Talk about anime, obviously.
Kumamimi Quest
- Thread starter Usandru
- Start date
- Original Modern
- Location
- 委員長の牢獄
So the hurdle may have been a bit too high. 
Restating the votes with new options now.
[ ] write-in what you want to tell them about yourself, keywords only is OK
OR
Pick 4 of the following topics:
Talk about your art
Talk about your music
Talk about your family
Talk about your fencing
Talk about your friends
Talk about Greenland
Talk about being a polar bear
Talk about the parts of being a polar bear that normal people don't really think about and which tends to make them slightly queasy
[ ] 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.
OR
Pick one or two for each:
Ask Emilie...
...about what trashy novel is her favourite
...about if she likes other kinds of literature
...about if she does writing herself
...about her sports, maybe she does fencing too?
...if she'd like to friend you on Facebook, and maybe hang out sometime
Ask Karl...
...what he likes about police procedurals
...what other series he likes
...what online shooters he likes
...what online shooters are like, because seriously, you haven't spent much time on video games
...about his siblings
...if he'd like to friend you on Facebook, and maybe hang out sometime
Picking only one of them for Facebook friending may be a bit jerkish.
Restating the votes with new options now.
[ ] write-in what you want to tell them about yourself, keywords only is OK
OR
Pick 4 of the following topics:
Talk about your art
Talk about your music
Talk about your family
Talk about your fencing
Talk about your friends
Talk about Greenland
Talk about being a polar bear
Talk about the parts of being a polar bear that normal people don't really think about and which tends to make them slightly queasy
[ ] 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.
OR
Pick one or two for each:
Ask Emilie...
...about what trashy novel is her favourite
...about if she likes other kinds of literature
...about if she does writing herself
...about her sports, maybe she does fencing too?
...if she'd like to friend you on Facebook, and maybe hang out sometime
Ask Karl...
...what he likes about police procedurals
...what other series he likes
...what online shooters he likes
...what online shooters are like, because seriously, you haven't spent much time on video games
...about his siblings
...if he'd like to friend you on Facebook, and maybe hang out sometime
Picking only one of them for Facebook friending may be a bit jerkish.
- Location
- The Hague
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Talk about Greenland, your family, your art and your fencing.
[X] Ask Emilie about what trashy novel is her favourite, and if she would like to be Facebook friends and maybe hang out sometime.
[X] Ask Karl about his siblings and if he'd like to be Facebook friends, and maybe hang out sometimesbut then not because he's no Kåre.
[X] Ask Emilie about what trashy novel is her favourite, and if she would like to be Facebook friends and maybe hang out sometime.
[X] Ask Karl about his siblings and if he'd like to be Facebook friends, and maybe hang out sometimes
So mean~
[X] Talk about Greenland, your family, your art and your fencing.
[X] Ask Emilie about what trashy novel is her favourite, and if she would like to be Facebook friends and maybe hang out sometime.
[X] Ask Karl about his siblings and if he'd like to be Facebook friends, and maybe hang out sometimes.
[X] Talk about Greenland, your family, your art and your fencing.
[X] Ask Emilie about what trashy novel is her favourite, and about her sports, maybe she does fencing too?
[X] Ask Karl about his siblings and what online shooters are like, because seriously, you haven't spent much time on video games.
[X] Ask Emilie about what trashy novel is her favourite, and about her sports, maybe she does fencing too?
[X] Ask Karl about his siblings and what online shooters are like, because seriously, you haven't spent much time on video games.
[X] Talk about Greenland, your family, your art and your fencing.
[X] Ask Emilie about what trashy novel is her favourite, and if she would like to be Facebook friends and maybe hang out sometime.
[X] Ask Karl about his siblings and if he'd like to be Facebook friends, and maybe hang out sometimes but then not because he's no Kåre.
[X] Ask Emilie about what trashy novel is her favourite, and if she would like to be Facebook friends and maybe hang out sometime.
