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1/ Welcome To The World Of Crystallis!
You have seen reality shatter and collapse around you, in the depths of the void you found a Crystal and now you are in the city of Aqures Ixen, surrounded by Moogles and people as lost and confused as you are. On the bright side, everyone thinks you're a legendary Hero! On the downside, they expect you to save the world. Maybe their expectations are a bit too much. Thankfully, you're not abandoned to your fate as a Moogle explains to you everything you need to know. It's probably time to get to know your companions in misfortune. Besides, it seems this has occurred very often this past year-- Maybe the characters who have been here for longer than you may help.

2/ Do You Like Your New Life?
No? Well, either way, you better get used to it, to your new powers, to your new house, to the ball of fur that follows your every steps—Who knows, maybe you'll even make some friends here. Besides, even if everyone expects you to save the world, fighting isn't the only way to do so. Maybe you could open a shop to help and properly equip your friends who are actually eager to fight. Maybe you could try and gather people who think it is possible to negotiate with the Calamity, you could even participate in the research on the Crystals— Or you could make sure your house is the prettiest of them all in Aqures Ixen. Anything is possible!

3/ Neighborhood Woes...
The government of Aqures Ixen is sorry, but there are too many of you Heroes of Light. Hence why there are no free houses left in district dedicated to housing you. This may also be why you're not alone in the house that was given to you. Hopefully you're not living with a mad villain plotting to take over the world and hopefully your neighbor isn't a singer who doesn't know how to sing. On the bright side, you may have be living with someone very cool and maybe an artist of great talent lives next door! It's just not likely.

4/ Crystallis De Chocobo
Upon arrival, your Moogle gave you a map of Crystallis. This world may be a bit big for you to explore, so why not go to the Chocobo Farm and ask for a Chocobo? These big birds can't fly, but they're much more efficient than horses when it comes to travelling. Maybe it's your first time riding a Chocobo; it might be a good idea to have someone with you in case something goes wrong. Or maybe the old man at the farm didn't have any Chocobos left and gave you some Chocobo Lure© so you can go and capture your own. You can find details on Chocobo Capture here.

5/ A Thing Called Mognet
Hopefully you weren't used to Internet and cellphones back home. Otherwise, you might be a tiny bit confused when your Moogle returns to you with a stack of letters. Or maybe someone else's Moogle is coming to you with a voice message it learnt by heart and is now going to recite it to you with a lot of Kupo. That's how the "network" works here.

6/ A Thing Called Strike
In spite of how old-fashioned it is, Mognet is very useful and odds are that you may have become dependent on it. Hopefully not, because one local tradition seems to be Mognet Strikes. Nobody knows any more whether the Moogles have legitimate reasons to go on strike or if they are just lazy. But today, Mognet is down, and to get information you have no choice but going to the public board in the third district or in taverns.

7/ I Believe I Can fly~
You are on an Airship! Airships regularly depart from Aqures Ixen and stop by most major cities in the world, so they're the perfect means of transportation for you to go and explore this world. You can also borrow the Heroes of Light's official Airship, the Enterprise and some characters even have their own airship! You can go anywhere in a matter of hours — One can only hope you don’t have motion sickness.

8/ Exploration
Enough expository banter. Now is the time to explore. Maybe rather than spending most of your time in Aqures Ixen, you'd rather spend it living in Balicea, or betting on Chocobo Races in Trano Golsaucia. Or maybe you'd rather go and explore the ancient ruins that may hold some precious information in the continent of ruins. With Airships and Chocobos at your disposal, you can go nearly anywhere!

9/ Random Encounter
You were minding your own business walking around, and suddenly monsters attacked you! Time to put to use the skills you've learned with your Jobs! Alternatively, maybe this encounter isn't random at all, and you have been sent on a mission to kick some imperial asses in the war confronting the Heran Empire and the Republic of Esdham. Good luck!

10/ Getting Jobs Is Hard
It all started when you asked Cid to give you a new Job. What could and should have been a formality, quickly turned into a trial. All you wanted was a Job, and here you are in the wild, hunting for a Malboro Vine. Or maybe you are in some ancient and decrepit ruins looking for an artifact. Or yet again, maybe he simply asked you to assist him to clean the laboratory. Getting new Jobs is not easy. Consider yourself happy though, at least you don't have to do that alone.

11/ The World Is Subject To Unrelenting Pain and Suffering…
This is why you should play a game. After all, there are things a lot more important than saving the world: Blitzball is one of them. Triple Triad is another. Why don't you take a break and do something different for once; anyone wanting to play Blitzball is given a special potion allowing them to breath underwater, whereas someone who wants to play Triple Triad should have no difficulties finding veterans more than happy to get rid of their low level cards.

12/ Events Of The Past
Missed an event you would have liked to participate in? The Test Drive Meme is the perfect place to play this event without being restricted by the game's chronology! Maybe you would have liked to be lost and attacked from all sides in the creepy Magitek Research Facility or maybe you'd have liked to celebrate the Christmas of Crystallis. Yet again, maybe you would have preferred to regain your true powers and subsequently be on your path to death, as in The Night of the Thirteen Moogles or chase ghosts for a living. Or how about reliving some of your Worst Memories or fighting in A War for future of the world?

