MARCH 2015

[thecanopycrew]

Uncertain if this is a game for you? Curious to see how your character would act in it? Testing the waters? Then take them on this very first Home Tree Test Drive! directions ❀ Don't forget to read the Introduction , our Rules and the F.A.Q ❀ Post with your character with their name and canon in the subject line. ❀ Use the prompt(s) given here or make up your own! ❀ Both prose and comment spam format are welcome. ❀ Tag around! Make friends. Don't be afraid to discuss OOCly while tagging. ❀ The Test Drive Meme can be used for your application's first person sample. ❀ This meme is is considered as OOC and not part of the game's canon. prompt Welcome to the Faerie Feast! After your have gained your wings, you are met by a feast on the second floor with all that the forest can offer you. Tables and chairs are set up everywhere along the walkway between the houses, allowing the new visitors to meet and greet - or try to hide in the corners and eat berries all by themselves. Try your new wings to be the first to grab those delicious crumbs of walnut bread? Or say hi to your party lights, courtesy of some excited glow worms and flies that just want to be your best friends. Explore how your new gem works, try put your leaf clothes or decide to head further into the tree, seeing just what kind of place your have stumbled into. Maybe you will even get a glimpse of those hairy legs on the fourth floor?

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[dissemblance]

[If she doubts the veracity of the claim, it doesn't show in her face. Instead, Natasha gives her a hasty, flustered little smile.]

Tatiana Orlova, Your-- [a slight pause, 'Tatiana' obviously has no idea how to address royalty, having never met anyone in that capacity before. She looks faintly, apologetically bemused before she continues,] Highness.

[If anyone asks, she watched a lot of Disney growing up.]

It is 'Highness', right? Are you really expecting a rescue?

[princesspeach]

It is, but you don't have to address me so formally in a situation like this. I've been kidnapped here the same as everyone else. And of course-- I always have someone who comes to my aide.

[ Thinking about her mustachioed hero is enough to make her feel a lot better-- not that this particular kidnapping has been giving her a whole lot of reason to worry. Being shrunk is one thing and given fairy wings is certainly another, but there's been a sort of peaceful, non-aggression to the whole thing that she's found mostly agreeable. ]

Tatiana is a lovely name, by the way.

[dissemblance]

[A small, genuine little smile.]

Thank you, um-- Peach. Yours is pretty lovely too.

And, oh, I don't know. A real princess is a lot more important than [hmm, time for a cover story-- consistency is key when dealing with an entirely new populace.] me. I'm the director of an art gallery, for pete's sake.

[A bit of a laugh, it's perhaps a bit forced. 'Tatiana' is trying to be brave, by all accounts.]

You think this hero of yours will mind rescuing the rest of us, too?

[princesspeach]

Oh! There's always a need for art galleries, though! You have a very important job, that's no reason to sell yourself short! [ For a princess, everything Peach says has a touch of humble genuineness to it. Of course, she believes all members of a kingdom have an important role to play-- and directors have no small part in keeping the community cultured. ]

And of course, Mario always saves people who are in danger, or people who've been kidnapped, not just me! He'll set all of us free, and undo the magic that's been cast upon us. There's no need to worry!

[ That, too, is genuine-- perhaps naive, but Peach has always known what's up, and she knows he'll always come to rescue her, without fail. ]

[dissemblance]

[If Natasha weren't trying so hard to maintain her cover, that much unremitted enthusiasm and kindness would be about when and where she'd decide to drag this 'Princess' off for interrogation elsewhere.

No one is that nice. Not even Rogers. Stop it, it's weird.

But Tatiana takes it all in stride.]

Any idea how long it might take? I mean-- I don't want to sound rude or impatient, obviously I'd be grateful if he could come help us, but somebody should probably feed my cat.

[princesspeach]

[ Peach doesn't do anything but nice. Some people can find it weird, for sure, but it was difficult being anything but herself. If she'd known Natasha was having some misgivings, she'd try to lay off a little bit... but a mind reader, Peach isn't. ]

He usually has to travel quite a bit... so it may take some time, but it doesn't seem like we're in any danger while we're here. Unless something unscrupulous pops out... oh, no! Poor kitty. I hope someone will stop by and take care of it. If only there were a way to send a message outward.

[ It's then, that she has a sudden epiphany. ]

-- Oh! What about that clear amber glass? If I recall correctly, that sends messages!