spellgrinders | ( TDM

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npc: brie

( TDM | #1 )

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.

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.

Depending on your situation and ability to acclimate, you may not fully understand what's happening. A dream, a hallucination. But when you feel the trunk of the trees surrounding you, it's oddly...real. The smell is real. The moisture on the ground is real. The small grass snake you find slithering close to your feet seems very real as well.

There are a few other sensations that also begin to feel a little more like reality with every passing second. Like the fact that your intuition is trying to tell you something that doesn't seem plausible. One is more obvious -- you now have a new piece of jewelry inserted snuggly between your collarbones.

Maybe that's when you realize it is real. When you realize that there's no delusion here -- you aren't where you once were. But if that's the case...where are you?

here

its own perils.

After an hour or so of trekking through the forest, you finally come upon a break in the tree line that reveals to you an area that appears to be inhabitable. Your first stop is the large mansion that sits in the valley of the opening...if anyone is here or there's a way to get out of here, the house makes the most sense, right?

There are a variety of rooms in this mansion, and you're free to explore them. You also spy a lot of crates sitting in the middle of the floor in one of the main rooms...are you curious enough to open them?

At this point you notice that you aren't alone -- there are other people in the same boat as you! When they're around you, that signet you feel in your chest tingles slightly. The sensation isn't unpleasant, but instead like a warm tingle is spreading from their neck outward. You instinctively attempt to talk to your fellow kidnapping victims, and that works just fine...but what are all these voices you hear in your head now? Are you crazier than you thought you were?

C ▢ Here's where you can play around with the telepathy mechanic. It's likely your character won't be used to it which can lead to accidental broadcasting. If they happen to tap the signet purposefully or try to pull it out, everyone within a radius of 100 feet will feel a throbbing pain in their head. But your character won't know that, will they?

For those more inclined to adventure, there's also another building to investigate. From the outside, it looks very circular and unidentifiable, but upon entering you'll discover that it's a fully-functioning bath house.

D ▢ Despite containing steamy water and luxury bathing accommodations, the bathhouse is currently being overrun with crabs. The not-so-smart members of this species have fallen into the extremely hot water, flash boiling themselves after being unable to get back out. Others are a little more intelligent but equally aggressive. Characters: watch your toes and be cautious if you really want to take a much-needed bath! They may also want to check twice before using the restroom, otherwise the experience might be more painful than they're used to.

Exploring the mansion and the bathhouse was fun and all, but aside from the crates they didn't prove to be very useful. When you came into the clearing, you also saw a row of very colorful buildings down near the beach. It makes sense that this area may be more beneficial to any escape plans you have, and taking a dip in the ocean might be nice!

It's not until you reach the beach huts that you realize that murky blue color you spied wasn't the ocean. It's outter space. There goes any hopes you had of swimming to safety.

Claim your hut, please!

Even though it turns out the ocean was a lie and you're precariously close to falling off the edge of the world, the area around the huts is decidedly beachy. Sitting on the beach is a lobster trap, though about 10 times the size of any you might have seen before. Inside are more felt sacks, though larger. The weirdest part is that peering through the bars, you notice each has a nametag attached. The reason you know this to be true is because you just spied your own name written on one of the labels.

There's also something else underneath it. The descriptor may not mean much to you yet, but it will soon: it's the title of their newfound magic.

In each felt sack is a sort of starter kit: a set of dated and drapey plainclothes, a bag of dried boar jerky, a leather flask filled with water and a small tube of sunblock (the writing is in a bizarre pictograph language, but the giant picture of the sun on the tube should explain the purpose). There's also a rolled up paper tied with a string that reads as follows: "Welcome. Things will be explained in due time. For now, understand that you have been blessed with a gift of magic. Look into your brain and feel the instinct for both. Practice makes perfect."

F ▢ Here's the official prompt for playing with newfound magic (and telepathy if you want more practice). It's likely characters have already accidentally broadcast their thoughts, utilized the C prompt or used their magic inadvertently, but maybe this new information and small explanation has motivated them to try and see what they're truly capable of. Don't worry. If they're lucky enough to stick around, all will be explained.

...What if you're a wildcard, though? Someone who doesn't play by the rules and follows a different path, no matter what direction the world may be guiding you in? This island is large and contains many areas of interest, from crystal streams to hidden locations. Maybe you want to do something different...so break the mold and explore!

G ▢ 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!

GAME NAVIGATION

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a; the heart of the forest
[ Someone's being pretty proactive about the wild boars in the area. At first it was for more practical reasons, but then Brie happened to see that what she was told would happen was, indeed, happening: new people. God damn it.

It's not that they'll be inherently useful to her, but she knows that how useful they are to her isn't what anyone else on the stupid island cares about. "Make sure nothing kills the new people, Brie." "Make sure YOU don't kill the new people, Brie." And then Genette didn't take it kindly when she sarcastically referred to her; "I'll try, mom."

Brie's instinct is to pierce the shit out of you, newbie -- right through the chest and attach you to one of those skinny trees. Instead a simple hand motion sends an apparating sword right through the neck of a grunting boar. You're welcome. ]

c; an undisclosed location within the house
[ Those pin cameras? Brie stole a shit-ton of them when they were traveling through a more technologically advanced world. You may not have found one yet, but the person looking around on the monitor tablet has certainly found you.

She's not used to having to explain this whole thing to other people, but the confused look you have on your face while you're trying to figure out where the fuck those voices are coming from is driving her crazy. Time to introduce them to some telepathy. ]

Hey you. [ She says something specific pertaining to your location -- yeah you. ] Stand still for a second and listen to me.

f; the beach
[ Today has certainly been a day full of new people. It's hard to say how many, but even one more is too many in her book. One thing Brie will say is that if they're going to be here from now on, they damn sure better know how to use their magic.

She herself already learned the hard way that you better have them mastered before you're whisked away anywhere. ]

So what kind of magic did you end up with, huh? Or is it one of the shitty ones where you can't show me? [ It's not like healing or mind reading isn't useful, but she can admit that magic you can see is at least cool. ]

[ Qrow, being a veteran Huntsman, wasn't quite worried about a couple of boars wanting to pick a fight with him. To be honest, right now he has way bigger fish to fry, and he hasn't even decided where to begin. Seriously, why is he here? And who the hell is this kid?! He's got enough awareness to realize that she "saved" him, although he imagines that it doesn't mean they're friends either. ]

That wasn't necessary.

[ ...He also doesn't like being the New Kid. Which he's totally being right now. He's so a 30-something year old New Kid. ]

[Wow, what a way to say 'you're welcome.']

It's not like that's the only one out here. Let's see how you handle another one if you're so boar savvy.

[There's plenty in the forest, after all. All snorting and grunting and thrashing their heads about with their dull - yet dangerous - fangs.]

[ He will if another one attacks, but he's in no hurry to go after any animals himself right now. Instead he snorts a little at her comment. ]

Boar-savvy? I think I'll leave that title in your hands.

[ Besides, he's got more important questions right now, such as-- ]

Can you eat these things?

[ Well, okay, he has other questions too, but let's start with basic survival. ]

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