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Post by Penny Royals on Oct 25, 2014 18:12:17 GMT -8
Well, one thing could be agreed: it was a cold-ass night. It was late October, and Triumph University was no exception to fall weather - it had been in the forties and fifties for the past two weeks, and up until now the rain hadn't let up at all, leaving huge puddles all over campus, barely draining into the sewer system. Currently, it was only cloudy, but it was also thirty eight degrees and 10 o'clock at night.... so what better an occurrence than for the university's fire alarms to start shrieking, and for all the students on-campus to be filed out from their dorms and into the courtyard in their PJs, huddled around the fountain and each other for warmth and waiting for the fire department to get there?
There was no smoke... at least not that anyone could see yet...
Ryan was currently burying half his body into the crooks of his roommate's, refusing to even look at the building. He was grumbling about pretty much everything, but the only sentence that his roommate would be able to make out would be a whining 'God, I pray it doesn't rain... I don't even have shoes on....'
Angel on the other hand was moping, hands shoved into the pockets of a too-big hoodie, and wandering the opposite end of the crowd, trying to catch bits of conversations and see what was up.
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Post by JW% on Oct 25, 2014 18:45:22 GMT -8
Selina yawned, looking around. Every so often her body seemed to flicker, but other than that nothing unusual happened. She glanced over at her roommate who was moping and wandering around at one end of the crowd. She waved at Angel, "Hey, you know what happened? I don't see any fire, somebody pull the alarm or something?"
((Neither Beth, nor Roger, were present for this exchange. Beth likes the nightlife and is probably out partying or doing her super thing on patrol, and Roger works for nightlife as a bouncer, he not only lives somewhere else he's probably at work at this hour.))
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Post by lovely corte on Oct 27, 2014 0:08:45 GMT -8
Well, he fucked up. He fucked up so hard. He could feel the fuck emanating from the warped metal frame of his microwave, now up in flames, like a beautiful, fuck-filled sun. The cow brain burrito was a good idea, leaving the tinfoil on it wasn't. Still, Brian had no regrets.
He waddled calmly out of the building, incapable of actually running at anything above a shuffle, his left, rotting half light up in flames. Descending the stairs with no sudden urgency, dragging his foot and moaning as he tended to do, he fell out the front door and into the outside world.
"Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!" Kelly paced, standing in front of the crowd in his finest bathrobe and rattling his skeletal fingers loudly. His head kept falling off his neck in a panic, causing him to stop every once and awhile and pick it back up. "My whole brain is crrrrrrrrryiiin-"
Whatever complaint he had was promptly cut off when Brian calmly stepped out of the building, firefighters staring in wonder as the zombie parted the crowd with his presence and fell face first into the fountain, steam welling up around him as he put himself out.
He was content to stay there for the most part, until Kelly pulled his adopted brother out of the water.
"What happened!?" He screeched, his crystal jaw clattering wildly. "Where is the fire!?"
Taking a lethargic second, he shrugged and pointed at his window, where the fire department was promptly moving towards.
"I..." He started, a wheezing gasp that dragged on more than it should of. He quietly slapped at his side while he attempted to talk, dusting burnt flesh off. "B-... Briaaaan fuucked up..."
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Post by Alastor on Oct 27, 2014 14:55:14 GMT -8
Pearl stood there, standing in a puddle, and blatantly annoyed. Her hair still had curlers in it, even. She just stared at the building, in contempt.
"Who the hell pulled the alarm." She said to herseld.
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Post by Adlai Stevenson on Oct 27, 2014 16:31:19 GMT -8
She literally couldn't open her eyes without the vertigo setting in again. Not that it would do much, anyways; a messy tangle of deep black hair concealed the top half of her face from just about everyone around her, as well as her own peripheral vision through crust-lined, dark-bagged eyes. One streak of hair, still apparently lively from the previous night's lively list of activities, glowed a strikingly bright array of colors, ranging from hot pink, lime green, and electric blue, in the neon varieties. "Fuuuuuck," Chloe hissed, shivering in the cold dampness of the courtyard as she tugged on the hem of her oversized football jersey - courtesy of a player she had slept with sometime before, she was having trouble remembering. Nausea danced at the back of her throat. Plugging her equally tangled earbuds in, Chloe tried to displace herself from the hangover that she was all too easily failing to fight, lazily bobbing her head to some shit that happened to be on her iPhone at the time.
