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undyingmods ([personal profile] undyingmods) wrote in [community profile] undyingcourt2023-11-30 12:01 pm

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.

philancer: (076)

Sylvain Gautier | Fire Emblem Three Houses | Student | Blue Court (eventually)

[personal profile] philancer 2023-12-02 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Arrival:
    [ Sylvain is not yet a novice - officially - he has a few more months until he's eligible to be selected by a Master and become officially enrolled at Castle Courtsheart. It seems accepted as a given - expected, even - that will happen by most that know him. He's not exactly sure why, although he's been aware of several vampires in the Gold Court who have had their eye on him for a while now. He hasn't exactly encouraged them yet, however - much to his father's continuing displeasure.

    But Sylvain has his own plans. And he's pretty sure they won't involve the Gold Court. Not that he's mentioned this to anyone, but this sanctioned visit before his enrollment comes at the perfect time. It gives him the chance to look around, inspect the other Courts. And perhaps find one that appeals to him more than the Gold does. Or at least a Master he wouldn't mind agreeing to. The one currently paying him the most attention back home... is not someone he'd want to bond with at all.

    So after arriving and changing into the provided clothing - fine even by Gold Court standards, which is saying a lot - Sylvain sets out to explore and see what - or who - he can find of interest. Or, if he's lucky, maybe be of interest to someone else. ]
Library Cleanup:
    Are you using those?

    [ In an attempt to make himself useful to the Silver Court vampires hosting them, Sylvain had agreed to help them tackle the current disaster of their library. Considering one of his friends back in the Gold Court tended to leave piles of books wherever they went, this was hardly a new chore for him. Although he's politely and patiently eyeing you now - or, more importantly, the stack of books beside you.

    Were you using those? And if not... ]


    I think the library needs them back. If you don't mind?
Unethical Experiments:
    Uh. Actually. This might be a bad idea.

    [ Sylvain has always had a hard time turning down a dare. Especially when the challenge sounded fun, daring, and/or especially dangerous. Or all three! Even better!

    But as another inhuman shriek echoes up from the depths of a stone-paved stairwell, his expression shows more than a hint of unease as he glances over at you. Were you the one that dared him? Or perhaps he was the one daring you? ]


    Did that sound especially human to you?

    [ ...Maybe it was just his imagination. ]
Wildcard:
    (( hit me up with a prompt of your own! Sylvain is currently hoping to branch away from the Gold Court that raised him and find a Master in one of the other Courts - preferably Red or Blue (although ultimately I'd like for him to join the Blue Court if there's a vampire that would like a novice to bond with!) Feel free to leave me a starter or hit me up at [plurk.com profile] chaneystarr with questions or ideas! ))
nobleobligations: ({war} 68)

experiments

[personal profile] nobleobligations 2023-12-02 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ This isn't the first time Lorenz has found himself baited into some juvenile competition with Sylvain. Oh, he'd rebuffed the dare at first—but then Sylvain had implied something-or-other about his capabilities, and rather than rise above such blatant provocation, Lorenz had snapped, "No, I dare you," and then the next thing he knew the two of them were standing in the basement stairwell together.

As Sylvain speaks up, Lorenz tosses a withering glance in his direction. ]


Dare I ask what you think separates a human's scream from a vampire's?

[ This may not be the first time he's taken the bait, but it will be the last, Lorenz tells himself... Just like he has every other time this has happened. He really, really means it this time, though. Honest. ]
philancer: (019)

[personal profile] philancer 2023-12-02 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Why are you asking me?

[ Said with just the right amount of exasperation Lorenz normally elicits from him as Sylvain leans a little further to peer down the darkened stairway. ]

Have you ever heard a vampire scream before? I don't have anything for comparison here. Except that didn't sound very human to me.

[ Another unearthly shriek echoes off the stones from deep below and he doesn't bother to stifle his shudder this time when all his hair stands on end. He gestures emphatically into the darkness as he glances over at Lorenz. ]

See?
nobleobligations: ({hopes} 17)

[personal profile] nobleobligations 2023-12-03 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
That is... [ Lorenz's voice trails away. In the silence, he tries to gather himself. Founders forbid Sylvain think that he is faltering. ] If the distinction is so clear to you, why is the matter in question?

[ There. Clearly, it's a skill issue on Sylvain's part. ]

Besides, [ he goes on, with a prim little clear of his throat, ] a human thrall would be ordered not to scream. There is no cause for concern.

