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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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uponjade: (The million of strange shadows)

Seth Nightlord | Trinity Blood

[personal profile] uponjade 2018-03-20 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
A : Retrevial

[ While some people are quick to wake up, Seth is not one of them. She's stilled bundled up on the cot in a little ball trying her best to try and sleep. The unfortunate little bits of commotion seems to stir her enough to roll towards the edge of the bed, one arm lazily thrown over it. ]

Whose there...? [ barely awake and eyes still closed she groans. She doesn't seem set on waking up and acknowledging the real world yet. ] Mirka, I don't want to play dress up. It's too early.

[ Someone might want to actually explain what's going on here. She's not here yet at all. ]

D: Guilds

[ What else can a person do in a strange land other than try to adapt? Seth is all about these "jobs". She's pretty hard to follow as she's ran between every guild that interests her. Mages, ninja, but finally she decides on something a little different.

Seth takes dragoon. Once she's in the armor with a lance in hand she raises it up to the sky with a grin. Ignore the decorative spikes on her they're just an accent piece.
]

For stealing me from my home I'll admit this is pretty cool.

[ She's going to turn the closest person to her with a confident smirk. ]

What do you think? Think these jobs make up for the weirdness?

G: Getting another job...almost

[ She found out about more pamphlets and she is trying to keep up that lie she had back at home. So she has a few about various schools. In reality she is more than old enough to have gone through countless various programs. She's got to play pretend.

She's seated on a bench with the pamphlets laid out open on what space she has left on it.
]

I wonder which one of these have a program like the one back home. Does this world even have college? If it doesn't I'm going to be in trouble...I don't want to fall behind in my studies.

[ So she lets out a loud, melodramatic sigh complete with a exaggerated throwing her arms up in the air. ]

The tragedy of it all! Plucked before I can even finish school!

[ She's being a drama queen. ]
garyoutensei: (we are the creatures you fear)

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[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-03-21 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
No. -A flat, dry response from the one-armed Swordmaster she'd decided to talk to. She didn't even turn back to Seth to say it, still staring off into... whatever it was she was looking at.-
uponjade: (Love goes on)

[personal profile] uponjade 2018-03-26 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Seth shrugs nonchalantly, after all she couldn't exactly blame the other for the response. Still she wanted to keep playing at conversationalist.]

I suppose it doesn't quite equate to the gravity of taking people from their homes with no promise of return. [ She's entirely too casual about it. ]

What would you want then? Besides home or something ...oh I don't know, maybe something sentimental.
garyoutensei: (what it is what it be)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-03-26 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
The chance to take the head of whoever is responsible. -Also flat, but not nearly as dry. For Baiken, she'd been interrupted on her life's bloody path, and that was worthy of the same consequences as the one she hunted for daring to get in the way.-

Does that count as sentimental?
uponjade: (But time does not return again)

[personal profile] uponjade 2018-03-27 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
No but I see you're not a fan of subtle. [ She shrugs, dismissive at first about the idea. Seth lulls her head from side to side for a few moments as if she's giving the idea some real thought. ]

Tell me, lets say that hypothetically there is only one person responsible. How do you figure taking their life would fix it? If it is a power unique to one person wouldn't taking their life certainly doom us all to this place?
garyoutensei: (watching myself lose)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-03-27 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I have no reason to be concerned about a single one of you people. -There was a lack of sincerity in that line. Like something she felt she should believe, but wasn't wholly true, either.-

But of course I wouldn't kill them until a way back to my original path is returned to me.
iwagmyhair: (no you really do smell)

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[personal profile] iwagmyhair 2018-03-21 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I think they have, um... magic... colleges?

[ Tomoko is in a similar situation, albeit one where she actually is the age she looks and probably does need to go to school. if only secondary and not anything higher. That said, she wasn't exactly fond of her last school, so, she's basically putting her own pamphlets on the world's general schooling back.

Very undecided.

That doesn't stop her from giving Seth an uncertain look and that vague answer, though.
]
uponjade: (See beyond the morning)

[personal profile] uponjade 2018-03-26 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Truth be told she's glad for someone who might be able to work as someone to bounce ideas off. A little more decisiveness wouldn't hurt but considering the whole ordeal she can't blame her.

Seth presses a pamphlet to her face with a tiny frown and groan.
]

You know I am curious about it. Magic isn't a thing where I come from. On the other hand I'm sure my professors would never let me live it down if I switched half-way through a degree.

[ She lets out a long, melodramatic sigh. ]

What about you? Anything here stick out to you?