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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Game	Players	World	Other
Premise	Applications	Job List	Employments
Rules	Reservations	NPCs / Contact	Hospital
FAQ	Taken Characters	Job/Regain Quests	Races
Locations	Hiatus/Drop	Guilds	Eidolons
Mognet	Player Contact	Bestiary	Mod Contact
Aqures Ixen	Player Plots	Monster Arena	Suggestions
Legends	Housing	Doppelgangers	Credits

Comments

Anise Tatlin | Tales of the Abyss

[lastfonmasterguardian]

[8]

[For all the time she'd been in Crystallis, this was actually Anise's first trip to Trano Golsaucia. It was a shame, too, because it would have made the last few months fly by. This is exactly her kind of place.]

[Or it was her kind of place until she realized that there was a minimum age for gambling. No matter how many vendors she went up to (or how much she worked her charm), it was to no avail. Nobody was letting her bet on those chocobo races.]

[She wasn't going to let that keep her down though; it was time for plan B.]

[She finds the nicest (most naive) looking person that she can and runs up to them, a smile on her face. This was guaranteed to work!]

Hey, can you do me a favor? It's really important to me, and it'll be a big help!

[10]

[Anise knew she was overdue for a new job, and that meant one thing: asking Cid.]

[Usually this wasn't a problem; the jobs were almost all monster-hunting, and even though those might be a pain, they were still kinda fun. But this? This wasn't what she signed up for.]

[Her task was paperwork of all things. It wasn't even the fun kind of paperwork (if they're could be called such a thing), it was all collating and copying and mind-numbing.]

[She'd set up shop in the library to get it done, but between procrastinating and screaming in frustration, it was slow-going. Somebody lend a girl a hand?]

[13]

[Up to you! Feel free to PM if you wanna plot out stuff.]

8

[folkscallmewander]

[Nice? Wander is all of that and more. He had gone to Trano as a proper tourist - visit the theaters, play some games, all that jazz - but he got distracted. There were too many upset folks outside of casinos weeping over their lost earnings, and there went his spending money. Thankfully, with his banjo he could slowly make returns through street music. And give those away as well.

Naive? The answer is debatable, but Anise is an adorable little girl and there's absolutely no reason not to give the benefit of the doubt.]

Of course! Can't say no to someone in need! [He stuffs his instrument and earnings into his bag. Surprisingly, it fits into such a small space. It's definitely due to some sort of Job magic.] Are you lost? Need an extra few gil for some candy? Gotta find a better seat to watch the Chocobo race?

10

[damn_juicebox]

[Rukia's visits to the library are far less frequent, now that she feels she's gleaned as much information as she possibly can from these books. The only reason she returns now is to make sure she has something interesting to read during her long flights aboard the airships when she travels.]

[It just so happens that she's returning her last trashy horror-romance book, sliding The Cursed Manacles into the return slot. Now to pick out something new.]

[As she turns to head toward her favorite aisle, one of those frustrated screams causes Rukia to freeze in her tracks. Who has the audacity to shriek like that in the library?! Frowning, she moves forward...and stops, her irritated expression immediately brightening.]

Anise! You've awakened again? It's been quite some time.

[She approaches the table with a wide and happy smile.]

Are you well?

10

[jadethenecromancer]

[Ah, the sound of nostalgia. Jade glanced up from his book to enjoy the looks of alarm and annoyance on the faces of other patrons. It was almost as though screaming in a library was generally frowned upon.

A smile tugged at his lips. Looking back, he really had missed Anise.

That didn't mean he was going to rush to her rescue, though. Jade took his time finishing writing his notes and returning the book to its shelf. Only after his business was done did he stroll over to where she'd set up and look over her shoulder.]

My my... I see you're having fun over here.

Cuppa Kupo?

[boomchucka]

[Should Anise happen to wander by a cafe that she'd left in Selphie's hand a few months ago, Anise would notice the hallowe'en themed decor on the outside of the shop. She'd also notice that the sandwich board is advertising for pumpkin themed treats. Furthermore, the shop seems to be particularly busy as Selphie can be seen bobbing about the shop in a maid outfit with bat wings attached to it.

