SPRINGLE - WEEK 0

[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 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 is a welcome basket near the bowl.

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.

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[ercnerd]

[He furrows his brow, visibly annoyed.]

They were gathered by the demons who failed to destroy our world. Now that they were stranded, they tried to claim the land as their own.

[goalsides]

Were all of them evil? Or was it just easier to get rid of all of them?

[please answer carefully.]

[ercnerd]

[No.]

Of course they are.

Listen here, kid. There's no monster that doesn't kill without compunction. The very force that gathers them is evil, and that's why they need to be suppressed.

[goalsides]

Maybe where you're from, but that's not a universal thing. [so there. that's the only point he wanted to prove, but he doesn't seem too upset or anything otherwise. instead, he's curious.]

So what's it like now? Still a lot of monsters? Is that why you're a legend? ​

[it's easy to stay a legend if you keep doing the work.]

[ercnerd]

[Hm. There's a beat before his lips ease back into a smile.]

I became a legend six hundred years ago. The demons haven't gone away, so I resumed my knightly duties recently.

[goalsides]

[oh so he's old...that puts some things into context.]

Sounds like it keeps you busy. Do you only fight with a sword?

[ercnerd]

[Don't utter that accursed word.]

A gladiator uses every part of his body in combat. The sword's like an extension of my arm, but I know how to wield other weapons.

[goalsides]

So what you're saying is that if people need some sort of combatant in this dorm war you're our guy.

[good to know.]

[ercnerd]

You're going to participate in the dorm war?

[goalsides]

I'm not doing anything until we know what it is. [war isn't really a good thing, but he also wants to understand what they're getting into.] But you saw the letter, didn't you?

[ercnerd]

I read it with Maya.

It sounds too troublesome. It's one thing if it's important, but I'm not interested in doing anything that I don't have to.

[goalsides]

And if it turns out we have to, kind of like we have to go to class? [he's not fond of the idea either, and he actually is more likely to agree with sieghart, but he would like to know his stance on stuff anyway.]

[ercnerd]

Hm . . . If it's a duel, I wouldn't be opposed.

[goalsides]

...we'll find out Monday, probably.

[ercnerd]

[He sighs.]

Monday can't come fast enough. If nothing happens tomorrow, I'm just going to sleep until I can't anymore.

[goalsides]

[that's impressive, frankly.]

Just as long as you don't sleep through Monday. Who knows? Maybe we'll get class schedules tomorrow or something.

[or construction will be done and they can take more steps to get out of here.]

[ercnerd]

[Ew, walking.]

That's why I have you kids. You can wake me up in that case.

[goalsides]

[eheh.]

You might have better luck just setting an alarm, dude.

[ercnerd]

That noisy thing from the other day? I'll pass. I don't want someone falling on top of me again.

[goalsides]

[hm.]

Did...that happen yesterday?

[y'all okay over in suite 1?]

[ercnerd]

[No.]

Nobody came down flailing and screaming in your suite?

[goalsides]

I don't know. I didn't stay there long enough to see everybody else when we first woke up.