Event || Melodies Of Life

[melodiesmods]

Characters: All the Heroes of Light, their Moogles, their friends and whoever.
Where: Aqures Ixen.
When: August 03rd
Summary: The long-awaited meeting with Palitutu! This post will be updated as things evolve and will lead into the main event for the second Anniversary, Revelations. According to the predictions of a certain Heroes of Light, Ultima WEAPON shall be fought during the meeting, better be prepared. Trying to avoid the meeting is a bad idea, as Palitutu mentioned she will use that very WEAPON to destroy Aqures Ixen if the Heroes feel cowardly.
Warning: N/A

Mingle Thread
The Meeting
Ultima WEAPON
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Comments

[deadlyvu]

Lydia hadn't even been at the battle, but once more she and the others who hadn't fought are there. Betel-Po is clinging to her back, muttering unhappily. "Hello?"

Oh hi there, have one of the Heroes not present at the battle calling out. "Guys? Did...Did you guys beat the Weapon?" The darkness is not as scary as it could be for her--she's more concerned for everyone else. Keeping a tight hold on her own Crystal which is as white and clear to this day as when she was first brought in as a captive.

[lostwisdom]

"They did," came the reply of the one who'd sent messages to those who had stayed behind of the ongoings of the battle she observed. "Palitutu activated something once it was defeated, bringing all of us here."

With that answered, she tried to focus on the other voice-- She heard stories as a child, of they who dwelt in the void. If she hadn't learned much of her month in the world of Crystallis, that would have been enough to keep her on guard. With that knowledge and a very terrified moogle clinging to her arm, however, there was at least some more accurate context.

[unyieldingspirit]

Faced by unending void, K'pandolu reached out to take Sika into her arms, her ears flattened and tail twitching in agitation. As much as she'd been through, this was unexpected and unpleasant, and only being able to hear the others wasn't alleviating her worries as much as seeing them would have.

State of the Weapon covered, she asked, "Is everyone all right?" She shifted to turn towards where she thought the voice might be coming from. "That's… not what we want, though." She's not ready for everything to end.

[ninjainviolet]

Okay, the first voice wasn't who she was expecting, but it at least it confirmed that others had made it here. And as other voices filled the space around her, the ninja grew more relieved. Well, as relieved as someone could be floating in an eternal darkness unable to see five inches before her.

And that strange female voice didn't exactly warm the heart and ease the tension within her.

Its comments, though, are what really threw the ninja and made her take notice. Is it possible? Returning everything to the Void?

"Are you Narayana?" she asked the surrounding darkness, for once hoping she was wrong.

[charming_jerk]

Johnny hadn't gone unconscious, but he comes to in the darkness, the effects of his limit break shut off. It takes him a few moments to catch his breath and recall what had happened. The last thing he remembers is Reno shielding him before running towards the core. He'd have thought he was dead, except Mogrius is there in the darkness with him. The normally level-headed moogle was rattled and just as confused as Johnny was.

"H-Hey, what the hell is going on? Who else is out there?!"

[red_planet_blues]

Sparks wasn't about to be bossed around by some invisible jerk.

"Yeah, okay. Says you. Says everyone. But ya know what? We ain't listenin'. Haven't given up yet, don't plan to, no matter how many empty floating voids ya stuff us all into."

[confidentia]

"We're not done." The voice of another Hero cut through the darkness, firm in its resolve, as the cadet directed his words at the unknown entity. "If it's a proof you require, we'll give it to you, and fight if we have to."

Although they were all scattered across the void, Ace wanted to believe that he wasn't alone in that thought. He didn't have to reach that far into his memory to recall having heard the exact same words. Just like the Land of Judgement existed solely to break their spirits, this was nothing but another test of their strength.

"State your demand."

[fearlessherosheart]

"Bah, if I known we were doing this, I would have brought my Lantern," Tazendra said. The Penrosian object was designed to cut through the darkness between worlds and lead people back to safety. It was diminished here, but might have helped.

"Will there be another fight? I do not wish to return to the Void."

[melodiesmods]

“Narayana is a Harbinger of the Void… Would you see it denied?”

If the answer meant anything, then no, whatever this entity was it wasn’t Narayana. But if it words truly meant anything, then it was evident enough it wasn’t benevolent either. But the voice marked a pause as Sparks and Ace spoke out.

“Then answer this. All life is condemned to perish. All existence to disappear. All memories to be forgotten.”

With these words, the flickering grew quicker and more intense, darkness swirling around the Crystals—But not taking them.

“You cannot stop it. What do you hope to accomplish by delaying the unavoidable?”

[red_planet_blues]

"I dunno, maybe, like, lettin' people live out their lives in peace? I think the bigger question is why is that so much to ask for."

[theendiswherewestartfrom]

"After every death, there is another rebirth. Think I know that better than most." But Jack will play along with the timespace being. "Every time a world ends, another begins. It's the nature of Time, it keeps on flowing, no matter what. This same force you think devours all life? Is exactly what creates every new life."

"Every destruction branches off the timestream, every decision creates a new possibility. The fact that so many of us from so many different worlds stand here is proof of that fact."

"But the reason life goes on is that it resists the Void, the Darkness, whatever fancy term you want to call it. Death. And Life always wins."

[forcegalactic]

The Barkeep grasped his robes and held them tightly around him as he floated in the void. Try as he might, he couldn't feel a sense of panic here. Must remind him too much of space.

"What Sparks said. Just 'cause the death of the universe is inevitable ain't reason to get all fatalistic."

Whoever this is must not be fun at parties.

[melodiesmods]

“Live in peace… And yet the Crystals's protection makes you immortal... Life is but a temporary state. Death and nonexistence are permanent, free of suffering and pain. But so be it, if you so want to live..."

The voice grew colder and angrier upon uttering these words, yet somehow still calm and confident.

“Crossing into the forsaken world… This, we shall allow. But hear this, Warriors from the Realm of Light—”

At this point, the darkness swirling around the Crystals attacked them. The attack against the Crystal was violent and all characters would feel a sharp pain as it happened. It failed to destroy the Crystals, yet their light dimmed…

The Heroes of Light are all MORTAL now. Death is now PERMANENT. If they die, they will not come back.
Phoenix Downs are now ineffective. Healing spells’ and items’ effectiveness are all halved.
Life spells will now only work if it’s medically viable for a character to go back to life and only up to three minutes after their deaths.
If their bodies are maimed beyond repair, Life will not work.

“Should you try once more to reach across the realms into this Interdimensional Rift to find Narayana, we shall devour your light and use it to return all to the Void!”

All the Heroes of Light pass out after that. To be continued in Revelations…