X-Note/Characters

Essi
""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.


 * Abandoned Playground: Her most precious place to visit, based on the fact that she used to visit it with her mother.
 * Badass Adorable: When she trains hard enough, this trope comes into play.
 * Closer to Earth: Compared to her Love Interests. Her main personality trait is that she is down-to-earth and level-headed.
 * Conveniently an Orphan: Allowing her to be involved in solving the mysteries surrounding Xen Institute.
 * Disappeared Dad: Confirmed to be dead by Essi in her conversation with Oure on Friday 13th.
 * Deceased Parents Are the Best
 * Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs: Her long ribbons.
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Friendless Background: She didn't get along with many of the children in the orphanage, and so she was alone most of the time.
 * Forgotten Birthday: 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.
 * Hime Cut
 * I Never Told You My Name: With Rexus; she's a bit surprised that he knows her name when she never mentioned it to him.
 * I Will Wait for You:
 * Jack of All Stats: 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.
 * Little Black Dress
 * Memento MacGuffin: Her X-Note USB necklace.
 * OOC Is Serious Business: Essi feels more awkward being around
 * Slap Slap Kiss: With Anon.
 * Sleep Cute: In Oure's path.
 * Tall Dark and Bishoujo
 * Tragic Keepsake: The X-Note necklace that her mother left her on the day of the accident.
 * Tsundere: In Yuon's route as a Type B, and in Anon's route as a Type A.
 * Was It All a Lie:
 * Why Can't I Hate You:
 * Your Approval Fills Me With Shame: Inverted. Essi initially commends Anon's information gathering skills, only for him to proudly ask if she's impressed. Essi regrets praising him.
 * Was It All a Lie:
 * Why Can't I Hate You:
 * Your Approval Fills Me With Shame: Inverted. Essi initially commends Anon's information gathering skills, only for him to proudly ask if she's impressed. Essi regrets praising him.

Yuon
""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.


 * The Ace
 * Bishounen
 * Comically Serious
 * Conveniently an Orphan: He actually inherits Xen Institute from his father, as his mother died when he was young.
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Cuteness Proximity
 * Dark and Troubled Past:
 * Meaningful Name: "Yuon" is a corruption of the word "young".
 * Memento MacGuffin:
 * Missing Mom: She's dead.
 * No Social Skills: Essi's initial impression of him leads her to believe that he is a typical Manipulative Bastard, but as she continues to interact with him, it becomes clear that Yuon just doesn't know how to properly interact with others.
 * Perpetual Frowner: His default expression, though it's only a mild frown, and it's clear that he just has trouble with communicating with others.
 * Poor Communication Kills: Arguably, the conflict in his path comes down to this.
 * Smart People Play Chess
 * Socially Awkward Hero: Has a very hard time communicating with others, as he isn't really aware that being a Perpetual Frowner sends out the wrong signals.
 * The Stoic
 * Tall Dark and Handsome
 * Troubled but Cute
 * Well Done Son Guy: Strives for his father's approval, leading to his Ace qualities.
 * When He Smiles: Essi is taken aback when she first sees him smile.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * Younger Than They Look: Yuon is around Essi's age, maybe only a few months older. Yet he looks very mature for his age, and has a large responsibility in running the school even as a student at Xen Institute.
 * Well Done Son Guy: Strives for his father's approval, leading to his Ace qualities.
 * When He Smiles: Essi is taken aback when she first sees him smile.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * Younger Than They Look: Yuon is around Essi's age, maybe only a few months older. Yet he looks very mature for his age, and has a large responsibility in running the school even as a student at Xen Institute.

Oure
""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.


 * Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance:
 * Birds of a Feather: With Essi. Essi even thinks that they enjoy each other's company because they share the same kind of lonliness.
 * Cheerful Child: When he was young, and it shows even now.
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Dark and Troubled Past:
 * The Ditz: 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,
 * Friendless Background:
 * Happy Birthday to You: Oure sings the actual version to Essi on what he believes to be her birthday, sans addressing her near the end of the song.
 * Heroic Albino
 * Hidden Depths: 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.
 * Hopeless With Tech: He is very ignorant of newer technolgy; although he sees it all around him, he has no idea what each device is called or how they work.
 * Ill Boy: He has always had a weak body from a young age.
 * Keet
 * Meaningful Name: His name, "Oure", is supposed to be based off the word "pure".
 * Meet Cute: With Essi
 * Memento MacGuffin:
 * Never Learned to Read:
 * Photographic Memory: 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.
 * Sweet Tooth:
 * Happy Birthday to You: Oure sings the actual version to Essi on what he believes to be her birthday, sans addressing her near the end of the song.
 * Heroic Albino
 * Hidden Depths: 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.
 * Hopeless With Tech: He is very ignorant of newer technolgy; although he sees it all around him, he has no idea what each device is called or how they work.
 * Ill Boy: He has always had a weak body from a young age.
 * Keet
 * Meaningful Name: His name, "Oure", is supposed to be based off the word "pure".
 * Meet Cute: With Essi
 * Memento MacGuffin:
 * Never Learned to Read:
 * Photographic Memory: 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.
 * Sweet Tooth:
 * Photographic Memory: 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.
 * Sweet Tooth:
 * Photographic Memory: 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.
 * Sweet Tooth:
 * Sweet Tooth:
 * Sweet Tooth:

