save your tears for the day

glasscap — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:58:52 GMT

My mother and I have been making jewelry for a little while and are looking to sell what we've made. Pictures and information are below. She is better at making heavier and more complex things, whereas I prefer to make simple and delicate pieces.
Ma mère et moi fabriquons des bijoux depuis quelque temps et on cherche à vendre ce qu'on a fait. Images et infos ci-dessous. Elle est meilleure à faire des choses plus lourdes et complexes, tandis que je préfère faire des pièces plus simples et délicates.

Prices in CAD. Prix en dollars Canadiens. Shipping prices not included. Frais de livraison non inclus.

Swarovski crystal necklace and bracelet set (green and yellow)
Ensemble collier et bracelet de cristaux de swarovski (vert et jaune)
$25

Pink bead necklace
Collier à billes roses
$6

Purple+green+gold bead necklace
Collier à billes mauve+vert+or
$6

Teardrop earrings
Boucles d'oreilles en larmes
$15 EACH/CHAQUE
*Darker ones are dark red. Les plus foncées sont rouge foncé.
*Lighter ones are light green. Les plus pales sont vert pale.

Yellow leaf earrings
Boucles d'oreilles feuilles jaunes
$5

Double-strand blue bead bracelet
Bracelet à billes bleues à double fil
$5

Yellow and purple glass bead earrings
Boucles d'oreilles à billes de verre jaunes et mauves
$5

Secondary colors elastic band bracelet
Bracelet élastique aux couleurs secondaires
$5

Primary colors bracelet
Bracelet aux couleurs primaires
$5

Swarovski crystal necklace (yellow+white on gold)
Collier de cristaux de swarovski (jaune+blanc sur or)
$15

Swarovski crystal necklace (purple+red on steel)
Collier de cristaux de swarovski (mauve+rouge sur acier)
$15

Swarovski crystal necklace (yellow+purple on gold)
Collier de cristaux de swarovski (jaune+mauve sur or)
$15

Card suit earrings
Boucles d'oreilles à enseignes de cartes
$5 EACH/CHAQUE

Blue glass bead necklace
Collier à billes de verre bleues
$15
Springtime glass bead necklace
Collier à billes de verre pringtanier
$10

Green heart glass bead earrings
Boucles d'oreilles coeurs verts en billes de verre
$5

Green circle earrings
Boucle d'oreilles circulaires vertes
$5

Heavy turquoise necklace with earrings and bracelet set
Ensemble collier turquoise lourd avec boucles d'oreilles et bracelet
$35

Purple and yellow glass bead necklace and earring set
Ensemble collier et boucles d'oreilles en billes de verre mauves et jaunes
$10

Warm flower necklace and earrings set
Ensemble collier et boucles d'oreilles fleuri aux couleurs chaudes
$20

Metal, blackstone red turquoise necklace and earrings set
Ensemble collier et boucles d'oreilles de métal, blackstone et turquoises rouges
$20

Earthy bead necklace
Collier à billes couleurs terre
$12

Other examples (sold or reserved) / Autres exemples (vendus ou réservés)

INFO
Contact:
France: gmccauley@videotron.ca
Évelyne: redequinox@gmail.com

glasscap — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:00:43 GMT

OTAKON

SORA HIMOTO
CHECK: Wig (needs styling), boots, socks, glove (needs emblem + ribbon), belt + buckle
ON THE WAY: Costume
MISSING: Shorts, ribbon

TSUBAKI YAYOI
CHECK: Wig (needs styling)
ON THE WAY: N/A
MISSING: Entire costume, hair ornaments

BEELZEBUB OF GLUTTONY
CHECK: Boots?
ON THE WAY: Costume
MISSING: Wig

SAYAKA MIKI
CHECK: Gloves (needs modifying), two colors of fabric, patterns
ON THE WAY: Wig
MISSING: Rest of the fabric needed, boots, props (sword + soul gem), hairclips

ARADIA MEGIDO (ALIVE)
CHECK: Shirt, lipstick, shoes, socks
ON THE WAY: N/A
MISSING: Wig, skirt, horns!!, body makeup (white fedora, whip?)

Possibly: Two pairs of colored contacts (red and blue)? They would cover all of the above costumes.

FUTURE COSPLAY PLANS

ARADIA MEGIDO (GHOST)

ARADIA MEGIDO (DREAMSELF)

ARADIA MEGIDO (GOD TIER)

CLARISSA ARWIN (FIRST OUTFIT) ?

EXTREMIST (FEMALE)

NAN ?

...WTF.

glasscap — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:02:36 GMT

Originally posted by lavenderfrost at ...WTF.

Well, there goes my good mood for the day.

NYTimes, the bastion of quality reporting, reported on the gang-rape of an 11 year-old girl in Texas that's led to charges against 18 high-school boys so far - all well and good so far, right? Shit like this NEEDS publicity to raise awareness.

Only problem is, they repeated - without refutation or critical commentary - the claims that the girl brought the rape on herself because of the way she was dressed.

Choice Quotes (No cut b/c everyone needs to see this - DEAL.):

“It’s just destroyed our community,” said Sheila Harrison, 48, a hospital worker who says she knows several of the defendants. “These boys have to live with this the rest of their lives.” As opposed to the victim, who's gonna bounce back lickety-fucking-split, right?

Residents in the neighborhood where the abandoned trailer stands — known as the Quarters — said the victim had been visiting various friends there for months. They said she dressed older than her age, wearing makeup and fashions more appropriate to a woman in her 20s. She would hang out with teenage boys at a playground, some said. TOTALLY BEGGING FOR IT.

THIS IS RAPE CULTURE, PEOPLE.

Now, what's being said and done in this community is bad enough, but the NY Times should be fucking ashamed of themselves right now.

( Here's how to contact NYT: )

glasscap — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:23:59 GMT

THIS IS A SHITSURAKUEN POST. YEAHH

It's in two parts because I was literally missing one slot :c Despite that, please only vote for one character!

View Poll: #1673844

... And I bought the four released volumes from Amazon last Saturday and they arrived at my house yesterday. I love you, Amazon.

I scanned the covers, colored illustrations on the first pages and the omakes. I didn't scan volume 3's omakes because they've already been scanned and translated elsewhere. Also, volume 2 contains the manga's pilot chapter; I haven't scanned it yet because it takes up one third of the entire book.

Commissions v.2

glasscap — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:46:13 GMT

Right, so... I'm absolutely fucking broke and jobless and I have too much time on my hands since absolutely no one in this city is hiring, so I'm taking commissions again. Well. I never closed them at all, but this time it's a variation.

500x500 headshots that are simple and quick to do. I know it's nothing special, but if you want one... send me your request and I'll whip it up. Don't forget to send me references if they're OCs or fandom characters I'm not familiar with (just in case, include one anyway). Descriptions work too but not as well as drawn references.

The price is $4 USD per drawing. I can only take paypal, sorry. My paypal address is redequinox at gmail dot com.
Please remember to send it as a gift so you don't have to pay a fee!

Spots
1. rayquaza | COMPLETE
2. liferain | 8/8 COMPLETE | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
3. rayquaza | COMPLETE
4. Open
5. Open

glasscap — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:42:48 GMT

CHRISTMAS CARDS

It's that time of the year again. Since Canada Post sucks, I might as well do this now. You know the drill.

Comment with your address and whatever you might want me to draw in your card. If you don't have any ideas for that, I'll come up with something.

And uh... apparently Canada Post hates apartment addresses, so. Keep that in mind. :'|

glasscap — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:51:08 GMT

Friends cut.

So it's come to this. I hate to say it, but I'm not completely comfortable with some of you being on my f-list, and I have thus decided to remove you. There are several possible reasons. Perhaps we drifted apart. Maybe we never really connected in the first place. Maybe you did something or things to rub me the wrong way and/or we can't seem to see eye to eye. Hell, maybe I don't even remember who you are in the first place.

Consider this a reverse friends cut as well. If any of the above fit, feel free to remove me now instead of letting it sit and fester. In that case, I wish you the best.

If you can't see this entry, then you've been removed from my list.

Comments are screened.

glasscap — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:37:46 GMT

ART EXCHANGE MEME

♥ Comment with your name and request. Whether it's a fandom thing or an original character doesn't matter, as long as you can provide descriptions/references. ♥ If a request interests you, draw it and reply to the requester's thread. ♥ You don't necessarily have to be an artist to request. ♥ Writing is a form of art too, so if you don't feel confident in drawing something, then you can write something instead! As long as the form of the request permits it, of course. ♥ IDK HAVE FUNPimp it! <center><big><big><big><big><a href="http://glasscap.livejournal.com/675171.html">ART EXCHANGE MEME</a></big></big></big></big> <a href="YOUR THREAD URL HERE">MY THREAD</a></center>

glasscap — Fri, 28 May 2010 04:45:53 GMT

www.GivesMeHope.com

c/ped from my dA post hurfdurf

glasscap — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:32:19 GMT

Here's how it works.

• I will be taking requests from the first ten people who send me a PM with their request. First come, first serve. This is open on my deviantART as well, and this number includes both places.
• Please provide a visual reference or a very detailed description of what you want. Poses, expressions, angles, method of shading (cel or soft), all that jazz. If you're requesting an OC and lack a visual reference, I will send you a preview of the sketch and ask if anything needs to be changed.
• Payment will be done via paypal only. I will give my paypal address via PM. When I'm about halfway done with your request, I will send you a cropped preview of it as proof that I'm working on it and then I will ask for payment. That way there won't be any worries of drawing for free or paying for nothing.
• PLEASE BE PATIENT! I have never done commissions before and I really don't have an estimate for how long it takes to draw these.
• I will keep this entry updated with my progress. Commissions slots will open again when all the ones on the current/previous list have been completed.
• Prices and choices may change with time. As I said, I've never taken commissions, so I'm not really sure what a good price for a drawing is yet...!
• Everything will be done digitally, meaning there won't be any colored pencils or markers used: one because my scanner loves to rape colors, and two because it's easy to mess up with traditional media, whereas with a computer you can easily fix mistakes. That being said, there will be no shipping or anything like that involved ~~primarily because Canada Post sucks~~.
• After you get your drawing, you're free to use it however you like as long as you don't modify it and/or claim it as your own.
• If you reserve a spot and then don't send the required information within a week, your commission will be canceled.
• If you want to show me an existing picture for a pose you want me to draw, please at least ask for changes. I'm uncomfortable with redrawing poses because there's a chance they'll be easily recognized, and I don't want to be accused of plagiarism. I'm very paranoid about this. State the source of the image and change some details. It'll help a lot.

Prices (USD)
Bust shot: $5 (ink), $7 (color)
Full body: $8 (ink), $10 (color)
Every additional character: +$0.50
~~Paypal fee: +$0.45~~ Please send it as a gift ---V
Note: Sending the money as a gift on paypal doesn't require a fee, but it's not protected.

Here is an example of a standard, inked full body drawing. Examples of my coloring are present in my gallery.

What I will NOT do
-Furries
-Mecha and complex vehicles and machinery (a simple car is okay as long as you can provide a reference)
-Anything above a PG-13 rating
-Animals or creatures (with the exception of Pokémon)
-More than four characters in the same picture
-Lace, frills and very complicated armor

I think that pretty much sums it up. I'll edit this post with further details if need be, and I'll also keep a list of requesters for reference.

Thanks!

1. liferain 2/2 COMPLETE (PAID)
2. xxkamuixx COMPLETE (PAID)
3. rayquaza COMPLETE (PAID)
4. Steve COMPLETE (PAID)
5. ...dad ಠ_ಠ COMPLETE (PAID)
6. xxkamuixx COMPLETE (PAID)
7. lovelikerain COMPLETE (PAID)
8. liferain COMPLETE (PAID)
9. Open
10. Open

WAXF Script

glasscap — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:40:25 GMT

This is it, folks! The finale!

< Final Act 4 >

[The screen rumbles violently.]

Alexia: Urgh!
Clarissa: Aaaah!
Fear Clysmian: Let terror sate your empty hearts. Until the end of this world, I shall feast on the heart of the cataclysm!
Fear Clysmian: What do you think you can do with your bodies of flesh?
So long as this world is drenched in fear, how could you possibly hope to stop the disaster that is I?

[A close-up of Alexia's face shows her determined expression.]

Alexia: There is a way! We haven't abandoned hope yet...
Fear Clysmian: Whatever do you mean?
Alexia: You were the one who taught us how to stop you!

[Alexia takes a step forward, holding Iskender Bey.]

Alexia: You said the only force that could counter the power of a Clysmian is the power of the Guardians themselves...!
Felius: Matching opposing forces to cancel both out...
Felius: Colliding Guardian and Clysmian to destroy both, like the gate between worlds Weisheit opened?
Ragnar: Is that possible...?
Fear Clysmian: ...
Alexia: Humanity has no cause for fear! For Katrina is not the only princess-medium of Elesius!

[Alexia drives Iskender Bey into the ground.]

Levin: No way...!
Labyrinthia: Your Highness!

[Alexia stands by her sword and holds a hand to her heart as a bright, light blue and white light emanates from her.]

Alexia: Guardians... You who sustain this world... Answer the plea of this princess-medium of Elesius!
Alexia: I am Alexia Lynn Elesius! Can you hear my voice? Will you answer me?!

[There is a long moment of silence...]

Fear Clysmian: Did you think they would actually respond...?
Fear Clysmian: Having failed the Rite of Divine Coalescence, you could hardly hope to summon a Guardian. Have you lost your mind in terror?
Alexia: ...!
Fear Clysmian: Now cease your disgraceful ruse.

[After a small moment, Clarissa takes a hold of Alexia's hand.]

Alexia: --?!
Clarissa: Even if she couldn't do it alone, Alexia has me now!

[Clarissa mirrors Alexia's pose, holding her hand to her heart. The light grows stronger.]

Clarissa: When the two of us stand together...
Alexia: The things I could not do yesterday... I shall not fear to attempt today... For I will never give up on tomorrow!

[The light suddenly brightens exponentially, blinding the Clysmian.]

Fear Clysmian: What...what is this?!
Fear Clysmian: Is this...the power of the Guardians? This isn't possible...!
Fear Clysmian: You... You don't have the power to do this!

[The screen rumbles violently. The two girls hold Strahl Gewehr together as it accumulates a gigantic force.]

Clarissa & Alexia: Hyaaaaaaaah!

[They fire and the blast of light envelops the Clysmian.]

Fear Clysmian: Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh...!

[The screen flashes black and the Clysmian's form disappears, but the miasma remains, and so, it speaks again.]

Fear Clysmian: How...how can this be?! Has Alexia has awakened as a princess-medium despite failing the Rite?
Clarissa: We would never abandon our future so easily!
Alexia: We would never despair in the face of tragedy!
Fear Clysmian: Boast not to me, puny creatures!
Fear Clysmian: I will become one with Katrina, and stop you in my true form!

[The miasma returns to Katrina and bursts, covering the screen. As it clears, they now witness the monstrosity that is the Clysmian's true form, merged with Katrina...]

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the enemy line looks like this. The Clysmian has merged with Princess Katrina and assumed its final form...
Labyrinthia: This is the first Clysmian the human race has ever seen, a completely unknown threat--and the natural response to the unknown is fear!
I have no way to even guess at our opponent's attack or defense abilities.
Labyrinthia: ...Does this mean we are helpless against this unknown adversary?
...
No... I believe that we have the power to overcome the unknown and strike down our fears.
This is the final battle. And for my final D.E.R., I have only this to say...
.........
......
...
Let's put an end to this...together...

Disaster Maiden Katrina: None can hope to to overcome this disaster.
Disaster Maiden Katrina: May you tremble in terror until your lives are blown away...

[When Katrina is at about 2/3 of her HP...]

-Katrina took up Advanced Guard mode!-

[After a few Combination Attacks...]

-Advanced Guard broken!-

[The battle ends when Katrina is defeated.]

Alexia: Katrina...?

[Katrina's body floats, envelopped by dark energy.]

Fear Clysmian: It is futile! Futile! Fighting me is futile and meaningless!
Fear Clysmian: Since it cannot feel fear, this host can absorb it in infinite quantities, and regenerate me without end!

[The Clysmian reforms, merging with Katrina again.]

Levin: Shut the hell up, you stupid crow! Your squawking doesn't scare me!
Felius: Regenerate as much as you like--we'll be ready and waiting to kill you yet again each time!
Labyrinthia: Thay may not make a lot of sense, but there's no way we're going to let that sway us now...
Ragnar: If you're done regenerating, then how about we get started on the next round?
Ragnar: Don't keep us waiting any longer!
Fear Clysmian: Who are you kidding with all of your bluster? Your bodies are wounded and faltering, while mine is infinite! I can endure forever!

[The Clysmian charges for an attack... but Tony charges at it and nullifies it.]

Fear Clysmian: What?! How could a mere dog nullify my power?!
Tony: ...
Clarissa: C'mon--let's do it!

[The party charges at the Clysmian and we see a sequence in black and white sketches. Katrina attacks the party mercilessly. Labyrinthia protects them with a barrier and Katrina continues summoning more cronies. Ragnar and Felius fight back to back and Levin fights them off on his side. More are summoned, and Alexia raises Iskender Bey above her head and brings it down, creating a huge blast of energy. Clarissa runs up to the Clysmian and jumps, trying to attack with the butt of Strahl Gewehr, but Katrina blocks it. Clarissa blasts at it, jumping back. It seems to have an effect and the party watches on as the Clysmian merely regenerates again, and they charge once more...]

Levin: Back again, same as before... This is getting old, crow! But I've still got some fight in me...
Fear Clysmian: Why? Why do you fight when you know you will never achieve victory? Does that give you no pause?
Fear Clysmian: Why do you mortal humans stand against an eternal being?
Clarissa: As you say, we are mortal... None of us can live forever.
Clarissa: But we won't give up on living our lives for all they're worth just because we're going to die someday!
Clarissa: This valiant battle... There's nothing futile about it!
Alexia: The length of our lives doesn't matter. As long as humanity has a future, there'll be someone to inherit our glory!
Alexia: If each of us hurls ourselves against those limits, with souls ablaze, we can beat back any darkness!
Alexia: Don't look down upon us, Clysmian! We are stronger foes than you realize!
Fear Clysmian: Grrr... You insignificant...

[A light blue crackle appears on the screen, like glass breaking, and a cut-in shows the top of Katrina's body beginning to crack.]

Fear Clysmian: What?! What's happening...?!

[It crackles again and we hear the sound of glass slowly breaking and falling apart.]

Fear Clysmian: My body is breaking down... How can this be?! I am eternal...!

[We see Katrina against a black background.]

Katrina: It is because you've become afraid.
Alexia: Katrina?!
Katrina: Because Alexia and her friends refused to abandon their fight against you...you were finally struck with a twinge of fear. As a part of you, I felt it happen...

[The crackling grows.]

Fear Clysmian: That... That can't be...

[Its body starts to fade and Katrina's body glows. Dark feathers fall down and she looks at her hands as they begin to break apart.]

Katrina: Your very existence is based on the inability to know far yourself. At the moment you felt it, that contradiction spelled your destruction.
Katrina: And as your host, I too was finally able to understand this thing called fear...
Clarissa: Princess Katrina! What are you doing?!

[Katrina looks up at the gaping maw in the sky.]

Katrina: This is not the sky of the Elesius I love...
Katrina: Mother and Father and Alexia used to smile at me beneath a sky so vast and blue that I'd forget there was ever a ground beneath me.
Katrina: So much joy has already been torn from us, but in Elesius, and in Filgaia, our memories still remain...
Katrina: I couldn't bear to see those memories be torn away as well... That truly frightens me.
Fear Clysmian: Stop this, Princess-Medium! You and I ar one! If I am destroyed, you too would be rent from this world!
Katrina: But if I were to stop now...we could never defeat you.

[The screen rumbles as the Clysmian continues to crumble.]

Fear Clysmian: Urrr...AAAAAAAAGH!
Alexia: Katrina! Please, stop! You don't need to do this!
Alexia: I can't bear to lose you too!
Katrina: I was tired of always being protected. I wanted to be like all of you. I wanted to protect the things that I love.
Katrina: I wanted to fight!
Katrina: But before I could fight, I needed to triumph over my inability to fear...
Katrina: Now...now I'm fighting beside you, Alexia, aren't I? Together, we're fighting to protect the things that we love...
Alexia: Katrina!
Clarissa: Princess Katrina!

[The crackling spreads more and more on Katrina's body and she reaches a hand out to Alexia.]

Katrina: I'm scared... Alexia, I'm so scared...
Katrina: I feel like I'm being sucked away... It's getting darker... Soon I'll be all alone...

[Alexia runs towards her, frantically.]

Alexia: Katrina! Katrina!! KATRINAAAAAAA!!!
Alexia: Katrina...
Katrina: I was... Katrina Liane Elesius... Wasn't I...?

[Just as Alexia reaches her sister's hand, she closes her hand to wrap her fingers around it... but Katrina has already disappeared. Alexia falls to her knees and hangs her head, weeping.]

Alexia: ...
Alexia: Katrina... You were Katrina Liane Elesius... But you were also...my beloved sister...

[The screen rumbles and we see the gate up in the sky.]

Clarissa: Felius!
Felius: That's it! The way is clear! Now I just need to get to the Lombardia and close the gate!
Clarissa: I'm going with you!
Felius: ...
Clarissa: Maybe I won't be able to help, but at least I'll be there to take you back home!
Felius: There's no time! We must hurry, Clarissa!

[The two run off in direction of Weisheit's base.]

Clarissa: So Weisheit had a hideout here, too...
Felius: This is where he set up the gate generator.
Clarissa: Gate generator...?
Felius: It's a machine that creates interdimensional gates--like the "hole" in the sky above us.
Felius: ...
Felius: Gate generators use Elw Borean technology. It must've taken him hundreds of years to create one here on Filgaia...
Clarissa: ...
Felius: And this...

[The two arrive before the Lombardia in a hangar.]

Felius: ...is the dragon-class interdimensional transport vessel, Lombardia. The ship that brought us here.

[The two of them board the Lombardia and sit down at the pilot's seat.]

Clarissa: What...what should I do?
Felius: Just watch this number here, and make sure its rate of increase doesn't exceed the limits shown.
Clarissa: Uh, right!
Felius: Kressen said he'd planned to use my body to fly the Lombardia...
Felius: How ironic... Kressen's painstaking repairs have made things that much easier for us.
Clarissa: Felius...
Felius: Don't worry. I'll get it done.
Clarissa: I know, but...how?!
Felius: It looks like the linear catapult is online. We'll be able to reach the gate within seconds!
Felius: See that harness? Put it on--it'll keep you in the seat in case of a sudden jolt!
Clarissa: Um, you mean this? If you say so...

[Outside, Labyrinthia and Alexia watch as the gate to the hangar opens.]

Labyrinthia: Alexia...
Alexia: Like a dandelion seed about to be swept away by the wind... Who knows where it might land...

[Snow blows around them as the Lombardia launches and shoots for the sky. Inside...]

Felius: The Lombardia is a dragon-class interdimensional vessel. It can open gates to reach other dimensions!
Felius: In other words, it has an onboard gate generator! If we use that...!
Clarissa: So the key that opens the gate is the same key that closes the gate?!
Felius: We have the energy! All that's left is to try to match the expansion rate of the runaway gate...
Clarissa: I know we can do it. So let's do it!
Felius: Right!

[The ship stops just under the gate.]

Felius: Coordinates are set. Bypass control...good, energy's being shunted to the gate generator...
Felius: To counteract the gate's runaway expansion, we'll need to repair the damage to the dimensional rim...
Clarissa: ...

[Felius pushes a lever to his side.]

Felius: Maximum drive!

[He pushes it to the limit and the ship glows a golden light. However, he puts both hands on the lever and tries to hold it as the screen shakes.]

Felius: Urrrrrgh... This resistance is crazy! It's pushing the lever back...
Felius: I can't match the gate's expansion rate. I'll have to blow the generators... It's...the only option left...

[Clarissa puts her hands on his and helps push the lever.]

Felius: Huh?!
Clarissa: I can't just sit back and watch!
Felius: ...Clarissa...
Clarissa: I want to help too. I should just keep pushing this, right?
Felius: We have to blow the Lombardia's generators... It's the only way we'll have enough energy to counteract the disruption at the center of the event horizon.
Clarissa: I have no idea what that means, but...it'll save everyone, right?
Felius: Right...
Clarissa: Then...we can't afford to fail now!

[They continue to push the lever and Felius manages to jam his halberd into it to secure it in place. The two stand from their seats.]

Felius: There, the lever's locked. Safety...off. Time to start the countdown...

[An alarm goes off and the room flashes red.]

Clarissa: Huh?! What...what's going on?!
Felius: Don't worry. C'mon, this way.
Clarissa: As long as we stay together, I know it'll work!
Felius: ...

[They make their way through the ship and stop before an escape pod.]

Clarissa: What's this...?
Felius: I want you to get inside the pod, and wait for instructions.
Clarissa: I don't see how that'll help, but, all right...

[Clarissa climbs into the pod. Felius looks at her and she pops her head out.]

Clarissa: Wait...! What about you?!
Felius: ...
Clarissa: Hey!
Felius: You have to return to Filgaia...
Clarissa: --?!
Clarissa: When we go back, we'll go back together!
Clarissa: As long as we stay together, we can do anything, right...?
Clarissa: Right? ...Right?!
Felius: ...
Clarissa: Felius, you can't do this! Don't do this to me!

[We see a cut-in of the gate generator.]

Felius: I have to activate the Lombardia's gate generator. I can only do that if I stay behind.
Clarissa: But... But then--
Felius: I know. But you need to go back to Filgaia.
Felius: You have to extract the secret of the Yggdrasil System from the Legacy Ruins. You have to stop Filgaia's decay.

[A sepia version of Melissa's death scene is shown.]

Felius: Clarissa... You inherited Melissa's dream.
Felius: And now that dream is your dream too. Right?
Clarissa: But I... I can't sacrifice you to make our dream come true!
Clarissa: We've always been together...
Clarissa: How can we be torn apart now, after we've been together all this time...?
Felius: ...

[Clarissa looks up at Felius pleadingly.]

