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

[euphemia]

A strong stomach?

[ She didn't really consider any of the consequences. All she seemed to focus on was the healing people. Should she ask? ]

... why would there be any violence?

[omnicrafter]

[...Oh, honey.

Irhya drags a hand down her face briefly.]

It didn't... occur to you that you would be witnessing people getting injured first-hand? Healers have to be out on the battlefield with the rest, and trust that their comrades won't throw them under the bus, for one thing.

[And then there's getting blamed for letting someone take a grievous hit, or for not helping with striking something down... or striking something down too much...]

It's actually a very stressful job. Hopefully your tutors are more tolerable than mine were.

[euphemia]

[ No. It didn't occur to her at all. Well, she knew she would have to see injured bodies. But the idea of being out there in the middle of combat doing it? In truth, she really wasn't prepared to become an Asterisk, but ... ]

I may not have any experience, but I'm willing to try if it means keeping everyone alive. [ Even if it means failing horribly, too. Actually, maybe that wasn't a good idea. ]

Are you not planning to become a white mage?

[omnicrafter]

Not for right now, at least. I just...

[She wanted to see if it was any different here, that's all. The knowledge she could do both is still pulling at the back of her mind, but another part of Irhya says she's done too much already to go back to that. Too many dead bodies on her back...

But then, isn't the philosophy "for those we can yet save"? Perhaps she's just a stubborn fool, she thinks as she looks down at the sluggish bleeding. Or perhaps she's just better at cleaving things in two than mending them back up again, in the end.]

Back in Eorzea, the conjurers of Gridania are tied inextricably to the will of the Elementals that govern the forest -- and indeed, they also rule over their capacity to heal anyone. And while I grant that it's important to pay attention to their counsel lest they sic the whole bloody forest upon droves of people for their ignorance... it soon became an excuse that was frequently toted out to excuse laziness, inaction, and even discrimination. For an innocent person to hear that it is the "will of the Elementals" that they just suffer and die in their illness simply because a Hearer didn't see fit to heal them...

[euphemia]

[ Euphemia frowns. This doesn't sound like a world she wished to be in, even if they did have such advances. ]

How terrible. To let people die simply because it is the will of something else. I'm ... not sure I could handle that. [ Then again these were Conjurers. This was different, she hopes. ]

I... I believe I heard someone else mention something similar to what you said. [ Her brows furrow while trying to remember a name. ] Her name was Nanamo.

[omnicrafter]

Ah. Yes, I imagine she would also be aware of it on some level. Nanamo and I hail from the same... almost the same world.

[And that's not even getting started on why white mages and their craft are altogether forbidden now, thanks to the events of the War of the Magi.]

Often, it boils down to simple prejudice and xenophobia over anything the Elementals have actually said. Damning someone to die for those reasons, simply because one has the power to... it's not uncommon. I think the Seedseers are purposely kept in the dark about how rampant the problem is, personally.

[A part of her has wondered if perhaps a little dark knight justice isn't warranted in Gridania, too, at times... but becoming a pariah from her own homeland seems a bit much. And maybe the Elementals really would curse her.]

I'd like to study the actions of this guild a little more before I commit to anything. If the same thing is happening here, I can't abide by it.