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[Exie Yates]

Jeez. It was cold. So very very cold... Some extra body fat might do the girl some good, and it was surprising that she stayed so thin with how she ate. Except, well, she was almost constantly moving. Almost... At the moment, the only movement she was making was burying deeper into her cozy blanket. And it was beautiful under there, complete and total warm bliss...

The easily chilled girl was willing herself to read slower, while she did have some required reading to get done, she was dreading each time she had to reach her hands out into the icy world. While most of the students were probably perfectly fine in this weather, she had her face hidden like a thief's. Her scarf was up over her nose, and she tried to move the blankets up higher over her shoulders after another turn of the page.

"I take back everything I've ever thought or said. Snuggies are not a stupid idea.... In fact, one would be fantastic right now." She said, definitely talking to herself. Oh well, if her dorm mates happened to walk out into the common area they'd catch on pretty quick that she was crazy. And freezing. Maybe they'd have a snuggie. Maybe...If she was lucky. Although she was well aware she looked ridiculous, the brunette really didn't care.

That was... Until she heard what sounded like footsteps. She debated hiding under her blanket, then figured it didn't matter so long as they were walking through, could barely see her face after all. She was totally safe...Possibly.

[Luke Pyrrhos]

Within twenty-five paces, Luke had made it back to home sweet home, room 206. Now this wasn't any ordinary university or private school dorm. In fact, this was a coveted co-ed dormitory. Kids and teens and young adults alike that attended Hammel longed for one of these glorious rooms. Maybe it was the illustrious allure of living with the opposite sex, or the opportunities that such a room beheld. As long as you didn't get too out of hand and irresponsible, these rooms were wonderful for any student of any age.

He inserted the electronic card which acted as a key into the electronic reader on the door. Hearing the high beep of acceptance, he turned the door handle half-way, and creaked the door open. As it turned out, he wasn't the only on in the door room. But that wasn't first thing he noticed. The room was approximately twenty degrees cooler in the room than out in the well insulated hallways. Why was it so cold? He audibly shivered, holding his arms close to his body and head tucked in. Without looking at the who exactly was in the room he announced, "Goodness! Who put the temp at levels cool enough to freeze hell over?" He then faced the girl, wrapped up like a mummy in insulation of blankets, who apparently was feeling the same thing as what he was saying.

At this, he strode across the room towards the wall across from the entrance where large windows were. Luckily, they were all closed, but that wasn't what he was looking for. The thermometer was on the far right bit of the wall, eye level. He looked at the current marker and it read, 50 degrees Fahrenheit. "Skata!" Quickly and swiftly he urged the little bar up to a nice comfortable 75 degrees. He headed back towards his bed, and plopped on down, laying back and looking over at his roommate who he recognized as Exie."Ah, now that should warm up the place a little bit. Why didn't you change it instead of sitting there? You look all sad and pathetic.." he smiled as he said this, as only as a joke, not meaning to insult her whatsoever. He was being playful, something he spent most of his young adulthood doing. Why be serious when you could be fun and playful? "So E, beautiful, how's your holiday season faring?"