Melodies Of Life || Change those flowing tears into shining courage, life goes on

[melodiesmods]

Characters: Anyone who's been in the game
Where: Aqures Ixen
When: August 3rd
Summary: A story is over, many others are about to begin. Friends may reunite and rejoice together, friends may part and say farewell to each over forever. But even if you should leave your friends behind, your voice shall never forget their melodies.


Following the battle against Kalki, the sacrifice of old friends and the second destruction of Aqures Tosf, Palitutu cast all Heroes of Light into the Rift, each of them finding themselves in an all too familiar void. And yet... Soon the void vanished, as it had once before. This time it was all too clear none of this had been a dream. Upon coming to their senses, the Heroes of Light will find themselves on the outskirts of Aqures Ixen. Music and laughter can be heard coming from the city.

Is there a celebration in the city? Shouldn't it be filled with corrupted Heroes of Light and on the brink of destruction? Before they can do anything about these questions, the Heroes of Light are submerged by a wave of fluffy white balls of fur and fluff- the Moogles who helped them for all these years and are now overjoyed to see they are safe and sound. As they once did before, the Moogles will answer all of their questions, but also drag them into the city. A celebration is indeed taking place and why, it appears they are the reason the celebration is happening. The music is joyous, the people are happy and all appears to be for the best.

Upon reaching the third district, they will see familiar faces. Cid, Wedge, Biggs, Parajapati, Mograma, O'aka and many other friends they made along the way. They will all clap for them before congratulating them and taking part in the festivities. There are more familiar faces, however. Where once stood the Crystal of Fire is now a statue depicting four Heroes of Light: Sephiroth, Minato, Tears and Sayaka, all four of them brandishing their crystal and weapons in a heroic posture.

Whilst many might be sad and mourn them, perhaps this is also an occasion to celebrate what they were in life and carry the memory of their deeds into your own life. Melodies of life, come circle round and grow deep in our hearts, as long as we remember.

THE END

Comments

[not_most_days]

[Mary smiles as she leans against the bar, tugging at the handle of the stein with her fingertips. Not enough to lift it but she idly turns it this way and that as she lets the beer settle.]

A 'Beer Garden' eh? The scallywags I knew would just call this drinking. Still, the face of something is all about how you name it, isn't it? While the soul is what you do it for?

[There were many who tried to cast the Heroes as Destroyers, but they fought against that. The revelry they were indulging in threatened to wash out the losses and pain that they had before but for the moment it was okay. The brightness of this Beer Garden could serve just as well to raise a glass to the fallen.]

[forcegalactic]

There's a different between goin' out with your buddies to a bar and goin' under a tent meant to taste all different sorts of brews from all over. Ones informal and the other's formal.

[His face is serious. Don't call this event "just drinking" to a professional bartender.]

That's a mighty poetic way of puttin' it. Letter of the law versus the spirit of it. I have a preference for the former, but I see what you're gettin' at. Spirit's the thing.

[not_most_days]

[She keeps on smirking, ready to laugh at this concept of the Beer Garden, but she doesn't. He's amusing here but she dares not disrespect him. If this is what makes him happy and it's making others happy as well, if there's no harm being done then she'll do no harm herself.]

Spirits indeed. [She raises her glass, gives it a swish and downs the remnants.]

More the heart of the law, I'd say. The reason we all choose to follow it, or the reason we choose to ignore others. Doing what's good and right rather than what's proper or expected. A bit like all of us over the past few years, aye?

[forcegalactic]

Won't say laws are about what we're expected to do, but how to keep us safe from each other. Crystallis is just as dangerous as any other planet, and I see why we'd have protocol on how to deal with problems. Rushin' everywhere's bound to get you killed on Mars, and the same is true here.

[Those who didn't think before they acted died. Those that stayed back and kept a watchful eye on the town survived another invasion or bandit shootout. Caution could spell the difference between life and death.]

But those exceptions? Yeah, when you got a good idea, there's times to break the rules.

[not_most_days]

[Mary still isn't sure she agrees with Mordeci's sentiment about laws, but she's glad he feels that way. Someone has to. Laws don't mean anything if folk don't believe in them. And then it takes people like her to make sure they keep believing in the people.

But with a chuckle she raises her glass in a proper toast.]

Well then, to breaking the rules to save the world.

[forcegalactic]

Not all the rules.

[Said with a smile. He raises his own, mostly empty glass.]

To keepin' the world safe and alive.