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Melodies Of Eternity Moderators ([personal profile] eternitymods) wrote in [community profile] memesofeternity2018-09-14 08:02 pm
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Test Drive Meme IV





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. The other newly-awakened people have no idea how they came to be here, but now's a good time as ever to introduce yourself to the others on the airship and glean what information you can.


B. CURTI CENTER

The researchers at the Curti Center are not quite so unprepared as last time, but it is still obvious that they are struggling to understand the sudden influx of interdimensional travelers from the Dream Width. "Please step into the lobby for a quick survey. Perhaps there is some common thread we haven't discovered yet..."

The staff will do their best to help the off-worlders settle in. They answer the questions they can, write down all proffered information they can about the arrivals' homeworlds, provide maps and pamphlets about Vaikuntha 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, considering they are still housing the previous arrivals here on the island.

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. PUMPKIN SPICE

Let us send shivers down your spine.

The weather has turned cooler, and with the arrival of autumn comes fall-themed treats, fall fashion, and of course, the beginning of the spookiest holiday season. Even though summer is still newly ended, it is not uncommon to already see people embracing the season in full force. Pumpkins and ghost-moogle decorations begin to appear on porches and in windows, stores offer a pumpkin version of everything, and there is so much orange.

It is all good fun in the day time, but there does seem to be a rise of monstrous activity after the sun sets...

K. WILD CARD

Feeling inspired to create your own prompt? The power is yours!

warpstriking: (do we really have to?)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-09-19 08:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Hey, it's part of his job. Besides, better in the sick bag than on someone's shoes.]

I work here. [He shrugs.] For today, anyway. Airship crews tend to switch every once in a while.

[Hunting only brought in so much, and with their skills previously being stripped from them (and he's slowly regaining some of his), he had a choice to make. Honestly, he's still surprised that Ignis didn't join him in the sky, but... his love of cooking and info gathering. It won out.]
witchwithoutacause: (keep talking)

[personal profile] witchwithoutacause 2018-09-19 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ursula can break that if she wants ifyouknowwhatimsayin

Amanda stands there a bit awkwardly, blinking. Ursula will find that she's wearing something a bit more dashing than the school uniform - a Red Mage outfit, sans some bells and whistles. ]


Not hard to take care of yourself around here, really. But uh, thanks for... worrying?
fell_cleave: (Untitled-13 copy)

B

[personal profile] fell_cleave 2018-09-19 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nope, no Omega here, just a big ol' dragon ready to tear us a new one. At least that's familiar!"

Nope, not the Warrior of Light, but a damned familiar face, considering that Koo'ri was one of the warrior's go-to's to take a beating whenever they needed a friend. "Sup Cid?"

Oh look, it's the Cleaver of Souls.
runaway_prodigy: (Cid's back)

[personal profile] runaway_prodigy 2018-09-19 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"A dragon... yes, that is familiar. A feeling I'd rather not experience again."

Cid shook his head at that. At least there was a familiar face or two here.

"Koo'ri, right? At least there's a familiar face. What's going on here?"
fell_cleave: (Untitled-5 copy)

Koo'ri Yagami | FF14 Stormblood OC | Totally Not A WoL

[personal profile] fell_cleave 2018-09-19 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Curti Center

Oh man this is cool. This is so really cool. Hey, I told you I'm fine!

[Koo'ri is being prodded, poked and otherwise doctored. He's pouting.] I told you I'm fine, really! I've taken worse hits than just faceplanting onto the deck of an airship. Really.

[Turning to the nearest person he said,] Tell them I'm fine.

Sidequests

[This was more like it, wandering around, having fun.

What was he doing now?]


Go gather ten geezard tails. All right, seems simple enough.

[Hefting his giant axe over his shoulder, he started skipping through the bushes, kicking a geezard out of the bushes until he had ten.] All right that's ten! This is easy!


Wildcard

Go Nuts.
Edited 2018-09-19 17:25 (UTC)
fell_cleave: (Untitled-12 copy)

[personal profile] fell_cleave 2018-09-19 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"You know, called to save, we answered. Shit happens."

Leaning on the door jamb, Koo'ri shrugged, the tall Au Ra grinning lazily. "You know me, I just go wherever things take me. One moment I was fishing in the Steppe, the next moment I was here, being fed some line about Bahamut deciding to wreck the world. AGAIN. Don't you guys have anything better to do than to call on a guy whose trying to just max his crafting skill?"
runaway_prodigy: (Smirking)

[personal profile] runaway_prodigy 2018-09-19 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Bahamut?!" Cid yelped, stepping back. He bowed his head as he went to rub his nose in frustration. "Great, another Calamity. Day just keeps getting better and better. And let me guess: we're just stumbling around in the dark in how we can stop this."

He can't help but smirk ruefully. "At this point, I'll take Omega's little games over this."
fell_cleave: (Untitled-3 copy)

[personal profile] fell_cleave 2018-09-19 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"There's apparently a summoner trying to pull it off. I say, we go find this summoner and punch his or her lights out." said Koo'ri.

"Well, you know, whatever works. Omega at least has the good graces to give us some downtime."
runaway_prodigy: (Pilot)

[personal profile] runaway_prodigy 2018-09-19 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Exactly." Cid said. "So, what are we working with in terms of supplies? Is the Warrior here or no?"

