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undyingmods ([personal profile] undyingmods) wrote in [community profile] undyingcourt2023-11-30 12:01 pm

Test Drive Meme - New Blood

DEC TEST DRIVE MEME
Welcome to the Undying Court Test Drive Meme! This post will allow players to test drive their AU characters in the setting, as well as meet fresh faces or even connect with those they have preexisting CR with. As with anything involved in the setting, this post will likely contain: violence, enthrallment, torture, and sexual content.

Regarding continuity, all TDM threads can be taken as in-game canon if desired. Please keep in mind that the game proper will begin in mid December, in the Winter Season, so Students/Novices should create their prompts under the assumption that the TDM takes place during the season prior to the one they will be apping as. This means that students planning to app as first season novices will be visiting Castle Courtsheart prior to their Beginning. In other words, if you plan to app a student as a second season, the TDM will take place during their first, and so on.

Feel free to brush up on the Premise, Vampire Powers, and head over to the FAQ/Game Info page if you have any questions!

  • Make sure you are aware of the Rules when posting your top-level. (Content warnings are always welcome!)
  • Please format your Top-level in this format: Character Name (AU Name if different) | Canon | Teacher/Student | Court
  • As a reminder, a Test Drive sample is required in order to app.
  • If you have any questions specific to the TDM, ask them in the Questions thread below!




Top-Level Directory:Chat with NPC: Revar
Ace Attorney - Apollo Justice (Student)
Alice in the Country of Hearts - Alice Liddell (Student)
Attack On Titan - Erwin Smith (Teacher)
Baldur's Gate 3 - Astarion (Teacher)
Baldur's Gate 3 - Halsin (Teacher)
Baldur's Gate 3 - Raphael (Teacher)
Batman - Bruce Wayne (Teacher)
Bridgerton (Netflix) - Anthony Bridgerton (Student)
Castlevania - Soma Cruz (Student)
Castlevania: Nocturne - Maria Renard (Student)
Cosmo Warrior Zero - Harlock (Student)
Critical Role - Percy DeRolo (Teacher)
Daria - Daria Morgendorffer (Teacher)
Devil Summoner - Raidou Kuzunoha XIV (Student)
Dragon Age - Fenris (Teacher)
D&D: Honor Amongst Thieves - Edgin Darvis (Teacher)
D&D: Honor Amongst Thieves - Xenk Yendar (Teacher)
Ensemble STars!! - Mayoi Ayase (Student)
Fate/Zero - Kariya Matou (Kariya Makiri) (Student)
FE: Three Houses - Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd (Student)
FE: Three Houses - Hilda Goneril (Student)
FE: Three Houses - Lorenz Hellman Gloucester (Student)
FE: Three Houses - Marianne von Edmund (Student)
FE: Three Houses - Sylvain Gautier (Student)
Final Fantasy XIV - Estinien Varlineau (Teacher)
Frozen - Prince Hans (Student)
Genshin Impact - Diluc Ragnvindr (Teacher)
Genshin Impact - Tighnari (Teacher)
Hanna Is Not A Boy's Name - Conrad Achenleck (Teacher)
Hannibal (NBC) - Will Graham (Teacher)
Jujutsu Kaisen - Gojo Satoru (Teacher)
Jujutsu Kaisen - Toji Zen'in (Teacher)
Lucifer (Netflix) - Lucifer Morningstar (Teacher)
MCU - Loki Laufeyson (Teacher)
Original - Aurinn Laurentius (Student)
Original - Bellatrix Bakhar (Student)
Original - Christine Delacroix (Teacher)
Original - Hanako 'Rosalina' Nurumi (Teacher)
Original - Jisu (Eden Woods) (Student)
Original - Karma D'Auvergn (Teacher)
Our Flag Means Death - Edward Teach (Teacher)
Our Flag Means Death - Izzy Hands (Student)
Persona 3 Portable - Kotone Shiomi (Student)
Persona 5 R - Goro Akechi (Student)
Persona 5 - Haru Okumura (Student)
Persona 5 - Ren Amamiya (Student)
Pride and Prejudice - Elizabeth Bennet (Student)
Return to Labrynth - Sarah Williams (Teacher)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Snow White (Student)
Stargate: Atlantis - John Sheppard (Teacher)
Star Trek: AOS - James T. Kirk (Student)
Star Wars - Darth Vader (Teacher)
Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order - Trilla Suduri (Student)
The Adventure Zone: Balance - Kravitz (Teacher)
The Adventure Zone: Balance - Lydia (Teacher)
The Adventure Zone: Graduation - Fitzroy Maplecourt (Student)

