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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #120 on: January 14, 2010, 08:32:35 pm »
Geh. I think this is the longest single section that I've posted so far, but it would have
been a real mess to break this in the middle. Keeping Razzly's story more-or-less intact
without allowing her to be recruited was surprisingly hard, and I'm really not
sure that I pulled it off successfully (doubly so since I don't think I've ever even
recruited her, making my grasp of her character kind of limited).

Oh, and did I mention that there appear to be no YouTube videos that cover Water
Dragon Isle without Razzly in the party? (The campfire scene is there, but that's
it.) So take the stage directions in those bits with a little salt.

There are a lot of double-optional sections here. And I don't think the optional characters
got nearly enough lines. Grrr. On the bright side, Magus only got one line and so wasn't
able to steal the show the way he usually does.



On to Water Dragon Isle - In search of the dragon blue...

Recruits: The same as the last couple of chapters, except that players
            following the don't-save-Kid path may now have her back--and if they
            haven't, I don't think they can get to Home World anyway.


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Water Dragon Isle (Home)
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Leena: [if present]
   This is completely different
   from what I remember this
   island being like! I guess
   this really is another world.
   The water is so clear...

 [Old Man]
   Hoho, it's been a while since I
   visited this isle, but its beauty
   never fades.
   But there's something strange...
   I don't see any of the fairies that
   usually dance around the pond.

Kid:
   Fairies?

 [Old Man]
   Oh, pardon me.
   There's a small village of
   fairies on this isle.
   It should be just beyond this pond.
   I don't know what brings you to
   this isle, but it's best to ask the
   fairies to learn about the place.

Leena:                          | Kid:
   I always thought the fairies |    D'ya think they'll tell
   were just a legend... I      |    us where we can find the
   wonder if they can tell us   |    dragon?
   about the dragon.            |

Serge:
   Well, they didn't mention it
   the one time I talked to them,
   but I didn't ask, either.

 [Old Man]
   In the meantime, I'll be 'round
   here fishing.
   This pond is great for fishing.

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Water Dragon Isle, Fairy Village (Home)
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[If the party rescued Razzly from the Pentapus, she enters the
screen a bit behind everyone else.]

Razzly:
   ......!?
   The village...
   Fairy-ville is...
   W-Why did this...
   Rosetta...
   everyone... No.
   No, it can't, it can't be...

Serge:
   Are you okay? Um, sorry--I
   guess that's a stupid
   question... (I mean, if I
   went back to Arni and found
   it like this, I'd be freaking
   out too...)

Razzly:
   You are...the humans I met
   in the Hydra Marshes... Did
   you do this?!

Nikki:
   We only just got here ourselves.

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Kid:                              | Glenn:
   Say, those guys with the       |    Those creatures in the helmets
   thimbles on their heads...     |    don't appear to be fairies.
   they aren't fairies, are they? |    What are they?

Serge:
   I think they're dwarves from
   the Hydra Marshes, but I don't
   understand what they're doing
   here. I've never heard of anyone
   except the fairies living on
   this island.

Dwarf Chieftain:
   Hmph, just when I thought it was
   a rarity to see humans on this
   remote isle, you all hi-ho along.
   Look at this isle...
   It's beautiful, a perfect
   fit for our new home!
   Too good for these damn fairies.
   You humans taught us that the
   world is built on the dead bodies
   of other species...
   Now, hi-ho away with you...
   along with the fairies...
   to the deeps of the sea!

[The dwarf chieftain walks away into the caves]

Serge:
   (So they're trying to steal
   this island from the fairies,
   because they can't live in the
   marshes anymore.)

Serge: [only if he killed the Hydra]
   (Is this...
   my fault?)

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[If they speak to the blue fairy near the center]

 [Blue Fairy]
   Weep...
   They killed everyone...

Serge:
   (Damn it, I don't know what
   to say! It's... I can't bring
   the dead back to life!)

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[If Razzly is present, she flutters over]

[Blue Fairy]
   ...Razzly?
   It's Razzly...!
   You are alright?

Razzly:
   Uh-huh, I'm alright.

   These humans save me.
   ...Where is Rosetta?
 
 [Blue Fairy]
   The dwarves took her
   into the cavern...
   Quick, Razzly...
   Rosetta needs your help!

Serge:
   "Rosetta"?

Razzly:
   My older sister. She told
   me not to leave the island,
   and I'm fairy sorry now
   that I did.

[Kid looks away]

Kid:
   ...

Serge:
   (What's Kid thinking about?)

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

 [Gold Fairy]
   Hey, wake up...
   Please...answer me.
   Why...? Why, oh, why...?

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[if Razzly]

   Razzly...
   You are alive. But, but,
   everyone...everyone else is...

Razzly:
   Why did everything have to
   turn out this way?

Serge:
   (I wish I knew. I thought I
   was doing the right thing,
   with the Hydra, but now...
   I saved Kid, but so many of
   the fairies have died...)

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

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Water Dragon Isle Sanctum, Upper (Home)
===========================================================

[This first bit takes place when they first confront the
dwarf chieftain after entering the caves. If Razzly was
saved from the Pentapus, she always enters the screen
from behind, as though she's following the party, just as
each story-conversation begins.]

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

[if they didn't save Kid, making this the first time
they've met the dwarves]

Dwarf Chieftain:
   I will not tolerate any humans
   trespassing beyond this point!
   Defy me and you will face the
   consequences!

Serge:
   This is the fairies' land,
   not yours!

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[if they did save Kid and kill the Hydra]

Dwarf Chieftain:
   Hmph, I knew you'd come.
   Now we must confront you fools
   once again...
   I suppose this is fate...
   This ends now...
   With your death!
   Die, human scum!!!

Serge:
   (What does he think killing
   us is going to solve? It
   won't bring the hydra back
   to life...

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[either way, combat. afterwards...]

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

[If they didn't kill the Hydra]

Dwarf Chieftain:
   Grr... Such strength.
   It seems I've underestimated
   you humans...
   This will not happen a
   second time!

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[If they did...]

Dwarf Chieftain:
   Krr... What strength.
   I can not allow our clan
   to be defeated here...
   Next, the next will be your last!
   Come after us, humans.
   If you want to save the fairies!

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

Dwarf Chieftain:
   Retreat! Tallruf, Bearduf!

[The dwarves jump off the ledge and into the pool
at the base of the waterfall]

Serge:
   (I'm surprised they're tall
   enough not to drown...)

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Water Dragon Isle Sanctum, Lower (Home)
===========================================================

[upon reaching the bottom and speaking to the dwarf chieftain]

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

[If they didn't save Razzly]

Dwarf Chieftain:
   Humans helping fairies?
   You surprise me!
   However, there is no way I can
   allow you to leave here alive.
   You will pay for not heeding our
   warnings...with your death!

Serge:
   (Somehow, after Lynx and the
   dragoons and the ghost ship and
   all the other ridiculous stuff
   that's been going on, this guy
   doesn't frighten me very much.)

[I'm skipping the attempt-to-escape lines]

[Combat. When the party wins...]

Dwarf Chieftain:
   Grrh, such strength...
   Are we to be driven off
   our land once again?
   Is there no land on this planet
   where we can live in peace?
   Oh, Goddess of Fate, why are we
   dealt such a hand...
   Are humans really the greatest
   species on this planet?
   These heretics of evolution,
   these destroyers of
   the planet...? Ugh...

Magus: [if present]
   "Greatest species on the
   planet?" Heh. We're more like
   the planet's bastard step-
   children.

Guile: [if present]
   Being able to destroy a forest
   does not make a fire greater
   than a tree.

Nikki: [if present]
   Not all humans are alike,
   you know.

Luccia:                      | Kid:                        | Glenn:
   Ve should go and speak to |    Hey, mate, we've got a   |    Perhaps we should
   de dragon--I cannot vait  |    dragon to talk to. Let's |    find the dragon...
   to examine it.            |    get on with it.          |

Leena:                       | Nikki:
   Hey, wait a minute, isn't |    I think that's a fairy,
   that a fairy over there?  |    over in the corner. Before
   Is she...okay?            |    we go, we should see if
                             |    she's all right.

Rosetta:
   Agh...who are...you?
   I will be fine. The other
   fairies, are they alright?

Serge:
   Well, the dwarves do seem
   to be gone. I think they've
   done as much damage here as
   they're going to. (I can't
   bring myself to tell her
   that most of the other
   fairies are dead...)

Kid:                         | Nikki:
   We'll be back to help ya  |    We came here to talk to
   after we've talked to the |    the dragon, but we'll be
   dragon, okay? Won't be a  |    back for you when we're
   minute.                   |    done. Just try to hold
                             |    yourself together until
                             |    then, okay?

Rosetta:
   What is happening...
   to this island?
   ...agh!

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[If they did save Razzly]

Dwarf Chieftain:
   So, you've made it this far,
   but you will not find us so easy
   to defeat!
   We will settle our scores here
   by avenging the extinct Hydra
   and our dying homeland
   with your death!

Serge:
   (I don't see why he thinks he's
   going to do any better this time
   than he did the last one, but...
   I hate that this really is all
   our fault...)

[Combat. When the party wins...]

Dwarf Chieftain:
   Grrh, such strength...
   Are we to be driven off
   our land once again?
   Is there no land on this planet
   where we can live in peace?
   Oh, Goddess of Fate, why are we
   dealt such a hand...

Razzly:
   You're being fairy silly. Why
   don't you go home? The baby
   hydra in the marshes needs
   someone to look after it.

Serge:
   Um, wait a minute. Baby
   hydra? There was a little
   one there too?

Razzly:
   You left too soon, but I saw
   it: the baby hydra crawling out
   of its mother's body. It was
   alive then, but I don't know
   how long it will last--it's
   fairy young and fairy alone.

Dwarf Chieftain:
   A Hydra whelp!?
   There is still hope
   left in that forest...
   
Dwarf Chieftain:
   Still, you killed the Hydra.
   Nothing you do can change that.
   But passed time will not return.
   We, too, cannot advance
   forward, trapped by our past.

Serge:
   (No, we can't undo the killing.
   I thought I was doing it for the
   right reasons...)

[Serge turns his head and looks at Kid]

Serge:
   (I guess I still do. I don't
   want to lose her. Not for
   anything. We've been through
   so much together...)

Dwarf Chieftain:
   We will return to the
   forest once again.
   Farewell, humans.
   We, too, have sinned.
   For this sin, we must make
   ammends for the rest of our
   lives...

Dwarf Chieftain:
   Some day...let us hope that we
   children of the planet can live
   together in peace...

Serge:
   (Right now, the idea of things
   going back to being peaceful
   again seems like such a far-off
   dream...)

[In the meanwhile, Razzly has fluttered over to where Rosetta
is lying on the floor...]

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[If they got here quickly enough]

Razzly:
   ...!?
   S-Sis!
   Rosetta!

Nikki:
   That's her sister?
   Poor thing...

Rosetta:
   ...Ooo, is that you,
   Razzly...?
   You were alright...
   
Razzly:
   Yes, yes...
   It's me, sis.
   ...It's Razzly.
   I've finally made it home.
   But...but...
   the village, everyone's...
   
Rosetta:
   Why are there...humans
   on this island?
   Razzly, did these people
   bring you back here?

Razzly:
   Yes, they found me
   in the forest. If it wasn't
   for them, I would've been...

Rosetta:
   So, these people saved you...
   Ow, agh...

Razzly:
   !? Sis, it's alright!
   Please, hold on to yourself.
   I'll be here with you...

Serge:
   Do you...need any help?

Razzly:
   That's fairy nice of you,
   but I think we'll be all
   right. Go talk to the
   dragon--that's what you
   came here for, isn't it?
   And thank you. I couldn't
   have fought the dwarves by
   myself, so if it wasn't for
   you, I wouldn't have made
   it down here.

