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TEST DRIVE MEME





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. None of you know how you came to be here or where you are going, and the door to the cockpit is locked as the pilots focus on navigating the treacherous obstacles of the Dream Width. You might as well take this moment to introduce yourself to your fellow travelers.


B. CURTI CENTER

There’s an almost overwhelming aura of excitement in the tower as researchers rush to document this unprecedented number of interdimensional travelers. Over the commotion, the leaders of the Center struggle to explain, ‘Welcome to Vaikuntha. We don’t know why you’ve been brought here, but this is your new home.’

The staff will do their best to help the off-worlders settle in. They answer the questions they can, provide maps and pamphlets about the world 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 under the circumstances.

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. WILD CARD

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

garyoutensei: (what it is what it be)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-03-25 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
You literally just vomited. Wash your hands first.
garyoutensei: (oooh she's a killer machine)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-03-25 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
No offense, but that distinction doesn't really matter to me. It probably doesn't mean much here, either.
twomeals: ([derp] 18)

[personal profile] twomeals 2018-03-25 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Is this guy actually giving him permission to stick his claws directly into the cookie dough. The ultimate taboo! That thing nobody ever lets him do! Hunk is his favorite guy in this world now, it's decided.

Also he doesn't get the unsaid pun, but he laughs along anyway as he reaches for another cookie.]


Fast food...like sandwiches?
topgun_textiles: ([Shades] Opportunity Sought)

[personal profile] topgun_textiles 2018-03-25 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Erh, really? Shit... not another one.

[He'd need to figure out a compromise when he shifted to Paladin. His mouth liked to run away from him and keep him from twisting his words, but in exchange it helped people to trust him a little better rather than go by his appearance.

But he nodded and readied up a Ground Shaker. He grit his teeth and swung the hammer once and twice for the added momentum. With a roar he brought it down, sending with it a spreading ray of sharp stones and sheer force that barreled into the gargoyle group. With a thin shriek, one of them succumbed just after getting a slug shot to the chest.]
garyoutensei: (sit before you upon a throne of scars)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-03-25 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
Just barely before that sentence was fully finished, Baiken burst forward with near blistering speed, her sword drawn in a blink and carefully aimed in a cut towards Aqua's arm, as if to rend it off completely in a single blow.

[personal profile] 4got10 2018-03-25 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
You're talented down to yours bones, huh.

It's worth a shot. WHat do you think you'd need?
garyoutensei: (who needs you)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-03-25 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
-The only look the moogle gets back is one of confusion as her brow cocks upward. She lets out a long trail of smoke, taking out her pipe and clicking her tongue.-

I don't do business stuffed animals. Beat it.
topgun_textiles: (...buh?)

[personal profile] topgun_textiles 2018-03-25 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Rgh- a little... I'll live, though. Beats the seaweed I had to use to cover up with when I lost my swimsuit at the beach once. Itched for hours!

[But he rolled his shoulders again and peered at the map.]

Sooner we get this done, sooner I can treat the damn lining.
warpstriking: (bored ☈ million lights)

(may he close his eyes... forevermore)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-25 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
"They have physical forms of their own, and I've met all of them." He still isn't pleased with Leviathan, but... what can you do? He shrugged.

"There are several, though most were lost to time after the Ancient Era."
He paused, and there is a moment where it looked as though he wouldn't respond further. Yet he pushed aside his personal feelings to tell the first one from the Cosmogony. Paraphrased, of course. "Bahamut, unbending as iron... In the past, he descended to the mortal realm and graced the people of Tenebrae. Gifting the power of the Stars and his trident to a pious woman—the first Oracle."
topgun_textiles: ([Shades] All right people listen up!)

[personal profile] topgun_textiles 2018-03-25 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[The shopkeeper was taken up with a squawk. Despite the surprise, they were neat and tidy in the young man's arms despite having eyes like saucers over what on earth just happened.

They never saw it coming.

Kanji rounded the corner and reached the point where he'd begun dusting. Panting, he skidded to a stop and lowered his back end to the floor. As he ran an upper arm over his forehead, he looked up to see these folks standing on the counter, including some four-eyed dude rocking a princess carry.]


...Huh? Hey, you're makin' the freakin' counters dirty that way! Geddown!
regalblaze: (Determined 🔪 to move onward)

[personal profile] regalblaze 2018-03-25 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Ardyn was-

Ignis almost dropped the cup he was holding. But it's warmth reminded him that it was hot and he should probably get himself together. If there was time Ignis wanted to spill every curse that comes to his mind, it was now. He wants to ask how did that happen but Noctis still looked upset. Was there more? Did Prompto-

"He is alright, correct?" Ignis didn't know what kind of torture Ardyn used, but it can't be good. Nothing related to Ardyn was good.
pishirogane: (Eighth Member)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2018-03-25 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
That's fine. I've managed for myself before.
warpstriking: (fear ☈ in the night)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-25 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Noctis almost reaches out to catch the cup, but Ignis seems to keep it in his grasp. Slightly grimacing, he nods. Grateful that Ignis doesn't press for more details just yet.

