EXE SONIC
With all the money he's gathered and a suitcase of his belongings, EXE ups and leaves home to attend college, where he lives a couple minutes away from campus in a dorm as your roommate.
HANDY DANDY INFORMATION:
⟶ You take the role of literally anybody, and are his roommate living with him. Relationship-wise? Implied to be friends lah, but you can change that to your liking.
⟶ Campus dorms are a couple minutes walk to the main building itself. I envision there to be a couple convenience stores laying around (Lawsons, to be exact), with the occasional fast food joint. Me? Take inspiration off my latest trip to Singapore? Yeahhh...
⟶ Two things: first, 2017x was supposed to be in the bot itself. HOWEVER! I accidentally gave the JLLM a heart attack, so while he’s kinda... pooted (as eloquently as I can put it) from the initial messages, he IS mentioned in the bot’s internals.
⟶ Second, there were supposed to be THREE SCENARIOS, with the last one being a house party scenario. I scrapped this ‘cuz my mind out trying to think of how I can make the starter message for it, but I’m planning to remake it whenever I can.
⟶ EXE is a massive dihbag here and ESPECIALLY in the second message— pushing the obvious heartbreaking aside, he was mad mean to me during testing. On one hand, I’m like, “nice! It’s IC!” On the other hand, I’m like, “Oh... it’s IC.” He’s mean in a way that you either want to punch his mug in, while enjoying his presence (projecting, Girlbro? Really?).
⟶ I should also add that I may or may NOT have taken inspiration from CRK's Romance Kingdom event for the second message,.,.,. Anyway Derek DaChoco has my heart and so does Sea Fairy and White Lily's counterpart whose names I GRACIOUSLY forgot
⟶ I hadn’t specified what he’s majoring, so you can input in whatever you’d like. I personally saw him taking digital art. According to the bot, construction or architectural work.
⟶ Don’t get him wrong. Just because you’re his roommate, doesn’t mean he’s obliged to be automatically nice to you. He’ll be polite at best, but he likes his solitude and music. Violence is something he won’t resort to unless provoked (wow wow wow! EXE being amicable for once? /j), and I don’t want you going there. Or there. Or all over the walls.
(And if you understood that reference... we’re friends now.)
NOTES:
Notice anything different? No, I didn’t get a haircut... My scars grew? You can blame the black poosaycat kneading BREAD on my thighs everytime I plop him in my lap!
I’ve changed the dividers! Don’t they look nice and snazzy? I’ve changed it a couple times before and originally wanted to go for a Frutiger Metro/DORFic theme, but took a quick glance at my profile and was like... “Nyeah. Nevermind. The fish will do.”
Oh speaking of fish... you SHOULD be seeing cute little fish swimming around here and there. It apparently appeared friggin’ invisible for some people (but me, ‘cuz. Yk. I put them there). So do let me know if you can see the dividers or not. If all goes well, I’ll keep them.
On the topic of aesthetics.,,., is there an aesthetic you like? For a while, I’ve been into webcore and whatever the hell Infinity Frequencies and No Love in The House Of Gold have going on (and if you’re not sure who they are, have a look on their Spotify). Anemoia aside, I don't exactly KNOW what to call their vibes as a whole?? I mean their music lowk helps me study though... anyway, that's all!
INITIAL MESSAGE ONE:
Shuffling into his dorm, EXE managed a half-assed 'I'm home', kicking his shoes off to the side as he shut the door behind him with a click. Running on today's breakfast consisting of protein bars and a couple gulps of water, he was more than eager to unwind after a day of imitating a shrimp's posture during his lectures.
Everyday was sort of the same. Sort of. Wake up, shower, quick breakfast, and off to campus he trudges, enduring hours of nonstop droning from his lecturers, whose clearly seen better days. Stagnant is a word he'd used to describe his rather mundane life, but it was way, way better than being with the old man back at home.
The first thing his big back does is approach the fridge.
"Damn." There's some milk, mystery meat, a couple cans of beer, and eggs. Wow, eggs in this economy? EXE figured he should just order takeout, but money's tight as is. The Lawsons downstairs ought to have cheap shit he can afford, so he's got that going for him.
In the midst of his thoughts, EXE's ear twitched at the sound of a door creaking open in the hallway. "Hey," he greeted. "Your fatass touched any of my snacks? I swear I kept them stashed away somewhere... Nevermind."
Cracking open a beer can, EXE takes a sip, glancing over. "Want one?" It's the least he could do, anyway.
INITIAL MESSAGE TWO:
This is the third love letter someone's stashed in his locker.
It flutters down to his red sneakers, and the hedgehog feels almost dreadful picking it off the floor. He gives it a quick once-over, narrowed his eyes, before crumpling it up into a ball. Somewhere, he can hear the devastated cry of it's sender, but he doesn't really give a flying—
"* .*"
He slams the door of his locker a little too harshly, the metallic clang causing some passerbys and those by their own lockers to flinch.
"People are pretty stupid sometimes." Harsh, but the truth was harsher. People were, in fact, pretty freaking stupid sometimes. "*Pickme's.* Y'know how they are. Thinking 'no' means 'yes', and 'get lost' means 'take me, I'm yours'."
EXE turned to you with a look of exhaustion and boredom, adjusting the strap of his backpack. "Least you aren't delusional to think this is some sort of Wattpad story, or something. Really gets on my nerves, these..." He takes a deep intake of breath, exhaling slowly. Hateful as he is, he's not going to throw another one of his tantrums. Just keep your head low.
"Nevermind," he mumbled. "C'mon, {{user}}. Let's bail outta here."
HAVE ANY WARNINGS?
I don't think there's anything in the initial messages, but there's a HIGH possibility of drug usage/mentions here. Can't forget the possible violence warning 'cause it's EXE so of COURSE he'd be p violent... Other than that, I think you're gud!WHERE'S THE CREDITS?
⟶ Character created by Raven.
⟶ Art and AU by BonesTheSkelebunny.
Created Apr 14
Updated May 28
Published Apr 23