Whimsical Academy discussion

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Ollies bed

Rowan's side

Rowan pushed open the door to his dorm room, looking at the piece of paper that he had been given in the Great Hall a few minutes ago.
He had double checked the room number, and was confident he was in the right place.
One bag slung over his shoulder, Rowan looked around the room--they were spacious and very nice, and most of his luggage already sat on one of the beds, so he assumed that one would be his.
With a sigh, he walked over and set his bag down on the ground and proceeded to begin to unpack, same routine as he had done last year. Last year, his roommate had fallen ill near the end of the year, and he had told Rowan over the summer he wouldn't be returning.
It was a pity, because Rowan had enjoyed his company, had even had a crush on his roommate, and had been secretly hoping it would go somewhere this year.
So much for that, he supposed, and flipped up the lid to his suitcase. He just had to hope him roommate--Ollie, was it?--was at least tolerable and didn't snore.

(Ollie snoring will be the least of his problems lol)

Ollie went back to the hall he was originally walking down and found his dorm fairly easily. He had a roommate named Rowan, he hoped the dude wasn’t a total idiot. Ollie was honestly hoping to have someone to go to parties with and pick up girls with. He opened the door to find his roommate was already there. “You Rowan?” He asked bluntly as he shut the door. He went to his bed, it had his stuff on it, so he knew it was his. “I’m Ollie,” He introduced himself as he turned to face the guy, he sized him up. Rowan looked nice, too nice. Ollie felt himself get let down because of this, he didn’t need to be rooming with a goody too shoes. He wanted to party all semester and sneak girls into his room.

"Yeah, that's me. Oh, nice to meet you." He looked at Ollie, with his leather jacket and....blood on his shirt? Rowan shuddered automatically, and then took a deep breath and held out a hand. "It's nice to meet you." He pushed his shoulders back, and then shook his head. "Sorry, I already said that, huh?"


((Oh that's so true lol))

(Hell, I thought I exited him from this scene, can we say they had a brief ‘hello’ and then he had to leave for something?)

(((yuuup! I forgot about this too in a way lol))

Ollie walked into the dorm room and went to his closet, he pulled out another white tee and a pair of flannel pj bottoms, he was staying in for the rest of the day, might as well be relaxed. He gathered his shower bag and looked over at his roommate. Rowan was it? “Hey I’ll be right back,” He said, trying to avoid showing his shoulder to the guy, last time he saw blood on him he looked like he was going to be sick. Maybe the guy couldn’t handle the sight of blood? He went out of th room and towards the showers, he would clean his shoulder there and get cleaned up, he was sweating like crazy and he had blood all over his left shoulder.

Rowan nodded with raised eyebrows, having been relaxing on his bed reading. When Ollie had come in, he seemed to have a bit of pain in his eyes, and Rowan was still as he left the room.
Who was his roommate? First he had blood and shirt and now...what? Now what? He had zero idea, but something about him made him uncomfortable. With a sigh, he slowly dipped his head and went back to reading.

(Haha poor Rowan, probably wondering if he’d roomed with some apocalyptic dude that gets hurt a lot))

Ollie took his time in the shower, sticking his finger in the wound that was healing, he dug the bullet out, it hurt like hell. He ground his teeth and breathed really deep as he dug it out. He would probably have a scar from that one. Maybe. He didn’t usually scar, so it would be interesting if he had one. Ollie took his soap and lathered up before rinsing, he slung his towel around his hips and went to the sinks. Ollie brushed his teeth and combed his hair, taking his time in getting ready to head back to the dorm. He didn’t need the doe eyed roommate asking a bunch of questions he had no intention on answering. He got his clothes on, and packed up his stuff to head back to the room. He passed a few people in the hall, but didn’t say hello to anyone. He nudged the door to his room back open and kicked it shut gently. Rowan was reading a book, what a nerd. “Hey,” He said while going to his side and putting his things away. “What are you reading?”

Rowan glanced up. "Oh, hey. Just an adventure novel, I like a little... fictional thrill from time to time," he stated with a small smile. "Uh, hey, are you okay by the way? You don't need to go in detail, but I did see blood earlier, and you looked a bit pained a few minutes ago." He leaned back on his pillows and studied his roommate in the lights. What kind of person was Ollie? Would they get along at all?

