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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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[martasknight]

[Network]
[There's a rather irritated boy showing his face on the network today, leaning back in his chair and running a hand through his hair.]

Hey, have any of you seen a kitten running around the school? Black and gray, purple collar. If you see her, she answers to the name Pacha. If you see her, please return her to me, all right?

[Action]
[Emil's been in the library for a while. It's more or less been hiding out, really. He's been reading the books to give him something to do; his homework's been finished for a while now and while he's seen more pleasant people at this school than he has in a few years, he's still rather unsure about interacting with any of them. He knows he has to get used to it eventually, and he will.

... Eventually. Until then, he'll just hide out in the library.]

[presto_turn]

[It's a few minutes later when Shindou pops up over video, smiling sheepishly down at the laptop on his knees. Between him and it, there's also a certain feline padding around.]

Is this her?

Sorry, my room's door was open, and she wandered in. I was just about to ask if she belonged to anyone...

[He just, you know, had to spend a quarter hour or so going "Kitty!!" first. It's been a while since he's seen his cats, okay?]

She's fine, though.

[martasknight]

[Emil's expression softens when he sees the cat, and it's the closest most would see him get to a smile.]

Yeah, that's her. She seems pretty comfortable with you. Weird, though, she's not usually fond of strangers. You got a way with cats or something?

[The last part was intended as a joke.]

[presto_turn]

I have two of my own back home.

[Shindou does smile in reply, giving an amused nod. He'd have probably tried to bring them with him, if he'd known pets were allowed at the Institute back then. And if he hadn't known how routinely the school got attacked.]

I'm in room 7, if you want to come get her? I don't know if she'd like me carrying her around.

[martasknight]

Sure thing, I'll be right over.

[And with that, Emil switches the feed off as he stands up. Eventually, he makes it to room 7 and knocks on the door.]

[presto_turn]

[The door is already cracked, and, at the sound of Emil knocking, Shindou pulls it open entirely. Pacha and his laptop are still hanging out on top of his bed.]

Hey.

Sorry about this, again. I wasn't sure if she belonged to one of the teachers, at first...or if she might've been another student, really.

[He's glad that didn't turn out to be the case, though. Would've made all the petting a little weird.]

[martasknight]

It's fine. I'm glad she wandered in here rather than elsewhere in the school.

[From the looks of it, Pacha doesn't look very inclined to move, which makes Emil chuckle.] I almost don't want to move her. She seems to like it in here.

[presto_turn]

Someone would have spotted her before too long, if she had.

[Said with a reassuring tone...though, given that he's pretty sure there's at least one puppy and at least one boy who eats live animals in this dorm, elsewhere might've been safer. Anyway, he moves to sit at his desk rather than disturb Pacha, either.]

She was probably looking for a warm place to nap or something like that.

[Which, as thoroughly as Shindou's worked to keep out the New York winter, his bed (literally) has covered.]

[martasknight]

[There's a chance she could've gotten outside though 8|a

Emil goes over and crouches down by the bed, smiling at the cat.] I'm still surprised she warmed up to you so quickly. Last few strangers she ran across ended up getting scratched or bitten. And not playfully, either.

[presto_turn]

I guess I don't read as threatening.

[Although now he's glad he stuck to just the occasional pet in between letting her investigate the dorm room...]

But...you should be careful letting her wander, if she does that.

[A lot of the kids here, after all, definitely read as threatening.]

[martasknight]

I guess. I'll keep a better eye on her. [He thinks for a moment.]

... Hey, maybe if you're not all that busy, I could leave her with you every now and then? Since she seems to like you well enough.

[presto_turn]

If I'm around. I'd be happy to.

I've missed having cats around since I started here, honestly.

[martasknight]

Oh, yeah, you mentioned you had two of 'em, right? What are they like?

[He glances over to Pacha with a small smile.] I just couldn't leave her behind... Especially not with... [He pauses, frowning.] Especially not with my uncle.

I've forgotten what his canon cats' names are so /bullshits AU like the wind

[presto_turn]

[Oh...family stuff. That's a powder keg of a subject, especially around new students, so Shindou keeps up a friendly smile and sticks to cats.]

We have a Russian Blue who's about six years old, Mussorgsky. And a Scottish Fold who's not much more than a kitten. She's Allegro.

They're both spoiled, but they're great friends.

[martasknight]

Heh, cute. I haven't really had much of a chance to spoil Pacha, but she's going to end up getting to that point eventually.

I'm guessing from your cats' names, you're the musically inclined sort.