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Lunar: Tale of the Vane Airship - Chapter 2: Confessions of the Soul
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Confessions of the Soul
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[It's raining again. An older Dyne and Ghaleon are inside a cave by a
campfire. Dyne's looking outside.]
Dyne: Ah, something lit up! What is that... a bird?
Ghaleon: There's not a bird who would want to fly through this storm.
Dyne: Yeah...
[Cut to a scene of houses in Vane in the middle of the storm.]
-creak-
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[Lemia is inside her room at a desk, looking out the window.]
Lemia: This awful wind! I hope it's over soon.
[Someone in the Magic Guild bursts into the room.]
-slam-
Man: The ship!
[Cut back to Ghaleon and Dyne walking outside, the next, clear
morning. Ghaleon wears a hood and scarf covering his head and face.]
Dyne: That's why I don't have any magic abilities. Too bad.
Ghaleon (reading a book as he walks): That's because you don't even put forth
any effort, and you give up so easily. Anyway...
[Dyne looks up and points.]
Dyne: Ah!
Ghaleon: What is it this time!?
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[We see a giant, flying vessel like a blimp caught between cliffsides
inside a canyon.]
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Dyne: Whoa...
Dyne: It's such a strange-looking ship. I wonder why it's here?
[The third of a series of seven lights on the bottom of the vessel
flickers out.]
-whirr, click-
Dyne: Hm... You think that thing's some decades old now?
Ghaleon: ........
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Dyne: I think it's at least something several hundred years old
Dyne: ...? The moss on the rock face looks like it's been chipped off in a
straight line.
Dyne: I wonder what the storm yesterday did.
Ghaleon: ...That's Vane's Magical Airship.
Dyne: Vane? Oh...
[A frame shows a history book and an illustration of mystical-looking
buildings.]
Dyne: That mysterious city only magicians can enter? You're always
talking about it.
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Dyne: I'd like to go someday, too.
[Ghaleon looks surprised.]
Dyne: !?
Ghaleon: ...Nothing. It seemed as if you never showed any interest in Vane.
Dyne: I'd like to go anywhere unknown. See, that's why I went on this journey.
It's something that you first brought up.
Dyne: Anyway, shouldn't we tell them about this ship? What direction is Vane
from here?
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[Behind Ghaleon is an arrangement of pillars around a
circle carved into stone in the ground.]
Ghaleon: Up.
Dyne: ...Up?
[Behind them, blocking the sun now, is a giant floating island.]
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[Aerial shot of Vane. The city is in the center, while large ruins
tower behind the Guild Manor. Cut to inside the Guild Manor in Vane with Lemia
and another woman.]
Lemia: ...Isn't this due to your mismanagement?
Woman: Per your orders, the transmission gate was shut down.
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[Background panel shows Ghaleon and Dyne’s outlines
appearing on a transporter in Vane, with surprised bystanders.]
Lemia: Then, how did those visitors reach this floating city?
Woman: The gate which was supposed to be shut down somehow was operated
again... I don't know why. We'll find the cause at once...
Lemia: No, more importantly you should place the transmission gate on the
ground under guard. On top of that, don't let any outside humans into Vane, and
don't allow them contact with the inhabitants of the city.
Woman: What about these visitors?
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[Background here is of Dyne and Ghaleon stepping off the transporter
in Vane.]
Woman: The visitors are two men. They're requesting an audience with the
Guildmistress of Vane.
[Ghaleon removes his hood, showing his pointed ears and red eyes. He
and Dyne are in the midst of a crowd of onlookers within Vane. Everyone looks
shocked and even fearful at the sight of them, staring particularly at
Ghaleon.]
Onlookers: Ah...
Dyne: ?
[Ghaleon looks apprehensive.]
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[Lemia has arrived at the scene, speaking with one of the onlookers.]
Lemia: You should not act so rudely with them.
Onlooker: But--
Lemia: The city's image is based on each and every person's actions.
[Lemia smiles and addresses Ghaleon and Dyne directly.]
Lemia: Welcome to Vane, the floating city of research and magic. I am the
Emissary of the Guildmistress. I would like to welcome you here from the bottom
of my heart.
Lemia: ...Is something amiss?
Ghaleon: ...Oh, no. But where are all the elders here? Where is the
Guildmistress herself?
Lemia: She is away from her post at present.
[Note: 'Emissary' is a position that means a Representative. So Lemia
represents the Guildmistress here.]
