( 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!

GAME NAVIGATION

Comments

[holy_smoly]

First of all: do not call me "kiddo." You may address me as Apostle Sanaki.

[If looks could kill, she wouldn't be able to hit him harder with Rexflame.]

Secondly, I have many responsibilities worthy of careful meditation. In fact, I was waiting in a quiet place to hear the voice of the goddess, before you interrupted.

[That ought to set this ruffian straight, and it's only about 66% lie. She has been worrying about what's going on in Begnion in her absence. And how to get her blasted hand off this thing.]

[guerrilla]

[He takes a moment to seriously contemplate this. There are worse fates than dying, after all...

...But ultimately, he grimaces and prepares himself for some very unpleasant questions.]

I'm not gonna promise to answer them, but go ahead and ask.

[eternai]

[She'll tap him on the head with her pointer, pleased as punch.]

Good dog!

Now, have you seen Master-san running about?

YO WHAT'S GOOD

[holy_smoly]

I--

[Sanaki is on a roll by the time Midori speaks up, but as she opens her mouth to deliver another firm decree, she falters. This is, actually, a new one on her. She's been mistaken for an ordinary child before, but never after explaining who she was. If there's one thing even Sanaki's worst enemies have reaffirmed for her, it's that her position is the most important one in the world. This is a bit like having to explain sunlight to someone.]

Er... no. I am not an apothecary. I am--an empress, but more. Important?

[Oh goddess she's losing the crowd, what did this girl do.]

I... I speak on behalf of the goddess Ashera! That's what the word apostle means.

[alphonse]

I guess that's a good thing. There's more than enough to focus on right here.

[He starts to say something else, but stops himself pretty quickly. It's the middle of the night and the poor guy did just find the place, so maybe he should go easy on the questions.]

You're probably still tired from all that, right? Don't let me keep you up. [He shifts to gesture behind him.] I think there are still a few beds free. The Palai who loaned us this place were pretty generous.

[alphonse]

[It's hard to get a word in over the Palai--excited and clamoring around her with suggestions for all the awesome native species she should turn into next--but Al's impressed too. (And maybe a little disturbed that watching a girl whip out a literal magic wand to transform herself into a cute, fuzzy animal barely cracks the top ten list of Weird Things That Have Happened to Him Today.)

Still, though.

Once the surprise starts to subside, he steps forward for a closer look, gently ushering a few of the Palai aside to give her some space in the process.]

That's incredible! How does it work?

[holy_smoly]

Really? That's extraordinary. And I gather it will be extremely useful.


Although it does leave us with the concern that this is a library.


[As in, they're maybe not gonna love it if Kosuzu tries to leave with their books.]

always a good time to voice test fate/s

[goodlistener]

[she is safe! she's only dangerous for sinners, or rather—those who break the rules.

hearing caster speak up, ruler looks to her carefully. it would be wrong to say she's hesitant or judgmental; she has confidence in herself. at the same time, she is prepared to face a fellow servant, with whatever that might end up demanding of her.

but, well, it's not a war. so,]

I see. It doesn't surprise me to hear that. [she nods—then, after a moment, lowers and shakes her head lightly, the guardedness ebbing off of her shoulders.]

You could say it's all a little beyond me. In the village where I grew up, schooling wasn't available to me. And even if it was...

[the silence as her words trail off only implies, "i didn't choose a path where i would read".]

[alphonse]

You've never heard of telephones?

[Is she messing with him or just even less savvy with this kind of thing than he is? He can't decide, but opts to err on the side of caution.]

They're... [What is the easiest way to put this?] They're machines that let you communicate with people over a distance.

Hakuno Kishinami | Fate/Extra CCC

[sealeted]

c. if found please return to

[All things considered, Hakuno is still a bit frazzled and out of sorts after her brush with deletion. Waking up in a brand new world is entirely within her expectations, sure, but waking up alone? No, that makes no sense. After everything, after the fighting and oaths and glorious exit from the Moon Cell itself, it seems totally anathema that Gilgamesh is nowhere to be found.

So, naturally, her first discussion with the natives ends up being an effort to find her wayward Servant.]

...no, you'd definitely know him if you saw him. He's taller than me, with red eyes and yellow hair. Probably wearing a lot of gold? Possibly cackling to himself or insulting people. You couldn't miss him.


f. baby-sat

[Her second contact with the natives is much less Gilgamesh-centric. All things considered, this isn't a terrible situation. She's not being dissolved into the sea of imaginary numbers, for starters, and wherever Gilgamesh is, he undoubtedly is keeping himself amused and in some manner of luxury. All things considered, cute lizard babies are a huge step up from murderous programs and other NPCs trying to muddle through.

Hakuno is half-buried in a pile of eager little kids, several different efforts to clamber up over her are coinciding and sabotaging one another. She laughs softly and wobbles, trying not to collapse under them all.]


g. fresh lizardcat video memes

...hm.

[Compared to the Moon Cell, this library is a little less straightforward and... well, foreign, obviously. The processing power doesn't have anything on the Grail, true, but Hakuno has settled down at a station to surf the video archives.

She tugs at a stray lock of hair, humming faintly along with some sort of traditional folk song.]

I wonder, what sort of instruments are those?

G.

[guerrilla]

Your guess is as good as mine. I never paid much attention to those musical types.

[He had more important stuff to do.]

