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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

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zanarkandian: (Default)

[personal profile] zanarkandian 2018-03-18 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
No, I have a home. I just forgot where it is. Something back there messed with my head.

[All lies, but hey. Auron told him to keep it up.]

Thanks. Did you find anybody you knew yet?
sirenslight: (reflection)

[personal profile] sirenslight 2018-03-18 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
"Well... I was just thinking about my old, homeland, that's all."

[That was a good enough way to put it so he'd stop pestering her, though, Torna wasn't really her homeland. She'd fought to defend it, but that's because that was what Addam wanted. Her home lied in Elysium, and well... the less said about it, the better.]
zanarkandian: (smiling sunshine)

[personal profile] zanarkandian 2018-03-18 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
"I was thinking of going for ninja, actually, to try something a little different...but I might give them a look too." Tidus flicks through---he's read it, briefly, but it's always good to know more.

"But what do you mean by fused?"
dawningrevolution: (Fighting)

Random Encounter

[personal profile] dawningrevolution 2018-03-18 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
[This is how random encounters normally go. Freyjadour does not question the sudden appearance of the enemies, nor the fortuitous arrival of this armored ally. He nods and pulls his tri-nunchaku from its holder on his back and stands side by side with the shovel-wielding knight.]

Are you from the Dwarven clan?

[Freyjadour's seen similar weaponry and stature from his dwarven allies, although never one quite so heavily armored.]

By digging, you mean fighting, do you not?
fayth: (battle: defensive)

[personal profile] fayth 2018-03-18 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
( she'll assist with that shoulder-perch, and nod at his flailing. she may not be able to understand frog-speak, but she can definitely get the gist of it. probably.

at any rate, she isn't going to touch it, but neither is she backing down! man, a good ole esuna would probably help out right now, wouldn't it...? )


We can do this...

( it's a whole new world, with entirely different rules... but giving up had never been an option for them. closing her eyes, she drew a card, the bole encircling the both of them with its light of sparkling defense. )

Hang in there! ( just a little longer... the spell would surely wear off if she could just protect them until then! )
zanarkandian: (so many wonders)

[personal profile] zanarkandian 2018-03-18 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
Tidus smiled at her. Whoever this Steven was...it almost reminded him of himself with Yuna.

"Maybe we'll find him. I can look too, if you want."
jeido: (yeah it's me)

[personal profile] jeido 2018-03-18 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Jade grunts as he backsteps and parries the tail end of Shiro's blow, wanting to see how much the thin blade could take before he shoots off a counter by twisting and thrusting forward. It's a lot more durable than he gave it credit for, but it's not about something he's going to try again soon, given the power behind Shiro's strike. If he caught that blow full on, the potential for damaging his own blade was certainly there, and gil isn't exactly a currency he has in abundance at the moment.]

Something of the latter.

[In contrast to Shiro, Jade holds himself with some amount of poise as he backs away, his stance that of someone experienced with weaponry. However, the way he holds the sword isn't as certain as the way he holds himself, grip loose as he adjusts to a more accommodating one. In some ways, rapiers were quite similar to polearms, in others, not so.]
ninjainviolet: ([Concerned])

[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2018-03-18 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
And as Deadmoog whaps Deadpool upside the head, Sheena's taking a shot to his torso with her elbow. "You just don't know when to quit, do you, Mouth?"

Turning, she glares at him before turning to Deadmoog. "Deadmoog! It's good to see you, too! I see you're stuck with this guy again. I'm so sorry." She looked around. "Have you seen Corrine, my Moogle from before? He's flown off somewhere."
zanarkandian: (so many wonders)

[personal profile] zanarkandian 2018-03-18 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Tidus reaches up to catch the ball, looking a little concerned.]

Not that I was trying to bean you, but I'd definitely get a penalty for that. You're supposed to tackle with your hands and knees, not use the ball to injure. You want to try offense now, or do you need ice?
witchwithoutacause: (chew)

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[personal profile] witchwithoutacause 2018-03-18 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
...no?

