[X] Review the books one more time. You studied the curriculum in advance all summer-you're gonna ace any tests they've got. [Increase Studiousness by 1]
If QM was serious that we might get put in charge of an actual ship, we'll want studiousness up to probably 3 or 4 along with OPness.
Adhoc vote count started by DarkKing98 on Dec 27, 2017 at 8:36 AM, finished with 27 posts and 19 votes.
[X] Change your outfit-no one else followed a uniform…uniform, so neither will you. You've got tons of looks to work on. [Increase Attractiveness by 1]
[X] Review the books one more time. You studied the curriculum in advance all summer-you're gonna ace any tests they've got. [Increase Studiousness by 1]
[X] Using your personal weights and do more working out. You'll show how OP you can be by showing off the muscles you've been cultivating. [Increase OPness by 1]
[X] Review the books one more time. You studied the curriculum in advance all summer-you're gonna ace any tests they've got. [Increase Studiousness by 1]
Adhoc vote count started by DarkKing98 on Dec 27, 2017 at 6:59 PM, finished with 35 posts and 25 votes.
[X] Review the books one more time. You studied the curriculum in advance all summer-you're gonna ace any tests they've got. [Increase Studiousness by 1]
[X] Change your outfit-no one else followed a uniform…uniform, so neither will you. You've got tons of looks to work on. [Increase Attractiveness by 1]
[X] Using your personal weights and do more working out. You'll show how OP you can be by showing off the muscles you've been cultivating. [Increase OPness by 1]
[X] Review the books one more time. You studied the curriculum in advance all summer-you're gonna ace any tests they've got. [Increase Studiousness by 1]
[X] Review the books one more time. You studied the curriculum in advance all summer-you're gonna ace any tests they've got. [Increase Studiousness by 1]
Attractiveness looks set to win, but I maintain INT should always be front-loaded.
[X] Review the books one more time. You studied the curriculum in advance all summer-you're gonna ace any tests they've got. [Increase Studiousness by 1]
[X] Review the books one more time. You studied the curriculum in advance all summer-you're gonna ace any tests they've got. [Increase Studiousness by 1]
[X] Review the books one more time. Youstudied the curriculum in advance all summer-you're gonna ace any tests they've got. [Increase Studiousness by 1]
Look at all the votes everyone! I think this is the first time every option has been voted for! That means people are engaged and that there's no obviously lopsided choice!
(I really like this gif)
EDIT: Vote won't close for like 15 or so hours, so there's plenty of time.
Adhoc vote count started by CoreBrute on Dec 27, 2017 at 8:39 AM, finished with 29 posts and 20 votes.
[X] Change your outfit-no one else followed a uniform…uniform, so neither will you. You've got tons of looks to work on. [Increase Attractiveness by 1]
[X] Review the books one more time. You studied the curriculum in advance all summer-you're gonna ace any tests they've got. [Increase Studiousness by 1]
[X] Using your personal weights and do more working out. You'll show how OP you can be by showing off the muscles you've been cultivating. [Increase OPness by 1]
[X] Review the books one more time. You studied the curriculum in advance all summer-you're gonna ace any tests they've got. [Increase Studiousness by 1]
[X] Change your outfit-no one else followed a uniform…uniform, so neither will you. You've got tons of looks to work on. [Increase Attractiveness by 1]
[X] Review the books one more time. You studied the curriculum in advance all summer-you're gonna ace any tests they've got. [Increase Studiousness by 1]
[X] Review the books one more time. You studied the curriculum in advance all summer-you're gonna ace any tests they've got. [Increase Studiousness by 1]
[x] Change your outfit-no one else followed a uniform…uniform, so neither will you. You've got tons of looks to work on. [Increase Attractiveness by 1]
Edit: I wonder if 'Tori' can observe us questers? Or is that limited to Self-Awareness 10?
[X] Change your outfit-no one else followed a uniform…uniform, so neither will you. You've got tons of looks to work on. [Increase Attractiveness by 1]
[X] Review the books one more time. You studied the curriculum in advance all summer-you're gonna ace any tests they've got. [Increase Studiousness by 1]
Studiousness won with 13 votes. I like how close this got. Post will be up in a while, need to formulate it.
