Scenario 2

They had all come so far. They had collected every piece of the Umbra Gear and had successfully opened the gate into the Apollo Sanctum. They had operated the schematics and the Apollo Lens revealed itself. All that was left to do now was activate it and the Grave Eclipse could finally be done with.

But as the group walked back to the outdoors, a surprise was waiting for them.

"Ah good. Have you finished with the preparations?"

Everyone turned their heads to see Arcanus looking down at them from a higher platform.

"How? Karis mused.

"You!" Rief shouted.

"What's he doing here?" Tyrell asked.

"Arcanus!" Sveta shouted.

"Here?" Amiti said quietly in shock.

"What kinda name is Arcanus?" Eoleo asked, clearly confused.

"This one has great power" Himi explained.

"FUCK!" Matthew shouted suddenly.

Everything went quiet. The blinding light rays that flew right past them and all around the group suddenly stopped, and so did the whooshing of the wind. And the dramatic music for that matter. Arcanus's face turned from smug to somewhat shocked.

"...What did you say?" Amiti asked, turning to Matthew.

"I...uh...I said..." Matthew said quietly, not seeing what was so bad with his remark. The group started to react negatively towards Matthew.

"My, my, Matthew...I didn't know your father raised you to use such disgusting language..." Kraden said in a shallow voice. Matthew started to feel embarrassed.

"I...I didn't mean to get so riled up about it...I got caught in the heat of the moment..." Matthew blubbered, trying to get out of it.

"Oh, my poor ears..." Rief complained. Suddenly, Sveta and Himi turned and started to walk away from the group. Matthew quickly turned to them.

"Hey, where are you going?" Matthew called to them. They stopped and turned around with disgusted faces.

"Your language is awful" Himi retorted. "You should know far better, and I should know far better not to be accompanying myself with potty-mouths like you"

"I thought you had a heart, Matthew..." Sveta said somewhat sorrowfully. "...Guess you're just another one of those abusive punks..."

The two turned back around and walked down the stairway.

"Hey, come back! I'm sorry!" Matthew pleaded. Slowly, other members of the group started to turn and leave. Matthew became desperate and fell to his knees begging for them to come back. Only Tyrell stood next to him, and before long, he too started to walk.

"Oh Tyrell, not you too?" Matthew asked. Tyrell looked at the departing group and back at Matthew, before shrugging.

"Sorry man" he said quietly before continuing to walk. Matthew remained quiet, before turning to see Arcanus himself also heading off. Matthew stomped his foot.

"Oh, come on!" he shouted. "You're the friggin BAD GUY, for crying out loud!" he shouted. Arcanus turned around with a nasty face.

"Your reaction hurt my feelings" he said quietly. "I don't wage battles with ruffians" And like that, he suddenly vanished into thin air.

Juts like that, Matthew was alone, on the Apollo Sanctum.

"...Hello?"

Without the Umbra Gear, Matthew was unable to activate the Apollo Lens. Because of this, the Grave Eclipse slowly swallowed up everything in its sight, and the world once again drifted towards its fated destruction...

Just for those who don't get the reference, in the American version of the game, encountering Arcanus on the Apollo Sanctum triggers a dialogue which starts with the surprised expressions of the party, with Matthew's saying ?*&% and such, signifying a swear word. You can see it on Youtube.