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Cabin Info Dump & Sign-Ups
For a few weeks every summer, all students move out of the dorms and go to a set of cabins located in the Preserve for some bonding and fun times. Or something. We're not sure what the excuse really is besides 'wacky hijinks'.
Students will move into the cabins very early in the semester and will be there for a few weeks (actual move-in date and amount of time there to be determined) There may be another period of cabinosity at the end of Term 2.
Graduating seniors who are sticking around this summer (for part or all of the summer) will have their own cabin separate from the rest of the student body.
Teachers will continue to live in their in town residences.
Cabin Layouts and Facilities
Cabins are fully equipped with electricity, running water, air conditioning, windows that can be covered, a bathroom with a shower, toilet and wash basin, three exits, wireless internet and a small living area with chairs and a TV. Students are welcome to bring their own electrical equipment. The living room is for cabin residents and basic living room etiquette is that you don't go into another cabin's living room without an invitation. Outside the living room door is a small campfire. Etiquette for campfires is like common rooms - come one, come all.
Each cabin is split into two sections of 4 alcoves each. The alcove has a curtain for privacy, but no door and the wall separating one alcove from the one next door only goes 3/4 of the way to the top. It's not very private, which adds to the oddness and fun.
You can see the layout of a standard cabin here.
Sexing in the Cabins
As there are no doors on the alcoves and the walls do not go all the way up to the ceiling, sound travels pretty well in the cabins. Unless you can create a magical sound barrier, everyone in your cabin can hear you if you're getting some action. If you do not want to deal with yelling, flying buckets of cold water or other retaliatory measures (but come on, that'd be FUN) there are a number of places you can go to do your thing in private (provided someone hasn't already claimed the space at that time).
- The dorms (but please don't make a habit of going back there every night)
- The preserve (if you dn't mind teal deer watching)
- The woods (if you don't mind the bugs watching)
- The abandoned shack (created specifically for things that require privacy)
- Selkie Cove and the beach (yay for sand in uncomfortable places)
Of course, you don't have to go outside your cabin, but again, you might be facing the wrath of your cabinmates if you don't. A little OOC communication about bedtime activities goes a long way.
General Campground Facilities
The campground is located in the Preserve and is similar in set-up to last year. It has a kitchen and dining hall, a small outdoor gymnasium and a main campfire. There are plenty of secluded places for your secretive and romantic types.
The main campfire is free for everyone to enjoy whenever you'd like provided it's not already being used for something else. The school and town are a short hike away (the Preserve is bigger on the inside than it appears on the outside). There is an abandoned shack a short walk away that's great for sekrit meetings for couples and the shoreline of the island isn't too far away either. There are clearings in the Preserve as well that can be modded as needed.
The gym area is available on site and should be used like the school gym. The kitchen and dining hall are readily available for use as well. The storage locker is for all sporting/workshop/other equipment that you might need.
What about the dorms/school/town?
The dorms are still there, but please don't make a habit of going back to your room unless it's for an important reason (ie: a plot). The first floor is fine to use the facilities there. The IC administration will be unhappy to see students sneaking back to the dorms on a regular basis.
The Danger Shop will still be accessible for workshops. The library will be open at the discretion of the librarian.
Town, of course, is business as usual.
What do I post where?
- Workshops, regardless of the location, should be posted in![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
fandomhigh.
- Campfire posts (like common rooms), any other use of the campground, Preserve or public areas on school grounds should go infandomhighdorms.
- Cabin posts and alcove posts (like room posts and town residence posts) should go in your own journal.
Sign-Ups: How They Work
Here's how it works. You have the option of being randomly assigned to a cabin on your own or you can sign up with a partner (someone you'd like to share a cabin with). Each cabin has 8 people in it, so once cabin sign-ups close, pairs will be allocated to a cabin and then anyone who's a single will be slotted in as well.
