Kumamimi Quest
- Thread starter Usandru
- Start date
- Original Modern
- Location
- 委員長の牢獄
You've already voted!
If I don't get a new vote before I wake up tomorrow though, I'll use yours.
- Location
- The Hague
- Pronouns
- He/Him
please give him a cool and sexy name that retroactively makes my earlier joke makes kay thanks
- Location
- The Hague
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Kåre
I was tempted by Asbjørn but this sounds a little nicer (not that I'm pronouncing either correctly).
I was tempted by Asbjørn but this sounds a little nicer (not that I'm pronouncing either correctly).
I am so bad with keeping up with quests, and sad that Simon wasn't picked. Oh, well, such is life~ T_T
[x] So what did Katrine do before enrolling here?
[x] Valdemar
[x] So what did Katrine do before enrolling here?
[x] Valdemar
1.3 - Polar bear introductions
- Location
- 委員長の牢獄
You flash Katrine a smile and do your best to indicate that it's not a problem, and you can see that she visibly relaxes from her conversational misstep. She still seems to feel a bit bad about it, but you probably can't do anything about that. Instead, you move on.
"So yeah, Copenhagen girl through and through. What about you, Katrine? Where'd you go before coming here?" You ask, and for half a second you watch her mentally shift gears to catch up.
Well, if she's doing that she won't be feeling bad for her pretty trivial misstep, so you suppose that's a success.
"Ah, right, I'm from Sjælland, up towards the northern end. Call it two hours away from Copenhagen maybe." She says and wriggles her hand to silently add 'approximately'.
"Neat. I've heard it's pretty beautiful up there?" You ask. Katrine smiles wryly.
"It can be, yeah. The coast anyway. I'm from a bit further into the interior, which is mostly small villages and huge farms." She replies.
"I went to a pretty provincial elementary school, then I started commuting to one of the larger towns for high school. By the time that was done, I'd decided I really, really wanted out, so I moved into the cellar of one of my aunts in Copenhagen and got a job at a cafe while figuring out what I wanted to do." She continues, shrugging slightly as if to say 'you know how it is'. You don't really know how it is, but it's not too hard to imagine.
"In the end I figured I liked language and I liked history, so here I am."
Fair enough, you suppose.
"What about you? What got you interested in linguistics?" She asks.
"Well…"
Pick one
[ ] "...I think languages are really interesting, especially the way they can be so different."
[ ] "...my other plans for the future required me to win the lottery."
[ ] "...it seemed like it could be useful."
[ ] "...one of my friends can be super obnoxious about correct Danish, and linguistics seduced me while I was looking for ways to get back at her."
[ ] "...I actually kind of just picked it because it was suggested to me."
[ ] write-in
After that the conversation drifts a bit between various topics of small-talk, until the speeches begin.
As speeches go they were pretty decent, you conclude to yourself. After they finished, the tutors tallied you up and counted about twenty-five people from your three degrees, and then started pulling you along to somewhere more private.
You leave the building and walk along the open area towards the canal. The tutors lead you across, and into the building there. One of them is talking as you go, explaining that you're on your way to buildings 22 through 24, which is where the majority of your classes will be held.
You're taken inside and up some stairs, and then you're shown into a classroom. It's got space for maybe forty people tops, probably suited for thirty, since that's the preferred maximum class size as far as you know. You kind of had the impression that universities mostly had huge lecture halls though.
Once inside and you've all settled into the seats, the tutors introduce themselves. There's quite a few them. Five from linguistics, three from Indo-European and one from Finnish. After introductions they go over some practical information and the like, and then they move on to that time-honoured 'first day at school' thing, having everyone introduce themselves!
You probably won't be able to remember the names of basically anyone from this, unless you actively try to pay attention to a few of them, but eh, nobody actually expects you to.
The tutor in charge has had ideas though, and wants everyone whose name starts with the letter he states to stand up, and then those people are the ones to introduce themselves going from left to right.
He's decided to start with 'A'. That'd be you.
You're going to introduce yourself as…
[ ] write-in introduction. Keep it short!
Then, for the duration of the introductions you're…
Pick one
[ ] ...just kind of going to tune them out and wait for the next event.
[ ] ...pay attention to see if anyone from Finnish is here.
[ ] ...look for the cutest boys.
