This is a sub-page of Proto:Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium.
Climate Control Center
The Phantasy IV are immediately attacked by a Gy-Laguiah (That winged monster from the Ladea Tower.) It goes down easy like Sunday morning.
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This seems to be the control system for the Dezolisian climate.
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The monsters have been making a nest!
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Translation Notes
This should be "monster", since Gy-Laguiah is the only bio-monster in here.
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As we suspected, this must be the cause of the abnormal weather.
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May Script
Uh, it's no use! I've been telling you, the cause of the snow storm lies in the Garuberk Tower!!
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Final Script
It's no use! I've been telling you, the cause of the snow storm lies in the Garuberk Tower!!
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May Script
Ha, ha, ha! You dummies! How foolhardy to come here! Dummies! This was just a trap! Hmmph. It seems like a waste to dirty oyr hands with stupid people like you, but... Being just a vessel that takes orders I'll just have to do it!
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Final Script
Ha, ha, ha! You dolts! How foolhardy you are to come here! Morons! This was just a trap! Hmmph. It seems like a waste to dirty our hands with stupid people like you, but... Being just a vessel that takes orders, I'll just have to do it!
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Translation Notes
D-Elm-Lars calls the party "baka", "aho", and "manuke", all terms that mean stupid / foolish. The editor(s) replaced both instances of "dummies" in the English script with similar terms in later drafts.
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Wait! You said orders? But we've beaten Zio...and Dark Force! Whose orders are you acting on?
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You defeated him? The great Dark Force? Ha, ha, ha, ha! Ridiculous!
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May Script
Blast! This bothers me! It was talking like that creep.. Dark Force is still alive!
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Final Script
Blast! This bothers me! It was talking like that creep Dark Force is still alive!
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May Script
Chaz,there's nothing wrong with the climate control system.
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Final Script
Chaz, there is nothing wrong with the climate control system.
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So, it really was a snare.
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See. Just like I said. We have to go to the Garuberk Tower!
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Weapon Plant
Instead of going to the Garuberk Tower, the cuatro amigos decided to visit another long-abandoned facility.
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What on earth is this place?
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May Script
This is the weapon plant Mother Brain constructed a thousand years ago. Presently, it is an unnecessary facility, so all it's functions have been shut down, but... It looks like it has been producing automatic weapons according to orders from Kuran for about half a year.
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Final Script
This is a weapon plant Mother Brain constructed a thousand years ago. For long it was an unnecessary facility, so all its functions were shut down, but... It looks like it has been producing automatic weapons according to orders from Kuran for about half a year.
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So, we'll be in trouble unless we shut this place down?
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No. When Zelan recovered, the production of weapons ceased. There should be no problem leaving this place as it is.
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Is there a chest with weird things inside? Let's find out.
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There are things here that I have no clue as to what they are.
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May Script
This is the 'Burst Roc' unit. It is a wide range semi-automatic weapon that fires heat energy burts. It is a type which is compatible with my body. I shall install it immediately.
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August Script
This is the Burst Roc unit. It is a long range semi-automatic weapon that fires heat energy bursts. It is compatible with my slectronics. I shall install it immediately.
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Final Script
This is the Burst Roc unit. It is a long range semi-automatic weapon that fire heat energy bursts. It is compatible with my electronics. I shall install it immediately.
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Translation Notes
"Wide range" is more accurate here, since Burst Roc hits all enemies in battle.
More installation noises.
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May Script
Device installation complete. 'Burst Roc' is now ready for use.
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Final Script
Device installation complete. Burst Roc is now ready for use.
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Meese
In a hotel-cum-clinc, Espers are tending to victims of a mysterious illness. An Esper at the top floor says that the Garuberk Tower is the cause. Raja is finally vindicated...then suddenly starts spinning and collapses. Unfortunately, this isn't another bad joke -- he's really sick. The group places him in the last empty bed in the clinic. Rune asks Rika if she can sense the same thing he's sensing.
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May & August Scripts
I've sensed in ever since we came to Dezolis, but it feels really strong in this vicinity!
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Final Script
I've sensed it ever since we came to Dezolis, but it feels particularly strong here!
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What is it? What are you two talking about?
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May & August Scripts
Chaz, listen carefully. This feeling is the 'Black Energy Wave!'
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Final Script
Chaz, listen carefully. This feeling is the Black Energy Wave!
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It's probably...coming from the Garuberk Tower. And it's pretty close!
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Following that exclamation, an Esper runs up from the first floor.
