melodiesoflife | Event || Revelations

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Event || Revelations

Characters: All the Heroes of Light and their Moogles.
Where: Order's Sanctuary, The Interdimensional Rift and their Homeworlds.
When: August 03rd - August 30th

Summary: Following the battle against Palitutu, all the Heroes of Light were transported into the Interdimensional Rift. They were told by Palitutu they would have to find her to prove they can break the cycle-- But before they could reach their destination, a malevolent entity from the Rift stripped them from their immortality...

And now, they woke up in a decaying and dying world, most specifically in a place called Order's Sanctuary. From there they are ready to jump... Into their homeworlds! Feel free to use this post for the Mingle at Order's Sanctuary and should your homeworld be the stage for the Heroes of Lights' next adventures, feel free to make a thread for it and as many sub-thread as necessary! Please refer to the OOC Post for questions and plotting.

Warning: Whatever you come up with.

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There -- there was the emotional reaction that Reno was looking for. There was honesty. That was all he wanted. Kyo didn't have to hide his feelings from him, like from his trash family. As much as Reno never wanted Kyo in pain... it was inevitable. So he at least wanted to know, so he could take it away.

"Kyo..." Reno tugged him in to his chest, holding him tightly. "I know... I know..."

It had killed him, too. What was worse than being without Kyo at all was the kid in the hospital, the crystallized form of Kyo's youth, essentially a shiny corpse. Visiting that every day for months, hoping he'd wake up and magically somehow become the Kyo he knew. Waiting, and nothing. Having and not having Kyo at the same time.

"Come with us. When we find the portal out..." Reno just held his lover, stroking his hair. He felt like his heart was being tugged in two directions between Kyo and Johnny. But if he left Kyo behind again, he knew it would be torn apart.

"Just... come back with me."

Kyo stumbled forward as Reno pulled him, leaving the Turk’s hands wet with tears he never wanted to shed but couldn’t hold back any further. Pressing to him, to the warmth that was so familiar to him. Warmth that took all those memories faded away in a dream and brought them surging back into the blinding reality. He remembered all of it, from their quiet nights in the apartment to their struggles against creatures that wanted them dead to their first accidental kiss… to the blazing night where the world was ending and everything finally came to light. When Reno showed him… love.

It was inevitable. It was painful. But… But at least for a little while, it could be. Kyo wrapped his arms around Reno, crushing his shirt into his fists. The way he said his name, the tenderness and affection in his voice, so different than his life back home. The quiet I know wasn’t a lie or trite words. He meant them, and Kyo knew he did. He didn’t know what Reno experienced beyond here, what Kyo was beyond here… but he just wanted to go with him and stay there.

Hands in his hair, touching and holding him, stroking over his head as he tried his best to stop the flow of tears, but only managing to grit his teeth and keep the sounds inside, barest hisses or shivers that his pride alone couldn’t keep inside. “Reno… You know, I’ll go with you… Wherever you want me to.” Head in his chest, eyes closed, arms clutching him tight. “I’ll go with you.”

It's not just about me, dammit. There are monsters here who could kill you without even stepping foot into the building.

[The demons could suck Reno's soul as he passed a window, he doesn't think they even need to make contact to do that. It's a spell they have to cast.]

It's possible. If you're so tough, a little sleep shouldn't scare you.

[But Dylas is so, so tired of this. Maybe he should just stay here. Maybe it'd be better for everyone.]

[Aoi leads Duster to the window to peer inside.]

See, it's full of stuff. That one's got a candy cane stickin' out.

[These lumpy Christmas socks are truly a sight to behold.]

C'mon, let's try the door. See if we can get a closer look.

[Yes, that doorway right over there, decorated so festively with sprigs of plants.]

"I suppose everyone must support themselves somehow," K'pandolu murmured. There were various establishments in Ul'dah, after all. "Fighting something sounds simpler, though. Assuming they didn't cheat somehow."

