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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!

[personal profile] singularize 2018-03-24 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ He can hear Sun chiding him for being so stiff in the back of his head, but his attention is focused on getting himself clean first and foremost. One can worry about manners later - what if this body gets injured? That cannot be allowed to happen. ]

No. It wasn't fast enough to catch me.

[ And it's something he takes pride in, too.

He scoops some water from the river, but instead of letting it run back into the stream, he drains it onto the grass instead. No pollution. ]
soangryicouldtinkle: (I give up)

5/6 because I'm a dirty liar.

[personal profile] soangryicouldtinkle 2018-03-24 01:03 am (UTC)(link)

part_timer: (Hataraku-Maou-sama-1)

Re: I

[personal profile] part_timer 2018-03-24 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
Considering he had also been conserving his power on Earth, there was little issue with him needing to be a dangerous person. He grinned a little and said, "Well I worked at MgRonalds. It's a fast food place, and I just got promoted to swing manager."

His expression fell a little. "Or I was. That's the trouble with other worlds, I'm basically back to stage 1."
zanarkandian: (head scratch)

[personal profile] zanarkandian 2018-03-24 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
"What...what happened?" Tidus was worried now. If she was royalty, then didn't that mean...

"Don't you have anybody to protect you? Help you out?"
nanaimo_bar: (nanamo6)

[personal profile] nanaimo_bar 2018-03-24 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
"I do, although I released Raubahn, my left arm as it were, to the freedom he desired in order to aid his homeland." She smiled. "Fear not, Marshal Terupin is my new captain and is a stout of a man as his father. And like it or not, Lord Lolorito has taught me much about the ways of the world. Without their guidance, I would not have grown as a ruler."
zanarkandian: (smiling sunshine)

[personal profile] zanarkandian 2018-03-24 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
Tidus had to laugh (internally, of course). The circumstances might be different, but...still, he understoo

"Your friends were like your new family, right? I could help you look. I...have friends like that too, but I'm sure they'll be fine without me."

Whether he was fine without them was a different question. "And I already know I won't. And I promise I'm serious about this. So...is there anything you want to get today?"

He knew broken promises all too well, and he wouldn't leave Hope with that.
zanarkandian: (so many wonders)

[personal profile] zanarkandian 2018-03-24 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Well that's good. I hope you find them soon---but it's gotta be pretty different being here, right? New jobs and everything?"
swordchucksyo: (cheer)

Re: Random Encounter

[personal profile] swordchucksyo 2018-03-24 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Fighter walks over and pulls his blade out of the coeurl, giving it a nudge with his foot for good measure and cheering when it doesn't retaliate.]

That was awesome!

[By his standards, at least. They beat the thing and, well, that's not an overly common feat for him and his party.]

Your bang-thingie is pretty nifty! [She didn't even need to get near it in order to hit it, and there was no time spent casting. Pretty cool.]
nanaimo_bar: (Default)

Re: Random Encounter

[personal profile] nanaimo_bar 2018-03-24 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Considering this was Nanamo's first fight, she was breathing a little heavily as she lowered the gun and set it into its holster.]

Thank you. T'was a feat I fear I will have to repeat when I get more skilled. Truly, I am no warrior of light if I am shaken by this battle.
swordchucksyo: (cheer)

/applauds

[personal profile] swordchucksyo 2018-03-24 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh Black Mage. What a joker you are.]

Do you think the others are here too? We could all get a house together! It'll be like a big slumber party!

[BM LET'S BE ROOMIES]
soangryicouldtinkle: (Regret)

[personal profile] soangryicouldtinkle 2018-03-24 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe this is just how it is. Infinite universes and infinite possibilities but one constant. You.

Why you? What mockery of an ancient, idiot god created you and why are you here?

WHY ARE YOU HERE?

[The inevitable is before him. They're going to be roommates. There's no escape.]
swordchucksyo: (I am awesome)

Re: Random Encounter

[personal profile] swordchucksyo 2018-03-24 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
Don't feel bad; we aren't very good at fights either. I'm sure you'll be better than us in no time!

[He gives her a thumbs up to emphasize his totally motivational speech before he wipes his sword on the coeurl's fur, sheathing it after.]
nanaimo_bar: (nanamo4)

Re: Random Encounter

[personal profile] nanaimo_bar 2018-03-24 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
[She had to laugh at that, shaking her head.]

