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This is for anyone wanting to test out their characters in the setting before the game opens, see what clicks. Multiples will be allowed for this post, and you can generally assume any threads are a self-contained continuity unless you feel like getting creative.

Just post a thread with your CHARACTER NAME and CANON NAME in the title with a prompt and others will reply. Prompts and threads can be action spam or prose or whatever. These threads can be used on the sample section of your application, as well. Go out and have fun! Feel free to consult the institute tour and dorm guide for setting info.

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[Intranet video post]

This... pointless question. Six times eight. What do I even need to know this for?

[That's right, this 16 year old spoiled brat doesn't know standard multiplication. Oddly, she doesn't talk like somebody who's lacking education...]

[Prose]
In the baseball field, Ayaka in a black karate gi can be found going through what appears to be some sort of kata. However, for those with an understanding of martial arts, it doesn't seem to fit any one particular style. More accurately, she's seamlessly transitioning from one style to another as she goes through the motions.

For once, the arrogant young lady seemed to be content. Physical activity was clearly something she was more comfortable with than learning math or history.

... Directly? Maybe not. BUt it does allow a lot of more useful maths? I think?

And just how is math useful, anyway? I have never needed it before.

W-well, you use it all the time indirectly! Don't you?

I do? For what?

Well... Uh...

*Noel actually knows the kinds of things she uses math for - keeping track of ammunition, for example. But that's not relevant for most teens right?*

Well?

I'm sorry! Please don't hurt me!

Hmph, just as I thought.

Who knows. Most of this stuff is stupid.

Exactly.

I never needed any of this back home. I don't even understand why I was sent here.

The stuff I need to know I already learned before I came here. I never needed school before.

I'm here cuz the Professor's helping look for the guy who kidnapped Baron and the kids. I don't get why I hafta go to school while I'm waiting. Once I get Baron back I'm leaving.

Yes, that's exactly how things are for me as well.

...

Except what you said about professors and barons. [She clearly didn't pay much attention to what Apollo had said there]

Baron's my friend. We looked after the kids together. Some guy showed up a while ago and took them all somewhere. The Professor said he'd help me find them, so I came here.

I see.

[She doesn't really care because she's terribly selfish like that]

[But as long as they were sharing stories-]

If I recall correctly, my father said something about me needing a normal lifestyle and education.

But there isn't anything wrong that required sending me here.

Everyone's too worried about "normal" and "education". I can feed myself and find safe places to sleep. That's good enough.

[A pause.]

What's it like having parents?

Parents? [She stresses the s at the end, a little confused by the question. She was supposed to have more than one parent? Her father's father was probably the closest thing to another parent, but she didn't really consider him secondary father or whatever. Isao had been kind of a jerk, anyway.]

I only have one parent. It was... nice. He gives me everything that I want, and all he used to want from me was to train and defeat his enemies.

Up until he sent me here, anyway.

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Wow... You don't know what six time eight is?

Sucks to be you.

Just because I don't know a worthless piece of information doesn't mean that it "sucks to be me"! I certainly don't think so!

It's not worthless; it could be on the test, you never know.

Yeah, but I think it does.

That's... then the test would be equally worthless!

I don't care what you think, I was perfectly happy before I was sent here.

Fail the test and your grade tanks. It's a vicious circle.

...The answer is 48, though, but any calculator can tell you that.

Then-[slight pause] obviously, grades are useless as well! [What isn't useless to her?]

... how do you get 48 from 6 and 8? N-not that it should matter...

Then you're not getting into college and are probably going to have repeat all of high school. Good luck with that.

[But she will take pity.]

You can just memorize it or do it the long way, but it's easy to remember. Just add 8 to 8 six times and you'll get the answer. Same as you would if it were 6x9 or 6x10.

Why should I care about college or high school? I never needed any of this before I was brought here. I never asked for a so called 'normal' lifestyle.

[... while Ayaka has had... little education beyond Japanese, English, very basic math, and a whole load of martial arts training, that didn't mean she was stupid. She could put two and two together when given enough information.]

I... I see. So multiplication is more or less an extension of addition.

[Sadly, Ayaka was never taught how to thank people for their help. To her, it was bad enough having to get help with it to begin with.]