This is a sub-page of Proto:Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium.
Birth Valley
Chaz, Alys, and Hahn enter the town of Zema to find that most of the citizens have been literally petrified. In Birth Valley, they find more of the same, including...
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May Script
...An ancient curse?
You mean someone is able to
cast such a spell
in this day and age?!
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Final Script
An ancient curse?
I can't believe someone is able
to cast such a spell in this
day and age!
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Isn't there any way to restore
them?
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I've heard that a medicine
called 'Alshline'
is able to turn stone back
to flesh.
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I heard about it some time ago
in a Motavian village...
But, we're talking
some time ago.
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It's the village of Molcum,
which is far south of here.
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All right, then.
Let's get going!
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May Script
Let's see...
if your're going to Molcum...
I'll give you an extra good deal
... just 500 meseta.
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August Script
Let's see...
if your're going to Molcum...
I'll make you a deal -- just
500 meseta.
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Final Script
Let's see...
if you're going to Molcum...
I'll make you a deal -- just
500 meseta.
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May Script
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Final Script
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Molcum
There's not much left of this native Motavian town; All of the building have been burnt down. A blue-haired man stands among the ashes.
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Hey, Alys!
Long time no see!
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May Script
| Alys, do you know this guy?
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Final Script
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May Script
Well, is shorty here is your
current companion?
He's still a kid.
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Final Script
Is shorty here your current
companion?
He's still a kid.
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May Script
Stop it, Chaz!
More importantly,
Rune, what's going on?
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Final Script
Stop it, you two.
More importantly,
Rune, what's going on?
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Translation Notes
Alys originally only tried to get Chaz under control - this rewrite becomes important a bit later.
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This is all the handiwork
of Zio.
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May Script
Zio! Then perhaps the person
who turned the people of Zema
into stone is also...
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Final Script
Zio! I bet the person who turned
the people of Zema into stone
is also...
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Well, your brain seems to
work a little bit.
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May Script
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Final Script
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Translation Notes
Now, obviously, Chaz used a harsher word than "terd" in the Japanese script. Still, though. Rude.
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May Script
Cut it out! Anyhow,
it seems that everywhere we go,
it's always Zio.
Who is this Zio?
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Final Script
Cut it out!
It seems that everywhere we go,
it's always Zio.
Who is this Zio?
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May Script
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Final Script
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Translation Notes
So in the May script, Rune definitely doesn't know who Zio is, but he might have some inkling in the later drafts.
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May Script
But, how about Alshline?
What's going to happen
with Alshline?
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Final Script
With the town destroyed, how
are we going to find Alshline?
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You're looking for Alshline?
In that case,
you'd better go to Tonoe.
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May Script
Let's see...from here,
it's kind of far.
First, go to the village of
Krup which is east of here...
And from there if you go north,
you'll find a valley that leads to Tonoe.
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Final Script
Let's see...from here,
it's kind of far.
First travel east to the village
of Krup.
And from there if you go north,
you'll find a valley that leads to Tonoe.
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We don't have to pass by
Krup, do we?
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May Script
A...anyway, let's just head on
towards Tonoe! Alys?
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Final Script
Ah, let's just head straight
towards Tonoe! Alys?
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Translation Notes
Further evidence of nervous Hahn in the May script.
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May Script
We have no choice.
I guess we'll go!
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Final Script
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Translation Notes
Now this is a strange rewrite. In the May draft and the Japanese script, Alys has already settled on going to Tonoe. In later English drafts, she seemingly doesn't decide to go until Rune joins the party. Speaking of which...
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I'm going to invite myself
to join your group.
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I've got some business there
too.
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May Script
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August Script
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Final Script
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May Script
| Oh yes? That would be great.
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Final Script
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Translation Notes
The editor(s) seem to play up Alys's apparent attraction to Rune a bit more in later English drafts.
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May Script
Good, we're all set.
And Shorty,
try not to be a nuisance!
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Final Script
Good, we're all set.
And Shorty,
try not to get in the way.
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May Script
Stop calling me Shorty!
My na...
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Final Script
Stop calling me Shorty!
My name is...
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May Script
Chaz, that's what you said
your name was, right?
