( 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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pica | oc

[baiter]

(A1)
[Well, if you leave stuff out in the open, of course it's to be stolen! Pica has no real sense of "right" or "wrong." There's only the desire to survive and, in this case, she sees it as an opportunity to rebuild her stash. Only...

... the moment Pica touches a nice bag, she finds that her hand is stuck. No matter how hard she pulls on it, it won't give! She's more angry than horrified. With a loud yell, she powers up. Her hand glows brightly and she's suddenly swinging the bag around in an effort to get it off...!

DON'T GET HIT!]

(E)
[Today has been a no-good, rotten day. Therefore, she's going to stuff her face. Unfortunately, no one's told her about the effects of the juice. It all kicks in within a few minutes and, before long, Pica is practically bouncing off the walls.]

Hey!

[She's waving you down. When you look her way, she grins and puts up her fists.]

Ten credits!

[??? Ten credits for--?]

(G)
[... Pica has never seen books before. Honest-to-god paper books were long gone by the time she was "born," and she would've never had the chance to hold one herself. They were relics of a time long-gone; if anyone had them, they'd be an eccentric and rich collector or a historian of some sort.

She doesn't know what to do without her help, but thankfully most of the books are in pictures. Pica's inability to read doesn't harm her. She idly flips through a picture book, her attention entirely absorbed by its colorful illustrations. At one point, she touches its pages, tracing the faces of the storybook lizards happily celebrating.]

... a real party...

e

[quadjumps]

[ like pica, yuri's also been having a no-good rotten day and he's definitely not going to try any of the weird alien shit around here, so he hasn't had any of the juice. everything's weird, he wants to go home, etc. so the last thing he needs is a weird-ass girl coming up to him and spurting nonsense, which is exactly what is happening now. ]

Huh? What do you want?

[ ten credits??? ]

The hell are you talking about?

[baiter]

[Pica doesn't put her fists down. If anything, she seems a little too cheerful.]

Fight me.

[Then, because that's not enough--]

I'll beat you.

[quadjumps]

--What? No!

[ yuri cannot fight. his power, the ability to turn into a baby tiger, will not give him any edge and he is so fucked if he's somehow roped into this. ]

You're crazy! Just go fight someone else or something.

[baiter]

[Oh, he's one of those sorts who needs to be encouraged. All right, then.]

Chicken. Lily-livered. Rat. Weakling. Pudding heart. Dunghill. Foozler. Gibface--

[I'M SORRY SHE'S GOING TO KEEP GOING]

[quadjumps]

[ oh my god.

this is actually working. ]

Hey, shithead! What the fuck did you just call me?

[ stomping over to pica and he's gonna go ahead and swing his foot right at her?! ]

[baiter]

[This is exactly what she wanted!! Thank you!

When Yuri kicks at her, she just. Goes ahead and jumps on a nearby table. Some of the Palai scatter in alarm, but she doesn't mind. She's got a big grin on her face and she kicks some food towards Yuri's way.]

Catch me!

[SHE SOUNDS SO HAPPY, AS IF SHE'S PLAYING TAG]

e!!!

[sluggard]

...Riiiiight.

[This is. Absolutely normal, sure.]

You just giving it to me?

[baiter]

[She shakes her head and pumps her fists a bit.]

No. Fight me first.

[sluggard]

[He blinks. And blinks again.

Then groans.]

You're kidding, right? I ain't fighting you!

[baiter]

Baby.

[WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO NOW THAT YOU'RE INSULTED DUDE]

[sluggard]

[Uhhhhhhhhhhhh... What... did he get himself into?

A PERFECTLY GOOD INSULT, REALLY, it's just. Getting worked up is, like, effort, you know?]

Riiiight. That your first attack? 'Cause I gotta tell ya, I'm more of a long range kinda' guy.

G

[5kotai]

[ Guess who likes his picture books too? This kid! When he sees Pica so immersed in that book with such a happy illustration. But there's something about this that's a little sad? Gokotai doesn't say anything about that, instead offering her one of the books he has in his arms. ]

Here! When you're done with that one.

[ She probably will recognize the book having the same style and size as the one she has, just a different color for the cover. ]

You seem to really like the pictures, and this one is the second in the series. It's a cute story!

[baiter]

[Pica visibly startles at being approached and slams her book shut, bringing it defensively to her chest. Even she realizes it's just a kid, not a lizard or some commanding adult, her guard is still up. It's clear by how she looks at him.

... but then she sees what he's offering. Pica hates to admit it, but she's curious. She looks at the book he's holding out, then back at him.]

Can you read...?

pretend i can read the prompts about the library lmfgh

[5kotai]

[ Oh! He doesn't expect that, but he tries to be gentle, like if he were with a timid animal. He can relate! ]

Normally...? but not these books, actually. It's in a different language, which isn't too surprising.

[ Be more positive you ball of fluff. ]

The pictures are detailed enough to get most of it though! It's fun to come up with what they're saying too.

[ He opens the book in his hands to a color spread of those same lizards, having a picnic under umbrellas because it's raining. ]

e

[unvictory]

[Okay, well. That's...

A Thing.

The raising of fists is the most obvious give away of intent someone could ask for, but Boudica's gonna hope to god she's somehow misreading this person, somehow, some way.

So she responds fairly calmly, arms still by her sides.]

Is something the matter, dear?

[baiter]

[... that's no good. This woman sounds more concerned than anything else.]

I'm playing.

[Said as if it's the simplest thing possible.]

Want to bet?

[unvictory]

On what?

["Credits" is also a new one to her...she has no money right now anyway.]

[baiter]

Me beating you.

[Clearly!]

[unvictory]

In what?

[The most crucial detail here.]

[baiter]

[...? What else is there??]

A fight.

[Why is this woman really dense?]

[unvictory]

[She frowns, hands on her hips.]

I didn't want to make any assumptions, but that's what I was afraid of...

You can't just go around fighting strangers for money.

[baiter]

I am now.

[There's not even the least bit of sass in her statement. It's simply "I'm doing it, therefore it's allowed?" Pica ticks off her reasons on her fingers.]

No money. Lots of energy. Want stuff. Fighting's a-ok then.

[unvictory]

Well I can't let you continue. Not only so you don't get hurt, but so you don't hurt other people too.

I'll have to stop you.

[And so Boudica starts to approach...maybe she'll get her fight after all?]

[baiter]

[?!?!?! Pica immediately leaps into a defensive stance, ready for action. What's your first move gonna be, Boudica?!]