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[Cronology]

my high school 150 USD for one half of a year for a space in the Seinor parking lot. and as stupid as it seemed it was lottoed out. so for the whole year your shelling out 300 USD -.- a quick walk across the street 50 USD for church parking heh

[Eric Copper]

Okay, hit me with the image of the dorm quad. Is the quad 4 separate rooms with central shared stuff, is it one big room for 4 people with shared ammenities? Is it two people per room and two rooms with a central common area? I have 3 quadmates, but does that mean that I have 4 roomates? Or one, or none? Just curious how that dynamic works. I don't really care where the dorms are, but knowing what the room I live in looks like would be a big help

Sure thing.

The boys' dorm is still part of the original architecture. Since Saint Joe's was originally an all-girls' school run exclusively by the church, privacy concerns were not paramount at the time of its' construction. The quads are pretty much large square rooms. All four boys sleep in the same room, which in my head always had two bunkbeds, though four single beds could also work. The beds are on either side of a simple open space, in which the boys might put a TV or whatever. All quads have at least a couple windows. The boys' dorm has bathrooms and showers at the end of each hall, shared by everyone who lives on that floor.

When it was rebuilt after the Rikti war, the girls sortof lucked out. Their new dorm is much nicer, and built with the sensibilities of the modern day. The girls' dorm was not entirely destroyed, however, so a small number of the rooms are still done in the "classic" style of the boys' dorm. The other modernized rooms, however, have one of two styles.

The first style is really what I would call a "joined double". Three rooms: two bedrooms, each with a pair of beds, seperated by a small common room.

The second style is similar to the "open" style of the boys' dorm, but due to more modern architecture, provides more privacy by placing the beds in recessed "nooks." This second style has a larger common area, but essentially mimics the old style.

The girls' dorm also has shared bathroom and showers on each floor.

Now, a word about both dorms. Each floor has an RA (resident assistant) double-sized room that a single student occupies. This person is usually a kind of "dorm monitor," harkening back to the days of a staff member who lived with the students and kept them in check. Nowadays, only one staff member lives in each of the dorms, on the ground floor. The other floors are "monitored" by student RAs.

Also, the boys' dorm has a small number of odd singles and doubles, some of which have their own bathroom facilties. Nobody remembers what the function of these rooms are, and some are occupied, some empty. If you've ever been in an old building and stumbled across a wierd room with a random sink in it? Yeah, that sort of thing.

Also, both the boys' dorm and the remaining "old" section of the girls' dorm have a garrett room, up at the point of the roof. It's sortof like living in the attic.

Last word on this: there is a proposal to build a new set of dormitory buildings. Whether they would be for freshmen or for upperclassmen is not known, but certainly, one or the other.

Okay, I think we used to have 8 quads each but we now have 12. The 4 new quads for each side, are they the new dorm buildings? If so, what are their layouts? Are they "joined double" layouts or something else?

[Kris O'Sullivan]

Probably on the other floors of the same dorm buildings.

[Misericorde]

Could be a ret-con? Personally, I would make 'em similar to the older (though still rebuilt since the War) quads. Avoid squabbles.

[Kris O'Sullivan]

Hope this helps! It was on page one or two.

Okay, hit me with the image of the dorm quad. Is the quad 4 separate rooms with central shared stuff, is it one big room for 4 people with shared ammenities? Is it two people per room and two rooms with a central common area? I have 3 quadmates, but does that mean that I have 4 roomates? Or one, or none? Just curious how that dynamic works. I don't really care where the dorms are, but knowing what the room I live in looks like would be a big help

Sure thing.

The boys' dorm is still part of the original architecture. Since Saint Joe's was originally an all-girls' school run exclusively by the church, privacy concerns were not paramount at the time of its' construction. The quads are pretty much large square rooms. All four boys sleep in the same room, which in my head always had two bunkbeds, though four single beds could also work. The beds are on either side of a simple open space, in which the boys might put a TV or whatever. All quads have at least a couple windows. The boys' dorm has bathrooms and showers at the end of each hall, shared by everyone who lives on that floor.

