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( the test drive meme )

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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No? It's been around for a couple of centuries or so.

[ Well hello there, handsome stranger.

Julie steps down from the table and gives him a wide, charming smile, sitting down across from him as if she's been invited. ]

Did you like it?

[ She could probably speak with less of an accent, but she personally likes the way it sounds. ]

[He couldn't. He could try not to have an accent. It would end horribly. He was always terrible with voices. Good thing it wasn't people he could change his shape to. He would really be useless then.]

I did, yeah. Was a nice 'nough sound. You've pretty good vocal chords on you.

[He smiled back, hitting a few keys on the keyboard without tearing his eyes away from her yet. When he finished the fingers of his left hand drummed the beat to the song against the case of his laptop.]

Never been much of the knowledgeable sort when it comes to music.

[He could play a keyboard of just about any type but if you asked him who sang a song or the words to it, the poor guy wouldn't have a clue.]

It's true.

[ Julie isn't one for false modesty. ]

What's your name?

[Alex wouldn't know where to begin with trying that himself. He's always been a terrible liar in person. If he ever gets caught, he's screwed.]

Alex. Alexander. Lex. Pick your fancy. E'ryone else always does.

[ Julie is a rather splendid liar, but still often gets caught. Mostly because she considers it to be part of the fun. ]

I'm Julie.

It's nice to meet you then, Julie.

[His smile remained and he flipped the lid of the laptop shut, offering her a hand. Because handshakes were the polite thing weren't they? He was pretty sure they were, though he was left wondering what her powers might be.

Of the many schools he had attended, this was the oddest, by far.]

[ She takes his hand without hesitation, shaking it with warmth. ]

It's very nice to meet you as well, Alex.

So, what can you do?

[ why beat around the bush when she's curious? ]

Well, I've a bit o' skill cooking noodles. And I can play some deeply impressive minesweeper.

[He shakes as well with a light laugh and a shrug of his shoulders.]

But I can guess what you really mean, and I can't really do much worth mentionin'. I can change. Can't do it when I want, though. Or t'what I want. Not a lot a good, that.

[ The deliberate misunderstanding gets a bit of a laugh out of her before she continues her questioning. ]

What do you change into?

Animals.

[Her laugh makes his smile grow a bit, but he's just making casual conversation, really. This has never been a part of that before now.]

Actual animals. And before you ask, No, I can't actually demonstrate.

You said you couldn't control it so I was sort of assuming that demonstrations were a little outside your capabilities at the moment.

[ She observes that he has a nice smile and makes a mental note to try to bring it out some more. ]

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