Clarissa: Don't leave me alone!!
Felius: ...
Felius: No matter how much pain this brings you... This is my desire... This is my one and only dream...
Clarissa: ...
Felius: I'm an alien from Elw Borea...
Felius: I always thought it wouldn't be right for me to desire anything on Filgaia, to want anything from myself.

[We see Felius standing alone on a yellowish-pink background with bubbles of light.]

Felius: But by coming to Filgaia, I gained something new... A family.

[Melissa and young Clarissa appear at his sides.]

Felius: At first, it was the short time I spent in our family of three, with you and Melissa.

[They're replaced by Clarissa in her first outfit, Labyrinthia, Alexia, Levin and Ragnar.]

Felius: And then my family grew to include everyone in Chevalet Blanc.

[Felius looks down at Clarissa again.]

Felius: All of them...
Felius: True friends, who hold their dreams dear. THey live their lives to the fullest, willing to endure anything in pursuit of those goals.
Felius: ...
Felius: Traveling with such friends, I too began to search for a dream to pursue...
Felius: And finally, I discovered a dream of my own on Filgaia.
Clarissa: Your own...dream...?
Felius: Yes, Clarissa...
Felius: My dream is to one day see everyone else's dreams come true.
Clarissa: ...
Felius: It's a big dream, as good as anyone else's, right?
Felius: And to make that dream come true, I want to send you back to Filgaia. I want you to protect everyone, and protect Filgaia itself.
Clarissa: But...I came along so I could bring you back with me...

[They grasp each other's hands tightly.]

Felius: Don't worry. Someday I'll come back.
Felius: I won,t let what you said become a lie, Clarissa. I know how much you hate lies, and I would never make a liar out of you.
Clarissa: Felius...
Felius: Even when you let go of my hand, I'll always be holding yours. No matter where I am. No matter how far away.
Clarissa: Yeah... Because we're family...

[She sits back into the pod and Felius closes it. Clarissa looks at him through the window on the front. She seems him say something, but can't hear him. He turns and runs down the hall.]

Clarissa: Felius! Felius!! You know...

[The screen turns black and Clarissa cries.]

Clarissa: We were always together, but I... I never had a chance to tell you... ...So please, Felius...

[Outside, the Lombardia glows gold, and the escape pod is launched. Felius sits in the pilot's seat as the alarm continues.]

Felius: Kressen! This is the end!
Felius: I've succeeded despite you! Because this time--
Felius: I've protected everyone!!!

[Felius smashes his fist against a red button behind a safety glass, and the gate generator explodes. The Lombardia explodes beneath the gate as the escape pod falls and the ending theme begins playing. The party runs together, looking at the sky, in order to get to Clarissa's falling pod. As it nears the ground, the pod dissolves into golden light, and Alexia catches Clarissa as she drifts down. She holds Clarissa tightly. Clarissa opens her eyes but closes them again as she begins to cry. The others look up as the sky becomes blue again, and the camera pans up to show the sun shining down on them. The credits roll. After the credits, we see Elesius's flag waving in the wind.]

[NARRATIVE]: Chevalet Blanc returned to the capital to begin the long task of restoring peace and order to the shattered kingdom of Elesius.
[NARRATIVE]: One month later, Princess-Regent Alexia Lynn Elesius lifted the state of emergency that had been declared throughout the kingdom, and the chain of incidents that had begun with the Council of Elder Statesmen seizing power was finally brought to a close.
[NARRATIVE]: And with its final task complete, Chevalet Blanc was dissolved.

[We see an illustration of Alexia, with her hair longer and wearing her princess dress, giving a speech from a balcony of the castle.]

[NARRATIVE]: Alexia promptly abolished the monarchy that had led Elesius, in order to search for a new form of government in which all could participate.
It was without question a difficult road she had chosen, a reformation that could take years to complete. Would future generations vilify her as the destroyer of Elesius?
Whenever she begun to lose heart, Alexia recalled the words of her father, Hrathnir. If their crossed swords had told him of her own feelings, surely she could understand his desires as well. And so, she continued forward with renewed determination--whispering the name of her valiant, beloved sister all the while...

[Next we see Levin at his home, holding her two index fingers to his temple and looking troubled and deep in thought.]

[NARRATIVE]: Levin, once more a proud member of House Brenton, worked with his father, Eisen, to help restore Elesius. His glimpse of the outer world taught him that he must strive with all his might to gasp his future, and that he cannot go forward all on his own. His next step should be a much more decisive one.
At least, in theory.
Two distinct feelings continued to torment his heart. Toward which one would he take that next step...? There was no end in sight to Levin's days of youthful suffering.

[Labyrinthia is at the front of a classroom, pointing at a blackboard and holding a book as she teaches a class of children. She's wearing glasses, but not her cape.]

[NARRATIVE]: Labyrinthia declined an invitation to resume her position as the court magician, instead opening a private school in Elensia.
To her, education was not about merely teaching facts: it was a way of giving children the potential and freedom to choose their own ways of life. Is that not what Hrathir wanted, after all?
Freedom and possibilities... Perhaps those were nothing more than sweet poison. But Labyrinthia hoped to work with the people of Elesius to find answers to the myriad questions posed by Alexia's reforms.

[Ragnar is somewhere outside, holding a ladle as he kneels by a pot of stew and hands out a bowl to a child in rags. More dark-skinned children wait in line.]

[NARRATIVE]: Ragnar bore witness to the destruction of the Elesius that had taken his homeland. When he saw it being rebuilt into a new nation, he said farewell to his former companions, departing on a journey to quiet the flames of war that still raged across Filgaia.
Ragnar knew well the depth of the colossal undertaking to which he had set himself upon, but he could hardly bear to stand by while others continued to suffer.
Even if no answer was apparent, one could still struggle against the problems until they finally gave way. After all, what better way to show one's desire to find true strength?

-The Open Wilderness-

[The desert. The sky is tinged with colors of twilight. We see a pair of dandelions in a cut-in.]

Clarissa: Even way out here, there are flowers blooming...
Clarissa: I'm not alone, you know.
Clarissa: No one in this world is truly alone.

[Clarissa stands in the wilderness, looking at the sunset sky as Tony sits by her. A star in the distance twinkles brightly as the wind blows through her hair.]

Clarissa: Felius... I wonder what you're doing right now?
Clarissa: Where are you? When are you coming back? Are you taking care of yourself?
Clarissa: As for me, I'm still giving it my all.
Clarissa: After all--I don't want to make a liar out of myself!

-THE END-

[After a while, the screen turns black, and...]

[NARRATIVE]: "ELEVEN YEARS LATER... IN A REMOTE CORNER OF THE WORLD, A MIRACLE OCCURED, AND THE PROMISE OF DAYS LONG PAST WAS FULFILLED."

-Tutorial: About Clear Data-
* You can now save a Clear Data file, allowing you to start an "Ex. New Game".
* If you load a saved Clear Data file, the game will start at the beginning, but you will retain all of your items and gella from the previous playthrough.
* Additionally, the amount of EXP, CSP, and gella earned from each battle will increase. With each successive playthrough, it increases further.
* It is highly recommended that you save your Clear Data to a separate file and do not overwrite your regular save data.

[The player is prompted to save and is finally taken back to the title screen.]

WAXF Script

glasscap — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:32:26 GMT

< Final Act 3 >

[A trail forms to Silver Peaks, marked with a red !. Tactical Map style, we see the very top of Mt. Urartu... and Edna, of all people, suddenly warps in.]

Edna?: How did I...? The jump coordinates must have slipped...
...This body still isn't strong enough to handle the power I need...

[She looks around.]

Edna?: The dimensional collapse... It's growing, expanding...
...Without Felius's body...I can't allow this to continue... It would render centuries of work meaningless...
Edna?: ...Time for a change of plan...
I'll have to stop the gate generator before it destroys both Elw Borea and Filgaia...

[All of a sudden, Katrina floats up to her.]

Katrina: Hee hee hee hee hee...
Edna?: Katrina...?
Katrina: Now what would you be doing here?
Edna?: Get out of my way, Katrina! I don't have time for you now!
Katrina: You wouldn't, would you? After all, Filgaia's about to blink out of existence...
Edna?: Why...how did you know that...?

[Katrina floats a little to the side in order to face Edna.]

Katrina: I don't need to know it. I can feel it. I've never heard Filgaia scream so loudly before.
Edna?: Then get out of my way. There'S still time...I can still stop the worlds from annihilating each other!
Katrina: Why do I have to get out of your way? Why do I even have to listen to you?
Edna?: What...?
Katrina: Can't you feel the fear...? It's about to erupt all over Filgaia, crossing every boundary known to man...
And when that happens, I'll finally be able to understand what fear is truly like...
Edna?: So you're mad after all...
Katrina: Hee hee hee hee hee...
You're scared of yourself, aren't you? Of all the things you've done. There's no point trying to hide it.
That's all you're capable of in the end. It makes me laugh, seeing you hope for far more than you'd ever deserve...
Edna?: Get out of my way!!
Katrina: No.
Edna?: How dare you!!

[Several small blasts of light ignite around them, one at a time, gradually getting closer to Edna.]

Katrina: Didn't you know?
I despise you.

[Katrina throws her arm up in the air and calls forth a large blast of energy and fire to annihilate Edna - and Weisheit - from existence once and for all. Just as the remnants of the blast disappear, Chevalet Blanc arrives at the scene. Back to the normal cutscene style.]

Katrina: Ah hah hah hah hah hah hah! Ah hah hah... Hah hah hah hah hah hah hah!
Katrina: What succulent fear, all cascading into me! And it will only continue to transform into even greater terror!
Katrina: Crumble, world! Suck every living creature into your ultimate destruction!
Katrina: All you who will be sacrificed, heed my demand. Offer up your fear unto me! Let your terror teach me its secrets!
Katrina: Hee hee hee... Ah hah hah hah hah hah!
Alexia: Katrina...

[Katrina suddenly stops laughing and scowls darkly.]

Katrina: Alexia...
Katrina: I suppose you too intend to stop the destruction of the world?
Clarissa: Princess Katrina... Is stopping you even possible anymore?
Katrina: What can mere humans do to stop me?
Levin: ...

[The screen's colors invert for a split second and Katrina holds her hand to her chest, speaking softly.]

Katrina: I just want to understand. I only want to know what it means to feel fear...
Labyrinthia: ...
Katrina: Why wouldn't anyone ever teach me?
Ragnar: ...

[She clutches her head.]

Katrina: I've always wanted to understand it. But because I don't understand... Because I've never known fear, I invited this upon us...
Felius: ...

[The colors invert again and she lets go of her head, scowling again.]

Katrina: You can't stop it. There is no way to stop it. No one can stop this swell of fear...
Clarissa: Princess Katrina...
Alexia: Katrina...

[The colors invert again and she clutches her head.]

Katrina: ...
Clarissa: It'll be okay. You don't need to worry....
Alexia: We'll find a way to save you!
Alexia: I swear that we will find a way to end your misery!
Katrina: ...Yeah...

[The colors invert twice and Katrina screws her eyes shut. She floats up to the air ominously, raising her head as she seems to scream with red eyes. She seems to be shocked by electricity and collapses to the ground. Dark miasma emanates from her and soon, the same giant crow as before flies up above Chevalet Blanc. Red markings appear on its face and wings.]

Labyrinthia: That... That's not a Guardian!

[The crow speaks in a voice resembling Katrina's, but deeper and morbidly distorted.]

Fear Clysmian: Katrina touched a wave of fear, but could not comprehend it. As a result, she summoned not a Guardian, but me.
Fear Clysmian: Indeed, I am no Guardian. I am the antipole of a Guardian.
Fear Clysmian: I am disaster made flesh!

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the enemy line looks like this.
Labyrinthia: The black incarnation lies before us. The great raven of doom spreads its wings, wings born from fear itself.
This is a Clysmian...
Labyrinthia: Compared to before...the silhouette hasn't changed, but I can detect several small differences.
Perhaps it's learned from the previous battle and evolved itself to better deal with our attacks.
Let's counter that by taking a different approach from before. Recall how we fought it in the old capital!

Fear Clysmian: I can feel it--the fear you release! How fragrant it is!
As long as you have breath, there is no escaping fear...the purest, most powerful emotion there is! Let's see how much I can extract from you!

[The battle ends when the Fear Clysmian is defeated.]

Clarissa: Did we kill it?

[More miasma emanates from Katrina's body on the ground, and the Clysmian appears above them again.]

Levin: It...it came back?!
Ragnar: There's no end to this! It'll just keep wearing us down!
Fear Clysmian: I cannot be destroyed by the hand of man. The threat that emanates from above is sowing terror in the hearts of all beings...
Fear Clysmian: That river of fear will revive this body despite your pitiful attempts to destroy it.

[The screen shakes violently.]

Clarissa: Aaaah!
Fear Clysmian: Katrina has summoned me into this world. Here, I can feed on the fear of others, and sustain myself indefinitely.
Fear Clysmian: None can fight this power.
Fear Clysmian: Mine is the force that opposes the Guardians... You will learn what my existence means!

[The screen fades to black and the player is prompted to save.]

WAXF Script

glasscap — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:21:31 GMT

< Final Act 2 >

[A path from Foothills of No Return forms to Trail to the Summit, which is marked with a red !. As the party makes its way up the mountain, they look up to the sky. Alexia hangs her head.]

Alexia: The sky... The azure skies of Elesius are no more...
Clarissa: But we can't afford to hang our heads in despair! Whatever happens, we have to keep looking up!

[Alexia looks up and turns to Clarissa.]

Alexia: Yes... To support ourselves when we're about to fall... And to support others when they're about to fall...!

[The screen shakes momentarily.]

Labyrinthia: What was that?!
Felius: The dimensional collapse is progressing. It's beginning to threaten the structural integrity of Filgaia itself.
Levin: What's that supposed to mean?!
Ragnar: I haven't a clue myself.
Ragnar: But it's pretty clear that *something's* going on, so I doubt we have much of a choice but to accept what Felius says...
Clarissa: We have to hurry! If these disturbances spread throughout Filgaia...

[Tactical Map style, the party is confronted by a group of bird enemies envelopped in purple miasma.]

Alexia: Monsters?! But there's something strange about them...
Felius: The dimensional collapse is expanding--twisting the very fabric of life.
Levin: So...does that make them dangerous?
Felius: ...I don't know.
The structure of matter, the laws of nature, and even basic scientific principles are beginning to deviate from what we used to know them to be.
We'll have to discard everything we've relied on in order to deal with these mutated creatures.
Labyrinthia: I don't possess any knowledge that would be of use in such a situation...
Labyrinthia: But what we do have is courage! And with courage, we have no need to cower from the unknown!
Levin: ...I think you're kinda miscast for that line, Ms. Wordsworth, but you delivered it pretty well!
Labyrinthia: Ahem!...Though to be honest, my head is swimming after that whole courage speech...

[Everyone turns to look at Labyrinthia.]

Ragnar: Come on, this is no different from anything else we've faced. Against the extraordinary, the ordinary wins every time. Let's just do what we always do!
Labyrinthia: Precisely! I knew we had it in us!
Clarissa: I'm not sure this is the best time for this team-bonding stuff, people...
Alexia: It doesn't matter what we're facing! We've made it this far--we can triumph over anything!

[The party turns to the group of monsters and get ready.]

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the enemy line looks like this.
Labyrinthia: What we have before us is something completely new--transformed creatures of some sort.
Given how mutated these monsters appear, their skills and fighting style will undoubtedly differ from what we know as well.
Labyrinthia: These monsters may appear to all be of the same type, but we should prepare ourselves for any kind of combat.
Prepare a mixture of unit types and skills, making sure that any weaknesses and blind spots are fully covered.
Labyrinthia: We can't afford to tire ourselves out too much with this battle.
Our real objective lies beyond!

[The battle ends when all enemies are defeated. The party looks up at the gate in the sky.]

Labyrinthia: It looks like a little bit more of Elesius's sky has been swallowed up...
Alexia: If this were an enemy we could kill, there would be any number of ways to deal with it, but...
Ragnar: This is an entirely different sort of foe, isn't it?

[They look at Felius.]

Levin: Isn't there anything we can do...?
Felius: There is a way. So don't give up yet!
Clarissa: Of course not! There's no way anyone's going to quit now! But...

[Clarissa stops mid-sentence and hangs her head.]

Felius: ...
Labyrinthia: Perhaps you could start by explaining what exactly it is that's polluting our sky?
Felius: It's a tear in the boundary between the two worlds, a gaping maw that threatens to swallow both.
Clarissa: Two worlds...
Felius: Kressen--Weisheit, rather--spoke of it earlier.
Felius: He said that to exact his revenge, he was going to make the worlds of Elw Borea and Filgaia consume each other.
Levin: If that's what's happening, then we're done for! What could we possibly do to stop it?!

[Labyrinthia brings a hand to her chin in thought.]

Labyrinthia: If the destruction of the worlds is all stemming from that tear in the sky...
Labyrinthia: Then if we could somehow mend the tear, wouldn't that solve the whole problem?
Levin: Ms. Wordsworth! We're supposed to be thinking of practical solutions here!
Felius: No--that is exactly what we need to do.

[Levin and Clarissa are shocked.]

Levin: Whaaaaaaat?!
Clarissa: But how could we possibly...?
Felius: The mechanical ship that Eisen was telling us about... It's the Lombardia, an interdimensional vessel that is capable of traveling to other worlds.
Felius: To put it simply...
Felius: The Lombardia is equipped with a device that can open a gate connecting this world to another world.
Labyrinthia: And a device that can open a gate is a device that can also close a gate, I presume?
Alexia: Ah, I see... Your intellect is as keen as ever, Labyrinthia. I never would have thought of that.
Ragnar: But is it really going to be that simple?
Felius: Weisheit must have started the dimensional collapse by overloading the gate generator to create a gate that expands without limit...
Felius: If the Lombardia's gate convergence rate were to exceed the gate's expansion rate, then, theoretically...
Alexia: Theoretically, indeed...
Alexia: But in order to make that theory a reality, I suspect we'll need to do more than just think about numbers.
Clarissa: And that means there *is* something we can do! Let's go!!

[The scene changes to somewhere in the wastelands.]

[NARRATIVE]: Meanwhile...

[A coach is seen, and of course, Edna is inside, barking orders at the driver.]

Edna: Hurry! Hurry, I say! I'm sick of your dawdling!
Edna: I don't care which ship I board, just so long as it'll take me away from this dump! It'll be me abandoning Elesius, not the other way around!
Edna: Heh heh heh heh... And I still have most of the treasure that we took from the castle. I'll be able to live in the lap of luxury for quite some time...
Edna: Charlton called it a "war fund", but that just shows how little the lowborn know about spending money.
Edna: I'll just leave Elesius, seduce some young nobleman somewhere, and wait for an opportunity to regain my proper standing.
Edna: As if I'd let myself rot in a place like this!

[The screen shakes after a crashing sound and the coach stops. The horse whinnies and Edna shrieks.]

Edna: Aaaaaaaaaah! What...what was that?!

[There are two more crashes.]

Edna: What the... What's happening out there?! Who would interfere with the heroine of the story?!

[Edna steps out of the coach.]

Edna: Huh? Escorts! Where are you?! How dare you leave me alone out here!

[She looks around... and sees her escorts dead on the ground.]

Edna: Eee...EEEYAAAAAAAH!

[Before the coach... stands a beaten up Weisheit.]

Weisheit: It's been a long time, Reverend Mother...
Edna: Wha... W-Weisheit?! I thought you were supposed to be dead!
Weisheit: Heh heh heh... I've been hearing that a lot lately...
Edna: What do you mean? What are you planning to do to me?!
Weisheit: I want your body. At this point, I can't afford to be picky. You must give it to me!
Edna: Eee...EEEYAAAAAAAH!

[Weisheit holds a hand to his face, showing only a glowing orange eye.]

Weisheit: Entrust your body to me...

[He steps towards Edna but she clenches her fist and yells.]

Edna: Stay right there! Don't come any closer!

[She takes out a dagger and lunges at him, stabbing him right in the stomach.]

Weisheit: U...urgh...
Edna: I wouldn't give it up to a loser like you! I'm not that easy!

[Weisheit, despite the wounds, gets closer still.]

Weisheit: I care nothing for your will. I will crush it beneath my heel! You, and Chevalet Blanc, and this whole world!

[A blast of white light covers the screen just as Edna brings her hands to her face in horror.]

Edna: EEEEEEEEYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAH...!!!

[Edna's voice distorts morbidly at the end of her scream and the screen fades to black, prompting the player to save.]

WAXF Script

glasscap — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:00:48 GMT

< Final Act: When Flowers Once Again Bloom >

< Final Act 1 >

[NARRATIVE]: Severald days after the hole appeared in the sky...

[We see the purple sky with the gate. A few cut-ins show that the sky is the same seen from several cities.]

-Council Chamber-

Alexia: ...So, as a contingency measure, I would like the Royal Knights to direct the evacuation.
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: Understood. And what about you, Your Highness?
Labyrinthia: We've received a report from the survey expedition that was investigating the spiraling singularity--the "hole", if you will.
Labyrinthia: They've determined that the "hole" is located directly above Mt. Urartu, and that it's slowly growing in size.
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: Mt. Urartu...?
Levin: Does that mean something to you, Father?

[Eisen closes his eyes in thought.]

Royal Knights Captain Eisen: ...
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: Your Highness... I am embarrassed to report this, as it was a shameful moment for the Royal Knights, but...
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: ...
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: Earlier, when we were tracking the movements of Weisheit, we infiltrated a secret hideout of his in Mt. Urartu.
Alexia: A hideout of Weisheit's?
Levin: That was where he took you down and made you turn against the princess, right?
Clarissa: Hey, don't interrupt!

[Levin pouts and puts his hands behind his head.]

Royal Knights Captain Eisen: We had heard legends of a mechanical ship at the base of Mt. Urartu, which is why we went to investigate there in the first place.
Felius: A mechanical ship...?
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: Yes.
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: Stories of a mechanical ship falling from the heavens and crashing into the mountain several hundred years ago are still told in nearby settlements.
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: The shape of the vessel was said to ressemble a dragon...
Felius: The Lombardia...
Clarissa: ...Felius...
Felius: The Lombardia was my ship...and it's presumably what brought Kressen to Filgaia, as well.
Alexia: Kressen... The man who now calls himself Weisheit...
Ragnar: And now, there's a hole in the sky... Are we to assume that somehow he's involved again?
Labyrinthia: But isn't Weisheit...
Felius: But outside of Weisheit, no one on Filgaia would be able to use Elw Borean technology!
Felius: This is his doing, it has to be!
Clarissa: And now we know where he is. Let's go!
Alexia: We're the only ones who are available at the moment. So this is something that only we can do.
Clarissa: Weisheit has run roughshod over Filgaia for far too long! We need to put an end to this!

[The party sets out from the council chamber, but Eisen stops Levin.]

Royal Knights Captain Eisen: ...Levin.

[Levin turns to him.]

Levin: Don't try to stop me, Father. I have to do this to protect our world.
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: That's the path you've chosen. I won't try to stop you.
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: But do come home from time to time. The anniversary of your mother's death is coming up, you know.
Levin: But...you said I wasn't welcome...
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: You took a key to the mansion when you left, didn't you?
Levin: Ah...!
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: I let you take that key. So you could come home whenever you were ready.

[Levin gets flustered.]

Levin: Father...! That's hardly disowning me, now is it?!
Levin: ...

[He smirks and puts his hand to his heart.]

Levin: But...thanks.
Levin: Maybe we should throw a party or something on Mother's anniversary this year.
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: Your mother was a lot like you... She always lived for excitement. I think a party would make her happy.
Levin: Then we'll do it as soon as I get back. For now, I'd better get moving.

[Levin turns and leaves, and Eisen watches him go with a smile.]

-Elensia-

(Shop)
Shop Clerk: Hello. It looks as though we're in for some rough weather.
Shop Clerk (Talk): The sky has a sort of muddiness to it that I really don't like. It's just like an abstract painting of someone's nightmare.
---
City Resident: To tell the truth, I've got the jitters. I keep thinking I'd be able to tough it out if only King Hrathnir were here...
---
Shop Owner: Do these skies mean that the Guardians have grown angry? I'm sure Katrina could do something to appease them if only she were around...

(Synth. Shop)
Forger Sonnetica: No matter what we may be in for, I refuse to turn my back on this workshop.
This place holds the hopes and dreams of generations of synthesizers who came before me.
Forger Sonnetica (Talk): Welcome back. This shard of bravery will endow an item with the power to banish your fears. Now, let me show you the power of synthesis!!
---
Royal Knight: On my honor as a Royal Knight, I'll defend the kingdom, the capital, and the people until my very last breath!!
---
Royal Knight: Your Highness, you must set out for Mt. Urartu as soon as you are able. Do take care to prepare well for your journey, though.

(Pub)
Lemarchand the Waitress: The Drifters who had been in the shop are all lending a hand evacuating people from the capital.
Lemarchand the Waitress (Talk): Where could Reverend Mother Edna be at a time like this?
No one's sure of Lady Katrina's whereabouts yet, either. It worries me, I tell you.
---
Famm the Drifter: Wh-what the hell?! Looks like the world went and got itself into a pickle while I was tyin' one on!
Aw man... Not lookin' too cool right now...
---
Hazel the Drifter: Hey, isn't there something we could be doing? It'd be a shame if we Drifters didn't pitch in and do our part, what with things as they are.

(Streets)
Royal Knight: Princess Katrina has been missing for some time now.
Thanks to the current state of affairs, though, the people out there looking for her have had to put the search on hold.
---
Marone the Drifter: The air seems to waver from time to time, and then I hear this low, rumbling sound... Do you think it's just my imagination?

[Upon leaving Elensia, a link from Lonely Waterside forms to Foothills of No Return, which is marked with a red !.]

-Lefas Corner-

(Shop)
Smiling Lady: With the sky looking so odd, the sun can't very well smile down on us, can it? I won't be able to dry my laundry, either... What a pickle!
Smiling Lady: I can't stop thinking of waking up tomorrow to a bright and sunny day... I can hardly wait!
---
Farmer Returning from the Fields: I don't want the world to end yet... The vegetables in my field are waiting for me to harvest them! O Guardian of the Fields, please grant us your protection!

