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OOC Meme


Howdy folks! It's Friday, which (hopefully!) means everybody has a little bit of extra time to unwind. Hopefully you don't mind spending just a little of that time getting to know all the new faces we've had join us lately. Without further ado, welcome to our first OOC meme in quite a while. The way it works is simple:
- Answer the questions.
- If you don't feel comfortable answering a question for some reason, leave it blank. No pressure.
- Read other peoples' responses.
- Tag people back if you read something that interests you!
QUESTIONS
1. What name do you like to be called by? Is there a story to how you got it?
2. Who do you play here and why them in particular?
3. What was the last thing you ate?
4. What are you listening to right now?
5. How did you get into DW RP?
5. Do you wear glasses? Contacts?
6. Your favorite food. NAO.
7. What was the last movie you watched? Was it any good?
8. Ever been to any foreign countries? Tell us about it.
9. Where were you born?
10. What's your favorite music group (of the moment, of all time, whatever.)?
11. What is the one thing you cannot stand?
12. Any RP pet peeves?
13. What kind of CR are you hoping for your characters here at NB?
14. Tell us two truths and a lie.
15. Post a funny gif, a cool video, or something else you like!
BONUS // Anything else you'd like us to know about yourself?
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2. Who do you play here and why them in particular? I play Commander Sakra Shepard, the malleable main character from the Mass Effect series. I found myself with a head full of Shepard and apped here because that's where Tao was going with her Garrus. The premise sounded pretty cool, so, here I am. I'd do more, but I am sick as hell at the moment, and can apparently brain only enough to do this meme?
3. What was the last thing you ate? Cheese sticks? It may have been a terrible idea.
4. What are you listening to right now? My air conditioner HRRRWARRRGHing.
5. How did you get into DW RP? My game, The Last Voyages moved from LJ to DW.
5. Do you wear glasses? Contacts? Glasses. I have crap vision. 20/200 in my left eye.
6. Your favorite food.
NAO.Mac and cheese.7. What was the last movie you watched? Was it any good? Ladyhawke and yes, it was awesome.
8. Ever been to any foreign countries? Tell us about it. I have been to Australia, St. Maarten, and Canada once ore twice? Favorite was Australia. I loved it. Was there for three weeks and saw an Aussie Rules game in one of the VIP boxes. St. Maarten was for vacation where I got a pretty wicked sunburn on both legs despite gobs of sunscreen
9. Where were you born? Buffalo, NY.
10. What's your favorite music group (of the moment, of all time, whatever.)? I am currently most pleased with Mumford & Sons.
11. What is the one thing you cannot stand? People coming up behind me and trying to hug me.
12. Any RP pet peeves? When people plot something out that affects my character but neglect to actually tell me about it and then when I go to post, I look like a dumbass.
13. What kind of CR are you hoping for your characters here at NB?I'm not actually sure. General CR?
14. Tell us two truths and a lie. I have seen it snow in summer, I have met George Takei, and I have never had a serious illness.
15. Post a funny gif, a cool video, or something else you like!
I thought this was pretty cool.
BONUS // Anything else you'd like us to know about yourself?
I love watching anything to do with crime solving.
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Oh, duh. Sherlock Homes, all of them, though Jeremy Brett's my favorite.
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Mumford & Son. Why does that sound so familiar, I wonder...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kS8RTRi7HA This is on the radio tons right now.
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2. Characters: Kougaiji: Because I think he's a very empathetic character with a lot of depth that doesn't get explored sufficiently in his own canon. Hazel: Because for some reason I can play his wheedling gay-ass really well, or so folks tell me.
3. Last Thing Eaten: Some diet shake. I usually can't stomach solid food in the mornings, so.
4. Currently Listening To: Apocalyptica.
5. Why DWRP? I was into LJRP for a couple years and after a full RP break around 2010-2012 a friend (Joe) invited me to this game, so here I am.
5. Do you wear glasses? Contacts? I wear glasses for reading/computer use.
6. Favorite Food: Sweet potato tempura.
7. Last Movie Watched: American Zombie. It's hilarious, but the humor is a little understated/film-school-injoke-y, so it's not for everyone I guess.
