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crystalnexus2020-03-31 01:44 am
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Welcome to The Nexus!
The Nexus is no stranger to new arrivals, welcoming approximately 0.83 Drifters a day on average. Today, however, is unusual. A great many more Drifters seem to have appeared all at once, a major influx unlike any seen in over a century. Unprepared to handle so many new faces needing explanations all at the same time, the Welcoming Center is positively abuzz with activity - and all of their brand new citizens are thrust into the fray of the ensuing mayhem of volunteers attempting to calm them.
A. Arrival
One of the main rules of those tasked with receiving new Drifters is to be prepared for anything - for anyone to show up in any state of being, including but not limited to: being in need of immediate medical attention, being in a fit of violence and rage, being completely nude, and any combination of such dramatic situations.
While this is relatively simple to handle if there are only one or two new arrivals on any given day, the number of arrivals this day has greatly exceeded expectations, and so has the chance for those dramatic situations to occur.
It is clear that the Welcoming Committee was not prepared to handle an abundance of these situations happening simultaneously.
Whether you as a new Drifter are experiencing one of these situations, or are simply caught in the crossfire of such circumstances, the typically calm and tranquil setting of the Welcoming Center's rooftop is currently one of chaos. Colorful uniforms of flowing linen denote the volunteers clearly familiar with what is going on, attempting to keep people orderly and diffuse the tension, though they seem to be having mixed results.
B. Orientation
Over the countless years since the Welcoming Center had first been built, a great number of different approaches to integrating Drifters into the populous had been attempted, until it had been decided that one on one personal greeters who took the time to approach new Drifters with empathy and undivided attention was the most successful at curbing the stress of arrival.
Such an approach is practical when dealing with the typical trickle of Drifters; it is, unfortunately, impossible to assign individual greeters to a veritable flood.
Having to resort to some of their more archaic methods, whole groups of Drifters are assigned to singular greeters, with yellowing brochures that had to be dug out of storage being passed around for the masses. Even an old film has been unearthed, and is being projected for all to see on one of the large white walls within the Welcoming Center.
Welcome to The Nexus! Assuming you are calm enough to make it through orientation, you are given this general overview:
The Nexus is a city existing in the crossroads of an interdimensional Rift, and you have been pulled here from your own place and time - and unfortunately it's a one way ticket no one can control, so everyone present is going to do everything they can to make sure you live here comfortably for however long you may be here. You are given access to housing accommodations, a communications device, a map of the city, and the contact information of whichever lucky greeter was assigned to your group.
Assuming you aren't calm enough to make it through orientation - wait, no, where are you going? Please don't just leave through the front door, we haven't finished explaining everything yet, and -
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This is a special open event post to get the ball rolling on this sandbox! Feel free to use the prompts here, to come up with your own, or to simply start posting to the community! You may have your character be one of the many new arrivals, or you may have your character be an already established citizen dealing with all the discord, it's entirely up to you. Expect there to be several vague arrivals and volunteer characters that aren't player characters, and use them within your prompts however you see fit!
Have fun!
A. Arrival
One of the main rules of those tasked with receiving new Drifters is to be prepared for anything - for anyone to show up in any state of being, including but not limited to: being in need of immediate medical attention, being in a fit of violence and rage, being completely nude, and any combination of such dramatic situations.
While this is relatively simple to handle if there are only one or two new arrivals on any given day, the number of arrivals this day has greatly exceeded expectations, and so has the chance for those dramatic situations to occur.
It is clear that the Welcoming Committee was not prepared to handle an abundance of these situations happening simultaneously.
Whether you as a new Drifter are experiencing one of these situations, or are simply caught in the crossfire of such circumstances, the typically calm and tranquil setting of the Welcoming Center's rooftop is currently one of chaos. Colorful uniforms of flowing linen denote the volunteers clearly familiar with what is going on, attempting to keep people orderly and diffuse the tension, though they seem to be having mixed results.