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Lemia: Tomorrow morning you shall return.
Dyne: Um... well... We, we found a ship in the valley. We believe it's your
ship, and so...
[Bystanders who overheard look shocked and upset.]
Lemia: ...That is very kind of you...
Lemia: Well then, until the Guildmistress returns, would you please wait at the
inn? I shall take you there.
[One frame shows Dyne walking through the city along a cobblestone
road, whistling.]
Dyne: Whoa...
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Dyne: This is nothing like my village... (I wonder how they built all
this...) [picturing his parents’ log cabin]
Lemia (smug): Certainly, as Vane is no rural farming village.
Dyne: There're so many modern-style buildings...
Lemia: Old-fashioned buildings are costly and inconvenient. The only
old-fashioned buildings left in contemporary Vane are the ruins behind the inn.
Ghaleon (pensive): ...really.
Lemia: Please excuse the rude reception you received earlier. It has been
some thirty years since Vane has had anyone of another race.
Ghaleon: I don't mind. Thanks to the lowlifes of the same race, the Vile Tribe
is unwelcome these days. Theirs was a quite common reaction.
Lemia: Well...
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Lemia: Wherever you go, there are good people and bad people. Long ago
even Vane was supported by and thrived under the Vile Tribe. I respect you,
being of the same group.
Dyne: (staring)
Lemia: (Eh..).
[Ghaleon turned away as Dyne looked over at the two of them. Dyne
takes a closer look at Ghaleon, who is confused.]
[They arrive at the Guild Manor]
Lemia: We've arrived. This is the house of the Guildmistress.
Dyne: (Whoa...)
Lemia: We'll soon be at the guest room--
[The door flies open and two kids, a boy and a girl, come running out,
smack into Dyne.]
Dyne: Oh!
-crash-
-yahh!-
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[The two children look up, shocked. The little girl here looks just
adorable and a lot like a tiny Mia. She's not, though.]
Girl: Hey... You're not my dad... (nope...)
[Dyne leans down to kiss the girl on the forehead and pat the boy on
the head.]
Dyne: Sorry kids!
-kiss-
[The children clamber onto Dyne.]
Boy: What about dad? The ship is still...
Dyne: Ship? What ship...
Girl: The airship!
Lemia: Your father will return tomorrow morning.
Lemia (disheartened): I just contacted him. He said his meeting is taking
longer, so he'll be late in coming home.
Boy (cheerful): He got me a telescope. [He holds up binoculars]
Girl: We can see the airship!
Dyne: The airship...
[A woman comes out ushering the kids back in.]
Woman: Hey, get back here, get back! Don't disturb them!
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[Lemia and the woman whisper to each other.]
-whisper whisper-
Woman: This way! I'll guide you to the guest room.
Ghaleon: Emissary, who is riding aboard that airship?
Lemia (smiling): They would be people of Vane to whom you have no relation.
[Ghaleon and Dyne arrive in the guest quarters.]
Dyne: Say, I thought that once we got to Vane it'd be full of guys with
ears like yours.
Dyne: And we didn't even get that girl's name. She seemed so busy...
[Ghaleon opens the window curtains. It's a view of old, mystical
buildings, like those seen in the aerial view of Vane on p.22.]
Ghaleon: ...look.
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Dyne: Whoa...! Those ruins are huge!
Ghaleon: ...look at the sky. Last night's storm will come back again.
[Lemia and several people of the Magic Guild are in a conference room.
She sits at the head of the table]
Lemia: Judging by the direction of the winds, it will be around tomorrow
noon.
Lemia: The airship could not possibly withstand the second storm.
Man 1 (upset): Which is why we should have kept that thing in a museum...
[Diagrams of the ship lie on the table. Lemia points to a
drawing of the seven lights Ghaleon and Dyne first saw on the front of the
ship.]
Lemia: Take notice if the ship's energy is depleted. If it gets to zero,
then the life-support systems will fail. Then we'll be unable to save the lives
of everyone on board.
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[Another man at the table has some torn-up blueprints before him.]
Man 2: What about this!! The blueprints to repair the magic amplifier are
torn apart.
Man 2: It's likely an older relic than the ship itself. Do your best, but if
you screw up then we can't use the amplifier any longer.
Woman: At worst, all of us will use our magic together.
[Everyone turns to Lemia, who shoots back a determined look.]
Lemia: Let's do it.
Man 2: By ourselves we may be insufficient. So let's work together. Do your
best.
