you know what I'm sayin'?

[growing_pains]

( the test drive meme )

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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.

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Yvette/Penance | Marvel Comics

[internalizes]

[action: hedge maze]

There's a bench along one of the least-traveled parts of the maze, close to one of the most twisting, turning, dead -end paths. And on this bench, Yvette sits, crouched like an animal and watching the leaves at the very top of the hedges flutter in the wind.

She remains still, like a deer, her wide blue eyes transfixed above her head. She feels the wind on her skin, blowing through the quills that make up her hair, her claws idly scraping at the stone of the bench. Unless she hears a noise nearby, she remains nearly oblivious, lost in thoughts no one else can know.

[action: classroom]

It's pretty clear Yvette's not comfortable sitting in the desk, but she tries, seeing all the other children doing so. She keeps shifting, though, trying to find a position where she feels comfortable without hunching over or perching on top of the desk itself.

When papers are passed out to each desk, she cocks her head, attempting to understand just what's been placed in front of her. She still knows very little English, and can read even less than that. So when it comes to understanding the assignment? She's lost.

Her face leans closer as she scrutinizes the page, trying to discern any meaning to it.

Action - Classroom

[courageblooms]

[Rosa is about to start on her own work, but notices that the girl next to her hasn't so much as touched her pencil. She was another newcomer, wasn't she? A bit like her.]

Ah. Excuse me.

[She leans a little closer and speaks softly and kindly, not wanting to seem mean or to get the teacher's attention.]

Do you need any help?

[internalizes]

[She looks up at the soft voice, wondering if she was doing something wrong. Her eyes dart back to the page, then back to the girl, not really certain what to do. She certainly seemed nice enough...

Her expression was curious, almost like she needed to be told what her own concern was.]

[courageblooms]

[Did the girl understand her? This was a bit awkward. Well, she'd simply have to ask the question again, maybe differently. She edged her chair closer, still smiling.]

With the worksheet, I mean. Do you need any help answering the questions? I'd be happy to help.

[internalizes]

[Yvette shifts a bit more in her chair, looking again to Rosa, then to the paper. She taps the tip of her claw at the first question, recognizing that there are letters and words there, but still unable to comprehend them.

After staring for a moment, she sinks a bit in her chair, not sure how to respond even if she could.]

Action - Hedge Maze

[thought_takes_flight]

[Soon there's a soft birdsong, one that isn't native to the Americas. A strange boy walks by as he sings the complex tune, his tawny wings flapping a little in the breeze. He stops singing when he hears an odd scraping noise in the distance.

Curious, he goes to investigate. That's when he sees the strange girl staring at the rustling leaves.]

[internalizes]

[She takes the sound as yet another bird, though one that she hadn't heard before. Nonetheless, her attention remains on the leaves and the sky, interrupted at first by a passing insect... then a sound.

The moment she hears it, her body tenses a little, as she turns her head to face it. The sight of the strange, birdlike boy does not alarm her, but she eyes him carefully nonetheless.]

[thought_takes_flight]

[Oh, no. She spotted him. The boy really doesn't want to talk to anyone right now despite the fact that she's in his spot. Little does he know that it's not really -his- spot.

He reluctantly approaches the odd girl while keeping a good distance away from her.]

Pardon me, but I usually sit here.

[internalizes]

[She watches his movements - careful, hesitant... he's not looking for a fight. He seems interested less in her, and more in where she is. Is she not supposed to be here? No, he doesn't seem to be admonishing her.

Eyes still on him, she shifts on the bench, moving a bit over to one side. She doesn't look to be leaving, at least not without some sort of understandable command.]

[thought_takes_flight]

Right.

[Venom sighs and notices a tree nearby. Instead of possibly sharing the bench with her, he crouches down. He takes off with a powerful wing flap, landing comfortably on a branch.]

[internalizes]

[As he flies to the branch, Yvette can't help but stare in awe, her mouth slightly agape at the sight. It was certainly prettier than any of the usual birds that flew over the grounds. Even after he's landed, she watches, entranced by him.]

[thought_takes_flight]

[Venom tries to inch further into the tree's shade, wanting to escape the staring. He hates being stared at, and hiding himself behind a book isn't going to help.]

Please stop. I'm not going to bother you.