Vanessa
Wasp Kingdom, Queen
[Story, walk up]
Vanessa: ...! You... Who are you?
Leif: What?
(minibubble) Kabbu: !?
Vi: Uh, are you the King's, um…
Vanessa: Heavens, no! I'm but a hostage in my own castle…
Vanessa: I am Vanessa II, ruler of the Wasp Kingdom.
Vanessa: Or so I was, before that poser somehow stole my people's minds and locked me in my own chambers…
Vanessa: Could it be you've come to save me?
Kabbu: Er...It would be a lie to say so.
Leif: We came to defeat the King. He's not here?
Vi: Or at least to take the artifact…
Vanessa: I'm afraid not. He left the general in charge some time ago, when he decided to attack the Ant Kingdom.
Vanessa: I have not seen him since.
Kabbu: What? How could this be?! He was driven out of the Ant Kingdom and we've had reports he...
Kabbu: C-COULD IT BE!?
Leif: This is bad! Disastrous!
Vi: Uh, what's up?
Leif: We were tricked! There's no artifact here!
Vi: WHAT!?
Kabbu: The general lied through his dirty jaws! Curses!
Vanessa: Your kingdom must be in danger, too!
Kabbu: We must return, immediately!
Vanessa: Please, allow me to accompany you. It would not be wise for me to stay here.
Leif: Have your people forsaken you completely?
Vanessa: ...My people have lost their minds, even if I do not know how. We cannot rely on them!
Vi: Let's leg it! What if the town's all ruined again!?
Kabbu: With haste!
Wasp Kingdom, Throne Room
Fuff: HYEHEHEHEHEH!
Fuff: You fell for our trap! I cannot help but LAUGH!
Vanessa: General Fuff!
Fuff: NOT MY NAME! And you're too late! Our attack at the Ant Kingdom may have failed the first time…
Fuff: But the second time, with you lot and that sword guy out of the way…
Fuff: Our glorious King will finally take all the artifacts!
Kabbu: Curses! We won't be able to get back in time!
Leif: We played right into their hand...!
Vi: Grrr! Get out of the way!
Fuff: Gladly! Not like you can do anything to stop us now!
Fuff: HYEHEHEHEHEH!
Kabbu: No time to waste! Let's meet up with Maki and rush to the Ant Kingdom!
Maki: Team Snakemouth! What's wrong? Did you find the artifact?
Kabbu: Maki! We have no time! We must go to the Ant Kingdom right now! You see…
Ant Kingdom, Main Plaza
Vi: ...Town looks more than fine… Did that poser lie to us!?
Maki: No. I can feel something is off. We must hurry to the Queen.
Vanessa: I shall accompany you. I do wish to talk to the Queen about the situation as well.
Maki: Yes, I shall escort you.
Maki: Team Snakemouth, please join us whenever you are ready.
Ant Palace, Throne Room
Kabbu: You vile filth! Step away from the Queen!
Maki: T-Team Snakemouth...I'm sorry. My injury…
(minibubble) Elizant: Nghgh..
Vanessa: You blasted usurper! Will you burn all of Bugaria to the ground to reach your foolish ambitions!?
Hoaxe: Hmph. You're all so pathetic. Pitiable.
Hoaxe: A King holds absolute power over his people. He is not meant to serve... He is to be served!
Hoaxe: To command! To possess! To enjoy! That is the privilege of royalty! And it shall all be mine!
Hoaxe: You haven't learned your lesson? Shall I thaw out your ice in flame once and for all?
Vi: Like we'd fall for the same trick twice!
Hoaxe: You WOULD!
Kina: Team Snakemouth!
Neo: Kabbu!
Hoaxe: MOVE!
Maki: KINA!!!
Elizant: Stop! You will hurt my people no longer!
Hoaxe: Hand them over. All of them.
Hoaxe: Or I will pry them from your carcass!
Elizant: …
Zaryant: N-No! If we do, he'll…
Hoaxe: You have until my axe swings... To say YES!
Elizant: ...
Hoaxe: It'll be all the same, when I come back with the power of the Everlasting Sapling.
Hoaxe: You shall all bow to me once more - but you shall keep breathing.
Hoaxe: Enjoy your last days of peace, lowlives!
Elizant: Grrr...…curse it all...!
Leif: We lost... That's no way to end a show…
Maki: My Queen, all I've done is fail you…
Kina: Stay still, Maki... You're even more hurt than me.
