Dorm Log!

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Who: It's OPEN. (Anyone)
What: Dorm hijinks and etc. Whatever you want.
Where: Student and Teacher dorms, and quite possibly beyond.
When: January 20-31
Warnings: Not even gonna.

Remembuh me? The roomie log turned out to be a success, and a lot of really awesome interactions took place. Because of this, I've decided it was about time to post round two. The name has been changed a little because I think it reflects the premise slightly better.

Basically, here's what this is: we all know our characters experience downtime after classes and their busy schedules, and this is a good portal for those kinds of miscellaneous dorm-shenanigans to take place. Not only does it give your characters the easy chance to meet new people in a laid-back environment but it's a good mechanism for strengthening CR and the like. Some examples can be seen in the link I provided if you fight through the buttload of comments in case I'm sort of unclear.

So how do we start? It's up to you, really. Don't have any plans with anyone else but want your character bugged? Start a thread. It helps to staple dates and times, but you can keep that completely ambiguous if you really don't care/it doesn't matter. So disembark and wreak havoc amongst yourselves! Set up karaoke and sing loudly to further improve relations with dorm neighbors! Jack cylindrical fluorescent light bulbs from the supply closet and fight like Jedi Masters! Build couch forts with other people's laundry! (...ew?) Hold a "study session" with that special someone of yours! Harass teachers and students alike with your inane questions! What bountiful possibilities await you.

Comments

[rivalsweetscent]

[Bulba is taking small comforts in the fact that Char was the hardest one to tell and he had already told him. Telling Nyx should be pretty easy! ... Though then again Char had run off so that kind of made the situation just as hard for various reasons. BUT. OKAY. HE CAN DO THIS. MIGHT AS WELL RUIN ALL OF THE RELATIONSHIPS IN ONE GO.

Sob.

So he tried to smile but it just turned out awkward.]

Hey! Uh... can I come in? I... kind of need to talk to you about something.

[ghostly-nyx.livejournal.com]

[Oh. That uncomfortable look was not so much "Nyx I have a really bad wedgie right now", but more "Nyx something is legitimately wrong I need hugs".

Damn it.

Oh well. If something was actually wrong, then now was not the time to try and make a joke out of it. Now, she needed to be a good sister teammate sister teammate. Her smile stayed on her face, but turned into something closer to concern, and she moved out of the doorway to let him in.]

Yeah, sure, c'mon in. What's goin' on?

[rivalsweetscent]

[It was probably less, "I need hugs" and more, "I hope you're not going to punch me in the face," but those had the potential of being pretty similar. He filed in though, waiting for her to shut the door before he tried to bring it up.]

Well...

[Gosh and darn he didn't know how to bring this up to her any easier than he had Char.]

You can think whatever but... [Awkward awkward.] I cry sometimes when I'm lyin' in bed and... You know how Char's not really... uh... fond of guys who are into guys?

[Well, the understatement of the new year was certainly one way to try and ease into it.]

[ghostly-nyx.livejournal.com]

[Nyx leaned against her desk, watching Bulba as he struggled to say what was on his mind.

If she were smarter, she probably would have been able to guess exactly where this conversation was going. As it was, she had the slightest idea, but, not wanting to jump to any conclusions, she just waited for him to finish.]

Yeah...?

[rivalsweetscent]

[Bulba shoved his hands in his pockets and apparently found Nyx's floor to be incredibly fascinating.]

... I kind of... let him know... that I'm into guys.

[So if you were wondering where your boyfriend went, tadaaa~!]

So that's what's been going on.

[He was looking back up at her now, but it wasn't long before he glanced off to the side, finding the desk just as interesting wow.]

[ghostly-nyx.livejournal.com]

[Nyx had kind of hoped her idea was wrong. Unfortunately, it did explain why Char had been nowhere to be seen the last few days, though.

When she spoke again, her voice was quiet.]

...That's why he skipped town, huh?

[rivalsweetscent]

[He nodded, looking as though he'd just told her he'd offed someone and oh god he didn't mean to and hhhnngh.]

... I'm sorry.

[ghostly-nyx.livejournal.com]

For what?

[Yeah, okay, this was a little weird for her, too. Sure, she did kind of have a hard time wrapping her head around the why or how, and she didn't really care to give it that much thought.

But there was no way in hell she could blame him for Char leaving. Not with that look on his face.]

Bulba, someone fucked up here. But it ain't you.

[rivalsweetscent]

For dumping this on you. And him.

[...and screwing up the team. Being a screw up. Any amount of other things. Bulba just clamped his mouth shut on all the rest.]

...He didn't do anything wrong either.

[ghostly-nyx.livejournal.com]

Quit it, you ain't got nothin' to apologize for.

He bailed on you. That's doin' somethin' pretty damn wrong.

[rivalsweetscent]

Alright, alright.

[This party is still pretty gloomy, but he's relaxed a lot at least. He sighs.]

It's not really anything I can blame him for... I don't know, everything is messed up.

[ghostly-nyx.livejournal.com]

[The gloomiest party.]

You can say that again.
[She goes quiet, letting a couple of long, vaguely uncomfortable moments of silence pass.]

You, uh. Need a hug or somethin', kid?

[rivalsweetscent]

[He's not sure if he's allowed to actually say yes to that. On one hand, oh god yes he would love a hug, but he doesn't want to be clingy and needy. Green was always the exception. So he just sort of shrugged.]

Uh... Maybe not need...

... Wouldn't turn one down, anyway.

[ghostly-nyx.livejournal.com]

[Well, that at least got a bit of a smile on her face. That, at least, was something she could do.

So, she crossed the few steps to him, and pulled him into a hug. What the hell he really was taller than her now that was still weird getting used to.]

[rivalsweetscent]

[Whooaaa yeah that was a little weird. All the same, it was very much appreciated. He hugged her back, setting his chin on her shoulder for a moment.]

Thank you.

woah icon fail

[ghostly-nyx.livejournal.com]

Anytime.
[She gives the hug a few more seconds before pulling away, letting her hand rest on his shoulder briefly before it, too, drops to her side.]

[rivalsweetscent]

[He smiles a little, though its obviously not the happiest one he could have had. After a few moments of quiet he got a little awkward again, but this time it was less out of needing to say potentially bad things and more because it was kind of embarrassing to admit to an older sister figure.]

Um... [Hemm] Well. [Haww.]

I guess this whole mess started since... I'm kind of seeing. Someone. Now.