roommates meme & housing information

[strixmod]

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

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

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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
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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
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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
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Sixth Floor
Helmine Blackwater & Ebba Knoll
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Seventh Floor
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Eighth Floor
Icarus Ioannides & Cosmo Mallory
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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.

DISCUSSION: 💸
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