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Melodies of Life Moderators ([personal profile] melodiesmods) wrote in [community profile] melodiesoflife2016-01-07 07:47 pm

Intro Log || This Keeps Happening

Characters: All the "Heroes of Light" (only new characters can start threads).
Where: Aqures Ixen.
When: The 5th of January. The new Heroes of Light will awaken early in the morning.
Summary: The new Heroes of Light awaken in Aqures Ixen and are informed by their assigned Moogles of what the situation and what their destinies are. This a log for them to react to the situation, meet each other and be welcomed by the former batches of Heroes of Light.
Warning: Snow. Also some leftover decorations from Christmas.


Where you were or what you were doing— It does not really matter. Not any more. Within an instant, the world around you collapses. Reality twists and shatters... Or maybe you are the one who is collapsing and shattering away from reality as you knew it. No matter what the answer is, it will only take a few seconds for you to find yourself sinking into a void, your world vanishing into the distance. There is nothing but darkness as far as the eye can see. Even you feel different: all the powers you might once have had, are now gone. It is silent, cold and it feels as though life itself is slipping out of you.

At this moment, when it looks as though nothing but a never-ending void awaits you, a red Crystal forms before you. In this void, its warmth compels you to grab it. Upon doing so, you can hear a soft, soothing voice speaking:


"Wake up."


Soon, the void itself vanishes and is replaced by distant noises of engines. Had it all been nothing more than a dream? The soothing voice repeats its call one more time, but is soon replaced with a much less graceful "Wake up Kupo." Hand clutched on your Crystal, the call of the Moogle may finally wake you up. But you are no longer in your world, nor in the void. You are before the Crystal of Fire, in the third district of a city called Aqures Ixen. At this point, you may realize the engine noise actually originates from an Airship flying low over the city and headed to dock beneath the castle. As if it wasn't strange enough, your clothes have changed as well. They are now a reflection of the Jobs you are wielding. Last but not least, you are surrounded by Moogles, small and fluffy creatures who are more than happy to tell you about everything you want to know, about your 'destiny' as a Hero of Light, about what awaits you.

Or at least, they will tell you everything they do know, which isn't much in the end.

The only people around you are like you-- There are quite a few of them, all clothed in their Job garbs and most likely wondering what is happening. If somehow you do not realize it, the Moogle who woke you up will be more than happy to inform you there are others like you around. In fact, there are other Heroes who have arrived in the course of the past year and they will come soon! Like you, they have Jobs and a Crystal.

If asked, the Moogles will mention that the Heroes of Light - that is to say you - are fighting against time to save Crystallis from the Calamity that is about to awaken to devour the entire world. Sounds terrible? Welcome to Crystallis.


The Other Heroes
— Shortly Thereafter —

Thanks to the efficiency of Mognet, it does not take long for the other Heroes to come around: those who arrived in this world within the past year. You may have imagined heroic and charismatic figures when your Moogle told you that there were other Heroes of Light in this city. You may have imagined persons with fearsome powers when they told you about how they managed to push back the Empire and defeat gigantic beasts in the past. And more importantly, you may have imagined them as people who would have all the answers to your, doubtlessly, numerous questions.

If so, you may be up for a tragic disappointment. Still, for the most part they know more than you on the situation and may be more than happy to fill you in, especially if your Moogle didn't tell you much.


The City of Aqures Ixen
— Anytime —

With Christmas being barely over, there are still Christmas Decoration in the streets, and while the reconstruction are nearly over, there are still traces of the attack the Empire led against the city six months ago. A few buildings are being worked on.

And besides the decorations and reconstructions, there are a lot of things to do in the city for newcomers. A few groups of Triple Triad players are playing before Mognet Office in the ninth district, and a Blitzball Match is set to start at 20:00 in the stadium! Characters are also free to visit the city-- Mognet Office just behind the Triple Triad games is filled with Moogles, most of them discussing about the election for the future director of Mognet. They can also visit Airship Port in the twelfth district from where characters can board for free Airships from Shoopuf Airline.

Or maybe you could visit your new house in the 11th District, and get to know your new neighbors and housemate. Hopefully your neighbors are people you will get along with.


The Laboratory
— Anytime —

A location where a lot of Heroes of Light seem to be gathering is Palitutu's Laboratory. It is a place where employed characters can research into various topics. However, most importantly, characters can see a file with their name...

