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Least favorite song?

          “the what does the fox say? one. i still don’t get it.”

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in 200-300 words, explain why you think that most of the students at this school would be greed over envy. if you fail to do this, then you have to admit that georgie is smarter than you.

          “gladly. please see the following attachment.”

[ ATTACHED.PDF ]

@gevrgies

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who here do you tolerate the most and least?

         “i tolerate most of the student body here at beaumont. the only exceptions are georgie and huan. GEORGIE, because she can’t construct a valid argument to save her life. and HUAN, because he exists. he thinks he’s better than me, and sometimes it’s true. i just don’t want to admit it.”

@gevrgies  /  @ttaohuan

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what have you done that people here would judge you most for doing?

          “gave my opinion.”

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fmk the next three people on the dash

          “between beaumont hq youngjae, mikey, and huan? jesus christ. if i absolutely had to choose . . i’d sleep with MIKEY. once. marry beaumont hq ilu YOUNGJAE, because he’s the only one out of the three i can probably live with. and kill HUAN, sorry not sorry.”

@jconyoungjae  /  @mistvkcn  /  @ttaohuan

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favourite people?

          “i don’t particularly have favorite people, but i am very fond of CINDY. you’ve heard of her, right? cindy wang. i’ve adopted her as my little sister. i’m also fond of my frat brothers, especially TAEMIN, though we have our differences. and let’s see . . name-dropping LUCY, THEO, ADRIANA, and oh—JACK. can’t forget about him.”

@cindywcng  /  @txeminpres  /  @jjuicyyllucyy  /  @cxxran  /  @adriwtf  /  @yoonjack

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Xiao Gui: I disagree.

Linong: You usually do.

[zhuzhengting]

i will take you anywhere!

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━━   THEO.

the jocks face scrunched up into complete disapproval. ( envy and greed were what they thought was on top of this college? ) theo grabbed the clipboard from his friend to glare at it before handing it back. “dude, lust for real. everyone here knows it they are just embarrassed to own up to their own sexual 24/7 dreams. 15/10, bro.” it was college the amount of alcohol, drugs and sex literally going around- even the jock was surprised there weren’t more std rumors going around.

          he snatches the clipboard back and huffs.  “knowledge can SKEW the results.”  though he says this, he still marks down theo’s answer. lust is quickly climbing up to second place---and if it weren’t for shame, jace would’ve agreed with theo on lust being the most representative sin across campus. but of course, there’s always that element of shame - theo just lacks it. wait---  “were you saying lust for yourself, or were you making a PREDICTION for the results?”  he makes a face, scrunches up his nose, and wishes he didn’t have to ask twice.  “y’know what. i kinda don’t want to hear the answer from you. i know you’re lust. either that or gluttony.”

          a small smile, then a quick change of topic:

          “i want your opinion on something since you’re already here.”  he folds his arms over his chest, the clipboard resting uncomfortably under his left armpit.  “we’re looking to host a house event soon, and there have been talks of OLD HOLLYWOOD being the theme. what’s your take on that?”

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━━   LOGAN.

logan was on his way to class when the other had interrupted him.  he reached up, taking one of his air pods out of his ear looking at the other with a raised eyebrow.  “Well– my opinion on it, it has to be sloth.  I barely hear any talk about religion, I wouldn’t even think it exists around here. Besides, doesn’t everyone talk about how lazy college students are?  But no one really remembers that one, it’s more about the other six– well, gluttony is mostly left out as well, people don’t really notice they do it.”

it didn’t take a second thought for his biggest sin to pop into his head: lust.  It was something he thought about on a daily basis, in fact, it was the one thing that drove him away from the church in the first place.  “Can I say envy just to prove you wrong?  But whatever it’s lust, but I guess now you know who you can call if you want a fun time.” logan responded, giving the other a wink, a smirk growing on his face.

