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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 Cid 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!
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 Cid 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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Graham Specter | Baccano!
[Maybe you're a newbie, or maybe you've been here awhile. Either way, one of the new arrivals has been causing a ruckus, yelling and demanding answers and not making a lot of sense. The unfortunate moogle assigned to this young man, looking very put out, asks if you maybe you could talk to him and calm him down. The good news is, he does seem calmer as he's stopped yelling. The bad news is that he's crouched down with his arms over his head, trying very hard not to cry. When you approach, sad blue eyes peek out from his long hair, and he looks up at you with concern.]
Oh! Have fairies kidnapped you, too?
[2. Neighborhood woes]
[To whomever has gotten saddled with Graham as a roommate: I hope that nothing you own is too important. Because he has this habit, you see. Besides taking nonstop, he also compulsively disassembles anything that interests him. Which is most things.
One day when you come home, you find that he's disassembled everything in the kitchen. Pieces of appliances are all neatly and orderly piled and lined up on the floor, and Graham sits looking over one piece closely.
You might want to make dinner plans somewhere else tonight.]
Amazing! Truly amazing craftsman they have here. I've never seen anything like it. It's also very old fashioned, but without electricity, I suppose it would be. But that doesn't make it any less impressive. They should be proud of themselves!
[3. Random Encounter]
[Graham didn't know what he was in for in the forest, and probably should have better heeded the warnings of his moogle companion. But now he was facing down a golem, whose fist he managed to dodge in the nick of time. He doesn't look daunted, though. Despite being a Blacksmith/Dragoon, he's carrying his giant monkeywrench as a weapon, and he gleefully swings it at the monsters, connecting with a satisfying clang.
Back home, despite his size, Graham was devastatingly powerful. But now, his wrench does almost nothing to the golem, who doesn't look amused. Graham looks horrified, looking desperately at his weapon as if it was the cause of all this. It's no fun being level one.]
I-I don't understand! I should be able to break you into a thousand, million, billion tiny pebbles. You should be dust dissipating in the wind! What's going on!?
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I don't know anything about any fairies, but... are you okay?
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Hahaha! Those aren't fairies! They're moogles, weren't you listening? ( here she is wiping away an almost-tear born from the hilarity of the situation... and nodding at his question. or, series of questions, rather. ) Well, yeah! I think I'm fine at least. I'm in one piece so that has to count for something, right? You too, right? That's as good a place to start as any, I suppose.
But I still don't really get what this place is... ( it's not as trippy as a witch's labyrinth, at least... )
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I've never heard of a moogle. Who's ever heard of a moogle? But I've heard of fairies, and I know that they're tricksters and are not to be trusted.
[Graham suddenly looks over his new outfit, and it's too amused. He's in one piece, sure, but where's his mechanics jumpsuit? At least he still had his giant wrench with him, instead of the normal spear that would go with his Dragoon and Blacksmith jobs.]
"Fine" is subjective. How is this "fine"? What even are these clothes? Have I been kidnapped to be in some costume party? Or a play? A Hero, those moogles said. Am I to be in some grand production?
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she makes an attempt at a smile -- which twists into more of a frown as he goes on... ) Kidnapped, well... that's one way of putting it I guess... But I don't think it's really a play or anything like that, everyone seems to be pretty serious about it...
Ah, sorry. I'm Sayaka. Sayaka Miki. ( there's the remainder of that smile now )
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Let me tell you a sad story. I was taken from my friends and Boss Ladd, and brought here to this fairy tale world without my consent! Meanwhile, Boss Ladd and Sis Lua and Shaft and the gang will think I have been kidnapped! Or killed! Or worse of all, run off to leave them all behind without a word. Agh! My reputation soiled and there's nothing I can do about it. Already so low, a vermin who crawls along the darkest corners of humanity, only to have this happen and there's nothing I can do about it?! This is unfair, even for me!
[He stops and points dramatically at Sayaka with the wrench.]
You're right, this is serious. A very serious, sad story! My heart is breaking for us both!
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She manages to keep expression calm as she looks down at Graham.]
Can I ask what you are doing?
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I had to do it. I've never seen anything like this stove before! What a treat this was to dismantle. I may have lost my speed, but with practice it will come back to me. I know it will!
[He feels much more like himself now than since he has since he's arrived. He's positively beaming.]
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[Which seems a little bit more important than taking it apart. She hopes, because he dismantled it, that he can reassemble it as well but if not she’d just have to retreat to another part of the house and wait until he was finished to clean up.]