Should your character decide to go there and peek at their file, there are two possibilities. Either the file is corrupted and they cannot access it: too bad for them, but at least their life will remain a mystery. Or should you decide the file isn't corrupted, they will find a summary of their lives up to their canon point, as if written by a third-person omniscient narrator. On the column left to the text, to the top there is a portrait of them, and beneath it there is a 3D model of them. Said portrait and model can be switched to any year of their life. At the bottom there is a percentage, indicating 0%. On the right column, there are various links, most of which are grayed out. The clickable links lead to their Homeworld History and their future post-canon point history (corrupted file for unfinished canons).

At least, they can lock this file away if they don't want anyone to see it.



The Hospital
— Anytime —

Characters who have already been in Crystallis before do not wake up by the Crystal of Fire like everyone else. Instead, they will wake up in the Hospital of Aqures Ixen, in a room where there are over a hundred of other Heroes of Light like them-- Maybe even some familiar faces... Except they're all in Crystal Stasis.

A couple Moogles and a few nurses will be waiting by the room, and they will welcome all characters waking up. Upon exiting the room, they will also meet a lot of guards, and they all have for order to shoot anyone that comes out of this room without a Moogle. Hopefully you won't try running out without waiting for your Moogle. As for why the guards are so on edge, it might be a good idea to ask the other Heroes of Light about what happened a couple months ago.


Close Encounters of the Third(?) Kind
— 15:00 —

Characters venturing by between the city's outskirts and the Chocobo Farm at this specific time will be able to see a most peculiar sight: a flying saucer seemingly abducting a Chocobo before flying away and disappearing into the sky without leaving any traces of its presence. If your character do see it, hopefully there will be someone with them. Otherwise, nobody will believe their story.

Was it an UFO or just a hallucination? Previous sightings of such a thing have happened. It might be a good idea to investigate this sometimes...
zodiac_brave: (hmmm)

[personal profile] zodiac_brave 2016-01-19 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Ramza frowned. "A...professional dancer? I wonder if that is an option here. There might be troupes of traveling performers and the like." Ramza had not heard of them, but there was a theatre, so perhaps there were dances as well.

dancingbaronet: (pic#9879859)

[personal profile] dancingbaronet 2016-01-19 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
"It might be. For now I'm okay with taking things at a relaxed pace." said Zack with a little grin. "There's stuff I need to do after all."
fearlessherosheart: Tazendra waving and smiling (happy)

[personal profile] fearlessherosheart 2016-01-19 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Our ancestors did, with the assistance of the Lords of Judgement. But I personally assisted in preventing their latest attempt to regain a foothold."

Tazendra is very smug about this. Sure, she'd been mortally wounded in the process, but she'd been able to disrupt a Jenoine's magic. Most sorcerers couldn't say that.
rialynn: (You're a jerk)

[personal profile] rialynn 2016-01-19 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
But you're...

[Her face scrunches up as she sucks in a sharp breath. She's being really rude, isn't she?]

I'm sorry. I'm a little out of my element here.

[Keeping a maintained distance is good. She's very nervous, even if she knows she probably shouldn't be. It's the horns more than anything else. He's not a demon, is he?]

What are you?
droopy_eyes: (SIGH)

[personal profile] droopy_eyes 2016-01-19 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
The little creature seemed friendly enough, Jaeha couldn't fault him for that. But really, what was the point in playing tour guide to someone who had no intentions of staying in this city at all? He sighed, brushing his fingers through his bangs.

"Is that so. Who lives in the castle?" The corners of his mouth tilted slightly upward. "I take it that's where I'll find the person in charge of us being brought here in the first place?"
charming_jerk: (tsundere idiot)

[personal profile] charming_jerk 2016-01-19 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
You 'n everyone else.

[That's the follow-up question he usually expects, but he doesn't look happy to be answering it.]

If you must know, I'm a half demon. Is that a problem?
navigatortotheking: (huh)

[personal profile] navigatortotheking 2016-01-19 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Umiko just shrugged. She wasn’t a hero of light and as such didn’t have this folder. It wasn’t so bad for those who just woke up because their folders are automatically locked unless the hero decided to open them. It’s those who were here when they were first discovered that got the brunt of rumors and speculation about them.

“It seems someone somewhere knows who’s going to be dropped here. Since you’re here it makes sense for this someone to be able to pull things about you too.”

At least it made sense to Umiko.

It was a lot easier to be passive about it when she wasn’t involved in it.
greenmagick: (adorbs)

[personal profile] greenmagick 2016-01-19 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Terra smiled softly and nodded her head. Fake or not she was happy that he seemed nice enough and she was more than happy to talk to him about anything he might have questions about. She didn’t know everything but it was hard not to learn more with the heroes and moogles were constantly talking about it.

