WINTER COMMON ROOM - WEEK 3

[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, we're getting into the holiday spirit! So pop some bubbly, be a little sweet - it's that time of year.

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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Comments

[refate]

An emissary is a representative of something... it's usually diplomatic. [ squints into the void of his notebook ] So what does - okay, the emissaries are Viola and the other dorm heads. That's part of their scripted role. "Please keep students occupied and happy as emissaries of Wiwaldi Campus."

[ writes down T - ( blank ) G - E areas besides the more coherent notes. ]

[steelo]

Oh, that makes sense.

[ kon you're so smart. he looks over at iris briefly... diplomacy... ]

I think the "TGE" is a word. Like "the" or "these". Don't overthink it too much.

[refate]

I'm going to overthink literally everything until Iris is gone, man.

[ he obviously hasn't been sleeping well for a couple weeks, but this is also the most energetic he's ever been as he just - keeps writing the entire time they're talking. ]

"Permitted in these areas. Construction may be done by the end of school year." Doesn't say what areas those are, but, whatever. We have - [ sticks his thumb into the notebook to hold his place and flips back to the first page, counts, flips back to where he was writing ] - nine buildings still under construction at the moment. Four smaller, three medium, two big.

[steelo]

That's the thing, too. "Outside visitors" - that's us, right? We're the ones who came in late. "Outside visitors are still not permitted in these, or the, or whatever areas." So, yeah. I think you're right. We have new places pop up every week.

And then "construction may be done by the end of the year" - that's our timeline you found, right? Two weeks per season. The winter term is ending now.

[refate]

Probably. I think that's the right path - especially since we're negatively affected every time we get too close to a construction zone.

Spring'll be next. [ flipping back to his map the same way ] So that's four weeks left of the school year, I think. [ ... ] Deadline of four weeks for us to figure this shit out, probably, but that'd be at least two buildings a week opened up to us. One week with a third.

What if one of them is the daycare?