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( the test drive meme )

This is for anyone wanting to test out their characters in the setting before the applications open, see what clicks. Multiples will be allowed for this post, and you can generally assume any threads are a self-contained continuity unless you feel like getting creative.

Just post a thread with your CHARACTER NAME and CANON NAME in the title with a prompt and others will reply. Prompts and threads can be action spam or prose or whatever. These threads can be used on the sample section of your application, as well. Go out and have fun! Feel free to consult the institute tour and dorm guide for setting info. We also encourage you to check out the "!!event" tag on the IC comms to brush up on the story so far.

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[hipsterbane]

Reki, who'd been up fitfully working on her, well, you could call it a masterpiece, staggered off into the anemic upper NY morning sun and immediately thought lack of sleep was making her hallucinate. There was a small, cute, anthropomorphic animal, sitting on its plump little butt, fishing and drinking from a thermos.

Also it seemed to be flickering in and out of view.

She squinted at the hallucination, wondered if she should make another attempt at napping.

[globaltaunt]

It didn't seem like the fish felt like biting this morning, Teemo was a bit lethargic himself. He periodically nodded in and out of sleep, taking sips of coffee between micro-naps. At the slightest sound of intrusion, he woke suddenly, seized by unshakable habits, and held deadly still, blending slyly into the dock, the water and the pallid sunshine.

Only after the initial arresting shock subsided did he venture a glance behind him. It didn't take long to pick out the offender. It was a girl or maybe more accurately a young woman. Of course it was, Teemo sighed to himself. Who was he expecting?

Oh well, not being one to let good company go to waste no matter how impromptu, he cast her several broad waves and called, "Good morning! Care for a coffee?"

[hipsterbane]

"Gah!" Reki started as the hallucination faded before talking to her. It was a good thing she hadn't had any coffee yet or she would have splashed it on herself.

It seemed it was offering her some. Either her hallucinations were more total than she thought or she was talking to another mutant...one shorter than any she'd met before. Well it wasn't like she was that much more normal looking herself, with her stubby grey wings.

"Ah, yeah. Thanks. That's exactly what I could use right now."

[globaltaunt]

"How do you take your coffee? I may have some dry creamer."
Teemo unclipped a telescoping cup from his pack, filled it and topped up the thermos lid with surprising ease considering the thermos was nearly half his height. Whether it was the result of practice or natural talent, it obviously wasn't a bother to him. On the contrary, he was as pleased as could be to have the company. She looked so tired and beat, he assumed she must be a student sneaking back onto campus.

"Here we are. If this doesn't wake you up, I'm afraid you're already dead." ,he chuckled holding out the cup in his thickly mittened hands.

[hipsterbane]

Reki took the little cup, letting it warm her fingers for a few seconds before sipping. Whoa. Yep, definitely not hallucinating.

"Wow, that's strong." And then the expression of surprise turned to a smile. "Which is how I like it. Are the fish biting?"

More than the fish, she was concerned about the forest's sizeable population of predatory birds. Certainly if one of them could knock Jaime out of the sky, it could do a number on this little guy. She looked up, unconsciously.

[globaltaunt]

"Always glad to find someone who appreciates café fuerte. As for the fish, they must have known I was coming. I haven't had a bite all morning."

Teemo took a drink of his own coffee and followed the young woman's gaze out into the sky. He wondered if something was troubling her.

"Do you come out by the lake often, Miss?"

[hipsterbane]

"I like the forest at night." She said, a little wistfully. "But it looks like the sun's beat me to it."

She took out a mini sketchpad from her pocket and hurriedly scribbled something. When she was done she closed her eyes, passed her hand over it, and in that hand was suddenly a small, writhing thing, rough around the edges like it had just stepped out of the Take On Me video but perfect for bait. "Here. Maybe this will help."

[globaltaunt]

"It only beat you by a little, but you look like you've been up half the night."

The scout nearly burnt his tongue, caught in awe at the sketchwork worm. "Isn't that amazing?" He seemed to be asking himself more than his guest. "I've never seen anything quite like that before." He slid off his right mitten and took the worm between the two small claws of his thumb and forefinger. He turned his wrist to feel it crawl around on the palm of his paw.

"And here I was going to ask if you spoke to fish." Teemo waddled back to the edge, reeled his line back in with his free hand and went about hooking his new bait.

this face is the best I can do to express how overwhelmed she is by his cuteness

[hipsterbane]

She smiled sheepishly and rubbed the back of her head. "Just a project. You know how it gets." Fortunately he was distracted by that demonstration of her power.

"Nope. The best I think I could manage is drawing up one of those singing bass things." Watching him, the words 'my god, adorable' slipped in a quiet whisper from her lips like a powerful prayer. Realizing it, she looked away, embarrassed, hoping she hadn't just put him off by being patronizing.