Scene 15
- Playground Ai -
People in Sector 5
"Take care of yourself. It's the law of the slums. But to do that, first, you need weapons, right?" (Sells weapons)
"Hmph.....! Everything
President Shinra says is a lie."
"But then again, you
can't trust that AVALANCHE, or whatever you call them."
"You can bat it around
all you like. But in the end it comes down to wanting to be like those
who live up above."
"So who do you believe
in? Oneself! Me! I never lie to myself, that's for sure!"
(TV) "And now for the
news."
"Due to a terrorist
attack by the group named AVALANCHE, parts of Midgar that were temporarily
out of power will be restored momentarily."
"Following President
Shinra's lead, Mayor Domino also spoke out public against AVALANCHE."
"glug... glug..."
"Now... no one...
will find it... num..."
"The top one... and
the bottom one..."
"...stare... hmph... we only trade items for gil here." (Sells items)
"I don't care if it's
scrap metal or materia. We can get anything here in the slums."
"Got a lot of good
materia here. Why don't you look it over?" (Sells materia)
"ooh.... aaah.....
aghhhh...."
(On the way out of the city, Cloud runs into Aerith. He looks startled.)
Aerith
"You're up bright
and early."
Cloud
"How could I ask you
to go along when I knew it would be dangerous?"
Aerith
"Are you done?"
(Cloud smooths his hair.)
"You have to go through
the slum in Sector 6 to get to Tifa's 7th Heaven."
"I'll take you there.
Come on!"
(Aerith runs out. Cloud follows. They cross a highway that has been more or less demolished until they reach an old playground.)
Aerith
"The gate to Sector
7's in there."
Cloud
"Thanks. I guess this
is goodbye. You gonna be all right going home?"
Aerith
"Oh no! 'Whatever
will I do!?' ...isn't that what you want me to say?"
<CHOICE>
See her home
Take her to Sector
7
***Cloud
See her home
Aerith
"Isn't that a little
out of the way?"
Cloud
"Yeah, I guess so."
***Cloud
Take her to Sector
7
Aerith
"I could do that.
But won't I be in your way?"
Cloud
"What do you mean
in the way?"
Aerith
"Nothing!"
<//>
(Aerith puts her hands behind her back and looks up at Cloud.)
Aerith
"Can we take a break?"
(She walks to a large, moogle-shaped children's slide.)
Aerith
"I can't believe it's
still here."
(She climbs to the top)
"Cloud, get over here!"
(He climbs up and sits beside her.)
Aerith
"What rank were you?"
Cloud
"Rank?"
Aerith
"You know, in SOLDIER."
Cloud
"Oh, I was..."
(The screen goes solid white, briefly.)
"First Class."
Aerith
"Just the same as
him."
Cloud
"The same as who?"
Aerith
"My first boyfriend."
Cloud
"You were... serious?"
Aerith
"No. But I liked him
for a while."
Cloud
"I probably knew him.
What was his name?"
(Aerith shakes her head.)
Aerith
"It doesn't really
matter."
(A huge gate opens in the back. A large carriage drawn by a chocobo
comes out. A woman is riding in the back.)
Cloud
"Huh? Hey, back there....."
(He stands up)
Cloud
"Tifa!?"
(The carriage drives out and the gate closes.)
Aerith
"That girl in the
cart was Tifa? Where was she going? She looked kind of odd..."
(She hops down and chases the cart.)
Cloud
"Wait!"
"I'll go on alone!
You go home!"
(She doesn't listen. She chases the carriage offscreen. Cloud shakes
his head and goes after her.)
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