(Synth. Shop)
Matthew the Forger: I had a nightmare that the sky looked strange, but it didn't look nearly as bad as it looks in real life...
Anyway, now that I'm awake, I might as well do some work.
Matthew the Forger (Talk): Don't you think there's something a little romantic about dozing off in bed while the end of the world approaches?
---
Matthew's Assistant: Master! Let's pack up our things and flee to another country! There's still so much I want to do in life!
---
Troubled Villager: I'm not going to give up! The world can't end until our damn bridge gets fixed, you hear me?! It just can't!!

(Pub)
Bookworm Barkeep: Hi there. No matter how bad things are, I've been reading books and having interesting conversations with everyone, as usual.
A traveling scholar's been visiting as well, so things have really been exciting!
Bookworm Barkeep (Talk): The main participants in the fight against the otherworldly being were the Guardians of Filgaia.
Only the Guardians, with bodies that resembled that of the otherworldly being in structure, possessed the power to harm the being.
Using this knowledge, the humans of that time constructed a "Guardian Gun," which worked using the power of the Guardians.
..."Gun"... What do you suppose a "gun" is? I wonder if it's some sort of weapon they had back then?
In another literature it's written that the Guardian Gun was actually a Guardian that had taken another form...
There are so many things I'd like to know, and yet, the details are scarce.
Most of the documents about these things have been long since lost in the mists of time...
---
Upset Young Man: It's too scary sitting around and waiting for something to happen, so I've been taking my mind off things by walking around and talking to everyone.
There's something interesting in the Apocryphal Histories of Elesius...
They say that in the distant past, a glorious civilization disappeared from the planet of Filgaia in the space of 77 days after an attack from an "otherworldly being" that descended from the heavens.
There aren't any surviving documents from the time, but some scholars believe that Elesius itself was in fact named after the otherworldly being...
They say it was pure evil, an embodiment of certain destruction.
It seems that the reason that the world of Filagai is so barren today...
...is that the battle with the being caused so much damage to the land that even the heavens couldn't heal it.
I wonder if this is related to that "hole" up there in the sky...
---
Traveling Scholar: At long last, the Guardians bested the being, but they couldn't kill it, so they buried it deep under Filgaia's ground.
They then put it into a deep sleep by hammering the Guardian of Death into it, like a wedge.
But the more the Guardian of Death digs its fangs into the being, the more the surrounding land is adversely affected and dies.
For that reason, the other Guardians erected a barrier to contain the power of the Guardian of Death and restore life to the land.

(Shrine)
Shrine Priestess: No matter what happens, let us maintain our faith that everything is going to be all right.
If we keep our faith strong in tough times, this will sustain and empower the Guardians. For their name is not a false one.
They are the true guardians of Filgaia.

-Santanica-

(Shop)
Trader Rudra: What do you think is going on with the sky? Nothing good, I'd imagine.
Trader Rudra (Talk): From here, it looks like we still have some time before that thing in the sky reaches Santanica.
It might be wise to charter a sand skiff ahead of time and head south to the desert if things get out of hand.
Heh heh, I've got enough money to pay my way out of this town, that's for sure!
---
Talbott the Merchant: If you ask me, the princess medium has got to be behind the recent changes in the environment.
---
Housewife: Who could stare at the sky at a time like this?! Just look at all the stuff somebody left in that wagon!
The life of a housewife is a constant struggle between price tags and expiration dates, you know!

(Synth. Shop)
Forger Etra: There's been no shortage of trouble in Elesius lately, to be sure. If you ask me, the sky would look much cuter in light pink...
Forger Etra (Talk): I guess this is the sort of thing there's really no point running from.
Besides, these two keep telling me that Chevalet Blanc will do something to help.
...Sure, I'm sure you'll come up with something.
I might not look it, but I'm really not worried in the least. Not one bit.
...So I'll see you again someday.
---
Haute the Drifter: ...These dilly-dallying bosses are the worst sort. If we run into trouble, I'll drag this slow-poke to safety myself if I have to.
---
Upton the Drifter: What do you think, should we beat a retreat...? Don't get me wrong, boss, if you want to stay, we'll stay...

(Pub)
Mellow Barkeep: Hello there. Things are still rather quiet here in Santanica. Maybe it's the distance between us and Mt. Urartu.
Mellow Barkeep (Talk): That gave me quite a shock, you know.
I went to take a look at the sky from my window, as I do now and again, and there's that gaping hole staring down at me.
It's not like it's gonna disappear if I pretend not to notice it though, right?
So I'm keeping my eye on it, and praying it'll disappear the whole while. I don't know what else there is for me to do.
---
Young Entrepreneur: Mt. Urartu lies in that direction. Legend has it that a mechanical boat once descended from a hole in the sky there.
You don't think anything else would come out of that hole, do you...?
---
Antiquarian: When I was your age, I journeyed the length and breadth of Filgaia, looking for the answers to all the riddles I wanted to solve.
And before I knew it, I'd become the old man you see before you.
Hah hah hah, startled you, did I?
...
So your mother thought that the lost technology called the Yggdrasil System is necessary to restore this withered land...?
I see... That explains it...
Well I've got something I'd like you to hear as well.
I've confirmed that the Yggdrasil System appears in the legends as something called the "World Tree".
All the tales concerning this World Tree put it in a savage land even further north than Elesius--in a place called Arctica.
...
I consider myself lucky that our paths in this wide world crossed today. You're continuing down the road I've walked these many years...
If you have any hope of pursuing your own dreams some day, you'll have to do something about the problems afflicting the land first.

(Outskirts)
Southern Merchant: Only a fool tempts danger, and sticking around here would be asking for trouble.
I'm packing up and heading out just as soon as I finish business this afternoon.
---
Merchant's Assistant: It looks like we'll be traveling the sand again, then... Which means nothing but beans from here on out.
Wish I'd eaten a few more gourmet meals while I still had the chance.
---
Nadine the Drifter: The winds that whine across the Dunes have a sound that can wear you down. They'd make anyone lonely that had to listen to them long enough.

-Port Atraige-

(Shop)
Merchant Olrof: Welcome. If there's any hope left in this world, it's my intention to hang on to it.
Merchant Olrof (Talk): Chevalet Blanc has my full support. Hang in there!
---
Store-Minder Vitalie: I know you can do it. I just know it. You're the founding knights of our country, after all.
---
Connie the Drifter: You know, I haven't been in Elesius long, but I feel like I've experienced enough earth-shattering events to last a lifetime.

(Synth. Shop)
Forger Robb: Yep! You name it, we synthesize it!
The sky's looking pretty depressing right now, huh?
Forger Robb (Talk): Yep! This store is filled with memories for both myself and my lady. We're gonna fight it out here till the very end.
---
Mixing Girl: The sky looks like the color you get when you mix red paint with bue paint, doesn't it?
Boy, I used to love experimenting with that sort of thing when I was little...
If it can be mixed, I love messing with it!
---
Port Worker: ...I've made up my mind. I'm gonna leave Elesius and try exploring the rest of the world for a while.
The only thing bothering me is that crazy sky. I would've preferred to leave Elesius under a bright blue sky, myself...

(Bar)
Carefree Bartender: Everyone's so distressed by the creepy sky... I hear that more and more people are trying to get out of Elesius.
Carefree Bartender (Talk): That hole in the sky sure is creepy. You guys be sure to take care of yourselves out there, all right?
---
Battle Fanatic: "Amplifier", one of the skills Sentinels can learn, doubles the amount of damage a unit delivers in the following turn.
Use it twice, and the effect is tripled. Combine that with a powerful Original attack, and you can wipe high-HP menaces off the map in a flash.
Just be careful when telling jokes while Amplified, okay? You might get twice as many laughs, but if it fizzles, the blank stares will be twice as embarrassing.
Of course, things being the way they are, we could all use a good laugh to take our minds off things. I sure wouldn't mind a good Amplified joke right now.
---
Waitress: They say that the early bird gets the worm, but where I come from, it went "The early platypus gets the barley"...
You see, in my hometown, we have a dish called the platypus barley bowl. It's a prized treat, one we never got to eat very often.
The simple, pleasing taste of barley rice, harmonized with the soft, rich platypus meat... Sigh...it's been far too long since I've had it.

(Outskirts)
Heinz the Drifter: Well, I got my map, but I never did get around to touring the kingdom... Just realized that right now.
Guess I better get moving before the world ends, huh?
---
Foreign Merchant: I was just about to take off, and now this happens. Ah, well... Guess I'll be here 'till the bitter end.
---
Gossip Girl: "The end of the world is coming! Hell's gonna get so full, it'll burst open and the dead will walk the earth again!"
...is what the guy next door said. Boy, was he ever excited!

-Poliasha-

(Shop)
Shopkeeper Brown: I don't care what the sky looks like... There's gotta be some way to right it!
Shopkeeper Brown (Talk): I hope with all my heart that Chevalet Blanc can find a way to get our blue skies back. I'll be cheering you on the whole way!
---
Gilliam the Drifter: Strange times we live in, aren't they? And speaking of strange, are you familiar with Doppelgangers?
They,re some kind of ghost or monster that copies your exact appearance. They're dangerous as an enemy, so be careful if you run into one.
The experience of seeing yourself lunge toward you, eyes full of hatred and malice, is enough to make you lose your mind, I'm sure.
---
Foreign Traveler: And so it is that I face the end of the world far away from my homeland. Mother, Father, forgive me...

(Synth. Shop)
Muehlen the Forger: There's no better time than now to synthesize up some items. Hone them to a polished sheen, and all your troubles will just dance away...
Muehlen the Forger (Talk): So, you discovered the allure of spikes yet? Has your soul opened up to the joys of horns and antlers and such?
Before the final battle, you'll want to raise your weapon's MAG and your armor's RES. Synthesis with monster ingredients is just the ticket for that stuff!
---
Alejandro: The rumors say it's the end of the world...and they're starting to sound mighty plausible.
But it's funny how calm I feel, knowing that... It's all happening so suddenly, it hardly seems real at all...

(Inn)
Ellen: Just a little more work left to be done! I'll have a nice hot meal waitin' when you come back!
Ellen (Talk): I know you can do something about this. I believe in you!
---
Jim the Drunk: Wah hah hah hah! There's a giant whirlpool in the sky? Well, so what? It's always looked like that!
Huh...? Well, this is how the sky always looks to me...
---
Krelia: I will pray to the Guardians. I will ask for your safety, and for Elesius's blue sky to return once more...

(Plaza)
Brandon: This is some pretty serious stuff, isn't it?
---
Fellman: Princess! You're going to Mt. Urartu, aren't you? Please, please be careful! I'll be praying for you with everything I've got.

-Hanigar-

(Shop)
Shopkeeper Bigelow: Welcome. I wanted to eat my favorite food one more time before the end came, but I can't narrow it down to just one thing...
Shopkeeper Bigelow (Talk): It's not gonna start raining purple or anything, is it? If it does, I think I'm gonna start crying.
---
Namby-Pamby Clerk: Hello there...
I can't help but feel we'll find a way out of these dire straits. We got Hanigar back from the Martial Guard, after all.
...Am I being too optimistic?

(Synth. Shop)
Foreman Phil: Welcome. Even if it's our last day on Filgaia, it's a forger's job to put his all into his work.
Foreman Phil (Talk): That horrifying sky... What's going to happen to Elesius...? Or to Filgaia, for that matter...?
---
Workman: Once I concentrate on my work, all my fear just fades away.
---
Workman: Looking back, I feel like my entire life's been nothing but training and discipline... I never even got to experience love! Sweet, bitter love!

(Bar)
Innkeeper Gaspar: Hey hey! I'm gonna uncork all the bottles I've got left in the place. Time to drink, drink, drink till you drop!
Innkeeper Gaspar (Talk): I better get rid of my diary right now...before anyone finds it!
Oh, but I guess once the world ends, there won't be anyone left to discover it and find out all my deep, dark secrets, huh? Oh well, no big deal, then.
---
Ore Miner: What a blow this is... The kingdom had its whole future ahead of it, and now the world's gonna end...

(The Elder's)
Jeune the Elder: In all of my long lifetime, I've never seen the sky do something so frightful...
---
Housekeeper: O Sky Guardian... Please forgive me for lying to my granddaughter. I'm only trying to keep her from getting scared...
---
Elder's Granddaughter Toco: You know the weird sky? It's just the Sky Guardian doodling. He's not very good at it!

-Richala Rose-

(Shop)
Orvan the Clerk: Did you see the sky...?
Orvan the Clerk (Talk): I was gonna visit Promise Hill to look for that Item Scope a customer of mine lost, but it looks like that's on hold for a while.
Heck, someone else might've already gone there and used Detector to find it, for all I know...
---
Bamburgh: Is-is this the end of the world? Is poison gonna drop out of that hole or something?

(Synth. Shop)
Martilo III: We've got to stay calm at times like these. Welcome to my shop.
Martilo III: The end of the world kind of sneaked up on us, huh? Just like that, it seemed... Sort of a letdown.
---
Vigorous Man: What the heck is that?! Is the Council up to their old tricks again?!

(Bar)
Drifting Barkeep: Welcome. I will accept whatever comes my way...is what I'd like to say to myself, but man, I'm just not prepared for this at all.
Drifting Barkeep (Talk): I've heard all kinds of tall tales in my travels across Filgaia, but I have to say, this is the first truly extraordinary thing I've seen with my own eyes.
Hearing about something sure doesn't match seeing it, huh? When I look into that hole in the sky, it's like I just can't stop trembling.
---
Daniel: Weisheit's supposed to be dead, isn't he? Then is it that lost technology or whatever that's screwing up the sky this time?

-Crestabelde-

(Shop)
Jolly Shopkeeper: Hi there, welcome to our store! Come for a front-row seat to see the strangest-looking sky we've had in years, eh?
While you're at it, why not buy a little something to commemorate the occasion?
Jolly Shopkeeper (Talk): They say gella's the only thing that's constant, even if the world ends!
Well then, this is the last chance I'll get! I'll get you to make a purchase if it's the last thing I do! Haw haw haw haw!
---
Part-Timer Girl: Things are tough for everyone right now, and all the owner can think about is making money! I think he's pretty much desperate at this point...
Then again, I'm only doing this 'cause I wasn't able to resist making three times as much as my last job, so maybe I'm just as bad as he is...
---
Daring Regular: It looks like everyone's getting out of Crestabelde...b-but I'm not gonna run! I'll never abandon this store!

(Synth. Shop)
Winston the Forger: You think you might be able to make it quick? I'm going to be closing the shop soon.
There are far more important things to be doing right now than synthesis...
Winston the Forger (Talk): That eerie hole in the sky gets bigger the more you look at it, doesn't it?

(Pub)
Hotel Manager: I regret to inform you that this hotel will be closing indefinitely due to unavoidable circumstances.
Please take care, and may we meet again someday.
---
New Front Desk Clerk: Argh, what the heck!
I finally get my dream job, and now they expect me to pack my things and hightail it out of town, on account of the sky looking a little weird?!
I'm going to stay here all nice and cozy, thank you very much!
---
Royal Knight: All employees should evacuate the city immediately!
Lady Alexia, please leave the evacuation of Crestabelde's citizens to us!

(Main St.)
Royal Knight: Princess! What is that strange thing spreading across the sky above us? Just looking at it gives me a headache...!

[As the party arrives at Mt. Urartu, Weisheit is already there, waiting for them.]

Weisheit: I can't tell you how much I've been looking forward to this, Felius.
I am delighted to see you, but perhaps you would be so kind as to send your companions home?
Felius: So you were alive after all, Kressen!
Felius: But you're a shadow of your former self! With your diminished powers, there is no way you can have your revenge on Elw Borea now!
Weisheit: Do you really think so? Then turn your head skyward, toward that gaping maw above us, and tell me... What does it look like to you?

[Felius looks up to the sky.]

Felius: A...dimensional transport gate...
Weisheit: Very good, Felius, though I'd expect no less from the pilot of the Lombardia. As you surmised, this is a gate used for the purpose of interdimensional travel.
Weisheit: A dark door to the subspace universe that fills the rift between worlds. But imagine, for a moment...
Weisheit: What if the gate led not to the subspace of interdimensional travel, but directly to another world?
Felius: --?!
Weisheit: What if that gate directly linked the worlds of Filgaia and Elw Borea? Heh heh heh... What do you suppose would happen then, Felius?

[Felius gets agitated.]

Felius: SHUT IT DOWN!!! Shut it down, Kressen! If you don't--

[Weisheit grins widely, putting his hand to his head and leaning backwards.]

Weisheit: Precisely!
Weisheit: The worlds' gravities would gnaw away at each other until both have been torn apart. It would cause nothing less than a complete dimensional collapse.
Weisheit: When it begins, there will be nothing that anyone can do to stop it! Unprecedented disasters will sweep over both worlds like hurricanes!
The worlds you know will be transformed into unimaginable hellscapes!
Weisheit: Heh heh heh. Hah hah hah... Ah hah hah hah hah hah hah!
Felius: Kressen!
Weisheit: Filgaia and Elw Borea...
Weisheit: The two worlds shall meet, and annihilate each other.
Alexia: Our world will be destroyed...?
Clarissa: This is the revenge you've been planning...
Weisheit: Revenge! Yes! That's exactly right!
Weisheit: The world that refused my dominion shall know my revenge. Let it dissolve into light, or be plunged into darkness!

[Weisheit lowers his hands.]

Weisheit: This is revenge! Revenge against the world that rejected me!
Felius: I will stop you... This time I will prove that I can protect everything from you!
Weisheit: You'll do nothing of the sort, Felius!
Weisheit: The only thing you can do now is hand your body over to me.
Weisheit: With the biopatterns from your body, I can unlock the Lombardia's controls and fly her to safety!
Felius: --?!
Weisheit: You see, with the primitive ARM that I hold, I have the ability to forcibly inject everything that makes me "me" into the body of another.
Weisheit: That's how I've been able to survive indefinitely after landing on Filgaia hundreds of years ago!
Weisheit: When one body begins to fail, I toss it away, and inject myself into a new one.
Clarissa: Weisheit, the conqueror... You would trample over us all to plunder our future...

[Weisheit draws his sword.]

Weisheit: Felius! Once I take over your body, the Lombardia will be mine!
Weisheit: Filgaia and Elw Borea may be destroyed, but so long as I have the Lombardia, I can travel to any world I like!
Weisheit: I shall find a new land to conquer. And this time, I shall succeed the throne of Belia Lugos, the Lord of Darkness!

[On the Tactical Map, several golems and a new Asgard warp into the place.]

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the enemy line looks like this.
Labyrinthia: This golem army alone is overwhelming... But it's Weisheit, returned once again to battle us, from whom we have the most to fear.
Labyrinthia: This battle will be decided by how well we can defend against his attacks. Remember your past experience with him as you come up with your plan.
Labyrinthia: It's also worth noting that we're fighting on snowy, mountainous terrain--not the best environment for complex maneuvers.
However, Weisheit is fighting with the same disadvantage as we are.
If we overcome the rough terrain ourselves, we can use it to put a damper on the enemy's movements.

Weisheit: Filgaia and Elw Borea... What better way to prove myself the Lord of Darkness than by destroying them both?
Hah hah hah hah hah hah! Ahhhhhh hah hah hah hah hah hah!!

[When all the golems but Asgard are defeated...]

-Reinforcements appeared!-

[The battle ends when Weisheit is defeated. Weisheit clutches at his chest.]

Weisheit: Arggh... Damn you... Damn you, Felius...
Weisheit: ...
Weisheit: Arrrrrrrrgh... The damage to this body...is too great...
Weisheit: Give me your body, Felius... I must have your body...
Felius: I will never let you use my body for your schemes!
Weisheit: I want it, Felius! I must have it! Felius!!!

[Weisheit charges at Felius, reaching his hand out, but Felius slashes at him with his halberd. Weisheit collapses to the ground as his body begins to glow and fade.]

Felius: My family lives on this world. Filgaia is my home!
Felius: My life and my body exist to protect it.

[Weisheit's body fades and Felius puts his halberd down.]

Clarissa: Felius!
Levin: Is he really dead? Is he gone for good this time?
Felius: It felt like a killing blow. But...
Alexia: But what?
Felius: But we still haven't stopped the dimensional gate that will cause Filgaia and Elw Borea to destroy each other.

[They look at the sky and, indeed, the gate is still there.]

Clarissa: Felius...
Felius: I will protect you. You, and my beloved family... And Filgaia, my second home.
Clarissa: Right.
Felius: If I can use the Lombardia's dimensional transport system, there might be a way!
Labyrinthia: Can something still be done?
Levin: If not, we'll just have to find a way to do something anyway!
Ragnar: Absolutely. It wouldn't be like us to give up without a fight.
Alexia: This time, Chevalet Blanc isn't fighting for the kingdom of Elesius, but for all of Filgaia!
Felius: As the only man who can pilot the Lombardia, stopping the dimensional gate is a mission that fate has entrusted to me.
Clarissa: I'm tired of always being protected... This time, it's all of us who will protect you, Felius. If we all fight together, we can win this battle!

[The screen fades to black and the player is prompted to save.]

WAXF Script

glasscap — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:15:33 GMT

< Act 4-11 >

Alexia: ... Oh, Katrina...
Clarissa: There's no point in hanging around...right? After all, Princess Katrina isn't here anymore...
Alexia: How...how could I be so weak...?
Alexia: As royalty, it's my duty to stand on the front lines, leading the charge, but...
Clarissa: Yeah, that may be true...

[Alexia turns to Clarissa but keeps her head hung.]

Alexia: ...
Clarissa: But I'm your friend, Alexia. So you don't need to be that way with me.
Clarissa: You can take my hand whenever you want. We can walk forward together, hand-in-hand.
Clarissa: You don't need to stand alone out front, parting the headwinds by yourself!

[Alexia looks up, surprised, as Clarissa grasps her hand.]

Alexia: ...

[Clarissa smiles.]

Clarissa: We're all right here beside you. That's what it means to be a part of Chevalet Blanc!
Alexia: Clarissa... Is it really all right for royalty to be so weak?
Clarissa: Whenever you're about to fall, you can take my hand again. So of course it's all right. No problem at all.
Alexia: Please, Clarissa... Don't let go.
Alexia: You were the one who said it was all right for me to be weak... I'm going to hold you to that.
Clarissa: We'll go together--to find Princess Katrina.

[Alexia finally manages to smile.]

Alexia: Yes... Thanks.

[Suddenly, Charlton arrives to disrupt the moment.]

Charlton: There's no need to go anywhere. Your corpses can decompose right here!

[Tactical Map style, Charlton summons another squad of undead.]

Alexia: Poor Charlton... Your only friends were the dead. Through thick and thin, you had no one to share your feelings with...
Charlton: Those who achieve ultimate power are fated to live solitary lives... I was aware of that long before this.
Alexia: Then no wonder you feel like you're controlling an entire nation by yourself!

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the enemy line looks like this.
Labyrinthia: Charlton has another army of John Does in his command...but I doubt he would try to take us on again without some sort of new strategy.
We know how to deal with John Does by now, but there's the possibility he has another plan ready to back them up with when the time comes.
Get a solid grip of the battlefield situation, and prepare as best you can for what lies ahead.
Also...I doubt I even need to say this, but Charlton needs to be watched carefully. He is the Council chariman, after all.
Labyrinthia: The deathly energy that fills the Schnell Ruins undoubtedly will make both Charlton and his Ex Mortes book all the more powerful.
We'll need a full supply of recovery items and skills to deal with this increased menace.

Charlton: A chaotic world demands normalcy--normalcy that only noble tradition can afford. You fools are no more than a pox upon all of Elesius!

[The battle ends when all enemies are defeated.]

Clarissa: You can't make a single friend with warm blood running through their veins, and yet you hope to rule Elesius?!

[Charlton smirks.]

Charlton: Did you think that you were chasing me down? A grave mistake. I was luring you to me!
Charlton: Welcome, Chevalet Blanc, to the kingdom of the dead!

[Charlton smacks his hand against the ground, leaking with dark purple power. The screen shakes and rumbles and the ground splits. The ground gives way and Chevalet Blanc falls down... Tactical Map, they find themselves in an underground passage.]

Alexia: Underground again...?
Ragnar: He sure knows how to cause trouble!
Labyrinthia: Is...is everyone all right? Stay, uh, stay calm, everybody...
Levin: I think you're the most uncalm out of all of us here, Ms. Wordsworth...
Clarissa: There's a huge door on the other side...

[The camera pans over to the other side of the room, revealing a door and multiple switches on the ground.]

Labyrinthia: We...we're probably in the temple district. It's already fallen into the ground, it would appear.
Felius: And it looks like it won't be an easy task to reach the other side. This is a troublesome city indeed...

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And I don't see any enemy units on the map. I don't think anyone's hiding from us, either.
Labyrinthia: There's a sturdy door blocking our path...and the switches on the Tactical Map are likely what's keeping it shut.
Labyrinthia: I would imagine the door would open once we activate all the switches...
But I have a feeling the mechanism we're dealing with is far more complex than first impressions would reveal.
Try to get an idea of what classes and skills we'll need to call upon before deploying. We must be careful here.

[The stage ends when all the switches are activated and the door is opened. The party arrives at the chamber with the glyph, where Charlton awaits.]

Charlton: Well, Chevalet Blanc...it certainly took you long enough.
Charlton: The preparations are already complete. My army of undead is ready to begin your funeral procession.

[Across the room, a significant number of John Does walks aimlessly around.]

Alexia: How could you animate this many corpses...?!
Charlton: The death energy that pervades Schnell is almost completely pure. Mustering an army out of it was no great challenge.
Charlton: But let's skip the elegy, Chevalet Blanc. It's time to add you to their ranks.

[Charlton's Ex Mortes suddenly bursts into purple flames.]

Charlton: What?!

[On the other side of the room, Edna laughs, holding a dagger.]

Edna: Heh heh heh. Ah hah hah hah hah...
Charlton: You... You again?!
Edna: I cut some pages out of your precious little book.
Edna: With the shape it'S in now, it looks like it might be having trouble containing all that power...
Charlton: Why would you...
Edna: I'm done following you, Charlton. Maybe you can give your nobility-of-the-spirit speech to your undead minions now?
Edna: If you don't mind, I'm going to take off a little early. Oh, and I'm taking all the treasure that we plundered from the capital with me.
Charlton: Grrrrrrrrr...
Edna: I don't know what I ever saw in this wretched country in the first place. Maybe I'll take a trip to some far-away land and start over?
Edna: Do me a big favor and buy me as much time as you can, mmmkay?
Charlton: Ednaaaa...!
Edna: Between Chevalet Blanc and that horde of undead you can no longer control, you'll have plenty of debutantes to dance with at your nobleman's ball.
They seem a good fit for a man of your stature!

