[Warning, incoming game. Warning, incoming game.] [Date: Friday, Ramuh 6th, 1360 AI] [The weather has stayed similar much of the day. Light humidity, moderate temperature, and the sun setting in the sky now. It's just after dinner time, so hopefully you ate something.] [Kupel got her summons earlier today, telling her to come at this predesignated time as well as to fill out the paperwork. Among the paperwork was a waiver and a note to be prepared for anything. Furthermore, word has gotten around a little that the auditions are getting tougher, despite the council clearly stating not to talk about it. Well, people just can't keep their yaps shut.] [We now come up to Kupel assumingly going to the Council's hall-type- building-thing. A female moogle is at the podium near the entrance. She is acting bored, probably because she *is* bored.] [An overhang is over the entrance.] [Session start!] * Kupel looks at the moogle at the podium. * Kupel waves her little paw. "Hi." * The moogle on the podium is bored. She looks at Kupel and speaks in moogle. "" * Kupel is also speaking in moogle. I'm here for the audition. I'm Kupel. (If you're in moogle, use the brackets. Otherwise you're in common.) ( Ok. ) ( Assume the hi was in moogle, too. ^^; ) * Kupel hurries on in [The council is sitting around a large U-shaped wooden hardwood table. From the left to right you can make out Mog, Penn Lak Illich, Loren Hasgord, Squenix Knackstedt, Cid, Gwesus Masahcarey, Ran Dom Iffin, Yarksetnik Czretzinger, and Darell Racht. Each of them observes you appraisingly, and a few whisper among eachother regarding what they see. Light is centered on you, although you can still see the council.] [Behind you and to the left is a small sparring area, and back and to the right is what appears to be the magical equivalent of a firing range. There is still a good amount of blood in the sparring area, which may or may not disturb you. Once you have entered proper and have had a seat on the chair at the focus of the U, Cid stands up and starts into one of his speeches.] * Kupel listens attentively. * Kupel has a seat Welcome, welcome. And welcome again! You are here to attempt to join one of the strongest and most important traditions of the town of Sanriem, and indeed the world! Crystal caravans have long been the saviors of our society, bringing sanctuary from Miasma in the form of Myrr. But doing this is not easy. It takes a certain kind of loyalty and spirit to embark on this journey successfully. Only those who are perceptive and understanding, strong yet compassionate, and above all cool-headed and resourceful, will be accepted into this tra- * Kupel blinks at the interruption. * Gwesus clears her throat and shoots Cid an evil glance, accompanied by an audible kick to the shin. * Cid winces. "Okay Mog, you can begin." He sits down and doesn't look like he wants to get up. * Kupel winces in sympathy. (OW.) (OW.) (WO.) * Mog looks over the papers, then flies to Kupel. * Oh, and most of the other council members either wince or react. Squenix and Yarksetnik don't. But they're Yukes. And Yukes are weird, man. ^_^ Hanging around with others, msotly. Talking, partying, helping them out with stuff, whatever's being done. (Does Kupel say 'Kupo' every so often in common? ^^;) ( Is that normal for moogles? ) (It's pretty typical, yeah.) ( If so, yes. ) (Very normal. In fact I don't think any *don't*.) Kupo. * Kupel thinks it over. "I like to play sports, talk with people about what's been going on, helping them out with their problems... sometimes I like to read kupo." I like to read fantasy stories and tales of heroic deeds. Maybe the occasional romance. I also sometimes read up on what kinds of monsters are out there in the Miasma. ( "The Legend of Zelda and Kirby's Adventure are my favorites." ) Oh, yeah. Tales of Victor Daring. That'd have to be the bit when Victor crashes through the Black Cathederal on his Ornithopter and tells the Dark Wizard Alhazared to stop his nefarious deeds, right there when he was about to succeed. Yeah -kupo! * Kupel flits her wings and smiles. * Mog nods and flies back. "I have no more questions, kupo!" Okay -kupo! Who's next? * Kupel looks around the room * Penn Lak picks up the papers and grins at the moogle. "That's me. Tell me, Kupel, if you had to give up your freedom, your memories, or your life, which would you chose. And why?" * Kupel blinks. Hmm... that's a tough one -kupo. * Kupel thinks real hard. I'd have to say memories. Freedom is everything, and life makes anything possible. What would you chose if you had to select one to keep, then? Freedom. Why? * Jexless is now known as