[Everyone rises from their chairs.]
-scrape scrape-
[One man walks out the door and runs smack into Dyne.]
Dyne: Ah
Man 1: !!
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Lemia: How long have you been here!?
Dyne (sweats): ...since 'judging by the direction of the winds'...
Lemia: And your friend?
Dyne: He's in the other room, drinking tea
Man 2: What shall we do, Emissary?
Lemia (tense): ......
Dyne: Say... I'd like to, um, thank you for allowing me to stay tonight. If
there's anything I can do in return, I can.
Dyne: If need be, my friend can help as well.
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Man 3: ...All right. Tell us, how did you come to Vane?
Dyne: How we came...
[Background images of Dyne and Ghaleon around the transmission gate on
the ground.]
Woman 2: The magic circle at the transmission gate should have been
deactivated! The switch was definitely turned off!
[Ghaleon touches one stone pillar and a switch comes out.]
-click-
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[Levers or bolts fold out from the pillar.]
-kachunk, kachunk-
Ghaleon: Remove this pillar.
[Dyne lifts up one of the pillars; Ghaleon digs around beneath it and
hits a switch.]
[The guild members listening are shocked and awed.]
-snap-
-dig, dig-
Ghaleon: The gate will be effective for only one use.
[Back in the conference room.]
Man 3: ...how did you know that!?
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Man 1: The transmission can't be activated from the ground, even the
professors say that...
Man 2: And you can't activate it manually
Man 3: Where is the switch on that pillar...
Lemia: Why didn't I know about this!?
-shhhh-
Dyne: ?
[Ghaleon is seated in his room, staring out at the ruins through the
window.]
Ghaleon (pensive, but smiling): Hm... ruins...
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[Lemia, Dyne, and the others in the conference are walking down a
hallway.]
Lemia (scowling): The people of Vane still don't know about the airship
accident. I won't let you even hint at what's going on.
Dyne (sweats): Ok...
[One woman points to a contour map of the valley.]
Woman: The airship was blown into the valley by the storm, got stuck, and
can't escape.
Man: With a lightning spell we could destroy the surrounding rock, and with a
wind spell we can push the airship free.
Dyne: Magic is so amazing... (you can really do so many cool things with it...)
Women: (-snicker- he doesn't know a thing)
Woman: We can do that if we fix the magic amplifier.
Dyne (nervous): ...You want me to fix it?
All: No!
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[They've arrived at Ghaleon's room. He is still in the chair facing
towards the ruins.]
Ghaleon: I refuse.
Dyne: What?
Ghaleon: It's your mess. It doesn't concern me.
Dyne: The girl is in trouble.
Lemia: ...please.
Dyne: Once you help the ship, you can do anything--
Ghaleon: ...anything?
[Ghaleon pushes back his chair. Dyne looks worried. (Over Dyne’s
sleeve is scribbled ‘I hate studying’--unrelated to the dialogue.) Lemia looks
almost frightened now.]
Ghaleon: Emissary, I will not ask you a third time. Who is riding
aboard that airship?
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Lemia: The Guildmistress of Vane and her council. Altogether, 38
people.
[Lemia is stricken saying this, while Ghaleon gives a more
compassionate look.]
[Ghaleon is copying the old, torn blueprints of the magic
amplifier onto a new sheet, somehow filling in the gaps that are torn out of
the old plans.]
Man 1: ...Wow.
Man 2: But, this line is different from the plans.
Man 1: (oh, this one, too)
Ghaleon (rolls up sleeves): These old plans are quite superfluous.
[Ghaleon lifts up a large stone.]
Ghaleon: Here, help me.
Men: (Whoa. I wonder if all Vile Tribe are this smart)
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[Dyne and Lemia are on a balcony as a bird flies overhead with a
message tied to its leg. Lemia holds an empty cage.]
-flap flap-
Lemia: ...that's the Guildmistress' bird. It will fly to the airship shortly.
Dyne: What's that tied to its leg?
Lemia: It's a communique to the Guildmistress. Our plans are written down on
it.
[A frame shows a diagram of the airship with a circle around it. Black
arrows point outward from the ship to the circle, and white arrows indicate a
flow towards and around the ship. Next frame shows a contour map of the valley
with four X’s marked in front of the ship.]
Lemia: The airship has a magic barrier against damage. They'll have to
signal us so that they won't take damage from the magic, which will tear away
the valley sides.
Lemia: All the roads near the ship are sealed off, so we can't predict what
will happen.
