( 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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[talim]

b.

[ so this is definitely not rieze maxia or elympios. that much is very, very clear. little else is. jude stepped off the train to marksburg, and... this is not marksburg. not even close.

jude has been wandering aimlessly, trying his best to keep his wits about him, for a good ten minutes before stumbling upon the caravan and supplies. his first instinct is to investigate it, but — he holds back. something tells him that he shouldn't get too close to anything that might as well have a huge ? marked on it when he's in a place beyond any schism he's aware of. you never know.

milla, what have you gotten me into this time... ?

maybe his thoughts will reach her down there in the spirit world.

the supplies, however... well, jude's sure he can find something that might be useful. he doesn't know what kind of situation(s) he may or may not end up in, but a first aid kit is the first thing he goes rummaging for. medical supplies of any kind will help — you never know when that med school degree will come in handy! fortunately, he still has his artes, of course, but traditional medicine is important too, especially in a foreign environment like this. ]

f.

[ jude is hesitant, of course, because there's always a chance that these things could trick him and devour him whole! but...

but they look so harmless, and jude is lacking in company right now. he leans down, hands on his knees. ]

Come here, little guys. Come on. I'm not going to hurt you, I promise.

[ a couple of baby palai crawl up to his feet, and he crouches down to tentatively give them each a pat on the head. ]

g.

[ once jude comes this far, it quickly becomes apparent that he's not going to leave the library anytime soon. he's in his element here. there's so much information to pour over — it seems endless, and all worries of running on a time limit have dissipated. it's clear that there's no train back home in plain sight, so the next best thing he can do is educate himself, right?

anyone who stumbles in will see jude sitting down with a stack of books taller than him, tracing over words and pictures and mumbling to himself, very obviously trying to decipher the text through sheer willpower alone. sorry, but he doesn't notice you. ]

Roxas | Kingdom Hearts

[358]

[ H- Wildcard ]

[ This isn't the first time Roxas has woken up to see nothing but ocean. Once he sits up and finds he's on sand, though, and not on some kind of mysterious ethereal platform, he relaxes a little. The poor guy's not really in the mood for another one of those experiences so quickly. The ocean above him is new, though, even for someone who's traveled the worlds.

He's still tense, wandering around the area cautiously and trying to get his bearings, and occasionally picking up some seashells for a reason even he can't remember. If you catch him between destinations, he'll probably ignore you unless approached, or unless he recognizes you. If you catch him by surprise, though-- Well, he's got a couple of Keyblades in his hands and he'll immediately take a defensive position.

He's not a happy camper. ]

[ D- Market ]

[ The bustling marketplace reminds him of Agrabah, but the technology is something else. He's never seen so many unfamiliar devices-- Even computers were rare in Twilight Town, and the Organization tended to use more... original technology.

He's mostly fascinated, however, by an ice cream stall. He rummages through his pockets and sighs as he comes up empty, before turning to the nearest person-- ]

Hey, do you have any Munny I can borrow for an ice cream? I'll make it up to you.

[ There's a fierce determination in his eyes. He needs this ice cream. ]

Kotori Minami | Love Live! School Idol Project

[caramelswirl]

A1. Shangri-La Shower

[the sky was... captivating. that was the only word she could manage for it. if kotori lived for a hundred years and dreamed a thousand dreams, she probably still couldn't come up with anything like this. the swirling, mesmerizing schools of fish, the waving kelp, the mere thought of sunlight filtering through water until it reached her... it was beautiful, and absolutely unlike anything she'd anything she'd seen before.

while enraptured by ocean-sky, kotori took some steps forward, trying to get a good sense for how far the ocean extended. but before she could get much farther away, her shoulder struck the caravan's side.]

Owwowow...

[oops. jolted from her reverie, she went to rub her shoulder, but found she was unable to pull it from the solid wood.]

Huh?! It's so sticky... W-What is this thing?

F. No Brand Girls

[as self-centered as it is to think, between her days as akiba's legendary maid minalinsky and the concerts she'd put on for love live!, kotori's a bit used to being mobbed by fans. but those fans were usually... her height. and didn't have tails. or soft, slightly wet lizard skin. or... okay, nothing about this is in kotori's wheelhouse. they normally weren't interested in features she found so normal, either.

but the urge to entertain ran deep. managing to get the younger palai to stop playing with her ponytail, kotori smoothed her skirt and managed a simple phrase.]

D-Do you guys... like to sing?

