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TEST DRIVE MEME ⚔️️ 20

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A ⦿ Soaking in Your Arrival
KERPLUNK, SPLASH!


You and your familiar have been magically pulled into the world of Avalon... a ways away from the normal arrival bay. This time, you're plunged into a small lake within a gorge formed by waterfalls on one side and land on the other. Within the lake, an even smaller island within it that contains what appears to be some kind of statue encrusted with moldavite. You'll likely find that around the same time, current characters have been pulled in by mysterious means
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a small island surrounded by waterfalls

The Lady of the Lake is still around to help people get out of the water and onto the little island, but even she seems a little perplexed at where everyone is supposed to go from here. At the very least, she will be providing shots of Everwarm potion to save people from freezing in the cold winter waters, and will tell new arrivals to partner up with some of the mages appearing on that middle island to get an explanation about where they are and what's happening.



B ⦿ Meeting Fae't

With the Fisher King delivered to Queen Elphame, events must move very quickly from here if they are to enact her plan. It is not quite as it had been intended, with the Fisher King conscious, so there may be some moral objections.. but at this point, morality is not something that Queen Elphame intends on falling victim to when the fate of the multiverse is at stake.


 

What she does need is the strongest mages and for that, there is no finer way to find those more skilled in magic than a tournament. Queen Elphame has used her magic to transport everyone, their familiars, and their pets to Nicnevin to either participate or witness. Those who do not wish to stay can wander out to the waterfall-surrounded waters to try to find Johannesen to send them back to Camelot... though fae will make fun of them the whole way home for not being cool enough to stay.

bald dude casting magic


Fairyland Tournament: Day One

  • C. 1v1 (Beginner): Perhaps the most standard measurement of talent, the 1v1 involves mages fighting each other through a bracket until the top mage wins. Because she seeks the base magical capability, there are two levels: beginner and skilled. Beginner levels are for new arrivals. Only those who arrived in the last three months may participate.
  • D. 1v1 (Skilled): Perhaps the most standard measurement of talent, the 1v1 involves mages fighting each other through a bracket until the top mage wins. Because she seeks the base magical capability, there are two levels: beginner and skilled. Skilled levels are for those who have been here for more than three months and have had time to practice their magic.
  • E. Free-for-All: All mages who participate, of any level, will use their magic to fight all opponents at once. All participants are wearing an enchanted bracelet and can use the whole of Nicnevin as a battlefield, allowing those with magic that benefits from the use of the environment around them to show off their talents and creative thinking in their magical battle. While weapons can be used, they must be imbued with magic or used via magic-- not standard combat. Tricky fae around Elphame may sign up innocent bystanders by slapping bracelets onto their wrist. Those wearing bracelets cannot harm those not. Bracelets can only be removed by saying "Uncle," a rule which is introduced when the free-for-all begins, so those tricked into it may not get that info right away. Oops. Anyone who says "uncle" must do whatever the person who defeated them says for the remainder of their stay in Elphame.


F ⦿ Bubble Down


With the first three rounds out of the way, Queen Elphame has arranged for everyone to stay in magical bubble inn rooms under the water that surrounds Nicnevin. The walls are bubbles, so you may encounter some of the lake's residents swimming outside of your bubble or gently pushing you along the current. Don't worry, there's a balance spell keeping you upright and from getting jerked around.

If you've managed to win yourself a servant in the free-for-all, there will be a small walk-in closet with a bed provided for them as well! Everyone will be provided food delivery from the mermaids who run the hotel. Make sure it is from one of the mermaids though-- they're delivering human food, any other food that is offered to you is fae food.
Be careful to use magic to keep your bubble from crashing into anyone else's... they are bubbles, they'll fuse into one magically and you'll be stuck rooming with strangers.


a kid high-fiving a walrus in his bedroom with a walrus-tank view in a hotel in belgium

 


