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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #105 on: November 25, 2009, 03:42:30 pm »
Both chapters were damn good. I think your version of Zippa and Zappa are much better than the originals: we finally get to see some more depth and history to these characters.
Magus:
   It is a flat object the size
   of a man's head, orange or
   red in colour, with a circular
   base from which several
   irregular wavy spines point
   up and out. Also, it is all
   of a piece, with no separate
   shell.

The wording here seems awkward, but I think I get the gist of it.

I liked the Radius stuff too--everything was written well. The "Dragoon Obvious" bit gave me a good laugh. Keep up the good work--I'll keep stopping by to read these.

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #106 on: November 26, 2009, 08:47:08 am »
I all but tore my hair out over some sections of Magus' remarks during the conversation with the shamans--it was surprisingly difficult to get what I wanted him to say into the correct speech register, so I'm not surprised that some of it came out sounding awkward. (Damned show-stealing son-of-a-boss-villain...)

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #107 on: December 03, 2009, 06:32:28 pm »
Regardless of what I nitpick, this has easily been one of the greatest Chrono fanfic I have ever read. Keep up the great work.

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #108 on: December 07, 2009, 09:18:28 pm »
@mav: Actually, I appreciate the nit-picking--I'm trying to do this right, and since I have no beta reader for it, you guys are the first people other than me to see it.

Anyway, I'm currently, mmph, roughly halfway through the first part of Chapter 11. Damned ghosts...

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #109 on: December 07, 2009, 10:31:01 pm »
Woot, I'm looking forward to it!

Now, how would this ever be executed? Would you ever put this in a heck-a-cool-kind of Chrono Cross?

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #110 on: December 08, 2009, 01:28:50 pm »
Right now, I'm concentrating on getting the script finished--I'm still only around a third of the way
through. I'd love to see it someday as the hack it was originally intended to be (or as the animation
that someone else here proposed), but the only way that's going to happen now is if someone else
decides to take the ball and run with it, so to speak--it's too big a project for me working alone,
and I'm not really proactive enough to be a good team leader, sad to say.

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #111 on: December 16, 2009, 08:47:31 pm »
And here is most of Chapter 11. I'm not entirely pleased with how I ended up
ending Nikki's sub-scene, but oh, well. Complex structure ahoy. Why was this
the only chapter they tried to do right...?



11a. From Pirate Ship to Ghost Ship - A mariner's worst nightmare...

Recruits: At this point, the player will have one of three core groups of
            PCs, depending on the path that was taken through chapter 9--
           
  • Serge, Kid, Guile, and Magus
  • Serge, Kid, and Nikki
  • or Serge, Nikki, and Glenn
            plus any or all of the three available optional characters (Leena,
            Luccia, Skelly).

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SS Invincible (Another)
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[While sailing through the fog around Mount Pyre, the party
encounters a large and seemingly deserted ship.]

Guile:                    | Nikki:                   | Glenn:                      | Kid:
   Is this...?            |    Think this is the     |   Could this be...?         |   Guess this is
                          |    ghost ship?           |                             |   the "ghost ship".
Magus:                    |                          | Nikki:                      |   Heh. What a
   The "ghost ship",      | Kid:                     |    I guess it's that ghost  |   joke.
   apparently, although   |    Maybe. What would     |    ship, although I thought |
   it seems rather solid. |    anyone else be doing  |    it would...feel weirder. |
                          |    out here in this fog? |                             |

[The first person who spoke vaults out of Korcha's boat
and onto the ship.]

Guile:                     | Kid:                         | Glenn:                   | Kid:
   Aren't you coming?      |    Gonna go lookin' fer      |    We must investigate   |    Hey, Serge,
                           |    ghosts, are ya, mate?     |    this. If it truly is  |    are ya just
Magus:                     |                              |    a ghost ship, then    |    gonna sit
   Hmph. I suppose there's | Nikki:                       |    it is my duty to the  |    there until
   no point in sailing     |    It's safer than sailing   |    people of El Nido to  |    the fog lifts?
   around blindly in the   |    blindly into those rocks. |    see it dealt with.    |
   fog. We're probably     |                              |                          | Serge:
   lucky we haven't taken  | Kid:                         | Nikki:                   |    Okay, okay, I'm
   the bottom out of the   |    Rocks?                    |    Well, it's probably   |    coming. (But
   boat already.           |                              |    safer than sailing    |    I'm getting
                           | Nikki:                       |    around in this fog    |    kind of tired
Guile:                     |    Can't you hear them?      |    any longer. But if we |    of these side
   You always were...      |    There's something more    |    run into any ghosts,  |    trips... Why
   pragmatic.              |    than this ship sticking   |    you can go first.     |    can't we just
                           |    out of the water, not     |                          |    leave this
Magus:                     |    too far from here.        |                          |    thing alone?)
   Only in contrast to a   |                              |                          |
   certain mystery-loving  |                              |                          |
   madman.                 |                              |                          |

[They climb up on deck]

Serge:
   This...doesn't look very
   ghostly somehow. (Why would a
   ghost ship bother with furling
   the sails, or running out the
   anchor? No, this is a real
   ship whose crew are worried
   about running aground in the
   fog. The question is, who
   does it belong to?)

[I think it's whoever is in second position in the party that speaks the next line.]

Kid:                        | Leena:                | Skelly:              | Nikki:
   Oi! Is this thing        |   Doesn't seem like a |    I've never met    |    Could this really be
   really a ghost ship...!? |   ghost ship to me... |    a ghost before... |    a ghost ship...?
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Guile:              | Glenn:            | Luccia:                 |
Magus:
   What is this...? |    So this is     |    Is dis a ghost ship? |
    A true ghost ship would not
                    |    the infamous   |    ...Highly illogical. |
    be nearly so well-maintained.
                    |    ghost ship...? |                         |

[The pirates appear, surrounding them]

Serge:
   (Oh, man, I don't think I'm
   going to like this... I wish
   we'd just stayed with our
   boat instead of trying to
   explore.)

[Pirate]
   Make way for Cap'n Fargo...!

[Fargo arrives]

Fargo:
   Arg! Ya seem ta be a bit young
   for one of Lynx's subordinates.
   Well, who cares!?

