Altered Tundra

Ripples in Reality: A World in Lines

A wonderful intro post. :D I'm gonna have to think about what I want my characters to see before they're warped into the magical world.

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

When Nadeline said that Grant had his own motorcycle, that completely answered his questions and his slight confusion. Though, he was starting to feel worried about her mischievous smile. Every time she would smile like that, things always got a little crazy thereafter. Still, he was definitely interested in seeing exactly what this bike-hovercraft thing looked like. However, there was definitely something plaguing Wesley’s mind and he felt he should say it. “Nadeline, I must apologize. “ He said looking down and proceeding to stop. [/b]“I told Grant about your plans. I just didn’t want you to get hurt and somewhere deep inside me knew it was wrong.”[/b] He said feeling so ashamed for telling Grant.

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When their embrace broke, Grant would inform Savayna that after all this business that he must take care of is done, they will meet again and he would further tell her some suspicions about the supposed soul of Simon. She had the same suspicions. Grant would say that ever since Giruvegan, he hasn’t trusted it. Savayna nodded in agreement. He would then say that since Emiri is blinded by love, Savayna would have to be the voice of reason. For some reason, she laughed at that. The fact that she had to be the voice of reason was clearly making things look so dire. “Oh what is this world coming to. The fact that I have to be the voice of reason truly means things are so damn drastic.” She laughed, but it was more of a ‘well fuck me with a stick’ laugh.

When Grant finished that bit, he would reach into his pocket, and pull out a small, very light beige pocket watch. She could see faints glow of dark magick. Grant would hold it in his hand momentarily and he took her hand and prayed that things are successful on her end. He would then state that if they don’t, all she would need to do was open the pocket watch and a spell would activate and let him know that she was in trouble and he would move heaven and earth(he didn’t really say that) to get to Archades and help her. She smiled at him and for some reason, she grinned.

“No need to worry, with me by their side, nothing could possibly go wrong.” Of course, she was lying to herself. She had no idea what was going to happen. She would place the pocket watch in her pocket and look to Grant. “So, how are you three going to catch up to her royal bitchiness? Since we’re taking the Ifrit, not like you can just track her via IRIS?” She asked him.

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As Lorenzo and Nadeline were going at each other, that would soon stop as Nadeline and Karolina would help Wesley up by taking one of his arms each. Of course, WEsley would help himself up as well. As soon as he got to his feet, Wesley began to rock his neck side-to-side and then roll it counterclockwise a few times just to see if anything was broken. He also did it to just get the pleasurable release of cracking bones. When he finished doing that, he would take notice of Lorenzo digging into his pocket to look for something. After he would state that he knew they were flying around on the Ifrit, so he pulled out a card of sorts, to which Nadeline would ask, and as a result reveal, that Lorenzo was going to let them use his motorcycle, much to Nadeline's excitement.

As Nadeline caught the card in her hand, Lorenzo would to Wesley and tell him that he was counting on all of them. Wesley gave a nod to Lorenzo. It was with that Wesley and Nadeline went off to fetch Grant. Though, once they left the Throne Room and in the hallway, Wesley had to ask ."If the three of us are going, how will we fit on one bike?" Wesley asked truly curious and slightly confused.

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Much to her disappointment, the kiss ended, but that would not be the end of Grant's surprises for Savayna. He would pull her in for a hug. Of course he wouldn't see it, but her eyes were widened at this point, but in a very, very good way. She heard him speak, first soft and of low volume. It was at this point that she found herself smiling, already returning his grip of her with her own to him, arms wrapped around his very muscular back. He spoke more words that were about how he didn't know if leaving her to go to Archadia was a mistake or looking for his sister was a worse one. Savayna closed her eyes smiling. When he would say that one thing that he was sure about was the torture of the two of them being apart. It was then that he pulled her in closer. She wouldn't even try to break free(not that she wanted to). This was a totally different side to Grant and she liked it a lot.

When about a minute elapsed just of nothing being said, Savayna would rest her her head on his shoulder bone and spoke. "I don't want to be apart from you either. I don't even want to break away from you right now." She said as she would grip him as close as she could without either of them feeling suffocated from one anothers embrace. "I just want to hold you and never let go." She said smiling even bigger and more genuine than she ever had in her entire lifetime.

