Proto:Shining Force II/Prologue

This is a sub-page of Proto:Shining Force II.

Story

Shrine

Slade – an anthropomorphic rat thief – and two hired goons enter an old shrine. They go over to the lower-right hallway and find nothing.

April Script Oops a dead end!

Final Script Oops, a dead end!

Then, Slade goes over to the lower-left hallway.

April Script Yes! I found some hidden stairs!

Final Script Hey! I found some hidden stairs!

Slade directs the goons over to the other corner.

April Script Yes sir!

Final Script Alright!

Slade enters the hidden Room of the Ancient Shrine.

April Script I wonder if they're here?!

Final Script I wonder if they're here?

He looks in a nearby treasure chest.

Translation Notes
This is the Japanese name of the item. The actual item is called Power Water in both drafts.
This is only different because the script isn't using a proper pointer to the item's name.

April Script He found Power Wine.

Final Script He found Power Water.

April Script No, they aren't here!

Final Script No, I don't want this!

April Script <Slade> discarded the Power Wine.

Final Script <Slade> discarded the Power Water.

April Script Where on earth are those jewels?

Final Script Where on Earth are those jewels?

Slade looks to the center of the room, where two objects shine through the darkness.

April Script Something is shining overthere...!

Final Script Something is shining over there...!

Granseal Castle

The scene switches to Granseal Castle's throne room at night. There's a thunderstorm outside.

April Script It's unusual for time of season.

Final Script It's unusual for this time of year.

A lone soldier walks into the king's chamber.

April Script It's time to go to the Ancient Tower?

Final Script Is it time to go to the Ancient Tower?

April Script Yes, sir.

Final Script Yes, sire.

The soldier walks off. Suddenly, the king feels a gust of wind.

April Script Make sure all the doors windows are shut!

Final Script Make sure all the doors and windows are shut!

The candles are quickly blown out.

Shrine (again)

Cut back to Slade and co. working on trying to pull the jewels out of the chamber. Slade tries last...

April Script Well....that didn't work.

Final Script Well, that didn't work.

Slade decides to pull out both of the jewels at the same time...which works, though Slade gets thrown across the room.

April Script Oh, they're here! I did get the legendary jewels! Bravo!

Final Script Oh, I got them! I have the legendary jewels! Bravo!

The shrine starts shaking violently.

April Script We must escape from the tower! Follow me!

Final Script We must escape from the shrine! Follow me!

While Slade and his cronies escape...

Granseal Castle (again)

...King Granseal and the minister are in the dark throne room.

April Script Somebody bring a light to the King's room!

Final Script Somebody bring a light to the King's Chamber!

A blinding lightning strike lights the room back up. The minister looks out the window at the Ancient Tower...

April Script It's collapsing... Maybe it struck by lightning?

Final Script It's collapsing! Maybe it was struck by lightning?

April Script No, not lightning?

Final Script No, not lightning...

King Granseal believes that the tower is disaster-proof. The scouting soldier comes back and says the tower doors have opened! The minister decides to go with the scout.

April Script Show me to the sealed door.

Final Script Take me to the sealed door.

April Script Sire, I'm going to confirm what happened!

Final Script Sire, I'm going to go and see what happened!

The King contemplates his situation while the minister is away.

April Script Strange, strange in deed!

Final Script Strange, strange indeed!

More lightning strikes. King Granseal sees a flash of a shadowy figure in the chamber. Then the figure appears again.

April Script That's not my fancy! Somebody's in this room!

Final Script It's not my imagination! Somebody's in this room!

The figure, revealed as a green demon, materializes in front of the king and begins to cast a spell.

April Script Somebody...help!

Final Script Somebody...HELP!

The King is knocked out by the spell. End of game. I mean, end of scene.

Witch's Forest

Fade to an enclosure in a dark forest. The only figure around is a purple-cloaked witch stirring something in a giant cauldron.

April Script Hee, hee, hee... Finally you're here! Ah, you look so confused. You don't know why you're here. Yes, yes...I used a charm on you. Ha, ha, where are you going? You can't escape from this mystery forest unless you grant me my request.

Final Script Hee, hee, hee... You're finally here! Ah, you look so confused. You don't know why you're here? Yes, yes...I used a spell on you. Ha, ha. Where are you going? You can't escape from this mystery forest unless you help me.

April Script Which request is that?

Final Script Whatcha gonna do?

This is the save/load menu. Umm, I mean it's the enchanted and ancient temporal point between parallel worlds...menu.

CHOOSING A NAME:

April Script [Hero]... nice name, hah? I'll let you decide the difficulty level at this time.

June Script [Hero]... Nice name, hah? I'll let you decide the difficulty level at this time.

Final Script [Hero]... Nice name, huh? I'll let you decide the difficulty level at this time.

There are four options: Normal, Hard, Super, and "Ouch!" Super is actually the most difficult mode. Path. Most difficult path.

CHOOSING "NORMAL":

April Script What? There is no difference!

Final Script Takin' it easy, eh?

CHOOSING "SUPER":

April Script You're a brave man!

Final Script You're a brave person!

CHOOSING "OUCH!":

April Script What? Do you want to die?

Final Script What? Do you wanna die?!

Now it's off to help the witch...in the most roundabout way possible.

(Source: Original TCRF research)