( TDM | #6 )

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TDMs can be used for anyone interested in the game and/or testing out a new muse.

Test Drive samples are encouraged to be used for your application sample, though they are NOT a requirement.

Feel free to use one prompt, multiple prompts or make up your own!

These threads can be considered game canon upon game opening if you so choose.

Telepathy and magic can be used at any point in time on the TDM, from Prompt A to your wildcard prompt. A specific prompt exists, however, that makes sure all characters have an equal chance to use this mechanic within the TDM. You're encouraged to have characters use telepathy and their magic accidentally or even purposefully on any TDM prompt.

If you aren't set on your character's power yet or want to try out a few, you're still able to use the test drive. Maybe your character is a late bloomer and hasn't fully unlocked their intuitive drive yet. In the case of multiple powers, only prompts that contain the power you choose for your application will count as potential game canon threads.

While only one character can be apped or reserved during a cycle, feel free to post with more than one character if you like! This is for those who are uncertain of their first choice or who would like to try out different characters within the setting.

IMPORTANT: This world is low-frequency. No canon powers or abilities are allowed! Also check out the setting information for more info about what the hub island looks like and what can be found there.

ou blink and that's all it takes. At first, the picture doesn't come in clear, like you're waiting for a screen to fully load -- more aptly, it's like you're waiting for a camera to focus so you can find image clarity. Before you happened to rapidly close your eyes and open them, your life was normal...well, normal for you, anyway. Fighting an alien, making a quesadilla, dying. And then that blurry picture suddenly takes over. There's a lot to take in here -- you feel weird, your surroundings are weird. Everything is just weird. For starters, there's that new piece of jewelery inserted in the space above your chest. That certainly wasn't there before you opened your eyes. A ▢ THus hub island is getting pretty chilly, which means the forest that contains the large, dinner-plate sized spiders is very still and quiet. No spiders are out and about to jump your characters -- but they are underground, lying in wait. Sometimes the best way for characters to get accustomed to their magic is to trigger their fight or flight response. One wrong step in the forest and they'll find their foot through a spider's brushy trapdoor or putting a little too much pressure on it for their liking. Are you ready to see what your character is made of? B ▢ The recent surge of rain has caused a few marshy areas, be it in the forest or a hilly landscape. Some swampy ground is more aggravating than treacherous, but the opposite is also true. Your character is strolling along, trying to find their way and all of a sudden SCHLUMP! Their leg is sunk into the ground up to their nether regions. Struggle, and the rest of them might fall in too...! C ▢ While your character is trying to figure out where the fuck they are, they may come across something scuttling about through the forest. Don't panic -- it's simply a scanner pod doing its due diligence and scouting for resources...oh! And it just happened upon something interesting: your character! This scanner robot is curious to investigate and record your data. Is your character going to trust them to do their job, or will they be suspicious of this looming machine?

Here's the part where they finally locate something of use: the base camp. The murky, weathered location is a little distressed, and resource gathering is making coven members sparse. However, that doesn't mean helpful answers aren't only a step away. D ▢ One thing of note is that as they get closer to the base camp, characters will feel more and more of that strong, telepathic surge. Qri's caravan is sitting in the middle of the open area, which may explain the stronger magical signals. Traveling closer to this object, in particular, will cause that unfamiliar pang of intuition to feel that much stronger -- which also explains why their own thoughts are being broadcast recklessly to everyone else on the island. E ▢ Speaking of Qri's caravan, the floating "vehicle" currently has its trap door, hammerspace portal open. It's quite large and inviting, honestly. Want to get closer to Qri? Or maybe just take shelter from the few sprinkles that are still falling from the sky? Crawl on in! Just be warned: the door will close right behind your character, and that thing gets claustrophobic after a while. F ▢ Finally, since Brie is aware that a new world is approaching, she's gotten a little more weapon-obsessed. There are an assortment of weapons just laying all over the place, from swords to spears, from slingshots to...god, what even is that thing your character has never seen before. Whether they're curious about something and like to touch things that don't belong to them or Brie is trying to outfit them with a weapon that works for them, your character is now weaponized. What do??? G ▢ Wildcard prompt. Go nuts and utilize your own creativity within the setting. This can mean striking out on your own or utilizing a certain location in a different way. The world is your oyster!