Ripples in Reality: A World in Lines

wootness! :D

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He had expected her to say something more than what she did. He expected her to ask him if he still cared for Savayna, but nope. She simply said that she was glad that he was glad. Jaakuna was truly lucky to have this woman in his life. The fact that she has accepted the fact that Savayna was his dear friend and that her happiness meant a lot to him made him feel so much better than he had been feeling. When Emiri would lay her head on his shoulder, he smiled. He hold her close. His arms wrapped around her as the two of them just stayed in the position they were in. Nothing too sexual about any of this. It was a sensual moment and it would last for as long as they were alone.

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When Grant had responded, she was totally surprised by what he did next. He would take both of his arms, cup her face with both hands, stare into her eyes. That moment caught her off-guard and she found herself blushing, but she did not want him to stop. Then, in the next moment, her heart melted. He would bring his lips into hers and he kissed her. Her first response was a sound of surprise that would sound like ‘hmm!’, and then she gave in. Her tough exterior or whatever people wanted to call it melted away. It was his fire that melted her cold ice. She would return his kiss and her hands would wrap around his head, fingers locking between his silky-smooth black hair. She didn’t know what on Ivalice was going to happen to either of them today, but she wasn’t concerned about that at the moment. She would let him take the lead in this as she wanted nothing more to be with him.

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In the throne room, Wesley was just starting to get out of his unconscious state and as he awoke, he saw Nadeline hovering over him, but that wasn’t all. In a very uncomfortable way, he also saw Karolina and Lorenzo also hovering over him. His eyes fully opened and instantly Wesley let out a very nervous half-yell, half-laugh.

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As Emiri sat next to Jaakuna, taking his hands as she did so, so would simply ask him why he was glad. Jaakuna looked at her smiling. “I know it’s silly, but I’m glad Savayna found someone that makes her happy.” Jaakuna did sound silly for saying what he just said. “I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but her and Grant have been getting closer. Obviously they’re not at the level of closeness that Nadeline and Wesley are at or you and I, but I see the way that he makes her feel. The only other time she was like that was when her and I were together.” Jaakuna said smiling. He didn’t know why he was smiling. “I’m just glad she was finally able to move on from what I did — or rather what I didn’t do and didn’t tell her — and find someone who truly makes her feel good about herself, gods know she deserves it.” Wow, that was a mouthful Jaakuna just said.

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When they were outside the Royal Office, Grant just asked what she wanted to talk to him about. Savayna, by now, had her arms behind her, looking down, and right foot sort of moving to the left and right as the toes stayed firmly on the ground. It took her a full minute until she looked up at him, and she stared into his eyes — his beautiful, gold eyes. Then there was the way his jet-black hair flowed down his chiseled face. Oh boy, she was getting red on her face. “You’re really going aren’t you?” She asked quite nervously. Her arms coming in front of her, one crossed and holding the other. “I just wanted to…just be careful.” She said eyes darting away from his direct gaze, but she could not hide the way she felt about him nor could she hide the redness of her blush.

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Just as the trio was about to go out and search for Grant and Wesley, Grant had arrived to the room Emiri would simply ask what where Wesley was and the raven-haired man in front of them would state that he’s out of commission for the time being. Jaakuna and Savayna raised an eyebrow, but wouldn’t press the matter since Grant said that it wasn’t important. He would then go on to say that the team of himself, Wesley, and Nadeline would all go search for the missing Empress, Reia. While Jaakuna would have liked Grant there for the numbers game, he knew that Grant had to attend to family matters.

Jaakuna would give Grant a reassuring look. “Hey, I understand. You have to deal with family matters before anything else. It’s no big deal, really.” Jaakuna said smiling at Grant. When Emiri requested that he at least explain what was happening. He definitely seemed like he didn’t want to say too much, but from what he said, it wasn’t anything good. In both scenarios, there’s going to be a war; either civil within Rozarria or a war between Archadia and Rozarria. Being of Archadian birth, Jaakuna and Savayna know the ramifications that could come from all of this.

Savayna was really quiet, which would set off anyone in the room. She’s usually really loud and often obnoxious, but when Grant said that he was going to be venturing out to look for his sister and the very violent Empress, something in her clicked — or rather clicked off. Perhaps it was the fact that Grant could get hurt or something of the like. Whichever the case, she would step forward, and got just inches away from Grant. “I think..I mean, can we talk.” She said lowly so the others wouldn’t hear her, but they would definitely see her lightly tugging him towards the door.

