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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!

theoldhope: (reasoning)

[personal profile] theoldhope 2018-03-18 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Though he had been starting to lose his patience, Obi-Wan tries to look more composed for the sake of being a reliable role model - and a Jedi.

"Hello there," he says to the young girl with a light smile. "I seem to be having trouble grasping the controls of this... this slate." He may come from a very technically advanced civilization, but he tended not to tinker with technology beyond whatever he needed for his missions. "I don't wish to impose, but if you feel that you can help, you're more than welcome to."

He then gestures for his Moogle to surrender the iMog Slate to her.
chocobosnap: (Let's get serious a moment)

[personal profile] chocobosnap 2018-03-18 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Prompto swallows and shakes his head]

It's n-not that bad as long as you don't look at the ground.

[It's the best plan he can think of.]

I have um, acrophobia. I'd rather be on the ground. The ground is good. V-Very solid.

[New people made him nervous, which was causing him to stutter and stammer, but he would get over that as he got to know people.]
conniemaheswaran: (ConnieExcitedSmile)

[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-03-18 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Connie chuckles. "Absolutely! It'll be nice to get some practice in on a more intelligent opponent after... wow, must've been over a week fighting monsters on that moon. After being fused for so long, it'll honestly feel kinda weird holding a sword on my own again, and that's not even taking into account the fact that apparently I'll be about as useful with a sword as I was before I even started tennis practice. Speaking of," she digs a pamphlet on jobs out of her pocket, poring over its pages, "if we're looking to get on track to getting our skills back as well as nabbing some actual gear, we might want to get on an airship to Nakagawa. Apparently the swordmaster guild is there, and they'll hopefully give us the asterisks we need. That sound good? I mean, I don't really have any plans, but I don't know about you."
resolvetochoose: (pic#12143069)

[personal profile] resolvetochoose 2018-03-18 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ Wh- ]

Boarding Boots?

[ And... jumping? Who said anything about jumping? She's feeling more than a little lost in this... sudden conversation? ]
chocobosnap: (Default)

[personal profile] chocobosnap 2018-03-18 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[He laughs nervously.]

R-Really? I wouldn't know. Coincidence.

[Prompto offers her a bit more of a brighter grin and applauds politely.]

Better than my version.
theoldhope: (unsure)

[personal profile] theoldhope 2018-03-18 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Obi-Wan's been around the universe, so a talking... miniature whale? ...doesn't seem as unusual as it could be. In fact, he wonders if the being is related to one of the species local to Mon Calamari or Karkaris.

At least the being seems to be alright - and a distraction from his own worries.]


I'm sorry. This must be quite the displacement for you. [He approaches the tank with a sympathetic frown.]
conniemaheswaran: (ConnieSmallSmile)

[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-03-18 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. If Steven never dragged me kicking and screaming out of my shell... I honestly don't know what would've happened to me." Connie shakes her head, smiling slightly. "He, well, um, he's pretty much the only reason I'm only lowkey freaking out right now rather than hyperventilating in the corner. And he's the one who pushed me to actually take up the blade, even though, erm, it was... rocky for a little bit. My teacher had a big projection problem."
boomchucka: (Default)

Selphie Tilmitt | Final Fantasy 8 | CRAU

[personal profile] boomchucka 2018-03-18 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
[NOTE: After the end of MoL, Selphie did return home but she's retained her memories from the previous game.]

Retrieval

[This isn't an odd feeling. This isn't even an unusual feeling. This is just a feeling to Selphie. It's just a feeling because she's felt this way before in a time long past. She sits up on the cot far too quickly, letting the dizzying waves pull her back down onto the cot. The second go around, she's moving at a gingerly pace before she swings her legs over the side and stands up.

This... isn't the hospital at Aqures Ixen and it isn't her dorm room either. It's an open area full of cots with a sea of faces to scan for the sight of those she knew. There was a feeling of loneliness bubbling inside her that she's hiding on the outside with a curious look. What had happened now? She walks slowly towards the windows of the airship and settles her hands on the sill to try and quell the light tremble in them.

They'd won... hadn't they?]


Sidequests

[To get her mind off her current predicament and to procure some extra funds, Selphie dived right into what felt the most familiar. Work. She wasn't the strongest or the swiftest but she eventually found some work that involved relaying messages and small packages. She has a kind but guarded smile for anyone she crosses paths with when her nose isn't glued to the map she'd obtained.

Perhaps she'll run into a few familiar faces?]


