This is a sub-page of Proto:Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium.
Wreckage
In a slight diversion from the main mission, the Phab Phive investigate a wrecked something-or-other northwest of the town of Nalya and stumble upon its main control system.
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May Script
This... there's something shining.
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August Script
This...there's lights flashing.
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Final Script
This..there're lights flashing.
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I know what it is Move over, Chaz!
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It's a pretty hard security code to break, but...there! We can now access the main computer's memory!
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Look! It says that this is the space ship that escaped from Parma a thousand years ago!
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What! Really?! But...Parma exploded a thousand years ago!?
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Yes...I learned about it at the academy.
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May Script
Parma, the first planet of the Algo solar system, was destroyed in AW 1284 when the man-made satellite, Gaira, crashed on it... Today, the only vestiges of Parma is the asteroid belt.
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Final Script
Parma, the first planet of the Algo solar system, was destroyed in AW 1284 when the artificial satellite, Gaira, crashed into it... Today, the only vestige of Parma is the asteroid belt.
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Translation Notes
The later scripts avoid using the term "man-made" when describing the satellites, and instead use the word "artificial". Two possibilities: This was changed either because Parmanians aren't actually human, or because they thought "man-made" was a gendered term.
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But there were people that were able to escape!
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According to the records... just before the explosion, some people were able to escape... This space ship was damaged, and became trapped in orbit around Motavia. They floated around in space until all the humans aboard died. But the computer was able to sustain itself with its self-repairing mechanisms.
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According to the flight chart... the orbit slowly decayed over the last thousand years... the ship finally crashed here!
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Then...that means all the Parmanians perished?!
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May Script
Oh no. This is not the only ship that escaped from Parma! It seems that other similar ships were able to escape successfully. Most of them landed either in Motavia or Dezolis, but it looks like some of them went right out of the Algo solar system. I can't get an accurate number, but it looks like some tens of ships.
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Final Script
Wait... This is not the only ship that escaped from Parma! It seems that other similar ships were able to escape successfully. Most of them landed either in Motavia or Dezolis, but it looks like some of them went right out of the Algo solar system. I can't get an accurate number, but it looks like some tens of ships.
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Translation Notes
The term used here in the Japanese version, "数十", could translate to either "tens" or "dozens" of ships. The exact number isn't important: What the player is supposed to take away from this is that only a few score of ships made it out of the system.
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...So they're still continuing their flight... somewhere in the universe...
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Zio's Fort
On their way to the top of Zio's fortress, the force encounter a strange pupilless man.
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May Script
I am Juza. Consider it impossible to get into the presence of Zio. Unless you defeat me!
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Final Script
I am Juza. You will never get near Zio - unless you defeat me!
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...so they defeat him, and find an artificial humanoid bound to a wall at the top of the tower.
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Alys Brangwin and company.
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Thank you very much! You are all injured, are you not?
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Allow me, it's the least I can do to show my gratitude.
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Huh...? I feel strength welling inside me!?
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May Script
It's my 'Medical Power.' My name is Demi, and I am in charge of controlling 'Nurvus.'
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August Script
It's my 'Medical Power.' My name is Demi, and I am in charge of controlling Nurvus.
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Final Script
It's my Medical Power. My name is Demi, and I am in charge of controlling Nurvus.
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Whew! I heard she was supposed to be an Android, but this is beyond my expectations!
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She's no different than a human being!
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May Script
Be that as it may. Demi, could you stop the transmission of energy to the system that's malfunctioning? it, right?
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Final Script
Be that as it may. Demi, can you stop the transmission of energy to the system that's malfunctioning? You're the only one who can do it, right?
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Translation Notes
There's a misplaced control code somewhere in the May script, leading to an entire line of dialogue being skipped.
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Yes. I, too, have tried to freeze the entire system, but...
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Wh...what is this? I feel...this incredible menace!
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May Script
Watch your tonuge son. So you thought you would sneak in while the owner's out.
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Final Script
Watch your tongue son. So you thought you would sneak in while the owner's out, eh, you little sneak thief?
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Translation Notes
In the Japanese version, Zio calls the party "どろぼう猫", which could literally translate to "cat-thief". Strangely, this isn't in the May draft, so either they coincidentally added a similar line to later drafts, or there was still someone translating the Japanese text at that point.
