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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Reno took a deep breath and let it out slowly, trying to suppress the tremble that manifested anyway. "Yeah, he admitted quietly. "Something like that."

If Kyo were to come with him, it was only fair that Reno should prepare him.

"Yer body is there... on Crystallis," he began. "A young you, I dunno, like fifteen? Sixteen? He must've arrived before I did... but I never met 'im. Not before he was turned t' crystal."

He paused. "That's what happens there. When people 'leave' -- or die. They don't disappear. We can't say they go home, not for sure. They turn t' statue. Sometimes they come back, sometimes they don't. You... an' yer cousin, Yuki... haven't."

"Sorry." Reno shook his head. What the hell was he thinking? But the truth was the truth -- everyone better get over it sooner rather than later.

"It's fine -- let's just go. We're gonna be walkin' around a bit anyway. I wanna see Ishida and Whale, too..." He set his jaw firmly. "There's no way we're staying longer than we have to. An' I sure as hell ain't staying two weeks. We move quickly, talk t' who we need to, and leave."

[You don't know about what kinda sick pervs those elves are, man. But that's not gonna stop Aoi from returning the kick, or letting Duster yank him closer. Hopefully nobody tries to get in or out of this doorway for a bit. It's officially blocked.]

[The sanctity of the mistletoe must be preserved; all must put their tasks on hold and wait for the couple to finish kissing. Seeing that it's the end of summer, the elves aren't at their busiest and wont passively aggressively try to get them to hurry up.

Aoi's chest bumps into Duster, knocking their lips closer. The sudden movement heats up something inside him, urging him to do something more with this position. He satisfies that need by parting his lips and closing them around Aoi's upper lip. It tastes cook. Like marshmallow. Imaginary cinnamon.]

[ He didn't really pay attention. He was too engrossed in messing with her to do much in general. Yuri realized what she meant after a while when she knit her brows together. That definitely was a surprising experience if he payed attention in which he did not. ]

Right. I didn't notice, seeing how physical you seem. Is it really that special?

[ People walking through walls and stuff stopped phasing him after a while. ]

Sounds like a plan. Soul or not you don't seem any different Short.

[ He added as a matter of fact. ]

"If you want to call them that. People can't help flopping into another world without their consent."

Yuri shrugged at his comment. He didn't really get how these portals worked but he didn't care as long as he can get the heck out once he finds an exit, he's good to go really. Yuri is strong and if Albel would admit that in person he'd appreciate it very much but details are details right?

"So I heard. I didn't think it throw me up in your world of all places. Guess my luck's pretty bad."

Seriously though, how many times has he ran into this man?

"Right... so what do you suppose we do in the mean time. I'm not the type to sit here and wait."

[ Yuri liked to make the mood better so her scowl was better than her other expression to him anyway. He'd gladly take any sort of beating from her given how he did try to make her feel better in the best way he could and that was being his usual self. ]

Well we're going to subdue her if she tries to hurt anyone. That's a fact. However, we shouldn't go overboard when we have a source of information. There are ways to make them squeak you know?

[ And Yuri would be that person that would do what he felt was necessary to get the answers he wanted. ]

We jump around until we figure it out. Sitting here trying to figure it out won't do any good for us to begin with.

Edited 2016-09-27 04:39 (UTC)

A sour smirk crossed Mary's face at the suggestion the Doctor made. "If Captain Harkness was Calico Jack then I doubt I would have been hauled before a court in Jamaica. For one the man seems to be able to hold his liquor." Nor would she have to shoot at some of her own fellow crew for being too drunk and cowardly to fight.

She paced a few steps, considering where they were and what was on her mind. She felt something welling up within her, but she wanted to give the Doctor a chance before she did anything drastic.

"I'm like him. Drawn to the world of Crystallis. I suspect I may not exactly be the Mary Read you know. I don't suppose you know anything of the Assassin Brotherhood?" As ever, her instinct railed against her naming herself so openly, but somehow she doubted this man was Templar. Precursor perhaps. But not an enemy. Or if he was then that guilt would weigh on Jack's shoulders. "We're chasing a foe who sees fit to tear time and space apart, all for the sake of changing her challenge to us. All the while insisting we're too weak to save that world when she could be working with us."

Her steps brought her around to the TARDIS console. She drew her fingertips along it, recoiling from a brief shock of static as she did. A minor thing to her, but perhaps a sign of timelines touching in ways they shouldn't or weren't expected to do so.

