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THE TEST DRIVE MEME

• Got a character you're thinking of reserving/apping this round? PUT THEM HERE!
• Threads here can count as your third person sample!
• Comment with your character's name and canon!
• Make up your own scenario or have them walk into all the doors or leave it blank for others to do it for you!

• OPTIONAL SCENARIO: After your character receives his or her bracelet and the run-down from the faceless maids in the castle, the first thing they realize upon stepping outside is that the city has been all but shut down for some sort of large festival. There are stalls set up along all of the main streets, selling everything from savory foods to desserts to clothes to trinkets, and the vendors cheerfully call at people as they pass, trying to entice them over. The stalls are all decked in incredibly colorful banners and flags, as if attempting to beat back the grayness still lurking in a lot of the city by sheer physical force. Small musical ensembles play on street corners, and one can't go far at all without nearly running into someone juggling or swallowing swords. Good luck finding your god's welcome house in this chaos - the streets are pretty packed with people just milling around!

And have fun! ♥

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Elena pauses in the doorway of the main building, hand on the frame. She was still processing what the maid had told her about bringing life to the world and expected to see a desolate, barren place outside the doors. She expected to find suffering. But instead, she finds a festival. She frowns, glancing behind herself, and tries to make the math work. Unfortunately no matter how she crunches the numbers, two and two does not make five even if there's no denying that there appears to be some kind of celebration going on.

Elena steps into the crowd, determined to navigate her way to where she's supposed to be staying. Business first, fun later. That seems to be defining her life more and more every day. It's hard to believe there was a point in her life where she didn't have to worry about whether or not her family or friends would be okay. It's almost like that life belonged to another girl that Elena knew for just a little while before they drifted apart. But she's not entirely evaporated. Before too long, the allure of all the sights and sounds catches Elena's attention and she sets aside trying to find where the maid told her to go. She almost tries to justify it - she needs to see if there's anyone she recognizes and, if not, at least make a friend or two. But Elena quickly realizes the truth is that she just wants to listen to some music and eat some cotton candy. She wants just a normal abnormal day.

And damn it, she's going to do just that.

Erica isn't thrilled with the large crowd, but she's having fun regardless. She's trying to track down Isaac, since she lost him in the crowd. He's tall though. A beacon rising through the people and she figures she can spot him easily and then catch up. She's got a glow bracelet that keeps threatening to fall off her wrist and when she looks down to refasten the clear loop, she doesn't realize she's walking into someone.

Honestly. Honestly, she needs to learn to stop when she can't watch where she's walking.

"Oh!" Mildly embarrassed and trying to get herself away from the girl so that she doesn't further step on her, she smiles. "I walked right into you. Are you okay?"

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Erica managed to bump into Elena's back, but Elena had been able to catch her balance before she toppled over or lost her cotton candy. She turns and - after seeing that Erica herself seemed okay if embarrassed - spots the glow bracelet responsible for the collision.

"I'm fine," she says, holding the bracelet out to the girl with a small smile. "But I think you dropped this."

Erica takes a breath and smiles, taking the bracelet back from her. "Thanks, I can't get it to stay looped. These little plastic pieces aren't the highest quality, I guess."

She tries to tuck it together again, fiddling with it, but then she just holds onto it. "I started out with five of them, but they keep falling off."

Elena watches her struggle to get the bracelet back on before she settles with just holding it. "The necklaces are worse. They don't just fall off, but they can sometimes pinch your hair." She motions to the bracelet. "I can try to get it, if you want."

Elena does have the advantage of being able to use both her hands without having to severely dislocate her wrist.

Erica laughs lightly, nodding, "Yeah, actually that'd be a big help." Her free hand tucks her hair behind her ear, but then she steps in a bit closer to the other girl.

Offering her wrist up, she glances around the crowd, "I still can't believe how many people end up coming out for these things. It always feels like there's less of us until something happens that makes us want to get out."

Elena starts working on getting the ends of the glow bracelet securely attached and glances up at her. There's a lot of questions she could ask, but Elena eventually settles for simply, "Do you know a lot of people here?"

