( 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

[rootandbranch]

It's... new. That doesn't mean we're not safe. Right?

[Geir's thrown into confusion; he's not used to this kind of fearfulness from Vern, and he doesn't really understand it. he could tear up the buildings they saw as readily as he could smash through things at home, the lizards don't seem venemous, the humans Vern dislikes so much are almost nonentities, so why...?]

I'll keep you safe.

[sigfried]

[ ...Goodness. At first, he's not sure what he can say here, because Akko sure is a handful. But, it could be worse, so he'll deal with it just fine, despite the bit of food dropping. ]

You'd be fine with it, even if it were something like your favorite ice cream?

[ He smiles wryly as he places away the food back into the bag. ]

...Listen, I'm only giving you such a hard time because I don't want you to do anything like this with anyone else. Especially going around through other people's possessions--that's actually the main concern I have here.

[rootbound]

Geir, I want us both safe.

[for all Geir's assurance that he as god and world-serpent could stand up to anything, for all that part of Vern is beginning to believe it, he's spent his whole life a vulnerable human, traveling and trying to stay safe and out of sight. one sort of experience hasn't nearly started to erode the other yet . . . and Geir, for all his powerful potential, is young and inexperienced.]

Can we -- we should go see what needs to be seen, sooner or later, but not -- right now. Please?

[rootandbranch]

...do you want to wait out here for a while?

[Geir is quiet in the face of Vern's distress, internally and externally. he's just not sure what to say.]

[rootbound]

If that's all right . . .

[rootandbranch]

Of course. Of course it is.

[...scoops Vern gently off his back and sits him between his front feet instead, putting his chin on him and curling his tail around like a cat; hoarding him close.]

[rootbound]

[huddles up in those claws and coils, warmed and secure. it's easier to focus there, the world and their strange new circumstances feeling somehow more manageable.

given a little time and quiet with just Geir to focus on, he can pretend to be brave. they'll be able to enter the city, then...simply running and hiding further won't get them home, after all.]

[sigfried]

[ ... If anyone told Siegfried that he'd be smiling and enjoying a friendly chat with a dragon, he might've laughed at them. But now, he supposes that anything is possible after all of this. ]

It can be.

[ He pats the lizard kid on the head. ]

Though, when it is, I find it to be more surprising than anything real trouble can manage to bring.

[bossretta]

Best or worst; it's what we make of those circumstances that matters. Which means I'm pleased to meet you as well, of course.

[ This is a relatively peaceful place for being an entirely new world. She doesn't miss Ergastulum (fake Italy?? fake Europe?? who knows) and all its misery. ]

But you were in the middle of something before I interrupted, weren't you?

[ this is her cue to look at Julius's notes with clear interest. ]

[burnblonde]

Because I don't think I've seen you this relaxed and cheerful since...actually no, I don't think I've ever seen you like this before.

[Is this...is this what DRUNK Weiss is like? Because if so has YANG STRUCK GOLD. She is clearly amused by this, at least knowing that Weiss doesn't seem to be suffering any other changes. It's mostly just weird...but everything has been weird.]

No, can't say I've tried any "juice" yet. Is that what this is?

[rootandbranch]

No kidding!

[Geir leans down to sniff curiously at the lizard kid one more time.]

Like these guys. You're a troublemaker too, aren't you? Climbing on me like that.

[he's reminded a bit of his baby sister, though his memories of her are dim... he thinks he likes kids after all.

the baby attaches to his nose, gripping it with its tiny arms; Geir laughs.]

[holy_smoly]

Only important people? I find that difficult to believe. Though I suppose if a procession of half-hearted barbs about my height are your idea of wit, you don't have much going for you aside from sheer audacity.

[Sanaki wants to test to see if her hand is free now. She's never had to actually slap someone before, but you have to start somewhere. Unfortunately, if she's still stuck, tugging on it is a sure way to let him know. And she's far past any chance of giving this insufferable hooligan the satisfaction.]

[eternai]

[I'm sorry are you looking for mercy?

