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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'd like to celebrate the Christmas of Crystallis. Yet again, 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. Or how about participating in Christmas at Crystallis or fighting in a war for the warriors among you?

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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awesomewarrior: (Fighting pose)

Po | Kung Fu Panda | 1

[personal profile] awesomewarrior 2015-04-11 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
While Po had never seen guys like this, it was nice to see his reputations had traveled far. Yes, he wasn't sure how far away from home he was right now, but there were other things to worry about right now.

The panda had saved China and Kung Fu already, who was to say he couldn't save the world? It was only the natural progression, if he thought about it.

"Don't you worry, guys, the Dragon Warrior is here!"
forlornlyorn: (Default)

[personal profile] forlornlyorn 2015-04-11 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
This was not the Paths of the Dead. Anarchy of the Interregnum aside, if anyone would have studied the appropriate texts it was Aerich. That twisting sensation, a bright and open world, tiny bears chirping 'kupo' -- none of these were part of the afterlife he'd prepared for. All of these things the good duke could remain composed for, knowing that this simply required time to absorb and contemplate the necessary information. Comprehension, he thought, would inevitably follow.

But a larger bear, boasting a dragon's title? It was enough to make him wonder if he had wandered into a comedy. Curiosity roused, Aerich brought a hand in in a minor gesture to catch the warrior's attention.

"Pardon," he said. "But I nearly think you have said something famous."
awesomewarrior: (Welp)

[personal profile] awesomewarrior 2015-04-11 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that was another creature Po hadn't seen before. All that lack of fur... Was the result of molting of some kind of ritual? He filed the questions to be asked as soon as possible, once the rest was cleared out.

"I am famous! I am the hero who saved China from Lord Shen!"

He got closer to inspect the new arrival.

"What are you? Where is all your fur?"

Yes, apparently, that was his definition of clearing things up. Never mind his curiosity got the best of him.
forlornlyorn: (recognize you so well in this)

[personal profile] forlornlyorn 2015-04-11 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Between them, the questions must be countless. Luckily, some had the good sense to answer themselves. China would be a place, Lord Shen one of its nobles, and a disgraceful one at that. For the time being, it was enough. Aerich simply sketched the barest bow as Po carried out his inspection.

"I? Well, I am human, though we may also be recognized as Dragaeran or 'elves.'"

Delivered just as though it were the simplest truth in the world. Only after a moment's reflection does he add:

"Truthfully, I can't say as I have ever grown fur."
awesomewarrior: (Default)

[personal profile] awesomewarrior 2015-04-11 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Aerich's bow reminded Po of his manners and he hurried to bow back.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Po. I'm a panda," he clarified, just in case. Pandas were already scarce in China, so probably there weren't many of them in other places, either.

Then, he resumed his inspection. "What about feathers? Don't you have cold? I don't think I could ever be without my own fur even for a minute."
Edited 2015-04-11 18:24 (UTC)
forlornlyorn: (pleasant discussion)

[personal profile] forlornlyorn 2015-04-11 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
A shrug, to indicate he had no better answer for the feathers. It didn't seem that odd a question, really, when Aerich reminded himself the relationship of the various houses with the animals they were named for.

"As anyone might, if I grow cold, I seek warmer shelter, and perhaps attire."

Certain he recognized a pattern, this time when a hand came up, it was to delay any new question. "Forgive me, but I wonder -- if you are a panda, I take it 'Dragon Warrior' is merely a title?" A novel concept. Aerich knew a few Dragonlords who would have interesting reactions to it.
awesomewarrior: (Look)

[personal profile] awesomewarrior 2015-04-11 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"All right, that makes sense."

With his curiosity momentarily satiated, Po had no trouble moving to show off a little big. He was very proud of his achievements, after all.

"Yep! Master Oogway - or the universe, depends on who you ask - chose me to be the Dragon Warrior! But I earned the scroll after being trained by Master Shifu, right on time to defeat Tai Lung and saved the Valley!"

The panda punctuated each beat of his story with a punch or a kick up high to the air.
alisaie: (Still deaf to our cries)

Alisaie Leveilleur | Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn | 2/3

[personal profile] alisaie 2015-04-11 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[2]
Having stayed closer to the third district in order to gain her bearings on the city layout, finding a library was naught short of a blessing to her. After all, keepers of world knowledge as tomes were could be a valuable asset to understanding this world and why the moogle that insisted on following her wheresoever she went.

