TEST DRIVE MEME

[fairyfoes]

TEST DRIVE MEME

Considering apping to EACHDRAIDH? Why not give the setting a test run here! OPTIONAL SCENARIOS 01. ARRIVING IN THE DRABWURLD. The Seelie and Unseelie courts welcome you with mirthful revelry and hearty food. After you have been briefed on your purpose here, you will find an endless feast and a night filled with entertainment to placate your concerns. Mingle with new arrivals, sneak down the castle halls and make sure your eyes are always on your glass; fairies and imps have no bias when it comes to tricks! 02. THE STATION. Looking for a little slice of home? The Station gives you all that and more. Take advantage of the wifi, have a cup of fairy-brewed coffee (the one they didn't spit in) or sit back and relax on the patio. You can even move your things into one of the available rooms! 03. WILDCARD. Your own scenario! Explore the Drabwurld or simply take advantage of your Locket!

Comments

[breadmaking]

[So, crowded tables, lots of food, lots of talking... It's a lot to take in. Still rather stunned by it all, Hiccup's been sort of keeping to himself, just sitting quietly and eating--definitely eating, he is a Viking after all, even if he's...scrawny. Essentially, just trying to blend in while taking in his surroundings.

Surroundings, including people. She's a few seats down from him, not far at all, and okay, maybe he's kind of observing her. But he's observing everyone else around them, too! It's just...there's something weird there. Sometimes when he looks over, her plate is full of food, and then when he looks back, it's all just...gone. After a while, he starts peering at her plate more often, checking on its status with more interest than is probably necessary, until he finally gets curious enough that he has to bring it up.]

So are you just really hungry, or are you hiding that food somewhere?

[His eyebrows raising, he looks down at the edge of her side of the table, like he might be able to see where she's slipped it all away, or if there's some animal down there she might be feeding.

...And then he realizes that might sound sort of rude. Backpedalling, he raises his hands off the table in a sort of apologetic manner.]

Er-- You know, it's just that everything I've seen on your plate just seems to vanish in seconds. Which is. ...Kind of weird.

SORRY HICCUP

[hexuality]

[Subtlety, it seems, is not her strongest suit today. She should just feign being full at this point, though everything looks and smells mouthwateringly delicious and she was about to run into the kitchen for her mother's cooking when she ended up here, so... But—no, she can't shake it, that unease. Even if everyone else does seem to be enjoying themselves and no one's keeled over yet.

Yet.

She looks up when Hiccup approaches, though, and covers her surprise with a bright laugh that comes easily despite everything else. The way her cheeks colour isn't an act, either, though she is a Weasley and they blush as easily as breathing.]

I'm ravenous, really. [Not... exactly a lie.] Back home, my Mum forces about third or fourth helpings of everything at most meals so I suppose I don't know how to eat any less. [Grinning, patting her stomach.] Exercise, you know. Helps keep the guilt off.

NEVER APOLOGIZE EVER but sorry Ginny

[breadmaking]

[Oh. Oh, so she really is just eating it all. That quickly. Consider him impressed then, she's a better eater than even some of the biggest Vikings back in Berk. ...Though he avoids actually saying that aloud, getting the feeling that most people here wouldn't exactly take that as a compliment.]

Oh, yeah? That sounds a lot like the people where I'm from. We're, uh. We're encouraged to be big eaters. [Smiling, sheepishly now that he's found out there's not actually anything suspicious or strange going on here like he originally thought, he gives a small shrug.] You could give most of them a run for their money with that speed.

[A quick gesture to her plate, and then he suddenly freezes realizing he said the thing. The thing that's a weird compliment that he wasn't going to say but accidentally did. Whoops. Pursing his lips, he just...sort of stands there and stares, waiting for her reaction. The one that's...probably not going to be good.]

oh my god, you dear viking

[hexuality]

[ Surprisingly not a horrible reaction. She just laughs again, waving off the clear mortification. ]

Hey, don't look like that. It's true. Weasleys know how to eat. [ And she extends her hand, smiling. ] That's the name, by the way. Ginny Weasley. And if you think this is fast, you wouldn't know what to do with my brothers. Ghastly.

[ Is she winking? She totally just winked. ]

he's the worst, good god

[breadmaking]

[Oh, thank the gods, he didn't offend her. The relief he feels when she laughs instead of, say, punches him is so immense, it quite literally looks like a weight's been lifted off his shoulders. A smile of his own spreads, along with a brief sigh.]

They sound...interesting. [Wow was that a wink? Uhm, that earns some extra nervousness and even an awkward half-laugh.] It's, uh-- It's nice to meet you. Ginny? I'm Hiccup.

[He totally knows how to talk to girls, yep.]

you mean adorable

[hexuality]

[ Well, Hiccup might have better luck than most. Maybe he reminds her, a little, of Neville—especially in that moment between spoken words, the bracing, the relief. It makes her curious, of course, because of that spark of familiarity, but she isn't about to pry into a stranger's life. So Ginny smiles, nods when he repeats her name, tips her head when she does his. ]

Hiccup. [ Coming from a world where people have names like Grubbly-Plank, she really can't... say anything. ] You're, er, not from here, are you?

yes that too

[breadmaking]

[He's totally expecting something about the name. He's always expecting something about the name. That's just a side-effect of being named after the most ridiculous bodily function. It's a decent surprise (and relief) then, when her question is...not actually bad.]

Uh, no. [He shakes his head, but perks up a little now that things are...mildly less awkward.] But I don't think most of us are, from what I've heard. I mean, are you?

[hexuality]

[ She shakes her head quickly, nose wrinkling, freckles scrunching. ]

Bloody hell, no. I've already gotten turned around exploring this place. It's a wonder I made it back to the food at all. [ She presses her lips together, looking out to everyone and everything, considering. ] It's just—I don't know, I was hoping for a bit more explanation. I've people at home, you know, I'm sure we all do. Bit rude to just bugger off without a word.

[breadmaking]

Tell me about it.

[He nods, sympathetic. He knows this exact feeling, the same thing has been bothering him.]

You'd think the one thing they could do is give us a proper explanation in return for everything they seem to want from us. I wouldn't mind a chance to say something to everyone back home, either. [Or maybe to have some of them here, too. He might not mind so much if he at least had Toothless...] They expect a lot from us, but they're kind of... Not giving much back.

[Though, the food is a perk?]