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| Shiro Academy; New Term, Old Problems... | |
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| Topic Started: Jun 20 2011, 05:09:39 PM (6,754 Views) | |
| Nahris | Feb 14 2012, 05:13:11 PM Post #241 |
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You got blood on my Suit.
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The mysterious figure nodded. Then tilted the hat to reveal an androgynous face. "Err...Hi...I'm sorry...am I disturbing you?" OOC: The confusion of gender is deliberate.
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| SCKnightVulshain | Feb 15 2012, 07:17:19 PM Post #242 |
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The Boll Weevel
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Lena was curious about this stranger. "Oh no. I was just wanting to say hi and everything. I haven't seen you around here before, but I'm guessing you're a new student. So, after this mess is over with, do you want to grab some pizza? My treat." Lena smiled. "By the way, what's your name?" |
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| Nahris | Feb 15 2012, 07:24:24 PM Post #243 |
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You got blood on my Suit.
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The stranger tilted his/her head in some confusion. "...I've...been around...doing a report on Shiro for a guide back home. I'm guessing you won't have seen me around much as I tend to keep to myself...helps me to get a true picture of what's going on..." The stranger nodded as if to confirm what s/he just said. "My name? It's Leslie. Leslie Stranger. Pardon my confusing appearance. I am female. But a lot of people seem to think I look like a guy for some reason." OOC: Yes, it does seem people use "Stranger" as a surname...:D |
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| SCKnightVulshain | Feb 15 2012, 07:29:24 PM Post #244 |
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"That is odd. I don't think you look like a guy, Lesile. Anyhow, that's really cool that you get to make a guidebook for your nation. Come on, I'll introduce you to my roommate Ella." Lena grabbed Lesile's hand and lead her to Ella. "So, you still want to hang with us and grab some pizza?" |
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| Nahris | Feb 15 2012, 07:46:06 PM Post #245 |
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"Actually, I guess I could use a break..." Leslie said, "...I've been out on my feet all day trying to record what is going on. And I'll admit my hands are about to drop off from holding my video camera and dictaphone all day!" |
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| SCKnightVulshain | Feb 15 2012, 09:35:43 PM Post #246 |
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"Okay. Ella this is Lesile Stranger. Lesile this is my roommate, Ella Rah'n from Dannistaan. Where are you from Lesile? Oh and Ella, I invited Lesile to eat pizza with us later tonight. That okay with you?" |
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| Dannistaan | Feb 15 2012, 09:47:43 PM Post #247 |
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Bat Shoot Loco
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Ella looked on slightly concerned. Shaking hands with Leslie, she stared at Lena for a few seconds. "Are you sure you are alright Lena? A few minutes ago you were about to have a mental break down. And all of a sudden you perked up. Not trying to break the mood or anything, but I'm really concerned given you were just about to cry your eyes out earlier..." Ella tilted her head as if to try to read some invisible emotional signs on Lena's face. |
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| SCKnightVulshain | Feb 15 2012, 10:34:44 PM Post #248 |
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"I'm okay. I just had to let all of the frustration out that's all. But thanks for being concerned. I appreciate it. But I'm probably skip the sake tonight and after some pizza I'm going to rest. Maybe a good night's sleep is what I need after all of this mess. I think you and I should just chill tomorrow and play some video games or watch some movies on my laptop." "Or have sex! We all know that you're both lesbians!" "Oh shut up you perverted drunk," a neko student said. Two guards dragged one of the 99% protesters to a patrol car. OOC: I'm thinking this neko student could be in one of Lena's classes. And I'm guessing this neko is a he. |
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| Dannistaan | Feb 16 2012, 02:31:56 PM Post #249 |
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Bat Shoot Loco
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Ella still seemed a bit concerned about Lena's state of mind and frowned on hearing the heckling. Eventually she just shrugged. "Well, if you say you are OK, fair enough. I think I will take up Sha'la's offer on the sake though...assuming our room is still intact..." Eventually after several hours, the fire trucks left and it was declared safe to return to the dorms. Inside there was a strong smell of smoke. Several student protesters though were remaining defiant and were waving placards in the main lobby. |
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| SCKnightVulshain | Feb 17 2012, 02:18:04 AM Post #250 |
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"Okay. Ugh. Those protestors are still hanging about. Man, I wish I was back home in Vulshain. Stuff like this would never happen there! Maybe Vulshain needs to have its own Shiro Academy or something. Anyhow, looks like our stuff is still here, Ella. I got some Freebreeze air fresher." She sprayed it around their room and some in the hallway. "There that's better. So, I'm going to order the pizza now. Ella? Lesile? What would you two like for pizza?" |
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| Dannistaan | Feb 17 2012, 06:14:26 PM Post #251 |
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Bat Shoot Loco
