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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!

takyumi: (pediophobia)

D, because you've got "Fate", Rebecca's got "Fire Emblem", and I'm putting them together??

[personal profile] takyumi 2018-03-19 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Takumi is sitting nearby and watching people practice, and while he'd protest if anyone claimed he was sulking and feeling sorry for himself that's kind of what he's doing - bemoaning not only the loss of his personal yumi in the Dream Width but also the lack of yumis in general. There were bows aplenty, but the balancing was different than what he was used to and he didn't trust himself to take a shot in front of so many people and not completely embarrass himself. (He really wished he had an abandoned forest to practice in right about now. It was so much better for his nerves.)

Robin's got more guts than he does, which is why he's grousingly sympathetic when he speaks up.]


You too, huh?
oneirism: (There is poetry in brutal efficiency)

[personal profile] oneirism 2018-03-19 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[That motion gets a blink, but she's used to seeing strange motions like that - ghosts have a habit of doing much weirder, after all.

So she just leans back against the bench once they're sitting, mulling over that for a moment. The adrenaline makes it hard to tell.]


Hmm, I think so. I'm a bit too full of adrenaline to tell right now. [But rests is nice at least, and so Lapis tilts her head back enough to watch the clouds above them.]

Though, how're you feeling? I don't think I've seen a Summoner attempt a Dragon Kick before.
spaceforged: (As long as we work together...)

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-03-19 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
“Anyone who brings up the word Voltron. But only approach them about it if their armor matches mine.” He could give names and descriptions but the word Voltron should be enough on its own. He leans back against the railing and glances out at the world around them. At least this time he isn’t a prisoner...so far. “And you can count on me to watch your back. We’re in this together, after all.”

He smiles just a bit. “I usually fight from the air but I have a good chunk of experience on the ground. But I think we’ll just have to see what we’ll be doing here. These airships are incredible. It would be interesting to know where else on this world requires the kind of ships that can have a self contained air supply.”
libraria: (comical tears . childish)

[personal profile] libraria 2018-03-19 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, he's like a boyfriend..!

[From across time and space, Uai would like to note that no. No, he is not this girl's boyfriend. He's her babysitter, if anything.

But he's not here to defend himself.]


How is he not here? He's supposed to be with me all the tiime!
takyumi: (achievemephobia)

F, because why are chocobos, really.

[personal profile] takyumi 2018-03-19 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's very different from a horse," pipes up a drained voice that sounds very much like the owner has been through hell.

The source is a slight young man - oddly fuzzy in appearance at first glance until one realizes that he's wearing his ponytail like a scarf after being reverse-clotheslined off his mount one-too-many-times - on a smaller bird that seemed to be making up for its lack of stature with an abundance of hyperactive twitching.

Takumi had ridden everything from pegasi to horses to kinshi, but nothing had prepared him for the rapid, lurching, two-beat THUMP, THUMP of a chocobo running full tilt. His tailbone was killing him, and gods knew it was a good thing he hadn't eaten recently.
spaceforged: (Let's see how deep we get)

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-03-19 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
He nods and pauses at the unfamiliar word. “Choco-what? I assume that’s some kind of...bird?” Birds have feathers but maybe even that isn’t accurate. He raises his eyebrows and adds. “I’ll keep an eye out. If I see him I’ll contact you immediately.” Approaching wouldn’t be wise. More over that kind of thing is private between comrades.

He finally lets out a breath. He’s covered every single angle he can to find to keep his team safe. He doesn’t think Zarkon could show up here. But it would be foolish not to consider the possibility. For now this is all he can do.
Edited 2018-03-19 20:06 (UTC)
ubiquitously: (Default)

Uai | Original Character

[personal profile] ubiquitously 2018-03-19 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[A. Retrieval]

[Uai is not one of those retrieved peoples to be filled with wonderment and confusion. He's glaring daggers around the airship, judging everyone and sizing them up. Someone must be negating his magic somehow. That's the only explanation. And assumes it's one of you. He's not shy about glaring with accusing eyes until someone finally cracks, either.]

[B. Curti Center]

[It takes a while for Uai to cool down entirely. He's done tours of town, he has so many pamphlets, and he has generally done his best to become well-informed... and stay busy. He at least understands logically that he's stuck here.

It isn't until he steps into his new temporary housing that the situation finally hits him emotionally. As he gives the room a sweeping look, tears finally cloud his pink eyes. When he realizes he isn't alone here, Uai chirps (like a bird,) and claps his hands over his face.]


Sorry... Sorry. [Wiping his face, he tries to pretend no one saw that.] ... I guess we'll be getting to know each other.

[G. Get a Job]

[Being assigned to a Chocobo farm felt like a bad joke at first. Being surrounded by cute birds is just salt in his wounds. He put a lot of effort into pretending he didn't like them at first, but Uai can later be found tending to one of them affectionately.]

