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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Comments

[overshaded]

[ nudges with her foot to see if he'll respond.

he could be dead? ]

[repress]

[ thanks, kainé. but he does not respond, no. ]

[overshaded]

[ a lot of the naming themes are after fairy tales in NieR

but

someone is going to have to put the suggestion aloud for her to even think kissing him could wake him.

she's wondering, if she starts suffocating him, will that wake him? ]

[repress]

[ is. is she strangling him. ]

[overshaded]

[ no. he hasn't wronged her enough to do that.

she's going to find an unfathomably soft pillow and put it over his face.

gently.

but this is kainé gentle. which is about equivalent to dimitri's gentle. ]

[repress]

[



NO. THIS DOES NOT WAKE HIM UP. HE'S DYING, I GUESS? ]

[overshaded]

[ Well, she got stopped and then Iris said to move him off the floor, so I guess.

She is going to lift him and put him on a sofa or something. ]

[repress]

[ thank you for not killing him? he'd be grateful if he wasn't unconscious.

winter dorm got him off the floor and with a pillow, which is more than i was expecting, incredible. ]

[overshaded]

[ everyone is a coward, so okay. here is kainé.

she is going to press her lips to his very briefly.

i hope it does nothing. ]

1/2

[repress]

[ no this is what actually kills him.



actually, i hate this a lot, but he does start to wake up? he's very bleary-eyed. ]

Hm...?

[repress]

[ OKAY NOW TIME FOR ALARM??? GIRL CLOSE?? he suddenly jolts awake and headbutts her in the process.

he's awake though. wow! ]

[overshaded]

Ow, fuck!

[ She's half-tempted to headbutt back to knock him out, but it's fine.

She's going to walk away now. Bye, Dimitri! ]

[azuta]

This is such a rude reaction.

[azuta]

[there is something so funny about every other person just allowing this to happen

anyway for some reason iris is in an in-between state of tipsy and hungover

but she's also squinting as she passes by the common room]

Kainé? Did he do something wrong?

[whY ARE YOU ALL SITTING ON AND KICKING AND STRANGLING DIMITRI]

[overshaded]

He's asleep. Unconscious?

[ But i guess the pillow is no longer being pushed. ]

[azuta]

I see.

[she doesn't]

... let's not block his airways when he's unresponsive maybe?

[overshaded]

I thought it'd shock him into waking.

[ you know, like fight or flight? ]

[azuta]

Well... it seems like it didn't... I wonder if he's been hit with some kind of magic?

[which makes her frown, feeling protective]

What other attempts have been made to wake him? Could we at least move him off the floor, please...

[overshaded]

Some kind of curse?

[ Hmm... ]

I think Beau sat on him? And he was poked?

[ She will move him. ]

[steelo]

[ oh what the fuck ] --KAINÉ YOU'RE GOING TO KILL HIM!

[ YELLING ]

[overshaded]

[ ok ok fine she lifts the pillow, as if she didn't do anything wrong? ]

Are you going to kiss him, Ichiro?

[ She heard him talking about that? ]

[steelo]

[ oh my god. his entire face goes red immediately, yeah, spluttering - ] Wh - no!

[ he just came to stop winter on winter violence ] Let the dude sleep, when was the last time he got a good night's sleep, probably never!

[overshaded]

But if he doesn't respond to almost dying, doesn't that mean something's wrong?

[ ... ]

Should I try?

[steelo]

I - no? Not if you don't want to, you don't have to! Don't just do it because you feel like you have to!

[ kainé your SELF RESPECT

anyway looking at dimitri... sweats ] Maybe we can ask for an item that could break a curse?

[ (teenage boy voice) kissing... gross ]

[overshaded]

Yeah, but that'd cost vouchers, and...

[ A kiss is free? She isn't attracted to Dimitri, but she doesn't dislike him, so she'd think it's just like CPR. ]