[TEST] DRIVE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT

[reapsthewind]

I HONESTLY COULDN'T THINK OF A GOOD PICTURE SO THANKS LAVVY

Here, have the slightly more relevant song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_nLlL1mwKI

Anyway, this is a random scenario test drive meem, since we've had an influx of new potential appers. I am a bit too lazy to make this a proper meem, so you make your own shit up. Here's some inspirational scenarios:

> The Mall. The hell are you doing out in the suburbs, bro? And why is that woman trying so hard to sell you nail polish?
> The Park. MAN IT IS A NICE D-- shit is that a Vermicelli or whatever the monsters are called?
> Arts & Crafts Fair. Cute knit cat cozies! Bad pretzels! YEAH.
> Rainy Day. It's wet and you're stuck at the bus stop. HOW DEGRADING.
> You get an echo while someone else is around. SHIT. PARANOIA TIME.

Or make up your own!

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AQUA | KINGDOM HEARTS no icons yet

[unwakingwaters]

[YOU ARE AT LOCKE CITY COMIC CON AND WOW THERE IS A BOOK SIGNING LINE TO MEET...

The famed Maya Aaronson, 60 year old author of The Starheart Key, part of the Order of Keys series. SO COOL. Get a book signed y/n?]

Bro Strider / Ambrose Broderick Dirk Strider, ESQUIRE

[puppetfetishist]

[AT THE MUSIC STORE

wow who is this douchebag and... and...

why is he holding an LP of L. Ron Hubbard's SPACE JAZZ]

Vaati | The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

[stealinghats]

[Victor is extremely short and feminine for a 20 year old guy. He is also an eccentric fashion designer with a penchant for the colour purple and anything long and flowy. Maybe you've seen his line??? Ahahaha just kidding, no one buys any of his shit. It's probably encrusted with cheap plastic jewellery, too.

He is also trying to sell you BIG HATS and LONG SWOOSHY SCARVES at the arts&crafts fair and will not take no for an answer.]

MEGAMAN | THE PROTOMEN / Heath Light

[mybrotherfought]

SCNEARIO ONE: It's just a super nice day in the park, so he's lying down in the middle of the lawn enjoying the sunshine. Yep.

SCENARIO TWO: it's just after his piano recital where he did a stirring piano arrangement of Princes of the Universe, oh hey there's a reception!

SCENARIO THREE: HA HA HE HAD AN ECHO OF THIS SONG presumably at the end of a nice long chain of echoes about being the Chosen One and trying to save humanity and having a dead brother. LET'S HAVE SADS.

[puppetfetishist]

[swooshes into the arts and crafts fair]

Yo. You got a hat that matches this?

[he is wearing a neon pink sparkly princess dress and purple cape. and sunglasses.]

SCENARIO 2

[hopediesalone]

[yeah, yeah, he was pretty noncommittal over the phone. but he saved the date, Heath. and he was there.

he's not really one for fancy do's, but he's in a decent suit sans tie. gray, red shirt, yellow scarf.]

And the man of the hour.

[just gonna raise his little shitty plastic martini glass of cheap watercooler sangria before taking a sip.]

[mybrotherfought]

[He is trying to talk to a cute girl in the corner. She was interested at first but now it's like... he's talking about the arrangement and the note bars... and then he got into how genetic engineering is going to kill us all... and now she's just kinda inching away. Also, he has partaken too much sangria.]

Woahhhh, hey bro! You actually like, came? I mean you always come but you like, pretend you don't.

[Girl gives Raul this look of THANK GOD and sneaks off. Yeeep.]

[stealinghats]

[He was just about to be excited about a potential customer, but then he sees that.

dramatically fake-gags.]

Ugh. If you want something to match, you should start by actually having consistency. [Your outfit makes him want to vomit, that shade of pink with that shade of purple???

And so he immediately starts rifling through one of the storage boxes in his stall (flicking his chiffon lavender scarf as he turns), because a fashion disaster only means more sale opportunities. Yes, he can fix this and make some cash, assuming his customer doesn't try to escape.]

The dress is... well, I suppose we can work with that. [he can't deny he likes the sparkles] But that cape is utterly drab, and you're going to need to accessorize. A look like that, you can't just go half way.

And why on god's green earth are you wearing sunglasses?

