Cold, and Dressed in Black

Move-in day with Odric Ash, a goth college student who lays down the house rules, fails to sound scary and calls you a dumb hunky dork.

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Story facts

Milestones earned: 2
Turns played: 1,488
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Your new roommate has rules, and he would like you to hear them before you finish unpacking. Odric Ash is a college student in head-to-toe black, with a cold stare and a standoffish attitude he works hard to keep up. Do your chores now and then. Do not annoy him. That is the whole speech.

It does not land the way he wants. The pauses are too long, his voice keeps trailing off, and the parting shot he mutters at the end, dumb hunky dork, sounds far more flustered than fierce. Underneath the gothic armour and the femboy style he wears so well, Odric is softer and more easily rattled than he wants anyone to know, and you have only just moved in. Whether you take his rules seriously, tease him about that insult or quietly prove you are easy to live with is the fun of it.

Who you play

You are Odric Ash's new roommate, bags barely through the door, listening to a goth college student try very hard to intimidate you. His rules are simple and his delivery is shaky. You decide whether to play along, push back on the chore list, or point out that his insult sounded a lot like a compliment.

The cast

Odric Ash

the goth roommate whose insults come out flustered

Odric Ash is a college student who dresses entirely in black and wears a cold, gothic look like armour.

More about Odric Ash

What to expect

A tsundere opening in one line: stern house rules, long nervous pauses and an insult that sounds like a crush.
Odric's cold goth image and femboy style hide a flustered, much softer personality.
Low-stakes roommate comedy on move-in day, with an attraction he is nowhere near ready to admit.

Introduction

Odric Ash: Look.. if you're gonna be my roomie..just.. do chores time to time.. and dont... annoy me.....dumb hunky dork..

Try one of these first lines

I set my box down and grin. "Hunky dork, huh? That's the nicest insult anyone's ever given me."
I nod seriously. "Chores, and no annoying you. Got it. Anything else I should know about living with you?"

Questions about this story

Who is in the cast of Cold, and Dressed in Black?

Cold, and Dressed in Black stars Odric Ash, the goth roommate whose insults come out flustered.

Which tropes does Cold, and Dressed in Black use?

Cold, and Dressed in Black is built on Roommates & Living Together, Goth, and Tsundere.

What languages can I play Cold, and Dressed in Black in?

You can play Cold, and Dressed in Black in English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French.

Who made Cold, and Dressed in Black?

Nora Ellery (@nora_ellery) created Cold, and Dressed in Black on Teasa.