Love isn't always peaceful. Sometimes, love requires us to fight. But
weapons aren't the only answer. With faith and resolve, even the most
intense wars in the world can be overcome with love. Children, take
this message to heart, and forge a peaceful future for all...

___       __  __   __      ______      ________
\  \ /\  / / |  | |  |    |___   \    /        |    GAME SCRIPT
 \  \\ \/ /  |  | |  |     __ |  |   /   /|    | by: Shotgunnova
  \  \\  /   |  | |  |__  |  |/  /  /   / |____|
   \/  \/    |__| |_____| |_____/  /   /_________
   ___    _____    ________    __  \_____________|
  / \ \  |__   \  |  ____  \  /  /         ____
 / / \ \  __|  |  | |  _ | |  \  \        |    |
/ /___\ \ \__  \  | | | || |  _\_ \       |    |
/_________\   |__| |_| |_||_| /____/       |____|


[TABLE OF CONTENTS]
                              ____________________________
01. Ciel Shelter              |                            |
02. Sunlit Path               | Notation Legend:           |
03. Ravaged Forest            | ----------------           |
04. Sunlit Path II            |                            |
05. Ciel Shelter II           | (X)               X-button |
06. Forsaken Road             | (O)               O-button |
07. Port Rosalia              | ([])         Square button |
08. Culane Temple             | (/\)       Triangle button |
09. Celesti Ruins             | <o>      Phys. Atk. Symbol |
10. Great Stairway            | {o}      Magc. Atk. Symbol |
11. White Orphanage           | <v>      Magc. Def. Symbol |
12. Aerial Fortress Eulalia   |                            |
13. Wunderweltraum             \__________________________/
14. Sea of Trees
15. Guara Bobelo
16. Calucion Pass
17. Platapana Passage
18. Neve d'Argento
19. Cerulean Tunnel
20. Autumn River
21. Mim'krilu Skyway
22. Desolate Railway
23. Buckeye Station
24. Etemenanki
25. Buckeye Station II and the Silver Star Express
26. Forgotten City
27. Buckeye Station III
28. Abandoned Village
29. Garra de Leon
30. Dragon Fossil Mine
31. Frontier Town Halim
32. Valley of Oblivion
33. Frontier Town Halim II
34. Blue Amity Beach
35. Port Rosalia II
36. Fallen Bridge XdXS
37. Dievas Airport
38. Illsveil Prison
39. Frontier Town Halim III

40. NPC List
41. Amengard Script
42. Travel Guide Scripts
43. NPC Dialogue Scripts
44. Contributions & Thanks
45. Help Shotty!
46. Updates
47. Legal Junk

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 01. Ciel Shelter                                               |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[On the new game, after a mini-cutscene with some well-wishing
dialogue (see: top of document), a boy will be lounging around in
a tree on the outskirts of town.]

Boy: I think the coast is clear now. Can't believe we're sparring
    this early in the morning. All it does is make you hungry...
    Even if I cut class, I don't think my stomach will cut me a
    break. Oh well...maybe I'll sneak back home and see if Mom'll
    fix me a snack.

[The boy (Jude, is his name) will jump down and head into town
for some munchies. When he gets to the edge of the screen he's
in, a tutorial will pop up.]

Tutorial: *Markers indicating the connections between areas are
         called Route Trackers. Blue markers indicate routes yet
         to be explored. Yellow markers indicate routes already
         taken. Red markers indicate routes most recently used.
         Press the [SELECT] button to toggle Route Trackers on
         or off.

[In the town square, Jude can find a save point.]

Tutorial: *Press the (X) button while at a Break Point to completely
         restore your characters' MP. You can also save your progress
         onto a Memory Card (PS2).

[Jude goes into his house.]

Jude: "What's for lunch, Mom? I'm hungry..."

Ethelda: "... Hmm, now why would you be hungry? After all, it's not
        like you've done anything today to build up an appetite...
        right?"

Jude: "...Uh-oh...Does she know?"

Ethelda: "Instructor Henri came by earlier. He asked if you weren't
        feeling well."

Jude: "Oh, great...Henri knows, too. Now I'll get double the
     punishment."

Ethelda: "It's not too late, so you should go and see Henri. Just
        think, if you work twice as hard at your lessons, lunch will
        taste twice as good."

Jude: "... I...uh, I'll do my lessons later!"

[Jude bolts before his mom can protest.]

Ethelda: "Now when exactly is 'later?!' If you keep putting everything
        off, you'll never grow up to be a mature adult!" (I think in
        raising him by myself, I've spoiled him. ... At times like
        this, I wish he were here...)

[Outside, Jude hangs around his doorstep.]

Jude: "I was hoping she'd heat up some leftover stew or something,
     but I never expected her to know about me skipping class... Now
     what? Didn't Henri say something about how you should "act on
     your feelings" when thinking alone doesn't help? I guess I'll
     just go and see if I can pick some berries in the forest. It's
     not like I have a lot of other options at this point..."

[Jude scrams before anyone can remind him to do his lessons, and
he goes in search of some grub in the forest nearby.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 02. Sunlit Path                                                |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[A tutorial comes up when Jude encounters some raised earth.]

Tutorial: *Pressing the (/\) button causes Jude to jump. If you
         press the (/\) button again during a jump, it will turn
         into a double-jump.

[A cutscene plays a ways ahead, where Jude sees a massive hole
suddenly break into the sky. Planes fly in through the gap and
fly off.]

Jude: "What the...? The sky...did it just shatter?! Something's
     headed toward the forest... I'd better go check it out."

[A cutscene soon starts up ahead. The airplanes that had flown
in housed soldiers, who have already set up a temporary tent
base around a large airship. Out of the cargo bay, two soldiers
walk out in conversation.]

Thin Man: "An assault within the shelter? Isn't this pushing the
         limits of our authority?"

Fat Man: "This entire mission's under my jurisdiction."

Thin Man: "Even so, shouldn't we report in? And perhaps wait for
         Brionac's arrival so we can work in conjunction? But
         that'd be your call, sir."

Fat Man: "What, are you kidding? And let them take all the
        credit? Not likely."

Thin Man: "That's not what I'm saying. It's just, they're
         well--"

Fat Man: "It's just that they're what? Oh yeah, that's right,
        they're the 'special elites'. And how'd they get that
        way? They proved themselves on the battlefield, that's
        how they did it. I tell ya, we've got to take advantage
        of every opportunity!"

Thin Man: "..."

Fat Man: "And just how many more opportunities do 'ya think we'll
        really get after this?" I'll tell you how many--NONE! And
        that's why wew've gotta make the most of every
        opportunity, no matter how small! Ya want better rations
        and booze?! If you wanna improve your  lot in this world,
        you best do things my way, Archibald!"

[A teen in a white jacket runs over, interrupting the conversation.]

Teen: "Hey, nobody said anything about any rough stuff when I
     signed on. And I only agreed to all this because they
     promised me the girl wouldn't be hurt. I'm responsible for
     her...and my whole reputation as a Drifter will be stake!"

[Tony turns around and gives the teen "the look."]

Teen: "Ah, I mean, um...I'm not trying to tell you how to do your
     job or anything. It's just, well...there's been so many
     unexpected changes and developments, you know? I was hoping
     maybe for a bonus to help compensate...?"

[The fat man punches the teen out of the way. As he tumbles off to
the side, the teen in white spies Jude from afar.]

Teen: "Huh? What's a kid doing here? Geez...He sure caught me at
     an embarrassing...moment..."

[The cutscene ends.]

Jude: "I wonder if that guy's okay? ... I'll let things settle down
     a bit before checking it out..."

[Later on, at dusk, Jude spies some of the soldiers standing 'neath
the berry tree he had planned to reap for lunch.]

Jude: "There's one, no two soldiers standing beneath the berry
     tree... Hmm... First, those things came out of the sky... Then
     a bunch of adults in uniform appeared... And then, for some
     reason, that guy got hit. Hmm... What the heck is going on
     around here?"

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 03. Ravaged Forest                                             |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[Jude runs a bit closer, but the soldiers don't sound an alarm at
all. They keep conversing.]

Jude: "Hmm, even this close up, they still don't see me, huh...
     If I hide behind things and stay out of their sight, I might
     be able to go further in!"

[Jude sneaks through the camp in the next screen and hightails it
aboard the cruiser at the back. He sees a soldier patrolling in
there, too.]

Jude: (Man, they're in here, too?! I've got to find somewhere to
     hide! If I enter his line of sight, he'll spot me. I need to
     make it through here somehow without getting caught...)

[Jude enters the next room after awhile. He stops as he enters.]

Jude: "Hmm...? What is that...? I think I hear something... ...Is
     that...singing?"

[Jude goes up to a cell window and spies a girl in a blue dress
sitting on her bunk, singing a tune. She spies Jude's unfamiliar
face halfway through.]

Girl: "Is...someone there?"

Jude: "Uh...sorry. It's just...I've never seen a real girl before.
     I've only heard about them. I didn't mean to interrupt your
     song. Hi, I'm jude. You...so you don't live here do you?"

Girl: "No...those men in unfirom captured me and locked me in here."

Jude: "That's what I thought. Don't worry, I'll find a way to get
     you out, I promise."

[Jude runs down the nearby stairs. The girl wonders about the
boy helping her break out.]

????: "Jude..."

[Meanwhile, Jude is rummaging through a room below.]

Jude: "If I'm gonna rescue that girl, I'll need a key for the door
     and a weapon to protect us. I wonder if I can find that kind
     of stuff in here. I sure hope I can before anybody comes..."

[Jude opens a chest containing a sword.]

Jude: "Does this sword belong to one of those soldiers? If push
     comes to shove, I'll use it to defend myself. ... If I'd
     have known THIS was going to happen, I would've taken my
     sword training more seriously..."

[Jude opens another chest containing a Key Ring, and runs out,
but finds his ascension blocked by some soldiers lounging around
on the stair. They don't see the stowaway.]

Jude: (...?!)

Soldier: "The impact from breaking through the barrier damaged parts
        of the craft, including the door. Get everything fixed
        before it's time for us to take off. Otherwise, it may cause
        an accident."

[The soldier heads upstairs and leaves the guards on the stair. Jude
can't go up that way, so he heads to the back of the room, prying
open the damaged door with his sword. Outside, he finds the soldiers
have widened their area of encampment.]

Jude: "Giant machines that fly through the sky... And a bunch of
     adults with weapons... Was that guy who got hit earlier, one
     of them too? ... Hmm, somehow, I don't think so...but I guess
     there's only one way to find out..."

Tutorial: *Pressing the ([]) button causes Jude to crouch down. If
         you press a directional button while crouching, Jude will
         slide in that direction.

[Jude uses his sliding skills to slip under the adults' radar,
entering a ship opposite the last. He opens a locked door with his
ring o' keys and finds the man who got socked by the fat soldier
in a cell not unlike the girl's.]

????: "Hey, you're that kid!"

Jude: "I have to ask, just to be sure... You're not a bad guy...
     right?"

????: "What makes you think I'm not?"

Jude: "Because you're just a kid, like me."

????: "What? I look like a kid to YOU? Man, how depressing..."

[Jude holds up his ring of keys.]

????: "Well, can you get us out of here?! Then again...even if we
     do escape from here, what can we do...?"

Jude: "We've got to hurry and rescue that girl."

????: "'That girl...?' You mean you've seen her?"

Jude: "Yeah. It was the first time I've ever seen a real girl."

[Jude opens the door, but some soldiers run into the room. Jude
barely has enough time to hide in the cell with Mr. ????.]

????: "Looks like something's going on. They're running around all
     excited... If we leave now, we'll just wind up getting caught.
     Let's stay here for a bit and see how things go."

[The two lounge around for awhile, from dusk to the dead of night,
at least.]

????: "You said your name was 'Jude,' right? Do you live in this
     village?"

Jude: "Yeah. I was on my way to the forest when these strange
     machines suddenly came flying in through a tear in the sky.
     Do you all...live on the other side of the sky? Um..."

Arnaud: "You can call me Arnaud. Anyway, are you telling me you have
       no idea what kind of place this is you're living in?"

Jude: "...? Ciel's the village I grew up in... What's so different
     about it?"

Arnaud: "Sounds like you don't know much about anything... I guess
       that means you don't know why that girl was brought here,
       ether..."

Jude: "Oh no, the girl!! I promised her that I'd help her get out!"

[The two sneak out of the cell.]

Arnaud: "Doesn't look like there's a soul in the place, let alone
       a sentry..."

Jude: "Let's go back to where they were keeping her.

[They start running back to the other ship, but find no soldiers'
watchful eyes on the way.]

Jude: "...Where did they all go?! There were so many of them on
     the way over here---"

[When Jude gets back they find the door to her swell ajar.]

Jude: "The girl was locked up in that room. I hope the key I
     obtained fits...

[They check it.]

Arnaud: "Looks like she's not here."

Jude: "Where could they have taken her?"

Arnaud: "Any ideas?"

Jude: "Hmm... ...None at all. There's nothing around here, other
     than the village..."

Arnaud: "Then that must be where they're headed!"

Jude: "Why?!"

Arnaud: "There's nothing else around here, right?! Then that's the
       only place they could've gone to!

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 04. Sunlit Path II                                             |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The Sunlit Path's now the Moonlit Path, and the fireflies are out
now. Jude and Arnaud press on, but they're soon attacked by two
mechanical balls.]

Jude: "What the...?!"

Arnaud: "They must have released them on their way to the village!
       What should we do...?"

Jude: "Better think fast...they're headed straight this way!"

Arnaud: "Man, why does this always seem to happen to me?"

Tutorial: Battles take place on a field divided into seven sections
         called 'HEXes.' Upon selecting an Attack (Shoot) or Original
         command, targetable HEXes will be displayed in red. If no
         enemies are within your immediate attack range, try moving
         from your current HEX to another one.

[The party defeats the two machines.]

Jude: "I'm sorry I got you mixed up in all this... You could've just
     run away once your cell door was open, but instead you're..."

Arnaud: "What, and leave a kid like you behind? No, I couldn't do
       anything that uncool."

Jude: "Thanks for fighting alongside me, Arnaud. I'm really glad
     you're with me."

Arnaud: "You're welcome...Do you always just come out and just say
       what's on your mind?"

[After a few skirmishes, another tutorial comes up.]

Tutorial: *Attack (Shoot), Original, Item, and other commands are
         all effective on a per-HEX basis. If there are multiple
         tragets within a single HEX, they are all affected. So
         you can damage several enemies during an attack, or heal
         multiple allies, but only if they are all standing in the
         same HEX.

[In the screen where Jude saw the tear in the sky:]

Arnaud: "What's wrong? We need to hurry to the village, right?"

Jude: "Yeah... Even if they're just machines, I don't feel very
     good about hurting and breaking things... I never really
     thought about all this during my swordsmanship lessons
     though..."

Arnaud: "... But what do you plan on doing if something happens
       to your village?"

Jude: "I...I don't know. If I can't think of what to do even while
     it's happening...then I'll just do what I feel is right. That's
     what Instructor Henri taught me. How about you? What do you
     think we should do?"

Arnaud: "Beats me. After all, if thinking alone could solve
       everything, I wouldn't be in this mess right now. That
       doesn't mean I'm going to stop thinking, though. In any
       case, I'll tag along with you for a little while longer.
       But once we get to the village, you'll have to manage on
       your own."

Jude: "Yeah, no problem. And thanks. I want to keep my promise to
     that girl, so help me out for just a little longer, okay? It's
     really helpful to have you with me."

Arnaud: " *heh* I can't believe I'm letting this kid take advantage
       of me..."

[The two continue back into town.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 05. Ciel Shelter II                                            |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[Once there, the two find that soldiers have corralled everyone into
a group, containing them in the town square. Arnaud and Jude duck
down by the entrance.]

Arnaud: "Yep, looks like they're here..."

Jude: "Let's get a little closer."

Arnaud: "Whoa, hey...Don't do anything stupid..."

Jude: "They've captured everyone...!"

Arnaud: "You think rushing out is going to accomplish anything?!
       Come on, use your head!"

[The fat man from before stands over Jude's mother.]

Acting Commander Tony: "Hand it over without a fight and we won't
                      have 'ta use force. I hope you'll make the
                      smart decision."

Ethelda: "We decided to live here and withdraw ourselves from the
        world. The 'smart decision' you're hoping for is merely the
        one that benefits you most, is it not? Starting
        'negotiations' with a show of force like this...Have you no
        shame?"

[From nearby, a soldier signals Tony.]

Soldier: "Commander! We've found it! There's no mistaking it!"

[The soldiers bring a taped-up box over. It looks like a black
casket.]

Ethelda: "What do you hope to accomplish with that? That sin left
        behind by the war? Are you planning on repeating the same
        mistakes?!"

[Jude speaks to himself from afar.]

Jude: "War?! What war?"

Acting Commander Tony: "What this is...is power. A power necessary
                      to open the future. You think you're so smart
                      just 'cause you carry on hysterically about
                      war, but you're nothing but a foolish woman."

Ethelda: "I'd like to think I'm better than you, a man simply drunk
        on the power of his newfound toy. ... Leave that alone...you
        can't use it. And what's the point of having it, if you can't
        use it? The only ones who can use that--The only ones who can
        use an ARM are..."

[A soldier brings the girl in blue out. Jude doesn't reveal himself
just yet.]

Jude: "That girl!"

Acting Commander Tony: "'What's the point in having it, if you can't
                      use it?' My, you're a smart one!"

Ethelda: "... Don't tell me that child is a gene driver...?"

Acting Commander Tony: "Maybe...or maybe not. That's what we're gonna
                      find out right now."

[Tony and some soldiers stand near the 'casket', waiting for the
girl in blue--the gene driver?--to do her thing. Jude scowls from
the entrance.]

Jude: "She's terrified! What should I do? How can I get over there?"

Arnaud: "Ah, well...that may actually be easier than you think..."

[Jude turns around and finds a soldier behind Arnaud. The two boys
are pushed out into the open.]

Ethelda: "Jude?!"

Jude: "Mom!"

Acting Commander Tony: "Welcome to the party...The more, the merrier."

Jude: "Get away from them! And don't you dare do anything to that
     girl, either!"

Acting Commander Tony: "When I was a kid, I liked to play at being the
                      hero too. But even kids' games can go too far.
                      You need to learn how to address your elders,
                      boy. As an adult, it's only natural that I'm
                      passionate about the proper education of our
                      kids. It wouldn't have come to this, if you had
                      only cooperated with us."

[Tony snaps his fingers and some soldiers make Arnaud and Jude dance
to avoid bullets fired at their feet. The girl in blue cries out.]

????: "Please, stop! I'll do it! So...please...!"

Arnaud: "Hey, kid! It's your fault I got caught up in this! Do
       something!!"

Jude: "I want to, but there's nothing I can do right now! They even
     took my sword!"

[Jude and Arnaud jump away from the gunfire, but Jude trips over the
'black casket', spilling its contents all over the ground. Inside,
it appears its white sand. A soldier points a gun barrel at Jude's
head.]

Jude: "If only I had the power to fight, these guys wouldn't be
     able to..."

[Jude's contact with the sand emits a bright blue light. When all
present can see again, Jude's holding a large gun in his hand.]

Ethelda: "The neutral state ARM...it reacted to Jude and
        activated...?! There's no turning back now..."

Arnaud: "That silver sand...it transformed into a gun?! What...what
       the heck is that thing in your hand?!"

Jude: "I don't know what it is...But now...maybe I can actually do
     something! This is...the power to fight...That much, I know.
     I can feel it...like it's a part of my own body! It's time to
     turn the tables, Arnaud!! We're gonna save everyone!"

[Jude and Arnaud square off with some soldiers, and a Tutorial
appears.]

Tutorial: *Jude's 'Shoot' command can be used as many times as he has
         loaded into his ARM. If he is out of ammo, the command will
         change from Shoot to Attack. Not only does this result in
         lower offensive power, it also suffers from other weaknesses
         such as a reduced chance of a Critical Hit. To use the Shoot
         command again, Jude must use the 'Guard' stance to remain in
         the current HEX and finish his turn without taking any
         further action. Then upon completion of the turn, ammo is
         automatically reloaded.

[The soldiers get whipped by Jude's new ARM. As the troops get
defeated, Tony appears in battle...in a large, powerful-looking
machine.]

Arnaud: "You're using THAT against us?"

Acting Commander Tony: "That's 'cause you forced me to!"

Tutorial: *Each character has commands called 'Originals' that
         consume MP. Originals are more powerful than Attack (Shoot)
         commands and have special effects that can turn the battle
         in your favor. The key to victory is to use them effectively
         as the situation warrants.

[After the party's first few turns:]

Tutorial: *HEXes with yellow, blue, red, or green borders possess
         earth, water, fire, or wind elemental properties,
         respectively. These special HEXes are called ley points, and
         three of these four elements will always be placed on the
         outer ring of the battlefield. Characters on a ley point can
         tap into the specific element with some of their commands.
         In Arnaud's case, his Original, 'Blast,' changes its
         functionality based on the ley point.

[The party defeats Tony's Land Gear after awhile.]

Acting Commander Tony: "How can that kid be so strong?! Is this
                      truly...the power of...ARMs...?!

Arnaud: "I can't believe it! The kid did it. He beat those
       soldiers!"

[Jude holds his gun and can't let go.]

Arnaud: "Hey...what's the matter?

[A bright red light emits from Jude as he points his gun around.]

Villager: "A Resistance Impulse? The ARM! He can't control it!"

[A piece of Jude's Resistance Impulse flies up and hits the large
generator in the center of town, damaging it irreparably.]

Villager: "Is this really...the end of Ciel as we know it?

[The girl in blue goes over to Jude and lays her hands on him.]

Girl: "The power of yours isn't just for fighting...you must try
     not to let it consume you."

Jude: "Thank goodness. We got rid of those jerks, didn't we? Uh..."

Girl: "It's Yulie, Yulie Ahtreide. And it's all because you kept
     your promise. Thank you...Jude."

Villager: "The shield generator can't sustain its output! Ciel's
         going to fall into the sea!"

[The soldier Tony was talking to before, Archibald, speaks up.]

Archibald: "We'll cease all operations and withdraw. This man you
          see here, he's responsible for all of this... Though we
          can't ask for your forgiveness, I want you to know that
          we had hoped for a peaceful resolution..."

Jude: "If you think I'm gonna just..."

Ethelda: "Jude, listen to me, now is not the time. More
        importantly, we have to escape from here!"

Jude: "But, Mom! They're the ones who attacked us!"

Ethelda: "But what about your friends? You have to help them, right?"

[At the urging of the townspeople, Arnaud, Yulie, and Jude head for
the escape pods near Instructor Henri's facility. They hop into the
nearest one, but Jude looks back.]

Jude: "Aren't you all coming?"

Woman: "We'll be escaping very soon, but there are some things we
      must do first. We'll leave as soon as we're done."

[Ethelda runs over, out of breath.]

Ethelda: "I've got all the documentation together. If only we had
        gone ahead and thrown it all away...things never would
        have happened to us."

Woman: "That may be so..."

Jude: "Mom!"

Ethelda: "I guess it can't be helped. No none can remain a child
        forever... Your hidden abilities were awakened today.
        Whether or not you come to regret this day...you must
        decide that for yourself."

Jude: "But Mom..."

Ethelda: "Hurry up and close the hatch. We'll be right behind you."

[The three in the pod sit in the dark.]

Arnaud: "Man, everything's gone crazy..."

Yulie: "It's all my fault..."

Jude: "No, those stupid soldiers are to blame, not you."

Arnaud: "Hey, we've got more important things to worry about now.
       Like--will this escape pod really work? We're pretty high
       up, you know..."

[Amidst the debris falling from the floating shelter of Ciel, the
pod lands safely in the ocean below. Jude opens the hatch and takes
his first look at the real world.]

Jude: "Is this...the outside world...? Mom?! Anyone?!
     Helloooooooooo?!"

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 06. Forsaken Road                                              |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[And this is where the real game begins. The opening video sequence
plays now, and after its done, the party finds their pod has drifted
on a beach. After a game of rock-paper-scissors, Arnaud walks off to
search the area.]

Yulie: "We may not know where we are, but at least the escape pod
      made it safely to shore... ... Are you...feeling okay?"

Jude: "...Yeah. Actually, I'm feeling a little better than before..."

Yulie: "I'm sorry..."

Jude: "No, it's not your fault... It's my fault...for not being able
     to use that power properly... If you hadn't stopped me, things
     would've been much worse. Even I know that. So please, don't
     say you're sorry."

Yulie: "..."

Jude: "It sounded like Mom and the others knew about this power,
     but never told me about it... Yulie, this power of mine...and
     yours which calmed my ARM...What the heck are they...?"

Yulie: "It's...well..."

Jude: "Is that a question I shouldn't have asked?"

Yulie: "No, it's not like that... It's just...once you know, you
      won't be able to turn back. I can't answer knowing that I'd
      be putting you in danger... I'm sorry..."

Jude: "You're saying I'd be better off not knowing? I bet Mom and
     the others thought the same thing, which is why they didn't
     tell me anything... But that didn't help at all, did it? Not
     knowing or understanding anything is what led to me destroying
     everything... I honestly can't believe that I'd be better off
     not knowing..."

Yulie: "Jude..."

Jude: "I understand your fear, Yulie... Ciel Village and the forest
     made up my entire world... When I think about what's happening
     now, I get so scared that I can hardly breathe. But I know I
     can't just stay like this, so..."

Yulie: "Jude, you don't know how cruel adults can be... I don't want
      you--no, I don't want anyone to be hurt because of me...not
      anymore! I'm sorry..."

Jude: "You keep apologizing for everything... But you really don't
     have to feel bad about everything, you know. For one, you saved
     me. So I think it's okay for you to be proud of that. Besides...
     I'll protect you from now on if any adults try to do bad things
     to you. Remember I promised you that when we first met?"

Yulie: "You would honor that promise? No, I can't allow you to get
      further involved in this than you already are..."

Jude: "... I'm sorry...to tell you the truth, I just wanted to use
     my power to protect something... And Yulie, you're acting as
     though everything's your fault, but it's not... I know I'm
     the one who destroyed Ciel. Because I used my power...but
     couldn't use it properly, the village and everyone in it...
     So...now, I want to use my power to do good. If I can use it
     to protect you, I think I won't come to hate it. Is that a
     good enough reason to want to protect you?"

Yulie: "Perhaps it's because you're a boy, but you're much stronger
      than I am..."

Jude: "Mom warned me though. She said I can't remain a boy forever."
     (Mom...everyone...)

[Arnaud comes back.]

Arnaud: "Why do I have to be the one to go look around? Even if I did
       lose rock-paper-scissors, isn't this a task kids should do?"

Jude: "Well if you don't like it, maybe next time you should try to
     win!"

Yulie: "Did you find anything?"

Arnaud: "Looks like ours is the only escape pod that made it here.
       I didn't see any others. Anyway, let's not worry about it
       right now. Trying to think on an empty stomach isn't very
       effective. My razor-sharp mind is build in such a way that
       it doesn't run on empty. Let's look for somewhere where we
       can eat and get some rest. We'll have plenty of time left to
       think about our situation afterwards."

[The party's gone nary a few steps when everyone stops.]

Arnaud: "Uh oh...looks like we're not alone. Don't tell me we're
       surrounded by monsters?!"

Jude: "Monsters?! There are monsters on Filgaia? Do we have to
     fight...? With that power...? With that power that was awakened
     in me...?"

Yulie: "I'll back you up with my Material, too. If I Material Drive
      the guardian programs..."

Jude: "Guardian? Material? Uh...Yulie...?"

Yulie: "..."

Arnaud: "So that's why...Is that why they were after you? If you can
        help, please do! Right now, we really need your power...your
        Material!"

[The battle starts.]

Tutorial: *Actions during battle result in an increase of a power
         called 'Force' (FP). Use the Force Gauge located on the
         right side of the screen to monitor its accumulation. Each
         character has special moves or Force Commands used to
         unleash FP, and these commands require a set amount of
         FP. Yulie's Material is one such Force Command. When used
         on a ley point, it executes a magic attack based on the
         specific element of that ley point. When used on a HEX that
         is not a ley point, it heals allies in all HEXes on the
         battlefield.

[When the party comes to a rickety bridge, another tutorial appears.]

Tutorial: *A new ability, 'Accelerator,' has awakened within Jude.
         When the [R1] button is pressed, Jude's reaction speed
         increases dramatically and time slow down around him,
         relatively. When the Accelerator is in effect (the AC Graph
         at the top right corner of the screen displays the remaining
         effective time), you can see hidden gella. Use the
         Accelerator to get past traps and obtain hidden gella.

[In a nearby treasure chest, Jude finds a book.]

Tutorial: *The books you find as you progress through the game are
         not required items, but they contain techniques which can
         make your progress easier.

[The party continues a little ways.]

Jude: "This place looks like it's in pretty bad shape..."

Yulie: "This isn't the only place that's suffering either."

Arnaud: "This region isn't too badly off, comparatively speaking.
       The place where I grew up was much worse off. Not much point
       talking about that though..."

Jude: "...?"

[At the end of the path, everyone stops to look at an old sign.]

Arnaud: "It looks like we'll hit a port town if we continue along
       this road."

Yulie: "So, there still are places inhabited by people."

Jude: "Let's check it out."

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 07. Port Rosalia                                               |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[When Jude gets to the bustling town of Port Rosalia, he takes a
look around and can identify the differences between Ciel and there
immediately.]

Jude: "Wow... Even from here, I can see the difference... It's a
     lot bigger and livelier than Ciel... Are all the towns in the
     outside world this big? And filled with this many people?!"

Arnaud: "Well, not all towns but...it's nothing to get excited over."

Yulie: "A lively port town... We should be able to rest for a bit
      here."

Arnaud: "Let's look for a place to eat and freshen up. I'm not the
       only one who's hungry, right?"

Yulie: "Yes..."

Jude: "Now that you mention it, I haven't eaten anything at all... I
     bet the food is better and comes in larger portions out here,
     huh?"

Arnaud: "Kid... You're such a country bumpkin. Food's pretty much the
       same everywhere so let's just find a restaurant and grab
       some."

[If Jude tries to go into the general store:]

Tutorial: *The goods sold at shops fall into the following selections:
         weapons, armor, battle items, and field items. The selection
         will vary as the game progresses.

[The nearest restaurant is the Seabreeze Port, which everyone quickly
enters. They order their food, but when it comes, Jude and Yulie just
look at it for the most part.]

Yulie: "..."

Jude: "..."

Arnaud: "Hmm? Aren't you guys going to eat? You've only been picking
       at it."

Jude: "Ah, um, yeah..."

Arnaud: "I thought you were hungry?"

Yulie: "Yes, we were but..."

Jude: "The food isn't very good here...uh, I mean I think I've had
     enough to eat."

Yulie: "Me too...I'm sorry..."

Arnaud: "Doesn't taste good? Really? It's pretty much the same
       everywhere. We don't have a lot of money for this trip--so
       you better eat when you can, or you may regret it later."

[A girl in the place comes over.]

Lily: "My, you really seem to be enjoying the food, mister. I've
     never seen anyone eat our food with such gusto... If you like
     it that much, how about some seconds, 'on the house' of course."

Arnaud: "What, are you serious...? You bet! I'll eat as much free
       food as you've got!"

[At that moment, some soldiers burst in the door.]

Jude: "Hey, those are the guys that attacked Ciel..."

Arnaud: "Don't start any trouble here, Jude!"

Jude: "I'm not happy about it, but...fine! I'll keep my face hidden.
     Will that make you happy?"

Soldier: "Bring us some drinks! And make sure they're strong! And
        some snacks to go with 'em too. But you'd better bring us
        somethin' tastier than that junk the chef sent us last
        time--or else! Hey, we're fightin' on the front lines for
        your protection. Shouldn't you show us a little more
        gratitude, Missy?"

Lily: "..."

Soldier: "You don't know how to treat your customers, do you?
        Once you fill our orders, come over here and entertain
        us! After all, if we didn't patronize the place, that
        nasty food of yours would put you outta business in no
        time!"

Jude: "Listen to what they're saying!"

Arnaud: "Calm down! What do you think'll happen if we got involved?!"

Jude: "We have to do something!"

Arnaud: "It has nothing to do with us. Besides, it's not like we have
       the right to butt in."

Jude: "You don't need a 'right' to help someone in trouble!"

[At that moment, a girl at one of the tables slams her hands
down and gets up.]

Girl: "I won't insist that you eat quietly but...can't you behave
     in a manner that is befitting for you age? It's embarrassing
     for the rest of us to watch you behave like that in public."

Soldier: "Oh, we got ourselves a tough girl, eh? Well then, why
        don't you serve us instead?"

Girl: "You are beyond uncouth...disgusting."

Soldier: "What did ya say?!"

[In a flash, the girl's sword is pointed at the soldier's neck.]

Girl: "I know a thing or two about swords, but unfortunately,
     'charming' isn't in my repertoire. I'd be happy to give you
     a taste, but I may fall short of your expectations."

[The soldiers grumble and leave.]

Soldier: "Never mind. C'mon, let's go find another joint."

Soldier 2: "Yeah, the food's bad, the waitress isn't worth looking
          at, and even the customers are lame. Better leave, or we
          might become like 'em. She'll learn her lesson, sooner or
          later."

[When the soldiers are finally gone, Lily speaks up to the girl.]

Lily: "Thank you. I don't know what I would have done without you."

????: "I know you can't choose your customers, but if you let those
     types do as they please, you'll only regret it later."

Jude: "That was so cool...I wish I'd taken my sword training more
     seriously."

Yulie: "It's hard to believe...there really are people like that..."

Arnaud: " *ahem* And here is where I make my entrance."

[Arnaud goes over to the girl's table.]

Arnaud: "We intended to jump in, too, but you handled things so
       flawlessly, we didn't even get the chance. Would you care to
       join us at our table so that we might introduce ourselves?"

????: "You don't look very trustworthy. Are you with those guys
     that just left? If so, I won't hold back."

Arnaud: "What are you saying?!"

Jude: "No, we're not with them. We were just so impressed with you...
     That was really cool!"

????: "Oh uh, thanks..."

Arnaud: "You mentioned you were traveling alone? With the way things
       are these days, I can't help but worry about a girl like you
       traveling all by yourself."

Jude: "What are you talking about, Arnaud? How can someone as cool
     as that be in any kind of danger?"

Arnaud: "Kid, what the heck do looking cool and being in danger have
       to do with each other? What I'm trying to say is--"

Yulie: "I'm sorry we're making such a fuss...we didn't mean to
      intrude upon you."

????: "I don't think it's anything you need to apologize for.
     Besides, they say that 'friendship is a beautiful thing,' do
     they not? I think a little fuss among friends is just fine."

Jude: "Do we look like we're friends?!"

Arnaud: "Well I sure would rather be friends with you! Why don't
       you tell us your name...?"

Narrative: Jude and the others introduced themselves to the
          swordswoman who called herself Raquel and told her about
          everything that had happened to them so far.

Raquel: "An assault by soldiers, the awakening of a mysterious power,
       your mother and the rest of the villagers gone missing during
       the destruction of your home... ... I'd thought you looked
       like an unusual group, but I never expected you to have that
       kind of history. What do you intend to do now? Do you have an
       objective or a destination in mind?"

Jude: "No...I don't know what to do. I have no idea where Mom or the
     others are, or what we should be doing next..."

Raquel: "..."

Yulie: "What's the purpose of your journey, Raquel?"

Raquel: "My journey? It's nothing worth talking about... But if I had
       to choose something, I guess I'd call it sightseeing."

Arnaud: "Sightseeing?! That's...almost surprisingly ordinary."

Raquel: "Yeah, I feel the same way myself. I don't have any particular
       destination in mind. I'm just visiting any beautiful sights I
       hear about. I'm traveling in the hopes of finding something
       truly beautiful remaining in the world.I'm sure it must exist
       somewhere."

Arnaud: "If that's the case, is there anything we can do to help?"

Jude: "Help? If anything, we'll just end up getting in her way. What
     are you thinking, Arnaud?"

Arnaud: "I'm thinking about our travel budget. No matter what we
       decide to do, we're going to need money. And earning money
       isn't easy, kid."

Jude: "So...you weren't trying to be nice, were you?"

Arnaud: "I'm thinking we ought to set up an arrangement to make some
       money. It's not all that unusual for Drifters to do that."

Jude: "A Drifter...?"

Raquel: "Well things certainly perked up around here. If you're
       looking for work, I may be able to help you out. I came here
       to visit Culane Temple, some ruins on the outskirts of town,
       and I was just looking for someone to accompany me."

Arnaud: "Done and done! I'm yours!"

Raquel: "Hey, calm down. How about confirming the payment and
       conditions, first? I can't give you very much, so it's
       nothing to get excited about, but...let's see... If we make
       it to Culane and back to town in one piece, I'll pay you
       1,000 gella. Does that work for you?"

Arnaud: "You bet! You guys are okay with that, right?"

Jude: "Like you'd listen even if we said no..."

Arnaud: "It's a deal. Jude, Yulie, I'm counting on you."

Jude: "Now you're putting us on the spot."

Yulie: "...Are you sure it's okay, Raquel? Even without us, I don't
      think you'd really have any trouble..."

Raquel: "It'll be nice having some company along. Traveling by
       yourself gets so lonely sometimes. And besides...friendship
       is a beautiful thing. And it's beauty that I seek. I think
       I'll enjoy our time together."

Jude: "...Are we friends?"

Yulie: "We haven't known each other very long..."

Arnaud: "..."

Raquel: "What is it?"

Arnaud: "Ah, it's just, the reason you gave for your journey was
       awfully simple."

Raquel: "Feel free to be suspicious, if you like. But it's a bit
       childish to expect everything to be extraordinary. ...not to
       mention rude to the person you're doubting."

[Everyone leaves the restaurant together.]

Tutorial: *Every time you level up you'll earn Growth Customization
         (GC) points. Use them to learn Original Commands, Personal
         Skills, and other special abilities that will aid in the
         adventure. Use the GC Graph system to Distribute GC points
         and customize your characters. Adjust your points upon
         leveling up or as best meets your needs.

[On the world map:]

Yulie: "Is this...a map of the area?"

Raquel: "That's right. I'm planning to use this map to get to
       Culane Temple. What's wrong?"

Yulie: "... No, it's nothing... Let's set out while there's still
      daylight."

[Culane Temple's location opens up.]

Tutorial: *This is a map showing a region of Filgaia, the stage
         upon which this adventure unfolds. Press the (X) button
         to enter towns and dungeons. Press the ([]) button to
         save the game or view badges. Press the (O) button to
         open the main menu. Hold down the (/\) button to speed
         up cursor movement.

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 08. Culane Temple                                              |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party arrives at the temple's gate.]

Jude: "This is...Culane Temple...?"

Raquel: "That's right. This once was a holy place where people would
       make pilgrimages to. I've heard that there's a magnificent
       statue of a saint inside."

Jude: "That statue is the reason why you came here, right? In that
     case, we'll all go together! *heh heh* I want to check out
     this statue, too."

[The party heads into the temple and soon finds a glowing sphere-like
object on the floor.]

Tutorial: *When Jude approaches a photosphere, a tool that is key
         to completing that area will appear within the light. Touch
         the tool and press the (X) buton to pick it up. Press the
         ([]) button to activate any tools that Jude is carrying.
         Keep in mind that Jude cannot jump while he is carrying
         something. Press the (/\) button first to drop the tool.
         Jude can carry tools from one area to another.

[Further in:]

Jude: "Traveling around to see beautiful things must be fun, huh?"

Raquel: "Well, it's not fun all the time... But it is fulfilling. I
       try to capture the things I see and feel, with my brush."

Yulie: "You can paint, too?!"

Jude: "Can I see?! Show us what you've painted so far!"

Raquel: "Ah, um...maybe later..."

Arnaud: "It sure sounds like you're hiding something. You know what
       they say: 'Heaven only grants but one blessing per person...'"

Raquel: "You're really rude, you know that?"

[In one of the chests Jude finds, he will get some Alter Parts.]

Tutorial: *Parts necessary for the control of ARMs. By using Alter
         Parts, you can upgrade an ARM's ATP and ACN.

[A little ways further in:]

Jude: "Wow, not only are you great with your sword, but you can
     paint, too...You're really amazing, Raquel. Unlike me, you're
     so mature. Speaking of which...how old are you, anyway?"

Arnaud: "Kid...you need to be a bit more careful when you ask a
       woman her age, you know."

Raquel: "Oh, I don't mind. I just turned 19 recently. ... So it's
       been 19 years since I was born..."

Arnaud: "You're a year older than me?!"

Yulie: "I thought you were much older...I mean, there's nothing you
      can't do! And you're so calm and mature...Oh, I'm sorry."

Raquel: "I get that occasionally, so it doesn't really bother me.
       I don't really feel like an adult myself, though.. ...
       Besides, I can never grow up..."

Arnaud: "Man, being a woman must be tough. I mean, you gotta worry
       about concealing your age and all..."

Raquel: "It's not that big of a deal, really. Besides, it's the same
       for men, too. I mean, what kind of a man would want to appear
       younger than he actually is? You look far younger than you
       do. Honestly, if you asked me, I'd say you could easily pass
       for a child."

Arnaud: "What?!"

Jude: "So, Arnaud's a kid, too? In that case, I'm not gonna let you
     treat me like a child anymore..."

Arnaud: "What are you talking about? I am an adult!"

[After awhile, the party runs into a large boss.]

Jude: "That thing's like...solid metal!"

Arnaud: "A frontal attack won't get us anywhere. Maybe if we focus
       our magic against its weak points?!"

Yulie: "If we do that, we'll be in trouble when our MP runs out."

Raquel: "My sword should be able to penetrate its defenses! We'll
       need a precision attack combining Arnaud's magic with my
       sword... Jude, Yulie, you two support us."

Jude: "In other words, teamwork, right?! I'll do my best!"

Tutorial: *Many enemies possess special attributes so it's important
         to identify and use attacks that are effective against these
         attributes. Pay attention to the hints you find, and be sure
         to make use of the 'Analyze' command."

[The party tangles with the boss and overcomes it with some
well-placed sword strikes.]

Raquel: "A lot of the enemies you'll face will have special
       characteristics. Monsters like that one, with strong
       defensive abilities, are best handled by my sword."

Arnaud: "On the other hand, my attack magic is effective against
       soft-bodied monsters which would easily absorb regular
       physical blows. And with your ranged attack, Jude..."

Jude: "So I can attack opponents who are high above us, those that
     the others wouldn't be able to reach, right?"

Yulie: "Since I'm a Paladienne, I can heal injuries. I can also
      support everyone with my magic."

Raquel: "Compared to monsters, human beings are weak creatures. To
       triumph, we need to combine our limited power and use it
       intelligently."

Arnaud: "Yeah, well, using his intellect isn't exactly Jude's forte.
       But that's okay. There's more than one way to win a battle.
       The key to victory is to choose the best card from your hand
       to deal with the enemy."

Jude: "Hmmm... It sounds a little confusing, but I'll give this
     teamwork thing a try!"

[The save point nearby lights up.]

Tutorial: *Break Points in a darkened state (sol niger) can be
         purified by defeating the monster that is attuned to
         them or by disabling devices in the area. A purified,
         white Break Point has the ability to control battle
         encounters in its area. To toggle encounters on and
         off, press the [R2] button.

[The party heads into one of the rooms past the save point.]

Jude: "Back in town, you said something about being a 'Drifter?'"

Arnaud: "Yeah. Simply put, I'm a jack-of-all-trades for hire... An
       adventurer who travels from one place to the next in search
       of jobs. I'm actually kinda famous as a Drifter, you know..."
Jude: "So, what sort of things have you done?"

Arnaud: "I've explored ruins, exterminated monsters...once, I even
       guarded a caravan... I've worked all sorts of jobs before
       but on the most recent one...I was hired to find a certain
       girl and take her into my protection. I did my job and
       managed to locate the girl who had gone into hiding, but
       the employer turned stingy on me... No matter how long I
       waited, I never got paid! On top of that, they kept secrets
       from me, too. In order for a job to be successful, a Drifter
       and his employer need to be able to trust each other, you
       know? Well they locked up the girl, saying they would
       'protect' her, and took her to a floating shelter in the
       sky. And so I... ... What...?"

Jude: "Hey, isn't that what you did to Yulie? Are 'Drifters' people
     who get paid to do bad things?"

Arnaud: "No, it's not like that! I'm sorry about what happened! I
       mean, I was a victim, too!!"

Jude: "..."

Raquel: "There are some Drifters who do bad things. In fact, the
       majority may be that way. However...there are definitely
       some Drifters who use their skills to help others. Being
       a Drifter in and of itself isn't a good or bad thing, but
       there are good ones and bad ones."

Jude: "... Are you a Drifter, too, Raquel?"

Raquel: "I've lent my strength to others on occasion. And if I
       don't earn any money, I can't continue my journey. But...
       I've never taken a job I've regretted. I'd like to keep
       thinking of myself as a good Drifter."

Arnaud: "Exactly! I feel the same way. I want to help people."

Jude: "But no one in Ciel needed any special help. Why are there
     people in the outside world who are in so much trouble, that
     they need help from others?"

Arnaud: "Oh, that's right...You don't know anything about it do
       you?"

Yulie: "..."

Jude: "About what?"

Raquel: "... A little over 10 years ago, there was a catastrophe
       which destroyed the planet's environment along with the
       hearts of its people. The Filgaia you see now, is a direct
       result of it."

[The party arrives finally at the statue they had sought out.
Unfortunately, its head is blow clean off.]

Yulie: "The statue's been broken...How awful..."

Jude: "Who would do something like--"

Raquel: "It wasn't a 'who,' but rather a 'what.' The war is
       responsible for this."

Jude: "War? Now that you mention it, Mom did say something about
     that, back on that day..."

Raquel: "The war ended about 10 years ago. It had enveloped the
       whole of Filgaia, and it seemed like it would go on forever.
       It destroyed so much... The planet's environment...the hearts
       of the people...The war destroyed many of the beautiful
       things in this world... Sadly, this was probably one of them
       too."

Jude: "..."

Raquel: "I wonder how many beautiful things remain in this world
       that I'll be able to see on my journey..."

Tutorial: *Pressing the [L1] button causes '!' or '?' to appear
         before targets of itnerest to Jude. Press the (X) button
         while holding down the [L1] button to switch between
         targets. Holding down the [L1] button while locked-on a
         target will display information pertinent to Jude.

[Jude inspects a flower patch by the side of the path.]

Jude: "Raquel! There are still beautiful things here, after all! They
     haven't all disappeared from this world!"

[Some gunfire scatters the flowers apart.]

Raquel: "Gunfire?! Those soldiers we ran into earlier must have come
       to settle the score!"

Arnaud: "Hey, that's...!"

Acting Commander Tony (on probation): "I heard my men were made into
                                     total fools earlier. Hardly
                                     surprising, but I figured I
                                     outta go check things out, and
                                     it looks like it paid off!"

Arnaud: "Jude! Don't just jump into the fray like that!"

Jude: "You're stopping me again, Arnaud?! You want me to just lie
     down and take it this time, too?! These idiots...they shot the
     flowers to threaten us! They destroyed these tiny flowers, just
     for that!"

Arnaud: "*argh* Why do I have to get dragged into this?!"

Acting Commander Tony (on probation): "Heh, I can't stand you little
                                     brats. And this time, I'm gonna
                                     pummel you right into the
                                     ground! And I'll get credit for
                                     capturing you, too, little miss
                                     guinea pig..."

[The party defeats Tony and his cohorts when they attack.]

Acting Commander Tony (on probation): "Wha...?! Fall back, fall back!
                                     Retreat, dammit! This isn't the
                                     last you'll see of me, you
                                     punks!"

[Tony flees.]

Jude: "Who the heck are those guys?!"

Raquel: "They're probably former soldiers. Smoldering violence,
       walking around in human form, with no place to go, now that
       the war is over." (Still, those weapons they were carrying,
       they may, in fact, be more than just a bunch of has-been
       soldiers...)

[Jude holds up a remnant of the once-pretty flowers.]

Jude: "They were such pretty flowers..."

Raquel: "Are you always doing crazy things like that?"

Jude: "No, not all the time. Last time, it was because they were
     trying to do bad things to Yulie and the people in Ciel...
     Today, it was because..."

Raquel: "You risked yourself just for the sake of some flowers?"

Arnaud: "In other words, he's just a kid."

Raquel: "Maybe so. But I think it's something to be proud of."

Jude: "I...I don't really understand..."

Raquel: "It's not something you have to understand yourself. As long
       as the people around you know, that's enough. ... I'd like to
       thank you, Jude. For myself, and on behalf of this flower as
       well... Thanks. If I could have one wish, I'd ask that you
       never lose that wonderful heart of yours. I'd love to see what
       you're like when you're all grown up..."

[A cutscene takes place, from the Garra de Leon's Onyx Room, wherever
that may be. An old man in red stands before a man in a crisp white
uniform.]

High Minister Clifford: "Let's hear your report, Captain Lambda."

Captain Lambda: "Yes, Sir. We have confirmed multiple ARM activation
               waveforms. We've also pinpointed the source
               coordinates with a high degree of certainty."

Councilman Arlington: "A soldier out to gain a little glory for
                     himself caused some delays earlier, but it
                     sounds as though things will work out somehow."

Councilman Buckingham: "Those in power are corrupted by it. As they
                      wield power, they succumb to the pleasures of
                      oppression and become incapable of making wise
                      or constructive decisions. As we have always
                      said, the military must be regulated by
                      civilian representatives. That is to say, our
                      consensus supersedes all."

Lambda: "It is as you say. I take full responsibility for failing to
       properly manage the military. To atone for this shame, I
       shall deploy my personal elite force, Brionac. You can expect
       good tidings in the near future."

Councilman Ashley: "Brionac, eh? The Special Forces unit which also
                  goes by the name of 'The Piercing Lance'... The
                  lethal dagger you keep close at hand...so you're
                  going to send them into action."

Councilman Lauderdale: "You graduated at the top of your class at the
                      old academy. I expected innovative strategies
                      from you. Why do you use such orthodox
                      methods?"

Lambda: "At the academy, I merely carried out the orders I was
       given...something even a dog could do. Besides, graduating at
       the top of the class is quite meaningless in this situation."

Councilman Buckingham: " *chuckle* Even standing before us, he speaks
                      his mind clearly. In that case, we'd like you
                      to show us that you're more than just a dog."

Councilman Lauderdale: "Allow us to ask...What will you do without
                      any orders?"

Councilman Ashley: "What conviction do you seek to carry out?"

Lambda: "The only conviction that pierces my heart is to create a
       future for Filgaia. ... I shall return to Brionac Base at
       once and send the Lieutenants to secure Yulie Ahtreide!"

High Minister Clifford: "Filgaia's future, is our future as well.
                       Show us the future reflected in your eyes
                       Captain Lambda Zellweger..."

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 09. Port Rosalia                                               |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[After the Garra de Leon cutscene, the party's back in Port Rosalia.]

Tutorial: *You can use the 'Meeting' command at the green Break Points
         found throughout the towns and villages. The meeting command
         allows Jude to converse with his companions, and the content
         of these conversations changes according to the events that
         have transpired. Checking them occasionally may provide
         hints to aid your progress.

[Jude holds a meeting with his party at the Break Point in town.]

Raquel: "I was thinking those has-been soldiers were after me, but
       it seems they wanted something else."

Yulie: "... They want me...and the power I have to regulate ARMs..."

Jude: "The power to...regulate ARMs...? When I lost control of my
     ARM in Ciel and your power embraced me... Was that the same
     power I have?"

Yulie: "It looks similar, but it's completely different... I can
      interact with ARMs that are already 'there,' adjusting and
      controlling them somewhat, but I can't refine an ARM from
      its raw form. I don't have the kind of high-level driver
      compatibility that you do. They wanted me to have that
      power, but..."

Jude: "...? Then, what exactly is my power...?"

Yulie: "I don't know the truth, myself... ... Jude, when you were
      young, did you ever live in some sort of facility?"

Jude: "A facility...? ... Nope...I think I've always lived in that
     village. That's the only place I remember..."

Yulie: "I see..It seems we ARE different, just as I thought. When
      I was young, my power was given to me in that facility. I
      wasn't born with it... But you...that's not true for your
      power, is it?"

Jude: "I have my power for a different reason than you? Then why
     am I able to use this ARM thing?"

Yulie: "I can't answer that for certain, myself... But before we
      go on, let me tell you this one more time, Jude... If you
      get any more involved in this, you won't be able to turn
      back. You may have to keep running and running from the
      adults who want your power. Do you still want to know about
      it?"

Jude: "... To be honest, I'm scared...But... But, I'm even more
     scared of never knowing anything. If learning things I don't
     want to know means broadening my horizons, then I want to get
     involved. I think somewhere in that bigger world is where I'll
     find Mom and the others from the village... Yulie...I want to
     know about myself."

Yulie: "... All right... ... When we headed for Culane Temple, I
      looked at Raquel's map and could tell where we were. I think
      the area we're in isn't very far from the facility where I
      grew up. If you go there...you may be able to learn something
      about yourself, Jude."

Jude: "Yulie...I'd like you to take me there...And..."

Arnaud: "Whoa, wait--don't tell me you're dragging me into this,
       too?!"

Jude: "I'd like you to come, too. You were my first friend, and the
     one who rescued me and all."

Raquel: "It sounds to me like you had some involvement in what
       happened. If you're truly an adult, as you claim, then why
       not show some sincerity?"

Arnaud: "... All right, fine! Jeez, a guy can't catch a break..."

Raquel: "Now that that's settled, Jude, aren't you going to invite
       me?"

Jude: "But... Of course I want you to come, but... You have your
     own journey, right? So..."

Raquel: "It's always been a journey with no set destination. I don't
       see any problem with looking for what I seek while I travel
       with you. ...No, I'm just making excuses. I like you, Jude,
       so I want to travel with you. Is that a good enough reason?"

Jude: "Thanks! I'll help you with your journey, too."

Arnaud: "Um...excuse me... I hate to interrupt just as it's getting
       all emotional, but let's at least go and get ourselves
       properly prepared before we leave."

Raquel: "In that case, in addition to your payment, I'll entrust you
       with what I have on me. It should help us a bit in getting
       things for the trip."

Jude: "It's teamwork with our wallets, too!"

Tutorial: *Jude's companions strengthen their combat power by
         acquiring new weapons--by purchasing them at shops, for
         example. Jude, however, strengthens his own combat power
         by customizing the power of his ARM. You can perform ARM
         customizations only at Break Points and you will need
         Yulie's ARM control ability to do so.

[As the party leaves Port Rosalia, a cutscene takes place--this time,
it's at the Brionac Base. Lambda is walking with a blonde girl and
a pensive-looking man.]

Lambda: "It's been more than ten years since the end of the war. Some
       even claim that the post-war period has come to an end. But
       is it really over? Have the raging flames of war been
       extinguished? Can the people sleep peacefully through the
       night? For those who would seek the truth, allow me to clear
       the veil from your eyes! The war is NOT over!! The chaos
       which gave rise to the war continues! A growing anarchy
       threatens to blot out our future like a dark cloud! Yet
       piercing this darkness is a lance, a weapon of conviction!
       This lance is Brionac! And we shall herald the future!"

[The three walking in the hallway of the base come into a room with
people sitting around in simple chairs. Lambda takes his place at
a desk.]

Lambda: "It looks like all our elite peers are assembled."

Woman in Blue: "Oh really? All of us? But what about Commander
              Kresnik and Jeremy? And besides--"

Red Doll: "Silly Heath, he got himself killed a long time ago. So
         it's impossible for all of us to get together anymore."

Green Doll: "Yes...poor Heath..."

Confident Man: "These gatherings are always so amateur. You'd never
              think this was a group was elite soldiers."

Man in Shades: "If only I'd gone out in a blaze of glory, I
              wouldn't have to suffer this ignominious fate..."

Vampire?: "It's all right, don't worry, my dear. The only one who's
         eager to die is that grizzly old macho-man over there.
         After all, I am a Crimson Noble. I won't be dying that
         easily."

Clingy Woman: "Scythe...if something were to...happen to you, I
             don't know what I'd do. I'd probably lose my mind..."

Blonde Woman: "Oh my, get a room you two! Or maybe we ought to show
             them a thing or two, ourselves, hmm?"

Pensive Man: "I too enjoy a good laugh every now and then, but
            perhaps now is not the time, Commander Farmel?"

Lambda: "I have a special assignment for you all. This is a task
       pertaining to case #354. We need to recover the girl, the
       test subject. I've dispatched Jeremy to get a head start
       on this mission."

Confident Man: "Well now we know why Jeremy's not here...but that
              still leaves two questions. For one, none of us are
              amateurs. Each member of Brionac is equivalent to
              an entire batallion. Sending Jeremy alone should
              suffice. Why then are the rest of us...here?

Lambda: "The recovery of the girl is a top priority for our
       esteemed High Council. Though they didn't explain why the
       task is so important, failure is not an option."

Scythe: "A group of tired old men chasing after an innocent little
       girl...Honestly, what is this world coming to?"

Lambda: "And one more thing...we've confirmed the awakening of an
       ARM. According to the reports however, it doesn't appear
       that the girl was wielding it."

Man in Shades: "ARMs, the legendary weapons of the noble war heroes!
              So...and ARM-wielding warrior has appeared?!"

Confident Man: "Though I'm confident in Jeremy's abilities, the
              importance of this task makes it necessary for us
              to have backup plans."

Pensive Man: "Very well. And I will be providing updates on the
            mission, as they arrive."

Confident Man: "Alright, here's another question. We're supposed to
              bring in that girl, unharmed, isn't that correct? If
              that's the case, is Jeremy the best option?
              Considering his personality, I can't say he's an
              ideal candidate."

Farmel: "He was assigned to this mission only because he happened
       to be on standby in this area. But there's no need for you
       to worry. We've already dispatched a gallant knight to
       watch over her."

Green Doll: "The Pale Rider..."

Red Doll: "That makes sense! Commander Kresnik's really nice to
         girls!"

Woman in Blue: "I see. Commander Kresnik as Jeremy's chaperone?
              He certain fits the bill but those two don't...
              exactly...let's just say they don't get along so
              well.

Pensive Man: "Indeed Lieutenant. I just hope that those two don't
            let their personal feelings get in the way of their
            mission. Otherwise as members of this elite unit, I'm
            afraid their punishment for misbehaving would entail
            much more than mere spanking..."

Farmel: "It's just that, well your sense of humor is a bit
       different, you know."

Pensive Man: "Well they say an occasional joke or two is essential
            for good relations. I wish you'd learn to appreciate
            my jokes.

Lambda: "Augst's words of wisdom are going to have to wait. For now
       my peers, we'll need to focus our energies on the task at
       hand. Ladies and gentlemen, let's get to it."

[The cutscene ends. On the world map, two red dots appear, the
nearest one being that of the Celesti Ruins.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 10. Celesti Ruins                                              |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The ruins are none other than a destroyed city.]

Yulie: "Past this town, on top of a hill, there's a facility that
      used to house orphans. If we go there, we might be able to
      find out something... About you...and me...and perhaps
      something about what those adults are after..."

Jude: "... This town's in bad shape, too...Is this also because
     of the war?"

Arnaud: "Towns like this aren't rare, kid. The town I lived in was
       this way, too. That war destroyed everything..."

Raquel: "..."

Jude: "I want to know more about the war... I feel like I need to
     learn all about this Filgaia I never knew of. I want you to
     tell me all about it..."

Arnaud: "... The war started a long time ago.. The flames of war
       spread quickly and soon engulfed all of Filgaia... The
       massive conflict was caused by two groups that split Filgaia
       in two. One of these was the Global Union, a group which
       consisted of national leaders from around the world. The
       other roup was known as the Congressional Knights, a
       conglomerate of citizens who opposed the Union's absolute
       rule. Dictatorship vs. parliamentarism... Although the two
       groups were in direct opposition to one another politically,
       they were basically fighting with the same purpose in mind...
       It was all 'For the future of Filgaia.' Firm in their
       beliefs, the two sides clashed violently, and soon the flames
       of war engulfed all of Filgaia..."

Raquel: "As the fighting spread, the weapons that were used grew
       ever more powerful and brutal... Soon they were not only
       harming their enemies, but themselves as well..."

Jude: "So, the scars left by that war can still be seen throughout
     Filgaia..."

[In a chest somewhere, Jude can find some Duplicators.]

Tutorial: *Duplicators open doors and treasure chests locked by
         magic. Each time a door or treasure chest is opened,
         one duplicator is used up.

[In one of the houses is a Duplicator Chest containing a Dragon
Fossil.]

Tutorial: *The fossils of ancient creatures form which ARMs are
         made. By using Dragon Fossils, you can improve the
         capabilities of ARMs.

[Sooner or later, Jude comes to a ladder.]

Tutorial: *If Jude comes in contact with a ladder during a jump,
         he'll grab onto it. Use the directional buttons to climb
         up or down.

[The party progresses through the town, and eventually comes in
contact with an undead spirit of a boss.]

Jude: "What is that thing?!"

Arnaud: "Oh no! It's the souls of the earthbound dead. We'd better
       watch out!"

Yulie: "I must set them free from their suffering. Please, you must
      help me!"

[The party defeats the spirit.]

Yulie: "Let us recite holy verses, and release these whispers of
      lament... I pray you will find peaceful rest...Focus on the
      warm feelings in your heart. Someday, you shal find the path
      to the garden of Toldoka..."

[Spirits start to flie up and around Yulie before disappearing.]

Jude: "...?!"

Yulie: "... After I left the facility...I lived in an abbey for a
      while, along with my foster father. He regretted his role at
      the facility and instead chose a life of helping others...
      Thats where I learned those prayers. I wanted the power to
      protect people from suffering. No...by focusing on prayer,
      I wanted to protect myself... I wanted to forget about my
      power over ARMs... ..."

[The party comes to a street that passes in front of a large
building.]

Arnaud: "The Global Union and the Congressional Knights... Though
       they fought one another, they ended up hurting themselves.
       In the end everything was in ruins... The war raged on for
       78 years. As time went by, it gradually became more and more
       of a quagmire. In the final stages of the war, both sides
       were exhausted and unable to continue fighting. The actual
       end of the war came about quite suddenly though. An internal
       coup d'etat caused the collapse of the Global Union. With
       their opponents gone the Congressional Knights emerged
       victorious, and this unprecedented world war effectively came
       to an end. The Congressional Knights had won a victory of
       sorts, but the path they chose to follow was not a bright one.
       These 'Knights' the people had elected were either chosen
       solely for their image, having had no political sense nor
       background whatsoever, or because they had promised
       concessions to the districts from which they hailed.
       Predicably, the post-war deliberations were a chaotic mess,
       and all attempts at reconstruction went nowhere. Feeling the
       limits of democratic rule, the leader of the Knights
       temporarily disbanded the council, and attempted to make a
       fresh start. However, he was assassinated and the world soon
       fell into chaos once again, exactly like it was during the
       war."

Raquel: "The war was over... But order had not been restored, and
       little by little, Filgaia fell into anarchy."

Yulie: "In order to protect themselves, the survivors organized into
      villages and towns. Despite the harsh challenges, they're
      trying to make the best of a terrible situation. But they've
      got their hands full just trying to stay alive...The odds of
      them being able to improve their lives are...well..."

Arnaud: "The Congressional Knights disappeared amidst all the chaos
       and confusion. After all the violence that took place, the
       peace that arrived seemed like one of tired desperation. But
       that wasn't the sort of peace people had fought for during
       the war... With no strength and no on left to build the
       future, civilization slowly but surely began to regress...
       That's the kind of world Filgaia has become in the 10 years
       since the end of the war."

Jude: "Isn't there anything anyone can do?"

Raquel: "Everyone wants to do something about it. But in this world,
       sometimes there are things that you just can't do anything
       about... ... What would you do, faced with something like
       that, Jude?"

Jude: "... I don't know... But... I don't like the idea of doing
     nothing just because I don't know what it is I that I should
     be doing... ... I really don't know what I should do, though..."

Raquel: "Yeah...I feel the same way...and I'm not one to just mope
       around, either..."

[The party continues for awhile.]

Jude: "You said that the Global Union and the Congressional Knights
     were the ones fighting, right? ... There was one thing I
     didn't understand though. Which side was the bad one?"

Arnaud: "Kid...that's not how war works..."

Raquel: "Both sides had legitimate perspectives. That's what caused
       the war to drag on for so long. Besides, wars can't be
       categorized solely in terms of good and evil."

Yulie: "But a lot of people suffered because of the war... Even if
      we can't say what's right and what's wrong, I still think it's
      safe to say that war's a sad thing..."

Arnaud: "Well, you know how it is. People who throw around terms like
       'good' and 'evil,' usually have a few screws loose anyway."

Jude: "Seriously?!"

Arnaud: "Remember that 'good' and 'evil' can easily be reversed,
       depending on the time, place, and interpretation. That's how
       vague and hard to pin down they are. Folks that were treated
       as brave soldiers and heroes during the war are now
       considered war criminals... Do you know what war criminals
       are? They're the people whose war-time actions have been
       judged as crimes. Although they were good at the time, the
       world later labeled them evil. Giancana, the 'Soldier Prince,'
       Granada, the 'Living Bomb'...they're all being held now on the
       prison island of Illsveil. And Hauser--the 'Black Reaper'--the
       hero of the Global Union, who has yet to be caught... At his
       trial, from which he was absent, his prison sentences added up
       to over 4000 years... Now do you see what I mean? To put it
       bluntly, 'good' and 'evil' are just labels, not truths. The
       only people who can use those words with a straight face are
       swindlers, egoists, and children."

Jude: "Are you trying to treat me like a kid again? But...if what
     you're saying is true, that's kind of..."

Raquel: "You can figure out for yourself what's true and what's not
       as we go along. Facts don't always match up. The conclusions
       you reach yourself will ultimately decide what's true for
       you."

Jude: "Thanks, Raquel. Yeah...I'm going to think a lot...and try to
     find my own truth."

[As the party passes through a courtyard with a giant statue, a
blast of gunfire stops them in their tracks.]

Arnaud: "Where'd that come from...?"

Raquel: "There!"

[On the top of a steeple off in the distance, a man with a long
gun stands looking at the party.]

Man: "Look, I know this mission was last minute and all, but I
    can't belive they sent ME after some little girl..."

Jude: "What do you want with Yulie? Why can't you leave her alone!
     Why do we have to fight one another?! The war... The war is
     supposed to be over, isn't it?! So...why are you doing this?!

Man: "The war over? What are you talking about? Is that what you
    think? That's the war's over? What'll it take to open your
    eyes? If I beat her within an inch of her life and tear the
    rest of you to shreds, will you finally understand?"

[Jude's ARM forms in his hand, reflexively.]

Man: "You say you want peace but what's that in your hand, huh?
    It's a weapon! And look at this city! It's dead! Just like the
    rest of this world destroyed by weapons!!

[The man jumps off the steeple and pulls out his gun, blowing the
statue to bits on the way down.]

Man: "The war...ain't over. Everybody is just pretending...
    pretending not to see what's in front of their damn eyes!

[The man (Jeremy) attacks the party.]

Jeremy: "Come on, let's see you use it! The power that sparked and
       fueled a war... Show me the power of ARMs!"

[The party defeats Jeremy with a little trouble.]

Jeremy: "What...the...?! Think you're pretty good, huh?"

[Jeremy raises his weapon to fire at the party, but midway through,
he falls backwards, unconscious. His gun discharges and hits the
steeple behind him, collapsing it on top of him.]

Arnaud: "Those are the kinds of people after Yulie...? We were really
       lucky we managed to fight off someone like that. There's no
       way we'll be as lucky the next time that happens... ... ...
       ... ...H-hey, guys...Let's hurry up and get moving while we
       still have the chance!"

[The party gets out of the Celesti Ruins while the gettin's good.
A cutscene takes place a little while later at the scene of the
collapsed building. Jeremy blows his way out of the rubble.]

Jeremy: "You bunch of punks! I haven't lost, you hear me! That
       ARM...it didn't beat me! Screw the mission! Like I give a
       damn whether the brat's unharmed or not!! I'm gonna rip her
       guts out!"

[Jeremy starts his pursuit, but sees a man on a motorcycle, holding
a music box in his hand (spin-off of A Few Dollars More?).]

Man: "The mission objectives must be executed at all costs. No
    excuse or deviation will be tolerated."

Jeremy: "Kresnik! What are you, my keeper or something? Man! What
       an annoying bastard!"

Kresnik: "Listen, your assignment here entailed bringing in the girl
        unharmed. But if you allow your emotions to cloud your
        judgment, I'm going to have to report you in. And I'll be
        your judge, jury, and executioner, right here, right now, if
        necessary..."

Jeremy: "Like I give a rat's ass about your rules. Stay outta my
       way, Kresnik. I don't need a wet rag like you cramping my
       style."

[Jeremy runs off after Jude's team. On the world map, the route to
the Great Stairway opens up.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 10. Great Stairway                                             |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party arrives at the stairway which stretches over and across
the hills. It looks like the ruins of the biggest castle wall ever.]

Jude: "That guy...He referred to my ARM as the 'power that sparked
     and fueled a war'... Weapons such as ARMs are responsible for
     what happened to places like Ciel and that other town, aren't
     they...? Maybe my power really can't protect anything..."

Yulie: "... My power, too, was born from war... Even now, adults are
      pursuing me in order to obtain it..."

Jude: "When you said I wouldn't be able to turn back, this is what
     you meant, wasn't it?"

Yulie: "..."

Raquel: "Remember when I told you that there are both good and bad
       Drifters? And that I wanted to be a good Drifter?"

Jude: "Yeah..."

Raquel: "Well, it's the same for you. You just need to focus on using
       your power for good, that's all."

Jude: "But I bet it's not as easy as it sounds, is it? I'll try my
     best, and though I don't know what I should do, I don't want
     to remain that way. I need to figure it out..."

[The party continues into the next screen.]

Arnaud: "I hope we won't be facing any more wackos like that guy we
       ran into earlier, or else..."

Raquel: "Or else, what?"

Arnaud: "Ah...well...it's just...you know... From the start, I
       haven't been all that thrilled about this. I've been feeling
       like it's sure to get me mixed up in something bad..."

Yulie: "... I'm sorry..."

Arnaud: "..."

Raquel: "If this is how you've learned to deal with life, I can't say
       I'm impressed. Stating your opinions after the fact and
       talking about how you were right all aong isn't going to
       convince anyone of anything... Although Jude's younger than
       you are, even he knows better than that."

Arnaud: "Him? He's nothing more than a simple kid... I'm..."

Raquel: "What...?"

Arnaud: "... Sorry, I just got scared and freaked out a little. I'm
       sorry, Yulie..."

Yulie: "It's okay, don't worry about it..."

Raquel: "Fortunately for us, we're not old enough yet to be expected
       to shoulder every burden in silence. If you're scared, share
       that with us. Nobody's going to hold it against you."

Jude: "She's right, Arnaud. We're friends and partners, right? When
     something's wrong, go ahead and say so. We'll always be ready
     to listen."

Arnaud: "I know I'm in trouble when a kid has to tell me that... All
       right, Jude. When that time comes, I'll be counting on you."

[The party soon comes upon a merchant standing on the path.]

Tutorial: *You'll encounter these merchants during your journey. They
         deal in weapons, armor, and items.

[The party continues on into the next screen.]

Yulie: "The facility where I grew up really wasn't an orphanage...
      ... It's a place where they performed research experiments on
      orphaned children they had gathered there. In exchange for
      room and board, we were subjected to various experiments, day
      after day."

Jude: "Yulie..."

Yulie: "... I made lots of friends there...Friends who would suddenly
      disappear without a trace... Each and every night, we went to
      sleep dreading the arrival of another day."

Arnaud: "..."

Raquel: "..."

Yulie: "Even after the war ended, that facility quietly continued
      with the experiments...and our suffering... ... The facility
      was closed three years ago, and the remaining children taken
      in by foster parents. All of us prayed constantly that we'd
      never again have to return to that white orphanage..."

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 11. White Orphanage                                            |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party arrives inside the 'orphanage,' and, not surprisingly,
find that it isn't a very kind looking place.]

Raquel: "It looks more like a large-scale medical facility than an
       orphanage..."

Arnaud: "Other than that, it doesn't look that unusual."

Yulie: "... This is the block we lived in. Thinking back on it now,
      they probably wanted it to look like an orphanage from the
      outside..."

Jude: "Then the clues about my power aren't here, but rather..."

Yulie: "Yes, they'll be in the underground research facility...
      Inside that dark room... Even while they did all those things
      to us, the adults in the white coats kept saying... 'Our task
      is to evolve the form that life takes.'"

Arnaud: "Evolve life?! By man's own hand? That's absurd..."

Yulie: "But that's what they said..."

[Jude continues on, finding a weird switch in a tunnel.]

Tutorial: *Pressing the ([]) button in the middle of a jump causes
         Jude to drop quickly and stomp the ground beneath his feet.

[Inside the room opened by the switch:]

Jude: "I'm not really clear on what evolution is, but is it really
     that special?"

Arnaud: "'Special' isn't quite it...Evolution isn't something people
       can just do when they feel like it. For example... Say we
       needed people with two or three feet long necks. What would
       we have to do to make those sorts of people?"

Jude: "... What are you talking about? Is this some kind of riddle?"

Arnaud: "No! Listen... In order to make people with two feet long
       necks, you'd put everyone in an environment where two feet
       long necks are necessary, then wait a really long time. Do
       that, and their necks'll probably get two feet long,
       eventually."

