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

[whereishe]

[She's lost track too and she couldn't help but wonder if they'd be stuck like this. She continues to pull Johnny along, the depressing thought now fixed in her mind. The more she thinks about it the sadder she feels.

After a moment she stopped and turned to Johnny, she wobbles a little but manages to stay on her feet.]

Okay, attack me.

[charming_jerk]

What? C'mon. I said no way. We're both blitz. It ain't fair.

[It's not that he doesn't think she can't hold her own. But he does feel sort of bad going one-on-one with her, when it's not just a sparring match. He doesn't exactly know why.

He holds his hands up in a gesture of surrender.]

[whereishe]

[If he’s going to surrender than Yuna is going to tackle him to the ground. She’s used to doing similar things with the Gullwings though they were never drunk nor just randomly placed in the city. Luckily Johnny will land on grass if he isn’t able to hold up to Yuna’s sudden assault.

Her arms are spread out wide and she circles his waist. She doesn’t mean to fall on him but her balance isn’t currently the best and Yuna is giggling.]

Got you!

[charming_jerk]

[He's too tipsy to keep his balance, and down he goes with a surprised yell.

Johnny blinks at her for a moment, regaining his focus. His head was swimming now, but he can't help but laugh. Even though it's night time, in the low light she can probably see how red his face is.]

Damn, girl, you're stronger than I remember. You win! I'm tappin' out.

[He slaps the ground a few time like he was tapping out of a wrestling match.]

[whereishe]

[Yuna looks down at him with a pout, her weight barely keeping him pinned to the ground.]

You're no fun!

[She doesn't remember him being such a push over, at least the way he carries that rather large weapon around.]

Since you're no fun then you have to think of something.

[Except for the moment Yuna's not moving because the moment she stands her head will begin to swim and she's not looking forward to that.]

[charming_jerk]

[He's drunk, exhausted and stressed. It's a wonder she even got him this far. He raises an eyebrow at her, and exaggerates his hurt feelings.]

I'm no fun?! I'm totally fun! I'm just, uh. Damn, I need to get up, cuz otherwise I am gonna fall right the hell to sleep, is what. I'm so beat.

[After a few moments of thinking, he manages to get up rather quickly, much to his own surprise, and scoops Yuna up with both arms as he does so. With only a little bit of wobbling, too.]

Okay, well, that's step one. Step two is findin' some trouble worth getting into. We got like two hours til this all resets. So let's fuck this place up.

[whereishe]

[Yuna might have fallen asleep as well which would have been strange if anyone passed them. As he stands her arms tightly wrap around his neck, her head swimming with the sudden change in elevation.]

How would we do that?

[She isn't all that creative when it comes to causing trouble. She usually causes trouble by accident.]

[charming_jerk]

[He thinks it over for a moment.]

How 'bout some good ol' fashioned vandalism? Been a hell of a long time since I did any of that. Guess we don't have spraypaint for taggin', but there's plenty of windows waiting to be shattered, fountains that are beggin' to have stuff tossed in 'em, 'n trees in need of some TP for redecorating.

[whereishe]

[Yuna giggles, still keeping her arms around Johnny because he hasn’t put her down.]

Okay!

[He’s a very bad influence.]

Where do we get TP?

[charming_jerk]

[Nope, not putting her down. Not yet. Although walking straight and carrying her is a bit of a problem at the moment.]

Um, a store. A house. A public bathroom. Gotta be lotsa places to do that. It don't even matter where. We could just go back into the bar 'n steal theirs.

[whereishe]

[Any time he wavers she's just going to grip tighter to his neck and pray that he doesn't fall over. It might not hurt to much but it is a daunting notion with the ground swimming so close.]

Sounds like you've done this before.

[Yuna can't help but giggle.]

[charming_jerk]

Not in a long damn time. But me gettin' up to stupid shit shouldn't surprise anyone, let alone you.

[He looks back at the bar, considering just taking theirs since it would be easiest. But then he turns back to Yuna, still in his arms.]

