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FFBE Script part 140: Nichol's Regret
Previously...
KINGDOM OF PHARM -- NICHOL'S REGRET -- FOGGY THICKET 1
(The scene opens on a battle against fodder in a thicket in the forest.)
Nichol: Sakura, you don't sense any of the remaining Veritas's, do you?
Sakura: of course, I can sense their movements, but... What's important now is to find the crystal.
Fina: That's why we're heading for the town, right?
Sakura: ...Yes, though I have a gloomy feeling about it.
(Wave 1 of battle commences, and leads to wave 2.)
Lid: Why do you feel so bad about going to this town?
Sakura: You'll know soon enough...
Jake: Heh, understood. That town has a harem! Only men with such taste should enter! Yeah, that's right. If given 700 or so hundred years, surely you'd have time to build a harem.
Sakura: Don't try lumping your way of thinking with mine!
(wave 2 commences. There is no further dialogue.)
KINGDOM OF PHARM -- NICHOL'S REGRET -- FOGGY THICKET 2
(Nichol walks alone. He walks to the side of a pond, bows his head, gets a (...), then shakes his head.)
Nichol: If I had stopped him then.. Elle might still be alive.
(The scene flashes back. Nichol stands at the lake near Olderion. He gets a ! as Elle approaches.)
Elle: Nichol! Nichol, I was accepted! I'm going to be a soldier and protect Olderion!
Nichol: What? Elle, when did you even apply for such a position? You swore you would never sign up!
Elle: You're not even a little happy for me? I want to do what I can for Olderion. Just like you and Luka.
(Nichol turns his back on Elle and walks a few steps away.)
Nichol: Becoming a soldier is not the role you have to play for our people! You didn't even think to ask my opinion first?
Elle: I... I know I don't look like much to you right now... But I'm going to learn everything I can, and someday I'll be a great tactician just like you. I swear it.
(Nichol now turns back to face Elle.)
Nichol: You've always tried to follow in my footsteps, Elle, but tell me... when have you ever succeeded in that endeavor?
(Elle turns to face the lake and gets a (...) over his head.)
Elle: ...Never. I know... I'll never compare to you or Luka.
(Nichol gets a ! over his head.)
Nichol: Elle... I'm sorry. That isn't what I meant to imply...
(Elle turns to Nichol.)
Elle: It's fine. I know we're too different. Everyone looks at us and wonders if we're even really brothers. I've heard it all a hundred times before.
(Elle backs up and faces the lake again.)
Elle: But I want to be the kind of person you are. And to do that...
(He backs up a few steps and casts a spell. A bubble of water appears over the lake, a vision of himself inside. Nichol reacts with a ! over his head.)
Nichol: Elle! That magic!
(Nichol rushes to the bubble and pops it.)
Nichol: It may be passed down through our bloodline, but you know it's forbidden!
Elle: I know. Because it allows one to alter their own mind and self... If I could just do it right, maybe I could make myself more like you...
(Nichol has moved to Elle's side. He reaches out now and stops Elle as Elle casts a spell again.)
Nichol: Elle... Stop! Just stop this nonsense!
(Elle backs up away from Nichol.)
Elle: Why... why are you so angry? Everyone would be happier if I were more like you.
Nichol: That isn't true. You should just be you.
Elle: So you mean it's fine if I'm just useless forever?
Nichol: You have a kindness in you that I do not, Elle. People open up to you at once. That is a true gift. It may not be one suited for battle, but it is a great skill to have in life. So if you truly want to become strong, then don't try to make yourself into me. Find your pwn way to be strong.
Elle: ...I'm sorry. You're right.
Nichol: I will not tell you to give up on becoming a soldier. But... the path that you take from there is something that you should find for yourself. Understand? That is my condition if you wish to have my blessing to become a soldier.
Elle: Yeah, I understand.
(The scene ends and returns to present day. Nichol still stands by the pond, his head bowed.)
Nichol: He was never suited to a warrior's path. And I knew it. I knew it, and still...
(He picks his head up.)
Nichol: If I had been honest and stopped him then... Elle would not have died. I'm to blame. I'm the reason that he fell to the Waterlord.
