From: Little Chiba =========================================================================== [ I n s e r t r e a l l y c o o l F i n a l F a n t a s y 7 ] [ A S C I I l o g o h e r e ] =========================================================================== [ T h e F i n a l F a n t a s y V I I S c r i p t ] v.1.00 [ D i s c 1 ] =========================================================================== Ah, too bad I'm not a better ASCII artist. Welcome to the Final Fantasy VII Script. The way I transcribed the different choices ("I don't care / OK, let's go," and the like) requires a little bit of explanation: Do this Do that ***Lead character Do this (Here's all the stuff that happens when you do this) ***Lead character Do that (Here's all the stuff that happens when you do that) (Here's all the stuff that happens no matter whether you do this or that) The actual choices are somewhat more interesting. If you discover any grammatical errors, misspellings, or typos, or if you have a question, comment, or suggestion about the script, I much appreciate it if you email me about it so I can try to incorporate it into the next versions. An enhanced version of this script with HTML formatting, music, and screenshots of the entire game is available at my website at http://come.to/chiba. This document can be used for any purpose except sales or advertisement, as long as it is not modified or changed and is distributed with all available files. As of October 23, 1998, this document consists of three files: ff7disc1.txt, ff7disc2.txt, and ff7opq.txt. The original story was written by Katsuhige Nojima and Yoshinori Kitase; as based on a story by Hironobu Sakaguchi and Tetsuya Nomura. The original copyright is still held by these individuals and Square Co., Ltd. The author of this document does not claim to hold copyright over the full original script, but this document in itself is protected by copyright laws. Email the author at little_chiba@hotmail.com. I do hope you enjoy reading this script much more than I did transcribing it. Sit back, plant your finger squarely on that down-arrow key, and have fun. And be sure to use your imagination. Chiba =========================================================================== Scene 1: Presentiment - AVALANCHE Scene 2: Escape From Mako Reactor 7 Scene 3: Flower Girl - A Daring Leap Scene 4: The Long Ride Home Scene 5: The Reactor Tower Scene 6: Welcome Home, Cloud! - A Childhood Promise Scene 7: The Morning After - Sector 7 Scene 8: The Train - A Narrow Escape Scene 9: Reactor #5 - President Shinra Scene 10: Flowers Blooming In The Church Scene 11: Meet Reno Scene 12: Flee The Church Scene 13: Let's Go, Bodyguard! Scene 14: Sneak Out At Midnight Scene 15: Playground Ai Scene 16: Miss Cloud? Scene 17: Rescue Tifa From Don Of The Slums Scene 18: Lounge Chaos Scene 19: Ecchi Don Scene 20: I'll Smash Them Scene 21: Shinra Plans Scene 22: Encounter At The Reactor Tower Scene 23: Sector 7 Falls Scene 24: Biggs... Wedge... Jessie... ...Marlene... Scene 25: The Flower Girl - Origins Scene 26: A Golden Shiny Wire Of Hope Scene 27: 140 Flights... Scene 28: Climbing Shinra Tower Scene 29: Specimen - Jenova Scene 30: Experimental Aerith Scene 31: Captured - Meet The President Scene 32: A Night In Jail Scene 33: Sephiroth Alive!? - Rufus's Ascent Scene 34: A Confrontation With The New President Scene 35: A Spectacular Escape - Highway Battle Scene 36: Ahead On Our Way Scene 37: Cloud Begins His Story Scene 38: Our Monster Scene 39: Nibelheim - Homecoming Scene 40: The Mountains Of Nibel Scene 41: Monsters Of The Nibel Reactor Scene 42: Sephiroth's Thirst For Knowledge Scene 43: Realization Scene 44: Nibelheim Aflame - Tifa's Revenge Scene 45: J-E-N-O-V-A Scene 46: What A Fascinating Story... Scene 47: The Village Of Kalm Scene 48: Chocobo Chocobo Scene 49: Zolom Impaled - The Mithril Mine Scene 50: Junon Fortress - Resuscitation Scene 51: Rufus's Homecoming Scene 52: The Boat Ride - Jenova BIRTH Scene 53: Landing At Costa Del Sol Scene 54: Hojo On The Beach Scene 55: Mountain Pass - Another Reactor Scene 56: North Corel - Barret's Hometown Scene 57: Gold Saucer - Cait Sith, The God Of Luck Scene 58: Barret's Crime? Scene 59: Corel Prison Scene 60: Gun-Arm Scene 61: Dyne - Broken Trust Scene 62: Ester, Your New Manager Scene 63: Chocobo Race - Free Scene 64: The Turks - Ruined Reactor - Gongaga Village - Aerith and Zack Scene 65: Cosmo Canyon - Grudge Scene 66: Bugenhagen's Observatory Scene 67: The Lifestream Scene 68: Cosmo Candle Scene 69: Nanaki, Son Of Seto Scene 70: Red Truth Scene 71: Nibelheim Revisited - The Black Cloak Scene 72: Calamity From The Skies Scene 73: Rocket Town - Hey, Cid! Scene 74: Sending A Dream Into The Universe - Tiny Bronco Escapes! Scene 75: Tiny Bronco Afloat Scene 76: The Keystone Scene 77: Ghost Hotel Conversation Scene 78: A Midnight Date - Interrupted By Fireworks Scene 79: A Spy!? Scene 80: Temple Of The Ancients - Tseng's Meeting Scene 81: Meteor - A Wound So Large Scene 82: The Black Materia Scene 83: Believe In Me - Cait Sith Scene 84: Cait Sith In The Shrinking Temple Scene 85: Cloud's Sin Scene 86: Aerith's Wood Scene 87: Cloud's Self Scene 88: Bone Village Scene 89: The Sleeping Forest - City Of The Ancients Scene 90: Aerith's Gift Scene 91: Puppet - Descent Into Life Scene 92: Who Am I...? END OF DISC ONE Scene 93: Winter Wonderland Scene 94: Gast's Videos Scene 95: Elena - A Snowy Ride - Great Glacier Scene 96: Gaea's Cliff - Mako Crater Scene 97: The Shinra Airship Scene 98: Reunion - The Black Materia Scene 99: Cloud's Truth, Or Cloud's Lie? Scene 100: Materia Tree Scene 101: Sephiroth's Ruse Scene 102: Identification Number - Out Of Our Grasp Once More - Weapon Rises Scene 103: Origins - Sector 7 Train Station Scene 104: Dark Sun Scene 105: Public Execution - Weapon Attacks - Camaraderie - Cheating Death - Highwind Scene 106: Highwind Takes To The Skies Scene 107: Mideel - Mind Of A Friend Scene 108: Shinra's Plans - Cid's Election Scene 109: Corel's Huge Materia Scene 110: Fort Condor's Huge Materia Scene 111: Weapon Attacks - Lifestream Revisited Scene 112: Into Darkness Scene 113: Enter Cloud's Mind - Nibelheim, Long Ago Scene 114: That Childhood Promise... Scene 115: Jealousy - In My Room Scene 116: On the Other Side of the Mountain Scene 117: The Truth - You Were Watching Me - A Battle of Will Scene 118: Return to the Others Scene 119: Awakening Scene 120: There Ain't No Gettin' Off Scene 121: Underwater Reactor - Sub Space Scene 122: Gelnika Takes Off - Countdown to Dreams and Death Scene 123: Crash Course - Shinra No. 26's Huge Materia Scene 124: Wreckage Scene 125: Escape Pod - Too Little, Too Late Scene 126: The Cry Of The Planet - That Someone Is Us Scene 127: Remembrance Scene 128: Knowledge Of the Ancients Scene 129: Green - Junon Cannon Relocated Scene 130: Sister Ray Scene 131: Weapon Surfaces - Value of a Life - Epic Battle Scene 132: Fire - Weapon Falls - Paths Opened - President's Redemption Scene 133: Imminent Explosion - Hojo Schemes - Midgar Bound Scene 134: Parachute Into Midgar - Turk Settlement - Proud Clod - Hojo Transforms Scene 135: Seven Days - We Have A Reason To Fight Scene 136: Understanding Scene 137: Last Morning Scene 138: We Shall Fight Together END OF DISC TWO Scene 139: The North Crater Scene 140: The Planet's Core - Jenova-SYNTHESIS Scene 141: Judgment Day - The One-Winged Angel Scene 142: Ghost Scene 143: The Beginning of the End Scene 144: The End of the Beginning THE END Optional Quests - Yuffie Meet Yuffie Materia Thief - Turks Off Duty - Godo Steel Them? Corneo Revisited - Truce - Because It's Our Job. Materia Regained Brave the Pagoda - Godo Optional Quests - Vincent Meet Vincent Waterfall Cave Gift From Lucrecia Optional Quests - Basement Flashback Laboratory Revelations Optional Quests - Red XIII Strength of the Valley Optional Quests - Zangan's Letter Zangan's Letter Scene 1 - Presentiment - AVALANCHE - (Introduction FMV. The camera pans slowly across a starfield for several seconds before we see a beautiful young woman looking directly at us. Green embers waft upwards around her face. The camera moves to show that the embers are generated by a Mako furnace in a dark alley as the woman stares into it. After a few moments, she turns and leaves the alley, a basket of flowers on one arm, and stops to stand at a street corner. Our view of her is momentarily obstructed by a massive train as it speeds past through the town square. The camera swings outward through the dark, dingy square, under a stone arch, and then begins to swing upwards. The view moves higher and higher until the entire circular city of Midgar comes into view. The Final Fantasy VII logo appears for a few moments before the camera begins to swing back down, into a different part of a city. A train is pulling into a station in another dark alley. Two guards patrol the platform. Jessie flips spectacularly off the train. The guards attack the intruder only to be knocked out by her skillful hands and feet. Barret hops out of the train, turns, and motions for another to follow.) Barret "C'mon newcomer. Follow me." (He runs upstairs. Cloud flips out of the train and follows him. Two guards come down the stairs down to the train platform, blocking his path.) (Battle sequence with two guards) (After the battle, Cloud runs up the stairs and meets the group - Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge, opening the main gate to a Mako reactor.) Biggs "Wow! You used to be in SOLDIER all right! ...Not everyday ya find one in a group like AVALANCHE." Jessie "SOLDIER? Aren't they the enemy?" "What's he doing with us in AVALANCHE?" Biggs "Hold it, Jessie. He WAS in SOLDIER." "He quit them and now is one of us." "Didn't catch your name..." (The PLAYER names Cloud) Cloud "...Cloud." Biggs "Cloud, eh? I'm..." Cloud "I don't care what your names are. Once this job's over... I'm outta here." (Barret comes running up from offscreen.) Barret "The hell you all doin'!? I thought I told you never to move in a group!" "Our target's the North Mako Reactor. We'll meet on the bridge in front of it." (The group heads through the gate. Barret stops and turns to face Cloud.) "Ex-SOLDIER, huh? Don't trust ya!" (The PLAYER names Barret) Barret "If you push the Directional button while pushing the [CANCEL] button to run. (earlier marked X)" (FMV sequence. The camera swings to show the Shinra headquarters towering above as Cloud following Barret through the gate. Cloud follows the others to the Reactor. Wedge stays on the bridge in front of the reactor as the others head inside.) Wedge "I'll secure the escape passage. Concentrate on the mission, Cloud." "Geez, we're really gonna blow this huge furnace up? This'll be somethin' to see!" (Cloud follows the others into the Reactor.) Barret "Yo! This your first time in a reactor?" Cloud "No. After all, I did work for Shinra, y'know." Barret "The planet's full of Mako energy. People here use it every day." "It's the life blood of the planet. But Shinra keeps suckin' the blood out with these machines." Cloud "I'm not here for a lecture. Let's just hurry." Barret "That's it! You're comin' with me from now on." (Barret joins Cloud. The group works through the locked doors deeper inside the reactor.) Jessie "Biggs and I got the code for this door." Biggs "Code deciphered" (They go through the door.) Biggs "Think how many of our people risked their lives, just for this code..." Jessie "Code deciphered" (They go through the door and work deeper into the reactor. Biggs stays at the door. They enter an elevator) Jessie "Push that button over there!" (Cloud presses the button. The elevator starts moving.) Barret "Little by little the reactors'll drain out all the life. And that'll be that." Cloud "It's not my problem." Barret "The planet's dyin', Cloud!" Cloud "The only thing I care about is finishin' this job before security and the Roboguards come." (Barret turns away, shaking with anger, then looks back over his shoulder at Cloud and rejoins him. The elevator stops and Jessie gets off. They continue into the reactor.) Jessie "Push the [OK] button in front of a ladder to grab on to it. After that, use the [Directional button] to move up and down." (Jessie stays behind. Cloud continues to the reactor core.) Barret "When we blow this place, this ain't gonna be nothin' more than a hunka junk." "Cloud, you set the bomb." Cloud "Shouldn't you do it?" Barret "Jus' do it! I gotta watch to make sure you don't pull nothin'." Cloud "Fine, be my guest." (As Cloud moves to set the bomb, the screen dims and something speaks into his mind.) Watch out! This isn't just a reactor!! (It stops abruptly.) Barret "...What's wrong?" Cloud "Huh?" Barret "What's wrong, Cloud? Hurry it up!" Cloud "Yeah, sorry." (Cloud sets the bomb. An alarm begins to sound and red lights flash.) Barret "Heads up, here they come!" (Boss battle with Guard Scorpion) Cloud "Come on, let's get outta here!" Ten minutes to detonation! (They rush back out through the reactor until they meet up with Jessie where she had stayed behind. She has one leg caught in the grate she's standing on.) Cloud "You all right?" Jessie "My leg got stuck." (Cloud pulls her out.) "Thanks!" (They continue to hurry out of the reactor.) Biggs "Let's go!" Jessie "Code deciphered" (They go through the door.) Jessie "Alright, be careful." Biggs "Code deciphered" (They go through the door and exit the reactor. On the way out, Jessie falls. Cloud helps her up and they sprint away. FMV sequence. The reactor emits a ring of fire as it explodes spectacularly against the night sky.) Scene 2 - Escape From Mako Reactor 7 - (Cloud, Barret, Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie are in a dark tunnel littered with debris and broken metal.) Biggs "That should keep the planet going... at least a little longer." Wedge "Yeah." Barret "........." (Jessie plants an explosive against the pile of debris blocking their exit.) Jessie "OK! Now everyone get back." (They stand back and a wall explodes, opening a way to a courtyard. Wedge's butt seems to be on fire.) Barret "All right, now let's get out of here." "Rendezvous at Sector 8 station! Split up and get on the train!" (They all exit except Barret and Cloud.) Cloud "H, hey!" Barret "If it's about your money save it 'til we're back at the hideout." (Barret exits. Cloud goes after him into the streets of Midgar.) Scene 3 - Flower Girl - A Daring Leap - (A few people are running around a street corner, bumping into a woman standing there, knocking her down. She stands up and calmly brushes herself off. Cloud enters.) Flower girl "Excuse me." "What happened?" You'd better get out of here Nothing... hey, listen... ***Cloud Nothing... hey, listen... "........." Don't see many flowers around here Never mind ***Cloud Don't see many flowers around here Flower girl "Oh, these? Do you like them? They're only a gil....?" Buy one Forget it ***Cloud Buy one Flower girl "Oh, thank you!" "Here you are!" (She gives Cloud a flower and walks off. Cloud continues through the streets of Midgar.) People on the street "Just what the hell's going on!?" "Wonder what that is on the wall over there. Let's see..." Don't be fooled by Shinra! Mako energy doesn't last forever! Mako is the planet's lifesource! The end is in sight! Protectors of the planet: AVALANCHE (Cloud reaches a dark street. A soldier patrolling the area spots him.) Soldier "Hey! You there!" Cloud "Shinra soldiers..." Fight them Leave Cloud Fight them (Three battles with Shinra soldiers. After the third battle, Cloud is surrounded) Soldier "That's as far as you go." Cloud "I don't have time to be messin' around with you guys." Soldier "Enough babbling! Grab him!" (The soldiers close in. Cloud backs away, but his path is blocked as he reaches a railing. Below him are the train tracks. FMV sequence. Cloud jumps off the balcony onto the train as it rushes by.) Scene 4 - The Long Ride Home - (Barret, Wedge, Biggs, and Jessie are riding in a train car littered with crates and junk.) Wedge "Cloud never came." Biggs "Cloud... Wonder if he was killed?" Barret "No way!!" Jessie "Cloud..." (There is thumping on the roof of the car. Barret glances up.) Biggs "Say, do you think Cloud's..." "Going to fight to the end for AVALANCHE!?" Barret "The hell would I know? Do I look like a mind reader?" (He hits a crate with his fist.) "Hmph!! If y'all weren't such screw-ups..." Wedge "Hey Barret! What about our money...?" (Barret hits the crate again.) Wedge "Uh, nothin'... sorry." "Ahh......." (The train door opens and Cloud flips into the car from above.) Biggs "Cloud!!" Jessie "Cloud..." Wedge "Cloud!!" Cloud "Looks like I'm a little late." Barret "You damn right, you're late!!" "Come waltzin' in here makin' a big scene!" Cloud "It's no big deal. Just what I always do." Barret "Shi't!" "Havin' everyone worried like that you don't give a damn 'bout no one but yourself!" Cloud "Hmm..... You were worried about me!" Barret "Wha!?" "I'm takin' it outta your money, hot stuff!" (He walks to the center of the car.) Barret "Wake up!" "We're movin' out! Follow me!" (He exits the front of the car.) Wedge "Hey, Cloud! You were great back there!" (He exits.) Biggs "Heh heh.... Cloud! We'll do even better next time." (He exits.) Jessie "Be careful, I'll shut this." (She closes the train door.) "Oh, Cloud! Your face is pitch-black....." (She wipes his face.) "There you go!" "Say, thanks for helping me back there at the Reactor!" (She exits. Cloud follows.) (The train intercom comes on.) Last train out of Sector 8 Station. Last stop is Sector 7, Train Graveyard. Expected time of arrival is 12:23 AM, Midgar standard time... (Barret and the others come into the next car and sit down. They disturb a well-dressed, official looking man.) "This is why I hate the last train. Hoo-boy..." (He leaves.) People on the train "Huh? This is my house, so make yourselves at home." "You see the headlines in the Shinra Times?" "The terrorists that bombed the No. 1 Reactor are based somewhere in the slums." "...blowing up a Reactor... they sure put some thought into this one." "They must have a real calculating leader. I wonder what they'll do next?" Barret "Stop actin' like a damn kid. Si'down an' shu'up!" Wedge "Someday AVALANCHE's gonna be famous ...and me, too!" Biggs "It seems this train hasn't switched to security mode yet." "I'm sure that will change by tomorrow." Jessie "Hey, Cloud. You want to look at this with me?" "It's a map of the Midgar Rail System. Let's look at it together. I'll explain it to you." "I like this kinda stuff. Bombs and monitors... you know, flashy stuff." (They look at the map.) Jessie "Okay, it's about to start." (A wireframe of Midgar is shown on the map.) "This is a complete model of the city of Midgar." "It's about a 1/10000 scale." "The top plate is about 50 meters above ground." "A main support structure holds the plate up in the center, and there are other support structures built in each section..." "psst... whisper... whisper... (The No. 1 Reactor we blew up was in the northern section.)" "Then there's No. 2, No. 3 all the way up to the No. 8 Reactor." "The 8 Reactors provide Midgar with electricity." "Each town used to have a name, but no one in Midgar remembers them." "Instead of names, we refer to them by numbered sectors. That's the kind of place this is." "Phew..., this is next! Look." (A dotted line appears on the Midgar wireframe.) "This is the route the train is on." "The route spirals around the main support structure." "We should be coming around the center area, right now." "At each checkpoint, an ID sensor device is set up." "It can check the identities and background on each and every passenger on the train by linking it up to the central databank at Shinra headquarters." "whisper... whisper... (Anyone could tell that we look suspicious, so we're using fake ID's.)" (A red light starts flashing.) Jessie "Speak of the devil..." "That light means we're in the ID Security Check area." "whisper... whisper... (When the lights go off, you never know what kind of creeps'll come out.)" "...anyhow, we're almost back now. That's a relief." Biggs "...snore.... heebeebeeheebee... snore... (Don't act so damn big, Barret... snooze...)" Barret "Look... you can see the surface now. This city don't have no day or night." "If that plate weren't there... we could see the sky." (Cloud looks out the window.) Cloud "A floating city... Pretty unsettling scenery." (Barret gets up.) Barret "Huh?" "Never expect to hear that outta someone like you." "...you jes' full of surprises." Barret "The upper world... a city on a plate..." "It's 'cuz of that &^#$# 'pizza', that people underneath are sufferin'!" "And the city below is full of polluted air." "On topa that, the Reactor keeps drainin' up all the energy." Cloud "Then why doesn't everyone move onto the plate?" Barret "Dunno. Probably 'cuz they ain't got no money. Or, maybe..." "'Cuz they love their land, no matter how polluted it gets." Cloud "I know... no one lives in the slums because they want to." "It's like this train. It can't run anywhere except where its rails take it." (FMV sequence. The train circles the support structure on its way to Sector 7. The train arrives at the station and everyone gets off) Barret "Yo!! Get over here, all' ya!!" (Everyone gathers around Barret.) Barret "This mission was a success. But don't get lazy now." "The hard part's still to come! Don't y'all be scared of that explosion!" "'Cause the next one's gonna be bigger than that!" "Meet back at the hideout!! Move out!" (All exit.) Scene 5 - The Reactor Tower - People at the train station "I'm not letting you go tonight." "Wow!" "Isn't there somewhere we could go to be alone?" "There's only the train graveyard around here. And they say there's ghosts around too!" "...damn." "What?" Person near Reactor Tower "Hey now! ...Oops!" "What on earth are you doing? Just butt out... geez!" "Huh? You come to see it, too?" "There was a bombing on top. If this pillar should come down, everyone in the slums is dust..." "Well, there's no point in worryin' about that." "Hey! Look! It's huge, ain't it?" (Cloud looks up at the massive steel tower.) "Hey... This is a strange and wonderful place." "This is my place, but you can come here when you want. Bye, bro!" (He leaves.) Barret "Yo. Cloud! Over here, now!" Scene 6 -Welcome Home, Cloud! - A Childhood Promise - (Barret runs into Tifa's bar, the Seventh Heaven, and chases all the patrons out. Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie go inside.) Barret "Ok! Go on ahead." (If Cloud waits around outside) "Yo! Cloud!! Get off your slow-movin' ass!" (Cloud enters the Seventh Heaven.) (Marlene jumps up.) "Papa!" (She sees Cloud and hides in the corner. Tifa goes over to her) "Marlene! Aren't you going to say anything to Cloud?" (She walks over to Cloud.) "Welcome home, Cloud. Looks like everything went well." "Did you fight with Barret?" Yeah Not this time ***Cloud Yeah Tifa "I should have known." "He's always pushing people around, and you've always been in fights ever since you were little." "I was worried." ***Cloud Not this time Tifa "Hmm. You've grown up." "When you were little you used to get into fights at the drop of a hat." (The PLAYER names Tifa) Tifa "Flowers? How nice..." "You almost never see them here in the slums." "But..." "A flower for me? Oh Cloud, you shouldn't have..." Cloud "No big." Give it to Tifa Give it to Marlene ***Cloud Give it to Tifa Tifa "Thank you, Cloud. It smells wonderful." "Maybe I should fill the store with flowers." ***Cloud Give it to Marlene (Marlene grabs it and hides behind Tifa) People in the bar Tifa "Sorry, Cloud. Marlene seems a little shy." Marlene "............" Wedge "Oh. Cloud!" "Tifa realls knows how to cook. Mmm, mmm......." "Anyway, let me tell you somethin'." About what? I'm not interested in your stories ***Cloud About what? Wedge "Tifa always lets me taste her cooking." "And look at me now, I'm rolly-polly." "Don't know whether I should be happy or sad. But it's the good food and drinks that make this shop famous." ***Cloud I'm not interested in your stories Wedge "Cloud...... ........forget it." Jessie "Careless..... You're getting all excited." "Wonder what for.....?" Biggs "Aah!! Nothin' like that first drink after a job." "Hic!!" "Why don't you have one too?" No Yeah, why not? ***Cloud No Biggs "What!? you tellin' me you're too good to drink with me?" "Don't act big-headed jus' because you were in SOLDIER!" ***Cloud Yeah, why not? Biggs "Oh!! That's more like it!" "Even if you were with SOLDIER, you're still a rookie here. So you'd better listen to whatever I tell ya!" Biggs "Hic...!!" "Oh..... Don't tell Barret what I jus said." (Cloud tries to exit, but Barret crashes into the bar.) Marlene "Papa, welcome home!" (Barret lifts her up on his shoulder.) Barret "Yeah." "Huh? Where'd you get that flower?" Marlene "Cloud gave it to me." Barret "Oh...." Barret "Did you thank him?" Marlene ".........." "Thank you, Cloud." "We'll take care of you." Tifa "You all right, Barret?" Barret "Great!!" "Get in here, fools!! We're startin' the meetin'!!" (He descends a hidden elevator in a pinball machine. Everyone follows but Cloud and Tifa. Cloud walks to the bar.) Tifa "Sit down." (He sits.) Tifa "How about..." "...something to drink?" I don't feel like it Give me something hard ***Cloud Give me something hard Tifa "Just a minute. I'll make one for you." (She mixes Cloud a drink.) Tifa "You know, I'm relieved you made it back safely." Cloud "What's with you all of a sudden? That wasn't even a tough job." Tifa "I guess not..." "You were in SOLDIER." (Cloud sets down his drink.) Tifa "Make sure you get your pay from Barret." Cloud "Don't worry. Once I get that money, I'm outta here." ***Cloud I don't feel like it Tifa "OHH!!" "I can make a drink just as good as anyone else." "Everyone says, my drinks taste the best!" (Cloud gets up from the bar.) Tifa "Cloud, are you feeling all right?" Cloud "...yeah... Why?" Tifa "No reason. You just look a little tired I guess." "You'd better go down below." (Cloud walks to the elevator in the pinball machine and goes down. Everyone is busy downstairs. Barret is punching a bag.) People downstairs Wedge "You think I'm a litte too uptight?" Yeah... No... ***Cloud Yeah... Wedge "The next mission will be to blow up the Sector 5 Reactor." "Cloud, you're great! Don't you ever get nervous?" "Or are you like, impervious to feelings? Naw, that couldn't be it." ***Cloud No... Wedge "Well, that's ok. Don't worry about me. I don't look like it, but I'm a coward at heart." (Jessie is working on the computer) Jessie "Oops..." "Hey, look at the news... What a blast." "Think it was all because of my bomb? But all I really did was just make it like the computer told me." "Oh no! I must've made a miscalculation somewhere." Barret "Yo. Cloud! There's somethin' I wanna ask ya." "Was there anyone from SOLDIER fighting us today?" Cloud "None. I'm positive." Barret "You sound pretty sure." Cloud "If there was anyone from SOLDIER you wouldn't be standing here now." Barret "Don't go thinkin' you so bad jes cuz you was in SOLDIER." Cloud "......." Barret "Yeah, you're strong." "Probably all them guys in SOLDIER are." "But don't forget your skinny ass's working for AVALANCHE now!" "Don't get no ideas 'bout hangin' on to Shinra." Cloud "Stayin' with Shinra?" "You asked me a question and I answered it... that's all." "I'm going upstairs. I want to talk about my money." Barret "Shucks!! ........money...." Marlene "Papa. you're so great!" (Cloud moves to leave. Tifa runs in.) Tifa "Wait, Cloud!" Barret "Tifa! Let him go!" "Looks like he still misses the Shinra!" Cloud "Shut up!" "I don't care about either Shinra or SOLDIER!" "But don't get me wrong!" "I don't care about AVALANCHE or the Planet for that matter!" Tifa "Straighten things up with everyone for me." Television ......today the No.1 Reactor was bombed. The terrorist group AVALANCHE has claimed responsibility for the bombing. It is expected that AVALANCHE will continue its reign of terror. But citizens of Midgar.... there is no need to fear. I have immediately mobilized SOLDIER to protect our citizenry against this senseless violence. Thank you and good night. Wedge "...Cloud." "You say you don't care, but you came to talk to me." "Cloud.... you just want friends." "Isn't that right?" Blow off I really don't care ***Cloud Blow off Wedge "Yeah, well. You look kind of lonely to me." If you ever got anything you want to get off your chest, you can always talk to me." ***Cloud I really don't care Wedge "You're terrible. Real cold blooded." (Cloud goes back up the elevator and goes to leave. He is followed by Tifa.) Tifa "Listen, Cloud. I'm asking you. Please join us." Cloud "Sorry Tifa..." Tifa "The Planet is dying. Slowly but surely it's dying." "Someone has to do something." Cloud "So let Barret and his buddies do something about it." "It's got nothin' to do with me." (He moves to leave) Tifa "So! You're really leaving!?" "You're just going to walk right out ignoring your childhood friend!?" Cloud "What......?" How can you say that! ...Sorry ***Cloud How can you say that! ***Cloud ...Sorry Tifa "You forgot the promise, too." Cloud "Promise?" (Tifa looks down.) Tifa "So you DID forget." "Remember.... Cloud. It was seven years ago..." (Cloud looks up. The scene fades to black. It fades in again; Cloud and Tifa are standing by a well. The sky is full of stars.) Tifa "Look, the well." "Do you remember?" (Cloud nods.) Cloud "Yeah.... back then." "I thought you would never come, and I was getting a little cold." (The scene changes. Cloud and Tifa, as children, appear. Cloud is sitting swinging his legs on the well cover. Tifa enters from offscreen.) Tifa "Sorry I'm late." (She sits down.) Tifa "You said you wanted to talk to me about something?" Cloud "Come this spring.... I'm leaving this town for Midgar." Tifa "........All boys are leaving our town." Cloud "But I'm different from all of them. I'm not just going to find a job." (He stands.) "I want to join SOLDIER." "I'm going to be the best there is, just like Sephiroth." Tifa "Sephiroth.... The Great Sephiroth." (Cloud climbs to the top of the well and looks at the stars.) Tifa "Isn't it hard to join SOLDIER?" Cloud "...I probably wont be able to come back to this town for a while." (Tifa makes a motion.) Cloud "...huh?" Tifa "Will you be in the newspapers if you do well?" Cloud "I'll try." Tifa "Hey, why don't we make a promise?" "Umm, if you get really famous and I'm ever in a bind....." "You come save me, all right?" Cloud "What?" Tifa "Whenever I"m in trouble, my hero will come and rescue me." "I want to at least experience that once." Cloud "What?" Tifa "Come on--! Promise me----!" Cloud "All right.... I promise." (The camera pans up to show the starry night sky. A falling star streaks its white trail across the dark blue.) (Back at the Seventh Heaven.) Tifa "You remember now? ...Our promise?" Cloud "I'm not a hero and I'm not famous. I can't keep.... the promise." Tifa "But you got your childhood dream, didn't you? You joined SOLDIER." (Cloud looks down.) Tifa "So come on! You've got to keep your promise......" (Barret climbs up the elevator.) Barret "Wait a sec big-time SOLDIER!" "A promise is a promise! Here!!" (He tosses Cloud 1500 Gil.) Cloud "This is my pay? Don't make me laugh." Tifa "What? Then you'll...!!" Cloud "You got the next mission lined up? I'll do it for 3000." Barret "What....!?" (Tifa whispers to him.) Tifa "It's ok, it's ok." "psst, psst..... (We're realy hurting for help, right?)" Barret "Uh..... ugh..... (That money's for Marlene's schoolin'......)" (Barret turns.) Barret "2000!" (Tifa walks to Cloud.) Tifa "Thanks, Cloud." Scene 7 - The Morning After - Sector 7 - (The scene changes to Tifa's bar, the next morning. Cloud goes up the elevator. Tifa and Barret are standing, Marlene is mixing drinks.) Tifa "Good Morning! Cloud!" "Did you sleep well?" Barret's snoring kept me up...... Next to you, who wouldn't? ***Cloud Barret's snoring kept me up.... Tifa "psstpsst..." "(keep it down, they'll hear you. Barret's always edgy before an operation.)" ***Cloud Next to you, who wouldn't? Tifa "I don't know what you mean." Tifa "I'm going this time." Barret "Our target's the Sector 5 Reactor. Head for the station first." "I'll fill you in on the train." Barret "Yo! Cloud!" "Before the next mission, I got somethin' I wanna ask you!" "I, uh,..... I don't really know how to use Materia!" "I'll give you that Materia you found. Just teach me how to use it!" Cloud "...sigh..." Ok, I'll explain it You wouldn't understand ***Cloud Ok, I'll explain it (Cloud explains the Materia system.) Sure. I'll explain how Materia works. First, access the menu. You know the basic functions. The triangle button brings up the menu. Directional buttons move the cursor. Like this. Select each menu by using the OK button. If you want to leave the menu, just push the CANCEL cutton. See? Let's go ahead. Now you're in this menu. Select [Materia] sub menu. Select who you want to use it. Now look at my weapon here. Each weapon and armor has slots in it. Choose which slot you want to put Materia in. Now select the Materia you want to use. This is curative Materia. If you want to know what its effect is, line the cursor up with [Check], and push the OK button. It's just like selecting battle commands. Just line the cursor up to [Magic], you can see that the available magic has increased. Now you can use new magic [Cure]. And that's all there is to equipping Materia. See? It wasn't that tough! When you want to remove any Materia, it's as easy as pointing to the materia slot, and pushing the triangle button. There's just one thing you have to be careful of. Whenever you equip Materia, your situation changes. Parts of you may become stronger... while others get weaker. Normally, when you equip [Magic] Materia, your magic power will get stronger. But your physical strength weakens. So, Materia's kind of a double'edged sword. On the left side of the screen, you can see the Materia's effect on you. It's wise not to overuse Magic Materia. But try out various things. Push the CANCEL button to exit the sub menu. Ok, that's about it. I'll give you some advanced tips later. Barret "Shi....! What's this 'It wasn't that tough' crap!" "I'm clueless......" "Well, you handle the Materia then!" ***Cloud You wouldn't understand Barret "So this is what makes them guys in SOLDIER so great, huh!?" "Ok, I'll ask Jessie again later. But you're in charge of the Materia!" [Materia System] Access the menu and select [Materia] to equip Materia. Tifa "Cloud! I got a message from the Weapon Shop man upstairs." "He has something he wants to give you. Don't forget!" "Marlene, you watch the store while we're gone!" Marlene "All right! Good Luck." (Cloud explores Sector 7.) Johnny "I'm leaving. Goin' faraway. But when I come back I'll be a better man! This is goodbye!" "Hey! Childhood friend! You better take good care of Tifa!" (He exits.) People in Sector 7 "Ah... Johnny's gone. You look a little disappointed." "I don't like to say it myself but, I'm just a lonely guy when I'm not drinking." "I hope he doesn't get hurt." "That worries me the most." "Yesterday, everyone in town was peeking at the two of you from outside the bar." "Tifa's childhood friend. That's a good one!" "Ahh! Now I ain't got no one to pick on!" "He used to give us nothing but headaches when he was here, but now that he's gone.... I kind of miss him." "......strange, isn't it?" "Ha! Ha!..... I wonder if my son's already left?" "When it's just my wife and I here, you have no idea how lonesome it gets." "Listen! If there isn't anyone to listen, what's the use of getting gossip on everyone?" "Yeah, and you Mr. I-don't-care!" "I'll get a little more information that would pique even your interest. You wait and see!" "You dried up old geez. You tired?" "Why don't you rest up on the third floor of my house? "There's just one condition." "You gotta give me some cash." <1 gil> "Damn, man!! Just forget about it!" <10 gil> "Oh man, oh man..." "Go ahead and help yourself to the room." "Use whatever bed you want. Sleep tight, old guy." "Cheap %#*^......" "This is a slum, so don't think you can stay for free." "What are you going to do?" "Doesn't just seeing the bed make you sleepy?" <10 gil> "Sweet dreams, pops." "Tough guy, huh!? You better sleep when you can." "You'd better save when you can." "That's the trick to being tough. Remember that, old dude." "This is the Beginner's Hall." "You say you're a beginner? But your eyes say you're not." Cloud "Don't mess with me. I used to be in SOLDIER. I'll tell you how much I know.... an' for free too!" "Hey! You got one right off!" "That was Materia. Next, take this [treasure chest]!" "This is the fabled [Save Point]!!" "At a [Save Pont] you can use a [tent] and/or select *SAVE*." "There's more, too. Look for something called secret." "Even if you are wiped out, if you save you can restart from that same point." "That way you don't have to worry when you've been wiped out." "This is jumping ahead a little but, when you leave Midgar..." "Once you get the world map, you can save anywhere you like. Remember that." That should be all you need to know about the Save Point. I'll probably see you again somewhere on the road. Take care! I'm a [treasure chest]!! Beginners make sure and keep an eye out for me!! (Two kids fighting) Cloud "You've got to hang in there. Your limit gauge is just starting to build." "Waaah!" Cloud "OK! Now your limit gauge is full, go ahead and use it! Fight with your limit techinique." (The kid wins the fight.) "Great!" (Two kids fighting) "Magic! Magic!" "Help!" Cloud "Calm down! When your enemy uses magic counter with [Magic Barrier] or [reflect]." "[Magic Barrier] reduces the damage recieved from magic by half." "[Reflect] bounces the attacks off you. But the number of times you can use it is limited so be careful." (The kid wins the fight.) "Great!" (Two kids fighting) "Wow! You sure are strong! I'm going to be strong, too!" "Me too!" Cloud "If you want to get as stong as me you need to use Materia." "And you have to find the best combinations of them." "The type of Materia you put in your weapons and armor will determine how quickly your Materia grows." "Put Materia into the open slots in your weapons and armor. The possible combinations are limitless." "That's about all I can tell you. If you want to be like me, you have to have some natural talent." (kids) "I still don't get it!" Cloud "Listen kid, don't piss me off!" "That's all right. Just give it a try. Little by little, you'll get used to it." "Hey SOLDIER! Tell us about battles! We'll even pay you!" Cloud "I'm not hard up enough to take money from guys like you. But I'll rap with you for a while." "Heh heh... He'll forget about it. OH, you!" "Get my friend on the second floor to teach ya." "He, HEY! Waitaminit you!!" "You can't just walk outta here without buyin' somethin'...." "Might be unhealthy fer ya, if ya know what I mean." "Ahh... Another slow day..." "If this keeps up, this store's goin' under...." "Can't sell any really good medicine in a slum like this." "Oh!! Look at this! This doesn't happen everyday. You a....... customer?" "Yes!! Welcome!! We sell! We buy!" Scene 8 - The Train - A Narrow Escape - (Cloud arrives at the train station. Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie are waiting there.) People at the station "I've had it!" "Me too." "You know this is the first time we've ever agreed on something." "Yes..." "Well then, shall we.....?" "Yes......" (They snog.) (Cloud approaches the train and eveyone gets on.) Barret "YO!" "Looks like this ain't no private car! So split up!" (They meet the well-dressed Shinra manager again.) "....hoodlums again. God, don't I just have all the luck..." Barret "You say sumthin'?" "I said, 'you say sumthin'!?" (Barret walks over to the man.) Barret "Yo, look at that! It got empty alluva sudden." "What's goin' on?" "DAMN!" "I... it's empty because of... g, guys like you..." (Barret smacks him.) "Y, Y, YIPES!!" "You... you've seen the news, right? AVALANCHE says there'll be more bombings." "Only devoted employees like me would go to Midgar on a day like today." Barret "You workin' for Shinra?" Shinra Manager "I won't give in to violence..." Tifa "Barret!!" Barret "&$#%!! You lucky ^$#$,!" (Barret and Tifa run to the back of the car.) Cloud "So, what are we going to do now?" Barret "Shit! the hell you so calm about? you bustin up my rhythm..." (The train starts moving.) Tifa "Seems like they just finished connecting the cars. We're finally leaving." Cloud "So what's our next target?" Barret "Hah! Listen to Mr. Serious-about-his-work!" "Awright.... I'll tell ya!" "Jessie's probably already told you, but there's a security check point at the top plate." "It's an ID scan system checkin' all the trains." Tifa "Which Shinra is very proud of." Barret "We can't use our fake ID's anymore..." (The train intercom comes on.) Good Morning, and welcome to Midgar Lines. Arrival time at Sector 4 station will be 11:45. Tifa "That means we've only got three more minutes to the ID Check point." (Barret runs forward.) Barret "Alright, in three minutes, we're jumpin' off this train." "Got it!?" (He sits.) Tifa "Cloud, come over here! Let's look at the Railway Map Monitor." People on the Train "Hmm....? You're the only ones that'll talk to me or come to my house." "I'm impressed." Shinra Manager "Waaaaah!!" "Don... don't worry about me. (oh man, oh man, oh man...!! I'm gonna brag to everyone at work about this...)" (Cloud looks at the map with Tifa.) Tifa "Hmm, it looks like you've seen this already..." "It's all right. Come a little closer." (A red light starts flashing.) Tifa "That's odd. The ID Check Point was supposed to be further down." Type A Security Alert!!! Unidentified passengers confirmed... A search of all cars will be conducted! Repeat!! Type A Security Alert!! Unidentified passengers confirmed... A search of all cars will be conducted! Tifa "What's happening?" Barret "What's goin' on!!" (Jessie rushes in.) Jessie "We're in trouble." "I'll explain later. Hurry! Get to the next car!" Barret "^%#@%! Someone blew it..." Unidentified passengers located in Car #1 Preparing for Lock Down Barret "Let's go! Keep it up!" (They rush to the next car.) Car #1: Locked Down Upgrading to Level 2 warning Biggs "Hurry!" Wedge "They're gonna lock the door, sir!" Unidentified passengers located in Car #2 Preparing for Lock Down Jessie "Just run!" "Changing to Plan 2!" People in Car #2 "Gosh! You're adults but you're making such noise!" "Please behave while on the train!" "Does this mean we're in a major bind?" (They rush to the next car.) Car #2: Locked Down Upgrading to Warning Level 3 (The light stops flashing.) Barret "Awright! We clear!?" Jessie "Not yet. They're starting another search. If we're caught, we're done for!" "But, don't worry. If we move up the train, car by car, we should get past it!" (Jessie breaks her way out. Light starts flashing again.) Unidentified Passengers: Moving to front of Train Currently tracking location People on the train "Hee hee!" Johnny "Later... goodbye... adios, Midgar!" (They reach Car #4.) Car #4: Locked Down Upgrading to maximum security alert!! (Barret runs to the front of the car.) Barret "All right!! We made it!" "Yo! This way!!" (He opens the door of the train.) "Let's go!! We're gonna dive outta here!!" Tifa "Scary... huh." Cloud "Too late to be saying that now. Why'd you come along anyway?" Tifa "Because..." Barret "Hey you two! There ain't no time for that!" (They get ready to jump.) People in Car #4 (Jessie is disguised as a Shinra soldier) Jessie "It's me, Jessie. How do I look, Cloud?" "Do I look good in a Shinra uniform?" Cloud "You look great, just like a man." Jessie "Yay!! I'm so happy.... I think?" Cloud "Just concentrate on our plan." Jessie "You're right, sorry." Tifa "Yeah!! I've made up my mind." "Watch closely. I'm gonna jump!" (She does so.) Cloud "You don't care if I go first?" Barret "A leader always stays till the end." "Don't worry 'bout me, just go!" (Cloud moves to the door.) "Yo! Don't go gettin' your spikey-ass hurt!" "It's only the beginnin' of the mission!" (Cloud jumps.) Barret "Later! You take care of the rest!" (Barret jumps.) Scene 9 - Reactor #5 - President Shinra - (Cloud, Barret, and Tifa land in an underground subway.) Barret "Good, so far everything's going as planned." (He walks down a bit.) "Better not let your guard down till we get to the Sector 5 reactor." "Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie got everything ready for us. So MOVE it." "Well, the reactor's just down this tunnel!" (They walk down the tunnel, until they reach a grid of laser beams crossing the tunnel.) Cloud "Those light beams are the Shinra's security sensors. We can't go any further." (They see a ventilation duct in the wall.) Barret "That's one damn tiny hole. You tellin' me to squeeze into that to get under the Plate? No way!" "Yo, Cloud, what're we gonna do?" Look inside closely Go down Don't go down ***Cloud Look inside closely Tifa "There seems to be nothing that'll get us stuck in this duct." Cloud "Yeah. If we go down this duct, we won't be able to come back up here." Barret "Don't be wastin' time. Never know when the Shinra'll find us." "Cloud, you jes' gotta go." Go down Don't go down (Same results as from the previous menu.) ***Cloud Go down Barret "But, damn man, that thing gives me the chills." (They climb into the duct.) ***Cloud Don't go down Barret "Whaddya mean we're not goin' in? There ain't no other way of gettin' to the Sector 5 reactor 'cept through here." (Cloud, Barret, and Tifa enter the ventilation ducts and work their way into the Reactor. Along the way they meet Wedge, Jessie and Biggs.) Wedge "Cloud, this way. The reactor's up this ladder." Jessie "I'm sorry." "The ID scan problem on the train was all my fault." "I made your ID card special... So that's why it happened." "I put my heart into making it. But I failed." (She shakes her head.) Jessie "Next time, I'll give you something more decent." "I'll be back at the hideout in the research room workin' on it." Biggs "We're gonna pull out now. We'll meet up at the hideout." "Cloud, we're countin' on you to blow the reactor!" (He exits.) (The three work their way deeper until they reach the core. The screen goes red and Cloud clutches his head and falls to his knees. The scene shifts as Cloud hallucinates. He sees the inside of a Mako Reactor. Gears are spinning. On the floor lies a long, thin sword. Tifa, as a younger girl, sometime between the well flashback and the present, kneels on the floor. A man lies before her, dead.) Tifa "Papa..." "Sephiroth!?" (She sits up.) "Sephiroth did this to you, didn't he!?" (She shakes her fists and looks skyward.) "Sephiroth.... SOLDIER... Mako Reactors... Shinra... Everything!" (She rises; then, vehemently) "I hate them all!" (She picks up the sword on the floor and runs into the reactor core.) (Cloud comes out of his hallucination. The scene changes back to Reactor No. 5.) Barret "Damn man, get a hold of yourself!" (Tifa kneels by Cloud.) Tifa "You all right?" (He rises.) Cloud "......Tifa." Tifa "Mmm?" Cloud "No... forget...... Come on, let's hurry!" (Cloud plants a bomb in the reactor. They hurry out. They reach a mechanism with three buttons.) Tifa "Jessie said we all have to the buttons at once." (They do so. A door opens and they hurry through onto a walkway.) Barret "This way!" (His way is blocked.) "Shinra soldiers!?" "SHIT! What the hell's goin' on?" Cloud "...a trap..." (We hear footsteps, then, Shinra theme music.) Barret "President Shinra?" Tifa "Why is the President here?" (The Shinra President walks onto the walkway, his expensive shoes echoing.) President Shinra "Hmm... So you all must be that... ...what was it?" Barret "AVALANCHE! And don't ya forget it! And you're President Shinra, huh?" (Cloud steps forward.) Cloud "Long time no see, President." President Shinra "...Long time no see? Oh... you." "You're the one who quit SOLDIER and joined AVALANCHE. I knew you were exposed to Mako, from the glow in your eyes..." "Tell me, traitor... what was your name?" Cloud "Cloud." President Shinra "Forgive me for asking, but I can't be expected to remember each person's name." "Unless you become another Sephiroth." "Yes, Sephiroth... He was brilliant. Perhaps too brilliant..." (Cloud steps back.) Cloud "Sephiroth.....?" (Barret runs forward.) Barret "Don't give a damn 'bout none of that! This place'e goin' up with a big BANG soon! Serves y'all right!" President Shinra "And such a waste of good fireworks, just to get rid of vermin like you..." Barret "VERMIN? That's all you can say... VERMIN!" "Y'all Shinra're the VERMIN, killing the planet! And that makes you King VERMIN! So shu'up jackass!" President Shinra "...You are beginning to bore me." "I'm a very busy man, so if you'll excuse me... I have a dinner I must attend." (Barret runs right up to him.) Barret "Dinner!? Don't gimme that! I ain't even started wit' you yet!" President Shinra "But, I've made arrangements for a playmate for you all." (President Shinra snaps his fingers...) Tifa "!? What's that noise?" (Barret runs back.) Barret "The hell is this!?" (A huge robot buzzes in and looks menacing.) President Shinra "Meet 'Airbuster,' a techno-soldier,. Our Weapon Development Department created him." "I'm sure the data he'll extract from your dead bodies will be of great use to us in future experiments." Cloud "...Techno-soldier?" (A helicopter hovers up to the walkway.) President Shinra "Now then, if you'll excuse me." (Cloud runs forward, too late to intercept him. President Shinra boards the helicopter and flies away... leaving Cloud and the others alone with Airbuster.) Cloud "Wait, President!" (Barret turns toward Airbuster.) Barret Yo, Cloud! We've gotta do somethin' about him!" (Airbuster buzzes toward Barret and Tifa.) Tifa "Help, Cloud!" (Cloud runs in behind it.) Tifa "THIS is from SOLDIER?" Cloud "No way! It's just a machine." (Airbuster spins.) Barret "I don't care what it is! I'm gonna bust him up!" (Boss battle with Airbuster) (Airbuster explodes, taking half the walkway with it. Cloud is left hanging from a piece of broken metal. It's a long way down.) Barret "It's gonna blow! Let's go, Tifa!" Tifa "Barret! Can't you do something?" Barret "Not a damn thing." Tifa "Cloud! Please don't die! You can't die! There's still so much I want to tell you!" Cloud "I know, Tifa......" Barret "Hey, you gonna be awright?" (Be strong) (I don't know if I can hold on...) ***Cloud (Be strong) Cloud ".........." "You worry about yourselves! I'm all right, but take care of Tifa!" Barret "...Alright. Sorry 'bout all this." Cloud "Stop talkin' like this is the end!" ***Cloud (I don't know if I can hold on....) Cloud "Shit! Can't hold on much longer. Barret..... Hurry!" Barret "Don't go cryin' like a woman. There ain't nothin' I can do for ya. Ya gotta do it yourself." Cloud "Barret..." Barret "Alright, then, later." (FMV sequence: the bomb explodes, knocking Cloud from the walkway. Tifa tries to grab him, but he is too far away. Cloud plummets from the upper plate down to the slums below.) Scene 10 - Flowers Blooming In The Church - ...You all right? ...Can you hear me? Cloud ".....Yeah....." Back then... You could get by with just skinned knees..... Cloud "What do you mean by 'back then'?" What about now? Can you get up? Cloud ".....What do you mean by 'that time'? .....What about now?" Don't worry about me. You just worry about yourself now. Cloud ".....I'll give it a try." "Oh! He moved!" .....How about that? Take it slow now. Little by little..... "Hello, hello?" Cloud ".....I know." Cloud "Hey... who are you?" "Hello, hello!" (The scene fades in to show Cloud lying in the middle of a flower patch in the floor of an old church. The Flower Girl from Midgar kneels next to him. She stands. Cloud manages to sit up.) "You okay?" "This is a church in the Sector 5 slums." "You suddenly fell on top of me. You really gave me quite a scare." Cloud "......I came crashing down?" "The roof and the flower bed must have broken your fall. You're lucky." Cloud "Flower bed... is this yours?" (He stands up and brushes his clothes off.) Cloud "Sorry about that." "That's all right. The flowers here are quite resilient because this is a sacred place." "They say you can't grow grass and flowers in Midgar." "But for some reason, the flowers have no trouble blooming here." "I love it here." (She begins to tend to her flowers.) ".....So, we meet again." "Don't you remember me?" Yeah, I remember you Never saw you before ***Cloud Yeah, I remember you "Yeah, I remember..." You were selling flowers You're the slum drunk ***Cloud You were selling flowers "Oh, I"m so happy!" "Thanks for buying my flowers." ***Cloud You're the slum drunk (She makes an angry motion) "Excuse me, but that's really rude!" "But I'll forgive you, because you bought flowers from me." ***Cloud Never saw you before ".....I guess you don't remember. You were walking in a daze." "But I'll forgive you, because you bought flowers from me." "Say, do you have any materia?" Cloud "Yes, some." "Nowadays you can find materia anywhere." "But mine is special. It's good for absolutely nothing." Cloud ".....good for nothing? You probably just don't know how to use it." "No, I do... it just doesn't do anything." "I feel safe just having it. It was my mother's...." (She looks skyward.) "Say, I feel like talking. Do you feel up to it?" "After all, here we are meeting again, right?" I don't mind Got nothing to talk about ***Cloud I don't mind "Wait here. I've got to check my flowers. It'll be just a minute." ***Cloud Got nothing to talk about (She looks sad and disappointed.) "....oh, I see." "Ahhh, I wonder whose fault that is. It takes a lot to grow them, you know. Poor flowers." (She checks her flowers.) "Just a little longer." "Oh!" "Now that you mention it....." "We don't know each other's names, do we?" "My name is...." (The PLAYER names Aerith) "I'm Aerith, the flower girl. Nice to meet you." Cloud "The name's Cloud." "Me.....? I do a little bit of everything." Aerith "Oh.... a jack of all trades." Cloud "Yeah, I do whatever's needed." (Aerith giggles.) Cloud "What's so funny? What are you laughing at?" Aerith "Sorry..... I just..." (They turn to see a mysterious figure in the doorway of the church....) Scene 11 - Meet Reno - (Cloud and Aerith are in an old church. They turn to see a mysterious figure in the doorway...) Aerith "Sorry, bad timing on my part." (Cloud moves toward the person.) Aerith "Cloud! Don't let it get to you!" (She steps back, behind Cloud.) Aerith "Say, Cloud. Have you ever been a bodyguard?" "You DO do everything, right?" (Cloud smooths his hair.) Cloud "Yeah, that's right." Aerith "Then, get me out of here. Take me home." Cloud "OK, I'll do it... but it'll cost you." Aerith "Well then, let's see......" "How about if I go out with you once?" (Cloud makes an affirmative nod. He confronts the person.) Cloud "I don't know who you are, but...." "You don't know me.....?" ......I know you. (The screen goes white, briefly) Cloud "Oh yeah...... I know you." "That uniform...." (Three Shinra guards run in.) ".....Hey, sis, this one's a little weird." Cloud "Shut up! You Shinra spy!" "Reno! Want him taken out?" Reno "I haven't decided yet." Aerith "Don't fight here! You'll ruin the flowers!" (Cloud and Aerith run to the back of the church.) Aerith "The exit is back there." (They exit. Reno walks forward, OVER the flower patch...) Reno "They were..... Mako eyes." "Yeah, all right. Back to work, back to work." (He exits.) Reno "Oh!" (He re-enters.) "And don't step on the flowers......" (The three guards speak in unison) "Hey Reno, you just stepped on them!" "They're all ruined!" "You're gonna catch holy hell!" Scene 12 - Flee The Church - (The scene changes. Cloud and Aerith in the back room of the church. It is three floors high, and a large Shinra missle apparently crashed through them all, leaving gaping holes in them. They jump past the missile and climb a broken flight of stairs, reaching a break in the walkway.) Reno "There they are, over there!" (Reno comes in with the three guards.) Aerith "Cloud... that one!" Cloud "I know... Looks like they aren't going to let us go." Aerith "What should we do?" Cloud "Well we can't let them catch us, can we? Then, there's only one thing left." (He jumps across the gap and motions for Aerith to follow.) Cloud "Aerith! This way!" (She shakes her head.) Cloud "All right. I'll hold them off." Aerith "Right. Make sure they don't get through!" Reno "The Ancient is getting away! Attack! Attack! Attack!" (The guards fire at Aerith who falls from the walkway.) Aerith "Eaygh!!" Cloud "Aerith!" Reno "Think we killed 'em? They shouldn't have put up a fight, I say!" Aerith "Cloud, help!" Cloud "Damn!" (He looks up to the rafters.) "What's that...?" (The three guards attack Aerith. Cloud runs to the rafters and finds four barrels. He pushes them off, squashing each guard. The PLAYER controls this.) Aerith "Thanks, Cloud." (Aerith runs up to the rafters.) Cloud "Aerith, this way." (She follows Cloud. They find a hole in the roof of the church and jump out to the outside.) Scene 13 - Let's Go, Bodyguard! - (Cloud and Aerith are sitting on the roof of Aerith's old church.) Aerith "Ha, ha..... They're looking for me again." Cloud "You mean it's not the first time they've been after you?" Aerith "...no." Cloud "They're the Turks." Aerith "Hmmm......" Cloud "The Turks are an organization in Shinra. They scout for possible candidates for SOLDIER." Aerith "This violently? I thought they were kidnapping someone." Cloud "They're also involved in a lot of dirty stuff on the side." "Spying, murder... you know." Aerith "They look like it." Cloud "But, why're they after you? There must be a reason, right?" Aerith "No, not really. I think they believe I have what it takes to be in SOLDIER!" Cloud "Maybe you do. You want to join?" Aerith "I don't know... But I don't want to get caught by THOSE people!" Cloud "Then, let's go!" (Aerith follows Cloud. They jump across many rooftops and pieces of debris, heading away from the church. Cloud gets far ahead of her.) Aerith "Wait... Wait, I said!" (She catches up, carefully, femininely judging each gap.) "Puff... wheeze..." "Slow.... down.... Don't leave me...." Cloud "Funny..." "I thought you were cut out to be in SOLDIER?" Aerith "Oh! You're terrible!" (Cloud laughs.) Aerith "Hey.... Cloud. Were you ever in SOLDIER?" Cloud "....." "...I used to be. How did you guess?" Aerith "...Your eyes. They have a strange glow..." Cloud "That's the sign of those who have been infused with Mako..." "A mark of SOLDIER." "But, how did you know about that?" Aerith "........Oh, nothing." Cloud "Nothing....?" Aerith "Right, nothing!" "Come on, let's go! Bodyguard!" (Cloud continues across the rooftops. Aerith follows, more closely.) Scene 14 - Sneak Out At Midnight - (Cloud and Aerith hop down from the rooftops across pieces of debris. They land on a dirt road) Aerith "Whew! Finally made it off! Now what..." (She looks around, then scampers forward) "My house is over here. Let's hurry before they get here!" (Cloud and Aerith travel through the Sector 5 slums to Aerith's small cottage. They go inside.) Aerith "I'm home, mom." (Her mother, Elmyra, walks over.) "This is Cloud, my bodyguard." Elmyra "Bodyguard.....? You mean you were followed again!?" "Are you all right!? You're not hurt, are you!?" Aerith "I'm all right. I had Cloud with me." (Elmyra nods.) Elmyra "Thank you, Cloud." (She goes upstairs.) Aerith "So, what are you going to do now?" Cloud "...Is Sector 7 far from here? I want to go to Tifa's bar." Aerith "Is Tifa...... a girl?" Cloud "Yeah." Aerith "A girl... friend?" Cloud "Girlfriend?" No way Yeah, that's right ***Cloud No way! (Cloud shakes his head quickly.) Aerith "Hee hee hee...." "You don't have to get THAT upset..." (She moves toward Cloud... a small step.) ***Cloud Yeah, that's right Aerith "Oh, how nice." Aerith "Well, that's... nice." "Let's see, Sector 7? I'll show you the way." Cloud "You gotta be kidding. Why do you want to put yourself in danger again?" Aerith "I'm used to it." Cloud "Used to it!?" "....Well, don't know... getting help from a girl..." (She makes an amusedly angry gesture.) Aerith "A girl!! What do you mean by that!?" "You expect me to just sit by and listen, after hearing you say something like that!?" (She calls upstairs.) "Mom! I'm taking Cloud to Sector 7. I'll be back in a while." (Elmyra comes downstairs.) Elmyra "But dear... I give up. You never listen once you've