melodiesoflife | Intro Log || The Night of the Thirteen Moogles

Intro Log || The Night of the Thirteen Moogles

Characters: All the "Heroes of Light" (only new characters can start threads).
Where: Aqures Ixen.
When: The 5th of October. The new Heroes of Light will awaken early in the morning.
Summary: The new Heroes of Light awaken in Aqures Ixen and are informed by their assigned Moogles of what the situation and what their destinies are. This a log for them to react to the situation, meet each other and be welcomed by the former batches of Heroes of Light. New Heroes of Light will not have their Crystal.
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. Upon doing so, you can hear a soft, soothing voice speaking:

"Wake up."

Soon, the void itself vanishes and is replaced by distant noises of engines. Had it all been nothing more than a dream? The soothing voice repeats its call one more time, but is soon replaced with a much less graceful "Wake up Kupo," the call of the Moogle finally waking you up. But you are no longer in your world, nor in the void. You are before the Crystal of Fire, in the third district of a city called Aqures Ixen. At this point, you may realize the engine noise actually originates from an Airship flying low over the city and headed to the castle. As if it wasn't strange enough, your clothes have changed as well. They are now a reflection of the Jobs you are wielding. Last but not least, you are surrounded by Moogles, small and fluffy creatures who are more than happy to tell you about everything you want to know, about your 'destiny' as a Hero of Light, about what awaits you.

Or at least, they will tell you everything they do know, which isn't much in the end.

The only people around you are like you-- There are quite a few of them, all clothed in their Job garbs and most likely wondering what is happening. If somehow you do not realize it, the Moogle who woke you up will be more than happy to inform you there are others like you around. In fact, there are other Heroes who arrived these past months too and they will come soon! Like you, they had Jobs and a Crystal-- Wait, you don't have a Crystal...? That's weird.

Your Moogle will be puzzled by this fact, as all Heroes of Light are supposed to have a crystal with them. Well, maybe you are not a Hero of Light after all?

The Other Heroes
— Shortly Thereafter —
Thanks to the efficiency of Mognet, it does not take long for the other Heroes to come around: those who arrived in this world one or two months ago. 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 worthy of being revered as heroes. 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 minor 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 Night of the Thirteen Moogles
— Anytime —
Something that may be obvious, is that the city has a spooky feel to it. There are various decorations, it clearly looks like a work in progress but it seems the idea is to make the city looks as scary as possible. Characters familiar with Halloween may recognize the decoration as being strikingly similar. The Moogles will be more than pleased to explain these are all preparations for the upcoming Night of the Thirteen Moogles on the 31st, and they will explain the legends to characters if they ask.

Hopefully all this talk of curse and King Moggle Mog is nothing more than legend.

The City of Aqures Ixen
— Anytime —
There are a lot of things left to do in the city, especially with everyone excited for the upcoming celebration. Starting from 18:00, a series of BLitzball games will take place at the stadium located in the tenth district, opposing amateur teams in a friendly competition. At the same time, a small group of Triple Triad players are playing before Mognet Office in the ninth district, and they are more than happy to teach the rule to anyone passing by. Characters are free to enter and play games of Triple Triad, and if they do so they will be given very basic cards and explained the rules. This may be the start of a promising career!

Characters are also free to visit the city-- Be it Mognet Office just behind the Triple Triad games is filled with very busy Moogles, or the Airship Port in the twelfth district from where characters can board for free Airships from Shoopuf Airline, knowing the next airship departing from Aqures Ixen will do so on the 9th. Still, characters can board an exposition Airship should they like and visit it.

Or maybe you could visit your new house in the 11th District, and get to know your new neighbors and housemate. Hopefully your neighbors are people you will get along with.

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Cloud wasn't missing, he was just a little late. His Moogle Mako had urged him to go welcome the newcomers, but he wasn't particularly interested in it, still recovering just a little from his recent adventures. He wasn't badly injured, but he was still very sore from being kicked by a magitek armor.

In any case, he wound up going to welcome the new heroes mostly just to get his Moogle to leave him alone. Their usual arguing came to a halt though when Cloud approached the group of newcomers. He stopped short, gaping for a moment and eyes wide. "Zack?"

The look of shock turns to a happy grin, "Zack! You're here!" The blonde looks hale and hearty, as much as he did right before the Nibelheim mission.

"It's nice to meet you, Gaara."

