Place: Headmaster's Office
Actors: Squall, Zell, Rinoa, and Cid
Time: Cid just told them of his plan
Singers: Cid and Zell
Song: Just, Understand (My own creation, but sung to the tune of Waylon Jennings's 'Rebel Soldier')
(Squall is standing to the right of Cid's desk facing the sad looking Cid. Rinoa is to Squall's left, and Zell is behind the desk, leaning on it.)
Squall: Alright Cid...We'll be going.
(Cid nods and turns away Squall looks to the others, and walks of with a nod, Rinoa follows quickly behind, but Zell stops to look at Cid)
Zell: Um...Headmaster?
(Cid turns to look at him)
Cid: Yes Zell?
Zell: Well...Sir...What will happen, if we fail...
(Cid takes a moment to answer as he looks away, but puts a smile on his face as he turns toward Zell)
Cid: Then...That is the hand fate dealt us
#Music starts, it's a slow, almost haunting tune, and it sounds like a lament song sang by a southerner#
Zell: (Sir...I don't understand...)
Cid:
(Zell,
some things people are never meant to understand in full)
Oh
Zell, boy, young Zell...
Just
for your sake alone,
(Listen...)
I
once left my father my country,
My
home
I've
left my own mother, to weep
And
to mourn...
Just
Understand Zell,
Our
Heart we must follow
Zell:
(Sir?
Why would you leave something so precious?)
A
shot from a Gunblade,
And
a cannon, lumbers loud
They
both can leave a body,
A
blanked for a shroud
A
many mangled body,
Left
on a field alone...
Cid:
Just
Understand Zell,
Your
heart is your home...
Zell: (But sir, I don't know what to do! If we lose...if we fail, many people could be killed...)
Cid:
(That is a chance we must take, I suppose...)
Zell:
(But Sir! What about...!)
(Suddenly Rinoa's voice is heard)
Rinoa: (Zell! Come on!)
(Zell turns, then sighs)
Zell:
(Alright...!)
Cid:
(Hurry Zell, we don't have much time)
Zell:
(You're right...)
(Zell nods to Cid, and runs to catch up with the others. As he leaves Cid sighs and begins to pace, he looks to his desk and notices two bottles on his desk and pours himself some from both and holds it up, as if to make a toast)
Cid:
Here's
a good old cup
Of
Brandy, and a glass
Of
Wine...
You
can drink to your
True
love, and I will drink
To
mine...
You
can drink to someone,
And
I'll Lament and Mourn...
For
my lost Edea,
And
my long gone home...
(Cid sighs and places the glass on the desk)
We
said we'd build a castle,
Some
seven mountains high!
Were
we would raise those children,
But
as the years went by...
Our
dreams somehow shattered, and I
Was
left to mourn...
I
was the Rebel Soldier...
I
was your knight...love...
(As he says the last word, he sits in his chair and sighs and the Curtain closes)
Place: Garden Balcony
Actors: Squall, Rinoa, and Zell
Time: After the Garden becomes mobile
Singer: Rinoa and Zell
Song: I Won't Say I'm in Love (I Won't Say I'm in Love, from 'Hercules') (I know about the girl part, but just...put a guy's voice to it)
(The curtain rises to see all three of our heroes come through a door on the far side. Rinoa is instantly delighted and runs to the edge to look out. The lights come up and we see a beautiful scene. White Doves fly by as Rinoa smiles and watches them. Zell smiles and looks out himself, while Squall is transfixed on Rinoa. A light smile comes to his face, but it quickly disappears)
Rinoa:
It's so beautiful...
Zell:
It is! I never thought looking at so many green things would be so
cool!
(Rinoa giggles at this and turns to him)
Rinoa:
Nature's beautiful Zell, when you look at it correctly, anyway,
I've always found it...calming
Squall:
Calming?
(Rinoa and Zell turn to him as he walks to them)
Rinoa:
Yeah, isn't it?
Zell:
Well, yeah I've found things pretty, but...well...I don't know
Rinoa:
What about you Squall?
