TEST DRIVE MEME

[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 grand feast is held in the Eaglais clearing. The food is good, the music is sweet, and the evening is lit by gentle fairy lights. All Shardbearers of all courts are summoned here under a universal truce for the evening. Nature itself has shaped itself into tables, chairs, and long couches so that the new guests can rest. When they’re ready to call it a night, Shardbearers are brought to their court strongholds in a one-way trip by fairies and imps. 02. NETWORK Take advantage of your Locket! The network can be accessed by any Shardbearer with a locket or shardless characters with enchanted devices, and is a quick way to meet new people and discuss the state of the world. 03. WILDCARD. Your own scenario! Explore the Drabwurld! There are lots of places to go, and plenty of trouble to get into in them!

Comments

[colorofthesky]

[ ...well. That is certainly a sight one doesn't often see.

Though he doesn't recognize the woman, the military posture is one he's familiar with given his own life as a SOLDIER. More than her strange appearance, however, she doesn't seem well, and that is enough to prompt him to approach.

A large blade hangs from his back, but his demeanor is gentle enough. She must be a new arrival, and he doesn't want to startle her. ]

Hey. Is there anything you need some help with?

[muhafiz]

[[ At his approach, one hand rose in a straight-pamled salute before the altogether diminutive woman fell into an obvious parade rest, chin high, back straight, shoulders set. ]]

Civilian Commander.

[[ The words of address sounded like a designation of rank; and by her stiff formality, one assigned to a far superior officer. ]]

I've been awaiting command and assignment to a medbay. None of my tac-comms appear to be functioning, and local computers don't respond to vocal commands.

[colorofthesky]

[ Ah...

Zack considers the woman with curiosity as much as thoughtfulness. The rigidity of her stance and diction almost reminds him of automated prompts he used to hear back home when he still worked for ShinRa. He can't tell if she was made this way or if she was modified after birth.

Either way, it does tug at his heart a little. He smiles softly. ]

Technology itself hasn't advanced very far in this world so whatever you have isn't likely to work while you're here.

I could probably find a healer for you, but I don't think they have an official medbay you can go to.

[ A beat, then- ]

Have you ever known someone to use magic where you're from?

[muhafiz]

[[ Her own expression twitched towards bafflement, her hairless brows creasing into an uncertain furrow. It was a beat before she inquired further, the parade rest still unbroken, ]]

I... would appreciate any elaboration you could offer, sir.

[[ The faintest uptilt of tone at the end almost made the statement a question. But if the unwavering quality of her attention upon him was any indication, she wasn't at all disbelieving. ]]

[colorofthesky]

[ Zack nods once. An elaboration it is, then. ]

Magic is a sort of energy and power that can be channeled to achieve what wouldn't ordinarily be possible.

For example- you can use batteries or electricity to power different devices. With magic, it's a similar principle only it comes from a difference source. It can come from inside a person, or it can from the world around you.

[ Raising his arm so she can see, there are several, glittering orbs about the size of a marble, all different colors. ]

Where I'm from, people have magic inside them, and they channel it using these. This one [ he taps a red Materia ] creates fire, and this one [ he shows her a blue one ] creates ice.

There are others that do a variety of other things, and you can do a lot with the runes here, too. It just depends on what you want to focus on.

[muhafiz]

[[ Respiration, oxidation; she knew well enough that organisms were powerhouses of energy as a matter of course, and his scant elaboration gave rise to suspicions that perhaps these people had simply... learned alternate means of harvesting that energy.

But... one point stuck. ]]

You say... 'the world'. Are we... in orbit? Or... approaching planetary systems?

[colorofthesky]

[ He's not a professor on this subject by any means. He would rather be concise when explaining things like this, if possible, and he hopes she understood most of it.

Her question, however, is telling. Zack shakes his head. ]

The name of this world -- this place, this planet -- is Allaidh Darach.

Once we arrive, we can't go back to where we came from.

[ Or at least, not by choice. ]

[muhafiz]

[[ Her pupils began to narrow; her nostrils flared, the only signal of a sharply indrawn breath. A flush began to crawl up her throat, and it seemed that, suddenly, she buzzed with tightly-contained energy. ]]

... You mean to say, sir.... You mean to say that we are on a planet? Atmosphere, day-cycles, landmasses?

[colorofthesky]

[ ...well, that certainly is a puzzling reaction. His brow wrinkling slightly, Zack nods once. ]

Yes. There's a map I can show you, if you'd like.