Not that she believed a word of it. "Hero of Light" was more befitting a title for the adventurers who stood by her side as bodyguard, or even the other Scions and her grandfather. Why they would think her one was completely outlandish in her mind. Still, while concerns from home plague her mind... she may as well attempt to study a few of the tomes she picked up from the library shelves. Mayhap they would hold a shard of truth pertaining to the Crystals and the ongoings of this realm, so that she might be able to return to watching over her brother in his own antics all the sooner.

...If whomever it was that was talking so loudly inside said library would settle down. With a small sound of indignation, she turned on her high heels and began walking away. Hopefully no one stood in the way of a tiny elezen attempting to distance herself from the noise. Or perhaps that's your intent? After all, she certainly doesn't seem to know where she's going...and is still rather perplexed she can read these pages as they are not in Eorzean.

[3]
After a long day in the library and attempts to familiarize herself with the city, she would want naught more than to rest in this... lodging that the government hosts were so kind as to offer upon her arrival. However, it seems as though neighbors have different plans as the sound continues to blare rather loudly into the early and late evening bells. Unfortunately for anyone living with her, this has a tendency to make her rather incredulous at times.

"'Tis as if they are having a feast." Shouldn't they be more focused on what ails this world? she wants to imply, but who knows if this person can catch her not-so-subtle queues.
fontechnician: (poik)

Guy Cecil | Tales of the Abyss

[personal profile] fontechnician 2015-04-11 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
7/

Okay, he'd heard there were airships here, and that news was exciting enough by itself. Airships, as in more than one of them--he'd never even seen one flying machine let alone more.

But now he could say that he's ridden on one, at least. And explored one, even though he'd unfortunately been turned away from the ship's bridge for 'security reasons'.

So he's situated himself at one of the railings on the side, watching the world go by below instead.

"It's so weird, being able to see this world from so high above it."

5/

"You said you can duplicate letters, right?"

"Yes, of course! There's a slight delay, if you don't mind that."

"Nope."

After several hours, the following letter will arrive in the mail:

This might be a strange request, but I'm looking for some people I know who might've ended up in this world.

Luke fon Fabre, Tear Grants, Jade Curtiss, and Anise Tatlin are the ones I'm wondering about at the moment. Write me back if you know anyone by those names.

-Guy Cecil


13/

Wildcard! Have you run into Guy on the streets and want to say hi? Maybe you're a housemate and he's hogging the kitchen/bathroom. Maybe you're a neighbor attempting to set fire to doing science on your front lawn and need help. Feel free to make up a scenario here!
alisaie: (These trials dissuade us not)

[personal profile] alisaie 2015-04-11 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
The exclamation causes what appears to be a child with very pointed ears to stop and raise an eyebrow.

"...Beg pardon?" she asked, incredulous of the panda's words.
forlornlyorn: (two words)

[personal profile] forlornlyorn 2015-04-11 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
The energetic display was a marked contrast with Aerich's rather less animated bearing. Ever the straight man, he backed up a pace out of prudence. Though he habitually failed to conduct himself with such pep, his expression did betray a note of approval; the lyorn was fond of liveliness in others, and whatever a panda might be, earnestness appeared to be one of its virtues.

"Ah! The universe," he answered. "Well, one is ill-advised to argue with the universe. It would have the makings of a tragedy."

The reasoning seemed sound to him. Po was the Dragon Warrior because he was the Dragon Warrior, just as Zerika the Fourth was the rightful bearer of the Imperial Orb because she bore the Imperial Orb. Why not?

"So," he added, with the tone of someone checking his own understanding. "You became a Dragon, saved a valley, defeated a lord, and gained more than a little renown. Which leads me to wonder, in two words, if you had planned on coming to accept this latest venture?" A glance to the waiting moogles suggests he means the arrival in Crysallis and the story about Heroes of Light.
awesomewarrior: (Welp)

[personal profile] awesomewarrior 2015-04-11 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Another of those hairless creatures. Don't stare, Po. Don't stare.

"Yes, I am a panda, but I'm also the Dragon Warrior. I worked hard to get that title, you know?"
awesomewarrior: (Fighting pose)

[personal profile] awesomewarrior 2015-04-11 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Po was used to have his outbursts received with less enthusiasm than that, so it was fine.

"That's what Oogway kept telling Shifu, until he got it." Some things just were, and that was a valuable lesson. At least as far as the panda was concerned. "Yes, that's it. Although I didn't plan on coming. But who am I to unhear the cries for justice?"

Besides, the moogles were so tiny and cute. Like the bunnies.
Edited (tenses /palmface) 2015-04-11 21:52 (UTC)
alisaie: (These lies betray our thoughts)

[personal profile] alisaie 2015-04-11 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Merciful Twelve, it does speak. A bear that speaks... Quite frankly she should not be as surprised as she is.

