Event || The New Year

[melodiesmods]

Characters: Anyone!
Where: The Enterprise.
When: The Night from December 31st to January 1st.
Summary: A Ball aboard the Enterprise, for well-dressed (mostly) Heroes of Light and their friends who want to dance and (especially) eat for free.
Warning: Nothing.

While the passing from a year to another isn't as big of an event as the Starlight Celebration, it is no reason to pass up an ocasion to celebrate and have fun. There are fireworks in all major cities and various activities to enjoy. Noticeably, there are gatherings of people in Aqures Ixen and Trano Golsaucia in particular, if only to conclude what is one of the most celebrated week in the year, and wish to each other the best possible year to come-- Though most people are worried about what's to come soon. After all, the end might be nigh with the Calamity about to take over the planet...

To celebrate this, the Heroes of Light have all been invited to stay aboard the Enterprise for a particularly prestigious and animated Ball. Indeed, the Enterprise will from Aqures Ixen and go all the way to Mysidia at midnight-- This way, New Year is going to last even longer than normal thanks to the magic of timezones.

There are tables with foods for everyone to eat and of course, music for people to dance together if they so wish. There is also a consequent number of chairs lined up, for all those who refuse to dance or are too awkward to do so.

Comments

[silencesfate]

"... You've really had it rough." To say the least, and he knew it. Minato has a wry expression on him, but his respect for the man only grew. Though the question of being a Hero didn't really factor here, the younger boy still finds some strange amusement about it.

"I did nothing but let things go how they may, back then. Never had to fight for my life, never had to perform some great personal sacrifice." Then he shook his head. "Somehow Crystallis thinks people as different as we are can still carry the same title for whatever reason."

He didn't really mean to discuss further that line, just stating it as a small unfair fact. Most Heroes he's met don't even actively think about the term--many simply want to not die, like Johnny here. With everything said and done though, Minato did hope all their hard work would ultimately mean something.

"... I hope that day comes for you, too. You would've earned it."

[charming_jerk]

"I wanna think it's not so random. Doesn't make it true, but..." Not that he had any proof of that. "Maybe it's a question of potential, not experience, for some people. I've actually been in a similar situation to this before, but the people that were brought in there really were picked at random. The idea that maybe we were brought here for a reason makes it a little less bleak, anyway."

He shrugged before taking a drink. "There's so much here goin' on with magic, 'n prophecies and shit... Some of us have had relatives 'n friends that were here in the past before the last Calamity. Seems a lot more planned, I guess."

Johnny was still having a hard time dealing with that fact, still not sure how to process it all. Mostly he tried not to think about it.

[silencesfate]

"I wonder about that, but... I guess there's no point whining about being unqualified when they give you powers." It was different for people who lost theirs, but that was another issue entirely that he couldn't speak for (not as far as he knew).

Minato wouldn't have figured he'd say this sort of thing and change lifestyle so much in less than half a year; granted, these circumstances were so absurd, there was no way any normal person--however smart and/or paranoid--could anticipate and prepare for it. Crystallis threw surprises at them with fervor, and would likely not stop for the duration of their stay there.

"It's a cycle, isn't it?" And an unexplained one, as far as its effects on the other worlds' chronologies went.

He hadn't yet read up everything in their archives yet due to other obligations, but Minato had gathered most of the basics to be brought up to speed.

"Is it too personal to ask who you knew that was here?"

[charming_jerk]

"Powers are good. Experience is a whole other thing. Someone like me has dealt with this shit before, but a lotta people are unequipped. Look at someone like Ib. What business has a little kid got bein' here?" What business did a kid even Minato's age have being here? If this wasn't a random system, it was still grossly unfair in Johnny's opinion.

He considered not answering that question, since it was a difficult experience for him, but he figures it doesn't really matter.

"... It was my parents. But the weirdest part about that was, back home, I had never met my dad before. I didn't even know what he looked like. But it was definitely him."