[OOC] Welcome To Shine City (Season 1)

[Dolerman]

I'm gonna add one more area, then we will get started for sure.

[MyCatGinger]

Name: Shou Matsuoka (Mr. Matsuoka to his students, but he really doesn't mind Shou)

Age: 29

Appearance:
(Credits to the original artist)
Has a piercing on his left ear on which he swaps between tiny spike or silver ring earrings. Dark circles aren't unfamiliar to his otherwise pale features, and his eyes are a clear, light, chocolate-brown colour which contrasts heavily with his (dyed) silver hair. In his youth, he used to have a select number of streaks in the mess of his locks that he dyed different colours once every two months. Though you can see a cigarette sticking out of his mouth when he isn't at school, it's replaced for a lollipop when he's on the job. Though oddly enough, it's difficult to tell from far away what it might really be...

Height: 6'2" / 188cm

Weight: 177lbs / 80.5kg

Likes: Fresh fruit, discussion and debate, thought-provoking material, philosophy, the sounds of the steelpan, the saxophone and the violin (and even the harmonica on occasion!), oddballs, big dogs, breathtaking natural green scenery, lighting candles, aromatherapy, the colour blue, dressing classy, reading and writing fine literature, art, PC-gaming, white and milk chocolate, lollipops and gummy-bears, blue orchids.

Dislikes: Liquorice, dark chocolate, small spaces, papaya, grading papers, his age and authority questioned, late students, the cold, spicy food, beetles, when people try to get him to dance, when things stop working.

Party Trick: Can, pitch-perfect and usually very loudly, whistle any requested song (that he knows).

Profession: Professor at the Shine City Academy (Department of Biology)

Bio/Personality:
Shou grew up in classy Shine City itself as the younger of two sons, so it's hard to find a place or trick or turn within it that the young gentleman doesn't know. Though, admittedly, he only came to learn of more of the city in his later years, having been homeschooled as a child and so finishing his education a couple of years early (due to missing out so many much-coveted summers). He landed his professor job through a mixture of sheer luck, his personal smarts and three rather interesting published works on the behavioural study of animals in captivity. This has led to him being a bit of an eccentric man, though he enjoys his fair share of parties as well, accompanied by a new experimental mixed-drink each time if not for a classic favourite of his: A glass of burgundy wine, for his more mature palette.

He spends his days teaching at the Shine City academy, hoping to inspire his students (though he has to admit again, most of them don't seem quite as much as interested in his lectures) to greatness someday. His young age is often a cause for playful kidding around by the older members of staff, though also gets him a lot of belittling remarks and unsatisfied glances from time to time. He claims he's just as much a student as anyone else, learning from his seniors whenever he can on their respective areas of expertise, and from his juniors on areas such as 'socialisation in the younger-crowds'.
He owns two dogs, a young Jack Russell Terrier called Jinxie and a larger Border Collie/German Shepherd mix called Romeo. Seeing as he lives by himself in a rather comfortable little house just far enough from the bustling city center to have an open yard, the two dogs get on well and don't get bored or lonely too often (special thanks to the dogs of the lovely old woman who lives next door!)

Shou himself is slightly introverted, preferring to be approached rather than approaching someone, though he has no problem doing the latter. He hardly ever is mentioned to say "he's bored", being a strong believer in finding entertainment in whatever one does. He is compassionate towards animals and, oddly enough, plants as well, having a well-tended garden set up in his backyard. He also possesses intensive knowledge on herbal remedies his mother taught both boys, Shou and Yuusha, when they were young. Being described as 'eccentric' due to his often chuckling at the most inappropriate moments, or his somewhat morbid love for setting things alight, or even his irritability on Thursday evenings when the weekend is so close, yet so far, he garters the positive attentions and affections of many others, particularly the schoolgirls at the academy impressed with just how young he is.
Or maybe they're just taken by his looks.

[Dolerman]

@MyCatGinger And Accepted !

will get on the IC soon with a new Area for the OP

UPDATE: MochaVine Cafe&Bar has been added

[Dolerman]

RP has started! I'll be mainly taking a backseat and I'll only post when to update an event, time shift to respond if either of my NPC's are directly spoken to. I will regularly update the world as we gain more players, please enjoy Shine City!

[Roecoon]

OMGARSH IM SO EXCITED!~

[Stern Algorithm]

@Stern Algorithm I don't actually know how Otonashi and Nori would get along. They seem like complete opposites.

@Narcotic Dollie

That's fine, not everybody has to know everybody else at the get go. Although if they do meet, they might become foils for each other, being very different personalities. Since they both work part time on Shine Junction, they'll probably have a chance to bump into each other.

