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FFBE Script Part 165: The Essence of Life
Jan. 25th, 2022 03:34 pmPreviously...
CHAOTIC DARKNESS - THE ESSENCE OF LIFE - LAND OF DARKNESS 1
(The party is walking in darkness. Rain comes to a stop with a ! over his head and rushes north a bit.)
Rain: Everybody, look! Up there!
(The party all turns to look north. A giant skeleton sits high in the sky.)
Lasswell: Is the Chaotic Darkness... the one creating this dark space?
(a glowing light like a teleportation field, and Sol appears before them.)
Sol: That's right. The ill will of mankind is overflowing.
Rain: Sol!
Sol: Be quiet. If you listen closely... you should hear it, too. The anger. The hatred. The murderous intent. All the evil voices that whisper inside man, day in and day out...
(Lasswell collapses to his knees.)
Lasswell: Ugh!
(Lid is next to collapse.)
Lid: S-stop it! I don't... I don't want to hear anything like this!
(The rest of the party collapses as well.)
Sol: These are my most beautiful findings. You should accept them. This black distortion is the truth of what it means to be alive.
Rain: Who would accept something like that?
Sol: ...Why do you try so hard to deny the truth?
Rain: Behemoth said something to us. He wanted us to give you the chance to atone in death. He may not have been a good guy, but he was worried about you until the end.
Sol: And so?
Rain: We're the same, you know? We don't just fight for ourselves.
(Rain has stood back up by now. Nichol now stands as well.)
Nichol: We bear the wishes and hopes of so many others...
(Jake stands.)
Jake: We have people we want to protect...
(Lid stands.)
Lid: There's a future we want to grasp for ourselves...
(Lasswell stands.)
Lasswell: That is why we cannot simply give up.
(Fina stands.)
Fina: Yes. That's exactly right.
(Raegen and Sakura both stand.)
Fina: All of us... we love humanity. Life. This world. And if you think we'll let you destroy all of that, then you are undoubtedly wrong!
Sol: Love? Such words are not even worth listening to. For 700 years, I was sealed away in that crystal. This world, and everything that lives on it, is ugly. That is why I will destroy it. I will return everything to nothingness and release us all from this hell. That is my beautiful ideal. How would any of you ever understand? You have not lived in the crystal as I have.
(A glow, and Sol disappears. Rain turns to the party.)
Rain: Let's go. We've got to go after Sol. We've nearly reached the Chaotic Darkness.
Fina: Yeah...
(The party walks on.)
CHAOTIC DARKNESS - THE ESSENCE OF LIFE - LAND OF DARKNESS 2
(The party is walking north in darkness. They come to a stop as Sol appears before them in a flash of light.)
Sol: What is it with you all? I don't understand it. Don't you realize that there is no hope left?
Rain: Sol. I'm sorry that you were trapped in that crystal for 700 years. I am. It's too long to expect anyone to be able to withstand. It's really not that surprising that you ended up hating all other life. But... We know better. We know there are people who were sealed away in crystal just as you were and whose hearts remain uncorrupted.
Fina: That's right.
(A flashback starts, showing the earth crystal.)
Fina: The other Fina.. She didn't give in to hatred. Do you know why that was? It was because she had someone she loved. Someone she kept always in her heart. She held onto the love that you mock and it saved her.
(The flashback ends.)
Fina: Sol. Do you understand? If you have something you truly cherish, then you can't lose it to hatred.
Sol: ...
Rain: Fina's right. Sol!
(Rain draws his sword.)
Rain: We can't lose to you! The other Fina counted on us to see this to the end!
(Sol begins to glow with power.)
Sol: Fine then. Prove it to me. Show me you can defeat me with your "love".
(Battle begins!)
Sol: Nothingness. All shall be returned to nothingness through death. Lapis, Paladia...
Raegen: You plan to destroy even our own hometown? The home we risked our lives to protect over 700 years ago!
Sol: I can always hear them. The far off voices of the Hess as they cry.... This whole 700 years... Not once did their cries cease. Only through death can the citizens of Hess be saved.
Raegen: You... What are you saying!
(Battle begins in earnest now. You defeat Sol! There is no dialogue immediately afterwards.)
CHAOTIC DARKNESS - THE ESSENCE OF LIFE - LAND OF DARKNESS 3
(We open to a scene showing the party facing Sol. Rain still has his weapon drawn. Sol falls, and Rain sheathes his weapon.)
Rain: Sol... You've lost.
Sol: Heh heh heh...
Lasswell: What is so funny?
Sol: How can I not laugh? Perhaps you don't even realize it yourself. Do you know what kind of expression you all had as you battled against me? All your talk of love, but when you fought against me, your faces were all twisted with ugly hatred. You are just the same as I am. Just as filled with hate. I was not done in by love. I was defeated by hate.
Rain: ...
(Fina walks forward.)
Fina: You're wrong. Look close. Look at Rain's face. Rain doesn't hate you. That's not hate. It's regret.
Sol: Regret?
