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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: (F16)

[personal profile] serpendipity 2023-12-11 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ Well in her head, she thought it seemed somewhat obvious. Now it was just her being blatant. ]

My help is always a given to people I like and can consider friends.

[ Which, one was already a given, and the other seemed to be where they were heading. ]

Though I don't know how far you can get. I don't really have much to go off of myself. Really, I wouldn't have bothered, but then one of the teachers kept saying things about my dagger- Which, I know could've been to get me on edge or confused, or something that I couldn't understand the reason.
karmichealing: (Oh my)

[personal profile] karmichealing 2023-12-11 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
[The library doors weren't too far from them now, so she slows her pace a little for him to catch up to her easily enough. She can't help but wonder if he doesn't get her seduction she was trying to slip in there, but that's fine. It was fun to tease and get him stammering. He was a cute one for sure.

But her offer is sincere, even if it doesn't end up being as sexy as she is teasing for it to become, she would definitely model for him.
]

I would, yes, really. [She chuckles a little, something a little deeper than one might expect her laugh to be.] I don't mind being nude for our... private anatomy lesson. As a Silver, I understand the importance of understanding anatomy and how it works. [She gives him a sultry smile.] So, you're welcome to get some hands on practice.
karmichealing: (Fire)

[personal profile] karmichealing 2023-12-11 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
[As much as she was teasing him and exercising some authority, she wasn't about to ignore the very real situation here. She was still a teacher and he was still her student and yes, as much as she might be about to fuck his brains out, she will be quizzing him on anatomy afterwards.

Well, maybe not a traditional quiz but--
]

Of course it's a lesson. Just because it's some private tutoring, does not mean I expect you to slack off, understood? I want you to be top form.

[The voice takes on a stricter tone, she means business. Putting a finger to the middle of his chest, she pushes against it for a second.]

I expect you to give me your.. best performance.
timidheart: (100)

[personal profile] timidheart 2023-12-11 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
[The harder the repress it the easier it is to believe!! They’re both doing so good at this.]

Yes… have you had a formal education before this…? S-Sorry if that is a forward thing to ask. I …I am mostly self taught.
aria_ardeinae: (Let's have a discussion about this)

[personal profile] aria_ardeinae 2023-12-11 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
We don't know who started these things or why, because they would be thrown out of the castle if we did.

[ He's very confident about saying this. He has no idea what the actual punishment protocol for starting a pumpkin plague is. ]

But it is probably meant as a food source, yes. The kitchens are at least trying to be creative about it.
unshod: (tumblr_p1gie5tFqp1swv88yo2_r1_1280 by ot)

[personal profile] unshod 2023-12-11 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Fenris makes a sour face at the fact they agree, not that it can be easily telled apart from his normally broody expression, but it was there. In fact, he knows what Xenk's version of weeding people out is and he's not a fan of it. Honestly, he rather kill those who can't finish the process than enthrall them, but that was his own opinion.]

I am aware of my duty to the castle and its future, just as you are. Especially my duty to my court and its strength.

[that he can't just let anyone get their hands on a dread blade, that that was only for the most suited for the Black Court.

No, he doesn't like being lumped in with Xenk, but there were also worse things.
]

May I ask what it that has you visiting me?
playing_hearts: (thoughtful smile)

[personal profile] playing_hearts 2023-12-11 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
[It's a good skill to have in their situation tbh.]

I've had private tutors. Going to classes with other students will be a new experience.
rebuilder: (pic#16579388)

slides in 20 minutes late w/ *coffee brand of choice* - pumpkins!

[personal profile] rebuilder 2023-12-11 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ This is definitely not what Cal had in mind for any of this. There are pumpkins everywhere, and yes, that one is as tall as he is.

He's not one to turn away when someone asks him for help, but he also doesn't have a sword on hand, either. So Cal just moves, acting before he can think better of it and lands a kick on one of the offending pumpkins, sending it, vines and all, flying into a wall. ]


I don't suppose you -- [ kick ] have another sword, do you.

