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FFBE Script part 166: Hope
Previously...
CHAOTIC DARKNESS - HOPE - PITCH BLACK 1
(The scene opens in battle, the party fighting fodder.)
Sakura: (The confusing darkness, made from the ill will of people... This cannot be defeated easily...)(...I have lived for too long a life. That being said, what I must do...)
Rain: What's wrong, Sakura? You seem to be deep in thought.
Sakura: No matter what happens, you keep moving forward. Promise me.
Rain: Huh? Alright, understood.
(Wave 1 oof battle commences. There is no further dialogue.)
CHAOTIC DARKNESS - HOPE - PITCH BLACK 2
(The party is walking north in darkness. They come to a stop before the giant skeleton in the sky.)
Rain: So this is the Chaotic Darkness...
Jake: I already knew what we were up against, but... seeing it up close like this is still overwhelming.
Nichol: Can we really defeat such a monster?
(Sakura walks forward.)
Sakura: You can! You of all people can do it.
(She turns to face the party.)
Sakura: Listen to me. If you hope to win against the dark, you must not lose the light of hope. No matter what. We will give you the strength you need to do that.
Raegen: Sakura...
Sakura: Raegen. Your job is to close the gate. Leave this part tome.
Raegen: I understand.
Sakura: Then here I go!
(Sakura holds up a hand and begins to glow.)
Rain: Sakura? What are you doing?
Sakura: Haaaaaaa!
(The rest of the party glows pink for a moment.)
Rain: Wh-what is this? I feel power filling me.
Jake: This is awesome! That's Sakura for you!
Sakura: Don't think I'm done yet! This isn't enough yet!
(She casts the spell again.)
Lid: Amazing! The power just keeps getting stronger!
Nichol: This may indeed be enough to allow us to fight against the Chaotic Darkness...
(Fina gets a ! over her head, and the driving battle music comes to an abrupt stop.)
Fina: Wait! Sakura, can you handle giving us this much power?
Rain: Sakura? You can't be...? You're not giving us your own life power, are you!?
(Sakura is still glowing. She turns her back to the party and walks a few steps north.)
Sakura: ...
Rain: Sakura, say something! Answer me!
Sakura: So what if I am? My life is a cheap price to pay for being able to defeat the Chaotic Darkness.
Lid: What're you talking about!? Sakura, stop!
Jake: She's right! Sakura, don't do something stupid!
(Lid and Jake walk towards Sakura, but are thrown back by a force field that suddenly appears.)
Sakura: All I'm doing is finally finding a proper use for this long life I have been granted. Now I finally understand. I've lived all this time for this moment... for the chance to share it with you... My life. I will give it to you all.
Fina: Sakura...
(Sakura has turned back again to face the party.)
Sakura: It was great fun traveling with you all. These months were the best of my 700-year-long life. So I thank you. From the bottom of my heart.
(She steps closer to the party, into her force field.)
Sakura: Now take it! This is the final gift I can give to you all!
(Sakura beings to cast the spell, but stops when Rain speaks.)
Rain: No. No, Sakura...
(Rain steps closer to the force field. He begins to glow, yellow streams of light emitting from him. He steps into the force field and it disappears. He's still aglow.)
Sakura: What!?
(Rain glows brightly, and then the light goes out. He steps closer to Sakura, who backs up a step.)
Rain: Sakura. You've given us more than enough already. We can do the rest with our own power.
Sakura: B-but... if you then fail to defeat the Chaotic Darkness....
Rain: If we don't all get to go back home alive together, then we might as well have lost anyway. You know as well as anyone the pain of being left behind, don't you?
(The pink glow that was between Sakura and Rain now stops.)
Lid: Oh, thank goodness... He's convinced her...
(The party gathers closer to Sakura. She looks around at them.)
Sakura: Wh-what is this? I feel an even greater power from you all than the power I gave... B-but why...
Rain: It's like I told you. We've all got to go back home together. That feeling makes us strong than anything else.