@Stern Algorithm maybe we could be classmates, or maybe i know you from the cafe?

@Roecoon

Depending on Kameyo's major, they may or may not have overlapping classes, if so then let's definitely be classmates. If not, Shizuka's chances of meeting new people pretty much depends on her job at the cafe.

@MyCatGinger
I think I want Shizuka to be Matsuoka-sensei's graduate teaching assistant to his undergraduate biology classes.

@Knight of Doom
I think I want Shizuka to be classmates and/or dorm mates with Amaya. Veterinary Science will have some overlapping courses with Biology, maybe they can both take Matsuoka-sensei's class. Unless Amaya is an undergraduate, in which case, maybe Shizuka can be her TA?

[KRAZY J]

HEY WAZ UP LOL

[Dolerman]

@KRAZY J longer more detailed posts please.

This is High Casual/Low Advanced dont take my opening post as an example it was just an intro into the RP.

[KRAZY J]

@Saarebas we should be buds id hang out with you quite often being as i like to party at club lush but i prefer to be low profile most of the time and just hang with friends

[MyCatGinger]

So, the day at the academy has just ended, right?
Shou is going to be doing Shou-things then.

@Narcotic Dollie
I'm not quite sure at all how Nori and Shou would ever meet. If they would. It'd be interesting if they would, why not. :P

@Stern Algorithm Shizuka sounds like a lovely teacher's assistant! Well, if she'd be willing to give up her time off to spend in a classroom, though not so much lecture hall I presume, Shou would be happy to have her.
@Knight of Doom Algy (LOL, I'm sorry, Algorithm) is totally on the ball for the girls being in Shou's class. Though we can leave out little technicalities like how Biology and Zoology might be like ICT or Computer Science, in which you usually do one and not the other...
Shh!

@Dynamo Frokane Glad you have me on board. :) This should be fun! Like @Roecoon said!

[Saarebas]

@KRAZY J I have no problems with Arty and Jake being friends, but fair warning Arty won't be doing a lot of partying at CLUB Lush, he works there after all.

[Narcotic Dollie]

@Roecoon thanks for the shout out in your post! I should be able to post later tonight and set you up for our introduction! :D

@MyCatGinger Yeah, I'm not sure if they'd ever meet either. Your character doesn't seem the type to frequent flower shops or Club LUSH. Maybe they'll run into each other at the park sometime.

[MyCatGinger]

@Narcotic Dollie
Aha! That's where you're wrong!
...he likes blue orchids. << That changes nothing, does it.
He still isn't one of those people who just buy flowers for no reason. Though, since he gardens...
Wink? Wink wink wink wink wink?
I'm sure they'll meet, actually. I'm not worried about how. :')

[Roecoon]

@MyCatGinger maybe Nori could accompany me to the school at some point cause i forgot something?

@Narcotic Dollie no problem ~ lets get some interaction goin on!

[Knight of Doom]

@Stern Algorithm I think it'd make sense that they are classmates or TA/student, but I'm not sure on dorm mates. IDK how that'd play out.

@MyCatGinger Biology is a pretty general topic, so I think that many people will have to take it (even for GE), but yea, I think Amaya would enjoy being in Mr. Matsuoka's class.

[KRAZY J]

@Dynamo Frokane got it lol

@Saarebas yeah Jake likes to party but he prefers to just chill with a small group of friends

[Saarebas]

@KRAZY J No problem with that, but if he wants to hang out with Arty at Club LUSH he will be standing outside in front of the door all night while Arty works

[KRAZY J]

@Saarebas yeah i know lol he will come out from time to time to say hi and chill for a while

[Stern Algorithm]

@Stern Algorithm Shizuka sounds like a lovely teacher's assistant! Well, if she'd be willing to give up her time off to spend in a classroom, though not so much lecture hall I presume, Shou would be happy to have her.

@MyCatGinger

When I went to grad school, it was part of our academic requirements for students to TA classes, so I'm just going off of personal experience. And since I made Shizuka a relatively non-social person, I need to give her more exposure opportunities, meet new people, etc.

@Stern Algorithm I think it'd make sense that they are classmates or TA/student, but I'm not sure on dorm mates. IDK how that'd play out.

@Knight of Doom

Since Amaya's majoring in Bio, and minoring in psychology, I'm guessing she's an undergraduate, since people generally don't 'minor' in graduate school. That being the case, Shizuka probably wouldn't be dormmates with Amaya and is Amaya's TA in Matsuoka-sensei's undergraduate Biology class. That means I get to grade your tests

[Knight of Doom]

@Stern Algorithm Time to start sucking up.