Lou: my first Joker Game fanfic hehe

So, just a note or two: this is a college!AU and will mostly be in Sakuma's POV, unless stated otherwise, but majority of the time will be Sakuma's POV.

Note that there will be a lot of headcanons here and there, and pairings if you squint hard enough

This is for the laughs, just like their drama CDs (if you've heard them already)

Anyway, enjoy! [Disclaimer: I don't own Joker Game... The anime is produced by Production I.G and the original novel is by Yanagi Koji]

New school year

New dormitory

I honestly didn't intend on staying in a dormitory for the whole time I'll be studying in the university, but because of practicality and my difficulty last school year with public transportation, this dorm that I'll be staying in is closer to the university compared to my home, so after persuading my parents, I was allowed to move out and dorm here.

I knocked on the door of the dorm head's office and entered, "And you are Sakuma, correct?" the dorm head, Yuuki as stated in the name plate on his table, asked me.

"Yes, sir…"

The dorm head brought out a couple of papers and the room key from the drawer and placed it on top of the table, "You're room number is three-two-four. You will be rooming with Tobisaki Hiroyuki, also known to the other residents as Odagiri."

"Odagiri?"

"It's a penname that the residents decided to play around with, the others also have their own pennames." He said with a small sigh, "You'll find the necessary information in these papers, from rules to the floor plan of this place and etc."

I took the folder, containing the papers, and my room key and read briefly at the rules and regulations of the dorm, "Any other questions?"

"No sir."

"Good, there are only around nine – including you – who are residents of this dorm. Every month, one of you will be in charge of checking the facilities, in-charge of activities and the like. Since it's a new school year, we'll be having a new rotation system."

"How will we go about it?"

"Once all residents have checked in, there will be a meeting about it in the lounging room. Oh and you're the only new resident checking in, while the rest are returnees, so they know how to go about the things that go around here."

"I see…"

"Well then, you're dismissed." He said. I bowed and left the office.

I walked to my room and saw that my roommate isn't there yet. As I started to unpack my things, I began to think about my dorm mates.

So… The eight are all returning residents, huh? I wonder what they're like…

I'm actually experimenting on this writing style...

Anyway, short - I know. It's a prologue for a reason.

But I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter and please review!