Event || Window of Opportunity

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Characters: All Heroes of Light.
Where: Aqures Ixen - Everywhere
When: September 25th - From 12:30 to 22:30.
Summary: Heroes of Light will relive the same ten hours over and over again until they find a solution. This may be a blow to what's left of their sanity, but that's also a window of opportunity! The OOC Post is here for more information! It's not too late to sign-up, anyone can still jump right into the event! However, your vote for the total number of loops will not be taken into account any more.

Speaking of which-- Votes are in and this time displacement madness will be solved after 191 loops. Practically speaking, this means characters going through every single loop will live 2 months, 2 weeks, 3 days and 14 hours in the span of half a day. Hopefully they won't mind the food for the day, the clothes they're wearing or what they were doing when the loop started, because that's what they'll be stuck with until the end. There are some events described below, but there will be no NPC replies. Feel free to partake in these events and of course, make your own!

Warning: Too many time loops may be bad for your mental health.

The Flence Salesman
— All Day Long —
There is a salesman from Flence in the city, and he is going for every person he sees in the streets. Adults, children or elders, humans or tarutarus, it doesn't matter to him so long as he can make money! He will try to sell to the characters specialties from Flence and some crystals at absolutely awful prices, but he's open to negotiations and beyond that, he's extremely persistent. Normally, nobody would care about this, but given the salesman isn't be aware of the loop, he'll keep doing the same things over and over again... Hopefully he won't see your characters, otherwise he might just bother them for every single loop.


Moogle Demonstration for the Future of Mognet
— 12:30 => 16:00 —
For a surprise one-day long strike, the Moogles are demonstrating! There are roughly 800 Moogles together (250 according to the government, 5000 according to the striking Moogles) in the demonstration, all singing slogans and some even holding placards with "More Gil and Less Work" or "Give us Kupo Nuts" signs.

They started at 10:00 and left from the 09th District, but they will go throughout every district and explain what their protest is about. They'll finish at 16:00 and will be back to the 09th District to eat Kupo Nuts and drink Chocobo Milk together.


Biggs' Grand Return
— 14:00 => 22:30 —
After a month spent in the hospital, Biggs is finally back! He leave the Hospital at 14:00 and head straight for the Castle of Aqures Ixen. Noticeably he still has a broken and bandaged arm, but he'll pretend to be totally fine and for that matter, he will be as rude and as unfriendly as ever. He will spend most of the day in the Castle, but will go in Palitutu's Lab by 19:00 to meet with Cid. Among other things, he will side-eye everyone and will accidentally splash Cid's coffee on a Hero of Light working there (or on a Moogle, should the Hero have the good sense to avoid Biggs next loop).


Renovation of the Blitzball Stadium
— 15:30 => 20:00 —
The repairs are going steadily and today, a special dome from Trano Golsaucia is being transported and placed on the Blitzball Stadium, brand new and much more modern than what Aqures Ixen used to have! On the downside however, the airship bringing the dome and the work being done on the stadium are all very, very noisy. So noisy that everyone in a two-district radius will be bothered by it.

Under normal circumstances it would have been only for a short time and easilly bearable, but here it will happen for every single loop.


Have You Heard of the Heroes of Light?
— All Day Long —
Throughout the day, a few people are going to go and knock on every doors in the city, to talk about a most fascinating topic: the Heroes of Light! They will speak about how it is said the Heroes of Light are in Crystallis and how they managed to defeat the empire without difficulties back during the attack! Then they will go on and ask for a contribution (hear: money) to help the Heroes of Light in their cause. Of course, these people are dishonest and the money will go into their own pockets, as they don't believe in the Heroes of Light to begin with.

And of course, they'll go knock on doors during every single loop!


The Accident
— 22:29 => 22:30 —
The one minute that started it all. Who is the imbecile who committed the mistake on Palitutu's computer? Is this a Moogle or a Hero of Light, maybe Cid or Biggs? Whoever it is, after the first time, at 22:29 the program will start again on its own and will activate the loop right at 22:30, sending everything back to 12:30. The characters may try to run more programs to block the computer, cut the energy source or even bomb the building if they so wish...

But these archaic and barbaric solutions won't prevent the next loop from happening. Only hard work and scientific solutions shall prevail!

