( 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

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[baiter]

[Pica, alas, is of no help. She's been watching the babies hatch with some mixture of fascination and alarm. Whenever one crawls her way, she skips a couple steps back, always careful to keep out of their reach. Sure, they may be harmless, but they're still aliens. You don't know what you'll get with aliens.

Therefore, when she spots the poor man being besieged by lizard children, she doesn't move to help him. He's dug his own grave.

In fact, she's pressing her hands together in prayer?!]

Our Father, who art in heaven--

[thatdamnknight]

[praying does not help!! not one bit!!

if nothing else, it at least manages to catch flynn's attention. the baby's? not so much. playing with fun hair beats talking lady any day!]

Excuse me, but what are you-- [he winces when the baby tugs waaaay too hard. ouch ouch ouch, his poor scalp.] what are you doing?

[because that appears to be praying. why pray here, of all places??]

[baiter]

[Without missing a beat:]

Your last rites.

[thatdamnknight]

[......

flynn smiles but the smile is about as weary as it gets.]

As considerate as that is, Miss, I hardly think it's necessary right now.

[hair pulling toddler hurts like hell, but isn't lethal!]

[baiter]

[Pica re-examines the situation. She's genuinely putting thought into this predicament.]

The baby's belly.

[...]

A weak point.

[..........]

Tickle it.

[thatdamnknight]

[flynn almost opens his mouth to protest. a weak point it might be but he will not hurt a bab-- ...oh. tickling. that... that isn't a bad idea, if one flynn hadn't even considered. could something so simple really prove effective? well, only one way to find out.

he starts tickling and the baby immediately erupts in happy laughter while letting go of his hair in the process. color flynn pleasantly surprised.]

It worked. [he smiles at pica while straightening upright a bit, just enough so for his hair to be outside of the child's reach.] Thank you for that.

[baiter]

[Pica nods and puts her hands on her hips. It's only right she helped him out. This poor fool had rushed right into a nest of aliens without even waiting to see if there were any dangers! Most sentient species were benign -- but humans were always squishy.]

Always go for the stomach.

[She mimes a stabbing motion at her own stomach. . .]

[thatdamnknight]

[flynn chuckles.]

I suppose so, though I never thought to apply that logic outside of a combat situation.

[and doubly so when dealing with an overly clingy infant. who would've guessed tickling to be such a handy weapon.]