When it was rebuilt after the Rikti war, the girls sortof lucked out. Their new dorm is much nicer, and built with the sensibilities of the modern day. The girls' dorm was not entirely destroyed, however, so a small number of the rooms are still done in the "classic" style of the boys' dorm. The other modernized rooms, however, have one of two styles.

The first style is really what I would call a "joined double". Three rooms: two bedrooms, each with a pair of beds, seperated by a small common room.

The second style is similar to the "open" style of the boys' dorm, but due to more modern architecture, provides more privacy by placing the beds in recessed "nooks." This second style has a larger common area, but essentially mimics the old style.

The girls' dorm also has shared bathroom and showers on each floor.

Now, a word about both dorms. Each floor has an RA (resident assistant) double-sized room that a single student occupies. This person is usually a kind of "dorm monitor," harkening back to the days of a staff member who lived with the students and kept them in check. Nowadays, only one staff member lives in each of the dorms, on the ground floor. The other floors are "monitored" by student RAs.

Also, the boys' dorm has a small number of odd singles and doubles, some of which have their own bathroom facilties. Nobody remembers what the function of these rooms are, and some are occupied, some empty. If you've ever been in an old building and stumbled across a wierd room with a random sink in it? Yeah, that sort of thing.

Also, both the boys' dorm and the remaining "old" section of the girls' dorm have a garrett room, up at the point of the roof. It's sortof like living in the attic.

Last word on this: there is a proposal to build a new set of dormitory buildings. Whether they would be for freshmen or for upperclassmen is not known, but certainly, one or the other.

[Mimi]

Okay, I think we used to have 8 quads each but we now have 12. The 4 new quads for each side, are they the new dorm buildings? If so, what are their layouts? Are they "joined double" layouts or something else?

They're still in the same building.

There are probably 6 quads on each floor, three floors, plus the random sorts of rooms the boys' dorm still contains, plus the garrett. That's 18 quads plus some random doubles and singles on the boys' side.

New quad numbers "appeared" because we needed some more quads.

If we "build" a new dorm, it will most likely be housing for grades 7 and 8.

[Passion's Flame]

i know it's been brought up elsewhere but what about sacraficing some functionality in scooi to make 2 seprate dorm rooms you can split large rooms into 6 quads easily along with walls and everything, meaning 20 people to a large room. it's an easy set up and costs very little just uses alot of space.

[Mimi]

i know it's been brought up elsewhere but what about sacraficing some functionality in scooi to make 2 seprate dorm rooms you can split large rooms into 6 quads easily along with walls and everything, meaning 20 people to a large room. it's an easy set up and costs very little just uses alot of space.

This sounds like a suggestion for the in-game base.

I was talking about the fluff base, in the fiction.

[Cryogene]

For those students with special residential needs (too huge for the beds/doors, can only sleep/recharge under specific conditions, could be dangerous to any roommates, etc.), where are they housed? In specialized rooms in the dorms, or somewhere else entirely? And do they get their own rooms, or does the staff seek to pair them with roommates that won't be bothered by (or also need) the unusual conditions?

[Firetastic]

i cant believe i read every single post in this thread! Now i dont know what to draw

[Mimi]

For those students with special residential needs (too huge for the beds/doors, can only sleep/recharge under specific conditions, could be dangerous to any roommates, etc.), where are they housed? In specialized rooms in the dorms, or somewhere else entirely? And do they get their own rooms, or does the staff seek to pair them with roommates that won't be bothered by (or also need) the unusual conditions?

That largely depends on two factors, one IC and one OOC.

In character, it depends exactly how dangerous or how unusual we're talking about. Let me explore a couple examples.

If we had an entirely aquatic student, one who would 'drown' if he did not sleep in a large tank of water, the administration would need to balance out the problem of keeping that student healthy with the desire to not isolate that student. Probably, that student would have a room assignment but might actually sleep in a special tank in the basement of the dorm. It's also possible that the student would be assigned to a room on the first floor, with their sleeping tank directly below their quad, accessible from the quad by a 'waterlock' (think a plexiglas tube like an airlock, but it fills with water). Even with this extreme example, Saint Joe's is going to try very hard to make sure that student is not isolated.

