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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.

prizedstallion: (Love the way you think)

[personal profile] prizedstallion 2023-12-18 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kirk almost backs into the door, but beams at his maker instead, saying a quick thank you before slipping inside. It wasn't really any warmer, but the wind-chill was gone now.]

You wound me, I don't need an excuse to flirt with you.

[He puts a hand over his heart like it hurt.]

And makes sense, I know it's dangerous but I want to learn to shadowstep. [Honestly, he wants to push himself in all the courts, even if it's dangerous.]
prizedstallion: (Pointy)

[personal profile] prizedstallion 2023-12-18 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kirk can't help but gasp, his hand moving to his neck as if to feel for the actual sensation, but nothing is there. Just the memory now of what it would be like, of Xenk teasing him. Shit, he can't stop the way his cheeks flush with some arousal.

Fuck, he knows what's going to be playing in his mind when he jerks off tonight.
]

Okay, yeah just a taste of my reward I see. Well, on that note, see you in class.

[Maybe he needs to go jerk off right now, because his pants are tight and he's about to make a fool of himself.]
partybabysitter: (87)

[personal profile] partybabysitter 2023-12-18 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Xenk follows easily, his eyes bright with intent. He stands—for all his bluster on the Gold Standard, he is still a vampire led by his desires. ]

Lead the way.
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[personal profile] partybabysitter 2023-12-18 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Xenk chuckles, voice low. Yeah, he knows what he did. Watching Kirk lose it over just the ghost of his touch certainly gives him a bit of a thrill. He doesn't need to read Kirk's mind to know where his thoughts are. ]

Until then.

[ He nods, clearly allowing Kirk to excuse himself. Humans are so amusing. Well, some of the anyway. ]
hauntedbyher: (vader04)

[personal profile] hauntedbyher 2023-12-19 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ She could probably feel Vader's eyes on her as she went to her place with the rest of the students, like he was silently judging every movement she made. He waited until she found her spot with the others, before he folded his arms over his chest. ]

As I was saying: the purpose of this course is to teach you to hone your senses, to better prepare you for what is to come.

Any questions?

[ There was an edge to his tone, a clear indicator of not to waste his time with any pointless questions. ]
hauntedbyher: (vader04)

[personal profile] hauntedbyher 2023-12-19 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
Vader couldn't help but let out an amused noise.

"Were there ever a problem with your back, would you prefer the individual that knew how deep to cut or the one that doesn't?" he replied.
serpendipity: (F16)

[personal profile] serpendipity 2023-12-19 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, she can feel them, if only because she'd imagine she was feeling it after clearly upsetting him. That was simply what to expect from someone who took things seriously, so Eden didn't take any offense to it. Despite how she came in, and the feeling of still being 'upbeat', the teen took all her classes quite seriously.

She had no questions herself, giving a small shake of her head. Another student, however... 'How are we supposed to do that'? Really?

Breathing out steadily, Eden felt bad for that novice. ]
hauntedbyher: (vader05)

[personal profile] hauntedbyher 2023-12-19 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm...

[ The tone of his voice says what he won't say out loud: "Then why are you here, Xenk?" ]
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[personal profile] hauntedbyher 2023-12-19 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Indeed.

[ Vader fell silent for a moment, observing her. There was something... familiar about her, something that he couldn't quite put his finger on. It was enough to irritate him, and he felt his teeth grinding as he struggled not to let his temper flare for seemingly no reason. ]

I suppose you are bothering me to get an advantage on that training?
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[personal profile] hauntedbyher 2023-12-19 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
Vader let out a faint sigh, knowing that no matter what he said, Halsin wouldn't budge from his spot. There were times where he wondered if the man pushed himself too hard, but... well, he relied on him too, and his own issues were not pretty to look at.

Instead of trying to forcefully remove Halsin like he wanted to do, he leaned against the wall, electing to keep the man company.
draculaintraining: (soma01)

[personal profile] draculaintraining 2023-12-19 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ Meek, sure, but Soma wasn't exactly helpless. Without commenting further, he pulled a knife from his boot and went up to a branch, pulling it down to his level and stabbing into it, ripping into it and then pulling it off. ]
draculaintraining: (soma06)

[personal profile] draculaintraining 2023-12-19 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
It is.

[ He hesitated a moment, not sure if it was appropriate to keep the conversation going. But they weren't moving forward in the crowd of hopefuls yet, and leaving it there seemed awkward. ]

How did you come to be here?
draculaintraining: (soma13)

[personal profile] draculaintraining 2023-12-19 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Y-yeah...

[ Soma paused a moment, before he realized he was still holding her hand. He let go quickly, absently fiddling with the collar of his shirt instead. ]

Um... I-I guess we should get back to what we were doing.
draculaintraining: (soma02)

[personal profile] draculaintraining 2023-12-19 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ Soma let out a faint noise, looking back up. ]

Yes?
draculaintraining: (soma15)

[personal profile] draculaintraining 2023-12-19 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ Whatever Soma was going to say about the first part got lost by the last part. His mouth worked for a moment, feeling like there was something else behind that question, though he couldn't put his finger on what. It didn't keep him from the pink tint that came to his face though. ]

N-no, I was just c-curious.
serpendipity: (F24)

[personal profile] serpendipity 2023-12-19 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
Ah...

