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!!Essi
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->''"Will I still be the same person once I uncover the truth?"''

The main protagonist, Essi is a girl with psychic powers whose mother died under questionable circumstances in an accident ten years ago. Essi's own memory surrounding the event is quite foggy itself; the only thing left behind from that day was a USB-drive disguised as a necklace given to her by her mother, and the recurring dream of a boy named "X". When she is invited to Xen Institute, Essi becomes determined to not only solve the recent murder case, but to finally unlock the secrets of the X-Note, and uncover the mystery of her mother's own mysterious death.
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* AbandonedPlayground: Her most precious place to visit, based on the fact that she used to visit it with her mother.
* BadassAdorable: When she trains hard enough, this trope comes into play. [[spoiler:It's most noticeable in Oure's path, when she's actually able to deflect Loil's bullets.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:In Anon's Bad End, as Loil learns the hard way.]]
* CloserToEarth: Compared to her LoveInterests. Her main personality trait is that she is down-to-earth and level-headed.
* DisappearedDad: Confirmed to be dead by Essi in her conversation with Oure on Friday 13th.
%%* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest
* FriendlessBackground: She didn't get along with many of the children in the orphanage, and so she was alone most of the time.
* ForgottenBirthday: In Oure's route. Though really, he just messed up the day that her real birthday was on, and tried surprising her a day earlier than he should have.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: [[spoiler:She's met Oure and Anon in the past. Yuon is the only one she didn't know before, likely due to him leaving the Xen Institute relatively early on.]]
%%* HimeCut
* INeverToldYouMyName: With Rexus; she's a bit surprised that he knows her name when she never mentioned it to him.
* IWillWaitForYou: [[spoiler:Oure's GoodEnding; the bonus scene after the credits even depicts Essi's feelings as she waits for him to wake up.]]
* JackOfAllStats: Essi is one of the few known psychics to be able to use psychokinesis, clairvoyance, and telepathy. That said, she doesn't particularly excel in any of these different branches of psychic power, and she has to train everyday to be decent in each category.
%%* LittleBlackDress
* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler:YOU KILLED HIM! YOU KILLED HIM! YOU KILLED HIM!]]
* MementoMacGuffin: Her X-Note USB necklace. [[spoiler:However, the full secrets of the X-Note are only revealed in one route. The others have Essi give up solving it, choosing not to uncover the mystery surrounding her mother's death.]]
* MindOverMatter: One of her abilities is psychokinesis.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Essi feels more awkward being around [[spoiler:Anon when he's being straightforward and serious than when he's being a playful pervert.]]
* OrphansOrdeal: It's her main motivation in solving the mysteries surrounding Xen Institute.
* PowerFloats: [[spoiler:At the end of Anon's GoodEnding, though Essi initially believes that he is capable of doing this.]]
* PsychicPowers: Psychokinesis, clairvoyance, and telepathy, to be specific.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:In Anon's BadEnding, she loses touch with her sanity and ends up killing Loil in a fit of rage.]]
%%* SlapSlapKiss: With Anon.
%%* SleepCute: In Oure's path.
* {{Telepathy}}: One of her abilities is telepathy.
* TragicKeepsake: The X-Note necklace that her mother left her on the day of the accident.
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: [[spoiler:The reason she doesn't remember her early childhood is to spare herself the trauma of X's suicide.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: In Yuon's route as a Type B, and in Anon's route as a Type A.
* WasItAllALie: [[spoiler:When she finds out Yuon was manipulating her feelings and using her to tap into his own psychic abilities, she levels this accusation at him.]]
* WhyCantIHateYou: [[spoiler:When Essi chooses to go talk to Yuon in Anon's path, she can't bring herself to betray Anon to Yuon as Scid's killer, as she has grown to love him too much.]]
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Inverted. Essi initially commends Anon's information gathering skills, only for him to proudly ask if she's impressed. Essi regrets praising him.

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!!Yuon
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->''"How long can I struggle when everything I believe for is denied?"''