Fa
iryland Tournament: Day Two
  • G. Magical Maze: When the bubbles are brought back up to the surface in the morning, they are all brought back into different locations within a maze composed of magical crystal-- the only thing magic won't affect. The maze is filled with challenges and puzzles, but the kicker is that Otherworlders cannot touch them. Though they can figure them out, their bond with their familiar is what is being tested here. Only familiars can touch the puzzles, regardless of their shape, appendages or lack of, or willingness to cooperate... good luck, you may need someone to give you advice. (Feel free to come up with your own puzzles, as simple or complicated as you like!) You may run into multiple puzzles before you and your familiar find your way out. Those who would like to quit may do so by saying "uncle," but those who do will be forced to share their familiar's body for the remainder of the day.
  • H. Potion Pickers: Use potions to fight each other. Alchemists are permitted to create their own, but everyone else is provided a room with a hundred or so potions to pick and choose 5 of. Any that are not Monthly Special Rewards or explicitly stated as restricted sale are available for use. You cannot take them home to keep, so they do not count toward a Potion Brewing collection. This is testing your magical knowledge, or magical luck. Either way. ;)
I. Creative Flavors
Once the tournament is over, everyone will be invited to an imaginary feast in the Land of Maidens' Island of Dreams. To get to this third island, you must cross the Whisper Bridge, which can be accomplished one of two ways: blindly and face the mental challenge of hearing the sound of people you care about try to draw you off the bridge, or with your vision in tact but under seige by sky orcas. If you are blindfolded and fall off, the orcas will catch you and return you to the start of the bridge. If you are not, they will eat you. Across Whisper Bridge is the Island of Dreams, an island where anything you imagine will manifest as real so long as it remains on the island (within size limits- you can't recreate an entire city). It is here where a banquet hall as impressive as the Palace of Versailles has been imagined, and you are able to imagine up any food you would like to your plate or the plate of your companions. It will taste real and feel filling. Your body probably won't realize you're actually still hungry until you head back to Camelot. Put your blindfolds back on and the sky orcas will fly you back overnight, if you're willing to trust them.

...Otherwise, you might end up walking.
 

NOTES:

NEW CHARACTER TOP-LEVELS ARE HERE!

• All test drive prompts are open to anyone in the game at any time to create your own logs with, as the events within are considered game canon as long as the characters are currently in or join the game during the application period. If new players do not want their TDM to be considered canon, they should state as much on the OOC intro once accepted.
• Both current members and potential new characters can post to this TDM
 log. Anyone may reply to any threads or start top-levels. Whichever you prefer!
•If nothing here tickles your fancy, try one of this month's 
Quests for your TDM prompt.
• The first "Arrival" prompts are usually present on every TDM, but contain seasonal tweaks for flavor. This particular one is a little different. All other prompts will change monthly.
• Questions about this TDM's content? 
Comment here! If you have a question about the game at-large, please head over to the 
FAQ.
• If you would like to submit your character's name to win the tournament, please reply here. Please only submit if you believe your character could win the bracket you sign them up for. You may sign them up to win more than one option, but your character can only actually win one even if they are drawn more than once due to a need for the top "5" winners to be chosen to assist the Fairy Queen in her plan with the Fisher King. Must comment to enter by the end of the application period. To allow for time to declare winners ahead of the plotting post and disqualify anyone who commented but did not end up becoming a member, the event plotting post this month will be delayed until Friday, June 17th. The event itself will be posted on June 19th.


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[personal profile] mamowavin 2022-06-07 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Character's Name: Mamori Minamoto
Character's Series Name: Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
Do you have any reason to believe your character would have a significant advantage over other characters? If so, please state it. Mods will determine if it stands out enough to give you 1 extra draw in the RNG. you would hit a child? you monster >:(

-- But seriously, she's got a surprising amount of fighting experience for an 11 year old! And even if she doesn't have her axe, her Avalon magic (healing and light) mirrors the abilities she's used to having in her Carnage Form. As the tank of her party, she's a solid healer and has access to spells that deflect or nullify certain types of damage, so she could potentially pick up similar aspects in her healing and light magics quickly.
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[personal profile] emet_sulk 2022-06-01 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Character's Name: Emet-Selch
Character's Series Name: Final Fantasy XIV

Do you have any reason to believe your character would have a significant advantage over other characters? If so, please state it. Mods will determine if it stands out enough to give you 1 extra draw in the RNG.

As an alchemist, he is able to brew a wide variety of potions and use them to empower himself if need be (I've been hesitant to submit generic potions like strength etc. as I don't feel it's fair to seem to 'own' them, so I'm not sure if I'm allowed to consider those being commonly about). He is also able to manipulate his weapons and the environment on the spot now that he has built up a solid collection of transmutations, which makes him both hard to predict but also lets him adapt to an opponent.
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Re: 1v1 (Skilled)

[personal profile] tempredmental 2022-06-01 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Character's Name: Keith
Character's Series Name: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Do you have any reason to believe your character would have a signficant advantage over other characters? If so, please state it. Mods will determine if it stands out enough to give you 1 extra draw in the RNG. Keith is already a skilled melee fighter in general, and has been training regularly and taking on combat quests since his arrival over a year ago. He attained knighthood as well, and has completed several of those quests since. He's found a way to integrate his elemental magic to enhance his weapons, and is working on mastering his animal magic strategies to find appropriate transformations for various situations.
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[personal profile] itsmypower 2022-06-02 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
Character's Name: Shoto Todoroki
Character's Series Name: My Hero Academia
Do you have any reason to believe your character would have a significant advantage over other characters? If so, please state it. Mods will determine if it stands out enough to give you 1 extra draw in the RNG.

