( TDM #8 )

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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 Shehui.

IMPORTANT: This TDM won't be canon! It's a little dicey in-game right now, which isn't exactly fair for in-game players who are currently trapped, as well as out-of-game hopefuls who want to get as much CR potential as possible. Think of this as an alternate timeline.

You 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 jewelry inserted in the space above your chest. That certainly wasn't there before you opened your eyes. A ▢ Or, perhaps, that isn't the weirdest thing you're experiencing right now. Instead of just being magicked away, blinking your eyes open to stare at a video game or random tree, you blearily awaken from a sleepy daze in a bed that isn't your own. It does, however, belong to someone else...someone who is right next to you. Do they see you first, or are you the first to be aware of your new Shehui sleeping situation? B ▢ Other new arrivals aren't so lucky as to arrive in the warm embrace of an apartment's bed. It's currently raining in Shehui, and because of the current post-winter temperature, the rain is certainly cold. You're now in the middle of a busy street, out in the open -- no umbrella to your name. You have the opportunity to grab some shelter underneath an awning or run into a building. Or will someone take pity on you? Or are you not bothered by a sudden, frigid downpour? C ▢ Shehui is looking to celebrate an upcoming holiday -- Yeunai. Something of a bonding holiday that celebrates a variety of relationships, Shehui residents are really into this consumer, capitalist bonanza. On certain Shehui streets are mats that read the ID data of those that stand on them. Whether or not you'd like to take part in this little shindig, a nearby machine will random spit out some data about you and another person on the same long mat. (Need some guidance? Here's a love calculator!) That's a good ice-breaker, right? D ▢ Despite Shehui's distrust of magic, faux magic isn't a big deal. In fact, there's currently a showcase of street performers making money with their craft. Located around Shehui's famed tower, there's a lot of room for some real magic here. Want to take yours for a spin? It's easy enough to simply say you can't reveal your secrets when you're asked about a certain talent. E ▢ With how prominent cell phones are in Shehui, a lot of new and old arrivals have them by now -- you, newbie, might have already picked one up! Despite not having anyone on your contact list yet, you do seem to be getting quite a few messages...though they aren't going to your cell phone. Instead, they're being telepathically broadcast into your head, or even before your eyes! On the opposite end of the spectrum, it's very likely that you're transmitting your own accidental telepathic broadcast...but what are you saying, exactly? F ▢ Another fun activity -- Chips! is always open! Today they're hosting their regular games, but there's also a SongWars competition, including a huge stage and everything. While you may not know the words to these strange, alien pop songs, the crowd may turn in your favour if you put on a good show regardless. What do you win for besting your champion? A nice plastic trophy and a big Chocorrone. G ▢ For some people, the whole "kidnapped to another world with new magic and cell phones and shit" is actually...kind of a downer. For those of you who want to enjoy the evening and maybe meditate for a while, there are plenty of parks with benches that allow you to sit and think. You may not want company, but it may find you regardless... H ▢ Wildcard! How will your character react to this strange world?

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[Hearing the word “tragic” out of nowhere immediately causes Suzu to scream internally. UWAAAAAH!!! ARRRRGH!! How could she have been so careless?! Not only was there a stranger talking to her, this stranger caught her in a totally uncool and not 「ROCK N ROLL」 state. Truly, the cruel God from Heaven is quite keen on making her live a life of punishment!

She frantically makes sure that her eyepatch is intact and not about to fall apart from moisture, and is slightly more relieved upon seeing that was the case.Okay, okay, keep cool. Maybe if she ignores the other girl, she’ll go away. Suzu tries her best to resolve herself with this thought as she endures the umbrella pokes.

Ignoring…

IGNORING…

She finally cracks upon being called “Miss Goth,” and turns to the umbrella girl with irritation, swatting the offending thing away from her. That’s right, if she acts intimidating, then nothing can hurt her! Yeah!]

A being such as myself has no need for your shitty and useless advice. [More like Suzu really??? Doesn’t??? Know where else to go?? BUT SHE HAS TOO MUCH PRIDE TO ASK. REBELS DON’T ASK FOR HELP OK.] And another thing, girl; I am not “Miss Goth.” Hmph, mortals really are pathetic. I wouldn’t expect you to understand. It appears my soul’s wretchedness cannot be comprehended by eyes of a higher order.

[Though she’s shivering and very much wanting to cry in a corner, she’ll show her toughness by mustering all her willpower to strike her most edgy pose!]

Very well, I shall shatter that damned ignorance of yours! I am the broken-winged fallen angel cast out from Heaven by the cruel God, forever punished due the mark of Sin I bear upon me, the one known as Cloche--ACHOO!☆

[Her edgy posing is interrupted by another fit of sneezing, and the force of that causes something to slip out of her pocket. On the damp concrete lands a student ID holder, laying open for all the world to see:

She’s Suzu Kuromori, a totally normal third-year girl from Kimisaki High School!☆]

[splendente]

[ Mari is silent through the entirety of the other girl's... performance. And really it's quite a show. But the more and more Suzu speaks the wider and wider her smile slowly becomes, until she's grinning from ear to ear.

