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Personality/Likes & Dislikes: Shino is a fairly social creature. He likes to smile, talks easily, and revels in the time he’s allowed to spend with his friends because it just feels so damn good to be open and sharing and having opinions.

That is, for an Aburame.

Compared to the ‘normal’ world of not-his-family, Shino comes off as fairly reticent. He tends to keep his thoughts and opinions to himself when there isn’t glaring error to correct or a direct question addressed toward him. He’s the sort of person who’s constantly analyzing a situation, keeping everything in his head until it’s fully formed before letting it out into the real world. That said, his verbal tact has often been noted to be… slightly lacking. All that quiet thinking brings him to the right answers, not necessarily the nice ones.

When first getting to know him as a student and worker, people are often impressed by Shino’s level head and innovative solutions to problems. When first getting to know him in a social setting, people often find Shino unapproachable and a little unduly harsh (because of his lack of a brain-to-mouth politeness filter). People who actually know him well enough to penetrate the bubble of solitude, however, tend to consider him a ‘nice’ boy, the sort you’d bring home to mother if he weren’t so goddamn weird around people he didn’t know well.

Then again, lots of things about Shino are weird… or at least, a little off-beat. He’s always had a preternatural affinity for creepy-crawly things; it makes him great to have around when you need to get rid of a spider, of course, but does nothing for the state of his dorm… or his social life. Shino established fairly early on in his life that it was more interesting to sit around with a book on entomology or studying a jar full of ants than to go out and attempt to make friends. The madness may have changed—it’s a broader range of books to study these days—but the method remains the same: if given the choice, Shino will opt out of interaction in favour of sitting by himself somewhere dark and quiet. It’s not that the right people couldn’t pull him out of his shell; it’s just that he rather enjoys the solitary confinement.

First person writing sample: [once again, not a talkative character; longer could happen if necessary, but it’d be a little out of character]

We started on Elasmostethus interstinctus today. According to my father, they were my first Acanthosomatidae. It was reassuring to work with them, although certainly not the most enlightening project we conducted thus far. Most of them were rather lovely.

The literature course is still… going questionably. The constant reminders that there are, in fact, no right answers have become rather frustrating. There are still wrong answers. Plenty of them have been offered up during class sessions. It remains counterproductive to discuss incorrect answers at length only to have them written off as incorrect answers. Only a few classes left in the humanities after this one, at least.

Weekend plans have once again been disrupted. Father isn’t going to be in Tokyo until the week after next. On the bright side, this means I’ll actually have time to finish dissecting the Heike monogatari without having to attend the study session. I’m fairly certain that course work is still a reasonable excuse for not letting my floor-mates drag me out until whatever ungodly hour it is they trickle home. Perhaps I can perfect the art of instant noodles while I’m reading.