melodiesoflife | Hidden Truth [Log]

What: A log for everyone to gain the information in the Hidden Truth video tape.
Where: The Observatory.

There had been a flurry of letters sent out from Jack and Chiaki, first to Zelda to ask to borrow the Observatory, and then to every Hero of Light, alerting them that they had uncovered some intelligence received in the Heran Empire before the Capital had fallen to Crystal, and that everyone needed to see it immediately.

Jack, Chiaki, and a few others brought in a screen connected to a machine that some would recognize as a VCR. "With our peace mission to the Imperial Capital over Christmas, we returned with a recording made on 20th-century Earth technology, the kind that doesn't have an analogue on Crystallis. It took us time to build a machine to be able to play it. This information comes from Kalki, recorded what appears to be years ago. We obtained it from the Imperial Spy, Jenni. As of right now, we still have no reason to believe that Kalki is alive. But this comes from her, and I apologize to everyone who might be upset by seeing her again."

With that, Jack plays the recording. He stands by the screen and repeats the words for everyone to hear, for those who cannot understand English. Since Kalki's first words are to explain why she is recording it this way, it makes sense why he has to do this. He keeps his own emotions in check throughout, until the explanation of the Bard song that everyone gets to hear. That seems to upset Jack.

Once the recording is over, Jack pauses. "We will need some help from any other English speakers to create a written transcript of the recording so that anyone can access this information at any time. The tape and player will remain here for any Heroes to review. We ask that you please be careful with the machine."

Finally, Jack sits down to let the room descend into the inevitable chaos.

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Rukia's furrowed brow eased slightly at the sound of her name being spoken, and she glanced up to see Cloud's concerned face. "I'm fine," she exhaled, as the crease in her brow deepened again. "I don't enjoy realizing I was considering something foolish is all. Trying to complete ten jobs seems like our best option now."

She wasn't sure how much he knew about the role she'd played in the futuristic vision, and it was something she didn't like to share easily, nervous that others wouldn't take too kindly to her attempt to merge with the Calamity as she had.

Or that she'd still considered it a viable option (albeit a last resort) after they'd returned to their homes.

"You've been here longer than I have. Surely you must be close to finishing many of your jobs."

"Considering something foolish. You mean the song that Kalki played? I'm sure it's as strong as she says it is but we don't know if it would even work on Garland. The risk is too much and the price is too high." He really didn't know. He wasn't a party to Rukia's plots in the vision. Terra knew some of it but she never shared it with him. For all he knew those who had gone to the moon base were enacting some less terrible plan.

"I'm...about halfway. But I have a couple jobs that are halfway themselves. I probably won't be the first but if we need four people I can probably be ready in time." About a year maybe? At his current rate He'd have 9 done by December to be sure. The question was whether Bard would remain one of them. He'd lose pace if he got rid of it or Ghostbuster like he did with Vampire in favor of Dark Knight.

That wasn't quite it, but she wasn't really in the mood to elaborate. If she was giving up on the plan, then that was that. She didn't need to feel torn or ashamed about considering it in the first place.

"I'll do my best as well," she agreed with a nod. "I don't think I'll catch up to everyone else before four Heroes are able to maximize their potential, but it can't hurt to be prepared in case something happens," she sighed.

But now that Cloud was here, that reminded her of something. "...Yuki laid an egg yesterday," she told him. "I'm not sure what kind of chocobo will hatch from it. How long do you think it will take before it hatches?"

Cloud was in agreement. Just because the image she saw called for four Heroes didn't mean they shouldn't be as ready as possible. And there was no telling what their enemies might do if they thought that the Heroes were on the verge of stopping them.

"Oh! Congratulations. It may be some time, but probably not very long. Chocobos back home would hatch pretty fast. I'll ask at the ranch next time I'm there. Do you know who the sire is?" As far as he knew it wasn't Zack. Best to keep this news from his bird if so.

(ooc: was Yuki one of the chocobos who changed color? I wanna get that thing done so we can sort it out. As for hatching speed, check with the mods)

Rukia shook her head. "I'm not sure. But I've never raised a chocobo chick before. I was wondering if you had any advice on the matter." Her chocobo's name 'Yuki' no longer seemed quite so fitting, now that she was a bright green color. She'd caught her sulking and preening ruthlessly at her feathers ever since. Maybe she should consider using dye, like Cloud had for his bird.

"Well they'll be able to lend a hand with it at the ranch. I know a little bit about it but I'm a bit more trained with caring for the adult birds." Cloud frowned as he stroked his chin. "I think the first thing would be to figure out who the Sire was. That way you can figure out what to expect from the chick. Some birds are better at digging and some at running. Knowing their lineage can help with figuring out care so you can bring out their best."

Rukia wasn't too concerned with the parent of the chick. Whether it dug or run well, she intended to love the little ball of feathers, and train it to be a fine bird no matter what its talents might be.

"Perhaps," she inclined her head. "How long do you think it will take before the egg hatches? I would like to be present when it happens, if possible." Because she couldn't imagine anything more cute in all the world, unless rabbits were somehow involved.

"Hmmm, depends really but chocobos tend to hatch quickly. I'd have to see it to make a real guess. We should go to the ranch after we're done here and check it out." And if he couldn't figure it out he was sure someone there could.

(ooc: I have no clue how long they take in this game but in FF7 and Type-0 it's like...instant, so that's not realistic. FF11 was 4 Earth days....which also equates to about 100 Vana'dielian days but that time measurement was always wonky, and I think is actually a bit too long for birds, even large ones.)

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