( 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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[storyseller]

[Judas you shy baby. Caster observes this, as well as his frustration. She does not know if he is one to be afraid of. Quietly, she speaks to him, asking,]

Forgive me... Are you one who understands how to use computers?

[thirtybits]

[He should be feared if you're a Roman!!! (No)

He looks up from the book he has open and offers a hint of a smile. There's no mistaking her ethnic origins, and it's something that eases his nerves a little. Being Judas is less likely to be a problem, so it doesn't need to be at the forefront of his thoughts.]

Yeah, I know how to use one, do you need a hand with it?

[storyseller]

[She bows her head, uncertain how to read his smile. The smile of men can be a truly frightening thing.]

I wish to consult it for recordings, for I cannot read these words. Please let me know beforehand how I might repay the debt of your assistance.

[thirtybits]

Maybe some silver...

He mostly mumbles it to himself with a little laugh.]

It's fine, I wouldn't ask for anything just for a bit of help. Is there anything in particular you're looking for?

[storyseller]

[She recognizes the phrase, and assesses the man again. Possible stories come to mind, but he does not feel to her like a Heroic Spirit.]

I would like to learn the stories of this land...

[thirtybits]

Like legends and things like that?

[That should be easy then. He finds the nearest computer and is immediately glad it's more or less the same so he can just toss "Palai legends" into the address bar.]

[storyseller]

Yes, although all stories, whether history or fable, are my interest.

[thirtybits]

They do tend to become synonymous. Historical fact inspires and becomes fiction, or anecdotal, false stories become adopted into history...

[Not that he would know anything about it!]

[storyseller]

Yes... The true contains the untrue. And in the untrue, there are truths. To distinguish between stories based on 'truth' is misguided, for any narrative will contain elements of both.

[thirtybits]

[Oh, she puts it well,he likes her...]

That's right, exactly! Are you...A performer or something along those lines?

[She certainly looks like something eccentric. ]

[storyseller]

[WELL FUNNY STORY]

I am one... for whom the role of 'storyteller' is absolute in my existence. I practice the oral tradition.

[thirtybits]

Oh! You don't see that sort of storytelling much these days, the closest would be theatre, huh, since no one really just...Tells stories anymore. But that makes you one of a kind.

[storyseller]

In the time when I am from, it was common thing. Men would travel between caravanserai or coffee houses to tell their tales...

[thirtybits]

[He nods.]

That's more or less how it was in my time too. Well, it was more often preaching than just storytelling, but...

[storyseller]

That was the common way of things, until more recently, as I understand...

[thirtybits]

Until mass printing came about, I think. Which is what, 1850 at the earliest? Even then, it wouldn't be very accessible to the average person, but I guess that would be about the time of a shift... A lot happened in the twentieth century, I guess. A lot of it's pretty exciting, really, but it's really too bad about others, like oral storytelling, I think.

[storyseller]

Perhaps... [She hesitates to venture an opposing position, but it seems safe. Carefully, she suggests,] In other ways, perhaps, it survives... As in the narratives friends tell one another of their days, or recounting of tales in person...?

[thirtybits]

Oh- you're right, it might not be presented in the same way, but that is still storytelling.

[storyseller]

It may be that such is the nature of human beings...