Using the OCD thread below, sign up in pairs with one person commenting to the main thread and the other person commenting collapsey-style beneath the first person to verify that they do want to be partnered up. For example, if Sam and Lucas want to live together, Sam would comment first and then Lucas would comment off of Sam's comment saying that yes, they do want live together. Think of it like signing into classes, only in sets of two.
Graduating seniors will have their own cabin with various wings to it (since there are more than 8 people). Therefore, all graduating seniors must partner up with other graduating seniors if they want to choose someone to live next to. Other than that, you can partner up with whoever you want.
Cabin Sign-Up FAQ
Can't I live with the same people I lived with last summer?
Nope. You get to pick one person to live with. After that, it's up to the RNG as to who you end up with. Our goal is to have folks end up with a variety of people to play with.
But what if my character ends up in a cabin with someone they don't like?
Have fun with it. Conflict is just as much fun to play with as everyone getting along. If it's really a problem, then remember it's only for 3 weeks and it's entirely possible to get through that time without even seeing half of your cabinmates.
Can we purposefully sign up a pair who don't like each other, and blame a "paperwork mixup"?
Absolutely, as long as you both agree to it.
Are these IC pairs or OOC pairs?
These are IC pairs that will have handwavily been turned in at the office unless you're planning on a paperwork mix-up.
Can we sign up as a threesomenot-dirty or possibly dirty?
Nope, pairs only. It makes it much easier to stick four pairs together for each cabin.
Do I have to pair up with my dorm roommate?
Nope!
All of my character's friends have graduated/left/been kidnapped by aliens or I'm new so I don't have a partner for them or I don't want to be with anyone in particular. What do I do?
Nothing! If you don't sign up here, we will assign you to a cabin anyway. Everyone has to go to the cabins. This sign-up post is really to give people the opportunity to cling to someone else if they want to rather than relying on the Random Number Generator gods.
Please also use this post to let us know if your character is going away for Term 1 so they will not be assigned to a cabin. If you're going away for the term, you have to be gone for the whole term.
Sign-ups will close midnight PST, Monday May 5.
Students will move into the cabins very early in the semester and will be there for a few weeks (actual move-in date and amount of time there to be determined) There may be another period of cabinosity at the end of Term 2.
Graduating seniors who are sticking around this summer (for part or all of the summer) will have their own cabin separate from the rest of the student body.
Teachers will continue to live in their in town residences.
Cabin Layouts and Facilities
Cabins are fully equipped with electricity, running water, air conditioning, windows that can be covered, a bathroom with a shower, toilet and wash basin, three exits, wireless internet and a small living area with chairs and a TV. Students are welcome to bring their own electrical equipment. The living room is for cabin residents and basic living room etiquette is that you don't go into another cabin's living room without an invitation. Outside the living room door is a small campfire. Etiquette for campfires is like common rooms - come one, come all.
Each cabin is split into two sections of 4 alcoves each. The alcove has a curtain for privacy, but no door and the wall separating one alcove from the one next door only goes 3/4 of the way to the top. It's not very private, which adds to the oddness and fun.
You can see the layout of a standard cabin here.
Sexing in the Cabins
As there are no doors on the alcoves and the walls do not go all the way up to the ceiling, sound travels pretty well in the cabins. Unless you can create a magical sound barrier, everyone in your cabin can hear you if you're getting some action. If you do not want to deal with yelling, flying buckets of cold water or other retaliatory measures (but come on, that'd be FUN) there are a number of places you can go to do your thing in private (provided someone hasn't already claimed the space at that time).
- The dorms (but please don't make a habit of going back there every night)
- The preserve (if you dn't mind teal deer watching)
- The woods (if you don't mind the bugs watching)
- The abandoned shack (created specifically for things that require privacy)
- Selkie Cove and the beach (yay for sand in uncomfortable places)
Of course, you don't have to go outside your cabin, but again, you might be facing the wrath of your cabinmates if you don't. A little OOC communication about bedtime activities goes a long way.
