IC Pr9spective: Kankri Vantas

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

Character name: Kankri Vantas
Player name: Ri
Plot-related? Nope



Hell9, students 9f H9gwarts and students at heart. 6eginning this m9st auspici9us year at 9ur prestigi9us academy, there are n9netheless s9me predictca6le c9cnerns to 6e raised in any such diverse gr9up 9f individuals. I shall attempt t9 6e 6rief.

9ver time I have n9ticed a startling lack of c9ncern f9r the feelings of y9ur fell9w students and staff. It pains me t9 see infighting and disc9rd t9 this degree. Theref9re I w9uld like t9 9ffer my inexhausti6le skill as a mediat9r, alth9ugh I am n9 l9nger technically 9ne 9f y9ur peers. If y9u have any c9ncerns, feel free to appr9ach me at any time. I will d9 my 6est to pr9vide a n9njudgmental envir9nment t9 f9ster g99dwill and free and in9ffensive discussion 6etween all parties inv9lved.

Enj9y the new year, every9ne, and warmest welc9me back t9 H9gwarts!

Hello, students of Hogwarts and students at heart. Beginning this most auspicious year at our prestigious academy, there are nonetheless some predictable concerns to be raised in any such diverse group of individuals. I shall attempt to be brief.

Over time I have noticed a startling lack of concern for the feelings of your fellow students and staff. It pains me to see infighting and discord to this degree. Therefore I would like to offer my inexhaustible skill as a mediator, although I am no longer technically one of your peers. If you have any concerns, feel free to approach me at any time. I will do my best to provide a nonjudgmental environment to foster goodwill and free and inoffensive discussion between all parties involved.

Enjoy the new year, everyone, and warmest welcome back to Hogwarts!

Comments

1/3

[mightyandtall]

_{[Oh hey, it's...]}

2/3

[mightyandtall]

_[How...]

[plushaeusrumpified]

[It takes at least a full minute for Bro to realize just why this looks familiar. Why it feels wrong. When he does, he nearly knocks over his inkwell.]

No fucking way. You died.

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

Indeed I did, Strider.

And h9w have y9u 6een?

[Voice]

[just1c3w1tch]

Haha, Mum is having the hardest time reading your handwriting, whoever this is. Haven't run into that before. You a firstie?

[Voice]

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

A ghost, actually. I'm Kankri Vantas. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance. And that of your mother, I'm sure she is a fine lady. Unless she would prefer not to be addressed as such, in which case I humbly apologize and beg her sincerest pardon.

[selfhatred]

NEWSFLASH - THIS IS TECHNICALLY HIGH SCHOOL.
OF COURSE PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT FEELINGS.

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

Hell9, Karkat! I can't 6egin t9 tell y9u h9w glad I am that y9u t99k the time t9 resp9nd to my hum6le missive. H9w are y9u? H9w are things at h9me?

[glaringprotego]

[Her writing is a little shaky]

Kankri?

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

Hell9, Deidre. C9ngratulati9ns 9n y9ur app9intment as Hufflepuff Head 9f H9use.

And 9n y9ur marriage t9 my br9ther.
Alth9ugh that is a much m9re belated tiding.

[witchofheart]

:33 < unfortunately that is the way of it =//

[Wee Nep here been the victim of far more than her share of bullying]

:33 < but i think its going to take a lot more than
:33 < just asking to resolve something like this

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

9h? What d9 y9u think it will take, Miss Vantas-Leij9n? I'm curi9us t9 kn9w if y9u have any ideas. Pers9nally, I have 96served that it is quite difficult to achieve any kind 9f agreement with9ut impartial discussi9n. Ideally, c9nflict res9lution w9uld 6e a life skill taught by 9ne's pr9fess9rs, 6ut in lieu of such auth9rity I have taken it up9n myself t9 intercede.

[eighttimeshandy]

Are you really dead?

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

I prefer the term 'living-impaired' 9r 'afterlife-challenged', 6ut yes.

Why d9 y9u ask?

[quasistellar]

You realize there's a reason you earned the nickname 'the insufferable one' while we were in school, don't you?

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

What a warm welc9me we have fr9m Ms. C9nstance Peixes. It is g99d t9 see y9u t99, ma’am.

And yes, I am aware 9f my childh99d nickname. I had th9ught we had put such pettiness l9ng 6ehind us.

[wwistful]

You certainly took your time.

#insert 96ligat9ry respawn lag reference here #tw: vide9 game references

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

Hell9, Pr9fess9r D9n9ghue. Is that h9w y9u prefer t9 be kn9wn n9wadays? I w9uld be m9re than happy to amend my practices if y9u w9uld prefer a different f9rm 9f address.

It's 6een quite a while, hasn't it?