She glanced over at Reno with interest. A large green marble…? "Green- that means growth magic, or something like it, doesn't it? Does it have another name?"

She straightened up from the flasks for a moment, turning more fully. "There's something shining over here- I'm going to go after it." This way, they'd know that something might happen, and she turned back to move the flasks aside to get at whatever was shining back there.

Ales crossed his arms and tapped his small foot, impatient to get going. Palitutu was just in their grasp, and she had to have been here, but he hated waiting for Albel and Fayt to work out a plan. It was so frustrating. Why did they have to talk so much?

He had no clue on the layout of the area, he was too small to be spotted in the crowd, so there went his plan to wander off and investigate. Mimi was hiding behind him, always too shy to go off on her own and talk to people. He was tired.

He pulled his hat downward. The hole was always a tad larger than his head, which wasn't a problem as long as he angled it properly, but during moments when he just wanted to be left alone, he could always hide inside it. Teensies were small enough that a hat that size wasn't too striking, and Ales counted it as a blessing as he curled up inside.

In the darkness of his hat, he could hear the muffled sounds of the crowd, yet the voices of those nearest to him remained clear. It was nice inside. Less stressful.

[Huh. Candy. That's a normal thing to give to kids. Duster leans closer to the window to get a better look, not looking away even when Aoi nudges him to the door. Only when the angle doesn't allow him to see the stockings does he turn his head.]

Alright.

[They're just plant. Pretty plants for decoration. Wait...]

Are those leaves? How are they green in the winter? [He points up at the top of the doorway, where the mistletoe hangs.]

[The Barkeep shrugs.] I can try sendin' a telepathic message to the crystal. Gonna be harder since it's in another universe, but there's no sense in not tryin'.

[The proper precautions must be in place before he can use his mind powers. First, to shut out all distractions, he squeezes his eyes shut and covers his ears. Then, to down out all other thoughts, he hums quietly so that it echoes loudly in his head.

Let me stay with my wife, let me stay with my wife...

Harriet holds out a hand, ready to scold her husband for using his powers inside the power, but decides otherwise. The fabric of space had already been tampered with, and Mordecai is only fixing it.]

[Well, if they are trying anyways, Ramza may as well do his part. He sets aside his cup and plate and slides off the chair to kneel on the floor. Barkeep does as his faith dictates, and Ramza will do the same.

He prays for Barkeep to be returned to his wife and his home and made to wander no more. He is not sure that anyone listens, but it seems more useful than sitting and leaving the burden solely on Barkeep.]

Selphie's eyebrows raised in surprise at Betel-Po's offer of pranking people on her behalf. That was something she hadn't been expecting and it works in making her crack a grin. It was a tired grin but she could feel the sincerity in his words.

"Yeah..." Selphie nodded her head a couple times. "I wish things had gone a little differently but we can't do anything about that now."

Oh. Huh, look at that.

[He's playing it casual. Mistletoe, whoever would have guessed? He glances up at it, then focuses back on Duster.]

They're evergreens, so they grow all year round. They're called 'mistletoe'. There's a Christmas tradition about them, too.

[He pauses for dramatic effect.]

Huh.

[They don't look like pine trees, but evergreens must be more varied that he thought. That must be why it's hanging on the door; while it might not be brightly colored, it's leafy in the winter. A reminder of the tenacity of life.

He turns his smile from the mistletoe to Aoi.] I'm not surprised. What's the story?

[Aoi leans closer to Duster.]

Well, they say if two people are standing under the mistletoe together, they gotta kiss one another. Otherwise, they're both cursed with bad luck or something like that. People hang it up in doorways and big party rooms and stuff, just to see what happens.

[He kind of hovers there, almost nose to nose with Duster. They don't want maybe-bad luck, right?]

[Those brown eyes widen, shocked at the sudden change in plans, dart at the mistledown, then down to Aoi's eyes. Duster feels Aoi's warm breath on his cheek in the cold air. Or it could all the blood rushing to his cheeks, who knows?]