13/ Wild Card
Don't like the options offered here? Go crazy and choose what you want to do in this world!

Logs Community ♦ Mognet Community ♦ OOC Community ♦ Crack Community

Game	Players	World	Other
Premise	Applications	Job List	Employments
Rules	Reservations	NPCs / Contact	Hospital
FAQ	Taken Characters	Job/Regain Quests	Races
Locations	Hiatus/Drop	Guilds	Eidolons
Mognet	Player Contact	Bestiary	Mod Contact
Aqures Ixen	Player Plots	Monster Arena	Suggestions
Legends	Housing	Doppelgangers	Credits

Comments

Duster | Mother 3

[mindofathief]

2. Shopping

[A bearded man wearing a Monk's outfit and a Bard's hat limps into the music shop. A Moogle follows him, indicating he is another Hero of Light, and two head to the section displaying various stringed instruments.]

So you gotta pick one and stick to it, ya know? This is what you'll be using for your whole life here, kupo.

[Duster nods along, not looking at his Moogle and completely focused on the shelves. A lute would be nice, but it doesn't feel right to him. Guitars involve too much strumming, and he'd had to learn a whole new set of strings.

And then he sees it. The double bass. He runs up to it and lightly touches the casing in admiration.]

This is perfect!

[He can join a band and perform concerts across Crystallis! It's brand-new and needs several weeks for Duster to get used to playing it, but that's nothing compared to sitting around with no music in his life.]

How're you gonna carry that around on the battlefield?

[...He didn't think about that.] Ah.

3. Adventure Time?

[It's time for Duster and his lucky housemates to leave early this morning and head out on an adventure. There's only one problem: Duster's still asleep. And he's a heavy sleeper.

Opening his room and calling his name softly doesn't do anything. Is there any way to get him to wake up now?]

12. Bustin' Makes Me Feel Good

[Duster gives the Shifter another good, hard kick, but it isn't enough to push it away from him. There's no way he can turn on his proton pack fast enough before it retaliates.]

It's coming!

[Its face begins to change, and Duster takes that as his cue to look away and run. One of its tendrils comes after him, prepared to strike him down.]

#2

[rialynn]

[Rialynn is almost overwhelmed with all of the instruments placed on display in one single location. The quality varies a little, but overall, she's impressed, and very much so. There are more than a few instruments she's never even seen before, like the ocarina she's turning over in her hands. It looks like some sort of flute, but it's such an odd shape...]

[She glances up as a man passes in front of her, moving to study one of the bigger instruments. She's seen them before, knows how they're played, but she's never had the good fortune to handle a bass of any kind herself.]

[Though she doesn't mean to eavesdrop, she can't help but hear what they're discussing, and her gaze soon moves back and forth between the man and the moogle. It's none of her business, of course, but...a fellow bard can't be all that bad, right?]

What about the fiddle?

[She puts down the ocarina.]

Sorry for the intrusion. It just seems a little easier to carry is all.

3 but of course for maximum irony, i'm so sorry

[silencesfate]

Duster-san? Pardon me but... we're going to be late. [ Being polite, and a few hesitant pokes are not going anywhere. Minato's left a bit amazed and confounded by this remarkable ordeal put before him. ]

How can anyone sleep this deeply? [ What do you mean, he's one to talk? ] Hm...

[ He was running out of ideas, and Minato crossed his arms with a frown.

There's one thing he could try though... He did have something that came with him, into this world, that still worked in Crystallis. He was loathe to put his belongings on someone else, but he couldn't think of anything else to do. ]

Okay... I guess this is worth a shot. [ He clipped on the earphones to his housemate, and clicked the button on his player to raise the volume up to max. And then, play. Prepare for a doubtlessly bizarre echoing of "BABY BABY"s wake-up call to the land of the living, Duster. ]

3.

[chondriosome]

"If you're not twenty minutes early, you're a half hour late." Those are the strict words that she always abides by.

Unfortunately, not everyone takes this virtue quite as seriously as Aya Brea does. So of course she would get stuck with the guy who prefers to sleep in.

"You lazy..."

She scoffs, folding her arms over her chest and leans her torso forward over the sleeping Duster.

Shameless, she bats him over the head. "Wake up!"

If that doesn't work, she'll have to resort to more drastic measures.

Erika Kurumi | Heartcatch Precure

[stupid_erika_shenanigans]

2.

There was no fashion store here in town. At least no fashion she could pass off for something nice.

THIS WAS UNACCEPTIBLE.

To this end, Erika had decided that there was nothing for it but to go and get gainful employment at the stores.

"What do you mean you're not hiring?" exclaimed Erika hotly.

Her moogle sighed. "You need to really reconsider this, there's adventure to be found, kupo!"

"Yeah I know but seriously! Geez, how can anyone deal with this?"