Wildcard

[The power is yours! ...Ahem. Want to do something completely different, go for it!]
resolvetochoose: (pic#12143092)

[personal profile] resolvetochoose 2018-03-18 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ Look, if there's anybody who probably knows a good deal about carrying a stack of books, it's Estelle ]

Oh, goodness, let me help you with those! Where are you headed?

[ Putting her own book down! She'll take that doorstop, but she'll also be trying to take a good half the stack, if she's allowed. Let her help a fellow book lover! ]
singerofspells: A humpback whale underwater.  Image is cropped around the head. (Default)

[personal profile] singerofspells 2018-03-18 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I don't normally travel in a tank. But it is not my first time swimming the high currents.

[S'reee considered whether to mention how she did travel on land. Wizardry was not common knowledge among Earth's human population. But what explanations she's gotten suggested this world was a bit more aware. Or else led an active fantasy life, as none of the lcoals' explanations of 'magic' matched wizardry, even among the human wizards she knew. Best to let the currents guide her here, and see where the man lead the conversation.]
warpstriking: (console ☈ a one-end maze)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-18 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
[It hasn't been that long for him, either - and he knew he was gone. He knew and he knew what will happen, yet he can't think about that now because he has to keep it together. Someone on this ship has to.

Prompto would notice: he has the same clothes on, the same ring on his right hand he did when Ignis told him to leave the three of them behind.]


I'm glad to see you, too.

[More than Prompto realizes, or maybe he does because he doesn't so much as fight that hug other than blink in surprise before returning it a second or two later as it registers. Even if he does make a bit of a face in doing so. Like a cat who really doesn't like to admit he likes being held.

It also makes keeping his emotions in check all the harder. He didn't have much time to spend in reflection before waking up in a cot as well.]


What brought this on? [He tries to sound a bit amused like he normally would, but after all that's happened the last few weeks it's... difficult.]
ninjainviolet: ([Focus])

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[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2018-03-18 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sheena had actually been pounding her head lightly against the wall in exchange for punching the wall as a hovering moogle fretted nearby.

Corrine was happy to see Sheena again, but the ninja's reaction to being here scared the poor little guy--until she had grown quiet and he noticed her staring at... ]


Jade? You're here, too? [ Sheena speaks before Corrine can and looks around. ] Is Rukia here as well?
conniemaheswaran: (ConnieNeutral)

[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-03-18 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
Connie thanks the Moogle and takes the slate, lips pursed. "Okay, what exactly do you need help with? I'll admit, I'm not the most experienced in these things either, but occasionally it's better to get help from somebody who only kinda knows what they're doing rather than a person who knows way too much about a certain subject. If that makes any sense. At all. Which I'm not certain it does."
boomchucka: (A smile to hide behind)

A!

[personal profile] boomchucka 2018-03-18 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Selphie's been pacing the aisles of cots on the lookout for familiar faces when Tidus's greeting stops her. She returns his smile with something a little warmer, a tad more on the sunny side of things as she shrugs.]

I'm hanging in there. Could've lived without that explanation though...
sullenstallion: (90)

wildcard;

[personal profile] sullenstallion 2018-03-18 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
[While drifting along the airship on the back of an unfortunate working-class Moogle, Midna is bound to come across an infirmary that's locked—which is odd, since that's where everyone has been grouping or waking up. Another inspection will reveal that the door is merely crudely jammed, and a good shove will allow her access to the secrets within.

And among said secrets is a certain periwinkle-haired monstrosity.

Dylas doesn't even lift his head when Midna enters his hideout. There's something strange about him—his antlers are missing—but it's the same mess of blue hair, that stupid scar on his face. He's wrapped himself in one of the blankets from the cupboards nearby and rests with his arms and head on a crate, his sleeping body hidden from view for now.]
transect: (:o)

[personal profile] transect 2018-03-18 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Don't be ridiculous, you came here for a reason, didn't you?

( a reason rutile is already looking for. looking you up and down for anything that might look... ) There, is that— have you ruined your finish?
ninjainviolet: ([Skit!Wonder])

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[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2018-03-18 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Technically, Sheena isn't a newcomer, but it's obviously been a very long time since she's been here. And while she's seen a few familiar faces, one of the last ones she had expected to see is now before her, wearing a grin and native clothing.

It's his introducing himself that clues her in as to what happened. He had been reborn, and her shock at seeing him slowly gives way to a warm happiness.