Shoto's taken to magics easily, with more than a year's-worth experience and fine control over his 6 major Elements. His focus on various spells and growing comfort with his abilities covers both offense and defense. Shoto was raised to fight, with his affinity fixed to combat, though he's familiar enough with Healing spells to either restore or enhance his strengths.
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[personal profile] omnicrafter 2022-06-03 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
Character's Name: Irhya Pendhula
Character's Series Name: Final Fantasy XIV
Do you have any reason to believe your character would have a signficant advantage over other characters? If so, please state it. Mods will determine if it stands out enough to give you 1 extra draw in the RNG.

Irhya's magicks feed into each other, essentially: blood is fantastic for conjuring up weaponry on the fly, and healing keeps her from falling too deeply into blood loss. It helps keep her sustained for long battles of attrition, especially if she's outmatched in terms of raw power. She's also a very capable fighter in general, with or without a blade, and she can use her blood magic to replicate many of the defenses she had back home (shields and the like).

idk that's it lol
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[personal profile] mayoninofukucho 2022-06-06 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Character's Name: Toshirou Hijikata
Character's Series Name: Gintama (Prismatica CRAU)

Do you have any reason to believe your character would have a signficant advantage over other characters? If so, please state it. Mods will determine if it stands out enough to give you 1 extra draw in the RNG. Hijikata already started out as a warrior who's been training since he was very young, so he's strong and fast with good reflexes. He's been practicing his elemental magic relentlessly and is ready to go all out! Sure, he may not have great defences against non-physical attack spells (read: he's easy to give psychic damage etc. to), but he won't make it easy for anyone to land anything like that on him without first having to deal with mini tornados, ice spears, or the ground opening up to swallow them!
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[personal profile] cultivatingsin 2022-06-14 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Character's Name: Xue Yang
Character's Series Name: The Untamed
Do you have any reason to believe your character would have a significant advantage over other characters? If so, please state it. Mods will determine if it stands out enough to give you 1 extra draw in the RNG.

This man is good with his sword! He is agile and quick on his feet (mentally and physically). Xue Yang can leap - with nice air time - and flip, making him a difficult target. He also usually carries poisons on him so if he can't have the upper-hand with his blade skills, he's fine throwing something nasty in his opponent's eyes. And, hey, if he doesn't have poison, dirt will work too.
Edited 2022-06-14 12:02 (UTC)
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[personal profile] beaumains 2022-06-14 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Character's Name: Gareth
Character's Series Name: Fate/Grand Order

Do you have any reason to believe your character would have a signficant advantage over other characters? If so, please state it. Mods will determine if it stands out enough to give you 1 extra draw in the RNG.

Gareth was the Champion of Celliwig, and it wasn't like she's slacked on her training since then. She's just as tough and determined as before, willing to win through sheer force of will as proof of her ability as a Knight. In her time, she has learned to basically become like the lightning she uses in battle; fast and explosive. One could easily say she's only gotten stronger since the tournament in Celliwig.
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[personal profile] corpsewarblade 2022-06-14 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Character's Name: Mukuro Ikusaba (entering under the name 'Junko Enoshima'
Character's Series Name: Danganropa

Do you have any reason to believe your character would have a signficant advantage over other characters? If so, please state it. Mods will determine if it stands out enough to give you 1 extra draw in the RNG.

Not particularly! She's an extremely skilled combatant as the Ultimate Soldier, and uses her light and blood magic to supplement those skills, but she's not that impressive a mage in her own right.
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[personal profile] judgementor 2022-06-14 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Character's Name: Red Wine
Character's Series Name: Food Fantasy

Do you have any reason to believe your character would have a signficant advantage over other characters? If so, please state it. Mods will determine if it stands out enough to give you 1 extra draw in the RNG. As a Food Soul he was specifically created to fight. He has over 250 years of combat experience behind him and has fought against creatures several times his own size. In Avalon his ability with elemental magic is proficient enough that he tends to use it in tandem with a blade.
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[personal profile] writtendestiny 2022-06-14 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Character's Name: Poison
Character's Series Name: Poison

Do you have any reason to believe your character would have a signficant advantage over other characters? If so, please state it. Mods will determine if it stands out enough to give you 1 extra draw in the RNG. Aside from spending the last several years fighting for her life, sometimes literally, in other DWRP games she has no particular advantage.
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[personal profile] morganknight 2022-06-14 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Character's Name: Morgan Knight
Character's Series Name: Mage: the Ascension (OC)
Do you have any reason to believe your character would have a signficant advantage over other characters? If so, please state it. Mods will determine if it stands out enough to give you 1 extra draw in the RNG.

