Event || Genesis

[melodiesmods]

Characters: Everyone!
Where: Aqures Tosf.
When: July 27th - August 03rd, twenty-eight years in the past.
Summary: As the Heroes of Light were transported to the past, they now have the possibility explore Aqures Tosf and take part in the events that ultimately led to their arrival in Crystallis. Feel free to start your own threads with your own prompts for everything your characters will do during this week! Please look at the OOC Post for information as to what can be done in the city and for what is happening during the Festival of Light!
Warning: N/A

Rescue
The Little Girl
Meeting NPCs
Meeting Moogles

Comments

[charming_jerk]

[Around the festival - 27th]

[A few weeks back, Johnny had promised himself that he was going to try and clean up his act just a little bit. But after dying - for the first time in Crystallis, but the second time ever - he decide to say the hell with it and get some drinks. A lot of drinks. Not only that, he's starting to gather some stares from locals, considering the people in Aqures Tosf weren't used to him being around like the ones in Aqures Ixen were.

With a few beers in him, and one currently in his hand, Johnny finds anyone he recognizes as a Hero to ask them some questions.]

So, I was kind of dead at the time. How the hell did we get here, again?


[the Opera - 28th]
[A metalhead like Johnny might be a weird thing to see at an opera, of all things, but he's been trying to get a better handle and appreciation for local music. Even if he doesn't much like it. Call it research.

With the way the story progresses, it makes him more and more uncomfortable. He leans over to whoever is sitting near by to whisper some comments.]

This is hittin' a little close to home, I think.


[Fireworks - the 28th]
[Sitting around doing nothing while this town awaits its fate is a little too much for Johnny. He tries to withdraw to a clearing by himself to lay down and watch the fireworks unfold, so maybe he doesn't have to think about this for just a few minutes more. Better look out where you're walking, or you might accidentally step on the half-demon who's lying there.]

Around the festival

[whereishe]

[Yuna smells the alcohol on his breath as Johnny comes closer. She shakes her head slowly keeping a smile spread across her lips.]

I was dead too. So I don't know.

[Her voice is softer than his hoping those around them didn't overhear and become alarmed at the strange conversation.]

How much have you been drinking?

[charming_jerk]

Oh, right.

[He looks a little embarrassed to be asked that question, and unconsciously hides the bottle he was holding behind his back.]

Man, I dunno. I wasn't countin'. I don't have any money but people're feeling generous, thanks to the festival. It's a party, right?

[Also he may have swiped a few. But he won't say that.]

[whereishe]

[Yuna slides a hand behind his back and lightly tugs at the bottle.]

If you didn't pay for it then you should share.

[She doesn't have anything on herself either though she can probably get free drinks if she asked.]

Are you having fun?

[charming_jerk]

[It takes a moment for him to realize what she's doing, and his expression goes from guilty embarrassment to small sly smile. johnny lets her take the bottle.]

Guess I can't argue with that logic.

I dunno. I mean... this is too surreal, right? We were just in a goddamn war. I was dead. You were dead. And now we're here. Like, in the past. I don't get it. It's like I ain't had time to, like, process any of this.

[whereishe]

[Yuna takes the bottle and takes a very long drink before lowering it from her lips. She wipes her mouth and then glances around them as if the answers might be in those walking pass.]

It is surreal but I think we should face what we can.

[Even if it doesn’t make sense. Somehow Yuna knew that everything would work out of they kept trying. She had looked into a few things but she hasn’t really learned anything.]

I wanted to see what music they had here. We found a journal. In the ruins of the temple here, a while back. There were musical notes scribbled along the inside and I wasn’t sure what it meant.

[It might mean nothing, except to the woman who wrote it.]

Opera

[deadlyvu]

[Lydia was raised by an artist (arteest if she was feeling fancy) and a businessman. She'd been exploring the festival, and found her way to the Opera. It reminded her of Shakespeare's tragedies. She couldn't decide if it was most like Romeo and Juliet or not, and if that was a bad thing. Kind of an overdone theme really, no offense to the bard.

She hadn't realized Johnny was nearby, until he had leaned over. Turning her head, he was not quite behind her.]

Johnny!

[She'd been a little louder with that exclamation than she'd meant to be, clapping her hands over her mouth and then lowering her voice. It doesn't hide the bright smile though.]

You're alright! I've been trying to catch up with everyone, but it's been hard. I don't know if the play hits close to home, or if it's just an overdone theme. It reminds me of Shakespeare in some ways, but not the ways I'd like.

[charming_jerk]

[Lydia gets a few shushes from those near her, but Johnny gives them a glare that makes them back off for now.]

C'mon. Heroes of Light, Calamity, Ancients, that Scientist... I know it's supposed to be based on real events, but it's two-thousand year old events, right? Is this all supposed to be true?

[deadlyvu]

[Lydia is kind of grateful for Johnny's glare, as she moves over to make space for him.]

Most legends are supposed to be based on kernels of truth right? It's probably embellished, or simplified, or modified for the theater. To make it more dramatic. We'd probably have to go to the library to find more 'accurate' versions if they exist.

