( 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

always a good time to voice test fate/s

[goodlistener]

[she is safe! she's only dangerous for sinners, or rather—those who break the rules.

hearing caster speak up, ruler looks to her carefully. it would be wrong to say she's hesitant or judgmental; she has confidence in herself. at the same time, she is prepared to face a fellow servant, with whatever that might end up demanding of her.

but, well, it's not a war. so,]

I see. It doesn't surprise me to hear that. [she nods—then, after a moment, lowers and shakes her head lightly, the guardedness ebbing off of her shoulders.]

You could say it's all a little beyond me. In the village where I grew up, schooling wasn't available to me. And even if it was...

[the silence as her words trail off only implies, "i didn't choose a path where i would read".]

[storyseller]

[They all have their stories. Caster's is bound to the written word as much as the oral tradition.]

It is the variety of lives and legends we are summoned from that show our differences. Yet, also, we are placed as equals in our summoning.

This... does not seem to be an ordinary summoning to you either, does it?

[goodlistener]

... No, it's unusual. Then again, I'm becoming used to strange summonings—

[it isn't every day a servant possesses a living human girl's body in order to exist... which, by the way, is the exact form jeanne is represented in.]

[storyseller]

I would ask what summoning you experienced. I was summoned to Chaldea, however...

[She thinks for Jeanne it may not be the same.]

I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER i think no servants other than gilgamesh remember all their summonings

[goodlistener]

[it's definitely not the same.]

Chaldea, huh...?

[she pauses to think about it, blinking. as a heroic spirit and also one donning the class of ruler, she has the recorded knowledge of several grail wars and conflicts to go back on—yet "chaldea" in itself doesn't ring a particular bell.]

I am a Ruler class. We're summoned by the Holy Grail in the instance of a Holy Grail War far outside of the realm of normal. In the particular War I appeared in, for example, there were fourteen Servants [ha, ha. of course, she knows now that isn't exactly right, but...] battling each other, rather than just seven total.

I THINK SO? except at Chaldea where everyone remembers everything. why.

[storyseller]

[She bows her head.]

I see. Mine was also an unusual circumstance, but not one of a Holy Grail War. We were all summoned to assist Chaldea in maintaining the correct timeline of human history.

yes, haha. everyone remembers everyone in f/go

[goodlistener]

What? You... "all" were summoned...? [that's sort of noteworthy. she should probably ask about it.] I'm sorry. Just how many Servants...?

[possibly it depends on her masters' quartz supplies]

[storyseller]

[maybe she belongs to a whaler]

I did not count, but perhaps... a hundred or so?

[more if whale]

[goodlistener]

[i would like you to know you're at fault for making me imagine an actual whaler, not in the gacha sense, rn.]

A hundred? I-Is such a feat permissible by the Greater Grail?

[storyseller]

[seamen can whale too]

My understanding is that Chaldea's system is unique in Grail summoning systems.

[goodlistener]

I... I see...

[it's still a little bewildering to wrap her mind around the concept of hundreds of servants being summoned at once, but, well-

presumably, fighting for a goal as great as "maintaining the correct timeline of human history" would get use out of multiple servants. jeanne is slightly taken off guard as she considers what chaldea's operations might be like, bowing her head and perching her hand at her chin...

yeah, sometimes this stuff is too hard to fully grasp, even for her.]

That may be the case, then. Nevertheless, it seems you were obedient even if you were one of many. Unless you disagreed with their goal...

[like, her gut feeling could be wrong on this, but caster isn't acting hostile.

then again,

#casters

so,]

[storyseller]

[#notallcasters

i mean look Agartha was a thing BUT STILL]

My Master was kind and did not use me as bait for enemies. Rather, my Master kept me safe and protected me from dying. In respect to that, I wish to support the goals of Chaldea as I may.

[goodlistener]

[ruler lifts her head, finally, offering a small but pleasant smile. it's almost too simple in how pure it is, like looking deep into clear water, but because of that there's perhaps no doubt her feelings are genuine.]

I am glad for that. You are well met, Caster... Shahrazad.

[storyseller]

Ah... It seems as if my identity is one that is difficult to obscure.

[It isn't surprising. Still, she feels a weight.]

Your true name is known to me from Chaldea. Your smile merely confirms that you are Jeanne d'Arc, Ruler.

[goodlistener]

You're right.

[she's still smiling! having other servants know her true name doesn't seem to bother her at all- if she were being completely honest, she'd have introduced herself properly on her own, sooner or later.]

... Mmm, it's a little nerve-racking to hear there's an identical version of me, in another place at the same time. But it's also not strange at all. If anything, I worry that I'm a faithful representation of myself!

Also- [her voice lowers appropriately,] don't worry. There may be no need to conceal our true names in the first place here, but aside from that, it's only because of my abilities as a Ruler that I know your identity.

[storyseller]

[wow she thought rulers just took .5x damage from all non-Berserkers/Avengers

Jeanne is kind. Caster knows as much, from this one here, and that at Chaldea. Of course there are other iterations, impressions of her—but at least this one is a certainty.]

Thank you, Ruler. Trust that you are as I have known you to be.

[goodlistener]

[god's power is strong]

I'm relieved.

[her smile eases into something quieter—sweeter—and her eyes drag back to the shelves of books.]