A serious young man with many connections at Xen Institute, Yuon is the student who invited Essi to investigate the murder of Dr. Scid, who happens to be Yuon's father. Coolly calculating and somewhat manipulative, he pushes Essi to transfer into Xen Institute, and encourages her to make use of her psychic abilities to help the investigation along. He is hard-working, albeit very messy, and is often found in his office, surrounded by papers.
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%%* TheAce
%%* AdorablyPrecociousChild: When he was a kid.
* BeYourself: What WordOfGod states to be the message behind his route.
* BigLittleBrother: [[spoiler:Seeing as how Oure hasn't aged, Yuon has inevitably ended up physically older.]]
* BirdsOfAFeather: Essi notes that she can empathize with his withdrawn personality, having done the same after her mother died.
* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler:Involuntarily gaining the powers of other psychics isn't so great when you're surrounded by them and can't control them, hence why he was removed from Xen Institute as a child.]]
%%* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler:In his Bad End.]]
* BrokenAce: [[spoiler:He strove to become an amazing student in an attempt to gain his father's attention, only for his father to end up dying, leaving Yuon to feel like everything he's done in his life to be pointless.]]
* ClearMyName: The purpose of Essi investigating his father's death. [[spoiler:Though that's only half the story.]]
* ComicallySerious: His route involves a number of jokes at his expense.
%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* CutenessProximity: He's pretty obsessed with Mr. Puffy. [[spoiler:His bonus scene reveals that for him, it was a symbol of happiness, which is why he became so fixated on it.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Yuon's mother died when he was very young, and his relationship with his father has been poor ever since they both got news of his older brother's death. Since then Yuon has buried himself in academics and chess in order to fill the void left behind. His inability to connect to his father also led to an inability to connect with others, leaving him as the SociallyAwkwardHero that he is. Heck, even at the beginning of the game, he states that his main motivation behind solving Scid's murder isn't to find his father's killer, but to clear the police's suspicion of him as the culprit.]]
* DeclarationOfProtection: Towards Essi in his Good End.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: [[spoiler:Everyone he's cared about and/or strove to impress has died by the present, leaving him to feel like he's lost his way. He admits in his route that he doesn't actually care about finding his father's murderer, as it wouldn't change anything; hiring Essi was just a distraction from his issues.]]
* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler:Aside from Yuon noting how opposite in personality he is from his brother--Oure, who gets along with everyone, compared to Yuon, who can't connect with others--Oure also comments on their differences in Yuon's good ending: whereas Oure has always settled for just dreaming, Yuon never gives up on his goals, which Oure admires him for.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:While they could be chalked up to him being a secretly nice guy, there are hints that he's not really interested in solving any of the mysteries, despite hiring Essi supposedly for that purpose. Namely, whenever he tells Essi not to push herself too hard over getting the job done and that there's no time limit, even though you'd think he'd want to get this solved as quickly as possible, what with him being the prime suspect for the murders. The longer Essi takes, the longer Yuon has an excuse to keep her around.]]
* HiddenDepths: A pretty talented artist, though he never pursued the craft because he thought his father wouldn't approve.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:As Yuon himself notes, it's ironic that someone as stiff and inflexible as him would have the ability of 'Adapt'.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Not as much as he initially seems (or was originally intended to be, according to WordOfGod), but it's there at times.
* MeaningfulName: "Yuon" is a corruption of the word "young". [[spoiler:This hints not only at his younger brother status, but also at his rather immature tastes, despite his dislike of being treated as a child.]]
* MementoMacGuffin: [[spoiler:His Mr. Puffy keychain that he received from his brother, as well as his own X-Note USB.]]
* MissingMom: His mother died when he was an infant.
* NoSocialSkills: Essi's initial impression of him leads her to believe that he is a typical ManipulativeBastard, but as she continues to interact with him, it becomes clear that Yuon just doesn't know how to properly interact with others.
%%* NotSoStoic
* OrphansOrdeal: [[spoiler:Having lost his family over the course of his life has messed the guy up.]]
* ParentalNeglect: [[spoiler:He's always been overlooked by his father in favour of his brother--first, because his brother was ill, and then again because his brother lived at the institute where their father was working (while Yuon was sent away for his own good), and then once more because his brother died, leaving his father unable to cope with the grief. Even afterwards, his father admits that he doesn't know how to talk to Yuon anymore and fears that Yuon blames him for everything.]]
