FINAL FANTASY CRY OF THE PLANET Character Listing for Part 10 CLOUD STRIFE BARRET WALLACE TIFA LOCKHEART AERIS GAINSBOROUGH RED XIII/NANAKI YUFFIE KISARGI CAIT SITH BUGENHAGEN RUFUS HOJO HEIDEGGER
VENDOR HERB MERCHANT GUARD #1 GUARD #2 TRIBAL #1 TRIBAL #2 VILLAGER #1 HEAD GHOST #1
ZACK’S MOTHER SETO
NANAKI’S MOTHER YOUNG BUGENHAGEN GI NATTIK ODIN FEMALE
Set Listing for Part 10
Interiors
GONGAGA - ZACK’S HOME BUGGY SHINRA TOWER - PRESIDENT’S OFFICE OBSERVATORY - HOLOGRAM ROOM OBSERVATORY - BEDROOM OBSERVATORY - DINING ROOM GI CAVE - ENTRANCE GI CAVE - SEAL ROOM GI CAVE - TUNNELS GI CAVE - TREASURE CHAMBER GI CAVE - PEAK CHAMBER
Exteriors
OPEN WORLD - BUGGY GONGAGA - PATH COSMO CANYON - CANYON COSMO CANYON - VILLAGE COSMO CANYON - VILLAGE SQUARE COSMO CANYON - VILLAGE ENTRANCE COSMO CANYON - GI CAVE OBSERVATORY - BALCONY
GI CAVE - PEAK Part 10: Valley of the Fallen Star
INT. GONGAGA - ZACK’S HOME - DAY
CLOUD STRIFE paces the room trying to piece everything together. RED XIII, AERIS GAINSBOROUGH, and TIFA LOCKEHEART all sit at the circular table. ZACK’S FATHER and ZACK’S MOTHER are absent.
CLOUD (pacing the room) This can’t be right. Shinra only picked select people to serve with Sephiroth.
AERIS Zack never mentioned to me that he was serving with Sephiroth. All we talked about in our letters were our social lives.
TIFA How come?
AERIS He knew I didn’t want to hear about the kind of operations he was involved in.
RED XIII I don’t blame you.
Cloud stops pacing and rubs his forehead.
CLOUD There’s nothing we can do. All we have about this ‘Zack’ is his name.
A few beats; then Zack’s mother enters the hut-like home. She carries a basket of freshly picked vegetables.
ZACK’S MOTHER I’m sorry. Was I intruding?
AERIS There’s no such thing as intruding in your own home.
Zack’s mother smiles and walks to the sink. She pours the sink with water from a bucket and begins washing the vegetables.
ZACK’S MOTHER You’re welcome to stay the night if you’d like.
CLOUD Sorry, we can’t. Friends of ours are waiting beyond the tree line.
ZACK’S MOTHER So there are more of you?
Cloud nods.
ZACK’S MOTHER It’s getting late. If you’re looking to pass through the forest, you should leave soon.
She grabs some freshly cleaned vegetables and binds them with some string.
ZACK’S MOTHER (giving the food to Cloud) Take these.
He takes the vegetables.
TIFA Thank you.
ZACK’S MOTHER Don’t worry about the amount. There’s a huge patch near town.
Cloud nods and hands the vegetables to Aeris. A beat; then
CLOUD Listen, if we find Zack, we’ll tell him to come home.
ZACK’S MOTHER (looking up) Thank you.
She goes back to cleaning the vegetables.
ZACK’S MOTHER (CONT’D) I won’t get too excited though. No offense.
CLOUD Not taken.
ZACK’S MOTHER It’s been hard, but my husband and I have accepted that Zack is dead.
Aeris shoots up from her chair.
AERIS You should always have hope.
ZACK’S MOTHER (looking at Aeris) Yes, but is it better to have a false hope than no hope at all?
Aeris is silent. A couple beats; then
ZACK’S MOTHER Frankly, this town has held false hope in Shinra and look at what it did to us.
AERIS But,
ZACK’S MOTHER (interrupting) Please. I appreciate the concern, but we’ve all been twisted so much that hoping for anything is a near impossibility.
RED XIII You’re forgetting something however.
She looks to Red XIII.
RED XIII (CONT’D) Hope comes in many forms.
Red XIII and Zack’s mother stare at each other comprehending what he said. A few beats; then
CLOUD We should be heading out. It’ll be dark in a few hours.
Cloud heads for the door.
EXT. OPEN WORLD - BUGGY - DUSK
BARRET WALLACE and YUFFIE KISARGI stand outside the buggy waiting for Cloud and the others. We can see CAIT SITH through the windows, sleeping on his Mog’s head.
YUFFIE It’s getting dark. You think something happened to them?
BARRET (half worried) I don’t know.
Yuffie reads the worry on Barret’s face.
YUFFIE What? What happened?
A beat.
BARRET Before, when you were asleep, they were ambushed by the Turks.
YUFFIE What!?
BARRET Then Cait Sith and I saw a Shinra chopper headed their way.
Yuffie smacks her forehead and quickly paces around outside the buggy.
YUFFIE Shit! They probably got caught.
BARRET You never know.
YUFFIE Well, what the hell are we supposed to do?
Barret shrugs.
BARRET Hell if I know.
Yuffie looks Barret in the eyes and realized she isn’t hearing everything.
