MONTHLY TEST-DRIVE!

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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! • This is open to everyone! Also, test drivers can tag other test drivers. :) • 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, they may realize that Asgard is, for the moment, completely overrun with furry animals! The city's natives are busy trying to herd cats and dogs out of the streets, the park is thronged with friendly and curious rabbits, and a small army of capybaras seems to have started a parade around the castle. Something is going on -- the natives seem exasperated as anything. Help them out? Adopt a ferret? Try to wade through goats to make it to your welcome house? At least they're non-aggressive.. for now! Make sure to have fun, and as always, feel free to hit the mods or players up with any questions you might have! ♥

Comments

[myheartsduet]

[Giselle has been attacked by a goat as well--though when I say "attacked" what I really mean is there's a goat playfully nipping at the hem of her dress, and she's laughing merrily as she tries to free said dress. People might be difficult to understand in other worlds, but animals are almost universally easy to love.]

[...except maybe cockroaches. She's still not quite sure about those.]

[At any rate, it's about this time that a jerk of the goat's head, just a little too sharply, sends her tumbling. Ordinarily she would've just fallen into the grass, no harm done, but this time there's someone in the way. So instead she ends up pitching face-first at Norrington--sorry old boy.]

Oh--oh dear!

[brassandblue]

[ James is not entirely sure what happened. One moment he's impatiently wading through a sea of sheep, the next he's rudely toppled backwards (over one of the damn sheep, no less) with the sudden addition of a bright eyed young woman in his arms. ]

Oof!

[ The offending sheep moves on, while another takes a hopeful nibble at his hat, which has rolled into a sunny clump of goldenrod. On his end things are a little less flowery- her unexpected weight is causing the filigreed pommel of his sabre to dig quite painfully in his side. ]

My sincerest apologies, Miss. [ It's with a certain care that he works to stand, averting a potentially embarrassing false start when he steps off the hem of her dress, cupping her elbows to help her up in turn. ]

Are you injured?

[myheartsduet]

Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry!

[She scrambles to her feet with his help, then immediately turns her attention to brushing off his coat, trying to make up for the mess she's created--all the while studiously avoiding looking at his face, because if she does she's afraid she'll be horribly embarrassed. The kinds of people she's met lately don't take well even to accidents, and maybe if she can just make everything right quickly enough...]

I'm terribly sorry, I wasn't looking.

[brassandblue]

[ Her anxiety comes as a surprise, and she's not letting him get a word in edgewise with her fussing so. ]

That's quite-

Miss there's no need-

Miss please.

[ James takes her by the hands, trading her worry for his concern. She must surely be new like him, has she been left by herself in such a state? There's a gentleness to his touch, limning his voice as he searches her face. She's a lady of some rank, that much he can tell, but little else about her is springing to notice. ]

Please. There's no harm done. Are you here alone? Forgive me- Commodore James Norrington. [ He offers a brief bow, as custom dictates. ] May I be of some assistance?

[myheartsduet]

[There's a little catch in her breath as he takes her hands, and her eyes finally make the leap from coat to face. Some of her anxiety visibly melts away, however, as she realizes that he's not going to yell, or berate her, or any of the other cruel things she's seen people do to each other lately. All it really takes to get her smiling again is the knowledge that she's with someone friendly.]

Thank you, that's very kind of you. I am alone, yes, I've just come from another world... and another world... you'd think I'd be better at this by now!

[She blushes.]

Oh, but--I'm Giselle. It's lovely to meet you, Commodore. I was just trying to find my way around the city, actually.

[brassandblue]

[ Her first response leaves him momentarily perplexed, guessing at her meaning. Another world? Best let that lie for now. At least she seems in better spirits, a smile more suited to her lovely features. ]

It's a pleasure, Miss Giselle. I was on my way to do the same. Would you care for the company? [ He offers his arm, all proper gentleman to the lady. ]

[myheartsduet]

[There's much less hesitation in her response this time--she threads an arm through his and beams up at him.]

I'd like that very much! It's so nice to find kind-hearted people when you're very far from home.

[A thought occurs, and she cocks her head at him.]

So you're new here too? What House are you in?

[brassandblue]

[ Her compliment is one he doesn't quite believe, though it flusters him nonetheless. Just a bit, and he hides it well. He's only doing his sworn duty, and there's a comforting familiarity in it.

At least it's keeping his mind off home.

... James, she's asked you a question. ]

Yes, unfortunately. I've been assigned to Freya.

[myheartsduet]

[Her face lights up at that, and in addition to grinning broadly at him she clutches his arm and gives a tiny, excited hop. Any trace of the melancholy, unsure Giselle from moments ago is completely eradicated, at least for the time being.]

Me too! Oh we're both in Freya, isn't that wonderful? I'm so glad we ran into each other! This is so much nicer than when I arrived in New York!

[Except... "New York" reminds her of Robert, and Morgan. The enthusiasm diminishes slightly, though she keeps the grin plastered on.]

[brassandblue]

[ For a moment he's speechless, her outpouring unexpected. It seems her energy is infectious though, the hint of a smile breaking up his stern expression. ]

It is... serendipitous. [ At a loss of what else to say, feeling like he should say something, he pursues her last thread left to him, unaware of her discomfort, ]

You've just come from New York? [ After "congratulations, you're really not even on your own planet anymore!", the Crown's North American colonies seems a lot closer. ]

[myheartsduet]

[It's good to see him that much closer to a smile, because he really does seem like a nice man. She makes an strong effort to hide the part of her heart that's aching to see her friends again, even if being back there would just start her heart aching in a different sort of way.]

[A nod.]

Yes, I've been staying with some friends in New York for a while now, ever since I fell down a well in my own world and ended up there. It's very different than Andalasia... are you from New York? You don't sound like most of the people I met there.