[the cheers and loud reassurances gave her some confidence. seemed like no matter where you were or who you were speaking with, music was a good way to connect with people. since they seemed like an excitable bunch, an excitable song would probably be best -- and the perfect song came to mind almost immediately. she inhaled, letting her lungs fill with the clean aimintas air, then began.]

♫ Walls can be demolished and toppled... Yeah, we won't lose!

[at the end of her impromptu little concert (with the palai youngsters now shouting along with her "Oh, yeah!"'s) kotori took a bow, then surveyed the crowd. considering the smiles on everyone's faces, it seemed like it'd gone off without a hitch. she breathed a small sigh of relief, allowing herself to relax.]

H. Wildcard

[if none of these prompts interest you, feel free to hit me with your own!]

H

[decipheringeye]

[ Kosuzu was relieved to see another human in the area. It didn't occur to her at all that they might be a bit on edge due to their circumstances.

When the keyblades come out, she reacts by fainting immediately. ]

oh my god

[358]

[ ... Well, crud, he didn't mean to do that.

The Keyblades vanish almost as fast as they appeared, and Roxas kind of awkwardly scoots to the girl's side. ... And then he just kind of stares at her. What exactly is he supposed to do in this situation??

He settles on just kind of... lightly tapping her on the forehead. Seriously, he never learned first aid or even a vague semblance of it, and he's pretty sure Cure only works on people who are actually wounded. ]

Hey, are... you okay? I'm not-- I won't hurt you if you wake up! Promise!

flynn scifo | tales of vesperia

[thatdamnknight]

c.

[let it be known that flynn scifo can handle himself in a wide variety of circumstances. dangerous missions? you bet. battle? most definitely! even being tossed into a strange world while in the midst of saving his own world wouldn't have been difficult to adept to. a knight must be prepared to handle any situation!

any situatuon aside from a sudden swarm of overly curious lizard people (or sudden swarm of people in general, in flynn's case).

instead of be the calm and composed knight (although lacking in armor and weaponry at the moment) that he normally is, flynn has turned into an awkward and uncertain mess.]

Well, yes I am human... Coven? I'm afraid I don't... I'm sorry, I didn't catch that--

[so many people talking all at once without giving him any room to breathe!! none of these questions make much sense, either! a little help might be nice here.]

f.

[babies. flynn will take them any day over their adult counterparts from earlier. all the little ones instantly grow interested in this human who just wandered into the house. one of the interested kids crawls over and tugs on flynn's pant leg and then lifts its arms up. he smiles softly before crouching down to near face level. best not pick up someone's child without permission first.]

Hello. Can you ta--

[a baby hand reaches out and grabs a solid chunk of flynn's hair. then comes the tugging while laughing joyously!

his smile immediately becomes strained. maybe he was wrong about babies being better...]

Hair isn't for pulling.

[uh-oh. the kid's grabbing on with both hands and not letting go. how does one extract an infant from their hair?? and preferably without losing said hair in the process.]

g.

[computers. those... yeah, those are not a thing where flynn's from. although the technology back home can hardly be called primitive, they lack anything comparable to this.

upon entering the library, he scans the multitudes of books before his eyes land on the computers. huh, what might those be?? he walks over and stands behind someone using one. pardon him for looking on curiously as someone uses them. does he realize that's kinda creepy? not at all.]

don't judge her defense mechanism

[decipheringeye]

[ Fortunately, whatever her faults may be, Kosuzu bounces back quickly. She flinches and lets out a small yell when poked, and then awkwardly scoots away as she sits up. ]

I'm sorry for sneaking up on you! I didn't mean anything bad by it!

G.

[caramelswirl]

[it was a bit hot outside, so kotori meandered in to a building -- a library, apparently. she preferred fashion magazines to books most of the time, but in aimintas do as the palai do...? something like that. so she browsed the shelves curiously, running her palm along them slightly -- until she rounded a corner and spotted jude. she waved, happy to have found another human (or maybe "humanoid" would be better), but he didn't so much blink in her direction. undeterred, she walked forward, waving all the while, until she eventually came to a stop in front of him. she bent forward slightly, but it pretty much was all greek to her. but from the way he was concentrating...]

... Wow, you can actually read this? Amazing!

[awe ran through her voice. whoever this guy was, he must be super smart.]

[358]

[ Roxas just sighs. Man, he really didn't mean to scare the heck out of someone like that! He feels bad his recent stroke of bad luck bounced to someone else.]

