[They run into the castle, and the crowd thinks its part of the act.
Inside, Zidane and Blank beat up two guards and take their clothes
behind a blacked-out screen.]

Voice: "Argh!"
Voice: "Ungh!"
Voice: "Ooof!"
Voice: "Unghaa!"

Blank: "Hehehe! Finished changing, Zidane?"

Zidane: "Yeah, but this helmet... It kinda smells..."

Blank: "What are you talkin' about!? My helmet totally reeks! My
armor's way too big... And my back's real itchy... The boots
are wet... My gloves are all slimy... There's cookie crumbs in
my pockets..."

Zidane: "Okay, I get the picture... You still have the package, right?"

Blank: "Don't worry! I won't screw up!"

Zidane: "Alright! First, I'll go pour some sleep potion into Princess
Garnet's teacup!"

Blank: "And I've got a special something for the lovely queen!"

[Blank goes over to the beaten-up guards.]

Blank: "Hehehe. They're sleeping so soundly!"

[They both leave the room.]

Blank: "According to recon... ...the royal seats should be right
above these stairs!"

Zidane: "Got it!"

[They hear the crowd roar.]

Blank: "Uh-oh! The scene where Marcus sneaks into Cornelia's chamber
is about to start! Let's get this over with before the finale,
okay?"

[They go up the stairs, and a hooded girl runs out.]

Zidane: (Hmm? She sure is dressed funny...)

Hooded Girl: "Umm... Would you please let me pass?"

Zidane: "Hmm..."
R1 --> Let her pass
R2 --> Examine her face

R1: "Wait. Hold on a sec! Haven't we met before?"

Hooded Girl: "No, I do not know you..."

Zidane: "Hmm... Maybe you're right... I'd never let
someone as pretty as you get away. Say, you
wouldn't--"

Blank: "Hey, what's goin' on, Zidane?"

Hooded Girl: "I... I must go!"

[The girl runs by both men.]

Blank: "Who the heck was that!?"

Zidane: "Get up, Blank! That was Princess Garnet!"

Blank: "Are you serious!?"

R2: "Let's see..."

Hooded Girl: "Is there something on my face?"

Zidane: "Oh, no. You see... I just thought you were the
one I'd been waiting for all this time."

Hooded Girl: "Excuse me? You were waiting for me?"

Zidane: "Yeah! I've dreamt of meeting you here ever since
I was born!"

Hooded Girl: "Do you mock me?"

Zidane: "No, of course not..."

Hooded Girl: "Then, I shall take my leave of you!"

Zidane: "Just a sec! Haven't we met before?"

Hooded Girl: "No, I do not know you..."

Zidane: "Hmm... Maybe you're right... I'd never let
someone as pretty as you get away. Say, you
wouldn't--"

Blank: "Hey, what's goin' on, Zidane?"

Hooded Girl: "I... I must go!"

[The girl runs by both men.]

Blank: "Who the heck was that!?"

Zidane: "Get up, Blank! That was Princess Garnet!"

Blank: "Are you serious!?"

[They run after the princess and the view changes to a large stairway
where two jesters run up to each other.]

Zorn: "We are in trouble!"

Thorn: "Trouble we are in!"

Zorn: "This is terrible!"

Thorn: "Our heads, Queen Brahne will have!"

Zorn: "We must hurry!"
Thorn: "Hurry, we must!"

[They run up the stairs.]

Zorn: "We are in trouble!"
Thorn: "Trouble we are in!"

[They head into the screen Blank and Zidane were in a second ago.]

Thorn: "The right way, that is not!"

Zorn: "I know it is not the right way!"

Thorn: "Really, do you?"

Zorn: "I really do!"

Thorn: "Wonder, I sometimes do."

Zorn: "N-Now is not the time to wonder!"

Thorn: "Hurry to Queen Brahne, must we!"
Zorn: "We must hurry to Queen Brahne!"

[They go up the stairs and stop again.]

Zorn: "That is not the right way!"