[ ] ...look for the cutest girls.
[ ] ...look for some other category you want to pay attention to (write-in category)
Continuing vote:
Pick one
[ ] Asbjørn (1 vote)
[ ] Jarl
[ ] Kåre (1 vote)
[ ] Valdemar (1 vote)
I'll probably end up with a list of all your fellow linguistics students, but nobody said I had to be quick about it!
Essentially, to preserve my sanity, I'm going to introduce them in a trickle of new people. The more people you try to make me describe, the lazier I'll be. I mean, half the linguistics people are probably going to drop out before the end of the first year.
There is no guarantee that any Finnish student is in attendance, by the way. They are rare creatures. I've only ever met the one that joined the tutor team for my year. None of the Finnish freshmen showed up, so she ended up just helping the others.
Kemonomimis are going to be rare enough that if one shows up I'm going to tell you, so no need to look for those. There might be one or two hiding their ears under a hat here, but you're always looking down on people, so kemonomimis are pretty obvious to you~
"So yeah, Copenhagen girl through and through. What about you, Katrine? Where'd you go before coming here?" You ask, and for half a second you watch her mentally shift gears to catch up.
Well, if she's doing that she won't be feeling bad for her pretty trivial misstep, so you suppose that's a success.
"Ah, right, I'm from Sjælland, up towards the northern end. Call it two hours away from Copenhagen maybe." She says and wriggles her hand to silently add 'approximately'.
"Neat. I've heard it's pretty beautiful up there?" You ask. Katrine smiles wryly.
"It can be, yeah. The coast anyway. I'm from a bit further into the interior, which is mostly small villages and huge farms." She replies.
"I went to a pretty provincial elementary school, then I started commuting to one of the larger towns for high school. By the time that was done, I'd decided I really, really wanted out, so I moved into the cellar of one of my aunts in Copenhagen and got a job at a cafe while figuring out what I wanted to do." She continues, shrugging slightly as if to say 'you know how it is'. You don't really know how it is, but it's not too hard to imagine.
"In the end I figured I liked language and I liked history, so here I am."
Fair enough, you suppose.
"What about you? What got you interested in linguistics?" She asks.
"Well…"
Pick one
[ ] "...I think languages are really interesting, especially the way they can be so different."
[ ] "...my other plans for the future required me to win the lottery."
[ ] "...it seemed like it could be useful."
[ ] "...one of my friends can be super obnoxious about correct Danish, and linguistics seduced me while I was looking for ways to get back at her."
[ ] "...I actually kind of just picked it because it was suggested to me."
[ ] write-in
After that the conversation drifts a bit between various topics of small-talk, until the speeches begin.
***
As speeches go they were pretty decent, you conclude to yourself. After they finished, the tutors tallied you up and counted about twenty-five people from your three degrees, and then started pulling you along to somewhere more private.
You leave the building and walk along the open area towards the canal. The tutors lead you across, and into the building there. One of them is talking as you go, explaining that you're on your way to buildings 22 through 24, which is where the majority of your classes will be held.
You're taken inside and up some stairs, and then you're shown into a classroom. It's got space for maybe forty people tops, probably suited for thirty, since that's the preferred maximum class size as far as you know. You kind of had the impression that universities mostly had huge lecture halls though.
Once inside and you've all settled into the seats, the tutors introduce themselves. There's quite a few them. Five from linguistics, three from Indo-European and one from Finnish. After introductions they go over some practical information and the like, and then they move on to that time-honoured 'first day at school' thing, having everyone introduce themselves!
You probably won't be able to remember the names of basically anyone from this, unless you actively try to pay attention to a few of them, but eh, nobody actually expects you to.
The tutor in charge has had ideas though, and wants everyone whose name starts with the letter he states to stand up, and then those people are the ones to introduce themselves going from left to right.
He's decided to start with 'A'. That'd be you.
You're going to introduce yourself as…
[ ] write-in introduction. Keep it short!
Then, for the duration of the introductions you're…
Pick one
[ ] ...just kind of going to tune them out and wait for the next event.
[ ] ...pay attention to see if anyone from Finnish is here.
[ ] ...look for the cutest boys.
[ ] ...look for the cutest girls.
[ ] ...look for some other category you want to pay attention to (write-in category)
Continuing vote:
Pick one
[ ] Asbjørn (1 vote)
[ ] Jarl
[ ] Kåre (1 vote)
[ ] Valdemar (1 vote)
***
I'll probably end up with a list of all your fellow linguistics students, but nobody said I had to be quick about it!
Essentially, to preserve my sanity, I'm going to introduce them in a trickle of new people. The more people you try to make me describe, the lazier I'll be. I mean, half the linguistics people are probably going to drop out before the end of the first year.
There is no guarantee that any Finnish student is in attendance, by the way. They are rare creatures. I've only ever met the one that joined the tutor team for my year. None of the Finnish freshmen showed up, so she ended up just helping the others.
Kemonomimis are going to be rare enough that if one shows up I'm going to tell you, so no need to look for those. There might be one or two hiding their ears under a hat here, but you're always looking down on people, so kemonomimis are pretty obvious to you~
[X] "...one of my friends can be super obnoxious about correct Danish, and linguistics seduced me while I was looking for ways to get back at her."
[X] ...look for the cutest people.
[X] Jarl
Equal opportunity
[X] ...look for the cutest people.
[X] Jarl
Equal opportunity
[X] "...one of my friends can be super obnoxious about correct Danish, and linguistics seduced me while I was looking for ways to get back at her."
Best motivation.
Not really sure about introduction. Uh, I guess I'll try to think of something if no-one comes up with anything...?
[X] ...pay attention to see if anyone from Finnish is here.
[X] Kåre
Best motivation.
Not really sure about introduction. Uh, I guess I'll try to think of something if no-one comes up with anything...?
[X] ...pay attention to see if anyone from Finnish is here.
[X] Kåre
- Location
- The Hague
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] "...one of my friends can be super obnoxious about correct Danish, and linguistics seduced me while I was looking for ways to get back at her."
Intro write-in:
[X] *tier one cuteness eyelash fluttering* "I'm Annelise and it's nice to meet you all. As you have gathered, I'm am a polar bear. I was born in Greenland but I grew up right here in Copenhagen. I'm really looking forward to university and hopefully getting know you all better."
[X] ...look for the cutest people.
Let's be equal opportunityand make things harder on Usandru.
Intro write-in:
[X] *tier one cuteness eyelash fluttering* "I'm Annelise and it's nice to meet you all. As you have gathered, I'm am a polar bear. I was born in Greenland but I grew up right here in Copenhagen. I'm really looking forward to university and hopefully getting know you all better."
[X] ...look for the cutest people.
Let's be equal opportunity
[X] "...one of my friends can be super obnoxious about correct Danish, and linguistics seduced me while I was looking for ways to get back at her."
[X] *tier one cuteness eyelash fluttering* "I'm Annelise and it's nice to meet you all. As you have gathered, I'm am a polar bear. I was born in Greenland but I grew up right here in Copenhagen. I'm really looking forward to university and hopefully getting know you all better."
[X] Asbjørn
[X] ...look for the cutest people.
[X] *tier one cuteness eyelash fluttering* "I'm Annelise and it's nice to meet you all. As you have gathered, I'm am a polar bear. I was born in Greenland but I grew up right here in Copenhagen. I'm really looking forward to university and hopefully getting know you all better."
[X] Asbjørn
[X] ...look for the cutest people.
[x] "...one of my friends can be super obnoxious about correct Danish, and linguistics seduced me while I was looking for ways to get back at her."
[x] *tier one cuteness eyelash fluttering* "I'm Annelise and it's nice to meet you all. As you have gathered, I'm am a polar bear. I was born in Greenland but I grew up right here in Copenhagen. I'm really looking forward to university and hopefully getting know you all better."
[x] ...look for the cutest girls.
[x] *tier one cuteness eyelash fluttering* "I'm Annelise and it's nice to meet you all. As you have gathered, I'm am a polar bear. I was born in Greenland but I grew up right here in Copenhagen. I'm really looking forward to university and hopefully getting know you all better."
[x] ...look for the cutest girls.
[X] "...one of my friends can be super obnoxious about correct Danish, and linguistics seduced me while I was looking for ways to get back at her."
