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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!

spaceforged: (Have to reign in the space cats.)

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-03-19 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
Paladin or Dragoon. Whichever we need more. But I think Paladin will serve us a lot better in a cave. Depending on the size of it anyway.

[But he can’t let her think her skills are useless. He can see a number of uses for illusions.]

You could still help if it ends up a fight. Every little bit counts. Small misdirections can make all the difference. ...but so we are on the same page how does your magic work?
conniemaheswaran: (ConnieWorriedLook)

D

[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-03-19 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Connie stares dumbstruck at the utterly wrecked training room, jaw moving up and down a few times before she finally manages to force some words out of her mouth. "I. Um. Was going to use those? To train? And, uh. Hm. You know you have to reimburse the guild for, um, destroyed equipment, right?"
zodiac_brave: (are you serious)

[personal profile] zodiac_brave 2018-03-19 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
[The elemental's attack hits Ramza, although his armor helps ward off the worst of the damage. Better he take these blows than allow them to fall on the little moogle, even if it does sting.]

Your blade will do little good here. Have you any attacks that use magic?

[Ramza swipes at the Elemental with his sword, more to keep it from advancing than to do any real harm to the creature. He still has a little ways to go before he learns any of the Paladin's holy-elemental attacks, so he is focused on defense, not attack.]
regalblaze: (Post Altissia 8 🔪)

[personal profile] regalblaze 2018-03-19 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
[He needs a little bit of time to process all of that. An hour? Were they caught in some time loop with Gladio? Now Ignis looks really worried.]

Did Ardyn catch us in some kind of illusion? [He asks, mostly himself, as he tries to remember the details of what they were doing before he woke up here.] Maybe that messed up my sense of time...

[He sighs, slightly frustrated. Nothing of this made any sense to him. But, they found Prompto, and Noct secured the Crystal according to his words. And... they are all here now. Did... the Crystal do something to them?

Don't worry Noct, take all the time you need. Ignis needs a moment or two himself, trying to connect the strings that don't really match each other.]
red_planet_blues: (stop being dumb)

[personal profile] red_planet_blues 2018-03-19 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Sparks folds his arms.] Whaaaaaat. Hitting on-- No, no. Look, it's hard to explain, but I'm someone who's, uh, done a lot of travellin'. Meets a lotta people. Ya ain't ever been to a place called Aqures Ixen, have ya? On Crystallis?
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singerofspells: A humpback whale underwater.  Image is cropped around the head. (Default)

[personal profile] singerofspells 2018-03-19 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
No, 'swimming the high currents' means leaving one's home planet's gravity well. A human would say 'walking the high road', I believe.

[Well, a human wizard. S'reee has never asked what non-wizards say.]

I haven't taken any extradimensional excursions. My Art keeps me closer to home.

[And yet, she says it as if that was an option, like a spaceship pilot explaining they take in-system jobs rather than between-system.]
littlemhigan: (Gawrsh)

[personal profile] littlemhigan 2018-03-19 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
Huh. Weird.

[Castor reaches up to pet Vax's bird a little, even as they squint at one another.]

Don't underestimate how clever it can be - Ah, no. But Chocobos exist where I'm from.
spaceforged: (It's just in case)

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-03-19 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
[He watches her for a moment and looks at the pathway ahead of them. How would it feel to be in a world so like your own and yet nothing is right. Pretty disorienting.]

Sounds like a good reason to be frustrated. It’s jarring enough going from a world you know to one you don’t. [Even I’m wrong, the statement sticks in his head. He glances at her, and back at the path.]

My universe is at war from the planets to the stars. Overly cautious is how Paladins back home work. Or we try to. But, I can try to be a little more flexible. All we’re risking today is ourselves.

[He quirks an eyebrow at her.] If that will help make it less frustrating. I’ve got your back.
coruscation: (pic#11977494)

[personal profile] coruscation 2018-03-19 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ his hand is warm around her own, calloused in a way that she supposed must be a consequence of the years he has spent training, from whatever ordeals he has faced since leaving the walls of insomnia. she had hoped to see him there, when she was delivered to the citadel under the watch of imperial guard, but it was empty of the person that she had most wanted to see— though, it had made sense. after all his majesty’s duty had the same as her own. he had wished to see the prince safe, delivered from harm. and there would have been no way for him to escape the wrath of the empire, had he stayed. he would have met the same fate as his home ( insomnia had fallen, the barrier broken, daemons within walls that were once considered impenetrable ).

the fate of insomnia, it will be the fate of all eos should the scourge be left to fester.

it weighs heavily on her mind, the fact that eos is without the oracle or the true king meant to deliver it from darkness. but still, somehow, the fact that noctis considers this a gift as well. it makes the burden a fraction lighter, less consuming. ]


To see you again, to see you safe, it is more than I could have asked for. That my wish has been granted, for whatever time we have here, it means more than I can say.

