Event || The Answer

[melodiesmods]

Characters: All characters who signed-up for the event.
Where: South Continent of Balance (Imperial Territories)
When: April 20th to April 30th.
Summary: The Heroes of Light have lost consciousness and now find themselves in the middle of nowhere, without their Moogles and away from everything they know. They will have to get back home, but what awaits them on the path? For more information, please check the First OOC Post and Second OOC Post.
Warning: Bad things.

Group 01: Team Hijinks House
Group 02: Team Brigands
Group 03: Team Discovery Channel
Group 04: Sephiroth's (In)Sanity Squad
Group 05: Team (Bad) Shipping Advice
Group 06: Team Blue-Haired Lords on Fire
Group 07: Team Mom and Late Sleepers
Group 08: Nothing Bad Will Happen
Group 09: The Hellhounds
Group 10: Loftwings, A Working Title
Group 11: Team Oni
Group 12: Team F.N.T.I²
Group 13: Team Name-In-Progress
Group 14: Team The-Mods-Couldn’t-Brain-A-Name
Group 15: Seraphim Shenanigans

Comments

Hickory what?! Potential what?!

[rialynn]

[Rialynn heaves a small sigh of relief. Ramza's okay. It seems like everyone else is too, save for being lost and disoriented. She lifts her head as she watches Barkeep move to his feet, and accepts his hand up when he offers it before brushing the dust from her long skirts.]

[Despite their situation, she can't help cracking a faint smile at Barkeep's wry remark.]

I'm sure one of your Moogles will notice it and turn off the water.

[She takes a few steps to find that her legs work fine, and she doesn't feel any aches or bruises. Not even her head hurts, which she kind of expected after losing consciousness. She probes her head with her hands just to be sure, then shrugs.]

I'm okay. But this place is completely unfamiliar to me. What about you guys?

Re: Hickory what?! Potential what?!

[nomorecowbell]

No, I don't know where we are, at all.

[Nanami fished out her Crystal]

I guess we haven't been transported to a third world, or we wouldn't still have these, would we?

Barkeep, you have a son and never told Ramza? T_T

[zodiac_brave]

I do not know it, but if we are to assume we are still on Crystallis, there are only so many places we can be.

[He picks up a little rock and uses it to start sketching a rough map in the dirt. He's got a basic idea of the land masses, and with a sizable chunk of the world encased in crystal, the process of elimination is on their side.]

I think we should at least be able to determine which direction we should travel.

[rialynn]

[Rialynn nods her agreement, before patting herself down. Sure enough, her crystal is lodged into one of the hidden pockets in her skirts. After verifying it's there, she replaces it and starts looking around.]

You're right. I didn't have mine on me when I went on stage, but here it is.

[She puts her hand up to shield her eyes from the sun. In the distance she's sure she can make out a few wisps of smoke trailing up to the sky.]

It looks like there might be people that way. Maybe we can ask them for directions.

[forcegalactic]

[He huffs, still upset that he's wasting so much water. Annie is the kind of Moogle who would walk by the bathroom and ignore the problem until the hallway floors got wet. After all that cleaning, he'll have to do that area of the house all over again.

Whoever sent them to the middle of nowhere will answer for that.

Fortunately, Rialynn provides a light at the end of the miserable dark tunnel. The Barkeep squints in the direction she's looking, hoping to spot the faint outline of a town, but sees nothing.] Where...? [Oh, now he sees the rising smoke.] Well, looks like we got our lucky break. Let's get ourselves over there right away and ask for directions.

See? It'll be like an adventure, only safer. [The bath will overflow, but a new mood has come over him.]

[nomorecowbell]

They'll at least know which way back to the city.

[Nanami is glad they won't meet monsters. Even normally, she hasn't got many of the large combat classes. Recently, she's taken to using the more sneaky ones to stay out of fights.]

[zodiac_brave]

[Safer. Sure. Ramza keeps to the rear of their little band as they start walking in the direction of the smoke. From there, he can make sure nothing sneaks up on them and no one in the group falls behind. He may not have any useful job skills to offer, but he does have Excalibur with him. ]

I have a little gil with me. We may be able to arrange transportation back to Aqures Ixen.

[rialynn]

A safe adventure sounds good to me too.

[Rialynn grins at Barkeep with a brief nod of agreement. Were she better prepared, she wouldn't really mind the danger, but she'd rather not be the one who winds up burdening the others just because her favored weapon is far from her hand.]

[She follows along with the others, though she does shoot a second questioning glance back at Ramza when she spots him bringing up the rear. What is he...? Ah, right, he's instinctively taking on the protector role. That's good of him, especially since he does seem to be the one best armed at the moment. Now that she understands, she bobs her head in thanks.]

Let me know what you wind up spending. I'll gladly reimburse you my share.

[OOC: Skip ahead to the village o' kids?]