Because it's far too late for that.

With a bright smile that speaks volumes to how much she's enjoying this, BB's hand continues to smoooooothly pour--

--the liquid with impossible precision onto Lenka's hair. It's fairly close to his scalp; he can feel the heat of the mysterious liquid rushing past him but not one drop of it actually touches him.

What a close shave! But he's free, now.]

[probablynoteren]

[He's not sure it's a real sport at all, but it's true that it did seem to be pretty popular, with multiple games going on in real time. Either way, they now know the Palai are really fond of games with bubbles...]

Maybe they play at the pond? I don't think they can play in the sky.

[First of all, they can't even get there.]

[holy_smoly]

[Out of all possible uninvited physical displays of affection and familiarity, the hand clasp is probably the closest to being suitably deferential, so Kosuzu gets off with Sanaki just being mildly confused by the outburst.]

Er... yes. If possible, I would recommend anything that may contain more information on this "coven" than we've been given directly.

[eternai]

[Why are you bullying her, Robin!! For a moment, BB looks annoyed. It's quickly erased as she taps her finger on her cheek, expression carefully controlled.]

Strange. Eh, Mr. Green Tea, I have to be honest with you.

[Her tone is so fake-polite it hurts.]

I'm leagues cuter than you are. And I'm observant enough not to touch things I'm not supposed to. Do you think a Master would pick such a no-good Servant between the two of us?

[eternai]

[Processing and handling information, yes -- but calculating with what's given to her as well. That very well may fall under Hassan's definition of "scheming," but BB only sees it as a natural process in the cycle of data.

--but she knows when to push and knows when to give when given such blatant signals. Really, it's like he's a giant neon sign! At least Hassan is an understandable variable, though he may be a Grand Servant. His personality is fairly straightforward.

BB puts her hands on her hips, beaming.]

All right, then it's a deal! BB-chan will be your faithful friend till the end, so please look after me okay?

[eternai]

[That's such a cute tiger... and a cute teary face. Young as Gotokai looks, BB isn't going to hold back on her cruelty. An AI has to be fair when dishing out punishment!

She waves her pointer around as if she's a teacher.]

Good job! Your efforts have been noted -- BB-chan loves it when you try hard! So let's try it one more time, okay? With spirit, let's all say:

"BB-chan! Please, help us!"

[eternai]

[Being called a brat is far from the worst thing she's heard. BB's smile doesn't waver one bit. She's acting not out of need to impress her Senpai, but out of the desire to play. Sadism is a natural part of her; Jumin is unfortunately the outlet which she's looking to use.]

As expected from a human. Here I am, offering you my hand, and you've bitten it! Wooow. Don't you think you should be more grateful that I've stooped down to talk to you?

im screaming 1/???

[eternai]

[Wow?!?! Rude, whoever you are!]

Hey--!

[eternai]

[............................. wait.

Wait.]

[decipheringeye]

Hmm... do you really think they'd have books about that here? It seems like the coven just showed up pretty recently...

[eternai]

[The look on BB's face is pure, unrestrained glee. Her memories of those battles in the Moon Cell have been cast to storages of long ago, but regardless of how much time passes-- regardless of what she undergoes or how much she changes-- regardless of where she winds up--

There is no way BB would forget Hakuno Kishinami.]

Ohhhhh, wow! [Her genki girl act is back at full force!] Sen~pai! I see you're being as hopeless as ever. Did you come just to see the cute and devilish BB-chan?

[holy_smoly]

I think it's a long shot worth investigating. The Palai have strange technology. Who's to say how quickly they can gather information? They've certainly taken an interest.

[probablynoteren]

[What has his life come to that he's facilitating improvised amphibian LARPing under the ocean with kitchen appliances. He has experience with exactly one of those things.

Soon enough, they're out of sight and so are Lenka's refrigerators. He'll have to remember to banish them at some point; he might forget, but the magic won't.]

... No. We weren't the first, either, about-- a month ago. The ones before us are in charge.