Hmmph,
what a cheap-sounding name!
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Final Script
Chaz, that's what you said
your name was, right?
Hmmph,
what a stupid name!
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Translation Notes
The May draft is using the wrong pronouns - it should be "that's what she called you" or "that's what she said your name was."
Later drafts have inadvertently introduced a new error; Go back and read the final English dialogue, and notice that nobody has said Chaz's name by this point. Whoops.
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Alys, I think he's going to
be more trouble than he's worth!
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May Script
Ha, I won't create problems
for anyone.
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Final Script
| Ha, I won't get in anyone's way.
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May Script
I'm a little uneasy about our
destination. Ha, ha...
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Final Script
Ah... I'm a little uneasy about
our destination.
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Translation Notes
More nervous laughter from Hahn, clearly out of his element here.
Krup
And so, the five-man band takes a visit to Krup. Well, technically they don't have to, but let's just assume they do for convenience sake.
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Hahn! You've come home!
I'm so happy!
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May Script
Saya! I've missed you!
...Let me introduce you
to everybody.
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Final Script
Saya! I've missed you!
Let me introduce you
to everyone.
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This is my...ahem...
fi...fiancee, Saya.
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Saya beams.
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May Script
Saya teaches children
in her home.
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Final Script
Saya teaches children
here in her home.
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Oh, no, it's about the only
thing I'm capable of doing...
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May Script
These people are hunters,
Alys and Chaz,
who are assisting me in my task.
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Final Script
Alys and Chaz are hunters. They
are assisting me in my task.
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May Script
So you are hunters.
It's a difficult job,
isn't it, Hahn?
Thank you for taking care of
Hahn, Alys and Chaz.
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Final Script
It's a difficult job,
isn't it?
Thank you for taking care of
Hahn.
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May Script
Now, don't you worry.
Everything will be all be
all right.
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August Script
Now, don't you worry.
Everything will be all be okay.
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Final Script
Now, don't you worry.
Everything will be okay.
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But, if anything were to
happen to you, I...
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They grow closer...
Valley Maze Entrance
North of Krup, the party arrives at a dead-end.
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May Script
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Final Script
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Translation Notes
This line was rewritten to match Rune's response below. "Is Tonoe further along?" "No sweat."...doesn't flow well.
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No sweat.
This should be a cinch!
Everybody! Stand back!
Flaeli!
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Rune lets loose a burst of fire, clearing the entrance to the cave. The rest of the party is confused by what he just did, but Rune clarifies that he's using something called "magic." Chaz is impressed.
Tonoe
Passing through the Valley Maze, the party of five reaches Tonoe, a town inhabited by native Motavians. At the back of the town sits the hut of Grandfather Dorin. It's question time!
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I'm the information monger,
Grandfather Dorin.
What exactly do you want to ask?
Is it about the secret of
refining Titanium?
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(The answer is the same in all versions, so let's move on to the next one)
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You want to know
why the path to this village
is blocked by a rock?
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If "YES" is selected:
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May Script
Ah. In preparation of a possible
assault by Zio
we've closed ourselves off.
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Final Script
In preparation of a possible
assault by Zio
we've closed ourselves off.
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Otherwise:
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May & August Scripts
Then do you want
the measurements of that famous
and beautiful hunter
Alys Brangwin,
also known as
the 'Eight Stroks of Alys' ??
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Final Script
Then do you want
the measurements of that famous
and beautiful hunter
Alys Brangwin,
also known as
the 'Eight Stroke Warrior?'
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Translation Notes
Here we go. In the Japanese version, Alys's nickname is "八ッ裂きのライラ". "八ッ裂き" translates to "dismemberer", though the characters used are nonstandard - it's normally "八つ裂き". So she's Alys the Dismemberer, which is why she objects to it later in the game as a ridiculous nickname.
It seems the translator got confused here and tried to translate the name literally; The kanji "八" can translate to "eight" by itself, and "ッ裂き" could translate to "split" or "tear." So they extrapolated from that and got "eight strokes".
Chaz is a rude boy so he answers "Yes."
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May Script
Yes. Starting from the top,
thirty-six, twenty...
