FALL COMMON ROOM - WEEK 3

[dormheads]

common room.

The common room of the Fall Dorm has soft, dimmer lighting; plush carpet over wood; and several comfortable chairs and sectionals. A few big windows overlook the dormitory area of campus, but there is also a single, cozy bay window on one side.

A television and bluetooth surround-sound are here for Fall students who are more inclined to be tech savvy. In the cabinets under the entertainment stand are an assortment of board games, but the television does have a generic "free tv" app for shows and music.

Above the enormous center fireplace is a moody painting.

This week, there's something else.

specialty room.

Through a door on the first floor, there is an antigravity room. Stepping just a few feet through the doorway will lift everyone up into the air. The seating and most of the rest of the room remains somehow rightfully in place on the floor and will not move. Students, however, can grab pillows and blankets, cups or bowls, or other small items to bring into the air with them.

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Please use this as an open post for members of Fall 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

tuesday probably after anime night

[lifeless]

[Manwol's going to drag whoever's available for a Dorm Meeting, while also dressed in this. luke is not invited yet anna, manwol probably picks a moment when he's like.... upstairs in his room... or somewhere not in the lounge RIGHT WITH THEM]

Someone used their mind-altering coupon on Viola to try and 'restore her original memories' and she managed to regain herself for about twenty seconds. I was thinking of doing the same for Luke, but I don't know if I should ask for the same thing or phrase it a different way. Any suggestions?

[yeah that's all]

[illuminance]

That is a good idea. I wonder if there's anything more we can get from it...?

[ or if they should just shoot for those twenty seconds. ]

[lifeless]

Right? I feel like there isn't, but that's why I'm asking the rest of you.

[ghoststrums]

Ah, I was going to talk to you about that. [ for the sake of everyone else; ] Viola mentioned something about us fighting our enemies, but she didn't seem to know who they were. She also said the first time she regained herself was our first curfew night. That bang we heard must've been the Dorm Heads trying to escape.

[lifeless]

If Viola doesn't know who they are, then would Luke?

[ghoststrums]

Probably not. We should try and figure out what it's possible he would know, if anything. Maybe how they were taken?

[alitaba]

[ looks up like HELLO? CHANGES IN COGNITION? YOU RANG? ]

Wording is important, especially in regards to memory. "Restore" would be like returning it to its factory settings but if the magic of this place is blocking that route, then you'd need a different set of keywords to circumvent it.

[lifeless]

[futaba?? Manwol looks impressed.]

That makes sense. All the more reason to try and think of some other word we can use.

[she looks expectantly at futaba im in tears]

[alitaba]

[ weeps blood. futaba however takes on a thoughtful look ]

Yeah! Perhaps more along the lines of "Before" or... oh! "The memories belonging to the Actor playing Luke?"

[katzepaw]

Futaba, your item is the potion, yes? I wonder if you could ask for a curative potion of some sort. . . ?

[alitaba]

[ !!! ]

You mean like a restorative?

[goalsides]

[hm.]

...how exactly was it phrased the first time? Do we know?

[lifeless]

It was "restore Viola's lost or rewritten memories".

[goalsides]

[a nod.]

I agree we should try to figure out if they can tell us how long they've been here or why they were taken, how, whatever. [there's a frown as he thinks though.] ...I wonder if they know anything about the message that was on the marquee. Something about the bear's keys or whatever.

[selfestheim]

[ he is here! with his brand new kod shirt and a crutch. yay movin on up in the world ]

There's also that note that got slipped into everyone's lockers earlier today, about how you can give control back to the Dorm Heads by redeeming vouchers through them. I gave Luke nine just the other day, so...

[lifeless]

[okay first of all]

Nine?

[She looks at both his shirt and his crutch. Hope???]

I hope you used those to heal yourself.

[selfestheim]

...Kind of?

[ >_> ]

[txt]

[She claps her hands like, yaaaaay. Smart thinking!]

Hmm... I wonder if we can find a way to extend the effect past twenty seconds.

[lifeless]

[manwol would take credit for this idea if someone else didn't do all the work,]

Twenty seconds for a coupon that should last for two days... I can't tell if it's because of the coupon, or because of whatever power this place has over us.

[silentscout]

Let's make sure he's sitting down so he doesn't hit his head this time.

[Flashbacks to last week hhhh]

[lifeless]

We can strap him down to his bed just to be safe.

[no]

[katzepaw]

Even if it's only twenty seconds. . . better to have some clarity for a moment, whether or not it helps us.

I wonder if. . . I still have my healing item. We may need it this coming Thursday so I thought to hang onto that, but a fog on memories would fall within the parameters of healing, I should think. Or if not, a restorative potion?

[lifeless]

I like both of those ideas, but are you sure you want to use your item for this?

[lifeless]

[where is luke now, Manwol's going to gently accost him and make him sit on one of the fall dorm couches.]

Sit down, Luke.

[do it]

[darksubverted]

[?!

Look, he's STUPID, but he isn't FUCKING stupid. He looks highly suspicious now that he's being told to sit down. He will... stand in front of the couch!]

What's this about?