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

[eternitymods]

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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Finn | OTA

[hatejakku]

A. Arrival

[ Finn jolts awake on the narrow cot, still pulling himself from a messed up dream. He didn't remember falling asleep but he's not surprised he did. Only... this isn't the Falcon.

He sits up, maybe startling someone else in the room, but happy to know that this is definitely not a Star Destroyer. Problem is, he doesn't recognize the ship or the people. And he's unarmed.

Feeling exhausted and weak, Finn pushs himself up to pace out of the room just in time for the first hologram message to play. His brows furrow, the man speaking somehow familiar, more so than the second man. There's a name that comes to mind but that can't be right. That would make this recording at least forty years old. But then he mentions Skywalker, and Finn's choking on air. And then the mans says that he's in the cockpit, and that cannot be right.

The hologram turns off to be replaced by another one, but he's not paying attention. He's pointing at the space where it just played and looking around at the crowd. He can't be the only jackass that just saw a young Wedge Antilles say that he is currently in the cockpit of this ship.

Wait. Who the hell is flying this thing? ]

B. A Quick Check-Up

[ Finn's met his moogle buddy, Valli, not too long ago. He had been a bit lost at the time, both physically and mentally. She helpfully reiterated that he had to go do a check-up at the local medical center. And so, he allowed her to lead him to the place without complaint.

Except he's here now. And he's not exactly thrilled, per se. His back should probably get looked at, though. And what if he's carrying some sort of virus or something from his home to this place? Or what if there's a virus here and-? Okay, okay, he's psyched up. He can do this.

Finn takes a deep breath and steps forward, pausing when the doors slide open. The interior looks nice. You know, plants and paintings and what not. But he smells that clean bleached chemical smell. It smells faintly of the Resistance's Medical Bay and almost exactly like the paltry excuse for a medbay of the place he used to be at.

He backpedals. ] Actually, I think I'm fine. I'll just swing by later.

[ Valli's pompom twitches. ] The longer this takes, the worse it'll be.

Yeah, well, all the more reason to not do that- Wait! No, stop! I'm not going! No!

The longer it takes-!

Shut up! I'm not going!

[ So if you see a moogle trying to drag a guy through the door by his shirt, think nothing of it. ]

C. Pretty Sights

[ Finn had been fascinated with the airships but also a bit terrified by the mere existence of Wedge Antilles. He'd have to cross that bridge later. Much later. Or sooner. He wasn't sure. He was kinda hoping that courage would strike him like lightning. Or maybe just regular lightning at this point. That's fine, too.

Anyway, he had meandered his way into the Research area and was taking close looks at all of the displays.

It was becoming apparent that he wasn't even in the same galaxy anymore. And there was nothing to blame except the wacky way his life liked to trail around. So he looked at the astronomy exhibit and thought of Rey, then the airship display and thought of Poe. By the time he got to looking at the asterisk stuff, he was depressed and agitated and frowning. ]

D. Housing - Locked to his roomies in B-02

[ He had taken a few things - only absolute necessities - from the donation bins before heading out with his moogle friend, Valli, in lead again. He wasn't especially happy about bunking with people he didn't know, but it wouldn't be the first time. It was just so very different now. And he was still unarmed.

Needless to say, Finn didn't expect he'd be getting much sleep, but Valli insisted he at least stop in to introduce himself.

So here he comes, roomies. Finn turns the key in the lock and opens the door. ]

E. Wildcard

((ooc: Wanna continue TDM threads? Wanna watch him join the Gunslingers and Chemists? Wanna see Finn get drunk, sing karaoke, and cry? Is your name Wedge Antilles? This is where the magic happens!))

A

[promisedtolive]

[ Has been watching the man quietly, feeling a tinge of sympathy for a less-than-peaceful wakening. Someone in a similar situation to him, it appears. For a moment, he just observes, silent behind his mask. ]

Are you all right?

[hatejakku]

I- [ Finn looks back and forth, almost shocked that no one else recognized him. But would they? Here? ]

That was Wedge Antilles. From the Rebellion. [ And now you, too, can properly flip out! Yeah? ]

D

[pishirogane]

[For a moment, Naoto doesn't even bother looking up from the work spread out in the front room, taking up the table and some of the floor surrounding. There's a small blue and very fluffy doll before her, but that's not what has her hands occupied. It looks like she's assembling a small metal skeleton though.]