* PerpetualFrowner: His default expression, though it's only a mild frown, and it's clear that he just has trouble with communicating with others.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Arguably, the conflict in his path comes down to this. [[spoiler:He leaves Essi in the dark about many things surrounding the case, with the most tension being caused by omitting the fact that he possessed psychic abilities as well. Taken to its most literal extreme in his bad end, and with Essi following suit. Because she is suffering from her own HeroicBSOD due to his death, she doesn't defend herself when the authorities arrive on the scene and start accusing her of murdering him.]]
* PowerCopying: [[spoiler:His ability is to gain the powers of other pyschics.]]
* SharedFamilyQuirks: He's a lot like his father, down to their fondness for chess.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: He's the reigning national chess champion and a smart guy.
* SociallyAwkwardHero: Has a very hard time communicating with others, as he isn't really aware that being a PerpetualFrowner sends out the wrong signals.
%%* TheStoic
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Aloof and stuck with a frown on his face, but he's ultimately a caring person, even if his means of showing it can be stilted.
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:For Essi in his Bad End.]]
%%* TallDarkAndHandsome
%%* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cream puffs.
* TrashOfTheTitans: His office is a complete mess, save for his work area. According to Yuon's logic, he doesn't use the rest of it, so why does he need to keep it tidy?
%%* TroubledButCute
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Of Loil, who (primarily ForTheEvulz) manipulates him into becoming the prime suspect for his father's death.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: Strives for his father's approval, leading to his [[TheAce Ace]] qualities.
* WhenHeSmiles: Essi is taken aback when she first sees him smile.
* WillNotTellALie: Or rather, he will never break a promise. It can be dismissed as a casual remark when he claims this early on in the game (and Essi is doubtful), but [[spoiler:his route reveals that everyone he's loved ended up breaking their promises to him, which he's never really forgiven them for]].
%%* {{Workaholic}}
%%* YouAreNotAlone: [[spoiler:What Essi tells him in his route.]]
* YoungAndInCharge: He actually ''inherited'' Xen Institute from his father, as his mother died when he was young.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Yuon is fifteen, making him barely older than Essi. Yet he looks very mature for his age, and has a large responsibility in running the school even as a student at Xen Institute.

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!!Oure
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->''"Dreaming is the only thing I can do."''

A young-looking boy whom Essi meets while wandering in the corridors. He is very innocent and carefree, and takes an earnest interest in helping Essi when he can, though usually he is of little help himself. Childlike in appearance and demeanor, Essi quickly and easily befriends him, and enjoys spending her freetime talking with him.
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* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: [[spoiler:Subverted. With his completely white-clad MysticalWhiteHair status, news of his death ten years ago, and his disappearance in the middle of his route, you'd be forgiven for thinking that he was actually a ghost.]]
%%* AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost
%%* AstralProjection
* BigBrotherInstinct: [[spoiler:In Yuon's arc, he appears just in time to help Yuon and say his goodbyes before fading away. He also acts as a big brother figure to Xirr.]]
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Essi. Essi even thinks that they enjoy each other's company because [[LonelyTogether they share the same kind of loneliness.]]
* BrokenBird: [[spoiler:[[BreakTheCutie This cutie has been broken many, many times before.]]]]
* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:Late in his route, he fades away in front of Essi, then comes back to spend some of his final moments with her. In the BadEnding, he stays gone. In the denouement of the GoodEnding, there is a {{Flashback}} to when he is fading away the second time. Essi catches him as he is fading in the middle of the night, and he manages to get in a few last words. He tells her that he won't say good-bye, because he believes that they will meet again one day.]]
* CheerfulChild: When he was young, and it shows even now.
* ClosedCircle: [[spoiler:He is literally unable to leave one of Xen Institute's corridors. This might be due to the fact that, even though he uses his ability regularly, he is still not aware that he is alive and thus can't practice expanding his range.]]
