Script of Xenoblade Chronicles X/Chapter 5

A Meal and a Mission

Chapter 5
Ma-non Maneuvers

Once the Chapter 5 story mission is selected, Lin cooks up a good meal for the team. The script can be found at Lin Making Food.

The meal is shown finished. Team Elma (plus a fourth party member if active) plus Gwin and Irina have arrived to eat their fill as well. Elma sits opposite Gwin and Irina.

Gwin
(Mmm-mmm!)

I can't get over your cooking, Lin. That was delicious!

Lin

Thanks, Gwin, glad you liked it! I hope it was enough?

Lin
(apologetically)

If I'd known we were expecting company, I definitely would have made more.

Tatsu
(jumping angrily)

Yes, yes! Then maybe Tatsu could eat full portion! Meh!

Irina
(to Tatsu)

Sorry, pint-size.

Irina
(looking at Gwin)

What Gwin lacks in stature, he more than makes up for with his monstrous appetite. He's...kind of a pig.

Gwin

Okay, first of all? I'm taller than you! And second, you just ate almost double what I did! Who's the pig here?

Elma

I'm assuming you didn't just come here to argue? What's going on?

Scene fades out, then returns to the BLADE Barracks briefing table.

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Irina

So...we have this extermination order up around the northern coast. Some violent indigens that got a little too touchy-feely. Apparently banged up a few Outfitters—pretty standard stuff.

Gwin

We're all prepped and about to head out, and then BAM—another job comes in from Commander Tanktop. I mean, I know we're the best and all, but seriously...

Elma

Sounds rough. All right—you take the indigens, and we'll take Vandham's job.

Irina

Thank you, Colonel. Let me walk you through the intel. These images I'm about to show you are from a probe in Oblivia.

Two images appear on screen. The "information close up" on the left shows a large two-pronged vessel being shot at by lasers. The one on the right shows the image of what appears to be a floating turret, labeled "Unidentified Object", firing two lasers into the sky.

Elma

Is that a ship of some sort? Can't really tell from that distance...

Lin

Yeah. It's hard to grasp the scale with such long-range images. Whatever it is, it's getting hammered.

Tatsu

Friends must do something to help poor ship! Tatsu will not stand for this injustice!

Lin

Says the one guy who never actually fights anything.

Elma

It's difficult to say for sure from this, but that craft on the right...I bet it's Ganglion. It shares aspects of their mech design.

Irina

Our thoughts exactly. The assignment is to get there and confirm one way or another.

Scene returns back to the table.

Irina

We don't know who built the ship that's under attack, but as the Commander so elegantly put it, "Our enemy's enemies might be our pals!" I'm inclined to agree.

If we're gonna settle here on Mira, we'll need all the friends we can get.

Elma

That's for sure. All right, thanks for the info. We'll take it from here.

Irina and Gwin salute.

Irina

Thank you, Colonel.

As they end their salute, the scene fades to black.

Sandy Bums in Oblivia (TL: Sandy Bum Canyon)

Tatsu leads Lin, Elma, and Cross into Sandy Bum Canyon.

Tatsu

Welcome to Sandy Bum Canyon!

Lin

Aka Oblivia.

Tatsu

Huh? "Olivia?" Friends really name it that?

Lin

You know I said Oblivia.

Tatsu
(explaining)

Linly, listen to Tatsu.

Scene shows the view of Oblivia from the large mountains to the giant ring in the background.

Tatsu

This place always have sandstorms. Sands get everywhere! Therefore: Sandy Bum Canyon. Nopon ancestors name it just fine ages ago!

Tatsu
(angrily)

Or does Linly think she better namer than native Miran peoples?

Lin

What? I...no.

Tatsu

Good. Tatsu accept Linly apology and forgive. ...This time.

Lin grunts.

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The group looks at the big empty wilderness in front of them. No ship is to be found.

Elma

Strange. There's nothing here. It was hard to tell the scale of it from the grainy images, but that ship should've at least been big enough to spot from here.

Lin crosses her arms.

Lin

Hmm... Yeah...

As Lin looks to her right, she notices something with her big ol' eyes.

Lin

Huh? Elma, look—

Three short robed figures are seen standing in the desert. They have long droopy ears and lizard-like faces.

Elma

Another new xeno species.

Lin takes out her comm device, and Elma follows suit.

Lin

Hang on, maybe I can pick up what they're saying.

High-pitched voices are heard coming from the comm devices.

Blue xeno
(in a high-pitched voice)

Impossible! I'm telling you, just us is impossible, okay?

The scene cuts to the three xenos during their conversation.

Green xeno
(exasperated)

Stop talking like that, would you? We have to do this, right? For everyone back on the ship!

Brown xeno
(in an even higher-pitched voice)

But but but how are we supposed to destroy the turrets? The place is likely crawling with Ganglion, no?

