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sandinmyboots ([personal profile] sandinmyboots) wrote in [community profile] dramadramaduck2014-03-14 07:49 pm

1.0; Reboot: Kefka 2, Electric Boogaloo

I am going to die of boredom if this keeps up!

[Here is a little pale man sitting on a ledge of rock. Only a few smudges of light make it through the clouds to show off the scarlet paint on his face and fill the hollow cheek bones.]

[He picks up a rock and throws it into the dark abyss below.]


How am I supposed to have any fun if nothing's on the line? A video game is nothing like real life. Game over; new game; continue. How can anything be fun if no precious lives are on the line? Now that I know the true nature of things, what's the point in continuing this farce of final boss?

[Kefka hops to his feet and starts yelling at the abyss.]


If they don't come back, I'll - I'll play loud music in the middle of the night. I'll kill someone and dance on his grave. I won't mix patterns for a week! I won't wear any bright colors! I'll destroy this universe and everyone in it, then hop to another and blast Never Going to Give You Up from the loudspeakers for hours at a time! So help me, if the ducks don't come back, I'll -

[A worldhop device falls out of the sky and whaps Kefka on the head. Kefka squawks, almost wobbles off the ledge, then tumbles onto his butt, off the ledge and onto the rocky ground.]

Yeouuuuch! What nasty creature dares hit Kefka on the head?!

[He looks up into the camera, then grins.] Ducks! You're back! 

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[personal profile] fallen_stage 2014-03-16 04:38 am (UTC)(link)


I see... so whatever forces behind this community seek sapient people who have a common means of communication, and in many cases common cultural references, since those two countries on the same sort of planet is prominent. Similar technology, and -

[Kuja blinks, unsure they heard right. If it's true, then Kuja could not only be even more obscenely wealthy, but more importantly make a real name for themselves.]

Wait, did you say steam engines?

[If it's the fusion and magic energy on Terra, Kuja knows about it, but they don't know how to make a steam engine. It's like asking a metallurgist to do carpentry.]

Oh please, if a simple Esuna was all that was needed, Lord King would just send a servant down to get a Remedy. No, it was something more complex, involving the interference between soul and body, sapping strength and enfeebling the mind.

Fortunately, that is exactly my field of expertise, so that curse really didn't stand a chance~

[Bragging? You bet. Kuja liked little more than beating someone at their own game, especially among their hidden and cherished talents.]
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[personal profile] fallen_stage 2014-03-16 05:16 am (UTC)(link)


Hmm, steam engines are still in development on Gaia; right now Mist engines are used. I might just ahead of the curve straight to electronic, since those could be easily powered by Thunder. No, I haven't heard of that; like an encyclopedia?

[Seems like Kefka is in a better mood, but it's rather uncanny how quickly he guessed the similarities.]

Yes, yes, all those things. I assume the Earths don't, or don't have all those things.
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a worldwide oeilvert: kuja's worst nightmare

[personal profile] fallen_stage 2014-03-16 05:49 am (UTC)(link)


I'll keep that in mind. Better than interrupting conversations with "what"s and "why"s.

[Gaia, Terra, Earth... seems like all variations on "land". Not very imaginative. Probably some sort of intelligent selection that is also responsible for the other common factors Kefka mentioned. They've hit upon a good font of information from him.]

No magic? I can hardly imagine a place. There is one location on Gaia where magic is impossible, but I find it loathsome. Ugh.

[Imagine not being able to do magic! At all! Not even something as simple as healing a cut or picking something up.]

So it seems. Mist is a sort of vapor that's common to this main continent, aptly named the Mist Continent, that causes aggression, making animals into monsters. However, it also produces a lot of energy, providing fuel for engines. Because of that, there are no airships that can fly beyond the Mist Continent. There are rumors about a new airship in Lindblum having a steam engine, of course...

Well, if I had an electrical engine, I could make things progress much more quickly, and exploration of all of Gaia would become much more easy and popular.
Edited 2014-03-16 05:59 (UTC)
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[personal profile] fallen_stage 2014-03-18 08:23 am (UTC)(link)


Won't know until I try...

[Fortunately the interface is much like Earth computers: a new tab pops up on the projected screen from the hijacked notebook.]

I think i'll save that for later. Thank you, Sir Palazzo, for the invaluable resource.

As for ships, only seaships can sail past the Mist continent, since they can sail on the wind and tide instead of just engines. Mist cannot be contained for long, since it can be volatile: keep it in storage for too long and it will spawn monsters spontaneously. As for beasts, I can think of none that most people could train that would equal a mechanical engine.

So you see, a new engine would revolutionize the world. I imagine technology developed to make up for lack of magic in other worlds, so I'm sure I can find someone willing to exchange knowledge with. Why, imagine not being able to cast the simplest little Cure spell!