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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!


Be sure to read up on all game information and the "!event" tag to make sure you have all your ducks in a row.

Comments

[castacoldeye]

My people were conquered and murdered and starved to death by the English. Then they made us speak their language and forbid us from using our own tongue, so it's rare to find native speakers these days.

[Simon's such a cheerful guy.]

I do speak some Irish, but there are few here who understand it.

I don't envy you, but I'm sure many would. I'd be willing to play for you. I do play on campus from time to time.

The arts are important. I'm sure you can bring a lot to the students, give them an added appreciation for music.

[singsingbluesilver]

And people said that Japan went way overboard with denying anyone from coming into the country during the early contact days with Europeans. [ As in he was sure that his country would had suffered the same kind of fate if it wasn't so far away and tended to destroy ships on sight that were not on their list of friendlies. ]

I'd love to hear. I love all sorts of languages even if I don't know what it means.

That would be nice of you. Music's one of those things that I'm always willing to hear.

They are. They really are and I hope they understand the approach I come from is more from the gut then from schooling.

[castacoldeye]

Imperialism is an ugly thing.

[But now is not the time to discuss politics and the crimes of various nations, though that is something that Simon is willing to engage in, without much provocation. Instead, he nods.]

If you like.

[Simon recites a short verse, from one of his favorite Irish language poets:]

Anocht agus mé ag meabhrú go mór fá mo chroí
Gan de sholas ag lasadh an tí ach fannsholas gríosaí
Smaointím airsean a dtug mé gean dó fadó agus gnaoi.

[Though muted by the fact that he's being recorded, there's a trace of sadness rising in the words, unrelated to anyone's understanding of them: a flicker of Simon's power. But that's why he doesn't recite for too long.]

There's a lot to be said for passion. I'd prefer teaching from the heart to teaching solely from a book.

[singsingbluesilver]

It is. [ He's got Ryukyu blood in him that gave him those strange blue eyes and lighter brown hair and the history between the islands and Japan was not a pretty one. ]

That's so pretty... [ And he just copies the sound of the words, turning it into a musical phrase, drawing it out in a manner that shows off his own mutation before he cuts himself off. ] Sorry. I get carried away.

Anyone can learn from a book, but they feel it better if it comes from the heart.

[castacoldeye]

[Simon nods.]

It sounds like we have a few things in common.

Don't apologize. Thank you. It was beautiful. Never apologize for your gift.

[He doesn't use his own much, but that's because it should be used sparingly.]

That's right. Emotion teaches you things that reading never can. Like experience.