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The Black Dream is hardly the only way to reach Lavos. Here are the others, in order of availability. |
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| The Bucket | |||
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As the old man at the Farthest Reaches of Time mentioned so long ago, the bucket in the corner contains a Gate connecting to the Day of Lavos. Unlike normal Gates, it always leads to the same time: moments before Lavos erupts from beneath the surface. To add to the ominous feel, the Gate pulsates in and out of visibility while traveling through it, and makes a loud heartbeat sound instead of the usual Gate noise. It opens on a barren plain, and the heartbeat noise continues in place of music. Nothing happens immediately, and the Gate even considerately remains in place to allow a hasty retreat, but if the party advances a short distance, the heartbeat stops to be replaced with a quaking noise. |
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The lead character reacts by changing poses. |
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Crono grips his sword hilt. He knows what's coming. |
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Marle looks pensive. |
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Lucca shows surprise. |
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Robo shakes his head continuously. |
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Frog reaches for his sword. |
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Ayla leaps into a battle stance. |
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The Magus wraps his cape around himself. |
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The second character performs the action listed above, and, if not Crono, also says a line: |
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| マール「何！？ | Marle: What!? | Marle: What!? | |
| ルッカ「こ、これって…… | Lucca: Th-this is... | Lucca: This is... | |
| ロボ「エネルギー値、１００！ ２００……！ まだ上がり続けマス！ |
Robo: Energy readings at 100! |
Robo: Energy value at 100! |
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| カエル「な、何だってんだ！？ | Frog: Wh-what the!? | Frog: What be happening!? | |
| エイラ「！！ | Ayla: !! | Ayla: !! | |
| 魔王「来る……。 | Magus: It comes... | Magus: It's coming... | |
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The third character performs the action listed above, and, if not Crono, also says a line: |
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| マール「で、出てくるの！？ | Marle: It-it's coming out!? | Marle: It's coming out?! | |
| ルッカ「まさか！？ | Lucca: It could't be!? | Lucca: No way! | |
| ロボ「Ａ．Ｄ．１９９９！ １時２４分！ まちがいアリマセン！ |
Robo: A.D. 1999! |
Robo: A.D. 1999! |
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| カエル「ラヴォス……！？ | Frog: Lavos...!? | Frog: Lavos...!? | |
| エイラ「強いヤツ！ いっぱい いっぱい 強いヤツ！！ |
Ayla: Strong one! |
Ayla: Strong guy! |
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| 魔王「さ、出て来い……！ | Magus: Come on out, now...! | Magus: Come on out, now...! | |
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"Lavos's Theme" begins playing as Lavos bursts from the ground, but does not yet rain destruction across the land. |
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someone reacts, not sure of priority |
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| マール「こ、これが……！ | Marle: Th-this is...! | Marle: This is... | |
| ルッカ「あ、あわわ……。 | Lucca: Wh-whoa... | Lucca: Oh, my... | |
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Generic panicking noise. |
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| ロボ「戦闘能力値、計測不可能！？ | Robo: Combat ability level immeasurable!? | Robo: Unable to calculate attack |
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| カエル「で、でけえ……。 | Frog: H-huge... | Frog: Stunning...it's HUGE! | |
| エイラ「ウ～～～ッ……！ | Ayla: Grrrrrr...! | Ayla: Uoooo... | |
| 魔王「待ちわびたぞ……！ | Magus: How long I have awaited this...! | Magus: I've been waiting for this! | |
| 「ラヴォス……！ | Lavos...! | Lavos... | |
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The second character prompts for action. |
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| マール「どうしよう？ {char1}！ | Marle: {char1}! What do we do? | Marle: {char1}! What do we do? | |
| ルッカ「ま、まさか行かないわよね？ | Lucca: D-don't tell me we're going in? | Lucca: Are we REALLY going on? | |
