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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!

waterwalks: (undine)

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[personal profile] waterwalks 2018-03-27 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ Being penniless (again!) means having to go hungry (again!) or worse, having to dine on monster cuisine (again!!).

No, this won't do!

...oh wait, someone's talking to her. ]


I was looking at the one for leathers, actually. Or the bones.

[ A little too ambitious perhaps, considering how she's a lone mage and all. It didn't hurt to review her options a bit, though. ]

Did you want either of them?
desertdaggers: (you don't say)

[personal profile] desertdaggers 2018-03-27 09:29 am (UTC)(link)
Exactly. It's good to have someone watching your back!

Let's take it, then. [and make sure they remember what they need to get as a result. He turns to his companion, holding out a hand.] I'm Hawk, by the way. What can I call you?
desertdaggers: (these are sharp)

[personal profile] desertdaggers 2018-03-27 09:54 am (UTC)(link)
I'll take it over 'sorry about this, but we don't know what to do either'. [he snorts] If they have, I think you ought to get your money back from them. [not that… they're paying for this housing.

He shrugs, letting his shoulders fall loosely.]


It could have been another town where you're from, but that seemed reasonable enough!
uneroded: (1)

[personal profile] uneroded 2018-03-27 10:20 am (UTC)(link)
No, they're not--swords, I mean. Some still practice archery, but it's mostly for sport.

[ She's used to guns. And all kinds of awful things. She is, after all, a detective. ]

Swords are mostly things to collect.
uneroded: (3)

[personal profile] uneroded 2018-03-27 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ She recognizes him. And she is not letting him escape. She briskly walks after him. ]

Doctor! Just a moment!

[ You are not escaping, Faust. ]

[personal profile] screwyoujasonandgods 2018-03-27 11:08 am (UTC)(link)
You asked very specific questions for someone who panicked.

[Caster was hardly buying it. The madness of a Berserker or someone who was scared took on many forms. But this was unlike any she had seen before.]
twomeals: ([happy] 23)

[personal profile] twomeals 2018-03-27 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeah that's right, he was totally born like this. A bird from birth. Definitely.

I mean, it's true he couldn't do much back in the day either, so Hunk isn't wrong, technically....more importantly that really pleased look is kinda hilarious. There's a short pause where Yue just stares at him, before breaking into a little laugh.]


You're an expert! The best at having hands! [He'd clap but that's one thing these claws can't really do.]
warpstriking: (ring ☈ when you will to rise)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-27 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Funny how all these parallels just kept happening despite the odds. He wasn't even going to bother to tell Clarus to relax; not when they were going to venture into unknown — to them — territory. Yet if Clarus actually took a second, he'd note that his posture and how he held onto the reins bespoke of how many times he'd ridden before. Though he couldn't help but wonder.

"I do hope you didn't give the same advice to Gladio." He chuckled. "If so? Never followed it."

He smirked, obviously kidding. Still, he felt the need to at least keep the tone of conversation light. Especially as he still bore a certain ring on his finger for fear of otherwise losing it. At least, until that question was asked.

"Exploration," he admitted. Well, mostly. Though he'd hardly admit part of it was also a need to simply... stop thinking about everything else for a while and focus on their new surroundings. "What better way to learn the lay of the land than on the back of a chocobo?"

And if they find a fishing hole? It'd be an awesome bonus.
forwhatailsme: (Questioning.)

[personal profile] forwhatailsme 2018-03-27 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ NOPE. Nope nope nope nope nope--oh god why are there so many people in this public place--why did he already put on his clothes for his non-Job job? Why is this his life?

Eventually, he simply must concede that he is going to have to face Hurricane Vic. Play it cool. ]


Detective. As simply wonderful as it is to see you again, I really must be going. I have a two o' clock, you know.
lastnerv: embarrassed (blushin)

[personal profile] lastnerv 2018-03-27 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Patience. She's right. It takes time to get good at anything. Hell, a few years ago he could barely sew at all and now he...he's okay at it. Maybe.

He's knows he's being too hard on himself but knowing that and being able to stop it are too different things.]


Yeah, I'm sure some day I'll be the best food wizard on the planet. [He smiles wryly. Moving from awkwardness to sarcasm is a step up.] When I save the world with a souffle I promise you'll get the first bite.

[A pause.]

...That's not even really much of a joke in a place where that might actually happen.
conniemaheswaran: (ConnieDangerous)

[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-03-27 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Um, I guess you could say that I'm kinda doing the same thing?" Connie slides beneath the tree with Palom. "I've been trying to find out a way to defeat elementals that Black Mages don't innately have the tools to take down.

"I hitched a ride with some Paladins and a few White Mages so I could see how their holy magic interacted with dark stuff firsthand and maybe get a better grip on it, but um," She smashes her rod into a skeleton's ribcage and shoots a point-blank Fira out of it, obliterating the undead, "one of the Paladins ended up secretly being some freaky necromancy cult leader, everybody got separated, and as far as I know the rest of the party is either monster chow or in the same boat that I am."

[personal profile] screwyoujasonandgods 2018-03-27 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[That gets a chuckle from her. Honestly, no, she wouldn't be surprised if food could be weaponized like that.]

There is certainly more than one way to save the world. Not every problem can be solved with a sword or spell to slay a dragon. But I shall take you on that offer one day.
uneroded: (5)

[personal profile] uneroded 2018-03-27 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Just checking how you're doing and making sure you're not up to your old tricks from back home. Doing my job and all.

