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. ]

Comments

Re: A

[sassafrisk]

...what. Who... no, they had to be hearing things. Nobody cared enough about them to call their name like that. It was just wishful thinking. That's all. Still, though... They glance up at Papyrus, then sigh, looking back down at their lap. Great. Just fantastic. Now they knew they were going completely insane.

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[sassafrisk]

((OOC: Do you want to continue our thread from the TDM?))

[surrenderto]

I hesitate to call it cute.

[ Declan huffs at her in response. She however just doesn't care about the moogle's protesting. ]

Ah yes, I did overhear that. There's both normal jobs and the "jobs" where, to my understanding, we're suppose to use to run around and fight whatever is on this world. How...unique.

[surrenderto]

[ She's no stranger to the "jobs holding something more to them" or the idea that the workers have something hiding behind them. If it were her earth she might even fall into a prime example of there being something sketchy behind ones work.

She folds her hands together behind her back, pressing her lips into a thin line while she considers the last part of his words more carefully. ]

It would make sense for them to hide details. The influx of people, all from different worlds with unique struggles and ideology, are now put together to attempt to live and work together. That alone is not something easy to accomplish. It would make sense for them to have a substantial amount of information kept from us to keep people from rioting. At least for the time.

[immortalmarshal]

((OOC: Absolutely!))

ah... that thing.

[regisrex]

"Volunteered?" Green eyes very attentive, even if Regis's body has gone as close as he lets it, ever, arms loosely crossed over his chest and body leaning back against the couch. Not closing himself from Noctis, not truly, but trying to distance himself from his own emotions and think. (He cannot afford to stay still, paralyzed by confusion and grief.)

"Does that mean that they can know if something or someone is out there, or have they been going out, looking, for a decade?"

[regisrex]

Well. There's also the possibility that they are copies. That can also explain the combination of circumstances. Or virtual reality, perhaps, of some sort.

"That seems to fit better, I think. And..." Regis's mouth quirks up. "I like to be in motion. Not all of that needs to be violent."

It's an honest answer. Besides, the job description wasn't all about liking dancing, but these are details.

[einspine]

And Papyrus just opts to come closer. He crouches beside them. Hesitates a moment but sets a hand on their shoulder.

"FRISK, WHAT'S WRONG? DID... DID SOMETHING HAPPEN HERE?"

This is. Unsettling. Uncomfortable. But there must be a reason for it!

[spaceforged]

I'm still getting used to their airships myself. Follow me. [Ravus is no-nonsense and to the point, he can respect that. Shiro turns and leads the way out of the infirmary and into the hall.]

There's not a lot of areas to check but we can start with the lounge. All of us who came to help have been through there. If she's here someone might have seen her pass through.

[Or she could be there. He moves in that direction as he adds.] And more people will know to look for her. Unless you'd rather I didn't pass that information on. A discreet search is just as quick.

[poisonwish]

A Shadow?

[So this man was a non-human as well? That got Snow White's attention. He studied Salieri from head to toe -- stared at him a bit, really -- to see if there was anything distinct. Nothing really stood out. Then again, except for his stunning good looks, nothing would have stood out about Snow White, either.]

[Snow White shook his head.]

Whatever powers you had or thought you had they disappeared when you got here. Everyone's did.

It's kind of the worst.

[regalblaze]

The thought of them just being copies would be even more frightening and something Ignis wouldn't be able to understand despite all his knowledge and studying.

He... just learned something about future King Regis. Something he would never be able to learn at any other time.

"The Astrologian job looked very interesting to me," Ignis admits. He had stared at that job when he arrived but didn't want to risk it.

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[nanaimo_bar]

Nanamo is there, volunteering with her White Mage abilities. When she notices the pair arguing a little, she pauses and looks over.

"Truly it would be an ideal notion to go without the checkup, lest you sprout tentacles suddenly."

It worked on Kanji right?

Pretty Sights

[nanaimo_bar]

Nanamo is back on the day that Finn is at the astronomy exhibit and she pauses to note the direction of the stars. "You can tell a lot from astrology," she remarked idly. "Although the study would need to be refined for this world."

Moogle Time

[nanaimo_bar]

Having finished her volunteer work for the day, Nanamo was on her way out when she heard the tired sigh from hope. Her own moogle Papashan asked, "Shall we help them?"

She nodded and they wandered over with a little smile. "Pray, what ails you friend?"

C

[nanaimo_bar]

Yes you are quite alive, [said Nanamo with a chuckle as she took his pulse.] Otherwise the chirurgeons would have a field day tending to the scion of Zombiebrand.

D

[nanaimo_bar]

"Not quite," said Nanamo from behind Frisk. "Perhaps with a quirky moogle."

"Your Grace, I have..." Papashan stopped for a moment and sighed. "Oh it's your Mogdyne. Tarry not today your Grace, we are best by a ruffian of a moogle."

Jobs

[nanaimo_bar]

Ah, I am a Red Mage, White Mage and Gunslinger, [said Nanamo as she smiled. She was playing tour guide today, on loan from PuPuland.]

There are many things you could read but a hands on approach is best.

Checkup

[nanaimo_bar]

Nanamo was in charge of taking in the inpatients and she looked up at Marinette with a smile. "Hello there," she greeted warmly. "Welcome. Are you coming in for your checkup? Fresh off the airship?"

[warpstriking]

"Yeah. Not sure how it works entirely, but it's kind of like a sonar?" When in doubt, cross-reference with things that one is familiar with. "They can sense the presence of foreign objects and people caught out here planetside." Kind of like how the royal vessel can sense dense fish populations.

[sassafrisk]

Something about his voice seemed... familiar. Was it- no. Too high and deep at the same time. And anyways, she'd never want to even get within five feet of Frisk after what happened. So it was probably another concerned do-gooder that Frisk could really do without right now, so they just mumble, "Leave me alone," and turn away.

[sassafrisk]

((OOC: Want to continue our thread from where we left off? Maybe on the way to the guilds?))

[einspine]

Dang it. This is too familiar. He remembers the way they pushed him back in Waterfall. So, rather than retreat, he remains firmly in place. He grips their shoulder and tries looking them in the eye.

"NO, FRISK. I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. GIVEN YOUR CURRENT MOOD, THE LAST THING YOU NEED IS TO BE ALONE RIGHT NOW."

[doodlebuginette]

[That sounds good to me! <3 I've been enjoying our CR so far.]

[daggercubed]

Why? Do they piss you off? Seemed all right to me.

[He sighs.]

I certainly hope it's that simple. I'm Vax'ildan. Some people call me Vax. Others call me Vex. I suggest Vax.

[that statement doesn't work without his twin sister present]

[doodlebuginette]

It was comforting when the little ... whatever this adorable little being was smiled at her, and she did feel slightly better about things as a result. "Hello! Yea, I'm here for a checkup," she replied. For her credit, she managed to appear a bit calmer than she probably was. "Yep! Just got here."