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THE TEST DRIVE MEME

Hello, True Believers!

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!


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Sakuya Haibara | Fatal Frame

[blooming_resonance]

[Sakuya's office is more or less littered with notes that she has taken. Lots of them; when you have a problem with memory like she does, then writing down every even insignificant-sounding detail becomes important, because it may be something that comes up later.

It also helps as a member of staff, because then you can remember who everyone is and what their plans and the like are. So, most days, between meetings, she can be found scribbling things down on notepads or reviewing the notes, rubbing one of the scars under her hairline in thought.

She's friendly, she's kind, she's approachable. She's a little weird. At least she hasn't moved the dolls in yet. But there's a picture of her with quite a collection in the background up on a shelf behind her desk.

So come in, ask questions, look for guidance!

Just don't ask her to use that memory-removing power of hers to erase the fact you failed the last test, or, staff, to erase the memories of that shameful one night stand. She doesn't much appreciate that.]

[soundandfurry]

-Well, it was either her or the really handsome guy... she felt a bit more comfortable talking with a woman and countryman than Mr. Demitrou. And after being caught stalking about after curfew in order to sleep outdoors like she'd been used to, it was figured she'd need more help in adjusting to this new life.-

Um... Haibara-san? I was told you'd be expecting me...

[blooming_resonance]

[Well, if nothing else, Sakuya has one of the warmest smiles most people have ever seen, and it's something she turns at Kagerou as the girl steps in. Imaizumi, she has the notes and file already in front of her. She'd pulled it out when she heard she was going to be getting a visitor, but hadn't had too much to review it.

So this should be a learning experience.]

Yes, of course. Please, have a seat.

[The office is pleasantly dim, and the wall behind her desk has been painted a dim yellow. Everything about the place is meant to feel inviting, comfortable, safe, and it probably actually does a pretty good job of it.

It helps the oddly exposed feeling people tend to have when subjected to Sakuya's gaze.]

How are you feeling right at the moment?

[It's an odd question, because, for all intents and purposes, Sakuya looks like she already knows.]

[soundandfurry]

-Kagerou plopped herself down, drawing her knees up to her chest and keeping her hood pulled low, though it was obvious her ears were beneath with how they shaped the garment. After a few moments of silence, she gave a predictable answer.-

... I dunno ...

[blooming_resonance]

Mm, I see. [She looks at the records for a brief moment, then looks the girl over once more. Hm. The moon's not quite full yet, so that's not an issue...]

Are you uncomfortable?

[She leaves the question purposefully vague, but she seems willing to wait however long it'll take Kagerou to answer.]

[soundandfurry]

-After a few moments, she nodded.- They won't let me sleep outside.

[blooming_resonance]

What about sleeping outside do you prefer? [She skips the obvious question to one to make Kagerou think about, and to learn, herself.]

[soundandfurry]

I slept outside all my life... It's normal for me.

[blooming_resonance]

[And this is where Sakuya's smile gets a little...

... odd.]

Even still, Imaizumi-san, it is 'normal' so much as to leave your assigned room. I wonder if it's not more than just what you're used to?

[soundandfurry]

... Wait, what? I'm confused.

[blooming_resonance]

If it's a strong enough urge to make you leave in the first place, isn't it more than just 'what you're used to'?

[soundandfurry]

Well, I mean... it might be instinct or something like that, too. My people weren't exactly totally nature wild, but we were still kind of, you know...

[blooming_resonance]

Well, either way, you're a little uncomfortable indoors it seems. Is there any accommodations that would make it easier... to... [She pauses, frowns, and mumbles something in Japanese, as though working out how to phrase her next bit.]

Is there anything that would make it feel more like home for you? If nothing else, I'd suggest... leaving a window open. We can't have you outside, though. Not here. Not with... things as they are.

[soundandfurry]

If it were that easy, I'd have tried it already.

[blooming_resonance]

I wasn't expecting it to be easy. [She presses her fingers together.]

Hm. What sort of... things do you think of when I say... to think of... 'home'?

[soundandfurry]

... Bamboo. And Mamma.

[blooming_resonance]

Bamboo is easy enough to come by. I'm sure we could even find a... larger... plant of it. Several of them, even? [She stops, then smiles again.]

Unfortunately, I can't... think of anything to offer for the other. I once offered a much younger girl a doll when she missed home. I don't think... it would help you, though. Perhaps some kind of... familiar scent?

[soundandfurry]

A familiar scent? I'm not sure...

[blooming_resonance]

Well, if you think of... anything. Anything at all. Let me know?

As I said we can't... have you wandering around outside after hours. For your own safety.

[She pauses, frowns, then ventures a question;]

That said, being who you are... how do... you feel about the moon?

[soundandfurry]

It's both comforting and... embarrassing.

[blooming_resonance]

Embarrassing? How so?

[soundandfurry]

The moon cycle is what controls how, uh... wolfy I get.

[blooming_resonance]

Well, naturally. It has influence over... many things, other than that, as well. I just wanted to make sure you don't resent it for that. If it's comforting... I may be able to... help.

[soundandfurry]

Well, no, I don't quite resent it... But I do wish I had more control.

Either way, the moon is an important thing to my people. Or... was... -It's hard referring to the wolves in past tense, still.-

[blooming_resonance]

[Her smile turns sympathetic at the wish for more control. It may not be the moon, but there's aspects of her own power she can't control. And it affects her negatively, as well.

She swivels around in her chair a bit, and stands up to walk over to the shelf behind her, where a somewhat elaborate carving of the moon sits.]

Where I'm from... [She pauses, trying to figure out how to word it. It's not so easy in something other than Japanese.] The moon also is... very important. For different reasons. No one's... a wolf there. At least I don't think. Even more than the sun, the island's god of choice is... the moon. [She rests her hand atop the carving, and cants her usual smile over her shoulder at Kagerou.] Because of this... I might be able to help. If you would like something symbolic.