FFBE Script part 75: What Only I Can Do

Previously...

OLDERION FEDERATION - WHAT ONLY I CAN DO - WATER SHRINE OPENING

Lasswell: So this is the Water Shrine.

Fina: I've already removed the barrier around the shrine, using the power that Luka lent me.

Lid: All right! Then let's get in there!

Veritas of the Waters: At last... the seal is gone.

(The party gets ! over their heads.)

Lasswell: That voice! Veritas of the Waters! How are you even alive?

(The party looks around, but cannot spot Veritas of the Waters.)

Rain: Argh! Where is the swine? Show yourself, coward!

Lid: You're a pain in the neck, you know that? Just leave us alone already!

Veritas of the Waters: That I cannot do. Even if you do not understand why. There is no need for you to understand... Because, after all, you will die here.

(Monsters surround the party! Rain and Lasswell draw their weapons.)

Elle: (This is it... Now is my chance!)

(Elle runs into the shrine.)

Nichol: Elle!?

Lasswell: Nichol, don't look away! The enemy comes!

Elle: I... I have to do it.... Right now there's no one else who can. I have to do this.

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OLDERION FEDERATION - WHAT ONLY I CAN DO - WATER SHRINE 1

Rain: Veritas of the Waters... so you're sending monsters in your place again, I see!

Lid: Huh? Where's Elle? Where could he be at a time like this?

Lasswell: I saw him enter the shrine ahead of us.

Nichol: What the--?!

(Wave 1 of battle commences. Afterward, the scene drops out of battle. Elle stands before the crystal, deep in the shrine.)

Elle: I found a way... to save them both... Rain and Olderion... If I just... use my power as a Warden oft he Waters... to magnify the crystal's power...

(He approaches the crystal and uses his power. There is a flash of light.)

Veritas of the Waters: Ahhh, interesting! But if you are not careful with such power, you are the one who will die.

(Elle looks around. Veritas of the Waters appears in a funnel of water behind him.)

Elle: Veritas!? But how?

Veritas of the Waters: Heh heh heh... When you struck me down on that ghost ship, I attached myself to your shadow. If I had tried it on Rain or Lasswell, they might have noticed me, but you... A simpleton like you was the perfect choice. And now you have served your life's purpose.

(Elle backs up and draws his weapon. Veritas of the Waters attacks, and Elle parries, but falls kneeling to the ground.)

Elle: B-but I....

Veritas of the Waters: Yes, it is a shame, isn't it? Yet your time in this world is over now. Just like... That crystal....

Elle: S... stop....

(Veritas of the Waters approaches the crystal, and slices it in two. The crystal shatters into pieces.)

Elle: This... can't... be...

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OLDERION FEDERATION - WHAT ONLY I CAN DO - WATER SHRINE 2

(Fina emerges from the shrine.)

Fina: I can feel it. The Water Crystal has shattered... The boy Elle.. He failed. I suppose that'll be the end of Rain as well. (...) There's no point staying here, then.

(She begins to leave.)

???: Wait! Don't go!

(She gets a ! over her head at this voice.)

Fina: Oh? This is surprising. I thought you were sound asleep. but here you are calling out to me.

(The other Fina appears as a vision.)

???: Please! Please save Rain!

Fina: You're not serious? Look, I'm sorry, but he's finished.

???: You're wrong! There's still time; I know it! So... please!

Fina: Ugh, how annoying. Just go back to sleep, and also bury yourself in a deep hole and never come out.

???: You care about Rain just as I do, don't you?

Fina: Just as "you" do? What a joke!

???: I know that you do! I'm you, after all. We must share the same feelings.

Fina: (...)

???: But right now, I can't do anything... So, please...

Fina: *sigh* It is unbelievable that you managed to develop feelings like that. Just... ughhhh. Fine then. Fine! I suppose, if there's a tiny chance he's alive... And since we do share a body and all.. I suppose I can do this much for you. Well then. Apparently I'm going back.

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OLDERION FEDERATION - WHAT ONLY I CAN DO - WATER SHRINE 3

(Elle lies on the ground amidst the shattered crystal, Veritas of the Waters standing nearby.)

Veritas of the Waters: Ah, I simply never tire of my own beauty. Truly, it must be a sin to be this lovely! Yes... one of the wickeder sins, I should think.

Elle: (I can't even... more a single finger... Is this really the end for me?) (I acted on my own, without even thinking... and got the crystal destroyed...) (Brother... Luka... Was I ever... anything but trouble for you...)

Veritas of the Waters: Heh heh, excellent... Sounds like you're just about finished dying, hm? Marvelous. When Rain and his band of merry morons find your body like this, they'll come dashing right over, don't you think? Without stopping to wonder if some gorgeous adversary mightn't be waiting to ambush them.

Elle: (What have I done!? Everyone struggled so hard to get this far, and I've ruined everything...) (Damnit.. I don't want to die like this... Arsha, I... I...!)

(There is a glow around his body.)

Elle: (What is this warm feeling...? Is this... the amulet Arsha gave me?)

Veritas of the Waters: Ho ho ho ho ho! This time, I will finish off Rain and his meddling friends once and for all!

Elle: Keep... dreaming...

(Veritas of the Waters gets a ! over her head. Elle stands, a glow enveloping him.)

Elle: As if I'd let you... do that...!

