10IV start!

[idolpro]

Who: 10IV
Where: The 10IV dorms
When: Day 355, morning

[ You all wake up in bed with your smartphone at your bedside, all of you in your sleepwear, with a message on your phone.

Good morning, newly departed guest stars! You've got new co-stars to meet, a new dorm to explore, and the television in the main room with the "names" of everyone in your unit with flashing empty boxes next to them, waiting for you to each assign yourself a personal color. Or assign them to each other, really, no one's stopping you.

Once you've chosen your color (or, once it's chosen for you), your closets will unlock with 3 sets of hospital uniforms fitted exactly to your size.

Also, the front door is currently locked. It looks like you actually have no choice but to get to know each other for an hour or two before those open up. ]

Comments

[youarewhateatsyou]

[nods! then speaks, voice strained]

...It doesn't hurt, but...

[agentgymstudent]

Can you write or know sign language? ASL.

[youarewhateatsyou]

[starts nodding, but then tilts her head in confusion

what the heck is an asl]

[agentgymstudent]

American Sign Language. Was the nod to both or just one?

[youarewhateatsyou]

[more confusion

what the heck is an american]

[agentgymstudent]

....do you know phones?

[youarewhateatsyou]

[oh! she knows this one!

holds up her phone, nodding again]

[agentgymstudent]

There should be a potepad program.

[youarewhateatsyou]

[taps her phone for a minute or so before holding it out for him, notepad open:]

I found it!

[agentgymstudent]

There we go. [And that gets a smile from him.]

So you know any sign language?

[youarewhateatsyou]

[again, tapping some more...]

I don't know what that is.

[agentgymstudent]

You use your hands to make gestures that mean words.

Like 'I like apples.' [He will sign that.]

[youarewhateatsyou]

[GASP]

That's amazing! Can you teach me?

[agentgymstudent]

Sure.

I don't know how many people here are gonna know it, but Sign Language is fairly intuitive with the signs. Should make any potential charades easier.

[youarewhateatsyou]

[nodnod! she wants to learn!]

[agentgymstudent]

Sure. Once we got the stuff sorted we can leave. Could go exploring and I show you signs for stuff. [MULTITASKING.] I think its easier to learn with some visual learning.

[youarewhateatsyou]

[more nodding-

oh wait that's right there's a whole world to explore outside

RUNNING STRAIGHT FOR THE DOOR only to find it' s locked. oh.]

[agentgymstudent]

Did you read all the phone stuff?

[youarewhateatsyou]

[oh

oh that's right

slumping her shoulders a bit and blushing with embarrassment]

[agentgymstudent]

....are you embarrassed you forgot or that you didn't read it?

[youarewhateatsyou]

[holds out her phone without looking him in the eye]

I forgot.

[agentgymstudent]

... [He'll pat her arm.] We're all coping in different ways.

[youarewhateatsyou]

[nods miserably

waddles over to the tv to input a colour for herself]

[agentgymstudent]

But hey.

Nothing bad aboit learning a new skill? [Awkward smile.]

[youarewhateatsyou]

[smiles back, genuinely warm, and nods once again]