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.

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[jadethenecromancer]

[Jade is silent for a good while. It was the mass emergence of the replicas that had truly driven home the repercussions of his fomicry research. Newborns stuck in grown-up bodies, artificially programmed with information before they could even develop a sense of self... It's haunting to watch.

A replica in the shape of an old man passes them without a glance, staring off into space and mumbling to himself. The group can just make out the words "Rem... Tower of... Rem..."]

Yes... We visited the Cathedral more than once at this point. We should be fine once we get inside the library, but...

[There's some commotion ahead where Rukia just came from, as an angry and bewildered merchant is looking up and down the street trying to figure out where his food just vanished to.]

[shinrasfinest]

[He'd have strongly protested to anyone just looping a big sack over his shoulder without warning like that, but given that he trusts Rukia -they do work together- and also her comment reminding him that she's very much non-corporeal in these worlds due to her Custom-Job, though the tall silver haired man does grunt with annoyance for a beat it's dashed away an instant later.

She did mention supplies but- for the time being he'll just make sure that the bag isn't in the way should he need to get to the low-sheath of Masamune where it's strapped upwards across his back. Besides, there are other things to be paying attention to.]

Agreed. Other worlds so far seem to have an objective-

[He nods towards Ace but falls silent as Tear explains further and Jade follows up. Sephiroth tries not to stare at the mumbling replica; somewhat stuck between sympathy and a completely ignorant type of suspicion about them based on what Tear had said.

He picks up the pace a little, to come parallel with Jade as they walk. They needed to prepare for the worst case scenario in case they did come across either other versions of Tear or Jade, or their own companions.]

...what can you tell us about those that you'd know, or indeed yourselves, at this point?

[He's not so much ignoring the merchant up ahead, but it had nothing to do with them, right-]

[damn_juicebox]

So getting into the cathedral unnoticed is the primary objective?

[Rukia looks smug. A little too smug. She plants her hands on her hips, working her head from side to side as though to work out the kinks.]

I can keep the public eye fixated elsewhere.

[In fact, it seems like she's already managed a head start on her plan, given the merchant's expression. Is it a type of revenge against all the shopkeepers who ripped Rukia off over the years? NO! Because Rukia had no idea she was even being fleeced. But it's a task she can perform well, and one she's familiar with due to her upbringing.]

That's the cathedral up ahead, correct? I'll meet up with you there.

[And off she goes, her steps quick and jaunty as she jogs toward the miffed merchant...and across the street from him, to the fruit vendor she pilfered earlier. She pushes her hands under a head of leafy greens, trying not to lift it up until she's ready...then she hucks it right at the angry man, aiming it to make it seem like it came from the vendor himself.]

[When in doubt, instigate a food fight.]

[cantante]

Wait—! [ Tear stretched out a hand to stop the woman, ready to take a step to follow her if she hadn't been suddenly overtaken by a fit of coughing. With all her efforts fixed on trying to get it under control, Rukia could deal with the merchants however she pleased.

And what an effective distraction it was, because the moment the angry man registers what just happened, his face becomes absolutely livid as he points accusingly at the framed perpetrator.

"You! Don't you know how precious food sources are about to become!?"

"I do understand, tell that to these... these things roaming the city. It could have been one of them!"

Ah, there are the accusations the melodist was afraid of... ]

[jadethenecromancer]

[Oh dear. In other circumstances, Jade would have enjoyed watching Rukia's plan unfold. With tensions already running high, though...

The merchant who'd been the unfortunate target of the projectile glared at the fruit vendor, oblivious to Rukia's presence. "If it wasn't you, then who--"

He cut himself off abruptly. Both men turned as one to stare at the small figure huddling under a doorway. It was another replica -- this one with the appearance of a young girl with red hair, sitting on the ground with her arms wrapped around her knees, staring at nothing.

"It was you, wasn't it?" The merchant marched over to the replica and loomed over her. "First you freaks steal people's faces, now you wanna mess with our food too!? You little--"

The shouting was drawing attention and causing passersby to stop. It was clear, however, that no one was coming to the replica's defense. In fact, the hostile stares were directed at her, not the merchant.]

[confidentia]

[ Torn between throwing himself in pursuit and remaining by the melodist's side, Ace lets his attention linger too long on the distressing symptoms displayed by his partner. There is no stopping the events once they're put in motion, however. The shouts only grow in intensity as time passes, and more importantly, innocent people are getting targeted as a result of something so insignificant....

There has to be a way to stop it from descending even further. ]

I'll be back in a second.

[ Not before reaching out to make a small motion of his hand so to brush away strands of hair obscuring Tear's face (it's as though her skin is getting paler and paler with each second), he gently gestures her to sit down for a moment. Ideally, he will entrust the girl into someone else's care, except she is likely to voice her disapproval....

... Ah, scratch that. Whoever is standing nearby is going to be targeted with a frown and a pleading stare before he walks away in the direction of the commotion. His girlfriend needs to be watched over, he's decided.

He's not entirely sure what course of action to take next, on the other hand. It's important that he doesn't stand out, so he does his best to appear as casual as possible as he approaches the merchant, lightly tapping a hand against his shoulder.... ]

Could you please tone it down?

[ It's... some kind of a start, right? Admittedly, he usually resorts to far less civil solutions, and it would probably make him look somewhat suspicious if he picked a side right away.... ]

[damn_juicebox]

Fools! She's nowhere near the cabbages.

[Rukia glowers at the men with obvious frustration. She winds her foot back, prepared to punt one of them firmly in the posterior if that's what it takes to cause a scene without targeting someone who's just minding their own business.]

[When she hears Ace's voice, however, she pauses. Her foot is still raised back, and she's ready to deliver a kick, but now she's not so sure. She glances at Tear, then Jade, as if asking for their decision before proceeding. It's their world, so she does want to remain respectful of it. But they also can't waste time standing around here.]

[shinrasfinest]

[Sephiroth also shoots a concerned glance at Tear, and then Jade as the scene Rukia set up plays out in quite possibly the worst way. He even takes half a step forward as Ace moves to intervene, ready to put himself forward as he might be needed in case anything might happen to the other Hero of Light. Rukia has the advantage in that she can't be seen.

That said, a scene like this is exactly the sort of commotion that the group didn't need to leave in their wake. Not to mention with regards to the ugly persecution that pulls at his sense of honor just as much as it had, apparently, for Ace.]