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

[supercatty]

[that's so eerily similar to what happened with her, Sakyou, Sieghart and Claude, to be honest. she puffs out a sharp breath]

Where did you wind up? We were in an airship hangar. With--

[. . . she lifts a hand and presses it against the back of her neck]

[refate]

Idealistic neighborhood with friendly neighbors and gettogethers.

[ not including the more fucked up aspect of things. ]

For three days.

[supercatty]

[SORRY, WHAT???]

Three days?!

[refate]

Three days. [ with some grim humor there, in a wry smile. ] We were only gone for one day, here, but it was a whole three days there. We even fell asleep the first two days.

Against our will, mind you. But time passed.

[supercatty]

[wow!! that sounds awful!!!]

I'm pretty sure we were only gone for a few hours. Did you have some. . . disembodied voice telling you what to do?

[refate]

We had one calling us on a phone, repeating some freaky shit to us like a slow descent into madness, but there was a presence of something influencing us the whole time too.

[ there's more to it, and it's clear that there is. but he's not hype about that part. ]

[supercatty]

[. . . wow that sure does make her fur stand on end. don't mind the way her shoulders bristle!!]

And in the end, did you meet up with some guy in a gray hood?

[refate]

[ a shake of his head on that one. ]

No. No one like that amongst the neighbors, either. Just us, some - some familiar faces in the neighbors, and the jacked up monster that tried to kill us. It was... not great.

[supercatty]

. . . then who gave you your map piece?

[refate]

Someone left it on the ground, in the woods. I think it was intentional, considering that's where we wound up, but I don't know for sure who could have done it.

Maybe your mysterious, hooded guy.

[supercatty]

[huh. . . okay]

Maybe. Can't think of anyone else it could be, even if you didn't see them. But why give these to us now?