13.

Erika had just gotten back her first tier Precure Powers, and with it came Coffret. Who was glaring daggers at the moogle. "What do you think you're doing, moseying in on my Erika?"

"Hey, she's my responsibility, Kupo," retorted her moogle, who had been revealed to be named Kuplo Kopp. "I need to keep her safe!"

"Calm down you two, you can just both fight for me! I have the beast master job, remember?"


10.

"ONORE CIDO!" Howled Erika to the skies as she waved her tiny fists. "Why do I have to capture this thing called a Hamster anyhow? Hamsters are cute and fuzzy!"

"Brr, not these ones, they're tiny vicious things." shivered Kuplo Kopp. "We should just head home, this isn't worth getting the gunner job."

"But my pew pew weaponry..."


9.

"Random battle, yosha! Lets do this, Kuplo Kopp, Coffret! GO GET THEM!"

The two mascots looked at the untrained Erika. And then with twin cries, ran away.

"HEY, YOU TWO COME BACK HERE!" She turned to her Chocobo, who was hiding its head in a bush. "... FINE." She drew her sword. "Okay, I'll take you all on!"

The monsters in questions were normal monsters, but still.

10

[bag_has_snapped]

"A-Are you sure you haven't made him mad, Erika?" Tsubomi asked, curious. Yes, this was ridiculous and it's probably possible that Cid did suggest this in anger.

13 - because why not?

[bag_has_snapped]

"Are we really doing this?" Tsubomi asked, blinking in confusion as she watched Moogle and fairy argue it out. "Chypre and Chypre the Second wasn't this bad at all."

"We're much more mature about this-desu!" Chypre replied, crossing her arms and nodding.

9

[jacktothefuture]

A dire situation if there ever was one for poor, young Erika. Outnumbered by monsters and with her actual allies turning tail and hiding, is this the end for the brave adventurer?!

Nope, not today. As the first monster lunges there's a blur of motion, a flash of steel and the monster flops lifelessly to the ground behind a man in white. Jack rises slowly from his strike, bringing his sword around to hold at the ready as he faces down the rest of the monsters.

"Forgive my intrusion," he says quietly without turning his head, "but it appeared you were in need of assistance."

Tidus | Final Fantasy X/Dissidia

[waterstrikes]

3

[He isn't the worst roommate, and he's not exactly messy, but Tidus is scattered. And he doesn't exactly think about his roommate's schedule. That snack you were looking forward to? He moves in order to grab what's his before putting it in a completely different spot that might not make sense to anyone but him. He also leaves his armor wherever he chooses.]

[And if he's practiced Blitzball that day, then it's a given that there will be spots of water on the floor that day.]

10

[Check out some ruins and bring back something that looks important? He didn't remember the exact instructions, but he did want to try the Thief job. With the Warrior and Time Mage jobs equipped, he stands at the mouth of the ruins.]

[What he hadn't really counted on? Was how deep the ruins seemed to expand and the overall creepy aura they had. He probably should have, since, "Will you go do this for me? It's simple," often meant, "Will you go and walk my chocobo? Oh and there might be an ambush of chimeras sorry I didn't mention that before but I do this every week it's No Big Deal."]

[The former? Chaos warrior rolls his eyes. No worrying about it now. He turns to address his partners.]

Did anyone bring a map? Okay, let's do this! [He doesn't even give them a chance to respond before he rushes in there.]

11

[He doesn't accept the potion, he doesn't need it after all. But if it means he has the chance to compete in Blitzball with more people, he's okay with it. He'd rather have some kind of challenge, and being able to hold one's breath underwater, without it being a distraction, is something that takes years to master.]

[Regardless, he's not expecting this to be a game with the difficulty he's accustomed to playing, but it's Blitzball. It's familiar.]

[A part of him feels guilty for even allowing himself to get distracted like this. But he's here, so he might as well practice so that when he finally does run into Jecht, he can defeat him. It's how he chooses to justify this. Tidus stretches, glancing around at his teammates to make sure no one's too nervous or on edge. A little anxiety before the game is good, but focus too much on it and you're bound to screw up.]

11: prose by phone!! sorry sob

[grandsummon]

Familiar indeed. Yuna frequented blitz all games when she could, it made Crystallis feel more like home, more relatable -- but at the same time more heartbreaking. She was distracted and she took her seat at today's event, already having missed a good portion of the game by the time she reached her seat. She felt heavy today, weighted down by all the things that had happened in her time here.

Sighing, she resolved to try and enjoy the rest of the game, as Momolumi floated absently beside her. Giving him a brave smile and pushing down her worries, she looked up as someone scored -- and her mismatched eyes went wide.

Before she knew it she was on her feet, her heart pounding in her chest, threatening to burst out. Her moogle, seeing the change, looked out towards the spherepool, noticing the same -- "Kupo... Yuna... isn't that?" But she was already gone.

Sprinting at full force, winding and pushing her way through the crowds until she reached the locker rooms, panic and excitement both alight within her as she was stopped at the doors. "Please!" she cried, "I have to get through! That's... there's someone I...!"

