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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"I won't! I wanna be strong like you and Mommy! But what's ignorance mean and how do I do that?" Yae tilted her head.

"It means they let what they don't know control them," a male voice coming from behind Mary replied. The man had a fairly muscular build and the same dark green hair as the children. Despite the house being Japanese design, he wore jeans and a light shirt.

"Daddy!" Toshi rushed to hug one his father's legs. He laughed and bent down to ruffle the boy's hair. "Hey there. You two aren't bugging our guests too much, are you?"

They both shook their heads. "Mary was just telling us about pirates!"

Hearing that voice is like a shot to the heart. Mary had never been worried about the men in the lives of the women she seduced before, but this was also the first time she actually cared. She knew that Saori had an arrangement with her husband, but somehow that made her feel like the redhead was too good for her. And there had always been the assumption that any meeting she'd have with him would be a long time off.

She knew this was coming the moment they stepped into this world.

She straightened up, trying to look confident but she was a bit stiff in her motions. She watched the kids run back to their father, clinging to him happily. She couldn't help but feel a pang of loss in that moment.

"No it's...quite alright. You two have some bright and eager younglings..." Damnit, and he was damn good looking too. Why did this have to be so complicated?

"Thanks but I think Saori should take most of the credit." Mary's uneasiness was clear to the man. Well this seemed to be inevitable after Saori explained the situation in private with him.

"Alright kids, I think Auntie Ami said she'll take you two out for ice cream. Why don't you go find her? You can ask Mary more about pirates later, okay?"

The kids looked at each other and then ran off. Brigid was still in Yae's arms and she knew there was no hope for rescue any time soon. Once they were away, he let out a sigh.

"Right now, introductions. The name's Kenichi and it's nice to finally meet you, Mary. If you're expecting me to accuse you of being some kind of home-wrecker, don't. Relax and have a seat. Can I get you anything to drink? Water, tea, or something stronger?"

He gestured to the low table in the center of the room with two cushions to sit on opposite of each other. "I imagine this is rather awkward, a bit overwhelming, and you might have several questions."

Watching the kids run off, the pirate almost wanted them to stay to delay the moment. And because they were a joy to watch. She eyed Kenichi briefly, too wound up to sit but she didn't want to be rude. "Tea will be fine. Something harder later but I expect we should both be sober for this conversation." She paused, stopping as if she heard something. Of course. She should have expected this.

"Bonnie? Why don't you go keep an eye on the kids and make sure they don't get too rough with Brigid." There is a pause, and then a sad kupo before Bonnie flutters out from behind a potted plant and out the door after the younglings.

Now sure they were alone, Mary took the offered seat. "A bit, yes. Not the first time I've met a lovely lady's husband but there's little about this that is the usual for me. Saori told me you two had an 'arrangement', and I'm sure you have some questions for me too." She shifted, clasping her fingers as she leaned her chin against them. "I suppose it's proper for me to introduce myself. I'm Mary Read, a pirate back on my Earth, and a member of the Assassin Brotherhood. I also went by the name James Kidd when it suited me. I met Saori after we were both brought to Crystallis and...after a time we began to enjoy each other's company. A bit under a year now I think."

Kenichi watched the moogle flutter out of the room. No sooner had Bonnie gone, one of the fox spirit servants came in using magic to levitate a tray with a tea pot, two cups, and a plate of baked yatsuhashi. The smell of cinnamon wafted through the air from the crispy cookie-like sweets as Kenichi grabbed the tray and placed it on the table. Thankfully Mary would be spared from the traditional and formal tea ceremony. He first poured Mary's cup of green tea and placed in front of her.

"Ah, yes, Saori's told me quite a bit about you and the Assassins. It's still hard to believe this is all going down now and how much this is affecting our worlds." By some luck, the Saori in this timeline was off on a big assignment and wouldn't be coming home any time soon.

"My arrangement with Saori may seem odd, or heretical for some, but we have our reasons. Longer life spans mean finding new ways to spice things up, some times we're away for long periods of time, and Saori's just the type who wants to give her love to those she treasures the most. It's not like we just pick up others by whim. There's a certain level of trust that needs to be achieved before we let someone in. So if she trusts you, then I can as well." Of course he knew he could trust on his wife's taste in partners but he stopped himself short of suggesting some things. After all, Mary wasn't their only guests here.

He paused to pour his own cup and he looked up at Mary when he was done.

"I do want to say thank you for taking care of her. I don't know why I wasn't sent to Crystallis as well, but she's the best anyone could ask for but you also know she tends to push herself too hard and recklessly sometimes. As her husband, I can only ask you continue to be there for her when you two have to go back."

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The foods were unfamiliar to Mary, but her gaze was more captured by the servants. She was familiar enough with foxes, but the eastern and western connotations of them were vastly different. This was something well beyond what she expected of them. Looking down at the tea, she was familiar with this at least and gave Kenichi and then the foxes a nod of thanks while waiting for the tea to cool for the moment.

"Aye. I wouldn't blame anyone for thinking it as much a fantasy. Then again your world seems a bit more in line with what we've been encountering than my own. I think among our number I've been one of the ones who's been most surprised by what Crystallis holds."

She listened quietly to Kenichi's explanation of their situation. The prospect of a lifespan well beyond a normal mortal's wasn't something she could grasp, nor was she sure she wanted to. She wasn't sure what she'd do with a life so long and leaving those with normal lives behind. Briefly she thought to her friends back home and her passing there, and then to the thought of doing the same to Saori. She mostly hid her own distaste at that thought.

"I'm honored to have your trust I suppose, though I must say I'm not sure what to think about being called 'spice'. But I know that she wouldn't keep me merely as a whim or plaything. And she's been able to help me through some hard adjustment of my own." She smiled and took first a tentative sip from the tea and then a longer one.

"I no longer wish to dwell on it, but I came to Crystallis at the end of my life in my home world, and after losing a child of my own. It was a hard time for me, and she has taken care of me as much as I've watched out for her." She looked up at the man and smirked, "I won't promise you that I'll continue because that was something that was never in question."

He winced when he realized what he had implied. "That was really terrible wording on my part. I hope you can forgive me. We would never belittle our partners like that. Actually, we only have two, no wait three including yourself, altogether so we're all rather close. Ami, the one who's watching the kids now, is one of them. Though I won't be responsible if she starts flirting with you too. She can be rather forward and sometimes I think she's rubbed off on Saori in the more intimate department."

He took a sip of his tea and returned the smirk back.

"You're very lucky to have each other in that case. If there's time though, I'd like to see how you pulled off James Kidd if you don't mind. Knowing Saori, she probably figured you out quickly but she would've been attracted to you regardless which gender you portray yourself as."

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."

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?"

Mary likely would thank Ami if she had the chance, and it would likely lead to some interesting conversations and discussions...but that's a tale for another time.

Mary had only begun to scratch the surface of Saori's tale, but she too was impressed with all she had been through and risen above. She dared not try to compete, but at the same time she was glad that her lover hadn't had to deal with all these trials in a world and era like to her own.

"Getting her attention wasn't the intent, but I have to admit she's not the first damsel who fell under James' spell. Things honestly worked themselves out and she was taking me out to dinner and introducing me to new foods before I even really noticed." She chuckled a bit and rubbed her chin, "I use it at times. It has its uses for those who don't know that Kidd and Mary are the same person. I did the same in my world as well. And no, I don't mind you saying and perhaps sometime we'll have the chance to see."

You charmer you.

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