( 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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[358]

[... Huh, he hadn't noticed the island. He stares up at its shadow above the seemingly endless water. An island floating in infinite ocean... Nostalgia for a life that wasn't his rises within him for a moment.

Anf then there's that smile! Something about it makes him feel... really happy, in a bittersweet way. It's infectious, though, and he finds himself beaming back even as he answers her question in utter bafflement.]

I'm totally fine. Is it... weird that I'm here? You're here, aren't you?

[needmetoo]

You were asleep for a really long time. I guess... I was worried. Nobody would really explain.

[Instead she just got a lot of brushings-off and instructions to keep doing her missions. Like that was the only thing that mattered.]

Did you see the shells I left for you?

[358]

[ It's-- so-- familiar. Like when the name of something is on the tip of your tongue.

Maybe it's just that she has a really similar face to Naminé? Yeah, that must be it. He shakes the simmering urge to remember and sighs a little. ]

... Sorry, but have we actually, uh, met? I don't think you're confusing me for someone else, since you know my name, but... I really don't recognize you.

[needmetoo]

H-huh? [Xion's delight turns to a look of surprise and confusion.] But you were just- ['talking with me like you knew me'

She couldn't have mixed him up, could she? But no, he looked exactly as she remembered - minus the cloak - and he'd answered to his name... Was this maybe somehow before he lost his heart? But how was that possible?

Still, she wanted to try one more time.]

Roxas... It's me, Xion.

[358]

Sorry, I didn't mean to confuse you, I just... I don't know. You felt really familiar, but...

[ That feeling is back again. That gnawing pain, like one of Xaldin's dragoons has its spear through his heart.

The memory is buried deep in his heart, too deep to scrabble to the surface so fast, but he knows he's missing something. When she says her name, he genuinely feels like he knows it, but the feeling is gone in a flash.]

... I'm really sorry. I don't think I know anyone named that. [ But he feels like he wants to cry. He's clearly a little disoriented all of a sudden. ] Are you sure you know me...?

[needmetoo]

I....

[She doesn't know what to make of this. She doesn't... it's all very mixed up and confusing, and she doesn't really have anybody she could ask about it. So she'll just... do the best she can, with the idea she has. Even if it doesn't quite all match up with what's going on.

Even if it feels like her stomach is sinking just a little bit, for that matter.]

I guess not. But... it's nice to meet you now.

[358]

[ Okay. "Nice to meet you". He can do that. The hurt subsides for now, but it's still gnawing at him. Who is this girl, really? Maybe Axel knows, or Sora. He makes a mental note to check.

Still, he feels comfortable around her, which is a rarity. He's used to feeling on guard around basically everyone, these days.]

Nice to meet you too. It's weird... Standing here with you, I got the strangest feeling. ... Maybe that means we should be friends, huh?

[needmetoo]

Yeah!

[She can work with this. They can rebuild what they had, she thinks. Even though his words continue to undermine the conclusion she's come to. She brushes the doubt aside for now.]

I can show you around, if you want. I've been um, well not here but, with the coven for a month now.

[358]

[ At least she has a conclusion. All he's got is a dull ache and a deep puddle of confusion.

He nods, though, letting some of that confusion show. ]

... Coven? Man, I really have no idea what's going on here...

[needmetoo]

[Xion grimaces a bit at that.]

We've all been brought here from our worlds. I still don't really get why. Just that Genette and Brie say that it's "really important."

[They'd actually said a bit more than that, but Xion had... not really understood what it meant. Something about Qri and energy and needing it and expending it...]

None of us have been here too long, so we don't know too much yet. But I can tell you what I know too.

[358]

Huh... Worlds are always doing weird stuff, aren't they. [ He rubs the back of his head. C'mon, worlds. Get it together. ]

No need to rush. Honestly, it's a little much to take in all at once... Oh, hey, you like ice cream? I traded a bunch of stuff from the caravan earlier to the ice cream lizard and he owes me a few. Maybe we can talk about this stuff while we eat some?

[needmetoo]

[... huh, maybe Genette had some more stuff for the new people? Probably easiest to just... roll with it. Especially with ice cream on the line.]

Yeah. Maybe they even have sea-salt.

[That's a slightly knowing grin there.]

[358]

Whoa, you like sea salt too? No one else I know likes it that much except me and... some friends. [ two One of whom he's pretty sure is eliminated and he'll never see again, and three of whom don't even know who he is. Man, his life is complicated. ]

They totally have it, though. ... Or something close enough. I guess when you have this much sea water it's pretty natural.

[needmetoo]

Yeah...

[Xion falls silent for a minute or so as they walk looks up at the rippling sky above them.]

What do you think of it?

[Of here, the world they're in, the water above, the new powers.]

[358]

... It's kinda weird. It's like nowhere I've never been or seen, but at the same time it feels so familiar. ... Man, that sounded better in my head.

[ He sighs. This whole thing is so confusing. ]

It's... really different from everything I'm used to. I'm not really used to just being around this many... people, you know? Even if most of them are lizards. And none of them are ordering me around...