Next Entry...
KINGDOM OF PHARM -- NICHOL'S REGRET -- FOGGY THICKET 1
(The scene opens on a battle against fodder in a thicket in the forest.)
Nichol: Sakura, you don't sense any of the remaining Veritas's, do you?
Sakura: of course, I can sense their movements, but... What's important now is to find the crystal.
Fina: That's why we're heading for the town, right?
Sakura: ...Yes, though I have a gloomy feeling about it.
(Wave 1 of battle commences, and leads to wave 2.)
Lid: Why do you feel so bad about going to this town?
Sakura: You'll know soon enough...
Jake: Heh, understood. That town has a harem! Only men with such taste should enter! Yeah, that's right. If given 700 or so hundred years, surely you'd have time to build a harem.
Sakura: Don't try lumping your way of thinking with mine!
(wave 2 commences. There is no further dialogue.)
KINGDOM OF PHARM -- NICHOL'S REGRET -- FOGGY THICKET 2
(Nichol walks alone. He walks to the side of a pond, bows his head, gets a (...), then shakes his head.)
Nichol: If I had stopped him then.. Elle might still be alive.
(The scene flashes back. Nichol stands at the lake near Olderion. He gets a ! as Elle approaches.)
Elle: Nichol! Nichol, I was accepted! I'm going to be a soldier and protect Olderion!
Nichol: What? Elle, when did you even apply for such a position? You swore you would never sign up!
Elle: You're not even a little happy for me? I want to do what I can for Olderion. Just like you and Luka.
(Nichol turns his back on Elle and walks a few steps away.)
Nichol: Becoming a soldier is not the role you have to play for our people! You didn't even think to ask my opinion first?
Elle: I... I know I don't look like much to you right now... But I'm going to learn everything I can, and someday I'll be a great tactician just like you. I swear it.
(Nichol now turns back to face Elle.)
Nichol: You've always tried to follow in my footsteps, Elle, but tell me... when have you ever succeeded in that endeavor?
(Elle turns to face the lake and gets a (...) over his head.)
Elle: ...Never. I know... I'll never compare to you or Luka.
(Nichol gets a ! over his head.)
Nichol: Elle... I'm sorry. That isn't what I meant to imply...
(Elle turns to Nichol.)
Elle: It's fine. I know we're too different. Everyone looks at us and wonders if we're even really brothers. I've heard it all a hundred times before.
(Elle backs up and faces the lake again.)
Elle: But I want to be the kind of person you are. And to do that...
(He backs up a few steps and casts a spell. A bubble of water appears over the lake, a vision of himself inside. Nichol reacts with a ! over his head.)
Nichol: Elle! That magic!
(Nichol rushes to the bubble and pops it.)
Nichol: It may be passed down through our bloodline, but you know it's forbidden!
Elle: I know. Because it allows one to alter their own mind and self... If I could just do it right, maybe I could make myself more like you...
(Nichol has moved to Elle's side. He reaches out now and stops Elle as Elle casts a spell again.)
Nichol: Elle... Stop! Just stop this nonsense!
(Elle backs up away from Nichol.)
Elle: Why... why are you so angry? Everyone would be happier if I were more like you.
Nichol: That isn't true. You should just be you.
Elle: So you mean it's fine if I'm just useless forever?
Nichol: You have a kindness in you that I do not, Elle. People open up to you at once. That is a true gift. It may not be one suited for battle, but it is a great skill to have in life. So if you truly want to become strong, then don't try to make yourself into me. Find your pwn way to be strong.
Elle: ...I'm sorry. You're right.
Nichol: I will not tell you to give up on becoming a soldier. But... the path that you take from there is something that you should find for yourself. Understand? That is my condition if you wish to have my blessing to become a soldier.
Elle: Yeah, I understand.
(The scene ends and returns to present day. Nichol still stands by the pond, his head bowed.)
Nichol: He was never suited to a warrior's path. And I knew it. I knew it, and still...
(He picks his head up.)
Nichol: If I had been honest and stopped him then... Elle would not have died. I'm to blame. I'm the reason that he fell to the Waterlord.
Next Entry...