[X] *tier one cuteness eyelash fluttering* "I'm Annelise and it's nice to meet you all. As you have gathered, I'm am a polar bear. I was born in Greenland but I grew up right here in Copenhagen. I'm really looking forward to university and hopefully getting know you all better."
[X] Asbjørn
[X] ...look for the cutest people.
[X] *tier one cuteness eyelash fluttering* "I'm Annelise and it's nice to meet you all. As you have gathered, I'm am a polar bear. I was born in Greenland but I grew up right here in Copenhagen. I'm really looking forward to university and hopefully getting know you all better."
[X] Asbjørn
[X] ...look for the cutest people.
- Location
- 委員長の牢獄
You all have yourselves to blame for the update coming tomorrow instead of now.
I've additionally determined that "Lily" is going to be "Cecilie", because while "Lilly" is in reasonable use, it still sounds a little odd to me. The lily flower is IIRC called a "lilje" in Danish, and the name "Lilly" by contrast sounds very... English.
"Signy" is altered to the similar, but vastly more plausible "Signe". Like seriously, there are a thousand girls named Signe for each named Signy. All 12 of them.
The vote for Mr. Abs continues. Asbjørn is in the lead. I'm declaring right now that if the vote is tied by the time I call it, then Asbjørn loses, because I already have one character whose name is a dumb bear joke, Torbjørn.
If Asbjørn (or another option, hypothetically) has a clear majority by the time I finish the update tomorrow, then Asbjørn it is. If there's no clear majority, I'm going to eliminate the lowest two options and give it one more update before calling it.
...also I should really try to find some sort of resource for sound clips of Danish names. I'd say "or make them myself" but my mic is terrible so I'd really prefer not to.
I mean I could also try to teach you all IPA and just write the names in that, but I suspect that may possibly be a bigger headache in the end.
1.4 - Polar bear moe moe kyun~ (level one)
- Location
- 委員長の牢獄
Signe has always been a competitive individual, given to comparing herself to others, and often preferring to find a reason to come out on top of that comparison. She does genuinely put in the work, which is probably why you're actual friends, but she can still be kind of sneeringly self-satisfied about it.
When, during high school, she sat down and went through a brutal regimen to actually learn how to write technically correct, she ended up coming out of it with an impressive sense for how to write according to the rules, and a massive ego-trip about being able to do punctuation correctly.
In fairness, Danish punctuation is pretty bullshit, so being able to do it right is impressive, but there's no way you actually wanted to admit that. Researching the topic led you to linguistics, and the quiet consensus among most of the Danish ones that Danish punctuation is kind of fucked and somebody should probably do something to make it simpler.
Reading up on them, their approach to language just inherently appealed to you, and when you noticed that they also put serious effort into correctly and meaningfully describing languages far outside European norms - such as your mother tongue - you started falling in love.
You didn't actually say all that to Jens and Katrine though. The pithy one-liner more or less summed it up anyway.
When you're called to stand up and introduce yourself, you know that this is it, this is your chance to burn a good first impression into the minds of your classmates.
You don't want to overdo it, but you do want to make just exactly enough of an impression that it actually sticks. Though really, a lot of it is just… how you act. You are naturally adorable after all.
Just standing up grabs attention in your case. While sitting, people can tell that you're tall, but just exactly how tall is another thing entirely. Brushing a strand of your white hair out of your face lets you draw attention to it, and to your adorable ears that are twitching cutely on the top of your head.
To cap it off, you smile cutely at everyone, by which you mainly mean 'smiling without showing your fangs'.
"Hey everyone. I'm Annelise and it's nice to meet you all. As you have gathered, I'm a polar bear. I was born in Greenland, but I grew up right here in Copenhagen. I'm really looking forward to university and hopefully getting to know you all better."
Yeah. Yeah that works. You hold it for a minute until the attention shifts towards the others and then you just fade a little into the background.
After that… well, you figure you might as well see if anyone cute is in your year. Dating classmates may not be the best idea ever, but nobody said you weren't allowed to act on bad ideas every once in a while! If they're cute enough, that justifies it, right?
Right?
The niggling sense of doubt you've gained towards your conviction that 'cuteness' will in all cases justify trying to date someone is a little frustrating. Admittedly, as Cecilie pointed out to you a while back, you consider both her and Signe cute, but you haven't really wanted to try dating them…
In any case though, uncomfortable reflection on your past decisions can wait until later. Just looking can't possibly be wrong.