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Help! Help! Kyra...Kyra has headed for The Garuberk Tower by herself!
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May Script
She's a girl of exceptional courage from our group! But...this is too reckless! There is a forest of carnivorous trees surrounding the tower!!
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Final Script
She's a girl of exceptional courage from our group! But...this is too reckless! There is a forest of man-eating trees surrounding the tower!!
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Translation Notes
"人食い樹", the term used in the Japanese version, specifically means "man-eating tree". Someone must have had the same problem with "man-eating" that they had for "man-made" satellites Zelan and Kuran. After the May draft, they're consistently referred to as "carnivorous" trees, which isn't really synonymous, but...
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Right. We can't let her go alone! Where is this forest?
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May & August Scripts
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Final Script
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Dezolis Overworld
The four come across a blue-haired woman being attacked by possibly man-eating, possibly carnivorous trees. They try to fight them off, but...
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Heck! They keep growing and growing from behind us! There's no end to this! We've got to retreat!
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Thank you for rescuing me. My name is Kyra Tierney. Who are you all?
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We've been sent by your friends. At any rate, I'm glad you're safe!
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Time passes...meaningless phrase.
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I see...So that's why you came all the way here.
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It was pretty reckless of you to come here alone!
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May Script
I felt I had to do something to make it all right! It just made my blood boil to see all those people in such pain... But those man-eating trees, they were far tougher than what I heard...
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Final Script
I felt I had to do something to make it all right! It just made my blood boil to see all those people in such pain... But those carnivorous trees, they were far tougher than what I heard...
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May Script
Yeah...I wonder if there's a better way to tackle those man-eating trees?
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August Script
Yeah...I wonder if there's a better way to tackle those carnivorous trees?
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Final Script
Yeah...I wonder if there's a better way to tackle them?
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I may know a way... Our leader should be able to tell us! Our...chief of the Esper Mansion...
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May & August Scripts
'Lutz'... About two thousand years ago... He, along with a heroine called Alis, saved Algo and has come to be known as a legendary
wizard!
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August Script
'Lutz'... About two thousand years ago... He, along with a heroine called Alis, saved Algo and has come to be known as a legendary wizard!
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Final Script
Lutz... About two thousand years ago... He, along with a heroine called Alis, saved Algo and has come to be known as a legendary wizard!
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Wait a minute! Are you saying a person from two thousand years ago is still alive?
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May & August Scripts
It's said he is still alive in the deepest depths of the Esper Mansion! But they won't let anyone except top ranking people enter the mansion. That's why I've only seen him once, and from afar at that, during some ceremony! But... you can even recognize from afar! He's intellectual...graceful... classy... just a wonderful person! I've no doubt that he would know of a good way to tackle this problem!
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Final Script
It's said he is still alive in the deepest depths of the Esper Mansion! But they won't let anyone except top-ranking people enter the mansion. That's why I've only seen him once, and from afar at that, during some ceremony! But... you can even recognize from afar - he's intelligent... graceful...classy... just a wonderful person! I've no doubt that he would know of a good way to tackle this problem!
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Hmm... He's been alive for two thousand years...
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Kyra thinks that Lutz has learned the secret to immortality, though Wren thinks it's something like cryogenic hibernation. Whatever the case may be, the group agrees to go to the Esper Mansion to get an audience with Lutz.
Esper Mansion
Two royal guards block the way to the inner sanctuary where Lutz resides.
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Kyra! You may not pass here without permission!
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Since when do I need permission!? Open the door for us!
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May & August Scripts
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Final Script
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How dare you! I cannot... Hey! Oh, it's...it's you! Forgive my rudeness! Please enter!
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The party enters the inner sanctuary and walk down into Lutz's room. Lutz is nowhere to be found, but there is an odd glowing ball floating in the center of the room. Rune explains that Lutz left this world long ago, but his spirit lives on in the Telepathy Ball. If the chosen person appears, his will and memory will be transferred from that floating orb into that person. Guess who has Lutz's light blue hair and an astonishing magical proficiency?
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That is correct. Rune Walsh... Is the fifth generation Lutz.
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Y...you're... Lutz...? How could that be...
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May & August Scripts
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Final Script
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May & August Scripts
Since ancient times in Algo, there has been a cycle where calamities occur every one thousand years. That's because personification of evil called Dark Force is resurrected every thousand years! Up untill now, every time it occurred, a courageous person would defeat the evil to maintain peace.
