TEST DRIVE MEME ⚔️️ I

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{ QUICK NAV } Premise ⚔️️ Rules ⚔️️ FAQ ⚔️️ Taken ⚔️️ Reserves ⚔️️ Apply ⚔️️ Locations ⚔️️ Bestiary A ⦿ Soaking in Your Arrival KERPLUNK, SPLASH! Regardless of what you were in the middle of, you and your familiar have been magically pulled into the world of Avalon just above the Bay's waters. After a brief plunge into the Bay, the rush of water filling your ears and soaking up into every creak and crevice of your body, you may need to cough to clear your airways when you rise above the surface. You'll definitely see other new arrivals plopping in. If you can't swim, a red-headed woman known only as the Lady of the Lake will drag you to the shore if she doesn't spot someone else near you helping so no one ends up drowning. She's a little busy casting directive magic to make sure everyone lands safely and playing lifeguard, so if anyone attempts to talk to her, she'll tell them to head up to the Rent-a-Ride. The shores themselves are littered with new arrivals complaining their way up a staircase carved into the walls of the White Cliffs. There is no railing, so be careful, but if you do fall, be prepared for a mysterious sand hand to reach out of the side of the cliffs to catch you. The hand will pat you atop the head twice before retreating back into the wall. This is the Cliff Beast; despite the name, he is quite friendly. B ⦿ The Caravan to Camelot Once everyone is wrangled up to the top of the White Cliffs, the handsome owner of the Rent-a-Ride, Archimedes, will distribute smart phones and a pair of earbuds to everyone before getting them settled in groups into modernized carriages pulled by horses and give them a basic explanation of why and how they've been brought to Avalon: The universe is frozen in time and your character has been brought here by a familiar that was able to bond with them. They'll have to learn magic to help save their own world from destruction, but first they've got to get them to Camelot. It is here that you have the first opportunity to decide who they will be in their new home. You'll have about an hour to wander around here, meet and greet, and pet the horses before it's time to go. These carriages use fae technology that combats weight, so your character will be able to get in regardless of whether they're light as a feather or weigh two tons. The carts have air conditioning when it's hot, heating when it's cold, and a mystical shield to protect from bugs. There is also a mini-bar that pops out of the console with nip bottles. Characters can use their smartphones to connect to Camelot's internet service, avalononline (AOL), to chat with other characters, watch dumb videos, learn about the world, contact Camelot Support (they'll answer any questions they can for you, from how to use a smart phone to where to find quests and resources to learn more about your magic). Be careful if you decide to use your phones while in the caravan-- if you don't use those earbuds and start forcing everyone to listen to your nonsense, Archimedes may make you walk. C ⦿ The Red Spring The journey from the White Cliffs to the City of Camelot is a long one, and the first evening you arrive you'll end up spending at the Red Spring, a booming resort town. Because of the volume of new arrivals and vacationers, inn rooms are assigned two-to-a-room. The rooms have two twin beds, a bathroom, a mini-fridge and microwave, and a TV equipped with a couple of entertaining video games and a few free movies. If you don't want to relax in the room, try taking a dip in the spring for another chance to meet your fellow travelers. The waters have restorative properties that help horses and travelers recover quickly when drunk. It is known to relieve stress, improve energy levels, and mildly accelerate healing. The springs are also home to a large training grounds just outside town limits, where there are teachers who will teach basic magic safety and help you discover what kind of magic you have together with other new arrivals. Try target practice, obstacle courses, meditation circles, and other ways to try to figure out just what you can do.. if you didn't already have an accidental discovery on the ride there. A ⦿ Get Fresh Upon arrival in Camelot travelers are ushered to a large set of wash rooms where they can clean up and make themselves presentable for the Welcome Feast. They are informed that once the feast concludes there will be an announcement on where they can seek lodging and how to begin their magic studies. B ⦿ Be Merry After they freshen up, travelers are led into the main dining hall. The decorations range from simplistic to a little more grandiose, it is likely everyone will find something familiar. A modern mash up with a medieval flair. The jester makes his rounds, perhaps he has a joke or two to tell, go ahead, give him a listen or perhaps volunteer to participate in one of the jester's shows, like knife-throwing or hypnotism. Within the crowd of staff there are mummers, a juggler, here and there dabbled through small troupes perform mini skits, perhaps they’ll perform a well known verse from a traveler’s world or tell a tale of fancy from this realm. C ⦿ Eat Well A banquet is prepared with food that while all “rustic” in appearance are usually a version of modern dishes ranging from basic roast chicken and veggies to Korean-Mexican fusion and French patisserie. The drinks are much the same; while served in old fashioned goblets, they are drinks modern travelers will be familiar with. Have a seat, meet a new neighbor, find a roommate, maybe a new or old friend? Talk to the person to your left, your right, across from you. Mingle, enjoy the food, the music, it shouldn’t be long before the information promised is provided. Till then take your fill and get to know your fellow travelers. You've been here a few days now and have gotten a chance to settle in, find a place to stay, and Camelot's citizens have decided that you've been here long enough to start living your life again. Well, your new life. A group of citizens have decided to give everyone their first quest. "Hear ye, hear ye!" a man in chain mail with a tablet with his statement typed up on it declares to a crowd from atop a pedestal. There are two other citizens around him with phones to post the video to AOL later to make sure the word gets heard ye all around. "Those with magic, we beseech thee! Findeth us a grail most holy hidden in the depths of the Brocéliande! This holy grail is known to grant thine wishes three, a most noble quest for noble souls! Great reward will come to those who find it and proclaim at least one of their wishes to find the great Excalibur for King Arthur!" This is the first you've heard about King Arthur, and it seems curious that he hasn't yet shown his face around town. It also seems strange that this guy is speaking like he's stepped out of a bad period piece, and probably should be the clue that this is more or less an attempt to haze some of the newcomers by sending them into the forest... but no one is telling newcomers this. It's better to get them out there and start praciticing, after all. A ⦿ Lost, and Lost, and Lost Again The Brocéliande is well-known around Camelot for being a forest that's both bountiful and mysterious. Oddities are known to happen that may never happen again to the point that even if something weird happens and you can't prove it, most citizens will assume you're telling the truth. Which is what makes it peculiar when you keep passing the exact same locations over and over again, as if you've been traveling in circles or reaching the end of the map in a video game and coming out the other end. You're stuck in a space loop. The only way out is to successfully find the one difference in each loop five times in a row and collect it. Maybe it's a strange frog, a crystal that wasn't there before, a small wooden step that doesn't lead anywhere, or some other singular item, you've got to find what stands out... pick the wrong item, and you'll have to start your five count over again, and again, and again... B ⦿ Grail, and Grail, and Grail Again!? If you either missed the space loop or managed to get out of it, eventually you'll come to find one of... quite a few copies of a grail with holes in the side placed throughout the forest. They look like they might be good for draining noodles, but that's about it. Though they're spread out, it's entirely possible you'll find more than one, but each of them are placed in situations where it's impossible to get to by normal means. You'll have to use magic! It may be hidden in a bird's nest at the top of the tallest tree, inside of a hole in a rock with bars that prevent you from reaching in (perhaps an animal friend could reach it), inside a boiling pond, or inside the body of a bear fir... there are a load of possibilities, and now's a chance for you to try out your brand new magics! Use one of those samples, find something from the bestiary, or come up with your own adventure to get your hands on that less-than-holy grail. C ⦿ A Quest Completeish Or it would be, if you could ever find the guy who announced it... The AOL posts have since been deleted. You may end up spending a lot of time trying to find the guy. At this point, citizens will start telling you that you shouldn't take quests unless they're on the quest board or else you're going to get scammed... that's definitely an olden times themed noodle strainer. If that doesn't make you give up, or perhaps motivates you to find the guy to kick his ass, you'll have to head out to the farmland and chase them through a cornfield. (Be careful not to get lost, it's a maize in there.) If one of the boys are caught, they'll explain they were just testing you-- and hey, you got a free addition to your kitchen! If pressed, they'll apologize and give you a bit of money for your trouble. It's not much, but it'll get you at least a meal.