Meanwhile, back with the humans (and the Tatsu)...

Elma

So they're not Ganglion, at least.

Lin

Yeah. It sounded like they're fighting against them, to me.

Tatsu

Friends, friends—Tatsu knows. Those are Ma-non. Ma-non appeared on Mira maybe...year before friends.

Elma crosses her arms and goes "hm..."

Lin

I know that sound... What is it, Elma?

Elma

Just... Tatsu, the Ganglion, and now these Ma-non... Don't you find it a little odd that we can understand these alien languages?

Lin

Huh...good point.

Guess
Suggest they learned our language.

Elma

I doubt it... Tatsu, did you study our language?

Hypothesize
Suggest some device must be translating.

Lin

Right? Must be something like that.

Elma

But we haven't been using our comm devices when we've been talking with Tatsu...

Lin

Well, Tatsu is fluent...more or less.

Elma

Tatsu, did you study our language?

Tatsu
(混乱している)

Friends' language?

Elma

...What language are we speaking right now?

Tatsu

What language? Nopon, of course! Friends' Nopon very good, by the way.

Elma

See? Xenoforms have different anatomy, physiology—different vocal setups in general. It seems likely they would struggle with our pronunciations. And yet, here we are, conversing.

Lin

But if they can't even produce the sounds... this shouldn't be possible.

Elma

No, it shouldn't be. Unless...our words aren't being perceived as sounds at all. Maybe our intent is getting across some other way...

Elma
(crossing arms)

But how? ...Could it be something about this planet?

Lin

Heh. Someone sounds pretty intrigued, huh.

Elma
(enthusiastically)

Well, what if it IS some kind of new phenomenon? Aren't you curious to learn more?

Lin

All right, now you're starting to sound just like L.

Tatsu

Okay, already! Friends talk less, help Ma-non more! After all, Tatsu have reputation as heropon to uphold here!

Lin

Suuure...right after a quick...snack.

His stammer indicates that Tatsu treats every food joke as an attempt on his life. He flees before Lin can take her bite.

Elma

I'm not sure how much we can help, but we should at least make contact. Agreed?

Cross nods as the scene fades out.

Finally, a Win for Diplomacy

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Elma's team meets the Ma-non team, deep in discussion.

Lin

Um, hey... Is everything all right?

Tatsu
(as the Ma-non face them)

Relax! Tatsu here to help!

Blue Ma-non
(scared)

Nooo! More aliens!

Brown Ma-non
(interested)

And look! They've got food, too! Nopon takeout, yes?

Tatsu

Meh! Tatsu is not takeout or food! Humans are personnel to assist Tatsu.

Lin
(unamused)

Personnel?

Tatsu

Ah! No, Tatsu mean... Personnel...favorites!

Green Ma-non

Then...humans are friendly? Humans are not working with the Ganglion?

Elma

Sorry for the scare. We're from a planet called Earth—the Ganglion are enemies to us as well.

Blue Ma-non

Enemies, you say? That means you're friends to the Ma-non, yes?

Green Ma-non

We are Ma-non, you know? Ours is an advanced civilization. You can tell, right? The Ganglion desire our technology.

Brown Ma-non

But Earth human heroes have come to save us, right? I'm right, right?

Elma

I hope so... Why don't one of you tell us what happened?

Green Ma-non

Ooh! Ooh! Okay, I got this one! Let me answer this one, okay?

Scene fades out, then fades back to show Lin's point of view. She is holding her comm device with a map of their location.

Brown Ma-non

So this is where we are now, right? Our ship is hiding in that big crevasse. Under the fog and stuff—you follow?

Blue Ma-non

But the Ganglion have it surrounded with anti-aircraft turrets, you see?

The comic music stops here.

Lin

Okay, so in other words, if we can destroy their weapons, your ship can escape.

Green Ma-non

Exactly! They have three turrets set up around the area—you see them now? We need you to destroy them all, okay? Please?

Elma

Got it. We don't want the Ganglion controlling the airspace here any more than you do. We'd be happy to help out.

Blue Ma-non

You mean it? You'll help us?! Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!

Scene fades to black.

Targeter Zig 1 Destroyed

A Targeter Zig explodes, since Team Elma's goal is to take out every Zig.

Lin
(offscreen)

One down!

Elma
(offscreen)

Two to go. Let's move.

Targeter Zig 2 Destroyed

Another Targeter Zig explodes. They know what they're doing.

Tatsu
(offscreen)

Number two goes BOOM!

Lin
(offscreen)

Just one more left.

Targeter Zig 3 Destroyed

The last of the Targeter Zigs explodes. For great justice.

Elma
(offscreen)

Right, that's the third one. That should be all of them.

Lin
(offscreen)

The Ma-non will be thrilled. Let's head back and meet up with them.

Ma-non Whereabouts Ma-Unknown

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