New Formation Ino-Shika-Cho!
Name: Hanakage.
Please post the links to three applications you've voted on recently:
1. http://community.livejournal.com/ninjafy/546158.html
2. http://community.livejournal.com/ninjafy/546395.html
3. http://community.livejournal.com/ninjafy/547016.html
When working with others, you tend to be more...
Mature or Immature?: Definitely mature. I’m often very silly and immature when I’m around my friends and having a good time, but when there is serious work that needs to be done, my patience wears out pretty quickly if I have to work with really immature/irresponsible people.
Leader or Follower?: Leader. I’m typically the one that ends up having to take charge and organize things for everyone else, or nothing will get done.
Optimistic or Pessimistic?: Pessimistic. It’s just in my nature to see the glass half-empty.
Impulsive or Cautious: Cautious; I tend to think things through. I’ll admit that I can be pretty guarded around people I’m not entirely comfortable with-you have to earn my trust.
Outgoing or Shy: Outgoing. I can be a bit shy upon first meeting people, but otherwise I’m quite outgoing.
Scenario Time:
Okay, so everyone has met their teammates by now. The following questions will go along with that idea.
What kind of impression would you most like to have of your team even before you start working together? I’d like to know that I’m working with a group of determined, dedicated people who are willing to put forth their best efforts to see that the team succeeds. I’d want to know that respect, loyalty and cooperation means something to them, and that they realize that a team can only function to its fullest capacity when all of its members do their part. When it all comes down to it, I’d want to know that they are people that I can trust with my life, so that I would be able to do the same for them in return.
What role could you see yourself performing in the team (i.e.: strategist, offensive fighter, support, etc.)? I would see myself as the strategist, because I think my strengths would lie in my intelligence and analytical skills as opposed to brute strength. I could probably also contribute to the support, but I don’t think I would be the key offensive fighter.
Would it be necessary for you and your teammates to get along at all times? Even when you're not on missions? Well, I doubt that any team can get along at all times, yet I think that there has to be at least some sense of camaraderie to make things run more smoothly-especially if I were to be working with them for months or years. Ideally, teammates should work as an extension of each other-and I think having a good relationship with each other is key in establishing that ideal sense of teamwork. I would love it if I could establish strong friendships with the members of my team, as I think a team can potentially become a family of sorts.
Suppose one of your teammates ends up getting captured during a really important mission. There is a debate on whether or not a rescue attempt should be made since it might jeopardize said mission. What would you want to do?
I would do all I could if it was possible to both save them and carry out the mission successfully, but as ninjas, it would be our duty to carry out said mission, and to be well aware of the potential situations we could be put into. If the mission were to fail there could be disastrous consequences, which could jeopardize the lives of countless others. And if the mission were to be completed successfully, it would mean there would be a better chance of being able to rush back quickly and save the captured teammate.
Reverse scenario time. YOU'RE the unlucky captive. What would you want/expect your teammates to do in that situation?
Naturally I would hope that I could be saved-I wouldn’t be human if I disregarded that survival instinct. But I wouldn’t want to be the cause of the mission’s failure, and I certainly wouldn’t want to be responsible for harm coming to innocent others because they helped me instead of succeeding in the mission. So I’d want them to carry out the mission, yet hope that they would be able to send help for me at some point.
Time has passed
Would you feel that your team was more trouble than it was worth in the long run or that the experience was worth it?
It would definitely be worth it. I’m a firm believer that our identities are shaped significantly by the relationships we forge with people, good and bad. If we were to form close bonds it would clearly be worth it, but there would also be a lot to be learned if we did not come to regard each other as anything beyond teammates.
Would the thought of working separately from them on a mission make you feel a bit nervous?
No, I’m very independent; I believe that I would be confident in my abilities. And I’m sure that, given the hard work and training we would have completed, I could trust in the abilities of my teammates as well.
How would you feel about a lengthier, perhaps even permanent, dissolution of your team?
I’m hopelessly sentimental and horrible with goodbyes, so if we were able to become close friends, it would be devastating. It would be difficult to part from people that I’d trained and fought alongside with-we would have grown up together not only as ninjas, but as people. I would hope that our friendships would last the rest of our lives, however, because we surely would have many lasting memories.
Is there a particular team in the Naruto-verse that you feel you'd get along with the least? If so...which team would it be and why? Uh, I probably wouldn’t get on with the Sound Four (Five) too well on account of the whole “evil” thing. Ditto with the Akatsuki, as much as I love them. And definitely not Team Ebisu, because I have no patience with annoying little brats... e_____e;
Anything else?: Happy New Year everyone!