You wake up in Eorzea... What is your next step?

I'm gonna go find Rowena and leave her eating every subsequent meal from a straw for all of the stupid fetch quests she sent me on in ARR when she could've just used the damn linkpearl.

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Originally Posted by Stormfur

I'm gonna go find Rowena and leave her eating every subsequent meal from a straw for all of the stupid fetch quests she sent me on in ARR when she could've just used the damn linkpearl.

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While we're at it, I've got a bone to pick with the Wandering Dramaturge.

Oh yeah, aight. Aight, I put on my robe and wizard hat.

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Originally Posted by Viuiji

I was just daydreaming and started thinking, what if I woke up IN the game? Not as my character, but as me! (now that’s scary!) what would I do?

For me, the hunt is something I really enjoy, but god knows I have no actual irl skills that are currently useful in Eorzea! So I think that I would head to the Thaumaturge's Guild to begin my training as my beloved BLM, and begin to make a name for myself hunting down rare marks all over the planet. Some gambling at the Gold Saucer from time to time to unwind and a little fishing as a hobby.

There are so many other things I would love to do, but just can't think of them right now :)

What would you decide to do?

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Well if I don't have to worry about my job anymore, the first thing I'll do is catch up on sleep. I know it's underwhelming, but I'm tired...

Sneak onto the first ship due to sail to Kugane.

Warn all the eventually dead side characters ahead of time, so there's less corpses in the story.

Scholars guild for me, for one I like books to begin with, second I'd want access to all the knowledge of my world, both immediate and abroad I could get my hands on so I know what I'm up against, the laws, traditions and how to heal since I have a feeling everyone would need a healer! lol
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Plus it would be nice to be given a chance to have the title and prestige of a scholar...and hire a retainer tank to defend me should the monsters get rowdy!
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Chase my tail and then go back into my apt ingame and sleep and not think about the oddly random sex change that happened by being ported into my character. Like I think ALOT of players would have to worry about the lost or gain of sudden things below the belt.

Find G’raha Tia. :)

Kill every Lalafell I can find.

I guess I'll go to the Lancer's Guild and pick up the spear. If I'm going to be transported to a dangerous world I'm going to learn how to defend myself.

Head to the Bismark, start my Culinarian career all over (And if we're in a Log Horizon situation, the hordes of adventurers wanting food will mean I'll make BANK)

Go ice skating in Coerthas then maybe pick up a job or two in Ishgard and hope I don't get skewered or eaten by an angry dragoon or dragon respectively.

Try to find a way back to the real world because Eorzea is full of homophobia and misogyny.

We'd all probably be killed pretty quickly, since the majority of us don't know shit about defending ourselves from Giant Ants or Walking Trees :/

If I'm near one of the three starter cities, I'll ask where the closest Adventurer's Guilds is located.

Once there, I'll explain my plight, and hopefully, get some help, and boy, would I need some serious help.:(

You see, I'm disabled and will fall into a horrible combination of withdrawal and severe illness without my medication. I might even die without a lot of medical assistance.

Yet, if I do get medical help, I'll use the opportunity to make friends and connections so I could learn to be an alchemist and conjuror.

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Originally Posted by Viuiji

What would you decide to do?

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That depends on what do I wake up as. A hyur? A (fe)male?

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Originally Posted by 24842

That depends on what do I wake up as. A hyur? A (fe)male?

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Well, the OP said:

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Originally Posted by Viuiji

what if I woke up IN the game? Not as my character, but as me!

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What would you decide to do?

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Originally Posted by MilitaryVet123

Try to find a way back to the real world because Eorzea is full of homophobia and misogyny.

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I know you are a troll and your one and only objective and agenda is to throw poison and sow discord and anger. I will however tell you this: shame on you! As an LGBTQ+ woman living in a world rampant of homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, bigotry, racism, etc, I find your comment distasteful and downright unacceptable. Shame on you. I suggest that you please think on your life choices and try to engage in good-will conversation instead of poisoning everything you touch.

Shame on you!

First priority: Figure out where I am, where my/the WoL is, what the time frame is, and then decide if I should try to be either as close as, or as far away as possible to her.

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Originally Posted by 24842

That depends on what do I wake up as. A hyur? A (fe)male?

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Well, the OP said:

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It's not even a Hyur, let alone wishful thinking, like Sword Art Online we would be our Human selves and the differences would stand out. Another player posted we would all be killed off fast, I imagine that would be true unless we managed to appear in the right spots, the FF universe has always been a very hostile and dangerous place filled with monsters and badguys....without our cool hero skills/powers that come with the toons we play, we wouldn't last very long being like that woman you save when starting out in Ul'dah. But we can still dream as we RP our heroes as they save the day! :)
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EDIT: Though I've always been curious what it would be like to have kitty ears, I know I'd eventually get my tail caught in the door lol, so I'm pleased with who/what I am. It would be too strange to be someone else, like that guy from Quantum Leap always seeing a face that was not his in the mirror.

Go on a date with Lyse. f

Kill the nonbelievers.

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Originally Posted by Soge01

Kill the nonbelievers.

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...6 months later, "Such devastation!"
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lol

Try to get in good with the Scions, then man the home base, stay the hell away from any sort of combat.

Use meta-knowledge to cheat like crazy by arranging to always be where the fighting is not, among other things. Try to BS my way out of having to explain how i always seem to know where the biggest danger is going to be and acting to avoid it in advance.

