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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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[ 3 ] ukulele de chocobo
Well, there wasn't much use in sitting still and contemplating just how she'd gotten here... And while she knew that 'the plan' had been to stay in one place if they had gotten separated from one another, but -- well -- she'd been learning lately that sometimes the best laid plans didn't really work out. Maybe it was that same blond influence that prompted the summoner to approach the nearby chocobo corral and inquire as to how to obtain a mount.

She'd just undergone chocobo training recently in the Calm Lands, really. And as she swung her legs over the great bird's saddle, her status as a novice seemed to become all the more obvious. "Woah--" she chided gently, trying to get a feel for the reigns. "There we are, nice and easy..."

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A whistle sounded loudly from her lips. Well, she had to try, right? There was a sinking feeling in the pit of Yuna's stomach. This hadn't been the first whistle she'd attempted, but she was on higher ground now, trying to get a better view of the land. Maybe... maybe there was a chance he could hear it from up here?

The brunette frowned, she had yet to see a familiar face since she'd... arrived in this place. Just... what had happened to everyone?

Looking down at the world below, none of it seemed real. How had Spira disappeared right from under her feet and turned into... this?

In a strange new world such as this one, alone without her friends, it's only logical for Garnet to go looking for a better view herself. Not to listen for someone, no, but to try to get a better idea of how vast this place was. If her companions were here as well, she needed to find them.

But as she makes her way upward, it's the whistling that catches her attention first, and she walks a bit of a ways to find the source.

A woman? "Oh. I didn't think anyone else would be up here."

She could have said the same -- in fact, it was probably obvious that she hadn't expected company from the slight jump she gave at the sound of another voice. "Ah..." stepping back from the ledge Yuna offered a small smile as she bowed her head slightly, in greeting. "I had thought that... it might be easier to get a view of the area from here."

The summoner stepped slightly to the side, as though to invite the other woman to take a better view, as well.

The whistle was shrill and loud, and Soren cringed as he heard it. Here he had thought on the far slopes of this steep, rocky hill he could be alone for a while. But no, a whistle meant a person, and a person meant he wasn't alone anymore. He thought, briefly, of just remaining where he was, ignoring it and going on with his day, studying maps and occasionally questioning his moogle (who, the lazy thing, was currently asleep, warm and content). But no, with his luck, the whistler would either itself not be alone or would unerringly wander his way, and Soren didn't like surprises.

Prodding his moogle awake, he folded his map and tucked it in a small satchel before rising and making his way carefully back up the hill to learn what he could of the whistler lest they be a threat. Clambering around one last rocky outcropping, at last he came within sigh of Yuna and paused, frowning as he watched her. No other living beings in sight (besides her moogle) but that didn't mean the whistle wasn't a signal.

"What are you doing here?" he demanded, harsh and authoritative, despite his stature and that his voice still hadn't fully deepened into that of an adult.

The sudden voice was enough to spook her as she turned quickly. Her cheeks seemed to pinken a little with embarassment, as though she had been caught doing something that she would have rather kept private.

"Ah, I was..." what was she doing? How strange did it seem for someone to be to high up just whistling in the distance? "I was just -- looking for someone." She fell into a small bow, old habits die hard and all that, as she averted her gaze from the stranger.

"I-I'm sorry, I didn't think anyone else would be here..."

Soren continued to frown, not returning the bow (though his Moogle did after a fashion). He probably wouldn't admit it, but he'd been looking for someone, too. Scanning the faces of every crowd just in case... Perhaps because of this, there was less of an edge to his voice when he spoke again (though a hint of suspicion remained; some called it paranoia, but he called it caution):

"If you were looking for someone, wouldn't you expect someone to be there? Otherwise what's the point in searching a given area?"

"I suppose... I knew they wouldn't really be here," she admitted, feeling almost a little guilty at the questioning. Had she bothered him? It hadn't been her intention.... "But I had to try anyway." Yuna's gaze fell to the ground as she clasped her hands in front of her.

"My apologies, if I disturbed you."

Soren blinked, lifting his eyebrows a bit at her apology. Sighing softly, he shrugged.

"... you did not. Merely surprised me." Soren was then quiet for a moment, studying her before looking away at the view of the valley before them. "I suppose when a familiar face fails to appear in the crowds, it makes sense to seek more remote areas."

Yuna nodded, staring off into the distance again, hoping that her call had somehow been heard but -- the reality of the situation seemed to be setting in, and heavily. "I had -- hoped to be able to reunite with my friends but... it doesn't seem as though it will be so easy just to run into them." A frown traced across her lips as she pressed them together.

"Are you... from here?" Perhaps he'd be able to give some much needed directions...

Briefly, he glanced back at her before staring out at the valley again. Then he shook his head, crossing his arms.

"No. I was brought here a few weeks ago. .... I believe the moogles only accompany those who were likewise taken here."

She nodded, it was more of an afterthought than anything, however. "I see. That make sense..." but it was of little comfort all the same. "I'm only arrived just recently myself. Ah, I'm sorry, I should have introduced myself. My name is Yuna... from the isle of Besaid."

She followed with a bow.

Soren paused a moment, watching her bow and quirking his eyebrows a bit. Not really what he expected, but he supposed he ought to follow suit.

"My name is Soren, tactician of the Greil Mercenaries." And of nowhere in particular. As far as he was concerned, his area of employ was ... sufficient. (It was more home than anywhere else, after all.)

In any case, he returned the bow stiffly.

Yuna smiled at the gesture, feeling a little more at ease in the young man's presence. Her eyes quickly turned towards the ground as she clasped her hands in front of her. "I don't suppose -- you could tell me if there's some way to get back home or not..."