Neo: It's okay. A-At least we're all safe…
Vi: It's not! He's just gonna get the sapling and come back!
Kabbu: What could be the source of his power…
Leif: Elizant…
Leif: No, Queen. Thank you. For choosing to save us.
Elizant: ...
Elizant: I do not deserve your gratitude. I've failed everyone. You, my loyal people. My mother, the Queen…
Elizant: It would be folly to pretend I deserve this royal mask.
(minibubble) Leif: ...
Zaryant: My Queen... That's not true! We couldn't ask for one better!
Zaryant: You are our mother! Our beacon of hope!
Elizant: Thank you, Zaryant. But now all has been taken away from us. The Wasp King possesses the keys to find the sapling.
Elizant: I have failed as both your Queen and mother of our people.
Zaryant: N-No…
Vanessa: ...I know I am an outsider to all this, but may I speak?
Vanessa: When the King usurped my people, I cowered and hid. I have never raised a blade…
Vanessa: I simply believed my subjects would always follow me, no matter what.
Vanessa: I don't know how, but he turned them all on me just like that…
Vanessa: If you are not a Queen, I am but a peasant.
Maki: I would never serve one without conviction and integrity.
Kabbu: You've given us all the chance to thrive in your city!
Elizant: …
Elizant: Your words are kind, but I cannot accept them.
Elizant: As we speak, the Wasp King must be heading towards the Everlasting Sapling…
Elizant: Yet we have no way to pursue…
Leif: Elizant, please answer us finally. Why do you desire the sapling? Why go through all this?
Kabbu: I assumed it would be to keep yourself young and fit to rule…
Vi: Uh, right. No one wants to get old!
Elizant: ...Fair assumptions. But no, it was never something for my own gain.
Elizant: I might as well tell you, then. The reason for my search.
Elizant: The true Queen, Elizant I... My mother, she yet lives.
Elizant: She was put in a deep slumber, using crystal energy. A sort of stasis.
Elizant: It was her dream to get the sapling so she could continue to rule Bugaria for years to come.
Elizant: ...I wished only to bring her back with it.
Elizant: A graceful Queen, loved by all. A diplomatic genius, who ended wars without combat.
Elizant: I longed for her return... So that I may concede my throne to her.
Elizant: For she is so much more than I have ever been.
Leif: …
Leif: We truly thought wrong of your intentions. But the truth sounds even more insane…
Vi: Wow! That's awesome!
(minibubble) Maki: ...
(minibubble) Kina: ...
(minibubble) Leif: ...
Kabbu: Um, I'm not sure if that would be my reaction…
Vi: We need to go beat up the King! Whatever he wants isn't any better!
Kabbu: If we knew where he was going, we would have some chance, but…
Neo: A-Actually! I do know where! Probably!
Kina: Were you ever gonna tell us? Speak up!
Neo: R-Right. I was, uh, waiting for the right moment. The King is certainly going for the sapling, yeah?
Neo: Analyzing everything we know so far, my conclusion is the sapling must be in the Giant's Lair!
(minibubble) Elizant: ...
Vi: You mean that giant wall we can see from the big tree? The haunted place?! THAT Giant's Lair?!?!
Elizant: A towering behemoth of steel and wood, said to have housed the previous rulers of these lands. The so called giants.
Elizant: It is forbidden to go there. None who enter have come back.
Maki: ...In hindsight, it makes sense it'd be there. Even if we needed the artifacts to enter.
Kina: We need a boat to get there though. Doubt the Wasps will let us sail in fine and dandy.
Zaryant: Tch. They were one step ahead of us. We had just received reports that the ships at the pier were sunk by the Wasps!
Vi: W-What do we do, then? Bees can't build boats or anything...
Vanessa: ...! If you'd allow me to suggest something, why not ask the Termite Kingdom?
Vi: There's a Termite Kingdom?
Kabbu: They are an isolationist yet advanced society that lives just outside Bugaria…
Kabbu: They hate daylight so they don't make much contact.
Kabbu: Some species go for a visit, but they forbid entrance to all Ants.
Leif: ...Or that's how they used to be. Right, our Queen?
Elizant: When my mother went into her sleep, I was not...skilled enough to maintain her level of diplomacy. And our alliance fell apart.
(minibubble) Zaryant: My Queen...
Elizant: But they are our only hope. I will go, injured though I may be. I shall request an audience and do what it takes.
Zaryant: I must oppose! The Termites live deep in the Forsaken Lands! That area is teeming with dangerous beasts!
