Event || Custom Fit

[eternitymods]

Who: All
When: September 10th to September 30th
Where: Curti Center and mines around the world
What: Characters assist Ganeshan in developing Custom Jobs.
Warnings/Notes: OOC Post

A. The Lab

As much as Ganeshan requires supplies to create Custom Jobs, he need help at home base. With the large number of potential applicants, outworlders and Curti Center employees are invited to help out in the lab, not only with testing transfer of Jobs to crystals, but in developing the abilities and running safety tests.

Easier said than done when all of these cats aren't roaming throughout the center and claiming everything to be their sitting spot. The interns are trying their best to catherd to little avail.

B. Job Development

The break room contains formal submission papers and pamphlets describing the steps required to develop a Custom Job. Senior employees are available to help characters workshop the abilities, but they mostly want to remain in the break rooms to avoid Ganeshan's constant Job mania. His booming voice is muffled through the doors, interspersed with allergic sneezing.

A room has been prepared for those to practice using their basic job abilities, primarily in making sure they're stable yet not too weak. There is a chance that an improper ability extraction can go wrong and hurt the user, so Ganeshan has group of White Mages are on standby in case things go south.

For those that would rather have all the fun without the work, there is the Ability Simulation and Modeling Room, where characters can design their abilities on the computer and see them play out on the screen before them. There's no limit here, and since Jessie is too busy to keep an eye on everyone, the outfits and visual effects have the potential to get...very, very silly.

C. Heigh-Ho

It's off to work you go. Those crystals won't mine themselves, and anyone strong enough must enter the mine in search of the necessary material. It's tedious, difficult work, and some of these are embedded so deeply in the rock that they might be more trouble than they're worth. Not to mention those gross bugs might not like their homes to be disturbed.

There's also the fact that monsters have a tendency to wander inside and attack, so they'll need some reliable body guards.

There should be more crystals deeper inside, but someone else will have to scout the area...

D. Explore the Dungeon

Which is where this team comes in. All the good stuff is deep in this mine, and reliable navigators are necessary to map out the tunnels without getting lost. There's also the fact that the previous owners of a time long ago didn't want opportunists to take their precious resources and outfitted the rooms with puzzles.

Door Locks are puzzles. Pressure plates activate traps. It's the ultimate test of critical thinking. Some of these don't make sense if you think for too long. Why did they go through all the trouble to program time-based puzzles with falling blocks and symbols? The Pupu are strange. At least the bats here are easy to fight, and the mine cart rides are fun.

Comments

[warpstriking]

Wow? He feels so called out???

But, Ignis is not wrong. It's been a couple hours and the purr monsters have indeed eaten most of the lunch he had brought (it was safe for them to eat; he made sure). He may have also napped for a bit because warm and cats resting on him

...Which means, by the time Ignis gets there, he's still fast asleep. Until he hears Ignis' voice and nearly jumps. How he managed to doze off shouldn't even be a question at this point; he could fall asleep anywhere. It's been proven time and time again, and cats purring on his lap and chest; that white furball decided it was more comfortable than his shoulder; he was dooooomed.

"Nngh, thanks, Iggy," he says with a tired, sheepish look. Noctis yawns, careful as he sits up more properly, before taking it; making sure the small kitten that follows him everywhere doesn't fall off.

[regalblaze]

Ignis is not surprised in the slightest that Noctis dozed off as well. The position and place, however, didn't look too comfortable, despite the purring menaces laying and curling all around him.

"My pleasure," Ignis says and takes a seat next to him, taking away the kitten that's asleep and moving it onto his own lap. It won't go anywhere, Noct, you just eat in peace.

"I saw that you made a considerable progress. It is really impressive," Ignis admits. He wasn't sure if recreating their powers from Eos would be possible, but Noct somehow always makes even impossible seem doable. That leaves... the Ring. Will it work once Noctis is able to use his innate powers properly?

[warpstriking]

It really wasn't, but he's certainly slept in some odder places than this. Stella fusses a little and sneezes when Ignis picks her up, but soon falls back asleep in his lap. Noctis smiles faintly as he opens the bento, and slowly starts poking at it. He knows he should eat, but finding his father out there...

He forces himself to eat regardless, swallowing before he answers.

"Yeah. Granted it's only the testing phase, but..." He heaves out a sigh, shaking his head. In that testing chamber, he has to be careful. He has to because the Ring can work in there, and the fact he can teach others to use his own asterisk means that in the long run, they could be burned like so many others.

He doesn't want that, and he holds one of the dumplings perhaps a little too hard between the chopsticks.

"Wanna make sure no one else gets burned." Not because of him. Not again. He hates that so many have and are willing to sacrifice themselves for him that they all but line up to do so, but he'll never put those frustrations to words. He won't spit in the faces of those who already have and still might.