Adhoc vote count started by CoreBrute on Dec 28, 2017 at 1:00 AM, finished with 38 posts and 27 votes.
[X] Review the books one more time. You studied the curriculum in advance all summer-you're gonna ace any tests they've got. [Increase Studiousness by 1]
[X] Change your outfit-no one else followed a uniform…uniform, so neither will you. You've got tons of looks to work on. [Increase Attractiveness by 1]
[X] Using your personal weights and do more working out. You'll show how OP you can be by showing off the muscles you've been cultivating. [Increase OPness by 1]
[X] Review the books one more time. You studied the curriculum in advance all summer-you're gonna ace any tests they've got. [Increase Studiousness by 1]
[Chosen] Review the books one more time. You studied the curriculum in advance all summer-you're gonna ace any tests they've got. [Increase Studiousness by 1] *The Next Day*
"Now class," your teacher Hazayo Sensei Professor Henderson finishes writing on the chalk board and looks at all of you. "Out of these 3 options, which is the worst place to perform exposition and why?"
The options are in a classroom, while in transit on a vehicle, on your deathbed.
"Yes Miyara Chikuma?" He asks, pointing to a girl with silver hair, dressed in a dark blue gothic lolita attire.
"Clearly performing exposition on your deathbed is the worst." Her voice is posh but firm. "Both because of the unlikeliness of one having the energy to finish sharing this knowledge before perishing, but also shows a lack of forethought in sharing this knowledge at a time when you weren't close to departing the mortal coil."
"Fair answer." Professor Hendersonstop that's not my name nods. "Anyone have a different one? Yes Ochanomizu Takura?"
"Uh yeah, if you mean the 'correct' one, than I've got it." The girl with metal arms coming out her back raises one of her metal limbs. Without waiting for acknowledgement, she begins. "The worst place is a classroom. Seriously, exposition in a classroom? That's soooo cliché. Besides, if exposition happens in a classroom, the audience zones out anyway, waiting for the next exciting scene."
A small crash is heard. Turning around, you see a kid in a labcoat with curly hair look embarrassed. He's picking up some metal screws off the floor, and it was clear he was building some kind of machine.
"Yuuchi Koto." Professor HendersonI am Hazayo-Sensei! addresses the embarresed boy. "Perhaps you have an answer?"
"Wuh, uh, well, I guess…" Yuuchi fumbles with his words and his tools as he tries to hide them in his bag. "Transit is kind of a weak place for exposition. I mean, it really only serves to fill the gap in travel, but it's not like anything interesting is happening. Wouldn't it be better to just cut straight to the next place, rather than have travel time you need to fill with exposition."
"Good answer Yuuchi." Professor HendersonHazayoHazayoHazayoHazayoHaz smiles at the student. "Does anyone else want to contribute an answer?"
This is my chance! You think to yourself, as your hand shoots up. The moment you've been waiting for!
"Professor Henderson?" You ask.
"Yes Toryauna-san?" Even you Ikashi-kun?
"The correct answer is…none of them are the worst place to perform exposition." The class all looks at you, while your teacher crosses his arms patiently.
"All of those places can serve as great places for exposition depending on the context of the anime they are in. A deathbed exposition works great in an action or dramatic series, where the importance is for the exposition to carry emotional weight and gravitas, rather than realism.
"Having a classroom explanation works great in a school setting, where it offers a sense of routine for the viewer and characters-in between fighting monsters or solving mysteries, they still head back to school.
"Finally, exposition in transit works great in situations where the characters are forced to be on the move, or are on a journey. Like a spaceship of bounty hunters, or pirate ship, where the journey is as important as the destination, it shows the people in their natural environment. And since the audience will get used to not immediately cutting to the next location, they can be surprised if something attacks the characters mid-transit.
"Essentially, all of these can be bad places, if they don't suit the context of the anime they're in, or pushes the audience's acceptable suspension of disbelief." You finish, waiting to hear the response.