Of the slightly more than thirty people in the room, counting the tutors, you figure there are four that are notably cute, one of them being a tutor.
The tutor, whose name you think is Erik, has a bit of a pretty boy look, with neatly styled hair and a charming face. He's on the tall side of average, which is still a lot shorter than you, and perhaps a bit lanky. He's one of the linguists, a second year student, and he apparently plays in a band as a hobby. You haven't had a chance to gauge his reaction to you.
The second you study is a girl - you noticed her when you first arrived - who looks pretty sporty. She introduces herself as Emilie, and as she stands up you get the chance to gauge her physique, which looks to be pretty good. You suspect your friends may have forever associated physical ability to cuteness. Still, it's not the only thing she has going for her, with her face being cute, and her shyness making her pretty adorable. Her introduction is nothing special, but it gets her blushing, which turns out to be pretty great. She's in linguistics too, so you'll definitely be seeing her a lot.
The third is a girl you haven't seen before. She looks vaguely… Turkish? From that area, definitely. Nicely tan, black hair, a sort of sharp look to her face that's maybe more 'sexy' than 'cute', but you're not picky about these things. She's probably a second or third generation immigrant at a guess. She's not wearing a hijab, which most of the female immigrant children in late elementary as well as high school did. She's wearing a fair amount of makeup, but she seems to really know how to work it. She introduces herself as Melis and is going to study Indo-European.
The fourth is a boy, apparently a Christian. A country boy, you suppose, seeing as he's from Jylland. He's from the Danish-German border, and apparently speaks German fluently. He has a kind of rough look, a little rugged. He doesn't seem to be terribly athletic though. He's also going to be studying linguistics. He cracks a minor joke in his introduction which was funny, but you can't remember it now, so it clearly wasn't that funny.
The rest kind of blur together, but hey, you actually know three names. Not bad!
Once you're all done, some representatives from the various student organizations show up. Specifically they represent Studenterrådet, the top level student council for all forty thousand students at KU. The two are more specifically members of HUMrådet, the subordinate organization which handles the faculty of the humanities, all ten thousand or so students there. One of them is also a member of your local, most-immediately-relevant-to-you organization, Fagrådet for lingvistik, which exists to discuss and deal with issues relevant to your degree and to your institute. They also briefly go over some more organizational details of the university, but you absolutely can't remember what they were.
Back in high school there was basically just a single student council… but then, you suppose that the university of Copenhagen is about a hundred times larger than your high school. That kind of puts the whole thing into perspective.
Then, the tutors take over again. You're almost done, apparently. You're going to walk over to Sprogkrogen, which is apparently a place specifically for your degrees to go hang out while on campus, and then you're going to just hang out there until the clock strikes eight, when the party proper starts.
Putting a final little spin on things, the tutors split you up into small groups so you can get to know each other a little as you walk.
You end up with one person you have no idea who is, and…
Pick one
[ ] Jens
[ ] Katrine
[ ] Emilie
[ ] Cristian
[ ] Melis
[ ] The tall girl
[ ] The heavyset girl
[ ] The middle-eastern boy
[ ] The awkward, dark-haired boy
[ ] The punkish boy
[ ] The long-haired boy
If you want to help me populate the class, I'm also going to take suggestions in the form of three or so keywords or keyphrases per character. These won't be going to a vote, because I have like, thirty more characters that may in theory need at least basic details.
But to make it look all formal…
[ ] write-in three keywords to describe a new student (repeat until sick and tired of making up keywords)
Also, lol, I miscounted the votes for Mr. Abs' name. Asbjørn and Kåre are tied, which means unless new votes change the situation, Kåre will win. Valdemar and Jarl didn't get above one vote each, so as promised they're eliminated. Kei, wingstrike96, if you like, please make a new vote for one of the following
Pick one
[ ] Asbjørn
[ ] Kåre
When, during high school, she sat down and went through a brutal regimen to actually learn how to write technically correct, she ended up coming out of it with an impressive sense for how to write according to the rules, and a massive ego-trip about being able to do punctuation correctly.
In fairness, Danish punctuation is pretty bullshit, so being able to do it right is impressive, but there's no way you actually wanted to admit that. Researching the topic led you to linguistics, and the quiet consensus among most of the Danish ones that Danish punctuation is kind of fucked and somebody should probably do something to make it simpler.