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Final Script
Now you're talking.
Starting from the top,
thirty-six, twenty...
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Translation Notes
Another unit conversion error. The first measurement is 88cm in the Japanese script - this should be 34 or 35 inches.
Alys decks the blue geezer in his fur-covered face.
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May Script
Yeow!
Ouch!!
Wh...what are you doing!
How dare you strike me without
warning like that!
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Final Script
Yeow!
Ouch!!
Wh...what are you doing!
How dare you strike me without
warning!
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It's at this point that Dorin realizes to whom he's talking.
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Huh? Yikes!
Alys Brangwin!
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You blabbing old fart!
Do you tell every single fool
who comes here my measurements!?
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Alys starts to wind up another punch...
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May Script
Ahhh! Oh...Help me!
Oh, Rune!
It's you, Rune.
Please help me!
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Final Script
Ahhh! Oh...Help me!
Ah, Rune!
It's you, Rune.
Please help me!
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You don't change,
do you, old man!
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Please excuse him,
will you, Alys?
The old man doesn't
have any bad intentions.
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May Script
I wouldn't put up with it
if he had bad intentions!
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Final Script
| That's why I put up with it.
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May Script
Grandfather Dorin,
I came to retrieve the thing
I entrusted in your care.
Also, these people want to get
a hold of Alshline.
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Final Script
Grandfather Dorin,
I came to retrieve the item
I entrusted in your care.
Also, these people are looking
for Alshline.
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Ah,
if what you want is Alshline,
feel free to take whatever
you need.
It's in the back of
the basement warehouse out back.
Go help yourselves.
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Thank you!
Alys, let's go!
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May & August Scripts
Oh, wait!
That place is unused right now.
So it may be a teensy bit
dangerous.
Gryz! Will you be a guide for
these poeple?
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Final Script
Oh, wait!
That place is unused right now.
So it may be a teensy bit
dangerous.
Gryz! Will you guide these
people?
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May Script
Very well.
...My name is Gryz.
Nice to know you.
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Final Script
My pleasure.
My name is Gryz.
Nice to meet you.
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Translation Notes
Gryz is more reluctant to assist the party in the May prototype.
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May Script
Well, I have some business
with Grandfather Dorin here,
so I'll say so long here!
Oh yeah, pip squeak!
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Final Script
Well, I have some business
with Grandfather Dorin here,
so I'll say so long here!
Oh yeah, pip squeak...
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May Script
Don't get any silly thoughts,
like taking on Zio,
into your head!
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Final Script
Don't get any silly thoughts,
like taking on Zio,
into that little head!
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May Script
At this stage of the game,
you're no match for him!
So...perhaps our paths will
cross again.
Alys...
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Final Script
At this stage of the game,
you're no match for him!
Maybe our paths will
cross again.
Alys...
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At the warehouse entrance...
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May Script
Oh, there's a little trick
to opening this door.
Just hold here...like so...
and then, one, two three, go!
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August Script
Oh, there's a little trick
to opening this door.
Just hold here...like so...
and then, one, two three, lift!
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Final Script
Oh, there's a little trick
to opening this door.
Just hold here...like so...
and then one, two, three, lift!
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Tonoe Warehouse Basement
As always, the Alshline is all the way down at the bottommost floor. Very inconvenient.
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OK! Let's hurry and return to
Zema and help those people out!
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Umm...
Do you think I can go along?
My own town was destroyed
by Zio.
I couldn't save my father
or my mother!
One way or another
I need to get my revenge!
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May Script
Hey, Gryz!
We're not necessary making
this journey for the purpose
of conquering Zio.
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Final Script
Hey, Gryz!
We're not necessarily making
this journey for the purpose
of defeating Zio.
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May Script
But didn't that tall guy
who was with you at the
beginning say something
like that?
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Final Script
But didn't that tall guy
who was with you say something
like that?
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Oh, that...he was just
arbitrarily saying stuff.
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Either way, I can't stay
in this town forever!
I'm coming along even if
you refuse to take me!
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May Script
C'mon, Chaz,
there's nothing wrong with that.
Gryz could be quite a help
and...
after all,
no one knows what's going to
happen from here on out.