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Comments

[bakudan_bambino]

Of course, Tenth!

As far as the Vongola is concerned... I think something like that should be on the back-burner since we're in another world, right? [He doesn't mean to talk about the future of the family, but he also can't help himself. It's only been what he's lived for his entire life.]

f2b?

[grylls]

Yes, sir.

[ Riou takes off with the boy in tow, doing exactly what Samatoki had described. He'll tell someone in a couple of hours the location of the kid in case no one goes looking for him, but for now, it's beer time. He's happy to follow that kind of an order... ]

[grylls]

I'm from the Japanese Navy. The JSDF was turned into an official military before the start of World War III.

[ That's my story and I'm sticking to it bc HypMic doesn't follow reality so Japan has a Navy!! ]

I'm from Yokohama. I'm not familiar with Seirin, but I grew up going in and out of overseas. My father is American, my mother is Japanese. [ Kuroko is right, Riou is half. He provides it clearly, since he knows how that sounds and how some people react. He's still Japanese. ]

[deliveryhawk]

I think this more like a realm than a world, that's how all the old legends word it. [He snickers at the alien fairies.] If aliens start turning into fairies, I think my inter-dimensional travel days are officially over.

[Clearly, though he is pretty sure there are no aliens, Prismaticans looked alien, these creatures do not, the people look like people to him.]

Thank you, it seems that way. [He is not sure about playing super-hero, he'll do his best but he will stay out of harm's way, he and his friend made a promise. And Kise is important to him.] Let's work hard together.