Hey, if he's here, then they have a better chance at succeeding. Hopefully.
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yells!!!! (Curti Center)

[personal profile] promiselisting 2018-09-19 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Unfortunately, he may not be trying to intimidate but when in the middle of crowds of new and unfamiliar people, Futaba is about as easy to intimidate as a stray cat. Even if she has come a bit more into her own here. She jumps a bit when bumped, cringes a bit when scrutinized. ]

N-nothing! I- [ Okay no that's a lie. Deep breath, Futaba. ] I'm just looking for a few people. Dunno if they'll be here, though.
fell_cleave: (Untitled-1 copy)

[personal profile] fell_cleave 2018-09-19 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Looks like it's the world against them, and there's at least one Warrior here," said Koo'ri. "Some kind of dimensional wibbly wobbly stuff is going on and it's pulling from all sort of worlds. So he is a she here."

A pause.

"Hey I listened to the lecture."
runaway_prodigy: (Tug)

[personal profile] runaway_prodigy 2018-09-19 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
“A woman?” Cid said, his voice amused. “Well, a Warrior of Light is a Warrior of Light. Frankly, though, I don’t like this talk of all of us being Heroes of Light.”
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[personal profile] fell_cleave 2018-09-19 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, like I got not beef with that. The Warrior's the Warrior. And they use the term Hero of Light here. Like it makes any difference." said Koo'ri.

"Me, a hero? I'm the guy who cleaves everything you don't want me being a hero of anything. I'm just the meatshield."
runaway_prodigy: (Default)

[personal profile] runaway_prodigy 2018-09-19 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
“And I’m the guy who supplies technical knowhow... and I fell you guys are going to need it in droves.”
fell_cleave: (Default)

[personal profile] fell_cleave 2018-09-19 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"I will say however, I will miss Eorzea and all of it's shenanigans, but if I can shenanigans here while searching for this summoner to beat the crap out of, I'll shenanigans here." said Koo'ri. "You got a working linkpearl? I tried using this iMog thing but it sucks."
runaway_prodigy: (Pilot)

[personal profile] runaway_prodigy 2018-09-19 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
“Haven’t tried mine and didn’t think to bring spares.” Cid said. “Though, an “iMog”? If it’s anything like those newfangled Tomestone devices they started releasing, I wouldn’t be surprised if they did work.”
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[personal profile] fell_cleave 2018-09-19 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh god the Tomestone. DID YOU KNOW IT DELETED MY HOUSE?!" Raged Koo'ri.

"IT DELETED MY HOUSE. HOW DID IT DO THAT."
runaway_prodigy: (thinking)

[personal profile] runaway_prodigy 2018-09-19 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Annd Cid’s going to facepalm. “How indeed. That does not seem possible at all.”
fell_cleave: (Untitled-6)

[personal profile] fell_cleave 2018-09-19 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know how it happened. I wasn't home for a few days, being out in Doma for a while, and then when I came back, it was deleted after I got my new Tomestone. Boom, nothing. No letter from the housing association of Hey we're going to demolish your house because you haven't been home in months, I was well under the time limit since the housing crisis started, and BAM. Deleted house."

Koo'ri groaned.

"If the iMog deletes my house here, I am going to eject this thing into the sun."
nyxus: (just stay here)

[personal profile] nyxus 2018-09-19 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nowhere really. I spoke to the Red Mage guild, but nothing that'll pay the bills yet." And just like that it felt like old times. A week wasn't long to be away from someone in your life. It was weird, no doubt. But they could pick up right where they left off and maybe everything would be okay? Maybe. He could harbor some reserved hope for that.

As they walked he made a conscious decision to slide his hand down to Ardyn's to hold onto. They hadn't ever done this in Thisavrou, strolled along the street holding hands. It really wasn't his thing, but he wanted that connection right now. He was also a little curious whether Ardyn would stand for it or not.

"How about you? You going to do the event organizer gig again? I think I'd be alright working in a kitchen again. It was fun."
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[personal profile] runaway_prodigy 2018-09-19 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"With a name like "iMog", I would honestly keep an eye on anything and everything connected to it." Cid said. "I wouldn't be surprised if they lazed around doing nothing."
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Re: Back in the saddle- Again

[personal profile] a_mad_engineer 2018-09-19 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Kayle chuckles, "Yeah, somehow... Some folks might say I'm the luckiest sonuvabitch in the Mojave, relating to that. When I say "went south" Serge, I mean I got shot in the head and buried in a shallow grave when my package got stolen."

She shrugs. "Surviving something like that, it kinda makes you rethink your life decisions."
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Re: Back in the saddle- Again

[personal profile] timecrash 2018-09-19 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
That takes some processing. "So, what, do they have White Mages where you're from? Or did it just... miraculously not kill you? I hope you found whoever did it."
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[personal profile] fell_cleave 2018-09-19 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Moogles man. I've got a love-hate relationship with anything moogle related. I ditched my own moogle before coming here." said Koo'ri with a faint hint of annoyance.

"He'll be here. He sounds like Jessup."
runaway_prodigy: (Default)

[personal profile] runaway_prodigy 2018-09-19 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
“And knowing my luck, mine will probably act like Jessie.”

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