( 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!

GAME NAVIGATION

Comments

"can you translate that into simoleons please"

[genice]

Qri's, technically. Genette rode it up to the city.

( he pulls more firmly when the initial round of tugging has produced little more than a loosened paw. the firm tug ends up pulling the little tanuki firmly off and slamming down into Victor's chest with a whoof of air pressed out of Victor's lungs, but hopefully wasn't harmful to the tanuki itself. )

Hah... everything okay?

"exactly enough simoleons to feed my raccoon"

[trustcoon]

[there was a sound of maybe-possibly-comprehension at that answer, but it turns into a squeak as the furball slams into victor's chest. so i guess it's like ooooueak!?

pochi wiggles one paw.

wiggles the other paw.

wiggles both ears!]

...I'm free!! [a cheeeeer let's throw those stubby paws in the air! yeah! freedom!! if you accidentally get smacked in the face by this overly energetic tanuki, we apologize in advance for a lack of apologies.]

"okay but i could just feed your raccoon"

[genice]

( SMACK goes one tiny tanuki into Victor's face, reminding him of both overager children and puppies and poodles. Most these associations are fond, albeit somewhat exasperating. )

Right, right, very free, can you hold still so we can both wiggle out of here? Or duck low and... walk on on your own?

( He's more worried about the poor fluffball slamming into the bottom of the wagon all over again. )

Do you happen to have a name, Mr. Tanuki? ... Are you a tanuki.

( do you shapeshift tiny furball )

the raccoon then eats a victor-size dinner

[trustcoon]

Oh--I can do that!

[do which? walking out, apparently. tiny feet patter their way off his chest and out to the open world outside the caravan bottom, at which point pochi turns around to wait.]

I'm a tanuki! I'm not a dog, even though Pochi is a dog name.

raccoon are we on a kids date now

[genice]

( he brushes off his chest before scooting his way back out from under the caravan, sitting up and trying to look over his own shoulder. is his shirt all dirty... what a life. )

Pochi is a very nice name. I don't think it sounds like a dog's name, but I'm still learning more about Japanese.

( he brushes off his back best as he can, then pushes up to his feet, repeating the same with his rear and pants. mostly free of sandy dirt, he smiles at the tiny tanuki. SO CUTE. oh no, too cute. )

It's nice to meet you, Pochi. I'm Victor.

gasp how did you find out

[trustcoon]

Oh! Thank you very much! I don't know much about Japanese either.

[pochi rocks from side to side for no particular reason as it waits for him to finish brushing himself off, then - oh, introductions! have a happy wave.]

It's nice to meet you, Victor-san! I'm Ponpokorii Chitchoriina III. [but pochi you already gave him a name--oh now it's tilting its head.] Do you live here? [this is accompanied with an expansive gesture to imply....i dunno, the immediate area? the country? the planet?]

keen sense of observation tbh

[genice]

... In the city? ( He squinted, looking around. He huffs out a laugh after a moment, carding a hand through his hair. ) No, nothing like that. The ah, what are we called. The coven? We're all here for... some reason.

( He rolls his wrist loosely. )

We're all far from home and visiting this place for now. To see what we need to do in order to hmm... gather a resource. Like traveling workers of a kind, I suppose.

( he shakes that off. )

You're a member of the coven for the time being? I remember something being said but...

( he doesn't remember much. Victor shrugs, apologetic in a vague sense, but not so much that he feels all that bad about not tracking those details when so many are overwhelming and he's having to parse the information coming in. like raids from water-dwelling sapients who eat... their hosts... )

[trustcoon]

[pochi listens quietly, staring up at victor as he talks. hm, hm, so they're far away doing a thing for a coven? whatever a coven is...it's kind of a vague explanation, but pochi's never really been one for details, anyway.

the little tanuki flicks an ear as it thinks, think, thinks.....then jumps up like it's figured everything out.]

....So...if we get the resource, we can go home! Right?

[genice]

( such a sweet, simple creature.... Victor rubs at the back of his neck, not sure he wants to be the bearer of bad news. not that he considers holding back. honesty hurts, doesn't it?

honesty is what lets people face reality. maybe it works best for tanuki too. )

When we get enough, we can go home. One place isn't going to have enough. Have you ever gone, mm, picking berries in the woods before?

[trustcoon]

[honesty's the best policy, it's true! except for those times when lies work better. not that pochi is physically capable of lying, but.]

Berries? Umm...oh, so we need to find lots of resource bushes! [a pause.] Do you know where to find resource bushes?

[genice]

( there might be an inherent flaw in his chosen explanation. Victor makes a considering noise in the back of his throat, shaking his head after a moment. )

I don't, no. The people we're working with and for do, or at least know which places are likely to have resource bushes. Magic energy resource bushes.

( he holds his hands up, fingers splayed, out to either side of his chest. it sounds like such bullshit.

but he can also turn into a rather large silver dragon. bullshit might now be standard shit. normal is relative to a shifting world view. their sky is ocean.

life sure's a trip these days. )

[trustcoon]

[victor the magic dragon lived with a tanuki....the makings of a hit new song, there. pochi's head is basically stuck in a tilted, questioning position, as it contemplates all this info about mysterious hard-to-find magic energy resource bushes.]