%%* CloudCuckoolander
* ConvenientComa: While it is convenient for the story, [[spoiler:in the end, this is subverted. The doctors who tend to him in the hospital say that he has a very slim chance of waking up, and that it was a miracle that he was still alive after being in a coma for ten years. Nevertheless, Essi is determined to wait for the day when he finally wakes up.]]
* CoolBigBro: [[spoiler:To his younger brother Yuon when they were little.]]
%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:He is Yuon's older brother, and the closest friend that X had in the Institute. At a young age, he developed diabetes, genetic from his dead mother. One day while standing up to the other children who were bullying X, he also got hurt, triggering X's BerserkButton. Caught in the fight, Oure fell into a coma afterward, and believed himself to be dead. Confusing his AstralProjection with being a ghost, he tried wandering the school only to find that he couldn't leave the corridors, and he grew resentful of watching the clouds pass by in the outside world, while he himself was trapped there.]]
* DelicateAndSickly: He has always had a weak body from a young age. [[spoiler:Also, he has diabetes, though he never appears to have to take an insulin shot. It's justified in that since he is really an AstralProjection, he understandably doesn't have this limitation, though his physical body still needs its daily medication.]]
* TheDitz: Occasionally seems this way in his interactions with Essi, when in this day and age, he doesn't know what a cell phone or USB drive is, [[spoiler:though this is justified.]]
* {{Escapism}}: [[spoiler:Oure's AstralProjection manifests because of a desire to escape the restrictions of his physical body.]]
* FriendlessBackground: [[spoiler:Except for X, who was his only friend.]]
* HalfTruth: [[spoiler:He is telling the truth to Essi about not heing able to leave Xen Institute, but he fails to mention that he literally cannot move anywhere beyond the corridors.]]
* HappyBirthdayToYou: Oure sings the actual version to Essi on [[ForgottenBirthday what he believes to be her birthday]], sans addressing her near the end of the song.
%%* HeartwarmingOrphan
* HiddenDepths: Hints at this with a few of his conversations with Essi, but very notably, he mentions early on that when she met him, he found a sense of new hope.
* HopelessWithTech: He is very ignorant of newer technology; although he sees it all around him, he has no idea what each device is called or how they work.
%%* {{Keet}}
* LittleBigBrother: [[spoiler:Due to his lack of aging, he appears much younger than his younger brother, Yuon.]]
* MeaningfulName: His name, "Oure", is supposed to be based off the word "pure". [[spoiler:The "o" at the beginning is supposed to tip off the fact that he is Yuon's older brother.]]
* MeetCute: With Essi [[spoiler:both in the present and when they were younger.]]
* MementoMacGuffin: [[spoiler:The Mr. Puffy keychain that he left for his brother.]]
* NeverLearnedToRead: [[spoiler:More like he has trouble remembering how, since it's been a while since he had the chance.]]
%%* NiceGuy
%%* NotQuiteDead
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:He actually does know a little more about Xen Institute than he first lets on; for the most part though, he's as clueless as Essi.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Though he looks young, he is actually 18.]]
* PhotographicMemory: Claims to have had one when he was younger, though nowadays he admits that his memory is pretty bad and he often misses the point of what others are saying.
%%* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Subverted.]]
* StepfordSmiler: Type A, [[spoiler:seeing as Oure wears a cheery disposition when he talks to Essi, but in truth, he is very upset and resentful of his situation.]]
%%* SweetTooth: [[spoiler:But he can't enjoy it.]]
* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler:The Oure that Essi has been visiting is an AstralProjection, and he did not die ten years ago as everyone else had once thought; he was in a coma and kept alive under the Institute. This is deducible with the hints given in his route, however.]]
%%* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Parfaits.
* YouCanSeeMe: [[spoiler:Though when Essi first discovers that he lacks a physical body, he becomes transparent, as he should have been.]]

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!!Anon
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->''"[Insanity] is the only way for me to remain sane in this crazy world."''