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[Dyne follows Lemia into a storage room with various stones on shelves
around them.]
Lemia: The transmission gate into Vane is also closed, right?
Dyne: (There're stones everywhere...)
Woman: Yes! All investigations have been halted.
Dyne: ...But why?
Lemia: How else could we keep everyone who comes into Vane from talking about
the ship?
Dyne: Hm...?
[Ghaleon is in front of a large, stone device.]
Ghaleon: There's not enough time to fully repair it.
Ghaleon: We can raise its efficacy if its reuse is limited to two or three
times. Who will use it?
Lemia (determined): ...I will.
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[Ghaleon is looking over an array of stones, which Lemia and Dyne just
carried in, with a note in his hand.]
Ghaleon: Of course, being the 'Emissary'... ? What about the 'list of
conducive stones'?
Dyne: Ah... I forgot it... (uh oh)
Ghaleon (smacking Dyne on the head): Tsk, you fool. We'll pick it up
later.
Dyne: (ow)
Lemia: I'll get them!
[Lemia exits; Dyne follows her outside, then points up at the sky.]
Dyne: I'll come too... Oh, over there!
Lemia: Hm?
Dyne: The bird!!
[The bird flies over Vane towards Lemia.]
Lemia: We've received a response.
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[Lemia opens the letter, the bird resting on her shoulder. She looks
worried as she reads aloud.]
Woman: What? What did they say?
Man: Is anyone hurt?
"Herein I shall inform you of the details. There is nothing
severe to report. There are also no life-threatening injuries. We are
fine."
Man: (phew!)
Women: (yay!)
-step step-
Woman: We'll continue with the plans.
Lemia (apprehensive): ...
Dyne: What is it?
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Lemia: ...This isn't the Guildmistress' handwriting.
Dyne: That means...
[Ghaleon moves to the doorway, looking out.]
Ghaleon: ...Look outside
[The sun is casting a long shadow on the ground, visible from Vane,
making the outline of the ship trapped inside the canyon very obvious.]
Lemia: Dammit!
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Lemia: We hadn't counted on the sunlight and time of day! This is all my
fault... All my fault...!!
Woman (distraught): Emissary!!
Lemia: Great... We couldn't hide the fact. What do we do...!?
[A crowd of women and children rush Lemia as she exits through the
door, cornering her.]
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Kid 1: We saw a shadow... a ship's shadow...
Kid 2: What about my mother...
Kid 3: Why is it over there!?
Woman: Is my husband all right!?
[Dyne is outside, seeing the crowd.]
Dyne: This is what she was afraid of... So that's why...
[Back inside, Lemia gestures towards herself.]
Crowd: (crying)
Lemia (smiling calmly): Look at me
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[Two children, the boy and girl who rushed at Dyne on p.32, are
crying.]
Lemia: Why do you think I am calm?
Girl: ...'Cause you're famous?
Lemia: No...
Woman: (sniff)
Lemia: So that nobody is anxious. Vane is the highest center of the magic
arts in the world.
Lemia: We have magic to fulfill everyone's wishes! No one is injured. Not even
one! Trust me!
[The crowd calms down.]
Lemia (smiling wide): It will be all right.
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[The crowd leaves, leading the children away. The boy looks back at
Lemia. Dyne whispers to Ghaleon.]
Dyne: It's because of the shadows... No one is in the dark anymore.
Dyne: And despite her smile, that girl's face is so pale.
[Lemia, shadowed, waves to the crowd. The boy excitedly waves back.]
Ghaleon (walking away): ...I didn't notice. Don't be such a bother.
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[Lemia walks into a dimly-lit library, filled with books.]
Lemia: Ah... I can't do this... I need to find that 'list of conductive
stones'...
[Lemia searches along the shelves, pulling out a couple volumes.]
Lemia: Volume Two, Volume Five... There are three missing...
[Lemia finds one book, looks at the cover, collapses, and starts
crying.]
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[The door opens. Lemia is startled.]
-open-
-sob-
[Ghaleon is there by the window, two books under his arm and a third
open in his hands. He looks over to Lemia.]
-step-
[Lemia looks fearful.]
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[Ghaleon approaches Lemia slowly.]
-step, step, step-
Lemia: ...!! It's, it's not what you think. I wasn't cry--
-step-
Lemia: Um...
[Ghaleon takes the two books Lemia has and leaves. Lemia falls to the
floor.]
