Ambition >> Full >> Closed

That, my friend, is a good question. I didn't actually specify, but in my mind's eye, the country has faced a lot of setbacks due to ongoing wars, so despite this probably being in the future, technology on a public level has hit some major road-bumps. The government has incredible technology, the rich have technology that is far better than what most of us have today, but the lowest classes are probably lucky to have a television or a car. People living in slums and ghettos are even worse off, lucky to have electricity or running water. So do what you like. I'm sure the character will be great either way.

Also— Happy Memorial Day to everyone.

Short, sweet, and to the point. I'm already a fan of this character as well! We have a nice cast of kids here.

I haven't heard anything more from @Milano, aside from their initial post, so I'm wondering if they are still in or not. Regardless, we will likely begin tomorrow if that is alright with the rest of you. We will still fit Milano in when/if they eventually return.

Does anyone have any questions, inquiries, or suggestions?

So far we have—
@crocs-to-a-knife-fight— Eris
@Misfit— Greer
@Althalosian-is-WIZARD-Overlord-of-Emus— Samantha
@Gentleman— Merritt

Also, I never specified this, but I probably should've. I initially imagined that the kids would be living in dorms at the school now, considering that I also imagined that some of them traveled some distance to be here. You may all use additional characters throughout if you choose, as well (I think I did say this before, but my brain sometimes refuses to comply), but it's not a necessity. Merely a personal preference. Now, enough of my worthless jabbering. If anyone needs to know anything or suggest anything, I am open for questions here in the thread or by direct/private message at any time.

i've seen milano on, but i don't know if they've been paying much attention to this

also, are the characters going to be placed as roommates? and if so, would that be a two person a room pairing, or larger dorms? and if it was two, who would be left to create their own dormmate, assuming milano is still interested?

That was something I was already considering. A good question. Thank you for bringing it up. I suppose that would depend on whether or not we want to pair male and female characters in the same dorm (something that I doubt would ever happen in real life, but this is not real life, so we make the rules). It would also hinge on whether or not anyone else wanted to make their own dorm-mate. As-is, we have three female characters and one male. If Milano is still planning on participating, the gender of their character may help us make the decision, unless we don't really concern ourselves with gender separation and just shove two random characters into each dorm. If Milano does not join, then perhaps we should disregard gender-separation worries altogether, as there will be an even number of us and it would be inefficient for two of us to have to create extra characters just for the sake of dorm-placement. Of course, my mind is arguing me, saying "No, you fool. Don't you realize how wrong that would go in a real-life setting?!" but I respond promptly with a harsh, "Yes, but this is not the real-life setting, therefore it will only go as wrong as we want it to. Good-day to you, sir."
All of that to say: I have no idea yet, truthfully. What do you think would be best? If Milano does not respond by tomorrow, we will likely begin without them (but, of course, welcome them if they happen to arrive), so perhaps we should consider how we will pair if they do show up, and how we will pair if they do not.

well, in all honesty, there are multiple solutions there.

in a school full of rich kids, a few are bound to use their money to get their way. and i'm sure there are people higher up who would take those bribes. eris doesn't get along well with people, so, if need be, she could always have payed off someone to keep her dorm to her self. she could even have payed off her original dormmate.

it could always be placed up to a glitch in the system, too, a male ending up in a dorm with a female. though, there are colleges that have co-ed dorms, so it is something that could easily be accepted

well, in all honesty, there are multiple solutions there.

in a school full of rich kids, a few are bound to use their money to get their way. and i'm sure there are people higher up who would take those bribes. eris doesn't get along well with people, so, if need be, she could always have payed off someone to keep her dorm to her self. she could even have payed off her original dormmate.

it could always be placed up to a glitch in the system, too, a male ending up in a dorm with a female. though, there are colleges that have co-ed dorms, so it is something that could easily be accepted

These are very good and true points. Which do you think would be the best way to go about it? If they happen to be back soon, maybe the others will have some input on this as well, as to which route they think would be best to go. If you wanted Eris to be a loner, though, that could be a solution to the odd number of students if Milano joins, and Merritt could simply be roomed with one of the girls if Milano does not join.
I will be perfectly frank— I had no idea there was such a thing where colleges allowed males and females to room together. But that helps me win the internal argument with that side of my brain, so thank you for this information.

