You had just gotten the Frigid Key, after dealing with... a lot. Zavier had shown her face (figuratively, considering it was wrapped up in bandages to the point only a single eye was visible) and, after battling you for the key and losing, apparently had some sort of panic attack at the sight of Suzie and Quincy in the same room and accidentally revealed that she was apparently Quincy from the future, and that Suzie would be her "biggest betrayal" or something. You had managed to get Suzie and Quincy back together, after Suzie admited to you that she was hired to betray quincy with the promise she'd get her tastebuds back, but she had decided awhile ago to not go along with that and to instead stay friends with you and Quincy. While you three were in the help center, Quincy ended up getting a letter from her butler, revealing that the sixth key was possibly in Ambasa City. When the three of you discussed how you'd get there, one of the Alchemists chimed in and explained that there was a teleporter in the Alchemists Grotto that you three might be able to use.

You were wondering around Icyridge as you waited for an update from Alchemist Abby on the teleporter to route 9 when you noticed something move out of the corner of your eye, behind a building. As you went behind the building to check on whatever you had just seen, you saw Zavier -- or should you call her Quincy? you had no clue anymore -- sitting on the ground with her Horbeast, her leg in a snowbank as she leaned against her Tufflaze for warmth. Her head snapped up as you approached, her eye widening slightly at the sight of you.