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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!

kuposcreed: (Default)

[personal profile] kuposcreed 2018-04-09 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bonnie pauses, blinking. Something is starting to click.]

Kupo....

[She blushes, her paws on her cheeks.]

Kupo....I can't be a Hero. Moogles are here to help....I mean there was that one moogle Hero....kupo.....

[There's just a touch of excitement in her voice though.]
Edited 2018-04-09 22:30 (UTC)
chefbayardee: (clever)

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-04-09 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He watches her blush, shift, tear herself down just for being a Moogle. Kind of like how the Balmerans were unwilling to accept the idea of freedom. So Hunk sighs. ]

So... why not be the second moogle hero? [ He chuckles, the tone in his voice akin to a wink. Many winks, in fact. ] Every hero has to start somewhere!

I definitely didn't start anywhere close to heroic. [ He rolls his eyes, trying not to laugh at his own memories. Those were wild, insane, terrible times. ]
garyoutensei: (only six mon to cross the river)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-04-10 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
You fought as a soldier in a war to defend a cause you care about. That makes you a man. -Not even a moment's hesitation.-
chefbayardee: (happy)

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-04-10 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Baiken, I...

[ He looks up towards the ceiling for a moment, choosing his words. ]

I guess you're right.

[ And now he looks excited, like a kid in a candy shop, with a noticeable edge of worry. ]

So... now that I'm a man, what can I do?

[ Because he sure doesn't know the rules and logic to this whole "adulthood" thing. Not at all. ]
promiselisting: (do all the things?????)

[personal profile] promiselisting 2018-04-10 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"N-not really," she admits, "But I mean... I can't really fight at all, so if that's the criteria we're working with, I have even less reason to be here than you."

Was it because she was a Persona user? A Phantom Thief? But she couldn't even really sense Necronomicon, couldn't even tell if her Persona was there. The back of her mind felt... quiet, rather than humming with energy like she'd grown accustomed to these past few months.
conniemaheswaran: (ConnieAshamed)

[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-04-10 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
On seeing Futaba's expression, Connie winces. She'd been victim to the exact same feeling of inadequacy far too many times. She wouldn't be able to bear it if what she said accidentally dredged up those feelings for her anxiety corner buddy. "I'm honestly not the one most qualified to be giving this speech," Connie shifts slightly, "but, um. As much as my sense of self worth is apparently tied to my swordsmanship skills--that's probably something I, er, should work out--fighting isn't everything. My best friend taught me that. You don't have to be a spiky haired protagonist with a giant sword, something to prove, and a traumatic backstory to make a difference.

"Sometimes..." Connie rubs her wrist, half-expecting to feel a long dead glow bracelet wrapped around it. The accessory's absence was an aching reminder of that horrible night. "All it takes to be a hero is the guts to suffer in someone else's place." She could see that now. Steven only had the best of intentions. But what he did still hurt. "And the wisdom to not try to martyr yourself when there's a better solution," she adds, something bitter in her voice.
spaceforged: (As long as we work together...)

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-04-10 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
So business as usual. [It seems like a good way to put it. He can convey without giving details that he has never had a healer to watch his back and adventuring isn’t new to him.]

I always mind where I land but thank you. I’ll guard your back if you want to lead our explorations. But if I lead them we should go over what signals we’ll pass between us. I prefer silent signals either way.
einspine: (OH MY GOD!!!)

[personal profile] einspine 2018-04-10 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"Why not invite all the Frisks, then? That would avoid any Frisks feeling left out! Alone. Tragically lost in their respective Undergrounds!" He pauses, squinting slightly. "...But then, could a single room contain so much unfiltered flirting? Would that create another kind of singularity altogether?!"
einspine: (confident)

sorry about lateness. been busy +_+

[personal profile] einspine 2018-04-11 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
Really?! I mean... of course! I, the Great Papyrus, am the pinnacle of cool! It's my very essence!

[He puffs out his chest, trying to hide that brief lapse in cool. He's very confident, thank you very much!]

But I'm sure you'll have plenty of opportunities! Besides, this world is vast, if the maps are any indication. You could start your own epic quest, just like in those human video games! Perhaps even become a hero without parallel.

[He may be projecting a bit, but the prospects are quite exciting to him!]
einspine: (WHY ME?)

[personal profile] einspine 2018-04-11 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes, it's... very strange. And frustrating!!! How am I supposed to make the best impression if I can't show of my... what's the word? Sick moves?" Pausing, he shakes his head. "Well, regardless, it's very inconvenient! After all, magic is how we monsters express ourselves!"
conniemaheswaran: (ConnieExcitedSmile)

[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-04-11 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Really?" Now that was a new one. Eyes shining with delight and curiosity, Connie says, "So every individual member of your species develops their own casting style? And you communicate with each other through magic? That's amazing! If only humans-"

Connie grimaces. "Well, it's actually probably a good thing that humans don't naturally have magic like that."
sassafrisk: <user name=e8luhs site=tumblr.com> (Pfft)

[personal profile] sassafrisk 2018-04-11 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Frisk could almost forget the dire circumstances with the big, skeletal doof around them to cheer them up. They didn't know what they'd do without- okay, they knew exactly what they would do, and it probably wouldn't be pretty. It would likely involve an extended, embarrassing freakout.

They furrow their brow in an exaggerated manner. "This line of questioning merits experimentation! For science! And totally not because I'm secretly plotting the smoothpocalypse and minions, I mean other Frisks, would help me further my plans for world domination."
garyoutensei: (sit before you upon a throne of scars)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-04-11 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
-A smirk.- You could drink more. -Because of course.-
chefbayardee: (wHAT)

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-04-11 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ He goes pale, his shoulders slump, and he tries not to sigh. ]

As a man, I have to shoot that down.