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Take a look at your own evil self before you dare put us down! Think about all you've done!
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May Script
Hmmph. So I've wrought damage to Motavia. What's wrong with eliminating worms.
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Final Script
Hmmph. So I've wrought damage to Motavia. What's wrong with eliminating worms?
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Worms? You dare call us worms?! You...you... I cannot forgive you!
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May Script
Heh, heh, heh. Now, now. That's the expression I want to see. A face with pain and anguish, a face with fear pleading for help, a face quivering with anger! Go on, get angry! Suffer! Be sad! That would truly be the ultimate offering to me and my great god!
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Final Script
Heh, heh, heh. Now, now. That's the expression I want to see! A face filled with pain and anguish, begging fearfully for help, a face quivering with anger! Go on, get angry! Suffer! Be sad! That would truly be the ultimate offering to me and my great god!
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Translation Notes
The editor(s) clearly had a lot of fun with Zio's dialogue in later drafts. The same quality of rewriting comes up with a different villain much later in the game.
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Son of a...! Blast! Come on! Let's go everyone!
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Wait, Chaz! Zio! Do you understand what's going on? If we don't stop the systems that are running out of control, Motavia itself is going to become uninhabitable. You must let Demi...
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May Script
Total annihilation of life, What a fine thing. Death to all that has lives! Destruction to all that has form! That is indeed my desire!
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Final Script
Total annihilation of life, What a fine thing! Death to all that lives! Destruction to all that has form! That is indeed my desire!
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May Script
My god does not allow any life forms in Algo! Everything must be reverted to nothingness. And I, with these very hands, will do just that!
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Final Script
My god will not tolerate any life forms in Algo! Everything must be wiped out.
And I, with these very hands, will do just that!
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That means you yourself will be gone too!
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May Script
If my god wishes that to be so that is also my wish.
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Final Script
If my god wishes that to be so, that is also my wish.
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You...you're out of your mind!
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May Script
Fun and games are over with. Anyone who dares get in my way shall perish. My humble self who has taken it upon myself to do the wish of my god will be cursed by thee. Oh, the greatest, my one and only ultimate god, 'Dark Force'!
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Final Script
Fun and games are over with. Anyone who dares get in my way shall perish. My humble self, who has taken it upon myself to do the wish of my god, shall destroy thee. Oh, the greatest, my one and only ultimate god, Dark Force!
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Translation Notes
Another subject error - Zio's line in the May draft should be "shall curse thee".
They try to attack Zio, but he just shrugs off their attacks. Zio sets forth to conjuring an image of Dark Force, which blasts a black wave of energy at Chaz.
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We'd better make a temporary retreat!
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May Script
Chaz! It won't work! Even Res won't repair Alys's wounds!
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Final Script
Chaz! It's no good! Even Gires won't repair Alys's wounds!
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Translation Notes
An editor must have thought that changing Res to the more powerful Gires would really emphasize how dire Alys's situation is.
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May Script
We'd better return to the nearest village, Chaz!
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Final Script
We'd better return to my village, Chaz!
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Translation Notes
Hahn just says "a village" in the Japanese version, but the closet village to Zio's Fort would be either Mile or Kadary. Since they end up in Krup, it was changed to "my village" in later English drafts.
Krup
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I have no idea what these symptoms are...
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May Script
It looks like she isn't getting any better.
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Final Script
It appears she isn't getting any better.
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That Zio...there was something different about him from other enemies I've fought!
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She refuses everything. It's as if she's... possessed by some evil power.
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May Script
We can rescue Demi, if we shut down Nurvus...
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Final Script
Can we save her if we shut down Nurvus?
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Translation Notes
Hahn's line in the May script should be "We've rescued Demi, so once we shut down Nurvus..." The final English line is close enough.
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No, that won't work. Nurvus is located in the basement of Zio's Fort! Actually, Zio has erected this fort on top of Nurvus.
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Oh, below that invisible barrier!!
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So we'll have to defeat Zio after all!
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Alys mentions that Rune should know some way to dispel the magic barrier. Rika says that magic should have ceased to exist ages ago, but Chaz confirms that he saw Rune using magic - Flaeli to be precise.
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That's right...so if you can get the cooperation of... Rune...ooo!
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Oh, he's a disgusting, conceited jerk! I hate to admit it, but we may have no choice but to ask for his help.
