THE ACADEMY AGE MEME

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The Academy Age Meme



"No, you can't eat yourself if you henge into a bowl of ramen, go sit back down"


Ah yes, another long-awaited Sunshineverse meme!

As the name suggests, this meme is fairly straightforward: bring out the cute academy aged icons, because we'll be playing everyone as their young, academy aged selves! This time it's pretty straightforward, but here's a step by step anyway.

Step one: Post a top level comment with your character's name and affiliation at the time of their academy training. You should probably include their age--again, at the time they'd be in the academy--along with it. If, for whatever reason, your character didn't go to a ninja academy, probably just post them as a child around the time other kids would have been in the academy

Step two: Given the nature of this meme, you may want to include a scenario or two for people to tag into, but otherwise, it's a good idea to include relevant information people will need if they tag your character. If during their childhood they refused to leave trees, preferred to henge into a puddle to make people slip on them, or killed people indiscriminately, these are good things for people to know.

Step three: Tag to others, and relive your high school Academy days!

NOTE: Ages in this meme are synched up. That means school-kid Karin won't be able to kick it with school-kid Kushina. But! A school-kid Karin could end up interacting with a somewhat younger than current canon Kushina!

BONUS NOTES!

1: Although it isn't required to, all tags and threads in this meme can absolutely count toward actual in-game history for the characters involved!

2: Threads that count for history also count for activity! Just like the test drive meme, if the threads count for history, they also count for activity

3: Don't forget the NPC journal! This is a great opportunity to interact with dead/distanced/etc characters that would still be around or would be prominently involved with the history of your characters, and that's what this NPC journal is there for! Use it!

4: Most important - Have fun, you cute little ninja terrors

Comments

Yamada Mika [Age 7-10 | Konohagakure]

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[Notes; The first thing everyone notices about Mika is her hair. It's easily twice the size of her head, more so if it's humid outside.

Her grandmother and mother weren't exactly happy about Mika deciding to become a ninja. They made attempts to dissuade her but she was determined to not fall behind her older twin brothers and secretly craved her father's approval.

Having four brothers and being the "middle child" meant Mika had to fight for all the attention she could get from her parents. That commanding attitude carried over into the academy and made her a target for ridicule from other students. Often this led to playground brawls and Mika having to take time out of the classroom. She might have graduated sooner if she had been more docile. It took the work of dedicated teachers to help Mika calm down and focus that energy on her studies. By the time she graduated Mika was one of the top students in sparring and written testing. In fact Mika had taken to reading quite often, something that will later serve her well in the academic field.

This was also a tumultuous emotional period in Mika's life, as she struggled to understand the feelings she experienced around other girls. Being raised in a conservative home instilled harsh, judgmental views in the girl. Sometimes her frustration boiled over into anger, a bad time to be around Mika for anyone. Especially if you're female.

Extra; Mika received a camera on her seventh birthday and can be found around the village taking candid photos, shooting scenery and such.]