SPRINGLE - WEEK 6

[dormheads]

common room.

In the common room, the walls have been painted with photo-like pictures of forests and lakes, and spread across the ceiling is a depiction of the night sky. One wall is lined with bookcases, the books ranging from fiction to non-fiction as well used course textbooks. More bookcases have been used to section off one corner for a study area, with a desk and chair provided.

Elsewhere, there are a few couches (one looks as though it doesn't quite belong) and chairs, most seated around a coffee table and with throw blankets tossed over them if you need the extra warmth. On the table is a bowl of healthy and semi-healthy snacks, regularly stocked. (Nearby is a garbage can.)

This week, there's something.

specialty room.

Past an entrance in the common room, a mini coffeehouse has been set up, with express machines for those who just want their coffee now and slightly more advanced equipment for aficionados. It offers a variety of strength levels and flavors to accommodate tastes all across the spectrum, along with a teapot and packets of caffeinated and non-caffeinated tea for those who prefer a different drink. There's a sink if you want to use your own mug, but otherwise, disposable cups are provided for you to use.

Pasted on the wall by the coffee machines is a detailed but clear handwritten guide on how to use said machines, complete with illustrations. There are also cute little doodles of Spring Dorm residents using the machines and drinking coffee, though they look as though they were done by someone else.

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Comments

[ambiography]

I wasn't only talking about physically, Rita.

[overlimit]

[...

she sighs.]

I'm more worried about those other jerks, than anything. They're the ones who took on all the worst sacrifices... I mean, compared to me.

[ambiography]

...what did that place take from you?

[her concern only grows, honestly. it shouldn't still exist, anywhere.]

[overlimit]

[counts on her fingers...] Luck, agility... It tried to take ten years of my life, but you know, screw that. I took the penalty instead.

[... it takes a minute to remember what that penalty involved?]

... Oh, right. A memory... I think.

[ambiography]

That one is-- I think it was worth taking the penalty for, yes.

[I'm glad it wasn't more than that.]

...I'll hope that memory comes back, though. That it was just-- an effect of this place.

[overlimit]

[rita's studying lucretia...]

... You knew about that place.

[ambiography]

...I did. But back home, it's-- it shouldn't still exist, in any sense, I don't know how this place would have...

[overlimit]

I heard that some of the previous field trips seemed like they were created from the memories of someone here. Ichiro's, and then Beau's...

So that place was based on your memories...?

[ambiography]

It... certainly sounds like it, yes. I-- Rita, I'm sorry you had to be there.

[overlimit]

It... it's fine. I'm not bothered about it.

If it wasn't something from your memories, it would've just been something else, right?

[ambiography]

Maybe, but it... picked a pretty rough one to draw from.

[overlimit]

... Yeah, sort of...

[...]

I'm just glad the worst part turned out to be fake.