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[toblueskies]

[ if Ritsuka has become someone's Good Conscience suddenly then they are worse off than before. but it sounds like in this case it worked out. or is in the process of working out. ]

If you mean the mansion, I'm not sure. It doesn't look to be in too good of a shape.

I didn't go inside but the pool in the back was filthy. You'd be better off bathing in the lagoon. If you don't mind the frogs.

[foxflame]

I'll pick frogs over filthy water any day.

[ There's plenty of other things she'd choose over gross bug water, too, but that's a list best saved for a rainy day. ]

How far is the lagoon?

[toblueskies]

What about turtles?

Um. It's not very far from me, but it might be farther from you.

This would be easier with a map. Or a compass. I could say "north" but that's assuming the sun still rises on the same side of this place.

[foxflame]

Turtles are cute! I'm pretty sure if I found a turtle I'd be really happy.

Are you near a camp? I hear plenty of people talkin' about one and I think I'm heading in that direction.

[ Emphasis on think. ]

[toblueskies]

Oh, then you would be lucky there! They're not grouchy,
like the spiders were.

[ which is a low bar, really. ]

I heard people, too. Voices. Like yours right now.

I don't understand how this is happening so easily but at the same time I don't feel it's malicious so I don't have a problem with it.

[foxflame]

I mean it's a little weird, especially since I've never had people talkin' in my head before. But like you said, it don't seem like they're tryin' to wreck havoc so it can't be a bad thing!

Though I wonder how it's happenin'? Aren't ya curious?

[toblueskies]

A little. I mean, it has to be some sort of magecraft.
Probably. I imagine it's very complex to be able to accomplish it.

Or it could be what the internet said about the collective unconsciousness of the world is true after all.

[ confirmed?? ]

[foxflame]

That's what I was thinkin'! But you'd think that sort of magic would come from a primal, or somethin—...

[ wait a minute ]

The internet? You lost me there.

[toblueskies]

Instead of simply primal I was thinking a Divine Spirit or some kind. The kind of entity that could influence the thoughts of an entire nation, or an entire culture, without much effort.

A scary power, even if it's housed in a tiny, cute form.

[ she may have someone in mind for this. sorry Stheno. ]

[foxflame]

A-An entire nation!? Well... I guess that's possible, but...

Does that mean we're all already under the influence of that power? That's cheatin', no doubt!

[toblueskies]

It's hard for me to say.

Gods and goddesses can be sneaky like that. I wouldn't know it happened to me unless someone told me.

If we can question it, is it enough to disprove the possibility?

[ Ritsuka went straight from the topic of stripping to the philosophical. or is it existential? too serious. ]

[foxflame]

To be honest...

[ There's a long pause on her end. Did she make it to the camp site? Maybe she ran into another spider, or perhaps— ]

I think this is all a little too much for a person like me, so unfortunately I don't got a lot to say about it. It's just too confusing, really, how we got here and how this is all possible...

But I mean if that's just how things are then it is what it is.

[toblueskies]

Believe me, I know that feeling.

I guess it's back to you stripping, then.

[ hopefully that sounded way too matter-of-fact to be skeezy. she certainly doesn't mean it that way. ]

You said you saw a building? Was it taller than the rest?

[foxflame]

I didn't strip.

[ Not defensive, just clarifying things. She was about to strip but obviously she's not anymore... thank goodness. ]

Yup!

[toblueskies]

[ that's a relief. though that probably would have caused one person nearby to scream which would have made finding her easier. ]

That's the one with the yucky pool in the back. But I didn't look inside. There might be a tub but I wouldn't trust the water.