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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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trope_attack: (bardsong)

Elan the Bard, Order of the Stick

[personal profile] trope_attack 2014-11-24 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
1. It's pretty widely known that Intelligence is Elan's dump stat. He's gotten a bit better as Plot keeps hitting him with the +5 Hammer of Character Development, but that doesn't mean he can make great intellectual leaps.)

Half the classes were ones he'd never heard of. Finally, his moogle asked him what he wanted to do, and set him up with Red Mage/Illusionist. Elan felt a bit like his brother, but it really was the simplest thing he could come up with. "Will singing help?"

"Probably not," his moogle said.

"But it won't hurt, will it?"

10. Someone told Elan that a lady made new classes. Which seemed fishy to him, but he wanted to be a bard again. So he was hunting for rare bird monsters to gather feathers. "Do, do, do the boring fetch-quest," he sang.

If the birds had any sense, they'd stay away. On the other hand, annoying not-bards singing can be big targets.

13. Prompt me!
loyalflower: (smug smile)

Guy Cecil | Tales of the Abyss

[personal profile] loyalflower 2014-11-24 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
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[Airships. Out of everything that Guy wanted and needed to know about life in Aqures Ixen, the airships were among the top items on the list. The majority of the fleet seemed to be made of classical styled frigates, of the sort that were ideal for crossing an ocean-- how they were able to sail through the air with little effort absolutely fascinated him.]

How do you think they work? [He asked, ostensibly to the moogle that was hanging out on his shoulder, as he stared up at the glorious white sails billowing in the breeze.]

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[Daisy had vanished without any explanation besides 'Moogle Business', leaving Guy to fend for himself if he wanted to find out what was going on. And, what better place was there to pick up on the local news than at the local pub?

Strangers are more than welcome to chat up the friendly blond sitting at the bar, maybe even try to buy him a few drinks if they want, though they'll find that he's a complete gentleman in every regard.

They had just be careful about trying more than friendly conversation. That might not go entirely as planned.]


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[Prompt me! New player is new, and still learning the ropes. :3]

mwahahahahahahah; 7

[personal profile] magical_healing_rain 2014-11-24 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Life outside the plate above Midgar had taken some getting used to for Aerith. And despite the danger at the time, the experience with the Tiny Bronco had been liberating. But this airship was a little terrifying.

Of course, it might not have been so bad if she hadn't looked down after takeoff.

Right now, the normally happy Cetra is clinging to the railing near the cabin for dear life, her eyes shut and a frown on her pretty face.]


I heard it's a form of magic.
charming_jerk: (smirk 1)

Johnny D'Amico | OC

[personal profile] charming_jerk 2014-11-24 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
[1]
Like most folks, this new arrival is arguing with his moogle about this deal. Except this one is not only loud, he's also very strange-looking. Thankfully his moogle is a patient one, and seems impervious to being yelled at by an obnoxious New Yorker.

"No, I don't care what some crystal says, or what this stupid outfit's supposed to mean. I ain't a hero. Not even close. Pretty much the goddamn opposite. So send me back and swap me out for someone who'll give a shit, okay?"

[11]
At the Blitzball stadium, this new hero has been transfixed. Johnny's never been one much for sports, but this is too much of a spectacle to ignore. He's never seen anything like it. He'll elbow the nearest crowd member for their attention to ask questions.

"Hey, how do they do that? I mean, is it like, magic or somethin'? Cuz if it ain't, that's pretty impressive."
loyalflower: (whole lotta nope)

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[personal profile] loyalflower 2014-11-24 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
Magic?

[He glanced down at the woman-- and how can he not react to that expression on her face?]

...Are you feeling okay?
theendiswherewestartfrom: (JackHowYouDoin)

1 - Look, you knew this was coming, let's just get this out of the way immediately...

[personal profile] theendiswherewestartfrom 2014-11-24 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Picking up as the welcome wagon for people who have found themselves displaced in time and space. Of all things, going to help out the newbies is somewhat familiar for Jack, it's just that the speech he has to give is a little different from Cardiff. He's even dressed back in the more familiar clothes from home, but the moogle following him still gives him away as one of the self-proclaimed heroes.

Jack hears a familiar argument starting up, and heads towards the distinctive accent. Hel-lo, there. The once-over he gives Johnny isn't subtle at all. "Captain Jack Harkness, and who are you?"
whereishe: (Default)

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[personal profile] whereishe 2014-11-24 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
Are you alright?

[Yuna moves to sit next to him at the bar with a smile. She isn't really looking to buy anyone drinks but she enjoys coming to bars without Celes just to talk to someone new, some who didn't remind her of home.]
thegreatninja: (dont mess with me)

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[personal profile] thegreatninja 2014-11-24 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Will you stop that noise?" Yuffie had her hands over her hears as she looked up from her work. She was designing a new trap but the echo of the mans singing was making it difficult to concentrate.
whereishe: (mmmm)

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[personal profile] whereishe 2014-11-24 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
Yuna was wearing her practice gear when she was elbowed by the man standing next to her. She had just finished practicing and decided to stick around and watch the next game.

"It can be. Some can hold there breaths for long periods of time."
charming_jerk: (annoyed)

/laughs into hands

[personal profile] charming_jerk 2014-11-24 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
Good thing Johnny was paying attention to the moogle until approached.

"Huh? I'm a new guy. An unhappy one. Who're you, and whattaya got to do with this?"

