memesofeternity | 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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Somethin' about some big conflict and people destroyin' themselves...

[Boy, was this ever the wrong topic to begin his adventure with. Whoever heard of a magnificent fantasy adventure starting off with a story about a world's destruction?

Let's switch gears. He clears his throat and looks back to Amanda all the more intently.]

How 'bout you? What kinda place did they pull you in from?

[ There're some dark adventure stories. ]

Oof, grim.

[ Amanda rolls her shoulders, stretching a bit. ]

I dunno. The grass is green, the sky's blue, water's wet?

I try not to think about it.

[True; but Red hasn't played Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Bastion, Fallout, Half-Life 2, or any other of those multitudinous adventures that start off with a story about a world's destruction. He just reads trashy comic books.]

C'mon, it was like that above the clouds too. There's gotta be more to your life than the color of the grass.

[ Amanda hasn't either, really, but she'd probably enjoy dicking around in the newer Fallouts at least??? ]

I dunno, I just got yanked out of school for this. Witch school, which... isn't super relevant any more, and I'm seriously not gonna miss the lessons or the annoying teachers, but I wish I could drag my friends along y'know?

Well, yeah. Seein' a brave new world's great and all, but it ain't any fun if ya gotta do it without any friends.

That's why we all have have fla--

--I'm sorry, did you say "witch" school? W-I-T-C-H?

I... yeah?

[ She blinks a few times. ]

What, dog planet doesn't have witches?

[His eyes practically light up. Dog planet might not have witches, but it DOES have comic books and trashy shonen cartoons. And unfortunately for Amanda... Red's kind of a nerd.]

That sounds amazing!! Do you all fly around on brooms playin' fireball tag with each other?-- OH! or didja ever fight an evil wizard with your friends??

[ Hey, as long as the word 'witch' is something she doesn't have to explain from the ground up she's fine. Still, a world without witches sounds... she doesn't know. What would she do with herself? ]

I mean, I love flying on brooms and I'd totally play fireball tag if people weren't worried about a few second-degree burns. Pansies. And no, but we did fight a missile.

Missiles? Those aren't too tough; just gotta turn 'em the other way around. [A sage nod, as though he had just spoken the most simple and self-evident truth in the world.

But his excitement soon chills, and it's back to leaning against the mast with a swish of his tail and a grumbling sigh.] Hope you didn't have a big test comin' up, though; I asked around but couldn't get a word on when we're gettin' sent home.

I mean, normally, but this one was corrupted by evil magic. And it was nuclear.

[ ...and she didn't really do any actual fighting she just helped the Main Characters get high enough into the atmosphere. ]

Not like I give a damn anyways.

Nuke-lee-ur? [Must be some kinda magic he'd never heard about. But that wasn't the important part of the story, anyway.]

Not so eager to return home, huh? I dunno if I like the sound of it, myself; I like a change of scenery just as much as the next guy, but it's a little worryin' when you don't have a ticket back home.

Hope they've got somethin' lined up for us down there.

Yeah, bad stuff. [ The 'magic' of splitting the atom. ]

School's whatever. I'm gonna miss my friends, but I'm expecting them to find some stupid way here in like, two weeks tops.

[ ...maybe someone can app one of them. ]

I'll just get by until we hear more.

I'll keep an eye out for anyone I see comin' in with a broomstick and a big hat. [A big, sharp-toothed grin formed around his chewing bone... which then snapped between his teeth with a crunch. Red quickly tugged it from his mouth and dropped it off the side of the airship...

...only to retrieve a small case from his pocket and pull out a replacement bone, popping it into his mouth to replace the old one.]

Who should I tell 'em to look for? Don't think I caught your name.

[ 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.

Hey, this is only my second. [Besides, he could quit any time he wanted to; he's just a little stressed out, new world and all. And he doesn't want to.]

Alright. I'm Red, by the way. Red Savarin, Hunter-for-hire.

[Speaking of which...]

Don't you get a title as a witch, too? 'Madame' something or 'Witch of the' something?

And you just got here.

[ Red. Hunter for hire. Sounds like a cool job. ]

I mean, all that usually happens after graduation, you know?

So what? It takes the edge off after havin' just jumped between worlds.

You can bum one if you like, y'know. [Humans probably chew bones too, right?]

...I don't think that's gonna help.

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