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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.

serpendipity: (F19)

[personal profile] serpendipity 2023-12-19 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure if I'm exactly an academic type [ she's technically never had any education before ] but I want to learn as much as I can. Even if it's not necessarily the typical way, it would count, right?

[ That's the best she had to go off of, which is why Eden was quite critical of herself in how everything was presented right now. It was only practical to observe where you lacked in certain situations. Where else would a scrappy-looking Foundling really fit in? ]

Thank you for the luck, and the answers.

[ And by the smile, the teen genuinely meant it. ]
disdelusioned: (022)

omg this is perfect thank you (and lol what is that video)

[personal profile] disdelusioned 2023-12-19 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Diluc would wring Ed's neck right now if he thought he could get away with it.]

If I had my preference, I wouldn't be here at all. Or I'd set fire to the room and put an end to it.

[It's not that he really wants to kill the Silver Court. He just can't un-hear a sexual tone in the screams. THANKS FOR THAT, you asshole.]
subigito: (12)

[personal profile] subigito 2023-12-19 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Astarion leads him to an unused room. It isn't far. The room is equipped with almost anything they might need, and plenty of places to tie things to.

Vampires, man. ]


This should do nicely.
partybabysitter: (55)

[personal profile] partybabysitter 2023-12-19 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Vampires know what's up. Xenk looks around as they enter, not at all surprised to find such a room. I mean, he's lived in this castle now for most of his life. He knows. ]

Indeed. Where shall we begin?
prizedstallion: (Okay but let me explain)

[personal profile] prizedstallion 2023-12-19 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Of course it was about that and nothing else. But he pauses and wonders.]

Okay but like is it only pain? Or can you feel my pleasure too? Seems like a bad trade off to get one and not the other.
juiceofthevine: (inkonic d&d hat edgin (40))

[personal profile] juiceofthevine 2023-12-19 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it's pleasure too.

[ he mumbles over it because really he knows this is going to give Kirk bad ideas. Founders help him if Kirk decides it'll be fun to feel some pleasure while Edgin is teaching. ]

I mean, it's different for everyone. It might not work that way for us.
partybabysitter: (17)

[personal profile] partybabysitter 2023-12-19 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Common ground... it should feel a bit revolting to agree with Satoru (sorry Satoru,) but Xenk cannot deny that they both share a similar attitude when it comes to teaching. It should be no surprise, really, when they both belong to the Gold Court for a reason.

The fact is they have been coworkers for many years. Xenk may disagree with Satoru's attitude, but he allows the man to sling his arm over his shoulder all the same, following him to another room, with another group of servants setting things up.

"My introductory course is vital for any novices looking to succeed in their Gold studies." He says this as seriously as he does everything else, but there's also a hint of pride there, one that says; I won't apologize for teaching a boring class. Though he does add: "The lectures dissuade thrill-seekers from signing up in hopes of misusing their abilities."
prizedstallion: (Big Bright Grin)

[personal profile] prizedstallion 2023-12-19 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[OH MAN! It's pleasure too. Hot dog! He's absolutely delighted.]

So you can feel when I'm jerking off? Which is often. Do you ever join me?
partybabysitter: (69)

Vader destroying his ass with a "hmm" thank you

[personal profile] partybabysitter 2023-12-19 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Called out, damn. Xenk knows that tone, and it shuts him up.

I mean, he's old enough to have taken Vader's classes. He knows. So he's been reprimanded by that alone.

There's a silent pause that follows—an awkward one, which is rare for Xenk. He clears his throat.
]

I believe I will be going, then.
juiceofthevine: (inkonic d&d hat edgin (15))

[personal profile] juiceofthevine 2023-12-19 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I just try not to pay attention.

[ later that night though? It is a mystery.gif ]
prizedstallion: (Laughing)

[personal profile] prizedstallion 2023-12-19 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[He makes a face that says "that's no fun" but he will just trying edging himself tonight and see if he can get his maker hot and bothered. He would definitely like to do that.

The vampire deserved some free pleasure.
]

Well, you have my express permission to peek in and share in the moment.

[He grins as he opens the door to the library, holding it open for Edgin.]
prizedstallion: (How am I not surprised? (Amused))

[personal profile] prizedstallion 2023-12-19 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yep, this was one cute boy, he can't help but smile at him, something flirty and teasing, because he's definitely interested in knowing who this cute boy is and why he wants to know if Novices have shared blood or not.]

Yeah? Interesting thing to be curious about. You thinking about trying to create a claim before you're even a vampire?
juiceofthevine: (inkonic d&d hat edgin (60))

[personal profile] juiceofthevine 2023-12-19 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Founders help him ]

I appreciate the thought, Jim.

[ nope he's just standing here thinking about it instead of going into the library ]
subigito: (21)

[personal profile] subigito 2023-12-19 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
You say that, but you had wandered into that lecture. And you intended to stay, I imagine.

[ they make it to the Bear Room and he opens the door for her. ]

Not that I'm complaining, of course. And if you want to be gagged, we can arrange that. But you do have such a lovely voice.
prizedstallion: (trekxiii055)

[personal profile] prizedstallion 2023-12-19 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's got ideas for those Lute classes now.]

You're welcome, figured I should make sure you know you're free to be involved in my pleasure any way you want.

[He smiles and takes the book from Edgin.]

Stay here, I'll be right back.