Zaryant: You must NOT put yourself in such danger! I will prepare envoys at once!
Elizant: If this was any other time, I would agree with you... But there is no choice!
Elizant: We are only in dire straits because of me. I will go myself, and that is final.
Zaryant: Hnngh…
Maki: If only I was strong as you, my Queen. Injured as I am…
Elizant: Maki, Zaryant, you two rally up all explorers. Do not let rumors and panic spread.
Elizant: When we return, we shall strike the Wasps.
Elizant: They most certainly have seized the Rubber Prison as we speak.
Elizant: That is the only known way inside the Giant's Lair from Bugaria.
Elizant: But right now we will move to the Forsaken Lands. I will need an escort to ensure I arrive at the Termite Kingdom.
Elizant: Team Snakemouth, I shall wait for you in the Golden Path Tunnel. The old entrance to the Forsaken Lands is located there.
Elizant: Also, Vanessa, please feel free to stay at our palace.
Elizant: We do not have much to offer, but we will make sure to treat you as you deserve.
Vanessa: Why, you have my gratitude Elizant. It seems you misjudge your ability to impress and court!
Vanessa: Our mothers may have had trouble in the past, but we can change the relationship between Ants and Wasps for generations to come.
Elizant: ...Is that so? Then let us share a meal when this is all dealt with.
Elizant: Team Snakemouth, we must hurry. Do not keep me waiting.
Zaryant: Team Snakemouth... Please protect the Queen.
Leif: You can count on us.
Textbox: Chapter 6: Assault on Rubber Prison
Ant Palace, War Room
[ch6, before reaching Termite Kingdom]
Vanessa: Team Snakemouth... I apologize in behalf of my people, but right now I am powerless.
Vanessa: I shall help in any way I can, however. Please be careful, the Forsaken Lands are mysterious and a true maze.
Vanessa: Only the Termites themselves know the way through that place.
Vanessa: ...You're the ones who found all the artifacts of legend, so maybe you can do it. Good luck.
[after reaching Termite Kingdom]
Vanessa: Oh, you managed to get through the Forsaken Lands?
Vanessa: You truly are exceptional fellows... if only you were there at the Wasp Kingdom at the time…
Vanessa: This all could have been prevented…
Vanessa: Oh, don't mind me. Just thinking out aloud...
Rubber Prison, Giant Lair Bridge
[post-battle]
Fuff: N-No! You won't pass! No one can pass!!!
Vi: Knock it off! You already lost!
Fuff: NO ONE WILL PASS! THOSE ARE THE KING'S ORDERS!
Fuff: I...I HAVE TO FOLLOW THE KING'S ORDERS!
Fuff: I...I MUST FOLLOW...
Kabbu: T-This isn't normal!
Leif: That Wasp in the kingdom said everyone'd gone nuts…
Leif: Could this one be controlled too?
Vi: Just let us pass!
Fuff: YOU WILL HAVE TO CRUSH MY BODY!
Vi: ...That works.
Leif: That king employs such distasteful tactics.
Leif: Let's leave this poor guy to the Ant Kingdom.
Kabbu: Indeed. Let's secure the area so reinforcements can come in.
Kabbu: Then, we'll have to give swift chase!
Kabbu: I will send the signal!
Mothiva: Ohohoho! The cavalry's here! Aren't you glad?
Celia: Great work clearing the way, Team Snakemouth!
Eri: Yeah. It's gonna be smooth sailing from here!
Maki: We cannot celebrate yet. The Wasp King is brutally powerful.
Kina: He's gonna pay for bruising you!
Yin: Muh muh!
Elizant: Indeed. But for now, we are fortunate to have gotten this far.
Vanessa: Are we sure it's alright with everyone having come?
Elizant: Queen Bianca has gracefully offered to protect the Ant Kingdom while we fulfill this mission.
Vi: Woah, I thought she was a super pacifist!
Zasp: Can't reason with a mad bug.
Elizant: My knights and trusted explorers! Make your final preparations. We venture into Giant's Lair - No Bug's Land!
Elizant: None have returned from it. We have no legends, no way to know what's inside.
Elizant: But if we do not face this challenge, we don't deserve tomorrow's freedom! Let us pray to Venus and charge!
Levi: What a magnificent rally! I'm pumped up!
Leif: Hmm. She's come far, hasn't she?
Kabbu: Even you were moved, eh Leif?
Vi: Time to kick some butt!