Leena:                  | Kid:             | Glenn:
   I don't understand.  |    So what're ya |    I think you may have
   What do you want?    |    gonna do?     |    made a mistake...but
                        |                  |    first, please explain
                        |                  |    your intentions toward
                        |                  |    us.

Fargo:
   That's up ta you...

Serge:
   Up to us? (Damn, I feel
   like a parrot.)

Fargo:
   But first thing's first...

Fargo:
   What is yer intention?

Serge:
   OUR intention? What do
   you mean? (Oh, great,
   ANOTHER nutbar.)

 [Pirate]
   Don't play stupid!
   We know you're tryin' ta
   get ta Mount Pyre!
   We saw General Viper's and
   Lynx's ships anchored nearby.
   Are ya tryin' ta deliver them
   a message? Is that it!?

[Again, I assume that this next line is spoken by the second party member.]

Kid:                        | Leena:                          | Skelly:
   That's a load of bull!   |    No, no, no, you're mistaken. |    Whaddaya sayin', man!?
   We don't work for them!  |    We're actually after them.   |    Don't associate us with Lynx!
   We're out to get 'em!    |    They're our enemy!           |    He's our enemy and we need
   Get in our way and I'll  |    E-N-E-M-Y!                   |    to find 'em!
   kick yer arse so hard,   |                                 |
   you'll kiss the moons!!! |                                 |
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Nikki:                       | Guile:               | Luccia:
   You surely don't believe  |    Sigh...           |    Sigh...
   that we are their allies? |    That is untrue... |    Dis is vhy it is so difficult
                             |                      |    dealing vith imbeciles like you.
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Glenn:                         |
Magus:
   You do not have             |
   After we kill Lynx,
   the facts straight.         |
   I may just come back
   We, too, are in hot pursuit |
   and do the same to
   of Lynx. Do not hinder our  |
   you fools.
   mission to Fort Dragonia.   |
   
Fargo:
   Huh? Are ya serious?
   Explain yerselves.

Serge:
   That...may take a while. (How
   many times have I told this
   story so far? Must be at least
   half a dozen. Feels more like
   a hundred, though.)

[Fadeout for explanation, then back in.]

Fargo:
   I see...
   So that explains why
   you're after Lynx.

Fargo:
   But...
   Don't ya know you're
   riskin' yer lives?
   Don't ya recognize
   the danger associated
   with Lynx?
   He's a monster...
   A cold-blooded monster...
   An incarnation of death...

Serge:
   Um, I think that's a BIT
   of an exaggeration--

Fargo:
   To be frank with ya,
   we've had our share of
   encounters with Lynx, too.
   But that was a long time ago...
   Ever since then, we've
   had ta disguise ourselves
   as this ghost ship.

Serge:
   (Is this guy even listening
   to us?)

Fargo:
   So you're gonna face Lynx, eh...?
   That's easy to say, but...
   
Kid:                    | Leena:           | Luccia:             |
Skelly:
   Cut the crap and get |    But what...!? |    Speak your mind. |
   I'm not scared of looking
   to the point!!!      |    Huh!?         |                     |
   death in the face. Been
                        |                  |                     |    there, done that, got the
                        |                  |                     |    T-shirt, you know?
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Nikki:          | Glenn:            | Guile:                     | Magus:
   What are you |    Who are you to |    Why the potential       |    If you have a point,
   doing?       |    question our   |    death of a few total    |    make it before I sink
                |    resolve?       |    strangers bothers       |    this miserable tub.
                |                   |    you so is as mysterious |
                |                   |    as how you came to      |
                |                   |    tangle with Lynx.       |
   
Fargo:
   Arg!
   Bring out our
   you-know-what!

[Pirate]
   Aye-aye, Cap'n Fargo!

Serge:
   (Why do I have the feeling
   I'm not going to like this,
   either?)

[One pirate descends the stairs in the foreground]

Fargo:
   I just wanna see if you
   youngsters can match up
   to the likes of Lynx.
   Just makin' sure
   you're not all talk.

Serge:
   In other words, you're going
   to test us. (Probably with
   something sharp. Ugh. Here we
   go again.)

Fargo:
   Looks like they're ready.
   Let's see what you can do!

[The pirate who went below returns, bringing a few monsters,
which the party fight and defeat]

Kid:                           | Glenn:
   That was a test? Heh. A     |    It may be rude of me to
   baby could've handled that. |    say so, but that was a
                               |    waste of our time.

Serge:
   (I guess I must be getting
   stronger--before this all
   started, I would have had
   serious problems handling
   those critters, but that
   was a breeze.)

Fargo:
   Just loosenin' ya up!
   Time ta get serious!!!

[Serge shakes his head]

Serge:
   (I should have known.)

Fargo:
   Polly!!!

[A giant parrot-creature appears, and they engage it in combat as
well. Once it is defeated...]
   
Polly:
   Gya-Gya-Gya
   Gya-Gya-Gya-Gya-Gya-Gya
   Gya-Gya-Gya-Gya-Gya-Gya-Gya
   
[Pirate]
   '"Not bad, mateys...
    We'll meet again."'
   ...Is what he said.

Luccia:                         | Nikki:               | Guile:                     | Kid:
   Interesting... Dere vas no   |    You speak Parrot? |    What an intriguingly    |   Guess this
   variation dat I could detect |    You know, I think |    bizarre conversation... |   ship really
   in de bird's cries, so how   |    you've been out   |    How can you tell what   |   IS crewed
   did dat man turn dem into    |    here too long.    |    the bird is saying?     |   by birdbrains.
   language?                    |                      |                            |

Serge:
   (Somehow, I don't think I
   WANT to know how or why
   that guy talks to that
   bird.)

Fargo:
   Arg...
   Stronger than I expected.
   You got me blood boilin'.

Fargo:
   I'm next!!!

Serge:
   So the truth is that all
   that stuff about Lynx was
   just an excuse--you wanted
   to fight us yourself all
   along, and the tests were
   just to see if we were good
   enough!
   
[They fight Fargo. As the combat begins...]

Fargo:
   Jolly ho!
   Up and at 'em!

[Later, when they've whittled him down to critical status...]

Fargo:
   Now that smarts...!

[When the party wins]

Fargo:
   Not bad...
   But keep in mind,
   we be pirates!