          jace is OFFENDED---rightfully so, may he add---but he doesn’t show it. first this guy wants to prove him wrong ( which is impossible with one more tally; envy’s currently at seven, and greed’s at ten ). and then for some reason unbeknownst to him, the guy hits on him. jace usually has a backlog of SMARTASS retorts, so he can usually fire back within a second---but that backlog isn’t helping him right now. he stares at logan, his friendly smile slipping away with each passing moment.

          but he catches himself in the last second and feigns another smile - this time, with less regard.  “i’m flattered, but i don’t do hook-ups---sooo that makes four for lust.”  as he adds the additional tally next to LUST, he says,  “and if you think the majority of the campus is sloth, then you're clearly hanging out with the wrong people. beaumont’s not easy to get into. you’re either here because you got the brains, or you worked your ass off to get a SCHOLARSHIP in another performance area.”  he peers up then and tilts his head.  “so what scholarship did you get?”

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━━   JAEHWA.

“i’m telling you, i just don’t understand why you’d wanna watch a hollywood porn disguised as a horror movie when you could just as well take a trip down into the dark web and land yourself a pretty decent snuff.” jaehwa reasons, leaning back from his desk to cast an upside-down glance at the person sitting on his bed. “now, who did you want me to look into again?“

          “because,”  jace starts to say, his tone beyond EXASPERATED; he swears this is the fiftieth time they’ve talked about this, and he’s just done,  “i actually enjoy the horror aspect---and i appreciate your dark web recommendation, but i’ll pass on this one. you never know if those videos are real or not.”

          his gaze levels with jaehwa’s upside-down one. on a second thought, this is probably a really bad idea---then again, if this information is out on the internet, it’s TECHNICALLY not illegal to look into it . . right?  “huang chusheng. he’s a rising politician who’s running against my father. i want to find out every shady thing he’s done.”  so i can expose him are the words left UNSPOKEN.  “are you using some sort of dark web google search? if so, would it . . would it help if i type his name in chinese for you? it might pull up chinese sites, but i’m more-or-less looking for pictures or videos, so it’s not complete hearsay.”

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━━   MADS.

“i was walking outside today and there were firetrucks in a hurry to get to a fire or some accident, followed by an ambulance right? while i was walking passed a neighborhood, i heard all these dogs howling with the sirens, and i’m over here thinking, that is honestly adorable, they want to help so they howl along with the sirens, i’m sorry that was pretty pointless wasn’t it?”

          should he lie---? nah.  “yeah, it was pretty pointless. cute, but pointless. now, can we go back to the powerpoint? i have to give this presentation tomorrow.”  he gestures at his laptop screen, which proudly showcases a slide with the word ARGUMENT on it and absolutely nothing else.  “so i want to argue that romeo and juliet weren’t actually in love. what they had was a dangerous infatuation with DISOBEDIENCE.”  he looks up at her.  “you’re an english major, right? what do you think - strong argument or not?”

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━━   CINDY.

seeing his reaction caused cindy to burst into laughter. she held her sides while attempting the catch her breath. “oh my god you think i would actually show them to you jace? calm down tiger i promise i wouldnt. unless you asked for them” she shrugged playfully. but her smile soon disappeared as she started getting lectured by the older male about the mythical nudes. “i- no? why would i send someone my nudes when i could just go show them in person?” she teased just to see his reaction. “seriously though, i know all that. i promise i haven’t sent any. scouts honor”

          he doesn’t have trust issues, but he’s having a difficult time trusting cindy in this respect. a few years ago, she was this innocent LITTLE ANGEL, wide-eyed, so very cute; and now she’s a wild child in some regard, and in all honesty, he doesn’t know how to deal with that. for a moment, he thinks about lecturing her further, but what comes out is ---  “TIGER?”  he feigns an offended look but gives into laughter not two seconds later.  “last i checked, i was your gē ge. what happened to respecting your elders?”  he almost puts her in a headlock - almost - but decides not to, because he’s still caught up about the nudes thing.

          and on that note:  “okay, but seriously though. i’m not your mother, so i can’t tell you not to send nudes, but just. don’t. or if you do, don’t tell me. or if you do and someone LEAKS THEM, do tell me and i’ll track the guy down.”  that makes it sound like he’s going to beat someone up, but in reality, he’ll just go to the dean of students. he doesn’t pick physical fights.