Try to build a trap in Minfilia's solar. Yes Nabriales, i know you are going to be a thing, and while i sure as hell can't fight myself, it might be possible to set something up long before he actually shows.
The big questions are: How many crystals are needed to equal the value of one soul? How can that number of crystals be acquired within the timeframe of ARR? How can those crystals be stored in a way as to be readily available when stuff goes down? How can i get the Scions to not decide i'm being all sus by doing these things? If all four of these questions can be given a good answer then great. If not, then sorry Moenbryda, i tried.

*Sweats* Waaaaaaay to many potential points of failure here...

Farm all the pretty gear :P

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Originally Posted by Angelov-Mercy

It's not even a Hyur, let alone wishful thinking, like Sword Art Online we would be our Human selves and the differences would stand out.

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Yep, hence my answer of going to the chirurgeon. Have to make sure I'll be able to exist in this new world without dying of the common pathogen. Then again, what if our body doesn't make use of aether? :p

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Originally Posted by Viuiji

I was just daydreaming and started thinking, what if I woke up IN the game? Not as my character, but as me! (now that’s scary!) what would I do?

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As me? A useless human being with disabilities?
I don't think I would last 3 days in a world this harsh, if I dared to venture out of the city hubs.

Most likely I would try to find a job as either engineer or librarian/administrative worker and stay away from combat of any sort.

Immediately try to figure out what broken ability I have since I'm now an isekai protagonist. ... then promptly exploit it in order to utterly wreck Garlemald and learn every job in the game.
And also fantasia into an Au Ra, if I were not already one.

All the while, I'd be gaining friends who would, inadvertently and unknowingly to me, become part of a harem-like group that you always see in isekai.

After that, I suppose I could find the Asahi guy and punch him in his teeth.
Hard.
With an axe.
While using Inner Release.
... I hate him so much.

I'd find out where I could buy a Fantasia, then make my way to Ishgard and look for a job so I could pay for the Fantasia and a house. Becoming an Elezen would be fun.

Buy a fantasia, fantasia to Au Ra, learn a terrifying combination of Warrior and Black Mage, then take over the Azim Steppe with the Dotharl (and possibly the world).

If I couldn't fantasia and I were my normal self, I'd join the Alchemists Guild and use my chemistry and math smarts to do something. After that I'd introduce psychology to Eorzea and become its first psychologist, becoming famous and rich at the same time (hopefully).

As myself? Get a job at the Garlond Ironworks. With my knowledge of advanced technology, I'd bet I could advance the level of technology on Eorzea by a lot.

Ponder how the hell did I wind up the protagonist of an isekai story, then proceed to be a waling deconstruction of the premise as I inevitably become a peasant living in fear of Primals and Garleans and ultimately dying as such, not a ruler or hero.

Either that or somehow use my knowledge of the Game's plot to pass as a seer and ultimately change the future or at least make the Scion's Jobs easier. Perhaps use that as a starting point to be a more legitimate seer and prophet

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Originally Posted by ElazulHP

As myself? Get a job at the Garlond Ironworks. With my knowledge of advanced technology, I'd bet I could advance the level of technology on Eorzea by a lot.

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Hello, new lab buddy.

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Originally Posted by Oraros

Buy a fantasia, fantasia to Au Ra, learn a terrifying combination of Warrior and Black Mage, then take over the Azim Steppe with the Dotharl (and possibly the world).

If I couldn't fantasia and I were my normal self, I'd join the Alchemists Guild and use my chemistry and math smarts to do something. After that I'd introduce psychology to Eorzea and become its first psychologist, becoming famous and rich at the same time (hopefully).

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Not sure psychology would be compatible with this universe. But if you mastered mathematics and chemistry, we might harbor the same library's, attend one another's lectures or keep up with papers the other had written...even challenged one another in ideas over a drink or chess game. Just be careful you don't go too far, lest the Scions come after you! lol
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This thread made me feel nostalgic about my Scholar job and I tracked down those hideous L50 glamour's to outfit my toon in. :P

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Originally Posted by Angelov-Mercy

...6 months later, "Such devastation!"
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lol

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Lol, that's perfect! xD

Go find me a cute au ra or miqo'te girl then travel the world whille leaning a combat skill and a trade skill or two

Depends where I woke up tbh. I'd def join the ironworks or mealvaan's gate. Take actual lessons at the lancers guild if I can since I reckon my HEMA won't quite cut it against some of the deadlier beasties.
Learn some magic if I can. Basic fire and ice first, and healing after.

grab myself an apartment in mist and a fantasia when I could. Let me be a tall dragon girl, or a nice handsome catboy, not a gaunt yorkshireman who everyone is creeped out by

Basically putting my accounting and design skills to use while getting myself capable of surviving if I end up outside safe places. Survival then stability, then comfort.

Panic. Then eventually try to join one of the combat guilds and try to become an adventurer. Also I would probably try to find a fantasy for...reason

Hmmm... if I'm myself and not my character, I'd be pretty limited in what I was truly able to do or interested in doing. Long term, I'd probably end up in one of the crafting guilds. Goldsmithing would be my preference. Something that would allow me to travel at my leisure (or as much leisure as Eorzea allows) to see the world with an in demand profession while getting my hands dirty only if I needed to, and I'd be far away from front line conflict (or, again, as far away as Eorzea allows).