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

[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???? ]

[refate]

This is why he and I never would've worked out. [ a joke back, but also. ] He's a good guy that I appreciate, and we're friends, but we really ought to have a therapist or counsellor on staff at this fucking school.

Not that fiction ever cares about competent mental health awareness, so why would this story build in that kind of thing.