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[If they were too slow and Rosetta is dead]

Razzly:
   No, no...
   This can't be! Rosetta!
   Answer me, please!!!

Nikki:
   Dead...?
   Damn, if only we'd gotten
   here a little bit quicker!

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

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Water Dragon Isle Sanctum, Dragon's Room (Home)
===========================================================

[I've made minor corrections here and there to the Water Dragon's
speech without marking them. Isn't there a single game translator
who understands how to use the second person singular?]

[As the party moves a few steps forward into the room--]
   
[Water Dragon]
   Welcome, son of man
   Now, come to me

Serge:
   (Oh, great, now I'm hearing
   voices... I hope there really
   is a dragon here somewhere, or
   I'm going to have to go back
   to Guldove and have Doc examine
   my head...)

[when they reach the water's edge]

Water Dragon:
   ...Thou need'st not explain.
   I know already what thou
   seekest here.

Serge:
   (It reads minds?!)

Water Dragon:
   There is naught to be
   surprised about.

Water Dragon:
   It is but a trifle for we
   '"Sleeping Dragons,"' who have
   dwelt upon this land for ages...

Serge:
   (I don't think I like this.
   I hope we won't need to be
   here long.)

Water Dragon:
   Mount Pyre, the land thou
   seekest, is home to the
   '"Fire Dragon."'
   Unless thou dost quench his red
   blazes, it will prove a
   difficult journey.

Water Dragon:
   Take this, son of man.
   My breath can freeze even
   boiling lava...

[System]
   Member has been bestowed the
   Ice Breath.

Serge:
   Thank you.

Water Dragon:
   Take my subordinate as well...
   It shall be useful in holding back
   the Fire Dragon of Mount Pyre...
   
[System]
   Member has been bestowed the
   FrogPrince

Serge:
   (An element? Well, whatever.
   It looks a bit odd, though.
   Do we even have anyone who
   can use it?)

[As the party turns to leave, the screen fades to
black, and on it, the following text appears]

   Wilt thou change this world...
   Or wilt thou change thyself?
   
   Wilt thou live on with
   thy mother planet...
   Or wilt thou turn thy back on the
   planet and tread another path?
   
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Water Dragon Isle, Fairy Village (Home)
===========================================================

[When the picture fades back in, we are outside again]

[Fairy]
   They said that they
   '"were chased out of the
   forest by the humans."'
   And they drifted
   down to our island...
   so the humans are to blame!!!

Serge:
   I'm sorry that all this
   happened, but--

[Fairy]
   Because of you humans, our village,
   our friends have been made victims!!!
   Why can't humans live in harmony
   with nature? Why do you continue
   to act the way you do?
   Don't you see what the outcome of
   your choices will be in the future!?

Serge:
   (Sigh. I could talk myself
   hoarse, but I don't think they
   would listen--they can't hear
   anything except their own
   feelings right now. I remember
   being kind of the same way
   after Dad disappeared.)

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

[If Razzly is present, she's hovering near Serge and co.]

[Fairy]
   Razzly, you're a fairy--
   what are you doing with
   those humans?

Razzly:
   These humans helped me.
   They saved my life! Not
   all humans are bad.

[Fairy]
   They're murderers! If it
   weren't for the humans,
   everyone would still be
   alive!!!

Razzly:
   That's silly! The humans
   didn't tell the dwarves to
   come here, and the dwarves
   didn't have to kill anyone!
   There's a lot of space here
   on this island--they could
   have just asked for some of
   it!

[Fairy]
   How can you side with THEM?!

Serge:
   (This is getting ugly... We
   should get out of here before
   we stir things up any more...
   but would looking like we're
   running away make things
   worse? Argh!)

[A mob of fairies is forming on the crescent island.]

[Fairy]
   We need to get rid of them
   before they do any more damage!

Serge:
   (If they actually did try
   to fight us, it would be
   a joke--they're not strong
   enough to beat up a five-
   year-old...but I don't want
   to hurt them!)

[Razzly positions herself between the other fairies and the humans,
with her arms spread.]

Razzly:
   Don't do this!

Nikki:
   Razzly...

[Fairy]
   Move, Razzly!

Razzly:
   I won't!

[Fairy]
   Then we'll go through you!

Kid:
   C'mon, mates! We have to
   do somethin'!

[The party pulls out their weapons.]

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[If Rosetta is still alive--]

Rosetta:
   Stop, all of you, please!

[Fairy]
   You, too Rosetta?

Rosetta:
   The humans did drive the dwarves
   away. The least we can do is let
   them leave here in peace.

[Razzly lowers her arms.]

Razzly:
   Them...and me.

Rosetta:
   Razzly...

Razzly:
   All the time I was trapped in
   that swamp, I wanted so badly
   to see all of you, but I can't
   stay here with things the way
   they are now. It would just
   mean more fighting.

[Fairy]
   You're crazy! After what
   happened to you, you're going
   to leave again?!

Rosetta:
   I'll be sad to see you leave
   again, but I understand why
   you feel you can't stay. Still,
   remember that this is your
   home. If you come back, I'll
   welcome you even if no one
   else does.

Razzly:
   Sis... (Sniff)

   But everyone still has to
   agree to let Serge and the
   others go.

[Fairy]
   Oh, fairy well, we'll let
   your precious humans leave,
   but they'd better never come
   back. We never want to see
   any of them again, or the
   dwarves either! If more of
   us die, then... Then...

Kid:
   ...

Serge:
   Kid, are you okay?

[Kid staggers and faints. The screen fades out as the rest of the party
converges on her.]

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[If Rosetta didn't make it--]

Razzly:
   Please, no!

[The fairy mob charges forward, and it looks for a moment like something
nasty is going to happen, but Serge drops his swallow, grabs Razzly,
and pulls her out of the way.]

[Fairy]
   Get off our island!

[Fairy]
   And take that traitor
   with you!

Serge:
   Let's go. There's nothing
   we can do here except
   make things worse.

Razzly:
   ...

Serge:
   I'm not saying you need to
   come with us! (This is her
   home, after all.)

Razzly:
   No, I think I should leave.
   Things are fairy bad here
   already, and I don't want
   to make them worse. So many
   hurt... So many dead...

Kid:
   Augh...

[Kid collapses]

Serge:
   Kid!

[The screen fades out as he moves toward her.]

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

[If Razzly is not present]

Rosetta: [if present]
   A very sad tragedy, triggered
   by the acts of humans.
   We have lost so many of our
   people and loved ones.
   Although our village has been
   saved, no one here thinks
   kindly of man...
   I am extremely sorry,
   but please leave the island
   as soon as you can...


[Fairy]
   Yes, get out of here before
   we have to make you!

[At this point, Kid faints]

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Campfire, unspecified location
===========================================================

[This scene takes place if Kid is in the group, and regardless
of whether or not Razzly is alive (unlike in CC, where this
scene didn't trigger if Razzly had been rescued)]

[FMV: the burning of the orphanage]

[Kid wakes up and looks around]


Kid:
   ...Where am I?
   I fainted, eh?


[She pulls out the Astral Amulet and looks at it. On the
other side of the fire, Serge stirs.]

Serge:
   Oh, good--you're okay. I was
   kind of worried. Fainting just
   isn't like you. I didn't expect
   you to snap out of it in the
   middle of the night, though.

Kid:
   Sorry...
   Did I wake you up?
   I had a bad dream.

Serge:
   It happens to everyone. (I've
   been having a few of my own
   since this mess started.)

Kid:
   Seein' that fairy's eyes
   filled with tears over
   losin' her friends...
   That must've triggered
   memories of me own past.

[Serge walks over to sit with her by the fire]

Serge:
   Was it...that bad? (Argh, that
   sounds stupid, but I don't want
   her to clam up! This is the
   first time she's offered to talk
   about her past.)

Kid:
   I was an orphan...
   I was abandoned
   when I was a baby...

Kid:
   There was someone who took
   me in and raised me as if I
   were her own little sister...
   I'm alive here today
   thanks to her.

Kid:
   There were a lot of others
   like me at Sis's place,
   and...
   she was always makin'
   strange stuff...
   We didn't have money,
   but we were all happy.

Kid:
   Up until that Lynx bastard...
   came and shattered our
   happiness to pieces!
   Lynx raided our house,
   burned it down, and
   kidnapped Sis!
   
Kid:
   Sister...
   never came back...
   
Kid:
   Since then, I've wandered
   the world and experienced so
   much pain, just to get by...
   No one was there to help me.
   I was always alone.
   If you ask me, the idea of
   guardian angels watchin'
   over us all the time...
   that's a load of rubbish.

Serge:
   (So THAT'S why Kid's hunting
   Lynx. That part makes sense
   now...but it gives me more
   questions, too. Why did Lynx
   attack an orphanage? Was Kid's
   "Sis" important to him somehow?
   It can't have been just because
   she was looking after a bunch
   of random kids...

   Hmm... "Always makin' strange
   stuff"... Could "Sis" have been
   a researcher or something? But
   that almost makes it more
   mysterious... What did she
   create that Lynx wanted?)

[Kid stands up]

Kid:
   In this world, the underhanded
   always gets the last laugh.
   Only the ones who don't think
   anything of hurtin' others
   are the ones who get blood-
   stained fortunes.
   The ones who kill,
   the ones who devour,
   they're the ones who survive.
   That's the only rule
   of this world.

Kid:
   The great species of mankind...
   our wonderful world,
   filled with love and happiness...
   HA!
   Don't make me laugh!

Serge:
   (Well, people are people...
   Some are good and some are
   bad... but I don't think she
   wants to hear that right now.
   Just like the fairies COULDN'T
   listen to us, because they
   were hurting too much.

   ...I don't think I should try
   to hug her, either, even if I
   kind of want to.)

Kid:
   But if that's how it is,
   that's fine with me.
   As long as I'm alive,
   there ain't no goin' back.
   I'll abide by this world's
   rules, and do what I gotta
   do, despite the rotten hand
   of cards I've been dealt!

Serge:
   (Yeah, that's more like the
   Kid I thought I knew.)

Kid:
   I'll make sure that bloody
   bastard pays for what he's
   done!!!
   I will get even...!
   No matter what it takes!!!

Serge:
   And we'll help. (Even if I
   didn't want to strangle some
   answers out of the bastard,
   seeing her in that kind of
   pain... It hurts me, too.)

[Pan up and away from the campfire to the moons, then the
screen fades out.]
   
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Water Dragon Isle (Home)
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[If Razzly is still alive, she's waiting for them near
where the boatman should be.]

Kid:
   Razzly, right? Figured you'd
   be gone already.

Razzly:
   I didn't want to leave without
   saying good-bye to all of you--
   that would have been fairy rude!

Serge:
   So, um, where are you going to
   go?

Razzly
   I think...back to the Hydra
   Marshes.

Serge:
   (!)

   (I can't come right out and ask
   her if she's crazy--that WOULD
   be "fairy rude"--but I want to.)

Razzly:
   I want to help look after the
   baby hydra. And the dwarves...
   maybe I can make things a little
   better between us and them. I
   think it's worth a try, anyway.

Kid:
   Heh. Guess you've got more
   patience than me. If I were
   you, those guys would be on
   their way to the moons already.

Nikki:
   Anyway, good-bye and good luck.

Razzly:
   Thank you, and if any of you
   are ever near there again, it
   would be fairy nice if you
   said hello!

[Razzly flies away, and the party looks around.]

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

Guile:                 | Nikki:                  | Kid:
   It appears that our |    Isn't the boatman    |    Where's the old guy
   transportation has  |    supposed to be       |    got to? Does he expect
   vanished.           |    waiting for us here? |    us to swim back?