Well, I am glad I pass muster. Did you retrieve the claws? They fetch prices with goldsmiths.
swordchucksyo: (two fisted money style)

[personal profile] swordchucksyo 2018-03-24 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Fighter doesn't quite follow the first half of Black Mage's words, but that's pretty standard so he doesn't question it. Finally, though, there's a question he can answer, and answer it he does.

With a shrug.]


I don't know. I didn't question it. They told me I could have a sword and I was sold.

swordchucksyo: (The truth is out there)

Re: Random Encounter

[personal profile] swordchucksyo 2018-03-24 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
[He's not sure why she's laughing, but she seems to be in better spirits and that's all that matters.

He hadn't realized that he was supposed to bring back a part of it, though.]


How do I...? Do I just, like, cut off the paw? [There's an edge of distaste to his voice. That seems really gross, carrying around a chopped off limb like that.

And why do the goldsmiths want the claws? They smith gold! There's a conspiracy here somewhere. It's Dr Pepper and Mr Pibb all over again.]
soangryicouldtinkle: (Blasty time)

[personal profile] soangryicouldtinkle 2018-03-24 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Of course they did. Of course you were. Hey, do you see that weird mark on the ceiling?

[Nope, time to nip this in the bud. Hadoken style. So what if they're in closed quarters?

Someone doesn't know they don't have magic yet.]
nanaimo_bar: (nanamo12)

Re: Random Encounter

[personal profile] nanaimo_bar 2018-03-24 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Uh...

[Now that he said it, she... wasn't sure?]

I suppose we could clip it off.

[Unsheathing a dagger, she went over to the couerl and started to squeeze it's paw, lengthening a wickedly sharp claw. Carefully, she cut off the claw, just enough to make it a decent length. And then she did it with another and offered it to Fighter.]

Here, one for each of us. It might actually fetch a price at market.
mynameismikhail: (Considering Mikhail)

[personal profile] mynameismikhail 2018-03-24 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Wow!

[Mikhail sounds suitably impressed. Clearly, if this skeleton says its so, it must be true.]

Oh. I just didn't really think humans were usually friends with skeletons. Didn't seem like they'd be, since skeletons would usually just kind of lay in the ground. Or chase them.

What's flirting?

[Sorry the idea of flirting is entirely unknown to the baby dragon. You're gonna need to explain this one to him.]
mynameismikhail: (Alert)

[personal profile] mynameismikhail 2018-03-24 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
What are you then?

[The baby dragon quirks his head a little. There's no malice in his tone; he's simply, truly curious.]
dreamsoftomorrow: (♪ 25)

[personal profile] dreamsoftomorrow 2018-03-24 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm not sure where else to look," He replied with a nod. "But yeah, they are my new family. I've looked for them since I got here. I don't think they arrived with me, at least not yet."

People are still being pulled out of the Dream Width, right? Maybe it was just a matter of time.

He tilted his head in thought, glancing down at the iMog tablet. "Well, I was trying to see about getting a job. I honestly don't know what I want from this place. You already got your Blitzball, I don't have anything." What would he have done had he not been crystal at home? Look for his dad and probably figure out a way to return to some semblance of a normal life. "I guess going to school would be the thing for me to do. But this place is all new to me, I don't really want to be holed up in a dorm."

He sighed and laid back on the grass. "How do you choose a path when you got so many directions to take?"
mynameismikhail: (Scary Dragon Baby)

[personal profile] mynameismikhail 2018-03-24 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
Whoa. That's big! That's dragon big!

[Well, Mikhail is suitably impressed.]

I mean, I knew there were big monsters in the ocean. I didn't know there was anything like you though.

[At a year old, there was still a great deal the dragon didn't know.]
twomeals: ([derp] 02)

[personal profile] twomeals 2018-03-24 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah, Hunk is laughing...he smiles awkwardly, hesitating a bit before reaching for one of those cookies.]

I've seen different-colored food before...but mostly it was frosting, I think? And I've never seen a cookie that was so many different colors...

[Biting down--gosh he loves cookies. Birds like grains, kids like sweets, it's like the perfect combo. He's got manners though! Taking small bites to make the one cookie last longer.]
how_do_i_shot_dog: (end)

hiiiiiiiiii

[personal profile] how_do_i_shot_dog 2018-03-24 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Rinoa blinks up in surprise when she hears Selphie's voice. If she was here too then maybe for whatever reason that's where they all were!]

Selphie! I'm so glad you're alright!

[ Regardless of who is and isn't here with them, she throws her arms around her friend, happy to at least see one of the others were with her. And Selphie would probably be her top choice after her knight.]

I was trying to get to the field but when I woke up here I thought I was going to be all alone.