[ She does worry about you, though, so... ]

...Does your body still...?

[ Gestures at where the stitches would be on her. ]
lastnerv: embarrassed (buhwha)

[personal profile] lastnerv 2018-03-27 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"The Calamity." Shinji repeats the word that stuck out the most to him, voice falling flat. Some kind of disaster or apocalypse or Impact. He didn't need to ask for more details. At this point he could take a guess. It felt like every universe had one eventually. "So this world might be in danger too?"

Another world looking for heroes and somehow mistaking him for one? Again? He really hopes not.

Something he initially glossed over pops back into his mind. "-Wait, you helped save the world?" He asks, somewhat incredulous. "I mean, I believe you! But that's...that's pretty impressive."
forwhatailsme: (Smug.)

[personal profile] forwhatailsme 2018-03-27 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He hates how smiley you are to the core. ]

I rather doubt that might be your business, detective.

[ In fact, he's not sure? But it's a subject he's not entirely certain on how to grapple with. The problem is certainly still there, but it felt like it had been significantly slowed. He'd had a bottle of blood thinners on him when he arrived, as he always did now after Vic jumped him that one time, but... to be honest, he hasn't been feeling the need to take them all that often.

It raises concerns, certainly. ]


Should you not be working on that little present I left you?
despairing_hope: (pic#10447325)

[personal profile] despairing_hope 2018-03-27 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Is it? Luck isn't an inherently good thing, there's both good and bad....

lastnerv: pilot (serious business)

[personal profile] lastnerv 2018-03-27 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[This second reunion was different from their first. Not just because of the passage or time or because Shinji had been through even more pain and joy and understanding since the last time they spoke - the day of Third Impact for him, who knows when for Gendou. This time there was nothing this man had to left hold over his head. No Ayanami. No Evangelion. Not even the idea of respect or approval or love that Shinji once wanted so much he was willing to nearly die for it again and again, a desire that died the same night Touji did.

Maybe this thought, that there was nothing left to expect from Gendou, gave him the push to voice what he really wanted to.]


Yeah. One more thing.

[Living for a few years in a world full of superheroes gave Shinji examples of how things like "self-confidence" worked beyond Asuka's own attempts to hide her true self. He still didn't have much (or really any) of that as far as he knew, but he could try to imitate. Try to make it real.

He looks back at his father.]


If you try to hurt anyone here, I will stop you. I won't let things turn out like before.
despairing_hope: (pic#10470655)

[personal profile] despairing_hope 2018-03-27 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
If it makes it easier on you to think that way, yes.
uneroded: (10)

[personal profile] uneroded 2018-03-27 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
And how am I supposed to do that from here, Doctor? Until then, I'm working in law enforcement here.

[ So yeah, she's doing her job. ]
lastnerv: embarrassed (buhwha)

[personal profile] lastnerv 2018-03-27 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ooc: Nah, it's totally cool!]

Late? But it's only- [Shinji looks at the clock on the wall.]

Oh.

[There's that familiar feeling of panic setting in.]

Oh crap! I didn't- [He starts hurriedly picking books out of the pile, trying to quickly put them back before anyone saw the mess and oh God why doesn't this world use the Nippon Decimal Classification or the Dewy Decimal System?! It would go so much faster if he didn't have to stop and remember how it works constantly!]

-I only meant to come over here for a couple of minutes! I swear!
forwhatailsme: (Questioning.)

[personal profile] forwhatailsme 2018-03-27 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Eyeroll. ]

How surprising. And here I expected you to put that astounding charisma to better, more functional use.
im_pancake: (14)

A

[personal profile] im_pancake 2018-03-27 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"The UG?" a voice called out. Twilight couldn't help but notice the girl before her, who looked absolutely confused as to where she was and what she was doing here. She was in the same boat, but maybe they could figure it out together.

"If you don't mind me asking, what is that?"
chefbayardee: (jokes!)

(long as you're good, yo!)

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-03-27 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hunk stood, mouth agape, as Makoto pulled his imagination back in time. He wasn't actually sure if 200,000 was a large population for an area, but everything he knew about Tokyo made him think it was. Theme parks just in the city? It sounded like a fun place, but really noisy. And as much as he wants to ask about the Hawaii of the past, he'd just compare it to the Samoa of the future, which would get awkward. ]

For a normal person, you're handling all this really well, Madame President! [ He smiles and shoots her a look that's completely, unabashedly impressed. ] I mean, I was a student at the Galaxy Garrison, which is a military academy and far from normal, and the first time this happened to me I did not handle it well.

[ A lot of vomit, screaming, crying, terror. Kind of like now but... probably worse. ]
conanima: (Talking)

[personal profile] conanima 2018-03-27 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Right. Let's try them out!

[And she starts lightly playing the colours in the order from left to right. When she's finished, she stops, glancing at the door expectantly.]

Uh....it's supposed to open, right? I'm sure I played them in the right order, left to right. It's not responding!

[What she hasn't thought of yet is that it's actually the opposite.]
raidraptors: (★ 075)

[personal profile] raidraptors 2018-03-27 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shun says nothing, frowning at her – she's going to be the different kind of bothersome customer, isn't she?

He barely manages to refrain from muttering under his breath, he knows from experience that it's best not to encourage people like her. Instead he pushes back to his feet when the bartender calls for him ("Get off your ass, Kurosaki!"), mindful of the ceiling – he's hit his head enough times already to be careful with his height – before he turns to the bar to pick up a tray with drinks.

It's time to earn his keep here anyway.]