Leena:                    | Serge:
   We are kind of late... |    He may have given up on us
   Maybe he went back to  |    because we're so late. (If I
   Arni.                  |    really have to, I guess I can
                          |    swim as far as Opassa--I've
                          |    heard of people doing it before,
                          |    on dares.)
   
[Old Man]
   I figured you'd be coming
   back, so I set the boat out.
   Are you all safe?

Serge:
   We're fine--we were just a
   little surprised that you
   weren't here when we arrived.

[Old Man]
   Oh, many pardons.
   It didn't look like you'd be coming
   back before sunset, and I had to
   return before it got dark.

   Well, since you made it back here,
   I guess you did what you needed to do?
   ...But you guys look a little gloomy
   for it to have gone well...

Serge:
   Maybe someday I'll tell you
   the story. Right now I've...
   got stuff to think about.
   (And it'll be easier to
   explain all this when it's
   over with and there aren't
   any more surprises left.)

[Old Man]
   No second thoughts?
   Then let's head back to the village.




The remainder of this chapter is about half as long as this and mostly involves confronting the
Dragoons on Mount Pyre. Then we get to the really interesting bit: re-writing the body-switch
scene, which is going to differ quite a bit if Magus is present. No, I still haven't gotten
around to that diagram. (Sigh)

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #121 on: January 14, 2010, 08:52:27 pm »
Oh, and did I mention that there appear to be no YouTube videos that cover Water
Dragon Isle without Razzly in the party? (The campfire scene is there, but that's
it.) So take the stage directions in those bits with a little salt.

Do you mean as in 'save Kid path' but not in current party? Or just simple 'don't save Kid path'? Since I'm sure there are at least of the latter.

Then we get to the really interesting bit: re-writing the body-switch
scene, which is going to differ quite a bit if Magus is present.

Great, now this is getting closer to... that. Actually, I've been wondering about it for quite some time. Considering how the changes you have been doing are, it may finally solve a few doubts I currently have.

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #122 on: January 14, 2010, 09:23:21 pm »
Oh, and did I mention that there appear to be no YouTube videos that cover Water
Dragon Isle without Razzly in the party? (The campfire scene is there, but that's
it.) So take the stage directions in those bits with a little salt.

Do you mean as in 'save Kid path' but not in current party? Or just simple 'don't save Kid path'? Since I'm sure there are at least of the latter.

I wasn't able to find any of either. Admittedly, it's quite possible that I didn't look as hard as I should have--it was two weeks ago now and I don't remember how much effort I put into searching beyond the playthroughs I normally draw on for recorded sequences. So if they are out there, you can put my not finding them down to my being lazy.

Then we get to the really interesting bit: re-writing the body-switch
scene, which is going to differ quite a bit if Magus is present.

Great, now this is getting closer to... that. Actually, I've been wondering about it for quite some time. Considering how the changes you have been doing are, it may finally solve a few doubts I currently have.

We'll see how things work out. I do have a very early draft of the scene with Magus present, but it's going to need a re-write, since it has him being much too concerned for Kid.

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #123 on: January 21, 2010, 08:49:27 pm »
Ugh. Lots of Glenn and Luccia optional sections in this one (and a bit
for Marcy and Nikki, as well). And Kid gets a bit snippy in spots, but
I hope not too much so. This chapter has been hell. :(



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Doc's Clinic, Guldove (Another) - If you didn't pick her up
===========================================================

[If they took the don't-rescue-Kid path, then didn't go back for her]

Doc:
   ...Hola, dudes.
   Did you come back to
   see the patient again?

Serge:
   Well, yes, if she's able
   to have visitors. (This
   might be the last time...)

Doc:
   I'm sorry, but you're too late.
   She's no longer in the village.
   She has gone on alone.

Nikki:
   Gone on...alone?! Are you
   saying that she DIED?

[Serge shakes his head]

Serge:
   (I knew it was going to happen,
   but I didn't want to believe
   it...)

[He does Kid's rats-I-failed-to-steal scuffing kick]

Doc:
   Whoa, whoa, don't
   jump to conclusions.
   She's alive and well!
   The poison has been
   completely neutralized.

Serge:
   Then she's okay? HOW?!
   I thought you said you
   couldn't get the antidote!

Doc:
   Shortly after you left, a young
   traveler who happened to have
   Hydra Humour visited the village.
   Thanks to him, we were
   able to save her life...
   After the poisoning
   was neutralized,
   she waited a few
   days for you.

Doc:
   But it appears it wasn't
   in her nature to wait.
   She left a few days ago
   on a merchant ship that
   stopped by the village.

Serge:
   (I'm surprised she even stuck
   around for those few days.
   She was in such a hurry to go
   after Lynx...)

   But she IS okay, right? She
   won't get sick again from
   leftover poison?

Doc:
   Yes, she is indeed healthy.

Nikki:
   I wonder where she went.
   After Lynx, or...?

Serge:
   Probably. She's kind of
   obsessed with him. (I guess
   that means we'll be running
   into her again sometime
   soon, because I'm not going
   to stop now--not before I
   find out what a "Chrono
   Trigger" is, and why Lynx
   says I am one.)

Nikki:
   She didn't tell you where
   she was going, did she,
   Doc?

Doc:
   I'm afraid not, although
   she did appear to be searching
   for someone--perhaps this
   "Lynx" you mentioned?

Doc:
   That's all I know.
   Good luck and try not to
   take too many risks.

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Mount Pyre, Second Area (Another)
===========================================================

[The party discovers that the Idiot Brigade has been waiting
for them...]

Solt:
   AHHHHHH!
   They're really here!
 
Peppor:
   Th-This time, let's shake
   it to them for sure!

Solt:
   Y-Yes.
   I'll do my best, Peppor!

Serge:
   Not you two again. (It's
   almost as though they're
   following us around.)

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

[If Glenn is in the party]

Serge:
   Glenn, I don't suppose you
   can order them to just get
   out of the way...?

Glenn:
   I can try, I suppose, but--

Peppor:
   Our orders from Sir Karsh
   are absolute!

Solt:
   We're sorry, Sir Glenn, but
   we were specifically ordered
   to stop anyone from coming
   through here--even fellow
   Dragoons.

Serge:
   (Sigh. So much for that bright
   idea.)

   I guess that means we're doing
   this the hard way.

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

Peppor:
   Let's shake it.
   
Peppor:
   Get ready...!
   
Solt:
   To shake it...!
   As Peppor would say.

[Battle. During the combat, we get the last (? I think)
installment of Elements 101, which I'm snipping on the
grounds that it isn't worth messing with it just to add
yet another comment to the effect that S+P are idiots.]

[After the Idiot Brigade has been flattened yet again--]

Peppor:
   S-Shake it outta here!!!

Solt:
   P-Peppoooooor!


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Mount Pyre, Final Area (Another)
===========================================================

[After a quick look at the faux Fire Dragon that's poking up out
of the floor of the cave--]

Skelly:                | Guile:                | Nikki:               | Kid:
   Huh? That's weird.  |    It appears to be   |    I think I'm glad  |    What is that
   Why is that thing   |    stuck. A failed    |    that that thing's |    thing? Looks
   stuck in the floor? |    teleport, perhaps? |    stuck.            |    like it's stuck.

[As they attempt to cross the bridge, a small, spear-toting dragon
appears.]

Mini Dragon:
   Hey! Hey, lad!
   Wanna challenge me to a fight!?
   C'mon, whaddaya say!?

Serge:
   Will you let us through if
   we don't fight?

Mini Dragon:
   Well, lad, you see, I'm
   all alone in here, and
   the last batch of people
   to come through weren't
   much fun...

Kid:                          | Nikki:
   Look, mate, we're kinda in |    "I'm not letting you
   a hurry. If ya mean "no",  |    through if you don't
   just say it so that we can |    fight" would have
   get on with things.        |    been enough.

Mini Dragon:
   Since you understand that,
   what are you waiting for?

[They fight and beat the Mini Dragon]

Mini Dragon:
   Hey! Not bad, lad!
   I'm sure I'll see you again.

Serge:
   (Why do I have this weird
   feeling he was going easy
   on us?)

[As they reach the other side of the bridge]

Man's Voice:
   That's far enough!!!

[Enter the Acacia Dragoon Devas]

Karsh:
   So you made it this
   far, huh, junior?

Kid:                      | Serge:
   His name's Serge, not  |    ("Junior"?! Give me a
   "Junior", ya dipstick! |    break.)

Karsh:
   HAH! In the name of the
   Acacia Dragoons, you
   ain't gettin' past here!!!

Magus:                  | Kid:                        | Nikki:
   Was that supposed to |   We kicked yer ass before, |    Get out of our way--
   impress us somehow?  |   and we'll do it again!    |    it's Lynx we want.

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

[If Glenn and/or Luccia is present]

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

[Glenn...]

Glenn:
   Karsh!?
   
Karsh:
   Huh?
   Is that you, Glenn!?

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

[Luccia only]

Karsh:
   Huh?
   Is that you, Luccia!?
   What are doin' here
   with these guys?

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

[Both...]

Karsh:
   And...
   You're with Luccia!
   Hey, hey, hey!
   What the hell is
   goin' on here!!!?

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

[Glenn...]

Karsh:
   Why are you with
   these bozos!?
   HUH!?

Serge:
   (WE'RE bozos? Why do I have
   to take that from a guy who
   dresses like him?)
   
Glenn:
   Please, Karsh, we
   need to get through.
   I need to see...
   I need to see for myself
   what is happening!
   Even if that means
   leaving the dragoons...
   
Karsh:
   HAH!
   You call yourself
   a dragoon!?

Kid: [if present]
   At least he's usin' his
   brains instead of lettin'
   Lynx lead him around by
   the nose!

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

[Luccia...]

Karsh:
   Luccia, what
   the hell are
   you doin' here?
   
Luccia: [if Glenn is present]
   Being a dragoon is no
   concern of mine.

Luccia:
   I only act according to
   my own personal motives.
   You understand?

Karsh:
   HAH!? Sure, yeah,
   I get it.
   You are a selfish one.

Serge:
   (I would have said "crazy",
   but maybe he's never actually
   been in her lab...)

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

Karsh:
   But...!!!
   In the name of the
   Acacia Dragoons, you
   ain't gettin' past here!!!

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

Zoah:
   THIS WILL BE THE
   END OF YOU ALL.

Kid: [if present]
   Not unless you're hiding an
   army in yer back pocket!
   'Cept I suppose ya don't
   have pockets... What a
   bummer! Don't worry, we'll
   kick yer asses anyway.

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

[If Glenn and/or Luccia is present--one line for each situation]

Marcy:
   I don't care about
   you, Glenn!
   
Marcy:
   I don't care about
   Glenn or Luccia!

Marcy:
   I don't care about
   you, Luccia!

Serge: [if Luccia is present]
   (And here I thought Luccia
   practically raised her...
   What a brat!)

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

Marcy:
   And Serge!!!!!!
   I HATE YOU!!!!!!
   I hate your friends, your
   mom, your dad, your
   grandma, your grandpa,
   your great-grandma, your...
   I HATE THEM ALL!!!!!!
   I hate you! I despise you!
   I REALLY, REALLY ABHOR YOU!!!!!!

Serge:
   (Man, what did I do?)

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

[If Nikki is present]

Nikki:
   Marcy...

Marcy:
   And I ESPECIALLY hate YOU!!!!!
   I don't have a family, and I
   don't have a BROTHER!!!! I want
   you to die at the bottom of a
   HOLE somewhere so I don't have
   to look at your stupid FACE
   anymore!!!!!!

Nikki:
   ...

Leena:      | Kid:                    | Serge:
   Nikki... |    Hey, mate, you okay? |    Nikki...?

