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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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grandmastertactics: Art and Icon by: <user name="queensbeforekings"> (Hmmm)

[personal profile] grandmastertactics 2018-03-21 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm sure they've had worse damage happen when the black mages train," she said with a small smile as she stood up and dusted herself off, the tome closing in her hand.

"Have you seen any of the other Shepherds yet? We can't be the only ones that were brought to this strange place," she asked. She hadn't been awake for long herself and hadn't had much time to search for the others.

"Then again, this is a large place. We have time to search."

She walked over to the sword and picked it up, only to fumble with it herself. Just as she thought. It was like she had never touched a blade before.
raucous: (15)

[personal profile] raucous 2018-03-21 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
( in some way, this is probably going to be a bad idea. but, what kind of shield would he be -- what kind of brother would he be if he did let his little sister get a few good whacks in on him. it'll only help with her training. which is something gladio absolutely agrees she needs, and backs her unfailingly.

though he may be standing casually, he's watchful. knows what to look for by means of an attack. )


If you can make it, go ahead.

( just because she's younger than him and his sister doesn't mean he's going to go easy on her! )
sullenstallion: (58)

k'pandolu!!!!!!!!!! also B

[personal profile] sullenstallion 2018-03-21 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[A familiar voice scoffs before speaking up next to her. While Dylas' face is the same, his body is, uh. Decidedly different. While everyone else is mingling excitedly, Dylas is wrapped around a seat and resting on top of it. He holds himself against the plushness of the chair, warming himself.

It's. A little pathetic, honestly, how cold he is. Fortunately, he's wearing a shirt, but still.]


Somewhere warmer, I guess? Anywhere but here. [His eyes flick up towards her.] If you want an interesting answer, ask someone else.
swordchucksyo: (you shall sample my blade!)

Re: Random Encounter

[personal profile] swordchucksyo 2018-03-21 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[If there's one thing fighter is good at (besides liking swords), it's running. He has quite a history in it. The notion is tempting.

But.

The coeurl is targeting this woman, and he really doesn't want to see her get hurt. Without thinking (as if he ever does) he runs towards the beast, swinging his sword with a cry. The blade slashes an ankle of the cat and it lets out a ferocious cry as it turns on him, growling menacingly.]


Oh fudgemuffins.

[He might not have thought this plan through.]
chefbayardee: (oh yeah sure no problem)

the idea happened and i had to

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-03-21 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Of course they're edible! What kind of cook would I be without a taste test?!" His voice raises just long enough to realize that his honor as a chef has just been questioned by this hungry youth. So he snatches up one of the Possibly Pork Pockets and takes a bite before continuing, chewing be damned.

"Do they even have pigsh here, or do they shoot lasersh out of their noshes? Like can they even get liveshtock or do monsters shwoop in and steal them all?" He's used to indigenous life being more... friendly and sentient. Magical beasts? Not so much.
raucous: (03)

[personal profile] raucous 2018-03-21 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
( hey, comfort isn't just for kids. even someone like gladio likes comfort every once in a while. just something built in, natural. at any rate, he's not judging. everyone's got a fear or two, after all. can't do much about it when you're backed into a corner and forced to face one of them. )

Once we touch down, you won't have to for a while. So, don't sweat it too much.
raucous: (07)

heyo c:

[personal profile] raucous 2018-03-21 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Something really isn't making sense. Like, really a lot not making sense. The words are, Noctis in front of him is. But, altogether, it's not fitting right. The memory of what Ardyn's done doesn't strike home the way Noctis might think it would. Because, he just doesn't know. It hasn't happened for him yet. He sees the ring -- he can't miss that -- and can't figure out how Noctis came to have it.

He's missing something here. Something big. And, that something isn't sitting well in his stomach. It roils and tumbles over itself as he tries like hell to force it all to fit. Is this his fault? Did he fail in doing the one job he's meant to do?

Gladio's eyes narrow slightly, his touch goes slack. He's not mad, not yet. Though, he's in some eerily calm sort of state that could possibly lead to an explosion later if the right thread is pulled. "What do you mean?"
oneirism: (You will watch the skies,you will wait)

[personal profile] oneirism 2018-03-21 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
It's all down to whether luck is on my side or not. Apparently my job is luckier than most.

[Though this time, it wasn't. Though Lapis is still determined to help in some way - he may have to fight alone, but she can still try to do something.

