She went back to the couch, retook her spot, and returned to her phone.
The tension broke like a fever.
Carmen clapped her hands together. "Right! Now that we've established that half of you have god complexes and the other half are either too smart or too stupid to care, let's get you settled." She pointed toward the stairs. "Boys' wing is west. Girls' east. Your names are on the doors. Don't swap. Don't visit after curfew. I find out someone's playing musical beds, I'm making you run laps around the island in full combat gear."
Akari raised her hand. "Define 'visit.'"
"Don't test me, Chains."
"Just clarifying the parameters, Sensei."
"I'm not your Sensei. I'm the person who has to file paperwork if you idiots die. Now get." Carmen made a shooing motion. "Dinner's at six. Don't be late. Professor Miller hates tardiness almost as much as he hates enthusiasm."