[He pauses, then adds] But stay safe, there seem to be actual fighters, might want to let them be the big guns and just learn magic and have fun.

[deliveryhawk]

[How is he ever supposed to keep a straight face again, that Tanuki is going to get Takao in trouble by merely being, because the moment he sits on them like an exercise ball the point guard is doubled over again.

He can't take this, that snicker is just bubbling out over and over again.]

Do you think he was born with them that big?

[It just does not seem natural. Takao is not helping the embarrassment, because oh god help him this is too funny.]

[littlestbaskerville]

"Okay! I'll be care then? Back home Lottie said we have to be more secret too cause, cause people don't really remember the Baskerville's or they see us as bad guys!" She says it all on one breath but she was really liking Samatoki. He was nice and she didn't feel like he would do anything bad to her.

At his comment about Bandersnatch she let out a giggle before she nodded her head. "Yeah! He's not a bad boy though. It just gets boring for him sometimes." She looked at her chain as it followed them.

Lily was unaware if she was tugging on hia heart or not. She just liked him as a person. So he was likely stuck with her now.

Big blue eyes looked over the cart before she was lifted and smiled. "Can I have some sweets?"

[deliveryhawk]

Takao shrugs "It's all relative, maybe I'm just a basketball head who is fond of his own voice, if so, guess making good points or not wouldn't make much difference." He snickers, clearly teasing.

And he can not help it that he's older, that's just birth timeline. He really doesn't think or consider if the other boy is judging him. If he started worrying about what people thought now, he'd have to change a lot, and frankly, he likes himself, no matter if other people do or don't. He's not sensitive enough to be offended by any quiet judgment Gokudera may choose to have.

"Right, that's what I was thinking." This makes him wonder, so instead of beginning to push the buttons, Takao studies them, chewing softly at his bottom lip "Pressing them backward would be the next easiest option, but again, too easy. What if it's alphabetical." He is breaking down patterns in his head, debating over them, not going to make a move till one of them is reasonably certain they have the right pattern, he does not want to accidentally restart this whole scenario again.

[rustyhonesty]

I'd definitely be weirded out if I had to kiss my friends. The only one I want to kiss is my girlfriend...

[happyberry]

Ehhh, it makes sense, different realms, but at the same time it’s so confusing... I think aliens would make more sense. Fff...

[ Of all the things to get put out by in this situation... She thinks like an alien, herself, oy! ]

Miwako’s never gotten in a fight before even once. Although I did kinda wanna beat up George when he broke Caroline’s heart... Ugh. I don’t know what pink glitter magic and a sparkling bunny can do for fighting, but I wanna help however I can!

[bakudan_bambino]

"If you like your own voice so much, does that mean you can't hear what I say when I make good points? Hm?" Gokudera asks, not really understanding what Takao means.

The bomber will judge most everyone for anything.

"Or there could be some other information around here that gives us a hint at the order..." He doesn't see anything around though and sighs. "What do you think will happen if we hit them out of order?" Maybe nothing? What's the worst that could happen?

[theskyaccepts]

[Granted, for Tsuna it's always on the backburner. His friends come first after all.]

Yeah, we should focus on getting back to our world first. We won't worry too much about it.

[boutdatlife]

"Good, then stick with what this Lottie told ya, and anyone hassles ya, let me know, I'll set 'em straight." No, he definitely will not hurt her and is likely to rearrange the face of anyone who does.

"Gotta have some woods around here, can let him get a run and munch a thing or two to help with that." Good, it seems like the Yakuza is going to stick to her as well. Who would have guessed it?

"Sure can." He pulls himself up in behind her and looks to see what they got, picking out the three sweetest looking treats and holding them out to her with that feral smile of his.

[bakudan_bambino]

Alright. I'll learn magick and become as strong as I can to help!

[There's now he's feeling a little more confident with a goal in mind. Master Light Magic~! How hard can it be? How creative can he get? Gokudera's honestly a little more excited as he thinks about it, and now they are climbing the cliff and the height is unnerving. Oh well, there are plenty of people who seem to be making their way up just fine.]

[punchpass]

World War III? Excuse me for saying so, but I've never heard of anything like that before.

[This could possibly be an effect of dragging all these people from different places, but since their worlds were so similar, he had to know more.]

My teammate is also from America. He came back recently and he's having a hard time adjusting.

[punchpass]

"Maybe we should wish for something to see if it works." Kuroko looks like he's thinking for a moment before picking up the rat and staring at it.

"Do you know anything about this chalice?" Either he didn't notice or care about Midorima's discomfort because this rat was his friend and he didn't care about things like parasites.

In response, the rat just gave a loud squeak, jumping out of his hands onto Midorima, then off him and scrambling out into the bushes. "I would take that as a no."