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Final Script
C'mon, Chaz,
there's nothing wrong with that.
Gryz could be quite a help
and, after all,
no one knows what's going to
happen from here on out.
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Great. Once again...
good to be working with you!
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May Script
Yeah, whatever.
Let's get going.
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Final Script
Yeah, whatever.
Let's get going!
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Zema
So Chaz, Alys, Hahn, and Gryz go back to Zema and use the Alshline on everyone. The townspeople come back to life and it's all very heartwarming, but there are no text differences anywhere so it's getting skipped. Professor Holt comes back to life and he immediately wants to go back into Birth Valley, which is less heartwarming. After taking a break and discussing going back to the hunter's guild in Aiedo, the party is disturbed by a screaming citizen. At the entrance of Birth Valley...
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May Script
Where is the professor,
at a time like this?!
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Final Script
How are we going to get in with
that creature blocking the way.
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Translation Notes
The entire pre-boss conversation was rewritten. Kind of strange to start editing now after that long cutscene got by unscathed.
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May Script
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Final Script
| We'll have to destroy it.
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May Script
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Final Script
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Translation Notes
"Here!" would have been a valid translation of "はいっ！！", but only if Alys were asserting his presence: "We're going in. Chaz?" "Here!"
Still beats him suddenly getting scared from the same monster he fought hours ago, though.
After dealing with the Igglanova again, one of the citizens suggests its appearance is related to Birth Valley. While Chaz wonders what's further inside, Hahn realizes that he's going to need to go in after the professor...and that he's going to need to pay Alys again...1000 meseta, a.k.a. his wedding fund. No text differences, so this summary is all you get.
Bio-plant
At the center of an area more mechanical than anywhere else up to this point, Professor Holt waits with a woman in shadow.
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Professor!
Thank goodness you're safe!
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Oh, it's you, Hahn! You came to
rescue me! Good job!
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May Script
Well, it seems it's pretty
safe here. But, how on earth
were you able to escape on your
own?
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Final Script
Well, it seems pretty safe here,
but, how on earth were you able
to escape on your own?
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Well, you see, this person here
came to my rescue.
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Welcome, everybody.
I'm glad to have you here.
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May Script
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Final Script
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Translation Notes
Alys is understandably startled at seeing a Numan in the May draft, but not so much in the later English scripts.
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My name is Rika.
Pleased to meet you.
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Those ears... What on earth
are you?
And what is this place!?
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May Script
This is the Bio-plant.
It's a a research facility for
bio engineering created by a
thousand year old civilization.
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Final Script
This is the Bio-plant.
It's a a research facility for
bio engineering created by a
thousand year-old civilization.
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May Script
Th..this is from an ancient
advanced civilization!
Is it still operational?
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Final Script
Th...this is from an ancient
advanced civilization!
Is it still operational?
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May Script
Oh, yes.
What's more, this isn't the
only one.
There are tons of other
thousand year old systems that
have maintained their
functionality.
And it's thanks to these
systems which control Motavia's
climate, soil, and ecology
systems that the human race was
able to avoid total destruction
after the 'Great Collapse.'
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Final Script
Oh, yes.
What's more, this isn't the
only one.
There are many such systems that
have maintained their
functionality.
And it's thanks to these
systems which control Motavia's
climate, soil, and ecology
systems that the human race was
able to avoid total destruction
after the 'Great Collapse.'
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Translation Notes
The word Rika uses to count the systems in the Japanese version is "takusan" which means "many". "A ton" is overstating it - the later drafts are more accurate.
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If that's the case, how come
this recent environmental
destruction is taking place?
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May Script
Even though the control system
is still functioning, it can
only barely maintain the
minimal conditions for your
existence.
Even now this system is
starting to run out of control!
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Final Script
Even though the control system
is still functioning, it can
barely maintain the
minimal conditions for your
existence.
Even now this system is
starting to run out of control!
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May Script
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Final Script
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May Script
Then, does that mean the recent
increase of Bio-monsters...
is coming from here?
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Final Script
Then, does that mean the recent
increase of Bio-monsters is
coming from here?
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Yes, unfortunately so.