8. Ever been to any foreign countries? Is New Jersey a foreign country?
9. Where were you born? Montana, near the US-Canadian border.
10. Favorite Music Group: Blah, there are a lot. I tend to obsess over an artist or group's discography and then file it all away and find a new thing. Right now it's Rage Against the Machine.
11. What is the one thing you cannot stand? Just one thing? That's a pleasant world to live in, to only have one thing I can't tolerate.
12. Any RP pet peeves? Powergaming. My-character-can-beat-up-your-character pissing contests.
13. Hoped for CR: Any.
14. Two truths and a lie. a) I like Skillet. b) I hate Stanley Kubrick movies. c) This statement is false.
15. GIF:
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Also, kdmf there's a zombie movie I haven't seen yet? I am highly disappointed in myself.
Your two truths and a lie just makes me think of that that scene from The Labyrinth. "One of us always tells the truth, and one of us always lies. He always lies!" "I do not!" "Oooooh what a lie!" 8| Such a tricky, tricky thing you choose to be.
How did smilejpg come about, if you don't mind my asking?
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And my gifs are amazing, don't deny it.
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I'm Fetchie. It's short for fetch-thranduilion, which was my first online handle and a truly stupid LOTR reference/injoke.
2. Who do you play here and why them in particular?
I play Sheshe and Mimi, aka the Black Beauty Sisters
aka "fish" because I can't type "Black Beauty Sisters" with a straight face. I play them in particular because they hit a lot of tropes I like, given that they're basically Team Rocket as lesbifinan divas.3. What was the last thing you ate?
Cocoa almonds and strawberry yogurt. I have a mild addiction to the former.
4. What are you listening to right now?
My Mermaid Melody playlist. Right now it's on the first opening.
5. How did you get into DW RP?
I discovered LJ 5 or 6 years ago, when the site was going out of mainstream vogue. At first I applied at CFUD, but my app's formatting sucked beyond mortal comprehension (I didn't even know my paragraphs wouldn't automatically double-space) so they very wisely turned me down. I had better luck at a little game that started up not long after; it only lasted a summer, but I had fun, and have been in PSLs and, more recently, proper games ever since.
5. Do you wear glasses? Contacts?
Contacts (plus
sunglasses at night). I'm so blind it's almost funny.6. Your favorite food. NAO.
Sushi! Or rolls, at least. Particularly if they involve salmon, or shrimp tempura.
7. What was the last movie you watched? Was it any good?
I watched 9! It was very pretty, but I didn't feel like it managed to hold its own as a feature-length film. (Sorry, fans. It was GORGEOUS, though.)
8. Ever been to any foreign countries? Tell us about it.
Nope, just language camp. Seven weeks of no English, just German, aww yeah.
9. Where were you born?
Somewhere much cloudier and colder than I am now.
10. What's your favorite music group (of the moment, of all time, whatever.)?
Kamelot kicks some pretty serious butt. I also have recently discovered just how well Ayahi Takagaki can sing, though my Japanese-music heart belongs forever to Rica Matsumoto because of reasons.
11. What is the one thing you cannot stand?
Being misinterpreted or taken the wrong way. It makes me feel like I've failed to properly express myself.
12. Any RP pet peeves?
Mostly just in format. I'm burnt out for the moment on network-based jamjars.
13. What kind of CR are you hoping for your characters here at NB?
Anything! I'm loving everything they've got going already and am always up for having them run into new people (as long as it doesn't conflict with CR/plots already in the works). It might be fun to have just one of them meet someone at some point and develop individual CR, though - them being separated is rare, but does happen. (Mimi is free to p. much wander wherever, since Sheshe knows she'll always come back. XD)
14. Tell us two truths and a lie.
I love romance novels, play Magic: the Gathering extremely poorly, and have a black belt in tae kwon do.
15. Post a funny gif, a cool video, or something else you like!
I keep trying to link videos and it's not working. So here instead is my reaction to this fact.
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2. Who do you play here and why them in particular? I play Chris Yukine from Senki Zesshou Symphogear, because her plan to defeat the Big Bad is to ride a missle into space while singing and fire a laser at a laser (because it's what her dead parents would have wanted)
3. What was the last thing you ate?
A granola bar
4. What are you listening to right now?
Chris' song, whoops
5. How did you get into DW RP?
I joined a dr first, then as that started to die branches out to more games.