Jude: "'Probably?' What if they don't?"

Arnaud: "Who knows? Generally, living things that are unable to
       evolve, fail to adapt to their environment and die."

Jude: "Die?!"

Arnaud: "It's a story that's been repeated countless times throughout
       the history of Filgaia. Us humans, too, were born from such
       evolutionary processes which continue into the present...
       And--"

Raquel: "...And research to accelerate these processes into the future
       may have taken place right here...That's what this means?"

Arnaud: "... Artificial evolution...It's definitely a little hard to
       swallow..."

[Arnaud goes over to a computer console.]

Arnaud: "... And there we are. That should restore most of the
       facility's functionality."

Jude: "You're amazing, Arnaud. I didn't know you were so good with
     machines and stuff."

Arnaud: "Well what do you know..."

Raquel: "What is it?"

Arnaud: "Hmm... Oh, it's just that...It looks like this terminal gives
       me access to some interesting things."

Jude: "Interesting things?"

Raquel: "Leave this sort of thing to him. It's what he's good at."

Jude: "Yeah, I guess that's teamwork, too."

Arnaud: "... Allelic character, gene manipulation, ribosomes...
       oligogenes, polygenes...environmental adaptation...mutation...
       transition...nanotechnology...? ... Haha...What the hell...
       They really were working on accelerating evolution... It
       sounds ridiculous, but...it's just like Yulie said--it looks
       like this really was an artificial evolution research
       facility..."

Raquel: "But how could they actually accomplish such a thing?"

Yulie: "... Using viruses to alter genes...the acceleration of
      evolution with nanotechnology..."

Arnaud: "That's tough for a regular human being like me to believe..."

Jude: "Huh? What do you mean...?!?"

Arnaud: "To put it simply...The evolutionary process I explained to
       you a few minutes ago is called 'natural selection.' It's a
       common theory that's been held for a long time."

Jude: "Uh-huh."

Arnaud: "With natural selection, environmental and other factors can
       lead to some selection, but actual examples of evolution are
       rare..."

Jude: "Uh-huh."

Arnaud: "Consequently, a large number of evolutionary hypotheses have
       been proposed. One of them is the theory of viral evolution."

Jude: "Uh-huh."

Arnaud: "... It's nice that you're paying attention, but you don't
       have to pretend to understand."

Jude: "Oh."

Arnaud: "Yulie...you must understand at least a little about your
       power... But since it's so extraordinary, you decided that
       rather than tell us yourself, it would be easier if we
       learned about it here. ...Am I right?"

Yulie: "... Yes...I'm so sorry..."

Raquel: "It's okay. This was your way of telling us about yourself,
       right?"

Yulie: "Well...I don't know everything about it myself. But I can
      tell you what my foster father, who was originally a researcher
      here, told me after the facility was closed. ... I think it
      might give us some clues about Jude's power..."

Jude: "My...power..."

[In one of the hallways, a half-human monster kept in a large tube
awakens and lunges out to fight the party.]

Arnaud: "What the...? It's functional?! How can that be?"

Jude: "Well I remember SOMEONE reactivating the facility!"

Arnaud: "Now it's my fault?!"

Raquel: "This isn't the time, you two! If you stand there arguing,
       it's going to get us!"

[They defeat the monster.]

Jude: "What the heck was that...?"

Yulie: "... Here they manipulated genes, and sought to evolve life
      into new forms. The evolutionary mutant that attacked us just
      now...it was an unnatural life form... It was created by
      twisting other pre-existing life forms into something new..."

Arnaud: "Some form of previously existing life forms? You mean like
       animals and insects?"

Raquel: "Or...you can't mean..."

Jude: "..."

Yulie: "... The facility took in quite a large number of children.
      Bitter medicines...the intense pain from immune rejection...
      the isolated operating table on which I had spent so much
      time... That's what my days were like. And as time passed,
      all my friends disappeared one by one. Now that the facility
      is closed, even the children that were left there are
      probably..."

[Yulie has a flashback. She's crying and a man is comforting her.]

????: "Don't cry, Yulie... I'm leavnig so that I can better protect
     you, alright? So please stop crying, okay? And it's not just
     you...I'm going to protect the entire world... I'm going to
     assure a future in which everyone can live in peace. ... I
     have to go now...so please don't cry. I'd like to hear you
     sing, like you always used to do... If you sing for me, I
     won't feel lonely, either. So, please Yulie..."

[The flashback ends with the boy being led out of the room by
soldiers. Jude wonders what's going on.]

Jude: "...Yulie...? What's wrong? You're spacing out..."

Yulie: "...I...I'm sorry...I was just remembering some things that
      happened a long time ago..."

Jude: "..."

[In the next room:]

Yulie: "After much research, experiments using virus-sized microscopic
      machines to directly manipulate DNA began. It had finally come
      to testing artificial viral evolution... ... The inborn
      characteristics of each individual test subject probably
      affected the results... An extremely small number of cases were
      identified as successes. Those included my older brother...the
      19 other children who remained...and me."

Jude: "Your older brother...? What happened to you and your older
     brother after that...?"

Yulie: "...Technically, the experiment was a success but...no one was
      able to provide the results the adults were looking for... I
      was categorized as a B+...The other children were all
      categorized as F's or lower. In other words, despite everything
      they did to our bodies, those adults decided we were
      defective..."

Jude: "Defective?! They treated you...You mean they treated people
     like objects?!"

Yulie: "In this place...people, lives, they're all just test subjects.
      My brother was WG919F...I was WG920B+...Those ID codes were the
      only identities we had."

[In the next room, there are a lot of crates stacked on one another.]

Tutorial: *You can break wooden crates, regardless of their size, by
         sliding into them.

[In the next room:]

Jude: "...I don't understand. Was evolution so important to them, that
     they had to do those horrible things to you?!"

Yulie: "..."

Arnaud: "The evolution itself was just likely a means to an end...
       Their goal was to probably gain something from its success..."

Raquel: "Do you know what that 'something' was, Yulie...?"

Yulie: "...I...It's..."

Voice: "If you don't want to say it, perhaps I should tell them for
      you?"

[The voice belongs to Jeremy.]

Jude: "You! You're that...! Did you follow us?!"

Jeremy: "What, did you think you could get rid of me that easily? I'm
       a Lieutenant of the Brionac Forces. I can't just go back with
       my tail tucked between my legs, after losing to a bunch of
       kids."

Jude: "The Brionac Forces...Is that what you people chasing after
     Yulie call yourselves? ... Were you also the ones who built this
     facility and did those terrible things to Yulie...?!"

Jeremy: "No, stupid. Brionac doesn't do stuff like that. This is an
       artificial evolution lab which the Congressional Knights
       controlled during the war. They chose the path of evolution
       in their search for a way to mass-produce heroes. Basically,
       they wanted to create human weapons that could help them win
       the war."

Jude: "Mass-produce heroes...? Weapons to win the war?!"

Jeremy: "Surely you've heard of 'Hauser,' haven't you? He was the
       'Black Reaper' of the Global Union... The goal of the research
       that took place here was to create artificial gene drivers or
       people with ARM compatibility. Their objective was to
       mass-produce heroes who were equal in power to Hauser
       himself!"

Yulie: "So many tears and so much blood was shed in this place... And
      yet, after all that...not a single one of us ever displayed
      complete ARM compatibility! That's why these terrible
      experiments and the facility were closed down!"

Jeremy: "Yeah...that may be so. But...There IS a gene driver right
       here. A human weapon..."

Jude: "What?! Me...?"

Jeremy: "This facility's databanks have no record of your existence.
       You're not a product of any experiments that took place
       here... In other words, you're a natural born gene driver!!"

Jude: "That can't be... Are you saying...I was born with this
     power...? This power they couldn't obtain even by doing all
     those terrible things to Yulie and her brother? Are you saying
     that my power's...that it's the power to control ARMs?!"

Jeremy: "Right you are. A heroic wunderkind who's got the power to
       control ARMs... *heh heh* Now this is getting interesting."

Jude: "What's so funny?! There's nothing funny about it!"

Jeremy: "Look, kid, I've got a job to do...I have to take this girl
       into custody. So tell me what you want to do. My orders said
       nothing about you--so if you want to run and hide, I'm not
       gonna come after you..."

Arnaud: "...J...Jude, c'mon..."

Jude: "My ARM is the very power they wanted for the war...This thing
     is the reason why Yulie was made to suffer! Yet despite that,
     I'm going to use this power to protect Yulie! I promised her I
     would!"

[The battle with Jeremy starts.]

Jeremy: "Hmph! I've been waiting for this moment. After all, I've got
       a score to settle with you and your ARM!"

Jude: "You'd fight for such little reason? No wonder the war won't
     end!!"

[Jeremy uses Inertia Cancel +1.]

Tutorial: *Jeremy's special ability, 'Inertial Canceller,' not only
         allows him to cancel a reaction to an action, but also take
         another action on top of that. As such, Jeremy's actions
         are not determined by the battle turn order, so it is best
         to proceed with caution.

[The party defeats Jeremy.]

Jeremy: "What the...no frickin' way..."

Jude: "Now you better leave Yulie alone!"

[Jeremy kneels in pain.]

Jude: "Now I'm gonna..."

[Jude runs to attack him.]

Raquel: "...?! Jude, stop! Don't go rushing in!"

Jeremy: "Gotcha! I was just bluffing."

[Jeremy knocks Jude on his rear and points his massive chain gun
at his face.]

Jude: "Oh no!"

Jeremy: "Don't get cocky, ya little brat! You may be an ARM user just
       like Hauser, but there's no way I'm gonna let some kid get the
       best of me!"

[Yulie steps in front of the chain gun.]

Jeremy: "My my...what noble and selfless spirit you have! *hmph* It
       only serves to annoy me! Little girl, betcha think I won't
       pull the trigger, huh? Jeez, this whole thing is such a
       pain... Screw this. I'm just gonna kill you all!"

[The chain gun starts to spin, but Kresnik's motorcycle drops down
from the glass roof and spins in front of Yulie. He also has a large
gun drawn, and he's pointing it at Jeremy.]

Jeremy: "...What do you think you're doing?"

Yulie: "Huh?! It can't be...! But there's no other way I would mistake
      him for another. Why is my brother, Kresnik, here?"

Jeremy: "Did you say...brother?! Ahh...now it all makes sense. You
       volunteered to keep an eye on me, so that you could watch over
       your dear little sister from the shadows, huh? Are you
       betraying Brionac?! Huh, Kresnik??"

Kresnik: "The only traitor here is you, Jeremy... Remember the
        highest priority of the mission is to secure the target--
        Yulie Ahtreide--completely unharmed... Or had you forgotten?"

Jeremy: "You're always so damned serious about everything..."

Arnaud: "It looks like there's a lot goin' on here, but this is our
       chance! Run for it!"

Raquel: "Run where?!"

Arnaud: "Anywhere! As far away from here as possible. Sorry, Yulie,
       but your tearful reunion will have to wait!"

[The party runs down a mesh walkway and leaves Kresnik and Jeremy to
their standoff. A cutscene starts in the Brionac Base.]

Augst: "We've received a transmission from the Eulalia. They've
      successfully secured the girl and are now enroute to Garra de
      Leon."

Farmel: "Just as planned...that's our Augst."

Augst: "No, it was the Captain's ability we have to thank. After all,
      'Blue Destiny' allowed us to see into the future and know that
      the children would take this path in search for their roots.
      As Advisor, I merely analyzed the Captain's data and drew up
      what I thought was the best plan. I do not possess superhuman
      powers as you all do... So unimpressive as it may be, my only
      means to carry out assignments is to use the information I
      obtain to build up plans, piece by piece."

Lambda: "Yes, Brinoac is a collection of people with superhuman
       abilities. That's exactly why we need someone like yourself.
       Without some normalcy to light our way, it would be difficult
       for us to remain standing on a battlefield filled with
       darkness."

Farmel: "Oh just look at how much he needs you...I'm so jealous!"

Lambda: "Now Augst...things are going to get busy."

Augst: "The work of excavating the Divine Weapon is nearing
      completion. And once we assemble the keys to unlock its
      seal..."

Lambda: "...the High Council's Future Conception Project can be put
       into motion. Light will shine once again upon this dying
       world."

Farmel: "But will that project really bring light to Filgaia? You
       couldn't see into the future of the High Council members,
       right?"

Lambda: "That is correct. However, even if I cannot see into their
       future, I believe that we work toward the same goals and
       proceed forward together. Just as you and I, though our
       thoughts may be different, are able to walk the same path."

Farmel: "Yes...As for me, I don't care what kind of world it is, as
       long as you're there. I'll follow you anywhere, for the world
       you exist in, is where I want to be."

Augst: "Commander Farmel, you're not trying to keep the Captain all to
      yourself, are you? We can't have any of that, you know. I hope
      you'll share him with me for at least a good portion of each
      day."

Farmel: "Are you...serious...?!"

Augst: "Of course not. I'm only joking. But please do not forget that
      the Captain is essential in the world to come."

Farmel: "Your jokes are as difficult to fathom as ever..."

Lambda: "Looks like I may need to clone myself in the near future,
       just to satisfy everyone around here. But first, we must
       complete our mission. Augst, continue to maintain
       communications with the Eulalia, will you?"

Augst: "Yes, Sir. After all, the mission can't be considered to be
      complete until everyone has returned safely to base."

Farmel: "You sound like you're talking about a field trip..."

[The view changes back to Jude's team, who're locked out from being
able to go back and see Kresnik.]

Yulie: "I checked the door we came through, but...it's locked."

Jude: "So doesn't that mean that guy can't come after us?"

Arnaud: " *heh* Always looking on the bright side, aren't you, kid?
       It also means we're trapped in here."

Jude: "Oh, yeah... Whoa! what the?!"

[The ground starts to shake under everyone.]

Raquel: "An earthquake?!"

Arnaud: "No, it's... ... Great...it looks like we walked right into
       a moving trap..."

[Out of the ground, the roof starts to retract, making it evident
that this is hangar for an airship. Somewhere, the High Council is
talking about the endeavor.]

Councilman: "The future shall soon be ours! And Yulie Ahtreide, she
           is the key to bringing it about!"

Councilman: "The means to shape the future...and to think we once
           opposed this line of thought!! It has been a long
           journey indeed, to reach this point."

Councilman: "Some truths can only be seen from afar. The people are
           so ignorant, and their ignorance serves only to cloud
           the future of the world!"

Councilman: "Then we shall burn all those clouds away! Democracy
           cannot illuminate the future, for only the chosen ones
           are able to do that!"

High Minister Clifford: "We, who are the leaders of he future! We,
             who are worthy to govern that future! We have the
             wisdom! We have the power! There is but one thing we
             still lack... Yet with the shrouded sword, and the key
             to the seal, we shall overcome that as well. Oh Ye
             Fates, bring us the girl, the key to the future! Guide
             us as we raise the Divine Weap on from the depths of
             the earth!"

[The cutscene ends and the view switches back to the Jude's team,
who are not airborne on the airship.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 12. Aerial Fortress Eulalia                                    |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

Raquel: "To think, we had to take Yulie away from her brother, right
       after they finally found one another... ... What is it,
       Arnaud? What are you up to? Are you thinking of a way for us
       to escape from here?"

Arnaud: "Yes, of course I am but... ... Well it's really minor, but
       there's something that's bugging me. I feel like the facts
       aren't adding up, and it's making the truth difficult to
       see."

Raquel: "The facts? And what truth...?"

Arnaud: "That guy--Jeremy, wasn't it? He said that the facility where
       Yulie grew up was researching artificial evolution in order
       to mass-produce gene drivers with ARM compatibility."

Raquel: "And that Jude wasn't a product of that research, but rather
       a natural born gene driver... Wait...?!"

Arnaud: "...Exactly. Simply put...why are they after Yulie rather
       than Jude--who is a complete version of what they were trying
       to create?"

Yulie: "... There's more than one type of genetic ARM compatibility...
      My ability doesn't allow me to control ARMs directly... But I
      can interact with ARMs that are already active, and adjust or
      control them. For example, my ability to perform Material
      Drives on the Guardian programs is an application of that
      ability."

Arnaud: "How does that work?"

Yulie: "I don't know the exact details, myself... Apparently, I can
      control natural phenomena via microscopic ARM devices which
      are distributed throughout the land and air..."

Arnaud: "Localized weather control? No, it's got to be something more
       sinister than that...Perhaps some kind of meteorological
       weapon...?

[Jude and Raquel just listen to Arnaud.]

Jude: "Do you get what he's talking about?"

Raquel: "I understand that we should definitely leave Arnaud in
       charge of the thinking from now on."

Arnaud: "... Yulie's power...The Material Drives on the Guardian
       programs are certainly impressive, but... If power were their
       only concern, they'd be interested in Jude as well... It
       sounds like power isn't the only thing they're after... There
       may be a hidden truth lurking in between the facts...and the
       real reason why they're after Yulie..."

Jude: "Who cares? Their motive doesn't matter. Even I know that much.
     Protecting Yulie is what's important."

Raquel: "If we're going to do that, we'll need to escape from here.
       That means there's only one thing for us to do."

Jude: "If we give up, it's all over."

Arnaud: "You think you can solve everything by rushing headlong into
       action, don't you? Kids, I tell you..."

[The party sets out. Eventually, Jude comes to a pole.]

Tutorial: *If Jude comes in contact with a pipe during a jump, he'll
         grab on to it. Use the directional buttons to climb up or
         down.

[The party continues until they come to a pathway over the open sky.]

Jude: "Just when did we get airborne?!"

Raquel: "A flying machine from the war...?! No, it's much larger than
       that!"

Arnaud: "There must be a means to escape from here. Perhaps some
       sort of aircraft..."

Yulie: "Arnaud, do you know how to operate one?!"

Arnaud: "Although I've never actually held a flight stick myself, my
       father was a pilot during the war. I've heard him talk about
       the basics."

Jude: "You rule, Arnaud!"

Raquel: "...To think, we're going to be relying on some second-hand
       piloting skills... But it looks like we don't have any other
       choice. We're counting on you to manage somehow."

Arnaud: "Believe me, my gumption surprises even me. But you can count
       on me and my abilities above the neck."

[Later, Jude sees a pipe hanging horizontally.]

Tutorial: *If Jude comes in contact with a pipe during a jump, he will
         grab on to it and hang from it. Press the left or right
         directional buttons to move while hanging. Press the (/\)
         button while hanging to climb on top of the pipe. Press the
         ([]) button to let go of the pipe and drop down.

[On the way through, the party's attacked by a boss not unlike the
one they fought in White Orphanage.]

Yulie: "It's another evolutionary mutant..."

Arnaud: "This one doesn't look like the other one. It must be fully
       functional."

Raquel: "Looks like they're pulling out all the stops in their
       efforts to stop us."

Jude: "What should we do?! We don't have that many options."

Yulie: "We should keep moving forward...For our sake, as well as his."

[The party defeats the evolutionary mutant.]

Raquel: "Well, we've managed somehow, but...this place is huge. It's
       like a flying fortress..."

Arnaud: "Something this scale...it's got to be an airborne
       battleship...Or perhaps a flying carrier...Which means there
       should be at least a few aircraft on board. Let's hurry up
       and find 'em!"

Jude: "Yeah, and get the heck outta here!"

[Soon, the party finds a giant box lying near a save point.]

Tutorial: *These vending machines can be found hidden away in dungeons
         and perform the same function as shops. Who placed them
         there? How do they restock their items? Nobody knows.

[Past the save point, the party finds some army members, who stick
their gun barrels in their direction immediately.]

Raquel: "We'd like to speak to the person in charge! We don't want
       any bloodshed. Release us, and there won't be any trouble!"

Jude: "And stop chasing after Yulie!"

Soldier: "No need to bother the Lieutenant with this! They may be
        aggressive, but they're only children! It's nothing we can't
        handle!"

[The party defeats the last of the soldiers.]

Soldier: "Damn...How can these kids...be so strong... ... We'll see
        how you fare against Lieutenant Scythe. He'll teach you a
        lesson. Lieutenant Scythe is a member of the elite Brionac
        Forces...and a legendary Crimson Noble. You'll need more...
        than a strong will...and luck...to beat him."

[The soldier dies.]

Arnaud: "A Crimson Noble...?! It's just one insane thing after
       another..."

Jude: "'Crimson Noble'?"

Yulie: "An old race, spoken of in legends and fairy tales. They look
      like regular people, but they're said to be far more
      powerful..."

Raquel: "They supposedly drink blood, and their names are spoken with
       fear. They are the rulers of demons, the kings of the
       undead..."

Jude: "Whoa..."

Raquel: "To think that they really exist..."

Jude: "If...if they really do exist, how are we supposed to fight
     them?"

Arnaud: "That's an easy one...We run! If we start taking on every
       legendary monster we run across, there's no way we're going
       to survive!"

[In the control room, Arnaud goes over to a flight device.]

Jude: "I noticed this as the orphanage, but you're really good with
     these machines, Arnaud! It's pretty amazing how reliable
     everything above your neck is!"

Raquel: "I won't disagree with you, but you really should choose your
       words more carefully, Jude. What you just said isn't
       necessarily a compliment."

Arnaud: "It's all right...if there's one thing I'm happy about with
       myself, it's what I've got goin' on upstairs... ... I lost
       my mother during the war. Not such an unusual thing in itself,
       but I was even younger than Jude at the time. I just thought
       Mom had gone way up into the sky. I begged my father to teach
       me how to fly so that I could go up and see her someday...
       ... I admired my father...but because of that, I was also
       quick to lose respect for him... In the confusion after the
       war, my father was saddled with a debt he didn't even incur.
       He was always being hounded by the collectors, and seeing how
       powerless he was, I swore I'd never wind up like him. I wasn't
       good at physical activity, so I put my all into studying
       instead. I wanted an intellect that was as sharp as a razor.
       I wasn't going to let anyone deceive me. If it came down to
       'trick or be tricked,' I was definitely going to be in the
       first camp..."

Jude: "Arnaud..."

Arnaud: "Anyway...why is it these stories about the past are always
       so boring...? All right, this should do it! The door to the
       deck should be open now. I've located the aircraft, too. Now
       let's get the heck out of here!"

[As the party leaves to the deck, a cutscene at the Brionac Base
occurs.]

Lambda: "The scheduled communication is late... ...Can you open a
       channel to Scythe?"

Augst: "Under these conditions, could it be that..."

Lambda: "...Yes..."

Farmel: "What's wrong? It's not like you to be so worried. Or is
       Scythe, the Crimson Noble, not up to handling this matter on
       his own?"

Lambda: "No...I just wanted to tell him to be careful..."

Augst: "The Brinoac Lieutenants possess superhuman combat abilities.
      You know that as well as any of us, Captain. And most of all,
      his opponents are mere children... The mere thought that
      Scythe could lose and wind up looking like a child himself is
      inconceivable, don't you think?"

Lambda: "...It's precisely because his opponents are children that he
       needs to be careful..."

[On the deck of the Eulalia, the party finds the aircraft. Scythe is
also standing around, waiting for them.]

Scythe: "My...that was fast. I knew if I kept an eye on the aircraft,
       you'd end up here."

Jude: "You're a Crimson Noble?!"

Scythe: "Mmm...such fresh, succulent children... You look so tasty
       and sweet..."

Arnaud: "He...he really is a Crimson Noble! Run! There's no way we
       can take someone like him on!"

Raquel: "We're completely surrounded by nothing but sky. Where do you
       intend on running to? Besides, the very reason we came here
       was to find the means of escaping, right? Time to face the
       facts, Arnaud! Our only means of escape lies on the other
       side of him!"

Arnuad: "Why do I always wind up in situations like this? I swear,
       my life is like a broken record!"

[Scythe attacks.]

Scythe: "You're probably getting bored with this aerial adventure,
       aren't you? Well do I have a special treat in store for you.
       I'll give you a taste of my mastery over the fabric of space
       on the battlefield!"

Jude: "'Fabric of space?' What are you talking about?!"

Scythe: "That Lieutenant Scythe is none other than a Crimson Noble...
       and a master over space itself!"

[Scythe's turn comes up.]

Arnaud: "The amount of magic welling up in him is insane!"

Jude: "You can tell?"

Arnaud: "Magic's my specialty...I can't help but sense it. He's
       beyond inhuman...Maybe he is a Crimson Noble!"

Jude: "Arnaud, it's all about teamwork. I'm sure if we combine our
     powers together--"

Arnaud: "It doesn't matter how many of us there are! We're only
       human! We don't stand a change against him!"

[The party defeats Scythe, but not before he uses Noble Madness and
brings their HP to one.]

Scythe: "My mastery over the fabric of space allows me to attack or
       defend at will on the battlefield. I've no patience for
       children who defy adults, nor for mere humans who are to
       challenge a Crimson Noble!"

Jude: "Don't you dare touch Yulie..."

Scythe: "I wouldn't dream of it. I'm well used to dealing with women,
       you know. I've no intention of causing her any harm..."

Jude: "...

Scythe: "But you children are another story entirely. You've caused a
       lot of trouble on my ship, and I've no choice but to make you
       pay for your actions. ... So...how about a little illegal
       dumping from the sky...?"

Arnaud: "W-whoa, wait! You're a Crimson Noble, aren't you? You should
       just lock us up somewhere! You don't want to kill us! That
       way, you can feed off us, whenever you like! Mmm, doesn't
       that sound yummy?!"

Scythe: "Mmm...I'm afraid I must decline your offer. If I let you
       live, there's a chance it might cause problems for Brionac
       later. Belial is the only one I need to supply me with
       blood...She satisfies me quite well. Speaking of which...
       I wonder where she is? I've drained my power, and could use
       a litlte pick me up..."

[Cutscene time. Arnaud runs away, shaking, and hides behind a panel.]

Scythe: "My my...where do you plan to go now. Don't you know there's
       no where to escape on this ship...

[Jude stands in front of Scythe as he walks to Arnaud.]

Scythe: "Oh...? Don't tell me you're defending that coward?"

Jude: "No..."

Scythe: "Then what are you doing, standing in front of me with
       that battered and bloody body of yours?"

Jude: "No! Arnaud's not a coward!"

Scythe: "Well if he's not a poster child for cowardice, what is he?
       Not only did he surrender immediately just to save his own
       hide...but he was ready to betray you all at the drop of a
       hat!"

Jude: "No! How many times do I have to say it?! Arnaud isn't a
     coward. Arnaud... Arnaud's our friend! And friends look out
     for each other!"

[Arnaud, who was hiding, rises up and pushes some buttons the
panel behind him.]

Jude: "Arnaud?!"

[An airship on the carrier's engines fire up and jets right
towards Scythe and Jude.]

Scythe: "What in the world...?!"

Arnaud: "Juuuuuuuuuuuude!!!"

[Jude uses his Accelerator and gets out of the way.]

Scythe: "Maximum power!"

[Scythe tries to warp out but finds he can't do anything except
look at all the airplanes tumbling towards him now.]

Scythe: "What the hell am I supposed to--"

[All the airplanes blow up on Scythe, killing him.]

Jude: "Arnaud! Arnaud, you saved us!! Thank you so much!"

Arnaud: "Uh...yeah..."

Jude: "But...how can we escape now? Maybe there are others.
     Let's go look!"

[Arnaud just looks at his shivering hand. Raquel puts her hand
in his.]

Raquel: "Will it help if...if I hold your hand?"

Arnaud: "I'm sorry...I'm such a coward. My intellect is the only
       thing I've got going for me."

Raquel: "That may be so. But your intellect alone didnt' save
       us...it was also your heart."

Arnaud: "I don't know if you'll believe me, but I've always
       wanted to become a better person..and more...more of a
       man. Hey...your hands! They're really cold..."

[Raquel looks around nervously, but any further questions about
her hands are interrupted as the woman who hangs around Scythe
(Belial) furiously floats in the air.]

Belial: "Who...has done such a thing? You! You're the ones that did
       this? You're the ones...who murdered Scythe, didn't
       yoooooou?!"

[Belial opens a gigantic space-time field and starts sucking the
party in, as well as the debris from the airship...and the airship
itself. Cut to the Brionac Base.]

Augst: "All communications with the Eulalia have been cut off...
      We can't even determine its present coordinates. What should
      we do?"

Farmel: "I can't believe this could happen to Scythe, the Crimson
       Noble..."

Lambda: "Ah yes, I've been meaning to speak about that... Scythe
       isn't really a Crimson Noble. He just believed he was."

Farmel: "What?! How can you drop a bomb like that and still maintain
       a straight face?!"

Augst: "Scythe is a hematophiliac. He felt a constant urge to drink
      blood...and eventually began to believe that he was a Crimson
      Noble."

Farmel: "Now that I think about it, in the old fairy tales, Crimson
       Nobles never could walk outside in broad daylight. But if
       he's not a Crimson Noble, then...how is he able to control
       the fabric of space...?"

Lambda: "The source of Scythe's power is the woman he keeps at his
       side, Belial. Unlike Scythe, she really isn't human."

Augst: "By sipping Belial's blood, Scythe temporarily gains the power
      to affect the fabric of space. Conversely, Belial's power is
      far more powerful than that of Scythe. If Scythe's ability is
      to 'control' space, then Belial's power could be described as
      absolute mastery over it..."

Farmel: "...That's not one of your jokes, is it?"

Augst: "This hardly seems to be the proper time for jokes..."

Farmel: "...How unbelievable...Oh well, I guess it really doesn't
       matter at this point."

Augst: "Was my explanation satisfactory?"

Farmel: "Well they do say women are monsters, don't they? I guess
       it isn't too hard to convince myself that it's entirely
       possible."

Lambda: "The problem is that despite the attendance of two powerful
       members, the progress of the mission has been jeopardized.
       Have the unknown factors introduced a force so strong that it
       can alter the future I saw? If so, we must deal with it
       immediately. Augst, I want you to continue investigating the
       situation onboard the Eulalia."

August: "Understood."

Lambda: "Farmel, arrange a train to escort the heretic engineers to
       Garra de Leon. Also, call a meeting of the Brionac
       Lieutenants."

Farmel: "I've already arranged for the Silver Star Expres so go on
       ahead and enjoy your private trip, traversing the abandoned
       tracks. ... But...when you say 'assemble the Lieutenants,'
       do you mean...Well, are you saying to assemble ALL of them?"

Lambda: "Hmm, all of them, eh... ... No, I don't think it's necessary
       to play our trump card just yet..."

Farmel: "Understood. I'll see that the summons reaches all Lieutenants
       under my command by the time Kresnik returns."

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 13. Wunderweltraum                                             |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party appears in a weird subspace, with floating airship parts
all around. Belial floats in front of them.]

Belial: "You bastards...You're going to pay for taking my dear
       Scythe from me... I'll take my sweet time killing you,
       and I'll make sure you suffer every agonizing moment of
       it... Otherwise, Scythe will surely never be able to
       rest in peace. I've created a subspace from which you
       can NEVER escape. Now, let your struggles begin..."

[Belial leaves and the party continues.]

Yulie: "Look!"

[Part of the broken Eulalia disappears out of thin air.]

Raquel: "Part of the subspace disappeared? It seems she's trying to
       tell us that she cannot only create but destroy this space
       at will. And it doesn't look like she intends for us to get
       out of here either..."

Jude: "What should we do...?"

Arnaud: "If she's the one who made this place, then the only thing we
       can do is go and find her. If she made it, then she should
       know how to undo it, too. Man, why did we have to get caught
       up in this..."

[The party continues on a bit.]

Arnaud: "Wow, it looks as if a war took place here... No, it's a
       graveyard for weapons..."

Raquel: "... The wounds brought about by the war still remain, even
       though the war itself has ended...Just like with me..."

Yulie: "...Huh...?"

Raquel: "Ah, it's nothing...just being sentimental. Right now, we've
       got more important things to worry about..."

[Five monsters attack the party.]

Jude: "Go ahead! I'll take you on!"

[They defeat the monsters.]

Raquel: "By interacting with the subspace, she's able to track us
       down, no matter where we run. This entire world is her
       creation... She may have the same ability as that other guy,
       but she's clearly more powerful."

Arnaud: "...You may be right. Nevertheless, that's exactly why we
       just might have a chance..."

Jude: "What are you thinking, Arnaud?"

Arnaud: "Mmm...it's just a hunch but... ... The next time we face
       her, I want everyone to hit her with everything we've got.
       Fight like there's no tomorrow, alright? With enough effort,
       I think we might have a shot at breaking out of this
       subspace!"

[In the seventh area, they find Belial.]

Belial: "Welcome to the farthest reaches of my world. Here, you
       shall meet your end."

Jude: "I don't think so! I'm gonna protect everyone...  That's the
     purpose of having this power."

Belial: "...Protect? How amusing... Tell me, then, what I should do?
       Since I was unable to protect my dear Scythe?"

Jude: "Huh?!"

Belial: "You, who protect those you care about, and I, who failed
       to do so... Show me the difference between your fight and
       mine!"

[The battle with Belial starts.]

Jude: "No...our fight...and your fight...They AREN'T the same..."

Belial: "How amusing...Pray tell me then, how do they differ? There
       is no difference when you take up arms and kill your enemies,
       is there?"

[The party defeats Belial.]

Belial: "This isn't...possible! How can I...be defeated...by mere
       humans? Spineless, weak, and mortal that they are? And by
       some snot-nosed kids, no less. How is this possible...?
       How can I lose to mere humans? What have you done?"

Arnaud: "We haven't done a thing. It was all you..."

Belial: "...?!"

Arnaud: "That other guy who could also control space said, "I've
       drained my power, and could use a little pick me up.' So
       seeking revenge and creating this subspace to prevent our
       escape, is what did you in. Interacting with space consumes
       an inordinate amount of energy in a short period of time,
       right? In your case, you didn't just cause minor local
       alterations, you created an entire alternate universe! And
       you're that much weaker because of it!"

Raquel: "So that's what you meant when you said 'With enough effort,
       I think we might have a shot at breaking out of this
       subspace!'"

Arnaud: "Just my razor-sharp mind at work..."

Belial: "...Foolish humans...think you've won, do you? But you won't
       escape from here... I'll destroy this subspace...After all,
       it takes an inordinate amount of energy just to maintain it!
       You'll be crushed by the collapse of this space! These are
       the furthest reaches... There'll be no escape from death!"

[Belial warps out.]

Arnaud: "Listen up, guys! She said this is the deepest part of the
       subspace, right? If we look at it the other way around, then
       the farthest place from here, is right where we first came
       in--"

Yulie: "...the entrance to our world?!"

Arnaud: "At least it MAY be the place we're looking for... But there's
       only one way to find out if I'm right or wrong...and for that,
       we need to run like hell!"

[The party runs back to the entrace as the subspace deteriorates
around everyone. Raquel stumbles on the last leg, however.]

Jude: "Raquel?!"

Arnaud: "What are you doing?!"

Raquel: "...I'm not good at running...it's okay...you go on...
       Your life has more value than mine."

Arnaud: "Don't you dare talk like that! All you need to do is stand
       up, and follow me!"

[Arnaud takes her hand they run across a propeller, just making it
back to the start of the world.]

Raquel: "Thanks...I owe you one... ... I'm all right...you can let
       go now..."

Arnaud: "I'm not used to doing that sort of thing... I'm...still
       shaking... ... Just a little bit longer...won't you help
       me stop the shaking?"

[Belial warps in.]

Belial: "...I've had enough of you! Now, draw your weapons...let's
       settle this once and for all. I'll put an end to everything!"

[The last battle with Belial starts.]

Belial: "When will you recognize that there is no difference between
       your fight and mine... The strong will crush the weak... from
       time immemorial, this has been and continues to be the
       universal rule."

Jude: "You're wrong! ... You people attacked my village...and hurt
     those that I care for...and now, you won't leave Yulie alone...
     But I... I'm not fighting for vengeance! ... I'm fighting so
     that the strong won't prey on the weak...and to prevent that
     from ever happening again! It isn't easy...taking up this ARM...
     After all, it's a weapon which takes lives away so easily. It's
     a power born of war! And it's not something to be used lightly,
     the way you people do!"

[Belial racks up another loss on her record.]

Belial: *gasp* "...How...amusing...You spout off about the gravity
       of ARMs...Then you ought to know the weight of your words.
       Over the ages, I bore witness...As humans waged countless
       wars, from one generation to the next...Power used to take,
       not save lives. ...Yet you children, you who inherit the
       earth and wield this power, you espouse different ideals?
       How ironic...if such a thing were possible...then Scythe
       and I...if only we..."

[Belial dies, fading away. The entire world starts to be shaken up.]

Yulie: "It's almost..as if a powerful force is pulling at it.

Jude "What's happening...Arnaud?!"

Arnaud: "Hey, I don't always have the answers! Why don't you try
       thinking for yourself?"

Raquel: "You think this is way out, don't you, Arnaud? Then we'll
       just have to trust your instincts!"

[A cutscene takes place in the Brionac Base.]

Augst: "There has been no communications from the Eulalia at all. It
      appears that they were unable to complete their mission."

Farmel: "It's almost too much to believe. I never would have thought
       a Brionac Lieutenant could lose."

Lambda: "Nevertheless, we must face reality. We have failed the
       assignment we had sworn to complete and betrayed the
       expectations of the High Council. Isn't that right?
       Commander Kresnik...and Lieutenant Jeremy?"

Jeremy: "It was a bad thing...and I shouldn't have underestimated
       them just because they were kids! I won't screw it up next
       time. I'll secure Yulie Ahtreide, unharmed. The task will be
       my top priority, over all else. So, Captain--"

Farmel: "The only thing less appealing than an unsightly man, is one
       who doesn't know when to quit."

Jeremy: "But Farmel... ... This has to be a joke...and a bad one at
       that. *laughter* Isn't that right? Augst, this is one of your
       jokes, right? Say something will ya? Otherwise, I..."

Augst: "I do enjoy jokes, but I don't count tolerating failure among
      my hobbies. After all, it's necessary to acknowledge one's
      faults."

Jeremy: "If that's how it's going to be..."

Farmel: "My, what menace he exudes...He looks like he's about to
       burst. Surely you aren't thinking about doing anything silly?
       I'd really advise you against it. After all, I am the fortress
       that guards Brionac's ideals..."

Kresnik: "And I am the lance that enforces Brionac's ideals. Know that
        any misbehavior will need to answer to us."

Augst: "Violation of service regulations and second-degree
      insubordination...You've earned yourself a transfer to a new
      post, Jeremy. Why don't you cool your heels for a while over
      at Illsveil Prison island."

Jeremy: "Don't forget, Kresnik...I know all about your..."

[Some guards come up behind Jeremy.]

Lambda: "Jeremy...I do not like your ferocity. We can use your
       ferocity to force into motion that which has stagnated. When
       the time comes, let us fight together once again. For you,
       too, are one of Lambda's Elite...a member of Brionac."

Jeremy: "Enlisted soldiers...? You're sending THESE guys to escort
       me?! Hey! Don't you DARE touch me! I can make it to Illsveil
       by my damn self!! And I'll make it back that way, too!!"

[Jeremy exits.]

Lambda: "We appreciate your hard work, Kresnik. Continue to watch
       over your sister carefully."

Kresnik: "If it is for the sake of this world's future..."

Augst: "Just before the Eulalia was lost, we observed a spatial
      distortion reaction...most likely caused by Belial. Let's
      start our trace near the dimensional nexus stones she
      established. If anyone is able to return, that is where they
      are most likely to appear."

Farmel: "Who do you intend to send in pursuit?"

Augst: "If we are to ensure our success, it would be inadvisable to
      send the Lieutenants one at a time. To guarantee the completion
      of the mission, we must concentrate our forces while preparing
      for all possible contingencies."

Lambda: "I'll leave the administration of our forces in this matter to
       you, Augst. I'd like you to formulate a foolproof plan."

Augst: "Yes, Sir. I shall not fail to meet your expectations."

Lambda: "Now then, what would you like to do, Kresnik? Will you
       remain on standby until Augst's plan is ready?"

Kresnik: "No...I..."

Lambda: "I'll let you decide what's best for you while on standby...
       You may do as you please."

Kresnik: "Understood. I'll be on standby for the time being. As soon
        as my orders are ready, I'll join in on the operation."

Farmel: "You're so considerate, Lambda. But aren't you being a bit
       lenient? Especially with regard to Jeremy's punishment..."

Lambda: "It's only natural that I treat my valuable subordinates
       well."

Farmel: "Jeremy and Kresnik are the valuable ones?"

Lambda: "Of course they aren't alone. What matters is the future of
       this world, and I would sacrifice anything for that."

Farmel: "I can't tell if you're really cruel or really kind. Of
       course, that's what I like about you...It's just, well,
       following you takes its toll."

Lambda: "I do hope you'll continue to follow me, Farmel."

Farmel: "Yes, yes...I'll follow you anywhere."

[The Base cutscene ends and a mini-flashback happens to someone in
Jude's party.]

Raquel: Birds..chirping... Just like... that day... Like...death
       incarnate..."

[Jude's voice calling her name wakes her up.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 14. Sea of Trees                                               |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[As the face of a man in black comes closer, it changes into Jude's
face. Raquel wakes up in a forest, with the party standing over her.]

Raquel: "We made it back...alive..."

Arnaud: "You know, I appreciate your trust in me at the crucial
       moment, but you sure took your sweet time waking up."

Raquel: "...Sorry... I don't recognize this place...It looks like
       we've ended up in some forest I've never seen before."

Arnaud: "Yeah, it would be best to keep moving, but..."

Yulie: "You don't look well, Raquel. You should rest a bit more."

Raquel: "I'm fine. I'll be back to normal once I get back on my
       feet. If we're going to rest, let's wait until we find a
       town where we can actually relax."

[The party continues until they get to a save point.]

Arnaud: "Well...why don't we take a break."

Raquel: "We just barely started walking out of the forest. Don't
       tell me you're tired already...?"

Yulie: "He's being considerate of you, Raquel."

Raquel: "Oh for crying out loud... I told you that I was fine. But
       if you keep fussing over me, THAT is going to wear me out."

Jude: "Yeah, well, I'm hungry! How about some lunch?"

Raquel: "..."

Arnaud: "The truth is, I really am beat. Come on, let's rest a bit."

Yulie: "I'll make us something to eat."

Jude: "Really? You can cook, Yulie?"

Yulie: "It's nothing special, just a simple dish."

Arnaud: "In that case, Jude and I will take a look around and we'll
       leave the cooking to you."

Raquel: "First he says he's tired, then he says he's going to take
       a look around. I don't understand him."

Yulie: "We'd better have something ready by the time they return."

Raquel: "Hmm...I don't understand why you should like you're enjoying
       this too."

[Later on...]

Raquel: "So...how is it?"

Yulie: "..."

Raquel: "...Too good for words?"

Yulie: "Raquel...uh...How did you go about flavoring this dish?"

Raquel: "Flavoring it? Well, in swordplay terms, I guess you could
       say I 'read the wind.' In other words, follow the flow, align
       the blad, show no hesitation...and strike with full power!"

Yulie: "I think the 'show no hesitation' and 'strike with full
      power' is probably where you went wrong..."

Raquel: "Oh...I'm just no good at this sort of thing, am I? I hope
       our rations weren't wasted?"

Yulie: "No, I discovered a side of you I never knew about before,
      so I don't think it was a waste. And I should be able to
      adjust the flavor, so it'll be fine."

Raquel: "I learned something new about you too, Yulie. So you
       enjoy cooking, do you?"

Yulie: "It's a lot of fun to have people enjoy the dishes that you've
      prepared. I'd be happy to teach you, if you'd like."

Raquel: "I'd be greatly obliged. I'd like to learn to be a little
       more ladylike... Ah, and look who's back..."

Jude: "Man, I'm starving"

Yulie: "Welcome back every-"

Jude: "What's wrong"

Raquel: "What did you drag back with you?"

Jude: "What are you...talking about?"

[From behind Jude and Arnaud, a man rises and yells.]

Jude: "It's a bear!!"

Man: "Uh...I'm not a bear."

Jude: "A monstrous bear-man-thing, then."

Man: "Oh man...Bears, bears... What's with the bears, kid? Do I
    look like some kind of bear to ya? I'm just a starvin' man
    in search of some grub. Whatcha got there? Sure smells
    tasty!"

Arnaud: "By the way you're acting, you sure seem to be a bear
       to me."

Man: "I haven't eaten in five days. For the love of all that's
    holy, please, give me some food. Hey what's in the pot? Looks
    delicious!"

[Yulie steps in front of the man's advance to the food.]

Yulie: "No!"

Raquel: "What's the matter wih you, Yulie?"

Yulie: "NO! You can't have any! We haven't adjusted the flavor yet!"
      It isn't fit to be eaten!"

Man: "C'mon, don't be so stingy! I'm frickin' starvin' here! I
    don't care! It doesn't matter what it tastes like!

Yulie: "Yes it does! And if you don't care, I don't want you
      eating it!"

[The man rumbles with power.]

Man: "I can't take it any moooore!!!

[The man starts devouring the contents of the pot.]

Jude: "Whoa... He's sucking it up like a vacuum cleaner... ... But
     I've never seen you so stubborn, Yulie. You wouldn't even let
     him taste it until it was done."

Yulie: "That's because...I mean, it's...! I'm sorry..."

Arnaud: "Think you can wolf it down any faster? Sheesh..."

[The man (Gawn) looks up.]

Gawn: "Hmm? Oh that's 'cause I came across some guy passed out at
     the edge of the forest, and I need some energy in order to
     rescue him."

Raquel: "Then how can you sit here eating?! Go rescue him already!"

Gawn: "Well, y'know, if I'm gonna rescue him, I'll need enough
     energy for the both of us..."

Arnaud & Raquel: "You've already eaten enough for an entire army!"

Jude: "Anyway, we'd better go along on the rescue! We were looking
     for a way out of the forest anyway, so let's go together!"

[They go to the edge of the forest and find a man lying face-down.]

Gawn: "That's the guy who's been waitin' for our help. As you can
     see, he really needs it. By the way, uh...the guy who left
     him here...was me..."

Raquel: "So if anything had happened to him it would be entirely
       your fault!"

Jude: "It's Raymond! He's the guy that was always exercising on
     his balcony back in Ciel!"

Gawn: "You know him?!"

Jude: "We're from the same village..."

Gawn: "I found him a little whil ago, driftin' out at sea. I had no
     trouble getting him out of the water, but I got lost as I was
     carryin' him around and got hungry, then a giant bearcat
     attacked us. It was just one thing after another..."

Jude: "Thank goodness I wasn't the only one that made it... That
     means the others might be okay, too..."

Gawn: "...Uh, sounds like there's more to this than meets the eye."

Raquel: "You could say that...It's kind of a long story."

Jude: "Thanks for rescuing him mister! Thank you so much!"

Gawn: "Oh, uh...yeah...Don't mention it."

Arnaud: "It'll make for a better story if we forget about the part
       where you left him for dead while you went to chow down."

Gawn: "Gee, thanks...Yeah, do me a favor and forget about that part,
     will 'ya?"

Yulie: "That sign indicates that there's an old town nearby. We
      should be able to get treatment for him there..."

Raquel: "So he carried this man for several days, all by himself,
       huh...That's pretty impressive. Guess I'll have to reconsider
       my opinion of him."

Jude: "Lend me a hand until we get to the town, guys. I want to
     help Raymond!"

[On the world map, the town of Guara Bobelo appears in the north.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 15. Guara Bobelo                                               |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party walks into the shady city.]

Yulie: "Did we get lost? Didn't the sign say this was supposed to
      be a town build up around a church?"

Jude: "Boy, this sure looks like a really fun town!"

Arnaud: "Do you even understand what kind of place this is, kid? But
       it really does look like a fun sort of place..."

Gawn: "Yeah, I betcha we could have some real fun here."

Raquel: "I don't know what you two have got in mind, but we've got
       things we need to take care of, right? This town is pretty
       sordid, but there should be at least one medical clinic of
       sorts. Let's get moving."

[The party explores. If they talk to the Gamer Geek in Area 1:]

Tutorial: *By collecting ROMs scattered throughout Filgaia, you
         can attempt additional stages of the legendary action
         game, 'Extra Challenge.' (Each ROM adds one additional
         stage.)

[The party finds a medical center near the arena.]

David: "Doc, we've got a patient! Could you take a look at him,
      please?"

Rogue Doctor Black: "Whoa, he's still alive...I'd rather you bring
                   'em in after they're done for, ya know...Oh,
                   well...Lie down over there."

[The doctor fixes Raymond up.]

Raymond: "Sorry for the trouble but thanks for saving me, Jude. I'm
        so glad to see that you're safe too."

Jude: "Yeah..."

Rogue Doctor Black: "Although at first glance he looked pretty bad,
                   thanks to the expert first aid he received, he
                   isn't too badly off. Still, he's got a couple
                   broken bones so we'll need to keep him in bed
                   for awhile."

Raquel: "We'll be waiting outside, Jude. I'm sure you two have
       plenty to talk about."

[The party waits outside.]

Jude: "What happened to Mom and everyone else from Ciel?"

Raymond: "I was the last one to get into the escape pods, so I'm
        sure they all made it out okay. But, after that...well, I
        hope everyone's all right..."

Jude: "...Don't worry...I'm sure they all landed somewhere."

Raymond: " *heh* I never imagined our little troublemaker Jude would
        be trying to cheer me up... But the funny thing is that just
        seeing you makes me feel like things really are going to be
        okay. Yeah...I'm sure you're right. They probably are just
        fine."

Jude: " *heh heh* "

Raymond: "...Jude...about Ciel..."

Jude: "Yeah... ... It was a little rushed, but...I learned a lot of
     things. And to think, I lived there all that time without
     knowing anything..."

Raymond: "I see... So what are you going to do now? Are you going to
        search for the others?"

Jude: "...I've got some things I want to do, and there's a bunch of
     things I want to know more about. I feel like Mom and the
     others are waiting for me to accomplish those things too..."

Raymond: "You mean, like...staying by that girl's side?"

Jude: "Yeah. Yulie warned me that I wouldn't be able to turn back
     if I got involved. But as long as time moves forward, then no
     matter how you choose to live your life, you can never really
     turn back. So, I..I want to do things...And right now, I want
     to protect Yulie."

Raymond: "...Jude...you seem to have grown a bit."

Jude: "What?! Really? I don't think so...? ... Now you're
     embarrassing me...I'm gonna go now but I'll visit you again
     soon."

Raymond: (Being in the outside world sure has changed him...)

[Jude goes outside to his party.]

Jude: "Sorry to keep you guys waiting."

Raquel: "Are you done already?"

Jude: "Yeah. Hmm...? Where's Gawn? I wanted to thank him."

Yulie: "He said he was going to do his own thing."

Arnaud: "He's off to the pubs. Must be nice, not having to worry
       about babysitting a kid."

Jude: "What are you talking about, Arnaud? It's not as if YOU'RE an
     adult."

[Jude goes to the pub to visit Gawn.]

Jude: "Oh, there you are. I wanted to thank you earlier, but you
     already left."

Gawn: "Yeah, I wanted some time to wander around by myself. Anyway,
     what's up? You here to collect? Need more money to pay for his
     treatment?"

Jude: "I said I wanted to say thank you, didn't I? So...thanks! If
     you hadn't saved him, Raymond might have suffered more than
     just those injuries."

Gawn: "Aww, don't thank me for that. It was just a coincidence I
     happened to run into him."

Arnaud: "By the way, Gawn...what's your profession?"

Gawn: "Isn't it obvious? I'm a traveler."

Jude: "No, it's not obvious. That's why he's asking."

Raquel: "You don't really look like you're dressed or properly
       equipped for traveling."

Gawn: "Well despite that, I am traveling... I don't have a
     destination, but I do have an objective. My journey doesn't end
     here though. I've still got to wander around some more."

Arnaud: "Oh, so you're like Raquel, then."

Gawn: "Speaking of which, what the heck are you all doing anyway?"

Jude: "We're traveling, too...We want to go somewhere far away from
     here. Somewhere so quiet and far away that no one'll ever come
     after us..."

Yulie: "..."

Gawn: "...So you wanna go 'far away?' You're the ones with a strange
     for traveling... I dunno where you're headed, but have you
     thought about takin' a train? A train'll get you far away from
     here in no time at all."

Jude: "A train?"

Arnaud: "It's like an iron car that runs on iron roads. It transports
       people and cargo at high speeds using powerful machinery."

Jude: "Oh! If we can use that...!"

Gawn: "I thin there's a station in a town called Buckeye, which is a
     long, long way from here... And there you'll find tracks that
     head in all sorts of different places. It's perfect for a
     journey with no set destination. Well, then...I'd better get
     back to my journey, too."

Jude: "Gawn, you don't have a set destination either, right? If it
     won't interfere with your objective, would you like to travel
     together with us?"

Gawn: "...That doesn't sound half bad, but...My journey is...well,
     it's also my job."

Jude: "Oh..."

Gawn: "I tell ya, bein' an adult's no fun at all. After a while,
     instead of working to live, you're living to work." (The bill
     from the clinic, plus what I owe here... Damn, I've spent more
     than I thought...) "Aww...I was thinking it'd be fun to travel
     together, even if it's just until our paths split... Actually,
     uh...I wouldn't mind travelin' with you at least part of the
     way..."

Jude: "Really?!"

Arnaud: "That sudden change in your expression... You're scheming
       something, aren't you, mister?"

Gawn: " *chuckle* Just a little give and take, ya know? Besides, we
     gotta maintain the bonds between us, right? I mean, I could
     never forget Miss Yulie's home cooking..."

Yulie: "...Er...thank you..."

Raquel: " *sigh* He's like an adult version of Arnaud."

Arnaud: "I'd never become an adult like him! And besides, I'm already
       an adult!"

Jude: " *laughter* It's good to have you along, Gawn!"

Gawn: "You bet! But two things you ought to know... One: my wallet's
     empty. Two: I'm no good at fightin'. So you'll be all on your
     own for those things."

[As the party leaves town, a cutscene takes place in the Silver Star
Express's VIP Guest room. Jude's mom and Lambda are there.]

Lambda: "Are the refreshments not to your liking? ... You are an
       important guest, Ethelda. We have no reason to cause you
       any harm."

Ethelda: "Where do you plan on taking us on this train?"

Lambda: "Are you not enjoying your time on the Silver Star Express?
       After all, you've faced so many hardships. Your secret
       shelter was destroyed...then you were forced to drift at
       sea in an escape pod...I thought I'd invite you to our main
       base at Garra de Leon where we can talk more comfortably,
       and so I arranged this train especially for you."

Ethelda: "We cast aside our research and destroyed the results. I
        don't see how we can be of any use to you at this point."

Lambda: "...I'm afraid I really do need your help. What must I say
       to convince you?"

Ethelda: "I've already told you, there's nothing we can do to help
        you with your little fantasy. The 'Divine Weapon' was
        nothing more than propaganda dreamed up by the Global Union.
        It doesn't exist."

Lambda: "Brionac is an organization well versed in the acquisition
       and control of information. For us, discovering the truth
       behind a rumor is a trivial matter."

Ethelda: "..."

Lambda: "Illsveil, the permanently neutral territory... Primarily
       used for holding Class A war criminals, this prison island
       keeps the ugliness of the war hidden from the eyes of the
       public... The perfect place to conceal something far too
       powerful for humans to handle."

Ethelda: "Don't tell me you've occupied an autonomous and neutral
        territory... You know it's too powerful for humans to use,
        yet you still seek to use it? Why is it that you military
        types never have any common sense? You probably believe
        that as long as you use it carefully, even a weapon can be
        used to build the future, right?"

Lambda: "It's not for me to decide how the Divine Weapon should be
       used. That will be up to the representatives chosen by the
       people. The Divine Weapon wil not be controlled by the
       military, but by a consensus of all the people of this
       world."

Ethelda: "I sense the spirit of the Congressional Knights hovering
        over your shoulder."

Lambda: "The path to the future won't be opened by weapons, and
       certainly not by gods. The ones to build and support this
       planet's future must be the people themselves."

[On the world map, Buckeye Station appears far, far, to the northeast,
and the local destination becomes Calucion Pass.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 16. Calucion Pass                                              |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party enters the snowy mountain pass.]

Jude: "You're traveling because of your job, right Gawn? What kind
     of a job is it?"

Gawn: "To put it simply, I'm lookin' for someone. My job is to find
     a certain individual who vanished during the war."

Arnaud: "So that's what you meant by a journey with an objective,
       but no destination."

Raquel: "Searching for someone with no set destination is no
       differently from wandering around aimlessly. Can you really
       call that a job?"

Gawn: " *chuckle* You got me there."

Yulie: "This person who disappeared...is it a friend or family
      member of yours?"

Gawn: "This search started out as just another job a friend of mine
     hired me for...But somewhere along the way, it went beyond just
     another job, and I started wanting to meet this guy and talk to
     him myself. He's neither friend nor family, but for me, we're
     bound by a bond stronger than blood. ... We met once on the
     battlefield...which is the worst possible way to meet someone,
     if you ask me. We met...and we parted ways several times. We
     hardly spoke at all, but I still felt a close bond with him...
     Back then, he was known by a different nae than the one people
     use now... ... The guy I'm searching for...is a war criminal."

[In the next screen:]

Jude: "Gawn, the guy you're looking for...you said he's a war
     criminal. Did he do something bad?"

Gawn: "... 'Bad?' Now that's a good question... ... Well let me ask
     you something, then. How would you define 'bad?'"

Jude: "Huh...?! Um...hmm...like...making trouble for people...Or the
     war that took place 10 years ago...Stuff like that..."

Gawn: "...The war...Yeah...A lotta blood, and a lotta tears...
     Pointless tragedies were repeated over and over again, all
     around the world. But, then again...was every single aspect of
     the war 'bad?'"

Jude: "..."

Gawn: "War itself is stupid and pointless. It's a tragedy that should
     never be repeated. But does that mean that all the soldiers who
     fought on the battlefield were 'bad' as well? ... There were
     those who stepped forward and took up arms to fight for the
     families they loved--fathers, mothers, wives, and children. And
     there were those who stepped forward and became shields to
     protect their friends and lovers, those they were grateful to,
     their homelands..."

Yulie: "..."

Arnaud: "..."

Raquel: "..."

Gawn: "The man I'm pursuing is known as a war criminal. But me? I
     don't think he's all that bad of a guy."

Jude: "How would YOU define 'bad,' Gawn?"

Gawn: "...It's when you fail to live up to the beliefs in your heart,
     your own moral code. Those who fail to folow their own beliefs
     should be ashamed to call themselves adults... ... That guy
     always lived and fought for what he believed in...There was
     nothin' he needed to be ashamed about... He was by far the
     coolest person I've ever known."

[In the third screen:]

Arnaud: "I get what you mean about 'bad' being related to looking
       shameful and pathetic... But what's 'good,' then? Does it
       have something to do with looking cool?"

Gawn: "...Who knows? But that's what I believe in. And believing
     is a part of being 'good.'"

Arnaud: "Huh?"

Gawn: "When you're lost in the darkness and feel like you're about
     to slip down the easy path, stop what you're doing and face
     your beliefs. Being good means never betraying those beliefs,
     no matter what the circumstances."

Arnaud: "But...they say there's no such thing as 'good' and 'evil'...
       Tossing those words around like that sounds pathetic--like
       you're trying to make yourself look good."

Gawn: " *laughter* Yeah... I thought the same thing when I was your
     age. I guess everybody probably does, huh? And they probably
     think that they're cool for thinking that way."

Arnaud: "..."

Gawn: "What to think is up to you...but 'good' really does exist.
     It's in your heart. It's okay to believe in it, and it's not
     a mistake to do so either."

Arnaud: "R...really...?"

Gawn: "For example... Say you saw someone dive into the water, with
     no regard for his own life, to save a drowning child. Wouldn't
     you say that was something good? Or is putting your own life
     in danger to rescue another, just an act of foolishness and
     nothing more?"

Arnaud: "..."

Raquel: "Although good and evil are hard to see and feel, that doesn't
       mean they don't exist. And though it may be hard to discern, I
       think the concept is a beautiful and precious thing."

Gawn: "It's important to ask questions about good and evil. That's how
     children expand their worldview and find their way along the
     path to adulthood. But if you just stop there, you'll always be
     a child. You can't grow up without first confronting your
     beliefs about what's right and what's not. And you gotta be
     responsible for what you believe in. See, growin' old doesn't
     automatically make you an adult. It just makes you old..."

Arnaud: "..."

Jude: "I worry about that sometimes...whether what I thought was right
     at the time was really right or not. Sometimes, I'd really worry
     that maybe there was no such thing as right or wrong. But after
     what you just said, I think I feel a little better. I don't want
     things to just end with me being scared and unable to do
     anything."

Gawn: "Well, it's not like I'm a paragon of adulthood that I should be
     lecturing other people about it, either."

[The party finally arrives at the exit.]

Jude: "...I wish all adults were as understanding and easy to talk
     to as you, Gawn..."

Gawn: "Hmm? Sounds like you're a regular kid after all. Come on,
     you can tell me what's on your mind. A little adult wisdom'll
     give you a big boost in growin' up."

Jude: "Okay...about our journey... ... We're on the run from some
     soldiers. I think they call themselves 'Brionac.'"

Gawn: "--BRIONAC?!"

Arnaud: "You don't have to yell..."

Raquel: "You've heard of Brionac?"

Gawn: "Ah, um...yeah, kind of...It sounds like you're in some serious
     trouble."

Jude: "Yeah...they're after Yulie. You don't like Brionac either,
     huh?"

Gawn: "I'm not sure 'like' is the right term for it. Let's just say
     they're a never-ending source of trouble for me, and leave it
     at that."

Jude: "What's wrong, Gawn? Why are you looking back?"

Gawn: "Ah, it's just...I'd rather not run into them... I just wanted
     to make sure they hadn't caught up with us... ... Look, I hate
     to wimp out on ya, but I think I better split."

Arnaud: "After everything you said, the moment you learn that we're
       up against soldiers, you run away?!"

Gawn: "I've got my own problems, too. C'mon, you understand, right...?
     Besides, it's not like I'm turnin' against you or anything. I'll
     always be on your side. And if you get in any kind of real
     trouble with Brionac, I promise I'll come and help you out."

Arnaud: "You're making that awfully hard to believe..."

Gawn: "What if I told you I want to protect the young lady who made
     that tasty meal? Is that more believable? In any case, I don't
     want you to go thinking all adults are your enemies."

Jude: "...Gawn...we'll meet again, right?"

Gawn: "...Yeah, of course."

Jude: "Then--"

Gawn: "No need to say goodbye, and we don't need to shake hands,
     either. Instead, at times like this-- This'll do for sayin'
     goodbye! And this'll do for shakin' hands!"

[Gawn and Jude lock elbows.]

Jude: "Gawn!"

Gawn: "Yeah!"

[Gawn leaves.]

Raquel: "Just as suddenly as he appeared, he's gone... He's loud,
       he's obnoxious, and he--"

Yulie: "He's a fun person, isn't he?"

Arnaud: "It sounds like he doesn't think things through very much.
       That's why he's always running around like that."

[On the world map, the route to the Platapana Passage opens.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 17. Platapana Passage                                          |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party enters the lava pits and fiery atmosphere of the Passage.]

Jude: "Do we really have to go through here to get to the train
     station...?"

Raquel: "According to the map, the path is blocked by several
       mountains and valleys. In order to reach our destination
       quickly, we'll have to take a roundabout route."

Yulie: "...?!"

Jude; "What's wrong, Yulie?!"

Yulie: "There's...something...and it's coming this way..."

Arnaud: "Oh, no...Don't tell me those Brionac people have already
       caught up with us...?"

Raquel: "No...this one is coming from...underground!"

[The party's attacked by a giant one-eyed lava fish.]

Jude: "Whoa! It's huge!"

Arnaud: "A monster up ahead...and Brionac to the rear... What are
       we supposed to do now?"

[The party defeats the Graboid (homage to Tremors?) and heads into
a room with giant flames.]

Tutorial: *When Jude triggers an explosion or trap, he'll be knocked
         back. Although he won't suffer any HP damage, his ACG will
         be depleted.

[The party continues onto a stairwell, and they spy Kresnik at the
bottom, waiting.]

Jude: "Isn't that Yulie's...brother?!"

[They go down there.]

Yulie: "Kresnik..."

Kresnik: "Come with me, Yulie...Filgaia's future needs you."

Jude: "You're Yulie's brother, right? Then why are you doing things
     that frighten her?"

Kresnik: "I'm grateful for you taking care of my sister this far.
        But I can't answer your question. This is strictly between
        siblings."

Jude: "Just because you're her big brother doesn't give you the
     right to be mean to her!"

Kresnik: "...Yulie, do you remember the promise I made to you,
        way back when? I told you I'd protect you, right? And even
        now, I haven't forgotten that vow. I want to protect the
        future of this world, in order to protect you..."

Yulie: "...Okay, I understand..."

Jude: "You're going with him, Yulie?!"

Yulie: "...But...just tell me one thing, Kresnik... ... Do you want
      me to come with you? Or is it someone else's idea...?"

Kresnik: "... Of course, it's...what I...want...as well..."

Jude: "If you really believe that you're protecting Yulie, you
     ought to be able to answer her question with confidence!
     Otherwise, she's just gonna get scared!"

[Jude takes out his ARM in the shape of a sword.]

Kresnik: "If you think you can gain everything without a single
        sacrifice...It's only illusion only children can fool
        themselves with.

[Kresnik takes out a giant ARM.]

Arnaud: "He assembled an ARM from the nanomachines? He can do that?"

Raquel: "Anoher...gene driver?!"

Yulie: "Kresnik, you're using an ARM?! But, how?! At the orphanage,
      neither you nor I...no one there was able to assemble an ARM
      from raw materials... None ever reached that category, and
      yet now, you have...?!"

Kresnik: "Even if it's only an illusion...I swear I'll keep the
        promise I made on that day...Even if I have to lose
        everything!"

Jude: "I made a promise, too...that I'd protect Yulie! And I'm not
     gonna let anyone lose anything, anymore!"

[Kresnik and Jude start to fight.]

Kresnik: "A nature born gene driver?! Yet, is that the extent of
        your ARM's power?!"

Jude: "Power isn't everything! My will to protect Yulie gives me
     strength!"

Kresnik: "Will alone won't suffice to protect her! Even the strongest
        convictions can sometimes be overcome with power."

Jude: "How can you believe that, if you're concerned for her safety?"

[Jude defeats Kresnik in battle.]

Kresnik: " *gasp* *groan* "

Jude: "Wha...what's wrong with him?"

Kresnik: "...Ah...argh..."

Yulie: "A Resistance Impulse?! No, it's different... His mind and
      body are rejecting the ARM... He's being...consumed...by the
      ARM?"

[Kresnik pushes her away and drops a bunch of pills, which he tries
to scoop up again.]

Yulie: "You're using drugs to...?! Kresnik, stop it! That'll only..."

Kresnik: "...Without them, a Category F like me couldn't even use a
        prototype ARM...I couldn't even obtain the power I need to
        protect my own sister!"

[Kresnik stands and stretches his hand out.]

Kresnik: "Please, come with me...Yulie...I have something I want to
        give you as well... So please..."

Yulie: "...I...I'm sorry I can't go with you... If you really needed
      me, I'm sure you would have taken my hand. But instead, you...
      ... I can't go with you...I don't want to go with you..."

[At the top of the stair, good ol' Tony and some soldier lackeys are
watching the entire scene.]

Recon Unit Leader Tony: "I finally found you! To think, you'd be
                       hiding in a hole like this!"

Arnaud: "Him again?! He just doesn't know when to quit, does he?"

Raquel: "Then we'll just have to take him down!"

Arnaud: "If we do that, the main pursuit force is sure to catch up
       with us! My razor-sharp mind tells me that in times like
       these, discretion is the better part of valor!"

Jude: "Yulie, we have to run!"

[Jude's party escapes with the soldiers on his heal. Tony walks
over to Kresnik.]

Recon Unit Leader Tony: "Well, if it isn't Brionac's Commander
                       Kresnik! We're the special recon team
                       assembled by the Congressional Knights. I'm
                       Corporal Tony, the one in charge of the unit!
                       *ha ha ha* Now that we've gotten this close,
                       there's no need for recon! I'm gonna capture
                       that girl and prove myself once and for all!
                       There's no need for you to trouble yourself
                       with trivial matters like this, Sir! Just
                       leave everything to us!"

[Tony salutes and runs off, leaving Kresnik to stand and think
about his actions against his sister. After progression through
some puzzles, the soldiers come upon the runaways.]

Arnaud: "Whoa! Did they somehow get ahead of us while we were
       busy dealing with the switches?!"

[The soldiers attack.]

Raquel: "So what do we do in situations when your razor-sharp
       intellect can't help us?"

Arnaud: "Why I let you handle it, of course!"

[The party steamrolls the soldiers and continues on to the exit.
Yulie lags behind.]

Jude: "Yulie, are you worried about Kresnik?"

Yulie: "..."

Jude: "I understand how you feel, but... Right now, I'm gonna keep
     pulling you along!"

[A cutscene at the Brionac Base takes place. The green doll and
the Red Doll are moping around. The Red Doll speaks first.]

Fiore: "With Scythe and Belial both gone, it's gotten so lonely."

Asia: "And Jeremy was taken to Illsveil...so he may never come back.
     And our master, Heath, was purged a long time ago..."

Fiore: "Brionac was once called Lambda's Elite, but now its
      reputation has been ruined."

Asia: "Now, Brionac only has eight members."

Fiore: "Wait...are you sure you're counting correctly?"

Asia: "Of course I am."

Fiore: "But Brionac's other name is 'Lambda's Elite.' And since
      'Lambda' means '11' in some ancient language, the name
      means the 'Elite 11.'"

Asia: "Really?"

Fiore: "Belial and the two of us aren't regular members so we don't
      count. That leaves..."

Asia: "Captain Lambda..The two Commanders, Kresnik and Farmel...
     Advisor Augst...And the remaining Lieutenants, Hugo, Balgaine,
     and Enil. Oh, I guess you're right. There are only seven left...
     Why is there one missing?"

Fiore: "I wonder if there really is an 11th member..."

Asia: "Was there someone like that...?"

Fiore: "The rumor I heard is that the 11th member is a trump card,
      unbeknownst even to the others. I wonder if it's true?"

[The cutscene ends and the icy mountain location of Neve d'Argento
opens up in the north.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 18. Neve d'Argento                                             |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party stops to look at a dazzling light display in the hills.]

Arnaud: " *Huff* *huff* *huff* We made it this far...Did we lose
       them...?"

Jude: "...What a mysterious looking night sky..."

Raquel: "Yes... It's called an aurora."

Jude: "I wish we could spend more time enjoying it. It's really
     pretty..."

Yulie: "...I'm sorry..."

Arnaud: "Don't worry about it. After all, it was my idea to run."

[In the second screen:]

Yulie: "...But even if we're able to run away from Brionac, does
      that really solve anything? By running away, I'm putting
      you all in danger..."

Jude: "What's wrong with running? I think that's the best thing
     we can do right now."

Raquel: "Yes. If it still bothers you, think of it this way...
       You're not running away, you're hurrying toward your
       destination. We're headed for Buckeye Station which is
       further up this road."

Yulie: "...I'm sorry...You're doing this all for my sake..."

[In the last screen:]

Jude: "Snow is cold and it hurts...but it also sparkles like silver.
     It's really pretty."

Raquel: "Yeah. It can be harsh on people, but it also has a cold,
       solemn beauty. Not all the beautiful things in this world
       are warm or gentle."

Jude: "What made you decide to go on a journey to see the remaining
     beauty of Filgaia, Raquel?"

Arnaud: "Yeah, I'd like to know, too. How can you go on a journey
       that won't make you any money?"

Raquel: "... My hometown was a cold, industrial place--as far away
       from beautiful as you can get. My final memories of it were
       roaring noise, waves of heat, shattered ground, and--...All
       my eyes could see was a world of ugliness. I left my hometown,
       and since then I've been seeking out whatever beauty I could
       find. I keep hoping that if I come across beauty in my
       travels, it'll help wash away those ugly memories..."

Arnaud: "..."

[As the party leaves Neve d'Argento, a cutscene on the Silver Star
Express' VIP Guest room takes place again.]

Lambda: "We've received word from the excavation team. The first
       stage of excavating the Divine Weapon beneath Illsveil is
       complete. The research team will begin analyzing it in order
       to get it operational. We would very much appreciate your
       assistance."

Ethelda: "It wasn't originally intended to be used as a weapon."

Lambda: "Yes, you Global Union scientists were researching
       nanomachines in order to repair the environmental damage
       caused by the war. 'Ambient-Reorganization-Material.' The
       research was intended to heal Filgaia's wounds, using swarms
       of virus-sized microscopic machines."

Ethelda: "If you think of the world as a single organism, you could
        say that it's mortally wounded and close to death. It needs
        to be revived. Eventually, the damaged environment will make
        it impossible for humans to live there."

Lambda: "That troubles me, as well."

Ethelda: "..."

Lambda: "The Ambient Reorganization Material project was near
       completion. However, continued research was not possible
       because the national budget, long depleted by the war, was
       unable to support it. So that in turn led to..."

Ethelda: "Yes...The research of our research was handed over to the
        military. In hopes of continuing our research, we agreed to
        aid them--but we ended up destroying the environment, rather
        than restoring it. But we still believed that someday, the
        fruit of our labor would fulfill its original purpose..."

Lambda: "Fueled by the massive defense budget, the Ambient
       Reorganization Material project was completed, with little
       regard for your anguish. The official project name was an
       abbreviation of its name--ARM."

Ethelda: "ARM...A word that also means 'weapon.' They couldn't have
        possibly come up with anything more insulting."

