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unstarredhero...oh man, I need to learn better than to go back through the Odessa bits of Suikoden late at night when prone to emo. I was doing fine until the "if you ever see Flik again" bit. I mean, I'd been assuming she didn't know Flik was alive, but I'd forgotten that she said as much before she died...
THAT SAID. Transcripts of every scene with Odessa in it, under the cut!
Gremio: I guess what's-his-name, Viktor...never returned.
Cleo: But we didn't make any other plans. Let's wait a bit longer, and if he still doesn't show up, we'll head north. Perhaps Master Teo can help us.
Gremio: .......Cleo. Why.... did Pahn...
Cleo: Don't ... Gremio...
Gremio: What's going on? At such a late hour.
Imperial Soldier: We've heard that some fugitives are staying here. We'll look around.
Innkeeper: But sir, our guests are sleeping.
Imperial Soldier: Shut up! Do you plan to harbor Rebels?
Gremio: Young Master! They're coming for us! Viktor! He must have ratted on us! I knew we shouldn't have trusted him!
Cleo: This doesn't look good. They'll find us for sure.
Gremio: Wh-what should we do, Young Master?
Hero: I'm scared. Let's run.
Gremio: G-good idea. From this window... Here we go... huh? It's jammed. Won't... open.
Cleo: Hurry. They're coming nearer.
Gremio: We're in big trouble now.
Cleo: Gremio, maybe we can get Young Master out before...
Odessa: This way! Hurry!
Gremio: Who was that?
Odessa: What are you waiting for? Hurry! Do you want to get caught?
Gremio: Wh-who are you?
Cleo: Whoever it is, thank god!
[In the underground hideout]
Odessa: So you're the "new friends" that Viktor told me about. Everyone's waiting. Follow me.
Viktor: Sorry [Hero,] you must have had a tough time. But it was exciting, wasn't it?
Gremio: What's going on here?
Viktor: I didn't think I'd give myself away so soon. Oh well, now that you've met Odessa...
Cleo: Odessa? The name rings a bell...
Gremio: You don't mean... the Rebel Army...
Odessa: Rebel Army? We prefer to call ourselves the Liberation Army. But who cares about names. Let me introduce myself. I'm Odessa Silverberg, leader of the Liberation Army. How do you do?
Flik: Viktor. Are these the people you wanted us to meet?
Viktor: That's right. Prepare yourself for a surprise. This here is the son of General Teo McDohl. And a fugitive to boot. Don't you think he'll be a great asset to the Liberation Army?
Gremio: You've got to be kidding! Why should Young Master join the Rebels? Right, Young Master?
Hero: Who says I'll join?
Flik: So he says.
Viktor: Well, perhaps...umm...we can convince him, right? He has nowhere to go, anyway.
Odessa: I guess you've all been fooled by Viktor as well. Whenever he takes a liking to someone, he just drags them in. But they do appear to be hunted by the Imperials, and the town's still full of soldiers... You may stay until things blow over. Whatever decision you make afterwards is up to yourselves.
Gremio: Y-you've got to be kidding, Young Master. Join the Rebels? No way.
Cleo: Rebels... Liberation Army... well why not? Maybe we should become true Rebels. On the other hand, what will Master Teo think?
[when you speak to them separately after the scene]
Flik: If Odessa greets you as a guest, so will I. My name is Flik. Lightning Flik of the Liberation Army. You've never heard of me? Well then, remember the name. The quiet one there's Humphrey the Swordsman. And that's Sanchez. We three are pretty famous in the Liberation Army, you know.
Sanchez: My name is Sanchez. How do you do?
Humphrey: .......
Viktor: You don't really think the Empire will take you back, do you? They'll kill you for sure.
Odessa: I'm so sorry. You must have had a fright. Viktor's got bad habits. I guess we're enemies. Too bad.
[messenger arrives from the rebels in Rockland]
Gremio: A-are you all right?
Messenger: I - I must tell Lady Odessa.
Cleo: Let's take him inside.
Messenger: Where are we?
Odessa: Don't worry. This is the Liberation Army hideout. Have you a message for me?
Messenger: You must be Odessa. Thank goodness. I'm one of the Mt. Seifu bandits. But we only attack those rotten Imperials. Anyway, the other day, the Imperial Guard came over and captured our bosses... Varkas and Sydonia.
Gremio: Varkas and Sydonia? Could they be...
Cleo: Shh... Be quiet.
