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Happy New Year...And New Life!
Characters: All the "Heroes of Light" (only new characters can start threads).
Where: Aqures Ixen.
When: January 01st - January 31st. 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 not sealed away (such as the Floating Ruins).
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 for your character, find them, and plot their escape from a particularly dangerous place and the likes!
Warning: N/A.
Where: Aqures Ixen.
When: January 01st - January 31st. 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 not sealed away (such as the Floating Ruins).
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 for 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 fades, 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 canspy 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.
Now Get to Work!
— Anytime —
If your character is fortunate enough to wake up in a city that the Calamity hasn't yet tainted with its darkness and overpowered monsters, you don't get to put up your feet and take it easy. Refugees are arriving in large numbers with their belongings, family and friends, and possibly their pack animals as well. Driven from their homes when the crystallization threatened to consume them, or by Calamity monsters that were getting too close for comfort, they're coming to the protected cities seeking refuge. If they spot you with a Moogle, it's safe for them to assume you're a Hero of Light and they surge forward to greet you -- either with praise and hopes for salvation, requests for help in reclaiming something valuable left behind (a family heirloom? a missing dog?), directions to the nearest inn or marketplace, help moving these heavy boxes... I mean, you're a Hero of Light, so clearly you know everything that's going on, don't you?
Or maybe you were one of the unlucky ones who woke up in Flence, Trano Golsaucia, or one of the many other contaminated areas. In that case, you're still not off the hook! Whether there are stragglers in the city or surrounding countryside that couldn't make it, or simply too stubborn to leave their homes, powerful monsters swarm the area and threaten the well-being of anyone unfortunate enough to cross their paths. Good luck taking them on with your new jobs that you just got, you might need some help from a fellow Hero of Light! It's not all bad, though. Your Moogle may have informed you about the Old Man at the Monster Arena who wants one of each monster captured for his collection, with excellent rewards (see the section labeled 'Monster Arena' for more details) for those who bring him what he wants.
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.
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 fades, and everything else along with it, nothing but darkness remaining....
— 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...
— 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.
— 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
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.
— Anytime —
If your character is fortunate enough to wake up in a city that the Calamity hasn't yet tainted with its darkness and overpowered monsters, you don't get to put up your feet and take it easy. Refugees are arriving in large numbers with their belongings, family and friends, and possibly their pack animals as well. Driven from their homes when the crystallization threatened to consume them, or by Calamity monsters that were getting too close for comfort, they're coming to the protected cities seeking refuge. If they spot you with a Moogle, it's safe for them to assume you're a Hero of Light and they surge forward to greet you -- either with praise and hopes for salvation, requests for help in reclaiming something valuable left behind (a family heirloom? a missing dog?), directions to the nearest inn or marketplace, help moving these heavy boxes... I mean, you're a Hero of Light, so clearly you know everything that's going on, don't you?
Or maybe you were one of the unlucky ones who woke up in Flence, Trano Golsaucia, or one of the many other contaminated areas. In that case, you're still not off the hook! Whether there are stragglers in the city or surrounding countryside that couldn't make it, or simply too stubborn to leave their homes, powerful monsters swarm the area and threaten the well-being of anyone unfortunate enough to cross their paths. Good luck taking them on with your new jobs that you just got, you might need some help from a fellow Hero of Light! It's not all bad, though. Your Moogle may have informed you about the Old Man at the Monster Arena who wants one of each monster captured for his collection, with excellent rewards (see the section labeled 'Monster Arena' for more details) for those who bring him what he wants.
— 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.
Re: Search for the Heroes (roughly early to mid-January)
But perhaps he wasn't expecting the response to come from about 15 feet off the ground, a seeming young man in Pirate garb casually stepping from branch to branch while leaning against the tree trunk.]
Ahoy there. I expect you've just recently found yourself in this world, aye?
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His hand still at the ready, Asch cranes his head up to look at the other man (who he doesn't yet know isn't another man).]
You could say that. Where's the closest city?
[His moogle is soon to come, still rushing its way over.]
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Bit of a ways, but Aqures Ixen is going to be the one you'll want to go to.
[She nods as she sees the moogle flutter onto the scene. Another one hops down from the treetops, wearing a cotton hood and settles on Kidd's shoulder.]
I heard word of a new Hero and a moogle being sent out to find them. We decided to follow. My airship is moored nearby.
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A new Hero...?
[It's a rhetorical question that sounds more like an incomplete statement. He's guessing he's the one who's the 'new Hero' around here, which means a moogle's supposed to find him.
—and he's guessing these little stuffed-animal creatures dropping in on them are moogles? Asch's head follows the moogle as it slowly drifts downward to land in front of him. He stares.]
Kupo! [She first waves at Asch before turning to Kidd and her moogle, then nods in confirmation.] He's the one!
[Before Asch could say anything else, the moogle turns back to him and continues,]
Hi, Asch! Didn't expect you to wake up all the way out here, kupo! We sure have a lot to talk about, but an airship sounds a whole lot nicer than standing around here!
[While Asch can't help feeling a little wary, he doesn't really have anything to go on right now. He loosens his grip before finally straighening up.]
Fine. [Turning toward Kidd,] Take me to your airship.
...And she's right. I'm Asch.
[He knows she just heard Marshmallow mention his name, but still. This is Asch's way of saying, "Nice to meet you." Without doing so verbatim.]
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James Kidd. Least, that's what they called me back home. [A test of sorts, to see if her name is recognized. But at the same time by the look of him he doesn't seem to be from a world or era that would recognize her real name either.]
I know this is a lot to take in. The simple version is that we've been brought to this world in a wild hope to save it. Things have started to break down though and the new Heroes aren't arriving in the city like they used to. I'm afraid you've come in near what may be the end.
[She gestures for him to follow, leading the way to a clearing where a smaller sized airship is parked. Something smaller than the Albiore for sheer scale but suited to a similar crew compliment. It seems more a seafaring vessal modified to be held aloft by balloons and a sturdy engine.]
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His voice is more neutral and less snappish when he asks,] The end? What do you mean?
[To think he was brought from the potential end of his world—though he trusts the replica will prevent that now—to the end of another. What a coincidence...]
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We've been brought to this world to save it from some manner of Calamity. We've been doing all we can but its influence has been spreading. It's only a matter of time before we need to make an attempt to stop it once and for all. If we can.
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Asch quietly hums as he thinks.] I see.
[Well, he now knows the details, anyway.]
We can talk about it more on-board.