made up your mind." "But if you must go, why don't you go tomorrow? It's getting late now." Aerith "Yeah, you're right, mom." Elmyra "Aerith, please go and make the bed." (Aerith goes upstairs. Cloud speaks to Elmyra.) Elmyra "That glow in your eyes... you're from SOLDIER, right?" Cloud "Yeah. Rather I used to be..." Elmyra ".... I don't know how to say this, but..." "Would you please leave here, tonight?" Without telling Aerith." (Cloud goes upstairs. Aerith meets him.) Aerith "You need to go through Sector 6 to get to Sector 7. Sector 6 is a little" "dangerous so you'd better get some rest tonight." (Cloud walks toward the bedroom door.) Aerith "Cloud...." (He turns to her.) Aerith "Good night." (She goes downstairs.) Cloud "Oh, man..." (Cloud goes to bed. He dreams, we presume.) "...seem pretty tired......" Cloud ".......!?" "I haven't slept in a bed like this ....in a long time." Cloud "....Oh, yeah." "Ever since that time." (The scene fades in. Cloud is lying on a bed in a one-room house. A woman is in the room, working in the kitchen area. She stops and walks toward him.) "My, how you've grown." "I'll bet the girls never leave you alone." Cloud "...Not really." (She paces a bit.) "...I'm worried about you." "There are a lot of temptations in the city..." "I'd feel a lot better if you just settled down and had a nice girlfriend." Cloud "...I'm all right." "You should have..." "an older girlfriend, one that'll take care of you." "I think that would be the perfect type for you." Cloud "I'm not interested." (The scene fades back in. Cloud is lying on a bed on the second floor of Aerith's house. Aerith is in the next room.) Cloud "...I must've fallen asleep." (He gets up.) Cloud "Sector 7's past Sector 6... I should be all right by myself..." (He sneaks past Aerith's room and goes downstairs. He exits the house, leaving Aerith behind.) Scene 15 - Playground Ai - People in Sector 5 "Take care of yourself. It's the law of the slums. But to do that, first, you need weapons, right?" (Sells weapons) "Hmph.....! Everything President Shinra says is a lie." "But then again, you can't trust that AVALANCHE, or whatever you call them." "You can bat it around all you like. But in the end it comes down to wanting to be like those who live up above." "So who do you believe in? Oneself! Me! I never lie to myself, that's for sure!" (TV) "And now for the news." "Due to a terrorist attack by the group named AVALANCHE, parts of Midgar that were temporarily out of power will be restored momentarily." "Following President Shinra's lead, Mayor Domino also spoke out public against AVALANCHE." "glug... glug..." "Now... no one... will find it... num..." "The top one... and the bottom one..." "...stare... hmph... we only trade items for gil here." (Sells items) "I don't care if it's scrap metal or materia. We can get anything here in the slums." "Got a lot of good materia here. Why don't you look it over?" (Sells materia) "ooh.... aaah..... aghhhh...." (On the way out of the city, Cloud runs into Aerith. He looks startled.) Aerith "You're up bright and early." Cloud "How could I ask you to go along when I knew it would be dangerous?" Aerith "Are you done?" (Cloud smooths his hair.) "You have to go through the slum in Sector 6 to get to Tifa's 7th Heaven." "I'll take you there. Come on!" (Aerith runs out. Cloud follows. They cross a highway that has been more or less demolished until they reach an old playground.) Aerith "The gate to Sector 7's in there." Cloud "Thanks. I guess this is goodbye. You gonna be all right going home?" Aerith "Oh no! 'Whatever will I do!?' ...isn't that what you want me to say?" See her home Take her to Sector 7 ***Cloud See her home Aerith "Isn't that a little out of the way?" Cloud "Yeah, I guess so." ***Cloud Take her to Sector 7 Aerith "I could do that. But won't I be in your way?" Cloud "What do you mean in the way?" Aerith "Nothing!" (Aerith puts her hands behind her back and looks up at Cloud.) Aerith "Can we take a break?" (She walks to a large, moogle-shaped children's slide.) Aerith "I can't believe it's still here." (She climbs to the top) "Cloud, get over here!" (He climbs up and sits beside her.) Aerith "What rank were you?" Cloud "Rank?" Aerith "You know, in SOLDIER." Cloud "Oh, I was..." (The screen goes solid white, briefly.) "First Class." Aerith "Just the same as him." Cloud "The same as who?" Aerith "My first boyfriend." Cloud "You were... serious?" Aerith "No. But I liked him for a while." Cloud "I probably knew him. What was his name?" (Aerith shakes her head.) Aerith "It doesn't really matter." (A huge gate opens in the back. A large carriage drawn by a chocobo comes out. A woman is riding in the back.) Cloud "Huh? Hey, back there....." (He stands up) Cloud "Tifa!?" (The carriage drives out and the gate closes.) Aerith "That girl in the cart was Tifa? Where was she going? She looked kind of odd..." (She hops down and chases the cart.) Cloud "Wait!" "I'll go on alone! You go home!" (She doesn't listen. She chases the carriage offscreen. Cloud shakes his head and goes after her.) Scene 16 - Miss Cloud? - (Cloud and Aerith arrive in Wall Market, busy with the hustle and bustle of people. Aerith runs around, checking things out.) Aerith "This place is scary in a lot of ways. Especially for a girl. So we've got to find Tifa fast." People in Wall Market "I just can't make up my mind. Mmm." "Huh? About what?" "Hmmm, don't make me say it. It's the shop down on the right." "Hey, you two. Why don't you get some rest?" "We have a beautiful room, how 'bout it?" "Aren't cats great? This one's a little big, huh?" "Hey boy! You shore got a good lookin' heifer there!" "Take her to Don's place, and you'll make a mint." "Whoa!" "Why don't you say something, if you're standing there?" (Sells items) "Please come in. Here's a free 'Pharmacy Coupon' if you enter now." (People in the Cafe) "Welcome! Sit wherever you like!" "I'm gonna get another Pharmacy Coupon today." "umf... scarf... glub..." "I always get the Special." "It's thanks to the Don that we can eat like this." "umf... grunt... smack... Don't sneak up on me like that!" "It's a little early to start eating. Come back in a bit." "...We're closed now." "Oh... what should I do... Should I just buy it......?" "Welcome. Please take your time." "Don't push! Hooligan!" "All this trash. Can't we do anything with it?" "All this, belongs to the owner of the Weapons Shop. He keeps picking things up and saving them here." "Oh, you mean the owner who even has a tank in his shop." "But no matter how you look at it, it's just trash..." "Join the club." "Try it with us." "All right... 1, 2, 3. Squats are all in the rhythm." "I'm doing my best, bro'!" "How's... this!?" "Whew, times are bad." "...And then..." "Hmm, hmmm, oh really?" "Yes? If you want to order, do it at the counter." [Note: You don't seem to be able to order] "Hey, could you do somethin' for me? Someone's been in there all day and they're not comin' out. I can't hold it anymore!" "HEY... someone's IN here... Don't look!" "You want somethin'? I don't wanna hear any complaints 'bout how things look." People outside the Honey Bee Inn Johnny "Man... Should I go.... or not?" "I get so mental at times like this. I'm hopeless!" "Hey!! Aren't you...?" "What!! You mean, you're.... too?" Yeah, me too. Don't bring me down to your level ***Cloud Yeah, me too. Johnny "You're Tifa's childhood friend, and you brought a girlfriend to a place like this!?" "What kind of guy are you!!" ***Cloud Don't bring me down to your level Johnny "What... Me too. I decided this after a lot of deep thought. My last memories of Midgar... you know." "But... That guy over there kinda scares me." "What the hell!! You *%^&!! This ain't no #$*&^% show!! I'm busy right now!!" "I'm feelin' like there's gonna be a fight!" "Urrgh... no way... I can't go on." "Things aren't working out." "Between our differences and my pay, it just isn't cutting it." "Welcome!! Even unpopular dweebs, like you may meet your destiny here!!" "You looking for a girlfriend too?" You know a girl named Tifa? This place doesn't interest me. ***Cloud You know a girl named Tifa? "Hey, you're pretty fast. Tifa's our newest girl." "But, unfortunately, she's having an interview right now." "Here at the Honey Bee Inn, it's customary for all the new girls to be taken to Don Corneo's mansion." "Don Corneo's a famous dilettante. Now he wants to settle down and is in the market for a bride." ***Cloud This place doesn't interest me. "Hmm... Seems to like it just fine. Good for you." "The Honey Bee Inn is a private club. Only members can go in. Shoo, shoo." (Cloud and Aerith meet the doorman outside of Don Corneo's mansion.) [Note: The whole scene of getting into Don Corneo's mansion is very open-ended. Your results may vary. I have included all the dialogue you could encounter while getting the various items, as well as what happens when you reach the Don's mansion with different amounts of the items. Remember that it is NOT required to get all of the items, and no matter how feminine you get, it will not have any bearing on the progression of events through the game.] "This is the mansion of Don Corneo, the most powerful man in Wall Market." "Look, the Don's not into men. So don't let me catch you around here again..." "Hey, and you got another cute one with you!" (Aerith pulls Cloud aside.) Aerith "Hey, this looks like the Don's mansion. I'll go take a look." "I'll tell Tifa about you." Cloud "No!! You can't!!" Aerith "Why?" Cloud "You DO know... what kind of... place this is, don't you?" Aerith "Then, what am I supposed to do? You want to go in with me?" Cloud "Well being a man, that'll be pretty hard. Besides if I bust in there, it'll cause too much commotion." (Aerith is giggling.) Cloud "But, I just can't let you go in alone... Oh, man......" "First, we'll need to find out if Tifa's alright...." "What's so funny, Aerith?" Aerith "Cloud, why don't you dress up like a girl? It's the only way." Cloud "WHAT!?" (Aerith speaks to the doorman.) Aerith "Just wait. I've got a cute friend I want to bring." Cloud "Aerith! I can't....." Aerith "You ARE worried about Tifa, aren't you? Then come on, hurry!" [Sequence of events follows, in which Cloud gets various feminine items.] (They go to the dress shop and speak to the clerk.) Aerith "Excuse me! I'd like to get a dress." "Umm, it might take a little time. Will that be all right?" Aerith "What's the problem?" "Well, my father, the owner, has been in a slump lately. You see, he makes all the dresses." Aerith "And, where is your father?" "He's probably plastered at the bar." Aerith "So... You're saying we can't get a dress unless we do something about your father?" "Yes. I'm sorry. He's caused so much trouble." "!" "You'd help me bring him back?" Aerith "Well, if don't do something, we don't get a dress, right?" "Really!? Please help my crazy old dad. I just don't know what to do anymore...." Aerith "All right, we'll do something. Let's go, Cloud!" (They head to the bar and speak to a man seated at the bar.) Aerith "Excuse us, are you the father of the girl at the Clothing Store?" "I own the Clothes Shop... but I ain't your father." Aerith "I didn't say that...." Cloud "Make me some clothes." "I don't make men's clothes. And I don't feel like makin' anything right now." Aerith "Cloud, you wait over there for a second. I'll try and talk to him." "Why don't you go over there and have something to drink." (He does so.) Aerith "You know, mister." "He always said that just once, he'd like to dress up as a girl." "So, that's why I wanted a cute dress for him..." "What!? A tough lookin guy like that?" Aerith "So, how 'bout it? Will you make him one?" "...might be interesting. I was gettin' a little bored just makin' regular clothes." Aerith "Then you'll do it for us?" "Yeah, all right. What kind of dress you want?" Aerith "Something..." (You get to choose what kind of dress you get here. If you make these choices, you will get the Silk Dress, the sexiest dress. Any other combination will get you a non-sexy dress.) That feels soft Aerith "And something...." that shimmers "Hmm, got it. Y'know I got a friend that has the same taste as him. I'll go talk to him." (They return to the Dress Shop and speak to the owner.) "Oh, you're here. It's ready. Go try it on." (They receive the Silk Dress. Cloud looks like he is dreading this. He steps into the dressing booth and we hear scuffling sounds.) Cloud "How... do you put this thing on?" (Aerith looks inside.) Cloud "Whoa! What are you doing!" Aerith "It's still not right. A wig! That's what you need!" (She speaks to the owner.) "Umm, I thought you might, so I talked to my friend about getting one." "You know the gym? You'll find a lot of people there like you. Go and talk to them." (Cloud comes out of the dressing booth, in his normal clothes.) Cloud "...'like you'? Aerith, what did you tell him?" Aerith "Does it matter? Anyhow, we got a pretty dress!" (They travel to the gym and speak to the man watching the squat-thrust match. We can only assume it is a man; he appears to be wearing women's clothes.) "You the one.... Who wants to be cute?" Cloud "Cute?" Aerith "Right." "And about the wig..." "Yeah, I heard. But it'll cost ya." (A guy stops working out and comes over.) "Urrrrgh!!!" "Big Bro!! The only way you're gonna get cuter is if you can beat the Big Bro!!" (The people doing squat thrusts jump out of the ring.) "That's right!" "So, you've got to compete with us!" "You're right. Let's do squats." "All right! We'll beat you out of this gym!" Cloud "Are you...?" Aerith "THE beautiful Bro?" (The "Beautful" Bro speaks.) "What? You didn't know? Always running around here saying Big Bro' this, Big Bro' that...." "Never mind that, come over here." (The squat thruster steps forward.) "No. I'll explain the rules." "From the ready position, push Square button to squat, push X Button to get up, and push O Button to go back to the ready position." "So it's Square Button, X Button, O Button in that order." "Got it?" ***Cloud Got it "Whoever has the most squats at the end of 30 seconds gets the wig." "I'm not going to lose." "Big Bro's wig is MINE!!" "Just be quiet..." "It's not fair for you to start right away. So, you want practice?" ***Cloud A little "Then, start practicing!" (Cloud does squats for 30 seconds.) "You had 20 squats." "Now let's begin the real thing. Start!" (Cloud and Work-Out Boy do squats for 30 seconds.) "He had 17 squats and you had 20 squats." [Your results may vary] "You're really something. Okay, I'm a man of my word, here you are." (He gives Cloud the Blonde Wig- the sexiest wig.) Big Bro 'I'm so mad I'm so so so--- mad!" (Beautiful Bro punches him across the room.) "Shut up! Don't cry just because you lost!" "Uuuhh, Bro's fists of steel cut to the bone!" (Everyone administers first aid to Big Bro.) [These are the only two events you need to do. The rest are optional.] (Cloud and Aerith go to the Materia shop and speak to the owner.) "Hey man. Got a minute? I need to talk... man to man." ***Cloud What is it "Really! I really appreciate it." "......I'm sorry but, young lady? Would you turn the other way, for a second?" Aerith "Why.....?" Cloud "......Aerith." Aerith "Gosh!" (She turns.) "I'm sorry, lady." "Now here's the thing. Do you know that vending machine in the inn?" "I'm itchin' to know what they're selling in it. I just can't ask a girl to go get it." "What? Why don't I buy it myself? Well to tell you the truth, I got in a fight with the guy at the inn and can't go there anymore. Come on, so how 'bout it?" ***Cloud I'll go "Good, thanks. I'll be waitin' here when you're done." Aerith "Finished?" (They go to the inn and get a room there. Late that night, Cloud gets out of bed and goes to the vending machine in the hallway.) Cloud "He means this?" Don't buy it Buy the one for 200 Gil (-) Buy the one for 100 Gil Buy the one for 50 Gil (He drops in the money. The next morning they go back to the Materia shop) Cloud "I got it." "Oh, really!! Hey!" Aerith "Geez." (She turns.) "And, what was it?" (Cloud hands it to him.) "A protein drink set. That jerk. I'm gonna do so much more business than him, his head'll spin." "Thanks, bud. I'm motivated now. Take this, it's not much..." (He gives Cloud a Diamond Tiara.) [Buying a cheaper ??? at the Inn will result in a non-sexy Tiara] (Cloud and Aerith go to the Honeybee Inn. A guy on the path there gives them a members Card. They speak to the bouncer.) "Hey! Is that a 'Member's Card' I see shining in your hot little hand?" "Please, come in." (Aerith waits outside. All the men around the Inn grovel to her...) Cloud "...Hmm. That's how you'll fool them." Aerith "......Hmmmmmmmmm. So that's how you fooled them." Cloud "Let's go!!" (He goes inside. A girl comes up to him.) "Poo, I uh, mean, Sir..." "Hurry..." "Please choose a room. (Gosh, he's so weird... but then again, they all are.)" (Cloud ducks into the dressing room for the Honeybees and speaks to them. Repeatedly.) "Hmm, hmm, hmm....." "Ohhh, I just can't seem to lose weight. Hmm, hmm, hmm..." "Sir!! You can't come in here." "(Yuk..... a pervert...)" "Eyaah!" "Don't!" "Paste, paste, paste....." "(Oh God... here's another one of those guys. You know, the delicate type. Just ignore him, just ignore him.)" "Fluff, fluff, fluff..." "(Hmm! I guess he doesn't realize his position. I feel sorry for him. Just ignore him, just ignore him.)" "Pita, pita, pita...." "(God, what a pest! All right, get out of here! You dog...)" "(That's it, I'll name him 'pooch'.)" "Mix, mix, mix...." "(What should I do... Is he following me? Really? What if he follows me home...?)" "(Poochy'll do it, I'm sure of it...)" "Shake, shake, shake..." "(You think he's after me? Really? This guy makes me sick... And his eyes are weird too....)" "(Yeah, don't hurt these guys' feelings. Let's at least say 'hi' to him." "Uhh.... Hel... Hello." "What a nice day, today." Introduce yourself Say goodbye ***Cloud Introduce yourself Cloud "By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet." "I'm Cloud, a jack of all trades." "Oh, yeah...? Welcome, Cloud." "(Gross! Don't get carried away, remember your name is 'Pooch!')" "Take care... Cloud." ***Cloud Say goodbye "BYE!! (Phew - I'm safe now...)" "Eyaah!" "Don't watch!" (A) "Oh my!! (...You're still here? Oh well, good timing anyway.)" "Hey, what do you think about me?" Not interested Whatever... ***Cloud Not interested "NO WAY! I'M SO SHOCKED!!" ***Cloud Whatever... "Oh my!! Are you embarrassed? (Man!! Why are you so moody...)" Goto A "Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm......... hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm... hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm..." "Phew... ...it's so tiring." "Oh!!" "Is something the matter?" Not yet..... .....Not really ***Cloud Not yet..... "OH......!!" (She stabs him with her stinger.) ***Cloud ......Not really "Hmph...!! Listen you, not that it matters, but you sure do know how to make people mad." (Cloud exits the dressing room. He takes a peek through the keyholes of some occupied doors. Behind the first one, The Lovers Room....) Cloud "....Woooo...ow!" (He sees a Grandpa and Grandma....) "...wheez...." "Phew...." "What's wrong, Grandpa? You keep sighing." "...wheez... puff... You know, Grandma..." "You talking about this room?" "...whew... I know our son rented this for us and all, but...." "It's too nice for us. Big round bed, gorgeous tub, I just can't get comfortable." "Don't worry about it. It's a high class neighborhood, in the Big City." "You keep complainin' and we'll get into trouble." "...wheez..." (Behind the other door, The Queen's Room...) Cloud "...Wooo...ow!" (Lightning flashes... a guy in a tub... another standing... one is dressed as a king.) ...The wind's calm now.... It's the curse of the resurrected Satan... Our beloved Queen does not awaken... The time is ripe... A legend has been passed on through generations... "Psst... (Hey, shouldn't we stop him soon?)" "...whisper... whisper... (We have a luncheon with President Shinra...)" "Psst..... (You tell him.....)" "Psst.... (I can't tell him........)" "Psst.... (Come on!! Oh, well....)" A legend has been passed on through generations.... .....the sought after Promised Land.... "Psst.... (I'm so disgusted with the President.)" ....One with Blue Eyes.... "Psst....