[ she turns toward him slightly, smiling still, but it has a wistful quality to it. being here with him, being able to spend time together as they had when they were children, it has made her happy absent of her duty. it is as his majesty wished, that they could spend time happily together— but. if there is anything she has learned it is that sacrifice is not something they will be able to escape. that for their star to be purged, there must be something given in turn.

it had been the lunafreya the girl’s wish, to be with noctis again. a wish independent of her standing as oracle. ]
I fear that I am undeserving.

[ a quiet admission, one that she hopes that noctis will not think less of her for. ] Ensuring that there is a future for those to wish to see it, one that is free of the darkness that threatens it, that is my calling. [ one that she has accepted, regardless of the concequences. ] To stray from the path that I have chosen [ to pursue her own happiness here— ] I fear it is unforgiveable.
hanahananomi: (Interesting)

Nico Robin | One Piece (haven't decided on pre or post time skip yet)

[personal profile] hanahananomi 2018-03-19 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
C) Up in the Sky

Robin had dealt with her awakening with a fair amount of calm, moreso than most others. Given the way her life had gone she expected the worst from the moment her eyes opened and...winding up on some other world entirely was actually not the worst thing she could imagine. At least she wasn't bound in chains this time. The fact that her powers weren't working right now was disconcerting, but the explanation she was given was acceptable, even if it wasn't comforting.

For now though, she stands at the bay window of the airship lounge, watching the scenery go by far below, gently leaning against the window with one hand. Her fingers twitch as she tries to sprout another hand but fails. She glances at her hand, frowning briefly, but then looks back out at her view.

"I never thought I'd see the ocean from this far up." The crew had certainly taken some high vantage points before, but nothing as peaceful as this.

D) Guilds

Listening to the explanations of the guilds and the boons the Jobs could offer them, Robin was quietly fascinated. It was interesting that powers and skills that would be horded by the Marines and the World Government in her own world would be so freely shared here. And that she could so openly engage in the study of Archaeology certainly caught her interest. Scholar was definitely something on her short list.

But as each Guild made their offer her eyes lit up with a soft twinkle at one in particular. She stepped ahead of the others and got just a touch too deep into the guildmaster's personal space.

"Yes. I'd like to know more about this Necromancy."

G) Other Jobs

But regardless of her choices of Job, the fact that she could openly and peacefully research this world was not something to be passed up on. She left her name with different institutions she could reach, but for the time being the library seemed like a nice place to settle. After all, this would be the best way for her to learn about this world in general before she started to dig into its secrets.

Unfortunately, it seemed all her papers, unpublished as they were, were still back in her home world, so she wasn't able to start herself off as a section curator, but that was just fine.

She smiled as she sat at the reference desk, fingers clasped as she looked at the approaching customer. Her eagerness was sincere, a thing that might be a surprise to those who knew her.

"Hello! How can I help you?"
gathersnomoss: (serious)

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2018-03-19 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
"There's plenty that works in theory that doesn't in practice. Of all the times to be stuck with weird magic."

[Because one of the most basic water shamanism spells back home is to create water. Not to mention the wide number of ice spells that Zelgadis could easily manipulate from 'enough to chill a drink' to 'everything is frozen'.]

"Here, I'll come with you."
gathersnomoss: (Default)

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2018-03-19 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
[thankfully Zelgadis seems to have some musical skill.]

Next door is probably the dungeon with all the monsters.

[which... this is annoying, but not painful, so is a plus.]
gathersnomoss: (annoyed - fed up)

Re: F.

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2018-03-19 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
First, one question at a time. Second, if I knew any of that, I'd have told you at the start. Third, have you ever done anything like this before?
red_planet_blues: (howdy)

[personal profile] red_planet_blues 2018-03-19 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Sparks is genuinely glad to see Saori among all the unfamiliar sights of this new planet. She gets a smile and a tip of the hat.]

Well well. Fancy meetin' you here. All these planets just can't do anything without us having to save 'em, can they?
warpstriking: (grief ☈ won't wash away)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-19 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Don't worry. Take all the time you need, Iggy. He's shaking his head of some thought or another.]

No. He may have messed with me the entire time we were separated, but nothing like this.

[Illusions of Prompto running down the halls, self-detonating rogue MTs, superimposing Prompto's features over an empty or destroyed model... Everything inside the halls he would manipulate, but the halls themselves? Trapping someone in a repeating loop? That would be a new one. And unnecessary at this point.]

Besides... it'd be pointless. That bastard's already getting what he wants, anyway.

[He can't stop it, this time— pain and anger in his voice or the memory. That smug look that sick son of a bitch's face as he struggled against the light that was pulling him in further and away from his friends.

'Noct. Killing you as a mortal will bring me scant satisfaction. Claim the Crystal's power. Arise as its champion. Only once the Crystal and king are no more... can I know redemption.'

