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

[verteidiger]

Snow had been out on his daily errands, trying to ignore the fact that new arrivals were schedule to come today. It seemed to be a monthly thing now, and he wasn't entirely sure that he had the strength to go greet people every single time, knowing their fate, and knowing that some of them might not even make it through to the next month.

He'd started to learn the back alleys and shortcuts around Aqures Ixen during his time here, and it made his day-to-day life easier. The distance was shorter, and there was less congestion on the whole. It was here that he encountered the new Black Knight in town, but before Snow could reach a decision whether or not now was a good time to introduce himself (after all, people who typically took the side streets did so in order to avoid being bothered), they'd already passed by one another.

Not two steps past him, though, Snow stopped and spun on his heels, eyeing him suspiciously as he went. It couldn't be... could it?

"Caius?"

Snow had never actually met the man himself -- not for real, not face to face -- but he recognized him from both his Focus dream and the brief glimpse of him that he'd caught upon the world's ending. This was the man who'd killed Etro -- who'd killed Serah -- and all things considered, Snow still hadn't fully worked through his feelings about it yet. This was going to be an interesting encounter, to say the least.

[servaturus]

Caius heard a voice that seemed somewhat familiar but not enough to regard as friend or foe. His steps slowed to a complete stop and he stood as if he acknowledged the name. He had no inclination on making any friends here, but allies were welcome. Those were different. He wasn't obligated to be social when he saw no need in it. Yeul was all he needed and she was safe for the time being. The tone indicated that this was not such an encounter that may equate to a standoff than a friendly encounter. In fact, should he be betting man, he would make that bet. He made a lot of enemies over the centuries and what was one more to add to the list?

The Dark Knight turned around slowly, his heavy armor clacked through his movements. He wasn't as rude as many others but his moogle decided to answer for him instead. "That depends on who's asking, kupo."

A dangerous glare met his moogle and the little creature cowered down. Caius had already tossed him once already and a second attempt wasn't too far in the making should Mogamut keep this up.

"Yes." It was a simple answer to confirm Snow's suspicions. He had no reason to hide and he certainly wasn't about to start now.