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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.

juiceofthevine: (inkonic d&d hat edgin (72))

[personal profile] juiceofthevine 2023-12-19 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Jim...

[ He doesn't have to read his mind to know what he's thinking. He just can't decide if he really wants that or really doesn't.

Okay, he does want it. He just doesn't know if he should. ]


Don't you have studying to do?
prizedstallion: (Love the way you think)

[personal profile] prizedstallion 2023-12-19 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's okay to want it, Edgin. Let Kirk share his pleasure. Look, he has so many ideas, let him.]

Yep. I think Mx. D'Auvergn is testing us on Anatomy tomorrow, so I should go get my hands on that and study real hard.
juiceofthevine: (inkonic d&d hat edgin (26))

[personal profile] juiceofthevine 2023-12-19 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I hate you so much right now.

[ He's already imagining it, needless to say. ]
prizedstallion: (Big Bright Grin)

[personal profile] prizedstallion 2023-12-20 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
Don't lie, you love me.

[He smacks Edgin on the shoulder affectionately before he goes to leave, walking backwards for a second to wink and wave.]

Enjoy your... [He pauses to look at the sky, it was late in the night so..] morning.
dirtdevil: (full frontal nudity)

[personal profile] dirtdevil 2023-12-20 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
Wh—

[ ...oh. he took it... he took it completely literally. that's a joke, right? he doesn't look like he's joking. has this guy... has he never heard that word used as slang before? or is he just fucking with him?

you know what, let's just move on. ]


Aesthetic? [ he snorts in disbelief. there's probably a little disdain in there, too. ] Yeah, I'm with you on that one. It's just sloppy and gross.

[ his feelings about blood will undoubtedly change as he becomes a vampire, but that part isn't going anywhere. for better or worse, he's always gonna be like this. ]
juiceofthevine: (inkonic d&d hat edgin (18))

[personal profile] juiceofthevine 2023-12-20 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, you...too....

[ He heads off in the other direction, towards his room, since Founders only know when Kirk is going to make good on his promise and he wants to be alone for it. ]
playing_hearts: (so done with this)

[personal profile] playing_hearts 2023-12-20 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah... no. I'll pass.

[How to be cool? Is he serious?]

Maybe I'll wait for one of the history courses.

[Ironically a class about gaining confidence is exactly what she needs. But she would be mad if anyone told her that.]
beigeacademia: (smile1)

[personal profile] beigeacademia 2023-12-20 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Honestly, he's just starstruck and way too shy to act out at someone he really admires. With time he might forget this reticence, a last remnant of his humanity, but in the meantime uwahh Karma-senpai you're too cool to date someone like him!! Something like that. Throw a (,,>﹏<,,) in there, even.

That being said, the talk of less gruesome activities noticeably lifts Elias’ mood again and he smiles, fully this time. He likes reading Karma’s papers. Their writing is so complex but their ideas are so impressive.]


I'd be happy to come by.
subigito: (88)

[personal profile] subigito 2023-12-20 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
You're not giving yourself enough credit.

[ Is this flattery for flattery's sake, or does he mean it? As ever, it's purposefully hard to tell.

Astarion follows Lydia in and closes the door behind them. Because this room is used by Red Court, it's well equipped. He finds spare rope in a wardrobe in the corner. ]


I think if they were so concerned about your commentary, they would try doing a better job so as to not earn it. [ he turns back to her, with the rope in hand. It is bright red, of course. we're on theme here. ] But you and I know better than that.
midlifecryseas: (what cute gutter rats)

[personal profile] midlifecryseas 2023-12-20 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ If there's one thing Ed's learned in his long, long life, it's that people aren't a monolith. Not every human is all good or all bad, or any vampire either. There are all kinds of people in all walks of life, and all kinds of vampires in all courts. But Tighnari's the best of them. And that's not the kind of friend, or colleague, or whatever, Ed's used to keeping. He himself feels lucky to have Tighnari allowing him to hang around. A bit of bloodwine and some liberal compliments are a small price to pay for company like his.