"Good answer Toryauna-san." Professor Henderson… says with a clap. "Well done."
*Ding *
You glance down at your report card.
Studiousness is now 2.
Nice. You think to yourself, and pump your fist excitedly.
"Alright class, that's the bell." Professor HendersonYou can't silence me forever, the fans know the truth says with a clap. "You guys enjoy your free period. Remember, next class we'll be discussing the first anime you'll be auditioning for next week, so get hyped!"
Auditioning? You think to yourself as you stand up to leave. I don't even know how that process works-umpfh!
You fall onto your ass as you bump into something.
"Oh man, I'm so sorry." Scratch that, someone. You look up to see it's the kid who was working on something in class, also flat on his ass. "I'm so clumsy."
"No problem…Yuuchi Koto-san right?" You ask as you help each other up.
"Yeah!" He says with a smile. "That's cool you know my name. And you're Ikashi-san right? I remember your introduction yesterday-man that took guts!"
"Aw, it was nothing really." You say embarresed, rubbing your head.
"Well I was wondering if, uh maybe…" He stumbles over his words awkwardly. "Uh, do you do machines?"
"Do I do what?" You say shocked.
"I mean do, as in like machines? I mean, oh this isn't coming out right-do you like working on machines? Tinkering?" He asks.
"Uh, haven't really thought about it." You say honestly.
"Ah. Well, I ask cause I'm starting a club, The Maintenance Club. We work on machines, fix em up, talk about how they tick, that sort of thing. It's currently just me and my friend Hagane, but we'd be happy to have you."
"Uh maybe." You shrug.
"Ah cool. It's in Garage C, if you want to come." He then heads off, before dropping more screws to pick up.
"You're a curious being." You turn around to see the silver haired girl from before, Miyara Chikuma. You realise she's very small, Jad's height if that.
"What, me?" You ask, pointing at yourself.
"You are a painfully ordinary looking fellow, yet with an overblown ego we normally see in Shonen characters, despite lacking any physical traits of merits." She says, listing your flaws without emotion.
"Hey." You hold your stomach protectively. "That's a bit harsh."
"However, you displayed a level of critical thinking I hadn't expected. Which makes me wonder what kind of character you are. It's a mystery I might like to solve." She says, her expression unchanging.
"Uh…thank you?" You tilt your head confused.
"Indeed. A potential topic for my burgeoning Mystery Investigation Club." She puts a blue piece of paper in your hand. "Come to the top floor of the Library. Carry that seal if you want to survive the barriers."
"Uh, yeah, I'll be sure to think about doing that." You glance at the paper. It has the Kanji for Light over the Kanji for Darkness, surrounded by a pentagram.
You glance back at Miyara, but see she is now eye level. Glancing down you see she is levitating somehow. She then turns and floats off the corridor at high speed.
"Ok, Magical Detective Gothic Lolita Girl." You mutter to yourself. "I guess if you keep adding adjectives, eventually you'll make something origina-Aaah!" You scream as something grabs you by the ankles and pulls you to the ground.
"YOU!" You find yourself hanging upside down, face to face with Ochanomizu Takura dangling from one of her robot limbs. "Didn't I tell you that you were 10 years too early to challenge me?"
"Uh yes, I sorta remember you maybe saying something like that?" You say, trying to laugh through the fear.
"And yet today you dare try to challenge my intelligence in the classroom?" She brings you eye to eye. "I should destroy you for your impudence!"
"Wait wait, let's not go overboard here!" You wave your arms pleadingly. "I wasn't trying to offend you or anything Takura-san!"
"Hmm." She seems to consider your words. "You may not have, but still any potential rival to my intelligence is either a threat or an ally. Which are you?"
"Uh…" The blood rushing to your head is making you sweat. "Ally?"
"Good answer." She puts you down, none too gentle. "This is where my organisation-The EEWDC- will be meeting." A different robot limb hands you a pamphlet.
