melodiesoflife | Event || Window of Opportunity

Event || Window of Opportunity

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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Sure, I have time.

Lets go and get a bow, and a target dummy and I'll show you how to do it.

[Armory is a go?]

[Zelda smiles.]

Lead the way then.

[It sounds like it'd be fun and she needs a break from her work at the Observatory.]

[Soon enough, they're in a field with a target dummy. The Adventurer strapped a quiver to his back as he drew an arrow.]

Now repelling shot is simple in concept. Say you cannot keep your distance from an opponent, and they close the gap.

[Moving up until he was face to face, he tapped the dummy.] Now repelling shot was developed by the archers of my land, as you can use it to leap backwards and fire an arrow in the same motion.

[Zelda watches curiously with a smile.]

That makes sense. Would you mind showing me?

Of course. Watch the legs.

[Moving up, he fired the arrow. At the same time, his legs coiled and he sprung backwards, the arrow firing at point blank and thudding into the dummy.

Landing, he fired yet another and it struck to the side of the first.] Repelling shot also works if you kick off the enemy as well.

[Zelda is wearing a dress, like she often does so she carefully ties the skirt up some so she can jump. She stands in font of the dummy looking over at Meteor.]

Like this?

[She mimics his position but wants confirmation before she attempts the move.]

That's right. Now you spring backwards, keeping your motion fluid in one movement.

[He moved to the side, because it was easier to watch this way from the side.]

[Zelda nods and then faces the dummy. Her aim and form with the arrow is amazing though her movements jumping back are shaky. She manages to hit the dummy though her footing is weak when she lands.]

I think I'll need to practice.

[Jumping isn't something she does often.]

That's the best way to do it. The crystals back home do not impart these kinds of skills for an Archer, and practice is the only way to perfect a maneuver such as Repelling Shot and Barrage.

[Zelda nods.]

I'll try again.

[She gets in position, jumps, however this time she stumbles and her bow drops from her hands. Her feet continue to stumble sending the girl to the ground.]

[He's over at her immediately, reaching for Zelda before she could hit the ground.] Careful! Don't be too fast about it. Are you all right?

[Zelda is a little disoriented. She grabs onto Meteor's arm using him to keep herself steady before smoothing out her skirt. She hopes that he hadn't seen anything embarrassing.]

Yes, I'm sorry.

[She looks up at him trying her best to smile.]

[He hadn't, but it didn't stop Meteor from pulling Zelda to her feet.]

It's all right. Not many get it in the first go.

[She is grateful for his help and smiles as she regains her footing.]

I might need to practice more.

[Though she isn't sure how many tries she should do in one day. She doesn't want to hurt herself.]

It isn't something you can learn in a day after all. It took me a week to figure out just how to land.

[He demonstrated by bending his knees a bit.] You want to land in a wide stance.

[Zelda mimics his motions, spreading her feet apart and bending her knees just as he does. Her balance wavers once but she manages to straighten herself upright. She doesn't technically have the jobs equipped for this and it's putting her at a sad disadvantage.]

I'm sure I'll learn with practice.

[Though she might be done for today.]

I honestly love archery but it's a skill I hadn't practiced before arriving here.

[Which was funny because Archer in his world was not a Job per say but a class. Something an everyman could pick up in time.]

It is a fun past time, and its easily picked up but difficult to master. You're doing better than expected though, for trying once.

[Zelda brightens at the compliment.]

Really?

[She's more used to using swords though she doesn't really care for fighting.]

That's right. And for a beginner at the technique, I daresay you have picked it up fairly well.

[Considering anything, he hoped Zelda was doing well with her choices in abilities and Jobs.]

[Zelda is one of the first heroes to arrive in Crystallis. As such she has many jobs and has experienced many forms of fighting. There are things that she prefers even if fighting isn’t always her first course of action.

Her eyes glance up at Meteor with a smile, the light blue shade glinting in the rays of the sun.]

You are a seasoned fighter. [She can tell from the way he carries himself.] It’s a greater compliment coming from you.

[Her smile widens slightly.]

Maybe we can train more other days? I’d appreciate the instruction.

[He smiled widely, and nodded eagerly.] I'd like that. Everything is so new here, and I would love to pass on some of Eorzea's techniques.

[Of course Zelda won't remember this but at least he knows she's willing.]

Where were you taught?

Gridania. I started my archery there, and began learning it. I changed to marauder later on, which is the axe-wielders of our world later. But some training never goes away.

[Zelda smiles.]

Sounds wonderful. [She hums softly.] Gridania. It’s a beautiful name.

Gridania is a nation within the forest, where the Elezen people mostly live. It is a gorgeous place, and even after the Cataclysm, it still poses much of its natural beauty.

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