[ Amanda frowned. No little whatevers got to boss her around whatever world she was in. ]

Didn't your mother teach you any manners?
conniemaheswaran: (Default)

[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-03-18 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Connie smirks. "I'd argue with you that real life doesn't follow patterns to that degree, but considering that this situation bears more similarity to comic book crisis crossovers than it does to any kind of reality I'm acquainted with, this has already happened to you once, and we're currently in an airship hovering above a planet roughly modeled off of JRPGs in an interdimensional void doesn't really give me any ground to stand on." She winces at seeing Deadpool's crystal. "Yeeowch. They don't even let the vets off easy on the powers front, do they?"
zanarkandian: (just whistle)

[personal profile] zanarkandian 2018-03-18 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
[He smiles his agreement.]

So what did you hear about this place? All I got is that we went from our worlds into space somehow, and now we're going to some other place.
unalive_them: (I'm ALIVE!)

[personal profile] unalive_them 2018-03-18 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Afraid I have not. So far, that is. Dealing with this maniac is a handful as it is-kupo." Deadmoog replied, pointing to the collapsed Merc with a Mouth.

"...I'm okay..." Deadpool wheezed.
shutsup: (14)

[personal profile] shutsup 2018-03-18 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
[She's glad to have help of any kind, honestly. This is so new to her. It's new to everyone, of course, but Sandra is just genre savvy enough to sense she's somehow the person who seems least fit for this weird direction everyone's lives just took.]

Oh...yes. [She's always a little surprised people actually talk to her without telling her to knock it off?] I was thinking about doing some adventuring, but then I started to think...what if the monsters out there are real and not made-up? I thought they were make-believe, but what if they...aren't?

[Poor Sandra has never seen a monster before.]
stfuporom: (Headache)

[personal profile] stfuporom 2018-03-18 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[He raises a hand to his temple and shakes his head.]

Stop. Just stop.

Your magic is going to run away from you and catch a cat on fire if you keep going in that many directions. And then you'll feel embarrassed and swear off your magic and then we'll have one less black mage asterisk to hand out to people.

Is that what you want? A charbroiled cat on your conscience?
conniemaheswaran: (ConnieEmbarrassedSmile)

[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-03-18 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh! Well, um, it's complicated." Connie furrows her brow, trying to think of a way to explain fusion that wouldn't involve digressions into explanations of context that would at least last ten minutes. "The best way I can describe it is that a certain alien species, the Gems, in my world has the ability to, um, fuse their souls and bodies to create a significantly more powerful being. Now, um, Steven, since he's half-Gem, can fuse with humans like me. When we're together like that, we're, heh, well, greater than the sum of our parts. Faster, stronger, more skilled, durable, the works. If things get dicey--like, say, surviving on a hostile alien planet for an indeterminate amount of time--we stay fused longer. That's what I meant when I said about only kinda having practice with sword and shield combat, since Steven's a shield specialist and I'm a sword specialist, our Fusion, Stevonnie, can use both."
Edited 2018-03-18 04:28 (UTC)
spaceforged: (Take us in slowly.)

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-03-18 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
He watches and listens, attuning himself little by little to how Noctis operates. Or at least what he is allowed to see. It reminds him faintly of Keith. That tiny reminder makes him feel an ache to know his team are alright and at the same time grounds him. He shuts his eyes against it and narrows his focus back to the problem at hand.

"And likely won't be something we'll expect. Any bias we have towards certain conclusions will only slow us down." He focuses on the problem and makes himself comfortable against the wall. The details can be filled in as they go. "...hopefully when we get to where we're going there will be some leads to follow."

That is a hope.
warpstriking: (converse ☈ we fall beneath)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-18 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Someone find out how long it takes to charge a battery ancient ring and get back to them on that. Right now, he's going to squeeze back and let go as well.]

Really. That's it? [He lightly taps Prompto's shoulder with a loose fist.] Well, thanks for saving me the scolding from Ignis. If he didn't hear that, anyway.

[He can almost hear that drawn out, quietly scolding "Noooooct" already. Which brings a faint smile to his face. For a moment, anyway.]
zanarkandian: (smiling sunshine)

[personal profile] zanarkandian 2018-03-18 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I hear you," Tidus nodded sympathetically, flopping down onto the grass. "I mean...I'm a blitzer, that's fun most of the time, but before that I had to work odd jobs after school to pay for lessons."

He looked up. "What do you need to pay for? I'm sure they understand that you're not making money yet---so they'd feed you, right?"
conniemaheswaran: (ConnieSmallSmile)

[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-03-18 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Connie smiles back. "We can look together. I mean, if we form a party, then it's far less likely that we'll end up being monster food."
Edited 2018-03-18 04:29 (UTC)
witchwithoutacause: (chew)

mognet

[personal profile] witchwithoutacause 2018-03-18 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
but is it gonna be like not garbage?
fayth: (...!)

