Faking and Entering

Faking and Entering

Neither are exactly my favourites, but I'll go for Faking and Entering.

Normally I'd let it go longer... but it appears we have a wipeout here...

Faking and Entering 6-0 Showdown in the Sands

It's over for Angra Mainyu. As a boss it may be great, but as a mission... well, it met it's match. Yay for Faking and Entering making the finale!

But it's not completely over, now it gets to battle for third place!

3rd Place Battle

Showdown in the Sands

Angra Mainyu may have been the previous rumble champion, but as a mission, running through Leblanc's house owned it. Is this battle at least worthy of third place?

VS.

Masterpiece Theater

The battles with the Experiment, as well as the quest of putting it together and finding parts for it! It's funny, it's the Experiment VS. Angra Mainyuu AGAIN sort of, and last time that battle was also near the final! Except this time it's mission-wise!

And... I say Masterpiece Theater hands down, missionwise. Angra Mainyu may be a superior boss, but... fighting it doesn't compare to the entire Experiment mission.

Masterpiece Theater

Meh. Masterpiece Theater.

Masterpiece Theater

Masterpiece Theater

Masterpiece Theater

I'd wait longer, but we already have six, so third place award goes to... Masterpiece Theater!!

Oh Angra... can't win 'em all, I guess. Consider it payback for their fight in the boss rumble.

But we've still got the final. Something's gotta win this whole thing and it'll be one of these! Kinda a coincidental matchup...

FINAL BATTLE

Faking and Entering

That's right... sneaking into Leblanc's quarters at the end of Chapter 2 must have been pretty fun enough to make the final in this. I mean, going undercover is always an adventure, but you get to massage Leblanc, explore parts of the house you couldn't in X, become allies with them, answer a lot of questions, plus a few secrets... no surprise this made the final. Anyway, after doing all that, it's time to...

VS.

Infiltrate Bevelle!

Yep, it's opponent happens to be the following mission, part 2 of the Chapter 2 conclusion! This mission has a lot to offer, as well as exploring parts unavailable in X (Yes, Bevelle was very limited in that you could only truly explore it once). Now you get to go underground to areas once again completely original to this game, and the big picture starts to unfold involving the Crimson Squad, mainly from Baralai. We've got some sick treasures here as well like the Dark Knight Dressphere, and some puzzles like Gaol and the Hexagon puzzle. And finally, our first Dark Aeon! Yikes... so much stuff going on it's no surprise this made it to the top. Who will come out on top?


This is a very hard finale-worthy choice for, but easy enough to me, but easy enough to make now as opposed to waiting 'till later like I sometimes do. There is one mission that I hadn't gotten to yet when I quit playing this game the first time and got bored, and then I decided to give the game another shot and it totally redeemed itself once I had gotten to Infiltrate Bevelle!
Faking and Entering may have slightly redeemed it, but Infiltrate Bevelle gave it a complete 180 for me. Definitely a worthy winner.

Infiltrate Bevelle!

Infiltrate Bevelle!

Faking and Entering. Infiltrate Bevelle does not get my vote!

Infiltrate Bevelle!

Sorry massaging Leblanc but you aren't gonna win here.
Infiltrate Bevelle! for me. Some of the best tracks in the game and I love Baralai.

As much as I love girl on girl softcore action (watered down though it may be), I'm gonna have to go with Infiltrate Bevelle!

Infiltrate Bevelle!

INFILTRATE BEVELLE!

Okay, gave it an extra day, 9 votes is good enough, this seems surprisingly one-sided. 8-1, and the champion of this rumble is....

INFILTRATE BEVELLE!!

"Infiltrate Bevelle!" practically sweeped all the previous rounds, and it certainly deserved the championship. Entering Leblanc's place was fun too, but apparently IB seems to have a lot more appear, and this battle was surprisingly one-sided (except for Agent the rebel :P).

So, Missions... that was fun, for a category that apparently previously failed.

You can start to talk about the next category!

Notable Quotes
Best Moments
Most Improved - X -> X-2

I like the Notable Quotes idea. Though it'll be difficult to narrow down the choices.

Leave that to me-- even if nobody else wants to nominate, I'm familiar with the game back-to-front and know exactly what's worth including.

Do we count quotes in battle?

Obviously "THink we need a password?" "How about kick its ass?" is gonna be on your list.

Leave that to me-- even if nobody else wants to nominate, I'm familiar with the game back-to-front and know exactly what's worth including.

Do you wanna do it then? I'm thinking of maybe giving this one up since I'm doing X and plan to take IX and XII when they'r over, as we said there.

I'm willing to take this over for one edition and one edition only, as I'm definitely giving up XII once the current edition there has ended. I'll start the new addition for this tomorrow.



Obviously "THink we need a password?" "How about kick its ass?" is gonna be on your list.
Actually, I was thinking more of stuff with substance, such as:


Lucil: The power we hoped to use for good has intoxicated us all. Even Nooj. The Youth League is in danger of becoming a mindless band of thugs that know only violence. A power that destroys rather than creates. Without meaning. No better than Sin. Do you remember why the Youth League seeks the truth behind Spira’s past? Because Spira’s past is the foundation for its future. Our power exists so that we may cut a new road, to a new age. An age where children will never have to lift a sword!



But, yeah. We can count battle quotes. Though I only consider something a "battle quote" if it's actually said within battle. The item you mentioned is said before the actual battle sequence begins.

Good lord, whatever you do, please do not include the "keymon"/"monkey" shit from chapter 1.

But, yeah. We can count battle quotes. Though I only consider something a "battle quote" if it's actually said within battle. The item you mentioned is said before the actual battle sequence begins.

I'm aware of that. I didn't say it was a battle quote.

A battle quote be like

"1000 years of agony!" -Shuyin
"See you on the Farplane." -Nooj

Good lord, whatever you do, please do not include the "keymon"/"monkey" shit from chapter 1.

Agreed, but I wouldn't mind seeing the "we paid fifteen whole gil for that".

Random New Yevon monk: Had something prepared for just such an occasion. Nice knowing you!

It's just such a dick line.

I'm gonna get things started. Here's what I have:

Right! I'm going to go ahead and get this started up. Here's what we have:

Remember That Name Well

Yuna: Who�s there?
Leblanc: Er, Leblanc. Remember that name well, loves!
Yuna: Ah, the thief.
Leblanc: Whatever do you mean? That�s what I hate about amateurs...
Rikku: Maybe she�ll go away if we ignore her.
Leblanc: You! I heard that! Just as I was saying: amateurs! They have no concept of what it takes to be a true sphere hunter.
Paine: Amateurs? Weren�t you following us?
Leblanc: Following? A mere coincidence.


Respect Points

Paine: Rikku. I�ll say this once, okay? I consider you friends, and I trust you. I even respect you. All right? I would think that�d be enough.
Rikku: Well, yeah, but�don�t you ever want to know more about your friends?
Paine: Not really.
Rikku: Well I do. I do wanna know more about you.
Paine: What for? Who cares what happened in the past?
Yuna: There was something! Come on, Paine! You can tell us! What happened?
Paine: You disappoint me, Yuna. I thought you were above all that.
Yuna: Well, not anymore. I like asking questions.
Paine: You�ll lose friends.
Yuna: You think so Never mind, then.
Rikku: Aww! And I was looking forward to hearing the good stuff! Confessions of a shady past!
Paine: You're a pain. Minus four respect points, Rikku.
Rikku: Uh-oh, how many points left?
Paine: Forty-seven.
Rikku: That�s not a whole lot, is it?
Paine: Why don�t you figure out how to get in here instead of inside my head?


15 Whole Gil

Pacce: Lady Yuna! Do you remember me?
Yuna: Sure I do! You�re Pacce.
Pacce: You remembered me! This is Hana, and this is Taro.
Taro: Nice to meet you, Lady Yuna.
Yuna: What are you doing here? There are fiends around!
Hana: Fiends? Ha!
Pacce: Uh-huh! That�s right! We�re sphere hunters.
Pacce & Hana: The Kinderguardians!
Taro: The Kinderguardians!
Rikku: You here on some kind of treasure hunt?
Yuna: So �key� must be a clue to finding the treasure.
Pacce: Uh-huh. That�s right!
Hana: Shhh! We paid fifteen whole gil for that! Come on, let�s go!
Pacce: Kinderguardians, move out!


Nice Knowing You

Temple Priest: Which is why I keep telling you...
Dona: Shut up. Just give us the sphere and we�ll be on our way.
Temple Priest: I don�t know what you�re talking about.
Man: Hey! I found the sphere!
Dona: There you have it. (sound of rumbling) Dona: What�s that?
Temple Priest: (as the YSLS Zero makes its appearance) I had a little something prepared for just such an occasion. Nice knowing you.


Taping Two Morons

Shelinda: Rumor has it you left the island looking for clues about a certain young man. Anything you can share with us?
Yuna: That�s right.
Shelinda: So, tell us about him.
Yuna: It�s a long story.
Shelinda: I�m sure it is! One can only imagine the fascinating tales that led to you becoming the leader of the Gullwings.
Brother: Hold it right there! I�m the leader. Me! Gullwings! We rock you!
Buddy: Whoa! This thing on?
Shinra: It�s taping two morons right now. This is just a toy compared to the things I�ve invented.


I'm That Good?

Leblanc: Noojie-Woojie is such a manly man, don�t you think? He can be blunt, but that makes the occasional smile all the more irresistible! That godly smile... That�s the whole reason I became a sphere hunter. Oh, if only there were some miracle sphere...something that could make him truly happy. What I wouldn�t give!
Yuna: She fell asleep! I�m that good?
Logos: The boss fell asleep again? One massage and she�s out like a light.
Ormi: We�s been waiting for her, too, �cause she had something important to
tell us.


The Perfect Guinea Pig

Yuna: Whatcha up to?
Shinra: Installing a CommSphere. You never know when you might need a CommSphere.
Yuna: A new invention of yours?
Brother: Shinra, did you fall and get a boo-boo?
Shinra: Here�s the perfect guinea pig.
Brother: Oh! I can see Yuna!
Shinra: The CommSphere transmits an image back to the airship.
Yuna: Oh, neat. (She waves at the CommSphere.)
Brother: More, more!
Shinra: How asinine.


The Ramblings of an Old Man

Maechen: Lady Yuna, a rumor has been going around of late. Perhaps you�ve heard it. They say that High Summoner Yuna was accompanied by a guardian from, of all places, Zanarkand! Oh, yes, that young man raised quite a few eyebrows at the blitzball tournament in Luca. I spoke to him myself on a number of occasions. I could sense that he belonged to an otherworld. That he should look so much like the man in that sphere cannot be mere coincidence, I should think.
Yuna: There�s a connection.
Maechen: There is. I would very much like the chance to ask him, and clear this matter up once and for all.
Yuna: But�he�s gone. Just like the fayth said. �Our dream will vanish.�
Maechen: A dream of the fayth? Is that right... Oh, my!
Rikku: What is it?
Maechen: I had something on the tip of my tongue. But then it slipped away� Something very important� Frustrating. Well, I suppose I�ll just have to think on it a little more. Until next time, Lady Yuna. We are all connected. There may yet be a way to reunite with those who have gone.
Yuna: What?
Paine: Watch what you say.
Maechen: Forgive me. Consider it the ramblings of an old man.


Who Asked You, Airhead?

Rikku: You�re not leaving us, are you?
Paine: I may not look it, but I am having a good time.
Rikku: Right! Right?
Buddy: What about Yuna? Think she�ll quit?
Brother: Uv luinca hud! (<font color="red">Of course not!</font>)
Paine: (revealing for the first time that she can speak Al Bhed) Yht fru ycgat oui, yenrayt? (<font color="red">And who asked you, airhead?</font>)


1000 Words Concert

Yuna: One thousand years ago, before the time of Sin� Spira was torn in two, divided by a terrible war. This was Spira�s great mistake. Out of the rift left by this terrible conflict, Sin was born. In only two short years, Spira has shaken off its unhappy past. We have moved on. Now, Spira grows brighter with each passing day. That light is our strength. I don�t want to see it fade. Do you? There are so many of us, each with different ideas and different beliefs. Of course we sometimes disagree, and arguments will happen. But our hearts can and should always be one.
Yuna and Lenne: Believe with me: Even if we�re torn apart, our feelings will unite us. That�s what this song is about. ("1000 Words" Concert)
Paine: Yuna�
Yuna: I�m all right� I�m fine, really. It�s passed now.
Paine: What did Shinra say?
Rikku: Umm, he said it might be some kind of, uh, interference with the sphere waves. Yunie�s dressphere and the sphere screen reacted with each other and, uh� The consciousness burned into the dressphere was projected onto the screen! Or something like that.
Paine: Okay, but that doesn�t explain why it happened.
Rikku: When I asked, he said, �I�m only a kid.�
Yuna: It�s Lenne. I was singing her feelings. During the song, I could feel them welling up inside until they just...burst.


