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Test Drive Meme





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— Reply with a character you wish to test in the game's setting.
— Feel free to use one of the prompts below or make one of your own!
— Tag around! This is a panfandom RP, so don't hesitate to tag both castmates and non-castmates.
— Most importantly, have fun!


1/ Welcome To The World Of Crystallis!
You have seen reality shatter and collapse around you, in the depths of the void you found a Crystal and now you are in the city of Aqures Ixen, surrounded by Moogles and people as lost and confused as you are. On the bright side, everyone thinks you're a legendary Hero! On the downside, they expect you to save the world. Maybe their expectations are a bit too much. Thankfully, you're not abandoned to your fate as a Moogle explains to you everything you need to know. It's probably time to get to know your companions in misfortune. Besides, it seems this has occurred very often this past year-- Maybe the characters who have been here for longer than you may help.

2/ Do You Like Your New Life?
No? Well, either way, you better get used to it, to your new powers, to your new house, to the ball of fur that follows your every steps—Who knows, maybe you'll even make some friends here. Besides, even if everyone expects you to save the world, fighting isn't the only way to do so. Maybe you could open a shop to help and properly equip your friends who are actually eager to fight. Maybe you could try and gather people who think it is possible to negotiate with the Calamity, you could even participate in the research on the Crystals— Or you could make sure your house is the prettiest of them all in Aqures Ixen. Anything is possible!

3/ Neighborhood Woes...
The government of Aqures Ixen is sorry, but there are too many of you Heroes of Light. Hence why there are no free houses left in district dedicated to housing you. This may also be why you're not alone in the house that was given to you. Hopefully you're not living with a mad villain plotting to take over the world and hopefully your neighbor isn't a singer who doesn't know how to sing. On the bright side, you may have be living with someone very cool and maybe an artist of great talent lives next door! It's just not likely.

4/ Crystallis De Chocobo
Upon arrival, your Moogle gave you a map of Crystallis. This world may be a bit big for you to explore, so why not go to the Chocobo Farm and ask for a Chocobo? These big birds can't fly, but they're much more efficient than horses when it comes to travelling. Maybe it's your first time riding a Chocobo; it might be a good idea to have someone with you in case something goes wrong. Or maybe the old man at the farm didn't have any Chocobos left and gave you some Chocobo Lure© so you can go and capture your own. You can find details on Chocobo Capture here.

5/ A Thing Called Mognet
Hopefully you weren't used to Internet and cellphones back home. Otherwise, you might be a tiny bit confused when your Moogle returns to you with a stack of letters. Or maybe someone else's Moogle is coming to you with a voice message it learnt by heart and is now going to recite it to you with a lot of Kupo. That's how the "network" works here.

6/ A Thing Called Strike
In spite of how old-fashioned it is, Mognet is very useful and odds are that you may have become dependent on it. Hopefully not, because one local tradition seems to be Mognet Strikes. 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 board in the third district or in taverns.

7/ I Believe I Can fly~
You are on an Airship! Airships regularly depart from Aqures Ixen and stop by most major cities in the world, so they're the perfect means of transportation for you to go and explore this world. You can also borrow the Heroes of Light's official Airship, the Enterprise and some characters even have their own airship! You can go anywhere in a matter of hours — One can only hope you don’t have motion sickness.

8/ Exploration
Enough expository banter. Now is the time to explore. Maybe rather than spending most of your time in Aqures Ixen, you'd rather spend it living in Balicea, or betting on Chocobo Races in Trano Golsaucia. Or maybe you'd rather go and explore the ancient ruins that may hold some precious information in the continent of ruins. With Airships and Chocobos at your disposal, you can go nearly anywhere!

9/ Random Encounter
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! Alternatively, maybe this encounter isn't random at all, and you have been sent on a mission to kick some imperial asses in the war confronting the Heran Empire and the Republic of Esdham. Good luck!

10/ Getting Jobs Is Hard
It all started when you asked Cid to give you a new Job. What could and should have been a formality, quickly turned into a trial. All you wanted was a Job, 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 yet again, maybe he simply asked you to assist him to clean the laboratory. Getting new Jobs is not easy. Consider yourself happy though, at least you don't have to do that alone.

