Playing House

Who: Damon and Nate
Where: Mostly Damon's room
When: Day 3; evening
Rating: R

( Eventually, Nate lifted himself up from his computer chair and paced around his room as he decided what he could do to pass the time. )

Who: Rosalind & Bryce
When: Early morning
Where: Basement workout area

( Let me hear your body talk. )

Who: Chris and OPEN
Where: Ground Floor Living Room
When: Noon

( No shoes, no shirt... )

Who: Delaney and Rupert
Where: The library, where else?
When: Early evening

There was a book that, surprisingly, Rupert had always wanted to read but had never gotten round to, at least not with the required attention. After spending most of his day in his room - much like all his days before and likely after today - Rupert had ventured into the library, perusing the many shelves. The copy of One Thousand and One Nights jumped at him immediately, and he figured that he might as well get to reading it now. His mood improved by the place he was in, Rupert settled on an armchair with the book in hand, his mind immediately flowing to imagining the most impossibly beautiful princess Scheherazade he could.

All of the reviews he had read of this ages old book were right; somehow, the stories and their descriptions seemed to set his imagination much more alight than any other tale he had read before, and Rupert decided to blame that on the fact that this was as far from English literature as could be. They were Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales after all, and Rupert would be lying if he said he was familiarized with that particular literature.

He was so immersed into the stories Scheherazade unfolded as he was in awe of what a smart woman she was. And deep inside Rupert felt happy, because he was in his favorite place, accompanied by his favorite thing: A good book.

Who: Connor and Lark
When: Late evening
Where: Lark’s room (third floor)

It had taken Lark an entire twenty-four hours to figure out why the locking doors had disturbed her so much. Rationally, she had always been able to look at the situation and see clearly that the scientists meant no harm by it – it was simply a means to an ends, and no one had gotten hurt. Still, something about it all hadn’t settled well within her. Today she had finally figured it out. Having someone else determine when she could and could not leave her room reminded her way too much of the homeless shelter – a place that represented the most miserable times of her life. She had come here for a better life, and she just couldn’t deal with this place reminding her of the shelter. So, despite the fact that Lark hated to take help from anyone, she had taken a complete stranger up on his offer. Which was quite possibly something he’d only suggested to be nice.

She’d spent a portion of the day trying to remember if she had met Connor at the party, but she was certain she hadn’t. That added slightly to her nerves. Still, she didn’t call it off. He’d put the idea in her head, and she found herself rather stuck on it. Removing her door might be jumping from one extreme to the next, but it didn’t have to be permanent . If he could show her how to do it, she could just take her door off when she went to bed, barricade herself in for safety, and put things back to rights in the morning. Once she adjusted here, she wouldn’t need to do it anymore. It was silly, but it would make her feel better. That wasn’t so bad. Right?

Nope, no matter how she tried to spin it, she still felt pretty stupid. Sighing in annoyance with herself, Lark grabbed her notebook and plopped back on her bed. Brooke and Bennie had given her several blank notebooks and made her promise to write every day. It didn’t matter that she couldn’t send the letters, they said, they’d read when she got back. Even if she didn’t have a lot to talk about yet, she found the act soothing. Even if they wouldn’t read it for a year, any way to connect to her far away siblings was a good thing.

Who: Avery and Lily
Where: the theater
When: early afternoon

( How would he be able to survive this year if he spent the whole time hiding? )

Who: Damon and Audrey
Where: fourth floor
When: midday

( restless )

Who: Christian and Audrey
When: Morning
Where: Audrey's room

( Audrey had risen early... )

Who: Mick and OPEN
Where: the kitchen
When: early morning

( There's no such thing as going overboard when it comes to food. )

WEATHER REPORT: It’s snowing! Just a light snow on top of what was already there, but it’s steady through-out the day. By mid-morning, all tracks from previous days are completely filled in.

EVENTS: The scientists have no little surprises for anyone today! Perhaps they have realized that their little prompt yesterday was quite unappreciated. Whatever the case, people seem to be making more of an effort to socialize and get to know each other, and this must make for happy scientists.