melodiesoflife | Let's talk about those past few days

Characters: Barkeep and all Heroes
Where: Observatory
When: June 1st
Summary: All Heroes are invited to visit Barkeep, have a drink, and talk about the past few days.
Warning: Alcohol, lots of angsting over the last event.

He was looking forward to opening The Space Saloon in a few days, but with the sudden disappearance of almost all the Heroes, his priorities shifted away from organizing the Grand Opening. He may not like living in Crystallis, but the Heroes were his neighbors. They all lived in the same area, which he might as well consider his new place, and they were part of it. Any trouble concerning them deserved his concern.

He was surprised the previous day, when he had gone outside and seen the housing district filled with people again. They looked as if they'd had an exhausting adventure--and he was glad he swore off them long ago--and weren't too willing to talk about it. There was a solution for both things.

The evening of the 31st, he had Annie post a note on each house's door:

To all Heroes of Light:

We invite you to the Observatory on the 1st of June for a chance to relax and chat. Alcoholic drinks and snacks will be served, while juice and milk will be available on tap. Proof of age may be requested.

Be advised that all weapons must be put away in the designated storage room.

The Meeting Room
Several folding tables were arranged throughout the room, each with eight chairs. The sturdiest one was moved to a corner of the room, where the Barkeep stood. He brought in his entire personal alcohol cabinet and several glasses and mugs he bought for his business, all which would be put to better use today.

On other tables, containers of juice and milk were available to those unable to legally consume alcohol. Small cakes and snack were there as well, as well as a pot of thick potato soup, though it was beginning to get cold, as the Barkeep had no method of heating it himself.

"Afternoon," he greeted each newcomer. "What've you been up to lately?"

[OOC: Feel free to make starters and reply to others. Barkeep is likely to join conversations held by the bar.]

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"Trying to figure out what I'm doing now," Nanami said, honestly. "If I'm stuck here, I want to do something."

Something for herself, or something that would let people say 'that Nanami, you should go to her about this'.

Zelda smiled. "I'm glad to hear that. With the crystal growing we need to explore area's around Crystallis looking for clues on the queen, the avatars, the heroes of light and the calamity."

She looked up at the young girl with a smile. "Many groups will be heading out. Why not go with one or start your own?"

Nanami considered this. "Well, when I went to the Empire, I learned a bit. I can talk to people."

Back then, it had seemed like a game. Almost like being a spy, or like learning about her classmates. But she knew people. Maybe not as well as she thought she had, but she just had to remember not to get cocky.

"That sounds like a good start." Zelda smiled.

She had been worried about how those memories hurt people but she noticed more and more of the heroes came out stronger. Maybe the young girl she met in the memories really was trying to help them. It was still hard to say for sure.

"If you need any help from me, please let me know."

"Right," Nanami said. "I'll remember that."

"Good." Zelda nodded her head before pointing towards the meeting room. "Why not go have a something to drink and talk to the other heroes? They have juice and milk if you want also."

For her part, Zelda had a glass of juice sitting next to her on the counter. Who said it was just for kids?

"A lot of us had dreams, huh?" Nanami said, glancing around. And idly wondering what everyone else had seen. She'd seen Chiaki's and her own.

"Yes." Zelda's voice quieted some. "I'm not writing a report about it. It's other peoples stories to tell."

She couldn't bring herself to tell such intimate details about others.

"Did you see a girl there? Not one of us?"

Zelda gently placed down her pen. "I did. I was able to get some information from her but... it's all very confusing."

She had to admit that she didn't know what to do next.

"She said I didn't understand anything. Because she was the one doing that. Wasn't she?"

"She was but I think she was trying to tell all of us something different."

She studied Nanami for a moment. "What do you think she wanted to tell you?"

"That I didn't own my own memories and they aren't private. What does that even mean?"

"Well I know that Kalki was able to find things from our homes and worlds maybe memories too. I wouldn't count that out."

Zelda sounded worried and quickly scribbled a note.

"I didn't ask for any of this," Nanami said, without too much actual feeling in her voice. She was beginning to learn that just because you didn't ask for this, doesn't mean it can't happen. "It really makes me mad."

Zelda smiled at that. "Me too." Of course she was good at hiding her frustration. She hadn't asked to be the goddess or to have to do the things that she did. SHe could understand what Nanami was feeling like it was her own pain.

"What did that have to do with being heroes anyway? The other stuff... it was that Kalki person, or the Emperor, or something. But this wasn't."

Zleda sighed softly. "I don't know. I think the heroes before us are trying their best to prepare us for something but your guess is as good as mine."

"They could just tell us," Nanami said. "This way, we keep wandering into things."

Not that she'd had good luck at warning people, but some of that was because she couldn't verbalize her warnings taht well.

"I might not be so easy but you are right. It would be better if the heroes before us had a better way to speak with us. With the cycle and the world restarting there isn't a way to do that I'm afraid."

It's obvious that Zelda has given this some thought.

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but more dreams would help. Spaced out, so we can actually get some sleep."

Zelda laughed at that. "Let's hope we have the time but I'm glad to see you are learning." She imagined that Nanami from a few months ago would just curse the dreams and disregard their message. The girl in front of her has grown a lot.

Grown and realized that the circumstances are making it her problem. Since she can't leave, she is going to move forward. "Learning that the best way to deal with this is dreams?"

Zelda smiled, "I think so."

"Huh," Nanami said. "This is a really, really weird world."

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