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Didn't Rune go off somewhere with Grandfather Dorin?
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May Script
If he's with Grandfather Dorin... perhaps he's gone to the 'Ladea Tower.'
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Final Script
If he's with Grandfather Dorin... Perhaps he's gone to the 'Ladea Tower.'
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Because he was saying something about opening the gates to the Ladea Tower.
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Gryz goes on to say the tower is located beyond the quicksand in the east. Rune and Grandfather Dorin probably magiced their way across it, but Chaz and the rest aren't so lucky. Demi reveals that there's a "Land Rover", an all-purpose armor-plated car capable of moving across quicksand, in a hidden Machine Center south of Krup. Hahn agrees to stay behind to look after Alys.
Overworld
South of Krup, a giant machine center rise out of the ground.
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May Script
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Final Script
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Please, feel free to enter.
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Machine Center
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This place is still alive... It has become independent from Seed and Nurvus!
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A lot of other machines are housed here, but they haven't been used for a long time. They probably need some repairs.
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I have no idea what these machines are, but this is some place. You're pretty adept at handling these machines. Were you caught by Zio while you were trying to get the system back under control?
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Yes, that's right. Zio is very violent.
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Defeating Zio is not going to solve the problem.
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What? Isn't the system being out of control a result of Zio's doing?
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May Script
Yes, that's so. The real cause of the problem is that 'Zelan' has been issuing abnormal commands.
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Final Script
No. The real cause of the problem is that Zelan has been issuing abnormal commands.
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Translation Notes
Rika originally asked if Zio wasn't responsible for the system going out of control (でも、みなさん、ジオを倒しても根本的解決にはなりませんのよ?), so "Yes, that's so." made sense there. Since Rika's question was rewritten, Demi's response had to be rewritten too.
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May Script
'Zelan' is the comprehensive control base that controls the Algo solar system's environmental maintenance system. It's an orbiting station on the other side of Motavia.
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Final Script
Zelan is the central control for the Algo solar system's environmental maintenance systems.
It's an orbiting station on the other side of Motavia.
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Translation Notes
As established previously, there are multiple environmental maintenance systems on Motavia.
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May Script
How are we going to get there?!
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August Script
It will be quite a challenge to get there.
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Final Script
How are we going to get there?!
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Translation Notes
One of two lines that was changed in the August script, then changed back for the final draft.
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First, let's think about defeating Zio and stopping Nurvus!
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Yeah, you're right. It's not enough just defeating Zio? If that's the case this makes me worry about... Dark Force!
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May Script
Don't worry, it'll be alright! I'll start the Land Rover moving! Let's go outside. The Land Rover will be waiting.
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Final Script
Don't worry, it'll be alright! I'll start the Land Rover up! Let's go outside. It will be waiting.
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Monsen
A quick stop at the town of Monsen across the giant quicksand pit.
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Th...there's been earthquakes recently...
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As if on cue, another earthquake! Gryz starts spinning around.
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Yikes! Wh...what's wrong, Gryz!
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May Script
Oh, I get it! Gryz's afraid of earthquakes, aren't you, Gryz!
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Final Script
Oh, I get it! Gryz's afraid of earthquakes, aren't you, Gryz?
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What if I am afraid? I can't help it!
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Ha, ha, ha! What a coward!
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At any rate, with earthquakes happening so often like this, it's a real problem.
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May Script
I'm sure...that the Plate System is the cause of all this!
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Final Script
I'm sure that the Plate System is the cause of all this!
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May Script
It's a system located just north of here which controls Motavia's planet surface.
I'm sure that system is malfunctioning!
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Final Script
It's a system located just north of here which controls the tectonic plates of Motavia's surface. I'm sure that system is malfunctioning!
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Translation Notes
The Japanese script states that the system controls the crust of Motavia. Tectonic plates include both the crust and the uppermost mantle, but it is called the Plate System in both versions, so...there you go.
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May Script
Well, if that's the case, let's hurry up shut it down!
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Final Script
Well, if that's the case, let's shut it down!
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Translation Notes
Instead of adding the "and" to the May draft, the later scripts just cut the line down a bit.
Some townspeople run up to the party.
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May Script
What? You are going to stop these earthquakes?
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Final Script
What? You're going to stop these earthquakes?