Nikki:
   It's alright.

   But Marcy...you really shouldn't
   say things like that.

[Marcy starts to get red in the face]

Marcy:
   WHAT I SAY ISN'T ANY OF YOUR
   BUSINESS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Serge:
   (That almost made her sound
   like the guy with the helmet,
   except a lot squeakier. I
   think my ears are ringing.)

Nikki:
   It is too my business! You ARE
   my sister, even if you don't
   want to be, and I don't want
   my sister screeching at people
   like a drunken groupie!

Marcy:
   Like a WHAT?! Oh, never mind--
   I'm going to shut you up
   ANYWAY!

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

Karsh:
   Gah hah hah!
   Looks like she
   can't stand you.

Serge:
   (It took him this
   long to figure that
   out?)

Karsh:
   Well, then...
   It's time for you to die!!!

Magus:                    | Nikki:
   You think the likes of |    I'm not going to let
   YOU can kill us? Don't |    Marcy kill me. It might
   make me laugh.         |    matter to her someday.
   
[Battle. I'm snipping the various lines that the dragoons have during
the fight--mostly just insults from Marcy and variations on "Take this!"
from the other two.]
   

Karsh:
   I-Impossible...
   There's no way I'd lose!?

Serge:
   (You'd think he would have
   learned his lesson after Kid
   and I wiped the floor with
   him at Cape Howl...)

Zoah:
   Karsh, IT IS
   ALMOST TIME.

[Zoah leaves]

Serge:
   W-wait a moment! Almost time
   for what? (I don't like the
   sound of this--are they really
   going to activate the fort?)

Karsh:
   Dammit!
   I'll get even for this!

[Karsh leaves]

Marcy:
   Nah, nah, na-na-nah...!!!

[Marcy leaves.]

Serge:
   (Damn it all... I guess
   we'd better get moving.)

[Harle]
   Serge...

[Harle appears]

Serge:
   (Oh, no, not her AGAIN. Still,
   I guess this does prove that
   Lynx is here somewhere.)

Harle:
   If you proceed any further,
   zere will be no
   turning back, non?
   Even so... You still
   wish to go, Serge?
   
