[meme] Test Drive

[citycouncil]

Tag into this post with characters you're thinking of apping to the game (characters who are not currently in-game or currently reserved by someone else). It can be just a tag, a brief EP, a blurb about the character, a line of dialogue, or whatever you want. You can be new to the game, or simply want to test out a fresh pup. Tag each other with these characters or those already in game, and have fun.

Also, please include the name of their canon somewhere in or on the comment or on their profile page.

Comments

[panickedandran]

[ It's not what she's expecting, in part because she's never really thought of herself as brave at all. Maybe everything that's happened recently should have changed that, but whatever she's managed to do, it doesn't balance all the things she hasn't done. Still, it's a start, and hearing that means more than she can say.

She leans over a little, enough that she can return Jack's hug without pulling away. God, it's been a long time since anyone hugged her. ]

Don't worry. I'm definitely not going back there, no matter what. The bad guy can't get to me anymore. And it sounds like — Old Nick? — can't get to you or your Ma again, either.

[37hours]

The hug's not exactly like hugs I have with Ma. Ma and Michelle don't smell the same, and I think maybe Michelle is a little taller, but the feeling is close. I don't know how to explain it, but the hug feels happy sad, a little bit of both mixed together. So I try my best to open my arms even more and hug her even tighter.

Sad is not always a bad thing, Grandma told me, but I hope Michelle feels more happy than sad.

Good. If we see Howard, we'll call the police and the police will put him in jail. That's what they did to Old Nick. Ma told me... there are really bad guys out there, like Old Nick and Howard, but most people aren't that bad. If we stick together, the really bad guys won't get to us.

I lean back a little so I can see Michelle's face.

And we're friends, so we have to stick together.

[panickedandran]

[ Even with the subject at hand, she smiles down at him, warm and fond. It's a little bittersweet, too, sure, given what they're talking about, and the fact that he shouldn't have to have experience with that sort of thing, but it's hard to argue with that logic. ]

Of course. That's what friends do, right? We stick together. And we make sure no bad guys can get to either of us again.

[37hours]

I know being together is a good thing. Ma couldn't stop Old Nick by herself, but she could stop him after I came. I think that's why you see that good people stay together, like in families or as friends. Everyone's stronger together.

Yeah. Sometimes I think I want to be a police officer when I grow up, because then I can stop bad guys everywhere. But I'm not big enough yet.

I look at Michelle, and I remember Ma when she sat in her room — the one in the house with the hammock — and talked about all the things she wanted to do before Old Nick stole her. Some of them, she can't do anymore. I hope Michelle still can.

What kind of job do you want to do?

[panickedandran]

A police officer, huh? I think you'd make a great police officer when you're big enough.

[ It's a strange thing to consider now. She'd stopped thinking about the future the way she used to when living in that bunker, and that hadn't changed with what she saw when she finally climbed out. Now, though, maybe she'll have a chance to revisit all of that. ]

I've always wanted to design clothes.

[37hours]

I used to think I was really big already. But then one time, Leo put me on his shoulders, and World looked so small from up there. It made me feel powerful — like I could do anything. Maybe that's how the police get their brave.

I'll try. Or maybe I could be a teacher, that would be cool too. Because then you get to help people learn things.

I smile when Michelle tells me about her dream.

What kind of clothes do you want to design? I like pink clothes, because Dora wears pink. But when I wear pink, people think I'm a girl.

[panickedandran]

That does sound cool. I bet being a teacher would be a lot of fun. And either way, you'd be getting to help people, right?

[ She smiles in turn. ]

I design all sorts of stuff. And I think if you want to wear pink, you should wear pink. It's a great color.