"Yeah. He has you guys." He's just... going to take another drink of tea. "Or just Gladio right now, I guess. If they aren't here somewhere."

Though it doesn't make sense. If Ignis is here, from two months ago, how was he there with him earlier to tell him to get to the Crystal alone? Ugh, it's going to be bugging him for a while now.
topgun_textiles: (pic#4596524)

[personal profile] topgun_textiles 2018-03-25 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
[A more rational person would explain that folks should ask for help and that doing things like this along was actually kind of stupid and he'd been there before, but Kanji wasn't a rational person. Kanji was currently donned in his berserker gear, and as the swung and resulting shriek of metal and metal coupled with the flash of sparks, the dam broke.

He shook his head despite feeling the burning in his eyes. They turned gold for the moment, but as he shut them tight and retreated a step, they were back to gray. The flash of violence, the thought of taking her remaining arm and knocking some sense into her with it, was receded with a heavy sigh of exasperation, the growl even giving out a plume of steam. Come at him like this months prior and that would be enough to start screaming for a white mage to esuna.]


People... will die... if they work alone. I've already died once back home and it fuckin' hurts!

[Despite it, he still spoke between gritted teeth and labored breaths.]

So stuff your pride for five minutes, ya dumbass! I do this for everybody.
topgun_textiles: (Frankly my dear I think that's stupid.)

[personal profile] topgun_textiles 2018-03-25 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
[He'd be lying if he said it wasn't irritating at first. But the dude can't help allergies, and their trip here had to double on account of going without chocobos for a stretch of it.

He grasped his chest plate and wiggled around in it as he listened. Adrien was better at reading maps, it seemed. He thought they'd have to use a compass or something, but would that even work when this place didn't have those pole thingies like back home?]


Sounds - rgh - good. You in the Job y'want? I might just swap here in a sec.
regalblaze: (let's get down to business 🔪 to defeat t)

[personal profile] regalblaze 2018-03-25 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
When it came to serious things, and especially to expressing his feelings, Noct always had a hard time. Ignis knows that. So he lets him go at his own pace and take his time. The time difference seems to be causing a significant problem. Did he lose... his eyesight in that time period? Probably from the battle. If it was to protect Noctis, then it is worth it.

Ignis scowls, his mood going even worse than before. "He will never have us, Noct. We don't yield so easily, especially to not to Ardyn." Ignis cannot see himself submitting to whatever Ardyn asks of him.

"We will have to carefully scour the ship in search for others and not separate. That man is dangerous." Too dangerous, according to the vision.
pishirogane: Icon by: <user name=pishirogane> (What!?)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2018-03-25 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Of all the reactions, Hunk beginning to cry was not what she expected to happen. While the Sahagins shriek in surprise, Naoto can focus again and take the next shot. There aren't that many right now, but where there's a few, there could be more in a moment's notice.]

Calm down, Hunk-san! Just focus on your task; I said I have you covered.

[Taking aim, she goes rather Trigger Happy, blasting back a Sahagin before quickly reloading.]
despairing_hope: (pic#10470653)

[personal profile] despairing_hope 2018-03-25 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
Ah! Well, isn't it good to understand as much as you can? Even if you personally don't have a skill in it? However, my Job isn't something that would use such a thing. Though, there are probably ways to accomplish it with any Job.
warpstriking: (vexed ☈ from stealing our own place)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-25 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
"He got Prompto once, and he tricked me. Some sort of illusion where he swapped places with him." He admits. He doesn't know how Prompto got from being pushed off a speeding train to Zegnautus Keep, but he's still angry about it. Even now, that Prompto is relatively safe. Wherever he is.

"Given his real name, guess that really isn't much of a surprise." Noctis' gaze meets Ignis' for that brief moment. There's only one thing, two really, that they have an advantage on over him if that bastard's here. First is whatever it is out there blocked even the power of the Lucii. Second is... "Ardyn Lucis Caelum."

It sickens him to say it, and he can feel the bile in the back of his throat. So he's just going to try and wash it down with more tea.
chefbayardee: (sad)

This thread started bc "Hope is normal this should be nice and normal" and it's a dang feels trip

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-03-25 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
"They sound like something else, Hope, I might be a little jealous!" He is not, he loves his gender-neutral Paladudes, but they'd get along just fine with that l'Cie legion. There were even some similarities here and there, which made him repress a laugh. Hunk's glad he did, because there was one thing he noticed, and it was enough to make the flood of posturing and theatrics and tomfoolery slow to a trickle as that food gently slid off the railing and back to the floor.

