Important Zelos Scenes
Before making Zelos' first post (which will be tomorrow, promise. Before he starts meeting people I just wanted to replay his introduction to remind myself how he acts when he first meets the party, and then I got into the game, and now, uh, I'm actually just putting this up while taking a break from playing to eat. But I'll be done by tomorrow afternoon!) I wanted to make a post with a few of his key relationship scenes in it. At some point in the future I'll put up a few important skits too, but that takes longer because I'll have to go through five billion skits myself to find the ones I want and copy them down.
One thing to remember while reading these scenes, if you've never played the game, is that in most of them he's let his mask drop for Lloyd. You're not actually going to see him being so open in camp often (if at all), especially without Lloyd there. Also, here there be spoilers.
Zelos: I bet you lived a crappy hard life so far, huh? ...
Lloyd: Gee, you sure know how to cheer someone up, don't ya?
Zelos: Heh heh. Well, don't worry about it too much. So now what? Aren't you at your wit's end right about now?
Lloyd: Why do you say that?
Zelos: The Giant Tree, which we thought was all good, goes nuts, our cute little Colette comes down with some funky cold...
Lloyd: I'm...never gonna give up. If I quit, I'll never be able to face all the people who've suffered because of what I've done. So I'm gonna fight...to the very end. I can't give up!
Zelos: ...Hot-headed and stubborn as hell. Well...but I guess that's what I dig about you.
Lloyd: Yeah...you're here, doing "hot-headed" things with us.
Zelos: ...I know. Everything I'm doing right now goes against my mantra.
Lloyd: And what's that?
Zelos: Don't work for what you can get for free. Always stick with the winning team. An easy life is the best life...et cetera, et cetera.
Lloyd: ...I shouldn't have asked.
Zelos: Oh sure, you'd say that. But let me tell ya, you're better off avoiding hardship.
Lloyd: You say that like it's from personal experience.
Zelos: Oh, hell yeah. My life buys hardship in bulk. The poor, handsome boy Zelos, envied for his status, looks, and beautiful voice, grew up with his life in constant danger! Heh.
Lloyd: Uh-huh.
Zelos: It's true. The Chosen is respected in name only. We're imprisoned in our own homes, always eating meals that are cold from being carefully tested for poison. Even our marriage partners are decided from the moment we're born.
Lloyd: I had no idea that Chosens have such a rough time...
Zelos: Chosens are treated by everyone like some kind of strange, inhuman creatures, separated from our parents as children and attacked by thugs...When will our suffering end?
Lloyd: Oh, I never knew...I'm sorry, I...I always thought you just lived a life of luxury, living in a big mansion, ordering your servants around, and playing all day long. But Colette was treated differently by everyone in the village so...I guess you were the same.
Zelos: ...Just messin' with ya. I'm just saying that if I suffered like that, my personality would be even cooler and I'd get even more hotties than I do now.
Lloyd: Oh, I see...wait, what? Are you saying all of that was a lie?!
Zelos: Hey, hey, woah, settle down.
Lloyd: ...Man, I'm never taking anything you say seriously ever again!
Zelos: Don't get mad, buddy!
Lloyd: Don't touch me, you stupid jackass Chosen!
Zelos: Hahahaha! Sorry, sorry. Really, really...I'm sorry.
*there's a knock on Lloyd's door*
Lloyd: Who is it? Come on in.
Zelos: Hey man, you awake?
Lloyd: ...I just got sleepy right now. G'night.
Zelos: Whoa whoa whoa! Don't be like that! Come on, let's go talk outside for a bit.
Lloyd: Sure.
*scene changes to outside, where it's snowing*
Zelos: ...On that day, Meltokio had a record snowfall. It looked just like this city.
Lloyd: What are you talking about all of a sudden?
Zelos: Ah, just a story about the past. I suddenly felt like talking about it.
Lloyd: Well, if you want to talk, I'm all ears.
*camera moves away to show snow falling*
Zelos: I was so excited to see snow for the first time, and I made a snowman in the garden with my mother.