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What? Er... we're kind of busy...
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More townspeople come running in!
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May Script
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Final Script
Please. You must stop these quakes. Please.
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Translation Notes
The citizens come off a little crazy in the May script; Hopefully that's a scream of appreciation, not rage.
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May Script
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Final Script
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They leave as quickly as they came.
Plate System
In a dead end hallway, Chaz finds an interesting chest. Well, not the chest; What's interesting is what's inside.
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May Script
What? There's some weird machines here.
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Final Script
What? There're some weird machines here.
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Weird! Don't be so rude. These are spare parts for androids.
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May Script
Yes, they look like weapon units that are installed internally. Let's see...they seem to be in working order. And they look like they will fit my body. I will install them right away. Will you close your eyes and turn your back?
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Final Script
Yes, they look like internal weapon units. Let's see...they seem to be in working order. And they look like they will fit. I will install them right away. Will you close your eyes and turn your back?
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The screen fades to black for a bit as installation noises play, then fades back in.
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Hmmm... OK everybody, I'm done. Now I'm powered up!
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Translation Notes
The Japanese script states that she's powered up by 48%. Not sure what the exact percentage was removed.
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I don't see that anything has changed.
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It looks that way doesn't it? Well, soon you shall see.
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It's the new weapon 'Phononmezer!' I can't wait to try it out!
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Translation Notes
This should be "Phonon Maser," not "mezer".
Later...
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This is the control center of the Plate System!
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The system is down! Now there won't be any more earthquakes! Hooray!
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May Script
Yes, we'll be all right for the time being. But this doesn't solve the problem you know. The abnormalities will not go away unless we stop Nurvus, and in particular, Zelan!
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Final Script
Yes, we'll be all right for the time being. But this doesn't solve the problem, you know. The abnormalities will not end unless we shut down Nurvus - and maybe even Zelan!
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Translation Notes
Demi already stated that Zelan is the real cause of the problems on Motavia, so the May line is correct - there's no "maybe even" about it.
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Yes, you're right... And, in order to do so...first, we must get to Zio!
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Ladea Tower
In Ladea Tower, the group encounters Rune again. He says that he's searching for something called the Psycho-wand, the only thing that has the power to dispel Zio's magic barrier. Rune agrees to let the party accompany him while he searches for the Psycho-wand.
At the top of the tower, the party finds a chest protected by a crystal barrier.
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So, this is the Psycho-wand!
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We can now break the barrier!
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Rune approaches the barrier and it shatters into pieces.
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Ha, ha, ha! This is it! I've been waiting for this moment!
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A winged monster appears and places its scythe-like appendages around the chest.
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Upon the decree of Zio I am taking the Psycho-wand!
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May Script
Hmmph, what a brain dead kid you are. Chaz, don't give him the Psycho-wand!
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Final Script
Hmmph, what a brain dead kid you are. Chaz, don't let him get the Psycho-wand!
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Translation Notes
Rune really doesn't think much of Chaz in the May draft.
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You don't have to tell me that! Stop ordering me around all the time!
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Come on! Is this any time to bicker? It's coming!
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So they beat the winged fiend, but suddenly Rune and Rika feel uneasy. Rune orders the party back to Krup...
Krup
Alys's condition has turned for the worse, and Rune and the others are powerless. She says her final words to Rune and Chaz and, surrounded by the people closest to her, quietly passes on.
Late at night, after the burial, Chaz confides to Rune that while the hunter business is lucrative, with Alys gone, he doesn't know what to fight for except for avenging her death. Rune questions if he thinks she was only fighting for money, and if fighting technique is the only thing Chaz learned from her, before leaving to let him ruminate on that.
A bit later, Rika tells Chaz that she's glad she was able to leave the Bio-plant; That even though Seed taught her about all kinds of things, it's different from experiencing them: Like the smell of the ocean, the bustling of a town, and the warmth of people. Chaz comforts and thanks her in turn.
The next day, at Alys's resting place...
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May & August Scripts
I'm going to return to the academy. I think it's best to report on what has happened so far. I plan to convince the academy to come up with plan of action.
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Final Script
I'm going to return to the academy. I think it's best to report on what has happened so far. I plan to convince the academy to come up with a plan of action.
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Translation Notes
The October prototype still uses the grammatically incorrect line from the earlier draft.