Thorn: "N-Not the right way, I know!"

Zorn: "Do you really?"

Thorn: "Know I really do!!!"

Zorn: "I really wonder sometimes."

Thorn: "Th-The time to wonder, now is not!"

Zorn: "We must hurry and tell Her Majesty!"
Thorn: "Hurry to see Her Majesty, we must!"

[They head to Brahne's seat.]

Zorn: "Your Majesty!"

Thorn: "See the queen, we must!"

Captain of the Knights of Pluto: "Her Majesty is busy! Come back later!"

[A girl with a sword at her side walks over.]

Beatrix: "Is it an emergency?"

Thorn: "An emergency, it is!"

Zorn: "A veritable emergency of terrible urgency!"

Beatrix: "Very well. I'll see what I can do."

Thorn: "Very grateful, we'll be!"
Zorn: "We'll be very grateful!"

Captain of the Knights of Pluto: "Grrr! Curse that Beatrix! Always
trying to one-up me!"

Beatrix: "So, what exactly is the problem?"

Zorn: "Her Royal Highness..."

Thorn: "Princess Garnet..."

Zorn: "...is in danger!"
Thorn: "...is in danger!"

Beatrix: "I see. Wait right here."

[Beatrix walks to Brahne's seat.]

Queen Brahne: "No interruptions! Can't you see I'm watching the show!?"

Beatrix: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid Princess Garnet has--"

Queen Brahne: "Ah, yes... She did leave her seat awhile ago."

Beatrix: "Your Majesty, it seems that Princess Garnet has run off with
the Royal Pendant."

Queen Brahne: "Well, of all the... What could she be thinking!?
General Beatrix!"

Beatrix: "Your Majesty!"

Queen Brahne: "And, Captain...uh..."

[You can name the Knights of Pluto captain. Default: Steiner.]

Queen Brahne: "Captain Steiner!"

Steiner: "Yes, Your Majesty!"

Queen Brahne: "Go find Garnet!"

Steiner: "Yes, my queen!"
Beatrix: "At once, Your Majesty!"

[Steiner walks to the screen where Zidane and company were before.]

Steiner: "Knights of Pluto! ASSEMBLE!!! Huh? Where is everybody!?"

[The two guards who were stripped of their uniform run out.]

Blutzen, Pluto Knight II: "Captain, sir!"

Kohel, Pluto Knight III: "All present and accounted for, sir!"

Steiner: "What are you talking about!? There's only two of you! Where
are the other six!? Why, you useless good-for-nothings! I
bring orders from the queen! Get dressed and go find Princess
Garnet!"

[Steiner runs outside, and the crowd roars.]

Steiner: "What!? The play seems to be a hit! But if we fail to find
the princess before the curtain falls, Her Majesty will be
most displeased... And we will be the laughingstock of
Beatrix and her retinue! I must hurry!"

[Steiner climbs the West Tower stairs.]

Steiner: "Whew... Fatigue rears its ugly head. No! I must persevere!
The princess must be found! Wait! Over there! It's Princess
Garnet! Being hounded by brigands! Fear not, Princess! Your
knight is coming!"

[Zidane is chasing the hooded princess around on the opposite tower.
FMV. Garnet gets on a ledge, takes a banner, and swings down to the
Prima Vista. Zidane and Steiner follow, except Zidane reaches his
mark and Steiner crashes off into one of the ship's wooden towers.]

Zidane: "Huh? Where'd the princess go? Woo! Owww..."

[Garnet jumps down, disrupting the band in the process, and flees.
Zidane follows her into the next room, where she runs into Ruby and
looks for a way out.]

Ruby: "Whoa! Whut in tarnation!? Hold yer horses, there! Whut kinda
cattle you chasin', darlin'? You should at least say yer sorry!"

Hooded Girl: "Please pardon me. I was in a hurry, you see..."

Ruby: "And here I am, fixin' to get ready fer my big entrance!

[Zidane runs in.]

