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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. Besides, it seems this has occurred past month already-- Maybe some people 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 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/ Neighborhood woes
The government of Aqures Ixen is very sorry, but it seems there are too many of you Heroes of Light. Hence why there is 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 late at night, and hopefully your neighbor isn't a singer who doesn't know how to sing. On the bright side, you may have someone very cool living with you and an artist 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 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 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 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.

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 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.

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 capture a Chocobo during Crystalis de Chocobo, maybe you would have liked to be lost and attacked from all sides in the creepy Magitek Research Facility, or maybe you'd like to celebrate the Christmas of Crystallis. Yet again, maybe you would have liked to regain your true power and subsequently be on your path to death, as in The Night of the Thirteen Moogles. Or how about participating in Christmas at Crystallis or fighting in a war for the warriors among you?

13/ 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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1/Waking

This certainly wasn't what she had expected when she went to sleep on the ship. She didn't particularly care about crystals or any such nonsense and now she had to find her way back to the ship.. because that always worked. She let out a sigh ignoring the spaztastic moogle that fluttered around her. Zoroko rested on wrist on her swords while using her free hand to grab the moogle.

"What are you?"

3/Neighborhood woes

She finally let her moogle guide her, granted it was only after pulling more information about the pirates in this city and what she heard didn't make sense. Zoroko sat on the couch with her feet up on a small end table as she softly snores on the couch. Her moogle sat on the end table trying to figure out what to do with her new hero.

8/Exploration

Go figure, the moment she begins to try and find her way she gets lost. Her eyes scan the cityscape as she ignores her moogles frantic calls and continues off towards the direction that she is pretty sure is correct.

"Damn.. where am I now?"

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There was something familiar about the appearance of the green-haired woman, almost to the point where the Archaeologist couldn't tell if the female was in costume or a little too inspired by the famous swordsman she'd been sailing with.

Not wanting to dismiss her curiosity, Robin approaches the younger looking woman, keeping her guard up in case this familiar looking appearance might be an insidious trap. Blossomed hands extend from her back, hiding behind her figure and out of sight, chance that moment might arise where they are needed.

"Excuse me.. I take it that you're lost?"

"What do you thi-" She was grumpy. She turn towards the feminine voice, her angry tone holding her growing frustration at not being where she wanted to be. The sight made her pause and she felt as if her mouth drop to the floor.

This can't be real..

It looked like Robin but Robin certainly wasn't a girl. As dismissive as she was about those idiots who ran around the deck all day. She was able remember what gender they all were!

Zoroko's stare turned into a glare as she eye'd up the familiar stranger. "Why're you dressed like that?"

"Dressed like this? It isn't the sort of clothing I wear normally, but it'll do for now. Why? You're dressed in the same sort of clothing. I'd imagined you'd be the sort to try and find a haramaki or a robe."

She can't help but laugh softly, taking her hand back as it seems apparent that the female sword-hand has no interest in shaking it.

"Your name wouldn't happen to be Zoro, would it?"

She wasn't really sure what Robin was getting at and she didn't really enjoy being laughed at. She frowned for a moment crossing her arms over her chest while looking at the strange woman.

Her mouth fell open at the mention of her name. "It's Zoroko!" There was no reason to get angry but this whole situation was annoying and confusing.

"Forgive me, Miss Bushido. Zoroko. I take it that you are a member of the Straw Hat Pirate's crew?"

She gives a polite wave of her hand, only letting her vision lapse for a moment as her head dips for a bow.

"I'm also a member of the Straw Hats, though I assuming that we might not be the same allies we remember."

"You think?"

She wouldn't admit that she was happy for the explanation. Not that she was stupid but it was a strange situation to take in. "I guess that means your captain is a boy then.. probably still has no sense."

Zoroko gave a half chuckle missing her captain more than she cared to admit. They were all annoying but they were still her crew.

"A boy? If you mean that his gender is that of male, then yes. He's a good man, and very reliable. I don't suppose your Captain has a large appetite?"

A nearby boulder becomes her seat, the raven-haired woman sitting down to rest her legs while she watches the cause of her recollections to her friends.

"Yeah. She eats constantly and it makes it hard to have anything fresh on broad." Her captain eats mostly vegetables and while that was all well and good she didn't want to hear their prissy cook go on about it.

Her arms remain crossed over her chest while she looks at the woman in front of her. Robin was one of those in the crew that would let Zoroko nap in peace. She had come to respect the man and it was to weird seeing him as her.

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A large man in red is suddenly blocking Zoroko's way, smiling as he leans his elbow against a wall. His pecs and biceps bulge as he flexes to show off to the swordswoman.

"Lost little lady? I'm new in town as well, but perhaps I can help you find your way."

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Her eyes lazily look at his muscles before shaking her head slowly. She doesn't like people who are just hanging around for show.

Zoroko placed a hand on her sword with the intention of removing him from her path. "Get out of my way." She felt weaker, she noticed that the moment she woke up in this place but she wasn't going to let that stop her. She would continue to train until she was the best.