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Post by JW% on Oct 27, 2014 17:16:58 GMT -8
Firefighter Alphonse Eirno headed into the building to check it out, and if necessary spray down the flames. There still wasn't any major sign of a fire outside, though the shuffling flaming zombie had managed to light several things on fire in the hallway. Al calmly put those out as he hurried down the hall to resolve the issue before it got out of control. Or more out of control, since from the looks of it the hallway would have some fire damage, and that one dorm room might be a total loss, possibly with it's neighbors. Sprinkler systems were already at work containing things, but there was enough of a chance of a chemical or electrical fire here that he had to be sure.
Selina raised an eyebrow at Pearl's question. "Alarm might have kicked in when it smelled burning idiot." She said, gesturing to Brian's drenched and smoldering outfit and flesh. She flickered a little, manipulating just enough time around her that she could line up a good camera shot and take it in such low evening light without messing with her camera aperture stop. The flicker done, she looked at her camera, that nobody else probably notice she had been snapping photos of them with the entire time, with a smirk. "Nice one. This is going on the public safety website."
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Post by Fiery Firefly on Oct 27, 2014 18:35:50 GMT -8
"Hey chill the fuck out Ryan," Justin said, laughing, "Probably just some fucker pulled the alarm, no big deal." He had rushed out too fast, to get dressed, and was only wearing sweatpants, but even though it was cold, he smiled at the girls who were discreetly checking him out.
Meanwhile, stumbling out after Chloe was a small Asian girl who looked extremely disgruntled. However when she looked at Chloe a look of concern crossed her face, "Are you alright? You had a rough night"
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Post by Penny Royals on Oct 27, 2014 18:46:33 GMT -8
"I'm not scared the damn building's gonna collapse, I'm scared we're going to be soaked! It's fucking freezing out here already!" He paused, rubbing his eyes. He wasn't wearing much more than Justin, wearing an oversized tee shirt of his father's proclaiming some old band name and (unseen) underwear. "Sorry, I'm just really tired and I get anxious when I'm tired..."
Angel glanced from Selina to Brian, who had stumbled out and straight to the fountain, burning while firefighters ran to some room around the back - that was what the problem was, apparently. She sighed, her brow creasing in sympathy - she knew he wasn't the fastest wick in the candle.
"Poor guy," she murmured, "I wonder what happened..."
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Post by EquinoxSolstice92 on Oct 28, 2014 2:04:18 GMT -8
Today's my first day in Triumph University. As I stepped foot inside of the school, scorching flames engulfed the dorm with the firefighters putting the flames away.
Great, I've only been in this school for less than five minutes something already happens. Better find my dorm room.
Let's see...
As I navigate my way through the halls, I found my dorm room. Standing in front of the door with books on my backpack and a paper on my hand, I made sure that I've found the right room. I'm going to share a room with a guy named Desmond. I opened the door and a boy was on top of the bed with his hands behind his head. He didn't even acknowledge that I was in the room.
Oh well, I'm not much for socializing. Never been friendly, because I preferred to stay in my room and read my mom's old spell books.
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Post by Adlai Stevenson on Oct 30, 2014 21:24:30 GMT -8
Yanking her headphones out of her ears with one hand and sweeping her hair out of her face with another, Chloe huffed, gesturing at the undead student shambling out of the locked-down dormitory building.
"Okay, maybe it's not super PC of me, but shouldn't we have rules against admitting, like, y'know, dead people?"
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Post by Fiery Firefly on Oct 31, 2014 11:10:26 GMT -8
Charity rolled her eyes, "They let everything else in, why not? I mean I hear the same thing like 'They let ROBOTS in?"
