WINTER COMMON ROOM - WEEK 1

[dormheads]

common room.

Similar to the rest of the architecture, the common room in the Winter Dorm is almost more reminiscent of a tea room or parlor that you would find in a manor. A chandelier hangs above, everything in the room glistening in the light that is both welcoming and just a tinge cold. Seating is available for a number of people to gather, adjusting each week to seemingly accommodate a little bit over the number of people assigned to the dorm. A piano doesn't sit too far, and sometimes when the room isn't too full, it's almost like a beautiful classical melody will begin to play itself to make up for the empty space.

Or... is that a showtune...?

Who can say?

This week, there appears to be some new festivities set out.

specialty room.

However on the first floor, there's an oddity amidst the serene architecture. One of the rooms opens to a Gaming Lounge, complete with screens that stretch across the entirety of one wall length-wise. Incredible comfortable chairs and couches sit opposite the screen, comfortable enough to steal you away from the outside world for hours upon hours. A series of gaming systems are hooked up to the screens, and a small tower of handhelds sit on a bookcase nearby. Every game you can think of is downloaded and programmed onto each device, though every time you start one up it seems to immediately pull up an otome game or farming simulator. The lighting system changes between a rainbow of colors, and one wall is lined with snacks that are a little less decadent but still just as delicious. The room will adjust based on the needs of the game you play, a wall spinning out to roll out DDR dance pads, virtual reality goggles, or whatever you could need for the ultimate gaming experience.

No, it isn't incredibly reminiscent of Dude Perfect's Game Time Lounge. You're imagining it. (But really, click the link for a better idea of what the room looks like.)

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Please use this as an open post for members of Winter Dorm. You may post top-levels whenever you'd like and go wild. A new post will go up at the start of each week.

Comments

[disreguarded]

Oh, so it's like - something from home?

[supercatty]

. . . I guess so? I didn't have it on me back home, but it was here when I arrived, sooooo.

[that makes it an item from home, albeit one she hasn't seen in a long while]

[disreguarded]

Huh. I mean, it's better than mine. At least you have something to defend yourself with.

[supercatty]

[rolling the whip back up so she can hook it to the belt of her gakuran]

What'd you get?

[disreguarded]

[she will just climb up so that she doesn't have to yell??]

Uh, flask, which was magic, but isn't now? It used to be bottomless.

[supercatty]

[. . . scooting to the side to make room for her, but she does draw her knees up to her chest. slightly wary, even if she's trying!!]

Oh. So you could put basically any liquid in it you wanted, and it'd never run out.

[disreguarded]

[beau is... also trying

thanks adora]

Yeah, pretty much. It's usually booze, though.

[supercatty]

[ADORA MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER]

"Booze?"

[guess what the Horde doesn't have]

[disreguarded]

You... you know, like alcohol? [why is the horde like this

i wrote horse first, it is late]

[supercatty]

[THE HORSE!!!]

Like the stuff we use to disinfect wounds?

[catra sweet summer child]

[disreguarded]

[...]

No, like the stuff you drink to get drunk. What. How have you never heard of this?

[supercatty]

I-- no!

[a bit defensive, a bit embarrassed]

We didn't have "booze" in the Horde.