Gaston notes the hand on her sword, but immediately dismisses the idea that she's proficient with them at all. It doesn't even matter that his own skills with a rifle have been replaced with skill with a spear, and he's busy not thinking about the fact that those skills are novice ones as well. He's a man. She's a woman. That's about as far as his mind goes.

"No need to be in such a hurry. We're here in a new land. This place could be crawling with monsters and ruffians. A pretty lady like you could do with someone watching out for her."

Her intense glare settled on his unmoving form as her fingers wrapped around the hilt of her blade. She wasn’t going to have anything to do with some chauvinistic pig and she was aiming to teach him a lesson. Her sword quickly flicked from her sheath its hilt slamming into the large man’s stomach. Zoroko was weaker than before but her punches were still strong. She didn’t kill him though she wouldn’t mind cutting off other body parts.

“I can watch out for myself.” Her voice dripped with venom.

Fortunately the transition to this world had done a number on Gaston's own strength as well. He was still musclebound and strong, but his senses weren't as keen as they had been. Of course, considering he was underestimating Zoroko so badly he would have been caught off guard anyway.

"OOOF!" He doubled over as the wind was knocked out of him, but even as he was moved out of the swordswoman's way he was looking up again with a grin on his face, "You have spunk. I like that in a lady!"

"Try and stop me again and you will find out what I can do." Her voice wasn't nice as she stepped past him.

It was certainly not how she wanted to meet someone but then she didn't really care what he might think. She only hoped her bounty hadn't followed her here. She didn't want to have to deal with more people like that.

Gaston straightened up and adjusted his tunic, "I'm not trying to stop you from going anywhere. This place just has danger lurking around every corner. It's the job of a hero and a gentleman like myself to provide an escort."

He moved to slip a hand over her shoulder and lay his hand on the one further from him. All in the handbook of seduction with his exemplary muscles.

Zoroko didn't stop walking even as he followed her, seemingly unphased by her earlier warning. Was there really no way to get rid of this one? She grabbed his wrist pushing on the pressure point to make him release her.

"You can follow me if you want but don't touch me." There was a warning once more in her voice though little did Gaston know; Zoroko has no sense of direction and she wasn't good at listening to others.

There is a knock at the door. Outside, Doji Makoto stands beside the knocker, a local boy of around ten. The young samurai is still wearing the clothes he arrived in, blue and white robes bearing insignias of a white crane, and his swords rest in spotless lacquered sheathes as his hip.

I hope this boy knows what he is talking about... though making up a story of a samurai-ko with green hair bearing three blades certainly sounds like a childish game. Still, this person sounds too interesting to go on without at least investigating.

The swords woman hadn't wanted to get up but then the knock came again. She opened one eye and then poked her little moogle hoping he would answer the door for her. He moved from his perch fluttering curiously over to the door.

"Hello? Are you looking for Zoroko? No one else is home."

Her eyes cracked open looking at the open door and the boy who stood behind her moogle. Her three blades were resting next to her as she leaned against the couch.

At the moogle answering the door, the young boy looked at Makoto expectantly. The samurai reached into his sleeve and produces a small wooden trinket that he handed to the boy, who promptly scampered off. Makoto turned to the creature, and spoke in a gentle tone.

"Hello, little friend. This one is Doji Makoto. Does the person you serve happen to be a woman bearing three swords? If so, I would very much like to speak with her about her technique."

"That's right. Kupo."

He fluttered inside and Zoroko only stared at the little moogle. She supposed there was no avoiding it now. She rose grabbing hold of her swords out of habit and sliding them withing her Gi.

"What do you want." Her stare was heavy as she walked towards the door stopping the man's entrance into her home. She'd have to talk to the little moogle about boundaries.

Makoto offered a measured bow as the woman approached. He was the epitome of cleanliness: not a spot on his robes, not a hair out of place.

"I apologize for disturbing you. Several "heroes" in this city share qualities with the land I am from, and so I am curious if any of my people are here with me."

Three swords, the boy was truthful. No wakizashi, either; she's certainly not Rokugani. But still...

"As a fellow practitioner of the way of the sword, I am intrigued by your technique. I have never heard of a three-sword style."

"I see." Her tone didn't change much but she relaxed some. "I don't think you would have heard of my style. I created it and as far as I know I'm the only one who uses three swords."

Zoroko folded her arms in front of her chest watching the man curiously. "What did you want to know?"

"I have often dueled with masters of Niten, a two-handed style using a long and a short blade. But three swords... Do you wield two, and keep the third sheathed in case you are disarmed?"

The samurai's demeanor warms a little as he speaks, as his genuine interest shows through. He continues like two chefs might talk to one another about a new recipe.

"I cannot imagine trying to grip two blades in one hand... This has been somewhat of a puzzle for me since I first heard about you."

"The third sword goes in my mouth." She gestured to her blade, one of which was cursed with a grin. "I've collected my blades from masters there aren't any like these any were."

Zoroko was happy to gloat though it didn't seem like that was what she was doing. In truth she has been a little unsettled after learning at her skills might have changed since awaking here.

Zoroko | One Piece [Rule: 63]

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