...If you want to know more,
talk to 'Seed'.
He's over there.
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Heading further back, Rika and the others face a massive wall of computer terminals.
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So, where's this person called
Seed?
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| He's right in front of you.
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I am 'Seed', the control
computer for this Bio-plant.
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| Wow! An artificial intelligence!
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May Script
That's right, this is no
exception. here.
It is out of control.
The system is beyond my control.
It is continuously breeding
harmful monsters.
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Final Script
That's right, this is no
exception.
Check my status here.
The system is beyond my control.
It is continuously breeding
harmful monsters.
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Translation Notes
The May draft seems to contain fragments of an even earlier English draft here.
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If we leave each of these
systems running out of
control... along with the
monster problem, we will have
abnormal climate conditions and
violent changes in the planet's
surface.
Motavia will be destroyed!
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The group discusses what to do next. The system needs to be shut down, but then they wouldn't be able to maintain the ecosystem. Rika says they need to shut down "Nurvus", which supplies energy to each system, but Seed reveals that the control android for that plant, Demi, has been abducted by Zio.
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| Who on earth is this Zio!?
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May Script
I myself don't know what Zio
is all about.
But, we do have positive
information that Demi is being
held by Zio.
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Final Script
I myself don't know what Zio
is all about.
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Translation Notes
Just restating known information here - a good candidate for editing.
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May & August Scripts
So all we have to do is to
rescue this Demi, right?
Where is she being held
hostage?
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Final Script
So all we have to do is
rescue this Demi, right?
Where is she being held
hostage?
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May Script
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Final Script
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May Script
And the name of that castle
is 'Zio's Fort'!
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August Script
And the name of that castle
in a place called 'Zio's Fort'!
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Final Script
And the name of that castle
is Zio's Fort!
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Translation Notes
The later English scripts don't flow well at all here - Rika didn't mentioned a castle before this point. It's likely that Rika's response was supposed to be rewritten to "in a place called 'Zio's Fort'!", but the August script forgot to delete the first line. Then another editor changed the line back to what it was in the May script.
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Is that by any chance...
beyond the quicksand of Mile?
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May Script
Oh, that sinister-looking
castle!
The castle is north of Zema.
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Final Script
Oh, that sinister-looking
castle north of Zema.
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May & August Scripts
It a pretty long way to go, but
having heard all this we have
no choice.
Hee hee, it's been a long time
since I've felt so excited!
And while we're at it, why
don't we get rid of that
disgusting character, Zio!
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Final Script
It's a pretty long way to go,
but having heard all this
we have no choice.
Hee hee, it's been a long time
since I've felt so excited!
And while we're at it, why
don't we get rid of that
disgusting character, Zio!
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Translation Notes
A rare difference in the October prototype script: It still uses "it", not "it's" for Alys's first line.
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May Script
Hey! That's good!
That's the spirit!
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Final Script
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So, you will go? Please take
Rika with you.
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Who is this girl anyway? She
seems curiously knowledgeable
about these matters...
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Are you saying that she is an
artificial life form?
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That's right. She is a product
of a thousand years of
improvement on genetic
information
from a prototype prior to the
'Great Collapse.'
I have also given her a basic
education.
She will surely be a great help
to you.
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All right, Seed.
We'll take her!
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Thank you!
I've always wanted to be able
to see the outside world!
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May Script
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Final Script
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OK!
Let's get going to Zio's Fort!
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I must first go back to the
academy!
We have to spread this
information as much as possible.
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Everyone exits the computer room. Rika is the last to leave, taking one last look at Seed before she goes.
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There is only one way for me to
stem the outbreak of monsters.
Now that I have sent into the
world the fruit of a thousand
years worth of research,
there are no obstacles
to its execution.
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After a mysterious set of computer beeps, all of Seed's monitors turn red...
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We're outdoors!
Wow, I didn't know the sky was
so blue! These flowers...
they're so beautiful!
How lovely!
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May Script
Being cooped up all this time
in the plant, everything must
be so novel...
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Final Script
Being cooped up all this time
underground, everything must
be so novel...
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Rika, you must carry on
the will of Seed!
You can't look back now!
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