5. Do you wear glasses? Contacts?
Glasses
6. Your favorite food. NAO.
Sourdough bread, yum yum
7. What was the last movie you watched? Was it any good?
It was... hmm. I think The Possession? And no. It was not.
8. Ever been to any foreign countries? Tell us about it.
I went to Mexico once with my family when I was younger. Everyone got food poisoning but me
9. Where were you born?
About an hour from where I live now
10. What's your favorite music group (of the moment, of all time, whatever.)?
I don't think I'm allowed to say anyone other than Ayahi Takagaki. Her voice, swoooon *-*
11. What is the one thing you cannot stand?
When people try to write animals without knowing the slightest thing about how those animals work. Stop Getting Animals Wrong people >:[!
12. Any RP pet peeves?
Oh I do have some but I can never think of them when prompted! Whoops. I do hate when fights/etc become more pissing contests "look at my character they're so strong" more than fights for plot and developement's sake
13. What kind of CR are you hoping for your characters here at NB?
At some point it would be nice to have her
adoptedtaken in by someone and actually have a home. And/or Chris is pretty easy to manipulate so I would be very much up for that if one of the scheme-y-er residents wants an attack dog. Though really I am happy with any and all CR! Anything and everything is fair game14. Tell us two truths and a lie.
I've had surgery, I can stand on my head, I've fed an anteater yogurt
15. Post a funny gif, a cool video, or something else you like!
coincidence? you decide
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SHUT UP FISH GRRRThat could work! :o They should definitely get some CR either way
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all the animals
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2. Rikku - I have been playing her since I started playing her back in college. I actually never expected to enjoy playing her and wouldn't have if my first choice at the time hadn't been taken... but she has really grown on me.
Dakki - Fuck. Who wouldn't want to play a possibly psychotic, most likely sociopathic, fox-demon with mind control powers and a body like ba-ba-boom? NGL, she's my favorite villain (who then wasn't a villain!? kind of?) of all time.
Amalthea - This was a joke on the unicorn hunt bit and also because I kept telling Sana that I should app in someone incredibly bizarre to screw with her (already screwed-up) character's head. It was going to be her or Zim, and I finally decided that such a cracky character like Zim would probably never fit. But The Last Unicorn is like. My childhood.
Kira Sakuya - Because I just think this character is at once incredibly cool and kind of sad, and he's always been my favorite since I first started reading Angel Sanctuary back in middle school. When I mentioned the desire to try playing him, Athena offered to app in his brother, and how could I pass that up?
Olivia Benson - Well, we needed more cop characters, and also I admire the hell out of this woman. I wish she was real so I could go to New York and be like 'can I have an autograph?' Seriously, wish I was so strong and capable and caring.
3. Pizza flavored harumaki, fried ebi with tartar sauce, and a salad.
4. Fringe is on my tv; does that count?
5. Way back in the day I used to write fanfic. Really crappy fanfic, not worth really mentioning, but it was crossover stuff. A good friend of mine, Julie, started getting into panfandom RP on LJ and was like "you should come!" And I was like "well, idk, I'm not so sure" because I was pretty sure I would end up like her and abandoning my fics in favor of rp. But I did eventually join on, and I really haven't regretted it. RP is much more fun than writing fic alone.
5. Whoah there's two fives.
GO me, not counting.TOTALLY ON PURPOSE, TESTING YOU ALLI used to wear glasses, but back in December I got LASIK. That is either the best decision or second best decision I've made in my life; it ranks right up there with coming to Japan is my point.
6. EITHER: a) chicken and dumplings, b) coconut milk & spinach curry like I make it, c) the karubi sushi at my favorite sushi restaurant or d) my aunt's homemade seafood gumbo. ;_; oh, the foods that I miss from home..!
7. It was either Beetlejuice or The Princess Bride; i like to fall to sleep to movies I've watched a million times. If you've never watched either of these--what's wrong with you?!
