FFX - Script - Moonflow
[They travel along the road leading to the Moonflow. Along the way, they meet up with Shelinda]
Shelinda
"Good day, everyone."
"We can all learn a lesson from what has happened to the Crusaders."
"Only the truly faithful have a hope of defeating Sin."
[They continue along the road, encountering Kimahri's two Ronso brethren from Luca: Yenke and Biran. They seem to be talking to a shorter human, who runs away]
Biran
"Look! One of Kimahri's friends. Looks just like him."
Tidus
"What?"
Biran
"Both follow summoners on all fours! Hornless goatlings!"
Yenke
"Hornless! Hornless!"
[They laugh]
Kimahri
"You come to insult Kimahri?"
Biran
"Wrong. We come to warn little Kimahri."
Yenke
"Summoners disappear. Never return."
Biran
"Next will be Kimahri's summoner."
Yenke
"Poor Kimahri! Lost his horn, next lose his summoner!"
Biran
"Pitiful Kimahri! Howl alone! Howl alone!"
[They laugh again, then run away]
Tidus
"Do those two got something against you?"
[Kimahri shakes his head]
"What, they were just picking on you?"
Kimahri
"Kimahri will deal with them."
Tidus
"And I'll help!"
Kimahri
"Kimahri alone."
Tidus
"But..."
Wakka
"It's Kimahri's problem."
"We can't interfere: it's a rule."
Lulu
"I'm worried."
Wakka
"Let the Ronso deal with Ronso problems, ya?"
"That's how it's always been."
Lulu
"I mean I'm worried about those summoners disappearing."
Auron
"They aren't just disappearing into thin air."
Tidus
"Hey, if we guardians do our job... no problem, right?"
Wakka
"Whoa!"
Lulu
"Confident."
Tidus
"Yeah!"
[They continue along the path. Tidus stops at one point and goes "Whoa!". He looks out at the river - the Moonflow, a grey river dotted with water lilies, and numerous globes of light (Which you might recall from when Yuna performed the sending in Kilika) rising from it]
Lulu
"This is the Moonflow."
Yuna
"These are moonlilies!"
"They say that clouds of pyreflies gather here when night falls."
Lulu
"The entire river glows, like a sea of stars."
Tidus
"Really?"
"Hey, I got an idea!"
Auron
"We're not waiting till nightfall."
[Tidus goes "Ah....aww"]
Tidus
"Then, once we beat Sin, we're coming back!"
[Everyone's silent and solemn. They watch the circles of light continue to fly into the air]
Wakka
"Hey, we better hurry or we'll miss the shoopuf!"
Tidus
"Shoopuf? That some kind of boat?"
[Wakka goes "Hmm" and points. Tidus looks. They go to where Wakka pointed]
Tidus
"Whoa, what the...whoa!"
[We see the Shoopuf, an incredibly massive elephant-like creature. A cabin of some sort is strapped on top of its back for the passengers]
Wakka
"This is a shoopuf."
Tidus
"Whoa... Let's ride! Come on, let's go!"
Wakka
"All right! We board soon as we're ready, ya?"
[While getting ready, Tidus goes to the next screen. There, the three Chocobo Knights are talking to the Shoopuf driver]
Driver
"Noo, I don shink sho. Ish bad idea, yesh."
Lucil
"Please, we beg of you!"
Driver
"Imposhibibble! Imposhibibble!"
Tidus
"What's wrong?"
Elma
"This guy won't let our chocobo on the shoopuf!"
Tidus
"It is kinda big."
Elma
"It's just not fair!"
Clasko
"He does have a point, though."
Elma
"So, what? We just leave him behind?"
Clasko
"Hey, I didn't say that. Just..."
[Lucil sighs]
Lucil
"It is no good. We will have to find another way."
"We will find a ford where we can cross on foot."
Elma
"Yes. Captain, sir!"
Clasko
"But...that'll take days!"
Lucil
"Where there's a will, there's a way."
Clasko
"Oh, boy..."
Elma
"That's our captain!"
[Lucil jumps on the chocobo and rides off. Elma and Clasko run after her]
"Where there's a will, there's a way."
