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TD006

Test Drive 006
WELCOME TO ATERAT

Here is our Fifth Test Drive Meme! There are a lot of areas of the city to explore, so please have a look around! In case you need a little help getting started, I've included a few prompts below, or feel free to start your own! Exploration and player initiative are the names of the game here!

Helpful Links to Get Started

Arrival & General Information | Setting & Bestiary | Locales & Businesses | Residences & Housing Info | Rules & FAQ (ask questions here!)

I. Crash Into Me
Not exactly, but close enough. You have just arrived and received a strange satchel from a tiny, strange little man and are left more or less to your own devices (more information on what to expect upon arrival can be found here)! Follow directions to the north and check out the housing, or maybe have a look around the Historium and try to get some information from that giant glowing ball, see what you can waste your meager starter coin on in the Market District, or maybe just meet the neighbors.
II. What Goes Bump in the Night
It looks like Aterat proper has a spirit problem. Maybe you're seeing specters, hearing disembodied voices, your windows rattle when there's no breeze outside. Maybe there are cold spots in your place of business (or your apartment, which is so much worse). Either way, you're 100% convinced you're haunted. Hopefully, someone else believes you, or maybe you're used to feeling crazy.
III. When the Carnival Came to Town?
Take a look at the prompts from our latest event and go to town (or the carnival).
IV. Try the Network
The Tell-Phone allows for text, video, and audio transmissions to everyone else who has one. Give it a whirl!
V. Wildcard
The above prompts are all options, and there's much more to the setting than what they provide. Do your best (or your worst)!
thegreatninja: (Forward charge)

[personal profile] thegreatninja 2022-07-12 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hey!" She sprung to her feet, standing at the daunting height of 5 feet even. "I'm not short! If anything you're freakishly tall! I bet I'm even older than you now!" It wasn't a competition except that Yuffie couldn't help but fall back into old habits when confronted by old friends.

Was he a friend?

He was the closest thing she had to a friend until meeting Cloud and everyone.

"What are you doing here anyway? Is there a spiky hair convention I don't know about?"
legacy_blade: (This'll Be Fun I Promise)

[personal profile] legacy_blade 2022-07-12 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, very daunting to the guy that has more than a foot on her. Geez, still had that energy too, didn't she?

"Oh, do you now? You look, what, fifteen?"

Of course he's got a teasing grin on his face, the same he'd use for Cissnei.

"What am I doing here? Damn, that's a question I wanna know too. Was on my way back to Midgar with a friend of mine and then... well, I'm here now. No convention I know of though."
thegreatninja: (told ya)

[personal profile] thegreatninja 2022-07-12 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm nineteen!" How dare he call her a child! She was short but she didn't think she looked that young. At least it wasn't like when she was a child... meeting Zack was a time in her life that she tried not to think about. It was SO embarrassing.

"It's literally been years since I saw you." It's been almost a decade.

"Oh." Shit. "Right. Yeah that's the thing, isn't it? I showed up here like that. It's sorta all over the timeline or some sort of nonsense." Yuffie wanted to pout but she was truly happy to see Zack.
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[personal profile] legacy_blade 2022-07-12 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"Still so young," he said, trying to keep smiling. Nineteen. She'd been, what, maybe nine or ten when they met? She's grown more than he has. He wasn't expecting that.

He doesn't know what to do with that.

"I mean, in my defense, I was sorta lying low for a while there," he said, rubbing the back of his head. Because, you know, uh, he wasn't going to admit just how that was? Because she was Wutaian, and would LIKELY point out that yeah, her people had been right, ShinRa evil and all that.
thegreatninja: (you guys)

[personal profile] thegreatninja 2022-07-12 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Yuffie hated being treated like a child. A part of her knew that Zack was teasing her but that didn't matter, it continued to bother her. No matter how hard she tried she wasn't taken seriously... then again... running into him as she had certainly didn't help either.

"I noticed." She was almost a stalker though in most cases she got her target to come to her. "Do you want to ask me how Wutai is now? Because we kicked ShinRa out and it finally doesn't suck anymore." She hasn't been home in a while but she checked in from time to time to make sure that they weren't having any trouble in the re-development.
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[personal profile] legacy_blade 2022-07-12 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Noticed huh? Zack had to grin. Was she part of the fanclub? He hoped not. Especially after that sad email about them disbanding.