The question of his language had him nodding. Kamisu 66 was in a place called Japan, after all. This posed an interesting question, however. Everyone, here, was speaking what sounded to be the same language. He hadn't considered that different worlds should, possibly, mean language barriers. Unless...perhaps, there was some sort of power that had everyone understanding one another. His brow was quirking in curiosity about something else, as well. That was the first time he'd heard someone speaking so familiarly of something of his world, "You know of Japan?"

Nodding to Gaara's deduction of what the missing Crystals meant, Shun moved to rest a hand on his hip. Looking down, in thought, he spoke in a quiet voice, "I have to wonder what else, aside from Heroes of Light, we could be. Your idea sounds reasonable."

Watching as the spell was cast on him, he gives a soft blink. What an interesting ability. As for his own, he recalled Michiko's list. Shaking his head, he offered a polite smile, "Protect...How does that work, exactly? And, at the moment, I'm unsure that it would be a good idea to summon the beings into this setting. I could craft you a weapon, if I were in possession of the proper materials, however."

Michiko smiled, brightly, "Maybe you could ask!" Though, at the mention of her name being great, she blushed a bit, "K-kupo...You think so? I think he picked it simply because he liked the sound of it..."

After blinking up at the other moogle, the yellow creature smiled and flew up to join her in the circles.

"I agree. I truly believe that anyone had the potential to become a hero." She walked at a slow pace, taking the time to eye the decorations as she went. After awhile the delicious scent of food could be smelled everywhere in the air around them.

"Lets see, what to get?" She lightly tapped her chin with her free hand.

Yuffie giggled. "Oh, don't worry. I honestly don't care. As long as you don't attack me." She has decided that she liked him. Yuffie slapped him on the back with a wide grin spread across her lips.

"What chur name hero?"

MarKus had a favorite dish, but he wasn't seeing it yet, rather, seeing a mixture of expected and unexpected foods here and there. "Yeah, even if they don't have the best personality around others, eventually they can be forged into something greater than steel." he comments, picking up something resembling barbecued chicken, as no sammiches were in sight.

"Pppho, wath, *gulp* your name miss?" he asks, half-rudely talking with food in his mouth... the other half being he swallowed before finishing his sentence.

"MarKus. MarKus Haley; Ace Mechanic of the White Chalice." he says, full title and everything, not that it meant much here. He took that smack on the back and staggered.

"Why would I attack you? Are you some stubborn brat that needs to be hit in the head to get the concept of friendship through your skull?" he questions, grinning at his memories.

Zelda giggled softly. "I'm sorry. My name is Zelda and this little guy is Kupola." She gestured to the moogle who was still preoccupied with his task.

Her head tilted to the side. "What's your name?"

She hadn't meant to eavesdrop, but it was hard to not be curious about a new face in the city. While her moogle fluttered behind her, Tifa got up from the bench she'd been sitting at to move over to great the seemingly new arrival in the city.

Standing before him, the woman put out a hand without saying a word, a bright smile at her lips while the moogle hugged the back of her head to hold on.

"I'm Tifa, Tifa Lockhart. Can't say I've seen you around the city before. I'm not one to assume things but, I'm guessing you're new here?"

Something about the lad gave her a nostalgic feeling, one she's not able to finger right away. There was something that reminded her of a childhood friend, but maybe it was just her luck to run into a blonde-haired soldier who didn't happen to be the man she was looking for.

"I will not," Akiha snapped back automatically, refusing to let the damned bonnet be taken from her. She didn't want Kris trying to put it back on her or anything stupid like that.

"Here, Beast. Hold this," she said to her moogle who obediently took the bonnet and stowed it... somewhere. Akiha didn't know where the bonnet had gone, but the moogle wasn't holding it anymore nor did she see it anywhere. But she really didn't care as long as it wasn't on her head or in her magician's hands.

And then it dawned on her. "Kris!" She was happy the magician was there in this strange place... but then her expression returned to something more normal. "What took you so long?"

"Not exactly." But she was a thief and she honestly couldn't help it. Yuffie would see something she wanted and take it.

She stopped her pacing and stood, her eyes still watching him. She was about to say something when a surly voice echoed towards them. "I found you..."

Yuffie cringed as she turned to see her moogle flying towards her. "Oh no, it's Mooshoo. I gotta run!"

Sparks was used to onlookers when it came to the rocket steed, at this point; most folks in Aqures Ixen have never seen a horse, let along a cybernetic one. The marshal would have assumed MarKus was a local, except for the fact that he knew it was a horse.

