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

[sassafrisk]

Frisk rubs the back of their head, sheepish. "I just have... baggage. With her. Well, not exactly her, but somebody exactly like her back on my home world that has tried to kill me on multiple occasions."

[chocobosnap]

[He smiles pleasantly and turns the camera to show him the screen.]

You can see it on this screen here, so it will look just like this. And once you've got it lined up how you like it, you push this button. That's it.

[Sure, there are a lot of settings he could use, but that's not a basic lesson.]

[chocobosnap]

[He hadn't known that, but he nodded all the same.]

Makes sense, I guess.

[At least he hadn't tried, that would have been embarrassing.]

Yeah, sure. [He didn't mean to upset Ravus, but out of respect, he turned his attention to Sunshine, stroking her feathers.]

[sassafrisk]

Normally, Frisk was good at improvising. They literally lived and occasionally died on that talent. But this was far from normal, even considering that their definition of normal had been thrown out of whack recently. "No. Um, I... the reality of the situation is starting to sink in! Yeah."

[mythmaker]

You think so? My, my, I should play it for you sometime, Shiro-kun.

[She's also trying, it's great.]

She's been Wendy as long as I've known her. But maybe she had another name before...? I've never asked her.

[nanaimo_bar]

"That's understandable. Perhaps I can speak to the higher ups, get her temporarily reassigned?" said Papashan. "Granted I do not have the pull to do it, but if they know the issue then..."

[hatejakku]

[ Finn waves to her and continues on his way. ]

((ooc: Thank YOU for tagging in! Azusa's adorable! ♥))

[sullenstallion]

Yeah. They're everywhere, like...rats.

[He doesn't actually think Moogles are rats, but they're unfortunately the first thing that comes to mind. Hopefully present company doesn't take too much offense, because he doesn't even realize that could be insulting.]

That's his problem, not mine. ...Probably.

[But he runs his hand through his hair, looking troubled by it anyways. It's something he's going to have to pay attention to in the future whether he wants to or not.

At the last question, his eyes narrow a little. Why is this guy so nosy? First, he's all up in his business about Salmog, and Ryslig is the last thing he wants to talk about. Still, he doesn't seem...malicious about asking, but.]

It's full of monsters. It's not a great place for a friendly guy like you.

[likewishes]

It hasn't. That's far too large of a stain to just be washed away completely.

[ He can't be forgiven for what he's done. Lelouch has come to terms with that. But how can Nunnally so easily sweep that away? He has suffered enough? Dying meant that he actually doesn't suffer at all, now does it?

There are a lot of arguments he could say. But Lelouch doesn't say anything. Instead he just bends down. To hug Nunnally like it had been far too long. Since it has. ]

I don't deserve it, but thank you.

[hashtagdaddy]

[The comment about rats doesn't bother Gladio - he's pretty sure that Dylas doesn't mean the Moogles are an infestation or anything bad. Probably just that there are a lot of them.

He notices the look on the Naga's face but doesn't comment on it.

His arms raise in a placating gesture as Gladio realizes he apparently upset Dylas.]

Hey, sorry if I struck a nerve. I'm no stranger to a world filled with monsters - back home the world outside my hometown is full of 'em and it's been a real pain dealing with them while travelling.

[An eyebrow raises, as if he's saying that he'd know a monster when he saw one.] I'm friendly with people, sure. Hasn't stopped me from takin' care of monsters.

MEMORY

[chefbayardee]

[ See, Hunk missed his chance to figure out what was going on before time turned back. Not only was he shocked to be wearing normal human clothes but he was even wearing a red letterman jacket. He didn't really register that he was in a normal Earth bathroom stall until the people started arguing, and even then he was preoccupied with taking in a breath of normal Earth memory-air. He missed it all more than he thought.

At least until the gunshot. His blood ran cold and then all of a sudden, he was back in a classroom. The girl, the same one from the bathroom (was it the girl's bathroom? eek!) was there. Her camera broke, and... she put it back together just by reaching out her hand. Of course there was some weird magic involved. It repeats, with correct answers in class and dodging little things keeping her from that bathroom.

But Hunk was there, he was seeing this stuff happen, and then un-happen. So she must be the person stuck in the memory, right? As she enters the bathroom a second time, Hunk follows. ]

You know, we could just stop him. [ He just sort of chuckles as he opens the door to the stall closest to the door and rests his back against the doorframe, ready to set up an ambush. ] He does have a gun in a school. That's, like, illegal.

[ It's probably the fact that this is all a memory, that the bullet can't actually kill him, that this girl can turn back time, and that he's had so many worse lasers fired at him, but Hunk's emboldened. Everything he'd worry about doesn't matter here. ] You're already trying to change the future, right? [ A smile! ] Let me help.

[chefbayardee]

Between three and five. I have three at my place, but I know some houses are bigger and hold six people. [ A thumbs-up! ] If there's anyone else from your dimension, they're probably in the same house.

