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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.

Comments

[economically]

"Of course you can be too nice." Wow some people... you start to really really remind her of her father :| You'll make things harder on your family if you are like that. "You have to look after your own weelbeing and health and financial stability before reaching out to help others, and then when the helping would do more harm to you than it would help them you still shouldn't do it if you could." The shrug that goes with the words indicates that she doesn't care too much if he follows her words or not, though - she is kind of used to that kind of advice falling on deaf ears.

[moimin_papa]

Timo considers that and frowns. He's not entirely sure that he agrees. "I don't think I could live with myself if a friend needed help and I didn't offer it if I could." But he's not childing, or trying to force her to change her opinion. That's just how he feels, and if she can live with herself, then that's probably a good thing. "You're right, though, because otherwise you can't be around to help them next time, but then what if they're not around to help next time?" If he waited every year to buy Björn a present in the hope that next year he'd have enough money to buy him something that was worthy of his friend, he'd never get him anything.

[economically]

"Friends and family are different." She stops and considers him for a moment, wondering if he was talking about friends just there or if he would be one of those weird people who consider everyone a friends. "They are a part of your own wellbeing and so on. Though even then - think about it like this. I bet you flew here. They say in the safety instructions that you should place the mask on your own face before helping others, because if you try to help others first and then lose consciouseness before you really get to that, you are useless.

And that applies to most things." Middle ground. They should be able to meet here.

[moimin_papa]

Pretty accurate. Unless they're the opposing team of a hockey match he'll consider everyone a friend - and even then he'll be friendly after the match. But she's brought up a good point and he frowns, and then nods. Some situations are different, but that's a time when she's definitely right. "Most things." He agrees, cheerfully. They can agree to disagree.

[economically]

She would bet that you're one of those people that spend much-needed money on helping out strangers that got themselves into the trouble that they are in, just because you take pity on them. Even if it only means trouble for you and your friends.

But well. "So, those people that got here with you. Are they all like you?"