The Prisoner.wmv
| Video title | The Prisoner.wmv |
|---|---|
| Creator | Sarah |
| Channel | Jadusable |
| Upload date | July 19, 2020 |
| Runtime | 13:06 |
| Tags | Jadusable, BEN Drowned, Ben, Matt, Moon Children, Haunted Majora's Mask, The Last Hero, The Prisoner, Sarah, Abel, Methods of Revolution, Haunted Zelda |
| Game | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask |
The Prisoner.wmv is the twenty-third video of the Awakening Arc and the forty-third video in Ben Drowned. It is preceded by The Moon Children.wmv and followed by The Happy Mask Salesman.wmv.
Synopsis
Sarah continues her journey through the cartridge, bringing the fight to Romani Ranch. After dispatching the aliens, she struggles against Gomess and seeks shelter in the barn where she finds Rosa, trapped within Romani's avatar. Rosa gives her Light Arrows to assist her in defeating Gomess and the Pendant of Memories to help free the other Moon Children. Sarah defeats Gomess and the Second Day begins.
Video
Description
Sarah makes her way to the second location chosen by the players - the Romani Ranch - where a startling revelation is made.
Transcript
The video proceeds with the Rosa intro, with several scenes interweaved within the sequence. Several scenes from “The Moon Children.wmv”, the previous video, are displayed: Sarah targeting a ReDead in Clock Town, the glitched Majora’s Mask title screen, a segment of her conversation with the Odolwa Moon Child, and a scene of her running along Milk Road toward Romani Ranch.
The first shot of the video begins with Sarah entering Romani Ranch. Upon entering, the shot cuts to a cutscene panning around the Ranch, displaying the numerous features of the location, including the dog-racing minigame and the main portion of the Ranch itself. After the cutscene ends, another one begins. The scene cuts to the four remaining Moon Children standing in a field shrouded in bluish-grey hue. The Moon Children appear to be deliberating on how to deal with Sarah, whom they refer to as an “anomaly”:
“It would seem that he’s gone.”
“Yes, but unlike the last one.”
“Yes, she appears to be unaffected by the blackout as well.”
“Another anomaly, then.”
“Yes, but several this time.”
“She seems to be capable of infecting others according to that wicked man’s plan.”
“Yes, that could be troublesome. Even so, everyone has a weakness. We will find hers.”
“We will soon have a consensus of our own in order to combat this new development. For now, we will act in His stead until He is ready. Moving forward, we require full autonomy in order to be the most efficient.”
The camera briefly zooms in on the Moon Child wearing Majora’s Mask before fading out and returning to Sarah’s point of view, who enters Romani Ranch. On entering, Sarah glimpses upon what is an ominous scene; the sky appears to be cloudy, having an eerie appearance with a dark-brownish hue. One of the Moon Children is seen standing by the gate on the dirt path leading into the field surrounding the Ranch. She runs along the path to meet the Moon Child, who engages her in conversation. A cutscene begins; the camera zooms in on the Moon Child, who is wearing Goht’s mask. “Why do you want to hurt us?” asked the Moon Child. The camera switches to Sarah before the Moon Child continues on. “What’s waiting for us on the outside, anyway? A cruel, unfair world full of death, decay, famine, and poverty. Here, everything is simple. There’s no pain. There’s no suffering. What’s so wrong with wanting to stay?”
The conversation abruptly ends as the Ghosts (also known as They or Them) begin to invade Romani Ranch. Sarah attempts to engage the Moon Child in conversation again, who responds merely by dispassionately beseeching Sarah to take her mask off.
Sarah then dashes forward toward the Ranch to fight off the invading Ghosts. After collecting some arrows from nearby bushes, she begins to shoot arrows at the Ghosts, disposing of them with ease. As the invasion carries on, the shot is interrupted with another cutscene. Standing in a void with a bluish-gray hue is Romani surrounded alone by the four remaining Moon Children. The scene then cuts to a bluish-cyan void. A Moon Child briefly appears on the left side of the screen before the viewer is treated to a rapid flurry of scattered bats.
The scene abruptly cuts back to Sarah, who continues to fight off the Ghost invasion. She succeeds in defeating the Ghosts; as the game progresses, the Ghosts abandon their assault and flee. Sarah then pans around the Ranch in first person view, taking in her surroundings. As she observes the area surrounding the entrance to the Ranch, the game suddenly breaks off into yet another cutscene. The camera cuts to an area of the field near the entrance gate before spawning Gomess, a miniboss from the Stone Tower Temple, in the middle of the field. Sarah runs over to Epona, but upon interacting with the horse, she is told by Tatl that she will flatten the horse if she attempts to ride upon it in Link’s Adult form.
Sarah thus charges forward onto the field to meet Gomess in battle. However, Gomess proves to be too much for Sarah to handle, nearly defeating her in the battle. After scoring a hit with the bow and arrows and deftly dodging the bats unleashed by Gomess, Sarah flees into the shed in the middle of the field next to the Romani house. Upon entering, Sarah enters into a bluish-gray void with the Song of Healing playing in the background. Romani appears and engages Sarah in conversation, thanking her for saving her. “I… remember now. I always “died” here,” said Romani. “No matter what, I would always forget myself. Everything would go black…” Romani continued on. “They must have been keeping me here – they couldn’t permanently kill me, so they kept me trapped in this cycle.”
The screen fades to black, and Romani’s dialogue continues:
“…How long have I been stuck like this…? Weeks? Months? Years…? A decade…? I’m sorry. This must look pretty silly coming from someone so small. This character wasn’t exactly my choice. My real name…is Rosa.”
After this astonishing revelation, Rosa pauses for a few moments before continuing on:
“We can talk later. You’re in trouble now, aren’t you? I used to have much more control over this world.. and many others.. But I can still help you as I am. It’s not much, but I at least can strengthen your bow and give you the means to free others like me.”
The screen flashes white, and the camera displays Sarah receiving the Light Arrows. After restoring her health, the screen fades to black again. “Let my memories unlock the others,” said Rosa. Shortly after, Sarah receives an additional item: the Pendant of Memories, an item which can “restore certain characters to their original selves”.
The screen cuts back to Sarah, standing in the shed. After a brief gander around the inside of the shed, Sarah heads back out into the field. Upon exiting, Gomess respawns in the middle of the field. Armed with the Light Arrows, Sarah rushes forward to settle the score with Gomess. Armed with her new weapon, Gomess is no match for Sarah; she emerges victorious from the battle. As the Dawn of the Second Day begins, the video ends.
Gallery
The following images were used as thumbnails leading up to the premiere:
The following images flashed by for the first ten seconds:
The following was found in the video's spectrogram:
Notes
- The following text was found in the spectrogram: "YOU ARE NOT AS CLEVER AS YOU THINK. LEAVE OUR HOME."