Sakura: ...Heh. If you can avoid it, don't ever get old. You get so self-important that you think no one else can ever do anything to help you. But... you all have opened my eyes. Rain. Let us win this battle and return home together.
Rain: Yes. We're going to need your help. Until the end, Sakura.
Sakura: I will be glad to help. You are my dearest friends, after all!
(they face the Chaotic Darkness, move closer to it, and draw their weapons. Battle begins!)
CHAOTIC DARKNESS - HOPE - PITCH BLACK 3
(The scene opens on two soldiers on patrol in Zoldaad. One reacts with a ! over his head to something we can't see.)
Zoldaad Soldier: Look! The darkness is retreating! Have we been saved!?
(The camera pans up to another group of soldiers. With them is Ilias and Fohlen.)
Fohlen: It looks like.. they managed to do it.
Ilias: Rain... Everyone... You truly are amazing!
(The camera pans up some more to Emperor Shera and Amelia.)
Emperor Shera: Thank you... Brother...
(Amelia reacts with a ! to something off screen.)
Amelia: Hah! Emperor Shera! Look! There, in the sky!
(The scene shifts to the party, standing still in darkness.)
Rain: D-did we do it?
Nichol: No! Wait! Something is not right!
(The scene shakes and the sky twists. Where the skeleton once was is now a monstrous, Behemoth-like beast. It roars, and shock waves emit from it.)
Lid: N-no way... It regenerated....
Rain: Don't lose heart, everyone!
Lasswell: That's right! If it has regenerated, then that simply means we will defeat it again!
Fina: Yeah! We can't give up! We won't give up!
(Rain, Lid, and Lasswell rush the beast, but their attacks are ineffective.)
Rain: What is this!? We can't even damage it!?
Raegen: It seems to have used the darkness around itself to create a barrier. That's how it's absorbing all of your attacks.
Lid: What!? Then... what are we supposed to do!?
(There is a sound, almost like something being sucked in.)
Nichol: The darkness is--!?
Jake: Nichol! Watch out!
(Jake rushes to Nichol, pushing him back. Both fall to their knees, Jake surrounded by darkness.)
Lid: Jake!
(Fina backs up as darkness takes Sakura.)
Sakura: What!? H-how could I be so careless!?
(Nichol stands and turns to Sakura.)
Nichol: Sakura! I will get Sakura free! Lid, you help Jake!
Lid: Okay!
(Lid and Nichol run to the two others.)
Jake: No, Lid! Stay away from here!
(Lid grasps Jake's hand.)
Lid: When have I ever listened to you!? You dolt!
Jake: I'll be fine! Just let me go! You'll get dragged in, too, Lid!
Lid: I won't!
Jake: Lid, please! Let go!
Lid: I'm not letting go! I won't ever let go! You're the one who said it, Jake! You said you would be beside me until the end!
Jake: Lid...
Lid: That's why... I'm going to...
(Darkness overtakes Lid & Jake.)
Rain: Lid! Jake!
(Nichol is still struggling to pull Sakura free.)
Nichol: Sakura! Hold onto my hand!
(They too are enveloped in darkness.)
Rain: Even Nichol and Sakura...
(The camera pans to Fina. She reacts with a ! and falls to her knees.)
Fina: Rain!
(Rain rushes to her as darkness swirls about her.)
Rain: Fina!
Raegen: Damn it!
(Raegen is in the background, near Lasswell. Lasswell is on his knees, flushed with exertion.)
Lasswell: Rain... You're going to have to.... take it from here...
(Fina has disappeared into darkness, which now swirls around Lasswell and Raegen.)
Rain: Lasswell! Dad!
(And just like that, Lasswell and Raegen are gone too. Rain walks a few steps, then falls to his knees.)
Rain: ..No! Nooooooooo!!!
(He stands. The camera pans back up to the Chaotic Darkness, and there is a sound as if Rain has jumped and attacked it. The scene fades out.)
CHAOTIC DARKNESS - HOPE - PITCH BLACK 4
(The scene fades in to Rain, laying prone on the ground.)
Rain: ...