...Buuuut that would mean puttin' ya down. [Which sounds like he doesn't want to, quite yet.]

[whereishe]

[Yuna doesn't really seem to be in a hurry to jump from his arms either. Her head gets ired so she plops it down on Johnny's shoulder. Her gaze looking up at him while a smile pulls across her lips.]

That doesn't sound fun.

[Being carried is a lot of fun.]

[charming_jerk]

Yeah. I only got two arms, though. Too bad, huh.

[Argh. With her in his arms, looking up at him like that, his heart practically stops. He goes quiet for a moment as his face reddens. He can't hold back any longer. Slowly, he goes in for a kiss. He has to go slowly, he thinks, because he's convinced she's going to stop him.]

[whereishe]

Yeah?

[She whispers though she doesn't know why.

Yuna looks up at him, making no move to stop him as he leans closer. She feels the heat of his breath caress her cheek and it's taking some time for her brain to catch up in it's drunken haze.]

[charming_jerk]

[When he finally kisses her, its still a fairly gentle move, like he can barely register it's happening either. It gets stronger after a moment, and his grip on her tightens a bit.

When it ends, he only pulls back far enough so that he can look into her eyes, waiting on a reaction from Yuna. From the worried look on his face, he might be concerned that he went too far, or that she might slap him, or, well, anything negative.]

[whereishe]

[She feels the warmth from his lips spread out to her limbs as the strength of his kiss increased. Her head swam slightly and she is almost stunned by the action. Her mind is working slower, the alcohol impairing her thoughts.]

Johnny?

[Yuna doesn’t appear to be upset. A little confused and her cheeks are flushed a bright rosy red but not upset.]

[charming_jerk]

[He feels a little silly now, not saying anything, and being so worried. But he can't help himself. After a moment, his concerned expression melts into a relieved smile. Eyes closed, he rests his forehead (and horns) lightly against hers.]

I... sorry. Truth be told, I've been meanin' to do that for awhile.

[whereishe]

[Yuna feels the weight of his forehead and horns against her. She let's out a small breath, a light gust of air moving past his cheek. She doesn't want to move, it feels nice with his head against hers and it's a little less dizzying.

She wants to say something, that maybe it's the alcohol but she can't bring the words to be said. She can hear her heart beat drumming in her ear, the steady rhythm sounding to fast compared to it's normal cadence.]

How long is awhile?

[charming_jerk]

Um, I dunno. A few weeks? Y'know, give or take however long we been stuck in this damn loop. [He laughs a little at that.]

I probably shoulda said somethin' but... [He sighs a little. It's complicated. But things have been only getting more and more complicated for him lately, on many levels.]

[whereishe]

You.. ah...

[Yuna's brain is trying to keep up but she finds her cheeks growing redder and redder. She likes Johnny but she's rather oblivious to romantic thoughts.

It's always complicated and Yuna's wishing that she wasn't drunk because its hard to think and the earth is still spinning.]

[charming_jerk]

[He pulls back to look at her, worry crossing his face for a moment at her loss for words. But when he sees how red her face is, and how unfocused she seems, he gets the idea.]

I think prank night's gonna have to wait for another loop. Think it's about time I get ya home.

[whereishe]

okay.

[She wishes she had something better to say or that her brain would catch up. She leans against his shoulder, nuzzling her head against his neck.]

Where is home?

[charming_jerk]

The place ya live, dummy. [So he says while grinning. Thankfully they're not too far, and besides, it's not long til the day resets again anyway.]

Don't blame me when yer hangover manages to make it through to tomorrow though, okay?

[whereishe]

[Yuna pouts slightly at that. She is not a dummy but she begins to realize how silly of a question it is. It's a good thing that Johnny knows the way to her house.]

It won't, we'll just loopdy loop tomorrow too.

[She slurs her words a little bit but it's hard to tell if it's because she's sleepy or drunk. Yuna nuzzles against Johnny's shoulder some more and then looks up at him with a pout.]

You're a dummy.

[Now she's starting to sound like Rikku.]