⇨ 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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[dontpokethat]

Ginko nods; he gets up to go close the door on Steven's side, then walks back around to get back in the driver's seat, sitting in it properly this time.

He pulls out of the parking space and starts toward Axel's store.

[small_reservations]

Axel's outside, smoking something of dubious origins when Ginko pulls up. He smiles, relaxed and gentle, at his old friend, but when he spots a small frame in the passenger seat the look becomes a little confused and concerned. Regardless, he waves, and gestures to the alley next to his store, moving out of the way.

Currently, he's wearing a glamour, not a particularly heavy one but one that's hard to see through nonetheless. He's got a talent for them; even one he puts on just to come out and smoke is at least halfway decent. However, when he exhales, there're sparks in the smoke.

i'm gonna drop this in here then quix can go

[dontpokethat]

Ginko waves back to Axel and gives a small nod of acknowledgement before he parks. He steps out of the car and goes to open the door on Steven's side.

"Axel is an old friend of mine; we escaped together. I never would have been able to get away if it weren't for him. You can trust him."

Granted, he doesn't particularly expect the boy to be ready to totally trust anyone just yet, especially not changelings. But he hopes that the fact that Axel is another escapee, rather than still being under the Rose Queen's control, might help.