FFX - Script - Guadosalam


[Eventually, the group reaches the underground city of Guadosalam. An elderly Guado is there to greet them]

"We have been expecting you, Lady Yuna. Welcome to Guadosalam."
"This way, my lady. This way."

[Yuna goes "Me?". The man reaches out to take Yuna, but Wakka blocks him with his arm]

Wakka
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

"Oh, I beg your pardon. I am called Tromell Guado."

Tromell
"I am in the direct service of our leader, the great Seymour Guado."
"Lord Seymour has very important business with Lady Yuna."

Yuna
"Business with me? Whatever could it be, I wonder?"

Tromell
"Please, come inside the manor. All will be explained."
"Of course, your friends are also welcome."

[Tromell walks away; everyone follows him except Tidus and Rikku]

Rikku
"Twist our arms, why don't ya?"
"Ah, I almost forgot!"
[You get a tutorial explaining how, now that Rikku's in your party, you can customize your weapons and armor]
"What would you do without me?"

[She runs off to the manor. Tidus follows]

[The following is an entirely optional part, but it helps explains the "circles of light" that I make mention to repeatedly. They're known as "pyreflies". Here's Maechen with the explanation]

Maechen
"Ahem!"
"They may be called "pyreflies" but they aren't really "flies", you see."
"They're those lights you see whenever a fiend dies."
"The little fellows are responsible for a few fantastic phenomena."
"Visions of the past, spheres, fiends--these are all the pyreflies' doing."
"In fact..."
"pyreflies have something to do with aeons, too."
"The dreams of the fayth reach through the spirit of the summoner..."
"And that which is unreal becomes real for all to see!"
"Or maybe not. Who knows?
"And that, as they say, is that."

[Tidus heads to the manor, to meet up with the group. They wait in the lobby area]

Tromell
"This way, please."
[They enter another room, with tables covered in trays of food]
"I will go inform Lord Seymour. Please wait here."

[Tromell leaves. Tidus looks around. He goes to talk to Auron]

Auron
"Stay on your guard."

Tidus
"Why? This guy's just a priest, right?"

Auron
"Those with power use that power."
"Maesters have power."

Tidus
"Wait..."
"You sure you don't have something against Yevon?"

[Auron has a short laugh]

Auron
"I lived a long time in Zanarkand."

[He goes to speak to Lulu]

Lulu
"There's no temple here in Guadosalam, see?"
"Summoners usually just pass through on their way elsewhere."
[Tidus has a short laugh]
"What?"

Tidus
"I didn't even ask a question and you're explaining things."

Lulu
"You'd rather I say nothing, then?"

Tidus
"No, no!"
"Maybe you finally believe I don't know anything about Spira."
"And maybe that means you believe me about Zanarkand, too?"

Lulu
"Well..."
"There are many things I do not know."
"Your Zanarkand is one of those things."
"I suppose I can't say what I think either way."
"Still, be careful."
"You shouldn't tell other people."

Tidus
"Yeah, I know."

[He speaks to Rikku. She's eating]

Rikku
"Mmmm! This is good!"

[He stares up at the ceiling. Three large clear balls begin to glow. The door finally opens...but only Tromell's there]

Tromell
"Truly, it is good to have guests again."
"Since Lord Jyscal passed away, these halls have been too quiet."

Yuna
"The death of Lord Jyscal was a great loss for all of Spira."

Tidus
[To Wakka]
"Was this Maester Jyscal really such a great guy?"

Wakka
"He brought the teachings of Yevon to the Guado."
"He was truly a great man."

Tromell
"Truly, a loss for us all."
"But now a new leader, Lord Seymour, has come before us."
"Lord Seymour is the child of a Guado and a human."
"He will be the tie that binds our two races together."
"But that is not all, I think."
"Lord Seymour..."
"He will surely become the shining star that lights the way for all the peoples of Spira."

Seymour
"That is enough, Tromell."
[Seymour walks into the room]
"Must I always endure such praise?"
[He does the prayer gesture]
"Welcome!"

Yuna
"You...wanted to see me?"

Seymour
"Please, make yourselves at home. There's no rush."

Auron
"Please keep this short. Yuna must rush."

Seymour
"Pardon me."
"It has been a long time since I had guests."
"Lady Yuna, this way."

