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— Feel free to use one of the prompt below or make one of your own!
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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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Premise	Applications	Jobs / Requests	Hospital
Rules	Reservations	Legends	Employment
FAQ	Taken Characters	NPCs / Contact	Races
Locations	Hiatus/Drop	Housing	Mod Contact
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She smiles cheerfully, her eyes dancing in a way that is probably unnerving.

"Hello! It is quite curious you know, that I go out for a night of rambunctious combat and return only to find another fool here. Did my sister send you? Or perhaps the bear with my title belt?"

Unnerving would be the understatement of the century, but Yu tried not to dwell on it. There was enough weird about his current situation that he didn't need to worry about anything else.

"No, Margaret didn't send me," he replied; he wasn't even going to address Kagetsuchi. "I was brought here like everyone else was."

"Oh my. Well, have you been told the truth? What the moogles say? What the heroes say? Or come with more enlightenment than that?"

She tilts her head, "Or are you here as my new sparring partner! It has been rather dull some nights, especially as my prey of choice continues to elude me and the bevy of burritos I have as bait."

...as usual, he had no idea what she was talking about. And he really didn't want to know what exactly she was trying to do with burritos.

"A-actually, they ran out of housing, and we need to double up..." he replied. Somehow he had a feeling "sparring" partner was going to come into play with this arrangement no matter what he said.

"Oh yes! This is where I have been staying. It took forever to throw out the dead animal heads. Would you believe they were not even dangerous foes, so there really was no point in harvesting them to frighten others off. But the person who collected them was is gone. Funny considering he was a fairy tale that was never actually told."

She shrugs, "While I have not really concerned myself with the room beyond that it is down the hall. Near the food preparation area, yet that is empty. I have yet to transform last night's bounty into lunch."

There was a whole lot wrong with what she just said -- or rather, there was everything wrong with what she just said. Dead animal heads harvested by a previous tenant made him wonder one, that there was someone possibly scarier than her around and two, what the heck she did with him. Scarier than that, however, was the idea that Elizabeth was cooking; prior experience with woman told him that was a bad, bad thing in general.

And the fact that she had no idea what was going on in his room? Was walking straight into the unknown with all the intimidation of the Aiya Rainy Day Special.

"Ah... would you like me to prepare lunch?" he asked, hoping to stave off what his imagination was cooking up a little bit longer.

"Hrm, normally I just go and buy it. After all, the only trophies I bring back anymore are coins and the bakers, and chefs seem to take that with no reserve. While I have been studying how to make mortal food I am barely average in that endeavor."

She shrugs, "Still, honing one's skills is an effective method on any battle field. As for cooking, no, I have been called an insatiable monster by no fewer than 4 buffet owners here and wish not further add to your stress of arrival."

Great; now he has the mental image of Elizabeth clearing out an all you can eat buffet. It made him almost glad he met her when they were in the middle of the world potentially falling apart; he couldn't imagine what she would have done -- or made him do -- otherwise.

"Well, maybe later I can help you learn to cook," he replied. She... might be a quick learner? If she paid attention long enough anyway...

"Perhaps! I have all ready uncovered the techniques of toasting bread and preparing eggs sunny side up."

She ponders a bit, "And of course tiny burritos, but those are for my prey. Odd to think that something so mundane at home could be so terror inspiring here."

With that she shrugs.

Well, at least she knew how to do the easy stuff. Yu was fairly certain Rise would be able to find a way to make water too spicy if left to her own devices, and he didn't even want to think about what other monsters Chie and Yukiko could create together.

That burrito thing was coming up again, and now he had to be curious.

"What... exactly are you trying to bait with burritos?"

She shrugs and states matter of factly, "I am attempting to lure out a hamster, so that I may engage it in combat."

"A... hamster?"

The disbelief was easily heard in Yu's voice. First of all, why would anyone want to battle a hamster, second of all, why would burritos of all things be effective?

"Indeed! For some reason the natives of this place seem to find them to be the ultimate opponent, and as such I believe that would be the best opponent to train against!"

"It was on your world I believe that it stated that hamsters were tiny, and tiny burritos were the perfect bait for them."

"I... don't think that's how it goes on my world..."

He can't even picture it. How could a defenseless hamster be an "ultimate opponent"? Unless they had such cuteness that they immobilized you on sight, he couldn't see how they could do any kind of damage to a person.

"I never had time to ask my guest to quest for that answer. I never even knew it was a question worth sending someone to quest for."

She pouts a bit, "This world is like that in many ways, and in many places. There are the hamsters, the fact that persona do not work, and that house on Wyvren terrace."

"...so they really don't work."

He had been hoping it was just him; that there was some hiccup in him being brought to this place, and Izanagi wouldn't answer him as a result of that. If Elizabeth couldn't even use her Persona, then...

"No, Thanatos has not headed my call. Even made from a public bath, with many other naked women. If not even that will bring death, I do not believe he can come here."

She sighs and shakes her head.

...the fact that she even tried doing that... No, no; not his attendant, not going to touch that. He let out a cough instead, glancing away.

"Well... a-at least it seems like we have some kind of power here?"

Her shoulders droop slightly and she shakes her head.

"Oh, yes, some. And it grows with time I suppose. Still, it is rather hard being created with something in mind and then not being able to pursue it. Still, I am taking that separation as a chance to understand how he was before, and perhaps understand why the seal is needed."

Yu fell quiet at that, debating on if he should question her about that. He decided against it, however; last time he did, she just kept talking like he was supposed to know who she was referring to and why they were important.

Instead, he offered her a small smile.

"Maybe we can find a way to get out powers back here," he suggested, a little bit of hopefulness creeping into his voice.

"There is a way, with the Master, but this place has taken his mind. They say someone who knows computers may be able to help, but sadly that is out of my training."

"For brief periods I almost believe I understand why someone would feed Erebus, and the need of the seal, in a small way. Yet it is not a small thing that caused it to need to be."

"Computers?" he asked. Wait, what did computers have to do with a place like this? Anything he had seen had been straight out of a fantasy movie.

And again with the Erebus and seal; he was going to have to find some way to sit her and Margaret down for some straight answers.

"Yes, someone stated that a while ago. Something about a job that can return ourselves to us. I really do not know anything about computers though so my ability to help is minimal."

"I'll have to see what I can do to help then."

He wasn't exactly ace with computers -- he knew just about as much as any other teenager that casually used them. Still, if he could offer some kind of help...

"I am certain once you have come to understand this place you will be able to do much. Understanding the world is something very few accomplish. I myself have yet to make even my first link."

She shrugs, "Still, if you room has anything unpleasant, there is a fire pit outside to the back that I threw much of what was in it before in."

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