Reading up on them, their approach to language just inherently appealed to you, and when you noticed that they also put serious effort into correctly and meaningfully describing languages far outside European norms - such as your mother tongue - you started falling in love.
You didn't actually say all that to Jens and Katrine though. The pithy one-liner more or less summed it up anyway.
***
When you're called to stand up and introduce yourself, you know that this is it, this is your chance to burn a good first impression into the minds of your classmates.
You don't want to overdo it, but you do want to make just exactly enough of an impression that it actually sticks. Though really, a lot of it is just… how you act. You are naturally adorable after all.
Just standing up grabs attention in your case. While sitting, people can tell that you're tall, but just exactly how tall is another thing entirely. Brushing a strand of your white hair out of your face lets you draw attention to it, and to your adorable ears that are twitching cutely on the top of your head.
To cap it off, you smile cutely at everyone, by which you mainly mean 'smiling without showing your fangs'.
"Hey everyone. I'm Annelise and it's nice to meet you all. As you have gathered, I'm a polar bear. I was born in Greenland, but I grew up right here in Copenhagen. I'm really looking forward to university and hopefully getting to know you all better."
Yeah. Yeah that works. You hold it for a minute until the attention shifts towards the others and then you just fade a little into the background.
After that… well, you figure you might as well see if anyone cute is in your year. Dating classmates may not be the best idea ever, but nobody said you weren't allowed to act on bad ideas every once in a while! If they're cute enough, that justifies it, right?
Right?
The niggling sense of doubt you've gained towards your conviction that 'cuteness' will in all cases justify trying to date someone is a little frustrating. Admittedly, as Cecilie pointed out to you a while back, you consider both her and Signe cute, but you haven't really wanted to try dating them…
In any case though, uncomfortable reflection on your past decisions can wait until later. Just looking can't possibly be wrong.
Of the slightly more than thirty people in the room, counting the tutors, you figure there are four that are notably cute, one of them being a tutor.
The tutor, whose name you think is Erik, has a bit of a pretty boy look, with neatly styled hair and a charming face. He's on the tall side of average, which is still a lot shorter than you, and perhaps a bit lanky. He's one of the linguists, a second year student, and he apparently plays in a band as a hobby. You haven't had a chance to gauge his reaction to you.
The second you study is a girl - you noticed her when you first arrived - who looks pretty sporty. She introduces herself as Emilie, and as she stands up you get the chance to gauge her physique, which looks to be pretty good. You suspect your friends may have forever associated physical ability to cuteness. Still, it's not the only thing she has going for her, with her face being cute, and her shyness making her pretty adorable. Her introduction is nothing special, but it gets her blushing, which turns out to be pretty great. She's in linguistics too, so you'll definitely be seeing her a lot.
The third is a girl you haven't seen before. She looks vaguely… Turkish? From that area, definitely. Nicely tan, black hair, a sort of sharp look to her face that's maybe more 'sexy' than 'cute', but you're not picky about these things. She's probably a second or third generation immigrant at a guess. She's not wearing a hijab, which most of the female immigrant children in late elementary as well as high school did. She's wearing a fair amount of makeup, but she seems to really know how to work it. She introduces herself as Melis and is going to study Indo-European.
The fourth is a boy, apparently a Christian. A country boy, you suppose, seeing as he's from Jylland. He's from the Danish-German border, and apparently speaks German fluently. He has a kind of rough look, a little rugged. He doesn't seem to be terribly athletic though. He's also going to be studying linguistics. He cracks a minor joke in his introduction which was funny, but you can't remember it now, so it clearly wasn't that funny.
The rest kind of blur together, but hey, you actually know three names. Not bad!
Once you're all done, some representatives from the various student organizations show up. Specifically they represent Studenterrådet, the top level student council for all forty thousand students at KU. The two are more specifically members of HUMrådet, the subordinate organization which handles the faculty of the humanities, all ten thousand or so students there. One of them is also a member of your local, most-immediately-relevant-to-you organization, Fagrådet for lingvistik, which exists to discuss and deal with issues relevant to your degree and to your institute. They also briefly go over some more organizational details of the university, but you absolutely can't remember what they were.
