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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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fatefulprincess: (Default)

[personal profile] fatefulprincess 2018-03-20 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Two things Corrin is not going to do: 1) Bring up the fact Takumi did just say 'sister' and 2) Not be happy about it. She is. Immensely. But to bring it up will definitely make Takumi grouchy so she'll just be content to smile to herself.

This time.]


No, but it buys a little more time? [Maybe.] Anyway! Merchants... Do you think any shops would carry them?
spaceforged: (Good job team)

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-03-20 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
He grins and laughs. "And you definitely don't know that from experience." He...hasn't really experienced horses. "I can't say I've tried to ride a horse but I know they can be. People try to ride bulls." It's a sport and he winces anytime he's ever seen it. Shiro leans back and shakes his head. There's a little bit of humor in his voice now. Why not. "Usually after a waver..."

"They're bigger than horses, have a lot more muscle, and have horns facing forward." It has been a hell of a day but talking about ridiculous crap has eased the tension in his shoulders. "How many horns do spiracorns have? One in the forehead?" If they're violent.

It's a bit hilarious and a bit terrifying.
charming_jerk: (drinkin')

[personal profile] charming_jerk 2018-03-20 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
[He chuckles at that.]

Yeah, it was called Earth. Well... [He thinks about that for a second, being that Johnny's a metalhead from 2011.] It ain't as popular as it once was. Rock music, that is. It's all my uncle's fault I like that shit in the first place.
notovelia: (hesitance)

[personal profile] notovelia 2018-03-20 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Of course, chocobos are the only civilized beasts of burden.]

Mostly, although there are chocobo-drawn carts for transporting goods, and ships for travel over seas. I...did not have much occasion to travel, but when I did, I preferred to ride.

[Sadly, she could count on her fingers the number of times she had been able to take such trips.]

...do you travel often?
charming_jerk: (tsundere idiot)

<3

[personal profile] charming_jerk 2018-03-20 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Johnny wants to say no. He knows he should say no.]

... We might haveta. Serves 'em right, stingy bastards.
takyumi: (hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia)

[personal profile] takyumi 2018-03-20 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
[He's not about to be shown up by some stinky Nohrians that are apparently way more okay with this madness than he is! He'll win at this sibling thing!! He did it before already even if no one remembers other than him!!! (He appreciates you not bringing it up, though, Corrin. You might actually be a little smarter than your male counterpart.)]

Not right now, probably, if they're all throwing a fuss about wanting them. But maybe they usually do and a supply line is held up somewhere or something? Asking's the only way to find out.

D

[personal profile] singularize 2018-03-20 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ The man whom Sion had approached is slim in frame, dressed simply in the style of swordsmen from Nakagawa. The katana at his waist is telling of his profession, and a healer should probably pair with someone who can defend them...

... surprise flashes briefly across his face, but it quickly settles into a slight frown. ]


Are you looking for payment? I'm afraid I can't afford that.

[ Clearly, it's what people want when they approach him randomly in the street. ]
takyumi: (optophobia)

[personal profile] takyumi 2018-03-20 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
[It's probably a boon to Robyn that Takumi's rubbing his face and getting his uncomfortable, wobbling nausea under control instead of sparing the time and effort to glare at him, really!]

With these massive windows it's kind of hard to miss. And anyway, if you haven't seen anything like it before shouldn't you be more... I don't know. Freaked out, instead of excited?
warpstriking: (unaware ☈ blind in a rabbit's hole)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-20 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Had the pleasure of having to fight and kill a few, yeah. Try to ride? Not even close." He's had enough back injuries to last a lifetime, and he's only ever had the one. Never again the dark times. "Bulls?" Okay, now he's curious. He glances over, shifting slightly though keeping his back against the cool surface of the wall. "I'd say that almost sounds like a behemoth, but I'm pretty sure what you're talking about isn't the size of a decent four bedroom, two story house. Or purple, for that matter."

And yes, he has fought one before. Killed a few, too. Though, getting back to Spiracorns... "Two, curved around one another into a spiral. Hence, spiracorn. There's some without crooked horns, but they're rare."
fatefulprincess: (Default)

[personal profile] fatefulprincess 2018-03-20 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Those Nohrians are also her siblings thank you very much. Be careful or else Corrin will have to arrange for some 'family bonding' time.]

Right. Should we go together or split it up?
shinra_dog: (hoodie)

E

[personal profile] shinra_dog 2018-03-20 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
As Bayek explored, he would pass an unassuming figure walking the opposite way in a long coat, face obscured by a deep hood. It would almost be unremarkable, except for a familiar symbol on the man's belt.

