Grinding for mats: LFG 2Nin + 1any

[2hell_weride]

Characters: MarKus, Yuffie, Rika, maybe Guy?
Where: Destination: Nibilian Mountains by Chocobo
When: January 13
Summary: MarKus (and associates and friends) are more or less bored with the available materials in Aquares Ixen.  They party up and head south, hoping to find better, more interesting materials that aren't simply iron and silver.  Why they didn't head west... Well that's not an adventure, is it?
Warning: None. If any come up, they will be marked accordingly.


MarKus, Kugami, and his chocobo Gundam await with a cart at the southern gates of Aquares Ixen, waiting for those who responded to his letter to arrive.  At the least he's waiting for Rika and Yuffie and promised not to leave without them, even if time is sort of 'of the essence' since he doesn't want to leave work alone to his employees for too long. He's the big money maker anyway, making all that dope custom gear and whatnot!  

As the others arrive, he briefs them on what the plan is.  "Alright, we're going to head south more or less along this line here." he points out on the map, running a line from the city to some mountains down south.  Pretty much ignoring or not aware of the Mithril Mines due west.  "Hopefully we can find something there, or at least along the way.

[letter to all Heroes + action]

[red_planet_blues]

[A letter delivered to all Heroes of Light:]

Seems like just about everyone recognized someone in crystal status when the new guys were brought in the other day. Even some of you new guys did. As someone who's been here since this whole mess started, I can tell you that this is the first time that that's happened. Same with your violent arrival.

I never much liked this whole deal, and I'm liking it less and less every day. Some used to think that the Crystal of Fire was just sort of doing this and no one knew why. If you ask me, this past week's been a big clue pointing to someone being behind this. Not only that, but all that weird doppleganger stuff, like the ones we've found in the Magitek complex or around town only make everything even weirder. Someone out there sure knows a lot about my home planet, at least, and now we know they know plenty about the rest of yours, too.

Whatever this is all about, it's got something to do with that Lady Kalki and the Emperor. That's about all I got out of those dang spies when I saw them in Trano Golsaucia last month. You know what I miss? When I had an entire planet as my jurisdiction, not just one city. Otherwise they'd all be sitting in jail right now.

What I'm trying to say is that we can't just sit around and hope all this stuff just starts making sense sometime soon. It ain't. We need to do it without waiting for anyone to slid in and solve these problems. First things first: find Kalki. That means heading into the Empire somehow. And that means a whole mess of danger.

So who's interested?

- Sparks Nevada
Marshal on Mars
Captain, Aqures Ixen Police
and one ornery Hero of Light

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[B: action/moogle

When the Heroes had been told they could once again bring items from home by Jessie, what Sparks had asked for was his Marshal Station. Asking for a small, rocket-powered, AI-equipped building is a bit of a tall order, and when too many days pass with no word from Jessie, Sparks figures it for a loss.

However, his moogle Red gets word that there's a delivery for her charge today, surprised to find a book had been brought for him instead. And what a book! Titled, "We're From Earth: A Tale of Star-Crossing Lovers", the book is apparently about the marshal himself and written by his ex-girlfriend, the famous writer Rebecca Rose Rushmore. Sparks is more of someone who will talk about his past exploits than anything personal, despite Red's attempts. A sucker for juicy gossip, Red's hit the jackpot.

She does give an honest try in not reading it, since it's his mail and not hers, but she can't resist. After all, what will one little peek hurt? Just a page or two! Naturally, she gets completely sucked in. The book is full of all kinds of sordid details she wasn't expecting, and Sparks comes off as a total jerk. Instead of flying directly to Sparks's house, she can be found reading the book while ambling her way there, her face glued to the pages.]

No way! [She gasps quietly.] Sparks, how could you, kupo...!

[Seems she's so enraptured that she's not looking where she's going or how low she's flying, and she smacks right into you, book falling cover-up at your feet. She squeals in horror to not only have done that, but to be caught red-handed.]


[[ooc - If you want to answer both prompts, go for it, but it might be easier to do it in separate tags.]]