[charming_jerk]

[Johnny wrinkles his nose at that thought. He's not much of a book guy.]

I guess. Even still, I hope this ain't a case of history repeating itself. I mean, there are some differences at least. Like consider how many Heroes we got now, and there's only four in this, for one thing.

[deadlyvu]

[Lydia doesn't mind. It's kind of nice to know she's not the only one with neat facial expressions.]

That's true. How long do you think we'll be stuck here? That'll affect what kind of research we can do.

Drink Smash Drink Smash - the 27th

[theendiswherewestartfrom]

"George Thorogood would not approve." Jack approaches with a drink of his own. That's a hell of a conversation starter, but one that Jack, of all people, can understand. He raises his glass in commiseration, face in a tight line, but he's not going to comment on it. Doubts Johnny wants to talk the 'dead' part out.

"You're gonna love this one. Time travel. Kalki was there, at the Crystal of Fire. Hell of it is, I don't know if she actually did anything to it to make us bounce back here." Jack looks into his drink. "Other hell of it? It only pulled us. Not just the people in the area, none of the soldiers, or even anybody from the Empire's side. Just the Heroes."

[charming_jerk]

"George Thorogood'd probably want me to have more scotch 'n bourbon. But I'll take what I can get when I'm in a strange place 'n broke." Johnny raises his glass as well, attempting to not look too grim as he does.

He listens to Jack's explanation with his brow furrowed. "Why. Why the hell'd she do that? Why now during a goddamn war? Shit. I swear, I never know what's going on in my own damn life."

[theendiswherewestartfrom]

The laugh that escapes Jack is more dry and sarcastic than anything else, as if Johnny has just said something that is far too true. "Damn if that isn't the ultimate sentiment of this place. Or it could be my last job's new motto."

"I've got a ridiculous theory," Jack's face is grim as he looks over at Johnny. "But I can't even think of how I'd prove it. Spotted a spike of time energy before we vanished," he pats his pocket that the vortex manipulator is hiding in. "Don't know how she did it, but I've got a dumbass idea about why she needed that Crystal."

[charming_jerk]

"You can detect that kinda thing? Even if it's, like, magic?" That's how most things were done on this world - magic and crystals.

"And if ya know how she did it, do ya happen to know a way to, y'know, reverse the process?"

[theendiswherewestartfrom]

Jack shrugs. "Energy's energy." He pulls the small machine out of his pocket and shows the screen to Johnny. It still displays their current year (3943268), not the previous graph that he had seen.

"How she did it? Not sure. What she used to do it? We kept popping up at the Crystal of Fire, right? There's got to be some kind of stored energy from those shifts, that's become a focus point for each of our pulls from our worlds to this one." Jack puts the manipulator away, trades it for his crystal, instead. "And these are the other focus."

[Opera]

[unyieldingspirit]

[K'pandolu's simply not fond of sitting for extended periods of time, but she's committed now. She twitches one ear towards Johnny, and turns to nod at him.]

It's very strange… Almost like seeing your life while you're still living it. […technically it is, she supposes.]

[charming_jerk]

Seriously, I know this supposed to be based on history or somethin', but 2000 years is a long time for any story. I wanna know how much of this is fiction, and how much of it isn't. Cuz I don't like where it's all headed.

[Johnny wasn't much of a research person, but he thought it might be time to hit the books if they ever made it back to their own time.]

[unyieldingspirit]

Nor I. [she tucks her tail a little more closely to herself, clasping her hands together.] Some things might have been changed in the telling, but- I wouldn't be able to say what. Perhaps someone versed in the history of this story would know.

[charming_jerk]

I guess we could find some books after the show. [He didn't look too thrilled about the idea of it, though.]

Though maybe we should be worryin' about how to get ourselves back home first, instead. If there's even a way.

[unyieldingspirit]

If it can help, why not?

…You think it'll last, then? [she leans forward, tail twitching] … It has been a few days… [she doesn't know anything about actually time-travelling, so. that'll be interesting.]

27 I guess, because OMG

[wickedone]

Johnny?

[Albel is stunned, to say the least. He'd been a little busy balancing being self-centered and searching for Terra to notice anyone else; but of all people to drunkenly drape over him on the street, he did not expect Johnny.]

You... you're alive?

[charming_jerk]

I am, man. Takes a lot to keep me dead, I guess. Cuz this is the second time this sorta thing's happened.

[He shrugs and takes a swig from his mug.]

Though more like I was just lucky. I think someone hit me with a spell 'n brought me back.

[wickedone]

The second...?

[Albel cut himself off and shook his head. Sure -- a spell could do it. And they'd just been sent back in time, after all. Anything was possible here.]

[Once the surprise had passed, he tried to brush the other man's arm off of him, nose wrinkling from the strong scent of alcohol.]

So... you don't remember anything, then?

[charming_jerk]

The first time wasn't here. In Crystallis I mean. It was the last place I was in. [He waves a hand dismissively, like it wasn't important.]

I dunno, things were blurry. And it's not just the alcohol talking. I remember gettin' back up, 'n everything being dark. But... it was just weird, man. I guess I was just preoccupied.