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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!

carnageandclass: (Tch)

[personal profile] carnageandclass 2018-03-27 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Best thing not to say because oh boy, that is some flashback to recent fights.]

I...I am sorry to hear that.

[What can someone say to that? She doesn't know this woman and so Camilla has to be a bit more thoughtful than usual.]
raidraptors: (★ 093)

[personal profile] raidraptors 2018-03-27 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, sent flying or not – his first objective is accomplished. Now to take down this damn creature… Shun barely refrains from shooting the midget an annoyed look; taking his eyes off the enemy in a situation like this could be fatal after all, but he can't keep from muttering:]

Like I need you to tell me that.

[The Tackle has made sure that he's right within range for hitting the golem with a combo, so he unleashes a Dragon Kick, hitting the golem with a mix of punches and kicks.]

[personal profile] screwyoujasonandgods 2018-03-27 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh there is no need to be. Time would not have been too kind to me anyway.

[Though it still hurt, knowing that it was her own son who killed her. Mind-controlled made it worse honestly. But she would not let such a thing distract her. She needed to make a point. None of it seemed to make her flinch at all.]
nanaimo_bar: (nanamo3)

[personal profile] nanaimo_bar 2018-03-27 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I see. Pray forgive my notion, but the last time I saw the Warrior was a scant moon ago and I can only chalk it up to us being from different, similar, stars.

[She smiled however and nodded.] I am glad to see the Warrior comes in all shapes and sizes. None could be so interesting as interacting with a dear friend from another realm.
carnageandclass: (Fighter)

[personal profile] carnageandclass 2018-03-27 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I hear something.

[Quietly picking up a small stone, she throws it at the nearest bush to try and coax them out...and three Geezards scampered out and towards them. But there was one more that popped out with it's spear: a Sahagin and it sounded surprised. Suddenly glad there's no triangle advantage]

Oh? Is this all?

[Aww she was looking forward to fighting something bigger....]
likewishes: (⚜ But we still defy)

[personal profile] likewishes 2018-03-27 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nothing substantial. Doesn't that sum it up nicely. ]

Nothing that would help us make sense of this place and how exactly we've come to be here, no.

[ Which is the most unsettling of all, of course. A gilded cage is still a cage. And everything that Lelouch sees seems more like a distraction from the problem than actually dealing with it. ]

They seem oh so willing to help with anything else you ask after.
Edited 2018-03-27 19:52 (UTC)
kuposcreed: (flutter)

[personal profile] kuposcreed 2018-03-27 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Flying is easy for Bonnie, even if it's more of a flutter, and moogles are particularly good at doing so in a direction away from an enemy.

However as she flaps her little wings as hard as she can she looks back, worried for Ramza's sake. She prays with her little heart that he's running with her and not playing the hero.
]
carnageandclass: (Sly)

fite the monster

[personal profile] carnageandclass 2018-03-27 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh? You look like you need a hand."

Spoke the woman in armor, large sword strapped on her back. She only looked intimidating but she folded her arms, staring at the creature.

"He doesn't look so tough."
uponjade: (But time does not return again)

[personal profile] uponjade 2018-03-27 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
No but I see you're not a fan of subtle. [ She shrugs, dismissive at first about the idea. Seth lulls her head from side to side for a few moments as if she's giving the idea some real thought. ]

Tell me, lets say that hypothetically there is only one person responsible. How do you figure taking their life would fix it? If it is a power unique to one person wouldn't taking their life certainly doom us all to this place?
keytoblivion: (☆ 029)

[personal profile] keytoblivion 2018-03-27 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Aqua reaches over to take the pamphlet, glancing over the information on it. Red Mage… yes, this sounds about right.

She nods at the girl's words, now feeling a little bad for directing all her questions at her – she shouldn't be expecting a girl so young to have all the answers.

"That would be incredible, yes. I have quite a few questions to ask them."

About the Dream Width, though she'll have to be careful about that. Master Eraqus had always warned them… they must not reveal the existence of other worlds, and even though that seems to be pointless now, with the worlds revealed already… best not to tempt an unbalance through carelessness.
carnageandclass: (Elegance)

G!

[personal profile] carnageandclass 2018-03-27 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh hello person with cat ears and tail! Camilla looks carefully at the package before answering.]

Oh! This must be the sewing equipment I had ordered a couple days ago! You're rather quick.
for_yui: (Manga)

[personal profile] for_yui 2018-03-27 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[There was a tinge of difference, a flavor in the boy's voice he had never heard before. It is then that he finally begins to step back towards the boy, feet carrying the weight of years upon years of searching and plotting.. feet that had walked the hundreds or so miles of trepidation and hope in seeing the one thing that ever brought him joy or comfort. Here before him, his own flesh and blood, was now ironically opposing him just as he, a child of Adam, had been seeking to destroy the Father that he created him.]

You will stop me? And just how do you plan on doing so? Will you run away to the countryside here? Find a new Aunt and Uncle?

[Fingers pluck the glasses which cover his eyesight, the need to obstruct his vision no longer necessary as there's no reason to hide behind the curtain any longer.]

What can a boy hope to do? You are nothing but a petulant child that's forgotten himself.