He's much smarter than his demeanor and humor imply, and he picked up on that wording, on the storytelling, on what wasn't explicitly said about why this might have been even harder on Hope. He can't support his team if he didn't figure out how to read between the lines, after all. He swallowed a bundle of anxieties, as if all of his nerves and butterflies were waiting for this one instance of vulnerability and hesitation to terrify him. But he had to bring it back there, he had to say it.

"I... I'm sorry about your mom." In Bodhum with his mom, then a l'Cie, a prisoner, a gladiator for a godlike being and then he's chasing his friend Snow, who he blamed for his mom's death, making her a casualty of the war he was forced into. Hope sounded so hurt, so tired when that nerve was struck, and he said that the options were either a crystal sleep or becoming a monster, and neither was happening so he couldn't have been done with that Focus thing! Hope's mother died, he's been fighting, and he still can't see his sky. Like Shay and the Balmerans. He still isn't free.

One arm opens up, offering a hug. He wasn't sure how his friend would react or if he was crossing a line, but Hunk wouldn't be much of a Paladin if he wouldn't try.
chefbayardee: (yelling)

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-03-25 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
Boring?! [ Hunk sounded absolutely insulted, and his face showed offense. ] You're out of your mind, Makoto! ...San! Talking with you about Earth is like a literal time machine and that's just as much the stuff of dreams as the stuff we've talked about.

[ He catches himself for a moment, and sheepishly scratches at the back of his neck. ] Well, at least for me, I can't even try to speak for Red!

[ But he furrows his brow again. ] So give yourself and your world some credit! Earth is awesome! [ And then the huffy scowl melts back into a smile and laugh. ]

Because let's be honest, normal is probably great for Red, since he doesn't know much about humans! Or about how our continents are stuck to the surface, surrounded by giant salt water oceans, and how the clouds are so far above us we need aircraft to touch them. I bet he has a ton of other questions, and that's on you, Earthling-san. [ And then he gives her some finger-guns for jovial emphasis! ]
chefbayardee: (confused)

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-03-25 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
I mean burgers are sandwiches, yeah. [ Hunk starts sizing Yue's arms up, especially those feathers, they might get in the way. He'd definitely need to get his hands on a hairnet, and maybe wingnets too... even if they'd just be normal nets at that point. ]

Wait, can you even eat sandwiches, or do your claws just kinda... slice 'em up?
chefbayardee: (wHAT)

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-03-25 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ The tears are abating, if only a little. Maybe it's because he's swimming and his face is drenched with saltwater, and he's still crying a lot, or it could be because he's forcing his body to calm down so that if he gets attacked, he's not taking in a lungful of ocean. He lost track. ]

Just shout if you can't get one of the-e-e-emmmmmmm!

[ He's still sobbing by the end of that wail though, and he's got a deathgrip on that knife. You better believe he will use it... as long as a sahuagin doesn't spook him and he drops it! As Hunk continues punching the Zadom pile into the backpack, he's no longer sure if the one at the bottom can still be considered a solid, at least until- ]

I-I got the last one!

[ But that backpack is full to bursting, like the poor Zadom at the bottom. So Hunk flips the arm-straps around before sliding it on, so the outside of the bag, where the opening is, presses against his chest so the contents don't spill. He's not putting himself in this much danger to do it halfway.

He starts swimming, and after the first stroke holds his knife with his teeth, biting down with what he assumed was enough force to crack those shells... but it was mostly nerves. He has no idea how the others on his team can manage with melee weapons and being face-first with so much danger. No idea at all, and a gurgling whine bubbles up by the time he's back on the move. ]
mythmaker: (✨1)

[personal profile] mythmaker 2018-03-25 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
[She makes that same sort of nervous laughter right back, except her laugh is a little cuter because she's an idol. Or maybe that just makes it a little chilling.]

Ah! That's a great idea! I think I've had enough adventuring for today.

[She killed one enemy, got one experience point, but she's still done. She slows down before stopping and turning to face the man she rescued.]

My, my...I'm making such a horrible first impression, aren't I? My name is Azusa. It's a pleasure to meet you.
mythmaker: (✨11)

[personal profile] mythmaker 2018-03-25 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad you feel the same way. I should be worried, I know that, but until I know for sure I need to worry, I'd rather keep talking like this.

[She's not against panicking or getting upset, she just doesn't see a point to it yet. The frown eventually disappears from her face, a small smile returning. Purple-san isn't exactly a bad nickname for her, is it?]

It feels like a boat, but it feels like we're flying, so I'm not sure. There's no water, so it has to be the air, right? That would make this an airplane...maybe~.