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This is for anyone wanting to test out their characters in the setting before the game opens, 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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[Dio is sitting in a common area, reading a book. Though his physical stature is imposing, his body language isn't nearly as off-putting. His focus isn't fully on the book, naturally. It would be best to approach with caution, but his demeanor lets on nothing of the sort.]
((Mostly a voice test.))
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Still, far be it from him to disturb another's reading time. He put his book in his bag and continued forward, though he'd glance at the other boy every few moments.]
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yes a Jojo!
Is the seat beside you taken?
Of course a Jojo!
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Terezi Pyrope || Homestuck
H3Y! L33 TOLD M3 TO POST SO 1M POST1NG
SO Y34H 1M T3R3Z1 PYROP3 4ND 1M N3W
TH4TS 4LL R34LY
H4PPY NOW D4D??? >:[
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[Terezi doesn't go outside much but she has a good reason for that. She can't stop herself from adsorbing solar energy which powers her eye lasers. So it's something she has to be careful about. So instead she can be fond in the student lounge playing something on her shiny PSP.]
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No, I don't care how many priority kill threats you're picking up, it took me a twenty minutes to convince my mom I didn't need her to come in with me, if you start blowing things up she's just gonna come back.
[He's silent for a second]
All establishing my destructive potential as a first impression is going to do is land me in jail, detention, and permanently exiled to sit by myself at lunch!
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Talking to yourself is a sign of madness y'know.
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Hugo - Suikoden
hey cn ne1 hlp me w ths comp thng. im no good w it. typng lssns also hlp. srsly ths is confsng.
o is thr ne horses here? thnx
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-Now in a much more natural environment, Hugo is outdoors where most comfortable. He's decided the knoll beside the boy's dormitory is the perfect place for an after-class nap. Though he's snoring a bit...-
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May8e use a mic instead.
Geez, it's not hard to figure this shit out.
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Vriska Serket || Homestuck
Damn wind, fuckin' stop. I just wanna smoke.
Augh! Fuck you nature!!! [Throwing her lighter because that seems like the best idea right now.]
((new history))
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[He turns to look at her and tries to pretend he's not even just a little bit phased by her appearance.]
Uh, I can help with that if you want, or if you don't mind the fact I'd have to touch your cigarette and you don't know who I am or what I can really do or anything. Also the whole thing may just [he tries to mime bursting into flames]...
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Al Swearengen | Deadwood | ...warning for foul language, I guess?
I suppose, if I'm going to be teaching you hoodlums, I ought to at least get my face known around the place.
[Picture: One older gentleman, accent off the "gentle" despite the good suit he's standing in. He smiles in a way that's amused yet somehow already exasperated.]
Name's Al Swearengen. I'm going to hope some of you have already heard it, if only 'cause I've got a bar in the city any of you of legal drinking age or with a passable, forged ID ought to be blowing your money at. But here I'm gonna have the privilege [bone-dry sarcasm] of instructing some of you bright, young minds. Class subject: Street skills, and how to stay alive when your powers get fucked with.
So, make room on your schedules. Only don't sign up expecting to slack. I'll make you wish you just had that hairy, Canadian cocksucker you keep around here sticking his claws at you.
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[Al Swearengen has had some association with the X-Men over the years. Long association, even - as a minor adversary and an informant and, more recently, as something of a happenstance ally. But today's his first visit to the Institute since agreeing to tutor some of their students, and so he brings an expensive bottle of liquor along with his swagger into the faculty lounge.
Call it a getting-reacquainted gift. Even if it's only one he snagged from his club back in the city.]
Too early in the day?
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Or am I right in thinking that, with a student population like yours, times don't come around often when you'd want to pass this up?
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He doesn't care one way or the other, he simply lifts his hand in polite refusal. His voice is soft and smooth, melodic and clear, the music teacher, robotics engineer and stealth trainer isn't without his reasons.]
No, thank you. Your generous offer is best served with those that will take it more graciously than I. However, they are your students as well.
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[Video] first thought was that he looks like Dr. Phil XD
[Video] you can't know how sad reading that made me
[Video] it's only that first icon tho. none of the others make me think that
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[Anyone passing through the courtyard might notice a young man, sprawled upon the ground before the entrance to the mansion. He shudders and wretches from where he lays, looking as if he were moments from losing his lunch, yet expending a great amount of effort to keep himself from doing so. Those who decide to venture closer might hear him muttering the same strained sentence between groans over and over--]
Never again... I swear I'll never get into a car ever again...
