Application for Amelia Pond (Doctor Who)

[ducklesspond.livejournal.com]

((With the approval of the current Who Crew. Spoilers are inevitable.))


Amy Pond was getting used to abrupt arrivals in unfamiliar places, but this time was a bit disturbing. She didn't remember arriving here, and neither The Doctor, Rory, nor the TARDIS were anywhere in sight. The room had a disturbingly castle-y quality that reminded her unpleasantly of Venice.

"Hello?" she called out uncertainly, and was startled to see a quill pen lift of its own accord, taking down the word on a sheet of paper. Once she'd registered the mild surprise, however, she was delighted. What a charming device! Stepping closer to examine this wonder, she noticed the questions on the parchment.



State your full name.

"Amelia Pond," she responded almost automatically, before stopping to wonder who it was asking and why. But she couldn't resist continuing with the form, just to see, to find out.

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

"Crowdie," she said with a faint sniff. Actually it wasn't, but she liked people to think it was. Scottish, and all that. Better than affecting a taste for haggis. "Why do I need a reason for it to be my favorite? People like things. It doesn't always have to be deep."

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

"What?" That was certainly a leap. "From cheese to killing? That's a bit of a steep progression, isn't it? Although I suppose if I had to choose, I'd say Barney." Not that she had any particular grudge against characters on American children's television, but a name like 'Carrottop' prompted a sense of ginger solidarity. If she'd known who he was, her answer might have been different.

3. What time is it where you are?

"Time." Amy laughed weakly. Time wasn't as definite for her as it used to be. "I don't actually know. It does sound silly, doesn't it?"

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.

"What?" Amy exclaimed again, with real outrage this time. Perhaps she was a bit oversensitive on the subject. "I don't... I mean, I wouldn't, I'd never..."

Assuming she hadn't just survived near-certain death.

5. If you are pushing to be in:

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

"The Gondola Driver," she said, thinking fondly of Rory.

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.

Ouch... sore subject there. "I'm not an agony aunt, you know," she said with a bit of a pout. "Maybe Harry needs some time to sort it out for himself. You can't let someone else decide that sort of thing for you."

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.

"It's just paper, isn't it? If it bothers you so much, get away from it. Get a new job. Move to a new city. Change your life."

D. Hufflepuff – Prove you are not useless.

"Useless?" That was an affront, even moreso when she realized that, while resourceful, she didn't have much in the way of quantifiable skills. "'m not useless," she said with a pout.

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.

"A bribe?" She looked down at her outfit. Neither the baggy sweater nor tiny miniskirt had pockets. She smiled a bit weakly. "What if I just said 'please'?"





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

Comments

[ducklesspond.livejournal.com]

"Just because people might appreciate it doesn't make it appropriate. I could jump on a table and tapdance, but that's not exactly appropriate either." She didn't comment on the rest; a coerced kiss was a coerced kiss, no matter who was involved.

[vislor-turlough.livejournal.com]

"You Earthlings are such shy prudes. As long as it's not full blown sex, what should it matter what you do?"

[ducklesspond.livejournal.com]

"Earthling?" She looked him up and down. "What are you, then?"

[vislor-turlough.livejournal.com]

"Trion. I doubt you've heard of my people or planet, in this time you aren't even aware aliens are real."

[ducklesspond.livejournal.com]

"I am so!" Her frown was joined by a defiant glare. "I've seen aliens. I've touched aliens."

[vislor-turlough.livejournal.com]

"Really." Turlough was suspicious. "How?"

[ducklesspond.livejournal.com]

Well, apart for a snog up against the TARDIS... "Got bit by one. In Venice."

[vislor-turlough.livejournal.com]

"Really. And what were you doing cavorting around with aliens in Venice, anyway?"

Something was nagging in the back of Turlough's mind...

[ducklesspond.livejournal.com]

"You mean, apart from trying to keep the city from being taken over by giant fish things without getting killed in the process? I think it was supposed to be a bonding exercise."

[vislor-turlough.livejournal.com]

Turlough's eyes widened. Now he knew what was nagging him.

This was just up the Doctor's alley.

"This may seem like an odd question, but do you know a man that goes by the title 'The Doctor'?"

[ducklesspond.livejournal.com]

Well, if Winston Churchill knew him, and that River Song woman knew him, there were bound to be others, right? Her surprise only lasted a moment. "Has a big blue box, thinks bowties are cool, cute when he's flustered?"

[vislor-turlough.livejournal.com]

"Bowties? Must be a future incarnation; mine tended to go around in a cricket uniform."

Then Turlough's brain caught up and realized he was talking to another red-headed companion.

"What is with the Doctor and picking up ginger people?!"

[ducklesspond.livejournal.com]

I don't get older, I just change.

"Pick up? It's not like we met at a nightclub or something." She smirked, and didn't bother to hold back a chuckle. "At least, I didn't meet him at a nightclub."

Maybe his reasons for abducting Rory weren't quite what he'd claimed.

[vislor-turlough.livejournal.com]

"Believe me, that would probably have been better than how I got onto the TARDIS. I'm just saying, you are the third...okay, second, not counting myself person I've found that's traveled with the Doctor that has red hair."

[ducklesspond.livejournal.com]

"Well, that's just natural superiority," she blustered, ducking the implication that the Doctor was some sort of space pimp.

[vislor-turlough.livejournal.com]

"Naturally. So. The Doctor's wearing bow ties by the time you meet him, isn't he?"

[ducklesspond.livejournal.com]

"Well, not the first time I saw him. He put one on later. Haven't seen him without it since." She shrugged. "Between that and the tweed, it makes him look like a little boy dressed up as a professor."

[vislor-turlough.livejournal.com]

"Hm. Wait, did he have dark hair and carry around a recorder?" Now that he thought about it, it did sound like the second one. The one that bickered with the would-be dandy.

[ducklesspond.livejournal.com]

"Not especially dark, no. What kind of recorder? One of those hand-held ones with the tiny cassettes?"

[vislor-turlough.livejournal.com]

"Those little..." Turlough mimed playing one. "One of his incarnations was fond of playing that, I've heard, and I know he liked wearing a bow tie too. Just trying to figure out if you're before or after my Doctor."

[ducklesspond.livejournal.com]

"So you're... you're like River Song, then? You know him, but out of order?"

[vislor-turlough.livejournal.com]

"Who?" Then Turlough blinked. "Oh, you don't know, do you? The Doctor has multiple regenerations. It was something his people did. The Doctor I traveled with was on his fifth incarnation, and I've met the first three incarnations."

[ducklesspond.livejournal.com]

"I knew about that. Sort of." She was only partially bluffing; he'd certainly dropped enough hints on their first meeting.

[vislor-turlough.livejournal.com]

"You just haven't met any of his other selves, then. Honestly, that's probably a good thing. The personality differences are so jarring." Fucking old man.

"You and I have to go drinking once you're Sorted so we can compare notes."

[ducklesspond.livejournal.com]

"Oh yeah?" She wasn't sure what to make of the invitation. "Does that mean you aren't going to squib me or whatever it was you said?"