[puppetfetishist]

Medical condition.

[beat]

But you're right, blinged out shutter shades would be better.

Anyway help me out brosephine, I gotta accessorize and get this shit perfect. Like, Ru Paul had better tell me I'm a goddess here.

Jacqli / (spoilers that's not her real name) | Ar tonelico series (but mostly II) | Miranda Atmiller

[vanisland]

[A: the mall. While not busy trying to shoo away all the nail polish girls because they don't sell black (or dark red), she is looking at all the tech stores.]

[B: This is the worst time to get some bizarre foreign language song stuck in your head, isn't it. There has got to be someplace private to get to before the urge to start singing gets the point she can't hold it in...]

Skeith | .hack//G.U.

[infinitydevourer]

[Scott Morgenroth is a prodigy, but mostly a really obnoxious brat. He dabbles in a lot of computer-y things and probably wants to make fun of you right now for kicks. He has the kind of face that you want to punch.

You are also stuck with him at a bus stop. You might have just missed the last bus of the day. It's also raining.

OPTIONAL PROMPT B: You have also just realized that the guy you're stuck at a bus stop with appears to have grown a pair of giant stone claws not unlike a jointed doll's, uh.]

Rei Ayanami | NGE: Campus Apocalypse

[reialistic]

[ ah, today is a special day. it is a day unlike most others-- a day that puts a lift in her step while shortening them. it is a day that requires her utmost attention lest she fall into her regular walking pattern and break her ankle.

today, reiya wears heels.

three inch ones.

training has progressed to the next level. no longer is she confined to walking around the house in her new pair of shoes, testing the placement of her heels and toes and bottoms of her feet against gravity and motion. reiya is tackling the next level -- field trial.

starbucks run.

sometimes it feels like there's a starbucks at every other corner, ergo a starbucks run is the perfect test. estimating the mission eighty-percent complete, a projected victory, she smiles quietly to herself and glances down at the tips of her shoes.

mistake!

her drink sloshes as she walks into the other person. ankle buckling, she falls backwards with a muted gasp. ]

[ quick'n'dirty facts: early 20s, brunette, brown eyes. ]

[vanisland]

[At this point, she doesn't really care, since somehow she got stuck in something that looks like a cosplay outfit and she has no idea what it's for.

So she's just looking at everything right now. No matter how high its swooshiness.]

A

[infinitydevourer]

[And they both happen to be looking at the same tech shit. New computers? Parts upgrades, maybe? Specifics don't matter because that's not what has his interest now.]

Are you lost? I didn't think this place sold make-up. [yep that's where he's decided this is going]

[stealinghats]

[Oh. Well, now he feels kinda bad. Clearly, this dude is 100% honest and legit, so there's no need to question his medical condition.] I suppose some substitutions could make them acceptable... Hmm.

[He throws Bro something half-cloak half-swooshy cape that is decidedly too pink to be legally safe. BUT IT MATCHES, THERE'S SOME MODERATE COLOUR CONTRAST AND IT MATCHES FLAWLESSLY. Let's ignore the fact that it matches something already pink and glittery and obnoxious that can in no way be redeemed on this figure.]

When I'm done with you, you'll be a golden goddess! Now, put on some of these! [SHOWERS WITH PLASTIC JEWELLERY it's actually pretty well made but it's still plastic jewellery, can't help that he's too poor for decent materials]

[vanisland]

[The way she sees it, go custom-built or go home.]

It never mattered to me whether they did.

[stealinghats]

[... Okay, even he has to stare at that. And he's practically in the business of ridiculous outfits.]

Pardon me, but is there a convention in town? [A convention he isn't selling at goddamnit he was trying to keep up with these things.]

Hugo Fact | Ys Origin

[luredbypower]

[ooc: Still working on his app, but Hugo will be keeping his same first name, be about early 20s instead of late teens and own some sort of shop he inherited from his mother, what it is I have yet to decide, besides it being something that would be embarrassing for a guy to work in, much less own. His appearance will be about the same, but more modern clothing.]

[Scenario 1: He'd gone to that art gallery just so his friends would shut up already about how he needed to see those amazing statues. To be quite honest, he thought they were horrible and ugly, but whatever. The annoying thing is that he seems to have gotten some weird numbers in his head and is that something floating nearby him?]

