melodiesoflife | Intro Log || The Return of the Heroes

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...

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Standing in front of Minato is a cowboy cop and a red-headed moogle. The moogle seems relieved.]

If ya insist. Welcome to the waking world, kid. Ya might wanna get some coffee or somethin' before we start explaining what's going on. Unless yer used to this kinda situation, or something.

[ A foreigner and a... what is that? But he doesn't stare for long, as the man continues speaking. ]

... Coffee sounds good, is there some anywhere near here?

[ He slowly steadies himself to sit upright; realizing in the process, his body still feels really heavy. But he can't very well have a drink while lying down. While he wasn't clear on what it was he was last doing before this, the place's unfamiliarity only added to his confusion about the voices earlier. ]

"Situation?"

I dunno. Maybe?

I can try to find some, kupo!

Yer payin' for it, Red.

[Off Red flies in search of coffee, and Minato is left with the cowboy.]

Yeah, ya mighta noticed? Like I said, unless yer used to this sorta thing, what with wakin' up on strange planets with a new set of skills 'n powers, bein' told ya gotta stop the world from ending. Some folks are already acquainted with that sorta thing. Some folks like explanations, though.

... They are?

[ That sounds like an inconvenient thing to be pulled into, to say the very least. And somehow, Minato doesn't have many more to say about that yet. ]

Well, I'm not one of them, I'm just a student; I haven't been dealing with weird things.

[ Unless you count that contract thing with the disappearing boy when he first moved back into the city he hadn't been in for years; he's still not sure what that was about. ]

All of us are just a whatever. I got a planet I need to get back to bein' marshal of. Instead, I've spent the last year here being a "Hero"-- [He uses air quotes there] -- tryin' to keep this planet in order. I ain't sayin' you need to pick up a sword 'n join in, but if ya'd like to make sure yer able to get home, I suggest tryin' to help out.

[Because he's getting back to Mars someday. He never thought he'd miss that dusty, backwater place, but does he ever.]

'Sides, now that you're here, you'll have Jobs that'll give you skills and magic and stuff ya might not've had before. So you're more than just a student now.

Marshal? Planet? [ That sounds serious... ] So there's no way out of here that we know of yet...?

[ "Hello, good morning! You can't go home." weren't lines he expected to hear in his life, yet here he was. Minato wasn't sure how to take any of this info, and on a day where he woke up half unwillingly. ]

Is that their power too?

[ Magic and things sounded kinda far-fetched, but in the scheme of taking people from different planets, it might actually be slightly less heavy in the scale of absurdity. ]

If there was a way out, I woulda taken it long ago. I think most of us would.

[It's then that the red-headed moogle returns with two cups of coffee, one of which she hands to Minato. The other seems to be for herself as she takes a sip. Sparks raises an eyebrow at her.]

What, none for me?

You didn't say you wanted one, kupo.

Yeah, okay, thanks. Well anyway, might as well show 'em how the Job thing works.

[The moogle nods, and in a flash, Sparks has gone from wearing typical Aqures Ixen clothes to the armor and equipment of his Gunner/Pirate combo. He holds an impressive gold gunsword as well.]

It's pretty flashy, but... [He shrugs. Even Sparks thinks it's pretty cool.] I guess we gotta be if we're supposed to be Heroes, right?

[ Minato gives a thankful nod to the Moogle, adjusting his seating position to pay attention. He'll prove himself distinctly uncooperative with most of the people (and Moogles) who attempt to explain things to him, but there was something about Sparks' aura that seemed agreeable enough that he'd give the decency of--Well, not being rude.

Oh hey, it's kind of like those magical girl transformations on TV minus the shiny sparkles. Somehow it only gets his eyes slightly widened, as he takes a sip. ]

So uh... we get the power to instantly change clothes?

Well, no, I mean-- Okay, I guess that is it. But it's, y'know, armor and weapons stuff, not just clothes. Unless yer a spell casting type, I guess they don't really get a lot in the way of armor. 'N all the Jobs come with their own sets of abilities that ya can learn. Regular citizens here learn one and stick with it, but the Heroes get two and can swap 'em around. It's pretty neat, I guess. 'Cept the part where it overrides all the stuff ya used to be able to do.

[Which is why Sparks took Gunner so fast. Not being able to shoot straight was driving him crazy.]

Not very helpful for the whole "world saving" hero context, is it... [ At least it gave them something else, but stacking on pre-existing abilities sounds more helpful than starting from scratch. Unless maybe it tears something in their weird cosmic rules to have so many powers from different worlds, who knows... ]

So... how do you use that?

[ He points to Sparks' gunblade, and really, at this point it didn't matter that wasn't his job combo. It's shiny and cool looking, he wants to see what it does, now that it's in front of him! ]

It is if yer just a normal person, I guess. But near as I've seen, none of us are. Mostly it's been a dumb inconvenience, but I guess learnin' some new stuff's been kinda cool.

[Sparks is very fond of his gunblade, even if he thought they were pretty stupid at first. He holds it out proudly.]

Gunsword. Got it when I went with Magitek Knight. Now with Gunner, I can use it again. Shoots magic bullets 'n stuff, and if ya run out of those, hey, ya still got a sword at yer disposal.

Huh... it's not like, super heavy or anything? It kinda looks like it would be.

[ He kinda wants to try carrying it just for the feel, though his super squishy setup would mean he'd probably droop down fast from its weight. Hey, it would be a hilarious mental image at least. ]

Intro Log || The Return of the Heroes

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