Design of Deshtiny

Barkeep: If yoo love her, tell her how yoo feel, yesh?
Brother: No! I have said too much.
Barkeep: Mish Yoona turns her back on yoo?
Brother: Maybe it is better that way. I� I like Yuna�s back.
Barkeep: She hash nice backshide, yesh.
Brother: Yeah� No! No, no! These past two years, Yuna has always been looking ahead�into the distance. Always, her back is to me. I like this Yuna. Even more than a Yuna that is facing me. E muja ran. (<font color="red">I love her.</font>)
Barkeep: The heart of man ish comapaplicated.
Brother: You know what I say! We two are born bachelors! Yes?
Barkeep: Shpeak for yoorshelf, shunny?
Darling: Hi, shweetie.
Barkeep: Thish ish my Darling, yesh?
Brother: Wha� When?
Darling: It ish the design of deshtiny.
Barkeep: We in love at firsht shight.
Darling: Oh, shtop�
Brother: Ynkr, E lyr�d dyga id. (<font color="red">Argh, I can�t take it.</font>)


Nothing Compared to Diaper Changing

Botta: So you picked a name yet?
Jassu: Don�t tell me this is a brainstorming session!
Wakka: Like I�d do something like that! ("Memories of Waves and Light" begins playing) I chose a name. His name is Vidina. (<font color="red">Future</font>) Everybody take good care of him, ya?
Yuna: Congrats.
Wakka: I always try to cram myself into some kinda mold, you know? A blitzer, or a guardian, or a follower of Yevon... And now, a father. I always get so wound up about what I should be. But you know, in the end I�m just me. Anyway, I can�t keep coming up with new Wakkas all the time, eh? So it looks like I�ll just have to start doing things my way. That�s the way I�ll write our story.
Yuna: Hang in there, Dad.
Wakka: Sin was nothin� compared to diaper changing, ya?


You've Met Your Match

(Rikku challenges Wakka on what's taking him so long to come up with a name in the sequence for Episode Concluded...)

Yuna: What's the matter?
Wakka: I thought I'd go say goodbye to Beclem.
Yuna: He's already gone.
Wakka: Oh. Well, I guess we never patched things up, huh?
Rikku: What can you do? That guy's head is made of rock. I think you've met your match.
Wakka: What's that mean?
Rikku: It mean it's taking you forever just to pick a name for your baby!
Wakka: Listen, I'm only worked up 'cause I wanna be a good father!
Rikku: Kimahri told me something once. ([i]"Yuna's Ballad" begins playing.) He said: (imitates) "Only those who try will become."
Wakka: Uh, so you mean... I have to do something and try to change, right?
Rikku: Hang on, there's more. Then, Kimahri said, (imitates again) "Kimahri think Rikku should stay Rikku."
Wakka: Huh? So, I'm me then? Oh, I see.
Rikku: Yup! No matter how hard you try, you'll always be Wakka anyway!
Wakka: Hey, what's that supposed to mean. ... Dryhg oui. (<font color="red">Thank you.</font>)


Not Off the Hook

Paine: Songs are powerful.
Yuna: I guess everyone felt it.
Rikku: What you felt?
Yuna: No, not me. Lenne.
Barthello: Dona!
Dona: Hmph. Well, I... It seems to me you have forgotten who it is you are supposed to be guarding. I ought to fire you for just up and leaving me the way you di�
Barthello: Dona!
Dona: Don�t interrupt! I�ve been practicing these lines for days, so be quiet and let me finish! (the crowd laughs)
Barthello: Dona, please forgive me! I�ll apologize as much as you want! Don�t say I can�t be your guardian anymore! I�ll never leave your side again.
Crowd: Awww!
Yuna: That�s so sweet.
Dona: Shut up. (to Barthello) You�re making such a scene! How humiliating. Don�t think that you�re off the hook for embarrassing me like this. You�ll be making this up to me for the rest of your life.


Our Secrets, Our Doubts, Our Memories...

Paine: What�s with you?
Yuna: A dream, I think. My heart won�t stop pounding!
Rikku: That�s not a dream. Not if your heart�s pounding like that. You and someone you care about are connected somehow. That�s what it is.
Paine: How worldly.
Rikku: I�ve felt that way, too.
Paine: About who?
Rikku: I dunno.
Paine: Spill it.
Rikku: Maybe we can trade secrets.
Paine: You drive a hard bargain.
Yuna: (narrating) I guess everyone�s like this. We cling to our secrets, our doubts, our memories...we�re never able to put them aside. Even though they confuse us, there are some things we can only find in that confusion. I think...it�s okay to feel that way.


Jackass

Rin: If word got out that machina pose a danger, people would fear them and stop using them.
Paine: So Yevon's not alone in sweeping things under the rug.
Rin: I firmly believe that machina are an indispensable part of Spira's development.
Rin: Even if there is another incident, I intend to conceal the evidence.
Yuna: You really think people will follow you that way? I am not alone in my thinking. We are researching ways to extract the vast energy that sleeps in Spira, and use it to power machina.
Paine: You're a jackass.
Rin: I will take that as a compliment. (scored Gippal's Sphere)


A New Road, To a New Age

Lucil: What caused Meyvn Nooj to change? That is not for us to know. Nonetheless, under Nooj�s leadership, we finally found a way to apply our strength. But look at us now! The power we hoped to use for good has intoxicated us all. Even Nooj. The Youth League is in danger of becoming a mindless band of thugs that know only violence. A power that destroys rather than creates. Without meaning. No better than Sin. Do you remember why the Youth League seeks the truth behind Spira�s past? Because Spira�s past is the foundation for its future. Our power exists
so that we may cut a new road, to a new age. An age where children will never have to lift a sword!


The Only Way to Change

Al Bhed: Hela fung! (<font color="red">Nice work!</font>)
Paine: Fro, dryhg oui. (<font color="red">Why, thank you.</font>)
Rikku: So�who taught you to speak Al Bhed?
Paine: I wonder.
Rikku: Gippal?
Paine: I guess he got me interested.
Rikku: I knew it! That guy�s always been a player!
Paine: It�s not like that. You see, it occurred to me that learning another language might help me broaden my horizons.
Yuna: Did it work?
Paine: Words weren�t enough. But I did come to a realization: In order to expand your horizons, you have to open yourself up. Get involved with the outside world, let it shape and affect you. That�s the only way to change.
Rikku: Um� I don�t get it.
Paine: What I�m trying to say is that running around with you two has helped me change a lot.
Rikku: What�d we do?
Paine: Well for one thing, you got me to talk. I� Well I finally feel I can talk about things.
Yuna: That�s good. We thought we were bothering you.
Paine: Oh, you did at first. You never shut up. I was ready to lay down some serious hurt.
Yuna: What!
Paine: Just at first.
Rikku: Yunie�
Paine: H-Hey!
Yuna: Rikku, let�s go. (Both run off. They're acting hurt, but are actually giggling.)
Paine: Must everything be so dramatic? Hey, wait up!


Rest With Me

Yuna: Shuyin...
Shuyin: Don�t try to tell me you understand. ... Lenne? Lenne.
Lenne: Hi there.
Shuyin: A thousand years, and this moment is all we get?
Lenne: This moment�s enough. I don�t need anything else. Just knowing how youfeel is enough. Shuyin, let�s end this. Let�s go home.
Shuyin: Can we?
Lenne: That was all a thousand years ago. We�ve come too far to look back now. Rest, Shuyin. Rest with me. Let�s go. I have a new song for you. (to Yuna) Thank you.


The Calm Will Continue

Baralai: It was power... And we misused that power. We turned our friends and followers against each other.
Nooj: Forgive us.
Baralai: Somehow we forgot. There�s a much larger ship out there. One we�ve been riding ever since we were born. That ship is Spira.
Nooj: No one knows just where our voyage will lead us. But we do know one thing: One way or another, we will get by. We�ll go on living. The Calm will continue.


Give Me a Break

Yuna: Give me a Y!
Rikku: Give me an R!
Paine: Give me a break.


What Practice?

Leblanc: (executing No Love Lost) Let's get 'em, boys.
Ormi: Our practice is finally going to pay off.
Logos: Practice? What practice?


We've Got a "Leg"

Paine: Leblanc never stood a chance against this thing.
Rikku: Well, we've got a "leg" up on her.
Yuna: Save the jokes for later.


You Didn't Disappear

Tidus: Cherish me, Yuna. And I�ll cherish you. All right? We gotta stay together. That�s what we have to do.
Yuna: Is that what the fayth told you?
Tidus: Nah. But I like it. (They both laugh. Yuna pushes Tidus into the water.) That�s not cherishing!
Yuna: You didn�t disappear.


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(Remember, this list is for reference, the updated results will be in the first post of the thread.)


Make your nominations, or I'll just have to fill them myself. First battle:


The Perfect Guinea Pig

Yuna: Whatcha up to?
Shinra: Installing a CommSphere. You never know when you might need a CommSphere.
Yuna: A new invention of yours?
Brother: Shinra, did you fall and get a boo-boo?
Shinra: Here�s the perfect guinea pig.
Brother: Oh! I can see Yuna!
Shinra: The CommSphere transmits an image back to the airship.
Yuna: Oh, neat. (She waves at the CommSphere.)
Brother: More, more!
Shinra: How asinine.

vs.


Our Secrets, Our Doubts, Our Memories...

Paine: What�s with you?
Yuna: A dream, I think. My heart won�t stop pounding!
Rikku: That�s not a dream. Not if your heart�s pounding like that. You and someone you care about are connected somehow. That�s what it is.
Paine: How worldly.
Rikku: I�ve felt that way, too.
Paine: About who?
Rikku: I dunno.
Paine: Spill it.
Rikku: Maybe we can trade secrets.
Paine: You drive a hard bargain.
Yuna: (narrating) I guess everyone�s like this. We cling to our secrets, our doubts, our memories...we�re never able to put them aside. Even though they confuse us, there are some things we can only find in that confusion. I think...it�s okay to feel that way.

Our Secrets, Our Doubts, Our Memories...

Secrets/Doubts/Memories. Also who is Rikku talking about, are we supposed to know? I never got that...

Pretty sure she's talking about Gippal and her feelings for him.

Our Secrets, Our Doubts, Our Memories...

Also are we allowed to nominate up to 8 quotes then?

You can nominate however many or however few you like.

Yuna: I don�t like your plan. It sucks.
Your plan is awful. Think about it. It�s no different than what we did
two years ago. We destroyed our own allies. We destroyed the aeons who had fought together with us, at our sides. We didn�t have a choice then. We
believed that was the only way we could save Spira. Do you know what it felt
like to watch them die? Right before my eyes? It was the only thing we could
do. It was the only choice we had. I gave in, I accepted, I believed. I allowed
it to be true. I thought I�d be able to go through with it without ever
doubting myself. But I... It hurts so much.
Everyone was so happy. �Great job, Yuna. You did it. You saved us all.� There were too many smiles to count. And I know that I was smiling, too. But now...when I look back... The people who should be here aren�t. The ones who should be smiling with me aren�t here.
�We had no choice.� Always �we had no choice.� Those are our magic words. We repeat them to ourselves again and again. But you know... The magic never worked! The only thing we�re left with is regret.
I don�t want friends to die...or fade away. I don�t want battles where we have to lose in order to win. Nooj, I know that what you say is what you mean to do. Give me your resolve. Believe in Yuna.


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That's a lot...I dunno what to call it. Yuna's Speech? Your Plan Sucks? Sacrifice No More?

Anyway...

Trema: You are the paragon of plastlessness.
Yuna: You're wrong. Although I've wished to be stronger and I've wanted to change...I realize that losing the past would mean losing myself.
Trema: Tell me, High Summoner Yuna, where is the loss in that?

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I'd call that Trema's Verbal Ownage. He may have lost but he won the battle of the words.

Our Secrets, Our Doubts, Our Memories...

Our Secrets, Our Doubts, Our Memories...

Based on the general voting pattern, I've decided to make 5-0 the blowout condition. I just don't see six votes coming in for the other.

The Perfect Guinea Pig - 0
Our Secrets, Our Doubts, Our Memories... - 5


Next battle coming soon...

I'd call this Yuna Meets Shuyin or Shuyin's Lament.

Shuyin: I've finally found you.
Yuna: Is that really you?
Shuyin: It is me..Shuyin. I've waited so long, Lenne.
Yuna: But I'm not Lenne.
Shuyin: Lenne. We disappeared together but when I awoke, I was alone. I looked for you for so long. While I wandered, I realized something. Spira really hasn't changed at all. Everyone's still fighting over nothing, still dying like they used to. A thousand years have passed and they can't leave the hatred behind. I'm through waiting..I'll fix it. This world continues to fail us and what's worse I failed to protect you. Vegnagun will make that all go away... And we'll fade again, together.

