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Vivi (and Black Mages)
This page contains many major plot spoilers so if you have not finished the game,
you may want to stop reading now! |
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"Sorrow. How do you prove that you exist...? Maybe we don't exist..." |
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"Those dolls they were making underground... Did you think they look like
me?" |
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"Why..? Why would you do such a thing? Wheren't they you're friends!?"
"You fool. Do I look like some lowly black mage soldier?" (Black Waltz No3)
"Even if they were not your allies, what you did is reprehensible!" (Steiner)
"Kwahahaha! Worry not about them: many more are being produced even now!" (Black Waltz No3)
"What are you?" (Zidane)
"Ah, the princess's bodyguards have assembled. How convenient." (Black Waltz No3)
"Answer me!" (Zidane)
"It wouldn't do you any good if I answered, since you're all going to die! Kwahahaha!
You scum! I exist only to kill!" (Black Waltz No3)
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"Zidane... Those black mages and I. Are we... the same?"
"..." (Zidane)
"..." (Garnet)
"I don't understand, Master Vivi. Just what seems to be the problem?" (Steiner)
"...I don't know." Vivi
"Master Vivi, why would those mages be the same as you? And why would it matter if they
were?" (Steiner)
"Rusty's right! You're an individual, no matter what happens, Vivi!" (Zidane) |
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"Vivi... Do you really know what you're doing? The answer you seek may
forever change your life for the worse." (Freya)
"Um...... Y-yeah... But... But I have to... I have to find out who I am... I'm scared...
What if I'm not even human...?"
"Vivi..." (Freya) |
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"You bastard! You killed my father! He's one of the demons that sacked
Burmecia!" (Burmecian soldier Dan)
"I-I haven't hurt anyone." |
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"It's still breathing..." (Old Man)
"Should I crush its head?" (Young Man)
"Stop it, it's a living creature!!" (Zidane)
"What did you say!?" (Young Man)
"Brahne programmed them [black mages] to kill, but they're still just like anybody else!" (Zidane)
"Lies! They may look human, but that's where the similarity ends! They destroy everything...
like wrecking balls destroy buildings. They don't even know we're made of flesh and blood!" (Young Man)
"If it's human, make it understand how much suffering it caused! Make it understand that
it killed my only son! Otherwise... my son's death has no meaning!" (Old Man)
"They didn't even flinch, even when one of their own got killed. They made monsters seem
docile!" (Young Man) |
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"'Kill! Kill! Kill!' Their voices are stuck in my head!
Black mages killed my friends." (Devon) |
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"I just woke up one day... and there was a human body lying next to me. His
body was covered in blood. It scared me... I didn't know what it meant. I ran as fast as I could. When I looked
around, I was far from the front line. There were many others like me, and we decided to escape together.
... Many of our friends stopped moving recently. The ones that were produced earlier stopped first... Maybe our
lifespan is limited..." (Black Mage 288) |
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"I was wondering how many people have ... stopped moving."
"You're very kind to use our words. But you already know what it means to live... and
to die. You're asking about our friends who have 'died', not 'stopped'. Seven of our friends stopped
functioning recently... I think our lifespan is limited... I've suspected this ever since the first one came
to a stop. It varies a little, but most of us stop moving one year after production." (Mage 288)
"No..."
"I haven't told anyone else about this. If I did, they'd feel the same way I do." (Mage 288)
"How do you feel?"
"I don't know... Fear? I don't want to stop. And maybe I want to run away from it all.
But living in the village with everyone fills me with joy. The joy of living with them far outweighs the
fear of death. Isn't it the same for you? Travelling with your friends gives your life meaning." (Mage 288) |
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"Mr 288 told me that I understand what it means to live and to die... But it's
only because I thought stopping was different from dying... I don't think I really understand what it means
to live or to die. Where do we come from...? Do we go back there when we die...? If that's what it means to
live... I wonder where I came from... Where will I end up when I die...? Why am I shaking? What is it I'm
feeling...?" |
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"I tried to stop worrying about things, but I just can't. I know you told
me not to think too much, but..."
"That's because we're different, Vivi. You don't have to do everything my way, you know?" (Zidane)
"I want to stop... I don't wanna feel like this anymore. What if I keep feeling like this?"
"Vivi... Well... in the end, it boils down to two simple choices. Either you do or you don't.
You'd think with all the problems in this world, there'd be more than two answers. It's not fair... but that's
the way things are. The choice is yours. I just wanna protect the people I'm with. Doesn't matter whether I can
or not. It's what I believe in." (Zidane)
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"It is not produced... Mist is a by-product of the refining process. It is
discharged through the roots. I contaminate the other continents with Mist to stimulate the fighting instinct.
This, in turn, leads to war among the leaders of nations, and then to the fall of civilisation. Kuja
merely puts the by-prodcuts to a different use. I cannot lie. Kuja used the waste product to make weapons.
Weapons... like yourself. Kuja called them black mages, dark spawns of the Mist. Destroy me and there will be
no more mist. No more puppets like this one here will be produced. Answer me, puppet, do you deny your very
birth?" (Iifa tree keeper)
"No more. I won't let you make any more instruments of murder!" |
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"I don't know why Bahamut attacked the one who summoned him. But we found
Queen Brahne on the beach, next to her escape pod. She could hardly move. And I thought she'd come to a stop
any second. I hate Kuja a lot. But I hate Brahne a lot, too... so much that I wanted this to happen to her.
I should be happy, but... Once I saw Dagger started to cry, I didn't know how I should feel. I kind of wanted
to cry, too..." |
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"Maybe we are just puppets created to serve humans..." (Black Mage 288)
"I was very confused when my grandpa died. He told me, 'Vivi, no need be
sad.' So I told myself I can't be sad. That's why I felt confused when I heard everyone was stopping around here.
I didn't know what to do or what to feel... But when I saw Dagger crying when her mum died, I wasn't confused
anymore. I was sad... If I were just a puppet, I never would've felt that way. Mr. 288... we aren't puppets.
I know we aren't. I hate him. I hate Kuja!! He's turning everyone into puppets just to kill people!!! If it
weren't for him, I know everyone would understand someday. It's not fair."
(Vivi has so much on his mind. Unlike me, he's fighting so hard... I thought I would
change after I met Zidane... Once I acceded to the throne, I knew I had to change. But nothing has changed...!
I'm so helpless...) (Garnet) |
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"I've reset and locked the hourglass just because someone ordered it. What
we're doing is wrong, isn't it?" (Black Mage 69)
"Wait. Isn't that better than to stop functioning?" (Black Mage 12) |
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"He says that our life spans cannot be extended, and that we were fools for
believing him. They were so shocked to hear it, they're all sitting down over there. Zidane! What am I supposed
to tell them? All I can do... is just sit with them." |
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"They [Genomes] 're a lot like the black mages... Of course, we don't look alike at all.
But I can see one thing. Their minds aren't hollow. I think their minds are just out to lunch for a little
while..." |
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