Ruby: "Hey, Zidane! Did you see the way she hit me!? This cowgirl's
wilder than a buckin' bronco!"

Zidane: "Just let me talk to her, Ruby!"

Ruby: "Come again, pardner!? Did you hear what I was sayin'!?"

[Garnet leaves in the commotion.]

Zidane: "Hey! Ruby! We'll talk later!"

[He follows her into the next room.]

Zidane: "Whew... Well, it looks like you've finally made up your mind."
(Wow. We really had to improvise. But hey, we got her!)

Hooded Girl: "Do you... do you work on this theater ship?"

Zidane: (Aww... So she figured it out, huh?)

Hooded Girl: "As you have no doubt suspected... ...the truth is that...
I am actually... Princess Garnet Til Alexandros, heir to
the throne of Alexandria. I have a favor I wish to ask of
you... I wish to be kidnapped...right away."

Zidane: "H-Huh!? I don't... I mean..."

[Steiner makes a racket somewhere.]

Steiner: "Princess! Where are you!?"

Garnet: "Please... They've come for me!"

Zidane: "Aha... So that's what's going on... Alright! Leave them to me!"

Garnet: "Thank you. You have my gratitude."

Zidane: "Alright then, Your Highness! I shall hereby do my best to
kidnap you!"

[Cinna runs in.]

Garnet: "Ahh!"

Cinna: "What are you two doin'? Come on, this way!"

Zidane: "Don't worry, Princess. It's my friend Cinna!"

Garnet: "Oh, really? I am sorry. You startled me."

Zidane: "Well, with a face like his, I'd be pretty shocked, too!"

Cinna: "Man, that hurts! I wash up every morning, you know!"

[Steiner calls out again.]

Steiner: "Princess!?"

Cinna: "This way!"

Zidane: "Alright, we'll follow you!

[They run into the meeting room and shut the door.]

Steiner: "Princess?"

[Steiner runs in.]

Steiner: "Princess... Princess! Princess...? PRINCESS!!!? Princess?"

[A Pluto Knight runs in.]

Steiner: "Where have you been!?"

Knight of Pluto: "Sir! I'm sorry, sir!"

Steiner: "Princess!"

[Inside the meeting room:]

Zidane: "Hey, Cinna! This is a dead end!"

Cinna: "Hehehe. I thought this might happen... Open! Sesame!"

[The table falls over and a passageway down appears.]

Cinna: "So I set up this escape hatch!"

Steiner: "Princess!"

Cinna: "Come on! Jump inside!"

[They all jump in before Steiner can find them.]

Steiner: "The princess must be down there!"

Pluto Knight: "I-I'll go first, sir!"

[The knight (Blank) jumps in and intentionally gets stuck.]

Steiner: "Hey!!! What do you think you're doing!?"

Pluto Knight: "Captain, sir! I'm stuck, sir!"

Steiner: "Grrrr! Blast it!!!"

[Steiner runs out.]

Pluto Knight: "Hehehe. He bought it!"

[Down below, the three escapees jump down on the engine.]

Zidane: "Wow, you're really athletic, Princess. I think I'm falling
for you!"

Garnet: "This is nothing. I have been training to escape the castle,
after all."

Zidane: "What a waste. If only you weren't a princess..."

Garnet: "We have no time for idle banter. Come, let us move on!"

[They go into the adjacent room, where Steiner enters via a pole.]

Steiner: "Aha! Princess! I, Steiner, shall come to your rescue!"

[Blank runs in.]

Pluto Knight: "You needn't worry, Your Highness!"

Steiner: "Good work! This will be remembered as the Pluto Knights'
finest hour!"

Pluto Knight: "Hehehe! Just relax, Princess. We'll get you outta here!"

Steiner: "WHAT!!!? You're not one of my knights!"

Zidane: "You can just..."

Cinna: "...leave the princess..."

Zidane: "...to us!"
Cinna: "...to us!"
Blank: "...to us!"

[The battle starts.]

Steiner: "Villains! How dare you trick the princess!

[The party knocks Steiner's block off.]