8. Japan, Thailand, and Mexico. I recommend each and every one of them and if you want I can tell you all about where I went. Although Mexico, we pretty much stayed on the resort or went with the tour guides; this was several years ago and violence was bad so like. You wanted to stay places that were relatively safe. |D;
9. Midland Texas. It's not worth seeing unless you're into tumbleweed and scorpions and fireants.
10. Sooooo difficult, why did I pick this question?? ;^; Okay well.... /sigh. to pick. Florence + the Machine is amazing, and if you haven't heard any of their music, I will leave you with this link:
Cosmic Love My favorite song, although there are so many, many good ones.
And then, I guess, if I was going to advertise a Japanese group... I would promote Capsule. Perfume is really good too but I feel like being a cutesier girl band they have plenty more coverage.
11. When people take things that are mine without asking me, I go ballistic. It's not even a rational kind of anger, I just see red and my blood pressure goes wheee and it's all over.
12. Gonna second Fetchie on Jam-Jars. I just. I suck at them, man. D:
13. All the things. I'll try to be more specific when we do AC or maybe if I tag this thing later I'm just feeling very not think-y right now.
14. Onion have zero effect on me (aka, no weepy eyes). I'm left handed, but I play the guitar right-handed. I hate cheese.
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HAVE A PUPPYBUTT ♥
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Sana~ I'm a pretty big Japanese military history nerd, and back in high school I really liked reading about the Sanada family - they were master strategists who pulled off victories against impossible odds, no matter what the cost. So "Sanada" has been my nickname on history discussion boards for a looooong time.
2. Who do you play here and why them in particular?
Enokizu - because I love playing characters from ultra-obscure canons, and his grandiose personality appealed to me.
Koumyou - NB has an impressive Saiyuki cast, so I figured I'd throw my favorite character into the mix.
Bonten - because all the VR in this game made for some fun parallels to his canon, and because I love green hair.
Lau - because my RP quota of morally ambiguous Chinese people can never be too high...
3. What was the last thing you ate?
Tea. Wait, that's not a food... YES IT IS.
4. What are you listening to right now?
Nothing! I forget where I left the charger for my headphones.
5. How did you get into DW RP?
I started playing in historical games back in 2005 or so... before that, I rped on Yahoo eGroups, and in some tabletop games... yeah, I've been doing this for a while. x_x
5. Do you wear glasses? Contacts?
GLASSES. I love them. I have four pairs that I wear regularly, and a few others that are just for fun. <3
6. Your favorite food. NAO.
CURRY. Any kind of curry - Thai, Japanese, Indian, British, Chinese, whatever. I make a pretty good taro & cream curry, if I do say so myself~ I also like halo-halo, which looks kind of like a snow cone topped with vomit.
7. What was the last movie you watched? Was it any good?
...I don't even remember. *facepalm* I don't watch a lot of movies, so it's been months. Maybe the Avengers? That was pretty fun.
8. Ever been to any foreign countries? Tell us about it.
I've been to France, Spain, England, Switzerland, Germany, Croatia, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Canada. I'm in a band (I play clarinet), so we tour every few years. The best trip was probably to Slovenia, where by total coincidence I met someone I'd known for years on the internet. It's a beautiful country, kinda like Germany only much, much nicer. The trip to Germany was kind of sketchy, since the person making the plans didn't realize that she'd booked a hotel right in the middle of Munich's strip club/prostitution district. The shower in my room was a clear glass tube with a stripper pole. That was... awkward. Pretty sure the bed was a biohazard zone, too. Let's see, what other weird travel stories do I have... hmm... oh, when I was in Spain, the mall near our hotel was bombed by terrorists from ETA, and then they tried to attack the train I was on, but at the time this really didn't bother me at all because I was busy playing Tetris. The weirdest museum I've been to is Swarovski Crystal world - it's like a bad LSD trip inside, and it has so many lasers and mirrors that it gives people seizures and headaches. Not bad for a museum about lame figurines that little old ladies collect!
9. Where were you born?
Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Born and raised there, with family 4-5 generations back in the city. John Waters movies are a disturbingly accurate portrayal of life here.