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OOC: I'll roll Ella's and Leslie's replies into one post here to speed things up. "Urm...I'd like a stuffed crust pepperoni if they have it," Ella replied. She looked at Leslie who seemed to be more preoccupied with looking around the room. "...ah sorry...I'm just trying to note down details...like I said, I was doing some research for a report back home. Not trying to be a perv or something," she smiled, "And I'll have anything as long as it has a lot of anchovies." Ella snorted in suprise. "Wow...you like anchovies on your pizza?" Leslie nodded. "It's a strange taste I picked up when I was younger. I'll eat any seafood. I think I picked it up from the rest of my family as we have always lived on the coast for almost all my life." |
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| SCKnightVulshain | Feb 17 2012, 09:34:34 PM Post #252 |
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"Okay." Lena ordered their pizzas. Lena's was a stuffed crust pepperoni pizza as well. "Okay the pizza should get here about twenty minutes or so," Lena said. "So, Lesile, must be exciting writing a travel report about another country. Do you do it often?" |
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| Nahris | Feb 18 2012, 05:46:08 PM Post #253 |
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"Not all that often to be honest," Leslie said, "And it isn't really a travel report. It's more an educational establishment report. In this case, I'm reviewing Shiro's suitability for other Nahrin students to go on exchange programs here. Such is the bureaucratic nature of my home nation. But if it has to be done it has to be done. I'm here on the exchange program myself as a test run as it were. The Nahrin Government can get a bit paranoid about where it sends it's citizens so the Education Department sent me here first since I have experience of being in other nations and know for the most part how to look after myself. So here I am, taking large amounts of notes." As if to prove the point, Leslie produced a large notepad full of shorthand notes. "I've also been recording observations on a dictaphone so I don't miss anything. Afterwards I type it up and email the whole lot back home for the bureaucrats dissemination. It isn't an easy job, but someone has to do it." |
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| SCKnightVulshain | Feb 18 2012, 05:48:53 PM Post #254 |
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"Ah. I see. Wow, you've taken a lot of notes from the looks of it. So what sorts of things is the Nahrin Government worried about, if you don't me asking?" |
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| Nahris | Feb 18 2012, 07:05:50 PM Post #255 |
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"In my personal opinion, everything and anything...you didn't hear that from me, by the way," Leslie said with a wink, "Traditionally successive Nahrin Governments have distrusted any outside nation and have been especially resistant to Globalisation, especially of the economic kind. I can't say if it is justified or not, but it is not for me to say as I'm no politician." |
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| SCKnightVulshain | Feb 20 2012, 01:11:36 AM Post #256 |
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"Well, globization is how the world works. You can't avoid it nor can you pretend it isn't there. If you cut yourself off, then you just cause problems for yourself as in time, you will need allies and trading partners for things you can get. Of course, like you said, it's the politicians' decisions." "Ah. Pizza's here. I'll get it." When she opened the door she was surprised to see who it was. "What the!?" "What the!?" The delivery guy was surprised too. He was a lobo like Lena, except his fur was gold and black. "Lena?" "Nicholi?" |
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| Dannistaan | Feb 20 2012, 12:18:31 PM Post #257 |
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Bat Shoot Loco
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Ella looked up from her seat in the room. "You both know each other?" |
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| SCKnightVulshain | Feb 20 2012, 11:59:19 PM Post #258 |
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"We went to school together. Heck we went to the prom together! What are you doing here!?" "I attend classes here. I'm a sophomore here. I took some online courses back home and so I was able to skip freshman status and go straight to sophomore status. Um...So, these are your roommates?" "Oh yeah. Y'all this is my friend Nicholi Sturluson from Vulshain." "Hi." |
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| Dannistaan | Feb 21 2012, 01:01:49 PM Post #259 |
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"Please to meet you, Nicholi," Ella replied. Leslie waved before putting her hand to her chin in thought. "Can I ask you something, Mr. Sturluson. Do you find your job gets in the way of your study? I only ask as I'm interested to know what the situation is like with regards to average student income here. You don't have to answer if you don't want to. I'm just curious." |
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| SCKnightVulshain | Feb 22 2012, 10:18:01 PM Post #260 |
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He smiled and nodded hello to both of them. "Not really. I mean I take a good bit of online courses so I don't have to worry about it. And I work part-time, and I'm off on the weekends, so that gives me a chance to study and do homework. So, I guess my job doesn't interfere with my studies." "Um...Here's your pizza by the way." "Oh-oh right. Um...I guess you can't come back afterwards huh?" "Actually, this was my last stop, and I just have to take the money back to the pizza shop and I'm off work." Lena paid Nicholi the money, giving him way too much of a tip as well. Neither of them noticed. "See you later," they both said. After he left, she smiled. "I didn't think anyone else from Vulshain was attending here. I guess that's good that someone I know is attending, too." She smiled before taking a bit of her pizza. OOC: Imagine giving someone a fifty dollar tip. |
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| Dannistaan | Feb 23 2012, 10:31:13 AM Post #261 |
