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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.

serpendipity: (F1)

[personal profile] serpendipity 2023-12-04 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Some parts were easier to accept than people would expect, but she was good at taking things in stride. The parts she was tripped up on was considered something to think about when there was a little less excitement going on. ]

Do the ones being volunteered usually do well enough as Makers? I'm sure some probably can take it as a duty to fulfill... There's probably something in place to make sure it doesn't end up a disaster.

[ The truly unfortunate thing would be to get stuck with a Maker that doesn't do anything or follow what should be done for the novice's chance of success. ]
coolcustomer: (Default)

[personal profile] coolcustomer 2023-12-04 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"It just... feels like poor planning, at this point. A slower start earlier in the year could've had the same result without all this chaos."
the_caped_crusader: (pic#15390954)

[personal profile] the_caped_crusader 2023-12-04 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Lydia.

[ he replies before seeing her, as though he had seen her for some time. his tone, as usual, is brusque, with perhaps a hint of derision...? though that might just be him. it's only when she's closer that he turns with black eyes that were once an icy blue. it's a shame really, for as classically tall, dark, and brooding, he would likely make a wonderful addition to the red court. he can dance very well, too; something known to very few. ]

What makes you think I'm acting?
the_caped_crusader: (pic#15390954)

unethical experiments

[personal profile] the_caped_crusader 2023-12-04 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ suddenly he's there besides fenris, watching. for as sneaky as the black court tended to be, he was still exceptional at it. the shadows loved him, and he loved them. his watchful black eyes are critical of the students below. ]

...and for a moment I thought the symposium would be the most boring thing I'd see all evening.
wonderland_vogue: (Uh-huh that's cute)

[personal profile] wonderland_vogue 2023-12-04 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Derision, brusque tones, it's something that she can wave off when it's not important or just how someone tends to be. Black is always a strange group to her and it's not as if she hadn't once been toying with the idea of joining them two decades ago before Red really sat perfectly with her.

She shrugs slowly in turn, really it's quite a pity that he ran off to Black so long ago. A waste of his appearances, if she were perfectly honest, though there's little to be done for it now.]


Call it a hunch. Really, darling, the way you act really makes it seem as if you don't care to be around any of us and as if you're the only one allowed to act as if something is always wrong, always off. [Some of them are more content shoving away the issues of the past, lord knows she had done that and refuses to speak of most of it outside of a vague hint or comment here or there. Humanity had been a drag, anyway.]

Alternatively, it's perhaps a bad look on the castle if you disappear before everything is over, isn't it? [... Probably not, but she'll run with it.]
playing_hearts: (questioning)

Arrivals

[personal profile] playing_hearts 2023-12-04 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Alice responds with a small shrug.]

I can play the piano. My sister taught me...

[She does spare just a moment to wonder how Lorina is doing in her absence. But... she's probably better off now. Either way, it doesn't bear thinking about.]

playing_hearts: (thoughtful smile)

[personal profile] playing_hearts 2023-12-04 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I do like gardening.... but mostly I've just helped my sister tend our flower garden at home. Healing sounds useful though.

[Finally distracted from the cuteness, Alice really takes a moment to consider.]

I guess I never really thought about what I'd want to study if I had a choice. Back home it was just whatever the tutors thought we should learn...
nobleobligations: ({war} 12)

[personal profile] nobleobligations 2023-12-04 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Nonsense. [ Certainly, Lorenz seems fully committed to playing the role expected of him. He bows his head, briefly, in what might pass for him as a display of modesty. ] Such a task is trivial for one possessed of my aptitude.

[ And, also... It is important that all know he is not just talented, but diligent and ambitious! Therefore— ]

Simply direct me to their destination, and all will be taken care of.
conradachenleck: (I wish that we were magic)

[personal profile] conradachenleck 2023-12-04 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Conrad quirks his lips in a slight smile as, well, it's true. He should've known better. It's not like he was looking for inspiring quotes from Will or anything, though. But still... "I, um- Well, fair enough. That's my fault, I suppose. Sorry."