10. What's your favorite music group (of the moment, of all time, whatever.)?
Lately I've really been into Radwimps since they're popular among otaku. All-time favorites are probably Plastic Tree, Kagrra, Guniw Tools, and Dir en grey in their more prog-metal phases. As for English music... uh, I'm usually waaaaay behind on what's popular, so I depend on people who actually pay attention to send me interesting songs. Feel free to rec stuff! I'll listen to pretty much anything. I have a weird and inexplicable fondness for enka.
11. What is the one thing you cannot stand?
Ketchup. Of all the innumerable delicious sauces you can put on food, WHY WOULD YOU USE BLAND, NASTY, TOMATO-SUGAR SLURRY?????
12. Any RP pet peeves?
Jamjars. "You wake up in a strange place controlled by all-powerful mod NPCs. Here, have a free iPad so you can make accidental sexy video posts!"
13. What kind of CR are you hoping for your characters here at NB?
Plot, plot, plot. :D I like big, complicated storylines.
14. Tell us two truths and a lie.
1. I've studied 10 languages.
2. I was an extra on an episode of "The Wire."
3. I've helped conduct an exorcism.
15. Post a funny gif, a cool video, or something else you like!
This is my cat, Pavarotti. I'm a crazy cat lady. I make clothes for my cat and take him for wagon rides around the neighborhood. I also keep pet rats.
BONUS // Anything else you'd like us to know about yourself?'
Uhh... I double majored in biology and linguistics, and I'm planning to go back to school to become a food/cosmetic product developer.
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God your cat he looks like he could eat... idk. everything. THE CAT THAT ATE EVERYTHING. Except for rats; he looks like he'd run out of energy trying to chase them. >>
I think your lie is being the extra. I could believe all of the rest of it.
Also holy shit no idea you're such a jet setter. D: I need to get *on* my travling, day-umn.
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Also, I would like to say again, I LOVE THAT YOU PLAY BONTEN! /grabby hands for CR goshdarnit
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2. Who do you play here and why them in particular?
Gojyo: because I have a soft spot for heart-of-the-team characters with terrible backstories.
Pippi: I actually play a lot of minor Saiyuki characters (Kami-sama, Zakuro, Cho Kanan), and I figured of all of them, Pippi would fit best into NB.
3. What was the last thing you ate? Reheated coffee counts as food, right?
4. What are you listening to right now? The compressor across the street. Hooray construction....Oh, and now a line of cops screaming down the freeway.
5. How did you get into DW RP? Ah ha ha. Ha. I was looking for a game that would let me play out torture and other terrible things, and I was directed to Lovesphere, which had just opened up on DW.
5. Do you wear glasses? Contacts? Nope.
6. Your favorite food. I don't really have one. My default is a cheese quesadilla/burrito with chipotle Tabasco, black olives, and lots of red leaf lettuce.
7. What was the last movie you watched? Was it any good? Arjun: the Warrior Prince, and yeah, it was awesome.
8. Ever been to any foreign countries? Tell us about it. Since Canadia doesn't count, I spent a week in Costa Rica back in college. That's a beautiful country. We stayed with a friend's family in the mountains.
9. Where were you born? I'm third generation Californian.
10. What's your favorite music group (of the moment, of all time, whatever.)? I've been getting back into Goa trance lately, but I like pretty much everything. This, for instance, is one of the best songs ever.
11. What is one thing you cannot stand? Passive-aggressiveness.
12. Any RP pet peeves? Oh, lots. But mostly, if you're having fun, then we're good.
13. What kind of CR are you hoping for your characters here at NB? Pippi's gonna kill you all, just FYI.
14. Tell us two truths and a lie. Yes. Yes. No.
15. Post a funny gif, a cool video, or something else you like!
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2. Who do you play here and why them in particular?
AU!Matt - I was convinced to because of friends picking up castmates here when I otherwise might not have.
Peter Parker - The latest movie convinced me to give him a try, though I usually avoid comic-related characters because getting into comics looks confusing.
3. What was the last thing you ate? Brown cinnamon poptarts
4. What are you listening to right now? Silence
5. How did you get into DW RP? The game I was in moved to DW. Before that, I'd been RPing most of the time with a few half-year to year-long breaks on LJ since 2007 or 2008.