Now, let's talk about a dangerous student, a student who, say, is deadly radioactive when he doesn't keep mental focus. Obviously, when he sleeps he loses focus and he becomes a whirling storm of radioactivity. There is no way to keep this student in a dorm. While he still may have a room assignment, the administration cannot even afford to let this boy take a nap, let alone sleep near other students.

Now, the OOC factor is quite simple, really: do you want your student to be isolated? For some, isolation is part of the concept (or rather, overcoming their isolation). For others, they are not interested in having their character be alone. So, out of character, a decision about what sort of speculative technology would be involved in keeping the student healthy and happy.

So, to bring this back into focus, let's talk specifically about Cryogene. It's your question, after all. For her history and powers, I see a couple IC options, but ultimately the decision is yours to make about her. I can envision a unit built into the wall above her bed, that folds down over her as she sleeps, filled with thermo-coils (like a big space heater!) that allow her to absorb as much heat as she needs as she sleeps. Hooked up to a bioregulator provided by the nice folks at SERAPH, even someone sleeping nearby would not be disturbed. She could also require a much bulkier apparatus, in which case she has her very own hyperthermic tank in the basement (next door to the water tank for the aquatic boy, perhaps) and though she has a room assignment, it is not where she actually sleeps.

[Nox]

Hi Mimi!

A question: How would the staff, especially the school counselors, react to someone that was difficult read with psi powers?

I have a DM/DA scrapper and psi shielding is in the power set. I was thinking about having a low level of psi interference always occurring around him.

Thanks,

Nox

[Mimi]

A question: How would the staff, especially the school counselors, react to someone that was difficult read with psi powers?

I have a DM/DA scrapper and psi shielding is in the power set. I was thinking about having a low level of psi interference always occurring around him.

Well, I'm not 100% sure what you're asking. Most of the staff wouldn't "react" one way or the other, because we have very few psychic staff members. As far as guidance staff goes, that's a decision I can help you make, but you'll need to figure out the details.

David Conrads is an empath. He reads students' emotional states. Does your psi shield mean he cannot read you? If so, it's more likely that you will end up with Valerie Atwood than David Conrads, since your psi shielding would not distract from Valerie's unusual automaticd drawing and writing.

I don't think we have any directly psychic or telepathic staff. I tried to avoid that cause I don't think it's very interesting to have teachers read your thoughts.

However, I can tell you for certain, Sam Stinebrenner is completely unable to communicate with you, so you might think the school is haunted.

[Nox]

Thanks for the response to my last inquiry.

What kind of science research programs/facilities does the school have?

Or would there be some kind of arrangement with one of the research institutions in Paragon City?

Just more background stuff.

Nox

[Mimi]

What kind of science research programs/facilities does the school have?

Or would there be some kind of arrangement with one of the research institutions in Paragon City?

Well, SJS is not a university. So, "research programs" might be a wierd term to use. But here's what I can tell you.

We have MECCa (the mathematics, engineering, and computing center) on campus now, which has a goodly number of scientific facilities. We don't have any two-hundred-thousand-dollar electron microscopes, I don't think. But maybe we do. That's up to you guys as writers and roleplayers. But certainly we have some great facilities.

Now, in terms of "programs," well, I imagine there are a few students who get evaluated every month on aspects of their powers by doctors from GIFT and a handful of grad students at Paragon City University. But SJS is a high school, so those programs run through the University, get funding from GIFT, and have permission from SJS to use certain students as case studies (with student consent, of course). Those are not "our" programs, we just participate. Most fifteen year olds don't have government grants or legal permission to have their own research projects.

SJS has relationships with all the organizations in the basement of City Hall-- GIFT, DATA, SERAPH, etc.-- for a couple simple reasons. First off, they fund parts of the school, and in some cases, sponsor a student or ten. It is in GIFT's best interests to keep the nuclear-powered boy from blowing up (and doing chores for them), and so GIFT might donate the special suit that keeps him healthy. That sort of thing. Secondly, those organizations are deeply intertwined with other organizations, forming a contact web which SJS uses to keep tabs on students, and learn of the existence of other young people who might need help.

Does that help? Feel free to keep on asking questions