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

[jeido]

[That certainly is the last thing Jade expects to see around in this place, but then again, it isn't like he was expecting he'd be robbed of his mostly empty wallet. Truly, this Bangaa thief has much to learn with regard the art, especially if he's letting himself be fooled with Jade's classy, but nonetheless generic Red Mage garb.

For now, he takes a step back to watch the events unfold, in quite a good spot to intervene if so necessary. That, and he's interested in keeping himself away from the path of a magitek laser, even if the Bangaa doesn't share the same sentiment, giving Connie a gruff "Huh? A kid?" before attempting to force his way through.]

WHO WANTS TO DRINK FROM THE FIRE HOSE

[conniemaheswaran]

According to Connie's calculations, all of the elemental lasers available to her had roughly the same potency, although the means by which they dealt damage varied. Thunder Lasers inflicted relatively minor burns and could permanently damage the target's nervous system; Fire Lasers left behind nasty third- or second-degree burns; and Blizzard Lasers had a tendency to inflict a bad case of frostbite in addition to the damage wrought by ice shards. Aqua "Lasers" were relatively tame by comparison, they just left their unfortunate target sodding wet with a high probability of broken bones, fractures, bruises, and a wounded ego. They also had serious stopping power.

"Have it your way, then," Connie says. With all of her experimentation with the elements available to her in mind, Connie taps the palm of her hand with her pinkie then snaps her fingers. The streams of energy connecting her pauldrons to her gauntlets pulses a navy blue. A complex runic arcanagram flares to life around the aperture in the palm of her hand, and a jet of highly-pressurized water with enough force to send weighted training dummies flying several feet backwards is fired into the thug's stomach at point-blank range from her palm.

Unfortunately, her gauntlet flies apart with the force of the blast, scattering across the street, each component sopping wet. Thankfully, she manages to grab the crystal before it can escape, but the rest of the Laser is now as good as gone.

someone thirsty for punishment, ofc

[jeido]

"Wh--"

The Bangaa doesn't expect it at all, eyes widening as he takes the hit point-blank. Unfortunately, it has the consequence of sending his stolen possessions flying off along with him, straight into a makeshift stand. To say that the shop owner looks plenty miffed would be an understatement--the Bangaa shopkeeper is downright livid, shouting at the thief before throwing an accusing stare in Connie's general direction. Though fortunately, perhaps, he doesn't spot Connie (yet--or better, never), not quite aware that the magitek knight he's looking for is way younger than expected.

In the interest of damage control, Jade steps in and approaches the merchant, bowing deferentially before launching into an explanation of the situation, the woman whose purse was stolen in tow. Her thankful tears seem to mollify the shopkeeper, as with the promise to pay for the repairs of his stand.

Once that's settled, with the promise of authorities being alerted along with Jade retrieving his wallet, Jade returns to where Connie is, a smile on his face.

"That's quite a lucky turn of events."

Re: someone thirsty for punishment, ofc

[conniemaheswaran]

Connie's mind is racing with what bug she failed to find and stomp this time as she meticulously searches the street for the various pieces of magitek that had scattered when her gauntlet exploded, sopping wet. "Maybe it's the force/stability ratio again? No, last round of tests should've fixed that. Mana channels? That might be it, I probably overcompensated on the throttle leniency when I..." she mutters as she picks up another component.

Finally, she notices Jade. "O-oh! Um, right place, right time, I guess. I had the opportunity to stop him, so, uh. I did. It's really no problem, though."