Messenger: Lady Odessa, please. Help Varkas and Sydonia. That rotten Grady of Rockland has strung them up to starve to death.
Cleo: Outrageous! Execution without trial! Even by Imperial Law, that's illegal.
Odessa: How awful...
Flik: But Odessa... Imperial surveillance has been intense lately. We have to keep a low profile.
Odessa: I'm aware that we're understaffed. But the bandits have asked for our help. We can't let them down.
Hero: It's our fault.
Odessa: What do you mean, it's your fault?
Gremio: We... [fade to black while they explain that they were the Imperial Guard members who captured the two bandits]
Viktor: I see. Well, even if you didn't know what you were doing, you still have to claim responsibility, right, [Hero]? You must rescue Varkas and Sydonia. I'll help you too.
Cleo: I agree. I don't plan to betray the Empire, but Grady is unforgiveable.
Gremio: You're right. Undoing Grady's wrongs would be good for the Empire... Besides, if Young Master gives the orders, I will follow.
Messenger: Thank you. Varkas and Sydonia are hung up at the home of Rockland's military commander. If you don't hurry, they'll dry up. Please help them.
Odessa: [Hero,] I beg of you too. Viktor, you go too.
Viktor: Leave it to Viktor. Let's get going, [Hero]. Rockland, here we come!
[when you speak to them separately afterwards]
Flik: Don't for a moment think that I trust you. Viktor, that goes for you too.
Humphrey: .........
Sanchez: Rockland is east of the capital. From Lenankamp it's northeast.
Messenger: Varkas and Sydonia, please help them right away.
Odessa: Please, [Hero.] Help them.
[rescuing of Varkas and Sydonia goes here]
Odessa: [Hero!] You're back! Thank god! Our problems are solved.
Gremio: What do you mean?
Flik: Odessa! You're not planning to --
Odessa: Yes, I am.
Viktor: What? What? What's going on?
Odessa: [Hero,] take a look at this.
Gremio: What is it? Show me.
Viktor: What's this?
Odessa: Plans for a fire spear.
Cleo: Fire spear?
Odessa: Right. The Liberation Army may be tiny now, but someday we'll be big enough to meet the Imperials head-on. When that day arrives, the fire spear will come in handy.
Sanchez: We spent good money for this at the Dwarf Mines.
Odessa: [Hero,] this blueprint must reach our secret factory, but we can't leave this hideout unattended. I'd like you to take on this assignment.
Gremio: Enough! Don't you understand that we're members of the Imperial Army? How can you expect us to betray them? Let's go, Young Master. No need to stay here any longer!
Odessa: Wait! Do you have any idea what the Empire is really doing? Do you know what the people want? Or will you pretend to ignore all that? Gremio, you saw with your own eyes, heard with your own ears. Are you willing to ignore the truth despite all you see and hear? What about you, [Hero]? Do you still want to return to the Empire? And continue to be McDohl's little boy?
Hero: My father goes his way, I go mine.
Gremio: Wait just a minute, Young Master. Talk like that and you'll never rejoin the Imperials. Don't you care? Come on Cleo, talk to him.
Cleo: I go where Young Master goes. My job is to protect him. Those are the orders I recieved from Master Teo.
Gremio: ..........
Odessa: [Hero,] let me explain. This is a blueprint for a fire spear. It has to be delivered to the Liberation Army's secret factory.
Sanchez: Northwest of Lenankamp, across the river, lies Mt. Tigerwolf.Over the mountain is a village called Sarady. Someone from the factory will meet you there.
Flik: Odessa, I just don't get it. Why do you insist on this guy? He may be an Imperial spy. Yet you want to give him the blueprint for something that could change the destiny of the Liberation Army?
Odessa: Don't worry. I'm going too.
Flik: What? If you're going, I'm going too.
Odessa: Flik, if you come along, who's going to protect this place? It's about time you began acting like a leader.
Viktor: Don't worry, Flik. I'll protect Odessa, if you promise to protect this hideout.
Odessa: It's settled. To Mt. Tigerwolf, then.
[when you talk to them separately after the scene]
Flik: If any harm comes to Odessa, you'll be sorry.
Sanchez: Mt. Tigerwolf is northwest from here, across the river. Sarady lies past the mountain.
Humphrey: ........
[You leave Lenankamp. At Mt. Tigerwolf:]
Viktor: The sun's beginning to set. Do you think we can cross the mountain before dark?
Cleo: I don't want to spend the night out in the open.
Odessa: In any case, we have to go up. Let's go.
