(Cloud and the others land in the prison below the Gold Saucer.)
Aerith
"You all right?"
Cloud
"Where are we?"
Cait Sith
"A desert prison...
Corel Prison..."
Cloud
"A desert prison?"
Cait Sith
"Yup, a natural prison
in the middle of the desert... surrounded entirely by quicksand."
"I heard that once
you get in, you never get out...."
"But, there was one
special exception..."
(The camera pans down. We see Barret standing near some pipes. There is a man lying face down on the ground near him.)
Aerith
"Hey!! Barret!!"
(They all run over to him)
Cloud
"Barret..."
(Barret turns)
Cloud
"Did he really....."
(Barret steps back. Cloud steps forward.)
Barret
"Stay back! This's
something I gotta deal with."
(He turns away)
Barret
"Jes' leave me alone...."
(He runs off)
Cait Sith
"Whew! That's one
of your friends? He sure looks dangerous..."
Aerith
"Cloud, what should
we do? Barret's not his normal self."
(Cloud checks the dead man)
Cloud
"This one's been shot
too..."
People in Corel Prison
"Wo-ho! Welcome to Corel Prison."
"Ha ha ha"
"I'll tell you one
thing, rookie. This desert is extremely dangerous."
"It'll welcome you
in, but when you try to leave, it'll swallow ya."
"I hear tell, some
of them never make it out... the best thing is to stay out of the desert
entirely."
"Those guys only tell
lies. Only lies. Not a one of 'em will tell you the truth."
"Just talk with 'em
a couple of times, and you'll get sick of them."
"This place is heaven."
"This place is heaven."
"This place is heaven."
"Man with a gun on
his arm?"
"Never heard of him."
"Never heard of him."
"Never heard of him."
"You wanna see the
Boss?"
"Go Southwest and
you'll meet him."
"You'll meet him."
"You'll meet him."
"Once out in the desert,
stay still and don't walk."
"Don't walk."
"Don't walk."
"There's no way you'll
ever see a mysterious Chocobo carriage. No way."
"No way."
"No way."
"This elevator will
talk you to the top..."
"But, you gotta be
picked a s Chocobo racer, first."
"Want to enter the Chocobo Race?"
<CHOICE>
Not interested
Yeah, I want to enter
***Cloud
Not interested
"You thinkin' of livin' here forever? Then live a long life!"
***Cloud
Yeah, I want to enter
"Then go get permission with the boss of this place."
Cloud
"Who's the boss?"
"You don't even know
that? Oh man."
<//>
"You new? Then go and pay your respects to Mr. Coates."
Mr. Coates
"Never seen your faces
'round here before. Goin' up?"
<CHOICE>
Not interested
Yeah, up
***Cloud
Not interested
Mr. Coates
"Heh heh! You sure
got guts!"
***Cloud
Yeah, up
Mr. Coates
"You don't seem to
understand how things work down here."
"This is the Gold
Saucer's garbage dump. And that makes alluv ya scrubs."
"The only way to get
back up there is to win the Chocobo Race."
"But, it's not as
easy as you rookies think."
"Of course, if you
got the boss's premission it'd be a different story but, YOU'll never get
that!"
"Ha ha ha ha."
<//>
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