*the scene becomes red-tinted*
Then suddenly, the snowman fell apart. Before I knew what was going on, red snow began to fall.
*back to Zelos and Lloyd*
Lloyd: ...Red...snow?
Zelos: It was my mother's blood. She was murdered.
Lloyd: ...
Zelos: As she fell, she grabbed my shoulder and told me, "You should never have been born."
Lloyd: That's...that's horrible!
Zelos: My mother probably loved somebody else. But because of the oracle from Cruxis, she had to marry the Chosen at the time--my father. And the old man had another woman as well.
Lloyd: But none of that was your fault!
Zelos: ...The magic that killed my mother was meant for me.
Lloyd: What?
Zelos: They targeted me because I was the next Chosen. My mother was caught in the crossfire.
Lloyd: ...
Zelos: The one who tried to kill me was Seles' mother. They executed her and Seles was placed under house arrest in the abbey.
Lloyd: So that's what happened.
Zelos: I never wanted to be the Chosen. I spent every moment of my life wishing I could just run away.
Lloyd: ...Chosens lead really difficult lives. I can only imagine what it's like. But I can still understand how hard it must be.
Zelos: ...Sorry, kinda hard to think of anything to say to a story like that, right?
Lloyd: Don't worry about it. But why did you suddenly decide to tell me?
Zelos: I should've never been born.
Lloyd: Wh...why do you say that?
Zelos: I'm not saying I still think that way now. But all my life, I've been rejected by my parents, shunned by the Church, and viewed as a threat to the royal family...I just wanted to run away.
Lloyd: But you're here with us, now, right?
Zelos: I dunno. Even now, to tell the truth, I get tired of all the problems. Sometimes I think it'd be easier if everyone and everything were just destroyed.
Lloyd: Zelos! How can you say that?!
Zelos: ...Did I piss you off?
Lloyd: Hell yes! Of course! It'd be a huge problem for me if everything was destroyed.
Zelos: But think about it. If everything was destroyed, you'd vanish, too.
Lloyd: *shakes head* I refuse to vanish. And so I don't want anyone else to be destroyed...I want you to live, too, Zelos.
Zelos: ...I think I'm gonna cry. (Sarcastically)
Lloyd: Don't make fun of what I'm saying. Tomorrow, once we're sure Altessa is okay, I'm going to challenge Mithos to a final battle. But if that's the way you feel, I'll be too worried to bring you along.
Zelos: You're going to fight? Do you really think you can unite the two worlds?
Lloyd: I can and I will. I'm not going to run away.
Zelos: All right, all right, I hear ya. I swear, your fervent enthusiasm is enough to melt all the snow in Flanoir...I'm in. I guess Ill give this not running away thing a shot.
Lloyd: Haha. Once the world is at peace, you can run away all you like.
Zelos: Gee, thanks. Man, I can't believe I'm joining the weaker side. This isn't like me at all.
Lloyd: What are you talking about?
Zelos: Nothing, just talking to myself. Anyway, let's get back. It's way too cold out here.
Lloyd: Yeah
*scene change to the next morning*
Lloyd: Hmm? Did Zelos drop this? Hey, there's a letter attached...
Zelos Voice-over: This is a symbol of my trust. Hang on to it for me, okay? I don't have the right to ask you for your forgiveness, but I still want you to forgive me. P.S. Don't tell the others.
Lloyd: What the?...Man, what the heck is he trying to say? He should make it easier to understand!
*The Chosen's orb was found.*
*Lloyd's lying in bed awake when there's a knock on his door*
Lloyd: What is it?
*Zelos walks in*
Zelos: ...Sorry. Did I wake you?
Lloyd: ...I couldn't really get to sleep.
Zelos: Then could I talk to you for a sec?
Lloyd: ...Okay then, just for a little while.
*scene change to outside*
Zelos: Sorry about calling you out here in the middle of the night.
Lloyd: Nah, don't worry about it. What's up?
Zelos: I'll get right to the point. What's up with this Kratos guy?