[Halfway up the mountain, you pass a hut. Ledon is waiting outside it.]
Ledon: Welcome, travelers. Coming up at such a late hour? You've really got guts.But you'd better stop here and continue tomorrow. It's dangerous around here, what with all the bandits and all. Why don't you spend the night here?
Odessa: Sorry. We're in a hurry.
Viktor: Great idea. My feet are killing me.
Gremio: For once I'm in agreement with you. I'm not sure I can go on.
Hero: We'd better go on.
Viktor: You must be kidding. I've lost control of my feet.
Gremio: Me too.
Cleo: Oh well. Odessa, are your feet moving of their own accord too?
Odessa: To tell the truth, mine want to rest too.
Viktor: I'm going in, [Hero.]
Ledon: Excuse me. Why don't you have some of this before dinner? It's special tea from Mt. Tigerwolf.
Viktor: Let's give it a taste.
Gremio: Ugh. It's pretty bitter.
Cleo: Very bitter.
Ledon: Here's some for you too.
Hero: Not if it's bitter.
Ledon: Come on, just a taste.
Hero: Just a taste, then.
Ledon: Here you go. But be careful, it's very hot.
Odessa: Hmm. Smells kind of funny, doesn't it?
Viktor: Say, old man, what's this tea called?
Ledon: It's a special Mt. Tigerwolf brew called "Robber's Tea."
Gremio: That's a weird naaaamm ffgghhhrrr...
Cleo: My god! This is...
Viktor: Hey you! What have you gggvvvnnn uussmmgghh...
Cleo: Damn! Such an old trickkggghhhh...
Gremio: Yyyggg Mmmmssstttrrr....
[Everyone passes out.]
Ledon: Heh heh heh. Everyone's asleep. Thanks to the drugged tea of Mt. Tigerwolf. Wow! For a bunch of stragglers these guys are loaded. Looks like we'll be living the good life for a while.
Kessler: Hey Ledon! How've you been? Doing well for yourself I see.
Ledon: Why it's Boss Kessler. Welcome, welcome. As you see, I just pulled a job...
Kessler: And a fine-looking woman in the bunch, too. Wait a minute, this here is...Ledon! What have you done, you fool!
Ledon: W-what do you mean??
Kessler: Do you know who this is?
Ledon: Just some stupid traveler, I should think.
Kessler: Idiot! Even an ignoramus like you must have heard of Lady Odessa of the Liberation Army.
Ledon: Why of course, Boss. Even kids know who Lady Odessa is... You don't mean that this here is??
Kessler: Yes I do. Hurry up and prepare an antidote.
Ledon: Uh, let me see, a rabbit's tail, rose leaves, a handful of sugar...
Kessler: Ledon, if anything happens to Lady Odessa, you can say goodbye to your head!
Ledon: Yikes! Rose's tail, sugar leaf, handful of rabbits...
[somehow the antidote is made properly.]
Kessler: Forgive me, Lady Odessa. Without knowing it, I nearly committed my life's gravest error. If you like, I'll make Ledon here pay with his...
Ledon: Please sir! Spare my head.
Odessa: Don't be ridiculous. I'll have to be more careful from now on. Maybe I do trust people too much, like Flik says.
Ledon: I have no way of apologizing, but please stay here for the night. I'll do what I can by way of hospitality.
Viktor: But no more poison, you hear?
[Hero wakes in the morning and goes to speak with Ledon and Kessler.]
Ledon: I'm going to give up serving poisoned tea. I've learned my lesson.
Kessler: Are you a member of the Liberation Army too? I see, so you're not. Lady Odessa is a true heroine. She's serious about overthrowing the Empire. There are many who express discontent, but only she means to do something about it. I hate the Empire too, but I'm just a bandit. Lady Odessa is our hope for freedom.
Gremio: Good morning, Young Master.
Viktor: You're up early, [Hero].
Cleo: .......
Viktor: Hey Gremio, why is Cleo in such a bad mood?
Gremio: Don't bother her, Viktor. Cleo is always in a bad mood when she wakes up.
Odessa: I see everyone's here. Today we reach Sarady.
Ledon: Leaving already? I'll unlock the door.
[They continue to Sarady.]
Odessa: We're supposed to meet a messenger from the secret factory at an inn in this town. Where could it be?
Gremio: It's a small town. We'll find it soon.
[various townspeople]
Hey, have you heard the latest? They say that Odessa, leader of the Liberation Army, is a 9-foot giant.