#3

[vonspielburg]

[Ellie takes her food pretty seriously. She never accepts any offers of snacks or shared portions, cooking only for herself and usually taking her meal outside to eat if the weather allows. She's not too crazy about the mess Tidus brings to the house, but as she isn't home all that often, she usually gives it no more than a passing squint, and if he's home, she has no qualms about saying flat out 'put your things in your room' as if it were an order from a superior officer.]

[She's really not much fun, but she is good to have around on quests and missions.]

[Today, she could swear the bottle of milk she'd bought was on the top shelf, not the second. There's also less of it. Did someone else buy milk and drink some, or just help themselves to hers? Well she can't drink it now, that's for sure. If there's a sneak going after her food, then this clearly deserves punishment. Which is why she dumps about half a cup of salt into the milk, shakes it up to let it dissolve, and leaves it before heading into the living room to look innocent and relaxed with a book on Mysidian monsters.]

[If someone drinks that tainted milk, she'll know. SHE. WILL. KNOW.]

Rialynn Kollmann | OC

[rialynn]

1. Welcome!

[Rialynn blinks hard. Twice. It doesn't help to chase away the sight of flying white teddy bears. Her rapier is still belted to her hip, and her lute clunks slightly as she pushes herself unsteadily onto her feet. She dusts off the seat of her leather breeches, wide hazel eyes flicking back and forth. There are all sorts of people in varying states of wakefulness, some wearing resplendent colorful robes, some decked out in expensive-looking armor. The teddy bears are talking to them.]

[Where in the world is she...?]

[Slowly she turns, and then stares up at the giant orange crystal. And that would be what now?]

Uh...Sabien?

[Rialynn looks around for her friend, but there's no sign of the fierce femme fatale. No sign of her horse, either. All she has is the clothing on her back, her instrument, and her weapon. She shies away a little from a waking barbarian (is he a barbarian???), unsure which way she should go. Should she wait for a teddy bear?]

[She backs right up into someone else's back. Spinning around, Rialynn's hands jump up in a hasty display of apology.]

Sorry! Sorry.

11. Games

[There's a fairly sizable crowd gathered around the table of Triple Triad at the bar. The two players size each other up, playing their cards thoughtfully. There are collective gasps, chuckles, sighs and grumbles, and raucous cheers.]

[Rialynn doesn't really get it. But she's curious! She sips from her mug, trying to get a good place near the middle where she can still see at her 5'3" height, but not get too jostled by the rowdier folks near the front. Her hazel eyes flick over the cards, trying to figure out why this monster beat that monster, and where the points come into play.]

[...It's not doing much good. She'd like to go back to the stage and play a few more songs for the crowd, but she doesn't stand a chance of earning so much as a bent coin so long as the card game is playing out. A good bard knows when to give the audience what they want, and what they want is a card game, not a ballad.]

[Another sip, then she turns her head slightly toward the person standing next to her.]

Are you following this? At all?

[Because she sure isn't.]

4. Chocobos

................Where are the horses?

[She was told she could rent a mount or even see about taming one of her own by visiting the 'chocobo ranch' so that's what she did. She didn't know what a chocobo was, and assumed it was just a family name, or a location. Giant birds weren't really what she had in mind, and so she stands at the edge of the fence, staring blankly at the big yellow chocobo that casually strutted past her line of vision.]

[She rises up a little higher on the balls of her feet, quietly fretting. She didn't know how to ride one of these. Would she need to hire a rider as well as a chocobo to get to where she needed to go? nooooooooo pleeeeeease]

[Slowly she backs away, tugging at the tail of her bandanna, her brow deeply furrowed. Surely this can't be the only option. Horses have to exist, right? Or at least some sort of animal she can ride that has four legs?]

4

[unalive_them]

No horses, mein friend

[Oh, look, it's Deadpool, gratuitous wanna-be German and all. No Nightcrawler here, bub.]

In this world, we ride our dinner! Or well, I think they're dinner. I mean, these things are gigantic chickens and they don't wear disguises to look like normal guys...es...

11

[mindofathief]

[Fortunately for Rialynn, Duster is a tall man and can easily see what's going on. Unfortunately for her, he's not the most clever of people and the game's rules only get more confusing as the players puts down the most seemingly inappropriate cards and win the round.]

I...no. I don't get anything that's happening. [He shuts this eyes and lowers his head when he guesses the point distributing incorrectly again.] Where do they even get those cards? They don't look like they came in their own set.

1!

[craftlordiron]

Whoa!

[After being run into from behind, Pratty can't help but stumble a few feet forward. Once she regains her footing, she instinctively turns around, facing the other person.]

Sorry about that.

[The collision might not have been her fault entirely, but she should have been paying more attention to her surroundings, instead of the white puffball. Come to think of it, this person looked just as lost and confused as she did!]

New here too, huh?

1

[vistapoint]

[If it makes Rialynn feel any better, the person she backed into is just as surprised as she is.