Though she has to wait before she can actually do something, huffing a soft sigh as she waits for the cooldown to end, glad that he's doing well so far. Even though the morbol is still very much alive and fighting back.

Once Major Arcana is ready, she draws another card - sighing softly in relief when it's The Balance, Moon now gaining an increase in strength.]


Odds should be in your favour now, though.
swordchucksyo: (yay)

Random Encounter

[personal profile] swordchucksyo 2018-03-21 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[He drops to the ground, landing in a crouch, and stares at his beloved, still stuck out of his reach.]

I only have one sword.

[He needs to fix that. You can never have too many!

Unfortunately, he's pretty useless without a blade. He's not really even good at coming up with strategies, either; Black Mage is always telling him not to think, commenting on what a thick skull he has.

...Wait a minute.]


I have an idea. [It may not be a good idea, but it's an idea, and that's all that matters, right?

Without waiting for a response he rushes back at the thing, head bowed, and crashes into its leg head first, causing the coeurl to stagger slightly in response.

Fighter turns his back on it to face her, seeming surprisingly okay for someone who just used their skull as a battering ram.]


How was that?
spaceforged: (Feeling lost? Yeah he does that a lot.)

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-03-21 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably not. A lot of these jobs seem to have ancient traditions. Like the dragoon armor...you’d think someone would realize how deadly it is to allies.

[He sets his helmet down to reach for the mog slate tucked inside a protective casing at his side. Why had Hunk turned pale for a moment? He’ll have to ask about that lat some point.]

So, in order to make sure your chef magic works you need a steady supply of the ingrients to cause those effects. Or risk losing them when you need them the most?

[That’s pretty self explanatory. The smile on his face from the joke falls as he really thinks about that. Well, he tucks the slate back into its case and sighs.]

That can’t be too hard. People ask for adventurers all the time. It will take some doing but we can make this work.
boomchucka: (Excited)

\o Also C

[personal profile] boomchucka 2018-03-21 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's nothing like the exhilaration of being on a train for Selphie, but it's a lot easier to savour the feeling of the wind blowing through your hair when you're not in the middle of a war. She's gripping the railing for dear life as she doesn't feel like falling off the airship and she nods lightly before getting a closer look at her companion.

Wait... isn't that...?]


Hey! It's been awhile!

[Please remember. Please remember. Please remember.]
swordchucksyo: (does this dress make my hips look fat?)

Get a Job kind of sorrynotsorry

[personal profile] swordchucksyo 2018-03-21 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Thank goodness he had some help! These tables weren't going to wait themselves!

Fighter approaches her, lifting the hem of his dress off the ground as not to step on it.]


Table two needs a coffee. Or was it a juice?

[He might have been listing all of the swords he knew in his head while they ordered.]
nanaimo_bar: (nanamo12)

Re: Random Encounter

[personal profile] nanaimo_bar 2018-03-21 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
... that will do.

[With the coeurl staggered, she fired again and again until it fell over.] I think we got him?
chefbayardee: (sad)

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-03-21 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The step forward, the growl, it's not good. There are bystanders on this airship, and they don't need to be freaked out by someone from another world losing their temper. That's the last thing any of them need. He takes a single, calculated step back. ]

I didn't say that...! I just don't know where you came from.

[ He thinks of Shiro, of his glowing Galra-tech arm, and... winces a bit as he remembers the circumstances of that probably being a bit more hostile for him. ]

Where I'm from, people can get those sorts of things pretty easily if they want to, so seeing the opposite is a little... surprising.
conniemaheswaran: (Default)

[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-03-21 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
((Alright, this seems like a good place to end the CR to me. What about you?))
oneirism: (There is poetry in brutal efficiency)

[personal profile] oneirism 2018-03-21 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lapis turns her eyes back to him once more when he speaks, that glint in his eyes getting a blink - before she then smiles softly, golden eyes trailing down to his gloves.]

Well, they are very pretty. You wouldn't want to ruin those gems.

[Fake as they may be, they still are nice to look at. Though the mention of kicking too hard gets her brows to furrow, her attention turning to his leg.]

But is you leg alright? I don't know healing spells yet, but I think I have some potions.
chefbayardee: (action!!)

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-03-21 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I was working on Gourmand since it has a ways to go before it's useful, but...