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Post by Penny Royals on Oct 31, 2014 11:39:00 GMT -8
"...Someone's mean enough to say that to you?" Angel asked, her voice low and surprised when she looked over to the cyborg girl.
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Post by lovely corte on Nov 1, 2014 6:36:03 GMT -8
Peeling a chunk of his face off and throwing it idly onto the ground, exposing his rotted, grinding teeth in the inside of his cut-up mouth, Brian looked at the girl and shrugged. Like he cared. He knew all about her reputation and he really didn't give a flying fornication for this woman.
Kelly, however.
"Uhm, I say," He began, stepping in front of the woman and rambling on in his Aristocratic Englishman voice. "Firstly, how dare you? Do you know what I've done!? DO YOU KNOW MY STORY!"
He got really defensive, shouting, yelling, cussing, before Brian lurched up and wrapped around him, pulling him away gradually.
"I FOUGHT IN VIETNAM FOR THIS SHIT!" He yelled, before throwing his arms up in defeat and turning to look at his building. The fire was gradually dying out, one or two firemen having sprayed the microwave. The smoke billowing out the window began to dissipate. "I-... I fought in Vietnam..."
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Post by Penny Royals on Nov 1, 2014 8:58:53 GMT -8
Angel shrunk back a bit from the shouting, pulling up her hoodie and stiffening her shoulders. Her brother, meanwhile, gave a soft groan, still clinging to Justin.
"I swear to Christ, if this shit makes us stay up later thanks to the administration talking to us, I'm going to personally wish death on all of you asses fighting."
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Post by Adlai Stevenson on Nov 1, 2014 10:28:02 GMT -8
Charity rolled her eyes, "They let everything else in, why not? I mean I hear the same thing like 'They let ROBOTS in?" "At least robots do something," Chloe sighed, rolling her eyes. "These two just take up sp--oh, yikes." Chloe cut herself short as both undead members of the student body (as far as she knew, at least) began to shout and gesticulate wildly, physically recoiling from the confrontation.
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Post by Alastor on Nov 1, 2014 10:59:21 GMT -8
Pearl just stared at Skelly, watching the skeleton more or less completely lose his shit.
"...You gonna be okay?" She asked, a hesitance in her tone.
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Post by valkyria on Nov 1, 2014 13:13:41 GMT -8
The skeleton stood there and Andreanne watched it too.
"Hey I'm new here, what happened to this guy over there?"
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Post by Penny Royals on Nov 2, 2014 10:58:44 GMT -8
Ryan glanced over to the girl next to him and Justin who spoke up.
"Well right now, that other dude's apparently on fire..." He pointed out Brian, and then looked back to Skelly, "...But if you're asking why they're a skeleton and a zombie and one of them is yelling about fighting in Vietnam, I really don't have an answer for you."
The lights on the firetrucks flared up for a moment before immediately being turned off, the firemen going back into their cars. What tendrils of smoke had lifted into the sky had by now been stifled out, the fire being extinguished. Luckily for the student body, by this late point of the night the entire administration staff would either be at their own homes or wanting to sleep as well - there would be no discussion this late at night. Everyone would thus move back to their dorms, or be guided to new ones.
((Andreanne can room with Angel and Selina; Desmond and Kayne are roommates in case no one caught that in the OOC; Brian moves in with Justin and Ryan.))
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It didn't take long for morning to come. It was rather unlucky for half the student body, as it was a Thursday and classes resumed like nothing had happened. The teachers would be frustrated that all of their students were so quietly moody, but would at least assign them less homework than usual in lieu of what had happened.
Of course, the saving grace was that it was the day before Halloween, so some of the kids would be getting ready for that.
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Ryan groaned, clutching a pillow tight against his face while the alarm went off. Even after the fire happened,the night had been rough... Brian was shoved into their room and they still only had two beds. The boys had conceded to share a bed, giving Brian the top bunk for now until they could get in another bed or cot from the administration.
