Intro Log || Third Time's the Charm

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Characters: All the "Heroes of Light" (only new characters can start threads).
Where: Aqures Ixen.
When: The 5th of November. 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. For the first time since it all began, it seems they are the first batch not to have any sort of problems: small miracles?
Warning: N/A

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 arrived these past months too and they will come soon! Like you, they had Jobs and a Crystal-- And you do have your Crystal too, great news!

If asked, the Moogles will mention some "disastrophic" event that happened last month and involved disappearing crystals, heroes of light falling sick and killing each other. Sure sounds like a lovely place to be in! Thankfully it's all over now. Right?


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 months ago. 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 fiercely battled each other past month. 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 minor 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.


Celebrations
— Anytime —
The 'Halloween' decorations are long gone now, but given the impending death threat that floated over the city a couple days ago, the celebrations for the Night of the Thirteen Moogles were all cancelled. Fear not, for people have decided to hold mini-celebrations over the city today to compensate for what's been missed. It's not that much, but there are stands and banquets, especially by the 9nth and 11th District where you can find all sort of food and especially candies: tons of candies that were, unfortunately, not used on the 31st of October. But at least it's a paradise for children who come and go with their hands full of candies.

Oh, and there are a lot of Kupo Nuts as well. Though, most Moogles do not seem to be in particularly high spirits, so they're pretty neglected, for the first and probably last time.


The City of Aqures Ixen
— Anytime —
There are a lot of things left to do in the city, especially for newcomers. A 20:00, a BLitzball game will take place at the stadium located in the tenth district, opposing the Teams of Esdham and Aqures. Earlier at 16:00, a few groups of Triple Triad players are playing: one before Mognet Office in the ninth district next to the celebrations, another near the Blitzball Stadium in the 10th District. And of course, they are more than happy to teach the rule to anyone passing by. Characters are free to enter and play games of Triple Triad, and if they do so they will be given very basic cards and explained the rules. This may be the start of a promising career!

Characters are also free to visit the city-- Mognet Office just behind the Triple Triad games is filled with very busy Moogles, especially now that Mognet just started again after a closed down period. They can also visit Airship Port in the twelfth district from where characters can board for free Airships from Shoopuf Airline. It's in the process of re-opening after having been closed for most of past month, and the next airship departing from Aqures Ixen will do so on the 9th.

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.

Comments

Re: B-13

[nomorecowbell]

Was that her roommate? Wait, did they put her with a strange man? Who designed these housing arrangements?

Did she have the wrong house? Well, she could pretend that this was the right house and check later. The man wasn't demanding to know what she was doing here, or trying to kick her out.

of course, he could be some kind of pervert who had ulterior motives for welcoming a teenaged girl?

She looked at Hari, who nodded and made a 'go on' gesture. Some help he was.

"My name's Kiryuu Nanami. I'm just arrived. Which one is my room?"

Now not in a completely different thread!

[holycrows]

"Oh, uh, hold on"

Some clattering comes from one of the rooms, followed by a young man white white hair and lightly dusted in soot coming through the door, followed by a wisp of smoke. He looks around, sees Nanami, smiles and walks over.

"I'm Henry. Nice to meet you Nanami. We have three rooms open, so feel free to take whichever."

He points to one of the rooms.

"That one's Tifa's room, so don't pick that one."

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[nomorecowbell]

The white hair didn't bother her. The soot did. "What were you-"

Wait, she had a better question. "What about you? Where do you sleep?"

She was not going to share a room with this person.

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[holycrows]

"I sleep in the basement! More room, I can work on rituals and potions down there."

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[nomorecowbell]

"Rituals and potions?"

Should she start fearing for her life? That didn't sound safe at all. What kind of person did they stick her with.

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[holycrows]

"Yep! I'm a wizard, so gotta keep in practice. Not as good at the potions thing as I was back home, but I'll get there."

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[nomorecowbell]

"You mean you come from a place like this?"

Nanami wasn't sure how she felt about that.

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[holycrows]

"Oh no! This place is way better than where I came from! We've gone more than a week without a terrible battle or summoning some sort of demon from beyond."

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[nomorecowbell]

"What kind of place are you from?" Nanami said. "That's horrible!"

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[holycrows]

"It's pretty similar to this place, just with a lot more war."

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[nomorecowbell]

See, Nanami? It could be worse. "You must be happy to be here then."

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[holycrows]

"Kinda. I do miss the excitement of being a soldier but I'm not gonna say no to a bit of vacation!"

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[nomorecowbell]

Well, if your normal life was a soldier, this might be a vacation.

"Well, if you're not getting killed here," Nanami said. It was a low bar.

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[holycrows]

I could only be so lucky! So how are you liking it here?

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[nomorecowbell]

"I don't know what people were thinking," Nanami said. "I'm a middle school student, not a Hero of Light. And I'm probably going to be in trouble when my teachers notice I'm gone."

Or maybe not. School rules always seemed to apply to other people. Then again, now that Nanami wasn't a student council member and people knew she wasn't really Touga's sister, they might start paying more attention to whether she was in her seat.

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[holycrows]

"Middle school students can be heroes! It happens all the time in, uh, those weird books."

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[nomorecowbell]

"You do know the distinction between fiction and reality, don't you?"

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[holycrows]

"Of course I do! Fiction is where serious people contemplate their lives while hunting great beasts. Reality is a place filled with magic crystals and talking teddy bears and giant chickens."

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[nomorecowbell]

Okay, so that was a point. "Fiction has heroes. Real people aren't that heroic, or are so naive that the only way they can be heroes is to miss what's going on."

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[holycrows]

"That's kinda dark! There are some people who can be. They expect us to be heroes, and as long as we try our best we are!"

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[nomorecowbell]

"Have you ever met a real hero?" Nanami asked, a bit curious now.

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[holycrows]

"I was on my way to meet a guy who would probably count before I got teleported here! I didn't come from a place that really, uh, encouraged heroes."

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[nomorecowbell]

"A place like a city or a place like a whole world?" Nanami asked.

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[holycrows]

"Just the country I'm from. The neighbors now they were full of heroes. Had em left and right."

Re: Now not in a completely different thread!

[nomorecowbell]

"Do you really need that many?" Nanami wondered. It always seemed like stories had one, or a small group.