   ~~~Keep going                |    ~~~Give up now
                                |
Serge:                          | Serge:
   Stop NOW? After everything   |    (Maybe they'll let down
   we've done to get here?      |    their guard a bit if they
   You have to be kidding me.   |    think we aren't really
   And besides, I still have    |    coming. If we're going to
   questions that only your     |    tangle with Lynx again,
   boss can answer. (Not to     |    we may need all the help
   mention that we have to      |    we can get!)
   get the Dragon Tear away     |
   from them and stop them      | Harle:
   from activating the fort!)   |    I know you
                                |    are lying...
Harle:                          |    But, merci...
   I see...                     |    Just don't die...
   I won't stop you.            |
   But...                       |
   Don't die...                 |

[She leaves again.]

Serge:
   (I don't get it. Why does
   she care what happens to
   me?)




So from here we head onwards to the body-switch scene. Surprisingly, Chapter 13 is quite
short...but of course all that means is that it's going to end more than twice as long
before I'm done with it.

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #124 on: January 31, 2010, 08:53:31 pm »
This chapter was both easier and more difficult than the previous one.
Easier, because it's shorter and I wasn't dealing with a character that
I know little about. Harder, because it's such a damned vital
chapter, one of the things on which the whole script is likely to be
judged. I hope I did okay.

Surprisingly, while Magus got his moment in the sun, this turned out
to be Serge's chapter more than anything. Which I suppose is as it
should be.



13. Fort Dragonia - Ancient dragons' dream in ruins...

Recruits: The same as the last couple of chapters, except that players
          following the don't-save-Kid path may now have her back.


===========================================================
Entrance, Fort Dragonia (Another)
===========================================================

[FMVs: Aerial view of Fort Dragonia, followed by a flashback to Serge's dream
from the very first chapter.]

Leena:                   | Kid:               | Nikki:
   Serge, are you all    |    You okay, mate? |    Are you okay?
   right? You look pale. |                    |

Serge:
   I'm...fine.

   (This is weird. From the
   outside, it looks so much
   like the place I dreamed
   about, but I know I've
   never been here before.
   It must be just a coincidence.
   Or at least, I hope that's
   all it is. I don't want to
   see the end of that dream
   in real life!)

Nikki:                     | Kid:
   Well, so long as you're |    You'd better not slow
   sure.                   |    us down!

===========================================================
Upper Floor, Fort Dragonia (Another)
===========================================================

[They emerge from the elevator. Serge looks around and puts a
hand to his forehead.]

Serge:
   This... This is...

Guile:                       | Kid:                          | Glenn:
   Something truly IS wrong, |    "Fine", my arse. "Fine"    |    I admit that this place
   it appears. Do not try to |    isn't s'posed to look like |    is disturbing, but your
   convince us otherwise.    |    ya saw a ghost, mate. Now, |    reaction to it seems
                             |    spill it: what's goin' on? |    extreme. What is bothering
                             |                               |    you so?

[Serge lowers his hand, shaking his head.]

Serge:
   It's just that it's so weird.
   I dreamed of this place, back
   before everything began.

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

[If Kid is present]

Kid:
   Wait a sec! Didn't you tell
   me once that you dreamed...

Serge:
   (Oh, hell, I guess there's
   no way not to say it now.)

   ...About you and me trying to
   find our way through some
   fortress, and me stabbing you.
   Yeah.

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

[If she isn't]

Nikki:
   That must have been some
   dream... Or more like a
   nightmare? About this place?

Serge:
   Yeah, this place, and me,
   and Kid... In the dream, I
   end up stabbing her.

   (At least Kid isn't here.
   That's enough to make me
   hope that that nightmare was
   just weird, not prophetic.)

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

Luccia:                           | Magus:                       | Nikki:
   And you have not been to dis   |    None of the magic arts    |    And you're sure that
   place before? I do not believe |    to which I have access    |    this dream of yours
   in prophecy. It is...          |    allow a man to foretell   |    was happening here?
   unscientific.                  |    the future. I don't think |
                                  |    it's possible, as such.   |

[Serge shakes his head]

Serge:
   I know it doesn't make sense,
   but I'm sure that this is the
   place in my dream. I remember
   the elevator, and what must be
   the last crystal we have to
   mess around with, and that
   platform over there, the round
   one with the design in it--it's
   some kind of magic transporter.
   When we use it, we'll be taken
   up to another platform, with
   these big double doors, and
   on the other side is...

Guile/Nikki:
   ...Is?

Serge:
   ...is whatever makes me
   stab Kid. That part's kind
   of blurry, though.

Kid:                       | Glenn:
   So all I have to do is  |    But since Kid is not
   make sure ya don't get  |    here, none of us
   near me with a knife,   |    should be in any danger.
   right? 'Cause I'll be   |    Or would you prefer to
   mad as a cut snake if   |    turn back?
   ya say we're turnin'    |
   back over this!         |

[Serge shakes his head again]

Serge:
   No. No, we're not turning back
   because of something that
   MIGHT happen. Especially not
   when something even worse
   MIGHT happen if Lynx activates
   the fort, and...well...I don't
   see anyone else trying to
   stop him.

Kid:                            | Nikki:
   That's the spirit! I tell    |    Yes. Like you said to
   ya, she'll be right, even    |    Macha, this is what Kid
   if yer dreams say different. |    would want us to do.

Serge:
   (I really hope that they're
   right. It's just...I have this
   ugly cold feeling in my gut...
   No, get a grip. It's just
   because of that dream...and
   a dream is all it was. Not a
   prophecy. I have to believe
   that.)

===========================================================
Upper Doors, Fort Dragonia (Another)
===========================================================

[FMV: At the doors, Serge has another flashback to his dream.]

Guile:                           | Glenn:
   So... We have seen it all.    |    It appears that everything
   The crystal, the transporter, |    is exactly as your dream
   and now the double doors.     |    suggested it would be, Serge.

Serge:
   Not quite. In my dreams, the
   fort was full of monsters, not
   human dragoons. (I just wish
   I knew if that's enough of a
   difference to matter!)

Kid:                             | Nikki:
   We're goin' on, right, Serge? |    So we're going in?

[Serge nods]

Serge:
   Yeah. Let's deal with Lynx
   once and for all. (In fact,
   I wouldn't put it past Lynx
   to have sent me that dream.
   ...Except how did HE know,
   then? I mean, he might have
   predicted I'd follow him here,
   but...Kid...)

Kid:              | Glenn:
   C'mon, mate!!! |    Let us go.

===========================================================
Top Level, Fort Dragonia (Another)
===========================================================

Lynx:
   Finally...
   We've been expecting you.

Serge:
   You have? (Don't tell me he
   IS saying he sent me those
   dreams.)

Lynx:
   It was inevitable that you
   would try to stop us.

Serge:
   (Which tells me pretty much
   nothing, but I'm not going to
   come out and ask, either.)

Viper:
   I have nothing personal against
   you, but anyone who hinders our
   plan must be eliminated.
   I am rather sorry about that...

Serge:
   Not as sorry as I am.

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

[If Glenn is present]

Glenn:
   General...!
   What is going on here?

Viper:
   Glenn...
   This need not
   concern you now.
   One day, you will
   understand...

Glenn:
   ......!

Serge:
   ("One day you'll understand..."
   Does he think we're just kids?)

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

[Battle with Viper]


General Viper:
   Care for some warming up
   first, eh? Then come now
   lads, I will take you on!

General Viper:
   Hah-hah-hah!!!

[When Viper is defeated...]

Viper:
   Hah hah hah...
   You are a worthy opponent...
   But let us see how you do now.
   I shall give it my all...

Serge:
   (You mean we're going to have
   to do all this AGAI--wait a
   minute, what's Lynx doing
   with that knife?!)

Glenn: [if present]
   General, behind you!

[Lynx stabs Viper in the back]

Serge:
   (!)

Viper:
   L-Lynx.........
   You......traitor......!

Serge:
   (Okay, I knew Lynx is crazy, but
   I did NOT expect that! Why get
   rid of Viper before us? The old
   man wasn't even trying to stop
   him...)

Lynx:
   You were extremely useful
   in helping me make my way
   around these islands.
   I appreciate your help,
   General.
   However, I no longer
   have any need for you.
   This fort shall serve as
   a fine grave marker for
   you and your dragoons.
   May you rest in peace.

Viper:
   D-Damn...!
   Forgive...me.........
   Riddel......

[Viper collapses]

Kid:                       | Glenn:
   You're just SCUM, Lynx, |    General Viper... A great
   turning on your friends |    man, and you killed him
   like that!              |    for nothing! You deserve
                           |    death, Lynx!

Lynx:
   Now, let this be your
   final resting place
   as well.

[Combat with Lynx. When the party wins...]

Lynx:
   You're more trouble
   than I thought...
   But do you really
   think your skills are
   superior to mine?

Serge:
   Seems to me (pant) we
   just proved it.

Kid: [if present]
   Sore loser!!!

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

[If, on the other hand, Kid was not present, she enters the room
at this point.]

[Kid]
   Hold yer sea horses!!!

Serge:
   Kid?!

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

[This bit is only used if they didn't save Kid and didn't
go back for her, presumably.]

Serge:
   You're alive!!!

Kid:
   I told ya I have more
   lives than a cat!
   No time for chit-chat!

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

[If they did know she was alive...]

Serge:
   (I should have known she would
   come after him--after Lynx.
   Even without us.)

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

Kid:
   You ain't gettin' away
   with what you did, Lynx!!!

Lynx:
   Heh...

Lynx:
   Serge, have you ever
   questioned who you really are?

Serge:
   What do you mean? (Is this
   more of that "Assassin of
   Time" stuff?)

Kid:
   Serge...!?

Lynx:
   What has been the significance
   of your existence up until now?
   On that ominous day 10 years
   ago, the boundary of space and
   time was torn, and part of me,
   in fact, died...

[FMV: the prowl of the panther]

Serge:
   And what does that have to
   do with me? Ten years ago,
   I'd never even met you. Why
   are you interfering in my
   life?

[Serge moves forward a bit. Kid comes up beside him and shakes her head.]

Lynx:
   You cannot defeat me,
   Serge...
   This is because denying me
   is the same as erasing
   your very existence.

Kid:
   Don't be taken in by
   his rubbish, Serge!!!
   This guy's full of it!

Serge:
   I agree: I existed just fine
   before I ever met you.

Lynx:
   Huh...
   We'll see about that.
   There are two sides
   to every coin.
   Life and death......
   Love and hate......
   They are all the same.

Kid:
   What'd you say!?
   Talk some sense, will ya!

[FMV: The Dragon Tear flares, and Serge and Lynx swap bodies.]

Serge:
   (Ugh... Wh-what was that?
   What's happened to me? I...
   dizzy... Like I'm trapped
   in a dream... Is that why
   I'm seeing myself from
   outside myself?)

["Serge" is kneeling on the floor. Kid drops down beside him.]

Kid:
   Serge!
   What's wrong!?

Serge:
   Ah... Uh... (Why can't
   I talk?! It's like my
   mouth won't work...)

Kid:
   LYNX!!!
   What have you
   done to Serge!?

Serge:
   (Why is she looking
   at me? And where did
   Lynx go?)

[Serge looks down]

Serge:
   (Hey, wait a minute--these
   clothes! If I'm wearing
   these, it means that I'm...
   That I'm...

   NO!!! How could this happen?!
   Is this what all that crap
   Lynx was spouting was about?

   I can't let him get away
   with this! But... if I'm
   in his body... that must
   mean he's in mine, and...

   Oh SHIT! He's going to hurt
   Kid! My dream... that's what
   that stupid dream meant all
   along! But how do I stop him?
   They all think he's me, so if
   I attack him, the others
   will... KID will... Argh!)

[He claps both hands to his head and shakes his entire
upper torso from side to side, as though trying to get
rid of something that's clinging to him.]

Kid:
   Serge!
   You alright!?

["Serge" stands up and nods. Kid gets up too.]

"Serge":
   Yes...
   I'm fine...
   I'm just fine,
   Kid.

Serge:
   W-wuht--! (Damn, damn, DAMN!
   I know there's not much chance
   I can stop him, but there's no
   chance at all if I can't talk!)

"Serge":
   What are you doing,
   Lynx?
   Now's your chance,
   Kid!
   Kill him!!!

Kid:
   Yeah...
   I know.

Serge:
   Kuhd... (That almost worked!
   Have to keep trying...and keep
   her away from the real Lynx!)

[Kid walks toward "Lynx", who backs away.]

Kid:
   This is the end of
   you, Lynx!!!
   Say yer prayers!

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

[If Magus is present...]

Magus:
   Wait, you fool! Something
   is wrong here.

Kid:
   If ya think I'm gonna hold
   off on killin' him just 'cause
   YOU think something's a bit
   off--

Magus:
   That may not be Lynx.

Serge:
   (! Did that cold-blooded
   bastard actually figure this
   out?! I don't believe it!)

"Serge":
   What are you babbling about?!
   That proves it--the reason you
   don't remember who you are is
   that you're crazy! Kid, are you
   going to listen to this two-bit
   amnesiac magician when Lynx is
   right in front of you?

Serge:
   Nuh-uh! Ah-eh-eee-- (Damn! I
   still can't...!)

Kid:
   I ain't listenin' to any more
   of this! Not now!

[She lunges at "Lynx"]

Magus:
   You impulsive little idiot!

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

[Battle: "Lynx" versus "Serge", but I'm pretty sure the next bit happens
even if "Lynx" wins (possible in a New Game+)]
   
"Serge":
   You did it,
   Kid.

Kid:
   Y-Yeah...

"Serge":
   Now finish him.
   What's wrong?
   Settle it once
   and for all.

Kid:
   ......

"Serge":
   Here, hand me your dagger.
   I'll finish him off, if you
   can't do it yourself.

Serge:
   N-nuh! (No, Kid, don't give
   him your knife! Don't...)

["Serge" walks over and takes the dagger from Kid]

"Serge":
   Watch this, Kid...
   I'll avenge Lucca for you!
   Die, LYNX!

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

[If Magus is present, he raises a hand]

Magus:
   I somehow suspected you
   wouldn't be amenable to
   reason--

[Purple lightning begins to crackle around his
extended fingers.]

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

Kid:
   WAIT!!!

"Serge":
   What, Kid?
   He's your foe,
   isn't he?

[Kid turns to face "Serge". Magus, if present, ditches the purple
lightning and lowers his hand.]

Kid:
   ......
   How do you know
   Lucca's name?

Magus: [if present]
   ...Lucca...?

"Serge":
   ......?
   What are you talking
   about, Kid...?

Kid:
   Not once did I ever
   mention Lucca's name
   to you, Serge...

"Serge":
   ......!!!

Magus: [if present]
   Fool. Not only could you not
   hide your aura, but you were
   given away by a slip of the
   tongue.

[Kid takes a step back]

Kid:
   No...
   Don't tell me you're...!?

[FMV: "Serge" stabs Kid]

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

[If Magus is present]

Magus:
   That girl was the only link
   I have found with my past.
   How DARE you interfere?!

[A bolt of lightning flashes from Magus' hand.  It misses striking "Serge" only because the
latter teleports out of the way.  A glowing sphere is sent in the opposite direction, and
Magus goes down on his knees.]

Magus:
   ...!

"Serge":
   Huh. Stronger and more stubborn
   than I would have expected...
   Not all that bright, though,
   seeing as you left the girl to
   bleed her life out on the floor
   so that you could attack me--or
   is your wounded pride more
   important to you than her life?
   Hmmm. I wonder who you really
   are...? Not that it matters,
   since you're going to be written
   out of the story now anyway.

Magus:
   I'll rip...that tongue...from
   your head...

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

Skelly:                             | Guile:                    | Nikki:
   What the...?! This isn't funny!  |    I cannot believe this! |    Serge, have you gone crazy?!