Vanessa: It's time...Bugaria will be saved today, but I too will reclaim my people. Let's go!
Mothiva: Idols first!
Vanessa: Lead the way when your preparations are complete.
[Story, walk to entrance to Lair]
Vanessa: Team Snakemouth.
Kabbu: May we be of service, Queen Vanessa?
Vanessa: While you ventured into the Termite Kingdom, I did some studying of my own.
Vanessa: I think the Wasp King is hiding something. The source of his strength…
Vanessa: It probably lies in his crown.
Vi: Huh? How's a crown gonna pump you up?
Vanessa: Before I explain, I want you to have this.
Textbox: The Wasp Queen has entrusted you with the Flame Brooch!
Leif: What is this amulet? It feels so...warm.
Vanessa: This is the Wasp Kingdom's royal heirloom. My mother gave it to me, and told me to protect it no matter what.
Kabbu: Queen! Is it really alright for us to have this?
Vanessa: Of course. See, this emblem's been protecting me all this time…
Vi: I don't get how this is gonna help.
Vanessa: This amulet's magical. I don't know how, but it always protected me against the Wasp King's flames.
Vanessa: I am not a fighter, but you will most likely need this more than I do now.
Kabbu: We will safeguard it. It is an honor to be trusted with a royal treasure!
Vanessa: Be safe. And beat the heck out of that usurper!
Ant Palace, Bridge
[Ending]
Vanessa: My people are free...I will never be able to thank you enough.
Leif: You don't need to, it was the right thing to do.
Vanessa: So humble! Please, I hope you'll visit our Kingdom now that the dust's settled.
Wasp Kingdom, Throne Room
[postgame]
[first talk]
Vanessa: Team Snakemouth...I owe you and all the kingdoms a great debt.
Vi: Nah. You saved us with the Flame Brooch!
Kabbu: Speaking of...we've come to return it.
Vanessa: You're too kind. I was fully prepared to entrust it to you.
Leif: It's the Wasp Kingdom's heirloom. Not something for us to own.
Vanessa: ...Thank you. But it could still prove useful in your journey.
Vanessa: Might you protect it just a bit longer? There's no rush.
Kabbu: Queen Vanessa...! Very well. You can count on us.
Vanessa: You've reminded me... This isn't much, but please accept it in the name of our recovering Kingdom.
Vi: W-Woah! WOAH!!! T-Thanks!
Leif: Good luck with everything, Queen. You've got your work cut out for you.
Vanessa: I'll be alright. And I know I can count on you if anything happens.
Kabbu: Indeed! Don't hesitate to come to us!
[talk again]
Vanessa: Make yourselves feel at home. You've got my sincere gratitude.
[Quest: A New Hope]
Fuff: Team Snakemouth. I received a report that Roy's quest was taken…
Roy: I heard you saved my people... Thank you.
Vanessa: And our people, as well. You will always have our gratitude.
Kabbu: I-It was nothing!
Vi: Come on, it was really something!
Leif: ...How can we help?
Roy: Our botanists have been working together…
Roy: We're ready to test planting crops in the Dead Lands.
Leif: Is it a good idea?
Roy: One day, the Dead Lands could be filled with life…
Roy: There's no way I'll give up on that dream.
Kabbu: ...Count on us!
Vi: Yeah! It's gonna work for sure!
Vanessa: With the trials you've faced, I have no doubt you'll be safe.
Roy: Shall we go, then? We're headed towards the cold behemoth's entrance.
\Npc Spies
[Ant Palace, War Room]
Vi: She lost her people to a faker... That's gotta sting!
Leif: Very empathetic of you.
Vi: Ants, Bees and Wasps aren't that different. Most just follow whoever's in the throne.
Vi: But we love our Queen, so it just feels a bit sad…
Kabbu: You've truly grown, Vi! Your maturity shines pride on me!
Vi: Stop it! You're embarassing me!
Leif: Guess you're not THAT mature yet...
[Rubber Prison, Giant Lair Bridge]
Kabbu: Everybody's here!
Vi: Yeah! We're good enough, but this is great!
Leif: It's very reassuring. Heh. We've made good friends.
Kabbu: We cannot afford to lose, for all of their sakes!
[Wasp Kingdom, Throne Room]
Kabbu: Queen Vanessa has retaken control of the kingdom.
Leif: We may never know how the Wasp King just hypnotized everyone...creepy stuff.
Vi: Well, everyone's back to normal, right? It's all that matters!