Inheriting the Past

It is recommended that you clear Ch. 7: Imber Manor before playing.

• ???: ...No!
  

(Aerith runs away from Kefka and his Magitek Armors)

• Kefka: Ho ho ho... You're not getting away.
• Kefka: Not with me and my magitek army on your tail!
• Kefka: Go go go!
• Kefka: A girlie with the power of an ancient race'd be a nice piece to control...

• Cloud: ...Is that!?
• ???: Ah! Cloud! Tifa!
  

(Aerith arrives)

• Tifa: Aerith! You're here!
• Aerith: Are you really the real Tifa?
• Cloud: ...So you ran into our manikins.
• Aerith: You call those dolls manikins, huh? They looked just like you...
• Aerith: But not this time. It's the real you!
• Mog: A friend, kupo?
• Cloud: A friend...from home.
• Aerith: This isn't our planet, is it?
• Aerith: I see. That's why I can't hear its voice.
• Tifa: It's a different planet, but this one has its own crisis right now.
• Mog: We're fighting to stop this world from being devoured, kupo!
• Tifa: You'll come with us, won't you?
• Aerith: Well, I'd love to say, "Of course!" but...
• Cloud: ...Is there something you're unsure of? If you want to know more, Mog can—
• Aerith: It's not that...
• Kefka: I found yoo-hoo!
• Aerith: Ack, he's here!
  

(Kefka appears)

• Kefka: Ack, I'm here! And I have no plans to share your powers with no stinkin' moogles.
• Aerith: I don't know what you're talking about! I don't have special powers!
  

(Kuja comes out from a Torsion)

• Kuja: The poor canary doesn't realize her own potential...
• Cloud: These guys were after you!
• Mog: They're bad guys who want to destroy the world, kupo!
• Kuja: Who're the heroes and who're the villains is for the audience to decide.
• Tifa: Last time I checked, heroes don't force women to come along with them.
• Cloud: Stay away from Aerith.
• Aerith: Thanks, you two! I'm not alone now!

• Kuja: ...And scene. How about calling it a day?
• Kefka: Ho ho ho... ...Don't tell me what to do.
• Kuja: ...Have it your way.
  

(Kuja exits into the Torsion)

• Kefka: I intend to! Hasta la pasta!
  

(Kefka disappears)

• Cloud: Why were they after you?
• Aerith: I don't know. This is a different planet, so I didn't think being an Ancient would matter...
• Aerith: And yet, I have this unpleasant feeling. A murmuring...
• Mog: ...Can you tell where it's coming from, kupo?
• Aerith: That forest... No, beyond it perhaps.
• Mog: Where the Torsion is! You can sense Torsions, kupo!
• Tifa: Great, come with us.
• Tifa: We're traveling around to close Torsions.
• Aerith: Is this why they were after me...?
• Terra: Kefka, that man who was after you, uses the Torsions to satisfy his...lust for destruction.
• Terra: Even if the Torsions weren't eating away at the world, we cannot let him do what he wants.
• Aerith: ...I understand. Count me in.
• Aerith: I want...to know more about this world.
• Cloud: Good. It's safer with us.
• Mog: Great to have you, kupo!

• Aerith: What's this? Have I gone too far ahead on my poor, lonesome own?
• Aerith: ...Haha. This should keep them out of trouble...I hope.
• Kuja: Decided to perform solo after all, have we?
• Aerith: You again... I could say the same to you.
• Kuja: I've hated that clown from the beginning. I was only there because, yes...
• Kuja: It's your motives that intrigue me. An Ancient...was it?
• Kuja: Why do you accept your fate? You didn't choose to be born an Ancient.
• Aerith: Perhaps, but...
• Aerith: There are some things only I can do... Maybe it's...if I can protect what's important to me, then I'll do them.
• Kuja: This is a miniature garden of the gods... Your fate also could be altered.
• Aerith: I appreciate the offer. But I'd like to decide something as important as that by myself.
• Kefka: I do declare, did you stay the little lady for me?
  