11/ The World Is Subject To Unrelenting Pain and Suffering…
This is why you should play a game. After all, there are things a lot more important than saving the world: Blitzball is one of them. Triple Triad is another. Why don't you take a break and do something different for once; anyone wanting to play Blitzball is given a special potion allowing them to breath underwater, whereas someone who wants to play Triple Triad should have no difficulties finding veterans more than happy to get rid of their low level cards.

12/ Events Of The Past
Missed an event you would have liked to participate in? The Test Drive Meme is the perfect place to play this event without being restricted by the game's chronology! Maybe you would have liked to be lost and attacked from all sides in the creepy Magitek Research Facility or maybe you'd have liked to celebrate the Christmas of Crystallis. Yet again, maybe you would have preferred to regain your true powers and subsequently be on your path to death, as in The Night of the Thirteen Moogles or chase ghosts for a living. Or how about reliving some of your Worst Memories or fighting in A War for future of the world?

13/ Wild Card
Don't like the options offered here? Go crazy and choose what you want to do in this world!


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acceptedoblivion: (amused ♥ then I fall asleep)

[personal profile] acceptedoblivion 2015-12-21 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Having just recently woken up from crystal stasis, he wasn't expecting to see anyone or anything that reminded him of home in the slightest. However, when he heard someone arguing what it "meant" to be a hero of light, he couldn't help but chuckle to himself. Ah yes, the same argument he had with 'Lin ages ago. He remembered it well.

Just as he recalled that coat, which didn't mean much as Time Mages wore it, but sometimes one couldn't help a kneejerk reaction. Especially when one remembers the kind of people who wore those things back at the castle. At least this time he had a small advantage.

"Pretty sure they can guess from the rest of your expression," the boy called out in dark amusement. "Turns out they just don't care with who we were before."
mimaikin: (pic#9839035)

Yay, Repliku! Btw, this Isa is AU oops even in AU everybody will confuse him for Riku. For Reasons.

[personal profile] mimaikin 2015-12-21 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Just the fact that he can't see well because of his blindfold, doesn't mean that Isa can't recognise somebody's voice. That Keyblade master. The one chosen by human half of Xemnas before he was Xemnas. The one with whose Nobody, Xikur, Lea became so close. The one because of whom the memory witch had to disappear.

Isa hated Riku, but he tolerated his right to existence... or something... because well, he decided not to break Lea's heart again for the time being.

Somewhere in the far reaches of his forgotten memory, a small voice was saying that this could be... who? A strange name that he didn't truly know. An imaginary....

"Oh, naturally. That's why unlike me, they won't call you Xikur."

Yes, he knows how much Riku hates the name. Which is exactly why Isa will always call him that.

Of course, he doesn't know that this is another person entirely, who might think him crazy right about now.
Edited 2015-12-21 13:48 (UTC)
acceptedoblivion: (peeved ♥ I lay motionless)

Haha, no worries. This Repliku is used to crazy AU shenanigans

[personal profile] acceptedoblivion 2015-12-21 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Unlike the real thing, Ira has never met Isa or his Nobody. Thus he can't help but raise an eyebrow at the accusation. This wasn't the first time he'd been mistaken for someone else, but... Who the hell was this Xikur and what did he do to anger this guy in particular? Not that it's very surprising, jerk that they both are, but still.

At least the confusion should be obvious even with the stupid cloth over someone's eyes.

"I think you got the wrong guy," he stated flatly with a shrug. "With who I am though, it can't be helped."

After all, he was just a...

"Name's Ira."
mimaikin: (Default)

Great, let's clash strange AUs together XD

[personal profile] mimaikin 2015-12-21 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I-O-....

No, Ira. Somebody else.


Isa put his head to his forehead, which suddenly hurt. That wasn't strange, but what was stranger was the fact that he wasn't worried. Usually when his head hurt, it was sure sign that Superior, for the lack of better name without the damned letter, was trying to... but no, somehow, he knew that wasn't that.

"Ira. My apologies, I've mistaken you for somebody else. Though I am certain I can tell what you look like, so my condolences on that front."

While Isa sounds more polite now, he still can't help but throw that little jab. Well, it's not like keeping things in does any good, unless by things one means satanic old men. Let it all out, lest it consumes you again.

"Does your moogle mistake you for the guardian of Light as well?"