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Are you alright?
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Arcee || Transformers Prime
[Arcee can be found be found pouring over paperwork beneath one of the trees in the front courtyard. It's not a too terrible windy or cold day so she figured why not spend it outside. After pouring over a few more pages she sighs heavily and carefully put the papers back in her briefcase before settling back against the tree with her eyes closed.
She hasn't been back long and everything feels so strange. So much has changed in the past twenty years. So much so that it makes her feel old even if she doesn't look it. That's the amazing thing about stasis...]
Re: Arcee || Transformers Prime
Never mind that she's working at the moment. He's just happy to see her again even if he looks like a deer caught in the headlights.]
Arcee?
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Merlin | BBC Merlin
[Merlin is sitting outside reading a book, it's a bit chilly but he's enjoying the coolness of the morning coupled with the warmth of the sun. The book he's reading is on herbal remedies, a gift from his old mentor and he looks really into it. Even though, he holds the book with one hand and in the other he balances- in midair- a small dragon figurine.]
[Eventually, a corner of the book catches on fire a bit and Merlin scrambles to put it out, dropping the dragon figure. He groans] Ugh, not again.
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[Merlin comes on screen with a cheeky grin on his face] So [he waves his hand around a bit, and is that a British accent?] What do you do for fun around here in America? New York is different from any place I've ever lived.
[he leans a bit closer to the screen and his voice lowers as if he's going to tell a secret, he looks worried] How pro-mutant is it here?
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As for pro-mutant... it's better than a lot of places, as I understand it, even though it's far from perfect. It depends on where you are and how much you stand out, mostly.
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Jimmy Hudson | Marvel Comics
[Jimmy grew a little restless staying inside for extended periods of time, but the cool weather wasn't something he'd grown entirely used to yet. Still, a nice thermal pullover seemed to help him beat the cold back fairly easily. And now he could practice in comfort. He put some distance between him and the school before extending his claws.
He still had a bit of difficulty doing that as he was still getting used to them, but practicing with them was a must. He did it quite often, as was evident by all of the deep claw marks he left in the trees in the surrounding area.]
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The trees seem angry with you. They've no give.
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Re: Jimmy Hudson | Marvel Comics
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[Her cat ears twitch as she settles back into her chair and fixes the webcam, muttering to herself as she adjusts things] What I wouldn't give for Gemini right now. Technology--Ah! It's a pleasure to meet you all. You can call me Leo. I'll be teaching Creative Writing for the time being. To be honest, I'm...hoping this will be temporary, but it's nice to be back here all the same.
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[She spent a lot of time here in her youth, before she got swept up across the country with her group of 'rebels'. It's time to get reacquainted with the--oh a rabbit. Her ears perk up and she drops to a crouch. It has to be fairly strange to see a teacher stalking a rabbit along the edge of the building but she's gotten used to hunting for food over time.
Just don't get in her way when she pounces]
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-The voice seemingly comes out of nowhere, or at least it would seem that way to someone whose senses were all focused on something else. But really, he wasn't too far off... In fact, he was above. Perched on the side of the building for no real apparent reason.-
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The sun was too bright for her tastes; it kind of represented everything she hated about having to come to the surface. Too bright, too hot, too unrelenting, and yet not dangerous. It was like all the Upworlders, all pretty and always around, but just... soft. Weak. Not used to the harder life she'd been stuck with.
She hadn't lashed out at them, though. Callisto told her she needed to learn how to live with them in order to be a proper chieftain, and though she hated it, she would try. But that didn't mean she had to be friendly. Certainly not without reason.
As it was, the only people she stalked as she stuck to the shadows were those like her. The uglies, the castoffs, the obvious mutants. She knew some kids were throwing around the name of her people, the Morlocks... she wanted to know if they were worth the name. She'd grown up as one, had their ways and beliefs ingrained into her. If these wannabe Morlock pups wanted to adopt the name, she would make damn sure they earned it.
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[The feed is upside-down, with Marrow perching over it, staring into the lens.]
...this thing busted?
[She taps on the lens.]
Hey! Someone help me make this thing work. 's broken. I think.
[Her expression sours, and she growls, her volume increasing.]
NO I DON'T WANT TO UPDATE! What th' fuck's this!?
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Just say yes and it should be fine after a minute.
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[John is taking some time out to relax in one of the common areas, ignoring his homework in favour of an oldish PC game he doesn't remember packing.