He kicks his feet back off the sofa to lean over the glass held between his knees and whisper to Tighnari conspiratorially. ]


That's because, hate to break it to you mate, but most of those others? They're dicks.

[ He leans back again, talking around his glass before taking a deep drink. ]

You're the best of them. Of us. Might be flattery, but it doesn't make it any less true.
wonderland_vogue: (Absolute delight/you're my new toy)

[personal profile] wonderland_vogue 2023-12-20 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
You think so? [She certainly isn't stupid, but it's easier to play into people thinking that than to know any actual truth behind it. Why she even continues to try playing that role around people who actually know anything about her is anyone's guess.

But that's something to ignore and push to the side as it's absolutely not the point of their being here. Of course it's well stocked and of course the rope is just as on theme as anything else.]


Sometimes it makes me wonder why I bother when I just know it's really not worth my time. [... Probably because sometimes you just want things simple and over with and to entirely ignore whoever it is until next time you have a short amount of time and not enough fucks to give about quality.] Did you have any particular preference for how you want me? Because I'm awfully pliable today~
subigito: (17)

[personal profile] subigito 2023-12-20 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Good.

[ Astarion leans into his hand, but only for a moment. Then he gets to work, gently removing Fenris's shoes and socks. He does it slowly, caring for Fenris's body. He kisses the skin that is offered to him once he's removed them. ]

Have I told you before how beautiful you are?

[ This he asks as he peppers a line of kisses along his ankle, fingers sliding under the hem of his pants. ]
subigito: (28)

[personal profile] subigito 2023-12-20 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
What happened to putting your new knowledge to use? And now you're asking me what we should do! Did you pay attention at all?

[ he's so obviously teasing, trying to get under his skin. ]
midlifecryseas: (think i'm supposed to say live)

[personal profile] midlifecryseas 2023-12-20 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Friends or not, Edward's got an eye for talent. He enjoys witnessing another vampire flexing their skills, like Satoru does now. Humans are easy, but Edward couldn't hope to read a fellow vampire's mind, never mind from across a room like this. It's fucking impressive.

Ed's eyebrows lift in surprise at what Satoru reports, and he has to push the glasses back up his nose again as he looks between Satoru and the librarian. "Fuuuck, really?" Isn't it supposed to be cool, sexy people who go commando? Well, horny bastards pretty widely encompasses nerds, he supposes. "It's always the quiet ones," he laments.

Given the options Satoru finds, Ed decides for them, "Wedgies are one thing, but it's kind of a dick move for a guy to steal a girl's underwear. How about beetle boy— Is his package wrapped?"
unshod: (longing)

[personal profile] unshod 2023-12-20 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, though I never tire of hearing your thoughts.

[Be they about him or something else, he always wants to hear what is on the other vampire's mind. No matter how many times they do this or how many times Astarion chooses to call him beautiful, it always feels like the first, always makes his skin tingle and his heart ache to beat again.

He feels precious under Astarion's careful care. Something no one else does, afterall before he was disposable and now he is black court, either feared or expected to be rough. Not like something broken and held together by sheer force of will.

Astarion knows.
]

Though, it is you who is beautiful, the control you still held while tied up so exquisitely.. it was stunning.
karmichealing: (Smile)

[personal profile] karmichealing 2023-12-20 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, until such a time, Karma-senpai will continue to notice him and give him the attention he deserves~

Seeing his spirits lifted brings a smile to their face, his smile contagious. Good, seeing him flinch at the noises had made Karma almost offer to take over for him and let him get out of here, but they were glad he has the gumption to go the rest of the way without them having to intervene.
]

Good, I look forward to it then.

