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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!

modelcivilian: Screenshot: Timebreaker (Need a hand?)

[personal profile] modelcivilian 2018-03-23 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[While he's getting better with his interactions with people, he's still a little hesitant when the older male moves aside, but does nod his head in thanks. Looking at the public boards, he blinks when he finds the posting.]

It's this one; right here.

[Of course, it's just the posting, not the sign-up.] I think someone on my team is supposed to be a Paladin. I didn't get a chance to read their name before Mognet went down.
mythmaker: (✨12)

[personal profile] mythmaker 2018-03-23 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
[This expanse of time is awkward long.

Eventually, Azusa claps her hands together once to get Hunk's attention.]


My, my...I think he must be shy. Why don't we walk back this way towards town and give him some space?

[She's in denial. She's in complete denial. She's humming to herself, too.]
mythmaker: (✨4)

[personal profile] mythmaker 2018-03-23 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Ufu~. It just might be. At the very least, it would be fitting, right?

[She laughs lightly at her own teasing, but she doesn't over do it.]

Alright, then. Whenever we get where we're going, I'll find a way to make you a cake, even if it means you flying me to the space bakery.
studdedcouncilprez: (Pop quiz)

[personal profile] studdedcouncilprez 2018-03-23 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
[At the sight of the dog-person Makoto's cheeks flush beet red.]

O-Oh! I do apologize... I didn't mean any offense!

[I mean, one of her best friends was a cat-person so there was that at least...]

{...o-or maybe the dog person can smell Mona? That's not a problem, is it?]
modelcivilian: Screenshot: Mr. Pigeon (What did any of that mean?)

[personal profile] modelcivilian 2018-03-23 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
[It takes another moment for Adrien to process he's been spoken to because the one speaking to him was a skeleton. Like 'there is actually missing space between some of the visible bones' skeleton. He doesn't know what he expected, but maybe not this.]

... I guess if you want to look at it that way.

[It's not a lie, but that does remind him of the issue of not being home, too.]
sassafrisk: <user name=e8luhs site=tumblr.com> (Please No)

[personal profile] sassafrisk 2018-03-23 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Frisk relaxes and steps back, letting Papyrus enjoy the moment. After everything that had happened in Hotland, it was nice to see him so upbeat again. Not that he wasn't always a happy, energetic doof, but all of their clashes with Undyne had definitely taken a toll.

Part of Frisk wished that they could stay here, and have new adventures with Papyrus, free of all the strife in the Underground. But Papyrus had people back there, and Frisk still had a duty as resident superhero to save the Underground. So, taking a deep breath, Frisk loads.

Or at least they try to.

Their eyes snap wide open. "Oh crap." Cap? You there?

...Cap?

Frisk just stands there for a few moments, completely shocked. This was bad. Unbelievably bad. Bad on a level that they were previously incapable of comprehending. They stumble against the wall, sliding down the wood and clutching their forehead. Okay. Maybe if they tried one more time? Flukes happen.

...nope. Still nothing. Frisk is, at this point, quite visibly panicking, eyes darting all around the cabin as they call on every trick in the manga for achieving meditative focus. Zilch. Nada. No dice.

They were screwed.
spaceforged: (I need another route)

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-03-23 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
That’s right. Technically fighter pilot but space is part of that. [He sets his armor by the nightstand and turns back to her. At a thought he snags his Bayard and clips it to his belt. It won’t work but having it on him feels vital. He had taken it from Zarkon. Losing it here would be a waste.]

Let’s go. [Shiro joins her at the door and holds it open for her to proceed through.]

I was trained for it. The armor came later. And you? What do you usually do? You look like a student.
somebodyperfect: (Thoughtful)

[personal profile] somebodyperfect 2018-03-23 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
Huh. That would do it.

[He spins a shuriken on his hand. He's very good at flicking them in arcs so they return to him.]

There are a few more in there... I think about 4 skeletons. You wanna try?
einspine: (sad)

[personal profile] einspine 2018-03-23 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
At first, Papyrus is too fixated on the view outside to realize what's going on. It's so new. So refreshing. Everything he'd dreamed of and more! But stunning view or not, that thud as Frisk hits the wall is difficult to miss, and he pries his eye sockets away from the window...

Only to find Frisk clutching their head. Shaking? Panicking? And Papyrus doesn't even hesitate before he crouches down, setting a hand on their shoulder.

"Frisk? Frisk, what's wrong?" This is... strange. So sudden. What could have happened?
somebodyperfect: (Focused)

Yup. And that's the path Demyx wal- lounges on.