"And what of you? You said this...ship of yours through time and space from what Captain Harkness has told me? What is it you're after? And how long since the good captain has crewed with you?"

In fairness, Mary probably never thought she'd get a goddess for a girlfriend either.

Mary was right to keep note of Ami. After all, Saori thought of her as the cool older sister she never had but with a mischievous streak. Also Mary had this mysterious woman to thank for some of Saori's more intimate techniques.

"Which is a damn shame, if you ask me." After all, he watched his own wife start from a woman whose life had been a traumatic conga line filled with loss to a true goddess in his eyes. In all of his life, he had never met someone as resilient as Saori Nakagawa.

"Yep...I can see how you got her attention, alright." He cracked another grin as he watched Mary. "It maybe simple but it's rather effective to an untrained eye. If you don't mind me saying, you'd look great in a modern suit. Do you still use your disguise even in Crystallis?"

[murmured:] And growing larger…

[well, maybe if there's enough of a mix of strangers and people from here they'll look normal.]

That would certainly be useful… [she might be thinking more of helmet hair, though.] Some more suitable clothes might be good, but I suspect you mean items for counter-spells. I don't suppose there's a simple ward-breaker…?

You'll have to forgive the woman from the 1700s. Even if she was a pirate, free love wasn't exactly a thing that was looked so easily upon then, especially considering the many men she knew who liked to live that lifestyle. As for her questions about Reno and Saori, it was more to get a sense of what she was getting herself into at the time. The time previous to that she'd seduced a redheaded lass she then wound up getting into a scrape with Calico Jack Rackham.

While she did believe that all people should have the freedom to pursue their lives as they wished, the situation here in this world had her feeling quite the prude by comparison. Then again, it seemed like 'choice' was a fundamental thing missing here as it was. And listening to the way Reno stumbled over his words in the presence of the orange haired young man she didn't exactly feel like her words were chosen incorrectly, even if they were a bit rude. She'd apologize to him later.

She pondered using the device that she'd found in Captain Harkness' world, reaching into her pocket just as Johnny set off the trap or prank, whatever it was. The pirate whirled, instinct calling to her to draw a gun and instead pulled out the penlike device, the tip glowing green and emitting a whirring noise. She held tense before looking around, happy to see nobody was bleeding from a gunshot wound. "Johnny, are you alright?" She flicked the sonic screwdriver off a few seconds later once she realized she activated it.

Ultimately, Rialynn knows her world better than Ramza does, so he will trust her judgement on what they should do.

He ponders her question, though. "I used to think as you do...but we went to Ivalice. Time had not passed, and there was no other 'me' there. Now I know not what to believe."

And it is a worrying thought. Before, he did not truly believe that the worlds were connected as the Crystallians claimed, and that their actions on Crystallis could lead to the destruction of home worlds. But now...

He pushed his plate away, not feeling as hungry as he had moments before.

"Gaia? There's a few of you around from there, aren't there?" K'pandolu hummed, tail flicking lightly, ears up. "Curious- our elemental materia tend more towards a lighter grey, and green materia are associated with fieldcraft."

K'pandolu huffed at Kyo's words, shaking her head. "Gods," she muttered, because it certainly seemed as though nothing good came of any that chose to manifest themselves.

She took the coin in hand with a grin- which then dropped as the firecrackers went off and the shotput ball dropped. "What was that!?" she demanded, stepping closer to see.

[Look at Duster, being all aggressive. Aoi likes it. He hums and turns his head up to give Duster free access. His arms slide over Duster's shoulders to keep him close.

This is way more than most people give for mistletoe kisses, so kudos to Duster for getting behind this particular tradition so enthusiastically. Aoi mentally congratulates himself for being the genius who dragged Duster over here.]

Johnny winced as he wiggled his foot a bit. "Uh, anyone got a Cure spell handy? Goddamnit... Woulda been a lot worse if I wasn't wearin' boots, too."

He gives Kyo a nod in thanks for catching him, and hobbles over towards the cabinet. Now that the trap had been tripped, he figured he might as well take a look at what's inside. Whatever it is better be worth it.

Oh yeah, Sheena recognized that sign of stiffness--having experienced it a few hundred times herself. One day, those who fight in battles won't be stiff afterward; their muscles perfectly fine and still operating at peak efficiency.

One day.