Elena gets the sense she might be a little shy, so bombarding her with questions probably wasn't the best way to go.

Cheap plastic was certainly a way of describing it. Elena's not really sure if the two ends actually fit, but she can at least wiggling them together better than the other girl can with just one hand. Still, she's giving the bracelet a disapproving frown until it finally gives. Smiling, Elena takes a small half-step back.

"Hopefully that'll hold."

Erica gives her wrist a slight shake, letting the bracelet shimmy against her arm a bit. Shrugging, she smiles at the girl, "If not I'll just lose another one."

Taking a moment, Erica replies to her first question, "I know a few people. They're from the same city as I'm from, but I guess you can say that it's complicated. I'm from earlier in their lives. Which sounds crazy, but it's something about how these things work out."

Elena likes to think she's already hit maximum crazy. Or rather, she's gone past it to the point where nothing seems too far-fetched or too out there to wrap her head around. But this new information takes a little bit to settle and even then, Elena's not sure how she feels about it. It could be a good thing. But with her usual luck, it's probably not that great.

She nods a little.

"I haven't had any luck finding anybody I know yet." She smiles. "Guess I can turn that around right now though. I'm Elena."

She smiles, "Erica. I've been here a bit, I'm in Hel - body control." She figures people are always curious what everyone else has. It's good to get it out there, that way there's no worries about it later.

Right. There were the houses and powers. Elena is going to have to get used to that. "Body control?"

She assumes it's what it sounds like, but it's always safer to not assume.

Erica nods, "It's... I can move limbs on other people or animals. Not very well, and I don't do anything without asking first. It's weird, to be honest."

"It sounds cool though." Completely weird (Elena won't deny that), but she can truthfully say she's never seen anything like that before. "It's just limbs though?"

Erica nods, "Mm, yeah. I mean, I'm still new to it and so I can only do one thing at a time. Like one leg... one arm. I'm really good at thumbs up." She grins, trying to make the light joke.

Elena smiles bright at that. "Can I see? You can do it to me."

After all, what's the point in having powers if you aren't using new friends as guinea pigs? And, well, it's justifiable because it'd be good to know in case someone else tries it on her without telling her first. Not that Elena's really sure she could necessarily resist it, but it still pays to be in the know.

Erica's smile brightens at that, "Yeah? I mean, it's kind of weird I've been told, but you should be able to fight against it too. So, you can try to stop me. If you want, I mean."

She gestures for Elena to relax her hand, "Just loosen your wrist and don't think about it."

It's a slow pull as Erica focuses and tries to sort out where Elena is in relation to her and where that hand is. She finds it and lifts it slowly. Her breathing stays steady and she smiles as she makes the wrist turn slightly. Fingers curl into a fist and then she finds the thumb to make it rise out of the fist.

Elena laughs a little as she watches her hand move. She can feel the outside influence but does nothing to stop it. It's a little weird to have your body moving seemingly by itself, but it's also incredibly cool that Erica can do it at all.

"You weren't kidding. You're a pro," she says when she takes control of her hand and arm again, lowering it back down to her side. "How long did that take you to master?"

Erica laughed, letting go of Elena's hand and she drops her gaze. "That's hardly anything. In time, I've been told ill be able to do a lot more, but that took me a few weeks to figure out. My roommate, Isaac, he's able to create and control ten shadow creatures. He's been here a long time and he helps fight the battles here too." There is a lot of pride that she exhibits when she talks about Isaac. He's not just her roommate, he's her best friend.

Elena catches the pride in the way Erica talks about Isaac almost immediately and smiles. They've only just met, but she gets the distinct impression that Erica's on the shy side of things. Having someone like Isaac around probably made a world of difference for her. Barely having met or not, it still makes Elena happy to know.

"That sounds pretty cool," she says. "I'm sure you'll catch up with him in no time."

Erica smiles, "I hope so. I mean, my power isn't the same as his, but we're in the same house. I just want to make sure I do what I can to help."

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