Almost that of the Hidden Ones, though there was no Eye of Ra... It would hardly be noticed unless someone already knew of it.
Edited 2018-03-20 02:30 (UTC)
red_planet_blues: (eeeergh)

[personal profile] red_planet_blues 2018-03-20 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
'Fraid not. Not yet, anyway. Just keep an ear out for anyone shoutin' about trouble all up in his place, I'm sure it'll be sooner or later.


[Months? Only months? Sparks deflates a bit at that.]

Yeah, months... Coulda sworn it was like a decade or somethin'. Feels like it.
takyumi: (paralipophobia)

[personal profile] takyumi 2018-03-20 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Without her wyvern, Camilla was left leaving the aerial threats to Takumi - and that's why his next arrow went through a particularly disturbing-looking bird's throat. It wasn't his fault that the thing's inertia left it falling uncomfortably close to Camilla's feet.]

If you start saying things like that people will start thinking you trust me or something!
shinra_dog: (Oh really?)

[personal profile] shinra_dog 2018-03-20 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Reno chuckled and bent to kiss one of Johnny's horns.]

I'll see what I can do. I ain't a Hero anymore, right?

[That seemed entirely undone by some other world-smashing force. Sigh. He was getting tired of moving at this point. But at least this time, his love came with him.]

Try playin' somethin' a little... romantic? Sappy people love love. Maybe that'll do it.
red_planet_blues: (what're talking about)

[personal profile] red_planet_blues 2018-03-20 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
They should care. If some weird cosmic force is gonna keep draggin' me from one backwards rock of a planet to another, they should at least let people know who's comin' to save 'em all.

[Sparks stops to look at whoever this guy might be. He can't tell if he's a local, or an import like himself.]

Wait, what? On something?
200metershot: (pic#12162770)

[personal profile] 200metershot 2018-03-20 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Sinon's hand pulls back a little at the jump when she speaks, hesitating for another second before withdrawing completely. She's not sure what the best thing to do is, but somehow she feels like trying to console her isn't it.

A feeling that grows a little more solid at the wipe of her eyes, and the denial. She doesn't want to be comforted here on the side of the road. Fair enough. The nods don't have the effect Zelda is hoping for though, only cluing Sinon in that things are still far from alright.

"Yeah, that's right. I was just trying to figure everything out." She glances down, digging around in a pocket for a moment before taking out a small folded handkerchief and offering it up. "And don't apologize. It's only natural to be a little upset at a time like this, right?"

Said the girl with remarkably steady eyes and a voice to match them.
takyumi: (potophobia)

[personal profile] takyumi 2018-03-20 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Well okay he doesn't dislike them anymore and he's very respectful of Elise's memory and just kind of won't ever talk about Xander because he'll probably completely mishandle it but. Well. He's still not going to get shown up!

...But anyway, he shakes his head as if exasperated and tugs her along by the wrist.]


As if I'm letting you wander off alone to get pulled into another one of these puffballs' sob stories. Come on.
kuposcreed: (Default)

Guilds

[personal profile] kuposcreed 2018-03-20 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
HAH, KUPO! HYAAA, KUPO!

[It looks like Iris has a training partner. The moogle has joined in for the newcomer training session, wondering if maybe she can make herself stronger too. She doesn't have a hidden blade of her own right now, but if she's going to use one she needs to be able to land a palm strike, right?

Her little limbs don't offer much agility for her motions though, but she does her best, even as she adds in a few motions of stabbing and slashing with a knife too.
]
part_timer: (hataraku2)

Sadou Maou/Satan Jacob | The Devil is a Part Timer!

[personal profile] part_timer 2018-03-20 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
a

This... can't be...! No, it's not possible! Why now of all times, of all places...! This world... my... my...!

[Staring at the world beneath him, a panic rose in Sadou. There was a incredible pressing matter to deal with. And that was...

And he raised his fists to the skies and screamed,] MY PART TIME JOB'S PERFECT ATTENDANCE RECORD IS RUIIIIIINNNNNNNNNEEDDDDDDDDD! RUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNED!


g

Welcome to MacKupos, may I take your order?

[Well it wasn't MgRonalds but it was something! Torn away from everything he desired, the demon lord Satan Jacob was meant to climb up from the bottom once more.]

So that's one kupo fries, three cactuar burgers and a sabotender shake. Did you want to add a chocobo-pie to that?

[And he was DAMN GOOD AT THIS. Like he was a manager before!]

Next please! Hi welcome to MacKupos, may I take your order?


I

[Random encounter! Yay! This would be good to blow off some steam. Standing imperiously in the middle of the road, he faced down the two sahagin who brandished their weapons. And he smirked as he snapped his fingers.]

Burn in hellflame!