Ah, you're really soft. Like baby chicks. [He giggles almost girlishly.] So cute. Too bad I can't take you all home.

[If anyone sees him like this, he's going to be really embarrassed.]
ubiquitously: (a9. I forgot the passing of seasons)

[personal profile] ubiquitously 2018-03-19 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I won't argue that point...

[For now, he decides not to chime in with his experiences. Admittedly, Uai is feeling quite vulnerable and scared without his powers.]

If you know they went through it, does that mean they got home to you in the mind? So there's a chance...
raidraptors: (★ 125)

[personal profile] raidraptors 2018-03-19 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shun glowers at the drunk, teeth displayed in threatening manner, then turns his gaze at the woman interfering – he doesn't particularly seem like he's appreciating the assistance he's received.

He does let go of that damn drunkard's arm, if only because he doesn't quite want the attention that would come with hurting the man.]


I had it handled.

[One way or another.]
occultfan: (08)

[personal profile] occultfan 2018-03-19 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ada frowned slightly. It was kind of sad to see someone like this, more so over not being with someone they loved. It was a sad thought indeed. It did give her a moment to think. Were those she loved and cared for here? So far she hadn't come across anyone, so maybe the odds were slim?

The thought was a tiny bit upsetting really. but now was not the time to ponder that, maybe later.]


I-I can't say I know how, but we might be able to find out why. Maybe.
takyumi: (atychiphobia)

A, because small humans need to stick together?

[personal profile] takyumi 2018-03-19 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Takumi was spending the bizarre flight at the window purely because the glass was cold and resting his forehead against it was easing some of his vertigo, even if the sight outside was unnerving. Even if "air-ships" were unnerving. Stars, at least, he understood far better than the bizarrely crisp and metal interior of the craft they were on. One thing at a time, that was all. Once his everything stopped swaying he could actually figure out how he tripped into this bizarre deeprealm and ended up--

--getting yanked to the side by another - especially excitable, too excitable - passenger via fingers on his sleeve. Luckily between his feet on the floor and his fingernails on the window pane he's able to catch his balance before he keeps stumbling and knocks them both onto the floor.]


--Geeze, yes, I see it! Watch your grabbing!
raidraptors: (★ 052)

[personal profile] raidraptors 2018-03-19 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[At least one of the people around here seems to have some measure of intelligence.

Shun takes a step towards the staff member, glaring at them as he says:]


What is it that you aren't telling us? Who is it that brought us really here?

[Because this whole thing about just being rescued out of the Dream Width? That there isn't some sort of deity involved? Shun definitely doesn't buy it.]
regalblaze: (Post Altissia 5 🔪)

[personal profile] regalblaze 2018-03-19 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[They had always been inseparable, especially last few months. Ignis has a feeling that ever since they left the Crown City, it was Noct that became a pillar for Ignis, not the other way around.]

Hmm... I wonder how far are we allowed to wander. Let us have a walk around. [Of course, not to interrupt the pilot, but to find some kind of officer. A board, pamphlet or a book. Any kind of announcement.]

The map of the ship could always be useful. [If the ship can carry as many people as he can hear (which is a lot), then the thing is probably huge and has some basic map somewhere.]
raidraptors: (★ 064)

[personal profile] raidraptors 2018-03-19 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shun, for all that he is prone to taking the violent way if offered, also knows that he will do nothing but call trouble on himself if he assaults someone in a public place like this, so… right now Prompto is safe. Though… what he doesn't know… will make him complain less?

At least that's what Shun reasons.]


Then keep quiet.

[#zero sympathy bear, #the mun is very sorry]
regalblaze: (Post Altissia 7 🔪)

[personal profile] regalblaze 2018-03-19 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"An hour. That is quite a flight," Ignis muses. The more time they spend here, the more is Ignis curious about the world they are on. He should probably focus on finding out how to return back to their Star but he doubts that their ticket back would be just handed to them for free.

"Ah, what about Prompto? Did he decide about his job?" Their bright and skittish friend- Ignis wonders how is he adapting to their new surroundings. "There should be some job that can fit him." Like marksman or something. If there are Ninjas, marksmen should be standard.
takyumi: (theophobia)

A!

[personal profile] takyumi 2018-03-19 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Where Takumi comes from, he's the one that glares suspiciously at newcomers - so someone staring suspiciously at him like he's someone suspicious is definitely suspicious indeed. It's a situation that requires a tactful address in order to diffuse the silent, glowering animosity between two strangers in order to forge a mutually good and beneficial first impression--]

What's your problem?