-slip-
-step, step-
-collapse-
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[The scene is nighttime, outside, as two men are surveying the airship
from below.]
Man 1: The road blockades are over.
Man 2: What about the ship's remaining energy?
[On the front of the ship, the fourth of seven lights flickers out.
One of the men lets off four balls of light (will-o-wisps, range 120 feet)
towards the Vane as a signal.]
-plop plop-
Man 1: The fourth lamp is out now. By my calculations, there is six hours'
worth of energy left.
Man 2: That's all...
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[Lemia and a woman are on the balcony of a much older, grandiose
building, looking out at the city.]
Lemia: We don't know how bad the damage is...
Woman: We're not even sure if they have six hours left.
Lemia: ...What time is it now?
Woman: Two in the morning.
[The other woman takes Lemia's hand comfortingly.]
-grip-
Woman: We just have to worry about the magic amplifier now...
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[Ghaleon is working with the stones while Dyne watches. They're in a
temple-looking room with pillars.]
Dyne: Whoa... So detailed... It's just like a jigsaw puzzle.
-snap-
Ghaleon: This will be the controller for the amplifier.
Dyne: Hm... hmm... So this small stone?
-snap-
Ghaleon (slightly irritated): ...Go to the Emissary.
Dyne: What?
Ghaleon: ...Go and tell the Emissary that this will be fixed by sunrise.
[Dyne gets up, looking distressed; his stomach begins to rumble.]
-click, click-
-grumble...-
Dyne: (argh) I'm through here... I'm gonna go eat something.
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[Dyne is in Lemia's quarters before a set of bread, butter, and
cheese.]
Lemia: Is this really enough? I can send for the cook if you'd like...
Dyne: No, that's ok.
Lemia: At least have some wine...
Dyne: Do you have any milk?
Lemia: He's like a child... (despite his adult face)
[Dyne leans back in his chair.]
Dyne: Wow, she's so beautiful!
Lemia (startled, blushing): What!?
Dyne: Is that your mother?
Lemia: Oh... Yes.
[Lemia picks up a portrait on the mantleplace at which Dyne was
looking.]
Dyne: Yeah, since you're her daughter, you can use magic too?
[Lemia is holding the book she retrieved from the library under her
arm.]
Lemia: Of course. Here in Vane---
Dyne: What's that book?
[Dyne opens up the book she has.]
Lemia: (Is he even listening to me?)
Dyne: (Hm? All these characters...)
Lemia: ...When I was a child, we used these instead of lullabies. It's a
history of Vane.
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[The background has hieroglyphs going along with Lemia's dialogue. The
faces on the left resemble the characters in the third story of the manga, “A
Memory to Confess”]
Lemia: Mother used to read me all sorts of books. Stories of the goddess,
stories of the twin heroes, anything I liked. Lemia: She also had stories of
the five adults and one child of the Vile Tribe in Vane who first planned the
magical airship.
Lemia: And the stories' main characters decided to go on an adventure. An
'adventure' sounds so wonderful!
Dyne: You should go on an adventure, then.
[Lemia stares at Dyne, surprised.]
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Dyne: Trying to eat things you dislike, trying to converse with people you
don't know, anything someone does for the first time is an adventure.
Dyne: That's it! If we're going to save that ship, let's do it together!
Lemia: ...what...
[Dyne nears Lemia, smiling wide. Lemia seems startled, but excited.]
Dyne: Let's go see things we've never seen before! After all, don't you
feel confined in here? Now's your chance!
Lemia: But... I will be the next Guildmistress. I don't have that kind of
time...
[Lemia and Dyne cross their little fingers together.]
Dyne: It's done then! It's a promise! Yeah!
Lemia (smiling sadly): ......
Dyne: Oh... and
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[Dyne turns around just before he's about to leave.]
Dyne: The repairs will be finished by sunrise. I say you should get some
rest before then.
Lemia: Right.
Dyne (concerned): Your complexion looks a bit off, if... if you can't do this
Lemia (looking pale and tired): ...Don't worry. I'll be ok.
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[Ghaleon is sitting on the ground
working on the stones again with Dyne watching.]
Dyne: Say, what do you think I can do?
Ghaleon: Do you want to do something?
Dyne: Maybe.
Ghaleon: ...Why are you so worried about the Emissary?
Dyne: Why are you so worried about me?
Ghaleon: ...I don't know.
Dyne: ...I don't know either. But...
