melodiesoflife | 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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

"I had hoped I didn't have to help in anyway, but we were brought here for a reason. One we just don't know of fully yet." She thought it would have been nice to have even a small break like they usually got before the next big bad, but at home she was already dealing with one thing, now she had to deal with this before she could even do that. She just hoped her friends could handle it without her for now.

"I see, so you would have been much like earth where I'm from, but now that you know of others doesn't it make you curious?"

Did it make him curious? "I suppose I am a little selfish," he admitted. "There is so much unrest in Ivalice, I fear to venture to other places. Now that I am here, I will do what I must to aid Aqures Ixen, but when I am allowed to leave, I will return to my world and no other."

Although, no matter how much he wanted to go back, he would never be able to return to his homeland, not with the outstanding bounty on his head. Best not to think of that.

"Have you explored many of your worlds? Do people pass freely between them, or only with the aid of magic, like here?" he asked Bloom, instead.

She gave a nod, she understood that need to go back home and not try and explore other places for one reason or another. She had to herself, so she wondered if it was the same for them.

"A few, but not all of them of course. There are so many and some we aren't even meant to explore." Although she had to in one case and that wasn't easy to say the least. "How we pass through is actually much easier than here since I have no idea how it worked here."

They were now passing through streets of Aqures Ixen proper. Some of the sites seemed familiar enough to Ramza, although there were constant reminders that he was no longer in Ivalice (like all of the strange decorations).

"I had the impression the crystals were involved in our travel here," he told Bloom. "It was similar in my world. We discovered an ancient machine that, when powered by an auracite crystal, opened the portal to the other world I mentioned." He was not sure if that knowledge would be useful to her, but since she was the more experienced of the two when it came to trans-dimensional travel, it seemed wise to keep her informed.

"I guess crystals seem to be a big thing here and where your from. But in our case we don't seem to have them even though our moogles might insist that we should." She asked, the last part she had started to trail off to the point of nearly talking to herself. But it was something she needed to think about. After all if they were meant to have crystals when they arrived and if they were the thing that brought them there then why weren't they with them right?

Ramza kept his voice low, mindful of the moogles not far off and the people passing by on the streets.

"Exactly. If the crystals were being used to summon Heroes, and we do not bear crystals...perhaps we were not brought here by the same shadow hand the others before us were. Perhaps we are not 'Heroes' at all." His mind raced, recalling the conflicts he had seen in his own world.

"We know nothing of the true intentions of the absent queen and her coterie. They might not be as benevolent as our moogle allies believe. There is no way to know until we can investigate them." Yes, it sounded paranoid, but to Ramza, a just queen calling pure-hearted warriors to her aid against an unknown evil sounded too...story-like to be truth.

"Is that why you don't believe such a thing? I gues it would make sense, but yet at the same time if it was not them, then who could possibly do this?" But never the less she had to admit it was odd that they arrive with no crystal while the others before did.

So many thoughts were running through her head as she walked and many things she wished could be answered right off the bat, but she knew deep down that wouldn't be the case as she stopped moving for the time being glancing over and making her moogle stop, unsure as to why the other would stop in the first place.

It wasn't long before Bloom was close to whispering so the others couldn't hear, at least for now. "So we should actually try and find out."

Ramza nodded. "Agreed," he whispered back at Bloom. "There is much we do not know. Without all the pieces, we cannot hope to puzzle together the truth of our situation." He started walking again.

"We should talk with the other 'Heroes'. Perhaps they have an idea of who else might have such great power." He lowered his voice again. "But until we know who to trust, I think it might be best not to mention my suspicions about our lack of crystals."

"That is true. That's why we'll do our best to solve the puzzle. That's the most simple thing to do after all, right?" She paused once more to think a few things over.

"I honestly think we can trust these moogles. I don't think they have a single bad bone in their body" She said honestly as she looked back at them, Daphne starting to wonder what they were talking about.

"I mean, after all they gave us what they knew that we otherwise wouldn't have."

Ramza frowned. "I think them benevolent creatures, to be sure, but that does not mean they are not being used as pawns in some great chess master's game. The most innocent and kindhearted people are oft the easiest duped by a skilled manipulator." It angered him, thinking of someone using Simon and the other moogles for their own machinations.

"Perhaps I am too paranoid," he said after a moment's pause. "The moogles are trustworthy. But I would not to burden them with these thoughts unless I had proof."

"That isn't always the case you know. I have such a kindhearted person as a friend back home, but she has her own beliefs and isn't afraid to say when something is wrong. For all we know the same could be said of the moogles." She said, knowing that not all good people can be so easily manipulated, after all she used Flora as an example and knew she would never let that happen to her unless magic was of course involved.

Looking back at the cure creatures she paused "Maybe, but they can also be helpful. They might even be happy to take ones burdens, but I guess we wouldn't know that for certain."

"I hope that that is the case," Ramza told her. 'But I am not so naive as to rely upon it.' It was better to keep his suspicions to himself, he decided. Bloom was optimistic enough to trust in their new allies, and he did not want to ruin that. He would just have to investigate matters on his own.

"If they are truly to accompany us everywhere on this quest, we will get to know the true mettle of our moogle allies soon enough."

She nodded slightly. She was always somewhat optimistic about things, but she knew that discovering things first always helps.

"I hope so. I'm curious about what they can do after all."

Intro Log || The Night of the Thirteen Moogles

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