"Huh? Oh, yeah. You one of the new 'Heroes' in town?"

The armor was similar, but Sparks wasn't carrying a sword like others. Instead, where a sheath would be on his hip were tied a pair of large robotic gloves.

"I ain't ever heard of one, til I got here. It's a job all about fightin' and protectin'. Figure that was what I was given, seein' as I'm the marshal on Mars back in my home universe."

Sparks looked a little confused by those questions, though. "Waaaait. Are you sayin' you ain't got a crystal? Thought all of us so-called Heroes were supposed to have one."

If there was one person who could startle Zack thoroughly, it was Tifa. Mostly since the last time he saw her was in Nibelheim's reactor core with her back turned towards him while saying she hated ShinRa. He'd known Cloud had seen her after that, checked to make sure she was alive but he didn't know what had happened to her in the four years that followed. So her voice has him standing fast enough to knock his chair over.

He almost expected her to walk away. Not stand there and come closer.

"Tifa? Is that you?"

The girl he knew, their guide looked older. Of course she did. It's been four years since Sephiroth burned down her and Cloud's village and he hardly expected her to stay the same. Right up until he'd gotten Aerith's letter he hadn't known how much time had passed while they were Hojo's experiments. But somehow reading it and seeing it felt like two different things.

Zack gave her a small, unsure smile. He didn't know if she was still upset with ShinRa, or more importantly -- if she included him in that too anymore. "It's been a while."

Sorry to say but he was 100% missing. Zack was even starting to consider putting up lost chocobo flyers. Okay, maybe not but it felt strange to not have his friend there even if he was unconscious. Cloud was someone to talk to on their trek across the Planet, his constant companion and Zack's responsibility to look after ever since they met and bonded. To think that maybe he'd left his spiky-haired friend in ShinRa's clutches was not something that sat well with him so he was worried and wouldn't be appeased until he saw Cloud again.

His search of the ground proved near-fruitless since he didn't find his friend slumped somewhere waiting for him. Except someone is calling his name and caused him to look up. There, walking and talking like he had been before Sephiroth was the familiar Infantryman. "Cloud?"

Really he should be happy that the blond was mobile again but it was also very confusing. Zack moved through the crowd until he could throw an arm around the other male. Definitely not the kid he pulled out of the mako tank or hauled around for months. A grin broke out across his face. "Of course I'm here! Couldn't leave you here alone, could I?"

He'll worry about the differences later. Just enjoy being able to talk and get a real response back from Cloud right now.

A faint, almost bitter smile briefly played over his lips at hearing those words. They didn’t carry very much significance – most people used them with the same casual tone of asking how someone was doing. Gaara gave a simple nod to acknowledge his words, but didn’t return them. He preferred not to be insincere, and it was far too early to determine how “nice” their bond would turn out.

“I have heard of the country itself, but never visited it personally,” he replied calmly, “It was brought to my attention that Japanese is similar to the language we speak in our home world.”

Tilting his head with a curious edge, he suggested in a mild tone, “You could very well be derived from the Calamity instead. They oppose the Heroes of Light.”

Hmm… He didn’t find anything particularly noteworthy of this spell. He relayed the information with ease; “Protect is a spell that increases resilience against physical attacks. Similarly, Shell lessens the amount of damage received from enduring magical spells.”

And, that was a reasonable point brought up by the Summoner. Smirking a little, Gaara boldly suggested, “Perhaps in a combat situation, then. Sometime in the near future.” He enjoyed fighting, and gathering new facts was very much an ingrained ninja skill. Only through interaction and careful observation could he determine if Shun was worth his time. “I would be interested in utilizing your services as a Blacksmith, once you have developed an adequate skill level.”

Karura, on the other hand… it seemed like she was making fast friends with Shun’s Moogle, already. For a very brief moment, Gaara considered apologizing on behalf of her intrusive behavior. She took a hold of Michiko’s paws in midair and started randomly dancing with her. Giggling and laughing, she chanted in a melodic voice, “Mi-chi-ko! Mi-chi-ko!”

It was good to hear Angeal laugh again. It felt like it had been too long since everything started to roll downhill. Most of the time the things his mentor had left him were enough; the memories, the dreams, the copies. Yet it was nothing like having the real thing in front of him again. Zack wouldn't have to wonder to himself what Angeal would do and not get an answer. Sure he would try to figure it out himself first but if he was really stumped, now he could just ask.

