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Test Drive Meme II





A. RETRIEVAL

Dreams fade slowly, and awareness returns in increments. The hum of machinery, the smell of recycled air, the murmurs of others waking up around you.

The interior of the ship has been outfitted with cots for those Biggs and Wedge retrieve from the Dream Width. Outside of the makeshift infirmary, windows set into the walls of the worn lounge area offer a view of space.

It’s time to meet your fellow new arrivals who have been brought together on Biggs and Wedge’s airship. The other newly-awakened people have no idea how they came to be here, but now's a good time as ever to introduce yourself to the others on the airship and glean what information you can.


B. CURTI CENTER

The researchers at the Curti Center are not quite so unprepared as last time, but it is still obvious that they are struggling to understand the sudden influx of interdimensional travelers from the Dream Width. "Please step into the lobby for a quick survey. Perhaps there is some common thread we haven't discovered yet..."

The staff will do their best to help the off-worlders settle in. They answer the questions they can, write down all proffered information they can about the arrivals' homeworlds, provide maps and pamphlets about Vaikuntha and the destinations within it, and even guide the arrivals to a neighborhood where housing has been provided for you. Yes, due to the strange influx of arrivals, you’ll be expected to share, but the Curti staff are doing the best they can, considering they are still housing the previous arrivals here on the island.

Experiences like these bring people together. Perhaps you are the only one here from your world, but at least you are not alone in this experience. Others are right beside you, learning the same information, planning trips to visit the same new cities, checking out these Job things, and settling in to their new (temporary) homes.


C. UP IN THE SKY

There’s a whole new world to explore. It’s almost enough to distract from the fact that there’s one place you can’t go- home.

You are on an Airship, the main mode of transportation between the major cities of Vaikuntha. While the majority are owned by airlines, perhaps you hitched a ride with a friend that has their own. You can go anywhere in a matter of hours — One can only hope you don’t have motion sickness.


D. GUILDS

Proud representatives of the Guild are lined up, ready to demonstrate their skills for the new initiates. Make sure to stay behind the designated line, this might get dangerous.

So you want a new Job? You'll have to first travel to the Guilds, sign the papers, go through the orientation and introductory lectures, and get basic training. Afterwards, you can freely chat and practice with your fellow members, celebrating your new powers, and checking out your new wardrobe.


E. LET'S BE ADVENTURERS

Separated from all of your material possessions, connections, and everything you know, and really, what you’re left with is time. Better try to make the most of it.

Enough expository banter. It's explorin' time. Maybe instead of spending every day in your room, you'd rather spend it living it up in the city of Lavode, or betting on Chocobo Races in Sparks Goldsaucia. Or maybe you'd rather go and explore the caves and ruins near Arito. With Airships and Chocobos at your disposal, you can go nearly anywhere!


F. SIDEQUESTS

Maybe you’re telling yourself, ‘I didn’t sign up for this.’ But wait, you did. At least it pays.

It all started when you checked the Quest Board.  All you wanted was a few gil to spend, 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 you could be asked to be janitor for a week. Consider yourself lucky though, at least you don't have to do that alone.


G. GET A JOB (THE OTHER KIND)

You’ve got a Job, but Claire keeps sighing and muttering about layabout space-people not earning their keep, so it might be time to seek out Employment as well.

There are plenty of opportunities to earn some gil in Vaikuntha, no matter where you choose to settle down. Your iMog slate includes listing for employment opportunities. Hopefully you can find something you can live with so that you can start saving up for an airship or the security payment for your permanent housing.


H. MOGNET

*Ding!* You’ve got Mog-Mail!

Thankfully, you can instantaneously chat with your friends around the world thanks to you iMog Slate. And unlike old-fashioned Moogle Letters, you can even send messages to everyone in a blink of an eye! However, despite the change in technology, the old tradition of Mognet Strikes have never gone away. 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 boards or risk message corruption and mishandling.


I. RANDOM ENCOUNTER

The ground trembles, and out of nowhere, something hostile appears! Is that battle music playing?

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! Will you try to fight on your own or seek help? And remember, you die in random battle, you die FOR REAL. There’s no shame from running from enemies that are a higher level than you!


J. CHOCOBO MADNESS

You look at the giant chicken, and the giant chicken looks back at you. Could this be the beginning of a beautiful relationship?

The kind folks at the Chocobo Farm have provided you with the tools of the chocobo-catching trade: greens, a bridle, and more advice than you can remember. Time to go find your new steed.

Or perhaps you have already captured a chocobo, and your friend has captured a chocobo, and now you'd like to bring some chicks into the equation. Chocobo breeding may be the minigame for you!


K. WILD CARD

Feeling inspired to create your own prompt? The power is yours!

sassafrisk: <user name=e8luhs site=tumblr.com> (Pardon?)