| ロボ「行きマスカ？ {char1}！ | Robo: {char1}! SHALL we go in? | Robo: {char1}, shall we go on? | |
| カエル「マ、マジか？ {char1}！ | Frog: {char1}! A-are you serious? | Frog: {char1}! Be thee certain? | |
| エイラ「戦うか！？ | Ayla: Fight!? | Ayla: Fight now? | |
| 魔王「フッ、おじけづいたか？ | Magus: Hmph, lost your nerve? | Magus: Hm, how frightened are we? | |
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The player has a choice of: |
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| 戦う！ 今は逃げよう！ |
Fight! Run away for now! |
Fight! Let's run for now! |
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Choosing to leave simply reverts the music to the ambient heartbeat and makes the party back off a few steps. |
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If choosing to fight, the music stops. All characters present then respond in party order by readying for battle, and all but Crono also have a line. Additionally, "Chrono Trigger" starts playing after the lead character finishes. |
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| マール「そうだね！ ドン達のためにも！ |
Marle: You're right! |
Marle: You're right! |
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| ルッカ「み……、みじかい せいしゅんだったわ！ |
Lucca: It... it was a short youth! | Lucca: Ours...was a short youth! | |
| ロボ「行きマショウッ！！ | Robo: LET us go!! | Robo: Let us go!! | |
| カエル「行くぞグランドリオン！ | Frog: Here we go, Grandleon! | Frog: Cometh, Masamune! | |
| エイラ「エイラ 逃げない！ エイラ 戦う！！ |
Ayla: Ayla not run! |
Ayla: Ayla not run! |
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| 魔王「今こそ、この私がお前を 消し去ってやる……！ |
Magus: This time, I swear, |
Magus: Finally, I shall destroy you! | |
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From this point, the battle proceeds just like when arriving from the Black Dream, including the save point and escape Gate inside the shell. The only difference is that "Chrono Trigger" continues playing during the battle up until Lavos stops imitating previous bosses, at which point "Lavos's Theme" replaces it. |
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| The Wingless Sylbird | |||
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As long as the Sylbird is incapable of flight, bringing it to A.D. 1999 results in the same dialog as taking the bucket, except that the characters stay inside the Sylbird until jumping out to fight Lavos if you choose not to leave. However, the save point and escape Gate inside the shell will not appear, presumably because it would leave the Sylbird stranded on the A.D. 1999 map (though you could always take the bucket to get it back, but that would complicate the event scripts). |
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| The Abyssal Temple | |||
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Defeat the overpowered version of Lavos fought at the Abyssal Temple, which you're normally expected to lose against. There's no special dialog; you just continue into the shell and the rest proceeds as usual. Unsurprisingly, the save point and escape Gate do not appear this way, since you've basically broken the storyline. Beating Lavos this way leads to the alternate ending "The Dream Project". |
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| Syblird at Ramming Speed | |||
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Take the Sylbird to A.D. 1999 once it can fly for this option. Dialog and reactions start out the same as when bringing the flightless Sylbird, but it goes differently after choosing to fight. |
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The second character makes a suggestion (unless Crono; the party leader takes this line in that case). |
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| マール「このままシルバードで ラヴォスの中までつっこんじゃおうよ！ |
Marle: Let's just go ahead and |
Marle: Let's just burst through |
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| ルッカ「……シルバードでラヴォスの 外がわを突き破って、中まで 行けないかしら？ |
Lucca: ...I wonder if we couldn't break |
Lucca: Think we can burst through |
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| ロボ「このまま戦っていても ラヴォスには、ダメージがアリマセン。 このシルバードで、奥まで行って 本体をたたいてみては、どうデショウ？ |
Robo: Going on to fight like this WOULD |
Robo: This will have no effect on |
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| カエル「このままヤツと戦っても ラチがあかねえ！ このままシルバードで奥まで つっこんでみるってなどーだ……？ |
Frog: Going on to fight like this |
Frog: This battle leadeth nowhere. |