[FMV. The ground, black, lights up. Lights suround them all. The ceiling above them turns into space, with Pyreflies looking like meteorites]

Seymour
"This sphere is a reconstruction created from the thoughts of the dead on the Farplane."

[We see Zanarkand, as it was at the beginning of the game. Massive buildings, people walking in the streets, a voice on a loud intercom head in the background]

Tidus
"Zanarkand!"


Seymour
"Correct. Zanarkand... as it looked one thousand years ago."
[Lulu looks around, as does Wakka, who goes "Whoa!"]
"The great and wondrous machina city, Zanarkand."
"She once lived in this metropolis."

[Auron smirks]

Yuna
"She, who?"

[Seymour remains silent, looking forward. The FMV ends; they're now in a large, well-decorated room. A long-haired, white-haired, bikini-wearing woman is sitting on a bed in the middle of the room]

Yuna
"Lady Yunalesca!"

Seymour
"She was the first person to defeat Sin and save the world from its ravages."
"And you have inherited her name."

Yuna
"It was my father who named me."

Seymour
"Lord Braska was entrusting you with a great task."
"He wanted you to face Sin, as Lady Yunalesca did."
"However, Lady Yunalesca did not save the world alone."
"To defeat the undefeatable Sin..."
[He does the prayer gesture]
"it took an unbreakable bond of love--of the kind that binds two hearts for eternity."

[A man in an outlandish outfit, complete with a large golden crown, walks into the room, right through Yuna, to the bed that Yunalesca's sitting on. Yunalesca stands up; they hold hands and hug. Yuna looks at Seymour, who looks back at her, silently. Yuna then returns her gaze to Yunalesca and the mystery man, hugging. Yuna turns and faces Seymour. He leans over and whispers something to her. She covers her mouth with her hand and gasps. He then backs away and nods slowly. Yuna seems lost in thought. The screen changes: we see Yuna and Seymour standing in the middle of the room, with everyone else on one end. Yuna approaches them, then turns to the side and gets something to drink, gulping it down. She sighs a breath of relief, then runs to the group, which crowds around her]

Rikku
"Wow! Your face is beet red!"

Tidus
"You okay?"

[Yuna stumbles with her words]

Yuna
"He...he asked me to marry him!"

Tidus
"You serious?"

Auron
"You know what Yuna must do."

Seymour
"Of course."
"Lady Yuna--no, all summoners--are charged with bringing peace to Spira."
"But this means more than just defeating Sin."
"She must ease the suffering of all Spira."
"She must be a leader for the people."
"I proposed to Lady Yuna as a maester of Yevon."

Auron
"Spira is no playhouse."
"A moment's diversion may amuse the audience, but it changes nothing."

Seymour
"Even so, the actors must play their parts."
[He's silent for a few moments, then walks over to Yuna]
"There's no need to answer right away. Please, think it over."

Auron
"We will do so, then."
"We leave."

Seymour
"Lady Yuna, I await your favorable reply."
[Everyone starts to walk away; Seymour speaks up, and Auron stops]
"Why are you still here, sir?"
[He bows]
"I beg your pardon."
"We Guado are keen to the scent of the Farplane."

[Tidus walks up to Auron and starts sniffing him. Auron pushes him away and walks out of the building. Everyone else follows. They meet up outside of the manor]

Lulu
"Yuna, the high summoner's daughter. Seymour, the leader of the Guado."
"Married in the name of Yevon, overcoming the barriers of race."
"It would give Spira something cheery to talk about, for a change."

Wakka
"Sounds just like a passin' daydream, like Auron says."

Tidus
"Come on, let's just get on with the pilgrimage!"
"I mean, marriage?"

Rikku
"Hmmm. Jealous?"

Tidus
"What? No way!"
"We gotta defeat Sin. Romance can wait!"

Wakka
"He sure picked a fine time to lay this one on us."

Yuna
"Maybe it is a fine time."

Tidus
"You serious?"

Yuna
"If my getting married would help Spira..."
"if it would make people happy..."
"If I could do that for people... maybe I should do what I can."
"I never imagined doing anything like this."
"But, I won't answer till I know what's right."

Tidus
"Seriously?"

Rikku
"You could always just quit your pilgrimage and get married."

Yuna
"I will...go on."
"I'm sure that Lord Seymour will understand."

Rikku
"Umm, I guess so..."

Yuna
"I am a summoner!"
"I must fight and defeat Sin."

Auron
"Like Braska before you."