[Edna turns and runs off.]

Charlton: ...
Labyrinthia: Charlton...

[Charlton, after a moment, slowly lights himself another cigarette, exhaling deeply.]

Charlton: ...
Charlton: I was born into a widely despised family that was nobility in name alone.
Charlton: House Blunt dwelled in the shadows of Elesius, serving as spies and assassins.
Charlton: On my 15th birthday, the secret arts of life negation were bestowed upon me. My arm has been rotting away ever since.

[He folds his arms.]

Charlton: From that day on, I have been admonished repeatedly never to expose myself to the light of day in Elesius.
Charlton: They claimed that with my rotten arm, any future I could grasp would rot to dust in my hands.

[He smirks.]

Charlton: Heh. What an absurd thing to say, when Elesius itself has been rotting away for centuries...
Charlton: But it was precisely because they exhorted me not to, that I have spent my life climbing to the sunlit surface of this world.
Charlton: And eventually I made my way to this lofty position. And there is still higher to climb.

[As he speaks, a pair of John Does slowly make their way towards him from behind.]

Charlton: To keep my house from sinking into the shadows, I must set my sights on higher and brighter peaks still.

[He suddenly backhands one of the zombies and folds his arms again.]

Charlton: This drawn-out chat is ruining a good cigarette. I think it's time to wrap things up.
Charlton: Prepare yourselves, Chevalet Blanc!

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And...well, I had never imagined the situation could end up like this...
Labyrinthia: These John Does were awoken via the power of Charlton's book...
But they are no longer under Charlton's direct control. Instead, they will attack any living thing that comes near them.
Labyrinthia: Still...our enemy here is Charlton. Our enemy, and the enemy of every man and woman in Elesius.
This battle will never come to a close unless we defeat Charlton and put an end to his vast, powerful necromancy.
Don't let yourselves get caught in the chaos. Rather, use the chaos to your advantage. Either way, we've got to resotre peace to Elesius!

Charlton: I will drive out all opposition. I will take everything into my hands!

[When Charlton is defeated...]

Charlton: That is it...?! It's going to end...in this cesspit?!

[The battle ends. Clarissa hangs her head, eyes downcast.]

Clarissa: You poor man... Your life ended in the same darkness in which it began...

[The John Does continue lumbering around the room.]

Clarissa: I guess we need to return them to the darkness, too...

[Clarissa draws Strahl Gewehr and fires at the remains of the Ex Mortes. It burns, and the undead disappear.]

Clarissa: I wonder what sort of life you might have led, if you had at least been able to hold someone's hand...

[A while later, the party makes it back to the surface. Tony gets there first and Ragnar catches up to him.]

Ragnar: Whoa, slow down! I can understand you wanting to get out of there, but there's no need to run so fast!
Levin: Hey, what's that...?
Felius: --?!

[The party looks up to the sky... which has turned an ominous shade of purple. A gigantic hole, glowing light blue, is in the middle of the sky.]

Ragnar: A hole gouged into the sky? Is...is that even possible?!
Labyrinthia: As capable a woman as I am, I've never seen nor heard of anything like that...
Alexia: Don't tell me Katrina did this...
Felius: ...
Felius: ...She didn't...
Felius: That's an out-of-control dimensional transport gate...
Felius: As far as I know, there's only one person who could do such a thing...!
Clarissa: ...

[The screen fades to black and the player is prompted to save, thus ending Act 4.]

WAXF Script

glasscap — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:15:03 GMT

< Act 4-10 >

-Schnell Ruins: City Area-

Ragnar: Ah, back to the surface at last... Even in this sinister place, the light of the sun still soothes one's weary soul...
Labyrinthia: The temple district was supposed to have been just ahead. I suspect that's where Charlton and the others have set up shop--
Alexia: ...! Is that...Katrina?!
Clarissa: --?!

[Indeed, Katrina is there a short distance away.]

Katrina: It's nice to see you again, Alexia.
Alexia: Katrina...? Katrina, is that really you?
Katrina: Of course it is. Who else would I be?
Clarissa: ...

[Levin, oblivious to the atmosphere, grins.]

Levin: Sorry it took so long, Your Highness. We've come to rescue you--
Felius: Levin, wait! Something isn't right...
Levin: Huh?

[Katrina clasps her hands together, grin widening as she giggles.]

Katrina: Tee hee hee hee hee.

[A dark red energy emanates from her, and suddenly, two monsters just like the ones from the Rite appear behind her.]

Katrina: This city is quite boring, let me tell you. It makes you really want to get out and spread your wings.
Labyrinthia: What...what's going on?!
Alexia: Katrina?!
Katrina: I want to know your fear, Alexia. Won't you please show it to me?
Katrina: Tell me, Alexia... What color is it? What does it taste like?
Levin: Could she be under someone else's control, just like my father was...?
Ragnar: No--she's clearly got her wits about her. I can feel the waves of malice coming from her...
Labyrinthia: Your Highness... We'll incapacitate Princess Katrina. We'll do our best not to injure her, but...

[Alexia hangs her head.]

Alexia: How...how could this have happened...

[Clarissa stands next to her.]

Clarissa: Let's save her, Alexia. Don't worry--I'm right by your side...
Alexia: Yes... Thank you...

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And...this is the force Princess Katrina has deployed to block our way once more.
Labyrinthia: Try your best to contain Princess Katrina's fury. We'll need to drain her MP to zero as fast as we can. We've got to save her for good this time!
Labyrinthia: Also...as before, take care not to hurt Her Highness in any way!
Labyrinthia: Don't worry about the other obstacles in the way. Just get to Princess Katrina and save her from this chaos.

Katrina: Hmmm. Is this...more than simple fear at work here? Are you...afraid of hurting me...?
I wonder how that will feel when combined with your own fear of pain... Oh, I can hardly wait to find out! Hee hee hee!

[The battle ends when Katrina's MP is depleted. The screen shakes and Katrina clutches her head.]

Katrina: Aaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!

[Massive, dark energy comes out of her and she collapses onto the ground.]

Alexia: Katrina!

[Alexia runs up to her and kneels, holding her up. Clarissa follows, kneeling behind Alexia with a worried look.]

Alexia: Katrina? Katrina!!
Clarissa: Princess Katrina!
Katrina: A...Alexia...?
Alexia: Katrina, it's really you?
Alexia: Oh, thank heavens!

[They help her up... but when everything seems to be alright, Katrina clutches her head again as more darkness comes out of her, plunging the screen into darkness.]

Katrina: Aaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!
Clarissa: What's happening?!

[A 'fwoosh' is heard and Katrina collapses again... as a giant black bird soars above the party. Tactical Map style, the giant crow flaps its wings menacingly.]

Labyrinthia: Black...wings...
Alexia: Get...get away from my sister!!

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And... what in the world is this...?
Labyrinthia: Those jet-black wings, created from the miasma that's sprouted forth... THis might be the cause of Princess Katrina's uncontrollable rage.
Labyrinthia: If that's the case, we can likely expect the same sort of magic attacks as those the princess used against us.
Labyrinthia: Creatures who rely on attack magic for offense almost always have low resistance to physical attacks--weapon strikes, in other words.
Labyrinthia: It'd be a surprisingly routine strategy for this battle, but I think it's worth a try.
The old and familiar is often your best tactic against a foe of unknown strength. Use your most reliable units and skills for this one.

[The battle ends when the Fear Guardian? is defeated.]

Alexia: Katrina!!

[Katrina's body is envelopped with dark miasma and the energy bursts. Katrina stands, grinning madly.]

Clarissa: Pincess Katrina...
Katrina: Hee hee hee. What's wrong, Alexia? You don't look happy.
Alexia: ...

[Katrina lets her hands drop to her hands as she scowls.]

Katrina: This town is a terrible place, isn't it? The only people here are dead. The town is full of them... It's no fun at all.
Katrina: After all, the dead don't know fear.
Katrina: And then there's you...
Katrina: Instead of being afraid, you're all so full of spirit and determination. It bores me.
Katrina: I need you to be terrified. I need you to tremble for me.
Clarissa: What in blazes happened to you?!
Katrina: When you came to the capital, the streets were drenched with fear. It was wonderful.

[She smirks and closes her eyes.]

Katrina: But it wasn't enough...
Katrina: What if it wasn't just one town? What if it was a whole country? Or the whole world that was trembling in fear?
Wouldn't that be so much more magnificent?
Alexia: Stop it! Don't say those things! Not in Katrina's body!

[Katrina's face clears up and she blinks at her sister.]

Katrina: What's wrong, Alexia? I'm right here...what's the matter?

[Alexia pales.]

Clarissa: ...
Katrina: Hee hee hee...
Katrina: Indeed, if I want that much fear, I can't stay trapped in here...
Katrina: I must burst forth into the world! I have to fill all of Filgaia with fear!
Katrina: If I could do that, maybe I'd finally learn to understand fear myself...
Katrina: I have to go find it... I have to find the source of terror!

[Her grin widens madly as she lets out a deranged laugh.]

Katrina: Hee hee hee... Hah hah hah... Ah hah hah hah hah hah!

[She warps away, laughing.]

Alexia: Katrina!

[The screen fades to black and the player is prompted to save.]

WAXF Script

glasscap — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:16:39 GMT

< Act 4-9 >

-Schnell Ruins: Sunken Quarter-

Levin: ...It sure is amazing to see a whole city just sinking into the ground like this...
Labyrinthia: To this day, the rotting carcass of the old capital is still sinking slowly into the earth. It's as though it's being eaten away by its own poison...
Clarissa: So this was the capital of Elesius in the day of the first princess medium and the original Chevalet Blanc... I wonder what kind of place it was back then?
Alexia: ...
Viento: Heh heh heh heh heh...

[Further away is Viento. Trueno warps in next to him.]

Trueno: Hah hah hah hah hah...

[And Lluvia joins in.]

Lluvia, Viento, & Trueno: Mwah hah hah hah hah!!!
Clarissa: The Tormenta Triad!
Alexia: You were waiting to battle us here?!
Lluvia: We shall persist for as long as we draw breath! Even if we fall to you a million times, we shall never accept defeat!
Labyrinthia: Do you *still* insist that strength rules all?!
Viento: We do! For that is the truth that guides our lives!
Viento: You cannot break us so easily--because we are what we believe!
Trueno: And because your sickly-sweet, feel-good philosophy is rife with contradictions and lies! So long as we can see that, we shall never be lead astray!
Labyrinthia: Contradictions and lies...?
Lluvia: That's right!
Lluvia: They say that Chevalet Blanc seeks to continue Warrior-King Hrathnir's nation-building reforms!
Alexia: And where are the contradictions and lies in that?!
Lluvia: Who was it that championed the ideas of a reduced military and political reforms? Was it the insignificant peasants of Elesius?
Lluvia: It was not! The reforms were forced upon us by Warrior-King Hrathnir! A clear-cut case of a strong ruler realizing his ambitions!
Labyrinthia: ...
Alexia: You claim that my father forced his beliefs on others...?
Lluvia: And you are doing the same! You say you're pursuing his ideals, but that is nothing more than continuing to enforce them upon the weak!
Ideals are not something to be inherited!

[The screen shakes violently and flashes white. Tactical Map view; the party and Triad are on a bridge above lava, but the path is broken behind the Triad, making the bridge a dead-end.]

Lluvia: We pooled our powers together to rework the land.
Viento: You're not getting away this time, Chevalet Blanc. The only way beyond here is through us!
Trueno: And that's not all... This time, we've got out entire skill set at our fingertips! This is a battle to the death, and we're ready to reign supreme!

[The brothers make duplicates of themselves and warp. The party, confused, looks around - and sees that the brothers and their duplicates are now surrounding them from every angle.]

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the Tormenta Triad's line looks like this.
Labyrinthia: We'll have to face an army of doppelgangers in these rather cramped quarters.
Labyrinthia: Instead of retreating in search of a safe point, I believe we should face our enemies from the front and build our offense that way.
Labyrinthia: The Tormenta Triad's best weapon lies in their teamwork...their Combination Arts. You could say it's in their blood.
The best defense against these maneuvers is a good offense... Strike the anchor of the attack first.
Labyrinthia: Even if you can't defeat a unit, you still might be able to break the combo. Try your best to disrupt their teamwork.

Viento: Might is the only thing that makes right! You've fought your way this far... You should know that all too well by now!
It is pure and simple truth... Only the strongest remains standing at the end of the war! Prepare yourselves, Chevalet Blanc!

[The battle ends when all enemies are defeated.]

Labyrinthia: Elesius lived in peace for twenty years. There was no hatred, no war--you think that was forced upon the country by King Hrathnir?!
Viento: King Hrathnir was running a puppet nation.
Trueno: The weak cannot resist the will of the strong!
Lluvia: No one would act for mere beliefs and ideals. If they did, it would only be because they were forced to!
Clarissa: ...
Alexia: ...
Labyrinthia: Well, you have one thing right...
I doubt most people are so easily swayed by emotion that they'll act on it at a moment's notice.
Levin: ...Ms. Wordsworth?!

[Labyrinthia steps towards them.]

Labyrinthia: ...But we in Chevalet Blanc want what thousands of others in Elesius do, and what King Hrathnir wanted--a calm, tranquil life.
This wasn't foisted upon us by the sheer force of King Hrathnir's will.
The people felt the King's desire, they realized they had the same desire in their hearts...and they followed it.
Lluvia: Nnngh...
Labyrinthia: This desire in my heart is not merely something I inherited from King Hrathnir!
It was there all along...and I'm not about to let it go! We cannot and will not turn back!

[Lluvia takes a step toward her.]

Lluvia: Power rules! It rules absolutely! Why do you think everyone always lusts after it? Well?! Answer me!

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the Tormenta Triad's line looks like this.
Labyrinthia: Well, we've managed to overcome their master-level Combination Arts...
But they still haven't faltered. In fact, they're fighting as if their lives depended on it.
Labyrinthia: I think this is going to be their last stand. They've prepared themselves mentally and physically for this moment. We'll need to hit them hard.
This isn't three fighters we're facing--it's a well-honed, three-armed battle machine. Let's show it what Chevalet Blanc can do!

[When one of them is defeated...]

Lluvia: We are the wind, the lightning, the rain itself! Our powers balance each other evenly!
Viento: As long as we're all together, each of our powers is suppressed by the others!
Trueno: And so, if one of us falls, it only means the remaining two become all the more powerful!

[When Trueno falls...]

Trueno: Sorry...!

-The remaining two have become more powerful!

[When Lluvia falls...]

Lluvia: It's all yours now!

[When Viento falls...]

Viento: Get them back for me, my brothers!

-The last survivor unleashes his full power!-

Viento: I am now on a higher plane...and it is here where you will be buried.

[Or...]

Trueno: I'll take care of this...for both of them!

[I'll edit later for Lluvia's line. The battle ends when all three are defeated.]

Labyrinthia: People don't just act when others force them to. Everyone has the power to act of their own volition.
Labyrinthia: A desire to bring peace to Elesius isn't something that King Hrathnir forced upon us. It is something that we each decided to fight for.
Viento: ...
Trueno: Dammit...
Labyrinthia: Aspirations aren't handed down. They well up from deep within us.
Labyrinthia: Why do you think Chevalet Blanc, and all people of Elesius, are fighting for a better future? No one has forced us to do it.
Labyrinthia: The reason everyone fights so hard is because those aspirations come from within. That's why we don't lose. That's why we can't lose.

[Lluvia hangs his head, hiding his eyes.]

Lluvia: Are you trying to say that it isn't Chevalet Blanc we lost to, but the people of Elesius?!
Lluvia: You're suggesting we lost to mere peasants?!
Labyrinthia: ...

[He looks up angrily.]

Lluvia: I cannot accept that. I will never accept that!

[The screen shakes and rumbles.]

Viento: Huh...?
Trueno: We've lingered too long!
Levin: If we stay any longer, this bridge is going to topple into the lava! C'mon, to the other side! Hurry!

[The party makes a run for it. A loud rumbling and crashing sound is heard.]

Labyrinthia: Eeeeyaaaaaaah!

[Labyrinthia had lagged behind, and the piece of the bridge she was standing on split off from the rest, and begins sinking into the lava. She grabs onto the ledge and tries to hold on.]

Levin: Teach!
Labyrinthia: I may have reached the limits of my capability here... This isn't looking too good...
Labyrinthia: Aaaaaah!

[An even louder rumbling sound is heard as the screen momentarily turns black. An illustration then shows Lluvia under the broken piece of the bridge, standing in the lava and pushing the bridge up to support Labyrinthia.]

Labyrinthia: ...What?!
Viento: Brother?
Trueno: Brother!!
Lluvia: There's no time to gape! Quickly, climb up to safety!
Labyrinthia: But what about you?!
Lluvia: Never mind that! You beat us--you're the stronger one!
Lluvia: That strength gives you the right to survive...
Lluvia: So GO!!
Labyrinthia: But...!

[The ceiling begins the crumble and pieces of it falls, heading towards her.]

Labyrinthia: Not the ceiling!

[The other two jump onto the bridge, catching the falling boulders.]

Lluvia: Ar...rrrrgh...
Viento: Urrrrrgggggh... Go! Climb up! This will not be your tomb!
Trueno: Brother said to go! Brother must be obeyed! So GO!
Levin: Teach, over here!
Clarissa: Labyrinthia!

[Labyrinthia climbs up to safety and looks back at the Tormenta Triad.]

Lluvia: Don't misunderstand... We didn't rescue you!
Viento: In this world, strength rules all! We will not abandon the principles that we have embraced...that we have revered!
Trueno: You beat us, so you must live! We cannot allow you to die here!
Lluvia: Though we may fall, the principles we revere will never falter!
Lluvia: You must live...and leave...and fight on! Until the day you're beaten by someone stronger!
Lluvia: That's when you'll understand...that strength rules all! Wah hah hah hah hah hah hah!

[The shaking intensifies, and the brothers sink into the lava...]

Labyrinthia: "Strength rules all"... I think everyone knows that on some level...
Labyrinthia: But to preserve their humanity, people will strive to resist that principle...to find other ways of living together.
Labyrinthia: ...
Labyrinthia: ...
Labyrinthia: That's right, isn't it, Your Majesty? Little by little, I'm beginning to understand the future you aspired to...

[Deeper into the ruins....]

Edna: This can't be happening! All of my hopes and dreams... To see them die in a place like this...
Edna: ...

[She steps closer to Charlton.]

Edna: There must be a way... Come on, Charlton, do something! Tell me you have something planned!
Charlton: Always thinking about saving yourself... Your egotism grows tiresome.
Charlton: Maybe you should try to do something for yourself for a change?

[She steps back.]

Edna: Ch-Charlton...

[Suddenly, Charlton grabs Edna by the throat and holds her up above the floor.]

Charlton: Where is your nobility, Edna? Where is your pride as a noblewoman of Elesius?!
Charlton: You act only when safe and run at the first sign of danger!
Charlton: If you can't haughtily command a lackey to die in your stead, then you're suddenly a damsel in distress, pleading for help!
Charlton: You are gutter trash, Edna! There is nothing "noble" about you!
Charlton: The filth that taints the spirits of the most wretched of lowborn commoners has polluted your very soul!
Charlton: Save you? I'd rather see you die!
Edna: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkk!!!
Charlton: Nobility does not come from one's blood! True nobility comes only from the spirit!!
Charlton: Your behavior has defiled the pride of nobility! Do you understand me, Edna?!
Charlton: If you want to call yourself a noble, then throw yourself in front of that raging storm of swords!
Charlton: If you want to be a noble, earn it!!
Edna: Urggggghhhh...
Katrina: Hee hee hee! Wonderful! So wonderful! Edna's fear is exquisite!
Charlton: ...
Charlton: Grrr...

[Charlton puts Edna down and storms off. Edna recovers and clenches her fist angrily.]

Edna: That Charlton... For a man of such low birth to call my nobility into question...!

[Katrina turns away.]

Katrina: That'S true. When you look at it that way, Charlton is really no one of consequence...
Edna: ...

[Katrina looks at Edna again.]

Katrina: And he's no different from you, Edna...
Katrina: I feel just as much fear coming from him as I feel coming from you. He just doesn't show it...
Edna: That man's...afraid?
Katrina: He certainly is. When my sister came to the capital, I felt utter terror from him.

[Edna turns to Katrina.]

Edna: Terror? So that's what's lurking behind those steely eyes, hmm?
Katrina: He's surprisingly soft inside, you know.
Edna: ...

[Edna throws her head back and laughs.]

Edna: Heh heh heh... Bwah hah hah hah hah hah! The little pup was trying to bark like a big dog, huh? Maybe I should go help him out...

[Edna walks away, leaving Katrina alone. The girl closes her eyes.]

Katrina: I wonder if that will make things more interesting...?

[The screen suddenly shakes and the colors invert for just a split second and Katrina doubles over, clutching her head.]

Katrina: Urgh...
Katrina: ...
Katrina: Cease your meddling... I need no help to teach you the meaning of fear.
Katrina: ...

[She opens her eyes and speaks more softly.]

Katrina: I hate this weakness of mine... If only I could do away with it...

[The screen turns black and the player is prompted to save.]

WAXF Script

glasscap — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:21:24 GMT

< Act 4-8 >

[On the Tactical Map, Chelle and a pair of kinsmen stand in the way.]

Chelle: It is time to settle this, Chevalet Blanc... We will offer your hides in the name of our kinship's most fervent of wishes!
Ragnar: Chelle... You have to understand by now.
So why...? Why are you repeating what Elesius did when they invaded your nation?!
Even if you get your land back that way, you won't get back the people who lived there...the livelihood they built for themselves over countless years.
Chelle: ...
Ragnar: Once a nation dies, there is no getting it back... How can you not understand that yet?!

[Chelle readies her claws.]

Chelle: And yet the soul in my body yearns for the homeland. This cannot be denied.
Mankind is weak... Our weakness is what makes us a kinship, and it demands a place to call its own!
Ragnar: You recognize the inherent weakness of man, yet you don't even try to become stronger?
Chelle: What...?!
Ragnar: Do you want to build a nation out of a bunch of wandering loners? Banded together just so they could lick each other's bruised egos?!
Chelle: Piedras Blancas orders us to fight, Ragnar Blitz Lebrett!!

[She swipes at the air.]

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the enemy line looks like this.
Labyrinthia: At first glance, the Zortroa before us seem to be few in number... It's as if they're inviting us to traverse these last few yards and pounce on them.
Labyrinthia: Perhaps they don't have any particular need to approach us on our terms.
They may have some method of extreme long-range attack...or they may already have fighters hidden around us as we speak.
Labyrinthia: Either way, we've got to figure out their method of attack if we want to fight them.
First figure out what they're up to, then to what you can to fend off the threat Chelle poses.

Chelle: We must retake our homeland... We must earn back our pride! Our future kinsmen deserve it as much as we do!

[The battle ends when all enemies are defeated. Chelle clutches loosely at her arm; she hangs her head, bangs covering her eyes.]

Ragnar: The only way we can end the fighting is to fight...
Ragnar: Because, as you say, humans are weak.
Ragnar: But even so...
Ragnar: We can become stronger. We must become stronger, and must find a way to put an end to war forever.
Chelle: Ragnar Blitz Lebrett...
Ragnar: We must not pass the seeds of war to future generations!
Ragnar: I want to find the strength to destroy this perpetual war machine... This endless cycle of hate, and anger, and misery.
Ragnar: That's what it's been about all along, Chelle. It wasn't Elesius that I yearned to destroy, but the system that churns out an endless series of wars!
Chelle: ...
Chelle: Do you really think humanity will ever find such strength...?
Ragnar: ...
Ragnar: We can never stop the war machine until we do.
Chelle: Strength...

[Ragnar holds up his ARM.]

Ragnar: This...is a weapon of pure evil, crafted to make sport out of human life.
Ragnar: ...
Ragnar: But even though we understand that, we still use them all the same. Is it because we've become dependent upon them...?

[Ragnar clenches his teeth.]

Ragnar: It is not!

[He closes his eyes.]

Ragnar: It may be only the slimmest of hopes, but these ARMs could give us a chance to stop the decay that is ravaging Filgaia.
Ragnar: Even an ARM born of the cruelest intentions may hold the key to saving the world.
Chelle: ...

[Ragnar holds his ARM down.]

Ragnar: It is easy to give up on something, to wash one's hands of it, to toss it away. Anyone can do that.

[He opens his eyes.]

Ragnar: But through the strength of our wills, we can transform these ARMs from weapons of evil into tools of hope!
Chelle: Is that even possible...? Can anything really change...?
Ragnar: You and I have changed. The loss of our homelands has transformed us both into tools of war.
Ragnar: But I would like to believe that, through sheer strength of will, even we can change back into regular people again!
Ragnar: No...I don't want to believe it--I DO believe it!
Ragnar: ...
Ragnar: If strength of will can transform an ARM from a tool of war, it can surely do the same for us!
Chelle: You speak of a dream, Ragnar Blitz Lebrett.
Chelle: What you're trying to achieve is nothing more than a lofty ideal that you can never truly reach.
Ragnar: Yes, I know. But I'm not afraid to take the first step towards it. Because that's what strength of will is--taking that single step!
Chelle: And that strength of will... Can that free us from being tools of war...?

[Ragnar punches into his other hand.]

Ragnar: If we find true strength, we can destroy even the system that causes the wars!

[Chelle slowly looks up... and smiles.]

Chelle: Thank you, Ragnar Blitz Lebrett... I am glad to have met you.
Chelle: ...
Chelle: I must tell everyone...that if we can transform ourselves from tools of war, that we might once again regain our humanity...
Chelle: I must tell the countless Zortroa strewn throughout the battlefields of Filgaia...

[Chelle collapses to the ground. Ragnar kneels before her for a moment.]

Ragnar: ...
Ragnar: We can't wait a moment longer. Let's hurry... We have to put an end to this war!

[A while later, the party finds Piedras Blancas.]

