Introduction Log || It's Happening Again (Again!)

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Who: All characters (New Arrivals, Previous Arrivals, and Native OCs) When: June 5th Where: The Dream Width (Airship), the Curti Center, and the Housing District What: It is happening again. More outworlders have arrived in the Dream Width and must be rescued and brought back to their new homes on Vaikuntha Warnings/Notes: Only new players can put up a toplevel. Previous arrivals and native characters can respond to new characters' toplevel posts. MEMORY [ You've been here before...? No, wait, why would you think that? You're here in the moment, everything is as it should be...(?) The memory you are trapped in has completely enthralled you. You stop questioning and accept, you relive and repeat. Luckily, you are not alone. Others have arrived to help you. The travelers in the airships will enter the nebula formed by your memories and attempt to wake you up and bring you back to the present. The dreamer's mind will shape how these newcomers are perceived and how the NPCs in the memory respond to them. For more details on the mechanics, please refer to this post] ARRIVAL [ You wake from your dreams, from your memories, on a narrow cot. There are fleeting impressions- recycled air, humming machinery, movement, strangers waking around you. The room you wake in is lined with cots, with barely enough space between them to walk to the door, though not all of them show signs of having been occupied. The makeshift infirmary seems like it was prepared to hold many more than are here. Stepping out, there is a lobby space that bears the signs of having once held some furniture, now cleared away to make space. Your footsteps echo in the emptiness. As the automatic door slides shut on the infirmary, a light flashes on the far side of the room. A flickering holographic projection of a man’s face and gloved hand appears projected in the space above the arrivals’ heads. He backs up so his upper body is in frame for the recording. An arm, covered in the same orange flightsuit sleeve, hands him a tablet. The man begins to read. A written version of the message scrolls along the bottom of the projection as he speaks. ] ’Welcome travelers’… That’s way too formal. Hey everyone. Hi! [ The second man leans into the frame to add his greeting. ] Don’t panic. You were floating out there, but we pulled you in and rescued you. Yeah, we’re heroic AND handsome. And also the only ones crazy enough to come out here to get you. [ A woman’s voice calls from out of frame. ] Can you two be serious for ONE moment and stick to your scripts? [ The two men give each other a conspiratorial eyeroll. This does not appear to be their first take. ] Anyways, no need to panic. Seriously, don’t do anything reckless. We got our fill of that with Skywalker. [A huff is heard offscreen, and the men finally spare the tablet another glance.] ‘Your pilots will be navigating treacherous environs as this message plays…’ Claire, seriously? Nobody talks like this! [ The tablet is tossed to the side and lands with a thunk offscreen. ] We’re gonna wing it. Look, everyone, we’re workin’ hard to get you planetside safely, and it’s gonna take some tricky flying to do it. So the door to the cockpit is locked so we can focus on not getting us all killed. Don’t try to open it, unless you want to be stardust. We promise you’ll get answers about what’s going on once we land. But for now, please trust us. Right now, we’re your only hope. [ The second man leans forward, close to the recording device, and presses a button. The projection freezes for a moment, and then the message starts on the next recorded message. ] CURTI CENTER [ Finally after hours of flight, you arrive at the Curti Center. The other NPCs await you having been notified of your retrieval in the Dream Width. Cid gives a short and to the point welcome speech, explaining what the situation is: you were lost in a space called the Dream Width. You are now on a planet called Vaikuntha: for ages, the people of this world have used Airships to rescue people lost in the Dream Width, with one person being found roughly every ten years. No one knows why this happens, but this has been a mutually beneficial exchange, with the people from Vaikutha rescuing people lost in the Dream Width and the rescued ones sharing their wisdom with the people of Vaikuntha. Ten years ago, something unusual happened: two people were found at once, Biggs and Wedge. But that was nothing compared to what happened two months ago. And now, here you are. No one knows why such a large number of people has arriving lately, but the Curti Center is a place dedicated to piercing the Dream Width's secrets. Cid also introduces the other ones: his assistant Jessie, a young woman fascinated by the new arrivals, Claire, the woman sighing and writing in her schedule book upon being pointed out as the bookkeeper, Kupoto and Mogaruru, their Mognet representatives and finally the Native OCs: those brave and kind souls who have accepted to help you all on a daily basis. After Cid finishes (and Claire grumbles at her work never being done), the employees, including the Native OCs, provide a tour of the facility and help the newcomers navigate their future lives. Now is the time to ask questions and look over pamphlets regarding locations, Jobs, life in Vaikuntha... ] [ If you want to contact an NPC, you can do so on the NPC Contact Page. ] A BALL OF FLUFF NAMED MOOGLE [ It has been a long day, perhaps now you would like to find your way to a place to sleep? Or perhaps you'd like to get some answers, but you can't be bothered to go seek people out? And lo, just as despair begins settles in, a Moogle slams into you! Or stops by your side if their aim is decent... It's the Moogle Cid mentioned in his speech earlier! And they'll be informing you that now, they will stick to you like your shadow and help you in anyway they can! They're also giving you your iMog Slate- Now you can get onto Mognet! Isn't it great? ] A QUICK CHECK-UP [ Whether it's your Moogle, Native OCs or NPCs, all will urge you to stop by the hospital wing for a basic check-up. You may disagree, but listen. You've just been thrown into a space between worlds, rescued, and brought to another world. For your own sake, that's a good idea. Should you give in and go (or should you be dragged by your Moogle or a Native OC), you will find yourself in the cold and white space very reminiscent of an hospital. For characters with specific medical conditions necessitating help, this is where they will receive it if asked. The doctors and nurses are all White Mages or Chemists, with various levels into their Job as well as medical knowledge. Don't mind the confused looks if you look like nothing they've ever seen before... It's hard for a doctor to be unable to give a proper diagnosis to a patient! For everyone else though, they'll be let go with smiles and be given a candy as they leave. No one likes medical check-ups, but it's a very quick and basic one: testing reflexes, taking your temperature and the likes. On the bright side, while you're grumpily sitting on a bed with a thermometer on your forehead or in your mouth, it might be a good time to socialize with your fellow new arrival who's having lights flashed into their eyes by a doctor. Misery loves company, after all. ] PRETTY SIGHTS [ There's plenty of rooms to wander about in, with several points of interest apart from the offices. The Airship Hangar is where the airships are kept and the first room you entered. Workers keep guard to prevent the outworlders from getting too close to the vehicles. Airships are expensive and they don't want you messing with them, after all. Venturing into the Research Section, you can walk through public exhibitions on astronomy, airship design, and asterisk studies. A good place to get used to the basic science of this world. The laboratories lie behind a thick locked door with a sign reading "EMPLOYEES ONLY". No going there, for now anyway. Not too far from there are the Employee Quarters - work stations, apartments, and lounge areas. The latter are available to the public, whereas the rest is locked to Native OCs. But if you get them to be friends with you, perhaps they'll let you visit? Also open to all is a Cafeteria - a standard food court with stalls serving all types of Vaikunthan cuisine. The Chef is a very jovial and absent-minded Hypello. Beware of long lines and crowded tables. Should you prefer open spaces, then the gardens are for you! There are different sections in the gardens around the center. One boasts a wide array of blooming flowers, another more practical with herbs commonly used in Vaikunthan cooking. One had been cultivated for butterflies and hummingbirds to visit. Paths have been laid through so that visitors can safely navigate, and moogles will swoop down and shout at anyone who strays into the flower beds. Or perhaps, you want to wait till the sunset. Dusk on a new world, but a beginning of a new life... The sea shines bright in the orange light. A good moment for quiet contemplation. ] HOUSING [The housing accommodations are the best the Curti staff could provide, given that they are still also sheltering most of the previous arrivals from the Dream Width. The keys have been entrusted to the moogles who will be guiding the new arrivals. The new arrivals can stop by the Curti Center storage room to collect some essential supplies that have been donated by charity organizations from around the world (there are boxes of toothbrushes and whitening toothpaste sent from the Zora, hair brushes from the Elezen, quick-drying towels from the Hypello, among the various donations of clothes, toiletries, and blankets), before heading to their temporary homes. The people of Vaikuntha have done their best to provide for their new neighbors and help them get on their feet. Still, things will be a little cramped until the off-worlders can find employment and move into better housing. The staff hopes they can get along with one another until alternate arrangements can be made. You can survive living with roommates for a few months, right?] THE JOB FOR YOU [An important part of life on Vaikuntha is the Job (or Jobs) you choose to take. No, not the way you earn your living. Your Job Class. Most Natives only choose one or two, but you'll have an opportunity to take on more Job Asterisks after you master your first Jobs. The Curti Center's resident Job Master, Ganeshan, is more than happy to arrange transportation to the various Guilds so that you can claim your first Asterisks. ]

