Event || Worldwide Tourists

[eternitymods]

Who: All New Arrivals and Curti Center Staff
When: April 15th-30th
Where: All over Vaikuntha, starting outside of the airship hanger
What: Ganeshan, the resident Job Expert, will be taking the new arrivals around the the various Guilds so they can collect their chosen Job Asterisks as noted in their applications.
Warnings/Notes: Guild prompts can be found here

Enter the Master

[Each new arrival's iMog buzzes with a message instructing them to gather for a worldwide adventure to obtain the power of Vaikuntha. If they follow the invitation's instructions, they will arrive at outside of the airship hanger on the morning of the 15th, with their meager belongings packed.

An Enterprise-Class airship, the Ragnarok, hovers outside of the Curti Center. There is a flash of light on the top of the ship.]

"WELCOME!"

[A figure, minuscule at this distance, launches itself off of the ship and hurtles toward the ground. As he draws closer to the ground, he starts to flip, landing with a flourish. An armored figure, sans helm, turns his toothy Zora grin to the crowd. With a shimmer, his armor transforms into a white mage's robe, and he sends a rush of wind through the crowd for dramatic effect.]

"I AM GANESHAN, THE JOB MASTER! GYA HA HA HA! TODAY, YOUR LIVES WILL CHANGE FOREVER."

[Ganeshan shimmers again, ruthlessly abusing the Chemist's Modifier skill to once again shift Job Classes so he can lower the airship's loading dock with a wave of his hand.]

"I BELIEVE THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAS THE ABILITY TO MASTER THE JOB CLASSES. SOME OF YOU MAY MASTER MANY, OTHERS WILL PURSUE THE PERFECT MASTERY OF JUST ONE. BUT EITHER WAY, YOU'LL BE INCREDIBLE!"

[Ganeshan gives everyone a big thumbs-up. The out-worlders who are not scared off by this booming speech can feel free to enter the airship and prepare for their ride around the world. Hopefully some of the Curti Center's newest hires can serve as non-crazy less exuberant tour guides for the new arrivals.]

Around the World

[The Ragnarok will be stopping at every major city in Vaikuntha, with the exception of those cut off by the Imperial border closing. Characters can create top levels to respond to the Guild prompts and explore the cities themselves as the ship makes its stops. Each Guild provides information sessions, free food and trinkets for potential applicants, and once you're ready to receive your Asterisk, all you have to do is take some introductory lessons and fill out forms. Characters can receive up to two asterisks. Time to get to know your new world!

Questions for Ganeshan can be directed to the Ganeshan top level post.]

Comments

Azusa Miura ☆ OTA!!

[mythmaker]

i. stars' light, stars' fright

My, my isn't this all so lovely? I wonder if they do tarot~.

[Azusa can't help but laugh to herself whenever she's in the astrologian guild. She'll gladly pull anyone aside an ask what they think, or ask them to stare up at the stars with her. She's like a kid at a candy star, sometimes standing on tiptoe to get a better view of this or that, sometimes bouncing on her feet instead, giddy.

That all abruptly changes at one point. She exits a room that had been set aside for fortune telling and exits it looking downright abysmal before bumping into your character. Literally. She's a bit dazed.]

Ah...I'm sorry, please excuse me...my fortune...

ii. 9:02PM

[Azusa doesn't expect to be famous in Vaikuntha. That would be a mistake. But upon stopping in the bard's guild, sometime after the mock battle, she approaches the mic. A guild member has encouraged her to sing after her mentioning her love for music in passing and her lamentation that she's not skilled with an instrument.

She's on no main stage when she lets loose her song, but those wandering the back rooms might just get to hear a professional sing her heart out.]

♪ Goodnight...I’m all alone, again...
Make up off, face blank as I lay...
I turn to the mirror, and I say:
“Hey...are you...happy?”

