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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[bringsthefrost]

[The hug almost takes his breath away - even with people being able to see him here and everything, he's still not used to contact. He looks at her out the corner of his eye before wrapping his arms around her, resting his chin on her little shoulder.]

I did.

[skatingonthinice]

[Holding on tightly, like he might disappear at any moment.]

But you're here. How? I saw you... I didn't even get to thank you, Jack.

[bringsthefrost]

It's a long story.

[Like three hundred years long. He rubs her back soothingly before holding her at arm's length, pulling his hoodie off over his head and reaching for her skates, setting them on the ground. She must be cold, not that the orange hoodie is much better but it'll keep her warm until he gets her back to North's.]

There's something that pulls us here from our worlds, how we arrive on the train. We can't go back. Sometimes it might pull us from different times.

[skatingonthinice]

[She watches him, frowning a little when he takes off his sweater.]

You'll get cold, Jack.

[And Emma likes stories, as long as they aren't scary and don't lead up to Jack playing any tricks on her.]

[bringsthefrost]

[He shakes his head, motioning for her to lift her arms up.]

I don't get cold anymore.

[skatingonthinice]

[Oh fine, she puts her arms up for him and lets him slip the sweater onto her.]

Is it because of how cold the water was? Is that why your hair is different?

[bringsthefrost]

[On goes the orange sweater that he borrowed and forgot to give back to Dirk before he pulls her hair out from it to sit on her shoulders. He's still wearing a t-shirt (also borrowed), but for the moment he fixes the hoodie around her, making sure that it's nice and snug even though she's practically drowning in it.]

Kinda. D'you remember mom telling us about the Man in the Moon once?

[skatingonthinice]

[Drowning in it is an understatement and a bad turn of phrase considering the last time she saw jack. At least it's warm though and it came from jack which makes it all the more special.]

Uh-huh, I remember. What does that story have to do with it?

[bringsthefrost]

Well, the Man in the Moon is real. He pulled me from the lake.

[Even if Manny is a douche sometimes, he kind of owes it to him to spread stories about him. He brushes his hand over her hair, dusting off the stray frost that had collected there when he'd put her in the sweater.]

He gave me back my life, and some pretty cool powers to go with it.

[skatingonthinice]

He's really real?

[Wait. Wait! Hold up, this has obviously got the potential for the best storytime ever. So she gets closer to Jack with a big smile on her face and looks expectant.]

[bringsthefrost]

You bet.

[He lets his hand drop from her shoulders and crosses his arms over his legs, remaining in his squatting position in front of her.]

I know the Sandman, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and Santa too.

[skatingonthinice]

[Scoots over to sit down next to him, curling her legs up in the over-sized sweater.]

They're all real too?

[She had believed but hearing from Jack that they were real was something else entirely.]

Think I'll meet them someday?

[bringsthefrost]

You bet. And you know what?

[He leans in almost as though to whisper conspiratorially, leaning in.]

Santa's here.

[skatingonthinice]

[Her eyes light up and she smiles like only a kid on Christmas morning (or in a toy store) can.]

Really?

[Waaaait. And then she looks a little suspicious.]

This isn't just one of your tricks, Jack?

[bringsthefrost]

Would I lie to you?

[Wait, he has in the past. Rolling his shoulders for a moment he stands from where he's squatting, reaching to pick up his staff and take her hand.]

C'mon, I live with him. And you're going to too.

[skatingonthinice]

[Yeah, not answering that. Hopping up, she reaches and grasps his hand.]

He won't mind? Shouldn't we ask first?

[bringsthefrost]

Nah, 'course he won't mind.

[And he sincerely doubts North would deprive him of his little sister.]

We live in the toy shop. You might even get to help me test drive the toys.

[skatingonthinice]

[She doesn't think he would either, since Santa is amazing.]

That'll be fun! Come on, come on~

[And now she's excitedly tugging at him to go.]

[bringsthefrost]

Whoa hey, slow down, tiger. I've got a much faster way of getting there.

[He grins down at her.]

You wanna fly?

[skatingonthinice]

[But Jaaaaaaaack!]

Fly?

[bringsthefrost]

Alley-oop!

[Up you go into his arms!]

Hold on tight.

[skatingonthinice]

[She giggles and wraps her arms around him, holding on as tight as she dared and assuming that he meant that he was going to run and she'd feel like she was flying.]

[bringsthefrost]

[Ahahahaha nope. He wraps his arms tight around her and tucks his staff under one, starting to float off the ground as they slowly start rising into the air.]

[skatingonthinice]

[Hey Jack, ever hear your sister scream? Because that gets a strangled one from her as she clings more tightly and wraps her legs around him.]

Jack!

[We're flying. We're flying! This shouldn't be possible! Only birds are supposed to fly!]

[bringsthefrost]

[Well you're flying \8D/ Jack laughs even as she rocks him a little with her clinging. It's probably a good thing he can't breathe.]

Hey, I'm not going to drop you.