DORM LOGS: Now with EVENTS!

[raw_angel_power]

Who: All of Smash.
What: Dorm log! January edition.
Where: Student and Teacher dorms, and quite possibly beyond campus.
When: Approximately the latter half of January to the earliest of Februaries (15th - 5th)
Warnings: YOU KNOW YOURSELVES

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! Just add a thread with the room number (and date/time, if it matters) and the characters that reside there (just for reference!). You do not have to use one character's thread as a dual-purpose for both characters if you do not want to. Doesn't have to be a dorm room, either, if you have something else in mind. It could be the common room or the student science lab or wherever.

BUT WAIT!!!!!!

This time, we're shaking things up. On certain days, there will be an event going on that might help if you can't think of a good scenario to kick off a thread with. Here is the list!*

1/18: Hypno's Naptime. Much like the anime episode of the same name, there are mysterious sleep waves pulsing through town. No one is sure where they're coming from- it could be a rowdy Hypno that took over a broadcasting station one day, or maybe it's the local Disco Drowzee club that opened up just recently and their collective moves are enough to make you snooze. Well, these sleep waves might make you catch onto some unexpected z's, but more likely they can give you strange effects. Don't limit it to thinking you're a Pokemon, either. They can trick you into believing you're something else entirely, or just give you the urge to slip on a chicken costume and table dance in front of a crowd without finding it socially inappropriate. Just. WEIRD STUFF, MAN. Anything is possible.
1/19 - 1/25: Nancy's going on vacation. That's right, you sorry saps aren't gonna know what to do with yourselves now that no one's cooking for you. There was gonna be a substitute lunch bear/lady/alien space creature, but for whatever reason, they never showed up. So now, everyone must FEND FOR THEMSELVES. How will you fare if you don't even know how to flip a spatula?
1/25 - 1/27: Ice Cream Blizzard. Oh, you poor, starving Smashers. Not only are you bereft of nutrition, but it's cold and snowing and you can barely get out of the building without freezing solid! You might just perish, but wait- if you step outside and try to catch snowflakes with your tongue, you might just realize that it's... snowing ICE CREAM?!
1/29-1/31: Goomba Infestation. Everything is Goombas for 2 days in the boys dorms. Bowser is dicking around with "Itchymarbles" again, and it just spills out across the entire dorms. This prank has the unfortunate side effect of, well, affecting everyone on campus, and not just Scratchy McMarbles, so you might wanna be careful opening that fridge, since the wrong kinds of mushrooms might start pouring out. Jumping on them might work, but it's gonna take a lot of hopscotch to decimate an entire roomful!

This is a bit of an experiment, so... we'll see what comes of this.

*Note: These were determined by rng. Any other suggestions will be recycled for next time if the event aspect is successful.

Also, if you want easy access to the dorm living arrangements, here is the link.

Comments

kitchennn

[caincarnate]

It was inconveniencing, but thankfully Nancy's absence wasn't too debilitating for Naoya. He had memories dating back thousands of years, after all, it was hard not to pick up cooking along the way. In fact, he was quite good at it - and able to cover every range of ethnic cuisine.

However, after 24 years living as a Japanese incarnation, the programmer had grown to miss Japanese food too. He was fully prepared to raid the cafeteria fridge for some tuna - but it seemed like someone else had beat him to the punch.

He raised a brow, marginally impressed. Then again, when it came to Kyogre, he regarded the man as a bumbling idiot who would probably try to take his laptop with him in the bath.

"I wouldn't have expected you to handle sashimi grade tuna that well."

[oceanshaper]

Kyogre didn't look up from his task, gloves hanging from his front pants pocket in a rare occurrence. He couldn't very well expect to prepare food with them on though, could he?

"Practice," he said, voice reflecting a sense of calm. "Many years. My favorite food. And you?"

Only his eyes raised, accompanied by a closed mouth smile. "You want some?"

[caincarnate]

"Ha. Are you offering to make me lunch?" Amused, Naoya coolly leaned against the counter and crossed his arms as he watched the other man work. "I suppose it's the least you could do for me after all that hassle."

So many wet laptops, Kyogre. So many.

"I'm fairly good with a knife myself. You could say I've also had a long time to practice."

[oceanshaper]

A raised eyebrow.

"Really? How long, would you say?"

As if by magic, there was another knife by Kyogre's side.

"You're welcome to join me, if you'd like."

[caincarnate]

Naoya smirked and picked up the knife, but made no motion to help with carving the tuna. Instead, he casually ran his fingers along the edge of the blade, as though feeling how sharp it was.

"Longer than you," was his cryptic answer. Of course, he hardly knew Kyogre was a god - but it was a boast he could claim of most everyone. "But I'd rather watch you do the work."

[oceanshaper]

"Hmph," Kyogre shrugged, smiling to himself as he continued to cut.

"That's fine, pal. I'd be glad to fix you up some. You might be surprised by my skill."

This was punctuated by a wink, as he said "I'm a lot older than I look you know. This beautiful face hides a lot of years."

[caincarnate]

"Oh? Try me." The wink was all too reminiscent of another pain in Naoya's ass, which he found simultaneously lame and reluctantly endearing. With a teasing air, he added, "I'm waiting to be impressed."

[oceanshaper]

His smile got wider and more toothy as he let the knife rest on its tip into the cutting board. Naoya certainly was interesting, though likewise, Kyogre didn't know the other man's whole story. It was like a game of immortal chicken.

"Does tuna work for you? I can get you another kind if you'd like..."

[caincarnate]

"Oh, it's fine." Naoya was hardly picky. It was the cut he was judging, foremost. That, and Kyogre's claims. 'Older than he looked' was basically code for some flavour of immortal among those who had it, but that by itself was no guarantee for age or wisdom.

"I'll have what you're having," was what Naoya told him out loud, but the playful glance in his eye was saying, something for something. Quid pro quo?

[oceanshaper]

Kyogre smiled and nodded, continuing to cut.

"I see. And that you'll have! I wish I could ask you some computer favor, but it's been giving me no problems since your last touch up. Much appreciated, again~"

[caincarnate]

"Hmph. It only took a small adjustment to rework a Harmonizer into your computer. As long as it's on, it'll project a field to repel water back at you if your little... uncontrollable drizzle persists."

With some amount of smugness, he added, "I figured the extra work would save me the trouble of having you turn up at my door every month."