JexSemIdol Life in chains without memory doesn't seem very worthwhile. And life with freedom without your memories does? Yeah. Kupo! * Kupel bobs her pompom in emphasis. * Penn Lak nods, and thinks. She passes the papers on to Loren. * Loren takes up the papers and gives them a quick look-through. ( ... hmm. The Caravan as Noahs Ark. ) ( Wouldn't work. Just one moogle -kupo. ) Why do you want to travel on the Crystal Caravan? Because I want to see the world, have some adventures, and make life just that much better for people. I've had a pretty privelaged life, and feel I should probably be giving something back Why not join another caravan, then? Let's say the crystal caravan didn't have a desire for moogles. Why would you still try out for it? The crystals are the lifeblood of what I cherish in this world -kupo. If the crystals failed, I might still be around, but almost nobody I cared about, and the world would become overrun with all sorts of dangerous monsters -kupo. Life would be reduced to nothing more than a struggle for food and fighting over hiding spots. I'm sure you're very capable of handling monsters that might run accross your tromping grounds. What is it that you cherish in this world? People -kupo! So you'd rather give up your memories of people, the things you charish in this world, than your life or your freedom? I can meet more people. Think about what you just said. I have no more questions. * Loren passes the papers to Squenix. * Kupel blinks. ( Loren is the anti-moogle. ) (Good lord, yes.) (Yeah.) (Granddad's pretty anti-moogle, yeah.) * Kupel looks deep in thought. (*scrams for shower*) * Ardweden is now known as Ardle ( Moogles should stay at home and fskin' KUPO THEMSELVES DAMMIT!) (*blink*) (*laughs all the way to the shower*) (Kupo you. >_<) Life, then. That's what I'd ahve to give up, kupo... * Squenix takes up the papers and puts them to the side after a quick glance at them. She has those corn and potato things in front of her. She takes a piece of paper she cut up recently, and unfolds it into a snowflake like the ones we make in grade school. "What is this?" She asks. It's a piece of paper cut so it resembles a snowflake. * Squenix offers Kupel a cooked potato from one of her models. "Potato?" Oh, sure. Thanks! * Kupel accepts it. Looks good -kupo. * Squenix stares at Kupel. * Kupel tastes it. * Cid takes up the papers and does *not* stand up. He pulls them forward and back until they come in focus. ( Is it good potato? ) (Yup.) (It's got a somewhat nutty taste, too.) What kinda potato is this, kupo? It's nice. (DEATH POTATO) It is a gourd potato, Kupel. Now... would you rather work alone, or together with someone? Together with someone, definitely -kupo. Do you ever have problems working with anyone? Not really. I tend to get along with just about anyone. * Kupel smiles There ARE a few people who bug me, but I try not to let that get in the way of a good job. Mmmhmmm. Wouild you rather work with someone competant at a task and on very friendly terms with you, or someone who is masterful at a task and on hostile terms with you? I'd have to say the second. I can put my personal feelings aside. I'd rather be irritated for a while than having a disaster erupt because we could have needed someone better -kupo. * Cid nods. "How do you think others think of you?" People usually like me. I'm someone they can talk to, I usually don't insult people, I'm extremely friendly... people just tend to like me. * Cid nods and puts the papers in front of Gwesus. * Gwesus takes the papers up and stands on the table. "What is the most important thing?" She asks, not clarifying what 'thing' she is specifying. * Ardle is now known as Ardweden * Kupel thinks ahrd. THe Future. Why. (Because it's THE FUTURE!) It's pure unformed potential -kupo. We can shape it. It's what people work for. It's what people dream of. We go on the crystal caravan to make sure we have one. A future always exists. How can you place importance on something that will always happen? It's what everyone works for, in some capacity. Value doesn't have to be measured in scarcity... (My macro teach would so kill you.) ( I KILL YOU WITH MY CUP OF COFFEE.) (GTGilette!) * Gwesus just glares at Kupel for a second, then passes the papers to Ran Dom. * She also gets off and sits down in her chair again. ( Kupel isn't saying it in an angry tone. ^^; ) ( Or even accusatory ) (Yes, but the problem is Gwesus isn't rational. ^^;) (You say that like Gwesus is ra- exactly.) * Ran Dom takes up the papers and looks them over, being very lazy about it. ( Blah. Gwesus likes moogles, but already Kupel's made her angry. (Where