[X] Ask Karl about his siblings and if he'd like to be Facebook friends, and maybe hang out sometimes but then not because he's no Kåre.
[X] Talk about Greenland, your family, your art and your fencing.
[X] Ask Emilie about what trashy novel is her favourite, and if she would like to be Facebook friends and maybe hang out sometime.
[X] Ask Karl about his siblings and if he'd like to be Facebook friends, and maybe hang out sometimes but then not because he's no Kåre.
Busy couple of days at work. Forgot to vote
[X] Ask Emilie about what trashy novel is her favourite, and if she would like to be Facebook friends and maybe hang out sometime.
[X] Ask Karl about his siblings and if he'd like to be Facebook friends, and maybe hang out sometimes but then not because he's no Kåre.
Busy couple of days at work. Forgot to vote
1.6 - Polar bear makes 'friends'
- Location
- 委員長の牢獄
"Alright, my turn. Annelise. I was born in Greenland, and I spent my very early childhood there. I still visit a lot, since it's a beautiful place, and it's hard to do a lot of traditional polar bear things in Copenhagen. It's also when I really spend a lot of time with my mother and my half-siblings. They're both younger than me, and were born in Copenhagen, and are also adorable. My hobbies include drawing and fencing, both things I've done for a pretty long time. I like to think I'm fairly good at both. Oh, and I'm bilingual in Danish and a rare dialect of Inuit." You say. They both look pretty interested.
"That's pretty cool. Anything in particular you like to draw?" Karl asks.
"Well…"
Pick one
[ ] "...not really, I experiment a lot."
[ ] "...I do a lot of still lifes."
[ ] "...I do a lot of figure drawings."
[ ] "...I've done some comics."
[ ] write-in style, this link may provide ideas
"You'll have to show us some of it some time!" Karl says. Emilie nods with a small smile.
"Say, you mentioned liking trashy novels, any favourites?" You turn to ask Emilie. She blushes again.
"Well, I don't know about favourites… I guess, um, I liked Twilight, and I read Josephine Ottesen's 'Krigeren'..."
You've…
Pick one, and one appropriate sub-option. You may pick both "read" and "watched" if you like.
[ ] ...heard of Twilight.
[ ] ...watched the Twilight movie and…
-[ ] ...liked it.
-[ ] ...didn't care.
-[ ] ...hated it.
[ ] ...read Twilight and…
-[ ] ...liked it.
-[ ] ...didn't care.
-[ ] ...hated it.
'Krigeren' doesn't ring any sort of bell. Sounds like a Danish author though. You'd be more surprised if it did though, you don't exactly read a huge amount outside class.
"My girlfriend took me to see the movie once. It was kind of weird, I thought." Karl shrugs lightly.
"Mmh, I don't really watch a lot of movies, so I don't know how that version is." Emilie replies. "I tend not to enjoy movies that much, I guess."
So no dates to the cinema, got it.
"You mentioned your siblings, Karl, anything interesting about them?" You interject. He looks thoughtful for a moment.
"My older brother decided to learn a trade. He's an electrician now, does pretty well for himself. He got married two years ago, and I'm probably going to become an uncle midway through our first term. He's pretty easy-going a lot of the time, likes playing around with machines." He says. Sounds like his family isn't from an academic background.
"My sister just finished her education to work in a daycare. She's had a bit of trouble finding work though, so currently she mostly stays at home, writing job applications. She's always been pretty fond of kids. Oh, and she knits. Made me a scarf, once."
"They sound pretty nice." You say. Karl smiles.
"Yeah, they are."
It looks like there isn't much left of the walk to Sprogkrogen, so you figure now is the time.
"Say, you guys mind if I friend you Facebook? Maybe arrange to hang out later." You say. They both look mildly surprised, but aren't against it.
Thus, your collection of social media friends grows ever larger.
You…
Pick one
[ ] ...don't actually use Facebook much, mostly for contacting people and arranging events.