Thanks for the nominations so far. I've added them to the list.

Next battle --

You've Met Your Match

(Rikku challenges Wakka on what's taking him so long to come up with a name in the sequence for Episode Concluded...)

Yuna: What's the matter?
Wakka: I thought I'd go say goodbye to Beclem.
Yuna: He's already gone.
Wakka: Oh. Well, I guess we never patched things up, huh?
Rikku: What can you do? That guy's head is made of rock. I think you've met your match.
Wakka: What's that mean?
Rikku: It mean it's taking you forever just to pick a name for your baby!
Wakka: Listen, I'm only worked up 'cause I wanna be a good father!
Rikku: Kimahri told me something once. ("Yuna's Ballad" begins playing.) He said: (imitates) "Only those who try will become."
Wakka: Uh, so you mean... I have to do something and try to change, right?
Rikku: Hang on, there's more. Then, Kimahri said, (imitates again) "Kimahri think Rikku should stay Rikku."
Wakka: Huh? So, I'm me then? Oh, I see.
Rikku: Yup! No matter how hard you try, you'll always be Wakka anyway!
Wakka: Hey, what's that supposed to mean. ... Dryhg oui. (<font color="red">Thank you.</font>)

vs.

We've Got a "Leg"

(Trying to lighten the mood during the big battle...)

Paine: Leblanc never stood a chance against this thing.
Rikku: Well, we've got a "leg" up on her.
Yuna: Save the jokes for later.

We've Got A "Leg'
I love puns.

You've Met Your Match

You've Met Your Match

Also, I'd like to humbly ask everyone to check out the Video Game Music Rumble (Thread 66118) and please vote!

We've Got a Leg

New nomination..it probably won't get very far but why not.

"1000 years of agony!!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaSN8uFGxJ4

Also...

Yuna: Shuyin!
Paine: It can't end like this...
Rikku: I'm getting ticked off!
Shuyin: Come Vegnagun..let us purge this repulsive world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz8kbs9bAK8

We've Got A Leg

We've Got a "Leg"

You've Met Your Match

You've Met Your Match - 3
We've Got a "Leg" - 4


Unexpected result-- I guess humor wins!

Next up...


The Ramblings of an Old Man

(Maechen reveals there may be hope for Tidus's restoration.)

Maechen: Lady Yuna, a rumor has been going around of late. Perhaps you�ve heard it. They say that High Summoner Yuna was accompanied by a guardian from, of all places, Zanarkand! Oh, yes, that young man raised quite a few eyebrows at the blitzball tournament in Luca. I spoke to him myself on a number of occasions. I could sense that he belonged to an otherworld. That he should look so much like the man in that sphere cannot be mere coincidence, I should think.
Yuna: There�s a connection.
Maechen: There is. I would very much like the chance to ask him, and clear this matter up once and for all.
Yuna: But�he�s gone. Just like the fayth said. �Our dream will vanish.�
Maechen: A dream of the fayth? Is that right... Oh, my!
Rikku: What is it?
Maechen: I had something on the tip of my tongue. But then it slipped away� Something very important� Frustrating. Well, I suppose I�ll just have to think on it a little more. Until next time, Lady Yuna. We are all connected. There may yet be a way to reunite with those who have gone.
Yuna: What?
Paine: Watch what you say.
Maechen: Forgive me. Consider it the ramblings of an old man.

vs.

Jackass

(Rin talks about extracting energy in a manner similar to FFVII...)

Rin: If word got out that machina pose a danger, people would fear them and stop using them.
Paine: So Yevon's not alone in sweeping things under the rug.
Rin: I firmly believe that machina are an indispensable part of Spira's development.
Rin: Even if there is another incident, I intend to conceal the evidence.
Yuna: You really think people will follow you that way? I am not alone in my thinking. We are researching ways to extract the vast energy that sleeps in Spira, and use it to power machina.
Paine: You're a jackass.
Rin: I will take that as a compliment. (scored Gippal's Sphere)

Jackass

The Ramblings of an Old Man

The Ramblings of an Old Man. I always liked to stop and listen to that guy.

The Ramblings of an Old Man

The Ramblings of an Old Man. Fuck that comsphere mini-game.

The Ramblings of an Old Man - 4
Jackass - 1


Kinda one-sided there, only one vote for "Jackass."

Next battle is...


Taping Two Morons

(When Brother and Buddy decide to get in on the action, Shinra tries to cut them down to size.)

Shelinda: Rumor has it you left the island looking for clues about a certain young man. Anything you can share with us?
Yuna: That�s right.
Shelinda: So, tell us about him.
Yuna: It�s a long story.
Shelinda: I�m sure it is! One can only imagine the fascinating tales that led to you becoming the leader of the Gullwings.
Brother: Hold it right there! I�m the leader. Me! Gullwings! We rock you!
Buddy: Whoa! This thing on?
Shinra: It�s taping two morons right now. This is just a toy compared to the things I�ve invented.

vs.

The Only Way to Change

(Paine opens up about herself, but is not amused by Rikku and Yuna's dramatics.)

Al Bhed: Hela fung! (<font color="red">Nice work!</font>)
Paine: Fro, dryhg oui. (<font color="red">Why, thank you.</font>)
Rikku: So�who taught you to speak Al Bhed?
Paine: I wonder.
Rikku: Gippal?
Paine: I guess he got me interested.
Rikku: I knew it! That guy�s always been a player!
Paine: It�s not like that. You see, it occurred to me that learning another language might help me broaden my horizons.
Yuna: Did it work?
Paine: Words weren�t enough. But I did come to a realization: In order to expand your horizons, you have to open yourself up. Get involved with the outside world, let it shape and affect you. That�s the only way to change.
Rikku: Um� I don�t get it.
Paine: What I�m trying to say is that running around with you two has helped me change a lot.
Rikku: What�d we do?
Paine: Well for one thing, you got me to talk. I� Well I finally feel I can talk about things.
Yuna: That�s good. We thought we were bothering you.
Paine: Oh, you did at first. You never shut up. I was ready to lay down some serious hurt.
Yuna: What!
Paine: Just at first.
Rikku: Yunie�
Paine: H-Hey!
Yuna: Rikku, let�s go. (Both run off. They're acting hurt, but are actually giggling.)
Paine: Must everything be so dramatic? Hey, wait up! (Djose Temple Episode Complete!)


P.S.: After this battle, nominations are closed.

Taping Two Morons

The Only Way to Change

The Only Way to Change

The Only Way to Change

Taping Two Morons

The Only Way to Change

Taping Two Morons

Taping Two Morons - 3
The Only Way to Change - 4


Good battle. The Only Way to Change comes out on top by one vote. Next we have...



I'm That Good?

(Yuna takes a moment to compliment herself for her mad skillz, but Logos comes in and unwittingly brings her back down to Spira.)

Leblanc: Noojie-Woojie is such a manly man, don’t you think? He can be blunt, but that makes the occasional smile all the more irresistible! That godly smile... That’s the whole reason I became a sphere hunter. Oh, if only there were some miracle sphere...something that could make him truly happy. What I wouldn’t give!
Yuna: She fell asleep! I’m that good?
Logos: The boss fell asleep again? One massage and she’s out like a light.
Ormi: We’s been waiting for her, too, ‘cause she had something important to tell us.

vs.

A New Road, To a New Age

(Lucil reminds the Youth League that they are more than just a mindless band of thugs.)

Lucil: What caused Meyvn Nooj to change? That is not for us to know. Nonetheless, under Nooj’s leadership, we finally found a way to apply our strength. But look at us now! The power we hoped to use for good has intoxicated us all. Even Nooj. The Youth League is in danger of becoming a mindless band of thugs that know only violence. A power that destroys rather than creates. Without meaning. No better than Sin. Do you remember why the Youth League seeks the truth behind Spira’s past? Because Spira’s past is the foundation for its future. Our power exists so that we may cut a new road, to a new age. An age where children will never have to lift a sword!

A New Reoad, To A New Age. I foresee this getting to the finals.

New Road New Age

A New Road, To A New Age.

A New Reoad, To A New Age.

A New Road, To a New Age

I'm That Good? - <font color="red">0</font>
A New Road, To a New Age - 5


Next battle coming a bit later today.

All right, new battle:

15 Whole Gil

Pacce: Lady Yuna! Do you remember me?
Yuna: Sure I do! You�re Pacce.
Pacce: You remembered me! This is Hana, and this is Taro.
Taro: Nice to meet you, Lady Yuna.
Yuna: What are you doing here? There are fiends around!
Hana: Fiends? Ha!
Pacce: Uh-huh! That�s right! We�re sphere hunters.
Pacce & Hana: The Kinderguardians!
Taro: The Kinderguardians!
Rikku: You here on some kind of treasure hunt?
Yuna: So �key� must be a clue to finding the treasure.
Pacce: Uh-huh. That�s right!
Hana: Shhh! We paid fifteen whole gil for that! Come on, let�s go!
Pacce: Kinderguardians, move out!

vs.

Shuyin's Lament

Shuyin: I've finally found you.
Yuna: Is that really you?
Shuyin: It is me..Shuyin. I've waited so long, Lenne.
Yuna: But I'm not Lenne.
Shuyin: Lenne. We disappeared together but when I awoke, I was alone. I looked for you for so long. While I wandered, I realized something. Spira really hasn't changed at all. Everyone's still fighting over nothing, still dying like they used to. A thousand years have passed and they can't leave the hatred behind. I'm through waiting... I'll fix it. This world continues to fail us and what's worse I failed to protect you. Vegnagun will make that all go away... And we'll fade again, together.

Shuyin's Lament

Shuyin's Lament

Shuyin's Lament

Shuyin's Lament

Shuyin's Lament.

Think it will go far and I'm not just saying that because I nominated it.

Deciding this round with Shuyin's Lament... or was it already decided.

BTW Agent, how come you never vote on the ones you run?

5-0 was enough, but since your vote came in before I responded, I'll count it Zak.



BTW Agent, how come you never vote on the ones you run?
That's a good question. Two reasons, Zak-- one, I never have in any of the rumbles that I've done before, so force of habit for one thing. For another, unlike most of the other rumbles, I don't draw up the battles randomly. I choose them myself. So I consider it unfair for me to both do that and cast a vote.


15 Whole Gil - <font color="red">0</font>
Shuyin's Lament - 6


Didn't realize that Shuyin's ramblings were that popular. We're clipping right along here. Next battle...


Who Asked You, Airhead?

(Paine reveals that she can speak Al Bhed for the first time when she gets annoyed with Brother's ramblings about Yuna.)

Rikku: You’re not leaving us, are you?
Paine: I may not look it, but I am having a good time.
Rikku: Right! Right?
Buddy: What about Yuna? Think she’ll quit?
Brother: Uv luinca hud! (<font color="red">Of course not!</font>)
Paine: (revealing for the first time that she can speak Al Bhed) Yht fru ycgat oui, yenrayt? (<font color="red">And who asked you, airhead?</font>)

vs.

Missed a Few Things

(In the game's Good Ending sequence, Tidus is restored to Yuna and Yuna wonders if he's really real.)

Yuna: Are you real?
Tidus: I think so. ... ... Do I pass?
Yuna: (nodding) You're back.
Tidus: I am back. I'm home.
Yuna: Welcome home. Yes, home.
Wakka: Hey! Get a room, you two! Whassup?
Tidus: Who asked you to watch, Wakka?
Rikku: Hiya!
Tidus: You know, you've changed.
Yuna: Well, you missed a few things.
Tidus: I wanna hear everything!
Yuna: (narrating) Well... It all began when I saw this sphere of you. (The music rises triumphantly. The Celsius charges forward and the scene ends.)

Who asked you, Airhead?

Who asked you, Airhead?

Missed a Few Things

..I'm a sucker for happy endings.

Who asked you, Airhead?

Missed a Few Things

Who Asked You, Airhead?

Who asked you, Airhead?

Who Asked You, Airhead? - 5
Missed a Few Things - 2


Not much love for the Good Ending. Next up...


Nothing Compared to Diaper Changing

Botta: So you picked a name yet?
Jassu: Don�t tell me this is a brainstorming session!
Wakka: Like I�d do something like that! ("Memories of Waves and Light" begins playing) I chose a name. His name is Vidina. (<font color="red">Future</font>) Everybody take good care of him, ya?
Yuna: Congrats.
Wakka: I always try to cram myself into some kinda mold, you know? A blitzer, or a guardian, or a follower of Yevon... And now, a father. I always get so wound up about what I should be. But you know, in the end I�m just me. Anyway, I can�t keep coming up with new Wakkas all the time, eh? So it looks like I�ll just have to start doing things my way. That�s the way I�ll write our story.
Yuna: Hang in there, Dad.
Wakka: Sin was nothin� compared to diaper changing, ya?

vs.