Ragnar: Piedras Blancas!
Ragnar: Will you step aside now? There's no longer any need for us to fight!
Ragnar: Chelle doesn't want that. Your own people don't want that!
Piedras: ...

[The screen begins shaking, slowly, then quickly. Ragnar clenches his teeth, frustrated.]

Ragnar: Do we really have to fight?!

[The screen shakes violently and a cut-in shows a giant worm shooting from the ground, destroying Piedras' wheelchair and grabbing him in its mandibles.]

Alexia: It's that monster from before!
Levin: Holy crap!
Levin: Man... That thing ate the old mummy in a single gulp!

[An illustration shows the party standing ready before the massive worm.]

Felius: No...
Felius: It didn't eat him--it IS him! He transformed!
Ragnar: Piedras Blancas is a monster...
Ragnar: A fitting end. You've transformed even yourself into a tool of war!

[The screen shakes briefly, and the monster speaks in an grotesquely deep voice.]

Piedras: ...I AM BURSTING WITH POWER...
Piedras: WITH THIS POWER, I CAN DESTROY MY ENEMIES...
Piedras: AND BUILD A KINGDOM THAT WILL PROSPER FOR A THOUSAND YEARS...
Ragnar: Piedras Blancas, don't deceive yourself! That power hasn't made you stronger!
Piedras: WHAT FOOL WOULD DENY IT...

[The screen shakes again.]

Ragnar: You haven't become strong. You've simply reduced yourself to a beast because you couldn't tolerate your own weakness!
Ragnar: There's nothing fearsome about you!
Piedras: RAGNAR BLITZ LEBRETT!!!
Ragnar: That's right!
Ragnar: Ragnar Blitz Lebrett--a manw ho fights with an understanding of human weakness, and a belief in human strength!

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the enemy line looks like this.
Labyrinthia: The leader of the Zortroa Kinship...Piedras Blancas. The monster he's fused with is a giant insect, one which probably burrows into the ground to move.
Labyrinthia: Such insects can pop out of the sandy ground without warning after traversing long distance underground...but it's doubtful they can penetrate through rock.
It'd be best to head for rocky terrain first, then launch a variety of long-range attacks from that safe position.
However, we'll need a strong offensive to penetrate that caparace...and that may require close-range combat.
Prepare for this battle carefully, and keep in mind that we may need to maneuver on the sand as well.
Labyrinthia: This monster eats people, feeding off their power and animosity. We have dignity on our side...and we must eliminate this hideous scourge from the land!

Piedras: YOU SHALL BE THE NEXT SACRIFICE TO MY KINGDOM!

[The battle ends when all enemies are defeated.]

Ragnar: Chelle, Piedras... All of the Zortroa kinsmen...
Ragnar: I won't forget you. After all, we are the same.
Ragnar: And so I swear to you... I will grow strong, in the true sense of the word.
Ragnar: And eventually a day will come, when people like you and I need never exist on Filgaia again...

[The screen turns black and the player is prompted to save.]

WAXF Script

glasscap — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:32:26 GMT

< Act 4-7 >

[The act opens on a shot of the castle.]

[NARRATION (Clarissa)]: A week has passed in the blink of an eye, with no sign of Charlton or Edna, nor any trace of Princess Katrina within the castle or Elensia City.

[It changes to a view of the city.]

[NARRATION (Clarissa)]: Alexia and Labyrinthia have been helping to organize restoration efforts throughout Elesius. There's already a sense that, little by little, hope is returning to the people.

[The screen turns black.]

[NARRATION (Clarissa)]: And then...

-Council Chamber-

Alexia: What's going on? You wouldn't call us all together if it wasn't something important.
Clarissa: Yes. It's about our future.
Alexia: ...?
Clarissa: The troubles in Elensia City and the surrounding villages seem to be settling down...
Alexia: That's right--thanks to everyone's hard work.
Clarissa: So, Alexia... I think it's time to start searching for Princess Katrina!
Alexia: --!
Alexia: ...
Alexia: ...Thank you, Clarissa. I'm touched to hear you say that. But...
Labyrinthia: I understand that you're concerned about your position, Your Highness.
Labyrinthia: You probably feel that you should be putting the welfare of the nation and its people ahead of Princess Katrina... Is that correct, Your Highness?
Alexia: ...
Labyrinthia: However, have you looked at it this way?
Labyrinthia: Charlton and Edna are surely plotting their resurgence as we speak. That is a problem that concerns everyone in Elesius.
Labyrinthia: And they will probably attempt to use Princess Katrina when they make their move.

[Alexia brings her hand to her chin and closes her eyes in thought.]

Alexia: That...that's true, but royalty is supposed to treat the people as family. I can't just ignore their plight...
Clarissa: But Princess Katrina is your sister. She really IS your family!
Levin: Everyone here wants to save Princess Katrina. It's not just you, Your Highness.
Alexia: ...

[She hangs her head.]

Alexia: I...I'm so happy to hear that, but... I have a responsibility to the people...

[Clarissa puts her fists on her hips and pouts.]

Clarissa: Geez, what happened to the decisive, resolute Alexia that we all used to know?!
Alexia: ...
Clarissa: Fine, I'll decide!
Clarissa: Everyone, hurry up and get packing! We're going to track down Charlton and rescue Princess Katrina!

[The rest of the party smiles.]

Felius: Understood.
Labyrinthia: Of course.
Levin: No problem!
Ragnar: As you say...
Alexia: But...what are you all...
Clarissa: I'm the comamnder of Chevalet Blanc! The troops have to listen to whatever I say. And that includes you, Alexia--stop moping around and get packing!
Alexia: Such audacity! Bossing around the leader of an entire country...
Alexia: Don't forget, Clarissa... One day peace will return to Elesius, and after Chevalet Blanc is disbanded...
Clarissa: I know, I know. I'll remember.
Clarissa: But for now, hurry it up, Alexia! Princess Katrina is waiting!

[Alexia finally smiles.]

Alexia: Thank you...thank you all.
Clarissa: When I was playing the fake princess, I realized my tiny hands couldn't possibly carry something as great as the future of Elesius.
Clarissa: That was a shock... It really got me down...
Clarissa: But that was just my being vain in the first place.
Clarissa: And when I figured that out, I started looking for things that I really could hold...
Clarissa: It's clear to me now that the only things these tiny hands can truly hold are other tiny hands.
Clarissa: That's why I want to take Princess Katrina's hand, pull her away from Charlton and Edna, and lead her back to you.
Clarissa: I want to do whatever I can for her.

[The player is brought to the city menu.]

(Shop)
Shop Clerk: Welcome. And what might you be looking for?
Shop Clerk (Talk): We stock both weapons and armor of every sort, so by all means, have a look.
---
City Resident: Even though the kingdom is at peace for the time being, I haven't been able to shake this worried feeling since Captain Eisen disappeared...
---
Shop Owner: The house of Blunt holds a lowly position among the Elesian nobility. That family has always seemed to produce men like Charlton.
I suppose it's the Council members who're to blame for nominating him as their chariman, though...

(Synth. Shop)
Forger Sonnetica: Welcome, welcome! I'm determined to carry on Master Tippet's style and techniques to make this the greatest synthesis hub in the kindgom.
Forger Sonnetica (Talk): Welcome back. I'm going to fuse my items with the aura of peace that has settled on Elesius. Now, let me show you the power of synthesis!!
---
Royal Knight: Young Levin's finally become a man... I tell you, something really changed in Captain Eisen when Levin was born.
We couldn't believe our eyes that first time he came down to the barracks with that grin all over his face.
Until then, I didn't think the Captain even knew what a smile was.
---
Royal Knight: With the Council in a deadlock, none of the members are able to make use of their authority. Even the civil defense force has been completely disbanded.
And still, Charlton, Edna, and Captain Eisen remain unaccounted for.

(Pub)
Lemarchand the Waitress: Welcome, welcome!! Every shop in the capital is buzzing with excitement over Princess Alexia's return.
Lemarchand the Waitress (Talk): I wouldn't waste my time with those that've been drinking, Princess, if I were you.
They're pretty well into their cups at this point, and liable to say things they shouldn't.
---
Famm the Drifter: Heh heh *hic*... Hey now, Miss Princess, this is no kinda place for young ladies, is it?
Somebody's gonna end up playin' peek-a-boo with ya if ya don't watch out!!
...Well, what do we have here? If it isn't the little leader of our Founding Knights? I give a wicked massage if you're interested, sweetie!
---
Hazel the Drifter: I was wrestling with it for a while, but I'm glad I decided not to join the Martial Guard in the end. I mean, who wants to play for the losing team?

(Streets)
Royal Knight: I heard that Charlton intended to restore the Elesius of old by putting Princess Katrina on the throne and replacing the Royal Knights with the Martial Guard.
The war had ended by the time I was born, but was that time of battle really our kingdom's proudest age?
Was it really worth all he did to try and bring back the Elesius of the past?
---
Marone the Drifter: Many of the Drifters have left Elesius behind in search of the next battlefield.
I think I'll stay around here a little longer, though.
Guess I'm just getting tired of fighting...
---
Guardian Priest: When a medium uses her body to give form to a Guardian, she also possessed the power to destroy the Guardian she has channeled.
However, any medium who sought willfully to kill the Guardian, and banish it forever from existence, would visit upon herself the same fate.

[When the player leaves the city, we're taken to an underground location. Charlton and Edna are standing on a glowing red-orange rune.]

Charlton: Kanda...Es-trata...Amantos...Ear-grets...Kanda...!

[He casts a spell and several undead spawn in the room.]

Edna: Eeeeeeeek!
Charlton: Leave this circle, and you will be eaten. These minions attack anything they see.
Edna: They...they're all over the city...
Charlton: That's right. But with this Ex Mortes I have in my hands, I can control them.
I will use this army of dead to attack the capital... This time, on my terms!
Edna: Aaaaaaaah...!

[Two of the undead are hit by something invisible and disappear. Katrina comes into the room, levitating above the ground.]

Charlton: Princess...Katrina...
Katrina: Come now, Charlton. Herding all those dead around... Are you planning to become king of the underworld?
Charlton: ...
Katrina: The dead are quite boring... I've found it's the moment just before death that's the most exciting.

[Back on the world map, all the links sans the one between Elensia and Twilight Valley are restored, and Lefas Corner is marked with a yellow !.]

-Hanigar-

(Shop)
Shopkeeper Bigelow: Hey hey, welcome. Ah, what a feeling it was when I heard Chevalet Blanc liberated Elesius Castle.
Shopkeeper Bigelow (Talk): I hope the kingdom will go back to its old, peaceful self now... Hopefully you can pull it off, Lady Alexia.
---
Namby-Pamcy Clerk: You're looking for Lady Katrina? She's still missing, then? I haven't heard any rumors about her around here, unfortunately...

(Synth. Shop)
Foreman Phil: Welcome. Do you need something synthesized?
Foreman Phil (Talk): Come to think of it, there was a Drifter a while back who I forged a weapon for. In place of payment, he told me about a hidden treasure.
When I asked why he'd tell me something like that, he said he was leaving Elesius immediately and had no time to go fetch the treasure himself...
If I had to guess, I'd say that Drifter was a former member of the Martial Guard.
If you're interested, why not head for the Guardian Temple? I know it's not the most solid of leads, but hey, it could be fun to check out anyways.
---
Workman: Consumable items classified as "high-class" cannot be used unless a Gadgeteer has the "High-CLass Items" special skill.
I've had some customers synthesize items and equip them for battle, only to then realize that they can't even use them. So be careful!
It wouldn't make me feel very good to hear that someone got hurt because he couldn't use an item he had hand-crafted at this workshop...
---
Workman: There's no point in hoarding rare ingredients. They'll only help you once you've used them to strengthen your equipment.

(Bar)
Innkeeper Gaspar: Welcome.
Innkeeper Gaspar (Talk): This peace is something we earned for ourselves. We'd better take good care of it.
...I know it's a little late now, but I think I kinda understand how King Hrathnir must have felt.
---
Ore Miner: They haven't discovered any new tunnels lately... It's hard to face all those hard-working blacksmiths when they don't have any good deposits to work with.

(The Elder's)
Jeune the Elder: Welcome back! Hanigar is back to its calm, peaceful self. Please, make yourselves a home!
---
Housekeeper: I wonder if perhaps the kingdom you seek is different from the Elesius King Hrathnir dreamed of, Lady Alexia.
---
Elder's Granddaughter Toco: Hello, Lady Alexia. Hello, Clarissa of the Founding Knights.

-Port Atraige-

(Shop)
Merchant Olrof: When I first met you on the outskirts of this town, I never dreamed you'd accomplish all of this... But you've really done it, huh, Clarissa?
Merchant Olrof (Talk): Let me be the first to congratulate you! Judging by the look in your eyes, thought, you must still have some work to do, huh?
---
Store-Minder Vitalie: You know the most amazing thing about all this? The fact you repelled an entire nation's army with just this small handful of people.
---
Connie the Drifter: Hooray, hooray! Congratulations! Your struggle has really moved me, you know.
And I guess you have me to thank for it, huh? Why, if I hadn't reminded you to keep an eye on your equipment back when I first met you...
... Heh heh! Just messin' with ya.
Now all we have to do is find that missing princess, right?

(Synth. Shop)
Forger Robb: Yep! Fresh-baked synthesis, while you wait!
...I hope all this means we've got some more tranquil days ahead of us.
Forger Robb (Talk): Yep! I inherited this shop from my father before I met my lady.
---
Mixing Girl: You must have a pretty impressive collection of Item Scopes at this point, right? They say you can synthesize the ultimate item if you've got 12 of them!
Oooh, I'd just love to try mixing that up!

(Bar)
Carefree Bartender: Well, hello there. You think the dust's gonna start settling a bit now?
Carefree Bartender (Talk): Atraige is packed with Drifters yet again. The town used to be filled with newcomers... Now it's crowded with people leaving Elesius.
---
Battle Fanatic: When a battle turns into a chaotic melee, the Enigmancer skill "IFF" comes in real handy.
With that skill, your allies won't take damage from your own wide-range attacks, no matter how powerful they are.
Combine it with the Grappler's Originals, and you can send allies flying across the battlefields instead of having to march them forward. Neat, huh?
To put it another way, with this skill equipped, if someone screams when you hit him, he's an enemy... If he doesn't look like he's in pain, he's an ally.
If you have a party member you suspect of plotting behind your back, why not use this skill to find out for sure?

(Outskirts)
Heinz the Drifter: So is Lady Alexia going to be leading Elesius from now on, or what?
---
Foreign Merchant: There's no point stranding myself here forever. Maybe it's time I pack up and go...
---
Gossip Girl: "The head of the Council still lurks around the surface, lying in way for the moment to reappear."
...is what my dad told me. But then my mom yelled at him to quit saying such dark things...

-Poliasha-

(Shop)
Shopkeeper Brown: Well, you've finally done it. I'm so happy to see peace return to Elesius...and myself still alive to enjoy it!
Shopkeeper Brown (Talk): The kingdom of Elesius is yours to lead, Princess... May your youthful power blaze a trail to our future.
---
Gilliam the Drifter: The Notaru has the extraordinary ability to turn back the hands of time. If you want to kill one, you'll have to finish 'im off before he used that power.
---
Foreign Traveler: The Martial Guard hasn't come back once. Chevalet Blanc really came through for us.

(Synth. Shop)
Muehlen the Forger: Ah, lovely to see you here. Ready for some serious synethesizing?
Muehlen the Forger (Talk): When you put horns and spikes on weapons and armor, they'll look so imposing that evil will actually shy away from you!
Now that Elesius is at peace, we'll need spiky equipment more than ever to keep everyone nice and safe! Got it?!

(Inn)
Ellen: You've really given us the world, haven't you? I always knew you folks had it in you!
Ellen (Talk): Oh, my, the Council chairman ran off on you?
He must be a pretty nimble guy, escaping at the last minute like that...
---
Jim the Drunk: All's well that ends well, right? And what better way to celebrate than with a drink? Shame I'm a little short on cash... Can you get this one?
---
Krelia: I don't know when it happened, but lately, I couldn't imagine living anywhere but in Poliasha...

(Plaza)
Brandon: The Council just abandoning the capital and running off...that strikes me as ominous.
They don't have the power to do anything else now, but I can't help but feel like they're up to something...
---
Fellman: Best of luck, Princess. All we need now is to find Lady Katrina, and everything will be back to normal.

-Richala Rose-

(Shop)
Orvan the Clerk: Hello there. Welcome to Richala Rose.
Orvan the Clerk (Talk): They say an Excavator can use the "Detector" ability to discover hidden items.
I had a customer the other day whining about an Item Scope he lost at Promise Hill... I wonder if he ever thought about using Detector to look for it?
You guys might wanna try using it, even in areas you've been to before. You never know what you might run into.
---
Bamburgh: You know the Tormenta Triad folks who attacked the Founding Day ceremony 14 years ago? Well, they were hired by the Royal Abbey, oddly enough.
If that's actually true, then I suppose Edna was the one pulling the strings behind that attack, huh?

(Synth. Shop)
Martilo III: Welcome! Tell me what you want, and I'll put everything I've got into it.
---
Vigorous Man: Hah hah! Take that, you damned Council! Oh, this is brilliant!

(Bar)
Drifting Barkeep: Nice to see you here. I guess you've got business elsewhere still, but let me just say "good work" to y'all, all right?
Drifting Barkeep (Talk): I've been staying here in Richala Rose for far too long... It's about time I pack up and go on a journey.
---
Daniel: Now it's time for us to put the spark back into Richala Rose, I suppose.

(Quarry)
Samille: You're--! Oh, no, don't worry. I'm done having it out with you guys.
I've finally cut ties with my partner. I went and found a real job in town, too. I'm living the straight life from now on, trust me.

-Crestabelde-

(Shop)
Jolly Shopkeeper: They say the kingdom's civil strife has finally begun to quiet down. This is cause for celebration!
And what better way to celebrate than doing some shopping at the Four Seasons Store?
Jolly Shopkeeper (Talk): The new part-timer I just hired sure works hard.
But that cute little smile of hers is simply too much, you know? Haw haw haw haw!
And having a cute girl in the store sure does help to draw in customers...
---
Part-Timer Guy: Welcome to our store... Eee hee hee.
...Huh? You say I look familiar?
No, no, I'm sure you must be mistaken. Eee hee hee...
---
Bummed Regular: Wha...? That girl isn't working today? Well, that was sure a wasted trip!

(Synth. Shop)
Winston the Forger: Hello there. If you'd like, I'd be happy to craft a blade for you as a souvenir.
An inscription of "I < 3 Elesius" has been quite popular with tourists lately. What do you think?
Winston the Forger: I guess it's weird for me to be saying it, but I'm surprised that all of these lousy souvenirs sell so well.
Travelers these days are getting crazier and crazier...
---
Traveler from the North: I came to Elesius for pleasure, but then, thanks to the civil strife, I ended up trapped here for well over a month.
Now that the border blockades are gone, I'll be going back home soon. Of course, I'll be sure to pick up some souvenirs before I leave.
I'm so thankful that my own country doesn't start wars with anyone!

(Pub)
Hotel Manager: Welcome. Please, enjoy the peace that has blessed Elesius in the comfort of our lovely hotel.
Hotel Manager (Talk): Might I suggest going to visit the Guardian Temple if you get the chance?
Our Guardian Temple was built hundreds of years ago, along with the royal capital of Elensia.
They say that until Elensia was built, the Rite of Divine Coalescence was held at the altar int eh center of the old royal capital.
---
Front Desk Clerk: Hello. Are you looking for the Council members that were driven out of the capital?
I haven't heard any rumors of suspicious people like that coming to our town... I'm sincerely sorry I can't be of more assistance.
---
Housekeeper: Our country's at peace, but so what? I'm still in this pigsty, washing sheets until my hands bleed!
It's unjust, I tell you! I want to sit at the front desk all warm and cozy too!

(Main St.)
Skilled Hunter: What could you need from me, the great hunter of the Jumbo Bearcat, the King of Beasts?
...?!
Hold it, hold it, no way, wait! You...you defeated the King of Monsters?!
...
...It's really true?
...
Hmph, well, no one's really sure who's the stronger of the King of Beasts and the King of Monsters, so...
This means you've finally come to the same level as me, huh...
Well then, as a show of respect, allow me to give you this...

-Obtained a Sheriff Star!-
---
Search Party Member: Oh, Your Highness, Princess Alexia! I still have yet to hear any news of Princess Katrina being found.
When Chevalet Blanc took control of the castle, Princess Katrina had already disappeared, correct?
And we haven't heard anything of the whereabouts of Sir Eisen or his Royal Knights, either... Where could everyone have gone?

-Santanica-

(Shop)
Trader Rudra: The Elesian civil war has ended, right? In that case, I don't mind cutting you a deal on some of those weapons and armor you've got.
Trader Rudra (Talk): I wonder if Princess Alexia will become the next Elesian queen after all...
If so, my first question for the new queen would be, "What's the reward for finding Princess Katrina?"
---
Talbott the Merchant: The former capital of Elesius...? I did go there once long ago. There was nothing left besides the remains of some buildings half-sunk in the sand, though.
What's more, it seemed to me that...the palce was shrouded in a sort of deathly haze. It sure didn't seem like anything that was from this world.
---
Housewife: Have you ever gotten so caught up in a clearance sale that you've bought your way too much of something you didn't even need to begin with?
I most certainly have! So go the trials of the housewife...

(Synth. Shop)
Forger Etra: Well now, do you like the idea of adding a little flair to your items after all? How about something with a cuddly animal motif? On the house, of course.
Forger Etra (Talk): ...So you're looking for Princess Katrina, are you?
Well, I'm a synthesizer, not a detective. Why should I have to listen to questions about a missing person?
If you aren't here for synthesis, I can't help you. Go on, get moving.
If it is synthesis you're here for though, you can stick around. Never too late to decorate your weapons with little animals, you know.
---
Haute the Drifter: Welcome. Can I interest you in some green-colored tea from the far east? It's a tad bitter at first, but the taste grows on you once you get used to it.
---
Upton the Drifter: Between you and me, I sometimes wonder if the boss has her head on straight...
We do have plenty of repeat customers thought, so maybe I'm the one with the screw loose...

(Pub)
Mellow Barkeep: I truly hope that Santanica and Elesius can mend their differences and become allies again.
Mellow Barkeep (Talk): There haven't been any sightings of Princess Katrina here in Santanica, I'm sorry to say.
Come to mention it, we haven't seen any sign of Council Chairman Charlton, Reverend Mother Edna, or Knights Captain Eisen here either.
---
Young Entrepreneur: After entering into their contract with the Council, that tribe of monster tamers seemed to vanish into thin air.
They're biding their time, waiting for the chance to finish Chevalet Blanc once and for all.
That bunch is dedicated to a fault. At this point, I doubt the Council still has the power left to keep up their end of the bargain.
---
Antiquarian: My job demands some knowledge of lost technology, but most people still blame it for everything wrong with this world.
Why can't people learn to accept something that already exists...?

(Outskirts)
Southern Merchant: It isn't like Elesius has a patent on the worship of the Guardians or anything.
In a land far, far away to the south there lives a small tribe known as the Baskar. Their faith focuses on teh Guardians too.
Both groups may worship the Guardians, but the doctrine of the Baskar is somewhat different.
They've chosen to live among nature just as it is, and even coexist with the Guardians themselves.
They sort of have that whole "return to the earth" thing going on.
---
Merchant's Assistant: The Dunes are growing larger year by year, which means that Filgaia is gradually becoming a wasteland.
Some day, the Dunes may even blanket this entire planet...
---
Nadine the Drifter: Monsters can pop up pretty much anywhere in the Dunes. That's why each sand skiff carries a few Drifters for protection.
Not that that'S going to be much help if you come across one of the big ones that can flip a skiff over like a coin, though.

-Lefas Corner-

(Shop)
Smiling Lady: Hello there. Today the sun's smiling down on Lefas Corner once more!
Smiling Lady (Talk): Have I seen Lady Katrina, you say? I don't expect I'd see very many princesses out here in the middle of the mountains.
...Oh yes, come to think of it, a group of people covered from head to toe in robes did pass through town a few days ago.
You can probably get more information about them at the pub.
---
Farmer Returning from the Fields: It seems the internal struggle in the kingdom's quieted down a bit. That's good news.
All right, then, maybe I'll go and do a little more work before settling down for the day.

(Synth. Shop)
Matthew the Forger: *Yawn* Hello. Oh, what a beautiful morning... Hey, Hottie, put the kettle on, wouldja?
Matthew the Forger (Talk): One of the villagers keeps telling me to go and fix the collapsed bridge, but it's so far away... I don't want to talk that far...
---
Matthew's Assistant: I'm not sure if I told you my name before or not. I'm Jottie. Hi.
If you meantion "the forger's assistant, Jottie" back in the capital, I'm sure a lot of people would still remember me.
---
Troubled Villager: Master, please... I'm begging you... Fix the bridge...

(Shrine)
Shrine Priestess: In the past, the princess mediums often stood on the battlefield as queens of Elesius.
Princess mediums could channel the power of the Guardians into their own bodies, and thus bring about the defeat of Elesius's enemies.
They were also aided by a weapon in which dwelled the power of the Guardians.
It's said that this weapon was akin to a giant javelin of blinding light, penetrating the enemies' defenses swiftly and from a long distance.
---
Traveling Scholar: As a scholar, I'm continuing the research of my teacher Alan into the mystery of the Legacy Ruins.
Thanks to a recent translation of the manuscript of a woman who lived in ancient times, we've learned some very astonishing information.
The Legacy Ruins are not buildings, or even a physical place...
The term actually refers to a method of saving the knowledge of a past civilization by breaking it up and carrying it in people's heads.
What's more, this technique was completed by the very woman who wrote the manuscript...
Each of us humans carries a small piece of a larger blueprint, if you will, within our genetic codes.
It would be impossible for a single person to acquire this information by his or herself...
However, after countless generations of humans mixing their genetic code...
When all who live on Filgaia are united as one, it will become possible to recover this blueprint.
If humanity breaks down its barriers and matures as a race, we will surely be able to recover the technology of this prehistoric civilization...
My teacher told me that this might be what the woman was thinking, at least.
How advanced their science but have been... Just thinking about it makes my head spin.
At the end of the manuscript, the woman wrote that if the "Legacy Ruins" of her dying civilization could be used by later generations, this might redeem them from their self-destructive nature.
She made the manuscript out to her daughter, whom she named after her hometown--a girl named Elw...

