Intro Log || This Keeps Happening

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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...

Comments

3.

[greenmagick]

Terra had been heading off towards her flower shop, she didn't feel comfortable meeting the new people though she supposed it would happen one way or another. She only has a few flowers in her arms; after the holiday business has slowed which was good considering she needed time to grow more flowers.

A flash of green hair grabbed her attention and she turned, her voice reflecting her surprise.

"Jaeha?"

She knew him, she had met him before on their way from Flence to Aqures. It had been the one time that Terra went out of her way to great those who were new to this world. Though it might be someone else. A knot formed in Terra's chest thinking that she might have called someone by the wrong name.

[droopy_eyes]

Someone knew his name. A female someone, apparently, that was good. But an unfamiliar female someone, that was bad. He turned his head, expression infuriatingly calm with the same lazy smile decorating his face. No, he'd definitely never met another girl who looked like she did. The green hair wasn't completely unusual in his world, but unusual enough that it would have stood out if he'd met a lady with such. She was the first.

She spoke to him with familiarity, however, and that was curious to him. Just how did she know his name? Was she responsible in some measure for his presence here as well?

"Something wrong?" he asked politely, unmoving from his perch just yet. He wouldn't reveal that he had no memory of her just yet; he wanted to see just how she knew him, or at least thought she knew him.

[greenmagick]

Terra wasn’t expecting his question and for a moment she was silent. She remembered giving him a flower but a lot of their conversations felt distant and fuzzy. She didn’t like forgetting things but it had been months ago. She hadn’t realized how swiftly time had passed.

“I thought you were in Stasis.” She spoke softly her surprise still evident. “I’m glad you’re alright.”

It wasn’t as if she knew what happened to those in Stasis and while she knew his name she hadn’t known him really well. They had talked about flying and his accounts where unlike her own.

[droopy_eyes]

Stasis? He wasn't sure what that was. She did seem genuine, though, which gave him a small twang of guilt. The smile faded only fractionally as his gaze dropped. He was suspicious of this place, and couldn't possibly feel easy here, but he didn't want to take out his frustrations on anyone who truly didn't deserve it.

"Your concern warms my heart," he replied, grinning as he bowed with one arm swept to the side. "But if I must be completely honest, I don't remember meeting you before just now. Given that you possess a remarkable beauty, I wonder how this could be possible."

He lifted his head to look at her, studying her features carefully to see how she reacted to his declaration.

"Why don't you tell me how you knew my name?"

[greenmagick]

Terra’s cheeks dusted with a light shade of pink when he informs her of his missing memories. She felt a little embarrassed talking to him as if they knew each other. She didn’t often talk to strangers and she had called him by his name before he even knew hers.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t know.” She pulled her flowers a little closer to her chest. “I’m Terra. We had… I met someone who looked like you on an airship. We spoke about flying…” She remembered giving him a flower but that detail hardly seemed important.

“I didn’t mean to alarm you.”

Her tone was soft and sincere. She wasn’t used to all of the strangeness of Crystallis and as long as she’s been here she’s been a little sheltered.

[droopy_eyes]

"Flying, hm?" He could see himself speaking about something like that. Jaeha remained leery of his situation, but it was obvious that she wasn't a suspicious person. She also had information about him, and that was a mystery he needed to clear.

"Someone who looks like me, sounds like me, and bears my name. That is a puzzle indeed, isn't it?" He rested a gloved finger against his chin, perplexed. "What did this other look-alike say about flying?"

[greenmagick]

“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.”

[droopy_eyes]

"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."

[greenmagick]

Terra shook her head quickly.

"I don't want to forget." Then her lips curled into a warm, though shy smile. "You aren't the same but I got to meet you. That's just as important." Or at least she thought so.

"So I won't forget."

[droopy_eyes]

He blinked, slightly surprised at her answer. ...But he respected it. He lowered his head with a brief smile before offering a bow. "As you wish, then. Perhaps we'll run into each other again, should you ever decide to venture outside of the city. I can't say the air here agrees with me, or I would visit your shop. But if you ever feel like relocating...?"

[greenmagick]

Terra nodded her head lightly.

"I don't leave often but if I do I'll let you know." She smiled then. "I should get back to my shop. It was nice meeting you."

[droopy_eyes]

"And a pleasure meeting you, Terra." He straightened from his bow and turned back to the docks, his long emerald ponytail flagging in the strong sea breeze. Some of the crewmen were signaling to him, so it was likely just about time to board and help load the boat.