
The player and Looker ultimately unmask Essentia as Emma and discover Xerosic's secret laboratory, at which point he sets his creation on them in repeated battles. This figure, dubbed "Essentia," goes on a crime spree throughout Lumiose City using personalities and disguises based on various Trainer classes pre-loaded into the Expansion Suit's databanks.

After teaching Emma how to be a Trainer and loaning her his Pokémon, Xerosic advances his experiment to the next stage, in which he remote-controls the suit while Emma sleeps inside, unaware of what she is actually doing. He creates a device called the "Expansion Suit", which can augment a human subject in a number of ways, including giving them superhuman reflexes, shapeshifting powers and the ability to hack and control Poké Balls. He sets up a lab in a secret floor of the Lysandre Labs complex and posts a notice in Lysandre Café looking for part-time employees, hiring the Lumiose Gang for security and Emma as his test subject. However, despite both his offer and Lysandre's promise, he activates the weapon regardless if the player chooses the correct button, bragging that it is a victory for Team Flare's science.Īfter the downfall of Team Flare, Xerosic goes into hiding and begins conducting a project on his own, attracting Looker's attention. After battling the player deep in the hideout, he offers them a chance to stop the ultimate weapon by choosing one of two buttons, as one will activate the device. He is first encountered in the basements of Lysandre Labs.

He is also the only male scientist and has red goggles. Xerosic is one of five scientists that are the driving force behind Team Flare.

