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JANUARY TDM - WINTER DREAMS

Welcome to the Undying Court's January Test Drive Meme! This post also functions as the January Event for existing characters, and continues the Winter Season, led by the Blue Court.

New characters may handwave or backdate the previous season's arrival prompt should they wish to, but you may otherwise assume they've been here the whole time! Additionally, all TDM threads can be taken as in-game canon if desired. And remember that apps open February 3-7, with invites opening on January 28, and reserves not long after!

Note that this post will contain: violence, enthrallment, torture, slavery, horror and potentially sexual content. Dreams come in many forms, after all.

This event also features another chance for characters to submit Regains, so make sure to submit after you've posted your top-level or reply to someone else's dream. For characters both new and old, feel free to brush up on the Premise, Vampire Powers, and head over to the FAQ/Game Info page if you have any questions!

Note that this event will be occurring throughout the month of January and into February, so characters are free to forward-date as desired!
For new characters please format your Top-level in this format: Character Name | Canon | Court | Youngblood/Novice | TDM
For existing characters please format your Top-level in this format: Character Name | Court | Youngblood/Novice
If you have any questions specific to the event, ask them in the Plotting Post Q&A section!

Top-Level Directory:

ONCE UPON A DREAM

A quiet falls over the Castle as a new day begins to break. As with every morning, this is a time when vampires must retreat to avoid the rays of the sun, pulling heavy curtains around their beds and windows to block out any light. However, this particular morning is abnormally quiet as the whole of the Castle seems to fall asleep all at once, and all together. After this enchanted sleep, and for the the next thirty days, the Castle's residents will start to experience strange phenomena within their dreams.

During this period, dreams become more vivid, so realistic it feels like the dreamer is awake. Dreamers can pass into each other's dreams without meaning to. Some of these dreams are in fact memories--either those from the lives the characters have lived in the Castle and the outlying lands, or the strange memories they've begun to gain back.

But be careful! For what starts as a regular memory might start to warp into something new. If you're lucky, it'll be something positive, like a dream of a home you've always wanted. But if you're unlucky, the memory might twist and turn into a nightmare, catching you in it and turning your worst fears against you.

Each nightfall, everyone will wake and return to normal. Or at least, most people will.

[Note: Any current characters who participate in the dream event by creating a top level or tagging someone else at least once in this prompt may be rewarded with a free impactful memory, which may be used in the dreamscape. Don't forget to submit for your Regains!]

A NIGHTMARISH CURSE

It turns out that not everyone wakes up. Those who stay in nightmares for too long may find themselves cursed, and unable to wake up. At first, the curse appears no different from regular sleep. But a few hours in the victim will start screaming uncontrollably. No touch will wake them, no amount of calling their name will break the spell. After too long, the victim will start to bleed, slowly at first, and then more and more as they remain afflicted. A victim left unattended will bleed out and die.

The Council works quickly to step in. Kashire (who is looking rather frayed this season) delivers the news that there's no need to panic, but everyone will need to do their part in locating and curing victims. In fact, the youngbloods seem to be taking this as the perfect opportunity for a teaching moment, and students are expected to try and find a cure with the skills that match their Court. Novices and youngbloods alike are encouraged to try and help lift the curse from anyone they can. (Get creative! Blood heals many wounds...) Any victims that have progressed too far will need to be seen to by Revar.

The nightmare curse, however, can spread quickly. Anyone who enters the nightmare of a victim will fall victim to the curse. Additionally, any attempt to reach out to the mind of a curse victim will also spread the curse. With the combined efforts of the students and teachers, the curse can be completely put out. But it will take time and care to ensure everyone is found in time, and cured safely.

ANYWAY, WINTER GAMES!

But a few curses aren't going to stop the Blue Court from making sure everyone has a good time. The days might be short, and weighed down by the threats of nightmares, but winter has hit Castle Courtsheart in full force, and the long nights and snow-covered grounds make for an excellent backdrop to the Inter-Court Winter Games!

