Paine (Final Fantasy)
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is a fictional character from the Square-Enix role-playing video game Final Fantasy X-2. She is a new addition to the returning cast of Final Fantasy X.Paine's default costume bears resemblances to New York City punk stylings and is somewhat Gothic, and also bears similarities to the outfit worn by Final Fantasy VIII
As part of one of Final Fantasy X-2
Most of the Crimson Squad candidates died during the group's final field exercise, which took place in a cave beneath Mushroom Rock Road called "the Den of Woe". This followed as a result of the pyreflies within the cave overwhelming them with the despair of the unsent named "Shuyin", causing them to turn on one another.Paine: "This is what destroyed the Squad. Despair strong enough to crush the minds of those it touches. What just happened to us happened to them, too. Here. They felt Shuyin's despair. They went mad, and they died. They killed each other!"(Final Fantasy X-2) Only Nooj, Baralai, Gippal and Paine escaped alive, but later, Nooj — possessed by Shuyin himself — fired on his friends, effectively ending their friendship for two years.Paine: "It was Shuyin. Two years ago, the guys encountered Shuyin's memories and learned of Vegnagun. After we escaped, they said they would uncover the truth behind it. But then...Nooj shot us. We thought he'd betrayed us. But Nooj wasn't Nooj. I understand now: Shuyin was using him the whole time."(Final Fantasy X-2) Just before Yuna joined the group, Paine enlisted in the Gullwings in the hopes of finding out more about why the Crimson Squad had been massacred — and because she had long desired to fly in an airship.Paine: "The Squad was destroyed before that happened. Most of the candidates died. An accident. The four of us were separated then. Things happened. I don't get it. I was there. I saw everything. But still. I don't know why it happened that way. Even now. So I went to look...for some answers." / Yuna: "You became a sphere hunter." / Paine: "I always did want to fly on this thing anyway."(Final Fantasy X-2)Gippal: "Whaddaya got in mind for fun? Any ideas, Dr. P?" / Paine: "Me? A ship that glides through the air. That thing you mentioned before. If it's for real, I want to fly it."(Final Fantasy X-2)
During the course of the game, if the player locates all ten Crimson Spheres, the Den of Woe can be unlocked, allowing Yuna, Rikku and Paine to face the truth of Paine's past for themselves. Shuyin's despair nearly overcomes the group, as it had the Crimson Squad in the past, until Yuna is able to free her friends from its influence. Thereafter, armed with the truth, Paine promises to help her friends — both old and new — and save the world from Shuyin before he can destroy it.
Other appearances
- Paine appears in Kingdom Hearts II as a chibi fairy-like version of herself along side similar versions of Yuna and Rikku. The three are treasure fanatics working for Maleficent, who offered them a lot of treasure. Paine's services, much like the others, eventually goes to the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee after Maleficent abandons the three during the Heartless raid and Donald falsely promises that Leon would pay the trio for their help. Paine and others did forgive Sora and gang for the deception by giving Sora the keychain of the Gullwing Keyblade.
- Paine is a playable character in Itadaki Street Special in chibi form with Yuna and Rikku.
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