[bluhbluhhugestairs]

oH,
aRE YOU A NEW PROFESSOR, tHAT DUMBLEDORE HIRED FOR THE NEW,
sCHOOL YEAR?
yOU SOUND LIKE, uH, a GUIDANCE COUNSELOR,

i THINK THAT i COULD USE SOME GUIDANCE,
aND DEFINITELY SOME COUNSELING,

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

What? 9h, n9, I’m n9t a pr9fess9r. Much as I w9uld enj9y a place am9ng the esteemed faculty 9f this gl9ri9us instituti9n, I am afraid that I’m ineligi6le f9r such a p9siti9n 9f h9n9r.
I w9uld l9ve t9 6e a guidance c9unsel9r. Due in part t9 my unique experiences, I find it particularly aggrieving when I see children falling victim t9 hu6ris. Alas, I am just a transc9rp9real resident 9f these hall9wed halls.

H9wever, if y9u w9uld like t9 speak with me n9netheless, my ears are m9st assuredly 9pen t9 whatever t9pic y9u w9uld wish t9 speak a69ut.
May I 6e s9 69ld as t9 inquire after y9ur preferred f9rm 9f address? I d9 n9t wish t9 misla6el y9u and cause y9u undue hurt and 9ffense.

[arachnoble]

Even dead, you never shut up.

#tw: lifeist slurs #rude language #w9w tag y9ur triggers

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

I prefer the term anat9mically disp9ssessed, if y9u d9n't mind.

[wwhatevver]

wwhat

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

Yes?

[taleweaving]

I too hope that the new year will 8ring new attitudes to others with it. Sometimes the 8ickering can 8e just that 8it too much, and it can 8e so very hard to get people to settle down and look at things with a clear and cool head. We musn't waste our time fighting, 8ut rather helping each other 8etter themselves 8e it 8y encouraging them or helping them learn new spells and potions they find trou8lesome.

It's good to see that someone else is of the same opinion.

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

Y9u are quite right, my dear, it is fruitless t9 spend 9ur time with idle infighting and 6ickering. I rec9gnize that m9st 6elieve that the primary uniting danger has passed, 6ut d9es that necessarily have t9 mean that we must all fall t9 sham6les? If we d9 n9t stand t9gether, then we all will fall. I c9mpletely agree that we must help 6etter each 9ther, n9t cut 9ne an9ther d9wn. Even pr9fess9rs still have a l9t t9 learn, and if we c9uld all set aside 9ur petty differences and learn fr9m 9ne an9ther, then I 6elieve that s9me truly f9rmida6le friendships c9uld 6e f9rged.

If I may 6e s9 f9rward as t9 ask y9ur preferred f9rm 9f address? I am Kankri.

[accioleggings]

[Nope nope nope nope nOPE NOPE NOPE.

Part of him desperately wants to call this out as a prank but he knows the students currently enrolled are too young to know that insufferable quirk he never thought he'd see again nor are the other members of the faculty cruel enough to do something like this.

A few large splotches of red ink appear on the parchment.]

kankri?

#tw: everything hurts #nothing is ok

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

...
Hell9, Salvad9r. I missed you.

[bonafide_divinity]

How come you're allowed to act as a mediator if you got yourself expelled?

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

Expelled?
I'm afraid that y9u seem t9 have f9rmed an 9pini9n and made an assumpti9n a69ut me that is quite inc9rrect. I was n9t expelled, I...

I underwent a change 9f state.

[hairflyingheartpounding]

That's a nice offer, although I don't think things are so bad! Still, it's kind of you.

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

Thank y9u. Nevertheless, the 9ffer remains f9r any wh9 w9uld wish t9 take it.

S9metimes it's g99d t9 just talk t9 s9me9ne.

[remembertheroses]

I am sorry but I cannot read your writing.

[Voice]

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

My apologies, is this any better? I am aware that my handwriting can be prohibitively atrocious at best, and I don't want anyone to be upset by my lack of steady penmanship.

The basis of my message was merely that I was making my services as a mediator and just a listening ear available to anyone who felt like they needed someone to talk to. The first step to a cohesive and unified learning environment is an openness between individuals - both faculty and students - and since my years at Hogwarts were spent with many of the current faculty members, I am perhaps uniquely privileged to serve as a means to bridge the occasionally daunting gap between professors and students. Nevertheless, I am of course not professionally trained by any means, and I encourage all students to approach their professors directly if they feel comfortable doing so. I am merely offering support and a listening ear.

[bubblingover]

I t)(ink you are going to )(ave your )(ands full wit)( t)(at job, t)(ey needs to be a lot of mediating done around )(ere. Are you sure, you are up for it?

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

I have n9 9ther way t9 make myself useful, s9 why n9t spend my time 9ffering my un6iased perspective t9 any9ne in need? 6esides that, the fact that I spent my 9wn years at H9gwarts with many mem6ers 9f the esteemed faculty makes me uniquely qualified t9 9ffer my services as a 6ridge 6etween the students and faculty, sh9uld such a pr96lem arise that cann9t 6e s9lved with simple advisement and c9unseling.