She chats happily with her regular customers who are happy to see that she's feeling better. The perky brunette greets every customer who enters the shop and guides them to the closest available tables that are decorated with painted mini pumpkins and advertising the specials for the month. There's also some new staff on board that she'd guiding in the right direction with their tasks.

Overall, Anise will find that Selphie has lived up to the instructions that were left behind by her friend those few months ago.

Make money and make chaos.]

Chie Satonaka | Persona 4

[f_steak]

2. Do You Like Your New Life?

Hyah! Uwahhhh! HYAH!

[Okay. Now that Chie's been thoroughly briefed that this is not some new weird dimension inside of the TV and that she's in no immediate danger, she's calmed down and stopped embarrassing herself. She's still got her glasses in her pocket, just in case, but so far she hasn't found a single situation where they've been necessary or even useful. What IS useful is wailing on this training dummy with her powerful kicks, because of course she showed up in this place as a Monk.]

[But it still feels weird, being dragged into a place like this. Why was she the one who got chosen for the job, out of all their friends? The Chief seems more suited to being a...a-a Hero of Light, wasn't it?...than Chie could ever be.]

[Still, it's not that bad. Sure, she misses her friends and family, and even her smelly dog. But it's kind of cool to think that right now she's working hard to save them. She'll just have to tough this out, lift up her chin, and punt the Calamity to the next universe! Chie, that's not how this works.]

[Once she's worked up a good sweat, she stands back and wipes her brow with a big smile on her face.]

Five-hundred kicks...not a bad way to start things off!

[Then her gaze tracks to the sword she set down on the bench. Monk isn't the only job she picked up, apparently she's also a Paladin. Chie scratches her head, tousling her short brown hair. What's she supposed to do with this thing, anyway? Her legs are where it's at. Wearing a sword and armor will just slow her down, won't it?]

[Sighing, she hefts up the sword, and finds it to be...surprisingly light! Or is she just stronger now? Well, whatever! She takes a clumsy swing at the dummy aaaaaaand chops it right in two. The upper half goes thumping limply to the ground, leaving Chie standing there with eyes the size of dinner plates.]

Oh crap! I didn't mean to ruin it!

[Murderer. Vandal!]

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5. A Thing Called Mognet

[Chie stares down at the blank piece of paper in front of her, awkwardly grasping her quill. How is she supposed to hold this weird thing? More importantly, she only knows how to write Japanese, and even then her literary skills are only adequate at best.]

Uh...

[Oh man. Why can't they invent cell phones, or texting devices? That would be so much easier.]

[The Moogle floats patiently nearby. It had already offered to transcribe for her, but Chie was too embarrassed to accept. She's not so high and mighty that she has to rely on others to write her letters for her.]

[No, she's got this. She's totally got this. Chie concentrates hard, scrawling each letter as best she can. It looks pretty good! ...For a first-grader, maybe. Finally she finishes, and picks up the letter to dash outside and grab the attention of the first person she meets.]

Hey! Excuse me! Does this look legible enough to you?

[What she wrote is 'Hello my name is Chie nice to meat you I am neuw hear and not so good at writing please be gentul.' But good luck translating even that. She looks up at this person, eyes shining with hope. It's passable, right? At least a C+?]

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F. Shadow Dungeon

[OOC: For all your shadow needs! What personal hell is your character going through, or preparing to go through? Chie can help! And kick psychic tanks!]

2

[uncoiledpromise]

[She was content to let the other practice, slightly marveled that they'd kept count of how many kicks they'd performed. Of course, so did she, but still!

It isn't until Chie accidentally cleaves the striking dummy in half that she breaks the silence on her end, sword still resting in its sheath against her hip. Ah, yes.... She remembered Minfilia doing something similar back then, too.]

Not half bad, if a little sloppy. However I think you may want to try a more sturdy target next time.

5

[pitiedthefool]

[...How to put this in the most gentle manner possible.]

You misspelled "meet", "new", "here", and "gentle", but it's still passable.

[Ish. Uh... he could almost swear he sensed an anime-styled sweatdrop appearing just over his head at his attempt to pacify her.]