[Scenario 2: Hugo went to the mall to grab a birthday gift for one of his friends. He already found a good gift and on his way out he got stopped by a pushy saleswoman who wants to sell him nail polish of all things.]

No, really... I don't have a girlfriend! Will you leave me alone already?

Lirael | Abhorsen/Old Kingdom Trilogy

[roadstotheriver]

[Though the convention is a little overwhelming, Claire is here anyway, because... author. One of her favorite authors. Besides, it's in her home town, so it's much easier to get to for cheap, right? Right....

She stands in line, her long hair hanging loose around her face, hugging her first ever copy of Maya Aaronson's first book and waiting.... Her hair also happens to half-hide the circular mark on her forehead. No, it's not related to any major religion. It's just... a weird circle. That glows sometimes. It's a little embarrassing, actually. But hair is useful for so many things.

It's her turn, and she mutely holds out the book, looking up at Maya from beneath her lashes. After a beat, she manages a nervous:]

It's... it's an honor.

[hopediesalone]

[yes, just gives the girl a quick nod. that's pretty much why he stepped in when he did]

Yeah, yeah, I showed up. Figured it couldn't hurt to admit it for a change.

Great performance.

[prinsects]

[A pair of petite identical twin girls in somewhat faded but rather lacy, classically girly-girl ensembles beam when they reach the front of the line. The one in the white adores adventurey fantasy books, and the one in the green happily encourages whatever she likes. The latter takes a copy - paperback - of the first book Order of the Keys book from the former's arms, which she crosses behind her back with her chin held high, and sets it on the table.]

Make this out to my sister Gilda, please. [With a glance back to the girl in white.

Being here makes them feel very important.]

Rose Lalonde | Homestuck | Hikari Kurosawa

[thorny]

[OPTION A: there is a young Japanese girl wandering the arts and crafts fair with a few friends! she would be completely inconspicuous here if it weren't for her outfit, complete with lacy black parasol to shield her from the sun's rays. she seems blithely unperturbed by the stares her clothing is attracting, leaning in to peruse the wares of various vendors and smiling pleasantly at them. anyone who speaks Japanese, however, will find that she is making some rather cruel comments to her friends about everything from the people here to the quality of the goods.

OPTION B: that same girl in that same outfit has unfortunately missed her bus and is now stuck underneath a flimsy bus station with nothing more than an even flimsier parasol to protect her from the torrential downpour. she looks anything but amused.

OPTION C: whatever you want! I got horribly bullied by my asshole friends into posting here so I'm not picky]

ONE

[tinymsnightmare]

Hey! Hey you!

[That nice stretch you're doing in the grass? Well, it just got disturbed by a skinny pre-teen wearing cutoffs, an over-sized shirt that reads 'Non-Flammable? CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.' and round orange glasses that aren't exactly covering up her glowy red eyes. She also has long straight black hair that some how managed to miss all the bits of debris that comes from rolling all over in the grass after tripping in her roller-blades.]

Are you dead?

John Egbert | Homestuck | Makani 'Mac' Kapule | Option A (p.s. hi len hiii :>)

[friendleading]

[Well, lucky for you, you're not entirely alone at this craft fair. What might catch your eye is a young, tan-skinned Pacific Islander, glasses affixed atop slicked-back hair, whose getup is about as outlandish as your own, if more evocative of a bygone era of delinquents. He seems to be mostly boredly examining the arts and crafts around at first, nothing particularly catching his eye. However, when the Japanese girl in the fancy dress smiling pleasantly at everyone, he sees something finally worth his interest.

With subtle movements he makes his way through the crowd. Aligning himself with you and your roaming band of friends, until he can make his move, starting to walk towards you, taking his eyes off you and staring out at some particularly interesting thing three feet above your head.

Because what better way to get someone's attention than the classic chance collision?]

forgive the lack of icons as well ;;;

[tinymsnightmare]

[She has escaped the clutches of her parents and is now beaming widely at the author while holding a hardback - limited print even - of the first novel in her gloved arms. The pre-teen is all dressed up in a red Gothic number complete with the platform boots and curls in her black hair. Why, she even must have gotten expensive red contacts to fit in with the image.]

I really really REALLY love your books!