Serge:
   (What the--? I feel faint.
   What's going on?
   So...sleepy...)

[Serge collapses]

Leena:                  |  Kid:                     | Glenn:
   Serge, what's wrong? |    Serge! You okay, mate? |    What is going on?!

[Pirate]
   It's a tranquilizer made
   from jellyfish stingers.
   You lubbers will sleep
   for a while.

Magus: [if present]
   I'll...kill you...
   for this...

[The rest of the party collapses as well, and the screen
fades out. Against the black screen...]

Fargo:
   Well, that's that!
   Arg! Stick these land-
   lubbers in the hold!
   
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Hold, SS Invincible (Another)
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[FMV: Serge dreams of the panther attack that almost killed
him when he was a boy.]

[They wake up in the hold]

Leena:                    | Kid:                       | Nikki:
   Are you okay, Serge?   |    Bloody double-crossin'  |    Oh, man... I've written
   You look kind of sick. |    pirates... I guess this |    songs about being in
                          |    is the brig.            |    prison, but I never wanted
                          |                            |    first-hand experience!

Serge:
   Ugh, my head feels like it's
   going to explode. That
   jellyfish stuff is vicious.
   (I hope everyone gives me a
   few minutes before asking me
   what comes next, 'cause it's
   difficult to think when I
   hurt this much.)

Skelly:                 | Kid:                 | Glenn:
   Hey, I think there's |    You hear anything |    There are some odd
   something going on   |    funny, mates?     |    sounds coming from
   outside.             |                      |    the hallway...

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SS Invincible (Another)
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[Meanwhile, on the deck...]

 [Pirate] [walking aimlessly around the deck as he speaks]
   Huaaah...
   Standing watch ain't easy...

   What's up with
   the fog today...?

   You can't even see
   the water out there...

   ......
   ............

   I-I-I ain't scared...

[The ghost ship appears out of the fog behind him, and ghosts
begin to materialize above the Invincible's rail. The unfortunate
pirate turns. As the screen fades out--]

 [Pirate]
   Aghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
   

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Hold, SS Invincible (Another)
===========================================================

[Back in the hold]

Magus:                       | Kid:                      | Nikki:
   Odd. This entire area now |    I tell ya, something's |    Guys, I think we're
   smells of...necromancy?   |    goin' on!              |    about to have visitors!
   Why do I...?              |                           |

[A skeleton enters, conveniently leaving the door open behind
it. After the party fights and defeats it--]

Serge:
   I guess that proves that
   there's something really
   wrong here. (Like that
   isn't obvious.)

Leena:         | Kid:                       | Glenn:
   No kidding! |    You can say that again, |    I agree.
               |    mate!                   |

Serge:
   We should probably have a
   look at what's going on
   outside.
   
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SS Invincible--Lower Level Hallway
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[Pirate (the one just outside the closet they were
being held in)]
   Arg...
   Looks like you're alright.
   I thought you were goners
   when that monster went in.

[Again, this is a second-person-in-the-party line.]
   
Kid:                        | Leena:                      | Skelly:
   Ya think the almighty    |    Oh, they were nothing    |    Nyak-nyak-nyak...!
   Kid would go down        |    against the likes of us! |    I'm the bone!
   that easy!?              |                             |
                            | Leena:                      | Skelly:
Kid:                        |    So, what was that thing? |    Anyway, tell us
   Anyways, what the bloody |    What's going on?         |    what's goin' on here!
   hell is goin' on here!?  |                             |
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Nikki:                 | Guile:              | Glenn:
   Heh...              |    ...Did not even  |    My dragoon training is
   Easier than playing |    break a sweat.   |    a lot harder than that.
   the bass.           |                     |
                       | Guile:              | Glenn:
Nikki:                 |    Tell me...       |    Do tell me...
   By the way, what's  |    What is going on |    What is happening
   going on?           |    here?            |    here?
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Luccia:                  |
Magus:
   My being here vill    |   
Hmph. We're not as weak
   be pointless if       |   
as your pathetic confederates.
   ve are defeated.      |
                         |
Magus:
Luccia:                  |   
Now, explain what's going on.
   By the vay...         |
   Vot is going on here? |

 [Pirate]
   Arg... Sorry, but
   I don't know, either.
   Before I knew what was
   goin' on, I was attacked...
   Go ahead...
   I won't stop ya...

===========================================================
SS Invincible--Lower Level Hallway
===========================================================

[System]
   There's a note...
   '"Key duty is a
    big responsibility!"'

Serge:
   (Let me get this straight--
   they lock each other out of
   parts of their own ship?
   These guys are crazy! I just
   hope that one of them knows
   where this key is...)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[If Kid is present]

Serge:
   (Or maybe...)

Serge:
   Kid, do you think you can
   pick this?

[Kid looks down and shuffles her feet]

Kid:
   I doubt it. I, um,
   (mumble...)

Serge:
   Sorry, I couldn't hear you--
   what was that?

Kid:
   I SAID, I've never been any
   good at that lock-pickin'
   stuff. It's always been
   easier to steal a key, or
   climb up to a window. Sorry,
   mate.

Serge:
   (Now she tells me.)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 [Pirate]
   You wanna know who's
   in charge of the key?
   I dunno.

[Not sure which pirate this is--presumably the one at the far
end of the lower floor hallway. After the party deals with whatever
ghost or skeleton is bothering him...]

[Pirate]
   Phew... Thanks for the help.
   Huh? Who are you?

Serge:
   Um... (Oh, boy, gotta think of
   something fa--)

[Pirate]
   Oh yeah... You're the land-lubbers
   we threw in the hold, but how did...
   I guess it doesn't matter now.
   So, where do ya plan to go?

Serge:
   (Oof. Maybe they're really not
   such bad guys... What am I
   thinking?!)
   We're trying to get up on deck,
   but there's a locked door in
   the way. Do you know who has
   the key?

[Pirate]
   A key?
   I have no idea
   who has it...

Serge:
   Thanks anyway. (Oh, great.
   guess we're gonna have to
   keep on looking.)

===========================================================
Crew Quarters[?], SS Invincible
===========================================================

[Pirate]
   H-How'd you guys get out!?
   Get back in the hold!
   This sucker's mine!

