[application] Kameo (Kameo: Elements Of Power)

[elfkameo.livejournal.com]

Kameo didn't feel well. Something just...wasn't right. This place confused her. Magic was afoot, but it didn't resemble the magic back at the Enchanted Kingdom. And for some reason or another, she had to take a quiz.

1. What is your favorite cheese? Why is it your favorite?

Kameo thought for a moment. 'It would have to be fondue. As a royal, she enjoyed that on occasion.

2. Who would you kill first, Barney or Carrottop?

Blink blink. Kameo glanced at the pictures provided, and immediately decided on the purple open-mouth-breather. The other guy seemed at least somehwat attractive, but the big-headed buffoon seemed like something you fight off in a nightmare.

3. What time is it where you are?

Kameo didn't have a watch on her, and there wasn't a clock around, but she guessed it to be about 5:00.

4. If you were Albus Dumbledore returned from the dead, which member of the Order of the Phoenix would you sexually harass? How would you harass them? If you are Albus Dumbledore, please answer as if you were Sirius Black.

Kameo skipped this question, wondering if she could burn it specifically with Ash.

5. If you are pushing to be in:

To be in what? Better answer everything, the elf decided.

A. Slytherin - please state the clever, witty name of the bar in which you bartend, in the dark.

She didn't have a bar, so out of honestly, that's what she wrote.

B. Gryffindor – Debate whether Harry should ultimately end up married to Fred or George. Use examples from a variety of world mythologies to bolster your argument.

Old enough to have gone through school by now, and too royal to do menial essays, she skipped this too.

C. Ravenclaw – You guys are supposed to be smart. Explain why my desk is inundated with paperwork at all times, even though I’m constantly disposing of it.

Ooh, here's one. She scribbled down an answer cheerfully: "The paper returns to your desk, like Rubble's rocks return to his head." Pause, thought. She smirked and added to that: "There is a reason you are supposed to dispose of objects properly." Okay, low blow, low blow. But she was a sassy girl, and couldn't help it.

D. Hufflepuff – Prove you are not useless.

If this was an essay, she'd fill it out instead of that other question, but there wasn't enough room for that. after a brief mental rundown of her Warriors' abilities, she reported them on the paper. "I can climb, roll, stretch, breath underwater, light torches, survive in lava, squeeze under things, walk on fragile ice, and skate on top of water. Essentially, point me somewhere, and I'll get to it somehow." Her warriors, needless to say, were very versatile when all together. Each one could only do one of those abilities, but she didn't mention that.

6. Offer a bribe to the members of this community so that they will not squib you. Items used in bribery do not necessarily have to belong to the person offering the bribe. Do not threaten us rather than offering a bribe. A threat indicates you either don't really want to be here, or don't have enough sense to answer the question properly. The hat will automatically squib you, regardless of other votes, if you do.

Kameo widened her eyes. Well, this sucked. Bribery. Still having no idea why she was doing this, she took off her golden ankh necklace and kept it in her hand. Whoever was there to accept the bribe, well, this was it. The elf could probably get it back by doing work later. And sure, she could offer something that didn't belong to her, but that was incredibly dishonest.

((FAIL 4-COMBO.))

I have read the [info]hogwarts_hocus faq, and understand it is a crazy, cracktastic sorting community and RPG. __K
I have read the [info]hogwarts_hocus rules and agree to abide by each and every one of them. __K
I agree to be a good sport and not get my knickers in a bunch. __K
One day, marmalade will rule the world. __K

Comments

[ra-tilt-chimera.livejournal.com]

Zel raised an eyebrow. "Interesting set of abilities. You're a sorceress?"

[elfkameo.livejournal.com]

Kameo turned to look at the oddly-colored person, then scratched her head. Uh, was this a tribe member? He certainly looked the part. Then again, the elf had no idea what was going on right now, so who knew. "Not exactly," she replied, shifting her weight to one foot. "I have transformation magic. It lets me turn into ten Elemental Warriors," Kameo explained. She would elaborate, but...where to start?

