FALL COMMON ROOM - WEEK 6

[dormheads]

common room.

The common room of the Fall Dorm has soft, dimmer lighting; plush carpet over wood; and several comfortable chairs and sectionals. A few big windows overlook the dormitory area of campus, but there is also a single, cozy bay window on one side.

A television and bluetooth surround-sound are here for Fall students who are more inclined to be tech savvy. In the cabinets under the entertainment stand are an assortment of board games, but the television does have a generic "free tv" app for shows and music.

Above the enormous center fireplace is a moody painting.

This week, there's something else.

specialty room.

Through a door on the first floor, there is an antigravity room. Stepping just a few feet through the doorway will lift everyone up into the air. The seating and most of the rest of the room remains somehow rightfully in place on the floor and will not move. Students, however, can grab pillows and blankets, cups or bowls, or other small items to bring into the air with them.

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Please use this as an open post for members of Fall 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

[darksubverted]

[He leans his head back and squeezes his eyes shut. Something seems to battle within him.

Sora. I am... not... this person. A paopu fruit... links your destinies... together.

His eyes open. Right now he doesn't worry about it, but he's real glad he didn't fall on the floor in front of everyone. Why does he sound like he just did a triathlon?!]

...I'm... Riku. That's who I am.

[silentscout]

[The relief in Lalli is instant.]

Yes, that's right. You're Riku.

[It's getting harder to bring them back...]

[darksubverted]

[He murmurs it, like he's making it real. "I'm Riku." There's a quiet sigh. He glances at Lalli, but won't look behind him at the room.

He's embarrassed. And also won't acknowledge that thought because he'd have to admit it's true.]

...I'm okay.

[But he does try to go out the door so he can stand on the other side of it and hide for a bit.]

[silentscout]

...okay. Good.

[Lalli lets him go for now, but he gets 10 minutes to be embarrassed by himself before Lalli is bringing him food to eat.]

[darksubverted]

[He 100% takes the whole ten minutes to keep sitting outside in embarrassment and frustration.

But he does glance up when Lalli comes out.]

[silentscout]

[He sits down next to Riku and offers him a pocket cookie.]

It's okay.

[darksubverted]

Thanks.

[He takes the offered cookie, but doesn't eat it right yet.]

Not really, but... I get it.

[silentscout]

It's not great, but it's not bad either. 'Okay'. Somewhere between good and bad.

[darksubverted]

The middle path, huh?

[He peers at the cookie, twirling it a little between his fingers.]

Like a road to the dawn.

[silentscout]

...yes?

[Riku he doesn't get metaphors.]