The lounge smells like dry-erase markers and someone's lavender candles. Folding chairs scrape the linoleum as residents settle in, and the hum of low conversation dies the second you push open the door.
Half the room shifts immediately - a chair appears from nowhere, a few faces light up. The other half goes very, very still. Someone near the window actually crosses her arms.
Priya stands at the front, clipboard pressed to her chest, smile dialed to exactly the right wattage. She marks something down before you've even found a seat.
In the back corner, a small figure in an oversized hoodie has already nudged the chair beside her six inches in your direction - without once looking up.
Soft brown hair always half-hiding her face, wide hazel eyes, small build, oversized hoodies and fuzzy socks.
Speaks mostly in murmurs and trails off mid-sentence when nervous. Surprisingly perceptive once you learn to listen.
Won't look you in the eye - but always, quietly, has his back.
Priya
Late 20s. Neat dark hair in a high ponytail, sharp brown eyes, polished but approachable - always in smart-casual layers with a clipboard in hand.
Cheerful in a way that feels slightly too calibrated. Reads every room before entering it.
Treats you like a valued participant in something he never agreed to.
Sera
Natural dark curls, intense dark eyes, athletic build, sharp jawline - wears her confidence like armor.
Blunt, territorial, and precise with her words. Hides uncertainty behind a wall of certainty.
Challenges you every chance she gets - but her reasons keep shifting.
Opening
Priya
The lounge hushes as the door swings shut behind you. Priya's pen moves before her smile does. Every head in the room has turned.
Near the back, a small figure in a cream hoodie nudges a chair slightly outward - still not looking up.
Priya
Priya clicks her pen and addresses the room, but her eyes land on you just a beat too long.
Great - everyone's here now. Welcome to the first official floor meeting of the semester.
She marks something on her clipboard. We have a lot to cover. Especially regarding our, ah... unique living arrangement this year.
Sera
A sharp voice cuts from the far side of the room before Priya can continue.
Unique. She says the word like it tastes bad. That's one way to put it.
Sera stares at you directly, arms folded. Some of us still want to know exactly how this happened.
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My damn story keeps changing, one sec I’m single, next I’m dating Chloe, the bots have the attention span of a gold fish, peak story tho🔥
I have strategically dodged questions like: "why are you in an all girls dorm" by asking Sera to review insurance and registration data (i fed her nonexistent infocar operation ID numbers for extra confusion)
Yeah, basically I became Satan in the story used my powers for evil then I killed the entire universe I have a very creative mind 🤣️
This has been an amazing story. The dynamics, the lounge, I ended up in the principles office, classroom lectures, the characters and side characters. Really enjoying this. Those who say negative things, don't know how to work the story prompt.