melodiesoflife | Intro Log || Just in Time for the Last Holiday Season

Characters: All the "Heroes of Light" (only new characters can start threads).
Where: Aqures Ixen.
When: November 01st - November 30th. New characters may wake up any time.

Summary: The new Heroes of Light awaken from Crystal Stasis and might find themselves in quite the predicament. Are they in Aqures Ixen, the Desert, a Forest or a completely empty plain? The choice is yours! You can have your character wake up anywhere, so long as the location is neither crystallized nor sealed away (such as the Temple of the Heroes of Light).

Please refer to the Information Post for more information regarding the state of Crystallis. Fear not however as soon a Moogle and maybe your friends shall come to you. Indeed, Heroes of Light in Aqures Ixen have access to a map that show them whenever a new Hero of Light appears.The Moogles are using it to quickly find any newcomers, but nothing prevents other Heroes of Light from using it to go to the rescue! The exception to this are characters who were formerly in the game: they will wake up from Crystal Stasis in the Hospital of Aqures Ixen.

Furthermore, feel free to plot out with players already in-game if you want for them to come and search your character, find them and plot their escape from a particularly dangerous place and the likes!

Warning: N/A.

Where you were or what you were doing— It does not really matter. Not any more. Within an instant, the world around you collapses. Reality twists and shatters... Or maybe you are the one who is collapsing and shattering away from reality as you knew it. No matter what the answer is, it will only take a few seconds for you to find yourself sinking into a void, your world vanishing into the distance. There is nothing but darkness as far as the eye can see. Even you feel different: all the powers you might once have had, are now gone. It is silent, cold and it feels as though life itself is slipping out of you.

At this moment, when it looks as though nothing but a never-ending void awaits you, a red Crystal forms before you. In this void, its warmth compels you to grab it. But soon it faded, and everything else along with it, nothing but darkness remaining....

The Search for the Heroes
— Anytime —
To you, it's like only a second passed ever since you grabbed this crystal. But months or even years may have passed in the real world. And as you emerge, you find yourself in the world of Crystallis, a place where magic and technology coexist, filled with friendly people... And not so friendly ones. Have you awakened in Aqures Ixen, Esdham or a similar city...? Then it's perfect, you are surrounded by friendly people who will be - very confused - but helpful to an extent.

Have you woken up in the wilderness? Hopefully there aren't too many monsters around! As it is, other Heroes of Light might have woken up close to your position, it might be a good idea to work together with them.

Thankfully enough, before long a fluffy ball of fur flies toward (and most crashes into) you! This creature is a Moogle, sent from Mognet Central to assist you and take you to Aqures Ixen. It will explain you everything about the situation, the other Heroes of Light already present in Crystallis and all that is happening! This Moogle will be your guide back to Aqures Ixen-- If you decide to follow them anyway...

The Voyage Home
— Anytime —
The journey to Aqures Ixen might be an eventful one (or uneventful one if you awoke in the city already). It is a possibility for you to explore the world by taking your time, or to be lazy and board an Airship in the closest city. Don't lose your way or you risk venturing close to the Calamity-- You wouldn't want to be devoured and ripped apart my mega-powered Calamity Monsters, would you?

And thanks to the map and the efficiency of Mognet, odds are you'll encounter other Heroes of Light on your way: those who arrived in this world within the past two years. You may have imagined heroic and charismatic figures when your Moogle told you that there were other Heroes of Light in this city. You may have imagined persons with fearsome powers when they told you about how they managed to push back the Empire and defeat the fearsome Palitutu! And more importantly, you may have imagined them as people who would have all the answers to your, doubtlessly, numerous questions.

If so, you may be up for a tragic disappointment. Still, for the most part they know more than you on the situation and may be more than happy to fill you in, especially if your Moogle didn't tell you much.

The City of Aqures Ixen
— Anytime —
Finally, you might reach Aqures Ixen... And it turns out to be a very busy city. You might visit it, or the laboratory from where you can ~~spy~~ track where Heroes of Light are. Indeed, Palitutu's Laboratory (and its underground section) is a place where employed characters can research various topics. Most importantly, characters can see a file with their name...

Should your character decide to go there and peek at their file, there are two possibilities. Either the file is corrupted and they cannot access it: too bad for them, but at least their life will remain a mystery. Or should you decide the file isn't corrupted, they will find a summary of their lives up to their canon point, as if written by a third-person omniscient narrator. On the column left to the text, to the top there is a portrait of them, and beneath it there is a 3D model of them. Said portrait and model can be switched to any year of their life. At the bottom there is a percentage, indicating 0%. On the right column, there are various links, most of which are grayed out. The clickable links lead to their Homeworld History and their future post-canon point history (corrupted file for unfinished canons). At least, they can lock this file away if they don't want anyone to see it.

Or maybe you could visit your new house in the 11th or 14th District, and get to know your new neighbors and housemate(s). Hopefully your neighbors are people you will get along with.

