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DCVI

PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:34 pm


It has a funny way of showing it.

I just happened to see that article about today or yesterday, but not here. And I didn't read it thoroughly, but seriously, they can't even TRY to pick up were Soraya left off? The one that made me the most depressed, out of all of them, no explaining how Shion knows Febronia. I was excited when I saw that scene on my DVD and I was like "well now they'll explain it", and looks like i'm not getting it.

Urgh, I'm so incredibly mad you have no idea. Boycott sounds like a good idea right now...

But anyhoo... any other details on this turn of events I should be aware of?
PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:13 am


Monolith basically took a hacksaw to the original script of episode two past what you see on the first disk (which appears to be mostly intact, thankfuly). As far as Shion's relationship with Febronia, here's what the ODM has to say about it (I don't know how helpful it'll be though):

Xenosaga Official Design Materials - Translation from: http://home.comcast.net/~amablue/designmaterials.html
Shion and Febronia
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The Realian who hopes for a her sister's release


* Flashback

During the encephalon dive into KOS-MOS's mainframe, Febronia's church was
being constructed. Inside that space, 3 statues had been established; overhead
of the center statue, a Cross was hanging. In front of that altar, kneeled
Febronia.

The encephalon was a reconstruction based on Shion's memory. When she saw the
figure of Febronia existing in that place, Shion flashbacked to 14 years ago in
her mind. A gloomy interior. A woman whose abdomen was being devoured by 4 old
-style combat realians. Her neck bending unnaturally, her opened eyes were
sunken in, but they were seeing nothing. That face-- it was Febronia's.

The combat realians who appeared in the flashback differ only in shape from the
realians that are in use presently.

They were realians from the time before the Miltian conflict of 14 years ago.
It was Febronia who became the tragic figure that was attacked by them. And it
was Shion who was an eyewitness to the event.

* Febronia's request

Febronia, who talked to Shion in the encephalon, is not an existence that was
reconstructed based merely on Shion's memory.

During the encephalon dive, the characters of inner memory that were
reconstructed -- including the URTVs and Professor Joachim Mizrahi -- only
repeated speech and conduct from what was inside memory, but they did not make
direct communication with the characters who are diving. It is because they did
not go beyond being a mirage of a real, solid body. However, Febronia had a
conversation with the people who are diving. Similarly to Nephilim, who also
was seen as an apparition, Febronia's existence is one that resides in the
imaginary number domain, and she addressed everybody. Both she and Nephilim
drew close to each other toward Shion in her memory. Then, they announced
something that was important for the sake of the whole of humanity.

After that, in front of Shion & the group, there appeared a vision of a fertile
world. And then, a desolate world. In either case, two little-girl-model
realians, who were called Febronia's little sisters, were being imprisoned.
Febronia's request was to release the little girls. That was her plea.

The little girls named Cecily and Cathe, beyond being Realians, are not blood-
relative sisters with Febronia. They may be sisters of a higher manufacturing
process or ideology. The little girls were existences that were created for
purpose of controlling the Zohar. Therefore, with the release of the sisters
comes a release of the control of the Zohar. The Zohar is on Old Miltia. And
Old Miltia is sealed in the Abyss.

Because of this situation, it can be guessed that Febronia wishes for Shion to
go to Old Miltia, for the destruction of the Zohar control systerm.


Though this page doesn't specifically deal with "Shion and Febronia" it might offer more information (Febronia's profile thingy)
Xenosaga Official Design Materials - Translation from: http://home.comcast.net/~amablue/designmaterials.html
FEBRONIA
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A certain Realian was working for the Uzuki family before. It is her.


Individual Attributes: Because of a lack of physical existance, unknown.
Affiliation: Area between the Imaginary and Real number domains.

* Enneagram Type

According to Enneagram personality analysis, Febronia is classified as a Type 1
(rational, judgemental, decisive, self-righteous.)

Type 1s are people of pure ideals. Everything is tight and efficient, and they
also supress excessive surface emotion, so they appear to lack basic human
kindness.

Rationality, logic, conscientiousness, truth and righteousness, are among the
values they espouse, togather with their desire for reformation. This soundness
is occassionally an excellent characteristic of a Type 1.

Type 1s are unhealthy, when they let their self-righteousness become a
fundamental truth and principle that they run with. They adopt a stubborn
attitude towards other people, as well as punishing them for their conduct, and
this urge is inconsistent with the speech and conduct they repeat.

Febronia was a Realian, and it's possibly the case that her emotions were
supressed to begin with. However, information about her existance in the real
world, as a Realian, can not be verified as it seems to have been erased
because of the Miltian Conflict's influence.

* From the Real Number Domain to the Imaginary Number Domain

It is the case that Febronia was formerly a Realian. The difference between her
and Nephilim, is that she was brought forth by the hand of mankind, justlike
the 100 Series Observational Realians, and the common combat Realians. So what
changed, to vary her physical existance, to become an existance of the same
kind as Nephilim?

The Hilbert Effect can be considered to have a reversing effect on things. If
we assume that a successor to Dr. Joachim Mizrahi's research exists, it is a
possibility that the "Cloaked Man", who can change back and forth from the real
and imaginary number domains, is the one who inherited it.

In reality, the possibility of elevated people can be considered, and you can
consider the imaginary number domain activity 'Field' of Febronia, Virgil, and
others, to be transform-shift phenomenon.



Hope that sheds at least a little light on the question. The ODM seems to contain a vast ammount of information that the games may never end up touching on (luckily the group I'm quoting from seems to be maing a great deal of progress with the translations, so maybe we'll see a fully translated ODM in the next few months *is dreaming*)

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DCVI

PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:00 pm


Very helpful, thank you.
PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:10 pm


Any time. ^.~

shojokakumeii00
Captain

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