An adventure novel, hah! Was that because he couldn’t bring himself to go on an actual adventure? Ollie tried not to think too negatively about the guy, he did have to room with him for the entire year after all. “I’m fine,” He stated with no emotion, he sighed after a moment though, he might as well try. “I got into a fight, I lost, end of story,” Ollie laid back on his bed, staring up at the ceiling as he thought about the girl from before. What made her so angry? Was she abused as a kid? “Do you know anything about girls?’ He asked with genuine curiosity.

"Girls?" Rowan carefully set a handmade bookmark inside the book and closed it, setting it aside. "Was the fight with a girl?" This didn't shock him. What shocked him was that the fight had turned physical, at a school. "I...kind of. I have a younger sister and my mom, my mom and I are pretty close and my dad left us when I was three, so...I guess you could say I'm familiar enough with them. Are you confused as to why this girl fought you, of do you have feelings for a girl?" Rowan had been in a relationship once with a girl, but both had mutually split when Rowan went to school here and she went elsewhere. "And I've dated one once," he added.

(Omgsh he’s such a cute little cinnamon roll, I actually feel bad that Ollie is rooming wth him)

“Yeah ya know, the opposite sex, girls?” Ollie said when he asked, ‘girls?’ He watched as Rowan went through his entire thought process aloud, amused that the other guy had to walk through his entire life to get to the point that he had dated one girl. “One girl? In your entire life? Your mom and sister don’t count as girls, they’re family,” He added the last bit to make sure he never counted them as girls again. “I’m not exactly confused as to why she fought me, I mean I was being an ass and I kind of got all up in her business. But why is she so damn violent? Like I tried being nice, well my version and she shot me bro.”

((HAHA well maybe Rowan can help Ollie a bit!))

"You don't have to be sarcastic, I was just processing," he stated, and then shrugged. "Yes, one girl. I've dated a guy before, too, but one girl. Plus, why would my mom and sister not count? I see how they act, and they are girls. Family or not, they're girls." He paused, and his eyes widened. "She what?! She shot you? She has a gun free range on campus?" Rowan had a bow and a few quivers, but he didn't go around carrying them to hallways! "But it sounds like you really did antagonize her. Shouldn't you know not to get in people's business like that? Look, I'm just saying you were both in the wrong here. She shouldn't have shot you, but you should have left her alone the first time she asked. By an ass do you mean you were flirting with her? Or were you trying to get in her? Because if it was the latter, I'd shoot you too," Rowan stated calmly.

“Well I guess they count, but I wouldn’t be looking for advice from my mom, ya know?” He listed es as Rowan tried to figure out exactly what had gone down. He seemed pretty shocked that she had a gun, yeah welcome to the club, Ollie hadn’t been prepared for that either. “Hell yeah she shot me, right in the shoulder, wanna see?” He offered. “I was just flurrying with her, it’s not like I was trying to get in her pants or hump her in the hallway or something... the girl has weapons all over the place too,” which was actually quite impressive, but he wasn’t about to admit that to her. “I tried being nice towards the end and I got shot for it. Makes me wanna just continue being an ass to her.. but I don’t think that’s the right approach either. I don’t know how to get through to her that I’m interested.”

"Why not? My mom raised me, and I take advice from her, and she's almost never steered me wrong." Rowan was beyond curious, and he did, in fact, want to see. He slid off the bed. "Yeah can I see? That's crazy." He frowned. "So you were trying to get in a dorm room then? Well, sounds like she's smarter than you give girls credit for, and honestly, she probably shot you because you'd tried to get her in a room. Don't you realize not all girls like that and that they aren't here for boys' happiness?" He raised a red eyebrow. "So you are into her? Well good luck because I don't see how she's going to be into you with that behavior. But if you really wanted her to know that maybe you should sit down like a normal person and stop flirting with her. What's her name? Where is she from, I know people are all over the place here."

Ollie took off his shirt and revealed the still healing wound, the hole was closing pretty fast now, but there was still puckered skin. “It hurts worse than you think a bullet would,” Ollie rose a brow as the kid went off about everything he did. Apparently he’d done it all wrong, but he’d used his usual techniques. “Well my way works in the Underworld just fine,” he said with annoyance. “Sit down? And have a conversation? Girls like that kind of stuff? Sounds boring.” Ollie shook his head as he put his shirt back on, “I mean I’ll try it if nothing else works. But girls are really made for me to flirt with, my dad said so.”