[ra-tilt-chimera.livejournal.com]

Pointy ears or not, it was a pretty safe bet he wasn't. "I see. I just asked because we don't really get many people here who already have some sort of magic."

[elfkameo.livejournal.com]

Kameo nodded, pretending to understand. "Where's 'here' exactly? I don't really know what's going on," she admitted, looking around the room nervously with her hands on her hips. Note to self: never enter rifts with an unknown destination.

[psy-nuisance.livejournal.com]

Sage scowled at the newcomer after reading the application. climb, roll, stretch...
"Is there anything you can't do?" she asked with noticable jealousy. Being an empath/influencer with limited telekinesis seemed less impressive somehow.

"I'd suggest Sparklypoo. That's where the fondue is."

[elfkameo.livejournal.com]

"Hmm?" Kameo turned to face the pale woman. That tone of voice did not sit well with her. It reminded her of Kalus when she was in a pissy mood. "Well excuse me," she sassed back, "I didn't choose to get the transformation magic." As for the second comment, she wondered if the comical-sounding name referred to a place or a city, but didn't respond to it.

[psy-nuisance.livejournal.com]

Sage noted the sass.
"Transformation magic?" she continued sarcastically "That's so- wait, you can turn into anything you want?" She would give so much to be able to do that. "Great, if you're into that kind of thing, I guess."

((Sage tends to pick up on people's feelings and strong memories, so if you want to mention any, that might be nice. If not that can be explained by Hogwart's psychic dampening fields.))

[elfkameo.livejournal.com]

Kameo blew some hair out of her eyes. "No, just the Elemental Warriors in the Wotnot Book," she explained, reaching into her money pouch to withdraw the purple-and-gold tome. "I can't fly," the elf explained, if just to get this woman off her back. "...Mostly."

Metaphorically, she was just holding a one-way ticket to Sparklypoo.

((The thought of Kalus will bring up the fact that she's, for all intents and purposes, dead.))

[guy-from-mars.livejournal.com]

A handsome young man, still appearing a bit wet, with a few lake leaves in his hair, came wandering into the sorting room.

He read over the application with a solemn expression, then offered the elf a dazzling smile.

"Dude," he said, by way of greeting. "You can breathe underwater? That is a great goodness. Once you are sorted, I shall take you to the lake and introduce you to my water brother, the giant squid, that you might grok him in fullness." He didn't get to introduce many people to the giant squid personally, since most people could not control their breathing to the extent that he could, and were therefore always having to be rushed to the surface to breathe before they could grok any of the wisdom that the squid had to offer. This female, though... provided she were capable of grokking the squid properly, he would at least not have to worry about her discorporating.

[elfkameo.livejournal.com]

"Erm, thank you," she replied, turning in place to face him. She scratched her head nervously, as she tended to do. "It's not me, specifically, it's Deep Blue," the elf elaborated, failing to explain who Deep Blue was. She almost did so, but if he was going to use a foreign word like 'grok' and not explain it, why explain her vocabulary?

[guy-from-mars.livejournal.com]

The young man gave a sage nod, even though, of course, he had no idea what or who Deep Blue was. "Deep Blue is a great goodness," he said with evident authority.

He considered the elf a moment longer, then inquired, "Do you grok anything of 'emo'?" he inquired. "I grok that Gryffindor would be the best house for you, but my water brother the giant squid has said that it is one of the houses of emo kids. He also said it was the house of people in spandex, but I do not grok spandex either."

[elfkameo.livejournal.com]

"Hmm? Emo?" Kameo didn't find this continual conversation-juggling to be much fun. "Gothic is fine; I have an outfit in that style. But no, I'm not emo, and spandex chafes." She still had no idea what 'grok' was, and Gryffindor honestly brought the image of a castle gate decorated with stone lion-eagles. 'Griffin' 'door'. Ba-dum-tish.

[fiercefluffy.livejournal.com]

An ankh? Octavian knew that symbol.

"Have you been traveling in Egypt?" he inquired politely of the new arrival.

