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Test Drive Meme #1
Arrival
Broken Palace by Jonathan Eng
0:07 / 1:13
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During 2014 Jonathan Eng composed the soundtrack for interactive narrative experience The Sailor’s Dream, consisting of a mix of instrumental tracks and a seven-part musical story told in folk song-form.
Like all who come through summoning circle, your arrival is heralded by a dream. Waking up is a dizzying, disorienting thing... and possibly made worse by the fact that you aren't alone.
Right after you appear, so does someone else. If you're lucky*, they'll simply blink into existence by your side. If you're not, there's a chance they spawned below or above you. That's one way to make a memorable first impression. Best untangle yourselves and get things figured out.
If you're extremely unlucky*, instead of another person being brought through the summoning circle, it's a monster. The creature bobs, laughs maniacally, and immediately begins to spit flames your way.
Some welcome this is. If you aren't the fighting type, hopefully someone nearby is. Eventually, one of the local Town guards will slay the monster before it - and you - cause too much trouble or fire damage.
Right after you appear, so does someone else. If you're lucky*, they'll simply blink into existence by your side. If you're not, there's a chance they spawned below or above you. That's one way to make a memorable first impression. Best untangle yourselves and get things figured out.
If you're extremely unlucky*, instead of another person being brought through the summoning circle, it's a monster. The creature bobs, laughs maniacally, and immediately begins to spit flames your way.
Some welcome this is. If you aren't the fighting type, hopefully someone nearby is. Eventually, one of the local Town guards will slay the monster before it - and you - cause too much trouble or fire damage.
Town Tricks
After your unexpected introduction to either your fellow offworlder or monster, you'll be given a proper one from Charlie in Town. He sends you on your way shortly after to get settled in properly and deal with then next offworlder that walks in. Unfortunately, it's a bit of a revolving door right now so he doesn't have time for a more in-depth explanation or to answer too many questions.
Nor does he remember to warn you about The Fae.
Although native to Talahee Forest, which is currently off-limits to offworlders, the surge of magic from the summoning circle has piqued their interest. While the faefolk vary wildly in appearance, the ones scouting are pixies.
These tiny tricksters may be too shy to reveal themselves outright... but that won't stop them from playing pranks on all these fun, new victims. Some examples of what can happen are:
Thankfully, these Fae mean you no harm. In fact, if you react with hostility they will give you a wide berth and simply find someone more fun to play with.
Nor does he remember to warn you about The Fae.
Although native to Talahee Forest, which is currently off-limits to offworlders, the surge of magic from the summoning circle has piqued their interest. While the faefolk vary wildly in appearance, the ones scouting are pixies.
These tiny tricksters may be too shy to reveal themselves outright... but that won't stop them from playing pranks on all these fun, new victims. Some examples of what can happen are:
- ⁂ Your shoestrings are suddenly tied together and make you trip.
⁂ An object you had on your person goes missing... only to be found in an odd place. Repeatedly.
⁂ Create illusions of food and drink that disappear or turn into something else as soon as you try to consume it.
⁂ At night, they'll use dancing lights to lead people astray and turn them around Town.
Thankfully, these Fae mean you no harm. In fact, if you react with hostility they will give you a wide berth and simply find someone more fun to play with.
Rocky Talky
One of the things that was given to you in your welcome pack from Charlie was a summoning-stone. Although it looks like, well, an ordinary stone- It's actually magic! You can look through it and see someone else's face too if you're both viewing your stones at the same time. It can also record your speech and deliver that to someone else in a snap.
One of the other features is that you can scrawl on it. It will turn your writing into legible text that you can send others to read on their stones. Of course, you need to attune yourself to your stone first. To that end, it prompts a small questionnaire:
The last couple of questions might seem... strange but, surely, it must have a reason for asking. Once you answer the questions and unlock your device, you might pocket it and forget. Unfortunately, your scrawled answers were sent to the entire summoning-stone network throughout Town. Everyone can see what you put and they might even have some thoughts about it.
One of the other features is that you can scrawl on it. It will turn your writing into legible text that you can send others to read on their stones. Of course, you need to attune yourself to your stone first. To that end, it prompts a small questionnaire:
- Name:
Age:
Race:
Favorite soup? Why?:
Is soup something you eat or drink?
The last couple of questions might seem... strange but, surely, it must have a reason for asking. Once you answer the questions and unlock your device, you might pocket it and forget. Unfortunately, your scrawled answers were sent to the entire summoning-stone network throughout Town. Everyone can see what you put and they might even have some thoughts about it.
Registration Questionnaire
Notes
⁂ Hello and welcome to Children of Bahamut! If you have any questions, suggestions, or feedback feel free to comment here!
⁂ For the Arrival prompt, feel free to roll a d20 to see how lucky or unlucky you are.
⁂ The Town Tricks example list for pranks isn't exhaustive. If you have other silly prank ideas in mind, feel free to roll with that and have fun with it! The Fae certainly are.
⁂ There is a correct choice of favorite soup and the moderators will remember your choice/opinions. (We're joking. Mostly.)
⁂ Full Navigation ⁂
⁂ For the Arrival prompt, feel free to roll a d20 to see how lucky or unlucky you are.