[ It took her a moment to shake off the feeling from the basement. While she didn't explain the smells and what they could mean, the ideas of what they could be were a little unnerving to come across. ]

It was silk ropes for one scholar and... The other one had a crate prepared in the storage room and- They stressed to keep the crate closed. Was there anything else?

[ This was probably the biggest sign of her being frazzled. ]
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[personal profile] inquisitorium 2023-12-19 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Very well. I will cut to the chase; I am a Foundling, and a young one. I wish to not only survive here, but thrive, but I know my age and Foundling status works against me.

[ She's young, and though she's mercifully capable of defending herself in a fight, she knows she has nothing on some of those who were intentionally selected by a Maker to come here. She needs the advantage of a Maker who will be ruthless in teaching her what she needs to know... and it wouldn't hurt if he were intimidating to those who might mean her harm.

He doesn't need to know anything more. ]


Let me prove myself to you. I'm a quick study.
infinitevision: (014)

[personal profile] infinitevision 2023-12-19 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm gonna be teaching three classes next season, and the first season one is How To Be Cool," Satoru says, with all the gravitas of a person being totally serious (and yet kind of not). "You won't believe how many novices come to us totally uncool. My class covers that. Also things like confidence building, public speaking, how to communicate your opinions clearly, that sort of thing."

He's not joking. That really is his first season class.

"Sometimes I do history; mostly political stuff. You won't believe the drama that comes out of Gold Court lawmaking sessions."
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[personal profile] infinitevision 2023-12-19 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
"On that, we actually agree," Satoru chuckles.

Common ground?? What a miracle.

He's being completely honest, though, and to tell the truth, he and Xenk's attitudes towards classes and students really aren't that different. Satoru deliberately makes his classes difficult, but not unfair -- they only fail if they don't learn properly, not because of some hidden trap that Satoru springs. And he doesn't particularly care if a few fail or even die along the way, because that's just how things go when the large majority of people are weak.

He's just looking for the few exceptional ones, and hoping to take them under his wing.

He sling an arm around Xenk's shoulder, aiming to tug him along in the direction of the next room being set up. "So what classes are you thinking of teaching next season, my affectionate little lovebug?" he asks. "Something with a lot of lecturing, I'm guessing."
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found time to tag this back a bit more but feel free to wrap/drop!

[personal profile] beigeacademia 2023-12-19 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
[He lets out a silent breath as Karma covers his ear, but avoids looking them in the eye as this happens; accepting the contact, but reluctant to make this any more intimate. It feels inappropriate to look at his senior in affection, and certainly Karma deserves a match much above him. But if they're in the mood for a boytoy he can put up with that.

Quietly,]
I have half an hour more of this shift. But afterwards, I can come by if there's anything you need help with.
subigito: (88)

[personal profile] subigito 2023-12-19 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Fenris was the only person Astarion would ever let call him by his old name. A life that was dead to everyone else but him.

Fenris hands him so much power in return. ]


And here I thought this was about what you wanted, Leto. How you wanted to drink from me. Have me at your mercy.

[ But he's just teasing, and as he says these things he pulls him along towards the bed and then gently guides him so Fenris is sitting on the edge.

Astarion falls to his knees in front of him and looks up at him with his eyes full of desire. ]


You won't protest if I want to drink from you first, will you? I want to taste your blood on my lips. I want to feel you in my veins.
Edited 2023-12-19 15:00 (UTC)
juiceofthevine: (inkonic d&d hat edgin (26))

[personal profile] juiceofthevine 2023-12-19 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Just be careful. Novices have died trying. I know you won't die but...if you get hurt, I get hurt.

[ yes it's definitely about the minor inconvenience of pain and nothing else. ]
disdelusioned: (005)

[personal profile] disdelusioned 2023-12-19 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
If Silver Court sounds easiest to you, then I would venture a guess that it's a good fit. There are those who would find such an academic approach to be miserably difficult.

[Based on this interaction, he thinks Silver would be a good fit. She's bright and observant.

She does have a point that she seems like she has little to offer to Gold, Black, or Red. It's not a criticism of her per se, simply an understanding that she lacks what each court wants. She asks too many invasive questions for Gold, Black is too dangerous for any foundling, and Red is too concerned with aesthetics and sex appeal.]


I wish you luck.
disdelusioned: (021)

[personal profile] disdelusioned 2023-12-19 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Gross. Stop licking those boots, my guy.]

Neither was mine. It's for the best.

[Black Court is a terrible fit for a foundling. It's not unheard of, but it's discouraged. And with good reason--their court is not for the faint of heart or the novice who doesn't know what it is they're signing up for.]

And you'll have more time to put together those lectures you love so much.
disdelusioned: (020)

[personal profile] disdelusioned 2023-12-19 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
[That gets a bit of a dark laugh from him.]

It'd be a shame if their secrets were to be revealed to the likes of us.

[Super suspicious. Diluc's loyalty to those in charge isn't exactly the most robust.]

In the meantime, it's all we can do to try and teach them.