... And also a kid who's apparently just as new to this place as she is.] I-it's alright! Um... Do you know where this is?

Rey | OC

[circumitus]

3. Neighborhood Woes

No housing? No problem. It isn't like she needs housing to feel at home, when you're used to not really having one.

More often not, Rey is also used to sleeping on floors. The creature comforts of beds and homes are usually alien practices to her. And while she may have recently spent the last four years in the confines of an apartment, old habits die hard.

Especially when you're a 97-year-old synthetic human who's set in her ways.

That said, it shouldn't come as a surprise to find this particular woman sleeping on a bench. But let's face it, it probably is. Furthermore, she's perfectly comfortable sitting upright, in what would appear to be a rather uncomfortable position.

You know what they say about letting sleeping dogs lie? Perhaps you should just approach with caution... or not at all. Of course, if we went with the latter, we wouldn't have much of a story, now would we?

6. A Thing Called Strike

Not having a nexus device or some line of direct communication is a strange concept to settle on, even to Rey. Where this world has airships and magic, they somehow lacked in actual technological advancements such as a proper network.

Which was fine. It wasn't like she had anyone to call, anyway. But not having any mean of locating information on what was going on in the world when their sole line of contact was on strike was, to say the least, inconvenient.

The tavern wasn't necessarily bustling when the scar-faced woman enters. If she was lost, she at least doesn't look like it as she finds a seat at the bar.

"Why the hell would anyplace bother relying on a 'net so inefficient? Insane."

6

[mindofathief]

[For all the problems the strike is causing, Duster doesn't seem to be affected at all. He calmly chews on his chicken stew and stares at the counter. Letters delivered by hand tend to be delayed from time to time. What can you do but wait for things to calm down.]

It's not so bad. [He swallows his food.] It's easier to send your message to the right place when you can talk to the mail deliverer.

Estellise Sidos Heurassein | Tales of Vesperia

[firstaid]

4

"No, come back Mr. Chocobo!"

It seems one princess has some problems with the Chocobos. Every time she goes near one, it seems to high-tail it in another direction the moment she tries to pet it. If she can't even go near one, how can she ride it? Oh dear, this is really a problem.

"Um, would anyone mind telling me how I can just get near one? Is there a special trick to it?" Asks the young woman who seems to have a thing where animals have an aversion to her. She has a concerned look on her face, really wanting to know how she can get the flightless bird to just behave and not run off. Or attempt to bite her.

5

Writing and reading are two of Estelle's hobbies and the fact that it is a form of communication here makes her very happy. So much that she sends letters to random people when she sees their Moogle about.

'Hello, my name is Estellise. Perhaps we have met, perhaps we have not. I am just writing to you in hopes that you have had a good day. If you have or even if not, perhaps we could meet at some point to chat in person. I would very much so like to do that!'

Of course, she's is writing in hopes she's written a good person, but she would like to think that all people at least have some good in them. If not, she can defend herself. After all, she knows how to use a sword!

Re: Estellise Sidos Heurassein | Tales of Vesperia

[ribboncasting]

As a scientist, there's something almost calming about being in a new world. Sure, having no way to get home was a major pain, and the amount of crap that the heroes had to put up with was ridiculous, but the sheer amount of new things she had to study almost made it worth it.

Almost.

There was a large part of her that missed her friends back home, the pink-haired princess chief among them. She doesn't even have to read the letter to know that it's Estelle's, the penmanship alone gives it away. Rita can't find paper for a reply fast enough, and when she finally does, the writing is barely legible, if not distinctive.

Estelle! Where are you?

Rita's in such a rush that she forgets to sign her own name, or ask how Estelle is doing her. As far as she's concerned those are both things that can happen once she sees her friend in person, and the sooner the letter gets there, the sooner it happens.

1 or 2 (also imagine his blindfold because it's not like I have skills to photoshop it)

[mimaikin]

"For the last time, I'm not a 'hero'."

The words are directed to a stupid creature that he's learned years ago, in his own worlds and those that weren't, is called 'a moogle'. There was even one in The Castle in the World That Never Was - Isa was quite sure that the opportunistic little beings just went everywhere were they could squeeze even one piece of munny out of someone, whether that someone existed or not. (Not as if that was their problem.)

However, this moogle surprised him by... being a moogle equivalent of Lea.

Or to put it this way: while it hadn't shown any fire-related abilities, it had followed Isa everywhere, even to bathrooms. Therefore if it ever through fireball at his face, Isa wouldn't be surprised. Not much, at least.

"Listen up, you stray. If you accuse of being "a Hero" of Light one more time, I'll show you why I don't have enough of Light left inside me for any heroic antics. I'll take this off and show you how much Darkness I have. Mostly my own at that."

He's pointing to his blindfold while saying it.

Yesterday he finally asked on the Mognet how to successfully kill or ditch one's own Moogle, but nobody's given him a serious answer. Strange.

That's why right now he's standing just outside weapon shop arguing with this pomponned stray of his. To no effect, as the moogle just rolls his eyes at the (mostly) empty threat.