He gives a slight nod at the offer, trying not to look too embarrassed about taking him up on it. "Sure... I'd be happy to sit in and listen. It sounds a lot more interesting than the classes I had to take on that particular subject." It seemed like a more progressive approach, certainly. He still didn't like the term prey, but that was his issue to deal with.

"So. Uhm. Do you have any more lectures on the schedule?" Conrad's not great at making small talk, really, but he figured he'd ask. Maybe change the subject ever so slightly.
seestheworld: (Venus Ten Billion Volt Rock 'N' Rouge)

[personal profile] seestheworld 2023-12-05 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe somebody wanted to show off."
seestheworld: (Moon Eternal Make Up)

[personal profile] seestheworld 2023-12-05 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
Social link established?

That is good to know, because honestly Kotone still finds it hard not to sympathize with them. She's not far off from possibly having become one of them, after all.

She's not sure quite what she's expecting as a further response, but a boop to the nose wasn't it. Kotone gives her a small but genuine smile. "Kotone," she replies. "It's good to meet you."

She hopes?
Edited 2023-12-05 01:13 (UTC)
capital_asset: (This seems dubious.)

[personal profile] capital_asset 2023-12-05 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
"Blue." Which he's still feeling a bit weird about.
ladyofloss: (09)

classes

[personal profile] ladyofloss 2023-12-05 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Though there's certainly excitement to be had with the arrival of the new novices, Shadowheart, now swiftly approaching her fourth season and on the cusp of becoming an apprentice, is as dedicated to her studies as always. She has frequently proven herself to be a determined student, intent on going above and beyond at every opportunities, but she does allow herself to be just a little more at ease in Tighnari's classes. Something about his approach to teaching and his passion for his subject inspires it; compared to some of her other courses, this one is a welcome reprieve, the subject one that calls to her rather than something that is expected to her.

She raises her pen as she looks up from her notebook, glancing towards the mushrooms in question.]


These are Agaricus bosuhii, commonly known as Medusa Mushrooms, yes?
Edited 2023-12-05 00:32 (UTC)
nobleobligations: ({hopes} 01)

[personal profile] nobleobligations 2023-12-05 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
You seem to have misunderstood me. [ He doesn't respond with irritation, but his tone is a little high-handed nonetheless. ] I am not attempting to foist my responsibilities onto those unequipped to handle them. My objection lies in that this task ought to have been given to those best suited for it — wouldn't you agree?
Edited 2023-12-05 00:36 (UTC)
nobleobligations: ({hopes} 22)

[personal profile] nobleobligations 2023-12-05 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ It is a little... hair-raising. Lorenz's face goes as stiff and still as a porcelain mask with the next shriek that echoes up the stairwell—the aforementioned obsession with appearance come to roost, Lorenz freezing up as though he might just wait out the urge to respond to what's happening by doing nothing at all.

It's Sylvain's final suggestion, then, that finally forces a reaction from him. His eyes widen, and his skin blanches with a different sort of fear entirely. ]


T— Tell someone?! [ The strain in his voice keeps it from lifting above a whisper.] Have you forgotten the reason we had to sneak down here? Novices are suppose to stay out of the basement tonight!

[ What if they get in trouble?!?!?! ]
ladyofloss: (11)

iii

[personal profile] ladyofloss 2023-12-05 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Shadowheart stops short as she approaches, tipping her chin upwards as she fights the urge to rebuff the command. Command, not request, and though fast approaching her fourth season, she realizes there are certain guidelines she still must adhere to.

Curling her hand into a fist at her side, she tilts her head slightly and offers Diluc a reserved smile.]


Are you sure? Even as an aspiring member of the Black Court? This could be educational.

[You know, for reasons.]
coolcustomer: (Default)

[personal profile] coolcustomer 2023-12-05 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe. They certainly achieved that, if not necessarily how they intended."

