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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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[ Futaba's demeanor shifts... rather significantly. She's... probably gonna be the bearer of bad news here? And while she's never really liked that before, even right now it's... She doesn't know. She can't put words to it, which is annoying. Something about it is making her anxious though. ]
This place is like some... stupid alternate reality where time is weird. Like one of those sci-fi movies or shows or something? [ She's... digressing a bit ] Ren and Makoto and I all got here with the first wave. That was six months ago.
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What? But--but that's not possible! I was literally with you the whole time back at home, and--
[ she stops herself. futaba looks troubled enough, and with how she reacted earlier to ann's arrival makes it even more clear that there's more to this story than ann thinks. she shakes her head, takes in a deep breath. ]
Okay. Time is weird. Can you tell me more about that, Futaba?
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She realizes she's... drifted too far into thought. Pulls herself back. ]
Right. [ More time weirdness, right. ] What's... um. What day was it for you, back home? Because for me... it was November 20th.
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[ ann has to hold herself back from freaking out again--granted, she is on the inside, but she's trying her best to reel herself in so as to not stress futaba out even more. ]
It was October for me. October 11th. [ ... ] If you're really from the future, you'll know why that date wasn't difficult to remember.
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... Haru's dad.
[ The breath she takes is a shaky one. Two breaths actually. Three. ]
Makoto... won't tell me much yet. Pretty sure she's worried about messing things up somehow, though I... don't think that's a problem, anymore. She says... that it all works out though. That it'll be okay. She's from April. 2017. Ren's from Christmas Eve.
I... can tell you what happens up to when I'm from at least. If... you wanna do that now. It gets... pretty intense though.
[ To say the least. Then again, now may just... not even be a good time for it? Ann just got here, they just ran into each other. There's so much to explain and do. ]
p5 spoiler territory!!!
[ futaba remembers it, too. ] That...that wasn't our fault, was it?
[ little does ann know that her question is going to lead to some very complicated truths. things that she may not ready to hear. but she wants to know.
(it's still weird that makoto and ren are here, too, and ann will have to talk to them on her own time.) ]
I want to know what happens. You guys are all ahead of me, and I want to be on the same page as one of you, at least. But don't push yourself either, alright?
so many spoilers
We should probably wait until we're... not here, at least.
[ She knows a good library nearby? Though she pauses, to add one very important thing. One she hopes will be reassuring at least. ]
It wasn't. [ There was a lot more to it, but.... ] Haru's dad. It wasn't us.
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[ sorry, futaba. she just got really eager. good thing she kept it pretty vague, at least?
ann starts looking around for a place where they can get some privacy to talk about this, but then... it wasn't us.
she looks at futaba with relief in her eyes. she'd been worrying about it so much, ever since she got here, so to hear that makes her relax. she hadn't realized how tense her shoulders were until now. ]
You can tell me more about it once we find somewhere to go.
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Thankfully I know a good place or two. Perks of being here a while.
[ She waves her hand in a 'come on' sort of gesture, leading them towards a hallway lined with small offices and meeting rooms and libraries and the like. ]
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Alright. Lay it on me.
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We left before Okumura's Shadow went back to his real self, right? Because the station was blowing up. Well... after we left, someone else came in and killed him.
[ She taps the toe of one of her feet into the ground anxiously. ]
You just... saw him die, right? Well... in the next few days, it's gonna get worse. Everybody's going to start blaming us, saying we did it. Which is exactly what the people who actually killed him want.
... we were played. Ever since Medjed, they've been setting us - the Phantom Thieves - up to take the blame for every mental shutdown that's been happening for the past two years.
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no. she can't stand for it. ]
Who is it? Who's framing us?
oh right more P5 spoils
Shido. That's the name I got right before I got here. Right before.
But honestly? Something like this is big. Haru's dad said that he'd put in requests for mental shutdowns. No way he's the only one.
[ They had whole groups of men ready to cover up her mother's death. Controlling the mass media. They're dealing with a conspiracy here. ]
But Shido's in charge. And he's definitely ordering the mental shutdowns.
[ Heard it from the hitman's mouth, after all. ]