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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER TEST DRIVE MEME
It's Chinese for 'Japan.'

Prompt A: Serious Event

A memory is displayed. It's yours, the most traumatic of your life whether it was a terrifying clown encounter or the death of someone you love. It's on a loop for everyone to see. You can enter the memory and take your own place, but no matter how hard you try, you cannot alter the outcome. You're forced to try in vain to change what happened or watch until you decide it's too much and walk away. If you can.

Prompt B: Lighter Event

Welcome to Storybrooke.

You've lived in a quiet town in Maine for as long as you can remember. You are a fishmonger or a diner employee, perhaps you work at the hospital. Whatever you do and whoever you are, it's not the real you. You are cursed and you know no other life outside of Storybrooke.

When the curse breaks (either from True Love's Kiss or, in a more TDM friendly, handwaved way), you have two sets of memories: who you were, and who you are. Do you choose to accept all that you were cursed to believe, or would you rather slip back into your old life? The choice is yours.

Prompt C: ediS rorriM

Use this prompt to test out your mirrors. Are they loyal to the new White Queen or do they think she's too good to be true? Do they long to cross over or spend their days tormenting reals? Whatever the scenario, know that the Queen is watching, and let that guide you - or not.

Prompt D: Choices

Any scenario goes! Thread out your character's arrival, have them act like a long-established resident, let our past events inspire your scene, or write up literally any Wonderland-based scenario you feel like playing with.

Rules

Test drive memes go up every other month. Please note that any threads made as part of the test drive meme don't count towards your activity check, and they can't be used as samples for any future applications. Thank you for understanding, and have fun!

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[ Her lips pucker up as she pretends to think. ] Mm, I could think of a few more people I'd rather not see.

[ Katherine swings her legs down and crosses them as she sits up, the actions slower than necessary. Even if she looks somewhat more haggard than she usually does, she never seems to turn off the need to appeal to some baser desires. Distractions are even more necessary than before. ]

Well? I'm waiting. Do something.

Oh, please. [There's a derisive scoff.] I'm not the entertainment for the peasant girl trying to parade as Queen.

Oooh, didn't think you'd still have so much bite. Last I heard, you weren't doing so hot.

[ She probably shouldn't be poking her hand into the lion's den, but she's feeling pretty safe, tucked away in her room right now.

Smirking, she leans forward and rests her chin on her hand. ]

Glad you missed me as much as I missed you.

If you want to get technical, I was downright scorched.

[He doesn't let his death get to him, even when thrown at him by some~~one~~thing so vile as Katherine.]

Sorry, has something affected your brain? [He motions with both hands toward his chest.] Kol. Not Elijah. Not missing you, harlot.

[ The Elijah jab bothers her, of course, but centuries of practice at controlling emotions serves her well. The smirk widens, a chuckle escaping her. ]

Considering I woke up in some bastardized version of a children's book, it's amazing my brain's still somehow intact.

[ Katherine leans back, folding her arms together, an eyebrow slightly quirked as she sizes him up. ]

Got anything else you want to get off your chest? It's always interesting to get a peek into that hot head of yours.

What game are you playing at, Katerina? Trying to goad me into-- what, exactly? [He leans back, arms folding across his chest. He's no pawn in whatever game she's playing, that's for sure.]

[ Katherine's head tilts, her face all innocence. ] When do I ever play games?

[ The innocence disappears with an eye roll. ] If I have to be stuck here with you, I'd rather get all your boring insults out of the way. I want to enjoy my little vacation away from your family. [ A pointed look. ] Well, most of it.

[ But really, though, she wants information. It's valuable currency, especially more so when she's very much human. ]

Or I can keep making fire puns. Your choice.

[That earns a snort.] Every time you open your mouth or walk into a room?

It's a shame you can never truly escape all of us, innit? Even in another dimension. [There's a well-practiced, predatory sort of smirk at that.] You're just lucky you didn't decided to play as your weaker, more pathetic doppelganger. [His voice turns suddenly melodic, though there's danger rumbling under the sing-song still.] Would've been a ba-ad move.

[An eyeroll of his own.] Make all the puns you want, I really don't care.

That just sounds like you love looking at me.

[ The taunt's meant to cover up just how much she wants to grumble at the mention of Elena. Last thing she needs is him catching wind of just how much she was living up to the weak and pathetic part.

She'll allow herself a scowl, at least. ]

I gave up on that when I met your saner sister. You're all way smarter than my pathetic doppelganger and her friends. [ And potentially inviting wrath upon herself would be dumb. ] Not that I wouldn't mind her coming around so someone could rip her head off.

[ She's sure Kol would love to have a go at it. ]

If it's just you two, I'll manage somehow.

[His face scrunches at that suggestion.] Ew.

[He just grins at the mention of his sister. Sane. Oh, as if that's ever synonymous with the Mikaelson name. Katherine, so cute, so naive.] As we should be. Wisdom comes with age and all that. [A wave of his hand. But with that last comment of hers, he levels her with a slightly more serious look.] Get in line.

Never know who may show up, of course.

[ Her eyes narrow with a forced smile. ] As much as I'd love to keep talking about your lovely family, I think the topic got a little worn out a few centuries ago.

[ With a soft scoff, she rolls her eyes away. ]

You can rest easy, Kol. Can't say there's anything here I'd want to get my fingers dirty with. [ She glances back, lips puckered mischievously. ] Unless you want to have some fun with me. Did all those years in a box make you forget how to please a woman?

[ At least annoying him is entertaining. ]

You're disgusting. I would never play with you like that. [The disgust is really dripping off of his words, there. No way. In. Hell.]

Oooh. Tell me how you really feel.

[ She's feeling better, despite it all. Life never seemed quite as fulfilling if there wasn't someone around to paw at. Being cut off from her extensive supply of toys meant she had to find new ones.

...And definitely some underlings to be her eyes. With Mikaelsons around, it was a very high priority of hers, even if the task would be just a little more difficult than usual. ]

You never did have good taste, anyway.

[There's a scoff and a roll of his eyes at that.] Because I didn't fawn over you? You realize you were just Tatia 2.0, right?

[ She's not sure if she could give any more of an unimpressed scowl than she is now. ] Don't let that jealousy keep eating you up inside.

[ Katherine shifts and lifts her legs back up onto her chair, stretching out like a lazy lion full from its meal. Better to maintain her nonchalance than give Kol any ammunition to keep attacking her with. Well, more than he already possesses. ]

Might give you wrinkles.

And what, exactly, is it that you think I'm jealous of? Elijah putting you before his family? Or perhaps the obsession Nik had with killing you? [This ought to be good. He arches one eyebrow as he waits for her answer.]

Pff. [ Now she's scowling at her nails as if they're what's annoying her. Though they kind of are, considering how uncharacteristically beat up they look. She hasn't exactly had the time to go looking for a manicurist. ] Are you upset that you didn't have something as magical as me to keep you occupied over the centuries?

[ Other than murder, maybe. ]

Trust me, I could've done without Klaus constantly trying to get his grubby little paws on me. [ Her eyes roll over to him. ] Seriously, are we going to spend all our time together discussing the never-ending dysfunction of your family?

I'd hardly call you magical. That bit ended when you offed yourself.

What else should we be doing? Feel particularly up to a brawl or something?

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omg I'm dead hahahaa

yayyy :'D

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