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Good. I'm counting on you, Hahn!
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I'm also going to return home. The children are waiting for me.
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Chaz, keep your spirits up!
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Chaz takes one last look at Alys's tombstone...
Zio's Fort
The party returns to Zio's Fort to finish the fight.
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Everybody, out of the way! ...One, two, three!
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Rune dispels the barrier blocking the way to the basement.
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Underneath here is Nurvus, the center of the entire control system!
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May Script
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Final Script
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Chaz, I know how you feel, but... right now, we've got to shut down Nurvus!
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We don't have time to talk about it! We must hurry!
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Nurvus
They reach the central control system of Nurvus, but Zio teleports in before they can reach the terminals. Zio once again summons Dark Force, but the Psycho Wand is able to dispel the invincible barrier, making his defeat inevitable. He cries out for Dark Force, but its only response is silence. Zio is totally destroyed, and Chaz and Gryz are jubilant.
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May Script
At this point we're not going to be able to stop Nurvus' with normal operations. I am going to connect myself to Nurvus' system and forcibly enter it.
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Final Script
At this point we're not going to be able to stop Nurvus by normal means. I am going to connect myself directly to Nurvus' system and crack its security.
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Translation Notes
What Demi means is that just typing something out at the central terminal isn't going to do anything, since Zelan is still issuing irregular commands, so she has to directly interface with the system. There's nothing about cracking the system's security in the Japanese or May drafts.
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May Script
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Final Script
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May Script
Yes, this is good bye, Chaz.
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Final Script
Yes, this is good-bye, Chaz.
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May Script
Good bye everybody... Thanks for everything.
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Final Script
Good-bye everybody... Thanks for everything.
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A door-sized hole opens up in the giant computer system. Demi walks in...
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Access main system... Issue top priority interrupt...
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The operation is a success.
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May Script
I'm in Nurvus' control center. Right now, we have a condition where all the systems that have been maintaining Motavia are all halted. Now there won't be any more disasters.
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Final Script
I'm in Nurvus' control center. Right now, all the systems that have been maintaining Motavia are halted.
Now there won't be any more disasters.
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May Script
With all the systems that maintain the environment halted, sooner or later, the entire planet will become a barren land. Unless we restore the functions of each system!
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August Script
But with all the systems that maintain the environment halted, sooner or later the entire planet will become a barren. We must work to rescue the functions of each system as soon as possible!
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Final Script
But with all the systems that maintain the environment halted, sooner or later the entire planet will become barren. We must work to rescue the functions of each system as soon as possible!
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Translation Notes
Questionable change from the editor(s): "Restore" works better than "rescue" here.
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To do that we'll have to do something about Zelan.
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May Script
That's right. As long as the satellite is emitting these abnormal signals, we cannot gain control of the system.
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Final Script
That's right. As long as the satellite is sending abnormal signals, we cannot control the system.
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But, this Zelan, isn't it located in outer space?
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May Script
Don't worry. An emergency shuttle is available at Nurvus. It's being readied for you. Please use it. I won't be able to leave here just now. I must stay and maintain each of these systems.
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Final Script
Don't worry. An emergency shuttle is available at Nurvus. It's being readied for you.
I won't be able to leave here just now. I must stay and perform maintenance on each of these systems.
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Translation Notes
A better translation for "管理" would be "manage" or "control", not "maintain". The later drafts extrapolated from the May script to mean "perform maintenance on", which is also incorrect.
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May Script
At Zelan, you should find my master, 'Wren'.
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Final Script
At Zelan, you should find my master, Wren.
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May Script
Wren? I know him! When I was at the Bio-plant, I often telecommunicated with him! About half a year ago, I was unable to reach him on the communication circuits, I've been concerned! Please locate Wren at Zelan...
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Final Script
Wren? I know him! When I was at the Bio-plant, I often telecommunicated with him! About half a year ago, I became unable to reach him on the communication circuits. I've been concerned! Please Chaz, let's go find Wren at Zelan...
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Translation Notes
The oddly phrased last sentence in Rika's dialogue was thankfully fixed in the final script.
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Well, good luck with Zelan everybody... Be careful.
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Outside Zio's Fort, a space station emerges from the sands. Gryz, unable to leave his little sister behind, decides to stay on Motavia.