FFBE Script part 8: Castle Rush

Previously...

GRANDSHELT ISLES - CASTLE RUSH - GRANDSHELT CATACOMBS OPENING

Rain: Come on! We have to get to the throne room as quickly as we can!

Lasswell: These tunnels are like a maze. Don't lose your way.

Rain(🎵): Who do you think you're talking to? I know these tunnels like the back of my hand. I always snuck down here to escape from your tedious training regimes.

Lasswell (grumble): When we've made it through this, my first task will be to place a guard by the entrance around the clock.

Rain (!) Are you sure? That, uh... doesn't sound like a very efficient use of resources.

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GRANDSHELT ISLES - CASTLE RUSH - GRANDSHELT CATACOMBS 1

Rain: It's as if they're trying to keep us from going inside...

Lasswell: Ridiculous! Mere beasts can't reason like that.

(first wave commences, and leads to second wave which starts without dialogue. After 2nd wave is killed...)

Rain: Look at their movements. It's like they're being controlled by someone... or something. Where they appear, the timing of their attacks... It's almost... strategic.

Lasswell: You're suggesting there's someone pulling the strings?

Rain: I'd bet on it. The only question is... who?

(Battle progresses to 3rd wave but doesn't start yet.)

Lasswell: Does the gate still hold?

Rain: It's not just the gate that has kept Grandshelt Castle standing all these years... It's the strength of the knights who defend it... in service of their liege and their countrymen. Even if the gate falls, the castle will not. Our brothers-in-arms will see to that!

Lasswell: Let us hope so...

(Third wave commences, and progresses to a Boss Battle against a shark. After it is dead...)

Rain: I feel a strange sensation coming from below...

Lasswell: I feel it, too. This vague yet undeniable sense of foreboding...

Rain: I just hope we're not walking into a trap...

(Battle progresses to a fifth wave, but doesn't start.)

Laswell: We're almost to the center. Steel yourself, Rain. This won't be an easy one.

Rain: I know, Lasswell... I know. Let's deal with them and get back to the surface... quickly.

(Fifth wave commences, then proceeds to another boss fight, this time against an Architeuth.

Rain: What the...!? Is this their leader or something!?

Lasswell: A giant... squid?

Rain: He's a long way from home. Let's send him back to the sea, Lasswell!

(Battle commences. After the boss is vanquished..)

Rain: Phew! Looks like that's all of them. The stairs ahead will take us to the castle.

Lasswell: I hope my lady is safe...

Rain: It's quiet... too quiet. We should be wary.

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