???: Hate... hate... hate... hate... Die... die... die... die... Destroy... destroy... destroy... destroy...
(Rain gets up on his knees, propping himself up with his sword.)
Rain: This voice... Right... So this is its voice... The Chaotic Darkness...
Chaotic Darkness: Hate... hate... hate... hate... Die... die... die... die... Destroy... destroy... destroy... destroy...
Rain: This is the ill will found within humanity... This is what Sol calls the truth of life... ...But I still...
(Rain stands, but he's looking downcast.)
Chaotic Darkness: Hate... hate... hate... hate... Die... die... die... die... Destroy... destroy... destroy... destroy...
Rain: I still want to protect humanity... I still want to protect the living...
(Rain turns to face north.)
Rain: I set out from Grandshelt together with Lasswell and met so many people.
(He begins to walk forward.)
Rain: Fina. Lid. Nichol. Jake. Sakura... I found irreplaceable friends and together we walked down the path fate had laid for us... We fought to death against the Veritas and, even if we had different ideals, we managed to understand one another.... Everything that happened on this journey... It's all become a part of who I am now, my blood and bones...
(He turns now, facing the camera.)
Rain: That's why I know... I can't stop this thing with hatred.
(He runs forward.)
Rain: I believe in the people... I believe in life!
(There is a sound, and he turns west.)
Rain: What is... that...?
(He walks west. There is a bright yellow light in the sky. It streams beans of light that obliterate the scene. When the next scene appears, the Main Theme of Final Fantasy plays and continues to play through the following scenes.)
(We see the first village Rain and Lasswell encountered on their journey.)
Gheist: I know it. Those fellows fighting up there in the sky are the same knights that beat the ochu for us. Maybe we can't do anything but pray, but maybe our prayers at least will reach them!
(The villagers glow yellow, and the scene shifts. We see young Emma, standing with her new guardian amongst people in the mountains.)
Emma: I... I'm living my life to the fullest, for me and my mom, too. You all have to live, too. Go get those bad guys!
(Emma glows yellow, followed by the people with her.)
(Next we see the dwarves in the forge. They too glow yellow.)
(The scene shifts again. Luka emerges from the lake.)
Luka: Brother... I've put my trust in you.
(She prays and glows yellow. The scene shifts to Olderion.)
Arsha: Please, Nichol. For the sake of this child to come... Save our world. Elle... You'll pray, too, won't you?
(Arsha glows yellow, followed by the villagers. Mercedes then enters the scene from the north, and turns back as a lackey calls to her.)
Lackey: C-captain! Wait up! The enemy's the sky, boss! Pirates like us can't do anything against a foe like that!
Mercedes: I know that! Rain and the rest are putting their lives on the line to fight for us! Believe in them!
(Mercedes glows. The scene shifts to the orphanage in Zoldaad, where everyone glows.)
(Next is the throne room in Zoldaad.)
Ilias: We are truly powerless, aren't we... Unable to do a thing but stand and watch.
Fohlen: If it had not been for our help, Rain and his friends would have never made it out of Gronoa. Be proud, Ilias. You have no reason to feel ashamed.
Amelia: You did your task. Now all we can do is pray. Pray for their victory in battle.
Emperor Shera: All our people are praying for you and your friends to return safely, my brother. Please return to us alive.
(They glow. The scene switches to Camille, in underground Gronoa.)
Camille: Just when I thought everything was over, now the world itself is ending... This is just too much to take in. But I'm not dying! So you all had better not die either!
(She glows, followed by the villagers.)
(The scene shifts to the berserker Ulrica and her mage companion Heltich. They glow.)
(Next is the adventurer Helena, who paces back and forth a bit, then stops, glowing.)
(The scene shifts to the weaponsmith Aileen, who begins to glow.)
(Next up is Ayaka's village.)
Gohken: No matter what land you might live in... Every person in this world is wishing for the same thing no, Rain. Everyone. It is all up to you now.
Ayaka: Mistress Sakura. If you make it back, I will treat you to a whole heap of candy. So you'd better come back.