Welcome back... There's still some hot water on the stove.

[In the middle of fitting pieces together, she couldn't look away until it's done.]

[hatejakku]

[ ... What in the hell did he just walk in on?

Though, clearly, he had been mistaken for someone else. ] Um... [ He blinks and continues whether he has her attention or not. ] I'm new?

D/E (lemme know if this isn't okay and I'll figure something else out!)

[promiselisting]

[ While... technically not an actual resident of B-02, she's the not-quite-sister of someone who is, and certainly stops by often enough to be a curry hobo. And to attach herself to her Key Item. The need to do the latter has been a lot more frequent since her own botched foray into the Dream Width a week or so ago. She doesn't entirely have the nerves to pace around the shadows of the Curti Center all day looking for familiar faces so she... decides to stop by Ren's place to settle her nerves.

There's a few quick raps on the door. ]

Anybody home?

[ Even if Ren was out, she could just ask Kanji or Naoto where he'd gone. Or maybe hang out a bit with them too. ]

You're good!

[hatejakku]

[ Finn stops dead in his tracks, already forgetting where he was going and why at the sound of the knocking. Who knew that he'd have a small crisis because he's never been in a place where people knock to be let in?

Plus, he's about 98% sure he doesn't know this person.

Eyes darting around the abandoned apartment, he makes a beeline for the door and opens it. And promptly has no idea how to act. ] ... Hi.

A

[spaceforged]

[A man in sleek white and black armor leans against the wall in the back of the crowd of people waking up in confusion or adding those in cots. He makes eye contact with the stranger and navigates through the crowd, his helmet tucked under his arm on the right side.]

You look like you've seen a ghost. [The second message winds down and the man's voice echoes out of the speakers. He glances at it and back at him.] I'll answer what I can if you're feeling up to asking questions.

[hatejakku]

[ Finn notices the armor first. The color scheme is almost the same, but the design is totally off. He does do a double take at the new hologram being shown, seeing the same guy he's talking to now.

So he's either one of them (whatever that means) or he knows what that first message was about. ]

That was Wedge Antilles. [ And that wasn't a question, but here's one! ] Who's flying the ship?

B

[righthandstand]

[Last time, Okuyasu had to punch a terrified Kanji through the medical bay doors because he was a weenie about hospitals. While he's claimed this corner of the room as the Delinquent Spot (plus the potted flower who is also a cat), he watches the newcomers as Stray Cat folds itself over his leaves and naps.

And there's another new guy who's scared. Well, time to offer his assistance.]

Hey, they give you free candy when you're done. [Starting off with encouragement.]

[hatejakku]

[ Finn doesn't really hear the guy for a second before realizing he's being spoken to. ]

I- Wha- I don't care about candy! [ Well he's never had candy but he's pretty sure it's not worth it. ] I'm fine. I just- I forgot something-

[ The moogle doesn't talk but does grunt as it pulls harder, little wings flapping with a strength so unnatural that it doesn't calm Finn down one bit. ]

I'd really rather not go in there, okay!?

C

[fatefulprincess]

It's all a bit overwhelming, isn't it?

[ Honestly? It's a little hard not to notice another influx of individuals. Now even more people are finding themselves in the same situation that Corrin and the others had found themselves in about a month or so ago. So she's gotten curious. Starts wandering around again in case any of them could use a friendly face. ]

[hatejakku]

[ Finn startles at the new voice, his mind off in its own little world. He blinks and registers what she was saying.

Then lets out a humorless laugh. ]

Yeah, it's- That's kind of an understatement. Are you new here, too?

C

[daggercubed]

Impressive looking shit, eh?

[The thing about Vax'ildan is that he can just be right there. Case in point: he's just suddenly back and to the left of Finn, having approached quietly. His hands are down by his sides, as he peers at the equipment.]

I don't know a thing about how any of this works.

[hatejakku]

[ Finn jolts about a foot when the new guy just announces his presence. Geez! Still, he clears his throat and tries to be the picture of calm. ]

The... airships? [ He points at the display he means. ] We had ships kind of like that where I'm from. I don't really get much about them either...

C!

