( TDM | #2 )

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IMPORTANT: This TDM takes place on the current world the coven is part of. Please read the linked Google Doc about the world AND be aware that the world is high-frequency, meaning canon magic and powers can be used.

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.

WORLD ONE: AIMINTAS

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... Some of you might open your eyes to find yourself wandering around a sandy area, outside of a large stone house. There's a large glimmering caravan floating around outside, which might intrigue you. There's also a lot of supplies, food, clothing...all just laying around outside. It's worth investigating, right? A ▢ Your character has found themselves arriving right outside the coven's new digs in Aimintas, and there's a lot of confusing stuff to look at. Th ocean in the sky, that floating caravan...your character probably can't get to that ocean, so they may want to examine the caravan. If they touch it, they'll immediately regret that decision -- the caravan has its own defense mechanism, and you can pick one or the other: - A1: Once your character touches the caravan, they can't remove their appendage from it. Kick it? Their foot is stuck. Touch it? Their hand is stuck. Lick it? Their tongue is stuck. They'll remain like this for 15 minutes without magical intervention. - A2: Your character's hand doesn't stay for long, but the caravan holds onto that hand for five seconds while giving your character a pretty excruciating burn. Medic! B ▢ Maybe they're smart and they don't touch the caravan. Let's go through all of this cool stuff on the ground! It might be sort of obvious that it belongs to someone -- a lot of someone's -- but your character is thirsty, confused...maybe there's some water or answers in this pile. And maybe there's also someone who catches your character going through their shit.

Other new potential coven members will find themselves in a completely different part of town. These lucky individuals will have suddenly appeared in the marketplace area of Aimintas, surrounded by walking lizard beings that suddenly turn and take an immediate interest in this stranger. C ▢ The Palai are very interested in the new coven members, and a new humanoid person -- or anyone that doesn't look like them -- will immediately catch their attention. They'll immediately find your character worth of their undivided attention, talking to them about coven-related things...pretty confusing right? If you need help with the short lizard folk, maybe someone will eventually arrive to help you out. On the other hand, you might learn something interesting talking to them. A friend might join in either way! D ▢ Once you break free of the Palai, you'll find that this marketplace is pretty interesting. It's a mixture of primitive and semi-modern technology...or is it totally unfamiliar to you? Never seen a cellphone before? Unfamiliar with the concept of women wearing pants? There's certainly something to see that'll interest your character here. E ▢ Finally, you might be hungry and thirsty after suddenly appearing. The Palai are masters of making food, including a new concoction of theirs that they're trying out in honor of all the new people. It's a sort of bottled fruit juice that has been energized by the Eltos. It's essentially the first Aimintas Red Bull, except on acid. The drink immediately makes anyone who drinks it extremely giddy, hyper and they may potentially hallucinate. It doesn't seem to bother the Palai's biology, but everyone else...oops!

The setting found in Aimintas is pretty expansive, so you have a lot of room to wander around. Here are a few things that might catch your eye if you're really committed to wandering around. F ▢ A house near the marketplace is incredibly special to the Palai people. Characters who wander near here will find a group of Palai who are even more excited about their new visitors: baby Palai. Some are still in eggs and kept inside, but the juvenile Palai are about two feet tall, rowdy and want to play with these new, bipedal creatures. Some of them still crawl around on all fours and are more lizard-like than others. Hope you're good with kids! G ▢ The Palai have constructed a large library in the middle of town. If you wander in here, you'll find a myriad of books in a strange language. The Palai are a rather visual people, though, so many include pictures and illustrations. They also have a collection of computers here that connect to the Aimintas internet, as well as visual media stations that can play videos -- though they're really just powered tablets that play video files. Time to get a little taste of the Palai culture. H ▢ 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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Comments

[decipheringeye]

Well, I know where I'm headed next!

[yancat]

Don't call me that. [Immediately. Pointedly.]

They say puns are the lowest form of humor, but I disagree. I like to think I have good taste. [He's perfect, therefore everything he does is perfect. Except photography. And driving.]

[heartkey]

[ Asking Sora important things like that is not likely to yield results. He knows this is serious, but there's not really anything he can do about it right now, so there's no point in being overly worried about it. It's not hurting either of them ... currently ... as far as he can tell. ]

I dunno. [ Crossing his arms, trying to think about all this. But nope, nothing's really coming up. ] We're probably gonna have to find someone who does know.

[358]

Man... That never goes well for me. All the people who'd know aren't exactly big fans of Nobodies. [ DiZ is a sore spot and always will be. ]

... For now, though, unless you've got a problem, I'd rather just let it be. If you weren't here, I'd be way more worried, but... you seem to be holding up.

[unvictory]

[okay fair

In any case she took her mention of the lady and knight roles a little too seriously so...Boud's just going to move on.]

Then it's settled. So long as we look out for each other, I'm sure we'll make a great team, Scheherazade.

[And she'll hold her hand as long as she has to, too.]

[storyseller]

In the time when I am from, it was common thing. Men would travel between caravanserai or coffee houses to tell their tales...

[heartkey]

Don't worry. If we find anyone, I'll ask 'em. [ Sora gets positive reception from the people who don't like Nobodies, and all. The upside of being Sora. ]

Nope, no problems here. [ Uncrossing his arms to look at his hands and such. ] I feel fine, actually.

