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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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[personal profile] part_timer 2018-03-25 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
"That makes a whole lot of sense. I hope the same doesn't happen to the human world." He scowled a little, folding his arms. "One of the church's goons collapsed a entire underground shopping mall to get at me and the Hero. I'm worried that Shiro will be in over his head."
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[personal profile] baeyek 2018-03-25 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
Kupo.

What in the gods names?

Bayek's eyebrows raise far underneath his hood, but, his expression is still shrouded by it. He folded his arms as the creature spoke. If it was a messenger of the gods, then they certainly had gained a sense of humor.

"Your teacher, eh? He must not have done well enough if I were able to catch you."

He did not even need Senu to point him in the right direction.
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[personal profile] baeyek 2018-03-25 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ moogles... Bayek still does not know how he feels about the little ones. ]

You've no door you can conjure to walk through? [ be gentle, Akira. he doesn't know technology. ]
spaceforged: seriously I'll just go totally crazy (Yeah we're working on it)

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-03-25 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
[He laughs again and holds up his hands.] Balance, maybe? And no, I don't want a normal job. It's just the fact it's even an option is a shock.

I want to continue our work. [It's what he does best. He thinks over the idea of a military job again and adds in a thoughtful tone of voice.] As an independent force. Miltary means loyalty to a cause I might not always agree with.

We have to make tough choices at times but the responsibilities and the decisions are always on us. [Not on someone further up the chain or further down it. Maybe he prefers his hands on the controls a bit too much to give it up easily. He won't examine that right now.]

I like working with our team and the idea of gathering allies for the cause of bettering the world instead of fighting a war....that's my vacation.
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[personal profile] baeyek 2018-03-25 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
Ninja? [ It is obviously a term he isn't quite ... familiar with. ] I do my best to be unseen, friend.
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[personal profile] baeyek 2018-03-25 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Strange, you would call someone you do not know a brother?" Bayek tilts his head. A test. One can bear their markings and not be a Hidden One. Betrayals are something that can leak into any Creed. A test that he had to learn for himself the hard way in the Sinai.
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[personal profile] boomchucka 2018-03-25 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Field...? Colour Selphie as mildly perplexed but she puts that issue to the side as she wraps her arms around Rinoa in turn.]

Of course I am! Who else is going to keep you all from getting down in the dumps?

[True to her promise to Sephiroth, she's going to be a light for others.]

I'm not gonna leave my friends alone when they need me.
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[personal profile] unyieldingspirit 2018-03-25 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Definitely not on a first meeting- it probably counts as that, after all.

K'pandolu flicks her ears back a little, but, well, she did expect that. She does grin at how impressed he sounds- with just a little embarrassment. "I've had quite a bit, if I say so myself," she says. "Then- you've just started helping out, too?"

She snorts, and spreads her arms. "Go ahead! Ask questions, if you like." Because she thinks she might need that in turn. For herself, she's wearing a light shirt, and hardworking pants and shoes, with a feathered circlet. It might be a little hard to tell- but there is muscle under there.
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[personal profile] twomeals 2018-03-25 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Yue blinks, stares--returns that grin with a wide smile of his own.

That smile widens even more at the cooking invitation; he gulps down the rest of his cookie before answering, because that's important, but--]


Mm, can I? I'd like that a lot! I don't know if they're claws or hands or talons but I'll do my best to help with them! Hehe.

[Being a bird doesn't mean you have to actually understand bird terminology! Just ask your local pigeons.]
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[personal profile] baeyek 2018-03-25 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
"One does not need to perform in order to misdirect." Bayek said with an air of humor in his voice. Oh, he had seen performers and what they were capable of. This man seemed to be biding his time. Waiting for the moment in which he would need to strike. A similar trait that the two of them shared.

He gave a small chuckle. "Starting fights already, eh?"

There were times he too had done such things. Yet, the days of being a Medjay and fighting to secure Cleopatra's reign seemed like a life time ago.
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[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-03-25 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
Connie spittakes. "What? That's horrible?! How many people did they murder just to try and kill you? And why are they going after one of their own, anyways?"
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[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-03-25 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
No worries, Naoto. Just... cover me if anything tries to eat me!

[ He laughs, except it's because he's terrified and not because he's joking. He shouldn't have waited to get those things out of the water, he shouldn't have waited a second. ]

And I gotta ask...

[ Hunk shrugs his backpack from his shoulders, suddenly but gently emptying the contents onto the leathers that were serving as a great cushion. There was a bunch of miscellaneous cooking supplies, and then a few white boxes, the kinds you'd see in a bakery. The speed and grace of it may be jarring, but it's almost like he packed the bag expecting to dump its contents. ]

Didja stop the mastermind?

[ And then he scampers off, empty backpack in tow, into the ocean. He was honestly hoping that Naoto would shout over him plowing into the waves, but all the good stories build up the listener's anticipation, and he's totally willing to wait until he has a sack filled with dead, bleeding sea lizards. ]

(ooc: If you wanna throw a monster at him then feel free, but also no pressure! )
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[personal profile] lordshield 2018-03-25 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
When Gladiolus’s voice cut through the room the graying man jerked as though he’d been shot. His large frame was frozen a moment as emotions and thoughts ripped through his mind and heart like a hurricane. If this were the afterlife then Gladiolus shouldn’t be here. He’d been sent away with Prince Noctis, and Ignis, and the prince’s enthusiastic friend. He was supposed to be safe, away from Insomnia and the worst of foreseeable events. If this place were truly the afterlife, Gladiolus had been claimed too soon, and it shattered Clarus’s heart like a bullet exploding through glass.

