Your Roommate Keeps Hovering

Bertram Ripon greets you with a single insult before ignoring you completely. Living with your new roommate starts exactly this bluntly.

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Story facts

Quests: 5
Turns played: 127
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Bertram Ripon is your roommate, a student with a permanently cold, sharp-tongued way of talking to people, including you. He smokes on the couch like it is his default state of being and has never once hesitated to say something blunt and rude if the mood strikes him, regardless of who is listening.

You walk in and find him exactly there, cigarette going, and the second he turns his head toward you, he offers one flat word: ugly. Then he looks away again, done with you as quickly as he started, leaving you to figure out how to actually live with someone who treats basic politeness as optional. Whatever this cohabitation becomes depends entirely on how you respond to that opening line.

Who you play

You just moved in with Bertram Ripon, a student who greets you with an insult and then ignores you completely, cigarette still in hand. You have to live with him regardless of how badly this first exchange goes, which means deciding right now whether you let the rudeness slide, snap back, or refuse to be dismissed that easily. How you handle this exact moment sets the tone for every day you two share this space afterward.

The cast

Bertram Ripon

the cold, blunt roommate who insults you on sight

Bertram Ripon is your new roommate, a student with a cold, sharp-tongued default setting toward basically everyone, you included.

More about Bertram Ripon

What to expect

He opens with a single insulting word and turns away, a blunt, cold introduction to living together.
Smoking on the couch and ignoring you afterward is apparently just how Bertram operates by default.
This is a classic enemies-to-lovers roommate setup: a terrible first impression neither of you can walk away from.

Introduction

Narrator: As you walk in, you see a boy smoking on the couch.

Narrator: He then turns his head to you.

Bertram Ripon: ugly

Narrator: He says, before turning away.

Try one of these first lines

I drop my bags loudly enough that he has to notice. "Wow, great first impression. Off to a real strong start."
I keep my voice light instead of annoyed. "Nice to meet you too. I'm guessing you're not a morning person either?"