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memesofeternity2018-05-12 08:14 pm
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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! 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
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How do you know? That you don't need a partner.
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[Oh boy, another grin crosses her face, she reaches for her bags and...it's a quill and parchment which she hands it over to him, hope you like homework Jecht.]
By all means, if you feel like you want to be useful... then be useful. Start by describing whatever flora and fauna that happen to be in this area.
that icon just looks like a giant eye
Her face being a rorschach test is pretty fitting actually
To learn.
I accepted this job precisely for that reason. To catalog each and every species out here, to understand their behavior, their ecology, and their environment, in order to understand the safest possible way to exist in this world.
This isn't the my first expedition into a dangerous and unknown environment on my own, and quite frankly, I'm insulted you would assume that of me
And of the few I have gone into the unknown with and would trust my life to...you don't deserve to be spoken under the same breath
I repeat. You want to be useful? THEN BE USEFUL
[Ozen calmly puts her helmet back on, there was some howling in the distance. It'd be fruitful to know where it came from]
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[But you know, Jecht has a kid. A crybaby whiner of a kid, kind of a stick, all bones. Not much of a man really, right? And that kid, for all his flaws and problems... still smarter than this lady here.]
[Jecht doesn't look up from his writing, in which he describes a large bird as 'pretty fat, but that might just be this one.']
You wanna make enemies rather than friends, that's your choice. But it's a damn stupid choice, you know.
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What matters is results. What matters is survival.
Nature doesn't give a damn about the friends you've made along the way. A curse is still going to affect you no matter what sentimentality or platitude you preach.
And a psychopath is going to kill you, even if you were kind to them once.
Only one person ever understood that with her. Someone who was a protege, a fellow delver...a friend...maybe something even more.
She gave up everything for that person...and that person is gone now.
Leaving only memories and a legacy.
Jecht is hardly the first person who's disapproved of her methods, he likely won't be the last either.]
[She'd make her own smart comment, but something catches her attention. Something, something was here with them...a bunch of somethings..., to the untrained (or distracted loud mouthed) ear, it would just sound like the wind...this was no wind]
...Shut up
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[But he's picked up on it too. Believe it or not, he's got some skill -- you didn't get good at blitzball by having bad senses, after all. So despite still mouthing off, Jecht lifts his fists slowly, ready to react.]
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[Suddenly a large insect-like creature come pouncing from a treetop hoping to land on one of them, but now before an uppercut from Ozen sends it flying even higher and spray of greenish gore lands on her suit.
Causing a dozen more of so to come out of the bushes and treetops hissing angrily surrounding them.]
You wanted excitement didn't you?
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So what's your plan for soloing these guys?
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[More pounce only for Ozen to dodge them thoroughly.]
Keep your distance, and let them come to you.
[She makes another dodge, this time leaving an opener to grab one by the leg slamming it to the ground with another splatter]
These creatures seem to be ambush predators, keep quiet and listen for when they come.
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[Her advice is a bit late, though -- Jecht has already waded into the mess, fists and feet flying along with the bugs they were hitting.] Aaah, they're pretty light, aren't they? Seems like the real threat is them jabbing us!
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He still gets an inward eyeroll diving fists first into the pile of insects, he's too preoccupied with the few he's dealing with he can't notice or deal with one sneaking up on him rearing to sneak attack.
She notices and in a burst of energy runs towards giving the beast a good punt sending it flying forward towards the face of tree.]
Their attacks are getting more desperate.
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Well, yeah! We're winning! They look a lot worse than they are, don't they?
[Jecht heaves one into the air, though he takes a cut from one across his leg -- but hey, just another line to join all the other scars, right? With a yell, he hurls the one he's got into the middle of the pack, sending them flying away with the impact.]
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[Another round of punches send them flying.
It's not long before there was only one left, still hissing it leaps towards.
She grabs it with one arm, as it's arms and legs and jaws wail frantically wanting to grasp onto her for a killing blow.
Crushing the life out of it, she lets go letting the creature collapse lifelessly on the ground. She crotches over observing the body taking in every detail of the beast taking mental notes of everything about it]
So desperate...even when we proved to be too much for them to handle they still rushed towards us despite knowing it would mean death...why?
[Speaking of headstrong creatures, she looks back at her
idiotpartnerpversized child... designated co-worker, with a slight smirk on her face]...I'm not disappointed you're still alive
[Savor that Jecht, that's the closest thing you're gonna get to a compliment from her]