[ There are so many pumpkins, so many vines, he's not sure how long he'll be able to do this for! ]
unshod: (22)

[personal profile] unshod 2023-12-11 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
"I am glad to hear it," then there wouldn't be any paperwork to do, that would be pleasing, He rather not deal with it. Not that it would be his paperwork really, but if something went wrong, black court might have to get involved, which would include him.

"What are you hoping to get from this lesson?" He tilts his head, curious what they are learning from this. Was it that they were learning some kind of anatomy or was it something else that was happening here?
boarishboy: (pic#15551570)

sorry for the delay work's been crazy

[personal profile] boarishboy 2023-12-11 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
It was a bit of a catch-22, wasn't it? Not that Dimiti would have been a thrall or seen as disposable; he was high-ranking, after all, and had been basically conditioned from birth for the purpose of eventually turning like his father and others before him. They came from a long lineage of proud vampires and he was just the next. There was a certain expectation thanks to it and he was going to do his family proud.

"They are leaving quite a bit out, aren't they?" he agrees, giving a small sigh and crossing his arms over his chest. "I've been told what to expect but I do think they're delighting a little too much in leaving us in the dark on certain aspects."

A pause.

"Ah, I mean- No pun intended."
boarishboy: <user name="nugnacious"> (pic#15551578)

sorry for the delay work's been crazy

[personal profile] boarishboy 2023-12-11 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, he likes the sound of her laughter. Despite the glances that it draws, the one from Dimitri is obviously endeared. Making people laugh, even unintentionally, isn't something he's prone to doing so... It's nice.

"A pleasure, Maria," he adds. "At least you know now that you aren't the only one, at least, who feels a bit anxious about everything. I've prepared as best as I can but I still admit to not being sure what to expect entirely." They've outlined things, of course, but he knows there will be trials untold to come.

There almost always are for things that one wants most.
boarishboy: <user name="nugnacious"> (pic#15551575)

sorry for the delay work's been crazy

[personal profile] boarishboy 2023-12-11 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
Huh, [ he hums, thoughtfully. ]

I didn't realize certain weeds could be edible.

[ This, he comments on from one of those books about cultivation that he'd been meaning to move to her pile. He catches that question though, belatedly, and blinks as he realizes he'd been distracted. ]

Oh, I- My apologies. I tend to be somewhat of a bookworm, I admit, which was one of the reasons I chose this task in the first place.
boarishboy: <user name="nugnacious"> (pic#15551575)

baby boy!! also sorry for the delay work's been crazy

[personal profile] boarishboy 2023-12-11 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, me?" he questions, surprised at the sudden interest in himself. He's not very unique, he'd argue, and actually kind of a bit... mundane in his tastes. Of course, he's been told that he's a bit harsher on himself than he needs to be.

"History is something I've always enjoyed," he continues, giving the smallest hint of a smile. "I think it's important to learn lessons from those before us and continue to better ourselves as we stride towards the future." A real heroic type, this boy. Altruistic, maybe, and far too naive for his own good.
conradachenleck: (Dubious look of dubiousness)

[personal profile] conradachenleck 2023-12-11 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Again he's puffing a faint sigh through his nose and he lifts a hand to his temples. This petty arguing isn't exactly getting them anywhere.]

Yes, fine, whatever. But you know there's a difference between not caring about people and betting on their lives, right?
conradachenleck: (I broke his nose!)

[personal profile] conradachenleck 2023-12-11 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Mmmm... [He nods and lightly taps his fingers against the back of his hand in an anxious sort of way.] Yes, that's one way to put it...

But then some were just odd or... depressing. Like, some vampires really need reminding of what it was like to be mortal, I guess, so they have to attend lectures on it. Did they just forget what it was like to eat or sleep? Or do they prefer to sever all ties with their past...? Do we all forget everything, eventually?
playing_hearts: (smirk)

No worries!