"Ugh.... Justin.... can you get that damn thing?..."
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His sister, meanwhile, had had a much more fitful sleep. She and Selina had known that they would be getting an extra roommate, and had been able to set up another bed a few days in advance. Of course the dorm room was a little crowded, but Triumph University was relatively famous for being cozy with its students, giving them a kitchenette and personal bathroom along with a sleeping space.
Angel had gotten up rather early - it was questionable on if she'd slept at all - and dressed up in her favorite blue sweater and overalls before making breakfast for herself and her roommates. On the menu today: Pancakes.
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Post by Alastor on Nov 2, 2014 13:39:32 GMT -8
Pearl heard her alarm go off on her nightstand. The beeping of the clock pierced her ears, waking her from her sleep. Groggy, she rolled over and hit the snooze button before going back to sleep- she didn't have any classes that day, anyway.
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Post by Adlai Stevenson on Nov 2, 2014 21:43:14 GMT -8
The night was hardly anymore eventful, for Chloe. Pulsating headache aside, with a little, restless sleep, she shook off the remainder of her hangover . . . well, most of it. Nothing a long shower, some dry heaving, and an overpriced coffee from the cafe wouldn't fix.
By now, the brighter colors of her hair had subsided . . . in fact, any color that wasn't the shade of brown it naturally was had disappeared. Over all, she looked exhausted, but much less wired.
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Post by JW% on Nov 2, 2014 22:30:00 GMT -8
Pearls roommate was not quite as understanding. While Pearl hit the snooze button, Beth climbed out of her hammock, a little groggy from last nights adventures that were entirely unrelated to the fire. In point of fact, Beth hadn't even known there had been a fire at the dorms. She'd crawled into their dorm window last night rather late and shed her gold and black chitinous armor, letting it retract into her body, before curling up in her hanging bed and sleeping, all without awakening Pearl.
This morning however, shortly after hitting the snooze button, Pearl heard the sound of her roommate dropping from the ceiling to the floor with a somewhat muffled thump of bare feet on carpet. What followed was some sounds of getting washed up and dressed, followed by gathering breakfast along with books and homework. Beth had class today, even if Pearl didn't.
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Selina had turned a section of the shared dorm room into her own photostudy, complete with dark room created by blackout curtains draped over a desk. While she had said hello to Andreanne last night, after they'd gone back to their rooms, she'd been too busy uploading Brian's embarrassment onto not just the campus newsletter, but also the internet at large. Selina didn't have class this early in the morning, but she was already up and checking all the hits and likes to her website. #BurnZombies and #Briaaanfuckedup were trending, and she was sorely disappointed that she hadn't managed to get a better video of Kelly shouting "I fought in Vietnam" though there was already a joke somebody by the name of Cr33pR had made about a "Temple of the crystal skull in korea" that promised to trend if somebody took off with it.
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By this point Roger was probably on the bus, catching a ride in from the projects to the campus. It was a pretty long trip, but fortunately the campus was right near the center of the cities public transit system, so it wasn't so bad. He'd bee there in time for his first class easily.
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Post by valkyria on Nov 3, 2014 4:06:22 GMT -8
Andreanne was going back to her dorm and met Selina there, and she said hello to her, trying to start a conversation. She was a little shy so she kept to herself mostly. She was a quiet girl and a bit afraid Selina would make fun of her.
"Hello Selina, how are you tonight?"
Then she went back to her bed, clothes off, pyjamas on, waiting for her answer.
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Post by Penny Royals on Nov 3, 2014 14:24:02 GMT -8
Angel looked over to both her roommates as she heard them talk, giving a shy smile.
"Hey... you girls hungry?" She motioned to a few plates on the counter and the short stack of pancakes she'd been making for them all.
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Post by valkyria on Nov 3, 2014 14:29:51 GMT -8
"thanks Angel, I was just hungry from tonight's events. These look yummy to me." She turned around in her pjs to Angel. She looked a little shy like her. But she Andreanne, was famous for being shy all throughout her elementary and her high school. Angel didn't seem that shy to her and she was quite pretty.
