( 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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Comments

[datenshii]

[ Don't start getting a big head over it, Amanda! Or else Yohane will put a curse on you! ]

I-I do! [ Liar. ] It's just that most of my most amazing powers have been sealed for so long, I haven't been able to use them...

[ Yeah, it's it. They've been sealed! A good reason, totally believable, this girl is definitely going to buy that. ]

It's Yo-Ha-Ne! [ A pause. ] Oh, you said that... Yes, that's my name. ...Are you from America?

she proclaimed it for all to hear

[witchwithoutacause]

[ Amanda has a big head over many things bring it. ]

Oh? So I guess you're actually like ten-thousand years old huh? And still surprised by a few sparks...

[ Amanda buys nothing. ]

I said-yeah.

[ But this is funny, at least. ]

Mmhm, I'm from the USA. You're Japanese, right?

[datenshii]

S-Something like that.

[ She doesn't want to not admit she's a Fallen Angel, but putting up too much chuuni-ness around a new person might turn them off! And it's embarrassing!! ...But also she's a chuuni and it hurts her to admit she's not. ]

I am. I mean, this vessel is!

[ Phew, close one. ] Wait--you said you know magic too?

[witchwithoutacause]

[ This is a difficult position to put poor Yohane in, so obviously Amanda's loving it. ]

I'll defer to your experience, dark mistress.

[ She oughta be able to read the sarcasm in Amanda's voice there. ]

Yeah, I'm a witch back home. And might I say, you picked a pretty cute vessel.

[datenshii]

[ Wao, calling her "Dark Mistresses?" That's like 100 times more embarrassing and now Yoshiko just wants to die. No one has ever played into her fantasies IRL like this......

Because she definitely cannot tell the sarcasm there. ]

What kind of magic can you do, is it like--Eh?! [ That last part totally catches her off guard, so much so that Yoshiko recoils back a little... and starts to slip backwards off the box she's been crouching on. ]

[witchwithoutacause]

[ Well, to be fair, if she was some kind of ancient fallen angel shouldn't witches like... worship her or something?

Witch religion has really fallen by the wayside. ]

Oh lots of-

[ On the one hand, this is going to ruin her whole dumb image, but on the other hand, Amanda's cool, so she sweeps in to catch Yohane... pretty damn gracefully. ]

[datenshii]

[ THEY SHOULD TBH. Everyone should worship her and become her little demons!!

Though the idea of a real life witch not just a chuuni is still something that Yoshiko can't wrap her head fully around. ]

Kyaa--!!

[ It's an embarrassing surprised sound that comes out, when she finds herself so easily caught (she's an idol, it's not like she weighs that much) with the color in her cheeks turning a dark shade of red. ]

N-Nice catch...

[witchwithoutacause]

[ Amanda can be Head Priestess Demon.

That's her reward for preventing a sprained ankle or a concussion or something, right? It's not hard catching a tiny little thing like Yohane, and, smiling (and maybe slightly pink) she leans her forward onto her feet. ]

Couldn't just let you smash your head on the ground.

[datenshii]

[ Sure, just after she teaches Yoshiko everything she knows about magic because that's so cool!!

Back to her feet, Yoshiko finally stands up so she can adjust her dress, hoping so so so much that she didn't flash anyone because she'd rather not have to die of embarrassment in this isekai before learning how to do anything cool. ]

I-It was just a momentary lapse of uh... mana regulation to my magical circuit. [ She lost her balance. ]

But uh, thanks.

[witchwithoutacause]

[ Amanda's probably a garbage teacher, honestly. Good luck.

Probably she didn't flash anyone, Amanda knows how to catch a lady probably. ]

Yeah, well, this place isn't exactly friendly to magic so.

[ Here, take your excuse. ]

Any time you wanna fall, I'll sweep you off your feet again.

[datenshii]

[ It's not like Yoshiko knows what would be a good magical teacher or not, besides whatever stupid anime she's watched for reference...

Which means she probably would think Amanda's one of the greats. ]

What do you mean? [ As a very new-newcomer, as well as one still learning magic, as far as she knew people were all about performing magic here. She just doesn't quite realize how slight-of-hand might be different from True Magic.

As for the that obviously (even for Yoshiko) suggestive line, she only responds with a dumbfounded look, before looking away. ]

R-Right...

[witchwithoutacause]

[ Amanda would probably not take long to ruin that, purely out of laziness. ]

I mean the real thing, not these dumb... y'know. Tricks. I've done the real thing and I can catch you, so I'm way cooler.