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Melodies of Life Moderators ([personal profile] melodiesmods) wrote in [community profile] melodiesoflife2016-05-05 08:20 pm

Intro Log || Puppets

Characters: All the "Heroes of Light" (only new characters can start threads).
Where: Aqures Ixen.
When: The 5th of May. 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.
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 have arrived in the course of the past year and they will come soon! Like you, they have Jobs and a Crystal.

If asked, the Moogles will mention that the Heroes of Light - that is to say you - are fighting against time to save Crystallis from the Calamity that is about to awaken to devour the entire world. Well, that is if you don't die or crystallize first.


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 within the past year. 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 managed to push back the Empire and defeat gigantic beasts in the past. 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 tragic 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.


The City of Aqures Ixen
— Anytime —

With the Triple Triad World Championship nearing, there are a lot of folks working hard to set up the upcoming event! Noticeably a lot of Triple Triad players eager to defy anyone they pass by for a chance at honing their skills, and people from Trano Golsaucia as they're working on the stadium.

And besides card games, there are a lot of things to do in the city for newcomers. Moogles are working hard in Mognet Office of the ninth district and there is a Blitzball Game between kid teams happening at 16:00! Characters are also free to visit the city-- They can visit Airship Port in the twelfth district from where characters can board for free Airships from Shoopuf Airline.

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.


The Laboratory
— Anytime —

A location where a lot of Heroes of Light seem to be gathering is Palitutu's Laboratory. It is a place where employed characters can research into various topics. However, most importantly, characters can see a file with their name...

Should your character decide to go there and peek at their file, there are two possibilities. Either the file is corrupted and they cannot access it: too bad for them, but at least their life will remain a mystery. Or should you decide the file isn't corrupted, they will find a summary of their lives up to their canon point, as if written by a third-person omniscient narrator. On the column left to the text, to the top there is a portrait of them, and beneath it there is a 3D model of them. Said portrait and model can be switched to any year of their life. At the bottom there is a percentage, indicating 0%. On the right column, there are various links, most of which are grayed out. The clickable links lead to their Homeworld History and their future post-canon point history (corrupted file for unfinished canons).

At least, they can lock this file away if they don't want anyone to see it.



The Hospital
— Anytime —

Characters who have already been in Crystallis before do not wake up by the Crystal of Fire like everyone else. Instead, they will wake up in the Hospital of Aqures Ixen, in a room where there are over a hundred of other Heroes of Light like them-- Maybe even some familiar faces... Except they're all in Crystal Stasis.

A couple Moogles and a few nurses will be waiting by the room, and they will welcome all characters waking up. Upon exiting the room, they will also meet a lot of guards, and they all have for order to shoot anyone that comes out of this room without a Moogle. Hopefully you won't try running out without waiting for your Moogle. As for why the guards are so on edge, it might be a good idea to ask the other Heroes of Light about what happened last year.


Close Encounters of the Third Kind
— 12:00 —

Characters venturing by between the Airport this specific time will be able to see a most peculiar sight: a flying saucer seemingly abducting a Hypello before flying away and disappearing into the sky without leaving any traces of its presence. Was it an UFO or just a hallucination?

Previous sightings of such a thing have happened. Maybe we are on the verge of a full-scale alien invasion... Or not really.
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[personal profile] sullenstallion 2016-05-19 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
[He sees that eye twitch and he feels a sense of satisfaction for annoying her a little before he remembers that she's a kid and that most people would feel bad for that. He's just used to bullying short people who deserve it.]

Yeah? Which lady is that? Because I don't see one.

[Instead of backing off, he's decided to take the bait. Arguing is more natural to him than adjusting to this place is. It's a good distraction until she brings up the birds bit.]

You know, even if a lady made a generous offer, I couldn't take it. I don't eat bread. It just reminds me of [a time when he could? really, he's not eager to tear into bread and see if his body can handle it here] something else.
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[personal profile] terrorfirma 2016-05-25 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
( it's the small, hopefully stuffed-animal like thing attached to her umbrella that incurs her wrath this time, which she reaches to squeeze in her grip with a frown. )

Suit yourself. ( maybe he didn't look like a human, but he sure was acting just as ungrateful as one! ) I might be a good idea to wipe that drool away from your mouth though, otherwise people might assume that you do eat it. ( seems like she's not that great at just... letting things go... )

Or maybe it's just that you've never tried? ( her grip around the poor normin's body relinquishes as it twitches... this time, she'll keep her 'raised in a barn' comment to herself. this one's for you, sorey. )
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[personal profile] sullenstallion 2016-05-26 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Drool?

[Oh, that annoys him, and it gets him to snarl. Most people frown when they're upset, but since a transformation was set into motion a...long time ago, it feels like at least a year, Dylas' reactions have naturally gotten more frightening. He doesn't even realize that baring his fangs for a few seconds might freak someone out.]

What an imagination you have. Want to introduce me to your make-believe friends while we're talking about things that aren't real? Of course I've had bread before, I just don't want any.
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[personal profile] terrorfirma 2016-05-28 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know about imagination, but my eyes are pretty good. ( she's back to smiling, feeling more at ease knowing his skin wasn't impenetrable either. if she couldn't be a step above, at least she could settle for equal ground...

she doesn't even flinch at the snarl, and looks rather satisfied in fact, as she adjusts her umbrella on her shoulder again. it was even sort of funny, since most people would consider her a make-belief friend to the shepherd. )
Too bad for you, I heard this place puts out some delicious specialty loaves. Oh well.

( it seems like as good of an end note as any, but for some reason... she lingers. looking up at him for some reason, over those inhuman features again — as she absently twirls the handle of her parasol. )
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[personal profile] sullenstallion 2016-05-29 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
I told you, I don't want any! So stop talking about it!

[The outburst comes with a second snarl. Instead of staring her down, asking what she's staring at, something just...goes off. It's just bread, but she doesn't know how he's been eating for the last year. How long he's wanted to eat bread but isn't sure he can, it's like she's rubbing it in his face. Even if that isn't true, and he'll realize that later, it's just making him think about bad things.

But after he yells, he realizes he just raised his voice at a young girl in a marketplace. He looks stunned for a second, like he can't believe he just said that, but he needs to get away.]


Just stay away from me. Please.

[And whether or not that please is because he wants her to stay away or because he's begging her to stay away, well. He's not sure either, but he's going to quickly trot off if Edna will let him get away.]
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[personal profile] terrorfirma 2016-06-03 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
( the biting comments were fine. the not-so-subtle tone she could handle too. even the insults were no skin off of edna's back — but the sudden outburst and that pleading note in his voice... that finally made her pause.

standing there, in the street with her umbrella unmoving on her shoulder, she looked on as dylas hurried off, speechless. the last time someone had asked her to stay away like that had been...

with a soft — )
Tch. ( she turned the opposite direction, heading home, letting him hurry off without saying another word. )