(It's like this every time we have a business trip to Midgar.)" .....and a Great White Sword on his back..... "(We come all the way to Midgar, just for this....)" .... Will not lead to the Promised Land..... "Psst.... (What're you complaining about. You're just holding the lights. I've gotta wear this heavy armor!)" "Psst.... (I know, I know... but it's all part of the job.)" "Psst.... (Oh yeah, did you hear? The President's wife found out about this little hobby of his.)" "Psst... (Ha, ha.... No way, that's the first I've heard of it.)" "Psst... (Oh, looks like he's done. Man, I'm glad!!)" "Geez!! Mr. Prseident!! I mean, Your Majesty..." (Smacking sounds.) "Ohhh... I'm sorry. Please remove the ancient curse!" (Cloud stops peeking and chooses a room.) (If you choose The Group Room...) Cloud "I'll take this room." "All right, Now all we have to do is enter the room." "You're not going to have a change of heart, are you?" ***Cloud Don't make me repeat myself "Oh, don't be angry with me.... (Geez.... this one' probably the violent type....)" "All right, please." (Cloud enters. The Honeybee closes and locks the door behind them.) "This way, please." "Shall we begin?" "I guess since you chose this room, that would mean you..." "Hate being lonely?" I'm used to being alone Cut the small talk ***Cloud I'm used to being alone Cloud "I'm always alone." ***Cloud Cut the small talk Cloud "I don't want to talk right now." "All right, all right. (...geez, you're so moody!)" "Come on, everyone's waiting." Everyone...? What am I doing? ***Cloud Everyone...? ***Cloud What am I doing? (There is knocking on the door.) "Here they are." "All right, everyone." "One, two! One, two!" (Seven or eight men clad in Spandex stampede in....) "Yeah!!" "One, two!! One, two!!" Muuki "Wassup!!" "(Smile, smile, smile...)" Cloud "Oh man..." "What should I do...?" I'm outta here. This could be dangerous.... ***Cloud I'm outta here Cloud "I've got no time to mess around with you." "Outta my way!" ***Cloud This could be dangerous Cloud "Looks like I'm going to be facing crises all my life..." Mukki "...heave... pant..." "Don't be so embarrassed! Loosen up, bubby!" "...heave... pant..." "Let's wash off all our sweat and dirt together!" "Wassup!!" (They all move in towards Cloud. The camera pans up to the ceiling so that just the tops of their heads are showing.) Mukki "Bubby! You're the intimate type, huh!!" (Sounds of clothes being removed...) Mukki "...heave... pant... Wow!! Would ya look at that!" (They all climb into the tub.) Mukki "Isn't bathing great...?" "It soothes your heart." "How is it, bubby!?" "Feels good, huh?" .......... It hurts ***Cloud ......... Cloud "I don't feel good. Let me out..." ***Cloud It hurts Cloud "Too stuffy in here..." Mukki "You'll get used to it. Try counting to ten." Cloud "Ten..." "Nine..." Mukki "Hey bubby, how old are you?" Cloud "Eight..." "Twenty one..." Mukki "You're less than half my age. I'm so jealous." "So how 'bout it...?" "Do you wanna join my "Young bubby's" group?" Not interested ........... ***Cloud Not interested ***Cloud ........ Cloud "Seven..." "Six..." "Maybe in another life." Mukki "Well, if that's how you feel... too bad." "We have a trip planned at a cabin out in the country." Cloud "Five..." "Four..." "Three...." "Two..." "One..." "Alright, that's ten. I'm gettin' out." Mukki "Why don't you stick around and play a bit?" "Daddy's so lonely..." (They all pile out.) Mukki "Bubby!!" This is important to me." "Here's a memento of our time together!" (He gives you the Bikini Briefs.) Mukki "Hope we meet again!" (They all run out of the room.) Cloud "This is SOME underwear.... I'm supposed to wear this...?" "Well, if it's to save Tifa... I guess there's no way around." (He leaves the room.) (If you choose The &$#% Room...) Cloud "I'll take this room." "All right, Now all we have to do is enter the room." "You're not going to have a change of heart, are you?" ***Cloud Don't make me repeat myself "Oh, don't be angry with me.... (Geez.... this one' probably the violent type....)" "All right, please." (Cloud enters. There is a bright flash of light and the room dims. Cloud walks forward and sees a ghost of himself, transparent, kneeling by the tub. The ghost rises and walks to him.) Cloud "Hmm.....? You.....?" "What are you doing in a place like this?" (Cloud clutches his head as if in great pain.) "That's what I want to ask you. Should you be foolin' around here?" "You think problems will go away just thinkin' about them?" (The ghost rises, lifts his sword above his head... and falls forward, into Cloud's body. He falls and the screen goes black) "Oh no!" "Help! Someone...! Hurry!" "You can't change anything by just sitting back and looking at it." Cloud "What are you saying?" "It's started moving." Cloud "What has?" "Wake up!" (Time passes....) "rub, rub, rub..... rub, rub, rub, rub...." "thump... pound.... thump... pound..." "poik... poik... ...squish." Cloud "Uh... OW..!!" "Wake up!!" (Slapping noises.) "Wake up!!" (Screen fades in to show Mukki straddling Cloud and slapping him upside the head. Cloud sits up and Mukki flops down on the bed.) "Phew, I'm so relieved." Mukki "Bubby!! I heard you collapsed." "No, no, no." "Don't get so uptight." Huh...? Ugh...? ***Cloud Huh...? ***Cloud Ugh...? Mukki "Hmm...? They say youth is so long but so short." "Let's give this next one your best shot." (He gets off the bed.) Mukki "Time's up. Bye, buddy." (Mukki goes to leave. Cloud catches him.) Mukki "Don't get depressed over a thing like this." "It happens to me all the time." (Cloud speaks to the honeybee.) "I'm so sorry... There's a lot of 'adult' things going on..." "For your inconvenience, please take this, okay?" (She gives Cloud the Lingerie.) Cloud "What, this rag? For me!? I just don't get it." (He leaves the room.) (He goes into the Honeybee dressing room again and speaks to a Honeybee.) ".........." Cloud "If I were to dress up like a woman... Then I've got to really prepare carefully." "Seems like I could put makeup on here." Have them put makeup on (-) Don't do it ***Cloud Have them put makeup on "I have a favor to ask of you. Can you put makeup on me too?" "...paste, paste, paste....." "Oh... my....." (He leaves the Honeybee Inn. The bouncer sees him) "Uh, sir!! It's almost closing time..." "So, please remember any personal belongings." (The people outside the Inn are ogling Aerith.) "Uuuuuh! I want flowers too! But, I get so nervous in front of cute girls..." "It just seems more natural to get cautious..." Aerith "Hey!! Cloud!!" (They scatter and Aerith rejoins. They go to the cafe and sit down.) "Yes, what will you have?" Cloud "Hmm..." Korean B.B.Q. Plate Sushi Plate Today's Special ***Cloud Today's Special "One Today's Special." "Comin' up!" "In this store, you pay first. It'll be 70 Gil." (He pays.) "Thank you. Just a second." (He gives him a plate.) "There you go. Enjoy." (He eats.) ........... It was all right (-) I've had better dog food [Only "It was all right" will get you the Coupon.] "Thank you. Here's an item coupon for the Pharmacy." "You can exchange it for one item there." "We're out of coupons, so we stopped giving them away. Watch for our NEXT promotion!" (He gives you the Coupon. They go to the Pharmacy and speak to the clerk.) "Whoa!" "Why don't you say something, if you're standing there?" "Oh, you have a coupon. Then please select any one medicine you like." Disinfectant Deodorant Digestive (-) "Here you are." (He gives him the Digestive. They go to the bar and speak to the guy in the bathroom.) "HEY... someone's IN here... Don't look!" "What... urk..." ***Cloud Give her medicine "Huh? You'll really give me some? Thanks." "Phew, I feel better now. This is for your kindness." (She gives you the Sexy Cologne.) [If you did not choose the Digestive, you would get a non-sexy cologne.] (They go to the Dress Shop.) Aerith "Aren't you going to change?" ***Cloud Okay... I'm ready (He steps into the dressing booth and gets dressed.) "Hmm, not bad. This may be a new business for me." "Yeah, you're right. Should we try it?" "Thanks for showing us something new. My father's got his motivation back now. So the dress is on the house." Aerith "Walk more nicely like... this. Miss Cloud." Cloud "What do you mean 'nicely'?" (He does a runway walk.) Aerith "Oh you're so cute, Miss Cloud." "Aaah, I want one. Do you have one that'll look good on me too?" "How's this?" "How about that one?" "Father, what are you talking about? This one's much better." "No, what are you saying? This one." (Aerith picks a dress.) Aerith "...I want THIS one." (Everyone is surprised.) Aerith "I'm going to go change." (She goes to the dressing booth, then stops and turns around.) Aerith "......No peeking!" (She changes into quite a provocative red dress.) Aerith "So? How do I look?" (Cloud shakes his head) Aerith "Oh, you're no fun!" Scene 17 - Rescue Tifa From Don Of The Slums - (They go to the Don's mansion and speak to the doorman.) "Damn!! Your friend's hot, too!" "Come in, come in!!" "Two ladies coming through!" (They enter the mansion. A receptionist speaks to them.) "Hey, ladies." "I'll go and let the Don know you're here. Wait here. Don't go wandering around..." Aerith "Now's our chance. Let's find Tifa." (Cloud goes upstairs and through a door. He comes out in a torture chamber. Aerith follows. They see Tifa there, dressed like... .. a slut, to be blunt about it.) Aerith "...Tifa?" "Nice to meet you. I'm Aerith." "Cloud's told me a lot about you." Tifa "...And you are?" "Hey you're the one with Cloud in the park..." Aerith "Right, with Cloud." Tifa "Oh....." Aerith "Don't worry. We just met. It's nothing." Tifa "What do you mean, 'Don't worry'... about what?" "No, don't misunderstand." "Cloud and I grew up together. Nothing more." Aerith "Poor Cloud, having to stand here and listen to both of us call him nothing." (She turns to Cloud.) Aerith "Right, Cloud?" Tifa "Cloud?" (She checks him out.) Tifa "????" "Cloud!?" "Why are you dressed like that!? And what are you doing here!?" "Forget that, what happened to you after the fall!? Are you hurt!?" Cloud "Hey, give me a chance to explain." "I'm dressed like this... because there was no other way to get in here." "I'm all right. Aerith helped me out." Tifa "Oh, Aerith did..." Cloud "Tifa, explain. What are you doing in a place like this?" Tifa "Yeah, ummmm...." Aerith "Ahem! I'll just plug my ears." (She walks to the other side of the room and does so.) Tifa "I'm glad you're OK." Cloud "Thanks. What happened?" Tifa "When we got back from the Number 5 reactor, there was this weird man." "So Barret caught him and squeezed some information out of him." Cloud "That's when the Don's name popped up." Tifa "Right, Don Corneo." "Barret told me to leave the lech alone..." "But something's been bothering me." Cloud "I see. So you wanted to get the story straight from Corneo's mouth." Tifa "So I made it here, but now I'm in a bind." "Corneo is looking for a bride." "Everyday, he gets three girls, chooses one of them, and then.... ...and, well....." "Anyway, I have to be the girl... or I'm out for tonight." (Aerith turns.) Aerith "Sorry... but I overheard..." "If you know the three girls, there's no problem, right?" Tifa "I guess so, but..." Aerith "We have two here, right?" Cloud "No, Aerith! I can't have you get involved." Aerith "Oh? So it's all right for Tifa to be in danger?" Cloud "No, I don't want Tifa in...." (Tifa walks to Aerith.) Tifa "Is it all right?" (They start to walk out of the room together.) Aerith "I grew up in the slums... I'm used to danger." (She turns to Tifa.) Aerith "Do you trust me?" Tifa "Yes. Thanks, Ms. Aerith." Aerith "Call me Aerith." (A voice from upstairs.) "He---y!!" (The receptionist is at the top of the stairs.) "It's time, ladies. The Don is waiting!" (He goes back upstairs.) "I told ya not to wander around... I tell ya, women nowadays..." "Hurry up, will ya!" Cloud "I probably don't need to ask but the other girl is..." "Me...... right?" Tifa You're right, there was no need..." (She faces Aerith.) Aerith "...to ask." (They all go upstairs to the Don's room.....) (Cloud, Aerith, and Tifa enter the Don's room. He is seated at a desk, with a flunky on either side.) Kotch "All right, ladies!" "Line up in front of the Don!" (They line up in a row.) Don Corneo "Hmmm! Good, splendid!" (He jumps over his desk and checks out Aerith.) Don Corneo "Now, let's see... Which girl should I choose? Hmm--- hmm---!" (He checks out Cloud, who tries to face away.) Don Corneo "This one?" (He checks out Tifa.) Don Corneo "Or this one?" (He checks out Cloud again.) Don Corneo "Woo-hoo, I've made up my mind!!" "My choice for tonight is....." (Drum rollllllllll....) (Not really a choice, the next events depend on how many feminine items you have) [If you don't have many feminine items] (Don Corneo picks Tifa.) Don Corneo "This little beauty!" Tifa "Fu, fu, fu.... Be nice, Don." [If you have a fair amount of feminine items] (Don Corneo picks Aerith.) Don Corneo "This slender little girl!" (Aerith nods.) Aerith "Don, you've got great taste." [If you have ALL the feminine items...] (Don Corneo picks Cloud...) Don Corneo "This healthy-looking girl!" Cloud "Wa, wait a sec! I mean, uh, please wait a moment!" Don Corneo "Woo-hoo!" "I love chickies who play hard to get! Yeowza!" (Don turns to his flunkies.) Don Corneo "You can have the other ones!" "Yes, sir! Thank you sir!" (He turns to the girl he chose.) Don Corneo "Well then, shall we go my pretty?" (He leads the girl he chose into the bedroom...) Scene 18 - Lounge Chaos - [If Cloud was picked - go to the next scene] [If Cloud was not picked] (One of Don's flunkies leads Cloud into the employee lounge.) Scotch "Hey guys! We've got guests." "We'll take REAL good care of you." "This is all thanks to the big boss, Don Corneo!" "Heey!! Three cheers for Don Corneo!" Scotch "Heh, heh.... Well ladies, are we, uh, all ready?" (They all start chasing Cloud, who goes up to Scotch.) Scotch "Hey... what's wrong? Want me to keep you company?" Cloud "No... I'm flattered, but no thanks." "Because..." Scotch "Because...?" Cloud "Because..." "I ain't INTERESTED in a buncha scrubs like you!" (He flings off his woman's clothes.) Scotch "Wha.... a MAN!???" "God damn it! You think you can get away with this! Get him! Knock the crap out of him!!" (Battle sequence.) Scotch "Grr! C'mon, what's the matter with you good for nothings!?" "All right now, COME ON! I'll show you how it's done!!" (Another battle sequence. Cloud wins and leaves.) [If Aerith was picked] (Tifa meets him outside the door.) Tifa "Cloud!!" Cloud "Tifa!!" You all right? We've gotta help Aerith!! ***Cloud You all right? Tifa "Of course! If you take me lightly, you're gonna pay for it!!" ***Cloud We've gotta help Aerith!! Tifa "Hey, don't you even care about how I am? ......never mind, let's go!" (They run to the bedroom.) [If Tifa was picked] (Cloud is about to go in to the Don's room when Aerith screams from the torture chamber.) Aerith "No--!! Help!!" (Cloud rushes down the stairs.) Aerith "No-!!" Kotch "Ha ha ha... Wait, you!" (Cloud looks down. Kotch is comically chasing Aerith around in circles. Aerith runs up the stairs and Kotch follows. When Aerith reaches Cloud, she kicks Kotch in the crotch.) Aerith "I'm so sorry!" (Kotch loses his balance and flails his arms...) Kotch "oh, oh, oh...." (He falls down the stairs.) Kotch "heh, heh, heh..." Cloud "Aerith!!" You all right? We gotta help Tifa! ***Cloud You all right? Aerith "I told you. I'm used to danger." "To tell you the truth, my heart was pounding." ***Cloud We gotta help Tifa! Aerith "Ye... yes, you're right... .....let's hurry!" (They run up the stairs to the Don's room...) Scene 19 - Ecchi Don - (Don Corneo and the girl he chose are sitting in his extravagantly and tastelessly decorated bedroom. It smacks of 'Love Hotel'.) [If Tifa was picked] Don Corneo "Woo-hoo!" "Come, come, don't be so shy..." Tifa "I know...." "But you know, Don Corneo, I'd like you to explain something before we start..." Don Corneo "Hm? Oh, you mean about THAT?" "Don't worry. I'm single. There, feel better now?" (He gets up and, um, wiggles his hips...) Tifa "No... I'm not asking about that......" "Wa... wait a minute! No, not yet!!" (He, uhm, wiggles again...) Don Corneo "Come! Come!" "Aooooooh!! I can't wait any longer! Here comes papa!!" (Cloud and Aerith break in.) Tifa "Cloud!!" (Don does a belly flop at Tifa. She hops out of the way, and Don comes down face first.) Don Corneo "Wha... what the hell? Who goes there?" Tifa "You still don't get it do you, Don Corneo?" (She takes off her dress. No, she's got her normal clothes on under it.) Don Corneo "Get what?" [If Aerith was picked] Don Corneo "Woo-hoo!" "Come, come, don't be so shy..." Aerith "Ye... yes..." "But Mr. Don. I'd like you to explain something to me first..." Don Corneo "Of course, my dear. I'll take you through it slowly, step by step. So come on!" (He gets up and, uh, wiggles his hips...) Aerith "No, that's not what I meant!" "NO, STOP! Just, wait a second!!" (He does it again...) Don Corneo "Come! Come!" "Aoooooh!! I can't wait any longer! Here comes papa!!" (Cloud and Tifa break in.) Aerith "Cloud!!" (Don does a belly flop at Aerith. She hops out of the way, and Don comes down face first.) Don Corneo "Wha... what the hell? Who goes there!?" Aerith "I'm sorry, Don." (She takes off her dress. No, she's got her normal clothes on under it.) Don Corneo "Get what?" [If Cloud was picked] Don Corneo "Ahh, we're finally alone..." "All right, pussycat... Come to daddy!" (Cloud reluctantly comes to the bed...) Don Corneo "You're so cute, I never get tired of looking at you." "Do you like me, too?" Of course! Ummm....... ***Cloud Of course! (Goto A) ***Cloud Umm...... (B) Don Corneo "You don't like me?" "There isn't someone else, is there?" No, only you Yes, his name's Barret... ***Cloud Yes, his name's Barret... Don Corneo "No way!" "Hmm? Barret? That sounds familiar..." Cloud "You know, he's one of the ones you were trying to find out about. You know, AVALANCHE...?" Don Corneo "Oh, yeah, yeah. In Sector 7 in the slum..." (He hops forward on the bed like a frog...) Don Corneo "...and how do YOU know that!?" Goto C ***Cloud No, only you (A) Don Corneo "You sure do know how to make a guy feel good!" "Then wh... what do you want to DO?" Whatever YOU want, daddy Don't really care..... ***Cloud Don't really care Goto (B) ***Cloud Whatever YOU want, daddy Don Corneo "Oh man! I can't stand it! All right, then...." (He hops forward on the bed like a frog...) Don Corneo "Give me a kiss! A KISS!!" All right..... Nope, can't do that.... ***Cloud All right...... (Cloud moves to kiss him.... pulls back... moves forward again......!) "Ju---st a minute!!" (Tifa and Aerith break in.) Tifa "Cloud..." "Were you really..." (Cloud shakes his head quickly and flings off his woman's clothes.) Don Corneo "A man!? What's goin' on?" ***Cloud Nope, can't do that.... Don Corneo "Why? WHY? WHY?" (Cloud faces away.) Cloud "Because..." (He turns toward Don.) Cloud "Because I'm gonna have to use that mouth of yours to give me some information!!" (C) (He flings off his woman's clothes.) Don Corneo "A man!? You tricked me!!" "Somebody get in here NOW!!" "Unfortunately, no one'll be comin' to help." (Tifa and Aerith break in.) Don Corneo "You're the ones from before! Wh... what the hell's going on?" Scene 20 - I'll Smash Them - (Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith are in Don Corneo's bedroom) Tifa "Shut up, we're asking the questions now..." "What did your assistants find out? Talk! If you don't tell us..." (Cloud puts a foot up on the bed.) Cloud "...I'll chop them off." (Don jumps.) Don Corneo "No! Not that! I'll talk! I'll tell you everything!" Tifa "So... talk." Don Corneo "...I made 'em find out where the man with the gun-arm was. But that's what I was ordered to do." Tifa "By who?" Don Corneo "No--! If I told you that, I'd be killed!" Tifa "Talk! If you don't tell us..." (Aerith puts her foot up on the bed.) Aerith "...I'll rip them off." Don Corneo "Waaaaah--! It was Heidegger of Shinra!" "Heidegger, the