Test Drive Meme - New Blood

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DEC TEST DRIVE MEME

WELCOME, VAMPIRES!

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
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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

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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

Comments

Lydia | The Adventure Zone: Balance | Teacher | Red

[wonderland_vogue]

Pumpkins

[Gooood grief, as if things couldn't get entirely stupider around here of course Silver Court has to do The Most (tm) and it ends up being something garden related. She's not surprised in the slightest, but she's huffing in pure annoyance as one of the vines has decided it's just a wonderful idea to try and cover most of the door into her normal classroom.]

Oh yes, we're the problem when they're doing shit like this, of course. [Is she talking to anyone in particular? Not really, she's not really against the whole talking to herself thing, especially when it might end up getting some sort of assistance or pity from a passerby.

Not that it's really needed given she's quick to pull a rather ornate-looking dagger that... was somehow tucked into the top of one of her boots, don't question it. And with that she's quickly hacking away at the vines, pulling them off, and tossing them to the side.]

Nnnnnow that that's solved, I guess I'm not teaching the whole time since that delayed things a bit!~ [... She's far too cheery about that.]

Library

[Help the librarian? Absolutely not. Chaos is her middle name and she's not about to make this easy on anyone. Especially when she's decided today to somehow be sprawled over a banister in some room or another. It's better to not question how she got there. All that matters is that she's dangling a book lazily downward.]

Heeeeeey~ Looks like someone left this here, if you want to do something about it. Free favor or something? [It will absolutely not be that easy, but she's not going to say the quiet part aloud.]

Experiments, CWs the same as prompt probably

[A chance to watch something she's already probably seen ten million times over and it teaching her absolutely nothing new? Count her out. But she's more than happy to be standing temporary guard outside of the doorway to the basement. The sound of the torture itself doesn't really bother her, it never had, if she were to be perfectly honest.

Hell, if she were actually honest she actually kind of enjoyed the sounds of people suffering. But she has an image to maintain so she might as well help them out a bit. It's not like her being dressed in a bright pink and gold corset, white leather (don't question it) breeches, and white and gold boots sticks out or anything.]

The most boring jooooob on the face of the planeeeeet~

Wildcard

[Got an idea or want to meet this idiot doing something else? Toss the idea to me here, PMs, or at rustedpoetry]

library

[partybabysitter]

Lydia.

[ Xenk crosses his arms. They've been here before, somehow. This is far from the first time she's caused problems on purpose, and it's definitely not the first time she's done so to Xenk. ]

Drop it.

[wonderland_vogue]

[She wouldn't be her if she wasn't causing problems on purpose, especially when the beginning of the trouble wasn't her doing, so plausible deniability.

And, normally, she'd tease and toy with her quarry, but there's something about him saying it like that that flips a switch.]

Am I a dog now, Xenk?

[partybabysitter]

[ Xenk smirks. See, his sense of humor is bad!! He thinks he's so funny. ]

If it achieves the desired results...

[ He knows it won't. He should know better. He does not. ]

Would you prefer I called you a cat, for luring prey into this trap of yours?

[wonderland_vogue]

[This is precisely why he gets teased and tormented, because his humor is terrible. What an actual nerd.

She huffs loudly in response, though still very much holding onto the book before stretching on her current perch.]

And here I thought I would be called a cat for more than just traps, how disappointing. Though why do you want this book? It's not like it's actually important or anything.

[partybabysitter]

[ ohhh, big stretch! Xenk keeps his expression neutral but there's amusement in his eyes that's impossible to miss.

Jerk. ]

The Autumn Nox has left our library in disarray. We would do well to return as many books as possible, for the sake of the castle.

[wonderland_vogue]

[Good thing for him that she's feeling far too lazy and comfortable where she is to actually do more than be obnoxious instead of actively doing anything.

Dick.]

Don't we have the thralls that could do that? Seems like a waste of time to be doing it ourselves or, well, I guess more accurately letting the students do it, if you haven't seen them running around like headless chickens.