Anon
""[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. He is the boy named "X".


 * Bishounen
 * Casanova Wannabe
 * Cat Smile: Sports this expression when he feels especially playful.
 * Chivalrous Pervert: Wavers between this and Handsome Lech, in that while he never touches Essi, he also doesn't take a hint when she wants him to stop being perverted.
 * Conveniently an Orphan: This allows him to sneak around Xen Institute at any hour he pleases.
 * Dark and Troubled Past:
 * The Fool: He really does all he can to act silly and get a rise out of Essi.
 * Handsome Lech: Takes the time to sexually harass Essi whenever things are going too well.
 * Hidden Depths: Comes off as a total playboy wannabe at first, but on his dates with Essi, he shows hints of depth in his responses when Essi is considerate to him.
 * Hey You: Never calls Essi by name
 * I Have Many Names: He tells Essi that names himself something new whenever he needs it, though he sticks with "Anon" throughout the game, making it a Meaningful Name.
 * Knowledge Broker
 * Love Hotel: Continually mentions taking Essi to one. She reacts as well as to be expected.
 * Meaningful Name: As a Playful Hacker who is always found in the computer lab, and spends his time on forums to discover new gossip and information, "Anon" fits well enough. This also hints at him being the "unknown" or X.
 * Playful Hacker: 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...
 * His reason for being at Xen Institute.
 * The Reason You Suck Speech:
 * However, even though it's repressed, he still subconsciously remembers that torture that Scid subjected him to.
 * Running Gag: He tends to mention taking Essi to a love hotel whenever he tries to be romantic.
 * Slap Slap Kiss: His relationship with Essi.
 * Supreme Chef: He has terrible taste in food, though.
 * The Tease: A rare male version with Essi, but she's usually just irritated with this.
 * The Trickster
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair
 * Playful Hacker: 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...
 * His reason for being at Xen Institute.
 * The Reason You Suck Speech:
 * However, even though it's repressed, he still subconsciously remembers that torture that Scid subjected him to.
 * Running Gag: He tends to mention taking Essi to a love hotel whenever he tries to be romantic.
 * Slap Slap Kiss: His relationship with Essi.
 * Supreme Chef: He has terrible taste in food, though.
 * The Tease: A rare male version with Essi, but she's usually just irritated with this.
 * The Trickster
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair
 * Supreme Chef: He has terrible taste in food, though.
 * The Tease: A rare male version with Essi, but she's usually just irritated with this.
 * The Trickster
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair

Rexus


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.


 * Adorkable: In his first spoken appearance and in a few of Essi's interactions with him after that. When they first met he took her bluff seriously and thought she was going to call the police.
 * Badass
 * Bishounen
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer: A lot more competent than he first appears, initial appearance aside.
 * And apparently,
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Oh, yeah. He claims to be an upholder of love and peace.
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Dandere
 * Gentle Giant
 * Idiot Hair: Though his isn't all that noticeable. He does call himself stupid, however.
 * I Never Told You My Name: Accidentally uses Essi's name when advising her, although she never directly told him her name.
 * Japanese Delinquents: Word of God is that he is meant to invoke the "yankee" look with his character.
 * Let's Get Dangerous: Rexus is mostly mild-mannered, but is fully capable of fighting when necessary.
 * Misunderstood Loner With a Heart of Gold: Averted; Essi is suspicious of him but in their first conversation she is able to determine that he isn't such a bad person.
 * Socially Awkward Hero: Initially doesn't deal well with chatting with Essi, but as they interact more, he shows himself to be more normal.
 * Socially Awkward Hero: Initially doesn't deal well with chatting with Essi, but as they interact more, he shows himself to be more normal.
 * Socially Awkward Hero: Initially doesn't deal well with chatting with Essi, but as they interact more, he shows himself to be more normal.
 * Socially Awkward Hero: Initially doesn't deal well with chatting with Essi, but as they interact more, he shows himself to be more normal.