Augst: "My apologies for the interruption."

Lambda: "I expected you'd show up about now."

Ethelda: (Augst?!)

Augst: "If you've surmised the purpose of my visit, that'll make
      things go faster, and if you will allow me to be succinct
      as well. Might I ask you to explain why you disregarded the
      plan I drew up for the pursuit of the children? Previously,
      I urged you to concentrate our forces on this matter. But it
      appears that you went ahead and issued orders for the
      Lieutenants to deploy separately. I am unable to comprehend
      the reasoning behind your actions."

Lambda: "I examined your proposal and found no flaws with it...I'm
       well aware of its merits. The order to deploy the Lieutenants
       separately came directly from the High Council."

Augst: "... Knowing that we've already lost one Lieutenant, why would
      the High Council issue such an order? Not only does it lower
      the chances of a successful mission, it also needlessly
      increases the likelihood that our force is further reduced."

Lambda: "Judging by what we can see, you are certainly correct.
       However... The High Council has stated that this is just
       another step in the process of bringing the Future Conception
       Project to fruition. Moreover, if those in power wield it as
       they please, it's the same as despotism--a select few ruling
       the masses. Behaving in the same manner as the Global Union
       will not bring about popular rule. And though it may increase
       the risk to us, all 11 members of Brionac, including myself,
       are tools that exist to build the future of this planet. If
       we are to bring a better future to Filgaia, we must gladly
       allow ourselves to be used."

Augst: "... I still don't understand what the High Council is
      thinking, but if this is your decision Captain, I will support
      it. I will now assume the operation."

[Augst leaves.]

Lambda: "I apologize for the interruption."

Ethelda: "You spoke of the planet's future just now...yet how much
        of it is the truth?"

[Lambda closes his eyes for a moment before yelling.]

Lambda: "What could a false heart possibly accomplish? Never could
       it pierce the dark clodus that seal our world's future! If
       is for the sake of mankind's future, I would not hesitate
       to make the entire world my enemy...!

Ethelda: "He's weeping...?"

[The cutscene ends. On the world map, the path heads east to the
Cerulean Tunnel.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 19. Cerulean Tunnel                                            |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party arrives in the tunnel.]

Raquel: "According to the map, this tunnel runs right under the
       river. The shortest route is to good thought it..."

Arnaud: "Now why did they dig a tunnel through here? If they wanted
       to get across the river, there are more efficient methods,
       such as boats and bridges..."

Jude: "There must've been a good reason why they couldn't use those
     methods. Boy, you sure do like to complain, don't you Arnaud..."

Arnaud: "Well, that's not my only complaint. This sort of route
       doesn't leave us with any options to choose from. It's
       definitely bad for us when we're on the run, and it's good
       for those people that are chasing us..."

Yulie: "..."

Raquel: "Our pursuers are showing up shortly?"

Arnaud: "That, or they might already be here, lying in wait for us."

Jude: "Well, whatever the case, we can't just stand around here. Look
     at the bright side--if we don't have many paths to choose from,
     it'll be harder to get lost!"

[The party continues until they see a crank in the ground.]

Tutorial: *Press the (X) button to grab a handle, then rotate the
         cylinder by pressing the directional buttons.

[The party continues into a smaller section of the tunnels. A man
runs back through towards them, from a giant monster chasing it.]

Raquel: "Is it the Brionac?!"

Jude: "No, it's not them!"

Gawn: "Yeah, I'm not the one you should be afraid of! He is!"

[The party starts to fight the monster chasing Gawn.]

Arnaud: "So why do we have to baby-sit him?"

Jude: "He's in trouble, we have to help him."

Raquel: "It seems those that need the most help are often reluctant
       to lend a hand themselves."

Arnaud: "Are you talking about me?"

Raquel: "I was just making a general statement."

Jude: " *laughter* "

Yulie: "I don't think this is the best time for joking around. It's
      definitely coming after us now!"

[The party slays the monster.]

Jude: "Gawn! What are you doing here?!"

Gawn: "This is the only way to get across this river. Why else would
     I be here? Mind you, I didn't plan on a little accident makin'
     me run back the way I came..."

Raquel: "You're traveling alone with no means to defend yourself?"

Gawn: "I told you I'm no good at fightin', remember? I'm also good
     at eatin' tasty food, but really suck at makin' it. Well, you
     know how it is..."

Yulie: "I see...but..."

Arnaud: "Do you always go around getting others to help you out like
       this? You're something else..."

Jude: "But you're not all that different from himn either, Arnaud..."

Arnaud: "He, shut up, kid!"

Gawn: "By the way...are you all still heading for Buckeye Station?"

Jude: "Yeah...and it looks like we were able to shake those Brionac
     guys off our trail, too..."

Gawn: "...I see...What if...instead of chasing after you, they were
     waitin' for you to show up? Would you still head for Buckeye?"

Jude: "...Yeah, I don't know of any other way to take Yulie to
     somewhere safe. So no, I don't think I'd stop moving forward."

Gawn: "You're nothin' but a kid, but ya sure don't talk like one...
     Actually, that single-minded dedication might be somethin' we
     all had as children..."

Jude: "...?"

Gawn: "All right. I'm gonna tag along with you kids for a while!"

Jude: "Really?!"

Gawn: "Well, to be honest...I don't think I could get past the next
     part on my own... I think it just may be in my own best
     interest, then again, maybe not..."

Arnaud: "Hmph, I should have known..."

Raquel: "Well, it's not as if it's a real big surprise."

Gawn: "We'll have a good time together! But there'll be no fightin'
     for me! *ha ha*"

Jude: " *heh heh* "

Arnaud: " *sigh* Not a care in the world, for these guys..."

[Soon, the party comes to an underground tunnel beneath the river
from which they can see up into the water.]

Yulie: "I can't believe there really is a path beneath the river..."

Gawn: "So whaddaya think? Impressive, huh?"

Arnaud: "I don't get why you're so proud of it..."

Raquel: "Does it really matter? You ought to be used to him by now..."

Jude: "Oh, by the way, Arnaud...you were saying that you didn't
     understand why they built a tunnel beneath the river, right?"

Arnaud: "Exactly. Especially when a boat or a bridge would've clearly
       been easier and less expensive."

Gawn: "Boats can't cross, and they can't build a bridge, either. You
     wanna know why? There's a monster...the king of the river, if
     you will. He destroys every boat that tries to cross and every
     bridge that they try to build."

Raquel: "What's that?!"

[They see a giant red fish outside.]

Arnaud: "Is that him?!"

Gawn: "It's pretty big...Yeah, it looks like..."

[A blue shark-like monster ten times the size eats the red one.]

Jude: "No, I think that other bigger one over there, is the king..."

Arnaud: "Whoa...uh, I think we'll want to avoid fighting THAT guy..."

Gawn: "It looks like his Majesty's had his fill for now. Let's get
     movin' while the gettin's good! There's no way we can fight
     somethin' like that..."

[In the room past the tunnel, Jude presses a switch. Gawn 'removes'
himself from the party and walks out.]

Gawn: "Looks like we've hit an obstacle of sorts, so maybe it's time
     I showed off some of the wisdom and resourcefulness that comes
     with age."

Jude: "You're gonna help us?!"

Gawn: "Well the doctor did say I ought to limit helping others to no
     more than five times a year, but it looks like I don't have
     much of a choice."

Jude: "Gawn...what you need is a shrink, not a doctor. Let's just get
     this started, okay?"

Gawn: "Heh, you may be a kid, but you sure know how to handle people,
     just like an adult..."

Jude: " *heh heh* "

Gawn: "You can activate the switches up ahead just by stomping on
     'em, but the darn things turn off as soon as you step off. So,
     while you're standing on a switch, I'll go down the other
     route."

Jude: "And then, when you're standing on a switch, we'll move forward
     on this side. Teamwork here too, huh? Sounds like fun. Let's
     give it a try."

Gawn: "You're pretty sharp, kid. All right, then, let's get rollin'.
     The path goes straight to the right, but some of the floor
     panels are missing. To make 'em reappear, we'll have to use the
     switches."

Jude: "Even if we turn the switches on, they'll turn off again after
     awhile, which means..."

Gawn: "Bingo! You're getting pretty good at guessing at what comes
     next. That's the sign of an experienced traveler, you know."

Jude: "I don't know what these switches are for, but we keep running
     into them everywhere we go. You'd think it would be inconvenient
     for the people who built them..."

Gawn: "Hey, if you got the time to complain, you've got time to get
     movin'. I'm getting kinda bored with just standing around."

[Gawn and Jude run through and press the switches. At the end:]

Gawn: "We need to hit the switches on both sides, at the same time."

[They hit 'em at the same time.]

Gawn: "I gotta say, these switches are a serious pain. What the heck
     are they for, anyway?"

[The next room has a series of switches, too.]

Jude: "Not this setup again..."

Gawn: "Hey, I'm the one who should be complaining! I ain't so young
     no more, so don't make me work any harder than I have to, all
     right?"

Jude: "Gawn...you know, this is a good opportunity for you to quit
     smoking."

Gawn: "What? Oh, this thing I got in my mouth? This ain't a cigarette,
     it's a freeze-dried noodle."

Jude: "What?!"

Gawn: "This particular type of noodle is high in nutritional value,
     and easy to digest. In other words, it's a great source of
     energy--What? You on a low-carb diet or something?"

Jude: "I can't believe what's coming out of your mouth. A freeze-dried
     noodle? Come on..."

Gawn: "Hmm...well, you know how it goes. I'll tell you all about it
     when you grow up. Alright, let's get started! Same as the last
     time!"

[They run through the course and get to a similar switch setup.]

Gawn: "That look on your face...you're thinking, 'Not again,' aren't
     ya? Well we don't have a choice, all right? It's not like I'm
     doing this for my health, ya know!"

[They press the switches concurrently.]

Gawn: "All I can say is that the bathroom better not have the same
     setup."

[Soon, a third room with switches comes into view.]

Gawn: "Man, this is the third one already... Hmm...although this
     one looks exactly the same as the others, we might have some
     trouble getting past it..."

Jude: "How can you tell?!"

Gawn: "The punchline always comes the third time around. It's a
     classic technique in comedy. Don't worry, if it looks like
     there ain't no punchline, I'll come up with one myself!"

Jude: "We're perfectly fine without one! Let's just get through this
     like we've been doing so far, okay?"

Gawn: "Boy, oh boy, what a tough crowd. I'd love to put on a funnier
     show for ya, kid, but I'm afraid I'm a bit out of practice."

Jude: "Don't quit your day job, okay? It's hard enough just trying
     to work with you on this..."

Gawn: "So, that's how it's gonna be, huh? Fine, then! I'm gonna do
     things at my own pace, so you just match me as best as you can."

Jude: "So now you're forcing us to work with you? Nothing you've been
     saying is making any sense!"

Gawn: "It wouldn't be me if it were any other way, right? If you've
     got time to flap your gums, move your butt instead!"

[The party crosses to the set of switches they're familiar with, now.]

Gawn: "Ya think you got it bad? You're still at an age where you don't
     look like an idiot jumping on those switches. But me? I'm 30
     years old...uh, that is if you rounded down. I'm old enough to
     have people staring at me like I'm crazy for doing something
     like this! But I'm still here, giving it my all, so try to be a
     bit more cheerful, will ya?"

[They press the switches at the same time.]

Gawn: "I'd hope that was the last one..."

[The party comes to an elevator, but it jams as it rises.]

Yulie: "Hmm...? It stopped moving... It looks like this elevator's
      broken..."

Raquel: "We can't get any further this way."

Jude: "It's times like these when a razor-sharp mind comes in really
     handy!"

Arnaud: "Hey, don't expect my razor-sharp mind to conveniently come
       and save you every time you get in hot water."

Gawn: "Hey, I've got a good idea! Why don't ya leave it to me."

Jude: "All right, Gawn! So what's your plan?"

Gawn: "First, we eat! My brain gets weak when I'm feeling hungry!"

Jude: "Didn't Arnaud say something along those lines a little while
     back?"

Raquel: "Fundamentally, they're no different. In about 15 years or
       so, Arnaud will probably turn out just like Gawn."

Arnaud: "I'm already an adult, so I won't be any different than I
       am now!"

[Gawn eats his fill and falls asleep.]

Jude: "That was delicious. Thanks, Yulie!"

Yulie: "It was the least I could do, after all that everyone has
      done for me... I just wish it wasn't the only thing I could
      do..."

Jude: "Don't say that, Yulie!"

Yulie: "I always feel as though I'm taking advantage of everyone's
      kindness..."

[Yulie looks at Gawn.]

Yulie: "His snoring...is incredible! It's like thunder... It might be
      a bit difficult to talk with all that noise in the background."

Jude: " *ha ha* "

Arnaud: "...He went out like a light, the moment he had satisfied his
       appetite."

Raquel: "You'd be hard-pressed to find even a wild animal that
       behaves that simply..."

Arnaud: "C'mon Gawn, it's time to wake up! We can't lounge around
       forever."

Gawn: "Hmm? Oh...are we goin' already?"

Arnaud: "'Going?' The elevator's still broken, remember? Where
       exactly do you plan on going to?"

Gawn: "Up, of course. That's where the exit is, and beyond that is
     your destination, Buckeye."

Raquel: "But how...?"

Gawn: "Jump on top of me, and I'll boost you up! That should be
     enough to get you up there, right?"

Jude: "You mean jump up...and step on you?!"

Gawn: "Yeah...pretty much."

Jude: "No way! We couldn't do something like that..."

Gawn: "But there's no other way, right? So we don't have much of a
     choice..."

Jude: "But then, you'll be..."

Gawn: "Aw don't worry, I'm not in a hurry anyway. Besides, it's me
     we're talking about here. I'll come up with somethin'! Yulie's
     home cooking recharged me, so let's hurry up and do this before
     all that energy goes to waste!"

Jude: "..."

Gawn: "Jude, children always go on to surpass adults and stride into
     the future. So there's no need for hesitation. Use me as your
     stepping stone! After all, you're not gonna just stop here,
     right?!"

Jude: "...All right...I'll give it a try!"

[Jude's launched onto a platform by Gawn's strength.]

Gawn: "Hurry up and go! As long as you keep running at full speed
     ahead you'll always grow stronger--today more than yesterday,
     and tomorrow more than today!"

Jude: "Thanks, Gawn!"

Gawn: "Ehh, don't mention it."

[The party continues to the exit, but a man with unruly hair (earlier
addressed as 'Confident Man') blocks the way. He wields two swords.]

Hugo: "I've been waiting for you children... I'm Hugo, a member of
     Lambda's Elite--the Brionac Forces. My first priority is to
     complete the mission, but...I also wanted to see for myself
     this power that defeated a Brionac Lieutenant. Is your strength
     due to the ARM's power? Or is it because you, yourself, are a
     warrior fit to wield the ARM...? Come, face off against ME, and
     we'll figure out the truth! En garde!"

[Hugo advances and, suddenly, he's right in front of Jude, swinging
his sword. Raquel's quick blade blocks the attack, and Hugo jumps
into the air, throwing his swords at Jude. Raquel rises up to meet
him.]

Raquel: "You tossed away your weapons!"

[She swings her sword, but Hugo's body isn't even there anymore--it's
launching downwards to reclaim his weapons.]

Arnaud: "He avoided Raquel's weapon by instantaneously changing his
       position! What, does he have the ability to move faster than
       the eye can see?!"

Jude: "If this is a contest of speed, then he's not the only one who
     can compete!"

[Jude uses his Accelerator to meet Hugo on his descent, but Hugo
'teleports' behind Jude and kicks him in the rear.]

Hugo: "Your Accelerator enables super-fast movement by overclocking
     your biological time. That speed can be a powerful weapon in
     virtually any situation. However... Extreme acceleration though
     it may be, it's still subject to the laws of physics. There's
     no way it can match movement that has been completely liberated
     from those same constraints..."

[Hugo picks up his swords.]

Hugo: "They call me 'System Chronos'... My ability is to compress
     the flow of time, allowing me, and me alone to move amidst
     high-density time which is practically standing still... Do you
     understand? No matter how much you accelerate, when I compress
     time, your speed approaches zero! The super-speed ability of
     your Accelerator is completely powerless before System Chronos.
     You shall never surpass me!"

Jude: "My power's not enough...? Is this too much for a kid like me
     to handle...? What should I do?"

Hugo: "Now that you amateurs have seen just how powerless you are,
     it's time to hand over Ms. Ahtreide. That's the mission I was
     assigned to, and it's your only chance if you hope to survive."

Raquel: "I see...time compression. That's an impressive ability no
       doubt, but as you can see, we're still standing. Don't you
       think it's a bit premature for you to be claiming a victory?"

Hugo: "I don't enjoy pointless killing...but if you're going to
     resist, you leave me no choice..."

[Hugo attacks, but Raquel blocks all of his strikes.]

Hugo: "Huh?! That's not possible! My sword attacks executed within
     compressed time...she blocked them all?!"

Raquel: "'System Chronos'...It would appear that time continues to
       move during the moment of your attack, and that is the weak
       point of your ability! If we exist in the same moment in time
       together, even if it's only for a split second, you'll never
       escape my blade. Follow the flow, align the blade, show no
       hesitation...and strike with full power!"

Arnaud: "We're winning!"

[Hugo goes to attack again, but Raquel coughs a bit.]

Raquel: " *cough* *hack* "

[She still manages to repel Hugo's onslaught, though.]

Hugo: "What a fearsome swordswoman! Yet it looks as though you're
     not in the best of health. This battle is mine!"

Jude: "Raquel, what's wrong?!"

Raquel: "Don't worry about me! Worry about yourself!"

Jude: "What?!"

Raquel: "Just because your Accelerator's been defeated, it doesn't
       mean you're helpless. Believe in your fight...Believe in
       yourself!"

Jude: "Believe in...myself?"

Raquel: "That's right! Confidence will make you strong! Believe in
       yourself and step forward!"

Jude: "... ... Hey, over here! Why don't you try me on for size!"

[Jude whizzes around Hugo before leaping in the air.]

Arnaud: "Jude just doesn't get it! Even if he uses his Accelerator,
       he'll still get caught by the compressed time!"

Yulie: "Jude?! No!"

Hugo: "You may be able to use ARMs, but you're still just an
     amateur...Looks like it was foolish of me to have such high
     expectations!"

[Hugo appears behind the airborne Jude, but his blows strike Jude's
ARM in the form of a shield, doing nothing.]

Jude: "I didn't rush out...I pulled him in!"

Hugo: "He predicted that I'd go behind him, and chose instead to
     block me with his shield...Did this kid just get the better of
     me?!"

[Jude's shield turns into a gun which blasts Hugo across the room.]

Jude: "I'm gonna believe in this power. I promised that I'd protect
     Yulie with it! Now, c'mon! We've gotta give it our all!"

[The battle with Hugo starts.]

Hugo: "This isn't...possible."

Raquel: "Raquel told me to believe in myself, so I trusted in the
       Accelerator and my ARM..."

Arnaud: "What? Our fate's in the balance and that's all it's resting
       on?"

[Jude attacks, but Hugo simply appears in an adjacent HEX.]

Tutorial: *Hugo's special ability, 'System Chronos,' enables him to
         move to another HEX before an opponent's attack hits, thus
         nullifying it. It might seem like an unstoppable ability,
         but it must have some sort of weakness. Find the gaps in
         his ability and claim victory.

[The party traps Hugo so he can't dodge attacks and they defeat him.]

Hugo: "How did...that kid...overcome...the time compression?"

Jude: "Even when you stopped time, you couldn't stop our progress
     forward! We won't let time stand still...To be more than we
     were yesterday...and continue down that path into tomorrow.
     No one can stop us, except ourselves."

Hugo: "...I wasn't defeated...by some amateur kid... ... I lost...to
     a full-fledged warrior... You've bested me...As a warrior, I
     acknowledge defeat... Go now...the road you must take stretches
     into the future...

[Hugo dies (?) and the party runs out of the Tunnel. On the world
map, the Autumn River opens up a little ways away.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 20. Autumn River                                               |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[A cutscene in the Silver Star Express' VIP Guest Room starts when
the August River's first selected.]

Lambda: "The development of ARMs proceeded in a direction far from
       its creators' original intent, and it was eventually completed
       as a weapon. An ARM cluster is a swarm of virus-sized machines
       that respond to the psychic commands of the user. In other
       words the will of the user can instantly organize the cluster
       into a variety of shapes and uses. Its destructive power is
       comparable to a warship cannon, and when the limiter is
       disengaged, the records reflect that its precise output is
       beyond measurement. According to unofficial accounts, it may
       be on the same level as that terrible nuclear weapon...
       Grauswein."

Ethelda: "But as a weapon, they had one fatal flaw... ARMs weren't
        weapons that just anyone could handle, so the number of
        people who could wield them was severely limited. Only those
        with heightened senses and psychic ability could operate
        them, and even then, to a limited degree. They were never
        able to tap into the full theoretical power... Even when
        those without combat training tried to use them, they were
        unable to control them."

Lambda: "So a great limitation was placed upon the ARMs' astonishing
       capabilities...Was this perhaps of your doing?"

Ethelda: "..."

Lambda: "Despite that, the Global Union did not abandon their plans
       for deploying ARMs on the battlefield. They moved on to the
       second stage of their plan. If normal human beings couldn't
       control ARMs, then they would simply have to build ones that
       could... They attempted to induce artificial viral evolution
       in the human species. The result was the birth of a single
       super-soldier, whose genes were modified by nanotechnology.
       He drew forth even greater power from ARMs than was predicted,
       bending them to his every whim and became a Black Reaper of
       death on the battlefield... It was the birth of a man who
       would eventually be heralded as a hero."

Ethelda: "..."

Lambda: "And now...the former 'hero' is called a war criminal."

Ethelda: "He lost his life in the nightmare that was Verklarung.
        'Hero' and 'war criminal' are names from that bygone era.
        There's no need to keep them alive."

Lambda: "...The accident during the experiment at Verklarung, within
       the Congressional Knights' territory, can only be described
       as a tragedy. Many lives were lost, but considering the scale
       of the accident, even more lives were saved. Saved by a
       miracle brought about by the hero of the Global Union, who
       laid down his life for the enemy."

Ethelda: "..."

Lambda: "He averted disaster not only for his own country, but that
       of his enemy, too. He was truly a hero amongst heroes. ...
       What if that hero were still alive today?"

Ethelda: "What...?!"

Lambda: "At this time, it's nothing more than a rumor, but it won't
       be long until the truth is verified. Even as we speak, my
       friend is chasing down that rumor."

[The cutscene ends. At the Autumn River, the party sees Gawn looking
out into the water.]

Jude: "Gawn!"

Gawn: "Yo!"

Yulie: "You made it safely."

Gawn: "Just after we split, I stumbled across a hidden passage. *heh*
     Looks like I got ahead of you guys."

Arnaud: "Unbelievable...We had a hell of a time getting here, you
       know."

Gawn: "Aww gimme a break, will ya? I've got my own problems trying
     to complete this job."

Jude: "That's right, you mentioned you were trying to find someone,
     right?"

Gawn: "Yeah."

Jude: "It looks like we're heading in the same direction once again...
     Could it be that the person you're looking for, is where we're
     headed?"

Gawn: "...If so, then...tell me, where exactly are you all headed?"

Jude: "Huh?!"

Gawn: "I don't mean Buckeye Station. I mean, once you get on a train
     there, what kind of a world do you want to head to?"

Jude: "...I won't really know until the time comes but...I hope we
     can get to a place where no one has to fight anymore."

Gawn: "I see...The guy I'm looking for isn't likely to be where you're
     headed then. He was always smack dab in the middle of a
     battlefield."

Jude: "You really think so? I don't think anyone really wants to hurt
     other people... I'm sure he wants peace, too...even if he's a
     hero...even if he's a war criminal..."

Gawn: "Why don't we stick together until our paths split again,
     Jude..."

Jude: "Yeah..."

[In the second screen:]

Jude: "Why are you trying to find this person, Gawn?"

Gawn: "...Hmm, I guess it's because there are a lot of things I want
     to ask him. Like what he thought of being called a hero during
     the war...? And why would someone whom everyone called a hero
     do what he did...? For that matter, was he really even
     involved...? ... Still...even if I do catch him, I may not be
     able to get him to tell me everything."

Jude: "Why not?"

Gawn: "Because adults are cowardl, selfish, and without honor...And
     because we're unable to live without lying."

Jude: "...Do you lie too, Gawn...?"

Gawn: "Yep, I sure do. Like, even when I'm hungry, I try to act like
     I'm fine."

Jude: " *laughter* "

Gawn: "So, even if I catch the guy I'm after, I may not be able to
     get any answers from him. But I'm not about to let that stop
     me from chasing him."

Jude: "..."

Gawn: "The war is over...We can't keep dragging it out. This era
     has no need for heroes. If he wants peace like you say, then he
     should feel the same way."

[In the third screen:]

Gawn: "Shortly before the end of the war...in a town within the
     Congressional Knights territory...there was a storm of terrible
     destruction. An overwhelming blast of heat and energy seared,
     melted, and crushed the buildings...And took countless lives,
     burning and devouring all in its path. In the eye of that storm
     a single man remained... It was supposedly the man I'm after."

Raquel: "...?!"

Gawn: "Even today, nobody knows what really happened in that town.
     But... People whisper that this man may have been responsible...
     If that's really true...Then I want to ask this warrior, this
     man who was once called a 'hero,' why he took the lives of
     innocents."

Jude: "So that's the reason behind your journey... But, what town
     did this happen in...?"

Gawn: "Its name, its very existence...everything about it was buried.
     There are very few who--"

Raquel: "...Verklarung..."

Gawn: "...?! You...know it?"

Raquel: "No matter how hard they try to erase it, they cannot bury
       the hearts of those who once lived there, and survived..."

Gawn: "...One of the few survivors... Please, tell me! What happened
     in that town?! Why was he there?!"

Raquel: "Hold on! Please...I was less than 10 years old at the time.
       Besides, there's no way anyone could know the whole truth
       behind such massive destruction."

Gawn: "Ah...Yeah, that's true...But, please! Tell me anything,
     anything you remember about it...anything at all!"

Raquel: "All I remember is suddenly being crushed by a collapsing
       building. The next time I opened my eyes, I saw a man in
       black who looked like Death himself..."

Gawn: "What was he doing?!"

Raquel: "He stood alone inside a sea of rubble, yelling at the sky.
       That's all that I remember. When I finally regained
       consciousness, I found myself laying in a hospital bed..."

Gawn: "I see..."

Raquel: "I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help."

Gawn: "No, I'm the one who should apologize. I didn't mean to, but
     I wound up digging up your past..."

Jude: "Raquel..."

Raquel: "I wasn't trying to keep it hidden, but it's not a very
       beautiful memory. Besides, there never was a good opportunity
       to bring it up, anyway."

Jude: "I understand..."

[The party continues down a ways when Jude sees a dog in a box
floating in the river. He uses his Accelerator to snatch it from
its ride, but as he jumps back on land, he almost falls in himself.
A man in black catches his hand as he falls.]

Jude: "Thanks mister."

Man in Black: "I saw you rush out to rescue the dog... I intended to
             do so myself, but it looks like you beat me to it."

[The two shake hands, but as they do so, Jude sees a flashback of
the man he's shaking hands with. In a sea of rubble, the man looks
around from the destruction and fires an...ARM towards the sky?!]

Jude: "Wh..what was that...? Just now...something flashed through my
     head, and... ... Were those your..."

[Jude looks behind him and sees his party running to him.]

Jude: "Guys! Guys, this man, he...?! Oh..."

[The man's already walking away with the dog.]

Jude: "I hadn't even thanked him yet..."

Gawn: "Jude...What happened here?"

Jude: "Hmm...? I was trying to rescue the puppy, but I got rescued
     instead and--When I shook hands with him, these strange images
     flashed through my head, and--Gawn...? What's wrong?"

Gawn: "That guy...It's him, the former hero. The war criminal...The
     man I'm chasing!"

[The party runs after him a ways.]

Gawn: "Looks like this is where we part ways...I have to follow my
     own path."

Jude: "Gawn...That guy...he's..."

Gawn: "Yeah, I know. He's not a bad guy. I know that. That's why I--
     Well...it's because he and I both want the same thing...peace.
     That's why I have to go."

Jude: "Yeah."

Gawn: "See ya, kid. We'll meet again someday since all paths cross
     at some point.

[Another cutscene takes place in the Brionac Base. The woman in blue
from before is talking.]

Enil: "Fiore and Asia should be making contact with the targets
     soon..."

[The Man in Shades from before is also present.]

Balgaine: "Heath's pet dolls...I've heard that his deviant obsession
         breathed life into those two puppets. I can't understand
         the attraction. The very idea is disgusting."

Enil: "'Invisible Stalker'...that was the name of Heath's special
     ability. He was unable to love anyone, not even himself, so he
     erased his existence from the perception of others. He became
     completely invisible, undetectable by any human sense or even
     machine. The only things he loved were Fiore and Asia. It's
     hardly a surprise that the dollrs returned his affections."

Balgaine: "A miracle born from the obsession of one who never knew
         love...Like I said, it's a disturbing thought."

Enil: "I wouldn't expect you to understand...not that I completely
     understand it myself."

Balgaine: "But I do understand how great a loss it was to lose Heath.
         He was a fearsome warrior, and his 'Invisible Stalker' was
         a terrifying ability...But why was Heath purged? I heard he
         somehow incurred Captain Lambda's disfavor..."

Enil: "The 'Invisible Stalker' was to blame. Although Heath existed,
     he had no form to speak of. The contradiction in logic of
     existing yet not existing, ended up twisting his psyche."

Balgaine: "Don't beat around the bush. You're saying his invisibility
         made him lose sight of his honor as a member of Brionac?
         What did he do? Did he leak secrets? Commit espionage...?"

Enil: "No, nothing like that. Just eavesdropping and spying on
     people...specifically, the female staff members."

Balgaine: "A Lieutenant of the proud Brionac Forces committed such
         base acts?! Unthinkable!"

Enil: "Behind the hearts of no small number of people lurks a dark
     and filthy side. Even if they project an image of nobility,
     honesty, and goodness, the same is not necessarily true with
     regard to their hearts. Physical existence acts as a lid that
     not only hides but restrains that darkness from coming forth.
     Remove that existence, and all that would normally be kept
     hidden spills out."

Balgaine: "That darkness is the weakness in people's hearts. The
         Captain detests weakness...I can understand why he'd
         eliminate Heath."

Enil: "But weakness is a burden that we all carry. Can Captain
     Lambda lead us into the future?"

[On the world map, the path to the Mim'krilu Skyway appears.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 21. Mim'krilu Skyway                                           |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party comes to the skyway, which floats high above the earth.]

Arnaud: "Floating steps that connect one peak to another...It's like
       a bridge which exists between heaven and earth..."

Raquel: "Accompanying Jude on this journey has given us the
       opportunity to visit so many sights that we'd normally
       never be able to see.

Yulie: "I'm sorry, Raquel... It's my fault everyone got dragged into
      this, and you don't have time to truy enjoy the sights..."

Raquel: "Ah...no, that's not what I meant..."

Jude: "You're always apologizing, Yulie. You've got to keep in mind
     that we're doing what we want to do. When you're apologizing
     all the time like that, I worry that we're the ones bothering
     you, instead of helping you."

Yulie: "I'm sorry..."

Jude: "Yulie..."

Yulie: "..."

Raquel: "Jude, don't you go making things hard for her. I don't
       mind, okay, Yulie?"

Arnaud: "I don't mind, either. After all, I really WAS dragged into
       all this."

Yulie: "..."

Jude: "Arnaud! How can you say something like that? Yulie's our
     friend!"

Raquel: " *sigh* Even after all that we've been through, it isn't
       about to get any easier... Let's head towards Buckeye. Once
       we arrive, we'll have plenty of time to enjoy the scenery."

[The party continues on until they see a mesh-wire screen hanging
overhead.]

Tutorial: *If Jude comes in contact with a metal grating while
         jumping, he will grab and hang from it. Press the
         directional buttons to move while hanging. When hanging
         from the edge of a metal grating, press the (/\) button
         to flip up on top of it.

[The party continues until they're attacked by a bunch of monsters
all at once.]

Jude: "There are so many of them!"

Arnaud: "We can't take on all of them!"

Raquel: "We don't have a choice! C'mon!"

[The party defeats the twelve enemies, but four more loads of
monsters warp in.]

Arnaud: "Not again! They just won't quit, will they?"

Raquel: "You're getting too far ahead of everyone. You need to work
       with us to take them out!"

Arnaud: "No, if we split up and hit them individually, we'll get
       past them much faster! Always keep your mind as sharp as a
       razor!"

Raquel: "You're getting carried away!"

Jude: "Hey, is splitting up and fighting also a form of teamwork?!"

[Arnaud attacks one of the monsters that warped in.]

Arnaud: "What the...? It's not like the others!?"

[Arnaud defeats the Spriggan and Raquel attacks one of the monsters
that warped in, too.]

Raquel: "So the others were just decoys? To get us to let our guard
       down?"

[Raquel defeats the Spriggan and Jude's turn comes up.]

Jude: "We'll do what we can, but it looks like Yulie may be in
     danger."

[Jude defeats his monster and Yulie's turn comes up. She's heavily
outnumbered.]

Yulie: "Am I...the one they're after?"

[The party comes to Yulie's rescue and defeats the monsters.]

Arnaud: "Damn, I totally blew it...It's my fault we...Argh!"

Voice: "How pathetic...Despite all your bragging, your razor-sharp
      mind didn't do much good, did it?"

[They turn around to find Heath's pet dolls, Fiore and Asia, making
their entrance.]

Raquel: "Dolls?! Are they a part of Brionac?!"

Fiore: "We're Fiore and Asia. Our job is to secure that girl and
      finish off the rest of you nobodies."

Asia: "People call us the dreaming dolls."

Jude: "It doesn't matter who you are--we'll never hand over Yulie!"

Fiore: "Oh, look! A hot-blooded boy! He makes my heart pitter-patter
      just by looking at him..."

Asia: "No, Fiore! It's too soon for our hearts to race!"

Raquel: "Be gone, little dolls...Yulie is our dear friend. If you
       insist on threatening her, we will show no mercy."

Fiore: "This lady cares about her friends. Yet that other guy
      ignored his friends' warnings and took off by himself, putting
      them all in danger..."

Asia: "All because of his 'razor-sharp' mind...Must have been a
     pretty cheap razor for it to break so easily..."

Arnaud: " *grrr* Dammit..."

Fiore: "Will you hand over the girl quietly? Or will you choose to
      fight us? Either way, I guess you need time to reach a
      decision. We'll be waiting for you on the other side of this
      bridge."

Asia: "Please make up your mind before you cross over. I must warn
     you, if you choose to challenge us, you'd best be prepared.
     We'll be waiting to welcome you with our hearts-a-racing."

[The dolls disappear.]

Arnaud: "..."

Jude: "It doesn't matter what they say! I still trust you, Arnaud.
     We can count on what's above your neck, right? Then--"

Arnaud: "Yeah...That's right...This time...I'm going to show you what
       a real razor-sharp mind can do..."

Jude: "..."

[The party goes to the end of the bridge where Fiore and Asia wait.]

Fiore: "So, did you make up your mind?"

Asia: "There's no value to a fool's thinking...No matter which choice
     you made, the lack of quality in your razor won't change."

Arnaud: "I don't need to take any lip from a doll...You're in for a
       big surprise if you think you're going to get the best of me
       again!

Fiore: "Differentiating between humans and dolls...You have no
      ability to dream, do you?"

Asia: "Our master Heath...he loved us. And if you believe in your
     dreams, they'll always come true. Our master believed in our
     hearts so strongly, we were brought to life."

Arnaud: "Do you think that just having dreams and goals is enough
       to make you special?!"

[The party starts to fight with Fiore and Asia.]

Fiore: "How dare you insult our master...our poor old Heath!"

Asia: "You're nothing but a flimsy razor that's soon to shatter,
     anyway!"

[The party sticks it to the dolls and defeats 'em.]

Fiore: "It's not fair...How can we lose? How can we lose to people
      who don't even have dreams?!"

Asia: "Our loss is Heath's loss...It's so unfair...We can't let it
     end like this..."

Raquel: "This 'Heath' you call your master...Did he really believe
       in dreams? You inherited all your thoughts and your behavior
       from him, right? You speak of dreams, yet you look down upon
       people and toy with them. Looking at you, I'd conclude that
       this Heath didn't really believe in dreams, but chose to
       escape into convenient fantasies."

Fiore: "Stop saying bad things about Heath!"

[Fiore lunges at Raquel and starts to choke her, but Raquel pushes
her at arms length. A glowing red energy surrounds Fiore.]

Fiore: "I'm going to join Heath, and I'm taking you with me!! My
      heart races at the very thought!"

Raquel: "Run everyone! She's going to try something!"

[Raquel tosses Fiore aside and she explodes, but does no damage
past knocking everyone down. Asia stands over Yulie.]

Asia: "I'm all alone, now...I'm so sad, I feel like my heart is about
     to burst..."

[A glowing red energy surrounds Asia, but Arnaud takes her and uses
his Jump ability to launch into the sky with her.]

Asia: "You really are a fool. I bet you were trying to look cool
     rushing out like that, but you're just gonna go 'boom' along
     with me. I may be unable to continue my mission, but I can
     still cause some serious damage. In the end, you'll just cause
     misfortune to your comrades again. I'm sure Heath would be
     pleased."

Arnaud: "Would you shut up already!"

Asia: "...Ah, soon my heart will burst...I suppose it was your
     razor-sharp mind that came up with this futile effort...?"

Arnaud: "That's right...but it's not futile...Because my razor is
       double-edged!"

[Jude uses his Accelerator to lunge up and kick Asia away before
she explodes, then uses his ARM as a shield to protect the blast
from himself and Arnaud.]

Raquel: "You never think before you act, do you?! Is rushing out
       and sacrificing yourself what you call razor-sharp thinking?!"

Arnaud: "Now you're saying the same as the doll...All's well that
       ends well, right? And besides, I wasn't sacrificing myself.
       I was fully intending to come back."

Raquel: "How can you say that when you had us so worried..."

Arnaud: "If I used my jump ability and made a big show of rushing
       out...I figured it'd make the kid jump out after me with
       his Accelerator. And then...well, I figure he'd come up with
       something."

Raquel: "...You really take the cake, you know that?"

Jude: "But, that means...you trusted me enough to risk your life..."

Arnaud: "You're not supposed to mention that sort of thing. Kids, I
       tell you..."

Jude: " *ha ha* "

Yulie: "...Uh...um..."

Arnaud: "There's no need to apologize. Saving you was just a side
       effect of saving myself."

Yulie: "...No, I wasn't about to...Arnaud, Jude...thank you..."

Arnaud: "...Oh...uh...You're welcome."

Jude: "That's it, Yulie! Not an 'I'm sorry,' but a 'Thank you!'
     Apologizing all the time is weird anyway, and besides...It's
     much nicer to hear 'thanks' rather than a 'sorry' when you're
     on the receiving end."

Yulie: "R...really?"

Jude: "Yeah, definitely! I was really happy to hear you say that!"

Raquel: "Buckeye is just ahead. Let's hurry on before anything else
       gets in our way."

[The party leaves and a cutscene takes place in the Garra de Leon's
Onyx Room.]

Councilman Arlington: "We, the Congressional Knights, emerged
                     victorious in the great war against the Global
                     Union!"

Councilman Buckingham: "But lo and behold, what awaited us at the
                      conclusion of the war? The limitations of
                      democracy--in other words, defeat."

Councilman Ashley: "The concept of representative democracy is
                  fatally flawed!"

Councilman Lauderdale: "The public is ignorant and foolish! They
                      cannot uphold ideals! They cannot understand
                      government!"

High Minister Clifford: "Indeed...By opening it up to the masses, the
                       quality of government decreases, and even the
                       simplest issues take an enormous amount of
                       time to resolve. The idea of a democratic
                       government by the people is nothing more than
                       an outdated fantasy. For the future of
                       Filgaia, the guidance of its leaders is all
                       that matters."

Councilman Arlington: "We are the true leaders. Only through us can
                     there be a future for this world."

Councilman Buckingham: "But we have so very little time. Where is the
                      technology that will make us eternal?"

Councilman Ashley: "Eterniy stands before us. Yet what does Brionac
                  do?!"

Councilman Lauderdale: "Lambda...no matter the cost, bring us the
                      girl, the sacrifice, at once!"

High Minister Clifford: "The Divine Weapon is our future. And the key
                       to opening the door to the future is Yulie
                       Ahtreide. Eternal life unto us...for an
                       eternal future for the world!"

[The cutscene ends. On the world map, the path to the Desolate
Railway opens.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 22. Desolate Railway                                           |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party enters.]

Jude: "So, the trains travel along this iron road...And Buckeye
     Station is just down this road, right?"

Arnaud: "Yeah...it is, but..."

Jude: "...?"

Arnaud: (They're so rusty...? Don't tell me these tracks are--)

Raquel: "Once we make it to Buckeye, we should be able to shake off
       Yulie's pursuers."

Yulie: "Yes, thanks to you all."

[In the second screen:]

Yulie: (Once I get to Buckeye, I'll be able to run to a land where
      no one will come after me... I won't have to be scared
      anymore...More than anything else, I won't have to hurt
      anyone anymore... ... But will running away to the ends of
      the earth really mean it'll all be over...? Will my running
      away really solve everything...?)

Jude: "...Are you okay, Yulie...?"

Yulie: "Ah, yes...it's nothing..."

[In the third screen:]

Yulie: (...)

Jude "...What's on your mind?"

Yulie: "...I was just thinking that our journey will be over soon."

Jude: "Yeah..."

Yulie: (I only made it this far because of the kindness of my
      friends... They told me it was okay to run... ... But I've
      brought them nothing but trouble because that's all I do...
      ...Running alone won't change anything... ... The paths we
      take all lead somewhere... These tracks lead to Buckeye...
      But running away won't lead to the world I want... ... What
      should I do...? Please, tell me...Kresnik...)

[At the end of the area, a short cutscene shows Kresnik sitting on
his bunk, listening to a music box. His eyes turn red for a moment
before the cutscene ends, and the tracks to Buckeye Station finally
come into play.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 23. Buckeye Station                                            |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party arrives through the city gates.]

Jude: "We finally made it...So this is Buckeye...We can get a
     train here!"

Raquel: "...I imagined the town would be a little more lively than
       this..."

Yulie: "It's as though a sere and lonely wind blows through the
      entire town..."

Arnaud: "We need to head to the station if we're gonna board a train.
       We can choose a destination and time once we get there."

[The party goes to the station and finds no trains. They talk to the
nearest guy.]

Station Staffer Emmett: "You want to know the status of the trains
                       coming through this station?! ...
                       Unfortunately, it's been some time since any
                       trains left from or arrived at Buckeye
                       Station."

Jude: "But we heard that we could catch a train to take us far away
     from here..."

Station Staffer Emmett: "In the past, Buckeye was a bustling town
                       where lots of trains came and went, but..."

Arnaud: "On the way here, I noticed that the tracks were covered in
       rust so I thought there might be something to that."

Station Staffer Emmett: "The last trains were in operation about six
                       or seven years ago. They were used to
                       transport soldiers and weapons during the
                       war. After the war, they were filled with
                       soldiers coming home from the front lines but
                       that didn't last very long either. The long
                       war had finally ended. We had all expected a
                       government of the people to be administrated
                       by the Congressional Knights. But the chaos
                       never abated, and life only got more
                       difficult. For none of us knew anything about
                       political administration. When asked to vote,
                       we could only make our choices based on image.
                       I think a lot of people never even voted at
                       all...When a political regime weakens, cities
                       and public institutions naturally stop working
                       as well. The number of trains visiting Buckeye
                       Station continued to dwindle until things came
                       to be the way they are now."

Jude: "Can't you get the train working, mister?"

Station Staffer Emmett: " *laughter* Don't be silly. Trains are large
                       contraptions. One person alone can't move
                       something that big."

Jude: "Oh..."

Station Staffer Emmett: "I still wear my uniform because I'm hoping
                       that someday the trains will start running
                       again and bring this town back to life. I know
                       I should just give it up...but these days,
                       even adults need something to cling to in
                       order to keep our spirits up."

Raquel: "It sounds like Gawn's information is a bit past its
       expiration date."

Arnaud: "What should we do? I guess there's nothing we can do... The
        whole time, we were so sure that it we made it here,
        everything would work out."

Yulie: "..."

Jude: "Well, we've gotta do something. So let's see what we can do
     together!

[As the party leaves the station, Yulie gets all excited.]

Yulie: "...?!"

Jude: "What is it?"

Yulie: "Over there...That looks like Kresnik..."

Jude: "What...?"

Yulie: "It IS him! It's Kresnik!! Kresnik!"

Jude: "Where?! Where is he?"

Yulie: "He was just over there..."

Raquel: "Yulie, calm down. Was he really there...? Jude couldn't
       see him, and neither could I."

Yulie: "But..."

Arnaud: "I'm sorry, but I didn't see him either..."

Yulie: "I'd never mistake my own brother! That was Kresnik... He
      looked at me and said, 'I'll be waiting for you at
      Etemenanki.'"

Jude: "Ete...man...anki??"

Raquel: "Is that the name of a nearby place or structure? Either
       way, this is clearly--"

Arnaud: "Yeah...another one of Brionac's traps."

Yulie: "..."

Jude: "What do you want to do, Yulie?"

Yulie: "If Kresnik is waiting for me at Etemenanki, I've got to...
      But, that'll mean..."

Raquel: "You remember the reason why we came here, Yulie. Remember?"

Arnaud: "I'm used to being dragged into things by now. Don't worry
       about it."

Jude: "Let's go, Yulie!"

Yulie: "Thank you...It's because all of you are with me that I'm
      able to keep going... I'm so glad to have all of you with
      me..."

[On the world map, the eastern path to Etemenanki opens up.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 24. Etemenanki                                                 |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party enters the giant tower.]

Yulie: "..."

Jude: "Are you scared, Yulie...?"

Yulie: "A little...but I'm all right."

Jude: "Well, we already know there's something here, so there's no
     need to be scared. Besides, I'll be with you."

Yulie: "Thanks. You're right, I'm sure we'll be okay."

[In one of the rooms, Jude finds a springboard.]

Tutorial: *Use a springboard to jump to high places that are normally
         inaccessible through regular jumps.

[After going through a wing in the tower, the party finds a boss
that looks like something Yulie would summon.]

Jude: "Yulie's Material?! No, it's something else..."

Yulie: "It's as though several guardians all joined into one... (It
      feels like a giant, twisted terror...a darkness without cease,
      that's about to devour me... It's just like the indescribable
      fear I felt when I was at the facility... Yes...this monster
      represents the very memories within my heart... ... ...those
      same memories carved into my heart, that I can never escape
      from. ... ...)

[A flashback to White Orphange occurs.]

Yulie: "They called me specimin WG920B+. And the only things they
      gave me were meals and a bed...alone with bitterness, pain and
      lonenliness. And in return, they sought in me the aiblity to
      drive ARMs. The environmental repair nanomachines scattered
      throughout the world...and the ability to control the ARM
      devices...All my fears...the utter despair in my heart..they
      manifested themselves and took on the shape of terrible
      beasts. This wasn't at all the power to heal the planet, but
      in fact, a tool for utter destruction! I hated it...this
      frightening power. I wanted to rid myself of it. At first I
      didn't know what to do, but I could see the adults were
      pleased. Eventually, I internalized this power. This was power
      which took on the form of monstrous beasts...That's it...If I
      do everything they want, then the others...the other children
      would be freed from these awful experiments. No one has to
      suffer anymore...my determination enabled me to raise my
      drive compatibility coefficient. But as my drive coefficient
      rose, the others began to disappear from the facility,
      one-by-one. It wasn't until much later that I learned what
      happened to them.

[The flashback ends and Yulie's back in the present.]

Yulie: "My power...it only brings pain and suffering. It destroys
      everything around me...and everyone I care for."

Jude: "Yulie!!!"

Yulie: " *gasp* "

Jude: "C'mon!"

Yulie: "Okay..."

[Together, the party defeats the Guardian Chimera.]

Arnaud: "Well, that certainly wasn't an illusion..."

Raquel: "But what was it?"

Yulie: "The dark shadows in my heart...they have taken on physical
      form..."

Jude: "The shadows in your heart...?"

Yulie: "The fear...dread...and anxiety...I just can't bring myself
      to like my power...I can't accept it, the way you have, Jude...
      because...I'm not strong..."

[The party enters a room after a save point and sees Kresnik.]

Yulie: "Kresnik!"

Raquel: "Is that..."

Arnaud: "-Yeah"

Raquel: "But is it...really him...?"

Arnaud: "I see him too. It isn't a mirage or anything."

Yulie: "Kresnik...Why is that you seek me? Why do you want this
      terrible power? Do you seek it for yourself or for others...
      If you really need me, Kresnik, then I'll go with you..
      But...if this power'll be used to cause pain and suffering
      in others--"

Kresnik: "I need you because there are others who want that power.
        The future of our world depends on it."

Jude: "Yulie..."

Kresnik: "You must understand Yulie, there's more to power than
        just destruction. With that power of yours, we can pick up
        the pieces and fix all that is broken. Look at this
        world...This war-ravaged land...The crushed spirit of its
        people! It's for them that I use my power...It's for
        them...that I serve as a Brionac. Come with me, Yulie...
        With your power, we can restore peace and happiness to this
        world together. And you'll never be alone...or live in fear
        again. Now...put your hand in mine, Yulie."

Yulie: "Wait!"

Jude: "Yulie! Is that...is that really your brother?! ... I
     can't quite explain it...but your brother Kresnik...Well
     Kresnik, he wasn't such a smooth talker. He didn't try to
     trick you with words! Instead of relying on words, he took
     action! And his actions...they spoke form themselves! Our
     ARMs are a direct link to our hearts...When we fought, I saw
     the truth!"

Kresnik: "Yulie...After all that you've been through, I understand
        your uncertainty. That's precisely why I want you to put
        your trust in me. If you do, I know all your doubts will
        be swept away, and you will be able to see the truth."

Jude: "No Yulie!"

[Yulie walks to Kresnik, singing a song.]

Yulie: "Let us make a promise here and now
      Walking together hand touching hand
      Let us make a promise, make it true
      Never again to cry alone..."

Kresnik: "What a beautiful song. You'll have to sing it for me
        again later."

[Yulie runs away from Kresnik.]
Yulie: "Are you...are you really my brother?"

Kresnik: "In this entire world, all we have is each other, Yulie.
        So why is that you won't trust me?"

Jude: "Don't be fooled, Yulie!"

[Jude looks at Kresnik but sees his mother instead.]

Jude: "Mom?!"

[Kresnik picks Jude up by the neck.]

Kresnik: "You have got some nerve interfering in our reunion. You're
        like a cancer which destroys the order that we bring to
        this world."

[Yulie runs behind Kresnik, but he thinks someone's attacking, so
he elbows her in the face as he flings Jude at her.]

Kresnik: "Damn I didn't mean to--"

Yulie: "It's all clear now...stop pretending to be my brother!
      Stop doing these cruel things!"

Kresnik: "Just what are you talking about...Yulie?"

Yulie: "You can't fool me anymore! If you don't know our song...
      there's no way you can be my brother! My brother Kresnik...
      he was strong but kind! But you...you're not the brother I
      love."

[Kresnik changes forms into Enil, earlier referred to as 'Woman
in Blue'. She stands smirking.]

Enil: "I'm quite impressed that you saw through my illusion of
     Commander Kresnik. It looks as though you've overcome your
     your doubts about your brother too."

Yulie: "When you took his form, it forced me to reaffirm what's in
      his heart. Kresnik was kind, and he always watched over me.
      And so I...I've been able to come to terms with everything
      that he has said and done."

Enil: "Then come with me now. After all, it's your brother's wish."

Yulie: "I'm afraid that I can't."

Enil: "What?!"

Yulie: "Because you're a liar and someone who preys on people's
      fears!"

[The battle with Enil starts.]

Enil: "The power to materialize someone's deepest doubts and fears.
     And they're not illusions. My Dark Whisper gives them real
     physical form! Yes, it's just like your power Yulie. You and I
     are the same."

Yulie: "No we're not! In the past, that may have been true...but
      Kresnik explained to me the true purpose of my power for the
      future of this world. So...From now on, I'll only use my power
      to better our world...and to transform hope into reality!
      Never again to materialize doubts and fear."

[The party defeats Enil.]

Enil: "No one is free from doubts and fears. They must learn to live
     with them everyday. None are immune to this curse... Yet
     somehow you..."

Yulie: "No matter how much I ran, my fears would always follow me.
      I thought I'd spend my whole life running from my fears...
      But...then I met you all...And you told me it was all right
      to run, but at the same time, you gave me the strength not
      to. And that it's 'Thank you,' not 'sorry.' I'm not going to
      tremble in fear and run away anymore. I'm going to step
      forward and overcome my fears."

Enil: "...A way to break free from the chains of fear...So, it's not
     by running, but by overcoming... ...I never knew such a thing
     was possible...I wish I had met you sooner...If I had, I
     probably would never have materialized anyone's fears... By
     giving shape to my own fears, I became unable to trust
     anyone... ...I won't go after you anymore..."

Yulie: "And I won't run anymore, either."

Enil: "You're tougher than you look... I wonder if I can gain that
     strength, too. ...Please...give me the strength to...face...
     my fears...too..."

[Enil dies (?).]

Yulie: "I don't want to run anymore...When presented with a choice,
      I don't want to take the path that lies behind me. If there's
      no other path, I want to create one for myself. This is my
      fight. I'm tired of just being protected. I want...to fight!"

Jude: "...Okay...if that's what you want, then we won't protect you
     anymore. Instead, we'll lend you our strength so that you can
     fight together with us. We'll support your fight."

Yulie: "...Thank you...I'm going to be strong, so I can support you
      all, too."

[Cutscene in Garra de Leon's Onyx Room again.]

High Minister Clifford: "Yes...! We must grow stronger!"

Councilman Ashley: "Strong and superior leaders are necessary in order
                  to bring a secure future to Filgaia. This requires
                  that we evolve!"

Councilman Lauderdale: "How ironic that nanotechnology--the heretical
                      technology developed by the Global Union--will
                      now open the path to our future."

Councilman Arlington: "We failed to mass-produce super-soldiers, but
                     the data from the experiments at the artificial
                     evolution facility has proved to be useful.
                     *chuckle* Surely those sacrificed during the
                     experiments are resting in peace, knowing that
                     their deaths were not in vain."

Councilman Buckingham: "The only means to a stable future is one where
                      the military reports to the representatives of
                      the people, not other soldiers. By deploying
                      Lambda's elite soldiers--the Brionac
                      Lieutenants--one at a time, we have in effect
                      thinned out his ranks. With his power
                      curtailed, he shall be nothing but an obedient
                      dog who fetches ARMs for us. Lambda shall
                      merely be an observer, as we rule over eternity
                      with our ARMs."

High Minister Clifford: "And to accomplish that we must have Yulie
                       Ahtreide in hand, for she shall be the holy
                       mother to conceive this planet's future..."

[Nothing appears on the World Map, so the party heads back to Buckeye
Station.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 25. Buckeye Station II and the Silver Star Express             |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[When the party arrives back, the town is talking about the special
military train that's arrived in the station. The party goes to
check it out.]

Raquel: "The train..."

Arnaud: "Yeah, but the train's already taking off..."

[Jude looks at the train and sees a soldier pushing Ethelda
around. He clenches his fists hard enough to break his knuckles.
He runs off to catch up.]

Raquel: "What's wrong with Jude?!"

Yulie: "Jude's mother...is on the train?!

Raquel: "What?!"

[The rest of of the party members beat it to a truck nearby.]

Narrative: *The train kicks up dust as it begins to pull out of
          Buckeye!

[Jude runs to a bicycle and starts pedaling in Accelerator mode.
Gawn sticks his head out of one of the slide doors.]

Gawn: "Jude?! What the hell are you doing?!"

Jude: "What does it look like? I'm catching the train!"

Gawn: "Jude, don't! There is no regular...service from Buckeye! I
     got my information mixed up! Believe me, you don't want to
     GET ON THIS TRAIN!"

Jude: "I have to!"

Gawn: "Listen to me! Get away from here! This is a Brionac
     military train!

Jude: "I know that!"

Gawn: "Well then why are you--?!"

Jude: "Because despite all that...I have got to get on that train!"

[The old bike falls apart, propelling Jude forward. Jude tries to
grab onto something, but can't...but then Gawn's long arm pulls him
on board.]

Gawn: "You're one crazy kid..."

Jude: "But... ... Say...why are you here, Gawn...?"

Gawn: "Why? Well...I, uh...Ah, um...hey, we can't just stay here,
     you know. If anyone serious about their job were to show up..."

[Gawn goes to the back of the train.]

Jude: "...?"

[Just then, some soldiers come into the cabin and point their guns
at Jude. The rest of the party members arrive, too, having used the
green truck to get aboard.]

Arnaud: "They're onto us already?!"

Jude: "Then we'll just have to take them head-on!!"

[They defeat the soldiers.]

Jude: "Gawn!"

Gawn: "Y...yeah?"

Jude: "Hide here. I won't let 'em get past me."

Gawn: "What are you gonna do?!"

Jude: "There's something I've gotta do...And I'm gonna do it!"

[The team sneaks through the train. When they get to a part where
the trains are coupled, Gawn runs after them.]

Gawn: "Jude, wait! This is a military train! You don't know what
     might be onboard!"

Jude: "It doesn't matter, I have got to go through this train! My
     Mom is onboard...they must have captured her!"

Gawn: "What...did you say...? Then, that means your mother is...
     ...She'll most likely be in the first car...If they know you
     guys have come for her, they'd probably move her there."

Jude: "Thanks, Gawn."

Gawn: "... ...And remember, if things get really out of hand, just
     stop what you're doing and apologize. When a kid apologizes,
     most adults can't help but forgive them. And I'll apologize
     for you, too."

Jude: " *heh heh* But...that isn't something I'd want to do. After
     all, I know they're not about to free my Mom. So even if it
     would save me, it wouldn't save Mom!"

Gawn: "All right..I won't tell you not to do anything crazy...but
     don't do anything TOO crazy, all right?"

Jude: "All right. You be careful, too, Gawn. Shouldn't you be finding
     a place to hide?"

[The party runs through the cars until they open a door and look
down the barrel of a tank. They all jump out of the way and the
blast blows the cars behind them off the track.]

Jude: "That unexpected cannonfire blew away the rear...Wait,
     where's Gawn?!"

Gawn: "Yo!"

[Gawn gets up behind him.]

Arnaud: "How the heck did you dodge that?"

Raquel: "You've got some unbelievable reflexes, but I'm glad to
       see you're safe."

[The tank approaches the party.]

Yulie: "Look out! There's a...tank? Inside the train?!"

[The battle starts.]

Raquel: "This is just unbelievable!"

Arnaud: "Never in a million years did I imagine myself in a situation
       like this!"

Yulie: "Don't worry, I don't think any of us did!"

[The party dismantles the tank and continues on. They eventually
see some empty cars being uncoupled to impede their progress. They
cross and look back to see Balgaine standing in the tracks. He
takes out a chainsaw and cuts the cars in half, then uses his rocket
pack to jet after the moving train.]

Arnaud: "No way!"

Raquel: "That's impossible!"

[Balgaine lands inside the car.]

Arnaud: "He cut the car in half and just kept on coming...!

Balgaine: "My partner, this anti-tank chainsaw, is made for close
         quarters combat against tanks--it's hardly a challenge to
         tear apart a mere train car."

Raquel: "It's not surprising as much as it's ridiculous. Still,
       this guy is..."

Jude: "Yeah, I can tell. He's really strong..."

Balgaine: "I give thanks to the gods for this opportunity to face off
         against the little hero with an ARM...No...for even the gods
         do not stand a chance against my partner and I. Then to whom
         shall I show my gratitude?"

Jude: "You're happy to fight?! Don't you know it hurts to be
     wounded? And that it's painful to hurt others?!"

Balgaine: "A child who has never known war couldn't possibly
         understand. Warriors exist by fighting, and by facing death
         head-on, they give meaning to their lives! They fight on,
         in search of a place to die! Since the end of the war, my
         life has lost all meaning. Will you grant me a place to die,
         little hero? Will you grant me the joy of war, just once
         more?!"

[The battle with Balgaine starts.]

Jude: "Why can't you adults understand?! There's no end to war
     because there'll always be people like you to glorify it."

Balgaine: "As long as people are people, wars will never cease! Unless
         humans evolve their desire, no, their need to fight won't
         vanish! Little hero, do you think you can lead the way for
         the evolution of the human race?"

Jude: "Big words alone don't make an adult. You say these things,
     yet you've never really tried to bring about an end to war!"

[Someone uses magic on Balgaine.]

Tutorial: *Balgaine's special ability, 'Baron of Gore,' enables him
         to nullify any kind of support magic. Against the Baron of
         Gore, the only way to prevail is with a head-on assault.

[The party defeats Balgaine with much effort.]

Balgaine: "You did not disappoint me, little hero. The power of the
         ARMs was just as I imagined...So where does your path lead
         you to now?"

Jude: "My path stretches behind you...I'll rescue you and protect
     Yulie, then I want to live without having to fight any more."

Balgaine: "Is that truly...peace? Is that what we shall find in a
         world without war?"

Jude: "..."

Balgaine: "Don't forget...it was only through fighting...that you
         were able...to open up your path. If what you seek...lies
         down that path...then go...and embrace your future...little
         hero...But run as fast as you can...for time is precious,
         and you may not have...as much time...as you think..."

[Balgaine's chainsaw explodes and they both disappear. Jude's party
continues on until they see Ethelda being knocked around by some
soldiers.]

Jude: "Mom!!"

Ethelda: "Jude?!"

[Jude tries to take another step, but Lambda cracks a whip at him.]

Jude: "You...you're the ones responsible...!"

[Lambda only looks at him as the train uncouples and the train
starts to steer away.]

Raquel: "They've detached the car!"

Arnaud: "And switched the tracks! Damn!"

[Jude's mom and Lambda take off on one track while the uncoupled
car Jude's in go off on another.]

Gawn: "Guys! We're on an unfinished track! Everyone get down!!"

[The train swandives over the cliff and a cutscene in the Onyx Room
takes place again.]

Councilman Lauderdale: "So, Balgaine has fallen as well. There aren't
                      that many of Lambda's proteges remaining."

Councilman Arlington: "Of Brionac, or Lambda's Elite, only six remain
                     including Lambda himself."

Councilman Buckingham: "However...No matter the cost or sacrifices
                      necessary, we must obtain Yulie Ahtreide!
                      Isn't that right, Commander Farmel?"

Farmel: "Yes, the final excavation of the Divine Weapon at Illsveil
       is complete. All that remains is to wait for the arrival of
       the heretical engineers and the test subject girl."

Councilman Ashley: "Did the accursed Global Union think that by
                  entombing it deep beneath Illsveil, they had
                  eliminated all traces of its existence? We simply
                  used the prisoners interned on Illsveil to excavate
                  it. It was a trivial task."

Farmel: "May I ask a question? What do the distinguished members of
       the High Council intend to do with the Divine Weapon and the
       heretical engineers? And...the test subject, Yulie
       Ahtreide..."

High Minister Clifford: "It is not your job to question us, Commander
                       Farmel! Like the pursuit and capture of war
                       criminals, it is necessary for a better
                       post-war future. Do not burden yourself with
                       needless concerns. You need only to focus on
                       doing your job."

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 26. Forgotten City                                             |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[When the cutscene ends, Arnaud wakes up in some industrial place.
Raquel, who was trying to light a fire, looks over at him.]

Raquel: "Hey, you're finally awake."

Arnaud: "Yeah...Ow...Did you patch me up?"

Raquel: "When I came to, I realized that someone had already tended
       to my wounds. So I assume that same person probably took care
       of you as well..."

Arnaud: "Did we get separated from the others when we were thrown
       from the train? ... Well, it'd be wise for us to stay put
       then. At the very least, if we stay here, whoever took care
       of us might come back."

Raquel: "Yeah... *cough* *hack* *gasp* "

Arnaud: "H...hey!"

[Elsewhere, Jude wakes up alone.]

Jude: "Man... ... Looks like I got separated from the others... ...
     Well, I can't just stand here all day! I've gotta find
     everyone!"

[Jude starts looking for everyone and the view switches back to
Arnaud and Raquel.]

Arnaud: "Raquel!"

Raquel: "It's nothing to be concerned about."

Arnaud: "What do you mean, 'Nothing to be concerned about?!' This
       isn't the first time it's happened, either! Are you
       injured...? Or sick?!"

Raquel: "No... It's not an injury...nor an illness either. It was
       just over 10 years ago... I suffered an incurable wound...
       right here, at this very place...and it was the beginning of
       the end for me."

Arnaud: "An incurable...wound? The beginning of the end? Huh...?"

Raquel: "When the train went over that cliff, it led us directly to
       the underground ruins of a city... A city that was buried,
       never to be seen or spoken of again... ... Arnaud...do you
       know where we are?"

Arnaud: "No...I can't say I do."

Raquel: "Of course you don't. The events which took place here were
       buried along with its very name. This is Verklarung...a city
       whose existence was erased by a sudden catastrophe. This is
       my hometown."

Arnaud: "...That's really tragic...but rather than dwell on the past,
       we should think about what to do now...Raquel, don't you have
       any medicine or something?"

Raquel: "Unfortunately, there is nothing modern medicine can do for
       this broken body of mine..."

Arnaud: "Are you serious...?"

Raquel: "I'm sure it's difficult for you to believe me. But if you
       saw the body that's hidden beneath this coat, you'd have no
       choice but to do so. Just a minute...I'll show it to you."

Arnaud: "No, stop! You don't have to... ... I don't need to see,
       because I believe you... Because you confided in me..."

Raquel: "I don't have too much time left...I'll never grow up to be
       an adult, or grow old."

Arnaud: "...When you said you wanted to see all the beauty that
       remains in Filgaia...Is this why...?"

Raquel: "I wanted to forget the terrible memories I had of the city
       and its people, so I set out in search of beautiful things.
       I didn't want to fall into despair...I wanted to believe
       there was still some light left in this world."

Arnaud: "...When we first met, and you told us about the purpose of
       your journey...I didn't understand at all...But now..."

Raquel: "..."

Arnaud: "Everyone seems to be carrying all these burdens... Not just
       you, but Jude and Yulie, too... ... By comparison, I must
       look like an idiot, traveling around with no good reason..."

Raquel: "Do you need a reason to travel?"

Arnaud: "..."

Raquel: "If you don't have a reason, then perhaps you just need to
       find one. What's wrong with a journey where you find your own
       reason somewhere along the way?"

[Raquel hands him some soup.]

Raquel: "Here, have some. It'll warm you up...but no guarantees on
       how it'll taste..."

Arnaud: "...Mmm, it's good."

Raquel: "Really?"

Arnaud: "Yeah. Can I have seconds?"

Raquel: "This is kind of nice..."

[Jude continues until another cutscene takes place--back to his
other two friends.]

Arnaud: "Are you feeling any better?"

Raquel: "I think the worst is over. I can move now..."

Arnaud: "Don't push yourself..."

Raquel: "Sometimes you have no choice..."

Arnaud: "Well, when those times come--"

[They both turn to the door.]

Raquel: "...?! Is someone there?!"

Arnaud: "Jude!"

Jude: "Arnaud! Raquel! You're all right!!"

Raquel: "Jude, are you alone?"

Jude: "Yeah..."

Raquel: "Oh..."

Arnaud: "Say, Jude, were you the one who treated our injuries?"

Jude: "...? Nope...this is the first I've seen you. And when I woke
     up, someone had already taken care of me as well."

Arnaud: "Then..."

Jude: "Yeah...maybe it was Gawn..."

Arnaud: "Anyway, we're glad to see you're okay. Come on over and
       have something to eat."

Jude: "Okay. We can't stay here for very long, though. I'm worried
     about Yulie."

Arnaud: "Yeah...it doesn't seem like there are monsters around here,
       but still, it's almost TOO quiet..."

Raquel: "We need to hurry and rejoin Yulie."

[Raquel looks over at Arnaud.]

Raquel: (Hey, about what I said earlier...)

Arnaud: (Yeah...it's up to you whether you want to say anything to
       the others or not.)

Raquel: (I don't really like talking about myself...I'd prefer you
       to keep it a secret.)

Arnaud: (Someday, you should tell them yourself...)

Raquel: (...If that someday comes, I will...)

Arnaud: (...)

[After awhile, a cutscene shows Yulie being led around in the dark
by the war criminal Gawn's been after. He still has the puppy from
before.]

Yulie: "Um... Thank you for treating my injuries."

[He says nothing, just beckoning her on.]

Yulie: "Um... Where are we going to?"

????: "We're here."

Yulie: "What is this place?"

????: "This is an old battle site. I want you to pray for the lives
     that were lost, and release the souls of the earthbound dead.
     You can do that, can't you, Paladienne?"

Yulie: "Let us recite holy verses and release these whispers of
      lament...I pray that you look to the warm feelings in your
      heart, and find peaceful repose...And someday, you shall find
      your way to the garden of Toldoka..."

[A bunch of souls depart for the sky.]

Yulie: "Their thoughts and emotions are flowing over me... There is
      so much sadness..."

????: "For freeing the spirits of the earthbound dead and ending
     their suffering, you have my gratitude... On this very day,
     long, long ago...countless innocents lost their lives in the
     blink of an eye..."

Yulie: "..."

????: "It wasn't just here, either. All throughout Filgaia, people
     were taking the lives of others..."

Yulie: "War..."

????: "I'm sorry to put you through this, but I couldn't free them
     myself."

Yulie: "..."

????: "I too, was an accomplice to the war...My presence would only
     serve to frighten them. I want to eliminate war from this
     world... That is my one and only wish..."

[The cutscene switches back to Jude's progress for a while, until
they come upon Yulie and the war criminal.]

Jude: "Yulie! I'm so glad you're okay!"

Yulie: "Jude!"

Jude: "You saved Yulie, didn't you? Thanks! This is the second time
     you've helped us out."

[The two shake hands, and in doing so, Jude gets a glimpse of the
man in black dismantling something that's pulsating with light.]

Jude: (Why does this happen when I touch him..? Sights I've never
     seen before enter my head... Wait...I DO know this place..."

[Jude runs around the Ciel Shelter, finding it filled with scientists
who resemble all the villagers there before. Jude goes to the area
with the large tree, finding a man standing by himself. The man is
Augst, but Jude's never met him before so he wouldn't know.]

????: (We can live peacefully within this shelter. Although everyone
     has got their concerns, my companions are adjusting to their
     new lives here. But I cannot help thinking...Is this what we
     ought to be doing? Our heretical technology hurt the world...
     But I have faith that it can become a force to heal those same
     wounds. For ARMs were originally a means to heal and restore
     the world's ruined environment... But all we do is lament our
     sin, rather than use the power that we still have. We have the
     knowledge to save everyone, yet we do nothing... Is that not a
     sin as well? ... I shall leave Ciel Shelter. If the Global
     Union can only think of ARMs as weapons, then I shall defect to
     the Congressional Knights. And this time, I will complete the
     development of ARMs so that they can be used for their original
     objective...the restoration of the planet's environment. I'm
     sure there will be those who condemn my actions...and I'm sure
     I shall stain my hands anew... But with the future of the world
     at stake, those are trivial concerns... Even if it costs me my
     life, I shall become a force to open up the future...)

Jude: (I've never seen this person before, but I can feel how strong
     his feelings are... He really cares deeply about the future of
     the world...)

[Jude goes back to the entrance and finds the man in black there.]

Jude: "Are these...his memories...? If so... How does he know about
     Ciel...?"

[Jude's back in the present.]

Jude: "The same thing...happened the last time. Just who are
     you...?"

[The man's about to answer when a spotlight shines on him. The
man standing near it's Gawn.]

Jude: "Gawn...?"

Gawn: "Remember how I told you that...I had been searching for
     someone and that he was the one I was looking for? Well his
     name is Hauser Blackwell. He was a celebrated hero during the
     war, but now that it's over, he's wanted as war criminal. He's
     the Black Reaper... Jude...get out of the way. I'm taking him
     in. And one more thing... You'll be coming with me Yulie
     Athreide. The Brionac Forces will be taking you into custody.

Jude: "Gawn..w...what's wrong with you? You're like a totally
     different person!"

Gawn: "Yes, I suppose so...Today I'm acting in my capacity as a
     member of the elite Brionac Forces. As Gawn Brawdia."

Jude: "You decieved us! All this time...you were lying?"

Gawn: "No, it's not like that. Believe me, I really did like all
     you kids... And that's the honest truth. But... Well..I
     guess... It doesn't matter what I say at this point...
     does it..."

Raquel: "If that's how you feel...then surely you can understand
       our position. Yulie's a very good friend of ours. We're
       not about to just hand her over."

Gawn: "I wouldn't expect anything less...from you kids. But I'm
     an adult, and I've got a job to do. There's no way I can
     just back away."

[A bunch of spotlights hit the team and Hauser, showing that there
are a massive amount of soldiers all around them. Helicopters fly
around, too.]

Arnaud: "All that just to take on a couple of kids?! Some adult
       you are!"

Gawn: "Do you see these soldiers...and weapons? Not to mention,
     myself as well? We've assembled this entire force just to
     take you, so don't even think that you have a chance of
     escaping!"

