WEEK 6: MINGLE

[dormheads]

week 6: mingle

remaining students: 26

Hey, wake up! Before you're late for school!

The first thing you'll receive when you wake up is a notification: Updated Dorm Wars Standings.

🦋 SPRING: 183
☀️ SUMMER: 184
🍁 FALL: 233
❄️ WINTER: 273

It's time. It's here. Dead Hot Girl Summer. Temperatures are heating up around campus, the smoothie shop is the place to be, and it seems like the end of the school year is in sight. Isn't that exciting? All the banners that had their motto shifted over the weekend seem to have reverted back as well. In fact, your adventures might bring you to some new locations where construction has concluded. Take a look around! Don't forget to peer over at Dean's List. Not to mention this is a school campus, which means things are changing all the time - keep an eye out.

On every building bulletin board, as well as on your phone, there's a new posting for this week's Dorm Wars tasks. Check out which answer resonates with you the most, and then get those points for your team! Speaking of your team, it seems like Office Hours are open for all Dorm Heads if you'd like to chat with them. Maybe see if there's anything you'd like to redeem a voucher for?

Though if you're looking through your phone, it appears that the profiles for Leo Valdez, Tsuyukusa, and Otome have all disappeared. Expulsion is a hell of a drug.

A few classes in particular have been highlighted with open enrollment and can be joined for the week:

ENG 101: Basic Storytelling
DATE 400: The Art of the Pick Up Line
FILM 345: So Bad It's Good - Genius Cringe Movies
CUL 725: Popsicles

In order to combat the weather, it seems like there are quite a few stations set up around campus. There's a bunch of faucets that weren't there before, coupled with incredibly necessary supplies. Go for it, you know you want to. All's fair in love and Dorm Wars. Though it may be just a little concerning when, for very short blips at a time, you might be able to hear a clip of someone's thoughts as they happen.

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[ghoststrums]

[ at least we'll die in style. ]

... Ichinose-san already has a driver's license, so I guess that's cheating... I'll drive since Luxanna doesn't know how cars work?

[ why wouldn't you use the person with a license, yamato. because it's funny, that's why ]

[txt]

Woohoo! Sounds like a plan to me.

[She unlocks the car, starting to slip into one of the backseats...? You'd think the person with the driver's license should ride shotgun to supervise, and yet.]

Luxanna-san, I recommend you sit next to Yamato-kun so you can watch and learn. You never know what crazy skill will come in handy in the future, right?

[illuminance]

Of course. I'm happy to learn what I can from whatever ridiculousness we're about to face.

[ she is smart enough to figure out that this means she should sit in the front on the side without the steering wheel, and takes her seat! ]

[ghoststrums]

[ hm. ]

I guess... just drive out of the garage for now. [ can't be that different from a scooter?

maybe. he'll climb into the car and turn the ignition on. immediately a song starts to play. ]

I hate this school. Luxanna, can you try and change the music or turn it off?

[ he needs BOTH HANDS to drive? anyway! getting out of the garage will be the easy part because there's no sun in here so there he go ]

[txt]

[truly disappointed i didn't get to lock in zia's html mistake

Funny that Yamato wants to change the music, though. Ichinose is already humming along, tap-tapping her hands against her knees to the rhythm of the song. And when her thoughts get shared, it's just—

♪♫♬ Country ROAAAAADS, take me HOOOOOOME ♪♫♬

Terrible.]

Don't forget to buckle up!

[Off they go...!]

[illuminance]

Aw, but this song seems nice.

[ ... lux doesn't know how to change the station? car stereo buttons are not nearly as intuitive as the labeled icons on her phone that she's used to, now. but listen, ichinose is enjoying herself so much! we should just keep this music.

but she does remember buckling up, so she does that. ]

[ghoststrums]

We're not listening to country music! Just turn the dial!

[ i hope she turns the volume up. yamato successfully drives out of the garage but THE SUN IS A DEADLY LASER the second he steps out, and reflexively he slams on the brakes when he's blinded. sorry about that. ]

Shit-- why's it so bright out all of a sudden!