[He disappears into the library to return the book. It only takes a minute.]
juiceofthevine: (inkonic d&d hat edgin (62))

[personal profile] juiceofthevine 2023-12-19 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Edgin is left staring at the place the book just was in his hands and then Kirk returns and now it's all he can think about he's so pressed ]

Thank you for returning that.
karmichealing: (Pin Up)

[personal profile] karmichealing 2023-12-19 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[If he ever wanted to make a blood claim with her and have some fun, they would be down for it, they like him a lot, but they know how much the hierarchy seems to matter to him. It's not something they give much mind to, but that didn't matter much if it mattered to him.

So with a fond look, they pull their hand away. They think about staying and hanging out, but really, it was probably for the best that they leave him to his work and not coddle him.
]

Alright, come by after, I don't mind company while I work. Besides, I could use a proof reader to make sure my work isn't gibberish only I can comprehend.

[They had a bad habit of writing without thought to other people's understanding.]
unshod: (tumblr_p1gie5tFqp1swv88yo2_r1_1280 by ot)

[personal profile] unshod 2023-12-19 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"You make a fair point. I suppose one that knows what they are doing," Fenris huffs.

He was, as ever, brooding heavily. The display boring to him, but at least he can appreciate the company he does have. "I imagine with the new influx of students, we will have a number to scare away once more."
unshod: (53)

[personal profile] unshod 2023-12-19 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a quiver through his body at being called Leto, as if the name on Astarion's lips has so much power over him. Like Astarion, only the other vampire would ever have permission to call him by his original name. Xenk uses it to taunt him, Fenris wants to stab him through every time that name leaves anyone's mouth other than Astarion's.

It takes no effort to get Fenris sitting on the edge, looking up at Astarion with such devotion and want before the man falls to his knees. Meeting those red eyes with his black, want making his body and teeth ache for the other vampire. He was eager to sink his teeth into him, drinking from him, but he was a hunter, he has so much patience, so even if he wants to pull him close and treat him like porcelain as he drinks from him, he waits. He rather give than take.
]

I would never protest letting you have your fill of me. [His hand comes to cup Astarion's face gently, thumb running over his cheek.]

All I have to give is yours to have, my heart.
midlifecryseas: (uhhhh room?)

it's me (you're welcome)

[personal profile] midlifecryseas 2023-12-19 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ I mean, he probably could. If you can't ring a fellow vampire's neck in a freaky Silver Court sex dungeon, then where?? ]

What's stopping you, mate?

[ Besides Black Court secret rules or whatever, blah blah blah. That's not what Ed means. ]

Don't really want to, do you? Or else you'd've done it by now.
wonderland_vogue: (13)

[personal profile] wonderland_vogue 2023-12-19 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
The rare potentially amusing thing in a sea of droll. You know well enough that the majority of the things they're talking about never would have held my attention for longer than maybe five minutes, max.

[What a gentleman, truly. It would be awfully rude if she didn't take the invitation so in she goes.]

I can go either way, if you want to hear it, then I'm fine not being gagged. It's just that some people don't seem to appreciate my "running my mouth", as they put it. [If they were doing their jobs properly then she wouldn't be able to run her mouth, but that's beside the point.] But those are the same people that think the only way to fuck is to shove your dick in a hole until you're done. Sad, really.
veardant: (002)

[personal profile] veardant 2023-12-19 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ tighnari would invite him to sit, but in all honesty this is better done standing, he thinks. he won't be taking enough blood to make mayoi feel faint, it'll be a little more comfortable this way - they can always sit after, if he likes. ]

All right. Well, there's no reason not to get on with it, then, but first -

[ he steps in nearer, and looks straight into his would-be novice's eyes. ]

You're sure about this? If you'd rather look for another Maker, and shop around a little, I won't be offended. I need to know you're sure.
veardant: credit: <user name=veardant> (169)

[personal profile] veardant 2023-12-19 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I do.

[ tighnari might be a vampire, but he still tries, as best as he can, to be a decent sort of creature. they're hunters, predators by nature, and that's fine, but that does not mean that they need to be cruel, however many vampires might not agree.

but just as there are humans who care for animals, and those who don't, there are terrible vampires with no respect for life, and others, like tighnari, who think that all life is sacred. even if it happens to be lower on the food chain. he glances up toward edward, though, with a weary smile and a tilt of his head. ]


Stop. You're just trying to flatter me. [ he says, and chuckles. ] Most of the others think me a fool.
timidheart: (05)

[personal profile] timidheart 2023-12-19 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, the eye contact startles him a little, and his eyes widen for a moment.]

[To his credit, he does give a thoughtful silence before he answers. He gently shakes his head.]


I’m sure… I have been lead to believe all my life that a vampire would never regard me as anything more than dirt under one’s shoe, but your kindness has shattered that entirely. I don’t believe anyone would have batted an eye if I had simply suffocated in that ballroom earlier, and yet…

[He has a smile, something apologetic almost.]

It is I, who should be asking if you’re sure, as I am surely clinging to you in selfishness, like a cursed shadow. I feel unworthy to have gotten your attention at all.
prizedstallion: (Time to listen to me now)

[personal profile] prizedstallion 2023-12-19 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course.

[He slips back out of the library and gives the vampire a grin. It seems that Edgin's brain is a little broken, so he takes pity on the man.

Kinda.
]

I got something to take care of in my room, so I'm gonna head that way.

[He licks his lower lip.]

I'll see you around, yeah?