( 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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Velvet Crowe | Tales of Berseria

[allconsumed]

[ E ]

[Velvet is hard to miss in the marketplace area. There's her outfit for starters, but she's also had some of the special fruit juice and hasn't necessarily noticed the effects yet. The food the Palai offered her earlier was great, so why shouldn't she try something to drink?

Her passion for cooking bubbles up when she sees a stand selling cutlery – specifically knives. The normally reticent Velvet will happily share her thoughts on them with anybody that's nearby and within earshot. At the same time, she proceeds to grab one of the bigger ones from the display in order to get a closer look, startling the merchant.]

Almost all of these are for cutting vegetables, but look how many different kinds there are. [She holds the knife up at eye level and rotates it slowly.] That's a good edge. Your can tell, right?

[She grabs another.] Same here. These handles are comfortable and they each have individual designs, so you can tell that a lot of care was put into the craftsmanship. I don't think I have enough to trade for either of these right now, but I really really think it would be a good investment. Every cook worth a damn has a reliable knife for chopping.

[And so on. Feel free to interrupt her at any time. Some mild hallucinations could also kick in sooner rather than later, heads up.]

[ F ]

[Velvet Crowe: rampaging killer daemon, the feared Lord of Calamity – and caretaker of baby lizard-people. She's better with kids than she is with… almost any other kind of person, at least, and she definitely isn't about to hurt the little ones or let any of them be hurt.

Upon closer inspection, she's pretty damn good at keeping them both corralled and entertained while they crawl all over her. Yep, even the adventurous ones that attempt to climb up her very long hair; she's able to scoop up any would be troublemakers with steady but gentle hands.

She'll show less kindness to any onlookers that aren't Palai; basically all she has for them is a cold glare, and her expression can change in a heartbeat.]

What?

[ H ]

[Hit me with anything!]

E

[holy_smoly]

[Sanaki had been inspecting something else entirely, but when a woman dressed like she's just been mauled goes off on an unprompted rant about knives, you pay attention. Possibly you also back away slowly without getting involved, but feeling threatened is beneath her.]

...Yes, a knife for chopping. As opposed to a knife for juggling?

[She also really doesn't care about cooking. That's something somebody does for you, while a small army of other somebodies make sure they don't poison you.]

[allconsumed]

[Is she getting sass from a kid in fancy robes? That's alright. Sanaki may not care at all about cooking, but she just talked herself into a very basic mini lesson. Velvet holds both of the big chopping knives in one hand, then grabs another different, smaller one.]

What else do you think?

[Likely to Sanaki's chagrin, Velvet crouches down so that the proud empress of Begnion can get a better look.]

These are made to be used on a cutting board, so they're thicker and have flat edges. This smaller one would be more useful to take the skin off of apples or potatoes. See the difference? Chopping isn't all that there is to it.

[holy_smoly]

[so like]

...I see. Yes, I think I've heard of an idiom that references the peeling of potatoes. It stands to reason there would be certain tools tailored to the task.

I suppose I've never given much thought to the culinary arts. All my time is consumed by the duties of rule.

[She turns her nose up for emphasis. She's decided to temporarily relax her standards for how much respect she needs to be shown, at least until people get to know her--they can hardly be blamed for their ignorance right at the start--but this is a step too far, Velvet.]

[allconsumed]

[This is a problem, because Velvet is high on fruit juice and she's finding Sanaki's mix of word choice and tone equal parts cute and silly. She doesn't tend to acknowledge authority, but on the other hand, antagonizing kids is a bad look and also pointless.

So she spares Sanaki any more of the demeaning crouch and stands up straight, then puts the knives back where she found them, nice and orderly. A grin stays plastered to her face.]

I thought a princess of the Palai would have a longer tail. [...Hahaha. Ha. Her voice then sobers a little.]

If sometime down the line you end up in a strange place, a long way from home and with no way to get back, knowing how to cook could save your life.

F

[mewman]

[ it's one of those things star really can't help at all, stopping and staring in awe. her eyes get wider, her smile broadens and she's inching closer when finally addressed. and like always, she's not one to take notice of the atmosphere. instead she simply whispers ]

Lizard babies....!

[ she squeals with delight, finally closing the gap and bouncing with excitement ]

Can I help? I wanna help? Pleeaaase let me help.... I love babies so much!

[allconsumed]

[Velvet is equal parts protective and suspicious of everybody, so she continues to leer at Star for an awkward amount of time, attempting to take her measure. One of the little lizards topples off her shoulder while she's staring, and Velvet catches them and puts them down gently without looking up.]

Do you have any experience?

[Yep, this is an interview now.]

[mewman]

Oh? Me? Pfft~ Totally totally~ [ there was a small wave of her hands, as if to dismiss any sort of suspicion ]

I'm always taking care of the buff-babies, and we always have a lot of fun and never get into trouble at all--I mean, they're not exactly lizard babies, but that shouldn't be a big deal.

[ there was that bit of a squeal, leaning in as her eyes sparkle and she holds a finger out ]

They're still the cutest little things... I just want to...! [ and without even finishing that thought she simple puts a finger on one of their snouts ]

Boop!

[allconsumed]

[At least she's confident. Velvet has no comment on buff-babies – whatever those are – and continues to watch Star carefully. Then the boop happens and the little Palai seems to enjoy it. Another climbs up Velvet's knee and offers its own snout towards Star's hand, also wanting to be booped.

Velvet shrugs in resignation.]

… Alright. They could use someone else to play with. [Specifically someone with energy to spare.]