"Hello, Jack. My name's Sheena. Sheena Fujibayashi. Is there anything I should know that's not covered in the pamphlets they gave us?"
somebodyperfect: (Default)

Lea | KH:3D's

[personal profile] somebodyperfect 2018-03-18 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
Retrieval

[Lea's in a sorry state, truth be told. He's out cold much longer than most people on the ship, and when he finally comes to, he's dizzy and out of it. It takes him several glances at his reflection to realize what's changed.]

I'm... a person again.

[A strange thing to say, certainly.]

Up in the Sky

[While his fighting skills are still there, he can't seem to summon his weapon or use his pyrokinesis. It makes travel dangerous, especially when you can only throw rocks (for what it's worth, he hasn't noticed the cowlick; his whole head is cowlicks). He's on his way to join his first guild for that reason, but for now, he's bored!]

So... What're you traveling for?

Let's Be Adventurers!

[To be honest, being reborn into this world? Kind of a dream come true. It may not have some of the people he knows and loves but it's got chocobos and adventure and that's nearly as good. Right now, he's looking at the bird a little dubiously, though...]

They don't kick, do they?

Wildcard

[Wanna do another prompt or something else entirely? GO FOR IT!]
ninjainviolet: ([Skit!Wonder])

Retrieval

[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2018-03-18 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ That brown hair, the flip... Sheena recognizes it almost immediately. It seems just like yesterday since she had last seen the young woman, when they had parted ways after the celebration. Sheena had journeyed with Albel...

Okay, that line of thought just angers her slightly, so she focuses on following Selphie, stopping when she's a few feet away. Silently watching her, she finally breaks that silence with one word. ]


Selphie?

[ ooc: Sheena never went home. She had gone to Albel's world, where she had been taken like RIGHT when she got there. ]
righthandstand: or cautiously watching while eating Italian (popcorning)

[personal profile] righthandstand 2018-03-18 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
My what?

[He stops - big mistake, she sees the burn marks on his wrist and his old scars on his face.]
boomchucka: (A smile to hide behind)

Re: TEMPORARY MOGNET

[personal profile] boomchucka 2018-03-18 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Congratulations! You are now the proud inheritor of a brightly coloured sticky note of a cartoon sun!]
warpstriking: (pride ☈ it has begun)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-18 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Understatement of the era. Well, maybe not that long, yet he can't help but be excited as this was the first time he could actually see outside the airship. Though that only made the sharp reminder that the owner of the other voice could not. It doesn't damper his enthusiasm any, though. If anything, he only smiles that much more genuinely.

"Yeah, no kidding." It almost didn't feel as though they were moving in the first place. Were it not for the sight without or the hum of the engines within, Ignis could have been forgiven for thinking otherwise. "We're also pretty high up, so probably because of the clear skies."

regalblaze: (Post Altissia 4 🔪 worried)

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[personal profile] regalblaze 2018-03-18 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Why does he suddenly feel as if they are stuck? This couldn't be a better example of saying 'blind leading the blind'.

Still, Ignis says nothing, standing very patiently next to Prompto, giving him time to try and figure out the way. It was usually Noctis and Ignis that navigated the map, and considering that they are in the middle of nowhere, Ignis gives the blond a benefit of the doubt.]


Check the legend again and just follow the markers, [he offers. He's not sure just what kind of map it is, but it should have something to help with reading.]
forestsong: (11)

[personal profile] forestsong 2018-03-18 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
School isn't that bad, is it?

[The young girl speaking up at Okuyasu has a warm, friendly smile on her face. Saria can't help but be a little amused by his reaction. Back in Kokiri Village, they have to learn and study, too, but it's nothing like a real school. The schools described to her by the Deku Tree are so much bigger and have so many more students.]

The more you learn, the more you'll be able to teach everyone else, right? I bet you'll know more about the world in a month than most of us will.
conniemaheswaran: (ConnieEmbarrassedSmile)

Retrieval

[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-03-18 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Connie, who had been digging through the many, many pamphlets on magic that had been handed to her next to Lea's bed, started when he woke up, some of the paper flying out of her hands. "Ah! Oh. Um. Hello. Hi. Sorry, let me get out of your way, I was just looking for a quiet place to read, um, sorry," she mumbles, gathering up her reading material. Noticing Lea looking intently at the window, she sighs, saying, "It's... kinda crazy up here, I know. I've been told I'll get used to it, but, um, the stars are different. That's the weirdest part, at least for-" At Lea's comment, her eyebrows shoot up, and she asks, curiosity piqued, "...if you don't mind me asking, which, um, you probably do, what do you mean by... that?"
Edited 2018-03-18 02:42 (UTC)