Legit one of the best martial artists on (his) Earth. Also he's particular good at using kinesis magic in battle, where it's extremely difficult to anticipate and defend against.
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[personal profile] rustyhonesty 2022-06-14 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Character's Name: Jean Kirstein
Character's Series Name: Attack on Titan
Do you have any reason to believe your character would have a signficant advantage over other characters? If so, please state it. Mods will determine if it stands out enough to give you 1 extra draw in the RNG.
He's very good at quick animal transformations and dodging by using them, but doesn't like using his magic to attack others too much. Skilled fighter otherwise, however, as he's a former soldier and a knight.
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[personal profile] rustyhonesty 2022-06-01 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Character's Name: Jean Kirstein
Character's Series Name: Attack on Titan
Do you have any reason to believe your character would have a signficant advantage over other characters? If so, please state it. Mods will determine if it stands out enough to give you 1 extra draw in the RNG.
Mostly he's agile as heck and can turn into various animals in an instant these days and give himself energy boosts with healing magic. He can attack people with various animal forms but he's definitely not going to be aiming for anywhere dangerous and is going to avoid injuring anyone too badly if he can help it. Though he will attempt to knock people out to win.

So I wouldn't count him having a super advantage, so I don't mind if he misses out on that. Though he does have a fancy sword beam sword... but he can't really infuse it with magic.
Edited (slight edit) 2022-06-02 05:52 (UTC)
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[personal profile] groundzeroes 2022-06-01 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Character's Name: Rei Amayado
Character's Series Name: Hypnosis Mic
Do you have any reason to believe your character would have a significant advantage over other characters? If so, please state it. Mods will determine if it stands out enough to give you 1 extra draw in the RNG.

Rei has some modern military training, and specializes in long-term strategy. He couldn't win in an honest 1v1, but the citywide guerilla tactics will give him an advantage. Strategies include:
  • using technomancy to canvas locations of outworlder phones and get the jump on opponents when they're alone
  • shadow manipulation to trap opponents, shadow travel to escape hairy situations, various torturous curses to um.... encourage surrender
  • using his defeated, de-braceleted servants as meatshields (bc tournament magic won't affect them).....

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[personal profile] tantailizing 2022-06-01 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Character's Name: Zidane Tribal
Character's Series Name: Final Fantasy IX
Do you have any reason to believe your character would have a significant advantage over other characters? As a Kinetic Magic user, his agile nature is made even more so; not to mention, he received the magical boost from visiting Nicnevin before. Finally, he's got an ability to maneuver various situations thanks again to both his thieving nature and performing stunt work. Gotta be good working a crowd and sneaking around, you know?
Edited 2022-06-01 22:29 (UTC)
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[personal profile] hor 2022-06-03 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
Character's Name: Horus
Character's Series Name: God of Calamity Wishes for Naught
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[personal profile] peninhand 2022-06-05 10:48 am (UTC)(link)
Character's Name: Monika
Character's Series Name: Doki Doki Literature Club!
Do you have any reason to believe your character would have a significant advantage over other characters? If so, please state it. Mods will determine if it stands out enough to give you 1 extra draw in the RNG.

A few. She has equipped her familiar with google glasses. What he sees she can see through her devices, and so he goes ahead on recon for her. With her technomancy, kinetic magic and the use of the "inventory slot," she can materialize a bunch of stuff she has slotted in her staff and instantly use those things. She's not a great fighter, so she stacks what advantages she can. The way she works is more like MacGyver, basically.
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[personal profile] mayoninofukucho 2022-06-06 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Character's Name: Toshirou Hijikata
Character's Series Name: Gintama (Prismatica CRAU)

Do you have any reason to believe your character would have a signficant advantage over other characters? If so, please state it. Mods will determine if it stands out enough to give you 1 extra draw in the RNG. No, he wouldn't have any outstanding advantage in this one! He'll do well enough, being a warrior and all, but his forte is one-on-one- and (small-radius) melee combat. Wide-spread guerrilla warfare style fighting like this comes with too many unforeseen surprises and boobytraps and whatnot!

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