[ For Lorenz, that is the clear, obvious conclusion. Of course, he is maybe a little too accustomed to thinking casually of such things, having spent his entire life in the care of a mature vampire. ]
philancer: (056)

[personal profile] philancer 2023-12-04 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's probably a good thing he has no idea that Sylvain assumes he has the same amount of spine as a slug. He'd likely not find the comparison very flattering.

It's a little ironic that the moment those words leave Lorenz's lips, another hair-raising howl echoes up from down blow, long and loud and full of inhuman agony. Sylvain can't quite hide his flinch.

But he does give his companion a wide-eyed, disbelieving look. ]


That? I'd say that definitely qualifies as cause for concern. I don't think anything is supposed to make sounds like that. Not to mention that if it isn't a human, then what in Founders' name are they doing down there that is making... whatever that is, make a noise like that?

[ Maybe they're little biased in being surrounded by Gold Court vampires, to whom appearance and decorum is everything. But maybe that's also why he's so alarmed by this. Vampires always presented themselves as impervious to almost everything (shy of sunlight, as far as he knew) so if that was a vampire down there...

Actually maybe he didn't want to know what was happening down there after all. ]


...D'ya think we should tell someone?
nobleobligations: ({hopes} 22)

[personal profile] nobleobligations 2023-12-05 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ It is a little... hair-raising. Lorenz's face goes as stiff and still as a porcelain mask with the next shriek that echoes up the stairwell—the aforementioned obsession with appearance come to roost, Lorenz freezing up as though he might just wait out the urge to respond to what's happening by doing nothing at all.

It's Sylvain's final suggestion, then, that finally forces a reaction from him. His eyes widen, and his skin blanches with a different sort of fear entirely. ]


T— Tell someone?! [ The strain in his voice keeps it from lifting above a whisper.] Have you forgotten the reason we had to sneak down here? Novices are suppose to stay out of the basement tonight!

[ What if they get in trouble?!?!?! ]
philancer: (043)

[personal profile] philancer 2023-12-08 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sylvain just jabs a finger down into the encroaching darkness lurking at the bottom of the stairwell. ]

Can you really not do anything to stop whatever is happening down there? Can you really just walk away and let it keep happening?

[ From the incredulous anger in his tone, it's pretty clear that Sylvain is pretty sure that's a 'no' from him.

He likes living just as much as anyone. But he'd assume that so does whoever that is. Unless they're not living but even then... ]
disdelusioned: (032)

Arrival

[personal profile] disdelusioned 2023-12-02 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Diluc always finds the arrival of new blood (hur hur) to the Castle to be awkward and exhausting. And yet, he remains out and about through it all. The new arrivals need to be vetted, and there's always an increase in the flow of gossip during these times. Information is as important to a hunter as his blade, and Diluc would be foolish to turn his nose up at the opportunity to obtain it.

A tall novice-to-bed sidles up next to him, and Diluc offers him the barest of glances.]


May I help you?
philancer: (012)

+10 approval points for terrible puns

[personal profile] philancer 2023-12-02 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He'd actually moved into position to peer down into the courtyard where some of the Black Court students looked to be training. Or maybe those were Red? He couldn't actually tell, especially since he didn't spot a helpfully color-coded teacher currently with them.

But he's curious, and the sound of sparring had drawn him closer to observe. Not that he wasn't aware of the vampire also standing nearby, but he was far too used to being ignored as a mere human in the Gold Court, unless someone wanted him for something. Or he was in trouble. It was a tossup.

So the question has him stilling with a hint of surprise, blinking bright amber eyes at the vampire, wondering if he'd done something wrong. Or he wasn't supposed to be here? ]


Uhh. No? [ That sounded way more like a question than an answer. Oops. ] Unless that's your class, in which case, I didn't mean to interrupt. I just wanted to watch for a bit.
disdelusioned: (015)

yay! maybe I can have him join my class!

[personal profile] disdelusioned 2023-12-04 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[The young man is taken aback when Diluc acknowledges him. Good. He's smart enough to realize that Diluc's a potential threat. which is more than he expected from a Gold Court whelp.]

I'm observing, same as you. The class belongs to a colleague of mine. Stay as long as you'd like.

[Given the blackness of Diluc's eyes, it's confirmation that this is a Black Court course.]

Do you have an interest in combat?
philancer: (019)

[personal profile] philancer 2023-12-08 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ Please. Every vampire is a potential threat when you're still a human, Gold Court or not. You just might be more of a threat, because he doesn't know what to expect from you.