General Campground Facilities
The campground is located in the Preserve and is similar in set-up to last year. It has a kitchen and dining hall, a small outdoor gymnasium and a main campfire. There are plenty of secluded places for your secretive and romantic types.
The main campfire is free for everyone to enjoy whenever you'd like provided it's not already being used for something else. The school and town are a short hike away (the Preserve is bigger on the inside than it appears on the outside). There is an abandoned shack a short walk away that's great for sekrit meetings for couples and the shoreline of the island isn't too far away either. There are clearings in the Preserve as well that can be modded as needed.
The gym area is available on site and should be used like the school gym. The kitchen and dining hall are readily available for use as well. The storage locker is for all sporting/workshop/other equipment that you might need.
What about the dorms/school/town?
The dorms are still there, but please don't make a habit of going back to your room unless it's for an important reason (ie: a plot). The first floor is fine to use the facilities there. The IC administration will be unhappy to see students sneaking back to the dorms on a regular basis.
The Danger Shop will still be accessible for workshops. The library will be open at the discretion of the librarian.
Town, of course, is business as usual.
What do I post where?
- Workshops, regardless of the location, should be posted in
fandomhigh.- Campfire posts (like common rooms), any other use of the campground, Preserve or public areas on school grounds should go in
fandomhighdorms.- Cabin posts and alcove posts (like room posts and town residence posts) should go in your own journal.
Sign-Ups: How They Work
Here's how it works. You have the option of being randomly assigned to a cabin on your own or you can sign up with a partner (someone you'd like to share a cabin with). Each cabin has 8 people in it, so once cabin sign-ups close, pairs will be allocated to a cabin and then anyone who's a single will be slotted in as well.
Using the OCD thread below, sign up in pairs with one person commenting to the main thread and the other person commenting collapsey-style beneath the first person to verify that they do want to be partnered up. For example, if Sam and Lucas want to live together, Sam would comment first and then Lucas would comment off of Sam's comment saying that yes, they do want live together. Think of it like signing into classes, only in sets of two.
Graduating seniors will have their own cabin with various wings to it (since there are more than 8 people). Therefore, all graduating seniors must partner up with other graduating seniors if they want to choose someone to live next to. Other than that, you can partner up with whoever you want.
Cabin Sign-Up FAQ
Can't I live with the same people I lived with last summer?
Nope. You get to pick one person to live with. After that, it's up to the RNG as to who you end up with. Our goal is to have folks end up with a variety of people to play with.
But what if my character ends up in a cabin with someone they don't like?
Have fun with it. Conflict is just as much fun to play with as everyone getting along. If it's really a problem, then remember it's only for 3 weeks and it's entirely possible to get through that time without even seeing half of your cabinmates.
Can we purposefully sign up a pair who don't like each other, and blame a "paperwork mixup"?
Absolutely, as long as you both agree to it.
Are these IC pairs or OOC pairs?
These are IC pairs that will have handwavily been turned in at the office unless you're planning on a paperwork mix-up.
Can we sign up as a threesome
Nope, pairs only. It makes it much easier to stick four pairs together for each cabin.
Do I have to pair up with my dorm roommate?
Nope!
All of my character's friends have graduated/left/been kidnapped by aliens or I'm new so I don't have a partner for them or I don't want to be with anyone in particular. What do I do?
Nothing! If you don't sign up here, we will assign you to a cabin anyway. Everyone has to go to the cabins. This sign-up post is really to give people the opportunity to cling to someone else if they want to rather than relying on the Random Number Generator gods.
Please also use this post to let us know if your character is going away for Term 1 so they will not be assigned to a cabin. If you're going away for the term, you have to be gone for the whole term.
Sign-ups will close midnight PST, Monday May 5.
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(Um, via paperwork mixup, as they don't know one another yet.)
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The contract? It just got another extra foot added to her.
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hatelove to be together, please!(Totally a paperwork mess up, zomg!)
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DOH! (Thanks for the answer, by the way!)
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Do they have to get the permission of every single one of their cabin-mates?
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