Script of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - A Farewell Reset

The following is the script of dialogue used in Fiona's ascension quest A Farewell Reset.

Head for Colony Mu Viewing Deck

Hildemarie

Fifi! Listen! Hey, listen!
So, the other day, right? Miki was like-

Mikaela

Heyyyyy! Hold on, you can't tell her that!

Fiona

Tell me, tell me!

Tallow

Ah! She's here!
Sorry, Fifi! I'll just borrow you for one sec...

Fiona approaches Tallow.

Ayase

Hmm...

♫

Suffocating Reverberation

Tallow

It's about the flowers for Irma...
People keep asking why we don't plant the seeds.
We've been kinda brushing it off, saying it's been tough for you, but... We're gonna have to do something.

GooGoo

(Ah...!)

Fiona

Right... Um...

Tallow

Don't feel like you have to rush anything. If you're still working through your feelings...

Mikaela

Hey... Dontcha guys think Tallow and Fifi have been reeeally close lately?
I feel like they've been talking alone a bunch.

Tallow

I, uh, I think you're imagining it!

Mikaela

Then why are you so flustered?

Hildemarie

Veeeery fishy.

Tallow

...Errr.

Fiona

No, really, it's nothing! I'm just...

Ayase

You've been more distant, ever since Irma died.

Mikaela

Aya...!

Ayase

To get blunt with you, everyone's a bit concerned, OK?

Mikaela

Yeah... We really are...

Ayase

We're all sad about Irma dying too, you know...
But it's even worse seeing you getting so down like this...

Fiona

I'm fine, really!

Ayase

So why do you always dodge the issue every time we bring her up? You can't tell me it's not on purpose.

Fiona

Uh!

Tallow

Hey, that's enough!

Ayase

It's not enough until I say it's enough! And anyway, we weren't talking to you.

Mikaela

That's right, this is about Fifi.

Hildemarie

Not you, Tirkinhead.

Tallow

Why?!

Ayase

It's not just about Irma, either. We're worried about the future of the colony as well...
There's so much we want to discuss, but you're always busy in your own head.

Hildemarie

Are you sure you can't share with us...?

Fiona

...I'm sorry.

Ayase

...I don't get it. What's going on in there, Fifi?

Ayase, Hildemarie and Mikaela leave.

Tallow

Uh...?!
Don't mind them, Fiona. They'll come around, I'm sure.

Tallow leaves.

Lanz

So you're just gonna leave it like this?

Fiona

If they knew the truth, it'd only hurt them more. And then...
Then Colony Mu would fall apart.

Sena

Maybe, but with things like this, you'll be the one who's hurting.

Fiona

...
I haven't decided what to do about the flowers for Irma yet...
I'm going to pay a quick visit to the flower garden, OK?

Fiona leaves.

Sena

Is she gonna be all right...?

Taion

She made a choice to protect her friends, but it created distance between them...
Seems like a thankless endeavor to me.

Noah

Do you think there's anything we could do, Lanz?

Lanz

Well, yeah! I reckon she's forgetting something pretty important here. All we gotta do is remind her.
Better get ourselves over to the flower garden.

Head for the Bed of Woes and Wishes

A Life Woven Together

Fiona

(I wanted to change so I could stay together with my friends...)
(But all I do is wallow in my own misery... I'm just not getting anywhere. I hate this...)
(I keep missing you, Irma... And I hate that, too...)

Lanz

Oi, Tirkin-bun!

Fiona

...Huh?!
You-... You mean me?

Lanz

Who else would I mean?
You're the dummy hurting your friends and yourself and then pretending not to notice.
It ain't like you. I thought you wanted to build a new future for Colony Mu?

Fiona

I know, all right? I know things can't stay like this much longer...
But...I'm just so scared. I don't know if I can make the right choices.
I feel like I'll make some fundamental mistake, and it's terrifying.

Lanz

Even though we're here?
If you can't figure it out yourself, that's when you put your heads together with others. You even think of that?

Taion

I agree with my colleague here, though I must point out that putting his head with others may have adverse effects.

Lanz

Watch it.

Sena

Hey... I know being afraid, trust me.
But a worry shared is a worry halved, yeah? We wanna help you, Fifi.

Fiona

...Sennie, that's so nice...

Manana

If Manana can lend wing with anything, please say!

Fiona

Manana-banana...