Lloyd: What do you mean, what's up?
Zelos: Doesn't he piss you off?!
Lloyd: Zelos, why are you so mad?
Lloyd: Um...do you really think you're in a position to be mad?
Zelos: We don't need to talk about me. I'm really good at conveniently forgetting things like that!
Lloyd: That's hardly something to brag about.
Zelos: I think...parents are there to protect their children.
Lloyd: Well...yeah.
Zelos: But this guy, he just goes back and forth, like he can't make up his mind. Doesn't he realize that it only hurts you? And then after all that, he challenges you to a duel?! What kind of family turns swords against one another?! This whole thing's nuts!
Lloyd: Yeah...*looks up* Well, I guess that's true...
Zelos: You certainly don't seem that worked up about it. Doesn't he piss you off?
Lloyd: Well, right now you're mad enough for the both of us.
Zelos: ...I hate parents like that. Parents who just jerk their kids around for their own convenience.
Lloyd: Yeah, when you put it that way, I guess he did kinda jerk me around.
Zelos: Exactly. I mean, he knew about the Eternal Sword and the Eternal Ring from the very beginning and didn't say a word about them! ...Uh!
Lloyd: ...What? What about the Eternal Ring?
Zelos: Uh...well....
Lloyd: Is Kratos the one that told you about the Eternal Ring?!
Zelos: ...S...so, Lloyd. After we've succeeded in reuniting the worlds, what are you gonna do?
Lloyd: Zelos, you heard about the ring from Kratos, didn't you?
Zelos: ...He...he knew everything. That humans can't use the Eternal Sword, the details of Colette's sickness, the way to make the Eternal Ring--everything.
Lloyd: Yeah, I guess when you think about it that way, he could have said something sooner.
Zelos: Exactly!
Lloyd: But even if he had told us, I don't think we would have believed him. So maybe he did his best to gauge when to do what and to set things up for us along the way.
Zelos: When you put it that way, I suppose that might be true. Now I feel kinda stupid for getting so worked up over it.
Lloyd: Not at all. ...Because you were upset, I think I've calmed down. I'm not worked up anymore.
Zelos: ...Oh. Well, that's good then.
Lloyd: ...Tomorrow, I'll fight Kratos, and then I'll ask him what he was thinking, and what he was trying to do.
Zelos: ...Tomorrow...if Origin's seal is broken, the worlds will begin to unite, right?
Lloyd: ...Yeah. Oh yeah, about that question you asked earlier...I'm planning to go on a journey to search for Exspheres.
Zelos: Huh?
Lloyd: You asked what I was going to do after the worlds are reunited.
Zelos: ...Oh, I get it. That sounds like a good idea. We should put the Exspheres somewhere people will never get their hands on them again...for the sake of living beings, as well as for the lifeless ones.
Lloyd: What about you? What are you going to do?
Zelos: Me? Hmm, good question. The institution of the Chosen will surely be abolished. So, uh... I guess I'll just tag along with you!
Lloyd: Huh?! Are you serious?
Zelos: Yep, I think it's an awesome idea, if I do say so myself. Zelos, savior of the world, on a journey with his faithful sidekick. What do you think?
Lloyd: Whatever, man. Do what you like.
Zelos: Okay then, it's settled! It's gonna be awesome traveling around with me, just you wait!
Lloyd: Yeah, yeah.
Zelos: Oh, Lloyd. What's up?
Lloyd: ...Yo.
Zelos: What's with the smug face?
Lloyd: ...You certainly look at home in those clothes.
Zelos: Heheheh. Jealous guys are ugly, bud.
Lloyd: I...I'm not jealous!
Zelos: Calm down. You look acceptable yourself.
Lloyd: Sorry for only being "acceptable."
Zelos: Hey, don't worry about it. Nice clothes can make anybody look good.
Lloyd: R...really? Thanks.
Zelos: ...That wasn't a compliment.
Lloyd: By the way, what are you doing here? I figured you'd be in the middle of the hall surrounded by girls.
Zelos: ...Sometimes it's tiring not being serious.