Serge:
   (I don't mind letting him
   fight it himself if he wants
   to so badly, but I can't ask
   him about the key like this...)

[The skeleton that was sort of hovering near the far end of
the room attacks the pirate, who fences with it. If/when
Serge et al. defeat it--]

[Pirate]
   Tch...I could've taken
   that thing myself, you know...

Kid:                     | Nikki:
   Yeah, sure you could. |   Well, bursting your bubble
                         |   isn't my job.

Serge:
   Do you know where the key is?

[Pirate]
   Huh? A key?
   Sorry...I don't have it.

Serge:
   (Oh, hell, how many more
   people are we going to
   have to ask?)

===========================================================
Galley and Saloon, SS Invincible
===========================================================

[The party enters and sees a pirate sprawled on the floor]

Leena: [if present, otherwise Serge says the line]
   Hey, are you okay?

 [Pirate]
   Arghhh!!!
   It got me!!!
   It's right there, waiting!!!
   Dammit all!

Serge:
   Huh? Over where?

[if they approach the stove, we have 'nother boring undead battle.
Then, if they speak to the pirate again afterwards--]

Serge:
   Do you know who has the key?

[Pirate]
   A key?
   Sorry, I'm not in charge.
   Dammit all!

Serge:
   Then can you at least tell
   us how to get around the
   mess in the hallway? (I'd
   like to get off this tub
   before it burns to the
   waterline, but we're not
   exactly making great
   progress...and it would mean
   leaving these guys for the
   ghosts. Damn it to hell!)

[Pirate]
   Go through that
   vent, dammit all!

[Bizarrely, there is text here in the CC script that
suggests that the galley pirate (or the fat guy in the
saloon) could have the key. I'll believe it when I see
(at the very least) recorded video showing it.]

[Upon trying to exit the saloon after crawling through
the vent from the galley--]

 [Pirate]
   Arg! Don't just stand
   around, ya land-lubbers!
   Help out!!!

Serge:
   (These guys aren't very good
   fighters... Funny, I would have
   thought pirates HAD to be able
   to fight.)

[After Yet ANOTHER boring undead fight--]

Serge:
   It's probably too much to ask
   for, but do YOU know where the
   key is?

[Pirate]
   I'm sorry, but I don't
   have it, and I don't know
   who does.

===========================================================
SS Invincible--Upper Level Hallway
===========================================================

 [Pirate]
   By the powers...!?
   How did you guys get out!?
   Ah...forget it, we have more
   serious matters to worry about...

Serge:
   (This is really starting to
   get repetitious.) We're trying
   to get up on deck. There's a
   locked door in the way down
   below. Can we get through here,
   or do you know where the key
   to the other door is?

[Pirate]
   You can't get through here--
   the skeletons stuffed one of
   the ship's boats into the
   entryway, and we're having a
   devil of a time getting it
   out. The key, though--

   Aye, mateys!
   Who's on key duty?
   
 [Pirate]
   Oh, I am.

Serge:
   Finally. (I could kiss this
   guy, but he'd probably take
   it the wrong way.)

[Serge goes over and takes the key from the pirate.]

[Pirate]
   There you go. With that, you
   should be able to get up on
   deck by going through the
   arsenal downstairs and making
   yer way up from the outside.

   Please, go help the captain.

Serge:
   (I doubt that Fargo guy needs
   our help that much, but we'll
   go have a look, I guess.)

[Serge returns downstairs, uses the key, etc.]

[Skipping the bit with the "vitamin drink"]

===========================================================
Deck, SS Invincible (Another)
===========================================================

[They reach the deck]

[Pirate]
   A-Aye...!
   Just in time, mateys!
   
   Look out!!!

[Another battle with ghosts ensues]

Magus:                           | Nikki:
   We need to find the source of |    Man, it doesn't seem like
   the necromantic magic and     |    killing these little guys
   attack it, or it will just    |    is helping us much. We
   continue to spawn additional  |    should try to find the
   ghosts.                       |    leader.

Serge:
   You're probably right, but
   where do we look?

 [Pirate]
   There're too many of 'em!
   
Fargo:
   Arg! You call
   yerselves sea-dogs!?
   Show some spirit!!!
   Huh!?
   
 [Pirates]
   Cap'n, look out!!!
   
   Cap'n!!!

[More ghosts appear. Two of them engage Fargo.]

 [Pirate]
   Damn!
   Mateys, go help the cap'n!

Fargo:
   Get yer...
   stinkin'...
   ghostly hands...

Fargo:
   OFF ME...!!!

[He finishes those ghosts off]

Serge:
   (I had a feeling he could
   take care of himself.)

Fargo:
   ARG!!!
   Looks like we got
   a big one comin'!

Serge:
   A big one? You mean...!
   (I guess the boss monster
   is coming to us!)

[Fargo heads for the wheel, but collapses before
reaching it.]

Fargo:
   (Damn, me arm...)

Serge:
   Are you okay? (Funny, I
   thought this guy was
   indestructible.)

Fargo:
   Yer name's Serge, eh!?
   Go take the wheel!