Hauser: "That kind of power is what scorched the planet! You continue
       to feed the flames of war with your arrogance! Why the hell
       can't you see that?!"

[Hauser forms a massive ARM and points it at a helicopter. Yulie
jumps on, hugging it.]

Yulie: "No, please don't! No, don't let the anger and frustation
      take over...you know that's not what you really want. I'll
      go...with you, and I won't resist. So please...please don't
      do anything that might end up hurting someone!"

Gawn: "Miss Yulie..."

Jude: "Yulie!"

Yulie: "There's no other way, Jude. We can't avoid all these guns
      and escape. And besides...I swore to myself...that I'd stop
      running away... That I'd fight my own fight..."

Jude: "But Yulie!"

Yulie: "And Kresnik will be there too...I'm sure that he'll
      watch over me. That's why..."

Jude: "But! Yulie...but you're shaking..."

Yulie: "Please don't worry, Jude. If we party with a smile, I'm
      sure...we'll meet again someday. May the blessings of St.
      Calucion...be with you always..."

[She and Hauser are led away. Gawn turns to leave, too.]

Arnaud: "Gawn!! Gawn, I thought...I thought that...I had hoped
       that you would be different."

Gawn: "Well kid...what you see... ...is what you get with me. How
     you feel about it, is up to you. You need to grow up, Arnaud."

Arnaud: "Yeah...don't worry! I'd sooner die than grow up to be
       anything like you!"

Gawn: "That's pretty harsh, isn't it, kid?

[Gawn gets in a helicopter and takes off.]

Jude: "Yulie! Yulie!! Yulie!!! What is that supposed to mean?!"

[On the World Map, all that's left to is go back to Buckeye Station
minus one of the members.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 27. Buckeye Station III                                        |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party goes back to Buckeye Station and enters the hotel.]

Jude: "Now what the heck does that mean?!"

Arnaud: "What does what mean...?"

Jude: "When she left, Yulie whispered something like, 'May the
     blessings of St. Calucion be with you.'"

Raquel: "..."

Arnaud: "It probably means...goodbye..."

Jude: "What?"

Raquel: "I've heard of people wishing for someone's happiness when
       they say goodbye, but..."

Jude: "...Maybe that's true, and you could probably take it that way,
     but..."

Arnaud: "What are you trying to say...?"

Jude: "Well, why didn't she actually say 'goodbye' then?"

Arnaud: "How should I know...?"

Raquel: "..."

Jude: "She didn't want to go...not really..."

Arnaud: "Well, yeah...probably not."

Jude: "That's precisely why she couldn't bring herself to
     out-and-out say 'goodbye'..."

Arnaud: "..."

Jude: "Let's go rescue her...Let's go rescue Yulie!"

Arnaud: "Are you out of your mind?!"

Raquel: "We don't even know where they took her..."

Jude: "That may be so, but...!"

Arnaud: "...I don't know for certain where they've taken her, but I
       just might have an idea... Your mother and the others were
       taken away, and so was Yulie. The one thing that connects
       those two events is a hideout. It's probably somewhere
       nearby."

Raquel: "If we ask around town...If we can just get some
       information...anything at all!"

Arnaud: "That would be a lot more effective than just searching
       randomly. Of course, it'd be very dangerous, too..."

Jude: "Thanks! I knew you were worried about Yulie too, Arnaud!"

Arnaud: "It's more like I can't stand to watch a kid run around like
       a chicken with its head cut off!"

Jude: "Hah!"

Arnaud: "But that's not all... Gawn pulled a fast one on us...and
       I'm not gonna just let him get away with it..."

Raquel: "Wow..."

Arnaud: "What?"

Raquel: "Oh, it's just...well...you sounded a bit out of character
       just now."

Jude: "Time to go ask around town. We're gonna rescue Yulie, Mom,
     and everyone else--no matter what!!"

[The party asks around, finally finding their answer at the station.]

Station Worker Emmett: "Once you pass the ruins of the Baskar Village
                      to the west, all you'll see if the expansive
                      wasteland of the dunes. Lately, there've been
                      rumors of a suspicious shadow appearing out
                      there, but you'd have to go beyond the village
                      to find the truth. No one in this town has
                      been able to confirm any of this information
                      though."

Jude: "A suspicious sandship in the western dunes? Beyond the ruins
     of a village? That's got to be Brionac's base! We have to
     hurry...We're going to rescue Yulie!"

[On the world map, the passage to the Abandoned Village opens up.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 28. Abandoned Village                                          |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[Once selected, a cutscene in the Onyx Room of the Garra de Leon
takes place. Lambda's present this time.]

Councilman Arlington: "It's good to see that you've returned safely.
                     We must congratulate you on your splendid
                     performance. First, the completion of the
                     Divine Weapon's excavation, and now this. All
                     this good news is quite welcome."

Councilman Buckingham: "You secured Yulie Ahtreide and brought us the
                      heretical engineers, the nanotechnology
                      authorities who were involved in ARM research.
                      On top of that, you even captured the fugitive
                      war criminal, the Black Reaper. Were these all
                      the results of a future that you had foreseen?"

Lambda: "No, it was nothing like that. The future I saw was obscured
       by unknown factors. We had been proceeding on multiple fronts
       for quite some time. The synchronization of the schedules was
       nothing more than a coincidence. In the course of securing the
       test subject for case #354, I lost many Brionac Lieutenants.
       The results are not worth of commendation."

Councilman Buckingham: "The completion of the mission is paramount. It
                      doesn't matter how many Lieutenants die. Their
                      loss will not affect Filgaia's future."

Lambda: "..."

Councilman Ashley: "What became of the Black Reaper...of Hauser
                  Blackwell?"

Lambda: "Gawn Brawdia captured Hauser and is currently escorting him
       to Illsveil Prison. After Hauser has been interned, he will
       rejoin Brionac and operate in conjunction with us."

Councilman Lauderdale: "Gawn Brawdia...the man they call the Twin
                      Gunner... The pride of the Congressional
                      Knights, and a warrior capable of facing off
                      with Hauser of the Global Union... ...not to
                      mention your best friend as well, if I'm not
                      mistaken."

Lambda: "He's also Brionac's 11th Lieutenant...and my trump card."

High Minister Clifford: "Thanks to your work, the project can proceed
                       to the next stage. Our plan to make the world
                       eternal--the Future Conception Project--will
                       now commence. Lambda...we will be expecting
                       even greater dedication from you henceforth."

Lambda: "Yes Sir...if it is for the sake of Filgaia's future..."

High Minister Clifford: " *laughter* Yes, we know we can count on
                       you... So we shall share with you the entirety
                       of this project...for the sake of a better
                       future..."

[The party passes into the second screen of the Abandoned Village,
and another scene in the Onyx Room takes place.]

High Minister Clifford: "According to records from the artificial
                       evolution research facility, Yulie Ahtreide
                       is classified as a category B+ driver. B+ is
                       not a rank, but rather indicates the vector of
                       her ARM compatibility. Although she lacks the
                       ability to utilize weaponized ARMs, she
                       displays very high capability in their
                       calibration and activation."

Councilman Arlington: "This is the reason why we refer to Yulie
                     Ahtreide as the 'key.' And what she unlocks
                     is...the Divine Weapon."

Councilman Buckingham: "The Divine Weapon was developed by the Global
                      Union. It's basically an 'egg' which is made up
                      of microscopic machines whose purpose is to
                      repair the planet's environment. Yulie Ahtreide
                      will incubate it until it is ready to hatch.
                      The ARM born from this egg will give us all the
                      time we need, and with it, a future."

Councilman Ashley: "The Divine Weapon will not restore the world
                  however, for that alone won't create a future. It
                  was not only the environment that was ruined and
                  lost...What must truly be restored is authority and
                  leadership!"

Councilman Lauderdale: "The world needs qualified leaders to guide it
                      towards a proper future! And we, the High
                      Council, are the only ones qualified for that
                      task!"

Councilman Arlington: "But we have grown far too old. The sputtering
                     flames of our lives only linger on because of
                     this armor. They not only support our bodily
                     functions, but block all interference from
                     others...including your ability to see into the
                     future. Yet soon, even these sputtering flames
                     supported by the Armor of Leadership will
                     finally fade... If that happens, we will be
                     unable to lead the world into the future."

Councilman Buckingham: "Having told you this much, I'm sure you can
                      figure out the rest... That's right...the
                      Divine Weapons will be used to restore our very
                      bodies. Both our bodies and this world are on
                      the verge of succumbing to the Hayflick limit.
                      Using the environmental repair functionality,
                      we shall repair the telomere sequences inside
                      our cells...so that eternal life shall be
                      ours."

Councilman Lauderdale: "We were initially concerned that our bodies
                      would have autoimmune reaction to the Divine
                      Weapon, but we were able to find a solution.
                      By severing the frontal lobe--the portion that
                      controls the thoughts--from Yulie Ahtreide's
                      brain, this will allow us to control her
                      category B+ driver capability through a
                      terminal. And as our bodies have reached their
                      limit, we shall use ARMs to repair them and
                      maintain them as needed, indefinitely... We
                      shall obtain eternal life! The people and the
                      world shall live in happiness, guided by
                      leaders with absolute authority and immortal
                      bodies. That is the Future Conception Project--
                      the plan that will conceive and give birth to
                      a new future."

Councilman Ashley: "The excavation of the Divine Weapon is complete,
                  we have secured the girl who is the key, and the
                  researchers are here as well."

High Minister Clifford: "Our aged and damaged flesh shall not only be
                       repaired, but sublimated into eternal life...
                       A future governed by those who are immortal
                       is absolutely essential for this world.
                       Lambda, you shall bear witness to the moment
                       in which eternity leaves the realm of fantasy
                       and becomes reality. *laughter* "

[Another cutscene takes place when Jude's team enters the third
screen of the Abandoned Village.]

Lambda: "...That's the entirety of the Future Conception Project? ...
       Do the distinguished members of the High Council intend to
       become gods?"

High Minister Clifford: "We shall become one with the world and live
                       forever. In doing so, we shall build a future.
                       In a way, yes, we will be as gods."

Lambda: "Even if the gods did create the world...they do not weave
       the future. It must be the hand of man that spins the Wheel
       of Fate. Moreover, your plan opposes the very ideal of
       representative democracy for which the Congressional Knights
       stand! It's no different from the tyranny of the Global
       Union!!"

High Minister Clifford: "Over the course of the long and terrible war
                       we finally realized the truth... Government
                       is not something the public can handle. When
                       the war ended just over 10 years ago, we had
                       high expectations for an enlightened form of
                       government. But instead, the democratic
                       government of the people quickly fell into
                       deadlock and collapsed. The public too,
                       desires a society administrated by gifted
                       leaders. I'm sure you understand...Lambda
                       Zellweger..."

Lambda: "No, I do not!! We Brionac performed our duties so that we
       could revive a government of the people in this world once
       more! And we held our resolve for this ideal, even in the
       face of condemnation!"

High Minister Clifford: "Captain of the Brionac Forces or not, take
                       heed in how you address us."

Lambda: "Scythe, Belial, Hugo, Fiore and Asia, Enil, and Balgaine...
       They gave their very lives for my belief in the restoration
       of democracy in the post-war future! Yet to you, they were
       nothing more than tools to be used and discarded! If they had
       known it was for the sake of this ludicrous objective..."

High Minister Clifford: "Lambda Zellweger! We have heard enough! So
                       be it, then. I hereby place your authority as
                       Captain of the Brionac Forces on indefinite
                       suspension. All Brionac operations shall be
                       postponed until further notice! In light of
                       your past achievements, that will be the
                       extent of your punishment--but you'd best
                       learn your place, young one..."

[Lambda turns to the door.]

High Minister Clifford: "The ideals for which you strive are
                       admirable. But unattainable ideals are nothing
                       more than fantasies. You must become an adult
                       like us, Lambda Zellweger... To realize your
                       ideal, mankind as a whole would have to
                       mature--to evolve, even. Do you intend to
                       somehow accelerate the evolution of the entire
                       human race?"

Lambda: "If it is necessary for the future of the world, then so be
       it."

[After leaving the third screen, yet another cutscene onboard the
Garra de Leon happens. This time, it shows Kresnik walking down an
aisle, thinking back to a meeting that had happened a short while
ago (i.e. flashback-ish).]

Augst: "All our efforts...for the sake of an absurb plan such as
      that?"

Farmel: "It comes as no surprise considering those dirty old geezers."

Kresnik: "...And to think that I didn't realize I was placing Yulie's
        life in danger..."

Lambda: "..."

Kresnik: "Captain Lambda, will you petition the High Council to halt
        the Future Conception Project?"

Lambda: "That's what I intend to do. After all, tyrannical rule by a
       select few was no the reason why I chose to lead Brionac.
       However, right now, my authority is under suspension. Until
       it's lifted..."

Kresnik: "You're telling me to wait until then?! What guarantees are
        there for Yulie's safety in the meantime?! None at all!!"

[Farmel and Augst look at Kresnik.]

Kresnik: "I'm sorry, Sir..."

[Kresnik turns to leave.]

Lambda: "What do you intend to do?"

Kresnik: "Well...I'm going to do something...I don't know what is is
        that I should do, but...If I don't do anything at all, my
        sister's life may be in danger!"

Lambda: "..."

Kresnik: "Captain, what do you intend to do in order to stop this
        project?"

Lambda: "If I am powerless as Captain of Brionac...then I will strive
       for my ideals as plain old Lambda Zellweger."

[The flashback ends and Kresnik's still walking down the hall.]

Kresnik: "Then I too, shall go back to plain old Kresnik Athreide..."

[The cutscene ends and it

Jude: "Well we made it this far... But can we actually get inside?"

Arnaud: "Don't worry about that, there's more to me than my charm
       and my good looks."

Raquel: "Putting asside Arnaud's...over-inflated ego...we're all
       set to go."

Arnaud: "Well then, let's get his party started!"

[Arnaud sucks in a large breath, but coughs.]

Jude: "Are you crazy? If you don't keep it down, they'll catch us."

Arnaud: "Yeah, exactly."

Jude: "Whaat?"

Arnaud: "Okay, let's try that again."

[Arnaud yells at his loudest.]

Arnaud: "The prisoners have escaaaaaaaaped!"

Jude: "What are you doing, Arnaud!?"

[The back of the Garra de Leon opens and airboats filled with
soldiers come out...leaving the backend wide open.]

Arnaud: "Hey kid, relax. This is all part of my plan, you'll see.
       Watch! The hear the word 'escape' and they all let loose.
       They're so predictable! Never in a million years would they
       imagine someone's trying to break in!"

Jude: "Arnaud.. You are... a master trickster..."

Arnaud: "I guess I'll take that as a compliment, Jude. Raquel,
       let's do it."

[Raquel throws a grappling hook onto the back of the ship, and as it
speeds away, it pulls a sled across, letting them have access to the
back of the ship.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 29. Garra de Leon                                              |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party climbs onto the back and goes inside.]

Arnaud: "Infiltration successful. Looks like everything's going
       pretty smoothly so far."

Jude: "Yeah, so far... Well, what's next?"

Raquel: "We're inside the enemy's headquarters. We can't do anything
       that would draw attention."

Arnaud: "In other words, your signature move of rushing in won't
       work here, Jude."

Jude: "What's that supposed to mean...?"

Raquel: "Let's slip past the guards and quickly find Yulie. Arnaud,
       while we're doing that, I'd like you to think of a way for
       us to get out of here."

Arnaud: "Wh...what's that supposed to mean?"

Raquel: "I figured you probably haven't thought beyond getting us in
       here."

Jude: "Yeah, Arnaud's signature moves always seem to lack
     something..."

[The party continues until they hear a voice as they open a door.]

Voice: "I knew you'd come after her. But as a member of Brionac, I
      must say...it's a bit embarrassing to see how easily you
      managed to infiltrate our base."

Jude: "That voice...!"

[It's Kresnik.]

Kresnik: "This way...Follow me..."

Jude: "Are you gonna stand in our way again? Yulie's your sister!
     How can you do this?"

Kresnik: "I have something to ask of you. I want to free my sister...
        and I need your help to do so."

Arnaud: "... You're willing to cast aside your standing as a member
       of Brionac in order to rescue Yulie? I find that difficult
       to believe. Is this some kind of a trap?"

Kresnik: "I don't care if you trust me or not. But there's no time...
        I need your help."

Jude: "...All right. I trust you. ...I want to trust you. I mean,
     you're Yulie's brother, right? I might get laughed at for being
     so naive but...I trust you."

Kresnik: "I don't intend for this to settle everything between us...
        but right now..."

Jude: "Yeah, saving Yulie comes first. This isn't about who's helping
     who, but that we should all help each other--and fight
     together!"

[Jude tries to do a handshake, but Kresnik doesn't go for it.]

Kresnik: "You have my gratitude... Thank you..."

Jude: "...What, you can't even shake hands as a sign of friendship?
     ...well, whatever. Right now, rescuing Yulie is more important,
     anyway."

[In the next room, they find Tony waiting for them, in his trademark
land armor.]

Third Class Pilot Tony: "Well, well...If it isn't Commander Kresnik...
                       Never thought I'd see you fraternizin' with
                       the enemy."

Kresnik: "Out of my way! I have no business with you. I'm here for my
        sister."

Third Class Pilot Tony: "In other words, you're engaging in an act of
                       treason 'gainst the Congressional Knights...
                       That won't do...even for a member of Brionac,
                       I'm afraid that won't do at all!"

Kresnik: "I...I must carry out my conviction. That's all there is to
        it!"

[Kresnik forms his giant ARM in his hand and fires at the land armor.]

Third Class Pilot Tony: "ARMs... Those things've only brought me
                       grief. But yours is nothing more than a
                       prototype, eh? I know all about you! You're
                       an incomplete gene driver who can't even
                       taking 'LiNKER,' the medicine developed by
                       Augst! The only reason they tolerate you is
                       because you've got the genes they need to
                       research and control ARMs! Once the
                       development of Limited Apoptosis is complete,
                       they'll have no use for you or your genes.
                       You'll be disposed of, just like the defective
                       product you are! You're nothing but a guinea
                       pig, just like your sister! What can a guinea
                       pig possibly do?! What can you do against a
                       real human being?!"

Kresnik: "I can carry out my conviction!"

[Kresnik fires off some more shots.]

Third Class Pilot Tony: "What are you still blabbing about, guinea
                       pig?"

[Kresnik punches the armor with his bare hands, knocking it back.]

Kresnik: "I'll carry out my conviction, not with an ARM...but with
        my own power!"

Third Class Pilot Tony: "Impossible! This is a fully-tuned land gear!
                       Yet, with his bare hands...?! This guy's
                       supposed to be defective! He's nothing more
                       than a lab rat raised by the Congressional
                       Knights!"

Kresnik: "If you've got any conviction, then do your best to stop me!"

Third Class Pilot Tony: "Oh, I'll stop you, all right...I'll put an
                       end to the traitor Kresnik and earn myself a
                       huge promotion! No way my career's ending at
                       this rank! You're gonna be my ticket to
                       greatness! My war's only just beginning!"

[The battle with Tony starts.]

Third Class Pilot Tony: "I infiltrated Ciel with the intent to
                       capture those ARMs researchers. But then I
                       stumbled across an inactive ARM there, and
                       planned on taking it too. After all, it's only
                       natural to grab as much fame and fortune as
                       possible before the war comes to an end. But
                       you damn brats kept getting in my way! And
                       because of all the trouble you cause I've been
                       demoted down to a Third Class Pilot! So now...
                       it's about time for some payback!"

[The party defeats Tony and his land gear.]

Third Class Pilot Tony: "Nooo, the war can't end, not yet! For people
                       like us...for us soldiers, there ain't no
                       other way for us 'ta make...a living. I can't
                       let ya...I won't...let you...No way I can let
                       this war end just yet!"

[The land gear blows up, taking Tony with it.]

Arnaud: "He sounded the alarm!"

Raquel: "Then we'll just have to change our plans. Right, Jude?"

Jude: "There's no time, so let's just find a spot to break through!
     We'll take the shortest route possible to rescue Yulie!"

Kresnik: "Hmph..."

Jude: "What, did I say something funny?"

Kresnik: "No, it's just...even in the face of considerable adversity,
        you don't react any differently. You guys are really strong.
        No wonder my little sister who used to cry so much, was able
        to grow stronger."

Jude: "Yulie's strong, Kresnik. She came here with the intention to
     fight her own fight..."

Kresnik: (To fight her own fight...? ... What the hell have I been
        fighting for all this time...? And why...?)

[The party continues until they see Yulie behind a cell.]

Jude: "Yulie!"

Kresnik: "I'm sorry I'm so late, Yulie... It was a long and twisted
        path that ultimately led me here..."

Yulie: "...but you came! You came back to me..."

Arnaud: "Let's save the tearful reunions for later, okay? We're right
       in the middle of enemy territory."

Yulie: "Hauser, Jude's mother, and the people from Ciel are being
      held captive here."

Kresnik: "Hauser's not here. He's already been sent to Illsveil Prison
        as a war criminal. The heretical engineers from Ciel are in a
        holding facility here, but in a different block."

Yulie: "We have to save them! I'm the one who got the people of Ciel
      mixed up in all this!"

Kresnik: "..."

Jude: "No...right now, the first thing we have to do is get out of
     here safely!"

Yulie: "Jude?!"

Raquel: "But Jude, your mother and the people from your hometown are
       here."

Jude: "With security as tight as it is, I don't know how far we'd
     get, so..."

Arnaud: "You know, he's got a point. They must have brought his mother
       here for some reason, right? So it's likely that she's not in
       any immediate danger. ... But, still...Are you sure about
       this, Jude?"

Jude: "Yeah...if we get captured too, we'll never be able to rescue
     them..."

Arnaud: "Al right! Now, as for the escape plan I've come up with--"

Kresnik: "This battleship is equipped with small airboats. If you can
        get onto the deck, you should be able to escape from there."

Raquel: "Kresnik knows a lot about this ship. Why don't we trust in
       him?"

Yulie: "Kresnik?! Where are you going?!"

Kresnik: "I...I can't go with you."

Jude: "But you said you'd fight alongside us!"

Kresnik: "I don't recall ever agreeing to that. ... I have something
        I must do. So...I can't fight by your side."

Yulie: "Kresnik..."

[The party continues and a cutscene inside the Onyx Room occurs.
Kresnik walks to the room and sees Farmel there.]

Kresnik: "Is Captain Lambda in the Onyx Room?"

Farmel: "He sure is. Was there something you needed?"

Kresnik: "I've come to turn myself in for a violation. I must be
        punished for high treason."

Farmel: "As serious as ever, I see... Hmm...you can go in and see
       the Captain, but... What's beyond this door may be a bit too
       much for you to handle... Well, if you inside thought...go
       ahead."

[Kresnik walks into the room and finds all the councilmen slaughtered
by Captain Lambda's hand. The High Minister sits unmasked on the
floor.]

Kresnik: "...?! Captain! What is going on here?"

High Minister Clifford: "Kresnik! You've got to stop Lambda! He's
                       no longer the Captain of Brionac, but a
                       traitor! You must destroy this evil which
                       threatens the future!"

Lambda: "'The evil which threatens the future?' To whom do those
       words truly apply, Minister?! Me...or you?"

High Minister Clifford: " *gasp* S-Stay away from me!"

Lambda: "Unable to bear their own frailty, the souls of the weak
       become twisted and ugly... Lieutenant Heath, a former member
       of Brionac, suffered in this way... But people, self-aware as
       they are, strive to conceal this ugliness from others. That's
       mortality, which in turn guides us between right and wrong.
       But what of you? You sequester yourselves in an underground
       society, covering yourselves in armor and masks... You've
       fallen into a state where no one even knows who you are! From
       your position of invincibility, you babble on, mindless of the
       pain you cause others. So weak! And repulsive! Creatures like
       you fear all that is good and just! You shun those who uphold
       these virtues! The souls of the weak can't even cope with
       their own frailty! Becoming an adult isn't about growing old
       and cowardly! If you truly consider yourself to be adults,
       you should be ashamed of your actions against the path of
       righteousness! You create nothing, and you bequeath nothing!
       Weak creatures cannot build Filgaia's future!

High Minister Clifford: " *mwah ha ha* You say that weak creatures
                       cannot build the future...Then, let me ask you
                       this...Who's behind a representative
                       democracy? That's right, it's the public! Now,
                       just what kind of group is this 'public' we're
                       talking about?"

Lambda: "..."

High Minister Clifford: "Ha! You can't answer that, can you? After
                       all, the 'public' is an entity made up of
                       people who have given up their individuality.
                       They're creatures who have 'fallen into a
                       state where no one even knows who they are,'
                       just as you said! So the 'public' is no
                       different from the High Council! Are you
                       suggesting that we leave the future of the
                       world in the hands of such weak creatures?!
                       Don't make me laugh! There is nothing as weak
                       and repulsive as the public! They're cowards
                       who are eager to hide within the ambiguity of
                       the masses, all in order to avoid individual
                       responsibility! They thirst for a government
                       of the people, yet when they obtain it, they
                       shrink from the responsibilities and abandon
                       their roles. This is the government they
                       desired...so why do they not participate in
                       it?! It was their weak hearts that drove
                       representative democracy from the world! The
                       post-war democracy was killed by the very
                       people themselves! Yet in spite of that, you
                       still choose to pursue your ideals?! Answer
                       me, Lambda Zellweger!!"

[Lambda hits Clifford with his whip and kills him.]

Lambda: "I still want to leave the future of Filgaia to its people.
       If the people are weak, then they'll just have to become
       strong. Life would be nothing were it not for its potential
       to grow stronger..."

[Back to Jude's perspective. They run into some soldiers in a
hallway.]

Raquel: "This way's blocked, too?!"

Yulie: "If only we had asked Kresnik how to get to the deck..."

Jude: "Let's switch to Arnaud's escape plan!"

Arnaud: "What?! We can't just switch plans midstream!"

[The party defeats the soldiers. The view switches back to Lambda
and Kresnik in the Onyx Room.]

Lambda: "Now, what is it that brought you here, Kresnik?"

Kresnik: "...It...I...ah... ... I came to report a personal violation
        of the regulations."

Lambda: "You violated regulations? Well, Brionac is about to be
       reborn...We will no longer be under the command of the High
       Council. This is a good opportunity, so why don't we let our
       previous transgressions be bygones."

Kresnik: "But..."

Farmel: "Isn't that nice? Now why don't you lighten up?"

Kresnik: "...Captain Lambda...I've lost sight of what to belive in...
        ...After all, I was part of an organization that threatened
        the welfare of my own dear sister. Although I carried out
        my convictions thinking it was for the sake of the world, in
        the end, did it really mean anything? Hearing your words and
        those of High Minister Clifford, I find myself unable to
        maintain a strong vision of the future in my heart...I...I
        don't know what to do."

Lambda: "If you've lost your faith, then all you must do is find a new
       one. Then you can carry out your convictions once more..."

Kresnik: "Faith isn't the only thing I've lost... ...my ARM...I'm no
        longer able to..."

[Jude's team arrives.]

Jude: "You again?!"

[Jude rushes at Lambda, but Kresnik punches him in the stomach before
he can strike a blow. He fires off a Phantom Line, too, but Farmel's
shield absorbs the impact; she then smacks him in the face with it.]

Yulie: "Jude!"

Kresnik: "Don't move!"

Farmel: "Is this child the 'unknown variable' Lambda spoke of? I
       didn't know he'd be so cute...But, if the order comes through,
       I'm afraid I'll have to be a bit cruel."

Kresnik: "Captain...would you allow me to handle this?"

Lambda: "Yes, I shall leave him to you. Besides, it's not as though
       I dislike spirited children. In fact...strong hearts like his
       are necessary for our future."

[Later on, Gawn lands his airship on the Garra de Leon. He finds
Lambda in the Onyx Room and takes his collar, throwing him up against
the wall.]

Gawn: "Tell me everything, Lambda! What happened through yesterday,
     what's starting tomorrow, what you're thinking today! I know
     you! You've got a trump card hidden somewhere, don't you?!!"

Lambda: "I never thought I'd be in danger of being killed by my own
       best friend...I can't talk if I'm dead, you know."

Gawn: "Sorry..."

Lambda: "...I believe I shared this with you once...I seek a future
       for this world. Not one controlled by a select few, but a
       future where all who live in this world take an active role.
       That's why I fought as a member of the Congressional Knights.
       That's why I strove to realize my ideals as a member of
       Brionac. Nothing has changed...my intentions are sincere."

Gawn: "And that's why you killed the old men of the High Council?!
     ...I can believe in the ideals you strive for, right...? Your
     ideals haven't changed from those we shared back at the academy,
     right?! I can still call you my friend...right?"

Lambda: "That's for you to decide, but as for me...I still consider
       you my friend."

Gawn: "All right, then I'll consider you a friend, too. But I want
     to get one thing straight. The Divine Weapon that was excavated
     in Illsveil...It looks like you're moving forward with the
     preparations to activate it. From what you told me earlier, that
     was a toy the old men were after...So why are YOU playing with
     it? What are you planning on doing with the Divine Weapon?!"

Lambda: "I determined it was necessary for the ideal future I
       envisioned. After all, everything I do is for that cause. On
       the prison island, you saw the Gungnir system, didn't you?
       Illsveil's greatest defense mechanism...It's development was
       also for that cause."

Gawn: "Gungnir...the interceptor system with 10 guided missiles...The
     very reason why Illsveil is known as the inescapable and
     unapproachable prison isle..."

Lambda: "If it's for an ideal future, I wouldn't think twice about
       using Gungnir...no matter who the opponent may be."

Gawn: (They're only children, Lambda...they're the ones who will live
     in the future you hope to create...)

Lambda: ...I want to transfer the ARM researchers to Illsveil. Gawn,
       ready the gyro."

Gawn: "Sure..."

Lambda: "..."

Gawn: "Even back at the academy, your ideas were always correct. But
     your one fatal flaw is the way you always try to rush the
     results. You make a lot of unnecessary enemies that way, you
     know? Don't you think it's about time you changed your ways?
     It's getting harder to keep up with you, the older I get."

Lambda: "It's because my best friend has always stood by my side,
       that I've been able to get those results. Thanks, Gawn...
       I know I can count on you."

[Elsewhere, Jude wakes up in a cell with his party.]

Arnaud: "Are you all right?!"

Jude: "Arnaud...Raquel...Yulie... ... Thank goodness...you're all...
     okay..."

Arnaud: "Yeah... Thank to Mr. Big Bro shoving us in this lovely prison
       hotel, free of charge. But I guess there may be a silver
       lining to this cloud. Thre are some guests that you just might
       recognize."

Jude: "The villagers from Ciel!"

Solon: "It's good to see you're all right."

Diana: "I guess our little troublemaker can't be dissuade that
      easily."

Jude: "I ran into Raymond a while ago! He was injured, but the doctor
     said he'll be fine!"

Heinrich: "I see...then I'm sure the others are also doing fine, too."

Samuel: "Yes, not everyone from the village was brought here...For
       example..."

Jude: "Where's Mom...?"

Heinrich: "She was taken somewhere else, apart from the rest of us.
         She's probably being interrogated about ARMs..."

Diana: "We were only researching ARMs in order to repair the
      environment...so how did things end up like this? Because of
      us, even you children have had to suffer..."

Jude: "..."

[Just then, Kresnik appears.]

Yulie: "Kresnik..."

Kresnik: "Now's your chance to escape. The preparations to move the
        research team to Illsveil are almost complete. Once that
        happens, no one can escape, and no one will be able to get
        close to them."

Arnaud: "Can we trust you...? Especially after what you just did to
       Jude..."

Jude: "It's okay, Arnaud. I know what he was doing."

Yulie: "..."

Jude: "I trust him. I know now that even if I had fought that guy,
     as much as I hate to admit it, there was no way I could have
     won. Thanks for doing what you did."

Kresnik: "It's a straight shot from here to the deck. You won't get
        lost if you just keep making your way up."

Jude: "Will you come with us?"

Kresnik: "...I just informed Captain Lambda of my decision to
        disembark from the ship...However, I cannot walk alongside
        you."

Yulie: "Kresnik!"

Jude: "Why not?! You're leaving this ship, right? Then, why not?!"

[Kresnik tries to form an ARM, but the light fizzles out.]

Jude: "Huh...?"

Kresnik: "As a member of Brionac, I once believed in myself and the
        Congressional Knights...But now...the faith that supported
        me has crumbled. What can I believe in? What should I
        believe in?"

Jude: "..."

Kresnik: "Since then, I haven't been able to wield my ARM...I'm no
        longer a member of Brionac, nor am I even the Kresnik you
        knew...I'm nothing more than a burden to everyone."

[Kresnik starts to walk away.]

Yulie: "Kresnik!"

Kresnik: "Don't come after me!! I'm...I'm someone who lacks the power
        to even protect his own sister!"

Yulie: "..."

Raquel: "We'll make our own way out of this ship. Surely our paths
       will cross one another someday. Don't you think so too?"

Yulie: "Yes...I'll trust in the bond between us. I can believe in
      it, now..."

[The party continues a ways until they spy Ethelda behind a glass
wall.]

Jude: "Mom!!"

Ethelda: "Jude?!"

[As they run to her, a large robotic machine runs and attacks them.]

Arnaud: "What the...?! There's no pilot! Is it sentient?"

Jude: "Who cares about that! It better get out of my way!"

[The party blows up the Proto Gear.]

Ethelda: "Jude...how in the world...?"

Jude: "Mom, stand back! I'm gonna break the glass!"

[Jude uses his ARM and shatters the glass.]

Jude: "Mom! Mom! I finally rescued you..."

Ethelda: "Oh, Jude..."

Jude: "Everything's gonna be okay, Mom. I'll protect you, so come
     on, let's escape!"

Ethelda: "Escape...? Jude, I can't escape. That man, Lambda...he's
        planning to use the Divine Weapon for some terrible purpose!
        I can't go back yet. I must first destroy the Divine Weapon!"

Jude: "What are you talking about?! Why do YOU have to do that?!"

Ethelda: "We were involved in the development of the Divine Weapon.
        In all ARM development and research, actually. We have to
        take responsibility for our actions. You understand this
        don't you, Jude?"

Jude: "Maybe, so, but...! But..."

[The villagers from before enter.]

Heinrich: "You're still here?!"

Samuel: "You wee able to reunite with one another! You must flee
       immediately!"

Jude: "Mom says she won't escape..."

Ethelda: "They intend to activate the Divine Weapon. If they do that,
        the world will..."

Diana: "That's understandable, but the Divine Weapon is on Illsveil
      Prison island. Right now, there's nothing we can do about it!"

Solon: "That's right...and besides...On our way over here, we managed
      to sabotage portions of the ship. Pretty soon this ship will
      overheat, and then...BOOM!"

Heinrich: "...E...exactly! The Divine Weapon certainly is a concern,
         but right now, we have to get out of here."

Ethelda: "All right...let's escape, then. But we WILL stop the
        Divine Weapon. Jude...you can't stay a boy forever. You do
        understand this, right?"

Jude: "Y...yeah..."

[Jude's team enters the hole the robot broke through, triggering a
cutscene above-deck.]

Lambda: "Gawn is readying the gyro and says he can take off as soon
       as we arrive. But... ... Augst...are you really planning to
       stay?"

Augst: "I shall act as a shield to slow down those children. Please,
      hurry to Illsveil."

Farmel: "Is this another one of your jokes?! You don't have any
       fighting skills. What do you think you're going to do?"

[Augst holds out an injector gun in his hand.]

Lambda: "Those are the Divine Weapon sample cells we collected for
       research purposes... I'm trying to maintain a calm facade,
       but I'm so scared, I can barely stand... I'm afraid I'm in
       no shape to be telling jokes right now."

Lambda: "Yet your rseolve does not waver...Augst...the 'Trifler'..."

Augst: "Yes. Besides, if we don't actually test the sample cells, we
      won't be able to collect the data necessary to activate the
      Divine Weapon."

Farmel: "You know, your jokes weren't funny, but I still liked
       them..."

Augst: "Is that a joke, Farmel? Such words from a beautiful woman are
      enough to harden the resolve of any man."

Farmel: "You silly old fool..."

Augst: "I leave the future in your hands, Captain..."

[Augst leaves.]

Lambda: "Farmel...notify the troops. Garra de Leon's self-destruct
       mechanism will activate..."

Farmel: "Now that Commander Kresnik has left, the development of
       Limited Apoptosis--which requites the Ahtreide siblings'
       DNA--can no longer be completed. There's nothing left to
       stop Augst, is there?"

Lambda: "...I'm a contemptible man, aren't I?"

Farmel: "Yes...all you do is force awful orders on me. Someday, you
       might even make me cry..."

Lambda: "This is the path I am destined to tread... Whether or not
       to follow my lead is for you to decide."

Farmel: "You know I'll always follow you. I'd follow you to the
       very depths of Hell itself... After all, the future you see
       for this world lies on the other side of Hell, doesn't it?"

[The cutscene ends and Jude's team sets out for the deck. En route,
they have an encounter with Augst. He takes out the injector gun
and looks at it.]

Augst: "This is a dead end, children. I won't let you go any further."

Jude: "You...you're..."

Augst: "Do I know you?"

Jude: "Out of our way! You care about the world, too, don't you?! So
     why are you doing all these terrible things?!"

Augst: "...I don't know what you're referring to, but my concern has
      always been for the future of Filgaia. I do not wish to hurt
      the children who carry that future on their shouldes. I beg of
      you, please don't force a confrontation."

Jude: "And let you capture Mom and the others again?! No way!"

Augst: "...It would seem I have no choice...The power of the sample
      cells in this syringe shall transform me into a shield to
      block your way to the deck. Please, stand back. It's
      dangerous..."

[Augst injects himself and writhes in agony. His body bloats, he
grows wings, and pulsating flesh comes out of him. He looks like a
regular ol' gigantic mutant and attacks the party.]

Jude: "A human turning into a monster?!"

Arnaud: "That cellular material swallowed him up!"

Yulie: "But what about his mind...?"

Raquel: "It's probably gone...What a terrible thing!"

[The party "defeats" Augst.]

Jude: "It's not attacking us...but our attacks aren't affecting it
     either!"

Raquel: "No they are...but...!"

Arnaud: "It's absorbing the energy from the attacks and using it to
       regenerate...like cancerous cells..."

[Suddenly, an explosion somewhere rocks the boat.]

Yulie: "Explosions...? What's going on?!"

Raquel: "Are they sinking their own ship?! They set us up while we
       were occupied... ... This isn't the time to be dealing with
       monsters... Looks like there's only one option. It's
       dangerous, but we'll have to make our way to the deck via
       the wall damaged by the explosion!"

[The party runs into the wall-hole and manage to get on the deck.
The Ciel villagers and Ethelda run onto the deck, too.]

Ethelda: "You made it to the deck, too?! Good timing! Start the
        airboat's engine! We're going to jump from the slope to the
        dunes!"

Heinrich: (Why is the ship exploding like this?! Did we really make
         it overheat?!)

Solon: (No way! It should have only caused a little system trouble.
      You know that as well as I.)

Ethelda: (The explosions are increasing in number and the flames are
        spreading...The ship won't last much longer...)

Jude: "Even if we make it out of here, are you still gonna go after
     those guys?"

Ethelda: "Yes...and I'll fight them...in order to stop the Divine
        Weapon."

Jude: "Why do you have to fight?! That doesn't make any sense!"

Ethelda: "During the war, we developed ARMs for the sake of Filgaia's
        future...But then ARMs wound up being used as weapons to hurt
        Filgaia...I don't want that to happen again...and we must
        atone for our past. For the sake of the future..."

[The party goes over to the airboat and inspects it.]

Arnaud: "Dammit, is the engine shot?! It's not responding at all!"

Diana: "It probably hasn't been maintained. If it's broken, all we
      have to do is fix it."

Solon: "Exactly. Never underestimate the power of a heretical
      engineer!"

Heinrich: "You kids go on ahead in that airboat. We've already got
         the engine going for you."

[Jude goes over to his mom.]

Jude: "For the sake of the future? You have no way of knowing whether
     Filgaia's future will be better than its present! Why are you
     going to fight for something you can't even be sure about?!"

Ethelda: "...I will fight for the future...I will fight to stop the
        Divine Weapon...Because mothers are allowed a glimpse into
        the future..."

Jude: "..."

Ethelda: "That jacket should fit you perfectly in a couple of years.
        I want to be around to see that, so I will do everything I
        can. It looks like your airboat is ready. Hurry, Jude."

Jude: "Okay...but you hurry too, Mom. I don't want us to get
     separated again."

[Everyone piles into the boats and set down the Garra de Leon's
sinking frame. Unfortunately, an explosive concussion envelopes
the villagers' boat in flames, which race towards Jude's boat.
All of a sudden, Augst appears on deck in a larger size, having
used the fiery air to grow larger.]

Arnaud: "It absorbed the energy from the explosion? To increase
       its size?

Raquel: "Does that mean it...saved us...?"

[The battle with Augst starts.]

Raquel: "An immense amount of energy...it's about to explode!"

Yulie: "What little remains of his mind is begging us to stop him...
      but what can we do...?"

Raquel: "Something more than lament our inability to do anything!"

[The party defeats Augst and Jude looks to the burning wreckage of
the second airboat.]

Jude: "Mom...!! Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!"

[High agove, in the gyro, Farmel and Lambda watch Augst die, with
Gawn flying the thing.]

Farmel: "Measuring coefficient of sample cell activation. Predicted
       values exceeded by 43%...Thank you, Augst. I'm sure the
       Captain will make good use of the data from your final
       experiment..."

Lambda: "Set course for Illsveil Prison island. We must hurry the
       activation of the Divine Weapon."

Farmel: "We have neither the key--Yulie Ahtreide--nor the ARM
       researchers. What do you intend to do?"

Lambda: "I've already prepared another key..."

Farmel: "..."

Gawn: (I've become such a pathetic adult...I no longer have the right
     to speak as if my actions are just... If despite all that, you
     still believe in me Jude, then, when the time comes...)

[Gawn flies the gyro out of sight.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 30. Dragon Fossil Mine                                         |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The airboat runs out of fuel eventually.]

Raquel: "It looks like this is as far as the airboat can go. At least
       it got us across the dunes."

Yulie: "Yes..."

Jude: "..."

Arnaud: "Well that doesn't mean we can just hang around here all day.
       C'mon, let's go."

Raquel: "Do you have any idea where we should go?"

Arnaud: "The only thing we can do is follow the road. Right, Jude?"

Jude: "..."

Arnaud: "Jude!"

Jude: "Oh...yeah, that's fine..."

Yulie: "..."

Raquel: "Jude..."

Arnaud: "Let's hurry, while it's still light..."

[In the second screen:]

Raquel: "Jude..."

Jude: "..."

Raquel: "Jude...I understand how you feel. But you've got to let it
       go or else you'll never get over it..."

Jude: "..."

Raquel: "It's because you've always been so energetic that we--"

Jude: "That's enough already!! Your Mom didn't die right before your
     eyes, did she? It's easy for you to be calm like that! But I..."

Raquel: "On that day...near the end of the war...I lost both my
       parents and my little sister...right before my eyes."

Jude: "Wh..."

Raquel: "You remember that buried city we visited because of the
       train accident? Everything in that ruined city, including its
       name, was lost. That was my hometown...Verklarung."

Jude: "..."

Raquel: "I, too, was more or less killed that day...for my body
       sustained a wound that'll never heal."

Arnaud: "...so there you go..."

Jude: "...I'm sorry..."

Raquel: "My intention wasn't to make you apologize... Instead of
       apologizing, I'd rather you go back to being your normal
       self."

Jude: "Yeah..."

[In the third screen:]

Arnaud: "...Was it all right not to tell him everything?"

Raquel: "You mean about how much longer I have to live? Telling him
       that wouldn't help since he'll just withdraw further into
       his shell."

Arnaud: "Well, maybe so, but... ... You sure do take a detached view
       of things, Raquel."

Raquel: "Do I give that impression? I wish I could say that it was
       true... Some nights, I can't sleep because of the
       bone-chilling coldness in my body. On nights like these, I
       feel hopelessly scared...I tremble until morning, unable to
       sleep. How long will I get to live...? How much longer--"

Arnaud: "Come on!! There may be some sort of incredible medicine or
       new method of treatment or something else that could help!!
       Until you've tried everything, stop talking like you've
       already given up!!"

Raquel: "...I'm sorry...I don't know why I sometimes say these
       things...I'll apologize to Jude later as well. I'm the one
       who's acting weak, not him."

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 31. Frontier Town Halim                                        |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[After progressing through the mine's scaffolding, the next stop's
at the nearest town, Halim. But, when they get there, they see the
people scurrying about cautiously.]

Yulie: "Did something...happen...?"

[They see some soldiers.]

Arnaud: "Soldiers?! Don't tell me...?!"

[Jude spies Archibald, a soldier who was involved in the destruction
of Ciel. He rushes to punch him but Henri stops him with one hand.]

Instructor Henri: "I never taught you to raise your fist in hatred,
                 Jude."

Jude: "Instructor Henri...? What are you doing here...? ... That's
     the guy who ruined Ciel Village! That's why I... ... Didn't
     you teach me that at times when I don't know what to do, I
     should do what feels right?!"

Instructor Henri: "Jude...when you saw this place, were hatred and
                 anger really the only things you felt?"

Jude: "Henri...?"

Instructor Henri: "Jude...we should talk. Why don't you meet me just
                 outside of the village, later."

[Jude meets Henri later.]

Instructor Henri: "This way, Jude..."

[Henri leads him to a graveyard not yet grown over. Jude tells his
tale to him.]

Instructor Henri: "...I see...so that's what happened to your mother
                 and the others...It must have been hard for you..."

Jude: "...Henri..."

Instructor Henri: "Our escape pod drifted away in a different
                 direction from the others...We were then captured
                 by forces led by that Tony character. All our
                 research materials and weapons were confiscated, and
                 we were about to be sent to the Congressional
                 Knights' main base. But just as they were about to
                 ship us off, Archibald set us free."

Jude: "What...?"

Instructor Henri: "He and some others had differing opinions on the
                 situation, and they were planning to split off from
                 under Tony's command."

Jude: "..."

Instructor Henri: "Since then, we've been helping each other and
                 settled together in this developing village."

Jude: "..."

Instructor Henri: "Jude...What do you intend to do now?"

Jude: "...I forgot your teachings and gave in to hatred. All I was
     thinking of was getting revenge...Not only that...I forgot what
     Mom and the others had wanted. I was only thinking of myself...
     I ought to know by now that acting like that won't accomplish
     anything..."

Instructor Henri: "Nobody likes conflict. It's not that unusual to
                 feel hatred over past fights and continue to hold
                 resentment over them. But if you let those feelings
                 shackle you, then the chains of hatred and the
                 vicious cycle of resentment can never be broken.
                 The sea of sadness will merely continue to expand...
                 The objective of my fighting style is ostensibly to
                 increase strength.  But that strength is not the
                 strength to defeat the enemy before you. Is is the
                 strength to forgive that enemy, and to master
                 yourself. It is not an easy path. That is why we
                 must devote ourselves to our studies daily. I think
                 you can understand that now, Jude..."

Jude: "Yes..."

Instructor Henri: "..."

Jude: "I...I didn't even stop to mourn for Mom and the others...What
     the heck was I doing...?"

Instructor Henri: "Jude...could you lend us a hand? For the sake of
                 the village?"

Jude: "Huh...?"

Instructor Henri: "Could you go and listen to what Archibald has to
                 say? He's the one running the village right now."

[The party goes to see Archibald, who's up by the windmill.]

Archibald: "...So you came because Henri asked you to...?"

Jude: "..."

Archibald: "Okay...I'll explain what's happened. This place, Halim,
          is in the process of being developed by settlers. It's a
          small village made up of people who lost their homes in
          the war or have nowhere to go."

Jude: "..."

Archibald: "One day, during routine construction work, an unexploded
          bomb was unearthed. It was a wide effective range
          ordnance and it would've dispersed poisonous gas over a
          large area if detonated. We carefully disarmed it, but
          there was still another buried in the ground. Although we
          managed to avoid an explosion, the poisons within the bomb
          leaked out and contaminated the water supply beneath our
          village. We've been looking for volunteers to go and purify
          the water supply, but..."

Jude: "The people in this village are probably too busy, right? If
     it's okay with you, we'd like to help out."

Archibald: "...Thank you..."

Jude: "..."

Archibald: "And...I'm sorry for what's happened."

Jude: "...?"

Archibald: "I can't blame you for wanting to take out your anger on
          me. I intended to take whatever blows you gave me... In the
          hopes of finding some forgiveness in those blows. In the
          end, all that makes me is a scheming coward..."

Jude: "..."

Archibald: "I don't think I can make up for everything that's
          happened, but even so, I'd like to develop this village as
          part of my atonement."

Jude: "So...what do we need to do?"

Archibald: "A little ways from this village, there's a valley where
          the Holy Root supposedly grows. It's a purifying plant
          known to neutralize all forms of poison."

Jude: "Okay...We'll look for it."

Archibald: "Thank you so much. Your help is greatly appreciated."

[On the world map, the Valley of Oblivion shows up.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 32. Valley of Oblivion                                         |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party enters the rank, dark place.]

Arnaud: "Do Holy Roots really glow in such gloomy places like
       this...?"

Jude: "..."

Arnaud: "I hope they won't keep sending us to the bonnies like this
       every time something comes up."

Jude: "..."

Arnaud: "When you think about it, those soldiers in the village are
       pretty amazing, aren't they?"

Jude: "...Huh?"

Arnaud: "They dismantled one of the bombs themselves. And they did
       it by figuring it out on their own. Bomb disposal is a skill
       that was born from war, but that's not the only place the
       technique is being used..."

Jude: "..."

[Later on:]

Jude: "...Maybe the war gave rise to more than just the power to
     fight and the power to protect... ... Those people used
     techniques born from war to heal the wounds that the war left
     behind. So there must be more to my power than just fighting
     and protecting...This power created by Mom and the others...
     their hopes and dreams for what it would achieve are built
     into my ARM... ... The war...it didn't just give rise to the
     power to fight and to protect... There's also the power to end
     war, too. I think that's what my ARM was meant to do..."

[The party continues until they find a boss floating in the air. It
uses a skill called 'Best Smile'.]

Arnaud: "Dammit! It's almost as if it's taunting us!"

Yulie: "I think that's part of its strategy."

Arnaud: "You think so...?"

[They defeat the boss and continue on to a bridge. As they try to
cross, however, the planks break and they fall into the river. A
little ways downstream:]

Arnaud: "It's because Jude rushed out across the bridge..."

Jude: "Hey, I'm not the only one at fault! It's because we all
     crossed the rickety bridge together! Hmph... Just because I'm
     the youngest doesn't mean you get to pick on me all the time,
     you know! Geez, I'm soaking wet... This is all a part of
     teamwork, so don't try to make it like it's all my fault..."

Yulie: " *tee hee* Everyone's soaked... ... But I'm glad you're back
      to sounding more like your usual self..."

Jude: "My usual self...? Really...? Was I acting that different? I
     can't say for sure, but... If you say so Yulie, then it's
     probably true..."

Arnaud: "...Well, I'm more concerned about how drenched we are. Our
       clothes are sopping wet!"

Raquel: "We better dry our belongings too, or they'll be ruined."

Jude: "Guys...I'm sorry...I've probably caused a lot of trouble..."

Arnaud: "If we've got time for apologies, how about we spend it
       obtaining that Holy Root and getting out of here?"

[A little while later, the party runs into another boss fight (the
boss from Clive's prologue in WA3, actually).]

Raquel: "It's powerful...can we defeat it?!"

Jude: "Don't worry, Raquel! We can, with teamwork!"

Raquel: "Jude..."

[The party defeats the Goldrake and continue along until they find
a large shining tree with tiny flowers floating at the pond near
its base.]

Yulie: "It's like a sacred place... The ancient trees stand guard
      over the land, and the Holy Root grows as if embracing them...
      This place...it's very mysterious...and powerful..."

Raquel: "Yes...it's truly beautiful... The light of life...so simple
       and needing no ornamentation...Life is truly beautiful..."

Jude: "Raquel...Why don't you make a painting of it?"

Raquel: "...Unfortunately, I can't. When we fell from the bridge my
       art supplies got soaked...Besides...we need to go back and
       help the villagers. We can't tarry here."

Jude: "Yeah, you're right. In that case, let's hurry! Everyone's
     waiting for us."

Yulie: "So this tiny little plant will remove the poison from the
      water supply..."

Raquel: "..." (Holy Root, a medicine that can cure any poison...
       Except for the poison that consumes my body...)

Jude: "What's wrong, Raquel?"

Raquel: "...Ah, nothing..."

Arnaud: "...Let's get back to the village. If we don't dry off, we'll
       catch a cold."

Raquel: "...Yeah..."

[A cutscene takes place in the Illsveil Prison War Criminal facility.
Hauser Blackwell's locked up and bound in chains. Lambda walks in.]

Lambda: "Hauser Blackwell, the hero...the Black Reaper...I have a
       question for you. Do you think YOU can eliminate war from
       the world of man? Do you think human beings, which you've
       spent your life protecting, can live peacefully in a world
       without conflict? I don't think it's possible. As long as
       humans remain human, wars won't cease in this world. That
       would deny the very nature of humans. Human beings were once
       the same as other animals. They struggled within the harsh
       environment and fought other animals. Only by emerging
       victorious were they able to evolve into human beings. A
       direct result of conflict, human beings were developed and
       polished in the crucible of war."

[Lambda holds up a dog collar.]

Lambda: "This belonged to the puppy that had the misfortune of
       following you. Human beings, be they men or women, young or
       old, are all capable of cruelty. ... No matter how much you
       dream, war will never disappear. Because the very people
       you've protected, thirst for war and live for killing. As
       long as people carry the burden of evil with which they were
       born, the flames of war will never vanish from the world. I
       say to you again, human beings are creatures capable of
       boundless cruelty. You, of all people, should know that."

[Lambda tosses the dog collar at Blackwell and leaves. Red flames
pulsate from the captured criminal and, for a moment, it shows the
Divine Weapon excavation site, with soldiers looking around at
something. Back to Halim.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 33. Frontier Town Halim II                                     |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party goes back to Archibald and gives him the Holy Root.]

Archibald: "Despite the daner, you persevered...You've brought back
          the Holy Root... Thank you... On behalf of the entire
          village...Thank you so much."

Jude: "I got a chance to think about a lot of things... And besides,
     I can't just ignore those in trouble."

[Some villagers come over.]

Gordon: "Please use the root to purify the water supply."

Louise: "Yes...with this, Halim will be saved. All the hard work
       we've put into developing this place won't be for naught!"

Jude: "Yeah!"

[Raquel gives the Root to a little boy.]

Raquel: "This will restore life to the water, as well as the
       village...Remember that there's nothing more beautiful than
       life..."

[Raquel wanders off and Arnaud follows her. He finds her crying
behind a house.]

Arnaud: "Raquel..."

Raquel: "You said I was detached, but I wonder whether that's true...
       I wanted to see for myself...the power of the Holy Root. ...
       I almost could not hand it over, as waves of greed and desire
       washed over me... ... Standing before me was a child...with a
       future that stretched far ahead of him, and yet, I still
       hesitated, thinking of myself instead. Despite knowing there
       was no salvation possible, the ugly need for self-preservation
       arose within me. ... Go ahead and laugh, if you want...I can't
       ever grow up..."

Arnaud: "Who would laugh at that? I wouldn't. Actually, I'm
       relived..."

Raquel: "Relived?"

Arnaud: "Yeah...to learn that you're a real human being with
       weaknesses, just like the rest of us..."

Raquel: "Learning that I'm weak makes you feel relieved?"

Arnaud: "Well if you were perfect, you wouldn't need my support,
       right? I want to support you..."

Raquel: "Arnaud..."

[The two hug and she cries on his shoulder.]

Raquel: "I'm so scared...I feel as though I'm drowning in fear... How
       long can this life hold onto its warmth...? How long can this
       body hold onto its strength...?"

Arnaud: "I'll be with you. I'll always support you. If your legs
       lose their strength, I'll carry you. If your eyes lose their
       light, I'll describe the world to you. I'll always be with
       you... So when I'm with you, please stop trembling... I want
       to be with you... To always be with you... That's the purpose
       I've found for my journey..."

Raquel: "Arnaud...you're so warm...I see...and understand now...
       People are warm so that they can help warm others... Since
       you're with me, I won't tremble anymore..."

[The next day, Archibald and Jude go near the river to a structure.]

Archibald: "This is the workshop where we make the tools that we
          need. Please, use it as you like. It's the least we can
          do to thank you for saving Halim."

Jude: "Okay... Thank you..."

Instructor Henri: "Are you leaving, Jude...?"

Jude: "Mom said that the Divine Weapon must be stopped, so I want to
     carry out her wish."

Instructor Henri: "I see...but, Jude..."

Jude: "I know...When it's all over, I plan to come back to Halim. I
     need to build memorials, for Mom and the others from Ciel...
     for a lot of people."

Instructor Henri: "I'm sure they'd appreciate it."

Jude: "...Yeah."

Archibald: "I've heard that the Divine Weapon is on Illsveil Prison
          island. I want you to be careful. That place is known for
          being unapprochable--and inescapable."

Jude: "I know I can't go to a dangerous place like that alone,
     but... I've never experienced war, but that doesn't mean I
     can pretend to not see the war that still continues. Mom meant
     to stop the Divine Weapon in order to protect the future of our
     world. I want to carry out her wish. So I'd like you all to--"

Arnaud: "No. It's too dangerous. It's beyond insane. ... So...we're
       only gonna do it this once, you hear? 'Protecting the future
       of Filgaia' is a bit much for us, anyway. Not to mention out
       of character."

[If Jude enters the workshop:]

Tutorial: *A workshop where you can take the items and gella you
         have in your possession, and create more effective items,
         weapons, armor, and badges.

[A cutscene plays as the party leaves town, showing Hauser Blackwell
standing at the Divine Weapon's excavation site, with dead soldiers
all around him. On the world map:]

Jude: "So...How do we get to Illsveil?"

Arnaud: "It's known as a 'prison island,' so I'd imagine our
       destination is somewhere out on the sea. Let's head for Port
       Rosalia. We can try to find a sea route from there."

Yulie: "I can't tell if you're dependable or not. Boys are so
      mysterious..."

Jude: " *laughter* "

Raquel: "Anyway, I don't think there's any need to worry. Jude seems
       to be back to normal."

Jude: "Err...that's a good thing, right?"

[Far to the southwest, Illsveil appears on an island; closer to home,
Blue Amity Beach shows up on the way back to the Port.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 34. Blue Amity Beach                                           |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[In the second screen:]

Raquel: "Although there are monsters, there's no sign of Brionac
       either chasing us, or lying in wait for us... It's quiet..."

Arnaud: "But this could be the eye of the storm. The threat is
       already closing in around us...at Illsveil."

[In the third screen:]

Yulie: "..."

Jude: "What is it, Yulie?"

Yulie: "It looks like it might be getting a little cloudy..."

Jude: "Really? Hmm... Yeah...maybe so..."

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 35. Port Rosalia II                                            |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party finally enters Port Rosalia.]

Arnaud: "To think, we're back in this town again..."

Raquel: "Looking back...our journey together started here in this
       town."

Yulie: "Although it feels like a lot of time has passed, thinking
      about it, everything's happened so fast..."

Jude: "Why are you guys talking like our journey's over? It's not
     over yet. We're heading for Illsveil Prison...and we'll end
     this fight there. That's why we came here to get a boat,
     remember?"

[The party goes down to the docks and finds a guy named Pico, who's
auctioning off a boat the next day.]

Pico: "My job is repairing salvaged wrecks and making them useable
     once more. I have a brand spanking-new one I just finished
     restoring. If you need a ship, could you come back tomorrow?
     I'll be holding an open auction where bidding starts at
     1,000,000 gella."

Jude: "One million gella?!"

Pico: "Yep, that'll be the opening bid. Depending on how things go,
     I think it'll go for higher than that..."

Jude: "I see..."

Raquel: "Jude! Look!"

[They see the back of a man leaving the docks.]

Yulie: "Kresnik?!"

Pico: "Do you know him?"

Arnaud: "You could say that..."

Pico: "He recently drifted into town and doesn't work but instead
     just wanders around all day. The lady doctor's taking care of
     him but they say he doesn't even really eat or anything... I
     don't know if I should be jealous or not..."

Jude: "Hey mister! So we should come back tomorrow for the ship,
     right?"

Pico: "Yeah..."

Jude: "Okay, we'll be back tomorrow!"

[The party goes after Kresnik and go to the lady doctor's place up
near the edge of town.]

Dr. Morgan: "My, what a surprise. Here to visit Mr. Listless? He
           doesn't get very many visitors. Stay as long as you
           like, but I'm afraid I can't offer much in the way of
           hospitality. This is a clinic after all, not a
           restaurant. *laughter* "

[They see Kresnik.]

Kresnik: "..."

Yulie: "...Kresnik..."

Jude: "Are you hurt or something? Did you injure yourself when you
     left the sandship?"

Kresnik: "...My conviction...was broken... That's all. The lance of
        my heart with which I carried out my conviction...was broken.
        I can manage my way through daily life, but I can no longer
        stand upon the battlefield..."

Jude: "We want to go to Illsveil...We want to stop the Divine Weapon.
     We'd like you to help us, Kresnik."

Kresnik: "Without the support drug LiNKER that Brionac once supplied
        me with, I can no longer use even a prototype ARM. How could
        I possibly help you?"

Jude: "..."

Kresnik: "I cannot walk the same path as you. I have no conviction
        to believe in now...nothing to live for. I would be nothing
        but a burden..."

Jude: "..."

Dr. Morgan: "When people lose that which holds their hearts together,
           their bodies begin to weaken, as well... In the case of
           Mr. Listless here, it's gone to an extreme. He's lost
           faith in himself, and he's given up on everything around
           him...It's not uncommon among people who are very serious
           and diligent. If he can't find something to believe
           in--some 'conviction,' as he calls it--then sooner or
           later...well..."

Kresnik: "..."

Yulie: "Why do you have to find something? Why can't you just be the
      same Kresnik you were before?"

Kresnik: "...The same as I was before...?"

Yulie: "You're my dear brother...that's all I need you to be..."

Kresnik: "..."

[The party goes back outside, leaving Kresnik alone.]

Arnaud: "I understand you wanting to rely on Kresnik but we can't
       assume that he'll be able to pull himself together before
       something happens at Illsveil. We don't have the time for
       this, Jude."

Jude: "Yeah...I know. But we can't do anything about a ship until
     tomorrow, anyway. So there's no point in rushing things right
     now."

Yulie: "I'll try talking to Kresnik again tomorrow..."

Raquel: "When everyone's ready, let's get a rom at the Seabreeze
       Port. Things are going to get busy again from tomorrow."

[The party goes to the Seabreeze Port. Lily welcomes 'em.]

Lily: "Oh...You're the ones who helped me out before, aren't you...?
     For you, everything is on the house. You can dine or stay the
     night here for free. I'm happy to be of help to you on your
     journey."

[The party rests up for the next day. That night, the boat that was
to go for sale explodes, and the party runs out later to find the
town in a panic.]

Raquel: "What's going on?! The town... Is Port Rosalia under attack?!"

Jeremy?: "Sorry to keep you waiting, 'brother'..."

[A disfigured Jeremy shows himself. He looks grotesque and where
his right arm used to be is his old missile-launching weapon.]

Jude: "It's Jeremy, from Brionac!! Are you responsible for this?!
     Why are you doing this?! And why did you call me 'brother?!'"

Jeremy: "I'm back from Illsveil...and I've got the power of ARMs,
       just like you..."

Jude: "What the heck is going on at Illsveil?!"

Jeremy: "Why not go and take a look? Actually, don't bother...Soon,
       you'll be able to see it no matter where you are. 'Cause it's
       just a matter of time before this disaster takes over all of
       Filgaia! Heh heh...hahaha!! Bwaaahahahahahahahahahaha!!
       Everything will be blotted out! The people...the world...
       everything!"

[Jeremy runs off.]

Jude: "Come back!! ... He went towards the pier... Come on, guys!
     If we don't stop him, he's gonna destroy the town!"

[The party sees Kresnik on their way to the pier.]

Yulie: "Kresnik!"

Jude: "Kresnik, it's Jeremy! He's destroying the town!! He's hurting
     everyone!!"

Raquel: "Jude, we have to hurry! Now that he has that power, we're
       the only ones who can stop him."

Arnaud: "We're going after him! Because we've got to keep moving
       forward."

[The boys and Raquel dash to the pier.]

Yulie: "Kresnik..."

Kresnik: "..."

Yulie: "I have to go, too...But, please, don't leave me again..."

[The two hug.]

Yulie: "Even though I cried constantly, you always held me... Even
      when I shook with fear, you always comforted me... ... Even
      if they're not wielding an ARM, those hands can still do many
      things... And I still love the things you did for me, even
      before you ever held an ARM... ...  I have to go...they're
      waiting for me. But please, don't go anywhere... I promise
      I'll be back...and when I do, please be here to welcome me
      back...with those same hands, okay...?"

[Yulie leaves.]

Kresnik: "...The things these hands can do while wielding an ARM...
        and these things these hands can do when they're not... ...
        Why have I been hesitating for so long...? I've always
        carried out my convictions by my own power... Yes...It
        doesn't matter what organization I'm with. All I have to
        do is carry out my conviction... I am the lance of Brionac!
        I am the Pale Rider! I am Kresnik Ahtreide!!"

[At the pier, the party squares off with Jeremy.]

Jeremy: "There you are, little brother! Oh hold on...he got his ARM
       first. So does that make him my big brother? But I'm obviously
       older than he is! Bah, screw it! Who cares!! I'm gonna crush
       you all right here, so it's not like it matters!!"

[The battle starts.]

Jeremy: "Don't you know? It's human nautre to prey on the weak, and
       enjoy it! When humans have power over others, or when they
       find themselves impervious to harm, this desire, no, this
       need wells up from inside... This time it's got nothing to
       do with no mission...it's personal!! And we're about to have
       a whole...lotta...fun!"

[The party knocks Jeremy's block off.]

Jeremy: "There's no use struggling. Besides, you ought to know by
       now that I prefer my victims to be weak and helpless, so why
       don'tcha comply?!

[Jeremy fires a net-type thing and traps all the party members in
a spherical cage. Elsewhere, Kresnik beats it back to the doctor's
office.]

Dr. Morgan: "I went ahead and washed your clothes, so that you can
           wear them at any time."

[Kresnik gets ready.]

Kresnik: "To protect my sister... To protect those who can't wield
        ARMs... These are the reasons why I chose to wield an ARM!
        THIS is the conviction I bring to the world... Proof of my
        place as a member of Brionac!! What is there to hold me
        back now? I'll be right there, Yulie..."

[Back at the pier, Jeremy sits around, watching the party members'
energy being drained in the cage.]

Jeremy: "The capture web isn't very strong so you could probably take
       it out with a single blast of your ARM but... You don't even
       have the strength to stand right now...due to the restraining
       effect of the web!"

Kresnik: "Then shooting it should suffice."

[Jeremy looks up to see Kresnik on the stair.]

Jeremy: "Kresnik?!"

Yulie: "...Kresnik..."

Jeremy: "...I've heard about you from Lambda, and know you quit
       Brionac. What do you plan to do? Where're your little support
       meds? Just what do ya think you can accomplish without your
       ARM?! Bwaahahahahaha! What can you possibly do without your
       meds? You couldn't possibly do anything alone from there!!"

Kresnik: "No matter what the obstacle, I will carry out my conviction
        and pierce on through. I will show you just who I am!"

[Kresnik struggles as he forms his large ARM and shoots the top right
off of the capture web. The party members spring out.]

Kresnik: "Jude...where is the path that leads to Filgaia's future...?"

Jude: "It's the one that runs right through Jeremy!"

[The party fights Jeremy again.]

Jeremy: "Just what the hell is going on here? I didn't obtain this
       power to lose to no sorry asses like you!"

[The party defeats Jeremy once and for all.]

Jude: "Our ship...!"

Pico: "Wrong! It's still my ship!! Damn it all...What am I gonna do
     about today's auction..."

Arnaud: "Illsveil isn't exactly close enough to swim to, you know..."

Kresnik: "If the sea is closed to you, then why not go by air?"

Raquel: "What do you mean?"

Kresnik: "There's an old decommissioned military airport, Dievas,
        not far from here. ... Officially, it's closed, but that
        was just for appearances. The facilities as well as the
        equipment and aircraft requisitioned by the Congressional
        Knights, are still functional."

Yulie: "You mean..."

Kresnik: "You'll assault the Congressional Knights' facility, seize
        an aircraft, and penetrate Illsveil Prison--Lambda's final
        stronghold--from the air!"

Arnaud: "Your brother sure likes the dramatic approach..."

Kresnik: "The sabotage of the ship was probably part of Lambda's
        plan to keep anyone from approaching Illsveil."

Raquel: "So we'll just take things one step higher, then..."

Jude: "Yeah, into the sky!"

[Kresnik turns to leave.]

Jude: "Huh?"

Yulie: "Kresnik...!"

Kresnik: "I...cannot walk the same path as you..."

[He leaves.]

Yulie: "..."

Jude: "Don't worry, Yulie. Kresnik's working for the world's future
     too... Even if his path is different from ours, we still have
     the same goal in mind...Right?"

[On the world map, the path to Dievas opes, as well as the nearer
place of the Fallen Bridge XdXS.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 36. Fallen Bridge XdXS                                         |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party enters the destroyed suspension bridge and travels across
it, no problem. Nothin's said, either! On the other side's Dievas
Airport.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 37. Dievas Airport                                             |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party enters the airport and soon find a runway.]

Jude: "Look at all these flying aircraft! Which one should we pick?"

Arnaud: "They've all been exposed to the elements for the past 10
       years, ever since the end of the war. None of them will
       function well."

Yulie: "You think there are any that still work?"

Raquel: "Probably. But...right now, it looks like we've got other
       things to worry about..."

[Three women show up, and it's pretty clear they're undead...ish.
If one read a console in White Orphanage, they might be familiar.]

Jane Doe SW: "We are the Jane Does. We are the undead corps who serve
            the Congressional Knights from the shadows. Our orders
            are but one: to end your lives."

Jane Doe GN: "Data from your previous battles has been analyzed and
            hardcoded into our bodies."

Jane Doe AX: "To ensure that we always catch our prey, we are
            specially tuned fo each and every mission. We are the
            perfect hunting hounds."

[The battle with the Jane Does starts.]

Arnaud: "Don't you know you're setting yourself up to lose when you
       talk smack like that?"

Jude: "And when did they obtain this data on us, anyway? Besides,
     I'm sure by now we're way beyond such numbers."

[The party defeats 'em with ease, even without Hi-Sanctify.]

Jane Doe SW: "...Do we now wither...? Should our immortal bodies
            turn to dust?!"

Jane Doe GN: "We must return at once and inpput the results of our
            most recent analysis."

Jane Doe AX: "Our lives and our power shall be reconstructed. Next
            time we return, we shall claim victory..."

[The Jane Does die.]

Raquel: "In life, there is no 'next time.' That is why it's so
       important to devote all your power to the moment."

[The party continues on into the airport and, in its depths, finds
Gawn Brawdia standing around.]

Gawn: "Hey! Long time no see."

Jude: "Yeah...it's been a while. ... Tell me, Gawn... What is Lambda
     trying to do at Illsveil with the Divine Weapon?"

Gawn: "For the sake of Filgaia's future--he's..."

Jude: "Do you really think so, Gawn?!"

Gawn: "..."

Jude: "If you think what Lambda's doing is wrong...please let us
     through. We're here to stop the Divine Weapon."

Gawn: "...I'm afraid I can't do that... Us adults...we have
     responsibilities, you know? We can't just do as we please."

Jude: "If it's your job to stop us...If that's really what you have
     to do, then...!"

Gawn: "There's a steep divide between adults and children."

[The battle starts and Gawn uses his Finest Art to unload two guns
into everyone.]

Gawn: "Six to the left...six to the right...Together, these twelve
     bullets form an impenetrable wall! Let's see how strong your
     convictions are! If you want to get past me, you'll have to
     make it past all twelve shots!"

[The party survives all twelve shots, even when they do 9999 damage.]

Gawn: "You...kids..."

Jude: "That's twelve all together...We're still standing! You haven't
     beaten us yet!"

Gawn: "Are your minds really made up?"

Jude: "Yeah."

Gawn: "I like you kids and I don't want to let you go on. Lambda's
     readied 'Gungnir,' the interceptor system...And the Divine
     Weapon itself...The dangers that await, will show you no
     mercy..."

Jude: "Even so...We're committed to stopping the Divine Weapon.
     We're going, no matter what."

Gawn: "So then I, an adult, have no choice but to watch you children
     go off to die..."

Jude: "There's no need to say goodbye, and we don't need to shake
     hands in parting, either. Right, Gawn?"

Gawn: "...Yeah..."

[The party continues until they hit the underground hangar for the
airplanes they were looking for.]

Arnaud: "Here we are! This is the underground hangar for the
       aircraft! It even comes with a launch catapul we can
       use! ... They must have been planning on using these
       themselves...It looks like they've been carefully
       maintained!"

Raquel: "Then we could..."

Arnaud: "Yeah... These machines are Le Bourget 3330s. They're famous
       from the final days of the war, and the same type my father
       flew. Sure, it boasts top-of-the-line specs, but more
       importantly, it's a four-seater. It's perfect for us."

Jude: "Let's get going Arnaud."

