dormheads | WINTER COMMON ROOM

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.)

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ he's a fifteen year old airship captain so of course he isn't going to refuse that. he takes a swig, makes a bit of a face, and takes a smaller sip next. in his hand, the screwdriver absently taps out a pattern on the floor. ]

Depends on which ones we're talking about. The usual Hephaestus abilities are pretty basic things like sensing mechanized traps and tech. Some of us can talk to the machines, some of us are better at sensing problems with the parts or just the metal.

Usually I can manipulate things without having to see them, too, but obviously that didn't work, either.

[she's actually really interested in this! her lips twitch at him making a face, because mood, but otherwise she's intrigued.]

Oh, shit. That's dope. [...] I'm all fucked up too, if it makes you feel better. All my powers are burned out.

What's Hephaestus?

Hephaestus is the god of fire and the forge where I'm from. He's also my dad. And yeah, sounds like it's a universal thing? Like they have some kind of dampener in place, except that we can just... buy things back, if we have enough vouchers, which is the weirdest part.

[ he's giving her a curious look now ]

What powers did you have?

[he's also my dad he says like this is just, normal, to have a god for a parent,]

You're the son of a god? [HELLO] I mean - I had like, ki, but I'm not the kid of a fucking god.

Yeah, but that comes with more problems than it's worth, probably.

Ki as in the stuff they talk about in karate movies or whatever? Wait, you've only seen Cats. Like, uhhh, some kind of energy thing?

[it is so sad that the only movie she's seen is cats]

-- Hah, yeah, that exactly. A spiritual energy sort of thing. It's not magic, but it was enough that I can't use it here, I guess. For the uh, even footing bullshit.

[ scowls! ]

Even footing my ass. Nerfing all of our powers doesn't help anyone if our physical abilities aren't all on the same level. Like, sure, maybe I could set a few traps or something, but that's not going to do anything if someone can just break through it.

[ he's! so mad! his abilities are his only selling point! ]

...Anyway. [ rant over, he takes a drink. ] What exactly can you do with ki? Is it like sensing traps, but with people?

No fucking kidding, like - you can take all our powers away but I could absolutely wipe the floor with Caleb without his magic, so. Definitely not even footing.

[huff.]

It's more like - I don't know, it lets me move a little faster, gives me a little more pow to my punches. I can use it to punch the truth out of people or to hit things normal people can't, like ghosts. It's an extra fuel sort of thing.

Some of us are just squishier by nature, and that's why we have abilities like that in the first place.

[ huffs. granted leo probably isn't as squishy as he makes out but any musculature he has is all for building shit, so. ]

Okay, truth punching? Sounds really awesome. Can you punch ghosts out of people, too? Like if they're possessed or something. Because that is what the Ghostbusters should have been.

WINTER COMMON ROOM - WEEK 1

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