TEST DRIVE MEME #8

[fairyfoes]

TEST DRIVE MEME

Considering apping to EACHDRAIDH? Why not give the setting a test run here! OPTIONAL SCENARIOS 01. ARRIVING IN THE DRABWURLD. The Seelie and Unseelie courts welcome you not with mirthful revelry, this time around dear friends. There is a seriousness in the air, though the food is still hearty and the imps still mischievous. After you have been briefed on your purpose here, you will find an endless feast and a night filled with entertainment to placate your concerns. Mingle with new arrivals, sneak down the castle halls and make sure your eyes are always on your glass; fairies and imps have no bias when it comes to tricks! 02. THE STATION. Looking for a little slice of home? The Station gives you all that and more. Take advantage of the wifi, have a cup of fairy-brewed coffee (the one they didn't spit in) or sit back and relax on the patio. You can even move your things into one of the available rooms! 03. WILDCARD. Your own scenario! Explore the Drabwurld or simply take advantage of your Locket! Be mindful, though -- the monarchs are watching and cross court communication should be done with the utmost secrecy.

Comments

[nibelheims]

[ destiny islands definitely doesn't say anything to him, but cloud gives a singe nod all the same. no doubt it won't be the only odd name he's going to hear during his time here. might as well get used to it. ]

...How do you travel between worlds? [ the furthest he's gone from the planet is space, and that had been a very short trip with one specific goal before they'd come crashing right back down onto the surface. the only other instance he's really heard of any traveling beyond their corner of space was about the great calamity from the skies, jenova, who had made a thing of her world traveling and devouring.

but that's something cloud would rather not think too hard about. ]

I wouldn't have thought it possible... if not for this. [ this. him being here. standing in another world. it's crazy. ]

[keybearing]

Well, initially it was just....the darkness swallowed me up and I wound up in Traverse Town. But after that I met Donald and Goofy and we traveled through to the different worlds with the Gummi Ship.

[It was always something of a daydream. Something he and Riku always talked about the vague possibility of but never really taking it seriously. Until Kairi arrived. Ever since then it took on a whole new life, that there was confirmation of other worlds out there where she had come from, even if she didn't recall. They just never anticipated any of what happened when they actually did leave.]

[nibelheims]

[ traverse town, donald, goofy, gummi ship. so many things he doesn't really understand, but cloud files it all away for later, in case it might come up somewhere else. for now though... for now cloud just breathes. mostly it comes out as a sigh, some of the tension from finding himself in an entirely new world fading as he exhales. when cloud speaks up again, his voice is a little lighter. ]

I know someone who would be interested in a ship that can travel between worlds. Doubt he's here though.

[ cid would be more than interested in any kind of ship honestly, but whatever this gummi ship contraption might be would probably take the cake. ]

[keybearing]

Reckon a lot of people would be! But Cid's the one we had to help fix it or install new Gummi blocks we'd find. He was a big help with that.

[Because of course it was Cid, this probably won't surprise Cloud in the least. Still, Sora's also perhaps grateful for Cid looking out for him upon his initial arrival in Traverse Town, even if he might not outright say it. Grateful to all of them, really.

There's a small smile as he raises a hand behind his head, as best he can with the keyblade in the other.]

I guess hoping we'd find one or even enough Gummi blocks to make one here would be a bit hopeful, huh?

[nibelheims]

Cid's the best with that kind of stuff. [ said so matter-of-factly, as if they really are talking about the same person. cloud can't even look surprised when sora starts talking about cid, because of course. if he already knows cloud, he probably knows most of his friends.

it leaves questions dangling at the tip of his tongue, but cloud swallows them back, saving them for another time. there are too many people to ask about, but too many chances to ruin the relatively nice atmosphere that's fallen over them, too. ]

Probably, yeah. [ no doubt someone would have already done as much were it possible... but at the same time, cloud knows a lot of age-old secrets could be just below their feet, waiting to be discovered by the right people. maybe a way to travel worlds is one of them. ]

But I'll keep an eye out for any of these Gummi blocks just in case.

[keybearing]

He liked ships back home for you too then? I guess that shouldn't be too surprising.

[Because even if it's a different Cid, surely at their core, they're similar enough. Still have that same love of technology, of flight, that dream of other worlds. It's familiar, almost bittersweet to consider. Even if they aren't exactly talking about the same Cid entirely, different memories, different experiences.

But there is a nod of agreement.]

Right! Thanks, Cloud. I don't suppose there's anything -- anyone you want me to keep an eye out for?

[nibelheims]

[ cloud nods once. ] Mm, he flies an airship, and dreams of space. Doesn't say much about traveling to different worlds though.

[ but only since it's hardly possible. given the chance, if he were to hear about it, cloud has little doubt cid would jump at the chance to try something of this sort. it makes him wonder why the faeries didn't pick someone with a little more sense of adventure than cloud.

oh well.

at the question, he hesitates for a clear moment, but then ends up shaking his head briefly. ] If they're here, I'll find them. [ not that he doesn't appreciate the offer of help, but... this is just something he has to do his own way. to make sure whatever ghosts he might think are around get separated from those who really are. ]

[keybearing]

Doesn't sound like he changed all that much then.

[The same way Cloud seems so familiar still, in spite of being different. Different experiences and memories. But the core, the heart that makes him 'Cloud' is still the same.

The Cloud he knew was pretty independent too, determined to go off on his own to find his light. So Sora isn't too surprised or upset when Cloud rejects the offer, giving a smile even through his shrug.]

If they are here, I'm sure you will. It might be more difficult if they're in that other Court, but....we'll manage.

[Because their hearts are connected, after all. From all the friends they've made, the experiences they've shared. Sora has to believe that. Not just for Cloud, but for himself too, if any of his friends are present.]

[nibelheims]

[ cloud hasn't really thought past the court they're in yet, though it's true what sora says, that those he seeks might have ended up elsewhere. it also means, he realizes quietly, that anyone from his world could be there. anyone at all, friend or foe.

...still, for now he doesn't look too worried about it. ]

Difficult, maybe, but not impossible. [ not impossible by a long shot. a beat of silence follows before cloud glances off to the side. ] ...Might just have to break a few rules.

[ which, all things considered, is most likely bound to happen anyway. if the faeries want him to fight -- or other people in general -- they're going to have to bend a little. ]

[keybearing]

Not impossible. At least, I wouldn't think so. Just not.....encouraged? At least from what I can gather. But we won't know if there are any others from home on the other side of this unless we ask or figure some way to check?

[He isn't sure what exactly might determine which court someone ends up in. For all he knows, some of his friends might be over there in the Unseelie. There would have to be some way to find out, surely. People would want to know. To try help their friends. But he's not outright saying or encouraging this intentionally, he's just curious and concerned more than anything.]