Event || Strategy

[melodiesmods]

Characters: All the Heroes of Light and some NPCs.
Where: Aqures Ixen, Castle.
When: January 25th, Afternoon
Summary: All the Heroes of Light were formally invited to a meeting in the Castle of Aqures Ixen, in the conference room. They will be able to discuss strategy with their peers and the allies amongst the NPCs. This is the final preparation before endgame.
Warning: N/A.

Mingle Thread
The Meeting

Comments

[toomanymistakes]

[She also raises her hazy-white crystal, nodding.]

Aside from making us useless to Garland's plans, we know little else of the significance.

[red_planet_blues]

[Sparks takes his own from inside of his coat - a crystal clear star-shaped one.]

Uh, mine didn't start off this way. But Kalki saw to change that, whatever it means.

[jadethenecromancer]

Yes... Ours changed when we got close to the Calamity in the Heran Research Center two years ago. That's when it awakened and started spreading.

[Jade takes out his fonstone-shaped crystal.]

All we know is Kalki's claim that a white crystal signifies a connection to the Calamity. What this means, or how it's different from the Black Crystals... I'm afraid I don't know. Trying to scan them at the lab only results in an error message.

[He pauses, mulling over what Lucrecia said.] ...Although, if we're useless to Garland's plans... That would imply we can't be sacrificed for Nova Crystallis.

[unyieldingspirit]

She was- collecting fragments, I thought…

[she frowns, and shakes her head.]

That's- most likely the renewal stage, I assume?

[not_most_days]

Aye, I have one. It lost its color when we ran into Kalki, same as them.

[She gestures at Sparks, K'pandolu and Jade.]

It wasn't anything she did to us, least not how it looked. It happened when we got close to her and the crystal she was working on down there.

[She pulls out her crystal and turns the cube shaped prism in her fingers.]

Could be the Calamity has already ate its fill from us. I don't like the implication, but I've not liked most of the other possibilities either.

[uncoiledpromise]

[Alisaie nods once, holding the near-translucent crystal out in her hand.]

Your guesses are as good as mine.

[umslay]

[Ales uncaps a marker from his bag and takes out a sheet of paper. On it are the names of the Heroes that have spoken so far.]

Sephie
Santa
Lucrecia
Sparks Nevada
Jade
K'pandolu
James Kidd
Alisaie

It's not on the red-blue scale, so it's not linked to the Calamity. But unlike the Black Crystals, they aren't full of terrible power. My guess is that those with white crystals will have to be called upon if there's some traversing in the Calamity to do.

[He taps the black tip against the paper a few times.] And if you don't fit into Garland's plans, you might have some sort of advantage over him when we bring him down.

[21stcenturyguy]

[Santa shrugs. He would've preferred a black crystal, but white is ok. Better than some lame blue or red one.]

If we don't got the Calamity connection, maybe it won't be able to sense us if we sneak up on it in the Rift or whatever. You think?

[Being, like, a spy or an assassin would be pretty badass.]

[fearlessherosheart]

[Tazendra held out her own white crystal]

We still have Shadows, so the Calamity was perhaps not fully finished with us.

[boomchucka]

We were still affected by the change back in August though so I don't think that'll be an option. But if there was a way to enter the rift undetected, maybe someone could get inside the rift again and attempt to reason with that voice we all heard.

[It's a shot in the dark but it's one that Selphie has to put forward. Then again, she's also thinking that talk might be cheap in this scenario.]

[unyieldingspirit]

Some of us have been in stasis, too… But that the Calamity might be more blind towards us seems within the realm of possibility.

[she tilts her head towards Selphie.]

Well- that's a possibility. Depending on how willing it is to listen… Speaking of which- did it remind any of you of anything?

[something had seemed faintly familiar- but she's having a little trouble placing it.]

[not_most_days]

[Mary frowns. The point made about the Shadows is a good one. And she's still yet to face her own.]

I'm not sure, I think perhaps it did, but I can't quite place it. But as for us having Shadows, aren't those what the Calamity has left within us rather than the other way around?

[jadethenecromancer]

Shadows are the Calamity fragments we've all been carrying from the moment we first came to Crystallis. Since we still have them, I think it's safe to assume we haven't lost our connection to the Calamity.

[Jade pauses, then pulls out a certain transcript he took along just in case.]

Remember what Kalki said in her video tape? Her plan was for one of us to merge with the Calamity and become a God to recreate the world. I wonder if whatever she did to us could have been in preparation for that...

[red_planet_blues]

Reason with the Rift? I nominate, um, anyone but me. Literally anyone but me. Not doin' that again, thanks.

[Sparks thinks on this whole Shadow thing for a moment.]

We all had to, like, accept our Shadows, right? So those of us who have are kinda stuck with havin' that with us forever now.

[unyieldingspirit]

[K'pandolu pulls a face at Jade's reminder, ears twitching back.]

It could be, I suppose. I don't like it one bit- it's a bad idea. [admittedly, she's speaking from her point of view, where the summoned deities sap the land. Still.]

[she nods to Sparks, humming for a moment.] Perhaps our most diplomatic, then? With backup, should it become necessary. [look she's not saying things would go south but. just in case.] Of course, we'll need to get there, as well…

[she shrugs, uncertain.] Perhaps… But it's not a part of you that wasn't already there, isn't it?

[melodiesnpcs]

If those of you with white crystals aren't of any use to Garland, you can be sure you're of use for Kalki's plan. Becoming God or whatever that megalomaniac witch thought up.

[ Cid looked at the Crystals of the Heroes, but evidently had no clue about them. ]

She's about as twisted as they get, so don't go thinking she made you any favor. Beyond that, afraid I don't have a clue.

[not_most_days]

[Mary offers Cid a nod, and a far more satisfied one this time.]

Apart from seemingly protecting us during our little jaunt through time I agree we don't owe her anything. And even that came at the cost of more lives. But a woman like her is the sort to be prepared, and to benefit even when things don't go precisely according to her machinations.

[She doesn't want to step into any more traps than she already has to this point if she can help it. The device she handed over to Palitutu still troubles her.]