roommates meme & housing information

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ROOMMATES MEME

<b>NAME:</b> Character name. <B>COLLEGE:</b> Character's college. <b>ROOMMATES:</b> Roommate names. <b>DECORATIONS:</b> How has the character personalized their space? What's on their desk? What's on their wall? Do they have a lot of tchotchkes? <b>TIDINESS:</b> How neat is the character? Do they pick up after themselves or leave a mess for their roommates? Do they take their shoes off at the door? <b>STANDARDS:</b> What does this character expect from their roommates? Will they try to enforce a chore wheel? Do they want designated quiet time? Do they believe that what's theirs is their roommates and what's their roommates' is theirs? <b>PET PEEVES:</b> Is there anything that the character's roommates could do to get under their skin? Sharing space is hard. <b>HABITS:</b> Does the character have idiosyncrasies or routines that their roommates might be aware of? <b>HIDDEN TREASURES:</b> Does your character keep anything in their room that they don't want their classmates to know about? Do they have a diary or a secret booze stash or an embarrassing childhood trinket? <b>SLEEPING HABITS:</b> What's the character's sleep schedule? When do they get up/when do they go to sleep? Do they talk in their sleep? Do they snore? Are they a light sleeper? <b>BATHROOM HABITS:</b> How much time does the character spend getting ready in the morning? To they shower in the morning or at night? Do they leave the whole bathroom smelling like perfume/cologne? <b>COMMON SPACES:</b> How does your character treat the common spaces? Do they respect that it's a community space or try to treat it like an extension of their room? Have they tried to decorate it (this might be an uphill battle)? <b>DISCUSSION:</b> For memes like this, we typically have one section for responses and one section to discuss those responses, so that we can make use of Dreamwidth's editing feature and update our responses. Post your response, then post a discussion comment, and then come back and edit your original response to link to that discussion comment for quick reference. <b>GIF:</b> Give us a cute gif of your new kiddo!

NAME: Character name.
COLLEGE: Character's college.
ROOMMATES: Roommate names.

DECORATIONS: How has the character personalized their space? What's on their desk? What's on their wall? Do they have a lot of tchotchkes?
TIDINESS: How neat is the character? Do they pick up after themselves or leave a mess for their roommates? Do they take their shoes off at the door?
STANDARDS: What does this character expect from their roommates? Will they try to enforce a chore wheel? Do they want designated quiet time? Do they believe that what's theirs is their roommates and what's their roommates' is theirs?
PET PEEVES: Is there anything that the character's roommates could do to get under their skin? Sharing space is hard.
HABITS: Does the character have idiosyncrasies or routines that their roommates might be aware of?
HIDDEN TREASURES: Does your character keep anything in their room that they don't want their classmates to know about? Do they have a diary or a secret booze stash or an embarrassing childhood trinket?

SLEEPING HABITS: What's the character's sleep schedule? When do they get up/when do they go to sleep? Do they talk in their sleep? Do they snore? Are they a light sleeper?
BATHROOM HABITS: How much time does the character spend getting ready in the morning? To they shower in the morning or at night? Do they leave the whole bathroom smelling like perfume/cologne?

COMMON SPACES: How does your character treat the common spaces? Do they respect that it's a community space or try to treat it like an extension of their room? Have they tried to decorate it (this might be an uphill battle)?

DISCUSSION: For memes like this, we typically have one section for responses and one section to discuss those responses, so that we can make use of Dreamwidth's editing feature and update our responses. Post your response, then post a discussion comment, and then come back and edit your original response to link to that discussion comment for quick reference.
GIF: Give us a cute gif of your new kiddo!

THE HOUSES

After the characters pledge to their colleges and principles at the end of Rush Week, they'll be allowed to move into their new housing accommodations. Each college campus has a handful of houses, and once a cohort of students is assigned to a house it'll be their home for their entire four-year stay at Strixhaven. These are the houses that will be assigned to our students.

Each house has a common area, which includes community recreation spaces, unique features, and a kitchen. There are also a handful of small apartment-style rooms in each house, which comprise of two bedrooms, a sitting space, and a bathroom. Students are assigned two to a bedroom.

All this information will be eventually copied to the campus setting page, which I'm hoping to finish up this weekend!

THE ATHENAEUM

The new home of Silverquill students began its life as a cozy little cottage with just enough room for a small cohort of students. However (as campus legend goes), decades ago a particularly ambitious third-year student tried to set enchantments about the place that would allow him to summon whatever books he needed from the Biblioplex, Strixhaven's grand central library. Now, the books have the run of the place. Ever-changing, the selection of novels and tomes the Athenaeum has to offer will cram themselves into not just the cottage's many bookcases, but anywhere they can make room for themselves. Students may often wake to find their desks and dressers covered in stacks of books. At the very least, these oftentimes seem to be tailored to the interests and needs of whoever finds them, but the quantity can be overwhelming. New students are often instructed to just chuck any extra books into the laundry chutes located on every floor of the cottage, and are assured that they make their way back to the their proper shelves eventually. And if your socks go missing... check the Biblioplex.

A little cramped, the communal spaces of this house include a reading room equipped with large leather armchairs and a fireplace, a rooftop balcony with a view of the Rose Stage, and a modest kitchen and dining room which have been heavily abjured against errant books (the only place in the house that is always free of library clutter). The bedrooms are lined with built-in bookshelves and come equipped with rolltop desks, and each bathroom has a large claw-foot bathtub.

Second Floor
Arlo Snapdragon & Nedward Underhand
Vacant & Vacant

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Third Floor
Annarrgeal & Farrow Strangewayes
Vacant & Vacant

Soryn Vergrace & Iris Maxentius
Vacant & Vacant

THE BONEBARROWS

Though the overgrown exterior of the new home of Witherbloom students may suggest it is little more than an abandoned ruin, there is more lurking beneath the surface. The nearby Sedgemoor Swamp has begun to reclaim what may have once been a church of some sort, but the subterranean levels are perfectly intact. Lit by bio-luminescent vines and floating fairy-lights, the Bonebarrows have sleek marble floors and warm wooden paneled walls. And, if they follow the narrow winding staircases deep enough, residents of the Bonebarrows have access to a series of magical tunnels which criss-cross Strixhaven's entire campus. With a little experimentation and navigation technique, these can be used to pop up anywhere on campus in a matter of seconds. They only go one way, though, so you'll need to walk back to Witherbloom the long way.

Communal spaces of the Bonebarrows include the open-air ruin on the ground level, a perfect spot for stargazing and autumnal bonfires. If you'd rather relax indoors, the first sublevel is home to a large open space which the roots of a large glowing tree wind through. There is an eclectic collection of sofas and armchairs here arranged in a conversation pit of sorts. The larder kitchen is well-stocked with ingredients for magical potions as well as mundane meals. The apartments feature particularly lush goosedown mattresses, by far the most comfortable of any student accommodation.

