Hello all. Was messing around with item sliding and sequence breaking using some old stuff found on an SDA thread and managed to find a skip in the game that saves over 90 seconds and ain't too bad to perform! I call it Marlene Skip. You only get one shot at doing it unfortunately, luckily its quite easy! You can use any item that serves no function with the exception of consumables that don't work on the overworld (such as a Guidance Jewel). This means Tiny Gear works, Mere Pebble, Ordinary Card etc.

This skips over the cutscene where Marlene dies. I got the whole sequence after recorded as well to show that the game progresses as normal etc.