TEST DRIVE

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With Accio's applications now opening, prospective members are being offered a chance to try out their characters in the setting! Simply go into the comments, take your character, set up a scenario (or tag someone else's) and away you go.

Please adhere to the appropriate rules and setting details while here.

For the purposes of the test drive, please assume characters are already in Hogwarts, and have been sorted into your first choice of house.

Threads here may be used for the thread link sample in our application.

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Nathan Drake | Uncharted / HP AU

[ascendit]

[You'd think this Ravenclaw fifth year would know better than to be out of bed after hours.

[You'd think.

[No, Nate's still sneaking along the hallways, occasionally ducking into a classroom to consult a small notebook where, over the years, he's built up a list of Filch and the other teachers' usual nighttime routes. He seems to be heading towards the library...]

[glubglubshrug]

[The rules say that Feferi shouldn't be out of the dungeon at night. But the rules were designed for humans and their strange diurnal lifestyles, and Feferi can't be bothered to follow them if they can't be bothered to accommodate her. She's headed out to the lake for a midnight swim with a towel tucked beneath her arm, and it's only luck that's gotten her this far without being caught. She hasn't been making a big deal of staying secret. Rounding the corner, she catches sight of the human.]

Hey you!

Re: Nathan Drake | Uncharted / HP AU

[fierybluebird]

[That's okay, it would seem a certain other idiot is doing the same, if the blue light ahead is any hint. Hell this guy is even so brazen as to be carrying a coffee or tea he must have nicked from the kitchens, and he seems to have no problems at all with worrying about being spotted as he also heads to the library.]

[Well until he spots Nate. Then the light goes out and he tries to turn into a statue until he can figure out what this other guy is up to.]

Re: Nathan Drake | Uncharted / HP AU

[espio]

[There's someone else lurking around in the corridor. He's completely invisible, but he's definitely there - invisibility or not, he's got some rather heavy shoes on and he's kind of stomping about.

The sound stops for a moment - perhaps he's seen Nate?]

[followthenose]

[You'd think that a brave Hufflepuff, despite his trembling legs, would know better than to sneak around at night--even on a dare by a Slytherin--

[You'd think


[But there he is and when he hears a noise that might or might not be you he jumps and crashes into a suit of armor]

HIIEEEE! [He points his trembling wand around until he spots the armor with the helmet fallen off]

H....ha ha ha ha. I knew it was you. It would take more than armor to frighten the Great Wizard Usopp. Take that! [Kicks the helmet then yelps and jumps up and down on one foot. That thing is hard!]

Touma H. Norstein | Digimon Savers: HP AU

[youngnobelman]

[Four years on, Touma still makes faces in herbology class. Especially a class like today's fourth year Slytherin and some other random house class: Bubotuber pus collection.

[He has the thickest, best quality gloves on and all, but he still chooses to cautiously poke the bubotuber with his wand rather than get on with collecting the pus. Euuuurgh.]

(OOC: Unless you're Japanese, he's introduced himself to you as Thomas rather than Touma.)

[followthenose]

[You know what's kinda gross? When a random Hufflepuff who, through no fault of his own cuz he wasn't experimenting at all, squeezes a bobotuber too hard and sends a wad of pus flying in your direction]

Crap. Watch out!

Marco | One Piece

[fierybluebird]

[It's a nice cool Autumn day and you're outside enjoying it, minding your own business, whatever.]

[Until suddenly -- oh holy shit! -- Is that a blue phoenix?]

[No wait, phoenixes aren't blue.]

[Except this one is. And strutting about like a peacock like how owns the place and what the fuck? Are those sparkles?]

[Yes, yes they are.]

[Anyone want to try to steal a feather and/or befriend the strange looking phoenix?]

[espio]

[Espio's sitting around in the grounds, looking up over his book, watching this aforementioned bird strutting about. He's looking more and more irritated the more it sparkles.

He's half tempted to throw the book at it, but that would be exceptionally mean to do to a bird just because it's distracting.

No, he'll just grumble.]

Stop showing off.

[corruptedsouls]

[Oooh, it's a pretty bird! And it looks... a lot like a Pokemon Tobias knows.

Yeah, that book he was reading is forgotten now. He's just watching the pretty sparkly phoenix in fascination.]

