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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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Ylva Thorsdóttir | Vinland Saga

[economically]

The door to the hallway is open while Ylva is cleaning the room, lifting up furniture with one hand to reach under it with the vacuumer with the other. A little project for chemistry went over board just a bit and left a fine film of silver on everything. Wonderful. She's singing what she works, and for those not familiar with Icelandic it will sound beautiful. For those who understand the language it will be clear that the words tell a story of war and bloodshed, some re-imagined Viking tale.

[moimin_papa]

Timo leans on the door, listening. He knows the language, if not the words, but he can still enjoy the song. When there's a break in it, he'll step forward, forgetting that she probably didn't hear him approach over the hoover. "Is that Icelandic?" He asks, smiling.

[switchly]

Poor Liir is a sucker for music. He doesn't understand the words, but the lilting melody tugs him up from his infirmary bed towards the source. There he can see a beautiful (girl? boy?) fellow teenager singing while they sweep, covered in a fine dust of silver that dances in the late afternoon light.

So, like an idiot, he's staring there, still wearing his infirmary gown (though over his regular clothes, as he'd stubbornly insisted). And when he's noticed, he'll blush a bright green.

Marie | Rhythm Thief

[markedviolin]

[ Network ]
[Marie's become a pretty frequent user of the network in the very short time she's been here, and today as she pops up on video, it's with the biggest smile on her face.]

Good morning, everyone! I was just wondering, what plans do you all have for Valentine's Day? It'll be here quicker than you expect, after all!

[ Action ]
[Getting settled into a new room is difficult. Marie's been moving things about in her new room but... she's just given up at this point. She's taking a break for the time being. Anyone wandering the third floor of the girl's dorms will hear violin music coming from one of the rooms. The door's open... so maybe it wouldn't hurt to take a peek?]

[network]

[like_baby_yak]

I am wondering, what is this Day of Valentines? [Her accent makes the word sound surprisingly foreign.] Is holiday here?

[Network]

[lovesignmasterspark]

Valentine's?

Guess I haven't thought about it yet.

[Who'd she give gifts to, anyway? She didn't really have a 'valentine'. :|]

Liir Thropp | The Wicked Years

[switchly]

1: The new boy came in a right mess. Cornered by pursuers, they say, he'd flung himself off a building to the bricks below rather than be taken alive. Or perhaps he'd been pushed. Anyway, thin and pale, he's as much scarecrow as teenager. Only a last minute transformation to imitate the physiology of a cat he'd seen on the way down had saved him from a messy, if dramatic death. He's sitting up now, awake in the infirmary. Tufts of catlike fur still mingle with his wavy black hair. His eyes are still slitted, ears still a little pointed. He has the wary, resigned look of an old stray too.

2: Liir hadn't counted on his secondary mutation manifesting so suddenly. Whatever he touched, deliberately or accidentally, just showed a vision of its history to him and he blushes a bright green, trying to conceal what he just saw. Was it the blanket you made love on? The photo of someone you cared for? The plate you threw in a rage then shamefacedly glued together? Whatever it was, he didn't mean to, but now he knows.

[Whether your character knows that's his secondary mutation or not is up to you, as are the circumstances which caused him to touch the object.]

3: It's been time enough to heal for him and now he's taken to the gym to resume certain habits he developed in JROTC. First he can be found at the heavy bag, hitting it over and over again: double leg takedown, jab-cross, thai roundhouse, the outer sweep. Then to the weights. For all, he mouths the number of each rep silently.

3 heehee

[mosttalented]

"Not bad!"

And leaning on the doorframe is a girl who was watching.

"Not bad at all."

Edward Midford ♦ Kuroshitsuji

[fullrespect]

Edward can be found, as he often is, in the dormitory rec room, watching a movie on the big screen with a bowl of popcorn on his lap. It was some old Bruce Lee movie, he's been steadily making his way through a stack of them lately.

It's not like he's some sort kung-fu fanatic though (maybe just a bit, they're fun!), watching these are mostly part of his own personal training. His mutation allowed him to perfectly replicate the movements of anyone he saw after having only seen it once. It was an incredibly mundane power, or at least that was the British teen's firm opinion. However... being able to master kung-fu in a couple weeks by marathoning movies was pretty fun.