[partybabysitter]

[ Not gonna fight off those cat allegations, huh!! ]

As teachers, we must set a good example for the students.

[ Xenk shrugs. Obviously he's seen the thralls, he probably ordered a whole squad of them! And yet he's still here. ]

Many of them have barely learned the layout of the castle. If we allow only unskilled hands to handle this, we'll be finding books in strange places from now until the next century.

[wonderland_vogue]

[Nah, at least cats are independent in her opinion. It's when you think she can do something at beck and call that she gets annoyed, it's complicated.]

You do realize who you're talking to, right?

[Her? A good example? Cute.]

And then you look back on why that would be there and laugh about it, sounds like a win-win situation to me~ Still not seeing how this is a problem or why I should actually care.

Experiments

[prizedstallion]

Oh, I can imagine, get to hear everyone have all the fun while you have to be the fun guard.

[He slides up beside her with a grin. She probably saw him coming from a mile away, but he still saunters up and slips in besides her. If he's honest, he's a little curious what's going on in there, but he also knows that he likely won't get to see it regardless.]

So, tell me how a beautiful woman like you got roped into the boring job?

[He gives her a charming smile.]

[wonderland_vogue]

More that they don't really appreciate my touch down there anymore. [Something about not taking things seriously and having too much fun while doing it. "Lydia, this is for knowledge and science!" they would say. Not that she cared.

Of course she'd seen him coming, even if she wasn't actively keeping an eye out for students trying to make their way down there. It could be worse, though, she's at least not the type to pick him up by the scruff of his neck until he promises to leave like a good wounded pup.]

Someone has to, darling. And it may as well be me so I can at least hear what's going on down there if they don't want my company anymore. [... That probably says more about her than it really ought to. Though she does raise a brow while studying him and that smile, good grief.]

Are you trying to kiss ass or do you actually mean that this time? Because one of those may get you a proper answer~

[prizedstallion]

That's no fun, these scholarly types take everything so seriously.

[He makes a face at the idea that someone wouldn't want Lydia's touch and company, he would be open to both. Honestly, it's part of the reason he approached was because he saw her and thought he could keep her company while they listen to the... screams of agony the scholars were inflicting upon each other.

Maybe not exactly romantic, but he wasn't here to romance. At least it sounded like the scholars were having a good time.]

Aw, can't I do both at the same time? Because your ass is looking great and I'm not opposed to kissing it. [Smooth Kirk.]

[wonderland_vogue]

Welcome to precisely why I hate this time of the year. All study and work, no play. It's utterly boring in every single aspect. We try to make it more interesting but there's only so much we can do. [And so many ways they can take fun potential topics and make them dry enough to kill a man.

Nor will she ever turn down someone's company, even if it's someone she doesn't care for, they still make fun targets to tease and torment. At least he's interesting.

It wouldn't be the worst come on she's had in this place, either.]

My ass is always looking great, but I appreciate the sentiment~ [It's the reason why she wears the pants that she does, hell, the reason she dresses like she does is always to be the center of attention while making sure everyone sees every inch of her body in the perfect way she'd want them to.]

Did you really come here just to flirt, then? You really don't want to go down there to see what all the noise is about?

[prizedstallion]

See, I would be interested any other time of year, but I just can't imagine those scholars are doing anything of actual real interest. At least not to me.

[Sure, he came down to explore what the sounds were, but learning that it's just a bunch of scholars being nerds, naw. Not his jam.. well it was a little, if he could glean anything that could help him in his goals, he was always interested.

But right now what was actually interesting was the Red teacher before him.]

So, let's just say I heard the siren's song and found you, hm? A little bit of both but we both know the real reason I'm still here is for the beautiful vampire before me.

[wonderland_vogue]

If you've seen it once, you've seen it enough, trust me. And unfortunately the screams are all noises that will be only temporary and with no real lasting effects. Such is the nature of vampires and healing. [And it's not like they even do it in a fun way, ugh.

