( 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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FUTABA SAKURA | PERSONA 5

[necronomicode]

a1 - someone needs a graphics upgrade... among other things

Talk about terrible resolution...

[ Still reeling from the blurry arrival, Futaba reaches out to hold onto the caravan and steady herself. This is, of course, a terrible idea - as she finds out when things begin to clear up and she's very, very stuck. ]

—what, no! No no no! I need this hand!

C - uh-oh crowds

[ Once Futaba manages to somehow extract herself from the caravan, she high-tails it very quickly somewhere else - hopelessly lost and trying to find anything that's familiar... which brings her to the marketplace. Just as she spots a cell-phone (hallelujah!) is when she realizes that there's a bunch of strange lizard people staring at her... and approaching her... ]

Ah... um...

[ She freezes up - more due to the social interaction than anything else. If she had her friends with her, she might've been able to cope with situation and even find it cool! As it is, though... she's a clearly distressed girl that can't handle the attention of a large crowd. Help? ]

c!!! SLAMS INTO THIS

[mapsio]

[Haru was making her rounds fir the day in the marketplace. She was probably on her way to pair up with someone to try and grab lunch, or maybe she was going to go practicing her magic somewhere.

But that is extremely short lived when she hears a familiar voice in the middle of the marketplace. After that? She spots the familiar hair.]

Oh!

[She's quick to weave her way through the crowd, it looks like she's just in the knick of time.]

Futaba-chan?!

[necronomicode]

[ As soon as Futaba recognizes Haru's voice, her head snaps up and she practically runs to hide behind Haru! This is a safe person, a safe space. ]

Quick! Shield me!

[mapsio]

Futaba-chan, come on.

[Haru will be carefully inch away from the crowd, Futaba in tow. She's so happy to see her here, but also very concerned about how long she was in the crowd. She would need to tell Akira that she was here.

...question is, where is Akira?

Once they're far enough away:]

Are you okay? When did you get here?

[necronomicode]

Phew... thanks for the escape route, Haru.

[ She detaches herself, simply breathing for a long moment and taking everything in. ]

As for when I got here... just earlier? Everything's so messed up!

[mapsio]

Of course, I didn't want to leave you alone here by yourself. Especially if you don't understand what is going on.

[It sounds like Haru might...you know, know what's happening.]

Akira-kun is here too, have you run into him yet?

[necronomicode]

Akira...? No, I had no idea you guys were even here! What's going on?

[ Naturally Futaba's picking up on Haru having decent knowledge of what's happening here, she's not naive. ]

a1

[talim]

[ jude whips his head around as soon as he hears the voice of a shrieking girl, and sure enough, she's not far. wow, he had the right idea about not touching that thing. more importantly, though... ]

A-Are you okay?!

[ right, he probably shouldn't be asking the obvious. risking losing a hand is not okay. ]

Here, let me see if I can help. Uh...

[ the question is how. ]

[necronomicode]

Um!

[ STRANGER DANGER. Futaba boggles at Jude for a moment, completely unsure how to respond to his offer of assistance - and honestly just wanting to run away, which is impossible when she's quite literally stuck in place.

So she drops to a crouch, hiding her face in her knees. ]

This is the worst...

[talim]

D-Don't do that! Calm down. Your hand...

[ if she's crouching like that, she's just pulling at it—

oh. well. crouching so suddenly did the trick. she's unstuck. ]

Ah... It looks like you're free?

[ he has no idea what he did to garner such a reaction, though... ]

[necronomicode]

[ Well would you look at that! Futaba boggles for a moment, before cheering suddenly! ]

Huh? Oh, hey! Freedom! Sweet sweet release!

[talim]

[ he's happy she's free and all, but. ]

You seemed sort of scared earlier. By more than just your hand, I mean. Are you sure you're okay?

[necronomicode]

[ Futaba takes a deep breath. She can do this! The situation is not quite so alarming, and talking one-on-one with a stranger... it's fine! She's done it! And this guy seems pretty nice...! ]

Um, yeah... sorry. It's just a little scary being suddenly approached by a stranger...

c!

[actus]

[ thankfully, big brother is wandering around (ignoring the weird looks for being alone) at that time. he spots a familiar mess of orangey hair in the distance, and it only takes a few more steps in her direction to confirm that the girl with the stiffening posture is one (1) futaba. ]

...Futaba?

[ it still comes as a huge surprise and he stops short a few feet in front of her. he had just gotten used to only having ann and haru around. ]

[necronomicode]

[ Oh thank goodness! It's one thing being able to navigate a crowd on her own, another thing entirely to be the center of its attention. As soon as Akira calls out to her, she's making like a tree... and staying rooted in one spot, frozen by anxiety as the Palai try to talk to her and sending Akira pleading looks. Get her out of this!! ]

[actus]

[ big brother to the rescue!

and by that he does in fact mean he's heading over to smile politely at the palai and sling his arm very gently over her shoulders. ]

She's with me. [ ok ok, steering them this way away from the stranger danger. ]

[necronomicode]

[ Once they're in a relatively isolated place, Futaba's detaching and playing it cool. She wasn't about to have a panic attack! No sir-ee! ]

Nice, Akira. You showed up in just the nick of time.

[actus]

Did I?

[ how mysterious! either way, he's shuffling his hands back into his pockets and tilting his head to the side. ] ... When did you get here?

[necronomicode]

You have a knack for it. Anyway, I pretty much just got here... what is this place?

[ There's an unasked but obvious question hanging in the air: Is this related to pscience in any way? Surely Akira would have some idea if it were, as he seems familiar with the area in a way that betrays he's somewhat used to it. ]

a1

[mekarekt]

Saaaame.

[ A voice comes from nearby her who, after fighting her own being stuck predicament for a good five minutes, has decided to take a break and just looks bored/irritated now. ]

I've been stuck like this for ten minutes already. Caravan used Bind. Now, it won't let anyone... leave!

[ One more try, she attempts tugging herself free with grit teeth. Then, just ends up kicking at their captor. ]

[necronomicode]

[ Is Futaba imagining things? Did this fellow prisoner just also use geek speak? It's such a rare commonality that for a moment, she completely forgets about her usual trepidation with people she doesn't know.

Still, she requires further testing before conclusions can be made. ]

Ugh, tell me about it. It's like when you can't escape from a battle and have to wait it out...

[mekarekt]

Or when you're stuck in queue forever, just waiting for match-making to find a game...

[ The struggle is real. ]

I try not to go AFK, but there's only so many times you can listen to voice lines and check out your mounts before it gets old.

[ IT'S REAL ]

[necronomicode]

[ Shock of shocks! It really is true! This... is her people! In real life! ]

I wish we could AFK from this. How long have you been stuck here?

[mekarekt]

[ They are AFK'ing from exploring this Fantasyland they're now a part of. ]

Ten, wait... [ Her gaze raises as if she's thinking about something. Only her lips move, counting down. ] Five, four, three, two─ eeeeeeleven minutes.

[ A big geek is right here, Futaba. ]

All debuffs eventually wear off, though. Fifteen minutes tops, for this, unless you can get support main to get rid of the effect somehow.

[necronomicode]

Speaking as a support main, there's no way I can debuff this if I don't have access to my tools. Guess we'll have to wait.

[ Such as her laptop. Oh, how she suddenly misses her laptop. In a situation as weird as this, she's sure it would come in handy.

Then, very belatedly, she realizes that perhaps she needs to have basic human manners? ]

Oh, um. I'm Futaba, by the way.