... He's shaking, and he knows it. Tries pushing it away because he can't afford to lose it right now. Especially when he may have a missing piece to the puzzle Ignis is trying to sort out.]


We may— need to think beyond what any kind of magic we know of can do. None of the constellations I saw outside match what we know. ['We are far from home.']
daggercubed: (15)

[personal profile] daggercubed 2018-03-19 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
Well. I'm inclined to agree. That's really fucking complicated.

I had a friend who had a talking sword, once. It wasn't complicated. It was just an evil bullshit spirit that drank blood.

[Her set-up sounds nice. He cracks a smile, then reaches up, and adjusts the visor.]

I could tell. I think I could get used to this, though.
daggercubed: (05)

[personal profile] daggercubed 2018-03-19 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Clever's one word for it. I know that look in its eyes. That look says, "I'm going to fucking wreck your shit as soon as you least expect it, Vax."

[He sighs. Then, looks back to Castor, and tilts his head.]

So they're... in several worlds. I guess that's a small relief.
spaceforged: (I got the magic hand!)

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-03-19 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
It’s not about a lack of control. I’m judging response time and drop speed. Knowing that could mean all the difference in when to jump and when not to. [He rises to his feet and pulls the spear from the earth. He shakes the dirt from it and clears away any debris. Shiro dusts the armor off with quick pats.

It hadn’t been surprising to him to see a healer here. It reminds him of back home and the medical teams waiting when people tested aircraft. He turns towards the wind thoughtfully.]


Could you use it to speed up my coming back down?
daggercubed: (11)

[personal profile] daggercubed 2018-03-19 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Some sort of illusionary magical bullshit?" Vax asks. "Sounds like the sort of thing I'd ask someone else about."

But he could work with that. He didn't need to know why it worked; he needed to know how it worked, in the most practical sense of the word. He shrugs his shoulders once, and then looks sideways at him. "Using them in war? Sounds like a special kind of hell. For us... they were rare."

Vax shakes his head, and then looks back down below.

"It's not so bad," he says. "Being asked to help. It means we're doing something right." Or so he'd like to think.
warpstriking: (flustered ☈ as we walk)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-19 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Of course he won't. Though he can and will literally sit on him if he refuses to stop with words alone if he pushes himself too hard in his sight. That's the only catch.

"You know, I saw two Jobs that wield either one of those on the list." Noctis points out, before adding which ones they were. "'Ninja' and 'Dragoon' respectively." He won't lie, Ninja's one of those that has caught his attention. And if they decided to both go with that Job in particular... Well, they'd be training one Job in particular together.
warpstriking: (lounging ☈ what's a seatbelt?)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-19 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Not quite magic, but a particular field of science." He pauses. "Though I guess they'd call it magitek here, too."

He really, really hates that word, yet it's everywhere in this world. "Yeah. Pretty much is- was, I guess." Would they even be functioning now, with the world in such disarray? He tries not to think about it, but there it is.

"Oh, I'm no stranger to helping others. We just use the term "hunter" back home." Even though he is far from an official hunter. Royal blood and all.
seasaltkeys: (Huh)

[personal profile] seasaltkeys 2018-03-19 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a look of confusion that comes over Roxas's face.]

Huh....why'd you change your name?
gathersnomoss: (annoyed - fed up)

B

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2018-03-19 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
Get a job and find a place you can rent, then.

[Zelgadis isn't exactly jumping for joy about sharing space, but he's been in a lot of roadside inns where they were lucky if they could swing two rooms so the ladies could have their own. Honestly, his main objection is an unknown roommate who might bring all sorts of unpleasant habits.]
heartcandy: (pic#12107939)

[personal profile] heartcandy 2018-03-19 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ it is a bit of a precarious position, the ledge she’s standing on continuing it’s slow erosion at the edges, and after one more moment of indecision ( she’s made an ally, she’s sure that ioryogi would praise her for this, if he were here. she can almost hear his voice ‘ten points for kobato’ for managing to get someone to help her ) she steps towards shiro, and reaches out for his hand.

. . . the movement is enough for a particularly large piece of ledge to crumble and fall, the trajectory of it seeming to go in slow motion as it bounces down the cliffside. . . and right into the open marlboro’s mouth when it was mid-snore. it shuffles around, seems to cough, before it’s vines start to move, climb up the cliffside towards them.

it looks like, it’s woken up, huh?

she stares down at it, eyes wide— ]


G-Good morning?

[ is that. . . the wrong thing to say at a time like this? ]
daggercubed: (03)

[personal profile] daggercubed 2018-03-19 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Magitek," Vax says. "I think I heard one of the guilds called something about that. Something with knights."

Vax shrugs.

Then he looks back at Noctis, and blinks. "A hunter, eh? Seems logical. Find big, nasty piece of shit that wants to kill people, and kill it instead. I knew people like that." He pauses a moment, then laughs. "I am people like that."