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Test Drive Meme #2 - Overflow

TDM #2 OVERFLOW


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TDM #2 - March/April 2025
🦋 Introduction

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🦋 The Party

You wake up at a party.

You're not sure how, exactly, you got here. You may have just been walking in the woods or at a meeting for work or doing any other normal activity for you. But you know you weren't supposed to be at this party, you're fairly certain.

Anyone you ask about it will say the party is for you. You and the others also waking up and looking confused. Further questions will lead to the partygoers insisting you have something to eat. You're starving and others are eating the food without repercussion, so you figure there's no harm in a bite. You finish your portion.

It's a garden party at the crack of dawn, with the sun still in its early stages of climbing through the yonder, casting a good mix of pastel hues of blue, pink, and beige on everything. Heralding the first day of spring, the Ruler of the Spring Court has found it fitting to arrange this gathering where guests can feel the blades of grass touching their ankles, as well as the rich soil beneath their feet. Flowers of all kinds surround the party as if they were carefully curated. With spring as the "dawn of seasons," which marks a transition from winter's latency to the resurgence of life everywhere, the Ruler of the Dawn Court has also seen it fit to host aspects of this party during the one time of the year that dawn occurs the whole day. Tall candles and torches grace the outskirts of the garden party, providing warmth and an orange glow everywhere. Not one flame goes out even with the occasional wind, the Duchess always makes sure of this.

There are also freshly picked blossoms and branches with leaves on every table accenting the festive spread of food and drinks. This time, a lot of the food prepared for the Adopted guests are familiar to them with a little bit of a twist. Burgers might come in small packages and in toothpicks, while hotdogs in buns are also diminutive. Cookies look delectable but they have a flowery flavor to them, as if eating freshly picked daisies or daffodils. Fruits that may have been present in an Adopted's home, such as pineapples and watermelons, have seeds in odd places. Picking this selection of food is an attempt to be more welcoming and to appease the lovely guests the fae have invited.

As the party winds down and everyone's eaten, a tall, stately woman stands up and speaks. You feel her voice more than hear it.

I am the Lawspeaker of the Fae, elected by Seelie and Unseelie alike, and you are all, now, subjects of Faerie. You cannot leave this realm once you have eaten our food, and even if you could, there is no saying how much time has passed back where you're from. Your loved ones are likely dead, your problems have likely played out. We require assistance in various matters, and each of you has been chosen for your talent and skill. You will be adopted by one of the Seelie or Unseelie Courts based on your strengths and personality. Your Court will decide what to do with you from there.

As suddenly as she stood, she sits back down.


🦋 Chance at a Dance

A party is not complete without dancing, of course, and while during the last gathering held for the Adopted, different fae danced to music exclusively for them around a glowing tree, this time they are insisting their guests to join in.

This is a party for you, after all.

If the prodding of the different fae hosts won't convince you, perhaps the music will. They play easily recognizable tunes that their wonderful guests must have heard before. These melodies have certain unique effects to their mortal attendees, which are as follows:

  • Upbeat Music: You will believe that you and your dance partner have been friends forever and have known each other a long time.
  • Romantic Music: You will become amorous and flirtatious towards your dance partner.
  • Slow Music: You will develop some tension with your dance partner. It may be negative or sexual; completely up to you.
  • Quiet Music: You will assume your dance partner is a threat and try to fight them.


🦋 Flower Power

At the Spring King's behest, every Adopted should wear a flower corsage or boutonnière to the gathering. After all, this is to celebrate the coming of spring and what better way to do that than to honor everything in bloom.

The thing is, though, the King of Spring, while amorous and friendly, also has a penchant for playing with mortals' memories, if not also affect their desires and despairs.

So, mischievous as he is, he made sure to enchant the different flowers present in every corsage and boutonnière for the party with the effects below:

  • Rose: You will recall a horrific trauma
  • Carnation: You will see a vision of your future, whether it's good or bad
  • Orchid: You will remember a time you lost someone
  • Chrysanthemum: You will believe someone among the Adopted is your soulmate
  • Dahlia: You will believe you betrayed someone important to you, whether you actually did or not

It is perhaps a good thing that no one but the Adopted are allowed to see these visions and memories, but everyone who wears a corsage or boutonnière will be able to see each other's memories and visions when in close enough physical proximity to the vision-haver, for better or for worse.


