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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 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. Maybe it's time to get to know your companions in misfortune. 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 diplomacy can stop war, you could even start your own researches on the Crystals— Or you could make sure your house is the prettiest in all of Aqures Ixen. Anything is possible. 3/ Ukulele 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-Bait© so you can go and capture your own. 4/ 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 to you with a lot of Kupo. That's how the "network" works here. 5/ 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 go anywhere in a matter of hours — One can only hope you don’t have motion sickness. 6/ 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 some ancient ruins that may hold some precious information. With Airships and Chocobos at your disposal, you can go nearly anywhere that isn't under imperial control; unless you have a death wish of course. 7/ 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! 8/ Getting Jobs is hard It all started when you asked Jessie 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 she simply asked you to assist her in her researches on the Crystals. Getting new Jobs is not easy. Consider yourself happy though, at least you don't have to do that alone. 9/ 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. 10/ Wild Card Don't like the options offered here? Go crazy and choose what you want to do in this world!

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Game	Players	World	Other
Premise	Applications	Jobs / Requests	Hospital
Rules	Reservations	Legends	Employment
FAQ	Taken Characters	NPCs / Contact	Races
Locations	Hiatus/Drop	Housing	Mod Contact
Mognet	Player Contact	Bestiary	Credits
Aqures Ixen	Player Plots	Eidolons

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[rhapsoidein]

To be fair, she didn't mean to hit that hard either. She thought she didn't, given how much weaker she was now. But she was satisfied nonetheless.

Genesis placed her hands on her hips and raised a brow at Angeal.

"My power is healing, Angeal. Unless I manage to avoid it until I find a job that suits me better, all I'd do is throw cure at it."

[wear_tear_rust]

"Oh." It was then that Angeal realized his mistake. Well, things could be worse. He looked at Genesis with a sympathetic expression which he reserved for those he cared about most than showing it so easily.

Her expression certainly didn't go unnoticed this time as it had before. Not that he wasn't paying attention, he was more concerned about getting out of danger than worrying about civility. More directly, he was concerned for a woman that he thought he didn't know.

"That could be a problem. I suppose that it's a good thing I had come along. Let's go before it decides to come back." He stood up and brushed off his leather pants before he extended his hand to help Genesis to her feet. "The nearest town should be close."

[rhapsoidein]

Genesis huffed as she rose to her feet with his help. "Could be? You mean will be. How am I suppose to be a sufficient partner if I can't even defend myself?"

She brushed off her robes. "I can't even run in these things."

[wear_tear_rust]

"It's not like you to be a conformist." He stood up and brushed himself off. They had to keep moving.

"I could carry you, if you're having that much trouble." He added with a bit of humor, but there was also a little bit of nostalgia in the back of his mind.

[rhapsoidein]

"They insisted I wear this for my job class!" Genesis huffed. "It's a uniform. I'm just going to try and find another version when I get to the next town."

Genesis will whack Angeal's head if he keeps that up.

"I'm not in the mood, Angeal. You are just happy that I can't access fire right now."

[wear_tear_rust]

"It hasn't stopped you before." He insisted. Even though he knew that it might not be so easy, the thought of changing something just a little bit so she could have freedom of movement was better than her tripping on the hem.

He stopped and turned around, his Buster Sword still on his back, he knew better than to make Genesis feel weak by any means. "That's not true at all. You can still hurt me with that staff of yours, cure me and hit me again."

[rhapsoidein]

"That was because I became First and I was allowed to at least add a jacket," Genesis huffed, walking towards the nearest town. Hopefully, their moogles would return with some chocobos soon. She paused and raised her brow at him. "...are you trying to give me ideas?"

[wear_tear_rust]

A quick smile showed before he turned his gaze toward the hills. He heard the tell-tale kweh of chocobos and the bobble of pom-poms from their moogles. "Kupo!" Lester waved his stubby little arms. "Help is here, kupo!"

"It's about time." Angeal said and hoped that he managed to avoid the question. "Let's go."

[rhapsoidein]

Genesis decided to let it go. For now. The look she had said it all as she approached the chocobo that Monty brought. She studied it a bit, petting the soft feathers. Then, she hiked up her robe and attempted to get on the chocobo.

The bird watched in confusion as Genesis wiggled around but it was quite difficult to get on with one hand and trying not to accidentally flash Angeal. Eventually, she fell off and landed on her butt with an 'oof!'. She pointed her staff at Angeal. "Not a word!"

Studying the bird, she silently bit Monty to hold her staff while she bent down and grabbed the hem of her robe. And abruptly to a slit into it up to her thigh and did the same on both sides. Then, she approached the chocobo once more and, this time, go onto the flightless bird with ease. "Much better."

[wear_tear_rust]

With his attention on his chocobo, he wasn't too sure what had happened until he saw Genesis on the ground. He blinked and coughed to keep himself from laughing. His hands moved up in defense upon sight of the staff's head pointed right at him. "I didn't see anything."