Back in high school there was basically just a single student council… but then, you suppose that the university of Copenhagen is about a hundred times larger than your high school. That kind of puts the whole thing into perspective.
Then, the tutors take over again. You're almost done, apparently. You're going to walk over to Sprogkrogen, which is apparently a place specifically for your degrees to go hang out while on campus, and then you're going to just hang out there until the clock strikes eight, when the party proper starts.
Putting a final little spin on things, the tutors split you up into small groups so you can get to know each other a little as you walk.
You end up with one person you have no idea who is, and…
Pick one
[ ] Jens
[ ] Katrine
[ ] Emilie
[ ] Cristian
[ ] Melis
[ ] The tall girl
[ ] The heavyset girl
[ ] The middle-eastern boy
[ ] The awkward, dark-haired boy
[ ] The punkish boy
[ ] The long-haired boy
***
If you want to help me populate the class, I'm also going to take suggestions in the form of three or so keywords or keyphrases per character. These won't be going to a vote, because I have like, thirty more characters that may in theory need at least basic details.
But to make it look all formal…
[ ] write-in three keywords to describe a new student (repeat until sick and tired of making up keywords)
Also, lol, I miscounted the votes for Mr. Abs' name. Asbjørn and Kåre are tied, which means unless new votes change the situation, Kåre will win. Valdemar and Jarl didn't get above one vote each, so as promised they're eliminated. Kei, wingstrike96, if you like, please make a new vote for one of the following
Pick one
[ ] Asbjørn
[ ] Kåre
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[X] The punkish boy
[X]Kåre
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Flustered, technical, humerous.
[X]Kåre
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Flustered, technical, humerous.
- Location
- The Hague
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Emilie
EvilPorygon
Cookie Monster
- Location
- a phone
[X] Emilie
[x] Emilie
Cute yuri or bust. >_<
Cute yuri or bust. >_<
[X] Emilie
1.5 - Polar bear meets cute girl (and other people)
- Location
- 委員長の牢獄
A large part of you is internally going 'lucky~' as you discover you are being paired with Emilie. The other person in your small group is one of the boys, one you haven't really had much of an impression of. At first glance there really isn't much remarkable about him. He's a bit taller than average perhaps, with blond hair and a clean-shaven face. Time will tell if he really is that unremarkable.
After you've come over and said hi to each other, a few of the tutors start leaving, inviting everyone to follow behind them. The pace as you follow them is deliberately unhurried, which amounts to a significant slowdown on your part, as you try to compensate with smaller steps than you're used to.
The first person to break the ice turns out to be the boy, who twists a little to look at you and Emilie properly.
"Alright, like I said in there, my name is Karl. Good to meet you guys." He says. He seems pretty relaxed
"You too. I'm Annelise." You respond. He grins at you.
"I don't think anyone is going to forget your name in a hurry." He says. You just smile pleasantly, before turning to show Emilie that it's now her turn. She flushes a little again - cute! - but smiles at both of you.
"Right, yes, Emilie." She says.
"So, we're supposed to get to know each other. I guess that means slightly more expansive introductions than we just did. Should I start?" Karl asks, to which both you and Emilie nod, giving him the go-ahead.
"Alright then. I'm Karl, as you know. I live in Copenhagen, but I'm originally from southern Sjælland. I have an older brother and sister. My hobbies are football, watching way too many shows on Netflix, and a bit of video gaming, I suppose. Aside from Danish and English, I also know a fair bit of Spanish. Hm. My favourite genre is the police procedural and online shooters, I guess."
Fair enough, you suppose. The turn goes to Emilie.
"Um, right. I'm Emilie. I also live in Copenhagen. I lived in Roskilde for a while, but I came to Copenhagen because my parents wanted a shorter commute. I have an older brother who just finished a degree in economics. Um, I play some sports, mainly, uh, parkour, I guess. If you count that as a sport. I also do some fitness stuff. I uh," her blush grows, but she also manages a slight smile, as if she's kind of happy to tell you, "I kind of like reading trashy novels. I'm not so good with parties, but not awful either, I guess. I speak a little German, and I'm pretty okay with Swedish."