A playfully annoying student whom Essi meets during her visit to the computer lab, Anon takes great pleasure in tormenting Essi for his own personal enjoyment. He is also a skilled hacker and spends his time in the computer lab digging up info about the institute and other students as well. He offers to help Essi in her investigation whenever she needs it, though she often finds him to be obnoxious to work with most of the time. [[spoiler:He is the boy named "X".]]
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%%* AmnesiacDissonance
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler:His relationship with Oure when the two were younger.]]
* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler:In his Bad End.]]
%%* CasanovaWannabe
* ChivalrousPervert: Wavers between this and HandsomeLech, in that while he never touches Essi, he also doesn't take a hint when she wants him to stop being perverted.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: This allows him to sneak around Xen Institute at any hour he pleases.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Probably the darkest one out of all three LoveInterests; his past was so traumatic that he was a DeathSeeker at the age of ''six''. He arguably ''needed'' to create different personalities for himself in order to keep from going completely insane. Now it sort of holds him together, but at the same time, he feels an emptiness in his true personality.]]
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:When he was a lot younger. And he is still this way now, as it's hinted in his route that when Essi chooses to pursue Yuon or Oure, and thus does not interact with him beyond her initial visits, he gives up his QuestForIdentity and chooses to die.]]
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: [[spoiler:Gets these whenever his other more cynical personality takes over.]]
* TheFool: He really does all he can to act silly and get a rise out of Essi. [[spoiler:[[ObfuscatingStupidity Then it's subverted.]]]]
* HandsomeLech: Takes the time to sexually harass Essi whenever [[MoodKiller things are going too well]].
%%* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In his BadEnding.]]
* HiddenDepths: Comes off as a total playboy wannabe at first, but on his dates with Essi, he shows hints of depth [[spoiler:or rather, his lack of it]] in his responses when Essi is considerate to him.
* HeyYou: Never calls Essi by name [[spoiler:until a certain point in his GoodEnding.]]
* IHaveManyNames: He tells Essi that names himself something new whenever he needs it, though he sticks with "Anon" throughout the game, making it a MeaningfulName.
%%* IAmAMonster
%%* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:When Anon reveals his LackOfEmpathy, Essi tells him that it can't be true, as they spent lots of fun times together. When she asks if it was all a lie, Anon shoots back asking what she would do if he said that it was a lie. This sends Essi straight to tears, and when Anon asks if he should lie to make her feel better, she cries even more.]]
%%* KnowledgeBroker
* LoveHotel: Continually mentions taking Essi to one. [[BelligerentSexualTension She reacts as well as to be expected.]]
* MeaningfulName: As a PlayfulHacker who is always found in the computer lab, and spends his time on forums to discover new gossip and information, "Anon" fits well enough. [[spoiler:Even more so, his name refers to his lack of identity, and the emptiness he feels when thinking about who he is and where he came from. This also hints at him being the "unknown" or X.]]
%%* ObfuscatingStupidity
* PlayfulCatSmile: Sports this expression when he feels especially playful.
* PlayfulHacker: [[HandsomeLech Proven when he pretends to recite Essi's bust size back to her, and later offers a "special service" in which he looks up her three sizes.]] And then he uses this info to buy her a ''black bra'' for her birthday...
* PowerIncontinence: [[spoiler:He has difficulty controlling his powers for the most part, as they tend to manifest unconsciously. However, his emotions and the amount of control he has over them also result in this, so he is at least aware of what he's doing when this happens.]]
%%* QuestForIdentity: His reason for being at Xen Institute.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:Given to Loil. Anon concludes that he's a sad and delusional person who is driven by his envy of psychics and children.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: The nature of his power is dangerous, [[spoiler:though he is not very evil himself.]]
* RepressedMemories: [[spoiler:As well as him having a great disconnection between all of his collective memories, leading to his QuestForIdentity in the first place. However, even though it's repressed, he still subconsciously remembers that torture that Scid subjected him to.]]
* RunningGag: He tends to mention taking Essi to a love hotel [[MoodKiller whenever he tries to be romantic]].
* SlapSlapKiss: His relationship with Essi.
* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler:Although his true problem is much closer to having actual schizophrenia, Anon appears to display this trope late into his route when his SuperPoweredEvilSide subconsciously activates.]]