New arrivals will be starting their first season in the winter, but they're welcomed to the castle early, under the watchful eyes of the Silver Court. Upon arrival, they will be shown to a room by a human whose eyes glow softly from within, with vacant smiles. Thralls. There, the human thralls will draw them a bath and bring them new clothes to wear to their first meeting. These are rich, expensive things made of high quality fabric. Whether it's a silk dress and a heavy velvet cowl, or a fine pants and a vest made from a brocade, the servants will provide. The new initiate's old clothes will be burned after, in a symbol of the life they are leaving behind. If they are hungry, they will be provided food. If they need anything at all, they need only ask their new servants.

Later that night they are taken to a grand hall, with high arched ceilings and candles burning in chandeliers. There are figures painted overhead, beautiful and entwined. Some have their eyes are colored to match the courts, others are gracefully placed in their death, with blood dripping from necks and wrists.

Balconies line the hall behind a forest of pillars, and vampires all watch as the group walk through (some more hungrily than others).

"Welcome to your first undying season, initiates," a pale, silver-haired vampire calls. They have silver eyes are clad in silver robes, but command the attention of everyone in attendance. They have a beauty that seems neither male nor female. They are standing at the center of a wide semi-circle of other vampires, "As the Silver Court's acting voice at this end of the Autumn season, allow me to introduce you to the Houses that will be your new homes."

The vampire, Revar, gives the newcomers an overview of all of the courts—Blue, Red, Gold, Silver, and Black—and then invites those already claimed by their Courts to join the vampires who will be their Makers.

Revar offers the Foundlings who are left a gentle, knowing smile, and then allows them to be chosen. They are like the last sheep left at the auction, and the vampires who take them may not be the enthused about it. Nevertheless, Revar waits patiently until all have found a maker.

Now that they are paired up it is expected—indeed, required—that the initiate drink from their maker. That is their Beginning. Only once they have truly begun can they can be considered novices.
AUTUMN NOX
Silver Court is in season and for the Autumn Nox it holds a large symposium, inviting all the best vampire minds from around lands nearby and far. The whole castle is abuzz with new activity. The stables are packed full of horses, carriages litter the grounds, but somehow the castle has enough rooms to house all the new arrivals.

Novices will find that some of these vampires have not seen a human-novice in a very, very long time. These vampires might see the human-novices more like specimens, curious about their every move. They won't bite, but novices may find themselves observed as they wander the castle and its grounds.

The symposium itself is open to anyone at the castle. Scholars can present on any topic at all. Novices will find that these range from the incredibly mundane (you've always wanted to attend a history of bottom-feeding river fish, haven't you?) to the truly fascinating (new insights into how vampire hearts work) to the downright strange (the symposium has a range of lectures very close to dawn about the sharing of vampire...fluids). Seasoned novices with their own Autumn classes to attend are expected to keep up with their studies, but some teachers may let them out of a session to attend the lectures and workshops of the symposium.

The Silver Court vampires are incredibly busy between running the symposium and trying to help the new novices get settled in. They may need some volunteers to lend a hand with setting up rooms or helping scholars find their way around. In fact, volunteers might find themselves leading scholars down to the second kitchen for a bite to eat, a strong reminder that even these demure learners are still monsters who must drink blood.

PUMPKINS-GONE-WILD
The symposium isn't all that the autumn season brings. The Silver Court’s talents are on display in other ways—sometimes not in ways another had particularly hoped. An overly zealous youngblood in the Silver Court tried to grow a few extra pumpkins for the occasion and ended up with a few too many! The pumpkin vines break out of the green house and start sprouting pumpkins everywhere. These are no ordinary pumpkins, they will sprout and grow and become fully formed in the course of a night. Better keep an eye out for those vines or else your room might become full of pumpkins! Luckily, the pumpkins aren’t rotting any time soon (they’ll last until winter, or so the Silver Court vampires are saying), but it can be pretty inconvenient for them to grow everywhere. Start cutting those vines to pieces, and hope they don’t try to entangle you in the process.
LIBRARY CLEAN-UP
Meanwhile, with all the scholars in town are making a mess of the library, much to the Silver Court vampire’s dismay. Books are being checked out and not checked back in, passed around from scholar to scholar. You might find those lost books just about anywhere. Who was reading in a tree? Anyone who collects the books and returns them to the library is sure to get a little bit of favor with the librarians, and it’s never a bad thing to have a bit of an in with a Court. If you’re worried about failing Silver Court, it’s time to get searching! Although how you’re going to convince a 300 year old vampire that time is not fake and that deadlines are real (and in fact were two days ago) is anyone’s guess.
UNETHICAL EXPRIMENTS
[CW: Torture, experiments]