"Serge":
   QUIET!!!

["Serge" flings a ball of dark energy at the second (or third, if Magus was the other)
party member, knocking him/her over]

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

[If Magus wasn't present]

"Serge":
   You, too!!!

Member: [yeah, this one time, I'm using it]
   ......!?
   N-Noooooo...!

[And now the remaining party member gets the same treatment]

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

"Serge":
   This is the end of the
   road for you, Kid.

[He grabs Kid by the hair(?) and hauls her up]

Kid:
   U-Ugh...!
   Y-You're Lynx...
   ain't ya!?

Lynx:
   Heh heh heh...!
   I'll send you
   to see Lucca.

Serge:
   Nguh... (Damn it, why? WHY?
   I can barely move...helpless...
   can't stop him... Damn you,
   Lynx! If you hurt her, I'm
   going to track you down and
   kill you even if it takes the
   rest of my life!)

[Lynx draws his knife hand back, then changes his mind and drops her]

Lynx:
   I'll finish
   you off later.

Serge:
   (Was that bastard trying
   to lead me on?!)

[He walks over to Serge, who is still lying on the ground]

Lynx:
   Look at yourself,
   Serge...
   I mean, Lynx!
   Heh heh heh...
   Excellent!
   The enmity is growing!
   The only thing pure in
   this world is enmity!

Serge:
   (Is he saying that making
   me feel this way was the
   only thing he wanted all
   along?! BASTARD!!!!!!!!)

[Magus is still on his knees, off to one side]

Magus:
   So you...think you know...
   about hatred...do you, Lynx?
   It seems...I'll have to...
   teach you...a lesson.

[Lynx ignores him.]

Lynx:
   Well then, the time has
   come for the curtain to fall.
   Your services are no
   longer needed.
   Even your very existence
   is worthless...
   Farewell, Serge.

[Lynx walks over to the pedastel and picks up the Dragon Tear]

Lynx:
   Finally, I have the key.
   The key to the gate of Fate!
   The time has finally come for
   the Frozen Flame to awaken!!!

Serge:
   GrrRRRR! (He means it! He's
   just going to walk away!
   And... "Gate of Fate"...
   awakening the Frozen Flame...
   I don't know what he's talking
   about, but I don't think it's
   good. Well, I'm not going to
   let him do it! It's the last
   thing I can do...for Kid...)

[Lynx vanishes and reappears floating above Serge.]

Lynx:
   Come to the Sea of Eden,
   Serge...
   Should you wish to end
   your dream of 10 years ago...

Serge:
   RRRRARGH! (Oh, yeah, I'll be
   there! You can bet your life
   on it, Lynx!)

[Lynx holds up the Dragon Tear. There's a flash, the room shakes, and the dragon statues
around the edges disintegrate. As the room continues to waver, Lynx delivers one last
line:]

[Lynx]
   Now, let love bleed!
   Darker and deeper
   than the seas of hell!
   Heh heh heh...!
   HAH HAH HAH HAAAH...!

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

[If Magus isn't here, we cut directly to the FMV, but if he is...]

[Lynx vanishes. Once he's gone, we see Magus struggle to his feet.
Kid is lying on the floor in the middle of a pool of blood. Serge is
unconscious, hanging in midair and wreathed about with purple
lightning. It--and he--are gradually fading into transparency. Magus
looks up at the dangling Serge, and shakes his head.]

Magus:
   Too late to pull that apart
   now--disrupting the spell
   would probably just lead to
   him being split in two. But
   the girl...

[He limps through the wavering room toward Kid.]

Magus:
   Healing isn't my specialty,
   but I should at least be able
   to keep her from bleeding out.
   How ironic for me to be saving
   her life AGAIN...

[He has just about reached her when there is a bright flash that obscures the
entire screen for a moment. When it fades, Kid is gone, leaving behind only
the puddle of blood.]

Magus:
   Gone...?!

[He turns around and staggers back over to Serge]

Magus:
   There's no time... If I leave
   to search for her, and find
   nothing, you'll be gone by
   the time I get back. And if
   I let you BOTH get away, I'll
   never get the answers I need.

[Magus grabs onto Serge's legs. There's a crackling noise, then they both
become silhouettes that slowly fade into nothing, taking the rest of the
screen with them.]

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

[FMV: Kid at the beach]



And there it ends. Next time, we get to see Serge talk Magus out of killing
Harle in a fit of pique...


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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #125 on: February 01, 2010, 08:33:41 pm »
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAH.

Awesome. I can't wait to start reading all the Lynx chapters--providing, of course, that Lynx gains control of his voice. It was my favorite part of the game, after all! :D

Haha, there needs to be a TVTrope for this. Instead of "Instant Awesome Just Add Ninja," it's "Instant Awesome Just Add Magus." Even though I would never have pictured him working as a character in this game, he fits really well.

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« Reply #126 on: February 01, 2010, 10:19:16 pm »
This is beyond awesome. You've got a better knack for these kinds of things than I do.

Makes me wonder if Kato is reading this... >_> :P

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #127 on: February 01, 2010, 11:17:15 pm »
Ah, so instead of Pip, it's Magus!

Well, it was interesting, though I guess my doubts will remain unanswered...

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #128 on: February 02, 2010, 09:55:38 am »
Aw, shucks.  ::blushing::

@Katie Skyye: Don't worry, poor Serge gets control of his voice back in the next chapter. It may be...interesting...to see him trying to impersonate the real Lynx for the Porreans, especially given that they've only met twice. Of course, I haven't gotten that far yet.

Adding Magus to anything makes it awesome because Magus is awesome. (::cough:: Um, sorry, got carried away there for a bit.  :oops:)

@skylark: I suppose it's remotely possible that Kato could be lurking here, assuming that the Infamous Kato CE Post was real. Man, now I'm getting nervous again.  :lol:

@Acacia Sgt: I ended up deciding to write Pip out. There is no way I could possibly give all 44 of the original PCs a satisfactory level of treatment, and Pip didn't have much of a role in the main story. Sorry if that disappoints you.

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« Reply #129 on: February 02, 2010, 06:31:47 pm »
No, I'm not disappointed, just noted how in the original it's Pip who is also present while Lynx, and in here, it's Magus.

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« Reply #130 on: February 04, 2010, 08:42:47 am »
::blink:: It is? I didn't think you kept any of the already-recruited characters during the transition from Serge to Lynx in the normal game, but I've never actually had Pip at Fort Dragonia with me, even when I've bothered to recruit him...

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« Reply #131 on: February 04, 2010, 03:57:43 pm »
No, it doesn't. Just the fact he will be present in both parts... like Pip, except without having to re-recruit.

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« Reply #132 on: February 11, 2010, 08:39:12 pm »
@Acacia Sgt: I didn't think you could re-recruit anyone you already had as Serge after becoming Lynx
either (although I would assume that Pip, like Skelly, falls into the class of characters you can
recruit during either segment).



Yup, this was another short chapter. Magus once again got quite a bit of screen time, but that's
easier to justify with only four characters to worry about...



14. Temporal Vortex - Where lost souls wander...

Max recruits: Lynx-Serge, Magus.
Recruitable: Sprigg, Harle.


===========================================================
Temporal Vortex
===========================================================

[The screen flickers back into view, and Lynx-Serge appears, lying unconscious
on the right side fo the first area of the Temporal Vortex, near Sprigg's
house. If Magus was present in the previous chapter, he's there as well, lying
near Serge; otherwise, Serge is alone.]

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

[If Magus is there, he wakes up first, and gets to his
feet. He turns around slowly, examining their surroundings.]

Magus:
   ...This place is ridiculous.

[He prods Lynx-Serge with the toe of his boot. Serge stirs a bit, but then
subsides again, so Magus repeats the treatment.]

Magus:
   Wake up. I'm not
   carrying you.

[He prods Serge one more time. This time, the latter sits up.]

Magus:
   Hmph. Just so that I can
   confirm what I sensed back
   there--you ARE Serge,
   aren't you?

[Serge nods.]

Serge:
   (So when he said all that
   stuff to Lynx...it was just
   a guess?)

Magus:
   Good. I'd never seen two
   people's auras get exchanged
   that way before--or at least,
   not that I can remember--so I
   wasn't sure. Do you have any
   idea where we are?

[Serge looks around, then shakes his head.]

Serge:
   (In trouble, maybe? This place
   looks like a little kid got
   hold of some paints, and
   decided to paint the world.)

Magus:
   Cat got your tongue?

[Serge shakes his head again.]

Serge:
   (Oh, hell... I guess I can't
   spend the rest of my life as
   a mute. Lynx didn't seem to
   have any trouble running MY
   mouth, so maybe if I take it
   slowly...)

   Nuh. Buh s'har' t'tawk. S'like
   muh mout's t'wron' shape.

   (Huh--that actually wasn't too
   bad. I mean, it wasn't perfect,
   but I could mostly make out
   what I was saying. I guess I
   just need to practice. And
   concentrate.)

Magus:
   It probably is--but work on it.
   Right now, you sound like
   you're drunk.

Serge:
   You din--DIDN'T have to come
   with me to whar--WHEREVER this
   is, you know.

   (Ugh, this guy is such a PAIN.
   You'd think he thought he was
   going to die horribly if he
   said one thing that was nice,
   or even just polite.)

Magus:
   You're right--I didn't.

Serge:
   ...

   (How do you even ANSWER him
   when he says something like
   that? I mean, I could tell
   him to blow it out his ear,
   but no one else made it here
   with me, and if there are
   monsters around, I might
   need him to help fight them.)

Magus:
   This isn't getting us out of
   here any faster. Get up.

Serge:
   (Sigh. I guess that's one
   thing we can agree on.)

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

[If Magus isn't there, Lynx-Serge wakes up alone.]

Serge:
   (Ugh, that was some nightmare.
   That fort, and...Kid... Wait a
   minute, my hands are... But if
   I'm in Lynx's body, then it was
   all real, and Kid... Oh, man,
   what am I doing just sitting
   here?! I have to help her!)

[He gets to his feet, then stops and looks around.]

Serge:
   (But where do I even start
   looking for her? This isn't
   Fort Dragonia--even I can
   tell that much. Hell, I'm
   not even sure it's part of
   the real world--it looks
   like a little kid's scribble-
   drawing! Still, that does
   look like some kind of building
   over there. Maybe there's
   someone there who can tell me
   where this is.)

[He takes a step or two toward Sprigg's place, then stops again.]

Serge:
   (If I can talk to them. Hell,
   I forgot about that part. Okay,
   deep breaths. Maybe if I try
   to speak really slowly and
   carefully...)

   Heh...huh...suh...see. She.
   She sells. Sea shells. By
   the. Sea shore. Okay. Just
   have to remuh--REMEMBER to
   go slow, and move my tom--
   TONGUE a bit differently.

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

[At this point we have the sequence of play with branch -> fruit falls ->
Sprigg unlocks her door so that she can run outside and get it -> the party
sneaks into her house while the door is open.]

===========================================================
Sprigg's House, Temporal Vortex
===========================================================

[Lynx-Serge (and Magus, if present) has just entered and is standing in the middle
of the floor when Sprigg returns.]

Sprigg:
   'EY YOU!!!
   Wot are you doin'
   in me 'ouse!?

Serge:
   (Oh, great going, Serge--make
   the first person you meet here
   so angry at you that...she?...
   won't explain anything.)

   Sorry to intrude, but I was
   hoping that you could answer
   some questions, like, um,
   where are we exactly?

Sprigg:
   Hmmm...
   I figured you for another
   wanderin' spirit...
   'ow many yearz has it been
   since a physical bein'
   wandered into this world...?
   Very strange indeed...

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

[If Magus is present]

Magus:
   I'm not sure that I would
   dignify this place by calling it
   a "world". It doesn't appear to
   be anything more than a pocket
   dimension at best.

Serge:
   (A pocket...what? On second
   thought, I don't think I want
   to know badly enough to ask.)

Sprigg:
   An' wot would you be knowin'
   about pocket dimensionz...?
   Ah, I know that face! You're
   the one young Guile brought
   to the Guild not long before
   I ended up 'ere! "Magus",
   wozen't it?

Magus:
   And you would be...Sprigg, I
   believe.

Serge:
   You two...know each other?

Magus:
   We met once, briefly.

Sprigg:
   So wot bringz you to me strange
   little world?

Magus:
   A man named Lynx thought this
   would be a good place for Serge
   here to visit. I just tagged
   along because I wanted some
   answers. Unfortunately, all I
   seem to have found are more
   questions.

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

[If Serge is alone...]

Serge:
   This world? So this
   really isn't part of
   the real world?

Sprigg:
   Sorry--I've been stuck 'ere
   for a long time with no one
   to talk to but meself, so I
   ramble a bit. No, this izn't
   part of the real world. I
   don't really know what it iz,
   other than 'ard to get out
   of. I've been lookin' for a
   way back to the real world
   for a long time.

[Serge scuffs his foot.]

Serge:
   (Damn it, this is just so
   messed up! I have to get
   back to Kid! I can't just
   stay here looking for a
   way out! Argh!)

Sprigg:
   Are you all right,
   youngster?

Serge:
   I'm just frustrated. It's...
   everything's going wrong all
   of a sudden, and I can't do
   anything about it!

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

Sprigg:
   Rightly so, the world
   is controlled by chance
   and chaos.
   Anythin' can 'appen
   as quick as a wink.
   Nobody knowz.
   Somethin' you 'ave today
   may be gone tomorrow.
   Just like this berry
   I'm 'oldin'.

Sprigg:
   Important stuff, irreplaceable
   stuff: all theze may come to
   'arm with superlative eaze.

Sprigg:
   And wot'z frightenin' is...
   There be absolutely no meanin'
   to wot 'appens in our
   daily livez...

Magus:   | Serge:
   Hmph. |    (No meaning? Does she really
         |    believe that?)

[Sprigg climbs the ladder to the upper platform.]

Sprigg:
   Meanin' is non-existent.
   No matter wot'z born,
   lost or changed...
   It'z beyond calculation.
   There be no one or nothin'
   watchin' over you...
   Such is life.

Magus:                           | Serge:
   So much the better. I don't   |    (That's like what Kid...)
   need some...cosmic Entity...  |    But isn't meaning something
   to help me up whenever I fall |    we can MAKE, if we try hard
   down. I prefer to make my own |    enough?
   meaning--and my own luck.     |

Sprigg:
   You young'unz are such
   optimists.

Magus: [if present]
   It's better to act and get
   no result than to do
   nothing and arrive at the
   same conclusion.

[Sprigg climbs into the hammock and lies down.]

Sprigg:
   I'm goin' to bed.
   I suggest ya rest up, too.

[Fadeout. The next morning, when the party tries to leave...]

Sprigg:
   Just a second there.
   I give ya a place to
   sleep, and you're leavin'
   without a word of thanks?

Serge:
   Um, sorry. Didn't
   mean to be rude.

Serge: [if Magus is present]
   (Or I didn't, anyway. What
   Magus meant is anybody's
   guess.)

[Sprigg jumps down from the hammock.]

Sprigg:
   I'm comin' with ya.
   I have a feelin' I can
   get outta 'ere if I
   tag along.
   Besides, ya won't be
   able to make it inside
   that tower alone.
   I'll open it for ya.

Serge:
   You mean...that tower up
   above? If the way out is
   through there, why haven't
   you used it before?

Sprigg:
   Tried that a few timez, but
   it'z a maze in there. I'm
   hopin' you'll have an eazier
   time figurin' it out.

 [System]
   Sprigg joined ya party!

===========================================================
Tower, Temporal Vortex
===========================================================

[When they enter the tower, Harle is there, on the upper level, waiting
for them.]

Harle:
   You are très late, non?
   Come on, Monsieur Lynx,
   let'z go.
   We don't have ze time
   to be dawdling here.
   We may truly get
   lost in time.
   I can't afford to
   lose you just yet.

   ~~~I'm not Lynx...!       |   ~~~Am I Lynx...?
                             |
Harle:                       | Harle:
   You are no longuer        |    Exactement.
   Serge.                    |    You are now Monsieur Lynx.
   You are Monsieur Lynx.    |    You are no longuer Serge.

