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BUCKLE UP: A TEST DRIVE MEME

Been feeling as if you'd sort of, kind of, maybe like to consider a new character at Poly? Haven't had the chance to figure out whether they work for you in the setting or in general?

Just start a thread for them here with:

character name | series

- in the title, and tag around! Alternatively, just comment to someone else's thread, either doing your own thing, assuming characters just met in the City, or maybe working off one of the following premises:

i. ...it's raining people! The character whom you're tagging missed the memo about perfect Fountain landings and ended up falling on your character instead.

OR

ii. ...ah, a lovely evening at a City shop or bar, when you've just realized you don't have the currency to pay your tab and you have to beg or steal it off someone else!

OR

iii. ...your characters are running up an endlessly high hill from a herd of rabid pandas.

Naturally, the meme is more than open to people who aren't currently at Poly, so pimp this to poor souls you're hoping to enable, it's the perfect time to lure'im in ♥

Comments

LUNA LOVEGOOD | HARRY POTTER

[impossibilities]

[ I need to canon review for this one even more ;; ]

LUNAAAAAA

[destinedtobeunpopular]

[There won't be anyone falling from the sky on someone, but here, Luna, have a Merlin tripping into you.]

SOB I NEED TO CANON REVIEW SO BADLY SO I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE

[impossibilities]

[ Oh-- spectrespecs still in hand, Luna shifts her weight so she doesn't topple over before grabbing onto Merlin to help him upright. ]

There you go.

OH PISH I'M SURE YOU'RE FABULOUS

[destinedtobeunpopular]

[For a moment, he just blinks owlishly at her, before straightening his back. Such a... calm way of reacting, that.]

Sorry, err, thanks.

/CLAWS AT FACE I HOPE I'M AT LEAST PASSABLE

[impossibilities]

[ Don't worry, Merlin. She's used to that reaction. ]

Oh, it's quite all right. Did you see what you tripped on?

YOU ARE I HAVE NO DOUBTS

[destinedtobeunpopular]

My feet, probably. Or an invisible stone. I seem to be pretty good at that.

;____; /FRETS FOREVER

[impossibilities]

[ Hold on a minute, Merlin. She's pulling her spectrespecs back on. ]

Your head's full of wrackspurts, you know. Maybe that's it.

HUSH

[destinedtobeunpopular]

--my head's full of what?

:X

[impossibilities]

Wrackspurts. They make your brain all fuzzy.

pardon my lack of icons ;A;

[hexuality]

Luna! It's about time.

/licks your face

[impossibilities]

Hello Ginny. Am I late? [ A slight tilt of her head. ]

/latches onto

[hexuality]

Of course not. I've just been absurdly early. But you know me, I don't like to miss out on things.

[She can't help the broad grin stretching across her face, though.]

I've missed you.

/scoops you up

[impossibilities]

You do look like you've been waiting a while.

[ There's a smile in return. ]

I've missed you, too. [ It wasn't that long ago, for her, but the sentiment remains. They live close to each other, but after Fred's death, Luna knew better than to invite herself over -- not that it stopped her from extending a few invitations to Ginny. ]

oh bb

[hexuality]

Is that a nice way of calling me old?

[But said good-naturedly and with a knowing curve to her lips because, really, this is Luna. And she does have her way with words. And perhaps this is a different Luna to the one she remembers; Ginny doesn't know nor does she care—she's long past worrying over timelines when all she knows is time itself is limited. So why waste it over the when's that can't be helped?]

How are you? Doing alright? How's home and your dad?

;D

[impossibilities]

Not old. Just different.

[ And they all know Luna has no problem with 'different'. ]

Oh, I'm fine. Dad's fine, too. We've been planning a trip before the semester starts again, though I'd like to fix up my room first. [ Said as if her house blowing up was a minor inconvenience. ]

[hexuality]

A trip to find, er, some crumple-horned snorkacks, then?

[She tries. Merlin knows she tries to remember those Lovegoodisms.]

I'd like to help you with that, if I remember.

[impossibilities]

No, we're going to save that for after I graduate. We'll probably just go to see if we can find some dabberblimps instead.

[ Well, at least she tries...! ]

Oh, you don't have to. [ But, realizing that Ginny may want a distraction back home... ] I could send you an owl, when I'm working on it.

[plaide]

It seems we're collecting, now. And how are we faring, Miss Lovegood?

[impossibilities]

Are we? [ Still far too serene for someone who's just appeared in the City, but then, that's to be expected. ] Quite well, Professor, now that everything's blown over. How are you?

[plaide]

That remains to be seen, but thank you for asking. Has anyone informed you of the situation?

[ Because you're so damn calm she doesn't exactly always know what to do with you. ]

[impossibilities]

You're welcome.

No, but I've been listening to a few people. We're in a place called the City?

[plaide]

That's correct. And it's not very easy to escape, but I've been-- well, there is plenty of research to go through.

[impossibilities]

Would you like some help, Professor?

[ She is, after all, a Ravenclaw. She likes research. ]

[plaide]

[ Minerva herself was almost one; unsurprising given her enjoyment of the same. ]

I must warn you; the library can be fickle.

[impossibilities]

That's all right. I'm used to things like that.

[ The password to the Ravenclaw common room is always a riddle, and the rest of Hogwarts was full of all sorts of challenges. ]