Dyne: If I were going through a lot, and all alone... Well, it's no good for
someone to have to endure so much by herself.
Dyne: Isn't she hurting herself by acting all cheerful on the outside, bottling
up her pain?
Ghaleon (disheartened): …
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Ghaleon: As the Guildmistress' daughter, ever since she was born she--
Dyne: Who?
Ghaleon: We were talking about the Emissary, right?
Dyne: What?
Ghaleon: ......
[Background of Lemia and her mother.]
Ghaleon: Vane's positions are determined by lineage, it's passed down
from parent to child.
[Flashback of Lemia and Dyne linking little fingers.]
Lemia: But... I will be the next Guildmistress. I don't have that kind of
time...
[Back to Dyne.]
Dyne: So that means...
[Flashback of Lemia talking to Dyne.]
Lemia: Mother used to read me all sorts of books.
[Back to Dyne and Ghaleon.]
Ghaleon (concerned): The person on board the airship is the Emissary's
mother. ...She didn't tell you?
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[Lemia looks up as Dyne enters her quarters.]
Dyne: ...What do you mean 'I'll be fine'?
Dyne: The person riding on that ship is your--
Lemia: The Guildmistress of Vane
Dyne: Stop talking like that.
Lemia: This is strictly business.
Dyne: ...You keep lying to yourself.
Dyne: Every time you lie to yourself, you shut out other people.
Dyne: If you bottle up your real feelings, they'll eat away at you.
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Dyne: If you keep shutting yourself away, the burden of those 38 people
on board will be too much to bear.
Dyne: You should at least return to being the 'Guildmistress' Daughter', not
the 'Guildmistress' Emissary'. Then--
Lemia: Stop it!
[Lemia turns away from Dyne.]
Lemia: I am not like you...
Lemia: The more I show my own weakness, the less strength I have. That... that
is how I am.
Lemia (face buried in hands): That's why!
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Lemia: That's why I say I'll be fine, I believe I'll be fine. If I don't,
then I...!!
Lemia: I'll just be another ordinary girl...!!
Dyne: You can't just be an ordinary girl?
[Lemia is looking out the window at the nighttime city lights.]
Lemia: All of those small lights must be protected.
Lemia: Every person in Vane must not feel sadness.
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[Lemia turns around abruptly.]
Lemia (shouting): I am the Emissary of Vane...!
[Outside and on the ground, the man investigating the ship sends up
another ball of light--but only one this time.]
-pow-
[We're back inside the room where Ghaleon was working.]
Ghaleon: ...The signal.
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[Dyne has returned to Ghaleon and is looking up, concerned.]
Ghaleon: ...What is it?
Dyne: (-sigh-) Oh, nothing.
-click-
[Lemia steps in through the large doors into the ornately decorated
chamber.]
Dyne: Welcome.
[Lemia steps forward and some sort of energy rises from the ground,
lighting her face and startling her.]
-step-
-hiss-
[Background is of the man on the ground sending up another
signal--just one.]
-pow-
Ghaleon: I believe you already know this, but ninety percent of the
amplified magic power cannot be controlled by the machine.
[Background is of the airship itself, caught between the cliffs.]
-whirr-
Ghaleon: Please, begin.
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[Ghaleon and Dyne each push in a button on the wall.]
-ka-chunk-
-whirr-
[Light and power emanate from the panel on which Lemia stands,
somewhat surprised.]
Lemia: !!
Lemia: (I feel like my head is going to explode...)
-click, click-
-whirr-
[A vortex opens before Lemia as she holds out her staff.]
Ghaleon: Now, strike!
Lemia: Lightning come forth!!
[Lightning fires from Lemia's staff and hands.]
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[A light shines from Vane, and an enormous bolt of lightning fires at
the airship and hits the surrounding rock.]
-thunder-
-crumble-
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-crumble-
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[Lemia continues with another spell as Ghaleon looks on intently.
Another vortex comes from Lemia.]
Lemia: Wind come forth!!
-wind howling-
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[A vortex surrounds the airship below.]
-howling wind-
-74-
[The airship breaks free.]
-clunk-
[Dyne and Lemia are watching, smiling. Lemia is on edge.]
Dyne: It's free!
[The boy, girl, and woman from before are watching the ship fly.]
Woman: Yay!
[Three of the men in the Guild are watching through a telescope.]
Man 1: There's hardly any visible damage!
Man 2: (yes!) Perhaps we shouldn't put this in a museum's display case, after
all
[The two men on the ground are looking up.]
