Know your Place

[Action - Morning]

[It's around mid-morning on the 27th when the Malnosso finally decided to drop Alexei back into Luceti. They weren't nice enough to at least drop him in his nice, warm, comfy bed and instead drops him on the cherry blossom tree near where Miyabi lives. Alexei hasn't realized where he had been dropped, because he was still unconscious, lying limply on the branches. ]

[Afternoon into Evening]

[Later on that day, once he found his way into town, Alexei can be seen at some of the shops, trying to locate his personal items and clothes. Those who know him will notice something was different with Alexei, he seem younger in appearance. He still had a few twigs and leaves after his ventures to get out of the tree and still rather disorientated about his situation. It just...sounded ridiculous what he was told. But the wings remind him that there is probably some truth to what he has been told. Damn wings need to stop hurting.

Alexei can be found in the general, clothing and smithy store during most of the afternoon. Closer to the evening, he'll be found in the Good Spirits Bar, looking around to have a chat with any of the residents here. So he may come up and grab your attention. When things quiet down, he'll bring out his journal, skimming absently through it...turning it over a few times.]

[Voice]

How does this journal actually work...? [The journal picks up his question that he didn't intentionally mean for anyone to hear. He was just thinking out loud.]

[OOC: Alexei has been temporarily de-aged to around his mid 20s. 24ish I put him down as. He doesn't remember his time in Luceti this time around, believing he is a "new feather". All responses will be done through destinedtofall and information about his young self can be found on there too.]

[After finally being freed of that irritating form he was forced into the last 4 days, Alexei now uses the time to bring up a few things through his journal. How he misses being able to properly grip things.]

I need to know who in my family are still here. I would have tracked all of you sooner, but I had a little incident thanks to the Malnosso. I imagine most of you are probably going through similar problems as well because of them. [Like hell he was going to openly say he was a little cat thing] I'm here though, if any of you need me.

Also, someone seems to have gone and tampered with my daughter's orchard. [The journal camera switches on and people can see the entrance to the mikan orchard.] Someone has removed all the pinwheels that were around the perimeter of the orchard. While they seem rather insignificant to some of you, they were very important to Nami. She would appreciate anyone who would be interested in coming out to the orchard tomorrow and helping her put up new ones. [Though he doesn't mention it, he expects his family to help regardless]

[ooc: Alexei has been Luceti Valley for the entirety of the event. I'm going to be going by this chart for any direct relations with him. So feel free to be confused about why he thinks you're related or not for those who aren't AUed back into the family.

Also note he's already spoken with Nami before this. Here is her return entry.]

[Action]

[It's late at night, late enough when most people are asleep. Alexei is one of those people...or well, was. His journal had been placed aside, but it can still pick up sounds. Roughly it picks up someone violently waking up. Alexei found himself wandering into memories he didn't like to recall. They were quick flashes, but his moments before, during and after his death were continually bombarding him. Not exactly a very happy dream. So rather then roll over and just go back to bed, he's going stay awake for a while, maybe distract himself by looking through the journal.

It's been strangely quiet here in apartment 15 of CB1. It now lacked one occupant that used to reside in the room next to Alexei. It's a sickening remainder that staying here was still only temporary. Maybe that's why his own death was haunting him tonight. And now Casey was truly lost to history again. Not exactly a major loss when she had been dead for ten years to him. Reminiscing about the past seems to have become regular occurrence for him now. Being stuck in one place and not even having a job to keep oneself busy can lead a mind astray. Especially right now...when he has no other direction laid out for him but death the moment he leaves. He closes his journal. Listening to others has even lost it's charm.

He needed to find something else to get his thoughts together, find somewhere to go. Out of this apartment...or maybe even out of the village itself. Yes, just for a few days he'll get out of this stuffy village and explore the terrain outside. He hasn't quite done that yet, anything to keep him from sitting around right now. It just left him feeling anxious. Right, so that's the plan, prep for the trip and then leave when he's ready, most likely for the mountains and beyond that. There's only so much of the same forest one can deal with.

It's too late/early to gather supplies, but he puts together anything he would need that he already had. Wasn't much to pack really...and he wanted to get out of the apartment now. There is one place in this village he could go to for a while. He puts on his uniform...but bypasses on getting all of his armor on. He doesn't think he'll be there for very long and it's not worth it. His waist plate, and his sword will do just fine. Once he leaves, he's heading for the mikan orchard. It's been a long time since he was last there, around the time after the family experiment. He finds a spot under a tree and sits. Sure enough, the strange calming effect it had on him happened again, almost meditative.

He takes a deep breath and then pulls his journal out again. The thing he was pondering and about to ask, was more to himself then to anyone in particular.]