Lanz

You don't have to wrestle with everything alone.
Next time you forget your friends, I'm gonna call you Fiona Featherhead.

Manana

That sound cute! Manana also want be called!

Lanz

I'll have to come up with something special for you...

Fiona

Everyone... Thank you.
OK, so, about the flowers for Irma...

GooGoo

Cannot grow flowers for Irma!

Googoo arrives.

Fiona

What was that, Goo?

GooGoo

Instead, have to bury this. Googoo asked by Irma!

Googoo shows a silver key.

Fiona

Huh?!

Item(s) Obtained: Irma's Key x1

Fiona

What's this...?

Riku

To Riku, look like key, maybe. But also look super old...

Fiona

A key...? But what does it unlock?

Lanz

Hmm. Didn't you say she used to wander off someplace?

Fiona

Ah...

Sena

So maybe this is connected somehow!

Fiona

Goo, did you hear anything else?

GooGoo

Sorry, but nothing. Irma was woman of many secrets...

Taion

Well, in an absence of obvious leads, we'll just have to gather information ourselves.
If possible, we should investigate the Erythia Relay Base. Irma was meant to be in charge of this whole region...
We may come across some form of evidence there.

Lanz

You think she left us a sign or something?

Taion

If she'd left anything, it would have been camouflaged at the time. Now, however...

Fiona

The effects of her power won't work any more...
We might see something that was hidden before!

Riku

Even without lead, should still go.
Might discover more about steps of Irma than Fiona knew previous.

Lanz

Someone's being unusually nice.

Riku

...Lanz can fix own power frame from now on.

Lanz

What? What did I say?!

Fiona

Hahaha.

Sena

Aww look, you laughed! That's a good start.
Let's go to Erythia Relay Base and check it out!

Fiona

All right!

Noah

We'll look for information on the terminal in the data archives, like before.

Talk with Googoo

GooGoo

Erythia Relay Base is home of ruff-tuff soldiers...
What was Irma doing in place like that?

Investigate Erythia Relay Base

Fiona

I wonder what we'll find...

Lanz

We'll see when we get there, won't we?

♫

Immediate Threat

Agnus Soldier
(from outside)

They're inside! Pile in!

Sena
(checking her Iris)

They just keep on coming!

Riku

Hold soldiers off, and check terminal!

Lanz

Good call. Go for it, Riku.

Riku

...Muh? Riku check?!

Lanz

It'd save the most time.

Riku

Riku not particularly adept at...

Manana

Is OK! Manana here also!

Riku

Now Riku really worried.

Fiona

You'll figure it out together!
Manana-banana is strong when it counts, and Rickles can keep a cool head.
Even if you're not great at something, your friends can always cover your weakness!

Riku and Manana nod and head for the terminal. The enemy soldiers enter.

Lanz

Here they come...!

Fiona

We'll never let them through!

Defeat the Erythia Relay Force

Sena

Seems like it's over... Right?

Riku

Riku and Manana also cleaned up over here... Somehow.

They gather around the data terminal.

Fiona

A large-scale map of Agnian territories... Must be strategic military information.

Lanz

Sure, fancy. But how do we pinpoint where Irma might've been from this?

Riku

Please to direct complaints elsewhere. Security much too tight to crack.

Manana

It seem locked even more tightly than last time...

Lanz

Seriously? Well, sparks...

Taion

No, hang on... How about here?
The map's showing a military installation...

Fiona

Huh...? But there was never anything there...

Manana

Is map wrong then?

Fiona

...No. The management system is still functional.
There's something here. No mistaking it.

Sena

Then we should definitely check it out, Fifi!

Investigate Irma's Secret Base

Fiona

I never knew this existed...

Mio

There doesn't seem to be anyone around...

Fiona

I'm curious, but scared too...

Sena

It's OK. I'm here for you.

Investigate the Consul's Mask:

Fiona

Is this...a Consul's mask?!

Manana

Smell of mystery very strong in this place. Must be secret base!

♫

Indescribable Unease

Fiona

What's this...? Irma's private data?
And here, someone else's...

Taion

It could be the settings she used for her aliases.
This may have been her trying to decide what kind of person to become.

Lanz

She also might've needed to disguise herself as someone else when dealing with Keves.

Mio

Here's a list of targets for "harvesting"...
...and it seems to include Kevesi people?

