Dorm Alpha

Vivian had some apprehension to get over before she managed to voice: "It must have been terrible to have been frozen for so long." her cheeks turned red and she looked uncertain whether or not she might have touched a sore spot.

The girl places her hands in her lap, looking down at the floor, "I...it was. It was like a waking nightmare of sorts. Not truly awake, but not truly asleep when one was frozen like I was. Not aging, blinking or anything, but still having a vague memory of it happening." The blue haired girl shivers and rubs her hands up and down her arms, "I really want to forget what happened."

Vivian felt a stab of guilt as she saw how strongly Snow reacted to the ordeal she had endured. It was even worse than she had imagined it could possible be and once again a shiver ran down her spine as if she herself was frozen just for a second. "I'm sorry for bringing it up," she said apologetically and studied her own feet, avoiding eye contact.

"It's not your fault Vivian. You had no idea." Snow says, holding her arms gently as she looks to her roommate.

Vivian looked up and smiled weakly. "I was almost afraid I made you angry," she said and sighed as some tension ebbed away. "As long as I'm around, you'll never get frozen again," she stated boldly. "or at least I'll have you thawed out quickly," she added for certainty since that first promise would be rather hard to keep in some situations.

Snow smiles weakly at her, "T..thanks Vivian, I'm not one to get angry that often. I just hope that won't happen, but if it does, I'll appreciate it. I don't like any kind of ice and my sister really hates it now."

"I reckon you do," she said, confidence seeping back into her voice. "By the way, do you like to sing?" she asked.

"I've never really sang before outside a minor school performance." Snow admits, having never thought about it, "So I'm not really sure if I like it or not. What about you Xanthe, do you like to sing?"

Vivian possed her thumb half as if hitchhiking towards Xanthe. "Her parents have a Karaoke bar in Magix, and I absolutely love to sing. Or dance, or act," Vivian said and smiled broadly.

"What's a karakoke bar?" Snow asks blankly, her eyes showing just how clueless she was. She had never heard of one before today and wondered what other things would be out there to discover.

Vivian's face lost all expression and just stared blankly towards Snow for a couple of seconds, looking utterly dumbfounded. She then looked at Xanthe before fixing her eyes on Snow again. "Girl, the moment we have the opportunity to do so, we're going to that place and I'll give you a proper introduction," She said and giggled.

Snow looks at both her dorm mates in confusion. "That sounds very nice and all, but that doesn't explain what a karaoke bar is!" The girl remarks, blowing a strand of hair out of her face.

Vivian scratched her head, flushed slightly and chuckled awkwardly. "Of course," she said and giggled for a second longer. "You've got this music playing, but without the singing part. The lyrics appear on a screen and then you sing them! it's incredibly fun to do!"

With this news of what the bar is, Snow eyes widen in astonishment, "So I sing the song and try to follow it. But what If I make a fool of myself and ruin everyone's fun?" She asks, but something else was bother her too. What exactly was this screen they were talking about? They didn't mean a screen on a window or a door did they?

"Don't you worry about that, I've heard people butcher songs and still everyone, including the singer laughed about it. It's just important you have fun and don't feel embarrassed about what you do, no matter how foolish it might look. people don't go to a karaoke bar to see stellar performances, they go there to have fun!" Vivian stated and her eyes already sparkled with anticipation. "I bet we can even hook up a karaoke game to the television, but going to a karaoke bar is much more fun."

"Then I guess I don't have any need to get nervous." Snow says in relief, looking happy about that bit of information. She just had to wonder if there was any music she knew. "I'm sorry if I sound ignorant, but what is a Television?"

"Okay," Vivian said and she started to look somewhat nervous. "You might want to sit down. I'll explain a bit about everything," she said as she figured there was a lot more that Snow wouldn't know. "A television is that thing right over there," she said as she pointed to the actual television. "It can show you a variety of things, watch," she said as she picked up the remote control, zapped the TV on and the magix news channel popped up, speaking about some biker gang being apprehended just outside of the city. "And it has different channels," she said as she zapped a couple of times. The first channel showing a cartoon playing, the second a documentary about the oceans of Andros and the third playing a crime show from earth. "You see, and these are just four channels, there are like fifty I think."

"Wow, that's rather amazing. But what if something comes out of it? Can that happen?" Snow just has to ask to make sure to be on the safe side. "Could I try using that weird wand thingie?"

"This wand thingy is called a remote control, or mostly people just call it a 'remote'. because it controls the television... remotely," she said and continued to produce some weird magic sounds with her voice while waving about the remote, flipping channels rapidly. "But as far as I recall nothing ever crawled out of a television. These things have been recorded a while ago. Except the news perhaps, I think that's live. But still, they really won't jump out of the television."

Snow nods every so often, taking mental notes on all this, "I'm glad to hear nothing can climb out at me. It would be weird if something did."

"I'd blast the thing to smithereens myself if something did crawl out of it," Vivian stated confidently and chuckled. "But really, the only danger that thing poses is that one might waste a lot of time on it."

"I'm happy to hear that." Snow manages to speak, letting out a sigh of relief, "Just as long as I can study, I wouldn't mind watching somethings on it and losing time."

"Hey Snow," Vivian started. "if you don't have tv, or anything electronic on Domino. Then what do you do for fun at your place?" Vivian wondered.

"Well, I would read books, train my abilities to be the best I could since I wanted to be a body guard to my nephew and I guess just spend time with friends, while playing games." Snow says, remembering back to all her old actives back on Domino. Guess things will change by the time I get back home. My parents will probably want to update the house with all that tech.

Vi smiled broadly. "Seems like some things are timeless. I too love to train my abilities and spend time with friends. Though I'm not that much of a reader so I guess I'm lucky there is a thing as television," she stated and immediately got a good feeling about Snow as well. "I think we'll make splendid room mates!"