Characters: Stoneface (
stonyfaced) and OPEN to any applicants. Please tag yourselves in accordingly!
Date/Time: FORWARDDATED to Sunday, December 6th. Interviews go from 10 AM to 7 PM. Please list what time it is when you tag in.
Location: The Arena (and the rest of Melee Island if your character requests the use of The Range, etc.)
Rating: PG-13 for
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It would appear she picked a fortuitous weekend to practice on Melee Island, but had yet to notice such fortune. She spent her little breather between training regimens wandering the island in search of some new stimuli, a new opponent, a new style to test her own against.
It was always nice to use a bit of variety.
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"Are you here for the job interview?" He called out, just in case she didn't see him, slouched against the bleachers.
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"Yes, I would like to interview," she replied, wondering if she wasn't dressed suitably for a job interview - her ensemble wasn't too dressy, but she needed something to maneuver in.
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"Come on over, then. What's your name?"
There was a pause as he went over the question he'd been asking everybody. It was the standard, and one he had to ask, but it didn't mean that he liked parroting himself with every new recruit. Somehow, though, Tell me that you're not joining up just because you like to hit people legally, didn't have the same ring to it, so he stuck with the tried and the true.
"Why do you want to join the Watch?"
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Could those paws of his grasp a sword? He wondered. He'd heard somewhere that lizards had very sharp teeth, and he wouldn't be against using something like that, at least.
"Yes, I'm Stoneface," he said. "And I'm guessing you're here about the Watch. What's your name?"
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He leaned back, face living up to his name. Time to repeat the same old song and dance, see who spoke of good wages, see who just wanted to fight, see who spouted that nonsense about the good of the people. Stoneface wasn't sure what the correct answer was, himself, but he had a good idea of where it lingered.
"Let's get straight to the point. Why do you want to join the Watch?"
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Aha. The altogether too weathered skill of putting face to writing, writing to personality, personality to words worked its course. He recalled who it was, now. The boy with little grasp on size control and a challenged perception of how many capitals it took to make up a sentence. The messy sort of approach where you sprinkled capitals randomly about the sentence like darts on a dartboard was familiar, but Joe seemed fonder of throwing the dartboard like a frisbee, running towards it, then jumping up and down on it. Repeatedly.
He had to give him credit, though--he'd managed to make Cara angry, and that was no mean feat.
"Sit down," he commanded, working out how he wanted to respond and how he ought to respond. Reluctantly, he chose the latter. "As you say... might as well get this over with. Why are you interested in joining the Watch?"
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On top of which, there was a certain comfort and familiarity to the sentiment. He could cast aside those nagging, troubled doubts for the moment.
So when he'd arrived in the arena, it was with wary eyes at the front and a sharp blade at his side. When he'd spied Stoneface- embarrassingly enough, recognizing him from his lapine illustration- he sought him out immediately. "You are Stoneface, are you not? I seek to join your ranks."
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"Reed, right? Have a seat. Before I decide whether or not you can join up, we're going to have a little chat."
"So. Why is it that you want to join the Watch?"
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There was little else he could say; it simply felt right. And a means to protect his kin could finally provide penance his prior absence and ignorance.
Stoneface might have noticed a bit of remorse crossing Reed's eyes, but only for a moment. He steeled himself soon enough. "Some duties must simply be undertaken," he concluded, "and here the means are reason enough. I would assume you to understand, having taken this upon yourself."
"Unless you've found some other end to this endeavour...?"
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Somehow, Halt, evil-doer! You are breaching Act 22 of the Edensphere charters, providing us with sufficient evidence to take chase, but I do assure you, we shall step only where we are allowed to! Comrades in arms, commence! didn't seem to work as well as, Stop, in the name of the law! C'mon, boys, let's get 'im!.
"So... you think the Watch is worthy, you're a swordsman, and you want to help. Is that what you're saying?"
He considered Reed's words, and with it, the accusation. "No, I'm doing this because it needs doing, nothing more. What do you see yourself doing in it? What have you got to give?"
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Thanks to Kazahana's bunnies, Stoneface was very easy to identify. Youth made his way over cheerfully. "Hello! You are Stoneface! I recall your bunny! I am Youth, and I would like to interview with you!" Still standing respectfully, Youth gave Stoneface a happy thumbs-up.
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"Hello, Youth," Stoneface said, trying not to let his weariness seep into his tone. "You don't have to stand. Sit down."
If you could say anything about him, it was that he certainly lived up to his namesake. You could practically feel the energy emanating from him.
What he wanted to say was, Why do you want to join the Watch?. What he did say was, "You recognized me from the bunny? Really?"
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He nodded in confirmation. "Yes! It had stubble on its chin and a cigarette in its mouth! It was not much to go on, but people tend to each have one or two things that are distinct-looking about them! Kazahana is very creative." That hadn't been an expected question for an interview, but he had brought up the topic.
Youth sat up very straight, patient, waiting to prove that he could be a good watchperson.
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"Creative... yes, I think we could call them that."
Underneath different circumstances, he would have smiled, perhaps, or made a light joke back at Youth, but for now, it was more important to stay solemn, so he did. "Well, let's get straight to it. Why do you want to join the Watch?"
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