"Forgive my ignorance, but I am not familiar with the title itself. It does not exist in the wider realm of mine origin."
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[personal profile] awesomewarrior 2015-04-11 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's all right. We all have the right to learn."

He got a little closer, waving one of his paws hello.

"Hi! I'm Po. What's your name?"
alisaie: (These trials dissuade us not)

[personal profile] alisaie 2015-04-11 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
It was times like this that she wished her twin were here. He was much more learned in the arts of communication, and more adept at not sounding so snappish.

"Alisaie Leveilleur. A pleasure, ser Po." She smiles faintly. "And I should hope so - or t'would leave myself in a bit of a predicament as a scholar of my homeland."
awesomewarrior: (Welp)

[personal profile] awesomewarrior 2015-04-11 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Po scratches the back of his head.

"Yes, that's not a kind of name I've heard before. May I ask where are you from?" He looks around. "And where are we? This doesn't look like any place of China I know."

Granted, he doesn't know all of China, but he likes to think his travel from the Jade Palace to Gongmen City broadened his horizon enough.
alisaie: (Bearing sins of the past)

[personal profile] alisaie 2015-04-11 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sharlayan, though from your reaction I doubt you've ever heard of it." Most peculiar, she thought, raising a hand to rest under her chin as she thought. "So you have but just arrived as well..."

Well, this certainly left them in a bit of a predicament.
awesomewarrior: (Look)

[personal profile] awesomewarrior 2015-04-11 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. Still not sure how, though. All I know is that I'm supposed to save the world."

And last time he did the saving, at least he knew where to go.

"I guess we're going to have to explore."
forlornlyorn: (dark moods)

[personal profile] forlornlyorn 2015-04-12 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Even Aerich was hard pressed to steel himself against the little creatures. They had all the right qualities, so far: a tolerable size, an interesting appendage in the poof waving overhead, and an apparent desire to perform a noble duty set by an absent figure.

And if the panda's speech should seem at all ridiculous, it seemed just to a lyorn's ears, as his head was tilting in acknowledgment. Not an ounce of irony was evident as he answered, "Spoken like an Iorich, my friend -- if I may call you as such."

In truth, his gaze remained on the moogle that had introduced itself as having been assigned to him. Po said his arrival was unplanned, and that matched Aerich's experience. So how did anyone in this world have the prescience to arrange this? If only the Empire could work with such precision.

"Indeed, this would be a difficult request to refuse, despite a lack of proper invitations."
awesomewarrior: (Default)

[personal profile] awesomewarrior 2015-04-12 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
For what is worth, Po's speeches could get even more ridiculous, although never to his own ears.

"I don't know what an Iorich is, but I like the word friend. And it's always good to meet another friend of fairness and justice!" With a big, happy grin on his face, he raised his paw. "High five?"
forlornlyorn: (Oh?)

[personal profile] forlornlyorn 2015-04-12 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
A cultural stumbling block: Aerich was familiar with pressing a friend's hand in a show of compassion, but never a high five. It wasn't even good form to knock on a door in the Empire, though to be fair, there were safety hazards in striking doors that might have magical wards.

He could, at the least, mirror the panda's gesture, one eyebrow raised as he watched for a sign what to do next. Maybe he should admit not knowing; perhaps his body language could say it for him, as it so often did. There was a risk of social faux pas no matter what, so he preferred to attempt meeting Po halfway.
awesomewarrior: (Default)

[personal profile] awesomewarrior 2015-04-12 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
As it was usual for him, Po didn't pay much attention to the confused look on the one he talked to. He just kept smiling and hit the man's hand with his paw to complete the high five. Not strong enough to hurt, just to make a sound.

"There! We need a name for your team now!"
forlornlyorn: (dark moods)

[personal profile] forlornlyorn 2015-04-12 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
With her stature, Aerich might have been forgiven if he had never noticed the complainant. But once she did speak, there was a natural interest: a youth with a mixture of familiar and impossible features, in a place where he saw all too few of the former. He was still contemplating if she was closer to a Dragon, or something else -- the hair was too light to fit any house really -- as the duke took a final sip from his wine.

That done, he could set it aside and gain his feet to properly address her. "Perhaps they are," Aerich answered, waiting for her to look his direction before he would tilt his head in greeting. "Should a complaint be lodged?"
fusedshadows: (Default)

5!

[personal profile] fusedshadows 2015-04-12 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
      Well aren't you lucky! It just so happens that I know two of the people that you mentioned. It seems that they're alive and well, are they your friends? I suppose that's good news for you if they are. I could tell you exactly where to find them, but... what's in it for me? Hee hee...

          -- idna.

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