"The deal was for one date, right?"
Scene 32
- A Night In Jail-
(Cloud and the others wake up in the prison cells on the 67th floor. Aerith is in her own cell on the left, Barret and Red XIII share the right cell, and Tifa is in the cot in Cloud's center cell.)
Tifa
"Psst (Can we get
out?)"
<CHOICE>
(Leave it to me)
(Kinda hard)
***Cloud
(Leave it to me)
Tifa
"Psst (Cloud, you're
so brave!)"
***Cloud
(Kinda hard)
Tifa
"Psst (Don't give
up!)"
<//>
(Cloud walks to the door of the cell)
<CHOICE>
I wonder how Barret
is doing
I wonder how Red XIII
is doing
I wonder how Aerith
is doing
***Cloud
I wonder how Barret
is doing
(The camera moves over to show Barret's cell.)
Barret
"Hey!"
"Aerith is an Ancient
and the real name of the Ancients is Cetra."
"The Ancients know
where the Promised Land is and the Shinra is searching for that Promised
Land."
"I only hear stories
'bout the Promised Land. I don't know if it really exists."
"Is that right?"
"The Shinra believe
that the Promised Land is full of Mako energy."
"Which means, if the
Shinra get there, they'll suck up all the Mako energy."
"...and the land'll
wither away. The Planet's gonna get weaker."
(He stands.)
Barret
"I can't just leave
'em be. I'm recruitin' new members!!"
"Me, Tifa, Cloud...
and Aerith too."
(He turns to Red XIII)
Barret
"How 'bout you?"
(Red XIII gets up, stretches, and lies down again.)
Barret
"You're so damn boring."
***Cloud
I wonder how Red XIII
is doing
Red XIII
"............Grandpa."
Barret
"Grandpa!? Ha, ha,
ha...... Grandpa, hmm.... ha, ha, ha......."
(Red XIII sits up.)
Red XIII
"What's so funny?"
Barret
"Nothin'...... ha,
ha"
***Cloud
I wonder how Aerith
is doing
(The camera moves over to show Aerith's cell. She is lying on her cot.)
Aerith
"Cloud, are you there?"
Cloud
"Aerith!? You safe?"
Aerith
"Yeah, I'm all right."
(She swings her legs over the side of the cot.)
Aerith
"I knew that Cloud
would come for me."
Cloud
"Hey, I'm your bodyguard,
right?"
(She walks to the door of her cell.)
Aerith
"The deal was for one date, right?"
(Tifa sits up.)
Tifa
"............oh, I
get it."
Aerith
"...!? Tifa! Tifa,
you're there too!"
Tifa
"EXCUSE me."
(She stands up.)
Tifa
"You know, Aerith,
I have a question."
Aerith
"What?"
Tifa
"Does the Promised
Land really exist?"
(Aerith shakes her head.)
Aerith
"...I don't know."
(She walks to the middle of her cell and looks upwards.)
Aerith
"All I know is..."
"The Cetra were born
from the Planet, speak with the Planet, and unlock the Planet."
"And....... then......"
"The Cetra will return
to the Promised Land. A land that promises supreme happiness."
(She looks back down.)
Tifa
"...What does that
mean?"
Aerith
"More than words......
I don't know."
Cloud
"...Speak with the
Planet?"
(Tifa sits back on the cot.)
Tifa
"Just what does the
Planet say?"
Aerith
"It's full of people
and noisy. That's why I can't make out what they're saying."
(A beat.)
Cloud
"You hear it now?"
Aerith
"I, I only heard it
at the Church in the Slums. Mother said that Midgar was no longer safe.
That is.... my real mother."
(She sits back on the cot.)
Aerith
"Someday I'll get
out of Midgar... Speak with the Planet and find my Promised Land."
"...That's what mom
said."
"I thought I would
stop hearing her voice as I grew up, but...."
<//>
***Cloud
Let's just get some
sleep
(Cloud walks to the wall of the cell and sits down.)
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