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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 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!


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goddessofthesky: (Beauty)

[personal profile] goddessofthesky 2014-12-04 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
It was nice of him to match her pace considering that she was shorter than most. Her eyes scanned the area as they walked through the snow. Winter in the city has been constant and she enjoys the change but a part of her can't wait until she can see the flowers come spring.

"Do you mind if I ask what your home is like?"

Zelda glanced at him before noting their location. They were already getting close to the house.
misterbrief: (Look.)

3 prose do it

[personal profile] misterbrief 2014-12-04 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm right here." Hearing Saori's voice rather than another he didn't recognize was a blessing in itself. He wasn't looking forward to meeting someone new that he would have to live with, above all things, and the goddess was more than a welcome sight to him. Landing in this new world had been strange indeed, but what a relief it was that there was another here he knew he could count on.

Among other things.

"You're not going to enjoy this living space, it's even worse than the last residences we had."
wellnow: (♠ 39)

#7 because no one else did it :D

[personal profile] wellnow 2014-12-04 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Kuja isn't a stranger to airships. In his time on Gaia he'd become used to them, and Terra's own technology was far more advanced. This was nothing compared to the Invincible, but ...well, he could admit he enjoyed it.

The wind blowing through his hair wasn't so kind, however. When it blew Celes's hair back it blew his own forward and into his face. Letting out an irritated noise, Kuja tried straightening it, keeping the feathers he wore as straight as he could. Perhaps tying it back in this sort of weather would be more favorable. Maybe a hat, too? Something...

Dragging his nails gently through his hair, he catches eye of the blond. "Lovely, isn't it?" Is he being sarcastic...? It's hard to tell.
Edited (My icon didn't change somehow....) 2014-12-04 20:14 (UTC)
windandrain: (Hmmm?)

doing it

[personal profile] windandrain 2014-12-04 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
A tension leaves her entire body as she hears that voice. There really wasn't a more welcome sound than his voice, in her mind. Taken from one place to another was jarring, but having someone she could count on was comforting. That it was him made it all the more, and she couldn't help but crack a smile.

"It's hard to imagine a place worse than Malnosso accomodations, dearest," she replies smoothly. Slipping inside and shutting the door behind her, she peered around the dusty but serviceable accommodations, looking for her grouchy companion.

"It's good to hear your voice, though."
misterbrief: (Oh look two androids.)

[personal profile] misterbrief 2014-12-05 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
He jerks a thumb to the kitchen. "We lived in a palace in comparison to this dump."

He even looks a little dusty too, like he'd been trying to organize their living space a little. At Capsule Corp and in Luceti, he'd kept a pretty pristine living space. Things weren't always clean because of Bulma, but even then in her older ages, she wasn't nearly as much of a slob. The cleaning bots helped though.

"Wait until you see the disaster in there. I haven't even fixed an eighth of it yet."
windandrain: (Modern Hong Kong Skyline)

[personal profile] windandrain 2014-12-05 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
She seems a little surprised, seeing him so dusty. Cleaning isn't a thing she thought he'd be likely to do. But then...it wasn't exactly like she expected him to treat her the way he did, either.

"No? What's in there?"

She tries to look around him, see what sort of disaster awaits that'd cover him in that much dust and sand and silt and all that stuff.
misterbrief: (Default)

[personal profile] misterbrief 2014-12-05 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
When she looks past him, it appears that this particular residence hasn't been lived in in years. Who knows how many, from the film of dust covering the entire kitchen. Part of the floor looks like it had been torn up, dirt from the ground beneath covering that corner. The shelves and cupboards were open and some barely hanging onto their hinges, broken plates everywhere, and it's possible the sink might not even have running water.

The only part he's seemed to get to is trying to fix the fridge, a wrench and some other tools sitting next to it that he'd picked up earlier that day.

"That is what's in there." There's a lot of work to be done.
windandrain: (Hands on hips)

[personal profile] windandrain 2014-12-05 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Sniffing derisively, she steps into the room and surveys the wreckage. It's an absolute disaster in here, and she can see where he's tried to put some things to rights, the tools a dead giveaway. Frowning as she moves through the wreckage she, not for the first time, laments the lack of her powers.

"If only I could just...blow all this junk away," she groans. "This is going to take weeks to repair at best."

Hands on hips, she turns around and gives him a weak smile.

"How's the rest of the house? Better or worse?"
misterbrief: (This guy is really annoying)

[personal profile] misterbrief 2014-12-05 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
He knew she'd react like that. Compared to her castle? This was garbage of the worst degree.

"Why don't you see for yourself. As you already noticed, the living room is completely in shambles. And I'm pretty sure I saw a roach earlier working on that blasted thing."