[ He pauses, looking up towards where the sky would be. ] Y'know, it's weird that they figure that out sometimes. But I guess we all get pretty excited when we find people we know, so they'd be jerks not to pay attention to that.

[arosetowar]

[He can thumbs up all he wants; her expression is thumbs-downing on her hand's behalf.]

I'd rather assume that they aren't paying enough attention to reach such personal conclusions, though I suppose it's to be expected. The native citizens must see us as little more than interlopers.

Re: Max Caulfield | Life is Strange | OTA

[singerofspells]

[S'reee is not human... but she has a bond of blood with one, and her body knows that shape. So instead of the shrunk-down whale you have a white brown-haired teenaged girl dressed in jean shorts, a 'Fire island' T-shirt, and sandals. Her hair is damp]

Was that a timeslide or a vision?

[She doesn't really want to think about what causality just did. Messing with the order of events was the sort of thing that wizards tried to avoid without a very large group to make sure that space-time accepted that. Visionary magics were a different matter.]

[sonoftenebrae]

[Ravus follows, and studies the room Ignis leads him to. It nowhere matches the finery of his quarters in Fenestala Manor, but he has served as a soldier as well, and he can appreciate any room that is private after a stay in the Imperial cadets' barracks.

There are signs throughout this borrowed house that the others are trying to make it a home: Ignis' orderly kitchen, the well-tended chocobo stables around back, the moogle's enthusiastic cleaning. Nothing will ever replace Tenebrae...but he has to build something new for himself eventually.]

Yes, a short rest would be welcome.

[Maybe he can figure out his next move when he's not so exhausted.]

((Do we want to wrap this up for now?))

[chefbayardee]

Well, they might just kinda watch who hangs out and go from there. [ He furrows his brows at the fact that now that he thinks about it, he has no idea. At all. ] I hadn't even met one of my roommates until we'd already moved in, but one of them was from my world and I met another on the airship.

[ He just looks down awkwardly. ] I might've been lucky, though. Some people don't know anyone.

[regalblaze]

[They tried making the house look less cold and more approachable when they arrived but there is only so much they can do to bare white walls. Although, truth to be told, when they were told they will eventually have to move they stopped trying to decorate it.

In any case, it was a roof over their heads for the time being and Ignis had no complaints about it.

He gives Ravus a nod-]

If you need anything I will be downstairs.

[Ignis heads out of the room, closing the door behind him and calls Ebony over- the Moogle can dust cobwebs later when there are no people resting. Together, they head back downstairs.]

((ooc: sounds good to me too ^^))

[regisrex]

"Yeah. I meant - Gladiolus. You said he was not here at the time when you chose your asterisks."

But excuse him as Regis actually smiles a bit, breathing a little easier. Clarus...

Clarus is here. That makes this world a little less wrong.

[regalblaze]

"Ah, yes. He is here as well," he confirms. "He arrived at a different time than we did. We've been here for quite some time already."

"Lord Clarus arrived with Noctis, Prompto and me. There were few others but I haven't heard a word from them in a long time," he says, a bit worried.

"I am sure your Shield will be very surprised to see you." And happy too.

[melodiouspacifist]

Oh, lots of them. The Land of Dragons, which sadly, had no dragons, Halloween Town, which is really scary, uh the Underworld, Mount Olympus, Hollow Bastion...all kinds of cool worlds.

WELP accidentally repeated myself oh well sorry

[sassafrisk]

"That'd be appreciated." Frisk smiles. Sadly, the bureaucracy of Mognet is as yet unknown to the child, so they are unaware of the dismal chances of success and as such are overabundantly hopeful. "So. Um. You two natives, or...?"

all good!

[nanaimo_bar]

"I am," said Papashan with a upraised paw. "My charge her Grace is from Eorzea, another realm."

"Yes, I come from the desert nation of Ul'dah." said Nanamo.

[daggercubed]

Complicated, fiddly shit.

I use daggers. A lot of people use swords, spears, bows. Some crossbows.

[sonoftenebrae]

[Ravus takes a deep breath and pushes the memories back down.]

Lunafreya would not have burdened Pryna and Umbra with her messages for the prince if she could have sent them another way. Tenebrae does not have those mobile phones you all are so fond of.

['Phone' sounds like a foreign word on Ravus' lips. Tenebrae had never been Lucis' equal in the realm of technology, and House Fleuret especially had been more focused on sacred duties and traditions than on newfangled devices.]

[sonoftenebrae]

[Ravus is not prepared to deal with emotional crises any more than he is with physical ones. His sister is the healer, not him.]

There are open cots. Maybe it would be best for you to lie down. The situation is not likely to change until we land, so until then, conserve your strength so that you will be ready to act when it is time.

[Neither of them know what actions will be required and what time they have until then, but Ravus does not know how to interact with youths and is doing his best.]