Dorm Log The Sequel To End All Sequels

[makesitcool]

Who: COLLECTIVE YOU
What: Dorm log!
Where: Student and Teacher dorms, and quite possibly beyond campus. If your heart dreams it, your fingers can type it.
When: The span of February 27 - March 13
Warnings: This log is yellow-taped with all kinds of potential warnings. If your filthy imagination can conjure it, this log can produce it.

Ripped off the last one and all its friends: Basically, here's how this works. We all know our characters experience downtime after classes and their busy schedules, and this is a good venue 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. It's easy!

Feel free to begin in any way you please! Plan with (a) fellow player(s) if you'd like! Or, set up a thread and wait for characters to bite! Whatever you want. It can all be yours if you make a thread. Feel like drawing graffiti on Professor Jin's door? Apologizing for the aftermath of the latest cupidbot fiasco? Doing each others' hair and talking about boys? Giving your trusted(?!?) friends a free ride in the dryer? Staying up late at night making use of those dick-shaped cake pans you found in the cupboard? Man, I don't care, just do it! Don't let this log get away untagged.


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Comments

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[monotreme_101]

[Knuckles had been meaning to do this for a while. He'd been told by Mary some time ago that Seth supplied her with candies to sell. He'd WANTED to jump on that information immediately, however, a few things had kept him in check. One of which was his own knowledge of his temper and how he had a tendency to be... un... subtle about things sometimes.

The one or two times he'd briefly spoken with Seth? He'd seemed pretty OK. And Voile seemed to somewhat like him. Knuckles would assume innocence and just... ask a few questions.

Knock knock knock!]

[stay_classy_cat]

[Seth was a perfectly normal, hardworking senior who's seeming pride and joy was keeping Host Club smooth and orderly.

Knuckles was very unsubtle about a lot of things, which is why Seth had been keeping a vigilant eye on him over the network. He'd expected a visitation like this sooner or later, and intended on keeping it peaceful and civil as possible.

For now.]

Hello.

[Seth offers quite the polite, friendly smile as he opens the door.]

You're Knuckles, aren't you?

[monotreme_101]

Yeah, that's me! It's been kinda a while since we spoke, huh?

[He extended a hand to be shaken, and returned Seth's smile.]

Hopefully this ain't a bad time for a short visit?

[stay_classy_cat]

It has, and that's a shame.

[Shake accepted! Seth has a firm shake, not overwhelmingly so but confident; sincere feeling.]

Not at all. Are you looking for Blake? Or is this about Host Club?

[Seth knew what the answer was, but all the better to lead the conversation as best he could.]

[monotreme_101]

It is a shame - we're just both busy guys, I guess.

[See? Perfectly nice guy. Knuckles could tell a lot by a man's handshake and Seth's was warm, firm and friendly.]

Actually, none of the above. Look, I'll cut right to the chase - I got told that you were one of the folks giving those candies to people to sell. Some of 'em little kids. Not sure how close you follow the news, but man.. those things are really causing some serious trouble. You hear much about it?

[stay_classy_cat]

[Perfectly nice guy.]

Oh. I have heard.

[Seth's brows furrow in deep concern, little frown punctuating this. He's clearly bothered by this news.]

Why don't you come in and I'll tell you what I do know. It's a bit of a... sticky situation.

[Ha ha ha sticky lollipop situation oh he killed himself.]

[monotreme_101]

Sure thing.

[Knuckles walked inside the room, glad Seth at least had some knowledge of the problem with drugged candies.]

I appreciate you takin' the time to tell me what you know - Kinda important to me. A friend of mine got killed late last year and I'm pretty sure it's connected to this stuff somehow. Anything you can think to tell me about it might be useful in figuring that whole mess out.

[stay_classy_cat]

That's the student that was on the news a while back, wasn't it? I'm sorry to hear. She had her own slew of... personal problems to my understanding. Poor girl.

[monotreme_101]

She did. Add those drugged candies into the mix and... well. It just didn't end well for her.

[But surely Seth had no knowledge of how they were messing people up - he was a nice guy. Nice guys made mistakes too.]

I know you probably didn't know how bad these things were. I was wondering if you can tell me who was givin' 'em to you to pass out or whatever. I got a score to settle with them, and I'm gonna shut them down pretty hard.

[stay_classy_cat]

[They sure did, Knuckles.

Seth offers the redhead a seat; a plush red fancy Victorian styled chair. Seth himself sits at the edge of his bed, his hands steepled together under his chin. He lowers his voice, settling into a less light-hearted tone. This is a serious conversation and should be treated as such!]

That's really admirable but... are you sure you want to get involved? I mean, if I could go back in time I wouldn't. I don't really have the luxury of that choice now.

[monotreme_101]

Sure. I get what you mean... but I'm coming at it from a different angle than you did.

[He took the seat, careful not to scuff the chair legs with his shoes - dang. Fancy chair.]

No-one can blame you for gettin' involved - Everybody makes mistakes. I can understand you're probably feeling kinda guilty but don't beat yourself up too much, man. This whole thing is gonna get fixed... just need a little more information, is all.

[He did his best to smile reassuringly at Seth, hoping to set the other boy's mind at ease.]