(They glow.)
(The scene shifts to Grandshelt. The people gather before the castle. The camera pans up to the King and Charlotte on a castle balcony.)
Charlotte: Laswell. Rain. I promised that I would protect our kingdom. So, you needn't worry about a thing. Fight to the fullest.
King of Grandshelt: Raegen. Rain. Lasswell. My knights of Grandshelt. You are my pride. I leave the fate of our world up to you all, with my prayers.
(They glow, followed by a large glow from the citizens.)
(The scene returns to Rain, who's glowing himself. The yellow glow becomes tangible before him, turning into Lasswell, who stands and faces Rain. Lasswell is also glowing.)
Rain: Lasswell!
(Fina appears next, followed by the rest of the party, all glowing.)
Rain: Fina! Everyone!
Lasswell: What is this light?
Fina: It's so warm...
Rain: I can feel it... This light is filled with everyone's feelings.
Fina: Yeah. I can feel it, too.
(The party all stand and face north.)
Rain: The Chaotic Darkness..... That's what's inside human hearts. People are weak. Mabe that's why that kind of darkness takes root in them. But... if they can overcome that darkness, then they can create a strong, beautiful light... Just like this!
(The glow gets stronger on everyone momentarily, then disappears.)
Rain: I'll protect such people! I will keep them safe!
(A sound, of a propeller.)
Lid: Wait.. Can you... hear that?
(The party all look around.)
Lid: That roar... Is it...?
(An airship streams across the sky!)
Lid: The Invincible!?
Lasswell: But who is at the helm?
(Lid takes a step forward.)
Lid: No way...
(The camera pans up to the deck of the Invincible, where Evan is standing alone at the railing.)
Evan: Come on, you all! Get on board!
(The party boards the airship. Once they're on the deck...)
Lid: Evan!
Evan: Lid! Now we can get you right up close to that monster! You guys are the only ones who can defeat that thing!
Lid: Yeah! You can count on us!
Evan: All right! Full speed ahead!
(The scene fades out.)
Next entry...
CHAOTIC DARKNESS - HOPE - PITCH BLACK 1
(The scene opens in battle, the party fighting fodder.)
Sakura: (The confusing darkness, made from the ill will of people... This cannot be defeated easily...)(...I have lived for too long a life. That being said, what I must do...)
Rain: What's wrong, Sakura? You seem to be deep in thought.
Sakura: No matter what happens, you keep moving forward. Promise me.
Rain: Huh? Alright, understood.
(Wave 1 oof battle commences. There is no further dialogue.)
CHAOTIC DARKNESS - HOPE - PITCH BLACK 2
(The party is walking north in darkness. They come to a stop before the giant skeleton in the sky.)
Rain: So this is the Chaotic Darkness...
Jake: I already knew what we were up against, but... seeing it up close like this is still overwhelming.
Nichol: Can we really defeat such a monster?
(Sakura walks forward.)
Sakura: You can! You of all people can do it.
(She turns to face the party.)
Sakura: Listen to me. If you hope to win against the dark, you must not lose the light of hope. No matter what. We will give you the strength you need to do that.
Raegen: Sakura...
Sakura: Raegen. Your job is to close the gate. Leave this part tome.
Raegen: I understand.
Sakura: Then here I go!
(Sakura holds up a hand and begins to glow.)
Rain: Sakura? What are you doing?
Sakura: Haaaaaaa!
(The rest of the party glows pink for a moment.)
Rain: Wh-what is this? I feel power filling me.
Jake: This is awesome! That's Sakura for you!
Sakura: Don't think I'm done yet! This isn't enough yet!
(She casts the spell again.)
Lid: Amazing! The power just keeps getting stronger!
Nichol: This may indeed be enough to allow us to fight against the Chaotic Darkness...
(Fina gets a ! over her head, and the driving battle music comes to an abrupt stop.)
Fina: Wait! Sakura, can you handle giving us this much power?
Rain: Sakura? You can't be...? You're not giving us your own life power, are you!?
