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[sythyry]

Of The Prospective Roommates [9 Trandary 4262]

The Cani instantly gave me affan in choosing the next roommate.

Me:"How is it that I'm in charge of deciding who lives here?"

Ghirbis:"I picked Agrimony. You picked everyone else."

Me:"Not strictly true!"

Dustweed:"And there was with Iska."

Ghirbis:"What incident with Iska?"

Me:"Never mind."

Ghirbis:"Sythyry was involved with Iska once?"

Anoof:"No wonder zie despises her!"

Narngi:"Zie detests her poor judgment. In getting involved with zir."

Me:"I now grant affan in roommate choosing to Ghirbis. She only chose Agrimony. I chose Anoof and Narngi."

This did not suffice to getting rid of affan in choosing the next roommate.

Drascurrie

Ghirbis:"I spoke with one Drascurrie. He is a very tidy terrier-styled Cani boy, from a respectable bookbinder's family."

Me:"What does he study?"

Ghirbis:"Well, bookbinding."

Me:"Weren't we going to find another student? With the example of horrid Dubaille in front of us?"

Ghirbis:"But he's quite nice."

Anoof:"How many Cani boys do you need?"

Ghirbis:"I'm a collector!"

Verphlange

Dustweed:"How about Verphlange?"

Me:"Who is Verphlange?"

Dustweed:"The Gormoror history student."

Anoof:"Vetoed."

Me:"Why?"

Anoof:"Reasons of species." He scowled and flicked his tail around angrily.

Narngi:[loyally]"I, too, veto Verphlange."

Me:"Right then."

Dustweed:"Huh?"

Later, I whispered to zir, "Enziet likes Gormoror."

Brangwoe

Dustweed:"Then I propose Brangwoe."

Me:"Who is Brangwoe?"

Anoof:"A jerk! A lout! A complex pustule on the face of the Academy!"

Me:"Anoof evidently votes in favor of Brangwoe."

Dustweed:"What's wrong with Brangwoe? He seems like a nice enough Orren."

Narngi:"Sythyry evidently votes in favor of Brangwoe."

Me:"Everyone evidently votes in favor of Brangwoe, but, somehow, he is not accepted."

Anoof:"Brangwoe does not pay his gambling debts, and he has used wenezza to fornicate with girls who might, of their own free will, not fornicated with him."

Narngi:"Right. Veto. We'll take perverts, but not wicked ones."

Me:"I am endlessly reassured by your compassion for my plight."

Msesc

Narngi:"How about Msesc?"

Me:"Heavens. Really?"

Dustweed:"Who is Msesc?"

Me:"Rassimel. Dyes her fur black. Recites doom poetry at any opportunity. Fills a room with moroseness in six seconds flat."

Narngi:"I was hoping we could, well, cheer her up or something."

Me:"Are we a house of rehabilitation?"

Narngi:"No, but ..."

Anoof:"Why is she so morose?"

Narngi:"Bad grades, mostly, and she killed her sister when she was six. Semi-intentionally."

Children do kill each other, and themselves, with spontaneous magic, from time to time. Often it is accidental. Sometimes, they do it on purpose, fighting over a toy or something. Not recommended. Zi Ri are rarely at risk for this. If Hezimikkinen were to kill me, it would be no accident.

Me:"She's been morose all her life since then?"

Narngi:"More or less."

Me:"Well, does anyone but Narngi think it would be a good idea to have a mopey Rassy as a roommate?"

Anoof:[loyally]"If Narngi thinks it is an excellent idea, she might well be right."

Narngi:"Just maybe worth investigating."

Anoof:"Well, if there are no other good options, let us investigate this one further."

Gerpounce

Ghirbis:"Gerpounce!"

Anoof:"Gerwho?"

Ghirbis:"Gerpounce!"

Narngi:"Unwise."

Me:"Why, unwise?"

Narngi:"Sleeth. Unwise."

Me:"Rhedwy's a Sleeth. She's not so awful."

Ghirbis:"... For a Sleeth."

Anoof:"Which pretty much rules Gerpounce out."

Me:"I beg your pardon? You don't even know Gerpounce."