And to answer your question, yeah. I gotta get involved. These things got my buddy killed. I gotta figure out the specifics, find out who did it. Whoever it was will think twice about hurting anyone ever again... Y'know. Once they get outta hospital.

[stay_classy_cat]

[Very admirable.]

It's dangerous, more than what one person can handle. This thing goes very deep. A hospital won't hold everyone at the top of the food chain, let alone him. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if he owns the hospital itself by now.

I... [His eyes dart away and to the floor, his expression pained and conflicted.] I really shouldn't even say that much. I don't want to see anyone else in the hospital for it when business stops flowing.

[monotreme_101]

[Yikes - it really went that deep? Knuckles had figured it was just some drug peddling scumbags making money off of folks, but the way Seth spoke it sounded like some kind of empire.]

Look, all due respect, man? But 'more than one person can handle' don't take into account the person. I've done kinda a lot of stuff in my time and there's no man or army that can make me back down. If you're worried about sending folks to hospital... well, that's already going on. These drugs are tied into the violence in town and folks are already gettin' hurt.

Man up, be brave, gimme a name, and we'll stop all that.

[stay_classy_cat]

It's not... it's not that simple. [His red eyes dart around nervously, afraid they're going to be eavesdropped in on or something. His voice is lowered to a whisper.]

It's not like I want this and I don't want to sound selfish or anything but--but if this comes back to me in some way I'm... I don't even want to think about what might happen.

Are... you absolutely positive you can do something about this? And get rid of him and this whole scheming empire for good? [His eyes are pleading now.]

Can you promise me?

[monotreme_101]

[Wow - it took a lot to make most guys sweat like this. And the look on his face... Knuckles couldn't help but feel a need to protect this poor guy. He was practically begging. Poor guy.

He slipped off the chair and walked over, placing a hand on Seth's shoulder.]

Promise. You got nothin' to fear, OK? You can trust me to get to the bottom of this thing - And we'll exchange cell numbers so I can keep you posted on how it's going.

[stay_classy_cat]

...alright.

[Of course Seth was going to sprinkle lies around in his story but there were definitely some elements of truth to it. Seth wasn't alone in his drug-dealing endeavor. It would be up to Knuckles to figure that part out on his own.

He closes his eyes and exhales, relaxing visibly. He speaks slowly and cautiously, but affirmatively.]

The man you want, his name is Rex. He's at the top of the pyramid, so to speak. Very secretive man. I couldn't tell you what he looks like, just what he sounds like. We've only talked over the phone once.

I'm not going to lie--I thought I could make some quick cash selling pops. Like girl scout cookies or something. Some of them though... had a little more in them and I couldn't really pull out at that point without... consequence.

I don't know if Rex is even in FDC but I'm in contact with one of his associates. His name is simply, "M". If I didn't know any better, I'd think they just stick with some sort of simple alphabetic code name to hide their real identity. Don't ask, don't tell sort of thing.

[monotreme_101]

Rex and M... got it.

[His brow furrowed as he comitted the names to memory. An alphabetic code to hide their identities? Sure. He could buy that. These drugs were causing a huge amount of mess - who would want to be tied to that?]

So, you don't know where Rex is, but you're in contact with M? Any idea where I might find him? And just for good measure, what does Rex's voice sound like?

[stay_classy_cat]

[Seth makes a face for a moment, in attempts to be humorous despite the grave situation.]

I can't possibly imitate Rex! It's... it's very deep, very masculine. I wouldn't be surprised if he were modifying it somehow, but you'll definitely know it when you hear it. He sounds like a man in charge of things.

M on the other hand, frequently oversees one of the drug production sites. It's where I pick up the ah... product.

[The boxes. The pops. All that good stuff.]

[monotreme_101]

[Deep voice, very masculine, very in-charge sounding. Possibly altered. He filed this away in his head as useful - Shadow could probably tell if a voice was altered or not over the phone.]

Alright, so, where's the place at? You can give me an address and I can go and check it out. And again, don't worry - You won't be mentioned or implicated or anything in any way shape or form. You got my word.

[stay_classy_cat]

Even if I told you that might pose a bit of a problem.

If you can think of the pops as ah... a sort of symbol of trust, you might see where I'm going with this.

[Seth looked very apologetic as he spoke, gesturing with two fingers a smoking sign--moreso to imply a white stick in one's mouth.]

He won't want to talk to anyone who's not showing some camaraderie.

[monotreme_101]

Oh. Huh...

[Well, that was going to be problematic. Or was it?]

...so I buy some candy at the convenience store on the way. If I'm eating 'em when I show up, I doubt he's gonna go diving into my mouth to check and see what kind it is. As far as disguises go, that should be easy enough.

[stay_classy_cat]

[Seth strokes his chin thoughtfully.]

I suppose as long as you can act the part too, he won't get suspicious enough to check.

[monotreme_101]

So, if you were me, how would you act? Because I've seen the pops do a lot of different things to a lot of different people. I think I'd be best at acting as though I'd been eatin' the red ones considering I'm already pretty strong and I already got kinda a temper on me. But I dunno if that would work.

oof sorry for the delay

[stay_classy_cat]

[There's another thoughtful pause and hmmmmm...]

Really, with that, you should just need to greet him with "hello, boss". Dilated pupils might help.