Dagger: There's Mist here...!
Zidane: So this place really must be the source of the Mist.
Vivi trips over.
Eiko: You okay?
Vivi: ...I-I'm fine.
Zidane walks into a forcefield.
(Zidane): Whoa!
Zidane: What was that?
Eiko: That was the seal.
Eiko: It shouldn't hurt you, but are you alright?
Zidane: Yeah, it didn't hurt.
He pokes it again.
Hmm...
* Poke again
He does so.
Hmm...
* Body slam
He walks back for a run up, and signals Eiko to move. He charges into it.
(Zidane): Graaagh!
Zidane: Only you can break the seal?
Zidane: No wonder the dwarves of Conde Petie call this place a Sanctuary.
* Ask Eiko
Zidane: Did you say they used the power of an eidolon to seal this place?
Zidane: Amazing. How do you break it?
Eiko: I'm going to ask the eidolon to come back.
Eiko: The summoner's horn allows us to communicate with eidolons and wild animals.
Eiko: I'll break the seal now.
Eiko: Watch!
She steps forward.
(Eiko): Boom boom boom!
(Eiko): Boom boom boom!
(Eiko): By the light of our spirits!
(Eiko): I call upon thee!
(Eiko): Answer my call!
(Eiko): Wherever your soul may be!
There is a little light show.
<Ruby>
Eiko: Finished! We can go inside now.
Zidane: Thanks!
Vivi: Was that the spell to break the seal?
Eiko: Nope.
Eiko: All I do is focus my thoughts into my horn.
Vivi: Then why were you...?
Eiko: That was just for show!
Eiko: The spell is actually much longer, but the eidolon asked me to hurry it up.
Dagger: (I didn't hear anything...)
Zidane: Alright. Let's go!
Inside
Zidane: What's this...?
Zidane: Looks old. I wonder who built it?
Eiko: This way! Hey, are you alright?
Vivi: A-Aren't you guys scared of heights...?
Eiko: Gosh, you look so helpless.
Eiko: Why don't you stay here and let us handle the rest?
Vivi: No, I'm going with you guys!
Vivi: I have to.
Eiko: Then don't leave my side, okay?
Vivi: O-Okay. Thanks.
Zidane: Eiko, do you know anything about this place?
Eiko: Nope. This is my first time inside the Iifa Tree.
Zidane: This place looks ancient...
He taps the circle, and it lights up.
(All): !
Zidane: What the...
* Touch it again
He does so, and it lights up again.
Zidane: What the...
* Try standing on it
* Ask Eiko
Zidane: What do you think, Eiko?
Eiko: Maybe...try standing on it?
Zidane: Alright, then!
Dagger: Zidane...
Zidane: I'll be fine. Don't worry!
He stands on it, and it starts to descend. He leaps off and hangs onto the side.
(Zidane): ......
(Zidane): ......
Zidane: Here it comes again.
He leaps onto it as it rises.
Zidane: It works. I'm gonna see where it takes me.
Zidane: I'll call you guys over if everything is alright.
Eiko: I'm coming with you!
Dagger: Me, too.
Vivi: M-Me, too.
Zidane: Okay, we'll all go.
They get on.
Lower
- Phoenix Down: Chest.
- Hi-Potion: Other chest.
* Alcove
Zidane: There's something sticking out...
* Push it
A chest appears.
* Don't do anything
Even lower
- Ether: Chest.
- Remedy: Lower chest.
- Lamia's Flute: Lowest chest.
Green area
Zidane: Everything up there looked withered.
Zidane: This place looks totally different.
Zidane: It's so bright I can't see the bottom...
Eiko jumps up and down on a leaf.
Zidane: I guess we should try to get to the bottom of this!
Eiko: Hey, Zidane. I found something here.
Zidane: Hmm... Maybe it'll move like the last one...
Eiko: It didn't move when I got on...
Zidane: You stood on it!?
Zidane: Well...
Eiko: Why don't we all try getting on?
They do so.
Zidane: When I got on, I felt it respond.
It moves.
Zidane: I guess we're in luck!
Leaf
(Zidane): Whoa...
Zidane: It sure freaked me out at first, but there's no wind or anything...
Zidane: I guess that glowing powder is stopping the wind somehow.
Zidane: You okay, Dagger?
(Dagger) (gets up): Yes...
Dagger: I wonder where we're going.
(Zidane): Yeah...me, too.
Eiko: Maybe Mog can tell us something!
She pops out.