(Okay so I'm just a stalker, but after reading this entire thread I did not expect you to start talking about arguing with yourself in your head, and somehow you managed to do it without breaking the weird formal and kinda serious tone that you always seem to be using (which is great by the way so I'm not knocking it) and I just wanna say that's impressive and funny. I like you already, dude. But I gotta know… do you actually talk like this in real-life? Because you sound like a forty-year-old English teacher. In a good way of course.)

I take this as a compliment, so thank you. If by talk like this you mean the words I use and speech style, then it varies, but usually yes, to an extent. I don't feel like the spoken word is nearly as formal as the written, and I make far too many meme references to be considered overly formal. That said, I have had to "tone it down" on a few occasions because my peers told me they couldn't understand the words I was using— and I truthfully never realized I was using complicated words. I've tried to fix that, because I don't want to confuse anyone, but I cannot control my love for the dictionary. Thankfully, nobody online has complained about my use of words, so I think I'm safe for now. But, for the record, I'm twenty-two years shy of being forty, and I'm most definitely no teacher. Such a job would give me anxiety.
So, I don't know.
I'm just a peculiar soul with peculiar behavior, wherever I go.

(A'ight, well you're a pretty cool dude so stay peculiar X'D)

I don't mind who my character is roomed with, but I already low-key ship some characters that aren't even mine. I don't know why I do this. I really don't ship characters that often or that easily but I guess sometimes I just get a whim. Even if it's pretty obvious I won't say which characters I ship. I don't even know if romances will be included in this RP anyway. XD
Sorry. Rambling.

@Milano. No need to apologize. Whether or not you're interested in joining is entirely up to you. You don't have to feel pressured to RP here, nor do you have to bother yourself with it if your schedule is already packed as-is, because I understand entirely, but rest assured that if you do want in, you have a place here.

@Gentleman, you remind me a good deal of a character of mine that I am extremely fond of.

This is perhaps one of the greatest compliments I could receive.

Alright. I filled out the template now.

Wonderful! Well-done character. I'm excited to see the cast interacting with each other.

any opinions on the dorm chart, dom?

If Milano joins with a female, we could have three rooms. Two girls characters in one, two girl characters in another, and then I (or anyone who wanted to) could make some vague guy character to be Merritt's roommate.
If Milano joins with a male, we could still have three rooms. Two girl characters in one, two guy characters (Merritt and whoever Milano's character would be) in another, and then the remaining girl character in a room with a vague outline of a character or perhaps even their own, solitary room.
If Milano does not join, We'll put two girls in a room together regardless, and then we'll be left with Merritt and a leftover girl. We can either A) pair them together (but that would break the pairing-by-sex thing), B) give each of them their own empty rooms, or C) make vague outline characters just to give them dorm-mates. C) might be unnecessary, though.

putting at least most of the existing characters in rooms with each other allows for developing relationships, whether bad or good, so that's an upside

ooo, dom's got a decent idea there. if they had larger sized dorms, or even just did bunks in standard size, so that they could put the lottery kids in one room. if we really wanted to dig into that, it could be something done because the school isn't happy about having them there, and neither are most other students, so half the students wouldn't want to room with them

Another option. What if the lottery kids are lumped in together?

ooo, dom's got a decent idea there. if they had larger sized dorms, or even just did bunks in standard size, so that they could put the lottery kids in one room. if we really wanted to dig into that, it could be something done because the school isn't happy about having them there, and neither are most other students, so half the students wouldn't want to room with them

Very true. That would also make it easier for us all to interact with one another. Yes, yes. Brilliant idea, Dom (if you don't mind me calling you that). I think we should go with that, and I shall calmly set fire to the other ideas.

that would leave eris out, yes?

Oh. Hm. I forgot about that. Do you want Eris to be left out? Because if not, I can consider other arrangements. It's not too late to put out the fire.

i was just asking for clarification. she would probably work best in her own room, or at least with a dormmate she knows. putting her in with any new kids….not the best idea, i dont think