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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!

finny_fun: (ariel40)

[personal profile] finny_fun 2018-05-24 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Ariel giggled. "I'm just not used to land animals that's all. But a fin is what you use to swim with!"
arosetowar: (❀ like a shadow of birds)

[personal profile] arosetowar 2018-05-24 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
No, you don't.

You think you should have been made extinct?
surrenderto: (The scientists working)

[personal profile] surrenderto 2018-05-24 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
True. There are many who carry with them a variety of battles who do not show. I have known many who can just as easily kill a person as they can anything else.
surrenderto: (Not just another flavor)

[personal profile] surrenderto 2018-05-24 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
A tale that is all too common. You would be far from the first to say such things. [ She isn't bothered in the least by it. ] I am not here to judge your choices. If your desire is to sink into oblivion sooner then so be it. Death is the one inevitable event we cannot escape.
sublimelymagnificentblitz: (hands clasped)

[personal profile] sublimelymagnificentblitz 2018-05-24 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, considering what Jecht had accomplished there, which was just 'more of the damn same'... he ain't judging.] Naw. It's really not. I'm real glad he made it here.
garyoutensei: (words that we couldn't say)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-05-24 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe... I'm probably not qualified to answer a lot of the deeper questions about humanity's current state, to be honest. I'm mostly focused on my own path.
garyoutensei: (what it is what it be)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-05-24 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I appreciate the lack of lectures regarding the sanctity of life. -Baiken shrugged, puffing on her pipe a few more times before pulling it from her lips. She raised her leg up to dash the pipe against her ankle, dumping its contents... she apparently didn't care about the efforts to keep that place clean...-
garyoutensei: (that's why earl had to die)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-05-24 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah well don't let me stop your big teary reunion. You should probably go out and find him.
moogleshield: mirrorcoated @ dw (Default)

Iris Amicitia | Final Fantasy XV (warning for potential late game spoilers)

[personal profile] moogleshield 2018-05-24 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Retrieval
    [ This isn't Lestallum. Iris isn't even sure if this place is in Eos, although there is something familiar about the faint aound of machinery clanking and whirring in the background. That noise quickly fades away, however, as her eyes begin to adjust to the light, the cot she lays on creaking as she shifts, letting the thin sheet fall away as she finally sits upright. And what she sees...

    She's no stranger to this sort of arrangement, people piled together in whatever safe space in the city that they could find. Lestallum had become a safe haven once the light had finally retreated from the land, the city acting as the last beacon of salvation after their world was plunged into perpetual night. She was still trying to grapple with the implications of that, so to be plucked from one horrible, confusing, dizzying situation into the next.

    Her mouth feels a little dry as the teen finally pushes herself up to stand. A little too quickly, as she grips the metal frame to support her. Her eyes search the room, wide and almost wild, desperately looking for something or someone familiar. Something to hold tight to.

    What is this place, how did she..? ]

Up in the Sky
    [ Despite coming from much more technologically advanced world than this one, riding on an airship is something Iris has yet to check off her bucket list. So the first moment she's given the opportunity, she takes it without hesitation. If she could be first in line, she would be.

    It's a day-long trip, but she isn't about to miss anything by staying down below in the guest quarters. She can be found on the upper deck, leaning against a railing as far forward as she can to get a better view. There's so much here she wants to see. ]


    Wow, things look totally different from up here. Makes you feel like you're on top of the world, doesn't it?

    [ Oh, were you trying to mind your own business? Too bad, that's not going to happen, and after glancing over at her company, Iris hitches up on her tip-toes, pointing out toward something on the horizon. No fear in this one. ]

    Hey, what do you think that is?

Guilds
    I don't know, are you sure? I've never really used a sword before...

    [ Meet Iris Amicitia. At 5’3”, she doesn't exactly look like she belongs here at the Swordmaster’s guild, yet here she is, a blade held in both hands, the tip rested on the concrete on the ground as she looks up at the recruiter with an uncertain smile on her face.

    Because this isn't actually why she's here? She just stopped to ask for directions to the Cavaliers guild, and got pulled in by the sly smile of a sellsword turned salesman. Crap, she's usually better at dealing with this kind of thing, but she did need to find a job soon—or so she's been told. And this should probably come natural, being an Amicitia. How did her brother make this look so easy?

    And even as she tries to come up with some excuse to return the weapon and find help elsewhere, she can't even get a word in edgewise. This guy really likes swords, apparently...