[personal profile] sassafrisk 2018-05-17 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Frisk looks Ji straight in the eyes, deadpan. Where did he get his sense of humor, the thrift store? That would explain why it's so broken. "Wrong. The correct answer is to make a dramatic pose and yell- oh, wait. Different world, different anime."
sassafrisk: <user name=e8luhs site=tumblr.com> (Default)

[personal profile] sassafrisk 2018-05-17 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Continuing to stare out the window, Frisk keeps their nonchalant tone and says, "I wasn't talking about the sky." There. Give that a moment to sink in...
ashadowofhope: Screenshot (This battle is over)

[personal profile] ashadowofhope 2018-05-17 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Fortunately for Emu, Oswald would've stepped aside, but if the doctor fell over, there wouldn't really be any assistance to get back up. Not saying a word when Emu said he needed rest, he turned forward again to resume walking.
doodlebuginette: (content)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-05-17 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
By this point she's back to staring out the window, though Frisk's words are a bit surprising. Still, she's not one to be outdone, and she's in a good mood to boot! "I don't believe I said I was, either," she replied casually, as though she did this kind of thing all the time.
bloodinbloom: Official HOSPITAL.6 Soundtrack Cover (Come listen with me)

[personal profile] bloodinbloom 2018-05-17 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hehe, yeah!"

There was an eager twinkle in her eye. A video game? She's heard of them, but never had the chance. "Can I? How do you play?"
controledfreak: (Provocation)

[personal profile] controledfreak 2018-05-17 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh sure, Jecht. You try being a horrifying cosmic deity when all your powers are stripped away from you! XO]

[Yggy peered quizzically at Jecht before chuckling. Her voice echoed strangely within the room as she did.]


I always find your kind's ability to accept what lies outside anything you have experienced fascinating. That one such as myself would even be offered tacit acceptance, even as I am, is nothing more than astounding.

Would you not prefer your own? Or perhaps you believe I am one that is to be observed that you may decide whether or not I am a danger to your and yours? That is it is it not? The fact that we are having this conversation now is your kind's way of determining my intentions and my purpose. Or do you believe that I am beneath you that were I to be proven a threat you believe that I could be overcome?

I am not one to be trifled with, bulbous man.

[Which is pretty big talk considering what she is physically capable of, read: not much at all.]
doodlebuginette: (smile)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-05-17 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
She nodded at that, even if it was a little surprising.

And now she was wondering if that was because this was the first time they'd trusted him enough to let him help, or if it was something else. There were so many questions!

That last one made her laugh, though.

"Oh no! I'm much too klutzy for that," she told him with a shrug. "I'm not sure which one I'm going to try out just yet, but it seemed silly to wander off when the demonstrations were going on. And I mean it. You were really great..."
sassafrisk: <user name=e8luhs site=tumblr.com> (Pardon?)

I keep reading her name as Yaldabaoth and having mini heart attacks

[personal profile] sassafrisk 2018-05-17 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Frisk rolls their eyes at Yggy's long-winded insult. If the eldritch abomination wanted to get a rise out of them, they'd have to try a lot better than that. "Gee, when did your sense of humor break? You really need to go see a doctor for that, it's really unhealthy to be a grump all the time. "
sassafrisk: <user name=e8luhs site=tumblr.com> (Flirty)

[personal profile] sassafrisk 2018-05-17 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Frisk wasn't exactly used to getting fired back upon, so they start a little bit before recovering. Oh, it was on now. Marinette had no idea what she was getting into. Time to get serious. "You're too kind. Really, just looking at you makes me float on Cloud Nine!" Eh? Eh? Sky puns?
controledfreak: (Composition)

She came out first--! Okay no, but I made the name up before hearing that!!

[personal profile] controledfreak 2018-05-17 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Were she able to do so in this form, she would be rolling her eyes.

"A comedian. Lovely." The nice thing about being the eldritch of sound was that even in an empowered state she is still capable of letting out the flattest of flat tones. "Perhaps you should peddle your wares of mirth and whimsy elsewhere. I have more important questions that need answers, and I do not believe that you would provide it."

Her lower half propped herself up the side of the platform and she moved to leave. The shift in her weight seemed more than she could handle at the moment and after a tenuous first attempt she is already back on the chair. Bothered but not beaten, she tries again, only just barely managing to set herself up before she could take her first, shaky, steps.
modelcivilian: Screenshot: Reflekta (Good idea Marinette)

[personal profile] modelcivilian 2018-05-17 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"If you say so, but I think you'd be able to pull it off." After some practice, anyone could do it. Even if she was a klutz, she'd have help while getting the hang of it. He nodded at her admission, chuckling himself. "Take your time. It's way hard to decide which asterisks to take first with all the options."

Except... maybe Freelancer.

"Thanks, Marinette."
suigojin: (laughs)

I just realized I'm doing brackets vs your prose, sorry

[personal profile] suigojin 2018-05-17 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
There is absolutely nothing wrong with his sense of humor--well, that's not entirely true. When you spend a significant amount of time with someone with a fondness for dark elemental magic and a sense of humor to match, you tend to pick up things.

