The Fire Witch - Transcript



Chapter 2 The Fire Witch

Phoenix: (Wh-what... What is this place? The room is lit but it's still somehow dark. And the atmosphere seems...heavy.)

Maya: Nick! What are we doing in a place like this...?

Phoenix: H-how should I know?! We're just a couple of bakers...but I don't think they brought us here to make bread... (Yikes... Is it me or is that guard staring daggers at us right now?)

Mr Wright! Maya!

Maya: Ah! Espella! What exactly's going on?

Espella: I'm sorry...I was the one who sent for you both...

Phoenix: You...sent for us?

Espella: I...I'm being put on trial.

Phoenix: W-wait, what?! What happened?!

Espella: I don't know! I just don't understand what's going on... I-I didn't do anything wrong! I couldn't possibly...murder anyone...

Maya: M-murder?

Espella: I beg you, Mr Wright! Please, I need your help... Just one more time...

Phoenix: Huh? You need MY help? What could I possibly do?! Espella, I'm just a baker... The only thing I know about law is how not to get on the wrong side of it.

Maya: ............... Wait, hold on a sec! Espella... What did you just say? You said you needed Nick's help "just one more time"...

Phoenix: "One more time"...?

Espella: I'm not quite sure myself... But when the knights came and took me, a vision suddenly appeared in my mind. It was Mr Wright... He was fighting for me...defending me! That brave blue figure... It was clear as day.

Phoenix: I was..."fighting" for you? N-no way... That's impossible! I mean, it's like I already said...I'm just a baker! I have a hard enough time rolling dough, let alone defending someone in court!

Espella: I thought the same thing too, at first. But...I don't think that's quite true. You...and Maya... At some time, somewhere...you helped me. You fought for me, as a defender.

Phoenix: (A "defender"...) ............

Maya: What's wrong, Nick?

Phoenix: (I wish I knew, Maya... But hearing Espella mention a "defender"... I can't help but feel something inside of me just burning at the mention of it!)

Knight: Accused! Defender! It is time. Head forth, you two.

Maya: "Head forth"...? Um... Where are we going exactly?

Knight: To the courtroom in which today's trial will be taking place...the Chamber of Fire!

Maya: Ch-Chamber...

Phoenix: of Fire...?

Knight: Make haste! If you are but a moment late, a guilty verdict will be delivered immediately!

Maya: Whaaaaaat?! N-no way...

Espella: Mr Wright... I...I'm truly sorry, Mr Wright! I know this is all so sudden... It's a lost cause, isn't it...?

Phoenix: ......... Well then, let's head inside, Espella.

Espella: Huh...?

Phoenix: This overwhelming pressure...it feels so familiar somehow. Almost like déjà vu.

Espella: M-Mr Wright...

Phoenix: Let's go, Maya. Maybe we'll get a better idea once the trial gets under way.

Maya: ......... Aaaaall right! Let's do it to it, Nick!