[His eyes remain fixated on Shinji. Gendou doesn't blink, nor does he waver away or look to his peripherals, not while the one thing that could topple everything he's ever dreamed and worked for was vocally opposing him.]

I do not need the Evangelion units, nor do I need the comforts of NERV to accomplish things. Ask yourself; what are you without EVA Unit-01? Do you truly believe that you've some part in anything here? That this world will some day know change simply because Shinji Ikari now exists here?

There is more importance to the motes of dust which float in the morning air here than there is to you.

You are a child, without purpose, without placement. Do not waste your time thinking otherwise. You cannot stop the march of progress when the wheels have been turning for ages, long before you were even a thought.

[He stands a mere foot or so from him now, looking down upon the boy as verses from scripture pass through his thoughts.]

If you are to hold onto any memories of me, than let my final words with you sink in.. "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."
conanima: (Laughing/overjoyed)

[personal profile] conanima 2018-03-27 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Right! That's probably it! It's definitely not you, then! I'm sure your client will understand.

And of course I'll come with you! Besides, I can testify about the iMog not working properly.
Edited 2018-03-27 20:20 (UTC)
unyieldingspirit: (your world is so nice)

[personal profile] unyieldingspirit 2018-03-27 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her ears flick forward in interest as she watching Camilla appraise the package, and then she beams.]

I do my best! And the mail's better to have quickly than not, don't you think?

You sew, then?
kuposcreed: (flutter)

[personal profile] kuposcreed 2018-03-27 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bonnie flinches back, the rough voice hitting her like a wall.]

Ah...kupo...sorry, I must have mistaken you for someone else.

[She should be on her way but her fright has her fluttering in a tight circle for the moment as she tries to decide which way to go.]
kuposcreed: (Default)

[personal profile] kuposcreed 2018-03-27 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[The admiration walking all over her makes Bonnie's cheeks pinken just a bit.]

O-oh! Thank you, kupo! There's lots of other moogles here too but it's nice to meet you. My name is Bonnie, kupo.
kuposcreed: (face)

[personal profile] kuposcreed 2018-03-27 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Kupooo. She did! We did! We were living with Saori's family, kupo." She wiggled, worrying after her lovely caretakers. They were all such nice people, even if the kids got a little rough playing with her sometimes.

"But then I woke up here kupo. I hope they're okay." She looked on the verge of crying as her worry welled up within her.
conanima: (Encouragement)

[personal profile] conanima 2018-03-27 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, that is pretty exciting! A lot like Momota-kun! Well, without the fighting part. [And Momota hasn't been into space yet but technicalities!

And she follows.]
Thanks!

Ahahaha yeah. I haven't left high school yet. I haven't done anything adventurous like go into space. [She could talk about being trapped in a school by a bloodthirsty murderbear but let's not go into that!] I am really good at playing the piano, though!

kuposcreed: (Default)

D

[personal profile] kuposcreed 2018-03-27 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Standing nearby, there's a moogle staring at an Asterisk of her own.]

On Crystallis some jobs could be combined, kupo. Thief and Ninja made Assassin.
carnageandclass: (Royality)

[personal profile] carnageandclass 2018-03-27 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm? That is new; most I know would not blink to take a higher position.

[Nohr seemed to have that mentality: kill or be killed, do what you can to survive. Something they learn at a very young age.]
iknowtheconsequences: (KajiDefault)

[personal profile] iknowtheconsequences 2018-03-27 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Kaji hesitates, and his hand automatically goes to his face, swerving at the last second to make it look like he was going for his chin all along, and not desperately itching for a cigarette that is not there.

"I'm starting to think the opposite? That this world might be the one that's safe. I don't know enough about this Dream Width or whatever they're calling it. The place we all got pulled out of." His hand drops. "But the Calamity's gone. Permanently. We took care of that."

"Still hard for me to believe, too. But I was just- there. Put a couple of bullets into a giant dragon." Kaji shakes his head. "You want the heroes, you're looking for Marshall Sparks Nevada, Cloud Strife," a pause, "Jade Curtiss," he raises that hand again, gesturing at the oddly-named 'Curtis Center' they happen to be standing in. Can't be a coincidence.
carnageandclass: (Happy)

[personal profile] carnageandclass 2018-03-27 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[She nods in agreement. The quicker, the better. Some of her roommates are notorious when it comes to tearing their clothing and Camilla rather patch them up tight before they go running off again.]

Oh yes, I learned when I was very young. It's a handy skill to have off the battlefield.
garyoutensei: (oh she looks so familar)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-03-27 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Should I have? -She could have been meaner about it. This guy really did remind her of Anji...-

Anyways, I'd prefer to go somewhere less crowded if you're going to insist on talking to me.
garyoutensei: (watching myself lose)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-03-27 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I have no reason to be concerned about a single one of you people. -There was a lack of sincerity in that line. Like something she felt she should believe, but wasn't wholly true, either.-

But of course I wouldn't kill them until a way back to my original path is returned to me.
garyoutensei: (anger can be power)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-03-27 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
How many one-eyed, one-armed women do you know? -Baiken grumbled. Of course she'd frightened the thing, and maybe felt slightly guilty about it, but still, what an incredulous thing to say, by her perspective.-