* StepfordSmiler: Type B. [[spoiler:He picked up this behavior from the merchants he traveled with.]]
* SupremeChef: He has terrible taste in food, though.
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:For Essi in his Bad End.]]
* TheTease: A rare male version with Essi, but she's usually just irritated with this.
%%* TheTrickster
%%* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
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[[folder:Others]]
!!Rexus
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A mysterious person who watches over Essi from afar. Rexus' entire persona is shrouded in mystery, and even though Essi is able to obtain a few answers from him regarding himself, she's unsure how much of it is true. Nevertheless, Rexus is helpful and friendly, providing a friend for Essi to confide in, as well as some vital clues needed to solve the mystery.

For more information, see ''VisualNovel/AreaX''.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: A lot more competent than he first appears, initial appearance aside.
** And apparently, [[spoiler:he created the Doors 8 operating system. So he's Bill Gates, or something.]]
* CloudCuckoolander: Oh, yeah. He claims to be an upholder of love and peace.
%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
%%* GentleGiant
* IdiotHair: Though his isn't all that noticeable. [[LampshadeHanging He does call himself stupid, however.]]
* INeverToldYouMyName: Accidentally uses Essi's name when advising her, although she never directly told him her name.
* JapaneseDelinquents: WordOfGod is that he is meant to invoke the "yankee" look with his character.
* LetsGetDangerous: Rexus is mostly mild-mannered, but is fully capable of fighting when necessary. [[spoiler:This is most evident in Oure's route.]]
* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Averted; Essi is suspicious of him but in their first conversation she is able to determine that he isn't such a bad person.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: If the author's notes are to be believed, [[spoiler:Rexus' true personality is a lot different than the silly one here.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:His mysterious persona, opportune helpfulness, and insight in Essi's life eventually leads her to suspect that he is X. His name doesn't help matters.]]
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Damn, if he doesn't. [[spoiler:He is the one most responsible for taking care of the major and minor details Essi usually has to resolve at the end of each path. He is easily the most well-connected character, surpassing even Loil.]]
* SociallyAwkwardHero: Initially doesn't deal well with chatting with Essi, but as they interact more, he shows himself to be more normal.
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!!Acia
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The first authority figure Essi meets in Xen Institute and its last surviving founder. Due to Essi's involvement in the case, Yuon assigns her to Acia's class. Though a kind and helpful woman, Acia often hesitates to personally take action.
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* CowardlyLion: She is a self-proclaimed coward, [[spoiler:who holds guilt for not supporting Emma in the incident ten years ago.]]
** TheSoCalledCoward: Finally pulls together enough courage to help Essi [[spoiler:after her death.]]
* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: With Scid and Emma.
%%* HeroicSelfDeprecation
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:She remained silent when Scid and Emma confronted her for her support on their opposing decisions in dealing with X. Acia kept silent, and deeply regrets that day, partly blaming herself for Emma's death.]]
%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* SincerestFormOfFlattery: She states that she became a psychiatrist, like Essi's mother, out of her admiration for her. However, she lacked the talent that was needed to succeed in that field, and so, she became just another teacher at Xen Institute. Acia was actually more talented as an artist, and Emma was disappointed that she simply followed her into psychiatry instead of choosing to pursue a career in that field.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Much more sugar than ice, as Essi initially believed.
%%* WeHardlyKnewYe
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!!Scid
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One of the other founding members of Xen Institute and its previous principal, Dr. Scid is the victim of the murder case that Yuon recruited Essi to solve. He suffered from internally caused brain injuries; Yuon quickly deduces that only a psychic was able to murder him.
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Arguably, he was the BigBad of Anon's route, as the X-Note ultimately revealed what happened ten years ago, even though he was already dead beforehand. Then in the present he gets [[HijackedByGanon Hijacked By Loil]].]]
* ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler:Subjected X to it as a way to take revenge for his son.]]
%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindows
* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: With Acia and Emma.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
-->'''Scid:''' In my opinion, real sweets should carry a little bitterness before you can savor its sweetness.
* GenerationXerox: Very similar to his son Yuon in terms of looks and personality.
