( 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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[talim]

[ yikes! that looks painful! he probably shouldn't just leave this guy in the lurch. that's not the type of person jude is, so... ]

Uh... Need some help?

[ jude kneels down next to flynn and motions for the babies to come to him with a little hum, hoping they'll get distracted and respond to it. he reaches out his hand —

and just one of the palai tugging at flynn's hair is now nipping at his pinky finger instead. worse, it looks like flynn is still having trouble with the others. ]

This isn't what I meant...

[thatdamnknight]

[ah, the sound of some kind soul offering to help immediately gives flynn some hope. maybe he'll escape this without a bald spot... or 5, at this rate.

sadly, those hopes of rescue go out the window as soon as they appear. getting a second playmate only makes the babies more excited and eager to approach. flynn offers a weak smile just as another baby decides to try crawling up on his back.]

I still appreciate the effort.

[and, hey, two heads are better than one. maybe they can still figure out a way to get out this!]

I never expected babies to be so difficult to deal with.

[talim]

To be honest, neither did I. Maybe I'm more naive than I thought I was.

[ jude offers him a rueful smile before wincing as another palai gets to his thumb. it doesn't hurt, but it's not exactly comfortable...

then an idea dawns on him. ]

Maybe we can find them something to eat? Er... Besides your hair. There has to be something around here somewhere.

[ lizards like bugs, right? ]

[thatdamnknight]

[feeding them could work. it beats the alternative of doing nothing and being overpowered by teeny lizard people. who would've thought something so small could prove to be so formidable an enemy?]

There may be a storage area of sorts with their food. I doubt a building that houses so many children would lack one.

[babies need a lot of food. since these all look like healthy and energetic --if too much so-- lizard children then that means they had to get food from somewhere.]

[talim]

[ jude manages to (gently) shake the baby palai off, grimacing at the little bite marks on his fingers, before standing up. ]

I'll go look around. Just hang tight.

[ a pause. ]

... Not that you have much of a choice.

[ harsh but true... jude set off to rummage around the house in search of food. there are no bugs — all he can find are bite-sized pieces of food anyone would eat. it makes him wonder if these are even lizards at all. on such a strange planet, it's not like he has any way of knowing what they are.

regardless, it isn't long before jude comes back with a small loaf of bread. it was the first thing he found. it'll do, right? he starts picking off pieces and setting a trail from flynn to a short distance away from jude himself. he decides to address the palai directly, talking to them in a reassuring voice as if they can understand. ]

Okay, okay. Look what I have! Tasty, right?

[ please be tasty. please leave this poor guy alone. ]

[thatdamnknight]

[nothing changes while jude's on the hunt. hair pulling, hair eating, climbing all over: all that fun stuff that flynn really could do without but just keeps on coming. luckily, jude returns before it gets too much worse. all the children's attention turns toward the food as it's placed on the floor. the moment of truth arrives and flynn holds his breath. will the babies go for the food or will they keep on clinging to their new playmate?

after a very tense moment of silence, the babies decide that food beats playtime this time around. they all slowly make their way toward the bread trail and abandon their human playmate.

for which flynn couldn't be more thankful. he heaves a relieved sigh as he stands up.]

Thank goodness.

[lesson learned: babies are more difficult to deal with than even monsters.]

[talim]

[ jude smiles, his expression both amused and sympathetic. ]

Look on the bright side! At least they like you, right?

[thatdamnknight]

I think I wouldn't mind being liked a little less in this case.

[flynn laughs softly while saying that. lesson learned: exert caution around babies despite how weak and defenseless they seem.]

Thank you, though. I couldn't have escaped that without your help.

[talim]

No problem. I mean, I didn't do all that much besides get my hand bitten.

[ he laughs, too. ]

Sorry for the belated introduction, but blame it on the circumstances, I guess. I'm Jude Mathis.

[thatdamnknight]

No need to apologize when I failed with a timely introduction myself.

[baby attack is a justifiable reason for not displaying manners. ...if a reason that sounds utterly ridiculous.

flynn extends a hand since no good introduction could be complete without a handshake.]

Flynn Scifo. A pleasure to meet you, Jude.

[talim]

There's no need to be so formal.

[ regardless, jude shakes flynn's hand with an amicable smile. his work here is done. ]

By the way... You might want to smooth your hair back.

[ it's sticking up at odd angles here and there thanks to that deadly assault, and he has to stifle a laugh. ]

[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.