WINTER COMMON ROOM - WEEK 4

[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, something else has been provided!

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]

[ it's easy to follow that emotion along its track. ]

We started off with a Summer, with Hiyori, before they fell into that sort of pattern. Since they broke it again with Wang Lu, it really doesn't feel so much like a - [ turning the thought over, for the phrasing he wants ] - like something integral, just how the pieces fell into place.

The grim possibility is that Summer will hit zero, but Iris - Viola, at the time - didn't say that anything would happen if a dorm was empty. Just that it would be empty. [ saying it more as a possibility of an angle for them to mark off their list ]

[repress]

[ he nods. there is definitely a beat of concern in him over summer, a sort of tightness in his chest, but he speaks through it. ]

And some of you had expected the killer to be from... Fall, was it? Otome was from Summer, so I think this theory may not be one to beholden too many decisions to. It seems to me that it may be coincidence.

[refate]

[ there's an innate understanding to that tightness, but dimitri continues, and kon lets it pass unsaid with respect. ]

Fall, I think, yeah. Looking at previous confirmed killers, from the group versus the compelled, we had Winter and two Summers, so even possible recruitment or selection doesn't feel like it hinges the dorms. We don't know if Kaoruko was compelled and just accepted it for what it was, or if she was our first of the group and leaned into the role for the sake of everyone.