* IGaveMyWord: Promised his wife before she died that he would protect their family. [[spoiler:So when he is unable to save his son, he loses it.]]
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:His son was critically injured during X's rampage against those who were bullying the two of them. Believing his son to be dead, he abandoned his morals when it came to studying X and hooked him up to a machine that tested his powers, but at the same time strained him mentally, and damaged his psyche beyond repair.]]
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler:He wasn't a psychopath from the start like Loil; he's a guy who completely lost it after his son's death.]]
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Played straight for the most part with Yuon, though he is less self-assured and constantly worked for his father's approval. [[spoiler:Also, Scid is not quite as noble. Averted with the more cheerful Oure, who takes after his mother.]]
* MindRape: [[spoiler:Subjected X to this as a way to both study psychic ability and exact revenge for his lost son.]]
* PapaBear: Very protective of his family, due in part to the guilt he feels over not foreseeing his wife's condition that led to her death. [[spoiler:This is especially true for Oure.]]
* ParentsAsPeople: He's aware of the ParentalNeglect he's inflicted on Yuon, and isn't continuing it because he's a jerk, but because as a person, he really has no idea how to talk to Yuon anymore.
* PosthumousCharacter
* RelativeButton: [[spoiler:When he finally comes face to face with X after ten years, he explodes with anger and attempts to kill him. Unfortunately for him, X is a ridiculously strong and destructive psychic.]]
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:His most glaring flaw. His despair over losing his first son led him to blame and cruelly torture X, meanwhile creating a rift between him and his remaining son. Even worse, it's hinted that he might have had some involvement in orchestrating Emma's death because she spoke out against his methods and attempted to take X away from him, though this question is left unanswered.]]
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!!Loil
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Another one of the founding members of Xen Institute, Loil was declared to be abducted before the start of the game. Although Essi pins him as a suspect for Scid's murder early in the game, Yuon states that it is impossible for Loil to be the culprit of Scid's murder, as the damage was done psychically and Loil lacked any special powers of his own.
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Though it's eventually revealed that he's actually working for some government higher-ups.]]
%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DrivenByEnvy: [[spoiler:Suggested by Anon in his confrontation with Loil in his BadEnding. Children, psychics, those with special minds-Anon suggests that Loil pursues them because he is envious of those things. He had been fascinated by children because he couldn't return to his own childhood, and he never possessed psychic powers or a special mind.]]
* ForTheEvulz: [[spoiler:When it isn't for business, he likes watching the more extreme experiments done on the children for his personal amusement.]]
* HijackedByGanon: [[spoiler:He really doesn't show up much at all during Anon's path, and the main conflict involves past events with Scid, who appears to be even more villainous than him in this path. He only really comes in at the end to fire off a bullet at Anon and then send the government after Anon and Essi.]]
** [[spoiler:Though he is the BigBad in Anon's BadEnding.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Anon's BadEnding is the only one where he receives any comeuppance for what he's done. Otherwise, he'll always get away.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Very much so; he uses the children in the facility for his own gain, concealing Oure's comatose state from the others in the facility, and manipulates Yuon and Essi in his route. He is also pretty much responsible for getting the other founders to turn on each other, though it's hard to say that Scid wouldn't have tortured X just for putting his son in a coma either.]]
%%* NeverFoundTheBody
%%* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:He did ''not'' murder Dr. Scid. That being said, this trope is subverted for pretty much every other event in the game.]]
* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:Like X. However, he truly lacks any sympathy for anyone, not because of trauma, but because he's a total monster. He at least shows some sympathy towards Scid's death at X's hands.]]
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!!Emma
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Essi's deceased mother, who died tragically in an accident that occurred ten years prior. Though long gone, she has more connections with Xen Institute than Essi is first led to believe.
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%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
%%* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest
* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: With Scid and Acia.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: [[spoiler:It's never made completely clear who was involved, but one thing is for certain: Emma's car breaks were sabotaged in her accident.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Arguably, [[spoiler:allowing the other non-psychic children to stay in the institute.]]
%%* PosthumousCharacter
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler:The contents of the X-Note and]] information from other characters reveal her to be such.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Acia and Scid.
