⇨ The Tourist Trap: PROLOGUE

[ringleaders]

Who: Anyone, anywhere in Portland.
When: Any time before the start of the event.
Where: Portland area, in the new reality.
What: Once you've submitted your AU summary, you can use this post to do some CLOSED THREADING to play out some character interactions that happened before the event start. This means that memory regains will not be in play yet. Open top levels are not allowed - these threads are intended to sort out closed interactions between planned backstory connections, during the week leading up to the actual event start.
Warnings: Could be anything.

PORTLAND, AS YOU KNEW IT↴ The shift went unseen and unfelt. One moment you were one person, and the next, another. This before all that, though, in the new life that you remember living here in Portland. No memories of your true self have arisen yet, and at the time this was the only life you knew. Did these events truly happen at all? Or do they only exist in memory?

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[destiny_key]

"O-okay, cool! D'you need any help with stuff?"

Sora's not sure why he's so nervous. After all, it's not the first time he's had a roommate, and he's never had trouble making new friends. Perhaps it's just the daunting prospect of sharing a room with someone for the next four years of his life, someone he barely knows. How would this guy even deal with him? Would he be accepting?

Still, he helps him loft his bed (and wow did this guy like snakes or what) and pull in the rest of his luggage. He watched Sean set up the terrariums, intrigued, and continuously pulling Sparky away from them until the cat got bored. He hopes the awkwardness disperses soon. Or that something interesting would happen.

"S-so, um, what's your major?"

[ophidiarex]

The first question earns a shake of the head. He's fine; he's got all his stuff arranged in a manner that makes it quick to unpack, even without his parents. Now that his bed's lofted, he's just got to do this bit, get his snakes relaxed, and then he'll be able to get to the rest of the job.

The second, however does require a verbal response, and for some reason a bit of a blush. "Undecided... Still doing gen ed." He's considering several fields, though. "Maybe English?" Is that embarrassing? Maybe. He's been called names before. Mostly by football players. Apparently reading and playing volleyball makes you effeminate and/or homosexual, who knew?

[destiny_key]

Sora brightens slightly at this. Maybe it's a little mean, but it's nice to know he's not the only one who has no idea what he's doing.

"Me too," he answers, grinning awkwardly. "I mean, the undecided-gen ed stuff. I don't really know what I wanna do. English sounds cool, though."

He hopes he's not babbling. He's been called annoying before, too, amongst other things. Sean doesn't seem like the talkative type, though, so maybe filling the silence is welcome.

"I, um, I play soccer, though. Do you play any sports or anything? Or clubs?"

[ophidiarex]

He lets Sora talk, nodding here and there. Oh, that was a question. "... Volleyball." That's been his hobby for a long time. He's ok at it, especially at serving and saving, but he's not all that great an attacker. He is definitely the quiet type, though, when he's not worked up, so he won't get into all that.

"What position do you play?" He doesn't know a lot about soccer, but he's interested in learning more. His younger sister is on a soccer team, but it might be different between levels and between boys and girls, he doesn't know.

[destiny_key]

"Offence, usually, but I'll go wherever they need people. I'm a terrible goalie, though."

The few times he's played goalie, he's somehow managed to hurt himself. Either he'll trip and fall into the mud, or on one occasion he actually ran into the goal post. Maybe it was a coincidence, but he tries to stay away from it now if he can.

Sora sits up on his bed and begins to pet Sparky, who is absolutely loving all the attention.

[ophidiarex]

"I see... Do you think you'll try for a team here?" If Sora and Sean can cheer eachother on in tryouts, that would be great, but even if not, it'll be nice to have someone sporty as a roommate.

Not that his sisters weren't, but if he has to share a room, he may as well share interests too. He's never done the former before, after all.

[destiny_key]

"Yeah, I'll probably go for soccer again. I kinda wanna try a club, too, but I dunno what they have here."

He thinks about it, but honestly Sora really only wants to play soccer. But shouldn't he be, like, well rounded or something? He's not sure. He kind of just wants to settle in before jumping into something crazy.

[ophidiarex]

"Maybe there'll be ads?" Sean likes the odds of that being the case. Or some kind of picnic or some such. It'd be the easiest way for clubs to get their names out.

"I might try, too." He's heard rumors of a gaming club, and Sean's interested in trying that, though he's never played a tabletop game in his life. Maybe it'd be a good way to meet people.