(Squall looks startled by the question, and then turns away)
Squall:
...Whatever
Zell:
Now that's no way to answer a question
Rinoa:
No, it's alright Zell
(Both Zell and Squall turn to Rinoa, who is smiling)
Rinoa: If Squall wants to hold his feelings inside, then he can, it's his head after all (giggle)
(Zell nods slowly, not entirely understanding)
Zell:
Well...If you say so
Squall:
I'll wait inside
(Squall begins to walk to the door, but stops quickly to look at Rinoa, who is smiling at him. He smirks a little, unable to be seen, and then walks though the door)
Zell:
Such a strange guy...
Rinoa:
But he's your friend
Zell
Yours too!
(The look at each other as he says that and both laugh)
Rinoa:
Zell...could you do me a favor?
Zell:
Sure, what is it?
Rinoa:
Well, you know Squall's ring, right?
Zell:
Yeah...Where's this going?
(Rinoa turned away)
Rinoa:
Well...you're good with that kind of stuff, right? Like, making
things?
Zell:
Oh yeah! I'm the best in Balamb!
Rinoa:
Well...
(She turns to him)
Rinoa: Could you make me one like it?
(Zell looks taken back by the question. He turns away to think)
Zell:
Well... (He turns back to her) I'd need to get a good look at it;
maybe I could get it
from him...? But yeah, if I can get it to look
at it, sure I'll do it for ya!
Rinoa:
Really!
(Zell grins)
Zell:
No problem! Hey...why do you want it suddenly?
Rinoa:
What! No reason!
Zell:
...You're hiding something...
Rinoa:
What! No, I'm not!
(Zell smirks as Rinoa looks at him with a glare that holds no real danger)
Zell: You like him, huh?
(Rinoa looks shocked)
Rinoa:
What! No, no! What are you thinking!
Zell:
Ok, alright I get it, sorry!
Rinoa:
Good
(She begins to walk to the door, but Zell quickly says something)
Zell: You love him then?
(Rinoa stops in her tracks and turns to Zell, who has the biggest grin on his face)
Rinoa:
What!
Zell:
Well I mean, come on, I saw you practically beg me to give you a ring
like his. I mean, it's kind of obvious
Rinoa:
What? I like the ring, so that means I love him?
Zell:
You seemed really happy, when I said I'd make you one
Rinoa:
How do you know I don't like you?
(She gets real close to Zell as she says this, Zell laughs and backs away)
Zell: Nah, nah, nah, you're not getting off that easily
(Rinoa grumbles and stops to the other side of the balcony)
Rinoa: (Quietly, though Zell can still hear) I already told one man I loved him...That didn't work out, as you can see...
(Zell was quiet for a little, then walked two steps to her)
Zell: Seifer?
(Rinoa only nods her head. Zell sighs and looks up at Rinoa)
Zell: Rin? (She turns to him) I'm sure that it hurt...and I can understand your feelings…But ya gotta fess up to Squall!
(Rinoa sighs loudly and throws her hands up. Zell runs up to her and says things like "Wait" or "Hold on!")
Zell:
Listen, Squall might be different
Rinoa:
Listen Zell, thanks, but you just don't understand
Zell:
Try me!
Rinoa:
Oh really?
Zell:
Hell yeah!
(Rinoa sighs and walks away)
#A soft not starts, though it begins to sound like rock balled #
(Rinoa Turns to Zell and pokes him in the chest)
Rinoa:
If there's a prize for rotten judgment
I guess I've
already won that
No man is worth the aggravation
That's ancient
history, been there, done that!
(Zell raises his hands and begins to walk around Rinoa)
Zell:
Who'd d'ya think you're kiddin'
To you he's Earth and
Heaven
Try to keep it hidden
Rinoa,
I can see right through you
Rin,
ya can't conceal it
I know how ya feel and
Who you're thinking
of
Rinoa:
Oh
No
chance, no way
I won't say it, no, no
Zell:
You've
swooned, you've sighed
why deny it, oh-no
Rinoa:
It's too cliché
I won't say I'm in love
(As she's singing this, Zell is making faces at her, and mimicking her in the way he thinks that she's acting)
I
thought my heart had learned its lesson
It feels so good when you
start out
My head is screaming get a grip, girl
(She turns around as Zell stops and smiles in an innocent manner, pretending he didn't do anything)
Unless
you're dying to cry your heart out
Oh
(Zell is yelling at her from where he is)
Zell:
You
keep on denying
Who you are and how you're feeling
Listen, I'm
not buying
Rin, I saw ya hit the ceiling
Face it like a
grown-up
When ya gonna own up
That ya got, yeah, got it
bad
Rinoa:
No
No
chance, now way
I won't say it, no, no
Zell:
Give
up, give in
(Zell extends his hand to Rinoa as if showing her to people)
Check the Queen, she's in love
Rinoa:
This scene won't
play;
I won't say I'm in love
(She covers her ears as she holds the note)
Zell:
You're doin' flips, Read my lips,
You're in love
(Rinoa throws her hands up in the air and walks around as Zell follows; Rinoa turns around at times to yell at him)
Rinoa:
You're way off base
I won't say it
Get off my case
I
won't say it
Zell:
Rin, don't be proud
(It's
O.K.) you're in love
(Rinoa stops and smiles as she closes her eyes, and Zell leans in to hear what she says)
Rinoa:
Well..
