( 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

[yancat]

[Wow, he wishes his contract with Jaehee's would work like that. Executive director or not, he needs an assistant in this world. Maybe she can subdue the Uvis...

Wait, what.]

Planet? Are you an astronaut?

[sealeted]

...I mean, technically, I guess so? I mean, I didn't do any specialized training, but I'm a spacetraveller, definitely.

[unvictory]

Erm, well...the summoning system for starters! Not to mention the machine we use to travel to singularities...and whatever it is that provides us with energy, too.

Ah, like I said...compared to Da Vinci, I'm really an old fashioned woman.

[So she doesn't...get the specifics.]

But it's a large facility as well, so there're the basic amenities. Lighting, water, heat...the facility is located in the mountains and out of the way, so without any of those, all of the humans there would surely die. Her position is really important.

[sealeted]

Eh? Um, no... that is, wait a minute?

[You blew her mind, Boudica.]

You make it sound... like there's actually a way for humans to access the Holy Grail outside of the Moon Cell, and summon Servants through it. And.. wait, what's a singularity?

[yancat]

Interesting. I'll refer you to Luciel if he ever joins us.

By recovering, do you mean space sickness? I hope you get well soon. Space is not a topic I'm well-versed in, but expanding humanity's frontiers is a noble endeavor. I must applaud your work.

[unvictory]

I understand it might be a lot to take in, so don't get too excited, dear. Let's talk about singularities first.

[Excited, not necessarily the happy kind, but more...if it's blowing her mind, overthinking it will just make it harder to process.]

It's a long story, but...holy grails were scattered through human history. In the spots they landed in, they summoned heroic spirits, and the heroic spirits with access to those grails managed to upset the natural order. If history was changed that way, it would be the end of everything that came after.

To use an example related to your servant, we even traveled to Uruk and helped the Gilgamesh of that time to fight off the goddess Tiamat.

Of course, after it all settles, the singularity is erased and things return to normal, so he wouldn't remember it. Once history is corrected, the singularity - in essence - never happened to begin with.

[windeity]

[There's another bright grin as he nods, waiting for the right moment. And then there comes the perfect question: "What can you do? Are you magical?" There isn't a verbal reply but John nods and holds up his hand. With that, there's a sudden burst of air and a miniature tornado forms around himself and Flynn, pushing the Palai back to give them breathing room and possibly sending some of them back several feet? Whoops.]

Now might be a good time to go.

[probablynoteren]

Thanks... I'm still figuring out the uses for this power.

[It's a bit wry. There are the obvious uses for the ability to suddenly make refrigerators appear, of course, but when you're traveling through space on some kind of island and then expected to make nice with lizard people under the sea... you have to come up with less obvious uses.

Ergo, distracting your confusing and neverending fanclub when the entire city is your fanclub.

Lenka keeps up with Jumin, trotting at his heels and covering their retreat (mostly he's just looking back to check that the Palai aren't hurting themselves or creating a public safety hazard, you wouldn't think a few fridges would be that bad but they're also about three times the size of the average inhabitant?!).]

Lenka. Utsugi Lenka. I haven't seen you before, so you must be one of the new ones.

[probablynoteren]

[These lizards sure know how to party, even if they haven't attended too many parties yet; with the arrival of the coven, it feels like the entire city, streets and all, has turned into a festival.

Lenka is trying to think back on if he saw this game played in the streets at all. It might be just an electronic game, but maybe...]

So you pop bubbles on the screen, and then... [it seems simple enough] Ah.

[He may have found something entirely different set to the tune of these songs but. That's a thing.]

[claiomhsolais]

What?!

[Akko is beyond angry at the idea of a world like that! Obviously she's not angry at Kate, but she's definitely ready to fight someone.]

That's just ridiculous! I bet they've never even seen real magic! I mean, it's like you said! Magic could be used for evil, but so could anything else! Gah, how can anyone be like that?!

[After that outburst, she quiets down a little.]