Kanji Tatsumi | Persona 4 series

[kanjecture]

[ a | welcome to the world of c r y s t a l l i s ]
[Well, this wasn't the first time Kanji had been thrown headfirst into an alternate world and had to fight using weird means that brute strength just wouldn't cut. But given that, he's still adjust fairly well, and feels a little proud of himself. Now only if there wasn't a fire drill going on that the end of the world was coming...]

[ b | crystallis de c h o c o b o]
[Okay, what do you expect? ... Kanji is petting a random Chocobo cooing over how cute and feathery it is and can't get enough touching. It might appear creepy to a bystander. Maybe it is creepy even if you weren't a bystander. But the fact is that Kanji never saw such a gigantic bird before and is soaking up this opportunity all he can.]

[ c | a t h i n g called mognet]
[... and here we have Kanji strutting down the street with his Moogle decked out in cute accessories he hand-made himself. The Moogle itself though doesn't look too happy.]

[ d | random e n c o u n t e r ]
Die, you bastards!

[Whether it's because of his equipped Jobs or because he's just a brute with physical strength, Kanji has just wiped the floor with a bunch of low-level monsters. That would teach them who's boss!]

Haha, the monsters of this world weren't counting on this, huh? Come at me!

[ e | w i l d card ]
[whatever.]

D

[uncoiledpromise]

Luckily they are also amongst the weaker varieties I've come across.

[She smiles politely, dusting off her sleeve as she approaches them, eyeing something off in the distance.]

Though that means something even stronger is likely nearby.

[Was this boy a tempter of fate? Or did he have a clear head on his shoulders. If it's the former then they both might be in trouble.]

Alisaie Leveilleur | Final Fantasy XIV

[uncoiledpromise]

1.)

[The sensation of all her weight suddenly being placed upon her feet was enough to cause her to collapse to hand and knee, gasping for air when the planet finally deemed that she was not as much of a threat as it had assumed. Once again, she was draped in the familiar-yet-not Tactician robes, aware in a world not her own. As memories began to circulate within her mind once more, of the long journey across crystallized plains and caverns, seeing much and more of her comrades falling victim to the wiles of the world and its occupants.

That's right... It hadn't simply been those she'd failed to save in the caravan.

Dusting herself off, she helped herself to her feet, and was determined to leave the Heroes' Ward--

At least until she was met with at least three security officers armed with rifles. Holding her hands up where they could plainly see them, she slowly backs her way into the hospital wing once more.]

What in the seven hells-? [A beat] Stand down; I mean you no harm!

[We have clear orders to shoot any 'Hero' who leaves without a Moogle! Stand back or we will fire!]

Then send for him! My Moogle friend's name is Kupni, and he will vouch for me.

11.)

[It was not a hard thing for her to acquire a few low-level cards to add to her collection by asking a few people who were already playing. The game itself had taken Eorzea by storm, and while helping act as a bodyguard for a merchant caravan, she'd picked up on a few of the rule sets. So naturally, she'd deigned it fit that she challenge one of the older gentlemen.

It was likely a big mistake on his part as the Roulette rule changed to Reversal. With a small smile, she walks away from the match with a few of the man's best cards. She almost felt bad for him, if he hadn't demanded a redo.]

It's not my fault the rule changed to Reversal and you thought to use your high level deck, ser...

[The man looks livid. Help her diffuse the situation before it gets further out of hand?]

12. Worst Memories)
[Unlike most memories others have visited, this one starts off rather benign. Two girls in their pyjamas, one arguing with the other in jest before pulling the tome from the other's hands.

"I hadn’t finished..." Alisaie managed, even as the girl dropped the book onto the pile of her belongings.

Emery stretched and yawned.

"It will still be there on the morrow," she said, and then her impish grin returned. "And it's not as if you didn’t learn a few things today─you made your first sale, for heavens’ sakes! I'm certain both Nald'thal and your grandsire would forgive you for missing a single night of study."

"Sleep well."

