( 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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[sealeted]

Well, th—

[She starts talking before she turns her head, but her voice cuts out just as soon her eyes and ears register how familiar this person is. Once the realization dawns, she rounds on him, fingers curling in his cloak as her eyes rake over him.]

Archer?

[Goodness. It's as if she's seen a ghost.]

[guerrilla]

Hey, little lady. It's been a while.

[But also please give him some space? Maybe? He cranes his head back a little, though he doesn't do anything to dislodge her hands from his cloak just yet.]

Glad to see you made it out in one piece. You're welcome, by the way.

[Yep, it's definitely that asshole of an Archer from the Moon Cell.]

[sealeted]

[She does let go of him, but she bounces on her toes in muted excitement when he confirms that it really is him. No other Servant she knows has quite that level of snide goodwill.]

It is you! I thought... I mean, I'm really glad and really grateful, definitely. But I don't understand how you're here.

[Remember that heroic last stand, Robin? Remember making her kill you to preserve your ability to be 'you'?]

[guerrilla]

Neither do I, but I'm gonna give myself a day to not worry about it.

[After that he might have to find a Master, but he's got almost a week to do so.]

...I never thought I'd wish that stubborn old Master of mine were here. At least I know he'd agree to dealing with me.

[sealeted]

...mm.

[She seems to wilt briefly at the mention. She's... deliriously happy to be alive, herself, but she's still fully cognizant of the price that bought this new life.]

If you'd...

[How to put this?]

I'd be willing to, if you need it.

[She's sure she can sell Gilgamesh on this, even though it had taken some major concessions and lip service for him to allow a temporary Contract with Elizabeth. But, she and Gil are supposedly equals now, so she could use that as an argument.

It could work.]

[guerrilla]

Ah...no, it's fine. I think you and Bossman there have the same compatibility problem.

[They're both too good for a shabby, pathetic Servant like him.]

[sealeted]

...do you remember exactly who I was partnered with, last time you saw me?

[A glamorous and grandiose Servant wasn't exactly to her tastes either, but she made due just fine.]

[guerrilla]

Yep. The opposite of me in every way.

[Let him hate himself in peace!!!]

[sealeted]

He also insulted and demeaned me whenever he saw the chance, so if you really are opposites we should get along just fine. ...ah, unless... I mean, I guess I am kind of a third-rate Wizard, so...

[If he wants a more experienced Master, that's a whole other issue.]

[guerrilla]

...Let me look for someone.

[At least for a few days.]

If I don't see anyone I like, I'll take you up on your offer. A third-rate Wizard and a third-rate Servant might be fine after all.

That should keep her occupied for a few days...though the joke will be on him if he doesn't find anyone else.]

[sealeted]

You did kind of save our bacon at a critical moment. I'd be happy to help you out too. Let me know how it all works out.

[But again, no pressure. She's totally not feeling naked and vulnerable without a Contracted Servant at her side 24/7. That would be weird.]

[guerrilla]

[I'M DETECTING MIXED SIGNALS FROM THESE BRACKETS]

Ugh...you're too soft, you know. Helping you was my way of paying you back in the first place.

[For letting him pretend he was a decent person for all of the handful of minutes he and her Servant fought.]

[sealeted]

...please, don't thank me. Not for that.

[Him being at peace is one thing. But being grateful...

It's a bitter pill to swallow.]

[guerrilla]

Too late. It's what the old man would want me to do, too...not that I really care what he would've wanted. But you probably do, right?

[Yes, excellent. His tsundere attitude toward Blackmore is flawless.]

So if you won't accept it from me, accept it from him.

[sealeted]

...ahh, that's cheating, Archer. I can't refuse, if you put it that way.

[She already resolved to shoulder what she's taken from the other Masters, you know?]

Still, the offer's on the table. No strings attached.

[guerrilla]

Cheating's the only thing I'm good at, after all!

[He'd cheated to kill her and then cheated to help her, and they do say things come in threes.]

...Don't worry, I'm not gonna let you see me die again. It'd be so embarrassing I might never come back again.

[wow this mood is heavy let's destroy it with some terrible humor]

[sealeted]

[Well, that's one failure and one success, so here's hoping for that tie breaker to fall in their favor.]

...I'll hold you to that, okay?

[guerrilla]

Or what? You'll kill me?

[STOP]

[sealeted]

No, I'll just pour glitter in your hood.

[guerrilla]

Like I'd take it off long enough for you to do it! After what that klutz with the claws did with it I'm never letting it out of my sight!

[HE WILL NOT BE GLITTERBOMBED.

He'll probably be glitterbombed.]

[sealeted]

I mean, you don't have to be out of it for glitter to be applied.

[He's not the only cheater here. Hakuno gamed the system all kinds of ways.]

But hey, if you don't want to worry about it, just don't die.

[guerrilla]

[He'll show you, Hakuno. He'll be so good at not dying that he'll win the "Best at Not Dying" trophy. And maybe somewhere along the way he'll realize he's reacting exactly the way she wants him to.]

I guess as long as you don't kill me this time I have nothing to worry about.

[Even though the second time was what he wanted anyway.]

[sealeted]

[Robin: 0, Hakuno: at least 3]

I promise, the only thing in danger with me is your dignity.

tfw...your joketag and real tag are the same...and also u hit enter too early

[guerrilla]

I threw that away a long time ago, little lady.

[She'd know better than just about anyone.]

[sealeted]

I know that, but you still have your cool moments.