A Search for Answers (backdated to November 13)

[desertbloomed]

Ashelia and Lightning have been talking for a while about checking out the lost city of Aqures Tosf. Surely, there must be answers there; it's the original resting place of the Crystal of Fire before it destroyed the city, crystallizing the inhabitants it didn't kill outright. With Aqures Ixen nearly coming to the same end on The Night of the Thirteen Moogles, answers are needed more than ever.

What awaits on that forsaken island? Marvels? Horros? Treasure? The truth? No one knows. Will you take on the challenge?


[Aqures Ixen Airship Port]

The Heroes gather at the Airship Port to depart on their flight to Balicea. Who is coming along? Why? What do you hope to find on this journey? One word of advice: don't be late. Ashelia cannot abide tardiness.

[Airship Ride to Balicea]

The ride on the ship is short, but it doesn't have to be uneventful. Is this your first time on an airship? Time to find out if you get airsick.

[Balicea]

The Heroes arrive in Balicea on a mission. Ashelia tells everyone that they'll have the day to themselves to explore, but they should be at the docks the next morning bright and early. Ashelia will make sure they have a ship chartered to take them to Aqures Tosf.

[The Voyage to the Lost City]

Ashelia hopes that some of the Heroes coming along are better sailors than she - not one captain was willing to take them to Aqures Tosf. It looks to be a safe enough voyage with the weather, but running a ship is no small feat and Ashelia is an amateur.

[The Lost City of Aqures Tosf]

This is it. The Heroes have arrived. What awaits them? Will they learn anything that will help them unravel the mysteries of the Crystals? Or will the strong creatures that have made the ruins of the once-great city their home prove to be too much?

Comments

[theredplainsrider]

"Of course I'm sure, Nevada, else I wouldn't be here," Red said, looking down at him from atop the Chocobo. She wasn't going to explain what she did to him while they were in the forest. She wasn't the kind of person to explain herself to anyone.

She had realized that it wasn't his fault that he ended up brainwashed in the forest, but she really didn't care either. It was in the past, now they had other things to deal with.

[red_planet_blues]

"Alright, if ya--"

The elemental has decided that there has been entirely too much talking going on. It can only do one spell, and that spell is once again directed at Sparks. He yelps in surprise and pain, considering that he's taken a few of those dark spells at this point.

"Yeah, yeah, alright, I get the message." He finally fires at it with a magic bullet, sending a fire spell its way. This time it hits, and the elemental recoils a bit.

"Huh. Maybe that's it. Hit it with magic. Fire, if'n ya got it."

[theredplainsrider]

"I ain't got that kinda magic, but I do got this fer ya. Choco Cure!" she had seen Sparks get hit a couple of times and that had to hurt. She knew he wasn't hurt that badly, so the small healing spell would help out. "An since that thing's usin' magic, might as well use Shell."

She had been learning a bit more about the magic here from her Moogle during her time away. This place seemed to use it a lot.

[red_planet_blues]

Sometimes Sparks forgets about all those spells in his arsenal, like Shell, too. This from the guy who memorized all the police procedures and codes of Aqures Ixen in about a week. Magic has been a big adjustment.

"Oh. Right. 'S fine, I'll keep up with the..." An idea hits him. This thing is casting dark spells, and it stung pretty badly. Instead of another bullet, he held up the sword, which started to glow with a light spell. "Alright, I'm endin' this... whatever this is."

As Sparks charged for the elemental, though, it decided to attack the newcomer instead, sending out yet another dark spell.