Odessa: This must be the inn. Let's rent some rooms and wait for the messenger.
Innkeeper: What? Customers? Goodness, it's been years. Rooms will cost you 50 bits each.
[Everyone goes to sleep. Hero wakes in the middle of the night to find Odessa standing awake on the porch.]
Odessa: [Hero], can't you sleep? Me neither. But the night breeze makes me feel better. Can I tell you something?
Hero: What is it?
Odessa: Kessler of Mt. Tigerwolf, Flik, Humphrey, Sanchez--they all expect so much of me. But sometimes I feel like running away. I'm not sure I'm worthy of their hopes. What do you plan to do? Will you return to the Empire?
Hero: Of course.
Odessa: I see. So the next time we meet, we'll be enemies. [Hero], just as I follow my destiny, so must you follow yours. But when you return to the Empire, remember this: You must see with your own eyes, think for yourself, and follow your heart.
[She turns away, then turns back.]
Odessa: You're strange. I feel compassion when I'm with you. I suppose Viktor brought you to us because he felt that special quality in you. There are many in the Liberation Army. Humphrey, Sanchez, Mose ... and Flik. ...but nobody has eyes like yours. Eyes that draw people to you. Many people... If I should ever...
[There is a strange noise.]
Odessa: Who is it!?
Kage: My name is Kage. I have been sent by Sir Mose, chief of the secret factory.
Odessa: Mose certainly keeps unusual company. How is he? I recieved a letter from him mentioning that a pigeon of his was sick. I find it hard to imagine Mose taking care of a sick pigeon.
Kage: Very strange, lady. Sir Mose does not keep any pigeons.
Odessa: I'm sorry. I was just testing you.
Kage: I never betray a contract.
Odessa: This is the blueprint for the Fire Spear. Please deliver this. The future of the Liberation Movement depends on it.
Kage: Understood. I will go now.
Odessa: It's getting late. [Hero], we'd better rest.
[In the morning]
Viktor: What do you mean, our job is done?
Odessa: We finished our business last night, didn't we, [Hero]?
Cleo: Come to think of it, Young Master's bed was empty in the middle of the night.
Gremio: Y-y-young M-m-mast-ter, what were you up to? Something you can't t-tell me?
Odessa: Come, let's get going, [Hero].
Gremio: Y-y-young M-m-master!
Cleo: Let's go, Gremio.
[They return to Lenankamp, where they find the innkeeper crumpled on the floor.]
Odessa: What happened? Are you all right?
Innkeeper: The Imperials... They suddenly... I'm sorry... Lady Odessa.
Odessa: My god! [She dashes ahead.]
Viktor: Hey, Odessa.
Gremio: Let's go after them, Young Master!
[They hurry ahead into the hideout, and are attacked by Imperial soldiers. After defeating them, they hear Odessa cry out.]
Odessa: Ohhh!
Cleo: What was that?
Gremio: Let's hurry.
[They are attacked again, and defeat these soldiers, too. Beyond the soldiers, Odessa is lying on the ground.]
Viktor: Are you all right, Odessa?
Odessa: [rising to her knees] C-come... you can come out now. [A child who she was shielding is now visible.] Quickly! You must run...
Child: O-OK. [runs for it]
Odessa: Aah! [crumpling to the floor again]
Gremio: Lady Odessa! You're bleeding!
Viktor: Odessa! What have you done? Without you, the Liberation Army...
Odessa: I'm so sorry, Viktor. It appears... I've chosen to be a woman... rather than commander of... the Liberation Army. I couldn't let that child die. I'm a failure... as a leader...
Cleo: Don't talk, Odessa. You'll reopen your wound!
Odessa: [Hero], will you... come here? I have ... two requests. First, give this earring... to a fellow called Mathiu... in the village of Seika.
Viktor: Stop it, Odessa. I don't want to hear any final requests!
Odessa: Viktor... thank you, but... I know the end is near. [Hero], take it...
[Hero takes the earring from Odessa.]
Odessa: M-my other request... Please throw my body... into the stream there...
Gremio: What? But why? I can't do such a horrible thing.
Odessa: Please... [Hero.]
Hero: As you wish.
Viktor: [Hero]! How can you...
Odessa: Thank you, [Hero.] You understand me, don't you? Viktor... if the Liberation forces find out I'm dead... the Movement will lose faith and die. That is why you must keep my death a secret. Our tiny, newborn hope... must be kept alive...