(Sakura is still glowing. She turns her back to the party and walks a few steps north.)
Sakura: ...
Rain: Sakura, say something! Answer me!
Sakura: So what if I am? My life is a cheap price to pay for being able to defeat the Chaotic Darkness.
Lid: What're you talking about!? Sakura, stop!
Jake: She's right! Sakura, don't do something stupid!
(Lid and Jake walk towards Sakura, but are thrown back by a force field that suddenly appears.)
Sakura: All I'm doing is finally finding a proper use for this long life I have been granted. Now I finally understand. I've lived all this time for this moment... for the chance to share it with you... My life. I will give it to you all.
Fina: Sakura...
(Sakura has turned back again to face the party.)
Sakura: It was great fun traveling with you all. These months were the best of my 700-year-long life. So I thank you. From the bottom of my heart.
(She steps closer to the party, into her force field.)
Sakura: Now take it! This is the final gift I can give to you all!
(Sakura beings to cast the spell, but stops when Rain speaks.)
Rain: No. No, Sakura...
(Rain steps closer to the force field. He begins to glow, yellow streams of light emitting from him. He steps into the force field and it disappears. He's still aglow.)
Sakura: What!?
(Rain glows brightly, and then the light goes out. He steps closer to Sakura, who backs up a step.)
Rain: Sakura. You've given us more than enough already. We can do the rest with our own power.
Sakura: B-but... if you then fail to defeat the Chaotic Darkness....
Rain: If we don't all get to go back home alive together, then we might as well have lost anyway. You know as well as anyone the pain of being left behind, don't you?
(The pink glow that was between Sakura and Rain now stops.)
Lid: Oh, thank goodness... He's convinced her...
(The party gathers closer to Sakura. She looks around at them.)
Sakura: Wh-what is this? I feel an even greater power from you all than the power I gave... B-but why...
Rain: It's like I told you. We've all got to go back home together. That feeling makes us strong than anything else.
Sakura: ...Heh. If you can avoid it, don't ever get old. You get so self-important that you think no one else can ever do anything to help you. But... you all have opened my eyes. Rain. Let us win this battle and return home together.
Rain: Yes. We're going to need your help. Until the end, Sakura.
Sakura: I will be glad to help. You are my dearest friends, after all!
(they face the Chaotic Darkness, move closer to it, and draw their weapons. Battle begins!)
CHAOTIC DARKNESS - HOPE - PITCH BLACK 3
(The scene opens on two soldiers on patrol in Zoldaad. One reacts with a ! over his head to something we can't see.)
Zoldaad Soldier: Look! The darkness is retreating! Have we been saved!?
(The camera pans up to another group of soldiers. With them is Ilias and Fohlen.)
Fohlen: It looks like.. they managed to do it.
Ilias: Rain... Everyone... You truly are amazing!
(The camera pans up some more to Emperor Shera and Amelia.)
Emperor Shera: Thank you... Brother...
(Amelia reacts with a ! to something off screen.)
Amelia: Hah! Emperor Shera! Look! There, in the sky!
(The scene shifts to the party, standing still in darkness.)
Rain: D-did we do it?
Nichol: No! Wait! Something is not right!
(The scene shakes and the sky twists. Where the skeleton once was is now a monstrous, Behemoth-like beast. It roars, and shock waves emit from it.)
Lid: N-no way... It regenerated....
Rain: Don't lose heart, everyone!
Lasswell: That's right! If it has regenerated, then that simply means we will defeat it again!
Fina: Yeah! We can't give up! We won't give up!
(Rain, Lid, and Lasswell rush the beast, but their attacks are ineffective.)
Rain: What is this!? We can't even damage it!?
Raegen: It seems to have used the darkness around itself to create a barrier. That's how it's absorbing all of your attacks.
Lid: What!? Then... what are we supposed to do!?
(There is a sound, almost like something being sucked in.)
Nichol: The darkness is--!?
Jake: Nichol! Watch out!
(Jake rushes to Nichol, pushing him back. Both fall to their knees, Jake surrounded by darkness.)