 [System]
   ~~~Aye-aye, Cap'n!              | ~~~But I've never done it before

                                   |
Serge:                             | Serge:
   You're the boss. (I just hope   |    (I don't like to argue with a
   I don't screw up--I've never    |    captain on his own ship, but
   tried to handle a boat of       |    I've never handled anything big
   this size before, especially    |    enougn to have an actual wheel
   in unfamiliar waters!)          |    before, I've never seen a chart
                                   |    of this area, and there's the
Fargo:                             |    fog--)
   I'm countin' on ya!             |
                                   | Fargo:
                                   |    No time ta fuss!
                                   |    When I tell ya to do it,
                                   |    YOU DO IT!!!
                                   |

                                   | Serge:
                                   |    (Ulp!) Aye-aye, sir!

Fargo:
   Keep yer heads high, mateys!
   Don't forget we be pirates
   aboard the S.S. Invincible!!!

Serge:
   (Except that I'm not a
   pirate! Hell, I think I'd
   rather be a ghost--at least
   then I wouldn't have to
   worry about getting hanged!
   Of course, if we get killed
   here, I won't have to worry
   about anything ever again...)

[Serge goes to the wheel]

Fargo:
   Man yer stations!
   It's time ta show these
   monsters what we're made of!!!

All:
   Aye-aye, Cap'n!!!

Magus: [if present]
   Hmph.

Nikki: [if present]
   The name of this ship is
   the S.S. Invincible...!?
   Then...
   That means...!
   
Fargo:
   Serge!!!
   Keep yer head high!
   They're comin'!!!

[Attack of the Discount Dead Head: five for the price
of one! Once the party defeats it--]

Fargo:
   Looks like the sea's
   back to normal...

Fargo:
   You said you were headin'
   to Fort Dragonia to go after
   Viper and his men.

Serge:
   That's right.

[Note: Fargo moves and gestures a lot while he gives this
speech, but it's difficult to make out some of what he's
doing from the videos available, so I've decided not to
mark his actions.]

Fargo:
   Let me give ya
   some advice.

Serge:
   We're listening.

Fargo:
   Mount Pyre is a fiery hell.
   Without any protection against
   fire, you'll lose strength fast.
   I suggest ya go see the
   Water Dragon for his
   divine protection.

Fargo:
   Although I haven't heard
   much about him recently.
   I wonder if that dragon's
   still alive...

Fargo:
   Actually...
   I haven't heard much about
   the other dragons, either.

Serge:
   Um... (Okay, so you don't know
   where this dragon is or even
   if it's still alive, and you
   expect US to find it? We might
   be better off seeing if we can
   get some asbestos underwear...)

Fargo:
   And those monsters
   we just beat...
   What's goin' on nowadays...?

Fargo:
   ......
   I tell ya, even the sea seems
   ta have changed its nature...

Fargo:
   It's probably because
   we human folks have
   come around...

[Another second-group-member line, I think...]

Kid:                       | Leena:                         | Skelly:
   Yeah...yeah...          |    Hee... Didn't think pirates |    Why do I have ta hear
   I don't need this mushy |    had a sentimental side.     |    this from a pirate...?
   talk from a pirate.     |                                |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nikki:                         | Guile:               | Luccia:
   ......                      |    You are a pirate, |    Vhy must I hear dis
   Please...not from a pirate. |    are you not?      |    from a pirate?
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Glenn:                      |
Magus:
   I never thought I        |
   I'm surprised that someone
   would hear something     |
   so foolishly sentimental
   like this from a pirate. |
   would become a pirate.

Fargo:
   In the name of Davy Jones...
   What have we done...?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[If Magus is present in the party--meaning that the player
took the Guile/Magus route through Viper Manor and Guldove,
and also that Kid is likewise in the party, and Glenn
and Nikki are not...]

Kid:
   Y'know, if the Water Dragon
   no longer exists in this
   world...

Guile:                             | Serge:
   You are thinking that it might  |    Do you think that in my
   be in the other one.            |    world...?

Kid:
   Exactly. You're pretty sharp,
   mate.

Serge:
   But when I woke up at Opassa...
   there didn't seem to be any way
   back. Well, okay, I wasn't
   looking for one, but still...

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-

[If Leena is present...]

Leena:
   Serge, I wonder about
   you sometimes.

Serge:
   It wasn't exactly obvious what
   was going on, you know. Give me
   a break. (Ugh, for a moment
   there, I had a flashback to
   when we were four, and--no, I'm
   not even going to think about
   that.)

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-

Guile:                          | Luccia:
   That suggests there may be   |    Perhaps dere is something
   another piece to the puzzle. |    else ve need to have.

Kid:
   Well, I was thinkin'...

[She pulls out the Astral Amulet. Magus instantly
seizes her wrist.]

Magus:
   This was created in Zeal! Where
   did you get it?!

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-

[If Guile is present]

Guile:
   Zeal...you mean the magical
   kingdom that vanished more than
   ten thousand years ago? How can
   you tell?

Magus:
   This crest...it's the royal
   arms of Zeal. I... I was...

   Damn. DAMN. For a moment, I
   could almost remember, but now
   it's gone again.

[He shakes his head in frustration.]

Serge:
   (I'd almost feel sorry for
   the guy, if he were a little
   less of a vicious bastard.)

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-

Kid:
   I don't know about any place
   called Zeal. Sis--the woman who
   looked after me when I was
   small--gave me this. And the
   Shaman in Guldove said that it's
   got part of what we need to
   cross the dimensions.

Magus:
   It has a power, certainly,
   although it isn't of a type
   that I recognize.

[He lets go of her wrist. Kid rubs her maligned appendage.]

Kid:
   You could at least say you're
   sorry for givin' me these
   red marks, ya know.

Magus:
   ...

Serge:
   (That guy? Not a chance.
   Apologizing would mean
   admitting he did something
   wrong. Huh? Did she say...?)

   Hey, wait a minute--when did
   you have a chance to talk to
   the Shaman in Guldove?

Kid:
   When we first got there and you
   were snorin' yer head off, ya
   bloody fool!

Serge:
   Okay, okay. (Man, between her
   and Leena...)

Kid:
   Anyway, take it.

[Serge receives the Astral Amulet.]

Guile:                              | Luccia:
   But if this Amulet has only      |    If dis Amulet has PART of vhat
   PART of what we need...          |    we need, vhere is de odder part?

Kid:
   That would be...Serge.

[Everyone turns to look at poor Serge.]

Kid:
   Well, he's FROM the other world,
   ain't he? That makes him a link
   between here and there, and
   that's what she said we need.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[If the player took any other route through Viper Manor and
Guldove, this happens instead.]

Nikki:
   Do you...
   have any children?
   
Fargo:
   Huh?
   What kind of question
   is that...?

Serge:
   (That's what I'd like to
   know.)

Fargo:
   Children, eh...?
   Yeah, I do.
   But it may be
   more appropriate
   to say I did...

Fargo:
   I had two children,
   but they both died...
   That was long, long ago...

Fargo:
   If my son were still
   alive today...
   why, he'd be 'bout
   yer age...

Nikki:
   I'm sorry...
   
Fargo:
   Hah!
   Don't worry 'bout it, matey.
   That was a long time ago.
   But...why do ya ask?
   
Nikki:
   I-It's nothing...
   I just felt like
   asking, that's all...

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-

[If Luccia is in the party]

Luccia:
   Your children vere Nikki and
   Marcy, vere they not?

Fargo:
   !
   How did ya know those names?
   Who are you?

Luccia:
   My name is Luccia.

Fargo:
   Luccia...!
   Then yer the one who--

[Luccia bows her head]

Luccia:
   Yes, I am the vone that
   failed to save Zelbess.

Serge:
   (Wait a minute, is she
   saying that...!)

Luccia:
   And dis young man is--

Fargo:
   I don't want ta hear it!

Luccia:
   Viper told me you vere a
   stubborn fool--

Nikki:
   Please, stop it, both of you!

[Fargo and Luccia both turn to look at him.]

Nikki:
   It's okay, honestly. It doesn't
   matter. I've done without a
   father all these years, so why
   should I need one now? I just...
   wanted to know, and now I do.

Serge:
   (Nikki...)

Fargo:
   ...

Luccia:
   I am beginning to vonder if
   dere is some scope for a genetic
   study here... Very vell, I vill
   say nothing further.

Nikki:
   Thanks.

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-

[If Luccia is not in the party]

Serge:
   (Huh? I just realized--the
   two of them don't really look
   alike, but they both have
   those really, really blue
   eyes... It's kind of weird.)

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-

Fargo:
   ......
   Well, alright.
   Take care of yerself.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



And that's all for this time, folks. The remaining part of this chapter
