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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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Re: (J) Richard Conway creates a Class Kerfuffle
"Well, let's see. You are an arrogant piece of work, you may in fact just have a straight up god complex, and you are a very, very cold man to be walking around in that and it makes me just a little bit sad for you that someone must have tricked you into a scheme to later harvest your nipples to create and sell 100% organically grown glass cutter-"
A pause.
"Wait, what was that about your father actually attempting genocide? I think that's the more interesting story here."
Re: (J) Richard Conway creates a Class Kerfuffle
Re: (J) Richard Conway creates a Class Kerfuffle
He says. This is getting a bit too... he's being caught in the crossfire as collateral damage here. "Father" "Genocide" he's kind of getting keywords that are reminding him of things he's totally unable to forget, but somehow also hurt to be reminded of, too.
He kind of glances down, paying more attention to the godawful mess of spices that don't go well together in his cup.
Re: (J) Richard Conway tries desperately not to make this a pity party.
And then Kuja does actual magic. Richard uses this as a distraction and an opportunity.
He snatches the re-heated coffee beverage out of Kuja's hands and sharply clacks it on the table. "You uncultured swine! Whenever coffee goes cold, the aromatics have already been neutralized and the only thing you're doing by warming it back up is accelerating the process by the aromatics and taste of coffee decays, and you're only going to be taste the depression that's left really, really well. And this is a good bean grown in a tropical soil with rich chocolatey notes that does not deserve to be tasted at it's worst." He looks over at the barista and waves. "One more pumpkin spice, and a mocha."
Re: (J) Richard Conway tries desperately not to make this a pity party.
He's spared his inspection by the sudden deprivation of his coffee, and the ordering of a new cup. "That- fine. I was attempting to prove a point, but if you're going to buy me a drink as well, I suppose I should thank you for it. Don't take it personally if I'd rather it not progress beyond coffee and insults. For one thing, I don't even have any gold left to dig. For another, yes, conversation topic away from genocide."
Re: (J) Richard Conway tries desperately not to make this a pity party.
"Wait, you can't re-heat coffee? I do it all the time. I mean, just pour enough sugar and milk in and it's fine, isn't it?"
Re: (J) Richard Conway tries desperately not to make this a pity party.
But he still /cared/ about coffee, damn it.
"Why did you become like this?" He muttered, quietly taking a sip to comfort himself. "Anyway. I'd honestly prefer to keep it between coffee and insults." A pause. "Wait, shit. Are we friends now?"
Re: (J) Richard Conway tries desperately not to make this a pity party.
Re: (J) Richard Conway tries desperately not to make this a pity party.
Re: (J) Richard Conway tries desperately not to make this a pity party.
"Anyway, don't let jerks like me tell you what you should and shouldn't drink, but try to get arabica beans, drink fresh coffee, find out what taste profiles you like, and enjoy yourself." Richard said in a rare showing on non-jackassery.
Re: (J) Richard Conway tries desperately not to make this a pity party.
Kuja clears his throat. "The best beans come from the Daguerrean isles."
Re: (J) Richard Conway tries desperately not to make this a pity party.
He is starting to worry about the sheer degree of knowledge these two possess about what he has been complaining to be s
Re: (J) Richard Conway tries desperately not to make this a pity party.
Re: (J) Richard Conway tries desperately not to make this a pity party.
"You... do realize that everyone in this room is from an entirely different planet from you, don't you?"
There's no way Conway doesn't know, surely... but then, some people think 'I Want to Be Your Canary' was Avon's greatest work, so he has to check, because some people apparently are that stupid.
Re: (J) Richard Conway tries desperately not to make this a pity party.
Re: (J) Richard Conway gets confused by multiverse theory
A beat.
"Oh, god. They're not the same, are they? This isn't Robusta or Arabica, isn't it? And if it is, then there's no way of knowing if it's different from the stuff that makes the goat monster over there hate life or not." Richard Conway feels a headache coming on. "Shit, multiverse theory sucks for evolutionary biology."
Re: (J) Richard Conway gets confused by multiverse theory
"Biology I am familiar with, but evolutionary... Sorry, I'm afraid I'm unfamiliar with that term. As for classification of organisms... Well of course there's Physigens, beings born of material elements such as chocobos and humans and things, then there's Thaumigens, beings born of immaterial elements. Monsters, Eidolons, that sort of thing, and there's divisions made by scholars based on shared characteristics, but I'm not certain of the specifics. Magic was always my forte, not taxonomy."
Re: (J) Richard Conway gets confused by multiverse theory
He says, examining the tail. It's very... tail. Also some feathers, that's a bit birdy and weird for a human but hey it's a big multiverse.
"Yeah, monsters sound like.. that second class. We're mostly made of.. uh.. dust.. magic.. and a bit of something else, too."
Re: (J) Richard Conway gets confused by multiverse theory
He just takes a sip, shaking his head.
Re: (J) Richard Conway gets confused by multiverse theory
There's a moment of consideration, as he takes another sip, staring down at his cup. "Not to sound ungrateful, as I do appreciate the gesture. But do you know the more I drink of this, the less I enjoy it?"
Re: (J) Richard Conway gets confused by multiverse theory
He glances at Kuja. And then nods firmly.
"See?? Now you get it! It's like a fad that somehow survives on people trying one cup and deciding never to get it again!"
Re: (J) Richard Conway gets confused by multiverse theory
He takes a long drag of his mocha and stares into the foam as if it would give him answers. "Tackled. Tackled, and then tackling out of a seventh story building. Long, depressing story."