It's okay, really. I shouldn't have overreacted. I'm just a little... jumpy, I guess? This isn't where I expected to wake up. [ Because he expected to not wake up at all, but... semantics. ]

Seriously, sorry I scared you. You didn't bump your head or anything, right...?

pica | oc

[baiter]

(A1)
[Well, if you leave stuff out in the open, of course it's to be stolen! Pica has no real sense of "right" or "wrong." There's only the desire to survive and, in this case, she sees it as an opportunity to rebuild her stash. Only...

... the moment Pica touches a nice bag, she finds that her hand is stuck. No matter how hard she pulls on it, it won't give! She's more angry than horrified. With a loud yell, she powers up. Her hand glows brightly and she's suddenly swinging the bag around in an effort to get it off...!

DON'T GET HIT!]

(E)
[Today has been a no-good, rotten day. Therefore, she's going to stuff her face. Unfortunately, no one's told her about the effects of the juice. It all kicks in within a few minutes and, before long, Pica is practically bouncing off the walls.]

Hey!

[She's waving you down. When you look her way, she grins and puts up her fists.]

Ten credits!

[??? Ten credits for--?]

(G)
[... Pica has never seen books before. Honest-to-god paper books were long gone by the time she was "born," and she would've never had the chance to hold one herself. They were relics of a time long-gone; if anyone had them, they'd be an eccentric and rich collector or a historian of some sort.

She doesn't know what to do without her help, but thankfully most of the books are in pictures. Pica's inability to read doesn't harm her. She idly flips through a picture book, her attention entirely absorbed by its colorful illustrations. At one point, she touches its pages, tracing the faces of the storybook lizards happily celebrating.]

... a real party...

[decipheringeye]

I'm okay, don't worry about it... oh! But it sounds like you're in the same situation I'm in! I just showed up here, and I don't really know why...

[ Doubly strange, since it's supposed to be impossible to leave Gensokyo... ]

[talim]

[ jude looks up with a start, startled out of his trance and surprised to see another living, breathing human here. his shoulders sag in relief, but then he gives her a sheepish smile, marking his page and rubbing the back of his neck. ]

O-Oh, no... not exactly. More like I'm trying to read this.

[ jude shakes his head in frustration. ]

I'm not really getting anywhere, though. Sorry, are you from around here, or... ?

[358]

... Gotta admit, it's pretty here, though.

[He looks up at the ocean absentmindedly. Now that he knows she's okay, he's back to being kind of grossly incompetent at emotions that he might or might not have.

After a moment he seems to return to reality, though.]

Guess we're in the same boat, huh? Everyone else seemed so comfortable wandering around I kinda thought I was the odd one out... But if you're the same, that means something is up.

D.

[caramelswirl]

Munny...?

[kotori's tone of voice made it obvious she'd never heard of such a thing in her life before. but this guy looked so passionate -- over ice cream of all things -- it made her want to give him a hand. after all, she knew a couple light-haired food lovers.

kotori stuck her hand in her skirt pocket for a moment, then produced a 1000 yen bill.]

Um, I have a 1000 yen, if that would work?

f

[baiter]

[Pica, meanwhile, stays standing. She's watching Jude very intently, though, and sticks close to him.]

... bugs.

[Because they're lizards, so--

She mimics a chomping motion with her hand.]

Treat them.

[358]

... Yen? [ The only thing he knows of that's called yen is absolutely a wizard with a huge beard. This does not seem to be that.

He leans in a little and examines it. Paper... munny? Not green orbs? ]

Sorry, is... this what they trade for the ice cream? I'm not from around here.

d

[baiter]

[His question earns a curious look from her. "Munny" -- oh, he must mean money, right? Like credits? Pica stuffs her hands into her pockets and pulls them inside-out in order to demonstrate she doesn't have anything. But more importantly...]

Ice cream? Where?

[decipheringeye]

[ This sounds like an incident... worst case scenario, Reimu should have it taken care of in a couple weeks.

...Come to think of it, this guy is kinda weird-looking. Is he even Japanese?]

...Actually, this might be a weird question, but are you from Gensokyo too?

[358]

[ He sighs. Man, what he'd do for a job delivering mail right now.

He recovers from his ice cream malaise quickly and points at the stall, though. It might not exactly be ice cream, but it's definitely the Palai equivalent- some kind of frozen treat. ]

I don't think they just want us to take it, but I honestly didn't ask. Seems a little... rude to just be all "hey, can I swipe your ice cream" to a lizard you haven't even met, right?

[358]

Gensokyo... [ Is that one of the worlds the Organization hadn't been working on while he was there? ... No, it doesn't sound familiar at all. He shakes his head. ]

No, I'm from... well... I'm from a little place called Twilight Town. Way smaller than this. Is Gensokyo your world?