If they know, then we can find the bushes really easily! .....Right? [a question because...victor doesn't seem very positive on this? but it sounds pretty straightforward, despite everything.]

[genice]

( it's all the makings of a cult classic...

Victor paused yet again, tipping his head to the opposite side that Pochi's head is tilted. he taps a finger on his lips, then his hand goes still. )

Knowing where they are and getting the magic from them are two different things. Not every berry bush you find will be easy to get to, or have ripe berries, right? Plus there's a certain way we need to harvest this magic... something like that.

( He waves a hand. Honest to anything, he doesn't get the mechanics yet. It's still all too new for him, though he's been attempting to understand. )

As long as we're working hard and aiming to be as great at harvesting this magic energy as we can be, we'll get home faster. In theory.

[trustcoon]

[pochi nods at that, understanding...of course, finding all these resource bushes will take time, especially since it doesn't have any idea how magic harvesting is supposed to work. maybe the energy is berry-shaped?

probably not.

the tanuki's ears droop a bit, thinking about going on this adventure without its family...but it's always been a positive thinker, so it perks up again pretty quickly. utsuho-san will catch up sooner or later! this is fine! yes! a tiny paw gets raised in the air, all enthusiastic-like.]

.....Okay! I'll do my best! If we get enough, maybe we can take some home to share with everybody!

[genice]

( he opens his mouth, then breathes out in a resigned sigh, lips quirking into a grin. sure, Pochi. he doesn't think that's how it works; the energy is all going to one single individual, after all. )

I'd be content bringing myself and my... Yuuri back home with me. Anything else is extra.

Say, Pochi, are you hungry?

[trustcoon]

[wow, that must be one really hungry individual...]

Oohhh, is your family here with you too? I'm glad!

[a very genuine answer from a--suddenly beaming animal. are you offering free food? because those little paws just clapped together in a really excited manner.]

Yes!!

[....its excitement might've accidentally triggered its brand-new Magical Powers though, as that clap seems to also have turned its fur a bright pikachu yellow.]

[genice]

An important part of my family, yes.

( Not that most would necessarily guess his other important parts include a dog and maybe, depending, his coach. He gives Pochi a shrewd look, tapping on his chin as he thinks. )

... Do you normally turn yellow when you're excited?

[trustcoon]

Yellow?

[pochi blinks up...blinks down....and then gives a SQUEAK of surprise, before spinning in circles to try to see the rest of itself.]

It got me...!!

[spinning spinning spinning--and suddenly veering towards victor's legs. maybe victor will turn yellow too? or polka-dot! not that pochi's thinking that far, but.]

[genice]

( Victor actually leans down to help catch and stop Pochi from careening into his legs. he does not, for any reason, think he's going to turn some colour or another. why would he?

(magic, Victor. magic.) )

So not normal then. Maybe your new... thing? Magic thing. You get one of those with the coven.

[trustcoon]

[yes, please grab the dizzy tanuki. because pochi is in fact kinda dizzy now! its paws brush one or both of victor's hands, which turn blue with a yellow spiral pattern. the rest of his body too, probably? it'd be kinda weird if only his hands were magic.]

Aaahh... [scrunching its eyes shut for a moment to will away the dizziness...okay, we're probably good. squinting at your shirt.] ...I'm magic now?

[genice]

( ... wow. WOW. he holds the tanuki steady and tries to ignore the fact he can tell he's all changed colour, even from what of his cheeks his eyes see, and his nose. oh goodness. its a living tanuki paintbrush. )

Colourful. ( he notes with a hint of resignation and amusement in his voice. ) Everyone who ends up here on behalf of our... sponsors, I suppose, are changed into something a little magical.

( Pochi did you just turn him into blue and yellow man. if so, witness your own magic! )

[trustcoon]

[fiiine okay let's open our eyes all the way....]

...Oh, wow! You're all shiny now! [applause!!! as if this was something victor did himself or something? at least it seems to have calmed down again.]

Coven sponsors are amazing...they gave everybody rainbow magic! [oh wait maybe it really thinks victor painted himself]

[genice]

Ah... not quite.

( he laughs, subtly horrified by the sudden makeover. couldn't he have been... blue and silver? a match to the costume Yuri had skated in during their exhibition skate, not more than a few weeks past. )

This is all you, Pochi. The magic I was given lets me change, but into something very large and silver. Think you can try and concentrate on making the colours go back to normal?

( Please tiny creature, help a man who doesn't want to go find his fiance while blue with yellow spirals all over him??? )

[trustcoon]

Normal?

[oblivious to victor's internal distress, pochi honestly thinks the new look is quite pretty. you look great, victor! yeah! it does stop clapping though, at the suggestion, pausing a moment before doing its best to focus.]

Change back, change back...dabadaburi! [and with those magic words, they both change!




now they're both pochi color. hope you like your new eye mask?]

[genice]

( not that he can fully see the mask, just enough to know parts of his cheeks are dark. he laughs a little, it's so absurd this is happening in the first place, but then he looks to Pochi again and asks: )

You look nice and like your ... usual self. Do you think you can set me back to looking like I did before you painted me in colours?

( please........ PLEASE LET THIS NOT BE PERMANENT................... )