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memesofeternity2018-03-17 08:14 pm
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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! 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! |
robyn lanner || ffxiv adventurer oc (not a warrior of light!)
Incredible...
[ looking at him now, one would hardly guess that robyn was just as disoriented and confused as any of the other new arrivals upon his awakening. but, well, waking up disoriented and confused in an entirely new environment isn't exactly a new experience for him, and he's learned to adjust.
right now he's adjusting with his face practically glued to one of the windows, craning his neck as far as he can to see as much as he can of the surrounding space. if the window weren't there, it's extremely likely (and apparent) that he'd be leaning out of it. ]
So many stars... Whoa— Look, look! Did you see that?!
[ if your character happens to be walking or milling about nearby, congratulations: this small blond hyur is going to be grabbing for their attention, literally. ]
D. GUILDS
[ there had long been word on the streets of ul'dah of an order of red mages, those who could wield a sword as deftly as the black and white arts, and robyn had only occasionally entertained fantasies of seeking them out before setting the thought aside and returning to his thaumaturgical studies. but now that he was here in this strange world, where the opportunity to take up red magic was right before him... how could he possibly pass it up? ]
Wow...
[ he's already picked up a sword — a light one-handed blade, not as flashy as some of the rapiers he's already seen around the guild, but simple enough for him to get started with — and is weighing it in his hand, marveling at how the knowledge he needs to wield it already seems to be bubbling up inside him. he adjusts his grip, takes a practice swing— ]
Oh— Sorry! [ looks like he didn't take enough care to ensure that nobody was in the immediate area before he started swinging his sword around. fortunately nobody's hurt, but if your character is in the vicinity, prepare to be apologized at. ] Sorry, I'm so sorry! I didn't hit you, did I?
WILDCARD
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A. Retrieval
...they are...something to behold. [She admits, because the boy's enthusiasm is contagious. If she looks just with her eyes and ignores the terror of being so far above her earth that she can no longer see it, it actually is lovely.]
Still, I will be glad to have my feet back upon the ground once more.
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I've been on an airship before, but I never dreamed one could fly so high... [ he turns to the girl, almost literally starry-eyed. ] Have you ever— Oh! Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Robyn!
[ he doesn't know what passes for a proper greeting in this strange new world, so he settles for an enthusiastic dip of his head. honestly, the fact that he remembers to be even this courteous in the presence of a stranger is something of a marvel. ]
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I am Ovelia, of the Atkaschas of Ivalice. [She puts on a careful smile, at odds with the tear stains on her face.]
...this is my first airship as well. There are legends of great flying ships that once ruled the skies in the past, but I never thought to see one.
[What she carefully does not mention is that those past Ivaliceans caused a cataclysm with their hubris and thus lost their great inventions. She is trying to stay positive and enjoy the view.]
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nope, not a one. still, his face brightens at the thought that he's about to learn something new. ]
In the past, huh... How do you get around in your world, then? Just chocobos?
[ "just" chocobos, because it hasn't yet occurred to him that there might be another world out there without them. unimaginable, right? ]
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Mostly, although there are chocobo-drawn carts for transporting goods, and ships for travel over seas. I...did not have much occasion to travel, but when I did, I preferred to ride.
[Sadly, she could count on her fingers the number of times she had been able to take such trips.]
...do you travel often?
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[ so, so much of hydaelyn he has yet to see, and now he has an entirely new world to explore. sure, he'd like to get back to eorzea at some point, but until then...
it's then that he fully realizes what ovelia just said. if she hasn't gotten to travel much... well, there's only one thing he can think to say to that, and he turns to her with a broad smile. ]
Maybe you'll get to travel more now that we're here! You know, whenever we actually get to where we're going.
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She looks out at the sea of stars that surround their ship.]
Do you think... it will be safe? I have no escort, and we know not what awaits us at our destination.
[Ovelia has never so much as stepped out for a stroll without a guard nearby to watch over her. She laughs nervously.]
I am sorry, I must seem silly to a traveler like you, to fret so.
D
Jack deepens the smile, giving the new stranger an intentional flash of the dimples. "You're a newcomer, hunh? Still giving the jobs a try out?"
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Uh— Y, yeah... [ the fact that he's new around here must be pretty obvious, huh. he carefully puts his sword back in its scabbard so he doesn't risk another accident. ] I was studying magic back in my own world, but as long as I'm here, I thought...you know, maybe I should try something a little, uh. Different.
[ he wonders if it's equally obvious that he has barely any idea what to do with a sword. maybe he should try and change the subject, just in case. ]
So, uh. What about you?
A, because small humans need to stick together?
--getting yanked to the side by another - especially excitable, too excitable - passenger via fingers on his sleeve. Luckily between his feet on the floor and his fingernails on the window pane he's able to catch his balance before he keeps stumbling and knocks them both onto the floor.]
--Geeze, yes, I see it! Watch your grabbing!
they can stand on each other's shoulders for support
in any case, he's being yelled at, and the question of whether or not he deserves it won't change that. time to enter apologetic mode. ]
Sorry, sorry! I just— I've never seen anything like this before, so I just thought...
[ he realizes just as the words start tumbling out that he's about to sound like an utter fool. but it's not like it's a crime to be honest, right? ]
I thought other people should get to see it, too.
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With these massive windows it's kind of hard to miss. And anyway, if you haven't seen anything like it before shouldn't you be more... I don't know. Freaked out, instead of excited?
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Why should I be freaked out? If I let myself be scared of every new thing I hadn't seen before, life wouldn't be very fun, you know?
[ it's entirely true that robyn has encountered more than his fair share of "new things" in the world on account of his own newness to it, whether at home in eorzea or wherever this airship is taking him, and it's entirely likely that this stranger might call him on the oddity of that. but, again, he doesn't yet see any problem with being honest. ]
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"New" things are one thing, but this is outlandish.