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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
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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

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.

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New Arrivals

[ Marianne keeps her eyes out at all the brand new novices, though for the most part she's a wallflower at the festivities. She's quite shy. And though she's hopeful, perhaps, to meet new friends, she doesn't dare give up too much hope lest she ends up hurting herself.

She's very striking though, to her detriment. Blue tresses of neatly tucked hair accented by the brilliant blue of her eyes; not terribly tall but not short either. So if you happen to attempt to pull her from her place as part of the wallpaper, she will simply fluster, wringing her hands together as she inwardly begs herself to act normal. ]

O-oh, hello. Are you ... enjoying the festivities?

Autumn Nox

As the lectures take place, Marianne knows exactly which ones her family would want her to attend. As a dutiful daughter, she does indeed sign up to listen to them. However, once in a while she slips away to visit the talk of healers and do-gooders in the vampire community, to listen to talks on animals or nature and all sorts of colorful things. She always lingers at the back, sometimes merely peeking into the room. That makes it easier for her to get caught than she really realizes.

"Ah, I was just-! I got lost on my way to the lecture on ... on Night Terrors..." She sort of trails off, hoping her excuses will be acceptable.

If they are not, however, even after a couple of insistent pleas, there's something strange in a flash of those blue eyes of hers. It's something wild, something violent. "Leave me be." She snaps, suddenly less a little sheep and entirely a wolf.

Wildcard

[ Build-a-Prompt! I'm easy. I will also match brackets/prose, I don't have a preference really. ]

(I'm thinking Marianne will be in her second season or so, from a prestigious family of Blues, though she longs to become a healer and wants to defect to the Silver court. I didn't AU workshop (yet) but feel free to message me here or

haurchefant if you've any desire for premeditated CR. I'd be down for someone to be her Blue Maker too or a Silver that could potentially take an interest. Otherwise having her Maker have died may be interesting too! Pretty open to everything else! )

[ tighnari.. isn't too astonished to see marianne lurking in the background of the healing and natural sciences talks, and when he spots her again after his own presentation, he's sure to approach. she's always been an exceptional student in all of his classes, and his heart aches to see her withdraw like this, as if peeking in on these particular seminars is something she should be ashamed of.

when she deflects, he isn't surprised, despite how it weighs on his chest. ]

Ah, of course.. I'm happy to show you the way there.

[ he says with a smile, his bushy tail flicking behind him, his expression warm as he gestures for her to follow. ]

It's just this way.

[ Being caught red handed by a teacher she actually admires is even more embarrassing than just lashing out at a stranger. She flushes even as she stumbles her way through her excuses. And here he is, being kind enough to lead her to this Blue-Court-relevant seminar and she doesn't even want to go. ]

Ah, it's... [ She hangs back a moment, hesitant. ]

You must be busy, you don't need to go to the trouble ... for me.

[ tighnari tilts his head, one tall ear flicking. she's being terribly cagey, but he's a gentle soul who has no issue handling the more skittish types. ]

I'm not busy at all, right now, but something tells me you'd rather be rid of me.

[ he chuckles lightly, clearly unoffended. ]

Is something bothering you?

[ She blinks, quickly shaking her head at the thought she'd want to be rid of him. ]

That's not it at all!

[ Marianne looks quite guilty now as she looks down at the ground, tucking her hair behind her ear. ]

I mean ... that is, the truth is I don't want to go to that symposium on Night Terrors. I'm sorry for lying.

[ tighnari tilts his head, curious and quizzical, one of his tall ears flicking lightly, but he soon begins to understand. ]

That's all right, I understand. Still, you didn't have to lie to me, okay? I won't judge you.

[ other vampires might, however, so he certainly understands her uncertainty, but tighnari is rather an understanding fellow. ]

But if you don't want to go, you don't have to. Is there anything else you would rather see?

I'm sorry.

[ She furrows her brows further, shaking her head. It's rather shameful to have lied in the first place... ]

It's just ... um. My family prefers I stick to the Blue Court as much as possible.

[ She does at last give a little smile at least. ]

I ... enjoyed watching your teaching.

It's quite all right. You have to keep yourself safe.

[ sometimes that might mean lying. she's only a novice after all, she has to do whatever it takes to stay secure and safe, if that means telling a few untruths in order to keep herself from getting hurt. he understands. ]

I take it your family wouldn't be pleased with you enjoying my lectures?

Mm. [ She gives a nod, lowering her eyes a moment. That's an understatement, really. One wrong move and she could find herself a thrall.

As for his question, she shakes her head. ]

They are ... prominent supporters of the Blue Court. They have high hopes.

I see..

[ that's problematic. he wants to encourage her to do as she pleases, but tighnari knows just how dangerous that can be. she could turn up dead, or worse, if she fails to please the wrong people the right way. it makes his heart ache for her. ]

Well, I'd be more than happy to copy my notes for you, if you're not able to attend the talks personally.

[ She folds her hands together, giving a small nod. She can tell that he understands, and is glad for it. No one wants to talk about what could happen.

Though his suggestion surprises her, eyebrows lifting high. ]

Eh? But that’s … that’s so much work.

[ No one would have been able to tell by how Hilda takes to the room with an enthusiastic brilliance that she had very nearly been turned into a thrall last season. In fact, she commands the room with all of the skills and social graces that someone might expect of a Red court hopeful.

Whether or not she is genuinely hopeful versus it simply being an attempt at self preservation remains to be seen, but no one will know that so long as she keeps her cards close to her chest. And there's nothing worse than talk of self-preservation or being stuck between a thrall and the fate as an immortal is definitely something she'd slot under topics that kill the mood of a party faster than a vampire could drain a human. Better to leave that sort of thing at the door and make the most of a party.

It's hard not to notice the darling blue-haired flower standing off in the corner of the room. When she does, Hilda's darkening pink eyes shine. Excusing herself from the conversation she's found herself in she weaves through the crowd, swooping up beside Marianne, her patented smile on her face. ]

Marianne, I'm so glad that you're here! You don't have to act so formal though, you know. We're friends after all! Are you enjoying the festivities?

[ She should have known there would be no hiding from Hilda, not that Marianne particularly wants to do that. Just most everyone else. She flushes a little at being called out for her formalities, inwardly cursing herself for being awkward. ]

I'm sorry, Hilda.

[ She shakes her head, as though her behavior is just reprehensible. ]

I ... I am, I suppose. But I'm still not very good at talking to people.

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Test Drive Meme - New Blood

Marianne von Edmund | Fire Emblem (Three Houses) | Student | Blue (ish)

autumn nox;

I'm here, i'm sorry!

no worries! c:

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!!!!! | new arrivals

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