There isn't really a reward for the winning house besides bragging rights and maybe a trophy that doubles as a chalice, but youngbloods and novices alike are invited to join in the festivities and compete against one another in the spirit of glory and the chance to lord over your Court's superiority. Even Council members and mature vampires of each court seem to enjoy cheering on their respective teams from the stands. Everything is fine! Forget your troubles and go play in the snow.

What kind of sports do vampires play? Feel free to get creative, but here are some examples:

Thrall-Curling: Since vampiric strength proves to be a little too much for this sport otherwise, teams of novices (or youngbloods) of the same Court can team up to gently compel their thralls to play the thrilling sport of curling. Coax that stone across the ice with care, and take out the opposing team! Or, well, the thralls will do that, assuming they're guided well. Try not to break them. (The thralls, that is.)

Figure skating: Practicing your pirouettes? For a vampire, a quadruple-axel is hardly worth breaking a sweat over. Favored for its beauty and almost seductive grace, the figure skating competition will be scored and judged by a multi-court panel. Participants might get extra points for incorporating bladework and masking into their sets, so these performances are sure to wow the judges.

Ice Hockey: Yes, the high-contact sport transcends time and space, but vampires don't need silly things like helmets or padded safety gear. Don your court's colors and hit the ice to toss the puck around and score as many points against the opposing team as you can before the time runs out. Violence is encouraged! Everyone likes to see a bit of blood on the ice this time of year. (Shadowstepping is considered cheating, but only if you get caught.)

And more! Snowball fighting may not be a sport, but there's no better time to enjoy the outdoors and stretch those growing fangs and muscles than the dead of winter. So whether you're cheering on your Court or watching from the sidelines, there's something here for everyone. Just because the castle is full of the the undead doesn't mean they can't have a little winter fun.

CLASS NOTES

Other notable happenings for the early winter season include:

Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and maybe it's time to find or make gifts for that special blood claim in your life. This season blood jewelry is the hot ticket item. These are pieces made from precious metal and glass, which hold the blood of a vampire in them. Carry a lover's blood to show how much you love them, or carry your own to force down the throat of your enemies so you can influence them.

Whispers around school start to say that Black Court lost a novice this month. Not murder this time! He simply unmade himself trying to mistwalk. Eh, these things happen.

As a result of a tie in last month's pumpkin carving contest, members of the Black and Red Courts will find small packages outside their doors. They are gifted silver letter openers, with the handle inlaid with pumpkins and leaves, and a note from Revar with a little drawing of a pumpkin and their signature. How nice!

Lady Whisperfangs is quiet for now, but her time is yet to come... This month's check-in will have a field to submit gossip about your characters! Vampires do so love their drama.

Once again, characters are free to talk to the NPCs as well: Revar & Kashire. For any questions regarding this month's prompts, please comment in the Plotting Post. For general game questions, please check the FAQ/Game Info. In the meantime, remember to submit your Regains for this month's free reward, and keep an eye out for our AC Check-in next week, starting on January 25-31.

The new year has brought us plenty of thirsty vampires, so we're glad you're here to share them with you!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ Look, when you can't easily find everyone you want to trick and mess with (in a good way!), then there's nothing else to do but explore and hope you find some of the people you were aiming for. While Lydia wasn't necessarily on the list, it was the various things in the room that were more of the surprise than anything. Eden didn't know that Lydia was actually capable of going around without a corset, but there she was.

Actually, all of this seemed fun to try. Huh...

But for a bit, the young man was watching while leaning against the open doorway. He was more on the average side of things, but with the boots he reached a just a bit over 5'9", and watched with steely-blue eyes that had some reflections of silver in them. It was nice to just watch for a bit. ]

You'd think the open doors would cause a bit of a draft to undo the fire's work.

[Considering she was really just hanging there to catch her breath and to stretch out some muscles simply by letting them get used to it again, her attention is easily pulled towards the figure in the doorway. This one she doesn't recognize, which is weird in and of itself, but she's never one to look a gift horse in the mouth.

