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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.

disdelusioned: (035)

this is the closest icon I have for him that's flustered >_>

[personal profile] disdelusioned 2023-12-14 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Diluc practically chokes in response.]

Why are we discussing this?!

[He doesn't get off on it much!]

We're supposed to be standing guard, not digging into each other's kinks.
disdelusioned: (089)

[personal profile] disdelusioned 2023-12-14 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Even after 20 years, the past is still difficult for Diluc. He says he's left it behind, but that couldn't be further from the truth.

Still, Xenk himself was the one who turned in his maker for the crimes he committed. That alone puts him above the rest of his court in Diluc's estimation... even if he is the Gold Court's Golden Boy.]


I'd rather see vampires than thralls, if I have to be honest.

[Nothing personal against failures; it's just that there's no shortage of humans to pull from if they need it.]

Have you taken a novice this season?
disdelusioned: (118)

[personal profile] disdelusioned 2023-12-14 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Good.

[His warning is more general, and based on his own experience. It's hard to imagine given how jaded he comes off in the present, but he had arrived 20 years ago as a bright-eyed and overly-eager novice. He trusted too much, and was burned badly for it.

He has no way of knowing this girl's history, but she seems to be taking his advice to heart. That's enough for him.]


Is there a particular court you hope to be selected by?
disdelusioned: (003)

[personal profile] disdelusioned 2023-12-14 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[As trite and cliche as the "it's not you, it's me" rejection Diluc gave him may have sounded at the time, Tighnari took it with grace. Probably because he realized the truth of it better than most. They've been close since they were novices, before his own life had gone entirely sideways. That Diluc has more or less closed himself off for personal reasons was no secret.

This is enough. For both of their sakes, it has to be.

He takes his hands off of Tighnari long enough to shrug his coat off. It's getting warm between them, and the coat feels more in the way than anything else.

Once the coat is out of the way, he cups Tighnari's face in his hand and continues to kiss him, silently urging him to keep undressing him.]
stardiving: (79)

[personal profile] stardiving 2023-12-14 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[He is all about practical solutions.]

I certainly do not think so. Or do your ears not do more than frame your face?

[After all, he is trying to convince Halsin that he can still be useful without being right there. He's still being a bit of a dick about it, but that's just him.]

I can come fetch you if needed, if that is what you want. Faster than anyone down there could run up the stairs, certainly.

[He's Black Court, he's used to blood and violence. He doesn't particularly care for the screaming, but he can handle it without breaking down.]
Edited 2023-12-14 18:56 (UTC)
unshod: (tumblr_p1gie5tFqp1swv88yo2_r1_1280 by ot)

[personal profile] unshod 2023-12-14 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[No, people knew they were close, that there was a blood claim there, because how could they not when after he's been with the other vampire his black eyes will shine a deep red in the candle light. They were from other courts afterall, it would be impossible to truly hide it.

No, it was their hearts they hid away, the depth and true meaning of what Astarion means to him. The weakness of his heart.
]

Indeed, it's been too long. [It always felt like too long. Days was too long, but he tried not to possess too much of Astarion's time, he was highly sought after. For all his possessiveness he felt for him, he wasn't a jealous vampire. Glad to see others want and appreciate Astarion as he deserves.]
conradachenleck: (Argyle Vampire)

[personal profile] conradachenleck 2023-12-14 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Conrad nods and with a light rub to the back of his neck he scoots a bit closer to Percy's side, so he's not in the way of anyone else who comes along. Conrad doesn't think he'll actually do a great job of distracting the man from the messed up stuff that's going on, but he'll try his best.

"Oh, I'm- Ah, art. Fine arts, yanno..." He understands that he might not recall what he does. And there are a fair few teachers running around, after all. "I was just at my life drawing class, for beginners." He gestures to Percy then. "How are, um, your classes going?"
unshod: (tumblr_p1gie5tFqp1swv88yo2_r1_1280 by ot)

[personal profile] unshod 2023-12-14 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[The Lamb looks ready to pass out as Fenris feels sure that a number of minds are probing into the kid's own to get a read on him, to try and figure out where he belongs. Fenris doesn't bother. He's too picky for that.

