| 運命の時へ…… | To the Fateful Time...... | The Fated Hour | |
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| ＝ Sun Stone + Rainbow Shell Bonus ＝ | |||
| ガルディア城 A.D.1000 Guardia Castle | |||
| After completing both the Sun Stone and Rainbow-Colored Shell sidequests, talk to Bosch in the basement again. | |||
| ボッシュ「おお！太陽石か。 さっそくこいつとかけ合わせてみよう！ |
Bosch: Oh! The Sun Stone? I'll try crossing it with this one right away! |
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| The screen fades out, there are noises as of a busy construction site, and then the scene fades back in. | |||
| ボッシュ「完成じゃ。 これを持っていけ！ |
Bosch: It's done. Take this with you! |
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| にじのメガネを手に入れた！ | Got the Rainbow Glasses! | ||
| ボッシュ「ふふ。 これで終わったと思うな。 今回のボッシュはおおはりきりじゃ！ |
Bosch: Hu hu. Don't think I'm finished with this. Bosch is really enthusiastic this time! |
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| The screen fades out, there are noises as of a busy construction site, and then the scene fades back in. | |||
| ボッシュ「完成じゃ。 これを持っていけ！ |
Bosch: It's done. Take this with you! |
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| にじを手に入れた！ | Got the Rainbow! | ||
| The Rainbow is Crono's best sword. See the items page for details on both items. | |||
| ボッシュ「これで役に立てたわい。 | Bosch: I have now been of use. | ||
| Bonus rewards for clearing both quests: Rainbow Glasses, Rainbow | |||
| ＝ Into the Darkness ＝ | |||
| 黒の夢 Black Dream | |||
| The Black Dream is accesible in B.C.12000, A.D.600, and A.D.1000. The era makes no difference as far as what happens inside, except for one reference to the year. Black Dream plays inside, making the hi-tech environment seem creepy, and continues playing during some (but not all) battles. There are lots of items in here, so here's a link to the items page for details. Zeal awaits their arrival just inside. |
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| 虫ケラどもが！ またも、わらわにさからうつもりか！ |
Worms! Do you intend to oppose me once again?! |
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| わらわ, as mentioned before, is a rare humble female version of 'I'. I find it appropriate in this situation that the kanji for it, 妾, also means 'concubine'. | |||
| わらわは永遠の命を手に入れた！ ラヴォス神とともに永遠に生き続けるのだ！ ラヴォス神は地中でゆっくりと星を食らう。 |
I have obtained eternal life! I will continue to live forever along with the god Lavos! The god Lavos is underground, leisurely consuming the world. |
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| I refuse to capitalize 'god' when referring to Lavos. I suspect that even people who don't think they care at all about religion can think of at least one reason. | |||
| そして力をたくわえ９９９年のちに 星をほろぼし、世界の王となられるのじゃ！ |
And it will store up power, destroy the planet within 999 years, and become king of the world! | ||
| This is the A.D.1000 version of the line. The A.D.600 and B.C.12000 versions are identical, except that 999 is replaced with 1400 or 14000. のちに (no chi ni) is probably のうちに (no uchi ni), meaning before a given time or condition ends, with the 'u' squashed into the 'no'. |
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| この黒の夢は、ラヴォス神へとつながる道。 わらわに無限の力をあたえてくれる神殿。 おぬし達のもとめる未来なぞ この奥におわすラヴォス神があられる限り 望むべくもないわ！ |
This Black Dream is a road connecting to Lavos-god. A temple that provides me with infinite power. You should not even wish for such a thing as the future you seek as long as the god Lavos who is within here exists! |
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| Zeal gestures, one of those little portals Dalton liked using opens, and a big mutant something comes out. Boss Battle 1 starts playing, so if there was any doubt about why she summoned it... | |||
| おぬし達は、ラヴォス神への 生けにえとなるがよい！ フォフォフォ！！ |
May you become a sacrifice to the god Lavos! Foh foh foh!! |
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| Zeal vanishes, and the battle commenses. The Mega Mutant actually has two parts, a torso and some kind of mutated 'foot'. The creature likes to use status attacks, often against the enitre party, so equip protection. Other than that, it's fairly unremarkable. Ayla can steal an Elixir from the torso, and a Hat of Protection from the base. With the boss down, the party can proceed. In a few rooms, the Walls themselves attack, but they're more than a mere nuisance because Ayla can steal Speed Capsules from them. Unfortunately, the walls, once beaten, stay dead, so you can't keep fighting them until everyone's speed is maxed out. Some rooms have eyeball monsters that, like the earlier boulder monsters, lock skills, dodge a lot, and eventually run away, but the little ones give 100 technique points each if killed. One of the chests further in has a Magic Seal, and a room later on has a save point, a Hat of Protection, a Nova Armor, a Haste Helm, a few Last Elixirs, and two Nu. One sells supplies, and the other... |
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| およっ！ こんな所に、それも３人も！ この先まだ長いですから、ここでゆっくり していって下さいな。 この夢からさめたいのなら なんとかしますけど……。 どうしますか？ |
Oyo! In a place like this, and three besides! The way ahead is still long , so please take your time here. Though if you want to wake from this dream, we'll manage it somehow...... What will you do? |