Discarding the box to the space beside him, he settled on one of the couches with his laptop balanced on his lap as he clicks through the install options.]
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[when he gets his webcam adjusted, he smiles a very toothy grin at the camera, raising a hand in greeting.] Oh, hey there!
Uh, wow, I didn't actually think of anything to say so hopefully this won't be awkward as hell. I'm John Egbert and I just moved here from Washington. Uh, I can mess around with wind and stuff. You could say I... kicked up a storm to get here.
[badum-tish! yes, he actually makes the noise. he sniggers for a moment.]
Heheh, jk. Anyway! It's great to be here and stuff!
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Wow, could you get any more lame?
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[anyone wandering through the woods today will find quite the surprise; someone spinning (dancing?) around between the trees and not really paying attention where she's going. Mind the tree roots and avoid the stream if you really must follow her, they'll be oddly hard to miss...]
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Is it working this time...? Ah.
Um, hello! I'd like to ask a question of everyone.
...What do you do about bad luck?
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[that thump and cry was the sound of a birdgirl falling to the ground nearby.]
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Meenah Peixes | Homsetuck
Glubbin' piece of shit... No! No no-- Where is my essay?
[And then she slams the side of the computer with her hand, and the screen turns blue.]
Are you shitting me?!
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Hey, simmer down over there. I can't hear this porn.
[spoiler: he is actually just playing some shitty facebook game.]
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Princess Merida | Brave
If anyone needs help if the power's out at night, just get in touch with me somehow. I'm getting pretty good at seeing in the dark; I should be able to help! Besides, it would be nice to get more practice in.
Sogetsu Kazama | Samurai Shodown
[The video feed begins in the school's art studio. In the center is a young man with very long, blue hair. He's sitting on a stool as he dips his fingers into a tray of watercolors. Within seconds, the colors become wet, and he starts to finger-paint on a nearby canvas. He doesn't even look up as he paints.]
Second-year students, remember that your charcoal sketches are due by the end of this week. Simple drawings like this are not acceptable.
[He holds up a picture that was turned in earlier this year.]
And as a reminder to all my new students, if you enrolled in my class to get an easy A, you're in for big surprise.
[Of course he announces all of this with almost no emotion.]
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Mordred grows up fast, so my PBs are all different ages LOL
XD it's all good
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Mordred Deschain, Dark Tower series
*A tall boy with startlingly blue eyes show up on the screen.* Hi. I be Mordred.
*Ans then the boy is replaced with a spider for a moment, before changing back.* I be Mindspider. I just got to this place.
Um. Just thought you should know I belong here, so you don't go a-shooting me. At least not out o' fear, God knows I can't trust that you won't do such for sport.
Julie d'Aubigny | OC/Historical AU
What does matter is the fact that he/she is singing opera whilst standing on one of the cafeteria tables. ]
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That was beautiful. Who are you, and where have you been all my life, hmm~?
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Alexander Whit | OC
But if there was anything his hunched posture and rapt attention hadn't indicated, his grumbling growls should have filled in the blanks.
Those numbers flashing down the screen of his laptop? They were not good news. At all.
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Alex caught her ear more than he did her eye with his grumpy growling, and she gave him an amused look, which turned appreciative once he registered on her radar as 'cute'.
"Who pissed in your cereal this morning, cutie?"
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Celestia Ludenberg | Dangan Ronpa
[You may notice the image of a pale young woman on the screen today. Noting her clothing choices, she sure does have a thing for black. Kind of ironic, considering that bright smile on her face...]
Hee hee, hello there. To those of you who may be new here, welcome! My name is Celestia Ludenberg, though you may call me Celes if that's your preference. It's a pleasure having you here, rest assured.
At any rate, I've noticed that things have been getting a little...dull around here. As such, I thought it could be fun to play a little game. Anyone here good at cards?
Chen - Touhou Project
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In the back corner of the library, there were two tails hanging out from under a table. Someone was hiding so they didn't have to go to her next class.
Although if you peek under the table, it's not as if she is completely skipping class. She's got her homework and text book laid out in front of her and is scribbling away despite the darkness. Although she does keep peeking out to make sure she hasn't been found.
There are a few people she doesn't want to know that she's skipping even though she has a perfectly valid reason.
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Coming to rest on top of the table, heeled feet and fluffy skirt hanging over the edge as the wood creaks from the new weight on it, the woman sighs and speaks as if to herself, or perhaps someone on a phone? ] Where could she have gotten off to, I wonder...
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