[personal profile] playing_hearts 2023-12-11 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[She has to stifle a giggle.]

That makes two of us. Believe me, I've gotten distracted by a few of them myself. Did you have a lot of books back home?

conradachenleck: (I wish that we were magic)

[personal profile] conradachenleck 2023-12-11 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
[She'll have to forgive Conrad, it's not like he has much experience in the ways of flirting. He is not a seductive fellow and it's just not something he's used to, so he tends to get a tad befuddled. And he doesn't want to be presumptuous about anything, either. But then there comes a point where even he can't be totally oblivious.]

I, ah- I appreciate that. A lot. Thank you. [His voice lilts a bit and he clears his throat faintly as he returns her smile. He doesn't have a seductive grin, but it's definitely genuine.] I guess I'll have to hold you, um- hold you to it. You've given me something to look forward to.
midlifecryseas: (bb - up in leg heaven)

[personal profile] midlifecryseas 2023-12-11 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ That earns him a chuckle. Bandit and troublemaker, eh? ]

You'll fit right in.

[ Edward finally glances in the direction of the basement, and the ongoing screams, before looking at Harlock again and nodding the other way. ]

'Fraid I'm stuck here for a bit, but why don't you go find a bite to eat elsewhere? Can't taste it myself, but I hear the meals you humans get made for you are fucking incredible. Enjoy while it lasts, man.

[ And since they can't appreciate normal food anymore to the point it makes most of them sick, the kitchens are about the last place in Castle Courtsheart vampires are wont to go. The perfect place for even a skittish first season to relax, though Edward doesn't go so far as to say as much. ]
midlifecryseas: (bb - it's a new day)

[personal profile] midlifecryseas 2023-12-11 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Mm. Be a good little student and don't fail any classes. Wouldn't do to become a mindless servant of this place, would it?

[ For now, for now is good enough. Ed's smile is catlike as he opens the door. His hand on Izzy's neck slides over his spine, settling at the base of his back as he guides him inside and follows, shutting the door behind. ]
inquisitorium: (Default)

[personal profile] inquisitorium 2023-12-11 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ With the immediate threat of discovery past, Trilla takes a moment to look over her fellow novice with no small degree of disdain. There's something slightly familiar about him, she thinks, but dismisses it as having simply made herself aware of her classmates-to-be. ]

You're another Foundling, aren't you? You must realize we have to be better than the others. There's no room for naivety here.
inquisitorium: (Default)

[personal profile] inquisitorium 2023-12-11 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ Trilla whirls around to stare at the newcomer with absolute incredulity. Is every other student in this place incapable of using their minds for anything at all? ]

Look at them! They're climbing the doors. If I don't clear the vines away I'll be smothered by them in my sleep at this rate.
flagofbone: (Wait and see)

[personal profile] flagofbone 2023-12-11 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I might just do that.

[He tilt his head, as if trying to discern some deeper meaning before apparently brushing the idea off. Harlock gives a final, hard stare down to where the experiments are before turning away - stopping just long enough to give a brief nod before disappearing]
partybabysitter: (33)

[personal profile] partybabysitter 2023-12-11 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ Were he not undead, Xenk would feel his face flush. Instead he is just looking very confused. ]

I beg your pardon?

[ He's been called many things in his life. "Cute" is not among that list... ]
subigito: (03)

[personal profile] subigito 2023-12-11 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
Watching you try and justify yourself. It's cute.

[ he said what he meant and he meant what he said you know ]
partybabysitter: (64)

[personal profile] partybabysitter 2023-12-11 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's a little of Column A, a little of Column B... Blood rituals be like that. ]

It was many years ago, but I believe I first noticed the change in my eyes. Mine were previously dark, thus the gold shone through quite clearly.

[ He says this with a clear note of pride. There's nothing he loves more than being in the Gold Court. ]