Usopp| One Piece

[followthenose]

[Yanno, all his life he's wanted to be a Gryffindor, so it was kind of really craptastic luck (the only kind he has) that he was sorted into Hufflepuff. He still hasn't come to terms with it.

Buut you might come across him on your way across the grounds, behind a tree and furtively trying to see if he can change the colors of his tie to red and gold without setting anything on fire]

[fierybluebird]

[Don't look up but there's a dude totally sitting in that branch right above you.]

[Oh too late, he's calling down.]

Look, I hate the ties as much as the next man, but I don't think you can magic them away like that.

[featheredpaladin]

[Hi there, Usopp, mind if a big alicorn peers at you from the other side of the tree?

Because one is.]

Milagro Reyes | DC Comics / HP AU

[allherheart]

[Hogwarts was a really cool place! Kind of scary, if she didn't know where she was going, but kind of cool too. This first-year Gryffindor's wandering around campus - she's not lost, she swears she isn't!

But that staircase's kind of ridiculous, and it flipped on her when she wasn't looking! So Milagro stares at the hallway in front of her (and all of those big kids passing by her) before she folds her arms and huffs.]

Okay, so maybe I am lost.

[fierybluebird]

[Have a gentle grin.]

Gryffindor, right? Where are you trying to get to?

Espio | Sonic (UK comic)

[espio]

[One of the several decidedly-less-than-human new students is having a bit of trouble. Specifically, he has lost Gryffindor Tower (because he clearly isn't just lost himself). Unfortunately, he's late for his Introduction to Transfiguration class and he's left his textbook in the dorm.

So, right between classes, there's a lizard deserting all the staircases and instead running almost desperately up the walls, much to the visible annoyance of the Hogwarts' paintings.]

[fierybluebird]

Now there's a neat trick.

[Technically this guy should be in class with the chameleon, so his lackadaisical pace should be annoying if nothing else. Unless you want Gryffindor to get deducted even more points for being late.]

Tobias | Pokemon Red (AU)

[corruptedsouls]

[Well, there is definitely someone not taking this as well as he could. Up in a tree is a young boy, clinging desperately to the wood and seated on a branch while breathing so hard you could hear the hyperventilating probably from across the courtyard.

He is clearly not happy about this and it looks like he's trying to merge with the bark to hide. Silly boy, you are not a squirrel.]

Re: Tobias | Pokemon Red (AU)

[espio]

[What is this kid panicking about?!

Espio glances up the tree, shakes his head, and starts to walk away... but he's not even gone two steps before he realises he can't just leave some kid freaking out. Not like that.

Siiiigh.

Up the tree he goes, makes his way around to the nearest branch, and reaches out to place a hand on the kid's shoulder.]

Hey. You.

Espio CASTELL | Sonic UK comic | HPAU

[espio]

[ooc: trying him as a sixth year HPAU Gryffindor, because I'm not sure if I want him as HPAU or normal. ...yes, he's human.]

Right then!

[Espio's favourite thing: disillusionment charms. Charms aren't exactly his thing, to be honest, but disillusionment charms are fantastic. Near-invisibility? HELLS YEAH. Perfect for an aspiring Auror.

But the thing is, when practicing, he tends to disillusion things other than himself. Leading to the following problem on this surprisingly warm September weekend, when near the lake is the best place to sit and do all your work?]

Where the hell is my potions essay?! I'm not doing it again, Snape or no Snape!

[corruptedsouls]

Um...

[Oh hey, it's... that strange kid who had a panic attack in the middle of the hall there a few days ago. They actually let him out of the crazy hut already?

He's offering... something or other. It looks like papers, but they're see-through.]

...Is this it?

[The little... yellow mouse thing on his shoulders flicks its ears, cooing a little "Chuuuuu" as it watches Espio suspiciously.]

Kane Ashfeather | Original Character

[featheredpaladin]

[And out here in the grounds today, there is a winged, horned horse meandering about. It doesn't look particularly threatening -- moreover, it looks bored, if anything else.

That might be why it's stretching itself, wings out and giving an almost human-sounding yawn. It shakes its head, flicking a feather here and there before settling down near the lake edge.

It's nice and sunny today, who needs to do things~?]

[fierybluebird]

[Oh. Hello alicorn! This blue phoenix is quickly consulting Newt Scamander's guide only to find such a thing doesn't have an entry. Well, maybe she's an outsider like him. So he walks on over and tilts his head up. Sup white-feathered friend?]