is mostly stuff taking place in Guldove if the player chose not to save
Kid and then went back later. Fortunately, while I've got a batch of
"Member" lines to deal with, it's a lot shorter than this was.

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #112 on: December 17, 2009, 04:29:12 pm »
Serge:
   But when I woke up at Opassa...
   there didn't seem to be any way
   back. Well, okay, I wasn't
   looking for one, but still...


If Kid is in the party, then they'd have saved her, correct? Which means that they'd have gone back to Home World, so Serge would already have the amulet and know how to get back...

...I think. I just got through this part the other day, so it's fresh in my mind.

...I started over in CC again. I'm doing it by the book this time! Getting every item!

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #113 on: December 17, 2009, 05:37:10 pm »
That is if Guile was chosen as the Viper Manor Guide, meaning she was saved without having to go to Home World, courtesy of Magus.

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #114 on: December 18, 2009, 06:32:20 pm »
-_- Forgot. Sorry.

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #115 on: December 18, 2009, 06:40:40 pm »
Uh ......wow at this , I never really gave it a look before but ...its actually really well written , I only read this page however , I will read the rest , I wanna see what you did with Leena and Harle :)

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #116 on: December 18, 2009, 08:10:27 pm »
@Katie Skyye: Don't worry about it. I should probably draw a diagram to help everyone keep track.

@Yourgingerestfan: Thank you, and I hope you enjoy the rest.

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #117 on: December 19, 2009, 04:01:56 pm »
Oh jeez, this is starting to get heavy--that diagram would definitely help me out, if I was observant enough to know if/when something is wrong...

Anyway, another great chapter. This is one of my favorite parts in-game and in your script; well done. Once again, I didn't find anything wrong--nothing seemed too out of place (except for the word necromantic, but it's a word, so who cares) or rushed. Great job. You're getting more fans. :D

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #118 on: December 28, 2009, 08:35:07 pm »
@mav: I'll try for the diagram when RL has calmed down a bit.

And here is the second part of chapter 11 (which should have been done several days ago, but I've
been having a really rotten time of things in Real Life lately). The first chunk can happen only if
the player chose not to save Kid; the second is a prelude to Water Dragon Isle. Enjoy.



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Doc's House, Guldove (Another)
===========================================================

[Because this scene can occur only if the player chose
not to save Kid, Glenn and Nikki logically must be present
here.]

Glenn:
   Kid should be here,
   shouldn't she?

Luccia:                  | Nikki:
   It has been too long. |    Oh, no, you don't
   De hydra venom vould  |    think she's...?!
   have killed her.      |

[Serge crumples slowly to his knees.]

Serge:
   I... It... She can't...
   (Damn! Damn, damn, DAMN!
   I... I should have... but
   what could I have done?
   Only a miracle could have
   saved her, and the world
   doesn't work that way...
   ARRGH!)

[Serge slams both fists against the floor, and bows his head.]

Leena:                      | Nikki:
   Whoa, Serge, stop that!  |    Man, I am so sorry.
   It isn't your fault, and |    There's nothing we could
   hurting yourself won't   |    have done, but that doesn't
   bring her back...        |    make it any better, does it?

[Kid enters from the outside, wearing a white dress rather
than her usual outfit]

Kid:
   ...What're you guys
   all doin' there?

Serge: [looking up]
   Kid?!

Kid:
   Oi, it's been a while, eh?
   But what's with the astonished
   look on yer faces?

Serge:
   Um, well, when we came in here
   and didn't find you, I kind
   of...jumped to a conclusion. (I
   feel like such an idiot now...
   but at least I'm a relieved
   idiot!)

[Serge stands up]

Serge:
   So where were you, anyway?
   And why are you dressed
   like that?

Kid:
   Oh, I complained about this
   sissy gown, but then they hid
   me own clothes somewhere to
   stop me from tryin' to escape...

Serge:
   (She must still have been
   awfully weak to let them get
   away with that...)

Kid:
   So I had no choice but to
   take a walk around the
   village lookin' like this.
   Anyway, what's up with you
   guys?
   Didja come back because you
   were worried about me?

Serge:
   Uh, something like that.

Kid:
   Heh, I ain't gonna drop
   dead from such a weako
   poison like that...!
   But, I guess it was a
   pretty close call this
   time, eh...
   Hehe.

Luccia:                            | Nikki:
   But vhere did you get de Hydra  |    We thought Lynx's poison
   Humour to neutralize de poison? |    would kill you. Where did
   It has been proven dat dere are |    you find a cure?
   no such creatures left in El    |
   Nido.                           |

Kid:
   Sorry, I haven't the
   foggiest idea, either.
   The doc will be back
   this afternoon, so
   let's ask him then.

[I think we probably get a fade-out-and-in at this point, but I never found a
video I could use to check]

Doc:
   You are here to ask
   me how I was able to
   neutralize the poison?

Kid:
   ...Yeah.
   There's nothing to lose by
   knowing how, right Doc?

Doc:
   It was a coincidence...
   No, it was probably an
   act of fate.
   After you left the village,
   a young man came to visit me
   upon hearing of the patient's
   condition from a villager.
   He had brought a certain
   item with him.

Leena:                       | Nikki:
   "A certain item"? Then    |    You don't mean he
   somehow, this man had...! |    actually had...?

Doc:
   Yes, it was Hydra Humour.
   He happened to have a vial
   of it with him at the time...

Serge:
   (That's some coincidence...
   unless that "young man" got
   the Humour from Lynx...but if
   he was working with Lynx, why
   would he save Kid? Maybe it
   really WAS a miracle.)

Kid:
   Hey doc, who was that guy?
   Do you at least know his name?

Doc:
   I am sorry.
   I do not know...
   He only told me that he
   '"came from the mainland."'

Kid:
   ...Came from the mainland?
   Tsk! At least give me a chance
   to thank him! Sheeze!
   I hate being in debt to others!

Serge:
   Calm down, okay? We'll find
   him. Mainlanders aren't all
   that common in El Nido.

Kid:
   I don't have time to run all
   over the islands looking for a
   bloke who didn't have the brains
   to give the doc his name!
   Ah, hell!
   When I find him I'll...!?
   Wait, that's not what I wanna do.

Doc:
   That is all that I know.
   In the end, I proved useless
   as a doctor.
   It is not something that
   could be forgiven, but I
   offer my apologies...

Kid:
   Hey, wait doc.
   What's with the formality?
   No matter what else
   happened, you're the one
   that made the antidote,
   right?
   It would've been useless
   without you, even if we did
   have the right stuff.

Doc:
   ...Thank you, Kid.

Kid:
   Oi, stop that.
   I'm the one that should be
   thankin' you.
   No worries, doc!
   Well, the only thing that bugs
   me is the guy that brought
   that...humour, was it?

Kid:
   Hehe... I guess I caused
   you blokes a heap of
   trouble, too!

Leena:                | Nikki:
   Well, now that you |    Hey, it isn't that unusual
   mention it...      |    for me to worry about a
                      |    lady...but Serge might have
                      |    had it tough.

Kid:
   I'm no good at this...
   But thanks.

Serge:
   Well...it isn't like we
   really did much except
   worry. And we're glad to
   have you back in one piece.
   (Well, until she does
   something else risky,
   anyway.)

Doc:
   So, what are you dudes
   planning to do next?
   Do you intend to continue
   on your journey?

Kid:
   That's right, we've still got
   things to take care of.
   We'll be leaving by tomorrow.
   Serge has got a lot of
   problems that need to be
   solved...

Serge:
   Well, we were supposed to be
   heading for Mount Pyre, but
   someone suggested we go look
   for the Water Dragon first...

[The screen fades out, then back in again, while Serge waves his arms expressively.]

Kid:
   ...I see.
   So that's what's been goin' on
   while I was snoozin' away here.
   You say Viper and his mob are
   headed for Fort Dragonia, heh?

Serge:
   As far as we know, yes.

Kid:
   Didja hear?
   Fort Dragonia's the oldest
   ruin that the Dragonians
   left on this planet.
   From what I hear, we
   need the '"Dragon Tear"'
   to activate the fort.

Serge:
   Why would we want to
   activate it?

Kid:
   Oi, did yer brains fall out
   while I was snoozin'? WE
   wouldn't, but Lynx would, and
   he already has the Tear, if
   the Shaman was tellin' me
   the truth.

Kid:
   Don't ya remember, Serge?
   It's that blue orb that was on

   [there's a line missing from the script here--probably "General Viper's desk."]

   A blue orb...
   ~~~Was there such a thing?      | ~~~Yes, I remember
                                   |
Kid:                               | Kid:
   What, you don't remember?       |    Great, so I don't have
   Gawd you're hopeless...         |    to waste me breath
                                   |    explaining it then...