Jaakuna took notice to Savayna and while he raised an eyebrow, he would brush it off. He would somewhat smile and no doubt Emiri saw it. “I’m glad, you know.” He said to Emiri.

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Wesley preferred the atmosphere when they were talking about Reia. At least then there wasn’t any focus on him and in the slightly bad way. Oh yes, Wesley was surely to die at the hands of Lorenzo. Yup, he definitely was as Lorenzo then violently grabbed Wesley’s collar and started to violently shake and yell at him, shouting out stuff about how could Wesley propose without a ring. Wesley couldn’t think. All there was to focus on was the fact that Lorenzo was about to pop his head off his neck with the violent shaking.

The shaking would continue and get more violently as Grant would make a note that one didn’t need a ring to propose. Wesley didn’t even know what to think right now. Lorenzo was manhandling him and yelling at him while he did it. Wesley was getting to the point where he was beginning to lose consciousness. “Lorenzo….please…too…hard…” And Wesley was now unconscious, no doubt from the violent shaking. Though, truth be told, it was more like his head going back and forth. He really just lost consciousness from some sort of weird form of motion sickness.

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As Wesley, Grant, Lorenzo, and Karolina were all talking about what to do and how to get Reia, Nadeline would stand up and say that she would go after her. Her reasoning was right, but Wesley didn’t like her going alone. He was just about to speak up about it, but that’s when Grant would do so before he could and say that he would go as well. Then he would look to Wesley and suggest that they go to the group as well. They might as well tell them what’s going on. Though, Wesley couldn’t stay silent about this either.

“I will go as well.” He said, looking at Grant and then to Nadeline. “I did promise to protect you and I just can’t let my bride-to-be get hurt, now can I?..” And without realizing it until it was too late, Wesley had just outed their engagement. Why did he say that? Now he was going to get it, if not from Nadeline, then from her parents. Here it comes..

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As Emiri muttered something, Jaakuna and Savayna raised an eyebrow at her, but then just forgot about it. Though, she did say some truth. Assassins did go through the shadows and they ruled from said shadows. So, with that being the case, their boss could be anyone across the world of Ivalice. Truly that was frightening. However, Emiri would turn the topic on Grant and Wesley as to where they could be. Jaakuna and Savayna both wondered the same thing.

“They really have been gone for a long time.” Jaakuna said, and Savayna would speak next. “I knew they weren’t just getting fresh air.” She said.

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"That's the thing though." Savayna said biting her thumb. "If their boss truly was Reia, then why not say the Empress or some shit like that? Of what I heard them say, they said nothing about Reia. That must mean that Reia truly isn't the one that they answer to, which makes me worry about who exactly commands Lola and Michel. Whoever it is, they are truly someone to be feared." Savayna didn't like being fearful for her life. She never was one to be like that, but she couldn't help but show slight fear on her fact. Perhaps the real reason why Savayna is so fearful about the boss of Lola and Michel is simply for the fact that if someone could command Michel and Lola — who has yet to show what she could really do — then that person really must be strong. The only question that Savayna was really asking herself is who exactly was their leader?

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When Lorenzo and Karolina both explained the situation to Wesley and GRant, they were both speechless at this point. They just couldn't understand. No, they understood. It was more like they couldn't believe it. Yes, truly they just couldn't believe it. A revolt was something that no one wanted nor needed. However, the one thing that truly made Wesley completely in shock was that the Council of Rozarria was planning on giving Nadeline away to Dalmasca. It made things just more stressful than they already were, nevermind the fact that Wesley and Nadeline recently got engaged. So much for telling anyone else that, at least for the moment. Wesley spoke. "I really doubt that my sister would force me into marriage. She is like me and believes in free will and choice." Wesley said in response to the council wanting to marry off Nadeline to him just to get her out of the way.

Grant and Lorenzo would get into a discussion about what they should do. WEsley agreed that there was definitely no right course of action. Should they move against the council, then they piss them off. If they move against Reia, they piss off the people. Either way any of them look at it, there's no winning side of it all. When Grant would ask about where Reia was, Karolina, who helped Nadeline to get to her feet with the aid of Wesley, said that her and Aloa were seen leaving the city on foot. Wesley thought about it and he spoke. "I may not have no such place to speak about this, but I say that a small group goes to look for the missing Empress." Wesley proposed.