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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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“Well, the answer to that is... complicated. The vessel was never at this so called Tatooine. You were pulled from you world, into this one.”
Ahe paused, bervously scratching the back of her head. She pribably sounded like a complete fool, but maybe this concept was familar where this guy is from? She could only hope so, as it would save her and a lot of other people the trouble.
“We’re heading to a place called Va.. Vaikuntha? I think that’s how it’s pronounced, anyway.”
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"Vaikuntha..." He puts his hand to his chin in thought. It's not a name he recognizes, though of course he doesn't know the name of every inhabited planet in the Galaxy. Certainly it's not anywhere in the vicinity of Tatooine, or Dathomir. "Are we still in the Outer Rim?" He asks. There are still contacts he might be able to lean on if that's the case...former Shadow Collective or maybe Crimson Dawn operatives he might be able to make use of. Surely Vaikuntha has a spaceport and if they think they will coerce him to stay, he will prove them very wrong.
However he survived his encounter with Kenobi, his defeat has left him weaker. Guardian of the Chosen One or not, if Kenobi thought to sever Maul's connection from the Dark Side, that will not stand. He will gather what allies he can, return to Tatooine and then make his old foe pay for what he's done to Maul.
"It matters not." He decides. "I will find a new ship to take me off-world once we land."
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“It’s not that simple. We’re nowhere near this Outer Rim or whatever you call it. You’re in another reality enitrely, with no known way of going back h... uh, wherever you were before.”
It was complicated, as she said before. Nobody really knows how this place works, only what it does.
“You can ask any other crew member, they’ll tell you the same thing as me. Maybe take a look around the place if you dont believe me.”
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I should be dead.
The thought causes Maul to stop. He should be dead. He was dead. Kenobi dealt him a mortal blow. And yet here he now stands, hale and hearty as though it had never happened. Not even the Dark Side was powerful enough to restore him fully to life, and completely unharmed.
If resurrection was apparently possible, could the same not be said for the existence of alternate realities?
"...I apologze, young one." He says, feigning shame at his loss of control. "It has been a...trying few months for me. And after all that I have endured, to find myself here...I hope you understand my anger if not condone it. But now I think there are circumstances which lend some credence to what you say."
Alternate realities, a new lease on life, and an entire world full of people Maul is willing to bet have never heard his name or his deeds. Even cut off from the Dark Side as he is, there are opportunities here.
"Ah, but where are my manners? You have been so patient in dealing with a sad old man such as myself." He places a hand on his chest and bows slightly. "You may call me Maul."
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Soon enough, her smile returned. Apparently just being blunt about it worked out well enough. At least, for the time being, if he was just trying to dismiss the topic for now he'd have to deal with it again later. Better to leave it to the more experienced folk.
"I'm Tressa. It's nice to meet you, Maul."