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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! 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
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Luuuuuna!
[This moment is more than Ravus has dared to hope for. Each Eosian signal picked up in the Dream Width has thus far yielded more Lucians, or objects from their home. Now, rising disheveled from her cot is the one person Ravus has prayed to see again.]
...Lunafreya... [It comes out a hitching whisper. He stumbles forward, hardly believing his eyes.]
Sister. [He longs to embrace her, but he hesitates. He is not sure he deserves to act so familiarly. How was so foolish, for so long, allowing Lunafreya to suffer on her own while he schemed in vain to change their fate.
He extends his hands to take hers, if she will allow it.]
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She's proud of him, still, and she does not hesitate to embrace him.
It's been so long since they have. It's been so much distance between us, but after all that has happened to her, she deserves for her brother to not be so formal, doesn't he?]
Brother.
[Don't be a limp fish, Ravus.]
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Ravus brings his arms up around her, mindful of the strength of his magitek limb. He ducks his head down, and is absolutely not tearing up.]
...I thought you were lost to me...[His voice sounds strangled, but there's no help for it.]
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[In a way, she had been. In a way she was lost to them all. An Oracle's duty extended beyond death, but only for their King. Only Noctis would not lose her.
And after everything her brother had done...
While she cannot forgive him for all of his actions, she knows it came from a good place in his heart. She does not agree with him, but she understands him. He played his part, just like she did.]
Never.
[Her voice is soft, and she's grateful for his strength more than ever. A lesser man would have crumpled, and maybe it's foolish to still believe in her brother's strength, but...
But she does, even as she knows he must be a different man, now, after being freed from the burdens he was forced to bear.]
Though you don't need to hide your tears from me.
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What do you remember?
[He can't let go of her just yet. The memory of Lunafreya fading from his arms in Altissia haunts him. She looks disheveled, but perhaps she has been spared experiencing the worst of it.]
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The Altar.
[It's vague, but clear enough to tell him everything he'll need to know.]
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I am sorry. I tried to reach you, to help you, but I was too late.
[He can count his life in a series of failures, each one leading up to this last and greatest one.]
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[But there was too much against him. Too much had conspired to make sure the Oracle would pass on, but...
Her duty was not finished there. She knew she would continue on, and would be able to help her King, but that does not mean everyone would accept that so easily.]
And I do not hold that against you. What happened was... [Inevitable. A tragedy. Her fate, though perhaps she should have fought against it herself, if it would cause this pain to her brother, to her love. To everyone.] It was meant to be, but that means nothing, here.
We can start anew.
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Yes. Here, you can finally find your happiness. [If Ravus has to single-handedly defeat Bahamut to ensure it, he will. He takes a step back.]