Lloyd: Huh?
Zelos: Never mind. Well, let's just relax and watch the nobles and their fake smiles from here.
Lloyd: Hmmm. Well, if that's what you want to do, I'm game.
Zelos: ...You sure are easy-going.
One thing to remember while reading these scenes, if you've never played the game, is that in most of them he's let his mask drop for Lloyd. You're not actually going to see him being so open in camp often (if at all), especially without Lloyd there. Also, here there be spoilers.
Zelos: I bet you lived a crappy hard life so far, huh? ...
Lloyd: Gee, you sure know how to cheer someone up, don't ya?
Zelos: Heh heh. Well, don't worry about it too much. So now what? Aren't you at your wit's end right about now?
Lloyd: Why do you say that?
Zelos: The Giant Tree, which we thought was all good, goes nuts, our cute little Colette comes down with some funky cold...
Lloyd: I'm...never gonna give up. If I quit, I'll never be able to face all the people who've suffered because of what I've done. So I'm gonna fight...to the very end. I can't give up!
Zelos: ...Hot-headed and stubborn as hell. Well...but I guess that's what I dig about you.
Lloyd: Yeah...you're here, doing "hot-headed" things with us.
Zelos: ...I know. Everything I'm doing right now goes against my mantra.
Lloyd: And what's that?
Zelos: Don't work for what you can get for free. Always stick with the winning team. An easy life is the best life...et cetera, et cetera.
Lloyd: ...I shouldn't have asked.
Zelos: Oh sure, you'd say that. But let me tell ya, you're better off avoiding hardship.
Lloyd: You say that like it's from personal experience.
Zelos: Oh, hell yeah. My life buys hardship in bulk. The poor, handsome boy Zelos, envied for his status, looks, and beautiful voice, grew up with his life in constant danger! Heh.
Lloyd: Uh-huh.
Zelos: It's true. The Chosen is respected in name only. We're imprisoned in our own homes, always eating meals that are cold from being carefully tested for poison. Even our marriage partners are decided from the moment we're born.
Lloyd: I had no idea that Chosens have such a rough time...
Zelos: Chosens are treated by everyone like some kind of strange, inhuman creatures, separated from our parents as children and attacked by thugs...When will our suffering end?
Lloyd: Oh, I never knew...I'm sorry, I...I always thought you just lived a life of luxury, living in a big mansion, ordering your servants around, and playing all day long. But Colette was treated differently by everyone in the village so...I guess you were the same.
Zelos: ...Just messin' with ya. I'm just saying that if I suffered like that, my personality would be even cooler and I'd get even more hotties than I do now.
Lloyd: Oh, I see...wait, what? Are you saying all of that was a lie?!
Zelos: Hey, hey, woah, settle down.
Lloyd: ...Man, I'm never taking anything you say seriously ever again!
Zelos: Don't get mad, buddy!
Lloyd: Don't touch me, you stupid jackass Chosen!
Zelos: Hahahaha! Sorry, sorry. Really, really...I'm sorry.
*there's a knock on Lloyd's door*
Lloyd: Who is it? Come on in.
Zelos: Hey man, you awake?
Lloyd: ...I just got sleepy right now. G'night.
Zelos: Whoa whoa whoa! Don't be like that! Come on, let's go talk outside for a bit.
Lloyd: Sure.
*scene changes to outside, where it's snowing*
Zelos: ...On that day, Meltokio had a record snowfall. It looked just like this city.
Lloyd: What are you talking about all of a sudden?
Zelos: Ah, just a story about the past. I suddenly felt like talking about it.
Lloyd: Well, if you want to talk, I'm all ears.
*camera moves away to show snow falling*
Zelos: I was so excited to see snow for the first time, and I made a snowman in the garden with my mother.
*the scene becomes red-tinted*
Then suddenly, the snowman fell apart. Before I knew what was going on, red snow began to fall.
*back to Zelos and Lloyd*
Lloyd: ...Red...snow?
Zelos: It was my mother's blood. She was murdered.
