( 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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space dandy | some weirdo with ugly hair

[boobily]

a1. butt-ER-butt?

Hey! You! Over here! That's right, me, the one with the luscious locks! [ no matter how close you are, dandy is still yelling this at you in a desperate attempt to get your attention. anyone with a brain will realize that the position he's in is reason enough to run, considering how he's squatting against the caravan behind him. even stranger is that his head isn't facing whoever he's speaking to - it's glued in its position, destined to remain forward-facing forever. ]

You got any butter?

C. lizards

[ dandy seems to be humoring (at least, his version of humoring) the lizard person in front of him by looking the specimen up and down and sticking his index finger in his ear rather rudely. facetiously, he bobs his head in acknowledgement of what the lizard said (something about an oven, he thinks?) when it's finished speaking. ]

Look, man, I don't know a lot about ovens, alright? But if you were talking all that talk because you've got some grub around here that you just happened to make in an oven, that's a different story. [ at this, the lizard's face falls in defeat. almost as if this is not the first misunderstanding between the two during this conversation. yet it keeps going - or tries to, until dandy cuts it off. ]

Alright, alright! I've heard enough already! Why don't you have a nice conversation about the joys of cooking and having scales instead of skin with a nice friend of mine?!

[ and then he walks away, finds the closest person, points to the lizard, and finally pats them on the back. ] Hey... your time has come, baby. [ .... or you could have heard everything that just happened. ]

G. resentfully sfw

[ were you lucky enough to stumble upon a pathetic, unstylish looking loser taking books out from their safe pockets on shelves and throwing them carelessly to the ground, clearly in search of something specific? or maybe you were one of the few who spotted him trying to operate one of the tablets, scowling to himself, failing miserably, and banging it on a table before giving up.

OR.

you may spot dandy sitting at a computer with a look of restrained frustration on his face. ] What's a guy like me gotta do to catch a few ogles at some bulbous bottoms around here, huh?! This is torture! Deprivation! You can't keep me away from the booty forever, you monsters! [ shh, this is a fucking library dandy. ]

~~ G

[witchofwishes]

[Yuuko was studying in the last world and after drinking heavily during these fun celebrations the past few days... has it been days? Whatever... she's back to being a diligent and somewhat sober scholar. It's been awhile since she's actually had to look up and learn things and it's kinda fun.

It makes her feel young again.

However someone's irritated voice causes her to peek past the shelves. What was just said? Ogles? bulbous bottoms?

Is... is someone trying to watch porn in the library? How funny~ Well, you know she's got to make herself known. To tease, of course.

The witch slinks out past the shelves to survey the creep trying to get his wank on in the local and public library. (Have you no shame Dandy?) Fortunately for the pompadour space traveler Yuuko might be sort of what he's looking for on that computer. Unfortunately for Yuuko, her wardrobe from back in Japan is gone and her budding one at the hub has been left behind so she's making do with what's here. Which isn't a lot. It hasn't been a big deal since most everyone here is a teenager and pretty respectable. There hasn't been a lecherous pervert until, well, possibly right this second.]

You do know this is a library, right~ That means indoor voices. And perhaps more appropriate websites.

[boobily]

[ he tries not to give the voice behind him the time of day. why is he always getting criticized for living his life to the fullest, anyway! people should just let him be... unless they're going to agree with him. then he totally wants them to butt in. without even looking back, he scoffs at his assailant. ]

I'm just going with the flow, baby. That means doing what I want, when I want. And of course, where I want. [ sure, that's what it means. ] You're free to try the Dandy way of life, too. But... go try it over there, or something. [ still without even throwing her a glance, he seats is hand behind him. ]

[witchofwishes]

[Baby? Oh. No, that's not a pet name she likes in anyway shape or form. Now you're going to get it, Dandy.]

That's not what "going with the flow" means. Flow means you're following life's course. If life takes you to a library going with the flow means that you'd behave inside the library. Acting the way you are means that you're going against the current. You're supposed to be quiet in a library and you're being loud. Thus~ going against the flow or current.

But~ if I were to try your Dandy way of life by going with your idea of the flow... Correct me if I'm wrong that means: doing what I want, when I want, and of course, where I want then I think I'm doing it right. I'm telling you to behave in a library right now. Right here. Because doing it over there... as you suggested would go against your flow because it wouldn't be where I want.

Am I getting this right?

[Whatever she was researching and studying is so unimportant right now. Bothering this man and getting under his skin is the only task that matters.]