Rain: The Veritas were our enemies, but we came to understand one another by fighting each other. That's why... I thought maybe we could learn to understand you, too. Maybe it's too naive, but I was hoping that we might. But.... but... I guess sometimes there are people who you just won't ever convince. People you can't understand and who won't understand you. People you can't save... That... is what I hate. That's why I'm sad.
Sol: ...You... Your name is Rain, is that right?
Rain: ...Yeah.
Sol: Rain... Of all the kinds of humans I've ever met.... you're the most awful. It seems you should be the first thing that I get rid of when I return this world to nothing... It is as you said. We will not understand one another. Our destinies lie in conflict. So I promise you this... I will definitely destroy you.
(Sol has gotten up on his knees.)
Sol: Don't forget that... It is a promise.
Rain: ...
(Sol has disappeared. Raegen walks to Rain.)
Raegen: You did well, Rain.
Rain: Dad... I...
Raegen: You don't have to say anything. You did everything you could have.
(The camera was focused on Rain, Lasswell, Raegen and Fina. It now pans down to focus on Lid, Jake, Sakura and Nichol.)
Lid: Hey... Do you think the Chaotic Darkness will disappear now?
Nichol: No.... Even after defeating Sol, this darkness appears to only be growing.
Jake: Seriously? The Chaotic Darkness is just a vision, and it still won't go and disappear for us even after the person who summoned it is gone?
Sakura: We will not be able to defeat the Chaotic Darkness unless we fight it head on. That seems to be the way of it.
Nichol: Yes. Unfortunately, I would agree...
Lid: We've made it this far. I guess we might as well! If we do nothing, we're just gonna die anyway! Let's bash that thing into pieces!
(Lid pumps her fist in the air.)
Jake: That's the spirit, my lovely Lid. And don't worry. If we are to die, I will be beside you until the end.
(Lid drops her fist.)
Lid: ...Nope. Thanks but no thanks. I don't want to die beside you. I'd much rather live beside you.
Jake: What?
(Lid reacts with a ! over her head.)
Lid: What? What did I just say!? No! I didn't mean it like that! Just forget it! Forget it this instant!
(Lid bashes Jake with her hammer.)
Jake: Why!?
(The scene shifts back to Rain, standing with his back to the camera. Lasswell approaches him.)
Lasswell: Rain. Do not try to take too much of this onto yourself.
(Rain turns to him.)
Rain: Lasswell...
Lasswell: We have fought this long together. Believe in your friends... Believe in me. We can help you.
Rain: I know. We've been together... how long now? If I fall, I know you'll come save me. I'll be counting on you. I trust in you.
Lasswell: Yes. Trust in us.
(The scene fades out.)
Next entry...
CHAOTIC DARKNESS - THE ESSENCE OF LIFE - LAND OF DARKNESS 1
(The party is walking in darkness. Rain comes to a stop with a ! over his head and rushes north a bit.)
Rain: Everybody, look! Up there!
(The party all turns to look north. A giant skeleton sits high in the sky.)
Lasswell: Is the Chaotic Darkness... the one creating this dark space?
(a glowing light like a teleportation field, and Sol appears before them.)
Sol: That's right. The ill will of mankind is overflowing.
Rain: Sol!
Sol: Be quiet. If you listen closely... you should hear it, too. The anger. The hatred. The murderous intent. All the evil voices that whisper inside man, day in and day out...
(Lasswell collapses to his knees.)
Lasswell: Ugh!
(Lid is next to collapse.)
Lid: S-stop it! I don't... I don't want to hear anything like this!
(The rest of the party collapses as well.)
Sol: These are my most beautiful findings. You should accept them. This black distortion is the truth of what it means to be alive.
Rain: Who would accept something like that?
Sol: ...Why do you try so hard to deny the truth?
Rain: Behemoth said something to us. He wanted us to give you the chance to atone in death. He may not have been a good guy, but he was worried about you until the end.
Sol: And so?
Rain: We're the same, you know? We don't just fight for ourselves.
(Rain has stood back up by now. Nichol now stands as well.)
Nichol: We bear the wishes and hopes of so many others...
(Jake stands.)
Jake: We have people we want to protect...
(Lid stands.)
Lid: There's a future we want to grasp for ourselves...
(Lasswell stands.)
Lasswell: That is why we cannot simply give up.
(Fina stands.)
Fina: Yes. That's exactly right.
(Raegen and Sakura both stand.)
Fina: All of us... we love humanity. Life. This world. And if you think we'll let you destroy all of that, then you are undoubtedly wrong!
Sol: Love? Such words are not even worth listening to. For 700 years, I was sealed away in that crystal. This world, and everything that lives on it, is ugly. That is why I will destroy it. I will return everything to nothingness and release us all from this hell. That is my beautiful ideal. How would any of you ever understand? You have not lived in the crystal as I have.
(A glow, and Sol disappears. Rain turns to the party.)
Rain: Let's go. We've got to go after Sol. We've nearly reached the Chaotic Darkness.
Fina: Yeah...
(The party walks on.)
CHAOTIC DARKNESS - THE ESSENCE OF LIFE - LAND OF DARKNESS 2
(The party is walking north in darkness. They come to a stop as Sol appears before them in a flash of light.)