It was rare he took someone under his wing, they oft had to impress him from the start, which was a rarer feat.
]

He would likely do best under a silver. If he is smart he will stay away from black court..
karmichealing: (Interested)

[personal profile] karmichealing 2023-12-14 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, it will be my absolute pleasure~

[Karma is absolutely delighted when he agrees, a pleased little huff of amusement leaving them. Oh, they can't wait to get their hands on this man. It would be delightful.

Walking up from behind him, they walk past him to the library desk, greeting the librarian on duty. They often hated being on library duty, but luckily there were a few people who appreciated the position.
]

Conrad, dear, you can set them here, they will take it from there. [Setting their own books down on the desk, they give him a beatific smile.]
prizedstallion: (Really amused rn)

[personal profile] prizedstallion 2023-12-14 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I know, I'm a veritable ray of sunshine in this dreary place.

[He will kill you, Hans :D]

Should get going, but good luck, I'm sure one of these books has the information you need.

[He grabs a couple for himself, including the book that will help Hans.]

See you around, Hans.

[Off he goes.]
Edited 2023-12-14 21:26 (UTC)
prizedstallion: (Yeah wow you're so funny)

[personal profile] prizedstallion 2023-12-14 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[He laughs at that. Because yeah, Silvers were all nerds, but he was definitely interested in kissing nerds as he was kissing anyone else. Besides, it's always the quiet ones who are the most wild.

Just look at how the dungeons are their playground right now? Think of them in the bedroom.
]

Yeah, but all that repression has to get out somehow, I'm happy to be how they figure out a new kink while their at it. They are always down for anything. More than even Red.
prizedstallion: (b5)

[personal profile] prizedstallion 2023-12-14 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Well... I want to make a difference. [He shrugs like he didn't say anything significant just now, but for him he did. It was everything, he wanted to make an impact, he wanted people to back him and people for information, he wanted to secure power for himself and use it instead of just sitting on it like it was nothing....

He takes a breath and then takes a big bite of the pumpkin pie, doing his best to only give her a raised eyebrow at the sound, a smirk playing at his lips. Making a comment in the kitchen would be inappropriate, so he just stuffs the bite in his own mouth and--

Shit that was good! The sound he makes it something like a moan and belonged in the bedroom.
]

I wasn't expecting something so sweet- founders, that's good.
ladyofloss: (13)

[personal profile] ladyofloss 2023-12-14 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[She studies him for a moment, aiming to read between the lines, but he leaves little to be glimpsed.]

I suppose as long as it's referred to as 'research,' they can get away with anything.

[Even so, her gaze is drawn towards the display. Another gut-wrenching scream rings out through the lecture hall, and she drops her head slightly to one side.]

I have to wonder at their technique.
serpendipity: (F13)

[personal profile] serpendipity 2023-12-14 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Placating concerns successful. 10exp earned. ]

None I'm particularly drawn towards right now. Really, I want to try learning all of the classes first, but I know we have to choose somewhere to start. Most seem like I'll do well in some parts and struggle with others. Well, save for Silver, but do I choose something just because it seems the easiest? Thinking practically, I don't think Gold or Black courts will choose me.

[ She was too thin. It was too easy to mistaken her for frail, where everywhere was lean and the muscle underneath was too well hidden. They were looking for more than just a pretty face, too, and she could tell that the others had something else... From a different upbringing. ]

Red I'm not sure about seeming appealing to them... So my highest odds would be Blue or Silver, I suppose.

[ Given she evaluated her chances (having had no preferences,) and went with practicality... It's a little clear, isn't it? ]
serpendipity: (F3)

[personal profile] serpendipity 2023-12-14 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ At some point, Eden was going to note to ask about those differences. There were some things that seemed like they could be better, but she knew she had no chance in achieving them. The things she thought, she was in the wrong court and would never make it to that court to achieve.