Sublevel 2
Orchid Honeymaker & Oren Aeryx
Beetle Ruskin & Rhodie Berrycloth

Vacant & Vacant
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Sublevel 3
Larkspur Everhart & Elinwe vch Daffyd
Flavian Strangewayes & Vacant

Vacant & Vacant
Vacant & Vacant

THE CATHEDRAL

The new home of Prismari students was originally one of the first thesis projects at the university, a long-standing structure that is revered both as a great work of art and a local party hotspot. The Cathedral has the sweeping architecture of a gothic church, but it is constructed entirely of enchanted stained glass. The patterns and opacity of this glass change as appropriate (nobody can spy on you in your bedroom, of course) but the end result is always prismatic and psychedelic. A longtime rumor is that the imagery and color of the stained glass is carefully attuned to the emotions of the students who live within it; many a bad break-up has led to rainbows shifting to scenes of stormy skies. Similarly, any music played within the space reflects as patterns which shift in time with the beat, a particularly coveted feature when hosting dance parties.

Communal spaces in the Cathedral include a grand ballroom, used both as a rehearsal space for performing arts majors as well as a dancefloor for house parties. In addition to the students' personal kitchen, there is a second kitchen adjoining the ballroom which is well-stocked as a bar, with many unlabeled bottles of liquor experimentally enchanted by previous students. Shot roulette is a famed rite of passage for Cathedral residents, and leaves many freshmen hiccuping rainbow bubbles or giddy with artificial emotion for their first day of classes. The apartments feature desks and bedframes also wrought from stained glass, and are particularly spacious to allow room for sculpting, painting, or any other creative pursuits Prismari students may get up to.

First Floor
Hattie Flores & Vacant
Velvet Vespertine & Myrto Wings Most Splendid

Second Floor
Molly Quirke & Hecate Hexslinger
Vacant & Vacant

Third Floor
Best Beloved & Leo Fletcher
Lunulata & Vacant

Fourth Floor
Vacant & Vacant
Vacant & Vacant

THE OASIS

Lorehold students find themselves with a particularly coveted new home. Built in the style of a sprawling Roman villa, it takes advantage of the sunny skies of Lorehold campus with its open-air courtyards. Lingering spirits keep the place clean and tidy, and students can expect to find their beds made for them when they come home in the evening. The spirits also water the many lush potted plants, and sometimes even cook extravagant meals in celebration of students' good grades or birthdays. In the largest of the courtyards, there is a large swimming pool, filled with sparkling water that is always comfortable no matter the temperature outside.

Communal spaces include a sunny common space fitted with many spots suitable for lounging, as well as the large kitchen staffed by the spirits. Despite the arid, desert-like environment of Lorehold's campus, the Oasis has lush gardens in its courtyards and around its perimeter, and students are encouraged to help tend to them in their free time. The apartments are spacious, feature plenty of natural light, and are furnished with sleek and stylish furniture in shades of red and gold.

West Wing
Czernobog Anger & Narcissus Thedoracopulos
Adrian Flyte & Trystan Merrick

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East Wing
Mirimaninde Lorebinder & Vacant
Eldith Strakeln & Yrsa Eggjold

Ashling Luperca & Bielbog Anger
Vacant & Vacant

THE PLINTH

The Plinth, home of new Quandrix students, does not look like a housing building from the outside. An imperious obelisk of dark stone, it is visible from anywhere on the Quandrix campus. At the very top of the tower is a cosmic telescope, which can be used to observe the starry sky, the rest of the Strixhaven campus, and with the proper training can also be used to peer into other realms. To get to the top of the tower is a bit of a climb, and students can take either the spiraling staircase or hitch a ride on the rotating "elevator" of magical floating disks. Hopping onto and off of these ever-moving disks is a bit of a trick, but if you fall, you'll be caught by a permanent featherfall charm on the central shaft of the tower. Older students sometimes hop right off the ledge to get to the ground floor quickly when they're late to class.

Communal spaces in the Plinth are minimalist and practical. The kitchen is located on the second floor, and the observatory at the very top features some desks for studying. Immediately below it is a den of sorts, featuring the plushest seating available in the building. The intermediate floors each house a single apartment, which once featured similarly minimalist design. In the years since the Plinth became student housing, however, Quandrix students have made a game of seeing what the largest and most impractical furnishings they can get into their rooms are, and it's not uncommon to find a baby grand piano occupying an entire living room in the Plinth.

Fifth Floor
Astra Luperca & Eve Claypool
Vacant & Vacant

Sixth Floor
Helmine Blackwater & Ebba Knoll
Vacant & Vacant

Seventh Floor
Vacant & Vacant
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Eighth Floor
Icarus Ioannides & Cosmo Mallory
Vacant & Vacant

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RESPONSES

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RESPONSES: Farrow Strangewayes

[quickwitted]

NAME: Farrow Strangewayes.
COLLEGE: Silverquill.
ROOMMATES: Annarrgeal.

DECORATIONS: Farrow doesn't own a lot of things, but she does have a penchant for collecting scented candles.

TIDINESS: She's used to living a pretty spartan lifestyle, with her family mostly staying in various inns and taverns as they traverse the Innistrad countryside. Because of this, she hates clutter, and things, and likes to keep her space as tidy and organized as she possibly can. The Athenaeum's tendency to dump piles of unsorted books on her desk drives her insane, and she frequently clears all the books out of not only her own room but the rest of her apartment as well. Sorry if you were saving that romance novel for later, Anna.

STANDARDS: She's a pretty private and introverted person, but she is of course aware that some level of socializing is expected from college roommates. For the most part she just wants to be left alone, and spends most of her time at the house holed up in her room, but if she's going to go out to a campus event or something she will always invite her roommates along. This can feel like she's just going through the motions of politeness, but she means it.

PET PEEVES: She hates being bothered when she's trying to focus on something. Please stop asking her questions. She's writing an essay.

HABITS: She tries to spend at least half an hour every evening writing poetry, every day, no matter what. She's extremely dodgy about this if someone asks her what she's doing, but peeking over her shoulder makes it obvious that she's penning love poems, clumsy and amateurish.

HIDDEN TREASURES: She has a very secret and very protected notebook of poetry that she keeps under her mattress. She also has a pet bat that she lets live in her wardrobe, which can be a nasty surprise for anyone unawares snooping on her stuff.

SLEEPING HABITS: Farrow is a night owl, and oftentimes sleeps in so late she misses her morning classes. Her nomadic lifestyle and rambunctious siblings mean that she sleeps like a log, and waking her up can be a task. She is an incredibly grumpy morning person, and interacting with her before she's had her breakfast is a dangerous activity.

BATHROOM HABITS: Even though she has a tendency to look a little unkempt, Farrow is actually very meticulous about her personal appearance. She spends a very long time in the bathroom in the mornings and does not respond to knocks on the door. She'll be done when she's done.

COMMON SPACES: Every time she ventures out of her room, whether it's to leave for class, dispose of books, or make a sandwich, she is on a single-minded speedrun to complete that task and return to her room before someone tries to interact with her. That being said, she realizes that having been selected as an RA (for reasons she truly cannot comprehend) means that she needs to be at least somewhat accessible to her classmates, and she spends an hour every evening sitting in the reading room trying to look approachable (mixed results).

DISCUSSION: here.
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RESPONSES: Ro Aeryx

[aeryx]

NAME: Ro Aeryx
COLLEGE: Witherbloom
ROOMMATES: Orchid Honeymaker!

