Purestarfall posted... https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/2/9/AAXh4NAAEcFt.jpg
...Malboros...actually have mouthwash?
In any event, I've pushed myself through into the first real boss fight of the game. Before that though, I ran into my first Mirajewel which I can equip to Lann or Reynn to grant them the ability the mirajewel has. So that's how you have them 'learn' their own abilities outside of the mirages in their stack.
BOSS BATTLE #1
This one is a bit odd that you're given a choice of who you want to fight. Mainly, because they know you can't win if all three fought you so instead they want to test you by letting you only fight one of them.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/3/0/AAXh4NAAEcFu.jpg
For reasons, I decided to go with Shiva. I assume those reasons involve the fact that she's a pretty ice woman.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/3/1/AAXh4NAAEcFv.jpg
The actual battle itself is pretty easy for the first half. She has three moves, and two of them are just a weak normal attack and a weak single target blizzard spell. However once her HP is knocked to half, the real fight begins when she starts using her final move at that point.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/3/2/AAXh4NAAEcFw.jpg
That move is a target all move that really hurts. If my characters weren't at full HP or nearly full HP then Diamond Dust would have KO'd them. I had a cure spell at this point, but after this attack I just defaulted to using my potion stock so as to heal back up to full HP in one action instead. So with that, I just had to get used to the tricky timing of being healed enough by the next time she used Diamond Dust and victory was mine.
After the boss fight was completed, I got this mirage as a gift from events.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/3/3/AAXh4NAAEcFx.jpg
I decided that I'm going to keep that one as part of my permanent roster and gave it a nickname. And about that, I want to ask to any one here that knows...is there a way I can rename mirages later on if I want to?
In any event, the events at the cave are done and I'm back at the town. After more events, I'm now moved towards the mountainous plains out outside the city so that's where I'm going next. It's never a dull moment with these two.
Rename prisms are easy to come by once you get a little bit further into the game.