⁂ The Town Tricks example list for pranks isn't exhaustive. If you have other silly prank ideas in mind, feel free to roll with that and have fun with it! The Fae certainly are.
⁂ There is a correct choice of favorite soup and the moderators will remember your choice/opinions. (We're joking. Mostly.)
Hesper Devandris, D&D 5e oc, ota!
Nothing seems to make the universe plot feverishly for one’s humiliation more than attempting to maintain one’s dignity.
It is with a decidedly undignified thump that Hesper Devandris of House Devandris, bastard eldest daughter of powerful Elven mage Lord Maedhros Devandris himself, finds herself face-down in the sod, sprawled half-on and half-off of some other poor hapless soul. Not for the first time, admittedly, but certainly not since her University days, and definitely never in public. The force of it knocks her ridiculous hat clean off her head, and wrests an un-ladylike ”UMPHH” from her lungs, before she shifts herself upright and, in one swift move, back to her feet (and thankfully off off whoever was unlucky enough to have broken her fall).
“Well.” She peers around, dusting herself off and mercifully deigning to pretend that that crashlanding simply did not happen. Her gaze sweeps over and quickly past the poor individual she’d flattened, switching to assessing her surroundings and clearly finding them somewhat lacking. She’s not worried whether anyone saw that— of course they did, it happened and people were around, it’s no longer worth concerning herself with worrying about— but whether or not anyone who might be responsible for such a shitshow of a teleportation is nearby so that she can do her level best to end their fucking career.
“Where’s the attendant for this circle? What kind of pissant hedge-mage is teleporting people without permission and allowing them to collide, mid-teleport? Have they no concept of how dangerous that is?”
Beware, Kamurkia: a rich woman would like to speak to your manager!
--2. Town Tricks
Every wizard’s Arcane Focus is different, but they are always personal. Some use an orb, or an amulet. For Hesper, it is a crystal; a simple carved point of Larvikite, small enough to be kept in her palm, its edges worried smooth from years of skin contact. The stone itself is somewhat less than precious, but Hesper had always found its variegated tones of grey and the depth of its mineral-flake composition… soothing, in its way.
She’d chosen it because it resonated with her magic, and hadn’t given a thought to its appearance. Her father had been surprised she hadn’t chosen something more beautiful, more flashy. She’d told him that grey goes with everything.
She reaches deep into her pocket to take its comforting cool presence into her hand—
—and it is not there.
Hesper listens for a moment, suspicious. There it is— a tiny, distant giggling. She removes her hat, reaches inside, and removes her Focus.
Her eyes fall closed, and a bone-deep sigh escapes her.
“Fucking pixies.”
--3. Rocky Talky
Name: Hesper Devandris, of House Devandris. Yes, that House Devandris.
Age: 31.
Race: Half-Elf. Rude of you to ask.
Favorite soup? Why?: Potato-Leek, as long as there are bits of bacon in.
Is soup something you eat or drink? Considering the amount of soups with large, chewable bits involved, anyone insisting that one only drinks soup is either a lackwit with no gag reflex or oppositionally defiant to an absurd degree. Both are wasting my time.
--4. Wildcard
[ hello!! I’m Anna and I’m voicetesting this overeducated undersocialized abjuration wizard!! Her canon setting is a slightly more modern D&D-based world, think closer to a steampunk-but-magic-type than Lord of the Rings-type. She is ota, please feel free to tag with anything you like or ignore as you wish! I am on plurk at pornographictoile. Her journal isn’t finished so if you have questions please feel free to ask!! ]
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That would be Angeal, already having gotten a bag together. It had been for just a little bit of grocery shopping, but then, well, he'd had to get sidetracked for fairly obvious reasons. The man - a good bit tall for a regular human, neatly over 6 foot - nods politely to the half-elf.
"What did they steal from you, if you don't mind me asking?"
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"Just this. Hardly an impressive thing, but it has sentimental value, I suppose." Not untrue, but a wizard can hardly be blamed for declining to specify precisely which item on their person serves as their Arcane Focus. Anyone could steal it, or destroy it, and render her effectively powerless until she could obtain another.
"At least the horrible things didn't disappear it permanently. Fucking fae." One of the few things she dislikes about her Elven half-- the primeval connections to the Feywild. For someone who values control as much as she, the chaos and wild magic have never sat well with her.
"Are there likely to be more of those things about? If so, I know a good few spells to repel the little pests. Nothing permanent, unless they're not native to this plane." A beat. "Do you know, I'm not even sure what plane we're on right now."
That... might be good to find out.
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Secondly, magic is still a thing. So that's handy.
And finally.... What the hell is a plane.
"Your guess is as good as mine," he says, rather mild all things considered. "While it doesn't match the place I was in last in more ways than one, it's also extremely different to my own home, so it could be anyone's game." Certainly the technology is lacking a fair bit, although he'll stubbornly make do if he has to. "Anyway, Angeal is my name. I'll keep an eye out if I see anyone with that crystal of yours, since they seem to like playing repeat pranks."
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She sits up with a yawn, taking in the surroundings.
"I don't think see anyone around to complain to. Also , you fell on me and then acted like you didn't, so apologize for that first."