Lloyd: ...
Zelos: As she fell, she grabbed my shoulder and told me, "You should never have been born."
Lloyd: That's...that's horrible!
Zelos: My mother probably loved somebody else. But because of the oracle from Cruxis, she had to marry the Chosen at the time--my father. And the old man had another woman as well.
Lloyd: But none of that was your fault!
Zelos: ...The magic that killed my mother was meant for me.
Lloyd: What?
Zelos: They targeted me because I was the next Chosen. My mother was caught in the crossfire.
Lloyd: ...
Zelos: The one who tried to kill me was Seles' mother. They executed her and Seles was placed under house arrest in the abbey.
Lloyd: So that's what happened.
Zelos: I never wanted to be the Chosen. I spent every moment of my life wishing I could just run away.
Lloyd: ...Chosens lead really difficult lives. I can only imagine what it's like. But I can still understand how hard it must be.
Zelos: ...Sorry, kinda hard to think of anything to say to a story like that, right?
Lloyd: Don't worry about it. But why did you suddenly decide to tell me?
Zelos: I should've never been born.
Lloyd: Wh...why do you say that?
Zelos: I'm not saying I still think that way now. But all my life, I've been rejected by my parents, shunned by the Church, and viewed as a threat to the royal family...I just wanted to run away.
Lloyd: But you're here with us, now, right?
Zelos: I dunno. Even now, to tell the truth, I get tired of all the problems. Sometimes I think it'd be easier if everyone and everything were just destroyed.
Lloyd: Zelos! How can you say that?!
Zelos: ...Did I piss you off?
Lloyd: Hell yes! Of course! It'd be a huge problem for me if everything was destroyed.
Zelos: But think about it. If everything was destroyed, you'd vanish, too.
Lloyd: *shakes head* I refuse to vanish. And so I don't want anyone else to be destroyed...I want you to live, too, Zelos.
Zelos: ...I think I'm gonna cry. (Sarcastically)
Lloyd: Don't make fun of what I'm saying. Tomorrow, once we're sure Altessa is okay, I'm going to challenge Mithos to a final battle. But if that's the way you feel, I'll be too worried to bring you along.
Zelos: You're going to fight? Do you really think you can unite the two worlds?
Lloyd: I can and I will. I'm not going to run away.
Zelos: All right, all right, I hear ya. I swear, your fervent enthusiasm is enough to melt all the snow in Flanoir...I'm in. I guess Ill give this not running away thing a shot.
Lloyd: Haha. Once the world is at peace, you can run away all you like.
Zelos: Gee, thanks. Man, I can't believe I'm joining the weaker side. This isn't like me at all.
Lloyd: What are you talking about?
Zelos: Nothing, just talking to myself. Anyway, let's get back. It's way too cold out here.
Lloyd: Yeah
*scene change to the next morning*
Lloyd: Hmm? Did Zelos drop this? Hey, there's a letter attached...
Zelos Voice-over: This is a symbol of my trust. Hang on to it for me, okay? I don't have the right to ask you for your forgiveness, but I still want you to forgive me. P.S. Don't tell the others.
Lloyd: What the?...Man, what the heck is he trying to say? He should make it easier to understand!
*The Chosen's orb was found.*
*Lloyd's lying in bed awake when there's a knock on his door*
Lloyd: What is it?
*Zelos walks in*
Zelos: ...Sorry. Did I wake you?
Lloyd: ...I couldn't really get to sleep.
Zelos: Then could I talk to you for a sec?
Lloyd: ...Okay then, just for a little while.
*scene change to outside*
Zelos: Sorry about calling you out here in the middle of the night.
Lloyd: Nah, don't worry about it. What's up?
Zelos: I'll get right to the point. What's up with this Kratos guy?
Lloyd: What do you mean, what's up?
Zelos: Doesn't he piss you off?!
Lloyd: Zelos, why are you so mad?
Lloyd: Um...do you really think you're in a position to be mad?
Zelos: We don't need to talk about me. I'm really good at conveniently forgetting things like that!