[ ] ...use Facebook a fair amount, mostly doing casual posts and commenting on what your friends do.
[ ] ...use Facebook a fair amount, putting up a lot of stuff about yourself.
[ ] ...use Facebook a fair amount, especially for promoting your music and art.
[ ] ...may have a bit of a Facebook problem.
[ ] write-in degree and type of Facebook usage
Ack, I'd have liked to get this done faster. Note to self: try not to give characters traits you know nothing about. My attempt to figure out what trashy literature Emilie reads was spoiled by the fact the only trashy literature I know is light novels or SF/F stuff. And I am really not representative of typical reading habits. I ended up going with Twilight because it's well-known and I've met teenage girls who read it in Denmark.
Krigeren by Josephine Ottesen is more young adult fantasy really, but hey
I also played a bunch of Disgaea instead of writing
"That's pretty cool. Anything in particular you like to draw?" Karl asks.
"Well…"
Pick one
[ ] "...not really, I experiment a lot."
[ ] "...I do a lot of still lifes."
[ ] "...I do a lot of figure drawings."
[ ] "...I've done some comics."
[ ] write-in style, this link may provide ideas
"You'll have to show us some of it some time!" Karl says. Emilie nods with a small smile.
"Say, you mentioned liking trashy novels, any favourites?" You turn to ask Emilie. She blushes again.
"Well, I don't know about favourites… I guess, um, I liked Twilight, and I read Josephine Ottesen's 'Krigeren'..."
You've…
Pick one, and one appropriate sub-option. You may pick both "read" and "watched" if you like.
[ ] ...heard of Twilight.
[ ] ...watched the Twilight movie and…
-[ ] ...liked it.
-[ ] ...didn't care.
-[ ] ...hated it.
[ ] ...read Twilight and…
-[ ] ...liked it.
-[ ] ...didn't care.
-[ ] ...hated it.
'Krigeren' doesn't ring any sort of bell. Sounds like a Danish author though. You'd be more surprised if it did though, you don't exactly read a huge amount outside class.
"My girlfriend took me to see the movie once. It was kind of weird, I thought." Karl shrugs lightly.
"Mmh, I don't really watch a lot of movies, so I don't know how that version is." Emilie replies. "I tend not to enjoy movies that much, I guess."
So no dates to the cinema, got it.
"You mentioned your siblings, Karl, anything interesting about them?" You interject. He looks thoughtful for a moment.
"My older brother decided to learn a trade. He's an electrician now, does pretty well for himself. He got married two years ago, and I'm probably going to become an uncle midway through our first term. He's pretty easy-going a lot of the time, likes playing around with machines." He says. Sounds like his family isn't from an academic background.
"My sister just finished her education to work in a daycare. She's had a bit of trouble finding work though, so currently she mostly stays at home, writing job applications. She's always been pretty fond of kids. Oh, and she knits. Made me a scarf, once."
"They sound pretty nice." You say. Karl smiles.
"Yeah, they are."
It looks like there isn't much left of the walk to Sprogkrogen, so you figure now is the time.
"Say, you guys mind if I friend you Facebook? Maybe arrange to hang out later." You say. They both look mildly surprised, but aren't against it.
Thus, your collection of social media friends grows ever larger.
You…
Pick one
[ ] ...don't actually use Facebook much, mostly for contacting people and arranging events.
[ ] ...use Facebook a fair amount, mostly doing casual posts and commenting on what your friends do.
[ ] ...use Facebook a fair amount, putting up a lot of stuff about yourself.
[ ] ...use Facebook a fair amount, especially for promoting your music and art.
[ ] ...may have a bit of a Facebook problem.
[ ] write-in degree and type of Facebook usage
***
Ack, I'd have liked to get this done faster. Note to self: try not to give characters traits you know nothing about. My attempt to figure out what trashy literature Emilie reads was spoiled by the fact the only trashy literature I know is light novels or SF/F stuff. And I am really not representative of typical reading habits. I ended up going with Twilight because it's well-known and I've met teenage girls who read it in Denmark.