[ He drops the leathers, places the skewer gently atop them, and reaches behind his apron to push a few buttons on his iMog. It lets out a few beeps and he reaches behind him, pulling out a pile of metal that quickly extends and snaps into a gunblade... or more of a pointed gunclub. He aims down the sights into the ocean, and makes an emphatic kapeeow! noise. ]

I'm thinking Magitek Knight would've been a little safer.
raucous: (12)

[personal profile] raucous 2018-03-21 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
( are they really safe, though? gladio isn't so sure. he doesn't like this one bit. there's too much going on back home to be fiddling around here and trying to make a home here. or...whatever it is they're trying to have them do. he's getting mad all over again. he doesn't want to take it out on ignis because it's not his fault. but, someone's going to have to take the brunt of this. his hands fist and relax repeatedly at his sides. )

Well, at least there's that.

( which is the second bit of good news he's heard since he got here. seeing ignis, obviously the first. it's good that they're all here, but it's not enough. and it isn't really good for what's going on. it's kind of stressful to think that they're not there trying to fix everything that's happened. )

Are they here in this place, too? Where are you staying? ( he shakes his head. ) Doesn't matter. We're going to share.

( gladio, you can't just make these decisions by yourself...ignis is allowed to room somewhere else. he sighs, because he does realize that. )

I mean, it'd be better if we did.

[personal profile] hear_the_wood 2018-03-21 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
No, it is not.

[The Strahl certainly wouldn't be able to hold all of this.]

We were brought on board, found lost among the stars, or so they say. Yours is the only face that is familiar, so far.

[But if Gabranth is here, perhaps she'll find others.]
conniemaheswaran: (ConnieWorried)

A wildcard appears!

[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-03-21 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
This was great. Just fantastic. Amazing, really. Connie pressed her back against the alley wall, holding her breath as a troop of skeletons clattered past. All she wanted to do was to hitch a ride with a party to the Ghost City, try to isolate some necromancy arcanagrams so she could get a better grasp on how to fight the undead without holy magic, and get out.

So of course the paladin was actually some crazy idiot with a cult dedicated to B'Alesia's particular breed of monster infestation, and of course the rest of the party ended up getting nabbed by a bunch of skeletons, and now of course Connie was alone, outgunned, on the run, and probably outmatched, with only Shooting Star, Thunder, and Fira to her name. She needed an out, and fast, before anything worse happened.
Edited 2018-03-22 15:49 (UTC)
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[personal profile] theoldhope 2018-03-21 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ooc: Sure, I'm fine with that!]
regalblaze: (Looking 🔪 for another page)

that html fail in previous tag tho

[personal profile] regalblaze 2018-03-21 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ignis doesn't like this either, but what can they do? Kicking and screaming like children won't get them anywhere so they might as well do the best out of the bad situation. Ignis will be never fine with this situation and he will get himself on the research the moment he has an opportunity.

It is not much, but being here definitively beats being stuck in some inter-dimensional rift where the spaceship found them.]


Yes, they are here. Everyone arrives here first and then moves to the housing they are assigned. Or so they said. [He pushes his glasses up.] Of course we are all living together. Was there ever a doubt? [There is no chance he is ever going to let any one of them out of sight in this unknown place.]

Noct and Prompto are scouring the place right now, they will be back shortly. I was just lingering around here, trying to gather some more information and see if I will run into anyone else familiar. [He sighs softly,] I'm glad I did.
warpstriking: (:| ☈ u wot m8?)

I literally sat down for dinner and my phone was like "oh hey, a Gladio tag! c:"

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-21 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Welcome to the ship of "nothing makes a lick of godsdamned sense". Population: a lot. Because damn, this place sure is crowded.

"I'm talking about--" Noctis stops. He notices that -- notices how it doesn't quite register what that means. And that really doesn't sit right with him. At all. Yet despite it, or maybe because of it, he pulls out of Gladio's grasp. Standing up straight, determined despite the confusion that is apparent in his eyes. They need to get on some sort of common ground. Before Gladio snaps.

"What's the last thing you remember?"
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[personal profile] pishirogane 2018-03-21 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Gourmand... that made sense. Still, watching him set his belongings down and staring at his iMog, she moves back as the gunblade comes out... gunclub? Gun-something...]

You could still make that your secondary Job.
pishirogane: (Eighth Member)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2018-03-21 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fixing her attire calmly after being handled like that, Naoto goes back to looking out the window. At least an altercation was avoided; it wouldn't do for a first impression towards anyone else around them.]

... Naoto.