At least out loud,
I won't say I'm in love
Zell: (I told you...)
# The music ends there in a soft decrescendo#
Rinoa:
Alright...I care about him...but I won't say I 'Love' him...
Zell:
Yet!
(Rinoa sighs and walks to the door. Zell is smiling the whole time. Rinoa turns to see him grinning; she smiles herself, and walks through the doorway. Zell sighs and looks to the sky as it begins to become dark)
Singer: Zell
Song: Preparations (Reprise) (From the song 'Tonight' From 'West Side Story', but my own creation)
#the song for the part that Seifer and Quistis sang plays as Zell smiles and looks to the sky#
Zell:
Tonight,
tonight,
It
all begins tonight,
Tonight
the wheels of love, start to turn,
Tonight,
Tonight,
She
confessed her love tonight,
And
for her, wheels have stopped, where they are!
Today,
it all has happened quickly,
Yet
hours move so slowly, the sky will become light!
Young
moon, grow bright, and make their love one day
Burn
as bright!
#The music stops soon after that and the lights dim and the curtain closes#
Place: Master's Room
Actors: Squall, Rinoa, Zell, Cid, NORG, and the Garden Faculty
Time: Just as the group comes down
Singers: NORG and Cid
Song: Master of The Garden (Master of the House, from 'Les Miserables') (An. I cut a bit out, cause it was just too long is all, that and it didn't all work for this part. Anyway, enjoy)
(As the three enter from the Elevator, we can hear the sounds of an argument going on. The lights come up to see Cid arguing with a giant Creature, this is NORG. NORG looks down at Cid and laughs)
NORG:
YOU-THINK-THAT-I-BEGAN-THIS!
Cid:
I know you have, I kept you here so you couldn't make a fuss, and
now you want money that you very well know I can't pay! So, of
course, cause you are too lazy to do it yourself, you send my OWN
STUDENTS to come and try to kill me! And if that's not enough, you
endanger three, inexperienced SeeDs' lives on a hopeless mission
that I said should be done with a more experienced group...but you
failed to notice that you giant pompous Asshole!
(NORG points at Cid with his giant hand)
NORG:
YOU-SIMPLY-DIDN'T-WISH-FOR-HER-TO-BE-HURT!
Cid:
Though it may be true, that doesn't mean I wouldn't have gone
though with it! It's what she wanted...
NORG:
FOOL! YOU-HAVE-NO-REASON-TO-MAKE-ME-BELIEVE-THAT-YOU
WOULD-HURT-HER!
I-KNOW-YOU-FAR-TO-WELL-MY-FOOLISH-FRIEND!
Cid:
I'm no friend of yours!
NORG:
TAKE-HIM-A-WAY!
(Two garden Faculty members come and throw Cid to the side as he tries to fight back)
Cid: Let go of me! I'm not finished! Greedy son-of-a-bitch! Why did I ever bother talking to you! SeeDs were brought up for the future! And that future is now! Why can't you understand?
(The Garden Faculty pushes him down and then walks away with Cid there yelling)
Cid: Damn it! I should've never trusted you! I wish I could go back ten or so years. To tell myself that you're nothing but a money grubbing son-of-a-bitch! Then I would've never built this place.
(Cid turns around sharply as he hears Zell cough. He looks surprised as he notices the three there)
Cid:
Squall? ...You heard everything?