The threat levels are also probably lowered due to the fact that he's subconsciously leaning down to make sure the creature hears him well. He's still not able to make himself talk in anything above the whisper, even after three years of doing so.

[acceptedoblivion]

Having just recently woken up from crystal stasis, he wasn't expecting to see anyone or anything that reminded him of home in the slightest. However, when he heard someone arguing what it "meant" to be a hero of light, he couldn't help but chuckle to himself. Ah yes, the same argument he had with 'Lin ages ago. He remembered it well.

Just as he recalled that coat, which didn't mean much as Time Mages wore it, but sometimes one couldn't help a kneejerk reaction. Especially when one remembers the kind of people who wore those things back at the castle. At least this time he had a small advantage.

"Pretty sure they can guess from the rest of your expression," the boy called out in dark amusement. "Turns out they just don't care with who we were before."

Rufus Shinra | Final Fantasy VII

[ruinedempire]

1

A hero of light.

Wasn't that a laugh?

Rufus eyed the moogle by his side with mild disdain, clearly unamused by the entire situation he was tossed in. Aqures Ixen? Saving the world? His entire wardrobe changing to something he'd never find himself in on a normal day (gunner class)? Why would the problems of another planet be any concern to him? He really didn't care. Well, except for the whole Calamity of the Skies, that was a little too close to Jenova for him to just ignore.

Well, he might as well use his current status as a legendary hero to his advantage. Rufus turned to the Moogle and started to order it around, almost like it was second nature to him. Which. It was. Being the former president of Shinra sorta did that to people.

"You, grab me some water. Preferably in a bottle." He was tempted to ask for some painkillers for his headache that was forming, but he didn't really trust the Moogle well-enough to grab him something like that.

3

Was he really being forced to live in an apartment with these... charming individuals? Ever since his company fell after meteor, Rufus was used to living in places that weren't extravagant. That wasn't the problem. The problem was living with people that he didn't trust, at best. At worst, they were going to be nuisances that only served to make his headache grow.

Fantastic.

But he put on a charming facade, greeting any new roommate with a poised posture. None of the irritation he felt was visible on his face or tone. There was no point in make enemies right off the bat and if he played his cards right, they could be useful in the future.

"Greetings. It appears that we will be rooming together for an extended period of time."

[shepherd_prince]

"Greetings to you as well," Chrom replied with a smile. The weight he'd gained while wearing the Santa costume was gradually dropping, now that he'd gone back to his paladin/dark knight combination. He still didn't feel quite like his old self, but if he continued his rigorous training, he would be back in shape before the month ended, he was sure of that.

For now, he was dressed as properly as he could manage, a long white cape hanging from his shoulder guards, a gleaming sword at his hip.

"Have you had a chance to look around town yet, or shop for any essentials you might need?" Because now was the time, while he gave Morgan a chance to disarm any traps he might have left out hoping to trip up his mother. That wasn't exactly the kind of greeting meant for a young man this refined and poised.

Zaveid | Tales of Zestiria

[windshields]

7

Huh, flying ain't a half bad thing. Makes it easy to get around, that's for sure, but the wind seraph kind of enjoys this. Maybe just 'cause it's his element, or maybe because it's easy and lazy. Not that he's lazy by any means, but he's tired, he's old, and sometimes taking the easy route is the nicest. Then again, also having a vessel is nice, too. Just camp inside them, and boom just stay there for the ride. Hah, that's an innuendo he'll need to remember if he sees Rose again. Just 'cause.

9

Well, it sucks he doesn't have his powers (and sucks that he can't snoop in the girl's sauna with said powers), but at least he has his pendulums. Time to see if these babies work decently here, too. Along with a new job. Given he's only really used spells with limited physical attacks, a mage seemed to fit him best, but goddamn that nothing with wind. Kind of pisses him off, but hey, maybe it'll be fun to try something new.

And to the person who's fighting with him?

"Hey, you ready? I'll take on that sexy lookin' thing, alright? She's just my type."

As much as he is seemingly going to flirt with their female shaped monster, he'll take it down no problem. An enemy is an enemy.

9 ha!

[mahoukillabro]

Countless heroes from countless worlds, and Rose ended up going on a mission with Zaveid, of all people.

Unfortunately, she's working as a ninja right now, and the mask covering her face means that Zaveid won't be able to see her look of disgust. He should be able to hear it in her tone, though. Should.

"Whatever you say, hotshot. This one's yours."

Either Zaveid kills the monster, or is killed by the monster. Either way, Rose wins.

Geo Stelar | MegaMan Star Force

[vistapoint]

1
[As if waking up in a brand new city that wasn't Echo Ridge (in some really weird outfit, no less!!) wasn't weird enough, now this... critter keeps following him around claiming he's a hero.

... He's not sure whether it's better or worse that this thing reminds him vaguely of Mega. (On the one hand, it's a little reassuring to have something like Mega around--on the other hand, this thing's presence is completely foreign!)