I want to meet you!
But my phone never rings.
Why? These tears, my eyes sting...
If only now, I could feel you...
Just for one more second...! ♫

[When the song is done, there's some clapping—the room isn't very crowded. She'll take her seat again after thanking everyone for letting her use the microphone, heart set on acquiring this new asterisk for real. It turns out there are some things she can never give up.]

iii. aquatic ambience

[Azusa can't stop staring at the sky. They're truly underwater. She can see fish swimming in the distance, she can see fish people like their tour guide. It's all incredible. She can't keep herself from looking like a tourist as she stops to inspect every little thing.

She finds herself in the ancient history museum and later heads to the hypello shop. She's never going to make it to any of the guilds here, but she doesn't mind. She only has a few hours, and she'd rather use them talking to elderly zora and answering questions from a few local kids.]

This city is so beautiful, isn't it? My, my...I can't help but feel I'm fortunate to be here.

iii

[rivieran]

[ Ancient history museum you say?

That's where Ena will be too, fascinated by an alien history. She is engrossed in the artifacts, reading the descriptions over and over, carefully studying the shapes and designs and absorbing any information she can.

It's when she's ready to move on to the next exhibit that she notices a familiar face. ]

Azusa? Is that you? [ Her voice is barely above the whisper, out of respect of the ancient items. ]

[mythmaker]

Ah, Ena!

[But despite her exclamation point, she's keeping her voice down, too. It'd be in bad form if she shouted all over the place, even if exploring somewhere new leaves even someone like her feeling giddy. She quickly moves over from where she'd been reading about the zora to join her, her face alight with positive energy.]

I wasn't expecting any company...I wasn't too interested in the guilds here. [Someone explained what Necromancy was.] Have you found anything in here you like?

[rivieran]

[ Ena offers a small smile. She wasn't either... but at least this town had something fun to offer. ]

Everything, actually. [ She holds up the small pad of paper and pencil in her hand. ] It's fascinating. Lots of tools I'm not familiar with. I'm not acquainted with any intelligent aquatic races in my home world, so how they managed to build an underwater city like this is very interesting. And yourself? [ Ena wasn't going to mention how she didn't seem the scholarly type, but then many of these humans of other realities baffled her. ]

[mythmaker]

Aquatic races...ah, we have those. They're called mermaids. But now that you mention it, I don't think I've ever seen one before. They're half-fish and half-beautiful-lady.

[How is that for scholarly? It's really impressive, right? She speaks as though mermaids are real as she looks down at the tools Ena is currently inspecting.]

These people are more like half-fish and half-human-fish, aren't they?

[rivieran]

[ Well, she has no point of reference for anything on Earth, so she taps her chin thoughtfully. Congrats Azusa, Ena now believes mermaids are real. ]

Indeed, they seem much more "man" than "fish." [ She chuckles briefly and looks around the room to see if there were any of the aforementioned fish people around, but luckily, they were alone. ]

Do you know if your mermaids have any cities like these? I would be interested to know how they might have built their cities, if they are indeed a civilized race. [ She stops for a moment. Didn't she just say she's never seen one before? ]

[mythmaker]

Hmm...do you think this is what they mean by 'swimmer's build', Ena?

[Like always, strange thoughts drift in and out of Azusa's head. She follows Ena's eye when she glances around the room, catching on. Ah, maybe they don't like being compared to fish...]

I think they have an underwater castle or two. Their king has seven daughters, and they all live in the same place. That's what I remember, at least.

i.

[masqueraid]

Ah? ( the girl that ren had met on the airship looked quite different from this moping one that he side-steps gently, letting her brush past before he recognizes... )

Azusa...-san?

( she looks as though a rain cloud might erupt overhead at any moment... )

[mythmaker]

S...Sir-kun, is that you?

[He's standing right in front of her. She walks closer, unsteady, like she's been shot in the knee. She stares straight ahead, her eyes distant. Her hands are tightly interlaced, her knuckles going white from the hard grip she has on herself.]

My love fortune for this month...is zero stars.

[ ... ... ... ... ... ... ...]

[masqueraid]

Uwa... ( he moves into position, just in case she needs to be caught on those unsteady legs of hers. arms extended outwards, he leans forward and repeats— )

Zero stars? ... That really is, awful.