TDM #11

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TEST DRIVE #11

The day begins as any other, you’re going about your day, living your life, when, without warning, you feel the world around you shift on its axis. You feel a great tear, welling from the depths of your soul as you are ripped from all you have known. If you’re lucky, you arrive in the wilderness of an unfamiliar world, where the language is foreign and the people are hostile. To make your escape, you must learn some language, flee, and occasionally fight, all to find your way off the floating isles you find yourself on and to the great ocean below, where rebel forces will welcome you.

If you’re unlucky, you materialize within a room full of armed guards and are quickly subdued with charged nets, stripped of your belongings, fitted with strange devices that suppress your powers and pressed into servitude. Your days are unimaginable pain and toil.

Fortunately, even in this world, there is still hope. For the denizens of this world have not given up. And it is for that dream of salvation that the Crimson Corsairs raise their flags and sail - for liberation. Perhaps you are one who has lived their entire life under the oppressive yoke of the Empire. Perhaps you have seen first hand your family and friends cut down by nobles hunting men for sport, or perhaps you have run afoul with the church and barely escaped with your life. No matter your origin, the Corsairs sail for you, for your freedom, for your life. And today, a taste of freedom will be won for all.


ARRIVAL/LIBERATION
The battle in Vindess didn’t just free the civilians. Several Servants had been under the Bloodfrenzied Legion’s thumb, and several more among the Imperial nobility stationed in the region. During the escape, these Servants were quietly shuffled away from the civilians and whisked away to the Vault for treatment.


REFUGEES IN A NEW HOME

The refugees arrive within Asphodel shaken and sorrowful. While the casualties were minimized by the Corsair actions, the fear of facing down the Bloodfrenzied Legion, and the sight of some of their friends and family being torn apart in the streets will leave deep and lasting trauma, especially with the loss of their home. The Corsairs are thus deploying considerable manpower, especially among their negotiators, to help calm them. Asphodel cannot be too lively and attract too much attention, but lessons on farming, fishing, and living are quietly taking place.


A FETED PREPARATION

The preparations for the upcoming Fete of Knowledge are extensive. Miners and townsfolk within the Empire are largely illiterate, and there is so much to teach about the Eternal Ocean, the Crimson Corsairs, and the Empire. Breaking propaganda takes time and effort, as well as a certain honeyed approach so in service of this the Vault dwellers, and whatever displaced Flotsam dwellers who are on hand are scrambling, sorting through books, cooking, baking, and preparing. While not under the best circumstances, it is the duty of the Corsairs to welcome their refugees with open arms. They must prove they are better than the alternative.


FALL OF THE BLEEDER

The Corsairs were able to lay low Gaurus the Bleeder, the most notorious torturer in the Empire. His Bloodfrenzied Legion has been repelled, and those that remain are tatters, a snake without a head, no longer a threat without the awesome power of his blood magic. The Corsairs must immediately capitalize on this, and turn the strength of their victory into a propaganda campaign for the Corsairs. And that means… meetings. Lots of meetings. Gotta get this right, after all.


WILDCARD

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OOC
Welcome to the eleventh Test-Drive Meme for Viva La! All threads here may be considered canon once characters have entered the game. Threads here are eligible for use as a roleplay sample for applications, which will open on the 5th of April at midnight.
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