He couldn't help but notice her legs through the newly modified robes and quickly looked away to keep his thoughts on the mission toward the chocobo mount. He pulled himself up onto the flightless bird's back in one smooth motion.

"Right. It's been a while." Angeal admitted a bit that he was forced to relearn to ride.

[rhapsoidein]

"It has, but it should come back to us pretty quick," She replied, petting the bird's neck gently. "We used to ride like this all the time. It's not something to easily forget. At least not for me, anyway."

Monty settled onto her shoulder as she remembered how to get the chocobo to go, gasping softly as it started into a light jog. With a quiet chuckle, she soon fell into the rhythm.

[wear_tear_rust]

Some things never went away. For Angeal, he was a lot bigger now than he was as a kid riding on the fields of Banora. The chocobo's gait as his mount followed Genesis' nearly caused him to fall off. "W-whoa!"

Well, so much for the smooth approach. He had a bit of a harder time readjusting. He was forced to lean forward to keep himself from falling backward but that forced his chocobo to run faster. "Wait! Stop!"

It was a bit of a comical sight while Angeal struggled to control the sprinting bird.

[rhapsoidein]

"Oh goodness," She chuckled, patting Monty's head to warn him of their upcoming speed before bidding her own chocobo to sprint. Soon, they were catching up and Genesis reached out to take Angeal by the shoulder and push him back a little. "Where you lean is how fast they go, they don't have reigns so it's much harder to get them to stop without pulling their feathers."

Basically, don't lean too far forward or their going to just sprint at full tilt.

[wear_tear_rust]

It was times like this that he really wished he wasn't so tall. Thankfully, Genesis managed to help him out before it really became a problem. A runaway chocobo was no laughing matter.

The chocobo stopped and Angeal's tense shoulders dropped in relief. "Thanks. We're even." He looked to his friend with a smile.

[rhapsoidein]

Genesis patted his shoulder as she nudged her chocobo forward with her feet. She leaned forward slightly to keep the motion going and looked back to see if Angeal was following. "When we find the town, we'll get saddles and reigns. It'll be easier to steer the birds."

[wear_tear_rust]

"Agreed." He kept a tight grip on the feathers.

The scenery was spectacular since he had a chance to actually scope it out and take it in. "Beautiful."

The rolling hills against the clear sky with wildlife teeming had been on of Angeal's most favorite things to watch. It reminded him of peace and tranquility that home didn't have. This was his dream for Gaia. He was in awe and a smile appeared on his face.

[rhapsoidein]

Genesis moved along with the chocobo. She hummed softly. "We could have this if ShinRa wasn't sucking the land dry."

Some parts of Gaia were this beautiful. You just had to look for it. Most places just didn't look like this because of the reactors.

[wear_tear_rust]

A soft groan rumbled through his chest. The way ShinRa kept so many people in the dark, it was hard to forget the suffering. Angeal looked at Genesis and felt that sense of wonder of all the what-if's.

"Then, we wouldn't have met." It was at least a positive thought on the greater evils that ShinRa had done. He knew that without the mako, Jenova or any of the things that made them who they were.

It wasn't until he arrived here that being human, and having those cells removed in this place, he began to appreciate what being human meant. It wasn't just the physical things, it was the compassion and having that drive to do the right thing that stayed.

[rhapsoidein]

Genesis looked over to him and then down at her hands holding onto the feathers. "Maybe. You never know."

She would have liked to think that somehow they would have met. No, she didn't know who her real parents are. She knew one had to be Wutaian, though, given her facial features. But otherwise, she had no idea.

[wear_tear_rust]

It was a blow to his heart just thinking about it. He knew that she was half Wutanian but the other half was unknown. He took a moment to think, and he hoped that she was right. He may not leave Banora.

With a quiet sigh, he looked at the back of his chocobo's head. "I hope so."

[rhapsoidein]

"Now isn't the time to think about What Ifs, though," She said with a shrug. "We are where we are now, not what could have been. I think we should focus on that, don't you agree?"

[wear_tear_rust]

Snapped out of his trailing thoughts, he was pushed right back into the here and now which meant dealing with the issues of their current situation. She was right and that mattered.

He nodded once and smiled with a dip to his chin. "You always knew what to say. Let's find a place to stay. He can keep going and hope to reach another town or we can go back."

[rhapsoidein]

Genesis smirked then. "Of course I do. Where would you be without me, otherwise?"

She looked ahead and nodded slightly. "I think we can make it to the next town. Going back means possibly facing the Marlboro again."

[wear_tear_rust]

His eyes widen briefly. There was certainly a logic that she presented that he had considered but not voiced. Of course, he was going to let her have the win in this case. "Let's not and say we did."

Going to the next town was silently decided and spurred his chocobo onward now that he had grown accustomed to riding again. "Do you remember the races we used to have in the ravine back home?"

[rhapsoidein]

When did she ever lose? Okay, don't answer that. Genesis grinned and had her chocobo match pace. "I do. How could I forget? It was just another way for me to prove that girls are just as good as boys at things like chocobo racing. Beat all the boys in the village too."