Lid: Jake!
(Fina backs up as darkness takes Sakura.)
Sakura: What!? H-how could I be so careless!?
(Nichol stands and turns to Sakura.)
Nichol: Sakura! I will get Sakura free! Lid, you help Jake!
Lid: Okay!
(Lid and Nichol run to the two others.)
Jake: No, Lid! Stay away from here!
(Lid grasps Jake's hand.)
Lid: When have I ever listened to you!? You dolt!
Jake: I'll be fine! Just let me go! You'll get dragged in, too, Lid!
Lid: I won't!
Jake: Lid, please! Let go!
Lid: I'm not letting go! I won't ever let go! You're the one who said it, Jake! You said you would be beside me until the end!
Jake: Lid...
Lid: That's why... I'm going to...
(Darkness overtakes Lid & Jake.)
Rain: Lid! Jake!
(Nichol is still struggling to pull Sakura free.)
Nichol: Sakura! Hold onto my hand!
(They too are enveloped in darkness.)
Rain: Even Nichol and Sakura...
(The camera pans to Fina. She reacts with a ! and falls to her knees.)
Fina: Rain!
(Rain rushes to her as darkness swirls about her.)
Rain: Fina!
Raegen: Damn it!
(Raegen is in the background, near Lasswell. Lasswell is on his knees, flushed with exertion.)
Lasswell: Rain... You're going to have to.... take it from here...
(Fina has disappeared into darkness, which now swirls around Lasswell and Raegen.)
Rain: Lasswell! Dad!
(And just like that, Lasswell and Raegen are gone too. Rain walks a few steps, then falls to his knees.)
Rain: ..No! Nooooooooo!!!
(He stands. The camera pans back up to the Chaotic Darkness, and there is a sound as if Rain has jumped and attacked it. The scene fades out.)
CHAOTIC DARKNESS - HOPE - PITCH BLACK 4
(The scene fades in to Rain, laying prone on the ground.)
Rain: ...
???: Hate... hate... hate... hate... Die... die... die... die... Destroy... destroy... destroy... destroy...
(Rain gets up on his knees, propping himself up with his sword.)
Rain: This voice... Right... So this is its voice... The Chaotic Darkness...
Chaotic Darkness: Hate... hate... hate... hate... Die... die... die... die... Destroy... destroy... destroy... destroy...
Rain: This is the ill will found within humanity... This is what Sol calls the truth of life... ...But I still...
(Rain stands, but he's looking downcast.)
Chaotic Darkness: Hate... hate... hate... hate... Die... die... die... die... Destroy... destroy... destroy... destroy...
Rain: I still want to protect humanity... I still want to protect the living...
(Rain turns to face north.)
Rain: I set out from Grandshelt together with Lasswell and met so many people.
(He begins to walk forward.)
Rain: Fina. Lid. Nichol. Jake. Sakura... I found irreplaceable friends and together we walked down the path fate had laid for us... We fought to death against the Veritas and, even if we had different ideals, we managed to understand one another.... Everything that happened on this journey... It's all become a part of who I am now, my blood and bones...
(He turns now, facing the camera.)
Rain: That's why I know... I can't stop this thing with hatred.
(He runs forward.)
Rain: I believe in the people... I believe in life!
(There is a sound, and he turns west.)
Rain: What is... that...?
(He walks west. There is a bright yellow light in the sky. It streams beans of light that obliterate the scene. When the next scene appears, the Main Theme of Final Fantasy plays and continues to play through the following scenes.)
(We see the first village Rain and Lasswell encountered on their journey.)
Gheist: I know it. Those fellows fighting up there in the sky are the same knights that beat the ochu for us. Maybe we can't do anything but pray, but maybe our prayers at least will reach them!
(The villagers glow yellow, and the scene shifts. We see young Emma, standing with her new guardian amongst people in the mountains.)
Emma: I... I'm living my life to the fullest, for me and my mom, too. You all have to live, too. Go get those bad guys!
(Emma glows yellow, followed by the people with her.)