Krigeren by Josephine Ottesen is more young adult fantasy really, but hey
- Location
- The Hague
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I bet you've never lifted anything heavier than a slice of cake, either.
[X] "...I do a lot of figure drawings."
[X] ...heard of Twilight.
[X] ...may have a bit of a Facebook problem.
- Location
- 委員長の牢獄
Wow, it's been a while since I last felt like this.
Like, I'm pretty sure this is a joke. I mean, I really can't imagine a context where it isn't.
But wow, I just really don't understand what you are referencing!
I literally sat here for like, five minutes, just trying to figure out what you meant there before giving up.
(also, I have this dire premonition that if I put it to vote, the next step from "figure drawing" is going to be "porn"
)
- Location
- The Hague
- Pronouns
- He/Him
But wow, I just really don't understand what you are referencing!
Alright, so I take it you're not playing Disgaea 5 then.
- Location
- 委員長の牢獄
Alright, so I take it you're not playing Disgaea 5 then.
Heh, nah, I'm waaaay behind on console games. I'm currently at the end-stages of Disgaea 2.
(I didn't own any consoles until like, two years ago)
[x] "...I've done some comics."
[x] ...heard of Twilight.
[x] ...don't actually use Facebook much, mostly for contacting people and arranging events.
[x] ...heard of Twilight.
[x] ...don't actually use Facebook much, mostly for contacting people and arranging events.
[X] "...I do a lot of figure drawings."
[x] ...heard of Twilight.
[X] ...use Facebook a fair amount, especially for promoting your music and art.
[x] ...heard of Twilight.
[X] ...use Facebook a fair amount, especially for promoting your music and art.
[X] "...I do a lot of figure drawings."
[X] ...heard of Twilight.
[X] ...may have a bit of a Facebook problem.
[X] ...heard of Twilight.
[X] ...may have a bit of a Facebook problem.
- Location
- 委員長の牢獄
As a heads up, since the thread got bumped anyway, I'm planning to update! However I've been busy being, y'know, an actual university student.
and also finishing disgaea 4
I'm not sure when exactly I'll be on top of things again. I kind of hope before the end of the month at least. But Kumamimi Quest will return!
pay no attention to Dark Souls III releasing in two days
I'm not sure when exactly I'll be on top of things again. I kind of hope before the end of the month at least. But Kumamimi Quest will return!
1.7 - Polar bear talks about learning languages
- Location
- 委員長の牢獄
Alright! We're back! Sort of!
I'm actually super busy (for reasons that areentirely clearly not my own fault) so I've made a decision on how this will run until at least summer (and possibly longer, depending).
I'm going to update once a week, preferably Fridays, but you know how it goes. I figure that should be just about manageable. It means I'll probably tally votes around every Thursday or something, not that the tallying is usually much of a problem...
While you've heard of Twilight, you have to admit it's the kind of book you generally suspect you won't care for. This is a bit of a general problem with the supernatural romance genre. Vampires, werewolves, whatever else is the hot new things, none of them really click for you. After all, as best you can tell part of the appeal is that the monster is strong and powerful and dangerous.
Well you're strong and powerful and dangerous. You don't particularly need someone else to be. The idea of someone else protecting you or the like is just sort of… vaguely odious to you. Probably some sort of apex predator bear instincts.
Besides, you bet you could maul the vampires if you wanted to.
Regardless, you soon hit the promised land. Sprogkrogen, the place where you can apparently go to hang out or do whatever.
It's… not very large. Decent enough for a couple of people you guess, but piling in as you are, people quickly end up filling the place up. It just barely manages to not be completely stuffed with thirty people, but several have had to improvise their seating arrangements a bit.
The tutors tell you that this is pretty much it from their end, there's a little less than an hour before the main party starts, so at the moment, they just have a bunch of beer and general good vibes to share. You grab one, and as you pop it open and start drinking, you glance around the room in more detail.