Squall:
...Yes
(Cid nods, a flush comes to his cheeks)
Cid: I'm embarrassed, but sometimes even old men like me lose their temper. Let's get out of here
#
he begins to leave a song begins, it sounds like a stereotypical
French song as NORG
looks to the group#
NORG: (AH...THE SEEDS...)
(He begins to sing in a strange voice, though it is...almost good)
NORG:
Welcome, young SeeDs
Pull up a chair
And meet the
best
Master in the lair
As
for the rest
All of 'em crooks
Rooking their guests
And
cooking the books
(The three look to themselves, confused, but walk a little farther towards him)
Seldom
do you see
Honest men like me
A gent of good intent
Who's
content to be
Master of the Gard'n
Doling out the
charm
Ready with a handshake
And an open palm
Tells
a saucy tale
Makes a little stir
Customers appreciate a
bon-viveur
Glad
to do a friend a favor
Doesn't cost me to be nice
But nothing
gets you nothing
Everything has got a little price!
(NORG looks to Cid and gives what looks to be a smirk. Cid walks to Zell but stays a bit back from them)
Master
of the Gard'n
Keeper of the zoo
Ready to relieve 'em
Of a
sou or two
Watering
the wine
Making up the weight
Pickin' up their
knick-knacks
When they can't see straight
Everybody
loves a landlord
Everybody's buxom friend
I do whatever
pleases
Jesus! Won't I bleed 'em in the end!
(While Rinoa seems to be getting sick of the song, as do the others, the Garden Faculty all begins to sing as well, adding their seemingly drunken voices to the song)
Garden
Faculty:
Master of the Gard'n
Quick to catch yer
eye
Never wants a passerby
To pass him by
Servant
to the poor
Butler to the great
Comforter, philosopher,
And
lifelong mate!
Everybody's
boon companion
Everybody's chaperone
NORG:
But
lock up your valises
Jesus! Won't I skin you to the bone!
(NORG Looks to Squall and smiles, the tune changes though as Cid steps up to Squall. Cid begins to sing in a very angry way)
Cid:
We used to dream,
That
we would meat a prince
To
give us money,
But you've seen what's happened since?
Master
of the Gard'n?
Isn't worth my spit!
'Comforter,
philosopher'
- and lifelong shit!
Cunning
little brain
Regular Voltaire
Says he's quite a lover
Your
Mother says there's nothing there!
What
a cruel trick of nature
Giving us this retched louse
God knows how
I've lasted
Living with this bastard in the house!
NORG
and Garden Faculty:
Master of the house!
Cid:
Master and a half!
NORG and Garden Faculty:
Comforter, philosopher
Cid:
Ha! Don't make
me laugh!
NORG and Garden Faculty:
Servant to the
poor
Butler to the great
Cid:
Hypocrite and
toady
And inebriate!
NORG and Garden Faculty:
Everybody
bless the Landlord!
Everybody bless his Health!
NORG:
Everybody raise a glass
Cid:
Raise it up
the Master's ass!
I don't give a rat's ass about the
Master of The Gard'n
#After a few runs, the music stops#
NORG: FushifuruFushifuru...GIVE-YOUR-REPORT-ON-THE-SORCERESS!
(Cid looks to Squall, who steps forward and coughs)
Squall:
Now where do I start...?
Garden
Faculty: Answer him quickly. Be concise
(Squall looks back to Rinoa and Zell, then sighs)
Squall: ...We failed to assassinate Sorceress Edea. (...It's going to be a sad report.) Confirmation of Headmaster Cid's order was made at Galbadia Garden. After Irvine Kinneas of Galbadia Garden joined our party...We set off to carry out the 'Sorceress Assassination' order from Balamb and Galbadia Gardens...
(NORG moves around angrily and points at Squall)
NORG: Bujurururu! BALAMB-AND-GALBADIA'S ORDERS? Bujurururu! YOU-WERE-FOOLED!
(Squall looks at Cid, as do Rinoa and Zell)
Zell:
Fooled?
Squall:
I...don't understand
NORG:
Fushurururu...EXPLAIN-TO-THEM
(A Garden Faculty member turns to Squall and the others)
Garden
Faculty: Master NORG has known about the alliance between the
President of Galbadia and the sorceress. He heard it from the
Galbadia Garden master himself.
Squall:
The Galbadia Garden master...?