Serge:
   I don't believe that! I may
   LOOK like Lynx, but I know
   who I am. I could never do
   the things Lynx has done.

[Harle jumps down to the lower level]

Harle:
   Allons, regarde-toi!
   Just look at yourself...
   Who in zeir right mind
   iz going to believe you
   are Serge?
   C'est simple.
   If everybody, except for
   yourself, sayz zat you
   are Monsieur Lynx...zen...

[Harle jumps back up to the higher level again]

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

[If Magus is present.]

Magus:
   What nonsense are you spouting
   now? Altering someone's body...
   even erasing his memory...
   those things do not change his
   spirit, his SELF, one iota.
   Identity isn't something that's
   manufactured by the people
   around you--if it were, I would
   be a far different person.

   This man has made it clear
   through his actions that he
   is Serge, not Lynx. Stop
   wasting our time with this
   garbage; my patience is
   wearing thin.

Harle:
   Ah, oui, ze other Monsieur
   Lynx warned me about you--ze
   stubborn mage. But zair are
   many who would say you are not
   in your right mind, non? And
   so you do not count.

[Magus shoots straight up off the floor and pulls his scythe. Floating level with
Harle, he draws it back as though preparing to swing.]

Magus:
   Spare me your insults and your
   pointless prattling! If you
   intend to fight us, then do so.
   If not, get out...or you may
   find yourself shorter by a head.

Serge:
   Uh, Magus? That's enough.
   (Not that I like the crazy
   clown girl, but...)

[Magus looks down.]

Magus:
   You DARE to command me?!

Serge:
   (Oh, boy--this is going to be
   like trying to haul in a shark
   with a rotted fishing line.)

   I just think that maybe we
   ought to get out of here first,
   that's all. You can always kill
   her once we're back in the real
   world.

   (I can't believe I just said
   that!)

Magus:
   Hmph. Well, perhaps you're
   right. She got here somehow,
   so she might also know where
   the exit is.

[He puts the scythe away and drops back to the floor.]

Magus:
   Say your piece, clown, but don't
   expect me to laugh.

Harle:
   Ooh la lah, you are a rude one,
   non? In any case, my business
   iz not with you, it iz with
   Monsieur Lynx.

Serge:
   I keep telling you--I'm Serge!
   (Why won't she LISTEN?!)

Harle:
   So you still insist on this
   ...identité, do you?

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

[If Magus isn't there, this section continues along its normal course...

Harle:
   Voilà!
   You are Monsieur Lynx!
   It'z az simple az zat.
   Zat iz who you are!
   C'est la réalité!
   If you try and go against
   réalité...
   Réalité will surely
   crush you.
   Réalité will kill you.
   And réalité will continue
   to go on az if not'ing
   ever happened...
   From yesterday to today,
   and from today to tomorrow.
   Réalité marchez on...
   Leaving your crushed
   body behind...

[Lynx-Serge moves forward into the middle of the lower level]

   ~~~But I'm Serge!          |   ~~~I'm...Lynx...?
                              |
Harle:                        | Harle:
   Ooh la lah...              |    Bravo, c'est exact.
   So, you still insist zat   |    You are Monsieur Lynx...
   you are Serge, oui?        |

Serge:
   This is a load of bullshit!
   LOOKING like Lynx doesn't make
   me Lynx. (Why is she making
   such a big deal out of this?
   She shouldn't care if I call
   myself Serge, Lynx, or... or
   Scholtenheim Reinbach VII!)

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

[Harle teleports down to near floor level, then begins to walk up the wall as
though gravity for her is at a 90-degree angle to what everyone else is getting.]

Harle:
   Regarding your mémoire
   az zis Serge...
   You may be able to rewrite it
   if you use ze Dragon Tear.

Serge:
   Why would I want to? (Argh...
   I suppose asking her to make
   sense is pointless.)

[Another teleport. Harle walks back down the wall again.]

Harle:
   In réalité, you died
   10 yearz ago in ze
   other world.
   How can you say for sure
   zis iz ze real you?

Serge:
   For the fifth time, WHY DOES
   IT MATTER?! If I'm dead, and
   this is some kind of dream,
   then it doesn't hurt anyone
   for me to treat it like it's
   real. And if it is real, and
   I have every reason to believe
   it is, I could do a heck of
   a lot of damage by treating
   it like a dream!

[Another teleport, and up the wall.]

Harle:
   Maybe for you it
   is évident, but...
   I wonder if you ever
   really were Serge...?

Serge:
   (I guess I'm going to have
   to just grit my teeth and
   wait her out. Sooner or later,
   she's going to either attack
   or leave, and if she leaves,
   we can try to follow her.)

[Down the wall... Excuse me, I have the theme from the old, old Spiderman
cartoon running through my head now. Argh. "Spiderman, Spiderman/Does whatever
a spider can/Spins a web, any size/Captures thieves just like flies..."]

Harle:
   Furthermore...
   what waz zis Serge?
   A figure, a shape?
   A spirit?
   A soul?
   Where waz zis Serge?

Serge: [if Magus is present]
   (I'm starting to think I
   should have let Magus take
   her head off.)

[Harle vanishes, and an illusion of Serge appears on the upper level instead]

Illusion-Serge:
   Who am...
   I?
   Who are...
   you?
   You're not me.
   I'm not you.
   I am reality...
   You are...

Serge:
   (HE'S reality? I don't think so.
   But I'll give him this: he isn't
   me. Just like I'm not Lynx.)

   (...Have I really been walking
   around all this time with that
   dorky expression on my face?)

[Illusion-Serge wanders out through one of the upper-level doors.]

Sprigg:
   Now, open the door
   to reality only.
   One mistake, and you'll
   never make it back
   to the real world.

Serge:
   So which is the door to reality?

Magus:                          | Sprigg:
   Try following that illusion. |    That'z the part I
   That girl must have created  |    could never figure
   it for a reason.             |    out.

Serge:
   (Sigh. Okay, I guess we follow
   that thing and hope it wasn't
   Harle's idea of a joke.)

===========================================================
Escheresque Area, Temporal Vortex
===========================================================

[They emerge from the tower into another nonsensical area, where
Harle is waiting for them.]

Harle:
   How boring...
   Fine, I understand
   how you feel.
   Let'z head back to
   reality.
   
 [System]
   Harle joined your partie!

Serge:
   So you do know the way out.

Harle:
   But of course! I would never
   be so foolish az to let myself
   be stranded here.

Serge:
   (Was that supposed to be
   insulting, or...? Damn it,
   normal girls like Kid are
   complicated enough--this
   one makes no sense at all.
   The only thing I can figure
   out is that she has a big-
   time crush on Lynx, but then
   why is she following ME
   around...?)

===========================================================
Hydra Marshes (Home)
===========================================================

[After they jump into the hole at the end of the designed-by-Escher area,
the Hydra Marshes waver into view, and the party appears on the end of a
hummock-thing.]

Harle:
   We are back to réalité.
   Doez zis place look familiar
   to you, Monsieur Lynx?
   Do you need moi to tell
   you where we are?

   ~~~No, I already know     |   ~~~Yes, tell me
                             |
Harle:                       | Harle:
   Ahhh, you remember.       |    Tsk, tsk, tsk...
   Then let'z leave zis      |    You don't remember?
   forest marshez at once.   |    We are very close to your home.
                             |    We are in ze Hydra Marshes.
                             |    You remember now, non?
                             |    Although I do not know if
                             |    ze Hydra still existz.
                             |

                             | Serge:
                             |    Let's not talk about the
                             |    hydra. (Near MY home, she
                             |    said...but she also called
                             |    me "Monsieur Lynx" again.
                             |    Does that mean Lynx is
                             |    from Arni? I've never heard
                             |    of demi-humans living in
                             |    our village...)

Sprigg:
   ...Ahhh...yes...
   I'm finally back in
   the real world!

[Sprigg bounces around a bit over the course of her next couple
of lines.]

Sprigg:
   Ahhh...
   A world with substance...
   Even the water and
   air is different!
   This is great!

Serge:
   (I guess I don't blame her for
   enjoying herself--if I'd been
   stuck inside a scribble-drawing
   for who knows how long, I'd
   probably go a bit nuts after
   getting out too.)

Sprigg:
   It's time to pahr-tay!
   Let's have a toast to our
   return into the real world!
   
Harle:
   Listen, old lady... You are
   not getting any younger.
   Try to control your emotionz.
   And zere iz absolument no
   time to be partying!
   We must hurry along.

Magus: [if present]
   I agree. We are wasting time.

Sprigg:
   Wot's your problem, lass?
   It's been yearz since I've
   been back to the real world.
   You sure are a buzz-kill.
   ...So anyway, where to now?

[Lynx-Serge ponders.]

Serge:
   (Damn, where DO we go? I need
   to find Kid and...Lynx..., but
   I don't even know for sure if
   we're in the right world or
   not.)

Harle:
   Ooh, Monsieur Lynx...
   You seem worried about
   zat Serge character.
   Do you still remember?
   Ze place where it all started...
   '"Where Angelz Lose Zeir Way"'...

Serge:
   (I guess maybe that IS the
   place to start. If the portal
   still works, it doesn't matter
   which side of it we're on
   right now...)

Sprigg:
   Where Angels......... WHATEVER!
   It has a bad ring to it.
   So wot exactly is it?
   
Harle:
   A gate to anodder world......
   Somet'ing like zat.

Sprigg:
   Wot!? Are you sayin'
   there's another dimensional
   distortion in this world!?
   Hya-hya-hyah!
   Very interestin', indeed!
   So, where is this place?

Serge:
   Opassa Beach. It isn't very far
   from here, once we get out of
   the swamp.

Harle:
   Let'z just get going! But first,
   we must leave zis forest.

[Sprigg jumps back down to rejoin the rest of the party, and for a moment,
the dimensional distortion leading to the Temporal Vortex appears. Then it
fades away.]

Sprigg:
   Wot the...?
   It disappeared...
   Wot's goin' on?

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

[If Magus is present]

Magus:
   The dimensional discontinuity
   shrank in on itself and became
   inaccessible. It almost reminds
   me of...

Serge:
   Of what?

[Magus shakes his head]

Magus:
   Something else that's fallen
   through the gaping hole in
   my memory, apparently.

   However, I have an unpleasant
   suspicion that this may turn
   out to be...prophetic.

Serge:
   What do you mean?

Magus:
   I mean that we may not
   find anything at Opassa
   when we get there.

Serge:
   You're saying that you think
   we're trapped in this world.
   Whichever one it is. (But he's
   just guessing, right? Except...
   he's a good guesser. He's proven
   that. Oh, man...)

Magus:
   Let us say that I will be
   pleasantly surprised if I turn
   out to be wrong.




And that's all for this time, folks. In our next episode: closed gates, maternal recognition, and
geezers with vicious walking sticks...

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #133 on: February 16, 2010, 09:13:44 pm »
And another short chapter. Magus stole even more screen time, but not
as much as I was afraid he would. Sprigg may have gotten a bit short-
changed, though.



15. The Lost Portal - Isolation of people from the world...

Max recruits: Lynx-Serge, Magus, Sprigg, Harle.
Recruitable: Radius.


===========================================================
Serge's House, Arni (Home)
===========================================================

[If they go to Arni before going to Opassa]

Marge:
   I wonder where
   my son wandered
   off to?
   Well, I guess
   boys will be
   boys...

Serge:
   (I should tell her, but...why
   would she believe me? And
   besides, she doesn't seem all
   that worried. Which is good,
   because it may take me a while
   to track Lynx down and sort
   this out.)

Marge:
   Oh my.
   A demi-human
   in our village?
   I strongly advise you
   to be on your guard.
   The village folks
   don't take too kindly
   to demi-humans.

Serge:
   I...um...thank you for your
   advice, ma'am. (That's right,
   isn't it? People in Arni
   started getting funny about
   demi-humans around the time
   Dad disappeared...)

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

[Player attempts to use the Astral Amulet. Serge "assumes the position",
then shakes his head as nothing happens.]

Sprigg:
   Wot's wrong, Lynx?
   Don't tell me the dimensional
   gate won't open...!?
   HEH!

Serge:
   It isn't funny--and I keep
   telling you, my name is
   SERGE. Not Lynx.

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

[If Magus is present, he crouches down to examine the spot in the sand where the
portal should be, then shakes his head and straightens up again.]

Magus:
   There IS something here, but
   it's closed down so tight that
   I don't think a sand flea could
   get through, much less a human
   being.

Sprigg:
   An' how would ya
   be knowin' that?

Magus:
   At some time, I must have
   studied...not these dimensional
   portals, but something LIKE
   them--similar enough that I
   can detect this one's energies.

