Event || Genesis (Conclusion)

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Characters: Everyone!
Where: Aqures Tosf.
When: Night of August 03rd, twenty-eight years in the past.
Summary: As the Heroes of Light were transported to the past, it is now the conclusion of their time travel adventure. It is the final night of the Festival of Light and the city is filled with visitors-- As such, it is estimated there are currently at least a few million people on the Island. Can they be saved?
Warning: Terrible things.

Princess Sarah
The End of Aqures Tosf
The Temple of Fire
The Crystal of Fire

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Princess Sarah

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[It was the final night of the Festival of Light. By 23:00, the fireworks were meant to be shot from the castle for the very last time-- Yet nothing happened. Instead, it was eerily calm in the forest. That is, until the little girl came running to the abandoned church where the Heroes of Light had found refuge.]

P-Please...!

[She looked down and panted upon finally arriving, visibly terrified and shaken by what she had seen.]

It's the cha-chaos there... There are monsters everywhere! They've attacked the castle and-and...

[She marked another pause, unable to finish what she had started saying.]

The End of Aqures Tosf

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[Indeed, the princess's words were no understatement. The Heroes already in the city would be able to see monsters appearing out of nowhere, monsters not even native to this region. Golems were smashing the residences in the Second District whilst Chimeras were causing chaos amongst the exposition. Wyverns were attacking the Health Center, Ochus were attacking the Blitzball Stadium-- There was even a lone Hamster standing by the entrance to the castle.

Oh, and there were a lot of treasure chests. As tempting as they may have been though, they were all Mimics.

Some lights could be seen flying away at very high speed-- Probably a few scared Moogles escaping. They didn't know it yet, but what could be seen as an act of cowardice just saved their lives.

Humans, Tarutarus and Hypellos weren't that lucky on their end and couldn't flee, especially with most boats either not ready or being smashed to pieces by monsters. Many were screaming for help while being killed by monsters--

But is there really a point to helping them if they cannot leave the island anyway?]

The Temple of Fire

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[The entrance to the Temple of Fire is a battlefield, with a fierce battle being waged between the soldiers of Aqures and the Monsters. There are by far more monsters in this place than in any others. The Knight of Aqures a few Heroes met a couple days ago can be seen killing a Malboro before going inside the Temple.

Inside of the temple, three different paths are offered to anyone deciding to venture in. Going to the left, the corridor has a sign indicating "Personnel Quarters". This path seems to lead to rooms and offices where the different scientists live and keep their personal affairs. Going to the right side on the other hand, the sign indicates "Laboratories" and leads to various laboratories where the scientists work.

Finally, the path in the middle indicates "Crystal Room."]

The Crystal of Fire

[pastnpcs]

[Before anyone has a chance to reach the Crystal Room, an explosion will be heard. Going in, they will find the Crystal of Fire floating above some sort of pit-- A hole with no end. There are things akin to multicolored pyreflies coming from the pit-- And every eighty seconds, there is a muffled noise coming from the hole as if someone was trying to break through sealed doors with a battering ram, as if something was trying to emerge from that hole.

The Crystal itself seems to be behaving in a dangerous manners. Its color fluctuates and slowly grows in intensity, the effect of which are slowly shutting down all machines around.

Aside from this, the room is plunged in darkness. There are stairs around indicating there is a second floor where scientists can watch the Crystal from above, but the most striking thing may be the younger Kalki. She seems to have lost her composure and is frantically typing on one of the ruined console surrounding the crystal, as if she was despairing at what was happening.]

Letters

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[Certain Heroes of Light have come up with the idea sending letters to certain NPCs in the past. There will be no replies to these letters, but there is a chance the NPCs will receive them and therefore, it may affect their future behavior or motivations.

Reply here with the the content of your letter and the recipient if you want to try sending a letter to someone in specific in Crystallis, twenty-eight years in the past. With the ongoing Mognet strike and upcoming disaster, the letters will be stored in Mognet Central and distributed a few weeks or months after the destruction of Aqures Tosf.]