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

[desertbloomed]

"Save your arrows, Yuna. I suspect we'll have need of them once more soon enough." Ashelia extended a hand out in front of her; a moment later, a small ball of fire appeared in her palm, giving off enough light to examine the room effectively - as long as one didn't look right at it.

She took a look at the helmet in Ramza's hands. "Do you think it belongs to her?" There was no reason it couldn't, but it seemed to clash a bit with the other objects in the room. "A musician, a researcher, yes...but a knight as well?"

The queen walked over to the desk, gathering the papers with scientific formulas on them. "Perhaps Jessie will be able to make sense of these. I'll have Merlose make copies to give her." There was no way Ashe planned to give up the originals. "We should take the music as well. I'll gather it up. Ramza, if you would examine the diary?"

[melodiesnpcs]

The diary is old and used, and quite a few of its pages are missing. However, there are still some thing inside that could be of interest to them.

Before they could look up at much else though, a Malboro would enter the room and attack them. By the sound of it, many other monsters were growing closer as well, as though the monsters had finally awakened.


[ Battle against the Malboro / escape from the city will not be modded. ]

[zodiac_brave]

Ramza had set aside the helmet at Lady Ashelia’s request, and as the monster barreled into the room, he tucked the diary away into his armor and drew forth his sword.

“Ready yourselves to run,” Ramza called, already moving forward to place himself between his allies and the enemy at the doorway. “They are sluggish when they wake, but that shall not last long!” He gave one of the malboro’s seeking tentacles a slash with his sword, then ducked to the side, hoping the monster would follow him and clear a path for his friends to get through the door.

He had faith in his party’s strength to defeat such a beast, but there were more enemies gathering, and if they did not escape quickly, they would not at all.

[whereishe]

Yuna broke her arrow, which still held its steady flame, to her bow. Aiming was easy after her practice and she used that skill now to let the arrow fly towards its target. She moved then around the enemy glancing out the door before making sure the malboro hadn't noticed her. She could hear the fiends coming but none were in sight just yet.

"We have a chance. We run."

She didn't want to leave everyone behind if they all had a chance to escape. She wanted their moves to be smart but they also needed to be fast.