(Pub)
Bookworm Barkeep: Welcome. The kingdom's at peace, and now I can finally relax and read my books.
I can't really get into my books if I can't take my time reading, you know?
Bookworm Barkeep (Talk): Recently, I've been reading the Apocryphal Histories, which are all about the founding of the kingdom of Elesius.
Everything I've read in this book is absolutely unbelievable!
Whether it's true or not doesn't change the fact that whoever wrote it wanted to pass on this information to later generations.
This just makes me want to read it more fiercely!
---
Upset Young Man (Yellow !): Several Days ago, a group of men and women left town to go see the old capital of Schnell on the other side of the desert.
They didn't look like tourists... What reason could they possible have for going out to those desolate ruins? There's nothing but old stones and dust out there!
With them was this woman with the loudest voice I've ever heard! She was ranting and raving about how terrible the food here was...

[As the party leaves Lefas Corner, a link between the town and a new location, Schnell Ruins, is formed. Schnell is marked with a red !. The party enters Schnell.]

Ragnar: A dead capital, indeed... It seems the rumors were true.
Felius: ...Watch out! Something's coming!

[On the other side of the map is a group of six undead.]

Labyrinthia: Is this a battle squadron or a funeral procession...? It's as if this city has declared war against the living...

[Charlton shows up, his minions stepping aside as he marches forward.]

Alexia: ...Charlton!
Levin: Well, if it isn't Public Enemy Number One, right off the bat!

[Charlton takes out his grimoire.]

Charlton: When surrounded by as much death as you find here, the art of necromancy grows ever more useful...
Shall we eend this, Chevalet Blanc? Let's see who holds the key to Elesius's future...you, or I.
Clarissa: If some grim reaper wannabe like you holds the key, then Elesius has no future! This battle is ours to win!

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the enemy line looks like this.
Labyrinthia: The tome in Charlton's hand is Ex Mortes...the book of the dead. I hear it is full of instructions on banned, uncensored forms of dark sorcery.
Much of it focuses on the undead arts... We will have to watch not only for resurrected fighters, but also for status ailments.
Labyrinthia: Only the light of life can illuminate the darkness of death. Let us sanctify this cesspool of corruption with whatever skills we can muster!

Charlton: Even if the unwashed masses fear for their future, they will not act until someone in power commands them to...not until they are affected personally.
If they cannot freely choose their own paths, what makes them any different from these living dead?!
I shall guide them, so they need not concern themselves with their future! That is my duty as a noble!

[The battle ends when all enemies are defeated. Charlton is crouched on the ground, but as soon as he stands, he summons more undead.]

Alexia: Is there no end to this...?!

[Suddenly, a flying object shoots across the screen and takes out four of the six undead, and a couple of Sanctify spells take out the remaining two. On the other end of the map, Eisen and his knights have appeared.]

Levin: Father...
Charlton: So you have reinforcements as well... It seems the time has come to withdraw. We'll settle this soon enough, Chevalet Blanc!

[Charlton jumps off a nearby ledge and makes his escape. Alexia steps forward.]

Alexia: Eisen...and the Royal Knights... Then you've returned to use at last?
Royal Knight Gordon: ...
Royal Knight Herschel: ...

[Eisen steps forward.]

Royal Knights Captain Eisen: We are no Royal Knights... We are merely a band of rebels. A rabble who dares to draw swords against the kingdom.

[He readies his shield as his knights stand ready to fight.]

Levin: --!
Alexia: What are you talking about?! There's no--
Levin: Princess Alexia... Don't bother. He's just too thick-headed...
Alexia: Levin! Not you, too...
Levin: Let's give him a beating he'll never forget. That's the only way he'll learn anything.
Alexia: Levin...
Levin: ...Got that, Ms. Wordsworth? I'll be counting on you.
Labyrinthia: Right... I'll consider myself counted, then. Let's go, everyone!

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the iron wall of the Elesius Royal Knights is facing us down once again.
Labyrinthia: I see nothing wrong with Levin's proposal. Let's give them a wallop they won't forget...
Labyrinthia: As before, we'll need to whittle down the knights' HP as close to zero as possible, robbing them of the ability to fight.
Labyrinthia: However, unlike last time...it doesn't appear that the knights are beaing manipulated by any outside power.
In other words, they've undoubtedly got a tactical plan in mind for this battle, just as we do.
Labyrinthia: ...
We must render them powerless--not kill them. Don't overdo it, people!

Royal Knights Captain Eisen: We are as an iron wall... A wall to block the path ahead. Let me see you break it down, Founding Knights!

[The battle ends when all enemies are in crisis status. Eisen screws his eyes shut and clenches his teeth.]

Royal Knights Captain Eisen: You let me live...? What'S wrong, Chevalet Blanc? Do you plan to overlook our crimes? We traitors could raise arms against Elesius again!
Levin: That's enough, Father! Quit being an idiot!
Levin: We don't have time to play along with your stupid little drama!
Royal Knight Louis: ...Captain...
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: ...

[He untenses, but keeps his eyes closed.]

Royal Knights Captain Eisen: ...
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: We may not have been in control of ourselves, but it doesn't change the fact that we raised arms against Her Highness Princess Alexia.
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: We must answer for that crime. We must answer to Alexia's sword.

[Levin clenches his teeth angrily.]

Levin: This...? This is how you fight for your country?

[He raises his fists.]

Levin: All those years of boasting about the duties of House Brenton, and now your life is worth nothing?!
Levin: You think if you die, the slate will be wiped clean? You wish! A real man would want to live!
Levin: Don't you know how many people have died in this war?!
Levin: For a survivor to cheapen their deaths by throwing his own life away... You should be ashamed!
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: ...

[Levin lowers his fists and glowers at Eisen.]

Levin: Dammit. Is there no limit to your pigheadedness?!
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: ...Levin...
Alexia: Raise your head, Captain Eisen. And all your Royal Knights.

[Eisen opens his eyes.]

Alexia: As you say, raising arms against the royal family is a crime that cannot be ignored.
Alexia: An unpunished crime invites more crime, so indeed, amends must be made.
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: ...
Alexia: Royal Knights Captain Eisen... And all men of the Royal Knights!
Alexia: Return to the capital immediately. Your bodies are to be the iron wall that guards Elesius.
No matter if it costs you your lives, you will protect the people of Elesius!
Alexia: That is the recompense I demand of the Royal Knights!
Royal Knight Gordon: --Your Highness!
Royal Knight Herschel: ...Princess Alexia...
Alexia: And at times of peace, when the capital is under no threat, you are to devote yourselves to your own health, training, and well-being.
Alexia: I do not want to see any cracks in Elesius's great iron wall. Understood?
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: ...

[Alexia smiles.]

Alexia: Take good care of our capital while we're away, Eisen.
Levin: ...Princess Alexia...
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: As Captain of the ROyal Knights, I cannot find the words to respond...
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: Therefore...
Royal Knights Captain EIsen: We shall respond by complying wholeheartedly with your orders, Your Highness.
Alexia: Thank you. That's the Eisen I know and love.
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: Forgive my audacity, Princess Alexia... May I make a single request of Your Highness?
Alexia: What is it?
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: Please take Levin with you.
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: Take my unworthy son, and let him serve you in my stead.
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: He is young and green, but I am confident that one day he will prove himself worthy of House Brenton.

[Levin clenches his fists and blushes, flustered.]

Levin: Father?! What are you babbling about?! You're embarrassing me!
Alexia: The Levin I know is neither unworthy nor inexperienced. He is a valued companion who has earned my faith and trust.
Levin: ...Princess Alexia...
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: As a father, there is no greater joy than to hear those words...
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: You can entrust Elensia City to us.
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: And we shall entrust the future of Elesius to you, Your Highness.
Alexia: I will not disappoint you. I swear it on the honor of the royal family.

[Both parties go on their own ways. The screen turns black, and Levin stands with his eyes closed, smirking, holding a hand to his chest.]

[NARRATIVE (Levin)]: Thank you, Princess Alexia... And thank you, Father...
[NARRATIVE (Levin)]: The gratitude I cannot convey with my words, I will convey with my deeds.
[NARRATIVE (Levin)]: ...
[NARRATIVE (Levin)]: ...
[NARRATIVE (Levin)]: We have to keep on living. But we can't do that without securing our future.
[NARRATIVE (Levin)]: The longer the future I have ahead of me, the more time I'll have to ponder, and fret, and struggle over these questions. And eventually I'll find the answers!
[NARRATIVE (Levin)]: And surely the answers I struggle over will hold more weight than the easy ones! Fretting and flailing are supposed to be a crucial part of the process...
[NARRATIVE (Levin)]: ...
[NARRATIVE (Levin)]: ...
[NARRATIVE (Levin)]: Or so I convinced myself. It sounded like a pretty grown-up way to think...
[NARRATIVE (Levin)]: But no matter how much I struggle with them, there are some answers that I just can't find...
[NARRATIVE (Levin)]: ...
[NARRATIVE (Levin)]: ...
[NARRATIVE (Levin)]: Which way to my true emotions lie? Which one do I prefer...?
[NARRATIVE (Levin)]: ...
[NARRATIVE (Levin)]: ...
[NARRATIVE (Levin)]: For now, I shoulf focus on protecting my long future of pondering, fretting, and struggling... That's the cause to which I have pledged my sword!

[The screen turns black again and the player is prompted to save.]

WAXF Script

glasscap — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:58:01 GMT

< Act 4-6 >

[A link from Rasalom Keep to Elensia forms. Elensia is marked with a red !. And now for a sidequest interlude...]

-Heart of Fire-

[The party steps into the volcano. The colors invert for a moment and Clarissa looks around.]

Clarissa: What on earth is this pressure?! It's overwhelming!

[The colors invert again and Ragnar stands on guard.]

Ragnar: Yeah, I can feel it, too!
Felius: Some kind of dimensional tremor?! Is something trying to enter this world without even using a gate?!
Labyrinthia: Look at that! Someone's appearing!

[In the center, the screen flashes white and a huge black monster appears.]

Levin: Whoooooa! Are you serious?!
Uh...listen, how about we all just go home, all right?
Alexia: I don't think he has any intention of letting us do that...!
Tony: ...
Clarissa: Well, let's do this, then!

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the enemy line...no, this is no line. All he's doing is waiting for us.
This power, though...it's overwhelming. Enough to make me feel like we're fighting a hundred monsters rolled into a single body...
From what I heard, this monster's chief weapon is the searing flame it holds control over.
With that in min, I think it'd be best to fight back with water-based attacks.
But...well, with an enemy this strong, I'm concerned how well such a straightforward approach will work on the field.
This will be a test of how effectively we can take advantage of the element of water, no doubt about it.
Of course... I doubt that'll be all there is to this battle, either...

[When Ragu o Ragula is defeated, he... explodes. The player returns to the world map.]

-Richala Rose-

(Quarry)
Wistful Woman: The pressure I detected from the western volcano is gone. I suppose the King of Monsters was just a myth after all... Thank heavens.

[Upon entering Elensia, the party runs into the city, with Tony in the front.]

Levin: This is looking surprisingly easy... Maybe the enemy's finally run out of steam.
Labyrinthia: No...it's going a little too well. Don't let your guard down.

[The camera pans over to the city square, showing Zortroa kinsmen with their monsters and a Tarasque in the center.]

Ragnar: The Zortroa Kinship! They're still serving the Council?!
Labyrinthia: They've assembled a large army to defend the capital... But there's something fishy about this.
Ragnar: You mean, about the Council's approach?
Labyrinthia: If they intended to overwhelm us with numbers, there wouldn't be any need for them to delay us... They've got to have something up their sleeve!
Ragnar: You may be right...but we can't turn back now, no matter what awaits us.

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the enemy line looks like this.
Labyrinthia: The Council's deployed a horde of monsters in the center of the city... We cannot allow them to trample on our countrymen any longer.
Labyrinthia: Judging by the monsters they have in place, this is going to be far from a straightforward conquest...
Labyrinthia: It looks like they've chosen their units carefully, so as to cover each other's weaknesses as smoothly as possible.
Labyrinthia: We'll need to have the right classes, and the right skills, for the units we have at hand...
In fact, the key to victory might be to balance out our party as much as we can, to prepare for any further reinforcements that have yet to arrive.

[After about six enemies are defeated...]

-Reinforcements appeared!-

[When two more enemies are defeated...]

-Reinforcements appeared!-

[The battle ends when all enemies are defeated. Tactical Map style, a group of Martial Guardsmen surround Chevalet Blanc.]

Felius: ...Here it comes! The second wave!!
Ragnar: Oh, great, now it's the Martial Guard?!
Clarissa: They don't have anyone leading them! We can't afford to lose this!

-Council Chamber-

[Katrina holds her hands together eagerly.]

Katrina: This is incredible! So intense! And so much of it... So much fear flowing into me...
Katrina: Fear of being hurt by someone... Fear of having to hurt someone..
Katrina: More... I need more! Give me more fear, so I can know what it is!

[On the other side of the room, Edna faces Charlton.]

Edna: You're sacrificing all that's left of the Martial Guard to fuel the Darkness Tear...? Then let's finish this, Charlton!
Charlton: That battlefield is directly above the ring of desecration I've created. This is goodbye, Chevalet Blanc.
Charlton: The life energy torn from the Drifters will trigger a chain reaction that lays waste to everything in the area!
Charlton: Behold, the Darkness Tear! Their life force iwll be dissolved and consumed before they even sense that anything is amiss!
Katrina: No!

[The two flinch suddenly and stop moving.]

Charlton: Urrggghh... What?! I...can't move...! Katrina, are you...?!

[Katrina walks up to them, scowling coldly.]

Katrina: I said no, Charlton. You can't do that.
Katrina: If you do it that way, no one will have a chance to be afraid.
Charlton: What...what are you...

[Katrina closes her eyes, smirking.]

Katrina: Stay here and watch, Charlton, Edna. I'll take care of this for you.

[Katrina warps away and Edna shrieks in horror.]

Edna: Eeeeekkk!!!
Charlton: Has Katrina gone to the battlefield? What is she planning to do?!

[Back at the city sqaure...]

Martial Guardsman: Battles are won with numbers! We can't lose when we have them this outnumbered!

[Katrina appears not too far away, standing on a rooftop.]

Katrina: Hee hee hee. Things are about to get interesting...

[She closes her eyes and a dark red light glows from her, envelopping the area and turning the screen black.]

Martial Guardsman: What...what's going on?! What the hell happened?
Martial Guardsman: Where'd the enemy go? Wait... where is everybody?!

[Two guardsmen turn, back and forth in their confusion.]

Clarissa: What just happened? Their formation is falling apart...
Alexia: Katrina?!
Clarissa: Huh?

[A cut-in shows the same rooftop, but Katrina is nowhere to be seen.]

Clarissa: Where?
Alexia: That was Katrina... I know it was...
Levin: You two! Let's get focused here!
Ragnar: Their confusion is our opportunity! This is the only chance we'll get to turn the tables!

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the enemy line... Well, it's hardly a "line" at this point!
Labyrinthia: What on earth is going on here?! The Martial Guard just fell into chaos, all of a sudden... They're in a state of complete disarray.
Labyrinthia: ...
It would be remiss for us not to take the advantage of this, of course...
Labyrinthia: Avoid their flailing weapons, and counterattack swiftly and accurately!
Labyrinthia: We'll have to watch out for their attacks... They may be untargeted, but the Guardsmen's fear will lend additional strength to their already powerful attacks.
These Guardsmen may be rudderless, but they're still the keystone of the capital's defenses... We must be cautious. Don't let yourself get panicked!

Martial Guardsman Zazie: Damn... Why'd it get dark so fast?!
Martial Guardsman Uno: I can't see anything! Who are you...?! Friend, or foe?!

[The battle ends when all enemies are defeated. In the Council Chamber...]

Charlton: This isn't a battle anymore... It's pandemonium...

[Katrina warps in.]

Charlton: What did you do to the Drifters?
Katrina: They were so confident that they had their foes outnumbered, they radiated no fear at all.
Katrina: So I locked them in darkness. I stole their light.
Katrina: It caused a mass panic, and their hearts nearly burst with fear!
Charlton: ...
Edna: Ch...Charlton... This is no longer the capital... This is hell.

[Katrina's smirk widens into a crazy grin.]

Katrina: Whatever do you mean, Edna? This city has become drenched with fear. It's such a wonderful place!
Edna: Charlton! We have to get out of here!
Edna: We can loot the royal treasury, and make a new capital somewhere else!
Edna: I don't want to die! Not in a hellpit like this! Charlton...!

[Charlton clenches his teeth, snarling.]

Charlton: ...
Charlton: We have a duty to rule this country. To let them chase us out of our own capital like cowards...
Edna: You're useless when I need you most! This is no time for principle, Charlton--pull it together!

[Charlton folds his arms in thought.]

Charlton: ...
Charlton: It won't end like this, Chevalet Blanc...
Charlton: There may be but one heaven over Filgaia, but there is more than one capital in Elesius...
Katrina: Hee hee hee! So much fear! So many kinds of fear!
Katrina: Hee hee hee hee... Hah hah hah!

[The scene changes to Chevalet Blanc arriving in the castle hall.]

Alexia: ...The Royal Knights?!

[Eisen stands at the top of the stairs, brandishing a bladed shield.]

Levin: No... Father! What're you doing?!
Alexia: I thought you sympathized with my father, Eisen... Why?!
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: ...
Felius: Something's wrong with him... He's like a puppet with all the will sucked out of him. Like he's not even human...
Levin: After all this time... Princess Alexia has finally returned to the capital...
And this is how you welcome her, Father? You idiot...
Alexia: ...Levin...
Levin: Listen... I don't want any of you to hold back. Help me wake up that no-good father of mine...
Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the "iron wall" of the Elesius Royal Knights looks like this.
Labyrinthia: ...
Captain Eisen and his knights are acting more than a little oddly, as you can see... Something must have happened to them.
Labyrinthia: ...
Attack them and deplete their HP until they're within breathing distance of death. Rob them of their ability to fight. That's got to be enough to wake them up...
Do you understand, everyone?
Whatever you do, don't go overboard. The Royal Knights are sickened by the state of this nation as much as we are!

Royal Knights Captain Eisen: ...

[The battle ends when all enemies are in crisis status.]

Royal Knight Gordon: Wha...? Where are we? What happened?!
Royal Knight Herschel: I...I feel like I was fighting someone in a dream...
Alexia: Royal Knights!
Royal Knight Louis: --Huh?!
Alexia: You disappoint me. You are supposed to be the strongest warriors in the realm.
Alexia: Herschel, Gordon, Louis... At the tournament two years ago, you displayed greater strength and finer technique.
Alexia: Have you let them rust in my absence?
Royal Knight Herschel: The tournament two years ago...?
Alexia: And Eisen most of all!
Alexia: Leading the Royal Knights is your sworn duty! Perhaps you've been too busy pruning your precious bonsai tree to discipline the men under your command?
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: --?!
Royal Knight Gordon: She even knows the captain's secret hobby! Then that means we raised our swords against the true princess...
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: ...
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: ...
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: Clear out, men.
Royal Knight Gordon: Captain...
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: We have no right to be here.
Royal Knight Herschel: ...

[The three knights slowly move out. Eisen turns to follow suit until Levin comes up behind him.]

Levin: What are you doing?! Why would you...
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: ...

[Eisen leaves.]

Levin: Father, you idiot, you got it all wrong! That isn't what she was trying to do!

[Levin clenches his teeth.]

Levin: Why... WHY?!
Alexia: Levin... I understand how painful that must have been for you...
Alexia: But for now, please try to stand proud for me.
Levin: ...
Alexia: I need everyone to hold their heads high, to give confidence to the people.

[They turn to the entrance. The doors are open and a crowd is gathering there.]

Levin: The people of Elensia...

[Alexia steps forward.]

Alexia: ...
Alexia: Until today, until this moment, you have endured much for me. I am proud of you all!
Alexia: I, Alexia Lynn Elesius, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Alexia: ...
Alexia: ...
Alexia: ...

[She smiles.]

Alexia: I'm back, everyone. I'm sorry it took so long...

[The crowd cheers. The screen turns black and the player is prompted to save.]

glasscap — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:51:15 GMT

Secutor
The basic mêlée class, and the class with the highest physical attack power. They can equip one-handed swords, shields and axes. They have a skill that lets them recover MP, but they lose it all if it fails.

Elementalist
The basic caster class and the one with the highest magical attack power. They equip spellbooks as their weapons. Their four OCs (Original Commands) are magical attacks of the four elements. They're extremely useful against human enemies, which all have various elemental weaknesses, but they're later overshadowed by Emulators.

Gadgeteer
A jack-of-all-trades sort of class, owing its name to Wild ARMs 4's Jude Maverick, with whom they share their Mystic ability - it allows them to spread an item's effect over a larger area, and as they level up, the become the only ones capable of using high-class items. Their weapons are wrenches, which have the passive ability of slowing enemies down when they're hit.

Fantastica
A support class. They use bells as weapons, which can hit up to two or three HEXes away. They can move obstacles by hitting them and slow enemies down, as well as allow allies to use all of their abilities freely after moving. They can also damage an enemy's MP.

Sentinel
The tanks. They use maces and wear the heaviest armor in the game, enabling them to push down heavy switches in the floor and keeping them from being pushed back. They have an attack that will always leave the enemy with at least 1 HP, which is a lot more useful than you may think considering a few missions require you to keep your enemies in critical status and not let them die.

Sacred Slayer
The obligatory healer class (with swords), and so much more. They have Fragile to debuff enemies, Widespread to use spells on a wider area, and most important of all - Sanctify, which you ABSOLUTELY NEED to kill undead enemies - at the end of Act 1, there are A LOT of those. Undead enemies return even stronger if you try to kill them normally, so Sacred Slayers are a total must.

Geomancer
These guys use shurikens, and they have the passive ability to attack using the element of the HEX they're standing on if they're in a Ley Point (ex: if they're standing on an earth-elemental Ley Point, their attack will have an earth attribute). If there are multiple Ley Points of the same element on the field, they can teleport over to them. Their speciality, however, is without a doubt Lock Out, which locks a HEX, preventing anyone from entering or leaving it.

Excavator
They use slingshots. They have very high mobility and good speed, which makes them ideal if you need to get through a map quickly. They can scan parts of the field for hidden items. With their Switch OC, they can turn magic gems into blocks to stand on, or reverse an enemy's HP and MP.

Berserker
A heavy fighter class that uses spears, and can thus attack up to two HEXes in a straight line. They have the highest mobility, but they can only move in a straight line (most likely due to the fact that they wear skates).

Enigmancer
A caster class that uses rods. They're most known for their passive ability to prevent friendly fire and accidental support to enemies. They can also buff allies with Protect, and they have a wide-range non-elemental spell called Devastate.

Strider
A long-ranged class that uses bows. They have the highest climbing ability and their specialty lies in detecting and disabling traps. They can also track and follow a targeted unit, regardless of whether it's their turn or not. Another one of their skills allows them do attack with high kicks - and by high kicks I mean they jump up into the sky off-screen and fucking land on you.

Grappler
Otherwise known as the GAME BREAKER CLASS. They used gloves, obviously, but they can also throw a bunch of random items at people. Not only can they toss enemies across the screen and damage them more depending on their weight, move allies to safety and have the highest VP, but they also have Accelerate - probably the ultimate game breaking passive skill (thanks a lot, Jack, Ashley and Jet). This lets them have random additional turns. Now you see why these guys are so crazy.

Night Stalker
The fastest class in the game. They use a type of sword (I forget which), but that doesn't stop them from doing kung fu combos on your ass and potentially killing you in one hit. Their Black Out OC randomly negates attacks made on them.

Emulator
A caster class that owes its ENTIRE EXISTENCE (name, skills, even APPEARANCE) to Emma Hetfield of WA1 and its remake. These guys use throwable bombs as weapons (another reference to Emma and her Force Ability). They only have one OC - Download. They have to go around and download their skills from various monsters before being able to use them, and they can also drain MP. It may take a while, but once you have them all, you're ready to wreak havoc. Not only do they have stronger elemental spells than Elementalists, but they can also get all status effect spells - and better yet, all their spells have better range.

Extremist
This class is so fun it should be illegal. They use daggers, but their specialty is their grappling hook OC, which can let them grab onto something across a large distance and fly across the field and pull enemies to them and damage them at the same time (or better yet, drop them into holes). They also have possibly the best debuff spell in the game, Debilitate, which instead of only lowering one or two stats lowers EVERY stat. Stack Slow Down and Fragile on that and the advantage is yours.

High Cavalier
The class with the highest HP in the game. They use decorative swords, but are nothing special when it comes to mêlée. In fact, their specialties are different - they have Quicken, and Raquel Applegate's Game Breaker move, Intrude, which lets them have an extra turn immediately.

Now I wanna draw my Eos characters dressed up as these too, derp derp.

ALSO I WOULD KILL TO HAVE A COSPLAY GROUP OF THIS, SERIOUSLY

WAXF Script

glasscap — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:39:46 GMT

Just for the lulz, I'll note that with the Japanese audio on, Rupert says in the flashback sequence: "USO DA."

< Act 4-5 >

-Council Chamber-

Charlton: I want a straight answer from you, Edna. What did you do to Princess Katrina?
Edna: I...I didn't do anything. But something's awakened inside the girl, that's for certain.
Charlton: "Something"?
Edna: Perhaps her incredible strength as a pricness medium has summoned some powerful presence into her body...
Charlton: ...
Edna: But that's nothing for you to concern yourself over. You have your own job to do!
Edna: Chevalet Blanc can't be far from the capital, you know!
Charlton: It will take another 36 hours to complete the Darkness Tear ritual...
Edna: We don't have that much time!
Charlton: I'll get us that much time. I have something in the works.

[Katrina walks up to them.]

Katrina: Ooh, what is it? Are you conspiring to kill someone?
Charlton: ...
Edna: ...

[Katrina clasps her hands together.]

Katrina: This city will become a battleground soon, right? Tee hee... I can't wait!

-Rasalom Keep: Strategy Room-

[Levin walks up to Clarissa and Alexia with his hand on his chest.]