Haru wonders if they've taken credit for their work anywhere, or if they're hiding from the results.
coolcustomer: (Default)

[personal profile] coolcustomer 2023-12-05 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
Haru nods. "They do have some fascinating specialties."
playing_hearts: (so done with your crap)

[personal profile] playing_hearts 2023-12-05 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
No. I do not agree. The thralls are all busy and generally overworked as it is and I, for one, don't mind doing a few chores to help out.

[The attitude most of the people here take toward the thralls really grates on her nerves.]

And anyway, if you didn't want to pitch in, why didn't you just say no when they gave you this task instead of complaining about it now?
ladyofloss: (07)

library cleanup

[personal profile] ladyofloss 2023-12-05 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[The stack of books beside Shadowheart looks especially precarious, the way they're stacked rather haphazardly, but she looks up from scribbling something down in her notebook as she'd been perusing the one open in front of her. Her gaze is cool and even, and she raises a single brow at him in response.]

I do, actually.

[Mind, that is.]

They'll get them back when I'm good and finished. Classes are still in session despite all this.
the_caped_crusader: (pic#15390941)

[personal profile] the_caped_crusader 2023-12-05 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ he raises an eyebrow. ]

I'm known more for my effectiveness than I am my geniality. I somehow think my presence won't be missed too much. [ he teases: ] Unless of course you're speaking personally, Lydia.
wonderland_vogue: (Smirk/smug)

[personal profile] wonderland_vogue 2023-12-05 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
For as much as she waves off the thralls as being useless and this being their true purposes, she had the same thoughts when first coming into this whole thing. But it kind of died off the moment she realized she was going to get through all of this. On top of it being an easy blood source if she wanted. And getting whatever she wanted out of them.

It's fine, she's fine.

"A pleasure, Kotone. I hope you don't have anything against fun in this place, with Red, that's sort of what we do. Blue claims to be the revelers, but that's all they're good at~" And already into shittalking the other Courts, but that's not really unexpected from her and with her opinions. "I do, however, suggest keeping an eye on those around you because there are some that will do more... uncouth things in order to get ahead of the curve." Mostly she means the Golds, but she may also be biased towards that end. "But there's ways of playing their games and beating them quite soundly~"
disdelusioned: (024)

[personal profile] disdelusioned 2023-12-05 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Diluc isn't at all surprised that Shadowheart has made her way down here despite knowing that she's not permitted. She's overly zealous and eager compared to other novices--and increasingly so the closer she gets to her Becoming. And getting to him without being noticed took her no small amount of skill in the very abilities that he and his fellow Black Court faculty have taught her since she arrived.

That, and the fact that she's currently pushing back on his authority, make him proud of her.]


This isn't the first time the Silver Court has done this, and it won't be the last.

[But what's run of the mill to him is new and exciting to her. After a moment, he adds quietly:]

Stick to the shadows.

[Yes, he's making an exception for god's favorite princess his favorite student her.

And with that, he enters the room where the Silver Court vampires are doing their thing, leaving the door ajar for several moments to allow her to slip in behind him.]
flagofbone: (I won't budge on my beliefs)

[personal profile] flagofbone 2023-12-05 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
I learned to keep my eye on my surroundings, even if seems fine to put your guard down.

[It's... almost a relief when a tired sob came to them, twisted as it is. Harlock's eyes darken, clearly filing things away for later]

And it's clear I can't afford to do the latter here.
wonderland_vogue: (Amusement)

[personal profile] wonderland_vogue 2023-12-05 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
Status is status, whether we like it or not~ [As if she actually cares about that, she never has and never will. Especially when it wasn't until these last few years that she's willingly gone to the ceremony instead of having to be bribed or dragged kicking and screaming.

However, she huffs and crosses her arms over her chest with pursed lips at his assumption.]


Well, Bruce, if you really want me to be honest, while your personality is sometimes questionable and abrasive, you're at least not hard on the eyes. Unlike some of the others. [Her annoyed expression slips back into a grin pretty quickly, at least.]

Not that I expect I'd be able to get anywhere with it.