( 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

A1

[enflame]

( Oh look, there's a newbie wandering around all their stuff...even if she isn't paying attention to their belongings, it doesn't keep Emil from squinting at her as she stares at the sky. If she does dare to touch any of their things, he'll squawk loud enough for Jesus himself to hear.

Instead she just clumsily runs into the caravan, though she doesn't seem to want to stop leaning on it once she's there...suspicious. Time to interrogate this weirdo. )

Miss? ( he clears his throat, ahem ahem ) What do you think you're doing?

[genocideharp]

[A researcher? Despite some past experiences, Carol still has some admiration for people like that. She crosses her arms as she settles in beside him.

Her only response to that question is a small shrug.]

I'm older than you. [Assuming he's a normal human, anyway.] Besides that, I don't know. [She hesitates on the explanation, but eventually settles further in as she opens her book back up, brushes her finger across a few letters.] Part of my research is - was - the use of memories as fuel, or energy.

[enflame]

( Not very long, subtlety is a language he doesn't speak. )

No. But you got very familiar with these smaller creatures rather quickly. ( One's trying to reach for him, but he's not sure whether or not he should interact, yet...these lizards seem to take a mile when you give them an inch, or at least that was what happened yesterday. )

[enflame]

( Oh no, Emil was given a tablet on their last world, HE HAS SOMETHING HE CAN TALK ABOUT WITH CERTAINTY, BLESS HIM. His is a newer model, but same difference. )

Oh, are you having difficulties? ( Most of this technology for sale doesn't interest him at all, since old habits die hard, but Emil's glad to see maybe he can charge his own here somewhere since he ran the batter out in a day taking pictures of himself. ) I've got one of these; they aren't so bad when you know what you're doing.

( It's also easier to focus on her tablet because........Camilla is interesting looking to say the least.............. )

[lohengrins]

[ what a strange woman. there is sadness to her that he can't quite pinpoint — she spokes as though she's attempting to avert the gaze of a beast.

percival folds his arms. his features soften again, this time not hardening again as they had before. ]

My name is Percival. Is the name you've been given...one you are fond of?

d

[enflame]

( It's not that Emil doesn't know what makeup is...he's seen women wear it before, of course. His mother even wears some on occasion! Let's just say you're not the typical makeup demographic he's used to Eva.

Emil's interested on soaps and things sold by the same vender, and he can't help but be nosy. )

Do you plan on giving that to someone? ( emil's first exposure to ~guyliner~ )

c;

[deem]

[Between the lack of a black box signal and the question he's presented with, 9S' first answer is little more than standing stock still. Head tipped back to look up at the man, one might safely assume him to be staring, though his eyes are obscured by what appears to be a blindfold.

They're goggles, actually, but that's incidental.

Do you know where the other humans are?

Other humans.

Other.

Humans.

9S' thought routines grind to a halt in an effort to process this. Nevermind the fact that he'd awoken intact but for a strange metal protrusion embedded into his chassis, quite sure he was never to wake again — this is something else entirely. Something more, and admittedly, something he considers even more impossible than his own repair. More impossible than sapient lizard people]

Other...

[He parrots the word, uncertain he wants to accept the veracity of that question]

f

[enflame]

( oh my god haru you are an embarrassment.

It's not like it's any of Emil's business, but the kids have an excuse for wriggling around on the ground, you are a fully formed human (lol).

At this point, Emil has fully committed to his position as Palai Babysitter, holding a Elto youngin' that's fascinated by his hair. ) Will you get up? What are you doing on the ground?!

( He's a Palaisitter, not a Harusitter!! )

[decipheringeye]

I didn't learn it! I just have the ability to read anything, regardless of language. It comes in really handy in situations like this.

[h]ow could this happen to me

[deem]

[After the initial shock of discovering that unicorns humans apparently exist in this...coven... 9S has slowly settled into old routines. That is, insofar as he possibly can. As a Scanner is wont to do, he surveys his surroundings, roving the streets and finding his way onto rooftops — the latter to the consternation of some of the locals. There are far too many questions in his mind, and too few satisfactory answers.

All things considered, he doesn't easily accept his present state of affairs, disinclined to simply believe what he's told after so much of his reality had fallen apart around him. In point of fact, he's already attempted to remove the strange object embedded in his chassis. It didn't end well, but when does it end well with YoRHa unit 9S?

He's in the middle of observing a particularly curious bit of architecture, speculating the functional purpose of its design, when he hears a familiar voice. It's a sharp familiarity that cuts through his occupation with the scenery, halting his thought routines and demanding his focus. Immediately turning toward the source of that sound, he's just in time to see a figure in black nervously following what seems to be a young Palai headed in his direction.

Is it really her—]

...2B?

[His voice is strangled by the tumult of emotions that well up within him. 9S knows better than to think he would be so fortunate, the world and whatever apparently lies beyond it hadn't ever been terribly merciful, and yet a measure of hope remains. A desperate part of him wants to believe it's really her, and not some cruel imitation. None of them had ever spoken.