[Nothing happened. Someone forgot to go get a job. And thus the great Satan was running for his life from two measly sahagin.]
Edited 2018-03-20 02:45 (UTC)
hanahananomi: (Smile)

Sidequests

[personal profile] hanahananomi 2018-03-20 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Robin flips through a bestiary she checked out from the library, one of the first things she asked for upon arriving in town.]

It says here they can be gotten from a creature called a cactuar. They're animated cactii that have a high running speed and can unleash a great deal of the needles all at once to attack its predators.

[She smiles as she shuts the book.]

Likely, they don't want to be turned into pincushions. But we'd get the needle at least.
judicatus: (♟ watchful)

gabranth || final fantasy xii

[personal profile] judicatus 2018-03-20 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
A. RETRIEVAL

[ to be so near the brink of death in one moment, and so far from it in the next... at first, gabranth honestly isn't sure that he hasn't passed it entirely; the interior of this airship is so different from the strahl that he almost thinks it a fevered delusion, a vision conjured by his dying mind. but the vision does not fade, and neither does the sensation in his limbs, nor anything else about him.

somehow, improbably, he is not dead.

he sits upright on his cot, blood-soaked leathers and all, and ponders that fact. he remains there as he ponders the improbability of it, tries to make sense of all that's happening around him, listens in to the people chatting and milling about nearby. at some point, he's going to have to get up and look into the whereabouts of his swords and armor. for now, though... his body might be healed but his wounds are still fresh in his mind, and so too is the question of why he continues to be alive. ]



F. SIDEQUESTS

[ right. now that gabranth has been in this world long enough to learn a few things about it — perhaps most importantly that he won't be going back to ivalice, at least not anytime soon — he supposes that the only thing for him to do is to start fitting into it.

he also supposes that the best way for him to do that is to make himself useful. as a result, he's wasted no time between enlisting in the paladin's guild, finding the nearest job that needs doing, and heading straight off into the wilds with whichever hapless adventurer happened to have also signed up for this particular quest. collect a bundle of coeurl whiskers... simple enough, he thinks. but that likely depends more on his companion than anything else. ]


You do have some martial experience, yes?

[ it's a practical question, plain and simple. he's never been one for small talk, after all. ]


WILDCARD

( hit me with anything! if you'd like to plot something more specific or ask questions or talk about anything else, feel free to hit me up at [plurk.com profile] futuristics! )

[personal profile] hear_the_wood 2018-03-20 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Fran looked behind her to the man who offered a word of understanding or perhaps sympathy. Either way, she appreciates it. And when it came to ears, she was not familiar with a human looking person having ears like those, either. Ivalice had many diverse races, but elves were surprisingly not among them, if that's what he was. The closest thing to his kind might be the Helga, but they were not quite a match.]

Hume is the race of man. They dominate the world I come from. My eyes have been dulled by this place.

[Her vision is not as sharp as it was back home for some reason.]

Would you care to try?

[She offers him the bow.]
Edited 2018-03-20 02:49 (UTC)
zodiac_brave: (swords crossed)

[personal profile] zodiac_brave 2018-03-20 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
[For a native of Vaikuntha, the knowledge of the elementals' strengths and weaknesses are so ingrained, it does not occur to Ramza that a newcomer would not know. He just sighs with relief that his charge has magic to draw on. Taking down an elemental enemy with a sword would be a tedious endeavor.]

Great. [He echoes back to Noctis, but with a completely earnest tone.] I will keep it distracted. Another blast like that should scare him off, if you can manage it.

[Having not yet studied magic, he is not sure on a fledging mage's stamina, but Ramza resolves to keep Noctis covered as long as it takes. He can withstand a few of the elemental's ice spells before he needs to worry.]
fatefulprincess: (Default)

[personal profile] fatefulprincess 2018-03-20 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
You know... I really don't know how to take that. I'm a perfectly capable young lady, thank you very much.

[She's worked hard for independence, thank you. Corrin might still refuse to wear footwear of any kind but she is a grown woman, Takumi!]
spaceforged: (...well that's new.)

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-03-20 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
Two curved horns. All the better to gore people with he supposes. He tries to construct a mental image of a behemoth and fails. Purple. "Just how purple is a behemoth? What shade?" This is going to make meetings with the Marmora a bit funny. In his head.

Shiro pulls one leg up against his chest, stretching the other one out. He's been in a cockpit for several hours. If he doesn't stretch now he'll be sorry for it later. "...while we've taken on things that size. Fighting what sounds like a giant bull...that's certainly one for memories."

Memories and photos from a hospital or the latest reason to be in a healing pod. "Bulls aren't that big. They're in the hundreds of pounds not tons."