"You did, huh? Good for you guys. Bet you did a lot of the work for that, Yuffie. Pretty proud of you," he said with a smile. It's easier to talk about that. "I'm sorry, you know, for all we did. Soldier and all of that."
thegreatninja: (I got this)

[personal profile] thegreatninja 2022-07-12 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's right. I did. So you deserve all the shin kicks back then!" She thought about it and then flashed him a mischievous grin. "And you know what, you owe me now. So take me to get something to eat. They gave you money when you arrived right? You should have enough."

She had no shame.
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[personal profile] legacy_blade 2022-07-12 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, and I totally deserved you using me as a gopher too. And stealing my stuff," he argues. Before he pauses, thinks, and points a finger at her. "I may owe you, but you can't have any of my stuff. I need that money to get established. I don't even have a weapon."

Of course he hadn't come with his sword. It wasn't his anymore.
thegreatninja: (Shrug)

[personal profile] thegreatninja 2022-07-14 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Yuffie flashed him a toothy grin. "I will do all of the above." Though she didn't think he had anything particularly interesting on him.

"What?" Her jaw dropped. "You just said I could steal your stuff. Just get a job. There is stuff to do here and a blacksmith." She didn't like that he had sounded all apologetic and then took it back. He was just as obvious as she remembered. Of course, that was a long time ago and her memory wasn't the best.

"Fine. Whatever." She'd still steel his stuff just not whatever weapon he gets. "So how do you plan to-" Yuffie made air quotes. "-get established."
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[personal profile] legacy_blade 2022-07-15 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, you really won't if you respect me at all, kiddo," Zack says with a sigh. He's got only what is in his bag, and he would prefer not to lose that, thanks.

"I said you couldn't steal my stuff. And I'm GOING to get a job, but I've been here less than an hour. That's not very instant."

So he has to find a job. WHich is good. Probably.

"Guess I can do handyman work. Always intended to."
thegreatninja: (Lets see here)

[personal profile] thegreatninja 2022-07-25 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"Respect goes both ways, kiddo" She repeated the nickname with a condescending hint in her voice. She wanted to help him and continue her efforts at being a better person but it was difficult when he knew all of her buttons.

"Then I'll steal your stuff when you have stuff to steal." And then she'll probably give it back. It wasn't like she needed anything that he had and it was the act of stealing that she enjoyed. The stuff wasn't needed now that Wutai was stable and thriving once more.

"Handyman? You can build things?" That was a surprising new fact.
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[personal profile] legacy_blade 2022-07-26 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
Not his fault she's a kid. Geez, what is he even supposed to do? He remembers a ten year old. She's grown up so much. How weird. He hadn't even known it was a buttons thing.

"Uh, okay I guess?" he said with a frown. "And, uh, no, that's not what I meant. Me and my buddy, Cloud, we were going to be mercenaries or jacks of all trades or something, in Midgar. Just, you know, help people."
thegreatninja: (back)

[personal profile] thegreatninja 2022-07-26 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Yuffie knew it was weird. It was weird that he was still alive but that didn't mean he had to treat her like she was a brat. She wasn't going to admit that she used to be a brat... even if she'd come to that realization years ago.

"Cloud? Ah, yeah. You know him too. He's here. Him and Aer. You should hit them up. They think your dead too." They deserved good news. "There are also places like that to work. So ask around. It's not really my thing." She was still trying to find a job that didn't involve pissing people off... it was a work in progress.
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[personal profile] legacy_blade 2022-07-26 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
At least she'd come to the realization. That's useful.

Hearing Cloud is here, that Aerith is here, earns such a look of joy on Zack's face. The people he loved, hanging out. But the announcement that they think he is dead definitely doesn't seem like, well, he's shocked by that. Last he remembered... Well, he was dying.

"Are they doing well? Cloud, and Aerith?"
thegreatninja: (Default)

[personal profile] thegreatninja 2022-08-09 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Yuffie stretched her arms up above her head and released a long tired yawn. She rarely stayed in one place for this long. "It looked like it. Aerith opened a flower shop here and Cloud is... well, Cloud. He's all broody and bad at making friends." It felt very normal for Cloud.

"You should go see them." She may or may not know where they live.

She was still a little bit stalker-ish.
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[personal profile] legacy_blade 2022-08-11 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Broody? Okay, he'd give you that the kid was not the greatest at friends, but Zack truly looked confused at the information that Yuffie was offering him here. How was that possible?

"I don't get it. Spike's a little ray of sunshine. When did he star-"

Nibelheim. Yeah, that would do it. Zack frowned. That... that would make anyone broody.

"I'll do that. I promised that I'd get to Aerith. And I should try and get Cloud to smile, just a little."