Application: Violet Grimm, "Dogwitch" Comics

[the_dogwitch]

((OOC Note: Ralph and Dolores, the stuffed dog and doll, are animated toys. They are animated and given 'life' by Violet's own soul and magic; so they're little more than puppets that can move and talk because of a spell, and not separate characters.))

With a snap and a crackle (and a pop of smoke that smelled like a strange mixture of nicotine

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[ugly_old_hat]

"'Shrieking Violet' and not 'Shrinking Violet', eh?" the Hat said in a pleasant tone as it settled itself on Violet's head. "Hmmmmm. Banshee blood, perhaps?"

[the_dogwitch]

"A little bit of everything you can think of, by now," Violet replied, trying to crane her neck to look at the Hat on top of her head. She'd never seen a talking Hat! "Though I did shrink once. Not as fun as the books make it out to be."

[ugly_old_hat]

"Well, you're a pureblood's worst nightmare, then, aren't you?" the Hat replied, referring to Violet's jumbled bloodlines. "I ought to stick you in Slytherin. I can just see the look on ol' Salazar's face. Reckon it'd look a little something like this!"

With a cackle, the Hat leapt off Violet's head and in front of her face, drawing its folds of fabric up into the best :O expression it could manage before settling back onto her head in a self-satisfied sort of way.

[the_dogwitch]

Violet started wondering if she should animate a hat, just for extra company. This whole talking hat business was quite interesting; she could animate a sombrero! Imagine the tales that would have to tell! Okay, so they'd likely be mainly tales of smoking weed and peyote and cacti, but that was interesting.

"Don't think there's much pure about me these days," Violet agreed with a giggle, still looking upwards at the brim of the Hat. "Hell, a chance to make someone's face go like that? Sign me up, my talking leather amigo!"

Would a sombrero say 'amigo'? It would be awesome if it did.

[ugly_old_hat]

If she was referring to sexual purity, too, well, then she'd get along right well with the rest of the school these days, that was for sure.

The Hat was neither leather nor Mexican, but that was perfectly all right. It was feeling too gleeful to dwell on such things, although it did begin to wonder if leather hats had more fun. Well, if it ever wanted to find out, it could probably manage to get some leather fabric added onto it as a Sorting bribe. Hell, Violet would probably be able to provide some scraps, but the Hat decided to save that request for another applicant. She was going to be providing enough lulz as it was. The Hat hadn't been kidding about Salazar Slytherin's face!

Without another word, it leapt from Violet's head to make her Sorting announcement.