DECORATIONS: The silk bedding is notably Ro's, and usually in muted tones that go with the woods and marble of the space (champagne, olive, burnt orange, and he'll die before someone throws red loud bedsheets on his bed). A dark grey mink throw is always there. This universe's version of a Muji aroma diffuser lamp is on the corner of his desk by his bed. He has pictures of his mom and three sisters on the side of his cabinet so that it's tucked away from view, but still within his line of sight from the bed.

TIDINESS: Ro will start his stay being quite messy - he's used to other people picking up after him, until he realizes that the room doesn't clean after itself and then he'll be all over cleaning, because he cannot stand clutter.

STANDARDS: Sorry, Orchid, it depends on the day. In general, he will try to be mindful, but all it takes is a bad mood or a mood swing and he'll want to be 1) alone and 2) forget that he doesn't own everything in the space before he uses it.

PET PEEVES: Exist? I'm kidding, sort of. He is decidedly not used to sharing a space Constantly with someone else, and it will unnerve him that he can never have a moment alone. Expect a lot of storming out when he's feeling smothered. But some of it is a problem of his own making - he'll be quite nervous about what it means to suddenly share a space, and being hyperaware of living with someone else will then make him more tense.

HABITS: He takes an awfully long time to get ready. He's very good with makeup and has way too much. He fusses about whether he looks good. He casually reads and does his homework in bed most days, to avoid making a show of doing homework. He's actually hard-working and diligent, and his habits therefore are the by-product of trying to hide that fact - doing things in his own space so that he can present to the world that he doesn't care.

HIDDEN TREASURES: He is the worst RA and has a booze stash - several bottles in his bottom drawer. A baggie of illegal potion ingredients tucked behind his bookcase. A diary, half-filled and lazily scrawled in one of his desk drawers under a stack of papers.

SLEEPING HABITS: His sleep is a little off. Call it a product of the partying, but some nights he can scrape fine on two hours and still look shiny, and other nights his body needs to catch up with a solid thirteen hours. He's easy enough to stir out of sleep, and springs out of bed pretty fast if a fire alarm goes off. Otherwise, he will take his sweet time rolling out of bed in the morning, and he usually wakes up with the sunrise.

BATHROOM HABITS: On both ends, he takes a while, but he certainly takes longer in the evenings. The ability to wind down with a bath or at least a shower after a night out is sacred, and he sleepily takes his time to get himself ready for bed, apply his skincare. He likes the process, he finds it soothing.

COMMON SPACES: For the RA, Ro will certainly whine, a lot, about The Bonebarrows. Why couldn't it be as pristine as the Oasis or as pretty as the Cathedral? And yet, for someone who complains an Awful Lot, all of the above-mentioned storming out of his room means that he finds his grounding near those bonfires. Especially in the hours where it is almost guaranteed that no one else is there - and as a healer, he will never admit that he appreciates the stock of the kitchen, but he can be found poking in there often enough. That, and he will frequently practice his baking, leaving behind baked treats in the kitchen for whoever wants them without giving any indication that he made them, so you have to spot him in the act.

DISCUSSION: here.

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RESPONSES: Molly Quirke

[faroche]

NAME: molly quirke
COLLEGE: prismari
ROOMMATES: hecate hexslinger

DECORATIONS: she has paintings she's done set up along the walls around her bed. many of them feature bears. otherwise, she brings some gaudy decor (including her own mirror to sit on top of her desk) along with a plethora of beauty products, many of them lined with gold because she must use the best things at all times.

TIDINESS: unlike how she tries to appear in public, molly fully lets her messiness out in the dorm (sorry roomie). she does at least try to keep her mess in her own spaces but that does not necessarily work. there are clothes strewn all around her part of the room and nugget's toys end up wherever he decides they belong. though she does keep her shoes off in the apartment, because she is not a heathen.

STANDARDS: molly is not a rules & responsibilities person, so she is definitely not making a chore wheel for anyone. if a roommate wanted to set up one in their apartment, it's up in the air on whether she'd follow it for that week or ignore it entirely. as per her agreement with leo to try and make friends, she'll likely at least attempt to be "friendly" and maybe invite her roommates along on outings if she's in a good mood. she doesn't like people messing with her things so she is mindful to not do the same to others, even if that means she'll leave things where they don't belong instead of putting them away.

PET PEEVES: there are Too Many things, but molly at least is starting out the year trying to be less heinous to people so she at least tries to keep herself from being the most irritable tiefling out there. if people in her dorm mess with her things - including to tidy - there's a 50% chance it'll tick her off regardless of how nice she's trying to be that day. she's also not likely to be exactly appreciative if someone interrupts her time with leo.

HABITS: she's constantly in and out of the dorm, whether it be going out with leo or taking nugget out for frequent walks. she sometimes doesn't return to the dorm for days (she always brings nugget with her when this happens). that's about it, really.

HIDDEN TREASURES: she has a teddy bear that is always on her bed. molly will not answer any questions about it or why she has so many bear themed items in her room. she does have at least a few bottles of wine and champagne under her bed at all times, but she's less touchy about that.

SLEEPING HABITS: she goes to sleep late and occasionally gets up in the middle of the night to either let leo in or to go to leo's dorm. other than that, she sleeps like a log and has no disruptive habits that she knows of.

BATHROOM HABITS: molly showers before she goes to sleep, which means she is in there in the middle of the night generally. in the morning, she has a lot of her makeup and things set up on her desk so she actually does not hog the bathroom while getting ready (this is not a conscious decision to make the lives of her roommates easier, she just cannot fit all of her things in the bathroom and does not want to lug them in every day.) she does love a long shower after a night of partying though, so she does occasionally lock herself in there for an hour or two and she's not sorry about it.

COMMON SPACES: she definitely does not try to decorate it, mostly because that would give people more reason to use her things and that's just not what she's about. she does spend a decent amount of time in the kitchen at strange times, because she loves baking but doesn't want to deal with any potential small talk while baking.

DISCUSSION: here.
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RESPONSES: Helmine Blackwater

[helmineblackwater]

NAME: Helmine Blackwater
COLLEGE: Quandrix
ROOMMATES: Ebba Knoll

DECORATIONS: She's from an obscenely wealthy family and everything she brought with her reflects that, from fine silk bedding to gold-framed mirrors and paintings to an ornately carved jewelry box. Beyond all of the general finery, she also has many clockwork devices and mechanical trinkets (most of which she made herself), a gold music box with a brightly-colored bird that sings cheerful melodies, and an antique tea set. Her desk tends to be neat but overrun with books, notebooks, and expensive-looking tinkerer's tools; the rolltop is typically down and locked when she isn't using the desk. She has a plush pillow on her bedside table where she puts her prosthetic arm at night.

TIDINESS: While she doesn't leave a mess and feels that everything has a proper place that will be respected, she isn't much for actual cleaning. But that's what the Unseen Servant is for! She removes her shoes before entering the room (she's not an animal!) and will require that everyone else do the same.

