Test Drive Meme!

[paradisamods]

TEST DRIVE MEME Welcome to the Test Drive Meme! Whether you're considering joining paradisa for the first time or you just want to test out a new muse, this is the place to do it. Only character journals allowed, please! Feel free to have your character roam any of the castle's rooms, grounds locations, or City Royale. Thanks for your interest, and have fun! Premise: You wake up in a giant, magical castle. Everything is beautiful and the castle grants material wishes. It also provides a magic journal to every resident that allows everyone to communicate with each other like a two-way radio.

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Klarion Bleak | DC comics

[beneathbluerafters]

[Appearing in the middle of a strange castle doesn't faze Klarion in the least. As far as he's concerned, it's just another place to explore as he likes, and he'll teleport away once he starts to get bored. Of course, he won't be so enthusiastic once he finds out he can't leave, but in the meantime, he's discovered the kitchen and oh sweet heaven...!

The kitchen itself looks like it's been ransacked. Snacks, candy, and open boxes of every sugary, unhealthy cereal known to man litter the counters, and Klarion is going from cupboard to cupboard, raiding each one. He's carrying an open box of Fruit Loops under one arm, and is happily snacking away on the cereal as if he were eating a bag of potato chips. Every now and then, he reaches up and obligingly gives a kernel to the large cat that's wrapped around his shoulders like a mink stole.]

Such delicious extravagancies, Teekl! A castle this grand is fit for the very finest of kings! Do you think they have the small marshmallow ducks?

[secondchances]

[It's just another day in Paradisa, one of those lulls after a few deaths and castle tricks. Stephanie doesn't bother changing out of her pajamas, because how many people can she run into on a short trip to raid the kitchen herself? She's got her nose in the journal as her slippers slide across the threshold of the room, and she glances up to see a mess, Klarion, and that furball of his.

Stephanie stops, reassessing the situation. Klarion. Cat. Mess. Klarion.

Klarion. Klarion.

Of all the people to see from home...]

Sooooo this is unexpected...

[beneathbluerafters]

[Unexpected is right! Klarion goes momentarily bug-eyed when he notices Stephanie, but regains his composure pretty quickly, and gives her a nod over his shoulder. The free snacks and candy have put him in a good mood, and besides, Stephanie is one of the few people from the surface world that he actually likes. He's surprised by her sudden appearance, but not in a bad way!]

Ah, hello! I must admit, I didn't expect to meet any familiar acquaintances here. Does this mean that this fine castle is within Gotham city limits, or have you taken up exploring as well? If so, you're hardly dressed for it.

[Not even waiting for an answer, he opens another cupboard and starts rummaging away.] Also, do you know where one could find the... drat, what were they called... 'gummied bears', or the yellow marshmallows shaped like ducks?

[secondchances]

[Of course Klarion wouldn't be very phased by a magical castle kidnapping him. It takes her a moment, but then she laughs--laughs because it's not Bruce, and it's not the Joker. It's freakin' Klarion and she's happy to see him.]

Did you just get here?

[She doesn't respond to his question, just starts helping him look for the treats. Sure, she could wish them up, but she'd rather get an answer out of him before letting him stuff his face.]

[beneathbluerafters]

[Klarion notes that lack of an answer with one raised eyebrow, before he clambers atop the counter and starts going through one of the higher cupboards. The look that Teekl levels at Stephanie from Klarion's shoulders is considerably more suspicious. Something is going on here...]

I did. I'll admit that I was headed in another direction entirely when I stumbled upon this place, but it's a pleasant enough detour. I'll be on my way once I've seen the rest of the castle grounds, and gathered enough snacks to last us several weeks. I've never seen so much cereal in one place before! Apart from the grocery stores, of course.

[secondchances]

[Good, good. So she hasn't missed people shrieking about a blue witch boy and his cat terrorizing the halls in the name of sweets. For that, Stephanie conveniently finds him a bag of gummi bears and holds it up to him.]

Do you want the good news first or the bad news?

[beneathbluerafters]

[Well, not yet anyway. It's only a matter of time until that happens! Klarion finally turns around to give Stephanie a Look that almost exactly mirrors the suspicious expression on Teekl's face.]

... The bad news.

Is the 'good news' the fact that you found a packet of gummied bears?

[secondchances]

[Yeah, she's sort of noticing that weird expression thing going on. She looks between Klarion and Teekl.

Not sure which is scarier...]

Okay. The bad news. I'm sure you can probably handle this, but we're sort of stuck here for the unforeseeable future?

[Here, she'll just put that packet into his hands. Shh, shh. All is well.]

1/2

[beneathbluerafters]

Stuck? I shouldn't think so, I can't be trapped so easily!

[Hold that thought Steph, Klarion's gonna teleport the heck out of here! He sits up straight, gestures with the hand that isn't holding the gummi bears, and...]

2/2

[beneathbluerafters]

[... And absolutely nothing happens.]

What in...?

[He tries again, gesturing a little more forcefully this time, but still no luck. Teekl lets out an irritated meow, and Klarion stares at his hand as if it's turned into a piece of broccoli.]

What madness is this?!

[secondchances]

[She's nearly cringing even before he makes the attempt.]

Easy, Klarion. It's the castle's magic. It doesn't let you go unless it feels like it. Aaaand there's no convincing it, if that just so happens to be your next train of thought...

[beneathbluerafters]

Are you certain? I can make a very persuasive argument.

[By 'persuasive' he probably means 'explosive', oops.]

[secondchances]

Nononono. I mean, YES, I am very, very sure. I've been here for four years, Klarion. The castle's been destroyed before and we were still here.

[But! BUT!! She smiles, trying to ease him into a sense of... not hopelessness.]

That's pretty miniscule for the bad, right? You've got your cat, you've got me, it could be a lot worse, right?

[beneathbluerafters]

[It... sort of worked? At least he's momentarily more confused than he is frustrated!]

Four years? How is that possible? You hardly look older than when we last met!

[secondchances]

Magic. Pretty much everything here is magic.