Playing House

Who: Nate and OPEN
Where: Kitchen
When: Day 12; early evening

( The day passed slowly. )

Who: Nate (solo)
Where: The rooms of: Camber, Lark, Lily, Delaney, Bryce, and Michael
When: Late afternoon and throughout the evening.

( His frustration, paired with the humiliating fact that he'd really done nothing Experiment B-worthy thus far, drove Nate to hatch up a plan that was a little half-baked and extremely risky, but something he went through with in full nonetheless, late that afternoon. )

Who: Ethan and Nate
When: one p.m.
Where: the kitchen

Ethan was not having the most fabulous day he'd ever had. It had started out less than terrific when he'd gotten up and headed out to the kitchen for coffee only to find that there was none. Not only was there no coffee, but there were no soft drinks, no sugar, nothing that was the least bit palatable to eat or drink. Even worse, it seemed that his Excedrin had been removed. After he'd checked the journals, he'd seen that others were missing things, as well. At least his blood pressure medication hadn't been touched, but then he could very well stroke out without it, so that made sense.

He was the sort of person who tried to roll with the punches, and he knew that he wasn't the only crabby person in the house today, but by lunch, he was definitely in a funk. A lot of that was due to the headache that was throbbing in his skull, and a small part was due to the discovery that the booze had been removed from the billiards room. When Ethan had nightmares, he depended on a shot of whiskey-- or whatever else he could get hold of-- to calm him down, and it wasn't making him happy to think of having to cope without it.

He was currently sitting on one of the stools at the island in the kitchen, a plate in front of him containing a ham sandwich on wheat bread with lettuce, tomato and mustard. Wheat bread. At least it wasn't rye. Grapes were a side dish instead of chips, and he had water to drink. The sandwich was untouched thus far as Ethan rubbed vigorously at one temple with the pads of his fingers. Healthy food and no caffeine, he thought balefully. Hell, he'd almost rather be water-boarded.

Who: Nate and OPEN
When: Day 10; early afternoon
Where: The Library

( He didn't make a dash for a genre he thought he'd be more partial to, instead just walking through the stacks to drink in the atmosphere. )

Who: Abel, Lark, Mack, Nate
When: Day 9; half past 8pm
Where: The Ballroom

( Whatever happened that night, Nate had already labeled it a success. His tastebuds were too happy not to. )

Who: Trix and Nate
Where: In the snow!
When: Day 9; mid-morning

( The scientists had given him tools that more than compensated for his lack of tact and intelligence. )

Who: Lark and Nate
When: Day 8; around 8pm
Where: Game Room B

( He'd spent a large majority of his time back in his room watching the camera feeds and journals - both of the things he'd been complaining about for a whole week when he'd been confined to the fourth floor. )

Who: Mack and Nate
When: Day 8; around midday/lunch time
Where: Kitchen

( When the moment he'd been waiting for all week finally came, he'd stayed in his room. )

Who: Spencer and Nate
When: Day 7; mid-afternoon
Where: Common area

( He planned to sit there for a while, studying the subjects on screen more closely than before. )

Who: Damon and Nate
When: Day 6; midday
Where: Damon's room (presumably)

( Damon hadn't come looking for him, or even made himself available as far as Nate knew, and so that meant he had to be the one to seek Damon out. )

Who: Madison and Open to ExB
Where: The common room
When: Early morning

The extreme heat never agreed with Madison, who was used to more balanced - or downright cold - environments. She hadn't slept well or for long, and by 8am she was on her feet, showered and dressed. Before she went to get breakfast, however, Madison decided to check her computer, and found the message from the scientists. Intrigued by it, Madison had scurried off to the maintenance closet as fast as she could, and upon opening the box destined for her and reading the message enclosed with the little device burst out laughing. This was going to be a fun day for sure.

Putting the little button device in her pocket, Madison rushed back to her room to check the ginger virgin's room and, well, push the button. The little message saying his room temperature had gone up filled her with glee, but this kind of power had to be shared. If anything, so people knew she held it. With the device stored in her front pocket Madison got herself some breakfast and then settled down in the common room, now fitted with a neat viewing station which Madison intended to take full advantage of.

Between spoonfuls of cereal and milk, Madison would press the button, and watch as the ginger from downstairs rolled around in the bed, fanned himself with various objects and, finally, jumped in the shower. And Madison laughed.

Who: Audrey and Nate
Where: Linen closet
When: Day 5; early evening

( Nate still didn't have a strategy, and at that point he was pretty sure he was just going to fly by the seat of his pants, but that was what he always did. )

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: Damon and Nate
Where: the common area
When: late night

( the metaphorical road stretched out ahead, full of possibility )

Who: Daphne, Audrey, and any other ExBers that want to join in the fun!
When: 7 and on
Where: Daphne’s room

While Jai was setting up in the billiard room, Daphne was preparing for a little party of her own. A viewing party, of course. Not that there was a lot that could be done in the way of preparations, but she made sure her room was presentable and brought in some extra pillows from the supply of linens in case people wanted them. A few hours earlier she had made a request on her computer for party refreshments, and upon checking the dumbwaiter at 6:45 she was delighted to find that the scientists had complied. A case of beer, a pizza, and a massive bowl of popcorn. Daphne grinned from ear to ear and blew a kiss in the general direction of where she thought a camera might be. This almost made up for finding out that her top picks for the bet – Chris and Jamal – both had the personalities of feral cats with feline aids. Oh well, she’d find someone else. Or maybe there was a girl down there dumb enough to sleep with one of them. Assholes or not, they were pretty assholes.

Once the treats were set out on top of her dresser, she propped her bedroom door open with a pillow, and plunked down in front of her computer to see what was going on downstairs.

Who: Madison and Nate
When: Day 2; late afternoon
Where: Common area

( For a while, Nate lounged on a sofa alone and smoked. )

Who: Nate and OPEN (to ExB)
When: Day 2; early afternoon
Where: Linen closet

( After meeting everyone the day before, Nate had decided that he hadn't made a mistake in agreeing to the experiment. )

Who: Audrey and OPEN to EX B
Where: 4th floor common area
When: Approximately 9:00 am
What: Acclimating

( Thank you, and have a nice year. You are now free to explore. Please, make yourself at home. )