An explorer left a record of his trip to this particular castle on the Forgotten Continent."
"If I remember correctly, he wrote that the cliffs were too steep to explore."
"Other than that, very little is known about the Forgotten Continent..."
"Well, since this castle doesn't have a name, let's call it Ipsen's Castle."
Zidane
"Ipsen's Castle, huh...?"
"Yeah, we don't know anything about the world beyond our continent..."
- Recovery
[Regent Cid walks into the airship dock No. 1, the dock where they conduct their research. Four engineers are working; an airship is taking shape in the background]
Regent Cid
"How is the ship coming along?"
Engineer Zebolt
"Regent! You're human again!"
Regent Cid
"Yes. Now we can concentrate on building the ship."
Engineer
"Judging by our experience with Hilda 2, we are almost finished with the engine."
"We're having problems with the construction of the hull, though."
Regent Cid
"Yes... I'm thinking about using parts of the Blue Narciss for the body."
Engineer
"How come?"
Regent Cid
"I realized that the Blue Narciss was a well-built ship when I rode in it."
"There are other reasons, but we must hurry."
"I already have a completed blueprint in my head. Do as I tell you and it will be completed in no time."
"Let's get ready!"
Engineer Zebolt
"Roger!"
[Screen returns to Hilda and company]
Hilda
"...That's all I heard."
"You may find a clue if you go to Ipsen's Castle."
Eiko
"Did you ask Kuja about all of this?"
Hilda
"These are all things he discussed voluntarily."
"He became very impassioned as he spoke..."
"And he volunteered information without even my asking."
"He probably thought telling me his plans wouldn't affect his grand scheme."
Amarant
"He's right. His power is great, and we're at a disadvantage."
Vivi
"But I can't forgive Kuja! He toyed with my friends' lives!"
Zidane
"Now we know where we need to go."
"The problem is getting there."
"I guess we'll have to wait until Cid finishes building Hilda Garde 3..."
[Steiner runs in]
Steiner
"Zidane! I bring troubling news!"
Zidane
"What? What now?"
Steiner
"I cannot find the princess! I've looked all over Lindblum!"
"The members of Tantalus aided me in my search, but..."
Zidane
"She's not in Lindblum?"
"...Then there's only one place."
Steiner
"Do you know where she is?"
Zidane
"I think so..."
"You guys wait here in Lindblum. I'll be right back."
[Zidane walks out of the room. The screen fades to black, and fades back in on a part of Alexandria; Cinna, Benero and Zenero are running through]
Cinna
"Ahhh! Where are you guys going!?"
Zenero
"We're gonna look for Dagger!"
Benero
"Is there anyone else we need to look for?"
Cinna
"No! But we looked over there already!"
"Go someplace where we haven't already looked!"
[Cinna runs off screen]
Zenero
"Cinna's so demanding..."
Benero
"True, true..."
[They follow him. The screen changes to Black and Marcus running through the alley by Ruby's theater. She walks up the steps exiting it]
Blank
"Hey, Ruby!"
Ruby
"Blank! Marcus! How y'all doin'?"
Blank
"We're doing alright."
"How's show business, Ruby?"
Ruby
"Well, the money ain't no good, but I'm havin' fun. I like it."
Blank
"That's great!"
"Our hideout in Lindblum got completely destroyed. It's gonna take a miracle to fix the place."
Marcus
"Bro, we better..."
Blank
"Oh! Sorry!"
"We came to Alexandria for a reason."
"Have you seen Dagger?"
Ruby
"Dagger...? Naw, I ain't seen her."
"What about her? You fixin' to kidnap her again?"
Marcus
"No, we're just looking for her this time."
Ruby
"I was only kiddin', Marcus. I'll ask the patrons to be on the lookout."
Blank
"Thanks, Ruby!"
[Blank and Marcus run off screen]
Ruby
"I wonder if Zidane is here with these good ol' boys...?"
[Screen changes to the stairs beside the waterway in front of the castle. Zidane is sitting down on them]
Zidane
"This is strange..."
"I was sure that she'd be back in Alexandria..."
"Where else can I look?"
[Baku walks on screen]
Baku
"Hey, Zidane! I've been lookin' for ya!"
Zidane
"Boss! Have you found Dagger?"
Baku
"Nah... Can't find her anywhere!"
"I didn't find Dagger, but..."
"I think I saw that chick..."
Zidane
"That chick?"
Baku
"Yeah, you know, that chick!"
"I'm gonna check again."
[Baku walks off screen. Zidane runs after him]
Zidane
"Hey, wait! Who is she? What are you talking about!?"
[Screen changes. Baku and Zidane are walking on a stone bridge in Alexandria Harbor]
Zidane
"Where are you going, Boss?"
"Is she here?"
Baku
"She was standin' over there just a second ago..."
Zidane
"Over there...?"
[He looks. No one's there. Then, Beatrix walks out]
"!"
"Is that who I think it is?"
[Beatrix walks off screen, while Zidane runs on screen. He appears where she was standing, but, she's no longer there]
"Hey!"
[He runs off screen and appears somewhere else. She walks on screen at the place she first did]
"Ah, over there!"
[He runs off screen. She walks off screen. He returns there: she's no longer there again]
"Where did she go...?"
[Beatrix walks on screen where Baku is]
Baku
"Still alive, eh?"
Beatrix
"You are...Baku?"
Baku
"Yup, I'm the man who abducted yer princess!"
Beatrix
"Let us forget about that. It happened a long time ago..."
Baku
"You got a big heart, unlike that knucklehead, Steiner."
"No wonder the women are runnin' the show here. Gwahahaha!"
[Zidane runs on screen]
Zidane
"Boss! You must've seen Beatrix!"
"Hey!"
