w3 afterparty

[selfconcept]

Everyone passed! That's great! But Wei Wuxian is gone and you keep getting a weird feeling. Maybe it's the adrenaline that's dying down. Maybe you saw something strange because you're tired? It'll all be uncovered on Sunday. Why not take a breather for now? If you're injured, ask Florence for some medical aid. (can be handwaved) It's around 10 PM when you're released.

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[cheerfuldays]

( there's something strange going on- or maybe she was more stressed than she thought? but she keeps hearing... bits of the songs she and her friends were writing. even as she cleans up- she promised herself a bath bomb darn it- she hears it. but only briefly, like a passing thought. even as she's out and in her room, its there...

...

huh.

eventually, shizuku wanders down to the common room, her kettle and a nice mint tea in hand. she's mostly content to sit there and vibe, but if a friend comes over? it's cuddle time. )

[festiverogue]

[Madara's waiting in the room when Shizuku finally comes back from the common room, sitting on the edge of his bed, deep in thought. It's pretty clear that he was primed to launch into the explanation of what he alluded to earlier, but Shizuku was tired, Shizuku was frayed, and he swore to himself he'd just prepare the whole speech in his head for later.

He told himself he'd just go to sleep after his shower, too, but he finds after a good half hour of trying that he can't sleep. So now here he is, sitting on the edge of the bed, in a half-zipped hoodie and shorts, waiting for her to come back.

His head snaps up when Shizuku returns, and he smiles.]

Hey.

[And because he's a gentleman and her hands are mostly full, he gets up to shut the door for her as well. Only... when he does, he also gently crooks a hand around her elbow and eases her back against said door.]

I was waiting for you.

[cheerfuldays]

( oh- she figured he might be asleep by now, that's part of why she'd gone out to the common room to begin with: so he could get some rest while she was still a little restless. but it seems she was wrong! when he gets up to help, shizuku smiles and moves to put the kettle and tea onto the nearest desk- and then... ah.

well. she'll need to figure out something else to do with the things in her hands, given that the desks are across the room and all.

shizuku looks up at madara almost bashfully, but she's not complaining, necessarily. (that smile says otherwise anyways.) )

I thought you'd want some rest. Sorry for keeping you waiting, Madara.

[selfconcept]

[ Wow. Hien feels exhausted. After getting patched up through Florence and receiving a hand brace he can either be spotted on the ground on the courtyard where he might be snoozing but abruptly wakes up and muttering "where's the spice guy", cafeteria for a mountain of pasta to eat, or sluggishly moving in the dorm halls. He doesn't notice anything weird, because he's really tired.

also accepting wildcards ]

cafeteria

[partymagician]

[ Fai needs a little bit of time to decompress, so he doesn't come to find Hien until he's practically shoveling pasta into his mouth in the cafeteria.

...Mildly concerning.

Fai sits down right next to him, a bag of chips in hand. ]

Hey.

[selfconcept]

Hey.

[ He says after swallowing all the food in his mouth and looking up at Fai. ]

How are you holding up?

dorm halls

[sicklysweet]

[It's a familiar voice that gets Owen to look up, glancing down the hallway and spotting Hien. He's stopped by this room to grab his sweater before decided to go crash in the common area for a bit. The voice he heard - he didn't think it was Hien's... But it was too quick to make out, so maybe he just imagined it.

Seeing Hien is enough to have him tugging the sleeves of his sweater over his hands, and he looks wary for a moment.]

You look like hell.

[selfconcept]

... You're not spice guy.

[ That's the first thing that comes out of his mouth and he tries to snap out of it. Owen is right and maybe Hien doesn't look so smug or on top of things right now, but he doesn't seem to care to show this sort of vulnerability to Owen. ]

Are you gonna unhell me, then?

cafeteria

[cheerfuldays]

( as hien gets himself something to eat, shizuku takes a long look at him... and eventually, once he seats himself for a meal, she wordlessly slides a cup of chamomile tea over for him. )

[selfconcept]

[ Shizuku gets to see Hien unceremoniously shove pasta into his mouth, so honestly? Even with the lack of grace and composed feeling Hien usually gives off, he welcomes the tea. He gives her a nod of acknowledgement and after he devours about a quarter of his food, he looks up at her. ]

You hungry? I can make something for you.

courtyard

[exofractured]

[And people get on Phantom's case for sleeping in strange places? At least he doesn't pass out on the ground on purpose. Anyone else he might nudge awake with his foot, but for Hien he'll actually kneel down properly just in time to be startled by Hien coming awake on his own.]