Comments

Kyoko | Non-Looper

[foodchaining]

Anywhere outside, any loop.

Sitting with one leg tucked underneath her while the other dangles carelessly over the ledge of a waist level stone wall Kyoko leaned forwards to take a deep inhale of the steaming ramen in her hand. Best thing ever.

Removing the chopsticks that were being held sideways between her lips, the twin utensils dove in expertly. An elbow rests down casually against a knee as the red head started slurping up the noodle symphony.

[quiltrap]

Rose was out walking again, just wandering the city while her hands kept busy knitting together a moogle sized hat. Her hands moved with surety, wrinkled fingers making the needles dance quickly in and and around the threads of her growing creation.

When she heard the slurping sound, her reaction was instantaneous and without thought.

"Don't slurp your food!" She snapped, almost instantly feeling embarrassed by it as she turned towards the sound.

"Oh I'm so sorry, dear. Force of habit."

[foodchaining]

Completely absorbed in the act of noodle consumption, the rebuttal catches Kyoko entirely by surprise. The result is hot broth getting sucked up into the girl's sinuses, a miserable gurgling and choking sound.

A furious glare gets shot towards Rose, but when Kyoko sees just who had admonished her it quickly simmers down until she just looks annoyed. Perhaps even slightly admonished. She wasn't going to blow her top at a gradma. Turning away with a slight flush, there's a grumbled, "It's fine."

She did not care about manners, the tomboyish way the girl was sitting while in a skirt was proof enough of that. Funny though that of all the times Kyoko could have been told off for her terrible manners with food, the Japanese native was reprimanded for slurping noodles. It was one of the few things she was doing properly so far as she knew.

Jeez. Old lady. Telling her off. "If you don't slurp them, how are people supposed to know it's good?" The question is mumbled while she looks away, "How are you supposed to cool it..."

[quiltrap]

Rose's cheeks had just a hit of a blush beneath her makeup as she apologized, feeling incredibly foolish.

"I really am so sorry, dear. The sound just reminded me of my kids and grandkids and I just reacted. This old brain of mine just can't seem to get used to the fact that I'm not at home anymore."

There so many cultures gathered here, so many thoughts about what was right and wrong in any given situation. It wasn't just wrong to make assumptions in such situations, it was stupid. Rose knew how easily a wrong word could create conflict even within a single culture, let alone a situation such as this one.

Under her breath she muttered to herself, "There's no fool like an old fool."

[foodchaining]

Kyoko's shoulders hunch up a bit. Why did it have to be a nice old lady? She'd rather a grumpy one give her what for and be on her way. It wasn't a big deal, but the woman was not picking up on all the "go away" vibes the magical girl was giving off. Catching that blush, there's an inward sigh at the woman's final words.

She convinces herself she doesn't really care if she hurts the old lady - that it's just not worth the bother of it all. Turning back she looks over to offer Rose a shrug and a slight smile, open while betraying hints of the mischievous delinquent the girl is. For right now at least, the humble upbringing where she was taught to respect her elders wins out over the punk she has become. It's not like anyone's watching.

"It's alright." The reprimand is long forgotten. "You should get to say whatever you want without worrying about how people will take it anyway, isn't that supposed to be one of the fun things about getting old?" Heck, the redhead already does that herself.

[quiltrap]

Rose threw back her head and let out a sharp bark of laughter.

"You are probably right, child. But this place definitely throws me off my game."

Between all the strange folk and having to deal with not being able to see what the effects of her choices were going to be, Rose was definitely out of her element here.

"Of course, my grandkids always seemed to be pretty good about ignoring other people's reactions no matter how young they were. So maybe age has nothing to do with it."

[foodchaining]

When the smile was over a light smirk remained. "Yeah well, I don't think you're alone there." Kyoko was off her game as well, feeling vulnerable without her natural abilities and her weapon taken away -- not that she would ever admit weakness.

"Heh, your grandkids sound pretty cool. Well some people do it for the reaction too, huh? I do, that's the fun. Actually if I ever had the chance to get old and found out people toned down their reactions out of respect that would get boring. Maybe I'd just say crazy things instead, see how they take it."

[bag_has_snapped]

Tsubomi needed a distraction after being caught up in everything right now. This loop was getting annoying. As she moved along, riding on her Chocobo, she happened to spot Kyoko munching on her ramen. She couldn't help but blink at what she was doing before chuckling a bit.

