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natsume sakasaki ([personal profile] crystallomancy) wrote in [community profile] desum2021-09-05 10:47 pm

let's get a little more familiar

The Common Knowledge Meme


Maybe you're classmates. Maybe you hang around the same stairwell. Maybe, realistically, your characters should be doing battle over the dormitory's only kitchen for dinner rightsβ€”but since it isn't possible to thread everything out with everyone all the time, let's make things easier!

Protocol:
1. Post with your character(s) and list things that could be considered "common knowledge" around the school, including anything you think people might know or notice even if your characters haven't ever met or spoken directly. Yogen's a pretty big school, after all. Feel free to make categories if you feel like it'll help!

Fun ideas to include...
An average day or week for your character.
Things people might notice right away by looking at them (how they dress, notable scars, etc).
Behaviors people might notice by seeing them often.
Places they can usually be found and what they do there.
Small facts that might come up in conversation about your character.
Little things your character does for other students (who else here is making lunches for their NPC friends).

2. Then go reply to other people with relevant common knowledge/headcanon between your characters!

Fun ideas to consider...
How your characters might know one another (same classes, same floor, similar interests, nine degrees of separation).
Anything specific they might have noticed about them recently (like changes in activity).
How often they see each other or spend time with/around each other.
Recent developments they might be aware of that've likely been handwaved.
Who they might be familiar with by proxy (for people who might complain talk about their roommates, classmates, other students in general, etc).

3. Use this opportunity to handwave some CR or plot things! Got something you think your character's CR should know but haven't had a chance for it to come up? Is there someone your character sees often enough or hears about often enough that there's some basis for CR but you just haven't had the chance to talk about it? Now's your chance.

Most of all, have fun and don't stress!
notsosou: A teal-haired man talking to the viewer. (Yeah So The Other Day...)

[personal profile] notsosou 2021-09-07 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
In General:
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Early twenty-something. Has teal hair and blue? green? also teal? eyes. It's unclear even in game.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Never not seen without his beanie, scarf and purple jacket combo. If any are missing, something either is or has gone wrong for him.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Speaking of, he is that friend who is Always Cold. If you want to know where the warmest spot in a room is, good chance it's where he's idling.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Avoids eye-contact a lot; will look away, glance sidelong, or close his eyes. If he locks eyes with you he's serious about something or has the upper hand.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Touches, fiddles with, or holds onto his scarf a lot, especially when thinking or nervous. It's his comfort object; he gets sentimental about items in general.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ BAD POSTURE. If he ever has a straight back then shoot him he's the clone. Prone to just sitting on nearby tables/desks/benches/chairs but wrongly.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Tends to have his left hand in his jacket pocket. It's the pocket with the stolen kitchen knife in it, but he'd do it regardless.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ The exception is if he's doing something that needs both hands or the Distressed Jazz Hands. There's always a bandage on the hand.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Has a bit of a gaunt, angular look partly countered by babyface and baggy clothes. Shortish (168cm) and light (49kg) so you absolutely can lift him.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Cuts his own hair with scissors when it starts getting annoyingly long. Practiced at customer service face/smile.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Canonly smells 'gloomy' i.e. probably of indoor spaces that don't get a lot of air circulation. Also slightly of soap and detergent now.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ I've been told by a friend that his speech patterns in Japanese are reminiscent of this green-hatted guy so go ahead and picture him with this voice.
Places:
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Classes: Homeroom is 3-E. Tends to arrive early or late. Schoolwork is equally erratic. Has recently started fitfully sleeping on his desk.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Reliably: The Robotics, Gardening or Gaming clubs. Similarly dips in and out or arrives late; the exception is if he gets really focused on something.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Sometimes: The Ethics club if there's a meeting or he's dragged there. The dorm's common room, the library, or his dorm room Moon 1.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ If you can't find him: Sometimes he just Disappears. The crawlspaces, the burnt-out fourth floor, the clocktower, the pool after dark, the Void.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Almost never: The courtyard, the roof, outside in general and the PE-flavoured parts of it especially.
Other Characters:
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Hangs around like a stray cat when Nene is making food, although he tries to talk to her outside of that.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Similarly tries to make time for Helena, although honestly August shot a large hole right through that.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Roommates with Sara and butts heads with her almost on the daily because of it.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Bit of a loner otherwise, although he'll talk if you decide you want to chat with him, esp if you can get him going about e.g. computer specs.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ When he seeks someone out there's generally a reason behind it. He likes to wait or listen to what's going on before appearing.
Personal/Recent Events:
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Hangs around in the library now, usually reading. He can't see ghosts but, you know... maybe it's company. Tries not to think about the void 'underneath'.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Speaking of the void... is anyone going to get that... it keeps growing. What? Him? What's he supposed to do about it?
πŸŒ‘γ€€ (Other than, you know, get free snacks out of it. This counts as winning at the snack gambling ring right).
πŸŒ‘γ€€ (Will sometimes straight up be unconscious somewhere because no it isn't).
πŸŒ‘γ€€ Discovered the crawlspaces thanks to Sidney and there is now a non-zero chance he's in your walls.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ He was intrigued before but now magic is highly relevant and he will stop to look at any instances he sees. How do you... do that.
πŸŒ‘γ€€ The amount of joy at the laundry machine was equally crushed by NPC-kun's prices. Talk about daylight robbery... that gacha though...
πŸŒ‘γ€€ If you're the one who turned on the sink while he was in the shower turn on your location he just wants to talk (he won't show up).
Rumors:
πŸŒ‘γ€€ That he murdered someone... wandering with blood all over your front'll do that.
Edited (added a rumor) 2021-09-07 06:11 (UTC)
decrypter: (trial.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2021-09-07 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
if he's in the walls and too loud she's going to smack the spot with her cane to be like "hush"
notsosou: A man so startled his outlines have become fuzzy. (Spooked Cat)

[personal profile] notsosou 2021-09-07 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
she will be rewarded by a muffled yelp : D
decrypter: (will.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2021-09-07 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
can you do your wall scurrying more quietly mr. hiyori
notsosou: A teal-haired man looking to the side pensively. (Contemplative)

[personal profile] notsosou 2021-09-07 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
he'll do his best.... it's very narrow
mermaidcursed: (053)

RUMOR HAS IT!

[personal profile] mermaidcursed 2021-09-08 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
That left hand in his pocket posing? Either he's got a weapon or he's lowkey chuuni acting out... does your left hand tremble with power, bro?
If he looks you in the eye, something terrible will happen to you!
In Komaeda's harem, willingness debatable.
radnarok: (Default)

MORE RUMORS:

[personal profile] radnarok 2021-09-08 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
His scarf looks way too expensive for a guy that reedy, he totally stole it.