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Final Fantasy IX - Memoria Scenes

This scene occurs after Zidane ascends the Pandemonium tower...


Memoria Entrance

Garland's Memory:
...Zidane, can you hear me?
Zidane:
Garland!?
Garland's Memory:
...I am speaking only to you.
Zidane:
Garland, what is this place?
Garland's Memory:
Memoria... A place of memories.
Zidane:
Memories...?
Garland's Memory:
Yes, your memories brought forth this place...

Here, you shall witness the entire truth.

You have no choice. Now, go...

Zidane:
What are you talking about!?

Damn...!

Eiko:
...Zidane, what's going on?
Zidane:
You all heard me talking, right?

...Looks like I was the only one who heard him.

I was just talking to Garland.

He told me that our memories created this place.

I don't know what the hell he's talking about...

I guess we'll just have to move forward.

Scene of Alexandra Castle

Eiko:
Isn't this... Alexandria?
Dagger:
What is Alexandria Castle doing here?
Bahamut appears behind the castle
Dagger, Eiko, Zidane:
!!!
Bahamut destroys the castle
Dagger, Eiko, Zidane:
!!!
Quina:
What!? What you talk about!? I not see anything!
Zidane:
Of course you can't see anything.

You weren't with us at the time, so it's not in your memory.

Garland's Story:
In his bid to defy me,
Kuja tried to acquire Alexander...
An incident, 10 years ago,
started everything...

Madain Sari

Zidane:
A storm...

!?

Two cloaked individuals try to enter a boat, below
Zidane:
Hey! What are you doing!?

You shouldn't go anywhere. There's a storm.

Watch out! You're gonna get washed away!

Dagger! I just saw a little girl on a ship, and--

The boat, and the cloaked individuals, disappear
Zidane:
Huh!?

...I guess it was my imagination.

Yeah, it had to be. What I just saw definitely isn't one of my memories.

Dagger:
(What's going on? That was my memory.)

(Why was Zidane able to see it?)

Zidane.

Zidane:
Yeah, what's up?
Dagger:
...You didn't imagine anything.
Zidane:
Wait, you saw it, too...!? That means that little girl was you.

But... why was I able to see something from your memory?

Dagger:
I don't know...
Zidane:
Hey, Garland! What's going on!?

Garland, can you hear me!?

Garland's Story:
I feared Gaia's eidolons more
than anything...
However, I decided to deal with them
before they became a major problem.

The Eye Of Invincible

Zidane:
What is that thing...?
Dagger:
That eye... It's the same eye I saw on the night of the storm at sea.
Garland's Memory:
...Zidane, can you hear me?

...Zidane. What you just saw was from your memory, and not Garnet's.

Zidane:
What!? I don't remember ever being in a storm at sea.
Garland's Memory:
You still don't understand... You will find out soon enough...
Zidane:
What do you mean? Can other people's memories become a part of my own?

Garland!!!

Garland's Memory:
Once you accept everything, the answer will appear before you.
Garland's Story:
A tremendous force was summoned
to Gaia during the age of war...
However, the Gaians were not ready
to harness so great a power...

They were terrified and broke
the jewel into 4 pieces...
and they prayed never to see it again.

Assimilation of Gaia

Zidane:
What is this...?

Two moons colliding...? No. They look more like planets.

Why does this look so familiar...?

Garland's Memory:
That is a picture of Gaia being assimilated by Terra.

Five thousand years ago, Terra, already an old planet, sought to assimilate Gaia. Terra needed to merge with a younger planet to survive.

However, there was already life on Gaia.

And so, the story began...

Zidane:
Oh yeah. I saw this in Oeilvert.
Garland's Story:
Life on Terra was coming to an end...
We had no choice but to proceed with
the fusion, which tragically destroyed
Terra's native civilizations.

Terra was too old
to assimilate everything.

Thus, I created the Iifa Tree
to regulate the flow of souls
back to Terra.