But after another moment of eyeing Diluc warily, he gives a reluctant nod, letting his eyes flit back down to the combat class happening below. ]


Yeah. A little. I mean, I've had some training since I was little. My father thought it would be important preparation for coming here one day. Although I think the Gold Court might frown on that, in general.
disdelusioned: (020)

[personal profile] disdelusioned 2023-12-14 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[That last sentence gets something of a wry smile out of Diluc.]

All the more reason to do so, I say.

[Fuck the Gold Court, man.]

Unless your maker is from the Gold Court, there's little reason to worry about their opinion of what you do. And if your maker is, I suggest finding a new maker before the process becomes too painful to bear.
midlifecryseas: (this?)

library cleanup

[personal profile] midlifecryseas 2023-12-03 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ That stack of books that Edward looks up from isn't a normal stack. They're normal books, yeah, but the ones directly in front of them are forming a tower in an interesting, repetitive pattern. He's just about to add another from his modest messy pile to the top, too, when he's interrupted. He looks up at the human above him with wide-eyed concern, even guilt. ]

Oh! Hey, sorry, man. Still using these ones. I'll return them when I'm done, 'kay?

[ Will he tho? Anyway, Edward turns back to the tower, and is about to add another book to the top most layer, when he turns back again instead. ]

Actually, while you're headed back to the library, can you get me some more? Think I'll need... Oh, about two dozen more, or so. More is better.
philancer: (020)

i can't believe you're in here playing jenga

[personal profile] philancer 2023-12-03 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sylvain just stares at him for a moment, because this... wasn't what he'd expected to find when the Silver Court vampire had sent him out to retrieve a stack of books.

He squints at the vampire. And then the tower of books. Before just rolling his eyes towards the ceiling. This is what he gets for trying to be helpful. ]


Yeah, I don't think that's gonna happen. The vampire in charge of the library? He's about one more missing book from going berserk. I didn't even know Silver Court vampires could do that. He's very Not Happy right now and I don't think going back and asking him for more books is going to improve his temperament.
midlifecryseas: (bb - how did you kill him)

not yet, i'm not! need at least two people for that

[personal profile] midlifecryseas 2023-12-03 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ Edward pauses in his book-stacking to listen to all that whining, ugh. His expression stays an impassive, interested mask, though. When the boy finally gets to the not-very-happy Silver librarian he's helping, Edward's nose scrunches up. ]

Yeah... Probably better you forget this book retrieval he's got you doing and not go back at all, then. Some vampires, especially the Silver Court types, are just looking for the chance to take advantage of any wayward human who seems eager to offer their help.

[ Completely unrelated to that, Ed gasps, eyes brightening. ]

Hey, you have a minute before you head to wherever? Got a new game I'm trying out.
philancer: (020)

sorry he only counts as one

[personal profile] philancer 2023-12-04 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
I wasn't even all that eager. [ Sylvain gives a quiet scoff, looking a little amused now. ] He literally burst out of the doors and stopped me in the hallway on my way past.

I'm not gonna get in trouble for not going back, am I?

[ Because that was a bigger concern than not actually obeying the Silver Court vampire, honestly.

But then the vampire before him gives him an out... sort of. It's enough to have him glancing between the stack of books and the teacher with a mixture of interest and unease. ]


I... guess? What kind of game?

[ He really hopes he's not going to regret this. ]
midlifecryseas: (bb - lets go together)

lucky that ed has no intention of sitting out then

[personal profile] midlifecryseas 2023-12-04 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Nah, blame it all on me, mate. Teacher Teach. That's Blue Court lessons, for you. Never know when they'll strike or what they'll entail. And they're a hell of a lot more fun.

[ Hook, line, sinker. Fuck yeah, Ed's good at fishing. He takes the question as an agreement to play, and grins, sets the last book in the row on top, and stands with a flourish. ]

Okay, so. The game is, you take one of the books from anywhere in the tower that isn't the top row... And place it on the top in the same pattern.

[ Edward demonstrates. Seems easy, right? But what happens when more books are taken, and the whole thing becomes top-heavy? There's the fun. ]

First one to topple the tower loses. Pretty straight-forward. Think you can manage a go?

darn his luck

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theidlemaiden: (pic#16006915)

arrival

[personal profile] theidlemaiden 2023-12-04 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ Passing her first season had been a harrowing enough experience. Hilda had barely squeaked by through some combination of sheer, dumb luck and a little help from Silver court students who had helped her out thanks to the power of some doe eyed and batted lashes.