[Yuna nods. Screen focuses on Tidus]

"I had to stop myself from shouting:"
"What's there to think about?"


Yuna
"I'm going to the Farplane."
"I'm going to see my father and think on this."

Lulu
"Go on, we'll be right behind you."

"I wondered why none of the others ever asked Yuna."
"Do you love Seymour? Do you even like him?"


[Tidus and the group head to the upper level of Guadosalam, and down a passageway. They arrive at what appears to be a rippling bluish portal. Circles of light - pyreflies - fly around them]

Tidus
"Question!"
"About this Farplane..."
"When somebody dies, a summoner sends them to the Farplane, right?"
"So their souls, or whatever they are, they go to the Farplane, right?"
"But that's the Farplane we're going to, right?"
"And Yuna's old man's there, too?"
"Do dead people live there or something?"

[Tidus pictures himself surrounded by various ghosts and wraiths. He shudders]

Wakka
"You're thinking those funny thoughts again, ya?"
[Tidus giggles, then scratches the back of his head]
"You'll see once we get there."

[They start to walk up the steps. Auron stays behind]

Tidus
"Aren't you coming?"

Auron
"I do not belong there."

Tidus
"You're scared!"

Auron
"Searching the past to find the future..."
"This is all that is there. I need it not."
"You'd better be going."

[Rikku walks on-screen]

Rikku
"You're not really going to see the dead, more like your memories of them."
"People think of their relatives and the pyreflies react to them."
"They take on the form of the dead person--an illusion, nothing else."

Tidus
"Hmm..."

Rikku
"Well, have fun!"

Tidus
"What, you're not going either, Rikku?"

Rikku
"I keep my memories inside."

Tidus
"Huh?"

Rikku
"Memories are nice, but that's all they are."

[Tidus taps the portal, then enters it. He's walking on a stone platform. He looks around it]

Tidus
"What the...?"

[Wakka is looking at an image of Chappu, Yuna is looking at images of her parents. The images are partially see-through ghosts, who are floating in mid-air past the edge of the stone platform. FMV: Below the stone platform, a massive formation of clouds gather, with a large cloud-whirlpool sucking them downwards. We see a field of green grass and flowers, and a series of pyreflies floating by. We then see rushing waterfalls, and more pyreflies. It culminates with the stone platform hovering over a massive waterfall. In the background, huge tunnels of water reach up into the sky; it almost looks like a painting]


"The Farplane was cool, but I couldn't stop thinking about Yuna."
"Her parents--they looked so happy together."
"But it got me worried that maybe seeing them would make Yuna really consider Seymour's proposal."


[Tidus watches Wakka talk to Chappu]

Wakka
"Yo, Chappu!"
"Meant to come see you earlier, ya?"
"Sorry!"
"I know you won't hold it against me."
"I gave up the game. I'm a guardian from here on, you know?"
"This guy--looks a lot like you--showed up."
"Travelling with him, I thought, maybe..."
"you were still alive somewhere, ya?"
"But, then again, here you are on the Farplane."
"Guess your place is here."
"So, how you been?"
"Oh, that guy I just told you 'bout, I gave him your sword."
"He likes it."

[Tidus, holding the sword, holds it up and looks at it. Scene changes; he goes to speak to Lulu]

Lulu
"He is dead, and I am still alive."
"Coming here really makes that clear."
"I should focus more on what I have to do now."

[She laughs]

Tidus
"What?"

Lulu
"I'm not even sure what I'm saying."

Tidus
"Don't you mean that you should leave Chappu behind?"
"I'm sure he was a great guy, but there'll be others."

Lulu
"Hmm... That's a possibility."

Tidus
"How about... Wakka?"

Lulu
"What, me? With Wakka?"

Tidus
"Yeah, you two get along great!"

Lulu
"Getting along isn't enough. Not even close."

[Scene changes to the two of them looking at Chappu, who Wakka's still looking at]

Tidus
"Oh, sorry. My mistake."

Lulu
"You'd do well to remember that."
"Knowing a bit about women might come in handy some day."

Tidus
"Yeah, I'll remember."

Lulu
"I won't be forgetting either."
"Goodbye, Chappu."
"You always said I looked grumpy."
"But those were the happiest days of my life."

[Tidus goes to talk to Yuna]

Tidus
"So...Yuna?"

Yuna
"I've decided."

Tidus
"Oh? Really? That's good."

