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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!

mythmaker: (✨10)

[personal profile] mythmaker 2018-03-22 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
I agree. And I don't think I'd be able to find my way there without a hand.

[She means this more literally than Johnny could ever know. Little does he know, he's just accepted an Escort Quest. If he turns away from Azusa for more than five seconds, she'll wander off and get hopelessly lost.

But for now, they're walking safely!]


I wonder, do you think I'd be able to play the trumpet~? I've always wanted to try, but I'm only a singer.
spaceforged: (The distance between us)

1/2

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-03-22 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Silence. He blinks. Twice. He has no idea what to say to that. What do you say to that?]
spaceforged: (No. None of that.)

2/3, I lied

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-03-22 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
[If it were anyone else he'd say 'don't bite anyone else'. But Hunk isn't like that. Thankfully.]
spaceforged: (cant compute)

3/3

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-03-22 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
...okay, that's...definitely not what I expected. [He should have read over all the jobs a little closer than he had. That's on him and he'll fix that. Shiro shakes his head. He can't shake the idea of Hunk just...biting an enemy.]

This world is really something else. I'm not sure what, but it's something.
chefbayardee: (tired)

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-03-22 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I mean...

[ He sighs, resheathing... or maybe disassembling the gunblade, whichever, he still fumbles with it a bit. ]

Gourmand is cool, but it's difficult, and I'm already a good chef!

[ He looks at the gun at her side, the fact that she's kind of tiny, and again towards the Zadom dead in the water. Hunk feels a bit outclassed. ]

Were you already a crack shot? You seem a little... young for that.
sullenstallion: (32)

[personal profile] sullenstallion 2018-03-22 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Dylas slinks behind Yue just slightly. In his short time in this new world, he's already learned to fear Midna just a little. Some things, apparently, never change.]

It's you again.

[He sighs and crosses his arms, looking between Yue and Midna. He sort of wants to ask Yue if they're from the same place, but he decides against it for now. He turns to Yue, foolishly turning his back to Midna.]

She's creepy. I wouldn't get involved with her if I were you. Don't let her size fool you, either.

[His words carry a surprising lack of venom for a snake. Midna's already starting to wear him down. A little.]
warpstriking: (grief ☈ you would wait)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-22 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Noctis puts down his tea again, sighing. He knows words won't help this time. Nor will silence, really. They never really were great at expressing their emotions, and this time... Ignis can't rely upon his sight to see the sincerity in his gaze.

So, what he does instead is release his grip on Ignis' shoulder, letting it slide across to the other. A quiet sign of support. If he wasn't still holding onto that tea, though... he'd have taken one of Ignis' hands in both of his.]


We have time. Whatever this place gives.

[He won't say time to figure out another way. A way to save him. But time to spend together with all their friends, regardless of what the hell is going on here.]
twomeals: ([happy] 25)

[personal profile] twomeals 2018-03-22 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Ah...I don't like breaking promises either. Maybe that's why I'm a sparrow?

[Waving his wings a bit! So birdy! Also perking up significantly at her offer, because he's a simple bird with simple desires.]

Oh, I like all sorts of things! Like cakes and candy and bread and fish and cookies and...um, anything's fine! Haha.
pishirogane: Icon by: <user name=pishirogane> (Normal expression)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2018-03-22 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't have a very steady hand when it comes to this weaponry that's for sure. Still, she doesn't say this out loud.]

[At his comment, she nods.]


It's for my occupation even if I generally don't use it.
sunderings: (you're certain?)

[personal profile] sunderings 2018-03-22 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
...perhaps I am too unused to it, still, the cadence of combat, and the bloodshed it demands.

[ So easily, with a grace which seemed innate to her, she'd felled the creature which had drawn much too close to his heels, hoping to sink fangs into its prey. How had he failed to notice its approach? The answer is, of course, that his focus had been upon the Dark Knight and her wounds, his concern for her outweighing thoughts of his own safety and the monsters which had yet to be silenced both.

But... how had she drawn the enmity of so very, very many beasts? Raising his stave, he casts a summons for wind, using the bright arcs of his magic to drive the creatures which would encroach upon them back, temporarily keeping gnashing teeth and wicked claws at bay. ]


Though you are strong enough to endure injury, you need not wear it as though it were your crown.

[ But that is only how he feels, isn't it? She likely has her own sentiments upon the matter. Distantly, he wonders at them. Who she is, beyond her blade and armor. ]

Still, thank you, for protecting me. [ A nod of his head, the fringe of his hair bouncing lightly with the motion: ] Shall we finish this together?
insubordination: (072.)

i promised a tag. :') also we'll do CRAU from his time in SB just for shenanigans, he had armor!Al.

[personal profile] insubordination 2018-03-22 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ indeed, this isn't roy's first song and dance, either, though he definitely didn't wake up in a spaceship, last time. immediately, he wants to seek out riza, hughes, but before he can properly digest and absorb what's going on, amd mobilize into action . . . he hears the voice before he sees the boy -- hey, there. i'm al. are you doing okay?.

it takes some doing, sorting through the people, to spot alphonse -- and immediately, there's a crushing relief in his chest, because alphonse is how he should be. whole, not in the damn armor.

it figures. ]


Alphonse Elric.

[ roy's voice tends to carry even when he doesn't mean it to. authoritative, but fond, as always, when it comes to these two idiot brothers. and he waits, for alphonse to catch his attention, when he allows himself the tiniest of exasperated sighs. ]

I always seem to find you in the midst of madness.

[ CAN'T WE HAVE ONE NORMAL THING ]
chefbayardee: (jokes!)

