TDM The First

[lethevale_mods]

You probably know how this works, but just in case, here's the idea:

1. You put the name of the character you're testing out in the subject line
2. You write a starter (or several!) in the comment, with the Lethevale AU of your character.
3. People respond with their characters. Threads occur. Friendships are made. The world is put to rights.
4. None of the threads in the Test Drive are game-canon.

Here are some prompts to start you off!

1. Seeking Shelter

You were riding along the mountain road when your horse, terrified by some dark shadow you couldn't see clearly, screamed and bolted, throwing you. Now you're caught in the middle of nowhere, in Lethe Wood, and the rain is getting heavier by the minute.

But what's that? A light? A house? Perhaps if you knock, they'll give you a bed for the night. It'll all look better in the morning...

 

 

2. The Beast! The Terrible Beast!

You took all the precautions. You carried a lantern, kept to the safer streets. Or maybe you didn't. Either way, you were attacked by something as big as a horse, with gleaming white teeth and a hideous howl.

When you run into another person, will you warn them? Will you ask them for a hiding place, or stand and fight? If all else fails, maybe you can use them as live bait...

 

3. Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

Lethevale isn't all monsters and storms. Mostly, but not all. Tonight, there's a party in the Black Swan - dancing, music, and of course, an open bar. Take the chance to get to know your neighbours, why don't you?

4. Pay No Attention To The Passage Behind The Curtain

The two of you were just wandering around Lethe Hall, when you leant on a candlestick, and... what's this? The bookshelf's opened? There's a hole in the wall now, and a spiral staircase leading down into the dark. You know, it's probably best to just leave well enough alone - but you have to admit, it's curious...

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Comments

[ketill]

Thomas laughs, dismissing thoughts of bones left unclaimed in the dark and graves that have no one to visit and think of he departed. It's too easy to imagine that they're heading into a grave themselves, or to drift off in thoughts of the family he does his best to put out of mind.

"Ah, but it is strange only until you think of it in terms of preservation of myself. This is a passage in a hall built by a lord, and has been kept up by his descendants. I have no doubt that such men would be careful to be very certain that they will not have to risk a collapsed passage ruining their library. Such men often don't care as much about the stability of the mineshafts they send others down. I could perhaps converse with a vampyr, a fall of stone has no mind to change."

[insufficientjewel]

"I suppose there is little argument I can give to that," Francis concedes, not without some humour, "save that vampyrs are not known to be much swayed by conversation."

It is strange, he reflects, to hear laughter in this place. He wonders how long it has been since there was simple merriment on these stairs, if there has ever been any at all. It is not a place that lends itself much to joking. Part of him feels it is almost profane, like dancing in church; a greater part of him just welcomes that warm, human sound. The darkness is beginning to feel closer than he likes, the air cold around them.