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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Mary listened quietly for the moment, but at the mention of Thanatos' relation to the collars and giving something up her gaze slipped to the middle distance. Caught in her own thoughts for a moment she touched the collar again, not to pull it off, but to make sure it wasn't tightening any further.

When Cloud spoke up she looked to Reno, a bit more concerned than the blonde was. She wanted to make sure she was going to be able to leave this world without paying a heavy price.

K'pandolu glanced around at the group, and then nodded to Sheena. "That sounds like a good plan," she said. "At the least we can be a little more comfortable, yes?" She didn't much fancy standing around in this temple to find out the details of this world and the collars.

Kyo saw Reno freeze and, well, he couldn't blame him. Waking up and hearing the other guy's voice had done a number on him as well. But... there were other people around and all. It wasn't exactly polite to go greeting the guy you love so intimately in front of a group of strangers!

It felt like it'd been a second and forever since he'd seen him. Like three or four dreams of the same person but all with different endings. Kyo heard his name and glanced to the side, a hot red flush appearing on his face. "Hi," he finally greeted, lifting his hand, but it was painfully obvious he was restraining himself. A lot.

He did get the feeling of being watched and glanced over, arching an orange brow when he saw another guy eyeing him. He tensed slightly, not even sure why, but he was looking right back so... Luckily the question shifted focus from Reno and Jonny towards Minfilia.

The hell? She really didn't have a collar! But he kept his mouth shut rather than pointing out the obvious. At least that cleared the air enough for Sheena to give her little rundown of one aspect of this place. Kyo frowned regardless; having died once before in this hellhole, it wasn't a good reminder.

Another glance towards Cloud. Oh. A younger version of him? Kyo had met Cloud a number of times here, similar to Sheena, but like the ninja, he'd gone through enough experiences in this place not to write the blonde soldier off as someone he knew. This was a different Cloud, different person.

Wow, they were a random bunch, weren't they.

"Fine with me," he offered to Sheena's suggestion. "This place is damn creepy anyways."

"Oh, and... uh... Kyo Sohma." Late introductions. He had been about to mention they could also crash at the small house he and Reno lived at, but considering that last part, probably best to keep it inside for now. It was just... a feeling. Right.

"Sex," Reno answered Cloud dully, distracted. Then realizing what he'd said, he cleared his throat.

"Uh... Yeah." There wasn't really a way to gracefully recover from that blunt admission of truth. "Atia is the goddess of love an' sex, so -- that's what she demands as worship. We're supposed ta' have some kinda sexual encounter at least once every two weeks or... we bite it."

He rubbed his collar gently, remembering. "It'll tighten a little every day 'til you do. So -- let's not take too long, huh?" He nodded at Sheena's suggestion, perhaps a bit too eagerly. "Yeah, let's get outta here."

Sheena facepalmed. She had really wanted to talk about Atia and what she asked for somewhere private. Reno must really be tense to have just answered the question like he did.

Placing a hand on his arm and shooting an understanding look at Kyo, she nodded.

"He's telling the truth, but that's something we can talk about when we get to my place." She didn't know exactly what was going on, but she could definitely pinpoint when the rise in tension and Reno's unease happened, and a controlled environment would be the best place to hash it out.

"Okay. If you'll follow me. We can take the tram. My house is in the First District."

Johnny had already known the answer to the question of Atia's demands, remembering the story Reno told from when they first met. The world Johnny had last come from was rough, but at least Exsilium didn't collar them like this.

He looked around at the others that came with them from Crystallis as they made their way with Sheena to the tram.

"We're... not gonna be here for two weeks, are we? That's a long time. We gotta get through here fast." And really not a long time, when you were collared like this.

Kyo frowned when the answer finally came out. He didn't say anything, but his expression and lack of surprise said he agreed with Reno. It was what this stupid bitch demanded of them in order to spare their lives. Pretty sick, huh.

"It's not a fun way to go," he grumbled, not at all planning on touching his own collar, which always felt too damn tight around his throat. Because he hated anything around his neck. With the agreement to leave, he looked to the nearest exit.

Not like he could disagree with Sheena's reaction. It was blunt, but someone had to spit it out! Dancing around it wasn't going to help anyone. (Says the guy who had no intention of saying a word unless forced.) He blinked when the kunoichi shot him a look, but said nothing. She always was sharp... Giving her a quiet look of acceptance, he turned with the rest of the group and moved off.

"Hopefully not," he retorted to Johnny's comment. "But you'd be surprised how fast time goes in this place." Whatever they were back here for had to be something worthwhile. And if Atia was having her fun, she may very well keep them here long enough to demand payment.

CLoud couldn't help but go red in the face at Reno's comment. He wasn't a prude by any measure but the idea of being forced into such a thing blew his young mind briefly. And of course a few thoughts about particular people he knew swept into his mind afterwards that he quickly pushed away. Now wasn't the time!

"Y-yeah...we have something else we need to deal with and not much time to do it. We can't afford to get stuck here, not with Palitutu still out there."

K'pandolu hissed at Reno's answer to Cloud, tail puffing out, and moved closer to Minfilia with a quick glance. Maybe the lack of collar meant she was less likely to suffer whatever the rest of them might? She could only hope they weren't required to do anything at all. The thought of being pushed that way was distasteful. "So we'll be swift about our search," she said. "I… might the First District hold anything for us?"

Kyo sighed at the reactions, but hell if he was gonna blame them. From the embarrassed looks to the anger or stupefied, all there. He reached up and poked at his own leather collar, tilting his head to the side in irritation at feeling the thing so close around his neck again. "Sorry you guys had to get tossed in here," he offered, to them all and no one in particular.

An orange brow arched. Did Cloud just say... Palitutu? Well, he wasn't so grown up as to not crack a little grin at the sound of that name. But least he kept his mouth shut. "The first district is where all the rich and powerful stay on the island. Third district's kinda like the slums. That's just housing."

If that helped anyone narrow down what they were going for.

"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."

Kyo shot Reno a look. He shouldn't feel too bad about giving them the truth. The other option was keeping silent and then having someone get pissed when they found out the truth the hard way. Better to be prepared even if it was dirty.

"Sounds like a plan." Even if it was going to be a bit of walk to get to where they were going to lodge for the time being. Sheena's place to regroup, but then housing for the two weeks was another issue entirely.

K'pandolu glanced at him, ears dropping for a moment, and looked away, blowing a stray bit of hair out of her face. "You didn't set it up," she said. No point in blaming someone for something they hadn't done. At least they were aware, and perhaps a little prepared if matters turned that way- if necessary.

She nodded, and gestured ahead. "Lead the way."

Sheena threw Kyo a look. "I'm not rich or powerful; I inherited the house from a friend after they left--which I believe was left to them as well." She didn't go into detail on how the original owner got the house. They could probably guess.

"The tram will get us there in no time." Her brows drawing together, she looked to those with collars. She wasn't sure their collars would work the same as hers for a few reasons. "You know, everyone Atia brings to this place has a collar, but you don't--" and she looked at Minfillia.

"Which makes me wonder if they're functional at all--or merely disguises." She looked at Reno. "You know how Atia is when someone threatens her island; she might be helping you by getting rid of this...Pala...Pally... Your enemy. And if not her, then Thanatos."

She'd believe the latter over the former right now.

[ ooc: If anyone does timeskip the tram trip, Sheena's house is a two-story Itallian Villa. ]

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I think a timeskip would be good here. :)