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Fix it? Fix it how? Put it back together, you mean? Ha, what a joke! Me, create instead of tear apart? No, it can't be done. No, no, no. I was not blessed with the gift of giving form, only taking it away. My nature is only destruction!
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Well, here we are different. We aren’t tied to previous notions. It might be worth giving it a try.
[With what she’s learned about Crystallis, it’s only Garham who stops himself from learning construction over destruction.]
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Wh-What a happy story! Yes, a new world, a new identity, a new job! I haven't realized how freeing that could be. A whole new life has been put in front of me, that I can mold however I like. A hunk of clay that has been given to me, ready to be shaped by my own whims!
[He starts grabbing parts, and looks them over, his grin slowly fading as he realizes he doesn't really know how they go back together. Dismantling was a reflex to him, as natural as breathing, even if he wasn't as fast as he used to be. Reassembly was a whole other idea.]
Ah, but this story... It's going to be a very slow and boring one.
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[3. Random Encounter]
If you can't handle that level of monster, you should get back.
[Big talk, probably, for a level one gunner/white mage, but Billy was not too concerned with making an impression on a rash guy who jumped into battles way over his head.]
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[Graham has always been an incredibly skilled fighter, and to have all his skill reset to almost nothing was something he was having a hard time coping with. Having someone telling him to get back wasn't going to help.
At least he has his Dragoon jump ability to back him up, and he leaps high and brings the wrench down on the golem hard. The monster is hurt, and isn't amused by this guy. It swats Graham off, sending him flying back a few feet. Graham looks more shocked than injured.]
Ah...Ahaha! You really are solid rock! Something straight from a fairy tale. Well I won't let you attack the fair townsfolk, or raid the castle! I'll be the one to save the princess from your foul clutches!
[He's back on his feet and ready to swing once again.]
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First off, I didn't almost shoot you. And if I had, I can do this.
[He cast a level one Cure spell. It was more draining than his Healing Light ether, though he imagined it would get easier with practice.]
Permission to shoot it, or are you going to talk it to death?
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[Graham used to be so fast that he could knock a bullet out of the air with his wrench, but he knows that's not the case now.
This won't stop him from getting right up in the face of the golem, who still has its sites stuck on him. That's what he gets for being such a loud target. It swings at him, and he has enough time to only defend himself by stopping his punch with the wrench. Graham seems to be enjoying himself though, grinning ear to ear.]
Getting to fight fairy tale creatures! What a happy story this is! A human such as me, I must be the protagonist of this story!
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[Billy grumbled to himself, but he was more than willing to follow the order to shoot. His revolvers did not seem to make an especial impact on the stone creature, so he reached for the shotgun he kept strapped to his back beneath his trench coat.
His 'big gun' was less accurate than his handguns, so he did have to wait for a wider opening this time. Friendly fire was something he did try to avoid
no matter how annoying the 'friend' in question was.]Get down for a second!
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I'm slower and weaker... But I'm still faster than a pile of rocks! Is this even a happy story? I can't even tell, but I'll take what I can get right now!
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Faeries? I… don't think so- didn't think they were inclined to it. [certainly the faerie he knew wasn't. He gives the moogle a slightly concerned look.]
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Graham quickly leaps to his feet.]
Are you from this place then? In such a fairy tale world? Then you should know how I get out of here. Or if I'm only dreaming. Tell me! Is this all just in my mind, some subconscious escapism that I had no idea I needed!?
[He seems pretty worried. This can't possibly be real, right?]
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Ah- no, no, I've arrived here, the same as you- I've no idea how we get out of here, unfortunately.
[but that's no comfort, is it? He blows out a breath, hands dropping to his side.]
I suppose- we'd better play along for now, and see what opportunities we find. Perhaps whatever holds us will relax.
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Play along? Me, a hero in a fantasy land? Surely someone like me, from the dregs of society could never rise up to the ranks of a hero! Or is it all an elaborate set up for my origin story? Graham Specter, lowest common denominator and enemy of humanity, climbs his way up from the gutter to save kingdoms and princesses? What a happy story!
[Now he's getting excited. He quickly spins his wrench into the air and catches it - or attempts to. Since his Job classes have reset his skills, as it were, he's not as fast as he used to be. Thanks to that, he misjudges the speed and misses, and the wrench clatters to the ground. Graham stares at it, positively horrified. For one moment, he's actually stunned silent.]
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It could work out that way. [and he'd say more, but- the look on his face. Hawk steps forward, eyes flicking to the wrench for a moment.] Are you- are you all right?
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Wh-What's going on?! I'm supposed to be the hero of this story... But I've been sapped of my strength?
[He turns to Hawk, his eyes wide and desperate.]
...Have I been cursed?
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