    Someone please help? ]

Wild card
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immortalmarshal: (throwing all of this shade at you)

Guilds

[personal profile] immortalmarshal 2018-05-24 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cor himself is on his way to the Chocobo Farm, on the 'suggestion' of certain parties to get his own mount. He hears what's going on, though, and notices that there doesn't seem to be anyone else around Iris at the moment.

Not that Cor himself wouldn't mind joining this Guild at some point in the future, but the way he's staring disapprovingly at the 'salesman' trying to sweet-talk the young woman into joining... Well, it's not much different from the disapproving glare that her own father would give sometimes.]

It's normally best to show off one's techniques than to just brag about it, if one truly wishes to attract the proper recruits.
warpstriking: (teasing ☈ in all it's grace)

Retrieval

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-05-24 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, looks like someone's finally awake.

[Says a teasing, very familiar voice. The owner of which is leaning against a free spot on the wall, having been dozing himself off and on. Waiting to see if she'd wake up.

Sometimes it's better to hear it from someone familiar than a hologram left by complete strangers.]
chocobosnap: (Default)

Guilds

[personal profile] chocobosnap 2018-05-24 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[He was just out for a walk with his chocobo companion because he sure knows where the Cavalier's guild is when he sees the back of someone familiar heading into the Swordmaster's guild.

Huh, Prompto never really thought about it too much, but Iris can do what she wants. It would be rude however not to say hi.

He calms his chocobo, Sunshine and leaves him outside to stick his head in. This guy sure is talking a lot.

He sneaks up behind her and taps her on the opposite shoulder and then raises his hands with a grin if she does happen to look his way, while looking completely innocent. Who? Prompto?]
on_screen: (tooru8)

Up in the Sky

[personal profile] on_screen 2018-05-24 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a girl who seems to be at war of staying visible.

It seems her quirk seems to want to reassert itself, and as such her features were mostly indistinguishable as she turned towards Iris with a curious glance.]

That? It looks like some kind of city or maybe a tower? I can't tell.
arosetowar: (♘ useless things these hands have done)

[personal profile] arosetowar 2018-05-24 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Fair enough. Politics are convoluted enough for those of us who have to contend with them. I can only imagine how frustrating they would seem to a vagabond.

[Still not judgmental. More light, more acknowledging. If she'd ever been granted the freedom to step away from Britannian politics then she would have done so, but that's not the role she was born into; that's not the life that awaits her even now that the war she'd championed for so many years is over.]
remnantofzeboim: (Determined)

[personal profile] remnantofzeboim 2018-05-24 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Again she seemed to think this over.]

Never fight with weapons. Just me.

[She flexes her fingers again as if still puzzled by it, then shrugs.]

Can learn though!
remnantofzeboim: (Lost in thought.)

[personal profile] remnantofzeboim 2018-05-24 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Emeralda perks up at the idea of Crescens turning up, then bounces a bit at his second question.]

Fei is Kim! And Elly is Elly! [That...did not really help much, did it...]

They...parents?

[So two eighteen year olds with a fourteen year old daughter...what?]
remnantofzeboim: (Determined)

[personal profile] remnantofzeboim 2018-05-24 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Emeralda looked at her hand as Elly held it, then her gaze flashed between the two of them as they both spoke. She didn't entirely understand, but she was getting the jist of it, at least. Somewhat.]

...Can handle it. [She finally said, in what she hoped was a reassuring voice, since both of them mentioned it being weird and confusing. She didn't want them to worry!]

But can't fight. [She added,, frowning.] Emeralda can't turn into weapons, can't fight.
sonoftenebrae: (Side Eye)

Up in the Sky

[personal profile] sonoftenebrae 2018-05-25 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Maybe this child has no fear, but Ravus does. What is she thinking, leaning over so far? If it were his sister, he would be pulling her back to safety...]

It matters not how far above the world we are. You'll be six feet under it if you fall.

[There is no recognition in the admonishing stare he shoots her way before looking out in the direction she indicated. He knows her not as either as a Lucian or as an Amicitia, just as a girl brave and bold enough to endanger herself.]

That must be the floating city. It's much too large to be another ship.
doodlebuginette: (Default)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-05-25 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
For the most part, Marinette tried to resist the urge to panic over most things. It was probably mostly habit from being Ladybug for so long, as well as trying to always set a good example for others whenever Hawkmoth decided to get his manties in a twist . Either way, she'd probably do most of her freaking out about all of this later when she was on her own.