Guardian? Wasn't that 'hero'? Oh, well. Somehow 'guardian' sounded more fitting. Who knows why.
acceptedoblivion: (neutral ♥ I will survive)

Sadly his isn't strange so much as it is nightmare fuel, but yes /o/

[personal profile] acceptedoblivion 2015-12-21 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
He rolled his eyes, letting annoyed tsk escape him as he shrugged off the comment about his looks. No one could help what looks they were given, and he honestly only cared still due to being constantly confused for another.

For a moment he considered asking if this guy was alright, but stopped himself due to remembering having similar sudden reactions a lifetime ago.

"Of course. All the moogles do." He stated the fact so nonchalantly, and yet the annoyance was almost palpable. "Their definition's aren't exactly the same as they were back in that castle."
mimaikin: (pic#9839205)

o, now I'm really curious. :D

[personal profile] mimaikin 2015-12-21 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Isa hasn't been speaking loudly or even normally from the start of their conversation, only whispering, which on might notice - onl been whispering during this entire"Castle? In the that cursed Nobody world? So you've been there."

Because he wasn't sure if this boy had ever been in Organisation, so spelling out the name probably wouldn't be helpful.

Isa's head stopped hurting, at least. It was probably all this Riku connection to him, and no, not Lea him, the cursed letter man him. Hims. Or both.

And then Isa frowns.

"I don't suppose you've ever heard of someone with the power over your memory? Or over 'Riku's' memory?"

The very name of Riku is weird to say, as he rarely pronounces it, but...

Maybe because Lea never met the memory witch, and Riku was Riku... it would be something to encounter someone who 'met' her, for whatever defition or meeting. Something good or bad, he didn't even care to think too deeply on it.

"Nevermind, why should I ask a stranger... How long have you been here?

"In this world?" As an afterthought, because notXikur might think he's asking about Castle The Never Was with all the Xs.
acceptedoblivion: (naminé ♥ is this all a dream?)

towerofanimus. the more detailed stuff is in his app /o/

[personal profile] acceptedoblivion 2015-12-21 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
He'll admit the whispering has been a bit difficult to hear over the din of the crowd passing by, so he approached a bit closer in order to better hear him. 'Castle' he could pick up on, but much of the rest was garbled by passing footsteps.

"Castle Oblivion, yeah," he clarified, in vague hope that it would help, but nothing could prepare him for the next part.

Riku's memory?

Flashes of his previous life flashed before him in a sequence. The lie of a childhood, standing on the beach with a just-as-little girl with light blond hair. The fake promise to protect her. Fighting Sora in order to 'fulfill' that promise, only to lose and later lose everything. Seeing her film frame in the darkened hallways glow bright as they made a promise for real, only for that promise to be broken. The charm...

What kind of sick humor was that, he thought as for a moment the surprise that had likely been apparent even to the blind was replaced with a twisted smirk.

"A few months, though funny thing..."

Protective of her like he once was, Ira was not going to let that go.

"How do you know of Naminé?"
mindofathief: (heavy sleeper)

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[personal profile] mindofathief 2015-12-21 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Sitting by the outside the stable is a bearded man wearing bright red, flowing pants and a brown vest. He has a small sack of Greens on his lap, but he's more focused on the wooden flute in his hands. Every time a Chocobo walks by, he doesn't react to it one bit.

However, the princess's question gets him to look up. "I don't know if there is one." He shrugs and moves his leg before it falls asleep. "Sitting here and waiting for them to walk by does the trick for me."
mimaikin: (pic#9839200)

gotcha

[personal profile] mimaikin 2015-12-21 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Naminé. Thank you, I've forgotten her name. I don't remember it even now. But if somebody tried to tell me know that it's not Naminé, I wouldn't believe them."

The gratitude is sincere, and there's a shadow of a smile that almost makes him look like a teenager that just managed to weasel out some useful knowledge out of a younger brother or friend on his lips. And his voice is slightly louder - almost normal loudness - for the first time. And he nervously touches his own hair for a moment as if to check something, before perfectly calming down again.

"A few months, I see. I've only just arrived yesterday evening."

Trivial information for trivial information, so that there is no debt to pay later.