He turned slowly away from the random innocent he’d approached, collecting himself behind his usual calm mask to address his son, his heart beating wildly beneath his ribs. His son, his pride, was here. And the poor boy looked as put off as he did. They were warriors plucked from their battlefield by whatever force of gods and nature. They were lost together.

β€œGladiolus...” he regarded his son with veiled sorrow in his eyes. β€œIt seems I am not only among strangers here.” Sad as he was to think of his son’s fate, Clarus couldn’t help but feel relief at seeing him, and he stepped forward to embrace him tightly.
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YAAAAASSSS

[personal profile] dreamsoftomorrow 2018-03-25 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
Hope was enraptured the more Hunk spoke, now in a near role-reversal at this stage and, if at all possible, there'd be stars around his face at how in awe he was. They combined? That sounded really neat! Voltron, Defender of the Universe? How had his planet never heard of that? Hammy or not, Hunk had Hope. It was obvious the big guy was very proud of his position and the former l'Cie wasn't going to ruin that.

Not that he could find a reason to ruin it because, leg or not, being part of something big like that was really very cool! And, in a way, he could understand it. It reminded him of when they'd crashed the race back on Cocoon, all their Eidolons running around the speedway and causing havoc to start their take down of the fal'Cie.

"Whoa...!" He said, trying imagine it (and failing). "And your friends being Paladins with you, I bet that makes working together a lot easier, Hunk. Did you know them beforehand? What are they like? What are the other lions like? And what about the alien princess?"
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[personal profile] part_timer 2018-03-25 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Before I punched some sense into Lucifer, he teamed up with a corrupt member of the church. And they took out a lot of people, I was barely able to save everyone in the cafe. Fortunately something Lucifer pointed out later was that I can absorb fear to gain power. And that much fear spiking at once? That's a whole lot of power."
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[personal profile] theoldhope 2018-03-25 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Wizardry.... I see. [He repeats that to himself. From what his own experience, all forms of magic are actually applications of The Force. So it's not too unusual to him to consider, though admittedly it's a bit surprising for this particular species.]

That sounds quite impressive. It's a shame that your practice has been interrupted by this... [He glances around.] ...situation.
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[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-03-25 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
"At least you managed to save those people and turn your friend back around." Connie grimaces. "You sound almost fond of humanity, Sadou."
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[personal profile] part_timer 2018-03-25 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
"To be honest, I kinda am. I mean, I don't get them sometimes? But they're people too." said Sadou with a fond grin. "And Chiho, my co-worker kinda has feelings for me. And I can't let that go unanswered."
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[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-03-25 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Connie smiles. Despite being literal, actual Satan (or rather a literal, actual Satan), Sadou doesn't seem so bad. "I'm curious: what are you actually planning on doing with Earth once you conquer it?"
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[personal profile] righthandstand 2018-03-25 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
[So he doesn't have that Job and he's not a ninja. Come to think of it, this guy doesn't look Japanese at all.]

Who're you, then? And why're you so interested in my lunch?

[thief]
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[personal profile] part_timer 2018-03-25 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Institute a higher minimum wage for one," grunted Sadou with a frown. "Living on that is bullshit."

He laughed a little. "Strange huh? I want to improve the world, now that I'm free from most of the BS that Enta Isla heaped on me."
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[personal profile] lordshield 2018-03-25 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
Amy Rose was a strange-looking companion to be sure, and certainly not someone Clarus may have chosen for himself right off the bat, but she was eager and polite enough so far that he would remind himself not to dismiss her out of hand. Whatever she was wasn’t anything he’d encountered in Eos, but she was likely a perfectly normal person on her world. This wasn’t his world, Clarus was regularly reminded.

He caught the bridle of the wayward bird and held it steady a moment, petting its beak and shushing it softly. β€œIt’s alright, that’s a good bird.” The hedgehog was afforded a small understanding my smile as he released the bridle. β€œTry to put yourself at ease, Miss Rose. The chocobo will remain as tense as you are. Small rugs on the reins, a squeeze of your thighs when you want him to move. They’re gentle beasts, you just need relax a bit.”

His own chocobo was raring to go, and he patted the side of its neck before stepping into the stirrup to mount up. β€œI’ll be by your side, so don’t be afraid to call out should you require assistance. Are you ready?”
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[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-03-25 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but," Connie giggles, "if that's the case, I'd gladly help you out in whatever way I could if you were on my Earth. Forget Homeworld, humanity is on the fast track to Armageddon already. Peak oils, Sadou! How do we handle terminal decline without alternative energy sources!"
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[personal profile] part_timer 2018-03-25 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
"There's a reason magic exists. Even on alternate worlds, there's ley lines. Magical thaumaturgy to help supplement fossil fuels." He grinned. "I like the way you think though, Connie."
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[personal profile] modelcivilian 2018-03-25 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
[He should probably question how it works, but maybe not during a first meeting.]

You were sealed in a mountain? Why?