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Emma is protective of Essi, as he she is the only child that her husband left her.
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!!A Boy Named "X"[[spoiler:/Xirr]]
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A mysterious boy that appears in Essi's dreams, and is connected to her mother's death. His name, given to him by the founders of Xen Institute, is also used in naming the X-Note. [[spoiler:Currently, he has taken on the identity "Anon."]]
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%%* AllOfTheOtherReindeer
* BerserkButton: [[spoiler:Hurting Oure. Ironically, he shares that same button with Scid.]]
* BreakTheCutie: The full X-Note basically contains the story of how he was broken.
%%* BungledSuicide
%%* BullyingADragon
%%* ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler:Subjected to it.]]
%%* CreepyChild: Oh, yeah, big time.
* DeathSeeker: As seen in the opening to the game [[spoiler:and even when he's older.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Just when you think that he can't be more broken than he already is, the story says otherwise.]]
* DivineIntervention: [[spoiler:Saved the children of his village through his awakening psychic power. They could only describe it as a strange power that protected them, and don't actually think he deserves credit.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Though it ended up being a BungledSuicide. Instead of killing himself, he couldn't coherently piece together his memories and suffered though some IdentityAmnesia.]]
%%* FreudianExcuse: Oh, ''boy''...
* HarmfulToMinors: [[spoiler:The kid suffered through the Northern War, the most destruction of which was caused by an explosion from a swamp that was tainted blood red. He was then later bullied by the very children he saved, and indirectly caused what he believed to be the death of his only friend. He was then tortured by said friend's father in an act of {{revenge}}, and was barely rescued by Essi's mother, only for his savior to die in a car accident, which he then blamed himself for by not attempting to save her. By this time, he was already long gone across the DespairEventHorizon, and instead chose to end his life then and there.]]
%%* IAmAMonster
* KidsAreCruel: [[spoiler:The other children he ended up saving turned on him and bullied him when they noticed he was receiving special treatment from the founders.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: His most defining personality trait.
* MindRape: [[spoiler:A victim of this at the hands of Scid and Loil.]]
%%* MoralityChain: [[spoiler:Oure]]
%%* OrphansOrdeal
* PintSizedPowerhouse: His powers are explicitly stated to far exceed what a psychic should be capable of.
%%* TheQuietOne
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:When his only friend, Oure, was hurt defending him from the other children.]]
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:He already slipped pretty far after seeing the massacre of his village. However, he showed some signs of recovery when Oure befriended him. After he thought that he ended up killing Oure, he was subjected to further tragedy and loses it, eventually crossing over the DespairEventHorizon.]]
* SingleIssuePsychology: Averted. [[spoiler:Though he does mainly suffer from PTSD, the other things he was subjected to in his childhood also damage his psyche severely.]]
* TheSociopath: A borderline example. He really cannot see the point in caring for others' situations, although considering everything he had experienced from the point of his introduction, it's easy to see where this viewpoint comes from. He's more sympathetic than many other examples, and despite his violent outbursts, his lack of empathy comes from being [[spoiler: a ShellShockedVeteran]].
* ShellShockedVeteran: [[spoiler:A child who watched and survived the destruction of his village in the Northern War.]]
%%* StoppedCaring: PlayedForDrama
%%* SurvivorGuilt
%%* TraumaCongaLine: Pretty much everything listed in HarmfulToMinors.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: X suffers from ''many'' problems as a child, the most prominent being [[spoiler:post-traumatic stress disorder.]] Then there's the matter of his psychic powers... [[spoiler:His psychic abilities led to him being subjected to violent bullying, then caused him to lose the only friend he had when the PowerIncontinence in his RoaringRampageOfRevenge kicked in, ''then'' led to him being subjected to ColdBloodedTorture, and on top of all of that he ended up with SurvivorGuilt after not doing anything to save Essi's mom, leading to his BungledSuicide. Yep, this kid's behavior is pretty justified.]]
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Justified in his case, as [[spoiler:the awakening of his psychic powers was directly connected to his trauma.]]
%%* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
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