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FFBE Script part 123: During the Trip
Jan. 21st, 2020 03:46 pmPreviously...
DARK CONTINENT GRONOA -- DURING THE TRIP -- SOCIETAL RUINS 1
Nichol: Sakura, there's just one thing that doesn't make sense after what you told us. If the Darklord truly was Sir Raegen, why did he change back into a Veritas?
Sakura: ...Not even I know that. It isn't as though we were always together after I separated from my sister.
(Wave 1 of battle commences, and leads to wave 2.)
Lid: Ruins on a continent covered by miasma... who in the world could've put them there?
Sakura: This place was built by the people of Paladia, which fell to Lapis. Protecting the crystal, they lived together with the people of Lapis... The temple here is an expression of that determination.
(Wave 2 commences. There is no further dialogue.)
DARK CONTINENT GRONOA -- DURING THE TRIP -- SOCIETAL RUINS 2
(The scene opens on Lightlord, laying in a heap at the bottom of the cliff where she fell. It begins to rain, and she gets a ! over her head.)
Veritas of the Light: So I'm.... still alive... (...) Is it raining? I hate the rain...
(The scene flashes white, and a flashback begins. Lightlord stands before Raegen in the midst of a thunderstorm.)
Raegen: It's been a long time. Hasn't it, Lightlord?
Veritas of the Light: Just five more years, and the shooting stars will be back for the first time in a century. The Invincible's construction continues without issue. Everything is going according to plan...
(She steps closer to Raegen.)
Veritas of the Light: So, Raegen.... Come back to us.. We will need your strength.
Raegen: I can't do that. My journey has no ended yet.
Veritas of the Light: Your journey? What journey? Since you set aside your armor, what have you done? Found a woman, had a child, lived like some simple human... What part of that is a journey?
(Raegen walks a few paces away from her, his back to her.)
Raegen: I don't know if you would understand even if I tried to explain it to you... but... I'm trying as hard as I can to live as humans do. To me, that might just be the greatest journey and adventure.
(Raegen turns to face Lightlord again.)
Raegen: Lightlord. It is a good thing to live a free life. Things never go the way you think they will.
(He steps closer to her.)
Raegen: But... but that is exactly why it is so enjoyable. That is what I think.
(Lightlord gets (...) over her head.)
Veritas of the Light: I cannot understand that. I cannot understand such thinking. And I do not intend to discuss it any further with you. If you resist, then I will take you with me by force. Do you really think you can stand against me without your armor?
???: Please stop this!
(Raegen turns as his wife comes rushing up.)
Raegen: Sophia...
(Sophia moves to stand between Raegen and Lightlord.)
Sophia: We live a quiet life. We don't bother anyone. Please, just leave us in peace.
Veritas of the Light(...): Raegen. If you won't return to us, I will kill this woman.
(Raegen gets ! and Sophia (...) at this. Sophia turns to Raegen and steps closer to him.)
Sophia: Raegen... Don't hesitate on my behalf. I knew when I married you that this day might come. if it is going to fill you with such pain and hatred again... then I would rather...
Raegen: Sophia... (...) Lightlord... I will not help your cause. Not even if you kill my wife.
Sophia: Yes. That's right, Raegen. That is the only answer for you.
(Lightlord gets a (...) over her head again.)
Veritas of the Light: What... what is it with you two... Do not trifle with me!
(Veritas of the Light knocks Sophia aside!)
Veritas of the Light: Raegen! Fight me! If you really want to keep living the way that you have been, then defeat me in battle!
(Raegen draws his weapon. Lightlord casts balls of light at him, but he deflects them, until one forces him to his knees.)
Raegen: Grgh...
Veritas of the Light: You're weak now. Too weak. if you won't return to my side...
(Lightlord glows with energy. She prepares to unleash it at Raegen, but Sophia gets up and puts herself in front of him. Sophia takes the full force of Lightlord's energy.)
Raegen: Sophia!
Sophia: R-Raegen...
Raegen: Sophia...
(Lightlord slowly backs up.)
Veritas of the Light: Raegen... I-I didn't...
(Raegen kneels and picks up Sophia, with a (...) above his head.)
Raegen: Let's go home, Sophia. Rain and Lasswell are waiting for us.
(Raegen walks slowly past Lightlord, who moves to let them pass. There is a flash of white light as the flashback ends.)
Veritas of the Light: Sophia. That woman won't ever disappear from Raegen's heart, will she? I have been beaten. I'd thought I was the only woman who could be worthy of Raegen, and still she.... My sister... The man I loved... They've all left me behind... Why did things have to end up this way? Where did I go wrong?
(She gets a (...) over her head, then stands up.)
Veritas of the Light: this is no time for rest. If I don't destroy the crystal... My revenge is the only thing I have left now...