You know, if you fall asleep in strange places, it's only natural you'd have strange dreams.

[selfconcept]

Wha... Oh, hi, Phantom.

[ Hien groggily sits up and yawns. ]

I didn't dream about anything. I don't remember seeing spice man after we got out of that... carnival thing.

halls

[magicam]

[Exhaustion club: +1 member... But despite that, Cater still managed to do a little bit of laundry while he was showering off the doppelganger ichor, so when he comes across Hien in the halls, he's not only wearing his own cozy sweater over his pajamas (oversized, striped, two shades of orange...), but his hair is down, and he's got Hien's loaned sweater in his arms.

Which he promptly drapes over Hien's shoulders without much of a warning, because, hey, it's fresh from the dryer, it's warm and, like, double cozy.]

Hey, you made it out alright~

[selfconcept]

[ Warmth. As soon as Cater drapes the sweater over Hien's shoulders, the warmth is so comforting that his body just wants to sleep on the spot. Instead, he just unceremoniously falls over onto the ground instead with no sleep. ]

...

[ Does this look okay to Cater. ]

[catarou]

[ All of that was extremely unpleasant, wasn't it? Gentaro's revealed more than he'd wanted or expected here, and now, he's just tired.

After going to his room to change into clothes that are a bit more comfortable, he's in the common room. His usual notebook and pen are close by, but for once, he's not writing. Rather, it looks like he's deep in thought. Sometimes, he catches a note or two of a song that sounds familiar, but it fades before Gentaro can be sure.

He has a cup of tea within reach, too, but he hasn't taken even a sip. At this rate, it'll be stone cold before he drinks it... ]

[festiverogue]

[Madara is waiting for Shizuku to get done doing whatever she needs to do in the room, so he's wandering the dorms a bit aimlessly. The second he sees someone in the common room, he avoids it, but... After a few paces up and down the hall he realizes that Gentaro hasn't moved.

He enters, and takes a seat.]

Hey. Rough night?

[selfconcept]

[ Hien is so tired that he misses his room, drags his feet into the common area like a zombie and then plops next to Gentaro whether that's a chair or sofa--he's not very picky. ]

Ichiro... you good?

[sicklysweet]

[well well well]

You seem distracted.

[Owen approaches! But he doesn't sit by Gentaro, instead choosing to sit at the harpsichord he's left in the common room.]

[partymagician]

[ Just like the other day, Fai finds Gentaro with a notebook and pen in the common room. And just like that day, he sidles up to him and sits down.

Only this time, the mood is completely different. ]

How are you doing, Gentaro?

[cheerfuldays]

( oh... trying to distract himself and nothing will work, it looks like. she's been there before. quietly, shizuku takes a seat nearby. )

Penny for your thoughts?

[kaientai]

[ ryouma really needed the W this week, so he's probably happier than anyone that everybody passed this time. having been on a team with wei wuxian previously, it's sad to see him go, but he at least can try to focus on the positive.

one might find him hanging around in the common room reading. comics count, okay??? that, or napping because that is equally likely. it's not like there's anything wrong with his room, it's just a bad habit! feel free to wake him up though. ]

I FINALLY GET TO USE THIS ICON

[festiverogue]

[Madara's not expecting anybody to be asleep on the couch, so imagine his surprise when he's so distracted that he doesn't notice the guy and he sits directly on the sleeping Ryouma.]

Oh, sorry! Sorry...

common room

[goodfaiths]

[ Riku might have a cast on his finger, but you know what, he's going to choose to be around people in the common room tonight. Ryouma is here, reading something that looks interesting, and Riku approaches with a little smile on his face. ]

What are you reading, Ryouma-san?

[sicklysweet]

[This is a different sort of exhaustion than what comes from watching a shitty movie and having to haul yourself around while injured. This just... Hm.

It was unpleasant, and not the sort of unpleasant Owen likes when it's turned on him.

He stops by the dorms, grabbing the sweater he hasn't worn yet and pulling it on, seeming exceedingly concerned with making sure the sleeves cover his wrists. He also wanders up to the common area, where he sits at the harpsichord and looks vaguely annoyed while he plays something slowly.

Eventually he curls up on one of the couches, looking between his reclaimed suitcase and his bag. He'll just nap right here. It's fine. He stashed cookies in his free bag, so he's just going to be nibbling on those.]

[festiverogue]

[Sleeping Owen is getting a goofy little kiddy crocodile plushie tucked beside him.

Madara is fleeing the scene.]