Rowan went from staring at the wound to staring at his roommate in complete and utter shock. "What is wrong with you?" He gasped, and backed up until he sat on his bed again. "Well, this is the real world, and your dad sounds like a piece of work. I don't say that lightly, I don't like calling people out. He leaned his head back. "Yes, girls like that kind of stuff! What in the world do you think they like, shopping and nail salons and...and making out? Some, sure, but not all!" He was getting overly worked up about this, maybe, but it made him angry, and Rowan didn't get angry that easily. "Then if that's too boring for you, give it up, it doesn't sound like this girl even wants to be around you. And they are not made for you to flirt with, that's sick and your dad's a freaking jerk, got it? Women are not objects made for your special attention."

“Wrong with me?” He asked, he didn’t think anything was wrong with him. “I mean yeah I figured they did all of that stuff,” he shrugged at Rowan, wondering why this guy was so mad at him. He didn’t understand, his dad was always going on about how girls were just things to play with. Of course he didn’t treat his mom that way though... “Okay master sage what can you teach me about flirting and respect then? I want to be able to have a relationship eventually. Obviously I’ve had all the wrong teaching up to this point.” He looked pretty serious, “But if you steer me wrong Rowan, we’re gonna have words, and maybe fists.”

"That you need to respect everyone the same. It doesn't matter who they are. That you need to get it our of your pea-sized head that girls are just as diverse as boys are and that not all like to be flirted with, that they are beings, too. Respect isn't that complicated." He quirked a red eyebrow. "Was that a threat? Because it sounds to me like you tried fists and that didn't go so well. Besides, I'm not afraid of your words, I see enough to know they're all idiotic and have no bearing, anyway." Rowan couldn't fight with fists, but he decided now wasn't the time to make that known. "Plus, you threaten me, I find your mystery girl and she'll join the fight. Come on, what's her name?"

Wow he hadn’t expected pretty boy to have such a heart or that much to say. It was so weird. “Uh oh kay well I guess I’ll have to rethink my strategy... girls just seem so mysterious. It’s hard to get inside their head so I just quit trying to be honest. And when I asked my dad about it, well you know,” Ollie rose a brow and held back a laugh. Rowan was in no way going to fight him, he did believe he could kick his ass with The girl though. “I uh don’t actually know her name? She never told me.”

"Just talk to them as you'd talk to a guy, it's really not that complicated. But also understand some girls may like the shopping nail thing, but you can never assume, just like you can't assume all boys like sports. You have to be open to everyone and you have to be respectful, like you'd be with...I don't know, you mom. I hope you're respectful to your mom, anyway, though frankly I wouldn't be shocked if she sent you hear to get your head out of your ass, pardon my language," Rowan stated with a nod. "And don't listen to your dad. You don't know her name? Okay, you probably don't even like this girl. How can you? And just a warning, there's no way she's going to like you back--you can't think all girls automatically like you."

“Of course I respect my mom! Who doesn’t?” Ollie didn’t think it was a bad thing to be a mama’s boy, though she had let him down quite a bit the past few years. “I would never treat her like that.... okay yeah I see your point. I need to clean up my act. I do like the girl, I just... couldn’t get the name from her, not for the lack of trying. She didn’t want to give it to me, and maybe you’re right, maybe she doesn’t like me. That’s fine, I’ll just... I dunno,” Ollie looked at Rowan, “I guess I’ll have to be better towards other people in general. Though that will be very hard and very much against my nature.”(It going to take a lot of prep work to get him to be civil eventually XD) Ollie pointed at Rowan, “You can help me though, right?”

"Exactly! I respect my mom, more than anyone else I know. And...good, at least we're getting somewhere. Hmm. Well, maybe you two will have a class together and her name will come up. Yeah, I'm pretty sure she doesn't like you, she freaking shot you." Rowan nodded. "I think you will have to work hard on this, but you ned to do it." He hesitated. "Yes, I'll help you. But the deal is off if you threaten me again," he stated quietly but calmly.

“YOu think we’ll have class together?” Ollie was suddenly ready for classes to start right away, but he didn’t say anything to Rowan. “I’ll work hard I swear, and yeah no more threats. We’re going to have to work together on this, because I’m apparently very lost in the ways of women.” Ollie gestured to his bed, “Have a seat my friend, we have much to discuss. Like why do girls refuse to give you their name? What’s with that, is that like a super power, cuz I gave my name right away.”