[rivieran]

[ Though it had already been several days since the Dream Width debacle, it still weighs heavily on Ena's mind. The woman in question is presently very occupied in thinking about all things related to Vaikuntha's astronomy. She sits in the Research Section of the Curti Center, on one of the benches opposite one of the astronomy exhibits with a well-worn notepad sitting on her lap. She's staring down at her notes, lost in her own thoughts.

So of course she is very surprised to look up and see a body—Finn, blocking her view. Where did this person come from? She makes a little noise in offense, leaning to the side to not only look at what she wanted to see in the exhibit, but also to catch a glimpse at this rude individual. I mean, she was obviously very busy looking at that very display— ]

Excuse me?

[hatejakku]

[ He turns quickly to face the woman, a little startled that she spoke to him but there is no one else here. ]

Yeah?

[ Considering she had been staring at her notes a minute ago and is sitting pretty far away, he figures her business is with him instead of the exhibit. ]

[dreamsoftomorrow]

It's really not going to get worse.

[He gave a small glare at the moogle, turning to the gentleman and gave him a small smile. Mogki, his own moogle buddy, was resting on his head. Perhaps a ball of fluff on a teenaged boy's head might help?]

I can go in with you. I already got my check up, it isn't bad. They just want to make sure you're not sick or carrying anything potentially contagious. People from different worlds and galaxies are exposed to different things, so they aren't immune to other things people carry.

[He also got candy for it. Which wasn't an incentive, but it had been a nice gesture after being poked and prodded. He gave Valli a wait gesture, to stop her from forcing Finn.]

My name is Hope, what's yours?

[hatejakku]

[ Finn and Valli both stop to stare at Hope, who's being all nice and helpful and kind. He's younger than Finn and clearly much calmer, making Finn feel a bit silly all over again. ]

Yeah, I- [ He clears his throat, trying to sound at least half normal. ] I figured that's what the check-ups were for. But, I mean, it's hard to be sure, you know? I'm not even armed. [ No, he knows how dumb that sounds and just. Stops. ]

... I'm Finn.

E.

[gglosers]

[ At some point he's gonna finish up his round of joining Gunslingers, right? And Hana may or may not have waited or shown him the ropes? Either way, she's waiting outside for him when he makes his way out. ]

Did you do it? Are you a Gunslinger?

C

[chocobosnap]

[Prompto has had a miserable time with the whole memory business himself, and so he's feeling miserable and introspective. The best fix for that, he thinks, is to focus on someone else so he doesn't have to think about it.

He doesn't know the person looking over the displays, but they look a little miserable too.

Maybe, if he's lucky he can cheer him up.

He takes a long slow breath, trying to keep his nerves at bay.

He approaches the stranger and raises a hand with a sheepish little smile.]

H-Hey there.

[If it helps, he has a moogle on his shoulder, hiding behind him named Puffball.]

A

[worldmother]

[ They've been through a lot, and while it's easy to forget what those who have been plucked from the Dream Width were going through, Elly remembers how jarring it was. How terrifying it was, even for someone who has been through so much already.

But his reaction is much more striking, the way that he points at the space where the hologram previously occupied in disbelief, looking like he might be sick. That gets her to move, the redhead striding toward Finn with purpose as she frees something from her belt. ]

It's a hologram. A message recorded elsewhere, and played back here.

[ She assumes that's what has him near hysterics. It wouldn't be the first time Elly has seen that reaction, after all. As she speaks, she slowly offers out something to him. It looks like a canteen of some kind. ]

C!

[mythmaker]

[The airship display. As it just so happens, there's this one area that's a little off-limits. Maybe they just don't want strangers climbing into the airship, maybe it's just closed temporarily for maintenance. Who knows? One moment, Azusa is passing by Finn, too distracted by the paper she's holding to realize he's there. And she just keeps going. There's one spot where the "do not enter" rope has fallen over...

...and she walks right over it. And she walks right up the ramp leading onto the airship, muttering to herself. Right when it looks like she's going to walk straight off the ramp where there's no guard rail, she stops and looks up.]

Eh? This isn't the cafeteria...um...oh, no.

C

[eternitynpcs]

H-Hm. M-Mister...?

[ While Finn is looking at the information about Jobs and Asterisks, a little girl walk by him and stop upon seeing his depressed air. ]

Y-You look really s-sad, i-is there something wrong?

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."