-engines clunk-
-75-
[Cut to back inside control room with Ghaleon, Dyne, and Lemia.
Ghaleon appears concerned.]
Dyne (grinning): ...Such a strange ship that is... And there's no longer
a chill in the air; it feels calmer...
Lemia: Of course. That's because for Vane this signifies its 'great
inheritance'
Lemia: It's... it's a symbol of our history and tradition...!
[Ghaleon looks pensive at this.]
[Cut to a shot of the ship again. Rocks are beginning to fall through
the barrier and hit the ship.]
-whirr-
-crack-
-bump-
[On the bottom of the ship, all seven lights have gone out.]
-halt-
-engine dying-
Men: The ship's energy...!?
-76-
-engine dying-
[Cut back to two women, along with Lemia, Ghaleon, and Dyne, watching
the ship from Vane.]
Woman 1: The last lamp is out...!! And... and at this height...!? It...
it will...
Woman 2: If it were at least closer to the ground... but this is too high for
the ship...
Dyne: The ship...!!
[Dyne grips Ghaleon by the collar.]
Dyne: Do something! Isn't this supposed to be your specialty?
Ghaleon: Even magic can't do everything!
Dyne: The life-support is almost spent...
-77-
Ghaleon: If the controller doesn't work, any magic we do will go wild.
That dilapidated ship is...
Lemia: The lamp...
Dyne: Won't it be enough for it to survive the fall?
[Another shot of the ship's lights on the bottom. The central lamp, in
the middle of the other seven lights, has now flickered out.]
Lemia: The lamp is out...
-halt-
[The ship begins to fall from the sky.]
-swish-
Lemia: No!! Mother!!
Dyne: Do something! I ask of you
-78-
[Ghaleons eyes grow wide.]
Ghaleon: ...That's it!!
[He grips Dyne’s collar in return, yelling.]
Ghaleon: Answer me!! What is it you want?
Ghaleon: Wish for it!! Pray for it!!
[Lemia, collapsed on the floor of the circle, turns to face him. He
strikes the control behind him.]
-pow-
(For the ship...)
[Lemia has her hands clasped together.]
(For my mother...)
[Dyne's eyes are closed, teeth clenched.]
(For this girl...)
[Note: The word for 'ask', 'want', 'wish', and 'pray' are all
different but related words. Unfortunately the nuanced connection between the
four words doesn't carry over so well.]
-79-
[Ghaleon raises his right hand in the air as a ball of energy gathers
within it. Everything becomes bathed in light.]
Ghaleon: O Goddess Althena!!
[All three are thrown back slightly, raising their hands to protect
themselves.]
-80-
[The whole ruins area of Vane is bathed in light. The light envelops
the entire city. Two women pray, while the boy and girl who befriended Dyne
watch from a rooftop with their mother.]
-81-
[Light springs forth from the city, encompassing the ship and ground
below.]
-bam!-
-82-
[Lemia is on the ground. The message bird exits its cage.]
Lemia: Ohh...
-chirp chirp-
Lemia: The... ship...
-sigh-
Lemia: What about the ship...?
[Ghaleon looks drained, his face buried in his hand.]
[The bird flies off from the windowsill, towards the ship crashed on
the ground.]
-swish-
-chirp chirp-
-83-
[The bird alights on the Guildmistress of Vane's outstretched and
bandaged hand; she is alive and well. Lemia smiles, falling to her knees at the
balcony and looking out. Dyne stands next to her.]
Lemia: ...I ...I ...
[Lemia buries her head in her hands, in tears. Dyne touches her hair
comfortingly.]
Lemia: This is so wonderful, so wonderful...
[Overhead shot of the three of them. Ghaleon also looks
over the balcony, standing further out.]
-84-
Dyne: Say... What was that last bit of magic you did?
Ghaleon: That was just a 'prayer'. Wish for something wholeheartedly and it
will be granted.
[Everyone is back near the Vane side of the transmission gate.]
Ghaleon: It's such a basic thing... But it's the original form of
'magic.' Has it gotten you a little interested?
Dyne: Yeah, a little.
[They both smile. The Guildmistress approaches them.]
Guildmistress: Are you leaving so soon? That is too bad. I would have
liked for you to try some of my famed home cooking.
Guildmistress: If only I hadn't broken my finger while on board the ship!!
-hahah!-
[Three women are around a nervous Dyne, whispering and giggling.]