So cute~
You restrain yourself from gobbling her up. Now is not the time. That aside, the Swedish thing is actually a little unusual. Most people your generation have a lot of trouble understanding spoken Swedish and Norwegian, since they just sound so different from Danish, even if a lot of the vocabulary is still the same. She must go there regularly, or know someone who speaks it, you suppose.
In any case, now it's your turn…
[ ] write-in what you want to tell them about yourself, keywords only is OK
And it seems like you still have a bit of time before you arrive. You could probably manage a few questions if you want…
[ ] write-in questions for Emilie and Karl, one or two for each should be fine. You can suggest more if you like, but if so, make them prioritized.
Calling it for Kåre.
Your friends are thus Signe, Kåre and Cecilie. They've stuck by you for twelve years, and are more or less your best friends. Signe and Cecilie are the Ojou-sama Combo, or alternatively the Red and Blue Oni. Kåre is a man who has dedicated himself to making a polar bear cry uncle in a straight-up physical contest, and he has the abs to prove how seriously he takes this mission. He still won't succeed, because the only reason Annelise doesn't have as good or better abs is because her thick layer of insulating fat conceals it while allowing her to skinnydip in the Arctic sea with few to no adverse consequences even in the middle of winter.
After you've come over and said hi to each other, a few of the tutors start leaving, inviting everyone to follow behind them. The pace as you follow them is deliberately unhurried, which amounts to a significant slowdown on your part, as you try to compensate with smaller steps than you're used to.
The first person to break the ice turns out to be the boy, who twists a little to look at you and Emilie properly.
"Alright, like I said in there, my name is Karl. Good to meet you guys." He says. He seems pretty relaxed
"You too. I'm Annelise." You respond. He grins at you.
"I don't think anyone is going to forget your name in a hurry." He says. You just smile pleasantly, before turning to show Emilie that it's now her turn. She flushes a little again - cute! - but smiles at both of you.
"Right, yes, Emilie." She says.
"So, we're supposed to get to know each other. I guess that means slightly more expansive introductions than we just did. Should I start?" Karl asks, to which both you and Emilie nod, giving him the go-ahead.
"Alright then. I'm Karl, as you know. I live in Copenhagen, but I'm originally from southern Sjælland. I have an older brother and sister. My hobbies are football, watching way too many shows on Netflix, and a bit of video gaming, I suppose. Aside from Danish and English, I also know a fair bit of Spanish. Hm. My favourite genre is the police procedural and online shooters, I guess."
Fair enough, you suppose. The turn goes to Emilie.
"Um, right. I'm Emilie. I also live in Copenhagen. I lived in Roskilde for a while, but I came to Copenhagen because my parents wanted a shorter commute. I have an older brother who just finished a degree in economics. Um, I play some sports, mainly, uh, parkour, I guess. If you count that as a sport. I also do some fitness stuff. I uh," her blush grows, but she also manages a slight smile, as if she's kind of happy to tell you, "I kind of like reading trashy novels. I'm not so good with parties, but not awful either, I guess. I speak a little German, and I'm pretty okay with Swedish."
So cute~
You restrain yourself from gobbling her up. Now is not the time. That aside, the Swedish thing is actually a little unusual. Most people your generation have a lot of trouble understanding spoken Swedish and Norwegian, since they just sound so different from Danish, even if a lot of the vocabulary is still the same. She must go there regularly, or know someone who speaks it, you suppose.
In any case, now it's your turn…
[ ] write-in what you want to tell them about yourself, keywords only is OK
And it seems like you still have a bit of time before you arrive. You could probably manage a few questions if you want…
[ ] write-in questions for Emilie and Karl, one or two for each should be fine. You can suggest more if you like, but if so, make them prioritized.
***
Calling it for Kåre.
Your friends are thus Signe, Kåre and Cecilie. They've stuck by you for twelve years, and are more or less your best friends. Signe and Cecilie are the Ojou-sama Combo, or alternatively the Red and Blue Oni. Kåre is a man who has dedicated himself to making a polar bear cry uncle in a straight-up physical contest, and he has the abs to prove how seriously he takes this mission. He still won't succeed, because the only reason Annelise doesn't have as good or better abs is because her thick layer of insulating fat conceals it while allowing her to skinnydip in the Arctic sea with few to no adverse consequences even in the middle of winter.
So uh! Anyone have any ideas?