"I-Is it good?"

[foodchaining]

Kyoko slurped the current mouthful down. She clicks the chopsticks together in emphasis then points them upwards at Tsubomi,

"Yeah. So get your own. I'm not sharing."

The girl then aims a predatory stare at the bird paused annoyingly in front of her, looking straight into its eye in a manner likely to spook a creature of prey. Licking her lips, a feral grin spreads, as she presses her tongue to the tip of a sharp canine.

"None for your chicken either."

[bag_has_snapped]

Both Tsubomi and the Chocobo looked shocked at what Kyoko had said, looking to each other before looking back at Kyoko.

"I wasn't going to ask some at all! I was just seeing how you were doing!" Tsubomi said, a hurt look on her face. The Chocobo let out an annoyed "WARK!" as if saying "Yeah!"

[foodchaining]

...This girl was not bright. Obviously the spear wielder had just been trying to scare them away.

"I didn't think you actually!...Ugh." Kyoko's shoulders slump a bit, if Tsubomi was that clueless she couldn't find it in herself to be sharp. It was too much like being awful to a child.

"Why would you do that." Standoffish but resigned to be annoyed, the redhead side eyes the giant chicken after the sentient like response.

Nah she was imagining things.

[bag_has_snapped]

Tsubomi stammered in surprise at that before she slunk back, embarrassed. "I'm sorry, I didn't... I'm... I'm still not good with people..."

[foodchaining]

"Clearly." There's a slight flinch after she says that, and Kyoko turns her head aside and down a bit. Damn, she didn't know how to shut herself off sometimes.

There's a grumbled, "You don't have anything to apologize for. You're fine."

[iscursednomore]

Fai was out and about as he had been during most of the loops, but when he could small something, it caused him to stop for just a moment before following it toward the source.

"So that is what I was smelling? May I ask how it tastes?"

[foodchaining]

People were so chatty here, ugh. She resolved to eat somewhere more isolated tomorrow. Of course, tomorrow would be today. The inviting aroma of hot soup as fall approached was drawing people like moths to a flame. Kyoko was certainly burning people like one.

Looking up, she cast him an simmering, irritated gaze. "What do you think, if it tasted like shit would I be eating it?"

[iscursednomore]

"You'd be surprised at what people would eat. Some people do eat what I might think is shit while others might not. Considering I'm a cook, I at least understand that people have different tastes at least."

He has quite a few thing that he wouldn't never touch with a barge pole. Sushi being one of those things he disliked.

[foodchaining]

She was about to put another mouthful in, sure that the question would make it clear he was unwelcome. The chopsticks pause halfway to her mouth.

Goddamnit people here were so annoying! That had not been a rhetorical question! His answer really pissed her off, some people eat shit?! Then again, she'd sort of put herself in the position for that to come up with what she said to try to send him off. He took it to a different level though.

Fai receives an angry glare, "All food is good! Somewhere there's always someone going hungry, I'm sure they'd give anything to have a bite of what you consider shit!"

[iscursednomore]

"And that is because they are hungry. I'm not saying all food is bad, it's just some people have preferences. What I don't eat someone else will, even here the food I don't eat or what we have left in the cafe, I've been giving to those who can't get food. It never goes to waste that way and it helps those that are in need." Because he wasn't sure what else he could do in those kinds of situations, especially since a lot of them were homeless because of the whole war. Besides it was something he knew his friends would do.

[foodchaining]

Instead of saying anything further, she takes a drawn out bite, slurping the noodles down while looking away slightly. When she talks again, one couldn't say she sounded friendly -- but the anger was gone.

"A cook, huh?" He'd probably have a lot to say about the perpetual junk food that her "diet" consisted of. "Must be fun working around food all the time."

LOOP 3

[dolente]

Okay, this was weird. Like, really weird. Déjà vu had it's place and everything, but this was the third time around! As she walked through Aqures Ixen, Sayaka's head whipped from side to side, yeah, there were the three moogles hunched together playing that card game, and in three, two... "I WON!" one of them exclaimed, which got the blue haired girl running. Next monument, it had to be a coincidence!

