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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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[stardustreverie]

Nice ta meetcha Flandre.

[After a moment of her eyes being closed and a light purple star pops up in her hand. She's just going to mess with it as she talks.]

Dunno, Part of my mutation or somethin'...But it's cool

[comparative_insanity]

And by "if it is wearable" you mean if it should be a criminal offence or not.

[He titters lightly.]

And pretty much, yes? Almost all the teachers here are some degree of crazy anyway, so it's not like they usually mind much.

[senbazuru]

It's a little early to be missing home yet, sir! [Chizuru beamed back with an earnest politeness offered to most of the adults here. She rested her clasped hands in the small of her back, shrugging her shoulders.] Everything's still fresh and exciting, so I am trying to take advantage of the energy while I still have it.

[Looking back at the maze, her eyes round as she takes in the sight.] These sorts of things you only see in movies...like...Alice in Wonderland, that sort of thing.

[senbazuru]

[Chizuru brought her hands together and rested them against her skirt in a coyly polite fashion. Were this Tokyo back home, she could be certain that her classmates would be whispering and giggling in the background at the young man's approach, but here...

...maybe it was foolish to think that no one was watching. Not in a place like this.]

Mmn, not at all. [Think lips crack to a small smile, and she breaks her gaze to once again look upon the thick hedges.] I was simply exploring. I've never seen an estate as expansive as this one...

[notabluffingman]

The place does have a certain what I would call a "vibe" 'bout it, doesn't it?

[That is said rather wryly, glancing around at all the greenery.]

It's to impress all them families in the brochures and while giving them the grand tour, I should think. Show 'em that their kids might be strange in their own little ways, but at least they can do it with style. [Despite the words his tone isn't really mocking; rather a certain fondness for the place and its inhabitants.] Mind, it gives you all something to do instead of sittin' around, and that's only good for you.

[sonofhulk]

I could...

[If he were in his Hulk form, but he's trying to avoid that if at all possible.]

[hipsterbane]

A little hard to make out, but she could see her arm, lifting at least, and the hesitation in her body. Well, she'd discovered she had a talent for making newcomers feel at ease. So she stubbed the hand rolled cig out on the ashtray she kept up there for that purpose, removed her notebook, closed her eyes and passed her hand over it. Her small wings were instantly replaced by large, magnificent ones, the kind you'd see on a Rennaisance painting of Micheal.

She lifted off and made a somewhat clumsy flight over to her, before closing her eyes again so the wings vanished, dropping her to the grass.

"You new here?"

[willyouwalk]

[And there is a battered brown tabby cat suddenly staring at her from on top of a table where there wasn't a minute ago. Tybalt is better than a guard dog, really. The perks of shadow-travel]

[iaijutsu]

It is impressive, isn't it?

[His reaction had probably been a bit less obvious than hers, back when he arrived - everything he did tended to be more understated and all - but he'd found it hard to believe that anyone could have so much...space, after growing up in a place like Tokyo where even a comfortable existence was still a cramped one.]

[musou_tensei]

Don't freak out. -And around came Reimu.-

I saw you earlier. I guess my attempt at a cool, anime-style entrance to the scene didn't work out.

Celty Sturluson | Durararararara!!

[ahead_of_herself]

[ A feisty cat had decided to make this tall woman's head a springboard for a tree branch. Unfortunately for her, that helmet tipped right off of her head and began to roll down the gentle incline. She chased after it, and it's there that her secret was revealed for all to see — she had nothing on her head save for that wisp of black smoke which trailed behind her as she ran after her headpiece.

Catching it on the bottom of the hill, she turned her body this way and that to look around before stopping to brush the dust and grass off of the yellow painted shell.

That was pretty embarrassing. She hopes no one saw her. ]

[musou_tensei]

... I'm amazingly unsurprised at this.

[network]

[sogyo_no_kotowari]

... Again with the whelmed thing, Mr. Grayson?

[byeontae_geomi]

How old are you, anyways?

[senbazuru]

[Chizuru lightly giggled, bringing a hand up to cover her mouth out of habit.] Oh, no...

[She brought her hands down and wove her fingers together.] It was still a cool entrance, all the same. I'm just a little jumpy is all, sorry.

[senbazuru]

I see...[She took another look around her, furrowing her brow thoughtfully.] ...do a lot of students come here with their parents, at first?

[Her father saw her off at Narita, but as far as she knew, Dr. Yukimura never set foot on the premises.]

Teenagers have a lot of energy. [She says this matter-of-factly, as though speaking of those other than herself.] If there aren't extra-curriculars, they tend to find less-productive ways to busy themselves.

[senbazuru]

It's like a fantasy...[She's breathless in her agreement, her eyes lighting up the sight of the hedge, as though Saitou's presence unveiled some secret to it that she'd not yet seen before.] I'd been to gardens back home, but...

[She cut herself off, bringing a hand to her chin and looking down in thought for a moment before glancing back up to her classmate.] I'm sorry, you've been here for a little while now, and here I'm talking like I'm just here on vacation. [She needed to start referring to this place as 'home' - even if it didn't feel like it, she needed to get into the habit.]

[icy_heavens]

[From further away, the resemblence is striking. And even as he gets closer, it remains pretty remarkable despite the differences. Still, it's not her.

[But since she looks so lost and he's already here -- with those naturally quiet steps of his -- Toushirou figures he might as well say something.]

Is there something really fascinating about this?

[senbazuru]

[The tone in which the voice spoke to her, she felt as though she'd been rude for staring. A blush flew across her cheeks in an instant, and rather than hide it, she turned to voice the young man with an owlish blink.]

I...it...[She stammered out in a stupidly-loud volume.]...it's just so big!!

[senbazuru]

Chizuru's mouth gaped open widely as she stared in wonder over the wings that carried the woman down to the grassy lawn beneath them. Even with the occasional hiccup on the soar down, it was miraculous enough to make up for the lack of grace. "....."

The stranger's feet landed with minimal scuffing, and Chizuru's remained firmly planted as the woman arrived. "...y...yes, I arrived this week." Just in time for the spring semester, though...American school years were different, weren't they?

[stardustreverie]

...And what's that supposed ta mean?

[markedviolin]

[Unfortunately, not everyone's going to be watching where they're going--this young violinist being one of them.

Marie only realizes she's on a collision course a little too late.] A-Ah! Look out!

[markedviolin]

I have!

Mother thought it would be a good idea for me to stay here, since it would be a far cry safer than home.

[icy_heavens]

[... Even acts a lot like her. Wow, that doesn't make him feel homesick at all. Really.]

[He blinks at the volume. Huh.] You don't need to talk that loud, you know.

[senbazuru]

[Her voice instantly reduces to a low hiss, her hands quickly flying up to her mouth to catch her volume.] I'm sorry!

[She feels pretty silly now...gawking at what was more or less a giant topiary, and then subjecting this poor fellow to an outburst.]