[OPEN] a poor student in hell

[tadeadshi]

Who: Tadashi and You!
What: Another day on campus post-midterms
Where: The dorms, coffeeshop, the quad
When: Throughout the second half of March
Warnings: None



AUBE DORMS

[Around Aube dormitory, one might have easily missed the guy wandering around half-dead during the lead up to midterms. Tadashi made himself scarce to study and work on his projects. Now though? With it over? He's easily found in the common area with a book over his face asleep or ..still wandering around half-dead in a daze. Hey, guy's got a lot going on to study for. Make sure he doesn't take the last of the communal coffee. He may apologize if he bumps into you without looking.

If the music or talking is too loud next door to Room 404, he may come ask whoever it is to quiet down.]

CAFE DE LA LUNE

[The cafe is nice, well tended, and perfect for a grad student trying to focus. He's got his corner table, his laptop and notebooks, and half-empty mug of room temperature coffee forgotten while he works. Occasionally he'll stand and stretches his legs, take a little walk around the room before sitting back down and ordering a refill. Every now and then there's a frustrated grumbling from his corner, likely a script not working right, before he buckles down and gets back to it.]

QUAD

[You know what every STEM student needs? Some time outside. And Tadashi does like it. Out on the quad, sure he has his bag with all his work. But he's also got his water bottle and a soft rubber ball. Okay, sue him, he's tossing it between the ground and the side of the building and catching it. He's pretty focused on it for the time being. On a different day, he's sitting in the grass, book in hand reading. Does the guy ever stop?]

[ooc; if you'd like something specific, please hit me up at ratatosk]

Comments

[made_up_names]

Oh. Yeah. I've fought some really strong monsters and it's been breaking a lot. I kinda want to work some magic into it, but I'm real bad at everything except runes, so I'm trying to do it with science instead.

[tadeadshi]

Probably smart.

[Well, he's got his note book and shit in his hands so he'll work while he's facing Peter instead of his desk. He can multitask.]

So it's just breaking? Something stronger... What have you tried with science so far?

[made_up_names]

[ Wow that's a can of worms all right. Peter just. Stops for a moment. ]

It's - um, I've been fighting undead monsters. Specifically.

[ And as for the science, he runs down some chemicals. ]

[tadeadshi]

Oh.

[Wow he didn't even think about that but. Okay. While they're talking, he notes down the chemicals.]

Sounds like you've covered your bases... [But what about your acids. A joke he'll keep to himself.] Wish Honey Lemon was here, this would be more her thing...

[made_up_names]

[ If you make that joke out loud they can't be friends any more, just saying. ]

She's ... the really tall girl? The one going to the chemistry part of the competition?

[tadeadshi]

Yeah. Really excited about everyone and everything? She was great.

[made_up_names]

Yeah, I remember her. She seemed pretty cool.

[tadeadshi]

She was... [A moment of silence for his lost life.

Takes a breath and he's fine, he's fine.]

I'm not sure what all is available in the chemistry lab, but hopefully you can find something that works.

[made_up_names]

[ What the heck was that. ]

... Is she okay? Are you okay?

[tadeadshi]

Hm?

[What sorry? Tadashi smiles a little and shrugs one shoulder up, turning his chair back to his desk to work.]

Yeah, she's fine, I'm here. She just. Y'know, thinks I'm dead. [Like everyone else.]

[ooc; THERE WAS A SLIGHT CHANGE TO HIS STORY from the tdm thread so.]

[made_up_names]

[ UH

That is not a ping he thought he'd share with Tadashi of all people. His head whips around so fast. ]

-- What? Why?

[ A pause. ]

Are you?

[ OOC: NO WORRIES gotcha. ]

[tadeadshi]

[He's quiet, pencil tapping the paper.]

On paper I am.

[made_up_names]

...

[ He reaches out and pinches Tadashi's shoulder. ]

[tadeadshi]

Ow! Hey!

[Come on, he said he's dead on paper, not in reality!]

[made_up_names]

Do you secretly turn into a skeleton at night?

[ Peter what time do you think it is now. ]

[tadeadshi]

[Just to point that out, Tadashi gestures to the night sky outside the window and watches him.]

No.

[made_up_names]

[ Oh. That. Yep. Looking between Tadashi and the night outside. ]

Resurrected? With a spell that means people back home can't know you're here and alive again because that would ruin the spell?

[tadeadshi]

No, it--

[Wow he's remembering Hiro fondly right now with his million excited questions. God he wishes he didn't get homesick.]

Don't worry about it. I live here now, I get to rebuild my thesis from scratch, it's great.

[It's not.]

[made_up_names]

[ There's a reason why Peter and Hiro hit it off at that nerd conference. It has nothing to do with the same player having RPed both and having a similar teenaged nerd voice. ]

What are you rebuilding it with? Sadness?

[tadeadshi]

Funny guy. You would write a sitcom.

[Look, Peter, he's tired, he's been up 36 hours straight.]

Mostly what I remember of my notes, and a little homesickness.

[made_up_names]

[ Oh. Okay, sorry. He winces a bit, guilty. ]

... Yeah, okay, I get that. I'm pretty homesick too.

[tadeadshi]

Yeah, I figured you would be.

...Still need help sending letters home?

[made_up_names]

[ Oof. That's actually a weird topic now, isn't it. ]

I mean, I text my aunt every day now. She finally figured out how to take selfies properly so I guess that means she's joined the internet age.

[tadeadshi]

[A little bit, but Tadashi's always dealt with 'weird' okay.]

That's great, Peter. You'll probably regret that when she figures out how to send you memes.

[made_up_names]

Speaking from experience with Cass, huh?