Serge:
   (Why would he have studied
   something like that? I mean,
   what could possibly be out
   there that's LIKE a dimensional
   portal without BEING one? He...
   was he working for Lynx, during
   the time that he doesn't
   remember? No, that makes no
   sense--they'd never get along,
   and anyway, Magus was on the
   continent until Guile called
   him to Guldove...)

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

Harle:
   Of course it won't open.
   Ze missing piece to zis
   world haz been found.
   Zere iz not'ing we can do.
   You are now just an
   unwanted piece.

Serge:
   You mean... I was able to
   cross over before because I
   was dead in the other world
   and alive here, but now that
   Lynx has my body, the portal
   doesn't recognize me as "Serge"
   anymore? (Is that why she's
   been spouting all that garbage
   about me being Lynx?)

Magus: [if present]
   No, I'm fairly certain that's
   a red herring. The distortion
   should have responded to my
   prodding, even if we couldn't
   pass through it. Something
   external seems to be holding
   it shut, but the source of the
   energies involved isn't here.
   We need to find that source.

Sprigg:
   Very interestin'...
   What are ya gonna do now,
   Lynx?
   'ow about we go explain
   your situation to your movver?
   We may be able to find
   somethin' out.

Serge:
   (My MOTHER? Why would she know
   anything about any of this? But
   I don't know what else to do...)

   I guess we'll go to Arni, then.

===========================================================
Arni (Home)
===========================================================

[As soon as they enter the line of sight of the old man at the edge of
the village...]

 [Old Man]
   ......!?

   Huh!? Demi-humans...!?
   What do you monsters
   want from us!?

Harle:
   Excusez-moi, geezer!
   What kind of attitude
   iz zat!?
   I will kick your derrière
   to ze moon, if you talk
   to mon Lynx comme ça!

Serge:
   Harle, calm down. It doesn't
   matter what he thinks of me.
   Let's just finish our business,
   and leave.

 [Old Man]
   Arghhh...!!!
   FREAK...!

Serge:
   (This feels so wrong...and so
   ugly. I've known Grandpa Timon
   all my life, and he's a nice
   guy. I didn't think there was
   anyone he hated enough to call
   a monster to his face.]

[If they speak to Leena (out on the dock?)]

Leena:
   AHHH!!!
   W-Who are you...?

Serge:
   Leena, it's me, Serge.
   (I know it's a long shot, but
   we've known each other since
   we were little kids...)

Leena:
   WHAT!? Serge!?
   No...
   That's a lie!!!
   W-What the heck
   is going on!?

Serge:
   Well, it's kind of a long story,
   but the short version is that a
   demi-human stole my real body,
   and stuffed me into his. (Oh,
   man, that sounds lame...)

Leena:
   I'm sorry, but
   I don't believe you.
   How am I supposed to
   believe you're Serge
   when you look like that...?
   I'm sorry.

Serge:
   I told you, this is--
   Oh, what's the use. I give up.
 
[If they speak to Una]

Una:
   W-W-Who or what
   are you...?
   What do you want?

Serge:
   Una, you're probably not going
   to believe me, but...I'm Serge.

Una:
   WHAT!!!? No way...!
   You're Sergey!?
   YOU...!?
   Give me a break...
   Our Sergey is human!
   Read my lips!
   H-U-M-A-N!
   He's not a demi-
   human like you!
   You're full of it!

Harle:
   Well...?
   What shall you do,
   Monsieur Lynx?
   Nobody in your village
   believez zat
   you are Serge.

Una:
   Of course we
   don't believe you!
   Everyone in this village
   knows Sergey! We're not
   gonna be fooled by a bunch
   of demi-humans like you!
   I don't know what you
   jokers are up to, but just
   get the hell outta our village!

Serge:
   (I could probably convince most
   of them if I had a while to work
   on it, but everyone's so dead-
   set against talking to a demi-
   human that I'm going to have a
   hard time getting the chance.
   Damn it all... Hell, I'll bet
   this is probably Lynx's fault.
   Somehow.)

[If they talk to the random kid who wanted the komodo scale(?)]

 [Boy]
   WOW! You sure are
   strange lookin'!
   Are you a cat-man?
   Y-Y-You're not gonna...
   bite my head off or scratch
   me to death, are you?

   But I'm not
   afraid of you!
   I'm big and strong!
   Besides, my Sergey
   will protect me!

Harle:
   Hmmm... I see...
   Serge would do
   zat for you...?
   If zat iz ze case,
   zen you are safe.
   No one will be able
   to hurt you.

 [Boy]
   I know!
   Hah! So there!

Serge:
   Don't worry, I wouldn't want
   to hurt you anyway. (Man, even
   the kids... But I suppose most
   of them have never even seen a
   demi-human before. They've
   never been to Termina, or even
   Guldove.)

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

[If Magus is present...]

Magus:
   I've never before travelled
   with someone who inspires
   greater fear than I do.

Harle:
   And you are missing ze
   attention, are you? Wanting
   zem to cower before you, ze
   great mage, and not before
   mon Lynx?

Magus:
   If I needed them to fear me,
   I could have them out of their
   minds with terror quickly
   enough. But this is much more
   interesting.

Serge:
   (I wonder if Guile's ever been
   brave enough to tell this guy
   that he's weird?)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   
===========================================================
Serge's House, Arni (Home)
===========================================================

Marge:
   Who might you be?
   May I help you?

Serge:
   Um... Hi, Mom.
   I'm home.

Marge:
   What...?
   What did you just say...!?
   You're Serge...?

Serge:
   On the inside, anyway.
   (I guess it really IS true
   that a mother always knows
   her children. She's the first
   one who didn't see it all
   happen who's even let that
   thought cross her mind.)

Marge:
   ......
   Please explain to me exactly
   what is going on here...

Serge:
   I'll try, but it's a really
   long story. (And it gets longer
   every time I tell it--how many
   times has it been now?)

[fadeout/fade-in]

Marge:
   ......
   I see... So that man told
   you to go to the Sea of Eden.

Serge:
   Yeah, well, he also told me
   my existence was worthless.
   I'm not sure I want to believe
   anything he said...but it's
   our only lead right now,
   unless we can get back to the
   other world.

Marge:
   I really don't know about
   dimensional distortions or
   about the other world.
   But if, like you say,
   something big is really
   on the verge of happening...
   It may have all started
   14 years ago...
   On the night of the storm...
   
[Flashback. The screen fades to an image of the Sea of Eden overworld map,
with some terrible weather going on in the foreground.]

 [Marge]
   That night, your father, Wazuki,
   and his friend Miguel set out
   to sea, despite a storm...
   It was an emergency...

   They were swallowed by the high
   waves and lost consciousness.
   When they came to, they found
   themselves inside the Dead Sea...

   A place where no living creature
   dares enter. I don't know what
   he saw or what happened, but
   that incident changed your father.
   And your father's friend, Miguel...
   That was Leena's father.
   He never returned...

   Back then, that place
   wasn't called
   the Dead Sea...
   Yes, I believe they called it
   the '"Sea of Eden"'...
   That was 14 years ago.

[We return to present-day Arni.]

Serge:
   ...14 years ago... I was the
   emergency, wasn't I? They were
   trying to get me to the witch
   doctor in Marbule.

Marge:
   Yes, that's right. I'm surprised
   you remember. You were still so
   young back then...

Serge:
   Leena asked me about it over and
   over again. For years. Because
   Dad wouldn't tell her about it.

   (...Not that I could help her
   much. I remember a bit about the
   storm, but not where we were
   when we came out of it. I sure
   as heck don't know what happened
   to Leena's dad. Did he die
   there, inside the Dead Sea? Dad
   always said he got washed
   overboard in the storm, but Dad
   was starting to act weird by
   then...)

 [Radius]
   Are you the ones everybody
   is talking about?

[Everyone turns to face Radius as he enters]

Radius:
   No...this can't be...
   Are you Lynx!?
   You're still alive...!?

Serge:
   You...know me? (I'll probably
   get the answer faster that way
   than if I try to explain that
   I'm really Serge...)

Radius:
   Step outside,
   Lynx!
   For I, too, was once a
   valiant member of the
   Acacia Dragoons!
   I must put a stop to you!

Serge:
   (Wait a minute, Lynx was
   involved with the Dragoons in
   this world, too? And was it
   the Lynx who did this to me,
   or is there a this-world Lynx
   too...?)

Harle:
   Lah-la-la...
   Geezer, I wouldn't
   show off like zat.
   Zat iz if you want
   to live...
   Do not underestimate
   ze power of Monsieur Lynx.
   One blow and it'z off to
   ze other world wit' you!

Serge:
   Harle, I wish you would stop
   threatening people every time
   they say something about me
   that you don't like--

[Radius crouches down and puts his hand on his cane and such a way that you'd
think it was a sword and that he was about to do a Himura Kenshin impression.]

Radius:
   Silence!
   Now step outside!

Serge:
   (Sigh. I get the feeling he
   isn't going to talk until
   we get this over with...)

[Battle with Radius. Afterwards...]

Radius:
   Hmmm...!?
   I do not sense any
   malice in your attacks...

Serge:
   That's because I'm not really
   Lynx. I'm Serge. This body...
   is something the real Lynx
   did to me.

[Radius shakes his head]

Serge:
   Look, why don't we tell you
   the story and let you judge
   for yourself? (Not that I
   WANT to tell it again, but...)

Radius:
   That might be best.

Serge:
   So it all started when...

[The screen fades out, then in, as Serge gestures
animatedly.]

Radius:
   Another world...and
   the General is still
   active there?

Serge:
   General Viper? Well, he was
   "active" up to the point where
   Lynx stabbed him in the back.
   I suppose it's possible he
   might have survived...

Magus: [if present]
   He was still breathing when
   I followed you into the vortex.

[Radius turns away and begins rubbing his chin as he speaks]

Radius:
   Here, the general
   has been missing for
   the past 3 years...

Serge:
   Because of something
   Lynx did?

Radius:
   Lynx was the one who organized
   the trip that Viper and the
   bulk of the Dragoons' officers
   were on when they vanished. Lynx
   never returned either, and there
   is nothing in particular that
   suggests he was responsible for
   whatever happened, but it is
   suspicious.

Serge:
   (I'll bet it WAS Lynx.)

   So where were they going?

Radius:
   To the Dead Sea.

Serge:
   (!)

[Radius turns back to face the party again.]

Radius:
   I shall accompany you!
   We may still have a chance
   to save the general and
   Riddel in the other world.

Serge:
   Um, sure. Glad to have you.
   (He probably has a better idea
   of where to look for information
   on the Dead Sea than we do.)

Harle:
   Zut! This geezer
   iz only going to
   get in ze way...

[System]
   Radius joined your party!

Radius:
   First, we must
   head to Termina...
   and gather news about
   General Viper's
   disappearance from
   this world.
   Don't worry, we will
   find a clue to return
   to the other world.

Serge:
   I'm not worried. (One way or
   the other, I WILL get back
   there. No way am I letting
   Lynx run around with my body
   for one second more than I
   have to.)

[If they speak to Marge again]

Marge:
   There are people out there
   who won't judge you
   by your appearance.
   Just keep your head up
   and do your best.
   Understand, Serge?

Serge:
   Yeah, Mom, I'll try.
   (At least she didn't tell me
   to make sure to brush my
   teeth every night while I'm
   away...)




And that's it, folks. I'm hoping that the next chapter will be another short one,
since half of the original is devoted to optional characters that I've decided to cut...

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Re: Chrono Helix (script)
« Reply #134 on: February 17, 2010, 09:09:21 am »
Hehehehe...

"I wonder if Guile's ever been
   brave enough to tell this guy
   that he's weird?"

Love that line!