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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]

Ran was indeed as perceptive as Yukari had trained her to be, and she doesn't miss a single beat of Youmu's little trick. But even so, rather than be impressed, she can only shake her head and sigh. Kids these days...

"You'll only tire yourself out, working like that, young lady."

[everyone_wants_to_be_a]

I think you're just requiring it because you know how dumb I am.

[impersonal_space]

The group dynamics are not unknown to Yukari, so her keen eye does take note of the newcomer from her perch some distance away. It is after a moment that a woman's footsteps are heard as she steps out of a dark shadow... a shadow that vanishes the instant she is freed.

She has her violet eyes on that newcomer, veiled by the frills on her fancy umbrella. How interesting...

[impersonal_space]

Then what about when the bunny ends up behind the tiger with no indication of having circled around her?

Or when it hops into one opening of a downed, hollowed-out log, only to exit the end of an entirely different tree?

Surely something is amiss, here.

[impersonal_space]

The problem or the teasing? [ Spoiler: she knows the answer to both. ]

[princesstenko]

I don't think you're dumb at all, Katt-san. You're clever. You just need to apply yourself, and I have no doubt you'll succeed.

[princesstenko]

These are childplay compared to what you put me through.

[everyone_wants_to_be_a]

Her nose and instincts are kicking in too. With each time the bunny appears where it's not supposed to... sort of like an intangible wrongness that only animals (and Katt) can sense. She doesn't know what is going on, but it's bothering her... and until she can make sense out if it she's going to use her nose, ears and eyes to figure out just what is going on.

[everyone_wants_to_be_a]

Nooo... I'm dumb, I know I am! I just don't think that way! An' if you're makin' fun of me, I'm gonna beat you up! I don't care if you're a teacher, Ran!

[impersonal_space]

That is because you are no child, Ran.

[princesstenko]

I'm not out to make fun of you or trick you. I really do think you have potential.

[princesstenko]

Goodness, Yukari, you're going to make me blush.

[everyone_wants_to_be_a]

((Why do I have this sudden headcanon that Katt has a learning disability...?))

OH YEAH?? PROVE IT!!

[impersonal_space]

Perish the thought.

[impersonal_space]

Shadows moving where they shouldn't will be the most obvious clue. They make no sound, and have no obvious sources. The scent will confirm it is indeed the same rabbit which was, honestly, starting to get as confused as Katt would be. After all even it can tell that its destination is not where it was headed.

There's something else in the air, though. Perfume. It's sweet, not overly strong, but still obvious against the forest's backdrop. Coming from... thataway, if the tiger-lady is curious. Some of it's coming from the area of those shadows, too. Coincidence? Hardly.

[everyone_wants_to_be_a]

With her destination established, Katt decides to investigate the source of the sweet perfume. Her experience told her that it was a woman's. And if the disruption of bunny and the shadows were any indication she was the one behind it. Even though the how or the why wasn't understood, that knowledge alone was enough for Katt's temper to begin to rise. If this was somebody's fault, she was going to be SURE to cast blame and aspersions on anybody that she finds.

It was simple logic, but it usually proved successful.

Reki | Haibane Renmei

[hipsterbane]

[1]

Your education can't be all lasers and punches. Reki isn't so much your hippie art teacher as she is your hipster art teacher. She has you listen to indie bands and paint in rythm to them. She can probably snark back at you with the same intensity you bring to it and puts many a would be wiseass back in their chair, blushing and stammering. And if you truly hate art, she'll let you dick around on your phone and turn in a stick figure if you want.

How do you take this class? Thrive in the relaxed atmosphere or flail at the lack of discipline?

[2]

After school, when it's dark, she can be found on the rooftop, smoking and watching the moon. She cuts quite the mournful figure, sillhouetted by it. But if she notices you, she'll turn and grin.

If you notice the ends of her wing feathers have started to get black, from their normal grey, it's probably best not to mention it.

[princesstenko]

And how are your students doing, hmm?

[princesstenko]

You'll have to keep attending class in order for me to do that.

-Now she's got her! ... She thinks, anyways.-

[princesstenko]

"Aburage?"

Because fried food is definitely better for you than cigarettes. At least it's tofu. And hell, Ran was pleasant company regardless. She wasn't about to let Reki spend another night alone up here moping. That wouldn't do at all.

[everyone_wants_to_be_a]

So you can make fun of me some more?

No thanks!

[DISTINCT tone of disbelief]

[princesstenko]

-... so close.-

That's the deal.

[hipsterbane]

Reki whipped her head around to where the other teacher had suddenly appeared. Like her friend Yakumo, she had an uncanny x-men ability to show up where she was least expected, although in Ran's case it was more due to a quiet step than teleportation.

She put a smile on and took the fried treat. She was still under the delusion that Ran didn't notice her brooding up here. "Thanks. Been a while since I had one of these."

[everyone_wants_to_be_a]

*BLEEEEEEEEEH*

[everyone_wants_to_be_a]

So that steak of yours, Armstrong?

It's being eyed by an especially hungry cat/tiger-girl. Who looks especially famished right now.

...

And by eying I mean two inches away from it, arms and legs resting on the table.