He doesn't know if he can get the fridge working either. He's got his own tech knowledge, but he's no engineer. Or repairman, really. Anything broken past the basics means they'll have to get a new one or get an icebox.
servaturus: (The Darkness awaits you quietly.)

1.

[personal profile] servaturus 2014-12-05 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Upon hearing the word hero, it felt as if his whole body froze. He hadn't been called one in so long yet others were throwing away the title as if it meant nothing. His brow set stern, he made his approach toward the familiar voice. He thought of the worst, that Noel had failed and was brought here to right the wrongs done.

There was a bit of nostalgia that flitted his mind though that was in a past long ago that he would never see again. He pushed it aside and muscled through the memories to the present.

"You will come to expect that many will call you hero." Caius spoke with surety through his approaching steps from the shadows of the adjacent buildings. The black knight was anything but pleased.

Passersby gave quick glances toward Caius and quickly moved away. He stood out in the falling snow and he looked as cold as the ice forming on the awnings.
windandrain: (Nervous)

[personal profile] windandrain 2014-12-05 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
It was, that castle had been a labor of love for her and Helios...but that was gone. Groaning as she heard about the roaches, reminded of Vinedra and all the trouble those roaches had caused, but...that was just idle musing.

Peeking into what appears to be the bathroom, she snorts in approval.

"At least you got the bathroom clean. That's...something...at least."
nonchere: (They blame and pick on each other)

[personal profile] nonchere 2014-12-05 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh my God she only screwed up once go to hell Locke.]

I'm glad you have so much faith in me, but I refuse.
shiftbreak: (16.)

[personal profile] shiftbreak 2014-12-05 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
Sitting around waiting isn't Zidane's style either, already scheming into matters that didn't even concern him. "The Eidolons--" glancing over lazily, always so externally casual "--my moogle, Marcus, mentioned them. Why have they left this land?" Within his world they share the same term, calling them summons would seem odd.

"I doubt you know, seeing we both just got here-" continuing on, waving his hand at the other. Knowing well already that his roommate wouldn't know, but perhaps mentioning it would get his noggin running around the idea. "Something tells me they're connected... You were told that story about the Calamity, right?" He'd been spared no details from his moogle.

The stress was building under the surface. Unable to relax the longer the thought brushed his mind, would they even get home? Back in the Black Mage Village rested his entire needy family; Mikoto, the Genomes and even a recovering Kuja. Sure, the black mages could assist but not entirely. Could Mikoto take care of Kuja all on her own? Kuja wouldn't be an easy fix, he's weak and needs physical and emotional support. How are the black mages going to feel about Kuja living with them? Zidane has no idea what magical potentials - if any - his world destroying brother possess. The questions are endless, the frustration is insufferable - damnit! Zidane isn't the type to worry over things... so having things to conestly worry about is driving him internally mad.

The only physical sign of irritation could be seen within Zidane tail, flicking with in mood, but you'd need to understand those signs of annoyance to identify them.
desertdaggers: (and a clear blue sky)

[personal profile] desertdaggers 2014-12-05 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Any other- monster, you say?" Hawk takes another look, more slowly this time. Well- it's not exactly as though it's the first time he's seen someone who turned out to be something else, but- he didn't expect this. "You appear more human than most," he says after a moment or two.

"Are you that dangerous, then?" He tilts his head, smiling.
oracledriven: (neutral; on the surface)

[personal profile] oracledriven 2014-12-05 12:29 pm (UTC)(link)
That voice chills Noel to the bone far more than the snow does.

For a moment, he doesn't move, frozen in place. His breath is steady but shallow, clouding the cold air in front of his face. Part of him wonders, with a pang of regret, if this isn't the afterlife --whatever kind of place that might be-- after all. Whatever the case whatever the reason...hearing that voice again is not easy. He never thought to prepare himself for this possibility, not after the man's death. Not after Noel killed him.

"Yeah? That'll be hard to get used to." He gives a short laugh, without mirth, and that's when he turns to look at the man, confirming that it is indeed him. That he's real.

"...I never expected to see you here, Caius."
oracledriven: (worried; black and white)

Sorry for the delay, it's been a crazy week!

[personal profile] oracledriven 2014-12-05 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Two months?

[He shouldn't be surprised at this point, probably...but he is. She's been here that long, and he didn't even know? There's concern in his expression as he looks her over, briefly.]

And you... Have you had any visions? Of the future?