Anywhere we want? [There's no one looking this way, but Duster checks out of the corner of his eye just to be sure. A hand rests on Aoi's shoulder and he leans in.]

"This'd be the third world I've visited, I guess. I got dragged to a different one before Crystallizes. it was kinda like my home planet of Earth, but... really fucked up, 'n far in the future. 1300 years in its future."

Johnny shrugged, not sure what else to say about it. He really didn't like talking about Exsilium if he could help it.

"I'm startin' to think there ain't a world in all of creation that ain't fucked up in some way. This one, though. It's, um. It certainly win a prize for most creatively fucked up."

In answer to Maraich's question, though, he shook his head. "Man, I wish. Otherwise, I'd keep lookin' for some place normal anyway. The way we got here is kinda complicated. Meanin' I don't even really know why it's happening. Not exactly anyway."

Yeah, anywhere you want.

[Who's gonna see? Elves? They don't care, and if you believe the stories about Santa and his elves always watching to know if you're naughty or nice, it's nothing they've never seen before.]

[What kind of perverted elves would watch them be naughty? All-knowing beings of kindness should know when things are meant to be private, like now as Duster closes his eyes and presses his lips against Aoi's.

His hand slides over his shoulder and onto his back, allowing Duster a better hold on his boyfriend to nudge him closer.]

Reno didn't know how he'd make this work, but he would. He had to. He'd figure something out.

For now, he'd simply hold and rock Kyo until the tears abated and they could return to the others. He didn't want Kyo embarrassed. But he didn't want Kyo to feel as if he had to bottle everything up inside -- especially not with him.

"You've seen it, right Kyo? It appeared after the Aries thing... I used ta' keep it in the drawer, by -- " By the bed he'd shared with Rufus. Not Kyo. Reno stopped himself. Kyo barely went into that room, and after Rufus disappeared, neither of them did.

He shook his head and moved on. "Growth magic? I mean... I guess with enough use, it grew stronger? But on Gaia, our green materia was elemental magic. This one's for Thunder, just the basic spell." After enough time on Crystallis, he was sure all the Heroes knew the basic spells the Black Mages could cast. "I didn't really get to use it."

At her mention of going after something, he looked over his shoulder. "Just be careful." He shouldn't have worried -- about K'pandalu, at least. Behind the flasks, she'll find fifty Amat, easily exchanged into an equal amount of Gil!

Johnny, on the other hand... talk about bad luck. Even with one finger, he happened to pull right on the trigger of a string of small firecrackers. They popped and cracked, spitting light and sparks and in general provided a large distraction from the heavy shotput ball dropping from the top cabinet shelf right onto Johnny's foot.

"Shit!" Reno jumped at the noise.

She considered Ramza's opinion, then relented. They'd probably run into less trouble right off the bat, but long-term, it was risky.

Rialynn nodded to K'pandolu. "I think so. If there were anything unusual around here, my father would have told us. If we head to the city, we might overhear some rumors, and it's about half a day's walk to the east. It's our best chance. When I left this world, I was miles and miles to the south. There's a lot going on down there, but if we're supposed to find the portal in that area, I'm guessing we would have appeared a lot closer to my last location."

It sparked a thought in her head, and she jogged her knee anxiously. She lowered her voice, knitting her brow as she reached for another piece of toast. "Does anyone else think it's strange that we were pulled into Crystallis, but no one on our worlds seems to have noticed we ever went missing?" She looked down at her plate, then sighed. "What if we're the doppelgangers, and our real selves never truly left?"

Duster was going to miss breakfast if he didn't rouse himself soon, it was almost gone.

Mary smirked lightly at Kenichi's apology. She never thought, when they embarked on this adventure, that she might be able to put a god on the spot. And here they were and it was much the same as doing it to anyone else. She nodded as she listened and the eyebrow went up at the mention of Ami. Something else to file away for future reference.

