Zidane: I think they live 'so deep in the forest that owls don't even live there.'
* Sign
<- Where there are owls
Where there are no owls ->
Village entrance
A black mage opens up the village, and the party follow it in.
Black Mage Village
(Mage): !
(Mage 2): Ahh!
(Mage 3): ?
(Mage 2): H-H-Humans...
(Mage 3): What's wrong?
It turns to see the party.
(Mage 3): !
(Mage 2): Humans! Run!!!
They all run off, Mage 3 tripping on its way. Vivi gives chase.
(Vivi): W-Wait...
Vivi: Did you see them!?
(Zidane): Y-Yeah...
Vivi: They were talking! There ARE others like me!
He runs off.
Dagger: Why would anyone build a village in the middle of a dying forest...?
(Zidane): Beats me...
(Dagger): Where's Vivi?
Zidane: He went that way... but I... Hey!
She follows.
Quina: A village! Village always have good food. I go find!
Quina leaves, too.
Zidane: Geez, you people...
ATE: Life On The Run
Houses
(Mages): !
(Mage): The humans are here!
Vivi stops chasing for a moment, then runs on.
(Dagger): Vivi!
Dagger: What's going on...?
(Dagger): !?
(Dagger): ......?
ATE: Gourmand's Nose
Rear building
(Mage) (running away): !
Quina: Why you run away?
Quina: I not do anything... What you hiding?
(Quina): !
(Quina): Ooo!!!
Quina: Is aroma... Is delicious aroma!
ATE: Everyday Life
Shop* Try to leave
Black Mage No. 163: According to the book I picked up last week...
Black Mage No. 163: ...the customer says 'Give me the usual' when he wants to buy something special.
Black Mage No. 163: What would I do if a customer asked for 'the usual'...? Being a shopkeeper is really hard!
(Mage): The humans are here!
Black Mage No. 163: What are humans? I forgot...
Black Mage No. 163: Are they a type of food?
(Black Mage No. 163): Huh!?
Black Mage No. 163: A human?
Black Mage No. 163: Um...
(Black Mage No. 163): ......
Black Mage No. 163: I forgot what to say...
Zidane: It's too dangerous to go out by myself...
Weapon shop
* Black Mage No. 239: Welcome... Huh?
Black Mage No. 239: U-Um... C-Can I help you?
Rear building
ATE: Different language
Garden
(Black Mage No. 56): !
Black Mage No. 288: Is he the one who came here with that group of humans?
Black Mage No. 288: He's alright. Look into his eyes. He's aware, just like us.
Vivi: Th-Thanks... Um... What are you all doing here?
Black Mage No. 288: We escaped together from Alexandria and the cargo ships.
Vivi: This far!?
Black Mage No. 288: That's right. We wanted to live in a world where there were no humans. To find that, we had to cross the ocean.
Vivi: I see...
Vivi: So... Um, what's this?
Black Mage No. 56: This is a...uh... What's the word...?
Black Mage No. 288: It's a cemetery.
Black Mage No. 56: Right. A cemetery.
Vivi: A cemetery...?
Vivi: So... Underneath the ground--
Black Mage No. 288: Yes, our friends are buried here...
Vivi: But...why?
Black Mage No. 288: That's because...
Black Mage No. 56: I...I came here with Mr. 36. We escaped together.
Black Mage No. 56: We had so many things to learn. It was really scary at first, but we helped each other.
Black Mage No. 56: Then one day, Mr. 36 stopped moving. He just stopped... Wouldn't move or say anything.
Black Mage No. 56: My friend who knows lots of things told me that this was what 'death' was, and we had to bury him.
Black Mage No. 56: Mr. 36 is buried under the ground now. But I don't understand why.
Black Mage No. 56: He's going to come out again one day, right? When he does, I'm going to wash him off in the pond.
Vivi: Wh-What's he talking about...?
(Black Mage No. 288): ......
Vivi: Was it a disease? Or was he hurt?
(Black Mage No. 288): ......
Vivi: Tell me! Why?
Black Mage No. 288: That's because...
ATE: Visitor, Not Invader
Clock hut
Dagger: Um... Excuse me.
(Mages): !
Black Mage No. 32: Why are you here!?
Black Mage No. 192: This is our village!
Black Mage No. 32: Yeah!
Black Mage No. 192: You forced the little guy to guide you here, didn't you!?
Black Mage No. 192: That's all you humans ever think about: using us!
Dagger: You mean about Vivi?
Dagger: That's not true! It's just that I was surprised to see black mages other than Vivi who could talk, so...
Dagger: Besides, I'm here to stop the person who is sending you off to fight!
Black Mage No. 32: A-Are you telling the truth?
Black Mage No. 192: Lies!
Black Mage No. 192: All humans are liars! You're lying!
Dagger: But it's true!
Dagger: I can't just sit here and watch while horrible things are happening!
(Mages): ......
ATE: Life Cycle
Chocobo hutChocobo hut
Quina: A-ha! I know you hide food!
Black Mage No. 111: Get out!
Black Mage No. 33: This egg is ours!