Even if it means she has to pull herself back up to sit in the ring as if it were nothing more than a swing.]

You would think so, but it still works quite well~ Not that I really get cold anymore, but the warmth is still nice. Did you see something you like, darling?

You don't have to suffer from things like the cold to enjoy comforts, like the heat... of fires.

[ And bodies, obviously, knowing most people in the Castle. Inviting themselves in, Eden's got a nice and easy smile... Partially because they've past the first few seconds test. Not immediately recognized. ]

There's a lot that I'm liking, yeah. So this is your favorite, then, or just the best statement spot until someone came by?

Mmm, you certainly aren't wrong.

[She's Red, of course she understands the double meaning there. Though she's actually laughing at the question, sliding back down from her sitting spot to hanging from the bottom of it easily enough. Don't ask how she did it, but she is getting the hoop to return back towards the ground.]

One I haven't played with too much lately, so I needed to get back in the hang of things. The rest are ones I've learned ages ago but this one I still haven't quite mastered to my standards.

[ Given that they've just gotten the hang of tying harnesses, this is waaay beyond what Eden could grasp right now. They have good enough core strength in normal form to start learning, probably, but grasping what's being done to make it all happen... ]

So it's actually a coincidence? Huh... Surprising.

[Oh, it's certainly something that takes a lot of practice, she will absolutely and completely admit to that. But once she's back to the ground she finally lets the hoop go and stretches her arms over her head once more just to make sure she got all the kinks out.]

Of course it was. This is all something I've done since I was young, before even coming here, so why wouldn't I try and keep this up? [Though now she's curious as to what they thought they were doing.] Is it really that surprising that I do have an inclination towards some kind of art when I'm in Red like this?

No, not surprising that you'd be drawn towards some kind of artistic expression.

[ He's still looking up at the silks... There's no way Eden was going to try any of this in this form before knowing other things about what it could do. Despite how comfortable it was walking around, it was a lot of new sensations to get used to. Which is why they're doing a very good job of not thinking about how Lydia's often expressed herself. ]

It's just as likely to have been meant to draw people in, with the doors being open like that. Maybe a bit like a trap?

For someone I don't recall seeing before, you certainly do seem to know a bit about me, what's your name?

[Doesn't really matter as she sees them looking at the silks and she can't help but grin, casually moving over to them and wrapping her hands in them easily enough with a brief bit of a hum at the question.]

I doubt most people know this room exists and I was thinking about perhaps teaching something around these next season, that's all~ If it happens to lead to a little fly getting caught in a trap, then that's just a benefit. [Says the woman that's just going to use the silks to do merely a flip with those silks before leaning back somewhat. She could climb them easily if she wanted to, but she's resisting the urge for now.]

I do look the image of a spider with these, don't I? [Of course they're a rich shade of red, too.]

Isn't that just typical for most people in the Red Court? It's not necessarily about you specifically.

[ Hah, such a good save. Ah, but now the distraction is getting the thing they were very actively trying to avoid thinking or looking too much at. They're too young and healthy, and Eden's mind has been too inclined towards thinking about... Damn. Okay, the flip with them is also cool. ]

You definitely could. Are you thinking of trapping a poor novice in all of that? I might not end up being just a fly.

I suppose so.

[Whatever, she doesn't really care. She'll get a name eventually or not, it doesn't really matter to her. But she can't help the predatory grin and she's actually going to pull herself up the silks properly and turn herself upside down with such a lovely split to go with it. It seems natural with how she moves at least.]

How do you think I would do that?~ Admittedly, I don't think I actually have caught anyone in any of these before other than the pole and that's a given. [Is she teasing them? Absolutely. At least it's a nice view.]

[ It's a very nice view, and while she's certainly drawn him in enough that he could potentially try to touch, Eden's holding back. Yet the more they hold back, the wider and, in some ways, more charming the smile gets. ]

Ah, really? I could see it, depending on the outfit that it goes with. Then I suppose I should take away the comments about it being a trap.