As of right now, he's currently running around the Fourth District, half exploring and half trying to lose the Moogle (who's taking to this about as well as expected). Sorry if he ends up bumping into anyone.]

4
[... All things considered, he feels kind of silly doing this. Sure. Go capture a giant bird to use as a mount, this can't possibly end badly somehow.

Right now, he's just turning the Chocobo Lure over in his hands, making an uncertain face at the crystal. His Moogle, impatient as ever, nudges his shoulder.]

You're gonna need to have me activate that thing first, kupo.

[Geo just sighs and turns the lure over in his hand again.] Is this even going to work...?

C'mon, you're really doubting the guy who knows his stuff?! Let's get on with the bird-catchin'!

Re: Geo Stelar | MegaMan Star Force

[stupid_erika_shenanigans]

[Geo was shorter than Erika.

THERE WAS A GOD.

Despite this, Erika walked over, her Moogle floating behind her.] Hey! You just woke up too huh?

Emmeryn | Fire Emblem: Awakening

[divinedescendant]

1. [At any given time, Emmeryn has a lot to be concerned about, even without being thrown into a new world she's expected to save and being taken away from Ylisse when things are already so unstable. The fact that her Moogle's started crying is really just one of those, this may as well happen kind of things.

Nothing in particular provoked this so much as Emmeryn has just been assigned the most emotional Moogle in the entire world; the poor thing got so worked up talking about the Calamity it just burst into tears.

And thus, standing in the middle of this gathering of new Heroes we've got a lady, only mildly baffled, in white mage robes holding a sobbing Moogle in her arms, gently shooshing and reassuring her new companion.]


7. [This world has given her a lot to be amazed by. Airships are definitely way up there. Emmeryn's starry-eyed expression hasn't faded since the group boarded the ship, and if she pauses her slow wandering up and down the ship for more than a minute at a time, it's to lean against the rails on the deck and watch the world passing by below. She spends just as much time exploring the rooms below, too, wanting to see every new and fascinating and marvelous thing the ship has to offer.]

I feel I could spend my life here and still not have explored this whole vessel...


9. [The fight has ended and now Emmeryn has the chance to make herself useful; single-specializing as a white mage has kept her from being much use in the fray, but she'll go on any quest she's invited on despite the dangers, because there's still a way for her to help.

A healing spell glows in her palm, and she takes another short moment to assess the situation before casting it on her wounded companion.] Is that better?

#1 Speaking of gross wet sobbing...

[shepherd_prince]

[This is the first time Chrom has a chance to greet the newly awakened, given that he was in the last round of Heroes who appeared in the city. Did he expect to see someone he knew? He did not. But, as a diplomat-in-training, he felt it was in his best interests to welcome the new Heroes and see to it that their needs were met. It was shocking to see your reality fall apart and wake up in a foreign world, and as the experience was still relatively fresh in his mind, he felt he was well-suited to the task.]

[He just wishes he could have lost more of the gut he gained after spending a month wearing the Santa Claus outfit that came with the job. Chrom was one of the unlucky few who got a little...pudgy. He never wants to eat another cookie again.]

[Leaving the armor at home, save for the shoulder-guards nothing else fits, he still walks with the same proud stride he always his, the white cloak fluttering at his ankles, sword at his hip.]

[The Moogles were as punctual as ever, he sees, the air thick with foot-tall balls of white fluff zooming here and there to helpfully explain the situation to a group of confused heroes.]

[The sound of desperate sobbing catches his attention. That would probably be the person who needed him most, he reasoned, so he turns in that direction and begins making his way through the crowd.]

[The friendly smile he wore drops immediately as he comes to a shaky stop, gray-blue eyes growing wide.]

Emm...?

[He'd recognize his sister anywhere. Even if it was just someone who looked very much like her, there's no way anyone else would bear the brand of the Exalt on her brow. The kindness reflected on her face as she comforted her little Moogle was unmistakable. He'd seen that look a thousand times as she consoled Ylisse's people without hesitation, and without fear of exposing herself to the masses.]

EMM!

[If she didn't hear him the first time, the second time he shouts her name as he surges forward with sudden desperation, as if she'd slip out of his life if he didn't reach her in time.]

Jack | Samurai Jack

[jacktothefuture]

2.
It's been a long day of shopping behind him. He's made the rounds around town hitting all the various adventurer haunts. He's all stocked up on supplies: potions, food, flint and steel, waterskin. He even stopped into the weapons shop to find himself a good bow for when the trusted sword at his side wasn't enough. Now, there's only one thing missing.

That's why you might find a certain samurai at the local hat shop, seeking out the best fit. And it looks like he's having some trouble. Beside him is an assortment of various chapeaus. A ten gallon cowboy hat, a baseball cat, a pinstriped trilby. Jack himself is at a mirror frowning at the bowler hat currently resting atop his head.

This could be a challenge.

3.
It's a housing crisis is what it is! With so many new people coming in, hardly anybody has their own place to live. Fortunately for whoever ended up in this house, their roommate is a pretty quiet guy. Didn't make much noise, kept to himself and definitely didn't cause a mess.

