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Test Drive Meme VI
  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, and some helpful Heroes of Light 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 and your rescuers 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. The experienced outworlders who helped pull you from your memories may be able to get you caught up to speed. B. CURTI CENTER
The researchers at the Curti Center are pretty used to this right now, though there's still no good explanation for the influx of interdimensional travelers from the Dream Width since earlier this year. "Please step into the lobby for a quick survey. We have just a few routine questions, it's invaluable to our research so we do ask you indulge us..." 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 have offered to permanently house all of the outworlders here. 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 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 productive members of society and helping support the local economy, 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 housing elsewhere in the world. 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. And they say, those that party up will live to party on! J. LOVE IS IN THE AIR
All the mistletoe would have come in handy here... As January gives way to February, stores and streets are decked in red, pink, and white. Posters line the Curti Center walls advertising Speed Dating events and offer to send flowers with anonymous or signed letters to outworlders and Curti Center employees - though there is some suspicion that a handful of received were never requested by the sender. Who cares! Some romances need an extra push! For the less adventurous types, the love-o-meters stationed at just about every hallway can predict your romantic (and platonic, if you so wish) future with just 100 gil, or even measure how good a potential match between two people will be. Is there any scientific backing to their calculations? That's not important. K. WILD CARD
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don't die tho little bro— it's with a sympathetic look that he offers a nod after that cough. this guy seems hungry... )
A little, but... I'm far from the pro level. My deck is still what people would consider... a "starter," I think I've heard it called.
( standing there, he shifts his weight. maybe this guy might be interested to know... )
Actually, if you stick around for awhile I think some of the pros are supposed to stop by for a promotional event later on.
monastery tho....... /lures
Ah, well I'm just a beginner myself, haven't been here for long after all. I'm not sure if there are what you'd call... trading card stores around here either.
「Oh, but that's good information!」
I guess that's why destiny guided me here. Would you like to join me as I wait? Maybe we could play a match or two.
hnnnngh temptation......
( this isn't a hobby for the unemployed!! ) Though I've heard some players waging cards in matches sometimes, too.
( you hear a lot of things waiting tables.
but ah, that's a bold invitation! ren's expression seems to brighten at the prospect. )
If you don't mind waiting the twenty minutes until I'm off— it's a deal.
Mmm... forbidden donut~
「There it is, there is the reason why he needs an extra, perhaps more stable job. Card games.
Atem gives the other a nod and a rather bright smile.」
I don't mind waiting. I'm Atem, by the way. And you, glasses-kun?
i cant hear you over my four stacks of bleed !!
Amamiya, Ren.
( and just for good measure, he'll top off that coffee cup with a bit of fresh he's carrying. )
Free refills as long as you stay. ( see atem? you're getting something out of this arrangement too— and ren suavely follows it up with a wink. ) Enjoy your meal.
LEFT AND BACK!
It doesn't take much for Atem to bounce back from those thoughts, that seemingly simple action, filling his cup of coffee, has him smiling.」
Thank you, Ren-kun, I will.
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This seat didn't get claimed in the time I made you wait, did it?
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Ah-- yeah actually.
「Pause, pause, pause. Smirk.」
By you of course.
「Wink. Look he can be a smarty pants.」
Did you have lunch already? I wouldn't want to take you on on an empty stomach.
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In that case, I'm sure I won't mind if I interrupt.
( which he follows with a chuckle, as he lowers himself down into the seat. )
Not to worry— ( he motions over for his predecessor to bring a new mug that he can fill with coffee for himself. ) I had a lunch break.
( this guy may just be fueled by the magic bean he seems to covet. )
Should I expect it to be a grueling battle?
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Maybe so, I don't know yet.
「 Atem brings the rather small deck of the not very familiar cards he's gathered so far. And he begins to shuffles them thoroughly 」
What should I expect?
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needless to say it looked... weathered. it was second-hand to be sure, and he was about to make the situation worse by breaking into a shotgun-style shuffle.
forgive him atem, for he has sinned. )
You should expect...
( he can't help it, he's reminded of his first meeting with hifumi in that church.
thankfully, his charm seemed to be a high enough level to take on this new challenger.
there's a suspenseful pause as he reaches up to push his sliding glasses back up his nose... )
A complete novice.
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「OH... OH NO!
Ren's style of shuffling definitely catches Atem's attention, it is something that says so much about a person, how careful they are with their cards, for him, it's crucial.」
Do you... always shuffle like that?
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he is shuffling like a heathen to be sure, but there's something extremely careful about his movements.
if a phantom thief can't be proud of his own sleights of hand, what does he have? )
Hmm? ( he looks up from his crime, curiously, and nods— thinking nothing of it, until he catches what seems to be a rather serious look from across the table. )
Is there... a better way?
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「 Even more. Not that these cards were... if he's bluntly honest, as special as his DM deck used to be. But he shouldn't underestimate or even, mistreat it because of it. 」
To each their own.
「 He says with a bit of a playful shrug, but there clearly is something that bothered him — it's not Ren, just a reminder of his duel with Pandora. He was a good duelist, it was a shame he had been brainwashed into something terrible. 」
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this guy seemed pretty serious about respecting the cards. he'd make note of that for the next time he broke out his deck... )
I thought you said you were a beginner, too.
( there's a playful tone in his words, as he cracks a wry grin.
is he... getting hustled?! )
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「 He mimics that tone adding a sly smirk of his own. 」
At this game.
「 He draws five cards from the rather small bunch at random, and spreads them neatly—dramatically—in his hand. The way he handles the cards as if they were an extension of him leaves no doubt that he's no beginner. 」
Let's begin.
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doubt, doubt, doubt........ no doubt he is being played somehow, now. 'at this game' he says, pffft.
but still, he proceeds to lay out his hand, albeit quite a bit more inelegantly than atem. there's a few flicks of his gaze over at the other end of the table to see how his opponent does it, and maybe he tries to... imitate those moves. just a little. )
Then, I'll go first.
( and he makes a simple play, just like something out of a tutorial. )
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Don't lose focus.