Arnaud: "Yeah, they could shut this facility down at any moment. We
       can't afford to waste any time."

[They all climb in, with Arnaud steering.]

Jude: "Yulie, can you tighten my harness?"

Yulie: "Sure!"

Arnaud: (Who would've thought my first flight would be this chaotic...
       I should've had Dad teach me a bit more thoroughly... Of
       course, a little chaos will give me a good kick in the pants.
       Otherwise I may never get started. Unlike this kid of
       course...)

Jude: "Hmm? Did you say something, Arnaud?"

Arnaud: "Nope! Nothing at all! Now then... Listen up, guys!
       Everything's ready to go. Our aerial tour can begin whenever
       you're ready! There's gonna be a big shock right as we take
       off, so make sure you're ready for it!"

[The aircraft launchers readies itself, moving the airship out
to the pad.]

Arnaud: "I learned to fly so that I could go see my mom in Heaven.
       Thinking back on it now, that was pretty silly.
       Anyway, I'll give it my best shot! Dad, I hope you're
       watching over us, right?! Alright! This is it! Here we
       come!"

[Once airborne, Lambda's Gungnir radar picks up their trail easily.
He stands at a large console screen.]

Lambda: "Ah, the last remaining hope for the future... Let's see if
       you can fly above this headwind!"

[He moves a missile launcher in their direction and lets one fly.
It explodes in midair, changing into a volley of more missiles.]

Jude: "Something's headed this way! One, two, three... there's a
     whole bunch of them!"

Arnaud: "What?! Do you mean missiles?! Should we dodge...?! Or...
       shoot them down?!"

[Gawn appears in an aircraft.]

Gawn: "You kids go on ahead, and shoot straight for Illsveil!"

Lambda: "Gawn?!"

Gawn: "Lambda! Your intentions aren't misguided but you... you
     can't rush the results! Wasn't it all to protect the future
     of the world!? And the people who live in it? Damn you,
     Lambda! Answer me! You have to listen to me! I won't let you
     destroy what you sought to protect. Even if I have to...turn
     my guns against you!"

[Gawn shoots down a few of the missiles, letting one crash into his
aircraft, too. He flies out of the pilot's seat and, guns blazing,
starts to shoot the missiles down with his ammo. When he starts to
lose altitude, he flies back up and shoots the last one down. From
the smoke, however, another one comes.]

Gawn: "What? an eleventh missile?"

[His ammo spent, Gawn drops his guns into the sea and punches the
head of the missile. As it starts to explode, a slo-mo seen with
the party occurs, since they're passing right by there.]

Gawn: "Ah, well... it's the way of the world, isn't it? Children
     going on..to surpass those who have come before them... I've
     done all I can. Now's it all up to you to go further. Go now...
     the future of the world... is in your hands, children..."

[The missile explodes and turns Gawn's form into dust.]

Jude: "Gaaaaaaaaawn!!!"

[The party flies away towards Illsveil.]

Arnaud: "I hope that someday...I can be half the man he was...
       but...what can I do!?"

Raquel: "Jude...Gawn didn't sacrifice himself so that...we'd turn
       around and dwell on the past, right?"

Jude: "You're right... now's not the time for looking back. Our
     journey still lies ahead!"

[The party lands at their destination...their last.]

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 38. Illsveil Prison                                            |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

[The party lands and looks out to sea, as a way of acknowledging
Gawn's sacrifice.]

Jude: "...This place is kinda spooky...It doesn't feel like anyone--
     or anything, really-is alive here... And this smoke... What
     the heck's going on in there?"

Yulie: "I can sense something stirring, deep within the island...
      something like an ominous resonance... It's expanding with
      each passing moment, as if it wants to envelop all of
      Filgaia... This terrible resonance must belong to the Divine
      Weapon... Jude...if we don't stop it quickly..."

Narrative: *Illsveil's defense system is active. If you attempt to
          leave the island, you will be targeted by missiles. Unless
          you destroy Illveil's defense system, you will not be able
          to escape from the island.

[The party enters one of the rooms of Illsveil.]

Jude: "Is that..a Wild ARM?"

Yulie: "I can sense its uncontrolled emanations from all across the
      entire island..."

Raquel: "You can sense that?"

Yulie: "...Yes...and from deep within the island, an even stronger
      emanation..."

Jude: "Is that where Lambda is?"

Arnaud: "Never mind where he is. I'm more worried about what he's
       trying to do with the Divine Weapon."

[The party looks around and finds a large computer display.]

Arnaud: "If this is what's controlling the system, then...!"

[Jude fires a few shots into it and destroys it. Farmel appears.]

Farmel: "I applaud your success. You've managed to disarm Illsveil's
       defense system. Now, this island is vulnerable. If you leave,
       Gungnir cannot attack you... But that's assuming I would let
       you go, of course. Lambda is trying to bring about a new
       future to this world...so I can't let you interfere."

Jude: "A new future for this world?! You mean he wants the same thing
     as Mom?"

Farmel: "Human beings are too weak to live in the desolation that is
       Filgaia. In their current state, they'll never be able to
       create a decent future. People must evolve and become
       stronger, for the sake of a better future. Do you understand?"

Jude: "No, I don't understand! What the heck does that have to do
     with any of this?!"

Farmel: "You don't understand? That's too bad... Then I suppose you
       also wouldn't understand the significance of Lambda choosing
       to be 'the villain' for the greater good..."

[The battle with Farmel starts.]

Farmel: "If you draw your sword against Lambda, then I shall have no
       choice but to take up my shield. For I am also known as
       Asgard--the citadel of the gods--the final and absolute wall
       which protects the future."

[The party attacks Farmel and she counters with a Finest Art, 9999-
-hitter doozy.]

Tutorial: *Farmel's special ability, 'Citadel of the Gods,' blocks
         all attacks with one of three impregnable defenses. In
         particular, her Darkness Stance neutralizes all forms of
         attack and unleashes an extremely powerful counter upon
         the surrounding HEXes. She presents a steep wall that
         cannot be overcome by mere reckless attacks.

[The party overcomes the 'steep wall' that is Farmel, but she's not
down for the count yet. Jude runs at her after the battle's finished
but she repels all his attacks with her shield.]

Farmel: "I won't let you past me, or to carry out your convictions.
       As Asgard, the citadel of the gods, I shall repel your every
       action!"

Jude: "I know you'll counter...but I won't just take it! I'll counter
     your counter!"

Farmel: "I'll send that back as well."

Jude: "Then, I'll counter that too!"

Farmel: " *chuckle* *laughter* Do you seriously intend on trying to
       get past me?"

Jude: "If I wasn't serious, I wouldn't be here, facing you head-on!"

Farmel: "All right... Then I guess I'll permit you to touch me. But
       in exchange for letting you do so, I'm going to snap your
       bones with my ultimate counter. If you're not afraid, step
       forward and accept my embrace."

[Farmel blocks Jude's first attack and tries to punch him, but gets
her hand stuck with Arnaud's throwing feathers; she tries to kick
Jude, but Raquel's sword stops the leg's progress; her shield's
batted away by Yulie's series of rings. And all of this without any
discussion.]

Farmel: "...?! You teamed up to block my triple counter?! But you
       didn't even signal one another! How did...?!"

Raquel: "Human beings are weak, so they learn to work together.
       That's how they become strong!"

[Jude fires a blast of Phantom Line at Farmel and sends her flying
against a wall.]

Farmel: "You flew straight at me without any fear. How were you able
       to do that? If you'd hesistated even a little, no amount of
       cooperation would have been enough to break my counter..."

Jude: "...I WAS scared...and nervous. But I knew that cowering in
     fear wouldn't accomplish anything, so I firmed my resolve and
     made my move."

Farmel: "You thought if you just rushed out, things would somehow
       work out? Only a child could have that kind of confidence."

Jude: "Confidence...Maybe so. But it wasn't just believing in
     myself...My confidence comes from believing in my friends. I
     trusted them to help me."

Farmel: " *chuckle* So that's why you're so strong."

Jude: "Tell me about Lambda...What is he trying to do for the future
     of the world?"

Farmel: "Ask him yourself. Once you learn about his intentions, you
       can decide what to do next..."

Jude: "..."

Farmel: "What are you doing? The contamination from the Wild ARM
       is spreading...This area won't be safe for long."

Jude: "Thanks, but we'll search for our own answers. Because after
     all, that's our future."

[The party can then return to the world map. If they do so:]

Tutorial: *You can now travel freely all across Filgaia using the
         aircraft piloted by Arnaud. You can travel instantly to
         faraway places.

[The party continues into the next room into Illsveil, and the view
changes to Farmel.]

Farmel: "Oh, my...Did they think this would be enough to destroy
       the defense system? Honestly, they're so naive... If they
       don't get ot the source of the Wild ARM that's spread itself
       throughout Illsveil, the control system will just repair
       itself... Those children will never be able to leave Illsveil
       like this... ... He is SUCH a cut little boy, after all.
       Perhaps it wouldn't hurt to help him out...just a little..."

[The monitor explodes nearby Farmel, the view changes back to Jude,
who, after running through some lasers, finds a large boss to cut
down.]

Yulie: "The Wild ARM's taking over the facility... It's trying to
      absorb us, too!"

Raquel: "It infects, devous, and speads! Is this what our future
       needs?!"

Arnaud: "At this rate, the entire world will be consumed by the
       Wild ARMs! Surely no one wants that!"

[The party defeats the Reclaimer Dragon, but afterwards, a tentacle
swoops towards Yulie. It's repeled by some force and the nanomachines
break apart.]

Arnaud: "Of course...! Yulie's power...! The ablity to regulate
       ARMs!!"

Raquel: "Her power causes its structure to collapse."

Jude: "Does that mean Yulie can stop this craziness?"

Yulie: "But...I'm not sure I can...over such a large area..."

Arnaud: "Right, of course. That's why we have to hit it at the core!!"

Jude: "The Divine Weapon!"

Yulie: "My reason to fight..."

[The party continues on to a statue that's been consumed and entangled
by celluar material from the Wild ARM about.]

Raquel: "It taints and disfigures everything it touches..."

Yulie: "The contamination is spreading!"

Jude: "Where's the Divine Weapon?!"

Arnaud: "Although we can't find what we're looking for, it seems
       trouble keeps finding us..."

[Two giant tentacles come up and a large monster forms.]

Arnaud: "These things take shape by consuming everything that lies
       in their path, and absorbing it into themselves."

Raquel: "Left unchecked, it'll devour the entire world!! Is this the
       future Lambda desires? No, we can't let this happen! We've
       got to save all the remaining beauty in this world."

[The party defeats the monster.]

Raquel: "It's no use..."

Yulie: "This ominous presence.. there's no doubt about it. The
      Divine Weapon lies just ahead."

Jude: "Now what do we do?!"

Arnaud: "'What do we do?!' What do you think?! At times like
       these...you do what it takes to survive!"

[The party starts to run, but Kresnik rides in on his motorcycle
with a tentacle right behind him. Together, they all shoot and
stab the tentacles to bits.]

Yulie: "Kresnik!"

Kresnik: "Yulie... Now that we're all here, we've got to combine
        our powers! The future of the world depends on it!"

[Kresnik and Jude go to shake hands, but the floor gives way and
Kresnik's motorcycle falls in. A large chasm forms between them
and the rest of the party.]

Yulie: "No...why now?"

Kresnik: "Even if we take separate paths, we're working towards the
        same goal. You know that alright..."

Yulie: "Yes...but--"

Kresnik: "Besides, I have something for you, and until its safely
        in your hands, I have no intention of going very far."

Yulie: "All right Kresnik...but...promise that you'll be the one to
      give it to me. I won't accept it from anyone else. You have to
      promise me...Kresnik..."

Kresnik: "Okay, I promise...Yulie."

[Kresnik and Jude head into the next room.]

Jude: "Wow, I never imagined anything like this to be underneath the
     prison..."

Kresnik: "Illsveil was mainly used to hold Class A war criminals...
        But it was also used to conceal the technology and truths
        deemed to be unnecessary for the post-war world. A great
        deal of the ugliness of the war lies hidden here... The
        ARM known as the Divine Weapon is part of that. The
        Congressional Knights assumed control of Illsveil and had
        the war criminals dig up the Divine Weapon..."

Jude: "And now the Divine Weapon is out of control. But isn't that
     kinda strange? How is it running wild without any power from
     Yulie, you, or me? Don't tell me Lambda also has the power to
     connect his mind to ARMs...?"

Kresnik: "It's probably the work of the Black Reaper, Hauser
        Blackwell...the captured former war hero..."

Jude: "No way! There's no way he'd ever help Lambda! I can tell...
     he doesn't want any more fighting. He wants peace more than
     anyone!"

Kresnik: "...At the Divine Weapon excavation site, the truth will be
        revealed..."

[Kresnik and Jude continue on into a screen with a large orb housing
an hourglass inside.]

Tutorial: *If Jude is exposed to the effects of this mysterious
         object, he will become unable to use his Accelerator.
         To restore his Accelerator ability, he must neutralize
         the effect by touching the object, or another of its
         kind, once again.

[Kresnik and Jude continue until they're attacked by a boss.]

Jude: "It's blocking our way!"

Kresnik: "It's as if it's sentient, and it's actions are thought
        out. ...?! Jude, have you come across anyone since arriving
        here...?"

Jude: "...? Well, that Brionac lady...What about her?"

Kresnik: "Oh, Farmel... No, regular people...like convicts that
        you'd expect in a prison."

Jude: " *gasp* "

Kresnik: "They're not out of control... They're out to destroy
        mankind!"

Jude: "If any should escape from here..."

Kresnik: "Never mind the future of the world, all humans will be
        consumed!"

[The two kill the monster.]

Kresnik: " *groan* "

Jude: "Are you okay?"

Kresnik: "...It's the Resistance Impulse... Due to my low drive
        compatibility coefficient, I can't use an ARM, not even a
        prototype, without the support of drugs... I wasn't able to
        become a gene driver like you... But I still wanted the
        power to protect my own sister..."

Jude: "Kresnik..."

Kresnik: "...I hate you..."

Jude: "..."

Kresnik: "You're able to wield an ARM without undergoing any physical
        modifications...yet you maintain the innocence of a child,
        and never hesitate to charge straight ahead... ... You're
        doing so many things I couldn't, and for that I hate you..."

Jude: "Yeah, well, I hate you too, Kresnik. I can't understand how
     you could do things that make your sister sad... ... But you
     won't make Yulie sad anymore, right?"

Kresnik: "I'm not planning to... That's why I want to fight alongside
        you..."

[The view switches back to the Yulie/Arnaud/Raquel team after a
little while. They're running through the dungeon, too.]

Arnaud: "Are you feeling okay?"

Raquel: "The future depends entirely on us. We can't stop now."

Arnaud: "Ah, well...yeah."

Raquel: "And to think, that you're able to show concern for others
       at a time like this... You sure have changed, Arnaud... Have
       you grown up a little?"

Arnaud: "I already finished growing up a long time ago! So--"

[A large boss attacks.]

Arnaud: "Let's take care of this and go help the kid!"

Yulie: "Even when we're apart, I can feel Kresnik's presence close
      to my heart. So I won't hesitate or try to run away from my
      battles!"

[The party slays the beast. Parts of the rock shake accordingly.]

Raquel: "Look at that!"

Arnaud: "It's spreading through the rock. That must be why the rock's
       getting weaker... ... Be careful...the Wild ARM is a threat,
       but the cave itself is becoming dangerous, too..."

Yulie: "Jude...Kresnik..."

[The ground shakes again and the Jude/Kresnik Team comes up. As
soon as the part starts, the ground cracks and Kresnik starts to
fall in.]

Jude: "Kresnik!"

[A tentacle rises up behind Jude.]

Kresnik: "Javelin!"

[Kresnik's motorcycle rides up some debris and explodes on the
tenticle behind Jude.]

Jude: "...?!!"

Jude: "Gimme your hand!"

[Kresnik jumps as the ground falls into the darkness, and he
manages to cling on the side of the path.]

Kresnik: "Is this the end of the road... for a defective gene
        driver like me? If I could only...just get this...to
        Yulie... You have to... ...accept it for--"

[The cave starts to show the signs of falling apart.]

Kresnik: "Stop, let me go, Jude! This cave is going to collapse!"

Jude: "No, I can't do it!"

Kresnik: "Sometimes all you can do, is make the best of the
        situation!"

Jude: "How can I say I made the best of the situation if...I
     let you die?! There's been too much suffering already!"

[Kresnik forms his ARM and Jude grabs a hold of it.]

Kresnik: "Jude...listen to me. I want to protect my sister, but
        without the ability to use ARMS... With you resides all
        hope for the future. You can make a leap from the present,
        and fly towards the future, Jude and so...I entrust Yulie
        to you--"

Jude: "I'll protect Yulie. That's a promise I made to her! And
     remember your own promise to her! You can't give up! We'll
     protect her together, Kresnik!"

Kresnik: "Together...yes...you're right...together, we'll protect
        Yulie...she's my precious sister, after all...together...
        you...and my ARM..."

[Kresnik lets go of his ARM and falls into the darkness.]

Jude: "Kresniiiiiiiik!! Noooooo!!"

[Jude sits at the edge with Kresnik's weapon, furious.]

Jude: "Kresnik...nothing's changed...I still hate you. How is...
     sacrificing yourself the best option? How can there be anything
     good in making Yulie cry? I hate you Kresnik...I hate you for
     making Yulie cry! But...I promise you...I promise I'll always
     protect Yulie...together...along with your ARM...I won't fail!"

[Jude continues on into the next screen, finding his party.]

Arnaud: "Jude!"

Jude: "Guys..."

Arnaud: "Jude...What happened to Kresnik...?"

[Raquel takes him aside.]

Jude: "...Yulie...he..."

Yulie: "Where's my brother...?"

Jude: "..."

[Yulie takes his hand.]

Yulie: "Even if we take separate paths, we're working toward the
      same future... ... I understand...He went on ahead, didn't
      he?"

Jude: "Yulie..."

Yulie: "Your left hand, Jude...I can sense Kresnik's conviction
      emanating from it... He must be worried about me... ... Am
      I that...undependable? Am I still...a crybaby? I need to show
      everyone how strong I can be, so Kresnik won't have to worry
      about me. Right, Jude?"

Jude: "Yeah...and I need to be strong, too, or Kresnik will--No,
     EVERYONE will laugh at me and keep treating me as a kid...
     ... Let's go, Yulie..."

Yulie: "Yes, let's go together, Jude..."

[Soon, the party finds Lambda waiting around for them.]

Lambda: "The world is soon to be torn apart...but allow me to welcome
       you."

Jude: "What are you scheming, Lambda?! How can any of this be for
     the sake of the world's future?!"

Lambda: "...Filgaia is far too harsh, and its people far too weak,
       to ever build a future... If they are to build a future for
       this world, people must first evolve and become stronger...
       That is why I have activated the Divine Weapon and triggered
       a catastrophe of global proportions."

Jude: "You're not making any sense!!"

Arnaud: "Actually...I think I may know what he's talking about...But
       you're not going to like it..."

Raquel: "What do you mean?"

Arnaud: "These guys were researching artificial evolution at the
       orphanage where Yulie was..."

Yulie: "...Artificially-inducd evolution that circumvents the natural
      process... Putting the world through a devastating crisis is a
      new method of actualizing evolution?!"

Arnaud: "Well, it's not necessarily a new way of triggering
       evolution... It's an attempt to return the original theory
       and put it into practice, right?"

Lambda: "Yes, the theory of natural selection... The Wild ARM that's
       devouring humans and everything else, in effect creates a
       harsh environment to live in. The old and the weak will die
       off, but those who survive will surely evolve into a stronger
       and more perfect species."

Jude: "'Surely?' What happens if they don't?!"

Yulie: "Species that are unable to evolve and adapt to their
      environment simply die out..."

Arnaud: "That's right. While there are examples of species dying out
       due to natural selection, few cases of true evolution exist.
       What possible reason could make the desire to evolve so strong
       that you'd be willing to use such uncertain methods?"

Lambda: "The reason? Why to overcome weakness, of course... The human
       species has a weakness which makes it impossible to prevent
       wars... The same weakness makes them unable to accept the
       conclusion of wars. It is a defective species where people
       can't even manage the society in which they live in!"

Jude: "Is he...crying? Even though he's an adult?!"

Lambda: "If humans are to reach the future, they must become strong!
       They must evolve to become stronger! I have the ability to
       get a glimpse of the future with these eyes... I have learned
       the terrible truth...that the future is closed off to this
       species. To protect the world for the people of this world, I
       will bear any shame and condemnation!"

[The battle with Lambda starts.]

Jude: "You're willing to sacrifice so many lives?! How can you hurt
     people and still live with yourself?"

Lambda: "It's inevitable that humans, by virtue of being alive, will
       hurt others. This is a karmic burden we cannot escape. That
       is why humans must evolve and grow more powerful and
       resilient."

Jude: "No, you're wrong! When you know enough to realize that you're
     hurting others, then all you need to do is just care enough to
     stop! Evolution isn't about power!"

[When Lambda's attacked, sometimes the attack will have no effect.]

Tutorial: *Lambda's special ability, 'Blue Destiny,' is also known
         as the 'Future Veiled in Tears.' It allows him to predict
         future events via high-speed calculations based on
         visually-acquired information. When the information within
         his field of vision is simple, he is able to predict the
         future with incredible accuracy and neutralize it with a
         high probability of success.

[The party defeats Lambda regardless of his ability.]

Lambda: "Will this...change the future I've seen?"

Jude: "Blinded by your tears, you could only see a future full of
     sorrow... C'mon, you're part of the human race, right?! I know
     that you can change the future if you believe in yourself, your
     companions, and the people of this world. There's no limit to
     what we can accomplish together, yet you..."

Lambda: "..."

Jude: "We're going now...we've got to keep moving forward."

Lambda: "Why don't you go ahead and finish me off? You can avenge
       your mother that way."

Jude: "...When we escaped from the battleship, I swore I'd get
     revenge... But that's not why I'm here now... I didn't fight
     you to avenge Mom. I fought you to stop the Divine Weapon."

Lambda: "Adults are like insurmountable obstacles to children. You
       never know when I might stand in your way again."

Jude: "I'll deal with that when the time comes. I'll show you I can
     overcome you again."

[Just then, debris starts to fall on the party...but Lambda rises
up and destroys it with kicks and punches. When a beam from a crane
above falls, he catches it bare-handed.]

Lambda: " *roar* I have entrusted the future to these children of
       Filgaia! I will not let their journey end here!"

[He throws the beam and forms a makeshift pathway for them.]

Lambda: "The Divine Weapon is straight ahead, through there. Go now,
       and change the future... No...create your own future, by your
       own hands."

[The party approaches the massive door.]

Narrative: *The party can sense that once they pass the point, they
          won't be able to turn back.

[The party can save, enter, or leave; they choose to enter. As they
do, the cave Lambda's in starts to collapse. At that moment, Farmel
enters. Lambda looks at her, seeing her eyes are closed.]

Lambda: "Farmel...your eyes...?!"

Farmel: "Yes...I had a little trouble getting here as a result."

Lambda: "I'm not much better off myself. I no longer have even the
       strength to stand..."

Farmel: "...Lambda, your intention from the very start was to lose
       to those children, wasn't it? To set loose the Divine Weapon
       and make them the one last shining hope for mankind, in a
       world on the eve of destruction..."

Lambda: "No, not at all...I fought with all my might...and lost.
       That's why I changed my plan. I just helped them out a
       little, so that they might stop the Divine Weapon."

Farmel: "Really? I was certain there was no way they could get past
       you, if you fought in earnest."

Lambda: "Those children had already surpassed me. The boy told me
       that despite striking me, it wasn't to avenge his mother.
       His eyes were strong and true, without a trace of doubt...
       I decided to believe in the strength of human beings once
       more. I decided I would entrust Filgaia to the future that
       I saw in their eyes."

Farmel: "Yes...the strength of their trust in one another was
       undeniable. That's what made me decide to help them out.
       In return, I even got a lecture on the importance of believing
       in your comrades...something we'd forgotten about long ago.
       It's embarrassing to admit, but that's the reason why they
       were able to defeat Brionac, isn't it..."

Lambda: "...Now I know what Gawn meant when he said, 'You always try
       to rush the results.' I wasn't able to believe in people the
       way those children do... I had thought mankind to be a pitiful
       species that would march toward its own destruction if left
       unchecked. I didn't believe that people had the strength to
       direct the world--the future--down a positive path... For the
       future I saw was filled with the utter darkness of human
       weakness, ugliness, and cruelty..."

Farmel: "Did your ability let you see the future that lies ahead of
       those children?"

Lambda: "My glimpses of the future are distorted by my tears. ... The
       future I truly wanted is one I cannot create myself... The
       only ones able to build Filgaia's future...are Filgaia's
       children."

Farmel: "That's too bad...I wanted to see the future you would
       create."

Lambda: "In that case, will you come with me, Farmel? If you'll
       support this body that can no longer move..."

Farmel: "Of course... If you'll be my eyes to gaze upon the world to
       which we head..."

[Lambda and Farmel die, and rubble from the cavern's ceiling quickly
falls onto them, just in case. Jude's team heads across a long bridge
to where the Divine Weapon rests.]

Jude: "Raquel!"

[A tentacle picks up Yulie.]

Jude: "Yulie!"

Yulie: "It's all right! This will allow me to affect the Divine
      Weapon directly!!"

[Just then, some tentacles come up and attack, but Raquel's
dead-on sword slices through 'em. Yulie breaks apart the third
one.]

Yulie: "Intense feelings of negativity, such as the malice of dead
      souls, made it a Wild ARM. I don't think I'll be able to
      control it properly. Our only chance is to shut it down..."

[Just then, Hauser forms out of nanomachines.]

Hauser: "I'm afraid I can't let you stop the Divine Weapon,
       Paladienne..."

Jude: "Hauser...?!"

[Hauser forms his massive ARM.]

Hauser: "Goodbye."

[He fires at Yulie, but Jude makes his ARM into a shield and
acts as a barricade.]

Hauser: "A single shield isn't enough. You won't last long..."

Yulie: "No Jude! please run!"

[A flash of white light occurs as Hauser's attack gets pushed back
towards him. When it clears, Jude's holding Kresnik's ARM.]

Raquel: "He countered...countered and cancelled the attack!"

Arnaud: "The kid really did it! And not a moment too soon!"

Yulie: "That ARM, it's..."

Hauser: "You stopped me with a prototype ARM...? One that's
       lacking full power?!"

[Jude gazes at Kresnik's ARM.]

Jude: "I promised that we'd protect Yulie together. Besides...
     Kresnik's conviction is real! There's nothing lacking about
     it!"

Yulie: "Kresnik..."

[Jude runs at Hauser.]

Jude: "Why...? Why are we doing this?!!"

[Jude runs at Hauser and jump kicks towards him, but Hauser stops
the attack with one hand. Just then, a scene from the Blackwell's
past plays out. He and a woman are in room.]

Hauser: "I'm sorry, Ethelda...I've got to go..."

Ethelda: "The accident at Verklarung...it's in enemy territory, so
        why must you go? Is it because they call you a hero? If
        so...I'm responsible for this curse which made you a hero,
        I'm going with you!

Hauser: "No, you can't! It's too dangerous! And you know as well as
       I do that the heat and the toxins from the reactor will
       poison and devour everything in sight! Left unchecked, it's
       a threat to us all. The air we breathe, the land we live on,
       our entire world will be poisoned! I can't let that
       happen!"

Ethelda: "..."

Hauser: "But I...I can't take you..I can't take the two of you with
       me..."

Ethelda: "Hauser..."

Hauser: "I became an ARM driver to rid this world of war...and to
       provide a future for coming generations. That's why I must
       go and shut down the reactor in Verklarung. It's for the
       sake of the coming generations.

Ethelda: "As a woman, can't I dissuade you from facing certain
        death?"

Hauser: "Men are able to face danger, only because their women are
       protecting the hearth and homes to which they'll return to
       one day. Besides... There's no need to worry, the ARM I'm
       equipped with was originally created to repair the
       environment. I'll use the ARM to shield myself and purify
       the heat and toxins. And even if it should break, all I have
       to do is regenerate."

Ethelda: "No, you can't..."

Hauser: "Yes I can and I will do it. And I'll...I'll come home to
       you...so that's why...I need you to stay here. You're going
       to be a mother soon. Surely you can understand? The children
       of the future deserve a peaceful world, free of war and
       destruction...

[The cutscene ends.]

Jude: "Why is he...? But that's...my..."

Hauser: "They betrayed me! I wanted peace! I wanted to put an end to
       the war! Yet, why does war still persist?! It's because
       humans desire it!! If it's human nature to make war, then
       I'll just have to eliminate all of humanity! Eternal peace
       has no need for humans!!"

[The battle with Hauser starts.]

Jude: "By believing that humans were unnecessary...look what that's
     done to you! What happened to the kind-hearted Hauser I knew?"

Hauser: "Kindness changes...nothing!"

Jude: "Well power failed to change anything, didn't it? Besides,
     you can't call a world without people, a peaceful world!"

Hauser: "What do you know?! You've never experienced war!"

Jude: "Why can't you adults believe in peace, and do what you know
     is right?! It's just...plain stupid!"

[The party defeats Hauser, but he changes into a gigantic monster
that resembles nothing like his kindly self that he displayed earlier
in the game.]

Jude: "I've seen inside your heart, and it's not that I don't
     understand what you're trying to do... But I know without a
     doubt, that what you're doing is wrong! You will only bring
     about more anguish...so that others will suffer like you did.
     Just because you rationalized good and evil in the past, it
     doesn't mean you have to continue doing so, in the future.
     We'll never attain the peace you're seeking, if you use
     violence to fight violence."

[The party fights and defeats that incarnation, but another comes
after it, and this one's flamboyant with its evil energies. Some
lackeys accompany it into battle.]

Jude: "Is there no way we can stop him? Can't you hear our voices
     anymore...Hauser...?! ... If you can't stop yourself, then...
     we'll be the ones to stop you! I'm sick of all this fighting!"

Yulie: "And so am I...and I pray that none shall ever suffer from
      war again!"

Raquel: "To live...and weave together a future! This battlefield
       shall be the last place where blood is spilt to protect the
       future!"

Arnaud: "The children of this world still have so much left to
       accomplish. So we won't stand by and let you adults have
       your way unchallenged!"

Jude: "We've got to combine our powers! Individually, our powers are
     limited, but combined together, they become strong!"

Arnaud: "Let's do it!"

Yulie: "Yes, we must!"

Raquel: "Let's go together, into the future!"

Jude: "Arc Impulse!!!"

[The party defeats the Divine Weapon's third incarnation.]

Raquel: "If it means a life enslaved to power, I'll fight it with
       everything I got."

Arnaud: "No matter what, everyone's got the right to choose their
       own path!"

Yulie: "Certain convictions are worth more than life!"

Jude: "Combining our powers and our hearts into one...with this
     final Arc Impulse...we'll strike Hauser will all our
     conviction!"

[The party uses Arc Impulse on the third incarnation that has 1 HP
left over, ripping the Divine Weapon apart once and for all.]

Arnaud: "The aura of the Divine Weapon's energy has disappeared, and
       it's turned white and brittle looking... ... It's so quiet...
       Is it finally over...?"

Raquel: "Now that Hauser's gone, the sinister energy given off by
       the Wild ARM is also fading..."

Yulie: "...The Divine Weapon should cease functioning now. The
      contaminated areas should die out soon, too."

Jude: "Yeah..."

[All of a sudden, the area starts to shake.]

Arnaud: "If the contaminated areas around us are dying that means...
       the structural integrity of this place is about to drop
       dramatically!"

Raquel: "That doesn't sound good..."

Jude: "Let's get out of here, guys!!"

[The party starts to run off. As Jude looks back, Hauser reforms
from the nanomachines and runs towards him with his ARM. Jude
forms his ARM...and tosses it aside, running to Hauser.]

Jude: "Stop it! That's enough! You said you wanted to eliminate war
     from this world...well, guess what?! We both want the same
     thing! I know that...everything you've done was to protect
     the world...and I'm grateful for it. Thank you...thank you
     for fighting in the war...And creating a future for this
     world and the rest of us. And it's not only you... I want to
     thank everyone that's fought for the sake of our future.
     Because of your sacrifices in the past, we have our lives
     today...and a tomorrow to look forward to. So there's no need
     to wield your ARM anymore, Hauser. You can put the anger inside
     your heart to rest.

[Hauser slowly lets go of his ARM.]

Jude: "Thank you...thank you for everything you've done. From now on,
     we, the children who inherited this world you fought so hard for,
     we'll be the ones to forge the future. And we promise to work so
     that some day, in the future, there'll be no more war... Don't
     you think that's the true meaning of evolution?"

Hauser: "..."

Jude: "So your sacrifices...it was all to provide us with the time
     and opportunity to do just this, wasn't it?"

[Hauser smiles and pats Jude on the head. With the anger in his
heart gone, he fades away into nanomachines, scattering off the
side of the bridge. Jude's team, who didn't see the encounter,
run back when he starts to wail.]

Arnaud: "H...hey...what's the matter?"

[Jude hugs Arnaud, crying.]

Jude: "I...I..."

[They let him cry for a moment. When he turns around, he sees the
puppy from the August River looking at them.]

Jude: "Is that...is that the puppy from the river?"

Dog: "..."

[The dog sniffs them each and stands looking at them again.]

Jude: "Yeah...that's right...we can't just hang around here, can
     we? Hey, he probably knows a safe way out. Let's follow him.
     C'mon, everyone! Let's head back...back to our own world!"

[The party leaves and flies out of Illsveil Prison, which is now
smoking and smoldering from the internal chaos. The screen blacks out
and the view eventually changes to the Halim cemetary.]

Narrative: "A few days after the battle...

[Jude puts the finishing touches on his mother's memorial.]

Jude: "Guys...thank you. With your help, I was able to fulfill Mom's
     wish and put a stop to the Divine Weapon once and for all. ...
     And.. We were able to create a resting place for Mom and the
     other villagers... ... ...and for everyone else... I was able
     to do things I couldn't have done by myself, because you were
     all with me."

Arnaud: "In the end, all I did was let myself get dragged into one
       thing after another... But thanks to you, I think I've changed
       a little, and for the better too."

Yulie: "And it's not just Arnaud. Little-by-little, we've all changed
      since we first met."

Raquel: "We didn't just spend time together. This must be--"

Jude: "We went to all the trouble of protecting the world's future...
     so we'd better make good use of it now!"

[The party starts to leave.]

Jude: "Let's see, before we go, is there anything I've forgotten...?
     Arnaud...Are you and Raquel really leaving?"

Arnaud: "Yeah...I've finally found my purpose. I want to cure Raquel."

Jude: "Then why don't we go together?"

Arnaud: "You're going to stay and develop this village, right? And
       Yulie says she's going to take care of the kids in the
       village..."

Jude: "But I thought we'd...always be together..."

Arnaud: "Our paths may be different, but we share the same future.
       We'll cross paths again sometime... Right?"

Jude: "Yeah... You're right..."

[The four walk toward the workshop.]

Arnaud: "Once we retrieve our belongings we left in the workshop...
       it'll be about time for us to go."

Jude: "You're leaving already?"

Arnaud: "I don't really want a big send-off...Besides, the longer
       we wait, the harder it'll be to say goodbye, right?"

Jude: "It's already hard enough to say goodbye..."

Arnaud: "Sorry for being so selfish Jude, but you understand, right?"

[They go into the workshop.]

Raquel: "When did you realize we were leaving?"

Jude: "I didn't realize anything at first until Yulie mentioned it..."

Yulie: "Well, it's just that...Arnaud seemed restless..."

Arnaud: "I gave it away?!"

Jude: " *heh heh* You're supposed to be a master trickster, but you
     couldn't keep it hidden at all."

Arnaud: "I don't need to take that from you, kid. You'd never know
       if Yulie didn't say something."

Jude: " *laughter* "

[Arnaud tells the story of Raquel and him (?) in a quick fade-in/
fade-out scene.]

Arnaud: "So anyway, that's the story. We're going on a journey to
       cure Raquel."

Raquel: "I feel bad having Arnaud help me, but... I intend to continue
       my search for the beautiful things left in Filgaia. My journey
       with all of you helped me to realize that it's a bit too early
       for me to be giving up on this world."

Yulie: "Please take care, Raquel..."

Raquel: "Arnaud will be with me, so there's no need to worry. He's a
       lot more reliable than he looks."

Yulie: "If you really feel that way, you could at least hold hands..."

[Raquel blushes.]

Raquel: "Wh-what?! You don't do that sort of thing in front of
       others!!"

[This is where the funny Raquel-wielding-sword/Arnaud-running-away
picture comes into play.]

Arnaud: "Well anyway, that's how things are. And don't worry, there's
       plenty going on when you two aren't around. Well, we'll be
       taking off now. Take care, you two."

Raquel: "If we find a cure, this'll be the first place we come back
       to. So I want you to see us off with smiles today."

Jude: "I know you'll be back! It's a promise, okay?! And you have to
     keep that promise no matter what, got it? Remember, no matter
     what! It's a promise between the four of us! We'll all meet
     again in this village! Really, I hate that we're parting like
     this... There's all sorts of things I want to tell you! ...
     But... I'll save those things for next time. I'll tell you about
     them when we all meet up again! I'll see you off today with a
     smile. So you two have to go with smiles too!!"

[Raquel and Arnaud leave.]

Yulie: "They're gone..."

Jude: "Yeah... But we'll see them again soon...'Cause we made a
     promise..."

Yulie: "Everyone's taking steps toward their own futures... I better
      not fall behind, myself."

Jude: "You're gonna take care of the children in the village, right?"

Yulie: "Yes, I... All this time, I've been receiving help from others.
      From now on, I want to help people, too..."

Jude: "I know you can do it, Yulie. That sort of thing suits you."

Yulie: "Thanks, Jude. When I hear you say that...it makes me feel
      really happy."

[The two walk outside now that their friends have left. On the
stone railing nearby, the music box Kresnik used to carry around
sits. Yulie opens it to hear her song.]

Jude: "Isn't that..."

Yulie: "That melody...Yes...it's the song, the one I used to
      listen to.

Jude: "Someone must have forgotten it."

Yulie: "Then, what should we do?"

Jude: "Why don't you keep it, Yulie?"

Yulie: "Huh?"

Jude: "Yeah, hang onto it until someone comes back to claim it."

Yulie: "You're just trying to get out of being responsible for
      it!"

Jude: "What do you mean? You wouldn't want me to lose it, would
     you?"

[Jude laughs and runs off back into town with Yulie behind him.]

Jude: "Look at us! We're acting like Arnaud and Raquel!"

Yulie: "Hey, Jude!"

Jude: "What?"

Yulie: "What are you going to do?"

Jude: "What do you mean?'

Yulie: "In the future."

Jude: "I'm gonna help develop this place!"

Yulie: "No...I mean a little further down the line. Like, when
      we're older."

Jude: "I'm not really sure...it's hard to say. But one thing's for
     certain. I'm never going to let my doubts stop me from moving
     forward again. I'm going...I'm going to face the future
     head-on... ...and not get mired in the past...to become more
     than I am today. After all, I wanna measure up to all those who
     came before us, and make them proud. Think I can do it?"

[Jude turns around to Yulie and sees her trip. He runs to catch her
and the screen fast-forwards.]

Narrative: 10 years later...

[The screen shows pictures of Halim in all seasons, and then Jude
up in the mountains looking through binoculars.]

Narrative: Jude became a forest ranger, working to protect what
          remained of Filgaia's precious wilderness after the
          flames of war subsided.

[It shows Jude surrounding by animals, including a large bear.]

Narrative: He now lives in a cabin in the mountains near Halim,
          surrounded by animals rather than people. Perhaps this
          is why he still retains his youthful innocence to this
          day.

[In Halim, it shows Yulie looking very scholarly and surrounded
by her own brood of students.]

Narrative: Yulie Ahtreide became a schoolteacher in Halim. The
          settlement has expanded and she spends much of her time
          teaching its many children. Although she gets teased
          from time to time, she's beloved by all. She has
          also managed to add a few new recipes to her
          repertoire."

[The screen shows a dusty town off somewhere.]

Narrative: Arnaud G. Vaszquez married Raquel Applegate somewhere
          along their journey to find a cure for her illness.
          Soon after ,they were blessed with the birth of a
          daughter.

[They show the inside of a diner with Arnaud's daughter pointing
to a picture of her when she was young, when she was still alive.]

Narrative: Later, they settled down in a town they were passing
          through and opened a restaurant. He currently runs it
          with the help of his daughter, but business is far
          from booming.

[It shows a wall full of pictures in the restaurant.]

Narrative: Raquel never did find a cure for her illness, but she did
          find something truly beautiful in this world.

[The screen shows a picture of Arnaud, Raquel, and their daughter.]

Narrative: She was filled with a sense of peace as she caressed her
          newborn daughter's hand, and her journey quietly came to
          an end.

[The credits roll. Afterwards, a picture shows the four smiling in
a framed picture on Arnaud's wall.]

Narrative: The four friends may not have been able to fulfill their
          promise to meet again, but even now, Filgaia's future
          continues onward...

                              THE END

----------------------------------------------------------------------

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 40. NPC List                                                   |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/
|                                                               /
| LEGEND:                                                      /
|                        TS = Traveling Salesman              /
|               [1],[2],[3] = Area NPC is Located            /
|               01, 02...   = NPC Number                    /
|      [Rusty Luster], etc. = Area Name if NPC is Indoors  /
| ________________________________________________________/
||
||
| --------------------
|  Abandoned Village |
| --------------------
||
|| 01. Brewer                      [2]
|| 02. TS ???????
||
||
| -------------------
|    August River   |
| -------------------
||
|| 01. TS Lenny                    [2]
||
||
| -------------------
|  Blue Amity Beach |
| -------------------
||
|| 01. TS Julian                   [2]
||
||
| -------------------
|   Buckeye Station |
| -------------------
||
|| 01. Fitz                        [1]
|| 02. Charlie                     [1]
|| 03. Timothy                     [1]
|| 04. Garcia                      [1]
|| 05. Jennifer                    [1]
|| 06. Andy                        [1]
|| 07. Oswald                      [1]
|| 08. Vernon                      [1]
|| 09. Josie                       [1]
|| 10. Ivana                       [1][The Copper Kettle]
|| 11. Doris                       [1][Rusty Luster]
|| 12. Annette                     [1]
|| 13. Grace                       [1][Comfortably Retired Grace's House]
|| 14. Francois                    [1][Widower Francois' Home]
|| 15. Victoria                    [1][Buckeye Station Waiting Room]
|| 16. Leonard                     [1][Buckeye Station Waiting Room]
|| 17. Station Worker Emmett       [2]
|| 18. Volcan                      [2]
|| 19. Theresia                    [2]
|| 20. Henrick                     [2]
|| 21. Cid                         [3][Penman Cid's Cottage]
|| 22. Sasha                       [3]
|| 23. Willy                       [3]
||
| ------------------------
|      Calucion Pass     |
| ------------------------
||
|| 01. TS Kanaan                   [2]
||
||
| ------------------------
|       Ceil Shelter     |
| ------------------------
||
|| 01. Hakim
|| 02. Solon
|| 03. Diana
|| 04. Maybell
|| 05. Wyoming
|| 06. Samuel
|| 07. Raymond
|| 08. Alec
|| 09. Helga
|| 10. Heinrich
|| 11. Instructor Henri
|| 12. Ethelda
||
| ------------------------
|     Desolate Railway   |
| ------------------------
||
|| 01. Rebecca                     [1]
|| 02. Black Box                   [2]
||
| ------------------------
|    Dragon Fossil Mine  |
| ------------------------
||
|| 01. Johnny                      [1]
|| 02. TS Landis                   [2]
||
| ------------------------
|   Frontier Town Halim  |
|.------------------------
||
|| 01. Gil                         [1]
|| 02. Hakim                       [1]
|| 03. Archibald                   [1]
|| 04. Bill                        [1]
|| 05. Wyoming                     [1]
|| 06. Maybell                     [1]
|| 07. Helga                       [1][Helga's Temporary Residence]
|| 08. Blaire                      [1][Blaire's House]
|| 09. Charlotte                   [1][General Store Sweet Teddy]
|| 10. George                      [1]
|| 11. Elaine                      [1]
|| 12. Aki                         [1]
|| 13. Sasha                       [1]
|| 14. Amengard                    [1][Occult Buff's House]
|| 15. Gordon                      [1][Retiree Gordon's House]
|| 16. Caroline                    [2]
|| 17. Pick                        [2]
|| 18. Annie                       [2]
|| 19. Simon                       [2]
|| 20. Rebecca                     [2]
|| 21. Mathilda                    [2]
|| 22. Instructor Henri            [3]
||
||
| -------------------
|   Great Stairway  |
| -------------------
||
|| 01. TS ___________              [2]
||
||
 -------------------
    Guara Bobelo   |
 -------------------
||
|| 01. Matt                        [1]
|| 02. Chloe                       [1]
|| 03. Jean                        [1][Jean's Workplace]
|| 04. Clark                       [1]
|| 05. Mitchell                    [1]
|| 06. Vilen                       [1]
|| 07. Bruce                       [1][Shopkeeper]
|| 08. Sarah                       [1]
|| 09. Phoebe                      [1]
|| 10. Rand                        [1][Gamer Geek's House]
|| 11. Trish                       [2]
|| 12. Willy                       [2]
|| 13. Pierre                      [2]
|| 14. Catherine                   [2]
|| 15. Gaston                      [2]
|| 16. Haley                       [2]
|| 17. Jacky                       [2]
|| 18. Izzy                        [2]
|| 19. Tatiana                     [2]
|| 20. Richie                      [2]
|| 21. Basil                       [2]
|| 22. Abigail                     [2]
|| 23. Marcello                    [2]
|| 24. Alexando                    [2][Alexandro's Bar]
|| 25. Goltres                     [2][Maiden Goltres' Residence]
|| 26. Samantha                    [2]
|| 27. Kid                         [3]
|| 28. Jibril                      [3][Black Market]
|| 29. Owen                        [3]
|| 30. David                       [3]
|| 31. Barbara                     [3]
|| 32. Raymond                     [3]
|| 33. Black                       [3]
|| 34. Sally                       [3][Screams of the Sacrificed]
||
| -----------------
|   Port Rosalia  |
| -----------------
||
|| 01. Audrey                      [1]
|| 02. Duke                        [1]
|| 03. Pedro                       [1]
|| 04. Natalie                     [1]
|| 05. Glenn                       [1]
|| 06. Russel                      [1]
|| 07. Lily                        [1][Seabreeze Port]
|| 08. Mike                        [1]
|| 09. Anabel                      [1]
|| 10. Steven                      [1]
|| 11. Sonetica                    [1]
|| 12. Camus                       [1][General Store Gargantua]
|| 13. Tommy                       [1]
|| 14. Stewart                     [1]
|| 15. Sasha                       [1]
|| 16. Ethan                       [1]
|| 17. Felicia                     [1][Felicia's Club]
|| 18. Neville                     [1]
|| 19. Bernard                     [1][Fisherman Bernard's House]
|| 20. Johnson                     [1]
|| 21. Rose                        [2]
|| 22. James                       [2]
|| 23. Kai                         [2]
|| 24. Angelica                    [2]
|| 25. Lesley                      [2]
|| 26. Keith                       [2]
|| 27. Alison                      [2][Merchant Alison's House]
|| 28. Shiela                      [2]
|| 29. Dr. Morgan                  [2][Dr. Morgan's Clinic]
|| 30. Colin                       [2]
|| 31. Bryan                       [2]
|| 32. Monica                      [2][Monica, Home Alone]
|| 33. Valentine                   [2]
|| 34. Kenneth                     [2]
|| 35. Rebecca                     [2]
|| 36. Nest                        [2]
|| 37. Riber                       [2]
|| 38. Brewer                      [3]
|| 39. Pico                        [3]
|| 40. Umberto                     [3]
|| 41. Siemens                     [3]
|| 42. Paige                       [3]
||
| \_______________________________________________________/|
|__________________________________________________________|

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 41. Amengard Script                                            |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

Amengard is a quirky NPC who lives in the treehouse in the Frontier
Town Halim. She's an occult fan, so, by nature she knows a lot of
mysterious goings-on. She's really a throwback to the WA3 character
who found pleasure in telling people about the days of the year. In
this game, she tells different spook stories for each day. So, to
honor her presence, here's the script of her daily tales, starting
with her initial little entrance dialogue (she says it once):

Amengard: "Welcome. I am called Amengard. Hmm? Aren't you...? Let
         me see your face. I have a strange feeling I've met you
         before in a parallel universe...No, perhaps it was the
         spirit that accompanies you that I met...? ...Whatever
         the case, I feel a connection with you, so starting now,
         I'll tell you my 365(+1) scary stories. Wait...don't run
         away. Well, actually, you can run if you want, but
         you'll come back to me again like a boomerang!"

January 01 -- "Today is January 1st, New Year's Day. On New Year's
             Eve, I counted as the bell of desire tolled 366 times
             for me. My mother was flabbergasted by the sheer
             number of my earthly desires... But for me, I learned
             that I possess absolutely no earthly desires other
             than my interest in the occult, so it was a lovely
             way to start the year. By the way, how many earthly
             desires do you possess?"

January 02 -- "There once was a man who lived in a village up in
             the mountains... He claimed he was descended from
             Balam, the three-faced monster. The people of the
             village didn't take his claim seriously, for no
             evidence supported his tale. Then one day, the man
             fell from a tree while working, and passed away. You
             can imagine how stunned the villagers were when they
             saw his body...for on the back of his head were
             wounds that resembled eyes, nose, and mouth."

January 03 -- "There once was a palm reader whose fortunes were
             rumored to always come true. But the secret to his
             fortune-telling was that he looked at the blood
             vessels on the hand to judge a person's health. When
             his secret was revealed, you would have expected his
             popularity to go up, but instead he found himself
             with fewer customers."

January 04 -- "Unwrap a piece of caramel, and you'll find pictures
             of girls with a variety of expressions on the
             wrappers. There was once a girl who received a box
             of these caramels as a farewell gift from her
             classmates. But the girl never got around to eating
             the caramels for on the day of the move she was hit
             by a car. It's said that caramel wrappers were
             scattered all across the road...and they all had
             faces of weeping girls on them."

January 05 -- "There once was a gambler who had a magical item known
             as the Coin of Ruin...a coin that always came up
             tails. He used the coin at crucial times and became a
             very wealthy man. Yet they say his life was not a
             happy one...For though he could win at gambling by
             betting on tails, predicting the coin toss of life
             proved to be much more difficult..."

January 06 -- "About 100 years ago, there was a lady in Buckeye
             named Mathilda. She always wore pure white gloves
             and never once removed them. Mathilda died of old
             age, and when her family gathered at her bedside,
             they saw the gloves liquify and melt away. And with
             the exception of the ring finger on her left hand--
             on which her wedding ring was placed--her hands were
             gone as well."

January 07 -- "When you hear the phrase 'Seven Wonders,' you never
             hear anyone describe what the seventh one actually is.
             That's because those who learn what the seventh one
             is, always lose their lives. It's just like how only
             six of the spices in seven-spice are revealed."

January 08 -- "Many people say they have encountered supernatural
             creatures on snowy mountains. The creatures are
             usually white as snow, as if they had no blood.
             Perhaps it acts as a sort of camouflage amidst the
             white snow. Because of that, there's no end to the
             number of people who encounter them...before even
             realizing what they are."

January 09 -- "At night, the statue of the saint in Culane Temple
             turns into a beautiful woman dressed in white, and
             travels to Port Rosalia. ...Or so they claim... Many
             scoff at the tale as nothing but humbug, and yet...
             After the statue was destroyed during the war, the
             beautiful woman in white was no longer seen about
             Port Rosalia."

January 10 -- "A traveling salesman was making his way through
             Calucion Pass when he saw a wrinkled old gob watching
             him from atop a tree beside the road. The gob asked
             the salesman for a shotel but considering what would
             happen after he handed it over, the salesman refused.
             The old gob persisted, so the salesman sighed and
             compromised, saying he'd sell it for 102 tree nuts.
             The old gob nodded and disappeared into the forest to
             search for nuts, and the salesman promptly fled."

January 11 -- "There once was a woman who could fortell how long
             people had to live. As was common amongst people with
             such abilities, she kept it hidden. One day, she
             stepped out onto the street and was stunned to see
             that everyone who walked by had exactly the same
             amount of time left. She quickly gathered her
             belongings and put her hometown of Verklarung behind
             her."

January 12 -- "One day, an honest old man dropped his axe in a
             spring, but he spirit of the spring admired his
             honesty and gave him a golden axe instead. When a
             mean old man heard that, he went to the spring himself
             and dumped in his own axe. But the spirit of the
             spring never appeared. The mean old man got mad and
             invited the other man to come over and drink with him
             so that he might forget his troubles. But upon
             arriving, the honest old man seemed a bit nervous.
             After fidgeting for a while, he suggested they go out
             for ice cream. The mean old man didn't want to go, but
             he gave in eventually and went out for a waffle cone.
             As soon as they left the house, the honest old man
             said to the other, 'The spirit of the spring was under
             your bed, clutching an axe.' The spirit of the spring
             of the spring was arrested, and she confessed that she
             had planned to strke once the two of them had gone to
             sleep."

January 13 -- "Trish, the girl in charge of the library at Clan, was
             organizing the books as usual when an old vellum scroll
             fell from the shelves. The aged, yellow paper was
             clearly addressed to her, 'Trish S.' She was surprised,
             but quickly regained her composure and headed for the
             library office. She addressed a letter to the girl
             whose name popped in her mind, and placed it back
             inside the book, and returned it to the shelf."

January 14 -- "They say there's an old umbrella shop in the back
             alley of Port Rosalia. In that shop is an umbrella
             that, when opened, allows you to see a rainy day--
             no matter how nice the weather outside happens to
             be. It's a useless item, but very valuable when
             you're walking along the beach and feeling blue."

January 15 -- "Today is Alien Day! It's the day when all the aliens
             who've come to Filgaia from outer space gather
             together in one place to hold a ceremony. When the
             ceremony ends, they all receive commemorative gifts.
             Filgaian dictionaries are always a popular choice."

January 16 -- "Once, in a certain town, there was a green-haired
             demon who lived with a human girl. Shortly after the
             girl died, the demon passed away as well. His friend
             buried the body, and a silly looking flower sprouted
             from the surface of the grave, and it became a spot
             where the town's children were forbidden to tread."

January 17 -- "There once was a woman in Port Rosalia who lamented
             the fact that she had no money. One day as she was
             walking along the beach, she found a pendant with a
             large gem lying on the ground. She quickly pocketed
             it, and sold it for a large sum of money. She went to
             bed feeling quite chipper, but she was never able to
             use the money because she was killed by a burglar
             who'd heard rumors of her find."

January 18 -- "Guara Bobelo, the home of the Arena... They say that
             experiments where the organs of the dying are
             exchanged with those of fallen warriors, take place
             there. ...It's frightening to imagine. I think I'll
             go ahead and engrave the serial number '666' on my
             innards."

January 19 -- "There was a girl who spent all day and night
             collecting scary stories. But she couldn't remember
             when she started this habit of frightening yarns.
             Maybe I've been doing it since I was a little girl,
             or maybe I started last year. Hmm, I may have to
             rely on hypno-therapy..."

January 20 -- "There once was a man who found countless candles
             inside a cave near Calucion Pass. As a joke, he blew
             on a candle closest to him, but he then felt a warm,
             wet breeze blow over his body. He shuddered and left
             the cave. Several days later, he took a friend back
             to Calucion Pass, but they were unable to find the
             cave..."

January 21 -- "Today's scary-but-true story is 'Pollyanna's Spirit
             Eye.' Sometimes, a blue eye will appear in your miso
             soup. But even if this should happen, you must
             continue eating your soup! That eye belongs to a
             little girl who died in an accident when she was five.
             She's a good spirit who loves lurking in miso soup--
             her favorite food--and watches the faces of people
             enjoying it."

January 22 -- "Today's scary-but-true story is about the Rorschach
             test. Cook meat in boiling water, and you'll get
             tasty meat with all the unwanted fat removed. If you
             continue cooking the meat, after a while, you'll find
             fat floating on the surface of the water. In order to
             keep the meat delicious, you can remove the fat from
             the surface by using a blotting paper. When you do
             so, you'll see an image on the paper that can look
             like a human face or an ominous giant butterfly. When
             you have friends over for stew on long winter nights,
             it can be a hoot trying to analyze their personalities
             based on what they see on the paper."

January 23 -- "The monster known as a Greater Beast is a fearsome
             creature with nine heads. Because its heads are close
             together, even if it washes itself carefully, there
             are still spots that are missed. The unwashed parts
             petrify over time, and right now, the most popular
             perfume in Filgaia is made by grinding up that stuff.
             They say that when you wear it, you'll be popular not
             only with people but with Greater Beats, to boot!"

January 24 -- "Every day, my mother would buy vegetables that were
             labeled 'organic.' But when she learned the veggies
             had been grown by the Ogre, Nick, who had used his
             own personal material, she quickly put the kibosh on
             buying them. I think as long as they taste good, it
             doesn't matter how they're grown. I guess adults have
             a lot of unresolved issues..."

January 25 -- "There was a statue of a wolf left inside a
             dilapidated old house. But one day, a female Drifter
             brought the statue back out into the light of day.
             The wolf statue felt such gratitude that he presented
             the Drifter with sliced up people and monsters. I
             suppose it's just like received a dead mouse from
             you pet cat."

January 26 -- "They say wandering souls still linger upon old
             battlefields. Human souls emit a bioluminescent green
             light and cool the area around them, so they make
             great presents for students who study at night."

January 27 -- "It's said that long ago, people would use turtle
             shells to predict the year's harvest. They would do
             this buy heating a turtle shell, and reading the
             cracks that resulted. But after a time, the great
             turtle general Schturdark grew angry, and any time
             a turtle shell was used, a flood would follow. The
             scheming Mizar slipped into an enemy country in the
             guise of a fortune teller, and performed the turtle
             shell divination. Just as Mizar planned, Schturdark
             caused terrible floods in the country and greatly
             weakened its power."

January 28 -- "Today is the day on which Heal Berries were first
             invented... During the great war, the military
             distributed canned meat called 'rations' to the
             soldiers as healing kits. But after a time, rumors
             spread that the meat in the rations came from cats,
             rats, and people... The military then developed Heal
             Berries as a replacement for rations."

January 29 -- "Today is Saint Calucion's birthday... Saint Calucion
             brought miracles to every land she visited. She cured
             the sick with a touch of her staff. She pioneered
             flood-control construction, and found a third of the
             world's hot springs... If this town had been developed
             during her era, there might have been a hot spring
             here. We lost a truly great person..."

January 30 -- "The eyes of the creeping chaos are yellow, and when
             people feel its hungry gaze, they lose their will to
             resist and become dizzy. They're released a short
             time later, but they can't remember anything that
             happened during the interim. ...Wait, why am I saying
             this like it's the absolute truth instead of hearsay?
             When I start thinking about it, my head hurts so much
             it feels like it's going to explode...Help me,
             Drifters!"

January 31 -- "A biological weapon developed during the war seeped
             into the water supply and infected the wells,
             transforming the villagers into orc-like forms...
             Well, such an incident occured...supposedly. I'm not
             certain if it's true or not, but they do say a tribe
             of violent orcs live in Calucion Pass."

February 01 -- "I had a dream in which a black box with a hand
              growing out of it grabbed me and said, 'To think I
              would be able to see you in this Filgaia, too...' I
              woke up thinking I'd had a bad dream, but I found red
              marks on my wrist. It must have been a very strong
              manifestation of the subconscious. Does it mean my
              ideal partner is the square black type?"

February 02 -- "Back when trains departed from Buckeye, they say
              the ghost of a woman in a soaking wet dress would
              haunt the night trains. Supposedly, those who heard
              her muttering words of loathing and chagrin all died
              within a week... Now that trains no longer leave
              from Buckeye and she's lost her haunting spot, they
              say she now wanders with even stronger resentment..."

February 03 -- "According to legend, if you tell 100 scary stories,
              a real supernatural creature will visit. The other
              day, a woman making a living as an exorcist asked me
              to tell as many scary stories as I could in order to
              call forth spirits. I was able to summon about three
              of them. The exorcist was fine, but I was warn out
              from talking so much. I think he method of having
              people stand in the four corners of the room and tap
              each other's shoulders to summon spirits would
              probably has been more efficient..."

February 04 -- "During the war, a flying buff boarded a regularly
              scheduled flight and headed from Buckeye to Port
              Rosalia. He was excited to be on board, but marveled
              at how quiet the trip was and looked out the window.
              What he saw was two stopped engines and a giant arm
              reaching out of the sea, supporting and moving the
              aircraft."

February 05 -- "Dr. Alcaste, the man who managed to capture the
              creeping chaos alive, was surprised when he took
              off its clothes. No matter how man layers he peeled
              off, there were always more, like an onion. On top
              of that, the clothes would not burn, did not get
              dirty, and never wore out. The doctor was overjoyed
              for now he had a business that didn't require
              capital, and would revolutionize the clothing
              industry. At that point, he didn't realize that
              indestructable cloth wasn't all that well suited for
              human garments..."

February 06 -- "A long time ago, in Port Rosalia, there lived a boy
              whose girlfriend since childhood passed away. It was
              a terrible shock, and he locked himself in his room
              and would not come out. His exasperated mother opened
              the door to his room, saying, 'How long to do you
              plan to keep rotting in there?' They say what she saw
              before her was her son, now undead, and who was
              rotting just as she had said."

February 07 -- "When I was young, a friend of mine would play a game
              called 'stairway.' He would gradually crouch down
              while walking behind a large piece of furniture. One
              day, while walking behind a large desk, he suddenly
              disappeared. Surprised, I went around to the other
              side of the desk and found an open stone stairway.
              Startled, I lost my balance and fell down those
              stairs. And that's how I came to find myself here in
              this village..."

February 08 -- "A blacksmith by the name of Libera lived in a village
              called Boot Hill. He passed away at the age of 41 due
              to heart failure. But as they were carrying his body to
              the village graveyard, lightning struck the coffin. The
              villagers dropped the coffin in surprise, and then
              leapt in shock a second time as Libera stood up from
              the pine box. They say that until he was struck by
              lightning a second time at the age of 81, he lived a
              life without a single illness."

February 09 -- "Supposedly, there's an orchid that only blooms once
              every 20 years under the light of an aurora. This
              orchid is as elegant as a white butterfly and charms
              all who see it, but its flowers signify 'terrible
              famine.' They say on the years the solar winds cause
              this orchid to bloom, bamboo seeds ripen in the
              mountains, and rats appear in great numbers. Then, the
              world is struck by great famine..."

February 10 -- "Today is February 10th...I shall tell another tale
              from the Fantastic-Yet-True series. It's myserious,
              but supposedly when children who are terminally ill
              draw pictures, they always draw white butterflies.
              White butterflies symbolize the human soul... When
              children sense that their lives will soon come to an
              end, they draw white butterflies..."

February 11 -- "In the drama 'Saint Calucion's Travels,' there's an
              episode in each season where a Calucion look-alike
              appears. ...When you follow the path she actually
              took, you'll find that some visits must have been
              fakes. Several times, she covered impossible
              distances all in one day. This leads to the theory
              that there were Saint Calucion imposters...or that
              Saint Calucion was a ninja."

February 12 -- "There once was a powerful magic umbrella that
              could go toe-to-toe with monsters... It's expensive,
              and for some reason it reduces your popularity with
              the opposite sex, but there is one good reason to
              buy it. The holder projects a fearsome aura, and
              discourages umbrella thieves."

February 13 -- "Do you know about the terrible beast known as
              chupacabra, which chomps on people's necks with a
              revolting sucking sound? Chupacabras not only devour
              people but make them part of their own body. They
              say that a chupacabra's meat has the same pomegranate
              flavor as people. If you feel like eating pomegranates
              but there aren't any nearby, you should go after
              chupacabras."

February 14 -- "According to an urban legend, the white threat-like
              substance that comes out of a piercing in your ear is
              actually a nerve. If that's true, then if you take two
              people who both have this same substance coming out of
              their piercings and connect them, they should be able
              to share senses. ...At least that was the hypothesis a
              scientist once dreamed up. He ran the experiment at
              once, but discovered that the white thread was not a
              nerve, but fat, and the test subjects shared nothing
              more than their BMI."

February 15 -- "They say there's an abandoned freeway that runs
              near Port Rosalia. And a long time ago, there was
              an old lady who would race down it at mach speed.
              Numerous racers challenged the Racer Granny, but
              her tactics always prevailed and she defeated them
              all, one after another. When her once numberous
              challengers dwindled over time, like an endangered
              species, a rival to the Racer Granny appeared.
              ...It was a granny who raced naked, a Racy Granny!
              Their dead heat was like none ever seen before, and
              both of them spun out off the highway into the sea,
              never to emerge."

February 16 -- "There once was a motorcycle buff who claimed he
              could hear the voices of motorcycles. What sounded
              like an engine roar to us, he understood as a
              complete and eloquent language. He must have had
              that ancient tool, the Magic Staff."

February 17 -- "They say that people under anesthesia crazily
              babble things they would normally never say. When
              I was undergoing appendix surgery, I suddenly
              started talking about what day it was (Sprout Day).
              That was so embarrassing...Why couldn't my deep
              subconscious come up with a scary story about
              appendixes instead?"

February 18 -- "My uncle says that during the great war, he was in
              charge of food refrigeration at a military base.
              Inside the freezer were huge slabs of pork and beef,
              hanging on meet hooks. In that forest of meat dwelt
              the ghosts of pigs and cows, making for an enjoyable
              and pastoral--though slightly red--landscape."

February 19 -- "They say that beings called 'Guardians' existed in
              Filgaia in the distant past. Guardians are spirits
              of power that symbolize earth, water, fire, wind,
              the stars, light...and emotions such as love and
              desire. But at the same time, guardian worship is
              considered to be a cult...I tell you, this is an
              awful age we live in. Every night a white tiger
              and a strange turtle appear beside my bed so I wish
              they'd hurry up and remove that designation."

February 20 -- "When I tell these scary stories, Drifters will
              sometimes stop and ask me what I'm afraid of. Once
              I answered, 'The thing I fear most is money,' and
              the Drifter tried to hit me with a bag full of
              gella. I skillfully evade the attack, making a
              mental note to myself to answer 'berries and tea'
              next time."

February 21 -- "I once received a magic ring from a traveling
              salesman. When placed on a maiden's ring finger,
              the initials of her future husband are supposed to
              appear on the inside of the band. ...I hesitantly
              tried it, and five letters from a language I don't
              know appeared. I'm starting to think it's a gag
              item."

February 22 -- "There once was a girl with a head full of dreams
              who claimed that flowers had pixies inside them.
              She said this so often, her classmates called her
              'Pixie.' Seeing her happy face upon hearing that
              nickname, made her classmates joyous as well.
              Everyone was happy, but it's not a story one can
              feel completely happy about. Why? You'll have to
              ask Pixie..."

February 23 -- "In the distant past, in a town called Meria Boule,
              there lived a wise king called Garbeth the 3rd. He
              was so virtuous, when he passed away, the people
              cried for days... But too strong an attachment to
              those who have died can prevent them from passing
              onto the other side. They say that because of how
              much he was loved, the good king Garbeth became a
              ghost that continues to wander the castle..."

February 24 -- "It's a well-known story that the Ape Man Vargon
              was discovered by a maid who was on a mission to
              find an engine for her employer. But there are
              few who know that the Ape Man Junma was actually
              brought back by the maid as a souvenir from her
              trip to the Amazon..."

February 25 -- "Those three large sacks hanging from the front of
              my house... One of them is a visitor from the great
              cosmos who emits a sweet aroma and thereby attracts
              male aliens. If you were a male alien such as
              'chaos,' you'd find yourself unable to resist the
              urge to get inside. If you don't feel that
              impulse...then you're either a native Filgaian or a
              female alien."

February 26 -- "In a certain castle town with a famous bakery,
              there once lived a blonde man who stayed cooped up
              inside the house with the curtains and blinds drawn
              year-round. The man was beautiful, with delicate
              features, and many girls fell in love with him, but
              none of them succeeded in drawing him out. One
              exasperated girl forced the blinds open and invaded
              the man's bedroom. In that instant, the man, who
              had been sleeping in the nude, turned to ash and
              blew away in the wind. He was a Crimson Noble...a
              race of vampires to whom sunlight was a mortal
              enemy."

February 27 -- "The beach that connects Port Rosalia to Frontier
              Town Halim is right next to a shallow, beautiful
              blue sea... But that shoreline is one full of
              tragedy... During the great war, a special forces
              unit headed for the base at Celesti was wiped out
              by a giant wave... Perhaps it was the lingering
              spirits of the soldiers who never made it to
              land... Even now when night falls, a platoon of the
              dead appears and drags lovers on the beach into the
              sea. ...You mustn't dismiss this as a silly rumor
              and go swimming in the sea, you know. The scientific
              basis is that the long beach's shallow sea generates
              deadly rip currents that travel from the shore out
              to sea."

February 28 -- "One dark moonless night, a Drifter stepped away
              from camp to answer a call of nature and saw a woman
              waving from a group of trees. Having no interaction
              with the fairer sex for some time, the Drifter
              approached the grove. The woman smiled and
              disappeared into the trees. The Drifter suddenly
              sensed danger and hesitated in front of the grove.
              Then a woman's slender white hand appeared in front
              of him and gripped his arm. The Drifter yelped at
              the ice-cold touch, and the hand vanished into
              nothingness."

February 29 -- "An older member of the village passed away last
              year, yet the gravestone stated that he'd passed
              away at the age of 18. Fearing a mix-up by the
              stonecutter, the family asked why he had used that
              number. The stonecutter replied, 'The man was born
              on February 29th. As that day only comes in leap
              years, he only had 18 birthdays in total.' The
              family laughed, and then realized they could have
              saved a buncle on birthday presents had they
              realized this from the beginning."

March 01 -- "Beyond the dark side of the moon is a moon of the
           moon that follows the moon. Because the moon's moon
           can't be seen from Filgaia, its existence was doubted
           for a long time and scholars who subscribed to the
           theory were ostracized. But calculation's show that
           even the moon's moon's moon's moon does, in fact,
           exist. With faacts like that, one starts to imagine
           that perhaps there could be Filgaias inside Filgaia,
           like matryoshka nesting dolls."

March 02 -- "In the country village of Surf, there once was a
           chicken that dreamed of flying in the sky. After much
           great effort, the chicken succeeded in fulfilling her
           dream of flying, but... The village elders, who hated
           anything that defied normalcy, declared that she was
           evil and made her into fried chicken. That is why
           Surf Village was destroyed by a vengeful chicken's
           curse."

March 03 -- "It's time for a tale from the True Stories series.
           When people carry good-luck charms, they choose
           strange looking items. The theory is that something
           they find creepy, will surely startle evil spirits
           as well and as chase them away. For example, the
           primitive Baskar people used tickets, hairpins,
           batteries, and other such items to ward off evil."

March 04 -- "They say that can openers were once warriors in a
           previous life. They're people who, at the moment of
           death said, 'In my next life, I want to always be
           sharp, and cut through opponents that no one else
           can!' So when you use a can opener, you should be
           careful to pay it the greatest respect."

March 05 -- "'Purple mirror.' If you don't forget this phrase by
           the time you turn 20, on the night of your birthday,
           you'll be taken away by a woman dressed in red.
           'Yellow mummy.' If you don't forget this phrase by the
           time you turn 20, on the night of your birthday, you'll
           be taken away by a beefy man. If you remember both of
           these phrases, the woman and the man will each grab one
           of your arms and argue over who owns you."

March 06 -- "The woman Drifter in a red jacket spoke of a pair of
           hungry dead sisters who lurk in the dunes near Buckeye.
           Those who don't notice the girls as they cross the
           dunes have their toes nibbled off. With your toes gone,
           your chances of dying in the dunes increases. It
           becomes difficult to walk and you die of thirst, or
           you're unable to escape monsters. The dead sisters
           enjoy pushing over the first domino which eventually
           leads to death."

March 07 -- "The jumbo bearcat is the king of beasts, whereas Ragu
           O Ragla is the king of monsters... Many wonder which
           of the two is stronger...So some guy in Guara Bobelo
           actually set up a match between the two of them. As
           all Filgaia watched, the match began, but... Three
           seconds after it started, the two collided with one
           another and annihilated the entire coliseum, along
           with the spectators. Thus, the most powerful being
           in Filgaia remains unknown to this day."

March 08 -- "Sometimes you'll find places you ought to be able to
           jump across, yet they seem to be blocked by an
           invisible wall... It's fairly common in ruins.
           According to Drifters with strong psychic ability,
           it's caused by lonely spirits who haunt the ruins,
           floating in the air and repelling intruders."

March 09 -- "The foolish King Merkabah the 8th kept three
           mandragoras as pets. He called them Man, Dra, and
           Gora, and it's said that they stayed by his grave
           even after he was violently purged from the throne..."

March 10 -- "The other day, I'd invited to tea a Drifter who
           specialized in exorcisms. He expressed his surprise
           to me, saying...'It's hard to believe you can stand
           living in a place like this.' Apparently, there are
           evil spirits inhabiting the ceiling, fireplace, four
           corners, and the middle of the room... Feeling uneasy,
           I asked him to tell me which one was the worst. He
           averted his eyes and replied, 'She's right in front of
           me, so she might get upset if I said anything...' I
           replied, 'Oh, I see...' and backed down, but since
           then, something's been bugging me..."