[ So if there are any downsides to this, he's not personally feeling any of them. ]

"exactly enough simoleons to feed my raccoon"

[trustcoon]

[there was a sound of maybe-possibly-comprehension at that answer, but it turns into a squeak as the furball slams into victor's chest. so i guess it's like ooooueak!?

pochi wiggles one paw.

wiggles the other paw.

wiggles both ears!]

...I'm free!! [a cheeeeer let's throw those stubby paws in the air! yeah! freedom!! if you accidentally get smacked in the face by this overly energetic tanuki, we apologize in advance for a lack of apologies.]

[reachforthesky]

O-oh! If you don't mind --

[she is actually small and bird-light enough to just climb right up on the proferred arm, balancing with her tail wrapped around the wrist for balance briefly and her wings fluttering; it reassures her further, to find someone quiet and friendly who recognizes griffons.]

[heartkey]

[ He's not going to say he's good at this. Computers are just straight up not his thing. ]

I think you'd have better luck than I am, then.

[ Even if he sounds like he doesn't know how to use one either ... ]

[rootbound]

[deep in his COLD DEAD HEART (no) he sort of appreciates someone trying to help him out, though it also . . . isn't very effective . . . he's reaching blind a bit now, but he can locate Shirayuki's hair and his own red glasses, smears of bright colour

unfortunately this means that they go for the glasses together and he smacks into her in the process. it makes some of the Palai kids giggle, and he hisses in exasperation]

Oh, this isn't funny! Excuse me --

"okay but i could just feed your raccoon"

[genice]

( SMACK goes one tiny tanuki into Victor's face, reminding him of both overager children and puppies and poodles. Most these associations are fond, albeit somewhat exasperating. )

Right, right, very free, can you hold still so we can both wiggle out of here? Or duck low and... walk on on your own?

( He's more worried about the poor fluffball slamming into the bottom of the wagon all over again. )

Do you happen to have a name, Mr. Tanuki? ... Are you a tanuki.

( do you shapeshift tiny furball )

[baiter]

... not anymore?

["Once..." does that mean she tells stories for another reason, now?]

C

[lohengrins]

[ oh fuck it's the monarch

the creatures that manifest around her are not unknown to him -- his gaze shifts towards the woman's face instead. his expression is steely.

percival makes eye contact, his head held high. ]

I would like to hear the tale that is dearest to your heart.

[thatdamnknight]

[flynn almost opens his mouth to protest. a weak point it might be but he will not hurt a bab-- ...oh. tickling. that... that isn't a bad idea, if one flynn hadn't even considered. could something so simple really prove effective? well, only one way to find out.

he starts tickling and the baby immediately erupts in happy laughter while letting go of his hair in the process. color flynn pleasantly surprised.]

It worked. [he smiles at pica while straightening upright a bit, just enough so for his hair to be outside of the child's reach.] Thank you for that.

[thatdamnknight]

[flynn hums thoughtfully.]

Then would you mind if I give it a try?

[maybe all of his computer watching could be enough to save this poor machine from all those error messages and potentially exploding. do computers explode? best not wait and see.]

[baiter]

[She's got superstrength when her magic is activated but right now? No magic. Because she figured Boudica looked as though she deserved a fair hand-to-hand fight, which is turning out to be a monstrously bad idea. Pica wiggles, like an angry worm protesting its fate.]

Nuh-uh.

[She puffs out her cheeks and continues trying to elbow Boudica into letting her go.]

You're soft!

[baiter]

[Pica nods and puts her hands on her hips. It's only right she helped him out. This poor fool had rushed right into a nest of aliens without even waiting to see if there were any dangers! Most sentient species were benign -- but humans were always squishy.]

Always go for the stomach.

[She mimes a stabbing motion at her own stomach. . .]

[thirtybits]

[He nods.]

That's more or less how it was in my time too. Well, it was more often preaching than just storytelling, but...

[windeity]

Are you sure about that? We just met and I don't even know your name. You could be a very clever thief and we wouldn't even know it.

E

[baiter]

[Dude??

Pica responds by stomping on his foot.

Hard.]

f

[baiter]

Don't bounce them.

[Pica, who'd been carefully avoiding the reach of the little lizard children, speaks up from her corner. Why are there some many lizards on this planet...?

She points at the poor man on the floor.]

The parents. They'll eat him.

[unvictory]

[This punk kid...she can't believe she's walking the whole way There while being elbowed in the back of the head.

Speaking of which, There refers to a spot where some refreshments have been laid out for the newcomers...aka them. But she knows to avoid that weird energy drink, because she didn't like the look of it when D.va offered her some, opting to fill a glass with water instead. She finally puts Pica down, handing her the glass.]

Here. If you're full of energy, you should try to take it easy and drink this. It'll help you settle down.

[baiter]

[Finally she's been let down. Pica crosses her legs and arms, looking as mad as mad can be. She doesn't like being toted around without her permission! And it would've been a lot cooler to have a fair brawl with everyone watching. She sticks out her tongue.]

You're not Mom.

Re: f

[rootandbranch]

[Geir snaps at the air, his teeth meeting with the satisfying crack of a steel trap closing, and tilts his head to grin down at the newcomer cheerfully.]

Not if I have anything to say about it!

[what is it about her...? he can't quite place the niggling subliminal sense that something smells or feels odd about this human, though she seems normal enough. he inches closer, eyes bright with interest, and nudges one of the babies gently away from Vern and towards her instead.]

Here, you take this one.