Ib | Ib

[braveredrose]

[ Network ]

... Excuse me, but... does anyone have the notes from math yesterday...? I got sick, so I missed the class... [She fidgets a little, looking a tad uncomfortable.] Would someone be so kind as to loan them to me? I'll return them as soon as I can...

[ Action ]
[Ib was lost. Very, very lost. This school was huge and unlike anything she'd ever seen before. Anyone looking at the girl could probably tell she was lost, too--she was just standing in the courtyard, with her suitcase, staring up at the school.

Intimidating? Juuuuust a bit.]

[network because hes lame]

[whythistho]

Sick? Are you alright?
Were you taken care of properly?

[Action]

[lovesignmasterspark]

[Oh, Marisa could tell she was new, at least. Lost? She'd find out.]

What're ya waitin' for?

[A girl with a rather large hat is standing against a tree somewhere behind Ib.]

[Network]

[soccerwhisperer]

Math? I might have some. What grade are you in?

Melinda Sordino | Speak

[littlerabbit]

[ Network | Text ]

List of things the students at Xavier's Institute Are No Longer Allowed To Do:

1. Must not refer to Princeple Summers as "Mom"
2. Synchronized Macarena is not an acceptable breakfast activity
3. Not allowed to add “In accordance with the prophesy” to the end of answers I give to a question a teacher asks me.
4. "My platypus ate it" may not be used as an excuse for not turning in my homework
5. Neither may "God told me not to".
6. Magneto is not living under my bed, and I may not claim otherwise.
7. ...

[ Action ]

[ She's sitting on a windowsill in the recreation room, a sketchbook propped against her knee. She likes art, is one of the few classes she bothers paying attention to. And it's not exactly a group activity so it makes her lack of friends, or any kind of social life for that matter, less noticeable.

On the paper in front of her, she's already sketched out a caricature of Principle Summers and is now working on another one of 'Bad Girl'. She wonders what would happen if she were to turn this is as her art assignment. Probably nothing good. Still... it could be worth it. ]

I'm sorry I had to, also text

[scares]

Try Caramelldansen instead.

[comparative_insanity]

[He doesn't really mean to sneak up behind her, he really doesn't. Sometimes when he wants to be alone, he ends up doing the "see me not"-trick without thinking about it, and even if she doesn't look up for long enough to be affected, he moves rather silently, and his mind isn't present enough for him to notice her in turn.

And so he ends up behind her, watching her sketch with interest, and not thinking before he lets out a fairly miserable attempt at a whistle.] You're really good at that.

[action]

[hipsterbane]

Reki watches her second most sardonic, isolated student drawing (the dubious honor of first place going to Parsee Mizuhashi). When she pauses, she approaches with fresh pencils and holds them out to her.

"For the record, 'in accordance with the prophecy' is a completely acceptable ending to any answer you give me."

Sabitsuki | .flow

[ironoxides]

[network/text]

if anyone has an extra stick of ram that works in compaq models, you think you can pass it off?
i need to buff up my computer
just put it outside my door and knock, ill get to it.

and if anyone sees a psycho wandering around with a hammer, tell him he has a date with an iron pipe.

[action]

Well, okay, so Sabitsuki is the closest thing to a shut-in that they'll actually allow at this place. Terminal illnesses can do that to a girl, you know?
But for once she's actually outside, presumably skipping a class she's not fond of, or maybe it's a passing period and she's getting some air.

And maybe your mental defenses are low enough to get hit by her accidental projection. Suddenly, looking over, she might be a cat. Or maybe her guts are spilling out.
Or maybe she's half machine. It's all in your head, of course - accidental psychic projection and all - but it might still be a little weird.
Feel free to freak out! Or, you know, try and help her find her apparently missing limbs.

text

[doingthemistything]

I could always pick one up for you if nobody has any to spare.

action

[presto_turn]

Shindou didn't have a free period in his schedule. He did, on the other hand, have gym class, and today the temperature had inched high enough for Coach Armstrong to send them outside. He also had a set of mental defenses that could best be described as "non-existent."

So, as he came running around the side of the building, he didn't think twice about taking notice of the white-furred cat settled in the grass. Probably it was someone's pet that he hadn't encountered yet? Or they might have gotten a stray, even this far out from anyone else. Either way, he came to a stop beside it, grinning and catching his breath.