[elfkameo.livejournal.com]

"N--no, It's just a necklace," she answered. One could not seriously expect a princess to be without decoration; it was coincidence that Egypt and the Enchanted Kingdom produced a similar design. Still, Kameo had to wonder what this guy was talking about. Was 'Egypt' a neighboring territory? Entirely possible, considering the elf still didn't know where she was. "What's...Egypt?" she asked naively.

[fiercefluffy.livejournal.com]

Octavian blinked. Had not everyone heard of that empire? Ah -- but Hogwarts had persons from other worlds ...

"Egypt," he said, matter-of-factly, "is an empire known to the peoples of Earth, within the window of a few millennia. If you are of a different world or time, you will not be familiar with it." He knew better than to make assumptions, and he felt he had committed an error in so doing. "Where did your necklace originate?"

[arrogantmage.livejournal.com]

Lezard Valeth gave the application some attention, for once. " 'I can climb, roll, stretch, breath underwater, light torches, survive in lava, squeeze under things, walk on fragile ice, and skate on top of water'," he read aloud, and looked over at the applicant. Pointy ears, hmm? He had certain ideas about elves.

"How has an elf been gifted with so many abilities? The ability to survive in lava, particularly, piques my interest." He peered at her through wire-rimmed spectacles.

[elfkameo.livejournal.com]

Hey, a new person. Kameo turned to him, noting the tone of voice.

"Alone, I can't do any of that," Kameo admitted, "It's a list of everything my Elemental Warriors can do." She smiled. That would probably confused the spectacled person, but hey, she'd had her share of confusion here too.

[arrogantmage.livejournal.com]

And what a voice it was! He'd put a lot of effort into developing this Velveeta-smooth voice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwcTgioBBpU). The tone was, admittedly, skeptical -- but curious.

"Elemental Warriors, you say? That does sound like a useful sort of being to have at your command, your Highness. Would you mind explaining a bit?"

[methleigh.livejournal.com]

Severus stares, offended. "I assume you are 'pushing' to be in Hufflepuff?"

[elfkameo.livejournal.com]

...Caught in the middle of talking to the spectacled guy. Kameo/Thermite stared back at him with a cowardly "OH SHIT" expression, and waved its arms as if to say 'no, that's not what I meant!'

Then the fire ant remembered it was holding something extremely heavy, and got pinned to the floor by the big rock. Comic relief warrior is comic relief.

[methleigh.livejournal.com]

He is able to take care of himself - a quick protective spell... Neither was he amused, in fact he is frowning and scowling down his nose despite his inner resignation. "As it seems I have to spell everything out in explicit detail... I am in Slytherin. So, it always interests me what the prospective students will say about my House. Likely the same is for those... damnable... Gryffindors. It is also required that you answer the harassment question, in order to judge your attitudes with some measure of information. Answer the questions, as this is an application and I thus assume you want it accepted. Laziness is a flaw, and not even a tragic one, in the Aristotlean sense..."

[ugly-old-hat.livejournal.com]

"I see you have bling! I have bling too!" The Hat, decked out in some of the myriad articles of jewelry and other bright and shiny objects that it had acquired as bribes over its long tenure, held out a few necklaces. "But that is one sweet necklace."

[elfkameo.livejournal.com]

Oh, look, talking hat. She'd seen stranger things. Still, since it already had tons of jewelry, maybe another piece of gold wasn't the best bribe.

"If you already have necklaces, maybe there's something else better for you?" the elf suggested, shifting her weight to one foot. "I can do favors for you...like getting things from high ledges. Or I can dance," she offered, saying 'dance' hesitantly. Kameo was very attractive, but wasn't comfortable with using that as a tool.

[ugly-old-hat.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I have Kojiro to help me with things on high ledges. At least, when he's not busy oiling up. I will never say no to another stylin' necklace. Or a dance!" The Hat watched her expectantly.

Hufflepuff!

[ugly-old-hat.livejournal.com]

Your bribe has been accepted!

Welcome to Hufflepuff!