Intro Log || The Return of the Heroes

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Characters: All the "Heroes of Light" (only new characters can start threads).
Where: Aqures Ixen.
When: The 5th of September. 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. It marks the first time since January that Heroes of Light have appeared in Aqures Ixen.
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." Hand clutched on your Crystal, the call of the Moogle may finally wake 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 dock beneath 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 have arrived in the course of the past year and they will come soon! Like you, they have Jobs and a Crystal.

If asked, the Moogles will mention that the city was recently attacked by the Heran Empire and nearly destroyed by Ultima Weapon. What's the Heran Empire? What's Ultima Weapon? Better to ask to the heroes who saw it 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 within the past year. 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 when they told you about how they fiercely battled each other past month. 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 tragic 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 City of Aqures Ixen
— Anytime —
With the recent attack, Aqures Ixen is under reconstruction. The city was saved for the most part, but there are ruined buildings, the Sixth District is nothing but wasteland now and the Thirteenth District has become a graveyard. Even so, there are a lot of things left to do in the city for newcomers. A few groups of Triple Triad players are playing before Mognet Office in the ninth district, mostly Moogles as many of them are not working after what happened. And of course, 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-- Mognet Office just behind the Triple Triad games is filled with Moogles, most of them panicked, tired, busy or slacking now that their director has disappeared. They can also visit Airship Port in the twelfth district from where characters can board for free Airships from Shoopuf Airline-- Though they have to make a request 48 hours in before to do so.

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.


Close Encounters of the Third Kind
— 19:00 —
Characters venturing by the city's outskirts at this specific time will be able to see a most peculiar sight: a flying saucer seemingly abducting a cow before flying away and disappearing into the sky without leaving any traces of its presence. If your character do see it, hopefully there will be someone with them. Otherwise, nobody will believe their story.

Was it an UFO or just a hallucination? Only the future will tell...

Comments

[flowers_suck]

She is slightly taken aback at his quick change of topic, but tries not to let it show.

"Well, this was actually stolen from the Empire when they attacked. I take it you have flying ships and motorcycles where you're from?"

[bright_and_blue]

"Motorcycles, yes. Flying ships, like those? No. I wish! Our airplanes have nothing on those things. Let me tell you a happy story."

Graham paces around Olivier and the bike as he talks, tossing his large wrench up and down as he does so.

"I was out here wandering with no point. When I first arrived, I thought how archaic this place seemed! Like a fairy tale. I thought I'd find a gingerbread house around the very next corner! And I also wondered, how would someone like me fit in here? What purpose was there to bring such a despicable creature like myself to this world, and tell him he's supposed to be a hero, like some sort of bad joke? But instead, when I turn to the sky, I don't see dragons soaring through the air - I see airships. And there's not horses and buggies on the streets, but motorcycles! This world is full of surprises!"

[flowers_suck]

Olivier stores away the fact that he called himself despicable for future reference. Right now she's just watching as he circles her and the bike.

"I wouldn't be surprised if dragons did happen to show up here, but this place does have some advancement. Maybe you were brought here to help build some weapons so we can better protect the citizens from having this kind of destruction happen."

[bright_and_blue]

"I would have thought dragons were the reason so many buildings have been burned and damaged. If not them, then what?"

Hmm, building weapons? He could do that, but building didn't interest him as much as the opposite.

"If I have been brought here with any real sense of purpose or duty, then bringing me here to build was a mistake. I don't construct; I deconstruct. I dismantle. I can take anything and everything apart! And give me enough time, and I will."

You can only imagine what's going through his head as he looks the bike over.

[flowers_suck]

Once she recognizes that look on his face, she makes sure to keep herself between him and the motorbike at all times.

"Unless you are completely sure that you could make improvements to you are going to dismantle, then you'd do better to keep it put together. Especially this motorbike," she warns as her hand floats to the hilt of the sword at her side.

[bright_and_blue]

Graham is certain that if there's a way to dismantle a sword, he'll figure it out fast. But he also worries not fast enough, with how his Jobs have him moving now. He doesn't seem intimidated, but doesn't get any closer either.

"Would someone be brought here to be a Hero, if their job was to build weapons of war? Is that really a heroic action, to build things to kill, or is killing the villain the most heroic thing you can do? It only depends on who you view as the hero and the villain. And I'm not convinced I'm a hero."

He shrugs, merely stating a fact. He was definitely no hero back home.

[flowers_suck]

She shrugs. "If what they need is weapons of war, then why not? I highly doubt any of us are truly heroes, but that is what the people here call us, and it's hard convincing most of them otherwise. Have you ever considered that weapons of war also protect people?"

[bright_and_blue]

"Protecting some while killing others. It's true. Sometimes that's what's need to keep the peace. There's a cost for peace, and it comes at the expense of others who might be fighting for their own peace."

He swings his wrench around in lazy circles as he paces in front of Olivier.

"There seems to be a lot of Heroes here already. Why bring in more? Why bring in someone who's a villain when you need someone to help save the day? This world makes absolutely no sense to me."