head of Public Safety Maintenance!" Cloud "The head of Public Safety Maintenance?" Tifa "Did you say the Shinra!? What are they up to!? Talk!" "If you don't tell us..." (Tifa puts her foot up on the bed.) Tifa "I'll smash them." Don Corneo "...You're serious, aren't you.... ...ohboy, ohboy, ohboy." "... I'm not fooling around here either, you know." "Shinra's trying to crush a small rebel group called AVALANCHE, and want to infiltrate their hideout." "And they're really going to crush them... literally." "By breaking the support holding up the plate above them." (Tifa steps back.) Tifa "Break the support!?" Don Corneo "You know what's going to happen? The plate'll go PING" "and everything's gonna go BAMMM!! I heard their hideout's in the Sector 7 Slums..." "I'm just glad it's not here in Sector 6." Tifa "They're going to wipe out the Sector 7 Slums!?" (She turns to Cloud.) Tifa "Cloud, will you come with me to Sector 7?" Cloud "Of course, Tifa." (They all stand at the foot of the bed.) Don Corneo "Just a second!" Cloud "Shut up!" Don Corneo "No wait, it'll only take a second." "How do you think scum like me feels when they babble on about the truth?" They've pretty much given up on life They're sure they'll win They don't know what the hell's going on ***Cloud They've pretty much given up on life Don Corneo "Buuzzzzz! Wrong!" ***Cloud They're sure they'll win Don Corneo "Woo-hoo! Right!" ***Cloud They don't know what the hell's going on Don Corneo "Close, but no cigar!" (He flips a switch and Cloud, Aerith, and Tifa fall through a trap door to the sewer below...) Scene 21 - Shinra Plans - (Heidegger approaches President Shinra's desk in the Shinra building. Reeve stands by the desk.) President Shinra "How are the preparations going?" Heidegger "Ha, ha, ha!! Smoothly, very smoothly! I assigned the Turks to this." Reeve "President!! Are we really going to do this? Simply destroy a group with only a few members..." President Shinra "What's the problem, Reeve? You want out?" (He gets up from his desk and walks around to the front, by Reeve.) Reeve "...No." "But, as head of the Urban Development Department, I have been involved in the building and running of Midgar. That's why..." Heidegger "Reeve, you should flush those personal problems in the morning!" Reeve "The Mayor's against this anyway...." (Heidegger shrugs.) Heidegger "Mayor?" "He just sits in his building all day feeding his face! You still call that a Mayor?" (He faces the President and salutes.) Heidegger "Now if you'll excuse me sir!" (He leaves. Reeve follows after him a few steps, then stops, his arm outstretched.) President Shinra "You're tired. Why don't you take a couple of days off and go somewhere." (Reeve exits.) President Shinra "We'll destroy Sector 7 and report that AVALANCHE did it. Then we'll send in the rescue operation care of Shinra, Inc... Heh, heh, heh... this is perfect." Scene 22 - Encounter At The Reactor Tower - (Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith fall down a chute, landing in a sewer. Cloud gets up and walks over to Aerith.) Cloud "You alright?" (Aerith stands up.) Aerith "Yeah." (He walks over to Tifa.) Cloud "You alright?" Tifa "Man! This is terrible." Aerith "Well, the worst is over..." (They hear a loud rumbling. Cloud looks around...) Aerith "Maybe not..." (Boss battle with Aps) Tifa "It's too late..... Marlene... Barret... the people of the slums." Aerith "Don't give up, never give up hope. It's not easy to destroy the pillar, right?" Tifa "......Yeah..... you're right! We still have time." (They work their way out of the sewer, arriving at the Train Graveyard, a vast wasteland of broken trains and rubble.) Cloud "Aerith. I got you mixed up in all of this..." Aerith "Don't tell me to go home." (Tifa looks around.) Tifa "Let's see... If we can just get past the trains that are lit up, we should be able to get out of here." (They climb over and through the trains in the Graveyard until they reach the Reactor Tower. Several people are milling around the base of it, and we hear noises of shooting from above.) Tifa "We made it! The pillar's standing!" Cloud "Wait! You hear something.... above us?" Aerith ".....gun fire?" (The camera shifts to show the tower, slowly panning upward, until we see the top of the tower. Guns are blazing. At the top, we see a flash of gunfire, then someone falls twenty stories down to land at the base of the tower. It's Wedge. Cloud dashes over and kneels by him.) Cloud "Wedge!! You all right!?" Wedge ".......Cloud...... You remembered..... my name." "Barret's up top. ...help him......." "An' Cloud.... Sorry, I wasn't any help." (Cloud, after a silent pause, stands.) Cloud "I'm going up!" "Aerith! You look after Wedge." (Tifa walks to Aerith.) Tifa "Aerith, do me a favor." "I have a bar called '7th Heaven' in this neighborhood." "There's a little girl named Marlene there......" (Aerith nods.) Aerith "Don't worry. I'll put her somewhere safe." Tifa "It's dangerous here!" "Everyone get away from the pillar, quickly!" "Everyone get out of Sector 7!" (They all scatter. Cloud and Tifa climb the tower.) People by the tower "L, look... This is my job, so I have to be here until the absolute last minute." "Umm.... I just LOVE men with a sense of duty. Let me stay here with you." "Uhh..... Help! My strange and wonderful little place." "Doh! And this was supposed to be my last job! Do something!!" "I never thought this would ever happen to me! Great..... I'm quitting tomorrow!" "Uh oh..... There goes the pillar." "I'm scared, but it's for you own good." (sells items) "If things get too hairy, we'll escape. It's not something you'll see happen very often." Aerith "Don't worry, you let me handle this." Scene 23 - Sector 7 Falls - (Cloud and Tifa climb the flights of stairs up the side of the tower. Along the way, they meet Biggs, who is leaning over the railing, wounded.) Biggs "Cloud... so you don't care... what happens... to the.... Planet?" Nope, not interested You're wounded..... ***Cloud Nope, not interested Biggs "Hmph.... you haven't changed. Oh, forget it." ***Cloud You're wounded..... Biggs "Thanks, Cloud." "...don't worry 'bout me.... Barret's... fighting up there. Go help him...." (Continuing up the tower, they meet Jessie, who is lying on the stairs, also hurt.) Jessie "....Cloud... I'm glad.... I could talk with you one last time." Don't say 'last'....... Is that so..... ***Cloud Don't say 'last'...... Jessie "That's.... all right......" "Because of our actions... many....... people died...... this probably.... is our punishment....." ***Cloud Is that so.... Jessie "...Is.. that so......?" "Ha...... cool...... as usual... ex-SOLDIER. ...always... I liked that.... in you...." (Reaching the top of the tower, they meet Barret, who is fighting the numberous Shinra enemies.) Barret "Tifa! Cloud! You came!" "Be careful! They're attacking from the helicopter." Tifa "Better equip ourselves before they attack in full force!" (They equip themselves) Tifa "Here they come!" (A helicopter flies past, and Reno drops from it. He runs over to a mechanism on the side of the pillar and presses a few buttons on it. Cloud, Barret, and Tifa run over.) Reno "You're too late. Once I push this button..." (Beep.) Reno "That's all, folks! Mission accomplished." Tifa "We have to disarm it! Cloud! Barret! Please!" Reno "I can't have you do that. No one gets in the way of Reno and the Turks..." (Boss battle with Reno) Reno "It's time." (Reno jumps off the edge of the tower. Tifa runs over to the mechanism and tries to disarm the bomb.) Tifa "Cloud! I don't know how to stop this! Try it!" (Cloud examines it.) Cloud "It's not a normal time bomb." (The helicopter hovers up to the side of the tower. A Turk, Tseng, pops his head out the side window.) Tseng "That's right. You'll have a hard time disarming that one." "It'll blow the second some stupid jerk touches it." Tifa "Please, stop it!" Tseng "Ha ha ha....." "Only a Shinra Executive can set up or disarm the Emergency Plate Release System." Barret "Shut yer hole!" (He fires on the helicopter.) Tseng "I wouldn't try that.... You just might make me injure our special guest." (A woman in a pink dress raises her head up in the window.) Tifa "Aerith!!" Tseng "Oh, you know each other?" "How nice you could see each other one last time. You should thank me." Cloud "What are you gonna do with Aerith?" Tseng "I haven't decided." "Our orders were to find and catch the last remaining Ancient." "It's taken us a long time, but now I can finally report this to the President." (Aerith leans over the side of the helicopter.) Aerith "Tifa, don't worry! She's all right!" (Tseng slaps her back into the helicopter. Hard.) Tifa "Aerith!" (She leans back out.) Aerith "Hurry and get out!" Tseng "Ha, ha, ha... Well, it should be starting right about now. Think you can escape in time?" (FMV sequence. The helicopter flies away, and the pillar begins to explode, sending chunks of flaming steel and concrete falling to the ground.) Tifa "Once that plate starts coming down it's too late. We gotta hurry!" (Barret hops up on the railing of the tower and grabs a hanging wire.) Barret "Yo, we can use this wire to get out!" (Tifa climbs in Barret's lap. Cloud climbs up on his shoulders. FMV sequence. The pillar explodes. The people in the slums panic as the upper plate comes crashing down to crush their homes. Cloud, Tifa, and Barret swing on the wire and barely escape the falling plate as President Shinra watches it all from his office window in Shinra HQ, opera music blaring from the stereo.) Scene 24 - Biggs... Wedge... Jessie... ...Marlene... - (Cloud, Tifa, and Barret come to in the playground. Everything has been demolished; shards of debris protrude grotesquely from the happy face of the children's slide; steam rises from the ground in several places. Barret runs over to the pile of debris that was the gate to Sector 7.) Barret "Marlene!!" "MAR---LE---NE!!" (He runs to one side.) Barret "Biggs!" (He runs to the other side.) Barret "Wedge!!" (He runs back to the center.) Barret "Jessie!" (He punches the debris repeatedly.) Barret "GOD DAMN IT!!" "DAMMIT!!" "DAMMIT ALL TO HELL!!" (He stops; his shoulders are hitching.) Barret "What the hell's it all for!?" "ARGGHHHH!!!" Cloud "Hey, Barret!" Tifa "Barret!" Barret "ARGGHHHH!!!" (Cloud and Tifa run up to him.) Cloud "Hey!" Tifa "Barret, stop... Please stop, Barret." Barret "URGHHHH!!!" (He fires on the pile of debris, sweeping it with bullets... then stops, and falls to his knees.) Barret "God damn..." (He punches the ground. The scene fades.) (The scene fades back in. Barret is sitting on the end of the slide. Cloud and Tifa stand nearby.) Barret "Marlene..." Tifa "....... Barret......?" "Marlene is.... I think Marlene is safe." (Barret looks up.) Barret "....huh?" Tifa "Right before they took Aerith, she said, 'Don't worry, she's all right.' She was probably talking about Marlene." (Barret stands.) Barret "R, really!?" Tifa "But..." Barret "Biggs...... Wedge.... Jessie......" Cloud "All three of them were in the pillar." Barret "Think I don't know that?" (He turns, not facing either of them.) Barret "But... we, all of us fought together." (He sits on the slide again.) Barret "I don't wanna think of them as dead!" Tifa "And the other people in Sector 7." Barret "This is all screwed up!" "They destroyed an entire village just to get to us! They killed so many people...." Tifa "...are you saying it's our fault? Because AVALANCHE was here? I nnocent people lost their lives because of us?" (He stands up and shakes his head.) Barret "No, Tifa!" "That ain't it! Hell no!!" "It ain't us! It's the damn Shinra! It's never been nobody but the Shinra!" (Cloud steps back, facing away from Barret and Tifa. Barret faces away and raises his arms.) Barret "They're evil and destroyin' our planet just to..." "build their power and line their own damn pockets with gold!" "If we don't get rid of them, they're gonna kill this planet!" (He turns around.) Barret "Our fight ain't never gonna be over until we get rid of them!" (Tifa shakes her head.) Tifa "............I don't know." Barret "What don't you know!? You don't believe me?" Tifa "It's not that. I'm not sure about ... me. My feelings." (Barret faces Cloud, whose back is still turned.) Barret "An' what about you?" (Cloud looks up, still not turning.) Cloud "..........." (He leaves the playground.) Barret "Yo!" "Where's he think he's goin'?" Tifa "Oh! Aerith!" Barret "Oh yeah, that girl. What's up with her?" Tifa "...I don't really know... But she's the one I left Marlene with." Barret "Damn! Marlene!!" (Barret runs to the exit of the playground, then stops and turns.) Barret "Tifa. There ain't no turnin' back now." (He exits. Tifa heads for the exit, stops and looks back over her shoulder... then exits. The scene fades.) (The scene fades back in. Cloud is walking along the broken highway, away from the playground.) "Cloud!" (He turns to see Barret and Tifa run up.) Barret "Take me to Marlene!" Tifa "You're going to help Aerith?" Cloud "Yeah.... But before that, there's something I want to know." Tifa "What's that?" (Cloud takes a step forward.) Cloud "It's about the Ancients." (The screen flashes white, as if lightning were striking, then goes completely black.) In my veins courses the blood of the Ancients. I am one of the rightful heirs to this planet! (The screen goes white again... then we are back at the broken highway. Cloud looks down.) Cloud "Sephiroth...?" (Cloud falls down. Tifa and Barret run to him.) Tifa "Are you all right?" Barret "Pull it together, man!" (He rises. They all travel to Aerith's house.) Scene 25 - The Flower Girl - Origins - (Cloud, Barret, and Tifa arrive at Aerith's house. Aerith's mother, Elmyra, is standing, facing the wall. They walk over to her.) Elmyra "Cloud...... wasn't it?" (She turns around.) Elmyra "It's about Aerith, isn't it?" (Cloud bows his head.) Cloud "...Sorry. The Shinra have her." Elmyra "I know. They took her from here." Cloud "They were here?" Elmyra "That's what Aerith wanted..." Cloud "Why is Shinra after Aerith?" (Elmyra faces away.) Elmyra "Aerith is an Ancient. The sole survivor." Barret "...What did you say? But, aren't you her mother?" Elmyra "...Not her real mother. Oh... it must have been 15 years ago..." "...during the war. My husband was sent to the front. Some far away place called Wutai." (The camera pans up... Aerith's house disappears off the bottom of the screen, leaving only black.) "One day, I went to the station because I got a letter saying he was coming home on leave." (The screen goes white. A train whistle blows, and we see the Sector 7 train station. A train is pulling into the station. The door opens, and bright light fills the screen. We see various people getting off, greeted by their families... Elmyra stands near, watching the people getting off... Then the train door closes. She walks, afraid, to the conductor, who shakes his head. She sits forlornly on the steps to the platform.) My husband never came back. I wonder if something happened to him? No, I'm sure his leave was just canceled. I went to the station everyday. Then, one day.......... (The screen goes white... then we see a woman lying on the steps to the platform. A young girl is running around her, crying. Elmyra runs over and kneels by the woman. The young girl runs to her.) You used to see this sort of thing a lot during the war. Her last words were, "Please take Aerith somewhere safe." My husband never came back. I had no child. I was probably lonely. So I decided to take her home with me. (A train whistle sounds... the screen goes white, then fades to black.) "Aerith and I became close very quickly. That child loved to talk. She used to talk to me about everything." (We are back at the living room, but some time past. Aerith as a young girl runs down the stairs, then trips on the rug. Elmyra rises from the table, helps her up, hugs her, then Aerith scampers out the front door. The living room disappears off the top of the screen.) "She told me she escaped form some sort of research laboratory somewhere. And that her mother had already returned to the planet, so she wasn't lonely... and many other things." (We are back at the living room, in the present.) Barret "Returned to the planet?" Elmyra "I didn't know what she meant. I asked if she meant a star in the sky." "But she said it was this planet... She was a mysterious child in many ways." Aerith "Mom." (Elmyra turns toward the stairs. The camera pans up, hiding Cloud and the others, then pans down again and they are gone. Aerith, as a young girl, runs down the stairs. Elmyra is speaking in the present.) Aerith "Please don't cry." Elmyra "Aerith just blurted that out all of a sudden. When I asked her if something had happened..." Aerith "Someone dear to you has just died." "His spirit was coming to see you, but he already returned to the planet." Elmyra "At that time I didn't believe her." (The living room disappears off the left side of the screen.) Elmyra "But..." (It comes back, from the left. Elmyra is sitting at the table, holding her head in her hands. Her shoulders are hitching.) Elmyra "Several days later... We received a notice saying my husband had died..." (It disappears to the right.) Elmyra "...and that's how it was." "A lot had happened, but we were happy. Until one day..." (The living room reappears from the left. Tseng is in the living room with Elmyra.) Tseng "We want you to return Aerith to us. We've been saerching for her for a long time." (Aerith peeks out from behind Elmyra.) Aerith "No! Never!" Tseng "Aerith, you're a very special child. You are of special blood." "Your real mother was an 'Ancient'." Elmyra "Of course I heard it. That she was an Ancient." Tseng "The Ancients will lead us to a land of supreme happiness." "Aerith will be able to bring happiness to all those in the slums." "That is why Shinra would like Aerith's cooperation......." (Aerith comes out from behind Elmyra) Aerith "He's wrong! I'm not an Ancient! I'm not!" Tseng "But Aerith, surely you hear voices sometimes when you're all alone?" Aerith "No, I don't!" (Aerith runs out the front door. The living room disappears off the top right.) Elmyra "But I knew. I knew about her mysterious powers..." "She tried so hard to hide it, so I acted as though I never noticed." (The living room, seen from the top down, comes back into view from the top.) Cloud "It's amazing how she's avoided the Shinra for all these years..." Elmyra "The Shinra needed her. So I guess they wouldn't harm her." Tifa "But, why now....." Elmyra "She brought a little girl here with her." "On the way here, Tseng found them. She probably couldn't get away fast enough." "She decided to go to the Shinra in exchange for the little girl's safety." Cloud "Must be Marlene." Barret "Marlene!! Aerith was caught because of Marlene!?" "I'm sorry. Marlene's my daughter. I'm ...really... sorry..." Elmyra "You're her father!? How in the world could you ever leave a child alone like that!?" Barret "...please don't start with that. I think about it all the time. What would happen to Marlene, if I..." "But you gotta understand somethin'... ...I don't got an answer. I wanna be with Marlene... But I gotta fight." "'Cause if I don't... the planet's gonna die." "So I'm gonna keep fightin'!" "But, I'm worried 'bout Marlene. I really just wanna be with her... always." "See? I'm goin' in circles, now." Elmyra "I think I understand what you're saying... She's upstairs asleep. Why don't you go and see her." (Barret goes upstairs.) Tifa "It's my fault... I was the one who got Aerith involved in this." Elmyra "Don't say that. Aerith doesn't think that." (Cloud goes upstairs, into the bedroom, where Barret is sitting with Marlene.) Barret "I'm so glad....... I'm so glad you're all right..." Marlene "Daddy, don't cry. Your whiskers hurt!" (Cloud leaves the bedroom. Barret stands.) Barret "Cloud!" (Cloud turns.) Barret "You gonna go help Aerith, right? She's done so much for me...." "If it's the Shinra you're dealin' with, I can't just sit here! I'm comin', too!" (Marlene runs around Barret to Cloud.) Marlene "Guess what? Guess what? Aerith was asking me lots of questions." "Like what kind of person Cloud is. I bet