Editing Dragon Quest IV Transcript (section)

===Riverton, first visit===

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(*): Meow?

(*): Hooly dooly! I could hardly believe me eyes, y'know.

(*): There's a humungo statue to the south of this river, and strewth, I swear I saw it go walkabout! Fair dink! 

(*): Back in the old days, people used to fly about in the sky in funny contraptions they built.

(*): But that all ended when the Lord o' the Underworld went an' made off with the basic "ingredient", if ya like.

(*): I reckon it probably ended up bein' sealed away with him, y'know.

(*): Welcome to the riverside town of Riverton! Pretty good name for the place, eh?

(*): Hey, that boat you've got is a real beaut. Good on ya!

(*): Still, I s'pose you need a decent-sized thing if you're sailin' out on the open ocean.

(*): People reckon there's a monster castle somewhere in the Ostro outback.

(*): No one's been enough of a galah to go an' find out if that's true or not, though. Ha ha!

(*): I'll be stuffed! I didn't think anyone'd find me here.

(*): This is me secret fishin' spot, see, an' I'd like to keep it that way. Don't tell anyone, roit?

(Character) reads the sign.

"South of here is the Colossus statue, mate."

(*): The bloke on the opposite bank is a real dag. He's tryin' to build one o' them old flyin' machines.

(*): I dunno, though. It don't sound all that easy to me. I reckon he's a bit of a whacker.

(*): I ain't sleepin' on the job, mate. No, not me.

(*): Travellin' 'round the world, are ya? How'd you like to stump up for me flyin' machine to help you on your way then?

(*): There's only one slight problem... It ain't finished yet.

(*): All I need is a gas that's lighter than air, though, and then I reckon she'll fly.

(*): Hey! Maybe I could take a squizz at that canister you got there. Will you show it to me, mate?

(*): You beauty! Check this out! When I open up the canister a little, out sprays some kinda gas!

(*): I don't suppose...

(*): You know, I'd be really rapt if you'd let me have this. Whaddya reckon?

(*): You little ripper! You won't regret this, I promise. Just come back an' see me tomorrow, eh?

(*): Hopefully I'll have a pretty spiffy present for ya by way of thanks.

(*): Ah, go on, mate! In the name o' science an' all that.

(*): Strewth! Some people are so stubborn, it makes me as cross as a frog in a sock!

(*): Ah, be fair! It ain't gonna break your back just showin' it to me, is it? Strewth, some people!

(*): Come on! Give a bloke a fair go. You'll let me have it, won't ya?

(*): You little ripper! You won't regret this, I promise. Just come back an' see me tomorrow, eh?

(*): Hopefully I'll have a pretty spiffy present for ya by way of thanks.

(*): Purr?

(*): Zzzz...

The fishing line is being tugged at, but the old man doesn't notice!

(*): Me old man's always complainin' he's too tired for chit-chat. He won't talk to me at all, the mongrel.

(*): I'm a battler through and through, me. I work hard all day long, y'know.

(*): The last thing I wanna hear when I get home is some crazy yabber about the Colossus statue takin' a walk! 

(*): I wonder if that larrikin really can make a flyin' machine.

(*): It says in the old books that the thing that made the flyin' machines work was in some kinda hard canister.

(*): I reckon it'd fly if I could find a gas that's lighter than air. That'd be bonzer!

(*): It is said that the Colossus catches the teardrops that fall from its eyes.

(*): Good luck on your quest, my (child/children).

There's a lever here. Pull it?

The statue of the Colossus starts to move!

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