Chapter 14: Flames on the Blue (Script)
Pre-Battle
Robin
Ah, take it all in! Breathtaking... Somehow our troubles feel a lifetime away out here.
Chrom
Yet in truth, we're headed straight toward them... I should be grateful the Plegians delivered us this fleet, as promised. But it's my first time on a vessel, and my legs... I never fancied myself a sea captain.
Lucina
This is my first voyage as well. In my time, all ships were destroyed. Smashed to pieces, along with their ports.
Chrom
Lucina... Something I've been meaning to ask... After you stopped Emm's assassination... Why didn't you stay with us?
Lucina
I felt I had no other choice. I could not risk altering history any more than necessary. I sought only to divert events that directly led to Grima's return.
Lissa
Hey, so wait—what about the guys who tried to kill Chrom in the gardens? What would've happened if you didn't save him?
Lucina
He would have been gravely wounded. And those wounds would have played a part in the tragedies to come.
Lissa
Whoa! Good thing you changed things, huh?
Lucina
If indeed they have changed... The river of time always favors its original course. Take the exalt's death... I stalled it, yes, but in the end I was not able to prevent it.
Chrom
...You did what you could.
Lucina
I was so certain it was over. That I'd saved the world. But time simply found another way back to its course. Perhaps the task is simply too great... Perhaps if I'd done something differently? I replay events in my head, over and over...
Chrom
Don't. You did your best. And you saved me, after all.
Lucina
You're kind, Father. But nothing is certain... Another could take your life. Time could find a way...
Chrom
...Do you know how I die?
Lucina
Only rumors... I was told you fell in a great battle, fought to sway your destiny. ...And that you were murdered—betrayed by someone dear to you.
>Robin clutches head in pain
Robin
Nngh! Ah...
Chrom
Robin? What is it?
Robin
M-my head... I don't... F-forgive me. I'm fine.
Lucina
...... After your murder and Grima's return, I took the name Marth and fought back. I prayed to the Hero-King for a small part of the strength he used to save the world. But I need this subterfuge no longer. I choose to fight as Lucina now. The name that reminds me of the strength in the man and woman who chose it.
Chrom
A strength shared by the woman who bears it.
>scene change
Frederick
The pegasus knights report the Valmese fleet matches ours, ship for ship.
Chrom
Your tone tells me this is not good news.
Frederick
Their troops vastly outnumber ours. Our vessels are half-full, at best. But every Valmese ship is packed from stem to stern with soldiers.
Chrom
If we attempt to board them in a straight fight, we'll be slaughtered.
Flavia
We've little choice but to try anyway. Plegia had no men to spare, but they were generous with other supplies...including oil. Perhaps a clever tactician could find a use for that.
Robin
Hmm... Perhaps he/she could.
Flavia
If we can put their ships to flame, they'd have nowhere to escape to. We could—
Basilio
You could roast us all like hams! Are you truly so eager to die, woman?!
Flavia
Do you have a better idea, oaf?! ...The problem is we have no catapults. Hmm... How to get the lit oil on their decks without our own ships getting caught in the blaze?
Robin
Hmm... Unless we WANT our ships caught in the blaze...
Basilio
Why in the gods' names would... Well, I know better than to question Robin. Especially not when he/she has that look in her eyes. Gods save us from what he's/she's cooked up this time—let's just hope it's not us!
Robin
Chrom, I have an idea.
Chrom
Those words from your mouth are music to my ears, Robin.
Robin
But for my plan to work we'll need to disrupt their chain of command... Our strongest team would need to board their lead ship and kill their general. As our best captain I'd have you head the squad, but you ARE the prince, so...
Chrom
Yes, I AM the prince, so no one can order me NOT to go. I will lead the assault!
Robin
Then this plan truly stands a chance.
Chrom
Heh... So much has changed since we found you that day, lying in the open field... Hard to believe you determine the fate of our entire army now...our entire people. Destiny has a strange way.
Robin
...No, Chrom. Not destiny.
Chrom
What?
Robin
We're not pawns of some scripted fate. I believe we're more. Much more.
Chrom
How do you mean?
Robin
There's something between us all. Something that keeps us together... Like...invisible ties, connecting us. Giving us strength... WE forged these ties. WE strengthen them. If we preserve them, or break them, it will be by our choices, not some "destiny"...
Chrom
...Robin... I think this salty air might have gone to your head, hah!
Robin
All right, all right—perhaps enough philosophy for one day... There are still details to discuss.
Chrom
Indeed there are! And preparations to be made! Oh, and, Robin... If we are all bound by these invisible ties, I thank the gods it's with you.
Robin
......
Chrom
Now then, everyone! Look lively! We have work to do!
Start Battle
Ignatius
One ship against three of ours? They're either very brave or very stupid... Either way, their bodies will float on the long sea before the day is done.
>Battle Start
VS Ignatius
Ignatius
Arrogant pup! The seas are my home, and they will be your grave!
Ignatius Defeated
Ignatius
Strike me down, and ten will take my place... You...have...lost!
Post-Battle
Chrom
Robin! Their general has fallen! I'm giving the signal!
All appointed ships, change course! Head right at them! Ramming speed!
Soldier
...Gods and thunder! And second now!
Chrom
Steady... Steaaaady...
Soldier
We're right on top of them!
Chrom
NOW! JUUUMP!
>scene change
Lissa
The sea itself is on fire!
Frederick
It worked! It worked!
Flavia
Only you could hatch such a brilliant scheme, Robin. Who else would desert half our vessels and turn them into flaming cannonballs? And there was still enough room on the remaining ships for all our troops. It was so simple, and yet the Valmese never saw it coming. They never considered anyone might be willing to sacrifice half a fleet...
Chrom
We may have won the day, but the war still looms. We must continue on and seize control of their main harbor.
Basilio
Aye, boy! I've had enough of the smoke and smell here for one lifetime, besides.
Chrom
Full speed for Valm!
>To world map
