1.What work of art, music, science, mathematics, or literature has influenced your thinking, and in what way?
(University of Virginia applicants to the College of Arts and Sciences)
I don't really follow art, music, science, mathematics, or literature because I prefer to go outside into the action myself. I actually dislike people who spend all their time on the nagging little details while a group of Crimsons or something is preparing to spring and ambush, and you're helpless to stop it! My friend Pai, for example, is a smart, attractive young elementalist, and the best I know for setting some randomly generated beast on fire, but she has this thing with knowing all the backstories for what she does. Every time we get some quest, she goes straight to a library or talks to some old sage or goes to Panuku or something (actually, I think she just goes to Panuku just because she likes him, because he doesn't know stercus). Personally, I just don't get that. Me, I really don't care what Shiro was like as a young warrior; I just go out there, kill him, collect my reward, and move on. I mean, in the end, art, music, science, mathematics, or literature won't come to your rescue when you have a group of irritated afflicted on your heels. If we all stopped to admire the fine arts and/or sciences, we'd be dead before we could determine if it's a skull or a feather in the bottom of the painting!
However, I do feel that I would make a valuable contribution to you school. Clearly, your campus is full of "cultured" people who have nothing better to do than sit around listening to Bach all day, and as such, they obviously have no experience in defending themselves from Am Fah or any such organization. Therefore, I propose you accept me into your school as a sort of protector, and I will make sure that, for a price, your students will not be harmed in any way. As a just reward for these services, I propose a flat fee of 2000 gold and 5000 experience points, for any monsters that I face beyond 100 a week (it's not my fault if your campus is in a particularly infected region), I would like to claim a 10 gold bounty on each of them. I also claim rights to all drops that I receive from killing said creatures, as well as sole marketing rights on campus. Should this be violated, I will sue! That being said, I also expect your staff to work to the fullest of their ability to boost my attributes and skills, otherwise, I might take my business elsewhere.
Klaos Blackadder