Besides, this one trying to chat her up is far more amusing than being annoyed with guard duty. Especially if he's going to continue to heap praise onto her so easily, even if it's things she's all heard before.]

And just what do you intend on trying to do? I'm sadly stuck here at this door for another... [Give her a second, she's trying to remember how long she's supposed to be here. Time is such a fake concept at this point.] I think hour or so, depending on when the next person shows up. So there's not too much I can do until then~

[Might as well play with him a bit and see where it gets her, it's not like this is her Novice or anything, so where's the harm in it?]

Because kind words and a flirty tongue are lovely things, but words rarely get you far.

[prizedstallion]

Oh, I imagine it's nothing worth seeing, not when the star is out here.

[Was he hamming it up a little? Absolutely but he wasn't someone who had a lot of shame and he wasn't scared to hit on a teacher. He his on Xenk of all people, he wasn't deterred by the fact they had not only age seniority but power over him. In a way that make this way more hot.

Especially since he was a healthy young man and she was a gorgeous woman. He's absolutely here for this.]

Well, if words aren't gonna get me far, I am happy to exercise my filthy tongue. [He licks his lower lip seductively.]

How about we make some screams worth watching?

[wonderland_vogue]

[This one she might have heard about and kept an eye on here and there, so she's quite aware of what she's playing with. And doesn't really see a reason why she shouldn't find some amusement with him. After all, the ones who put her here and more than aware of exactly what's she's capable of and how she is.

Once he likes his lower lip she's actually laughing at that, at least he's offering to give something instead of take, she will give him that particular point.]

Do you know what tree you're barking up? I guarantee you I am nothing like the other women in this castle and have... different tastes when it comes to all of this. A reputation, in fact. [She wouldn't have said no to that offer, either, but if he's going to go so hard at this, she might as well see how far she can push him before he backs off or runs scared with his tail tucked between his legs.]

Library

[draculaintraining]

[ It's on one of Soma's many trips through the books that he ends up having to look up. Wasn't that one of the teachers...? Why wouldn't she just take the book back herself? ]

[ Whatever, it wouldn't hurt to bring it back; he held his hand up. ]

Let it go; I'll grab it.

[wonderland_vogue]

[Oh, look, it's a sucker and she's rolling over onto her back to look over her side with the book still dangling.]

Nothing around here is ever for free~ You have to do something for me first, nothing difficult, I promise.

[draculaintraining]

[ Oh boy, he should have known there would be a catch. His arm lowered slightly, a worried look coming to his face. ]

...aren't I already doing you a favor by returning the book?

[wonderland_vogue]

[There always is with her and probably most of the Red Court teachers, for that matter.]

That's the boring part of it, yes. [Already contradicting herself, but that's fine and normal.]

I'll be nice, I guess, since you seem to be really new. Are you going to be one of the droll types that blushes and sputters when the inevitable matter of sex comes up or are you going to actually understand how useful of a tool it is?~ Be honest, I'll know. [Not really, but she can pretend.]

[draculaintraining]

[ There was no need for Soma to attempt at lying about it; there was already a faint hint of pink to his face, and he sputtered slightly, already dreading where this was going. ]

U-useful? What...?

[wonderland_vogue]

[Oh if she doesn't love watching their reactions to this kind of thing and she just looks so pleased with herself.]

Darling~ Did they not explain the Courts to you? My, my, do I need to teach you something so basic that your Maker should have done?

[draculaintraining]

N-no, I...

[ Huff!!! She had him all flustered now, and he had to take a deep breath to try and calm himself. ]

I-I know what Red Court is about.

[wonderland_vogue]

[He's precious and she's going to milk this for all it's worth, thank you very much.]

And you do have to take some classes from Red, so you might be better off coming to terms with pretty much everyone being quite open and liberally about the subject.

[Give her a moment, she's just going to casually climb down from her perch and, oops, she's tall.]

So I'd suggest working on that mindset~ [At... at least she's holding the book out for him to take now.] There's your favor.