🦋 GEIS

You feel a vibration in your pocket sometime after the Lawspeaker addresses everyone. When you search for the source, you will pull out your Leaf, the device the Fae use to stay in touch with each other. Anyone who's used a smart phone will easily recognize how it works.

Greetings, Adopted. This is your Lawspeaker.

Tell us all of a time you gave someone a gift. Perhaps a bouquet of flowers or a box of chocolates. Was it appreciated or not? A reward might await the most meaningful gift given.



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steepwithdead: (16)

[personal profile] steepwithdead 2025-04-11 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
It is, yes. A temple and burial ground in the heart of Savalirwood, created by the Wildmother. Some call it the Bone Orchard.

[He's not a huge fan of that name, but it is admittedly fitting.]
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[personal profile] gunsandrosegold 2025-04-15 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
Oh I see. So it's a sacred place, then?

[ It sounded like a serene place, to lay people to rest. ]
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[personal profile] steepwithdead 2025-04-16 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
Very much so. Though its affinity lies with the Wildmother, it was made as a gift to the Arch Heart.
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[personal profile] gunsandrosegold 2025-04-18 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
Really? [ That was a bit curious. ] In what way is it for the Arch Heart?
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[personal profile] steepwithdead 2025-04-20 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
The story goes, during the Age of Arcanum, the Raven Queen tasked three of her champions with laying to rest a hero of war. She sent them to the Wildmother, who bade them split the body into three sections, and for each the heroes would build a holy place as a demonstration and gift to allied gods. The champion named Clay took the hero's head to the forest and buried it in a spring, and the grounds became a reminder to the Arch Heart, so they would remember that nature is beautiful.
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[personal profile] gunsandrosegold 2025-04-23 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I see. That's quite a nice gift for the Arch Heart, and a way to honor the hero as well with something beautiful.

And you said that you grew up there? Does that mean that you're in charge of caring for it?
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[personal profile] steepwithdead 2025-04-25 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I've always thought so.

[The origin of his home is one of his favourite stories, and the oldest he knows.]

My family is, yes. I've been away for some time, but it's always had someone from the Clay family taking care of it, for many generations. Once my journey is over, I'll go home and get back to work.
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[personal profile] gunsandrosegold 2025-04-30 11:15 am (UTC)(link)
Oh... so then, does that mean your family are descendants of the champion in the story? [ That makes sense, then, why the grove is so important to them, and why they take care of it. ]
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[personal profile] steepwithdead 2025-05-01 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, yeah. It's so far back we don't even know their name, though.

[And for a species that can live up to 500 years, that's saying something.]
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[personal profile] gunsandrosegold 2025-05-04 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
That's quite special, having such a profound story to your family's origins. I'm sure you must be proud to be part of caring for such a sacred place.
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[personal profile] steepwithdead 2025-05-05 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
Very much so. It's always given me great joy to live and serve there.

[And he misses it... a lot...]
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[personal profile] gunsandrosegold 2025-05-05 10:05 am (UTC)(link)
How long was it that you'd been away from home before you arrived here?
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[personal profile] steepwithdead 2025-05-05 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Actually, we'd only just left the temple. I'd had a chance to see it just a day before my arrival here.
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[personal profile] gunsandrosegold 2025-05-07 10:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh wow, so not long at all then. It's obvious why Caduceus misses home so much. ]

It must have been quite startling to have just left the grove and suddenly find yourself in this place.
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[personal profile] steepwithdead 2025-05-10 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, it surely was! I don't know if it was more or less startling than for everyone else. At least I was in the middle of a teleport, so I expected to appear somewhere I wasn't.

[Not here, specifically, but you know.]
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[personal profile] gunsandrosegold 2025-05-14 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
I suppose that is fair. [ They can only imagine most everyone was surprised when they find themselves here. ]

Where you trying to teleport to before you ended up here?
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[personal profile] steepwithdead 2025-05-16 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Eiselcross. We were headed for Aeor.