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Final Script
Since ancient times in Algo, there has been a cycle where calamities occur every one thousand years. That's because a personification of evil called Dark Force is resurrected every thousand years! Up until now, every time it occurred, a courageous person would defeat the evil to maintain peace.
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But we definitely did defeat Dark Force at Kuran. Yes, there's no sign of abatement of these abnormal conditions in Algo!
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May & August Scripts
Algo was shaken a thousand years ago by the explosion in Parma. The delicate balance we were able to maintain was severely upset. This might be a result of that. The 'Black Energy Wave' can still be felt.
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Final Script
Algo was shaken a thousand years ago by the explosion of Parma. The delicate balance we were able to maintain was severely upset. This might be a result of that. The Black Energy Wave can still be felt.
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Translation Notes
The final script is more accurate, since Parma's explosion was caused by the satellite Gaira crashing into it.
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Are you saying that Dark Force is still alive?!
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May & August Scripts
But, I can say that the root of all evil is not yet destroyed! The only thing to do is to defeat it! I chose you, Chaz.
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Final Script
But I can say that the root of all evil is not yet destroyed! The only thing to do is to defeat it! I have chosen you, Chaz.
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I have chosen you as the soldier to fight the inevitable decisive battle!
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May & August Scripts
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Final Script
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May & August Scripts
That's right.I felt that you are a man of potential. We will soon find out if my judgment was correct, Chaz.
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Final Script
I felt that you are a man of potential. We will soon find out if my judgment was correct, Chaz.
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Well, that's the story. Sorry I kept it secret all this time. We'll keep on cooperating with each other, right?
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Anyway! We've got to go to the Garuberk Tower! That's where the answer lies!
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May Script
There's a man-eating tree that obstructs those who try to pass. But if you use the 'Eclipse Torch' you will be able to destroy it.
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Final Script
There's carnivorous trees that obstructs those who try to pass. But if you use the 'Eclipse Torch' you will be able to destroy it.
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OK, our destination is decided! It's off to the Gumbious Temple.
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The Dezolisian temple is located in the mountain valley west of here.
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We're off. Come on, Chaz, stop looking so dazed!
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Translation Notes
The English translation's habit of replacing punctuation-only lines with words means this line doesn't really work. Chaz's last two lines in the Japanese script were "???" and "????" respectively.
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How disappointing that Lutz would be so insensitive!
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Sorry about that. I've always been like this!
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Gumbious Temple
The group tries to get the high priest to lend them the Eclipse Torch, but he is not having any of it. Just then, three jerk wizards (redundant) teleport in and take the Eclipse Torch. They tell "Lutz" that "you know who" will be waiting for him in the Air Castle. The high priest is grief-stricken, but agrees to lend the Eclipse Torch if they recover it from the Air Castle.
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Rune, about the Air Castle? You said you know about it.
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May & August Scripts
Oh yes. It's in Lutz's memory, to be precise... It's a castle that is floating in the skies of the planet Parma a long, long time ago!
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Final Script
Oh yes. It's in Lutz's memory, to be precise... It's a castle that floated in the skies of the planet Parma a long, long time ago!
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The planet Parma! In that case, it would have been destroyed a thousand years ago!
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The planet Parma exploded, and there's only an asteroid belt left where the planet used to be.
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Could it be that miraculously, the Air Castle survived, and even now it's in the midst of the asteroids?
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The probability of that is very low. At any rate, I will check it out with the sensors on the Landale.
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Rune, I have one more question... Who is that 'Person' those witches were talking about?
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May & August Scripts
The first generation of Lutz and his companions fought a man in the Air Castle... That man's name is Lashiec!
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Final Script
The first generation Lutz and his companions fought a man in the Air Castle... That man's name was Lashiec!
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May & August Scripts
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Final Script
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May & August Scripts
But, I thought Lashiec was defeated by the first generation of Lutz! I'm don't know what we'll find until we go there.
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Final Script
Lashiec was defeated by the first generation Lutz! I don't know what we'll find until we get there.
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Dezolis Spaceport
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Well then, let's go ahead and search for the Air castle.
I'm getting something. Although very slight, it is definitely something.
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May & August Scripts
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Final Script
Can you get it on the screen?
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Translation Notes
The May line should probably be something like, "Can you get it on video?" (映像でとらえられる?) The final line is pretty much the same thing and is phrased better.
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May & August Scripts
That's the Air castle alright!
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Final Script
That's the Air Castle alright!
