( 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]

Hey, wait, really?!

[She's more surprised than anything, especially since she doesn't understand how it would be insulting.]

Or do you just mean you're from a magic family or something like that?

[teratias]

[In a second, all of the anger is gone from Waver and replaced with the proud idiot he always wanted to be viewed as at Clock Tower. No one will know, and Iskandar would want him to have more pride in his abilities anyway!]

Both!

[claiomhsolais]

But you're not a witch!

[Give her just a second to process all this...]

So... in your world, anyone can harness the potential to use magic?

[teratias]

No, I'm a mage. It's just a differ...wait, do only girls use magic back home?

[That'd....be interesting. But no matter, and all at once, Waver's overbearing pride comes toppling down. Damn, she had to ask the question about magic inheritance, huh?]

Not really. You have to be born with magic circuits, which let you use magecraft. [There's a lot of stuff worth leaving out for a basic explanation.]
Usually when you have kids with another mage, your offspring's more powerful. But you can at least improve the quality of your circuits in your own lifetime!

[Okay, that thesis got him in trouble, but who here would ever know that?]

[claiomhsolais]

[While he explains, she looks at him dumbfounded, almost as if he's speaking fish language except not because she can speak that now. Look, she's lucky enough she has a basic understanding of her own world's magic. Adding another one on top of that is asking way too much.]

I.. see... Yep, it all makes sense. What an interesting world you're from! But uh... yeah! Where I'm from, only witches can use magic, but there exists a potential in everyone. And there are magic families and stuff and they have stronger potentials or something? I'm from a non-magic family, but I'm still a pretty strong witch!

[teratias]

Hm. I follow. [And Waver does, since well, that's a pretty close alignment to most of back home.]

We'd call you a first generation mage back home. The founder of a line.

[claiomhsolais]

The founder of a line, huh?

[Oh no, he's planted some dangerous ideas in her head.]

I like the sound of that! Just you wait, the greatest witches of all time will be from the Kagari family!

[teratias]

[Oh no.

Oh no, that's the exact kind of attitude he hates. Waver grits his teeth to not snap at the attitude.]

That's only if you're from my world though. Which you're not.

[claiomhsolais]

I think it's still pretty true in my world too. All those families had to start somewhere, right?

[She doesn't want to think about how last names and families came about and history junk. Just her own line of amazing witches.]

That'll show all those girls at school! Who cares if I'm from a non-magic family? A hundred years from now, that won't even matter!

[teratias]

Yeah. People forget that.

[There's a little pang of sympathy there, and fuck it, Waver's entire body language softens. He's a stubborn idiot, but this girl is in the same situation as him, but has just.

She's determined in a different way. It'd be something Iskandar would praise, doubtlessly.]

Being the first is always hard.

[claiomhsolais]

[Huh? Did she say something weird? He suddenly got all... different.]

Yeah, but I don't mind! It was kinda hard practicing my magic when I was younger since I didn't know any other witches... And then those mail order magic kits ended up being total rip-offs! And my parents weren't too happy all the times I fell off the roof trying to fly, but-

I'm a real witch now! And I'm gonna get even stronger here, right? Riiiight?

[teratias]

[Waver decides that asking about mail order magic kits is a rabbit hole not worth exploring, clearly magic isn't hidden here, and focuses on the actual question at hand.]

Possibly. You're given one particular power, and in the main camp, it'll be the only magic that works. Then on different worlds, you'll have your power and maybe your natural magic.

[There's a moment where Waver digs into his bag, and he tugs out an apple that he stashed away from one of the vendors. He holds it out to Akko wordlessly. If she was that hungry, then maybe this would get fewer complaints than raisin bread.]

[claiomhsolais]

Wait, hold it! I can't use my own magic in the main camp? That's not fair!

[She stops her anger for a second at the sight of the apple, weighing whether to be happy or still angry. Since it's Akko, she decides on happy and eagerly takes it for herself.]

Oh, thanks!

[And she proceeds to chow down, before returning to the previous problem at hand. And she's definitely talking with her mouth full.]

Still, that's so weird! Is there no Sorcerer's Stone in the main camp?

[teratias]

A lot of people would probably agree.

[Waver's own feelings are mixed. He can't do alchemy, but that requires a kit anyway. What he can do is honestly a bit more impressive anyway.]

Not as far as I know? Why would it be needed?

[He'll ignore talking with a mouth full of apple. After Iskandar, this is fine.]

[claiomhsolais]

Well, it powers our magic, of course! It's like electricity! Except way cooler!

[Right, different worlds and all that.]

Or that's how it is in my world...

[teratias]

[That's definitely different. Waver can only imagine what magi might resort to with that sort of limit on their powers. But at any rate, he can only shrug.]

It isn't here. But that means a longer range for whatever magic you've been given.

[Wait, what was she given?

Wait, did he even give his own name? No. No he did not.]

I'm Waver, by the way.