[personal profile] fayth 2018-03-18 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
( that laugh is worse than nails on a chalkboard. it would be enough for anyone to recoil but yuna... just knits her brow, trying her best to keep her composure.

and in the meantime, she'll humour this clown. a clown who seems to not have any ill intentions... so far. perhaps those were left in the wars? )


That may be true, but... still, there must be a way for us to return to our homeworlds. ( beat up a god. beat up countless other heroes... there was usually a way, right? )

Though I'm sure... some may want to stay here.
Edited 2018-03-18 04:27 (UTC)
sunderings: (toward tomorrow)

Sion Astal | Legend of Legendary Heroes

[personal profile] sunderings 2018-03-18 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
C) WILL YOU SAIL AWAY WITH ME?

[ Ah, what's this? Someone—a regal someone with moonspun hair and flowing robes—is standing upon the taffrail of the airship, wind whipping about their frame as they look on, surveying the horizon, with but a single hand secured about the ship's rigging to anchor them in position. But for however dauntless the stance may be, there is no delinquent motive behind the pose, only quiet awe and boyish wonderment for both flight and for the craft which renders it possible. Never will this feeling grow old; never will the King forget this, the fact that advancement beyond one thousand years worth of tragedy is wholly within reach, proven achievable by the landscape before his eyes and the wind which tousles his hair.

(But only if it were not some elaborate illusion, designed by the hand of the Goddesses to entrap him. Finding proof of this is what he longs for most; what he most fears. )

Though--... He is no longer alone, is he? Footfalls sound behind him, and when he turns, he greets the newcomer with a smile, golden eyes vivid and bright as he offers a hand, fingers elegantly outstretched and palm open— ]


Join me, and tell me of your travels?


D) WHM 101

[ The white mage's guild of Lavode had not been his intended destination, but after learning of other professions (black mages, which boasted the terrifying elemental mastery of his homeland's magic knights; paladins, renown for their place at the vanguard, the gallantry of heavy armor and swords; tacticians, who read the leylines of battlefield with more skill than any other), Sion had found himself enamored with the very magic he'd never had the hands for. Mighty though his country's mages were, those enrolled in Roland's military academy were trained in offensive magics alone, healing left inaccessible to them. And how many times had he heard them upon the battlefield, pleas from wounded soldiers begging for their King to save them with his divine grace; his healing presence?

At that time, he had been able to save no one from grave injury, but--... The power he wields now will prevent such a thing from happening again. That is, after he is able to see it mastered, but for that, will he not need someone to practice on? Someone like you, who may very well be minding your own business, ambling down the street in search of Lavode's History museum. Or perhaps, you are newly returned to the city's bounds after a tiring day of exploration...? Either way, Sion is quick to call out!: ]


If I may, I would like to offer you my services as a white mage. [ AN INEXPERIENCED WHTIE MAGE... but still. ] Might you have any need for healing?


I) NOT QUITE A BOSS FIGHT

[ Altogether, it's rather cute, isn't it? A geezard which had made to attack with a targeted strike of its head. Sion, of course, had dodged, whisking away only to...! Engage the small beast in a game of 'tag', the geezard eternally, woefully 'it', for each and every time it reared back, hoping to gain momentum enough to topple the white mage, it only delineated its intended course of action, making it all the easier to evade. At the very least, Sion thinks, playing with the creature is a decent exercise in agility, leaving Sion to wonder aloud with a brisk, good-natured laugh: ]

Could you be tamed as a pet?
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ninjainviolet: ([Imp])

[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2018-03-18 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Damn. If you see him, could you let him know I'm looking for him?"

Following the pointing finger, Sheena crossed her arms and looked him over for a moment. "That's debatable." She looked at the Moogle impishly. Despite appearances, she was actually happy to see Deadpool. She had come to like the guy--in spite of his confusing her so much.

"Think we should leave him there and look for some Kupo Nuts?"
conniemaheswaran: (Default)

[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-03-18 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Right. Right." Connie breathes in and out once more. "If I want to learn properly, I need to focus." After a few more moments, she calms down significantly. "Thanks. I just get worked up about things like this. Probably more than is healthy. Definitely more than is healthy, actually. Um, if you don't mind me asking, what's your name?"