Still... I can't imagine living in a world without magic. In my world, there are people who believe it's old-fashioned and that we don't need it anymore. I wasn't born into a magic family, so I don't really know about tradition and all that, but... magic is amazing! Doesn't it just give you this feeling that you could do anything? And it makes people happy! I want to be a witch who can make everyone smile...

[claiomhsolais]

But you're not a witch!

[Give her just a second to process all this...]

So... in your world, anyone can harness the potential to use magic?

[claiomhsolais]

[...That's a good question. And now that he's asked it, of course all the Palai want to know too. Along with their suggestions, they echo his question back to her, but she's just gonna ignore it all and stay a cute panda.]

Um, well! It's magic! So you know... it just works!

[guerrilla]

Neither do I, but I'm gonna give myself a day to not worry about it.

[After that he might have to find a Master, but he's got almost a week to do so.]

...I never thought I'd wish that stubborn old Master of mine were here. At least I know he'd agree to dealing with me.

[sealeted]

...mm.

[She seems to wilt briefly at the mention. She's... deliriously happy to be alive, herself, but she's still fully cognizant of the price that bought this new life.]

If you'd...

[How to put this?]

I'd be willing to, if you need it.

[She's sure she can sell Gilgamesh on this, even though it had taken some major concessions and lip service for him to allow a temporary Contract with Elizabeth. But, she and Gil are supposedly equals now, so she could use that as an argument.

It could work.]

[sealeted]

...huh.

[She peers over his shoulder, watching in frank fascination.]

That looks... fun?

[sealeted]

Luciel?

[A friend who likes space, maybe?]

Ah, well, I was... about to die, if we hadn't left the Moon, so sort of. I've been recovering little by little.

[guerrilla]

Ah...no, it's fine. I think you and Bossman there have the same compatibility problem.

[They're both too good for a shabby, pathetic Servant like him.]

[sealeted]

...do you remember exactly who I was partnered with, last time you saw me?

[A glamorous and grandiose Servant wasn't exactly to her tastes either, but she made due just fine.]

[guerrilla]

Yep. The opposite of me in every way.

[Let him hate himself in peace!!!]

[sealeted]

He also insulted and demeaned me whenever he saw the chance, so if you really are opposites we should get along just fine. ...ah, unless... I mean, I guess I am kind of a third-rate Wizard, so...

[If he wants a more experienced Master, that's a whole other issue.]

[guerrilla]

...Let me look for someone.

[At least for a few days.]

If I don't see anyone I like, I'll take you up on your offer. A third-rate Wizard and a third-rate Servant might be fine after all.

That should keep her occupied for a few days...though the joke will be on him if he doesn't find anyone else.]

[sealeted]

You did kind of save our bacon at a critical moment. I'd be happy to help you out too. Let me know how it all works out.

[But again, no pressure. She's totally not feeling naked and vulnerable without a Contracted Servant at her side 24/7. That would be weird.]

[sealeted]

I... see.

[This is so cool, and so weird, and has all sorts of implications about Hakuno and the Holy Grail War. But--]

It's probably for the best he doesn't remember. Accepting aid can be... touchy with him.

[unvictory]

That's just the type of man he is. There're quite a few like him around.

[And they're...difficult.

Especially Berserkers.]

But despite everything, Chaldea holds together. We've all put aside past grudges for the sake of the world. That's why we exist, after all.

[lohengrins]

[ he looks at her, wordlessly -- his expression is not cold, nor is it hostile. he appears to be doing little more than thinking.

suddenly, he unsheathes his sword...and seconds afterward does he allow it clatter, as it drops to the ground. a hand now resting against his hip, percival looks towards caster, his features gentle yet firm in their resolve. ]

I will not kill you. It's my duty to protect the populace of the realm -- to protect the vulnerable, even if our origins may differ.

If you can't find it in your heart to believe me, you are welcome to take my blade for yourself. But I will not kill or harm you: I swear by this.