Test-Drive Meme!

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TEST-DRIVE MEME

Maybe you've considered appping a new character but you're not sure how well they would adjust to the in-game scenario? Well, here's a chance to give it a try!

• Post with a character journal you'd like to voicetest or you've considered apping to Ruby City. Feel free to play them as newcomers or as if they've been here for a while - the setting is your own choice.

•Respond to other threads with new characters or with characters who are already in the game.

• Explore different interactions, find castmates, develop possible CR - anything you want, as long as you have fun!

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hey look, santa! (Nicholas St. North, ROTG)

[saintnorth]

[ There is now a seven-foot-something Santa Claus trying to tinker with he watch (and of course failing to dismantle it) standing at the train station, muttering in Russian about it being difficult. Probably magitech, but how... ]

excuse me i need this.

[mabelangelo]

[Excuse me, North. There's a girl by your side with her pet pig just staring up in disbelief right now.]

/good/

[saintnorth]

[ It takes him a moment, but he notices Mabel when he lets out a quiet bah at the watch. He does a double-take when he sees her, but he immediately offers a smile. ]

Ah, hello, moy dorogoy.

[mabelangelo]

[Okay, okay this can't be happening. It can't be, oh man. Oh man...

But he looks so familiar, almost like---]

Are... are you Santa?

[saintnorth]

That is one of my names, yes.

[ He strokes his beard thoughtfully, considering her. He's sure her name is somewhere on the Nice list-- ]

Ah! One of the Pines!

[mabelangelo]

[Yeah. Yeah, that pretty much sealed the deal. She'd never seen him before but oh gosh he knew her last name he knew who she was aaaaaa. She's gasping right now before she speaks, and oh god is she excited.]

Ohmygosh I can't believe you're here!

[wait. ]

Wait a minute, Santa, why are you here? Shouldn't you be at the North Pole right now?

[saintnorth]

Yes, I should! Most unfortunate. It seems as though I have been brought here with no way to get back.

[ Though, he doesn't appear as concerned as he is. Not when he has a twelve year old girl with her pig looking up at him with such wonder. ]

oh hey i know you :U

[akito]

[ sweet jesus mister you're tall.

over two feet taller than him, in fact.

and older than anyone he's ever seen before. ]

howdy!

[saintnorth]

[ North is pretty gigantic and old, it's true. And Akito is very small, hello there. He pauses fiddling with the pocketwatch to look down and his way.

Have a cheerful little wave. ]

[akito]

[ he's a bit startled at being caught staring, but the man doesn't seem to mind and so he relaxes again. ]

Ah.. It's a communication device.

[saintnorth]

I see! I thought as much, but was curious how it works.

[ He hums, understandingly, before closing the watch for the time being. ]

[akito]

It works with some kind of magic, I think.

[ when in doubt, blame magic. it's worked well for him so far, so he figures he may as well share this lovely insight. ]

[saintnorth]

Ah-ha! Yes, good, then I was not wrong. Thank you.

[ Magic is a good explanation for many things that he's dealt with, so this is no different. ]

[akito]

Ah, are you used to magic then? There are lots of people here who can do that kind of thing...

here's your blue eyed boy wonder, North

[bringsthefrost]

[It's actually Baby Tooth that spots jolly old Saint Nick first. Must be those sharp eyes trained to spot teeth from yards away. She chirps in excitement and flies around his head but not before a certain winter sprite's voice interrupts here.]

Baby Tooth, don't go flying off like that...!

[Jack stops short when he sees North, everything coming back to him. Being chosen, the tooth race, the disaster that was Easter...North's disappointed face. He slows down his descent, hugging his staff close to him.]

Uh, h-hey, North...I wasn't expecting you to show up...

moy syn!

[saintnorth]

Ah, Baby Tooth!

[ About to ask if that means Tooth or Jack are about, as well, North stops as his question is answered before it's asked. He smiles cheerfully as first, drawing himself up as he closes the pocketwatch.

