Room 107: Jellicle Cats are merry and bright

by **Basil Benson** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 12:35 am

Unlike a lot of the others, Basil was in a great mood. When he was told to move his things, he loaded all his excess belongings in his trunk. He was going to have to do it soon anyways, no time like the present.

Because of that, his side of the room looked fairly barren.

The empty suit of the invisible man laid casually on his bed with his laptop in his lap.

by **Diego Zapata** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 12:44 am

After playing "Shave and a Haircut" on the door with his knuckles, Diego opened the door a crack and stuck his poofy head through.

"Heeere's jaguar!"

by **Basil Benson** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 1:02 am

"Heeeeeey Mate! Welcome to the most boring dorm in existence.

I'm your host, Basil Oliver Benson. But only for a few more weeks."

by **Diego Zapata** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 1:30 am

"You're moving out?" he asked as he came in, modest baggage in tow.

by **Basil Benson** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 1:36 am

"Yes. I graduate soon, and I had already decided to buy a house for Madame. Someone will have to be at the house, and it can't be her."

by **Diego Zapata** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 1:40 am

"Seriously?"

He grinned. "Well, congrats man. On graduating and moving in together with your lady."

by **Basil Benson** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 1:46 am

"Thank you, thank you.

Situation puts a damper on my masters, but I suppose I can enroll in online classes at another university."

by **Diego Zapata** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 2:09 am

"Oh my God, dude, the new rules suck donkey nuts. Seriously, we can't even use the D.R. after hours without express written permission. So dumb."

by **Basil Benson** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 2:19 am

"I hate that thing anyways... but I know your girlfriend Chisaki is a fan. I'm sure she's feeling put out."

by **Diego Zapata** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 2:41 am

Diego stared at Basil with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeeaahh... not my girlfriend."

by **Basil Benson** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 2:42 am

"What?! Why?! She adores you! She talks about you all the time."

by **Diego Zapata** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 2:50 am

"She doesn't like me that way. She... made it clear she wants to just be friends."

Judging by his expression, he was disappointed by the fact.

by **Basil Benson** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 2:52 am

"She said that?"

by **Diego Zapata** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 10:26 pm

"A bit more complicated than that but yeah."

by **Basil Benson** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 10:48 pm

Basil was silent for an awkward amount of time. Then, he reached over the edge of his bed to open the lip of his satchel And dig something out.

"Catch." He called, before tossing his flask to Diego. Whatever was inside of it was citrus-y, with just a hint of juniper.

by **Diego Zapata** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:00 pm

He caught the flask almost as gracefully as Chase would have. He took a sniff and looked questioningly at Basil, before shrugging and taking a pull of the contents.

by **Basil Benson** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:10 pm

It tasted rather like it smelled, but it definitely had the kick of alcohol that people who didn't drink hard alcohol wouldn't be a fan of.

If Diego knew his booze, he'd be able to identify it as gin

by **Diego Zapata** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:31 pm

He started coughing right after swallowing. Clearly he was a hard liquor virgin.

"Dear God, what did I just drink," he coughed.

by **Basil Benson** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:39 pm

"Beefeaters. Gin." He replied, sounding amused.

"I forgot the man from the city of sin can't handle his liquor." He teased.

by **Diego Zapata** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 12:06 am

"It's hard to drink underage when both your parents are cops," he said a little defensively.

by **Basil Benson** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 12:40 am

"Aaannnnnd your excuse for the last several months iissss.....?"

by **Diego Zapata** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 12:49 am

"Not having a suicidal liver?" he smirked.

by **Basil Benson** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:27 am

"Sounds like the Yank is giving up to me. Toss it back mate, if it's not to your liking."

by **Diego Zapata** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:49 am

"You can keep your deceptively fruity-smelling liquid fire," he said, capping the flask and tossing it back.

"So you really thought Chisaki and I were an item, huh? We do hang out a lot, so I guess I get why."

by **Basil Benson** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:56 am

Catching the flask, he dipped in himself to not have Diego at a disadvantage.

" Well yea. I mean, she's been gone a lot lately. I thought she was with you."

by **Diego Zapata** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 2:17 am

"Nope. Haven't seen her as much lately. I assumed she just had extra coursework or something."

by **Basil Benson** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 6:27 pm

"Her loss." Basil replied casually.

"Who else do you fancy?"

by **Diego Zapata** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 8:15 pm

"No one comes to mind really. But if I did, she'd probably just want to be friends. Because I'm terrible at picking girls to like."

by **Basil Benson** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 9:02 pm

"Have you ever considered it's your approach?" Basil asked.

by **Diego Zapata** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 11:14 pm

"Of course I have. But I don't know what I'm doing so wrong unless being my goofy self is the problem."

by **Basil Benson** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 12:21 am

"I mean..... kinda?

If you approach them as nothing but a comedian, they will assume you just want to be a friend.'

by **Diego Zapata** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 12:46 am

"So you're saying I should come out flirty right away?"

by **Basil Benson** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 12:59 am

"I mean... a little. If you're interested. You don't want to be a creeper either, obviously.

And If you're uncertain you can keep it reigned in until you've talked a bit, but making them your bestie as if you have no other ulterior motive is ensuring that they perceive your relationship as purely platonic."

by **Diego Zapata** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 1:20 am

"I... see what you're saying but I don't always have the romantic feelings right away. That's not to say I don't feel physical attraction as quickly as any other dude."

by **Basil Benson** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 1:31 am

"You don't have to have romantic feelings immediately. As long as you don't hide the fact you might have some physical interest in addition to an academic one.

Come on then. Pretend I am an attractive female. That shouldn't be hard, considering.

What would you say to me to get me to talk to you?"

by **Diego Zapata** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 7:23 pm

"I'd say... Hey, I like your hair?" he said, obviously feeling awkward.

"No, that's lame. No wonder I can't get a date."

by **Basil Benson** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 7:43 pm

"It's not bad persay. You just don't open on that." He replied. " Compliments about how she carries herself definitely help set the precedent that you're not just there because you thought she looked friendly, but you don't want to start a conversation with one unless you legitimately are only looking for a quick roll in the hay and you're in the sort of environment for that type of behavior isn't frowned upon.

And it's going to be frowned upon in most environments because most people aren't looking to get hit on when they're just randomly going about their day to day business."

Basil quite enjoyed talking with Diego about this, and sat cross-legged on his bed, setting aside whatever work he had been doing to give this his full attention. "Try again.

Wait! Pretend I'm in the canteen, eating my lunch. That's a pretty normal thing to do."

by **Diego Zapata** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 9:04 pm

Diego thought for a moment before nodding to himself. He mined carrying a tray of food and approached.

"Hey. Mind if I join you?" he said, starting with basic courtesy.

by **Basil Benson** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 10:08 pm

"No, not at all!" Basil replied, his ability to drop into falsetto easily being employed to try to be somewhat convincing.

by **Diego Zapata** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 11:19 pm

Diego pulled over the room's desk chair and took a seat.

"You must be new, because I think I would have noticed you."

He grimaced. "Yeah, no. Do over."

"Diego," he said, smiling as he extended a hand, "Or Ocelotl if you're into the codename thing."

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