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| If the party chooses to return... | |||
| おーい！ お客さんだよー！ | Hey! Customers! | ||
| こぶん「まったく！ いつまであいつの言 うこと聞かなきゃいけない、ケロ？ |
Lackey: Sheesh! How long have we got to listen to what he says, ribbit? | ||
| おやぶん「いいからだまって押すゲロ！ | Boss: Just shut up and push, gribbit! | ||
| Two frogs push in what looks like the seats from the Sylbird. | |||
| こぶん「乗ってケロ！ | Lackey: Get on, ribbit! | ||
| The seats blast off and the party lands back outside. | |||
| In the next room, there's a swirling something that summons a big monster that looks like a gold Hekeran. It hits back, hard, whenever attacked, but only attacks when hit. Ayla can steal a Power Capsule from it, and it drops Elixirs. Since going back to the previous room makes it come back, this is an unlimited source of both if you have the patience. There's a Stardust Cape in a chest not much later, a Power Seal and Speed Capsule a few rooms after that, and another Speed Capsule in the next room. A few rooms later has monsters appearing out of nowhere; Ayla can steal Magic Capsules from the reptilian ones with the mouth tentacles, but once killed, they're gone permanently. The same room has a Speed Capsule and a Last Elixir in chests. After the next save point, the floor goes funny and the Giga Mutant shows up to do battle. This one is virtually immune to physical attacks, and the torso counterattacks by draining the MP you need to hurt it. Other than that, it's unremarkable. Ayla can steal a Barrier Ring from the torso and a Hit Ring from the base. A later room has more attacking Walls for Ayla to pillage, and another Speed Capsule in a chest. On the far side of the room, Tera Mutant appears. Like the Giga Mutant, it's virtually immune to physical attacks, but to make things worse, the base counters physical attacks with a strike that lowers HP to 1, has extremely high magic defense, and absorbs all elements! Don't worry, just keep attacking the torso with magic. It will literally suck the life out of the base. You can probably inflict damage fast enough to kill the torso off anyway, and if not, it will eventually suck the base to death. If either part dies, the other part dies automatically soon after. Ayla can steal a Muscle Ring from the torso and a Power Seal from the base. The chests nearby contain a Last Elixir and the White Stone. Just after the next corridor, one of those mini-Lavos creatures pops out. This one is a bit stronger than the ones on Death Mountain, but the same strategy applies. Ayla can steal a Haste Helm from the head, and a Protect Helm from the shell (which WILL counterattack painfully, but it's probably worth it). The next room has five Walls for Ayla to loot Speed Capsules from. The room after the Walls is where things get interesting. Lining the pathway are what appear to be the six playable characters other than Magus in stasis. At the end of the corridor, Zeal appears and Zeal Palace starts to play. |
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| 女王「ククク……。 そこにねむっているのは、 お前達の未来だ……。 これから、かなうかもしれぬ夢…… えられるかもしれぬ、よろこび 悲しみ…… お前達の明日そのものなのだ！ |
Queen: Ku, ku, ku...... What sleeps there is your future...... The dreams that might have come true after this...... The joy and sadness you might have been able to earn...... Your tomorrow itself! |
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| 女王「この黒の夢はあらゆる時間 次元をこえてながれている……。 ラヴォス様がめざめる その時を待ちながら……。 お前達の未来は いつか必ずここにたどりつく。 お前達に未来はない！ わらわを倒し、この黒の夢を 止めぬかぎりな！ |
This Black Dream flows across all temporal dimensions...... While waiting for that time when Lavos-sama will awaken...... Your future will invariably reach here eventually. You have no future! As long as you don't beat me and stop this Black Dream! |
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| The party surrounds her, praparing to do battle. | |||
| 女王「来い、人の子よ！ わらわがいざなってやろう ラヴォス様のねむりの中へ……。 永遠の黒き夢に……！ |
Queen: Come, children of humans! I shall lure you into the midst of Lavos-sama's slumber...... To an eternal black dream......! |
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| Time to fight. Zeal Palace keeps playing during the battle. Zeal nearly always attacks with ハレーション (Halation), which drops each character's HP to 1, but she'll hardly ever actually finish them off. Ayla can steal two Last Elixirs from her. Upon losing, Zeal drops another Last Elixir. |
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| 女王「ここでは力が出せん……。 良い事を思い付いた。 キサマら魔神器に取り込んでくれる。 ありがたく思うとよいぞ……。 この船の一部になれることを！ この私の一部になれることを！！ ラヴォス様の一部になれること！！！ |
Queen: I can't draw out my power here...... I've thought of something good. I'll take and stick you vermin into the Demon Machine. I hope you're thankful...... To be able to become a part of this ship! To be able to become a part of me!! To be able become a part of Lavos-sama!!! |
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| She magics them into a distorted dimension where the Demon Machine is, and the boss music starts up. There are a lot of messages that can pop up in this battle, so I'll just list them all here: | |||