Ah, so that's her trope.

How nostalgic.

Despite the sneezing fit Mari claps when all is said and done and the smoke screen she imagines her fallen angel companion wishes she had clears (is it a little facetious? yes, absolutely! But really she's impressed at her perseverance as well, A+! 10/10! A gold star!) ]

Oh! What's this.

[ She plucks the id right off the ground and scrutinizes it much more seriously than is required. ]

Suu~Zu Kuro~Mo~Ri~ - chan!

[ She turns it around so id Suzu is looking at real life Suzu. ]

Your nose is running!

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[CUE MORE INTERNAL SCREAMING AS SHE HEARS THE FORBIDDEN NAME BEING SAID. She feels herself dying inside a bit as she comes face to face with the photo of her shameful, weak self from two years ago! Reflexively wiping her nose with the sleeve of her hoodie, Suzu uses her other hand to snatch the ID away from the umbrella girl so it can rightfully . She will do her best to fight another sneeze, just to make one thing clear:]

I am not "Suzu Kuromori." Clochette is my name. Your barking irritates me; if you have no business with me, then leave at once.

[It's hard to look imposing when she's pretty much like a puppy abandoned in a cardboard box right now.]

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Feisty! You have quite the mouth on you Suzu-chan.

[ That sort of potty mouth would never land her a place in Aqours, that was for sure. Despite her admonishing (that doesn't really come off as admonishing actually? She sounds pretty enthralled) she reaches into her pocket and pulls out a frilly handkerchief with lace at the ends and an 'M.O.' monogramed in the corner.

She holds it out for Suzu. ]

Hm, I could always make you my business. Then by that logic, you'd have no reason to tell me to go away.

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[FINE. That’s perfectly FINE, ok?! Suzu doesn’t need your dumb idol group! She’s perfectly content with her light music club that plays heavy metal for some reason and her brother she doesn’t know she has is already doing pretty ok in the idol business, tyvm! She needs her profanity, because she’s a rebel!

When the handkerchief is offered to her, Suzu scoffs and looks away from it, continuing to block her light sneezes with her sleeve, seeing the action as mocking her. SHE. DOESN’T. NEED IT. And she refuses to acknowledge anything the umbrella girl says or does until she stops using the FORBIDDEN NAME.]

Clochette. [She repeats, more adamantly.] Correct yourself.

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[ Mari raises one neatly groomed eyebrow, though her smile remains steadfast. She extends her arm further so that the handkerchief dangles right in the other girl's face. She's also flapping it around quite a bit. ]

Clochette...-chan!

[ Good enough? Right? Saving someone from catching pneumonia was soooooo exhausting. ]

You don't want to get sick and die somewhere like here, do you?

[ She says this with the most upbeat of attitudes, still waving around the handkerchief all the while. ]

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[Okay, thaaat's a little better. Still, with the way she was waving that handkerchief, Suzu still felt like she was being made fun of soomehow! With a brief "tch," she snatched the offensive cloth, though she doesn't use it quite yet, nor does she stop avoiding eye contact with the umbrella girl.]

It's not like I want to be here, dammit! I was just on my way back home and suddenly found myself in this weird city in the rain, okay?!

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[ Mari makes a quiet sound of acknowledgement-- so it'd been about the same for most of them hm? ]

I was on a horse, my horse.

[ She pauses, like she has to think really hard if she wants to remember everything else that happened after that (even though it was barely more than a few hours ago) ]

And then I woke up here, in someone's bed.

[ She's leaving quite a few details out but that's fine, it's fine! They don't matter. She looks over at Suzu, seemingly not bothered by the fact that she won't make eye contact. ]

I'm guessing you're all by yourself here, right?

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[Yeeeep, it feels like something was missing in between that, and it could've been misinterpreted as something really inappropriate... but Suzu's experience was the same, minus the bed thing. She's not sure which of them is more fortunate.

At her question, she scoffs, folding her arms across her chest. SHE DOESN'T NEED YOUR PITY, UMBRELLA GIRL.]

Hmph! As the bearer of the Mark of Sin, it's only natural for a rebel like me to walk the path of eternal solitude. Being alone doesn't bother me at all. [It does.]

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Well, it would most certainly bother me.

[ Mari is unexpectedly quiet for a moment, and then slowly but surely (and as covertly as possible) she slides the tip of her umbrella over to Suzu, before giving her a good

POKE

in the back with it. ]

Hey, Chloe-chan!

[ That's?? Close enough right?? It's certainly less of a mouthful than the whole thing and it sorta sounds like Clochette right?? Right. ]

If there's ever a slow day in hell, you should keep me and my friends company. We hate being alone.