There's also the simple fact that Ji just doesn't like chocobos, so the fewer the better.

"I'm not a very dramatic person, I'm--wait, what am I supposed to be yelling?"
worldmother: (pic#8327718)

A, also 1/2

[personal profile] worldmother 2018-05-17 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She had all but given up hope in finding anyone else here in this strange new world. It seems like the Dream Width only set to tear people apart, and while it was difficult, Elly managed. But hearing that another group of lost souls had made their way here, she can't help but hope. It's silly, isn't it? Hoping to see someone familiar, but knowing that that meant they were just as lost here as she and Fei were.

It's when she sees a flicker of green that she stops in her tracks, turning to follow that movement and instinctual grabbing at the person next to her, tugging him to look in a direction. ]


Is that..?

[ Her heart is in her throat. Please, don't tell her it's a dream. Tell her he sees it too. ]
chefbayardee: (sigh)

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-05-17 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hunk just nods. If the story's over, is he dead? He doesn't look like a zombie. If he's not dead... ]

Okay, so you're in retirement then. We're in a place called Vaikuntha. [ He pauses, furrowing his brow for a moment. Gotta get maximum impact for minimal effort. ] Allegedly we can't go back home, but there's magic, and guns, and I sure hope you like fighting monsters and dealing with moogles. [ And then he looks towards his backpack. There may or may not be a pom-pom sticking out of it. ]

Also we're in space right now, on something called an airship. [ And then he looked at the man, unsure if he was expecting questions or more anger. This is a lot to take in for most people! ]
hatejakku: (talk)

[personal profile] hatejakku 2018-05-17 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Not exactly. I've never even seen a bird this big before.

[And he was pretty knowledgeable about fauna back home. He grew up on "if you don't know what it is, shoot it" kind of basis, but he was currently trying to break that.]

[The chocobo headbutted his arm, so Finn held out another green carefully, watching it get snatched away.]


Are you from here?
reincarnationception: (12)

2/2

[personal profile] reincarnationception 2018-05-17 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fei, on the other hand, has already taken off at a run]

Emeralda!
regalblaze: (Here 🔪 with you all along)

[personal profile] regalblaze 2018-05-17 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
They could be intimidating with their size, it is true, but they are rather friendly. Temperamental, but friendly.

[And it's good that he's trying to break it because- how can you shoot at this fluff that's tilting its head and trying to snag a snack.

Ignis chuckles when the bird "asks" for another treat. It seems Finn got a new feathery friend.]


Not exactly from here. I was saved from Dream Width over a month ago. [...] Did you arrive recently?
specialinquisitor: (little smile)

[personal profile] specialinquisitor 2018-05-17 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can certainly make the attempt." Whether or not she was the best choice was another matter, but her own thinking had given her reasonable answers for herself. Clarity of logic and rational thinking could accomplish a great deal.
maximum_mighty: (emu5)

[personal profile] maximum_mighty 2018-05-17 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hey, listen, you just came out of the Dream Width. You need to recover, sit down." insisted Emu. "Are you listening?"
maximum_mighty: (emu3)

[personal profile] maximum_mighty 2018-05-17 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's really easy."

Booting up the game, he showed how to play it. "Mighty gets stronger the more he consumes, so you have to run around and defeat the enemies with hammer strikes and jumps, while picking up items."
sublimelymagnificentblitz: (aeon arm)

[personal profile] sublimelymagnificentblitz 2018-05-17 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Look, he'd really LIKE to be a horrifying cosmic deity without powers, instead of the time he spent with them. That had kinda sucked.]

Man, you like to talk, huh? [That's what he got out of her speech.] Look, you're not that much weirder than a Hypello. Actually I think they might win that, those guys are freaky. But so what? You really want me to hate you or fear you or punch you just 'cuz you look different?
sublimelymagnificentblitz: (back to you all)

[personal profile] sublimelymagnificentblitz 2018-05-17 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Like he'd said -- Jecht had already done the whole 'weird new world' thing once. This one didn't even sound all that weird so far... compared to Spira anyway.]

Ain't in retirement if I'm here, am I. So I'm supposed to fight... why? Giant evil ravaging the planet? Wicked guy plotting conquest? Something like that?
garyoutensei: (voodoo in my brain)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-05-17 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Baiken growled. This was making her too anxious, and she needed to take some control of the situation.

"Knock it off and shut up!" she shouted, not even caring that more people were likely to stare at her now that she'd raised her voice...
garyoutensei: (the bitch is back)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-05-17 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
The hi-potion was appreciated, revitalizing Baiken enough to at least regroup herself and get back into fighting shape, not that it was doing her any good....

"I don't think much of anything, lady. Just get it to the point where I can remove its head from its shoulders and I'll call it a success." She really did only seem to have one set of strategies...
garyoutensei: (watching myself lose)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-05-17 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not a poet, lady. -Baiken shrugged.-

But here, and where I come from, magic is a resource that's become an inescapable part of modern life. Even a vagabond like me can't get away from it.