( 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

[storyseller]

I would ask what summoning you experienced. I was summoned to Chaldea, however...

[She thinks for Jeanne it may not be the same.]

[storyseller]

[She's surprised, and looks up at him.]

Thank you. I appreciate that kindness very much.

[who knew you could make friends so easily with a magic cat]

[storyseller]

Perhaps not. Yet there are many questions we have yet to answer through this place.

[storyseller]

Thank you for the story, little friend.

[Caster places a gentle kiss to the top of her head.]

Often, we do not see the figures of legend. But we understand their truth in the strength they give us.

[storyseller]

Kadru was known as the mother of snakes, and Vinata the mother of birds. From each came these different but connected species, both of which hatch from eggs.

C

[inspiteful]

Sorry, I haven't seen him.

[ Though hearing the way Hakuno is describing this missing person makes Skylark wonder if it's maybe for the best if he isn't here. "Cackling to himself or insulting people' doesn't exactly fill Skylark with confidence. ]

He sounds like the type who'll end up getting found sooner or later, so if he's here you'll probably find him soon...?

[sealeted]

Yeah.

[Hakuno has to sigh, though.]

Still, I figure sooner is better than later, especially if he's looking for me.

[sealeted]

Impressive. What breed is she?

[Not that breed is any indicator of attractiveness, but it will help her mental image.]

[inspiteful]

I'm...guessing he's that kind of person, huh.

[The type that's difficult to deal with.]

[sealeted]

One of a kind, hopefully.

[What kind of fresh hell would multiple Gilgameshes be?]

So, other than him, has anything caught your interest around here?

[inspiteful]

Well, there's the ocean in the sky.

[He gestures upwards.]

I've spoken with some of the Palai, and apparently there's a plant we can use to filter the salt water? Some of the kelp doesn't seem edible, but they look tough enough to be used for other things.

[storyseller]

There are certainly monsters in the world where we go. Even the Mother of Beasts, Tiamat, has been encountered, and fought back for the survival of humanity.

[thatdamnknight]

[of all the things he'd expected, a miniature tornado certainly wasn't one of them. both effective and impressive, but being awe struck can wait for later. making a run for it takes priority. granted, flynn takes a second to reaffirm that those palai who'd gotten thrown were all right before anything else.

flynn nods as soon as he sees them begin to stir. yup, they're fine... mostly.]

Right.

[and time to make a break for it! the cleared path makes it easy enough to dash past the still confused about what happened palai.]

[thatdamnknight]

[watch flynn work his magic and show sora the marvels of being too damn quick to pick up on stuff.]

A few things. For example... [click click click and now there's several different games on screen. nothing fancy, just basic solitaire-level stuff.] A lot of people seemed rather fond of playing these games.

[fond or simply bored. either way, games!!]

A

[corbyvalues]

[What disturbs the girl watching the scenery isn't the sound of someone's voice, or footsteps on the beach. Or splashing in the water.

No, what shakes her out of her reverie is the telltale snap of a fairly old seeming camera, the slight flapflap of Aya's wings as she examines her work and then raises it back to her eyeline, tilts it slightly, and... snaps another picture.

It's only when she seems satisfied with that that she hops a little closer to her subject, holds her hand out.]

I have to say, that was a really scenic shot. Would you mind if I get a statement from the subject? I could use it in a fluff piece, something like 'the views of a new world.'

[Reslinging her camera around her neck, she fishes out a pen and her notebook, twirls the pen in her hand as she prepares to write.]

Name? Full. And age, if possible.

[thatdamnknight]

[oh! right, his hair went through a lot of baby induced trauma and likely needs a lot of upkeep. his cheeks go slightly red at failing to have realized that himself. and the laugh from jude only makes that blushing worse.]

Ah, yes. Thanks.

[going at this blind won't do so he turns toward the closest window... and wow he really does look a mess, doesn't he? flynn can only laugh at himself as he starts fixing the blond disaster atop his head.]

To think I'd come out looking worse after dealing with infants than after battling monsters.

[storyseller]

Yes. Those who share our shape and look, compared to the population here, which resembles more a lizard. Their encounters with others who are human, or at least appeared to be that way, seem to have led them to feel we are all capable of magecraft.

[yancat]

No need to thank me. I'm always kind.

[no]

[Also they're not friends. (They are.)]

Should you ever feel that your life is in danger, I can send you body— Ah, no. I don't have the resources for that at the moment.

[Hm. Being poor is weird.]

But a person with exceptional talent and wit must be given patronage. Lift their burdens and they will realize what they're truly capable of.

[yancat]

Persian. [He preens. It's not everyday that he meets someone interested in Elizabeth.] I have a picture if you'd like to see it.

[She doesn't have to say yes. He's already on his phone, searching his files for a suitable picture to show Hakuno.

Yes, perfect.]

[girasole]

[COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY IGNORANT OF WHAT THEY'RE WALKING INTO, Caesar leads the way. It's nice having distractions like this, after all. And they turn a corner and-]

Oh no.

[Apparently members of their coven have made more than enough of an impact that enterprising Palai have decided to take advantage of this by selling unauthorized merchandise of the coven. So they're staring right at-...]

I know them. [With a little bit of horror because, wow. Look at that merch. Dirk looks so...so happy. Lenka actually looks comp- no, not just competent. Skilled.] I'm not sure what's more offensive: the fact I don't see me, or the fact that this is so out of character for them.

[appleofhiseye]

[making a little face at "sprout", he said sprout twice, he didn't have to say it twice, but responds]

I'm Shirayuki. What's your name?

[rootandbranch]

[that never stops being a loaded question, but Geir's getting used to it now, with repetition.]

Shir-a-yu-ki. Hmmm...

Call me Geir!

[alphonse]

Alphonse Elric.

[He returns the handshake with the careful grip of someone who's well practiced at controlling his strength.]

Have you had a chance to meet many of the others yet?

[alphonse]

No, that's okay!

[A little louder to be heard over the din of the Palai, since he's pretty sure they'd consent to seeing half the city destroyed if it meant a chance to observe cool powers in the process.]

I mean--just this much is really impressive on its own!

[And weird. And mildly terrifying.]

Have you always been able to do things like that?

[deem]

[One day, Julius might understand the weight that comes with being (apparently) human in the eyes of a YoRHa android. Or any android from his era, for that matter.

Which might come sooner than one might expect, considering that question]

...I guess you'd say I came from the Bunker. [Not that it's accessible anymore] Unless you're asking where I was manufactured.

[There is that, after all]