At a rough guess, it's maybe four by four metres, dominated by two tables. The larger table is surrounded by chairs a lot like the ones from the classroom, and appears to be the best one for actually working. The smaller table would maybe go halfway up your shin and appears to be meant for tea or coffee or the like. Surrounding it is a bunch of slightly ratty-looking armchairs and sofas. By the walls are a few small shelves of books - they look to mostly be weird old linguistics texts or dictionaries - and a lot of posters from a ton of different events and stuff. Finally, one of the walls is less wall and more window. You're a fair few floors above the ground, giving you a beautiful view of, uh… a construction yard.
Yeah okay so it's not the greatest view. It is pretty neat to be able to see Amager and further out the tall buildings of the city centre though.
Around you, people are starting to chat with whoever they're sitting next to. You've ended up by Jens, Katrine and Torbjørn. Right now they're just briefly introducing themselves to their neighbours while you savour your beer.
Then things kind of start drifting back in your direction.
"Annelise, huh. You know, it's not the kind of name I used to associate with polar bears." Torbjørn mentions. That one kind of makes you smile. Coming from a guy with 'bjørn' in his name…
"It is kind of unusual, isn't it? Mom really wanted me to have a Danish name, I guess. I think she was kind of worried if I'd fit in. I mean, somehow I did, but the name sure wasn't the reason. Most polar bears, if they go about learning to speak, have Inuit-derived names." You explain, and are amused to find that everyone close by seems to lean in closer to listen… when you mention Inuit. Language nerds!
Well, you're one of them too, admittedly…
"You speak Inuit?" Jens asks.
"Well, sort of? It's more like a dialect I guess. The Inuit I know and the Inuit spoken in the southern parts of Greenland are pretty different." You explain.
"That's so cool. I only really speak Danish and English." Katrine says.
"I can add a bit of French to that, but yeah. I've got nothing on an actual bilingual." Jens says.
"You guys planning on learning some more languages then?" You ask them. It's an interesting thought really.
"Well, I'm going to be learning a bunch as part of the Indo-European curriculum, so there's that." Katrine says.
"I've been studying Spanish for a while," Torbjørn says with a wry smile, "though I'm still not very good at it."
You…
Pick one
[ ] ...would like to study [write-in language]
[ ] ...would like to study a language but don't really know which one.
[ ] ...aren't really that interested in studying another language.
There's a natural lull in the conversation here. You could interject with a topic of your choosing now.
You…
Pick one
[ ] … decide to let someone else speak up (unknown topics!)
[ ] … decide to ask a question about [write-in] (you may write in multiple questions and I'll try to include them all)
[ ] … start talking about [write-in] (you may write in multiple topics and I'll try to include them all)
I kind of wanted to add some more... but that'd have delayed the update so you just get the short version lol.
I think there'll be one or two more updates here, then the party starts. Who knows how long that'll last~
I'm actually super busy (for reasons that are
I'm going to update once a week, preferably Fridays, but you know how it goes. I figure that should be just about manageable. It means I'll probably tally votes around every Thursday or something, not that the tallying is usually much of a problem...
***
While you've heard of Twilight, you have to admit it's the kind of book you generally suspect you won't care for. This is a bit of a general problem with the supernatural romance genre. Vampires, werewolves, whatever else is the hot new things, none of them really click for you. After all, as best you can tell part of the appeal is that the monster is strong and powerful and dangerous.
Well you're strong and powerful and dangerous. You don't particularly need someone else to be. The idea of someone else protecting you or the like is just sort of… vaguely odious to you. Probably some sort of apex predator bear instincts.
Besides, you bet you could maul the vampires if you wanted to.
Regardless, you soon hit the promised land. Sprogkrogen, the place where you can apparently go to hang out or do whatever.
It's… not very large. Decent enough for a couple of people you guess, but piling in as you are, people quickly end up filling the place up. It just barely manages to not be completely stuffed with thirty people, but several have had to improvise their seating arrangements a bit.
