Southern Sluiceway
[Upon arriving in the central area, three flan emerge from the sewers and corner the party. Feeling a presence, they slowly look up to see a fourth flan on the ceiling above them, which now descends on them.]
[After defeating the four flan, the party gets the first victory screen in the game, and is then free to move on.]
Overflow Cloaca
[As the group enters the area, steam suddenly begins to rise in great amount from the water. A ball of fire flies in from another part of the waterway, and turns into the Firemane.]
[After defeating Firemane…]
[The creature turns back into a fireball and shoots down the waterway.]
Imperial: Stand where you are!
[The party turns to see they have been surrounded by Imperials armed with crossbows. Vayne appears among them, seemingly smugly satisfied having caught them. Amalia looks as if she’s about to start something, but Balthier grabs her by the arm.]
Balthier: Now is not the time.
[Amalia growls, but does nothing. The scene changes to Lowtown, right outside Storehouse 5. The party is now in handcuffs, escorted by Imperials, and Lowtown’s citizens are watching and speculating.]
Random Citizen 1: They’re the thieves who stole into the palace.
Random Citizen 2: Is that what the commotion was about last night?
Amalia: They think me some common thief.
Balthier: [murmuring, to Amalia] Better than a common assassin.
Amalia: These people have done nothing. Release them.
Vaan: What are you doing?
Amalia: Don’t interrupt me. I’m thinking.
Penelo: Wait!
[Vaan turns to see Penelo trying to shove past a bunch of Imperials.]
Penelo: He didn’t know what he was doing! You have to let him go! You have to!
Vaan: Penelo! [she looks up at him] Sorry. That dinner’ll have to wait.
Penelo: I told you!
Imperial: That’s enough! [cuffs Vaan]
Penelo: Leave him alone!
[Penelo breaks free of the Imperials and is making a beeline for Vaan. A soldier steps in front of him, hand on his sword… Then, Balthier steps between the two, facing Penelo with a handkerchief in his hands.]
Balthier: Hold onto this for me, would you? Just until I bring Vaan back.
[Penelo takes the handkerchief, clutching it to her chest as the three are escorted away by the Imperials.]
Imperial: On your feet! You, over here!
Balthier: All right, all right. Edgy, aren’t we?
[Nearby, a triplet of bangaa watches the scene. The one we recognize from a scene earlier in Rabanastre – the fierce-looking green bangaa with piercings.]
Henchman: It’s Balthier, my brother.
????: What does that philanderer think he’s doing? I was to kill Balthier, not those addle-pated Imperials!
[The scene changes to a bright white light, coming through a window. It’s the sterile white room again, where Reks sits lifeless in a chair before the window. Vaan walks into the room with the Galbana lilies in his hand.]
Vaan: I brought you some of those flowers you like: Galbana lilies. Remember? You always said how they smelled nice, and how pretty they were. Remember? [pause] The King - Did you? Were you really a part of it? [pause again] Even if - Even if you were - Captain Basch must have tricked you into it!
[Vaan resignedly places the flowers on Reks’s lap. As he does, Reks begins to dissolve into glistening particles of light that then flow out through the window like liquid. Vaan is left alone, with Reks’s ring in his hand. The scene fades.]
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