March 11 -- "'Urban legends'? It's strange how that phrase is
           still used, even though the war destroyed all urban
           areas... In the future, even if the human species is
           gone, I'm sure 'urban legends' will be spread by chaos
           and gobs..."

March 12 -- "They say there once was a chicken that laid golden
           eggs in Guara Bobelo. If you incubated the eggs, they
           hatched into the same type of chickens, so the owner
           became quite rich. But the chickens that laid golden
           eggs produced large quantities of dangerous metals in
           their droppings. They caused great pollution downstream
           from Guara Bobelo, and the owner ended up paying more
           in damages than he gained."

March 13 -- "There once was a young woman who had the unfortunate
           ability to see ghosts--but they only appeared as faint
           glows or auras. One night, she visited the local pond,
           but was blinded by unearthly light emanating from
           within. It turned out that fishing season had opened
           the day before, and she was simply seeing the spirits
           of the fish that had been caught. One cannot help but
           wonder what she'd see at the local slaughterhouse..."

March 14 -- "You know those rumors about the so-called 'suspicious
           bags' that hang from the front of my house? Well
           there's nothing suspicious about them... It's true
           that a Drifter once climbed inside one and never came
           out again. But that's how the bags are supposed to
           work, so I wouldn't call that suspicious at all!"

March 15 -- "A housewife named Rosa once lived in a town called
           Milama. One day, she found a shiny gella coin in a
           waterspout. She pulled it out with a pair of tongs
           and found that running water had etched her and her
           husband's names onto the coin."

March 16 -- "Were you ever forbidden from playing with Tarot Cards
           as a child? It seems like a silly restriction, but
           there's actually a good reason for it. A Far Eastern
           cook named Taro Tanaka will guide you to make a better
           future, but since he comes from a different culture
           than ours, it causes a variety of problems. You'll
           receive a message like 'it's best to squat and hover
           when using a toilet...' But honestly, all that's going
           to do is make extra work for the cleaning lady."

March 17 -- "On the mountain path connecting Guara Bobelo to
           Buckeye lies an underwater tunnel famous as a place
           of supernatural occurrences. They say a creatur that
           shouldn't exist lives there--a remnant of dinosaurs
           from ancient times. The spirits of workers killed in
           mining accidents merged with the lingering energy of
           the dinosaurs and took on a physical form in the dark
           depths of the water. Several Drifters have gone there
           to challenge the beast. Some had their organs devoured;
           others returned as mangled corpses tossed up onto the
           banks of the Autumn River. You ought to be careful,
           too..."

March 18 -- "It seems something about the light of the moon has
           the power to disturb the human mind. Thus, the phrase
           'You'd best be careful on moonless nights' is not just
           an old wives' tale."

March 19 -- "A short while ago, a brand of candy that came with
           'Mr. Ragla' stickers was popular for a time. But some
           kids got so caught up in collecting the stickers, they
           tossed out the candies that were supposed to be the
           main draw. One night, all the children who had thrown
           away the candies suddenly disappeared. The parents
           frantically searched for their children, but... In the
           last place each child was seen, there was nothing left
           but a sticker of Mr. Ragla...with blood on his mouth."

March 20 -- "The skewered sweets eaten during the equinox
           celebration mourn three brothers who were sentenced
           to death by skewering. And that's why you mustn't
           eat skewered fish at the same time. Otherwise the
           three brothers will feel sorry for the fish that met
           a similar fish as theirs and come for revenge."

March 21 -- "There once was an innocent man who was imprisoned at
           Illsveil. They say he prayed to the statue of Saint
           Calucion who granted him the power to transform into a
           white albatross. But he did not make it home, for the
           albatross was caught and roasted by the other prisoners
           who were hungry. Calucion grew angry and transformed
           the prisoners who had devoured the bird into monsters.
           ...There's also the theory that the story was fabricated
           to stop albatross poaching off the coast of Port
           Rosalia."

March 22 -- "During the great war, Navy communications operators
           passed along whispered rumors of a frightening
           phenomenon. At two in the morning, a message would
           arrive from a nonexistant number, and in it was a list
           of people who would die in battle within the next 24
           hours. Out of fear, the operators decided to immediately
           toss the list in the shredder the next time one arrived.
           But when they tried to do so, the list cried out in a
           human voice, 'Argh! We'll be torn apart!' ...Just as the
           operators shuddered in fear, a missile exploded above
           them, tearing apart the list...and the ship itself."

March 23 -- "Many people with supernatural powers exist in Filgaia.
           For example, take the woman named Sarah from Guara
           Bobelo. She possessed a special vision that allows her
           to watch video tapes of Arena matches--without putting
           the tape in a player. However, since then DVD has
           replaced video tapes as the most popular video format.
           Her powers obsolete, Sarah lost her job and now lives
           the life of a pauper."

March 24 -- "When I was still young and Friedrich lived next door
           to me...One day, an antique chest that my grandfather
           bought, repositioned itself on its own. Its new
           location was much more sensible and convenient than
           before, so we didn't think much about it. Thinking
           back on it now, I think that chest's ornate cat paws
           must have been real."

March 25 -- "They say that near the Great Stairway on rainy nights,
           a mother's ghost appears and asks passers-by to hold
           her baby. It's hard to refuse, but you must not hold
           her child. The instant you do, the baby will evolve
           into a bizarre monster and tear into your chest..."

March 26 -- "While passing through mountains and dungeons, if a
           strange creature asks for your name, never give your
           real name. People's names contain their true essence...
           A creature that learns someone's name can manipulate
           that person as they please. So, in that situation, just
           make up a fake name like 'Fulcanelli' or something."

March 27 -- "I heard this story from a woman Drifter...Inside
           certain ruins, you'll find a variety of statues such
           as goddesses, lion, etc. If you take those statues to
           antique brokers, you can sell them for a lot, but...
           Drifters don't do that very often. If you remove
           these statues from the ruins, they become homesick
           for their previous location and cry out, 'Maya-hi!
           Maya-ho!' So if there's a statue in your way, it'll
           be less trouble for you to just smash the thing rather
           than pick it up."

March 28 -- "The Mountain of Needles, the Lake of Blood... There
           are so many different levels in Hell. And in order to
           come up with those, Hell has a job opening labeled
           'Designer from Hell.' They say the pay is good, but
           the bad karma you rack up from creating facilities to
           make people suffer means you'll go to Hell, too."

March 29 -- "There once was a man who always wore a shirt with
           many patches on it. One day, the man's friend, who
           was walking with him, saw that one of the patches had
           fallen off. He said 'Hey, you dropped this,' and
           tried to hand it back to his friend, but he stopped
           in surprise when he saw the words 'You Win!' written
           on the back. It then became his turn to wear the
           patch-laden shirt every day."

March 30 -- "Let me tell you a scary story about dried noodles.
           There once was a boy who wanted to smoke cigarettes
           like his father. But his mother grew angry with him
           for wanting to smoke when he wasn't old enough, and
           gave him a dried noodle in jest. But, as is typical,
           the boy acted stubbornly and held the noodle in his
           mouth all the time--as if it were a cigarette. The
           only time the noodle left his mouth was when he saw
           his own reflection in the water and said, 'Hey, give
           me that noodle!'"

March 31 -- "They say cats can see things that people can't. So
           when you pick up a cat and look into its eyes, you
           can sometimes see a ghost hovering over your shoulder
           in the reflection... If you put a bunch of cats in a
           circle and sit in the center, you can get a full
           360-degree view of the spirit haunting you."

April 01 -- "There are 88 guardians in a grain of rice, so if you
           leave any rice in your rice bowl, you'll be hated as
           a guardian-killer. So good children must eat every
           last grain of rice and try to become a guardian-eater
           instead."

April 02 -- "Filgaia is home to a variety of people with
           supernatural powers. Take Peter for example, the
           elderly man who's always got a bonfire going in Port
           Rosalia. He's my pen pal and once was famous as a
           firestarter but these days, it seems all he's using
           that power for is roasting yams..."

April 03 -- "The monster Argoth has 100 eyes... But he doesn't
           have 50 noses, so if you make him cry, his nose runs
           50 times more than that of a person. As you can
           imagine, it requires a huge volume of tissues to wipe
           it. They say this is the reason why several
           environmental groups started a campaign to eliminate
           Argoth."

April 04 -- "I once went to explore the abandoned hospital in
           Adlehyde at night. I explored it from top to bottom,
           but didn't see a single ghost appear. Just as I was
           leaving in disappointment, the flame on my lantern
           flickered and then flew out the top! According to my
           calculations, the lantern's oil should have run out
           two hours before I left the hospital. Just what was
           it that had lit my lantern...?"

April 05 -- "Amongst the female saints of Filgaia, there once was
           once who was particularly lustful. She became famous
           when a baker traveled across the world to go see
           her... And that led other men to wonder if perhaps
           the other saints were lustful, too. ...This must be
           the reason why Mom told me to never let my guard down
           around men."

April 06 -- "There once lived a man who could converse with
           pigeons. During the water, he served in a carrier
           pigeon division, but it pained him greatly to see
           pigeons used in the humans' war. One day, unable to
           stand it any longer, he released the pigeons in his
           charge...but he was executed for this act of treason.
           And so the red ring you see around a white pigeon's
           eyes is a sign of mourning for that man."

April 07 -- "Ahh, the legend of the wandering Drifter... For the
           crime of wounding the Guardian of Death, he was
           damned to wander throughout Filgaia for eternity.
           And his only road to salvation? For a woman to pledge
           her eternal love to him. But after wandering for so
           long that he had even forgotten his own name, he
           knows full well the torture of eternity. Because of
           that, whenever a girl who would pledge her eternal
           love would appear, he left her...for her own sake of
           course."

April 08 -- "What's the difference between occult spirits and the
           things we call monsters? Monsters are born from
           parents, but spirits and ghosts aren't. So when you
           put a bunch of dirty clothes and flour into a
           container, you'd best be careful since the mice that
           appear are...supernatural spirits."

April 09 -- "The house I lived in as a child had a large wooden
           pillar. On that pillar were marks that looked like
           eyes and indentations that looked like a nose and
           mouth. We named the face on the pillar 'Marilyn.' We
           parted ways with Marilyn one winter morning when a
           deep masculine voice shouted, 'Come out now!'
           Startled, my whole family dashed outside, assuming
           the voice came from the military police. In the next
           instant, an out-of-control tank crashed into the
           house from the opposite side. Our house collapsed
           along with Marilyn, who had warned us for the first
           and last time..."

April 10 -- "The other day, I played with an origami boat I had
           made, in that stream over there. The sight of the
           paper boat drifting through the clear stream was
           soothing, so I made three more which I also sent down
           the river. I was getting ready to go home as the sun
           was setting when a boat with seven beautiful men and
           women drifted by before my eyes. It was a strange
           sight to behold. Especially since that boat was way
           too big for how shallow the river was..."

April 11 -- "The other day, my sister and I baked some cookies,
           and ate them together. The next day, I was stunned!
           For though I didn't eat a pound of cookies, my weight
           had gone up by MORE than a pound...?! It defied the
           law of conservation of mass! Am I a living perpetual
           motion machine...? Before long, if I eat 1 ounce of
           cookies, they might turn into 10 pounds of fat.
           ...Help me, Drifters!"

April 12 -- "A boy by the name of Jack invited his friend to go
           mushroom picking one day. They found mountains of
           rare and delicious mushrooms and were overjoyed.
           However, when they opened their lunch pail to eat the
           apple pie they'd brought along, the pie had completely
           disappeared. The two conversed for a while, and the
           next day, they brought back another apple pie and left
           it there without taking any more mushrooms."

April 13 -- "Ms. L, one of the women in the village, told me of a
           strange event that occurred when she went to brush her
           teeth in the washroom. She started to brush her teeth
           just like normal, but gagged at the horrible taste in
           her mouth. The smell of the soap she always washed her
           face with, filled the washroom... Ms. L thought she
           had mistakenly put soap on her toothbrush instead of
           toothpaste, but in her left hand was the tube of
           toothpaste that she had just used."

April 14 -- "As a Drifter opened the door to a ruined castle, a
           man with the same face as his was also opening the
           door from the other side... The stunned Drifter
           hurriedly tried to close the door but his doppleganger
           pushed back with incredible strength. Realizing he was
           about to lose the struggle, the Drifter launched a
           surprise attack and bit his opponent on the nose. His
           opponent shrunk back from the attack and the Drifter
           was able to close the door, but... For some time after
           that, the Drifter was troubled by tooth marks that
           mysteriously appeared on his nose and would not go
           away."

April 15 -- "One of my friends makes fortune cookies for the local
           restaurants, so I asked her to make a batch for my
           friends. As a joke, I made a few dozen messages to put
           inside, with spooky fortunes like 'You will die
           tonight!' and 'I'm watching you.' But after I got the
           cookies back from my friend, the messages inside said
           'Expect great fortune soon' and 'Patience is a
           virtue.' I wonder what happened to the messages I
           wrote."

April 16 -- "There are a lot of stories about the heroes from both
           sides of the great war, and many were fueled by
           propaganda. They say the hero named Blackwell could
           feel the composition of the atmosphere with his skin
           and accurately predict the weather. And by causing
           his weapon to resonate with his thoughts, he could
           cook eggs with his sword. Did the military want to
           advertise both his startling abilities and his many
           skills as a hero...?"

April 17 -- "One morning, I was blowing on a large glass bottle
           to make sounds. As I puffed away, I saw a bird fly
           off from the forest. Ignoring it and continuing, I
           saw the sky suddenly grow cloudy. In the next instant,
           a large earthquake shook the ground. 'No way,' I
           thought to myself. But the next Sunday when I played
           the bottle again, a bird flew off once more. I grew
           fearful and stopped there. If I'd continued playing
           that bottle, what would have become of Filgaia?"

April 18 -- "In the sewers are alligators that were flushed down
           toilets when they became too large to be kept as pets.
           Those fake designer bags that suspicious-looking
           people sell in back alleys are made from those
           alligators...and smell funny."

April 19 -- "The sands of the Arena at Guara Bobelo are stained
           with the blood and resentment of fallen Drifters and
           monsters. Because of that, they say sand from the
           Arena makes excellent curse material. You use it by
           flinging the sand, as hard as you can, at the one you
           hate. You can curse your opponent and also enjoy
           feeling like a sand-chucking ghost, so these sands
           offer double the fun."

April 20 -- "Do you know the story of the cursed red shoes that
           make the wearer dance until death? I wonder what
           would happen if you put them on an undead girl. Would
           she dance her way back to life?"

April 21 -- "There once was a great and magnificent cherry blossom
           tree. An old man who lived in Buckeye loved that tree
           and went to see the blossoms every year. But one cold,
           harsh year, he caught a severe cold and was still in
           bed when spring came. The old man said, 'That tree is
           waiting for me,' and tried his best, but he still
           didn't recover. Just as the people around him were
           beginning to think that he had no hope of recovering...
           The window shutters flew open and a spring breeze
           sent a torrent of cherry blossoms onto the old man's
           bed. The old man was overjoyed. Perhaps that incident
           strengthened his heart, for they say he quickly made a
           full recovery."

April 22 -- "The seas, the mountains, and towns all have their own
           resident spirits. You might think this means Filgaia
           would be packed with spirits, but... Once a year, the
           spirits hold a rumble to weed out the losers, so the
           same number of spirits is always maintained. But
           lately, due to rampant land development, they're
           having a hard time finding a place to hold the
           tournament..."

April 23 -- "Even if you run out of water in the desert, you
           mustn't kill your camel. Without a means of
           transportation, your chances of survival will drop.
           Rather than offing your camel, you'd have better luck
           extracting the booze from your beer-bellied merchant."

April 24 -- "Ghosts and zombies aren't rare in Filgaia. But on
           the demons' home planet, Terra, ghosts and zombies
           are the stuff of legend. Maybe the ghosts talk about
           Filgaia like 'Hey, I hear that ghosts appear on that
           planet!' and treat it like a haunted spot..."

April 25 -- "When I was young, I once dug up in the desert a
           communication device used during the great war. I
           excitedly pushed the power but, and--'Captain!
           Captain! I don't know my current position! I'm
           enveloped by something soft in the middle of a
           weird mist!' That plea for help was quickly followed
           by a crushing sound. A cold chill ran down my spine,
           and I pressed the switch again...but no voice came
           forth."

April 26 -- "I ordered a product with the catchy name of 'Satan
           Bear' from a mail-order catalog. But what I received
           was an adorable huggable teddy bear with a fluffy
           white beard. It seems I misread the ad, which actually
           said 'Santa Bear.' Oh, well..."

April 27 -- "A noble once owned a magic pocket watch. It had the
           power to turn back time for everything except herself.
           After she wound up becoming a Drifter, she used the
           pocket watch to elegantly bypass all sorts of dungeon
           traps. But turning back time for everything but
           herself meant that time for her did not go back...She
           used the watch too much and grew older than any of
           her companions. She set out on a journey to do
           something about it...but that's another story."

April 28 -- "They say that if you whistle at night, a thief will
           come for you. In other places, they claim that a snake
           will come instead. Wanting to find out which was
           correct, I whistled 'All Alone in the World' at night.
           A snake-man thief promptly slithered out of my
           kitchen. I guess it's best to listen to advice and not
           question them too closely..."

April 29 -- "Yesterday, I received an anonymous letter, and when
           I opened it, I read the following... 'You will
           continue to tell tales for 365 days. You will never
           be allowed to rest in peace and will wander Filgaia
           forever. Ha ha ha...what fun!' ...The letter
           contained even more crazy things like that. What do
           you think it means?"

April 30 -- "They say that money is the worst monster of all. I
           heard a tale of a haunted mint, where the vengeful
           spirit of an old miser was contained in coins produced
           there. The more of these coins someone had, the
           nastier and stingier they became. The country's
           richest citizens became truly unpleasant people. I
           wonder if that story is true? You have to admit
           there's some truth to it."

May 01 -- "My family heirloom is a knife and fork, passed down
         from a girl wh used the power of a witch to marry a
         prince. Anyone who uses that knife and fork--even a
         barbarian--can eat with perfect table manners. What's
         that? Now you'll be suspicious of anyone who has perfect
         table manners? It's easy to tell who's being assisted by
         the Magical Gold-Plated Dinner Set. ...Just serve a dish
         that requires chopsticks to eat."

May 02 -- "A cameraman once told me about taking photos of ghosts.
         Each time he took a picture of a ghost, his camera vest
         (that thing with lots of pockets) would get ever so
         slightly heavier. Using that as a basis for his
         calculations, he deduced that one ghost weights 21
         ounces."

May 03 -- "One day, 'Faith' suddenly died. 'Delusion,' who had
         always used 'Faith' as a cloak to hide behind, didn't
         know what to do. Bewildered, 'Delusion' tried to get
         close to 'Righteousness,' but was kicked away and his
         miserable corpse was exposed to all."

May 04 -- "If you don't want any nightmares, draw a picture of a
         girl wth long black hair and place it under your pillow.
         The girl has the power to control dreams. She eats
         people's memories and turns them into nightmares that
         she has herself. It doesn't sound like she gets anything
         out of it, and she sounds like a weirdo for wanting to
         have nightmares. There's a lot that doesn't make sense
         about it, but there's a load of data proving that it
         really works, so who am I to question it, eh?"

May 05 -- "A long time ago, there was a monster made of stone who
         lived in the seas of Filgaia. Known as Leviathan, it was
         a fearsome creature with giant jaws that could swallow
         anything, and skin that not even harpoons could pierce.
         With greed rivaling that of a human senator, it ruled
         the seas, but... One day, a misfit swordsman, an ARM
         wielding boy, and a gluttonous witch appearead and
         exterminated Leviathan. We can now cross the sea without
         worry, and we owe it all to those three."

May 06 -- "When walking alone at night, sometimes you hear
         footsteps from behind you. If those footsteps stop when
         you stop, 90% of the time it's a supernatural spirit.
         When that happens, stay calm, don't run, and try out
         the latest difficult dance steps. Ghosts and spirits
         are old-fashioned and despise the latest trends, so
         they should be unable to mimic your steps and wind up
         tripping and falling."

May 07 -- "In the great war, telepath mages--those with the
         ability to send their thoughts to others--became
         extinct. Their entire tribe was conscripted, and they
         despaired the fact that their power was contributing
         to the meaningless loss of countless lives. One day,
         all of them began to trasmit a cry for peace to the
         world. Naturally, the military ordered them to stop
         their thoughts, but they ignored the order and continued
         to scream for peace. They were then eliminated..."

May 08 -- "They say that something called a baumkuchen tree exists
         in the south. If you cut one down slice up the trunk,
         they can be eaten as a truly supreme delicacy. But it
         takes a baumkuchen tree 20 years to become edible...
         Because of that, the common people figured out how to
         make something like baumkuchen out of flour and eggs."

May 09 -- "A female Drifter was walking through a field of pampas
         grass when she noticed something strange and stopped.
         Blown by the wind, the grass seemed to be saying 'Turn
         back, turn back!' but she continued walking forward
         anyway. As a result, she spent a pleasant day with the
         king and queen of the pampas, who lived in the center
         of the field. The pampas that had tried to block the
         human's approach out of needless concern were mowed
         down as punishment."

May 10 -- "They say there are always at least three strangers in
         Filgaia who are exact duplicates of you. Since I was
         little, I've had dreams of a girl with the same face
         as me. She lives in a merchant town near the sea, where
         the main crop is grain. The dreams were so real that I
         believe she exists, but... I also feel a vague unease
         that perhaps she's the real one, and I'm just part of
         her dream."

May 11 -- "I've heard that glasses are cursed items. Why? Well,
         when you put on your specs, people who get excited by
         glasses draw near...and may even engage in nefarious
         deeds. But you can always remove your glasses whenever
         you please. So I think it would be more appropriate to
         say glasses are a status ailment, rather than a cursed
         item."

May 12 -- "A loser once boasted to his friend that he could make
         spaghetti come out his nose, but later regretted saying
         it. The next time his friend visited, he demanded a
         demonstration. But the loser claimed that a negative
         aura coming from his cat prevented him from working his
         noodle-nosed magic. That night the cat, angered at being
         blamed for everything, stuffed spaghetti in the loser's
         nose. But this ended up improving his sinuses, and his
         grades improved, and he stopped being a loser."

May 13 -- "Have you heard of the female spirit called Kasshima?
         She's a terrible, vengeful ghost who was once defeated
         by a blond female Drifter long ago, but even now
         continues to wander Filgaia. If Kasshima takes an
         unfortunate liking to you, chant the following
         incantation: 'Kasshima, the lord of fear-- Known by
         Drifters far and near-- Once a terror, but stopped
         cold-- By fists of steel and hair of gold.' When you
         say this, Kasshima will remember the female Drifter and
         run away in panic."

May 14 -- "A woman who liked scary stuff walked around a ruined
         castle where ghosts were rumored to appear, but nothing
         happened. Disappointed, she went home, but when she got
         there her cat that normally greeted her in the doorway,
         stood in the corner of the room with its hackles raised
         and hissed at her. Bewildered, she reached out her hand,
         but the cat leapt out the door and never came back. For
         the three years since then, she hasn't seen the cat."

May 15 -- "'Dusk' and 'Dead of Night' are rivals. Dusk relies on
         surprises...like having someone you thought was human,
         be supernatural. Dead of Night competes with sheer
         volume and brute force. If you were to personify them as
         humans, Dusk would probably the studious, glasses-wearing
         type with a hidden dark side. Dead of Night would be the
         big, burly jock type."

May 16 -- "They say if you place two mirrors so that they're
         facing each other, a void will appear. Using this, you
         can make even a cramped one-bedroom studio like mine
         look big. It does cause a few problems though, like
         demons appearing at two in the morning and the third
         mirror from the left showing your death mask...

May 17 -- "A boy out sledding one day was moved by the sight of
         the snowy mountain spread beneath the blue sky and said
         it resembled a beautiful striped cloth. In that instant,
         the snowy mountain and the blue sky folded up, and a
         giant face appeared from behind them. The boy collapsed
         to the ground in shock."

May 18 -- "There once was a rock as flat as a cutting board.
         Everyone in the area treated the rock as if it were a
         holy place. But a group of children on a field trip
         from the city decided to use the rock as a chopping
         board to cut up ingredients for curry. For some reason,
         as their task progressed, the temperature around them
         began to rise. Finally, the rock rose up and swallowed
         the children and the ingredients in one huge gulp. What
         everyone had thought was a rock was actually a giant
         turtle."

May 19 -- "People say a supernatural being known as the Turbo
         Granny frequently appears on the highway beyond Port
         Rosalia. Her true identity was a Drifter who had
         obtained an item called 'Rad Blades.' She became
         delirious with the sensation of speed they generated,
         and crashed into a wall at high speed and died, but...
         Even now, she remains obsessed with speed and cruises
         down the highway on the Rad Blades as an undead being."

May 20 -- "I don't recommend flying in a four-seater aircraft with
         only three passengers because a ghost will sit in the
         fourth seat. Not only is it disturbing, but because it's
         a ghost, there's no chance of it chipping in for the
         fare.

May 21 -- "I heard that it's not a good idea to put posters and
         pictures on all four walls of a room because a ghost
         will appear in the middle. If that's true, it's like a
         summoning circle that anyone can master. In the name of
         occult research, I decided to investigate the
         relationship between the types of pictures on the walls
         and the ghosts that appear. But I don't have the ability
         to see ghosts, so all my efforts were for nothing..."

May 22 -- "There's an area of the sea where the seaweed grows wide
         and thick, and tangles up the ships' propellers,
         rendering them immobile. When the fisherman J. Watt
         stumbled into that area, he had a strange experience.
         He decided to abandon his tangled and immobile ship and
         escape in a small dinghy. Small waves appeared around
         the boat, and Watt's dinghy began to sway. When he
         looked over the side of his ship, he was stunned. Thick
         muscular-looking seaweed was pulling the dinghy deeper
         into that mysterious region of the sea."

May 23 -- "I put a letter in a bottle and set it adrift in the
         river near the outskirts of the village. But the next
         day, when I crossed the bridge, the same bottle I set
         adrift came floating back. I grabbed it, and the
         contents were definitely the same as what I had set
         adrift the day before. How is that possible?!"

May 24 -- "The path from the graveyard is said to be one which
         spirits tread. The various supernatural events that
         have occurred at Gordon's house attest to that claim.
         So, there's been talk of moving my house to ward and
         block the flow to Gordon's house, but... I don't
         understand why I'm the one that has to do this."

May 25 -- "Before the great war, there was a fatal disease that
         was caused by moth scales. The moth had a skull mark on
         their backs and were unaffected by insecticide, thus
         proving troublesome for even the military to deal with.
         ...That immunity was only to be expected, however. The
         'moths' were not insects, but in fact a bizarre type of
         mushroom that grew on tree bark and drifted on the wind,
         spreading spores."

May 26 -- "I heard this story from a war widow. Three years after
         she received notice that her husband had died, when her
         life had finally gone back to normal, a white dove
         appeared at her window. Wondering what it was, she
         opened the widow, and the dove stuck out its foot. Tied
         to it was the final letter from her husband, who had
         died on a distant battlefield."

May 27 -- "There once was a young man who received a letter from
         his future self. It instructed him to bet his entire
         fortune on an unpopular horse on a certain day. Not
         quite convinced, he bought a ticket for half his entire
         fortune. ...The horse won by a nose, and the man won a
         fortune...But he lamented that if only he'd bet his
         entire fortune, he would have won even more. As a
         result, he got an ulcer and died before he could enjoy
         his wealth."

May 28 -- "'If you don't go to sleep early, the ninjas will come
         for you.' My mother used to always say that to me. But
         I would always stay up late, hoping to catch a glimpse
         of the masked warriors and their cool weapons... Only
         later did I learn that ninjas were thieves and assassins
         who stole away people in the night. Mom never told me
         that part."

May 29 -- "There once was a man made of wood, but he had an
         upbeat personality so he got along well with others in
         his village. But one day, he overheard the missionary
         saying, '...we can't allow the wood man to do this.'
         The wood man was enraged and killed the missionary,
         but... The missionary was actually a kind person who
         was saying they couldn't assign the trash-burning
         duties to the wood man."

May 30 -- "Greater beasts may appear threatening, but they're
         actually tamable...with quite a bit of effort. ...At
         least, that's what the reknowned zoologist, Zekksfyunf,
         claimed in his latest lecture. But during the
         intermission, the greater beast with whom he shared the
         stage, went into a rage and swallowed him whole.
         There's a happy ending, though. Zekksfyunf managed to
         emerge unscathed a few hours later, with only his suit
         worse for the wear."

May 31 -- "Long ago, in Guara Bobelo, there was a strange fellow
         named Vilen who lived together with a supernatural
         spirit. These two lived happily together, but the
         insurmountable differences between their races drove
         them apart. For one day, Vilen grumbled to the spirit
         that his head hurt, so the spirit cut off Vilen's head
         to help."

June 01 -- "Every year on this day, I air out the waves of energy
          that get trapped in my house. If you don't do that the
          waves, with no place to go to, will seep into household
          objects. Waves that wind up like that forget how to
          sing Funiculi-Funicula, and end up dripping poison on
          people."

June 02 -- "When you dream about frogs, it's a sign that your
          deep subconscious desires change. This comes from the
          'frog in the well' theory. The 'id' is the well of
          emotional energy within people's hearts. When the well
          dries up, the frog which resides in there, dies too.
          From that, the phrase 'frog in the well' has come to
          represent the human soul--And dreaming of frogs is an
          SOS from your deep subconscious, which is dying of
          thirst."

June 03 -- "If you ignore tools for long periods of time, with
          nothing to do they become a resentful spirit. Cursed
          swords that bring misfortune to their wielders are an
          example of this type of spirit. They're often given
          modern names like 'Doom Bringer,' but they're actually
          relatives of the mischievous spirits that live in
          umbrellas."

June 04 -- "There's a stink beetle that spreads to new places by
          hiding in the clothes and goods of the traveling
          salesmen who crisscross Filgaia. Perhaps because
          people left them alone (because to the stink when you
          crush them), their numbers have increased year-by-year.
          Once a year, these insects come flying into villages
          and devour the outer bricks of houses. The whole
          village them reeks like crazy. When I was little, that
          kind of stuff didn't happen."

June 05 -- "I heard this story from Caroline. One day, she was
          hoeing as usual when a white string appeared from the
          ground. Wondering what it was, she pulled it...and was
          suddenly yanked towards the ground. Staring curiously,
          she saw a loose thread from her pants leg leading into
          the ground, and coming back out as a thick rope from a
          foot away."

June 06 -- "I once fished up a Drifter. He was standing beneath
          my house and looking up in wonder at the bags, so I
          tried jiggling one. When I did so, the Drifter acted
          as if possessed and jumped up and down, trying to grab
          the bag. It was cute, like playing with a cat, but
          considering the origin of the bag, he probably was
          possessed for real. Spirits, protect us..."

June 07 -- "There once was a man who approached a beautiful girl
          with impure thoughts in his heart. That night in his
          dreams, the man was visited by the ghosts of the
          girl's parents. 'Come near our daughter, and we will
          kill you' they said. The man was startled, but thought
          it was just his own conscience giving him a hard time,
          so he asked the girl about her parents. She replied
          that her parents were free-spirited individuals. The
          man was relieved and continued his ill-founded
          pursuits, but... The ghosts of her parents showed up
          and killed him anyway. Apparently, 'free-spirited'
          was referring to ghouls who are independant (but
          murderous nonetheless)."

June 08 -- "An old fairy carrying a chisel emerged from the earth
          and went to the house of a girl who had complained of
          a toothache. The fairy swung his chisel, popped out
          the girl's aching tooth, and tossed it onto the roof.
          People were unhappy with his violent method, but since
          then, the girl has minded her oral hygiene and never
          had another cavity again."

June 09 -- "A girl who ate lots of pineapples followed by lots of
          candy found that her tongue was hurting. Looking at it
          closely in the mirror, she realized her tongue was
          covered with bumps. Looking even more closely at the
          bumps, she saw the message, 'Tonight at midnight,
          someone will die.'"

June 10 -- "There once was a girl who obtained a hair-growth
          tonic. She figured that it could turn ordinary felt
          into pelts. But what grew instead was human hair...
          The girl swore up a storm. Human hair isn't very
          suitable for making coats."

June 11 -- "In the mountains, one can find abandoned houses
          standing in unlikely places... These are known as
          'mayohiga' and are houses connected to other worlds.
          Some Drifters call my house a mayohiga, but I'm not
          sure why... I don't know of any other Filgaias beside
          this one."

June 12 -- "Eastern-style stock and Western-style stock are
          different. The one from the east is thick, while the
          western one is light. Because the breath of hope was
          blown into Filgaia by the west wind, this is a light
          and simple world...right?"

June 13 -- "The other day, I saw a human soul at the graveyard,
          so I said, 'Hi, human soul! Nice weather today, isn't
          it?" But it barked angrily at me, 'I'm a dog soul!
          Woof!' That was a little depressing."

June 14 -- "The feeling of someone looking at you through a gap
          is common. Long ago, a wise person one said, 'If you
          gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes back at you.'
          But I think it might have been better if he's said,
          'When you look through a gap, the gap looks back at
          you, too.'

June 15 -- "Fat cats are cute, whereas humans are healthier
          without fat. Based on that idea, a certain demon built
          a device at the Demon's Lab to transfer human fat to
          cats."

June 16 -- "Sometimes you'll find a fingernail in a book you've
          bought. That's a sign that the book, which had been
          sitting on the shelf for so long, had quietly begun
          sharpening its nails in rebellion against the world
          that wouldn't acknowledge it. You can tell it's true
          because if you boil and eat the dirt you dig out from
          that nail, you'll develop a sour personality."

June 17 -- "You'll find many aircraft at the decommissioned
          airport beyond Port Rosalia. But their resentment over
          humans never making full use of their capabilities
          made them rather dangerous. A boy who was counting
          the aircraft by jumping from one maching to the next,
          was bitten on his leg. You look like a rambunctious
          boy so whatever you do, don't even think of trying to
          count the aircraft that way."

June 18 -- "A long time ago, there was a small bakery right next
          to a pond which was home to many ducks. When the
          bakery's windows were opened to cool the bread, the
          ducks would waddle their way inside the bakery,
          devouring the bread and causing a general mess. The
          baker, a rather clever fellow, placed several large
          strips of adhesive near the windows. The next day, the
          ducks were hopelessly stuck and could not escape. The
          bakery became famous for its delicious duck pot pie,
          and for its all-purpose 'duck tape.'"

June 19 -- "If you shake a soda bottle before opening it, the
          carbon dioxide inside will make it gush out. The range
          it gushes is proportional to the number of times you
          shake it. A project once existed to use this to launch
          a soda bottle beyond the reaches of outer space, but
          it ended in failure at the experimental stage. The
          platform attached to the shake soda bottle fell all
          the way down to Filgaia's mantle."

June 20 -- "Sometimes you'll see people with eyebrows as thick as
          hijiki seaweed. It turns out that a certain percentage
          of them are people who evolved from seaweed. In order
          to find out whether they're hijiki people or not,
          observe them at night. If they're hijiki people,
          they'll surely be doing a slow, waving dance in honor
          of their undersea ancestors."

June 21 -- "A girl bought a prism at a stationery store but got
          suspicious at how light the box felt, so she opened it
          as soon as she stepped out of the shop. When she did
          so, a rainbow with a pair of legs leapt out and ran
          away as fast as it could."

June 22 -- "During the great war, in the dead of night, a
          mysterious female voice would emerge from the
          standard-issue tranceivers... Eventually, the soldiers
          complained about it so the commanding officer checked
          it out at once, but found nothing wrong with the
          transceivers. Uncertain what to do, the officer
          fabricated a story that mental waves from telepath
          mages were causing interference, and he announced it
          at the morning assembly, but... That instant, a voice
          echoed from the transceiver saying, 'I am the guardian
          of communications!' and everyone fell over in shock."

June 23 -- "Many different types of ships were constructed during
          the war. Since there were as many types of ships as
          there are flowers in Filgaia, they used flower names
          as their class designations. For example, the
          Alstroemeria-class warship was named after a flower
          from the amaryllis family. Incidentally, despite
          having the flower-language meaning of 'endurance,'
          this class of ship was known to catch fire very
          easily."

June 24 -- "Although it isn't located near the poles, for some
          reason, you can see auroras at Neve d'Argento. For
          that reason, it's become popular for wealthy schools
          to take field trips to Neve d'Argento...but I tell
          you, they've got it all wrong. To truly draw out the
          flavor of Neve d'Argento you should use catchy phrases
          like: 'Find the legendary Filgaian Wolf!' 'Unearth
          Tsuchinoko!' ...Or something along those lines."

June 25 -- "When playing tag, sometimes you'll hear voices other
          than those of your friends. But be warned! You mustn't
          do what the voices tell you to do, or else they'll
          lead you to another world. Incidentally, they have a
          wide selection of worlds they'll lead you to, like the
          Dragon Dimension or the demon planet of Hyades."

June 26 -- "If you tell 100 scary stories, a single supernatural
          creature will appear. So, if you tell 366 stories,
          3.66 creatures will appear. The cross section of that
          0.66th is frightening, but I've gotten used to it."

June 27 -- "The food I fear most is crab... As a child, I mistook
          a horseshoe crab for a normal crab and devoured it,
          which game me a terrible stomachache... When I see
          crabs of any sort, I remember the experience and my
          stomach does cartwheels."

June 28 -- "A man in black told me the secret why the High Council
          is called the Cabal. The initials of Clifford,
          Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, and Lauderdale spell
          'CABAL.' But, I'm worried... Is it all right for a mere
          village girl like myself to have that knowledge? Help
          me, Drifters!"

June 29 -- "Two boys once tried to make crop circles in a grain
          field one summer night. Working by the light of a small
          lantern, they found the task to be harder than they
          expected, and had a difficult time. As they were
          finishing up, they spotted a small light from beyond
          the waves of grain. They stood up and looked over, and
          there they saw two boys who looked exactly like them,
          making crop circles! ...Because of that incident, my
          grandfather theorizes that crop circles are the work
          of gremlins."

June 30 -- "In the days before home movies, a wealthy gentleman
          hired a fast-working sketch artist to 'record' his
          nightly indiscretions. Upon seeing the finished
          drawings the next morning, the gentleman told the
          artist, 'These picture are a bit sketchy.' 'Then I'll
          ink and shade them next time,' said the artist. 'And
          could you add a filter here?' asked the gentleman."

July 01 -- "When you're in a bathroom, you'll sometimes hear a
          strange voice trying to sell you a red cape. If that
          happens, you should swallow five sheets of toilet
          paper to exorcise the vengeful spirit. I know it isn't
          terribly pleasant, but if you don't do it, he'll follow
          you around endlessly, making rude toilet noises that
          only you can hear."

July 02 -- "Sardines are the common man's friend, whereas caviar
          is the friend of the rich. Even after the human war
          ends, the fight betwixt the two will go on forever.
          It's almost as if they've got a grudge match going on."

July 03 -- "A girl who rescued a drowning fairly received beauty
          and a long life of perennial youth in return. But time
          passed, and after 200 years her beauty was no longer
          in fashion. No matter what she ate, she never grew
          fat--but the new age was one of gluttony where fat was
          a sign of beauty."

July 04 -- "There once was a woman who made amazing cream puffs.
          Everyone wanted to know her recipe, but she kept it a
          secret until death. After she died, her will decreed
          that her recipe be revealed to all... The people of
          the village were shocked and never able to eat cream
          puffs again."

July 05 -- "Did you know that people who die at sea turn into
          seaweed? They drift out at sea, wishing to be reunited
          with their families in one form or another. Some end
          up fulfilling their wish and appear at the dinner
          table as tasty sushi wrappers."

July 06 -- "The phrase 'the north wind and the sun' refers to
          'people who are cold' versus 'those who are warm in
          personality.' But the north wind is an atmospheric
          current created by the sun... So I think 'the north
          wind and the sun' should refer to 'people who help
          others' versus 'those who ride on the shoulders of
          others to get ahead.'

July 07 -- "Today, in the Far East, they celebrate something called
          the Tanabata Festival. People make colorful paper
          garlands to hand up inside their houses to celebrate the
          love of two star-crossed lovers. The gardlands symbolize
          a means to cross the raging river which separates the
          two. They aren't by any means a chain to tie them down
          and prevent them from seeing one another."

July 08 -- "An unlucky green-haired demon died from eating some
          bad fugu (blowfish). He was then buried by his
          comrades. His friend, an Elw who liked gardening, saw
          the hair sticking out of the ground and mistook it for
          weeds. He ended up yanking the demon right out of the
          ground. Well, you can imagine how stunned and
          frightened the Elw was. Demons are invaders from
          another planet, while Elw are a hairy and indigenous
          people. But the moral of the story is that both of
          them have seemingly human characteristics so you
          mustn't discriminate against either of them."

July 09 -- "There's an old wives' tale regarding the boiling and
          eating of dirt under someone or something's fingernails
          or claws. Because the dirt under the fingernails
          contains the DNA of the person, eating it allows you to
          absorb that person's DNA. Because of that, during the
          war, dirt from the nails of heroes was harvested and
          given to normal people as a type of genetic
          modification."

July 10 -- "A retired scientist who likd to dabble in farming,
          happened to see a rabbit hit its head against a tree
          stump and pass out. A year later, he saw another
          similar-looking rabbit hit its head on the same stump
          and pass out as well. Intrigued, the scientist examined
          the rabbit. He discovered that the rabbit had an
          inherent suicidal gene. ...Scientists are amazing,
          aren't they? If it were me, the most I could do would
          be to wait around until the next year, wondering if
          the rabbit would come again."

July 11 -- "Once upon a time, in a remote village, the summer was
          so cold that no rice could be harvested. For this
          reason, the village elder decided it was necessary to
          regain th earth guardian's favor by sacrificing a
          beautiful young maiden beneath the light of the full
          moon. Carrying a rice ball wrapped in bamboo paper,
          the maiden was buried deep within the earth. That's
          where the term 'belle of the earth elemental'
          originated from."

July 12 -- "This is a tale I once heard from a sailor. Sometimes,
          when the sea is stormy, a line of ghosts walking in a
          row appears. It's fine to look at them, but... You
          mustn't gaze at the ones that separate from the line
          and disappear into the waves. If the separated ghosts
          notice you looking at them, they tend to become
          attached to you."

July 13 -- "One day, my mother said, 'The woman next door broke.'
          Of course my young mind imagined all sorts of things
          upon hearing that, but in actuality... The woman next
          door was an artificial person who was created to
          protect some ruins. So she remembered her job and
          returned to her duties."

July 14 -- "Sometimes when I'm washing my hair, my dead maternal
          grandmother, will appear to help me. I'm already 13,
          but maybe using a shampoo cap to wash my hair makes
          her feel like I need the help..."

July 15 -- "There's a monster called the Sorry Girl. She attacks
          people on the road at night, saying, 'I'm sorry, I'm
          sorry,' as she devours them. The only way to drive her
          off is to tell her she's not a girl but an old woman...
          Of course that takes a lot of courage to do, so
          somewhere today, yet another person is becoming a
          victim."

July 16 -- "When a daughter was born to the money lender named
          Stevens in Buckeye, an old clock passe down for
          generations in the family, stopped. But when she died
          at the age of 17, the clock suddenly started moving
          again. Because it chimes 17 times each hour, on the
          hour, it was rumored by the townsfolk that the clock
          had consumed the girl's soul."

July 17 -- "They say Filgaia consists of multiple overlapping
          dimensions, much like a mille-feuille cake. Because
          the dimensions occasionally overlap one another,
          information from other worlds enters in the form of
          a creeping chaos or badges and picture books. So even
          now, a visitor from another dimension may be right
          beside you..."

July 18 -- "Did you know that a hawk named Sean was the first to
          come up with the concept of an 'auction'? But because
          humans are more wicked than most hawks, they stole the
          concept from him, and the first item ever sold was a
          roasted bird. It's a tale most fowl..."

July 19 -- "This is a story I heard from the woman who runs the
          hospital in Adlehyde... When a person near death
          paints a picture, they will invariably include a white
          butterfly on the canvas. Adults, chilidren, villains,
          and saints--they all display this phenomenon. They say
          butterflies are symbols of the soul, and this story
          seems to affirm it."

July 20 -- "Today is Ocean Day, so I'll tell a scary story about
          the sea. There's a tongue twister that goes, 'She
          sells seashells by the seashore.' It's tough to say.
          But the shells themselves are more dangerous. If you
          buy one from the girl on the shore and hold it to your
          ear, your hearing will never be the same again. Stick
          to the souvenir shops."

July 21 -- "I found a glass cutter, my grandfather's broken
          glasses, and a cider bottle, so I put them together
          and made bottle glasses. When I put them on, the world
          seen from the bottom of the bottle--in other words, a
          small, cutoff world--filled my view. It's fun, but the
          limited visibility is an issue."

July 22 -- "During the war, a mysterious and incurable illness
          broke out inside the Global Union's territory. The
          investigation revealed that the enemy was mixing
          parasites resembling sugar into goods which they then
          exported. They took action at once and incinerated the
          parasites, but... The whereabouts of the man who made
          the parasites and his research remain unknown to this
          day."

July 23 -- "When I was young, I spent a whole summer collecting
          cicadas for my cage. Even now, you can hear the sound
          of cicadas from that cage when summer comes around.
          But there's nothing inside it besides a few cicada
          husks. There sure are some strange phenomena in this
          world..."

July 24 -- "There is something my grandfather used to tell us.
          Items that are over 100 years old have spirits
          dwelling inside them. For example, our old clock,
          abacus, knives and forks. They all like sweet stuff so
          once a month before going to bed, we give them
          chocolate or candies as an offering."

July 25 -- "This is a tale that's been passed amongst miners. One
          day, Miner A was digging as usual when he came across
          one particular area which resonated differently from
          the others. Curious, he carefully dug around that
          area and found a large old stone statue. He took it
          home and after washing the dirt from it, he found that
          it looked exactly like himself. Before the eyes of the
          startled miner, the statue grinned, thanked him for
          the bath, and returned once more to the mountain."

July 26 -- "Here on Filgaia, it's fairly common for corpses to
          move around. If you bury a corpse standing up instead
          of in a prone position, it can become a jiangshi... So
          you'd best be careful when burying people."

July 27 -- "This is a story I heard from a crewman on a ship...
          Around midnight, when he was patrolling the ship, he
          heard mewing coming from the deck. He thought a
          seagull or something had gotten caught on the deck.
          He held up his lamp to see, but the only thing topside
          was the salty sea breeze. Wondering about it, he
          returned to his rounds and once again heard the mewing
          sound. When he raised his lamp again, he fell over in
          shock. Inside of his lamp, the head of a cat stared at
          him, mewing."

July 28 -- "This is the story of a Drifter who found a long and
          forgotten ruin... In order to stop other Drifters from
          learning of the ruin, he spread a rumor that anyone
          who entered that area would be cursed by a woman's
          ghost... But to Drifters, that sort of rumor has the
          opposite effect. Everyone raced to the area. ...But
          the only Drifter who returned was the Drifter who had
          first found the ruin. And they say he shut every
          single door and window in his house and remained
          inside until the day he died."

July 29 -- "This is a story about the area near Blue Amity
          Beach... There once was a mayor who had a white cat.
          One night, after finishing dinner, the mayor was
          listening to his favorite record when the cat suddenly
          got up from the couch. The cat approached the mayor
          and, in a gruff voice, said, 'I thought this would
          happen.' It then went outside and didn't come back.
          The very next day, a tidal wave swallowed up the town."

July 30 -- "This is a story from about 40 years ago... There once
          was a flutist who was invited to attend a village
          festival. The flutist was very skilled and the festival
          was a success. But the next day, after the villagers'
          excitement had died down, they made up excuses not to
          pay the flutist. The flutist grew angry and yelled,
          'I'll take all the children from the village!' He then
          disappeared. It wasn't until three seasons later that
          the villagers realized the import of his words, for
          children were no longer being born in the village."

July 31 -- "This is a story I heard from the creeping--ah, I
          mean, from His Excellency. Imprints from His
          Excellency's footprints are scattered throughout
          various places around Filgaia. So, for your own sake,
          it's best not to play the child's game where you place
          your own feet in footprints which you find. For if
          your shoe matches the footprints perfectly, you'll be
          kidnapped by their flying saucer and subjected to
          weird biological experiments."

August 01 -- "Every year in August, the sea to the northeast of
            Buckeye turns red as blood.  And it's not the work
            of plankton. When a study was done on the seawater,
            they could find no logical explanation for why the
            sea would turn red. The exact reason still remains
            unknown to this day... Perhaps it really is that the
            blood and tears of the victims of war that's staining
            the sea..."

August 02 -- "Late at night, a Drifter was walking along Port
            Rosalia's wharf when he was startled to see the sun
            starting to rise from the sea. He hurriedly checked
            his watch, but the hands showed two in the morning.
            But then he realized it was the anniversary of the
            end of the war. And what he had thought was the sun
            was actually a mass of shining faces, made up of
            those who died in the war..."

August 03 -- "The other day, I had a dream in which the Guardians
            of earth, water, fire, and wind appeared to me. They
            all asked why people no longer believed in them. I
            asked them if they wouldn't get mad if I answered
            honestly, and they nodded, so I said... 'You all
            have lousy personalities. That's why people no longer
            have faith in you.' Well, they broke their promise,
            flew into a rage and sentenced me to exile."

August 04 -- "If a person with strong psychic ability looks down
            a waterfall that's rumored to have ghosts, they can
            see someone who's not really there. Is it because
            that person is a dreamer...? Nope, there's strong
            evidence to prove otherwise. Although the legend
            never specifides the gender of the ghost, everyone
            who sees it claims to have seen a man."

August 05 -- "I heard this from Caroline the other day... While
            working outdoors, she dug up a brand-new furry
            slipper from the ground. She'd been wanting a pair
            and searched for the other one, but she couldn't
            find it anywhere. Boy...there sure are some strange
            things in this world..."

August 06 -- "Star-shaped shrimp chips were originally created by
            a grateful entrepreneur who had eaten a Guardian
            that tasted like shrimp. But that charming story got
            corrupted and people started thinking that eating
            shrimp-flavored Guardians will bring luck to their
            enterprises. Because of that, the shrimp-flavored
            Guardians are now extinct. They were eaten up by all
            the ambitious people throughout Filgaia."

August 07 -- "They say a blue dragon lives in the Autumn River.
            Apparently, blue dragons only live in pure streams,
            so they use that as testimony to the clarity of the
            water."

August 08 -- "They say placing a teabag on your eyes will help
            refresh them, so a few days ago I tried it out.
            Holding the teabag with my right hand and massaging
            my eyes with my left, I entered a pleasant, restful
            state, but... I noticed something odd. My left
            eye--the one without the teabag--also felt damp and
            cool. I snapped open my eyes and saw a black
            cat-like creature streaking towards the door."

August 09 -- "There once was an old man who walked every day,
            near the entrance to the Sea of Trees. One day, a
            lump on a plant happened to catch his eye. He knocked
            it down with his cane and opened it. Inside was a
            Calucion statue the size of his pinky. The old man
            gratefully took it home, but it ended up being
            something like a praying mantis egg, so he wound up
            regretting it the following spring..."

August 10 -- "There once was a hot spring renown for its ability
            to heal all those who bathed in its waters. The
            people called it a healing spring. Both health and
            strength was recovered, even in those who didn't
            eat, so it was a great bargain and drew huge crowds.
            But people overused it, and the water grew dirty and
            diluted with human grime and eventually lost all its
            healing powers. So, the authorities took over the
            protection and management of the healing spring...
            In other words, they started charging admission."

August 11 -- "One summer night, in a cave by the shore, the
            famous Drifter Alan Smithee obtained an ARM. Rumor
            had it that its weilder would die. Against the wishes
            of his companions, he began using the ARM, but its
            curse did not pass him by... After earning a fortune
            with the ARM, he died peacefully at age 90, surrounded
            by his many grandchildren. The rumor that the wielder
            would die was indeed true..."

August 12 -- "A little over 10 years ago, an unidentified flying
            object crashed inside the Congressional Knights'
            territory. In the cockpit was an unidentified
            creature with a face like a monkey, charred black
            and dead. Dr. Roswell issued an investigative report
            noting that poisonous spiders had later appeared in
            great numbers at the crash site, causing much
            debate."

August 13 -- "One theory is that the super-item called the Migrant
            Seal is a remnant from an advanced civilization, and
            that it changes the flow of life force. It seems this
            theory was born from the fact that there are badges
            that connect to Filgaias in other dimensions, but...
            The unexpected truth is that it's actually chaos--Oh!
            I'm sorry. I'm not allowed to say any more. I didn't
            mean to get you so interested..."

August 14 -- "Giant buildings always give me the creeps...
            Thoughts and emotions reside in them because of the
            large cost and effort required to build them. The
            bigger the building, the more walls and windows
            there are...and thus, the higher the chance of
            seeing something on the building that looks like a
            face... Well, that isn't the reason."

August 15 -- "They say fate is woven by three female deities, or
            written on the backs of leaves. Of course the two
            versions of fate are different. And there are a
            number of other versions as well, so if you're
            having trouble in your current life, don't stick to
            that one fate. Go look for a different one that
            works to your advantage."

August 16 -- "There once was a cursed telephone that would
            receive calls from the spirit world at exactly two
            in the morning. But the hero of the Global Union was
            happy to receive those calls, because he'd save the
            cost of a call to get the current time. ...Maybe
            people with a few screws loose are the only ones
            capable of fulfilling the position of 'hero.'"

August 17 -- "Have you heard of an item called the Migrant Seal?
            Just putting it on makes you instantly stronger, so
            they were mass-producing during the war. They say it
            works by emitting electromagnetic waves that jack
            into your nervous system and optimize your motor
            abilities. Supposedly, there was a new scientist who
            abused this system to create a brainwashing badge
            that takes over the nervous system."

August 18 -- "There are 88 guardians in a grain of rice. So when
            attacked by an evil spirit, you should speak the
            names of those guardians. But usually, people are
            panicking at times like that and can't remember any
            more than the first three, so the spirit devours
            them. I'd imagine the only one who can calmly recall
            all the names at times like that are professional
            exorcists."

August 19 -- "There once was a Drifter who loved canned peaches...
            He formed a party with his close companions, and they
            enjoyed their travels through the wilderness together.
            One day, they were attacked by a giant evil spirit.
            The wisest member of the party said, 'I've heard that
            peaches have the power to drive away evil spirits.'
            He tried to use the Drifter's peaches as an item,
            but... The Drifter who loved peaches wolfed them down
            like it was an eating contest. Naturally, he even
            used his Accelerator to do this. The evil spirit,
            seeing the greed and desire of the living, lost his
            will to attack and tottered off."

August 20 -- "There's something odd I've been wondering about...
            The land of Filgaia is filled with the ghosts of
            monsters...but why aren't there ghosts of human
            beings in towns and villages? Are monsters more
            attached to this temporal world than people are? I
            wouldn't generally think so, but...hmm..."

August 21 -- "When you hear 'cat snacks,' you naturally don't
            think they're referring to tuna-flavored cat meat,
            right? But when you hear the phrase 'human snacks,'
            you get the scary image of cannibal hors d'oeuvres,
            right? Maybe the next tie you feed your kitty, you
            should take a look at the ingredients..."

August 22 -- "In a place far from civilization, a Drifter had
            rented a room at an empty inn. When he went to take
            a shower, he screamed...for a rain of bright red
            blood came pouring out of the shower head. He ran
            out of the room and angrily interrogated the
            innkeeper. The innkeeper told him that it wasn't
            blood, but rather leftovers; they had used the holes
            in the shower head to puree tomatoes. But the
            innkeeper died during the Drifter's violent
            questioning, and her lingering spirit makes blood
            pour from the shower."

August 23 -- "A tanuki (badger) once caught me off-guard and
            asked me what my greatest fear was. I knew the
            tanuki would probably summon whatever I said... So
            I lied. Instead of saying 'spiders' or 'alligators,'
            I told the tanuki I was terrified of cherry
            cheesecake. The tanuki grinned and vanished, and I
            figured that was the end of it. But when I went
            home, I found my house stuffed to the beams with
            cherry cheesecake. I tried eating my way in, but I
            barely got past the foyer. I later called some
            friends to help me... They managed to devour a good
            portion of it, but then we got full and the
            cheesecake started to go bad in the hot sun. That's
            when the kitsune (foxes) showed up. Uh...it's best
            if I end the story here."

August 24 -- "There once was a Drifter who thought all Drifters
            ought to have guitars, so he bought one even though
            he couldn't play it. But once he got the guitar, he
            stopped getting jobs, his ears rang, his girlfriend
            dumped him, and all sorts of rotten things happened
            to him. Wondering what was going on, the Drifter
            carefully examined the sound hole the next time he
            was tuning the guitar... Inside, he saw paper wards
            with mysterious enchantments taped all over the
            inside. Terrified, he tossed the guitar into the
            nearest ruins and went home. In this manner, the
            cursed, monster-summoning tool known as the 'Old
            Guitar' was born."

August 25 -- "When I was a little girl, my grandmother told me I
            mustn't go to the swamp in the mountains. But I
            didn't like being told what to do, so I snuck away
            and went to the swamp anyway. Above the gloomy swamp,
            winged cats flew around, meowing happily. They were
            so cute, I chased after them...and almost sank into
            the bottomless swamp."

August 26 -- "In the mysterious book 'The Night of the Villainous
            Gisu,' it's written that superweapons called golems
            were used in an ancient war. By the way, gisu are
            saltwater fish of the Elopidae family. This book had
            seven authors, and they must have loved fishing."

August 27 -- "You mustn't throw pebbles off a mountain, because
            the pebbles wind up moving boulders and will cause a
            landslide. A boy whose father often told him this
            important fact got lost in the mountains. He was so
            scared of knocking off pebbles, he didn't move an
            inch. He became a ghost--a "mountain wrecker" that
            sets off avalanches to crush naughty children who
            throw pebbles off mountains. ...But I don't think
            the mountain wrecker's real motive is causing
            avalanches. I bet his real aim is to cause children
            to stand perfectly still out of fear, and thus
            create new companions for himself."

August 28 -- "The proud race of bloodsuckers, the great race of
            the night, the Crimson Nobles! There's a theory that
            the Crimson Nobles never appear in Filgaia because a
            large, nocturnal, striped mosquito was named after
            them."

August 29 -- "During the great war, there was a ferris wheel with
            beautiful lights in the Congressional Knights'
            territory. But one day, the people who lived around
            the ferris wheel started dying in droves. The Global
            Union had taken control of the ferris wheel lighting
            and used it to subliminally control the nearby
            residents."

August 30 -- "There once was a master craftsman who swore he would
            create the most comfortable sofa in the world. After
            50 years of trials and error, the master finally
            succeeded in creating a sofa that satisfied him. He
            sat down to test it out himself for the very first
            time, and... He never stood up again. The sofa felt
            so comfortable, the very notion of standing had been
            erased from his brain."

August 31 -- "Have you ever heard the phrase 'like building a
            cathedral in a hurricane'? Well, it's been done.
            Halfway through the construction of one of the
            greatest cathedrals the world had ever seen, a
            terrible hurricane hit. The church prayed for the
            cathedral to remain safe--but the raging winds and
            twisting tornadoes actually managed to fully assemble
            the building. The people thought it was a miracle.
            But on closer inspection, two of the central support
            beams were missing... To make a long story short, the
            whole thing collapsed a few days later."

September 01 -- "Have you heard the phrase 'eye of the hurricane'?
               It's what's left behind at the end of the rainbow
               after a typhoon has passed. They say typhoon eyes
               are high in DHA and make you smarter if you eat
               them."

September 02 -- "Sometimes, when you're inside a cave, you'll feel
               a drop of water drip onto the back of your neck.
               When that happens, you should leave that area as
               quickly as possible without looking back. Why?
               Because it's likely that a cave-dwelling floating
               head is drooling over your delicious-looking
               neck..."

September 03 -- "The monsters Humpty and Dumpty live inside eggs.
               There's two of them, so if you don't break the egg
               and exterminate them, they'll keep reproducing via
               the Humpty Dumpty Equation. If you take the egg
               with you and wait until it feels like there's a
               lot of them in there... The best thing to do is
               boil it and eat it."

September 04 -- "Sometimes people ask me, 'Have we met before?'
               But I assume that I'm being mistaken for Ramengard
               or Somengard, or someone. Or could it be that
               we've met in a previous life...? It's really
               bothering me."

September 05 -- "They say when you gaze upon the lights of Guara
               Bobelo from a distance, you suddenly feel like
               taking part in the Arena. Is it the power of the
               demon king that sleeps beneath the Arena? Is it
               subliminal messages in the flickering lights? No
               one knows for sure, but if you go to Guara Bobelo,
               it's best to keep your wits about you."

September 06 -- "After Guardian worship waned, people quickly
               switched to Saint worship. Is it because women
               are more attractive than beasts...? I often get
               weak in the knees looking at the mouths of wolves
               and cats myself..."

September 07 -- "Did you know that there really is a disease where
               you become a werecat? Those infected live
               normally...for the most part. But on moonlit
               nights, they exhibit symptoms of turning into a
               cat. You can make high-quality shamisens with
               their fur so... It's said that during the war,
               there was a cruel practice of infecting young
               people who dreamed of having cat ears...then
               skinning them."

September 08 -- "In the snowy mountains, one can find cute
               snow-princesses. When spring comes, they melt
               into the river and help new sprouts grow. So if
               you come across snowmen in the mountains and don't
               know who made them, don't be surprised or try
               adding eyes to them."

September 09 -- "This took place when I went to a museum with my
               mother. While gazing in amazement at a giant
               elephant trapped in ice, I told him I'd heard
               another ice age would be coming soon... Then the
               elephant vanished. He must have been a smart
               elephant who'd been testing out cryogenics."

September 10 -- "They say if you keep telling ghost stories like
               this, ghosts will gather in the area. If that
               makes you nervous, try listening carefully in the
               interval between stories. If you can hear sneezing
               in places where no one is, that's a sign that a
               ghost has reacted to being talked about and is
               hunting for the source of the rumors."

September 11 -- "My older sister was good at art in school. The
               female lizard figure she made out of paper drew
               all the male lizards from the garden. But my
               sister had prepared for this and made the tail as
               a detachable piece, so the male lizards only got
               that piece. It's said they went to sleep that
               night hugging the tail my sister made."

September 12 -- "We sometimes hear reports of monsters coming up
               through toilet drains and stealing people's
               underwear while they're defenseless. That's why a
               lot of people throughout Filgaia crouch over the
               toilet, so that they can dash away and save their
               undergarments if need be."

September 13 -- "Filgaia's aviation industry was set into motion
               by Jezzo, the man who invented the automated
               weaving machine. He also invented the automated
               inscribing machine, but that didn't lead to the
               creation of any industry. Jezzo developed the
               weaving machine using the inscribing technology,
               so I think it'd make a good research theme,
               but..."

September 14 -- "On hot days, road mirages appear. No matter how
               far you chase them, you can never catch these
               phantom puddles. But that's how it should be. If
               you did catch up with a road mirage... You'd be
               sucked inside, trapped forever inside the mirage
               and forced to wander the world."

September 15 -- "When reading scary stories, the first victim is
               usually someone overweight who goes looking for
               food. Every time I read that, I let out a
               bittersweet sigh... We have emergency food stored
               in our bodies! Why couldn't we endure the
               situation with that?"

September 16 -- "Autumn is typhoon season. Because this house is
               up in a tree, the sound of the wind is very loud
               during typhoons. So I got an idea and made eight
               holes of different sizes in the wall beside my
               bed. Since then, I've come to like typhoons. The
               wind that blows in through the holes plays a
               melody like a flute."

September 17 -- "Long ago there existed a pair of red 'Rad
               Blades,' an item cursed to make the wearer unable
               to stop until they run into something. The color
               comes from the bloody noses of their wearers
               running into walls, so they're a little sticky if
               you touch them."

September 18 -- "There once lived a man who was incredibly
               hard-headed. He was so hard-headed, he was often
               compared to diamonds, and he himself viewed
               diamonds as his rivals. After the years passed and
               he lost the hair on his head, he had his head
               brilliant-cut (58 facets) and then his shine, too,
               exceeded that of diamonds."

September 19 -- "I used to love popping bubble wrap. But the other
               day, when I was popping bubble wrap on the village
               outskirts, a translucent gel jumped out from a
               bubble and ran away into the grass. What I'd
               broken wasn't a bubble, but a seal of some sort..."

September 20 -- "Why is the sky blue? It's because the sky's face
               turned blue at the sight of Filgaia's terrible
               future. ...There once was a famous scholar who
               pushed this theory, but... Where's the sky's face?
               If it's entire body is blue, then the sky either
               had demon blood, or was anemic."

September 21 -- "They say the Guardian of Love, and the Guardian
               of the Moon take the form of beautiful human
               females. But they're still beasts...If you're
               charmed by their appearance and treat them
               carelessly, you'll be devoured, so be careful."

September 22 -- "It happened on a trip into the mountains...
               Hearing the echo of a brook and feeling thirsty,
               the Drifter headed in the direction of the sound.
               Then, he suddenly realized he'd forgotten something
               back at the inn. When he turned back, the sound of
               the brook unexpectedly stopped. Curious, he turned
               around and saw a large gray monkey with a red sack
               on its neck glaring at him."

September 23 -- "Sugar water only tastes good because of the
               carbonation. So if you just took the carbonation
               and got rid of the impure sugar water, wouldn't
               it taste even better...? 'Go ahead, have as much
               carbonation as you like!' That's what I said the
               other day when chaos came to attack me. Just as I
               planned, he collapsed from carbon dioxide
               poisoning. ...I was nice and warned him it might
               be hazardous to his health, but..."

September 24 -- "I once made a corn husk doll. As I finished up by
               combing the fuzzy part on the end and drawing a
               mouth... The doll's mouth moved me and told me its
               hair should be smoother."

September 25 -- "In a farming village called Claiborne, there was
               a small shack that no one ever used. It was in a
               good spot for storing tools, but everyone avoided
               using it. For dozens of years, the villagers
               wondered why everyone ignored it. There weren't
               any bad omens associated with it... Then, for some
               reason, that shack became famous as a place where
               people from far away would come to end their
               lives."

September 26 -- "A practice known as hara uranai (nose-fortune
               telling) once existed in ancient Filgaia. It was
               performed by examining mucus blown from the nose
               and was good at predicting health, but... They
               say few people wanted to become nose fortune
               tellers, and the practice died out..."

September 27 -- "'This sore mouth just isn't going away,' said a
               man to himself, so he looked at it in the mirror
               and was startled by what he saw. What he had
               thought was a mouth sore was actually a face. But
               it turned out to be a really nice guy, and the
               man became famous as a ventriloquist."

September 28 -- "There once was a monster whose true form could
               be seen if you looked through boiled,
               semi-translucent harusame noodles. People fought
               tooth and nail to buy up the harusame, but... A
               mean udon seller, jealous of the harusame shop's
               success, spread a rumor that the monster was
               fabricated by the harusame shop. The people went,
               'Oh, well, never mind, then,' and stopped buying
               harusame. And, unable to detect the monster, they
               were eaten."

September 29 -- "On a dark and stormy night, a Drifter found
               himself forced to seek refuge in a spooky old
               house. However, there was a witch living in the
               basement, and she chased the Drifter all over the
               house, asking him... 'Do you know what I can do
               with my ruby-red lips and green fingertips?'
               Eventually, she cornered him in the attic. Again,
               she asked if he knew what she could do with her
               'ruby-red lips and green fingertips.' The Drifter
               who was terrified beyond all belief screamed 'No,
               I don't know!' The old witch brought her green
               fingertips to her ruby-red lips... ...and went
               'B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b.' Then both of them went
               downstairs and shared a pot of coffee."

September 30 -- "Today is the day our late ancestors appear before
               us. You may hear sounds in strange places, and the
               cookies you hid in the cupboard may disappear. So
               anyone who's hiding anything needs to be careful.
               My mother had her hidden money stash discovered by
               her mother-in-law."

October 01 -- "In the distant past, there used to be a facility in
             Filgaia called the Telepath Tower. If you jacked
             into that facility, you could send your words to the
             entire world. Hmm...Even if it had to be in a
             late-night time slot, I wish I could broadcast my
             thoughts to the world."

October 02 -- "Long ago in Buckeye, there once was a yellow canary
             that would sing beautiful melodies. But one day, the
             canary suddenly stopped singing. Its worried owner
             had the Arena's rogue doctor examine the bird to
             restore its singing voice. The operation was a
             success, but...the canary recovered its singing
             voice and turned into a black, wriggling creature."

October 03 -- "A son devoted to his parents once heard that a
             gob's ear hair restored vitality, so he served it
             every night to his father at dinner. Two weeks after
             he first served that dish, the son noticed that his
             father's ear hair had grown thick and long, like a
             patch of seaweed. The son was confused, but the
             father tried to remove the ear hair, pulling it with
             all his strength. The hair came out with a popping
             sound, but for some reason, in that instant his
             father's eyes lost their light."

October 04 -- "As everyone knows, it's really easy to summon a
             ghost with the right materials. Just boil some
             calcium in water and a spirit will pop out. This
             can be dangerous because the resulting ghost may
             be vengeful. The first time I tried it, I got a
             king concert pianist... But the second (and last)
             time, I managed to summon my old algebra teacher.
             I guess it was worse because I hadn't even realized
             she had died."

October 05 -- "This is something that became clear from looking at
             Filgaian statistics... The first name Tony is good
             at breaking seals, and the last name Maxwell is good
             at giving birth to devilish children. So, the
             greatest name in this world would be Tony Maxwell."

October 06 -- "'A bath filled with red peppers will be warm and
             also good for your diet.' ...Yet another baseless
             theory that gripped the public mind for a time.
             This theory was spread by a man-eating monster that
             loved spicy marinades, so there were several
             incidents of people disappearing from their baths."

October 07 -- "Sometimes, what is thought to be a supernatural
             phenomenon is actually the work of plasma. It was
             from this truth that magic studies began. So, in
             this Filgaia of ours, learning magic means mastering
             the use of plasma. If you excel at magic, you can
             float your cup over your desk, shoot powerful beams
             from your hands, become popular with the opposite
             sex, win the lottery-- Anyway, you get a lot of
             benefits."

October 08 -- "Inside hot chocolate are pixies that make people
             kind and forgiving. Because it also makes them
             forgive themselves, they let themselves drink hot
             chocolate even if it exceeds their targeted daily
             calorie intake. Those pixies may actually have been
             evil..."

October 09 -- "It's said there are various types of nandina wood.
             More specifically, there are three: Curldina wood is
             a troublemaker, and it's difficult to use it to make
             much of anything. Larrdina wood has a sociable
             personality and is good for business. Modina wood is
             tough to work with, but stands tall and strong. If
             you're thinking of writing a comic book or
             something, using anthropomorphized versions of these
             woods would make for a sure-fire hit."

October 10 -- "During the war, there was a staff member at Buckeye
             Station in charge of punching tickets. He was a
             monster who lived inside the ticket processing
             machine, and determined the fare from the flavor of
             the ticket inserted into his mouth. But these days,
             they don't have the money to pay him, so he's not
             employed anymore.

October 11 -- "There's a rumor that a monster called 'Kudan'
             appears before and after wars. We haven't seen Kudan
             lately. There shouldn't be any war for a while..."

October 12 -- "There's a creature called Nue with the head of a
             monkey, the body of a tanuki, the tail of a snake,
             the legs of a tiger, and the voice of a white
             thrush. It isn't a supernatural spirit, but a
             man-made chimera created during the war by combining
             various skins and an artificial voice. If you see
             Nue, you will know the depths of human sin."

October 13 -- "There once was a man whose friend insulted him by
             saying, 'You single-celled organism!' The man was
             startled and asked, 'How did you know, you
             multi-celled organism?' and squished out into an
             amoeba shape. The multi-celled organism was shocked
             by his friend's true form and lost both his
             consciousness...and his friend."

October 14 -- "When I sleep, my freckles leave my cheeks and begin
             to dance around my face like mandragoras. It's a
             cursed dance to increase their number, and my cheeks
             fill with dots."

October 15 -- "You sometimes see powerlines arrangedin a circle...
             The other day, I saw a bird fly through that circle
             and disappear. Was the bird sucked into the spirit
             world, or perhaps another dimension?"

October 16 -- "There once was a bright student at the academy who
             stuffed Breath Mints in his nose when he studied. It
             was because when he breathed like that, his eyes
             became clearer, but... An inferior student who
             learned that trick became a playboy with refreshing
             breath who later made anti-halitosis medicine in his
             old age."

October 17 -- "Supposedly, in the distant past, there was a
             beautiful, sparkling blue jewel called the Crystal
             Tear. But if you had this jewel, bad things happened
             to you. When the princess of one country had it, her
             kingdom was attacked by monsters and reduced to
             ruin... A demon who carried it around as an energy
             source was beaten to a pulp by two female
             Drifters... So if you find the Crystal Tear, you
             should find a way to get rid of it at once."

October 18 -- "Apparently, today is Secret Radio Transmission Day.
             Perhaps that's why my wisdom teeth have been
             throbbing since morning..."

October 19 -- "When eating something tasty, you can really enjoy
             the flavor, but only for a limited time before it
             goes down your throat. And it's sad to see the meal
             disappear as you eat it. A knight who lamented this
             obtained a tablecloth from which the food did not
             disappear, no matter how much he ate. Since then,
             the knight did no work and merely continued eating.
             People say he had fallen into an eternal hell."