Quina: Is chocobo egg! Chocobo egg super-delicious! We share and eat it!
Black Mage No. 111: We're not gonna eat it!
Black Mage No. 33: A chocobo mother left it for us before she stopped moving!
Black Mage No. 111: That's right! We're gonna raise it for her!
Quina: You crazy.
Quina: You never raise any animal before.
Black Mage No. 33: Shut up! We can so do it!
Quina: I not believe you. You eat egg behind my back!
(Mages): No way!
- Gysahl Greens: Far right.
* Quina: Zidane! You want eat, too? Chocobo egg very delicious.
Black Mage No. 33: We're never gonna give it to you!
* Black Mage No. 111: Is s/he with you? Can you take him somewhere else?
Inn
* Black Mage No. 234: Th-This is an inn, but we're not ready to check you in.
* (Mage): ......
* Gramophone
The Gift of Magical Music for You...
by Music House
Shop
- Ether: Shelf.
* Black Mage No. 163: Um, welcome! Can I help you?
* Buy/Sell/Nothing
Clock hut
- 2000 Gil: Behind the chair.
Dagger: Oh, Zidane...
Zidane: What's up, Dagger?
Dagger: I was telling them why we're here.
Zidane: Why are we here?
Dagger: Zidane!
Zidane: It's just a joke! Geez, don't get mad.
Dagger: Can't you see, I'm trying to make them understand?
Black Mage No. 32: What's a 'joke'? Is it scary?
Zidane: It's something funny! Right, Dagger?
Black Mage No. 192: You don't seem so bad.
Black Mage No. 32: 'Cause you're here to fight the bad guys!
Zidane: That's right!
Dagger: You're unbelievable, you know that?
Dagger: Hey, where's Vivi?
Zidane: I don't know where he went...
Dagger: That worries me...
Dagger: I'm going to look for him!
Zidane: H-Hey, Dagger!
Zidane: Not again...
* Black Mage No. 192: Welcome to the Black Cat Synthesis Shop!
Rooftops
- 843 Gil: Chest.
Houses
Vivi runs past.
(Zidane): !
Zidane: Hey, Vivi!
Zidane: What's up with him...?
Cemetery
* Black Mage No. 56: I wonder what it's like down there? Is it warm or cold?
* Black Mage No. 288
Zidane: Hey, how come you guys can all talk?
Black Mage No. 288: We became aware one day, each under different circumstances.
Zidane: Became aware? How?
Black Mage No. 288: Do you remember being born?
Zidane: No, not really.
Black Mage No. 288: It was the same with me. I just woke up one day...
Black Mage No. 288: ...and there was a human body lying next to me.
Black Mage No. 288: His body was covered in blood.
Black Mage No. 288: It scared me... I didn't know what it meant.
Black Mage No. 288: I ran as fast as I could. When I looked around, I was far away from the front line.
Black Mage No. 288: There were many others like me, and we decided to escape together.
Black Mage No. 288: We heard about this village after roaming around for a while. That's how I ended up here.
Zidane: I see...
* Black Mage No. 288: Many of our friends stopped moving recently. The ones that were produced earlier stopped first...
Black Mage No. 288: Maybe our life span is limited...
Inn
- Virgo: By the beds.
* Black Mage No. 123: Your little friend is waiting inside.
* Room
Zidane: ...Vivi? What's wrong?
(Vivi): Huh?
Vivi: Oh, Zidane... It's... It's nothing.
Zidane: Did something bad happen? All the black mages seem pretty nice.
Vivi: Nothing happened...
Quina (enters): Grr... I hungry!
Quina: This village people eat terrible food.
Dagger (enters): Oh, Vivi. You're back.
Dagger: Where were you? You look very...
Zidane: You got tired, right, Vivi?
Vivi: Y-Yeah...
Dagger: I don't blame you. We've been walking around non-stop. We should call it a day.
Quina: I go to forest and look for food.
Dagger: What about you, Zidane?
* Yes
Zidane: Yeah, we'll call it a day.
* Not yet
Zidane: I'm not tired yet.
* Black Mage No. 234: W-Will you be staying overnight?
* Yes/No
Black Mage No. 234: Please come visit us again.
* (Vivi): ......
* Dagger: Do you want to rest?
* Rest/Not yet
Chocobo hut
* Black Mage No. 111: I'm thinking of a name for it...
* Black Mage No. 33: I wonder when it'll hatch? I keep it warm constantly.
Inn
* Black Mage No. 123: This thing plays 'music.' Is it true that music makes people happy and want to dance?
Black Mage No. 123: Tell me, what is 'music'?
* Rest
Vivi checks out early.
Dagger: Zidane... Vivi just walked out.
Zidane: Maybe he's letting us have a little romantic quiet time.
(Dagger): I'm serious!
Zidane: ...I wouldn't worry too much.
Dagger: But...
Zidane: He's trying to figure something out for himself.
(Dagger): ......
Village
Vivi walks along.
Think about it...
Vivi's never met black mages like himself before.
But what if they're being mean to him, or saying nasty things?
Do you really think the people of this village gathered to do something like that?
......
Maybe... Just maybe, he'll find what he's looking for.