(Kefka appears)

• Kuja: Spare me the indignity of sharing the stage with a buffoon the likes of you.
• Kuja: ...Run. The path behind you is good enough for you to get away.
• Aerith: You're helping me?
• Kuja: I want to know the truth of this world... For what reason we have been put here.
• Kuja: If you can sense the distortions, then perhaps...
• Kefka: Blargh! Ptoey! Boooring!
• Kefka: If it's there for the using, use it and break it all. That's enough for me!
• Hope: Aerith, there you are!
  

(Mog and the rest of the party arrive)

• Mog: Kupo! She's being attacked!
• Warrior of Light: After her power...?
• Kuja: Ay me... This is my exit. If it's a sword dance you want, do it with the clown.
• Kefka: You're quite the pests, you know that? Let's put you out of my misery!

• Kefka: Harrumph! I don't need your power anyway!
  

(Kefka disappears)

• Kuja: ...Pitiful.
• Zidane: Hold it, Kuja! Why didn't you help Kefka?
• Aerith: He tried to help me escape.
• Kuja: ...I had my own reasons to speak with the girl, and nothing more.
• Zidane: You... What is it you're after...?
• Kuja: I hate cozy theatrics. I am done here.
  

(Kuja leaves)

• Mog: Kupo... And there he goes.
• Mog: Aerith, are you alright, kupo? It's dangerous to go off on your own.
• Aerith: I'm okay. I just...got a little lost.
• Zidane: "A little lost" wouldn't have ended you up all the way out here.
• Zidane: Are you sure you weren't trying to keep us from getting mixed up in your problems?
• Zidane: Have a little more faith in us. Or are we that useless?
• Tifa: Yeah, whatever it is, we can get through it together.
• Aerith: You're right. I'm sorry. ...Thank you.
• Mog: Alright, let's regroup and head for the Torsion, kupo!

• Warrior of Light: This Torsion... Something is different from usual.
  

(The rest of the party arrives to an erratic Torsion)

• Cloud: Could that be because of what you sensed?
• Aerith: I don't know. But the voice sounds so sad.
• Vaan: We'd better hurry and close it, ya think?
• Warrior of Light: ...It would appear that way.
• Rem: Will we be able to close it the same way as the others?
• Mog: The same as always! Get ready for a fight, kupo!

(The Torsion returns to normal and disappears)

• Aerith: Ah! ...It's gone.
• Aerith: You've been doing this the whole time?
• Cloud: ...This time was especially rough.
• Vincent: Are even greater Torsions appearing...without us even realizing it?
• Mog: If so, we're gonna need more and more friends, kupo!
• Terra: Aerith, you'll stay with us, right?
• Aerith: I will. I want to learn more about everyone else, too.
• Vincent: Furthermore...why Aerith is here, and repercussions that will have—what are the gods playing at...?
• Cloud: What's the matter?
• Vincent: Nothing...but... In this world...I might even be able to atone for my sins...
• Yuffie: Mr. Broody-Face is at it again.
• Yuffie: C'mon, our work here is done; let's blow this pop stand!
• Mog: Everyone back to the airship and we'll resume our journey, kupo!
  

(Everyone leaves, except Aerith)

• Aerith: Huh? This feeling...
• Sephiroth: Heh heh heh... Look who's here...
• Aerith: Sephiroth...
  

(Sephiroth appears)

• Sephiroth: I have no more interest in you... But...
• Sephiroth: Rousing Cloud's memories make a worthwhile diversion.
• Aerith: ...You never change.
• Aerith: I still don't know why I'm here...
• Aerith: But... I will protect the people important to me!
• Sephiroth: Hmph... You really don't know...? Or are you just playing dumb?
• Sephiroth: It won't be long before you know the reason you're here...and what will come from it...
  

(Sephiroth disappears)

• Aerith: Weirdo...
• Aerith: But...what is it I need to do, what is it I can do on this planet...?
• Aerith: I have so many questions, I guess I can't help but get lost in thought like you-know-who.
• Aerith: I was lucky enough to find the others, so for now, I should talk it out with them.
  

(Aerith leaves)