After a moment of warming himself, Lea indicated a hallway heading off from the common room. "The actual dorm room is this way," he said. "This here is just the common room, where everybody gathers when they're not busy. Kinda like the Gray Area back at the castle, but less... well, gray."
Lea noticed her putting her hood up, but didn't comment immediately. Instead he stayed quiet til the got to the dorm room, and if Xion found the common room a bit unusual the difference between the dorm room ans their rooms back at the castle was night and day. The only thing the two had in common, really was that they both contained beds. Five beds were lined up against one wall each covered with snuggly-looking duvet cover in the Ka house colors of red and black (which coincidentally matched Lea's coat and hair nearly perfectly). At the foot of each bed was a storage chest and on either side were individual wardrobes, vanities, and a small set of shelves for each occupant. On the wall opposite the beds were two large desks. It lacked the large window the main dorms would have but several smaller windows higher up the wall had been hung with heavy-looking red curtains. There were even small, round, red and black rugs next to each bed, to prevent students from having to step out of bed onto cold stone floors in the morning.
"My bed is down there," he said, pointing to the far end of the room. There a partially unpacked box and a cage with a rat in it sat on top of the storage chest. "And it looks like no one claimed the one next to it while I was gone, so you're free to claim that one."
As they headed down that way he asked, "What'd you put your hood back up for, down in the common room?", he asked. "I know it might be a little drafty in here but it's not that bad. Especially not compared to outside."
Re: Back at the Ka dorm
Lea noticed her putting her hood up, but didn't comment immediately. Instead he stayed quiet til the got to the dorm room, and if Xion found the common room a bit unusual the difference between the dorm room ans their rooms back at the castle was night and day. The only thing the two had in common, really was that they both contained beds. Five beds were lined up against one wall each covered with snuggly-looking duvet cover in the Ka house colors of red and black (which coincidentally matched Lea's coat and hair nearly perfectly). At the foot of each bed was a storage chest and on either side were individual wardrobes, vanities, and a small set of shelves for each occupant. On the wall opposite the beds were two large desks. It lacked the large window the main dorms would have but several smaller windows higher up the wall had been hung with heavy-looking red curtains. There were even small, round, red and black rugs next to each bed, to prevent students from having to step out of bed onto cold stone floors in the morning.
"My bed is down there," he said, pointing to the far end of the room. There a partially unpacked box and a cage with a rat in it sat on top of the storage chest. "And it looks like no one claimed the one next to it while I was gone, so you're free to claim that one."
As they headed down that way he asked, "What'd you put your hood back up for, down in the common room?", he asked. "I know it might be a little drafty in here but it's not that bad. Especially not compared to outside."