Those who venture towards the basement might hear something a little different than normal. The thralls who spend their time down there are normally quiet, commanded to keep silent and pleasant for the vampires they serve. But with the arrival of the new scholars comes disquieting, inhuman screams from the darker reaches of the basement. Novices trying to catch a glimpse will be chased away, but teachers might be invited to watch as these vampires experiment on one another, all in the name of science. What’s a little torture, when you’re undying?

Thanks for joining us for our first TDM! For any questions regarding the TDM prompts, please comment in the thread below. For general game questions, please check the FAQ/Game Info. Remember that the game proper will begin mid December, in the Winter Season, so Students/Novices should create their prompts under the assumption that the TDM takes place during the season prior to the one they will be apping as.

enchantibiotic: (air)

{ library: b }

[personal profile] enchantibiotic 2023-12-02 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ Christine comes upon him while carrying a handful of books she's collected from around the castle. On spotting him and what he's doing, she raises a brow. ]

I applaud the direct message. And ordinarily I'd wonder if some of these fools can even read, but one has to assume they can if they venture into the library.

[ Holding out her books to one of the thralls who already has his handy sign, she adds: ]

These can be signed back in.
flagofbone: (A pirate's gaze to the horizon)

[personal profile] flagofbone 2023-12-02 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
"And frankly creepy, those servants might as well be dolls." There's a slight, unsettled tone in his voice despite himself as he watches one pass by with a tray of glasses - he doesn't venture to guess what's in them. "I supposed some may find something good in all of this,"
bleakdecember: (coffee time)

new arrival

[personal profile] bleakdecember 2023-12-02 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a foundling. A quiet one. That might be ideal. Quiet means shy, perhaps, but with a lot of potential. Especially if he's getting snapped up by the Blue Court. Hmmn...

Once he gets a chance. Akechi slides over to pester him.]
How are you finding the castle so far? It's quite overwhelming at first, but you'll get used to it.
coolcustomer: (Default)

[personal profile] coolcustomer 2023-12-02 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
It's in one of those quiet moments that Haru approaches him. Of the new arrivals, Ren was certainly the most interesting - though if you asked her exactly why, she'd be hard pressed to answer.

(What is weird is that for some reason, she can't shake the feeling that he should have a cat.)

"It's a bit of an adjustment, isn't it?"
unshod: (14)

[personal profile] unshod 2023-12-02 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Fenris waits patiently for her to go through her stack before his shoulders slump ever so slightly. But she has a lead and he was willing to take it, so many books were checked out, maybe they can gather all the books from this room she found and turn them in.

Still, he doesn't know where it is so.. well, he takes half her stack from her, taking the larger half.
]

Then I shall accompany you to the library and back. This should allow us to make quick work of the books in the room you found.
beigeacademia: (I won't say I'm judging (but I am))

[personal profile] beigeacademia 2023-12-02 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Elias stands there and kind of just takes the patronising retort, not really reacting to the pet name. It's whatever, this whole thing is fundamentally quite petty and even though he will snap like a dog that's been stepped on unfairly he'll also move on very quickly.

Lydia finally makes eye contact, though, which is as much of a success as it is shooting himself in the foot. Now he has to continue the conversation why did he do this.

Elias frowns, his gaze sliding deliberately towards the paper she's working on.]


Fashion?

[The hint's right there?]
playing_hearts: (so done with your crap)

Library Clean up

[personal profile] playing_hearts 2023-12-02 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Depends. If it's one of the library's missing books, then yes.