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Post by JW% on Nov 3, 2014 19:28:04 GMT -8
Selina looked up from her laptop, a series of cords connecting it like a crazed spider web to all of her cameras, external harddrives, scanners, printers, and other equipment.
"Pancakes?" She asked dubiously. "Are those low carb, gluten free, whole grain pancakes, or did you use that nasty bisquick boxed stuff?" Nevermind that most of the kitchen was stocked with foods that were cheap and within budget of students, which meant canned chili, ramen, mac'n'cheese, and yes bisquick were staples.
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Post by Penny Royals on Nov 3, 2014 19:40:07 GMT -8
Angel let herself grin at Andreanne, but almost immediately shrunk back at Seline's comments, shoving her hands into the deep pockets of her denim overalls to keep from fidgeting.
"They're... boxed..." She replied, suddenly quiet. She didn't realize this might make her roommate upset. "...They have chocolate chips...."
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Post by JW% on Nov 3, 2014 20:01:00 GMT -8
Selina pulled herself up from the seat she had taken to check her internet presence, taking several moments to disentangle herself from all the cords.
"You're cute." She said, more in the way a puppy was cute than a nearly grown woman. Selina made a sound that was half a sigh, half a giggle, and somehow included a shake of her head. "Okay, I suppose we're celebrating our new roommate with a bonding experience or something, right? 'kay 'kay, let's have pancakes!" She held up a finger playfully. "But chocolate chippies are a sometimes food." Needless to say, the girl could not do the voice of Alistair Cookie of the fabled childrens program. An effort was made though.
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Post by valkyria on Nov 4, 2014 6:39:07 GMT -8
"Angel, let me have those pancakes already? When it's foods, it doesn't matter to me what it is, Thanks for these, Angel!" And Andreanne wolfed them down like a pig. She neither cared that she brushed her teeth already or that she had no manners, she was going to brush them once more if need be. And she liked Angel a lot. And Selina didn't say hello back to her, so she was a little intimidated by Selina's words. Andreanne really loved eating and it showed because in seconds, she finished all the pancakes. She smiled back at Angel, saying to her :
"Thanks, they were delicious. I should make something for you sometime, Angel." And she went back to brush her teeth again, using a whitening toothpaste. And she went back to her bed, pulling her curtains down, not wanting to see Selina again. But Angel she liked a lot : Angel gave her foods and she loved foods, something she could never live without.
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Post by Penny Royals on Nov 4, 2014 16:29:25 GMT -8
Angel started to unwind a bit at Selina's comments. She didn't mind that they were condescending, and she caught the reference - she just didn't want Selina to actually be angry at her. Her smile came back when Andreanne was so enthused by the pancakes.
"Thanks, but you don't have to! I just like this stuff, is all."
It had been a while since she'd taken care of anyone, and for a second her mind flashed back to her brother. She wondered if he had classes today- the two had barely spoken a word since being reunited. Really, it just felt... awkward when it was just them. Neither was brave enough to talk about the elephant in the room.
Angel eventually ate her own share of the pancakes, and put the dishes in the sink to soak before going to the bathroom to put on makeup and finish getting ready for the day.
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Post by valkyria on Nov 5, 2014 4:11:39 GMT -8
"But I want to, I'll treat you to dinner, lunch or breakfast sometime, Angel if you'd like." Andreanne said to her friend and roommate Angel smiling shyly at her pulling down her curtains.
"What do you like besides pancakes? Omg, I love Pancakes, pasta, chocolates and I love to eat, what about you Angel?" She then said to her rookie Angel. Angel was less pompous than Selina, she didn't address a word to Selina all the while nor did she invite Selina to her lunch, breakfast or dinner plans. She didn't like her nasty comments to Angel, although she kept that to herself, not wanting to cause drama or trouble for nothing. And not wanting Selina to be angry at her as well.
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