Until then, they had to deal with the slings and arrows of that known as exhaustion and pain. As for recovering from the stiffness, he could still work through it the way Sheena was. She was currently sitting, twisting her feet slightly to keep them and her muscles moving and less stiff. Hopefully, it would work.

Looking from Sephiroth to the two Moogles, then back, she chuckled. "You've been warned. Don't blame me if there's kupo-nut dough everywhere," she said impishly, the gleam in her eye showing she was joking.

"That happened only once!" Corrine protested. "And I cleaned it up!" Sheena nodded to confirm it. "It was the first time we made something. Since then, he's been really good. Even comes up with things to add once in a while. I think you'll like the bread." Her tone answered Spencer's speculation about how it smelled: delicious.

Looking back to Sephiroth, she glanced at him curiously.

"I take it you don't help with the cooking then?"

Kyo felt the tremble regardless of that attempt to control it and he frowned. But didn’t pry. Reno was honest with him, admitted he had, and he didn’t need to dig it up. He still felt bad enough that all this had happened. Though… something told him wasn’t going to like what was coming next.

He… didn’t expect that. The cat’s mouth dropped open and he jerked his head back to stare at Reno. “My body?” His voice shivered a little, not sure what he was talking about or even saying. Crystallis, he knew, at least was the world Reno went to and came from after Amat. But… Kyo frowned. “I… I’m sixteen in my world,” he murmured, not sure if Reno would be fine with that information. At least his experience in Amat gave him more acceptance of other worlds and timelines.

Still… “YUKI?!” His eyes widened and Kyo’s shout probably went through half the temple. Reno met Yuki?! His cousin?! A rush of emotions surged across Kyo’s face. From outright animosity to dumbfounded shock to a briefest flicker of concern. Apart from that, he was left sputtering.

"Yeah... I thought that might've been it." Most of the Heroes on Crystallis came from their home worlds, though there were a few -- like Reno and Johnny -- who'd stopped over elsewhere. For Kyo to be that young, Reno guessed he must have come straight from Japan. Not that he could ask.

"Don't worry." Reno rubbed Kyo's shoulder, reading the rush as it progressed. "I dunno what animal he was, but he was actually pretty discreet. He was pretty stunned I knew as much as I did about you guys."

"He an' I arrived the same day, same place, so we kinda helped each other find you? He was older, though, so I guess he was from your future. Long story short, before he crystallized, he kinda saved my ass once, so... even if you hated his guts when you were a kid, try not to immediately jump 'im if he wakes up?" Reno still didn't expect them to really get along, but he could at least try to delay a fight.

[Reno jumped slightly to be grabbed.]

Whoa, hey, easy...

[The sudden fear and anxiety? After being transported to Johnny's memory of Exsilium, Reno could make an educated guess. A nightmare was nothing like the horror of the real thing. He lay his other hand over Johnny's and gave him a reassuring squeeze.]

We'll be careful. We stick together. Besides, I can't leave you alone in there -- you might find some other hot babe, and then where would I be?

I didn't claim that it was special. But it does make it difficult for people without supernatural abilities to see me. You're a Hero of Light with multiple jobs equipped to your crystal, so I imagine it isn't difficult for you. The village's inhabitants, however, can neither see me as I am nor hear my voice.

[She gives his arm a jab.]

Therefore it's up to you to do several things that I cannot.

[Rukia pauses, looking thoughtful.]

Though I suppose if you're able to secure extra blankets and pillows, I could just as easily pass the night within the closet.

[It wouldn't be the first time she's resorted to this, and it likely wouldn't be the last either.]

"Hang on, I got a potion here." Saori stepped forward as she pulled a bottle out for him. She had kept quiet until then hoping for some kind of hint as to this item they were searching for. She tried to keep a light stock of healing items since she had no curative skills of her own but that meant she couldn't carry much.

"Geeze, firecrackers would've been enough to deter most people." She was starting to wonder if somehow there was a hidden pendulum blade waiting for them.

Honestly if she had her own goddess powers back, she'd love to give these gods a piece of her mind or fist, which ever came first. Her own world's gods could sometimes get her mad but she didn't think it was possible for them to get even worse.

Bring on real mako infusion, not the custom job that merely replicated it. Aching muscles had been something else he'd had to get used to in the beginning.