Dyne: (They're so cheerful about it...)
Woman 2: (Her cooking is really awful.)
Woman 3: That's why she's not the one who wrote the response.
[Note: 'Home-cooking' uses the character for 'hand', hence the quick
connection between the Guildmistress' broken finger and her inability to cook
while on board the ship. They refer to the handwriting discrepancy on page 47.]
-85-
[The Guildmistress looks down at Ghaleon who is seated.]
Guildmistress: ...I'm so very sorry. Your airship is...
Ghaleon (soberly): That is all right. After all, it's a relic from ancient
times.
Guildmistress: That is really how you feel about it?
Guildmistress: ...Those last days you spent in Vane... You're still as
you were back then, while I have become an old woman.
-86-
[Flashback scenes show a young child (Nia in the third story, “A
Memory to Confess”), a young woman, and a mother holding her son, next to her
husband. They're seeing off Ghaleon, who looks about thirteen or fourteen years
old.]
Guildmistress: Over the years Vane has changed.
[Another scene has the same woman as a grandmother holding a baby girl
drinking from a bottle, while writing a letter. She bears a strong resemblance
to Lemia’s own mother. Another young woman in the Emissary’s uniform is reading
in the background. The next frame has Ghaleon reading a letter, leaning against
a rock, with a sword strapped to his back. A structure that appears to be the
Blue Spire is in the background.]
Guildmistress: But
[The last frame is a silhouette of three people standing at a grave.]
Guildmistress: Nevertheless...
-87-
[The first frame has another woman, pregnant and holding her belly in
startlement, while writing a letter as her husband and another woman watch. Cut
to a shot of Ghaleon looking up at Vane from below; it's snowing and the
airship is pulling into the city. Ghaleon then looks back to see the current
Guildmistress, as a young girl, at the transmission gate.]
Guildmistress: Nevertheless, this is your birthplace.
[We’re back in the present, with the present Guildmistress looking at
Ghaleon.]
Guildmistress: Always
-88-
[We're back in the present. Everyone is gathered at the ground
transmission gate, except Lemia.]
Guildmistress: We shall wait for your return.
[Dyne nudges Ghaleon.]
-nudge nudge-
Ghaleon: ...It's a long story. I'll tell you sometime.
Lemia: Am I too late?
Guildmistress (smiling): Ah, you overslept. If you didn't hurry, these two
would have already left.
[Lemia curtsies towards Dyne and Ghaleon.]
Lemia: In lieu of the Guildmistress of Vane, I would like to thank you
deeply for your efforts.
[Dyne and the Guildmistress look puzzled, and disappointed.]
Guildmistress: ...That's it? Nothing more?
-89-
[Ghaleon turns to Dyne, taking his shouldter to turn him around.]
Ghaleon: ...Let's go.
Ghaleon (to Lemia): Thank you very much. Please excuse us.
[Ghaleon and Dyne leave. Lemia looks disheartened. As she looks after
them longingly, the Guildmistress smiles.]
Guildmistress: You know, I would like to hear my beautiful daughter be
selfish once in a while (heart).
-90-
[Ghaleon and Dyne are already further off in the fields.]
Lemia: Wait! Please, wait!
[Lemia comes running after them. She stops, panting.]
-huff, huff-
Lemia: ...Please. Take me with you! I want to see the world!
[Dyne is startled; Ghaleon gives a serious glance. Dyne scratches his
head.]
-scratch scratch-
Lemia: Wherever you go. ...Please.
-91-
[Ghaleon turns to Dyne, smiling slightly, while Dyne looks
a bit nervous. Lemia looks to both of them hopefully, biting her lip.]
Dyne: 'Please' sounds so formal.
[Dyne extends his hand and smiles.]
Dyne: I'm Dyne!
Lemia (wiping away tears as she shakes hands): I am Lemia Ausa.
Ghaleon: My name is Ghaleon. Pleased to meet you, Lemia.
[Note: This is the first time their names have been mentioned in the
entire book.]
[The three of them walk off into the distance.]
And so we passed their story on through time.
-92-
[The image is of the Guildmistress copying a letter she’s received
into a book, the bird resting on her shoulder. Many other letters and a few
maps are posted on a board behind her.]
A story that spanned generations, embedded in our blood.
[The last scene has a shot of the four heroes: Ghaleon, Mel, Dyne, and
Lemia, with Lemia reading a letter.]
A little story of an adventure which continued to be told.
Confessions of the Soul - Finished
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