YUFFIE (calmer) What’s really going on, Barret?
BARRET I don’t know what you’re talking about.
YUFFIE What aren’t you telling me?
Barret doesn’t respond. He turns his head and watches the sun set below the tree line.
YUFFIE (yelling) Barret!
He looks at her.
YUFFIE (calm) Tell me. What is going on?
Barret sighs. A beat; then
BARRET We think we got a rat in the house.
YUFFIE What?
BARRET Cloud was ambushed on the path to Gongaga. The Turks were there and they were waiting for us. They knew exactly where we were.
YUFFIE (pointing at herself) And you think it’s me? You think I’m a spy for Shinra?
A few beats.
BARRET You have a tendency to betray us.
YUFFIE (angry) Oh, so we’re going back to what happened in the prison.
BARRET The fact is that it did happen. You did betray us for some thief!
YUFFIE I was wrong! I came through for you guys, didn’t I?
BARRET You want me to forgive and forget. Just so you can do it again?
Yuffie groans and shakes her head.
BARRET (CONT’D) Everyone knows you’re looking to cash in on something big. It goes all the way back to when you were trying to steal our materia.
YUFFIE I can’t believe this!
BARRET Shut up!
She looks at Barret in the eyes.
BARRET (serious) If I get proof that you’re ratin’ us out to Shinra, I’ll kill you myself and no one will stop me.
They exchange looks when; RING! The PHS rings. Barret grabs it from his pocket and answers it.
BARRET (into PHS) Yeah?
EXT. GONGAGA - PATH - DUSK
Cloud is on the PHS talking to Barret. Aeris, Tifa, and Red XIII are in the background resting.
CLOUD (into PHS) Barret, we’re on our way back.
INTERCUT CLOUD AND BARRET
BARRET Are you all okay?
CLOUD We’re fine.
BARRET Any clues on where Sephiroth is headed?
CLOUD None. We have not choice but to continue toward Cosmo Canyon.
BARRET Alright. What about that helicopter I saw? Was it Rufus?
CLOUD No. It was Scarlet and Tseng. I got the impression that they’re closer to Sephiroth than we are.
BARRET What else?
CLOUD They said something about huge materia. They were looking for it.
BARRET What the hell’s huge materia?
CLOUD I don’t know.
A few beats; then
CLOUD (CONT’D) Just stay put. We’ll be there in an hour.
EXT. OPEN WORLD - BUGGY - DUSK
Barret hangs up the PHS and pockets it. He looks at Yuffie, who still appears angry.
FADE TO
EXT. OPEN WORLD - BUGGY - NIGHT
Barret sits on the hood of the buggy looking up at the stars. Yuffie is lying on the grass, also looking up in the sky.
TIFA (OS) Barret!
He looks down and sees Cloud, Aeris, Tifa, and Red XIII walking towards him. He hops off the buggy and Yuffie sits up and looks at them.
BARRET Glad to see you’re okay.
CLOUD Thanks.
A beat.
RED XIII So, we’re headed to Cosmo Canyon next?
CLOUD Sort of.
RED XIII (disappointed shock) What?
Cloud sighs.
CLOUD We’re headed in that direction only because Sephiroth’s there. We don’t have time to stop. Sorry.
He turns around and heads toward the buggy.
RED XIII But…I joined you so I could find a way home.
CLOUD (with his back turned) Yes well, there’ll be no home if we don’t succeed.
Red XIII drops his head and sighs.
FADE TO DARKNESS
We black shroud covers the screen. Several beats when a MOANING-like sound erupts. The moans get louder. A beat; then
INT. BUGGY - NIGHT
Aeris opens her eyes and wakes up. She sits up in her seat and rubs her eyes.
TIFA (looking at Aeris) You okay?
We see Cloud driving the buggy and eavesdropping. A beat.
AERIS (rubbing her forehead) I’m fine.
CLOUD You were twitching.
Aeris looks up to Cloud, whose eyes are locked on the world through the front window.
AERIS (tired) Huh?
CLOUD You were twitching in your sleep. What were you dreaming about?
AERIS What makes you think I was dreaming?
Cloud smiles to himself and looks at Barret, who’s sitting next to him.
BARRET Aeris, this guy has had dreams up the ass. I think he knows when someone else has ‘em.
AERIS (sitting back) That’s right. I forgot.
A few beats; then
TIFA Well?
Aeris looks at Tifa.
TIFA (CONT’D) What were they about?
AERIS (shaking her head) You don’t want to know.
RED XIII The lady’s obviously seen something bad or she wouldn’t be hiding it.
She looks back and exchanges glances with Red XIII.
TIFA It’s alright, Aeris. I’m sorry I asked.
Tifa turns her head and looks out the window at the landscape. A few beats; then
AERIS There were moans.
Everyone looks at Aeris except Cloud, who continues to drive.
AERIS (CONT’D) They were cries for help.
TIFA Who? Who did you hear?
Aeris sighs.
AERIS The planet. It’s speaking out to me in my dreams. The cries are becoming louder with each night.
BARRET You’re and Ancient aren’t ya? One of the Cetra? Then why don’t you communicate with the planet?
AERIS (looking out the window) I can’t.
BARRET You can’t? I thought the Ancients had the ability to speak with the planet.
Barret looks at everyone in the buggy, confused. A beat.
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