STANDARDS: Because she's unaccustomed to sharing space with another person, she doesn't know yet what having a roommate will be like and will be figuring out her expectations along the way. She has firm feelings that what's hers is hers but may be intrigued by the belongings of others and be drawn into invasive behavior by her curiosity, especially with a roommate as different from her as Ebba is. But she'll at least have the awareness to feel ashamed (...a little) if she gets caught overstepping. She doesn't like to be interrupted when she's working or studying, so some quiet time is a must. Overall, she doesn't know what she wants out of a roommate, but she'll be direct and demanding as she figures things out.

PET PEEVES: Anything, unfortunately. She can be quite moody, especially when things aren't going her way. That said, refusing to go along with her requests (for quiet, for space, for attention, etc.) or handling her creations without her permission will quickly draw her ire. She's also uncomfortable around animals and bringing them into her space will immediately put her on edge.

HABITS: An ambitious student and inventor, she divides much of her time between studying and tinkering. She can't stand to be without a project and always seems to have more than one in the works. While she tends to act like whatever she's doing is the most important thing in the world, she is actually curious about what other people have going on; if she suspects Ebba has something to talk about, she will try to get it out of her. Tell her the goss, roomie. Every evening, she makes tea and she may or may not share it.

HIDDEN TREASURES: She has many treasures (expensive clothes, expensive jewelry, intricate gadgets, etc.), but none that she's particularly keen on hiding.

SLEEPING HABITS: She goes to bed early and requires a full eight hours of sleep; if her rest is disrupted, someone will hear about it. Fortunately, she puts on a sleep mask before bed and is a fairly sound sleeper. She tends to get up early and could be described as a morning person.

BATHROOM HABITS: She showers every morning and spends a fair amount of time on her haircare, her skincare, her makeup, and everything else. She wants to look pristine before going out to face the world! While she doesn't have a signature scent, she always applies some perfume before leaving in the morning. Typically, the scents she chooses are pleasant but more sharp or metallic than sweet.

COMMON SPACES: While she (reluctantly) acknowledges that the common areas of the Plinth are not hers to reimagine, she does find them dreadfully dull and so, as an RA, puts minimal effort into ensuring that they remain as minimalist as the school intended. Especially if the students are engaging in something exciting or have brought something intriguing home with them. That said, she will put a stop to anything too raucous or destructive. They still have to live here, after all.

She is delighted by the magical floating disk 'elevator' system...but doesn't always trust herself to board them successfully. In these shoes? Are you serious? Because of this, it's not uncommon for her to recruit other students or her Unseen Servant to help her get situated.

DISCUSSION: Here!
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RESPONSES: Nedward Underhand

[underhandling]

NAME: Nedward Underhand
COLLEGE: Silverquill
ROOMMATES: Arlo Snapdragon

DECORATIONS: He has a remarkably eclectic collection of little knick-knacks, wall tapestries, old silks and rugs that fit no theme but are obviously stuff that did not originate from anything he purchased, personally. Ned didn't bring all his stolen goods with him, but displays a little shelf like they're trophies. Also he has one of his WANTED posters and that's hanging on his wall, and he pretends it's not him at all if anyone asks.

TIDINESS: Ned has lived the majority of his lifetime in abandoned attics and basements with a trove of tiny beggar children. Used to mess is putting it lightly. He likes chaos and noise, and the sheer amount of things he has lying about proves that. Very maximalist, in the messiest way. He loves that there's books that come out of the walls, filling even more of the gaps left behind. He doesn't leave out dishes or dirty clothes, at least, he's clean, just a clutterbitch.

STANDARDS: He expects his roommate to know that he will take anything not pinned to the floor and hide his items accordingly? Ned's trying to be good, he has to live with a person for a full year, and you don't steal from where you sleep, but if there's grand sums or anything too shiny lying out on the table, he expects that it's really sort of a trap and he has to take it. But fair's fair; if he left something nice out, particularly, he would consider it gone, too. Other than that he'll never speak to neatness; he certainly isn't, and Arlo's half of the room is Arlo's business.

PET PEEVES: He's pretty easy! He doesn't like judgey stares or comments about his lifestyle in general, but would respond to those by being even more annoying and stuck in his ways, so whose loss is that really.

HABITS: Part of the reason he has so much stuff is that he always is fiddling with something. He paces when he reads or studies, which will inevitably carried into the shared space. He also disappears for long periods of time and will pop back in at 3 am with no explanation as to where he's been. Keeps weird hours in general.

HIDDEN TREASURES: He does in fact have a booze-and-cigarette stash and is very free with it. Halfling hospitality is still in those bones somewhere, so he also likes to keep candy and other snacks to pull out of crannies at a moment's notice to offer room-guests. Ned has a tiny box with the most precious of the precious things he's owned over the years that he pulls out from time to time, only when he knows no one is around to see it; a little picture of a handsome halfling couple, a few little lucky coins that his herd of children sent him off with.

SLEEPING HABITS: Ned falls asleep infuriatingly easily and sleeps like the dead. Also infuriatingly, he doesn't need an alarm of any kind to get up. Very well-trained bodily clock. Dramatically inconsistent in any kind of sleep schedule, it's largely dictated by his whims and how late he gets in the night before.

BATHROOM HABITS: Having access to a modern bathroom is new and luxurious, so actually he'll hog the bathroom for half to a full hour a night wrapped in a glorious bubble bath that to him is probably like a swimming pool since he's very small. He will have an amazing time. He gets ready fast in the morning, though, and is extremely low maintenance.

COMMON SPACES: He very much craves community, and will seek it out whenever he gets bored! Catch him in common rooms reading and practicing his talking (oration) by recounting charming adventures or just playing games, or something with other people.

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RESPONSES: Lunulata

[lunulata]

NAME: Lunulata
COLLEGE: Prismari
ROOMMATES: N/A

DECORATIONS: Beyond the clothes on his back and the weapons in his hands, Lunulata doesn't have much. The only items of note in his space are a modest collection of seashells and small pearls, his weaponry (a long spear in the corner, a set of daggers with mother of pearl in the hilts, and a woven net), and a large opaque bottle filled with beach sand. The item is enchanted so that every grain of sand will return to the bottle when a particular word is spoken and was a gift from one of his fellow Genasi so he could still perform certain rituals for Thassa (which involve drawing patterns on the shore) while far from the sea. Beyond these, he occasionally picks up small items that he finds (from flowers to coins to stones) and brings them home to appreciate. No real reason. He just thinks they're neat!

TIDINESS: While he'll clean up when asked to, he isn't accustomed to living indoors or keeping a space tidy and it doesn't come naturally to him. He doesn't make his bed or put things where they 'belong' after using them. When he undresses at night, he tends to leave his clothes wherever he drops them until it's time to wash them. Because he has so little, this behavior tends to be fairly unobtrusive, though it could still be irritating to a neat roommate.

STANDARDS: None! :) He's never had a room or a roommate before and he's an amiable, adaptable fellow that will likely go along with whatever his roomie wants. What could go wrong?

PET PEEVES: Beyond blatant cruelty (toward him or anyone else) or disrespect (toward Thassa), there's not much that will get him riled up. He's more likely to get his feelings hurt and slink away to be alone instead.