Ocean

Quina:
Wow! We in ocean now! Fish everywhere! Yum, yum!
Zidane:
...What are you doing?
Quina:
Swimming after fish. Zidane, you help catch fish, too.

Ugh... What this? Hard to breathe now.

UGHHH! CAN'T BREATHE!!!

Zidane:
That's because you think we're inside an ocean.

I can breathe fine.

Quina:
...We not in ocean?

You right! I breathe okay now!

Fish all gone. I sad...

The Hades sequence is part of this scene...

Battle Versus Hades

Mysterious Voice:
Who dares disturb my sleep? Leave at once, or you will die.
  1. Leave
  2. Don't leave <<
Mysterious Voice:
Prepare to die!
In battle versus Hades...
Hades:
Wh-What!? You've defeated Ozma!?

I've come too far to retreat.

Onward!

After battle versus Hades...
Hades:
I commend you for overcoming me. I shall reward you for your impressive feat.

Bring 2 Pumice Pieces here, and I will synthesize them for you. The end product is something only I can create.

Ocean, Continued

Zidane:
So, Gaia used to be just one big ocean...
Eiko:
How do you know?
Zidane:
...I don't know.

For some reason, it's in my memory.

I wasn't even born at the time. It doesn't make any sense...

And I was born on Terra, not Gaia, so how can it be in my memory...?

Vivi:
...It's in my memory, too. Gaia used to be covered with water.
Freija:
I'm getting a similar feeling as well.
Zidane:
(...Maybe that means all existence can be traced back to a single source.)

(I don't understand...)

Birth of Gaia

Zidane:
Geez... That's one big fireball.
Steiner:
Could it be a moon...?
Garland's Memory:
This is the birth of Gaia.
Zidane:
That's Gaia...?
Garland's Memory:
Over 5,000 years ago.
Zidane:
What's above that ladder?
Garland's Memory:
See for yourself.
Garland's Story:
Terra reached the peak of its prosperity
at this time. The people believed that
their future was secure. Ultimately, that
very hubris led to Terra's demise.
Thus, I was created to deal with
our plights...

Space

Zidane:
WHOOA...

There's nothing...

Is this it? Is there nothing else?

Garland's Memory:
This is space.
Zidane:
Space...?
Garland's Memory:
Your journey is not over.

Do not fear. Step forward, and you will be closer to the truth.

Go, Zidane...

Zidane:
That's easy for you to say.
Garland's Memory:
You have entered a new realm. There are no more worlds. There is no more space...

Follow your memory, your original memory, and march forth...

Zidane:
Garland, what exactly is our memory!?
Garland's Memory:
.........
Zidane:
Why can I remember other people's experiences and events that happened before my time?
Garland's Memory:
.........
Zidane:
Garland, please! Tell me!
Garland's Memory:
...Do not limit memory to just one individual's experiences from birth. That is only the surface.

Every life born into this world, whether natural or artificial, requires a parent.

And that parent also requires a parent.

Life is connected, one to another...

If you trace the root of all life, there exists one source.

The same can be said for memory.

All life constitutes an intelligence that holds memory beyond experience.

Memory is not isolated within individuals.

It is an accumulation of generations of memories that continues to evolve.

You can say that memory and evolution go hand in hand.

But most life-forms do not understand the true nature of memories...

...which explains why most memories never cross paths.

Zidane:
...So, what am I gonna find by tracing back our roots?
Garland's Memory:
...A presence that presides over all life and memories. The crystal...
Zidane:
Crystal...
Garland's Memory:
You are on your own now.

Zidane... take care of Kuja.

...and protect the crystal.

Farewell...

Zidane:
Garland, wait!

Garland!!!

Garland's Story:
Even if I were created to serve
one purpose alone, I do not regret
being born to this world.

Crystal World

Zidane:
Is this the crystal that Garland was talking about...?

...It's time for us to find out the truth.