Always "We Had No Choice"

Yuna: I don�t like your plan. It sucks. Your plan is awful. Think about it. It�s no different than what we did two years ago. We destroyed our own allies. We destroyed the aeons who had fought together with us, at our sides. We didn�t have a choice then. We believed that was the only way we could save Spira. Do you know what it felt
like to watch them die? Right before my eyes? It was the only thing we could do. It was the only choice we had. I gave in, I accepted, I believed. I allowed it to be true. I thought I�d be able to go through with it without ever doubting myself. But I... It hurts so much.
Fayth: Forgive us.
Yuna: Everyone was so happy. �Great job, Yuna. You did it. You saved us all.� There were too many smiles to count. And I know that I was smiling, too. But now...when I look back... The people who should be here aren�t. The ones who should be smiling with me aren�t here.
Braska: We had no choice.
Yuna: �We had no choice.� Always �we had no choice.� Those are our magic words. We repeat them to ourselves again and again. But you know... The magic never worked! The only thing we�re left with is regret.
Braska: I'm sorry.
Yuna: I don�t want friends to die...or fade away. I don�t want battles where we have to lose in order to win. Nooj, I know that what you say is what you mean to do. Give me your resolve. Believe in Yuna.

Always "We Had No Choice"

Always "We Had No Choice"

Always "We Had No Choice"

Another one I expect to go far.

Always "We Had No Choice"

Sorry, I didn't update this sooner-- didn't realize we had reached a blow-out.

Nothing Compared to Diaper Changing - <font color="red">0</font>
Always "We Had No Choice" - 5


All right, next battle...


Respect Points

Paine: Rikku. I�ll say this once, okay? I consider you friends, and I trust you. I even respect you. All right? I would think that�d be enough.
Rikku: Well, yeah, but�don�t you ever want to know more about your friends?
Paine: Not really.
Rikku: Well I do. I do wanna know more about you.
Paine: What for? Who cares what happened in the past?
Yuna: There was something! Come on, Paine! You can tell us! What happened?
Paine: You disappoint me, Yuna. I thought you were above all that.
Yuna: Well, not anymore. I like asking questions.
Paine: You�ll lose friends.
Yuna: You think so Never mind, then.
Rikku: Aww! And I was looking forward to hearing the good stuff! Confessions of a shady past!
Paine: You're a pain. Minus four respect points, Rikku.
Rikku: Uh-oh, how many points left?
Paine: Forty-seven.
Rikku: That�s not a whole lot, is it?
Paine: Why don�t you figure out how to get in here instead of inside my head?

vs.

1000 Words Concert

Yuna: One thousand years ago, before the time of Sin� Spira was torn in two, divided by a terrible war. This was Spira�s great mistake. Out of the rift left by this terrible conflict, Sin was born. In only two short years, Spira has shaken off its unhappy past. We have moved on. Now, Spira grows brighter with each passing day. That light is our strength. I don�t want to see it fade. Do you? There are so many of us, each with different ideas and different beliefs. Of course we sometimes disagree, and arguments will happen. But our hearts can and should always be one.
Yuna and Lenne: Believe with me: Even if we�re torn apart, our feelings will unite us. That�s what this song is about. ("1000 Words" Concert)
Paine: Yuna�
Yuna: I�m all right� I�m fine, really. It�s passed now.
Paine: What did Shinra say?
Rikku: Umm, he said it might be some kind of, uh, interference with the sphere waves. Yunie�s dressphere and the sphere screen reacted with each other and, uh� The consciousness burned into the dressphere was projected onto the screen! Or something like that.
Paine: Okay, but that doesn�t explain why it happened.
Rikku: When I asked, he said, �I�m only a kid.�
Yuna: It�s Lenne. I was singing her feelings. During the song, I could feel them welling up inside until they just...burst.

Respect Points easily.

Respect Points

Respect Points

Respect Points. Calling it now. This makes it to the finals.

Respect Points easily.

Didn't expect that. But that's 5-0, that's enough...

Respect Points - 5
1000 Words Concert - <font color="red">0</font>


Next battle:


Not Off the Hook

Paine: Songs are powerful.
Yuna: I guess everyone felt it.
Rikku: What you felt?
Yuna: No, not me. Lenne.

(The party proceeds to the temple area where they discover Dona and Barthello. This sequence only takes place if the player attained Episode Complete for Kilika Port.)

Barthello: Dona!
Dona: Hmph. Well, I... It seems to me you have forgotten who it is you are supposed to be guarding. I ought to fire you for just up and leaving me the way you di—
Barthello: Dona!
Dona: Don’t interrupt! I’ve been practicing these lines for days, so be quiet and let me finish! (the crowd laughs)
Barthello: Dona, please forgive me! I’ll apologize as much as you want! Don’t say I can’t be your guardian anymore! I’ll never leave your side again.
Crowd: Awww!
Yuna: That’s so sweet.
Dona: Shut up. (to Barthello) You’re making such a scene! How humiliating. Don’t think that you’re off the hook for embarrassing me like this. You’ll be making this up to me for the rest of your life.

vs.

Come Vegnagun

Yuna: Shuyin!
Paine: It can't end like this...
Rikku: I'm getting ticked off!
Shuyin: Come Vegnagun..let us purge this repulsive world.

Not Off the Hook

Not Off the Hook

Not Off the Hook

Not Off the Hook

*sticks out tongue* Game Vegnagun That was an awesome line by Shuyin and anything with Dona an dBarthello iN X-2 was just annoying.

Not Off The Hook

All right, that's...

Not Off the Hook - 5
Come Vegnagun - 1


Next we have...

Nice Knowing You

Temple Priest: Which is why I keep telling you...
Dona: Shut up. Just give us the sphere and we�ll be on our way.
Temple Priest: I don�t know what you�re talking about.
Man: Hey! I found the sphere!
Dona: There you have it. (sound of rumbling) Dona: What�s that?
Temple Priest: (as the YSLS Zero makes its appearance) I had a little something prepared for just such an occasion. Nice knowing you.

vs.


Rest With Me

Yuna: Shuyin...
Shuyin: Don�t try to tell me you understand. ... Lenne? Lenne.
Lenne: Hi there.
Shuyin: A thousand years, and this moment is all we get?
Lenne: This moment�s enough. I don�t need anything else. Just knowing how youfeel is enough. Shuyin, let�s end this. Let�s go home.
Shuyin: Can we?
Lenne: That was all a thousand years ago. We�ve come too far to look back now. Rest, Shuyin. Rest with me. Let�s go. I have a new song for you. (to Yuna) Thank you.





BTW, I have chosen to eliminate the following:

1000 Years of Agony

Shuyin: (activating Terror of Zanarkand) 1000 years of agony!


and replace it with this...


From Within

Lucil: I have reprimanded Yaibal for spreading such ridiculous rumors. It's highly unprofessional.
Elma: Yeah, but think how great it'd be if it were true.
Paine: Still making the pitch?
Lucil: No. Absolutely not. I know that words alone are not enough to sway Lady Yuna's heart. The heart is not moved from without; but rather, when the time is right, it moves of its own accord from within. Finding the place where one belongs is, by nature, a personal journey.
Elma: Isn't Commander Lucil amazing? Such wisdom!
Lucil: I learned it all from my troops. Excuse us, we have a strategy session to attend. Farewell.

Hope no one minds.



P.S.: The results in the first post somehow got messed up, but I don't feel like dealing with it right now. I'll sort it later.

Rest with Me

Rest With Me

Nice Knowing You.

Rest With Me

Rest With Me

Rest With Me

Nice Knowing You

I'm sorry for the delay, it's do the problem with the first post being screwed. Stand by while I try to restore things and another battle should be posted later this evening.

Okay, I restored the list, but it seems I'm two short somehow. I'll accept two nominations, or I'll just fill it in myself if no one wants to nominate anything else. Or I can restore the "1000 Years of Agony" quote that was axed for one of them.


Nice Knowing You - 2
Rest With Me - 5



Next battle is...



Design of Deshtiny

Barkeep: If yoo love her, tell her how yoo feel, yesh?
Brother: No! I have said too much.
Barkeep: Mish Yoona turns her back on yoo?
Brother: Maybe it is better that way. I… I like Yuna’s back.
Barkeep: She hash nice backshide, yesh.
Brother: Yeah… No! No, no! These past two years, Yuna has always been looking ahead…into the distance. Always, her back is to me. I like this Yuna. Even more than a Yuna that is facing me. E muja ran. (<font color="red">I love her.</font>)
Barkeep: The heart of man ish comapaplicated.
Brother: You know what I say! We two are born bachelors! Yes?
Barkeep: Shpeak for yoorshelf, shunny?
Darling: Hi, shweetie.
Barkeep: Thish ish my Darling, yesh?
Brother: Wha… When?
Darling: It ish the design of deshtiny.
Barkeep: We in love at firsht shight.
Darling: Oh, shtop…
Brother: Ynkr, E lyr’d dyga id. (<font color="red">Argh, I can’t take it.</font>)

vs.

What Practice?

Leblanc: (executing No Love Lost) Let's get 'em, boys.
Ormi: Our practice is finally going to pay off.
Logos: Practice? What practice?

Design of Destiny.

Design of Deshtiny

Design of Deshtiny

Design Of Deshtiny

Very well...

Design of Deshtiny - 4
What Practice? - 0


Next battle is...


Trema's Verbal Ownage

Trema: You are the paragon of pastlessness.
Yuna: You're wrong. Although I've wished to be stronger and I've wanted to change...I realize that losing the past would mean losing myself.
Trema: Tell me, High Summoner Yuna, where is the loss in that?

vs.

From Within

Lucil: I have reprimanded Yaibal for spreading such ridiculous rumors. It's highly unprofessional.
Elma: Yeah, but think how great it'd be if it were true.
Paine: Still making the pitch?
Lucil: No. Absolutely not. I know that words alone are not enough to sway Lady Yuna's heart. The heart is not moved from without; but rather, when the time is right, it moves of its own accord from within. Finding the place where one belongs is, by nature, a personal journey.
Elma: Isn't Commander Lucil amazing? Such wisdom!
Lucil: I learned it all from my troops. Excuse us, we have a strategy session to attend. Farewell.

Trema's Verbal Ownage.

Edit: btw, it's pastlessness, not plastlessness.

I just want to note now-- nominator's fault, not mine. :D

Trema's Verbal Ownage

Trema's Verbal Ownage

Hey, I have typos. Sooooorrryyyyyy.
:sad:

oH
Trema's Verbal Ownage

Trema's Verbal Ownage

Okay, that's five, that's enough. New battle coming this evening...

Tremal's Verbal Ownage - 5
From Within - 0


Surprisingly lack of love for the Lucil quote this time, although I suppose maybe everyone just really loved the Trema quote.


Next battle is...


Remember That Name Well

Yuna: Who�s there?
Leblanc: Er, Leblanc. Remember that name well, loves!
Yuna: Ah, the thief.
Leblanc: Whatever do you mean? That�s what I hate about amateurs...
Rikku: Maybe she�ll go away if we ignore her.
Leblanc: You! I heard that! Just as I was saying: amateurs! They have no concept of what it takes to be a true sphere hunter.
Paine: Amateurs? Weren�t you following us?
Leblanc: Following? A mere coincidence.

vs.

You Didn't Disappear

Tidus: Cherish me, Yuna. And I�ll cherish you. All right? We gotta stay together. That�s what we have to do.
Yuna: Is that what the fayth told you?
Tidus: Nah. But I like it. (They both laugh. Yuna pushes Tidus into the water.) That�s not cherishing!
Yuna: You didn�t disappear.

Remember That Name Well

Meh, don't like either. One's cliche and one I'm just sick of the hypage of. Remember That Name Well, would be the lesser of the evils.

Meh, don't like either. One's cliche and one I'm just sick of the hypage of. Remember That Name Well, would be the lesser of the evils.

Remember That Name Well

Remember That Name Well, though I doubt I'll be voting for it at later stages.

Okay, let's end this...

Remember That Name Well - 5
You Didn't Disappear - 0


Pretty one-sided, though the "victor" seems to be disliked about as much as the loser and that doesn't bode well for its future chances. Next batle...



The Calm Will Continue

Baralai: It was power... And we misused that power. We turned our friends and followers against each other.
Nooj: Forgive us.
Baralai: Somehow we forgot. There�s a much larger ship out there. One we�ve been riding ever since we were born. That ship is Spira.
Nooj: No one knows just where our voyage will lead us. But we do know one thing: One way or another, we will get by. We�ll go on living. The Calm will continue.

vs.

Give Me a Break

Yuna: Give me a Y!
Rikku: Give me an R!
Paine: Give me a break.

Give Me a Break, sure there are better ones but battle quotes are awesome.

Give Me a Break

Give Me A Break

Give Me a Break

The Calm Will Continue

Give me a Break

Weird that Paine actually joins in with the little chant or whatever in cutscenes....

The Calm Will Continue - 5
Give Me a Break - 1


The ending speech only manages one vote. Final battle of the first round...