The scene changes only briefly after, once the flame of the candle is extinguished. Thunder crackled across the sky as the merchant caravan made it's way slowly through the deluge of rain on the slippery, muddy path that cut through an otherwise impassable bluff. The soft rumble that barely distinguished itself over the din of thunderclaps was the only warning, before the cliff side collapsed upon itself. The young elezen glanced back in horror as the wagons tumbled downward. As luck would have it, her guard contract asked her to keep to the lead wagon where she escaped injury. The others lay there, buried in rubble from the collapsed pass. Her young friend included.

The memory focuses numbly on the face of her friend's-- of Emery's face--before it replays again and again, and the teary-eyed young woman continues to watch. Was... was this what it felt like? To those who held the power of the Echo?]

13.)
[Come at her bro she's dainty ripped.]

1

[unyieldingspirit]

[It takes a few moments for K'pandolu to register the disturbance that's going on, but she turns quickly once she does- helped, in part, by Saki tugging to help her along.]

Wait- Alisaie…? [she straightens, ears twitching forward. She looks the other over as she approaches- Alisaie looks well enough, looks herself. It's not whatever was pulling people out last year.]

I can vouch for her, while Kupni is on the way.

#11

[got_talent]

What did you just say?!

[Lita has no qualms stepping in front of Alisaie, her fists balled tight, and her expression fierce as she faces down the losing opponent.]

She won fair and square. No one likes a sore loser. Now apologize!

[She folds her arms across her chest, looking oddly commanding for a tall girl in a long skirt. It's the same cold withering 'punch a hold right through your head' stare she saves for delinquents. If there's one thing she can't stand, it's a guy who tries to pick on a girl.]

[Lita glances back at Alisaie, and though she still looks like she's about to wring someone's neck, none of that anger is reflected in her green eyes right now.]

You okay?

Keith Kogane | Voltron: Legendary Defender

[i_want_to_believe]

[4]

[An explanation of the world's transportation system did nothing but make him achingly aware of how stranded he was again. It was hard to go from racing through the universe at a whim to only having your own two feet to rely on. Even when he'd dropped out of Garrison he'd at least had his shack and his hover bike to get around in. True, he didn't want for company, but a silent puppet that tottered after his heels and an overly excited stuffed animal weren't exactly his cup of tea. Hell, he'd take one of Lance's challenges over-

Nope, not going there. He would never be desperate (lonely) enough to wish for a return of that blue idiot's company. Besides, he'd been alone before. He was used to being self reliant. It wasn't like this world was so backwater as not HAVE modes of transportation. They just happened to come in the forms of massive airships, not exactly of a size he could just slip away with, or covered in feathers. It was the latter that had him looking around town, trying to find directions to the fabled farm. The . . . moogle probably could have led him right to it, but its (his? her? did they even have a gender???) overly energetic nature and excitement to finally have their own hero might have made him send the flying plush toy on a dead end errand. He did fine on his own anyway. . . If he could just find the way out of town!]

[shinrasfinest]

[Thanks to the advancing crystallization throughout the world, Aqures Ixen's population over the last few months had been swollen immensely by people fleeing there. Perhaps they thought that being closer to the Heroes of Light, given that AI is the central-hub for all Hero-related activity, would keep them safe until the Calamity was defeated as then surely the world would be saved. Perhaps, simply, they had no where else to run to.

Either way, as a Colonel in the Esdham military forces, often a part of Sephiroth's tour of duties was assigned to providing some extra security to those cities which had recently undergone an influx of people. Aqures Ixen is such a city, given the various threats against it and the Heroes, that required such additional personnel.

It wasn't so much the lack of his moogle that drew Sephiroth's attention to Keith; a moogle constantly in tow is the tell-tale sign of a Hero of Light, but the silent puppet that follows him around. An Engineer, for sure, and after a few blocks it's clear he doesn't know where he's going. People -Hero or civilian- seeming lost is something of a red flag.]

You seem lost-

[Behold, 6'3 of seasoned Hero, clad in the navy blue Esdham uniform with the various stripes befitting his rank on the breast of his overcoat. With silver hair scraped up back into a high tail, except the shorter bangs that frame his face, Sephiroth's practically gleaming emerald eyes peer down(?) at Keith as he's stepped out in front of the path of the patrolling solider, neither friendly nor particularly hostile for the moment.]