"Was fairly simple to be honest." She fetched her bandanna from her belt and wrapped it up, tucking her hair in with well practiced efficiency. "Just played myself as a younger man, a bastard child. Nobody had any way of worth to check it, and as long as I did my part they didn't care to. And it was a fair bit easier for me to disguise myself in other ways than it was for Anne." She'd been blessed enough to only need a shirt and jacket, not the heavy leather coat and binding like Anne used during her own crossdressing jaunts. "But all this was because of how poorly the crews I sailed with would take finding a woman on board. And then it became a useful disguise for other endeavors."

Johnny makes even more noise, letting out a string of curses flies from him. He stumbles backward and into anyone who might be standing behind him. He'll be lucky if the shotput didn't just break his foot.

"Sonofabitch! Fuck, that's what I get for even tryin' to look... Goddamnit it, is there at least something in that cabinet worth trappin' it like that for!?"

Kyo couldn't argue with that; they had to "support" themselves not just financially, but also appealing to the gods above them so they could generally get left alone. He snorted at the aspect of "cheating" and shrugged, no intention of hiding his disgust for the idiots lording over them. "They cheat all they time just by being morons to us."

Hitting them with events or spells that forced them to do what they wanted or die via suffocation. Arriving to make announcements of "praise" or "good will" and vanishing the moment someone with the guts tried to attack. Yeah. "Cheating" was a light word to use there.

He glanced over to K'pandalu when she mentioned going after something. "Uh, be careful," Kyo added with a frown. He half expected a boom soon.

But when Reno addressed him, he paused long enough to think back. "Just once, twice maybe." He caught the way Reno cut off the words, but it was too late. He already knew what he was referring to. Look, he cleaned the room... a few times. And cats were curious, even if he controlled it most of the time. But yeah... it was more or less an abandoned room and a painful memory. So he was quick to push it aside and move on.

POW! Kyo jerked upright, practically hitting the ceiling with a yelp of surprise and alarm. Dammit! He instantly regretted egging Johnny on! "Watch it! What exploded?!" And grunted when the other guy more or less backed right into him. Check that- Stumbled.

Kyo caught Johnny by the shoulder, bracing one foot to keep them both from going over. And yeah, he'd agree with that string of cusses. "Who knows?" he muttered, giving the guy a small push to right him again. "You wanna check again?"

Kyo sighed and leaned in further to the embrace, head turning to rest his cheek against Reno's check and gaze/glare over the side of his arm. This... this sucked. It really really did. The tears were already stopping, his pride and stubbornness coming back again.

But Reno had seen it, and Kyo let him. He cried for what he had, cried for what he lost, and cried for what he wanted. Even as the tears slowed, none of those things changed. The rocking motions lulled him, breathing slowing from a fast sobbing to softer breaths. At least this was... separate from the group. He really didn't want to burden them anymore. Or embarrass the hell out of himself.

"I guess you already had your breakdown, hm," he murmured. Reno must've cried already... before he had to move on.

The Doctor's head tilts at the first name, but when Mary gives her other name, the Doctor's entire face lights up. "Oh! You're-" He waves his hand. "Mary Read! Oh! Oh, you're brilliant! I am so pleased to meet you! Never happy where you were, took to the seas, despite everything. Following a whole new Captain Jack around." That slight paternal tone like this explains everything. He takes Mary's hand and shakes it energetically.

Pause, and the Doctor's face briefly falls like he's thought of something. "Jack...is a new Captain Jack, isn't he? Please tell me that Calico Jack wasn't Jack Harkness this entire time..." Son, I am disappoint.

"Not that there's anything wrong with you being here! It's brilliant!" Hunh, either that, or this might explain some of the mysterious circumstances around Mary Read's death in prison. Was Jack involved in a time travel jailbreak? Wouldn't put it past the man.

"So- how, you and Jack? How'd you get to Cardiff, of all places?"

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