Hermia Capp - Freshman Year

This will be last stint for a while at Casteroff Dorms, part of Veronaville's Académie Le Tour, I promise! 

We're of course here for Hermia Capp, who has just arrived and for some reason decided to make a rather grand entrance in a princess-like gown, as if the Capp family name wasn't enough to make folks at uni aware of her social standing. 

The others here are her sister Juliette, one year ahead of her and now a Sophomore; cousin Miranda and her boyfriend Jace Lee, both Juniors; Puck Summerdream who is now the only resident Senior and last but not least Mercutio Monty. He has just graduated Magna Cum Laude in Political Sciences and will only be around long enough to throw a graduation party before moving back to the Monty Ranch in Veronaville. 

Before Hermia can claim her room at the dorm she is off to class. When she returns, she finds that she's been assigned the room next to her sister - that's fine by her. What's not fine is the furnishing, and she immediately has it changed more to her liking. 

It looks much better now, and once she'll have the computer she brought from home installed, she'll feel almost at home here. 

She also decides that the long gown is really impractical, and changes into something more suitable for the beginning of spring. 

Then, very much Consort Capp's granddaughter when it comes to diligence and sense of duty, she sits down to get started on her Term Paper right away.

The next day, Hermia relaxes over a game of chess with cousin Miranda who assures her that she'll have her name on the Dean's List if she keeps up her diligent work and always arrives at class on time. 

Mercutio has just invited family and friends over for his graduation party. 

Of course his girlfriend Roxie is there, too, and the two of them enjoy some energetic dancing.

Everyone lines up to say good-bye to Mercutio when his taxi pulls up in front of the dorm, even the dorm cook! Tybalt took time off his shop so that he could be at the party, too, and Romeo Monty got a glimpse at college life along with cousin Benedick and Grandma Isabel.

Hermia now starts to meet her other dorm mates. Here she is talking to Jace, wondering whether he could beome a best friend for life.

Juliette visits her little sister in her room the next morning. 

She has been wanting to invite Romeo over since he's been at Mercutio's graduation party - a sign that they should rekindle their teenage romance eventually? Of course he is still only a teenager, and so she can have no romantic interaction with him, but it's nice to see that she rolls wishes about him, I guess. 

Delilah O'Feefe has come visiting and enjoys a meal at the cafeteria for a change (she lives in a rented house and usually has to provide for her own meals).

There is this NPC student at the dorm who for unknown reasons has taken a dislike to Hermia. I have caught her poking and shoving her, but things have not gone far enough yet for them to engage in a proper fight and become enemies. 

Because I hate an enemy situation at a dorm, I try to prevent things from getting worse by directing Hermia to play chess and have the girl join her. "I wish we could be friends," is indeed one of the first things Hermia says. Unfortunately, she has to leave for her end-of-term exam before the two of them can become friends.

As expected, Hermia makes it to the Dean's List along with everybody else. For Puck, it is the start of his last semester!

Some skilling is in order before the students can think of starting on their Term Papers. 

Summer arrives, and the students change into outfits better suited to the warmer weather. (They have to make do with what they find in the wardrobe, as I am still not sending anyone to a community lot. This dress looks quite nice on Hermia, doesn't it?)

The recently acquired chess table proves very popular. 

Hermia spots the aggressive girl alone in the cafeteria and sits with her. "I've been thinking about what you said yesterday," the girl admits. "I'd like for us to become friends, too. You know, I saw you arrive in that ridiculous gown and thought, here comes yet another rich Capp girl who thinks she's better than the rest of us... but then I realised that you aren't like that at all, and neither is your sister, or Miranda, who actually is not a rich girl anyway..." 

Hermia laughs and admits that "that gown" really was one of her worst ideas. They become friends, and I need not to worry about an endless series of poke-and-shove scenes any more. 

By now, she is also friends with Jace. They like to play darts in the upstairs common room. 

Summer also means thunderstorms, and the telescope is hit by ligthning. Thankfully, the rain puts out the flames before anyone can come to any harm.

Now that Mercutio has left, the Campus Coach focuses on Jace and makes the young man work out every time he "happens to" pass by the dorm. 

Hermia's Freshman Year ends with A+ grades etc. for her as well as the others here. 

Puck has graduated; Miranda and Jace are about to start their Senior Year, and Juliette is now a Junior while Hermia embarks on her Sophomore Year. 

Hermia has done well, and the Capp sisters and cousins have become even closer than before. I was expecting some Sim or other falling in love during this spring, but nothing happened.

I have now spent so much time playing at this dorm that I am really looking forward to a family household again; the Contrarys are next on my list.