[Screen fades to black. Resumes on the steps near the watefront outside of Alexandria Castle]
Beatrix
"As you can see, Alexandria was completely destroyed..."
"Steiner and I did our best to protect Alexandria..."
"...but our efforts were in vain."
Zidane
"Steiner was worried about you. Why haven't you contacted him?"
"Dagger's still in shock. She's been mute ever since the attack."
Beatrix
"She is...?"
"Then it is better for her not to return to this city for a while..."
"It won't do her any good to see Alexandria like this..."
Zidane
"Well, here's the thing... We can't find her."
"I thought she'd be back here, but I can't find her anywhere."
Beatrix
"She is back in Alexandria?"
"But she's nowhere to be found...?"
"Have you looked in the resting place?"
Zidane
"'Resting place'?"
Beatrix
"Yes, if she is back in Alexandria, I am certain that she will be there."
"...There are a couple of favors I'd like to ask you..."
"If you see Princess Garnet, please tell her not to worry about Alexandria..."
"She must take care of herself first."
Zidane
"Sure. What else?"
Beatrix
"I'd like you to give something to her."
[Received Garnet!]
"Maybe it will help the princess get through this time of uncertainty..."
[Screen fades to black: resumes in the Rest place. Zidane runs on screen, and sees Dagger in front of the tombstone of her mother]
Zidane
"I've been looking for you, Dagger."
Dagger
"Zidane!"
Zidane
"You can talk again!?"
[Dagger nods]
Dagger
"I..."
"I've been thinking since... the disaster."
"I've been thinking that I have to become a queen and bring back peace to Alexandria."
"That's why I came back here, but..."
"Can I stay with you guys for a while longer?"
Zidane
"Can I ask why?"
Dagger
"When my mother was still alive..."
"My primary concern was how to talk and look like a princess."
"Those were the only things on my mind..."
"That didn't change when my mother died and I was about to become a queen..."
"I only thought about how to look and act like a queen."
"I don't think the people will accept me as their queen the way I am right now."
Zidane
"I don't know about that."
Dagger
"I have no right to rule over this country..."
Zidane
"Hmm..."
"Oh, I almost forgot!"
"Beatrix wanted me to give this to you."
[Zidane throws the garnet in the air. Dagger catches it]
Dagger
"Is this...a garnet?"
Zidane
"That's right... Isn't it pretty?"
Dagger
"It's beautiful..."
Zidane
"That gem used to be just another ordinary stone..."
"The stone made a wish..."
"'I want to shine!'"
"The stone traveled from person to person, in keeping with its wish..."
"And now, it's shining in your hand, Dagger."
"If you're willing to make an effort..."
"You'll shine, too, someday!"
"The day will come when Alexandria needs you!"
"There's no rush. The important thing is to have the desire."
Dagger
"Thanks..."
"I have to apologize for using you guys as an excuse to run away from my responsibilities..."
Zidane
"Hey, what's important is that you honestly want to stay with us..."
Dagger
"Zidane...?"
"Can I borrow that knife again...?"
Zidane
"Which one?"
Dagger
"The one that helped me make my last big decision..."
[She grabs the dagger from him, flips it in the air, and catches it]
"I'm borrowing this!"
"Zidane..."
"Remember the way I was...for me."
[She runs off screen. Zidane follows her]
[FMV. Dagger uses the knife to cut off the length of her hair. She lets it drop, as it drifts away into the water and the sky. She looks upon the reconstruction of the castle, then to Zidane. Zidane nods and smiles. She nods and smiles as well. The FMV changes to the Hilda Garde 3 in Lindblum, engine powering up and propellors spinning, as it exits the Falcon's Gate and flies high into the sky]
[Screen changes to the cockpit of the Hilda Garde 3. Zidane and Dagger walk in; Eiko and Steiner run up to them]
Eiko
"Wh-Wh-Wh-What happened!? What happened to your hair!?"
Steiner
"P-P-Princess!!! What have you done!?"
Eiko
"I know! Zidane broke your heart, didn't he!? How dare he-"
Steiner
"I-I-Is that true!?"
Zidane
"Whoa, hold on. Don't jump to conclusions!"
Dagger
"Zidane's right, Eiko."
Steiner
"!?"
Eiko
"Dagger! You can talk again?"
Dagger
"Yes... I'm sorry I made you all worry."
Eiko
"It's okay, but your hair... It was so beautiful."
Dagger
"Short hair doesn't suit me?"
Eiko
"Oh, no. You look great!"
Dagger
"Thanks, Eiko."
Zidane
"It's still too early to celebrate..."
"Erin! You know our destination."
Erin
"Yes, Ipsen's Castle on the Forgotten Continent!"
Zidane
"That's right. We'll go there to find out how to enter Terra through the 'Shimmering Island.'"
"I'm sure we'll find out more about what's going on once we reach Terra."
"Yeah... And hopefully, we'll learn about what Kuja wants to achieve..."
Erin
"The location of Ipsen's Castle has been marked on the map based on Lady Hilda's information. Please check by pressing SELECT after we depart!"
"You can also press X on the bright spots on the map, and the ship will take you to those locations automatically."
"You can check how to maneuver the ship automatically by pressing TRIANGLE while the large map is open!"
[A crew member runs on screen]
Crew Member
"Excuse me!"
"Please let me know if you'd like to switch out your party members!"
"I shall assist you in any way that I can during your journey."
Zidane
"You don't have to be so formal. Let's just relax and enjoy our flight."
[You pick your team of four; in my case, I chose Zidane, Freya, Vivi and Steiner. You're in the airship, Hilda Garde 3, on the World Map. The Hilda Garde 3 heads over to Ipsen's Castle, and lands. Zidane, on the World Map, enters the castle]