Test Drive Meme

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Reservations will open on October 25th at 00:00 GMT-4 (October 24th at 15:00 EST) and close on October 31st at 23:59 GMT-4 (October 31st at 14:59 EST)
Applications will open on November 01st at 00:00 GMT-4 (October 31st at 15:00 EST) and close on October 08th at 23:59 GMT-4 (October 08th at 14:59 EST)

— Reply with a character you wish to test in the game's setting.
— Feel free to use one of the prompt 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 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. Maybe it's time to get to know your companions in misfortune. Besides, it seems this has occurred past month already-- Maybe some people 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 diplomacy can stop war, you could even start your own researches on the Crystals— Or you could make sure your house is the prettiest in all of Aqures Ixen. Anything is possible.

3/ Neighborhood woes
The government of Aqures Ixen is very sorry, but it seems there are too many of you Heroes of Light. Hence why there is 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 late at night, and hopefully your neighbor isn't a singer who doesn't know how to sing. On the bright side, you may have someone very cool living with you and an artist 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 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 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 some ancient ruins that may hold some precious information. With Airships and Chocobos at your disposal, you can go nearly anywhere that isn't under imperial control; unless you have a death wish of course.

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 Jessie 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 she simply asked you to assist her in her researches on the Crystals. 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 capture a Chocobo during Crystalis de Chocobo, maybe you would have liked to be lost and attacked from all sides in the creepy Magitek Research Facility. Or maybe you would have liked to regain your true power and subsequently be on your path to death, as in The Night of the Thirteen Moogles.

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

Logs Community ♦ Mognet Community ♦ OOC Community ♦ Crack Community

Game	Players	World	Other
Premise	Applications	Jobs / Requests	Hospital
Rules	Reservations	Legends	Employment
FAQ	Taken Characters	NPCs / Contact	Races
Locations	Hiatus/Drop	Housing	Mod Contact
Mognet	Player Contact	Bestiary	Credits
Aqures Ixen	Player Plots	Eidolons

Comments

[shinrasfinest]

Sephiroth was always at his best within the midst of battle, not only in terms of his mood but also his ease of expression; there was something inherently him in the way that he handled himself when in a combat situation. He wasn't just highly trained at the same, he had a natural talent for it.

"Fire tends to work wonders." No duh, really, given his display a few moments ago. Sephiroth then looked over Selen as if to guess what her current Job might be; Warrior undoubtedly, being as she were wielding a sword? He knew that Warrior wasn't the only sword-Job but it seemed as good a guess as any. He recalled well the disorientation of being significantly less skilled, but yet still retaining the knowledge of his years of training.

"And try not to over compensate."

[wings_of_steel]

Yeah, you can say that again. Selen is getting an interesting vibe fromt his person and she sort of enjoys it a lot. Strong people are hard to come by and she didn't mean people with super human strength. It's the way they carried themselves and how fluid their movement was when they were fighting.

He's probably better than her kid, and her combined. Now that's new. Not that Selen couldn't hold her own grounds. She knew he wasn't a typical guy that's for sure. At least, judging from her long experience as a sword fighter.

"I can see that, seeing how you barbecued those creepies."

She replied pointing to whatever was left of the charred skeletons. She chuckled at his next set of words, though. Yeah, she supposed she could be a warrior, but not really. It was close. There's plenty of fun classes honestly.

"Over compensate, me?" she chimed, "of course not. I wouldn't want to be careless in any way or form."

[shinrasfinest]

He tilted his head from one side to the other somewhat nonchalantly, not out of any modesty really even if it might seem it - Sephiroth knew that he was good at fighting, he'd spent many weeks re-training himself in how to best utilize his Jobs in this new World and henceforth his perfect attention to detail served him as well here as it had before. But then, he would always remember how powerful it had felt to have his mako-enhancement returned and knowing that it had been stripped away again would always keep him with the knowledge that he could -had done- so much better before.

He mirrored her chuckle, a few short huffs of the same being drawn out over low vocal tones until Sephiroth then shook his head again.