It wasn't even so much a question, since she likely knew the answer anyway. Those she had met in the town had no idea, and the moogles couldn't offer much insight either, helpful as they were.

Soren did not smile - particularly not at that question. His fists clenched at his sides, as he shook his head.

"Not... not to my knowledge," he murmured after a few moments of silence. Not that he was particularly attached to where he came from, but...

While she still averted her eyes, Yuna nodded solemnly, knowing it was already a shot in the dark before she asked. "Did you... leave the town hoping to get a better lay of the land? I thought that -- as well as being somewhere that might magnify sound, a place like this might be useful to get to know the surroundings."

She turned again, looking out towards the plains below.

He sighed faintly. "Something like that. It is worthwhile to verify the accuracy of maps... And to get away from crowds for a while."

Tidus, upon finding himself in a new place, had of course gone exploring. And since there were chocobos available, of course he'd borrowed one to ride while he went exploring. And because he was Tidus, he of course was riding so fast he wasn't actually seeing much of the scenery, though he was certainly making progress. He was making progress in circles, but hey, he wasn't in a hurry to get somewhere, right?

Except back home. He wanted to get back home as fast as possible--and home was definitely now Spira, not Zanarkand. But there weren't any handy signs telling him which way to go, so he was trying every way to see what looked good. So far it all looked about the same. Maybe he should just close his eyes and pick a direction?

He thought, faintly, that he heard a whistle. That got his attention. He'd probably just imagined it. If there weren't any signs telling him how to get back, there definitely weren't going to be any signs saying "Your dream girl = this way!"

Tidus went that way anyway, because he didn't have a better direction to go. Maybe the view at the top of the cliff would give him some idea of where to go next.

It seemed like it was no use. A solemn expression fell across her features as her heart sank just a little more into her chest. She hadn't even known how she had gotten here, so the chance that he could also have landed in the same place... the odds just weren't in their favour.

She was reminded of his sudden appearance in Spira, and of his fathers before that. Had Sin transported her here? After she had seen him in the ruins of Zanarkand at the Dome where they had defeated Yunalesca... had that been enough contact?

Her mind wasn't fuzzy, however. The details of her home and her past were still clear as day. The moments where her faith had come crashing down... they were still present, too.

Disheartened, she closed her eyes briefly, and turned around, readying herself for the descent back to ground level. But when she opened them again, Yuna found herself rubbing at them, willing her gaze into better focus. That couldn't be... a chocobo in the distance. And surely -- it wasn't a familiar blond blitzer at the reins!

There it is again. Ashelia cupped an ear into the breeze, squinting as she tried to pinpoint the direction the whistle came from. The first time she heard it, she figured it was a trick of the wind. That is clearly not the case. Someone is out here.

"I hear it too, kupo," Merlose chimed in, nodding her head. "From over yonder, methinks." Ashelia nodded back, turning toward where she thought the sound came from and setting off without a word.

It didn't take her long to find the source of the whistle. The young woman it seemed to originate from hadn't been concerned with covering her trail. Ashelia figured she really had happened upon a lost maiden, from the looks of things.

The queen raised her hands into the air, approaching slowly. Merlose followed suit. "I heard your whistle and thought you might be in need of help. Worry not, I come in peace." Ashelia stopped, waiting for the young woman's reaction.

Lost was the best way to describe it, at least. How did you go about finding your way when you had no idea where to go in the first place? Yuna sighed, her shoulders raising and falling a little with the motion as she turned on her heel to begin her descent.

She hadn't been expecting to come face to face with a young woman, her surprise widening her two-toned eyes. But with that reassurance, the brunette once again seemed to relax. "My apologies. That... was probably louder than I thought it would be..."

"Apologies?" Ashelia tried to keep the scoff out of her voice. "You were attempting to be heard, no? It worked."

Merlose floated closer to Yuna, tapping her little moogle mouth with her paw in thought. "Hmmmm, kupo."

"Back, Merlose. Give her space." The moogle obediently flew away from the young woman sheepishly. "I am the Lady Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca of Ivalice." The introduction still felt awkward on her tongue. Tacking on the world she hailed from was necessary these days, but clunky. "You are lost."

She chuckled softly at the moogle's movements, but when the woman spoke further, Yuna gave her her full attention. "Ah," she fell into a bow. "My name is Yuna... I come from the isle of Besaid." Perhaps it would be too much to label herself a summoner... after being declared a traitor of Yevon.

A nod at the question. "This place... isn't anywhere familiar to me. The moogle that greeted me -- even went so far as to say that this is no longer Spira..."

Ashelia nodded, crossing her arms. "The moogle spoke true. This is not your Spira, nor is it my Ivalice." She walked over to Yuna, looking at her thoughtfully. "You were no doubt told about our supposed role, then?"

"Supposed? Kupo!" Merlose crossed her stubby arms, in much the same manner as her mistress. "The prophecy is abundantly clear, kupo!"

Ashelia turned toward her companion, annoyed. "You are aware of my opinions on prophecy, Merlose." The queen's voice was stern. "I shall do what needs to be done, but not to for the sake of some prophecy."

Just as quickly as her bearing turned sour, the queen was back to normal. Merlose sighed in exasperation and flew away, muttering under her breath. "What do you make of all this, Yuna?" Ashelia opened her mouth to continue, but stopped, looking around in confusion. "Wait - where is your moogle companion?"

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yuna | ffx + duodecim

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sorry for lateness!!

how dare you. (no really - it's totally fine c: )

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Super new muse, pardon my flailing around! And somewhere between the two.

only if you pardon my SCREE BANSHEE NOISES because TIDUS

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