It's Never Too Early
— Anytime —
No matter where you wake up in this world, from the arid climate of Esdham to the balmy jungles of Mysidia, you might notice a hint of ~**Christmas Whimsy**~ in the air. Pine-scented garlands are wound about streetlamps, delicate glass ornaments and twinkling lights have begun to adorn tree branches. The air is rich with the smell of baked pumpkin and cinnamon, and the occasional cool hint of peppermint. The bakeries are filled with seasonal treats like kupo nut pies, cranberry tarts, eggnog cakes. Though it's only the month of November, anyone complaining about the good cheer and pretty decorations will be stared at with a mixture of shock and pity, for clearly these people do not understand the true magic of the season.

Wherever you go, there's a distinct and rhythmic clanging of a small brass bell. Following the sound of the bell inevitably leads to a small adorable Moogle decked out in a fur-trimmed red suit standing next to a donations pot, with another clad in green passing out fliers inviting people to visit the Santa Village. They're requesting gil to craft toys for the refugees living there as well as the children across the world, and to expand and improve the Village as well.

Upon seeing any indication that you might be a Hero of Light, both Moogles make a happy sound and immediately press a flyer into your hand, insisting that you must visit, and not so subtly hinting that those who take up the Santa Claus job would be warmly welcomed by everyone. 'Tis the season, eh? Eh?

The Hospital
— Anytime —
Characters who have already been in Crystallis before do not wake up anywhere like everyone else. Instead, they will wake up in the Hospital of Aqures Ixen, in a room where there are over a hundred other Heroes of Light like them-- Maybe even some familiar faces... Except they're all in Crystal Stasis.

A couple Moogles and a few nurses will be waiting by the room, and they will welcome all characters waking up. Upon exiting the room, they will also meet a lot of guards, and they all have orders to shoot anyone that comes out of this room without a Moogle. Hopefully you won't try running out without waiting for your Moogle. As for why the guards are so on edge, it might be a good idea to ask the other Heroes of Light about what happened last year.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Well, of course we're here to save the world! I'm just more worried because I don't think anyone's been dropped off there before, that's all...!

[She crosses her arms as Mirai's surprised at the length]

Uh-huh! There have been a few who have been here longer... like two years long? Actually, I think that's how long everything's been going on.

Right! [She just thinks it's strange, that people from other worlds have been summoned to save this one. This only happens in video games where she's from.] It's all so new to me still. Unbelievable almost.

[People having special abilities, that's not usual though.]

They must be extremely strong if they've been here that long.

Plenty of them are! There are a few who have all ten jobs mastered and have become Onion Knights!

That's amazing! [She looks impressed, truly.] I will work hard to do my part and get stronger.

[Yes, determination. Mirai has it.]

Great!

[She quickly grabs Mirai's hands as Ruby just squees in excitement]

We're gonna save this world yet! At least we've made sure we're not food for the planet!

[A-ah, this girl is very eager - excitedly so. It's a little strange because none of her friends are quite like this. They're all a bit more reserved in their exuberance.]

Food for the planet?

Uh-huh. It's really confusing, but the people who first came here created a sort of machine that ate worlds though us and... it was really bad. But a bunch of us went down to the machine that was doing it and beat it up, so it can't do that anymore.

Now, we just have to stop the thing that's corrupting the world and we're all set to go!

[That's oversimplifying the situation, but, yeah...!]

[That is oversimplifying the situation but it's certainly less confusing than all the information her moogle has tried to give her so far. Mirai pushes her glasses up with a finger.]

It sounds simple enough, though a lot of things sound simple. If it were as simple as it sounded the rest of you would have taken care of it by now.

Yeah, it's actually quite annoying - there are people who want to fight us and people who try to help us by being so vague that we have to take ages to figure out what they want

They should just tell it to us straight so we can get it sorted out properly before it gets worse. [A single nod of her head.]

A lot of us have tried that, but they don't care.

It's their world, they should care!

They can't just expect us to save it for them every time something bad happens.

Well, that's the thing. The whole "having us to be fed to this world" thing? That's their solution.

We're trying to figure out a solution that doesn't end with us as food.

So, they're not trying to help us because of that.

[While she doesn't actually want to be anyone's meal...]

Would it work - feeding us to the world? How many of us would it take?

[Mirai gave up her life once in order to protect the people she cared about. Now she was already living on borrowed time. If such a sacrifice was necessary, she wonders if she could do it again.]

What other ways have been tried already?

Well, the thing is is that it would essentially eat us... then it would take our worlds, take just a little bit and dump the rest in some interdimensional void, without any consideration about anyone else. It would work, but it would have to happen all over again in about 2000 years.

[Ruby shrugs her shoulders at the question]

I wish I knew - apparently everyone who's tried before's had it failed on them over the years.

That's no good! I just saved mine so I can't let it take my world. [Akihito and Sakura and everyone else she cared about lived there still.] We can't allow it to happen again if we can stop it now.

[So obviously offering up her life won't work this time. She'll have to fight alongside everyone else to make this stop for good.]

With new Heroes arriving, they might have more ideas to try.

Intro Log || Just in Time for the Last Holiday Season

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