All that is to say, it's a strange experience looking at the fresh faced arrivals knowing that that is what she must have looked like to the second season students milling about taking stock of the new humans. Well, she looked a little less in awe of everything around her and had been more focused on her nails but details.

Her gaze had fallen on the tall red head with amber eyes realizing faintly that she recognized him. It had to be from home because where else would she have known that face from? She skirts along the outskirts milling, chatting and flirting, never quite taking her eyes off of him and keeping him in her periphery slowly making her way towards him until finally she stumbles into his path. ]


Oh Founders - I'm sorry! [ A tittering sheepish laugh flutters from her lips. ] I wasn't watching where I was going.
philancer: (050)

[personal profile] philancer 2023-12-04 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ His eyes had been locked on something across the room when her slim form stumbles into him, but his manners - and reflexes - are too finely honed to not react swiftly. Hands come up to steady her arms, even as wide amber eyes fly to take in whoever had collided with him.

She's familiar, the thought niggles at the back of his head, which has his forehead scrunching up a little as he tries to remember where he knows her from. It comes to him after a moment, since he's got a well-honed memory for faces and names. Recognition flickers across his face as his lips curve into a crooked smile. ]


It's alright. I don't mind having pretty girls flinging themselves at me as a general rule. Hello, Hilda. It's been a long time. Are you a student here?
theidlemaiden: (pic#16106065)

[personal profile] theidlemaiden 2023-12-04 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ Imbibing from her maker has already begun to change her body in small ways. The pink of her eyes are already darker than what he might recall, and she very well could have caught herself had he not reached out in time. For all her posturing and near failure it seems that some lessons had been absorbed even if they were tangentially and in between naps.

Fake recognition sparks in her gaze, but alongside it comes pleasure at being recognized. ]


Sylvain!

[ His name rolls off her tongue warm and honeyed like some kind of poem as she lingers deliberately in his arms before stepping back. ]

I'd be more flattered but I know that you say that to every pretty face. How have you been?
philancer: (053)

[personal profile] philancer 2023-12-04 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, but they're rarely so pretty as you.

[ He casts her a playful wink, still playing along. Even if those words are probably true. Especially since she's become a student here. Apparently it agrees with her - his observant gaze can quickly pick up several differences from his memory. Clearly she's been taking advantage of having a vampire bond. ]

And I've been alright, I guess. Still not eligible to join you yet, but the Court vampires apparently thought some of us should get an eyeful of what was in store for us when we do. So. Wanna fill me in on all I need to know?
theidlemaiden: (pic#16006933)

[personal profile] theidlemaiden 2023-12-04 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ Pretty words are commonplace, especially in her court. Even if they hadn't been here and they had been in Gold court lands, she probably would haven't had blinked twice at the honey words returned to her. Not that she can blame him. She had scoped him out first. Absently she thinks that he would make an easy fit in the Red court with his easy going, flirtatious ways. But she can't say for certain if he's looking to stay in Gold or not.

Despite stepping out of his arms she's quick to loop her through his and press into his side offering him a brilliant smile. ]


That depends. What have you learned already? I wouldn't want to bore you with things you've already heard.

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ladyofloss: (07)

library cleanup

[personal profile] ladyofloss 2023-12-05 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[The stack of books beside Shadowheart looks especially precarious, the way they're stacked rather haphazardly, but she looks up from scribbling something down in her notebook as she'd been perusing the one open in front of her. Her gaze is cool and even, and she raises a single brow at him in response.]

I do, actually.

[Mind, that is.]

They'll get them back when I'm good and finished. Classes are still in session despite all this.
philancer: (012)

[personal profile] philancer 2023-12-08 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's quick to hold up his hands in surrender, taking a step back when she fixes him with a cold black stare. ]

I didn't mean any offense. It's just... The silver vampire in the library is on a tear over books that are missing or out of place and he's decided to send whatever novices and humans within hearing distance to round them all up. Or else.

[ He hadn't bothered asking what the 'or else' entailed. He didn't think he wanted to know. ]
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[personal profile] ladyofloss 2023-12-11 09:31 am (UTC)(link)
They're always like that.

['They' being the Silver Court, who she doesn't seem to be terribly impressed.]

As though they have a monopoly on learning, despite the fact that learning is the very thing we're all here to do. I wouldn't worry too much about the 'or else.' A light scolding at best.