[Who the heck does this guy think he is, anyway? Her instincts are telling her he's trouble. The smart thing to do would be ask politely for the book and then even if he's doesn't give it up at least she tried.]

Are you this casually condescending with everyone or just new students?
bleakdecember: (smile mask)

D

[personal profile] bleakdecember 2023-12-02 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Going somewhere?

[He's getting better at moving quietly. Of course he'd try to sneak up on another student lurking around here. In truth, Akechi really wants to see what's going on. Getting caught is too much of a risk...

But having another student here to take the fall for him? Perfect. Just what he needs. He tilts his head.]


Walk quieter. They'll hear you.
maplecourt: (pic#14110375)

[personal profile] maplecourt 2023-12-02 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[If only he knew just how new he actually was, though there's a lot of things even before he got here that were on the "this is the actual worst" list that he absolutely has compiled in his head. Mostly of ridiculous mundane things, but that's beside the point.

He purses his lips for a moment as he contemplates what he even means by that, because he's... correct about him knowing jack and all about plants or farming or anything of that sort. And despite a bit of a fumble is catching the vine at least, eyeballing it as if it's going to come back alive again to attack him or something.]


... So it is. I knew the vines were meant to keep the plant alive, but I didn't think it'd be that moist or anything. [Fire would take a while, then, with what he knows about fire in general and wet objects.] So fire would take a good bit of time to actually do anything... Thank you, I absolutely hate having this knowledge that we are utterly screwed if the pumpkins were to stage a revolt.
wonderland_vogue: (7)

[personal profile] wonderland_vogue 2023-12-02 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
[It's not like she could just drop it or get out of the tree and hand it to her like a normal person, after all. She quite likes being in this tree, actually.]

Can't say I've ever read it, but that title alone tells me it probably is. Again, terrible tastes, whoever it was.
bleakdecember: (checkmate)

new arrivals

[personal profile] bleakdecember 2023-12-02 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
[He's familiar with Haru, at least in passing. They're in the same season, even if they're from a different Court. He can almost smell that anger she's got in her. He wants to see her unleash it.

...But right now he's just kind of bored. It's tiring, not being the special newcomers anymore. He likes limelight. His eyes slide over to her, as if he hasn't been watching all this new fresh meat.]


Looking for someone you know? [He smirks, laughing a little.] I'd give that up, if I were you. You'll only be disappointed. We're your new friends now.
coolcustomer: (Default)

ii

[personal profile] coolcustomer 2023-12-02 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
"It wasn't all bad." But then, Haru was actually interested in the main purpose of the lecture, and not just holding out for different information.

"I'm hungry. Want to go pester the kitchen for lunch?"
schrodingers_joker: (neutral)

[personal profile] schrodingers_joker 2023-12-02 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
"I do admit they are pretty quiet, even for servants. In my experience, they at least say some something."

Ren feels one of the thralls stare at him for a moment before walking away. He tries not to shudder.

"If one isn't used to being served, then I guess so. And gaining powers doesn't sound so bad, but the whole needing to turn into a vampire for it is doesn't seem worth it." Granted his opinion might change on that, but not in terms of his opinion on the vampire counsil or any of the teachers.
beigeacademia: (not angry just disappointed)

[personal profile] beigeacademia 2023-12-02 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Good thing the thralls are around to handle Christine's books. Elias is concentrating over his calligraphy on another sign at a table, finishing it up.]

Well, I don't know. Maybe they can but don't bother. I really don't know why others have holes in their brain when it comes to feeding and feeding responsibly.

[He holds up the finished sheet of paper.]

Do you think this is big enough to be read at a distance?
wonderland_vogue: (13)

[personal profile] wonderland_vogue 2023-12-02 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Of course it's absolutely and completely petty, it tends to be one of her many brands she defaults to. And, really, while she doesn't tend to care about some petty argument or something similar later down the line, she does are in the moment.

Ah, so he can use some deductive reasoning and he actually gets a small bark of a laugh from her.]


At least you can see the obvious, but that would be one of them. Good luck ever figuring out the other~ [Could be many a thing with how she acts and she's not about to give him any kind of hint.] Why do you like all of these lectures, anyway? It's just people with too much time on their hands blowing smoke out their asses and trying to inflate their own egos.
coolcustomer: (Default)

[personal profile] coolcustomer 2023-12-02 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Haru shrugs.] There's no guarantee of seeing anyone I used to know, or that they'd want to continue the acquaintance. But it's always useful to know who's been brought into the fold, wouldn't you agree?
onebadapple: (The little things to bring us joy)

New Arrivals

[personal profile] onebadapple 2023-12-02 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Speaking of a new arrival, she smiled brightly as she nodded in greeting to Daria and then clasped her hands in front of her.]

