⇨ 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?

Comments

[myownpearl]

At the edge of the water there are ropes and other blockades to keep people back from the water's edge. It makes for a good stopping place if they end the race there--before going over. At the last minute Pearl notices movement out of the corner of her eyes and is shocked to find her opponent pulling ahead.

She is at the water's edge first and Pearl pulls her bike to a stop.

Well...that had been interesting.

[fortuneglass]

"Phewwweeeeeeeehhhhh..." Carly, for her part, is taking her helmet off and half collapsing in her seat. "What a ride..."

Carly, don't act as if you were unsure of what you were doing-it'll be shameful.. Ah-right.

She hurriedly straightens out, shaking off the haze of alarm. "Ah...but, if I got here then..."

Carly. RIGHT, RIGHT, NO MORE WORDS-

[myownpearl]

There's a moment, as she watches the biker, where Pearl debates speaking to her. Perhaps she should congratulate her on her winning. But, she hadn't done this to socialize, merely blow off some steam.

So Pearl watches her for a moment, musing on her odd conversation with herself. Presumably with herself. She tosses her a salute and then goes to leave, revving her bike as a parting note.

[ooc: Wasn't sure if you wanted a conversation or not--so Carly can signal Pearl to wait or Pearl can be mysterious and drive off into the night]

Driving off works better for the other thread, so haha

[fortuneglass]

Ohoh-a salute, huh? Well, She rather numbly tries to mirror the motion back. She'd say something but, somehow the entire incident is hitting her now. And it takes until Pearl leaves before she can pause and think.

"....That was cool.................."

Ugh, you're so childish...