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Ella took her pizza and started eating. "So, Leslie...if you aren't technically a student, what do you do as a day job?" Leslie smiled as she gratefully accepted her order, "My day job is an inspector at the Nahrin Government's Department of Education. I guess you could say I've had a very colourful career. I used to be a Grad school teaching assistant at one of the bigger universities in the Nahrin Union and was a visiting Research fellow in Kelssek before that. And before that I was helping out in the family fishing business. It is a bit of a strange story on how I ended up in Academia from Fishing," Leslie laughed. She then peered into her pizza for a few seconds before lifting out a slice. |
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| SCKnightVulshain | Feb 23 2012, 11:56:15 PM Post #262 |
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"I also take it that Nahris doesn't have much in the way of non-humans, like lobos, vulpines, and nekos," Lena said before taking another bite of pizza. |
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| Nahris | Feb 24 2012, 08:17:55 AM Post #263 |
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Leslie contorted her face in thought before answering. "You know, as stupid and offensive as this might sound, I don't really know. Nahris has always been a bit weird in that regard. The Government is so obsessed with integration and racial equality that when people go to emigrate there permanently, and even when they aren't, they tend not to mention race that much. Any lobos, vulpines and nekomimis that like there probably don't mention their species and just describe themselves as Nahrinese, same as everyone else." Leslie took a large bite out of her pizza and carefully chewed and swallowed before continuing. "I don't know if that is a good or bad thing. No one ever brings up race though in conversation for all the time I've been working there." |
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| SCKnightVulshain | Feb 29 2012, 01:22:22 AM Post #264 |
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"Okay. I see," Lena replied. "So, what do you plan to do after your research is done?" Lena took another bite of her pizza. |
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| Nahris | Feb 29 2012, 01:57:20 PM Post #265 |
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"Fill in a large report. That will no doubt get filed somewhere deep in the bowels of the Department of Education's offices," Leslie said, "The highers up there will also probably want me to give a presentation of my findings. Something I don't like doing as it is rather boring." Leslie pointed outside the window. "I will certainly be arguing the case strongly to go ahead with sending more students here on a further exchange program. I haven no idea though if they will heed this advice. The last 3 universities I've been to are fine but the Education Department vetoed every proposal. Rumour has it the higher ups are being pressured by someone in the Foreign Secretaries office. Something to do with the Government trying to discourage any view of the outside world other than their own. That's what I heard. No idea if it is true." |
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| SCKnightVulshain | Feb 29 2012, 11:50:58 PM Post #266 |
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"So, basically, and this is just my understanding, your government is afraid of outside influence on her people, so they want to discourage people from being exposed to other cultures that the Nahrin government brands as threatening." |
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| Nahris | Mar 1 2012, 08:12:38 AM Post #267 |
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"How dare you! That is a terrible slur on my home nation and very unfair!" Leslie joked in a sarcastic tone. After some laughter, she nodded in agreement at Lena's comment, "Seriously though, you pretty much hit the nail on the head. Though not just threatening cultures. Just ones that are not 'Nahrinese'." Leslie wiggled her fingers in air quotes for emphasis. "I'm not sure if you know, but this may be getting to the heart of the Government's fear of Globalisation. As I said earlier, I'm no politician, but I have noticed this constant effort by the Nahrin Government to keep out foreign influences as much as possible. I'm also no economic expert but I know that the Government keeps imports extremely low by imposing ridiculously high tariffs and basically has everyone manufactured locally. Which is good in some respects, but it does mean prices are sky high for essentials, relatively speaking. Come to think of it, it may be why the Government takes integration extremely seriously. Just before I left, I read in the papers that some Bai Lungese immigrants got deported for some criminal activities. They appealed to stay but ultimately the state kicked them out." Leslie shrugged. "There are times where I do feel slightly ashamed to say I'm from the Nahrin Union. However it is a cultural thing that will need generations to fix. I'm hoping perhaps my reports on this place could help open up society back home." |
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| SCKnightVulshain | Mar 2 2012, 02:57:05 AM Post #268 |
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While she was at first worried about her response, Lena smiled. "Yeah, well there are a lot of things that I don't agree with my government about. One of them is the fact that the military is increasing funding for research into weapons technology. But hey, you got to fund the military to fight the bad guys. Still, it is good that you are trying to change how your government thinks about the world at large." She sighed for a moment. "So, Ella, what can you tell us about Dannistaan?" As she asked, she laid on her back with her head hanging off the end. |
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| Dannistaan | Mar 3 2012, 08:13:54 PM Post #269 |
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"Eh?" Ella jumped in surprised at being asked. She was started to space out while eating her pizza, "Erm...actually there isn't much I can say about home. At least, not much that you probably haven't already read on the internet or in newspapers...I think..." Ella blushed slightly. |
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| SCKnightVulshain | Mar 6 2012, 12:32:51 AM Post #270 |
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"Oh? Well, I think it's better to hear what it's like from someone who has grown up there, if you know what I mean," Lena answered. |
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