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[dreamsoftomorrow]

[Surprisingly Middle Eastern. If Hope knew what the Middle East was. Sadly, he does not. He only knows they're tribal because Fang and Vanille said they were from a tribe.]

Uh, yeah. Thank you for doing this, I'm Hope.

[dreamsoftomorrow]

[Hope nodded, the movement enough to annoy Mogki a little and floats down where Hope just holds him like a stuffed doll all over again. It... was one of the reasons Hope was able to be calm. Something to hold. Usually someone's hand or their arm.]

I know. But I think they don't mean any harm. Not this particular infirmary, anyway. [He gave a small nod to the door.] Want some company?

[Because Hope could use one right now that wasn't just his moogle.]

3 ish....

[littlemhigan]

"Why're ye greetin' the building?"

Castor is out with her Chocobo, a pretty ivory bird who doesn't seem to appreciate that it's mistress has stopped walking.

"Seems like a daft thing te do. It's a buildin'."

[hatejakku]

... I suppose not. [ He'll try really hard to get used to that. Also, he could cry because you're so welcoming. Bless you. ] Um, is there anything I should know? Rules I should follow? Chores I should do?

[hatejakku]

[ Being doted after wasn't a good thing, in Finn's experience. But the kid was offering. Valli even let go of his shirt and tilted her head. ]

You don't mind? I-... I could do it myself. Later.

