FFIX - Script - 4.3 - Crystal World
[Screen changes to in space, Zidane is spinning around; he walks towards a greenish light in the distance and reaches it]"You have entered a new realm. There are no more worlds. There is no more space..."
"Follow your memory, your original memory, and march forth..."
Zidane
"Garland, what exactly is our memory!?"
"......"
Zidane
"Why can I remember other people's experiences and events that happened before my time?"
"........."
Zidane
"Garland, please! Tell me!"
"...Do not limit memory to just one individual's experiences from birth. That is only the surface."
"Every life born into this world, whether natural or artificial, requires a parent."
"And that parent also requires a parent."
"Life is connected, one to another..."
"If you trace the root of all life, there exists one source."
"The same can be said for memory."
"All life constitutes an intelligence that holds memory beyond experience."
"Memory is not isolated within individuals."
"It is an accumulation of generations of memories that continues to evolve."
"You can say that memory and evolution go hand in hand."
"But most life-forms do not understand the true nature of memories..."
"...which explains why most memories never cross paths."
Zidane
"...So, what am I gonna find by tracing back our roots?"
"...A presence that presides over all life and memories. The crystal..."
Zidane
"Crystal..."
"You are on your own now."
"Zidane...take care of Kuja."
"...and protect the crystal."
"Farewell..."
Zidane
"Garland, wait!"
"Garland!!!"
"Even if I were created to serve one purpose alone, I do not regret being born to this world."
[Screen flashes white; resumes inside a cystalline world; a crystal path in front of Zidane, a crystal planet in the background, all of it shining]
Zidane
"Is this the crystal that Garland was talking about...?"
"...It's time for us to find out the truth."
[Zidane makes his way through the Crystal World, and enters a white portal. He reappears in a room; the room itself is composed of a platform; underneath is appear to be white-beige clouds. At the back of the room is the bottom of a blue sphere of energy. Zidane runs to the second platform, and stops]
Zidane
"!!!"
[The screen moves upwards. We see the entire blue sphere; floating in front of it is Kuja, and behind him, in the middle of the sphere, something is emanating a tremendous amount of light]
Zidane
"Kuja!"
Kuja
"Nice of you to come."
"I'm surprised you beat the 4 Chaoses that I created from the crystal's memory."
"But...you're too late."
"Take a good look. Isn't it beautiful?"
"It's the original crystal... This is where it all began..."
"The birthplace of all things..."
"Once I destroy it, everything will be gone."
"Gaia, Terra, the universe, everything..."
"Your lives and memories, too, of course. HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!"
Zidane
"Shut up!!!"
"The only thing that's gonna be gone is you!"
"I'll take you out right now!"
Kuja
"Hmph. You honestly think you can beat me?"
"Even if you do, Gaia's already doomed. Its assimilation by Terra has begun, and the Iifa Tree will incite a cataclysmic destruction of Gaia."
"It's all over for you and your friends."
"See. I win, either way."
Zidane
"It doesn't matter! Even if Gaia is assimilated, the planet will remain, and we'll start over to make a new home."
"Kuja, you're nothing but a coward! If you're gonna die, leave us out of it!"
Kuja
"Why should the world exist without me? That wouldn't be fair."
"If I die, we all die! Zidane, you will be my first sacrifice."
[Boss Battle: Deathguise vs. Your team. At the end of the battle, he gets defeated. Before he gets destroyed, at the top of the screen, it says: Kuja "How did they beat Deathguise...?". As Deathguise burts into fire and dies, the top of the screen shows: Kuja "Do you really think you can beat me?"]
[Screen resumes at the platform. Kuja is floating; Zidane is standing. Zidane approaches Kuja]
Kuja
"I can't believe you beat Deathguise..."
"Well... my time is almost up."
"Time to die, everyone!"