Levin: Clarissa, Princess Alexia... Could you come over here for a minute? I caught some enemy scouts!
Alexia: Enemy scouts?!
Clarissa: We'll be right there!

[Outside, they walk up to a small group of Drifters.]

Levin: It's these two.
Martial Guard Deserter Ares: No, I swear, we're not scouts! We don't ever want to fight you again!
Martial Guard Deserter Ares: Please, let us go! We...we don't want anything to do with the Council anymore...

[Alexia brings her hand to her chin curiously.]

Alexia: And why is that?
Martial Guard Deserter Jack: The battle is over--you've clearly won. So everyone in the Guard is just trying to get away.
Martial Guard Deserter Ares: They say that even Commander Rupert has fled his post.
Clarissa: Rupert...

[Another flashback sequence starts with Iskender Bey being thrown in the air.]

Felius: Melissa!
Clarissa: M-Mom?

[Rupert catches Iskender Bey and grins widely.]

Rupert: I'll take that!
Clarissa: But...you said you were Mom's friend...!
Rupert: Sorry 'bout that, missy. Hate to tell you...
Rupert: But that was a lie.
Clarissa: A lie?
Rupert: It ain't easy to survive in this wilderness if you're not willin' to tell a lie now and then.
Clarissa: A lie...? You...you told a lie and now... Mommy...

[Clarissa gets upset, but Rupert continues smirking.]

Rupert: Come on, don't hate me, missy. Think of it like goin' to school. The tuition wasn't cheap, but you learned a lesson that'll save your ass foing forw--
What the...?

[The screen gradually starts shaking.]

Clarissa: Mom...? Mom...?! Mom...!! Mom, answer me!! Mom...?! Mooooommm...!!

[The shaking intensifies and Rupert completely loses his smirk.]

Rupert: What's goin' on? Is this... You got some kinda magic power of somethin'?!
Rupert: Or is it...

[A cut-in shows Strahl Gewehr glowing a blue light.]

Rupert: That thing in your hand?!
Clarissa: Waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!

[A beam of light shoots across the screen and we see an illustration of a ball of light coming towards Rupert.]

Rupert: It's like a... A thunderbolt, or a monster's howl...! Is this that girl lashing out?!

[The screen turns white, but it seems Rupert dodged the blast.]

Rupert: Damn...that was close! I almost took that full on!
Clarissa: You... You hurt Mom! You hurt Mom!!!
Rupert: Sheesh... Well, I got what I came for, so there's no point stickin' around any longer...
Rupert: Adios, little missy. I'm takin' Iskender Bey. And let's make sure we never cross paths again!

[Rupert scampers off.]

Clarissa: Waaaaaaaahhhh!!!

[A cut-in shows Clarissa aiming Strahl Gewehr up into the sky as it releases a gigantic blast of light. The screen turns white for a moment until Clarissa goves to Melissa's side. An illustration shows her and Felius and both her sides as Melissa holds the dandelion and gazes at it.]

Melissa: Clarissa... What was that...?
Clarissa: I don't know. I don't know, Mom!
Melissa: We can't talk if you're going to be sobbing like this. Settle down, Clarissa...
Clarissa: O...okay, but...
Melissa: That was...the power of Strahl Gewehr...wasn't it? Your lucky charm will protect you...so don't be afraid...
Clarissa: My...lucky charm...?
Clarissa: I don't want it! I don't need a lucky charm! I want you to protect me, Mom!
Melissa: I'm sorry...
Clarissa: Mom!
Felius: Melissa... Please don't talk anymore. Your wounds will worsen...
Clarissa: Mom... Look, it's a flower... You said we'd search for the Yggdrasil System together....
Melissa: I wanted...to make even flowers grow...in the wilderness...
Felius: And if your wounds heal, that dream can still come true! So please...!
Melissa: Felius...take care of...Clarissa, all right? Protect her for me...
Felius: I...I can't protect anyone...
Melissa: But we're a family...right?
Felius: ...
Felius: Yeah. We're a family. And that...that means everything to me.
Melissa: Thank you. That's...good to hear...

[Melissa's eyes close and her hand holding the flower drops down.]

Clarissa: Mom? Mom...?!
Felius: ...

[The screen turns sepia and the flashback ends. Back to Rasalom Keep.]

Martial Guard Deserter Ares: I hear Rupert went to the port at Atraige to catch a ship out of the country...
Clarissa: Are you certain?!
Martial Guard Deserter Jack: I can't be sure, but everyone else has heard the same thing. And certainly none of us have seen Rupert lately...

[Clarissa turns to Felius.]

Clarissa: Felius...
Felius: Whatever you want to do is fine with me.
Clarissa: We...we need to head for the capital. That's more important than pursuing Rupert...
Labyrinthia: Are you sure?

[Clarissa hangs her head.]

Clarissa: ...
Labyrinthia: Isn't reclaiming the sword that Rupert stole the whole reason you and Felius came to Elesius in the first place?
Clarissa: That's true, but...
Labyrinthia: If you're choosing to attack the capital when you'd rather be doing something else, I'd worry that it might adversely affect your performance...
Clarissa: ...
Tony: ...
Clarissa: You think so too, Tony?
Tony: ...
Clarissa: ...

[She looks up.]

Clarissa: Yeah...yeah, that's right. I understand.
Labyrinthia: You have the strength of all of us behind you. So keep charging full speed ahead, Clarissa!
Alexia: If Rupert makes it out of the country, it would be extremely difficult to ever find his trail again. We should finish this now.
Clarissa: Thank you. All of you...
Felius: We can no longer allow Iskender Bey to be used for evil purposes...
Clarissa: Never again shall blood and tears be shed over Mother's sword!

[On the world map, a link between Path of the Unjust and Windhalt Gatehouse is formed to shorten the travel to Port Atraige, which is now marked with a red !.]

-Port Atraige: Pier 8-

Rupert: At this point, I don't even care where it's going. I'm hoppin' on the first ship outta here.
Martial Guard Deserter Ebara: Commander! Wait!

[Two Martial Guardsmen come up behind Rupert.]

Martial Guard Deserter Ebara: Please, take us with you!
Martial Guard Deserter Salman: We don't want to fight a losing war!

[Rupert turns around to look at them.]

Rupert: ...

[A third one joins them.]

Martial Guard Deserter Franny: Don't leave us behind, Commander!

[Rupert snarls.]

Rupert: (The whole idea was to slip away quietly by myself... How could they have found me here...?)

[On the other side of the pier, Clarissa and Chevalet Blanc arrive.]

Clarissa: Rupert! Give me back my mother's sword!
Rupert: Dammit, you guys too?! What the hell is goin' on?!
Labyrinthia: You haven't figured it out yet? The Council sold you out to buy themselves time.
Rupert: Me? They sold ME out?!
Labyrinthia: They probably needed more time to fortify the capital, so they let you go as a decoy. Like a lizard detaching its tail to save itself.
Rupert: I'm the one who's supposed to be usin' people! Do I look like some sorta stupid pawn?!
Labyrinthia: You've seen how Charlton operates. You should have known this was coming.

[Rupert leans back and smirks.]

Rupert: ...
Rupert: Heh... Heh heh heh. You gotta love the irony...
Rupert: Me, of all people, bein' used like that... So this is what it all comes down to, huh...?
Clarissa: Rupert...

[His smirk fades as he reaches for his sword.]

Rupert: If this is the end, then I ain't holdin' nothin' back!
Rupert: No one lives, and no one leaves... I'm gonna gut every last one of you!

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the enemy line looks like this.
Labyrinthia: We've finally managed to corner Rupert.
Labyrinthia: If we let someone as despicable as Rupert run free, it'll only lead to more tears and bloodshed later. It's time to put a final end to this sordid tale.
Labyrinthia: Don't get too caught up with his Drifter cronies, or he may try to stage another escape. Let's rush him and finish the job before he can react.
Labyrinthia: Aim for Rupert, and only Rupert. With all of our power focused on the same point, we'll have victory firmly within our grasp!

Martial Guard Deserter Franny: We'll join you on the retreat, Commander! We'll protect your rear!
Rupert: Knock that crap off! I'm done relyin' on you freaks!

[When Rupert is defeated...]

Rupert: Urgh... No...little missy... The fun's just gettin' started!!

[The battle ends. Clarissa shoots at Rupert and he dodges. Felius tries to attack, but has his attack blocked. Rupert makes a run for it and runs towards the docks, but Alexia intercepts him.]

Rupert: Outta my way, real princess!

[He slashes and her and she blocks, clashing blades with him. Her claymore is knocked out of her hands and flies away. Smirking, he charges at her.]

Rupert: Tough break!

[Alexia, thinking quickly, punches him in the face and sends him flying into a pile of crates before he can strike her, forcing him to drop Iskender Bey in the process.]

Rupert: You kidding me, Princess? You come at me bare-handed, and you're as good as dead!
Alexia: I'm my father's daughter, body and soul. I have nothing to fear from a scumbag like you!

[Rupert reaches for his sword.]

Rupert: Your smart mouth can't save you this time! One flick of my wrist, and it's over!

[Alexia grips Iskender Bey and the two charge at each other, striking at lightning speed. Rupert stops after the attack and turns around, wincing, to see Alexia brandishing Iskender Bey as it emits a powerful flow of bright light.]

Rupert: Is this some kinda sick joke...?! After all these years... NOW Iskender Bey comes alive...?!
Alexia: ...

[Rupert clutches his chest.]

Rupert: Why? Why...?!
Alexia: The sword knew what I wanted to use it for... And the sword granted my request.
Rupert: You're tellin' me...the sword can choose...? After I spent...all that time...
Rupert: I can't...die like this...

[Rupert tips back and falls into the water, never to be seen again.]

Clarissa: Alexia!

[Alexia turns around, smiling, and offers Iskender Bey.]

Alexia: Here. This is what you've been chasing for so long, right?

[Clarissa stares for a moment before smiling.]

Clarissa: Yes. But I want you to use it, Alexia.
Alexia: Why?
Felius: Iskender Bey has recognized you as its new owner. So please, take it.
Alexia: ...
Alexia: I don't really understand, but... Are you sure?
Clarissa: I,m sure our mother wanted you to have it. That's why it chose you...

[Alexia, after a moment, accepts and takes Iskender Bey back.]

Alexia: I understand. But it's quite a responsibility.
Clarissa: I know you'll do fine. You'll wield it well, and you'll wield it wisely.
Alexia: Then I swear to honor the past owners with every strike, and to never bring them shame. Enough tears have been shed over this sword already...
Clarissa: ...Thank you...

-Recovered the Iskender Bey!-

-Council Chamber-

Edna: Who'd have thought that vulgar ruffian would prove so useful in the end?
Charlton: The Darkness Tear ritual will be completed momentarily... Chevalet Blanc will be walking into a massacre. The finale is upon us at last.
Katrina: This is the end? I can't wait to see what sort of fear you're about to show me.
Charlton: ...
Edna: The conclusion we have planned should put the entire capital into a state of terror. I'm sure you will be most please with the outcome, Your Highness.

[As Edna smirks, Katrina scowls slightly.]

Katrina: Oh, really...?

[Edna panics.]

Edna: What...what's wrong?

[Katrina smirks.]

Katrina: You're afraid of me, aren't you? I can sense the fear rolling off of you...
Edna: ...
Katrina: Yes... Give me more. I want more fear.
Katrina: Then I, too, might finally understand what it means...

[She clasps her hands together in delight.]

Katrina: I need more... I need everyone to feel sheer terror!

[The screen fades to black and the player is prompted to save.]

WAXF Script

glasscap — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:08:09 GMT

< Act 4-4 >

-Council Chamber-

Charlton: ...
And then you turned tail and came scurrying back? Is that right, Drifter...?
Charlton: I have no further questions for you.
Rupert: Don't be like that, boss! You won't even listen to my excuses?!
Rupert: I'm doin' the best I can out there! For you, boss. And for Elesius!
Charlton: The Martial Guard has suffered significant casualties for no purpose other than saving your own life.
Charlton: The costs of training and provisioning the Martial Guard are borne by the nation of Elesius. Though I expect you already know that.

[Rupert slowly unclenches his teeth.]

Rupert: I got it, I got it... So everything's all my fault, huh?
Charlton: When we put you in charge of the Martial Guard, it was with the expectation that you would take responsibility for the division.
That much should have been obvious.
Rupert: ...

[Charlton folds his arms.]

Charlton: Rupert Dandridge. Allow me to thank you for your efforts on behalf of Elesius.
I hereby relieve you of your duties as commander of the Martial Guard...
Charlton: And, in accordance with the special powers invested in this Council during times of war, I am placing you under arrest. For the crime of... Well, that can be figured out later.
Rupert: Is that the way it's gonna be, boss?

[Rupert puts his hand on his sword and yells.]

Rupert: 'Cause if so, I got my own way of doin' things!

[A slash motion flashes on the screen and it gets blocked. Eisen has stepped between the two men, maintaining a neutral expression.]

Charlton: Hah hah hah... Well done, Captain--staying the stray dog's bite with but a single hand. Truly, you Royal Knights are the pride of Elesius.
Rupert: What're you doin', beard-rat?! What do you care what happens to him?!
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: ...

[Eisen tackles Rupert, who is sent flying against the wall.]

Rupert: Arrggh...
Rupert: Urgh... What the hell...?
Charlton: The Captain of the Royal Knights has protected the Council chairman from a criminal's attack. I don't see what's so unusual about that.
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: ...
Charlton: It's one of Weisheit's parting gifts.
Rupert: What the hell kinda "gift" is that...?

[Rupert puts his hand on his sword again and smirks.]

Rupert: You can't play me for a chump like that and expect me to take it lyin' down...
Royal Knights Captain Eisen: ...
Charlton: ...

[Edna walks in.]

Edna: It always gets so noisy when the soldiers come to play... What are you wasting time on now, with Chevalet Blanc marching towards our door?!

[Katrina steps up behind Edna with a creepy gaze.]

Charlton: ...?
Rupert: And now it's the old hag and the princess? What the hell is goin' on here today?
Edna: You still need time, right, Charlton? So I've sent the Tormenta Triad out to meet them.
Edna: They should provide ample delay. Though I've also instructed them to eliminate Chevalet Blanc entirely if they have the chance.
Katrina: Something interesting is going to happen soon, right? Tee hee hee. I'm so excited...

[On the world map, the links from Port Atraige all the way to the Flatwoods are restored. A red ! marks Rasalom Keep.]

-Hanigar-

(Shop)
Shopkeeper Bigelow: Welcome! Are you alright? Oh, thank heavens! I heard Chevalet Blanc was routed at the Guardian Temple.
Shopkeeper Bigelow (Talk): This is it! The big one! Hang in there, guys!
---
Namby-Pamby Clerk: So the final battle's finally arrived... Please, I want you to defeat the Council and get Lady Katrina back safe and sound.

(Synth. Shop)
Foreman Phil: Are you prepared for the battle ahead? If you're short on anything, just let my workshop get you restocked.
Foreman Phil (Talk): If you're fighting the Martial Guard, I'll help you any way I can!
---
Workman: If you don't have at least one high-accuracy weapon, fighting high-evasion enemies will be a real pain in the neck.
It's best to always have a variety of weapons on hand for the big fights.
---
Workman: It's commonplace to choose armor based on defense, but it'd be smart to note the special abilities in the class-specific armor and go cross-class if needed.

(Pub)
Innkeeper Gaspar: Hello there. How about a little drink to rouse up all the non-underage folks in your force?
Innkeeper Gaspar (Talk): I guess this is the final conflict. The Council will have its full force out, won't it? You'd best be prepared for anything.
---
Ore Miner: Beat the snot out of the Martial Guard for us! If you run short on personnel, I'll come runnin' over with my shovel, don't you worry!

(The Elder's)
Jeune the Elder: The light of hope is slowly returning to Elesius. I will pray for Chevalet Blanc in battle.
---
Housekeeper: You're only one step away from the goal you've set for yourselves. The entire family is on your side.
---
Elder's granddaughter Toco: Good luck, everyone!

-Poliasha-

(Shop)
Shopkeeper Brown: Ah, haven't seen you in a while. It's good to see you all alive and kicking!
Shopkeeper Brown (Talk): The final battle against the Council draws near. I may be just a decrepit old man, but I will pray for your good fortune on the battlefield.
---
Gilliam the Drifter: Have you seen of a monster with an apple for a head?
They're called Grow Apples and Gella Apples, and if you manage to work it right, you'll clean up on experience or gella after beating 'em.
See, when you strike the killing blow, the experience or gella you earn depends on how much extra damage you deal beyond zero HP.
Plan your attacks so the most painful one comes at the end, and you'll be made in the shade.
---
Foreign Traveler: The martial Guard hasn't come back once. Chevalet Blanc really came through for us.

(Synth. Shop)
Muehlen the Forger: Hey hey, got something to synthesize? I don't know what the fancy trends are these days, but to me, it'll always and forever by horns 'n spikes!
Muehlen the Forger (Talk): I specialize in synthesizing weapons and armor with big, mean-looking spikes and horns on 'em!
Huge, spiky suits of armor...wrenches with decorative horns on the ends... Doesn't that sound so cool?
---
Alejandro: Well, what do you think? Poliasha's as good as new, isn't it? All of us pitched in together, y'know.

(Inn)
Ellen: What?! You've found the real Lady Alexia? Oh, my... My heart's startin' to race!
Ellen (Talk): Huh? Whaddya mean, you didn't know I had a husband? That's a funny thing to bring up all of a sudden.
Well, I did have one...a long time ago.
On a stormy night a decade ago, he went down to the sea to tie up some boats that were about to drift away...
...and he never came back.
I'm sure he's living it up in the Ocean Guardian's palace right now... He always did enjoy a good revel.
You know, I don't remember ever telling you about my husband. Did someone in the village mention him?
---
Jim the Drunk: So now some mercenary band called the Zortroa Kinship is helping the Council, huh?
It's pretty funny how they always call folks by their full names, huh? Some kinda crazy culture they got.
I wonder if they cut anything out if the guy's just got too long a name...?
By the way, have I told you my real name yet? It's Jineaus Mewton McMoneagle Pegucci IV.
---
Krelia: Clarissa... I heard the whole story.
I did have a faint suspicion that you weren't the princess. You were uncharacteristically considerate of others, for one...
I wish you could have just told us... But either way, we still owe you our lives...

(Plaza)
Brandon: Princess! Oh, and the rest of Chevalet Blanc! You're off to the capital again, yes? Good luck!!
---
Fellman: Aaaah!! What is the meaning of this?! Two Clarissas, right before my eyes!
Is this a gift fromt he Guardians, rewarding me for my efforts in the rebuilding?!
...Huh? The other one is the real Lady Alexia?
...
Pr...Prinnnnncesssss! *sob* I always knew you were alive!!

-Port Atraige-

(Shop)
Merchant Olrof: Welcome. Oh...it's you...
Merchant Olrof (Talk): Hmm...you've been through a lot, haven't you? Well, you've made it this far--nothing left but to complete the journey, I suppose.
---
Store-Minder Vitalie: Chevalet Blanc really put a damper on the Martial Guard's power trip...
---
Connie the Drifter: Hey! Haven't run into you in a while, Princess! How's it goin'?
...Wha? This kid's the real princess?
... You guys sure like to complicate things...

(Synth. Shop)
Forger Robb: Yep! It's the friendly neighborhoor synthesis shop, at your service!
Forger Robb (Talk): Yep! I inherited this shop from my father before I met my lady.
---
Mixing Girl: My husband's the man who runs this place. Hee hee...he was my dad's apprentice!
I just love mixing stuff with him!
---
Port Worker: Day after day, unloading cargo... It's not that my work doesn't fulfill me, but I wouldn,t mind leaving this port someday.
I mean, I could just hoist myself onboard the next ship that comes in...it'd be a whole new life for me. You never know.

(Bar)
Carefree Bartender: Welcome.
Carefree Bartender (Talk): You guys all right? I heard you were defeated in the Guardian Temple. Good to see you're safe, at least.
---
Battle Fanatic: The "Action Replay" skill usable by Emulators is just what it sounds like--a skill that lets you imitate other people's actions.
Let's say a unit adjacent to someone with this skill is targeted by an attack, recovery item, or something similar.
If the Action Replay skill kicks in, whatever just happened will be repeated, right on the same target.
Use Action Replay effectively, and you can unleash any sort of Original, even if you lack the necessary MP or weapon.
For that matter, you can even "use" items without having to equip them beforehand. It's pretty fun to experiment with.
However, the unit whose action you're imitating must also be adjacent to the target of the action for anything to happen.
Also, Action Replay only works for actions with a single target. And you can't imitate ranged attacks.
...Oh, and one more thing! Some Originals, like "Turn Shift", just plain don't work with it at all. So be careful.

(Outskirts)
I've been watching Chevalet Blanc and the Martial Guard squabble for over a monther now. I'm seeing this to the end if it's the last thing I do!
---
Foreign Merchant: It's starting to look bad for the Martial Guard, isn't it? Whew...glad I didn,t panic and hold a fire sale way back when.
---
Gossip Girl: "There ain't jack worth fightin' for in the Martial Guard anymore!"
"You better get your butt outta there before you get dragged into a world of hurt!"
...is what this Drifter girl told me!

-Richala Rose-

(Shop)
Orvan the Clerk: Welcome. If you're short on supplies, allow me to serve you.
Orvan the Clerk (Talk): This is the final faceoff against the Guard, right?! No problem! I know you can beat 'em!!
---
Bamburgh: Chevalet Blanc! I heard you were all slain, but here you are, safe and sound! It's time to sound the call for another counterattack!

(Synth. Shop)
Martilo III: Welcome. I'd be delighted to help you as much as I can with your final battle.
Martilo III (Talk): I have my grandfather's store...and his skills. I promise I'll do my best.
---
Vigorous Man: You're finally dueling the Council to the death, eh? Well, you better give 'em hell for us!!

(Bar)
Drifting Barkeep: Hey. Been a while, huh?
Drifing Barkeep (Talk): I was worried about you... I heard Chevalet Blanc was obliterated by Princess Katrina's powers.
---
Daniel: When you master a class up to CLV (Class Level) 7, you'll learn that class's special skill.
Special skills are powerful abilities, no matter what the class, but you cannot assign them to other classes.
If you want to use them with skills from other classes, you must choose the special skill's class, then select the other skills you want to equip.

(Quarry)
Wistful Woman: I can feel something ominous from the western volcano. Perhaps it is the King of Monsters our ancestors spoke of...
The King of Monsters... A fearsome beast who wields fire that burns a trillion degrees! Be careful if you're going that way.

[After exiting Richala Rose, a spot far to the northwest of the map will appear, named Heart of Fire, and a link from there to Dead Plateau will form. Now, Chevalet Blanc enters Rasalom Keep...]

Lluvia: This is not the path for you! The only road you need is the one to the afterlife!

[The party turns to see the Tormenta Triad standing higher up on the cliff.]

Labyrinthia: The Tormenta Triad!
Viento: We have been charged with one mission, and one mission alone: to obliterate the hateful Chevalet Blanc.
Trueno: You don't know how long we've been waiting for this moment! No reason to hold back today, is there?
Lluvia: None at all! We kill these people, and the stigma on our name will be lifted forever! The Tormenta Triad will be unblemished once more!
Clarissa: We can't lose this either, you know!
Alexia: We're going to free the capital and wrest control of Elesius away from the Council!
Labyrinthia: For the future of Elesius, and for everyone who lives here!
Viento: Well, let's see you try!
Trueno: Our untold pwoers will open your eyes, believe you me!

[They throw theirs hands up in the air and white domes shine over them for a brief instant.]

Viento: Steel Body Iron Shield!
Clarissa: Huh? Steel Iron Body Shield?!
Levin: ...Works pretty much any which way, doesn't it? Shield Body Iron Steel, same difference.
Ragnar: No, I really don't think it's the same difference, Levin... Thank you, though.
Labyrinthia: Steel Body Iron Shield has been lost to the ages...or it was supposed to be, anyway. Did you inherit that skill, or...?
Clarissa: Uhh... What's going on here? You're all losing me.
Lluvia: Oh-ho! So you know about Steel Body Iron Shield, do you?
Lluvia: Chevalet Blanc knows their stuff, I'll grant them that! I see we must not treat you lightly!
Trueno: Well, it'd be rude to stop there. We've got another special treat for you! Watch as we band together for the ultimate culmination of our skill!
Viento: From one comes many... From many is born one...

[The all spin in circles and a black cloud appears as doubles of themselves appear in front of them.]

Levin: Whoa! Doppelgangers!
Ragnar: This is what you had in store for us?!
Lluvia (X4): Wah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah!
Trueno (X4): ...Did you see that?! Our quadruple illusion, our greatest of secret skills!
Viento (X4): One becomes four! And three become twelve!
Viento (X4): With this move in our hands, you haven't the slightest chance of victory!
Clarissa: ...What the heck is going on here?! Is this even possible?!
Alexia: I don't like this... It's making me feel ill.
Levin: Wait a minute... You don't think the Tormenta Triad is really just one person, do you? Maybe he was splitting himself up into triplets all this time.
Lluvia (X4): Hey! That offends us, you know! You'd better not discriminate against us triplets!
Trueno (X4): Heh...let me tell you something before we proceed. War, you see...it's all about numbers! And we have more than ample numbers to crush you!

[The party readies itself.]

Labyrinthia: And the best tactic against numbers is solidarity. The ability to work as a team. We have nothing to be afraid of!
Levin: Oh, wow, Ms. Wordsworth! I can't believe how steadfast you are!

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the enemy line looks like this.
Labyrinthia: The "Steel Iron Body Shield" move, to put it simply, drastically raises the DEF and RES of its user.
Labyrinthia: Those parameters will become so high that most of our attacks will be rendered ineffective.
Labyrinthia: But if we had a method to damage them that wasn't affected by DEF and RES, that could give us a fighting chance...
Labyrinthia: By the way, Steel Body Iron Shield takes a heavy toll on the user's constitution. It'll probably reduce their HP a great deal.
That should be just the foothold we need to gain the upper hand in this battle.

Lluvia: Prepare yourselves!

[If one of the doppelgangers is defeated...]

-Another doppelganger joined the battle!-

[If one of the brothers is defeated...]