does it say Gwesus likes moogles?) (Gwesus doesn't like anybody. >_<) ( Gwesus likes anyone but Gugnir? ) (Um, well, she does love her family.) ( I refuse to beleive that, after Mona's audi. ) (Gwesus almost cried. CRIED.) ( I thought yo umentioned that sometime ) ( ... oh, wait. MONA. ) (Anyhow, I think that this can be summed up easily. Zegon's the GM. Gwesus is an NPC. Therefore, Zegon should know Gwesus's proper reactions. ^_~) ( Yeah, yeah, I know. o_o ) ( I was just confused a bit. ) * Kupel looks over to Ran Dom. What is the most powerful force in your life? Friends. How? They're people I can turn to and spend my time with. We continue to enrich each other's lives by spending time with each other, and we can reliably count on each other just about all the time. They are so important, would you sacrifice your life for them? * Kupel blink. If I had to. Given the choice, you or them, which one would you let die? Myself, kupo. It'd be wrong to do otherwise, and it'd be a horrible betrayal. * Ran Dom passes the papers to Yarksetnik. "That's enough for me. Yarksetnik, you may begin." (We're going to have trouble on the caravan. Everyone's going to try to sacrifice themselves for everyone else, and nobody will be left.) * Yarksetnik takes the papers and puts them next to Darell. She speaks with a calm, cool, and quiet voice that comes from everywhere at once... or is it nowhere? And is it really her? "How much do your emotions decide your actions, Kupel?" * Kupel BLINKS. The more important the action, the less influential the emotion. Small things, I let a lot of my personal feeling decide things, but if its' something important, I'd have to sit back and think it over carefully. What if you don't have time to think it over? Kupo... I'd just do what I'd think is morally right. * JexSemIdol is now known as Leena What you 'think' is morally right? Something that'd save lives. What if both decisions would save lives? Whatever wouldn't ruin them or cause unnecessary suffering. (What's morally right depends on your moral philosophy. *pulls out her Ethics book* Now, assuming Kupel is a Ultilitarian...) (And assuming that first l is gone, so it makes sense. ;P) And if you were under a great amount of anger, on a primal level, what do you think you would do? Acting out of anger is likely to cause a lot more harm than good. I'd need to try as hard as I can NOT to act out of anger. If I can stabalize myself, I could make a decision. Otherwise, I'd either lose control and act out of anger, or be frozen there trying to control myself. Kupo.... Answer the question simply, please. What do you think you would do? * Rowyn is now known as RowynAway ... I would be frozen. Have you ever felt that way before? A few times... * Yarksetnik looks at Kupel a few seconds, then nods to Darell slowly. * Darell takes up the papers and looks over them. "Hey, Kupel, you say you can make lots of friends and you have lots of friends. Do you keep these friends close or do you keep them closer?" * Kupel blinks. Closer than what? It's a figure of speech, you know. Yada yada. So, what do you say? Close. What do you hold closer, then? Family. ( Unless that was meant to be "Who are your enemies ) ( Every'un says that. Family. ) (Hmph. Family sucks. But they suck less than everyone else.) (I didn't say it. >_<) Doesn't that mean that your family aren't your friends? * Kupel blinsk. Well, I'm friendly WITH my family, and we like each other. Would that count as friends? You tell me. I suppose they would. How much time would you say you spend with your friends? An awful lot. How much is an awful lot? Every day. * Darell nods. "Alright, thanks Kupel." He passes the papers down to Mog, who nods to the rest of the council. "Kupo, can you show the council your greatest strength?" Hm.. I'm good with magecite, and I'm good with people. Have any magecite here? * Mog nods and points over at the magic firing range. "Over there, kupo!" * Kupel looks over there. "Thanks, kupo!" * Kupel looks over the magecite available ( What kinds? ) (Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, and Cure.) * Kupel picks up Thunder. Hm... on second thought... * Kupel picks up Cure. * Kupel looks for a target. [The magicite is fused in a bangle, making it impossable to remove short of cutting the metal. Look at Nikki's audition for clarification on what magicite looks like what.] * Kupel uses Cure! * Kupel speaks a few words and flits her wings a few times, releasing a healthy green stream of energy. (At?) ( Gwesus. >.