Something Nice About the Whole Thing

Cid: Daahykanc draca tyoc yna uid uv luhdhym! (<font color="red">Teenagers these days are out of control!</font>)
Yuna: Um, you're welcome aboard our airship.
Brother: (to Cid, on the Celsius) Vydran, ev oui fyhd uh dra creb, ybumukewa du sa. (<font color="red">Father, if you want on the ship, apologize to me.</font>)
Cid: E's cunno, cuh. (<font color="red">I'm sorry, son.</font>)
Brother: Dryd fyc duu ayco. Fryd'c ra bmuddehk? (<font color="red">That was too easy. What's he plotting?</font>)
Cid: Hmph.
Yuna: (narrating) Cid and Brother have put each other through a lot over the years. Not even Rikku knows what caused their final falling out. Still, there's something nice about the whole thing. If only I could have talked like this with my father...or you with yours.
Cid: (to himself) Shameful, how they gussied this baby up! Dern kitschy paint job. Just who does he take after, anyway? ... ... ... Femm oui xied ouin nalgmacc bemudehk? (<font color="red">Will you quit your reckless piloting?</font>)
Brother: Seht ouin ufh picehacc, Vydran! (<font color="red">Mind your own business, Father!</font>)

vs.

Playing Superhero

Rikku: They're multiplying!
Maroda: Yeah! They're turning into a regular Kindercorps.
Yuna: Well, at least they're having fun.
Maroda: Maybe fun is all this world really needs.
Rikku: Isaaru's changed, too, huh?
Maroda: Him? He'll never change. He goes around playing superhero and leaves us with all the headaches.
Rikku: Hey, I know someone like that.
Paine: Oh, someone who goes around playing superhero, is it?
Yuna: You mean Brother!
Paine: Wrong.
Yuna: Buddy?
Rikku: Nope.
Paine: Well, uh, Rikku, why don't we get going?
Rikku: Yup, sounds good.
Yuna: Come on. Tell me who!

Playing Superhero

Playing Superhero

Playing Superhero, to possibly make it fast.

Playing Superhero

All right, let's end this...


Something Nice About the Whole Thing - 0
Playing Superhero - 4


Seeing as how this battle only got four votes, I am changing the blowout condition to 4-0. Let's start the second round!

Here's what's left...


Remember That Name Well

Yuna: Who�s there?
Leblanc: Er, Leblanc. Remember that name well, loves!
Yuna: Ah, the thief.
Leblanc: Whatever do you mean? That�s what I hate about amateurs...
Rikku: Maybe she�ll go away if we ignore her.
Leblanc: You! I heard that! Just as I was saying: amateurs! They have no concept of what it takes to be a true sphere hunter.
Paine: Amateurs? Weren�t you following us?
Leblanc: Following? A mere coincidence.


Respect Points

Paine: Rikku. I�ll say this once, okay? I consider you friends, and I trust you. I even respect you. All right? I would think that�d be enough.
Rikku: Well, yeah, but�don�t you ever want to know more about your friends?
Paine: Not really.
Rikku: Well I do. I do wanna know more about you.
Paine: What for? Who cares what happened in the past?
Yuna: There was something! Come on, Paine! You can tell us! What happened?
Paine: You disappoint me, Yuna. I thought you were above all that.
Yuna: Well, not anymore. I like asking questions.
Paine: You�ll lose friends.
Yuna: You think so Never mind, then.
Rikku: Aww! And I was looking forward to hearing the good stuff! Confessions of a shady past!
Paine: You're a pain. Minus four respect points, Rikku.
Rikku: Uh-oh, how many points left?
Paine: Forty-seven.
Rikku: That�s not a whole lot, is it?
Paine: Why don�t you figure out how to get in here instead of inside my head?


The Ramblings of an Old Man

Maechen: Lady Yuna, a rumor has been going around of late. Perhaps you�ve heard it. They say that High Summoner Yuna was accompanied by a guardian from, of all places, Zanarkand! Oh, yes, that young man raised quite a few eyebrows at the blitzball tournament in Luca. I spoke to him myself on a number of occasions. I could sense that he belonged to an otherworld. That he should look so much like the man in that sphere cannot be mere coincidence, I should think.
Yuna: There�s a connection.
Maechen: There is. I would very much like the chance to ask him, and clear this matter up once and for all.
Yuna: But�he�s gone. Just like the fayth said. �Our dream will vanish.�
Maechen: A dream of the fayth? Is that right... Oh, my!
Rikku: What is it?
Maechen: I had something on the tip of my tongue. But then it slipped away� Something very important� Frustrating. Well, I suppose I�ll just have to think on it a little more. Until next time, Lady Yuna. We are all connected. There may yet be a way to reunite with those who have gone.
Yuna: What?
Paine: Watch what you say.
Maechen: Forgive me. Consider it the ramblings of an old man.


Who Asked You, Airhead?

Rikku: You�re not leaving us, are you?
Paine: I may not look it, but I am having a good time.
Rikku: Right! Right?
Buddy: What about Yuna? Think she�ll quit?
Brother: Uv luinca hud! (<font color="red">Of course not!</font>)
Paine: (revealing for the first time that she can speak Al Bhed) Yht fru ycgat oui, yenrayt? (<font color="red">And who asked you, airhead?</font>)


Design of Deshtiny

Barkeep: If yoo love her, tell her how yoo feel, yesh?
Brother: No! I have said too much.
Barkeep: Mish Yoona turns her back on yoo?
Brother: Maybe it is better that way. I� I like Yuna�s back.
Barkeep: She hash nice backshide, yesh.
Brother: Yeah� No! No, no! These past two years, Yuna has always been looking ahead�into the distance. Always, her back is to me. I like this Yuna. Even more than a Yuna that is facing me. E muja ran. (<font color="red">I love her.</font>)
Barkeep: The heart of man ish comapaplicated.
Brother: You know what I say! We two are born bachelors! Yes?
Barkeep: Shpeak for yoorshelf, shunny?
Darling: Hi, shweetie.
Barkeep: Thish ish my Darling, yesh?
Brother: Wha� When?
Darling: It ish the design of deshtiny.
Barkeep: We in love at firsht shight.
Darling: Oh, shtop�
Brother: Ynkr, E lyr�d dyga id. (<font color="red">Argh, I can�t take it.</font>)


Not Off the Hook

Paine: Songs are powerful.
Yuna: I guess everyone felt it.
Rikku: What you felt?
Yuna: No, not me. Lenne.
Barthello: Dona!
Dona: Hmph. Well, I... It seems to me you have forgotten who it is you are supposed to be guarding. I ought to fire you for just up and leaving me the way you di�
Barthello: Dona!
Dona: Don�t interrupt! I�ve been practicing these lines for days, so be quiet and let me finish! (the crowd laughs)
Barthello: Dona, please forgive me! I�ll apologize as much as you want! Don�t say I can�t be your guardian anymore! I�ll never leave your side again.
Crowd: Awww!
Yuna: That�s so sweet.
Dona: Shut up. (to Barthello) You�re making such a scene! How humiliating. Don�t think that you�re off the hook for embarrassing me like this. You�ll be making this up to me for the rest of your life.


Our Secrets, Our Doubts, Our Memories...

Paine: What�s with you?
Yuna: A dream, I think. My heart won�t stop pounding!
Rikku: That�s not a dream. Not if your heart�s pounding like that. You and someone you care about are connected somehow. That�s what it is.
Paine: How worldly.
Rikku: I�ve felt that way, too.
Paine: About who?
Rikku: I dunno.
Paine: Spill it.
Rikku: Maybe we can trade secrets.
Paine: You drive a hard bargain.
Yuna: (narrating) I guess everyone�s like this. We cling to our secrets, our doubts, our memories...we�re never able to put them aside. Even though they confuse us, there are some things we can only find in that confusion. I think...it�s okay to feel that way.


A New Road, To a New Age

Lucil: What caused Meyvn Nooj to change? That is not for us to know. Nonetheless, under Nooj�s leadership, we finally found a way to apply our strength. But look at us now! The power we hoped to use for good has intoxicated us all. Even Nooj. The Youth League is in danger of becoming a mindless band of thugs that know only violence. A power that destroys rather than creates. Without meaning. No better than Sin. Do you remember why the Youth League seeks the truth behind Spira�s past? Because Spira�s past is the foundation for its future. Our power exists
so that we may cut a new road, to a new age. An age where children will never have to lift a sword!


The Only Way to Change

Al Bhed: Hela fung! (<font color="red">Nice work!</font>)
Paine: Fro, dryhg oui. (<font color="red">Why, thank you.</font>)
Rikku: So�who taught you to speak Al Bhed?
Paine: I wonder.
Rikku: Gippal?
Paine: I guess he got me interested.
Rikku: I knew it! That guy�s always been a player!
Paine: It�s not like that. You see, it occurred to me that learning another language might help me broaden my horizons.
Yuna: Did it work?
Paine: Words weren�t enough. But I did come to a realization: In order to expand your horizons, you have to open yourself up. Get involved with the outside world, let it shape and affect you. That�s the only way to change.
Rikku: Um� I don�t get it.
Paine: What I�m trying to say is that running around with you two has helped me change a lot.
Rikku: What�d we do?
Paine: Well for one thing, you got me to talk. I� Well I finally feel I can talk about things.
Yuna: That�s good. We thought we were bothering you.
Paine: Oh, you did at first. You never shut up. I was ready to lay down some serious hurt.
Yuna: What!
Paine: Just at first.
Rikku: Yunie�
Paine: H-Hey!
Yuna: Rikku, let�s go. (Both run off. They're acting hurt, but are actually giggling.)
Paine: Must everything be so dramatic? Hey, wait up!


Rest With Me

Yuna: Shuyin...
Shuyin: Don�t try to tell me you understand. ... Lenne? Lenne.
Lenne: Hi there.
Shuyin: A thousand years, and this moment is all we get?
Lenne: This moment�s enough. I don�t need anything else. Just knowing how youfeel is enough. Shuyin, let�s end this. Let�s go home.
Shuyin: Can we?
Lenne: That was all a thousand years ago. We�ve come too far to look back now. Rest, Shuyin. Rest with me. Let�s go. I have a new song for you. (to Yuna) Thank you.


Give Me a Break

Yuna: Give me a Y!
Rikku: Give me an R!
Paine: Give me a break.


We've Got a "Leg"

Paine: Leblanc never stood a chance against this thing.
Rikku: Well, we've got a "leg" up on her.
Yuna: Save the jokes for later.


Shuyin's Lament

Shuyin: I've finally found you.
Yuna: Is that really you?
Shuyin: It is me... Shuyin. I've waited so long, Lenne.
Yuna: But I'm not Lenne.
Shuyin: Lenne. We disappeared together but when I awoke, I was alone. I looked for you for so long. While I wandered, I realized something. Spira really hasn't changed at all. Everyone's still fighting over nothing, still dying like they used to. A thousand years have passed and they can't leave the hatred behind. I'm through waiting..I'll fix it. This world continues to fail us and what's worse I failed to protect you. Vegnagun will make that all go away... And we'll fade again, together.


Always "We Had No Choice"

Yuna: I don�t like your plan. It sucks. Your plan is awful. Think about it. It�s no different than what we did two years ago. We destroyed our own allies. We destroyed the aeons who had fought together with us, at our sides. We didn�t have a choice then. We believed that was the only way we could save Spira. Do you know what it felt
like to watch them die? Right before my eyes? It was the only thing we could do. It was the only choice we had. I gave in, I accepted, I believed. I allowed it to be true. I thought I�d be able to go through with it without ever doubting myself. But I... It hurts so much.
Fayth: Forgive us.
Yuna: Everyone was so happy. �Great job, Yuna. You did it. You saved us all.� There were too many smiles to count. And I know that I was smiling, too. But now...when I look back... The people who should be here aren�t. The ones who should be smiling with me aren�t here.
Braska: We had no choice.
Yuna: �We had no choice.� Always �we had no choice.� Those are our magic words. We repeat them to ourselves again and again. But you know... The magic never worked! The only thing we�re left with is regret.
Braska: I'm sorry.
Yuna: I don�t want friends to die...or fade away. I don�t want battles where we have to lose in order to win. Nooj, I know that what you say is what you mean to do. Give me your resolve. Believe in Yuna.


Trema's Verbal Ownage

Trema: You are the paragon of plastlessness.
Yuna: You're wrong. Although I've wished to be stronger and I've wanted to change...I realize that losing the past would mean losing myself.
Trema: Tell me, High Summoner Yuna, where is the loss in that?