-Viento's/Lluvia's/Trueno's doppleganger disappeared!-

[The battle ends when all the enemies are defeated.]

Lluvia: Why...? Why must we end up on our knees...? How could we be beaten by those with fewer numbers and weaker bonds?
Labyrinthia: Because of the qualities of what we,re fighting for, and the quantities of those who support us.
Labyrinthia: Those are the differences that have decided our battles.
Viento: Hmph, brazen words indeed. But if you have the strength to defeat us, I suppose it proves them true...
Labyrinthia: ...
Trueno: Well, what are you waiting for? Why won't you just finish us off already? That is the priviledge your strength has won you!
Labyrinthia: ...
Labyrinthia: We...we can't do that.

[The brothers are surprised.]

Lluvia: Why not?!
Labyrinthia: Because if we were to do that, we would be validating your might-makes-right philosophy.
Lluvia: ...
Viento: ...
Trueno: ...
Labyrinthia: Tell me... Can only the strongest realize their ambitions?
Viento: Absolutely.
Labyrinthia: So if you found true strength, you could realize all of your hopes and dreams?
Trueno: That's what we're telling you!
Labyrinthia: If what you say is true, then the strong must be lonely indeed...
Lluvia: --?!
Labyrinthia: The strongest man would stand by himself, above all others. Is that not the very definition of loneliness?
Labyrinthia: Even if he could realize all of his dreams, they would undoubtedly be filled with sadness...
Lluvia: ...
Labyrinthia: That's not our desire. What we desire is for everyone to stand side by side, helping to build the future of this coutnry together.
Labyrinthia: After all, dreams realized through strength are just dreams of solitude, nothing more.
Viento: ...
Trueno: ...
Lluvia: ... My brothers... It is time to retreat.
Trueno: What are you saying?!
Viento: To slink away with our tails between our legs... Do you want to smear more filth upon our reputatiions? We can't afford to repeat the same mistake!
Trueno: We would be mocked to no end!
Trueno: This is just like you, brother... You've gone soft because our opponent is a woman!
Lluvia: I have made my decision, and you will abide by it!
Viento: ...
Trueno: ...
Lluvia: Chevalet Blanc... This victory is yours.
Lluvia: But strength still rules all... We will never renounce that belief! When next we meet, we shall settle this!

[The three warp away.]

Labyrinthia: Must we keep fighting it out until one side falls...?
Labyrinthia: ...
Labyrinthia: Even they must have realized the truth by now...

-Council Chamber-

Katrina: A great battle will be commencing soon, won't it?
Katrina: When I heard about it, I was so excited I could barely contain myself.
Katrina: A whole bunch of people will take up weapons and hurt each other, right...? I wonder what horrible torments we'll get to witness...

[Charlton makes a sour face.]

Charlton: What in the... Edna...would you care to explain?
Edna: This...this is Her Highness Katrina, princess medium and successor to the throne of Elesius...
Katrina: Edna promised me she'd drench this city with fear.
katrina: I don't really understand what it means to be afraid, but I do enjoy the fear that others feel.
Katrina: It puts me at ease, and calms the itching in my soul.
Rupert: Has she lost it completely...?
Charlton: ...
Edna: Charlton... We need to concentrate on setting our ambush for Chevalet Blanc right now.
Edna: This is no time to be pitting Eisen and Rupert against each other.

[After a moment, Charlton closes his eyes.]

Charlton: A fair point.

[Katrina smiles and clasps her hands together excitedly.]

Katrina: I hope it behins soon... I'm starting to get itchy again...

[The scene changes to outside in the courtyard, at nightfall.]

[NARRATIVE]: That night...

-Elesius Castle: Courtyard-

Rupert: Man, this place has taken a turn for the bizarre...
Rupert: If we'd kept on brawlin' back there, I probably woulda lost... Hate to say it, but that freaky princess saved my ass.
Rupert: In any case, I ain't plannin' to overstay my welcome. It's time to say adios to Elesius...
Rupert: No way I'm gonna let 'em off me before I get this damn sword figured out...

[A flashback sequence begins, showing Rupert standing behind a young Clarissa.]

Rupert: Wait up there, little missy.

[Clarissa turns around.]

Clarissa: --?!
Rupert: You runnin' an errand for your mom? Good for you!
Clarissa: ...
Rupert: Loosen up a bit, huh? I may not look it, but I'm a friend of your mom.
Clarissa: A friend of my mom...?
Rupert: Yep. Sure am. Here, this is for you.

[A cut-in shows a dandelion. Clarissa smiles as Rupert gives her the flower.]

Clarissa: It's so tiny...and beautiful...
Rupert: I'm helpin' your moom look for the Yggdrasil System.
Clarissa: Oh, really?
Rupert: We were s'posed to meet up today. Could you take me to her?

[Clarissa beams.]

Clarissa: Sure!

[A little later, on the outskirts of town, Clarissa runs up to Melissa and Felius.]

Clarissa: Hi, mom! I'm back!
Melissa: Clarissa, what took you so long? ...Hmm? Who's that?

[Rupert arrives behind Clarissa, smirking. Melissa and Felius immediately frown.]

Melissa: --?!
Felius: Clarissa!

[Rupert draws his sword while Clarissa's looking away. Melissa and Felius tense up.]

Clarissa: Mom, look at this flower...
Melissa: (If I use Iskender Bey now, Clarissa would get caught up in its power...)
Rupert: I'll take that!!!

[A slash flashes on the screen as Rupert attacks. A cut-in shows Iskender Bey sent flying in the air.]

Felius: Melissa!

[Clarissa stares on in shock as the screen turns sepia and the flashback ends. Back to Rupert in the courtyard.]

Rupert: I'm only interested in the good stuff...
Rupert: Adios, boss-man Charlton. And most of all...
Rupert: Adios, little missy and big brother. You two ain't nothin' but trouble... So do me a favor, and don't follow me around no more.

[Rupert turns and leaves. A blue-robed man watches him go.]

Robed Man: ...

[The screen fades to black and the player is prompted to save.]

WAXF Script

glasscap — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:24:55 GMT

< Act 4-3 >

-Council Chamber-

Edna: Chevalet Blanc is almost here! What are you going to do, Charlton?!
Charlton: Prepare an ambush, of course.
Edna: But with Weisheit out of the picture, we can't rely on any of his special weapons, right?
Edna: How are you planning to stop their invasion?
Charlton: There exist secret necromantic arts that have been passed down through House Blunt for generations... I'll use those to slaughter them in a single strike.
Edna: But it would take a long time to do the rituals necessary to prepare a response of that scale...
Edna: Will it be done in time? They could get here at any minute!
Charlton: I've sent the Zortroa to attack them directly. That will buy us some time.
Charlton: I don't care how many of those wretches fall before Chevalet Blanc, as long as they carry out their mission.
Edna: I can't imagine they'll continue to take the short end of the stick like this every time...

[Charlton smirks.]

Charlton: They don't mind being used as sacrificial pawns, so long as it gets them a step closer towards reclaiming their lost homeland.
Edna: (Hmph. Who does he think he is, using everyone and everything to his own ends like that?)
Edna: (I suppose he plans to dispose of me and Rupert next. As if I'd stand around and let that happen!)
Edna: (The next time we need to throw someone to the wolves, it's going to be you, Charlton. But before you, I'm getting rid of that creepy puppet princess...)

[Charlton frowns.]

Charlton: Edna...

[She brings her hands to her face in horror.]

Edna: --?! Wha...what?!
Charlton: Don't hinder me any more than you already have.
Edna: ...

[On the world map, a path forms to The Flatwoods, marked with a red !. As soon as the player enters, Ragnar runs up to see Chelle with some kinsmen behind her.]

Chelle: We've been waiting!
Ragnar: Chelle!
Chelle: I am pleased that we have another opportunity to meet on the battlefield. At last, our covenant with the Council can be fulfilled!
Chelle: You will die here, Chevalet Blanc--so that the nation of Zortroa can be reborn!
Ragnar: And to achieve that goal, you've discarded your humanity, polluted your body with the powers of monsters...
Ragnar: Do your people bear no reservations about being transformed into implements of war?!
CHelle: So asks the mercenary, he himself an implement of war as well?
Ragnar: ...Yes, I am indeed a mercenary.
Ragnar: Just like you, I lost everything to Elesius, and became an implement of war in order to exact my revenge.
Ragnar: The very reason I joined Chevalet Blanc was not to protect Elesius, but to destroy it!
Chelle: ...
Ragnar: And yet, I discovered something as I fought alongside my companions in Chevalet Blanc.
Ragnar: I realized that my thirst would not be sated with the destruction of Elesius alone. I realized that there was something more that I needed to destroy.
Chelle: ...
Ragnar: What I need to destroy is those like Weisheit who hide in the shadows, manipulating wars for their own selfish ends...
Ragnar: Or rather...I need to destroy the greater, more nebulous thing that sustains such men...
Chelle: That is what you wish to destroy, Ragnar Blitz Lebrett?!
Ragnar: It's not just me who wants to destroy it!
Ragnar: Listen to me, Chelle... If you and your people truly wish to revive your homeland, then that is what you too should seek to destroy!
Chelle: I've heard enough wagging from your silver tongue! You will give your lives for the Zortroa Kinship!

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the enemy line looks like this.
Labyrinthia: We've fought Paigoels before...but they're under Zortroan control this time. We'll have to block off their ley point access, too.
If we want to keep any advantage over them, we must keep the Paigoels from strengthening themselves as much as we can.
Labyrinthia: It takes more than just weapons and armor to turn the tide of a battle. Information can play just as important a role than any of that.
Never forget to analyze and internalize your enemies' data. That info may prove to be just as powerful as the sword in your hand.

[The battle ends when all enemies have been defeated. Tactical Map style, Ragnar steps forward.]

Ragnar: Open your eyes, why don't you?!
Ragnar: We can't afford to squabble with each other! We're just the same as you--we're both trying to destroy the same thing!
Chelle: What? Are you saying that we share a common enemy?
Ragnar: Of course. You've got your own free will, after all. You must have realized it by now...
Ragnar: If you take a country by force, it's only a matter of time before it's taken away from you by force. Don't you understand?
Chelle: What...what nonsense are you spouting?! If it's taken from us, we'll simply take--
Ragnar: Take it back? By force? Again?
Chelle: ...

[Ragnar steps forward again, closer to where Chelle is.]

Ragnar: Maybe you can get your country back that way, but do you think that country will have any peace? Any tranquility?
Ragnar: No...all you'll have is a perpetual cycle of warfare, stretching on to infinity...
Chelle: ...

[Chelle steps forward as well.]

Chelle: Even if what you say is true... We cannot change our way of life! We are the Zortroa Kinship!!

[Chelle swipes at the air and summons four kinsmen in front of her.]

Ragnar: So this is it? Fight, or nothing?!

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the enemy line... Well, it looks like this, but...
Labyrinthia: ...
Labyrinthia: Without monsters, monster tamers cannot unlock their true potential...and yet here they are, on the offensive without any monsters.
Labyrinthia: They might have prepared an ambush...or perhaps they're hiding their charges, concealing their true strength from us.
That may be why this tension, this threat in the air seems stronger than could be explained by the number of enemy units we can see.
Labyrinthia: The position of both sides' units will be a vital factor in our strategy.
Take a good look at our starting positions, and whatever you do, always keep a full grasp of what's going on in the battlefield!

Chelle: You must be defeated! There is no way for you to proceed except through us! Claw will strike sword and sword shall strike claw!
There is no such thing as a common enemy between us! My only enemy is the one I see before my eyes!

[The battle ends when all enemies have been defeated. Tactical Map style again, Chelle is on her knees. Ragnar steps forward.]

Ragnar: Is this the only way we can be? Will I never be able to greet you except as a foe on the battlefield...?
Chelle: If I were still human, perhaps the story may have been different...
Chelle: But my body has been remade into a living weapon! My heart...my very blood...!!
Chelle: Ragnar Blitz Lebrett...are you int he habit of speaking to weapons? Why are you trying to foist your reason on a weapon like me...?
Ragnar: Because...you're a woman.

[Chelle stands.]

Chelle: --?!
Chelle: D-don't be ridiculous... I discarded my femininity ages ago. What are you thinking?! This is a battlefield!
Chelle: ...
Chelle: ...Yes, it's all too clear now... This is all a trick! A trap to shame me into confused submission!
Ragnar: Wow, you seem awfully nervous, all of a sudden. It's kind of cute.
Chelle: Grrrrrr...!!
Ragnar: But Chelle... Would you have reacted that way if you weren't still a woman?
Chelle: --?!
Ragnar: And that burning shame coursing through your veins... What more proof do you need that you're human? You're no weapon!
Chelle: ...
Chelle: Don't...don't talk nonsense... I'm... This body is already...
Ragnar: Not "already", Chelle. "Still".
Chelle: ...

[He takes a few more steps closer to her.]

Ragnar: Come with us, Chelle... We're after the same goal...the same enemy.
Chelle: ...
Ragnar: And the thing we've got to destroy... Well, it's enormous. We can't do it unless we join together...
Chelle: I...we...

[She pauses before taking a few steps forward, but suddenly a gigantic worm bursts its head through the ground.]

Levin: Whoa!! What the heck is that?!

[The worm attacks Ragnar and burrows underground. Chelle turns around.]

Chelle: (...)
Chelle: (Is there no regaining your humanity once you've thrown it aside...?)
Chelle: (...)
Chelle: (But even if it proves to be an untenable dream...)
Chelle: (Even if it was a fleeting, faraway dream, seen only for a single moment...you allowed me to dream it.)
Ragnar: --Chelle!!
Chelle: Ragnar Blitz Lebrett...there is no going together with you. You and I could never be the same...

[Ragnar starts running to her.]

Ragnar: Chelle...!

[She turns to face him.]

Chelle: This body... This soul... My entire existence is devoted to Piedras Blancas...
I cannot abandon my life as one of the Zortroa Kinship. I'm not strong enough to change my way of life...

[She turns and runs off.]

Ragnar: Chelle... You don't realize... None of us are strong...

-Princess Katrina's Chamber-

[Edna stands before Katrina with a knife in hand. Katrina stares at her blankly.]

Edna: Ah hah! Hah hah hah...
Edna: Are you scared? If you're scared, let's see you shiver, puppet princess!
Katrina: ...
Edna: The Rite of Divine Coalescence is over, and you are officially the heir to the throne of Elesius.
And as your regent, that gives me all sorts of new governmental powers.
Edna: Finally I can shape this country without having to grovel for anyone's approval. And therefore, my puppet princess, I have no further need of you.
Edna: Ah hah hah hah hah! Are you shivering? Are you trembling?
Edna: After all, that's all you can do now!
Katrina: ...
Edna: Oh, that's right! You don't even know what "fear" is, do you? Truly, what a freak you are...
Edna: That reminds me, I don't think I've ever had a chance to tell you how much I utterly despise you!
Katrina: And I hate you too, Edna.
Edna: Is that right? What a relief! Knowing that will make it so much easier to kill you!

[Edna attempts to stab Katrina, but the knife breaks as it touches the girl's abdomen, blocked by a golden light.]

Edna: --Huh?!
Edna: What...what's this light?! It's just like...at the rite...

[The screen flashes white for a moment and Edna is thrown back against the wall.]

Edna: Yearggghhh!
Edna: Urgh...

[Katrina glares at Edna, the top of her face shadowed by her bangs.]

Edna: Eeeeeeeeeeekkk!!!
Katrina: What's the matter, Edna? Why do you shriek like that?
Edna: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!
Katrna: Is that what you meant by fear? What you meant by trembling? I'm afraid I don't know too much about it...
Katrina: ...

[Katrina smiles eerily.]

Katrina: I don't know much, but the emotion that emanates from you... It feels nice.
Katrina: Hee hee hee. When I taste your fear, the itching in my soul feels a little better...
Katrina: Won't you let me taste more?
Edna: Who...who are you?!
Katrina: I am Katrina. The Katrina you hate. The Katrina who hates you.
Edna: Eeeeee.... Eeeeekkkk!
Katrina: Should I kill you now? If I did that, would I learn more about fear?
Edna: No... Nooooo!!
Katrina: You seem to be quite scared right now. You must not want to die...
Katrina: Hee hee hee... How interesting. I love the way it makes me feel.

[Edna brings her hands together and starts to cry.]

Edna: P-p-please don't kill me...! I...I'll do anything! Anything at all!

[Katrina laughs.]

Katrina: Hah hah hah hah hah hah! No! I want to feel more fear!
Edna: If you spare me, I'll let you taste a much greater fear! So please! Don't kill me!
Katrina: ...A much greater fear...?
Katrina: ...
Katrina: ...Really...?
Edna: Really...! I wouldn't lie to you!

[Katrina closes her eyes, smirking.]

Katrina: You liar.
Katrina: It's all right. I'll play along.
Katrina: And in exchange, you will satisfy my thirst for fear. I want more. Much more.
Edna: Of...of course... I'll give you rich, sweet fear... The best there is...!
Katrina: Hee hee hee... I'm looking forward to it. I wonder what sort of fear you'll bring me?
Edna: (What's happening? That girl... Is she even Katrina anymore?)
Edna: (...No...)
Edna: (If anything, it's like some other presence has taken her form... Is there something lurking inside the princess medium...?)
Edna: (...)
Edna: (Could it be...a Guardian...? Could one have remained within her after the Rite of Divine Coalescence?)

[The screen fades to black and the player is prompted to save.]

WAXF Script

glasscap — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:10:35 GMT

< Act 4-2 >

[On the world map, a link forms to Boot Hill, marked with a red !.]

Martial Guardsman: Commander--over there!
Rupert: Gimme those field glasses!

[The guardsman turns and hands the field glasses to Rupert.]

Rupert: Hmmm...
Rupert: ...

[He gnashes his teeth, eyes widening.]

Rupert: Hot damn... I thought that message musta been screwed up or something', but it really is little missy and her pals!
Rupert: They went missin' over a month ago, and now they're suddenly back and within strikin' distance of the capital... That's one hell of a cock-up!
Rupert: Damn... I can't afford another mistake like this. I don't have many points left to lose with the Council...
Rupert: Little missy's roach-like tenacity ain't as amusing as it used to be!
Rupert: This whole mess started with Iskender Bey. And I guess it's gonna have to be Iskender Bey that ends it, too...

[Flashback. The screen changes to a sepia-version of Felius, young Clarissa and Melissa. Melissa stands in front of the two, on guard. The characters' real characters replace the sepia.]

Melissa: We came out here looking for the Yggdrasil System, and ended up smack-dab in the middle of a monster pack... How could I be so careless?
Felius: Their numbers are slowly increasing... The longer we hesitate, the worse it'll get!
Clarissa: Mom!
Melissa: ...
Melissa: I'll unleash the power of Iskender Bey...
Melissa: I still don't fully trust that thing, but this is no time to be playing it safe...

[The screen turns black.]

Melissa: Out...of...my...way...!!!

[Slash. The same illustration as before is shown, where she slashes at monsters, but now Felius and Clarissa are standing back. Felius is behind Clarissa to cover her.]

Felius: Melissa wields Yulia's sword as if she were Yulia herself...
Melissa: Hurry! Grab Clarissa and follow me through the gap!
Felius: Will do!

[They run off. Rupert steps onto the scene behind them, smirking.]

Rupert: So that's the famous Melissa Arwin...
Rupert: Well, I suppose the sword's more famous than the skirt who wields it. The legendacy magic blade, Iskender Bey...
Rupert: Heh... What a tragedy to see a priceless weapon like that in the hands of some amateur. Wonder how I could go about rectifyin' that...

[He closes on eye and the background turns white and shows Clarissa.]

Rupert: Heh heh heh...
Rupert: Oh yeah, she's got a weakness all right. This is gonna be easier than I thought.
Enjoy that sword while you can, missy... I'll be comin' by to take it off your hands real soon.

[The image turns sepia and returns to Rupert gnashing his teeth on Boot Hill.]

Rupert: Tch... And I thought takin' that sword would be the easiest thing in the world...
Rupert: Get movin', men! If you can't score a victory here, then I don't ever wanna hear you callin' yourself Martial Guardsmen again!
Martial Guardsman: Yes sir!

[Tactical Map Style, the party arrives at Boot Hill to see a large party of guardsmen and Rupert.]

Rupert: My luck's been on the outs ever since I ran into you, little missy. That Iskender Bey is a demon blade if I ever saw one.
Clarissa: Well, give me back my mother's sword, then! You've hurt enough people with it!
Rupert: 'Fraid that's not an option, my dear.
I've run up a hell of a debt, you see...and the only way I can rid myself of it is with Iskender Bey.
I swear to you, someday the power in this sword is going to be mine...!!

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the enemy line looks like this.
Labyrinthia: Rupert's "Fast Draw" grows more refined and powerful every time we cross swords with him. His natural-born speed is simply astonishing.
His ever-increasing RFX, along with the number of turns it grants him, pose a dual threat to our forces.
Labyrinthia: And Rupert's Fast Draw isn't the only issue we have to deal with, either.
There's also the question of the Martial Guard detail supporting Rupert. We can't ignore them.
Labyrinthia: Don't let the enemy's leader decide how this unfolds. Keep the entire battlefield in mind at all times.

Rupert: Tryin' to reach the capital, eh? Not for much longer, you're not!
This Martial Guard's not the ragtag bunch of new recruits you used to deal with. They're well-trained fighting machines, now...and they're your final exam!

[The battle ends when all enemies have been defeated. More guardsmen arrive on the scene after the fight; a few run in front of and behind Rupert.]

Martial Guardsman #1: Commander Rupert! We're here to support you, sir!
Rupert: --?!
Martial Guardsman #1: We'll be expecting some bonus pay if we take these guys out, mind you!
Rupert: ...Oh, uh...right! Yeah! Hey, you couldn't have picked a better time to show up, guys!
Alexia: ...And ambush? Are those reinforcements?
Labyrinthia: ...
Rupert: I have a top-secret operation in the works... We're talkin' about one major offensive here!
Until the operation's underway, I want you to stop Chevalet Blanc in its tracks! Gimme your all out here!
Martial Guardsman #2: Wow, Commander! Got a cunning plan in the offing, eh?
Rupert: Uh, yeah...offing! There's gonna be a helluva lot of offing goin' on around here! It's a jack...uh...crackerjack operation! Yeah!

[Rupert runs off.]

Rupert: This is my Martial Guard! This is your Martial Guard! And the final whimper of Chevalet Blanc is but a moment away from reality!
Pull yourselves together one more time! This is the big one!
Martial Guardsman #3: Yessir!

=D.E.R.=

Labyrinthia: Let's take a look at the Tactical Map we'll be fighting on.
Labyrinthia: We'll be starting here...
Labyrinthia: And the enemy line looks like this.
Labyrinthia: I'm rather perplexed by the idea of a field commander leaving the...uh...field. Right in the midst of battle, too.
Perhaps he has some kind of grandiose secret plan in mind for us, ready to reveal at a moment's notice...?
...
Labyrinthia: Regardless, the Martial Guard before us is highly motivated and ready to fight. We can't afford to approach this battle halfheartedly.
Labyrinthia: In particular, the Emulator is a very tricky class. They're able to "Download" and use a wide range of other classes' skills.
Labyrinthia: We'll need to be fully prepared for anything...or else we'll be left flat-footed at the first unexpected attack they throw at us.

[The battle ends when all enemies have been defeated. Further away, Rupert stops running]

Rupert: I can't believe it...
Rupert: They may be my own men, but they're so dumb it's pathetic...
Rupert: As if anybody could actually come up with a plan to do something in a situation like that... Those idiots can't even use their heads!
Rupert: That damn sword... If I can just find a way to harness Iskender Bey's power, I can make up for all of today's losses and then some...

[He smirks.]

Rupert: Yeah. I'll do anything to get at that power... Anything at all...

[He walks off.]

-Elesius Castle-

Edna: Damned Chevalet Blanc! Have they returned from the dead just to torment me?!

[As she starts to walk, the Tormenta Triad warp in behind her. She turns to them.]

Edna: Tormenta Triad! What happened to Chevalet Blanc? Tell me you destroyed them!
Lluvia: As you insisted, we made covering your escape our top priority. We shall finish them off for good at our next opportunity.
Edna: Fools! You pathetic fools!
Viento: --!
Trueno: Huh?!
Edna: You just do exactly as you're told? Any fool can follow orders! Show some backbone, dammit!
Edna: I thought you were supposed to be world-famous villains! I expected a whole lot better than that!
You should've been able to protect me AND kill them with ease!
Lluvia: ...
Viento: The nerve on this one...
Trueno: You have the gall to complain? After we saved your life?!
Edna: Such...such impudence! Have you forgotten who your employer is?!
Lluvia: Allow me to give you one piece of advice.
Lluvia: Your power does entitle you to speak and act as you please.
Lluvia: But one day, that attitude of yours will drive everyone close to you away. In fact, perhaps it already has?
Edna: Hmph! If you enjoy butting into everyone else's business so much, maybe you should go find Chevalet Blanc and kill them already!
Edna: Believe me--if you don't kill someone when you have the chance, it leads to all sorts of problems down the road!
Viento: ...

[Viento warps away.]

Trueno: Like we needed you to tell us that!

[Trueno warps away.]

Lluvia: We'll finish them next time. You'll see!

[Lluvia warps away, leaving Edna alone. She puts her hand on her hip.]

Edna: Indeed...if you don't kill them when you have the chance, they torment you forever...

[The screen turns black and we hear a loud rumbling. Then we see a sepia illustration of Edna leaning over a collapsed Alexia, covered in dirt, holding a knife behind her back. The colors replace the sepia.]

Edna: Are...are you dead?
Alexia: *Huff...huff...huff...*

[Alexia lifts her head weakly to look up at her.]

Edna: Eeeeeeeeeeekkkkk!

[Alexia faints. The illustration turns sepia again before returning to Edna in the castle.]

Edna: I had the chance...but I flinched.
Edna: If I had only killed her when I had the chance, none of this would have happened...
Edna: ...
Edna: And if it's true for one sister, it's probably true for the other as well...
Edna: That creepy little puppet princess, Katrina...
Edna: If I have nothing more to gain from letting her live... This time I won't flinch...!

[The screen fades to black and the player is prompted to save.]