Odessa: If you... ever see Flik again... tell him that his kindness always saw me through hard times... Well... it appears the end is near... [Hero], I hope that you will be able to see the Free World that I was.... never able to...
Viktor: Goodbye.... Odessa.
THAT SAID. Transcripts of every scene with Odessa in it, under the cut!
Gremio: I guess what's-his-name, Viktor...never returned.
Cleo: But we didn't make any other plans. Let's wait a bit longer, and if he still doesn't show up, we'll head north. Perhaps Master Teo can help us.
Gremio: .......Cleo. Why.... did Pahn...
Cleo: Don't ... Gremio...
Gremio: What's going on? At such a late hour.
Imperial Soldier: We've heard that some fugitives are staying here. We'll look around.
Innkeeper: But sir, our guests are sleeping.
Imperial Soldier: Shut up! Do you plan to harbor Rebels?
Gremio: Young Master! They're coming for us! Viktor! He must have ratted on us! I knew we shouldn't have trusted him!
Cleo: This doesn't look good. They'll find us for sure.
Gremio: Wh-what should we do, Young Master?
Hero: I'm scared. Let's run.
Gremio: G-good idea. From this window... Here we go... huh? It's jammed. Won't... open.
Cleo: Hurry. They're coming nearer.
Gremio: We're in big trouble now.
Cleo: Gremio, maybe we can get Young Master out before...
Odessa: This way! Hurry!
Gremio: Who was that?
Odessa: What are you waiting for? Hurry! Do you want to get caught?
Gremio: Wh-who are you?
Cleo: Whoever it is, thank god!
[In the underground hideout]
Odessa: So you're the "new friends" that Viktor told me about. Everyone's waiting. Follow me.
Viktor: Sorry [Hero,] you must have had a tough time. But it was exciting, wasn't it?
Gremio: What's going on here?
Viktor: I didn't think I'd give myself away so soon. Oh well, now that you've met Odessa...
Cleo: Odessa? The name rings a bell...
Gremio: You don't mean... the Rebel Army...
Odessa: Rebel Army? We prefer to call ourselves the Liberation Army. But who cares about names. Let me introduce myself. I'm Odessa Silverberg, leader of the Liberation Army. How do you do?
Flik: Viktor. Are these the people you wanted us to meet?
Viktor: That's right. Prepare yourself for a surprise. This here is the son of General Teo McDohl. And a fugitive to boot. Don't you think he'll be a great asset to the Liberation Army?
Gremio: You've got to be kidding! Why should Young Master join the Rebels? Right, Young Master?
Hero: Who says I'll join?
Flik: So he says.
Viktor: Well, perhaps...umm...we can convince him, right? He has nowhere to go, anyway.
Odessa: I guess you've all been fooled by Viktor as well. Whenever he takes a liking to someone, he just drags them in. But they do appear to be hunted by the Imperials, and the town's still full of soldiers... You may stay until things blow over. Whatever decision you make afterwards is up to yourselves.
Gremio: Y-you've got to be kidding, Young Master. Join the Rebels? No way.
Cleo: Rebels... Liberation Army... well why not? Maybe we should become true Rebels. On the other hand, what will Master Teo think?
[when you speak to them separately after the scene]
Flik: If Odessa greets you as a guest, so will I. My name is Flik. Lightning Flik of the Liberation Army. You've never heard of me? Well then, remember the name. The quiet one there's Humphrey the Swordsman. And that's Sanchez. We three are pretty famous in the Liberation Army, you know.
Sanchez: My name is Sanchez. How do you do?
Humphrey: .......
Viktor: You don't really think the Empire will take you back, do you? They'll kill you for sure.
Odessa: I'm so sorry. You must have had a fright. Viktor's got bad habits. I guess we're enemies. Too bad.
[messenger arrives from the rebels in Rockland]
Gremio: A-are you all right?
Messenger: I - I must tell Lady Odessa.
Cleo: Let's take him inside.
Messenger: Where are we?
Odessa: Don't worry. This is the Liberation Army hideout. Have you a message for me?
Messenger: You must be Odessa. Thank goodness. I'm one of the Mt. Seifu bandits. But we only attack those rotten Imperials. Anyway, the other day, the Imperial Guard came over and captured our bosses... Varkas and Sydonia.
Gremio: Varkas and Sydonia? Could they be...
Cleo: Shh... Be quiet.
Messenger: Lady Odessa, please. Help Varkas and Sydonia. That rotten Grady of Rockland has strung them up to starve to death.
Cleo: Outrageous! Execution without trial! Even by Imperial Law, that's illegal.
