ATE: Orchestra in the Forest
Cargo roomCargo room
Conductor: Okay, let's really liven up this place!
Violinist: Yeah, let our music do the fighting against those monsters!
Cymbalist: This oughta boost morale.
Drummer: This is great!
Trumpeter: Brrum, brrrum, brrrruuum!
Baku enters.
(Baku): Hey, not bad!
Baku: I'm gonna go take a look around.
Baku: Stay on your toes. We'll be leaving soon.
(Conductor): Alright!
(Violinist, Drummer, Cymbalist): Okay, Boss!
(Trumpeter): Brrruuuum!
* Cymbalist: Playing the cymbals isn't as easy as it looks.
* Trumpeter: Brrum, brrrum, brrrruuum!
* Violinist: I love playing marches! They're so enlivening!
* Drummer: Sounds good, eh?
Spiral staircase
* Marcus: Blank's with the boss.
River
* Riverbank
Zidane: I wonder where this river goes...
Spring
The moogle hides.
Zidane: Hmm... No sign of any monsters here.
He walks to the water.
(Zidane): A spring...
ATE: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
Spiral staircase* Deliver letter to Monty
Blank: Are you sure about this?
Baku: Yeah, don't worry. We'll be outta here soon, too.
Baku: Here, take this map. It's gonna be a long trip back to Lindblum...
Blank: Alright. I'll see you later.
(Baku): I'm countin' on you!
They salute.
Monty: A letter from Kupo? Thanks for the delivery! Kupo! (title: Prince on a White Horse)
From Kupo to Monty
I think Queen Brahne is up to something... but I suspect Princess Garnet even more! Kupo!
She might leave home soon... with a prince on a white horse...
Maybe it's just my imagination.
Monty: Hmm? Princess Garnet? Didn't she just...? Oh, never mind. Kupo.
* Monty Mognet
Monty: I just received a letter from Stiltzkin! Let's read it together! Kupo! (title: Stiltzkin on Ice)
From Stiltzkin to Monty
I'm in a very cold place right now. It's really strange. It wasn't like this last time I came here...
But I guess this is why I travel: to encounter the unexpected. Anyway, I'm gonna get outta here before I get trapped in ice!
Monty: A cold place... Oh, I know where he is! Kupo! There must be something strange going on.
More trail
Movie: Pan across the water to see a large plant surrounded by tendrils and a red glow.
Cavern
Garnet is held captive behind the plant.
Vivi: There she is!
Zidane: So, this is the master.
Steiner: Princess!!!
Steiner: You stay out of this!
Steiner: Alexandria would be disgraced if a mere bandit should rescue the princess.
Zidane: You think you can handle him on your own?
(Steiner): ......
It stirs.
Zidane: Let's get him, Vivi!
Battle: Plant Brain
* After a lot of damage
Blank "Whew, I made it just in time."
Blank "Step aside. I'll take care of this."
Blank joins.
Steiner: Princess!!! Please get a hold of yourself!
Blank: Zidane, give her the stuff.
He gives her the stuff.
(Garnet): <Hack-hack...>
Steiner picks her up.
Steiner: Princess, please try to drink all of it.
Vivi: Is she gonna be okay?
There is a growl.
Blank: Oh, man! What now!?
The ground opens up and some creatures come out. More come through the entrance to the cave.
(Blank): Sheez! We're gonna be surrounded!
(Zidane): Let's get out of here!
(Blank): GO!
Zidane and Steiner, carrying the princess, go to an open exit.
(Blank): What are you waitin' for!?
Vivi runs. Blank follows after a moment. The creatures close in on Blank and Zidane. They leave.
Yet more trail
The creatures follow.
* Get caught
Battle: 4xPlant Spider
Even more trail
Zidane nearly falls down a cliff, but leaps carefully down it instead. A creature follows and leaps straight down to him. Another forms a pincer attack.
Battle: 3xPlant Spider
A wider trail
The party runs away. Zidane stops, and turns to look back. Blank returns.
Blank: What are you doin'!?
Zidane: Something's wrong..
Blank: What?
Zidane: The entire forest is coming after us.
Zidane: Blank... Take care of everyone.
Zidane continues.
Blank: (What did he mean by that?)
He follows.
Movie: The party run along the trail. With a deep rumbling, swarms of Plant Spiders chase after them. The entire forest begins to turn to stone. Zidane starts lagging behind, and the spiders slowly gain on him. One reaches for him, but Zidane dodges and Blank gets caught instead. Zidane turns to help, but Blank knows he's done for. He throws the map Baku gave him. Zidane continues running, catching the map as he goes. He narrowly avoids the slew of thorny vines that are now trying to block his path. He dives out of the forest, rolling to a halt. He turns to see the trail completely blocked off by the tendrils, now turning to stone. We see Blank, held by a petrified spider, who was turned to stone even as he was throwing the map.