Skidding to a stop outside of the Mognet office, she made it just in time -- again, to witness the collision one moogle had with a citizen, the letters flying everywhere, and just like yesterday, and the day before... one marked with red ink landed near her foot.

"Maaa, what's going on!" This sort of thing didn't happen in real life! Was she trapped in some kind of anime?! This time, instead of turning back towards the residencies and heading home, she made a break for the fountain. When she finally made it, she leaned over it's edge, staring at her own reflection as her shoulders still heaved for breath. This wasn't happening... this wasn't happening!

But it wasn't her own mantra that broke her free from her thoughts -- it was the intrusive slurping in the distance. Looking up, it wasn't hard to find the source. "Kyoko..." she said, softly to herself.

LOOP 3

[foodchaining]

Some ways away, Sayaka goes unnoticed. Mouthful after mouthful continues to get consumed rhythmically, otherwise Kyoko's gaze seems to be distant -- as if she were lost in thought.

Most anyone could tell by the girl's body posture she wanted to be left alone, at least they would have -- back in Japan. This seemed to go over the heads of people in a world of heroes. A passerby actually changes their path to veer over and say something to the idling redhead. The response they receive causes them to physically recoil and quickly scurry away. A hellion's grin lights her features as she watches their retreat, and even people in Chrystallis would know better now.

The rest of the ramen gets wolfed down in seconds flat, the rim of the bowl raised to her lips so every last bit of the broth gets gulped down. Slipping off the wall the bowl gets discarded into a receptacle. The chopsticks, held by the ends in the corner of her mouth, get aimed and spat out as though into a spitoon.

She's about to make her way when something gives her pause, ponytail whipping in an arc as she turns back instead, looking about. Moments later her image is painted over the water, opposite the fountain of where Sayaka's reflection falls. Kyoko winds around counterclockwise until she stands next to the blue haired girl.

"Heh, stalking me?"

[dolente]

A scowl immediately took to her features when she heard that. Something like that, coming from the girl that was outside of her apartment right before all of this craziness happened? That was just too much!

The quick fist she didn't even know she'd made loosened at her side, however. The reality that Kyoko was the only one she really knew in this place had sunk in a few days prior...

Tearing her gaze away from the other girl, she focused on the water's surface when she spoke, like the words were hard to choke out. "Yesterday... were you here? At this fountain I mean?" And after only a quick pause -- "I don't care where you were or anything! You..." damn. Why did it never come out sounding all right? "you don't have to tell me where you were or anything. But did the same thing happen to you yesterday?" She had to have noticed it too, that something strange was happening...

[foodchaining]

"Mo Sayaka did you eat something bad?" Kyoko leans over the fountain, hands placed near where pockets once would have been on her casual wear. Her own reflection now peering back up at where the blue haired girl is glancing. The expression she wears is indifferent, but her tone is admonishing -- there's no anger in it, only echoes of someone they both once knew. "Really, what did I tell you about letting food go bad?"

There's a light shake of her head. "Why would I have been here yesterday and returned, don't you see all the irritating people?" As Sayaka's own reflection was currently looking up at the magical girl like a mirror image in the fountain's water -- clearly the redhead meant to include her in the statement.

[dolente]

"I'm serious!" she nearly shouted, looking up sharply. That fist from earlier came up to rest in the air between them this time. It wasn't menacing, but Sayaka had a habit of talking with her hands, and unfortunately this girl had a penchant for saying annoying things. Or maybe it was the annoying way she said them... "It has nothing to do with the food!" at least, she didn't think it did...

The storm that seemed to be brewing within her quelled again, as she took in a breath. "Something really weird is going on. It's been three days now and the same things keep..." Man, what was she even saying? It sounded crazy even in her head!

"Never... nevermind. Forget I said anything."

[foodchaining]

Unimpressed, Kyoko's gaze flickers from the fountain to Sayaka's clenched fist. What the hell was she getting so worked up about? "What is your problem? Are you just entirely incapable of taking anything easy?"

Hooking her hands behind her head casually, she regards the distressed girl for a quiet moment. "You ought to treat this like a vacation you know, you really had no idea what was ahead of you being a rookie and all. Still focused on stupid shit like school and boys." Full of good intentions and clueless, the veteran knew Sayaka was going to get eaten alive. "Without having to fight for grief seeds you should just relax, not be freaking out."