( 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

[appleofhiseye]

Uhm...

[things that probably shouldn't happen to children (in Shirayuki's limited experience):
-being left alone
-being left alone with strangers
-being left alone with dragons
-being left unattended when they are young and need looking after

who is feeding them

is no one worried about their children being kidnapped or squished by dragon feet

what kind of irresponsible parents?????]

I wonder. Their parents shouldn't leave them alone like this.

[rootandbranch]

It's water. Like being under the sea again, but not...

[wings his way up there as best he can, then follows the watery division between land and sky, sticking his head up into it and snapping at the fish inside in bemusement. he doesn't rise high enough to submerge them in it, but he does drench Vern in droplets by accident.]

[rootbound]

[yelps and shakes himself off in a hard cat shiver, though hONESTLY HE'S A LITTLE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT GEIR SHOVING HIS HEAD IN THERE]

H-hey, hey...

[rootandbranch]

[Geir grins at her, cheerful and ebullient this time. absolutely zero of the things that occurred to Shirayuki as things that shouldn't happen to children occur to him. he got thrown in the ocean as a kid, that's probably what you do with children in general.]

If you say so. Do you want to go find them, then?

[appleofhiseye]

[she stumbles back and makes a scramble to avoid falling on any kids in the process--which just makes her flop right onto her butt, and immediately the kids cling to her and giggle.]

S-sorry. It's a little hectic in here. Kids are so lively.

E

[bulletbiter]

[ Good luck trying to slap anything out of a God Eater's grip because Julius has the strength of approximately 5 men. Instead of the cup dropping, it simply shatters in his hand as he tries to hold on to it.

Oh dear. ]

... excuse me...?

[ It's not accusatory, no. Just a slightly drawn out expression of both 'what was that?' and 'what is happening???' ]

[rootandbranch]

It's water, Vern! The sea is just in the sky for some reason!

[he seems really happy about it, actually...]

This is AMAZING.

[rootbound]

It's unnatural! I mean, yes, it is also amazing, but -- you can't fly through that, can you?

[he's really torn :( between being excited and being nervous :(]

B

[bulletbiter]

[ It's probably a good thing that Lapis hasn't touched his skin, because Julius would have reflexively flinched away from her. But he's sure that she means no harm, so he'll keep still while she puts the pin up against his blond hair.

Why does he have a hair banana? It's a mystery. ]

Alright.

[bulletbiter]

I have heard that these falling objects are treated as 'bounties' by the natives.

[ He's paid attention, at least. ]

From whom, I can't remember. But most likely gods or whoever else they revere.

[rootbound]

[they pull him back down next to her soon enough with a bump, too. what a good pair of unwilling jungle gyms they are]

I don't even like children! Who put so many of them in one place?!

[rootandbranch]

I bet I could, but I don't know if you could--

[torn too, though it's between "continue to fly along excitedly in deference to Vern drowning or whatever" and "throw himself headfirst into the water." he has to be careful of Vern's tiny squishy body, but--!]

[rootbound]

[plaintive]

Geir, I need to breathe.

c, sup Eon

[girasole]

Angelo!

[Caesar has no idea who this, but he doesn't recognize the guy, and, besides, he can tell the universal signs of someone wanting to get out. It's like at a crowded bar and the person you're wingmanning for needs an assist to get out and get out fast.

So, there he is, approaching Angelo like they're the oldest of friends. Big smile, grim look when the palai weren't looking at him Caesar thought, the look that corresponds with play along. And then he's smiling again.] I've been looking everywhere for you! Mamma mia, Theodora was wondering if you got lost! [Then, to the palai.] Please, excuse us, he's needed.

[claiomhsolais]

You say that like mine isn't! But...

[Honestly, she doesn't care too much cause she figures he's exaggerating and she's saved the world before? No biggie.]

If that's the case... I won't get expelled, right?

[rootandbranch]

I know, that's what I'm saying!

[as plaintive as Vern; he's obviously not going to do anything that could get his summoner in trouble, but this is terrible and why can't he go? who designed human lungs, this is the worst]

[heartkey]

[ He's glad he found you, too, best buddy. Except that's a bit of a confusing request he's made, so Sora can't help but show that in his expression. He'll have to postpone being excited about his friend's presence in favor of helping him for the time being. ]

Huh? With what? You okay?

[ Sora holy shit he's stuck to the caravan. ]

[needmetoo]

[Xion freezes, eyes widening a bit as she regards Riku with surprise and no small amount of confusion.]

You... you know me?

[Was he somebody from her past? Before she lost her heart and memory?]

[bossretta]

That you have no friends. And that you're weird for not having any.

[ promptly! Loretta gives Julius an assessing sort of look, one without judgement, as if comparing him to other people she knows don't have any friends. He doesn't look particularly strange. Only that he's clearly trying to be alone. ]

If your intention was to keep your head down and not attract any attention, then you're not going about it very well.

[bossretta]

[ pls educate loretta on jar appreciation, haru. ]

You'd have to do a lot more than just touch things, you know.

[ at least Loretta looks a little relieved that Haru's practicing jar safety, though it soon changes from 'critical appraisal of jar' to 'critical appraisal of Haru' ]

Any self-respecting business owner would really put you to work, like having you lift heavy things or keep track of finances or act as a bodyguard... Or maybe all three.

[ does that still sound fun haru ]

the ceiling

[bulletbiter]

[ Angelo is certainly not his name, but it also is a ticket out of this sticky situation. So he'll take it. ]

Oh, goodness. My apologies, I shall return immediately.

[ He acts his part convincingly, if anything. A calm youth ready to make up for his mistakes. He gives the palai an apologetic nod before turning to follow Caesar out and away.

Only when they're out of earshot: ]

Thank you.

[bulletbiter]

[ For a moment, Julius looks down at his books. So it was not about his curse, that was a good thing. But from what Loretta is telling him, it seems like his imperative to stay alone will get in the way of many things. Paradoxically getting more attention than was needed. ]

I see. [ Now, back to eye contact for the conversation: ] I was not aware it would be so obvious.

[ thanks, palai. ]

I would not wish to impose on other people to conform to groups. [ So it's kind of a loss both ways. ]

C!

[claiomhsolais]

[Honestly, she's a little overwhelmed... Is this how celebrities feel? Is this how Shiny Chariot feels?! Well, she's gotta give the people what they want, right? And it's easier to pick out the big suit of armor among all the lizards.]

Oh, um, well... I actually don't know anything about the whole coven deal!

[She admits almost with a sense of pride.]

But I am a witch! How about this? Name an animal and we'll go from there!

[358]

Whoa, you like sea salt too? No one else I know likes it that much except me and... some friends. [ two One of whom he's pretty sure is eliminated and he'll never see again, and three of whom don't even know who he is. Man, his life is complicated. ]

They totally have it, though. ... Or something close enough. I guess when you have this much sea water it's pretty natural.

[girasole]

You're very welcome. They mean well, but they're very...persistent. I learned that the hard way: one of my abilities- hamon. We were trapped on an island for a while and I couldn't use it. Once I got here, I could; I did; they saw.

The good news is that it's apparently very useful in powering their devices. The bad, as you know, is that they're very persistent. [And then he pats 'Angelo's shoulder, or at least tries to. They're in this together.] I'm Caesar Zeppeli. I'm assuming you're not an Angelo.