| 魔神器が全てのエネルギーを変換 | The Demon Machine will convert all energy | ||
| 攻撃を防御力に変換 ／ 防御力アップ | Converts attacks into defense power / Defense up | ||
| 魔法を攻撃力に変換 ／ 攻撃力アップ | Converts magic into attack power / Attack up | ||
| グランドリオンがエネルギーをきゅうしゅう | The Grandleon absorbs energy | ||
| ためていたエネルギーを放出 | Emitting amassed energy | ||
| 魔神器はしずかにたたずんでいる | The Demon Machine is standing still quiety | ||
| Basically, it goes through an active phase (indicated by the first message) during which it raises defense power when attacked physically except by the Grandleon, raises attack power when attacked magically, and heals Frog (in proportion to its attack power) when he hits it with the Grandleon. At the end of this phase, it unleashes an attack on the entire party, which starts out weak but can be deadly if the attack power rose too much. Then it stops messing with energy for a while, reverting to its original attack power and defense power some time during this phase. Eventually, it returns to the active state. For best results, only attack with the Grandleon when it's active, and let loose with all you've got when it isn't. Ayla can steal a Last Elixir (note that this is considered a magic attack). Once it goes down, the party appears on a surface that looks like it's on the outside of the Black Dream. Zeal warps in. |
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| 虫ケラどもが……。 わらわは、ラヴォス神と共に 永遠にこの世をしはいする女王なるぞ。 そのわらわに、さからうというか。 |
Worms...... I am the queen who will rule this world eternally together with the god Lavos. You would oppose me? |
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| If Magus is in the active party, Magus Decisive Battle starts playing, and he gives probably his longest and most insightful speech of the game. | |||
| 魔王「おろかな……。 全ての存在は、ほろびの宿命から 逃れる事は出来ぬ……。 |
Magus: Foolish...... All existance is unable to escape from the fate of perishing...... |
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| 魔王「ジールよ。 ラヴォスに見入られた、悲しき女。 せめてもの情けだ…… |
Magus: Zeal. A sad woman enthralled by Lavos. Pitiful at best...... |
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| 魔王「この手で、全てを 終わらせてくれる！ |
Magus: I will cause it all to end by my hand! | ||
| 呪われし予言者よ。 そなたが海底神殿でおかした罪 わらわはわすれておらぬぞ。 |
Cursed prophet. I will not forget the sins you committed at the Ocean Floor Temple. |
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| 今こそ、その死を以てつぐなうがよい！ | Now, may you atone for them with your death! | ||
| Otherwise, Boss Battle 2 starts playing and you get a simple threat. | |||
| 死してその思い上がりをくやむがよい！ | May you die and regret your conceit! | ||
| Zeal morphs into a large mask and two huge gloves, and the battle begins. Whichever music is playing continues playing for the whole battle. The glove on the left of the screen counters all attacks against it by dropping the offender's HP to 1, the one on the right counters by stealing all of that person's MP, and both are nearly invulnerable anyway. The head will occasionally use Halation, so be ready to heal at any time. Ayla can, and should, steal a Prism Dress from the glove on the left, a Prism Helm from the one on the right, and a Last Elixir from the head, but be careful since the gloves will counterattack. Once the mask dies, it's all over, and Zeal reappears as her normal self. |
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| ム、虫ケラのぶんざいで このわらわを追いつめるとは…… ラヴォス神よ、その御力をわらわに！！ |
T, to think that mere worms would back me into a corner...... Lavos-god, thy power unto me!! |
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| She does something, and the Black Dream shoots energy downward, and there seems to be a response of some kind. | |||
| フフフ…… ハハハ…… ついに、ラヴォス神がおめさめになる！ キサマ達虫ケラなぞ ラヴォス神の前では赤子同然。 わらわは、ラヴォス神とともに 永遠の生命を手にする事としよう！ |
Hu hu hu...... Ha ha ha...... At last the god Lavos shall awaken! Before the god Lavos, the likes of you worms are as good as babies. I shall take hold of eternal existance along with the god Lavos! |
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| The reaction from the ground increases, the Black Dream decends and disintegrates, and Lavos breaks through from the depths. Just so you know, here's a list of possible spoils for passing through the Black Dream, not counting miscellaneous healing and other items: 2 Hats of Protection, Magic Seal, Nova Armor, 2 Haste Helms, Stardust Cape, 2 Power Seals, Barrier Ring, Hit Ring, Muscle Ring, White Stone, Protect Helm, Prism Helm, Prism Dress, a bunch of Last Elixirs, 4 Magic Capsules, 17 Speed Capsules, and as many Power Capsules as you have the patience for Ayla to steal. Obviously, that's a lot of stuff. The Black Dream sidequest is also required to unlock New Game+ if I recall correctly. To make things even more interesting, the Black Dream stays around in the eras before you cleared it, so you can fight Zeal twice more and steal multiple Last Elixirs, two more Prism Dresses, and two more Prism Helms! However, any chests you opened in the later eras will be opened in the earlier ones, and any one-time battles fought are nowhere to be seen, with the exception of Zeal herself. Even Lavos is already broken open at the end. |
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