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Translation Notes
They remembered to properly capitalize Air Castle in this line. They forgot to fix Wren's first line, though.
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It has a spooky atmosphere.
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Ooooh, are you getting a little scared? Huh, Chaz?
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Don't...don't be ridiculous! We're going in!
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Air Castle
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May & August Scripts
There is evidence of normal gravity and breathable air! The possibility of it being a natural occurrence is virtually nil. It would be practical to view this as an artificial conidition.
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Final Script
Gravity is normal and there is a breathable atmosphere. This is clearly an artificial condition.
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Translation Notes
The Air Castle is one of the better edited areas. The May script is a direction translation of the Japanese dialogue, while the final dialogue manages to fit all of the content from the earlier draft into four lines.
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May & August Scripts
We are greatly honored by your visit to us. Huh!
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Final Script
They seem to be expecting us. Huh!
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A bit into the castle, the crew encounter the three torch bandits, but they're all blinky.
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May Script
It's the rascals who stolen the Eclipse Torch! They're illusions?
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Final Script
It's the rascals who stole the Eclipse Torch! They're illusions?
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It's not just an illusion... There's an invisible barrier!
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So that means we've got to find the real thing and defeat them!
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So they find the real things...
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Ha, ha, ha, ha! You've come! However...
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Ha, ha, ha, ha! We have no use for anyone but Lutz!
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May & August Scripts
Ha, ha, ha, ha! We don't need him to do anything.
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Final Script
And we have only one use for him. Ha, ha, ha, ha!
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May & August Scripts
I will mock and kill him with these very hands!
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Final Script
We will mutilate and kill him with these very hands!
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...and defeat them. In the Air Castle's basement, Chaz opens an obviously important chest and finds a fake Eclipse Torch. So, who has the real torch?
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You've finally come...Lutz!
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So it was Lashiec after all!
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Heh, heh...I've waited... I've waited for this moment!
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May & August Scripts
Lashiec! Why are you, reincarnated in a figure like that?
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Final Script
Lashiec! Why are you reincarnated like...that?
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Translation Notes
For the rest of the text in this area, just assume the the May script is close enough to the Japanese scrip, and the final English draft script takes more liberties but keeps the same content.
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May & August Scripts
It's revenge! Lutz! You...and all who are helping you... I'll give you all endless pain! I'll administer death to you all! That's why you've come back to me! You'll become a figure like this! You'll becoming a being that can't set foot out of my castle!
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Final Script
For revenge! Lutz, you...and all who are helping you...will suffer endless pain! I'll kill you all!
I'll make you like me, like... this! You too will become tortured souls who can never leave my castle!
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Translation Notes
"And all who are helping you" was originally "and those who succeed the will of that little girl" (そして、あの小娘の意志を継ぐ者たち!), referring to Alis Landale.
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May & August Scripts
So that's why you called us here?
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Final Script
So that's why you lured us here?
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May & August Scripts
Heh, heh...Oh joy. That you have responded to my invitation... I'm in my present existence so I can cut your throats!
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Final Script
Heh, heh...Oh joy! You have responded to my invitation... I've waited two thousand years to cut your throats!
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May & August Scripts
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Final Script
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2000 years of waiting isn't enough to give Lashiec the win.
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May & August Scripts
Ahhhh! You fiend, Lutz! You may have gotten me, but I'm never going to let go of...
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Final Script
Ahhhh! You fiend, Lutz! You may have defeated me, but you'll never get...
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May & August Scripts
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Final Script
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May & August Scripts
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Final Script
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We've done it! We've retrieved the Eclipse Torch!
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May Script
Once again, my body is melting! But, even with this, I cannot die! I will reincarnate over and over again. I must work for 'Him!' If you want to really defeat me, you'll have to destroy 'Him!' Otherwise, I will eternally be bringing calamity to the future of Algo!
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Final Script
Once again, my body is dissolving! But, even now, I will not die! I will reincarnate over and over again. I must work for Him! As long as He exists, I will continue to bring calamity to the future of Algo!
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The air castle is crumbling!
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We've got to escape quickly!
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There will be a shock wave. Everybody! Prepare yourselves!
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May Script
Lashiec... If you think about it, he's pretty pathetic...
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Final Script
Lashiec... If you think about it, he's pretty pathetic.
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May Script
He was seduced by an enormous power... but it turns out that he is but a puppet!
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Final Script
He was seduced by an enormous power... and now he is but a puppet!
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May Script
Enormous power? Is that the 'Him' that Lashiec was talking about?
