Sazh climbs up through the hole in the train roof slowly and with great effort. Lightning prepares for battle against the white flying machine that had stopped the train, Manasvin Warmech. The Warmech leaps into the air and the lands again, revealing two sets of four circular and serrated blades.
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| Manasvin Warmech - Hanging Edge |
Sazh: Hey, hey, hey! Let's be rational now! (doing the back crawl a bit)
The warmech surged forward, making Lightning back flip away and Sazh to scramble further back.
Sazh: They're sending in the big guns now. What do we do?
Lightning: Watch and learn.
The warmech pulled its left bladed arm back and prepared to strike. The blades sparked with electricity and began to spin faster. It then shot the arm forward and Lightning jumped back to avoid being hit.
(Insert battle and Active Time Battle tutorial)
The warmech shined with light for a moment before jumping back. It stabbed its claws into the sides of the train and began to shake the cars.
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| Shake, Rattle, and Roll |
Lightning: Fall back!
Lightning and Sazh retreated until they were almost near the end of the car. They then turned and faced the warmech again.
Sazh: (laughs) Not so tough now, huh?
The warmech engaged its thrusters and Sazh began to look worried.
Sazh: Hey, that wasn't like a challenge, now. All right? (holding up his guns in front of him) Hey!
Lightning and Sazh soon saw that the warmech was trying to rip the car completely away and began to run even further back.
Sazh: Time to go!
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| Up, up, and away! |
The whole length of the train began to tilt upwards, causing Lightning to slide precariously, but she soon jumped onto the side of the car and used it to slide down towards the back car. She then jumped and flipped, landing gracefully. Sazh did his best to follow her but the car nearly went vertical as he was running down the roof.
Sazh: I'm coming!
The car began to go over the side and it looked like Sazh was about to go with it.
Lightning: Jump!
Sazh kept running and then jumped at the last moment, landing on his hands and knees. The chocobo chick that nested into his air jumped off and landing gracefully, its wings raised in a victory like fashion and seemingly mocked the dark skinned man that was panting behind him.
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| Chocobo - 1, Sazh - 0 |
Lightning: (as Sazh started getting to his feet) Heads up.
Sazh: (still out of breath) This thing won't give up!
The warmech reappeared and landed on the other end of the car, shaking them about it
(Insert battle)
The warmech swayed to and fro and eventually exploded before falling off the side of the car and into the depths below. Once upon realizing the battle was over, Sazh fell onto his backside with a dramatic flair.
Sazh: Oh goodness. (as Lightning walks in front of him) Whew! We did it.
Lightning kneels down and looks over the side of the car, completely ignoring the ships flying past behind her as well as the explosions.
Sazh: Oh! Hey!
Lightning transforms her sword from a blade to a gun and returns it to its holster. She then begins to walk away like nothing had transpired.
Sazh: Aren't you supposed to protect civilians, Soldier? (Lightning pauses) I mean you are Sanctum, aren't you? What're you doing trying to stop the Purge? (rises to his feet) Why don't you tell me that?
Lightning: (glances back briefly) I was a soldier. (walks away)
She then jumps off the roof of the train, leaving Sazh behind.
Sazh: Hey, where do you think you're going? (his arm outstretched) Man.
The chocobo chick comes flying out of his hair with a kweh before landing in his left palm.
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| Kweh! |
Sazh: Chocobo, we just can't catch a break, can we?
Chocobo: (cutely) Kweh, kweh.
Sazh: Yeah, that's a good question. (sighs) Oh well. Better follow her. (begins climbing down) I'm getting too old for this.
Hanging Edge - The Restricted Zone
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| Hanging Edge |
(Insert gameplay and Camera Control Tutorial)
Sazh (auto): You sure we can get through here?
(Save Station)
Sazh (auto): Hey! Wait up now!
Sazh (auto): Fixing to ditch me already, huh?
Sazh (auto): Unbelievable. This place is a war zone.
(Treasure Sphere)
Sazh (auto) I do not like low-flying thing trying to kill me!
Sazh (auto) Don't you go ignoring me, now!
Lightning and Sazh had traveled along the bridge some distant and spotted a soldier next to a small, circular gate. They took cover behind some rubble to avoid being seen.
Sazh: Not wanting to get purged I get, but taking on trained soldiers?
Lightning: Better to die than get sent to Pulse. It's hell without the brimstone.