Eiko: What do you feel, here inside the Iifa Tree?
Mog: Kupo...
Mog: ...Kupo? KUPO! POPO!
Eiko: Really?
(Mog): Kupo!
Eiko: Alright... Thanks!
Mog: Kupopo!
She returns.
Zidane: Well? What's the word?
Eiko: Um, Mog senses a lot of life beneath us.
Eiko: Moogles are faeries, so they sense life everywhere, but Mog says there's a whole lot here!
Dagger: I wonder if agents of Kuja are down there...
Zidane: But what's the connection between Kuja and the Mist?
(Eiko): !?
Eiko: Incoming!
Battle: 3xZombie
Eiko: There are so many strange monsters here in the Iifa Tree!
Dagger: Could the Mist be causing it?
Zidane: Beats me... The Evil Forest and Gargan Roo had unique monsters, too.
Eiko: But if the Mist comes from this tree, how come it only appears on Zidane's continent?
Zidane: I guess there has to be something that channels the Mist.
Dagger: Yes, but the question is, why?
(Vivi): ......
Dagger: Zidane...
Zidane: Hmm? What's the matter?
(Zidane): ...Vivi?
* Eiko: Is something wrong with Vivi?
* Dagger: I wonder what's the matter with Vivi...
* Vivi
Zidane: What's wrong, Vivi? You've been lost in thought for a while.
Vivi: Oh, Zidane... I've been thinking about the Mist.
Vivi: Do you remember the...factory we saw in Dali?
Dagger: Yes, the factory where black mages were being made?
Eiko: Huh? Black mages?
Dagger: They look a lot like Vivi.
(Zidane): Dagger!
Dagger: Oh! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to...
Vivi: It's okay. I'm not upset anymore... about being made and everything.
(Zidane): Vivi...
Vivi: Anyway, that factory had a lot of Mist inside, right?
Zidane: Oh, yeah... There was a huge machine filled with Mist.
Dagger: That's right. And there were those strange eggs we saw.
Vivi: There's gotta be a connection between the Mist, Kuja, and... the black mages.
(Dagger): ......
Eiko: I'm so confused.
(Eiko): !?
Eiko: Another one's headed this way!
Battle: Dracozombie
Zidane: Hey, I can finally see the bottom.
Eiko: It's so deep!
Zidane: I don't know what's down there... but we'll soon find out!
Bottom
- Elixir: Chest.
- Brigandine: Behind the stand.
Eiko: Come with me!
Eiko: Are you gonna make a helpless little girl like me go all by herself!?
Zidane: Wait! There might be some monsters lurking there!
She and Vivi run off.
(Dagger): Say, Zidane...
Dagger: Mog said he sensed life down here. Do you sense anything?
Zidane: Yeah, but you sense it, too, don't you?
Zidane: We don't even need Mog to tell us that there's life down here.
Dagger: You're right. I can tell there's something down here.
* Leaf
Zidane: Looks like it'll take us back.
* Get on
Zidane: Hey! Let's go back up for now!
* Don't get on
* Dagger: What could this be? It could be a plant, but it also looks like a machine.
Zidane: Machine? What do you mean, 'machine'?
Dagger: Well, it sure doesn't look like any normal tree.
Zidane: Yeah. It's weird enough that the inside of a tree looks like this.
* Dagger: It looks like it's been here for ages. A hundred, two hundred years or more...
* Eiko: Mog is a little scared.
Eiko: So, that sparkling water is a living thing? It's so pretty.
Eiko: Hey, Zidane! Come watch it with me.
* Alright
Eiko: Really!? Okay, come here!
Zidane: But... I can see it fine from here.
Eiko: No! It has to be romantic!
(Eiko): Hehehe...
Zidane: Eiko, you're not watching the sparkle, are you?
Eiko: I was watching the sparkle reflected in your eyes, Zidane.
Zidane: (Is this what I've been putting Dagger through?)
Zidane: (Hmmm... I'd better go easy on her from now on.)
* No thanks
Eiko: Aww! I'm hurt.
* Eiko: Wanna watch the water with me?
* Alright/No thanks
* Vivi: You can see some sparkling water down below. It's really pretty.
Vivi: Maybe the Mist comes from that water down there?
Vivi: So, if the Iifa Tree is the source of the Mist...
* Vivi: What could that sparkle be?
* Edge
Zidane: Is it moving...?
Zidane: Just my imagination.
Zidane: So much for Kuja. None of his lackeys are here, either.
