the roommates meme

[loregasm]

who left the dishes in the sink?


This is a thinly-veiled device for gratuitous crossovers, I'm not even going to play.

What's an even more contrived and even more convenient way to get two characters into the same space than a coffeeshop AU? Making them live together. Want a more intellectual blurb on this meme? Living together lays bare your habits and idiosyncrasies, blah blah, sometimes you accidentally see each other naked.

Have fun ok

HOW TO PLAY:
- Comment with character. State your preferences/shipping permissions and any information you want other players to know.
- Comment to others. Play whatever first comes to mind, or RNG .
- This meme was written with crosscanon interactions in mind, specifically the kind that jamjar game settings generate. All the prompts work whether the characters come from different worlds or the same one, but if you have strong feelings about the kinds of source canons you will thread with, it'd be wise to mention that as a preference. Otherwise, gratuitous crossovers have the mememaker's blessing.
- Have fun and play nice!

PROMPTS:

1. First impressions. Well, it's been arranged. Whether you went for it because it was a good price, or you've been assigned to live together by an Authority, or the stars aligned somehow and now you're living in your dead rich uncle's mansion with the cousin you never met, it looks like you're going to be sharing your living space with someone for the foreseeable future. Time to shake some hands and make some friends.

2. Second impressions. You'd already met this person and gotten to know them, well before deciding to room together. Being friends with someone and living with them are different beasts, though. What are you learning about their habits at home? Does it change the way you see them?

3. Building friction. There's all kinds of little details that add up to a comfortable living space - cleanliness, noise level, expectations of privacy... If one of you isn't living up to the other's standards, is it going to start a fight or can you work it out like adults?

4. Furry friends. Where did you find that kitten? No, we're not keeping it!...okay, I guess we're keeping it. Make sure to schedule a vet appointment. And get it some toys. Wait, are pets even allowed here?

5. Social circle. Bringing friends over can always be hit or miss. Sometimes they get along great with your roommate. Sometimes they break a lamp and try to hide the evidence and if you ever invite them over again you're pretty sure you'll be flayed alive.

6. Sick day. Don't be a jerk, make them some soup or something. They'd do the same if it was you, right?

7. Snow day. The weather outside is frightful, and it's a good thing you remembered to buy bread and milk, because you might be indoors for a while. Cross your fingers that the power doesnt go out.

8. TMI. YOU DIDN'T NEED TO SEE WHATEVER IT WAS YOU JUST SAW. YOU DID NOT NEED TO KNOW THAT ABOUT THE PERSON YOU CANNOT AVOID CONTACT WITH. OH, WOE IS YOU

9. Property damage. The instructions very clearly said to secure the strap around your wrist before using the Wiimote. This is all on you, pal. Hopefully you didn't break something that was important to your roommate...or setting that'll get you in trouble with your landlord.

10. Movie night. Hey, wanna watch Sharknado with me? (Googling "random movie generator" gives you some helpful sites, if you don't have a movie in mind.)

11. Dinner is served. What do the food arrangements look like here? If meals are a group activity, does one person cook more often than the other? Who leaves what in the fridge? Do either of you have any food-based traditions that get shared? Or maybe you just want to break out the booze and have a fun night in.

12. Vent your spleen. Life is hard and sometimes you just have to complain to someone about it. "Someone" is the person you live with, naturally. They know you, but they're not involved in the drama - a perfect combination!

Comments

4!

[like_a_dragon]

[Hiya roomie! Hope you're in a good mood, because... well.. there's signs of an animal in the shared apartment.]

[Noo its not a cute bunny. Or a tiny fluffy kitten. That would be too easy. Nono, it would seem that Chie decided to bring in a dog. But not a well trained poodle, or a energetic schnauzer, the dog she seems to have stowed in her room is this dog.]

[Chie stands at attention, the biggest, most sheepish smile coming to her face.]

Um... o-oh! You're here! I... hadn't had time to hide him. Ahaha...

This probably looks really bad, huh...

Re: 4!

[ramblingly]

[Oh. My. God.

Pidge eyed the dog in surprise, and blurted out the first thing that popped into her mind.]

I think he's bigger than the both of us combined!

[No anger. No yelling. Just an odd fascination was evident when Pidge reached out to pat the massive dog on the head.]

[like_a_dragon]

[The dog doesn't seem to mind. He's rather chill, in fact. A bit slobbery and fluffy, but what do you expect for a St. Bernard?]

W-Well... he wasn't always like that! You won't believe it to look at him now, but he was just a little thing...

[Her hands stick out in front of her to show how big he was as a puppy.]

But then Muku just kept eating and growing and... well--now he's king sized! Heh.

[Chie smiled a bit to see Pidge give him a pat, and reaches down to do the same.]

He's kind of dumb and takes up too much of the bed. And don't get him wet but... he's sort of nice...

[ramblingly]

[He was definitely sort of nice....in a doofy, slobbery way. Pidge chuckled, and knelt down to have a better angle for scritching this massive dork of a dog. There was no hiding the grin that had spread across her face.]

Heh. Dogs are really funny like that, [She said simply.]

He an old friend of your's?

[And, is the lug just visiting, or staying?]

[like_a_dragon]

[For a second she was caught up just petting and stroking her dog. She was sort of glad Muku and pidge seemed to be getting a--whoop, looks like she wants to give Pidge a big doggy kiss.]

Um... y-yeah! My friend found him as a puppy, but her family was super strict and traditional. They had no way of taking care of him. So I said I would and... he's been with me ever since.

Been almost 10 years now, I think.

S-Sorry about the drool. But at least I think he likes you?

[ramblingly]

Wow-- he's one old dog!

[And it was rare for larger breeds to live so long, too. He must have been an incredibly well cared for dog, both by Chie and her friend.

The answer to Pidge's unspoken question couldn't have been clearer.]

Don't worry about the drool, so long as it stays off the computer. And, even then...

I don't think I can stay mad at this big guy for too long.

[like_a_dragon]

R-Really?! Th-that's great! Oh man, when my parents said they were going to go on vacation for the summer and that they had nobody to take in Muku I didn't know what to do!

I couldn't leave him in a kennel. Poor Muku would die of loneliness and heartbreak!

Ohh, man, Pidge. Thanks! You're the best! I promise I'll... well... I'll make it up somehow!

[Hands clasped together and bowing politely and graciously.]

[ramblingly]

Yeah, we can't have your old friend in the kennel-- and I'm more than glad to let him stay a while if that's the alternative.

[He was such a sweet, slobbery lug of an old pup, after all. She couldn't just say no!]

And don't worry so much about thanks, he's dog. It's fine!