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| エイラ「よし このまま行け！ シルバード！！ |
Ayla: Okay, keep go like this! |
Ayla: Okay, carry on! |
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| 魔王「このまま、ヤツの中まで 突っ込んでやる……。 |
Magus: We'll keep on like this and pierce |
Magus: We'll break our way |
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The third character protests (unless Crono; the party leader takes this line in that case). |
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| マール「えー！？ そんな事したら、シルバードも 私達も……。 |
Marle: Whaaat!? |
Marle: What?! |
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| ルッカ「シルバードを こわしちゃうかも知れないわよ！ だいいち、中にいる私達がもつかどうか …… |
Lucca: That might wreck the Sylbird! |
Lucca: We might wreck the |
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| ロボ「ラヴォスの外かくと シルバードの強度は、ほぼ同等デスガ ワタシ達が突入のショックに たえられるかドウカ…… |
Robo: Lavos's outer shell and the Sylbird |
Robo: The Epoch's |
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| カエル「ヘタすりゃ、俺達もおだぶつ だぜ……。 |
Frog: We'll be doing ourselves in |
Frog: If we err, we're done for... |
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| エイラ「だいじょぶか！？ シルバード 死なないか！？ |
Ayla: He be okay!? |
Ayla: It Okay?! |
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| 魔王「もつほしょうがあるのか……？ | Magus: Any guarantee it's going to hold up...? |
Magus: You really think this is |
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The second character insists (unless Crono; the party leader takes this line in that case). |
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| マール「シルバードを信じようよ！ | Marle: Let's believe in the Sylbird! | Marle: Let's put our trust in the |
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| ルッカ「シルバードなら…… やってくれるはず……！ |
Lucca: I'm sure the Sylbird... |
Lucca: The Epoch'll get |
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| ロボ「かくりつは、きわめて ひくいデスガ……。 シルバードのエネルギーとワタシ達の 精神エネルギーが一体となれば あるいは…… |
Robo: The probability IS exceedingly low... |
Robo: The odds are not good... Perhaps if Epoch's energy and our own vitality are combined... |
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| カエル「あのバケモンを倒すには 中からたたくしかないだろう……！ |
Frog: I doubt there's any way to beat that |
Frog: We haveth no choice! |
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| エイラ「シルバード 負けない！ エイラも負けない！ |
Ayla: Sylbird not lose! |
Ayla: Epoch win! |
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| 魔王「まともに戦っていても 勝ち目はない……。 |
Magus: We don't have much chance |
Magus: This is a losing proposition... |
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The leader agrees. |
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Crono nods. |
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| マール「たのむよ、シルバード！ | Marle: We're counting on you, Sylbird! | Marle: Countin' on ya, |
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| ルッカ「ゴメンね、シルバード…… | Lucca: Sorry, Sylbird... | Lucca: Sorry, Epoch... | |
| ロボ「たしかに他に成功する かくりつもありマセンネ。 |
Robo: Certainly there ARE no other |
Robo: We're fresh out of options. | |
| カエル「いちかばちか……だな。 | Frog: All or nothing... I guess. | Frog: It's either one or the other... | |
| エイラ「よーし！ エイラ がんばる！ シルバードも がんばれ！！ |
Ayla: Okay! |
Ayla: All right! |
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| 魔王「よかろう……。 | Magus: Very well... | Magus: Very well... | |
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3-12 決意 (Resolve) begins playing. Between how certain the characters seem that a frontal assault will be useless and the fact that this track is used nowhere else in the game, I wonder if this wasn't originally meant to be the only way to confront Lavos. |
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The second and third characters (if not Crono) each speak in turn. |
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| マール「みんな、しっかりつかまって！ | Marle: Everyone, hang on tight! | Marle: Everyone, hold on! | |
| ルッカ「信じてるからね…… シルバード！ |
Lucca: We believe in you... |
Lucca: We believe in you, |
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| ロボ「ミナサン、突入時のショックに 備えてクダサイ！ |
Robo: EVERYONE, PLEASE prepare |
Robo: Everyone, get ready for the |
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| カエル「俺達を守ってくれ…… サイラス！ |
Frog: Protect us... |
Frog: Cyrus! |
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| エイラ「エイラ 負けない！ シルバードも 負けるな！！ |
Ayla: Ayla not lose! |
Ayla: Ayla not give up! |
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| 魔王「……待っていろ、ラヴォス。 | Magus: ...just you wait, Lavos. | Magus: I'm waiting for you, Lavos. | |