Lloyd: That's hardly something to brag about.
Zelos: I think...parents are there to protect their children.
Lloyd: Well...yeah.
Zelos: But this guy, he just goes back and forth, like he can't make up his mind. Doesn't he realize that it only hurts you? And then after all that, he challenges you to a duel?! What kind of family turns swords against one another?! This whole thing's nuts!
Lloyd: Yeah...*looks up* Well, I guess that's true...
Zelos: You certainly don't seem that worked up about it. Doesn't he piss you off?
Lloyd: Well, right now you're mad enough for the both of us.
Zelos: ...I hate parents like that. Parents who just jerk their kids around for their own convenience.
Lloyd: Yeah, when you put it that way, I guess he did kinda jerk me around.
Zelos: Exactly. I mean, he knew about the Eternal Sword and the Eternal Ring from the very beginning and didn't say a word about them! ...Uh!
Lloyd: ...What? What about the Eternal Ring?
Zelos: Uh...well....
Lloyd: Is Kratos the one that told you about the Eternal Ring?!
Zelos: ...S...so, Lloyd. After we've succeeded in reuniting the worlds, what are you gonna do?
Lloyd: Zelos, you heard about the ring from Kratos, didn't you?
Zelos: ...He...he knew everything. That humans can't use the Eternal Sword, the details of Colette's sickness, the way to make the Eternal Ring--everything.
Lloyd: Yeah, I guess when you think about it that way, he could have said something sooner.
Zelos: Exactly!
Lloyd: But even if he had told us, I don't think we would have believed him. So maybe he did his best to gauge when to do what and to set things up for us along the way.
Zelos: When you put it that way, I suppose that might be true. Now I feel kinda stupid for getting so worked up over it.
Lloyd: Not at all. ...Because you were upset, I think I've calmed down. I'm not worked up anymore.
Zelos: ...Oh. Well, that's good then.
Lloyd: ...Tomorrow, I'll fight Kratos, and then I'll ask him what he was thinking, and what he was trying to do.
Zelos: ...Tomorrow...if Origin's seal is broken, the worlds will begin to unite, right?
Lloyd: ...Yeah. Oh yeah, about that question you asked earlier...I'm planning to go on a journey to search for Exspheres.
Zelos: Huh?
Lloyd: You asked what I was going to do after the worlds are reunited.
Zelos: ...Oh, I get it. That sounds like a good idea. We should put the Exspheres somewhere people will never get their hands on them again...for the sake of living beings, as well as for the lifeless ones.
Lloyd: What about you? What are you going to do?
Zelos: Me? Hmm, good question. The institution of the Chosen will surely be abolished. So, uh... I guess I'll just tag along with you!
Lloyd: Huh?! Are you serious?
Zelos: Yep, I think it's an awesome idea, if I do say so myself. Zelos, savior of the world, on a journey with his faithful sidekick. What do you think?
Lloyd: Whatever, man. Do what you like.
Zelos: Okay then, it's settled! It's gonna be awesome traveling around with me, just you wait!
Lloyd: Yeah, yeah.
Zelos: Oh, Lloyd. What's up?
Lloyd: ...Yo.
Zelos: What's with the smug face?
Lloyd: ...You certainly look at home in those clothes.
Zelos: Heheheh. Jealous guys are ugly, bud.
Lloyd: I...I'm not jealous!
Zelos: Calm down. You look acceptable yourself.
Lloyd: Sorry for only being "acceptable."
Zelos: Hey, don't worry about it. Nice clothes can make anybody look good.
Lloyd: R...really? Thanks.
Zelos: ...That wasn't a compliment.
Lloyd: By the way, what are you doing here? I figured you'd be in the middle of the hall surrounded by girls.
Zelos: ...Sometimes it's tiring not being serious.
Lloyd: Huh?
Zelos: Never mind. Well, let's just relax and watch the nobles and their fake smiles from here.
Lloyd: Hmmm. Well, if that's what you want to do, I'm game.
Zelos: ...You sure are easy-going.