"Yes, it's very easy to believe that a technique will work as well as you're used to- finding out that it doesn't rather quickly, especially for the first time, is jarring to anybody."

[wings_of_steel]

At least, he wasn't sassy about it. She's rather tired of those men that go on and on about how good they were at fighting. He was modest enough and didn't look like the type to brag about how good he was in a fight. Selen appreciated that mostly. It's always strange to feel stripped of something you're accustomed to. Not that there was much either of them could do for their current situation.

Well, that chuckle kept the former General at her toes. She was rather content that he had good humour too. Now, even that was rare.

"Indeed it is. I might have been careless to think that my current abilities could take me further, but at least it worked out in the end. I'm Selen, former General of the Pheliosta's Holy Knights. It's a pleasure to meet you.....?"

As in gesture to hear his name.

[shinrasfinest]

Very much so when it came to Sephiroth; his skill with his sword often spoke volumes for itself. He didn't ever need to brag and was working hard to get to that level again no matter how the goalposts had moved given the different situation in Crystallis.

As for good humor, she'd have to wait and see. Sephiroth was only being polite, really. Still, first impressions would last and maybe take some away from the social awkwardness that might later reveal itself.

"Sephiroth." He answered her prompt for an introduction just as well as anyone else might. "SOLDIER, First-Class. Or at least, for what titles across World's even mean here."

[wings_of_steel]

Indeed it did. Selen was impressed and she doesn't get that way about a lot of people. He's got really good skills. She might want to test that later in the future with her own. She always liked a little fun sparring with people.

A good impression always lasts and social awkwardness is her forte. She enjoys engaging with people who have some sort of social awkwardness since Selen had little filters to how she behaved. She was brash and silly but she was very serious when she needed to be.

"Pleasure to meet you Sephiroth," she replied giving him a brief chuckle, "Probably not seeing we've been more or less been forced to use abilities we were never given before int he past. I find it rather interesting."

[shinrasfinest]

He'd always be up for trialing new sparring partners, there did come a point where there was only so far skills could develop in being tested against the same things all the time. Other individuals changed it up immensely, and could provide different learning curves as a result.

Sephiroth smiled at Selen's chuckle and then follow up comment; interesting was certainly one way of putting it.

"That would depend on what the bearing was for your title. General was sometimes used to refer to me also, yet I was quite outside the ranks. Sounds as if you really did lead some sort of an army?"

[wings_of_steel]

That's exactly how this old general things as well. It would be useful for her to gather some more strategies while she was here, adjusting to some new abilities that she had yet to perfect. It's a pleasing thought, really. She didn't doubt that she would get along with this young man.

"Yes, I suppose that makes sense in many ways. I wouldn't doubt that a skilled man like you was a general either. You seem well put together if you ask me. Of course, I did. I wouldn't lie about that. It's quite fun, actually. It's like trying to figure out a strategy for invading."

Selen didn't doubt her abilities to adapt to this new world, especially if she could get into easy conversations with people like Sephiroth. It makes her life fun.

[shinrasfinest]

His smile dropped, but only fractionally as he managed to save it from dropping all the way. Although he had been inherently good at strategy, and it meant many things to him, Sephiroth certainly did not class it as fun. Challenging yes, but it wasn't about his own enjoyment in the job. Unlike with his own personal training, where he enjoyed bettering himself, or sparring where he could showcase what he was capable of to another person.

He nodded at the compliment but otherwise didn't have much else to say to Selen about the fact.

"Well then, I had best be on my way back into the City." He followed with another short nod. "I have no doubt our paths will cross again soon, Selen."

[wings_of_steel]

Selen may or may not have noticed that drop, seeing she was rather perceptive. She didn't really make it known either. She seemed unfazed by it as she waited for a response from him. Not a lot of people would agree with her choice of words, but Selen was a rather carefree spirit by nature, so things like strategies and fights were a game to her-- a serious game. She's always determined to make it to the top.

"Be careful on your way back. It was a pleasure to fight alongside you for a short time. I'm quite sure we'll see each other. You're not that hard to miss."