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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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moonsea: (You are in the way.)

tsugumi komachi | ever17: the out of infinity

[personal profile] moonsea 2016-04-14 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
( wildcard )

[ Have you placed any orders recently? Splurged on an oversized sword, found the giant Cactuar plushie you've always wanted, or landed a sweet deal on a new Magitek Armor?

(Some say it's actually a knockoff the size of a Hypello, but you won't know unless you try.)

Regardless of your answer, there's one waiting just for you, but instead of your friendly neighborhood fluffball, the package is delivered by one, particularly impatient Mognet employee in one of their stuffy Moogle costumes, ready to jab you in the back if you're not paying enough attention. ]


What's your name?

[ The voice comes out muffled because of the outfit, but there's something about it that makes it clear she didn't intend for it to sound like a request of any kind. Demand, maybe. All Tsugumi wants to do is to get rid of the box in her hands, and this had better be the right person. ]
farming_bot: (coppelia7)

Re: tsugumi komachi | ever17: the out of infinity

[personal profile] farming_bot 2016-04-14 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Coppelia. Thank you for my package.

[Coppelia was unused to getting mail other than GM mail, and she stood there, hands clasped with that ever blank expression on her face.]

I had placed the order an hour ago, and it arrived on time with a variance of 2 minutes. I have been told that being polite is key to further deliveries.
moonsea: (I don't answer meaningless questions.)

[personal profile] moonsea 2016-04-14 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ What an awfully strange way to reply. To be entirely honest, she's a little bit at a loss as to how to address Coppelia's unexpected kindness, brows furrowing slightly as she sizes up the girl in front of her, finding nothing but a somewhat vacant look. In a way, she almost resembles—.... ]

I... don't know about that. You pay for the service you get.

[ Said rather flatly. She's signed up for the job because it allowed for an easy money gain, nothing more. Without further ado, she extends the package toward Coppelia. ]

It's heavy.
farming_bot: (coppelia6)

[personal profile] farming_bot 2016-04-14 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
It is a pair of shields, [Explained Coppelia.] Each one weighs 20 pounds each.

[Coppelia took them without nary a budge, or flinch as she reached into her wallet with a free hand. Withdrawing a handful of gil, she said,] I have been instructed to pay for services, with a generous sum. This is Master Kanami's last order on how to be polite.

[She dumped almost 2000 gil into her hands.] Money has been transferred. Please visit w w w cheapneasygold dot com. All prices are 20% off with code N13D.
moonsea: (Haaa~)

[personal profile] moonsea 2016-04-15 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well, doesn't that ring a bell. Thankfully for Coppelia, her mailwoman comes from a world of the future, full of robots and all that sci-fi craziness.

Also known as the year 2017.

Dozens of glittering coins fell onto her outstretched palm, the amount exceeding her original target by far, the woman notes with a soft smirk. Without a word of complaint, she slips the payment into her pocket, not particularly interested in disputing the ethical aspects of the exchange. There are just enough idiots in this world to do that in her stead. ]


I'm afraid your Master didn't think things through when equipping their ad bot with such generousness. Do you even get any profit these days?

[ Having not yet seen an AI around these parts, she decides it's worth a try to poke around some more. ]
Edited 2016-04-15 13:24 (UTC)
farming_bot: (coppelia7)

[personal profile] farming_bot 2016-04-15 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Master Kanami said that I did not have to adhere to the original programming that all Coppelia Farming Bots have been programmed with. Master is very wise.

[At the mention of profit however, Coppellia nodded.] Coppelia parties with one or two DPS classes and we farm several monsters at a time outside of the town. Coppelia has yet to attempt a World Boss but has sufficient time in order to request a Custom Job to further facilitate monitoring of HP and MP.

[personal profile] wrong_lever 2016-04-14 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Actually, inside that box, there's another box. And inside of that, a flea. A harmless little flea. So it's surprisingly light. But that's neither here nor there.

The woman who opens the door and peers out is rail-thin and more wrinkle than woman now. Her eyes gleam as she spots the package, and she indulges in a moment of wicked cackling before she answers the delivery mascot.]


I...am Ysma. [She says it with an air of expectancy. Cower in fear, moogle girl. Fall prostrate in awe of her presence!]
moonsea: (Your stupidity is terminal.)

[personal profile] moonsea 2016-04-14 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The cackling does a well enough job at lowering the bar before the woman ever gets a chance to speak, after which everything becomes clear. There's absolutely no point in even bothering. ]

...

[ There's not even a single shrug to comment on the dramatic entrance. The oversized Moogle peers at Yzma in absolute silence for a brief moment, and then - without any warning - tosses the box at her. Yeah, she's noticed how light it is, but it wasn't as though anything could change her... rather rough ways. ]

That's one hundred gil.
Edited 2016-04-14 22:58 (UTC)

[personal profile] wrong_lever 2016-04-15 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Yzma lets the package fall rather than catching it. She's planning on smashing it anyways. She gives the delivery moogle a flat look. No respect.

She would love to make her payment with a fish with 100 gils, but, unfortunately, she has none of the potions from her lab here. She settles for taking the coins from her coin purse and purposefully letting them drop on the ground when she holds them out for the mail-peasant to take. KNEEL BEFORE YZMA.]


There. Oh dear, clumsy me.
moonsea: (Do you want a closer look?)

[personal profile] moonsea 2016-04-15 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Any other old lady would get a free pass (maybe), but even hidden underneath her stuffy mask, Tsugumi is more than capable of spotting acts of absolute insolence.

And she's not having any of it. In one swift move, she shoves the money back in Yzma's direction with the tip of her fake Moogle foot, while her hand moves to rest against the door in order to prevent it from accidentally closing on her.

Despite her battle stance, the Moogle's voice is filled with sweetness that could easily fool anybody under any other circumstances. ]


Let's try this again....