HABITS: He is consistently inconsistent, coming and going without much predictability and structuring his time around impulse or necessity over routine. The only thing he does daily (at some point) is a minor ritual which involves dumping a large bottle of sand onto the floor and drawing patterns into it while reflecting on Thassa's will for him. But at least he cleans up afterward!

HIDDEN TREASURES: Nope. He's willing to share everything he has with everyone he meets.

SLEEPING HABITS: He doesn't have a regular sleep schedule and when he sleeps is based much more on how he feels, what's going on around him, what needs to be done, and the like than anything else. While he can fall asleep easily and anywhere, he is a light sleeper and always quite alert to his surroundings. He's a frequent napper.

BATHROOM HABITS: He prefers baths to showers, but that's about the only constant in his routine. He cleans up when he feels like he needs to, he uses whatever products are readily available, and he doesn't give his appearance all that much consideration. He's generally pretty low maintenance. While he doesn't wear any perfume or cologne, he often smells like the ocean because ~magic~, though this isn't intentional on his part.

COMMON SPACES: He spends more time in common areas than in his room, preferring the presence of others and the community of shared spaces. While he doesn't try to take over or permanently change common spaces, he does see them as spaces that are meant to be used by everyone and can easily get caught up in setting up events, playing games, and the like there.

DISCUSSION: Here!
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RESPONSES: Ebba Knoll

[ebba]

NAME: Ebba Epoch Knoll.
COLLEGE: Quandrix.
ROOMMATES: Helmine ♥

DECORATIONS: None lmfao. The closest thing Ebba has to decorations are books and a tiny box of jewelry supplies. She did not come to Strixhaven with very much and is a minimalist at heart.
TIDINESS: Extreme! No clutter, no fuss. Ebba's childhood homeplace was a shrine with careful upkeep, and The Plinth unfortunately has some aesthetic similarities that inspire the same devotion.
STANDARDS: Live and let live, for the most part. That said, if a rule seems obvious and is being broken, Ebba will enforce it with little shame or shaming.
PET PEEVES: TBD! This is babby's first rooming experience.
HABITS: Strict schedule. Talks to rocks and stone as though she expects a response, and seems to receive one. At the same time, not one for small talk with other people. Eats the same meals every single day. Prays openly.
HIDDEN TREASURES: Nope! lksdhglh

SLEEPING HABITS: Ebba is a deep sleeper who has historically napped through small earthquakes, but often has a hard time getting there. She keeps to a strict schedule and is incredibly grumpy in the mornings. When she does sleep, her snore is distinctive (sounds, bizarrely, like rocks in a tumbler).
BATHROOM HABITS: Ebba doesn't really get "dirty" the way other human/oids do, so her upkeep is fairly minimal in comparision (unless she's been working out and setting off dust clouds). Her curly hair takes the most effort, but she isn't particularly vain about it.

COMMON SPACES: Leave no trace.

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RESPONSES: Beetle Ruskin

[ruskin]

NAME: Beetle Ruskin
COLLEGE: Witherbloom
ROOMMATES: The Rhodies Scholar

DECORATIONS: Beetle's aesthetic is best described as 'oops I blinked and another plant appeared' - his plant systems are complex, well-cared for, and generally sprawled everywhere. He's very respectful of roommate-space, so it's mostly confined to his side of the room, but his side of the room is absolutely packed with plants, planters, plants on stools, plants hanging, plants near the window, a barrage of different plants. His bed is more a nest than a bed, and has been shifted to allow for the absolute maximum amount of space for his plants. On his wall is a giant diagram of plant-care (they have names, of course they have names and they have care and feeding schedules).

TIDINESS: Beetle is clean but not neat. He doesn't really leave food around, and he's pretty good about cleaning up after himself, but he's heavily prone to clutter. See: plants. He knows where everything is, ok?

STANDARDS: He's a pretty easygoing roommate. He really doesn't have a ton of boundaries around his things, since he was raised in a commune, so he's pretty laidback about people borrowing. He also doesn't really...desire that many things, so he doesn't borrow that much in return. There might be an odd moment where he just used a thing because he needed the thing and why wouldn't he just use thing, but he wouldn't be disrespectful about it.

PET PEEVES: Breaking things, not taking good care of things that were borrowed? But even then, he's pretty hard to rile up.

HABITS: Beetle is pretty dedicated, but he's not really dedicated to...school. He's more dedicated to his plant studies, and his friends, and so his study skills and timing vary a lot in their efficacy and length. He splits his time in the school, and isn't in the room all the time, but is generally back at night.

HIDDEN TREASURES: Not really, no. He has treasures, but they're not hidden nor are they probably particularly interesting to other people. Look, do you know how rare the phantom snowbell flower is? It's the purple variant! It is practically extinct!

SLEEPING HABITS: Sleeps at odd hours, tinkers with his plants at odd hours, tries to keep it down and might not be totally successful at keeping it down. Look, the night-blooming begonia waits for no man, and if it isn't watered every 3 hours in its early stages might die! Sleeps like a rock though, and is unbothered by noises.

BATHROOM HABITS: Beetle DOES wash himself, and his clothes, regularly. And teeth. I'm sad that needs to be said, but it really does. In the morning he showers, basically piles himself into clean clothes (whatever ones are easiest to grab), brushes his teeth and sometimes will brush his hair. Sometimes.

COMMON SPACES: Beetle is in and out of common places like he is in and out of his room; he doesn't treat it like his own personal spot, but he would...be totally comfortable hanging out and reading in the main areas of the Witherbloom dorms, especially the kitchen areas.

DISCUSSION: This will be a meme link!
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RESPONSES: Velvet Vespertine

[sanguinario]

NAME: Velvet Vespertine
COLLEGE: Prismari
ROOMMATES: Myrto Wings Most Splendid

DECORATIONS: Velvet spared no expense in remaking her half of the spacious Prismari room into her image. A heavy velvet curtain hanging around her bed that totally blocks out the sunlight. Her desk replaced with a black vanity with a stool and a huge oval mirror, piled with makeup and perfume. In the corner, a red velvet settee with a record player. Art deco frames for the paintings on her wall, and bronze plinths for her small collection of statues (all from her family's collection). Imagine the Roaring Twenties by way of tacky immortal vampires.
TIDINESS: So-so. She had servants at home and her aesthetic verges into maximalist clutterbitch, but her need to curate a perfect image stops things from getting out of hand. She will clean up after herself if the ambiance fails to please her. This doesn't cover her stuff spilling over into her roommate's side. That's perfectly fine.
STANDARDS: What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine. Velvet isn't used to being denied access to what she wants, but is very particular about her things. She doesn't care what her roommate does, but she won't hesitate to rearrange their belongings either.
PET PEEVES: Too many. She's used to having her own space and getting her way. If she's annoyed with you, she won't hesitate to say so.
HABITS: She does all of her studying elsewhere. She prefers to be around people and activity, so will mostly only spend time in the room for sleeping and primping.
HIDDEN TREASURES: Her vanity has multiple secret compartments.