...Find what?
A place to call home.
Home...?
Yeah... A place where he belongs...
Inn
Hey, Zidane... When you said home...
What's the matter? Can't fall asleep?
How about a bedtime story? Let's see... Once upon a time...
There you go again, teasing me...
Once upon a time... ...there was a man.
There was a man who didn't know where he came from...
...Zidane?
Black, fading in to Lindblum harbour
This man had longed to find his birthplace ever since he was a small child.
His birthplace. A place he only remembered in his dreams...
Zidane is there.
Why...?
He wanted to know more about himself, maybe. About his parents, the house where he was born...
One day, the man left the home of his adoptive father and went on a quest to find the answer.
His only clue was the blue light he saw in his dreams...
A blue light?
Fade to black.
Yeah. He thought it might be a memory of his birthplace. An ocean, maybe...?
Did he find it?
Hey, you're jumping ahead. A lot of things happened along the way.
Fade back in.
Alright, we can skip ahead... No, he never found it.
How could he? His only clue was a colored light.
So he went back to the home of his adoptive father...
Thieves' hideout
What do you think his father did when he came home?
...Welcomed him home?
Black.
No way!
The father raised his fist and beat the son he had worked so hard to raise...
(Voice): <Wham!>
(Voice): <Pow!>
(Voice): <Whack!>
(Voice): <Bam!>
Fade back in.
Why?
I don't know...
But you know what surprised him even more?
The father smiled, after beating up his son!
Can you believe that? He just gave his son a beating.
But this is what the man thought when he saw his father smile...
This is my home. This is the place I call home.
The man is still looking for his birthplace. But he already has a home. Maybe...
...it's the same for Vivi. He's looking for a place to call home.
Cemetery
I wonder if Vivi will stay in this village?
Who knows... That's for him to decide.
Black Mage No. 288: Hello. Nice to see you again.
Vivi: Um... I wanted to ask you something.
Black Mage No. 288: What is it?
Vivi: I was wondering how many people have ...stopped...moving.
Black Mage No. 288: You're very kind to use our words.
Black Mage No. 288: But you already know what it means to live...and to die.
Black Mage No. 288: You're asking about our friends who have 'died,' not 'stopped.'
Vivi: Um...
Black Mage No. 288: Seven of our friends stopped functioning recently...
Black Mage No. 288: I think our life span is limited...
Black Mage No. 288: I've suspected this ever since the first one came to a stop.
Black Mage No. 288: It varies a little, but most of us stop moving one year after production.
Vivi: No...
Black Mage No. 288: I haven't told anyone else about this. If I did, they'd feel the same way I do.
Vivi: What do you feel?
Black Mage No. 288: I don't know... Fear? I don't want to stop. And maybe I want to run away from it all.
Black Mage No. 288: But living in the village with everyone fills me with joy.
Black Mage No. 288: The joy of living with them far outweighs the fear of death.
Black Mage No. 288: Isn't it the same for you? Traveling with your friends gives your life meaning.
Vivi: I...
Entrance, morning
Dagger: Really?
Black Mage No. 144: Yeah, I think that's what you're looking for.
(Dagger): Thank you!
Zidane: What's up, Dagger?
Dagger: Zidane! Someone saw a silver dragon in the northwest part of this continent.
Dagger: The people of Conde Petie said there was a place called Sanctuary, where entrance is restricted...
Black Mage No. 144: I think this 'Kuja' said something about a secret being hidden on this continent.
Zidane: You heard him say that?
Black Mage No. 144: Yeah. Something about the source of the Mist...
Dagger: Maybe we can find out more if we go there. And maybe save my mother...
Zidane: Right...
Dagger: Oh, where's Vivi?
Dagger: If Vivi says he's staying behind...
Vivi: Wait for me!
(Dagger): Vivi?
Vivi: Everyone in the village asked me to see the outside world and tell them about it.
Dagger: I see...
Zidane: Oh, man! I thought Dagger and I'd get to spend some quality time together.
Quina: What you say?
Quina: You no can leave me here. I starve.
Zidane: Oh yeah, I forgot about you...
Dagger: Let's go, everyone!
Dagger: To Conde Petie! And to the Sanctuary that lies beyond!
Weapon shop
* Black Mage No. 78: This is supposed to be a weapon shop. What's a weapon, anyway?
Rear building
* Black Mage No. 55: We built this shack to accommodate our baby chocobo.
Black Mage No. 55: Pretty nice, don't you think?
Buildings
* Black Mage No. 44: I've been gaining weight lately... I wonder if I'm overeating?
* Black Mage No. 189: We've each been gaining distinctive personality traits since we arrived in this village.
Black Mage No. 189: Mr. 44, for instance, got bigger. The others are also starting to look and act differently.
Black Mage No. 189: Mr. 288 told us that this is called individuality. He's really smart.
Cemetery
* Black Mage No. 288: Please take good care of him. We'll be waiting to hear his stories.
Entrance
* Black Mage No. 24: I don't like the sun, because it makes me hot.
Black Mage No. 24: But the light is pretty, isn't it? Especially through the leaves.