> ) ( Nah ) ( A target ) (The sandbag feels much better!) [The target is bathed in green and bluish light. There isn't much to say as the target wasn't hurt to begin with.] Whoo! Right in the center. * Kupel bobs her pompom, kupo! Kuuu... Try something else? Sure! * Kupel tries the same thing, but with Thunder. She bobs her pompom, waves her wings, and goes for the sandbag! * Kupel sends TWO streaks of lightning at two different targets! [The split is successful and both sandbags get charged with electricity. One of them explodes, but the other is mearly singed.] * Kupel looks over her handiwork Sorry about that bag over there. ^^; That's why it's there, kupo. Can you do anything that's not oriented with combat? Hmm.. I know a bit about alchemy, various magical information... I can identify spells easily. I'm also good at talking with people. Well, and dance. Oh, and animals like me. If something needs to be learned about a populated area, I can get that information pretty well also. ( DANCE, MOOGLE. DANCE! ) How may I demonstrate this, kupo? What spell is this, kupo? * Kupel watches * Mog begins casting a spell, motioning with his arms and legs in a *very* dance-like fashion, not bothering flying. The white magicite in his hand glows as an almost prismatic rainbow around it. Definitely a Banish. * Mog nods and finishes the casting, causing one of the targets to burst from within due to holy energy, a flash of light occouring around it. "Correct kupo!" Thanks! Kuupo. * Mog thinks. "There's one more thing to do!" Gwesus, Squenix, you can preform the last test, kupo. ^_^ * Mog sits down. * Gwesus and Squenix stand up. Gwesus starts to the arena, the badass that is Gugnir comfortably in her right hand. * Squenix walks more slowly to the arena. Come and get in the arena. Oh, sure. * Kupel flies over there What do you expect to happen? On the caravan? Yes. I expect a lot of work, and risk to personal safety. Good. What do you expect to happen here? Um.. risk to personal safety? Kupo * Kupel looks at the spear. What kind of risk. (Yeesh, all this interrogation has put Gwesus in a bad mood. ;P) Being eaten by monsters. I was asking here. Um... serious bodily harm that can't be fixed by anything short of things like magecite and other magical things? * Kupel glances over the bloodstains Close enough. I am going to kill you. Do you know why? * Kupel laughs nervously. "To see how serious I am abou tthe caravan and it's risks?" ( "No, it's because I don't like you!" ) (So tempted. ^^;) ( I was tempted to say that too. o_o; ) Yes. And no. I am going to kill you to see that you know how mortal you are. How easily your life can be ended, and not be retrieved. And to be sure you understand. (Of course, there's also a bit of satisfaction in me doing it, too.) * Kupel nods slowly. * Gwesus assumes an offensive stance. "You can back out if you want. Are you ready?" Sure, kupo. Always open to new experiences. (Crazy Kupo. c.c;) (@_@) (PLEASE KILL ME!) Um.. you DO have pheonix down here, right? ( PLEASE EAT. ) ( what ) Maybe. * Kupel looks to the others. * Gwesus is upon Kupel in an instant, disregarding Kupel's concern and stabing the moogle five times, the last time impaling Kupel on the spear. She throws the spear forward into the far wall, the impact causing the four extra blades to impale Kupel as well with a very loud 'crunch', clearly breaking *something* that shouldn't be broken. (You can react to dying if you want. If not, /msg me. ^^) * Kupel spins around in the air, spiralling downwards and crashing into the ground with a *plop* * Well, death sucks, don't it. After a near eternity of nothingness, blackness, and um... blankness, Kupel wakes up with a mindsplitting headache and a sore chest. She is currently being looked over by Mog and some of the rest of the council. Gwesus is tending to Gugnir, cleaning blood off of it. Whatever clothes Kupel had is drenched in blood. ku...po... * Kupel tries to sit up * Kupel has no problem sitting up! * Kupel flaps wing experimentally How are you feeling, kupo? ^_^ Qualified, kupo! * Mog blinks. "" Well, my head huts an awful lot. And my chest is sore. And I need to get these clothes replaced... * Kupel blinks a bit and rubs her eyes What's next on the schedule? That's it, kupo! Huh. Cool, kupo When can I probably expect to be contacted? When we're done with everyone, of course! Alright. Thanks for the audition, kupo! * Cid walks over. "Nice job. Do you have any other questions, Kupel?" ( Ku pel, Supermoogle? ) Hmm... what's the job like when there aren't monsters to fend off? Depends on what you like. Most like it, though. That's good to know. Now get home We have things to discuss. Alright. Thanks for the opportunity * Kupel flies off * Kupel still looks really shaken [Session end!]