she likes you, Cloud!" I don't know Let's hope so ***Cloud I don't know Marlene "Stupid!" ***Cloud Let's hope so Marlene "I won't tell Tifa." (Cloud goes to leave.) Tifa "You're going after Aerith, right?" Cloud "Yeah." Tifa "I'm going with you." Cloud "We're going right into Shinra headquarters. ...You gotta be prepared for the worst." Tifa "I know." "Right now, I feel I have to push myself to the limit." "If I stayed here... I'll go crazy." (Barret runs downstairs. He speaks to Elmyra.) Barret "Sorry, but can you take care of Marlene a bit longer?" Elmyra "Yes, I don't mind." Barret "This place is dangerous now. You better go somewhere else." Elmyra "...You're right. But promise me that you'll come back to her. Don't get yourself killed." (Cloud, Tifa, and Barret leave Aerith's house and stand in the yard.) Tifa "How do we get to the Shinra Building?" Barret "There ain't no train that goes up there anymore..." "....." "Well, let's just go to Wall Market. We might be able to find something there." Scene 26 - A Golden Shiny Wire Of Hope - (Cloud, Tifa, and Barret go to Wall Market. They go to the Weapon Shop and speak to the old man there.) "You goin' up to the plate? You better have a battery." Cloud "You're gonna sell me something you just found?" "Hey, you knew? But I repaired it, so it's all right." Cloud "Why do I need a battery to climb up to the plate?" "You'll find out when you get there. How 'bout 100 Gil for each?" Cloud "......." ***Cloud All right, I'll take them (He gives you the Batteries.) (They continue north. When they reach the Don's mansion, they see two children.) "Wanna see something awesome? Follow me!" (They follow the children to a large wall. A small girl is sitting at the base. There is a power line running up the wall.) "Everyone climbed up this wire. Looks scary.... Brr." Tifa "Can we climb it?" "Yeah. It leads to the Upper World." Barret "Awright! We'll climb this wire!" Cloud "There's no way we can do this. You know how far it goes up?" Barret "There IS a way! Look! What's that look like?" Cloud "Just a normal wire." Barret "Oh yeah? Well to me it looks like a golden shiny wire of hope." (They peer up the wall.) Tifa "You're right. This is the only way to save Aerith..." Cloud "Ok, that was a bad analogy, but, Barret, I understand how you feel." "Let's go!" (They climb the wire..... and climb..... and climb.... when they reach the top of the wall they see the two children from earlier, sitting on the top.) "Oh man! This is horrible..." "Hey, scary, huh? Dad told me that it's the Shinra's doing." (They climb some more... scaling power lines, broken propellers, and pieces of debris, until they reach the top. The Shinra Building.) Scene 27 - 140 Flights... - (Cloud, Barret, and Tifa arrive at the foot of the Shinra Building.) Barret "Hey, you oughta know this building well." Cloud "......Not really, now that I think about it." "This's the first time I've ever been to the Headquarters." Barret "I heard about this place before." "Every floor above the 60th is special and not easy to get to even for employees." "Must be where they took Aerith." "The security's pretty light now. Awright, let's go!!" (Barret runs toward the door.) Tifa "Wait a second! You're not thinking of just going right through the main entrance, are you?" Barret "Well what else does it look like!? I'm gonna kick some Shinra butt and......." Tifa "That's not going to work! We've got to find another way...." Baret "Ain't gonna be no other way! If we keep wastin' time like this, Aerith'll....." Tifa "I know that! But if we get caught here...." "Hey, Cloud. ...What should we do?" Let's bust on in! Let's sneak in quietly ***Cloud Let's bust on in Barret "That's more like it! C'mon, let's go!!" (Cloud, Barret, and Tifa bust on in Shinra Headquarters....) Receptionist "Excuse me! If you don't have an appointment, you'll just have to..." Barret "Don't need no appointment... This is a 'mergency!" "Anyone who don't wanna get their face bashed in better git outta the way!!" "Yaagghh!" "Who do they think they are?" "Hey, you don't think that's AVALANCHE?" "Intruders! Sieze them!!" (Battle sequence) Barret "Let's go to the top!" ***Cloud Let's sneak in quietly Tifa "See? Let's be careful and find a different route!" (They go down a side alley and go through a door. Inside, they find... stairs.... Lots of them.... They start climbing.) Barret "Yo... You really gonna take these stairs all the way up?" Tifa "Well we've got to get to Aerith to help her somehow." Barret "Talk about out of the way..." Tifa "I don't have time to argue with you! I'm going!" Barret "Y, yo, Tifa! Don't go off alone!" (They continue to climb... and climb.... They are climbing stairs throughout this whole conversation.) Barret "Don't know... why the hell... we gotta climb..." Cloud "...because we don't want to start a commotion until we've saved Aerith." "I doubt that's possible though..." Barret "...heh heh heh." Cloud "Knock it off. You're giving me the creeps." Barret "So even you will fight for someone else. I had you figured wrong I guess." Cloud "Who cares what you figured!" Barret "I'm just sayin' mebbe I was wrong..." Tifa "Heh heh heh......." Cloud "What's that supposed to mean, Tifa?" Barret "How much farther do these stairs go on?" Tifa "Why don't you ask them?" Barret "It's not one of them endless stairways or somethin', d'ya think?" Tifa "Of course not!!" Barret "Right... couldn't be that...." Barret "Are we there yet?" Tifa "Not yet." Barret "...there yet?" Tifa "I said not yet!" Barret "Yo..." Tifa "Look, don't even ask! We're way way way way far away from being there, ok!?" Barret "Damn, man! I've had it! I'm going back!" Tifa "And take just as long going down as you did coming up?" Barret "............." (Barret stops to rest, panting.) Tifa "C'mon, Barret. Pull it together!" Barret "Yeah, well all I know is I'm just flesh 'n' blood.... 'cept for this arm of mine." "Don't treat me like I'm some ex-member of SOLDIER or somethin'........" Tifa "What about me!? I'm human too! Oh, do what you want, I'm going on!" (She pauses.) Tifa "......?" "Yaah! Barret! You go first!" Barret "What're ya ignorant? I didn't mean that..." Tifa "All right, all right!" (Barret goes on.) Tifa "Cloud, you go on ahead too!!" (Cloud goes ahead.) Barret "Yo... What floor is this?" Tifa "...I gave up counting." Barret "Why they gotta build these buildings so damn tall?" "That Shinra.... They're just no damn good." Tifa "........." Barret "huff.... Man, I'm beat..." "Marlene, Daddy wanted to see your face one more time..." Tifa "Would you stop acting like a retard and climb?" "It's just a bit more!" "...maybe." (They reach the top floor.) Barret "F... finally... M... made it..." "N... never wanna see... no more stairs the rest of my life..." Tifa "huff... puff... this really takes it out of you..." "But this is it. We'd better get ready...!" (They enter the door at the top of the stairs...) Scene 28 - Climbing Shinra Tower - (Cloud, Tifa, and Barret reach the 59th floor of the Shinra building. Three guards see them.) "Destroy the intruders!" (Battle sequence) (Cloud spots a tiny card on the floor where the guards had stood.) Cloud "What's this?" (He stoops and picks up the Keycard 60. They enter the elevator to the 60th floor.) Barret "This is the real thing. Don't let your guard down." Tifa "I hope Aerith is all right." (FMV sequence of a guard asleep at the surveillance system. They exit the elevator onto the 60th floor. They see two guards.) "People like you don't belong here! Go on, get out!" "What're you doing here!? No unauthorized people are allowed here!!" (They duck into a side room. They see four guards on patrol.) Barret "Lookit that, all them guards is runnin' around." "Cloud, you go on ahead and signal us when it's safe to come." (The guards are patrolling behind a row of statues, for some reason. Cloud hides behind each statue, moving forward when the guards look away. He signals the others to follow. The PLAYER controls this. If they are spotted, they fight a battle and start over. They make their way past the guards.) Barret "Ok! We gonna rock!" Tifa "Remember, we're here to save Aerith." Barret "Hell, I know that!" (They climb the stairs to the 61st floor. It is an employee lounge.) People on the 61st floor "What's keeping her? Did she forget her keycard?" "Even employees can't walk around above the 60th floor without a keycard.." "This is the lounge floor. Above us are the special floors for the big wigs in the company." "It's tough working under someone. Tires you out." "I thought I heard a ruckus downstairs a minute ago. Do you know what that was all about?" "No idea. But no need to worry because everything above the 60th floor is safe." "The hell are you? What're you doin' around here?" Where's Aerith? .......... ***Cloud Where's Aerith? "Aerith? How did you know that name? You must be...!?" "Aerith, you mean that kid. The receptionist. Yeah, I was startin' to worry 'bout her myself." "And so another rival appears on the scene, eh?" "You mean, she's not? It's someone else?" ***Cloud .......... "Oh, I see. So you must be the whatcha call it..." "Shinra, Inc. Repair Division!!" "You know, it looks like this building is starting to fall apart." "This door was just pushed open. You ought to fix this right away." "Oh yeah, and take a look on the other floors too. I'll give you this." (He gives you the Keycard 62.) "I don't remember seeing your face here. You new here?" "Say, you're cute. Let me teach you some... things." Things? Um, I'm kinda in a hurry... ***Cloud Things? "Wipe that stupid look off your face. I was only going to teach you how to get to the next floor." "The higher ups in the company use the floors above the 60th floor. But you can't get there without a keycard." "Get a keycard and you can use the elevators freely." *ding* "...voila! You hear that sound and the door opens." "Just remember there are different types of cards. One keycard won't let you go everywhere." "For example, "'Keycard 60' only takes you to the 60th floor. 'Keycard 65' only takes you to the 65th floor." "It's a security system worthy of Shinra. After all, all the power in Midgar and the world, for that matter, is controlled by them." "Oh, I have to go. Gotta get back to work!" ***Cloud Um, I'm kinda in a hurry... "Oh? That's too bad..." (They go up to the 62nd floor. It's the Mayor's floor. There are four rooms, full of bookshelves. Standing outside the Mayor's office is Hart.) Hart "How do you do?" "This is the Midgar Mayor's Office. Mayor Domino is in his office." "I am the Deputy Mayor. If you should have any questions feel free to ask me..." (They enter the office.) Domino "Hmm? Oh, and who might you be?" "You all must be those... ahem.... Me? I'm Domino, the Mayor of Midgar." "Actually, I'm Mayor in name only. The city and everything in it is really run by Shinra, Inc." "My only real job is watching over Shinra's documents..." "Me! The Mayor! A librarian! Ohh......." "You want to get upstairs? I tell you what, if you can guess the password, I'll give you my keycard." "Yes, that's it. Guess the password and I'll give you my keycard!" "Get it on the first try and I'll even throw in a special item!" (Now the PLAYER must solve a puzzle.) Hart "Did you speak with the Mayor?" "What? A password? Oh, I get it..." "He's got way too much time on his hands. But you can't really blame him. Everything in Midgar is controlled by President Shinra." "Maybe I can help you." (Hart will offer help in the puzzle, but it costs money. You won't need it, since I'm going to tell you how to solve it!) [To solve the puzzle: Look on the nameplates outside each of the four rooms. They will tell you what the subject of the rooms are. Enter the room and search the bookshelves until you find a book whose title does not match the subject of the room. Look at the number of the book you chose. Now, take the letter of the title corresponding to that number. That is, if the number was 3, you would take the third letter. Now, look at the four letters from the four rooms, and anagram them until they match one of the Mayor's passwords. That's it! If you got it on the first try, you will recieve an Elemental Materia.] Domino "Got it?" "Then tell me." (Cloud tells him the password. This time it was BEST, your results may vary - it's random each time, so don't just choose BEST.) Domino "BEST!!" "God, I love the sound of that! BEST!! I AM the best..... ME!! No matter what anyone else says, you'd better believe it." "......hmm. Well, ok. Here, take it." (He gives you Keycard 65.) Domino "I never thought you'd get it on the first try..." "Just goes to show you can't judge a book by its cover. Oh well, a promise is a promise. Take this, too." (He gives you Elemental Materia.) Domino "Why would I do something like this, you ask?" "To mess with them, of course! Shinra's been torturing me forever." "That's why I was a little rough on you all just now. Now go up there and really make them suffer." "This ought to make us even! Heh heh heh....." (They go to the 63rd floor, a maze of doors and ventilation pipes. They go to a computer terminal in the corner.) "... beep....beep.... ......verifying key card..... ...................." "Level B employee: verified. You are permitted to open doors on this floor up to three times." "blip... If you receive an item coupon, remember to exchange it for an item." "...warning... refrain from entering the air conditioning ducts recklessly - they are very dangerous." (They mess around with the doors awhile and enter the ducts, of course, until they get the three item coupons. They go back to the terminal.) "...bing... bing... Enter command" All clear (resets all doors and items) Coupon Change ***Cloud Coupon Change "You can exchange your coupons for items. Here are the items you can have..." "A coupon.....'Star Pendant' B coupon.......'Four Slots' C coupon.......'All Materia'" "Please use caution... once you have exchanged coupons for items you may not use 'All Clear' function." "Exchange coupon?" Yeah....... Naw ***Cloud Yeah "..................... Coupon exchange complete." (You get the three items.) (They go up to the 64th floor, the employee gym.) People on the 64th floor "...huff...puff... If you're tired, you should get some rest in the next room." "...huff...wheeze... I'm starting to worry about my belly....." "Hmph, hmph... Since I'm head of security for this building, stamina's very important to me." "You must be a visitor. Please feel free to use any unused machines." "...zzz... Please... let me.... get some..... rest......" [vending machine] "Take one to restore your energy!! 'Shinra Gym Special Drink'" "Only 250 gil!!" Try it out Don't try it ***Cloud Try it out (The machine makes noise.) Cloud "...Nothing..." ***Cloud Don't try it [after putting in money] "......." Cloud "Is it broken?'" BANG on it Give up ***Cloud BANG on it (Cloud slams the machine. The receptionist runs over.) "Sir, what are you doing!? No violence here, please!" ***Cloud Give up [treadmill] Cloud "........" Should I try it? This is so stupid ***Cloud Should I try it? (He runs on the treadmill for a while....) ***Cloud This is so stupid [a locker] Cloud "What is this..... a Megaphone?" "Hanging on to this won't do any good..." (They go to the 65th floor, where they solve a tedious puzzle. There are several treasure chests, but only one is open. You must find the unlocked one, get the Midgar Piece from it, and place it in a hole in a large model of Midgar. You are being attacked the whole time. If you want the chest sequence, it's 2nd from top on left, 3rd from top on left, top right corner, top left, bottom left. The Keycard 66 is in the chest by the stairs. Cloud examines the model at the far left, where Sector 6 would be.) Cloud "Midgar.... born from Mako energy which was sucked right out of the earth. A model of the city...." "When construction of Sector 6 finishes, Shinra's plan will be complete." "That must be why he took Aerith...." (They go to the 66th floor. A secretary passes them on the way up) "Whew, I'm so sick of carrying all these files." "But I get to meet lots of guys. I guess that's the benefit of being a secretary!" People on the 66th floor "......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... "Phew!" "Is it just me or does the Conference Room smell? There's some sort of stench coming from somewhere...." "Hey, when you're in the bathroom, do you ever hear whispers coming from somewhere?" "They're having another executive meeting. I wonder if it's about that Plate incident." "It gives me the feeling that I AM alive. The feeling of moving this world, just with my hands." "Come on, we're building the future of Mako!" (They enter the bathroom.) Flush? Climb up? Get out of here ***Cloud Flush (He flushes the toilet.) ***Cloud Climb up? (They climb up into the ventilation duct above the toilet. It leads to above the Conference Room, which would explain the smell in there.) ***Cloud Get out of here (They leave the bathroom.) [In the duct above the Conference Room.....] (They crouch above the vent. Through the slats, they see President Shinra and other employees sitting at a long table in the Conference Room.) Barret "Geez--! That's a lotta suits!" (They watch...) Reeve "We have the damage estimates for Sector 7." "Considering those factories we already set up and all the investments, the damage is estimated at approximately 10 Billion gil..." (The camera changes; we are now looking at the table head-on.) Reeve "The estimated cost to rebuild Sector 7 is..." President Shinra "We're not rebuilding." Reeve "What?" President Shinra "We're leaving Sector 7 as it is." "And restarting the Neo-Midgar plan." Reeve "...then the Ancients?" President Shinra "The Promised Land will soon be ours." "I want you to raise the Mako rates 15% in every area." (Palmer, a fat, bald, guy, jumps up and down.) Palmer "Rate hike! Rate hike! Tra, la, la! And please include our Space Program in the budget!" President Shinra "Reeve and Scarlet will divide the extra income from the rate increase." (Palmer sits down.) Palmer "Oh man!" (We are looking down from above again.) Reeve "Sir, if you raise the rates, the people will lose confidence..." President Shinra "It'll be all right." "The ignorant citizens won't lose confidence, they'll trust Shinra, Inc. even more." Heidegger "Ha ha ha!" "After all, we're the ones who saved Sector 7 from AVALANCHE!" Barret "That dirty #$*$^" (We are looking at the table head-on again. Hojo enters the Conference Room.) President Shinra "Hojo. How's the girl?" (Hojo turns his head.) Hojo "As a specimen, she is inferior to her mother. I'm still in the process of comparing her to her mother, Ifalna, but for now the difference is 18%." President Shinra "How long will the research take?" Hojo "Probably 120 years. It's probably impossible to finish in our lifetime. Or in the lifetime of the specimen too, for that matter." (Hojo turns away from the table.) Hojo "That's why we're thinking of breeding her. Then we could create one that would withstand our research for a long time." President Shinra "What about the Promised Land? Won't it hinder our plans?" Hojo "That's what I need to plan. The mother is strong... and yet has her weaknesses." (We are looking down from the duct again.) President Shinra "That concludes our meeting." (The employees dissemble. Scarlet pauses and looks up.) Scarlet "Something stinks..." (She leaves. Cloud looks up.) Cloud "They were talking about Aerith... right?" Barret "I dunno." Tifa "Probably." Cloud "Let's follow 'em." (They exit the duct and land back on the toilet. They exit the bathroom and come around a corner. They spot Hojo.) Cloud "Hojo... huh...?" (Hojo climbs the stairs to the 67th floor. They follow.) Scene 29 - Specimen - Jenova - (Cloud, Tifa, and Barret follow Hojo to the 67th floor of the Shinra building.) Barret "I remember him." "That Hojo guy. He's in charge of the Shinra's Science Department. Cloud, don't you know him?" Cloud "This is the first time I've actually ever seen him. So... that's what he looks like..." (They follow Hojo to a dreary laboratory. A red, lionlike creature is imprisoned in a glass tube, sitting apathetically in the far corner. They hide behind a crate, just in time to avoid an employee who enters the room.) "Is this today's specimen?" Hojo "Yes. We're starting right away. Raise it to the upper level." (The employee leaves. Hojo places his hand on the glass.) Hojo "My precious specimen..." (He stands there for a while, then exits. Cloud, Tifa, and Barret come out of hiding. Tifa goes to the creature.) Tifa "Precious specimen...?" "Is it going to be used for a biological experiment?" (Cloud turns. He sees a metal dome, with a single door. There is a window in the door, through which shines bright purple light.) Cloud "Jenova..." (He peers into the window and sees a strange, white, female being. Her head has apparently been removed rather violently. Cloud backs away and clutches his head. A high-pitched whine reverberates through the room, or perhaps only Cloud's head, and he collapses to the floor. Tifa and Barret run over.) Cloud "Jenova... Sephiroth's... So... they've brought it here." Tifa "Cloud, be strong!" Cloud "Did you see it?" Barret "See what?" Cloud "It's moving........ still alive?" (Barret looks into the window.) Barret "Where's its $#&*&@ head? This whole thing's stupid. Let's keep goin'." (Cloud gets up. They continue, futher into the lab, reaching an elevator. They enter and climb to the 68th floor.) Scene 30 - Experimental Aerith - (Cloud, Barret, and Tifa arrive on the 68th floor. It is a research lab, more advanced than that on the 67th floor. There is a glass tube like that on the 67th. Near the glass tube is Hojo. Inside the glass tube is Aerith.) Cloud "Aerith!" Hojo "Aerith? Oh, is that her name? What do you want?" Cloud "We're taking Aerith back." Hojo "Outsiders....." Barret "Shoulda noticed it earlier, you..." Hojo "There's so many frivolous things in this world." (Cloud and Barret move forward.) Hojo "Are you going to kill me? I don't think you should." "The equipment here is extremely delicate. Without me, who could operate it? Hmm?" Cloud "Ugh." Hojo "That's right. I recommend you think things out logically before you make any rash moves." "Now, bring in the Specimen!" (The red creature from the 67th floor is lifted into the tube. Cloud, Barret, and Tifa run to the tube. The creature twitches its tail. Aerith runs to the glass.) Aerith "Cloud, help!" (Cloud turns to Hojo.) Cloud "What do you think you're doin'?" Hojo "Lending a helping hand to an endangered species... Both of them are on the brink of extinction..." "If I don't help, all these animals will disappear." Tifa "...animal? That's terrible! Aerith is a human being!" Barret "You're gonna pay!" Cloud "Barret! Can't you do anything?" (Barret aims his gun at the tube.) Barret "Awright!! Step back!" Hojo "Stop!" (Barret fires at the tube. The inside of the tube glows a brilliant white as it malfunctions. Hojo runs to the tube.) Hojo "Wh... what are you do-- Oh! My precious specimens..." (The tube glows brighter. The door opens... the light dims, and we see the red creature poised in the door. It leaps forward and starts attacking Hojo.) Cloud "Now's our chance to get Aerith!" (Cloud runs into the tube and helps Aerith up from the floor.) Aerith "Thanks, Cloud." (She runs out of the tube, which starts to glow a dull blue. Cloud backs out of the tube.) Tifa "Cloud... what's wrong?" Cloud "...The elevator is moving." (Hojo pulls himself out from under the red creature.) Hojo "This is no ordinary specimen. This is a very ferocious specimen!" (It turns away from Hojo and sits.) "He's rather strong. I'll help you all out." Tifa "It talked!?" "I'll talk as much as you want later, Miss." (Cloud runs out of the tube and to the creature.) Cloud "We'll take care of that monster." "Somebody take Aerith somewhere safe..." Tifa, I'm countin' on you! Barret, take care of her! ***Cloud Tifa, I'm countin' on you! (Tifa and Aerith run out.) ***Cloud Barret, take care of her! (Barret and Aerith run out.) Cloud "What's your name?" Red "Hojo has named me, Red XIII. A name with no meaning whatsoever to me. Call me whatever you wish." (The PLAYER names Red XIII) Cloud "Come on!" (Boss battle with HO512) (Aerith and Tifa/Barret run into the lab.) Cloud "Aerith, you all right?" Tifa "She seems all right, ...in many ways." Red XIII "I have a right to choose, too. I don't like two-legged things." Barret "What are you?" Red XIII "An informed question. But difficult to answer. I am what you see." "...You must have many questions, but first, let's get out of here. I'll lead the way." Aerith "Cloud... so you did come for me." (Red XIII leaps over the railing toward the exit.) Red XIII "I apologize for what happened back there. I was merely acting to throw Hojo off guard......" Barret "Now we've saved Aerith, ain't no need to be in this buildin'! So let's get the hell outta here!" Cloud "If all five of us go together, we'll be noticed. Let's break up into two groups." (You can rearrange your party here. I took Red XIII and Barret.) Aerith "I'll see you later!! We'll be waiting at the 66th Floor Elevator." Tifa "We'll be going first! Meet at the 66th Floor Elevator." (They exit. A person in the lab gives them the Keycard 68.) "No! Please don't kill me. I only did what Hojo told me to do." "To prove it to you.... here, this is the key card to the 68th Floor. Would I be doing this if I was the enemy?" (They go to the 66th Floor elevator and operate the switch. A Turk walks in and places his hand on Cloud's shoulder...) Cloud "H, hey! What is it?" Rude "Would you press 'Up' please?" Cloud "Turks? Must be a trap..." (Tseng comes into the elevator.) Tseng "It must have been a real thrill for you... Did you enjoy it?" Cloud "Ggh..." Scene 31 - Captured - Meet The President - (Rude and Tseng lead Cloud, Barret, Tifa, and Red XIII into the President's office. Their hands and feet are bound.) Cloud "You all got caught, too?" (He turns to the President.) Cloud "Where is Aerith!?" President Shinra "In a safe place." (He gets up from his desk.) President Shinra "She's the last surviving Ancient..." "Don't you know? They called themselves the Cetra, and lived thousands of years ago. Now they are just a forgotten page in history." Red XIII "Cetra... That girl, is she a survivor of the Cetra?" President Shinra "Cetra, or the Ancients will show us the way to the 'Promised Land.' I'm expecting a lot out of her." Red XIII "The Promised Land? Isn't that just a legend?" President Shinra "Even so, it's just too appealing to not to pursue." "It's been said the Promised Land is very fertile." "...If the land is fertile..." Barret "Then there's gotta be Mako!" President Shinra "Exactly. That is why our money sucking Mako Reactor is a necessity." "The abundant Mako will just come out on its own." "That is where Neo-Midgar will be built. Shinra's new glory..." (Barret struggles against his handcuffs.) Barret "@$#^%! Quit dreamin'!" President Shinra "Oh really, don't you know? These days all it takes for your dreams to come true is money and science." "Well, that is all for our meeting." (Rude hurries in.) Rude "Come on! Outta his way!" (Cloud, Tifa, and Red XIII leave. Barret stays behind.) Barret "Hold it! I got a lot I wanna say to you!" (He is dragged out, still struggling, by Rude. President Shinra polishes his jacket buttons.) President Shinra "If you need something else... talk to my secretary." Scene 32 - A Night In Jail- (Cloud and the others wake up in the prison cells on the 67th floor. Aerith is in her own cell on the left, Barret and Red XIII share the right cell, and Tifa is in the cot in Cloud's center cell.) Tifa "Psst (Can we get out?)" (Leave it to me) (Kinda hard) ***Cloud (Leave it to me) Tifa "Psst (Cloud, you're so brave!)" ***Cloud (Kinda hard) Tifa "Psst (Don't give up!)" (Cloud walks to the door of the cell) I wonder how Barret is doing I wonder how Red XIII is doing I wonder how Aerith is doing ***Cloud I wonder how Barret is doing (The camera moves over to show Barret's cell.) Barret "Hey!" "Aerith is an Ancient and the real name of the Ancients is Cetra." "The Ancients know where the Promised Land is and the Shinra is searching for that Promised Land." "I only hear stories 'bout the Promised Land. I don't know if it really exists." "Is that right?" "The Shinra believe that the Promised Land is full of Mako energy." "Which means, if the Shinra get there, they'll suck up all the Mako energy." "...and the land'll wither away. The Planet's gonna get weaker." (He stands.) Barret "I can't just leave 'em be. I'm recruitin' new members!!" "Me, Tifa, Cloud... and Aerith too." (He turns to Red XIII) Barret "How 'bout you?" (Red XIII gets up, stretches, and lies down again.) Barret "You're so damn boring." ***Cloud I wonder how Red XIII is doing Red XIII "............Grandpa." Barret "Grandpa!? Ha, ha, ha...... Grandpa, hmm.... ha, ha, ha......." (Red XIII sits up.) Red XIII "What's so funny?" Barret "Nothin'...... ha, ha" ***Cloud I wonder how Aerith is doing (The camera moves over to show Aerith's cell. She is lying on her cot.) Aerith "Cloud, are you there?" Cloud "Aerith!? You safe?" Aerith "Yeah, I'm all right." (She swings her legs over the side of the cot.) Aerith "I knew that Cloud would come for me." Cloud "Hey, I'm your bodyguard, right?" (She walks to the door of her cell.) Aerith "The deal was for one date, right?" (Tifa sits up.) Tifa "............oh, I get it." Aerith "...!? Tifa! Tifa, you're there too!" Tifa "EXCUSE me." (She stands up.) Tifa "You know, Aerith, I have a question." Aerith "What?" Tifa "Does the Promised Land really exist?" (Aerith shakes her head.) Aerith "...I don't know." (She walks to the middle of her cell and looks upwards.) Aerith "All I know is..." "The Cetra were born from the Planet, speak with the Planet, and unlock the Planet." "And....... then......" "The Cetra will return to the Promised Land. A land that promises supreme happiness." (She looks back down.) Tifa "...What does that mean?" Aerith "More than words...... I don't know." Cloud "...Speak with the Planet?" (Tifa sits back on the cot.) Tifa "Just what does the Planet say?" Aerith "It's full of people and noisy. That's why I can't make out what they're saying." (A beat.) Cloud "You hear it now?" Aerith "I, I only heard it at the Church in the Slums. Mother said that Midgar was no longer safe. That is.... my real mother." (She sits back on the cot.) Aerith "Someday I'll get out of Midgar... Speak with the Planet and find my Promised Land." "...That's what mom said." "I thought I would stop hearing her voice as I grew up, but...." ***Cloud Let's just get some sleep (Cloud walks to the wall of the cell and sits down.) Scene 33 - Sephiroth Alive!? - Rufus' Ascent - (Cloud wakes up in the middle of the night in his and Tifa's prison cell. He sees that the door is open.) Cloud "The door's open... When did it open?" (He goes through the door and walks down the hall. There is a guard, dead, lying on the floor. He kneels by him) Cloud "What's happened?" (He goes back to Tifa's cell.) Cloud "Tifa... Wake up!" (Tifa sits up.) Tifa "What's wrong?" Cloud "Something's wrong. Look outside." (She goes out to the guard. Cloud follows.) Tifa "I wonder what happened..." Cloud "He should have the key on him..." (He gets the prison keys.) Cloud "Come on, Tifa, get Aerith, I'll go help Barret and the others." (Tifa goes to Aerith's cell. Cloud runs to Barret and Red XIII's.) Cloud "Barret, Red XIII... come with me. Something's wrong." (Barret gets up.) Barret "How'd you get in? Why's the door open!?" (They run out to the dead guard.) Barret "The hell's goin' on!?" Red XIII "No human could've done this." "I'll go on ahead." (Red XIII goes.) Barret "I'll clean up back here, so you guys go ahead. And don't get caught by Shinra!" (Cloud collects Tifa and Aerith.) Tifa "Come on, let's follow Red XIII!" (They follow Red XIII to the lab where he was previously imprisoned. The path there is stained with blood and littered with bodies. Where there was a door in the metal dome, there is now a gaping hole.) Cloud "...Did it get away? Jenova...?" Red XIII "Jenova Specimen... Looks like it went to the upper floor using that elevator for the specimens." (They take the elevator up to the 68th floor. Red XIII is waiting.) Red XIII "It looks like it leads up..." (They take the elevator up to the 69th floor., then the stairs up to the 70th. Barret and Red XIII catch up with the rest. They arrive at President Shinra's office. He is seated at his desk. A large sword is protruding from his back.) Barret "He's dead... The leader of Shinra, Inc. is dead." (Tifa runs around to him.) Tifa "Then this sword must be...!?" Cloud "Sephiroth's!!" Tifa "...Sephiroth is alive?" Cloud "...Looks like it. Only Sephiroth can use that sword." Barret "Who cares who did it!? This is the end of the Shinra now!" "Uh!" (Palmer jumps out from behind the desk and makes a break for it. Cloud and Barret catch him by the arms.) Palmer "P, p, p, please, don't kill me!" Cloud "What happened?" Palmer "Se... Sephiroth. Sephiroth came." Cloud "Did you see him? Did you see Sephiroth?" Palmer "Yeah, I saw him!! I saw him with my own eyes!" Cloud "You really saw him?" Palmer "Uh! Would I lie to you at a time like this!? And I heard his voice too!" "Um, he was saying something about not letting us have the Promised Land." Tifa "Then what?" "Does that mean that the Promised Land really exists and that Sephiroth's here to save it from Shinra?" Barret "So he's a good guy then?" Cloud "Save the Promised Land? A good guy? No way!!" "It's not that simple!! I know him! Sephiroth's mission is different!" (A helicopter hovers into view in the big bay windows. Palmer breaks free and flees.) Barret "Rufus! &*%$!! I forgot about him!" Tifa "Who's that?" Barret "Vice President Rufus. The President's son." Tifa "I wonder what kind of person he is..." Aerith "I've heard that no one's ever seen him bleed or cry." Barret "I heard that he's been assigned somewhere else for a long time..." Red XIII "I only know his name." (Cloud runs out onto the balcony at the top of the Shinra Building. The rest follow. They find Rufus and Palmer there.) Rufus "So... So Sephiroth was actually here. ...By the way." (Palmer runs away.) Rufus "Who are you guys?" (The camera focuses on each person in turn.) Cloud "I'm Cloud, former SOLDIER First Class!" Barret "I'm from AVALANCHE!" Tifa "Same here!" Aerith "...a flower girl from the slums." Red XIII "A research specimen." (Rufus shrugs.) Rufus "What a crew." (He smooths his hair with nonchalance.) Rufus "Well, I'm Rufus. The President of Shinra, Inc." Barret "You only President, 'cause your old man died!" Rufus "That's right. I'll let you hear my new appointment speech." (He walks to Tifa.) Rufus "...Old man tried to control the world with money. It seems to have been working." (He walks to Aerith.) Rufus "The population thought that Shinra would protect them." (He walks to Barret.) Rufus "Work at Shinra, get your pay. If a terrorist attacks, the Shinra army will help you." "It looks perfect on the outside." "But, I do things differently." "I'll control the world with fear. It takes too much to do it like my old man." (He walks to the railing.) Rufus "A little fear will control the minds of the common people. There's no reason to waste money on them." (A pause.) Tifa "He likes to make speeches just like his father." (Cloud turns.) Cloud "Get outta this building with Aerith!" Barret "What?" Cloud "I'll explain later! Barret! This is the real crisis for the Planet!" Barret "The hell's that supposed to mean?" Cloud "I'll tell you later! Just take my word for it! I'll go after I take care of him!" Barret "Awright, Cloud!" (They all head back down to the 69th floor, but Cloud. Aerith pauses on the way out.) Aerith "Cloud... I just thought of something." (Tifa goes back to Aerith.) Tifa "...I'll wait for Cloud! Everyone, get to the elevator!" (They all head back toward the stairs. Tifa stays in the doorway.) Aerith "Hmm, it's going to get pretty ugly from here on. We should check on our equipment." (Aerith, Barret, and Red XIII re-equip themselves and get on the elevator. As soon as they press the button to go down, they are attacked.) (Boss battle with Hundred Gunner) Scene 34 - A Confrontation With The New President - (Cloud stands on the balcony on the top floor with Rufus. They face each other. Cloud equips himself.) Rufus "Why do you want to fight me?" Cloud "You seek the Promised Land and Sephiroth." Rufus "Hm, exactly." (He walks to the side of Cloud.) Rufus "Mm? Did you know that Sephiroth is an Ancient?" Cloud "...A lot has happened. Anyway, I can't let either you or Sephiroth have the Promised Land!" Rufus "I see. I guess this means we won't become friends." (Boss battle with Rufus and Dark Nation) Rufus "Heh... That's all for today." (Rufus grabs the runner of the helicopter circling overhead and makes a spectacular getaway, as is typical of the villain. Cloud runs back down to the 69th floor, where he meets up with Tifa.) Tifa "Where's Rufus?" Cloud "I couldn't finish 'em. Looks like this's gonna get complicated." Scene 35 - A Spectacular Escape - Highway Battle - (Aerith, Barret, and Red XIII arrive on the bottom floor. They go to the main exit.) Barret "I'll go on ahead!" (Barret goes out, to be met by a hail of gunfire. He ducks back in.) Barret "*&^%(*... surrounded, huh?" "If I was alone this wouldn't be a thang but, I gotta reputation to protect." Aerith "You all get out while you can." "It's not you they're after... it's me." Barret "Yeah, well that ain't happenin'." "You got caught up in this over Marlene. Now, it's my turn to watch out for you!" (He turns back to the doorway.) Barret "Ok, playtime's over for you jackasses..." (Aerith takes a step toward him.) Aerith "...thank you, Mr. Barret!" (He turns.) Barret "Who you callin' Mr. Barret? That don't sound right!" Red XIII "Well then..." "If you are through talking, may I suggest that we think of a way to get out of here." Barret "Huh? Oh, oh yeah... You a cold man. Just like somone else 'round here I know." Red XIII "Did you say something?" Barret "Notta thing. So what're we gonna do?" Tifa "Barret!" (Tifa comes sprinting down the stairs.) Barret "Tifa! Where's Cloud?" (Tifa runs over to the side of the room.) Tifa "Everyone, over here!" Barret "Huh? What's up? Where's Cloud?" Tifa "I'll tell you later! Hurry, Hurry!!" (FMV sequence. The party follows Tifa to a safe distance. Cloud rides a motorcycle from the Shinra Showroom down the stairs. The party jumps into a pickup truck also from the showroom and follows Cloud; they drive up the stairs and crash through a window onto the freeway outside.) [Here you play a minigame in which you must protect the truck from oncoming motorcycles. How well you perform determines how may HP you will have when you fight a boss at the end.] (Boss battle with Motor Ball) Scene 36 - Ahead On Our Way - (After the battle. The party stands on the freeway. They are at the edge, where it must have collapsed some time ago and never rebuilt, only added warning lights. The purple mountains of the eastern continent are visible in the distance.) Barret "Well, what do we do now?" Cloud "Sephiroth is alive. I... I have to settle the score." Barret "And that'll save the Planet?" Cloud "...Seems like it." Barret "Awright, I'm going." Aerith "I'll go too. ...I have things that I want to find out." Cloud "About the Ancients?" Aerith ".......Many things." Tifa "I guess this's good bye, Midgar." (They all climb down a rope hung from the edge of the highway, landing in the outskirts of Midgar.) Red XIII "I'm going backto my hometown. I'll go with you as far as that." Tifa "...I guess this is the start of our journey..." You hate traveling? It's dangerous. You sure you want to go? ***Cloud You hate traveling? Tifa "...I don't know. But, I don't have anywhere else to go. So I guess it doesn't really matter whether I like to travel or not." ***Cloud It's dangerous. You sure you want to go? Tifa ".....Mmm. but you know, it should be all right if you keep your promise." Aerith "You know what? This is the first time I've ever left Midgar..." Really? ...You worried? It's dangerous. You sure you want to go? ***Cloud Really? ...You worried? Aerith "A little,... no, maybe a lot. But I have my bodyguard, right?" ***Cloud It's dangerous.