October 20 -- "Today is Silver Day! Silver drives away the dead.
             One-gella coins are made of silver, so when you run
             into a ghost, you can throw them. That coin has a
             variety of uses, but when putting money in a coffin
             so the deceased can pay the fare to cross the river
             Styx, you shouldn't use one. The deceased won't be
             able to hold it and will be unable to pay."

October 21 -- "There's a political party that has an occultish
             reason for declaring that war is bad. They say the
             war was caused by aliens who want Filgaia for
             themselves. ...That they're planning on taking over
             the planet once mankind has reduced its population
             by fighting amongst itself. ...It sounds silly, but
             when you consider the number of aliens on Filgaia,
             perhaps it's not unthinkable..."

October 22 -- "Baseball players have the ability to assemble bats
             into a tall spiral. One day, the strongest team in
             Filgaia began piling up bats... The tower grew so
             tall, it pierced the clouds and reached the heavens.
             Angered by this insolent act, the guardian of the
             heavens struck down the tower of bats with
             lightning."

October 23 -- "The proper way to use breath mints is to put them
             in your nose. The stimulating smell will clear your
             head immediately. But doing it too much isn't good
             for you. If the stimulus is too strong, your brain
             will melt. Ordinary Drifters are fine just biting
             the leaf."

October 24 -- "Giants, cannons, and fried eggs...Now and in the
             past, children love these three things. I'm no
             exception, I'd like to have my very own giant, too.
             But giants only eat the white film that rises when
             you heat milk. So only the rich can keep giants as
             pets... So, I decided to try to get a job heating
             milk at a rich person's mansion."

October 25 -- "There is an item called a plush goat. You might
             think it symbolizes a scapegoat, but its actual
             purpose is different. When you carry it, when an
             enemy attack would hit you in a fatal spot, somehow
             the plush doll is there and blocks the attack. This
             plush doll was developed base on the way the good
             luck charm your mother gives you before you go off
             to war blocks the enemy bullets."

October 26 -- "Long autumn nights are perfect for reading scary
             books by the window. But the other day, while in the
             middle of reading, I felt something was wrong and
             glanced at the floor... What I'd thought was the
             shadow of the floor stand was actually the horns of
             a female jackalope. I was scared half to death, but
             it turned out it liked scary stories and had taken
             an interest in my book, coming every night to read
             over my shoulder."

October 27 -- "The other day, at a used bookstore, I found a book
             of ghost stories I'd lost when I was little, and I
             bought it with great joy. It was just as wonderful
             as I'd remembered, and I turned the pages excitedly,
             but... When I saw the last page, I was shocked.
             Written on it were the words of admiration I'd
             written in the book when I was a little girl."

October 28 -- "There was a traveling monk who had an item called
             the Wonder Gourd. Items of any size could be placed
             inside it, and nothing would come out until the
             monk ordered it. He was the envy of Drifters
             everywhere. Time passed, and the monk aged and fell
             sick. When he thought he was finally done for, he
             entered the gourd himself. He must have considered
             funerals bothersome and hated useless formalities."

October 29 -- "I had a dream in which my teeth fell out.
             Apparently, that isn't a good omen. To drive away
             evil spirits, I soaked a baby tooth in carbonated
             water until it dissolved."

October 30 -- "Demons are always planning out sneaky ways to take
             you down. When you drop your guard, that's when
             they'll make their move. So we ordinary people must
             never let our guard down, but... Trained demon
             summoners deliberately let down their guard a little
             and invite them in."

October 31 -- "Today is Halloween. And Halloween means
             jack-o'-lanterns. Those cute pumpkin lanterns are
             carried by the ghost of Jack, unable to rest in
             peace, in order to light the dark spirit world. The
             lantern itself isn't a ghost; it's just carried by
             one. You mustn't allow yourself to be drawn in by
             the charming lantern like prey to a lantern fish."

November 01 -- "Dr. Roswell, a famous authority on the Telepath
              Tower, said this in an interview with Mu & Lemuria
              Magazine: 'The forces of chaos come from unexpected
              places.' The next day, a Telepath Tower was
              standing above the bed where the doctor slept in,
              and the doctor had vanished..."

November 02 -- "It's a common theme for something good to come
              bobbing by from upstream while you're doing the
              laundry in the river. I tried doing laundry in the
              river on the village outskirts, but the only things
              that floated by were talisman dolls and kappa and
              things like that. Is it because I'm not virtuous,
              or because Halim's River is cursed...? I think I'll
              spend today pondering that one."

November 03 -- "Fixed windows always turn up in locked-room
              murders. Fixed windows, just like elementary school
              student master detectives, are cursed items that
              cause murders to occur around them."

November 04 -- "I heard this story from Pick. When Pick went into
              the forest to acquire building materials, a white
              hand beckons from Halim's Grove. Wondering who it
              was, he approached, and on the ground at the very
              spot where the hand had beckoned from sat an old
              doll."

November 05 -- "They say a blue fox appears on stormy nights in
              Port Rosalia. Those who see the blue fox must make
              a white flag and place it on their door. By doing
              so, the fox will like them, and they will be
              blessed their whole lives. The blue fox is a
              servant of the wind spirit, so they like flags
              because they show which way the wind blows."

November 06 -- "Every prestigious school has the standard
              three-piece set of a statue that walks at night, a
              self-playing piano, and a portrait of the principal
              whose eyes move. Because of that, there are
              salesmen who try to sell the three-piece set to
              schools that want to increase their standing."

November 07 -- "On foggy nights in Buckeye, you can sometimes hear
              a faint train whistle in the distance. The people
              who live there say that the rusty, sleeping trains
              blow their whistles when dreaming of the olden
              days."

November 08 -- "Drifters who've been to Verklarung tell of a giant
              fan that never stops, even though the power isn't
              running. And at night, children's ghosts can be
              seen gathering around the fan, laughing spookily as
              they're blown about by the currents. Sometimes a
              mother, not realizing she's dead, comes out to stop
              them, saying it's dangerous. That makes the scene
              all the more sad..."

November 09 -- "Ghosts like water, but dislike salt. When ghosts
              draw near, precision equipment goes crazy. ...From
              the above, we can deduce that ghosts' bodies are
              largely made of water. During the winter and other
              times when you want a humidifier, having a ghost
              nearby is convenient."

November 10 -- "Until a little while ago, a naughty magazine was
              sitting in Halim's forest. When I started to open
              it, Caroline warned me, 'Adult magazines will bite
              you.' ...The idea of an adult mag attacking people
              is nonsense and completely impossible, right...?"

November 11 -- "A long time ago, a man who lived in the east
              possessed a rare item called a konshu. It's a
              miraculous item with the power to instantly recall
              old memories when you rub it, but... It holds
              embarrassing memories as well, so they say it's
              difficult to use."

November 12 -- "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest of
              them all? When a Drifter found a talking magic
              mirror in a ruin, he jokingly asked it that. But
              the 'beautiful' thing that the mirror showed was
              sludge-colored and slimy, and the Drifter went
              insane when he saw it. It seems a great ancient
              race made the mirror...It wasn't a product of
              Filgaia."

November 13 -- "There were once spirits of death called 'reapers'
              in Filgaia. But they lost a contest with Ge Ratmos,
              the guardian of death, to see who could kill the
              most people in an instant, and they left Filgaia.
              ...I think it might have been better if the losers
              had been the ones to say here in Filgaia..."

November 14 -- "This is a ghost story a fisherman in Port Rosalia
              told me. One autumn evening, a man he'd never seen
              before was wandering the streets with a large
              bug-catching net. Thinking him suspicious, the
              fisherman quietly followed him and saw him shake
              his net at the window of a house. When he did so,
              the evening sun that shone in the windowpane
              disappeared, and the inside of the net began to
              glow red... After collecting exactly ten evening
              sunsets, the man disappeared into the dark night."

November 15 -- "Long ago, in a town called Adlehyde, there lived
              an elderly architect named Tom. One year, during
              New Year's celebrations, Tom got a stick rice cake
              stuck in his throat and almost choked to death. But
              he used his architectural skils and opened vents in
              the cake, turning it into a windmill and saving his
              life. After that, he became famous not as a candy
              sculptor, but as a sticky rice cake sculptor."

November 16 -- "I found two holes in a cliff on the outskirts of
              the village. When I put my finger in one, a snake
              came out of the other. I yelled in surprise, but
              the snake seemed surprised, too, and shrieked in a
              cute voice and slithered away."

November 17 -- "I once bought a magic flute from a peddler.
              Supposedly, if you play it well, a squirrel will
              appear and spin a hamster wheel. But there's no
              hamster wheel at my house, so I haven't actually
              tried it yet. I'd feel sorry for the squirrel if
              he mistakenly tried to move the windmill or the
              waterwheel."

November 18 -- "A Drifter was exploring a forest. As night was
              falling and he was beginning to feel tired, he
              found a small hut. He decided to spend the night
              in the hut and went inside, finding a simple bed
              in the middle. He lay down on the bed and felt
              like something was wrong, but he couldn't overcome
              his fatigue and fell asleep. The next morning, he
              discovered a flower vase with a fresh wildflower
              next to his bed. Surprised, he stood up, and a
              white cloth fell from his face. In a panic, he ran
              away from the hut."

November 19 -- "After you sneeze, you must say the word
              'gesundheit' to ward off evil. If you don't, the
              next time you sneeze, your consciousness will fade
              for a moment and you'll see the eyes of the Ancient
              Ones which must not bee seen. The Ancient Ones have
              a sneeze fetish, so the instant someone sneezes,
              they'll always turn to look."

November 20 -- "They say there's a jet-black treasure chest
              somewhere in the world. It's a cursed chest that
              never opens. Judging from the fact that, even if
              you heat it up in a frying pan, it won't open its
              mouth...that treasure chest may already be dead."

November 21 -- "When picking up a rabbit, you need to make sure
              you securely support it from below. If you pick it
              up by the ears, the wrath of the rabbit will cause
              a teacher to pick you up by your ears the next day
              at school as punishment."

November 22 -- "'Entering society means becoming a cog in the
              machine...' Monroe used to always say that. One
              day, he felt into the smelting furnace at the cog
              factory and became a gear. When that gear was sent
              off to a customer, I attached a pamphlet
              summarizing Monroe's life."

November 23 -- "One day, when I went to the library, the librarian
              said, 'Today is a special holiday.' When I asked
              her why, she smiled, saying there was a book with
              all the world's events written in it. Amazed, I
              snuck into the library and watched to see what was
              happening. But inside the library, it was
              completely quiet. There was not even a murmur from
              the office, much less sounds of excitement. The
              next day, the library was burned down by someone
              and both the books and the librarian were
              incinerated. What happened that day?"

November 24 -- "When a girl saw her friend taking a photograph,
              she sneakily extended her hand from the shadows to
              try to make a 'ghost photo.' Her friend later came
              to talk to her about the ghost in the photo.
              Giggling, the girl looked at the photo and then
              fell over in shock. Countless white, translucent
              hands were outstretched toward the girl's hand that
              was coming out of the shadows."

November 25 -- "My grandfather was good friends with the persimmon
              tree growing in the garden. The persimmon tree
              responded to my grandfather's love and bore sweet
              persimmons every year, but... After my grandfather
              died, it produced nothing but sour persimmons. It
              must not have wanted to let anyone besides my
              grandfather eat its sweet fruit."

November 26 -- "Lactic acid bacteria drinks come in a variety of
              containers, such as large bottles, small bottles,
              and paper cartons. They say each container has a
              single lactic acid bacteria the size of the
              container squeezed into it. It's a little weird,
              but just think of it like eating an egg. After all,
              a chicken egg is one cell, too."

November 27 -- "Inside seashells are objects that emit sounds of
              the sea. The object is beautiful, like a pearl, but
              it's very fragile, so getting it out of the shell
              without breaking it is extremely difficult. The
              only ones who can do it are twin girls born on the
              night of a full moon in winter... When they sing to
              the shell, the pearl-like object resonates, and
              they can lead it out of the shell using that minute
              movement."

November 28 -- "There are many races in Filgaia. One of them is
              the demons. They're visitors from another planet,
              with mechanical bodies and even more variation than
              human beings, but just like ants, only their queen
              is capable of reproduction. Because of that, if you
              put borax in their territory, their entire colony
              will be wiped out."

November 29 -- "The dinosaur statue on the Mim'krilu Skyway has
              a secret. If you press the top, liquid soap comes
              out of it. Considering this, the theory that the
              Mim'krilu Skyway was built by a race of giants has
              a certain degree of plausibility."

November 30 -- "This is a legend that's been passed down in the
              Buckeye region. Etemenanki was built by an Elw who,
              long ago, raised Ragu O Ragla in the abyss. And
              the Elw who raised Ragu O Ragla is his chambermaid,
              O-Ragla..."

December 01 -- "In the famous snowy mountain range of Neve
              d'Argento, there once was an UMA named Bigfoot. But
              fluffy Bigfoot fur was very good for making warm
              clothes, and they were hunted to extinction. It's
              said that this matter spurred the creation of the
              UMA Protection Act."

December 02 -- "There once was a brave hero who had a magic key
              that would fit anything. But the key even opened
              the human heart, and soon, the hero grew disgusted
              with human vice. He defected to the monsters' side,
              but the heart of their kind was twisted as well.
              The hero fell into despair and no longer cared
              about anything. He began to play with the demon
              king's heart like a set of puzzle rings."

December 03 -- "The monster called doppelganger copies the genetic
              information of its opponent and uses the exact same
              techniques and moves. During the war, a group that
              wanted to clone heroes tried to employ
              doppelgangers, but... The only thing they succeeded
              in doing was making copies of their own group."

December 04 -- "One of the superhuman abilities people may have is
              x-ray vision. A little while ago, an apron that
              blocks x-ray vision went on sale. It wasn't just a
              fad. That product captured the hearts of girls and
              still sells like crazy. It's said that the product
              developer, who was precognitive, used the profits
              from that product to assemble others with
              superhuman abilities and created his own personal
              military force."

December 05 -- "A great mystery novel writer still had the heart
              of a boy and believed in the existence of pixies.
              But they say no pixies ever appeared before him.
              That's because he never had detectives and pixies
              together in any of his novels. The pixies took
              that as evidence that the writer viewed pixies as
              lacking realism."

December 06 -- "Have you ever seen a fracture in space-time...? I
              have. From the fracture, I saw another me who was
              wearing red clothes. If you see a space-time
              fracture, I'm sure you'll see another you with
              different-colored clothes, too."

December 07 -- "When I was young, I learned that the guardian of
              time looks like a cat. And when the flow of
              space-time warps, that's when the guardian is drunk
              on catnip. That's a contradictory story that I have
              a hard time accepting. That would mean it doesn't
              just 'look' like a cat; it really IS a cat."

December 08 -- "When you stay at an inn, check to see whether
              there are guardian wards behind the picture frames.
              If there are, that means the place is being managed
              by an owner who still has devout faith in Calucion.
              You can rest easy at that inn."

December 09 -- "The Dragon Fossil Mine is built from a variety of
              different woods, giving it an almost athletic
              atmosphere. Filgaia's original ball game, Dragon's
              Ball, was born there. Amidst the jungle gym-like
              wooden structure, two teams throw balls at each
              other. If you skillfully knock down an opponent,
              you'll hear 'Nice shot!' from your teammates as
              they cheer you on."

December 10 -- "Long ago, there lived a saintly man who would give
              presents to children on this day. He lived in a
              place called Ear Plateau and was said to listen
              carefully with his own ears to the wishes of the
              world's children. But the Ear Plateau was also the
              area that produced nitroglycerin and was occupied
              by the Congressional Knights during the war. No one
              knows what happened to the man after that."

December 11 -- "'Sent letter seven people. Else you am cry total.
              Huahuahuahuahua...' I received a letter that said
              that. The writing style sounds like gobs... I bet
              this is a gob plot to make humans waste their
              time."

December 12 -- "A man with lots of hair and who wore gold thread
              that looked like dishwashing sponges stood out from
              the other townspeople. He was cocking his head as
              he looked at a map, so being the nice person I am,
              I went over to help him find his way. When I did
              so, he said with a serious face, 'You mustn't go
              near Port Rosalia for a while.' Later, when I
              described him to Archibald, it turned out the man
              was someone important in the Congressional
              Knights..."

December 13 -- "Behind the cottage where Helga lives is a
              graveyard for Halim's initial settlers. And on that
              wall is a bright red handpring that won't go away,
              even if it's scrubbed. When I was little, my mother
              told me it commemorates the time a sumo wrestler
              visited on a performance tour, but...is that true?"

December 14 -- "On cold winter mornings, icicles sometimes hang
              from the front of the house. On this day a year
              ago, I absent-mindedly broke an icicle and put it
              in my mouth. When I did so, a beautiful melody like
              a music box struck my ears from the inside of my
              mouth. I tried breaking off another icicle and
              licking it in the same way, and a different melody
              ran in my ears."

December 15 -- "I picked up a pretty fallen red leaf and used it
              as a bookmark. The leaf's color steadily faded, and
              three days later, it had become mere fiber. I had
              stuck it in a collection of Alhazard's poems. Did
              it have its energy drained...? It's a real
              mystery."

December 16 -- "They say in a different Filgaia, there was no sea
              at all. But the people were still able to eat fried
              shrimp. As a nod to t fact that it tastes the same,
              the star guardian bred shrimp so that they could
              live in the dunes."

December 17 -- "There once was a magician who could pull anything
              out of his bag. They secret was his boyish heart,
              stored in the deepest part of the bag... In other
              words, a moldy piece of bread from the school
              cafeteria."

December 18 -- "There exists a female ghost called Malice. She
              utters bits and pieces of resentful sentences.
              They may sound meaningless, but if you encounter
              her many times, you'll start to understand as you
              listen. And when you finally succeed in learning
              the whole meaning... You can become a ghost like
              her."

December 19 -- "Long ago, two moons hung in Filgaia's sky, the New
              Moon and the Old Moon. But a drunken bard scooped
              up and drank the New Moon that was floating in the
              water, so now Filgaia just has the one Old Moon."

December 20 -- "Have you ever heard of Viking-style burials? The
              corpse is loaded onto a raft and launched into the
              ocean. I've always wondered where they wind up,
              though. I think it'd be a bit unpleasant to find a
              corpse wash up when you were out fishing."

December 21 -- "For a time, there was a rumor that there was a
              dimension beyond the Cerulean Tunnel in which
              people-faced fish lived. And they dislike us,
              calling us people-faced monkeys. ...It's kind of
              depressing, being looked down upon by people-faced
              fish."

December 22 -- "Dragon breath smells like sulfur, but dragoon
              breath smells like machine oil. So when you want
              to make soft-boiled eggs, make sure you choose the
              dragon with the sulfurous breath."

December 23 -- "One day, while he was fishing in Port Rosalia,
              Riber fished up a cool-looking leather boot (the
              right foot). Riber was annoyed, but it was such a
              cool-looking boot that he put it in his house and
              used it as a flower vase. Time passed, and he
              changed his fishing spot to the waterway near
              Quartly. A short time after that... He fished up a
              cool-looking leather boot (the left foot).
              Pondering the strange coincidence, when he returned
              to Port Rosalia, he put the boots together and
              placed them together in a shoebox. When he did so,
              the boots knocked their heels together as if
              saluting, and then walked out the door."

December 24 -- "In this Filgaia of ours, one can sometimes find
              game ROMs scattered about. But if you intend to use
              those ROMs, you must be careful. Those ROMs are
              cursed to trap the player in the game screen... If
              you're careless, you'll run away from the problems
              facing you, and do nothing but play games. Enough
              of this! Go play outside."

December 25 -- "This happened when I was three years old, walking
              along a mountain path with my mother. Ahead of the
              path, a winged person floating in midair looked
              down at me and smiled. 'That means you're blessed
              by the tengu,' my mother said. Couldn't she at
              least have said angel...?"

December 26 -- "Antiques sometimes have ghosts haunting them. My
              grandfather's teacup had a ghost, too. It liked
              delicious tea and would get made if you poured
              cheap tea into it. My mother, the one who bought
              the tea leaves, said we didn't have to pretend
              there was a ghost...but actually, there really was
              one. Because when I drank juice out of it, a bowl
              fell from the kitchen cupboard."

December 27 -- "Supposedly, there's a kingdom of talking animals
              beyond the sea. There, humans are despised as nasty
              creatures. When they tell their children, If you
              aren't good, the flayers will come for you,' they
              mean that humans will come capture and skin them.
              ...I'd love to go there once and say to a kitten or
              puppy, 'I'm a flayer!'"

December 28 -- "I ate chocolate, so I got a nosebleed. I ate ice
              cream, so I got a headache. When I saw myself in
              the mirror, bleeding from my nose and moaning in
              pain, it was truly a scary sight."

December 29 -- "There's a supernatural monster known as a
              nopperabou. It's a face with no eyes or nose
              attached to a human body. They court each other by
              offering their faces as pillows to the opposite
              sex. Apparently, it feels better than even the
              softest pillow."

December 30 -- "The Saint of Port Rosalia was good friends with
              the guardian of the sea, so after she died, she
              came to watch over the sea. I often have guardians
              standing at my bedside, but I've never become very
              friendly with them. I'd like the Saints to teach me
              the secret of becoming friends with them."

December 31 -- "Sometimes when you're on the toilet, you can feel
              someone watching you. It'll usually go away if you
              punch with your fist, but doing that over and over
              is a pain, so I'll tell you what to do if you don't
              like being watched. If, on the toilet today, you
              say 'the cuckoo entered the priesthood,' the being
              behind the gaze won't appear again for a whole
              year."

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 42. Travel Guide Scripts                                       |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

Travel guides are little books you can buy for a few gella along
the journey that act as a hodgepodge of knowledge. They're found
in most shops and traveling salesmen's packs, so they aren't too
difficult to get a hold of. There are twenty-five (25) in all.

01: About Critical Hits

   "When you use the Attack (Shoot) command in battle, a Critical
   Hit (which causes more damage than a normal attack/shot), may
   occur. The chance of a Critical Hit varies for each character."

02: About Counterattacks

   "When hit by a physical attack, there is a chance that the
   character will retaliate in kind. This counterattack will
   target the HEX in which the attacker is standing. The chance
   of a counterattack varies for each character."

03: About Detonation Mode

   "Occasionally, the text 'Detonation!' appears above a
   character's HP. While in this mode, all of their parameters as
   well as the chance of skill activation increase, resulting in
   explosive combat power. However, this powerful mode is not
   limited to the player characters only. It is possible to
   encounter monsters in detonation mode, so proceed with caution
   when this happens.

04: About the GC Graph

   "Character growth and customization ('GC') are managed by
   distributing GC points in the GC Graph. GC points increase
   each time a character gains a level. You can temporarily
   acquire unlearned skills and Original Commands to fight
   battle more effectively. For example, Yulie's 'Sanctify' is
   very useful against the undead. Be sure to adjust the
   characters' abilities to match those of the monsters they
   are facing."

05: About Items (Part 1)

   "Battle items may be used on the user's HEX or one that is
   adjacent to it. Usage is also restricted based on whether the
   item targets enemies or allies. Combine Jude's Force ability,
   'Mystic,' with items to affect HEXes that are further away."

06: About Items (Part 2)

   "Some battle items are categorized as 'advanced items' and
   they appear greyed out when you try to use them. These
   advanced items can only be used when Jude and Yulie learn the
   appropriate skill."

07: About Fleeing from Battle

   "When fighting a random encounter battle, a character
   positioned on an outer HEX can easily flee, but there's a risk
   that gella will be lost in the process. When fleeing, gather
   as many party members on the same HEX as the fleeing character,
   since the number of members on that HEX determines the amount
   of gella lost."

08: About Obstacles

   "The wooden crates on the battlefield are obstacles that limit
   movement and interfere with ranged attacks by blocking a
   shot's line-of-sight. They can be destroyed with a single
   attack/shot, and the character that performs the attack gains
   EXP BONUS RATE +0.5."

09: About Battle Traps

   "Traps are sometimes hidden on the battlefield. Effects like
   HP damage and action cancellation are very dangerous, but can
   be used to your advantage against enemies too. Some advanced
   items are used to place traps on the battlefield. Used
   effectively, they can offer very powerful support."

10: About Treasure Chests

   "A treasure chest is occasionally hidden on one of the seven
   HEXes that comprise the battlefield. If a character is on the
   same HEX as the treasure chest when the battle ends, you
   obtain the contents of the chest. The number of characters on
   the same HEX as the chest, determines the value of the item
   obtained."

11: About Status Effects

   "Most status effects, both positive and negative, are
   effective on a per-HEX basis. Even if you can't remove a
   status from the HEX, you can escape its effect, by leaving
   it."

12: About Ley Points (Part 1)

   "There are four ley point elements: earth, water, fire, and
   wind. These elements possess opposing properties. Earth and
   wind oppose each other, as do water and fire. For example, a
   character on an earth ley point receives reduced damage from
   earth attacks. But an attack of the opposing element, wind,
   causes greater damage than normal."

13: About Ley Points (Part 2)

   "When performing an attack with the same element as a ley
   point--for example, a fire attack while standing on a fire
   ley point--the attack power increases. This can allow enemy
   elemental attacks to strike your characters with
   unexpectedly high damage, so be careful."

14: About Class Level

   "When the GC Graph class level increases, parameters increase
   as well, as do the power of Original Commands."

15: About Gems

   "By using gems -- earth water, fire, and water -- you can
   perform elemental attacks independent of ley points. When a
   character with the 'Gemstone' skill defeats enemies by using
   an elemental attack, a number of gemstones equal to the number
   of enemies defeated results. As their name implies, gemstones
   are also valuable jewels, and can be sold to shops as a means
   of earning money.

16: About Combination Arts

   "Combination Arts are learned randomly, but there are a number
   of necessary conditions that must be fulfilled first. First,
   the characters that take part in the combination must be in
   the same HEX. Next, sufficient FP to perform the art must
   also be available. Additionally, the characters cannot be
   under the influence of a negative status effect."

17: About Finest Arts

   "With the 'Punching Glove' badge equipped, there is a chance
   that Finest Arts may activate when the Attack (Shoot) command
   is used. Finest Arts are even more powerful than the standard
   Critical Hit. Increasing the chances of a Critical Hit also
   increases the likelihood of activating a Finest Arts."

18: About Gobs (Part 1)

   "Gobs are a race of demi-humans that live throughout Filgaia.
   There are various types of gobs, each with its own
   characteristic methods of attack. Gobs grow in strength as the
   game progresses, so don't assume they're weak just because
   they look like the ones you've fought before, or you may be in
   for a surprise..."

19: About Gobs (Part 2)

   "One characteristic of gobs is that several gobs on a single
   HEX result in a mutual support effect, and thereby increases
   their strength. When facing off against gobs, it's important
   to focus on reducing their number. Using support effects like
   'Isolate' to separate them can also be effective."

20: About Grow Apples

   "This is a special bonus monster that occasionally appears in
   random encounters. The more damage you inflict on them, the
   more experience points you'll earn."

21: About Melchoms

   "This is a special bonus monster that occasionally appears in
   random encounters. The more damage you inflict on them, the
   more gella you'll earn."

22: About Event Battles

   "The event battles that occur at key points throughout the
   game are difficult challenges with powerful enemies from
   which you cannot flee. However, the experience points and
   gella earned are usually appropriately higher as well. Lucky
   Cards and Gella Cards help you earn experience points and
   gella more effectively. Lucky Cards add an EXP BONUS RATE of
   +1.0, and Gella Cards double the amount of gella earned."

23: About Weapons and Armor

   "Merely carrying weapons and armor has no effect--they must be
   equipped first. Weapons and armor have their own parameters so
   be sure to understand these to use them more efficiently.
   <Weapon Parameters> ATP: The larger the value, greater damage
   for each single strike, and damage against enemies with high
   defense. ACN: The larger th value, more strikes in a single
   attack. The hit/miss ratio is determined per individual
   strike. <Armor Parameters> DFP: The larger the value, greater
   reduction of physical damage. Physical attacks are those
   categorized as <o>. MGR: The larger the value, greater
   reduction of magical damage. Magical attacks are those
   categorized as {o} and <v>.

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 43. NPC Dialogue Scripts                                       |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

01. Ciel Village                  CV01     Initial
02. Ciel Village II               CV02     post-Tony fight
03. Port Rosalia                  PR01     Initial
04. Port Rosalia II               PR02     post-Culane Temple
05. Great Stairway                GS01     Initial
06. White Orphanage               WO01     Initial
07. Aerial Fortress Eulalia       AF01     Initial
08. Guara Bobelo                  GB01     Initial & New Speech
09. Calucion Pass                 CP01     Initial
10. August River                  AR01     Initial
11. Desolate Railway              DR01     Initial
12. Buckeye Station               BS01     Initial & New Speech
13. Buckeye Station II            BS02     post-Etemenanki
14. Silver Star Express           SS01     Initial
15. Ciel Village III (Past)       CV03     Initial
16. Buckeye Station III           BS03     Initial
17. Abandoned Village             AV01     Initial
18. Garra de Leon                 GL01     Initial & New Speech
19. Dragon Fossil Mine            DF01     Initial
20. Frontier Village Halim        FT01     Initial & New Speech x2
21. Dragon Fossil Mine II         DF02     post-Valley of Oblivion
22. Blue Amity Beach              BA01     Initial
23. Port Rosalia III              PR03     Initial & New Speech x2
24. Dievas Airport                DA01     Initial
25. Illsveil Prison               IP01     Initial
26. Port Rosalia IV               PR04     post-Farmel battle
27. Frontier Town Halim II        FT02     post-Farmel battle
28. Dragon Fossil Mine III        DF03     post-Farmel battle
29. Abandoned Village II          AV02     post-Farmel battle
30. Buckeye Station IV            BS04     post-Farmel battle
31.

[Ciel Village - CV01]

Alec: The name 'Ciel' means 'sky' in an ancient language. Did you
     know that?"

Solon: "Morning, Jude! I see you're running around the village as
      usual. It's good to see children full of energy."

Hakim: "Children grow up so fast... It seems like just yesterday
      when you were a toddler hanging on to your mother's hand...
      You've grown so quickly..."

Diana: "Why, hello there, Jude. What are you doing here? Isn't it
      time for your swordsmanship lessons at Instructor Henri's
      dojo? You're blessed to live in a village where there are
      people who can teach you both physical and mental skills.
      You mustn't pass up any opportunities to learn, dear."

Helga: "It's been ages since we've set aside our old research and
      let ourselves grow accustomed to this quiet life. Only
      Heinrich, still dressed in his white lab coat, hasn't
      changed a bit. He still looks and does the same things.
      When will he finally learn that you can't fix a broken
      machine by beating on it?"

Samuel: "Everyone in the village wants to do their part to ensure
       you grow up to be a respectable adult. But we want to be
       respectable adults ourselves, too. We want to be people
       who take responsibility for their actions. Especially
       because we're...you know... The next time we get the
       chance, we want to do the right thing."

Maybell: "Since you were the only child in Ciel Village, we all
        felt as though you were our own while watching you grow
        up these past 13 years. We can't help wanting to be
        involved in your life."

Raymond: "Life in Ciel is the same every day, almost as if time
        itself has stopped... I guess a child might find it
        boring when nothing ever changes. But life is best when
        you have so much free time that you don't know what to
        do."

Wyoming: "My camera suddenly stopped working this morning, though
        I didn't drop it or anything. I'd been thinking of taking
        a picture of you to show how much better that jacket is
        fitting now. It's too bad... It would have been a nice
        picture to add to your album..."

Heinrich: "I think you know this already, but don't mess with any
         of the machines in the village. Be especially careful
         about the big one in the center. And no matter what
         happens, don't mimic me and start banging on it!"

[Ciel Village -- CV02]

Alec: "The ARM you activated was unit number XERD__003SS,
     'Shapeshifter.' It's a powerful third-generation ARM that
     can evolve and adapt to different situations. But...we didn't
     want to see someone like yourself, who's never had to know
     war, to be the one to wield it..."

Solon: "Ciel Village is protected by a shelter barrier with stealth
      functionality. It's supposed to be invisible, undetectable...
      How did those soldiers find their way to these coordinates...?
      ...Don't tell me HE leaked them..."

Diana: "There's no time to set the launch coordinates for the escape
      pod. If we leave it up to chance and not know where we'll
      land, we won't be able to meet up later!"

Hakim: "When a base state ARM reacts with the genes encoded within
      the genome data, it shifts into an active state. When that
      occurs, a load is placed upon both driver and ARM due to the
      rewriting of the genome data. That is none other than the
      'Resistance Impulse' you experienced earlier. If your genome
      contains genes that are a perfect match for an ARM, then that
      will be the only time the genome data is rewritten. But if not,
      it's possible for the Resistance Impulse to occur repeatedly,
      which ultimately leads up to the ARM devouring you."

Helga: "It looks like the girl they brought with them is an ARM
      driver, like yourself... But judging from the way she
      contained the resistance impulse, we can conclude that her
      driver compatibility characteristics are different from
      yours... Her abilities may be the result of undergoing
      calibration..."

Ethelda: "Jude, it seems you've... No, now isn't the time for that...
        Outside Ciel lies Filgaia, a world you've never seen.
        Filgaia is a rough and desolate place. It won't treat you as
        gently as Ciel did. But I want you to be strong. Don't let
        the world defeat you. That's what it means to grow up."

Maybell: "In case of an emergency, we set up four escape pods just
        behind Instructor Henri's dojo. Hurry! There's no time to
        dawdle!"

Wyoming: "To think, you can use ARMs, too... An inborn gene driver...
        I suppose it shouldn't come as a surprise... ... You'll soon
        find your body is capable of quick and agile movement, like
        never before. That's a special benefit gene drivers enjoy
        due to the improved inter-cell nerve impulse transmission
        caused by ARMs."

Raymond: "Jude, listen... This village is different from everywhere
        else in the world. Ciel Village is actually a shelter
        floating above the sky in Filgaia. We all decided we'd
        tell you once you grew up, but we never expected this to
        happen..."

Heinrich: "That shock has started decreasing the output from the
         maintenance device that's supported Ciel Village these
         past ten years! It doesn't look like there's time to
         repair it. If we don't make a run for it, we'll wind up
         blown to smithereens along with the shelter!"

Instructor Henri: "The escape pods are over there. ... Jude...
                 don't forget, that girl protected you. And once
                 you make a promise, you keep it. No matter what
                 happens, promise me you'll remember those two
                 things. I taught you more than how to wield a
                 sword."

[Port Rosalia -- PR01]

Kai: "When I went to play at the beach this morning, shards of
    glass and pieces of really weird machines and stuff had
    washed up on shore. Oh, um, don't tell the grownups, though!
    They told me I'm not supposed to go there no matter what."

Nest: "Um...um...my clothes are plain and cheap, and it's
     embarrassing when people stare at them... I don't have
     enough thread or cloth, so they're not really sewn very
     well..."

Pico: "Take a look at that ship there! Is she a beauty or what?
     Just a little while ago, she was nothing but a wrecked
     ship on the bottom of the ocean. We pull those poor ships
     up, repair and polish 'em, then pass them on to deserving
     owners!"

Mike: "You can see all the returning soldiers in this town, too.
     I wonder if they feel scared or anything. They're just
     wandering around with no jobs, you know? I bet they feel
     real uneasy inside."

Rose: "I work at the fish market over there. There are rumors
     that the ships have been catching weird things in their
     nets lately. Walls from houses, huge trees, pieces of
     strange machinery...I don't know what happened, but it's
     a problem. When something heavy and sharp gets caught in
     the nets, they tear and the fish get away."

Riber: "This is a pretty good fishing spot. In fact, it's so
      good I can share the small fry with the cats and still
      go home with plenty."

James: "You better not get all sympathetic for the boy selling
      antidotes on the road to the pier. ...If you do, you'll
      find yourself getting ripped off big time.

Sasha: "I'm Sasha, a Drifter traveling across Filgaia! Today,
      I've come to Port Rosalia to eat some delicious fish! I
      went to the pub called the 'Seabreeze Port' and it was
      fantastic! Absolutely de-li-cious! I can't recommend it
      enough!

Ethan: "The war ended and although we won, our lives didn't get
      any better at all. *sigh* So what in the world was the
      point of that war anyway?"

Camus: [Chat:] "This was a general store... But lately, the
      number of trade ships coming into the port has dwindled,
      and it's gotten difficult to restock weapons. I don't
      even have enough wares to call it a 'general' store right
      now. The only inventory you're likely to find useful is
      support items."

Tommy: "This is a general store that also deals in weapons--or
      it's supposed to, anyway. Right now, all it carries is
      general goods. I'm really disappointed, but I guess
      there's nothing to do but wait patiently... If a lot of
      customers came in looking for weapons, I'm sure the owner
      would bring some in."

Keith: "Everyone here knows that the reason we're able to live
      in peace these days is because of the efforts of the
      soldiers. I'm sure good things will come if you hang in
      there and work hard. Heaven's always watching."

Pedro: "Port Rosalia is a relatively large market town for these
      parts. But it's not a dangerous place. The soldiers make
      use of their military skills and experience to keep the
      peace here."

Paige: "Our job is restoring ships! I pass messages along! So I
      run all around! The boss handles the business! All by
      himself! The artisan handles the painting! He works
      miracles! But my dream is wonderful! I want to perform a
      recital! On a private ship!"

Colin: "Port Rosalia is a great town. Children can play outside,
      even if no one's watching them."

Glenn: "*ugh* No matter how hungry you are, don't go to that
      pub... The appetizers, dishes, and deserts are all so
      greasy and hard to digest... ...Huh? 'What's a pub?'
      Where the heck are you from, kid?"

Bryan: "Please buy my antidotes! They're really good tasting
      antidotes that aren't bitter like the rest."
      R1 --> Yes
      R2 --> No

      R1 --> "Thanks a lot!"
      R2 --> "*sob**sob* I can't go home till someone buys them."

Brewer: "How do you deal with powerful monsters you don't think
       you can beat? By running away of course! Sure, you lose
       some money, but when you think about which is more
       important--a little money or your life, well...the choice
       is clear, you know?"

Shiela: "The building up ahead is the hospital. The doctor there
       deals with a lot of rough men, and she talks like they do,
       but she has a good heart."

Anabel: "...The amount of wreckage washing up on shore suddenly
       increased. Was there a large shipwreck or something? It's
       great that the fish are healthy and all, but if I open one
       up and find a bunch of human hair inside...!"

Russel: "I don't have any money to buy food, so I sit around
       like this to conserve my energy reserves. ...
       Um...explaining all this to you is consuming my precious
       energy, so do you mind moving along?"

Steven: "I've got fresh, lively fish today! Check out the fat
       crabs and squid, too!"

Audrey: "Welcome to Port Rosalia, where the scent of the sea is
       always in the air! This is a bustling market town where
       people are always coming and going. I hope you meet
       someone special here."

Monica: "Mom says if I don't behave myself when I'm home alone,
       Saint Calucion will punish me. Is letting a Drifter I
       don't know into the house really that bad?"

Lesley: "It's nice to be back home, but the economy is bad
       everywhere, and I don't have a job... Just sitting around
       all day with nothing to do makes me feel useless and
       jittery..."

Stewart: "This device is called a Break Point. It's an all-seeing
        eye that watches over the comings and goings of people.
        They say when its gaze falls on you, all your past deeds
        come to light..."

Siemens: "Paige's sense is kind of...unique. Can't really follow
        it, myself."

Umberto: "Safety's our number one concern while working. No one's
        allowed to enter the ship while it's moored so don't get
        in the way of the workers."

Kenneth: "I've been all over the world, but I like this town's
        harbor better than any other. They built the docks inside
        a cave, so we don't have to worry about the ships even on
        days with heavy winds or rain."

Felicia: "I tell you, if you look up 'worthless' in the
        dictionary, you'll find Ethan's picture. If he at least
        had the backbone to go to Culane Temple or somewhere and
        earn a living gathering treasure, I'd be a little nicer
        to him."

Bernard: "If you ask me, young folks these days need to learn how
        to behave! They finally have a world where they can do
        what they want, instead of being drafted into the army.
        I think they could at least show a little more
        responsibility, so that our generation won't need to
        worry so much."

Rebecca: "I'm a Drifter. I don't have a set home. Instead, I
        travel all over Filgaia. If you're traveling, too,
        then perhaps we'll see each other again in another
        town somewhere."

Natalie: "Grandpa, Grandpa... If you keep talking, the yams in
        the fire will turn to ash, just like last time."

Sonetica: "There are some people who say bad things about them,
         but the soldiers fought to protect us. So now it's our
         turn to help the soldiers. All the sensible people in
         town feel that way."

Angelica: "Daddy said that Sasha the Drifter likes to 'tell tall
         tails.' Do Drifters have tails?"

Valentine: "Are you here on a work-study program to learn what
          sort of work adults do? You sure picked a good time.
          There's a salvaged ship currently being restored in
          the dock out back. I think it'll make a good project
          for you to write about."

Dr. Morgan: "This is a hospital for sick people to go to. Is
           there something wrong with you kids? If not, then
           scram. You're in the way."

[If you talk to Bryan and pick 'No' ten times:]

Bryan: "*sob**sob* I can't go home till someone buys them. Yeah...
      that crying bit has gotten old for me too. And by the way,
      would you stop annoying me by acting like you're going to
      buy an antidote, then changing your mind? You won't make it
      far in the wild if you can't be decisive. Here, I'll give
      you this, so use it to cut away your pathetic side,
      alright?" [Receive: Fafnir:]

[If you buy ten antidotes from Bryan:]

Bryan: "Thanks a lot! Say... Did you not notice that I'm selling
      my antidotes at a higher price than the regular stores?
      ...Or were you concerned for me? ... As an apology for
      ripping you off all this time, I'll give you my cherished
      treasure. You look like you could use this sword well."
      [Receive: Lombardia]

[Port Rosalia -- PR02]

Kai: "You can have a lot of adventures without even leaving town,
    you know. I made friends with the cat that's always on the
    roof of the house, where the lady with the strong perfume
    lives. He's cute and likes people!

Lily: "Oh, you're back again? Please, make yourselves comfortable.
     There's plenty of empty seats, and if you like the food, you
     can have seconds for free."

Nest: "Um...um...does my hair look that bad...? I don't have the
     money to take care of it and can't do much about my looks...
     So please don't start at me so much."

Duke: "There are new weapons in the windows at Gargantua. That
     shop is finally selling items that befit its sign.

Pico: "I know I'm the one that fixed it, but I think that ship
     turned out beautifully, if I do say so myself. I'm thinking
     of naming it 'Eulalia,' after the patron saint of sailors...
     But that was a popular name during the war...It might be bad
     luck."

Mike: "Port Rosalia is actually in pretty good shape compared to
     the rest of this damaged world. Nearby is a town that became
     a ghost town, thanks to the military base there."

Rose: "We can't predict what the tides will bring, but we know
     even less about what people will do. Camus over at the
     Gargantua mentioned that the number of customers looking for
     weapons has increased, so he's going to reconsider stocking
     them."

Riber: "This isn't a bad fishing spot, but I'm about ready to
      challenge myself with something new. You wouldn't happen
      to know of any good fishing holes, would you?"

James: "I heard from Rebecca the Drifter that lately, Gobs have
      learned how to work together. Be careful since they can
      appear in groups of five and follow the instructions of
      their leader to work cooperatively. After humans, Gobs may
      become the next rulers of Filgaia."

Sasha: "Port Rosalia is actually the town of Saint Kuchizalia of
      antiquity. She once blessed this town, saying, 'Port
      Rosalia, the rotting port town!' ...Huh? Whaddaya mean,
      'see, I told you?' For a kid, you sure don't act very cute."

Ethan: "My generation likes to complain and feel sorry for
      themselves. Look at me...I'm off to see Felicia again, just
      so that she can cheer me up. But without any money...well
      it won't do any good. So here I am again, looking for some
      coins on the street."

Camus: [Chat] "Weapons found in Filgaia can be roughtly divided
      into three categories. Those that focus on accuracy, versus
      those that focus on damage dealt, and ones that strike a
      balance between the two... Formulate a purchase plan that
      matches your preferred battle style."

Tommy: "Have you seen the weapons that just went on sale? There's
      quite a selection to choose from, so it's a tough decision!"

Keith: "New soldiers wanted...? I'd avoid that, if I were you.
      After all, anyone trying to rekindle those smouldering
      flames can't be trusted."

Pedro: "Hmm, looks like the yams are done... It's because I live
      in Rosalia that I get to eat such expensive imported yams."

Paige: "Business doubles! On-the-spot sale, completely sold out,
      things a bubble! We'll snag the contract with clever
      schemes! We'll slag suspicious offers with fond farewells!
      Running around the whole time will make us exhausted!"

Colin: "You kids have some nice weapons there, but don't go
      causing any trouble, now. I'm being paid to patrol this
      area and keep the peace. So don't do anything that'll
      require me to get involved."

Glenn: "This bustling town owes everything to the guidance of a
      really sharp guy. Thanks to him even a former drunk like me
      was able to get a normal day job."

Bryan: "Please buy my antidotes! If no one buys my antidotes, we
      won't be able to buy medicine for my sick father." [Y/N]

Alison: "They say in the old days, women of the port obediently
       waited at home for their husbands to return from fishing,
       out on the high seas. But that's a very obsolete way of
       thinking! These days, we need to earn enough so that we
       won't be in trouble if our husbands are drafted by the
       military and die."

Brewer: "Have you ever met a monster named Melchom? He's a nice
       guy who changes the damage you inflict on him into gella.
       Consequently, even when I'm in the middle of a mission, I
       find myself chasing after Melchom... Could it be love?"

Shiela: "Dr. Morgan is really quite skilled for her age. But she
       doesn't seem to be any good at catching men. She always
       picks slackers who look good but don't do any work."

Anabel: "Did the daily special already sell out...? Or was your
       flyer just a bait-and-switch, hmm? If you don't run an
       honest business, you'll feel the wrath of Calucion!"

Russel: "I can't see the point of saving for the future in a world
       where you never know when inflation is going to strike.
       When I think about that, I don't feel like working at
       all... Besides, it's not like I have any connections or
       opportunities, anyhow... So I don't think it's inaccurate
       if people point and call me the kid who bums around all
       day."

Steven: "I swear by the blessed Saint Calucion that my business
       is completely trustworthy and legit!"

Audrey: "Welcome to Port Rosalia! This is a bustling port town
       where all sorts of products are bought and sold. You're
       sure to find what you're looking for."

Monica: "Mom says if I don't behave myself when I'm home alone, a
       Crimson Noble will take me away and suck all my blood. But
       according to the book I read the other day, Crimson Nobles
       are weakened by sunlight. So if during the day, I watch
       out for people wearing costumes or clothes that block the
       sun... And if at night, I watch out for people with weird
       fangs...I'll be fine, right?

Lesley: "Lately, there's been a sudden rise in demand for hiring
       discharged soldiers like us. I can't sit around doing
       nothing and it's a job where I could use my skills, so
       I've been thinking of applying..."

Stewart: "Break Points come equipped with a variety of functions
        to support Drifters. If you want your adventures to go
        smoothly, you need to master the use of Break Points."

Siemens: "Sending regular ships out to Illsveil Prison was one of
        Port Rosalia's roles. The guys they were escortin' there
        were all capital cases and war criminals and such, so it
        was good money."

Umberto: "There's three things you need to salvage ships! Good
        eyes, to find prospective ships. Gentle arms, to pull
        them up without breaking... And a pure heart, bursting
        with passion to see the beauties sail the seas once more."

Kenneth: "I was once in the Marines. Man, the hazing they gave new
        recruits was something else... There were so many time I
        thought I was going to die. I'm really glad we don't have
        a draft anymore."

Felicia: "I tell you, Etan is the epitome of a worthless man. If
        he at least had the backbone to go to Celesti or somewhere
        and earn a living gathering treasure... Make sure you
        don't take after him, little one."

Bernard: "If you ask me, there's nothing more stupid than war!
        Celesti, a city near Rosalia, was once renown for its
        statue of the moon goddess that was created by a famous
        artisan. But due to its close proximity to the military
        base, the statue was hit by heavy shelling and ruined."

Neville: "They say there's a statue of Saint Calucion erected deep
        within Illsveil to console the prisoners. You have to
        wonder whether hardened war criminals have interest in a
        statue of a saint, though."

Rebecca: "There's a ton of treasures in Celesti left behind by
        those who lived there. But the monsters there are all
        undead... I wish I had the power to exorcise them the
        way Paladiennes can."

Natalie: "Grandpa buys yams and roasts them in the fire. They're
        hot and delicious!"

Johnson: "They say that a long time ago, there used to be a
        military research facility in this area run by the
        Congressional Knights. And they also say there was a big
        monster in there that ate rude visitors. And that if you
        don't forget about it by the time you're 20, the monster
        will kill you on the night of your 20th birthday. ...I
        wonder how much of that is true?

Sonetica: "After the 70-year-war ended, Port Rosalia fell on hard
         times as the jobs related to military shipping dried up.
         Because our generation didn't do what we should have,
         we're forcing you all to make up for it..."

Angelica: "Daddy said that something smells fishy. Funny thing is,
         I don't smell anything at all."

Valentine: "Maybe it's because the war dragged on for so long, but
          those who displayed amazing military prowess came to be
          worshipped as heroic spirits. The most well-known is
          Saint Calucion, but there are others, too, like Eulalia,
          the patron saint of sailors, and Rosalia, the patron
          saint of this town."

Dr. Morgan: "Do you kids like hospitals or something? It doesn't
           look like there's anything wrong with you. If you like
           it here so much, I'd be happy to give you a shot in
           the butt."

[Great Stairway -- GS01]

T.S. Julian: [Chat] "This might be a good time to make sure you're
            not runnin' low on items. Remember, the secret to a
            safe journey is to never pass up any opportunities to
            stock up."

[White Orphanage -- WO01]

Console: *What lies at the end of the road to evolution? Only
        death... In the evolutionary process of natural selection,
        life forms that reach a dead end and are unable to adapt
        to the environment, die out. Then, just what kind of
        'death' awaits us at the end of artificial evolution? The
        answer is, the death of human life as we know it. All test
        subjects who exhibited a rejection reaction to the gene
        manipulation transformed into grotesque life forms. The
        'Evolutionary Mutants' are sad byproducts which must be
        cast aside along the long and winding road of evolution...
        They are beings whose existence as normal humans has come
        to an end... But we must continue down this path to
        overcome death and create new life...All this for the sake
        of the future...

Console: *During the course of our research into evolution, a
        number of other technologies were developed as well. Most
        of them were totally worthless, but a few were salvaged
        and put to use on the battlefield. One such technology
        incorporated the digitization of souls that were overcome
        by the fear, suffering, and other negative emotions
        inherent in humans. This data was then installed into the
        bodies of newly dead soldiers from the battlefield. There
        are records of an undead combat team created in this
        manner, and this unit's name is 'Jane Doe.' Known only by
        this name normally used for unidentified females, even
        the Congressional Knights only speak of them in whispers.

Console: *The nanomachine cluster we obtained, model HS, turned
        out to be a prototype intended for testing purposes only.
        Perhaps because of this, our research and development is
        not quite proceeding as planned. It is necessary for
        mankind to evolve into an entirely new species, in order
        to open up our future. It wasn't our intent to create
        defective products such as evolutionary mutants... With
        the current state of affairs in this post-war period,
        the power of the Congressional Knights has dramatically
        decreased. As things stand now however, this research
        facility is about to be shut down. Will this be the end
        of it all? Will human beings have no choice but to live
        in a world that has lost sight of its future...?

Console: *The failure of the Material Drive experiment resulted in
        the regrettable loss of many research staff and large
        amounts of data. We found that Category D's were simply
        unable to fully remove the image noise during the
        formation and calibration of the energy field. In
        addition, both the mind and body of the test subject
        were completely consumed by the nanomachine backfire.
        (We would later learn that this phenomenon was known as
        a Resistance Impulse.) However, the loss of Category D
        subjects is of little concern to us, and we are now
        attempting to accelerate the creation of Category A's...

Console: *The sample required for the experiment to proceed has
        been obtained from our enemy, the Global Union. It's a
        nanomachine cluster boasting a high degree of
        sophistication. These nanomachines have been calibrated
        to activate in the presence of strong psychic abilities
        or minds. Thus, nanomachines which respond to a psychic
        link... A report regarding an interesting effect of
        utilizing these nanomachines, is available as well. It
        mentions that with these nanomachines, there is a
        possibility that two minds could link to one another.
        Users in category A or above who possess similar genetic
        profiles, such as siblings, or parents or children, may
        be able to use this as a means for high-speed data
        transfers. Although this warrants further study, our
        current priority is to develop gene drivers who can
        activate the nanomachines. In order to achieve this, we
        must produce artificial gene drivers and evolve the human
        race.

Console: *The Marduk Gaze--the access unit to the terminal host--
        will soon be complete. With this, the access coefficient
        for Marduk will increase, and better precision control
        should be possible. At the same time, the category B test
        subject we've been anxiously monitoring will soon be
        ready as well. Artificial evolution has come a long way,
        indeed. The birth of new life, of a new mankind, of those
        who will create a new future, is almost upon us...

Console: *The devices have been distributed throughout the planet
        in their default state, and now nanotechnology research
        has entered a new stage. We will control them through the
        terminal host, Marduk, which is in orbit over the planet.
        This satellite, named after the god Marduk who controlled
        the weather from the heavens, has already been launched
        into orbit. All that's left, is to create a driver
        through evolutionary processes, who can access and
        control it at will.

Console: *Sir Augst came by for a visit to the research facility.
        Although I'd heard he was knowledgeable in nanomachine
        development, it appears he did not approve of our
        methods. Apparently, he helped out with the sample
        acquisition, but I can't say he's a very rational or
        logical man. He kept telling these stupid jokes, too.
        Anyway, attaining results is our number one priority, so
        who cares about the means of achieving them? After all,
        how can we hope to accomplish such a monumental task
        while being shackled by petty moralizing? In the end, he
        took one of the test subjects with him. Does he intend
        to pursue further research on his own? Besides, it was a
        Category F subject...What could he possibly hope to
        accomplish with something so defective?

[Aerial Fortress Eulalia -- AF01]

Console: *Captain Lambda has at his side a 'lance' and a 'shield'
        to fend off enemies. And reporting directly to him, an
        advisor who oversees the execution of missions. Filling
        out the ranks are the elite Lieutenants, a collection of
        superhuman agents too dangerous for anyone but Lambda to
        handle. Each individual is equivalent to an entire
        fighting force, in and of themselves. They are: 'Dark
        Whisper,' 'Inertial Canceller,' 'Invisible Stalker,'
        'Crimson Noble,' 'Baron of Gore,' 'Double Dragoon,' and
        'System Chronos'... Together, they form the Brionac
        Force, a group which will pierce the dark clouds that
        cover our future and bring forth the light. They
        constitute the trump card of the Congressional Knights.

Console: *Seeking dominance in the post-war era, the territories
        that still maintained military power began skirmishing
        with one another. Some countries focused their energies
        on obtaining weapons banned by treaty, while others
        assembled immense tank battalions. Did these countries
        become the rulers of Filgaia? Did one leader emerge
        victorious upon this world? The answer is no. And what
        could have possibly prevented these countries with such
        power, to fail in their bid to rule the world? On the
        night preceeding the full-scale deployment of their
        military might, each of these nations was annihilated.
        No one knows how or why. Only the scorched earth left
        behind bears mute testimony to the countries that once
        existed. The few remaining survivors all agree that an
        'incarnation of death' appeared from afar. But is there
        any truth behind that tale? We, the Congressional Knights
        must soon fulfill our destiny by taking upon the task of
        governing this world. And in order to do so, we must
        locate this 'incarnation of death', this destroyer of
        nations, and eliminate the threat he poses to the future.

[Guara Bobelo -- GR01]

NOTE: Dialogue following a [2] symbol is said after taking Raymond
     to the doctor.

Kid: "What? Are you kids thinking of fighting at the Arena, too?
    It's great you have ambition, but that's a place where people
    pit their very souls against each other. Baby chicks like you
    kids, who haven't grown in their pin-feathers, won't even get
    a chance to flap your wings before you get knocked flat." [2]
    "A lot of the challenges at the Arena can't be won with brute
    force. The key to victory is to go in well-supplied and to
    use your head!

Matt: "This is Guara Bobelo, the city that never sleeps. This
     former town, once known for its church is now a sordid city
     where low-down, good-for-nothings like myself congregate!"
     [2] "You can make a living here...and there's the Arena,
     too...Once you spend a day in Guara Bobelo, you'll never
     want to leave. People don't want much more than food and
     entertainment anyway."

Owen: "Seems there are some Drifters who want to fight at the
     Arena, but pass it up because they don't have the money to
     pay for the entry fee. If you're too stingy to pay the
     entry fee, there's no way you'll win against the monsters."
     [2] "The monsters you'll face in the Arena are all old
     hands. You may have confidence in your abilities, but
     you'll regret it if you get too cocky."

Jean: "There is no NIGHT in Guara Bobelo. There is no NIGHT, so
     there is no DAY. The NIGHT sky we look UP AT is a FAKE...
     An IMITATION. It's just magic projecting SPARKLING stars on
     the BIG dome that covers THE city." [2] "TEN YEARS AGO, I
     moved FROM a place beyond the TOWN of Buckeye to Guara
     BOBELO. I don't KNOW exactly where I came FROM. There are
     LOTS AND LOTS of railroad tracks COMING out of Buckeye. I
     don't know WHICH one leads to my HOMETOWN."

Izzy: "You'll love the Arena, babe. Watching those showdowns
     between man and monster really gets your blood pumping.
     I've really been wantin' to show it to ya, so I got us some
     great seats. ... ...Whaddaya want, kid? I was just startin'
     to make my move here, so don't ruin it for me." [2] "A woman
     that stays young forever? That just makes her a monster. I
     want a woman who'll grow old with me..."

Rand: "How's it goin' dude? My name's Rand and videogames are my
     life. I just love 'em! Right now, I'm collecting ROMs of
     this game called 'Extra Challenge,' but I'm havin' a hard
     time. They went out-of-print during the war, and then the
     factory that made 'em, burned down. What luck, eh? So I got
     a favor to ask of you... If you find any game ROMs during
     your travels, could you bring 'em to me? We can chill out
     and play together." [Chat:] "The game ROMs I'm after are
     scattered throughout the world. I'm sure it'll be tough to
     collect 'em all, but do your best!"

Annie: "When I was young, a female Drifter in a red jacked saved
      me from drowning. I wanted to be like her, so I became a
      Drifter too, but I've never met her since. I've run into
      other Drifters in different towns all over the place, but
      never her. It's strange..." [2] "There are some weapons,
      unavailable to humans, that are possessed by monsters.
      Although their power balance is extreme, under special
      conditions, they can provide you with an advantage. In
      the battles at the Arena, for example..."

Sally: [Chat] "I'm the manager of this Arena, Sally Yunkas!! So
      what are you fresh young sheep looking for today? We have
      an all-star lineup of chefs waiting to slice & dice, and
      cook you anyway you like..." [2] "The first law of the
      Arena is survival of the fittest!! Today, the battle cries
      of demons echo throughout the old church once more!! Will
      you, too, become one of them? Or will you be greedily
      devoured as nothing more than prey?!"

David: "Uh oh, have you got an emergency? You're in luck! The
      doctor is available right now, so please go on in." [2] "I
      give chunks of meat from the Arena to this dog. Maybe
      that's why when he smells people he starts panting and runs
      after them, drooling... I guess I'd better train him
      better! *laughter*"

Chloe: "As conditions keep getting worse, the number of homeless
      people who come here, rises. They keep adding additional
      buildings to handle them, and now the city is a complete
      mess." [2] "You never know what you'll run into during your
      journeys. You should prepare yourself as much as you can
      before leaving."

Clark: "You're looking for a medical clinic...? There's an old man
      at the outskirts of the city who makes his living taking
      care of what's left of the losers from the Arena. He
      specializes in slicing and dicing, but as long as you pay
      him, he'd probably take on a living patient." [2] Huh. It's
      unusual for that old man to care for a patient who's still
      alive. He usually prefers carving up corpses. You must
      have given him an awful lot of money. I'll have to go there
      tonight and see if I can bum some cash."

Sasha: "Guara Bobelo--the city that never sleeps--sprang up around
      a castle built on top of the 'belo,' or tongue, or a
      monster called the Guara'bo. This is the opposite of the
      opposite of a lie, okay?" [2] "Have you tried Guara
      Bobelo's famous rice dish, yet? It's piping hot rice that's
      smothered in toppings! I love that stuff! I recommend the
      shibazuke pickles as the best topping, too! ...Hmm? Sounds
      like a icky combination? Well what do you know, you're just
      a kid!"

Vilen: "Just ahead is a general store. If you're headed for
      midtown, return down the small dark passage, back the way
      you came." [2] "Lately I've been seeing soldiers with guns
      in the areas surrounding Guara Bobelo... I wonder if
      someone's trying to start another war..."

Sarah: "I'd really like to watch the Arena matches from inside
      the church, but that costs a lot of gella... We lower-
      -class folks have to watch them on the outdoor monitors,
      so I'm staking out a good spot before the matches start.
      They haven't started yet, but once the broadcast begins,
      this place will get really crowded." [2] "I think the Arena
      is more real and interesting than any game, myself. I don't
      understand that Rand."

Black: "I'll look after this fellow until his bones mend. The man
      in the coat paid my fee in advance, so there's no need to
      worry about it."

Haley: "The older folks go on about how we shouldn't forget our
      faith in Calucion. But Calucion's a saint who doesn't mete
      out punishment, no matter what unfair or dirty things you
      do. Praying to her won't make her grant me any blessings."
      [2] "The older folks seem to feel a weird sort of nostalgia
      for the military...If I had to choose, I'd say I'm the
      conscientious objector-type myself. Life is definitely best
      when it's peaceful."

Basil: "I may not look it, but back at the academy I was enrolled
      in the executive officer prep program, the Strategy
      Research Lab... I shouldn't be living a debased life in a
      place like this...If only that man hadn't been there, I
      would have become the leader of Brionac..." [2] "I may not
      look it, but I was neck-and-neck with Brionac's captain
      back at the academy. In the end, he was first in our
      class...And not because I didn't work hard enough, either.
      It was because he cheated. He always got a perfect score
      on every test. It was as if he could see the future!"

Jacky: "I tell you, no one in this city pays even the slightest
      respect to the statue of Saint Calucion in the church."
      [2] "A friend of a friend is looking for people with
      martial experience. But...you're still too young, aren't
      ya? If you were as big as the older girl traveling with
      you, I'd introduce you..."

Bruce: [Chat] "My shop stocks reasonable and practical weapons
      that even you can afford! They may not be sufficient for
      the celebrity status performers at the Arena, but they're
      plenty for the monsters around here!" [2] "Have you heard
      of the legendary king of beasts, the jumbo bearcat? Rumors
      say he's been spotted at the Sea of Trees, recently. Have
      you run into him yet?"

Trish: "This is Guara Bobelo's mid-town area. This part was built
      during the war on top of the buildings that already
      existed. It's not a very safe part of the city, so you
      should be careful." [2] "You can't help but feel sorry for
      Basil. He can't get over the trauma he underwent during the
      war and gripes about it even now. And it wasn't long ago
      that he was hailed as this city's child prodigy, so it
      makes perfect sense that he'd have trouble getting over it."

Richie: "I know I'm not cut out to be a hero, so when I grow up,
       I'm gonna make a fortune at the Arena! And then we're
       gonna move to a better area of the city and I'm gonna
       take care of Mom." [2] "The Black Reaper has a cool rival
       with the nickname 'Twin Gunner!' He's the hero of the
       Con...the Con...the um...the Congealed Knights! He holds
       two guns at once, and he shoots his enemies, bang bang!
       Man, why did I have to be born after the war was already
       over?! I'd be way better at being a hero than at studying
       every day! I can't believe I missed my chance!"

Jibril: [Chat] "The people of Guara Bobelo say many things about
       me, but... Looking at the greed that permeates this city,
       I do not believe our kind can best humans when it comes
       to wickedness. So please, rest assured and do business
       with me."

Gaston: "I heard *hic* about a store where a mysterious girl sells
       mysterious items, and I came all the way to this city on
       my search... But I've searched all of Guara Bobelo and I
       still can't find it..." [2] "In my dreams...a young pretty
       girl calls my name... In a sweet voice, she whispers, 'Are
       you the one looking for the Black Market? I'm waiting for
       you...' Everyone says they're the dreams of a drunk... But
       I'm sure that girl runs the Black Market..."

Pierre: "I'm a bookie--a sort of banker who takes bets on whether
       the Drifters or the monsters will win. I have to say,
       Drifters these days are pretty wimpy. It's been nothing
       but monsters winning for some time now, and it's gotten
       pretty boring. I want to see a match where small warriors
       like yourselves beat a giant monster..." [2] "My hometown
       is a grey city, far from Guara Bobelo. But I can't go back
       there...My hometown was destroyed many years ago, reduced
       to rubble by a man from the Global Union whom they called
       a 'hero.'"

Phoebe: "That gamer guy lives just past the end of this fence. He
       says his hobby is collecting all sorts of games." [2] That
       gamer guy says if you don't have the right 'console,' the
       'roms' won't do you any good. But he says he has lots of
       'consoles,' so he can play any rom."

Tatiana: "My my...will you treat me to a nice dinner in the VIP
        booth...? If so, then I'll go on a date with you to the
        Arena." [2] "They say the owner of the Black Market
        preserves her youth by sucking the life force out of
        people. If there's a way to do that, don't you think
        she should share the secret with others, instead of
        keeping it all for herself?"

Barbara: "There are a lot of people who call the Arena blasphemous,
        but Saint Calucion was a saint of valor! For all we know,
        she may enjoy watching all these thrilling battles every
        night, for free."

Raymond: "I'm alive today thanks to you and that bearish man.
        Thanks a lot."

Abigail: "I'd rather not see my Richie become a hero or a star in
        the Arena. I want him to have a life where he studies
        hard, gets a job that matches his abilities, and earns a
        steady income. So I'm studying myself and trying to teach
        him languages, but he's so rambunctious... Richie! Dog is
        'canis,' cat is 'felis!' Repeat after me!" [2] "If you
        don't stick to your studies when you're young, you'll
        never be able to join the upper class. Richie! Crow is
        'corvus,' sparrow is 'passer!' Stop running around and
        study!!"

Goltres: "Oh, my, what a cute little boy! You remind me of myself
        from 20 years ago. Hmm...? You don't care about that and
        want to know where the clinic is...? What a rude child!
        I'll never tell you that it's past the alley beside my
        house and along the way to the Arena! Never, you cute
        child, you...!" [2] "I heard from Black that handling
        the remains of the people who die in the Arena makes for
        fabulous business. Me? I lie here in wait, just like an
        antlion, for guests who are trying to calm down after
        watching the matches... I envy people like him who
        actively pursue business opportunities like that."

Marcello: "If you want to go to the Arena, just go straight down
         the path between the pub and the girlie-man's house!"
         [2] "They say the number of people working at the Arena
         is 5.1 times the number working at the church! That's a
         lot of people! If I got just one gella from each of
         them, I'd be super rich!"

Samantha: "Guara Bobelo used to be a famous holy site for the
         worship of Saint Calucion. But during the war, when they
         started offering free meals to refugees, slackers
         seeking free food came from all over. You can see what
         it's like now." [2] "The mountain path that heads north
         from Guara Bobelo is called Calucion Pass. Saint
         Calucion came down that path when she first arrived
         here in Guara Bobelo."

Mitchell: "Calucion's church, the former symbol of this city and
         the goal of many a pilgrim, is filled with many guests
         again tonight. Only now it serves as a symbol of this
         city's decadence--an Arena where blood flows like
         water!" [2] "There are a lot of war criminals who
         haven't been brought to justice yet... But they're
         insanely strong. They've taken out both bounty hunters
         and Drifters galore. That's why a lot of the war
         criminals are still out there--like Hauser, from the
         Global Union."

Catherine: "He thinks that calling himself a bookie makes him
          sound cool, but the Drifters are the ones laying down
          their lives in the Arena, you know? He makes a living
          off the backs of other people's bets, yet here he is
          complaining. It's hard to respect someone like that,
          you know?" [2] "Making a living off gambling is fine
          and dandy, but I think he'd be better off going back
          home and getting a real job, you know?"

Alexandro: "Are you enjoying Guara Bobelo? It's true this is a
          dirty, sordid city, but you can also find treasure
          hidden amongst the trash." [2] "Thinking of Black as a
          nice guy is as dangerous as thinking of Izzy as a nice
          guy. You look like you're a good kid, so don't let
          yourself get suckered by any weirdoes."

[Calucion Pass -- CP01]

T.S. Kanaan: [Chat] "This path is pretty old, so it doesn't get
            much traffic. Of course, that's the main reason some
            people like to use it. Is that why you're here?"

[August River -- AR01]

T.S. Lenny: [Chat] "I saw a puppy in a box drift by here just a
           couple of minutes ago! I wanted to save it, but I
           didn't have a pole or a life preserver or anything
           like that. There was nothin' I could do from up here
           on the bank. ... Man, that sort of thing really makes
           you feel powerless..."

[Desolate Railway -- DR01]

Rebecca: "I've heard about a talking treasure chest lurking around
        here, but I can't seem to find it... I've been searching
        these abandoned freight cars, but I wonder if I may be
        looking in the wrong places..."

T.S. Landis: [Chat] "I spent 20 years following the rules set down
            by the company I worked for. Then I left that life
            behind and became an entrepreneur. The life of a
            traveler is full of hardship, but I get to meet all
            sorts of people, and I'm free to do as I please, so
            it suits me just fine."

[Buckeye Station -- BS01]

NOTE: People with a [2] in their speech denotes new dialogue said
     after finding the train station empty. People with a [2+]
     in their dialogue denotes new dialogue said in addition to
     their previous speech.

Cid: "I used to be stationed aboard a sandship called the Garra de
    Leon. But the leaders of the Congressional Knights at the
    time sent us on a hopeless mission. I lost many friends, as
    well as the use of my legs. I returned to Buckeye without
    waiting for the war to finish."

Andy: "...Can't...breathe..." [After sliding into him:] "Ahhhh...
     phew...I thought I was going to die! Thanks a lot, man. When
     you smacked my back it dislodged the piece of apple that was
     stuck in my throat! You saved my life! It's half-eaten, but
     please take it!" [Afterwards:] "Not being able to breathe is
     awful. I saw my grandmother waving to me from the other side
     of a river. But my grandmother's still alive and kicking, so
     that was sort of strange."

Fitz: "Now that the war is over, a brilliant future shall arrive,
     built by the people themselves! At least that's what they
     said back when Buckeye's future had shone with promise.
     It's ancient history, now though..."

Ivana: "I'm sorry, I've got my hands full at the moment with
      preparations for opening up. If you need to talk to me
      about something, please come back later." [2] "Speaking of
      Etemenanki, there's a story that's been passed down through
      the ages in Buckeye... Have you already heard it? It's the
      legend surrounding Saint Calucion and Etemenanki."
      R1 --> Yes
      R2 --> No

      R1: "I see. I suppose that's no surprise. After all the
          legends of Saint Calucion are famous."
      R2: "Long ago, there was a monster that spread calamity
          and disaster throughout this land. The people lived in
          constant fear of this monster, and despaired. When
          Saint Calucion visited this land, she was saddened by
          what she saw and resolved to eliminate the monster.
          Calucion gathered the people and announced that she
          would seal the monster in the tall tower to the east.
          She then asked the people to bear witness. So the
          fight began... The people watched the long and
          fearsome battle with great trepidation. After many days
          and nights, the contest finally ended. The Saint sealed
          the monster away, using her own body as the seal. And
          the people who had gazed up at the tall tower found
          that they no longer hung their heads in despair. ...Or
          so the story goes...It's a bit difficult to believe in
          of course... But Etemenanki, the tower where the Saint
          is said to have sealed the monster, actually exists to
          the east of this town."

Grace: "That war criminal rumored to be wandering around here
      lately...I forgot his name, but anyway...it's said that he
      actually hated war. There are also stories that he went to
      various countries that were trying to start wars and
      crushed their regimes single-handedly."

Willy: "There's a rumor going around lately, about a terrible war
      criminal with a 4000 year sentence on his head wandering
      around these parts. You'd better be careful...If kids you
      like you ran into a monster like that, he'd tear you apart
      in no time."

Sasha: "Buckeye...All who gaze upon your ugliness look away, hence
      the name 'buck-eye.'"

Doris: [Chat] "This shop used to be filled with Drifters heading
      out to Etemananki. But now you can count on the fingers of
      one hand who come here with a spark in their eyes." [2+]
      "...What? You folks are headed for Etemenanki, too...?
      ...It stands to the east of town, but I wouldn't go there
      if I were you."

Josie: "Saint Calucion taught us that you're not supposed to hang
      your head. So I have to keep my chin up, and continue
      taking care of the horses. That's what Ivana at the pub
      told me. She tells me all kinds of old stories about
      Buckeye."

Volcan: "The worst and most frightening thing about the battlefield
       isn't that you might die. It's that you have to kill people.
       That's why the higher ups call the enemy 'swine' or
       'insects' or 'dogs.' They're trying ot make you forget that
       the enemy's human, just like you. But...in the end, that's
       pretty hard to do. There were a lot of guys who shot to
       miss... That's why I think 'heroes' who went out and got
       results time after time must have a screw loose somewhere."