[sesenta]

Look out!

[That's all the warning Keith gets before a mass of yellow feathers bolts wildly through the gates of the city and down the very street he's wandering. There's also something...purple...clinging desperately to the back of the rampaging chocobo.]

'Wark wark wark wark wark wark wark wark wark wark wark!'

[The bird is stubbornly refusing to surrender, shaking itself wildly as it tries to dislodge its rider. It ruffles its wings and snaps at the air with its beak. Then it swings around, and if Keith was lucky enough to dodge the chocobo the first time, he might not be so lucky to avoid the rider's boot heel.]

Oh no! I'm sorry!

[The rider's voice is feminine, and almost desperately regretful. She looks at him over her arm with wide eyes.]

I'll apologize properly once it's tamed! But I can't let go right now, otherwise all my hard work will be undone!

Vanitas | Kingdom Hearts (Birth by Sleep)

[enter_the_darkness]

2/ He Hates His New Life

[This place wants him to be a Hero. Of Light. The second he hears those words, he isn't able to stop himself from unleashing the incredibly ironic-filled stream of laughter. Clearly, he thinks this is all some kind of ridiculous hallucination. Maybe Ventus landed a harder hit than he'd thought... He's seeing fuzzy, talking creatures that are unlike anything he's ever encountered before, so. Ridiculous hallucination isn't too far-fetched an assumption.

But, this thinking doesn't last too long. It's after it's made clear that he's unable to leave, unable to regain his natural abilities anytime soon, unable to have a choice in any of this, it will appear as though something within him snaps -- he's going to trying punching the creature, and then storming off. Fortunately, the moogle manages to zoom out of the fist's path, though the poor thing seems shaken up, already. And yet it still flies after Vanitas.] If you think you can keep me here, you've got another thing coming -- and stop following me!

[The moogle flinches, backing away the tiniest bit. This somehow doesn't seem to make Vanitas feel any better, since he's releasing a quiet growl from within his throat.] I'm definitely not helping save anyone. I couldn't care less what this Calamity does -- clearly, this world did something to deserve such a fate, if you guys have become this desperate. If you're looking for a Hero of Light, you can go ahead and look somewhere else, because you've got the wrong guy for the job.

[His normally calm demeanor is very... very shattered.

The moogle sighs and tries to explain that he has no choice. This is his new life, and he has a chance to save lives -- to become a hero and help a world that needs it! That speech probably would have worked on most people. But, Vanitas isn't most people. Not even close, considering it just has him taking a swing at the flying creature, yet again.]



3/ He IS One of the Neighborhood Woes

[Living with someone who wants to take over Crystallis?

Oh, please... that's the last thing he'd be worried about. Since... he is that sort of someone. He's here, he's unable to leave, his powers have been taken. He's angry about it, sure, but it clearly hasn't done him any good up until this point. No amount of laughing in their faces... and then later punching a wall, trying to punch the stupid moogle, yelling that this whole situation is utterly stupid has done him even a little good.

He's going to be pacing in front of a house for a bit: his new home...? Yeah, right... There's no way they're going to keep him here. He's not a hero. He'll be pacing for a while, looking restless, annoyed, and all the while a moogle is trying to get him to go inside.] If you say that one more time, I'm going to test out a new recipe for Moogle Soup.

[Maybe he's joking... Maybe he isn't. He isn't letting that show on his face. In fact, he's giving a wide smile to the moogle, leaning closer -- all the while, the poor thing backs away. Can he please be reassigned, because this Hero is incredibly psychotic...]



13/ Pick Your Poison

[Feel free to have your character come across him anywhere; maybe he called them a name, maybe he bumped into them and didn't bother apologizing, maybe he stared them right in the face before splashing a drink (hot? cold? it wouldn't matter to him) right into it... Anything goes.]

3

[acceptedoblivion]

[He was just on his way back from his not!mothers' house when he sees, or rather, smells a newcomer so strongly he nearly pinches his nose. Oh great, a being of pure darkness. What was it going to be, Satan?