The tutors tell you that this is pretty much it from their end, there's a little less than an hour before the main party starts, so at the moment, they just have a bunch of beer and general good vibes to share. You grab one, and as you pop it open and start drinking, you glance around the room in more detail.
At a rough guess, it's maybe four by four metres, dominated by two tables. The larger table is surrounded by chairs a lot like the ones from the classroom, and appears to be the best one for actually working. The smaller table would maybe go halfway up your shin and appears to be meant for tea or coffee or the like. Surrounding it is a bunch of slightly ratty-looking armchairs and sofas. By the walls are a few small shelves of books - they look to mostly be weird old linguistics texts or dictionaries - and a lot of posters from a ton of different events and stuff. Finally, one of the walls is less wall and more window. You're a fair few floors above the ground, giving you a beautiful view of, uh… a construction yard.
Yeah okay so it's not the greatest view. It is pretty neat to be able to see Amager and further out the tall buildings of the city centre though.
Around you, people are starting to chat with whoever they're sitting next to. You've ended up by Jens, Katrine and Torbjørn. Right now they're just briefly introducing themselves to their neighbours while you savour your beer.
Then things kind of start drifting back in your direction.
"Annelise, huh. You know, it's not the kind of name I used to associate with polar bears." Torbjørn mentions. That one kind of makes you smile. Coming from a guy with 'bjørn' in his name…
"It is kind of unusual, isn't it? Mom really wanted me to have a Danish name, I guess. I think she was kind of worried if I'd fit in. I mean, somehow I did, but the name sure wasn't the reason. Most polar bears, if they go about learning to speak, have Inuit-derived names." You explain, and are amused to find that everyone close by seems to lean in closer to listen… when you mention Inuit. Language nerds!
Well, you're one of them too, admittedly…
"You speak Inuit?" Jens asks.
"Well, sort of? It's more like a dialect I guess. The Inuit I know and the Inuit spoken in the southern parts of Greenland are pretty different." You explain.
"That's so cool. I only really speak Danish and English." Katrine says.
"I can add a bit of French to that, but yeah. I've got nothing on an actual bilingual." Jens says.
"You guys planning on learning some more languages then?" You ask them. It's an interesting thought really.
"Well, I'm going to be learning a bunch as part of the Indo-European curriculum, so there's that." Katrine says.
"I've been studying Spanish for a while," Torbjørn says with a wry smile, "though I'm still not very good at it."
You…
Pick one
[ ] ...would like to study [write-in language]
[ ] ...would like to study a language but don't really know which one.
[ ] ...aren't really that interested in studying another language.
There's a natural lull in the conversation here. You could interject with a topic of your choosing now.
You…
Pick one
[ ] … decide to let someone else speak up (unknown topics!)
[ ] … decide to ask a question about [write-in] (you may write in multiple questions and I'll try to include them all)
[ ] … start talking about [write-in] (you may write in multiple topics and I'll try to include them all)
***
I kind of wanted to add some more... but that'd have delayed the update so you just get the short version lol.
I think there'll be one or two more updates here, then the party starts. Who knows how long that'll last~
EvilPorygon
Cookie Monster
- Location
- a phone
[X] ...would like to study japanese
[X] ...decide to let someone else speak up
[X] ...decide to let someone else speak up
- Location
- scrabbling
[X] ...would like to study Malay
There's a lot of linguistic work being done on Austronesian languages, isn't there?
[X] … decide to let someone else speak up (unknown topics!)
There's a lot of linguistic work being done on Austronesian languages, isn't there?
[X] … decide to let someone else speak up (unknown topics!)
- Location
- in the trash
[X] Would like to study Bahasa Melayu
This is the best option, yes.
[X] Ask a question about
- [X] Relationships/significant others
We need to check out the competition
This is the best option, yes.
[X] Ask a question about
- [X] Relationships/significant others
We need to check out the competition
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