Vernon: "When I was young, I traveled to a lot of different places,
       peddling my wares from a backpack on my shoulders. I made
       some good connections while I was doing that. Now, I can
       relax and have my subordinates do the work for me."

Oswald: "I've gotten several orders from the military so I told my
       contact in Guara Bobelo to prepare and ship out some
       rations. But I haven't heard a peep from him. Knowing him,
       he's probably gone gaga over some sly she-devil...again.
       Kid, make sure you don't grow up into the kind of adult
       who gets distracted by women and skips out on his job."

Garcia: "They say this town really prospered during the war. But I
       kind of like the leisurely pace Buckeye has now. I didn't
       really experience the benefits of the bubble economy as a
       kid, so I don't think I can make a comparison."

Leonard: "If only more young folks like these would come to
        Buckeye... We'd probably get to see the trains running
        again."

Henrick: "I'm Buckeye's train buff! My favorite one is the Silver
        Star Express, a train that the military used to run! I've
        only seen it in encyclopedias, but it's really cool!"

Annette: "When the station still operated, Buckeye was a lively
        place where many people gathered. But now? Buckeye is a
        rusty old town where people leave as fast as they can.
        The only people who visit these days are traveling
        Drifters."

Timothy: "The station's over there, but...there's nothing left but
        rusty tracks and abandoned rail cars. Unless you're a
        railroad buff, I don't think you'll find anything
        interesting to look at."

Charlie: "They say that train stations are places of meeting and
        parting, and it's true. I ran into someone whom I'd gone
        to boot camp with. He'd changed a lot, so I didn't
        recognize him at first. Boy, was I surprised."

Victoria: "Oh, my. Look, Leonard! Some young people have come to
         visit Buckeye!"

Theresia: "Honestly, this child...He's not happy unless he comes
         here every day. I don't understand why he likes trains
         so much. Trains are what took his parents away and
         never brought them back."

Jennifer: "This is Buckeye Station, a gloomy town where even the
         air is tinged with grey."

Francois: "In the old days, there were many military bases along
         the railroad tracks that radiate from Buckeye Station.
         And this house was worth 100 times what it is now."

Station Staffer Emmett: "There aren't any trains left in Buckeye
                       that are still running. I'm sorry I can't
                       help you."

[Buckeye Station -- BS02]

Cid: "I used to be a gunner onboard a sandship, but I can't do
    physical labor anymore... Now I live here, using the reading
    and writing I learned while studying for my promotion boards,
    working as a public stenographer."

Fitz: "There may be a train at the station now, but that doesn't
     mean regular service's been restored. It's just a special
     charter for someone, but it sure brings back memories. How
     many years has it been since I heard that whistle...?"

Ivana: "Saint Calucion was born into a tribe that lived in the
      village that once stood on the edge of the western dunes.
      They were a unique tribe that worshipped the power of
      nature which they symbolized in the form of beasts. They
      say the reason she was able to seal the monster away in
      Etemenanki was because of the power of her faith."

Grace: "When I hear the word 'soldier,' I remember the time an
      army came from the western dunes and made a surprise attack
      on Buckeye. We had thought the dunes would protect us from
      any attacks but they took advantage of our complacency and
      attacked with a sand-proof ship. Naturally, our side
      hurried to build a similar ship but all that accomplished
      was to turn it into a mud-slinging match...but with sand of
      course."

Willy: "I took a glance at the guys on that train and they're
      wearing emblems that belong to the Congressional Knights.
      What the heck are they trying to start?"

Sasha: "Etemen-anki... The monster on the top floor of that tower
      must be a dark demon who carries around ankhs. ...What?
      That's not how you pronounce 'Etemenanki'? Aw, that's just
      your hick accent..."

Doris: [Chat] "On the top floor of Etemenanki there's supposed to
      be a terrible being that Saint Calucion fought and sealed
      away. But it's been 1000 years sine then, and the seal is
      just about undone. Paladiennes occasionally go and try to
      defeat the monster before the seal collapses but
      unfortunately, none of those people have ever returned."

Josie: "I learned that Saint Calucion was taught to 'return to
      nature' when she was growing up. 'Returnin to nature' means
      you live in such a way that you become a part of nature."

Vernon: "I'm going to take the goods Oswald and Izzy pulled
       together and sell them for as much as I possibly can!
       Soldiers don't know anything about cost performance! They
       won't notice if I bump up the prices a bit! If they did,
       they'd never be able to do anything as inefficient as
       fight a war!"

Oswald: "Those guys on the train are heading for Garra de Leon, an
       Alstroemeria-class behemoth! Even with everything Izzy's
       put together, there aren't enough goods in all of Buckeye
       to fill the belly of that beast!"

Garcia: "West of Buckeye lie the dunes, an area which people call
       the 'Sea of Sand.' Why do they call it that? Because the
       grains of sand are so small, when you step on them you
       sink into the sand like it was water."

Leonard: "Really? Then that rumbling I just heard wasn't my
        imaginations or the angels coming to get me."

Annette: "Soldiers are such barbarians. They just took over our
        station without a word... They even locked out the
        station staffer, Emmett. There's no telling what evil
        they're committing further down the tracks."

Timothy: "What the heck? Who's the crazy fool running a military
        train in this day and age?! Why do they need to run a
        train?! Are they going to start another war?!"

Charlie: "Hey, why is my friend who also retired from the service,
        back in action?! I know train stations are places of
        meeting and parting, but I never expected this!"

Victoria: "Leonard, a train's come to Buckeye for the first time
         in ages."

Jennifer: "Did you hear? There's a train at Buckeye Station!"

Francois: "They say that in a city near here where an experimental
         weapon went out of control, souls still wander, unable
         to find peace... ...Unaware that the war is over. I hear
         that to free the spirits of the dead is to set them free
         from suffering. But with destruction so absolute that
         hardly anyone was left alive to tell us what happened,
         well... I don't think a half-hearted relief effort will
         be enough to free them..."

[Silver Star Express -- SS01]

Note: Dialogue after the [2] is said after Gawn catches up.

Gawn: "What are you kids doin' here?! Anyway, there's no time to
     talk right now. Jude, take your friends and get away from
     this train ASAP. This thing is filled with elite soldiers,
     and I dunno what your reason for bein' here is, but it's
     too dangerous for you to go on!" [2] "Hmm...I can see from
     that look in your eyes that there's no way I'm gonna be
     able to stop you... ... Well don't do anything too crazy,
     all right? There are some things in life that even youthful
     enthusiasm can't get you through."

[Ciel Village (Past) -- CV02]

NOTE: Dialogue after a [2] mark will be Jude's reply.

????: (We can live peacefully within this shelter. Although
     everyone has got their concerns, my companions are adjusting
     to their new lives here. But I cannot help thinking...Is
     this really what we ought to be doing? Our heretical
     technology hurt the world...But I have faith that it can
     become a force to heal those same wounds. For ARMs were
     originally a means to heal and restore the world's ruined
     environment... But all we do is lament our sin, rather than
     use the power that we still have. We have the knowledge to
     save everyone, and we do nothing... Is that not a sin as
     well? ... I shall leave Ciel Shelter. If the Global Union
     can only think of ARMs as weapons, then I shall defect to
     the Congressional Knights. And this time, I will complete
     the development of ARMs so that they can be used for their
     original objective...the restoration of the planet's
     environment. I'm sure there will be those who condemn my
     actions...and I'm sure I'll stain my hands anew. But with
     the future of the world at stake, those are trivial
     concerns... Even if it costs me my life, I shall become a
     force to open up the future...) [2] (I've never seen this
     person before, but I can feel how strong his feelings are...
     He really cares deeply about the future of the world...)

Alec?: (Four ARMs were completed as weapons... Hauser's using the
      second unit, and we brought both the prototype and the third
      unit to this village... I'm worried about the status of the
      fourth unit, which was never even tested...) [2] (A
      prototype...? Was there another ARM in Ciel besides my
      own...?!)

Diana?: (The Alter-Native Project... It's goal was to create
       soldiers with ARM-compatibility through genetic
       manipulation... We committed many sins, in order to end
       the war quickly and to preserve Filgaia...) [2] (Genetic
       manipulation...? Committed sins...? What's she talking
       about...?)

Hakim(?): (The conflict between the Global Union and the
         Congressional Knights is hopelessly deadlocked... Even
         if one side should achieve victory, with both humans and
         natural resources, as well as the economy in their
         current state... It's unlikely either side has enough
         power to establish a stable government to handle the
         post-war situation... What's going to happen to the
         future of this world...?) [2] (Everyone was worried
         about the war, but I never knew anything about it...)

Helga?: (Heinrich bangs on that machine as if he's got a grudge
       against it... It's been giving him problems ever since we
       came to the shelter. Guess he just can't accept that there
       are some things in life you're better off giving up on...)
       [2] (I guess Heinrich's banging on that machine has always
       bothered Helga...)

Henri?: (There are a variety of methods for evolving life forms...
       Our genetic manipulation of Hauser was based on the theory
       of viral evolution. The theory of natural selection means
       that only people able to adapt to a radical change in the
       environment would survive... We didn't see any way an
       uncertain theory like that could restore this dying
       world...) [2] (Henri was a researcher, too?!)

Solon?: (The enormous fourth unit was sealed, still intact, deep
       beneath the ground of that deserted island... Now, it
       seems they plan to buil a prison on to of it to house war
       criminals... I don't know whose idea it was to use war
       criminals to cover up the ugliness from the war...) [2]
       (Isn't that...Solon? He looks younger...How is that even
       possible?)

Maybell(?): (Was performing genetic calibration on Hauser and
           giving him the second ARM unit really a good idea...?
           We made him bear the cross of being a 'hero,' and sent
           him alone down a difficult path... I wouldn't blame
           anyone that condemns us for that...) [2] (Hauser...? I
           never heard that name when I was living in Ciel. I
           wonder who he is...?)

Ethelda: (We developed ARMs to heal Filgaia's wounded lands and to
        restore the environment so that people could live in it
        once more... Yet ARMs became weapons for harming the
        world further. As the ones who created them that is the
        sin we must bear. Instead of trying to atone for our sin,
        we live hidden away, averting our eyes from the world's
        future... How despicable... As adults, we have a
        responsibility to ensure a future for the next
        generation... What does Hauser think of us now...?) [2]
        (But...this is my house...Does that mean she's...)

Raymond?: (The fourth ARM unit, the one erased from the records...
         It's power is as astounding as one would expect from the
         sight of its gigantic, ominous form... I hope they're not
         foolish enough to try and obtain it...) [2] (That man
         exercising...it must be Raymond. But what's 'the fourth
         ARM unit'...?)

Wyoming(?): (We members of the ARM development team moved to Ciel
           Shelter so that we wouldn't commit any more sins...
           But how long can we stay like this...? This shelter
           does have stealth functionality, but what would happen
           if the military were to put real effort into tracking
           us down...?) [2] (ARM development team...? They built
           Ciel Shelter so that they could run away from the
           military...? I don't believe it...)

Samuel?: (Hidden within Ciel Shelter is the development team, the
        research reports, the inactivated prototype and the third
        unit. This should ensure that the heretical technology
        continues to slumber, never to be used as a weapon...)
        [2] (The inactivated third unit? Does he mean my ARM,
        Shapeshifter...?)

Heinrich: (ARMs were never intended to be weapons... They were
         supposed to restore the war-torn environment... To be an
         'arm' that reached out toward the future... I can't even
         express how frustrating this is...) [2] (My ARM isn't a
         weapon, but a means to reach out to the future... This
         ARM was built upon the hopes and dreams of Heinrich and
         all the others from the village...)

[Buckeye Station III -- BS03]

Cid: "The mysterious shadow that's appeared in the western dunes
    belongs to an Alstroemeria-class ship, one of the main ships
    used during the war. That's the same class ship I was on...
    the Garra de Leon. Is someone out there trying to plant the
    seeds of war once more...?"

Fitz: "After the trains stopped running, I thought time stopped
     for this town. But lately, with military trains showing up
     and strange shadows appearing in the dunes, it's been kind
     of eventful."

Doris: [Chat] "To ensure that the monster she had sealed in the
      tower would not reappear, Saint Calucion placed many seals
      upon it. The keys to opening the seals are the four holy
      artifacts of Calucion. Gathering the artifacts is a
      difficult task itself, but the Saint felt that those who
      were unable to accomplish this task wouldn't be able to
      defeat the monster, should they release the seals."

Grace: "The desert is steadily growing and spreading into the
      surrounding areas... The phenomenon is called
      'desertification.'"

Josie: "I was told not to talk to Vernon and Oswald. If you talk
      to bad people, Saint Calucion will come and punish you
      while you're sleeping."

Willy: "The western dunes are dangerous! The sands are so fine
      that if you don't move carefully, they'll swallow your
      whole body."

Ivana: "The nature-worshippers who used to live along the dunes
      supposedly called themselves the 'Baskar.' But it's been
      many years since they abandoned their native villages to
      the encroaching sand, so there's no way to be certain."

Vernon: "A dirty, rusted town that'd disappearing into the sand...
       You could say that Buckeye and its dwindling vitality
       reflect the current state of Filgaia itself. But being
       downhearted won't fix anything. If you've got the energy
       to complain, then use it to earn some money instead."

Oswald: "I managed to supply all the necessary goods for the
       sandship moored in the western dunes. I pushed my
       subcontractors pretty hard, but then, I'm the one who's
       footing the bill, right?"

Volcan: "Hmm? Oh, I'm not sleeping. I was just closing my eyes and
       meditating. Lolling around on a beautiful day like this
       makes me happy to be alive."

Garcia: "In the dunes that spread to the west of Buckeye, terrible
       sandstorm occur every so often. They say that when there's
       a sandstorm, the visibility drops to zero and sand blasts
       against your whole body painfully."

Henrick: "Soldiers sure are stingy. I wanted to see the Silver
        Star Express, but they said it was top secret and
        wouldn't lt me see it. Oh, but there was one nice guy...
        When I was scrambling around trying to get a peek, he
        picked me up from behind and lifted me so that I could
        see the Silver Star Express. He had a rough look about
        him, kinda like a bear, so I'm sure he was just some
        underling but I still liked him."

Annette: "There used to be a large city at the terminus of one of
        the tracks that leave from this station. There were a lot
        of skilled engineers there, and it was rumored they were
        building large-scale weapons. That's probably why the
        Global Union sent their hero, the Black Reaper, to
        destroy the city."

Leonard: "Ah, you mean those stories Emmett and his friends are
        always telling...? They sound like tall tales, if you ask
        me... Who could possibly benefit from a war starting now,
        anyway?"

Victoria: "Leonard, have you heard the stories about the dunes
         nearby? I mean the stories about the huge battleships
         that fought it out during the war."

Timothy: "Cid was saying there's a big, suspicious shadow that
        keeps appearing in the depths of the dunes! I don't know
        if it's a monster or what, but if it threatens Buckeye,
        I'll greet it with the gun I keep in my cupboard!"

Charlie: "You want to know if there's a military base nearby? I
        was deployed far away from here on the front lines, so
        I really don't know... Wouldn't it be faster to ask the
        elderly folks living around here?...For that matter, why
        are you looking to stir up a war that's already over?"

Theresia: "Honestly, this child. He wasn't frightened at all by
         the soldiers. I was the one shaking. But I was relieved
         to find there were some kind soldiers within the group."

Francois: "They say there's a war criminal with a 4000 year
         sentence on his head, wandering around these parts
         lately. Legend has it, he's a terrifying man who once
         destroyed an entire city. ...It's been ten years since
         the end of the war, yet the remnants just won't fade
         away, will they..."

Jennifer: "The train's gone, and life in Buckeye is back to the
         way it was."

Station Worker Emmett: "Once you pass the ruins of the Baskar
                      village to the west, all you'll see is the
                      expansive wasteland of the dunes. Lately,
                      there've been rumors of a suspicious shadow
                      appearing out there, but you'd have to go
                      beyond the village to find out the truth.
                      No one in this town has been able to
                      confirm any of this information though."

[Abandoned Village -- AV01]

T.S. Landis: [Chat] "Once you get past the Baskar Village ruins,
            all you'll see is a sea of sand. If you still intend
            to press on, you'll probably want to be prepared."

[Garra de Leon -- GL01]

Diana: "Ciel Village was a shelter built in the sky right around
      the end of the war. Within that shelter, time stood still
      for us. We decided to stop our research into heretical
      technology and just live quietly. But we were really only
      running away from responsibility..."

Solon: "When an ARM, which the human body considers to be a foreign
      object, attempts to rewrite the host's genes, a type of
      autoimmune reaction known as a 'Resistance Impulse' occurs.
      Because of this, those who lack genetic compatibility must
      take a special drug to prevent their body from rejecting
      the ARM."

Samuel: "I see. So Raymond's okay, too? All those daily
       calisthenics must've really toughened him up."

Heinrich: "You probably aren't aware of this, but Augst, the
         Brionac advisor, once worked alongside us in researching
         ARMs. But suddenly one day, he took our research results
         along with a prototype ARM and defected to the
         Congressional Knights. I don't know what happened to him
         since then, but to think he'd force us to develop ARMs
         once again... Surely he must have sold his soul to the
         devil or something..."

[After rescuing Ethelda:]

Diana: "There should be some escape airboats on the deck. You kids
      go on ahead and get the airboats ready. Us old folks aren't
      very good at running anymore, you know."

Solon: "That bit about the ship overheating and exploding was a
      slight exaggeration. The most we could've hoped to
      accomplish in such a short time would've been to stop the
      engine. Hmm? Why did I lie? What do you think? If I hadn't
      said something to that effect, your Mother would've refused
      to leave."

Samuel: "Your mother was so worried about you. It was painful
       seeing her suffer. I'm so glad you two were able to see
       each other again..."

Ethelda: "We'll make our way up once we find a way to stop the
        Divine Weapon. You go on ahead to the deck."

Heinrich: "Augst was researching the use of satellites to operate
         the ARMs scattered throughout the planet, and control
         the weather. He'd hoped to improve Filgaia's environment
         and make the planet a better place to live in. But
         somewhere along the way, it looks like he gave up these
         goals, leaving only the stupid jokes as reminders of his
         past..."

[Dragon Fossil Mine -- DF01]

Johnny: "A little while ago, I saw a huge pillar of fire erupt
       over the dunes. You guys have any idea what happened?"

[Frontier Village Halim -- FT01]

NOTE: Dialogue after the [2] is said after speaking with Archibald
     at Henri's request. [3] is dialogue said after arriving back
     from the Valley of Oblivion.

Aki: [She appears after Valley of Oblivion] "We can play outside
    like this, because we have you to thank, right? *laughter*
    Thanks!"

Gil: "Not even Archibald and his men can do anything about the
    situation...? We've invested so much time in developing this
    village. I can't just give it all up now..." [3] "Please feel
    free to use our workshop, whenever you want. We used it to
    forge tools for the development of this village, but you
    should be able to upgrade you equipment and items, too."

Pick: "It's true the village is in a pinch, but we can't stop
     construction because of that. Even if we did stop working,
     all we'd be able to do is rush about and worry. And if it's
     a choice between being useless or swinging my pickaxe here,
     I think the latter is a lot more productive!" [3] "I'm sure
     you have a lot of things you need to deal with, but when
     you've taken care of them, I hope you come back to this
     village. Frontier Town Halim is always looking for more
     settlers!"

Bill: "The methods employed in the attack on Ciel Shelter were
     brutal and unwarranted. It bothered the XO Archibald and the
     rest of us so much that we even suggested alternatives to
     Tony. But Tony refused to listen and instead he tried to
     force Archibald to be the scapegoat. So in order to protect
     Archibald, we joined the people of Ciel and deserted the
     Congressional Knights." [3] "They say Illsveil has become a
     living hell since losing its autonomy. The prisoners are
     used then simply thrown away... Forced into brutal and
     exhausting labor, their life spans have been cut short. This
     way, they seal the mouths of the prisoners and hide the
     truth from the oustide. After all, there's an endless supply
     of new prisoners for them to draw from."

Sasha: "Hey, just so you know, it's bad to go running through
      poison gas. You have to tiptoe reeeeally slowly through it,
      or you'll wind up taking a lot of damage. Just to be clear,
      this isn't an excuse or anything for why a veteran Drifter
      like me is standing around doing nothing." [3] "The girl
      who lives up in that tree loves scar ystories, but she
      won't even give a good-looking Drifter like me the time of
      day. She's a strange one... She said her name was Amengard,
      but I told her she should call herself 'Omengard.'"

Hakim: "Almost immediately after we escaped Ciel, a different unit
      captured us. Just as we were despairing that we'd be forced
      to develop weapons again, Archibald's unit set us free."
      [3] "We knew that Augst had taken the prototype ARM and
      defected to the Congressional Knights when he left Ciel...
      He had a very strong sense of responsibility... He
      probably couldn't stand the thought of hiding away in the
      shelter and turning a blind eye on his sins. ...Augst's
      concern for Filgaia's future exceeded even ours."

Annie: [She only appears after Valley of Oblivion] "This is a
      pleasant village. When I'm an old woman, I'd like to retire
      and help out with the farming."

Simon: [He only appears after Valley of Oblivion] "I've been told
      that once things settle down, the newcomers are supposed to
      teach me stuff. But I don't wanna study under those guys.
      They're scary! If I have to study, I want a nice teacher."

Helga: "I understand how you feel, but I'd like you to work
      together with those people. The true path to ending war
      doesn't lie in wielding power...but rather by understanding
      each other and trying to work together. Don't you agree?"
      [3] "I see...so Raymond was rescued and is now in Guara
      Bobelo... Maybe I'll start exercising, too, and try to get
      a body that can withstand any circumstances."

Blaire: "I imagine you'd find Henri at the graveyard on the
       outskirts of the village. The graveyard isn't on this side
       though. Just turn left when you first enter the village,
       and you'l find a path that will take you there." [3]
       "Thanks to you, the water in Halim is pure once more. I
       cannot thank you enough. During the development of this
       village, when there was nothing to eat, we filled our
       bellies with water from that well, so we've grown attached
       to it."

George: "What came after the end of the war wasn't the calm peace
       we had hoped for, but a chaotic world without government.
       I responded to Brionac's manifesto to pierce the dark
       clouds and create a world of order. But when it came to
       the Knights themselves... They've set things up so that
       anyone who wishes to do good is ruined!" [3] "Illsveil,
       the small prison island in the south sea is said to be
       impenetrable and inescapable. This is partly because it's
       a solitary island out on the sea, but the main reason is
       its defense system, 'Gungnir.' Gungnir is a guided missile
       system that's also known as 'Lambda's trump card.' It's
       ten-shot system packs quite a wallop, and even the war
       criminals and other dregs of society that reside there,
       can feel its fury."

Gordon: "The town where we lived was destroyed by the flames of
       war, so we wandered through the wilderness with nothing
       but the clothes on our backs. I can't begin to tell you
       what a struggle it was for us refugees to tame the earth
       and build this village... If we give up now, it would be
       an insult to our companions who lost their lives during
       our efforts to reclaim the land..." [3] "The peole from
       Ciel have a great knack for inventing things. They've
       helped us a lot by improving the water pumps and refining
       the tools that we use."

Louise: "At times like these, I know Kid would take care of
       things, if he were only here..." [She's gone by the time
       you get back from Valley of Oblivion...?]

Elaine: "It's been ten years since the war ended, yet it still
       continue to threaten us... Are all our efforts hopeless
       against the overwhelming power of war...?" [3] "You showed
       us that even when things seem hopeless, they can work out
       if you try hard enough. Thank you so much...Not just for
       purifying our water, but for helping us to remember that."

Maybell: "When we were captured by the Congressional Knight
        soldiers, we waited for the opportunity and sabotaged
        their Land Gears. While that fatso Tony was panicking
        over the rampaging Land Gears, we escaped with Archibald.
        After that, we continued to help one another and somehow
        made it to this village. They took our second hometown of
        Ciel away from us, and I can't say there's absolutely no
        bad blood between us, but... We've still managed to work
        hand-in-hand with one another." [3] "The 'Divine Weapon'
        we developed was, as its name implies, intended to be a
        powerful force to restore and protect this planet's
        environment... Are the Congressional Knights trying to
        obtain the Divine Weapon so that they can protect
        Filgaia? Somehow I have a hard time believing that's
        their intent..."

Wyoming: "Jude? Is that you? I'm so glad you're alive... We came
        to this village after Archibald saved us, but we've run
        into some trouble and everyone's in a panic." [3] "The
        'Divine Weapon' that the Congressional Knights are after,
        is a cluster of ARMs in an initial uncalibrated state. In
        this inactive state, it resembles a giant ARM egg... And
        in order to activate it, a gene driver acting as an
        ignition key is necessary. Have the Congressional Knights
        managed to find a driver that we don't know about...?"

Rebecca: "My hometown was completely destroyed when an unexploded
        bomb buried deep beneath the earth went off. When will
        these sad events finally cease?" [She leaves by the time
        you get back from Valley of Oblivion]

Amengard: [She only appears after Valley of Oblivion; see section
         devoted to her for her special quotes.]

Mathilda: "This isn't good. The poison from the chemical weapon
         has leached into the river on the outskirts of the
         village, too... Right now, w're getting by on our
         emergency supplies, but what will we do once they run
         out...?" [3] "The river is back to normal, and it looks
         like we can relax for now. It also appears as though
         Archibald's unit is going to stay and live here, too.
         I'm so glad."

Caroline: "Is it all right ofr us to be working on construction
         while the village is in trouble? The looks Mathilda
         gives us when she walks by are a little frightening."
         [3] "Are you all going out on a journey again? ...That's
         a shame. You look like you've got the strong backs
         necessary for developing this village."

Charlotte: [Chat] "Hey you Drifters! You've come to help settle
          things down, haven't you?! Thank you! I've got my
          reputation as a weapons pioneer on the line so I'll
          make sure I've got wonderful and useful weapons for
          you! [3] "I heard from some Drifters that sometimes new
          monsters appear in lands they're sure they've explored
          completely. And those monsters are usually stronger
          than the ones that were in that area before. But
          you'll be fine if you've got my weapons on hand when
          you run into them...so be sure to buy a lot of 'em!"

Archibald: "I'm very sorry about what happened at Ciel Shelter...
          But right now... ... No, with the sins I bear, I'm in
          no position to ask anything of you..." [2] "We're
          finding that unexploded ordinance with corroded or
          cracked casings, is causing unanticipated harm. The
          incident of the chemical weapon releasing poison gas
          underground and contaminating the water supply is just
          one example. Please, hurry to the valley and bring back
          the Holy Root which is capable of neutralizing any
          poisons. [3] "This is something I heard from my former
          commanding officer, Tony... The Congressional Knights
          are about to put into action a plan they've been
          developing for some time. Part of that plan involves
          using the prisoners at Illsveil to dig up something
          that's sealed away there. Illsveil is supposed to be a
          self-governed territory by the prisoners themselves,
          but it looks like the Congressional Knights have taken
          over it."

Instructor Henri: "Try 'doing what you feel.' That doesn't mean
                 you should swing your fist with raw emotion. It
                 means that when you're lost in the darkness, you
                 should listen to the feelings in your heart and
                 follow the path you believe is correct." [If you
                 talk to Henri after trying to leave the cemetary
                 he will say:] "I'd like for you to listen to what
                 Archibald has to say. And if you can accept his
                 words, could you save this village from this
                 crisis?" [3] "Thank you, Jude. You saved this
                 village. I'm very proud of you."

[Dragon Fossil Mine -- DF02]

Johnny: "The only way for someone like me with no education or
       skills to strike it rich is to find a dragon fossil! Any
       dream can come true as long as you believe! I'm not gonna
       stop until I dig up a dragon fossil and make it big!"

T.S. Landis: [Chat] "Back when I was young, this place was an
            active mining site for dragon fossils... But these
            days, you hardly ever see any miners out here. It's
            kind of lonely."

[Blue Amity Beach -- BA01]

T.S. Julian: [Chat] "If you ever think, 'man, if only Julian were
            here,' I'll come to your rescue! And what will I
            bring with me? Nothing less than my priceless smile
            and a backpack full of everything you need!"

[Port Rosalia -- PR03]

NOTE: Dialogue after a [2] occurs when the town is attacked; text
     following a [3] occurs after Jeremy is kaput.

Kai: "Know what? I saw that lady doctor's boyfriend! But he looked
    kind of pale and lifeless. I thought Dr. Morgan would have
    better taste than that. I'm disappointed in her!" [3] "The
    man who was staying at the clinic may have been a pretty nice
    guy after all. During the attack, when my little sister and I
    were lost in the fire, he came and took us to a safe place.
    He got mad at me, telling me I needed to protect my sister,
    but he was a cool and strong grown-up."

Nest: "Um...um...please don't look at the stains on my ribbons.
     They're old and worn out, and kinda embarrassing." [3]
     "Um...um...my clothes are covered in soot, aren't they...? I
     was so frantic to escape the monster that I was scrambling
     up and down, crawling into holes... What...? I look the same
     as always...? R-really? ...Well, that's a relief."

Pico: "The auction starts tomorrow morning. If you really want my
     ship, you better not oversleep!" [3] "Ohhhh...My ship, my
     Eulalia, whom I loved so dearly and worked so hard on, is
     gone...completely gone... That bastard...I could boil and
     fry him and it still wouldn't be enough!"

Duke: "It seems Camus over at Gargantua has got a new lineup. My
     weapon-obsessed friend goes on-and-on about how he'll buy
     them even if he has to get a loan to do it. But doesn't it
     feel kind of sad to own weapons you won't even use, now
     that the war's over?" [3] "I hear Rosalia was safed by some
     Drifters that were staying in town. You have to admire their
     skill. I think I'm going to start my training anew."

Lily: "Oh...You're the ones who helped me out before, aren't
     you...? For you, everything's on the house. You can dine or
     stay the night here for free. I'm happy if I can be of help
     to you on your journey." [2] "I wonder if that monster will
     leave Rosalia on its own if I set out some food our cook
     said he'd messed up on..." [3] "I heard some customers saying
     that a party of children defeated that monster. Are you the
     ones who saved Rosalia...? If you are, I'm thrilled. Have
     some extra helpings on me!"

Mike: "Fish mongers make selling goods to people in the marketplace
     sound like fun. Because the trade ships have slowed down, I
     don't have as much work as a crewman as I used to..." [2]
     "Times like these, we men of the sea have to show what we're
     made of. We owe a lot to the ladies in the marketplace, too."
     [3] "Man, the ocean is just incredible, isn't it? I mean,
     that incredible monster was in it, you know? That makes us,
     the men who travel those same seas, incredible too, don't
     ya think?"

Rose: "A fisherman kept whispering 'hex' at me, so I cornered him
     behind the fish market and asked him what it meant. He said
     it was related to black magic and witches or something. He's
     got some nerve! Just because I can lift a full crate of fish,
     is that any reason to call someone a witch?" [3] "The
     townspeople may appear to be relaxing their guard somewhat,
     now that the trouble has passed. But it's obvious that our
     catch is far smaller than what we had when I was a child...
     I can't really feel very happy about the way things are
     now..."

Riber: "The ship finally goes up for auction tomorrow. I've let
      Glenn handle the arrangements, so I can just sit back, read
      a fishing magazine, and look forward to tomorrow. Ahh,
      retirement sure is great." [3] "I'd planned to buy Pico's
      ship and go trolling for tuna, so you can imagine my
      disappointment. I guess I'll start looking for another
      way..."

Ethan: "It's not like I want to be a pimp or that I hate working
      or anything like that. It's just that I can't think of any
      way to get Felicia to notice me besides wandering back and
      forth here." [2] "This is horrible...Rosalia's pier is
      engulfed in flames... It looks like the fire may even
      spread to the town... Th-the best thing for me to do would
      be to observe what he's doing and report to the soldiers,
      right?!" [3] "Listen to this! The other day, Felicia invited
      me over for tea! Truth be told, I wasn't really doing
      anything but running around in a panic... But good things
      start happening once you actually do something! I'm so happy
      I could cry!"

Sasha: "Rosalia...Oh, Rosalia...Rosalia... By the way, this view
      is also interesting if you look at it upside down.
      ...Really! This Drifter no lie!" [2] "That guy attacking
      the town looks like an old acquaintance of mine who
      misbehaved so much he was hauled away... Even back then,
      he was a bit of a miscreant, but he didn't act totally
      inhuman..." [Sasha leaves after there Jeremy events are
      over.]

Glenn: "Do you know of Pico and his crew down at the pier? He's a
      salvager who dredges up sunken ships and restores them for
      selling. His newest work is going to be auctioned off
      tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to it since my
      teacher's been wanting a new fishing cruiser. He and I are
      going to be the first ones there tomorrow." [2] "Whoa whoa
      whoa, this can't be good!! That Pico better be defending
      the ship we're planning on buying with his life!" [3]
      "Pico's ship sank...And with it, our dreams have also
      vanished into the seaweed... Our dreams of eating a big
      fish that our teacher caugt, wearing aloha shirts and
      strumming ukeleles while humming tropical songs..."

Keith: "The economy's been going downhill since the war ended.
      Family is important, but I also think you need to be able
      to earn money when you need it." [3] "Hmm, well, I think
      it's okay to relax a little and not worry so much about
      what's 'normal.' What is 'normal,' anyway? I think that
      worrying about that sort of vague standard is just a waste
      of time."

Colin: "Today, I'm on patrol from nine to five again. It's not a
      very exciting life, but things had been a little TOO
      exciting up till now. So this is fairly refreshing and
      fun." [3] "Boy that monster sure took me by surprise when
      it attacked. Maybe it was because I've been out playing
      policeman every day, but my body reacted as if I was still
      on active duty, and I was able to help people. Maybe this
      isn't too bad of a life, you know?"

Bryan: "Please buy my antidotes! If you don't buy my antidotes,
      my stepmother won't have money to buy her booze, and then
      she'll hit me." {Y/N} [3] "Please buy my antidotes! If I
      don't sell my antidotes, I won't be able to buy my little
      brother some shoes, and he'll tear up the soles of his
      feet." {Y/N}

Tommy: "I'm more interested in the new weapons than the ship
      auction. I'll never be able to afford that ship, but if I
      work hard, I can probably buy those weapons." [2] "I-I-I
      w-w-was just about to get some weapons from Gargantua and
      then go face down that guy. I-I w-wasn't just standing
      here, shaking in fear! I'm not scared of him!" [3] "I became
      a weapons buff during the war, thanks to my CO. He could
      handle guns like no other. He held a pistol in each hand,
      six shots in each, twelve in all. He was known as the 'Twin
      Gunner.' Supposedly, he got that name because he could take
      out any opponent with those twelve shots. He'd always tell
      me how proud of and confident he was in my ability."

Paige: "Tomorrow is the ship's auction! All have received the
      invitation! A secret mission to cause much agitation!
      Raise the price for super-inflation! We'll all feel great
      satisfaction! The boss wants a luxurious mansion! At the
      Seabreeze a congratulation! Then onto a new rotation!" [3]
      "In his hands, a large helm... He sings sailing songs by
      heart and travels the routes of the sea... The man of the
      sea's fantasy... Now, naught but nostalgia... A premonition
      told of disaster... And, lost to tragedy, the ship shall
      never return..."

Camus: [Chat] "The order I'd placed with a foreign store just
      arrived the other day. I now have even more powerful
      weapons for sale. Please, check them out for yourselves."
      [2] "Seeing young folk like you come in, it looks as
      though I was right in not closing my store. Now grab your
      weapons and go get that joker." [3] "Thanks to that
      attack, some people have realized how important self-
      -defense is, and started coming to this shop to buy
      weapons. I'm thankful for the business, but as a resident
      of Rosalia, I should be sad, shouldn't I..."

James: "Tomorrow, it'll finally be time for the restored ship
      auction. I don't have the kind of money you need to bid,
      but I plan to go and watch anyway." [3] "I feel bad for
      Pico because his ship got destroyed, but at least no one
      in Rosalia got hurt. Just where did that man-monster come
      from? And what did it want...?"

Pedro: "It's important to have a wide variety of experiences. So
      losing your drive and just running away isn't necessarily
      a bad thing, either. Once you've hit rock bottom, you can
      laugh at any hardships that come after that. You can even
      put up with living on a diet of nothing but roasted yams!"
      [3] "Losing your composure over a little disturbance like
      that is a failure at being an adult. No matter the
      situation, you have to maintain your bearing. Remember that
      trying to find shortcuts for everything often results in
      taking the long way around."

Brewer: "They say someone escaped from Illsveil Prison just once,
       a long, long time ago. Supposedly, the prisoner created a
       huge disturbance that spread throughout the entire island
       and escaped amidst the chaos. But the official documents
       contain no record of such an event. It's probably just a
       legend made up by the prisoners. ...By the way, the legend
       doesn't end there. It says after the prisoner escaped, he
       opened up a bakery." [3] "I know that every town, big and
       small, has its share of problems... But I've never seen
       anything like that powerful sea monster, outside of the
       Arena. Man, I tell you, Filgaia is really messed up."

Anabel: "'Pretty lady'... He sure knows how to lay it on. But I'll
       never forget the day I found a human hair inside the fish
       I bought from him." [2] "What in the world is that man-
       -monster thing?! He looks disgusting... Where did he come
       from?!" [3] "When I think about the fish we eat swimming
       in the same water as that disgusting monster... It's like
       sharing your bath water with someone else, you know? You
       can't help but worry the fish might be contaminated
       somehow..."

Steven: "I got fresh fish, caught this very morning, for cheap!
       Hey there, laddie! How about one for you and the pretty
       lady?" [3] "Check it out, people! I'm having a sale today
       to celebrate the extermination of the monster! These fish
       are so fresh they could bring Calucion back to life, and
       I'm sellin' 'em cheap, cheap, cheap!"

Lesley: "I've returned to my hometown to relax at home, but I
       found that I'm just not very good with domestic chores.
       I'm good at swinging blades at my enemies, so why is it
       so hard to julienne my vegetables?" [3] "They say a young
       Drifter got rid of the monster that was attacking the
       town. I'm grateful to him, but it makes me feel old...
       The younger generation taking that sort of action and all.
       I'd better find a job and start living a normal life..."

Alison: "The ship auction will be starting soon... The townsfolk
       think that Riber, the fisherman, is going to get it, but
       I'm not going to lose to him. With a dearth of merchant
       ships on the sea these days, if I can get hold of one of
       those rare commodities, I'll be able to ask any price for
       my business." [3] "If only that monster had tipped us off
       before he attacked town...I could have bought up building
       materials and made a killing... *sigh* I can't believe I
       missed that opportunity."

Monica: "Mom says if I don't behave myself when I'm home alone, a
       scary monster will come and burn me with fire that's one
       trillion degrees. But in the collection of fairy tales I
       read, it says the monster is securely sealed away in a
       tall tower, so it can't come out. As long as I don't go
       near any tall towers, I'll be fine right?" [3] "Mom says
       if I don't behave myself when I'm home alone, she'll have
       the sea monster take me away. But does Mom really have any
       authority over that monster...? She doesn't, does she...?
       So I'll be fine, right?"

Sheila: "A man who drifted into town recently has been staying
       with Dr. Morgan at the hospital. He's always wandering
       about with a pale, lifeless face, and every time he sees
       a little girl, he lets out a sigh. No offense to Dr.
       Morgan, but that guy is kinda creepy..." [3] "The man Dr.
       Morgan was taking care of had a big motorcycle which
       seemed totally out of character for him. Dr. Morgan seems
       downhearted lately, but I didn't think that man was good
       for her anyway. It's probably for the best that they've
       parted ways."

Russel: "People get mad at me, saying I can't just sit around
       being hungry all the time. But it's not like I choose to
       be unemployed or anything. Why, just the other day, I
       tried my hand at working... Maybe it's because I've been
       off my feet for so long, but the soles of my feet started
       blistering after walking for about 20 minutes. Getting
       treatment for that condition cost me my entire food
       budget for the rest of the month. Working sure isn't very
       cost effective..." [2] "I'm sitting here and calmly
       considering what I can do to help. I don't just sit around
       all the time. But right now I'm so hungry I can't move
       very fast..." [3] "I hear that Ethan's finally shaped
       up... Personally, I think getting suckered in by a strange
       woman and changing the lifestyle you've worked so long to
       cultivate means that you've lost."

Audrey: "Welcome to Port Rosalia, a town embraced by the sea! When
       you feel the wind on your face while standing on the
       platform overlooking the beach, all your cares will just
       blow away..." [2] "That monster-man who came from the sea
       is on a rampage down by the pier. If you're going there,
       you'd better be prepared!" [3] "You'll never be bored in
       Port Rosalia. Sometimes, weird creatures come up out of
       the sea and cause a big fuss. It's the perfect town for
       anyone looking to chase away the doldrums."

Johnson: "They say that a long time ago, famous UMAs used to
        wander around here. They were called 'Greater Beasts,'
        and they say that they were really cool monsters with
        beautiful curves and wild power." [3] "They say monsters
        called 'Greater Beasts' appear on the old deserted road.
        They say they're slimy, disgusting-looking creatures
        with strange protrusions growing out of them."

Stewart: "My hobby is bird watching. Standing in front of the
        Break Point like this, it's easy to catch sight of the
        various migrant birds that drift by. White, black,
        grey... Their plumage comes in a variety of different
        colors. It's very interesting." [3] Have you met Pico
        since his shop got burned...? I feel sorry for him and
        wish I could be of help. But there's only so much a
        retired old Drifter like me can do."

Siemens: "The auction we've been waiting for will be start'n soon.
        I put 'lot of love and hard wor into this ship, so I've
        been praying to Calucion that some good folks buy it."
        [3] "Don't know if I'll get aid this month. How am I
        going to make a living now?"

Felicia: "Ethan's a spineless, worthless good-for-nothing. I've
        never seen a man as pathetic as he is. If he at least
        had enough backbone to go kill that incredibly strong
        monster with the bumps on its back on the road just
        outside of town... Well, then I'd pay him some attention."
        [2] "Ethan dashed out, saying he was going to check on
        things... But what could that pathetic man possibly do?
        I hope he doesn't screw up and cause any trouble for the
        soldiers..." [3] "Even a pathetic man like Ethan can
        still surprise you. It seems he's doing well at his job
        of observing the pier and reporting back to the soldiers.
        ... He'd been spending so much time watching me, so
        perhaps he's gotten good at 'observing' things."

Bernard: "If you ask me, the auction for the restored ship is
        going to be the most fun this town has seen in a while!
        And if a wealthy merchant bids on it, this town's economy
        should improve a little, too." [2] "If you ask me,
        nothing good comes from panicking in a situation like
        this! The best way to handle it is to stay inside a
        sturdy building and see what move your opponent makes."
        [3] "If you ask me, what happened the other day was
        indicative of the sickness in Filgaia! Parts that were
        destroyed during the war are coming back to haunt us
        like that."

Kenneth: "It's hard to get hold of a ship right now. The quality
        shipyards that were valued during the war, all went out
        of business after the war ended." [3] "The ships that
        Pico's crew restores are renowned for their durability
        and quality. ...And then THAT happened to their latest
        one... I hear they lost everything and are in pretty dire
        straits, now. They sure didn't do anything to deserve
        this."

Rebecca: "There's a ton of treasures in Celesti left behind by
        those who lived there. But the monsters are all undead...
        I wish I had the power to exorcise them the way
        Paladiennes can."

Umberto: "Tomorrow is probably gonna be a long day...I better get
        to bed early and rest up!" [3] "Last night, we had a
        farewell party for my buddies who helped with the work.
        *hic* I drank too much and I feel sick though..."

Natalie: "I don't really understand what Grandpa means by 'rock
        bottom.' He says that all he ate during the war were
        roasted yams and that he hates them, but then he always
        grabs the biggest one..." [3] "Grandpa you were dawdling
        around, worrying about the yams burning rather than
        evacuating. I don't know if that qualifies as 'being
        calm.'"

Neville: "They say a lot of prisoners being held on Illsveil
        Prison island were sent there on false charges. Since no
        one ever comes back from there, I guess the folks don't
        have to worry about it." [2] "He's on a rampage down by
        the pier! If he keeps that up, the restored ship's going
        to be toast!" [3] "They say that guy who attacked the
        town came from the southern sea. But the only island in
        the sea south of Rosalia is Illsveil... ...Don't tell me
        the prisoners on the island have revolted and are
        planning an attack on Rosalia?"

Angelica: "Daddy said that there's going to be an auction for a
         savaged ship soon. Why would anyone want a ship full
         of savages?" [3] "Mister Pico said that his ship and
         his business are going to pot. What's that mean?"

Sonetica: "Sometimes I feel like splurging on some expensive
         gourmet fish, but once I stop to think about it, I
         always end up buying the same old thing. With the wind
         whistling through my empty purse, I figure I can just
         slather the fish with some mayonnaise to give it some
         flair." [2] "You mustn't wander around here! Leave this
         to the adults and get yourselves somewhere safe!" [3]
         "Looking back on it now, it's frightening to think of
         how much time I spent talking in a dangerous place like
         that. The world's peaceful now, compared to during the
         war, but it's still not a place where you can be
         careless. We have to train both our hearts and minds."

Valentine: "I bet a ship that size will fetch at least 100,000
          gella at the auction... I'm already looking forward to
          the auction. If you've got the time, you should come
          watch, too." [3] "That monster-man was really powerful,
          so I was worried the whole time we were being evacuated.
          But Rosalia's docks managed to survive. I'm so thankful
          for that."

Dr. Morgan: [After seeing Kresnik for 1st time] "Visiting hours
           are over, kids. The patient isn't in good shape,
           either physically or mentally. He needs his rest."
           [Kresnik then says:] "..." [3] "If you're looking for
           Mr. Listless, he gave a perfect textbook salute and
           headed out the door. I think he'd probably live longer
           if he were more casual about things, though."

[Dievas Airport -- DA01]

Gawn: "The aircraft hangar is just ahead. But I don't want to let
     you kids go... I want you to turn back and run somewhere far
     away... But...I guess my words alone aren't enough to stop
     your resolve... In that case, I... I..."

[Illsveil Prison -- IP01]

Farmel: "You should ask Lambda to reveal his true intentions to
       you. Once you know what they are, you can decide what to
       do next. To reach Lambda, you must first traverse a
       difficult path to the very depths of the island... I have
       a feeling that you of all people will be able to accomplish
       this..."

[Port Rosalia -- PR04]

Kai: "That Sasha is always telling tall tales. He says you can
    walk on water as long as you put your other foot forward
    before the other foot sinks. I may be a kid, but even I won't
    fall for that."

Pico: "Crying over what's been lost won't get you anywhere, you
     know? I'm going to start searching for sunken ships again."

Duke: "The world isn't really at peace... I need to polish up on
     my swordsmanship so that I can protect this town..."

Lily: "I'm sure it's tough traveling all over the place as
     Drifters, but hang in there. Remember, I'm rooting for you."

Mike: "Lately, compact aircraft of the same type as those used in
     the war, have been seen flying overhead. I hope they're not
     trying to start something behind our backs."

Nest: "Um...um...are my cheek bones sticking out that much...? I
     haven't been able to eat regular meals. All I've had these
     past few days is seaweed I gathered down at the shore."

Rose: "Don't let Riber's looks fool you. That old fisherman is
     actually one sharp cookie. He's the one who managed the
     harbor and led Port Rosalia to prosperity. If people like
     him had run for office, rather than remain a civilian...
     The post-war representative government might have worked
     out after all."

Glenn: "Oh, hey, kid. You happen to know any skilled Drifters or
      anything? My teacher's looking for some help, but I don't
      have those sorts of connections."

Ethan: "It definitely took a while, but I finally got a job! It
      seems someone was impressed by my actions during the
      attack... Felicia said she'll make me dinner to celebrate.
      I'm so happy I could die!"

James: "Pico seems to be feeling better now that some time has
      passed. That's good to see. I guess it's like they say,
      time heals all wounds."

Riber: "The other day, I heard a rumor from one of my young
      assistants about a monster fish that appears on the white
      beach just south of Rosalia. I wonder if it's true... Do
      you think you could check it out and see if the rumor is
      true?"

Pedro: "I suppose mankind is still around today because we
      overcame each difficulty that stood in the way... But when
      you get to be my age, you don't have the energy to deal
      with every difficulty that comes your way."

Keith: "Really...? If you really think that's best, I won't stop
      you, but... I'll be sad, losing someone to talk to..."

Bryan: "Please buy my antidotes! If I don't sell my antidotes,
      they're going to take away my little sister!" {Y/N}

Colin: "The other day, a child fell down while playing, so I gave
      him some first aid like I learned in the military. Seems
      he'd never seen anything like that before. He called me
      'cool' and took a liking to me. It felt kind of good, but
      strange at the same time. During the war, I'd never have
      imagined myself as a friendly old man paying with kids."

Paige: "Gentle to themselves! But harsh to others! There's no time
      to pay! We're going through hell! Our fate hangs in the
      balance! Success or bankruptcy. This morn! We mourn!
      Forlorn!"

Tommy: "They say my CO's rival--Hauser, of the Global Union--ran
      across the battlefield at incredible speed. I remember my
      CO was always complaining, 'It's not fair that he can use
      ARMs AND move at superhuman speed.'"

Camus: [Chat] "Ever since I opened my store, I've watched as the
      times, as well as the way in which people fight, have
      changed...and stocked my weapons accordingly. ...These
      days, the tide is flowing toward a world where powerful
      weapons are needed once more. I tell you, thinking about
      what the future will bring makes me uneasy..."

Audrey: "This is Port Rosalia. It's a port town renown for its
       delicious seafood and friendly folks. Please, enjoy
       yourselves."

Lesley: "I heard form a Drifter friend of mine that an officer I
       worked with in the service, is helping to develop a
       frontier village called Halim. I'm thinking of joining him
       there since working the earth suits me better than working
       as a merchant, anyway."

Brewer: "I know that every town, big and small, has its share of
       problems... But I've never seen anything like that
       powerful sea monster, outside of the Arena. Man, I tell
       you. Filgaia is really messed up."

Monica: "Mom says if I don't behave myself when I'm home alone,
       the creeping chaos will take me away and do things to my
       head. But the magazine I read says the creeping chaos has
       only been found in the abandoned military airport. As long
       as I don't go near there, I'll be fine, right?"

Alison: "Before the war, my great-grandfather was commissioned by
       the Congressional Knights to create the Armor of
       Leadership. Supposedly, it was a very special armor. For
       one, it possessed defensive magic to block any interference
       from external forces. It also had the ability to strengthen
       the wearer's life force, and thereby slow down the aging
       process. Our family got into futures trading by using the
       payment from the job, as seed money."

Anabel: "How strange... If what that fish monger says is true, the
       meals over at the Seabreeze Port--where he sells his
       fish--should taste better, shouldn't they...?"

Russel: "Lately, there have been sightings of monsters and UMAs
       near Rosalia. Perhaps Filgaia isn't declining, but
       transforming into a new form... My sitting here like this
       may be akin to a pupae waiting patiently inside a cocoon."

Sheila: "Dr. Morgan's going about her work as usual, acting as if
       she's forgotten all about that man, but... In the evenings,
       she gazes out over the sea. I'm a woman too, so I can tell.
       She must still be attached to him."

Steven: "Check it out, people! I got the freshest fish you ever
       did see! Saint Calucion herself never saw fish like this!
       They're tasty fried, baked, raw, any way you like 'em!"

Siemens: "Gotta quit this job soon... The wife's sick, and without
        a steady cash flow, we can't manage too well. I feel real
        bad for the boss, though..."

Umberto: "When a man neglects his duty, he's no longer a man. I
        owe a lot to the boss, so I'm going to stay around a bit
        longer and continue my work. I can get by eating nothing
        but plain rice for a while."

Kenneth: "To think, human beings are capable of defeating even a
        big, powerful monster like that. Now that the Drifters
        have shown us what people can do, I think we should do
        our part, too."

Natalie: "Grandpa, you're getting older now... Mom says you
        shouldn't worry so much and that you ought to leave
        things to us."

Rebecca: "There's a lot of jobs for Drifters in Filgaia. If you
        have any extra time on your journey, you should look into
        helping people who are in trouble."

Johnson: "For some reason, lately people have been saying that I
        have a lot of knowledge of the occult. I have no idea why
        either. By the way, I know it's hard to believe, but Mayu
        mentioned that some Drifters were attacked by Greater
        Beasts. However, rumor has it they were attacked by the
        legendary ape man... The truth lies shrouded in darkness."

Neville: "There's actually still a lot of conflict going on in the
        world. But it's more fun that way, you know? A peaceful
        world just makes you bored, and you have a hard time
        finding ways to unleash your pent-up energy."

Sonetica: "I'm tired of all this trouble... And every time
         something happens, the price on fish goes up. ...I don't
         care if it's the Congressional Knights or the Global
         Union or whoever, I just want someone to take charge
         and govern Filgaia."

Angelica: "Daddy says that Rosalia's economy is depressed because
         of what happened. How can we cheer it up?"

Valentine: "Rosalia seems to be in good spirits, now that the
          monster's been defeated, but... The number of ships
          using this port is dwindling so you tell the end is
          near..."

Dr. Morgan: "Oh, you're friends of Mr. Listless, aren't you? How's
           he doing? Hmm, you look like you're uncertain of how
           to answer that. Well, you don't have to... I'm sure
           he's off somewhere, worrying himself over something
           trivial and struggling to keep moving forward."

[Frontier Town Halim -- FT02]

Aki: "I've decided my wish will come true if I can make it across
    this board without falling. But I lose my concentration if
    someone talks to me, so please don't talk to me, okay?"

Gil: "How are you enjoying the workshop so far? It's fun making
    all sorts of items, isn't it? Make sure you try a variety of
    things to create tools that fit your style."

Bill: "Since before the great war, the High Council of the
     Congressional Knights has also been known as the 'Cabal.'
     This name is actually an acronym made from the initials of
     its original members. But if this alternate name is comprised
     of the initials of its members, then shouldn't it change when
     new members replace the old? ...Or have the same people been
     on the High Council all this time...? *ha ha* surely not..."

Pick: "That lazy idiot is no son of ours! I can't believe he's
     clinging to his ridiculous dream of finding a Dragon Fossil
     and selling it for big money to the people in town. He grew
     up watching us work. How did he turn into such a worthless
     bum?"

Annie: "There goes Sasha, telling tall tales again... Who ever
      heard of a motorcycle that can drive across the sea? He
      needs to cool it a bit. He's going to give us Drifters all
      a bad reputation."

Simon: "If you always get rid of things you don't need immediately,
      you'll find yourself without enough ingredients for
      synthesis. I don't know what that means, but that's what Gil
      said when he was using that workshop over there."

Helga: "Our calculations indicate that the odds of Hauser surviving
      the accident at Verklarung were zero percent... Yet he still
      came back...Perhaps it should come as no surprise,
      considering he was a hero...or was there some other factor?"

Hakim: "After Augst defected to the Congressional Knights, it
      appears he continued his research into controlling ARMs
      via satellites. The focus of his research was the
      revitalization of the parched earth through the use of ARMs
      which control the weather. But his research was canceled
      and the technology, repurposed as a weapon... In the end,
      none of us heretic engineers were able to create the
      future we had hoped for..."

Sasha: "I s-s-saw a motorbike take off from the promontory at Port
      Rosalia and head south toward the sea! What's with that
      town? Are they giving out prizes for extra craziness?!"

George: "Although he may not look it, Brionac's leader is actually
       very fond of dogs. One time during inspection, I saw him
       off in the shadows petting a puppy on the head."

Elaine: "Thank you so much for helping out our village, despite
       having no obligation to do so. Life in a developing
       settlement is tough, but thanks to you, we're able to work
       hard and maintain a positive outlook for the future."

Gordon: "From what Archibald says, you'd expect the Congressional
       Knights' organization to be on its last legs. All things
       must come to an end. If their leader were a sensible man,
       he'd realize that and let the next generation take over."

Blaire: "There are a lot of uses for Dragon Fossils and they say
       that every bit of the fossil can be used. I heard that
       equipping them onto modern machines results in incredible
       effects, though no one knows how it actually works."

Maybell: "Using ingestible nanomachines, even people with incomplete
        gene compatibility can manage to activate ARMs. ...What?
        What would happen if someone with incomplete compatibility
        continued to use ARMs without ingesting those nanomachines?
        Well...you remember the 'Resistance Impulse,' don't you?
        Every time they activated their ARM, it would continue to
        devour their body. Don't tell me you know someone like
        that, Jude...? ...Hah, what am I saying? There's no one
        alive who could withstand the pain of having their genes
        rewritten over and over again."

Wyoming: "Do you remember how I always took pictures of you back
        in Ciel? On the morning of the day that Ciel fell, my
        camera broke, almost as if it were an omen of things to
        come. But I've finally gotten it fixed. I'd like to take
        lots of pictures of you again, and I sure hope to get
        your friends in the photos, too."

Caroline: "By the way, did you happen to see our son at the Dragon
         Fossil mine?"

Mathilda: "I'm pretty busy with all sorts of things I have to do.
         I have a day job to pay the bills, but on top of that I
         teach reading and writing to the children and take care
         of the elderly... If I started listing everything that
         I do, I'd never finish. This village is really needs
         more people..."

Amengard: [See Amengard Script for her special dialogue.]

Charlotte: [Chat] "I heard a thing or two from that soldier with
          the furrowed brow. You've got some task you have to do,
          right? Well if there's anything I can do, just let me
          know. After all, you saved this village!"

Archibald: "During my stint in the military, the Congressional
          Knights were mainly comprised of prominent people who
          had survived the war, as well as a Special Forces
          division that handled intelligence. Perhaps that's why
          many of their assignments were questionable in nature
          and kept strictly confidential from the public due to
          their unsavory nature. There's no way of knowing what
          they're up to now, but I doubt their behind-the-scenes
          way of deciding things, based on their self-righteous
          logic, has changed."

Instructor Henri: "It looks like you're keeping the promise you
                 made to that girl the day Ciel fell... ...Your
                 path is likely to grow more dangerous from here
                 on out, but you must keep protecting her to the
                 very end."

[Dragon Fossil Mine - DF03]

Johnny: "Not too long ago, a baby chick started living in the
       abandoned cabin up ahead. I wonder where it flew in from?
       Can't baby birds even fly? I guess the fact that it's
       there pretty much answers that question!"

T.S. Landis: [Chat] "Back when I was young, this place was an
            active mining site for dragon fossils... But these
            days, you hardly ever see any miners out here. It's
            kind of lonely."

[Abandoned Village - AV02]

Brewer: "My grandparents used to live in this village. When I was
       a kid, they'd scare me with stories of beasts embodying
       forces of nature. They took care of me, an orphan, and
       sometimes I come here to remember them."

[Buckeye Station -- BS04]

Cid: "Do you know Kanaan, the traveling salesman who works Calucion
    Pass? It seems he's been having trouble lately due to a
    monster that appeared near his store. If there's a chance
    you're headed that way could you check on him for me?"

Andy: "Ever since I choked on that apple, I've started seeing
     strange things. Like a queue of transparent soldiers
     standing at Buckeye Station... Or the faces of different
     people appearing on the shoulders of that genteel acting
     man who's always in front of the scrap iron heap."

Fitz: "Perhaps it's because the land has lost its energy or the
     world of Filgaia has been exhausted, but... ...Year after
     year, the dunes continue to spread. Timothy and I built up
     our savings during the war so we're okay, but I'm worried
     about the fate of the next generation."

Doris: [Chat] "The name of the monster sealed on the top floor of
      Etemenanki is 'Ragu O Ragla.' It devoured the other 100
      monsters forced into the abyss aong with it and became a
      super-powerful being known as the 'king of monsters.'"

Grace: "This'll probably sound a bit strange, but...that young
      lady over there in the blue dress looks just like a friend
      I had when I was young. She was a Baskar. Her whole family
      moved away when the dunes started destabilizing. If she
      were alive, she'd be about my age...old enough to be your
      grandmother."

Ivana: "At the tallest point of Etemenanki, the king of monsters
      slumbers for eternity under a seal placed by Saint Calucion.
      Or, that's how it's supposed to be, anyway. But lately at
      night, you can hear ominous roars emanating from the
      direction of the tower. I wonder if Saint Calucion's seal
      has gotten rusty over the long years..."

Josie: "I learned that Saint Calucion's tear became a tiny blue
      gem and fell uon the king of monsters. That gentle tear is
      one of the keys that opens the seal. I wonder whether Saint
      Calucion felt sorry for the king of monsters 'cause he's
      locked away all the time...?"

Vernon: "The name 'Alstroemeria' indictates Garra de Leon's class,
       and is the name of a large lily-like flower that grows in
       the dunes. But I didn't expect the ship to take after its
       namesake and wilt so quickly... Oh, well. I made the right
       decision when I got an advance for the goods we shipped
       them."

Oswald: "*sigh* And it was my first big deal in a while, too. I
       can't believe my rotten luck. When I find the perpetrators
       who blew up my customers' sandship, the Garra de Leon, I
       won't be satisfied until I've ground them into a pulp."

Garcia: "There's a number of legends about the tower to the east
       of Buckeye. I'm not very smart, so I don't remember them
       very well, but... When I was a kid, I heard a story
       about four holy artifacts that protect four different
       seals."

Volcan: "In every era, the ones who put on airs and talk of
       justice never go out and shed their own blood. The leaders
       of our military--the leaders of the Congressional
       Knights--were the same. The seasoned generals who
       understand the battlefield die off, and useless
       bureaucrats live long lives. War just doesn't make any
       sense."

Henrick: "I wonder how the guy who showed me the Silver Star
        Express is doing. He said he'd bring me some pictures of
        trains the next time he comes to Buckeye. I hope he
        remembers."

Timothy: "Listening to Fitz, it's easy to get depressed but at
        least we're all alive. The encroaching sand is a big
        problem, but if you ask me, I think things'll work
        themselves out somehow."

Annette: "No guns in the waiting room! No duels either! Wait
        patiently for your train! That's what it says here. In
        the old days, this place was full of hot-blooded youths.
        It wasn't a salon for grandpas and grannies like it is
        now."

Charlie: "The Congressional Knights knew the value of information,
        so they gave great authority and a grandiose name to
        their intelligence bureau! If you want to fight a winning
        fight, you can't slack off on intelligence gathering!"

Leonard: "Yeah...Plum slipped my mind, too... I think it was
        called the 'Holly Crown,' wasn't it...? That thing
        Calucion's attendant hid in an invisible treasure chest."

Theresia: "Honestly, this child...It seems he's taken a liking to
         one of the soldiers that closed off the station the
         other day. It's one thing for him to like trains, but if
         he says he wants to be a soldier when he grows up, what
         should I do?"

Victoria: "Leonard, I can't remember the last item you needed to
         unlock the seal on the king of monsters. What was it,
         again...?"

Jennifer: "This town is always the same, you know? If I spend my
         life here, I feel like I'm going to rust on the inside,
         too. I hate it."

Francois: "Buckeye is dull and colorless, today and every other
         day. I've been trying to polish things up so that we're
         not called the 'rust-colored station,' but the young
         folks keep leaving like lost teeth. An old man like me
         can only slow the decline, not stop it completely. It's
         a sad thing."

Station Worker Emmett: "They say that the Obsidian Spear, one of
                      the Saint's holy artifacts, was once in the
                      charge of a Baskar priest, but no one knows
                      where it lies now. What's known for sure is
                      that the priest passed the Spear onto a
                      little girl, but that was more than 200
                      years ago... And that was back when the
                      Baskar lived in the now-abandoned village
                      on the edge of the encroaching sand..."

[August River -- AR02]

T.S. Lenny: [Chat] "You guys are the first customers I've had in a
           while! Fortunately, I'm in a good mood from lookin' at
           all the pretty views out here! I'm gonna bring out my
           best merchandise for ya, so have a good look!"

[Calucion Pass -- CP02]

T.S. Kanaan: "Izzy from Guara Bobelo asked me to deliver these
            goods to his boss in Buckeye. But a powerful monster
            just appeared in Platapana Passage. I need to get
            through there, but I'm at my wits' end! A monster
            like that'll be nothing but trouble for me. You guys
            are Drifters, right? Could I get you guys to help me
            out?"

[Guara Bobelo -- GB02]

Kid: "I've talked about it a lot, but I've never actually fought
    at the Arena, even once. Would I be better off returning to
    the village where my girlfriend is waiting, and live a life
    of service to others as a Drifter-turned-settler?"

Izzy: "You sure know how to get what you want, babe... Oh, well.
     You're my Saint Calucion, and I'm your humble servant. I'll
     get in touch with some folks to get us front-row seats for a
     hot fight."

Matt: "This is Guara Bobelo. This former town which grew around a
     church is now a dazzling city that never sleeps, where
     people with a gleam in their eyes gather."

Jean: "The way I SPEAK may perhaps seem STRANGE. During the war,
     WHEN I was a VERY YOUNG girl, I hit my HEAD. Since THEN, I
     have talked like THIS. I only remember ONE THING. A man in a
     black COAT pulled me out from UNDER the rubble..."

Rand: [Chat] "If only everyone devoted themselves to gaming, the
     world would be a more peaceful place... Don't you agree,
     Jude?"

Owen: "I don't know who gathered them or how, but some of the
     monsters that appear in the Arena are terrible beyond
     words."

Trish: "I've heard that the 'Brionac' organization Basil keeps
      talking about, is still continuing its secret operations
      even now. The primary weapon of the Congressional Knights,
      it consisted of 11 members, all with superhuman
      abilities... But the reality is that it's just a group of
      weirdoes who drifted together because they didn't fit in
      with the regular forces. Did Basil really want to lead a
      group like that? Anyway...I don't think he's cut out to
      manage a group of weirdoes."

Willy: "I left Buckeye thinking I'd make a name for myself at the
      Arena, but I'm too scared to even enter... With challenges
      like the ones they have, there's no way anyone could win
      without a whole lotta preparation first..."

Chloe: "I can't believe they desecrated the church like that...
      Sooner or later, they'll pay for their blasphemy! Even the
      villainous criminals on the prison island leave Saint
      Calucion's statue alone."

Sarah: "Hey, have you been to the Arena yet? It's definitely not
      for the faint of heart, but if you have the courage, the
      payout can be huge! Be sure you're well prepared before
      stepping into the Arena though..."

Clark: "They call this a sordid city and other bad things, but if
      you ask me, I like the place. The people who live here are
      all weirdoes, so hobbies and interests that would raise
      eyebrows elsewhere are totally okay here."

Vilen: "That collector apparently keeps various treasures he's
      collected from around the world in his home. And he gives
      them to fellows who share his interests, once he deems
      them worthy. ...I'd like to have one, myself... Maybe I'll
      work on my gaming skills so that he'll give me a prize."

Bruce: [Chat] "The king of beasts, the jumbo bearcat, can be found
      near this city. The king of monsters, Ragu O Ragla, is
      sealed away in a tall tower somewhere. ...A long time ago,
      I confused those two, and my Congressional Knights-
      -certified weapon shop classification was reduced to Class
      2."

Haley: "The older folks all say that the way I make my living is
      sinful, but I don't think my job as an assistant at the
      Arena is all that bad. All I know is that the goods Black
      and I sell have saved lives, too."

Jacky: "Back when the church was a respected place, the visitors
      were all pious believers. But now it's becoming a haven for
      scoundrels...I tell you, I'm worried about Filgaia's future."

Black: "Mr. Raymond is a skilled individual. No, not just with his
      hands, but also in his ability to blend into this city and
      not be taken advantage of. That's an impressive feat, too."

David: "Oh, you're the ones that carried in Raymond, right? Raymond
      and Dr. Black have become fast friends! Yesterday, Raymond
      repaired some of our old surgery equipment for us. He's
      quite skilled with his hands."

Basil: "I may not look it, but I was once a famous scholar at the
      academy... I'm the one that said we should build an
      artificial evolution research facility and make children
      evolve into a new race. My evolutionary theory was correct,
      too...But the head of Brionac, Lambda, said that what I was
      doing was immoral and expelled me. He was just scared of
      how smart I was and didn't want to lose his position to me."

Sally: [Chat] "You'll spill your blood upon the alter, pleasing
      both the customers and Saint Calucion! And I'll be sure
      to let everyone know just how hard you're tryin'!"

Jibril: [Chat] "What I want is not the transient gella of your
       world. The only way to do business with me is to offer
       your life force in exchange."

Gaston: "Every night in my dreams...a petite and pretty girl
       beckons and calls out to me... In a sweet voice, she
       whispers, 'Give me your strength, and I'll give you
       something good... Hurry! Come and see me...' I bet you
       she's not even human..."

Richie: "I love hearing stories about Hauser, hero of the Globby
       Union, and Gawn, hero of the Congealed Knights! There's
       nothing cooler than fighting men! I'm a man, so when I
       get a nickname, I want to be 'muscleman,' not 'bookworm!'"

Pierre: "With no newspapers or TV anymore, no one knows the name
       of my hometown... There's no one who shares my memories
       of the past, either. I'm lonely, so I focus on gambling."

Phoebe: "That gamer guy says he finds more 'drama' in games than
       at the Arena. I don't know what 'drama' means, but he
       screams when playing his games the same way Sarah does
       when she watches the Arena battles. I guess 'drama' is
       stuff that makes you scream like that, huh?"

Raymond: "Hi there, Jude. I'm glad to see you're well. And it
        looks like you've grown even more since the last time I
        saw you. Oh, could you do me a favor? Give that bearish
        fellow my thanks, would you?"

Barbara: "The former church was transformed into an Arena...But
        it's still a holy place... It's an altar of flowing blood
        that shines with the sacrifices of monsters and Drifters!"

Abigail: "Working steadily each and every day is more important
        than trying to become a hero. Richie! The word for
        rabbit is 'cuniculus!' Now settle down and study!"

Tatiana: "Izzzzyy...I want you to do something for me, honey. I
        want to see the best fight at the Arena! Pretty please,
        Izzy?"

Goltres: "I was up late working hard again yesterday. Sometimes
        I'd like to sleep in a warm soft bed. You can't see the
        sun in Guara Bobelo, so you can't hang your sheets out to
        soak up that fresh, sunny feeling..."

Marcello: "If you want to try your luck at the Arena, you best be
         well prepared. For each opponent you face, there are
         different conditions you'll have to meet, so you better
         be quick to figure out the best strategy."

Mitchell: "The person who manages performance rights and such for
         Guara Bobelo is Vernon in Buckeye. He gets things done,
         that's for sure. Riber, the former affairs manager
         living in Port Rosalia, is rumored to be quite a man
         himself...but I doubt he can hold a candle to Vernon."

Samantha: "If you go through Calucion Pass and head deep into the
         mountain, you'll come out onto a waterway lined with
         beautiful trees. But you won't see any people walking
         along its banks, because a dragon with beautiful scales
         started living there."

Alexandro: "The customers who come here are nothing but scoundrels.
          They're always talking about how to ensnare someone, or
          some illegal business deals, and the merciless bad-
          -mouthing never ceases... They've always got this glint
          in their eyes...It may be that people feel most alive
          when they're doing bad things."

Catherine: "I sympathize with Pierre's situation, but I can't
          condone it as an excuse to escape into gambling. My
          husband's missing, and my daughter was killed by a
          bomb, so I think most people of our generation have
          lost something in that war."

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 44. Contributions & Thanks                                     |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

Ragu o Ragula      -- Only GT mod to have the game. =p

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 45. Help Shotty!                                               |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

Uh...yeah, some of the auto-scrolling cutscenes might be a little
off due to furious typing, and there could be grammatical mistakes
around, too, so e-mail me and I'll correct 'em. Make sure to
address the mail with 'WA4' in the title so I know what it's
related to. Here're some non-general things I could use:

01) Actual text for May 09 Amengard quote, which I had to guess
   a little on. For some reason, the text actually *leaves* the
   text box, and goes off-screen. One would probably need to
   look at a text dump to get this, though. Anyone?

02) September 19 -- Same problem as above.

03) Any help with the incomplete Travel Guide...guide would be
   appreciated. I don't have #15, #24, or #25 detailed, so
   check your inventory and see if you can give me a hand.

You can also be an honorary member of Brionac II if you do
any of these... >_>

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 46. Updates                                                    |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

02-05-06            --      +Full game script
                           +NPC List

02-07-06            --      +Amengard Script, January to May

02-08-06            --      +Amengard Script, June & July

02-09-06            --      +Amengard Script, August & September

02-10-06            --      +Amengard Script Finished
                           +Added Travel Guide Scripts (sans 3)
                           +Updated NPC List (Ciel Shelter)

02-12-06            --      +Added Amengard's entrance quote

04-10-06            --      +Added NPC Dialogue to Guara Bobelo

04-11-06            --      +Added NPC Dialogue to Buckeye Sttn.

04-17-06            --      +Added NPC Dialogue to Drgn Fsl Mine

04-18-06            --      +Added NPC Dialogue to Port Rosalia

04-19-06            --      +Added post-Farmel fight NPC Dialogue

08-08-06            --      +Updated contributor e-mail

10-14-06            --      +Updated Travel Guide listing

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\
| 47. Legal Junk                                                 |
\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/

This document cannot be hosted, reproduced, edited, or sold
without the permission of the author. Such transgressions will
probably be followed as much as the law'll allow (if you're bad
about it =p). E-mail me at shotgunnova(@)gmail(.)com if you want
to host it and we can be like two little Fonzies. The following
websites can host this at will:

www.gametalk.com
www.cheatplanet.com
www.neoseeker.com
www.gamefaqs.com

/+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+\

   Script copyright (c) Shotgunnova, 1997-2006 (and countin'!)
 Wild ARMs 4 and its characters copyright (c) respective owners

\+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+/