Tick-Tick, from Emma Bull's FINDER

[clockwork-elf.livejournal.com]

Tick-Tick, from FINDER by Emma Bull, part of the Bordertown series.




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

That stuff they use in the burritos at Taco Hell... it gets creamy when it melts, and is a thing of joy indeed after a wearying day. I would tell you its name if I only knew.


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

Whichever was witless mooncalf enough to lay a finger on my bike. Though most likely I'd remove the finger in question first, as fair warning.

3. What time is it where you are?

Time for a meal soon, if my belly tells me true. I feel as if I haven't had a proper meal in weeks.

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.

Truly, after my last disastrous affair de coeur, I'd sooner confine myself to the workings of engines and gears.

Not like that. Snicker and I'll brain you with a wrench, you discourteous lout.

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.

I did, in fact, fill in tending bar at Danceland for a night or two, but it was acceptably lit.

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.

The myths of which world? In the 'True and Only Realm', twins are uncommon and oft considered ill-omened, and `twould be thought an unchancy act to wed either. As far as I know, there is no such human superstition. Why, then, should I care who someone else wants to marry?

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.

I knew someone with that problem. Turns out she'd made the thing with wood from the NeverNever... and she was surprised when it was anything but well-mannered furniture. Perhaps a more mundane desk would serve you better.

D. Hufflepuff – Prove you are not useless.

If you've a device in need of repair, I can set it to rights. Or I can entertain you with my singing assuming you're tone deaf, or deaf in general.

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.

Let's see, I have... a few bottles of some excellent homebrew, the last few issues of Stick Wizard, and a Horn Dance t-shirt.


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

Comments

[dresdenfile.livejournal.com]

NeverNever, huh? I suppose it would be too much to ask that it be the same NeverNever I know of...oh well. I'll take a bottle of that homebrew, if you don't mind.

[clockwork-elf.livejournal.com]

Pale ale or stout?

[carri3-whit3.livejournal.com]

You like to sing, Mr. - ?

[clockwork-elf.livejournal.com]

...Mister? I'd not thought this coverall to be that baggy. To speak true, I'm more used to male Truebloods being taken for female by humans.

No matter. I'm Tick-Tick; any other name I might have worn is of a self long dead.

[c-macaulay.livejournal.com]

*inscrutable*

Twins are ill-omened? How so?

[clockwork-elf.livejournal.com]

I say not that they are, merely that legends would have it so. For there can be but one soul at a birthing, or so it is believed by some.

[battlefranky36.livejournal.com]

"You said something about," Franky paused to check the application, "'if you've a device in need of repair, I can set it to rights.' What kinds of devices are you talking about?"

[clockwork-elf.livejournal.com]

Near to anything that has moving parts, really. I'm afraid I've not had the chance to learn much of complicated electronics; such things fare poorly in the Borderlands, and in the Realm function not at all.

[thranduils-son.livejournal.com]

You've an interesting name, my lady. Where is it that you come from?

[clockwork-elf.livejournal.com]

I've come from Bordertown; there is no other place I consider home.


*in the speech of the Realm*

{I have renounced my family, and they, me. If you've kin-feud or kin-debt, look elsewhere.}

((OOC: No clue if you know her canon or not; B-Town elves pretty much look like Tolkien elves, but the culture seems a bit different. It's up to you if Legolas would understand what she just said or not, and if so how clearly. And sorry for the inbox spam. Damn fomatting errors!))

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[rosecasson.livejournal.com]

'I think,' says a clear little voice, 'I would like a t-shirt.'

She's wearing a lime green one, right now, with blue iron-on letters that say 'ANARCHY TODAY, CONSEQUENCES TOMORROW.'

[clockwork-elf.livejournal.com]

Will this suit you, then?

(http://photobucket.com/)

[mr-vera.livejournal.com]

You sound pretty stuck-up.

[clockwork-elf.livejournal.com]

I freely confess, I've succumbed to such vain affectations as bathing regularly and eating with utensils. Clearly I could never be such an unfettered child of nature as yourself.

[slothbefouler.livejournal.com]

I say, is a bike the same thing as a bicycle? I have heard a song about a cove who was very sorry for letting someone's bicycle get stolen (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/decemberists/theapologysong.html) - do people get exceedingly attached to them, then?

[clockwork-elf.livejournal.com]

Perhaps I should clarify. A bike could indeed mean a bicycle, but in this case I'm referring to my motorcycle. I've put a great deal of work into it.

[violet-veracity.livejournal.com]

((YAY TICK-TICK! I love Finder so very much.))

*eyes light up* You're a mechanic? It's been so long since I met someone else who was interested in mechanical devices... I'm an inventor, although it feels like forever since I've been able to do so for recreation. My name's Violet. It's nice to meet you.

[clockwork-elf.livejournal.com]

((EEEEEE someone who knows her canon!! *dances*))

*sad smile* It was long and long before I found a place where my love of intricate devices was anything beyond an unwelcome eccentricity. I've been called inventive, but I doubt I would consider myself an inventor.

I'm truly pleased to meet you, Violet. I'm Tick-Tick.

[wee-free-men.livejournal.com]

"Crivens! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willnae be fooled again!" The Feegles are looking belligerent. Very, very belligerent.

"Get outta here yez bigjob elfy! An' stick it up yoour TRAKKANS!"

[clockwork-elf.livejournal.com]

*coolly raised eyebrow*

Did some riverwater-crazed squatter try baking gingerbread cookies again, or has the Pack broadened its recruiting policies?

[blue-ataru.livejournal.com]

"What kind of bike? It wouldn't happen to be a speeder or swoop type, would it?"

[clockwork-elf.livejournal.com]

If those are manufacturers, I haven't heard of them, which would give you the advantage over me. If they're specific models, none have found their way to the Borderlands yet... who makes them?

[damnfinecupof.livejournal.com]

Does this verse mean anything to you?

Through the darkness of futures past
The magician longs to see
One chants out between two worlds
Fire walk with me

... Or it might be 'chance', not 'chants'. Not singing but a last chance. It's hard to know.

[clockwork-elf.livejournal.com]

To me specifically? I fear not. Were we in Bordertown, I would be able to suggest at least half a dozen practicioners who might be of aid, but in this place I am new-come and have no such information.

[ugly-old-hat.livejournal.com]

A motorcycle! Those Muggle devices, I've heard of them. There's a rebel mystique to them! Do you think a Hat could ride a motorcycle?

[clockwork-elf.livejournal.com]

*peers at the Hat thoughtfully*

It wouldn't be difficult, I think, to secure your straps to the handlebars.

Ravenclaw!

[ugly-old-hat.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to get on that motorcycle and feel the wind ruffling my brim!

Your bribe has been accepted!

Welcome to Ravenclaw!