[With a wink, they step away and towards the stairs, heading up to their office to get started on their notes.]
partybabysitter: (74)

[personal profile] partybabysitter 2023-12-20 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ It works because Xenk is bad at reading cues, even like this. He'd probably be fine if he was reading Astarion's mind, but he doesn't do that to fellow youngbloods (it doesn't ever end well!) ]

Very well. How would you like to be tied up? I have only the lecture's experience to guide me, however I did take notes.

[ He is so. Serious. Lord. ]
partybabysitter: (115)

[personal profile] partybabysitter 2023-12-20 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ He simply Cannot. It's too ingrained in him to stop... But it's probably for the best, Xenk is not a caring or affectionate maker.

He also doesn't realize Diluc is teasing him here, and takes it seriously of course!
]

Indeed. With so many novices, I am sure there will be a great need for my introductory courses.
partybabysitter: (64)

[personal profile] partybabysitter 2023-12-20 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ Is he joking? He seems serious enough. It's a mystery. ]

Indeed. Humans do not leave food to waste, nor should we leave bloodstains throughout our castle.

[ These two things are obviously the same. ]
beigeacademia: (looking down)

found time to tag this back a bit more but feel free to wrap/drop!

[personal profile] beigeacademia 2023-12-20 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Elias leans back in his seat with a morose huff.]

Hooray. [....] Well, at least there’s going to be a nice party at Winter Solstice.

[Small mercies, you know?]
veardant: (086)

[personal profile] veardant 2023-12-20 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
We're going to have to work on your self-confidence, hmm?

[ tighnari shakes his head, and breathes a soft chuckle, but he soon nods. mayoi's estimation isn't.. entirely wrong, really; many vampires look down upon humans as simple livestock, despite the fact that they themselves were once human as well. tighnari is a bit of a strange one, really, still clinging on to his respect for life. ]

But all right, let's get started, then.

[ he's a bit shorter than mayoi, but not so short that he needs to stand on his tip-toes, at least. lifting his left hand, he sets it gently onto mayoi's neck, before coming in from the right.

his bite is gentle, but firm, sharp fangs piercing delicate flesh as he begins to drink. ]
veardant: (246)

[personal profile] veardant 2023-12-20 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ at that, tighnari laughs, his fangs flashing in the firelight. ]

Well.. you're not wrong, really.

[ vampires are absolutely dicks. tighnari can only hope that immortality will not erode his respect for life.. it's something he must be careful to hold to, no matter the cost. swirling his wine thoughtfully for a moment, tighnari soon takes another drink as well. ]

But you're not so bad, most of the time.

[ a beat. ]

Don't let that go to your head.
disdelusioned: (013)

[personal profile] disdelusioned 2023-12-20 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[It absolutely is a good way to blow off steam.

The more Tighnari's hands wander over his skin, the more Diluc wants--needs more contact between them. There are times where he's more than happy to savor their time together, but this isn't one of them. They're both wound up tightly, and they lack to luxury of time besides. It won't be too long before Tighnari has to go attend to some other lecture or function.

He breaks the kiss so that he can pull his own shirt off over his head, lacking the patience to deal with the buttons right now. After tossing the garment aside, he rolls his hips upward once. The motion is meant to stimulate as well as nudge Tighnari to stand up.]


Pants off.
theomachy: (007)

[personal profile] theomachy 2023-12-20 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it's definitely an erwin thing. another erwin thing is the way he touches levi's shoulder, gives it a reassuring squeeze, and doesn't even hesitate before he has a rebuttal. ]

Oh, I'm not worried that you're going to ruin my reputation. That thought didn't even cross my mind. I'm telling you now Levi, that it's not going to be an issue.

[ he breathes out a soft, easy sigh before giving levi's shoulder another squeeze, practically affectionate already. ]

Would you like to go somewhere more private to continue?
disdelusioned: (021)

[personal profile] disdelusioned 2023-12-20 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
You know perfectly well why not.

[It's totally Black Court Secret Rules (tm). Look, someone has to be on hand if stuff goes too south... or if a curious novice tries to steal a peek.]

Honestly, what will it take to get you to shut up?