[ ... And maybe there's just a reverse, by pushing the outstretched foot so that Lydia would end up spinning a bit more instead. ]

[Given she absolutely adores being watched and admired in general, she's very much keen on doing all of this and having his attention. She may not know who this is, but the crucial parts is that she's getting what she wants.]

Mhmm~ This is just my plain exercising clothes for all of these, certainly nothing performance worthy. Though I could always catch someone in these if I really tried, I suppose.

[Also, rude! Except it's not really and she's actually not seeming particularly bothered by the spinning and instead shifting around to wrap her lower legs in the silks and allow herself to roll a bit closer to the ground, though very much has herself at eye-level with his crotch doing this. Oops.]

Maybe I misjudged that one just a little. [Did she really.]

[ Oh, Lydia... Eden was trying to contain herself, but with someone just kept like that. There's a twitch of a muscle as it's hard to keep his body from reacting. Well, times like this is why he's wearing one of those stylistically loose breeches. ]

You did? Huh.

[ Because he seems to have no qualms about reaching over to openly palm and rub over that spread open crotch right before him, tilting to look down at her face. Just the tip of his middle finger is just pressing to stroke a little firmer between everything. ]

So this was a misjudgement... as well as this?

[ 'This' being a finger trailing down from her lower abdomen and down to the very hem of the sports bra to hook. If still alive, he'll probably continue to expose the teacher. ]

Seems convenient for that

[It's so easy for her to tease men like this, she's more than familiar with how they tick by this point. Especially the ones that are still human and so easy for her to tease just this easily.]

Maybe I'm a little rusty.

[Though she didn't quite expect for him to actually go for it that boldly and she's letting a hiss of breath escape between her teeth, using that lovely toned body and leverage of the silks to push up into that touch.]

There's a reason I don't wear much doing all of this, darling, and this might be part of it. [She is absolutely not going to stop him, very curious as to where he'll go with all of this. In fact, if he does remove that sports bra he'll find perhaps something a little new with her chest and those being the silver rings in her nipples. Have those always been there??? ~~No.~~]

I'm very flexible like this, though.

[ It's also just as easy to let them do whatever they want when you let them. ]

Very flexible, indeed...

[ Really, everything seems to just be an invitation for him to keep going, so he'll keep stroking, and even running a circle with the tip of his finger when reaching close enough to her clit, but his attention is more at the silver. So... He'll just help get the bra off the rest of the way, if she's just going to allow that with her arms. It's all about cooperation on that front. ]

You don't usually see those around. Is the silver a new trend going around?

[It certainly is, especially when she's not really the one instigating the situation, it's kind of nice.

It's rather obnoxious that the shorts are in the way, though "shorts" was perhaps giving them too much credit given they were practically only covering what was necessary to be "decent" and not the thickest of material. Meaning it's not hard at all to teasing her without moving them, especially considering the pleased hum and low groan at simply teasing around her clit.

She's quick to shift herself around just enough to let him get that top off and... oh, you expect her to talk? Fine.]

Get them on and off. Had... had some for quite a while when I was a human. Thought it was time to bring them back again when you don't have to go through a long healing process as a vampire~

These things are done by humans, too?

[ Yet this is the first time it seems to have ever come up. Fascinating, and with very little shame right now, he's toying and gently tugging at one of the rings as the rest of that hand glanced along the breast. Maybe he'll slip under the shorts in a bit, but it's fun teasing the way he's doing it right now.

Sure, he was definitely feeling the effects of his own actions and the views he was drinking in, but it's fine. There's no need to feel any shame about being aroused. ]

Does it make the area more sensitive as well, or is it mostly a nice thing to play with?

[ Said with a pointed but soft flick of the ring. ]

They are~ Not that commonly for most, but it's certainly a thing that's done.