But before a greeting leaves him, he sees the way Jack is holding himself. He's upset. Something's happened, to make him act this way. His concern is immediately piqued, and it shows in his frown and the crease of his brow. ]

Jack! I did not either-- are you all right? Have you been here long?

papa :c

[bringsthefrost]

[He's not so much upset as remembering what happened before he came here. Baby Tooth looks over at him and chirps her own concern, fluttering over to Jack's side as he shakes it off, sliding a hand into his jacket pocket.]

We got here a few weeks before Christmas which...I'm guessing it was just Easter for you back home. [Jack waves the hand wrapped around his staff.] There's weird time shenanigans around this place, trust me.

BUNDLES UP

[saintnorth]

I see! [ Not as much as he'd like, but North is nothing if not resourceful. He will adapt and learn quickly. But his concern remains, as he regards Jack. Thinking on his words, he shakes his head and comes closer. ]

Is that last thing you remember? [ There is, he can tell, something off here. If Jack is asking whether he's from Easter or not, he can't help but wonder... ]

CLINGS

[bringsthefrost]

[He hesitates as North asks that question, tongue sliding out to lick his lips out of nerves. He'd been wondering what he was going to say if he ever saw any of the Guardians here, wondering their reactions to his presence. North hadn't reacted badly so far, so he'd assumed before...Jack had no idea what had happened after he flew to the Arctic.

The way that his eyes glance away should be enough to answer the question, Baby Tooth trilling a confirmation noise as she nods.]

BEARHUGS

[saintnorth]

Lyubopytno... [ Murmuring to himself, North strokes at his beard quietly. The way Jack reacted to him, how he came forward, makes sense now. In a most unfortunate way. This Jack before him hasn't been given his moment of redemption, his chance to prove himself a true guardian.

This Jack has not found his center.

Gently, his hand comes down on his shoulder, enveloping it as it had at the North Pole after Sandy's death. His expression softens, and he smiles. ]

You will make things right, when the time comes for you. Believe me.

[bringsthefrost]

[The hand on his shoulder makes him jump slightly and look up, and as though to confirm North's suspicions there's a small fear in his eyes. Jack lifts his hand to run it through his hair before he starts speaking, words coming out in a stream of babble.]

I'm sorry, North, I'm so sorry. There was a voice and I followed it and Pitch he...he lured me into his lair with my memories...

[saintnorth]

[ Letting him babble, North nods his understanding. A trick, caused by Pitch. It hurts his heart, to remember Bunny's despair and loss of hope. To have seen Jack holding the canister. Thee disappointment he'd felt. Tooth often said never to forget the bad, but to never let it overcome the good.

And, lord! How there had been so much good after. But they would all learn from the mistakes made that Easter.

Lowering on bended knee and putting himself more on Jack's level, his free hand settles on his other shoulder. ]

I forgive you, Jack Frost. And you will see, I am not the only one to. This I promise you.

[bringsthefrost]

[His breath hitches as he remembers what Dirk said to him, that it wasn't his fault and he shouldn't be beating himself up over being tricked like that, but god it was hard not to. Being alone in the city bar Baby Tooth didn't leave much for him to think about, and providing snowball fights wasn't all that distracting sometimes.

Jack takes a deep breath to stop himself from babbling and lifts his eyes, staring at the older man before he responds, tugging his staff closer into the crook of his arm.]

H-how can you? That easily? I mean I haven't even done anything back home...

[saintnorth]

Because I have seen it. With my own eyes! [ He widens them, as he speaks, and they are just as full of wonder as the little baby nestled in the center of his matryoshka dolls. Because while Jack doubts, North believes. His hand comes down and rests on Jack's chest, warm and large and right over his heart, and he smiles wider at him. ]

Because I know who you are. What you have done, and what you will do. I believe in you, Jack.

[bringsthefrost]

[There's something about the way North speaks that makes Jack's head clear, clearing as much as it had that night in the kitchen of House 12. He must have done something huge after the crevice in Antarctica if North believes in him that much, even if he doesn't know what that something is. He reaches up to rub the back of his neck, shifting from foot to foot.]

...Thanks, North. [There's a pause.] I'm glad someone does.