(Next we see the dwarves in the forge. They too glow yellow.)
(The scene shifts again. Luka emerges from the lake.)
Luka: Brother... I've put my trust in you.
(She prays and glows yellow. The scene shifts to Olderion.)
Arsha: Please, Nichol. For the sake of this child to come... Save our world. Elle... You'll pray, too, won't you?
(Arsha glows yellow, followed by the villagers. Mercedes then enters the scene from the north, and turns back as a lackey calls to her.)
Lackey: C-captain! Wait up! The enemy's the sky, boss! Pirates like us can't do anything against a foe like that!
Mercedes: I know that! Rain and the rest are putting their lives on the line to fight for us! Believe in them!
(Mercedes glows. The scene shifts to the orphanage in Zoldaad, where everyone glows.)
(Next is the throne room in Zoldaad.)
Ilias: We are truly powerless, aren't we... Unable to do a thing but stand and watch.
Fohlen: If it had not been for our help, Rain and his friends would have never made it out of Gronoa. Be proud, Ilias. You have no reason to feel ashamed.
Amelia: You did your task. Now all we can do is pray. Pray for their victory in battle.
Emperor Shera: All our people are praying for you and your friends to return safely, my brother. Please return to us alive.
(They glow. The scene switches to Camille, in underground Gronoa.)
Camille: Just when I thought everything was over, now the world itself is ending... This is just too much to take in. But I'm not dying! So you all had better not die either!
(She glows, followed by the villagers.)
(The scene shifts to the berserker Ulrica and her mage companion Heltich. They glow.)
(Next is the adventurer Helena, who paces back and forth a bit, then stops, glowing.)
(The scene shifts to the weaponsmith Aileen, who begins to glow.)
(Next up is Ayaka's village.)
Gohken: No matter what land you might live in... Every person in this world is wishing for the same thing no, Rain. Everyone. It is all up to you now.
Ayaka: Mistress Sakura. If you make it back, I will treat you to a whole heap of candy. So you'd better come back.
(They glow.)
(The scene shifts to Grandshelt. The people gather before the castle. The camera pans up to the King and Charlotte on a castle balcony.)
Charlotte: Laswell. Rain. I promised that I would protect our kingdom. So, you needn't worry about a thing. Fight to the fullest.
King of Grandshelt: Raegen. Rain. Lasswell. My knights of Grandshelt. You are my pride. I leave the fate of our world up to you all, with my prayers.
(They glow, followed by a large glow from the citizens.)
(The scene returns to Rain, who's glowing himself. The yellow glow becomes tangible before him, turning into Lasswell, who stands and faces Rain. Lasswell is also glowing.)
Rain: Lasswell!
(Fina appears next, followed by the rest of the party, all glowing.)
Rain: Fina! Everyone!
Lasswell: What is this light?
Fina: It's so warm...
Rain: I can feel it... This light is filled with everyone's feelings.
Fina: Yeah. I can feel it, too.
(The party all stand and face north.)
Rain: The Chaotic Darkness..... That's what's inside human hearts. People are weak. Mabe that's why that kind of darkness takes root in them. But... if they can overcome that darkness, then they can create a strong, beautiful light... Just like this!
(The glow gets stronger on everyone momentarily, then disappears.)
Rain: I'll protect such people! I will keep them safe!
(A sound, of a propeller.)
Lid: Wait.. Can you... hear that?
(The party all look around.)
Lid: That roar... Is it...?
(An airship streams across the sky!)
Lid: The Invincible!?
Lasswell: But who is at the helm?
(Lid takes a step forward.)
Lid: No way...
(The camera pans up to the deck of the Invincible, where Evan is standing alone at the railing.)
Evan: Come on, you all! Get on board!
(The party boards the airship. Once they're on the deck...)
Lid: Evan!
Evan: Lid! Now we can get you right up close to that monster! You guys are the only ones who can defeat that thing!
Lid: Yeah! You can count on us!
Evan: All right! Full speed ahead!
(The scene fades out.)
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