Funny Bits in Star Ocean 2 (243)

It's not really funny, but there's this spell that shows a scene in outer space every time you cast it: down there is Energy Nede, but if you cast it while on Expel, there's that planet instead (and maybe some other small differences). Nice touch.

Once Celine reaches Level 49, she can cast the powerful spell Southern Cross: it looks like the famous constellation is attracted to the ground, resulting in a rainbow-coloured shower of destruction. If Celine's proficiency with the spell is high enough, the number of 'stars' falling to the ground doubles (where do they get them from?). It's a handy spell but it has a couple of downsides:

• its casting animation is really long: pan to space, each of the five stars twinkle in sequence, then they start falling down; back on the ground, some dramatic camera angles, then the explosions (I think the only spell that takes longer to hit is Meteor Swarm, or maybe also Gremlin Lair when there are many targets)
• it seems to be one of Celine's favorite spells, because she tends to cast it very frequently (it may be because there are few enemies with resistance to Star-elemental Heraldry)

If you're annoyed by that, I suggest you to disable the spell; Celine will probably fall back to casting Lunar Light, which is almost as powerful but takes less to cast.