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━━   TAEMIN.

“I don’t act like this around others, for your information.” Taemin let his anger begin to seep out, eyes narrowing at Jace. “I act like the perfect president and make sure our fraternity gets the reputation it fucking deserves. So for your information, I think I’m a good president.” Rolling his eyes, his arms folding across his chest before turning back to the other. “I want it to be like Marilyn Monroe era, the epitome of elegance. I want satin sheets, pianos and champagne. I want to feel like I’m back in time, where everything was respectful and classy. Still think I’m a shitty president? You better watch your mouth, Jace.” 

          the corner of his mouth TWITCHES---perhaps out of amusement, perhaps out of annoyance; he’s not entirely sure. a part of him almost wishes that taemin would go back to crying, but he did egg him on, so he should’ve expected this reaction. it’s just a little STRANGE to be on the receiving end of it. just a tad.

          under normal circumstances, jace would’ve snapped back; but taemin is his friend, and they are working together---he needs to pick his fights. and unfortunately ( or perhaps fortunately ), this isn’t his BATTLE. so he ignores the comments about taemin being a whatever-kind-of president and instead refocuses his energy on the idea at hand:  “that sounds doable. i’m sure the theatre department still has satin sheets from last year’s play. i’ll shoot them an email tonight. and we can use the piano in the living room, but i want to tape it off, so no one can stumble over and spill their drink on it. mm . . i can find velvet ropes for that. it’ll fit the theme.”  the more he thinks about it, the more . . okay the idea sounds. he likes CLASSY, but drunk college students aren’t necessarily the classy type. but maybe he’s wrong.  “i’ll check the budget for champagne and maybe some cheap wine and see how much we can get. . . we can also do a red carpet and a photo booth---we’ll just collab with the art department on that. SOUNDS GOOD?”

          and because he can’t hold it in, he adds,  “you should’ve told me your vision from the get-go, instead of doubting yourself. it’s a good idea, taemin. we can make it work.”

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━━   LUCY.

Lucy playfully rolled her eyes at her teammate. “I know we had practice earlier - but we didn’t get to catch up at all,” the brunette pointed out with a small pout before giggling. An arm wrapped around her companion’s torso, not realizing why he was holding her the way he was. “Fine, I guess some water wouldn’t kill me,” Lucy hummed, giving the bartender a wink before turning back to Jace. “Wait, what?” the girl drawled. “Aw, come on, they can’t Uber back?” the brunette sighed, but studied her friend for a moment. “I guess you’re doing the right thing, so I couldn’t possibly be upset about it.” Lucy gave her friend a smile, nudging him playfully. “But you owe me,” she teased, not really meaning it.

          ah, even if they were to take an uber, jace still wouldn’t let them. he’s seen how painstakingly ROWDY his brothers can get---and to shove them all into a tiny little space with an unsuspecting victim? not the best idea.  “can’t run chi phi without half the members, so i gotta look out for them. but i’ll make it up to you NEXT TIME.”  he nods at the glass of water.  “drink.”

          while taking a sip himself, his eyes roam around the vicinity. it doesn’t look like any of the other cheerleaders are around---strange, because he figured they’d be here with lucy.  “so,”  he starts, turning back to her.  “i’m assuming you came here with others. where did they all go?”  he pauses, PENSIVE for a moment, then frowns.  “hey, luce. don’t be obvious, but the guy at your three o’clock has been watching you this entire time. let’s get out of here.”

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Zhengting: I’m not getting into anymore more stupid debates with you.

Yanjun: Water is not wet.

Zhengting: How the fuck is water not wet it’s water--