SLEEPING HABITS: She doesn't fall asleep easily, and will often stay up late if given an excuse. Consequently, she usually struggles to get up in the mornings, and has sometimes decided to just pull an all-nighter so she doesn't miss class, and grab a long nap later while the sun is up.
BATHROOM HABITS: No less than an hour getting ready every morning. Hair, makeup, nails, clothing and accessories must always be impeccable. "Casual" is never ever a word you would use to describe Velvet. Her favourite perfume has notes of vanilla, dried flowers, leather and smoke.

COMMON SPACES: It would be difficult to force the ever-shifting Cathedral to conform to her own aesthetic, which Velvet knows because she's tried and didn't like the results. So she's come around to embracing it, and can often be found somewhere in the commons surrounded by her books or working on her latest piece, like she owns the place. As an RA, she's always open to being approached, and keeps an eye on changes in the stained glass to monitor how the other Prismari are doing.

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RESPONSES: Orchid Honeymaker

[honeymaker]

NAME: Orchid Honeymaker
COLLEGE: Witherbloom
ROOMMATES: Ro Aeryx

DECORATIONS: Sparse at first, but will fill up with various knicknacks and insect taxidermy art throughout the school year. He does NOT know how to decorate and keeps all the items he wants to see lined up side-by-side as if they're a museum display without like... any regard for aesthetic arrangement within his space. Which is juxtaposed with the thoughtful and precise way he will piece bug parts together and arrange them beautifully within a shadow box or whatever.
TIDINESS: Generally tidy but in the absentminded way where he forgets one (1) glass and it sits there for months because he's become blind to it. (I reserve the right to change this as I feel him out. x: He could also be absentmindedly messy, but I feel like his parents tried to run a tight ship so tidying up has become a habit.)

He won't touch or tidy up anyone else's stuff unless asked because he doesn't want to start drama if people are sensitive about their Things.
STANDARDS: Extremely low standards. He shared a room with four brothers and several siblings who'd barge in and make themselves at home, so he remains unbothered by most things that would get under the skin of a normal person with healthy boundaries.
PET PEEVES: Hard to peeve for the above reasons, and kind of a pushover on top of that. We'll see!!!
HABITS: Loses track of time and gets absorbed in tasks. Forgets he has a body and needs to be reminded to take care of it. (He's like a Sim that waits til their motives are in the red to do anything about it.)

He's probably not in his bedroom much, preferring more open spaces where he doesn't stress about taking up room. Catch him in that open-air ruin.
HIDDEN TREASURES: No secret stashes. Not even his High Fantasy Stash Box is a secret. Every time he's had a seret, one of the Honeymakers immediately sniffed it out and told the rest of the crew so now he has no secrets.

SLEEPING HABITS: No sleeping schedule, just vibes. Usually goes to sleep at a decent hour, but sometimes hyperfocus on a task keeps him up until the morning— or even afternoon— hours. Good at waking up when he has to, and good at sleeping wherever. He'll sneak quick naps in throughout the day.
BATHROOM HABITS: Quick, doesn't dawdle, but also doesn't lock the door. Thinks using the toilet while the other person is in the shower is a normal thing and just good time management, and leaving the door unlocked for Ro is him being a polite and considerate roommate. 😬

COMMON SPACES: Hangs out there more often than his room because there's more space, but he doesn't feel inclined to decorate it. Maybe if the others start adding their personal touches, he'll put some dead bugs around.

DISCUSSION: 🐝
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RESPONSES: Soryn Vergrace

[vergrace]

NAME: soryn vergrace
COLLEGE: silverquill
ROOMMATES: iris maxentius

DECORATIONS: soryn didn't bring much with her to strixhaven, but she does have a habit of bringing plants back to the dorm so she has a small collection of plants in one of the bookshelves near her bed. there's a small box beside her bed containing things which would seem worthless to other people, mostly things like pretty rocks from the forests near her home or stationary from her parents' shop that she brought to keep from getting too homesick.

TIDINESS: she tries to be tidy, but she is going to enjoy the magical book delivery far too much and will not throw nearly enough of them into the laundry chute to go back to where they came from so it's probably not going to be long before her area is even more buried in books than other silverquill students. she does remove her shoes at the door out of habit but probably wouldn't notice if others wore their shoes inside nor care.

STANDARDS: she's never lived with anyone other than her parents but she is pretty easy-going for the most part and doesn't have expectations of roommates beyond basic respect. she will likely try to befriend any future apartment residents & iris, because she's all about new experiences and relationships at strixhaven.

PET PEEVES: she's mostly chill about things! but if people are rude to her, it'll probably ruin her day and she'll sulk about it but likely not do much more.

HABITS: she does end up humming or talking aloud without realizing it at times, especially when she's reading or writing things, which is unfortunately often. she doesn't mean to do it though and will stop if someone brings it or move elsewhere to keep from bothering anyone. she also implicitly trusts her cat turnip's judgment on people, which is just about the only thing that would make her wary of a person initially because she is really bad at reading people.

HIDDEN TREASURES: she's mostly an open book and doesn't really care about people going through her things, though she does keep a diary that's locked "hidden" below her mattress.

SLEEPING HABITS: soryn pulls a lot of all nighters whenever she's hit by inspiration, then crashes hard after a few days and sleeps for at least half a day. when she's not struck with inspiration, her schedule is pretty normal. she's used to waking up early to help in her parents' shop and the habit of going to bed early to wake up at dawn hasn't left her even when she can actually sleep later. she's unlikely to wake up easily when she does sleep.

BATHROOM HABITS: soryn spends barely any time at all getting ready in the morning. her routine takes all of ten minutes on a slow day, with a potential quick morning shower on the days she needs something extra to wake her up in the morning.

she does love a good read in the bath though and might spend an afternoon sitting in the tub with a good book if it seems like she won't be getting in anyone's way by doing so.

COMMON SPACES: she does leave a plant here and there where she can get away with it and spends a lot of time in the reading room with turnip curled up in her lap in front of the fireplace. when she's in a good mood, she tends to be chatty if there are others around so there's a good chance she'll strike up a conversation if her attention's not already on something else.

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RESPONSES: Flavian Strangeways

[pepromancy]

NAME: Flavian Strangeways
COLLEGE: Witherbloom
ROOMMATES: None YET thank god for everyone else.

DECORATIONS: Also used to a transient, portable lifestyle, Flavian doesn't have a lot to decorate with, exactly. She makes the best of it, and seems to have a little tradition of hanging up two tiny pieces of art (a scenery of some moors and an artistic rendering of a ghost,) and a little jar she keeps fresh flowers in, replacing them every few days.

TIDINESS: Very very tidy. Fastidious, even. She makes her bed every morning, hangs her clothes up the second she gets home and out of them. She does not have a lot of objects, so she keeps the ones she has nice and neat and in good condition. She spends a lot of time ironing her clothing, cleaning her shoes, that kind of thing, so that the little she does have lasts.

STANDARDS: Flavian is polite and quiet, and would expect a roommate to be the same. She doesn't expect to be best friends with her roommate exactly, but she does like the company of others, and would be sad if she just sat in there without talking all the time. That said, she would also expect a roommate to know when she Would like to just sit without talking, which is frequently, and when she's working. Just read her cues. How hard could it be.

