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( the test drive meme )

This is for anyone wanting to test out their characters in the setting before the applications open, 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. We also encourage you to check out the "!!event" tag on the IC comms to brush up on the story so far.

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[princesstenko]

... You should address your instructor properly! Ms. Ran! Or Ran-sensei! Or anything but speaking so familiarly about a teacher!

[everyone_wants_to_be_a]

I didn't even know these devices can do this, thanks for showin' it to me, Ran!

[video]

[feline_covert_ops]

There's always a later. Unless it's the end of the semester, which it's not.

I dunno; I prefer to take things out on someone who can feel it. Though I do usually try to not hurt that kind of sensitive equipment. [Should she be talking like that with a student? Probably not. But who cares, right?]

[bearablefate]

Ms. Carver gave a big, mostly-toothless smile and laughed to herself, the ehehehehe sounding perhaps a tad too much like a cackle.

"Oh, it's just a little home remedy. The people I give it to have found it quite effective over the few decades." Decades? Other people?

The raven indignantly flutters to perch on her head as the teacher wipes excess blood away with the rag, then slathers a glop of the 'medicine' in the wound. It burned rather than stung. The old lady started unscrewing the cap of the second jar, and would be jamming one of odd, lumpy things in the student's month the instant he started to speak. This time, it smelled a lot like beached kelp.

[feline_covert_ops]

"Charlie still drags you in for those?" Why yes she did just call the Professor 'Charlie.' What is this thing called being formal? "All right, all right. I'll stop."

No she wouldn't. But maybe she'd compromise and only curl up on his couch while she was a cat. As long as she remembered not to revert to human form, everything would be fine.

"My sources tell me that tunafish may just distract potential candy thieves. Might be an idea worth testing, you know." An impish grin here? You bet.

[feline_covert_ops]

Well what a lovely little congregation of cats. Curious herself, Yoruichi weaves her way into the crowd, following all the proper rules of feline ettiquette. Cats are a bit quicker to lash out at a perceived threat than most humans, and she doesn't want to have to hurt any of them.

Oh. Well, those suddenly appearing bowls must be the reason for this little gathering. Seems that someone here enjoys keeping the strays fed. Good on them.

She trots over to one of the dishes, a sleek little creature that might look slightly less rough than some of the other strays. Have a new kitty that's sniffing at the dish to see if this is one of the good brands.

Why yes she does eat cat food. Imagine that.

[diaoyezong]

Although she would usually avoid the pool area like crazy, seeing Ran over by the pool brought her closer, just to see what exactly what was going on. Although see was a matter of speaking, as she didn't see the pool at all, instead just flat ground. That stopped her dead in her tracks a decent distance away from it and instead called out.

"What's going on?"

[princesstenko]

-A frustrated fox-like growl.-

Do you not listen?! We've been over this a dozen times already! You cannot speak to your teacher so casually!

And what do you mean by calling me stupid?! Math is hardly stupid!!!

[princesstenko]

Crap! Chen! Gotta at least appear to be a responsible adult. The flames disappear, taking with them the mirage they created. Ran lets out a breath, visible on the cold, and turns to the kitten with a smile.

"Just practicing my flames, little one."

[sogyo_no_kotowari]

"Or at least make it known you're going to be in here and for what reason. When you just come here on a whim, it looks odd. Just as odd, in some eyes, as the mail slot full of love confessions from students I get every February. Or more." Which had been a thing even recently. Life was hard, okay?

"I guess I could get you a can of albacore every now and again, but it seems a bit silly seeing as you're perfectly capable of getting your own from the store."

[everyone_wants_to_be_a]

[Blinks. Why so hostile...?]

Math is borin'.

Youmu Konpaku - Touhou Project

[plantasmagoria]

[Action]

You may have noticed it the past few days, at regular intervals between classes, a pale green and white streak followed by a gentle gust of wind carrying the smell of fresh cut grass. Even now, it's weaving it's way through the hallways.

If you're the sort who pays extra attention to these things, you might catch a good look at the reclusive freshman. She's short, ghostly pale, carrying wooden swords and running with her arms stuffed full of books. You might also notice that something is different this time, there's an awfully freshly mopped floor ahead of her.
If you're the sort who doesn't pay very much attention, you may want to close your eyes for the next few seconds.

[Network - text]

I do not know why I must use this for English class. Would not you rather a book? My name is Youmu Konpaku. I like the outside and fine powder tea. I hope for a peaceful year together with you.

[feline_covert_ops]

She glanced at him playfully. "You mean getting all that stuff in your mail isn't normal? Wow, the things you get used to."

