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THE TEST DRIVE MEME




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Auron | FFX | Battle tactics teacher

[personal profile] unsentmale 2014-10-08 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
[A - Network]
To the many students who decided it would be a good idea to plagiarise for the last essay - I've read "The Art of War". Many times. While it is an excellent choice to use in reference, you can't expect full marks for regurgitating entire passages with no input of your own.

To those of you who failed this essay due to the above, I'm giving you until next Friday to rewrite them. You won't receive full marks, but it will be better than a fail.


[B - Action]
((OOC: Brackets or Prose welcome, will switch to match!))
Before the kendo club comes to start their training for the day, Auron takes advantage of the empty space to get in some practice of his own. His gargantuan sword is set aside (he doesn't want to piss off the janitor by leaving huge gouges in the floor or walls after all) in favor of a custom made bokken in a similar size, heavily weighed down with a lead core. He goes through his katas smoothly though, as if the wooden sword weighs nothing, the movements filled with brutal grace and perfected over many decades of training.

When he finishes it's just about time for the kendo club to start coming in, so he goes to retrieve his sword, nodding in greeting to anyone that's appeared.
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Network

[personal profile] divine_spirits_universe 2014-10-08 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
Personally I prefer the Heike Monogatari, there is also much of it along with accounts written in the Azuma Kagami that few would even know about.

But still, as wise as ancient warriors can be, and learning from our past is important, wouldn't it be better to create new strategies? Or at least show the ability to outwit your enemy by at least being more clever with where you steal your material from.

[personal profile] unsentmale 2014-10-08 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Let's not go expecting too much from students.
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[personal profile] divine_spirits_universe 2014-10-09 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
Why not? As a student myself I expect a lot from my peers. If they can't keep up it's just boring.

[personal profile] unsentmale 2014-10-09 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
Keep that up and you'll only set yourself up for disappointment.
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[personal profile] divine_spirits_universe 2014-10-09 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think so. If they're all going to be that low, then I'll just help them improve.

[personal profile] unsentmale 2014-10-09 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
How generous of you.
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[personal profile] divine_spirits_universe 2014-10-09 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
It's only the right thing to do.

[personal profile] unsentmale 2014-10-10 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
And it should help to alleviate your own boredom somewhat, I suppose?
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[personal profile] divine_spirits_universe 2014-10-10 10:10 am (UTC)(link)
If it does, it's only a bonus.
defibrillating: this is not the face you want to wake up to (oh hai there)

B

[personal profile] defibrillating 2014-10-08 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
The Institute was rather hard to maneuver during your first days, and Zian found that the map he had gotten was definitely not leading him int the right direction. (The fact that he wasn't that good at reading maps, aside.) Stopping for a moment, he rubs the back of his head a bit in mild frustration. The supplies he was looking for was probably in a completely different wing! God, what if this was the women's dorm and he was scaring the poor girls like some giant purple pervert?

...the sound of someone moving around in the nearby room made the medic stop fretting and decide that he should just ask for directions. Carefully opening the door just a bit and sticking his head in to not interrupt any class or whatever was going on, he watches Auron's kata with wide eyes.

"Cool."

[personal profile] unsentmale 2014-10-09 09:21 am (UTC)(link)
Auron acknowledged there was someone watching but kept going with the kata until he was done, letting the heavy bokken rest on the floor with a low 'thump' as he turned to look over at Zian. "... Glad you think so. Are you here for the kendo class?"
defibrillating: please don't freak out on me (anxious eggplant)

[personal profile] defibrillating 2014-10-09 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Zian watched curiously as Auron finished the kata, keeping quiet until the man was done. No need to bother people too much, after all.

"Huh? Oh, no. I'm not a student, I'm just lost," he admits, a little bit embarrassed. "I was looking for the medical storage and ended up here."

He pauses for a moment, and then holds out his large hand. "Zian Mardovich. School nurse."

[personal profile] unsentmale 2014-10-09 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Auron smiled ever so slightly at that and took the offered hand in his gloved one, giving it a firm shake. "Auron. Battle tactics professor."

Thinking on it a moment, he added, "If you need help finding the storage, I can show you." After all, he had the time and it never hurt to help the younger people around him.
defibrillating: a whole continent of languages in my fingertips (signing time)

[personal profile] defibrillating 2014-10-09 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Now that he was closer, it was more apparent that the purple man was not actually speaking; instead the somewhat robotic voice came from his mask, translating the quick ASL that he had been previously hiding behind the door. "Nice to meet you.... and yeah, some directions would be great."

It was awkward to not find his way around the school, but it would be even more so if he never actually found the damn storage.

[personal profile] unsentmale 2014-10-10 08:44 am (UTC)(link)
An interesting device. Auron wasn't one to stare though, so he simply took one look at the mask before leading the way away from the practice room, sword slung over his back. "You can't have been here long if you're still lost. When did you arrive?"
defibrillating: please don't freak out on me (anxious eggplant)

[personal profile] defibrillating 2014-10-11 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Just a few days ago," the medic admits, rubbing the back of his neck. "I've mostly been in the infirmary and my room, and I seem to be shit at maps." Honestly this place was too huge for its own good.

He'd been in the sewers with the morlocks. That was easier to navigate.