Serge:                             |
   I had other things on my mind,  | Serge:
   okay?                           |    (I KNEW there was something
                                   |    weird about that blue thing!)

Glenn:
   ...I cannot believe it!
   The general has the
   Dragon Tear... But why?

Luccia:                      | Nikki:
   So Lynx has been planning |    I guess that means they were
   to activate de ruin all   |    always planning to mess around
   along.                    |    with Fort Dragonia.

Kid:
   There's no doubt about that.
   In any case, we can't just
   sit back and let this happen.
   
Glenn:
   An impenetrable fortress
   surrounded by rough terrain...
   And I hear it is also sealed by
   the powers of the Dragonians.
   Is the general trying to stop
   the Porre military with it...?

Skelly:                        | Nikki:
   Porre isn't easy to stop.   |    I don't know much about
   Sounds like he's trying     |    Porre, but that sounds
   to start a war, and I'm not |    more like he's trying to
   joking!                     |    make them angry. Why
                               |    would he do something so
                               |    stupid? It could start a
                               |    war!

Serge:
   (A WAR?! Oh, man... As though
   things aren't already bad
   enough!)

Kid:
   Even I don't know that,
   but I wouldn't say that
   it's not a possibility...

Glenn:
   The General can't truly be
   intending to do such a thing--
   he takes his position as a
   guardian of El Nido seriously!
   Lynx must have tricked him.

Serge:
   (He really believes in the
   General, I guess.)

Glenn:
   We have to go to Fort Dragonia
   NOW and put a stop to all this!

Nikki:
   The fort's in the middle of a
   lava field, though. Getting to
   it's going to be tough going.

Serge:
   That Fargo guy did suggest
   we ask the Water Dragon for
   help. I guess that means we
   go to Water Dragon Island.

Leena:                            | Nikki:
   But the spring on that island  |    Funny, I heard there was
   has dried up. Would it be that |    no more water on that island.
   way if the dragon were still   |    And no one's seen the dragon
   there?                         |    in years.

Glenn:
   If we cannot obtain the
   dragon's help, we will have to
   conquer Mount Pyre without it.

Serge:
   Wait a moment! Since when has
   the spring on Water Dragon
   Island gone dry? I was there
   just a couple of weeks before
   all of this started, and
   everything seemed fine...
   although we didn't go past the
   beach, of course. The fairies
   don't like humans intruding in
   their territ--

Leena:                          | Nikki:
   So in your world, the spring |    But that was in the other
   is still there?              |    world, right?

