undyingcourt | Test Drive Meme

Entry tags:

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

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.

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

Keep quiet!

[ It's as sharp as a whisper can be, but she steps around the corner to stare down the other novice who's interrupted her perfectly legitimate sneaking around. At least, she thinks she has a good reason for it -- and therefore no one should judge her. ]

Do you want to be their next experiment? Come away from there.

[ Xenk shrugs, unable to argue with that logic. The Novices are closer to humans than not. And most of them become thralls anyway. They just have to at least keep an eye on the talented ones... ]

At the very least, you should offer those that fail your classes.

[ That's how it works, right? But Xenk is here for a reason and it's not to argue with Astarion. He takes a seat and opens his notebook. He really does intend to take notes. ]

Please, carry on. I am here for the lecture.

Oh, I think you're rather missing the point. They have admitted it. They've devoted their at least a portion of their undying to studying it their own ways. What could be more of a enthusiastic embrace of the subject?

[ consenting academics....and not even just youngbloods being asked to teach, but mature vampires who were really into it. ]

Vampires don't have the same hang-ups when it comes to these sorts of things as humans. When one truly has all the time they'll ever need, what's the point of hiding behind niceties?

You're early.

[ He says it very pointedly, but he get back to work. This model isn't going to tie themself up. ]

[ He creeps around, skirting away from the corner closest to the door and towards Trilla, trying to remain as quiet as he can. Do the floors sound extra squeaky today or is it just him?

The door opens with a loud clang just as he makes it to her own sneak around hiding place, lowering his voice to a whisper. ]

What are they doing to them?

[ See, it's students like these that are always the most interesting. Driven, and yet not understanding.

Revar reaches over and puts their hand on Eden's shoulder reassuringly. ]

Not yet. But others will struggle where you will succeed and instead of examining themselves, they will believe you have something they do not.

[ She presses herself flat against the wall and scarcely breathes for a few moments, until the footsteps proceed in another direction. Trilla may be good at talking her way out of things, but this heedless fool next to her seems like the sort to blunder directly into danger and try to fight rather than talk his way out.

He's never going to last, here. ]

If I knew, I wouldn't still be here listening to it. A punishment of some sort, perhaps.

They'll be going back to the kitchens to be fed on after, so I wouldn't say there's any rush. [This is also a kind of exercise for the thralls- Elias thinks they shouldn't be in the basement kitchen all the time, it's so dim and creepy. Better to have them up here and moving around once in a while.]

But of course you may help if that's what you'd like to do.

[ To be fair to the lecturer, it was probably going to be pretty cool! You don't just tie someone up and suspend them and then talk about bird migration. But obviously neither of them are interested in staying for whatever this lecture actually is, when there's a promise of something better.

It doesn't take Astarion much longer to finish up and leave the tied up vampire in the capable hands of the lecturer. ]

I imagine they can handle the rest from here. Undoing the knots is much easier than putting them in in the first place. So that leaves us to make our own plans.

[ He nods towards the door ]

Shall we? Best to sneak out before anyone actually comes to attend the lecture.

[ At least the first part of that felt nice; that someone who was being the spokesperson and in such a position believed she would succeed while here. It's a nice change from the Black Court teachers warning her away. ]

That's just when you ask for help. Ah, could it be from stress? There's some caffeine-free herbal blends involving things like elderflower and black pepper that's good for relieving that. Though if they're struggling, I suppose they wouldn't notice that they're stressing themselves out...

[ Once around people for more than a couple hours every few weeks, she'll realize probably understand things a little better. That there isn't some simple herbal remedy for jealousy. ]

Ugh. [Conrad's rolling his eyes. He can't help it, that's such a trite point of view.]

Oh, please. Vampires can be cruel, just as they could be when they were mortal. Don't lump me in with you. You're as cruel as you choose to be.

[ Xenk takes that as a compliment. He is extremely studious, so being early here feels right.

Plus it means he gets to watch how Astarion ties up the other vampire, and that's a good view. Academically speaking. ]

[ Once the footsteps move away, Cal peers back around the bend at the figure retreating and back to the now heavily closed door, the awful sound muffled and cut off but still reverberating through the silence. Heart pounding in his chest, he lets out a deep, shaking breath. ]

Hm. I didn't think anything was capable of making a noise like that, whatever it is, punishment or not...

[ Cal shakes his head. ]

[If there was no promise of better things, she absolutely would have stuck around. But there's something far better waiting for her and she's always been more about doing than watching or listening to lectures, for that matter. Especially when she knows very well that this is bound to put her in a good mood.

A slow grin crawls to her lips as he finally finishes, no need to tell her twice as she slides off of her perch and heads for the door without another word just yet.

It's always better for her to lead the way, in her opinion, especially when she knows exactly how to walk with just a bit of sway in her step and being quite fond of clothing that accentuates her body where she wants it to.]

By all means, I think we still have a few minutes before they begin to show up~

[ After helping tie up others, it was only fair Astarion eventually let himself be tied up. It's amazing, really, all the things academics can come up with to discuss that cross over with other enjoyable endeavors. And as far as Astarion was concerned, as a member of the Red Court he was really just doing his duty by encouraging and aiding in these sorts of things.

Besides, he likes being tied up when it's on his own terms. To him, it's nothing more than another piece of evidence of how far beyond his old life he'd truly gone. That unlike when he'd been nothing but a thrall and didn't have a say, now he could decide how and when and for whom he put himself and his body on display.

And it was something he did with such ease. A comfort, like the rope was nothing more than a second skin. Even afterwards, he practically glowed with the enjoyment of it and the way he'd been admired.