"I don't know, maybe. Actually, what year was she? Maybe not then, if you're different years? Not sure." Rowan hesitated, then decided to just accept the invite, and he sat down at the end of his roommate's bed. "Okay, so...the name thing. It's not just a girl thing, because I know plenty of people who give names, most do. It sounds to me like this girl knew not giving you her name would drive you up a wall, and because she probably thought that you didn't deserve to know it. Meaning she has no attachment to you and doesn't care if you die in a hole or not," Rowan stated, and frankly, in his mind he didn't think Ollie deserved to know the girl's name, either. "If you don't give a name, there's less attachment."

“I don’t know what year she was, she didn’t exactly give me much information on her besides her killing abilities,” He huffed before pulling his phone out. “I don’t think that’s the deal though, I think she was just having an off day.” He was completely oblivious, “Do you think she really wouldn’t care if I died? That’s disheartening.” Ollie pulled his knees to his chest and sighed, “I’m hopeless.” He felt himself falling into the depths of despair, quite quickly at that.

Rowan stared at his roommate, mouth slightly agape. He was stunned at the boy's horrible people skilled, literally floored. This was unbelievable. "You're kidding, right? You said she has killing abilities? And she shot you? Then, yeah, I'm pretty sure she does not care if you died, sorry to say. And, no, I doubt it about the off day. I still cannot believe you're so upset over the fact this girl doesn't like you. You met her for the first time today, don't even know her name--and I'm right about why you don't now it--and are now in denial? Gracious, you really have no skills. You have no common sense, this is almost laughable if it weren't such a serious matter."

(XD omgsh)

Ollie knew that he’d just met her, but she’d gotten under his skin. “Okay, lets say we forget about her right now? But then what if I run into her again? Do I just ignore her?” He thought about everything Rowan had said thus far, “Yes, yes I should.” Ollie wanted to perk her interest, but not in a negative way, so he was going to be oblivious of her for now. “Okay dude, lets forget about girls for a while, do you want to play a video game?”

((haha))

"I think that's a good idea--forgetting about her, and yes, ignoring her if you see her again, because she's either going to ignore you or act angry, so just ignore her. She hates you, I think it's for the best." Rowan slowly nodded. "Sure, what do you have? I'm not super great at some, I don't play a lot."

Ollie played games with Rowan late intro he night, eventually he went to bed. It was around 3 am, he went and fell into bed and had a dreamless sleep. He woke early and got dressed in the dark as he went for a run.

It was still kind of early by the time Ollie was returning to the dormitory, sweat dripped down the sides of his face, he was more than a little tired as he walked into the dorm room. He went over to his dresser and dug through the drawers for his clothes, he was going to take a shower and get ready for the day. He picked out a pair of joggers and a plain black shirt, he found his favorite pair of converse, grabbed his shower duffel and went back out of the dorm without a word. After getting to the showers he laid his stuff out and turned on the hot water, the water slid over his skin. He was glad to be able to just be, without anyone or anything distracting him. It didn’t take him long to lather up and rinse off. He took his time in front of the mirror getting ready, then headed back to the dorm. He walked in and looked around for his phone, he had some instagram pictures to post.

Rowan had woken up by now, and he was taking a sip of iced tea when Ollie entered the room.
He nodded at his roommate. "Hey, thanks for the video games last night, that was fun," he commented, sitting at his desk as he made a schedule for what he wanted or needed to do that day.

“Yeah it was,” Ollie replied, he glanced over at Rowan, “What are your plans today?” He had decided on his run that he was going to think of Rowan almost like his sponsor. Have him to keep him level headed and not acting like a complete idiot, but also he liked Rowan, so he wanted to hang out with him more. “I have two classes, but if you wanna do something later?” Ollie took a few photos of his bed and posted them to his tumblr. He had an obsession with taking pictures of messy beds, it might have been weird to some people, but he thought it was almost art like.

"Not much, I have three classes later and plan to go on a walk." He shrugged. "Probably start some work later." He nodded. "Yeah, sure, what did you have in mind?" Rowan asked as he went over to the sink and ran a comb through his red hair.

(Would Rowan go to the party too?)