F

[baiter]

[Pica, alas, is of no help. She's been watching the babies hatch with some mixture of fascination and alarm. Whenever one crawls her way, she skips a couple steps back, always careful to keep out of their reach. Sure, they may be harmless, but they're still aliens. You don't know what you'll get with aliens.

Therefore, when she spots the poor man being besieged by lizard children, she doesn't move to help him. He's dug his own grave.

In fact, she's pressing her hands together in prayer?!]

Our Father, who art in heaven--

[talim]

Hmm?

[ jude blinks once, then almost jumps when he realizes he's been being watched. for how long? he typically has much better reflexes than this, but the baby palai had been distracting him, and...

oh. it's just a girl? and a human girl? he doesn't quite understand, though. ]

I don't think they're bugs...

Riku | Kingdom Hearts

[shadowsthedawn]

A1-B;

[Finding himself in a completely new world is the story of Riku's life, except for the fact that he usually remembers why and how he's gotten to said new world. This time he's just...blank. Like he was on Destiny Island one minute and the next he's here. Wherever...here happens to be.

Scanning his surroundings, there doesn't appear to be anything wanting to attack him, so he doesn't bother trying to summon his Keyblade. Instead, all he sees is a caravan parked before him with a bunch of supplies sitting outside.

Riku approaches it, part in curiosity and part to double check that nothing dangerous is hiding there waiting to spring out at him. He can be found rummaging through bags or giving them suspicious side-eyes. Eventually his suspicions turn down a dial and he begins searching for a map or something that will give him an idea of where he is.

But maybe you stumble upon him a little too late, when he's let his guard down a little too much, and made the mistake of leaning back against the caravan. And got stuck. His entire back...stuck to the side of the caravan.]

c;

[Riku has met a bunch of unusual people along his journey, but the Palai are by far the most cumbersome to deal with. If they're not staring, they're approaching him and asking him questions. He's never had a native people take such interest in him before. It's a little off-putting.

One Palai even loudly asks him how he gets his hair to be so white and silky and he hides his face in his hand.]

I need to get away. I desperately need to get away. There has to be an opening somewhere...

[His thoughts are quick and awful loud, making them very easy to hear for anyone who might be around. He's definitely not broadcasting on purpose.]

d;

[Once making it to the Marketplace, Riku is hoping to find some needed supplies of his own. A change of clothes that actually fits being top of his priority list. However, he's quickly distracted by all of the unfamiliar technology he sees on display.

He approaches a table set up with cell phone displays and picks on up, turning it back and forth. It has a tiny screen and a bunch of buttons. But what does it do?

If you happen to be standing nearby, the teen will turn to you, brandishing the cell phone.]

Do you know what this is?

F;

[Riku happens to be strolling by a certain house near the marketplace when he notices a large ball hurling towards him. His reflexes, but they wouldn't be quick enough to dodge the ball at the speed it's coming towards him at.

A split second passes where he's accepted the fact that he's going to be hit by this ball, but then...it doesn't happen. The ball comes a few inches from his face and then bounces off, like there's an invisible barrier between it and Riku's face.]

What in the world...?

[A bunch of juvenile Palai come running up, apologizing and asking for their ball. Riku crouches down and reaches for it, intending to toss it to them.]

You kids need to be more careful. [And..uh..his hand isn't touching the ball but hovering just above it. He can't seem to get it any closer. Um.

How do force field?]

H; wildcard

[Hit me with something else! NearTheHeart]

Josuke Higashikata | JJBA

[pomaid]

A
[It's not that Josuke isn't cautious, he didn't just go touching the caravan for no reason or rooting through the bags. But he did go to the door to knock, maybe someone's home to tell him where the hell he even is. But then his knuckles are stuck to it, and inevitably both feet end up there too as he tries to pry himself off. An elbow, the top of his head and hair, he's in the worst game of twister ever, defying gravity.

Once it's so hopeless and he has no limbs left to help himself with, he starts calling out for help...]

F
[This on the other hand is much better!! It might be a little overwhelming, but soon enough he's eased into it and giving kids piggyback rides or making sandcastles with them. His sandcastles are the fucking best too, tbqh. Mostly because, although the kids can't see it, he's putting those Stand powers to good use.]

wildcard

[baiter]

[Pica looks at the direction he's pointing at. Oh, right. They look something like ice cream at least. Given how hot this place is, a nice treat would be nice...

She looks back at him.]

Let's trade.

[She jabs her thumb at herself.]

I'll get it. You help me.