(Cloud arrives in North Corel. Barret approaches several people there,
some dressed in mining outfits. One steps forward and punches him, then
steps back.)
"Well, lookey here! Never thought I'd ever see your face again."
"They kick you out
of another town or somethin'?"
"You destroy everything
you touch."
"You got a lot of balls
comin' back here!"
"Look at this place!
It's all your fault North Corel turned into a garbage heap!"
"Why doncha say something!?"
"Or did ya forget
what you done here already?"
(Barret sighs)
Barret
"...I'm sorry...."
"^%$#! You ain't even worth the effort."
"Don't waste your time talkin' to the Techno-freak!"
(The other people disperse. Barret returns to the party)
Barret
"You heard 'em...
It's my fault this town was... destroyed..."
(He runs away.)
People in North Corel
"YOU know who's responsible for North Corel winding up like this!"
"The next train's coming in soon."
"Grandpa used to be
a coal train engineer."
"He still can't kick
his old habits from then."
"Get out of the way!!"
"The only way we can
make ends meet around here now is by collecting junk!"
:"Please buy something! Anything will do!" (sells items)
"What do you want?"
<CHOICE>
Buy
Listen to your story
Not interested
***Cloud
Buy
(Sells items)
***Cloud
Listen to your story
"Take that road on
the left to the Ropeway station!"
"The Roadway'll take
you to the Gold Saucer."
"It don't mean much
to the poor folks though..."
***Cloud
Not interested
<//>
"If you want to survive, then you're gonna need some of my weapons." (sells weapons)
"I hear it's a big fad now in the city to get tattoos. Is that right?"
<CHOICE>
I wouldn't know
That's right
***Cloud
I wouldn't know
"Really...? I saw a big '1' on the arm of a young guy heading towards the Ropeway. That Black Cape he had on was really cool."
***Cloud
That's right
"I guess I should get
a '0' tattoo! For a poor man like me, '0' oughtta be perfect."
<//>
"Yaaay!! What do you wanna play?"
"Because of them...... ugh my husband got into that accident.... He used to be such a strong man..."
"How am I supposed
to continue living in a town that's lost everything...?"
"To hell with the
Mako reactor!"
(Cloud goes to the Ropeway station. The others are waiting there.)
Aerith
"Barret, what happened?"
Barret
"Sorry."
Cloud
"What happened?"
Barret
"My hometown used
to be around here."
Red XIII
"What do you mean,
'used to'?"
Barret
"It ain't here no
more. Heard it got buried... in just 4 years."
Aerith
"But how could those
people say those terrible things?"
Barret
"An' it's my fault.
ALL my fault."
(The scene fades. It changes to a shot of Corel, many years ago. Idyllic.
A cat and dog play with a young child. Barret speaks over the scene.)
Barret
"Corel was always
a coal mining town."
"It's so dusty, but
calm and so poor... a real small town, this one."
"That's the first
time I ever heard the word "Mako reactor" mentioned since that time..."
(The scene changes again. We are now at the village headman's house. Many people are gathered there, including Barret. Scarlet, with two of her bodyguards, is standing near the door as if she just walked in. Dyne is sitting on the couch. The village headman walks over to him.)
Village headman
"What are we going
to do? The only one against this is Dyne."
Dyne
"I am definitely against
it, no matter what. There's nothing to talk about if you're thinking of
throwing away our coal!"
"Our coal's been protected
for generations. Our fathers, and theirs before them, risked their lives
for it."
"We have no right
to throw it all away so easily!"
Barret
"But listen, Dyne.
No one uses coal nowadays. It's the sign of the times."
Scarlet
"Right, everything
is Mako, now."
"It'll be all right,
Dyne. Shinra, Inc. will guarantee your livelihood once the Mako Reactor
is completed."
Barret
"Listen. Dyne. I don't
want my wife, Myrna, to suffer anymore."
(Dyne makes pleading gestures, then slumps forward.)
Dyne
"I know how you feel!
I feel the same way too, damn it!"
"But even so, I won't
give away our coal mines!"
(The village headman puts his hand on Dyne's shoulder.)
Village Headman
"Dyne... you've got
to understand."
(Dyne looks at the village headman, then at Barret. He holds his head and starts to cry. The scene fades darkly, but not to black. Barret speaks.)
Barret
"That's how the Corel
Reactor was built.... and completed."
"We all thought it
would bring us an easier life."
(The scene fades to black. When it fades in again, we see the town of Corel in flames. One person falls four stories from a water tower. As the camera pans across the town, we see various townsfolk panicking, then dying.)
Barret
"It happened when
Dyne and I were out of town for a few days."
"Corel was burned
down by the Shinra troops."
"All the townspeople........
All my relatives......... Everyone...... Everything......"
(The scene fades to black. We are now back at the Ropeway station. Cloud walks around to Barret.)
Cloud
"Shinra troops? What
for!?"
(Barret turns away)
Barret
"There was an explosion
at a reactor."
"Shinra blamed the
accident on the people. Said it was done by a rebel faction."
Tifa
"That's so terrible!"
Barret
"Well, I guess that's
true. But more than Shinra, I couldn't forgive myself."
"Never should have
gone along with the building of the reactor..."
Tifa
"Don't blame yourself.
We were all fooled by the promises Shinra made back then."
Barret
"That's way... that's
why I get so pissed off!!"
"Not only did they
take advantage of me... But I lost my wife, Myrna, too..."
(The ticket vendor at the Ropeway station suddenly speaks)
"Hey everyone! If you
want to go to the 'Gold Saucer', hurry and get on!"
"Ride the Ropeway?"
<CHOICE>
Go on
Don't go on
***Cloud
Go on
***Cloud
Don't go on
<//>
Barret
"Dyne was my best
friend. We was close ever since we was kids..."
(Cloud and the others board the Ropeway and ride to the Gold Saucer..)
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