[txt]

Wha—

[Well.

On the bright side, they're all buckled up? Ichinose's head bumps into the seat in front of her anyway.]

... Ouch. Everyone okay? Pull down the sun visors, Yamato-kun.

[There are no sun visors. The sun continues to be a deadly laser.]

[illuminance]

[ Which country...? but sure, lux turns the dial. but also, yamato slams on the breaks right as she's grabbed it, so when the car jerks, she turns it up on full blast.

also the dial breaks off? ]

...

[ghoststrums]

[ oh cool. they're deaf now. from country music. yamato looks like he is ready to rip off the steering wheel. ]

Aren't these cars meant to be good... [ it's mumbled. they probably cannot hear him. he's looking around for the sun visors and; ] THERE'S NO SUN VISORS!

[ he has to scream to be heard over the loud country music now. this is hell. he makes the executive decision to start driving again very... very... very slowly. like. 10mph slowly. ]

[txt]

[Oh. This is hell.

She winces at the volume, covering her ears.]

We can't make a pit stop to pick up sunglasses...?!

[illuminance]

Maybe Yamato could drive us there?

[ Sorry, sorry, sorry! ]

[ghoststrums]

I think driving to get sunglasses at the costume department would be worse?!

[ it'd take longer? anyway the good news is by going so slowly he sure is... staying... the course... the bad news is it's agonizing. it's terrible. he is squinting the entire time. the other good news is something else starts playing on the radio.

there is a moment before all they can hear is yamato's thoughts turning to ...fuck it and he starts singing along. maybe if he goes 15mph while squinting it'll go faster. perfect. ]

[txt]

Even worse than driving blind?!

[They're... They're making progress, maybe. And with Dolly Parton chaperogning them, it's even bearable? Ichinose starts to hum along, too, adding to the chorus.

All seems to be going... relatively okay.

Or, at least, until the trunk decides to pop up and nearly slam into the windshield. Wowie!]

[illuminance]

[ sorry for your resignation to this song, but lux aggressively changes the station like two lines into it!!!! haha!!!!!!! but i don't know country music so now it's. something else? i don't know.

also, hm. the trunk? ]

Are cars supposed to do that?!

[ghoststrums]

[ luxanna, why. yamato abruptly starts singing and also abruptly tries to hit the brakes again but because he jumped at the trunk he kind of hits the gas instead? woops, there goes the car

he just screams ]

[txt]

[

I am sorry to say they are crashing into a set of trash bins.

Ichinose is screaming. She is never having children of her own. Thank you.]

[illuminance]

[ there is something surreal about sitting in the aftermath of a car wreck to this song blaring.

lux doesn't scream, she just. sits here wide-eyed. did we do it? is this driving????? ]

[ghoststrums]

[ at least hitting the trash cans mean yamato's hit the brakes now? isn't that great?

he's dying, squirtle ]

... Are you guys okay?

[ thank god they were wearing seat belts. the song continues to belt out about jesus ]

[txt]

[She groans, slumping back against her seat.]

I'm okay. [WOEFULLY...] Though maybe that's enough driving for today... Let's pull the trunk down and pull back into the garage.

[illuminance]

Oh, did we do it?

Good job, Yamato.

[ ....... she's teasing, she realizes this went poorly. ]

[ghoststrums]

[ flicks lux's ear without looking. not funny. ]

... It was just some garbage cans, it wasn't that bad. [ I've never even scratched the scooter... he puts the car in reverse to try and back out of the garbage cans a little before parking again ] Someone close the trunk and we'll drive back to it.

[txt]

[Ichinose nods, unbuckling her seatbelt to slide out of the driver's seat.]

Don't kill me off schedule now, okay?

[She moves to close the trunk. Please run her over.]

[illuminance]

[ she laughs at being flicked. ]

I'm sure you've done much better than I could do.

[ghoststrums]

[ backs up into ichinose and crushes her to death. no, he just leans back to look at ichinose trying to close the trunk while a new song starts to play. ]

Lux, that's not the reassurance you think it is.

[ a cold beer... a red pickup... ]