Steiner: "I'll never give up!"

[Steiner uses a sword technique on Blank, knocking the shoddy Pluto
armor off. A bunch of oglops roam free.]

Steiner: "N-NO!!! I hate oglops!!! I hate oglops!"

Blank: "Oglops are the worst!"

Cinna: "Get these oglops offa me!"

Zidane: "Now's our chance! Come on!"

[Zidane and Garnet flee into the next room. Up above, the play is
continuing smoothly. King Leo appears.]

King Leo: "Tonight, I shall finally see my daughter Princess Cornelia
betroth'd to Prince Schneider! And then Prince Schnieder and
his kingdom will be mine! Gwahahahaha!"

[The two lackeys from before restrain Marcus.]

Zenero: "Your Majesty!"

Benero: "We have caught an intruder!"

King Leo: "Why, my poor Marcus! Hark, lad. No matter how much thou
dost treasure Cornelia... ...no matter how deeply she might
believe she doth love thee... ...never shall I see her marry
a peasant such as thee! When yon bell strikes three... Under
the axe thou shall be!"

[Below, Zidane and Garnet run into the room where the actors are
elevated onto the stage.]

Garnet: "What now? We cannot go any further!"

Zidane: "Hmmm..."

[Cinna runs in.]

Cinna: "Zidane! Get on Number Two!"

Zidane: "Okay! Princess Garnet, this way!"

[At that moment, Steiner runs in...]

Steiner: "Stop!

[...and punches Cinna in the face...]

Cinna: "Yow!"

[...and gets on one of the machines himself. King Leo is still saying
his speech above, when Garnet, Zidane, and Steiner appear.]

King Leo: "Furthermore! (P-Princess Garnet!?)

Zidane: (Guys! Just improvise!)

Steiner: "Ho? What's all this?"

[Marcus breaks free and goes to Garnet.]

Marcus: "Cornelia!"

Garnet: (Um...)

Zidane: "(Marcus is Cornelia's lover!)"

Garnet: "Oh, Marcus!"

Zidane: "(Yeah, you're doing great!)"

Garnet: "(Ahaha. I have studied drama, you know.)"

Baku: "(Okay, guys. Let's keep going. Brahne's still watchin', after
all!)"

Garnet: "Oh, Marcus! I missed you so! I wish never to leave thy side.
Prithee, lead me from this place!"

Zidane: "See, King Leo? Thou shouldst give them thy blessing!"

King Leo: "Never! Never leave his side, thou sayest? Foolish banter!
I'll not allow it! Cornelia shall marry none other than this
man--Prince Schnieder! Is that not so, Prince Schnieder?"

Steiner: "M-Marry the princess? Me!?"

King Leo: "Aye! And this traitorous crew, I will put to death!

[Zidane and Marcus "beat up" Benero and Zenero.]

Benero: "Ooof!"
Zenero: "Oww!"

Benero: "Too many of them!"
Zenero: "Run away!"

King Leo: "Pray, sweet daughter, come home to the castle with me."

Garnet: "Nay, Father! I shan't return!"

King Leo: "Cornelia... Trouble me no more. This wedding is for thine
own welfare. Be mindful of that."

Marcus: "Not if I can help it!!! Now is my moment of vengeance! For
my parents, and for my love, Cornelia... I shall cut thee
down!"

[Garnet runs in front of the blade and "gets stuck."]

Garnet: "Ngh!"

Marcus: "No... Cornelia!!!"

Garnet: "Mar...cus, forgive me. I still love my father..."

Steiner: "Princess!"
King Leo: "Cornelia!"

Garnet: "Prithee, forgive my selfishness, Father, and spare my sweet
Marcus..."

[Garnet 'dies'.]

Marcus: "What have I done!? Am I never to hear her loving voice again!?
Am I cursed never again to feel her soft touch!? O, cruel fate!
Thou hast robbed me of all I treasure!"

Zidane: "Marcus!"

[Marcus "stabs" himself.]