Sol: What is it with you all? I don't understand it. Don't you realize that there is no hope left?
Rain: Sol. I'm sorry that you were trapped in that crystal for 700 years. I am. It's too long to expect anyone to be able to withstand. It's really not that surprising that you ended up hating all other life. But... We know better. We know there are people who were sealed away in crystal just as you were and whose hearts remain uncorrupted.
Fina: That's right.
(A flashback starts, showing the earth crystal.)
Fina: The other Fina.. She didn't give in to hatred. Do you know why that was? It was because she had someone she loved. Someone she kept always in her heart. She held onto the love that you mock and it saved her.
(The flashback ends.)
Fina: Sol. Do you understand? If you have something you truly cherish, then you can't lose it to hatred.
Sol: ...
Rain: Fina's right. Sol!
(Rain draws his sword.)
Rain: We can't lose to you! The other Fina counted on us to see this to the end!
(Sol begins to glow with power.)
Sol: Fine then. Prove it to me. Show me you can defeat me with your "love".
(Battle begins!)
Sol: Nothingness. All shall be returned to nothingness through death. Lapis, Paladia...
Raegen: You plan to destroy even our own hometown? The home we risked our lives to protect over 700 years ago!
Sol: I can always hear them. The far off voices of the Hess as they cry.... This whole 700 years... Not once did their cries cease. Only through death can the citizens of Hess be saved.
Raegen: You... What are you saying!
(Battle begins in earnest now. You defeat Sol! There is no dialogue immediately afterwards.)
CHAOTIC DARKNESS - THE ESSENCE OF LIFE - LAND OF DARKNESS 3
(We open to a scene showing the party facing Sol. Rain still has his weapon drawn. Sol falls, and Rain sheathes his weapon.)
Rain: Sol... You've lost.
Sol: Heh heh heh...
Lasswell: What is so funny?
Sol: How can I not laugh? Perhaps you don't even realize it yourself. Do you know what kind of expression you all had as you battled against me? All your talk of love, but when you fought against me, your faces were all twisted with ugly hatred. You are just the same as I am. Just as filled with hate. I was not done in by love. I was defeated by hate.
Rain: ...
(Fina walks forward.)
Fina: You're wrong. Look close. Look at Rain's face. Rain doesn't hate you. That's not hate. It's regret.
Sol: Regret?
Rain: The Veritas were our enemies, but we came to understand one another by fighting each other. That's why... I thought maybe we could learn to understand you, too. Maybe it's too naive, but I was hoping that we might. But.... but... I guess sometimes there are people who you just won't ever convince. People you can't understand and who won't understand you. People you can't save... That... is what I hate. That's why I'm sad.
Sol: ...You... Your name is Rain, is that right?
Rain: ...Yeah.
Sol: Rain... Of all the kinds of humans I've ever met.... you're the most awful. It seems you should be the first thing that I get rid of when I return this world to nothing... It is as you said. We will not understand one another. Our destinies lie in conflict. So I promise you this... I will definitely destroy you.
(Sol has gotten up on his knees.)
Sol: Don't forget that... It is a promise.
Rain: ...
(Sol has disappeared. Raegen walks to Rain.)
Raegen: You did well, Rain.
Rain: Dad... I...
Raegen: You don't have to say anything. You did everything you could have.
(The camera was focused on Rain, Lasswell, Raegen and Fina. It now pans down to focus on Lid, Jake, Sakura and Nichol.)
Lid: Hey... Do you think the Chaotic Darkness will disappear now?
Nichol: No.... Even after defeating Sol, this darkness appears to only be growing.
Jake: Seriously? The Chaotic Darkness is just a vision, and it still won't go and disappear for us even after the person who summoned it is gone?
Sakura: We will not be able to defeat the Chaotic Darkness unless we fight it head on. That seems to be the way of it.
Nichol: Yes. Unfortunately, I would agree...
Lid: We've made it this far. I guess we might as well! If we do nothing, we're just gonna die anyway! Let's bash that thing into pieces!
(Lid pumps her fist in the air.)
Jake: That's the spirit, my lovely Lid. And don't worry. If we are to die, I will be beside you until the end.
(Lid drops her fist.)
Lid: ...Nope. Thanks but no thanks. I don't want to die beside you. I'd much rather live beside you.
Jake: What?
(Lid reacts with a ! over her head.)
Lid: What? What did I just say!? No! I didn't mean it like that! Just forget it! Forget it this instant!
(Lid bashes Jake with her hammer.)
Jake: Why!?
(The scene shifts back to Rain, standing with his back to the camera. Lasswell approaches him.)
Lasswell: Rain. Do not try to take too much of this onto yourself.
(Rain turns to him.)
Rain: Lasswell...
Lasswell: We have fought this long together. Believe in your friends... Believe in me. We can help you.
Rain: I know. We've been together... how long now? If I fall, I know you'll come save me. I'll be counting on you. I trust in you.
Lasswell: Yes. Trust in us.
(The scene fades out.)
Next entry...