it's 4 am and i havent started my essay LET'S MARATHON FUTURAMA

[phantastus]

The Realistic College AU Meme



You did it.

You made it through those last agonizing weeks of high school and now you are FREE, on the cusp of four awesome years of cozy coffee-shop crushes, inebriated makeouts, and crazy pranks. It's gonna be the best years of your life, kiddo, and you intend to make the most of it. It's going to be PERFECT.

... Almost.

Maybe.

Possibly.

Hopefully.



INSTRUCTIONS:
‧ Post with whatever character you want
‧ Responders roll (random.org is good for this!) for scenario and get to threading!
‧ ???
‧ Profit!!

SCENARIO

1. I am really passionate about this cause and I will give you this flier on your way to class if I have to SHOVE IT DOWN YOUR THROAT

2. Vicious battle over the only left handed desk in the room

3. My roommate’s boyfriend is staying over so can I please sleep on your floor?

4. It’s pouring and my final paper is in my backpack so I guess we’re stuck under this tiny awning together, do you think they’d deliver pizza here?

5. Hey I have to photograph someone for class will you be my model?

6. Hey I have to take someone’s blood pressure for class will you be my victim?

7. I know I keep coming to the cookie shop and for some reason it’s always your shift but don’t you dare judge me I need these for my sanity.

8. All our friends are drunk.

9. It’s 3 am and I’m still in the library studying for finals and I’m losing my grip on reality and I think I just saw a ghost. Are you actually here?

10. We’re the only two people in this club. What is this club even for.

11. Humans vs Zombies.

12. We’re the only people who ever talk in discussions it’s awful

13. ~*~GROUP PROJECT~*~

14. Both of us turned up at the wrong room for this lecture but neither of us know where it's actually supposed to be.

15. You keep parking in the space outside my student house you ABSOLUTE ASSHOLE

16. We live in halls opposite each other and I keep seeing you changing through your window.

17. I broke the printer and I'm panicking and you're the only other person in the room PLEASE HELP ME

18. Neither of us bought the expensive textbook but there is only one copy in the library and it can’t leave the building.

19. This awesome professor only has one TA slot and we’re rivals.

20. I found your USB drive still in the computer.

21. ... I thought I was the only one who liked the waffle station in the cafeteria!

22. You keep reserving the good study room in the corner of the library with the windows. STOP.

23. We’re studying in the library and there are two people very obviously fucking in the stacks and we keep sharing embarrassed glances.

24. We’re both donating blood in the blood donation van in the quad to get out of the same class and the only other person donating just fainted in their chair.

25. You decked me in the head while you were playing frisbee golf

26. Wait, I actually have a competent lab partner?

27. You’re the RA and you’re trying to bust me for having hermit crabs.

28. You’re baking cookies in the communal kitchen at 3am and I’m angry but also really hungry.

29. Waiting for office hours

30. I’ve been sitting in this seat all semester, why did you decide to sit in it TODAY?

31. You peed on my car. You were drunk. I was in the car. There will be hell to pay.

32. We started racing up the three flights of stairs to class for some reason and we can’t stop.

33. You’re REALLY GOOD at using the right search terms for the academic databases and I’m on a deadline please I am on my knees here

34. My friend dragged me to this party and I just saw my ex QUICK MAKE OUT WITH ME

35. We’re always at the fitness center at the same time and end up competing on the treadmill.

36. Sorry my roommate puked on your shoes.

37. Can I borrow a dryer sheet? I ran out and the ones in the vending machine give me a rash.

38. Your school mailbox is right next to mine.

39. I saw you sneaking captain crunch and cutlery out of the dining hall.

40. My roommate borrowed your contraband hotpot and managed to set it on fire.

41. You keep using my preferred shower stall in the floor bathrooms when I’m trying to get ready for class.

42. My computer crashed and you’re the student worker at the IT center.

43. we’re both on althetic teams that aren’t as cool as the football team and they give us shit.

44. You’re part of the guerrilla theater club on campus and crashed my class for a performance.

45. What do you mean, we’re under a tornado warning?


BONUS ROUND: Your character is literally a monster at Monsters University. Roll again for one of the previous options to apply to this scenario.


Thanks to this post for all the scenarios.

Comments

9

[pullingamiko]

Miko has never been one to give up, but she is VERY TEMPTED right now. She literally does not know how long she has been here. Maybe it doesn't matter and time is a frickin illusion anyway. Who knows.

She groans and lets her head drop onto the textbook in front of her with a thunk - then sits upright again when she hears another noise nearby, because even though it's probably another person she refuses to be caught off-guard if it's a ghost or some crap like that. "Hey, someone else here?"

36

[tinytranslator]

Levy cannot even believe she is having to do this, but frankly, it has to be done.

She knocks on the door of Starscream's room, then takes a step back, clasping her hands together nervously behind her back and trying to figure out how to go about this.

[foolishwren]

I dunno, but I don't trust any weird hippie off-brand that puts VEGAN on giant letters on the front.

_{[There's even a note at the bottom of the package that says NO CHICKENS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS CANDY. Heather can't tell if it's supposed to be a joke or not, but it looks fairly serious.]}

[foolishwren]

<sub>[HOW CAN YOU NOT TAKE PITY ON THIS POOR EXILED-- oh wait, okay.]

[Heather doesn't need to be asked twice, she slips right in, as though worried that someone will see her out in the hallway and Ask Questions.]</sub>

Thank god.

Ugh, I wish mine was out this weekend.

[exeggutorhead]

Must be one hell of a paper.