Next entry...
DARK CONTINENT GRONOA -- DURING THE TRIP -- SOCIETAL RUINS 1
Nichol: Sakura, there's just one thing that doesn't make sense after what you told us. If the Darklord truly was Sir Raegen, why did he change back into a Veritas?
Sakura: ...Not even I know that. It isn't as though we were always together after I separated from my sister.
(Wave 1 of battle commences, and leads to wave 2.)
Lid: Ruins on a continent covered by miasma... who in the world could've put them there?
Sakura: This place was built by the people of Paladia, which fell to Lapis. Protecting the crystal, they lived together with the people of Lapis... The temple here is an expression of that determination.
(Wave 2 commences. There is no further dialogue.)
DARK CONTINENT GRONOA -- DURING THE TRIP -- SOCIETAL RUINS 2
(The scene opens on Lightlord, laying in a heap at the bottom of the cliff where she fell. It begins to rain, and she gets a ! over her head.)
Veritas of the Light: So I'm.... still alive... (...) Is it raining? I hate the rain...
(The scene flashes white, and a flashback begins. Lightlord stands before Raegen in the midst of a thunderstorm.)
Raegen: It's been a long time. Hasn't it, Lightlord?
Veritas of the Light: Just five more years, and the shooting stars will be back for the first time in a century. The Invincible's construction continues without issue. Everything is going according to plan...
(She steps closer to Raegen.)
Veritas of the Light: So, Raegen.... Come back to us.. We will need your strength.
Raegen: I can't do that. My journey has no ended yet.
Veritas of the Light: Your journey? What journey? Since you set aside your armor, what have you done? Found a woman, had a child, lived like some simple human... What part of that is a journey?
(Raegen walks a few paces away from her, his back to her.)
Raegen: I don't know if you would understand even if I tried to explain it to you... but... I'm trying as hard as I can to live as humans do. To me, that might just be the greatest journey and adventure.
(Raegen turns to face Lightlord again.)
Raegen: Lightlord. It is a good thing to live a free life. Things never go the way you think they will.
(He steps closer to her.)
Raegen: But... but that is exactly why it is so enjoyable. That is what I think.
(Lightlord gets (...) over her head.)
Veritas of the Light: I cannot understand that. I cannot understand such thinking. And I do not intend to discuss it any further with you. If you resist, then I will take you with me by force. Do you really think you can stand against me without your armor?
???: Please stop this!
(Raegen turns as his wife comes rushing up.)
Raegen: Sophia...
(Sophia moves to stand between Raegen and Lightlord.)
Sophia: We live a quiet life. We don't bother anyone. Please, just leave us in peace.
Veritas of the Light(...): Raegen. If you won't return to us, I will kill this woman.
(Raegen gets ! and Sophia (...) at this. Sophia turns to Raegen and steps closer to him.)
Sophia: Raegen... Don't hesitate on my behalf. I knew when I married you that this day might come. if it is going to fill you with such pain and hatred again... then I would rather...
Raegen: Sophia... (...) Lightlord... I will not help your cause. Not even if you kill my wife.
Sophia: Yes. That's right, Raegen. That is the only answer for you.
(Lightlord gets a (...) over her head again.)
Veritas of the Light: What... what is it with you two... Do not trifle with me!
(Veritas of the Light knocks Sophia aside!)
Veritas of the Light: Raegen! Fight me! If you really want to keep living the way that you have been, then defeat me in battle!
(Raegen draws his weapon. Lightlord casts balls of light at him, but he deflects them, until one forces him to his knees.)
Raegen: Grgh...
Veritas of the Light: You're weak now. Too weak. if you won't return to my side...
(Lightlord glows with energy. She prepares to unleash it at Raegen, but Sophia gets up and puts herself in front of him. Sophia takes the full force of Lightlord's energy.)
Raegen: Sophia!
Sophia: R-Raegen...
Raegen: Sophia...
(Lightlord slowly backs up.)
Veritas of the Light: Raegen... I-I didn't...
(Raegen kneels and picks up Sophia, with a (...) above his head.)
Raegen: Let's go home, Sophia. Rain and Lasswell are waiting for us.
(Raegen walks slowly past Lightlord, who moves to let them pass. There is a flash of white light as the flashback ends.)
Veritas of the Light: Sophia. That woman won't ever disappear from Raegen's heart, will she? I have been beaten. I'd thought I was the only woman who could be worthy of Raegen, and still she.... My sister... The man I loved... They've all left me behind... Why did things have to end up this way? Where did I go wrong?
(She gets a (...) over her head, then stands up.)
Veritas of the Light: this is no time for rest. If I don't destroy the crystal... My revenge is the only thing I have left now...
Next entry...