Fortunately, he didn't seem to have any issue with her suggestion. And so she's tapping her chin thoughtfully, considering her options for a moment. "Okay! How long have you been here?" That wasn't originally one of them, but now she was curious, and he had agreed to answer her questions.
doodlebuginette: (smuggy)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-05-25 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
While this was probably one of the oddest conversations she'd had in a while, Marinette couldn't deny that she was having fun. It was nice to just talk to someone without having to try and be calm and set a good example, even if it was just for a minute. Granted, nothing was really happening for her to potentially lose her cool over. If silly flirting was the worst thing she'd have to deal with today, then she was definitely going to call it a win. And maybe Frisk wasn't the best guesser. Or they were being intentionally ridiculous. But whatever it was, it made Marinette smile. "I should penalize you for so many incorrect guesses, but I'm feeling charitable today," she murmured, reaching out to poke Frisk's cheek.
doodlebuginette: (smile)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-05-25 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
To be fair, she hadn't done a lot of preemptive research about the different asterisks. In fact, she'd sort of been hoping that by watching some of the demonstrations, she'd be able to make an informed decision that way. But maybe it wasn't quite that simple. She was curious about which ones Adrien was interested in, though. Something related to fencing seemed logical, but there were just so many, and she kind of admired that he wanted to branch out and try something else.

"Which one was Cavalier?" The name made it sound cool, but it was possible that it was done to be misleading. Was that something that happened here? She couldn't even say for sure. Bard and Black Mage seemed pretty obvious if one played video games, and now she was trying to imagine him as either of those things. "I bet you could do either of those things if you really wanted to," she told him. He could probably do anything he set his mind to. "I still haven't made up my mind," Marinette admitted. But there was plenty of time for that, she supposed. Ninja just sounded cool, though, and she definitely intended to check it out later today.
doodlebuginette: (hmmm)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-05-25 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
And now she was beginning to wish she'd done a little research before coming here today. By showing up with no idea of what she'd like to do, she'd probably made a mistake because she knew next to nothing about any of the things being represented. Advice was more than welcome, though, and she did want to find a way to help people that wouldn't necessarily involve actively going out looking for trouble.

She knew how to fight smart from all the times she and Chat had come up against yet another akumatized Parisian, so perhaps Paladin could be good for her. On the other hand, she liked the idea of being able to heal people if they'd gotten hurt. "I think... I might look into both of those before I try to make a decision," Marinette replied finally, chewing her lower lip as she considered.
modelcivilian: Screenshot: Evillustrator (Too much)

[personal profile] modelcivilian 2018-05-25 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Cavaliers raise and ride Chocobo, those large birds that are usually yellow." And with that explanation, she could probably figure out why he couldn't take the Job. He'd love to see what it was like, but the bird feathers were killer on his sinuses here. "Thanks. I'm just not sure which one would be the first to try."

Tilting his head, he gave her voiced concern a thought. "Hm... I'm pretty sure you could do any job. If you want to go for familiar, maybe Gourmand? But Puppet Master might be good too. You're crafty enough to make your own Puppets that's for sure... though, Summoner, I could see you befriending Eidolons easily."
worldmother: (027)

[personal profile] worldmother 2018-05-25 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ Good, that was one less thing to worry about. Then again, there was hardly any reason to worry in the first place, but it's reassuring knowing that Emeralda could take this change in stride. ]

There are people here who can teach you how to fight, even if you aren't able to change. It might take some time, but I know you can do it.

[ A thought occurs to her then, and Elly looks up at Fei. ]

We could go visit some of the guilds, maybe.
moogleshield: mirrorcoated @ dw (oo7.)

[personal profile] moogleshield 2018-05-25 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ She's come up with just about every polite excuse to leave at this point, and each one has managed to somehow fall flat. It shouldn't be so hard to step away, but, well... the way this guy was going on, it's like he was waiting for someone to talk to. She can't exactly say no to that, right? He doesn't seem to be taking the hint either, at least not from her.

But when Cor speaks up, the "swordsman" suddenly stands straight as an arrow, shoulders back (too far back), clutching the handle of his blade tightly with both hands. ]


O-oh, um, well see, about that... They don't... actually let me swing this thing around here anymore. Not after what happened the last time. Hah hah...

[ Looks like this guy is new, or accident prone. Who put him in charge of recruitment, anyway?

Still, despite the fact that she now feels worse for the guy, Iris takes this opportunity while it's still there, throwing her hands behind her back, and leaning slightly toward Cor. ]


That's okay, we were just leaving actually. Isn't that right?

[ Please say they're leaving. ]