Kasuga Ayumu ("Osaka") from Azumanga Daioh

[teamseaslug.livejournal.com]

A short Japanese girl, about seventeen or eighteen years old, meanders into the Sorting Hall. She has an open, but not-all-there face and looks interested by the surroundings. < What an odd way for a school to look, > she says slowly, in slightly Osakan-accented Japanese.




1. What is your favorite cheese? Why is it your favorite?
She thinks hard for a second. "Cheesecake! It's so delicious!" Her English is just as slow as her Japanese.

2. Who would you kill first, Barney or Carrottop?
"Carrottop. Barney is round and harmless, but Carrottop has a scary face."

3. What time is it where you are?
"I just woke up." She stares blankly for a second. "It could be any time."

4. If you were Albus Dumbledore returned from the dead, which member of the Order of the Phoenix would you sexually harass? How would you harass them? If you are Albus Dumbledore, please answer as if you were Sirius Black.
"Why would I want to do a thing like that? I don't even know any of them."

5. If you are pushing to be in:

A. Slytherin - please state the clever, witty name of the bar in which you bartend, in the dark.
She thinks hard for a few moments. "I still want to make a haunted animal cafe!"

B. Gryffindor – Debate whether Harry should ultimately end up married to Fred or George. Use examples from a variety of world mythologies to bolster your argument.
She stares blankly for a while. "Kimura-sensei taught us about mythology, but I kept falling asleep. But I was wondering... you know how Zeus turned into a swan to get a woman pregnant? Swans are mean! Why would you let something that mean do that to you? And wouldn't the baby have feathers?" She stops here and stares blankly, envisioning Chiyo-chan soaring with feathered babies chirping around her.

C. Ravenclaw – You guys are supposed to be smart. Explain why my desk is inundated with paperwork at all times, even though I’m constantly disposing of it.
"You must be like Yukari-sensei. Her desk has papers on it, too. She never cleans it, even when it falls over."

D. Hufflepuff – Prove you are not useless.
"I think a lot! Tomo-chan says I'm good at riddles. I'm not very good with sports. And I fall asleep a lot. But I'm very determined! And I can tell scary stories!"

6. Offer a bribe to the members of this community so that they will not squib you. Items used in bribery do not necessarily have to belong to the person offering the bribe.
"I can show you how to see if you will do well at something with my chopsticks divining technique! And I have some advertising tissue from the last time I went shopping." She looks in her bag and frowns. "I have a lot of that."

Comments

[mightymorfin.livejournal.com]

Tell me about the haunted animal cafe!!

[teamseaslug.livejournal.com]

"It was my idea for my class's culture festival last year! It was going to be like a normal cafe, but with dead cats and dogs all around the room!" She looks extremely pleased with herself for thinking up a compromise like that. "It ended up being a stuffed animal cafe, so it was almost the same, right?"

[perkydoc.livejournal.com]

Well, how are you? Welcome to Hogwarts. *Dr. Hutchison gives a huge smile and a wave*

[teamseaslug.livejournal.com]

Osaka looks vaguely confused. "Thank you. What are you?"

[totallyluminous.livejournal.com]

Mel looks interested. 'Advertising tissue? The what now?'

[teamseaslug.livejournal.com]

"The little packages of tissue that get handed out when people want you to buy things. I always get so many when I go shopping because I don't want to be rude to the people handing them out."

[edwardbrock.livejournal.com]

:Smiles: You seem to be one of the most umm...normal people I've seen apply. I'd sort you into Hufflepuff, though. Or Sparklypoo. But I think you'd be good in Hufflepuff.

[teamseaslug.livejournal.com]

"I like that name! Who are you?"

[luciferincarnat.livejournal.com]

*looks at her for a moment* "Qanonreip."

[teamseaslug.livejournal.com]

She takes an English-to-Japanese dictionary out of her bag and starts flipping through it. "I don't know what that means. Does it start with a K or a C? I get so confused sometimes."

[dungbombsrule.livejournal.com]

"Quick! Do you have anything an eighteen year old girl would like for her birthday!?" He had been counting on a bribe from an applicant for Gogo's present... and the pickings today seemed slim.

[teamseaslug.livejournal.com]

She rummages around in her bag and hands him a pair of disposable chopsticks, a few more packets of tissue with Nekokoneko on them, and a stuffed cat that she had won in the arcade. "Are these any good?"

[wooster-code.livejournal.com]

Oh, hullo! I say, I would like to see that chopsticks wheeze if you have a mo. What are they supposed to do exactly?

[teamseaslug.livejournal.com]

"I devised this method to see if I was going to pass a test!" She takes out a pair of disposable chopsticks and shows them to him. "What you do is you hold it from the end and pull, and if they are even then you will succeed." She pulls them apart and looks stricken when they break unevenly. She puts in back in her bag. "That pair was defective."

[manriki-chan.livejournal.com]

Gogo eyes the applicant with interest. This girl is Japanese, and the same age as she and Yuki; but she was, well, normal. It was... a little strange, after all this time.

Gogo eyes the applicant with interest. This girl is Japanese, and the same age as she and Yuki; but she was, well, normal. It was... a little strange, after all this time.

< Are you from Osaka? > she asked in Japanese.

[teamseaslug.livejournal.com]

< Well... I used to live there, but I've lived in Tokyo for the past three years. Are you from Tokyo too? >

[swordandchalice.livejournal.com]

Setsuna looks over the applicant and thinks for a bit, then he asks a bunch of questions; "You know, I have no idea where to place you just yet, so why don't you tell me a bit more about yourself? Any idea where you want to go? Heck...why did you come here? And while we're at it...is this tissue like kleenex tissue? Got anything else for a bribe?"

[teamseaslug.livejournal.com]

"I got into a university for teaching, but magic sounded like more fun. I like the sound of Hufflepuff. The tissue is like kleenex but in small packages and--what were the other questions? I forgot."

[thranduils-son.livejournal.com]

Your 'chopsticks divining technique'? That does sound interesting. Although I do not know what chopsticks are.

[teamseaslug.livejournal.com]

"They're for eating with!" She pulls out a pair and shows them to him. "You pull from the bottom, and if they break evenly you will do well." She smiles happily when they do break cleanly. "Would you like a pair?"

Vote: HUFFLEPUFF

[dice-addict.livejournal.com]

He studies her for a few seconds, wondering if she's 'slow'. Because if so, it seems somewhat dangerous to accept her to a magic school full of testy people but on the other hand, she seems nice enough...

Head canted to a side, Ryuuji offers her a light smile, speaking in Japanese to hopefully put her more at ease. "Riddles are fun. Do you think you could tell me a scary story? I'll vote you for Hufflepuff even if you don't."

Re: Vote: HUFFLEPUFF

[teamseaslug.livejournal.com]

< I told this one to my friends once, and it really happened! Once, I was sitting alone in my room and suddenly... I smelled a fart that wasn't mine! >

[ugly-old-hat.livejournal.com]

Can you tell me a riddle, or perhaps a scary story?

[teamseaslug.livejournal.com]

She thinks for a second. "When is a kiss only a k-s-s?"

[ugly-old-hat.livejournal.com]

You are a very pretty girl, with many useful skills. You should fit right in with the ladies of Hufflepuff House!

Your bribe has been accepted.

Welcome to Hufflepuff!