Ukitake needed to remember who he was talking to, here. He wasn't the only teacher that got an overload of "admiration" from the students and faculty. It never seemed to stop. And she kept the really bad ones around for laughs.

Yoruichi finally sat up properly and shrugged. "I could also sleep in my own bed and get my own candy. But that's not as much fun."

[princesstenko]

-Okay, Ran. Calm down. This girl is just... Well, it's not fair to call her stupid. She's clever as they come.-

It's not boring. Well... it can be, but if there's a way to make it interesting for you, I want to find it. All of my students are important to me, and I don't want to see you fail just because of a lack of interest. That's a failure on my part as your teacher.

[everyone_wants_to_be_a]

I don't hafta learn math. It will never come up for me.

[princesstenko]

When I was a young kit, I thought the same way.

[everyone_wants_to_be_a]

Well, I mean it!

[princesstenko]

So did I.

And here I am, a math teacher. Don't you wonder how that change came about?

[everyone_wants_to_be_a]

Nope!

Later~

[plantasmagoria]

Youmu loved the respite in her hectic days that Wood Shop offered. Frankly, it was the only class that didn't make her wrack her brain trying to listen in English or struggle with math light-years beyond what her rural education had taught her. She'd been chopping wood almost as long as she could remember, but she'd never considered it anything more than a chore. Now, only a few weeks in, class was over far too quickly if you asked her. She even impressed herself how much she'd taken to the craft; Each piece was getting increasingly meticulous and ambitious. She'd started bringing in interesting pieces of wood from her morning "practice" routine and liked to watch them dry in the kiln when she could. Something about the whole process put her at ease, it was like training or meditating or sword-making

Youmu shot up in her chair. "Ms. Carver, I've forgotten an important tool in my room." A second later, she was out the door like a flash. Moments after, she was back with two sheathed swords and a beaming smile. "I have a new idea for a project!"

[bearablefate]

Ms. Carver couldn't help laughing to herself, managing to waddle over to Youmu's seat by the time the girl returned. Youngsters these days were so energetic. Regardless, it brought a smile to Ms. Carver's face to seem one of her students so passionate about a subject she herself loved.

The teacher eyed the swords, but not with disapproval. She wasn't opposed to a little creativity. "And what would that idea be, lass?"

The raven, also intrigued, glided over and landed on her owner's head. "This oughta be good."

[somethingsarcastic]

So, you know all those kids that keep showing up to P.E. with sprained joints? Broken limbs? Or just plain limping? Yeah, that's the fault of the lady in the black and green battle suit. Your coworker, the combat teacher. Who is currently wandering over in Armstrong's direction. Mostly because she currently has no one else to torture and she's caught up on Us Weekly.

So she just comes on over and sits down on top of the table, right beside him. Then, with all of her manners and regard for personal space, she leans over the top of his steak so she can grab his grade book.

Shego's just going to start flipping through said book now, unless he stops her. "What's happenin', meat head?"

Bumblebee | Transformers

[bumblebees]

[Prose]

Bumblebee let out a sigh as he plopped down upon the couch inside of the rec room with his tablet pc in hand. Classes had ended for the day and he’d already burnt through most of his homework for them. He still had some worksheets to do, but those wouldn’t be all that difficult. Right now, he was just happy for a break from all of the work. He was still adjusting to this place and seeing all the different powers and types of mutations that were out there. He’d yet to make any friends, though. He would really need to get on that.

He wasn’t all that sure what to do on his break, but when all else failed, turn to the internet. He took out his stylus before bringing his tablet out of sleep mode.

[Network – Text]

It feels a little weird being at a school only for mutants. I wanted to come here a while ago, but my parents never let me. Well, not until now.

But anyway, introductions. My name is James, but I go by Bumblebee. I look forward to meeting you all.

Kitty Pryde, X-Men Evolution

[valleycat]

Network; Video

So I like know you're all excited about formal coming up and then Christmas, but don't, like, forget the other holidays. I think Lorna and I are the only Jews in this school so we may need to teach you a thing or two.

But more important is formal, anyone up for a trip to the mall?

Action
[Meet Kitty Pryde. She walks through walls. That privacy you wanted? Not happening]

Molly Hayes \ Runaways - Marvel Comics

[princesspowerful]

[Network - Video]
[There is one angry little girl with a bunny hat on your screen]
I want to go home, isn't it illegal to kidnap people and take them places they don't want to be? [she wasn't actually kidnapped] I wanna go back to L.A., my friends can take care of me just fine. [she crosses her arms with a huff]