[punchpass]

"You still should take better care of yourself. People who care about you wouldn't be happy of you talking about yourself that way." This man had a dangerous aura about him so somehow not surprising he could be involved in some shady things, but he was nice.

And was still following him.

[deliveryhawk]

Takao snickers, shaking his head as he contemplates those buttons "You don't tell many jokes, do you?" Well and not all of his is funny to anyone but himself, not that he is too concerned about it. "Yes I get your good points, but I'll probably keep talking anyway, call it a coping mechanism."

It's okay, Takao is not overly caring about being judged, he's rather comfortable in who he is.

"Worse case, we get hit with a curse?" Or a crazy magic creature emerges. He stops and thinks about anything he learned about this kind of thing from the novels Mayu got him into "Okay, so my friend is a major light novel enthusiast and he had this one novel where these guys got caught in a time loop and every time they got something right the path home opened up, when they got it wrong, they went back to the start. It was like a puzzle, each step had to be done in order."

"So we can go for the obvious, maybe end up back at the beginning or we stand here forever trying to figure out what to do with buttons on a tree, I vote give it a shot, what do we have to lose?"

[deliveryhawk]

You know, I never thought I'd say it but the aliens probably did make more sense, unless then I knew I was kidnapped and by who, for what. Here it's kind of like learn magic and good luck.

[It's okay if they are rolling with the alien thing he will roll with it.]

I learned some hand to hand stuff back on the other planet, but I am not fighter. Hey if nothing else maybe you can distract them with glitter while I make them swallow a leaf?

[He snickers, cause it sounds so ridiculous.]

[deliveryhawk]

Isn't she your friend? I mean, the person I love is also my best friend.

[For him, the two things just seem intertwined now.]

[bakudan_bambino]

Gokudera scowls at him, wondering where this guy gets the kind of nerve to make such rude observations. Does he have no filter? Why was he rude to him when they'd literally just met? He looks away, not going to answer that question. "Sure." Coping mechanism, whatever.

He's judgmental... it's just who he is. The wind could blow in a different direction and he'd judge it.

"Hmm..." As someone relatively superstitious, a curse sounds awful and he doesn't want to chance it, but what can he do? Gokudera is cautious, but doesn't know what to do. He's not going to try and stop Takao.

"Go ahead then. I hope we can just repeat what we went through..."

[boutdatlife]

Wow, one thing Samatoki never expected was to be having a conversation with a random teenage boy and have something remind him of Nemu. Fuck his luck sideways, he's a good kid and it makes it harder to be quite as snarly as he usually is.

"Got two people here that might count like that, and one of 'em smokes as much as I do, the other, he ain't gonna make me stop." Though he can assume, Riou probably wouldn't mind if they did.

Despite the warning, he is lighting up once he is outside, hand sliding into his pocket after as he takes a minute and just looks up to the sky

"Why you so worried about some guy ya don't even know, huh?"

[deliveryhawk]

No filter and he really did not mean any offense by it. Though he is good at reading people most days and can tell he kind of ruffled the guy "Bet you can see why even my friends say Shut up Takao, no brain to mouth filter." Since he did not say he was offended, apologizing will be weirder, so Takao tries to slip it in like he's rambling again.

Yeah, he knows the type, it's one of the reasons he does not ruffle quite so much at it. One their situation sucks, two to each their own, they just need to get out of here.

"Yeah me too.." Then as if struck by sudden inspiration "Elements! I bet each color represents one." So he processes, quick as he can elements in his head, he loves puzzles and is actually enjoying this one. Then he starts pressing, going in order of the strongest element to the least, and working with a corresponding color. They may not all be exact but it's worth a shot.

When he hits the last one the tree suddenly shimmers, starts to turn colors, and then bursts into tiny spheres of light, dancing around the two males, before darting off down the path in the exact opposite direction of the one they were going but veering as if going into the woods.

"Hey wait for us!" And off he goes, what choice do they have but to follow and see where they lead them.

[accurately]

"Don't--!"

Midorima objects, but the rat is gone before he can get it all the way out. He definitely needs to wash his hands. He turns to scolding Kuroko instead.

"Kuroko, what are you going to do if you get disease from a wild animal?"

[accurately]

[ Midorima's reaching over and giving Takao a light smack to the head for that one. ]

Don't you dare ask him.

[ If Takao offends his tanuki, who seems to be taking a sip of sake while he waits for them to catch up, and it leaves, Midorima's gonna be mad. ]

[accurately]

Hmm, so she can just mute you when you're misbehaving.

[ What a powerful familiar. However, surprisingly.. Midorima seems to relax a little, looking over at his tanuki. The fact that Vila is powerful means that the tanuki is likely powerful in its own way. ]

Then you may be genuinely lucky.

[ Tanuki are known, after all, for being extremely lucky. That makes Midorima significantly less stressed. ]

You have all eight signifiers for the luckiest forms of tanuki.