Marcus: "Ngah!"

[Up in her box:]

Brahne: "Oh, my! This year's show is splendid! Waaaaaaa! Why did she
have to die!? Why!?" (Now, where could Garnet be?) "Boo-hoo-
hoooo!!!"

[Down at the spectators seats:]

Puck: "Wow, what a show!"

Vivi: "Yeah, so sad..."

Puck: "I'm glad we climbed all the way over here. How 'bout you, huh?
Uh-oh! Look out!"

[Two Pluto Knights run after them.]

Haagen, Pluto Knight VIII: "Stop, you!"
Weimar, Pluto Knight VII: "Come back, trespassers!"

[Vivi trips.]

Puck: "Fool! I'm outta here!"

Haagen, Pluto Knight VIII: "Fury!!!"
Weimar, Pluto Knight VII: "Come back here!"

[They chase Vivi onto the stage during the dramatic mourning scene.]

King Leo: "Forgive me!!!"

Steiner: "Princess!!!"

Vivi: "Leave me alone!"

Haagen, Pluto Knight VIII: "Stop!"
Weimar, Pluto Knight VII: "Come back here!"

Vivi: "Don't come any closer!"

[Vivi uses some fire magic, but it hits Garnet.]

Garnet: "Ow! That's hot!"

[She throws off her hood and everyone can see who it really is.]

Baku: "Zidane! It's time!"

Zidane: "Princess Garnet! Let's get outta here!"

Steiner: "What... What is going on!?"

Garnet: "Steiner! Don't follow me anymore!"

Haagen, Pluto Knight VIII: "Captain, sir! We await your orders, sir!"

Steiner: "Hmmm... Well... Umm... Errr... Princess! I'm afraid I cannot
comply!"

Garnet: "Stubborn as always, aren't you?"

Zidane: "Come on, Princess. Let's ditch Sir Rustalot and get outta here!"

Steiner: "Princess, wait!"

[Zidane goes over to Vivi.]

Zidane: "Hey, kid... You okay!?"

Vivi: "Y-Yeah. I just trippd, that's all..."

Steiner: "Princess, I cannot allow you to go! Seize them at once!"

[The party fights the two Pluto Knights and Steiner and beat 'em.
Inside the ship, at the helm:]

Cinna: "Stabilizers configured!"

Baku: "Good!"

Blank: "Engine room is ready to go!"

Baku: "Alright! We're movin' out!"

Cinna: "Roger that!"

Blank: "It's about time!"

[FMV. The Prima Vista attempts to take off, and the Queen orders the
soldiers to fire harpoons onto the deck to detain it. One of the
cannons shoots a gigantic Bomb monsters as well, which attacks the
party, coming up from behind Steiner (in-battle).]

Zidane: "Hey, look behind you!"

Steiner: "I'll not fall for such an old trick!"

Garnet: "Please, Steiner! Behind you!"

Steiner: "Surrender at once!"

Vivi: "It's a bomb!"

Marcus: "It's gonna blow!"

Steiner: "I'll not fall for such an old trick!"

[The bomb grows and grows until Steiner finally sees it. Unfortunately,
it's too late and it blows up. The ship still sails, though, albeit
barely, and it heads out of town. Brahne snaps her fan, frustrated. In
the cockpit:]

Cinna: "We're gonna crash!!!"

[FMV. The Prima Vista sails through the mist clouds and crashes in
a forest below, lighting up the sky. Back in Alexandria, the queen
sits in her throne.]

Queen Brahne: "Garnet... I never imagined you would do such a thing.
Perhaps you're not such a helpless little girl anymore...
Zorn! Thorn! Is our little experiment ready?"

Zorn: "Yes, Your Majesty. It is combat-ready!"

Thorn: "Easily terminate Princess Garnet, it can, Your Majesty."

Queen Brahne: "I need her alive! Bring her back at once!"

[Back down at the forest, Zidane walks to a cliff and surveys the
wreckage to the theater ship, which isn't looking quite as merry.]