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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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

[katzepaw]

[Well, fuck. His jaw sets again, hard and angry, but he just listens quietly to Kon.]

. . . Did this come with something written down? The theory is a good one, but what makes you say so.

[refate]

[ caleb will get the speedread version as per the mod instruction, and kon projects his voice for everyone: ]

A story without conclusion exists, and it wants to end. It's trying to know who and what it is. But since we've decided to be heroes, and are making a villain out of it...

It's telling us to wait for the villains to arrive, and that evil needs a face. "Will you still be able to strike them down?"

Signed, who am I?

Whether the villains are meant to be the dorm heads or not, I don't know - but as soon as she gave me the paper, Viola surfaced again. It's not insignificant.

[katzepaw]

No, it doesn't sound it. Particularly with the warnings she gave.

[refate]

Iris, even as Viola, was always saying "prepare for the worst." Think it became a little too prophetic, at this point.

[steelo]

[ oh that reminds ichiro and he says, very suddenly - ]

I got a communication coupon this week. I was thinking - we might be able to use it to talk to that thing.

[disreguarded]

You're not doing it by yourself. [she says, immediately.] If you try. Not that I think it's a bad idea.

[steelo]

No - no way.

[ okay he would love to fight god but. some of that immediate heat does soften a little with that, and he nods. ] I don't think I'll get to use it for very long, so I'll have to prepare whatever it is we get to say, and - if it fucked up Kon and Lucretia-san that bad last time, I can't imagine it'll be good for me if I go it alone.

[ he's used to having his brain fucked with by sound but! we're growing and learning lessons in this murdergame. ] I can't be the only one who has one, either. Right?

[disreguarded]

You're probably not the only one, no. I didn't get one, but I'm sure there are others.

I'll go with you when you do it. Okay?

[steelo]

[ he thinks about their field trip together, for a moment... and then nods. ]

...yeah. Just like last time, right? [ an unspoken, determined, we got this. ]

[disreguarded]

Just like last time. [she reaches, and takes his hand.]

I won't let you forget.

[overshaded]

[ Kainé points at Beau as if to second you're not doing it by yourself. ]

[disreguarded]

[spiritually high fiving kainé here, same hat]

[overshaded]

[ spiritual high five! ]

[steelo]

[ being bossed around by women (affectionate) ]

[katzepaw]

That's very clever, Ichiro.

[steelo]

[ weh this gets a small, genuine, if very stressed smile and he ducks his head just a little bit. praise from caleb... ]

...thanks, Caleb-san. I wanna make sure it gets used right, so... whatever plan we come up with for it should be one we all come up with together.

[katzepaw]

Mm. There are multiple communication coupons, I think, so we can develop a strategy to use them. With the understanding that whoever volunteers is almost certainly to lose memories for a few days.

[steelo]

[ he nods, mouth pulling into a grim, determined scowl. ]

...We can't have other people use them, so it has to be the people who have the communication coupons themselves, and then one other person at least, each. I've already - this place already fucked up my memories once. I can handle it.

[refate]

[ +1 to both beau and caleb ]

I like it. But if you do it, yeah, definitely have someone with you. And remember the whole "forgetting loved ones" aspect of it - that includes people from home. Write down everything you want to remember.

[steelo]

[ ....

his fist clenches a little tighter, and he says, fiercely: ]

I already forgot them once. This place can take them from me again, but it'll never be permanent.

[ never. he'll take that advice, though.] I'll - I'm gonna make you listen to me wax poetic about my bros, man. You better be ready to take good notes.

[refate]

Do it in the library or the lab, and I'll type it all down. [ like, legitimately, he is not joking. after having experienced it, and having come in and out of it, he'd do this in a heartbeat for ichiro so that he could hold onto his brothers and the people here.

kon doesn't comment on how very protagonist sounding of ichiro that was, not directly, but he does offer: ] Glad that you're sounding more like yourself, now.

[steelo]

[ stop

that gets a little, tired smile. ] Yeah. Sorry for the trouble - I was cursed to shit, I think. Somebody should really wish up some therapy for Mandricardo when we get out of here...

[ a little tiny bit joking? but also? poor mandi???? ]

[sawboned]

So this story or whatever wants us to fight a mind-controlled friend while the real villain hides out? Yeah...gonna have to agree with Kainé and say fuck that. [he nods like, it's decided no one's doing that]

[refate]

A resounding "fuck that" from Winter. [ nobody liked that! at all! kon is looking down at the paper like it has anything else to tell him, when he's not texting. ] Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the plot this story is trying to take - so, let's get ready to rewrite it.

[ or tear it apart, whichever comes first. ]

[sawboned]

Never been big on readin' or writin', but if you need someone to make a bad guy write what we want, you can count on me big time.