recolle | mingle | school's in

WHO: You!
WHERE: School campus(es)
WHEN: All month
WHAT: A friendly mingle log for students, teachers, and anyone else to celebrate/get some easy school CR! This is for the whole month of September since it's the beginning of the school year, so take your time. Also, students of any level of schooling are allowed to use this; I left it open for that reason.
WARNINGS: There shouldn't be any, but let me know if anything happens and I'll adjust this accordingly.

Autumn—a season of pumpkin spice lattes, colorful leaves dancing through the air to smack unsuspecting people in the face, and the start of school. Time moves ever onwards, and even the tricky residual effects of August hanging around won't stop it... so pack your supplies, print your schedules, and get ready to make some friends this semester. Or some enemies. It doesn't matter: school's started, and attendance is mandatory. (Or costs money, in the case of university and college students.)

Feel free to make your own top levels and etc; clubs, school life, classroom fun (be it actually paying attention, getting tutoring, passing notes, or whatever you'd like), and all that are fair game!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[He's be interested? In hearing that to be honest??]

Some? Maybe not as much as you'd think. She's been working on commissions rather than exhibitions for a number of years. The work she did before we moved here may be more of note, but I don't think she focused on an international audience back then...

[Working on exhibitions and raising a young child, while her husband worked towards earning promotions that would eventually take them abroad? He can't imagine she had time for many exhibitions, really.]

[Then up my social link. You know tragic backstories are always a higher rank]

Hehe, well I'll still take a look when we get home! Er, if that's okay I mean. I know some people get a little touchy when their parent's famous...

[Some people being Dante]

[Gawd.]

Famous might not be the right word? [There were probably people who knew her work? Moreso in Japan. But she wasn't stopped in the street, and didn't have obsessive fans?]

I wouldn't say she's famous. Not here, at the very least.

[She's only recently got back into painting and working with exhibition halls to display her work.]

R-Reputable then?

I'm not sure. She painted far more when I was younger.

Haha, I'll just see what I can find, okay?

All right. I'm not going to tell you you can't.

[If anything, he likes the idea of his mother's works being discovered by people here.]

Hehe, okay!

I have to admit, I'm a little envious. No one else in my family's really musically inclined. I mean my mom was, but... ["Was"]

["Was" is enough to tell him not to pry. He knows what losing a parent is like.]

Maybe it gives you more of an idea of what to expect? I'm under no illusion how difficult art will be as a career. But if you love an art form, whether your family is inclined towards it or not isn't going to stop you.

[And he's glad for the lack of prying, taking a long sip of his drink while Yusuke talks]

Aha, yeah, I know... [Just would be easier if his family wasn't always pushing more "important" jobs. His brother was supportive, but... Ergh, He does't need to dump his family issues on Yusuke. ] So what kind of career do you want as an artist?

[He must be at least rank 4 to unlock the tragic backstory.]

...?

I simply want to be an artist. Freelancing is fine, but I am already expanding my portfolio in the hopes of working on exhibition pieces and earning a wage through their sale.

[It's how his mother used to make her wages, until her health meant she had to scale back in favour of smaller, lower-paying commissions.]

Oh wow, so like the whole classic painter?

[That's so...Yusuke. There was no safety net, no playing it safe. He had a passion, and he just followed it all the way. It was amazing]

[He smiles at that.] It would be really cool to see your work in a museum.

Yes. It will not be easy, but I would not be happy in something that refused me the level of creative freedom I would desire.

[He's see his mother work towards other people's visions out of necessity, and he's seen her struggling to balance that loss of creative freedom with the need to earn a living wage. It... well, he's not saying it out loud but that's already something he experiences for himself, so he knows he can make that sacrifice.

But he'd rather do it now and then shed that skin in favour of the path of a career artist as soon as he can, rather than have to revert back to necessity again.]

I would be proud to see that myself. Art exhibitions are a collection of the finest creative minds in one place. I highly recommend visiting one, if you haven't.

Haha, even if it's not easy, I'm sure you can do it!

[If anyone could, it'd be Yusuke. I mean dang the guy is practically sparkling over the thought of doing art]

I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art once during a class field trip, if that counts? [His family wasn't exactly the art museum types] I-I'll make sure to check out the museums in town.

That's kind of you to say.

[He's not going to pretend he doesn't really freakin' love his art. Not that... anyone would miss that part of him. It's kinda obvious.]

Cultural education is important. [He remembers going on those kinds of field trips too.] But it's a different experience going in your own time, and at your own pace. I would recommend it.

Nah, it's just the truth.

Yeah, okay... [He thinks for a moment before a light bulb seems to appear above his head] Oh! I know! We could do like an...art culture exchange? You could show me an art museum, and I can take you to a show?

That sounds reasonable. [He's nodding! There's even a little musical note of contentment popping up in a thought bubble over his head.]

I would have no idea what would constitute a good music show, so it would be great to have someone to lead the way or my first one.

Hehe, leave it to me! I'll find a great one!

I will leave the choice in your capable hands. Please pick something brimming with creativity.

Will do! You pick a good museum, okay?

It is a promise, then.

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