But none of the admiration really compared to the way Fenris looked at him during it--or how he looks at him now. His admiration was personal, after all. And though he'd have a hard time admitting it, the only piece of his old life he'd allowed himself to hang onto. ]

Well, hello, Fenris.

[ He says his chosen name like it is the only important thing in the world. Like it is sweeter than any poetry. ]

You look positively thirsty, my dear. [ It's light, teasing. ] Should we stop back at my room for a drink?

[He really wants to know and play this game? Well, she has nothing better to be doing at this juncture, so perhaps it would be fun to see just how far he's willing to go with whatever whims she might be in for.

In fact, she's reaching a hand out to grab his chin, nails lightly biting into his skin and making certain he looks up at her. Her grin might be a little more predatory than it has right to be, but it's fairly often that people get that look.]

For one, darling, I usually have control of what's going on unless I find someone adequate enough that I give them some temporary form of control. If I were to ask you to, say, lick my boots clean, would you? If I wanted to use you as a footrest, would you still be so willing to continue playing with me? [She tilts her head just a bit, grip tightening just a fraction.]

I might also have a habit of making people bleed and perhaps a bit of a known name to the Silver healers.

It's not like Conrad has any idea as to what he's doing nor can he find any method to this madness. He just happened to have a rather generously sized palette knife handy while he was organizing art supplies and decided to get to some of the pumpkins before they invaded his class.

"I'm pretty sure all they're learning is that the Silver Court lacks restraint and can be a huge pain in the ass," he snaps and then makes a growling sound as the tip of his shoe gets stuck in a pumpkin's squishy innards. Alright, that's probably enough kicking at them for one night... "I haven't heard anyone propose any plans on how to actually get rid of these things."

How fortuitous for us.

[ Look, he can appreciate beauty when he sees it. Whether Lydia always looked this way or she just settled on an extremely attractive mask, the effect is the same. Besides, she knows how to wear it. A confidence he both understands well and admires.

Birds of a feather, perhaps.

So he gives her a moment before he follows. A moment to appreciate the extra effort she's putting in here. It would be a tragedy if it just went to waste and no one appreciated it! But then he follows, falling into step beside her once they get to the hall. ]

One of our Court's classrooms should be unused at this time. I'm quite partial to the one with the fireplace and the large bear rug. Although, the bear is a little comical, from the wrong angle.

[ Xenk loves a challenge. Whether that means figuring out how a student who keeps sleeping and goofing off in class scores top marks when it comes time to actually practice his skills, or keeping tabs on certain students that he thinks would be a better fit for Gold Court. Kirk just happens to fall under both. ]

I pay attention to those who I believe are worthy of it.

[ And Xenk does indeed notice that Kirk has put up walls for once. He could break them with a thought, but he doesn't. Xenk knows Kirk isn't as simple as he likes to let on. And besides, strong walls only proves his potential. The man is a natural. If he applied himself, he'd be a true sight to see. ]

Perhaps I shall look forward to discovering your reasons, James. And if you can keep them from me before your Becoming, perhaps you may even consider me impressed.

[An entire hour and meticulous at that, exactly what she would expect from him when he's on a warpath like that.

Once he's looking at her and addressing her properly, she's flopping onto the banister nearest him, fluffy tail hanging off from her new perch.]

Did that get your aggressions out, then? Sure seemed like you were having fun.

[ Astarion knows well that no amount of batting his lashes and asking nicely is going to get Raphael to take the books back. This is a losing battle. But even still, he plays along, laying it on thick: ]

Please, won't you find it in your benevolent heart to return these books to the library? The Silver Court seems absolutely beside themselves.

[ But they both know he won't. So he pulls out a drawer in his desk and produces a bottle of bloodwine and a fold up, wooden chess set. ]

Do you want to play a round, or were you here for some other reason?

[If you're trying to bluff to someone that isn't part of Red Court, probably.]

And it's still an absolute wonder that you managed to do that much when you're this much of an absolute nerd. Good grief.

Oh, I didn't expect for you to. I'd much rather not have someone groveling at my feet to begin with. [... In public. Without prior consent. But that's not the point right now.

At least Lydia mostly is serious when it comes down to her actual business, though perhaps not in the most straight-forward of ways and quite keen to tease and taunt people just for funsies.]

I don't ask for much other than you don't make a fool of yourself~ Red Court has a... reputation, I suppose, but while I have a way of going about things, I really do love seeing where Novices find themselves. Art comes in many forms, after all.

I simply see no point to caring about them until they've proven themselves. Otherwise you have to learn all these names only to forget them. It's a hassle!

[As far as she's concerned, every bit of it is natural on her side. In fact, she hasn't even really settled on a mask even now, but that's a problem for her in the future. For the present she has other things to be focusing on, especially when she's biting back a laugh once he falls into step next to her.

She truly does enjoy the majority of the rest of the Red Court, especially when they're all mostly easy to get along with and find something interesting about each and every one of them. ~~With a few exceptions but that's entirely beside the point.]~~

I do think that'd make a rather nice backdrop and we'll just... avoid that angle of the bear. Honestly, with how particular they seem about the decoration around here, the fact that you can have taxidermy that messed up is a wonder. [Too bad she doesn't know diddly all about that particular profession or she'd have more to critique about it, but not her field of art to care about.

Nor does it stop her from lightly shoulder checking him, just for fun.]

If I remember correctly, there shouldn't be anyone having any actual reason to go down that hallway, either. Not that I had any intentions of quieting myself to begin with.

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

Page 59 of 93

Test Drive Meme - New Blood

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

cw: referenced non-con with enthrallment

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject