[Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes
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				Title: <strong>[Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rook Seidhr</strong> on <strong>31-03-2017, 03:20:03</strong>
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				This is an IC thread for "Welcome to Holy Question Mark," a game of the Amber Diceless RPG run by Rook Seidhr. It is dedicated to scenes that involve Bowen's character Ken Tachibana but not other PCs.<br><ul class="bbc_list"><li>OOC thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=264140.0)</li><li>IC—The Socinian Institute (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=264461.0)</li><li>Wiki (https://elliquiy.com/wiki/Welcome_to_Holy_Question_Mark)</li></ul>
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				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>31-03-2017, 03:26:30</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mortalinstruments/images/e/e5/Dominic_Sherwood.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150420222004)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Ken Tachibana<br><strong>Who:</strong> Pretty much everybody<br><strong>Where:</strong> Heading to the sewers<br><strong>When:</strong> Just after 4th Arrangement<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> As his picture<br><hr><br>He leaves a note. "Gone vampire hunting in the subway tunnels."<br><br>Having no dachi strapped over his back Ken makes his way off the school grounds and heads to the subway where the homeless live. Maybe he could make a difference in some of their lives today. As he walks, because he doesn't trust himself to ride his motorcycle, Ken starts hanging the spell that the creature possessing Min-Joon sucked up. He hoped Lord Hachiman could provide some insights into how to combat these menaces.
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				Post by: <strong>Rook Seidhr</strong> on <strong>31-03-2017, 03:56:41</strong>
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				It is not the easiest thing in the world to sneak off school grounds, especially while wearing a big sword. It attracts attention. It helps that class is in session and that Ken has snuck out before and knows how to get to the service exits. Still, it's quite certain that he was observed by the security cameras; he can expect disciplinary action when he gets back.<br><br>Probably not the topmost thing on his mind, though.<br><br>Walk, pray. Pray, walk. Duck into an alley and concentrate and pray. It's a miracle he doesn't get hassled by a cop for (1) looking like he's cutting school and (2) carrying an illegal bladed weapon. Streaks of good luck don't often come Ken's way; does this one make him nervous?<br><br>An hour later the prayer is hung and ready. Now to evade the transit cops and sneak into the subway tunnels while looking like he's cutting school and carrying an illegal bladed weapon…
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				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>31-03-2017, 04:13:06</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mortalinstruments/images/e/e5/Dominic_Sherwood.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150420222004)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Ken Tachibana<br><strong>Who:</strong> Pretty much everybody<br><strong>Where:</strong> Heading to the sewers<br><strong>When:</strong> Just after 4th Arrangement<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> As his picture<br><hr><br>Ken isn't sure what to make of this streak of 'good luck'. Was it some kind of instantaneous karma after the morning he had or were the Kami just allowing him to get into a much larger amount of trouble? He was trying to centre his mind and use the cold rage he felt in a constructive way but philosophical dilemmas weren't working for him right now.<br><br>He had to work a way out to get his sword to himself because attracting attention like this wasn't going to be useful if he wanted any more forays into monster territory. He'd most likely leave it behind in the end and create a spell that summoned it to him...maybe Maple had a better solution to that. Some of the other's had displayed some interesting abilities, he wanted to talk to them about some of the extraordinary abilities...later.<br><br>Whether being on edge because he was stalking a monster in it's home territory or his previous good look he wasn't sure just now. He was alert, almost hyper alert and he needed to evade the transit cops. First, he intones&nbsp; the Aegis prayer to Lord Hachiman that would add armour like protection to his clothing. Getting shot by transit cops would really suck as a way of being injured. Ken watches their patrols looking for the largest gap before slipping into the tunnels and then letting his eyes adjust to the darkness.
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				Post by: <strong>Rook Seidhr</strong> on <strong>31-03-2017, 20:02:16</strong>
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				It's easy to get by the guards. It's easy to find vampires. It starts out being easy to kill them…<br><br>In ones and twos, vampires aren't much stronger, faster or tougher than a human in good physical shape. When you get more than a handful of them in one place, though, they get nastier. Literal strength in numbers. And their hive mind lets them coordinate their attacks, flanking Ken effortlessly, forcing him to slide along walls and take advantage of the terrain as best as he can. Of course, they live down here—they know the terrain better than he does.<br><br>In a moment between waves of assailants, when he can catch his breath, it occurs to Ken to wonder what they all eat. There can't be any human homeless left down here—they've obviously all been turned or killed, given how many vampires there are in the subway tunnels. For that matter, from what he can remember reading about the monsters, vampires don't live on blood. They have to eat and drink, just like humans. And it's not as though they can beg on the street.<br><br>Someone's got to be bringing them food.<br><br>Then they're on him again and it's all he can do to keep them from seriously testing Lord Hachiman's protection.
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				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>01-04-2017, 02:54:27</strong>
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				<strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font">Lost someone I barely knew</span></span></strong> (blog for March 20, 2017)<br>&nbsp;<br><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: verdana;" class="bbc_font">Today was not a good day. It started out with a simple attempt to wish Maple a happy birthday. She barely acknowledged my well wishes when Min-Joon interrupted. He wanted to ask me out to the dance. He was so anxious and angry waiting for my response…it was strange. On one hand, I like girls… never looked at a guy in that way. On the other—I know what it’s like to be the Asian kid, new to a school that no one likes. <br>&nbsp;<br>I said we can go together as friends, not a date. Then within an hour I’m trying to save his life from some Lovecraftean possessing force. I failed him. The one person that reached out to me…as rough around the edges as he was…and I failed him. I thought I did everything right, started his heart prayed to heal him—all that healed were his physical wounds. My prayer didn’t bring him back from the edge of blackness just fixed his bruises and cuts. He was an empty vessel—ripe for taking over again.<br>&nbsp;<br>I thought I was ready. I’ve been training from the time I was six…and yet the first time a human life is at stake the enemy shows me how wanting I still am. I’m angry….and disappointed in myself. I should have done more…should have been faster. What kind of monster hunter am I? How much have I embarrassed the Kami and the heroes I look up to? <br><br>I need to get out of here….need to strike back. I’m not feeling very polite right now or like following the rules. Find a nest of them. Burn them all. Cleanse the area with fire. I’d need to practice against the real thing from now on…understand their capabilities better so surprises like Min-Joon didn’t happen anymore. <br><br>As much as I try to emulate Lord Hachiman and Lady Amaterasu I always felt it was more likely I’d end up like Lord Susano-o, the unwanted sibling cast out of heaven sent to fight demons and dragons. <br><br>Enough of feeling mopey, I’m off to face the vampires. More later once I’ve either gotten out of this mood or have learned something useful. May the Kami protect me for I put my life in their hands.</span></span>
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				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>01-04-2017, 05:01:08</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mortalinstruments/images/e/e5/Dominic_Sherwood.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150420222004)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Ken Tachibana<br><strong>Who:</strong> Pretty much everybody<br><strong>Where:</strong> Heading to the sewers<br><strong>When:</strong> Just after 4th Arrangement<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> As his picture<br><hr><br>Ken, as always in any kind of sport or combat is pushing his new ceiling. He refuses to look at anything like a limit; its more a boundary he hasn't crossed yet. On some level he was almost glad that when their numbers increased he was forced to work at it, adjust his tactics. He was out here to punish himself almost every bit as much as to punish and cleanse this area. <br><br>The realization that there is some kind of caretaker just made this more than self flagellation. It was intell he never had and doesn't recall being in any of the treatise's he's read so far. Now as he's cutting them down he's waiting for another lull between the waves. Now he'd hide and follow them back to a lair of some kind. He needed to work out if it was some deranged human or some monster they haven't seen before that is feeding these vampires.
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				Post by: <strong>Rook Seidhr</strong> on <strong>01-04-2017, 07:06:41</strong>
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				Vampire corpses are heaped and mounded, blood and stench are everywhere, and they keep coming. And coming. And coming. It seems to Ken that every vampire in the New York City underways has heard a call to action—"Our foe is here, let us bite him and claim him for ours!" Lord Hachiman's aegis has so far turned aside every fang that might have reached his skin, but they're coming close to simply burying him in their own dead, and he's running close to the edge of his endurance. If he doesn't do something to change the terms of the battle, he's in real trouble. Potentially deadly trouble.<br><br>Somewhere beyond the mass of his foes, Ken can see a blue light of some kind, an indistinct form, but he simply cannot spare the attention to examine it closely.
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				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>01-04-2017, 11:07:46</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mortalinstruments/images/e/e5/Dominic_Sherwood.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150420222004)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Ken Tachibana<br><strong>Who:</strong> Pretty much everybody<br><strong>Where:</strong> Heading to the sewers<br><strong>When:</strong> Just after 4th Arrangement<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> As his picture<br><hr><br>Ken sees the blue light and figures that this requires further study. What these vampires are doing now, Mr. Warwick has done before only he was much more brutal about it--no spells. The vampires have no rights to make such a claim. Ken fights defensively trying to catch his breath for a second or two and long enough to pray in Japanese to Lady Amaterasu. "Lady Amaterasu, shining one in heaven, lend me some of your divine radiance to quell these foes." <br><br>When he feels the spell is about to take effect he shifts stances again to aggressive. "You do not know who you are fucking with." he roars out at them. Civil politeness was reserved for teachers and students at school. Here he could let out some of the anger he held in check. He knew they fled direct sunlight, and now he was emitting it from every pour in his body.<br>
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				Post by: <strong>Rook Seidhr</strong> on <strong>01-04-2017, 11:31:56</strong>
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				Indeed, the vampires snarl and spit and scramble to retreat from the blinding sunlight. Ken is left alone, winded, momentarily blind as his eyes adjust to his own light—<br><br>In that moment, he feels a sword at his throat.<br><br>"Creditable," says a melodious female voice. "You have a <em>very</em> long way to go, little one. But creditable."<br><br>As his vision clears, he sees the blue light from a moment ago, now resolved into a gorgeous young woman with skin the color of a robin's egg, where it isn't decorated with intricate and colorful tattoos, and long, straight royal-blue hair. She is naked from the waist up, clad only in a sort of knee-length skirt or kilt, walking barefoot on the filthy, bloody tile floor of the subway tunnel. The edge of her sword barely kisses his neck, but she could spill his lifeblood with a twitch of her wrist. Fortunately for Ken, her grip is as steady as a rock. Her blue glow is only barely visible against the radiance of Lady Amaterasu's blessing, but it's still there.<br><br>"One day," she says, smiling, "if you live long enough, if you grow strong enough, we will fight. What is that saying of your world? 'There can be only one.' Truth."<br><br>(EDIT: I don't have a pic for the girl; the above description was inspired by Lulu's current avatar (https://elliquiy.com/forums/avs/avatar_54503_1489964673.jpg), but obviously the description is not the same as the picture)
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				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>01-04-2017, 18:22:32</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mortalinstruments/images/e/e5/Dominic_Sherwood.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150420222004)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Ken Tachibana<br><strong>Who:</strong> Pretty much everybody<br><strong>Where:</strong> Heading to the sewers<br><strong>When:</strong> Just after 4th Arrangement<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> As his picture<br><hr><br>The only thing that isn't still about Ken right now are his eyes and his breathing. "I may have a long way to go but I'm not exactly little." Ken says in conversational tones studying her intently. He's pretty sure a spell right now would get him killed. "Since we're setting up a duel and all that...because I do plan on growing stronger, we'll have a proper duel. I'm Ken by the way. And who are you other than the caretaker of the vampires...or whatever you call them?" he found it odd that she termed something&nbsp; as 'your world' indicating she wasn't from here.<br><br>"And as for truth...you can have more than one. It's just point of view. Fill a cup half way. Is it half full or half empty? It sort of depends on who you talk to. I'm a half full kinda guy." he says still scrutinizing her for anything he can learn.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rook Seidhr</strong> on <strong>01-04-2017, 20:12:37</strong>
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				<strong>Character:</strong> Blue Girl<br><strong>Who:</strong> Ken<br><strong>Where:</strong> the subway tunnels<br><strong>When:</strong> mid-afternoon<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> not much<br><hr>At the accusation that she's the vampires' caretaker, the Blue Girl laughs, a full, rich laugh that somehow does not move her sword so much as a micron.<br><br>When she's done laughing—and it's not a quick chuckle—she says, "I have nothing to do with your petty struggles. I'm here for <em>you,</em> Ken. I wanted to watch you fight. Never pass up a chance to learn about your enemies.<br><br>"And make no mistake, youngling—I am your mortal enemy. Either you will die before you learn enough to be a fitting challenge for me, or you will die on my blade.<br><br>"I would prefer the latter, so take this gift." In one impossibly swift motion, she draws a sheath for her sword out of empty air with her free hand, sheathes the blade, and tosses sheath and blade to Ken. While her gift is still in mid-air, she vanishes.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">What Ken's mystic senses perceive</div><div class="spoiler_body">Ken was too busy staying alive to notice the Blue Girl's arrival as a sorcerer might, but he certainly feels her departure. It's as though a vast, coiled spring had been there, or perhaps a ten-megavolt battery, something full of energy that could have destroyed this place had it been unleashed. Now it's gone, and the world breathes a sigh of relief. It's as though New York had been under a mile of ice, and the glaciers retreated, letting the continental crust relax from the strain of incalculable weight. It is as though the elephant has exited the Volkswagen.<br><br>If a normal person is a 2, and Ken and his friends are each a 10, the Blue Girl was...a 15? a 20? Ken doesn't have a standard by which to measure such things. But she was...<em>vast.</em> Greater than this poor shadow of a world.</div></div><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Ken's timeline is now caught up with William's.</div></div>
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				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>01-04-2017, 22:11:03</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mortalinstruments/images/e/e5/Dominic_Sherwood.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150420222004)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Ken Tachibana<br><strong>Who:</strong> Pretty much everybody<br><strong>Where:</strong> Heading to the sewers<br><strong>When:</strong> Just after 4th Arrangement<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> As his picture<br><hr><br>This had gone from rage fueled vengeance to fighting for his life...to just plain out there. He glanced at the sheathed sword that but for a few minutes ago was threatening to to a tracheotomy on him. It didn't feel evil even if she named herself his enemy and she hung out here with vampires. First things first. "Lord Kagutsuchi, help me purify the taint on their souls by purifying their corpses." he intones in Japanese again calling forth the holy flame to give these poor people some semblance of closure.<br><br>On the way back out of the tunnels he draws this new blade using his mystic senses to gaze upon the blade. It felt powerful but he wanted to be sure there weren't any curses or such laid upon it."
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				Post by: <strong>Rook Seidhr</strong> on <strong>02-04-2017, 00:30:30</strong>
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				The vampire corpses burn to ash as Ken watches. Thanks to the magical nature of the flame, the pyre does not become a spreading conflagration threatening Manhattan's safety.<br><br>The blade is powerful indeed. Cursed? Not exactly, or at least, not in any way that afflicts the wielder. But it thirsts for blood, and Ken's pretty sure it will cut diamond like butter. By experiment, he finds that, with a bit of concentration, he can change its size and configuration to any kind of killing blade from a commando knife to an ōdachi bigger than the one he used with the vampires. It won't become an X-Acto knife, though, or a club—only blades, and only those shaped explicitly for ending lives.<br><br>By the time he makes his way out of the subway, it's early evening. The sun's still up, but not for long. Of course, it will be a while before vampires trouble anyone in upper Manhattan or the lower Bronx again…
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				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>02-04-2017, 01:03:50</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mortalinstruments/images/e/e5/Dominic_Sherwood.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150420222004)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Ken Tachibana<br><strong>Who:</strong> Pretty much everybody<br><strong>Where:</strong> Heading to the sewers<br><strong>When:</strong> Just after 4th Arrangement<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> As his picture<br><hr><br>Ken has the sword shift down to a combat knife and puts his original sword aside. Being stopped now would be annoying and he knew he could just summon it back with a spell. He heads back to the school. There were going to be issues but he also had some news.<br><br>Perhaps he'd spar with William to get used to the different forms his blade could take.
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				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>03-04-2017, 02:06:38</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mortalinstruments/images/e/e5/Dominic_Sherwood.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150420222004)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Ken Tachibana<br><strong>Who:</strong> William<br><strong>Where:</strong> Back from the sewers in their dorm room<br><strong>When:</strong> Just after sunset<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> As his picture<br><hr><br>Ken returns back to school just as the sun disappears from the horizon. He knows he's going to be in trouble. He doesn't even think the news he has to share is going to get him out of it. Right now he just doesn't care. He met someone from not of this earth and that changes your perspective on things, like truancy. <br><br>He's pretty sure he stinks and heads right for his room. "Hey William. I need to shower but I have some important news I'd like to run by you first...just to check my own sanity."
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				Post by: <strong>LordRod</strong> on <strong>03-04-2017, 02:12:04</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/wiki/File:WtHQM-William1.jpg)</div><strong>Character</strong>: William Wake<br><strong>Who:</strong> Ken<br><strong>Where:</strong> Their Room<br><strong>When:</strong> Step in time, never need a reason, never need a rhyme<br><strong>Wearing:</strong>White T-Shirt and Jeans, not covered in sewer water<br><hr><br>"Yes."&nbsp; This is a masterfully constructed duality of subtext that agrees he needs a shower, that yes he is happy to talk to him and that he needs to talk in return.<br><br>With a subtle emphasis on the first part.<br><br>After a pause of 2-3 seconds he adds. "Checking your sanity with me is not the wisest choice but I am more than happy to lend a sympathetic or tactically assessing ear."
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				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>03-04-2017, 02:44:33</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mortalinstruments/images/e/e5/Dominic_Sherwood.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150420222004)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Ken Tachibana<br><strong>Who:</strong> William<br><strong>Where:</strong> Back from the sewers in their dorm room<br><strong>When:</strong> Just after sunset<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> As his picture<br><hr><br>"You are all I have right now. It's not like I have a million friends...or even two." Ken says not feeling sorry for himself, just stating it like it is. He opens his jacket which looks like he's been dragging it across pavement, and pulls out a combat knife. "I was given <div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">this</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/blade.addict/W2595_(1).JPG)</div></div> today from someone that shouldn't exist...oh and it <div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">changes</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://img.antiquesreporter.com.au/160929LASY/69.jpg)</div></div> if I want it to." he says shifting it to a sword. "Once you examine it for a bit I think you'll be in the right frame of mind for the talk." Ken states holding out the sheathed sword so its parallel to the ground.<br><br>"Now...I really do feel unclean after facing that many vampires so...I'll return when I feel more human." he states and grabs a towel as well as a change of clothes before heading into their shower to rinse himself of the filth he accumulated in the sewers.
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				Post by: <strong>LordRod</strong> on <strong>03-04-2017, 14:47:44</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/wiki/File:WtHQM-William1.jpg)</div><strong>Character</strong>: William Wake<br><strong>Who:</strong> Ken<br><strong>Where:</strong> Their Room<br><strong>When:</strong> Step in time, never need a reason, never need a rhyme<br><strong>Wearing:</strong>White T-Shirt and Jeans, not covered in sewer water<br><hr><br>William will examine the blade though he will not extend the force of will to make it change or directly touch it.&nbsp; He does not know all there is to know about scrying but could easily conceive this being a method of such.&nbsp; He nods to Ken as he goes to the shower and says, "Let's discuss upon return.&nbsp; There are people you should tell and people you should not."<br><br>He will listen to the song of the world on the sword, though he is not expecting a disruption unless it changes forms.&nbsp; Otherwise, his senses are hardly that useful though he will examine either form when shown from a warfare perspective to determine craftsmanship..and, did it look like this was ACTUALLY made by hand or made by thought who had an idea of what a sword should be? The idea that both forms looked hand crafted is intruiging to him since that would imply they were made and fused together somehow.<br><br>Upon emerging he said,"So you have fought monsters.&nbsp; Let's start there and compare notes."
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rook Seidhr</strong> on <strong>03-04-2017, 15:02:38</strong>
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				The song of the world…does not bear on this sword.<br><br>It is not a thing of this world.<br><br>It doesn't feel harmful to the world, in the same way that the Bugs (for instance) do; it doesn't disrupt the world's song; the song flows on around it, ignoring it. (Does William try to attract the world's attention to it?)<br><br>As for craftsmanship, it is exquisite and alien. It's not an abstract sword-object, as one would expect a sword to be that was made by someone's thoughts; it is very definitely physical. However, it wasn't made in separate forms and fused together—one can see the knife in the sword, or the sword in the knife, if one knows how to look. William's best guess is that the forging process created the shifting blade directly, as a shifting object, by some means he does not understand. Someone who was used to blades of some other country, or even some other world, than Ken is could will it into those forms, and it would still be the same, hand-crafted weapon.<br><br>The hallmark on the blade is not from any Earthly craftsman of whom William has ever heard, either. It is an ouroboros encircling an ideogram in some foreign yet strangely familiar language. Looking at it does something to William's brain—kicks something open, like a concealed safe being unlocked. A faculty or sense begins to rouse that was already there, but dormant. It isn't awake yet, quite, though.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LordRod</strong> on <strong>03-04-2017, 15:08:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/wiki/File:WtHQM-William1.jpg)</div><strong>Character</strong>: William Wake<br><strong>Who:</strong> Ken<br><strong>Where:</strong> Their Room<br><strong>When:</strong> Step in time, never need a reason, never need a rhyme<br><strong>Wearing:</strong>White T-Shirt and Jeans, not covered in sewer water<br><hr><br>Is that faculty in his brain closer to M or the Bugs?<br><br>He's suspecting M, but makes no assumptions.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rook Seidhr</strong> on <strong>03-04-2017, 15:08:52</strong>
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				It is something innate. It is not close to anyone but William.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LordRod</strong> on <strong>03-04-2017, 16:02:54</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/wiki/File:WtHQM-William1.jpg)</div><strong>Character</strong>: William Wake<br><strong>Who:</strong> Ken<br><strong>Where:</strong> Their Room<br><strong>When:</strong> Step in time, never need a reason, never need a rhyme<br><strong>Wearing:</strong>White T-Shirt and Jeans, not covered in sewer water<br><hr>Now THAT is interesting but it tells him that this sword is stolen.<br><br>"We need to let the others look at this to make sure they spot any hidden surprises on it but I don't think bugs made this."
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LordRod</strong> on <strong>03-04-2017, 16:56:22</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/wiki/File:WtHQM-William1.jpg)</div><strong>Character</strong>: William Wake<br><strong>Who:</strong> Ken<br><strong>Where:</strong> Their Room<br><strong>When:</strong> Step in time, never need a reason, never need a rhyme<br><strong>Wearing:</strong>White T-Shirt and Jeans, not covered in sewer water<br><hr>"And I have no evidence but my intuition says whoever gave it to didnt either."
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>03-04-2017, 19:20:16</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mortalinstruments/images/e/e5/Dominic_Sherwood.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150420222004)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Ken Tachibana<br><strong>Who:</strong> William<br><strong>Where:</strong> Back from the sewers in their dorm room<br><strong>When:</strong> Just after sunset<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> As his picture<br><hr><br>Ken comes out of the shower in jeans and tshirt finger combing his hair and feeling much better that he isn't unclean anymore. "Ok from the beginning. I'll skip over the repetitive parts." he agrees. <br><br>"After I failed to save Min-Joon I was angry. Like cold rage disappointed in myself angry. I've been training since I was six and failed the very first person that needed my help. I felt the need to go out and kill a number of our enemies as some form of balance, with a secondary thought of maybe even learning something about them. Since werewolves only come out once a month I went to the subway tunnels, avoided the police and began to search for them."<br><br>Ken sits on his bed. "I found a few, dispatched them, then more and more. They started coming at me in waves. The more of them there were, the more highly coordinated their actions. Faster and stronger too. This went on for a bit. Somewhere between one wave and another it occurred to me that there were no homeless people down here with so many vampires. So what were they eating. Someone had to be feeding them, some kind of caretaker." <br><br>"I fought on until I noticed some faint blue glow. I felt it was important and held answers. Then I was surrounded by vampires. I prayed to Lady Amaterasu and became radiant with sunlight. In that instant where my eyes adjusted I found that blade at my neck and a Lady in blue holding it. She wore some kind of skirt as her only piece of clothing but the power that I sensed from her was beyond anything I've ever felt. And whereas I believed she was the vampire caretaker she laughed and named me her enemy. She told me she didn't care about this world or it's struggles she just wanted to learn about me."<br><br>He reaches for the sword figuring that William had gleaned from it what he could by now. "Then she tossed me this sword and told me some time in the future we'd be fighting a duel to the death. By the time I'd caught the sword she'd teleported out...and then I came back here to make sense of all this.."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LordRod</strong> on <strong>03-04-2017, 23:46:45</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/wiki/File:WtHQM-William1.jpg)</div><strong>Character</strong>: William Wake<br><strong>Who:</strong> Ken<br><strong>Where:</strong> Their Room<br><strong>When:</strong> Step in time, never need a reason, never need a rhyme<br><strong>Wearing:</strong>White T-Shirt and Jeans, not covered in sewer water<br><hr><br>"We need to examine the hell out of that sword and show it to everyone.&nbsp; But that mark means something to me...dunno what.&nbsp; Min-Joon changes the equation.&nbsp; I'm joining AdSpir.&nbsp; The lady you met sounds like a Queen.&nbsp; The tits on display sounds like a warrior culture...no idea why I think that, but it certainly bespeaks a matriarchy because its men that care about the boobs, leaning toward her being a queen.&nbsp; Her humanish appearances bespeaks what the angel looked like, which is basically us.&nbsp; So angels and demons ...or queens or whatever the fuck you want to call them, likely have a similar appearance.&nbsp; I've met an Angel, and can't disclose too much.&nbsp; I don't know why but given some specific strictures I think it might mean that some ways of looking at some kinds of knowledge gives knowledge that that knowledge is known...like the fantasy stories about the dark wizard that hears his name spoken.&nbsp; It's why I've been so secretive, but we need to know more.&nbsp; The world is dying.&nbsp; And the angels care about us, but only passively asked me to 'see what I could do about it.' They're hiding us.&nbsp; I only know that there is more than one and the name of one.<br><br>I could really use your help in preparing the others.&nbsp; We need to learn to fight, and fight well; fight as a unit.&nbsp; I think there is some kind of wager or ritual or something with formal rules or weird strictures since the angels are...in a bad way.&nbsp; They need us.&nbsp; A lot. And if we push things too far the bugs can just bring it all crashing down.&nbsp; Min-joon nearly did.&nbsp; We need to trust each other, more than ever but I still need to restrict a minimum of information until I know more.&nbsp; Sorry for the info dump." He shrugs and scratches the back of his head, "I also have a way we can learn more in classes.&nbsp; I just got permission to use it but if they're as stupid for you as they are for me we can take turns with it and REALLY learn instead of the moronic pablum they are feeding us until its time to leave here."
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>04-04-2017, 01:47:09</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mortalinstruments/images/e/e5/Dominic_Sherwood.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150420222004)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Ken Tachibana<br><strong>Who:</strong> William<br><strong>Where:</strong> Back from the sewers in their dorm room<br><strong>When:</strong> Just after sunset<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> As his picture<br><hr><br>Ken listens to William's take on this without any interruptions. He ponders it for a bit idly twirling the sheathed sword."Interesting. I just thought her breasts on display meant she came from a warm planet or realm, that didn't have body shaming issues...and I would think that a warrior culture would have armour or maybe strapping them down so they didn't become a hindrance in battle...but it sounds like you have some prior experience with this so..ok, we'll go with that."<br><br>"How exactly did you arrive at the concept of Angels and Demons? That speaks to me of some rather specific religious concepts and implies a very 'good vs. evil' connotation to each being. The blue woman named me an enemy but instead of killing me right there and then, gave me her blade so I could survive long enough to get to the point of being a worthy opponent. To me that speaks of following some kind of code." Ken points out figuring they should both give their impressions.<br><br>"I'm happy to gather a group of people that can oppose the monsters and have a chance of winning." Ken states, the need to protect others being a part of his nature. "I think we should have a campfire meeting. Just sit in a circle and everyone add the pieces of the puzzle they've worked out. We'd be able to see a much greater whole that way." he suggests. "And perhaps ask the Reverend to create some kind of enriched class for us to accelerate our learning or help each other learn or what have you." he agrees.<br><br>He thinks about what William said earlier. "Ok you said you can't disclose too much...tell me what you can disclose. I've been pretty candid with you."
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LordRod</strong> on <strong>04-04-2017, 02:45:14</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/wiki/File:WtHQM-William1.jpg)</div><strong>Character</strong>: William Wake<br><strong>Who:</strong> Ken<br><strong>Where:</strong> Their Room<br><strong>When:</strong> Step in time, never need a reason, never need a rhyme<br><strong>Wearing:</strong>White T-Shirt and Jeans<br><hr><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Ken listens to William's take on this without any interruptions. He ponders it for a bit idly twirling the sheathed sword."Interesting. I just thought her breasts on display meant she came from a warm planet or realm, that didn't have body shaming issues...and I would think that a warrior culture would have armour or maybe strapping them down so they didn't become a hindrance in battle...but it sounds like you have some prior experience with this so..ok, we'll go with that."</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"I don't think anyone has that kind of experience.&nbsp; It just smells more like non chalance rather than air conditioning."<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"How exactly did you arrive at the concept of Angels and Demons? That speaks to me of some rather specific religious concepts and implies a very 'good vs. evil' connotation to each being. The blue woman named me an enemy but instead of killing me right there and then, gave me her blade so I could survive long enough to get to the point of being a worthy opponent. To me that speaks of following some kind of code." Ken points out figuring they should both give their impressions.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"Angels is a simple concept that the Dr referred to as 'the angel' he reports to.&nbsp; I met a guy who is fighting the bugs.&nbsp; He is no angel but 'angels' is as simple a term as any to describe them. Demons are the opposite, its just lazy symbolic short hand...and I hate the bugs, so associating them with evil suites me just fine.&nbsp; The blue woman is DEFINITELY associated with the bugs, I have zero doubt about that.&nbsp; And yeah, there may be some code.&nbsp; Demons make contracts.&nbsp; You could even argue they're less arrogant than angels."<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"I'm happy to gather a group of people that can oppose the monsters and have a chance of winning." Ken states, the need to protect others being a part of his nature. "I think we should have a campfire meeting. Just sit in a circle and everyone add the pieces of the puzzle they've worked out. We'd be able to see a much greater whole that way." he suggests. "And perhaps ask the Reverend to create some kind of enriched class for us to accelerate our learning or help each other learn or what have you." he agrees.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"Well, we can do that but I was told not to show a specific thing to 'the artists'...I've put a nice but ring around that just to be safe.&nbsp; Maple is the single most useful person I know of in our band just for her ability to see reality and I'm betting Maddy has the same spiel.&nbsp; But somehow if seeing a certain thing is bad; odds are knowing it can be too.&nbsp; And an enriched PE class? I love the idea.&nbsp; Hell, self defense and advanced self defense are two subjucts I'd love to teach.&nbsp; Everyone in this school needs to know some basics and I don't want any of them to be food.&nbsp; Still, the campfire circle is a good idea.&nbsp; Glad I asked."<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">He thinks about what William said earlier. "Ok you said you can't disclose too much...tell me what you can disclose. I've been pretty candid with you."<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"Sure.&nbsp; So he's just a guy, kinda go even go lucky guy. I've interacted with him three times.&nbsp; First time he was humming in the background noise of the world, no idea what or who.&nbsp; Second time, I go out to nature, figure that might work better.&nbsp; I learn a little more, nearly get eaten by hoards of bugs.&nbsp; They could have killed me, but wanted to capture me.&nbsp; So I got out.&nbsp; THEY want us as much as the angels do.&nbsp; Final time I contact him here.&nbsp; He said that they are hiding us.&nbsp; &nbsp;Said that I shouldn't show the artists something important.&nbsp; Said his name.&nbsp; The name and the thing are the things I'm not gonna tell, and really, for now I'd keep all this part to yourself.&nbsp; Guy can sing reality back to sleep as its musics goes all frostyloops when the bugs do an incursion, like that really really bad mojo with Min-joon.&nbsp; Which, to be honest, occured five minutes after I gave some details to Maple.&nbsp; I am sure she's right that it wasn't her fault, but "the guy" seemed to imply that the angels are trapped or stuck or something, like in a very bad way, and that if we upset the apple cart we only get one shot and then we're done, so we need to be CAREFUL and not tip to the bugs we know too much about what is going on...or they will end 'the construct' and the subtext there Ken was that 'the construct' was our home...everyone and everything you ever loved that isn't one of the Solids as perceived by Maple."
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>04-04-2017, 03:44:44</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mortalinstruments/images/e/e5/Dominic_Sherwood.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150420222004)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Ken Tachibana<br><strong>Who:</strong> William<br><strong>Where:</strong> Back from the sewers in their dorm room<br><strong>When:</strong> Just after sunset<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> As his picture<br><hr><br>Ken tries not to frown at all of that. It was news, just because it wasn't favourable to them didn't mean it was bad. Solid information was a truth. You can't make your wants fit it, you had to accept it and deal. "Ok..I'm not sure if the bugs have any spies other than Min Joon...so maybe we should ward the area we are going to have the campfire circle.." he suggests figuring its better to err on the side of caution.<br><br>"I don't have many friends and even fewer phone numbers...maybe you should put out the call to meet up. Include the Reverend since she seems to be in the know and could probably offer an immediate yes or no on the enriched classes ideas." he states. <br><br>"That is all I can think of as far as preparations go...anything else before you contact everyone?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LordRod</strong> on <strong>04-04-2017, 13:31:06</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/wiki/File:WtHQM-William1.jpg)</div><strong>Character</strong>: William Wake<br><strong>Who:</strong> Ken<br><strong>Where:</strong> Their Room<br><strong>When:</strong> Step in time, never need a reason, never need a rhyme<br><strong>Wearing:</strong>White T-Shirt and Jeans<br><hr><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Ken tries not to frown at all of that. It was news, just because it wasn't favourable to them didn't mean it was bad. Solid information was a truth. You can't make your wants fit it, you had to accept it and deal. "Ok..I'm not sure if the bugs have any spies other than Min Joon...so maybe we should ward the area we are going to have the campfire circle.." he suggests figuring its better to err on the side of caution.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"A great idea.&nbsp; Better, let's all pool our knowledge and resources to build a place where we can learn, train and speak together at our peak potential anytime we want, not just the campfire..."<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"I don't have many friends and even fewer phone numbers...maybe you should put out the call to meet up. Include the Reverend since she seems to be in the know and could probably offer an immediate yes or no on the enriched classes ideas." he states. <br><br>"That is all I can think of as far as preparations go...anything else before you contact everyone?"<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"You gave me one great idea there, maybe you can..." and at that moment he realizes a Miracle happened.<br><br>It happened a few hours ago.&nbsp; He was so busy saving the world and putting out fires that he failed to notice the Skittles of the situation.&nbsp; Taste the Rainbow indeed.<br><br>"I'm an idiot.&nbsp; If I ask myself if 9 people working together to spend 10% of their time could save the world...well...that means we can definitely save the world...and the answer was staring me in the face the whole time because I was so moronincally stupid that I didn't ask or say anything about it, but this changes EVERYTHING.&nbsp; This changes our story from Starship Troopers to Star Trek.&nbsp; Anyway, my point is, you're doing a lot more than you realize.&nbsp; You're a natural leader and I think the others will follow you.&nbsp; I can tell people WHAT to do, but getting them to do it might be more your talent than you think.&nbsp; Regardless, yes, I think your campfire idea is a good one."<br><br>"Oh and for what its worth you can count me among your friends.&nbsp; As far as the Reverend...she is a lovely woman but I'm not sure how much she'd condone us killing people.&nbsp; Then again, the others might not be ready for that either so in for a penny, in for a pound."
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>04-04-2017, 16:29:29</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mortalinstruments/images/e/e5/Dominic_Sherwood.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150420222004)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Ken Tachibana<br><strong>Who:</strong> William<br><strong>Where:</strong> Back from the sewers in their dorm room<br><strong>When:</strong> Just after sunset<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> As his picture<br><hr><br>Ken tries to follow the pattern of speech after some insight was realized by his room mate. "You're not a moron, never have been." he comments first. "And I'm not exactly sure how you figure that someone almost everyone shuns is a natural leader...I just reacted and did what I thought was right."<br><br>"Our story changed from a right wing novel about the philosophical aspects of suffrage, civic virtue, juvenile delinquency, corporal punishment and war is great to...Gene Roddenberry's left wing ideal where humanity learns to overcome its inherent flaws...yeah you kind of lost me there but I'm taking it as you think things went from oppressive to hopeful. Or did you mean the movies...because in the book...Ditz is a large black man and there were no naked shower scenes."<br><br>"Thanks Will. It's good to have a friend." he says in an oddly touched tone.<br><br>"So...ready to go talk to everyone?" Ken asks standing up and needing to get things going.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LordRod</strong> on <strong>04-04-2017, 17:10:18</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/wiki/File:WtHQM-William1.jpg)</div><strong>Character</strong>: William Wake<br><strong>Who:</strong> Ken<br><strong>Where:</strong> Their Room<br><strong>When:</strong> Step in time, never need a reason, never need a rhyme<br><strong>Wearing:</strong>White T-Shirt and Jeans<br><hr><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Ken tries to follow the pattern of speech after some insight was realized by his room mate. "You're not a moron, never have been." he comments first. "And I'm not exactly sure how you figure that someone almost everyone shuns is a natural leader...I just reacted and did what I thought was right."</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"If we agree that tactical analysis is my thing then trust me.&nbsp; The strongest is always an excellent candidate for leader and what is disliked today can be insanely popular tomorrow."<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Our story changed from a right wing novel about the philosophical aspects of suffrage, civic virtue, juvenile delinquency, corporal punishment and war is great to...Gene Roddenberry's left wing ideal where humanity learns to overcome its inherent flaws...yeah you kind of lost me there but I'm taking it as you think things went from oppressive to hopeful. Or did you mean the movies...because in the book...Ditz is a large black man and there were no naked shower scenes."</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"Yeah.&nbsp; The Mongolian Horse archer was fast, highly trained and infinitely nimble compared to any other warrior of his day.&nbsp; Mobility plus range is a deadly combination.&nbsp; I have known the artists could do neat things for a while. I did not realize TELEPORTATION was among our potential assets.&nbsp; Even if it has severe limits, that changes everything. EVERYTHING."<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Thanks Will. It's good to have a friend." he says in an oddly touched tone.<br><br>"So...ready to go talk to everyone?" Ken asks standing up and needing to get things going.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>William nods and is about to text Penn but then thinks better of it.&nbsp; "Let's take this straight to the Reverend and let her summon people.&nbsp; I imagine she's psycho busy counseling or doing mystical Little Dutch Boy's right now, but this can't wait.&nbsp; And if it has her authority it will work much better."
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>04-04-2017, 19:24:45</strong>
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				<div align="center">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxn3w_4hOeg</div><br><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Gimme Shelter</span></strong><br>Oh, see the storm is threatening<br>My very life today<br>If I don't get some shelter<br>Yeah, I'm gonna fade away<br><br>War, children<br>It's just a kiss away<br>It's just a kiss away<br>(repeat)<br>Yeah<br><br>Oh, see the fire is sweeping<br>Down through the streets today<br>Burning like a bright red carpet<br>Another fool who lost the way<br>Rape, murder<br>It's just a kiss away<br>It's just a kiss away<br>(repeat)<br>Yeah<br><br>Oh, see the storm is threatening<br>My very life today<br>Gimme, gimme shelter<br>Or I'm gonna fade away<br><br><br>Love, sisters<br>It's just a shot away<br>It's just a shot away<br>Love, sisters<br>It's just a shot away<br>Shot away<br>Shot away<br>War, children<br>It's just a kiss away<br>It's just a kiss awy<br>War, children<br>It's just a kiss away<br>Kiss away<br>Kiss away<br>Rape, murder<br>It's just a kiss away<br>It's just a kiss away<br>Rape, murder<br>It's just a kiss away<br>Kiss away<br>Kiss away<br><br>(repeat previous three twice)<br><br>(repeat love chorus)<br><br>War, children<br>It's just a kiss away<br>Kiss away<br>Kiss away
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>08-04-2017, 08:16:26</strong>
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				<div align="center">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM7MFYoylVs</div><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>Something Just Like This </strong></span><br>I've been reading books of old<br>The legends and the myths<br>Achilles and his gold<br>Hercules and his gifts<br>Spiderman's control<br>And Batman with his fists<br>And clearly I don't see myself upon that list<br><br>But she said, where'd you wanna go?<br>How much you wanna risk?<br>I'm not looking for somebody<br>With some superhuman gifts<br>Some superhero<br>Some fairytale bliss<br>Just something I can turn to<br>Somebody I can kiss<br><br>I want something just like this<br>Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo<br>Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo<br>Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo<br>Oh, I want something just like this<br>Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo<br>Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo<br>Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo<br><br>Oh, I want something just like this<br>I want something just like this<br><br>I've been reading books of old<br>The legends and the myths<br>The testaments they told<br>The moon and its eclipse<br>And Superman unrolls<br>A suit before he lifts<br>But I'm not the kind of person that it fits<br><br>She said, where'd you wanna go?<br>How much you wanna risk?<br>I'm not looking for somebody<br>With some superhuman gifts<br>Some superhero<br>Some fairytale bliss<br>Just something I can turn to<br>Somebody I can miss<br><br>I want something just like this<br>I want something just like this<br><br>Oh, I want something just like this<br>Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo<br>Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo<br>Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo<br>Oh, I want something just like this<br>Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo<br>Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo<br>Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo<br><br>Where'd you wanna go?<br>How much you wanna risk?<br>I'm not looking for somebody<br>With some superhuman gifts<br>Some superhero<br>Some fairytale bliss<br>Just something I can turn to<br>Somebody I can kiss<br>I want something just like this<br><br>Oh, I want something just like this<br>Oh, I want something just like this<br>Oh, I want something just like this<br>Oh, I want something just like this
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>17-04-2017, 05:23:52</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mortalinstruments/images/e/e5/Dominic_Sherwood.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150420222004)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Ken Tachibana<br><strong>Who:</strong> Maple<br><strong>Where:</strong> Photography class<br><strong>When:</strong> Sophomore semester<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> As his picture<br><hr><br>Ken is usually quiet. He has a very good eye for photography and when he has a question its usually very insightful. Other students rarely talk to him because of this reputation for anger issues, although no one can remember anything from last year other than some frowning from time to time when people said some stupid things around him. <br><br>When class is over he approaches Maple. "Hello Maple. I'd like a bit of your time. I was hoping you could tutor me. Are you available for that or is your schedule full?" he asks. He has a deep but quiet voice and its charged with intensity that he tries to keep under wraps. She can see it in his face that he believes she's going to say no. Probably be more polite about it than most but it would be a no.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Meliai</strong> on <strong>17-04-2017, 14:00:28</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/6a/MapleSophomorePortrait.png)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Maple MacAlistair<br><strong>Who:</strong> Ken<br><strong>Where:</strong> Photography classroom<br><strong>When:</strong> Sophomore year<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> Clicky link! (http://www.polyvore.com/strawberry_milkshake/set?id=217949624) Jeans, a pink tanktop, and an army surplus jacket<br><hr><br>Maple is still seated, scribbling away in her notebook as the rest of the class floods out of the room and Ken approaches. Notes on aperture size and focal length take up about a third of the page, while the rest is filled with...doodles of tiny winged penises (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascinus)? She's almost done filling up the last little bit of empty space in the bottom corner of the page when he speaks and she hastily closes the notebook, flashing him a sheepish grin.<br><br>"Oh! Um, hi Ken," she says as she starts to stow her notebook and assorted writing implements in her bag. She's come out of her shell quite a lot since Freshman year, but every so often Maple still gives off the air of something small and fuzzy that's about to be snatched up but a large number of big, sharp teeth. "Sure? I mean, I can probably make time. Depends on how much you need I suppose. What were you wanting help with?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>17-04-2017, 14:58:16</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mortalinstruments/images/e/e5/Dominic_Sherwood.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150420222004)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Ken Tachibana<br><strong>Who:</strong> Maple<br><strong>Where:</strong> Photography class<br><strong>When:</strong> Sophomore semester<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> As his picture<br><hr><br>There is a certain register of surprise on his features. Most of it is that she said yes, some of it is that she knows his name. He doesn't want to be looming over her so he sits in the seat in front of her facing her. Ken's normally broody features smile at her when she hastily closes her notebook, it was her notebook and he wasn't the type to judge. He takes in her style, she always dressed in so many layers and textures whereas he basically had clean, sturdy jeans and a tshirt. He liked the kitten earrings and the pink choker but felt mentioning them would make her uncomfortable.<br><br>"I'm not sure how much of your time I would need. I've been having difficulties in art class...especially with painting and sculpture. I...I..feel like most four year old's could throw clay down the stairs and get better results than what I'm getting right now. My mom's an artist...and it's important to me that I take after her as well as my father." he tries to explain his reasons for this. "I'm not expecting any miracles or anything." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Meliai</strong> on <strong>18-04-2017, 05:23:18</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/6a/MapleSophomorePortrait.png)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Maple MacAlistair<br><strong>Who:</strong> Ken<br><strong>Where:</strong> Photography classroom<br><strong>When:</strong> Sophomore year<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> Clicky link! (http://www.polyvore.com/strawberry_milkshake/set?id=217949624) Jeans, a pink tanktop, and an army surplus jacket<br><hr><br>Maple either fails to notice or politely ignores Ken's surprise as she puts away the last of her supplies. "Yeah, okay, I might be able to help with that," she says, looking thoughtful, wheels spinning away already. "I've got newspaper meetings on Saturdays around lunch and Mondays and Thursdays after class, but otherwise all my junk's pretty flexible, time-wise."<br><br>A few minutes of schedule comparison later, Maple sets a reminder in her phone's calendar. "Okay, so painting to sculpture is a pretty broad spectrum of stuff. I'll sign out Mr Chihak's room for a study hall, should have enough supplies there for whatever we want to work on. Bring some of your paintings with you, and sculptures if you can. Photos work too, if the real things are too big or unwieldy. Hmmm...bring your favorite thing you've done and your least favorite, then a few in between. Oh, and some examples of stuff you like by other people. Doesn't have to be the sort of things you want to make yourself, just, y'know, stuff that makes you feel things."<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>18-04-2017, 07:42:32</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mortalinstruments/images/e/e5/Dominic_Sherwood.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150420222004)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Ken Tachibana<br><strong>Who:</strong> Maple<br><strong>Where:</strong> Photography class//Mr Chihak's room<br><strong>When:</strong> Sophomore semester//study hall<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> As his picture<br><hr><br>Ken nods to that. "I can do that. Thank you Maple." he says. "Oh...and I was looking into wards from different cultures as well. The Romans had their symbology go double duty the winged.. member stood for virility as well as warding off evil and sickness. The Greeks just went with a blue glass eye." he says not teasing her. <br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Ken shows up in Mr. Chihak's room with a few paintings he's done and pictures of everything else. He smiles when he sees her. "Hello.." he stops himself from being so formal. "Hi. Ok, so I've come up with what you've asked. Here is <div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">art that makes me feel something</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/ae/b5/33/aeb533415f4abd49541b6a8d09dac877.jpg) (https://images5.alphacoders.com/313/thumb-1920-313952.jpg)(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/12/0d/e3/120de382643bd76ac60474e34499a49f.jpg)(https://yt3.ggpht.com/-2yPBmlp6RjM/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/VYtD_2pESOA/s900-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg)(http://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/archive/9Ouyiw8Yciw2YDAwumnm_1082040988.jpeg)(http://amolife.com/image/images/stories/Art/Painters/Beautiful_Paintings_by_Hong_Leung_.jpg) (http://orig03.deviantart.net/c99a/f/2010/299/c/4/fire_nymph_by_jameswolf-d31l6ma.jpg)<br></div></div> he says having printed it out and organized neatly.&nbsp; He gives her a few seconds to flip through that wondering what she would make of his tastes. He wasn't sure why it mattered to him.<br><br>"So.." he starts with the bad first. "..here are some things I'm not really happy or satisfied with or <div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">art of mine that is not so good</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://www.sandandlacegallery.com/uploads/3/7/2/8/37280639/3676635_orig.jpg)(https://lessonsgowhere.com.sg/thumbnails/420x420/uploads/2015/11/10/Aahana%20-%20Scenery%20Painting.jpg)(https://img.grouponcdn.com/deal/4Un7jUbCcJFTXSxCdtj8/cs-900x540/v1/c700x420.jpg)<br></div></div>." he says turning the paintings around so she can see them as well as the horrendous mermaid sculpture he did.<br><br>He waits trying not to wince as she looks at them. "And uh...here is <div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">art of mine I think is better</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://static1.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/77/1535499-ukyo_sk.jpg) (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qw35681iFEw/VrAfms1ljTI/AAAAAAAABos/UZSXYAG_GBE/s1600/20160131_144433.jpg) (http://)(https://setoj.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/dscf4277.jpg) </div></div>." he girds himself feeling a little vulnerable right now.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Meliai</strong> on <strong>22-04-2017, 09:28:34</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/6a/MapleSophomorePortrait.png)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Maple MacAlistair<br><strong>Who:</strong> Ken<br><strong>Where:</strong> Photography studio // Mr Chihak's classroom<br><strong>When:</strong> Sophomore semester // study hall<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> Clicky link! (http://www.polyvore.com/strawberry_milkshake/set?id=217949624) Jeans, a pink tanktop, and an army surplus jacket<br><hr><br>"Drawing them because they're hilarious, not because they're magic~!"<br><br><hr><br>Maple flips through the printouts curiously, but sets them aside as soon as Ken's own work is up. She goes through the lot piece by piece, critiquing each in turn then going back and pointing out through-lines of strengths and weaknesses that come up consistently. She doesn't sugar coat things, but is as quick to point out the good parts as well as the bad and keeps a careful eye on Ken's demeanor the whole time to be sure she's not getting to harsh. On top of his supposed temper (which she'd never seem much evidence of in Assembly so didn't give much weight to) she knew from extensive personal experience that too much negative critique would just make an artist defensive, and thus fall on deaf ears.<br><br>The whole time her tone is friendly and open and eager to help. It's clear she views weaknesses in artists' work as speedbumps and potholes rather than brick walls; things that can be fixed or avoided once you know how to spot them, and however negatively Ken views his own artistic prospects she seems to think it's nothing that practice can't overcome.<br><br>Eventually she commandeers a handful of pushpins and adds the printouts Ken brought to the wall along side his own work.