monthly test drive!!

[nukeoleptic]

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! ♥

Comments

[lalondelicious]

Any comment that causes Karkat to make a face is a comment worth making.

[It's also a perfect icebreaker and Nepeta's laughter is a delight.]

I don't know that we have ever met in person but are you Nepeta? It would be awful to make a joke and then follow it up with the wrong name.

[bestestfurrend]

This is furry, furry true.

[It's something she'll just have to tell him about later, and have a camera ready to record the moment.]

I am! Yes, yes, that's right! And you're Rose, you look lots like Roxy, it was impawsibble not to notice you! And this is Pounce, remember, I used to tell you about her?

[lalondelicious]

[Rose will pay Nepeta in money, pats or catnip, whichever she prefers, to get a copy of that photo.]

I remember. She's looking very fine. [And very alive, which is always a plus when greeting fuzzy parents. She crouches, holding the back of her hand out on the off chance that the beautiful creature should want to sniff it.

She looks up at Nepeta,] Say, when you mention Roxy... do you mean my mother? [There have to be a lot of blonde Roxys in cities but ones that could be mistaken for her? Considerably fewer.]

[bestestfurrend]

[Pats would be most acceptable as a bribe indeed.]

She is! She's as fluffy and beautiful as ever! [It's a very big plus! Pounce does sniff at Rose's hand politely, and then slips her head beneath it, nuzzling into her palm. It's obvious where Nepeta got her love of being petted from.]

That's right! She told me she's your mother and your daughter at the same time, it has something to do with the scratch. She's just a big older than you, though! That's why I thought you were her at first.

[lalondelicious]

My mother and my daughter. [Well, that sounds like her mother indeed. Curious that she would be here though. Perhaps this is their scratched universe. Not what she expected.]

How much older is a bit older? I know trolls have different scales for these things. [She keeps giving Pounce the proper attention she deserves rubbing her cheek and giving scratches as seems appropriate.]

[bestestfurrend]

Uhmmm...maybe a sweep or two? A few years? I don't know exactly! I don't know how fast humans grow. [What she does know, however, is that she's liking Rose even more than she thought she would. Anyone being so nice to Pounce has to be a great person.]

[lalondelicious]

A teen mother then, how terribly hard for her. [She gives Pounce a firm pat on the top of her head and stands again, picking off a white hair that lingered on her skirt. It's funny, she has no idea what her teen mother could be like, when she imagines her younger all that happens is she puts the vacuum cleaner away. However, that encounter is in the future and she fully intends to enjoy this one furst.]

How are you enjoying the festivities? Do you have them often?

[bestestfurrend]

[Nepeta isn't really sure what that means - she's figured out what mothers are by now, but beyond that she's clueless. Roxy seems to be getting along pretty easily here though, so she's not feeling too worried about things being hard for her.]

Oh, yes! I'm having plenty of fun! But this is the first time I've seen anything like this happening here! [Now that no more pets seem to be forthcoming from Rose, Pounce heads back to Nepeta to purr at her, getting hugged tight for it.]

[lalondelicious]

[A cat and her Authority is a beautiful partnership to behold. Rose was always more cautious of Jasper's fur invading her nasal cavities but Nepeta's disregard for the perils of extracting cathair speaks wonders to her courage.]

If they're rare then we should make the most of the event. I hope I'm not keeping you from anything with my queries?

[bestestfurrend]

No, of course not! Getting to meet you in purrson is lots better even than this!

[She means it too, giving her a happy smile as Pounce continues doing her best to cover her in a layer of white fur. Nepeta doesn't seem to notice though. Being covered in fur is all part of being brought up by a cat.]

[lalondelicious]

[Rose, unaware of the sweeps of tolerance, continues to marvel. Trolls with friendly lusii must invest in a great many lint rollers or stop caring about their black shirts turning grey.]

It's wonderful to have such a warm welcome. [She offers out her elbow.] I'd enjoy seeing more of the area, would you mind doing the honours?

[bestestfurrend]

[Nepeta links their arms together with a grin, pleased and rather honoured to be asked to play tour guide.]

Of course! We can show you all over the place, right, Pounce? [The cat's tail flicks about, and Pounce heads off, clearly expecting them to follow her.]