(He might! I think if Ollie or someone else tells him about it--especially if Ollie thinks Cal will be there, Rowan definitely wants to come to see what the big deal is and...ah...keep and eye on Ollie XD. Not that he could stop Ollie from doing anything bc Rowan cannot fight lol))

(kk)

"I have some classes too, but I hear there's a party going on later... maybe?" He'd someone tag a party that went to the school, so he was planning on jumping on that. "I'm thinking that girl might be there, it would be nice to have you there too," He admitted, Ollie honestly didn't trust himself around girls in general at the moment.

Rowan raised a red eyebrow. "You think she'd be there, really? Maybe. But..." He chewed his lip, then shrugged and nodded. "I'll come. I won't drink too much, maybe one beer. But hey if I were you, I'd not get super drunk either. If this girl is there and she already hates you sober..." He shook his head. "That may be a disaster. But I'll be there."

(Haha it’s gonna be more than a disaster)

Ollie was excited that Rowan was willing to go too. The party would be epic, he had a feeling. And if the girl was there, well he would just ignore her. Who said they had to say anything to each other? They could mature and ignore one another, right? “Should we bring beer? I mean I know it’s a party, but shouldn’t we bring something? Seems polite.” Ollie was usually anything but polite, but he wanted to make sure there would be booze there. He wanted to get wasted, though he wasn’t going to tell Rowan that part.

((oh definitely. I have a bad feeling some blood will be shed. Cal will be miserable with Cole and Ollie both there))

"Maybe! Though who did you say is holding it? Do you know if they have any already?" Rowan then paused at the question. "Hey wait a second, you have a beer in the room?" He quirked an eyebrow, uncertain about how he felt in this situation.

(Omgsh poor Cal XD This is going to be funnnnn)

"I'm not sure, the user name was C something, I didn't exactly see who the user was, I wasn't paying attention. I can try to look it up again if you want," Ollie rose both brows at Rowans question, "Who doesn't have beer hidden in their bags?" He was quite perplexed with the thought of someone not sneaking in booze, wasn't that normal? Rowan was an interesting guy, he didn't treat girls the way Ollie did, he apparently didn't keep beer around. What did this guy do for fun? Maybe Ollie could show him how to have a fun time at the party!

((I know...she's gonna lose it XD...I can't wait haha))

"Oh, okay. Nah, it's fine, I just hope it's an okay party and nothing too insane happens," he replied. "Uh, me. I don't have that in my bags." He stared at the genuinely confused look on Ollie's face. His roommate was so, so different than him it was almost hilarious if Rowan hadn't been so concerned with what those differences were.

Nothing too insane? Wasn't that the whole point of parties? Ollie began to wonder if Rowan had ever in his life attended a party before. It didn't seem so. At least not a good one. "You don't have anything illegal in your bags do you Rowan?" Ollie asked with a raised brow. "We're going to have you branch out a little bit while you're here. Parties being your first thing to branch out with," Ollie was already planning things in his head to do with Rowan.

"No!" He paused. "I have, like, a weapon, but that is it! And I would never use on someone it unless I absolutely had to. Why would I have something illegal, you--" Are insane, is what he wanted to finish with, though he held it in. "Um, branching out? No, I was fine last year thanks. I mean, I'll go with you just to keep tabs on your behavior if this girl shows up, but still."

"C'mon man, lets have a little fun tonight. It won't be fun unless you're partying too. Why don't you have a few beers, instead of just one? I'll promise to behave if you do," Ollie gave his most charming smile, trying his best to convince Rowan to chill and just hang out for once. He didn't need to babysit all night, he could relax and have some fun with the rest of them.

"Oh I think I'll be okay with one beer and listening to the music," he stated with a shrug. "And you know I'll behave! But I don't know about you." That smile looked impish, and Rowan signed. Why in the world did anyone let Ollie loose to roam the wider world he didn't know--the guy was clueless and sexist, and Rowan could honestly not believe his level of ignorance when it came to women.

“Me? Of course I’ll behave, or try to. I can only hold off the girls for so long Rowan,” he smirked before donning a different shirt than before. “Alright I gotta head to class. But I’ll see you later when we get ready for the party. I’ll let you know if I find out who’s hosting the party, otherwise we just show up.” Ollie waved and went out the door to head to class. He was pretty sure the party was going to be one to remember.

"No, that's just what you think. Clearly this one girl is not impressed with you." He shrugged. "And yeah, sounds good, thanks." He waved back at him and watched as he left, and then shook his head and groaned, falling face first on the bed. He rolled to his back. This was going to be an interesting year, that's for certain.