"Those words stayed with me."
"I wonder how Captain Lucil is doing."
[Tidus goes to talk to Auron...this is an optional thing, but it's funny]
Auron
"Ten years ago..."
Tidus
"A history lesson?"
Auron
"Jecht saw his first shoopuf here."
"Surprised, he drew his blade and struck it."
Tidus
"Why?"
Auron
"He was drunk... Thought it was a fiend."
Tidus
"Oh, brother..."
Auron
"We offered all the money we had as an apology."
"Jecht never drank again."
"But, it would seem that shoopuf still works here."
[Tidus goes to talk to the driver]
Driver
"Ride ze shoopuf?"
[Pick "I'm ready! Let me on!"]
"All aboards!"
[Everyone gets into the shoopuf cabin area. The driver sits at the front, above the shoopuf's head]
Driver
"Shoopuf launchin'!"
[Scene changes to everyone sitting in the open-air cabin area]
Wakka
"Hey."
"Take a look."
Tidus
"What?"
[He stands up and looks over the ledge]
"Whoa!"
[Scene changes to underwater]
"A sunken city!"
Wakka
"A machina city--a thousand years old!"
"They built the city on top of bridges across the river."
Lulu
"But the weight of the city caused the bridges to collapse, and it all sank to the bottom."
Wakka
"Right. It's a good lesson."
Tidus
"A lesson?"
Wakka
"Yeah."
"Why build a city over a river, ya?"
Tidus
"Uh... Well, it would be convenient, with all that water there."
Wakka
"Nope, that's not why."
"They just wanted to prove they could defy the laws of nature!"
Tidus
"Hmmm? I'm not so sure about that."
Wakka
"Yevon has taught us:"
"When humans have power, they seek to use it."
"If you don't stop them, they go too far, ya?"
[Scene returns to inside the cabin]
Tidus
"Yeah, but don't you use machina, too?"
"Like the stadium and stuff, right?"
Lulu
"Yevon, it decides..."
"which machina we may use, and which we may not."
Tidus
"So what kind of machina may we not use, then?"
Wakka
"Remember Operation Mi'ihen? That kind."
Lulu
"Or war will rage again."
Tidus
"War?"
Yuna
"More than a thousand years ago..."
"Mankind waged war using machina to kill!"
Wakka
"They kept building more and more powerful machina."
Lulu
"They made weapons so powerful..."
"It was thought they could destroy the entire world."
Yuna
"The people feared that Spira would be destroyed."
Wakka
"But the war did not stop!"
Tidus
"Wh-What happened then?"
Yuna
"Sin came, and it destroyed the cities and their machina."
Lulu
"The war ended..."
"and our reward... was Sin."
Wakka
"So, Sin's our punishment for lettin' things get out of hand, eh?"
Tidus
"Man, that's rough."
Wakka
"Yeah, it is."
Tidus
"But, it's not like the machina are bad."
Lulu
"Only as bad as their users."
Wakka
"It's because of people like the Al Bhed screwin' everything up!"
[The cabin suddenly shakes. The screen changes to the driver]
Driver
"Whatsh could thatsh be?"
[Back to the cabin: it shakes again. Everyone stands up]
Auron
"Sit down!"
Yuna
"S-Sorry!"
[An Al Bhed suddenly appears from above the cabin, grabbing Yuna and jumping into the water]
Wakka
"The Al Bhed!"
[Tidus and Wakka jump off the cabin into the water. They run towards a large machina which has Yuna contained in a sphere of energy on top of it]
Wakka
"Yuna, we'll save you!"
[Boss Battle vs. Extractor. It blows up. The screen changes back to the Shoopuf cabin]
Lulu
"Are you hurt?"
Yuna
"No, I'm fine."
Wakka
"Grrah! Those Al Bhed!"
Driver
"Ish ebullibody okay?"
Yuna
[Stands up]
"I'm sorry! We're all okay now!"
Auron
"Yuna!"
[Yuna abruptly sits back down again]
Driver
"Shoopuf full shpeed aheads!"