Yuna
"I remember, when I was only seven years old, in Bevelle that day."
"My father had defeated Sin, and the whole town was out in the streets."
"Everyone was laughing. They all seemed so happy."
"If I defeated Sin, that would make everyone happy...wouldn't it?"
"I must do what everyone wants, not just what I want."

Tidus
"Let's go back! You gotta tell Seymour."

Yuna
"Before that..."
"Call Sir Jecht. Give it a try."
[Tidus goes "Huh?"]
"Don't worry. He won't come."

"Trying not to think about my old man made me think about him, of course."

Yuna
"See, told you!"

"He isn't here because he's not dead. He's Sin."

[Yuna giggles]

Yuna
"That means he's alive, you know?"

"What if my old man really is Sin?"
"What would I say to Yuna... heck, to everybody in Spira?"
"Wait, why should I have to apologize for him, anyway?"


Tidus
"I'd rather never see him again."

Yuna
"What makes you hate him so?"

Tidus
"Everything he does just makes me mad."
"It was his fault that me and my mother..."
[His mother suddenly appears. Tidus gasps]
"Mom?"
"It's her!"

Yuna
"She's very pretty."

[All is silent for a few moments]

Tidus
"But..."
"Wait. No one ever performed the sending for her."

Yuna
"She must've accepted death while she was still alive."

Tidus
"Whoa there, that's my mother you're talking about."

Yuna
"Oh, I'm sorry!"

Tidus
"It's okay."
[He goes "Ah.."]
"I think I just figured something out."

Yuna
"What?"

Tidus
"Why I hate my old man."

[Screen goes white: flashback. Jecht and Tidus' mom are standing together, standing on a balcony of some sort, looking out at Zanarkand. Tidus is nowhere to be seen]

Jecht
"See? So I told him what I thought of him, right there!"

"Really?"

Jecht
"'Course!"

"I suppose, but..."

Tidus
"Mommy..."

"Just a sec, dear."

[The present Tidus begins to speak, though we still see the image of his parents]

Tidus
"Whenever my old man was around, my mother wouldn't even look at me."
"Maybe that's when I started to resent him, even hate him."
"When he left us..."
[Jecht fades away, leaving his mom alone. The screen goes white]
"Mom just lost her energy."

[We see Zanarkand and young Tidus again. He's looking out to sea]

Auron
"Is she all right?"

Tidus
"Why should you care?"

Auron
"If she dies, I wouldn't know what to do."

Tidus
"Don't say Mom is gonna die!"

Auron
"I apologize."

[The present-day Tidus speaks again. Auron enters his house, while young Tidus runs away]

Tidus
"The old lady next door told me..."
"when a lovebird dies, the one left behind..."
"It just gives up living so it can join its mate."
"It was just like that."
"I hated my old man even more."
"But really, my old man..."

[We see the shot of Jecht and Tidus' mother again]

Tidus
"Mommy..."

"Just a sec, dear."

Jecht
"Ah, go to him. He'll cry if you don't."

[Screen returns to Yuna and Tidus]

Tidus
"Oh, man..."
"I must sound so stupid."

Yuna
"I don't think so."

Tidus
"How embarrassing!"

[Wakka and Lulu are behind them]

Wakka
"Well? Need some more time?"

Yuna
"No, I'm ready."

Lulu
"Did I miss something?"

[Tidus laughs and scratches the back of his head. The screen changes to outside the portal. Auron and Rikku are still there, and the group walks down the steps]

Yuna
"Thanks for waiting!"
"I'll go give my answer to Maester Seymour."

[Several Guados gasp. The group looks up. A ghostly image begins to exit from the Farplane portal. A Guado backs away from it]

"Lord Jyscal!?"

"Lord Jyscal!"

[Lord Jyscal goes "Ugggh", not unlike what a zombie would do]

Auron
"It does not belong here."

Yuna
"Why?"

Auron
"Yuna, send him."

[Yuna walks up the steps. Auron falls to his knees, making sounds like he's in pain, but no one notices; they're all too focused on Lord Jyscal]

Yuna
"Lord Jyscal..."

Lulu
"He is Lord Jyscal no more. Send him now!"

[She sends him. He turns into pyreflies and vanishes, but not before dropping something small and blue. She picks it up. Auron stands up]

Auron
"Talk later. We leave now."