[Or that. That's also an option. Way to go.]
warpstriking: (disquiet ☈ in the dark)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-19 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Chocobo. Large bird, mostly used for off-road travel or racing back home when trained." Something he knew a bit about, having been fascinated by the sport growing up. "Their feathers are usually some shade of yellow. Others used to be more common back home, but their populations have been dwindling the last few decades."

Like that poor black chocobo chick... It's a weird thing to worry about, given their current unknown situation, yet here he was. A king, worried about a little girl chickling they'd saved as an egg. Wondering just how she and her surrogate parent were doing, along with everyone else on Eos.

"Thanks." He says at last, staring up at the ceiling. Things would be better if he could just... talk to Umbra. Ruffle that pup's fur for a second. Feel some sort of tie to his Star. Have some sort of reassurance that they were fine... Would be fine no matter how long they were stranded here, wherever that or their destination may be.

Yet the gods remain silent, his eyes a midnight blue.
raidraptors: (★ 062)

[personal profile] raidraptors 2018-03-19 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, she is talking to a Werebear, who sports a tail every now and then… or used to anyway, so she really can't be faulted... but Shun will look his most unamused anyway.]

I don't take advice from midgets who show no intention of pulling their weight.

[So, stop bothering him while he tries to analyze just what the enemy Golem's weakness is.]
warpstriking: (grief ☈ you would wait)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-19 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[Give yourself some credit, Ignis. He'd quite literally be lost without a certain someone's advice and guidance. Especially after Altissia, and now even more so.]

I'm going to assume if it isn't locked, we can explore. [Of course, he isn't going near anything that might put either of them in harm's way. Though the idea does catch his attention, so after briefly looking around-] Ah.

[Guess who found a thing, and is leading a certain blind man to it as well? This king.]

Let's see... There's where we currently are, and the lounge area... Cockpit- [He pauses, gently lifting a piece of paper that seems tacked on over the board. He'll wonder why he can understand non-Eosian script later. Instead he's focused on trying to read the messy handwriting and frowning.]

The hell? "Found you floating out there"?
raidraptors: (★ 115)

[personal profile] raidraptors 2018-03-19 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[A faint shrug, as Shun lets his eyes drift towards the windows so that he can get more of an idea of where exactly he's wound up that, answering absently.]

You could say that.

[He isn't going to offer more than that, instead opting to run his fingers over his sharp, black nails… between that and the fact that he can feel that his teeth are still the sharp set of a werebear… there is no doubt that the Fog God's curse still lingers on him, at least in part.]
transect: (u_u)

[personal profile] transect 2018-03-19 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately— ( they continue, looking a little too obviously disappointed... ) An injury like that won't require such skills.

( down goes the scalpel, as the other arm holding a tube of cream comes out from behind rutile's back. ) This will have to do. I'd advise you sit, so there's less mess.
chrombobreaker: (Challenge)

D is for Dude C'mon.

[personal profile] chrombobreaker 2018-03-19 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh for-"

[Followed by a sigh from someone watching the proceedings, before stepping up. And putting on his best Commander Chrom voice.]

"This is a training hall, not a place for a brawl. But this said... Sir, I think you owe this woman an apology."

[Yeah, you kind of walked into that one, not-so-good sir. Maybe it's just personal experience and bias speaking, but Chrom has long since learned that any woman has a good chance of being always right, being capable of kicking his arse, being a strong fighter in her own right.]
warpstriking: (huh? ☈ what's wrong with my hat?)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-19 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. But then, this star seems just as big as our own." Judging from the world map they received; if the measurement system wasn't much different from their own, that is. He can't help but be curious, either. Why not indulge it, considering they have no idea how to get back? Who knows, they might even find clues in the world that those at Curti Center or elsewhere can't tell them.

"Last I asked? Not yet. Though if one of them isn't Gunslinger, I'll be shocked." He's just... currently elsewhere on deck. Trying not to flip at how high up they are. No big deal.
raidraptors: (★ 079)

[personal profile] raidraptors 2018-03-19 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
You say that now.

[They'd see if Vax lives up to his words soon enough. Shun starts pulling on his own gear, starting off with the mail rather than the vambraces.]

Don't worry about that, it will wear off.

[Being new to this place, he means.]

…If it's anything like the last dimension I was in anyway.
spaceforged: (Put it back together)

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-03-19 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
He catches the movement out of the corner of his eye and drops his hand down onto his helmet at his side. “We’ll figure this out. It’s just going to take some time.” He can’t make himself sound calm about it. Not when flashing across his mind’s eye is Zarkon’s mechanized suit. “...these chocobos sound a bit like our horses. There used to be wild herds of them all over the world. They were in a variety of earthy colors. Hooved and have a kick that you never want to deal with.”

Noctis might know horses. But the idea is to see the common link. And to give them something to think about that isn’t going to add stress or worry to their backs. He needs to shift his focus for both their sakes.