...Nope, on further inspection, it's just a kid that looks suspiciously like Sora who just happened to get colored contacts and a dye job. Great. With one look at Lin, and another look at the other guy... Well, he doesn't get much of a choice when it's right by his place since he can't open a Corridor, does he?]

Good luck getting them to stop. It's probably the kinder of the handful of options, even for someone like you.

[Oh yes, unlike the poor moogle assigned to this psychotic brat he's found himself led to by a moogle with a floral hat (and his own nose), this kid is only vaguely annoyed by the title now. Though, with his choice of outfit over his Dark Mode being a black straight-jacketesque button down, it's probably obvious he's calling the kettle black.]

Minako Arisato || Persona 3 Portable

[complementing]

DO YOU LIKE YOUR NEW LIFE?

[Wandering around Aqures Ixen's Castle District? You might find this girl off to the side, holding a chocobo's beak between her hands and speaking very sternly to her.]

Okay, girl, listen to me. I don't mind if we're partners. I had a lot of them back at home, and I'm used to working with other people to get things done, too. I might even call you Orpheus just for kicks and giggles. All I ask? Is for some space. If you keep chomping on my hair I'm going to go bald, and on a list of things I don't want to happen, that's pretty down there. Do you get me?

[The chocobo warbles happily, and Minako releases her beak, a little smile on her face.]

Good, glad we're-- AUGH.

[Orpheus has her hair in her beak again. Minako groans loudly, and then looks pitifully in any passerby's general direction.]

Help.

Re: Minako Arisato || Persona 3 Portable

[acceptedoblivion]

[He's been visiting the town again, going wherever his feet took him before he'd have to inevitably go back to work when he heard someone cry out. A little alarmed, he rushed to turn the corner and-

It was a girl. It was a girl whose hair was being eaten by a chocobo.]

H-hey, that isn't something to eat!

[Ira walks over, reaching into his pack. He'd had a similar incident months ago, thus always came prepared just in case it happened again. So, he reaches up with the item in hand in an effort to dissuade the oversized bird from eating the other's hair, instead offering it a gyshal green a safe distance away from Minako's head.]

Glad I'm not the only one, but may want to rethink hair style options for a bit. [It's said with a laugh, but still... sigh. The one time he let someone put his hair in a ponytail... he might just be a "victim" as well today.]

Monkey D. Luffy - 12. Events of the Past

[gomu_ningen]

[Weeks had become months, eyes and limbs weary from their time without use. It felt as if he'd opened his lids for the first time in what felt like ages, a time long past and the sights he now took in resulting in a world he had not known before. Sure, there were familiar sights and faces to encounter, but much of what he had known seems to have been forgotten, at least with a level of clarity that he used to hold.

Gone was the laughter he'd shared with the few he had been close with, parting ways now that his head was swimming with confusion and loss. He'd been left now in the world he once called "home", feeling more like a stranger than ever before when the pirate should feel as accustomed to the setting as the birds and trees. So much of him was unsure of who was left and what hope remained, lingering emotions and connections that had been severed without warning. What arteries needed mending would take time to heal, even if in the past he had known that such relationships were stronger than any sort of connection possible.

So it was that Luffy looked at his old housing, the place he had once shared with Bloom, eyes locked upon the surprisingly unfamiliar building with an almost pained appearance at his features. The window panes brought with them a tortured feeling in his stomach, the brick bringing with it memories of their scent and texture in the many times he'd scaled them to reach the roof. His gut sank like the weight of a rock in the ocean upon looking at the door, taking from granted the countless days and nights when he'd turn the knob and come home from the ship to see Pakku and the girl he'd befriended without so much as a thought on whether or not the moment seeing them would be his last.

His hand falters, reaches out for a single moment, before fingers twitch and draw back from the direction of the entrance. It wasn't in him to second guess so many things, but with so much uncertainty and so much time against him, would the news that waited for him beyond the panels of wood and metal be the sort of facts he could handle? Would he find a future behind the door, or remnants of a time now lost to him?]