Oh, but the sound Kirk made. Did she sound like that? She's heard sounds like that from the brothel while making deliveries. They were a common customer. There's the faintest hint of pink in her cheeks, but that's from a bit of imagination wandering. It'll fade once her mind is on other things. ]


It really is, right? It's so sweet, and you can taste all these spices in there! Like-

[ She takes another bite, trying to change the pitch of the moan to sound a little less like before. More happy and not... pleased. Adding a gentle bunt against Kirk's arm. It would be the shoulder, but she'd have to sit on the table to have a better chance of doing that. ]

I'm so glad to be able to try things like this while we're here.
disdelusioned: (021)

[personal profile] disdelusioned 2023-12-14 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[He generally does. He's come close to letting the mask slip in front of her, but this isn't one of those times. Even if he had stayed with the Gold Court, he'd probably find this tiresome after 20 years of it.

Or perhaps not. But who's to say?]


That's it exactly.

[The scream seems to affect her, however slightly, but he remains unfazed.]

It's unnecessary. Cruelty for its own sake, and mistaking pain for having purpose.
ladyofloss: (08)

[personal profile] ladyofloss 2023-12-14 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[After a moment, she nods, though her gaze remains fixed on the 'demonstration.']

It lacks a certain efficiency, one might say.

[Pain does have a purpose, but this isn't it. It is a warning, a tool, whether it be from one's own body or an outside source.]

If they were extracting information, the subject would be far too addled to provide anything of use by now.
capital_asset: (> You)

[personal profile] capital_asset 2023-12-14 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Raidou thinks about that for a moment.]

Hopefully not.

[He's not sure he trusts her, but in fairness he doesn't trust anybody.]
summonbeasts: (056)

[personal profile] summonbeasts 2023-12-15 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Maria quirks a brow but says nothing to the light rejection. Perhaps he's here less for socialization with his fellow novices and more for serious study. Not everyone arrives with the same goal in mind she has after all. Most here want to be vampires.

Pushing away from the wall behind her she casts a glance out the nearest window and gives a light sigh.]


I suppose I ought to go listen to some of the symposium.
disdelusioned: (020)

[personal profile] disdelusioned 2023-12-15 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah, the Black Court has taught her well.]

Correct. Any further torture after you get what you need is gratuitous--or necessary punishment.

[Look, sometimes people just deserve to suffer before they die. He's no saint, and he doesn't expect her to be.]

Not... whatever this is. They'll torture each other until they're bored, say their "experiment" was a success or a failure, and all move on with themselves as if nothing happened.
summonbeasts: (056)

[personal profile] summonbeasts 2023-12-15 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
[... The pumpkins. She'd almost forgotten about those. Maria gives her nose a slight wrinkle.]

On second thought why don't I see if there's a willing Blue student instead?

[Yet that brings up a thought.]

Are you sure there isn't a door to the roof?

[She'd much rather continue to muse about getting up to the roof rather than return to how she wasn't precisely sorting books. At least she is doing so now.]
capital_asset: (This seems dubious.)

[personal profile] capital_asset 2023-12-15 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
[He'd been reacting to the second statement rather than the first, but that's on him for not being clear. Regardless, he grimaces.]

I probably should, too. Though I'm not sure where to begin.
hiddencrest: (pic#13542438)

[personal profile] hiddencrest 2023-12-15 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ Please, Hans. Please worry about the innocent bystanders more. And yourself.

She looks terribly embarrassed suddenly. ]


Oh... um. No. I can't. I just thought.. maybe-

[ There's a very subtle twitch beneath dark eyes. She ... wants to scream and run away. ]

I don't know what I was thinking, honestly.
aria_ardeinae: (It's not like I want an A support baka)

[personal profile] aria_ardeinae 2023-12-15 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
I don't have time to go looking for a door to the roof from this side of it.

[ Grumble... he'd love to go looking for secret passages and exploring but he can't take his eyes off this nonsense that's how you get people burying books. ]

Do you know any advanced blues we can persuade to assist us?
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[personal profile] inquisitorium 2023-12-15 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ She just barely manages not to roll her eyes too intensely, though she is clearly less than impressed by his answer. At least he seems competent enough with a sword to avoid causing more problems than he solves. ]

This is ludicrous. Why pumpkins, of all things?

[ She stabs at one such small pumpkin to punctuate her own annoyance. She wasn't a particular fan of the things before she became a vampire; now they're an active nuisance. If this is a trial for the novices, she can't see the point. ]