Every now and again the movements of Sheena's ankles caught his attention but he didn't think much more to it than that; he knew that it was his own fault for sitting down for so long. He'd get up and jog on the spot, or do squats, or something to get himself moving again in a few moments, no doubt. Besides it seemed like their time here was only the start to another mission. Palitutu had been blunt indeed in informing them how long they had to complete whatever journey she had in store for them.

"We all take turns to chip in, though most of the recipes come from Tempest." Sephiroth answered Sheena, a light grin still fixed on his face at Corrine's protests and how it was nice for Spencer to have something like that to look forward to. Too often, the little guy has to deal with a lot of his difficult moods.

"It's not exactly a skill I'm particularly strong in, though."

In the next moment he brought his legs in and levered himself up into standing, shifting his weight from one foot to the other; before then proceeding to execute two deep squats. Time to get those legs moving again.

Rialynn looked at Ramza's plate, then at Ramza himself, as she was caught in mid-chew. She stared guiltily down at the table as she finished her toast, then spoke again.

"Sorry. I was just trying to figure out how all of this works. I didn't mean to upset you guys." It wasn't exactly good breakfast conversation, was it? And it was a negative way to start the day.

Brushing the crumbs from her fingers, Rialynn rose to her feet. "I'm going to help my father with the dishes, then I'll be ready to go. We might as well get an early start and hope the soldiers are too groggy to be paying much attention to the roads."

Hweel! Meredy has got it! ( as if on cue, the mechanical bear hovers over in their direction. feeling rather proud, meredy unclicks the visor from its place as it disappears, and walks towards the beast, leaning a hand on it to pose victoriously. )

No problem, you bet!

Edited 2016-09-28 22:50 (UTC)

Odd to find himself back in a more grown up body. He’d woken up on Amat at eighteen and lived there almost a year and a half… To wake up sixteen again and suddenly return here to being almost twenty was kind of a head rush now that it was brought to his attention. Still… that damn rat was also somewhere else? He said he never wanted to see anyone from his world appear in Amat and despite his dislike for his cousin, that truth rang solid. He felt bad, guilty almost, as if it might be his fault Yuki got pulled into Crystallis. Wasn’t it always the cat’s fault… He offered a soft huff when Reno said he didn’t know what animal he was. It… It was a nice attempt to calm him and he appreciated it. “Yeah well… we’re not supposed to talk about our family much to strangers,” Kyo admitted. ‘Discreet’ huh, was just like Yuki. Even in a strange world, Yuki was still being the perfect prince he always was.

Bastard.

“I’m sure he was real eager to find me,” Kyo droned, eyes rolling as he looked away with a frowning pout. An older Yuki. Just like Kyo had been older too. He wondered if it meant anything, if Yuki changed or if he was still the same insufferable jewel of the family. But… he held his questions back. Wouldn’t do anything to learn about it. Though when Reno mentioned that Yuki saved Reno’s ass—“HE WHAT?!”—the cat’s hackles flared up visibly and the exclamation seethed down into a snarl under his breath. God dammit! That rat was always trying to one up him and steal away what was his; he couldn’t even have a friend, a lover, without Yuki somehow finding his way there and getting involved! Showing them the “better” side of the family. Showing Kyo up. He hated it. He hated it… hated that that revelation alone almost felt like it poisoned what he had with Reno. He was fine with the Turk having other lovers, hell he was even “fine” with Reno moving on after they were separated (not that he liked it, but he accepted it).

But to think Yuki of all people--!!!

It took several visible seconds of internal warfare and bitter, unintelligible words for the cat to force himself to calm down. Reno was… Reno was worth more than that. Reno was worth more than his currently-petty family issues. He was better than Kyo’s jealousy and dislike towards his cousin. And, despite his issues, Kyo had matured some during his time in Amat. His memories from this place swarming his mind helped remind him of that. And, bitterness ignored, Kyo was… grateful to Yuki for saving Reno. However it happened.

He rubbed at the side of his face, fingers digging into his bangs and the heel of his palm pushing against his eye and cheekbone. “Geeze, you’re always getting into trouble no matter where you go, aren’t you.” As for jumping Yuki… well that depended on two things. First, if Reno was there with him. Second, if the damn rat kept his mouth shut and didn’t try to start something! “I’ll try,” he grumbled, looking up at his boyfriend—well, as far as Kyo was concerned, he still was—through his uncovered eye.

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ouch right to the feels

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so sorry i didnt realize this was waiting on me!!

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