Odessa: How awful...
Flik: But Odessa... Imperial surveillance has been intense lately. We have to keep a low profile.
Odessa: I'm aware that we're understaffed. But the bandits have asked for our help. We can't let them down.
Hero: It's our fault.
Odessa: What do you mean, it's your fault?
Gremio: We... [fade to black while they explain that they were the Imperial Guard members who captured the two bandits]
Viktor: I see. Well, even if you didn't know what you were doing, you still have to claim responsibility, right, [Hero]? You must rescue Varkas and Sydonia. I'll help you too.
Cleo: I agree. I don't plan to betray the Empire, but Grady is unforgiveable.
Gremio: You're right. Undoing Grady's wrongs would be good for the Empire... Besides, if Young Master gives the orders, I will follow.
Messenger: Thank you. Varkas and Sydonia are hung up at the home of Rockland's military commander. If you don't hurry, they'll dry up. Please help them.
Odessa: [Hero,] I beg of you too. Viktor, you go too.
Viktor: Leave it to Viktor. Let's get going, [Hero]. Rockland, here we come!
[when you speak to them separately afterwards]
Flik: Don't for a moment think that I trust you. Viktor, that goes for you too.
Humphrey: .........
Sanchez: Rockland is east of the capital. From Lenankamp it's northeast.
Messenger: Varkas and Sydonia, please help them right away.
Odessa: Please, [Hero.] Help them.
[rescuing of Varkas and Sydonia goes here]
Odessa: [Hero!] You're back! Thank god! Our problems are solved.
Gremio: What do you mean?
Flik: Odessa! You're not planning to --
Odessa: Yes, I am.
Viktor: What? What? What's going on?
Odessa: [Hero,] take a look at this.
Gremio: What is it? Show me.
Viktor: What's this?
Odessa: Plans for a fire spear.
Cleo: Fire spear?
Odessa: Right. The Liberation Army may be tiny now, but someday we'll be big enough to meet the Imperials head-on. When that day arrives, the fire spear will come in handy.
Sanchez: We spent good money for this at the Dwarf Mines.
Odessa: [Hero,] this blueprint must reach our secret factory, but we can't leave this hideout unattended. I'd like you to take on this assignment.
Gremio: Enough! Don't you understand that we're members of the Imperial Army? How can you expect us to betray them? Let's go, Young Master. No need to stay here any longer!
Odessa: Wait! Do you have any idea what the Empire is really doing? Do you know what the people want? Or will you pretend to ignore all that? Gremio, you saw with your own eyes, heard with your own ears. Are you willing to ignore the truth despite all you see and hear? What about you, [Hero]? Do you still want to return to the Empire? And continue to be McDohl's little boy?
Hero: My father goes his way, I go mine.
Gremio: Wait just a minute, Young Master. Talk like that and you'll never rejoin the Imperials. Don't you care? Come on Cleo, talk to him.
Cleo: I go where Young Master goes. My job is to protect him. Those are the orders I recieved from Master Teo.
Gremio: ..........
Odessa: [Hero,] let me explain. This is a blueprint for a fire spear. It has to be delivered to the Liberation Army's secret factory.
Sanchez: Northwest of Lenankamp, across the river, lies Mt. Tigerwolf.Over the mountain is a village called Sarady. Someone from the factory will meet you there.
Flik: Odessa, I just don't get it. Why do you insist on this guy? He may be an Imperial spy. Yet you want to give him the blueprint for something that could change the destiny of the Liberation Army?
Odessa: Don't worry. I'm going too.
Flik: What? If you're going, I'm going too.
Odessa: Flik, if you come along, who's going to protect this place? It's about time you began acting like a leader.
Viktor: Don't worry, Flik. I'll protect Odessa, if you promise to protect this hideout.
Odessa: It's settled. To Mt. Tigerwolf, then.
[when you talk to them separately after the scene]
Flik: If any harm comes to Odessa, you'll be sorry.
Sanchez: Mt. Tigerwolf is northwest from here, across the river. Sarady lies past the mountain.
Humphrey: ........
[You leave Lenankamp. At Mt. Tigerwolf:]
Viktor: The sun's beginning to set. Do you think we can cross the mountain before dark?
Cleo: I don't want to spend the night out in the open.
Odessa: In any case, we have to go up. Let's go.
[Halfway up the mountain, you pass a hut. Ledon is waiting outside it.]