[bossretta]

[ His gratitude makes her tsun less relax in return, enough that Loretta answers his question without her normal reserve. stranger danger and all that, but not something that apparently applies right now. look, she did go into this pretending to be his friend, after all. ]

It's Loretta. Loretta Cristiano Amodio.

[ she looks expectantly at Julius in return, ]

And yours?

[guerrilla]

Mm...no, can't say any of the people I've seen running today were anyone I knew.

[Question technically answered. He's going to make this as difficult as possible just because he can. If he has to suffer, he can at least make BB's life a little less convenient too.]

[sealeted]

Well, th—

[She starts talking before she turns her head, but her voice cuts out just as soon her eyes and ears register how familiar this person is. Once the realization dawns, she rounds on him, fingers curling in his cloak as her eyes rake over him.]

Archer?

[Goodness. It's as if she's seen a ghost.]

[bulletbiter]

But why would the enemy give gifts to them?

[ Subterfuge? Trickery? It's hard to conceive without more information. ]

[bulletbiter]

[ How will a tsundere match up against a kuudere's sincerity? Only time will tell. ]

Julius Visconti. A pleasure to meet you, though perhaps these aren't the best of circumstances.

[ In a strange world, a room with a gossipy frog... hello, fellow Italian. ]

[guerrilla]

[who is this sassy lost child]

...Let me guess, the goddess only speaks to you?

[Time for a spelling bee, kids! The word Robin's thinking of is..."charlatan"!]

[eternai]

[She can sense that you're being obstinate, Robin Hood! Don't be sassy. If this were the Moon Cell, she'd reach through this metatext and slap your fresh mouth. But alas -- BB is merely a cute AI Servant in the here and now.]

Hmm.

[That's all he gets for now. For once, she's not her devilish self. One, because Senpai isn't here. Two, because she's putting all her energy into processing the situation right now. There was no "transition" between Chaldea and now. In the blink of an eye, they've been transported to a strange new world. Perhaps their memories were meddled with...?

What bothers her more is the fact that they may be Master-less. That's bad news for any Servant.]

And how long have you been here?

[bulletbiter]

[ For all that he wears, 9S' appearance doesn't seem too strange to Julius. After all, God Eaters had some free rein with their clothes given the endurance of their forms, so it wouldn't be out of the ordinary to have shorts. The blindfold, however... perhaps the boy was just sensitive to light? He certainly seems dazed. ]

Are you alright?

[ The palai also turns to gape at the youth. Julius has half a mind to perhaps reach out and steady him if needed, but that carried risks of his own. Moving closer might suffice, distancing him from the frog as well. ]

[alphonse]

[Even in a place like this, apparently some things don't change. Al shakes his head, his response as automatic as it's ever been.]

It's fine for now. All things considered, I'd rather be prepared.

[And the fastest way off that subject is the most graceless and direct.]

What about you? Just couldn't sleep?

smh

[bulletbiter]

[ The sack does carry weight, causing the branch to droop. Most unfortunately for the both of them, it ends up snapping a few moments later, loosing its cargo in a freefall and hopefully not out of Lenka's reach.

It also has the effect of making Julius sit up, though the motion is restricted by the fact that he's become tangled in the shrub. ]

Excuse me...?

[ Both at Lenka and also at the fact that plants are trying to consume him. ]

[probablynoteren]

[Calmness is only robotic if you're a little shit, and Lenka is only a little shit sometimes, when it's been earned. In the meantime, the Palai Lenka was talking to a few moments ago had deferred to Jumin once he spoke up -- but is now impatiently tugging at Lenka's scarf again. He's starting to get the feeling that the scarf was a bad choice if only because it provides too many handholds.

Anyway.

Lenka looks between the Palai and Jumin, gives a little sigh, and then a small wave. Have a refrigerator, guys. It just sort of plops into the street without fanfare.]

That. That's what the coven gave me.

[Meantime, the Palai is so excited about the fridge that it starts rummaging around for food to eat, never mind that it's refrigerated. So at least the matter of the restaurant is settled (maybe); the problem is that more Palai start to crowd around, only to start a scuffle over the fridge. Whoops.]

[yancat]

[Jumin has a new daughter and her name is Hana Song. He watches on approvingly. Yes, good. Everyone should love Elizabeth.]

Her eyes are as bright as sapphires if you ever saw them up close. I'm sure I have a better picture in my files.

[Please don't swipe left.]

[holy_smoly]

What do you think? As Apostle, I am the conduit that connects the goddess to the earthly realm! Who are you, and how dare you speak to me this way?

[Talking to people like this was easier back home, where she had a personal army. She wouldn't ACTUALLY have him executed for doubting her, but she's not above implying she would.]

[deem]

[Is he alright? It's a good question, 9S realizes with wry bemusement. He's not entirely sure whether he's got the answer to that, between so many factors at play. Many of those he doesn't seem to have much power to do anything about, but at least he can address the matter of what this man had just said]

What do you mean by "other humans"?

[There's a guarded nature about his tone that'd be difficult to overlook, a skepticism that bespeaks an analytical mind. He's trying to make sense of something he finds incongruous with his experience — although what doesn't fit that description, now?

He might've simply misunderstood. After all, he knows his programming assures that he will always long for something that he can't reach. It seems most probable that he'd latched onto the interpretation that best suited that desire.

And so, he decides he'll get his confirmation of this, not that this would explain what the man actually is if not a human]