<br><br>"So I think the big throughline in the pieces you like is that they've mostly got very strong emotional narratives going on as far as composition and subject matter, as well as limited and mostly subdued color pallets. You're starting to get that stuff with the birds and...is that Goemon from Lupin? No, wrong hair. Anyway, birds and swordguy. Starting to get some story conveyed there.<br><br>"So, couple missions, should you choose to accept them. Mission one, colors. Pick two or three complementary or neutral colors and one contrasting color and do some abstract studies trying to convey a specific mood. Shape and color, no identifying imagery. Mission two, story. Take some pictures like these ones," she gestures to the two illustrations with knights, "and study them and make a list of things that stand out to you and what those specific bits say and how they contribute to the story that's being told. Pose, colors, angle of the camera, stuff in the backgrounds, etcetera etcetera. Stills from movies are good for that too, just pause during the really emotional bits."<br><br>She trails off, frowning in concentration as she looks between Ken's two sculptures as the photo of the horses he brought in. "Not really sure what to tell you about these. What is it you like about the pony sculptures? The movement, the materials?" 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>23-04-2017, 09:56:44</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mortalinstruments/images/e/e5/Dominic_Sherwood.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150420222004)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Ken Tachibana<br><strong>Who:</strong> Maple<br><strong>Where:</strong> Photography class//Mr Chihak's room<br><strong>When:</strong> Sophomore semester//study hall<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> As his picture<br><hr><br>It's not like he doesn't understand his work isn't very good; especially with the amount of time he's put into it. If he were less stubborn or more likely if he didn't want to do his mother proud, he'd have given up this insanely frustrating effort years ago. While she is watching him he's watching her too. What he lacks on a psychic level, he tries to make up for in reading people's tells: micro expressions and tone of voice for lies, lies that spare him. Stance, posture, gait of walk speak to how at ease or uneasy she is around him. It's like he's taking as much of her in as possible to understand where she's coming from. <br><br>When she gets to his--let's just call them attempts at art his face and whole body seem to almost just stop. He's prepared for the worst, for Maple to tell him that it's hopeless and then give him some carrot by telling him she can see all the effort he put into things. Instead she gave him stark honesty, tempered by natural empathy and an abundance of innate kindness. <br><br>Ken listens carefully to her almost never breaking eye contact. He had to remember to do that, a few people told him his intensity freaked them out. There are clearly revelations in her critiques and especially her advice. He tries to keep his face impassive so as to not freak her out.<br><br>"The sword guy is Ukyo from the game Samurai Showdown. He's based off of Sasaki Kojirō, Musashi's greatest duel." he supplies. "And yeah, I guess they do have a resemblance to each other." he agrees not knowing that Maple liked anime. Ken didn't think he had much in common with Maple outside of photography.<br><br>He can't help but smile when she tells him the missions she has. "I didn't figure you for a Mission Impossible fan." he says not writing any of that down. He never wrote things down except when he handed in homework. "Yes. I accept your missions." he says then raises an eyebrow without being aware of it. "So does this mean you're going to blow up now? Because that could get messy." he goes for a small joke. He didn't really allow himself much in the way of vulnerability, too many bad encounters so far but he felt he could trust Maple to let a bit more of himself out other than the 'polite student' he'd been sticking to.<br><br>He looks at the horse sculptures and lets himself feel it again, that love and passion for things that move him. "Yes. The movement...the materials." he nods. "It's..powerful. They force you to look at them. you can see where they are going. These aren't the size of a bowling ball where you approach, look down..nod at it and move on. They are life size and have a presence to them." he states. "Then..there is a philosophical message here. When you look closely you can see that these are made from plastics and scrap metal that others had thrown away as useless garbage. She took that refuse..salvaged it and made something beautiful." <br><br>He turns away from the picture and composes himself again. "Sorry..I didn't mean to start preaching. I'm sure you have a much better appreciation for this than I do."
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Meliai</strong> on <strong>25-04-2017, 10:01:29</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/6a/MapleSophomorePortrait.png)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Maple MacAlistair<br><strong>Who:</strong> Ken<br><strong>Where:</strong> Mr Chihak's classroom<br><strong>When:</strong> Sophomore year, study hall<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> Clicky link! (http://www.polyvore.com/strawberry_milkshake/set?id=217949624) Jeans, a pink tanktop, and an army surplus jacket<br><hr><br>Maple picks up a stray sheet of newsprint, rolls it into a tube and lightly bonks Ken in the middle of the forehead with it. "Don't be dismissive of yourself," she says. "Confidence in your own artistic voice is important, and how you interpret other people's work is part of that. Even if I disagreed with you, which I don't, that wouldn't make your thoughts invalid. It's art, not science, there's lots of different ways to interpret any given piece of art, some of them contradictory of one another.<br><br>"Anyway..." She turns back to the printouts pinned up on the wall, "from what you're saying it doesn't really sound like clay's gonna be your thing. Maybe try metal sculpture next semester? I've never had her but I hear Ms. Quintona's pretty cool, I bet she'd be up for found object stuff. I don't think they let you use the blow torches and welding junk outside of official classes no matter how many 'we won't sue if our child sets themselves on fire' waivers your parents sign, but in the meantime you could see if she'll let you scavenge scraps from the woodworking classes to practice with. I'd start abstract, like the color stuff I suggested, just grab an armful of whatever and experiment with pattern and structure and junk."
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Welcome to Holy Question Mark] IC—Ken's Solo Scenes</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Bowen</strong> on <strong>25-04-2017, 19:08:33</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mortalinstruments/images/e/e5/Dominic_Sherwood.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150420222004)</div><strong>Character</strong>: Ken Tachibana<br><strong>Who:</strong> Maple<br><strong>Where:</strong> Photography class//Mr Chihak's room<br><strong>When:</strong> Sophomore semester//study hall<br><strong>Wearing:</strong> As his picture<br><hr><br>Ken watched her roll up the newsprint. Her intent was pretty obvious. A portion of his mind come up with about two dozen ways to defend, counter and avoid getting bonked. Another portion of his mind wanted to get behind her and guide her on how to correct her stance and the best way to hold the newsprint for maximum effect. Ken stands there looking into her eyes as she does it. Most people felt some aura of menace or some dread came upon them when he focused on them for a few seconds; not with Maple. She nearly cheerfully admonished him for lacking artistic confidence. She was brave. He gives her a crooked smile. It was easy to see why she had so many friends. It was hard not to like Maple.<br><br>Since she didn't even bat an eye at his attempt at humour about blowing up after giving him the mission, Ken nods to what she's saying and leaves it at that. She's his tutor, not his friend or comrade. Her advice about the medium was interesting; it was an approach he hadn't tried. "Sounds neat. Metal sculpture. Ms. Quintona...never met her, but I'll find her and introduce myself. Hopefully the savaging is a go." he agrees.<br><br>He didn't want to take up any more of her time. "Thank you Maple." he says sincerely. "I've got some missions and assignments. A new direction to try out and some scrap to collect." he says easily retreating back to the respectful student. He mentally sighs as he almost turns away from her. <br><br>He turns back. He liked Maple, he wanted her to be more than a tutor. Maybe some honesty instead of just the polite student would work out better. It's like his entire persona changes and becomes less rigidly controlled to someone that has just exhaled after a long time. "So, we need to come to some kind of terms. I feel weird about accepting help and not offering something in return. I'm willing to ..buy food for our study sessions, offer to teach you something in return...I'm not good at doodling flying dicks or anything..." he teases her a little since it struck him as a little naughty catching her doing that "...but I'm good with most sports and like ten martial arts...uhm..also, strong like an ox...so heavy lifting is doable too....or maybe you have ideas." he offers.
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