“It’s just over that way.”

She pointed over her left shoulder where the ground begins to rise. Both Observatories sit on hills within the city and they are easily spotted from most locations; assuming the large castle wasn’t in the way.

“I believe that at least one person is always there.”
thegreatninja: (Don't Care)

[personal profile] thegreatninja 2016-01-19 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Yuffie watched Dusters revelations and then shrugged.

“Honestly? I have no clue.” She assumed it was something the wacked out scientist left for them to figure out how to use and she wasn’t one of those with her nose in Palitutu’s lab though she could direct him in that direction.

“Some people are trying to figure it out. If you want to go check out the lab.”
goddessofthesky: (laughing)

[personal profile] goddessofthesky 2016-01-19 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Zelda laughed softly. “That’s alright. Let me get it.”

She dug through her bag and then pulled out a couple hundred gil. She can’t imagine it being more than that. “It can be in honor of our meeting.”

Money really wasn’t an issue for the young goddess. “Just promise I get to hear you play.” She went up to pay quickly making sure that he couldn’t argue with her. She also purchased her lyre strings at the same time.
whereishe: (turn)

Re: The City

[personal profile] whereishe 2016-01-19 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
Yuna continued to follow with a smile on her lips. After a moment she looked up at the sun and then over at the stadium. She was going to be late.

“I’m so sorry. I hope we can do this again but I have to go…” She can’t be late for the game today.

Yuna flashed him a smile before running off. “Sorry! I’ll make sure to stay longer next time!”
whereishe: (happy talking)

[personal profile] whereishe 2016-01-19 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
Her lips parted and for a moment her mind blanked. It was selfish wasn’t it? To tell him and it keep it a secret. They will most likely both be angry with her if they knew. She shook her head and then pulled a wistful smile over her lips.

“There is another Yuna here.” She wasn’t going to let him see through her mask if she could help it. “I just wanted to let you know that I wasn’t her. She’s probably the one you are looking for. The one you need to protect.”

She’ll be fine. It’s been a long time since she’s had her guardians.

“She’s your summoner.”

Yuna wasn’t a summoner anymore.
greenmagick: (Tired)

[personal profile] greenmagick 2016-01-19 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Terra thinks about it for a moment before glancing towards the temple located within the city. Her voice is soft and as emotionless as she can make it while talking about the sensitive topic.]

Have you seen the temple for the summons here yet?

[She looks back towards Rialynn, her expression wistful.]

My father was like that. In my world they were called something else and at times took shakes similar to humans. [If only to live and peace among humans.]
whereishe: (I got this)

[personal profile] whereishe 2016-01-19 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
Yuna smiled brightly at the girl. “I’ll meet you here then!”

She dashed off and later appeared in the sphere pool as one of the offense. Yuna scored twice as did the other team putting their match at a draw. It wasn’t a tournament game which meant that it didn’t go into overtime but it was certainly exciting to watch. When Yuna was finished she had a bruise across her right shoulder from a hard tackle but it was already healing nicely thanks to the potion she drank after the match.

She’ll wait for Rialynn where she specified; smiling and waving at those who recognized her from the sphere pool.
thegreatninja: (Don't Care)

[personal profile] thegreatninja 2016-01-19 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
“Yeah but you’re being a jerk on purpose. No one is going to ever like you like that.”

Yuffie would happily call him out on his shit and point out that it’s a bad idea if he wants people to start liking him or working with him. Honestly she just can’t understand it. Aren’t people who are in charge of others supposed to be good with people? She knew her father was and it was honestly something she struggled with but hell, if Rufus can do it then she can.

“I don’t understand why Reno listens to you.”
greenmagick: (Default)

[personal profile] greenmagick 2016-01-19 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
“That it’s different in an airship. After that we talked about flowers.” She looked at the collection in her arms. “I own a flower shop.”

He can go and probably see his other self in the hospital but Terra wasn’t sure about the details pertaining to crystal stasis. She didn’t like going to the hospital and avoided it as much as possible. Tempest was kind enough to deliver orders for her when they were directed towards the large medical building.

“I don’t remember all the details. It was a few months ago.”
goddessofthesky: (Smiles)

[personal profile] goddessofthesky 2016-01-19 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
[They might not believe it but Zelda stands by her words. With a quick nod of her head she smiles at the pair and begins to explain as best she can.]

