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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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[niepokonany]

[Feliks, at 5 AM, is pretty sure this is probably like, forbidden by the Geneva conventions or something. And if it isn't? It should be.]

[At first, he put a pillow over his head, and when that didn't work, he groaned and flopped around unhappily for a while. But there was still noise, so rapidly, still half asleep, he started to get angry.]

[He stormed out into the boys' dorm hallway, in his powder-blue pajama pants and pony-related t-shirt and fluffy purple slippers, and put both hands on his hips.]

Oh. My god. Like, SHUT UP! WHAT IS YOUR DAMAGE?!

[likethestars]

I Think I Understand The Problem Now

Let Me Try This Again As I Feel I May Have Got Off To A Bad Start
My Name Is Kanaya Maryam And If It Was Not Obvious Before Im New Here

[hates_hippies]

YOU CALL THIS DAMAGE? HA, DAMAGE IS WHEN YOU HAVE TO SHOVE TWENTY FEET OF YOUR INTESTINE BACK INTO YOUR ABDOMEN USING NOTHING BUT A SHOVEL AND YOUR OWN BLOOD POOL!

...and glue. Lots and LOTS OF GLUE!

[niepokonany]

Okay, first? DUDE, GROSS ME OUT FOREVER! AND IT's LIKE, 5 IN THE FREAKING MORNING! LIKE, GOD, WHAT KIND OF WEIRDO IS EVEN UP THEN?!

[PS, turning your megaphone into a balloon animal, love Feliks.]

Oh gosh, it's someone as polite and proper as Lorna.

[onlyhisdreams]

Oh, no. My apologies. I was the one not minding my manners.

It is a pleasure to talk to you, Miss Kanaya. Welcome to this school. I look forward to having classes or extracurricular activities with you.

[hates_hippies]

[PFFT, LIKE THAT'G GOING TO STOP HIM]

YOU THINK THAT'S GROSS, MISSY? HA, YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET!

[Also he's going to be reshaping that balloon animal into a light saber, complete with sound effects. Sound effects that he makes, of course.]

[du_bist_also_haesslich]

...

[Sigh. He shakes his head.]

I told you already -- zhose are not bricks. Zhey are books. I can say "books" in a different language if you do not understand zhis one.

[hates_hippies]

But how could they be books? None of them were about guns, haircuts, guns and haircuts, grillin', BBQ, Sun Tzu, or how to spine out a man's spine and beat him with it! Everyone knows those are the only REAL books around! All the others are just Canadian Propaganda designed to sell us Maple Syrup.

And yet, she can be horrendously sassy.

[likethestars]

I Do Not Think That You Are At Fault In Any Way Here

It Is A Pleasure Talking With You As Well Lorna
Thank You I Look Forward To The Same As Well
Its Refreshing To See There Is At Least Someone In This School With A Modicum Of Decorum
Although You Certainly Seem To Have More Than Just A Little

[Video]

[niepokonany]

[And, mercifully, he switches on the video, sparing everyone any more of his typos and sporadic use of punctuation. He's in his cute, pastel pajamas, holding up a sheet of paper that may or may not be his homework for English class.]

Okay, so like, check this out!

[He folds it into a paper airplane, and then it turns into a little tiny real airplane in his hands. He tosses it into the air, and it flies like a real plane, maneuvering around the room until finally taxiing to a stop on his mattress, where it turns back into a simple folded paper.]

[niepokonany]

[AT LEAST THE BUGLE MUSIC IS QUIETER NOW!]

NEWS FLASH, THAT'S TOTALLY A GOOD THING! SERIOUSLY, IT'S LIKE, OHMIGOD JUST KILL ME NOW O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, WHAT IS YOUR DEAL?!

[likethestars]

[If he could see Kanaya's expression he'd know she was quite impressed with the small display. However, she's sticking to text.]

Outstanding
I Assume That You Are Yet Incapable Of Making An Item Large Than It's Already Given Mass
Correct

[hates_hippies]

My deal? You want to know what my deal is?

[Oh god, no Feliks what have you done.

Soldier fools around with his tape recorder for a few seconds, until it starts playing the Star Spangled Banner. Once it plays, Soldier tucks the recorder under his arm, pulls out a small American flag and starts waving it around while placing his hand over his heart.]

MY "DEAL" IS AMERICA! THE BEST DAMN DEAL EVER.

[niepokonany]

Ok, cool, so like, HOW DOES THAT MEAN YOU HAVE TO BE AWAKE AT A TIME LIKE THIS?!

[niepokonany]

[He's too lazy to switch back, so he'll just talk at the words on the screen.]

Basically? I mean, like, I don't think it's really strict, but it's all kinda about how I imagine stuff being, so if it's too huge, I can't, like... sell myself on it?

[hates_hippies]

Because, girlie, no self-respecting American sleeps at this hour! You must be up and at'em! Ready for anything! TOUGH AS NAILS!

[likethestars]

So There Is The Possibility Of Being Able To Make Something Bigger
Although I Do Imagine That Would Be Quite Taxing

[du_bist_also_haesslich]

Zhere are many books about many zhings. Did you know zhere is more to life zhan zhat asinine list you rattled off?!

[senbazuru]

[She shook her head, but smiled all the same.] First week. Though I've spent most of my time indoors, up until now.

[senbazuru]

Oh, thank you! [She clapped her hands together, jumping from foot to foot in delight over his agreement.] Then! [A hand snatched out and seized his wrist.]

The entrance is this way!

[action]

[lastplaceigo]

[Wow this kid. How does Margot even handle this?

All she wanted to do was her homework in the common room and then this weirdo blows through and starts rearranging things all nicely.

Although this gives her an idea. A terrible one.

As quietly as she can, when he moves on to some other part of the room, she follows after him and messes it up again.

Because she can.

Deal with it.]

[senbazuru]

It...must be a nickname, right?

"There's more than one art teacher?" This place either must be enormous, or there was some sort of specialty in art here in addition to the...other things.

[senbazuru]

[Well, that explains everything! --except for the odd coloring, but maybe it had something to do with his powers? She really wasn't in a place to judge.]

It's so nice to meet you! ...I think you're the...third Japanese person I've met so far.

[Action]

[almostsymmetrical]

[For some reason, Kid has a feeling. It's a bad feeling, the kind of feeling you get when all your hard work is being undone. However, he's working and he can't very well just stop, so he keeps at until he finishes only to turn around and...

...

Oh. My. God.

His work! Wh-how?! Who could do such a thing-

Oh. It's that girl.]

J-just what do you think you're doing! This room was almost perfect!

[Action]

[lastplaceigo]

[Margot just smiiiiiiles and blinks innocently as she edges a book over by an inch or two.

Much better.]

Just helping -- what does it look like?