HABITS: Flavian meditates every morning and sprinkles salt on the windowsill every night, just in case. She also loves to have music playing, usually of the happy, poppy variety, while she's getting ready.

HIDDEN TREASURES: The knife under the pillow is pretty hidden; she keeps it for protection. She has a little stash of books that are in fact just books, but she doesn't like anyone touching them.

SLEEPING HABITS: Flavian almost certainly does not sleep enough, and burns the proverbial candle on every end it can be lit. It's not uncommon that she is deep in midnight theorems and rituals, and still rises the next morning with the dawn. She is at least very quiet and tries not to bother anybody, and seems to work by candlelight or equivalent just fine. She's a light sleeper, when she does sleep, and keeps a little silver knife under her pillow every night. Very normal. She probably prefers the presence of someone else sleeping in the same room; it's what she's used to, and it will take her a minute for it to really sink in that this place does not hold the same potential dangers as Innistrad. She will be like This in the meantime, apologies.

BATHROOM HABITS: LONG morning routine, which is partly why she gets up so early. She wants to make sure she looks nice. She's flexible enough about this, and if her (future) roommate needs the bathroom first, she'll drift into the room. It's fine.

COMMON SPACES: Flavian loves the outdoor bonfire space but won't just go there for fun; she always has some kind of purpose. This usually translates to Flavian sneaking out in the dead of night to do some necromantic ritual with the tree roots as a stabilizing source, and utterly ignoring anyone else who might be there doing normal people things.

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RESPONSES: Arlo Snapdragon

[wereyote]

NAME: Arlo Snapdragon.
COLLEGE: Silverquill.
ROOMMATES: Nedward Underhand.

DECORATIONS: Arlo didn't bring a ton of items with him, but what he did bring was fairly eclectic, being that they are mostly "good luck!" gifts from his parents and his parents' sketchy friends—some colourful (but fake) gems in a cool old potion bottle, a small collection of hag stones, some weird little carved folk art figurines of mythical animals, a few fancy writing implements, a golden spork (not actual gold), some trick dice, a little box of mystery teeth, as well as some other odd knick-knacks. They're not really arranged in any particular way, just like, scattered on a shelf above his bed, or something.

TIDINESS: Arlo dresses like a librarian (also because his proud parents bought him Back To School Clothes), but he lives like a little goblin. He nests in a pile of clutter and tends to hoard things (and forget about them). He sometimes leaves unfinished cups of tea out and doesn't remember where he put them. He does, however, take his shoes off. The excessive amount of books don't bother him, he'll probably just build a fort out of them. Fortunately for his roommates, his clutter is confined to his own private space and doesn't spill over into the common areas.

STANDARDS: He'll mind his own business if they mind theirs. He doesn't really care what other people are doing as long as they don't interfere with whatever he's doing.

PET PEEVES: Basically if you don't pry into his life or judge him, he'll look the other way regarding most things.

HABITS: If you leave food out, he will consider it fair game and he will eat it, sorry. He's a coyote!!!

HIDDEN TREASURES: Arlo keeps a locked diary composed entirely in cryptograms of his own making, a lockpick set, a cool dagger, and some herbs from home for his nerves.

SLEEPING HABITS: He doesn't seem to sleep much, and he keeps weird hours. Curls up in a little ball when he does finally sleep, like a puppy.

BATHROOM HABITS: He doesn't spend much time in there; he does what he needs to do, then gets out.

COMMON SPACES: Arlo is a little feral and skittish, and probably won't spend much time there, at least initially. He's not really used to being around strangers, and he doesn't trust easily. Maybe he'll make some friends… ?

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RESPONSES: Elinwe vch Daffyd

[bogparty]

NAME: Elinwe vch Daffyd (Edie)
COLLEGE: Witherbloom
ROOMMATES: Larkspur Everhart (roomie) and Flavian Strangewayes (apartment buddy)

DECORATIONS: Edie is fairly utilitarian and her space reflects that. She doesn't have many belongings that don't have a clear, functional purpose. The two exceptions are a small, framed sketch portrait of her father (which she keeps on her desk) and her multiple carnivorous plant terrariums.

TIDINESS: Her tidiness is so-so. She just puts things where she thinks they should go, without consideration for division of space. While she doesn't have many personal items to produce clutter, it's not uncommon for her to string up plants to dry or to leave books out and open to return to later.

STANDARDS: Edie has only ever lived with her father and they had a very simple, seamless, and fair division of labor. She expects the same from her roommates but wouldn't know how to communicate it. She would never wear her roommate's clothes, eat their food, or use a personal item like perfume but she would find it odd and wouldn't comply if a roommate asked her not to touch any of their things (like pens, pots and pans, etc). If her roommates are being noisy, she's more likely to leave the space herself than she is to ask them to leave but she has no sense of subtlety.

PET PEEVES: Edie is a real pill and is pretty easily irritated but she's also just generally a miserable person, so it's not always easy to tell what it is specifically that is annoying her. Here's a non-exhaustive list! Unnecessary chatter, laughter at things that aren't funny, unexpected visitors, being bumped into, leaving the water running, long showers, wasting food, complaining about food, hysteria about bugs and rodents, leaving the lights on, etc. She will snap at you if you poke at her venus fly traps though. It's not good for them!!!

HABITS: She keeps semi-regular hours, mostly because she isn't particularly imaginative and (at least at the start of the year) I doubt she'll be receiving many last minute invitations to go off on adventures. She cooks three meals a day, stays up late sitting around the bonfire, writes a letter home every Sunday, tends to her plants on a regimented schedule, and otherwise schedules her life based around her classes and seasonal foraging.

HIDDEN TREASURES: A page a day journal, which she keeps in her book bag, and a tattered, matted stuffed rabbit that she holds low over her stomach while she's sleeping and hides under the duvet during the day.

SLEEPING HABITS: Goes to bed at the start of the witching hour and still wakes up around 8am. Always wears socks to bed and sweats in her sleep.

BATHROOM HABITS: Edie is meticulous about habits that keep her healthy but not necessarily clean. She brushes and flosses three times a day, washes her hands before every meal, and bathes in the evening just before bed. Other than that, she has no beauty routine and spends almost no time in front of the mirror. Frankly, she is a wee bit odiferous due to her night sweats and most of her clothes are stained or rumpled.

COMMON SPACES: The Bonebarrow common spaces are beautiful the way they are, so Edie would never think to alter them, but she does treat the common spaces as an extension of her suite in the sense that she spends a lot of time in them. Over time, she'll come to think of certain chairs as hers and get annoyed if other people are working in 'her' study spaces. She also dominates the kitchen unrepentantly. As a RA, she does expect that people will approach her if they need something but she isn't using the common spaces to invite conversation.

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RESPONSES: Icarus Ioannides

[walkingstick]

NAME: Icarus Ioannides
COLLEGE: Quandrix
ROOMMATES: Cosmo Mallory

DECORATIONS: Icarus has no reservations about making his space his own, and he absolutely will not think to consult his roommate befor doing a thing to the room. His design sense is a mix of practical and crow-brain shit. The bow he learnt to shoot on, the javelin that won him his first gilded wreath, finely carved wall hangings that double as hooks for cloaks and coats and various bangles, and then a whole lot of polished stone and glass - sometimes it's just a clear jar of nice rocks, but it's more that he's very fond of mosaic work. Nothing Icarus owns is just plain, it's always decorated with some small bit of color.

