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Chapter 2

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Story#

Sealed Tower#

The lesser Gizmos are dead, but the pink Gizmo remains. It teleports away...

April Script

Disappeared again.

Final Script

It disappeared again.

...and appears right at the tower's exit.

April Script

There it is again!

Final Script

There it is!

The evil spirit escapes!

April Script

We must hurry to see the
king!

Final Script

We must hurry to the King!

Granseal Castle#

In the princess' room, King Granseal and Astral stare each other down. King Granseal tackles him, knocking him down, but then Astral mutters a spell...

April Script

Evil Spirit inside the king,
leave his body, HAAA!

Final Script

Evil Spirit inside the king,
begone, HAAA!

The spell knocks the King on the ground, and the evil spirit rises from his body

April Script

Did...I fail?

Final Script

Did it work?

The evil spirit flies away. King Granseal gets back up and Astral tells him he was possessed

April Script

What are you talking
about? Tell me.

Final Script

What are you talking about?
I don't understand.

Astral sighs and passes out.

April Script

Astral is exhausted.
He won't wake up to any
kind of treatment.
The minister summons the
soldiers to the hall to
kill the evil spirit.

Final Script

Astral is exhausted.
He won't wake up!
The Minister summons the
soldiers to the hall to kill
the evil spirit.

April Script

...that's all
about the mission.

Final Script

That's all the info I can
give you about the mission.

April Script

So, all we have to
do is find Evil
Gizmo and kill him.

Final Script

So, all we have to do is
find the evil Gizmo and
kill him.

The minister confirms this.

April Script

Can you go right now?

Final Script

You may go.

The captain soldier nods.

April Script

Let's go to
defeat Evil Gizmo.

Final Script

Let's go and defeat the
evil Gizmo.

April Script

Let's go!

Final Script

Forward men!

After the soldiers leave, the minister turns to the party.

April Script

The King is upstairs
to see sir Astral.
You must be worried...

June Script

The King is upstairs looking
in on Sir Astral.
You must be worried.

Final Script

The King is upstairs looking
in on Sir Astral.
I'm worried.

April Script

Is he really all
right? Really?

Final Script

Is he going to be OK?

April Script

You don't have to
worry so much...
but anyway he is old.

Final Script

Don't worry about him.
If he dies, it doesn't matter.
He's old anyway.

After the minister is finished being a dick, the King comes down to the throne room. He asks for the minister

April Script

Here I am.
What's wrong with you?

Final Script

Here I am.

The King says that Astral just came to.

April Script

Astral said, he feels
an ill omen behind
the tower and Gizmo.

Final Script

Astral said, he feels an ill
omen behind the opening of
the tower and Gizmo appearing.

King Granseal says it's important to understand the history behind Grans Island.

April Script

A historian called
Hawel lives in the
west of Yeel.

Final Script

A historian named Hawel
lives northwest of Yeel.

The King relays Astral's request to send soldiers to get Hawel.

April Script

Got it.

June Script

I understand.

Final Script

Ah, I understand.

After the minister and King parrot each other for a bit, the King says he has a good idea

April Script

Either do I.

Final Script

As do I.

King Granseal asks if Bowie and co. can go to Yeel to see Hawel.

If Bowie says No...

April Script

Do you refuse the
King's order?
Answer again!

Final Script

You refuse the King's
wish?!
Answer again!

Not wanting to be trapped in an endless loop, Bowie agrees.

April Script

Thank you.
Depart to see Hawel
immediately.

Final Script

Thank you.
Depart to fetch Hawel
immediately.

Granseal#

And so the force prepares to go west. At the town entrance, the dwarf Jaha finally makes his appearance.

April Script

Here you are!
You came so late!

Final Script

Here you are!
I've been waiting.

Annoyed that he missed going into the castle, Jaha joins the force! The group exits town...and is immediately attacked by monsters.

''Dammit.

Area Dialogue#

Granseal Castle#

Before Astral is knocked out

After the evil spirit's escape, the guard to the Sealed Tower is in a sorry state.

April Script

...
He's in a faint.

June Script


He's fainted.

Final Script

He's fainted.

