(Cloud comes downstairs into the lobby of the inn in Kalm. Barret and Red XIII are waiting.)
Barret
"Yo, Cloud. Here."
(Barret gives Cloud the "PHS.")
(Changing party members) Access the menu and select [PHS]. It can only be used on the World Map or at a Save Point.
Red XIII
"[PHS], will put us
in constant contact with each other."
Barret
"Awright then, we're
outta here..".
People in Kalm
"Listen to me!
Just now, some guy
in a black cloak goes walked east towards that grassy field."
"And he's got this
killer sword, and is looking REAL scary......."
"Tourists, huh? There
are some things you should know that'll come in handy when you travel around
the world........"
"Want me to tell you
what they are?"
<CHOICE>
Tell me
I already know
***Cloud
Tell me
"Then let me explain
how to use the world map."
"Well then, what do
you want to know?"
<CHOICE>
Changing the camera
angle
Map indicators
Operating the buttons
***Cloud
Changing the camera
angle
"First of all, press
the [L2 button] on the controller to change the camera angle."
"There are 2 angles
to choose from, select the one you like."
"You can then rotate
the angles either way by pressing the [L1 button] and [R1 button]."
"Try different angles
until you find the one you like best. It makes the journey a lot more fun!"
***Cloud
Map indicators
"Press the [Start button]
once to view the World Map."
"There is a large
and small map. Learn when to use which, and you won't get lost as much."
"Push the [Start button]
twice to change the size of the map, and once more to turn it off."
"Pretty easy, huh?"
***Cloud
Operating the buttons
"You can ride things
by pressing the [SELECT button] and get off by pressing the [cancel button].
This isn't so hard, either!"
"Oh, yes, yes. You
can't dash with the World Map on, so make sure not to press the [cancel
button] unless you get off."
"Remember this because
Chocobos will run away as soon as you get off them, so be careful."
<//>
***Cloud
I already know
"Is that so? Well,
have a nice trip."
<//>
"Thanks to Shinra, Inc. developing Mako energy for us, everything's more convenient now."
"The famous floating city, Midgar... Just once I'd love to see it in person."
"I heard President
Shinra was killed. And his son Rufus, the new president, was badly hurt."
"Hey, I bet that's
news to you?"
<CHOICE>
Hey you're pretty
clued!!
Don't care...
***Cloud
Hey you're pretty
clued!!
"Heh, heh, heh.... This is just between us. I heard it was that there Ava-whaddya call-ums that attacked the President Shinra and his son."
***Cloud
Don't care
"Don't care? If you're
going to travel, you'd best keep an eye on what Shinra's doing."
<//>
"Shinra is leading
the world around by the nose, and you guys are just gonna sit back and
take it?"
"I hear that the natural
resources near the reactors are being sucked dry."
"We're better off
with them bringing in the Mako energy."
"My old man was a miner,
but he couldn't go to work after monsters started appearing in the Mythril
Mine."
"Now all he does is
sit around getting drunk in the bar..."
"Is it true that Shinra made a Monster?"
<CHOICE>
It's true
Just a rumor
***Cloud
It's true
***Cloud
Just a rumor
<//>
"Yeah, well, either
way, as long as we're using the reactor, we can't stand up to Shinra."
"I got my health, and enough to eat... all's well."
"Thanks to Mako energy,
life's pretty darn convenient. Thanks to Shinra."
"Don't you think?"
<CHOICE>
Yeah, maybe
You're full of it
***Cloud
Yeah, maybe
"See!? How would we
get by without Mako energy?"
***Cloud
You're full of it
"Hmmn. But I hate to
think of what life'd be like without Mako energy."
<//>
"Yeah, Mako energy's
made our lives much easier. And it's all thanks to Shinra, Inc."
"Mako energy's made
things a lot more convenient....."
"But seems like a
lot of plants and animals have been disappearing at a rapid pace."
"I think the old life
was better."
"Don't you think so?"
<CHOICE>
Yeah, maybe
No way
***Cloud
Yeah, maybe
"Yeah, sure I'm right! You think so, don't you?"
***Cloud
No way
"That sounds just like
what my mom says."
<//>
"I thought things
were better when I was able to play with animals...."
"Did you say you came
from Midgar?"
"I used to live there,
too. But I hear they got lots of troubles lately."
"There was a suspicious-looking man in a black cloak! He was carrying a wicked-looking sword."
"My older brother is so stupid. He's so embarrassing I could just puke!"
"When I grow up I'm
gonna be in SOLDIER. That's why I'm training so hard now!!"
"I heard terrorists
bombed a Midgar reactor...."
"There sure have been
a lot of dangerous accidents lately. I hate it, just hate it."
"Me? I used to work
in a coal mine down south called Mythril Mine."
"But, right around
then, monsters started appearing."
"After that, business
went to pot and now I spend the days here drinking."
"It seems there was this group called AVALANCHE runnin' around, but I guess they finally got wiped out by SOLDIER."
"Stay out of the kitchen."
"This is the Item Store." (sells items)
"This is the Materia store." (sells materia)
"This is the Weapons
store." (sells weapons)
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