antreegonist | [MEMORY # 22 (TRIVIAL NEGATIVE)]

* "Exspheres are terrible things, aren't they...?"

Won from Game 64: Silver/Flame's Heart.

[Lloyd’s group rides the Rheairds to The Seaside Paradise, Altamira. Upon arrival, Regal doesn’t enter Altamira.]

Regal: I’m sorry, but I’m going to wait here.
Lloyd: What’s up?
Regal: …
Zelos: Won’t say why, huh? Well, if you don’t want to talk about it, that’s your business. (to Lloyd) Lloyd, let him do what he wants.
Lloyd: All right. We’ll catch you on the way out.

[Lloyd’s group talks to the citizens about Raine’s whereabouts, but Lloyd’s group did not have any luck finding her. Lloyd’s group approaches the gravestone where a man is standing next to and talks to him.]

George: …Alicia! Is it really you?
Presea: You…know Alicia?!
George: What? Wait, then who?…
Presea: Alicia is my…sister.
George: Ohh…I see. Ah, of course… Alicia passed away quite some time ago. She couldn’t possibly be standing here, now.

Presea: …Passed away?!
Lloyd: What happened?
George: Alicia came to work in the service of the noble Bryant family, but she was caught up in an unfortunate incident that resulted in her death.
Colette: She died? How?!…
George: I dare not speak of the details. Please forgive me. Alicia’s grave lies in the Sky Terrace of the Lezareno Company headquarters. Please stop by there if you have the time. Alicia would surely be pleased to receive a visit from her younger sister. If you show this to the receptionists, they should let you through.

[George leaves.]

Genis: Younger sister? I thought Presea was the older one.
Zelos: That’s strange. Presea said she had a younger sister…
Colette: Oh, I know! Maybe there are three sisters in all!
Zelos: Oh, come on…

[Lloyd’s group received Employee ID and boards the elemental railway to the Lezareno Company HQ. Upon arrival, Lloyd’s group was about to enter the elevator. Then…]

Guard: I’m sorry, but may I ask your reason for visiting our company today?
Lloyd: We want to go to the Sky Terrace.
Guard: This is George’s!… My deepest apologies. Please, go on inside.

[Lloyd’s group rides the elevator to the Sky Terrace and finds Alicia's gravestone.]

Presea: Alicia…what happened to you?
Mithos: …What’s this?
Lloyd: Hey, there’s an Exsphere embedded here!
Presea: Why is there an Exsphere?…

[Alicia's ghost appears.]

Alicia: Presea…sis! It’s you, isn’t it?
Presea: Alicia?!
Colette: Look!
Alicia: I’m so happy I can see you again before I disappear…
Presea: What’s going on? Are you still alive?
Alicia: I…I exist only in the Exsphere. Soon, even my consciousness will be gone. The Exsphere killed my body and absorbed my consciousness.

Presea: …I can’t believe you’ve become a victim of the Exsphere as well…
Alicia: Presea, please grant me my request. Before I disappear…please find my master. Please find Master Bryant!
Presea: Bryant? The noble you went to serve?
Alicia: Yes. By killing me, he…

[Her ghost vanishes.]

Presea: Alicia! He killed you?! Please, tell me what happened!
Alicia: …Please…Presea…

Presea: Lloyd, please, help me find Alicia’s killer.
Lloyd: …Of course. We’ll beat this Bryant guy to a pulp and drag him back here!
Genis: Yeah! I won’t let him get away with killing your sister!
Presea: …Thank you.

[Just as Lloyd’s group is about to leave, Mithos stands and glances at Alicia’s gravestone.]

Genis: What’s wrong?
Mithos: …Exspheres are terrible things, aren’t they?…
Genis: Yeah…
Lloyd: Hey, time to go.
Mithos: …Okay.

+ SOME OF REGAL AND PRESEA'S BACKSTORY GET \O_o/...
+ Mithos did genuinely empathize some with Presea when he was with Lloyd's party! Not enough that liking her trumped her being human, but she pinged him in the existentialism and dead sister issues. So. He has that back if she ever comes to Aather.
+ MORE TERRIBLE THINGS EXSPHERES CAN DO: keep your soul trapped in stasis and slowly take it over after your physical body dies.
+ Sssso if he is dead, is he genuinely dead at home or an Exsphere ghost like Alicia? DISTURBING.
+ Added apprehension towards endgame memories and skills.