Playing Superhero

Rikku: They're multiplying!
Maroda: Yeah! They're turning into a regular Kindercorps.
Yuna: Well, at least they're having fun.
Maroda: Maybe fun is all this world really needs.
Rikku: Isaaru's changed, too, huh?
Maroda: Him? He'll never change. He goes around playing superhero and leaves us with all the headaches.
Rikku: Hey, I know someone like that.
Paine: Oh, someone who goes around playing superhero, is it?
Yuna: You mean Brother!
Paine: Wrong.
Yuna: Buddy?
Rikku: Nope.
Paine: Well, uh, Rikku, why don't we get going?
Rikku: Yup, sounds good.
Yuna: Come on. Tell me who!



As always, the above list is only for reference and you can find the updated battle results on the first post of the thread. First battle of the second round...


The Ramblings of an Old Man

Maechen: Lady Yuna, a rumor has been going around of late. Perhaps you�ve heard it. They say that High Summoner Yuna was accompanied by a guardian from, of all places, Zanarkand! Oh, yes, that young man raised quite a few eyebrows at the blitzball tournament in Luca. I spoke to him myself on a number of occasions. I could sense that he belonged to an otherworld. That he should look so much like the man in that sphere cannot be mere coincidence, I should think.
Yuna: There�s a connection.
Maechen: There is. I would very much like the chance to ask him, and clear this matter up once and for all.
Yuna: But�he�s gone. Just like the fayth said. �Our dream will vanish.�
Maechen: A dream of the fayth? Is that right... Oh, my!
Rikku: What is it?
Maechen: I had something on the tip of my tongue. But then it slipped away� Something very important� Frustrating. Well, I suppose I�ll just have to think on it a little more. Until next time, Lady Yuna. We are all connected. There may yet be a way to reunite with those who have gone.
Yuna: What?
Paine: Watch what you say.
Maechen: Forgive me. Consider it the ramblings of an old man.

vs.

Not Off the Hook

Paine: Songs are powerful.
Yuna: I guess everyone felt it.
Rikku: What you felt?
Yuna: No, not me. Lenne.
Barthello: Dona!
Dona: Hmph. Well, I... It seems to me you have forgotten who it is you are supposed to be guarding. I ought to fire you for just up and leaving me the way you di�
Barthello: Dona!
Dona: Don�t interrupt! I�ve been practicing these lines for days, so be quiet and let me finish! (the crowd laughs)
Barthello: Dona, please forgive me! I�ll apologize as much as you want! Don�t say I can�t be your guardian anymore! I�ll never leave your side again.
Crowd: Awww!
Yuna: That�s so sweet.
Dona: Shut up. (to Barthello) You�re making such a scene! How humiliating. Don�t think that you�re off the hook for embarrassing me like this. You�ll be making this up to me for the rest of your life.


Oh, BTW...


to possibly make it fast...
Please, don't do that unless you really want to. Vote how you feel.

Not Off the Hook

Not Off The Hook

The Ramblings of an Old Man

Come on, three votes? I need a bit more. Where are you, Zak?

The Ramblings of an Old Man

I have to end this, but it seems we have a tie. Next vote will break it. Zak?


Edit-- never mind, this is Round 2. I'll go back to the scores from the previous battles. Stand by...


The Ramblings of an Old Man - 4/5
Not Off the Hook - 5/6


"Not Off the Hook" passes through on a greater total of votes.


Let's do the next battle, and hopefully it won't have only three votes after three days...


The Only Way to Change

Al Bhed: Hela fung! (<font color="red">Nice work!</font>)
Paine: Fro, dryhg oui. (<font color="red">Why, thank you.</font>)
Rikku: So…who taught you to speak Al Bhed?
Paine: I wonder.
Rikku: Gippal?
Paine: I guess he got me interested.
Rikku: I knew it! That guy’s always been a player!
Paine: It’s not like that. You see, it occurred to me that learning another language might help me broaden my horizons.
Yuna: Did it work?
Paine: Words weren’t enough. But I did come to a realization: In order to expand your horizons, you have to open yourself up. Get involved with the outside world, let it shape and affect you. That’s the only way to change.
Rikku: Um… I don’t get it.
Paine: What I’m trying to say is that running around with you two has helped me change a lot.
Rikku: What’d we do?
Paine: Well for one thing, you got me to talk. I… Well I finally feel I can talk about things.
Yuna: That’s good. We thought we were bothering you.
Paine: Oh, you did at first. You never shut up. I was ready to lay down some serious hurt.
Yuna: What!
Paine: Just at first.
Rikku: Yunie…
Paine: H-Hey!
Yuna: Rikku, let’s go. (Both run off. They're acting hurt, but are actually giggling.)
Paine: Must everything be so dramatic? Hey, wait up!

vs.



Trema's Verbal Ownage

Trema: You are the paragon of plastlessness.
Yuna: You're wrong. Although I've wished to be stronger and I've wanted to change...I realize that losing the past would mean losing myself.
Trema: Tell me, High Summoner Yuna, where is the loss in that?

Trema's Verbal Ownage

The Only Way to Change. Poor Paine. Also I liked Trema's speech BEFORE you beat him better.

Also sorry... wasn't paying attention, but I would have expected a PM.

The Only Way to Change

The Only Way to Change

Trema's Verbal Ownage

The Only Way to Change - 3
Trema's Verbal Ownage - 2


Close battle, but the Paine-centric quote wins. Our next battle is...


Who Asked You, Airhead?

Rikku: You�re not leaving us, are you?
Paine: I may not look it, but I am having a good time.
Rikku: Right! Right?
Buddy: What about Yuna? Think she�ll quit?
Brother: Uv luinca hud! (<font color="red">Of course not!</font>)
Paine: (revealing for the first time that she can speak Al Bhed) Yht fru ycgat oui, yenrayt? (<font color="red">And who asked you, airhead?</font>)

vs.

Playing Superhero

Rikku: They're multiplying!
Maroda: Yeah! They're turning into a regular Kindercorps.
Yuna: Well, at least they're having fun.
Maroda: Maybe fun is all this world really needs.
Rikku: Isaaru's changed, too, huh?
Maroda: Him? He'll never change. He goes around playing superhero and leaves us with all the headaches.
Rikku: Hey, I know someone like that.
Paine: Oh, someone who goes around playing superhero, is it?
Yuna: You mean Brother!
Paine: Wrong.
Yuna: Buddy?
Rikku: Nope.
Paine: Well, uh, Rikku, why don't we get going?
Rikku: Yup, sounds good.
Yuna: Come on. Tell me who!


So we've got another quote focused on Paine and one focused on Yuna. Cast your votes!

Who Asked You, Airhead?
I'm a bit bias because I'm a Paine fan, but also because I liked the scene.

Playing Superhero

Who Asked You, Airhead?

Who Asked You, Airhead?

Playing Superhero

Who Asked You, Airhead? - 3
Playing Superhero - 2


Very close, but a Paine quote wins again. Wonder if that streak will keep going? Here comes another battle with a Paine-centric quote...


Respect Points

Paine: Rikku. I�ll say this once, okay? I consider you friends, and I trust you. I even respect you. All right? I would think that�d be enough.
Rikku: Well, yeah, but�don�t you ever want to know more about your friends?
Paine: Not really.
Rikku: Well I do. I do wanna know more about you.
Paine: What for? Who cares what happened in the past?
Yuna: There was something! Come on, Paine! You can tell us! What happened?
Paine: You disappoint me, Yuna. I thought you were above all that.
Yuna: Well, not anymore. I like asking questions.
Paine: You�ll lose friends.
Yuna: You think so Never mind, then.
Rikku: Aww! And I was looking forward to hearing the good stuff! Confessions of a shady past!
Paine: You're a pain. Minus four respect points, Rikku.
Rikku: Uh-oh, how many points left?
Paine: Forty-seven.
Rikku: That�s not a whole lot, is it?
Paine: Why don�t you figure out how to get in here instead of inside my head?

vs.

Our Secrets, Our Doubts, Our Memories...

Paine: What�s with you?
Yuna: A dream, I think. My heart won�t stop pounding!
Rikku: That�s not a dream. Not if your heart�s pounding like that. You and someone you care about are connected somehow. That�s what it is.
Paine: How worldly.
Rikku: I�ve felt that way, too.
Paine: About who?
Rikku: I dunno.
Paine: Spill it.
Rikku: Maybe we can trade secrets.
Paine: You drive a hard bargain.
Yuna: (narrating) I guess everyone�s like this. We cling to our secrets, our doubts, our memories...we�re never able to put them aside. Even though they confuse us, there are some things we can only find in that confusion. I think...it�s okay to feel that way.

Respect Points:

the other one is too preachy.

Respect Points

Respect Points.

When is the other one? After the concert?

The other one is the Episode Complete wrapup for Luca / Follow That Moogle mission. Immediately following Yuna's little speech at the end there, the Episode Complete display is shown.

Respect Points

Okay, that's 4-0, that's enough. Next update coming a bit later today...

Respect Points - 4
Our Secrets, Our Doubts, Our Memories... - <font color="red">0</font>


Bit of a surprise blowout, considering the other did so well in the previous round.

Next up...


A New Road, To a New Age

Lucil: What caused Meyvn Nooj to change? That is not for us to know. Nonetheless, under Nooj’s leadership, we finally found a way to apply our strength. But look at us now! The power we hoped to use for good has intoxicated us all. Even Nooj. The Youth League is in danger of becoming a mindless band of thugs that know only violence. A power that destroys rather than creates. Without meaning. No better than Sin. Do you remember why the Youth League seeks the truth behind Spira’s past? Because Spira’s past is the foundation for its future. Our power exists so that we may cut a new road, to a new age. An age where children will never have to lift a sword!

vs.

Shuyin's Lament

Shuyin: I've finally found you.
Yuna: Is that really you?
Shuyin: It is me... Shuyin. I've waited so long, Lenne.
Yuna: But I'm not Lenne.
Shuyin: Lenne. We disappeared together but when I awoke, I was alone. I looked for you for so long. While I wandered, I realized something. Spira really hasn't changed at all. Everyone's still fighting over nothing, still dying like they used to. A thousand years have passed and they can't leave the hatred behind. I'm through waiting..I'll fix it. This world continues to fail us and what's worse I failed to protect you. Vegnagun will make that all go away... And we'll fade again, together.

A New Road, A New Age. By far. There's a reason Lucil got so far in the "boss" edition, most of the votes for her stemmed from this very quote.

A New Road, To a New Age:
Cheesy optimism, but still nice.

A New Road, To a New Age

A New Road, To a New Age

Okay, that's 4-0 again. Next battle coming a bit later today...

A New Road, To a New Age - 4
Shuyin's Lament - <font color="red">0</font>


Always "We Had No Choice"

Yuna: I don’t like your plan. It sucks. Your plan is awful. Think about it. It’s no different than what we did two years ago. We destroyed our own allies. We destroyed the aeons who had fought together with us, at our sides. We didn’t have a choice then. We believed that was the only way we could save Spira. Do you know what it felt
like to watch them die? Right before my eyes? It was the only thing we could do. It was the only choice we had. I gave in, I accepted, I believed. I allowed it to be true. I thought I’d be able to go through with it without ever doubting myself. But I... It hurts so much.
Fayth: Forgive us.
Yuna: Everyone was so happy. “Great job, Yuna. You did it. You saved us all.” There were too many smiles to count. And I know that I was smiling, too. But now...when I look back... The people who should be here aren’t. The ones who should be smiling with me aren’t here.
Braska: We had no choice.
Yuna: “We had no choice.” Always “we had no choice.” Those are our magic words. We repeat them to ourselves again and again. But you know... The magic never worked! The only thing we’re left with is regret.
Braska: I'm sorry.
Yuna: I don’t want friends to die...or fade away. I don’t want battles where we have to lose in order to win. Nooj, I know that what you say is what you mean to do. Give me your resolve. Believe in Yuna.

vs.

We've Got a "Leg"

Paine: Leblanc never stood a chance against this thing.
Rikku: Well, we've got a "leg" up on her.
Yuna: Save the jokes for later.

Always "We Had No Choice"
I don't even remember the other scene...

I'm not really a fan of the cliche quotes, but for this I'd go with Always "We Had No Choice"

We've Got a "Leg"

Only three votes? Okay, fine...


Always "We Had No Choice" - 2
We've Got a "Leg" - 1


Next up...



Remember That Name Well

Yuna: Who�s there?
Leblanc: Er, Leblanc. Remember that name well, loves!
Yuna: Ah, the thief.
Leblanc: Whatever do you mean? That�s what I hate about amateurs...
Rikku: Maybe she�ll go away if we ignore her.
Leblanc: You! I heard that! Just as I was saying: amateurs! They have no concept of what it takes to be a true sphere hunter.
Paine: Amateurs? Weren�t you following us?
Leblanc: Following? A mere coincidence.

vs.

Rest With Me

Yuna: Shuyin...
Shuyin: Don�t try to tell me you understand. ... Lenne? Lenne.
Lenne: Hi there.
Shuyin: A thousand years, and this moment is all we get?
Lenne: This moment�s enough. I don�t need anything else. Just knowing how youfeel is enough. Shuyin, let�s end this. Let�s go home.
Shuyin: Can we?
Lenne: That was all a thousand years ago. We�ve come too far to look back now. Rest, Shuyin. Rest with me. Let�s go. I have a new song for you. (to Yuna) Thank you.

