WINTER COMMON ROOM - WEEK 5

[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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[repress]

[ okay, well.

if she plays it, this comes on. ]

[azuta]

[what is this





she rewinds it to start from the beginning like it'll make more sense?]

[repress]

[ it does not make more sense.

he starts laughing a little as he watches it all again, though. ]

[azuta]

[ . . . ]

You have a nice laugh but it feels so odd this way.

[repress]

[ he's startled out of his laugh, blinking over at her. there's a moment of hesitation before his gaze turns apologetic. ]

...I'm sorry, Iris. But I am wholly in love with Claude.

[azuta]

[ . . . ]

Should I be more aggravated that I was rejected when I wasn't asking, or that I was turned down for Claude....?

[repress]

[ was that not flirting? hm. ]

Claude is a fine man, you should not be offended...

[ PLEASE NO MORE CURSES ]

[azuta]

I'm aware, we were on a date earlier this week before your.... entanglement. [sure]

But there is still something...

[hmmm]

... well, message received loud and clear, Dimitri.

[repress]

[ he's not an easily jealous man, but wow... a date with claude... iris is so lucky. ]

...I feel that I'm missing some point of yours.

[refate]

[




whispering softly next to her, because the screaming on the DVD caught his attention: ] What the fuck?

[azuta]

[yeah she's like

literally constantly trying to understand more of it]

I...

I don't know...

[refate]

This is like the poppy field scene out of Wizard of Oz, but worse.

[ literally watching this is like watching what must happen in someone's brain when they're on opioids. ]

[azuta]

Oh, I've never seen it.

[but,]

And I thought my brain was a jumbled place....

[refate]

[ wobbles his hand at her, in that she's not really missing out. ]

They certainly, uh, had a time. [ before things went to shit, he means. ]

[overshaded]

[ if cyoas weren't generally upsetting, this would be great blackmail material. too bad kainé's singular braincell doesn't work that way.

kainé just stares. ]

If I keep watching, does it make more fucking sense or do I get as stupid as they are?

[azuta]

.... I don't know....

I'm sorry to risk both of our sanity this way....

[




she rewinds it again]

[overshaded]

[ well... ]

You can explain it to everyone, if I lose my mind.

[ She could stop watching, but no. ]

[azuta]

I think I'll also be lost at that point? But I'll try...

[ . . . . ]

I hope Spring Dorm is faring alright...

[half winters, half springs...]

[overshaded]

You're smarter.

[ And a bunch of other things.

At the mention of Spring, her frown deepens. ]

Spring better be fine.

[ Said like a threat. ]

[azuta]

You're stronger.

[she will meet kainé 1 for 1 here

but she just nods in agreement]

Spring better be fine.

[she will not forgive if they are not]

[refate]

Probably the second one, Kainé...

[overshaded]

... That's what I thought.

[ She keeps watching, though, like a fool. ]

[refate]

[ he's also watching it like it can somehow give him some sort of answer about these escapades. ]

This... really took a turn, for them to come out looking like they did.

[overshaded]

Yeah. The fuck happened that they got married after this? Or was it because they were like this that they got married?

[ The meme husbands are in this room and could be asked, but does she? ]

[refate]

[ they could ask, but he's trying to figure out what the DVD scene has to do with, you know. their current states. ]

I'm going to hazard a guess that it's probably because they were like this, but we're not going to know until all of the curses from their trip and whatever they've been hit with at Wiwaldi have worn off.

[ he's. not convinced that the love quadrilateral going on right now is not a curse effect. ]