Translation Notes
The June script removed the ellipses but forgot to delete the line break.

By the stairs to the king's bedroom, a maid shares what she heard with Bowie

April Script

Well, boy,
can't you hear a
strange groan?
I don't know why,
but everybody ignores
my question...

Final Script

Well, boy. Did you hear a
strange noise?
I don't know why, but
everybody ignores my
questions....

The minister saw something frightening.

April Script

I saw a devil
went into his body...

Final Script

I saw a devil enter the
King's body...

A soldier in the king's bedroom is a bit rattled.

April Script

Ooo, ouch!
I didn't imagine
he's so strong!
Ouch! I was
knocked down!

Final Script

Ooo, ouch!
I didn't think he could
be so strong!
Ouch! I was knocked down!

Meanwhile, a soldier tries to explain the situation to Princess Elis.

April Script

Princess Elis!
I can't pass you.
Trust him!
Sir Astral knows
how to cure him!

June Script

Princess Elis!
I can't let you up there.
Trust Sir Astral!
He knows how to cure
the King!

Final Script

Princess Elis!
I can't let you up there.
Trust Sir Astral!
He knows how to cure the King!

April Script

Shut up!
Let me see my
father, please!

Final Script

Let me pass!
I must see my father!

After Astral is knocked out

After Astral's collapse, he rests in the king's bed.

April Script

Why don't you see
him before you leave?
He must be happy.

Final Script

Why don't you see him
before you leave?
He would be pleased.

April Script

Are you going to
see Mr. Howel?
I wouldn't let you
go alone if I were...
I trust you, kid.

Final Script

Are you going to see
Mr. Hawel?
I wouldn't let you go alone
if I weren't...
I trust you, son.

Translation Notes
Astral isn't Bowie's father, obviously, it's meant to be used as an old-person term of affection.

The castle workers try to cope with what's happened, and the messenger from Galam got freaked out. A reasonable reaction.

April Script

The errand from
Galam have left.
He was in such a
flurry and hurry.

Final Script

The messenger from
Galam has left.
He was in such hurry.

April Script

Princess Elise has not
taken a rest since
the King fell down.

Final Script

Princess Elise has not rested
since the King collapsed.

April Script

I...I've never seen
such a horrible face...
...oh, King...

Final Script

I...I've never seen such a
horrible face...

An older man on the outer edge of the castle knows about Yeel.

April Script

Yeel? Yes, a very
small village beside
the mountain.
Go to the northwest to
get to my country.

Final Script

Yeel? Yes, it's a small
village near the mountains.
Travel nortwhest to get there.

Translation Notes
A small bit of detail (How the man knows about Yeel) was removed to squeeze the message into three lines.

Granseal#

Two women gossip by the town's well.

April Script

You heard it?
The King is sick.

Final Script

You heard about it?
The King was sick.

April Script

Yes, I did hear it.
Soldiers of the palace
were talking about it.
That must be true!

Final Script

Yes, I heard about it.
Soldiers of the castle
were talking about it.
It must be true!

A pet shop / zoo has opened up. One mother's reason for not taking her son is completely different between scripts.

April Script

I don't think it's
educative for children.

Final Script

I don't think it's right
to hold animals captive.

In the zoo proper, one little boy comments on the animals' condition.

April Script

He looks so sad...
...how poor he is...

Final Script

He looks so sad...
I feel sorry for him.

This chicken's foul beak was scrubbed clean in the final script. Just filthy.

April Script

Cock-a-cock!
cococo...

Final Script

Bok-bok-bok.
Bok-gawk!

Bowie's mother praises Bowie just before he heads out for Yeel.

April Script

Good luck, [Hero].
Your father must be
surprised in the Heaven.

Final Script

Good luck, [Hero].
Your father would have
been proud of you.

Translation Notes
This is the first of several explicit religious references that were rewritten to be more ambiguous.

Finally, the soldier by the exit comments on the Galam messenger's speedy exit

April Script

That Galam soldier
rushed out of town.
He looked pale.

Final Script

That Galam messenger rushed
out of town.
He looked pale.

(Source: Original TCRF research)