TIDINESS: Clean when he remembers, but seeing as he favors clutter and is almost constantly going a mile a minute, his space is always a little messy. He's accustomed to being picked up after or reminded to pick up after himself, so it's bound to start building up.

STANDARDS: Icarus is not good at remembering that other people have interior lives. He doesn't really expect anything specific from his roommates, because he is painfully aware of just how abnormal his own upbringing was and isn't sure what's actually normal. Admittedly he's a bit apprehensive about rooming with strangers. That said, he will absolutely be making many, many assumptions about how his roommates SHOULD behave, and will be baffled and surprised any time they do something that doesn't align with these (probably incredibly inaccurate) assumptions.

PET PEEVES: Icarus reacts very poorly to feeling disrespected or ignored. Outside of that -- TBD. He's new to this whole roommate thing.

HABITS: For the most part, you could set your watch by him. A creature of habit with rigorous fitness and study schedules. Up until about 4 or 5PM, it's pretty easy to guess where he'll be, what he'll be up to, once you know his basic schedule. Once he's done with his responsibilities, though, things tend to get a little erratic. Unoccupied or distracted, Icarus tends to go a little wild and unpredictable. Idle hands do the devil's work and all that.

HIDDEN TREASURES: Icarus is a pretty heart on his sleeve, stuff on his desk kinda person.

SLEEPING HABITS: Living a work hard, play hard lifestyle means that when Icarus goes to bed, he's out. It's seven minutes max between his head hitting pillow and sleep setting in, and it's terribly difficult to rouse him once he's fallen asleep. In the event of an emergency, he'd almost certainly need at least one person on hand to drag him out of bed and get him going. A trained soldier, maybe, but certainly not one fussed about vigilance once his jammies are on.

Icarus's sleep schedule is somewhat inconsistent on the "to bed" side of things, and he's a big proponent of power naps, particularly between classes. In the mornings, he's generally up by six to start prepping for the day.

BATHROOM HABITS: Extremely low maintenance. What is moisturizer to a god? That said, he's meticulously clean, and it's not unusual to see him exiting the showers multiple times a day -- he's just very quick about it.

COMMON SPACES: Icarus utilizes the communal spaces extensively -- he's an extrovert, and his closest friend is in another House -- but he doesn't consider them his. He'll lay about in them and has no qualms about making himself at home, but outside of taking up space, the idea of customizing anything but his own personal space does not occur to him.

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RESPONSES: Hattie Flores

[straightforthejuggler]

NAME: Hattie Flores
COLLEGE: Prismari
ROOMMATES: No roommate, Velvet & Myrto as suitemates

DECORATIONS: Hattie has a ton of crap. If something sparks joy, she takes it and displays it as a trophy. For example, there are crayon drawings from some of the kids in the gang, dried flowers, an impressive assortment of hats and scarves thrown up as much for decoration as use, a large woven basket of jugglable things that she keeps fairly well organized -- that all makes sense, right? But then, she also has a fairly large, somewhat opulently framed painting of a wealthy New Capenna family she bears no relation to on the wall. An ash tray obviously knicked from a public place. A very ugly statue of a cat.

TIDINESS: Surprisingly tidy, organized, and thoughtful about how everything is placed in her space. Hattie likes to clean, and clean up. She is doing her best to be respectful of her roommates' things, but anything that infringes on her personal space is basically asking to be pilfered.

STANDARDS: Don't expect anything of her and she won't expect anything from you. Hattie has never known peace -- though she finds that chaos more amusing than daunting. Being asked before something of hers is taken or used is more disorienting than walking in the door to find her bloomers being fashioned into a sling.

PET PEEVES: For the most part, Hattie is pretty easy-going and unflappable. She does find moralizing and whining incredibly tedious, though, and is very loud with the sighing, clucking, and eye-rolling when annoyed.

HABITS: Drumming, humming, dancing, juggling -- she's always up to something a little noisy, a little distracting. She's also an infrequent smoker, but never indoors. She likes people, and she'll go where they are. It'll be obvious pretty quick that she doesn't like being alone for long periods, and will often attempt to tag along with roommates if only to avoid solitude.

HIDDEN TREASURES: Cigs, booze, and a few other things -- mostly Hattie's personal stash, but she's not above bartering for stuff, or selling if she needs the dough. She's not really free with her things unless you're a close friend, in which case, there's a standing invitation to take whatever you like.

SLEEPING HABITS: Inconsistent, and a light sleeper, but Hattie does enjoy the sleep she gets. A bad night's sleep hits her fairly heavily, and she tends to sneak naps in during the "boring" hours of the day.

BATHROOM HABITS: A bathroom shared with only three other people is a luxury to which Hattie is unaccustomed. It's going to be a very long while before the novelty of luxuriating in a bath unharassed wears off. She's also a fan of very long showers. Suffice it to say, Hattie is a bathroom hog, and she doesn't care if it makes her or anyone else late to wherever they need to be.

COMMON SPACES: Hattie likes to practice where other people can see. She's not terribly outgoing, but she does like the company of others, so she spends a fair bit of time in common areas. She absolutely would not decorate a common space with her own things, but if she happened to find something laying about that she thought was neat and ripe for the taking, she might relocate it to a more prominent place in the communal area -- so that its owner might find it more easily, honest.

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RESPONSES: Iris Maxentius

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NAME: Iris Maxentius
COLLEGE: Silverquill
ROOMMATES: Soryn Vergrace

DECORATIONS: Iris loves little lights, so she came ready to hang a bunch of string lights in her bedroom. She has some pictures of her family and with Arlo and his family. She notably has more than one first aid kit (better to be prepared!). She has lot of throw pillows for her bed to make herself a nice little nested bed.

TIDINESS: As the oldest daughter she’s used to cleaning being part of her daily tasks. And might even wash your dishes if they happen to be there when she’s washing her own. She has indoor shoes for walking around the dorm.

STANDARDS: She’s only ever lived with family and is used to close quarters. Iris isn’t sure that she really has any standards. She’ll try to make friends with anyone who lives with her and want to know what they expect of her.

PET PEEVES: She’s grossed out if you leave food out long enough that it collects mold but… Iris would probably just clean it before that happens.

HABITS: Whenever she cooks she tries to push others to eat the good she’s made.

HIDDEN TREASURES: It’s not so much hidden as an item that is well cared for but she has a bracelet that only comes out for special events.

SLEEPING HABITS: She’s a nocturnal creature and as such prefers to pull a late night than be an early riser. Loves a good midday nap.

BATHROOM HABITS: She’s got a regular morning and evening moisturizing routine. But is very no-nonsense about getting through her showers. A relaxing and indulgent shower? She doesn’t understand this. It’s all get in and get out as quick as possible for her.

COMMON SPACES: Iris respects it and does her best not to leave anything out in the common space.

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