Scenario Early Plot The ideas of many staff members when into creating the story for FFVII, and there were a lot of scenario ideas and scripts that ultimately got rejected. Here is a sample of those vast documents.

Battling Jenova

[ The Promised Land ]

Man in Black Cloak: "My mission was to lead you this far. To lead the one who had visited the ruins of the Ancients, and gained knowledge of Meteor..." Cloud: "Knowledge of Meteor...?" Man in Black Cloak: "...This is the end... my mission... is over... my... Jenova's mission. Jenova..." The man turns to face Cloud. He slowly takes off his hood and... he has no face! He takes of the whole cloak, revealing he has no body... Save for a single part. A heart floating in midair. Cloud: "Jenova's... heart!? Then where's Sephiroth?" Tifa: "Then who have we been chasing so far? It wasn't Sephiroth?" Cid: "Oi! What’re you two standing around for! It's coming right for us!" The heart transforms (Jenova 5 - Jenova: Heart). After the party defeats it, they find the Black Materia left behind. The party successes in retrieving the Black Materia. * Originally, it seems the reason that the different parts of Jenova kept the name of that part of the body was to make it easy to realize that the Jenova from Shinra Building was detaching parts of its own body as it heads towards Sephiroth.

Sector 7 Slums

[ In Seventh Heaven: A Suspicious Drunkard ]

Behind the counter is a staircase leading underground. This is the hideout for AVALANCHE. A suspicious customer (one of the Turks) comes in pretending to be drunk. Tifa: "Oh, I'm sorry, sir. We're closed for today. Customer (stumbling around): "I haven't had enough to drink. Just one more. Ooh, aren't you a pretty one!" Tifa: "Please stop teasing me, sir!" Customer: "Now, don't get mad, don't get mad! I am a customer, you know." Tifa: "Well, we're closed for today!" Customer: "... Alright, ma'am. (Just before leaving) Lady, you are one fine looking woman. ... So this my last look.... what a shame. Well, if you'll excuse me." Cloud: "That guy... he wasn't drunk, was he." Tifa: "No..." You can follow him here if you want, but you lose sight of him. Tifa stays behind.

[ Conversation with Johnny ]

Johnny: "You didn't look like just some average guy, but bloody hell, her childhood friend... My Tifa's... Just what are to my Tifa now, then!" We're just childhood friends >01 That's not really any of your business, is it? >02 01> Johnny: "But Tifa don't feel like that. Aaah, why did she ask you! Why not me? I'd save her if she were in trouble! But that's not gonna happen. I ain't got nothin'. No memories under starry skies or talks of childhood dreams. The most I've got is coming to the bar everyday and getting drunk off my arse. Oh, the pain! You! Childhood friend! Don't think I'm gonna let you just up and leave now! You made a promise, didn't ya!! You better not make her cry!" 02> Johnny: "Oh, I get it!! But don't think I'm gonna let you just up and leave now! You made a promise, didn't ya!! Tifa's an angel in these slums, you better not forget that!" Johnny: "I'm gonna go out into the world and become a proper man! Sayonara, baby! Hey, childhood friend! You better look after Tifa!" ** It looks like the reason Johnny left the Slums was because he was heartbroken at having Tifa stolen (?) from him by Cloud.

Kalm Flashback

[ Tifa's Diary ]

Last night I read a book by a man called Mon Mos. It said that Mako energy was like the blood of the planet, and if we keep using it like we are now it'll shorten the life of the planet. ----- I wonder if Wel, Dan, Meiday, and the other boys who left the village are doing alright? All the boys left for the city. They all called me out to the water tower. They all said the same things. Ah, except for Cloud. He said he was going to join SOLDIER? I wonder how long he's been thinking about that. He was always pretty distant from everyone else, but still worried about what everyone thought. Honestly, he was kind of a strange kid. He started getting into fights all the time. It wasn't like he was fighting because he was angry, more like he was testing something. What was he trying to test? His own strength? ----- I thought about Cloud today. When did he change? I'm sure the boys started to hate Cloud when he was 8. He'd get into fights with anybody. When Cloud was 8... I was 7. The year mom died. I don't remember much about that year. It's kind of a strange feeling, like being myself but at the same time not. But even since then, it's felt like I've been obsessed with Mt. Nibel. * Originally there was a diary in Tifa's room, and you were able find out what she thought about Cloud. Still, it shows an impressive display of Tifa's popularity, being called out to the water tower by everyone.

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