( TDM | #2 )

[spellbindmods]

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]

[ They've figured out the plot of Spellbind, everyone go home.

They're interdimensional travellers. This might be more serious than he could ever fathom. Maybe he should have read one of Luciel's fantasy novels for fun... ]

To the charging station.

[ Hm. It sounds less urgent when he puts it that way. ]

I left my charger.

[ Better. ]

[glyphic]

[ she knows that shout? it usually precedes her being nearly tackled? so even coming down from a juice high weiss looks around, which is enough to spot that ruby is floating, and realize her own feet are off the ground...

OH NO ]

Ruby! What are you doing?

[ weiss you're doing it ]

[probablynoteren]

There are charging stations?

[He doesn't remember seeing one, but then again he hadn't been looking, and wouldn't know what to look for, anyway. For all he knows, the Palai have figured out how to extract electricity from glowing fish. No, it's crazier than that. Interdimensional travel essentially means his life isn't going to get any less weird.

Sometimes you just have to accept that.]

What are you trying to charge?

[windeity]

I think that would depend on what the company represents. [He's trying not to make a face, but it's hard to forget that in another timeline his name is John Crocker and he's related to the Batterwitch.] What if it's something you don't want to be associated with? Is the name still important?

[rootandbranch]

Noooo idea! I only ever really met one, when my sister was a baby. Otherwise, I was usually the youngest.

[he nuzzles again at the little lizard, making it giggle. he's definitely warming up to this concept.]

They're so squishy. Do you like them?

[trustcoon]

[ah yes, hold me like you hold elizabeth]

Really? They look stronger than sticks...they're so big!

[big and thick and hard! much better building material than scrolls, that's for sure.]

What do you use books for, Jumin-san?

[lohengrins]

[ uh.

he wasn't...expecting that...? ]

The drink. It might have been poisoned.

[ he attempts to maintain a firm tone, but his eyes remain on the man's hands because...uh...what just happened exactly. ]

[lohengrins]

[ listen. there's no time to relax. they are surrounded by unfamiliar lizard people! excitable reptilians!

the sight of a green puddle is a little sad, he'll admit. ]

The creatures native to this land --...the ones that currently surround us.

[lohengrins]

[ he should probably start sparing people more than just a mere glance, because well, he wasn't quite expecting yet another crewmate.

where are you all coming from. did the grancypher leak or what. ]

There are few reasons as to why you would poison someone to start with. I'm sure that you can think of them yourself.

[ get with the program, lecia! ]

Tch. First Siegfried, now you. Do you know where the others are?

[necronomicode]

[ While all those items are very cool, there's one thing that has them all beat -
]

Something way, way better! My computer.

[necronomicode]

N-n-n-no...

[ The vibes Jude gives off are comforting and nice and remind her of a certain someone, which only serves to fluster her more. Abort, abort! ]

Anyway...!

[necronomicode]

[ Futaba understands implicitly what Haru means. She herself was a person that needed help, even when her tactics at requesting it weren't the most palatable. ]

We're officially back in action?

[storyseller]

That... would require making contact with them.

[And they're hostile and scary and she doesn't want to die.]

[storyseller]

[There is a quick, sharp shake of her head.]

I... require a human who has great magic potential. I hope, also, to find one who is not likely to kill me...

[storyseller]

[you're a good one]

We may hope that will be so.

i love this extra ass

[storyseller]

[She wants to believe. She wants to feel safe. She wants to give him what he wants, her comfort and her peace of mind and her trust.

And yet—

Her eyes squeeze shut, tight. Though he kneels before her, she still does not feel like she could defend herself]

I wish to believe that that is so, Lord Percival. My intuition tells me that you are a sincere man, and not one whose feelings alter on a whim. My instincts tell me you will not cause me harm, and will protect me if you are able.

Yet, having experience of which you cannot know, I still am afraid. Please allow me time to verify my impression of you.

[lohengrins]

[ the words do not hurt him — he feels sorrow, but not for himself. anyone who feared a king did so with good reason.

it is a shame that she has been given one of her own.

an arm crosses over his chest, and he slowly rises again. percival shakes his head, smiling. ]

Trust is earned, not given. I'm but a stranger to you — you owe me nothing.

[ his eyes are soft as he speaks. ]

I have few doubts that our paths will cross again. If you're in need of aid or protection, I'll be at your disposal. For the meanwhile, I suppose I should leave you be.

[ and so he kneels down to pick up his sword, sheathing it once again. ]

Take care, Lady Caster.

[eternai]

I see. Being stuck to that caravan for so long has thoroughly scrambled your brains. You're a complete breakfast right now.

[eternai]

[She didn't expect Hassan to be buddy-buddy with her. Most of what she says plays into the "kouhai" act she's got made for herself. This relationship is more like "business" than friendship -- and that's completely fine by BB. She's more than happy with this.]

Good. Now that we got that out of the way, I think it'd be wise to canvass this new world.

Y'know. Sightseeing~!

we're going to have enough ppl for a grail war now

[eternai]

[That corruption -- yes, at heart, what BB ultimately is and will always be is a "glitch" in the system. An errant bug that shouldn't exist at all, yet fought to stay alive to become something monstrous for the sake of the person before her. Her time as a Servant has limited her role from a powerful program to merely a powerful Servant. The world no longer bends according to her wish, but the feelings housed in her still burn brightly.

--it's really bittersweet, to see Hakuno again. If she physically exists in this world, it means that she's been granted "life" beyond the virtual realm. The goal that BB fought so hard for is real before her eyes.

Yes. She can be content enough with that.

BB waves her pointer (when did she get that out?!), looking pleased as punch.]

And I didn't think you'd be here, Sen~pai! The great BB-chan is all-knowing, all-seeing, and all-powerful -- but that's not conducive to a very fun game, you know? So I've decided to make my grand sequel debut as an honest Servant. But you've decided to come along too... it really is a reunion.

[She cants her head and winks.]

What do you think, Senpai? This form is cute too, right?

[eternai]

Hmm.

[The cup in her hand vanishes in a puff of purple light. It's as if it'd never been there in the first place. Weird. BB looks somewhat satisfied, at least.]

Are you really that thankful? You don't sound very honest to me.

[eternai]

Eehh...

[Her tone remains very sweet.]

Weren't you listening to my introduction? I already gave you my name, didn't I? Maybe I should cut off your ears and replace them with a rabbit's. Though, I can't promise that it'll be a very clean procedure!

[BB presses a hand over her chest and sighs.]

If you don't listen to what a maiden says, you'll never keep a girlfriend, y'know? You're set to become an old, lonely prune.

How long have you been stuck, Stranger-san?

[eternai]

Not to worry~ Just this once, I'll lend you my fantastic memory!

[BB sparkles. Isn't she the sweetest?]

So study up on your ABC's, Scheherazade-san. If you work tirelessly, BB-chan might give you a veeery special gift.

[heartkey]

[ He'll go ahead and de-summon his Keyblade, moving his hands behind his head casually. ]

I get that you're worried, Roxas, but take it easy a little. [ Roxas is more worried about this than Sora is, and Sora's the one who's totally screwed if any of this goes wrong. ] If something happens, I'll let you know. We can worry about it then!

[ If there's nothing they can do right now, then they shouldn't worry about it until something they should worry about actually pops up! Sora is way more a 'take things in stride' kind of person. And he feels fine, so he doesn't really want to make Roxas spend all his time worrying. They'll figure it out when they get there. ]

[eternai]

[The floating was, indeed, a ploy to catch attention. It's good to see it worked. She lands on the ground gingerly.]

I didn't say anything along those lines. [But that's a good theory.] You think you're a normal human, right?