[Boss Battle vs. Trance Kuja. At the end of the battle, he's defeated. He says; "Ugh... I'm gonna die anyway..."; "I won't have to be afraid anymore..."; "But I'm not gonna die alone."; "You're all coming with me!". He casts 'Ultima', which blasts into all characters, KO'ing them. They fall on the ground, defeated, Kuja tumbles backwards. The screen fades to white]
[The screen fades back in. All the characters are knocked out, but alive, on a large slab of rock. In the background appears to be pale-yellowish clouds, constantly moving and shifting. Screams of despair and torment, absolutely hellish cries, are heard in the background]
Zidane
"U-Ugh..."
[Zidane stands up]
"What happened to the crystal...?"
[Zidane takes a step forward]
"...Where is this?"
"You stand before the final dimension, and I am the darkness of eternity..."
Zidane
"Wh-Who are you!?"
[Zidane walks forward. In the sky above them appears to be a colisseum-type structure, where light is shining from]
"All life bears death from birth."
"Life fears death, but lives only to die."
"It starts with anxiety."
"Anxiety becomes fear."
"Fear leads to anger... anger leads to hate... hate leads to suffering..."
"The only cure for this fear is total destruction."
"Kuja was a victim of his own fear. He concluded he could only save himself by destroying the origin of all things - the crystal."
Zidane
"What the heck are you talking about?"
"Why are you telling me all this?"
"...Now, the theory is undeniable."
"Kuja's action proves it. All things live to perish."
"At last, life has uncovered this truth. Now, it is time to end this world."
Zidane
"Wh-What do you mean by that!?"
"I exist for one purpose..."
"To return everything back to the zero world, where there is no life and no crystal to give life."
"In a world of nothing, fear does not exist. This is the world that all life desires."
Zidane
"Who the hell do you think you are!?"
"You're not ending anything! Never, not as long as we have the will to live!"
"Foolish creature..."
"Your fears have already deluded you."
"One day, you will choose destruction over existence, as Kuja did."
"When he sought to destroy the crystal, the purpose of life ended."
"Now, come... Enter the zero world that you desire."
Zidane
"No!"
"We'll destroy you and prove you wrong!"
"And through our memories, future generations will see that we can overcome any fear!"
[Zidane falls to his hands and knees]
"...We can't give up now."
"...We have to fight together."
"Even if we lose, it doesn't matter... Our memories will live on inside others."
"So, even if we are born to die, I'm not afraid."
"I'm gonna live!"
[The "Form Party" screen comes up. You get to choose your party of four; no matter what their HP was at the end of the Trance Kuja battle, each character's HP is 1]
[In the next scene, the background fades to black. A blue clump of energy rises from one character, and goes to another. The character which the energy went to wakes up. So, the four characters not in your team give the energy to the four characters on your team. There are seven possible people who give away their energy: here's what each one can say]
Quina
"Come back after you kill bad guy. I prepare big meal for everyone."
Eiko
"Promise me you'll win!"
Vivi
"I'm sorry I couldn't do anything. Good luck."
Dagger
"Please accept my powers..."
Freya
"I leave everything in your hands."
Amarant
"...Don't screw up."
Steiner
"Though I am unworthy, accept my powers."
[Screen changes to the "Menu" screen: your team is at Full HP and Full MP. Screen changes to on the rock, your team is standing; Zidane looking up]
Zidane
"We've come too far to lose now."
"Let's just wrap this up and go home...all of us."
[Screen pans upward to show the coliseum-type area. Boss Battle begins vs. Necron. Necron stands in the colisseum area in all his glory; your team is on the rock. He uses his power to bring them up to him, each of them radiating a blue hue. They float in front of him, as the blueness dissapears. The Final Battle has begun! But like all those before him, he gets defeated (presuming you don't die). This is what occurs at the end of the battle; note that this is still the battle screen]
Necron
"Why defy your fate?"
[Four teleportation beams appears, one to each character, as they dissapear, leaving Necron alone]
"Is the will to live that powerful...?"
[Purple lightning and yellow strands of energy leave Necron's body. The colisseum slowly dissapears into nothingness. Necron slowly blows up in a big dramatic sequence]
"This is not the end."
"I am eternal..."
"...as long as there is life and death..."
[Screen fades to white]