Re: Monkey D. Luffy - 12. Events of the Past

[theendiswherewestartfrom]

They're outside of the parameters of Palitutu's simulation now, so the Heroes never get any warning on when or where more people might show up now. Or when someone might've come back. But in Luffy's case, Jack Harkness is still holding on to the only way there could be an early alert.

It's when he puts his coat back on again, and feels the slight pull of the half a card left in its breast pocket. The card that Jack had kept because he is ever sentimental, ever holding out hope for those who are gone. Despite a day of frustrating dead ends in the lab, Jack's whole face lights up and energy floods back into him.

"Captain."

Jack traversed the city in no time, first checking at the hospital and finding the Crystal statue gone. Then it was just a matter of beelining in the direction of the card. Literally. Jack uses the skill of the Dragoon Job to leap from rooftop to rooftop, letting no obstacle get in his way. Streets are for amateurs now.

When he finally spots him, Jack lets out one delighted laugh before he leaps down from the roof of the heroes house across the street. "I knew you'd come back. I just knew it."

Jack hesitates, but the excited grin doesn't quite leave his face. He raises his hand to salute Luffy. "Captain."

[shinrasfinest]

[Even the most wayward Heroes of Light, wherever --whenever-- they might become active on Crystallis could now be tracked thanks to one of the many contraptions that had been discovered in Palitutu's underground lab and once Spencer had learned how to read that map accurately he had been quite proud to show his Hero all about it.

Of course, being as Sephiroth often bolstered the law enforcement personnel with his own army at times given the swollen nature of the population plus refugees, it had also become an almost silent rule; if there were Heroes of Light in Crystallis that he didn't know about, he made it his business to find them out. It's not as if anyone had kept to the roster at the Heroes guild that had once been a thing.

Sephiroth has never been particularly close to Luffy, in fact more often than not --willingly or not-- they have been directly opposed to each other in the past. But to see that straw hat, outside of one of the houses in the residential district that he surely used to call home...it touches more to the observant soldier than he'd really be able to explain.]

Luffy-?

[A careful question, not quite void of emotion but more soft in tone than he tall silver-haired man often speaks with. He'll just pause on the outside of the gate, not crossing the threshold, for the time being.

It has been a long time.]

Tieria Erde | Gundam 00

[vedaandme]

3

[Tieria was not expecting strange roommates he didn't know. He probably should have been, considering the circumstances, and he should know better than to think he wouldn't have been sharing.

At least he has his own room? Maybe?

It didn't help that the neighbor was apparently a fan of death metal, and liked to listen to it really loud. Really. Loud. As someone who had slightly more... subdued tastes in music, it was only a matter of time before Tieria used one of these newfound spells to blast a hole through the neighbor's music device.]

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7

[Glad to get away from the small, cramped living quarters with unfamiliar roommates, Tieria found himself on an airship headed out on a mission. They were headed north, searching for some set of ruins to find some magical item that Tieria had no idea what it was for or what it did, but he hoped that fulfilling enough of these tasks would finish whatever it was they needed to do to "save the world" so he could just go home again.

He was grumpy. The neighbor's music had kept him from sleeping again.]

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13

You pick!

7

[umslay]

[After several days interacting with species like the Hypello and Tartaru, Tieria would find the workers milling around the deck nothing special anymore. Hypello in the engine room, Tarutaru checking on the state of the sails and rudders, humans attending to the other passengers.

It's then that the captain of this particular airship appears on deck, if his uniform and the workers' response to salute the figure is any indication. This man, however, looks like nothing else on Crystallis with his light blue skin, large snout, and small stature that could rival a Moogle's.]

All hands, report. [Several of the hands walk up to Ales, notifying him that all is well and that the weather is favorable. Even if most airship flights are uneventful, Ales enjoys the the moments where he can bask in the calm, orderly way he runs his crew. It's all proof that he's one of the most capable people in the world.

His eyes move to the passengers, particularly to one with a Moogle by his side. An indicator of a Hero of Light.

Well. Time to make new connections!]

Is this your first time on an airship? [He walks up to Tieria with his arms behind his back.]