B. Orientation
Over the countless years since the Welcoming Center had first been built, a great number of different approaches to integrating Drifters into the populous had been attempted, until it had been decided that one on one personal greeters who took the time to approach new Drifters with empathy and undivided attention was the most successful at curbing the stress of arrival.
Such an approach is practical when dealing with the typical trickle of Drifters; it is, unfortunately, impossible to assign individual greeters to a veritable flood.
Having to resort to some of their more archaic methods, whole groups of Drifters are assigned to singular greeters, with yellowing brochures that had to be dug out of storage being passed around for the masses. Even an old film has been unearthed, and is being projected for all to see on one of the large white walls within the Welcoming Center.
Welcome to The Nexus! Assuming you are calm enough to make it through orientation, you are given this general overview:
The Nexus is a city existing in the crossroads of an interdimensional Rift, and you have been pulled here from your own place and time - and unfortunately it's a one way ticket no one can control, so everyone present is going to do everything they can to make sure you live here comfortably for however long you may be here. You are given access to housing accommodations, a communications device, a map of the city, and the contact information of whichever lucky greeter was assigned to your group.
Assuming you aren't calm enough to make it through orientation - wait, no, where are you going? Please don't just leave through the front door, we haven't finished explaining everything yet, and -
This is a special open event post to get the ball rolling on this sandbox! Feel free to use the prompts here, to come up with your own, or to simply start posting to the community! You may have your character be one of the many new arrivals, or you may have your character be an already established citizen dealing with all the discord, it's entirely up to you. Expect there to be several vague arrivals and volunteer characters that aren't player characters, and use them within your prompts however you see fit!
Have fun!
B
Really, after all he had been though, after all he had endured, finally he was to have a rest... Only to have it denied. And now he faced the indignity of a poorly-produced orientation video. Those had always been his least favorite invention of Allag...
"If some kind soul manages to somehow make my stay here a pleasant one, perhaps I shall do you all the honor of directing a better introduction to the place."
That was, of course, an unlikely prospect.
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He pinched the bridge of his nose in utter embarrassment and frustration.
"Hopefully we won't need this thing ever again. We're supposed to do one-on-one in person greetings... this feels more like one of those beginning-of-the-year school assemblies everyone hates."
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Emet-Selch supposed he ought not abuse the help right away, if he was to be here in lieu of his repose... And in any case, he had no particular reason to sow strife here, though it had rather become habit, after so long.
"What would you prefer to say in your won words then, as you seem to have some sense of taste?"
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"Depends on the person and their needs. Everyone responds to their new situation differently, which is why we do the one-on-one approach to begin with. I think the main thing I try to get across to every newbie I encounter, though, is to try and make the most of it." The teen waves his hand to the general populous all around them. "This place... isn't ideal. But it isn't so bad. For a lot of people, it's an improvement compared to their old lives. And even if it isn't, there's no use grieving over your losses forever."
who tf is this
Ardyn was likewise unimpressed. No, that didn't encapsulate the depth of his feeling: he was seething. Five years since Noctis had gone into the Crystal, and now he had been dragged away from Eos? To... what, some multidimensional crossroads?
Bahamut did like his games, didn't he? What was the old lizard afraid of?
Still, he smiled jovially to the man who had been grousing, betraying not one whit of his true emotions.
"Mayhaps it just needs a new voiceover."
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"I concede that it would, were I in the mood for such things, and perhaps it will, in time... But I have, you see, recently had a rather trying time of things. I fear it has left me in something of a sour mood."
Well, a different sort of sour mood than the usual one, at least, but that was too personal a subject to be discussed with strangers.
Ah, but wallowing would get him nowhere. The show must go on and thus so, too, must the mask. A well-practiced smirk returned to his lips.
"But it is something to consider for the future which, it seems, will be spent here for some time. Perhaps there will even be other such amusements to be found."
so sorry for delay have been very busy
He had other things to be doing himself. Let a stranger keep his own to himself.
"Oh, I do hope it won't be too much time! I'd rather not stick around for too long. I have an appointment I'm just dying to get to, you see."
His smile widened at the private joke. He was so tired.
"I assume everyone is rather like of mind, however."