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-03-22 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
Well, it looks like I didn't draw the short straw...

[ He smiles and rips the knife back out of the bread before wiping down the blade and placing it back in its sheath. No need to pick around that thing just for some bread. ]

And the feathers could get in the way if you tried to use a stick.

[ He points a finger-gun down towards the talons on his legs. Even though birds carry things in their talons pretty often... ]

You barely managed to stand on one foot, so those wouldn't help either.

[ He shrugs, glancing back at the doll. It is kinda cute. ]

Isn't Black Mage all about explosions and melting faces? Pa-kow!!
garyoutensei: (here's a taste of tha remedy)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-03-22 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
And why is it surprising? -A bit of the bass in her voice was gone, but she was still pressing the issue, trying to get a read on the man for anything besides "would rather not be here right now".-

Does *everyone* where you come from hide their scars?
garyoutensei: (watching myself lose)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-03-22 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
How old are you? -Her focus remained on the expanse of the Dream Width outside the porthole.-
garyoutensei: (I'm a speed king see me fly)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-03-22 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
-She figured that question might come up. Hell, she practically guided the conversation there herself. But even so, there was a lengthy pause before she let out a long trail of smoke and put a thought to words...-

It doesn't mean what you might be hoping. To me, Japan no longer exists.
chefbayardee: (sad)

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-03-22 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ Turning down a glimpse at the future? He's impressed, grinning ear to ear, and not quite sure he could do the same. And she looked about his age! ]

Your humankind might end up somewhere different, but for us...

[ The interest in his stories as inspiration is heartwarming, and with no time paradoxes, he's more than willing to share. ]

We found an ancient distress signal, and it came from a weird rift in space. But it wasn't a wormhole. I've been thrown through one of those and would not recommend it. We were the only people who could get through.

[ He stares straight at the ground, shifting around in discomfort. ]

It was a whole new dimension, where our bad guys were wiped out and... the good guys were the bad guys. Violent dictators, even. We made sure they couldn't follow us back to our dimension, but...
studdedcouncilprez: (Fire drill)

[personal profile] studdedcouncilprez 2018-03-22 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Her eyes become so wide they ran the risk of popping out.] W-what! But that's--

[She stops, taking the woman in. No, she didn't seem like the type that would lie... so that must mean...]

Ah... [A thoughtful hand reaches for her chin.] Are you perhaps from the future, Baiken-san? Or... maybe I should say a future?
oneirism: (What possessed you to come this far?)

[personal profile] oneirism 2018-03-22 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
Piano Freak? That's kind of harsh. [There's nothing wrong with being passionate about something, after all.]

It looks like it... They're all different colours, so maybe it has something to do with that. [Lapis falls quiet once more, looking over the patterns - pointing at the red coloured notes.]

Maybe try those ones first?
garyoutensei: (born for trouble poised for action)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-03-22 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Whichever thought brings you more comfort. -It wasn't exactly an empathetic statement, but her words held no coldness to them despite some of the other things she'd said.-

We're here now. Both of us. And there is no Japan here, either.
studdedcouncilprez: (Speech)

[personal profile] studdedcouncilprez 2018-03-22 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh... She nods slowly.]

Its... strange, isn't it? How something as simple as thinking "I must make the world safe" can distort things into something dark and twisted.

[A hand raises to her chin and she looks around for a place for the two of them to sit. Seeing a small bench tucked toward the middle of the observation bay, she points it out to Hunk.]

I would very much like you to continue the story, but wouldn't you like to sit? I also don't think we ever got around to introducing each other.

[Her expression softens ever so slightly.] I can start, if it helps. My name is Makoto Niijima.
studdedcouncilprez: (Your dog ate it?)

[personal profile] studdedcouncilprez 2018-03-22 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
[She winces, but instead of shrinking away away, she instead folded her arms.]

That's what I'm told.

[She's not sure quite yet if she's ready to call it quits yet. If there is something that can be done, she will figure it out. But that's not going to be resolved on just one airship flight.]

What matters more now is what we're going to do now.

[Catching her in the moment is a good way to see her weakness. Push against her, though, and she'll have no problems standing in stark opposition.]
chefbayardee: (discomfort)

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-03-22 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Go wild, Hope." He lowers the box onto the railing and... just kinda casually rests a hand on it to keep it steady. Don't need a spill! "My name's Hunk, and, uh..."

Hunk looks a bit uncomfortable as he trails off. This kid seems familiar with the weird magic and some of the jobs, and he's a lot easier to talk to than anyone at the Curti Center. Despite being a clever engineer and a Paladin of Voltron and a galactic defender, he was... more out of his element than he'd want to admit out loud.

"Wh-what's a chocobo? They sound nasty." But most things sound nasty to him.
witchwithoutacause: (thumbs up)

[personal profile] witchwithoutacause 2018-03-22 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
I get it. You're older and bigger and stronger - but I'm the one bringing you this job, or else you'd be sitting here broke all day.

Fifty-five forty-five, in your favor, and if you really, really feel like I deserve it you could always tweak that.
garyoutensei: (what a wonderful world)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-03-22 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
And what do you intend to do? In the now, I mean. -Baiken didn't mind the flinch. This wasn't an easy conversation to have, but she knew it was a necessary one. And maybe she wasn't well qualified to be having it, but even so...-
witchwithoutacause: (confidance)

[personal profile] witchwithoutacause 2018-03-22 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ The hats were often kind of decorative or ceremonial, inconvenient in dicey situations, but yeah - brooms are legit.

Amanda skipped commenting to watch Red and his chain... bone-chewing. ]


The pack a day sort huh.

[ Well whatever. ]

Amanda O'Neill.