[Voice]

What did you strive for back home? Your goals and did you ever achieve them? Anything that you would bet your own life to see happen? ...Or is there something right now that you would give your life up for?

To all of Luceti, this is Captain Alexei speaking. I'm sure some of you have spotted a strange beasts that has appeared around our village, most likely breached the barrier to arrive here. From my own observation they seem to be looking for something and won't show aggression unless approached. So please don't engage these creatures unnecessarily. My squad will try to respond as soon as possible should anyone find themselves in trouble.

...Also, normally I wouldn't find anything strange about having something as common as a dream, but has everyone been having similar ones? Vivid dreams that you've had another life?

[First everyone gets moved around, next dreams and now beasts. All of this happening in less than a few days apart. Even if Shifts were a common event, should these be considered part of the first shift as well, then these events happening one after another is worth being concerned over]

( Filtered to his squad (Casey, Flynn, Daisy, Zack and Tsubaki) plus Nu and Spada )
( Filtered to Frederic )

[Once he's finished. He's going to have a word with Ayumu once he gets back home.]

[ooc: Assume all the stuff that's to people directly are filtered 100%. And the training log is going up sometime on the 26th. :)]

[...It's been eerily quiet at House #29 lately. The quiet isn't something new to Alexei, or a bother, but it's just strange when you now share the place with someone else that wasn't there. He taps his pen, sitting at his desk and glancing at the blank page in the journal. He's been meaning to talk about something to the general public that he's been holding off for quite some time. Though, it's been a while since the first draft and there hasn't been another...hm.

He just leans back in his seat for a moment, out of the journal's view. People can probably hear several loud banging sounds and then some not so pleasant words being blurted out. Alexei comes back into view again, a hand pressed against his forehead. For a moment there he thought...]

...This is ridiculous. [After deciding that he probably shouldn't broadcast this through voice, he starts to write]

[Filtered from Aku, Kefka, Yuber - 100%]

To the residents of Luceti. My name is Alexei and I know it's been some time since this was discussed, but while we have some downtime, I think this is an opportune time to re-establish the topic about teaching non-combantants how to fight. I know it's been some time since the first draft, however I don't think it will be the last.

The intent for this project was to ensure those with no knowledge of combat who are forced into the draft are able to at least defend themselves. This may also be beneficial in other areas besides the war, enemies within Luceti itself for example. Gaining this knowledge may not defeat the pursuer, yet it may offer time long enough for the right people to come and aid them.

The question now is, to the inexperienced, would any of you be interested in attending these sort of classes to learn the basics of combat and self defense?

To the people who had expressed interest to teach before, are you still interested? If anyone would like to teach in any form of combat, please bring it up with me and tell me your area of expertise. I have an ideal place in mind where classes can be held, but I rather further discuss it off journal. We can decide a time for all of us to meet and properly discuss this if there are people who want this to happen.

[Alexei had gone to meet up with Raven at the barracks to look over the plans for the bath house and while they were there...well, the journal will pick up what happened.]

...Did you come here alone?

[Sounds like a group of people was coming towards them, and the next the sounds of weapons clashing.]

[ooc: Alexei is in the process of getting mallynapped. He may or may not respond, depending on how soon or how late you leave your comments |D]

[So sometime during the meeting (Vesperia Spoilers alert) between Alexei and Raven on Valentine's day, the journal was probably moved by someone during the convo so bits of their conversation plays through the journal]



I will not do that to her! You already proven to be a disappointment and I won't repeat the same process.

Heh, funny you say that. Out of everythin' you've done and planned, turns out I'm the only one that didn't fail or die. How long will it be before you destroy her life? Oooh I give it a month, tops.

[After that, there are sounds of a fight breaking out]

( Rest of the Convo )

[There's the sound of the door shutting and then a loud thud. Alexei had collapsed onto the floor]

[There are sounds of someone going through papers. It stops abruptly and then Alexei's voice could be heard]

A letter? [this would be the sounds of him about to read it, but instead there's a loud booming sound of his door being forced up and footsteps]

Who-...What is the meaning of this!? [there are more sounds of footsteps. Somewhere in there, Alexei's laughing could be heard] Oh, I see now... [it went quiet. No more voices will be heard besides the sounds of quick footsteps coming and leaving his room.]

[Voice-Somewhat muffled since the journal is close shut in his hand]

...hm, so there is civilization here. Perhaps, someone will be able to tell me now what is going on.


[Action]

[There is someone coming from the forest's direction and walking into town. A sophisticated looking man by the way he presents himself as he walk. He was clad in a uniform. Seems like someone from an army of sorts. His little red wings twitch slightly, a few feathers were in odd angles, as if they had been roughly handled with. He appears rather calm, hiding the fact that he was feeling a little disorientated and confuse.]