While he might have changed a little since he last saw Angeal, his mentor hadn't changed one bit. A small comfort in a world where almost everything was different. He picked at the remains of his food while the other SOLDIER dug in to his food. With the natural silence it was the perfect time to think. Zack wondered if maybe he'd died on that field in front of the firing squad, it was almost all so surreal. Maybe this was really the lifestream and he'd been reunited with old faces.

It felt too real though so he dismissed the idea rather quickly. Just because he was seeing faces long gone didn't mean they were all dead. However he did have questions, like what Angeal remembered because it had become apparent that they were all from different points in time.

He looked up when Angeal spoke, broken free from all of the curiosities floating around in his head. A smile formed on his face. "Yeah, I've seen him. Wouldn't be here eating if I hadn't." The words spoke volumes. Cloud was the friend he'd been protecting before coming here, no way Zack could relax without seeing him. "Might be a close call on that determination though. Kid's got potential."

Lots of potential. Even without the mako enhancements he'd taken on Sephiroth. He might have been seriously injured in the battle but Cloud managed to stop him from taking Jenova's head.

Zack nodded once. "Thanks for looking after him for me." Seriously he means that. There wouldn't be anyone on the Planet or on this world that he'd trust more than Angeal with Cloud's safety.

Cloud's face pretty much matched Ramza's tone. He took a half step back as the newcomer moved towards him, moving his staff forward a bit. "Yeeeeah....?" He didn't think it was going to be trouble, but it was still troubling to be called by name by a complete stranger. "Who are you?"

Cloud nodded, gesturing to the different items in the shop, "Yeah, I picked up a new Job in a recent incident, but I just wanted to make sure I still have some good gear set aside if I need it. My new one is a bit more combat heavy I think." At least, that's certainly the impression he got from the guy they fought.

"What about you? What did you end up with?"

The key here was that she didn't walk away. Which meant she put on her most charming smile.

"I bet you wouldn't mind making a deal. Paying me after I prove it, huh?"

"Long? Is just a couple minutes too long for you?"

Akiha did hate lateness. Kris pouted a little when the bonnet was taken away, though. She really wanted to see Akiha wearing that. Well, a better view of it at least.

"Woah!" Was all he could say when suddenly he had a tiny Wutai girl wrapping herself around him. Both of his arms go up instinctively before he placed both hands on her shoulders. He'll have to check himself before she disappeared on him because Yuffie had the stickiest fingers he knew. If she took something that wasn't too important or too much, Zack might just let her go.

"Yeah? Who's that?" Honestly he could think of a few people who would fit that description - Hojo being right up there at the top of the list. "A girl?" There weren't a lot of girls in SOLDIER...or in ShinRa really so he doesn't know who Yuffie could be talking about.

"It depends what you want as payment." Yuffie wasn't ready to relinquish the few things she has managed to collect here but if it was something simple that she could steal for this adventurer than it might prove to be worth it.

"And what you plan to do to prove yourself." Her grin turned to an evil smile. "I think you should surprise me. Until then..." With that Yuffie jumped back up onto the roof and sauntered away.

"Me and my partner make a great team! You'll see!"

Yelling out after her. Super mature, certainly. Advisable? Not particularly. But Kris wasn't one to pick out what was a smart move and what wasn't unless her life was on the line.

"Too bad. It would have been nice if we could all have enjoyed them together."

Sadly the purple carrots don't taste anything like purple apples. Zack had been disappointed in them which was why there was a few left. He continued to eat more of his meal but at a much slower pace than he had before, not because Genesis was there and he was using proper manners. When he had said he couldn't eat all of this alone it had been true.

That idly eating stopped when Genesis spoke up again. A frown formed before he shrugged it off. "Not particularly, so I decided to skip out on him. Turns out he didn't like me that much either." In Hojo's eyes he'd been a disappointment because his body couldn't accept Jenova's cells. ShinRa would have cut him down to get rid of their evidence like they'd done to Banora and so many other things along the way.

Yuffie sat back with a pout. "I live with Sephiroth. Then there is Angeal who is always so grumpy! The water wasn't my fault!!! Then Gen, then girl Gen, then You." She started to count on her fingers as she listed the group of SOLDIERS living in the city.

"Not that I'm happy to see you either." She placed her hands on her hips trying to play off the earlier hug like it never happened.

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