Ledon: Welcome, travelers. Coming up at such a late hour? You've really got guts.But you'd better stop here and continue tomorrow. It's dangerous around here, what with all the bandits and all. Why don't you spend the night here?
Odessa: Sorry. We're in a hurry.
Viktor: Great idea. My feet are killing me.
Gremio: For once I'm in agreement with you. I'm not sure I can go on.
Hero: We'd better go on.
Viktor: You must be kidding. I've lost control of my feet.
Gremio: Me too.
Cleo: Oh well. Odessa, are your feet moving of their own accord too?
Odessa: To tell the truth, mine want to rest too.
Viktor: I'm going in, [Hero.]
Ledon: Excuse me. Why don't you have some of this before dinner? It's special tea from Mt. Tigerwolf.
Viktor: Let's give it a taste.
Gremio: Ugh. It's pretty bitter.
Cleo: Very bitter.
Ledon: Here's some for you too.
Hero: Not if it's bitter.
Ledon: Come on, just a taste.
Hero: Just a taste, then.
Ledon: Here you go. But be careful, it's very hot.
Odessa: Hmm. Smells kind of funny, doesn't it?
Viktor: Say, old man, what's this tea called?
Ledon: It's a special Mt. Tigerwolf brew called "Robber's Tea."
Gremio: That's a weird naaaamm ffgghhhrrr...
Cleo: My god! This is...
Viktor: Hey you! What have you gggvvvnnn uussmmgghh...
Cleo: Damn! Such an old trickkggghhhh...
Gremio: Yyyggg Mmmmssstttrrr....
[Everyone passes out.]
Ledon: Heh heh heh. Everyone's asleep. Thanks to the drugged tea of Mt. Tigerwolf. Wow! For a bunch of stragglers these guys are loaded. Looks like we'll be living the good life for a while.
Kessler: Hey Ledon! How've you been? Doing well for yourself I see.
Ledon: Why it's Boss Kessler. Welcome, welcome. As you see, I just pulled a job...
Kessler: And a fine-looking woman in the bunch, too. Wait a minute, this here is...Ledon! What have you done, you fool!
Ledon: W-what do you mean??
Kessler: Do you know who this is?
Ledon: Just some stupid traveler, I should think.
Kessler: Idiot! Even an ignoramus like you must have heard of Lady Odessa of the Liberation Army.
Ledon: Why of course, Boss. Even kids know who Lady Odessa is... You don't mean that this here is??
Kessler: Yes I do. Hurry up and prepare an antidote.
Ledon: Uh, let me see, a rabbit's tail, rose leaves, a handful of sugar...
Kessler: Ledon, if anything happens to Lady Odessa, you can say goodbye to your head!
Ledon: Yikes! Rose's tail, sugar leaf, handful of rabbits...
[somehow the antidote is made properly.]
Kessler: Forgive me, Lady Odessa. Without knowing it, I nearly committed my life's gravest error. If you like, I'll make Ledon here pay with his...
Ledon: Please sir! Spare my head.
Odessa: Don't be ridiculous. I'll have to be more careful from now on. Maybe I do trust people too much, like Flik says.
Ledon: I have no way of apologizing, but please stay here for the night. I'll do what I can by way of hospitality.
Viktor: But no more poison, you hear?
[Hero wakes in the morning and goes to speak with Ledon and Kessler.]
Ledon: I'm going to give up serving poisoned tea. I've learned my lesson.
Kessler: Are you a member of the Liberation Army too? I see, so you're not. Lady Odessa is a true heroine. She's serious about overthrowing the Empire. There are many who express discontent, but only she means to do something about it. I hate the Empire too, but I'm just a bandit. Lady Odessa is our hope for freedom.
Gremio: Good morning, Young Master.
Viktor: You're up early, [Hero].
Cleo: .......
Viktor: Hey Gremio, why is Cleo in such a bad mood?
Gremio: Don't bother her, Viktor. Cleo is always in a bad mood when she wakes up.
Odessa: I see everyone's here. Today we reach Sarady.
Ledon: Leaving already? I'll unlock the door.
[They continue to Sarady.]
Odessa: We're supposed to meet a messenger from the secret factory at an inn in this town. Where could it be?
Gremio: It's a small town. We'll find it soon.
[various townspeople]
Hey, have you heard the latest? They say that Odessa, leader of the Liberation Army, is a 9-foot giant.
Odessa: This must be the inn. Let's rent some rooms and wait for the messenger.
Innkeeper: What? Customers? Goodness, it's been years. Rooms will cost you 50 bits each.