NORG:Fushururu...THE-MASTER-OF-GALBADIA-GARDEN-IS-A-SUBORDINATE
OF-MINE-NAMED-MARTINE
(The Garden Faculty nods)
Garden Faculty: Yes. In fact the sorceress and Garden are closely connected. That is why the sorceress will definitely try to gain hold of all Gardens. So, Master NORG sent an official order to Galbadia Garden. It was to kill the sorceress. An assassination was thought to be the best means. But...
(At this NORG Interrupts)
NORG:
Bujurururu! THAT-SLY-WEASEL-MARTINE-USED-YOU-AS-A-LAST
RESORT-FOR-THE-ASSASSINATION, HE-GAVE-THAT-ORDER-TO-PLACE
THE-BLAME-ON-ME! THAT-BASTARD!
Rinoa: Are you saying that Balamb Garden had nothing to do with that order?
(As this is all being said Cid is looking increasingly nervous and is hanging his head)
Garden Faculty: You just happened to show up just before the mission was to be carried out. They used you. But the operation failed. The sorceress is still alive and...The sorceress retaliated, just as we suspected. No doubt, it was the sorceress who ordered the missile attacks. Something must be done to calm the sorceress' anger
Squall: Wait a minute. That's just...
(The Garden Faculty members begin to surround the group)
Garden Faculty: In order to do so, we needed to hand over those involved in the assassination to the sorceress. We had to show Balamb Garden's sincerity
NORG:
Bujurururu!OFFER-THE-SeeD's-HEAD-ON-A-SILVER-PLATTER
AND-PRETEND-WE-OBEY-THE-SORCERESS!
Squall: Wha...Why aren't we fighting the sorceress? What about all the training we endure everyday? What good is it?
(NORG becomes even angrier)
NORG: WHAT-DID-YOU-SAY? YOU-LOST-TO-THE-SORCERESS! QUIT-YOUR-WHINING!
(One of the Faculty members looks to another, and begins to whisper)
Garden Faculty: Headmaster Cid was saying the same thing...
(NORG looks at him and begins to shake violently)
Garden
Faculty: H-Hey...
NORG:
Bujurururu!
(This scares the faculty members away, who run past Cid and up the elevator)
NORG:
CID?
Cid:
Yes! Me!
NORG: YOU-IDIOT! CID-DISPATCHED-SeeD-TO-KILL-THE-SORCERESS,
AND-IF-YOU-FAIL? THIS-GARDEN-WILL-BE-DONE-FOR! MY-GARDEN!
IT-WILL-BE-ALL-OVER! YOU-IDIOT-CID!
HAVE YOU-FORGOTTEN-THAT-IT-WAS-I-WHO-PUT-UP-THE-MONEY
TO-ESTABLISH-GARDEN?
I-WANTED-TO-OFFER-THE-SORCERESS-CID'S-HEAD-ALONG-WITH-SeeD'S.
I-ORDERED-THE-STUDENTS-TO-FIND-CID-BUT-THEY-SIDED-WITH-HIM!
Bujurururu! Bujurururu! THIS-IS-MY-GARDEN!
(Squall swings his arms and yells at NORG as the others come around him)
Squall: NO! It's not just yours.
NORG:
Bujurururu! THEN-WHAT-IS-IT? IS-IT-CID'S-AND-EDEA'S!
THAT-PATHETIC-MARRIED-COUPLE'S?
Squall: What...?
(Squall and the others turn to Cid, who looks away, as if ashamed)
Squall:
(The headmaster and Edea are married?...I don't get it.)
NORG:
Bushurururu...NOW-I-UNDERSTAND,
CID-AND-EDEA-ARE-TRYING-TO-TAKE-GARDEN-AWAY-FROM-ME.
YOU'RE-ONE-OF-CID'S FOLLOWERS-AREN'T YOU? PREPARE TO DIE!
Rinoa:
Squall!
(As Rinoa yells this, a battle breaks out as NORG's capsule closes, concealing the Giant inside)
#Scene Jump! #
(Squall is standing with Cid in the Infirmary, Rinoa and Zell are with him)
Squall:
Please tell me the real meaning of SeeD
Cid:
SeeD is SeeD, The elite mercenary force of Balamb Garden. Hmmm, do
you know something about SeeD?