[ Now he sighs. ]

See, the first sip was an adventure, but the second would make me throw up everywhere, including on you and then you would definitely hate me.
garyoutensei: (blood shall be spilled)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-04-11 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
More for me, I guess. -And down it went, Baiken fully tilting the jug against her lips, gulping down several mouthfuls of the stuff Hunk could barely sip.-
chefbayardee: (clever)

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-04-11 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
( ooc- Wanna just reality-warp their thread into having happened in those hours spent on the airship from Arrival so they know each other when they share the same living space? )

[ Hunk just stares, mouth agape as she chugs some absurd amount of alcohol from the bottle. He repressed the urge to gag just from thinking about tasting that stuff again. But then a lightbulb went off in his head. ]


So Baiken, with as well as you handled your sake, you wanna talk about what you've seen?
garyoutensei: (ascending into naught)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-04-11 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[[ i like that idea, let's roll with it ]]

Nope.

-Flatly, as she set the jug aside and went back to her pipe, chewing on the tip.-
king_jenkins: (Default)

Young King Alfor | Voltron: Legendary Defender

[personal profile] king_jenkins 2018-04-12 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
(His icons are almost done, and will be there in a day or two.)

A - On the Ship
[There's a young man who might be some kind of elf, white hair tied back, and currently far calmer about being on some strange airship in the middle of the unknown than he has any right to be. At first he's glued to the window, watching the Width go by in a sort of rapt, dazed fascination.]

[At some point he does pull his attention away enough to turn to whoever happens to be closest.]

It's beautiful, isn't it? Whatever it is.



E - Jungle Ruins
[The moogle doesn't make much noise passing through the underbrush and jungle until she's close enough to confirm that she's not tracking a monster.]

[At that point, the quiet ends, as Tila bursts out of the leaves to hurry over to whoever she's found in a frustrated fluster.]

OH THANK KUPO. My idiot adventurer got his dumb ass stuck in a pit after swearing he knew what he was doing and he was 'sure those vines would support his weight', and it's my hide if I go back to the guilds without him.

[There's an expectant pause where the Moogle is just staring at whoever she's found.]

You are going to help, right?
Edited 2018-04-12 05:32 (UTC)
jeido: commissioned art. do not take (whatcha gonna do about it)

[personal profile] jeido 2018-04-12 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jade simply spares a chuckle for Shiro's reaction, then takes the time to listen seriously to his words about sword-fighting while they go about sparring. While he still manages to block Shiro's strikes, his movements come out a little heavy-handed, unnatural to those used to the art.

At the invitation, he nods, taking a small step backwards to angle himself more effectively.]


Very well.

[And Jade comes at Shiro more or less the same way he did earlier, with quick and deft movements.]
meega_nala_kweesta: Stitch is hero! (heroic)

[personal profile] meega_nala_kweesta 2018-04-12 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Humans are such a weird-looking species, but they do seem to be good people! Stitch can't help but return the smile, his ears pricking up. His English is a little mangled by the oversized teeth, but understandable.]

My name Stitch! Thank you. Goblins weak, but sneaky.

[A stand-up fight hadn't been in his plans - even running across the goblins was a stroke of luck while he practiced his sneaking in the forest - but far be it from a pint-size weapon of wanton destruction to turn down the opportunity for some mayhem! And it brings back some good memories of his first friends.]

El kiyotay! I ninja - [He pulls out a fistful of small-sized shuriken, really more toy-sized than serious weapons, though the gleam in his eye seems serious. And maybe a little demented.] How you fight?
Edited 2018-04-12 20:55 (UTC)
swordchucksyo: (I like swords)

[personal profile] swordchucksyo 2018-04-12 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh Black Mage. You and your silly little rants.]

Actually I didn't have them when I first woke up. I just went to the sword guild and they gave me a new one.
swordchucksyo: (two fisted money style)

Re: Sidequest

[personal profile] swordchucksyo 2018-04-12 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay, okay, he'll be good. He just needs to think about anything else.]

I like swords.

[Works every time, even if it's not the most casual of segue ways.]
chefbayardee: (yelling)

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-04-12 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
(( this actually feels like a real great spot to end the thread too- thoughts? ))

[ He sputtered and kicked his feet as he used the inertia to sit forward, relaxed posture entirely gone. ]


Wh-what?! Are you serious? All that and you can't even-

[ And he's devolved into more sputtering before he just groans, slides back into his couch, and pinches the bridge of his nose, covering as much of his face as possible with the rest of his hand. ]
spaceforged: (Have to reign in the space cats.)

Jungle Ruins

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-04-13 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't be standing here if I wasn't. Show me where he fell. [He tightens the straps on the spear on his back and glances back at Wimbledon tucked into his pack.]

You can quit fussing! I definitely don't have any kind of cold! There's no need for me to be embarrassed because I don't-

[He puts one armored hand on the stately looking moogle's head and nods to the fluttering moogle. Wimbledon sneezes from within the depths of the pack, grumbling to himself.]

Don't mind him. He insisted on coming.
chefbayardee: (meow)

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-04-13 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
(( ooc- Does this Alfor know what the Voltron armor looks like? Is he wearing a set? Since the younger version looks like he has a ton of outfits and all, I have no clue. ))

It looks kinda like space to me.

[ Hunk is rather nonchalant about it, but it doesn't help that he's pretty used to the inky void. He was also a little bit zoned out, and hasn't quite noticed who stands nearby. ]

Are you, uh... are you new to space?