5. Do you wear glasses? Contacts? Yes
6. Your favorite food. NAO. Don't have one
7. What was the last movie you watched? Was it any good? Jumper. I didn't really like it.
8. Ever been to any foreign countries? Tell us about it. Several, but you'll hear me talk about this elsewhere.
9. Where were you born? CA
10. What's your favorite music group (of the moment, of all time, whatever.)? At the moment, it's probably Metric
11. What is the one thing you cannot stand? Liars; withholding the truth is another thing
12. Any RP pet peeves? Godmoding, people helping me to not just enjoy RP
13. What kind of CR are you hoping for your characters here at NB? Pretty much anything
14. Tell us two truths and a lie.
15. Post a funny gif, a cool video, or something else you like!
BONUS // Anything else you'd like us to know about yourself?
I can overwhelm myself with RL obligations, because I love to volunteer and have a lot of different interests.
Skipping some of the last few, because I have to run off to work o7
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What kinds of volunteer work do you do? Volunteer opportunities are pretty rare out here in Japan thank goodness I have the internet to entertain me. There's this baby massage thing that I really wish I could go to but it's like... 2/3 hours away and they'd want me to commit to multiple times a week. D; Sadness.
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Baby massage? I didn't think babies would need massages. I volunteer at a hospital gift shop and a humane society.
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Yep! Baby massage, for infants who live in orphanages and otherwise don't get held or touched and loved on as much. It's supposed to help them thrive/be healthier.
That's really awesome; I did some volunteer work helping the folks who did foster care for dogs down at the Petsmart way back when I was in High School. Anyone who works with animals is okay in my book!
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don't worry I can feel your judging and don't blame you lolIt just happened to stick!2. Who do you play here and why them in particular? I play a native!AU version of Shion from No. 6. And I'd been dying to play him in some capacity since first watching the series, it was an immediate click and I love everything about him. And then Laure tempted me like a evil temptress with an amazing Nezumi and wore me down...
3. What was the last thing you ate? I had Sour Patch kids last night after dinner, so probably those. Love those things.
4. What are you listening to right now? Flyleaf - Much Like Falling via Pandora radio
5. How did you get into DW RP? I got into LJ RP first way back via my fiancee joining a memory loss game and she enabled me there to play Kurogane to her Fai when their Kuro dropped after like a week. Been hooked ever since. Migrated to DW with everyone else when that went down.
5. Do you wear glasses? Contacts? Nope!
6. Your favorite food. NAO. Rice, of many varieties!
7. What was the last movie you watched? Was it any good? The Hangover (for the 2nd time) and yes, it's quite hilarious XD
8. Ever been to any foreign countries? Tell us about it. Just Canada, which is like... two hours north. Just had cosplay/con friends up there and decided to visit. Hopefully heading to Japan for a week or so someday in the future though!
9. Where were you born? Seattle, WA, USA.
10. What's your favorite music group (of the moment, of all time, whatever.)? Of the moment? Marina and the Diamonds. Don't think I can answer the "of all time" angle, there's too many.
11. What is the one thing you cannot stand? Prejudice based hate, from the shallow kind to the seriously messed up kind. (Like from hating all manga-based anime automatically or hating all dubs to hating a person for the way they look rather than who they are.)
12. Any RP pet peeves? I have some, but I can't remember a single one! That just figures man. I think serial thread-dropping bothers me though. /flails and shrugs
13. What kind of CR are you hoping for your characters here at NB? All kinds. Shion hasn't gotten out to meet many new people yet, but as soon as he's out of the hospital, he's going to be harassing the masses, just you wait. I'm hoping to involve him in particular in the school and he's moving to L4 and visiting L6 a lot. He'll also be totally intrigued by off-worlders when he finally does meet some and finds out!
14. Tell us two truths and a lie. a)My fiancee and I met in highschool and have been together ever since sophomore year (that was over 10 years ago). b)I love to drive, so relaxing and freeing. c)We have more cats in our house than people. And the same number of fish as people.
15. Post a funny gif, a cool video, or something else you like!
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I can't wait to do so, seriously. He needs to annoy EVERYONE with questions and disgustingly persistent optimism, not just Nezumi, right? XD
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