[It's an awkward, clumsy way to ask that question, but he doesn't care at this point. He has to know what to expect. If he'll lose her all over again in this place.]
oracledriven: (calm; think it through)

[personal profile] oracledriven 2014-12-05 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
As tense as he feels, being in a new place so unexpectedly, her attitude helps him to loosen up a bit, and he returns e smile.

"So I'm not the only one in this situation," he muses, glancing around for a moment. "Is this...a common thing? People being brought here with no warning?"
servaturus: (Kill me.)

[personal profile] servaturus 2014-12-05 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hm." He smirked and lifted his chin slightly in response.

Through the centuries, through all the leaping through time and how he came to teach the boy to become the hunter he became, it was just as hard on Caius. His heart met the young man's blade with no remorse save for one; he didn't die with Yeul as he wanted. Perhaps it was for the best.

Another step out of the cast shadow from the buildings and purple eyes came into focus. He wanted to reach out to touch Noel's shoulder, to give some recompense that his regret wasn't Noel's burden to bear, but the damage was done. Instead, his thoughts were only on one thing and that was for Yeul.

"She waits for you." He lifted his head toward the street and the same direction that Yeul resided in.

Caius lived on the other side of the residential areas and far away from Yeul. It was a minor annoyance and for the better. All he wanted was for her to live a normal life and if that meant living apart, he was willing to give that space. It never changed the fact that both men failed at some point, and something that he chose not to dwell on.
enduringflower: (thats not right)

Dats cool :3 It's fun to thread with Noel >.<

[personal profile] enduringflower 2014-12-05 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[It is a more complicated question than he realizes and it is still a little sensitive. Yeul is confused and lost without the curse she has lived with all her life. Its been strange getting used to its absence and she never saw this in their future.]

It is gone, except...

[Yeul looks down and then back up at Noel. She wants to tell him but she doesn't want to see him be sad anymore.]

When I first woke up here, my sight returned for a short time. I was brought back to life afterwards and now it is gone again.
misterbrief: (I don't care how strong you are.)

[personal profile] misterbrief 2014-12-05 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"With no shortage of effort, may I remind you." Stepping behind her, he glances into the bathroom. That took him hours of cleaning, and there's still some remnants of grime in corners that he just couldn't get clean. It would take more effort, but for the most part, at least it was presentable.

"I don't have that much gil left after purchasing the new mirror. Replacing some of the plumbing to the sink. And, we still need a new shower curtain." He points to the rotting mess of a curtain he's thrown into the corner, next on his list of things to take care of.

"You can buy that." He sounds so bitter.
nonchere: (pic#2869925)

[personal profile] nonchere 2014-12-05 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Well if he was going to be a baby about it. Celes was going to let the charade fall after a day or so, or at least until he apologized, but someone wasn't man enough to let it go. So instead, the blond smiled smugly, swinging her feet up--still in her boots--onto the bed and lounging a little. "Actually, I think I'm going to take a nap, if you don't mind."
nonchere: (You play melodies of love)

[personal profile] nonchere 2014-12-05 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
A chuckle. "Hardly. From what I understand, there's been a constant trickle of people coming in from different worlds. It definitely makes things interesting around here." Taking a moment to glance at their surroundings, the blond shifted her weight slightly. She wasn't keen on being here herself, as there was a lot of work to be done back home; she wasn't going to let him know that, at least. "So, have you found anyone from your world yet?"
nonchere: (pic#2624117)

end of the semester, just a bit slow

[personal profile] nonchere 2014-12-05 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Celes stopped when she saw the other woman, nearly jumping herself. Someone else was living here?]

Oh! Sorry, I thought--

I didn't realize someone else was here, I didn't mean to startle you.
nonchere: (pic#2624114)

oh this should be fun

[personal profile] nonchere 2014-12-05 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Mogtague, her moogle, floated in before she did, discovering a rather fluffy-looking couch. His wings were tired from flitting about after his new companion, and a nap sounded really good right about now. Or snacks. Or a nap and snacks. That would be ideal.

He hardly looked up when Cliff came in. Celes, however, stopped near the door frame, brow furrowed. She had been warned that she might be living with someone else, but somehow that hadn't clicked in her mind until just then.

She looked him over, sizing the man up. Tall. Reasonably muscular. A fighter? What was he covered in? An interesting reaction; "You didn't," She smirked, holding up a key. "I think I'm your new roommate."
misterbrief: (Perhaps)

[personal profile] misterbrief 2014-12-05 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"As a matter of fact, I do."

He certainly doesn't appreciate the fact that she just put her dirty boots on his bed. He marches right over to the end of the mattress, grabs a hold of it with both hands, and yanks the entire mattress off the bed, turning it to dump her off.

"I guess no one ever taught you any manners about taking your shoes off before you enter someone's house."

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