Why hello there! Thank you so much for the warm welcome! It's so kind of you to greet us! Everyone has been so kind since I've gotten here!
schrodingers_joker: (pokerface)

[personal profile] schrodingers_joker 2023-12-02 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Ren isn't sure why, but something about him makes him feel...sad? But he's never met him before. How could that be?

He does his best to ignore that, keep a poker face on, and a strong front. Much how he was taught by his now former parents.]

It does feel a little cold, and I don't just mean the weather changing. But it could be a lot worse.
unshod: (hdsf by mostwantedpotato404 (tum))

[personal profile] unshod 2023-12-02 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Akechi was someone he's kept an eye on. The student seemed to take the black court seriously, unlike so many others who wasted his and their own time. He was tired of getting pointless blood on his blade.

But this one, he seemed like perhaps someone who will push until he succeeds. Or dies trying. Either one wouldn't surprise him.

At least he was smart enough to keep clear of the blade Fenris was swinging around with practiced ease.
]

Early as always. And no, my personal blade is not suited for student use.

[For harming them, yes, for them to use? No.]
devilyoudo: (pic#16776561)

[personal profile] devilyoudo 2023-12-02 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ He lifts his brows at her, as though appalled at her accusations. ]

Well it's hardly satisfying to simply hand it out. Besides, there is no harm in riling them up a bit.

[ He shrugs. ]

That you may conduct your pupils differently is of no concern to me, my dear.
schrodingers_joker: (confused)

[personal profile] schrodingers_joker 2023-12-02 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Truth be told, he's been desiring to own a cat since he was a young boy, but his parents never allowed it. Maybe if he's able to, he'll get himself a pet cat.

When he sees the older girl, he has a similiar strange feeling about her. Like he feels like he knows her from somewhere but he doesn't know what. Also for some reason, a part of him wants to ask her about vegatables.

"It is. Feels rather cold here, and I don't just mean the weather."

He isn't sure if this place should be considered a prison or if it's just his uneasiness with it all.

"By the way, have we met before?"
onebadapple: (Is something wrong?)

Library B.

[personal profile] onebadapple 2023-12-02 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Snow White walked in with a large stack of books in her arms, having picked them up as she went about as she saw them just strewn about and after waiting a bit to see if anyone would come back for them, she had decided to take them back to the library. She read the sign as she set down another stack and the librarian smiled, thanking her for another set of books.]

Oh my! People are feeding on them? The poor dears! Will a sign be enough?
wonderland_vogue: (10)

[personal profile] wonderland_vogue 2023-12-02 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
[She probably shouldn't be grinning that far too predatory grin (it's her default, really) as he answers, pushing herself off the wall finally to move a little closer. It's so impersonal to be against the wall and that far away, right?]

Come now, darling, do I look like someone that would be letting them get their crumbs of kudos so easily? It doesn't mean anything if you didn't work for it, after all. [She shrugs in turn, taking a moment to adjust the top of her corset just in case.]

I suppose they're that desperate to get the books back as if they'll end up walking away if they take their eyes off of them for too long. Why they couldn't just have the thralls search for the books to begin with, I haven't a clue, seems like less of a hassle and headache.
flagofbone: (Smile even when you're in pain)

Elsewhere

[personal profile] flagofbone 2023-12-02 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Harlock crept down to the kitchen, his body language was enough to say that he wasn't here to flitch some food or volunteer for kitchen duty. He pauses, debating on whether to call out to the swordsman or not, before he decided to go ahead]

Needed something to cut up that wouldn't get you in hot water?
coolcustomer: (Default)

[personal profile] coolcustomer 2023-12-02 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
"I've found it fairly welcoming, so far." But then, Haru's had a bit to brace herself for her arrival.

Certainly more warning than her father got.

"I... don't think so? You seem like a memorable sort of person." And yet, he should have a cat. Why would she think that? Eh, it's probably not important. "My name is Haru."