[ Valli growls. ]

Housing

[littlemhigan]

"Fer now. Why?"

Lets be real, a kid peeking in the kitchen window isn't the strangest thing Castor's had to deal with this week. She glances over Emerelda's head quickly, looking to see if there are parents about, but doesn't seem overly surprised by an absence thereof.

"Ye here alone?"

[dreamsoftomorrow]

[He bites back a chuckle at the growl, even Mogki is shaking in delight.]

Humor her, then? I certainly don't mind.

[remnantofzeboim]

Emeralda shrugged at the question, arms bouncing a bit. "Curious!" Was her answer, and she grinned, taking a few steps more away from the house, not particularly wanting to seem like she was sneaking around even if she had clearly just been sneaking around peering inside...

"Yes! Elly and Fei back at house, I came out for walk. Emeralda never had neighborhood before."

[zanarkandian]

It's over now. Whatever you saw out there was a memory you were trapped in, in this cloud of dreams called the Dream Width. It sucks people away from their worlds and traps them, somehow.

[He tries to phrase this as calmly as he can.]

We're going to a new world now, separate from wherever you came from---because the ship can go back in, but not out to our own worlds. We don't know why or how yet, just that we're safe. Somewhat.

[zanarkandian]

No, why would I be mad? You didn't do anything.

[He smiles gently. Oh yes, this sounds familiar.]/small>

Do people usually yell at you for no reason?

[lordshield]

[Ah, the doubts of the young... The old knight stepped in front of the boy and placed both hands firmly on his shoulders, commanding his attention.]

The laws of our worlds don't apply here. Whatever you were doing before this, you are no longer there. I was deceased, I am not any longer. Believe me when I tell you that you can and must focus and wake from this dream.

[He's sincere about his words, and commanding but not forceful. He speaks with the authority of someone who has seen much and know how this scenario will play out. Just trust him, Hope.]

[littlemhigan]

"Good a reason as any," Castor says, shrugging lightly, "Neighbourhood like this is new te me too."

She crosses the few feet and opens the nearby door, stepping outside to talk to Emerelda directly.

"Elly an' Fei, ye say? I've met 'em. Ye staying with 'em?"

[saint_sami]

"Oh, no, that's not good at all!" Sasami said, wincing a bit. Even she had to be wary with money with everyone around.

[saint_sami]

Kujo's just going to keep trying to ignore her, grabbing his big ears to cover them.

"I guess you're right. Though, I know I can take care of myself..." Sasami mused. Though, she's curious about something. "You're young, too?"

[nanaimo_bar]

"Mmm, it happens once in a while. I'm not too worried about it to be perfectly honest." said Nanamo. "I mean, it could be a whole lot worse."

[remnantofzeboim]

Emeralda moved over some so she could see the woman as she came outside. "Only ever live on ship before," she agreed with a nod. "Or lab." She added, though she didn't really remember that, not exactly.

"Yes, Emeralda stay with them!" She smiled brightly at the thought. "They...parents." It wasn't quite a question or a statement. It was a state of mind she was adjusting to still, but it was basically true. And she should probably stop telling people two people who only looked a few years older than her were her parents...

[saint_sami]

"How so?" she asked, tilting her head slightly.

[remnantofzeboim]

Eventually Fidget would just haul off and bop him lightly over the head. Which made Emeralda giggle softly, before she looked at Sasami.

"Emeralda..." Was she young? A question like that shouldn't have had more than one answer and yet it really did. "Complicated. Born long, long ago but sleep almost all of it, only wake up few months ago, still learning everything normal." That made sense, she thought. "Only even looks this old few weeks. Was small before." She held out a hand to indicate her previous height, an impressive four feet or so.

[saint_sami]

"Ack!" Kujo flailed around after being bopped, trying to right himself. "No fair!"

Sasami finally understood what Emeralda meant, a dawn of realization in her eyes. "Oh, I get it!" she said.

[modelcivilian]

You're welcome. Nice to meet you Hope, I'm Adrien.

We'll meet back here in fifteen?

[That sounded like a decent amount of time to look around.]

[remnantofzeboim]

Fidget fluttered back as Kujo flailed, laughing softly. "Serves you right!"

Emeralda just looked relieved as the younger girl seemed to understand what she was saying. "Yes so. Old. But...not old. Elly and Fei say I still child. Even when grew up some, like teen now, still really child."

Emeralda didn't really know how she felt about that. She didn't mind being young but it came with it's own set of troubles. "But strong. And can help people so. Not just child?"

That made sense to her at least.

[nanaimo_bar]

"Normally I have enough coin for strange ventures. We could be swimming in gold encrusted kupo nuts." said Nanamo.

[saint_sami]

“I get what you mean - even though you’re young, you can still help out because of what you can do!” Sasami said.

[saint_sami]

“Oh... and you don’t here...”

Oh, gosh, and now that she thinks of it, she is in that pickle, too!

[nanaimo_bar]

"Yes, but finding work, or adventuring supplements the flow of coin," replied Nanamo. "There is a lot of potential work and wages to earn."