Squall:
I never know anything…
(Rinoa looks to Squall with a sad look and Zell places a hand on Squall's shoulder, though Squall seems comforted by the gesture, he shrugs it off)
Rinoa:
Squall...
Cid:
I understand...Well then...In truth...SeeD will defeat the sorceress.
The Garden will train SeeD members. The many missions around the
world are only training for the final battle against the sorceress.
But now that the sorceress has become a major threat, our true
mission has begun
Squall:
...I understand, I think...Cid...?
Cid:
Yes?
Squall:
Is, is it true that...that...
Cid:
What is it Squall?
(Zell steps forward a bit)
Zell: Are you really married to Edea!
(Cid looks to the ground, as if saddened, then looks to them with a sad eye)
Cid: You're quite right...She had been a sorceress since childhood. I married her, knowing that. We were happy. We worked together, the two of us. We were very happy...
Sad music, though it's not entirely slow, begins)
Singer: Cid
Song: Cid's Lament (Jack's Lament, from 'The Nightmare before Christmas')
Cid:
(One day, Edea began talking about building the Garden and training
SeeD. I became obsessed with that plan. But I was very concerned with
SeeD's goal, that one day SeeD might fight Edea...She laughed and
told me that would never happen. However...)
Squall:
(The time came...)
Rinoa:
(Oh Cid...)
Cid:
(Well with my life I suppose it was to be expected)
Zell:
(What do you mean?)
Cid:
(Oh Zell...You see, I was once the greatest warrior the world had
ever seen...But...well...)
Rinoa:
(What sir?)
(Cid moves around and sighs, but looks up to the audience, as if he's in a world of his own...reliving his triumphs)
Cid:
There
were few who denied,
At
what I did I was the best,
For
my talents were renowned
Far
and wide
When it came to surprises,
On
a moonlit night,
I
excelled without ever even trying
With the slightest little
effort
of
my shadow-like pow'r,
I
have heard grown men give out a shriek!
With the wave of my
sword,
And
a Firaga Spell!
I
have swept the very bravest off their feet!
Yet year after
year,
It's
the same routine
And
I grew so hateful
Of
the sound of screams,
#Music intensifies, then lightens up and slows#
And
I Cid, the Warrior King!
Had
grown so tired of this, horrible thing...
#The tune becomes sad but has a back beat to it#
(I
felt...)
That somewhere deep
Inside
of my bones
An
emptiness, began to grow,
There
was something out there
Far
from my home,
A
longing that I'd never known...
#The music returns to it's original pace#
I was the master of fright
And
a demon of light
My
name would scare you out of your pants,
To
a guy in Dollot
I
was the one time forgot,
And
I'm known throughout
The Galbadian Providence!
Some
though I was dead,
And
that I could take off my head
To
recite Shakespearean quotations,
No
Monster or man could be who I am,
With
the fury of my recitations
#The music softens again#
Cid:
But whom there
Would
ever understand
That
the Warrior King
With
the Cheshire cat grin
Would
tire of his crown,
If
they only understood,
I'd've
given it all up if I only could...
#The music becomes sad once again as Cid wander to the window#
Cid:
Oh, there was an empty
Place
in my bones,
That
called out for
Something
unknown,
The
fame and praise
Came
year after year,
Did
nothing for,
My
empty tears...
#The music softly decrescendos to nothing#
Squall:
So then you met Edea...?
Cid:
Yes
Zell:
How!
(Cid chuckles to himself and looks to Zell)
Cid: That's for another day...I need some rest, and it looks like you do as well
(Squall nods)
Squall:
Yes, we will talk to you when you feel better Cid
Cid:
Thank you Squall
(Squall nods and leaves, Zell looks to Cid, a new respect for him in his eyes, and then walks out after Squall. Rinoa stays a minute and turns to Cid)
Rinoa:
Cid...?
Cid:
Yes?
Rinoa:
Do you...still love her, and...How did you know that you did?
(Cid chuckles to himself)
Cid:
Well...you just know, the moment you see them, that you love them, if
that makes any sense
Rinoa:
Well...I suppose, thanks
(She smiles at Cid, waves, and leaves. Cid sighs and sits down on the bed. He looks to the sky and speaks as the curtains close)
Cid: Yes...Very much...
#There's the next one! I'm not too sure about this one...well anyway; I hope you enjoyed it none the less!#