Noah

She must have served as Consul for Keves too.
The periods when she disappeared must have been times when she acted as a Kevesi Consul...

Sena

Fifi, how are you holding up?

Fiona

...I should've known we'd find something.
So why...? Why does it hurt so much...?

Mio

...It must be really hard for you. You must feel like you're getting knocked down, time and again.
But still, you've decided you want to know the truth... Am I wrong?

Fiona

...No, that's precisely it.
I decided I didn't want to forget, even if it hurts.

Lanz

Still, a bit early to be making decisions, though, huh?

Manana

True, true. We not used key yet.

Riku

Friend got to keep it together.
Fiona already learn, there more in world than can see with eyes.

Fiona

...Yeah. Thank you, Rickles.

Irma's Feelings

Fiona spots a small wooden box near the table. She approaches to pick it up.

♫

The Bereaved and Those Left Behind (starts at 00:41)

Fiona

Is this box...?

She opens the box.

Fiona
(eyes widening)

Ah...

Lanz

A seashell and...glass?
And some...thingamajig...?

Fiona

They're from me... Gifts for her birthday.
The shell, it's from when we found matching ones.
And this...
A charm we all made together.

Mio

They've been stored carefully. They were important.
But she wanted them locked away. Her feelings...

Fiona looks sadly at the items.

Lanz

It would be a whole lot easier if we just pinned her as bad.
Problem is, though, that'd be missing the whole point.

Noah

It's hard to sort fact from fiction.
That's why we're stuck, umming and ahing.

Mio

Have you found it now? What matters?

Fiona

To make it through...

She closes the box and holds it against her chest.

Fiona

She reminded me at the very end.
And our promise...
It lives within me even now.

Manana

Friend can keep promise?

Fiona

Yeah.
Finally...
I understand.
Irma...

She caresses the box. The scene fades to black. The box is then back to its original place. Fiona looks at it one last time and walks away.

Lanz

And this? We just gonna leave it?

Fiona

Mm. It'll be easier to show everyone, rather than just telling them.

Lanz

So you'll tell 'em? What the deal is?

Fiona

Some won't be able to accept it, I'm sure.
But still...
For the new Colony Mu...
We have to be strong enough to face anything, even things we don't want to see.
Unless we can overcome that hurdle, I think, we won't be able to really change.
And that...
That's what Irma taught me.

Sena

Are you all right...?

Fiona

Thanks, Sennie. I'm fine.
Irma's not with us any more,
but the things that she left for me are many.
The colony, my friends...
I'll protect them with all my might.
Come on. There's a lot to do.

They all leave.

Starting Again with Everyone

Tallow, Ayase, Hildemarie, Nico, Kanata and Mikaela are gathered at the Bed of Woes and Wishes. Fiona faces them, the party watching from a distance.

Fiona

Aya,
everyone...
I've got something to say to you all.
I'm sorry for the worries.
I wasn't sure... If I should tell you...
About Irma...

Kanata

Did something...happen?

♫

Blade - Those Who Know Fear (starts at 0:37)

Ayase

We thought you were just out of sorts. That you were trying to get over her death.
There's more to it than that, then?

Fiona

...Yeah.
I couldn't... I couldn't face it.
I just didn't want to see you all hurt.
I was only seeing what I wanted to.
I think... I think doing that only hurt you more.

Mikaela

Hang on, what's this about?

Hildemarie

You didn't do anything wrong, Fifi!

Fiona

Irma was wrong, but she wasn't the only one.
It took some time,
but now I know.
I want to...start again.
Work to rebuild it all.
I want to come clean. Will you hear my story?
I'm a lousy commander. Sorry.

Ayase

Oh, come off it.
We're the ones who should be sorry,
for letting you struggle, alone.

Fiona

It might take some time...
Is that all right?

Ayase

Of course!

Hildemarie
(sobbing)

Fifiiii!

Kanata

We'll help you shoulder it!

Nico

Of course we will! We all will!

Lanz

Wow. She sure is brave... for such a crybaby.

Sena

She was afraid of making mistakes, before now... Do you think she's over that?

Lanz

Eh, I doubt it'll be that easy.
But, so what if she does?
At least now, she knows she won't be staying wrong for long.
I reckon that's the case, anyhow.

Sena

Makes you think. We could learn from them.

Lanz

Yeah.