[personal profile] somebodyperfect 2018-03-23 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I figured as much. Doesn't that mean we both have awful defense?

[His black mage secondary only slightly raises his magical defense, and gives him his fire shuriken... He's not a tank by any means.]

We should probably stick to near the town.
conniemaheswaran: (ConnieSmallExcitedSmile)

[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-03-23 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Hopefully! The key to conflict resolution is communication, after all!" Connie chirps, but she seriously doubts that Papyrus, as eager and friendly as he was, would be able to talk down random encounters in a world that seemed to conform to JRPG mechanics. "Well, there are plenty of non-combat jobs. Like Scholar, and Gourmand, and Chemist, and a bunch of others."
insubordination: (058.)

[personal profile] insubordination 2018-03-23 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ colonel. but alphonse has his body. roy has to backtrack a little bit, all-too familiar with how these timelines work. and once he (sort of) figures out where al must be, his shoulders relax a little bit, his lips tugging into a slight smile at the salute.

roy returns it, perhaps a little mockingly -- since when did the elrics ever salute him? -- and he soon steps up to meet alphonse where he's at. ]


Brigadier General. [ a mild correction, but judging from his tone, roy doesn't really seem to give half a damn. the elrics have always been the exception to the rule in terms of respecting rank. ] And I'd say so, though I would've hoped you'd retire by now.

[ he pauses. ]

It's good to see you, Alphonse. As you are.

[ he might've accidentally freaked out on the last alphonse he met in the coven. oops. ]
somebodyperfect: (That breaks the man)

[personal profile] somebodyperfect 2018-03-23 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
Hearts are heart-shaped too... Maybe you guys just have a different name for them. Nobodies are formed when Heartless attack someone, defeat them, and take their heart for the darkness, but the victim's strong enough to linger without it. The heart decays into another Heartless, and the body stays as a Nobody. Emotionless and empty.

[That's a combination of the explanations he was given and first-hand observation, and it's not exactly wrong... It's just also not the full story.]
Edited (Poor word choice/grammar) 2018-03-23 00:40 (UTC)
einspine: (nervous)

[personal profile] einspine 2018-03-23 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
[At least he's at least somewhat covered! A red cape, a white labcoat, and either he's got shoulderpads or there's something rather stiff under the labcoat to have stretched the upper parts of his sleeves. Oh, and the goggles are rather difficult to miss, especially given his apparent lack of eyes.

And Papyrus, being Papyrus, doesn't seem to register the puzzled look. Perhaps this human is merely stunned by his presence! Either way, his cheery demeanor refuses to wane.]


Of course! I'd much rather look at all the positives. Like this!

[He points at the sky.]

...Although, I suppose for a human the sky might not be quite as earth shattering.

[Or as reassuring. And the fact remains that every one of them was pulled away from their homes, friends, and families. But. But!!! It's important to stay cheerful in times like this. If he starts to consider those things, let alone voice them, then this human could end up even more worried! If he's worried. Papyrus may boast about his talents from time to time, but he can't read minds, nor is he as good at reading faces as his brother.]
sassafrisk: <user name=e8luhs site=tumblr.com> (Please No)

[personal profile] sassafrisk 2018-03-23 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
It wasn't technically lying if they just left out parts of the truth, right? "I... I just realized. Flowey's all alone in Hotland. If Undyne catches him..." they bluff. They were absolutely worried about Flowey, but that took a backseat to the blinding panic that came with the sudden removal of quite possibly the cushiest of safety nets in existence. There was no going back now. "And, and, without us, he won't be able to get the SOULs and free everyone! I don't think they'll just let some random flower take them just because he asked nicely."
studdedcouncilprez: (Speech)

Wildcard

[personal profile] studdedcouncilprez 2018-03-23 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
[The day was long, but then what else can be said about the first day in a new world after being told where you came from no longer exists? A part of her had hoped that some direction would reveal itself to her about which of these "Jobs" she should try, but for the most part she's still sitting on a bench in the center of town. Frankly, she was exhausted.]

[Her focus was broken by the tuft of white hair in the middle of the crowd. Ah... that was the person that Hunk was talking to after he made the wild shot. With the way Hunk was talking with him, he was both comfortable and also respectful of this person. Could he be--?]

[You know what, figuring out what she should be could wait. How often will she get the chance to talk to somebody like that? Bolstering her courage, the young woman broke through the crowd and soon caught up with him.]

[She tapped him on the shoulder.]
U-Um... excuse me, sir. You wouldn't happen to be Shiro-san, would you?
melodiouspacifist: (Think Think Think)

There's always time for a good cloud viewing. Wanna give it a shot firecracker?