You are in a different world and I know that’s hard to believe. There is a crystal that’s slowly consuming the planet and the heroes of light were called to stop it. If we don’t then it will consume our worlds as well.

[It’s the short short version.]
whereishe: (Wonderful)

[personal profile] whereishe 2016-01-19 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Yuna smiled though her smile falls slightly. “There is a lot happening here and I’m not sure if I’m the best at explaining it all but if you have questions maybe I can help?”

At some point soon Yuna has to head over to the stadium for the game but she had some time. Her mismatched eyes glanced up towards the sun as if to map it and then back at Aya. Yeah, she had time.
neverfirstclass: (Smile!)

Re: Waking up

[personal profile] neverfirstclass 2016-01-19 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
"That's good. The job I had when I got here took me a bit to get used to but I think it all worked out well."
Edited 2016-01-19 04:36 (UTC)
rialynn: (Lizardmen?!)

[personal profile] rialynn 2016-01-19 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
[She winces. He's offended, and she can't say she blames him, but he's just confirmed what she was afraid of. Is it a problem? IT KIND OF IS. But she's not sure how to say that, nor does she know him well enough to think he won't lose his temper and rip her soul out of her body. For all she knows, he's losing his temper right this very second. He sure doesn't look happy!]

[Rialynn retreats a little further.]


Um...

[Well, what should she say? He says she can get confirmation from others, but she doesn't know anyone here either.]

I need to... I have to go find my horse...

[GOOD ENOUGH. She starts sidling away, goodbye scary white-haired demon man.]
rialynn: (Play it cool)

[personal profile] rialynn 2016-01-19 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Rialynn shakes her head. She only woke up about ten minutes ago, so she hasn't had a chance to see much of anything besides the glowing crystal here in the temple. So she's not quite sure what Terra's father is supposed to be like. Either way, Terra seems pretty normal. The hair color is different, but that's about it as far as Rialynn can tell.]

Well...I think it's a lovely color.
rialynn: (Happy Bard)

[personal profile] rialynn 2016-01-19 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
Rialynn had managed to make her way back to her original spot, albeit a little hoarse after all of the shouting and cheering she just did. People really got into the game, and it was hard not to get swept up by all of that enthusiasm. She'll need to take it easy for a couple of days, if she still wants to be able to sing properly.

"That was fantastic. I've never seen people swim that gracefully before!" she grinned, then winced as she tapped her throat apologetically. "Sorry. I yelled a lot. I couldn't really help it."
droopy_eyes: (Elegant)

[personal profile] droopy_eyes 2016-01-19 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Hm~" he hummed softly, inclining his head and closing his eyes. It was a pity, since he would have probably enjoyed visiting her shop, and doing so on a frequent basis. He liked flowers, and he liked gifting flowers to women, seeing their faces light up upon receiving a beautiful present. But he'd already made up his mind about this city, and unless she planned on expanding her shop to another city, such a visit was unlikely to occur.

"I must apologize to you. My appearance has caused you distress, which was hardly my intention." He slid off of the post to stand to his full height, but made no move to approach Terra lest he come across as intimidating. "If you wish, you may simply imagine that our meeting this day never took place. I will be departing on a ship soon enough. No need to look like that, all right?" His head canted slightly to the left with a smile. "You only sought to speak with your friend. You've caused no harm."
droopy_eyes: (Not sure I like this plan)

[personal profile] droopy_eyes 2016-01-19 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
No, I believe what you're saying. Things like this don't exist on my world.

[He's pointing at Kulana who objects with an indignant 'HEY!' She is not a 'this' thank you very much. Jaeha gets up to one knee, resting his arm upon it.]

But I don't know what everyone expects me to do about something like that. I can't say I'm too thrilled to be ripped out of my world about it either, since we've got problems of our own.
chondriosome: right before my eyes. Dammit, Baldwin... (that's the sound of my career dying.)

[personal profile] chondriosome 2016-01-19 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
"I've got family, myself. Or, rather, a sister." She recalls what Yuna had said about time working different between here and home, so hopefully she won't be gone for too long. Hell, she'd managed to save the human race on more than one occasion within just a few days.

Too bad this time it won't be quite that 'easy', but at least she won't have to fret every waking moment over how Eve is doing without her. She'd also rather just not think about it.

She nods. "2005, to be exact." Aya finds herself a little more impressed to hear where humanity goes in the future. "Whoa. And how far ahead is that from my time?"

It can't hurt to know that kind of thing, can it?

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