[No, he totally knows what Al has been doing for the past two nights because of course he does. He flicks Al's forehead again, then musses his hair just to be obnoxious. Then flops down in the nearest chair and puts down his own books.]

[If he has to study, he might as well do it here.]

[armoredsoul]

[Al whines that ever-so-particular little sibling whine, reaching up to fix his hair and casting another annoyed glare at Envy. Jeez, why do he and Ed always have to do that? Probably because it bugs him so much, the jerks.]

So what're you up this late working on? [He's fully expecting an answer of 'everything'; Envy has made slacking on classes into an art form.]

[pullingamiko]

Why do they even do that? Like, yeah, that's cool and all, but damn. They seem a little too insistent about it. [She gestures at the candy.] I bet there's a truckload of chickens in there.

[Miko's tone leaves little doubt about the fact that she, at least, is joking, and does not actually think that that package contains more chickens than it could physically hold.]

[positiveenergy]

Flooding? You really think it’ll get that bad?

[Maybe he should’ve just made a break for it when he’d had the chance. But by now, it was pretty much torrential downpour.]

Maybe we could…try calling a cab?

Sorry I took so long to get BACK @_@

[wreckerscombine]

[Woah, ok this guy sure was wigged out. Understandable though, considering the tornado and all.]

Uhh…I guess but I thought one of em was supposed to stick around if there’re still people here.

[But then again…had she actually heard anyone say that? Or had that just been her assuming this school would follow common sense?]

So, what? You’re saying we’re on our own, then? Well that’s fantastic. What're we supposed to do? Huddle in the basement and hope this thing'll just pass us over?

[onegreeneye]

Might be worth a shot... you think one would come out here in this? [He sounds hopeful about it, though. Hey, there's bound to be something they can do.]

[foolishwren]

Yeah, you're right. They're protesting a little too much for it to be anything different.

_{[Well, no point in beating around the bush any longer. Heather turns to face Miko head-on.]}

Okay, so here's the thing.

I need like.... five bags of those Caramarshmel truffle things.

It's urgent.

SORRY I AM SLOW AS MOLASSES, heck

[starscheme]

There's a moment before there's any sound of movement to be heard coming from the room, but eventually there comes the shuffling and the padding of feet that precede the door creaking open. Starscream offers no greeting, just a dull glare as she leans against the frame of the door with her arms crossed. "...Can I help you?" She's willing to bet you can't.

I am so slow and I am sorry

[reluctantproxy]

Neku is there, of course, but he's been using the adjoining studio to work on his final project for foundation drawing, and has emerged covered with smears of charcoal and conte crayon.

Unfortunately for Miko, he's also not the sort to make his presence known to people without any damn good reason, so her call goes unanswered. He's just popping out to check the time on the clock, seeing as his crappy old phone died about 3 hours ago, give or take.

To her he may as well just be a SPOOKY ART GOAST.

NO PROBLEM

[tinytranslator]

Yeeaahh she's not sure this is going to go well. Might as well try, though.

"Hi, um. I'm really, really sorry about what happened, my roommate- uh. I don't know what she was thinking." She hurriedly tucks a strand of hair behind her ear, looking torn between staying where se is and bolting then and there. "I'm sure she'll want to apologize herself later, but she's kind of... not entirely functional right now."

NO WORRIES I'm one of those people who backtags forever XD

[nineredsquares]

I... was sort of hoping it wouldn't come to that...

<sub>[Basements are BAD NEWS.]

[But he winces as a small branch collides with a window somewhere, resulting in a sharp CRACK.]</sub>

... But maybe... uh, just t'be... y'know, safe...

[pullingamiko]

What, really? That's what you're here for? Never woulda guessed.

[She straightens up and shoots a grin at Heather as she goes to get the cookies.] And here I thought you just wanted to stare at candy corn and enjoy my company.

[pullingamiko]

Holy crap he's not responding. Time to do something that she's never seen happen in a horror movie.

"Hey, dude! You actually exist or what?" She throws an eraser at his head - or, depending on how far away he is, in his general direction. She's definitely intending to hit him with that eraser though.

[foolishwren]

Yeah, I'm a bona fide mystery.

A mystery with a big essay due in the morning.

[pullingamiko]

Geez. Good luck with that.

[She tosses the cookies onto the counter.] D'you need me to tell you the price or can you calculate that automatically for these now?

[Yes, Heather, you had every reason to be concerned about Miko being the cashier every time you were here for cookies. Though she might not be quite as obnoxious about it if you hadn't pretended you weren't here for cookies this time.]

[foolishwren]

Eight fifty-five with tax.

Don't judge me.

[pullingamiko]

Nah, dude, judging's against the rules. Somethin' about "discouraging continued patronage".

I'll just wait 'til my shift's over and laugh at you for buying cookies then.

[foolishwren]

Wow. You really are an asset to the cookie-selling business.

_{[She says this dully as she pulls out her wallet.]}

[pullingamiko]

I know, right? They really should be paying me more, I'm pretty much single-handedly keeping this place going.

[Actually she mostly does as little actual work as she can get away with and keeps switching the radio to play death metal, but she has managed not to get fired yet. Close enough.]

[foolishwren]

I salute you.

Now take my money.

_{[She slaps a handful of crumpled dollars and loose change down on the counter.]}

[pullingamiko]

Gladly.

[She gives the cookies a quick push closer to Heather then sweeps the money across the counter, starting to sort it into the register.]

Normally I'm s'posed to say "have a nice day, hope to see you again" here, but let's be real, I don't figure there's much chance that I won't.

[She grins.] So, have a nice day!