Items: Pheonix Feather, Silk Clothes

Go left and up the stairs. Zidane will almost bump into a white-robed young girl who is going in the other direction. Zidane will get suspicous, and look over the girl carefully, who appears to be very nervous about something. When Bruank walks up the stairs and calls out, the girl will knock Zidane over and run back down the stairs. Zidane comes to the conclusion that the white-robed girl is really Garnet, the target of the mission who is trying to sneak off. They will run after her and the scene will fade for a second. Now the game inroduces you to the evil jester-like servants of Brahne, Sorn and Zorn. Zorn is the one in the blue suit, and Sorn is the one in the red suit. They will each walk up a staircase and leap up simutaneously, on the way to see Brahne. They will run into a burly armored knight, and a female knight guarding the royal seat, and ask about Garnet. The female knight walks down to Brahne and also asks about Garnet, and Brahne notices Garnet is no where near. She calls the female knight Beatrice (Or Beatrix, which doesn't sound right) and tells her to search for Garnet. She also calls over the male knight, who you will get to name now as well. The default name is Steiner (スタイナー). Brahne will tell Steiner to find Garnet, And now you will take control of him.

Steiner will walk into the next room, and discover than 2 of his guards were beaten and their armor was stolen. Walk to the right, and talk to guards number 2 and 3. You can talk to the Mogli in the corner of the room to save and use the Mognet if you wish. If you examine the west wall of the room, you can see a list of the members of Steiner's unit, Pluto. You can walk around a large part of the castle, and if you check out the kitchen, you will see Quina at work as a chef, who is a future member of your party later in the game. You can also check out the library (Remember where it is for later, there is an optional mini-quest you can do there). If you walk back to where Brahne is, you can talk to her and get a Silk Clothes. When you are ready, go outside to the front of the castle where the fountain is, and go left. Go up and down the hallway, then follow the winding stairs. Eventually you will be at the top of one of the castle towers, and Zidane will be running after Garnet across the way on top of the other castle tower. Steiner will see them, then the scene will switch to an FMV of Garnet climbing the wall, then falling backwards.

She has a strand of flags wrapped around her, and will swing safely to a lower level. Zidane will do the same, then Steiner will try to follow using the same method, but break through a castle wall. Hmmm, I guess enforcers of the law in all times and worlds are a bit heavy :P. Zidane will land, and Garnet will land on top of him and run one way, then the other when she discovers that it is a dead end. Follow her into the next room, where one of Zidane's friends will notice that she is Garnet and just a child. Talk to Zidane's friend Ruby and she will hold you off for a second, allowing Garnet to run down the stairs. At this point you might notice that they have landed on the airship, and Garnet is in the same room you started the game off in. Zidane will finally catch up to Garnet, and she will introduce herself to him, and ask if he will help her. Of course Zidane will agree, and bow before her.

Shina will walk in, and Zidane will identify him as Shina, and a friend. The two will follow him to the right, into another room just as Steiner enters through the southern door. Braunk will be right behind him, and Steiner will still think it is a member of Pluto that is with him. Shina kicks away the table to reveal a hole leading to another way out, and the three of them will jump down. Steiner will enter, and Braunk will jump in the hole the wrong way, getting himself jammed. After some yelling, Steiner runs the other way. Go to the left, and through the doorway. Steiner will come sliding down the pole and Braunk will come running in behind you. Another battle will start, between Zidane, Shina, Braunk, and Steiner. You can steal another Silk Clothes from him if you want. Just hack and slash away, and if you need it (which you shouldn't), you can use a potion to heal some HP. Eventually, he will try to use an Ice Sword technique on Braunk, but a lot of his "Special Presents" will jump around and cause chaos. Using the distraction, Zidane and Garnet will run off to the left.

Meanwhile, the play is still going on for Baku and Marcus. Marcus is captured by the guards and brought before the King of Lea. Zidane and Garnet will use the elevator to try and escape, but Steiner will follow. This takes them on the stage, where Baku notes that they had a little change of plans. Marcus decides to use it in the performance, and breaks free from the guards yelling "Coneria!" and over to Garnet, who isn't sure what to do. Zidane will tell Garnet what to say, and she will act it out and embrace Marcus. The King of Lea will ask Steiner if he is from a another kingdom, and Steiner will become nervous and trail off. Marcus and Zidane knock out the guards, then Marcus decides it's time to put the King of Lea out of business and stabs at him. Coneria gets in the way though, and falls over, getting a surprise reaction from Marcus who probably didn't expect Garnet to act that well. Steiner thinks it is a real wound and freaks out, throwing both his hands into the hair and yelling. He then drops to his knees and starts praying, while the King of Lea also drops to his knees and talks to Coneria. Steiner's head droops down, and Marcus apologises, then stabs himself with his own sword and falls over. Brahne still thinks the play went according to plan and starts to cry as the audience sitrs up. Brahne pauses for a second, wondering where Garnet is and then cries a little more.

The game will switch back to Vivi and his friend in the audience, who is identified by the name Pak (heh, Pakrat!). They will both agree that it was a tragic story, then Pak will notice a guard is on to them and run off, with Vivi shortly behind. Vivi will trip, then get up and follow Pak some more. The action switches back over to the stage, where the King of Lea will still be acting, and Steiner will still be pouting. Vivi will run on the stage being chased by two guards, and leap over Garnet and try to cast a Fire spell at the guards. His aim is bad, and a spark hits Garnet, who leaps up and runs in circles. She will throw off her robe, and then Baku and Zidane will note that it is time to split. Steiner is too busy crying for a momment to notice that Garnet is ok, but then he looks up and gets really angry. Garnet will scold him for being so stupid, and try to give a short explaination of what is going on. Zidane will ask if Vivi is alright, who will stand up and agree. Two guards will come, and now you will have to fight Steiner and 2 guards, with Zidane, Marcus, Garnet, and Vivi. Zidane and Marcus (who are probably still trying to make it look like a play) will still have the fake spells, but you can check out Vivi's Fire spell, and Garnet's Kearu (Cure) spell. You can also check out Garnet's summon spells, but she won't have enough MP to cast any of them. Later in the game, the MP cost will drop drastically (224 or so for Bahamut now, which will become 56 later). The 3rd ability of Vivi's is Tameru, or charge up. Using it will slightly increase the power of his magic for the rest of the battle. Striking the guards will make them run off in fear. Have Vivi use Tameru, then cast on Steiner a few times and attack with Zidane/Marcus while Garnet heals.

Meanwhile Baku, Braunk, and Shina are making plans to take off and escape. The ship will start to fly away, with Garnet and Steiner on it. Brahne will realise what is going on and order the cannons to fire at the ship, which will fire hooks, anchors, and chains to keep them from escaping (And do A LOT of damage to the ship). The last of the Alexandria Castle's guns will fire a turrent that explodes into a Bomb monster that will attack. Steiner will also attack, with Garnet asking him to stop. Vivi will notice the bomb monster, which will slowly suck in air and grow in size. Steiner will think the battle is going his way, but everyone else knows the bomb is going to explode. Just attack Steiner a few times, and the battle will end. Brahne cackles and does her little dance as the bomb goes off, but to her dismay, the ship is still able to fly off, although it is falling apart. It will slowly fly away, but then slowly float down and crash into the forest far below the raised plateau that Alexandria Town is on. Brahne will call out Zorn and Sorn, and tell them what must be done.