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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Prompt A

Sorry, whatever you were doing, it was interrupted by a girlish scream as a man dressed in red and black head to toe busted out and grabbed the nearest person in a total and complete panic.

"You have to send me back!" he yelled. "I don't wanna go through another wonderful heroic adventure where everyone treats us like crap until we save the day once! I went through that once before, never again! Put me back where I belong!"

"You'll have to forgive my partner-kupo" Said a moogle flying by. He seemed to be wearing a mask similar to what the other man was doing. "This is Deadpool and I am Deadmoog. We just got through going through one adventure like this and, well... he's not happy to go through Round 2."

"Where's my Fresh Staaaaaaaart?" Deadpool whined, dropping to his knees.

Curti Center

Despite the people at the Curti Center trying to get Deadpool to understand the severity of his situation and that he has options to mess with, Deadpool is... busy look at a map of this world.

"Who named your world? It's like a bad game of Scrabble!" Deadpool said. "And these towns and oceans and..." Deadpool stops, glares and leans down at the map before looking back up and at someone. "I'm suing for Copyright Infringement."

Mognet

"Oh, you've gotta be-- even in THIS world, the Moogles are lazy and strike-prone!"

Mognet's down, Deadpool had things to do... so, he was going to march his annoyed little self down somewhere to find answers. Even if it's by threatening a Moogle with the ol' swordplay and violence.

"Alright, fuzzball - the swordsman in me is getting very prone to writing out my threat to you in flowery prose, so spit it out - why's the net down today?"

"I-I-I have no idea-kupo! I'm just a lowly Moogle!" the terrified creature said.

"Deadpool, you know that's not how we introduce ourselves!" Deadmoog replied.

"You're right. I should use a gun." And Deadmoog facepalms.

Eyes wide, Connie stutters, "Sir, uh, number one, could you please let go of me, two, I'm... sorry for your loss? Yeah, that sounds like it wasn't, um, a good experience. Three, do you think you could fill in us newbies about these weird heroic adventures that apparently happen on a cyclical basis?" She pauses. "Also, do you have any advice for job optimization? I mean, considering that you've been through the wringer once before, um, I'd think, um..." She looks down at the man, raising his eyebrow. "Or maybe I should just give you some space."

"Huh? Oh, right." And Deadpool releases Connie. "Now, I'm pretty sure the whole thing is going to go like this: we're the first ones here, so no one knows how awesome we are, so they're gonna treat us like crap. Give it a month or two and we'll meet the bad guys who are causing trouble. They'll go about wrecking things, we step up and wreck things back, citizens realize how cool we are and accept us as awesome heroes. I'd tell you more, but, surprise, spoilers!"

"As for job optimization? Oh, no can do!" He holds out his old crystal, completely dark. "No more juice. We're about as compatible as 3.5 floppy on an Alienware! So I'm at a lost at that!"

Connie smirks. "I'd argue with you that real life doesn't follow patterns to that degree, but considering that this situation bears more similarity to comic book crisis crossovers than it does to any kind of reality I'm acquainted with, this has already happened to you once, and we're currently in an airship hovering above a planet roughly modeled off of JRPGs in an interdimensional void doesn't really give me any ground to stand on." She winces at seeing Deadpool's crystal. "Yeeowch. They don't even let the vets off easy on the powers front, do they?"

Deadpool might not have recognized the purple hair as he grabbed Sheena from the back, but the ninja definitely knew that voice. After all, how could she forget the man who confused her with just about everything he said?

Without turning around, she sighed and said, "Deadpool, if you don't let go of me, you're going to find yourself unarmed!"

Yeah, Sheena wasn't exactly thrilled to be here right now, either.

Waaaaait. That voice.

"Boob ninja! How could I forget that voice!? And that chest! And that-- AUGH!" And Deadmoog smashes him upside the head.

Forgive my partner's rudeness. It's good to see you again, Sheena." The moogle said.

And as Deadmoog whaps Deadpool upside the head, Sheena's taking a shot to his torso with her elbow. "You just don't know when to quit, do you, Mouth?"

Turning, she glares at him before turning to Deadmoog. "Deadmoog! It's good to see you, too! I see you're stuck with this guy again. I'm so sorry." She looked around. "Have you seen Corrine, my Moogle from before? He's flown off somewhere."

"Afraid I have not. So far, that is. Dealing with this maniac is a handful as it is-kupo." Deadmoog replied, pointing to the collapsed Merc with a Mouth.

"...I'm okay..." Deadpool wheezed.

"Damn. If you see him, could you let him know I'm looking for him?"

Following the pointing finger, Sheena crossed her arms and looked him over for a moment. "That's debatable." She looked at the Moogle impishly. Despite appearances, she was actually happy to see Deadpool. She had come to like the guy--in spite of his confusing her so much.

"Think we should leave him there and look for some Kupo Nuts?"

The other moogle that Deadmoog is talking to doesn't seem impressed at all. She just stared at the masked one as deadpan as she could manage before wiggling and squirming out of his grasp as he sank to the ground.

The hooded moogle fluttered in front of him, little paws on her hips as she glared down at him.

"Don't think I forgot what you did in Crystallis, kupo! You can't complain about people treating you badly when you turned on all of us. You're lucky Mary didn't take you down, kupo!" Mary had spared Ales, but Bonnie doubted Deadpool would have honestly garnered the same mercy if it had come to it.

“Oh, c’mon, are you going to hang that over me? That was a game ago! New game fresh start... wait, we’re in a sequel, aren’t we? Damn.” Deadpool complained.

”It would probably be for the best if that information was kept on the downlow-kupo.”

Bonnie frowned all the more. She remembered going off with Mary and Saori at the end of the last adventure. She was unsure how she wound up here now.

"What information? Keeping secrets from us again won't make people happy, kupo."

”Hmm, you’re right.” And, at that, Deadmoog turns to face Deadpool. ”For the sake of the mission, we’ll have to warn everyone that you are a dangerous criminal that cannot be trusted.”

“What?! You can’t do that to me!” Deadpool yelled.

"I agree, kupo. Last time you joined the enemy and tried to stop us from saving the world, kupo. If you're going to be a Hero again, you're going to have to prove it, kupo."

Bonnie was in a huff, her paws on her rounded sides as she glared at the red clad whiner. She might be easy for him to move physically, but she would not be moved on this subject.

Kefka laughs as the bizarre man launches out and grabs a hold of him, shaking him. This is already off to an entertaining start. At least not everyone here is some poor sadsack, boo-hooing in the most bland and boring way possible.

"Back! He wants to go back, he says!" Kefka says between bouts of laughter, grin widening as he slaps a hand on Deadpool's back. "You're in luck, my friend, because I know how to get you back exactly where you belong!"

TEST DRIVE MEME

Deadpool | Marvel Comics (MoL CRAU)

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