The soldier summoned two hound like creatures before the gate powered off and fell to the ground.
Sazh: Yeah, well hell's not sounding too bad. 'Cause this place ain't exactly paradise.
Lightning: (focusing on the hounds) Domesticated peacekeepers. Nothing to worry about.
Sazh: Maybe not for Soldier Girl but...(Lightning ignores him and leaves their hiding place) hey! (follows after her)
(Flight of stairs on right - Treasure Sphere)
(Save Station)
(Jump over crates, flight of stairs on left - Treasure Sphere)
Sazh watches a behemoth mow down and trample a group of people.
Sazh (auto): Murder. Cold-blooded murder.
(Descend stairs, cubby hole on right - Treasure Sphere)
Lightning and Sazh continue down the bridge and past some crates. They removed their weapons from their holsters.
Lightning: Preemptive strike. (as they run forward)
Soldier: (notices their approach) Rebels! (runs towards them)
Sazh: So much for the element of surprise.
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| Pantheron - Domesticated Peacekeeper |
(Insert Item Usage tutorial)
Something lands on the bridge up ahead of them and explodes, destroying the bridge. Sazh is blown backwards onto his butt by the shockwave and Lightning covers her face to shield it from the heat and wind. Several people on the opposite side of the bridge fall to their deaths, screaming. Sazh slowly rises to his feet, coughing a bit.
Sazh: Do we turn back?
Lightning: There's no time.
Sazh: Then what do you suggest we do?
Lightning: (walks forward) Quiet.
Lightning snaps her fingers and the electric blue static returns, making her float in the air.
Sazh: Hey! (rushes forward and grabs her about the waist) Wait! No, no, don't leave me!
Lightning: (tries to fight him off) Let go!
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| Can't touch this! |
Sazh: Hell no, you're my only way out of here!
Lightning knees him in the gut and backs hands him away. Sazh falls to the ground on his stomach, grunting in pain. The rose haired woman snapped her fingers twice but the blue static energy did not reappear.
Lightning: Tch. (looking highly annoyed)
Sazh: (while still on his hands and knees, pointed to something nearby) Hey, that might get us across! Right there!
Lightning turns and walks over to him, noticing a moving bridge folding out close to the bridge where they were standing.
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| Uh...sorry? |
Sazh: (as Lightning glances down at him) Right?
Lightning: Looks that way. (a small amount of bite still in her tone)
She walks away from him as Sazh staggers to his feet to follow her, gripping his left shoulder.
Sazh (auto) All right, you leave this to me!
Sazh: Hey, this way! Come on!
(Run up stairs, on the right - Save Station)
Sazh (auto) Seems to be in working order.
(Jump down onto platform and activate. Screen unfolds and raises up while turning on a green and orange screen, AI presses the screen a few times. Lightning jumps down gracefully while Sazh does a funky jig before jumping onto the bridge)
Sazh (auto) This is not our lucky day.
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| Say hello to my little friend! |
Marauder: (notices their arrival) Deportees, are we? (holds up his weapon) Weapons down. I'd hate for this to turn ugly. (expands his weapon into a lance type weapon)
Sazh: (takes a step back) Uh...'turn ugly'?
Lightning: (walks up while drawing her gun blade) He wants to kill us without a fight.
Sazh withdraws his weapons and comes to stand next to Lightning.
Marauder: Time's up! (charges forward very quickly)
(Insert Attack Chain tutorial and subsequent battle)
Both Sazh and Lightning walk forward after the battle.
Sazh: So, Soldier...what's your angle? (receives no reply so turns and messes with the control panel behind him) What, is it classified military info? What's it matter? You quit, didn't you? (faces her but she's looking the other way) You think I'm gonna go out there and just tell everybody your secret?
Lightning: (interrupts him) The Pulse fal'Cie. (turns to face him) My 'angle'. I'm after the fal'Cie.
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| A little to the left...or was it the right? |
Lightning: (walks over to the control panel and moves a switch, activating the bridge) Still happy you tagged along?
She walks away and Sazh takes half a step forward, his eyes firmly rooted to the ground in front of him.
Sazh: Didn't have a choice.
The bridge began to turn and a second set of thrusters fired.
End Gameplay/Scene
Ch. 1: Defiers of Fate Ch. 1: Another Rebellion
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