- Squall's room
- There is a knock on the door.
- Selphie: Squall, it's our first SeeD mission! Looks like we're going to [Timber]. Meet [by the front gate]. Hurry!
- He gets up.
- Dorms corridor
- A group of students are chatting.
- (Student): So, how's it going since that incident?
- (Female student): Huh? What incident?
- (Student): You were fighting, remember?
- (Female student): Fighting...? We were never fighting, were we?
- (Male student): Nope!
- (Student): Haa... Whatever... I wasn't really worried anyway...
- Central area
- * Xu: Hey, Squall, heard you got your first mission already! Looks like they have high hopes for you.
- Library
- * Students
- Female Student: So, like, did you read it?
- Male Student: Oh, you mean that bloody murder mystery?
- Female Student: Did you find out who the killer was?
- Male Student: Y'know... You should read somethin' more enlightening.
- Female Student: So, like... You found it boring?
- Male Student: It was good... But what I'm tryin' to say is...
- Female Student: So you liked it! Then you'll like this one, too!
- Male Student: ...Oh, thanks.
- Female Student: So, like, this book is written in a new style. The narrator is actually the kil...
- Male Student: Hey! Geez, don't give it away!
- * Library Committee Member: OH-MY-GOSH...!!! He spoke to me!!!
- * (Library Committee Member): That SeeD comes to the library often. He's been our topic of conversation lately.
- Medical centre corridor
- * (Student): Maybe I should go talk to Dr. Kadowaki...
- Medical centre
- * Dr. Kadowaki: What is it? Are you injured again?
- Directory
- * (Blonde SeeD): Hey, troublemaker! Don't mess around too much.
- * (Girl): Mornin'! Good luck with your first SeeD mission.
- * (Other girl): I can't believe you're going on your first mission already.
- Outside area
- Squall and Selphie are with Cid, waiting for Zell.
- Garden Faculty: ...One more minute...
- Zell finally appears, riding some sort of hoverboard.
- Zell: Made it!
- Garden Faculty: T-Boards are prohibited within Garden. Have you forgotten?
- Zell: Oops, sorry!
- Zell: But this is really cool. It may come in handy on a SeeD mission, someday.
- Garden Faculty: We'll be the judges of that.
- Garden Faculty: Confiscate it.
- Another faculty member arrives to take it away.
- Garden Faculty: All of you are members of SeeD, but... Nevertheless, you're still students at this Garden. Furthermore, because you are SeeDs, you must set an example to all others and abide by the Garden's rules. Understood!?
- Headmaster Cid: Well, about your first mission...
- Headmaster Cid: You are to go to Timber. There, you will be supporting a resistance faction. That is your mission.
- Headmaster Cid: A member of the faction will contact you at Timber Station.
- Headmaster Cid: This person will talk to you and say, 'The forests of Timber sure have changed'. At this time, you must reply, 'But the owls are still around'. That is the password.
- Headmaster Cid: Just follow the faction's orders.
- Zell: Uh... Just us 3?
- Garden Faculty: Correct. We have agreed to do this mission for very little money. Normally, we would never accept such requests, but...
- Headmaster Cid: Enough talk about that.
- Headmaster Cid: Well then, Squall, you are the squad leader. Use your best judgement based on the situation. Zell and Selphie, you are to support Squall and give your all to carry out the faction's plans.
- * Headmaster Cid: Oh, and Squall, I forgot to give you this. It's a cursed item, but if one with enough power uses it, it should be of great help.
- [Magical Lamp]
- Headmaster Cid: Best of luck on your first mission.
- * Garden Faculty: Once again, the password is, 'But the owls are still around.' Don't forget.
- Balamb town centre
- (Man): Your kid just whizzed by like a tornado.
- Mother of Big Bad Rascal: I don't know what to do with him anymore...
- (Man): Does he take after your husband? Or maybe he's more like his mother.
- Mother of Big Bad Rascal: What!? Oh, how could you say that?
- * Mother of Big Bad Rascal: Hi, Zell.
- (Mother of Big Bad Rascal): We were just talking about your mother. Do you realize what an amazing person your mother is?
- (Man): Make sure you go see her.
- Station entrance
- Station Staff: The train to Timber is here. Please purchase a ticket.
- * 3,000 Gil
- (Station Staff): Please go inside right away. The train to Timber will be leaving shortly.
- * Don't purchase
- Station
- * Station Staff: The train will be departing soon. Please hurry if you're getting on.