Remember That Name Well

Rest With Me

Rest With Me

Don't know if it'll get any votes, given the general level of activity in this rumble, but I'm going to give it a couple more days because of the outage.

Rest With Me

'K, ending the battle...

Remember That Name Well - 1
Rest With Me - 3


Leblanc's quote only manages to grab a single vote. Next up...


Design of Deshtiny

Barkeep: If yoo love her, tell her how yoo feel, yesh?
Brother: No! I have said too much.
Barkeep: Mish Yoona turns her back on yoo?
Brother: Maybe it is better that way. I� I like Yuna�s back.
Barkeep: She hash nice backshide, yesh.
Brother: Yeah� No! No, no! These past two years, Yuna has always been looking ahead�into the distance. Always, her back is to me. I like this Yuna. Even more than a Yuna that is facing me. E muja ran. (<font color="red">I love her.</font>)
Barkeep: The heart of man ish comapaplicated.
Brother: You know what I say! We two are born bachelors! Yes?
Barkeep: Shpeak for yoorshelf, shunny?
Darling: Hi, shweetie.
Barkeep: Thish ish my Darling, yesh?
Brother: Wha� When?
Darling: It ish the design of deshtiny.
Barkeep: We in love at firsht shight.
Darling: Oh, shtop�
Brother: Ynkr, E lyr�d dyga id. (<font color="red">Argh, I can�t take it.</font>)

vs.


Give Me a Break

Yuna: Give me a Y!
Rikku: Give me an R!
Paine: Give me a break.


This is the final battle of the current round.

Give Me a Break

Give Me a Break.

Give Me a Break

Give Me A Break

Okay, that's 4-0, that's enough. I will post the next round soon...

Design of Deshtiny - <font color="red">0</font>
Give Me a Break - 4


And that officially ends the second round. Here's what's left for the quarter-finals:


Respect Points

Paine: Rikku. I�ll say this once, okay? I consider you friends, and I trust you. I even respect you. All right? I would think that�d be enough.
Rikku: Well, yeah, but�don�t you ever want to know more about your friends?
Paine: Not really.
Rikku: Well I do. I do wanna know more about you.
Paine: What for? Who cares what happened in the past?
Yuna: There was something! Come on, Paine! You can tell us! What happened?
Paine: You disappoint me, Yuna. I thought you were above all that.
Yuna: Well, not anymore. I like asking questions.
Paine: You�ll lose friends.
Yuna: You think so Never mind, then.
Rikku: Aww! And I was looking forward to hearing the good stuff! Confessions of a shady past!
Paine: You're a pain. Minus four respect points, Rikku.
Rikku: Uh-oh, how many points left?
Paine: Forty-seven.
Rikku: That�s not a whole lot, is it?
Paine: Why don�t you figure out how to get in here instead of inside my head?



Who Asked You, Airhead?

Rikku: You�re not leaving us, are you?
Paine: I may not look it, but I am having a good time.
Rikku: Right! Right?
Buddy: What about Yuna? Think she�ll quit?
Brother: Uv luinca hud! (<font color="red">Of course not!</font>)
Paine: (revealing for the first time that she can speak Al Bhed) Yht fru ycgat oui, yenrayt? (<font color="red">And who asked you, airhead?</font>)



Not Off the Hook

Paine: Songs are powerful.
Yuna: I guess everyone felt it.
Rikku: What you felt?
Yuna: No, not me. Lenne.
Barthello: Dona!
Dona: Hmph. Well, I... It seems to me you have forgotten who it is you are supposed to be guarding. I ought to fire you for just up and leaving me the way you di�
Barthello: Dona!
Dona: Don�t interrupt! I�ve been practicing these lines for days, so be quiet and let me finish! (the crowd laughs)
Barthello: Dona, please forgive me! I�ll apologize as much as you want! Don�t say I can�t be your guardian anymore! I�ll never leave your side again.
Crowd: Awww!
Yuna: That�s so sweet.
Dona: Shut up. (to Barthello) You�re making such a scene! How humiliating. Don�t think that you�re off the hook for embarrassing me like this. You�ll be making this up to me for the rest of your life.



A New Road, To a New Age

Lucil: What caused Meyvn Nooj to change? That is not for us to know. Nonetheless, under Nooj�s leadership, we finally found a way to apply our strength. But look at us now! The power we hoped to use for good has intoxicated us all. Even Nooj. The Youth League is in danger of becoming a mindless band of thugs that know only violence. A power that destroys rather than creates. Without meaning. No better than Sin. Do you remember why the Youth League seeks the truth behind Spira�s past? Because Spira�s past is the foundation for its future. Our power exists
so that we may cut a new road, to a new age. An age where children will never have to lift a sword!



The Only Way to Change

Al Bhed: Hela fung! (<font color="red">Nice work!</font>)
Paine: Fro, dryhg oui. (<font color="red">Why, thank you.</font>)
Rikku: So�who taught you to speak Al Bhed?
Paine: I wonder.
Rikku: Gippal?
Paine: I guess he got me interested.
Rikku: I knew it! That guy�s always been a player!
Paine: It�s not like that. You see, it occurred to me that learning another language might help me broaden my horizons.
Yuna: Did it work?
Paine: Words weren�t enough. But I did come to a realization: In order to expand your horizons, you have to open yourself up. Get involved with the outside world, let it shape and affect you. That�s the only way to change.
Rikku: Um� I don�t get it.
Paine: What I�m trying to say is that running around with you two has helped me change a lot.
Rikku: What�d we do?
Paine: Well for one thing, you got me to talk. I� Well I finally feel I can talk about things.
Yuna: That�s good. We thought we were bothering you.
Paine: Oh, you did at first. You never shut up. I was ready to lay down some serious hurt.
Yuna: What!
Paine: Just at first.
Rikku: Yunie�
Paine: H-Hey!
Yuna: Rikku, let�s go. (Both run off. They're acting hurt, but are actually giggling.)
Paine: Must everything be so dramatic? Hey, wait up!



Rest With Me

Yuna: Shuyin...
Shuyin: Don�t try to tell me you understand. ... Lenne? Lenne.
Lenne: Hi there.
Shuyin: A thousand years, and this moment is all we get?
Lenne: This moment�s enough. I don�t need anything else. Just knowing how youfeel is enough. Shuyin, let�s end this. Let�s go home.
Shuyin: Can we?
Lenne: That was all a thousand years ago. We�ve come too far to look back now. Rest, Shuyin. Rest with me. Let�s go. I have a new song for you. (to Yuna) Thank you.



Give Me a Break

Yuna: Give me a Y!
Rikku: Give me an R!
Paine: Give me a break.



Always "We Had No Choice"

Yuna: I don�t like your plan. It sucks. Your plan is awful. Think about it. It�s no different than what we did two years ago. We destroyed our own allies. We destroyed the aeons who had fought together with us, at our sides. We didn�t have a choice then. We believed that was the only way we could save Spira. Do you know what it felt
like to watch them die? Right before my eyes? It was the only thing we could do. It was the only choice we had. I gave in, I accepted, I believed. I allowed it to be true. I thought I�d be able to go through with it without ever doubting myself. But I... It hurts so much.
Fayth: Forgive us.
Yuna: Everyone was so happy. �Great job, Yuna. You did it. You saved us all.� There were too many smiles to count. And I know that I was smiling, too. But now...when I look back... The people who should be here aren�t. The ones who should be smiling with me aren�t here.
Braska: We had no choice.
Yuna: �We had no choice.� Always �we had no choice.� Those are our magic words. We repeat them to ourselves again and again. But you know... The magic never worked! The only thing we�re left with is regret.
Braska: I'm sorry.
Yuna: I don�t want friends to die...or fade away. I don�t want battles where we have to lose in order to win. Nooj, I know that what you say is what you mean to do. Give me your resolve. Believe in Yuna.



And here's our first battle of the quarter-finals:


Respect Points

Paine: Rikku. I�ll say this once, okay? I consider you friends, and I trust you. I even respect you. All right? I would think that�d be enough.
Rikku: Well, yeah, but�don�t you ever want to know more about your friends?
Paine: Not really.
Rikku: Well I do. I do wanna know more about you.
Paine: What for? Who cares what happened in the past?
Yuna: There was something! Come on, Paine! You can tell us! What happened?
Paine: You disappoint me, Yuna. I thought you were above all that.
Yuna: Well, not anymore. I like asking questions.
Paine: You�ll lose friends.
Yuna: You think so Never mind, then.
Rikku: Aww! And I was looking forward to hearing the good stuff! Confessions of a shady past!
Paine: You're a pain. Minus four respect points, Rikku.
Rikku: Uh-oh, how many points left?
Paine: Forty-seven.
Rikku: That�s not a whole lot, is it?
Paine: Why don�t you figure out how to get in here instead of inside my head?

vs.

Not Off the Hook

Paine: Songs are powerful.
Yuna: I guess everyone felt it.
Rikku: What you felt?
Yuna: No, not me. Lenne.
Barthello: Dona!
Dona: Hmph. Well, I... It seems to me you have forgotten who it is you are supposed to be guarding. I ought to fire you for just up and leaving me the way you di�
Barthello: Dona!
Dona: Don�t interrupt! I�ve been practicing these lines for days, so be quiet and let me finish! (the crowd laughs)
Barthello: Dona, please forgive me! I�ll apologize as much as you want! Don�t say I can�t be your guardian anymore! I�ll never leave your side again.
Crowd: Awww!
Yuna: That�s so sweet.
Dona: Shut up. (to Barthello) You�re making such a scene! How humiliating. Don�t think that you�re off the hook for embarrassing me like this. You�ll be making this up to me for the rest of your life.

*sniff* I leave...and you guys eliminate like two of my choices. I thought I meant more to you all thehn this. Or is it than this....
Ah wh cares.

Respect Points Gonna make it to the final, I'm certain.

Respect Points.

The scenes with Dona and Barthello turned me off, especially that one.

Agreed.

Respect Points

Respect Points

Okay, that's 4-0, thanks! Full results and next battle coming soon...

All right...

Respect Points - 4
Not Off the Hook - <font color="red">0</font>


Kinda surprising-- the latter quote seemed to be somewhat well-liked in earlier rounds, but now it's just been blown off the map. Okay, next up...



A New Road, To a New Age

Lucil: What caused Meyvn Nooj to change? That is not for us to know. Nonetheless, under Nooj’s leadership, we finally found a way to apply our strength. But look at us now! The power we hoped to use for good has intoxicated us all. Even Nooj. The Youth League is in danger of becoming a mindless band of thugs that know only violence. A power that destroys rather than creates. Without meaning. No better than Sin. Do you remember why the Youth League seeks the truth behind Spira’s past? Because Spira’s past is the foundation for its future. Our power exists so that we may cut a new road, to a new age. An age where children will never have to lift a sword!

vs.

The Only Way to Change

Al Bhed: Hela fung! (<font color="red">Nice work!</font>)
Paine: Fro, dryhg oui. (<font color="red">Why, thank you.</font>)
Rikku: So…who taught you to speak Al Bhed?
Paine: I wonder.
Rikku: Gippal?
Paine: I guess he got me interested.
Rikku: I knew it! That guy’s always been a player!
Paine: It’s not like that. You see, it occurred to me that learning another language might help me broaden my horizons.
Yuna: Did it work?
Paine: Words weren’t enough. But I did come to a realization: In order to expand your horizons, you have to open yourself up. Get involved with the outside world, let it shape and affect you. That’s the only way to change.
Rikku: Um… I don’t get it.
Paine: What I’m trying to say is that running around with you two has helped me change a lot.
Rikku: What’d we do?
Paine: Well for one thing, you got me to talk. I… Well I finally feel I can talk about things.
Yuna: That’s good. We thought we were bothering you.
Paine: Oh, you did at first. You never shut up. I was ready to lay down some serious hurt.
Yuna: What!
Paine: Just at first.
Rikku: Yunie…
Paine: H-Hey!
Yuna: Rikku, let’s go. (Both run off. They're acting hurt, but are actually giggling.)
Paine: Must everything be so dramatic? Hey, wait up!

The Only Way to Change. Seriously though, what was up with the end of that?

The Only Way to Change

The Only Way To Change

The Only Way to Change:

Wow, didn't see this one coming...

A New Road, To a New Age - 4
The Only Way to Change - <font color="red">0</font>


And so Lucil's speechifying is out. Definitely a bit of a surprise-- I think some people saw it going to the finals.


Okay, next up...