The Evil Empire of World Domination and Cookies Club-meets in Music Room 6F. Join the Dark Side- it's where the Chocolate chips are.
"I expect to see you soon." She says, before heading off, the limbs moving her like a spider.
"Oww…" you say aloud. "That's one way to ask someone to join your club.
Suddenly you get a text on your phone. You glance down and read,
Hi Ikashi,
I had to stay home to take care of something. I'll be in class for next period. Try to enjoy yourself without me.
The world is your sandbox!
Tori
What do you want to do?
1 Standard Action available
[] Go meet someone to hang out
-[] Jad
-[] Yuuchi
-[] Miyara
-[] Ochanomizu
[] Start your own club
-[] Sailing [Available due to Sailor Trait]
-[] Write-in
(Optional) Free Action
[] Ask Jad to spy on a named character (Can't be chosen if you choose to spend time with Jad)
-[] Name the character (Write-in)
[] No Free Action Author's notes:Visiting someone's club doesn't mean you have to join said. It means you're checking it out. And you can check out other clubs in other free periods, before making a decision about joining, making your own, or abstaining. Of course, starting next week, there's a possibility that clubs will start being disbanded.
Hi there. You might have noticed in that last post that, after choosing studiousness, you were given the names of 3 characters who all seemed to have different forms of intelligence. That was not a coincidence.
I know, I know. Top 10 Anime Betrayals blah blah blah.
Depending on which of the stats you chose, I would have exposed you to 3 different characters, each examplifying that attribute in a certain way. These characters still exist, you've just yet to meet them yet.
However, Self-awareness is one of those attributes where it's definition is a bit unclear. How could you express a self-aware character in a way that hasn't been done before? Or is self-aware in different ways?
Well, rather than force me to do the thinking (Don't I do enough for you people? ) I thought I'd ask you guys if you wanted to come up with one yourself.
The challenge is to come up with a student in Anime Academy who exemplifies Self-Awareness in a novel or interesting way. I will pick my favorite one, and that student will be part of Anime Academy-additionally, said character will start off with a social link level of 1 with the Protagonist. What that link is, I will discuss with the reader.
Childhood friend? Transfer student who seems to know you really well? Sworn Rival? Imouto? Stalker? Skies the limit here. You don't even have to say what the link is in the submission (although you can if you want to).
Anyway the rules are simple:
1. Submission should come with a picture, drawing or image of some kind. It helps visualise everything. Google Fu or stealing from exisiting Anime, games or western animation is fine.
2. They should be recognisably anime, either a familiar trope (subverted or otherwise), or expy of a character, etc. However, they can't literally be from a real anime. No Yamcha trying to get his own anime where he isn't the butt of every joke. However, 'Hamcha' is fine.
3. A brief idea of their personality, 3 things they like and 3 things they dislike (food, weather, blood types, can be big or small)
4. If they could be the protagonist of any anime, what would their dream anime be?
Hope that's clear. I'll give it a week or two, to see if there's interest for this kind of thing. It's an experiment, so let me know if there's any questions you might have.
Black Haired Boy
Named
Yuki Karasu
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I like girls, anime, and being happy.
I hate bullies,being called Kara, and sadness.
I'm a eighteen year old i'm 5 foot 7 inch male weighing 138 pounds. I have balck hair, red eyes, and my blood type is AB.
My friends describe me as a handsome nerd.
The anime I want to be the protagonist in is a high school slice of life.
Brief History:
In Kara's(his nickname even though he hates it with a passion) 7th grade year he meet a strange man wearing an trenchcoat. The man told him about this school called Anime Academy then handed him a card. At first little Kara didn't trust the strange man. But then he talked to his parents who apparently were former graduates. They then told him in detail about their llife there, soon Kara was infuated with Anime Academy so much so that he watched evey anime he can from Death Note to Naruto. As he grew older he realized the little tropes how the Shonen guys always yelled their techinques, how the strong guys are very cute or adorable when you notice their "quirks". Eventually he knew everything about "anime."
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Good enough?
) I thought I'd ask you guys if you wanted to come up with one yourself. 
