The Assistant: Part 1

[trainer_juan]

((All the six characters who applied for the job are required to take on a quiz before it gets to the good part! This is the first elimination round and four characters will be closer to getting to the top. Respond here with your character's (needless to say, IC) responses, all comments are screened until Juan replies and grades them. As for Morgan

Comments

Her guesses are just as good as mine. I never knew so many itsu words existed.

[lady_of_plenty]

1. False.
2. The Gentle Art
3. Matchstick Girl
4. Close Distance
5.23
6. rooted stability in both mental and physical realms.
7. I don't know who any of these people are, Juan. Muto?
8. Honesty within one's self
9. Spitting.
10. Komatsu.

[trainer_juan]

SCORE:
00x0x0xx00

VERDICT:
Pass.

COMMENTS:
Highest score, huh? Well, I'll be...

[loser_blonde]

QUESTION 1
Budo and bujutsu are the same thing.
* false
Are you trying to confuse me 'cause they both start with "bu"?

QUESTION 2
What is the meaning of jujitsu?
* the gentle way
That sounds pretty deep, right?

QUESTION 3
What is the greatest theatrical play?
* The Little Match Girl
Talk about a sad story.

QUESTION 4
The purpose of most movement in jujitsu is to _____________.
* close the distance between oneself and the opponent
I personally would prefer to debilitate somebody, but this thinking is just as effective.

QUESTION 5
Are you cheating? What number am I thinking of?
* 108
That's always been a good number for some reason...

QUESTION 6
A spirit of unshakable calm and determination, courage without recklessness, __________________
* wisdom and strength of an unmoving heart.
Is this a motto for a school of a certain discipline? Went with the one that sounded the coolest.

QUESTION 7
You're still cheating? Okay, wise guys, which of these men offered me their clothes the earliest?
* SebastianHow am I supposed to know

[trainer_juan]

SCORE:
0xx0xx000x

VERDICT:
Pass.

COMMENTS:
Someone's brain must have gone on overdrive...

((OOC: Five points! Not bad for guesses~))

[trainer_juan]

SCORE:
xxx0xxx000

VERDICT:
You're out.

COMMENTS:
Times like these, I wish there were participation trophies... Have my pen.

[foodie_fighter]

*fidgets the entire time she writes this and chews on the end of the pencil while she thinks about her answers*

1. false

2. the way of the empty hand

3. The Boy Who Cried Wolf - my dad used to read me that story!

4. close the distance between one's self and the opponent

5. 108

6. rooted stability in both mental and physical realms

7. Sebastian.

8. honesty within one's self.

9. spitting.

10. bartitsu

BONUS: Any time you're asleep - you seem to really enjoy that because you're usually smiling in your sleep.

[trainer_juan]

SCORE:
0xx0x00x0x

VERDICT:
Pass.

COMMENTS:
I smile all the time. On the inside.

[n1njagirlfriend]

1. False. There are several philosophical differences on top of everything else.

2. The Gentle Way, or the Way of Softness as my own sensei had called it. It implies the principle of yielding used in its techniques.

3. I... have not seen any of these, actually.

4. The primary purpose of most jujitsu techniques is debilitation, based on redirecting an opponents energy rather than opposing it.

5. One would think you were actually thinking of the number 5, given that is the question being answered, Juan-san.

6. A spirit of unshakable calm and determination, courage without recklessness, rooted stability in both mental and physical realms... A very important mantra, as it were.

7. I do not know any of those men.

8. Zanshin is most easily translated as a relaxed awareness. For shinobi and kunoichi, this is one of the most sacred principles of our training.

9. I do not recall biting OR spitting in my taijutsu training...

10. Komatsu is a name, Juan-san

BONUS: One would think that any time you could nap is a favored time of day,

[trainer_juan]

SCORE:
0xxxx0x000

VERDICT:
Pass. (Barely.)

COMMENTS:
Sensei Tip #17 - If you don't know the answer to something, just guess it.