[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2018-03-23 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
[He blinks, thinking about that.]

It...does. I think my second job is better at defense than the first. You know, I'm not sure how that works.

[Demyx also took the Dancer secondary, which gives him a modifier of a buff to bardic spells on himself. It seemed to make sense.]

Yeah, okay, but first we need to conquer the bird! [He steps closer to it.]

What do we do with the birds?
einspine: (shifty eyes)

[personal profile] einspine 2018-03-23 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
...But what is a Heartless? And if the Nobodies don't have hearts, why aren't they called Heartless? That's incredibly misleading!!

[But interesting. Very interesting. Such concepts are certainly knew to him... He'll have to jot this down later.]
einspine: (nervous)

[personal profile] einspine 2018-03-23 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh."

Oh dear. That's... a very good point. So good, in fact, that he winces a little. How could he have forgotten?! After all, Flowey's his friend too! And more than that, his responsibility. Oh dear. Oh goodness. He gulps, even though he has no throat, so it's not a gulp in the traditional sense. Just some vague facsimile, really.

"...W-well! Flowey is a very crafty fellow. I'm sure he'll think of something in our absence. Perhaps he'll lay low for the time being?"
sassafrisk: <user name=e8luhs site=tumblr.com> (Smile)

[personal profile] sassafrisk 2018-03-23 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. Yeah, you're right." Frisk nods, struggling to put a smile back on their face. "But we need to get focused on getting back ASAP! I mean, I'm sure we can get through this together. If we beat Undyne's devious Vomit-O-Tron, then there's no challenge we can't overcome together!"
for_yui: (Solitude)

[personal profile] for_yui 2018-03-23 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
A.

Perhaps it would be considered an error, or perhaps it should be, but nevertheless the man that Kaji questions is an all too familiar face. They knew much of one another, but being this far from home meant that they were now both playing with a fresh deck of cards.

Even in a chance meeting, Gendou knew it best not to reveal a single card from his hand. Though, despite his better conscious, the former head of NERV cannot help but smirk upon seeing the man he once thought, nay.. knew to be dead.

"Ib? I don't recall seeing such a name in your dossier. Still playing the hero for unworthy women instead of watching where you step, I see. Some things never change, Mister Ryoji Kaji."
twomeals: ([oh] 31)

[personal profile] twomeals 2018-03-23 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Where we're going...

[He repeats the line, pausing and turning to stare out the window again.]

Where are we going, anyway? I can't see anything outside...
spaceforged: (Headache incoming)

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-03-23 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
He catches the movement of Noctis eyes but he doesn’t call him on it.They both clearly have goals and while they’re united in purpose he will merely stand by him and support him just as he would any other teammate. He meets his eyes and nods slowly. It hadn’t escaped him that this young man had all but said his position. Like protecting Allura he will shoulder this man’s secret. He looks again to the stars.

“Speaking of Magic, I have to find my ship. It must not fall into the wrong hands.” The Black Lion must not fall back into Zarkon’s hands. Any universe is finished if he does. “If it isn’t here it is probably back home.” His brow furrows and he scowls. His voice is laced with worry. “I have to find out which it is. If it’s here...and not operational that is a whole other problem that needs dealt with.” He scrubs at his face and sighs.

“More things that can’t be handled or fixed right now. Sorry. This...tripped me up a bit.”
Edited 2018-03-23 01:24 (UTC)

[personal profile] singularize 2018-03-23 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ Thanks to the arrow, he can put in two rapid strikes and cut it cleanly in half.

That's the end of it, then. Moon sighs, holding his katana out at an angle in front of him. ]


Lead the way, then.

[ As long as the putrid slime is off him, he'll probably be less testy about everything. ]
iknowtheconsequences: (KajiDefault)

[personal profile] iknowtheconsequences 2018-03-23 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Kaji comes to an absolute stop at a face that he hasn't seen in three (technically eight but he was asleep for five of them) years. The one man he had hoped would never make it to Crystallis or wherever this world is now. This is exactly what Kaji deserves for throwing caution to the wind, even for an instant.

He has an instant to decide. This the man he's fantasized about putting an arrow in the throat of, or returning to their world to pull every child he could find out of his grasp. All tinged with the guilt that Kaji was complicit in it all, and that his change of heart was only an attempt to redeem.

But he has no Job class right now, no arrow in hand, not even the razor that he'd kept with himself always. And he does not get to take this decision back once it is made.

"...Sir."