[Everyone sits back down]
Wakka
"Damn the Al Bhed!"
"What do they want from us?"
"Could it have something to do with Luca?"
"What are they after Yuna for?"
"Wait! They're mad they lost the tournament!"
"Or, wait! They're mad about Operation Mi'ihen!"
Lulu
"I wonder..."
"Didn't Kimahri's clansmen say something..."
"about summoners...disappearing?"
Wakka
"Ah! So the Al Bhed are behind that!"
"Those sand-blasted grease monkeys!"
Tidus
"Hey, Wakka."
"It's no use complaining about the Al Bhed now, right?"
"We'll protect Yuna from anyone, anywhere."
"It's that easy. That's all I need to know!"
Wakka
"Well..."
"I guess so."
Lulu
"You're right."
Yuna
[Moves her lips, but doesn't speak]
(Thank you.)
[They reach the other side of the Moonflow. Tidus runs into the forest, alone. A body is lying there...he looks at it]
Tidus
"You're...not dead?"
[The body stands up. It's a girl who seems familiar... she removes her outfit to reveal her real outfit: orange t-shirt, green shorts]
"Thought I was done for, back there."
[She falls to her hands and knees]
Tidus
"Rikku! You're Rikku!"
"Hey! You're okay! How you been?"
[She shakes her head]
Rikku
"Terrible!"
[Tidus crouches down]
Tidus
"Yeah, you don't look so good. What happened?"
[She points at Tidus]
Rikku
"You beat me up, remember?"
[Tidus falls back and goes "Huh?". Then he stands up]
Tidus
"Oh! That machina... That was you?"
[Rikku nods, and stands up, placing a hand to her forehead]
Rikku
"That really hurt, you know. You big meanie!"
Tidus
"W-Wait! But you attacked us!"
Rikku
"Nah-uh. It's not exactly what you think."
Wakka
"Yo!"
[The rest of the group approaches them]
"Friend of yours?"
Tidus
"Uh, you could say that."
Rikku
"Pleased to meet you! I'm Rikku!"
Tidus
"Yuna, Lulu... I told you about her, remember?"
"She was the one who helped me before I was washed up on Besaid! She's an Al Bhe...beh..."
Wakka
"Wow, so you, like, owe her your life! What luck meeting here, ya?"
"Praise be to Yevon!"
[He does the prayer gesture]
"So, uh... Rikku..."
"You look a little beat up! You okay?"
Lulu
"Uh, Wakka..."
Wakka
"Huh? What?"
Yuna
"There's something we need to discuss."
Wakka
"Oh, go ahead."
Rikku
"Girls only! Boys please wait over there!"
Lulu
"Right. Sorry, Wakka."
[Wakka goes "Huh? What?" as the three girls walk away. He then goes "Ahhh" in dissapointment. The screen focuses on the trio of ladies, as Rikku talks to them, but we can't hear what she's saying. They return to the group]
Yuna
"Sir Auron..."
"I would like Rikku to be my guardian."
[Auron walks up to Rikku and looks at her. She lowers her head]
Auron
"Show me your face."
[She goes "huh?"]
"Look at me."
Rikku
"Oh, okay."
[She looks at him, with her eyes closed]
Auron
"Open your eyes."
[She opens one eye: it's green]
"As I thought."
Rikku
"Um... No good?"
Auron
"Are you certain?"
Rikku
"A hundred percent!"
"So, anyway..."
"Can I?"
Auron
"If Yuna wishes it."
Yuna
"Yes, I do."
[Wakka goes "Hmph!". Auron walks away]
Tidus
"Rikku's a good girl. She helped me a bunch!"
Wakka
"Well, I'm for it! The more, the merrier!"
Rikku
"Then I'll just have to be the merriest!"
"It was strange."
"Even though Wakka had always hated the Al Bhed..."
Rikku
"Rikku, at your service!"
"He never realized Rikku was one of them."
[Everyone makes their way down the path. Along the way, a few random battles show Rikku's ability to open treasure chests and her overdrive, mixing items. They continue on the path to Guadosalam]