I am Rin Tezuka (Katawa Shoujo). And this is Hogwarts. This application is... interesting.

[meh_feet]

A young woman - red-headed, green eyed, barefoot, and, curiously, with the sleeves of her (male) Hogwarts uniform tied off where her elbows would be, slowly slumps into the room. On seeing the application form and quill, her face has a bare twitch. "Tch," she says, drawing up her leg.

To her surprise, the (Quick Quotes) Quill writes down, Tch.

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(replying to both halves of her reply)

[bigredbernard]

Andy shook his head sadly.

"You're right. I see the error of my ways. Japan is so much more than Benihana. Japan," he stressed the word and made a decisive air-chopping hand motion for emphasis, "is more than ramune. Japan is more than even kancho. Japan is ... Benihana and ramune and kancho, AND. Sumo. Sumo wrestlers and their special underpants. And Iiiiii am going to wear those underpants. Because I need to truly appreciate Japanese culture. In this way, Andy Bernard will become a citizen of the world."

Cutting away for a moment, as if to an imaginary camera, he clarified: "When they tell you at Epcot that stamping your Passport at every station of the World Showcase makes you a citizen of the world? They are wrong, my friend. They're feeding you a hollow imperialist lie."

With that, he turned his attention back to Rin.

"Tezuka Rin, I can't deplore your friend's kancho-related injuries. He was experiencing an authentic part of Japanese culture when he was kanchoed that day. Sometimes ... opening up to a new and unfamiliar experience? Can hurt. But within that pain? Is knowledge. What hurts us, makes us stronger. Shikata ga nai.."

And he bowed.

Re: (replying to both halves of her reply)

[meh_feet]

"..." She sighs, then tries, with mild success, to smile. "Hanlon's Razor," she says, apparently apropos of nothing. Then she says, slowly and carefully, "I will do my best to assist you in your education in my culture, Bernard... san." This last is said through gritted teeth. "Anything I can do to... educate... the people here on... the context... of my situation, I would love to."

[bigredbernard]

Andy clapped his hands. "Killer. We are gonna have some good times, gettin' our culture on. By which I mean gettin' your culture on. We should totally form a club." Eat your heart out, Finer Things Club! "We could call it ..." He made a broad gesture with his hands as though unfurling a banner. "Culture Club."

The Nard Dog could be a karma chameleon, if the occasion demanded!

[meh_feet]

"...that... would... actually be a good idea. ...Educational," she says, her teeth un-gritting just a little.

[bigredbernard]

"Culture Club! Be there or be square. O~~~~kay, I can't vote for ya, 'cause I'm still waiting on the admissions committee's decision myself. See you at Orientation! Konnichiwa!"

He bowed again.

It was a safe bet that he'd picked up that bit of Japanese vocabulary from some random occurrence devoid of context -- a sketch comedy show, for instance, or a trip to his beloved Benihana -- since clearly he had no idea what it meant.

[meh_feet]

"Yes," she said. "...good luck. And..." she sighs, but she may as well start him used to using it right... "Ja matane."