The moogle just sighs in annoyance, pushing up its tiny spectacles. This was going to be a tough assignment.
charming_jerk: (confused/suspicious)

[personal profile] charming_jerk 2014-11-24 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Hold yer breath and do all that? Damn. I mean, it's like they're not even under water. Like they're flyin' around."

That's when he notices her outfit. "Wait, you play in this?"
loyalflower: (embarrassed smile)

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[personal profile] loyalflower 2014-11-24 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Forgive the blond if he starts a little when the young woman sits near him-- he likes girls plenty, but there is something about them being too close that unnerves him, no matter how nice they are.

He does manage an apologetic smile for her.]


I'm doing just fine!

[Perhaps that was a little too quick...Guy took a peek around the rest of the bar, thoughtful.]

It sure is busy out there today, isn't it?
trope_attack: (puzzled)

Re: 10

[personal profile] trope_attack 2014-11-24 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
"It isn't inspiring?" Elan asked. He looked over at the girl. If she'd been from his plane, he'd say she was from the Southern Lands, but he still didn't know all the new classes to guess what she was.

Well, not anyone who needed armor.

"What are you doing?"
whereishe: (Default)

[personal profile] whereishe 2014-11-24 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. I'm only on the reserves for now though."

She was proud that she was able to hold her breath as long as she could without the use of magic.
whereishe: (light smile)

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[personal profile] whereishe 2014-11-24 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
It is.

[She giggles softly and takes a small scout away. She could notice when people get tense and she doesn't want to make him uncomfortable.]

I like days like this. You can to see so many people pass in and out.
thegreatninja: (Innocent)

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[personal profile] thegreatninja 2014-11-24 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm setting a trap and it takes a lot of concentration." She lightly strings together the last part and jumps back with a smile.

The young ninja beamed with excitement as the trap was set. "Now we nee bait! Mooshoo!" The moogle spoke from the treetops with a single syllable. "NO."
loyalflower: (supportive)

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[personal profile] loyalflower 2014-11-24 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
[That does get him to relax some. It was a silly condition of his, really, and one that he hoped he would get through quickly enough to not have to explain it to everyone he met.

So far, the girls here seemed far nicer than some Kimlascan women. He counted that as partial compensation for being whisked away from everything that was familiar in Auldrant.]


You do. That's part of why I like coming to places like this. It's almost like you can see the heart of the community under a single roof.
trope_attack: (yay)

Re: 10

[personal profile] trope_attack 2014-11-24 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, so you're a rogue?" Elan asked.

"Thief," his moogle corrected.
needsteaplz: (Default)

[personal profile] needsteaplz 2014-11-24 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Unfortunately, there's no take-backs for heroes. We're stuck here until the job's done," a woman's voice said from the rooftops. Saori just had to come see the newest arrivals. She still had her Dragoon job equipped so jumping down to the ground wasn't a problem at all. Her own moogle followed after her.

"And from the looks of things, that might not be happening for a while."
thegreatninja: (hands on hips b/w)

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[personal profile] thegreatninja 2014-11-24 01:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Yuffie rose resting her hands on her hips.

"I'm the great ninja Yuffie! Ninja, Got it?"

whereishe: (Default)

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[personal profile] whereishe 2014-11-24 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yuna doesn't mind doing little things to help someone become more comfortable. Its not like she needs to be so close to him.

Her smile warms as it looks out across the bar.]


It makes you wonder what stories everyone could tell.
not_most_days: (Default)

James Kidd | Assassin's Creed 4 - Black Flag

[personal profile] not_most_days 2014-11-24 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
2) Life in this new city was tricky, but not impossible. The problem was the quiet. Even with the monsters outside and the tales the adventurers told of a possible imperial incursion, something seemed off. People seemed too happy with their lives and Kidd couldn't help but be suspicious. The young pirate had managed to shake the moogle with relative ease and was now people watching in a back alley bar. These thief clothes felt odd, but they did their job, and it was nice to still have a pair of knives at the ready.

The Assassin sat at the back of the bar, taking occasional pulls from a bottle of wine while making all effort to avoid the eyes of the other patrons. It wasn't anything out of the ordinary for Kidd. Sit back, drink quietly, listen to the stories around you. Become a part of the scenery.

9) Surprise was the key to a successful assault. Kidd could win in a fight one on one, but Assassin training encouraged attacking from a secluded location. The young pirate clad in thief garb perched quietly in a tree as the coeurl moved beneath. All that was needed was the right moment to strike.

The feline monster sniffed the air, detecting a scent, but Kidd didn't move. Patience. Quiet. Only let it hear the sound of the wind in the leaves and the birds chirping. Vanish into the background.

Just another moment more...


((prose or brackets both fine, I'll follow your lead.))
charming_jerk: (smirk 1)

[personal profile] charming_jerk 2014-11-24 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
He nods, impressed. "Damn. That's pretty hardcore. I know I couldn't do it. I ain't much for sports, usually, but we ain't got anything like this where I'm from. Maybe I would be if we did."
charming_jerk: (older - talking)

[personal profile] charming_jerk 2014-11-24 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Johnny folded his arms and shook his head. His armor looked like a leather version of the Dark Knight class, lighter and made for more movement.

"This has gotta be one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. I dunno who's idea it was to drag me here, but it's like some kinda bad joke."
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[personal profile] whereishe 2014-11-24 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"This was the only entertainment we really had where I was from. So everyone knew about it. I only started playing about two years ago but I really enjoy it."

Yuna didn't see anything impressive in playing, she wanted to be good at it too.

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