Isa seems to ignore the question of how he knows Naminé. Which is the nicest reaction such a question could produce in him.
stupid_erika_shenanigans: (pic#9811057)

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[personal profile] stupid_erika_shenanigans 2015-12-21 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"You know they're pretty useful when you need them to fetch things for you," said Erika, having come by after seeing the Mognet message come into her post box.

She was grinning as Kuplo Kopp was holding onto a huge basket of fabrics. "You should try to get along."

Don't mind the weird rabbit shaped bunny with a weird expression on her head.
mimaikin: (pic#9839197)

Re: 2

[personal profile] mimaikin 2015-12-21 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Isa doesn't have to take his blindfold off to feel her grin (must be his partner's influence), so he doesn't do so.

"And your tolerance caused them to breed." Said in a deadpan tone, but with a slight smirk. The thing on her head smells different than a moogle, but that doesn't mean he has to acklowledge that. Apparently, the girl, whoever she was, liked to collect such creatures.

"Even so, trust this: if I wasn't getting along with it, it would already have a claymore in its chest."

The girl sounded and smelled young and... certainly on the side of Light, so would this be enough to make her go away? If not, then he supposed he could tolerate his presence without feeling like it's a torture session.
stupid_erika_shenanigans: (pic#9811093)

Re: 2

[personal profile] stupid_erika_shenanigans 2015-12-21 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry Isa, it's really REALLY hard to make Erika go away as she grinned. "Don't you worry about them! They're mighty useful and they change our jobs whenever we need them, so that's a nice fact of life."

"Not all the time," protested Kuplo Kopp.

"Mostly all the time," admitted Erika. "That being said, what's with the fashionable blindfold? Going for an Illidan look?"
makingfriends: even if you don't LET'S BE FRANDS (I see you've got a Keyblade)

if you'll pardon a slow tagging speed...!

[personal profile] makingfriends 2015-12-21 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
(Un)fortunately, Ventus has become pretty used to hostility towards moogles, at least from confused newcomers. That's really the only time it's (partially) excused, so while he doesn't catch all of that threat as he walks out of the shop, he notices the tension all the same. As usual, he's more concerned and eager to intercede peacefully than he is about to get defensive.

His own moogle is hanging just behind his left shoulder as he approaches -- habit, since Ven keeps the handle of his Keyblade ready behind his right -- but she stays quiet as her Hero speaks up.

"Hi there! You're new, right?"

Best to start off friendly, as always. If there's anything familiar about the newcomer, Ven can't immediately place it.
mimaikin: (Default)

Re: 2

[personal profile] mimaikin 2015-12-21 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Fashion statement." With his driest sarcasm. He's not going to risk his freedom for
a stranger.
stupid_erika_shenanigans: (pic#9811054)

Re: 2

[personal profile] stupid_erika_shenanigans 2015-12-21 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh oh ho. This was interesting. "The coat matches, but not the leggings. You could probably do well with another accessory or two as well."
mimaikin: (Default)

Re: if you'll pardon a slow tagging speed...!

[personal profile] mimaikin 2015-12-21 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ventus. So you're here as well."

Isa doesn't smile, but he takes hisblindfold off as if in a greeting.
His eyes are slightly yellowish turquise colour, with a shade of vibrant green for a split second sometimes.
"Don't introduce me to your thousand new friends.

Then he realises that Ventus seems not to recognise him, and he looks down in slight confusion.
mimaikin: (pic#9839197)

Re: 2

[personal profile] mimaikin 2015-12-21 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Isa smirks. Surely she understood, she wasn't Snow White, and he won't let her win this.

"I'll look into borrowing a cape and a sword from my best friend."
stupid_erika_shenanigans: (pic#9770121)

Re: 2

[personal profile] stupid_erika_shenanigans 2015-12-21 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"A cape isn't going to help per say, maybe a half cloak perhaps." Oh god was she actually serious about this?

The toy on her head sighed.
makingfriends: (well that's mildly disturbing)

[personal profile] makingfriends 2015-12-22 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
He blinks in surprise at the mention of his name, his smile fading in exchange for puzzlement. "Uh..."

Removing the blindfold doesn't help much, because Ven's still racking his brain with little success. Something about him seems kind of familiar, but...

"Sorry, but--" And he does look apologetic at that; if he forgot an acquaintance, he'll feel awful about it. "Have we... met?"
rialynn: (You don't say!)