[regalblaze]

Ignis smiles as the cat finally settles for a nap in his lap and he eagerly gives her scratching and petting. He might roll his eyes at the number of animals they ended up having at the house, but he does enjoy their company.

And yes, Noctis definitively needs to eat and Ignis won't let him be until he at least takes a few bites. The events might've diminished his appetite, but getting sick because of lack of nutrition? Not under Ignis' watch.

"Small steps and no rushing. You are already on the path of getting them back," Ignis says slowly, his own thoughts drifting away towards the Ring. The thing that both protects and ruins his King.

"If you need any help with testing, I will gladly lend you a hand," Ignis offers. He's not sure how much he will be able to help, but the offer is always on the table.

[warpstriking]

Stella appreciates all of these things, purring in her sleep. It brings a faint smile to Noct's lips before he takes another bite. He knows, Iggy; yet he'll listen anyway. It's better than his own thoughts right now. Even now it feels like they're trying to choke him, but the words still won't come. Not here, anyway. At least the cats are of some comfort until they leave for the day.

"I know," he replies with a sigh, once his mouth isn't full. In all honesty, he doesn't want to rush it. Not in this sense, anyway. Though the offer doesn't go remiss, either.

"I'd like that," he admits. It'll be like old times; sparring with their own skills as opposed to the asterisks they chose. The nostalgia ebbs away some of the stress he didn't even realize was etched on his face.

[regalblaze]

There are a lot of things that just won't come out, even when you do want them to. Ignis understands that, now better than ever before. Which is also one of the reasons why he doesn't urge Noctis to talk if he doesn't feel like it. He just wants to make sure that his King, and friend, knows that he's there if he needs an ear to listen. Because... he is also one of the rare ones who witnessed the end.

"It has been months since we first came here," Ignis says absently, head leaned on the wall behind him. Then he looks over at Noctis, "I wonder if my body remembers all the skills I had before. If it does," he smiles, "we could have a friendly match."

With the greens on the line, as always.

[warpstriking]

"I remembered mine rather quickly. It's more just... acclimating what we know to the rules of this star." He tries to explain, shrugging. "There was a bit of rust on my end, but-"

Noctis looks up at the offer, blinking a few times before a smirk crosses his lips. Sparring with his friend again? Hell yeah, he's interested.

"Only one way to find out," he says, nodding towards the testing area. Though it dawns on him seconds later. "Let me guess: loser eats all the vegetables on the table. Again." Aaand there goes the edge in that smirk. Someone's becoming predictable in their attempts to get him to eat anything remotely a natural shade of green. Icky.

[regalblaze]

"Then I better not fall behind," Ignis says with a chuckle. When it came to fighting, Noctis has picked up the intensity of the training since they arrived here. And Ignis has to admit- there is something inspiring about it.

With a small smirk, Ignis pushes his glasses up: "I promise to have only the freshest veggies from Gladio's garden." And someone's already more than predictable when it comes to avoiding the greens. Pot shouldn't call the kettle black.

[warpstriking]

"You? Fall behind?" Noctis asks, raising an eyebrow. "Even if you did, I doubt you'd be lagging behind for too long." He's the one who kept pushing onward in Ignis' future and his past, after all. Falling and stumbling, but always dusting himself off and continuing to try and adapt. He has complete and utter faith in his oldest friend that- "You'll be fine."

He's one hundred percent sure of it. Just as sure as he just rolled his eyes at that comment. "Ugh, really?" Well, at least someone makes enough upset tea kettle noises in order for it to be a somewhat accurate analogy.

[regalblaze]

"That would be unacceptable indeed," Ignis agrees with a small smile. It feels... good, hearing how much Noct actually believes in his skills when Ignis himself is riddled with doubts about them. Then again, he has complete faith in Noct's own skills.

"But of course," Ignis says, perhaps way too amused. He just loves teasing Noct about his picky eating. "I think he grew peppers that pack quite a punch in spiciness." Prompto will be delighted to hear about them.

"Stuffed peppers for dinner sounds like a marvelous idea to me."

[warpstriking]

Of course he believes in Ignis; not just his skills and him having his back, but because they've been friends for... how long now? He'd wink at him, were it not for the continued amusement. He shakes his head.

"I'm sure Prompto would agree. He's happy with anything that isn't 'too fatty'." By which Noctis means: chocobo food. He's so happy they've managed to keep him from eating just lettuce or gysahl greens even here. Will he be happy with stuffed peppers? Who knows, but he recognizes a subject change when he sees one.

[regalblaze]

Someone has to do it- the teasing thing- and who better than the advisor who's known you since you were 3?

Ignis sighs, "Am I now stuck with two picky eaters?" It sounded more of a fun quip, but he's actually getting more and more worried for Prompto's eating habits. It's one thing to watch what you eat and other to completely ignore food.

"When you feel like eating fish, I can always accompany you to the nearest lake." Or river. It's been a while since he saw Noct indulge his favorite hobby- it could be a nice way to make a break from things.