The greater surprise comes along the second or third day after his arrival. He's by the door early in the morning, tying a backpack shut and and slinging it over his shoulders. His sandals are strapped on tight, his brand new round straw hat is resting on his head and his sword is safely tucked into the sash around his waist. Looks like Jack is off for the long haul and may not have any plans on returning.

Looks like you've got the place to yourself after all! Or is that not a good thing...?

7.
Airship flight! It's safer than walking, or so they say although Jack certainly has his doubts about that. All the same, it's fast and getting him where he needs to be to become the next leg of his journey, and it's rather peaceful... or at least it was for the beginning.

It appears that something of important to one of the other passengers has somehow been caught by a gust of wind and blown overboard! Luckily it got caught on one of the wings and is holding on against all odds. Perhaps it's an object of some importance to somebody, or maybe an unfortunate Moogle.

Either way, that's how Jack has ended up rappeling down the side of an airship in flight with a line of rope tied around his waist and his eyes locked on that wing and very much not on the ground way below.

"Yes, I am fine!" He calls upward. It's dangerous but he promised he would recover this object and that's what he's going to do. "Just another moment and I will reach the wing!"

8/9
After that little kerfluffle on the airship, Jack's back on foot how he prefers it. From her on out, he can be encountered anywhere. Exploring ancient ruins, just another soul on the road, or even battling random monsters. Jack's certainly no stranger to random enemies appearing in his path, nor would he turn his back on another traveler who's run across some trouble.

#3

[damn_juicebox]

Rukia got in late last night. Rather than risk waking her roommate, she'd tended to her own injuries in the living room, swigging a few potions before dragging the throw off of the back of the couch and curling up to sleep in front of the dying fire.

She was sleeping on her stomach when Jack came down, her cheek mashed into the armrest of the couch, one arm slung over the edge as she slept deeply. He was quiet enough not to rouse her at first until she heard the gentle clatter of his wooden sandals.

Her lashes peeled back as she partially cracked open one eye, staring blearily at the polite samurai. For a moment she just watched him, wondering where he was off to at this early hour. When she noticed the backpack, it became obvious that he wouldn't be returning for quite some time. Maybe not ever.

"Where are you going?" she mumbled sleepily, peering at him. Surely he wasn't about to march off and fight some giant monster on his own, right? That would be severely foolish.

Qrow Branwen | RWBY

[drunkle_qrow]

3.
[One thing that can be said about Qrow Branwen is that he's a terrific fighter. He barely even seemed to need time adjusting to his new Jobs. Every day he's out clearing out monsters, battling ruffians and all sorts of things.

What can't be said about him is... that he's a good rommate. From the walking in at all hours of the night drunk as a skunk, bouncing off the walls, to the terrible mess he leaves in his wake, empty liquor bottles just everywhere, it's a nightmare. Today he at least seems to have his shit mostly together. He's sitting at the couch with a map of the world open in front of him, a steaming mug of coffee next to it... along with an open flask. We also say mostly because well... he's sitting there in a towel. Just a towel.]

9.
[It's a bandit attack! The small village is in danger, in the process of being ransacked by brigands. Maybe not only humans but monsters as well. Oh, will nobody hear the cries of the people and come to their aid?!

... Somebody will.]

Hey-hey, don't... don't worry, everybody! The Heroes of Light're... they're here!

[The chaos stops in an instant, all eyes turning to the tall gangly man staggering out into the middle of the road. His sword is still on his back, instead carrying a half-empty bottle of amber liquid and his steps are the too-steady, too-measured lurches of a man who'd had more than a few. He stops where he is, swaying, and points to the bad guys.]

Beware, you villains, for now you--you... uhh.... [He seems to forget what he was going to say, blinking as if just realizing he's still carrying his booze and takes another couple of gulps from it before zeroing in on his foes again] ... now you're gonna get it.

13
[Run into Qrow anywhere else. Out exploring, at the weapons shop, the bar. Anywhere and anything!]

#3 of course

[specialist_snowflake]

[Winter has been awake, dressed, and productive since the buttcrack of dawn. Given her early bedtime and early awakening, once almost has to wonder if she ever looks less than pristine in her white leather vest and grey trousers, sporting the look of the Red Mage, but in white.]

[Always in perfect, spotless white.]

[She's already checked the quest board as she normally does, purchased a few potions to keep on hand in case she's ever deprived of her magic, finished the laundry, practiced her summoning spells, and bought the groceries.]

[Her high-heeled boots click neatly as she turns down the walk leading to the house she's been assigned (with that poor excuse of a man), ascends the short steps, and nudges open the door with a bump of her hip.]

[And there he is, unsurprisingly indecent. She narrows her eyes coolly.]

People are going to think our world lacks the sophistication of pants if you keep this up. Dress yourself.

[Her chin remains lifted as she sweeps past him and into the kitchen to set down her grocery bags so she can put things away.]