[Considering the circles she ran in, it's not terribly surprising that she would have come across something like this at some point or another. Though the toying and gentle tugs doesn't seem to bother her in the slightest, in fact it seems to be getting those poor nipples hard fairly quickly and she's doing her best to keep an iron grip on the silks to make sure she doesn't fall. It's a lot of work, but she doesn't mind the work-out.]

Both~ [Shit, it has been a while since she'd had these in and she can't help the shudder and bitten back groan, it's super nice for her.]

In fact you can tug if you want. Just don't rip and you'll be perfectly fine, I do quite enjoy the pain of it, darling~

[ Luckily, Lydia's a vampire that can handle this kind of thing, including being kept upside down for an extended period of time. Unlike that poor novice... But man, it's good to know about all of that. Though maybe, Eden realized, they should avoid these specific kinds of things if it makes nipples more sensitive. Given they've been brought to orgasms with just their breasts played with in the past, it's probably a bit too much. ]

I could, you're right. Especially if you'd enjoy it...

[ He looks back down with a rather cheeky smile. Look at how charming this young man looks! ]

Ask for it.

[Probably not the best of ideas for them, yeah. But maybe if that sensitivity ever actually dies down a bit, it might be a fun thing to try out. Lydia has more than a hold of her own sexuality and this whole thing is honestly just another day for her in the castle.

What does surprise her is that asking for part and she's raising a brow. Oh, really?]

I don't ask for things. [Congrats, Eden, you have unlocked the brat in her that is the immediate reaction to these kinds of situations.]

[ Oh wow, that's a different- Well, no. It's not exactly surprising, now is it? Lydia liked being the one in charge and demanding, so being on the other side was going to get a different response. The young man laughs, the voice being nicely deep and smooth. ]

So then you don't want me to tug and stretch this out to your limits? It sounded like you liked that.

[ He'll even gently thumb around the whole piercing. ]

[Generally even while not being the dominant force she still doesn't have to ask or beg for things. Which is precisely why a switch had flipped in her head the second the word "ask" had hit her ears. In fact, her entire expression seems to switch between the teasing and seductive to pursing her lips and almost seeming to pout.]

I do but I'm not about to ask for something you should be doing. [Ah, evidently that's where the problem lies. Even if she can't help but try and push into those fingers trying to get more attention.] You certainly haven't earned for me to do that.

[ Why is her being like this so funny? It's cute too, and Eden wasn't used to seeing cute from Lydia, but today seemed to be a day for going past the usual. It's not like they were normally so bold. ]

Sure... But you're the one who would enjoy it the most. If you won't ask, just convince me to in some other way.

[ Because he's going to be very careful and gentle, all the while still playing with those nipples and the piercings in them. Also taking a moment to put his hands under the shorts to better tease his fingers between her lips and at that entrance. He's good at multi-tasking here, it's fine. ]

[Probably because it's not a side of her that many people get to see and it's more her being flustered than anything else.

Convince in some other way? She clenches her jaw for a moment as she thinks of something she can do here and she manages to shift in the silks just enough to make sure that her feet and legs really are solidly wrapped in them so she can move her hands to start for the ties of those pants. She has no qualms giving him a reason to do something, after all.

Even if those fingers against her has some obvious effects already with her body shifting and trying to push for more. Evidently someone had been doing a bit of teasing of her own self before he'd shown up.]

[ This only convinces Eden more that this was all to hopefully lure someone in. Already being aroused... Well, good. It gives him something slick to slide back and circle around at her clit . Eventually his hand will probably get wet enough that this wouldn't be needed, and the pressure with his palm would be just as nice.

Regardless of forms, knowing someone was getting aroused really just stirs themselves quite a bit. The pants are easy enough to untie and loose the laces so they'd fall away. He's not completely hard, so much as obviously aroused, but... Eden was also surprised by being as thick as they were. ]

W-w-w-wild card!

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what a lovely invitation for naughty petting

NSFW from here down, y'all

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