Zidane: Or maybe we have to go down there?
Zidane: I definitely sense something down there.
(Eiko): Zidane!
(Zidane) (runs over): What's up?
Eiko: M-Mog's saying...
Eiko: Something's coming from above!
Zidane: From above!?
Zidane: Dagger, come here! Now!
She tries to, but the ground shakes and she stumbles.
(Dagger): Aaaa!
(Zidane): Dagger!!!
* (Eiko): What's coming!?
* (Vivi): Dagger!
* Dagger
(Zidane): Are you alright!?
Dagger: I'm sorry! I was just startled. Is something wrong?
(Eiko): Over there!
(Zidane): It's them!
Zidane: We'd better go, too! Can you stand?
Dagger (gets up): Yes, let's go.
They go.
End
Eiko: Look! The wall is moving!
Vivi: You're right... It's like it's alive!
(Voice): Eiko! Vivi!
Zidane and Dagger catch up.
Eiko: Zidane! The wall's shaking faster!
(Zidane): It's here!
An enormous thing falls past.
(Dagger): What was that!?
It pops up again.
So, it wasn't Kuja.
Vivi: Huh? What's going on? I can hear a voice inside my head!
Zidane: You just said Kuja! Where is he!?
I do not know.
Dagger: What are you doing here!?
Zidane: Are you the one who makes the Mist!?
It is not produced... Mist is a by-product of the refining process. It is discharged through the roots.
Vivi: Discharged?
Dagger: So it's sent to other continents through the roots, right?
Zidane: But why!? Why would you do that!?
I contaminate the other continents with Mist to stimulate the fighting instinct.
This, in turn, leads to war among the leaders of nations, and then to the fall of civilization.
Kuja merely puts the by-product to a different use.
Vivi: A different use!? What is Kuja trying to do!?
I cannot lie. Kuja used the waste product to make weapons. Weapons...like yourself.
(Vivi): !?
Eiko: He's really ticking me off! Can I kill him?
Zidane: Wait, Eiko! What kind of weapons did Kuja make?
Kuja called them black mages, dark spawn of the Mist.
(Zidane): !?
Dagger: So the factory in Dali was really...
Defeat me, and no more Mist will flow.
And then no more weapons like this puppet here will be made.
Answer me, puppet. Do you deny your very birth?
Zidane: Why, you--
(Vivi): ......
(Vivi): No more!
Dagger: Vivi?
Vivi: I won't let you make any more instruments of murder!
Eiko: Way to go, Vivi! I know it must be hard for you. We can knock off this rat now, right?
Zidane: Alright! Let's bust him up! Who knows, it might even lure Kuja here!
I have seen the end of my thousand-year life, and it is not now.
You cannot stop me.
It is futile even to try.
Boss Battle: Soulcage
Zidane: Uh oh! Let's get outta here!
FMV: The Mist blows away, even as far as Alexandria.
Entrance
Eiko: Wow, the air's so clear! The Iifa Tree looks so pretty now.
Eiko: Will this clear up your Mist Continent?
Zidane: I think so.
Zidane: Now, let's see if Kuja shows up.
(Zidane): ...Vivi?
Vivi: Zidane... Did I do the right thing?
Vivi: It said that black mages are made from the Mist, right?
Vivi: When I thought about how other black mages were being made for war...
Vivi: I didn't want that to happen, no matter what.
Vivi: Now, there'll be no more new black mages.
Vivi: I think they'll all hate me.
Eiko: No way!
(Eiko): Listen to me.
Eiko: You should never lie to yourself.
Eiko: After all, your brothers wouldn't want you to do that.
Vivi: Do you really think so? Do you think...they'll understand?
Eiko: Of course! They're your brothers. It'll be alright.
Eiko: Huh? What is it, Mog?
Moco appears.
(Eiko): Moco!?
(Moco): Eiko!
Eiko: What's the matter? Why did you come all this way?
(Eiko): No way!
Eiko: Okay, I'll be right back!
Moco: Alright, I'll go on ahead and tell the others.
Eiko: You guys are going to wait here for Kuja, right? I gotta go back to the village!
Zidane: Wait, Eiko! What's up?
Eiko: Someone stole something precious from the village!
(Dagger): Zidane!
Zidane: We'll go with you, Eiko!
Eiko: Thanks, but what about Kuja!?
Zidane: Madain Sari isn't that far.
Zidane: He can wait.
Inside
* Lift
Zidane: It won't budge.
