melodiesoflife | (no subject)

Characters: OPEN (Ramza and whoever wishes to join)
Where/When: Starting with the Mognet bulletin boards, then branching out around the city, Oct 18th-the end of the event?
Summary: Something is attacking moogles and making Heroes sick. In an effort to find out what is going on and prevent further damage, Ramza is trying to set up some patrols around the city.
Warnings: Injured Moogles, possibly people dying.

A. At the Mognet Bulletin Boards in your District

The skies around Aqures Ixen seemed unnaturally quiet as Heroes stopped sending their moogles out to deliver messages. Ramza did not know what manner of person or creature was attacking their white winged allies, but he did not wish to allow it to roam the streets freely. With communications down and some Heroes bedridden with various illnesses, it seemed the best way to proceed is to set up a patrol.

Ramza refused to endanger Simon by asking the moogle to deliver the message to the other Heroes. Instead, he wrote out the message on a sheet of parchment and attached it to the bulletin board in the middle of the district. Hopefully, the Heroes who were still well enough to aid in the patrol would see it.

[The message Ramza leaves has a brief explanation of the patrols, a few routes sketched out, and a series of days and times that a hero can sign up for. Most of the routes circle past houses, so that, if a Hero falls ill, help will not be too far away.]

B. On your Patrol Route

Darkness had fallen. The streets were quiet, with the lights from the Moogle's decorations casting a eerie glow. Not knowing what enemy they faced, Ramza tried to coordinate each patrol so that no hero went unaccompanied. There was strength in numbers...he hoped.

[Note: The heroes on patrol will not be able to locate whatever it is attacking the moogles. If any moogles are sent out.away from their heroes during patrols, they will most likely be injured, and if a moogle actively attempts to guide the heroes to the attacker, they will be wounded.]

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"Sounds useful but... I don't think Mooshoo would like that." She really didn't want another reason for the ball of fluff to get mad at her. "He regards the heroes highly which means we have two opinions! Don't tell him or don't do it."

Yuffie turned back around after her mini speech and slowed as they got closer to her house. "It doesn't hurt you right?"

"It is more tiring than anything else," he reassured Yuffie. "If Mooshoo would not want it, I will respect his wishes. But...I have done it before with the beneficiary none the wiser on how it works. I would not lie to him, but I see no reason to volunteer that information."

He shrugged. "There is just so little I have been able to do to help so far. I hate feeling useless. If we cannot find the attacker to fight, the least I can do is offer aid to the wounded."

"Well what he knows won't hurt him. Let's just keep it between us." She waved a hand towards a window that she carefully opened. "This way."

Yuffie avoided using the front door as much as she possibly could. She didn't want to risk running into her roommate.

Ramza raised an eyebrow, but did not comment as he climbed in through the window. Perhaps all the ninja from her village used windows as doorways.

He landed inside with a soft thump. He glanced around the dark room, trying to get his bearings. "Where is Mooshoo resting?" he murmured, the darkness and the stealthy entry giving him the feeling that this needed to be done quietly.

Yuffie turned with a finger placed over her lips. "Shuu!" She walked slightly through the room to the closet where Mooshoo made a little room for himself. She silently opened the large doors and waved Ramza over.

Laying on a little mattress with Mooshoo. His eyes were closed and a series of cuts covered his little body. "He's asleep." She kept her voice low as she crouched down to pull the little blanket back over him.

Ramza crept to the closet, not quite as noiselessly as Yuffie, but still respectably quiet for a man dressed in armor. He knelt opposite of the ninja and looked down on the injured moogle.

He felt a flash of anger, seeing those cuts on the little creature. The moogles were a peaceful race. That someone would target them while avoiding the Heroes of Light revealed a depth of cowardice that he couldn't help but despise.

But anger would not help the situation at hand. The chant called for a peaceful mind. He let his eye close for a moment, took a deep breath, and pushed his anger deep inside of him.

He murmured the words of the chant, so quiet they were barely recognizable as words at all. He felt the familiar stirring of power inside of him, drawing together, then disappearing. He was glad he was kneeling already, because the sudden loss of that energy left him dizzy. He closed his eyes for a moment, until he felt steady again, before he opened them to check on Mooshoo.

her eyes glanced between Mooshoo and Ramza as he chanted. She knew it would help but she was still worried about her hurt little friend. He might be a pain and annoying but she cared about him.

Yuffie was watching him intently and noticed the slight change in position to steady himself. When his eyes open again her face was very close to his, inspecting him further. "Are you sure you are okay?" Her voice was even softer since they were close and she really didn't want to wake Mooshoo.

Ramza startled when he opened his eyes to find Yuffie right in front of him. His sharp intake of breath was not loud enough to wake the sleeping moogle, but he still flushed a little.

"I am fine," he whispered back to Yuffie. "Just a little disoriented, is all." He turned his attention to Mooshoo. "Do you think it helped?"

"Don't know." Yuffie glanced back at Mooshoo and then gently pushed Ramza over to her bed. "Sit for a sec. Feel less disoriented. I will check."

Once she was sure that he was going to stay seated on her bed. Yuffie moved back down to look at her moogle. He was still sleeping soundly and it looked as if his wounds were healing a little faster than before. She turned back with a smile and a quick nod.

Ramza let himself slouch into the bed. It felt nice to sit and just rest for a moment. There was too much to do for it to last long, so he just sat back and took a deep, yawning breath while Yuffie took care of her moogle.

He gave her a slow smile when she nodded that Mooshoo was doing better. Good to know that not all of his efforts this evening had been in vain, even if the culprit had not been caught.

"What now?" he whispered across the room. "Will you stay with Mooshoo, or do you mean to go back out?"

She wanted to go back out there but she also didn't want to leave Mooshoo alone. "I'll stay here for a bit"

Yuffie wasn't ready to tell him the details of her thoughts so she left it at that and sat curled up on the floor next to Mooshoo's bed. It wasn't a comfortable place to sit but it was the closest she could get without waking him. "Thanks. I guess. For helping." She wasn't really good at saying thank you.

It seemed it was time for him to go, then. Ramza pushed himself up off of the bed and paused by the closet on his way back to the window.

"You are welcome," he replied. "I will pray for Mooshoo's swift recovery."

He climbed out of the window, but turned and leaned his head back inside. "If you have need of my assistance again, I will offer it gladly," he told her gravely. He got the impression she would be loath to ask a favor of anyone, but he wanted her to know all the same.

Feeling a little ridiculous (he was no knight, no matter what his aspirations had been growing up), he turned away from the window and prepared to head back out to keep watch for the moogles' attacker.

She looked up from her post and smiled slightly. She had waited until he had left before she softly whispered . "Thanks."

Yuffie's smile widens as she curls up on the floor and waits for Mooshoo to awaken.