Event || Revelations

[melodiesmods]

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.

Comments

I thought I'd done this already, whoops

[wickedone]

"Sheena? Sheena!" Albel called, pushing his way through the crowd of confused heroes and moogles alike. Mogdelina rode piggy-back on his shoulders, holding his twin tails like a horse's reins. He was just worried enough about finding Sheena to ignore it.

"Sheena!" His relief at finding her was obvious in his body language, but short lived as new concern immediately set in. "Are you injured?"

It's okay! (Was going to have her kiss him, but a tackle works... :) )

[ninjainviolet]

The bravado Sheena had shown Corrine was, for the most part, a front, hiding her concern over their situation and the others. Especially one certain other. The moment she heard Albel's voice, all of that became apparent as relief washed over her--replaced by humor when she saw Mogdelina.

"Albel!" she called as she ran to him, Corrine hanging on to her own ponytail to remain upright as Sheena practically tackled the man. Wrapping her arms about him, she hugged him tightly, pulling away long enough to nod.

"I'm fine. Are you okay?"

[wickedone]

Albel squeezed her like if he let go, she'd disappear again. He couldn't take that. His own world was in danger of being erased, going through the nothingness of the Interdimensional Rift only reminded him of what that would be like. It was only when she started pulling away that he had to let her go, reluctantly.

"Better now." He sighed, just relieved to be with her again. It was a strange feeling, but he'd realized he liked it... even if it did make him vulnerable, emotional, distracted, all the things he hated about attachments. All the things that made attachments dangerous. But somehow... it might be alright. Sheena was strong. So was Fayt, and Nel... So was his father.

Albel hugged Sheena tightly again. He didn't want anyone to get hurt on his account. But he would die for his friends, now that he had them.

Mogdelina was surprised at the sudden display of affection from her hero, but soon enough she looked pleased as punch. She'd called this ages ago.

[ninjainviolet]

It would take incredible power to pull Sheena away from Albel, since she had no intention of letting go of him right now. Even if they were physically apart, they wouldn't be separated, but that could wait for another time. Right now, she was going to hold on for as long as she could.

Looking up, she met his gaze and nodded. She was doing much, much better now, too. Unlike him, Sheena didn't feel vulnerable or distracted by this attachment. (She was always emotional.) If anything, it gave her strength and determination. His strength and determination.

She returned the hug, but was soon looking up again. Sliding a hand up to behind his head, she brought him closer to capture his lips with hers.

And while she was doing that, Corrine darted a look at Mogdelina that clearly said "about damn time".

[wickedone]

Albel's cheeks burned, the blush going straight to his ears and up through his scalp. He could swear he even felt every hair follicle stand on end.

"Wh-What are you doing...?" he sputtered, just barely holding back a 'worm.' He didn't call Sheena that anymore; it just sort of slipped out when he was totally stunned and incredulous.

She'd kissed him. She'd kissed ... him. In all this time they'd been together, they hadn't -- not that Albel hadn't thought about it, but it had never seemed the right time, and then Crystallis was having another crisis... It just hadn't happened. And now that it had, he couldn't help but feel flustered.

And everyone cheered...:P

[ninjainviolet]

"What does it look like I'm doing?" she asked him impishly when she pulled away--but barely. "I'm kissing you. But if you'd like, I can do it again so you have no more doubt."

And yes, not calling her "worm" was a good thing--even though she knew he sometimes couldn't help himself from using the word from time to time.

She looped her arms about his neck and met his gaze with hers, the little furballs hovering nearby forgotten for the moment. True, one would think that right now, with everything that was happening, wasn't exactly the best time to kiss someone. But Sheena would beg to differ. It was a reaffirmation of their vows to each other while also being a sign of their feelings for each other.

Sheena loved Albel, and wanted him to know it.

[wickedone]

"Well, yes, I... I know that, but..." But what? What was he doing? They were cast into a world of shadow that only existed on the outskirts of reality; death was once again a very real, very permanent threat; and really, what else was he waiting for? What would signify the "right" time? What would really make the difference that right now couldn't satisfy?

He'd already lost Fayt and Nel. He'd have no more regrets.

With a sudden vigor, Albel pulled Sheena against him and pushed his lips to hers, kissing her with ten years' repressed emotion in an outpouring of passion. Mogdelina squeaked a gasp. She didn't know her Hero was even capable of that! She hurriedly pushed at Corrine and fluttered off to give the Heroes some space.

[ninjainviolet]

And that's exactly what she asks him: "But what?" Her question has a note of a challenge to it, daring him to come up with a good reason for them to not do this. Under normal circumstances, death was always very real, but why should they let that stop them? It was how you lived your life that was important.

From that sudden pull, Sheena guess that Albel had come to the same conclusion she had. Only she wasn't quite prepared for how strong his reaction would be. For a moment, she froze in surprise, but barely a second went by before she was returning the kiss with just as much passion, blissfully unaware of the two now-scandalized Moogles as they flew off.

Probably to watch from a distance.