"{Are you sunning yourself out here?}" In fond-toned Japanese, because what difference did it make to a cat? "{It's warmer today, isn't it?}"

Smile | .flow

[smilingnightmare]

[network/text]

Need some rope, a large fishing hook and a pool. The deeper the better.

If you can find this I'll be happy.

+u+

[cryptic, but that's generally how it goes with him.]


[action]

And it's after this that Irezumi - or as he was better known "Smile" - decided to go for a walk. It was rather nice out and Irezumi was content to skip class for once and wander around. The tattoos on his face kind of attracted a lot of attention but he was used to it at this point.

That, and there was another point to this. He may or may not have heard that his dear sister was seeing someone and Irezumi may or may not want to...talk to this person. Or Sabitsuki about this. Either or.

[network]

[doingthemistything]

I can at least locate the rope

Dare I ask what this is for?

Garry | Ib | hello he's a teacher

[whythistho]

[network]

Good morning, all of you! Or, at least, most of you. Hopefully I have some of you left!
Anyway; so as not to make those... er, gone have anything to make up when they... get back, we won't be doing anything of consequence for the next week! Or so. Something around there, possibly more, hopefully much less!
Today, I hope you don't mind bringing in a few blankets! I have quite a bit planned that I'm sure you all will like!

[action]

Before class - which is usually centered around painting and other forms of wet media - Garry can be found setting up his "big plans" for today; the tables and supplies now ring the room, and he's gotten as many pillows as he's been allowed to take all piled on the floor, with a projection screen hanging on one of the walls.
... Not only that, but one of the tables also seems to be lined with refreshments.

If you want to help a teacher out, feel free - he's still moving furniture and whatnot, after all!

[doingthemistything]

Kirino had a little habit of getting to class far too early... even with the load he's carrying.

... In other words, all the spare blankets from his and Apollo's room are folded up nicely and stacked in his arms when he walks through the door. Someone might want to take one or two of those off his hands, particularly the thicker ones... with as big of a stack Kirino has there, he... probably can't see over the top of it...

Mary | Ib

[burnedrose]

[Network]

Sooooo... I thought schools were supposed to be boring? But doesn't really look like it happens here.

[Is she even allowed to say that? Well it's too late now! Might as well go with it.]

Whats the chance I would get in trouble if I tried painting the trees? I'm not saying I did it! This is just a hypo... Hypothetical!

[Ahhh. Mary hopes that's the right word or she's going to feel stupid in a second.]

Red would be nice right?

[Action]

[Mary shouldn't have tried to figure out the maze by herself. It's a maze! She can't even do them on paper most days, but no. It seemed like it would be fun. That was 30 minutes ago and if this bush doesn't show her the exit now she will cut it down! Anyone nearby can probably hear Mary's frustrated groaning and not so creative insults and threats she's yelling at the carved bush.]

UGH! I will uproot you!

[ network]

[doingthemistything]

Yeah, no, quiet school life isn't a thing here. We're lucky if we go one month without something happening. [Mostly because that "something" is usually bad.] It's nothing if not interesting.

Can't really give you an answer on the tree thing, though.

Skaar || Marvel Comics

[sonofhulk]

[Network]

[The video starts and there's a few muffled voices as the camera's moved about, the two voices appearing to be having a disagreement before one side clearly wins and a boy in his early teens is holding the device.

He has skin the color of slate and eyes which are black rather than white with yellowish-green irises. Looking off camera, he takes a breath then looks back.]

Um, hi...I'm Skaar.


[Action]

[Given free reign to explore, Skaar can be found wandering the halls with no clear sign of direction.]

Marisa Kirisame | Touhou Project

[stardustreverie]

[Network]

[The video cuts onto a overly happy and smiling blonde. Who does not seem to care that her hair is a mess or the fact that the supervisor for the computer room is giving her such a glare right now.]

Guess who's back at school? Don't need ta clap or nothin', I missed bein' here so I had ta come back eventually! 'Sides, to many people ta bug and I want ta figure out more about my powers.

And ya all keep getting exciting this happenin' while I'm away. I'm stayin' put this time! Where is everyone anyways?

[Action]

[Marisa had only been here long enough to drop her bag off in her new room before she was again outside and messing with things.

So she's out by the lake, her eyes closed with something glowing softly in between her outstretched hands. Anyone who knew her well had a idea of what she was doing. Anyone else would probably go bug the blonde which she really hoped would not happen. She wanted to make this work!]