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

[red_planet_blues]

Oh, uh. It's just. Y'know. We just stopped the world from ending, so...

[He thinks it over for a moment.]

I once stopped all multiverses from gettin' wrecked. Long story. Except not really. It wasn't nearly as exhaustin' as doing it this time was. Sheesh. I think I'm gettin' old.

[neverfirstclass]

[Cloud nods. It's a bit hard to fathom the whole saving the world thing, both because of the fact that they finally succeeded and just the sheer magnitude of the idea.

But the cost keeps it grounded.]

Back in my world I was supposed to save the Planet twice. But all things considered I think I did better here. I think we all did. But yeah, exhausting...

[red_planet_blues]

I mean, we won, it's saved, so I'd say yeah, good job all around.

[He holds up a drink as a toast, but he still doesn't seem as enthused as someone should be in this case.]

Time to enjoy retirement, I guess.

[neverfirstclass]

[Cloud eyes Sparks, catching the lack of conviction behind his words. He doesn't question it. He understands. But the last bit still catches him a bit off guard.]

Retirement? From being a Hero? Or do you mean your not going home?

[red_planet_blues]

From world-savin'. Y'know, until the next one comes along, which'll probably be sooner than we all like.

[He takes a drinking, thinking about that. There's always some place that will need saving.]

I'm totally going home. Back to Mars. Got marshaling to do there and all. Someone probably took my place and is doin' a bad job at it.

[He pauses awkwardly for a moment.]

I mean, I'm probably gonna stick around here for a little bit. Just a little bit. Get the Aqures Ixen police station back up 'n running. God knows they ain't gonna be able to do it themselves fast enough.

[neverfirstclass]

[Cloud just nods at first. He can understand that length of retirement. It's not like either of them are the types to refuse the call if it came.

But he listens, and he can follow the thread of uncertainty in Spark's rambling proclamation.]

If you gotta go home nobody will hold it against you. And if you want to stay here it's your decision. I don't know about Mars but you've put in more than your fair share here.

[He didn't have any real call to plead one way or another for the Marshall, but he'd support him no matter what.]