( 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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Comments

[claiomhsolais]

Got it!

[... this was a bad idea on her part. While she's gotten pretty good at transformation magic, she usually needs to practice a few times with a specific animal to get it right. Still she can't give up now! Akko pulls out her wand and prepares to cast the spell.]

Metamorph Faciesse!

[Her body shifts and stretches, eventually settling on a shape similar to a large teddy bear. The panda markings fall into place, and she ends up looking like a cute cartoony version of a panda. That's... not as bad as she was expecting?]

Huh? Huh? What do you think?

[alphonse]

[It's hard to get a word in over the Palai--excited and clamoring around her with suggestions for all the awesome native species she should turn into next--but Al's impressed too. (And maybe a little disturbed that watching a girl whip out a literal magic wand to transform herself into a cute, fuzzy animal barely cracks the top ten list of Weird Things That Have Happened to Him Today.)

Still, though.

Once the surprise starts to subside, he steps forward for a closer look, gently ushering a few of the Palai aside to give her some space in the process.]

That's incredible! How does it work?

[claiomhsolais]

[...That's a good question. And now that he's asked it, of course all the Palai want to know too. Along with their suggestions, they echo his question back to her, but she's just gonna ignore it all and stay a cute panda.]

Um, well! It's magic! So you know... it just works!

[alphonse]

It can't be that simple.

[But he can understand not wanting to go into specifics in front of a group of strangers, so he lets it go for now.]

Are your powers limited to animals or can you make yourself look like other people too?

[claiomhsolais]

First thing, that's not all I can do! It's just one spell!

[That spell might be her specialty these days, but she's still not a one trick pony!]

But other people, huh... I've never really tried it? We never talked about in school either. A classmate used the spell to make herself look like a boy, but that's a bit different, isn't it?

[alphonse]

[So on a scale of one to Envy, her powerset is safely on the cuter side. Good to know.]

You have a school just for learning magic?

[THAT SOUNDS SO COOL.]

[claiomhsolais]

Of course! It's called Luna Nova Academy and I'll have you know I'm one of the top students there!

[He doesn't need to know she's lying.]

[alphonse]

[It definitely sounds believable from someone who can turn into a panda on cue. In fact, it helps cement the theory that magic versus science is an issue of semantics and all the weird things he's seen here can be properly explained. It's comforting, in a way.]

I wish I could see it. [There really must be all kinds of different spells...!] Does that mean that where you're from learning magic like that is something anyone can do?

[It's maybe the wrong thing to ask; the Palai somehow seem even more energized, and add a chorus of teach me, teach me in between the requests for demonstrations.]