Intro Log || The Night of the Thirteen Moogles

[melodiesmods]

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.

Comments

[grandsummon]

She stopped, then. Hand outstretched between them, as she felt a cold wave wash over her, the detached 'What' from the other woman confirming what she had feared. Lowering her arm, Yuna looked down, trying her best to hide the disappointment she was sure muat have been plainly visible on her face. "You don't... remember me, do you." It wasn't so much a question, but perhaps speaking it aloud made it more real.

Everyone that she had met in the war... none of them remembered. Laguna, Tifa, even Cloud... But Lightning -- she had always hoped that had her friend made it to the city, she would be the one to remember...

"I apologize. My name... is Yuna."

[iamspark]

A frown formed on her face to see the crestfallen look on this other woman's face. To hear her say that Light doesn't remember someone is confusing. She remembered everyone she came across, she made it a point. So she shook her head. "I don't." A pause followed. "I'm sorry."

This girl certainly seemed memorable, so Light doesn't know why Yuna isn't familiar. There are just too many things she doesn't know about herself. About things to come.

"Hello Yuna. Where did we meet?" She asked curiously. Maybe hearing the name of a place would jog her memory.

[grandsummon]

There was a moment of silence, in which Yuna, gathered her words carefully, and drew in a breath before she began -- "There was a war. Entities calling themselves Chaos and Cosmos... they brought us together, people from all sorts of otherworlds. Just like this -- like what's happening with the heroes of Light..." her voice trailed, and she closed her eyes for a moment, forcing a smile as she looked up again. "Only... this place is much nicer, you could say."

[iamspark]

Lightning listened quietly and intently to the woman who talked about things she definitely knew she hadn't been part of. This was the first time she's even been brought to another world with others much like herself. But she didn't think that Yuna would make something up, not with that forced smile of hers - Light knew what that looked like.

So she took the time to think about what was said, to see if there was something she had maybe forgotten in the back of her mind. After a couple of minutes with still nothing Light shook her head.

"I don't remember anything like that. But if you don't mind, I'd like to hear more about it."

[grandsummon]

"It's -- all right," it didn't feel all right, but there was no changing that. The reality was that Lightning was here, alive and well, just like the others. And so, that was enough for now. "Even in the war our memories were often -- well, incomplete," and yet, Yuna was cursed to remember. Even in the endless war, she had always remembered a little more than most, a product of being a veteran warrior.

"I would... be happy to tell you anything you'd like to hear. But first," she took a little more time to look the other woman over, "you're all right? The arrival wasn't too much or anything... was it?" Lightning was a capable fighter, she knew that, but -- it wasn't going to stop her from worrying.

[iamspark]

It wasn't all right to Light. Not remembering something, and it doesn't get any better when Yuna spoke of how their memories in the war weren't complete either. She can't ever imagine forgetting Serah, her friends or anything they've been through together. All of it was so important to her and she imagined that anyone would feel the same in her place.

"No one has tried to kill me yet so I'd say that today is better than the last time I woke up in a strange place." Even in her own world, today isn't an unusual occurrence. Might explain why she was so well-adjusted in the war.

[grandsummon]

There was a soft chuckle at Lightning's response. She supposed a day you weren't mowed down by enemies could be considered on the good side. "And I'm sure -- that your moogle filled you in on most of what's happened here..." she trailed off, considering how to approach the details of the war.

Perhaps it was best to stick with similarities, first. "We -- were looking for crystals then, too. When we travelled together, I mean. Or perhaps, waiting for them is more like it..." she reached into her sleeve, producing the crystal that she'd received on arrival in Crystallis. "I'm not yet sure if they're related, though."

[iamspark]

A curt nod of her head. "He explained a great deal to me." Including the reason for the decorations that Lightning doesn't really approve of.

However as Yuna went on to talk about crystals her frown became more evident. Then she sighed. "It seems I can't get away from crystals no matter what world I'm in." She reached into her pouch to pull out a red one shaped like a rose. "This one is from my world and I haven't received one from this world yet."

[grandsummon]

Her eyes widened at the sight of the crystal -- then for some reason she couldn't help but smile. "A rose?" Feeling sheepish, being the only one remembering, she looked down, "so that's why..." she trailed off, a small laugh following her into silence. But wait, Yuna looked up -- did she she say...?

"You mean... you didn't wake up with a crystal here in the city?"

[iamspark]

An eyebrow rose as Yuna started a sentence that she didn't finish. "'That's why' what?" She didn't like being left out of some sort of information and this woman clearly knew a lot about Lightning.

"No, as far as I know none of the others who showed up with me did either."

[grandsummon]

"Ah, my apologies..." It wasn't that she was keeping secrets. It was just that -- being the only one that seemed to remember any details from the war... she didn't quite know how much to divulge. And worse, what if the heroes didn't want to know? Being left in one otherworld was bad enough, but to learn of more... well, Yuna almost felt like the bearer of bad news.

"There -- were a few times I saw you with a rose. I imagined that it meant something, or perhaps... was somehow nostalgic of your homeworld. Seeing you with that crystal reminded me of that, I suppose..." her voice trailed as she looked around them once more.

[iamspark]

It must be hard for Yuna, to know someone but not have them know her in return. She has to wonder just how many times this has happened to the other woman before. But no matter what the situation Light would always want to know.

"This crystal is how I summon my Eidolon, Odin. It's very important to me," Lightning admitted. If Yuna could see it in action maybe then she'd really see something familiar.