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Reservations will open on July 18th at 00:00 GMT and close on July 24th at 23:59 GMT
Applications will open on July 25th at 00:00 GMT and close on July 31st at 23:59 GMT
The game will open on August 3rd.

— Reply with a character you wish to test in the Melodies of Life's setting.
— Feel free to use one of the prompt below or make one of your own!
— Tag around! This is a panfandom RP, so don't hesitate to tag both castmates and non-castmates.
— Most importantly, have fun!

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!

Logs Community ♦ Mognet Community ♦ OOC Community ♦ Crack Community

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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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.

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.

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."

"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?"

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."

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."

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?"

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."

He knew that he wasn't going to win this race. He was much larger than before as a child in Banora and Genesis would win this race hands down. Still, it was nice to have just a little bit of fun but he didn't want to wear out his chocobo too soon either.

"You most certainly did." He couldn't deny the truth. Even his Genesis often won those races. "Maybe we'll have another later."

Truth be told, Angeal just wanted to rest. Without his SOLDIER's endurance, he tired quickly.

Genesis laughed softly. "Maybe we will. But let's make it to the next town first. I really want new robes that don't hinder my being able to flee shamelessly from a monster."

She was tired already! The Marlboro gave her quite the scare even if she didn't look it.

"Right."

He wasn't about to make a spectacle of it anyway but the idea was a nostalgic one. He still didn't push the issue yet about the whole idea of camping. They both needed the rest now that the adrenaline had subsided. "The ones you have are fine. Just cut the hem. If you need me to sew it, I can."

He was used to saving money though in the case with Gensis, it might not always end that way.

Genesis shook her head. "No, I don't like them. So I am going to look for other styles. Monty said there were, anyway."

"Kupo! You are not the first to change the White Mage outfit."

"See?"

She seemed rather sure of herself, in any case. And she will be adamant if Angeal suggests camping. She hated camping, even when on missions.

He sighed with a shake of his head. Some things never seemed to change. At least, he didn't berate her for her tastes. That argument would never end and he didn't have the energy to start the debate.

Camping, to him, was a more practical solution. He figured that changing her mind was also out of the question. It was better to go with it this time than fight it.

"We'll talk about this later."

"Kupo, the town is up ahead!" Lester bobbed in the air and flew by Angeal with a giggle. "I can get a bath, kupo!"

Genesis knew it was practical, but that didn't mean she couldn't opt for something else if she had a choice. Inns were a luxury, but if she had the money, she would use them. Being on a new world wouldn't change that.

"I call dibs on the bath first," Genesis said immediately after the moogle, even though she was well aware they would not being sharing a bath. Still, she just wanted to put it out there.

His brow raises, his face held on to the sudden shock. She just didn't imply that they were all sharing a room, did she? He shook his head to clear the muddying thoughts in his head. No, maybe this was an attempt to see just how much he caught.

"Fine. In the meantime, I won't be in the room when you go. I want to do some investigating." That old training never went away.

"Well obviously," Genesis scoffed. "We may have grown up together but that doesn't mean I'm going to be bathing in front of you. But let me know what you find."

Angeal was always amusing to tease, to be honest.

Angeal didn't say anything but his laugh was telling enough that he was relieved. He figured out that Genesis was teasing him and that was fine. It only meant that they were starting to become comfortable with each other. He looked toward the town that was growing in the distance and the setting sun was at their backs.

"If anything, someone should have the answers why we're here. Being called a hero without a purpose is unsettling."

Genesis smiled at his laugh. It had been awhile since she heard it. "Mm, as much as I have always wanted to be a hero, I don't think simply having the title without some sort of merit is the way I want to go about it. But who would we even ask about this sort of thing?"

She certainly didn't know where to start.

"I'll start with the townspeople and ask a few of the elders. The ones that will know of legends are children and scholars." It was a start at least and Angeal was dead set in finding out something, anything, that can get them closer to home.

Lester offered up protest, "Hey, you forgot about us moogles, kupo! How rude!" His little arms crossed over his pudgy chest with his nose in the air. "I don't think I like you anymore, kupo! Hmph!"

Genesis looked over at Lester. "Well, you didn't have any answers when we arrived."

Monty huffed as well, crossing his arms. "But we can still help! Don't count us out!"

Genesis ended up looking over at Angeal, sharing a look before looking back at Monty and Lester. "Then you can help. We won't stop you."

With the way the moogles were carrying on as if they were rejected made Angeal reach out to Lester and thumped the side of his floating friend's large head gently with a flick. "That's enough out of you. Come on, we have an adventure waiting for us."

"Ow!" Lester rubbed the side of his head "Did you have to do a thing like that, kupo?" Lester pouted.

"It'll pass." Angeal said with a smile. It was true that Angeal was at the point of losing his patience due to the lack of information though he couldn't fault the moogles for any of it.

"We're in this together, so let's do what we do best and make the most of it."

"Angeal," Genesis reprimanded, leaning over to smack his arm. "Don't abuse the moogle like that!"

He may have been at the point of losing his patience, but that didn't mean he should be flicking a little moogle like that. Genesis thought they were rather adorable and honestly, it was her girly side showing with these two around.

The smack took him by surprise and it was deserved but he hadn't anticipated it. Out of reflex, he rubbed at the reddening area. "Ow."

Lester flew to Genesis' side and Angeal scoffed. "I see how it is."

Lester flew to Genesis' arms and rubbed his face into her chest in a cry. "He's so mean, kupo!"

Angeal rolled his eyes at the antics that were obviously overplayed with a heavy sigh. "Let's just keep moving." He said flatly.

Genesis pet the poor moogle. "Aw, there, there, I'm sure he's not so mean. Angeal just tends to be a little rough around the edges."

But she turned to grin and wink at Angeal. She knew melodramatic act when she saw one. She did it herself plenty of times. Picking up the pudgy creature, she held him out toward Angeal. "Now how about you apologize and make amends?"

Angeal read the wink as a means to humor the moogle and so he did. He wasn't nearly as good at acting as Genesis but the apology did have sincerity laced in the tone of his. "Alright, I'm sorry for flicking you on the head."

He didn't bother to add the words it won't happen again because he knew himself well enough that it would.

Lester, on the other hand, was eating up the attention. He folded his arms over his chest and looked away from Angeal. "He's still a meanie, kupo."

Angeal lifted the moogle out of Genesis' hands and Lester began to protest loudly. "Kupooooo-kupo-kupo-kupoooooo!" The moogle wiggled in his cries.

Angeal looked absolutely worried that he had done something irrepairable to the moogle and toward Genesis with an expression of "What do I do now?"

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