JANUARY - FEBRUARY TEST DRIVE MEME

[indigo_events]

➞ Post with a character you wish to test drive in this game's setting.
➞ Tag other people's starters and thread out shenanigans!
➞ Invite your friends! Try out new characters! Come play with us!
➞ Have fun!

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Comments

A - I was so excited I forgot to put the prompt in the title

[vrdantwind]

[Claude would have recognized that voice easily enough all on its own, but then - Annette sings. And there's absolutely no doubt who it is. His delight is positively boundless.

And then she crashes gently into sleep. Whoops. Looks like whatever pokémon she's ended up with, it knows Sing...

Well, if he's close enough to hear her snoring through the Gear, then surely the Gear is close enough to Annette for her to hear his voice!]

Hey! Wakey-wakey, Annette!

Re: A - I was so excited I forgot to put the prompt in the title

[crumbs_and_yums]

Wh--Claude! Leave me alo--oh. Huh, that was weird. I thought...

[She sits up, partially in view of the Gear, and shakes her head.]

No, you're still in this strange place. Not in Fodlan.

[vrdantwind]

You're definitely still in this strange place! I just happen to be here, too. Just, y'know...not right there.

Pick up that weird device you've got! It's something they've got here that lets us talk to people over long distances! You can even see my handsome face~.

[crumbs_and_yums]

What on...oh! Wait, Claude, is that really you? Wait, is that really your face?

[vrdantwind]

I'm choosing to let that comment slide as shock over being able to see my face while I'm not there, and not as someone like Lindhardt might say it...

But yes, it's really me. [He winks at Annette.] Basically, a lot of us have somehow or other ended up here. It's pretty inexplicable, but this world's really peaceful compared to ours. So you can think of it like a vacation, if you like.

This world's made a lot of technological advancements ours hasn't, which means they have stuff like these machines that can do things that seem like magic to us! That's how we're able to talk and even see each other right now, even though I'm miles away from you.

You doing okay? It seems like your little friend decided you needed a nap.

[crumbs_and_yums]

I suppose I should be more shocked by this "magic" device, but I really meant I was surprised to see how much you've changed since I've seen you last. It's been more than five years!

Who else is here, in this world? And...wait, are you saying this little thing put me to sleep?

[She glares at the creature.]

Do you know what it is? I was about to sit down to read this book I was given...

[vrdantwind]

Ohhh, that's right. I probably should've asked that first...what's the last thing you remember happening, Annette? Like, with the war. One of the weird things about this place is that it doesn't necessarily pull us all here from the same moments in time. Don't ask me how that works. But, for instance, Sylvain is here, and he's from before you guys had your reunion at Garreg Mach...but Dimitri is also here, and he's from months after that happened. And Felix is from a month or two after that.

I'm actually from a point in time where we'd already met up again, so...I kind of forgot this is your first time seeing me since the academy! Because it's not my first time seeing you since then. I know it's confusing as heck, but I swear it's the truth.

Let's see...aside from Dimitri and Sylvain and Felix, Ashe is here. And Dedue and Lysithea just showed up, too! I talked to Leonie a little while ago, but I haven't heard from her since...that's all I know of for now. No Mercedes yet, I'm afraid. [He obviously hasn't forgotten how close Annette and Mercedes were, so he knows she'd probably look for her first.]

And yeah, these little guys come with some special abilities. One of them is called Sing, and it can put people and animals to sleep! So that's probably what happened. They can sing without putting you to sleep if they want, but maybe yours doesn't know how yet...or it just thought you needed a nap.

Anyway, I can't really tell you what it is without seeing it. I can only see what you point the device at! So, uh, aim my face you're seeing here in the direction of your creature, and I'll take a look.

These little guys are called pokémon, by the way. There's a whole bunch of different types. It seems like what we'd call animals, the people of this place call pokémon. But pokémon are usually way smarter than our animals back home. They can't really talk to us, but they understand the stuff we say just fine! They're maybe even as intelligent as we are. So they're closer to partners than pets.

[He knows he's talking a lot, and he's desperately trying not to overwhelm Annette with too much. But so many things seem important to establish quickly, just to give her some basic understandings going forward...for instance, he can't just keep calling them creatures. And the timeline stuff had to be explained soon, since she'll end up talking to the others. Maybe it's a lot to digest, but can he afford not to infodump a little? Anyway, Annette's always been smart. He's worried too much all at once might leave her reeling, but it's equally possible she'll hit the ground running.]