Akira Touya (western order) | Hikaru no Go

[destined_to_go]

[It was winter and therefore a couple of months since he had shown up here and he was still getting used to this. He didn't doubt that magic was real here; enough proof had been given in his lessons and own training, but a part of his mind still reminded him how impossible he thought it was. Magic was supposed to be some made up thing that people liked to read or think about to escape from reality. It was something Akira himself had never had to do. He liked his reality, considering that his life revolved around the one thing he liked most: Go.

And the game wasn't even that popular or well known here. Still without a proper board, he'd been unable to give real lessons to the few others that expressed interest in it. Instead, he had immersed himself in his classes. Forcing himself to believe such things that made no logical sense was hard at first, and it still made him twinge with disbelief at times, but he was getting used to it. But he still sorely missed his game and playing others.

There was snow on the ground and so he had come outside to the school grounds. He didn't really have a favorite season, but he had good memories whenever it snowed. It was cold, but he was dressed warmly, and the sun on his face provided some extra warmth, however slight. He had managed to collect some small stones, half dark and half light, and he drew a grid in the snow. He'd recreate a game, then simply enjoy the feel of the snow beneath him and let his mind wander back to the moments he'd been like this at home.

Home.

A mild sickness rushed through him. He missed home; the normalcy of it, Go, his parents... his life.]

((OOC: Feel free to catch him before, during or after his recreation of the game. If you want to bug him, go for it. Want to throw a snowball at him because he looks too quiet? Sure! Want to ask him to show about the game? All for it! I'm open for anything.

Also, he'd be in Ravenclaw for this test drive. He'd be in 5th year I believe.))

[followthenose]

[Usopp has a kind of fondness for games and really kind of knows loneliness when he sees it. Though he's not encountered the quiet kid before--not really, so he doesn't know if he's right. So, maybe he just wants to be alone? Stilll Usopp is curious, so he'll just bum around in the boy's line of sight for a moment. But then it feels like he's spying so...]

Hmm. I think I'll build a snow sculpture. [No, he's not speaking conspicuously loud at all! Really.] I'm thinking-- the Lady of the Sea. [Like the picture he'd seen once of a woman on a clam shell]

Of course I could use my wand, but considering I was an expert at snow sculptures before I even came here, it won't be a problem to do it by hand. [Just to let anyone who miiight be in hearing range know that he's talented in more than one field. He'll just crouch and start gathering and packing the snow for a base]

Yep, I was the grand champion of snow building at home. I only stopped because--heh-- well if I didn't, no one else would get a chance to win! And anyway, I just love to build. I'm not really a competitive person. I just entered because they begged me. They were all [twines fingers together and pretends to be a fangirl] Oh, Usopp-sama! Please! We want to see your beautiful sculptures.

So of course I told them:

[Puts both hands on hips in manlipose of manliness]

I will do it, not for myself [He points dramatically] but for my adoring public!

[and then he miiight glance your way to gauge interest]

Samantha Grey | OC

[samantha_grey]

It had been a week. Samantha had spent so much of her first week trying to avoid jostling people in the hallways. She didn't care if she'd managed to get her robes specially fitted to handle her wings, she wasn't used to walking in hallways this busy with them out. Even folded up behind the young girl, they were quite the obstruction and seemed to always be in someone's way. She had taken to sitting in the back of classes lately simply so she didn't block anyone's view.

She had a period after her classes where she didn't have anywhere to be and no homework. They'd said no flying in the hallways, but the grounds were supposed to be ok as long as you didn't fly into any of the off-limits areas. She walked out into the grounds and extended her wings gently, flapping one and then the other. With a great series of beats, she tried to lift herself upwards, succeeding only in getting her body a few feet off of the ground. The strain was obvious in her features.

After all, she'd never really done much flying at home.

[featheredpaladin]

Not bad at all.

[The cheerful comment comes from a fairly tall man standing off to the side, though it was pretty clear he had the same "problem" as Samantha, if accounting that his wings were white and fluffy.]

You haven't tried flying before, I take it?

