( 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]

[She recognizes that in his eyes. Will is a playwright, and she is an oral storyteller, but Will is perhaps closer to her tradition than many later tellers of tales. Like her, this man understands the spoken word's power. Like her, this man understands that well-worn tales can be used and used again.]

Rostam was the hero of many tales, both heroic and tragic. He was Persia's greatest hero. If he were summoned there, his would rival the strength of Hercules in Greece, or King Arthur in England.

[arttoenchant]

[He nods not only his understanding, but appreciation for such a hero.]

Truly a hero among heroes! I was once summoned to a war held in Romania, with Vlad the Impaler himself summoned as well, his might was positively godly in his homeland.

[storyseller]

That is the power that legends are granted by those that tell and retell them. [She glances around them, at this marketplace.] It is impossible to say what Heroic Spirits a place like this may produce. None that we know would be granted strength from this place.

Not even you and I, O Playwright, would be known...

[She could be forgotten here. If it were not for the Throne, then she might not be summoned again.]

[arttoenchant]

Perhaps not as of yet. But we may still make our marks! Who has ever had the opportunity to become a Heroic Spirit worthy of two distinct worlds? A warrior may be impressive on Earth, but in such a world he is just as likely to be inconsequential! A storyteller, however! We are timeless, we transcend and adapt to our surroundings!

[storyseller]

Then you intend to seek fame in this world, Bard of Avon.

[She is not surprised. While he is not a Sovereign, in him there is something of the conquering king of literature.]

[arttoenchant]

I care not for fame in and of itself. What I seek is the height of storytelling. Fame is merely a consequence of creating the greatest stories.

[And if people know his stories they should praise him for them......]

[storyseller]

[Bill.]

In that case, you need no commendation for your work...?

[arttoenchant]

True praise is the lifeblood of an artist... And I should hope none would attribute my accomplishments to another as they have...

[storyseller]

While that is so... many of your tales are themselves from others, or sources borrowed anonymously.

[bro you're from the oral storytelling tradition and you know it, authorship is a crapshoot

you arrogant p.o.s.]

[arttoenchant]

Not unlike that may be, or so, yet my words are mine. The stories, true, are often a tale most ancient, but it is I, Shakespeare who did breathe new life into them, who writ the words they speak

[storyseller]

It is my understanding that there is uncertainty over the transmission of your words over the ages, and that actors might change them to suit a performance...