[personal profile] rialynn 2015-12-22 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
Tame--? Oh, your Moogle friend. ...I didn't know you needed an ability to hit things.

[Maybe it just allows him to hit things better? She really should look into this job stuff, but she's not too sure she's comfortable with the idea of altering her mind and body. She's handy with a rapier and a knife, that's about all the abilities she's comfortable commanding in a fight anyway.]

Well... How about three? A lute, a flute, and a fiddle. All very easy to take with you when you travel.

[She pauses, looking at the harps.]

Then again, a knee harp might be nice. Oh, and panflutes are a little easier to play than the regular kind. Maybe you could get one of those too...

[Rialynn is not very helpful at narrowing things down.]
rialynn: (Nervous)

[personal profile] rialynn 2015-12-22 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
Are you serious? They just stripped away everyone's memories? I don't get it.

[She actually looks a little angry about that. If no one remembers the mistakes of the past, then how will they make sure no one repeats those same mistakes? That's part of the reason bards exist, to carry on the stories and legends in the form of songs and ballads, spreading them from generation to generation. It's a responsibility that's almost sacred!]

[...Not that she's mad at Duster, it's pretty obvious he didn't have much choice in the matter.]


How did you figure out that's what happened? Did that Dark Dragon guy tell you?
silencesfate: (12)

O/ !

[personal profile] silencesfate 2015-12-22 10:12 am (UTC)(link)
Minato regards the unfamiliar, blindfolded Hero outside the store with raised brows; less on his appearance and more on that this was a familiar scene to him--it could even be said that it went as far as hitting a personal chord. It couldn't be said that after all these months, he himself was any more used to his own Moogle than the day that he had arrived here; (though he respected the furry creatures' work ethic in its own way, pushy as they can commonly be).

"I dunno, I'm pretty sure some Heroes here still like punching out whoever ticks them off. ... Or violence in itself." Summarily, he shrugs. "Darkness might not be an issue."

Whether this was proper reassurance or just sounded more outright concerning about the lack of Hero standards would be up to the stranger to decide. He didn't mean to reveal he had been eavesdropping, but sometimes you just get thoughts that you blurt out before thinking, and this is one such time.
silencesfate: (81)

3 but of course for maximum irony, i'm so sorry

[personal profile] silencesfate 2015-12-22 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Duster-san? Pardon me but... we're going to be late. [ Being polite, and a few hesitant pokes are not going anywhere. Minato's left a bit amazed and confounded by this remarkable ordeal put before him. ]

How can anyone sleep this deeply? [ What do you mean, he's one to talk? ] Hm...

[ He was running out of ideas, and Minato crossed his arms with a frown.

There's one thing he could try though... He did have something that came with him, into this world, that still worked in Crystallis. He was loathe to put his belongings on someone else, but he couldn't think of anything else to do. ]


Okay... I guess this is worth a shot. [ He clipped on the earphones to his housemate, and clicked the button on his player to raise the volume up to max. And then, play. Prepare for a doubtlessly bizarre echoing of "BABY BABY"s wake-up call to the land of the living, Duster. ]
Edited 2015-12-22 13:02 (UTC)
mindofathief: TBH I always equip Duster with the sweater (alright then)

[personal profile] mindofathief 2015-12-22 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[One of Duster's eyebrows twitches when the music starts. His breathing hitches for a second, then he turns away from the phone and keeps snoring. The song is kind of annoying when you're trying to catch up on sleep, but as long as he can subconsciously ignore it, there's no reason to get up.

Sorry, Minato. But you did make some progress.
]
mindofathief: (why are we running?)

[personal profile] mindofathief 2015-12-22 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's me. [Tamekichi gives her an annoyed side look from where he's fluttering: as much of a look as he can with his closed eyes. He doesn't take kindly to being ignored.

Duster sternly whispers something to his Moogle before returning to his search.
] It's not that. It's more...all my abilities were taken away from me, and unless I use a Job, I can't get them back. If I'm a Monk, I can do that and so much more.

[He stops with Rialynn and eyes the harp before shaking his head.] It's nice, but it's hard to play when running away from a monster. Flutes sound nice, actually.

[It's not a stringed instrument, and he always did enjoy the sound of a light flute melody.]

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