[They leave the Farplane area. While walking through the tunnel area to return to Guadosalam...]

Wakka
"Wh...what was that just now? That really Lord Jyscal?"

[You get to choose between "Wait, I know!" or "Just listen."...let's just listen to get the full scoop on things]

Yuna
"I don't understand how a man like Lord Jyscal could die and not be sent."

Lulu
"I would think that he was sent once..."
"but he stayed on Spira."
"Something, a powerful emotion could have bound him to this world. Such things happen."

Rikku
"That's against the rules, isn't it?"

Auron
"It means he died an unclean death."

[The group returns to the doors to the manor]

Yuna
"I will go... meet with Maester Seymour."

[She turns around]

Auron
"Yuna!"
"Jyscal is the Guado's problem, not yours."

[She ignores him and enters the manor. Everyone walks off in different directions, except Tidus walks with Lulu]

Tidus
"Umm..."

Lulu
"What?"

Tidus
"So, Lulu, what do you think about Yuna getting married?"

[They walk to a pathway which overlooks the manor doors]

Lulu
"As long as the pilgrimage continues, either way's fine."

Tidus
"That's it?"
"What if she doesn't even like the guy? Is that okay?"

Lulu
"People marry for many reasons."

Tidus
"What's that mean?"

Lulu
"Sometimes marriage doesn't require love, you know?"
"Defeat Sin, and bring joy to the people of Spira."
"Get married, and bring joy to the people of Spira."
"For Yuna, they're just two ways down the same road."
"All you need is determination."
"If you have that, you don't need love."

Tidus
"I don't know..."
"I just don't get it."

[Tidus goes to speak to Lulu again, this time in front of the manor]

Lulu
"Listen."
"If Yuna gets married, then I..."

Tidus
"What? That again?"

Lulu
"Yes."
"If she is to marry, I would want her to marry for love."

Tidus
"See?"

Lulu
"But..."
"If Yuna said she wanted to marry the one she loves."
"I would have to object."

Tidus
"Huh?"
"Uh... You're not making much sense."

Lulu
"I know."

Tidus
"Lulu..."

Lulu
"I've talked enough about that."

Tidus
"What?"

Lulu
"I'm sorry, just forget about it."

Tidus
"Geez! Grumpy!"

Lulu
"You'll understand one of these days."
"I just don't want to give it words. Not yet."
[She walks away]
"I shouldn't have to say this, but don't fall in love with her."

[You get to choose between "Okay.", "Too late.", and "You're more my type, Lulu."; I like the third one best myself. Mmm.....Lulu...]

Lulu
"Interesting."
"I suppose I could add you to my list."
"I wish you good luck, little boy. You're going to need it."

[Tidus goes to walk down a tunnel exiting Guadosalam. He stops; Shelinda comes walking up]

Shelinda
"My..."
"Was the lady summoner not with you?"

Tidus
"No. She's at Seymour's place."

Shelinda
"That's "Maester Seymour," or "Lord Seymour"."

Tidus
"Oh, I'll be careful. Sorry."

Shelinda
"That's all right."
"Maester Seymour left Guadosalam a short while ago."

Tidus
"You serious?"

Shelinda
"I believe he went to the temple in Macalania."
"Maester Seymour is also the high priest of that temple."

Tidus
"Whoa, I gotta tell the others!"

[He runs back to the manor, and tells everyone that Seymour's gone (we see this through a series of hand gestures). The screen changes to inside the manor: Yuna is looking at a portrait of Lord Jyscal]

Yuna
"Lord Jyscal, please tell me. What can I do to help?"

Rikku
"Yuna, let's go!"

[She does the prayer gesture to Jyscal's portrait, then walks out of the manor. She meets up with the group outside]

Tidus
"They say Seymour went to Macarena Temple."

Wakka
"Macalania Temple."

Tidus
"Aye."

Wakka
"What I don't get is..."
"Why would the lord maester head off without a peep to anyone?"

Rikku
"Maybe he wasn't expecting Yuna's answer so soon."

Wakka
"Ah, that's probably it."

[Yuna has a short laugh, which almost sounds like laboured breathing]

Auron
"Yuna, what is it?"

Yuna
"Oh, nothing."

Auron
"Hmm... You're a poor liar."

Yuna
"It's true. It's nothing!"
"Come on, let's go."

[They go down the path that Tidus tried going down before when he was interrupted by Shelinda]

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