April | Pokemon Nuzlocke AU

[frustrates]

[POTIONS CLASS, LOSERS

April was the odd-man out this class, and has no partner. See her squinting carefully into her cauldron, before tentatively raising her bottle of Lethe River Water -

OH SHIT OH GOD IT'S POURING OUT SO FAST and before she knows it, she has like 4 times as much as the recipe called for poured in there.

And now something is slowly peaking up from the middle. Not bubbling - just rising, like a handkerchief being picked up from the middle. April stares in horror. Then turns in her seat to the person behind her.]

I think ... my potion is alive.

[She then shoots a glance across the room at Snape. His back is turned. Clearly, she expects your help to fix it by the time he gets back on this side of the room. ARE YOU A BAD ENOUGH DUDE TO SAVE THE POTION?]

[corruptedsouls]

...I don't think potions can be alive...

Pika pi chu.

[songofsoaring]

[His head broke the surface of the lake just about ten feet from the shore. Link had not shared with anyone that he had the masks, or that he could transform into various creatures from his home world, so he was doing his best not to be seen. At the moment the coast looked clear. Link swam for the short and walked out of the lake, the chill of the air hitting him and making him shiver as he shuffled off toward a small hillock he could hide behind as he pulled the mask off - one he couldn't get to directly when leaving the water.

Link was a more than a little surprised to find the spot occupied and let out a small, panicked gasp as he was spotted by the other person there...]

[hopeandsorrow]

For once, it had taken Sheik some doing to actually locate the young hero. Normally, it would have been simple to follow the rumors of a lone warrior making his way around the field from place to place, leaving stories of his good deeds for the people. At Hogwarts, it was far from the case. Spirits wouldn't listen to him, the paths changed underneath his feet, and Link had seemed to disappear without a trace.

He almost felt as though his finding Link here was purely luck. Zelda was simply relieved Link wasn't hurt. Sheik stood there, arms crossed, watching.

"That is quite the trick, Link," Sheik remarked, seemingly offhand.

Vaati | The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap/OU

[windseye]

[Vaati stopped short, suddenly not knowing whether he should continue on or just head back to the Slytherin common room. He wasn't yet used to Hogwarts, and even though he wasn't someone to turn back out of fear, he didn't exactly fancy his chances against a castle that seemed almost alive. Especially at night. This was the third time he'd gotten lost going somewhere he wasn't supposed to be, and although he'd managed to escape those ridiculous 'prefects'' before, that was in the daytime. It was now gone midnight, and he was certain they had the upper hand in the situation.

However......the idea of sneaking into the library in the dead of the night was too good to resist. He would be able to 'borrow' something from the Restricted Section without a meddlesome librarian breathing down his back or telling him he's 'much too young' to read a book so 'complicated.'

Perfect.]

[songofsoaring]

[Link only slept about once a week, sometimes twice if the week was particularly draining on his small body, so he was awake and spending time tucked away quietly in a corner of the the common room when Vaati snuck out. People didn't tend to notice him when he was sitting there which meant he could watch and listen and learn...

But as there was no one else in the common room that night and Link really didn't want to deal with the homework he'd been assigned (all those essays were especially difficult for him because he was still learning to read and write properly), Link decided to take a break from it all and follow Vaati. See what the kid was up to and if it was interesting.

When Vaati stopped walking, clearly hesitant and unsure, Link - all three feet of him - came up behind the self important mage and whispered:]

If you just stand there, Mister Filtch and Miss Norris will find you.

Korra - Legend of Korra

[therookiest]

"This class is awful!" Korra announces, throwing her textbook so that it hits the wall with a loud BANG! Several people in the library turn their best glares towards the Gryffindor, dripping with disapproval. She ignores them and lets her head fall on the table in front of her.

Truthfully it was her favorite so far, but still. "Defense Against the Dark Arts...?" Pfft! Much more useful would be "Offense Against the Dark Arts." Sitting here doing nothing was the least appealing thing on her mind right now. There were messed up things back home, messed up things here, and here she was.

Studying.

For some stupid test.

Re: Korra - Legend of Korra

[windseye]

It can't possibly be as awful as you. Vaati scowled darkly at the older girl from a table near her, hardly believing his eyes. Did Korra have NO consideration for anyone else in the library? As in, people who were actually trying to read, instead of throwing around books like savages?

...not that he gave much thought about other people either, but at least he was quiet. Unlike this loudmouth.

"Would it be too hard for you to shut up?"