Acia


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.


 * Cowardly Lion: She is a self-proclaimed coward,
 * The So Called Coward: Finally pulls together enough courage to help Essi.
 * Everyone Went to School Together: With Scid and Emma.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Heroic Self Deprecation
 * My Greatest Failure:
 * Reasonable Authority Figure
 * Senpai Kohai: She was the kohai to Emma's sempai.
 * Sincerest Form of Flattery: 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.
 * Spot of Tea: When Essi helps her out on her first Saturday at Xen Institute.
 * Sugar and Ice Personality: Much more sugar than ice, as Essi initially believed.

Scid


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.

"Scid: In my opinion, real sweets should carry a little bitterness before you can savor its sweetness."
 * Curtains Match the Windows
 * Everyone Went to School Together: With Acia and Emma.
 * Foreshadowing:
 * Everyone Went to School Together: With Acia and Emma.
 * Foreshadowing:


 * Generation Xerox: Very similar to his son Yuon in terms of looks and personality.
 * I Gave My Word: Promised his wife before she died that he would protect their family.
 * Its Personal:
 * Like Father Like Son: Played straight for the most part with Yuon, though he is less self-assured and constantly worked for his father's approval.
 * Papa Bear: Very protective of his family, due in part to the guilt he feels over not forseeing his wife's condition that led to her death.
 * Posthumous Character
 * Papa Bear: Very protective of his family, due in part to the guilt he feels over not forseeing his wife's condition that led to her death.
 * Posthumous Character

Loil


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.

"Emma: They are merely toys for his amusement."
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Driven By Envy:
 * Lolicon/Shotacon: He is too interested in young children for his own good.
 * And then there's also the matter of the children that he found on his last trip to the north...and the fact that he brought them all back with him.
 * Lolicon/Shotacon: He is too interested in young children for his own good.
 * And then there's also the matter of the children that he found on his last trip to the north...and the fact that he brought them all back with him.
 * Lolicon/Shotacon: He is too interested in young children for his own good.
 * And then there's also the matter of the children that he found on his last trip to the north...and the fact that he brought them all back with him.


 * Manipulative Bastard:
 * Never Found the Body
 * Red Herring:
 * Red Herring:
 * Red Herring:

Emma


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.


 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Deceased Parents Are the Best
 * Everyone Went to School Together: With Scid and Acia.
 * Nice Job Breaking It Hero: Arguably,.
 * Posthumous Character
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: information from other characters reveal her to be such.
 * Shipper On Deck: For Acia and Scid.
 * Someone to Remember Him By: Emma is protective of Essi, as he she is the only child that her husband left her.
 * Tall Dark and Bishoujo: Like mother, like daughter.
 * Widow Woman
 * Widow Woman

A Boy Named "X"


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. Currently, he has taken on the identity "Anon".


 * All of the Other Reindeer
 * Anti Hero
 * Blinding Bangs
 * Bullying a Dragon
 * Creepy Child: Oh, yeah, big time.
 * Death Seeker: As seen in the opening to the game
 * Divine Intervention:
 * Freudian Excuse: Oh, boy...
 * Harmful to Minors:
 * Kids Are Cruel:
 * Lack of Empathy: His most defining personality trait.
 * Morality Chain:
 * Orphans Ordeal
 * Pint Sized Powerhouse: His powers are explicitly stated to far exceed what a psychic should be capable of.
 * The Quiet One
 * The Sociopath: 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.
 * Stopped Caring: Played for Drama
 * Trauma Conga Line: Pretty much everything listed in Harmful to Minors.
 * Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: X suffers from many problems as a child, the most prominent being . Then there's the matter of his psychic powers...
 * Morality Chain:
 * Orphans Ordeal
 * Pint Sized Powerhouse: His powers are explicitly stated to far exceed what a psychic should be capable of.
 * The Quiet One
 * The Sociopath: 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.
 * Stopped Caring: Played for Drama
 * Trauma Conga Line: Pretty much everything listed in Harmful to Minors.
 * Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: X suffers from many problems as a child, the most prominent being . Then there's the matter of his psychic powers...
 * Stopped Caring: Played for Drama
 * Trauma Conga Line: Pretty much everything listed in Harmful to Minors.
 * Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: X suffers from many problems as a child, the most prominent being . Then there's the matter of his psychic powers...
 * Trauma Conga Line: Pretty much everything listed in Harmful to Minors.
 * Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: X suffers from many problems as a child, the most prominent being . Then there's the matter of his psychic powers...