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Final Script
Enormous power? Who is the 'He' Lashiec mentioned?
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May Script
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Final Script
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May Script
So... he hasn't been destroyed yet?
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Final Script
He hasn't been destroyed yet?
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Back in Dezolis...
Gumbious Temple
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May Script
Ah, it's really the Eclipse Torch! What a feat that you've retrieved it. I have no qualms about lending the torch to people like you. Please use this holy flame to get us away from this evil road.
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Final Script
Ah, it's really the Eclipse Torch! What a feat that you've retrieved it! I have no qualms about lending the torch to people such as you. Please use this holy flame to lead us from this evil road.
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May Script
All right! Let's hurry to the forest of the man-eating trees!
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Final Script
All right! Let's hurry to the forest of the carnivorous trees!
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Garuberk Tower
At the top(?) of the tower, the party finds a giant insectoid creature with a familiar-looking face.
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May Script
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Final Script
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May Script
Comparing search data... It is not similar to any object in Kuran.
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Final Script
Comparing search data... It is not similar to any object that was on Kuran.
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Translation Notes
This area of the game had the same amount of care put into it as the Air Castle. As such, the same note applies here: The May draft is a fairly literal translation, whil the final English script takes more liberties.
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So there were two Dark Forces?
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May Script
Just as Raja said, so this is who has been creating havoc in Dezolis!
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Final Script
Just as Raja said, this is what has been creating havoc on Dezolis!
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May Script
It's not just Dezolis. It's the entire Algo solar system he's messing with!
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Final Script
Not just Dezolis. He's messing with the entire Algo solar system!
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May Script
Dark Force has sensed our presence. He is approaching us!
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Final Script
Dark Force senses our presence. He is attacking!
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May Script
Exactly what we where hoping for! Let's go, everybody!
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Final Script
Exactly what we were hoping for! Let's go, everybody!
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After an intense battle, Dark Force II bursts into red light and disintegrates, taking Garubrek Tower with it.
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May Script
The storm...has subsided!
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Final Script
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May Script
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Final Script
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May Script
The Black Energy Wave has also stopped. I suppose the patients of Meese will already be on their way to recovery.
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Final Script
The Black Energy Wave has also stopped. I bet the patients of Meese are already recovering.
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May Script
And now, it's finally over.
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Final Script
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May Script
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Final Script
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May Script
Thank you. It's thanks to your cooperation that this was possible. That was pretty presumptuous of me to think that I could do it alone.
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Final Script
Thank you. It's because of your cooperation that this was possible. It was pretty presumptuous of me to think that I could do it alone!
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No problem. I'm glad for you, Kyra!
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May Script
Now! I shall return to Meese. There's still a lot of work ahead of me! So long, Chaz. You're quite a darling, it's as though you're a little brother!
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August Script
Now! I shall return to Meese. There's still a lot of work ahead for me! So long, Chaz. You're quite a darling, just like a baby brother!
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Final Script
Now! I shall return to Meese. There's still a lot of work ahead for me! So long, Chaz. You're quite a darling, just like a baby brother!
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What! Don't be ridiculous!
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May Script
Hee, hee...that's what's so endearing about you. Good bye, everybody! Good bye, Lutz! You were a little different from my expectations, but you certainly did not bring shame to that name! We'll meet again, won't we?
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Final Script
Hee, hee...that's what's so endearing about you. Good-bye, everybody! Good-bye, Lutz! You were a little different from my expectations, but you certainly did not bring shame to your name! We'll meet again soon.
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May Script
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Final Script
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May Script
She called me her little brother. Am I so undependable?
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Final Script
She called me her baby brother. Am I that undependable?
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May Script
Well, you have improved some, but you're still equal to me!
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Final Script
Well, you have improved some, but you're still a lot like me!
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Translation Notes
This is supposed to something like, "you're still far away from matching me" (ああ、だいぶマシにはなったが、まだまだオレにはおよばんな!) Neither the May line nor the final line match up with Chaz's response.
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Well, I can't compare with you. After all, you are Lutz!
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May Script
You want to get whopped again?
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Final Script
You want to get whupped again?
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May Script
You guys don't quit, do you!
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Final Script
You guys never quit, do you!
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May Script
What was that? It's over at the Gumbious Temple!!
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Final Script
What was that? It's Gumbious Temple!!
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What is going on? We've defeated Dark Force!
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May Script
At any rate, let's go and see!
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Final Script
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