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.

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She crossed her arms. "Oh fine. Mr. I'm so grumpy I don't need anything."

Yuffie giggled at the sight of the moogle flying. "Are you really a hero if you don't have a crystal?" She's been ease dropping on those around her and found the change to be interesting.

She was fine with leaving him to his own devices, though she might follow him from the roof tops until she found something more interesting to do.

That was the pot calling the kettle black. He canted his head to the side and wondered exactly what this girl wanted. The question forced a sadistic grin to his face and a scoff. "Not likely."

Mogamut returned though his flight was a little on the wobbly side given that he had been tumbling through the air at such a dizzying rate of speed that no matter what direction he was facing, he wasn't too sure how he wound up inside a basket of fruit. The moogle thought to interject something but stopped himself. He could barely recall the reason why Caius had sent him flying in the first place until he remember that it was his manner of speaking that irritated his so-called hero.

One thing was certain, Caius was a lot faster than the moogle had anticipated.

"I think you ARE a hero. You're just like the other grumps who show up saying 'I'm no hero'" As Yuffie quoted her imaginary heroes she made a wrinkled face and tried to deepen her voice. She was just being silly and didn't realize the irony from her own rude awaking to this place.

She giggled as she skipped in front of him and began walking backwards. "I bet you think you can figure everything out, huh?"

That was far from the truth. Caius couldn't make heads or tails of this city other than he was brought here for a reason to be this hero and he was assigned a moogle just like everyone else. Only thing that differed was the lack of a crystal. That didn't bother him nearly as much as it should considering that it was just one more thing to worry about and it was less than substantial in realization, in consideration to the grand scheme of things, he could care less what people thought of him. He simply KNOWS he's no hero.

He said nothing. It's just like how Noel was to him before he made his journey and left Yeul and Noel to embark on his own journey through time alone. He scoffed and shook his head, Mogamut was regaining his senses. "And you wish to be my guide? What is it that you seek in return for this service?"

He knew better that not everything was free.

"Nothing! Okay well that isn't exactly true." She might be a thief but Yuffie was at least honest.

"But it wouldn't be anything you would want anyway." She wasn't going to mention her eye for treasure, at least not yet. She wanted to see what he might find first.

He will give her credit where credit is due. Her honesty is something that he could get behind, even if he didn't agree with her methods. He didn't see her as a true fighter in the same sense as what he was used to but she did seem to hold her own and that was something to take into account. He recalled their initial meeting and took that into consideration as well.

"Very well, Princess of Thieves." Perhaps there was some reason why they met even though he would rather work alone. His interest was in Yeul and her happiness rather than his own. All other things were second place.

She certainly didn't remember mentioning thieves, then again she was certainly dressed like one. Yuffie smirked at him. "It's a deal then. I need to go see a SOLDIER about a book." She thought that she had made a good choice in her selection this time around.

With a grin she ran up a nearby pile of boxes and then jumped back onto the roof. "Later!"

Intro Log || The Night of the Thirteen Moogles

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