I got this meme from Gabriele C. and the Lost Fort, and it looked like fun.
Choose ten of your characters, then answer the questions. For best results, put names in a hat and number them at random. (If you decide to do this meme, here’s a hint: stay away from child characters.)
# 1 — Nicky Coventry, rock musician
# 2 — Sal Fassen, the ghost of a murdered small-town political reporter
# 3 — Lady Amira, widowed sister-in-law of the king of the Southern Kingdom
# 4 — Miss Anna Maria Charlotte Bettencourt, aging mistress of The Beeches
# 5 — Flight Lieutenant Martin Luther King Junior Warren
# 6 — Kheleshem, a genie
# 7 — Joey Talmadge, professional snowboarder
# 8 — Jennifer McGowan, entertainment reporter
# 9 — Chandler Simmonds, wharf rat who wants to be a lady. Maybe.
# 10 — Jeremy Weismann, former concert pianist turned Goth, working in a snowboard store
4 invites 3 and 8 to dinner at their house. What happens?
Miss Anna, Lady Amira, and Jennifer together? My God. They don’t have to plot world domination because they assume they already control everything that matters.
9 tries to get 5 to go to a strip club. What happens?
Chandler’s probably looking for her mother. If Marty thinks she might be there, he’ll help, otherwise he’ll talk her out of it.
You need to stay at a friend’s house for a night. Who do you choose: 1 or 6?
Kheleshem, definitely. He’s got a desert palace with hot and cold pools, the finest cuisine magic can supply, beds covered in silk, griffin skin robes, all the amenities…
2 and 7 are making out. 10 walks in. What is their reaction?
Joey and Sal when Jeremy walks in? *boggles* I’m not quite sure how one would make out with a ghost in the first place. Jeremy would probably laugh.
3 falls in love with 6. 8 is jealous. What happens?
If Jennifer wants Kheleshem, she’ll get him, even if she has to dump Amira in the harbor.
4 jumps you in a dark alleyway. Who comes to your rescue: 10, 2, or 7?
If Miss Anna jumped me in an alley, probably Jeremy would be the one to help me call an ambulance for her, because just the act of jumping would injure her frail old bones and he’s the one most likely to have a charged and usable cell phone.
1 decides to start a cooking show. Fifteen minutes later, what is happening?
The food is burning on the stove while Nicky has vanished into the other room to jot down a song that came to him while he was chopping onions.
3 has to marry either 8, 4, or 9. Whom do they choose?
Lady Amira with Miss Anna, Jennifer, or Chandler? That produces some interesting mental images. In fact, it makes me want to go out and build a world where a choice like that might be reasonable.
7 kidnaps 2 and demands something from 5 for 2’s release. What is it?
Joey kidnaps ghost-Sal? To get something from Marty? Joey would only do something like that to protect his family or friends. Marty is completely honorable and would never do anything like that on his own, but if his military duty required it, that would be another question. Not sure why he’d care about the ghost, though — you realize these are all turning into plot bunnies…
Everyone gangs up on 3. Does 3 have a chance in hell?
Possibly if it’s a physical fight, the others have a chance. If it’s wit, or skill, or intelligence — no, Amira’s going to win.
Everyone is invited to 2 and 10’s wedding except for 8. How do they react?
Sal and Jeremy getting married? Jennifer’s probably glad she doesn’t have to witness that!
Why is 6 afraid of 7?
You wouldn’t think a genie would be afraid of anything, but Joey’s language is enough to cow anybody.
1 arrives late for 2 and 10’s wedding. What happens, and why were they late?
If Nicky’s going to that wedding, it would be to play in the band. So the only result would be that the first dance would be delayed a bit. He was probably writing a song and lost track of time.
5 and 9 get roaring drunk and end up at your house. What happens?
Chandler probably snuck a drink from her dad’s stash, and after Marty got done cleaning her up and sending her to her room, he killed off the rest of the bottle to try to get rid of the headache.
9 murders 2’s best friend. What does 2 do to get back at them?
Haunts her, obviously!
6 and 1 are in mortal peril and only one of them can survive. Does 6 save themself or 1?
Kheleshem would probably save Nicky. I’m not sure he would always save the other person, but he likes Nicky and thinks his music has great value to the world.
8 and 3 go camping. For some reason they forgot to bring along any food. What do they do?
Wait for the caterer to deliver the tent, tables, chairs, and buffet.
5 is in a crash and is critically injured. What does 9 do?
Prays for him while she runs to get help.