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The Sylbird starts making charging noises and vibrating, before the background turns to a fiery stream. |
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If not Crono, the leader adds: |
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| マール「行くよ！ みんな！！ | Marle: Here we go, everyone!! | Marle: C'mon, everyone! | |
| ルッカ「たのんだわよ、シルバード！ | Lucca: We're counting on you, Sylbird! | Lucca: Epoch, don't let |
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| ロボ「シルバード発進！ | Robo: Sylbird moving out! |
Robo: The Epoch's |
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| カエル「ハイヨー！ シルバード！ | Frog: Hi-Yo, Sylbird! |
Frog: Go forth, Epoch! |
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| エイラ「行く！ シルバード！！ | Ayla: We go! Sylbird!! | Ayla: Go! |
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| 魔王「今、行ってやるぞ…… ラヴォス！ |
Magus: I'm coming for you now... |
Magus: Here we come, Lavos! | |
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The Sylbird flies off the screen. The rest of the scene switches between a first-person view from the shuddering cockpit and a side view of the Sylbird speeding, increasingly unsteadily, through what looks like a rocky tunnel mixed with magma. After an apparent crash, the party regains consciousness inside the usual cavelike structure. The Magus, if present, stands with his cape billowing in the wind, while everyone else lies on the ground. |
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Everyone gets up (if not standing already) and speaks (if not Crono) in party order. |
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| マール「う、ううん…… | Marle: U-urrgh... | Marle: Hmmmmm... | |
| ルッカ「み、みんな無事……？ | Lucca: Is e-everyone okay......? | Lucca: Everyone OK?... | |
| ロボ「…… | Robo: ...... | Robo: ...... | |
| カエル「イ、イテテテ…… | Frog: Ow, ow ow ow... | Frog: Owwww...... | |
| エイラ「エイラ 生きてる……！ | Ayla: Ayla alive...! | Ayla: Ayla...alive...! | |
| 魔王「さっさと目をさませ。 ここは、ヤツの中だぞ……！ |
Magus: Wake up, already. |
Magus: You can open your eyes. |
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| カエル「……よく、ここまで たどりついたな。 |
Frog: ...it's remarkable that we |
Frog: We beat the odds... | |
| ロボ「シルバードは…… 大破してしまいマシタ。 |
Robo: The Sylbird... |
Robo: Epoch is...in |
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| マール「ありがとう、シルバード…… | Marle: Thanks, Sylbird... | Marle: Thank you, |
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| ルッカ「ゴメンね、シルバード…… | Lucca: Sorry, Sylbird... | Lucca: I'm sorry, |
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| エイラ「シルバード…… お前 よく戦ったぞ！ |
Ayla: Sylbird... |
Ayla: Epoch... |
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| 魔王「……もう後もどりは出来んぞ。 | Magus: ...can't turn back now. | Magus: ...No turning back now. | |
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And the dialog ends. With the Sylbird wrecked, there's unsurprisingly no save point or escape Gate. Wrecking the Sylbird causes significant variations in the "Resumption" and "To Beyond Time" endings. |
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| The Mystery Gate | |||
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After clearing the game with certain requirements met, the option to start a new game with data carried over from a previous save is added to the title menu. Playing a game started in this fashion adds a subtle change: an intermittent sparkle appears on the right-hand pad of Lucca's teleporter at the Millennial Festival. Examining this sparkle reveals an oddly green-tinted Gate that leads directly to the battle with Lavos's shell, skipping not only the introductory chatter and option to leave that appear when using the bucket, but also the phases where the shell imitates other enemies. Just fight Lavos as Lavos, and the hole appears. When accessing Lavos this way, the save point and escape Gate do not appear. However, since this special method is available from the very beginning of the game, even before the bucket, and since the party retains their strength from the previous playthrough(s), this makes it possible to beat Lavos at all sorts of unusual points in the storyline, and most of them lead to strange and unusual endings (which are not to be taken as canonical, of course). |
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