Anoof:"If we've got friends of Rhedwy here, Gerpounce will consider Quelldrie House to be Rhedwy's territory."

Me:"Oh. Right."

Anoof:"But that's not the real reason we can't consider Gerpounce."

Me:"What is the real reason we can't consider Gerpounce?"

Anoof:"We can't have two people with the same first syllable. It's bad luck if two people even have the same letter!"

Narngi:"That's a silly superstition. And mostly applies to adventurers anyways"

Anoof:"Not true. Anoof and Agrimony, and we had a bit of doom. Besides, with Sythyry here, we're probably adventurers."

Ghirbis:"Besides, 'ghir' sounds nothing like 'ger'."

Me:"To you, maybe. They sound the same to the rest of us."

Ghirbis:"Ignorant Choinxeians!"

Me:"Arhoolie-tongued Yistreain!"

Dustweed:"Shush, both of you!"

Me:"Right. Any more suggestions on roommates?"

There were none.

Coda

Anoof:"Sythyry, you've got affan. You're not supposed to look mopey and overwhelmed now. You're supposed to deliver a rousing speech about how we can't give up hope after only one day."

Me:"Right. OK. We're doomed, disgraced, deprived, defeated, despoiled, desparate, desecrated, dehypnotized, deglazed, and probably demolished as well -- but we are not defeated!"

Ghirbis:"Are you sure?"

Me:"Quite sure. We are not defeated!"

Anoof:"But you said we were defeated."

Me:"Oh, right. We are defeated. But we're not ... um ... detartrated."

Anoof:"Detartrated? You can do better than that."

Me:"Defenestrated! We may be doomed and all of that, and even defeated, but we are not defenestrated."

Anoof:"OK. Enough of a speech. Let's defenestrate Sythyry."

So they did, with great glee and a great purple pillow. I'm not a very strong flier; I had to drop the pillow.

Comments

[gavinfox.livejournal.com]

Oh no! they defenestrated Sythyry! what a terrible thing! I even had to *look that word up*! Can you imagine?!

OoC

[zhaleskra.livejournal.com]

[Ed: I've always imagined that unless the structure is owned by the very rich, the "negative space" of World Tree windows to be made of magically treated air. Maybe not even glass for the very rich. --ba]

[justicezero.livejournal.com]

Msesc might not be so bad once you get used to the doom poetry and black, if, as I suspect, it is partly an affectation.Is there some social or philosophical group in which that behavior is related?
I would avoid Drascurrie, because he -is- so respectable and suchlike; no good can come of that mixed with the regular capers in your halls.
How, though, did you find those people to list? Surely there must be more. Let the word out casually in your classes, perhaps, and see if anything bubbles up.

[zhaleskra.livejournal.com]

And what's wrong with a "Goth" Rassimel? I hear some human monster "goths" aren't so bad.

[kensan-oni.livejournal.com]

despoiled? Great Floki in the sky, you are spoiled Sythyry! No way are you in any fashion are you despoiled. You even had people defenestrate you at your bare mention of the idea! Spoiled you are!

Sidenote: If you fenestrate, are you throwing someone INTO a window, instead of out of? I dunno...

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

So it sounds like you'll be stuck with Msesc, and thoroughly doomed by her poetry?

You could ask Thery and Yarwain to move back in with you. Or maybe Esory. Or Rhedwy, since it's already her territory...

Maybe you could make Pazi Pazi pay rent?

[winterbeast.livejournal.com]

I liked Verplange and Gerpounce and disagree with denying them for specie.

[kris-schnee.livejournal.com]

"If Hezimikkinen were to kill me, it would be no accident."

Come to think of it, do you still have spells on you from Vae?

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

Not at the moment. Why?

[chipuni.livejournal.com]

You've got three choices who haven't been vetoed: Drascurrie, Msesc, and Gerpounce.

If you want to maximize the chance of paying bills on time, pick Drascurrie. From what you've said, the Cani has a steady job. Bookbinders generally tend to be quiet. (Not always, but often enough.) And Cani often make for good roommates.

On the other hand, Msesc and Gerpounce will bring much more Doom into your life.

[esory.livejournal.com]

And who wouldn't want more Doom in their life?