[Everyone goes to sleep. Hero wakes in the middle of the night to find Odessa standing awake on the porch.]
Odessa: [Hero], can't you sleep? Me neither. But the night breeze makes me feel better. Can I tell you something?
Hero: What is it?
Odessa: Kessler of Mt. Tigerwolf, Flik, Humphrey, Sanchez--they all expect so much of me. But sometimes I feel like running away. I'm not sure I'm worthy of their hopes. What do you plan to do? Will you return to the Empire?
Hero: Of course.
Odessa: I see. So the next time we meet, we'll be enemies. [Hero], just as I follow my destiny, so must you follow yours. But when you return to the Empire, remember this: You must see with your own eyes, think for yourself, and follow your heart.
[She turns away, then turns back.]
Odessa: You're strange. I feel compassion when I'm with you. I suppose Viktor brought you to us because he felt that special quality in you. There are many in the Liberation Army. Humphrey, Sanchez, Mose ... and Flik. ...but nobody has eyes like yours. Eyes that draw people to you. Many people... If I should ever...
[There is a strange noise.]
Odessa: Who is it!?
Kage: My name is Kage. I have been sent by Sir Mose, chief of the secret factory.
Odessa: Mose certainly keeps unusual company. How is he? I recieved a letter from him mentioning that a pigeon of his was sick. I find it hard to imagine Mose taking care of a sick pigeon.
Kage: Very strange, lady. Sir Mose does not keep any pigeons.
Odessa: I'm sorry. I was just testing you.
Kage: I never betray a contract.
Odessa: This is the blueprint for the Fire Spear. Please deliver this. The future of the Liberation Movement depends on it.
Kage: Understood. I will go now.
Odessa: It's getting late. [Hero], we'd better rest.
[In the morning]
Viktor: What do you mean, our job is done?
Odessa: We finished our business last night, didn't we, [Hero]?
Cleo: Come to think of it, Young Master's bed was empty in the middle of the night.
Gremio: Y-y-young M-m-mast-ter, what were you up to? Something you can't t-tell me?
Odessa: Come, let's get going, [Hero].
Gremio: Y-y-young M-m-master!
Cleo: Let's go, Gremio.
[They return to Lenankamp, where they find the innkeeper crumpled on the floor.]
Odessa: What happened? Are you all right?
Innkeeper: The Imperials... They suddenly... I'm sorry... Lady Odessa.
Odessa: My god! [She dashes ahead.]
Viktor: Hey, Odessa.
Gremio: Let's go after them, Young Master!
[They hurry ahead into the hideout, and are attacked by Imperial soldiers. After defeating them, they hear Odessa cry out.]
Odessa: Ohhh!
Cleo: What was that?
Gremio: Let's hurry.
[They are attacked again, and defeat these soldiers, too. Beyond the soldiers, Odessa is lying on the ground.]
Viktor: Are you all right, Odessa?
Odessa: [rising to her knees] C-come... you can come out now. [A child who she was shielding is now visible.] Quickly! You must run...
Child: O-OK. [runs for it]
Odessa: Aah! [crumpling to the floor again]
Gremio: Lady Odessa! You're bleeding!
Viktor: Odessa! What have you done? Without you, the Liberation Army...
Odessa: I'm so sorry, Viktor. It appears... I've chosen to be a woman... rather than commander of... the Liberation Army. I couldn't let that child die. I'm a failure... as a leader...
Cleo: Don't talk, Odessa. You'll reopen your wound!
Odessa: [Hero], will you... come here? I have ... two requests. First, give this earring... to a fellow called Mathiu... in the village of Seika.
Viktor: Stop it, Odessa. I don't want to hear any final requests!
Odessa: Viktor... thank you, but... I know the end is near. [Hero], take it...
[Hero takes the earring from Odessa.]
Odessa: M-my other request... Please throw my body... into the stream there...
Gremio: What? But why? I can't do such a horrible thing.
Odessa: Please... [Hero.]
Hero: As you wish.
Viktor: [Hero]! How can you...
Odessa: Thank you, [Hero.] You understand me, don't you? Viktor... if the Liberation forces find out I'm dead... the Movement will lose faith and die. That is why you must keep my death a secret. Our tiny, newborn hope... must be kept alive...
Odessa: If you... ever see Flik again... tell him that his kindness always saw me through hard times... Well... it appears the end is near... [Hero], I hope that you will be able to see the Free World that I was.... never able to...
Viktor: Goodbye.... Odessa.