[Serge facepalms]

Serge:
   I'm sorry, I forgot. (Damn,
   I'm stupid sometimes.)

Serge:
   But still, if we could find
   a way to get back there, we'd
   have a chance of getting the
   Dragon's help, right?

Kid:
   Dragons, eh...?
   This is gettin' bigger
   by the minute.
   But I think this
   problem can be easily
   taken care of!

Serge:
   Do you mean you've found a
   way for me to get back?!
   (She's joking--she has to
   be. I mean, I've been running
   all over the islands without
   finding out anything new, and
   she has the answer just drop
   into her lap here in Guldove?
   Not likely.)

Kid:
   My amulet...

Serge:
   Amulet?

Kid:
   Yeah, my Astral Amulet.
   It's the other key to
   solving our problem.
..
   along with you, Serge.

Kid:
   I don't know if you've heard from
   the shaman, but you need lots of
   power to cross the dimensions.
   She said it was something
   about the powers of hope
   and will.

Kid:
   According to the shaman,
   this amulet has that sort
   of power.
   Normally, I would've just
   thought she was crazy,
   but this time, maybe I
   oughta listen to her.

Kid:
   This amulet alone ain't
   enough to cross dimensions,
   though.
   We need the other key to make
   the connection between this
   world and the other world.

Serge:
   I'm not sure I got all that,
   but I think you're saying that
   you want to use me as some kind
   of dimensional homing pigeon?

Kid:
   Not sure I'd have worded it
   exactly that way, mate, but
   yeah, that's the idea. We need
   someone that's not supposed
   to be in this world that's
   the link to a world that was
   severed 10 years ago...
   The missing piece of the puzzle.

Serge:
   In other words, me.

Kid:
   That's the lowdown.
   The rest is up to you,
   Serge.
   We need to first get that
   '"divine protection"' or
   whatever from the
   Water Dragon.

Nikki:
   It might not be absolutely
   necessary, but it would be
   safer...which is fine by me.
   There're songs I haven't
   written yet, so I can't die
   chasing Lynx around.

Kid:
   Well, I don't know
   about you, but...
   I probably don't need
   no Dragon's protection
   to get me through hot
   water! But that's me...

Serge:
   (Heh--yeah, that's Kid. I'm
   glad the hydra venom didn't
   do her any permanent damage.)

Kid:
   We gotta head to the
   '"Land of Genesis."'
   The place where this all began!
   Only you know where that is.
   Before we go, I'll leave this
   in yer keeping for a while.
   But, don't ya dare lose it
   on me!

Serge:
   Don't worry, I won't. (I
   wouldn't dare.)

[System]
   Serge received the
   Astral Amulet.

Kid:
   Alright, let's go
   to the place where
   this all began!

Serge:
   (Where this all began?
   ...Opassa Beach, I guess.)

 [System]
   Kid has [re]joined your party!

===========================================================
Opassa Beach (Another)
===========================================================

[Urgh. This bit happens if the player took the don't-save-Kid route
(and then went back to pick her up and get the Amulet) OR the
Guile/Magus route through Guldove, and so the party has never
been to Opassa with the Astral Amulet before. If they took the
standard save-Kid route, they've already had a variant on this
conversation, so nothing happens when they reach the beach.
And of course, if they didn't go back to Guldove for Kid, they
don't have the Amulet and can't access the portal.]

Glenn:                     | Magus:
   So the way to the other |    One wonders why a dimensional
   world is here.          |    portal would be hidden in a
                           |    place like this.

Serge:
   If it's anywhere, it's here.
   This is where things
   started going weird.

Glenn:                | Magus:
   Shall we go, then? |    We're wasting time.

Kid:
   What do you expect
   us to do now, mate?

Serge:
   Give me a moment--I need to
   find the exact spot... (Where
   was it that I woke up after
   I fainted? I think... Here.)

[Serge walks over to the exact point of the dimensional
distortion and the greenish circle-y thing appears under
his feet.]

Serge:
   This has got to be it. (Or
   at least, I don't see what
   else it could be--it sure
   LOOKS freaky enough to be
   a path between two worlds.)

Kid:
   An open seam to the world...
   A wormhole that
   traverses dimensions...
   The world's callin' you,
   Serge...
   Callin' the lost piece
   of the puzzle...

Serge:
   (That sounds really disturbing
   somehow.)

[He holds up the Amulet]

Serge:
   All right, here we go.

[FMV: world-swapping]

===========================================================
Opassa Beach (Home)
===========================================================

Kid:
   Hah!
   That was it!?

Serge:
   I guess so. We'll know
   for sure when we get
   to Arni.

Kid:
   We're in that other
   world now, right?
   That wasn't such
   a big deal.

===========================================================
Arni, Dock (Home)
===========================================================

[If they approach the old man at the end of the dock and speak
to him--]

[Old Man]
   Uhhh...
   Ughhh......?

   Oh, it's you, Serge.
   Great day, huh?
   How's your day been?

Serge:
   Things have been kind of
   strange for me lately, but
   that's okay. Um, anyway,
   sorry to wake you up, but we
   need a favour.

[Old Man]
   What kind?

Kid:
   We need ya to take us to
   Water Dragon Isle.

[Old Man]
   Water Dragon Isle?
   Well, it's not too far,
   so I'm willin' to take
   you there for 100G.

   ~~~Forget it             |    ~~~Yes, take me!
                            |

Serge:                      | Serge:
   (I'm strating to think   |    (It isn't really that much
   it would be better to    |    money, and I don't want to
   go straight to Mount     |    head for Mount Pyre without
   Pyre.)                   |    the Water Dragon's blessing...)
                            |
[Old Man]                   |
   OK. Call on me           |    Serge paid 100G.
   anytime you want         |
   to get off the island.   | [Old Man] 
   As you can see,          |    Great!
   I don't have much to do. |    Shall we get going?
   Huaaaaaaaah...           |
                            |



And that's it for this time, folks. Next time, we'll be seeing the dwarves (and Razzly) again.

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #119 on: December 30, 2009, 08:47:09 pm »
Nice. That was a good chapter: not too long, not too complex; just right. Keep up the good work!