(Elle takes a step, falls to his knees, gets up again and takes another step.)

Veritas of the Waters: B-but you... Whence such power? Whence!?

Elle: Thank you.. Arsha.. I won't give up until the end.

Veritas of the Waters: Well then. This is... touching. I'm touched. To think that you would drag around that mangled carcass, barely hanging together, just to try and stop little old me! I am deeply moved! Allow me to express the profound affection I feel!

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OLDERION FEDERATION - WHAT ONLY I CAN DO - WATER SHRINE 4

(Veritas of the Waters strikes Elle, who falls to his knees, but then stands again.)

Veritas of the Waters: How can this be!? How can you still be standing!

Elle: I... I'm going to do... what I can do... what only I can do...

Veritas of the Waters: What...ARE you? You're like... the living dead! The living cremated! How can you still be moving!?

(Elle's amulet glows.)

Elle: (Arsha's amulet... It must be protecting me...)

Veritas of the Waters: Aaargh! The only thing you can do now is die! Just give up and die already!

Elle: Veritas of the Waters.... I have no intentions of beating you.

Veritas of the Waters: If you've no intentions of defeating me, then why are you even fighting?! Either way, it's time for you to die!

(Veritas of the Waters uses a water attack on Elle. He falls.)

Veritas of the Waters: Hah... hah... I should not allow myself to become so discomposed. Not over some ordinary fool boy. It's unseemly.

(Nichol and Rain rush in.)

Nichol: Elle!

Rain: Elle!

(Veritas of the Waters gets a ! over her head.)

Veritas of the Waters: D-damn it all! My plan to ambush them unawares--!

(She turns back to Elle, who gets up on his knees.)

Veritas of the Waters: You brat! You imp! This whole time, your plan was nothing more than to buy time until your playmates arrived!?

Elle: Brother... Rain... it's up... to you now...

(Elle falls.)

Nichol: Elle!

(The rest of the party has arrived, including Fina.)

Nichol: Veritas! You will not see another sunrise!

Rain: You'll pay for what you did to Elle!

Lasswell: We will defeat you here, without fail.

Lid: How could you...How could you!?

Fina: Why don't we settle things, once and for all? It's seven hundred years overdue, Warrior of Aldore!

(Battle begins! You defeat Veritas of the Waters.)

Veritas of the Waters: What is this.. this power... It can't be... How could I be defeated... Very well. I shall take my leave, for now...

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OLDERION FEDERATION - WHAT ONLY I CAN DO - WATER SHRINE ENDING

Nichol: Elle... Thank you. Veritas of the Waters was defeated thanks to you.

Elle: I didn't... do a thing.. But you... Nichol... Rain... you're all so... strong... but me... i failed... I wanted to save the city... and Rain... but...

Fina: You didn't fail. The crystal might be in pieces, but it's still brimming with your power. See? Even these broken shards are shining brilliantly.

Elle: They... they are...

Fina: And if that power isn't enough, I can amplify it with the power of the sacred vessel. So... you don't need to worry about a thing.

Elle: Yeah...? That's... wonderful... They'll all be... safe... Rain... Olderion...

(Rain rushes to Elle's side and kneels.)

Rain: Elle! You can't die on us! What'll happen to Arsha if you die?

Elle: Arsha... I'm... so sorry... Arsha... that it had.. to end... like this... but I did my best.. to be the man... you deserve...

Rain: You were the man she deserved, Elle. You two were great together.

Elle: Thank you.. Rain... Keep this world.. safe...

Nichol: You did well... Elle. I am proud to call you my brother.

Elle: Nichol.. That's all... I ever... Thank you.... I'm glad... I was born.. as... your broth... er...

Rain: Elle...? Come on, Elle... Elle! ELLE!

Nichol: Rain... let him rest in peace now.

(Fina has been standing among the crystal shards. She begins to glow.)

Rain: Elle! ELLE!

(The scene shifts to show the world map, water rising up from the Aquapolis.)

(The scene shifts to child Rain with his glowing arm. Fina appears in her crystal before him.)

Fina: Don't worry. Your arm will be fine. Just touch the crystal I hold.

Rain: Huh?

Fina: Trust me, Rain.

Rain(...): ...I will.

(He touches the crystal.)

Rain: Ah... the light... It's disappearing....

Fina: It hasn't actually disappeared. It's just stored away for now. It may be too much for you to handle right now, but... Just try not to fear the unknown. After all, that light is a part of you.

Rain: Who.. are you?

(The scene returns to present. Fina and Rain stand among the crystal shards, whose light has faded. So does the light in Rain's arm.)

Rain: The light... it's fading... That's right. I remember now. What happened with Fina that time.

Fina: Looks like the sacred vessel did the trick. So, I'd better say good-bye for now.

(Rain gets a ! over his head.)

Fina: It seems like the other me...is waiting for her turn to see you. Please be gentle, Rain, with the other Fina.

(There is a flash of light.)

Rain: Wait! Fina!

(Rain rushes forward, but Fina has turned back to her light self.)

Fina: ...Huh? Where am I? Rain, what happened?

(Fina looks around.)

Fina(...): Did I do something to make you all worry about me again?

Rain: Fina... You're back...

Fina: Yes... I'm back.

(The scene pans down to the others.)

Nichol: Elle... It is time we return home. Back to the city that you saved.

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