Rest With Me

Yuna: Shuyin...
Shuyin: Don�t try to tell me you understand. ... Lenne? Lenne.
Lenne: Hi there.
Shuyin: A thousand years, and this moment is all we get?
Lenne: This moment�s enough. I don�t need anything else. Just knowing how youfeel is enough. Shuyin, let�s end this. Let�s go home.
Shuyin: Can we?
Lenne: That was all a thousand years ago. We�ve come too far to look back now. Rest, Shuyin. Rest with me. Let�s go. I have a new song for you. (to Yuna) Thank you.

vs.

Give Me a Break

Yuna: Give me a Y!
Rikku: Give me an R!
Paine: Give me a break.

Give Me a Break

Give Me A Break

Rest With Me

I haven't been lately, but this time I'll have to go with one related to this game's cliche of a plot. Rest With Me.

Give Me a Break

Rest With Me - 2
Give Me a Break - 3


So the battle quote makes it to the semi-finals. And now, the final battle of the quarterfinals...



Who Asked You, Airhead?

Rikku: You’re not leaving us, are you?
Paine: I may not look it, but I am having a good time.
Rikku: Right! Right?
Buddy: What about Yuna? Think she’ll quit?
Brother: Uv luinca hud! (<font color="red">Of course not!</font>)
Paine: (revealing for the first time that she can speak Al Bhed) Yht fru ycgat oui, yenrayt? (<font color="red">And who asked you, airhead?</font>)

vs.


Always "We Had No Choice"

Yuna: I don’t like your plan. It sucks. Your plan is awful. Think about it. It’s no different than what we did two years ago. We destroyed our own allies. We destroyed the aeons who had fought together with us, at our sides. We didn’t have a choice then. We believed that was the only way we could save Spira. Do you know what it felt like to watch them die? Right before my eyes? It was the only thing we could do. It was the only choice we had. I gave in, I accepted, I believed. I allowed it to be true. I thought I’d be able to go through with it without ever doubting myself. But I... It hurts so much.
Fayth: Forgive us.
Yuna: Everyone was so happy. “Great job, Yuna. You did it. You saved us all.” There were too many smiles to count. And I know that I was smiling, too. But now...when I look back... The people who should be here aren’t. The ones who should be smiling with me aren’t here.
Braska: We had no choice.
Yuna: “We had no choice.” Always “we had no choice.” Those are our magic words. We repeat them to ourselves again and again. But you know... The magic never worked! The only thing we’re left with is regret.
Braska: I'm sorry.
Yuna: I don’t want friends to die...or fade away. I don’t want battles where we have to lose in order to win. Nooj, I know that what you say is what you mean to do. Give me your resolve. Believe in Yuna.



Quotes that include Paine generally seem to be highly favored. Will the Paine quote win again, or will it be the Yuna quote this time? Cast your votes!

Always "We Had No Choice"

Again, one of the few story moments I liked.

Always "We Had No Choice"

Who Asked You, Airhead?

Who Asked You, Airhead?

Tie breaker!
Always "We Had No Choice"

End it now Agent before someone eliminates basically my last nomination!

Always "We Had No Choice"

LOL, you know I can't do that, The-Anti. But no worries...

Who Asked You, Airhead? - 2
Always "We Had No Choice" - 4



Well, we're really into the thick of it now. It's time for the semi-finals! Let's take a look at what's left:




Respect Points

Paine: Rikku. I�ll say this once, okay? I consider you friends, and I trust you. I even respect you. All right? I would think that�d be enough.
Rikku: Well, yeah, but�don�t you ever want to know more about your friends?
Paine: Not really.
Rikku: Well I do. I do wanna know more about you.
Paine: What for? Who cares what happened in the past?
Yuna: There was something! Come on, Paine! You can tell us! What happened?
Paine: You disappoint me, Yuna. I thought you were above all that.
Yuna: Well, not anymore. I like asking questions.
Paine: You�ll lose friends.
Yuna: You think so Never mind, then.
Rikku: Aww! And I was looking forward to hearing the good stuff! Confessions of a shady past!
Paine: You're a pain. Minus four respect points, Rikku.
Rikku: Uh-oh, how many points left?
Paine: Forty-seven.
Rikku: That�s not a whole lot, is it?
Paine: Why don�t you figure out how to get in here instead of inside my head?


The Only Way to Change

Al Bhed: Hela fung! (<font color="red">Nice work!</font>)
Paine: Fro, dryhg oui. (<font color="red">Why, thank you.</font>)
Rikku: So�who taught you to speak Al Bhed?
Paine: I wonder.
Rikku: Gippal?
Paine: I guess he got me interested.
Rikku: I knew it! That guy�s always been a player!
Paine: It�s not like that. You see, it occurred to me that learning another language might help me broaden my horizons.
Yuna: Did it work?
Paine: Words weren�t enough. But I did come to a realization: In order to expand your horizons, you have to open yourself up. Get involved with the outside world, let it shape and affect you. That�s the only way to change.
Rikku: Um� I don�t get it.
Paine: What I�m trying to say is that running around with you two has helped me change a lot.
Rikku: What�d we do?
Paine: Well for one thing, you got me to talk. I� Well I finally feel I can talk about things.
Yuna: That�s good. We thought we were bothering you.
Paine: Oh, you did at first. You never shut up. I was ready to lay down some serious hurt.
Yuna: What!
Paine: Just at first.
Rikku: Yunie�
Paine: H-Hey!
Yuna: Rikku, let�s go. (Both run off. They're acting hurt, but are actually giggling.)
Paine: Must everything be so dramatic? Hey, wait up!


Give Me a Break

Yuna: Give me a Y!
Rikku: Give me an R!
Paine: Give me a break.



Always "We Had No Choice"

Yuna: I don�t like your plan. It sucks. Your plan is awful. Think about it. It�s no different than what we did two years ago. We destroyed our own allies. We destroyed the aeons who had fought together with us, at our sides. We didn�t have a choice then. We believed that was the only way we could save Spira. Do you know what it felt
like to watch them die? Right before my eyes? It was the only thing we could do. It was the only choice we had. I gave in, I accepted, I believed. I allowed it to be true. I thought I�d be able to go through with it without ever doubting myself. But I... It hurts so much.
Fayth: Forgive us.
Yuna: Everyone was so happy. �Great job, Yuna. You did it. You saved us all.� There were too many smiles to count. And I know that I was smiling, too. But now...when I look back... The people who should be here aren�t. The ones who should be smiling with me aren�t here.
Braska: We had no choice.
Yuna: �We had no choice.� Always �we had no choice.� Those are our magic words. We repeat them to ourselves again and again. But you know... The magic never worked! The only thing we�re left with is regret.
Braska: I'm sorry.
Yuna: I don�t want friends to die...or fade away. I don�t want battles where we have to lose in order to win. Nooj, I know that what you say is what you mean to do. Give me your resolve. Believe in Yuna.




Perhaps not the lineup that some people were expecting, but there you have it. Now, our first battle to determine which two quotes will earn a spot in the final:


The Only Way to Change

vs.

Always "We Had No Choice"


I'm not reposting the entire things again-- they're right there in the list, so if you don't know the contents by now, just scroll up a bit and there they are.

The Only Way to Change, even though I didn't really get it. Paine ftw.

Always "We Had No Choice"

The Only Way To Change

Only three votes? Well, whatever, we have to keep moving...

The Only Way to Change - 2
"Always We Had No Choice" - 1


And the second semi-final...



Respect Points

Paine: Rikku. I�ll say this once, okay? I consider you friends, and I trust you. I even respect you. All right? I would think that�d be enough.
Rikku: Well, yeah, but�don�t you ever want to know more about your friends?
Paine: Not really.
Rikku: Well I do. I do wanna know more about you.
Paine: What for? Who cares what happened in the past?
Yuna: There was something! Come on, Paine! You can tell us! What happened?
Paine: You disappoint me, Yuna. I thought you were above all that.
Yuna: Well, not anymore. I like asking questions.
Paine: You�ll lose friends.
Yuna: You think so Never mind, then.
Rikku: Aww! And I was looking forward to hearing the good stuff! Confessions of a shady past!
Paine: You're a pain. Minus four respect points, Rikku.
Rikku: Uh-oh, how many points left?
Paine: Forty-seven.
Rikku: That�s not a whole lot, is it?
Paine: Why don�t you figure out how to get in here instead of inside my head?

vs.


Give Me a Break

Yuna: Give me a Y!
Rikku: Give me an R!
Paine: Give me a break.

Respect Points.

Respect Points

Give Me a Break

You all suck. I condemn you all to the fiery pits for eternity.

Bleh...

Give Me A Break

Respect Points

Respect Points - 3
Give Me a Break - 2


Close one, but Paine's "Respect Points" dialogue makes it to the final!


This is it, the final battle for Notable Quotes:



Respect Points

Paine: Rikku. I�ll say this once, okay? I consider you friends, and I trust you. I even respect you. All right? I would think that�d be enough.
Rikku: Well, yeah, but�don�t you ever want to know more about your friends?
Paine: Not really.
Rikku: Well I do. I do wanna know more about you.
Paine: What for? Who cares what happened in the past?
Yuna: There was something! Come on, Paine! You can tell us! What happened?
Paine: You disappoint me, Yuna. I thought you were above all that.
Yuna: Well, not anymore. I like asking questions.
Paine: You�ll lose friends.
Yuna: You think so Never mind, then.
Rikku: Aww! And I was looking forward to hearing the good stuff! Confessions of a shady past!
Paine: You're a pain. Minus four respect points, Rikku.
Rikku: Uh-oh, how many points left?
Paine: Forty-seven.
Rikku: That�s not a whole lot, is it?
Paine: Why don�t you figure out how to get in here instead of inside my head?

vs.

The Only Way to Change

Al Bhed: Hela fung! (<font color="red">Nice work!</font>)
Paine: Fro, dryhg oui. (<font color="red">Why, thank you.</font>)
Rikku: So�who taught you to speak Al Bhed?
Paine: I wonder.
Rikku: Gippal?
Paine: I guess he got me interested.
Rikku: I knew it! That guy�s always been a player!
Paine: It�s not like that. You see, it occurred to me that learning another language might help me broaden my horizons.
Yuna: Did it work?
Paine: Words weren�t enough. But I did come to a realization: In order to expand your horizons, you have to open yourself up. Get involved with the outside world, let it shape and affect you. That�s the only way to change.
Rikku: Um� I don�t get it.
Paine: What I�m trying to say is that running around with you two has helped me change a lot.
Rikku: What�d we do?
Paine: Well for one thing, you got me to talk. I� Well I finally feel I can talk about things.
Yuna: That�s good. We thought we were bothering you.
Paine: Oh, you did at first. You never shut up. I was ready to lay down some serious hurt.
Yuna: What!
Paine: Just at first.
Rikku: Yunie�
Paine: H-Hey!
Yuna: Rikku, let�s go. (Both run off. They're acting hurt, but are actually giggling.)
Paine: Must everything be so dramatic? Hey, wait up!


Three days, if needed- get your votes in! After this, I retire from managing this rumble-- I only agreed to do it for this edition.

The Only Way to Change.

I don't know what it is about it... poor Paine.

Respect Points

Respect Points At least my prediction was true.

Respect Points

Respect Points

Based on the general voting pattern, I'm going to end this:

The Only Way to Change - 1
Respect Points - 4


No point in keeping it open longer, there's no chance the other can come back. Our grand winner...


<font color="red">Respect Points</font>

Respect Points

Paine: Rikku. I�ll say this once, okay? I consider you friends, and I trust you. I even respect you. All right? I would think that�d be enough.
Rikku: Well, yeah, but�don�t you ever want to know more about your friends?
Paine: Not really.
Rikku: Well I do. I do wanna know more about you.
Paine: What for? Who cares what happened in the past?
Yuna: There was something! Come on, Paine! You can tell us! What happened?
Paine: You disappoint me, Yuna. I thought you were above all that.
Yuna: Well, not anymore. I like asking questions.
Paine: You�ll lose friends.
Yuna: You think so Never mind, then.
Rikku: Aww! And I was looking forward to hearing the good stuff! Confessions of a shady past!
Paine: You're a pain. Minus four respect points, Rikku.
Rikku: Uh-oh, how many points left?
Paine: Forty-seven.
Rikku: That�s not a whole lot, is it?
Paine: Why don�t you figure out how to get in here instead of inside my head?



Okay, that's it for now. I retire from managing this one. If anyone wants to take it over, go ahead. But given the overall lack of voting and the large number of other Rumbles currently active, I recommend giving this one a break.

Can you think of something there is left to do here anyway?

Not especially, no.

We could do monsters or characters. I just did monsters in X, though, and the thread immediately died once the winner was announced, no reaction to that even.

If somebody wants to do either, I suppose they can, though were either covered in the previous edition, the one this one was revived off of? I don't care enough at the moment to check myself.

Well, I'm not gonna do it, I already have three and although one's about to end I'm about to start school soon. Maybe later if I'm bored I'll pick it up if no one else has already.