The last time he'd heard her voice was...

His hands ball into fists at his sides, swallowing that thrill of optimism down. He never was any good at eschewing emotions the way YoRHa were supposed to. But does that even matter, anymore?

The young Palai bumps right into his leg, but he doesn't move, riveted to the spot]

[storyseller]

[She recognizes the softness, but she can't trust it. Her answer is quiet, demure.]

It is... the name with which I feel most comfortable.

[It is not her name. It is not the truth of her existence. However—

A name is too powerful to be freely given. Anyone might know her story.]

[storyseller]

[BB why are you like this. Scheherazade stays quiet, deciding that it is best to focus on the direct questions given to her.]

I cannot say that I am a master, but... I am familiar with them, and the manner of their construction. At least, as so far as applies to our world.

[lohengrins]

I see.

[ there is comfort to be found in a title, he supposes. or perhaps it's normality. it's not exactly within his right to know. ]

Thank you for sharing one of your tales. Where do you hail from, lady Caster? Are you native to this land?

[akumas]

It's for my own personal use. [Welcome to the world of ~guyliner~, Emil. His own personal taste aside, he's used to makeup due to idol activities.]

I would not mind giving it as an offering if the beings I knew back at home were here with me. Alas... This is not the case.

[Good luck trying to get him to survive being makeup-less, world hopping.]

[necronomicode]

Speaking as a support main, there's no way I can debuff this if I don't have access to my tools. Guess we'll have to wait.

[ Such as her laptop. Oh, how she suddenly misses her laptop. In a situation as weird as this, she's sure it would come in handy.

Then, very belatedly, she realizes that perhaps she needs to have basic human manners? ]

Oh, um. I'm Futaba, by the way.

[guerrilla]

Uh-huh.

[He hasn't figured out exactly what the problem is here yet, but now he has to find out.]

So what were you thinking about so hard, kiddo? It must be pretty important if you're so deep in thought you haven't moved.

[eternai]

[Because! She loves! Senpai!

Okay, in all seriousness: it's hard to break character. And having something fun and relaxing to fall back upon is like a "safety mode" for an AI like her. It's nice and routine. She can recharge her processing power if she has something familiar to return to.]

This world is brimming with mana.

[It's not precisely "Earth's" mana, but there's something going on here. For once, she'll be straightforward.]

Could it be a creation of someone's devious imagination, Scheherazade-san? Is this the "real life" as we know it? Or is this just a fantasy?

[necronomicode]

[ Relaxing a little, Futaba looks Jude over - he... seems Doctor-ly at least. It's still a little embarrassing to just have a random guy hold your hand though, so she clearly hems and haws about it before nodding and holding her hand out wordlessly! Better to just get it over with!! ]

c. O SHIT A SANAKI

[midorijuana]

[ midori, among the crowd, may not stand out from the green beans at first glance (as she herself is a green bean), but if sanaki didn't notice the presence of a human before, she definitely will once the majority of the palai are bowing down while she remains standing. she's very confused. what the heck is a begnion?

but she's PRETTY SURE sanaki is a Big Deal based on the way she carries herself and her title. midori raises her hand and promptly asks a question before even being noticed anyway. ]

Erm, apostle? Is that another name for apothecary? ... Midori is an apothecary, as well!

b

[guerrilla]

[This is Hell. He's in Hell. He's stuck to a caravan and BB is right here.

Robin has done a lot of bad things, but he doesn't deserve this. (Yes, he does.)]

I'd rather die, thanks.

[akumas]

Spirit?

[He gives quite a curious look. That's a new one he heard when referring to him.]

Just a past demon king reborn into human flesh. However, you did gain my interest. Are you perhaps gifted with speaking to the dead?

[What could a young boy know about spirits?]

[mapsio]

If I were to put it more simply, yes.

[Haru wasn't so impressed.]

But we have an obligation to help now, so we have to.

im sorry in advance he's just a goth nerd

[akumas]

Ah... [He's interested way more now with that response. He taps his fingers on his cheek.]

Perhaps Hell is different based on the worlds? Different worlds having their own underworld with different elements!

[He does nod in approval... More to himself.]

Our concepts on what Hell or the underworld might be different due to where we come from... Do tell me more about yours if you wish.

d hey wassup

[sopherias]

[ Sophie doesn't have any idea what the box is, but forget that or the floating box next to her. She's more curious about the blindfold over this person's eyes. ]

...Why do you wear a blindfold?

[eternai]

[WELL, WELL, WELL!]

I can't play with you properly if I kill you, Mr. Green Tea ❤ As powerful as the lovely BB-chan is, she's decided that having her full powers here would be unfair to all the other heroes! A good last-boss kouhai can only serve as a last-boss if there's a slim, sliiiim chance of beating her. Even if that chance is a mere 0.0000000001%. So if I break you, I can't promise that I'll put you back together. Understand?

[Her smile is awfully cold. But since they're both Servants from Chaldea now--]

If you do, I want to ask you about a few things.