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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Kairi paused, letting both the moogle and Cloud explain first before she thought about how to go about answering. It seemed simple enough but then again she didn't understand how magic was different in one world or another, so that wouldn't be as easy to answer if she had to.

Never the left she crossed her arms over her chest, Blaze keeping close by. "Wrong job? What jobs did you think were wrong? And why is actually a good question." She paused once again, was that really the best thing to ask?

"I'm sure you have enough time how to learn magic, right? I know a friend who learnt how to use magic quickly, or at least I assume that anyway so it shouldn't be too hard in this case."

Cloud looked a little sheepish. Now that he was getting the hang of being a Black Mage, he didn't feel as disagreeable about it. "I'm in a army back home. A soldier. I was trained with a rifle, some sword training. I hadn't really done much with magic yet. Also, back home we need stones called Materia to use it. Learning to use it without needing it was...odd."

"Well now your new job HAS a sword, doesn't it kupo! So quit your bellyaching!" Mako had a nicely smug expression on his face as he fluttered in the air with his paws on his hips.

Kairi stood there quietly, listening to each and every word that the young man said. So they had magic from something known as Materia... Kairi had no clue whatsoever what that was, but it must of been important to them to be able to use magic when they used it. "So... you were in the army before you arrived here and so you learnt things, but the jobs you were given here aren't the same... Am I getting it right?"

She couldn't help however but give a small chuckle at the other moogle being so smug. "I guess if that is true you should be fine, but did it mean you couldn't use one before?"

"Basically," he shrugged, "It was annoying because it was happening so suddenly. When you get down to it, I'm lucky because my world was similar to this one. Other people were apparently seeing magic and monsters and other things for the first time."

He briefly got a far off look on his face as he thought about home, but it was quickly shaken off, "I've practiced a bit with a sword. Just not one of this style." He looked to Kairi once more, trying to deflect the topic, "What about you? Any questions about this place?"

Kairi slowly went and moved her arms behind her back as she listened. To be honest she knew these things existed, but she still couldn't help but be surprised herself. After all it might be similar but she had never had magic before... at least that's what she believed.

"I guess for me it would be a first time, but never the less I know monsters exist, they just aren't the same here I don't think. It would be obvious." After all if heartless were here it would be obvious by now, but they weren't.

"No questions, I'm sure I'll be able to learn as I go, but still. There are such things as different kinds of swords?"

"There's different styles and sizes yeah. Single handed, two handed, different blades and shapes. Gunblades are strange though. The one I have looks like it's built to cause a burst shot while I'm slashing. I've seen ones that can be guns or swords, depending on how they're held." He paused a moment and then rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "It's pretty much as complicated as it sounds."

Kairi listened but she did have to admit, that was quite a large number of different kinds of swords. Deep down she had to admit that it did really sound complicated as he put it.

"I guess with variety it means that you'll find the one that suits you. Although I can see why at the same time that could be very complicated. But at least you learnt about them, which I guess is a positive." She said with a small smile and her hands behind her back.

Cloud nodded and then blushed, rubbing the back of his neck, "Sorry, I'm probably just overthinking all of this. I didn't mean to be overwhelming or anything. I guess I'm just trying to figure out what the best fit is for myself."

He looked back at all the equipment gathered in the shop, mulling things over. Possibilities. Options. The whole world was wide open to him if he wanted to try something new, wasn't it? "What job did you get? I don't think I asked."

She couldn't help but give a chuckle, it was pretty amusing after all. "No need to apologise, I get it completely really."

"My job, well I got told warrior was one of them, so I should really get something that suits that job, but I know little to nothing about anything to do with it. Would you happen to know more?"

Cloud frowned and crossed his arms. It was a decent enough question. His own world was seeing more and more people using guns instead of the weapons that seemed to be preferred here but there was still enough need that stores sold them.

"It depends on what you want to focus on. A sword and shield would be good if you want to be better defended. If you want to go for full offense maybe a two handed axe? Either way you'd want to invest in some durable armor that you can move well in."

"I know I can use armour at least, so finding something simple I guess is always a good start, right?" She said looking over to the other, she figured he was more of an expert than she was so getting help was always a good thing.

"Would it be alright to just use a sword though. The weapon I used in my world is similar to that." She figured to at least ask that as she wouldn't be sure of how to actually use any other kind of weapon.

Cloud shrugs, "I don't see why not. I don't think anyone is throwing any rules at us about this beyond what these jobs prevent us from doing." It was an odd thing. He'd tried using a sword after arriving as a Black Mage, and while he basically knew what he was doing out of memory he just didn't feel comfortable at all. It just felt wrong, and his body refused to cooperate.

"Back home I had been practicing a bit with a greatsword." He gestures at a large sword hanging on a wall. "But the important thing is to find the weapon that you're comfortable with."

"They prevent you from doing things. I guess I should expect that." She said she she had gone to look at the various swords. She figured she couldn't handle anything that was bigger than her, then she tried to figure out which was the best.

"A greatsword...That's a pretty big sword. How did you manage to wield such a thing?"

Cloud blushed and rubbed the back of his head, "Actually I was just really stubborn and angry at the time. This mage killed my fellow troopers while we were on a mission to escort this doctor. I was just too stubborn to abandon the mission and grabbed the first weapon I could."

He smiled wistfully and looked off out one of the shop windows, "I was getting some actual training from my friend back home after that, but then I wound up here."

He was stubborn, she wouldn't have thought that right off the bat, but she knew one of her friends would have at least been like that. "Sometimes being like that is a good thing. Other times it can be reckless... So which one was you that time?"

She moved and her arms were soon behind her back as she looked once more at the selection before her. "But I guess that would have changed now being here?"

Cloud shrugged, chewing over the memory in his mind, "A bit of both really. I was a troublemaker when I was a kid, so that bad stubbornness was there. I nearly died because I was trying so hard to prove myself. But..."

He smiled a bit. He wished he could remember that Turk a bit better, but that day was a clear turning point for him, "I was also too stubborn to let the mission go JUST to save my life. I was able to convince someone else not to take the easy route and kill that doctor just to stop her from falling into enemy hands. We worked together and earned our victory"

She gave a small smile, although nearly dying was a pretty bad thing but they all seemed to have made it pout alive, so she guessed it worked out in the end at least. Stopping for a moment she had gone to looked at a couple of weapons. There was so many choices around here.

"I guess it worked out in the end, so it's all okay, right?"

"Yeah I guess." He crossed his arms, still mulling things over, but the far off look on his face now shifted to a serious expression. "But just surviving isn't enough. Before I left home to join the army I said I'd be a hero. And I made a promise to protect someone. I need to get strong enough to keep that promise." And to follow his dream, as murky and vague as it now was.

She really couldn't help but smile at what he said. Honestly, that's was how she felt in a sense. She needed to get strong to want to fight along side her friends, which are better fighters, but at the same time she wants to be strong enough to protect them if they were ever in trouble.

"I understand that feeling of wanting to be strong." She said putting a finger to her chin as she pondered on how to work the next thing. "That someone must be very special to you."

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